The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Lil Wayne Breaking His Silence On Super Bowl Halftime Snub, Diddy Responds To $100M Lawsuit & Faces New Additional Lawsuit From Dawn Richard + More

Episode Date: September 13, 2024

The Breakfast Club dives Into Lil Wayne Breaking His Silence On Super Bowl Halftime Snub, And Diddy Responds To $100M Lawsuit & Faces New Additional Lawsuit From Dawn Richard. Listen For More!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing.

Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman,

Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history, like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama

who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, my undeadly darlings. It's Teresa, your resident ghost host. And do I have a treat for you.

Haunting is crawling out from the shadows, and it's going to be devilishly good. We've got chills, thrills, and stories that'll make you wish the lights stayed on. So join me, won't you? Let's dive into the eerie unknown together. Sleep tight, if you can. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese investigative journalist who, on October 16, 2017, was assassinated. Crooks everywhere unearthed the plot to murder a one-woman wiki leaks she exposed the culture of crime and corruption that were turning her beloved country into a mafia state listen to crooks everywhere on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcast When I smoke weed, I get lost in the music. I like to isolate each instrument. The rhythmic bass, the harmonies on the piano, the sticky melody. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. Careful, babe.

There's someone crossing the street. Sorry, I didn't see him there. If you feel different, you drive different. Don't drive high. It's dangerous and illegal everywhere. A message from NHTSA and the Ad Council. DJ Influencers, Hilarious, and Charlamagne Tha Gun. Top 10. They're listening to The Breakfast Club. Thank y'all for being like culture leaders. You guys are family. The Breakfast Club is where people get their information on the topics, on the artists, and everything like that.

I'm willing to do like that. You guys were nice. Everybody got me all nervous. Like, you guys are going to watch. Everybody got me all nervous. Let's not go watch it. Yeah. You're locked into the world's most dangerous morning show.

More dangerous than the world. If you want to break this club, you ain't going to bring it 120. Miners will not come up here. Oh, my Jesus. Is this what y'all do up here? That's right. get up out the beds and listen to the greatest show on earth.

Good morning, USA! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo! Jess and Larry says, what up, La La Rosa? Good morning, y'all. Charlamagne the guy. Peace to the planet, it's Monday. No, it's Friday. Peace to the planet. It's Monday. No. Peace to the planet.

It's Friday. Confused? Hey, to start the top or the bottom. Sometimes you just don't know the difference. Don't take me back to the top or the bottom. You can be versed. What'd you say? You're versed?

How y'all doing this morning, man? How y'all feeling? Don't try to skip over that. You're the bottom over there. Don't try to skip over that. How y'all feel, man? I am blessed, black, and highly favored, man. He in the bottom, huh?

Happy to be here. Charlamagne starts early. This morning, we walked in together, right? You're lying. Y'all walked in together? Where y'all was coming from? We walked in together. I was on the phone.

I wasn't even paying any notice. So I go to open up the door for my brother, because he's on the phone. He goes, on the phone? I don't even know who he's talking to. Don't be looking at my butt when I walk. I'm like, Jesus. He's lying. You just wake up like that.

You just wake up gay. You just wake up gay. You just wake up like that. You just wake up gay. You wake up gay. I mean, if you're gay, I'm sure you wake up gay. I'm not gay, though. But, you know, salute to everybody waking up gay this morning. Top or bottom? Verse. How y'all feel, man? How you feeling? How you feeling, Lauren? I feel great. I'm happy it's Friday.

And I got my makeup fully done before the show started today. You got your... No. You don't have a name in your hair? No, your hair is done. No, that hair ain't done. My hair is getting done on Saturday. Not too much on me.

You see that little chichi in the back? You see all that fur back there? Not too much on me. Yesterday, I thought Lauren was getting attacked by an animal because I was looking at her with her reflection. No, listen, listen, listen. I was sitting on the couch and we was talking. I don't know what we were talking about, but you know how we be like having like heartfelt moments after the show. He gonna look up and say, I thought it was an animal behind you.

I did. I did. Not too much on my girl. She's gonna come up on Saturday. Shout out to Crazy Growth. The Crazy Growth is happening. The treatments and all that. That's her name?

Crazy Growth? That's the name of her brand. Because she specializes in natural hair care. So she does like full treatments before she does the braids and all that good stuff. So shout out to Crazy Growth. Beauty Bar, don't be coming for my girl.

It don't look crazy though. I just was lying. I'm not asking you did it look crazy. I don't know if anybody has. I don't know if anybody has. All right. Well, today on the show,

Rima will be joining us. Rima. I'm sorry. Rima will be joining us. That's how I pronounce it. Rima will be joining us. Rima is an amazing artist from Nigeria.

Yes. He's got a new album out right now called He Is. That's how you pronounce it. Rema will be joining us. Rema is an amazing artist from Nigeria. Yes. He's got a new album out right now called He Is. That's right. And also Fawn Weaver. She is the CEO of Uncle Nearest Whiskey. Let me tell you something. There is nothing. I love stories like Fawn Weaver.

You know, when you've been doing the Breakfast Club, as long as we've been doing the Breakfast Club, we've seen so many things from the beginning. Yeah. Right? So Fawn Weaver came up here seven years ago, and she was telling us about this new whiskey line she was launching called Uncle Nearest.

That's right. Seven years later, that line is worth $1.1 billion. That's right. You know, she's a black woman. If you read Beyonce's GQ magazine article, you saw her talking about Fawn Weaver in there. So we'll have Fawn on this morning. She's got a new book out now called Loving Whiskey. That's right.

Wait, seven years ago, you still haven't tried the whiskey? No, I've never drunk whiskey. I'm going to try it for the first time this weekend. You don't support black women. No, I just don't drink whiskey. But I'm going to drink whiskey this weekend, though. You ever had an old-fashioned? I have had an old-fashioned.

That's whiskey in the old-fashioned. No, but he means like really tasting it, right? Yeah, I didn't know bourbon and whiskey were the same thing. I had the old-fashioned with bourbon. Ah, okay. I spoke to my guy, Lamont. He's got a spot in Charleston, South Carolina, called Bourbon's in Bubbles. Okay.

Yes. All right. That's where I had the old-fashioned at. Well, let's get the show cracking. We got front-page news. Morgan Wood will be joining us at OCO Anywhere. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's EJ, Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne, the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Lorna Rosa filling in for Jess. And let's get in some front-page news. Let's start off with some quick sports. Last night the Buffalo Bills beat the Dolphins 31-10, but their

quarterback, Tua, suffers another concussion. Damn! He gonna have to retire then. Another concussion. Damn! Where he had to be taken out the game. I didn't watch it last night. What quarter was it? I believe it was the third quarter, right? And you know who hit him? Who? Hamlin.

No. Yeah, Hamlin was the one that he ran into and got the concussion. Football is a dangerous sport, boy. Football is really a blood sport. Now, he's only, what, 26 years old? He just signed a $212 million deal. $93 million is guaranteed, so he might just want to retire. He might want to walk away while you're gone because, you know,

he has a family, you know. You got to think about 36, and you got to think about 46, and you got to think about 56. You don't want to be might want to walk away where you're going because you know as a family you know you got to think about 36 and you got to think about 46 you got to think about 56 you don't want to be 56 years old shaking and drooling on yourself athletes don't be wanting to not play though i was thinking the same thing he might not play it gets to a point he's been injured so many times this is like his what fifth sixth or seventh concussion is it that many yes yeah three three he's a fourth concussion. Three? Three, four? Three or four.

Three or four concussions. One too many. Yeah, one too many. All right. Good morning, Morgan. Good morning. Good morning. Happy Friday.

Cheers to the mother effing weekend. And it's Friday the 13th. So Vice President Harris, yeah, she's back on the campaign trail following Tuesday's debate. She held a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina yesterday afternoon, and she touted recent endorsements from high-profile conservatives. In addition to addressing Tuesday's debate against former President Trump. Let's hear those comments from Harris at a rally in North Carolina. Former Vice President Dick Cheney and Congresswoman Liz Cheney are supporting me as well, because this election and what is at stake could not

be more important. On Tuesday night, I talked about issues that I know matter to families across America. It was the same old show, that same tired playbook that we've heard for years with no plans for how he would address the needs of the American people. Of course, she is referencing former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee. Now, Harris is once again calling for a second debate with the former president and says candidates owe it to voters. Now, Trump claimed polls clearly show he won the debate. And the first words out of a prize fighter when they lose is I want a rematch. Now, the former president said Harris no showed at a debate with Fox News. That was not scheduled. So that's not true. And refused to do ones with NBC and CBS. He said she should focus on her job as vice president instead of wanting another debate.

There's also been reports saying that Trump vice president instead of wanting another debate. There's also been reports saying that Trump is not interested in doing another debate. Do the American people need another debate or have we seen enough? I wonder. I wonder. I think we've seen enough. But I was thinking about this yesterday. I was watching CNN and they were talking about this. And I think it's a strategy for her because I feel like with Biden, he did a lot of toting back and forth with Donald Trump, but not directly with her.

I think she wants to keep leaning in on the contrast of like how sharp she is because she has that advantage over him. And you see it clearly when they're together. And he looks like the madman. He looks like the old drooling, dribbling madman. But when they're just on two different sides, it's like it's not as clear for some people. So I think she just wants to keep driving that home versus the interview. He still looks like the madman regardless he does. But to his people they like that. And I know the basis of the party are pretty much made up

their minds but have the undecideds have the independents I don't know because what I'm learning more and more every day is that a lot of excitement around the vice president is largely in the party and excitement in the party is not gonna be enough to win an election in november yeah well speaking of mad men former president donald trump he's doubling down on claims that haitian immigrants in springfield ohio are still stealing people's pets and eating them he made those comments during a rally yesterday in tucson arizona his first since the tuesday's debate trump said the haitian immigrants were destroying springfield residents way of life he claimed during the debate against harris that immigrants in Springfield were eating dogs and cats.

And he also said that history will not treat President Biden. Well, let's hear those comments from Trump at his rally in Arizona. They take in the geese in the park and the leg and even walking off with their pets. My dog's been taken biden and kamala this is the worst combination in the history of our country the only one happy is jimmy carter because he's no longer referred to as the worst president in history this is just absolutely terrible he always looks like a madman. Always. Sounds like one.

So I say to all my Haitian massive men. My boule. And I saw a report and I think it was, I don't know what the outlet is, but it's a Haitian outlet and they were talking about

like crime that has increased toward Haitian people because of this conversation. Really? In fact, there was a bomb threat. First of all, you're not running, you're not committing no crimes

against no Haitian people. I'm trying to say that. Haitian people is far from punks. Are you out your damn mind? You better leave the

Haitians community alone. If you think you're just going to be committing crimes against Haitians, you out your rabbit ass mind. Okay? You want everyone to

find out. You better leave them alone if you know what I know. Well, this comes as details have been released after a bomb threat in Springfield, Ohio led to the evacuation of City Hall. Officials say the threat was emailed to multiple

city facilities on Thursday morning, including some schools. Springfield Mayor Rob Rue told reporters that the threat used hateful language toward immigrants and Haitians in the area. Of course, this comes two days after the debate. In regards to those comments that former President Trump made, Springfield City Mayor says it's disappointing that the narrative surrounding our city

has been skewed by misinformation circulating on social media and further amplified by political rhetoric. All you got to do is get a piece of Donald Trump's head to the right Haitian. Yeah, well, there are some Haitians in Long Island. rhetoric. All you gotta do is get a piece of Donald Trump's head to the right Haitian. Okay. Yeah, well, there are some Haitians in Long Island for apologies. We won't get into the audio, but let's just say the Haitians, like you said, they not play it.

If a Haitian tell you to say sorry, you better say sorry! Then you gonna learn the hard way, okay? Alright, don't tell them nothing. Don't tell them nothing. And that is front page news. Thank you, Morgan. We'll see you next hour. Yes, indeed. Everybody else, get it off your chest.

800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Call us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed.

I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk. I hate the way that you dress. Everything with me is blessed. Call up now, 800-585-1051. Not just me, I'm what the coach will fill it. Hello, who's this? This is Anton from Miami Garden. Anton from Miami.

What's up? 305, what's happening? You better believe it. Man, I want to talk about garbage as well, man. Somebody need to tell him to retire. Somebody need to tell management don't blow it. I went to the game last night. Oh, my goodness.

Horrible. Why is he garbage? Horrible, and they don't pay this man all this money. For what? And we got all this talent. But why is he garbage for getting a concussion? He was playing bad before that? Yeah, he was playing bad, man. The man done threw

four picks already in two games. Now, I'm not... Can you get this man all this money? I'm not a Dolphins fan, but last year he made the Pro Bowl. He was the NFL passing yards leader. So all that means nothing for last year? That's because of the talent he has on the team. He can't throw far. He can't throw a long-distance ball.

The manager has gone, but you all get it. This man all this money. And then another thing I want to say and make a comment on. The biggest L is Drake. They just rubbing it in his face. He's going to take the L all the way into 2025. He's not American, baby. He's not like us, baby.

Anton, let me ask you a question. Let me ask you a question, Ant. Yeah. How you think I feel about my Giants when they gave Daniel Jones all that money? Oh, my goodness. Same game. Same game. I feel your pain, brother.

Have a good one. Good work. Hello, who's this? Good morning. Good morning. It's Bobby Fresh. What's up, y'all? Second day in a row.

What's up, brother? Peace, King. Get it off your chest. Peace, peace, people. Hey, man, you'all? Second day in a row. What's up, brother? Peace, King. Get it off your chest. Peace, peace, people. Hey, man, ain't nothing on my chest, bro. I woke up happy, blessed, and alive today, bro.

Ain't nothing to be mad about. Y'all have a great weekend. All right, brother. That's the kind of energy. Yo, yo, yo, before I let y'all go, though, man, y'all gotta check me out. I think I got some music

y'all might like. Okay, where is it at? Y'all gotta look me up, man. It's on, um, I'm actually everywhere, bro. The S is a dollar sign. The what? The S. And my name, Bobby Fresh. Okay, where is that? Look me up, man. It's on, I'm actually everywhere, bro. The S is a dollar sign. The what? The S.

And my name, Bobby Fresh. Okay, Bobby Fresh on all platforms. Okay. On all platforms, I am Bobby Fresh. All right, brother. Hello, who's this? Morning, this is Paul. How you guys doing?

What's up, Paul? Get it off your chest, Paul. Hi, Paul. How are you? Why you changing voices like that? Hi, buddy. Hey, just wanted to give a quick shout out to me and my wife. We've been married 10 years this past Sunday.

And I wanted to give a lot of credit to you guys, too. Reading both of your guys' books. Charlotte, multiple of your books. I read every one of them. Thank you. And reading your book, too. It's helped out a lot, guys. Thank you.

Thank you. Well reading your book, too. It's helped out a lot, guys. Thank you. It really has. Thank you. Well, I appreciate it. I think having you guys be so vulnerable in a lot of the stuff that you guys have been through and stuff that has helped you guys out, and Uncle Sharla, your push on mental health, it really helped me focus on reaching better for myself and really breaking that generational curse. We both grew up

with broken families and then having us both be able to stick it through no matter what we went through, you know, it's really creating a change for our kids too. So I wanted to give you guys

a shout out for that and I really appreciate it. I appreciate that, my brother. That's what it's about, man. Thank you very much. No, absolutely. Uncle Charlotte, I was wondering,

can I please, please get a hook up with the book? I have your other book, but I haven't had this third one by chance. Eddie! I read it. I got you, I got you. I'm going to send you a copy of Get Honest or Die Lying, Why Small Talk Sucks. We're going to put you on hold and get your address.

Hold on, okay? Absolutely. Thank you, guys. Hey, salute to everybody in New Orleans, too. I'm going to be in New Orleans on September 20th at Baldwin & Company Books at 7.30. Signing copies of my new book, Get Honest or Die Lying. And I'll be in conversation, having a conversation about my new book, Get Honest or Die Lying, Why Small Talk Sucks. So September 20th, I'll be in New Orleans at Baldwin and Company Books at 7.30 p.m. Yes. And we just actually me and my wife just wrapped up our next book is Real Life, Real Family.

We talk about raising our six kids. And, you know, we got kids that at the ages of 23 year old which is my oldest and two years old which is my youngest we just talk about raising them the journey and all that other stuff all right so you could pre order that soon but snapback game is crazy 23 and 2 and she looked like that no surgeries no get it off your chest 800-585-1051 if If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Wake up, wake up.

Wake your ass up. This is your time to get it off your chest. Say it, say it, say it. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Tynisa Darby. How y'all doing this morning? Peace, how are you? Get it off your chest uh

i want to get off my chest and i'm so tired of the public corruption the developers the lawyers the judges they all in bed together and they took my small black owned business storefront without any paperwork whatsoever damn how they do'd he do that? How'd he do that? They get the sheriff, and they put a fraudulent document on my door. When I called the police, he said I never saw a paper like this in my life, and when he went back to investigate it,

the chief told him I can't get involved in civil matters. And I had attorneys, and they're not small either. This was a big law firm. Where you calling from? So I'm out of Easton, Pennsylvania, which is right across the border in New Jersey.

We're a very prominent black-owned business. And actually, Charlamagne, we catered to Daily Show. So you were on there. We gave y'all our pudding. Well, you purchased them for the set.

Oh, yeah, I remember that. Hell yeah. Yes, yes. I mean, it's a horrible situation and we're now pro se litigants for the last year and I'm going to tell you, we're whooping their ass. I don't know if I

could curse, but we're getting far. We're going to get either damages or a store back, but it's a huge toll on our family. And you know, the one thing I also want to urge is for black people or people of color that are going into the legal profession. Personal injury is great, but it's really low hanging fruit. We need more people in constitutional law.

And that's what I'm going to be doing. Going back to school to become a lawyer after this. Hey, listen, give them your website i want everybody to go to your website and and order some pudding or order something because i know you're gonna need help with them legal fees thank you thank you it's www.kinesis.com k-h-a-n-i-s-a um or you can just google the pudding bar we're pretty prominent we work work with the NBA, the GOAT, Shoe Store, Nestle, Daily Show, Comedy Central. I mean, our resume is great. And we're still going.

We have an event coming up with the Youth Resentencing Project in Philly. They do great work from stopping children, black and brown children, from getting waved up in the court system. My husband, his Instagram is Big Daddy. He started rapping because of this situation. And when I tell you he is amazing, he's amazing. So everybody check us out. Tynesha is on the pudding bar. Hold on, what you mean?

Oh, he started rapping? He did a diss record? He did a diss record to them? Yo, it's about public corruption we did like a corruption not like us calling out the um city inspectors because the building was falling apart so they retaliated against us because we needed to ensure the safety of our family and our customers so we did i mean it's a lot on our instagram page we got like 25 000 followers y'all can check us out.

Listen, I want you to keep calling up here and keep us updated because I don't want them to be able to do that to you, man. The Kinesis is really good. That banana pudding was really phenomenal. I like the brownie galore was good, too. I'm not going to front. Thank you. My mouth is watering just thinking about it. I know I'm going to be on my edibles this weekend.

That would be a nice little snack for the night of tomorrow. Yes. Listen. We're from Jersey. We want to take it home so that we can do the, you know, the recreational marijuana mix with our pudding. It's good. I got a dispensary opening in Newark later on.

You do? Yeah, it's called Hastoria. Salute to Raekwon. Salute to Bacari Sellers. Salute to Jen and Josh. Listen, I want you up here with the puddings, man. When can we get you up here? I'm going to put you on hold and get your information.

You so old, you're playing your edible intake. I'm going to be on my edibles this weekend. You got to play on your edible intake. You got to play on what you're putting in your body. He knows the exact time he has to take it. I'll be on my edibles. I'll be on Saturday. Once I know them kids snoring, you damn right.

I take that edible. Then watch me a nice movie. Then the munchies kick in around midnight. And then you go get your little late night snack. Get it off your chest. When you're born in 1978 like I am, you got to plan stuff. You're going to learn, Lauren. 800-585-1051.

We got Just With The Mess with Laura La Rosa coming up. We do. Cardi B and Offset welcome their baby. So we're going to get into all of that. All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now let's get to Jess with The Mess with Laura La Rosa. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions. but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves.

For self-preservation and protection. It was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like, grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're gonna figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before.

Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty 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. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? 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 there, my little creeps. It's your favorite ghost host, Teresa. And guess what? Haunting is back, dropping just in time for spooky season. Now I know you've probably been wandering

the mortal plane, wondering when I'd be back to fill your ears with deliciously unsettling stories. Well, wonder no more, because we've got a ghoulishly good lineup ready for you. Let's just say things get a bit extra. We're talking spirits, demons, and the kind of supernatural chaos that'll make your spooky season complete. You know how much I love this time of year. It's the one time I'm actually on trend.

So grab your pumpkin spice, dust off that Ouija board, just don't call me unless it's urgent, and tune in for new episodes every week. Remember, the veils are thin, the stories are spooky, and your favorite ghost host is back and badder than ever.

Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Jack Peace Thomas, the host of a brand new Black Effect original series, Black Lit, the podcast for diving deep into the rich world of Black literature. I'm Jack Peace Thomas, and I'm inviting you to join me

in a vibrant community of literary enthusiasts dedicated to protecting and celebrating our stories. Black Lit is for the page turners, for those who listen to audiobooks while commuting or running errands, for those who find themselves seeking solace, wisdom, and refuge between the chapters. From thought-provoking novels to powerful poetry, we'll explore the stories that shape our culture. Together, we'll dissect classics and contemporary works

while uncovering the stories of the brilliant writers behind them. Black Lit is here to amplify the voices of Black writers and to bring their words to life. Listen to Black Lit on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, James Brown, B.B. King, Miriam Akiba. I shook up the world. James Brown said, say it loud. And the kids said, I'm Black and I'm proud.

Black boxing stars and Black music royalty together in the heart of Zaire, Africa. Three days of music and then the boxing event. What was going on in the world at the time made this fight as important that anything else is going on on the planet. My grandfather laid on the ropes and let George Foreman basically just punch himself out. Welcome to Rumble, the story of a world in transformation. The 60s and prior to that, you couldn't call a person black. And how we arrived at this peak moment. I don't have to be what you want me to be. We all came from the continent of Africa. Listen to Rumble, Ali, Foreman, and the Soul of 74 on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. She don't spare nobody. Worldwide Jess. Worldwide mess. On The Breakfast Club. She's a coach of shit. With Lauren. Lauren LaRosa. I'm back. And I got the mess.

Talk to me. We can finally talk about it. Cardi B and Offset have welcomed their baby girl into the world. Can we get some like cheers? Oh, go Red. Drop on a clothesline for Bardi and Offset that baby number three for body right yes so they welcomed their baby girl into the world i do not know the baby girl's name as of now but um cardi b captioned a post where she like put photos up of her offset the rest of their babies in the hospital um just you know

holding the baby offsets doing the skin the skin-skin thing. And the caption was, the prettiest little thing. She came into the world on 9-7-2024. So for a while now, probably about a week now, fans and different people have been saying, Cardi had the baby, Cardi had the baby. That was during Fashion Week.

But nothing was confirmed. And now it is out there. Cardi B, welcome. It's so much of a blessing whenever you hear about a woman having a healthy delivery. Because the way the maternal death rate is set up, especially for black and brown women, hey, cardi yeah that's the card and cardi actually had some she remember she talked about that freak accident that she had that she was paralyzed for a

little bit and it could have caused issues with her pregnancy so yeah um congratulations to her now little wayne we have been talking all week long about the super bowl and then back and forth about the fact that little wayne was not picked for Super Bowl 2025 in New Orleans and that Kendrick Lamar was. But now we are actually hearing from Lil Wayne himself on how he felt. Let's take a listen. First of all, I want to say forgive me for the delay. Just the delay. I want to say I had to first of all, I had to get strength enough to do this without breaking. I want to say thank you to every voice, every opinion, all the care, all the love and the support out there.

Your words turn into arms and help me up when I try to fall back. That hurt, hurt a lot. I blame myself for not being mentally prepared for a letdown. For just automatically mentally putting myself in that position like somebody told me that was my position. But y'all are f***ing amazing. It made me feel like s*** not getting this opportunity. You guys reminded me that I ain't s*** without y'all. I feel like I let all of y'all down.

I'm not getting that opportunity. But I'm working on me, and I'm working. You know what was interesting in that for me? To hear him say, I'm working on me, and I'm working. Because there's been, you know, and Lil Wayne is the GOAT of what he does, right? And he is very deserving of all of his career accolades thus far. But I think it seems like there's an inner conversation that he's having with himself about why he was not chosen. And there have been conversations online as his back and forth has been happening about times where, you know, Wayne didn't show up for shows or, you know, walked off the stages.

Or, you know, like we were expecting music and we didn't get it. And I think as an artist, you probably deal with a lot that we don't know about. And it seems like in real time he's dealing with that, he's still disappointed he wanted the super bowl he felt entitled to the super bowl because it's in his city so and that video made me feel bad because we all know the feeling of wanting something and not getting it but you know like you just said lauren what i love about wayne he didn't blame anyone but himself right he said it was his fault because he had an expectation nobody promised him that opportunity that's something we all wanted to see. That's a narrative that we created, you know,

but that doesn't necessarily mean it was going to happen. And yeah, he said he's working on himself. He's putting a lot of blame on not getting it on him. And yeah, that's interesting because everything you just said, a lot of people online were saying it's Wayne's fault he didn't get it. So I don't know. It made him human too because when he said I had to take a minute to like not, so I wouldn't break down when I got on camera it's like artists when you get to

a certain magnitude i feel like you're like larger than life you're kind of like a like you're not real and with wayne it's like i was wondering how he felt for a very long time so to hear that he was like you know like that's so human to be like man i couldn't even talk about this for a couple days without crying or whatever his breakdown was so the artists be acting so cool like they don't care about those kind of things yeah you know so cool like they don't care about those kind of things. You know you care about those accolades. You care about those kind of accomplishments because there's no like, it's not like

when you play sports and you get into a championship game and you win a ring. Those are the moments where you feel like you're getting a ring. The Super Bowls are the rings. The Grammy Awards. Sadly, the Grammy, all of that stuff. Those Lifetime Achievement Awards, all of that type of stuff. And the good thing about it is, and I know a lot of people are upset

currently still with Jay-Z because of the decision. The good thing is that Jay-Z is there and he understands what Wayne means to the culture because they have their history. And, you know, Super Bowl will come around again. Right. Not in New Orleans, though. Not in New Orleans, right?

But, dang, rub it in, Sharla. It'll come back to New Orleans. Not in New Orleans. That's why it means so much to Wayne. Better come back to New Orleans. Not in New Orleans. That's why it means so much to me. I know, but still. It was in New Orleans, what, like seven years ago? Trying to find a silver lining. You just never, nothing bright and positive ever, huh?

The Super Bowl halftime show is the Super Bowl halftime show. Any city. Any city. I just know it would mean a lot for him to do it in New Orleans, but any city. He heard you the first time you said it. I'm just saying. He heard you.

I promise. There'll be more rappers at the Super Bowl halftime show as long as rock nation is involved for sure as soon as like rock nation walk away y'all getting the beach boys y'all getting new kids on the block as soon as rock nation walk away and you know what you you negroes gonna deserve it keep it up keep it up keep it up rock nation gonna move walk away and y'all gonna y'all gonna get uh backstreet boys. Taylor Swift. What? Why Nick just text me people in New Orleans

don't F with Lil Wayne? Who said that? Nick. And I'm saying his name because why would you say that? Everybody in New Orleans right now that's listening to us on...

He has no clue. Nick, I'm calling you out. He has no clue. He's looking at y'all like y'all crazy. Oh, his source is his friends. His group chat from New Orleans. Y'all just...

If you think New Orleans don't rock with Lil Wayne, you are on cocaine. Did I miss something? Because they was on there angry. But isn't he doing a festival? The Lil Wayne Friends Festival coming up shortly with everybody coming up. Why do you ever say that?

Because it was crazy. First of all, first of all, Nick is white. And the fact that you're repeating sources from white people, you sound crazy. You ever said that New Orleans don't mess with Lil Wayne is sniffing the finest of cocaine with fentanyl? What if his friends is black, though? It don't count because they got a white friend? There you go.

That's just silly. When he does Louisiana Fest, you're going to see if New Orleans is rocking with Wayne. How about that? I don't need to see it. I know they do. Oh, okay.

Oh, all right. So, Shannon Sharp. Shannon Sharp, the live stream, the whole sexual situation with the woman, with Michelle, whoever sis is. So, there were conversations yesterday about whether he would be fired from ESPN or not. So there were reports that he was not fired from ESPN.

I reached out to confirm reports, and I spoke to a rep close to the network who confirmed to us that because Shannon addressed the situation on Nightcap with Ocho, he's going to be back to his normal scheduled programming on First Take Monday. And he's never on Thursdays or Fridays, which is why he wasn't on up until Monday. People were speculating like this is going to cause for him not to be in his band. I didn't understand that anyway. Because, I mean, allegedly he made a mistake.

He was having a sex. Grown man. He's a grown assass man i didn't understand what the problem would be why he would be fired i don't know it's weird in 2024 but like anything that's a little bit controversial and like people get people in uproar and brands and sponsors or whatever so it was good that they cleared the air he did address this on espn as well i mean on um uh nightcap too because i i went back to them and i said well did espn make him do that did he have to come out and apologize in order to keep the job was it that type of situation and from what

i gather from the conversation i had with the rep it wasn't that they backed him 100 on him taking the lead he reached out to them all that stuff and he talked about that as well too so no comment charlotte i thought you had audio yeah i do but they wrapping me up i can't play the audio yeah i called my agency i called espn i thought i like i just got this just tell them the truth i said i just got to tell them the truth my phone wasn't hacked it wasn't an it wasn't a prank it was me being a healthy active male i mean y'all thought i was bull jiving hey y'all thought i was A bull dagger I'm sorry What? What?

You kinky this morning man That was just With the mess With Lola Rose You kinky man My goodness Those big lips Got him in a trance

Bull jiving When we come back We got front page news Morgan Wood will be Joining us So don't go anywhere He was so silent Is that what you

Was over there doing? You were in your You was like fantasizing I was listening I was listening to the story Alright it's the Breakfast Club. You're checking out the Breakfast Club. Welcome everybody. It's DJ

Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Laura La Rosa filling in for Jess. Let's get back to some front page news. What we got, Morgan? Yeah, so the Congressional Black Caucus' 53rd Annual Legislative Conference is happening at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.

And the event runs September 15th with a run until September 15th, excuse me, with a focus on legislation initiatives impacting the black community. And in a Black Information Network exclusive, I spoke with Gregory Jackson. He is the head of the White House Office of Gun Violence and Prevention about the current state of gun violence in the U.S. Let's hear more from Action Greg Jackson. He is the head of the White House Office of Gun Violence and Prevention about the current state of gun violence in the U.S. Let's hear more from Action Greg Jackson. Gun violence is the number one cause of death for black youth in America, but also black men and number two cause of premature death of black women. So this is a huge issue that's devastating our communities. But the CBC has stepped up. There's been four different panels on this. And there's a whole focus throughout this conference of how do we turn vision into victory and not just thinking about elections, but no, thinking about how do we make sure these policies are working to save lives and prevent violence from happening in the future. Yeah. So he also talked about Biden's efforts against gun violence. Let's hear those comments.

You know, this was the first president to name gun violence as a public health crisis in American history. He also was the first one to pass a bill on gun violence in nearly 30 years, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. He actually moved forward with over 40 executive actions on gun violence. And to give you some comparison, that's more than any other president combined. He made the largest investment in youth mental health in American history in response to gun violence and how it was impacting our youth in schools and in communities. So this has been a top issue for him

literally since day one. Yeah, I think this is really important because, you know, Vice President Harris, she recently admitted that she and, you know, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, they're both gun owners. Greg Jackson, he admitted to, you know, in that conversation as well as being a gun owner. You guys have admitted to being gun owners. So it's about being responsible

and using that as a last resort, you know, in terms of, you know, when to use that tool. You're damn right. I don't even, I'm not admitted to being gun owners. I'm a proud second amendment, you know, proud gun owner. But like you said, the problem is, a lot of times there is

no training, right? So when I was in college and I purchased my first gun at 21, I didn't get any training. I was just able to go in there and purchase a firearm. In Jersey, to get your firearm, you have to take classes. You have to learn what the laws are and the rules are. But just think about it. At 21 in college, you get your first gun, your first firearm. There were no rules and regulations to abide by. There was no classes or courses. They give you your first gun, first firearm there there are no there were no rules and regulations to abide by there was no classes of courses they give you your first gun and it's pretty much like good luck yeah and by the way it's pointless to own a gun if you don't know

how to use it like you know what i'm saying like some people just feel like having a gun gives them a sense of security and protection no you gotta know how to use that firearm no but no but the thing is there's different laws for different places like in new jersey if somebody is running out your house, you're not allowed to shoot them in the back. But in other areas, you're allowed to shoot in the back. Like you have to know the rules and laws in each state. But knowing the laws mean nothing if you don't

know how to use the gun. That's true. Hit the range. Hit that range. Okay, so also during the Congressional Black Caucus's 53rd Annual Legislative Conference, I spoke exclusively with Texas Congresswoman and clapback queen Jasmine Crockett about Harris's housing plan. Let's hear those comments. Recognizing that housing is a real issue and we don't control the interest rates. It's the Fed

that controls it. It's not the House. It's not the Senate. It's not the president. But that still doesn't mean that it feels good. So having a president that understands the challenges to building this generational wealth around the fact that we don't have access to housing like we need because the housing supply is in short numbers for a lot of different reasons. But she wants to make sure that there's more housing supply. The more housing supply, the less the prices will be in addition to $25,000 down payment assistance for those first-time homebuyers. That is a lot bigger than $1,200. The $1,200 that she's referencing is the stimulus checks that people seem to think that they actually got from Trump

because his name was on the check. But again, all of that was approved through Congress and Democratic efforts. Go ahead. I really don't understand that, right? When COVID hit and they were encouraging people to purchase homes, the interest rates for purchasing a home went anywhere from 1.9 to 2.9 percent. And people were purchasing homes and these banks were still making billions of dollars as profit with these people's with this with the interest rates. So I don't understand why they have to put the interest rates to 7 percent. Right. That discourages people from buying homes

and it puts it's a lot more on people. And the banks are not only just making 10 billion, now they're making 30, 40 billion. I don't understand why they can't keep the interest rates low where it encourages people to buy homes and encourages people to pay less on their mortgage. I'd never understood that at all. Because obviously it can be done because we did it for four years in COVID. As someone who actually purchased my home during COVID, know i'm not i'm i can't necessarily relate and i didn't necessarily have that rate so there's you know there's that i mean each to each his own but to your point and to her point the fed controls all of that so you know hey fed can you uh fix some of that please

yeah i need some more so also she spoke spoke about she also shared her thoughts on former President Donald Trump. Let's hear those comments from Jasmine Crockett. I'm not letting him off the hook for during the debate. He had an opportunity to say I was wrong and he didn't. Instead, he doubled down and said, well, they pled guilty. Well, let me tell you something. They were paid over 40 million dollars because of their illegal incarceration so if this is the guy that y'all think is gonna lead the way to free us when he still can't apologize for what was done to those black and brown boys let me tell you he still don't care about y'all she was referencing the central park five uh when she first started um that well when

that clip first started she was was talking about the Central Park Five and how former President Trump took out that full page ad. He spent money and he did not apologize during the debate when he had an opportunity to do so. My governor, Governor Westmore,

actually spoke at the Congressional Black Caucus, too. And he said that racism is expensive. So, you know, in regards to that $40 million payout, yeah, that's expensive. Sal salute to Jasmine Crockett. I really do hope we stop trying to correlate Donald Trump's criminal cases with him being able to relate to black people. Nobody thinks that makes Trump, you know, like black people, except for culturally clueless idiots and racists.

Like this. Stop. Like, that's not even a conversation. Like, I don't even entertain that. Like, I i'm not don't even dignify that with a response when people try to bring up those comparisons i try to say that's a correlation or that's why black people like trump like no not because of no damn mugshot not because they know none of his criminal cases we can't relate to nothing donald trump is going through we've never experienced that level of privilege if i had 94 criminal cases i wouldn't have no job i wouldn't be able to apply for no job i'd be in jail like i'd have been i'd have been put in handcuffs you never even seen trump in handcuffs like cut it out like no we can't relate to that so that's your

front page news i'm still uh at cbc today uh there's a brunch at the white house you know i'm going to continue to talk to the legislators and playmakers. And so, yeah, that's your front page news. You can follow me on social at Morgan Media. And for more news coverage, follow at Black Information Network. Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit BINnews.com. All right. Now, thank you, Morgan. Now, when we come back, Rema will be joining us.

His new album, He Is, is out right now. We're going to kick it with him when we come back. Hey, Carol, Nigeria. I don't know if I pronounced that right, but I think I'm trying to say good morning. Okay. All right. Well, it's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Jess is on maternity leave,

of course. Lauren's holding it down and we got a special guest in the building. We got the brother, Rem. How's it going, brother? Thank you. I'm good. I i'm all right let me tell you something brother i am a fan bro i appreciate i rock with your music uh heavy heavy uh calm down first

afrobeat song in history to earn over a billion on-demand screams in america how'd that feel hey all glory to god does it uh does it like annoy you at all with calm down because like here in the US people talk about Selena Gomez on the song so much and like kind of throw some of the success of it her way versus you, but she gives you all of the credit. Does that annoy you at all sometimes? I don't really see that. I don't really see this success being just going on hard because like the collaboration, we both put our face into it yeah we both put the same like effort you know it felt like a real collaboration you did her a favor they did each other they did

each other like yeah she did me a huge favor as well because she didn't have to do that right i reached out to her you know you know she's been a huge supporter of my music like even before the public knew you know there's been a lot of great people who hit me up and like yo like what are you doing she was one of them when she's pulled up to shows on the low key just watching the young lad just like grow and become this person tell us about your inspiration what got you into music what made you start doing music and when was your that that aha moment that you was like oh this is really connected yeah i started from the church you know the church really made me believe I was doing something good.

I used to draw, but it wasn't giving me so much vision, I was about to say. I was getting more applause for music. Yeah, the church embraced it, and I just kept doing it. And then life got hard and drifted a little bit. Times where I paused, times where I needed to make it out for the family. You call yourself the chosen one. I can't pronounce it. H-E-I-S.

Is that what it is? Heiss? Heiss? He is. He is. He is. But I just put it together. Oh, you put it together?

Oh, duh. I'm an idiot. But it translates to someone special. Our chosen. Yeah. Right? It's so pretty. So when did you become aware of like your own special divine

unique qualities when did you realize like damn i am the chosen one in my family i would say it's just like i'm a spiritual person i don't like to get too deep but we can tell though everybody in this room loves god brother but i just feel like they're just signs that come with prophecies and you you just be chilling and the prophecy just hits you. And someone just walk up to you and say this. And you're just like, I see this thing. You had that happen to you? Sometimes it's just visions.

You just have visions. And it's like, if the vision was never for me, then why did it come to me in the beginning? So I just take hold of it and when you like put effort and faith in that one vision and it comes to life it's like probably my duties to the rest 50 visions i've got and they just keep coming to life i feel like my name also like holds that ramah as a revelation from another dimension it's like another word for an idea like when an idea hits you that euphoria that's ramah and you feel that feelings like it's just like it's just another word for an idea like when an idea hits you that euphoria that's real man I mean you feel that feeling it's like it's just like it's just like an adrenaline pump I heard that

in church and I feel like you know that name just stuck with me and I feel like I leave the name you know I wanted to know you know with the success of Calm Down and how big the record is and how big you are with that record over here I always talk to artists and they say one of their biggest fears is. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going.

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Listen to Rumble, Ali, Foreman, and the Soul of 74 on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Making a hit so early that big because you always chase that hit. You always want to be bigger than that record. Have you had the same problem trying to beat that record in the states no i never planned to make a big record i was just doing me in the world you know went with it and also it's like i'm grateful for education it's not like school education but like life education people experience things not just for them to experience it and learn the lesson. I don't always look at success stories to learn. I also like to look at mistakes.

A lot of people have had big songs. It's like the biggest birdcage. And it's just like a cage to that. I don't let that affect my creative process. I go to the studio with the same mentality. Like I made my first hit song. And then I have a vision. If you look in my eyes like you can see that i see something that's way ahead of me it's like whatever needs to happen now will happen now and i know my way around it i have no pressure i feel no pressure i'm happy and joyful i'm making bangas too and i like the way i moved to my new project as well just like i don't like to move with the way people expect i i don't like to move with the rules i don't do that yeah you blend a lot of different genres in your music so what do

those influences say about who you are as a artist and a person i'm in my own world you know i don't really write so i don't write i just go to the studio and have fun. Sometimes I end up saying things that do not even exist. Not even words. I just... What's an example of something that wasn't a word? My first hit song, the chorus was not even a word. I just expressed myself. I was just in my own world, enjoying what I do.

And I stand on it. Like I said, if the vision was never for me then why did it come you know it's like no english word or nigerian word could match the vibration that our chorus would send it was just meant to be gibberish and i did it and it gave me a platform to express myself more it gave me my first hit song and in nigeria we call that lamba lamba is just something you just create out of the euphoria of being in the studio while you're in in that creative process you just like close your eyes and just like express that one it's just like saying boom without saying it was an explosion yeah you know you just say boom one of my favorite records of yours off the uh he is project you just

laughing in the chorus on uh when you say when you said when you said because i just like the way you applying pressure on my when you said i'm not gonna take it easy on my haters monday morning you talking about me while i'm making money what inspired that record exactly the haters the haters it's like for real though like day on day day and day out people just like talking about me you know and i'm stacking up every second it's just a sign for you to do better with your time it's like you're just hating on me keeping me hating on me since i was what dropped my first tape 19 i've been criticized a lot i was i would say i've not been babysitted at all i've been poked for years and if no one

got like my heart they would literally literally crash i feel like over time even with my phases the game kind of made me colder and colder you know i came with a loving heart i spread so much love and the hate turns your heart a little bit you know it's just like sometimes you just want to give back that energy it's just like kendrick sometimes you want to pop out and show but you said you you know you said you were learning from experiences right you were talking about your hit and the success but you also said mistakes as well what was one of the biggest mistakes that you made in the game or in life in general both I would say you know trust like you just literally have the biggest lessons from trust being a young kid and just wanting to embrace

everybody and it's like just seeing humans become like like the stories you used to hear when you were younger greedy masters you know i really i trust you know when you have love when you when you put your all you know people who you hurt so much and they just stop not being not being good like we like me i keep being good like if i see my enemy i still shake hands but it's like we know we're not cool but it's like the respect of shaking hands and also i'm that believer that you don't have to be friends to be loyal i also believe in that like if we got money to make let's make money but we don't have to be friends you know oh you mean like here we say uh there's no permanent friends or enemies

when it comes to business is that what you mean yeah it's like just let's make money it's like and another thing is like um it's like years ago i didn't know a lot of people that the game would bring my way why would i make that like a huge thing like i didn't know you like at first i just wanted to feed my family so why would you be the highlight of my career? Why should I focus on you? I don't get time to do that, can't I? Alright, we got more with Rema when we come back His album, He Is, is out right now It's The Breakfast Club, good morning

Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Die We are The Breakfast Club Lauren La Rosa is filling in for Jess And we're still kicking it with Afrobeats artist Rema now Do you feel like you get the respect you deserve when they talk about the Afrobeats genre? I feel like the success came too quick that people wish I didn't get it too quick. And you know when they want to give you respect when you have to be 10 years in the game? I feel like I didn't.

My career, I didn't play according to those rules. And I was already breaking like seven-year career worth of records at three years in the game you know i already went international from my first ep so it's like people have this mind frame that we have to see you striving for 10 years like you have to grind we have to see videos of you in the studio like you didn't walk you know why do i need to i don't post me in the studio all you hear all you see is music i don't give people to i don't post me in the studio all you hear all you see is music i don't give people what i don't really tell people nothing about my personal life they don't know nothing i think people just saw my mom for the first time people just want you to strive so

hard so that they can be able to give you a flower it's like no it's just it's something called grace though it's like i put in so much work that you don't i don't want to show it people know i put in so much work they want me to be 10 years't want to show it. People know I put in so much work. They want me to be 10 years in the game to be like, oh, okay, now we can say you are this or you are top this. Or like, it's like, come on, man. Let's be real. Do you feel like when people have the top three Afrobeat, male Afrobeat artist conversation, you should be included? I know they, right now they include Burn the Boy, Wizkid, and Davido.

Do you think you should be included in that? Respect to the OGs. But, but yeah i'm one of them once you tweeted no more big three there's now a big four yeah and if you look at it my impact in afro beats has been huge you understand it's not just about hit songs a lot of people have hit songs but the impact in the journey of afro beat to the world like i don't even want to say a lot but just just something as little as major award shows creating an afrobeat category because of the success of my song has already shifted or opened gates it's like india as a country like being able to do huge arenas in three cities and having indians and multitude come out to sing afrobeat songs world forward it's like

it's on another level and that's just like a little peek of the iceberg of what i've done in the game but i don't like to talk about it i don't put my plaques in my house to like fuel myself with that ego i don't i don't want to talk about it but it's quite sad must i be 30 years old to give me that flower times has changed you don't need to be 10 years in the game to be a legend to be an icon to be someone who inspired in this generation it's just what it is whatever favorite is in all of that it's like that's on them everybody in their hearts they know and i know i read body language from everyone on the game the artist everything love to everybody though it's like you said you said a lot of labels uh are trying to clone you. You said,

tell your stylist to stop sending mails to brands. Man, you reading my tweets. Tell my name to get close. Artists really sending stylist mail with your name to get close?

You said, I'm going to pull up to your show and script you on stage because that's my s*** hole. Fake celebrities, fake industry. Jesus.

Are they pulling up with their marriage? Labels, get creative. Stop trying to clone me. Then you said, Rema made Afro BTP a big statement. Labels get creative. Stop trying to clone me. Then you said, Rema made Afro BTP a big statement. Every new artist since 2019

ate from the same template. That was pretty wordy for someone who don't Which one do you want to start with? What motivated all of that? I'm a very chill person until the cup is full.

Might as well just say a few things. Just get a few things out of my chest. I don't really want to embarrass anyone. And sometimes the times when you need to make a statement. It's the same.

When a lizard shakes his head. He's adjusting his own ego. He's praising his own self. Because nobody want to give him his flowers. Nobody want to give him his. But I'm not here in this interview to beg for flowers or anything. Sometimes I just like to clear the air. Like reaching out on behalf. Saying you're a remastered stylist and stealing my clothes month award of

clothes and like brands that have created a relationship think they're standing close to me and they're standing close to you seeing some funny shoe sizes it's like whoa so got these tiny legs. This one's funny, so it's hilarious. And by the EPs, it's just like, I mean, when I came to the game, I came with a template. I just, like, the way new artists come and have a dominance,

mine was just different from the day one. I started, you know, the whole ep trail i mean every artist 2019 like walked on that path like a new artist just had to like when you come out you pop out with that ep but a lot of people will argue with you know a lot of people just don't want you know sometimes i don't like to feel like some afrobeat messiah or someone just sometimes they don't really like you being quite young and saying something sometimes it's not for you to say sometimes it's the truth but it's not for you to say sometimes I just want to leave it and sometimes I'm quite I just can't wait for it to be in the

air because I I just can't wait for maybe like the OGs to say it and I'll be like okay no one's saying it so I'm at it as well but slowly it's like I really don't want that picture of a Afro beat Messiah oh let's do it for Afro beat Afro it's like you know I really don't want things to be that serious and I just want to express myself that's all and when things are not looking good and I want to clear something I just want to clear and leave it at that but starting to like make an agenda on tweets that i felt at the moment i mean the tweets has cleared whatever i need to i don't really need to like

embody it in interviews it's not so much of a big deal you get me what's your relationship like with the with the ogs with that with the burner boys and the beatles and with kids do y'all have relationships yeah big respect one thing i'm happy about is that we all respect each other. There's respect. There's a difference between being a boy. A friend. Yeah, a friend. I got friendship.

I got respect. A lot of people got friendship from big dogs. I ain't got respect. I got respect. If I don't even got friendship, but I got my respect, that's okay for me. All right, well, we got more with Rema when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Lorna Rosa's filling in for Jess, and we're still kicking it with Rema. Now, Rema, do you feel like the U.S. has watered down Afro beats at all? Like, does it seem like they just took a couple of records and made them big and almost like that was it to see?

But when you go to Africa, South africa nigeria all these different places it's so much more you feel like it's watered down at all no i think when we start like having a lot of international dominance we sometimes the little influence from the outside coming and sometimes you just want to like make it more understandable for the people to digest the music better maybe slow down on a little local dialect and maybe like put in a little more english so that they can understand you know or like maybe the beats maybe maybe it's too intense like maybe just want something like you know but at the time we like you know we never really used to care what anybody think it's like if they like it they like it they don't right it's like we just go to the studio and be free you know i didn't know

if america was gonna like calm down you know europe was gonna like it i just do stuff then some of my songs are more successful in france than they are in in a country two hours away from France it's just like different crowds pick whatever they want to pick India they got what they like you know other African countries they got what they like you know um I would say like my first album did so well internationally than it did locally understand I was just making music. But the international crowd grasped it more than the locals.

Right? My new album, the locals grasped it more than the international. It's just like, it comes with the face, right? But, I really don't have a place

in people's decision when they create. Some people create what they want to create some people actually plan to create because they plan to be in a territory you know and sometimes could prompt several features or i need to feature this artist or oh these people this is what they like to listen so let me do this but in the afrobeat version that would be more digestible to them it's a different concept but generally i hope over time it don't be the norm it's like come on it's not us now we're very

rugged with it and we're wicked with the beats with the flow it's like let's stand on that because that was the main foundation of afrobeat i like what you said about that because when i tell people that i listen to you that's one thing they say about especially with the new project they say that you highlight the local roots of Afrobeats with your drums and your sound patterns so that's that's intentional to do that. Yeah that was intentional you see it just has to do with someone that has an outside body experience that look at the game from like oh what's going on you know what's going on right now but sometimes it's like another thing is like think about it some people will be like uh okay

you feel like you can make this move because you already have your international song we want to have our own international song too why do you think it's like i never like yeah calm down is a softer beat it's like i have a lot of songs just soft beats like i make love songs i make all type of jams but it's just like that rawness it's just something that was just being like being lost it was like what they call it lost art it's just like yo i don't mind like because also if you think about it i'm not trying to be selfish because i have a huge song also think about the guys in the underground if we lose this art like you know the streets is this is their bop that's right like you you gotta also make them know that yeah this person who's so huge is still willing to tap in

so low to the roots like i see you you know it's like i see you it's like it's also possible for you guys like don't make it like because now the guys on the ground would think like oh i have to water down my stuff no i want to hit traditional afro beats you get it you talk about uh bad health care in nigeria and you always talk about giving back to the church giving back to the kids what do you think could be done to change some of the stuff that you and your family went through to make sure the next generation doesn't have that problem are you working towards that as well a lot of things are being held down by the government the government is starting to

understand that they are not as influential we are the ones having a real influence on the youth a lot of times they have to bring us close to know what the youth want and maybe some might have it have us close for their own agendas but it's just your decision to stand with the agenda. There's no amount of money the government want to give me. I'd be like, whoa, no government money can freak me. I've said it in a lot of songs that I think I'm starting to make more money than politicians. It's like, you know, I feel like with the influence I have, we are now at the point where we can tell them like yo you're not doing your job if i'm sitting with a governor i would whisper to his ear i'm like i

don't think you're doing this right i'm sorry it's coming from a 24 year old but it's like i think i tap in with what their perspective you can't see that sir i'm sorry policies like just help convince them about policies and the little we can do like we're investing with the money we make bringing back home giving kids life a meaning a lot of times i'll be telling my manager because we have a lot of deep talks it's like it's not about giving rice everybody just want to give rice it's like you just want to go make some food do you know if some kid got some allergy to rice and then you yes you gave rice but then you leave and then the kid gotta go to the hospital to sort out the allergy do you understand it's like are you like there's a whole different perspective to me

giving back i don't like to do the basic give back that oh i gave you food that's it it's like no it's like what about tomorrow what are they gonna eat tomorrow it's like I've got to create a platform mm-hmm that will consistently provide yeah you know create a platform now consistently educate create a platform now comes is any clothes pretty quick platform that consider the shelter it could be 100 people could be 500 people but if it's 1,000 people or family but at least it's quite consistent then I'm giving 1 million people food today

tomorrow they'll be hungry that's my perspective of giving back platforms policies and they should listen to you I mean you just had a show

on your city you had 20,000 people come out I think it was 30 even more a lot of people outside wow it's like

what did that feel like doing that in your hometown how do you pronounce your hometown Benin Benin Benin benin city there's a country called benin same spelling from benin city it was really beautiful iconic there and there i just i felt a love joy love anger sorry to say anger why it's just oh okay it's just like this place i struggled so hard this place has stomped on me it's not really like you're blaming the people it's just like this place has struggled so hard this place has stomped on me it's not really like you're blaming the people it's just like you're just blaming the environment for your

struggle yeah you know it was just like i have to give back in some way i didn't want your money first of all it was not about hey i'm i'm the star come on watch me like pay to watch me it's like no it's like i made sure the tickets were affordable because life is hard in nigeria that's all tickets affordable and also i don't make myself the center of the event no the people won and then everything that has to do with the show giving them an iconic show the great stage great sound if i had bad sound in in that stadium they'll be like yeah it was a great show regardless why because i didn't put my all into the stage or the sound because i was so focused on me being

the talk of the town like it's all about me it's not even about the sound people will take it they'll still say it's a good show but i was like i made sure you know the security of the people even the security of the people outside i cannot get in because I know that would be a possibility just making sure that they have a good show and making sure that I can impact um give back inspire as much use as I can I think I did let's get into a joint off that what you want to hear what joint you want us to play this morning us to play this morning let's play he he he i know what but rec you want to do um i want to do he is the actual he is the song he is he is all right well we appreciate you for joining us next

time you come back up here absolutely man don't be letting them take your outfit say fly word up don't know let nobody dim your light like i like i like your confidence man you know saying and your belief in god like i can see i can You know what I'm saying? And your belief in God. Absolutely. I can see God in you, brother. Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate it. Rema, ladies and gentlemen, it's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Morning, everybody. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get right to it. To Rema, man. Thank you for pulling up, man. That's right. Go get that He Is album out right now.

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Alrighty. So there has been some updates in the Diddy $100 million default judgment that we reported on earlier this week. So Derek Lee Cardello Smith, who is the plaintiff, who is alleging all of this different stuff, sexual assault, all this different stuff that he's saying he needs to be compensated for, has now been hit back with an answer from Diddy's team. So Diddy's team filed a document. It's an emergency motion to set aside the default judgment. And they also filed to dissolve the TRO that was granted to the plaintiff. So basically what that means is the money that they're saying Diddy has to start paying this guy on October 1st.

Diddy's team is like, hold on. We need an emergency conversation about why this should not have been granted and they awarded him a TRO which basically meant that Diddy's team was not allowed to sell any property in that state or anything related to what could be used to pay the plaintiff they're saying none of that makes sense because the plaintiff has no like he has no interest in any of the property. So how dare he say what we can and can't do now? It's wow.

It's a lot. So last time I reported, I told you guys that the judge never addressed the statute of limitations on the sexual assault stuff. Did he seem as a legend? And I actually reached out and received this statement from them. And what they are alleging is that the the statute of limitations on that ran out 17 years ago they are also saying because the last time i reported i said that the judge said that she had receipt of diddy being served and we actually have audio of that can we take a listen real quick before i get into it i have a proof of service showing that mr combs was served on July 6th of 2000 and is that 24? Yes, ma'am.

Return received requested was provided. So there is proper service. Mr. Combs has neither appeared nor responded to this request. So I'm going to grant your motion for a preliminary injunction temporary restraining order and order that the defendant and their agents are hereby enjoined temporarily for a preliminary injunction temporary restraining order and order that the defendant and their agents are hereby enjoined temporarily for a period of 90 days on the sale, transfer, or exchange, trade, or transactional title or deed to the property listed as the address and placed on the market by defendants for the amount of $70 million. And this property and estate

belonging to or connected to defendant Sean Combs shall cease and desist any and all trades, transactions or otherwise stop the process. This shall have an immediate effect. That was a lot of legal jargon, I understand. But it happened recently though. Yes, so I was going to sum it up for you because I knew it is a lot of legal jargon.

So basically what just happened in that Zoom and this was from the other day when we originally reported this, but I did not... This is a story from the man who said did he had his hand on his butt this is from this man the man with the hand so he touched his butt the left buttocks yes allegedly why you said that twice yeah we heard you the first time because that's what he remembers you know how his mind works i'm trying to keep the story going go go go so basically that zoom is from court recently i didn't use that the first time i reported because i'm like this doesn't make sense this is a lot of money for him to have been served and just be like

you know what i'm good so when i reached out to get more information what they're saying in response to that is that first of all the last time that diddy lived in the house that this man is claiming did he was served that was over three years ago um they're also saying that because in this same zoom uh court hearing the man alleges that Diddy came to him. They had a conversation. Did he basically tried to offer to settle? And Diddy Seaman is saying that is completely not true. Diddy does not know this man, not even does he not know this guy, but they didn't even know about this hearing whatsoever. And they keep saying it's because the online system in Michigan is a lot different than other places.

They didn't even know about this. They found out about this when news outlets started reaching out to his attorneys for response to the default judgment so they just recently found out about all of this um so yeah basically they're asking for this to not happen so they're saying he never got served never got served he does not know this man he's they're also just overall saying all of the claims of assault and the sexual stuff and the drugging completely not false i mean completely false sorry completely false um and they want to make it clear too that this guy has a record from what they found of doing this like he's entered a lot of other lawsuits that judges have been like that's silly we're not even honoring that but this judge for some reason because of the amount of money did not take a second look into it and i was listening to some other reporting where normally

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hey diddy are you sure about this and it didn't happen so everybody's trying to figure out what's going on but his team is saying they're calling bs and also some of the uh the legal jargon did he sell in his bel-air home right he bought it for 35 million he's selling it for 70 million and that junction that she put in basically said he cannot sell that house until this is taken care of anything that would make it where diddy may not be able to pay this guy or you know i mean like anything that's going to touch his money close to the amount of money that this guy's supposed to be paid they try this guy's saying i need to be able to control that and his team is saying wait a minute no you shouldn't be able to control this guy has no lawyer he's doing this all on his

own yeah he was in court by himself. He was representing himself. That's crazy. He reading all the jail law. No, he was in there dropping statutes and yeah, he's been sitting there for some time. When does he come home? Do we know? I have no idea. So, in other

Diddy news, so Dawn... You want to invite him to a party or something? Yeah, don't you got a birthday coming up? Who? You. My birthday's in June. I want to know why Diddy... I said Diddy News. So Dawn. You want to invite him to a party or something? Yeah, don't you got a birthday coming up? Who? You. My birthday's in June. I'm just asking. I want to know why Diddy.

I said Diddy. Why? And if you want to know why, when he coming over. I'm just curious because he's doing it. I know you are. Never mind. Go ahead. I hate this guy.

Y'all are so annoying. I'm so annoying. That he. Right. So in other news, Diddy recently hit a diss into that. Like, this is so serious and this is what y'all do. We talking about people being allegedly abused here. Or not.

Who knows? Diddy sued. Diddy is now being sued in addition to what we just talked about by Dawn Richards. You guys will remember her. She was a part of Making the Bin. Dirty Money. Dirty Money. The Danny DeCain era.

So, basically, what she is alleging, she's alleging a lot of different things, too. So, she is saying that she, number one, has not been paid for a lot of different things that she's done, whether it's been like writing, producing performances, different brand deals that she did for Ciroc. And she wants that money. But she's also saying that because of the different things she's had to endure, like she says that she watched him. Diddy is him. She watched Diddy punch cassie at one point this is all alleged during a dinner where uh allegedly jimmy ivine uh usher and neo were at

the table and it was like a huge label dinner tons of people there and nothing happened the dinner just went on and they continue to do business and make a lot of money with the label she's saying that at one point she was headed to a studio in 2005 allegedly she saw kim porter coming out of the studio with uh like various like fractures and different things to her face that were very obvious and she was crying um she's saying that just when it came to the girls from making the band and uh dirty money he would treat them insane like they were basically starved allegedly according to dawn um they were overworked they would have to work for like periods of like 36 to 48 hours without being properly fed and because of that she actually ended up in the hospital at one point and i mean i mean i was just reading

some of it yesterday he was allegedly starve her out and then have the chef cook in front of front of her and would eat in front of them and would only make them eat like peanut drink peanut butter milkshakes or something like that um but dawn has always been so when when he did all that giving back the catalogs and all that it was a well-known conversation that dawn and aubrey o'day did not do it they didn't take back their whatever it was from him because and aubrey spoke out about this i she did a special with tmz where she talked about she didn't do it because there was an NDA in there that said that you couldn't, I guess, talk about certain things, whatever those things were. And some people are speculating that Dawn didn't do it as well because she knew she wanted to be able to come out and tell her story. But we have audio about her talking about one of the instances where Diddy would like talk to them kind of crazy.

We were coming to rehearsal in New York. We were doing Saturday Night Live. And Kalina and I didn't know we had rehearsals. And we were asking everybody, yo, when's rehearsals? They didn't know. We get to SIR Studios and Puff on us. He spazzes out on us. And he was like, y'all don't want it.

Y'all don't want it. I threw my purse down. I was like, well, you want to go, we can go. There was this chess battle that happened between him and I. And I think everybody's eyes was like, Dawn. d-rock was looking at me like little bit like where you gonna go with that and i think that was the first time puff was like yeah i needed to maybe slow down on that moment and there are like um there's a tons of um talk about the car the car thing that you told me behind the scenes so i thought that was real interesting two things so

first of all dawn said that there was one time when she walked into the d's house and this is when cassie was cooking him the eggs and he threw the hot eggs at cassie and he came downstairs in his underwear and dawn was like can you put some clothes on and he was like no this might like you and my this is me this is what i'm doing and she had to sit there and talk to him in his underwear and then um there's another time in the lawsuit where she talks about showing up late uh to a studio in New York. And Diddy was so upset at her and the other girl from Dirty Money that he went off on them. He all the words she just said. All of that happened. Bees, y'all don't want this.

Y'all don't want to work for this. And he went to swing on her, according to Dawn Legitly. And the bodyguard grabbed her. So the bodyguard intervened. So he wasn't he didn't hit her. And then the bodyguard threw her in like a Bentley, like a bad boy bentley that they had this is the part though she's saying because people are like why you just didn't get out the bentley and leave she's saying that she was in that bentley for hours at least minimum two to three hours because there were no interior doors

in the bentley and she realized that when she got in there yeah no door handles and she was able to call her dad within all of that only because the other band member had her cell phone. So she called her dad because she really thought something was going to happen to her. And her dad drove from Baltimore to New York and demanded to see her. I know he was ready to catch a body. But listen, because he was so upset,

the team members around was like, yo, we got to let her see her dad. They let her see her dad. But Diddy and her dad got into it. And her dad was so shaken up by them getting into it, according to Dawn, allegedly, that she felt bad. She felt like, I don't want to put my family in this position. And she basically backed off of it because the dad was starting to call the police.

And the next day they performed at SNL and Diddy told her, like, you know, great job. Y'all did amazing. But don't ever call your dad again unless you're in the hospital. So it was a lot of reoccurrences of like these crazy things would happen. She would witness crazy stuff. Nobody would do anything. But they're making money and they're you know i mean they're successful so she's just quiet but she said she didn't make it feels like that has happened before that is all according to her and i want to also say every story about diddy gets crazier and

crazier and freakier and freakier that documentary 50 doing is gonna have to be on point hub diddy's attorney erica wolf is saying mr combs is shocked and disappointed by the lawsuit. Dawn is attempting to rewrite history. She's manufactured false claims in hopes of trying to get a payday. Conveniently timed to coincide with her album release in press store. Jesus.

Yeah. That was a lot. Can we clap for me, man? It's early. We're not clapping after nothing. You just reported. I'm saying the fact that I got through the report we'll clap after the show

y'all know what I mean don't turn this into that was a lot of stuff to report and I am not an attorney this is not about you Lauren you're right sorry Jesus

well that was just what the mess with Lauren La Rosa alright well who you throwing your donkey to over there I don't even want to talk right now

I'll be back in a minute alright we'll be back I'll give you a hug shut up front or back The Breakfast Club your mornings will never be the same I don't even want to talk right now. I'll be back in a minute. All right. We'll be back. I'll give you a hug. Shut up. Front or back? The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same.

You're trying to be a fake-ass Charlamagne. Some donkey today has just sold himself. I've been watching you, Charlamagne. I was ready for you. I'm a donkey. I'm a donkey. I'm a donkey. I never heard of a donkey the other day.

What is it? I'm a donkey. Say it again, Charlamagne. I'm a donkey. Yes it again, Charlamagne. I'm a donkey. Yes. You are a donkey. I'll show you how to act a donkey. Everything that Charlamagne is saying is true.

Donkey of the Day for Friday, February 13th. Oh, it's Friday the 13th. Thanks. I don't care about that no more. I used to. Not anymore. It goes to a woman named Michelle Cobb Kay. I think her name

is i'm probably pronouncing her last name wrong listen man i am reminded every day how hard it is for women to find the right partner out here okay i am surrounded by some very very very very very very very single women hey okay i'm talking about the type of women that JD Vance uses to prove his childless cat lady point. But it's not because they don't want a man. Okay. It's not because they don't want to be in a relationship. They just can't find a man. And full disclosure, it's hard for me as an unk.

Okay. It's hard for me as an unk to these women. It's hard for me as a brother to these women. It's hard for me to feel sympathy for them because i know them and because i know them i can totally see why they single i totally understand why they can't find anyone why you're standing me envy why nobody wants to be with them why their relationships don't last i completely understand okay but i also can understand why women be sick of men okay a lot of men need to go through the work on themselves that's why i be stressing healing i know a lot of women who refuse to even date a man who's not going to

therapy and i don't blame them but some women like michelle kobke out of here some women like michelle kobke are going to extremes to prove that they don't need a man see michelle kobke has been diagnosed with objectophilia ever heard of that anybody in the room i have not it's when you develop an attraction to objects Okay, because of this condition why you looking at me with that and Michelle fell in love Alright, you know she fell in love with and I want all my single friends all my single You know what nieces and sisters to listen because there's other options out here. Okay, okay, Michelle Fell in love with an airplane. Oh. Not just any airplane, a Boeing 737-800.

She says she's attracted to the plane's wings. Okay. The plane's winglets. Okay. And its thrusters. Hmm. Oh, Michelle said the plane got a big-ass cockpit. Okay.

She carried out a long-distance relationship with the airplane. But after nine years of flying high, the relationship has come crashing down because Michelle and her Boeing 737-800 have finally broken up. I know you all are listening to me and you're saying to yourself, Uncle Charlotte, what the hell are you talking about? Well, if you don't believe me, Michelle was on a reality show with her bae. So you can listen to the story for yourself. Let's listen. Michelle's love of planes is known as objectophilia, and she's not alone. Over 5,000 people worldwide are also in love with inanimate objects, and that's just what's been documented. Unable to fit 129 feet and 6 inches of 737 into her apartment, the focus of Michelle's daily love is her models

and the life-size scrap parts she buys online. Michelle has spent some $6,000 on these 737 parts. You judging? Okay, but when the plane starts talking dirty to you, saying things like, baby, I'm carrying a full load and the passengers are ready to disembark. Ooh You can talk back to the plane dirty and say ooh, baby. You want your bin stuffed? Listen, man. Michelle said her biggest dream was to be married and live with the plane

She says she sleeps with her darling every night, either with real components like the spoiler, the flap track bearing, and tank valve are a 5'2 model. She said intimacy is part of our relationship. I'm actually kind of shocked they couldn't make it work because in relationships, there is going to be turbulence. See, in relationships, everything starts out good. It's a smooth takeoff, but there is going to be points where the ride gets bumpy. That's why you have to wear your seatbelt on the plane. You can't get up and go to the bathroom right now. Sit here and figure it out.

What you going to do? Get up, open the emergency door, and jump out just because things are getting rough? You're 30,000 feet in the air. That's not going to work. Okay? You are not going to be on cloud nine every moment of a relationship, even if you are dating a plane. And none of the single ladies I know better be judging you yeah I wasn't I didn't know you were single I wasn't even talking about you why are you jumping why you why why why you why you didn't know I had no idea all of your

nieces you know all I'm simply saying to all my nieces. All my nieces. Okay. At least Michelle had somebody. All right. She was with that plane for nine years. Okay. My single friends could never. Or maybe they could. But they got too many wants. Okay.

These checklists of what they need a man to do. And, you know, they don't even check off none of the boxes they're looking for and others. I feel so bad for them. What you want in someone else, you must possess in yourself. So imagine how fly Michelle must be that she ended up with a whole plane as a sexual partner for nine years. She did what works for her. And for the record, her and the plane have stayed on good terms and the breakup wasn't too messy. And she said her and the plane have stayed on good terms and the breakup wasn't too messy and she said her

and the plane are still friends that's good to know that michelle and the plane had a smooth landing please give michelle cupcake the sweet sounds of the hamilton's oh now you are the donkey of the day. All the donkey. All the day. Yee-haw. Good morning to all my single nieces. Good morning to all my single sisters. Amy, why you turn this way? Good morning to all my single friends.

Okay. There's just another option out there for y'all. Okay. That's why that fan won't open because God don't like ugly. There's another option out there for y'all. Okay. That's why that fan won't open because God don't like ugly. There's another option out there for y'all. Okay? That's boss with a P.

Alright? Whoa. There's another P option. Alright? Whoa. I want y'all to know. This over. How you feeling?

Man. I feel great. Okay. Man, this is crazy. What's crazy? What? What's crazy? What?

Hey, Mac, come here, Mac. What? Hit the wobble one time. Hit the wobble one time for Big Mac. You can't do the wobble. He lost weight. Do the cha-cha side. Mac is concerned.

Mac is concerned. Who are you concerned about? He's concerned about the single people, the single nieces. What you got, Mac? The single sisters. Mac, I know you're not waging war between the single community and the Bad Lives Matter community. Because you don't want this war. You don't want this war.

We got nothing but time, baby. Just say what you said to me. I was just concerned because this lady took the mile high club literally and it just made me think that the way you was coming to the defense that maybe you was just upset that you wasn't getting any turbulence in your middle seat.

Wow. You said your middle seat is empty. But this came from a spot of love. I love you. It came from love. I love you and this is with love. I know, absolutely. I don't even know why you're taking this personally. Lauren, why are you taking this personally?

This response is with love, too. Let Lauren speak. Lauren, why are you getting upset? Go ahead, Lauren. I represent it for my people, and I just want to say. Who's your people? At least, at least, a lot of the single community only need a middle seat. We don't need multiple seats.

I mean, that's true. That's true. She shot back at you. Max, she said you fly cargo, man. Whoa. Max you said You take a ball But it's obvious that Ladies it's getting bad cause y'all fall in love With all inanimate objects Y'all fall in love with roses y'all fall in love with planes It's getting bad

Y'all are falling in love with objects Like Y'all okay Turn the wobble off this is over Wrap it up it's over What's the last thing you fell in love with? This is not about me. We're not doing this.

Listen, man. I don't even like. You should fall in love with objects because objects in the mirror are closer than they appear. So that lets me know that objects, you will be with an object before you be with a man. That's what I'm getting from all this. I got faith in you. You're going to find somebody.

You're going to find somebody. You're going to find somebody. That's what I'm getting from all this. All right. When we come back, Fawn Weaver will be joining us. Big Fawn. She is the CEO of Uncle Nearest Whiskey. Let me tell you something. Fawn came up here seven years ago.

That's right. And seven years ago, she had an idea, and her idea was this whiskey called Uncle Nearest. That's right. Seven years later, Uncle Nearest has a valuation of $1.1 billion. Come on now, let's talk about it. She'll be here in a second. Can I add this? This is the difference to Diddy, what we just was talking about. Oh, no, let's come back and do that.

No, it's important. Not right now. Okay. Y'all know I don't like to leave nothing out. It's important. Okay. All right. We'll be back in The breakfast club good morning the breakfast club morning everybody it's dj envy jess hilarious charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club laura rosa is filling in for jess and we got a special guest in the building that's right we have four weaver ladies and gentlemen new book out now called love and whiskey the remarkable

story of jack daniel his master distiller nearest greenkey. The Remarkable Story of Jack Daniel, His Master Distiller, Nearest Green, and the Improbable Rise of Uncle Nearest. Yes. How are you feeling this morning? I'm feeling great. Like a billion dollars. I'm feeling good. Listen, I saw them punch in the hallway. I said, who is this?

This has to be her. So break down what Uncle Nearest is and explain what the whole thing is. All right. Lauren's got the bottle. Pass me the bottle so this is the bottle that's right so this is uncle nearest premium whiskey it is the most awarded bourbon of the last five years in a row worldwide it's about to be six that also is improbable because we're coming into an industry that's been dominated by the same people for

hundreds of years and it became the fastest growing still is bourbon or american whiskey in u.s history and uncle nearest is the first known african-american master distiller his name is nears green his legal name was nathan but we don't use nathan because he didn't use nathan any document on him that he was involved in post-slavery he didn't use nathan which it was very common if you were given a name that after you were free if you didn't like the name you changed the name so he went by nearest his kids called him nearest his grandkids called him nearest so we we call him nearest green but now when nears when this came out it was the first time an african-american was ever commemorated

on a spirit bottle and when we opened nearest green distillery it was the first time an african-american was ever commemorated on a spirit bottle and when we opened nearest green distillery it was the first time ever that a distillery had been named after an african-american can you break down the whole jack daniels of it all absolutely everybody knows jack daniel yeah yeah yeah like why he's so intricate to this story because nearest green was the teacher of of jack daniel he was a teacher he was was the mentor. Before this story came out, before I did the research and brought the researchers together, Jack Daniels, the company, didn't realize that Distillery No. 7 ever existed. Their records only went back so far. And so they're looking at it and looking at their distillery number. I said, no, no, no, you got

to take that back. Old No. 7 was the actual distillery and nearest green is the only known master distiller for distillery number seven so when I came to this story the very first thing that I did was buy that original property where distillery number seven was where Jack grew up the 313 acres above Lynchburg Tennessee because that allowed me to start piecing the story together and to be able to I mean coming into a story that is so iconic. Jack Daniels is a ubiquitous brand around the world. And I was coming in and saying, not only was an African-American there at the beginning of it, but Jack treated him fairly.

And you're talking about the South, Lynchburg, Tennessee. And for a person to be treated as an equal that was a black person that was unheard of what year was this this so this is in the 19th century so everywhere from about 56 1856 into until jack died in 1910 because i know what prohibition too because a lot of people will hear this story and say well if he treated them nicely why did you have to go back and say check out distillery number seven but with prohibition too because a lot of people will hear this story and say well if he treated them nicely why did you have to go back and say check out distillery number seven but with prohibition there were so many different things that happened where they made it where like after like with when harlem renaissance came along and like just the political powers that black people couldn't say

oh i did that well in this instance it was a little different so in this instance during prohibition prohibition was 20 years in our country, 19, 20 years. But in Tennessee, it was 30. Wow. They started 10 years. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves.

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10 years got you and leading up to prohibition so on the other side of prohibition the it reopens but it's in so much trouble Jack's nephew is in trouble so they eventually had to sell it to another company it's under that company's watch got you that the story disappeared but under Jack and his descendants they made sure so when you look at this photo the reason why i started this book with this photo is jack daniel didn't just put a black man to his right in 1904 he seeded the entire center position of the photo to the black man so that was jack's way of saying america's gonna try to write you out i'm not gonna allow him to well and then his biography written in 1967,

height of the civil rights era. And you have Nearson, his boys mentioned more times than Jack and Jack's own family. Wow. And so you knew that Jack wanted us to know not only was he here at the beginning, don't ever forget it. And so that's the reason why the story mattered to me.

If this was another one of the stories where African-Americans were done wrong and we were like pushed to the side this story would have had no interest to me we have enough of those stories yeah what interested me about this story is i felt as though it was a story that we may have been treated right and i wanted to prove it if it was true because if we don't have any hope like if every story we hear we don't have anything to go toward if every single story lacks hope then we just walk around here thinking well it's always been terrible it's always going to be terrible but if every generation we can find those glimmers of hope that move us forward then we know where we're going. What got you into spirits? Nears Green. So cementing cementing his legacy. Originally book movie.

Right. Super simple. But if I were to. Well, you all in this room, you might know. But if I go in and I have a room and I have a thousand people in that room and I'm talking to them and I say, how many people saw Hidden Figures? Ninety nine percent of the room. Hands up. Right.

Absolutely. If I said, name for me the three women who were the hidden figures played by Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae. I could do Mae, Mae Jameson.

You are the first person to ever, so why? Because my daughter wants to be an astronaut. Okay, that's why. So we got so much Mae stuff around.

That's why. Charlamagne can never be counted in these stories. Because he always has this wealth of information. But in a room like that, nobody can ever name. So we all walk into a movie theater and we walk out remembering the same people we knew before we went in. And so if we wanted to make sure that this story, 100 years from now, someone wasn't having to uncover it again, then we had to do what johnny

walker jim bean and jack daniel why why do we all know who those people are because we're watching them every time we go into a bar we see their name wow i saw for the book that you interviewed some people that were 106 years old nearest his granddaughter was still alive when nearest his granddaughter was alive and jack's great niece was alive she died at 104 and nearest his granddaughter died at 108 did they drink whiskey they i gotta start actually so here's the deal is you will find in that book a lot of the african-american elders that i interviewed were 90 95 and so yeah whiskey might be the key man you know when you're down south it's crazy right because they they eat everything they say you're not supposed to eat because i'm from south carolina you eat everything you're not supposed to

that's me and they drink cognac every day or whiskey every day that's me you know what i'm saying you do whiskey every day every day but it's in moderation it's in moderation listen if you had poured a glass i'd be drinking and it's like 10 o'clock in the morning before you want no i'm good i'm good but the thing is is that i don't ever drink to a point of being tipsy got you i love to i love it i love how it brings inhibitions down i love how you're able to have great conversations but the moment i even feel my head buzz i I will put it down until it doesn't anymore. So I don't like tipsy. I don't like drunk.

But I do love, I have Uncle Nearest every night. How were their memories? How was his granddaughter's memory? His granddaughter's memory was not great. But everyone else's memory was great. And the thing that I love about being able to capture their interviews both I had a crew with me so on video and tape tape recording and that kind of thing was that so many people between the time I started the research and the time that Uncle Nearest came out or at least the distillery opened so many of them

passed away and it's almost like they were just holding on to tell their piece of this story and then they're like okay I'm done and it got to a place where almost every couple of weeks, there was another funeral. And so people held on. And, and so I got to capture all of their, all of their words in this book. Wow.

All right. We got more with foreign Weaver. When we come back, she is the CEO of uncle nearest whiskey. So don't move. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy Jess Hilarious. Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Laura La Rosa is filling in for Jess. Now, we're kicking it with Fawn Weaver. She is the CEO of Uncle Nearest Whiskey, which recently got an evaluation of $1.1 billion. Lauren? Beyonce shouted you out.

First of all, how did you feel about that when she shouted you out? Yeah, people have been tagging me me when her whiskey came out last week i think i was in london and doing literally because loving whiskey dropped in london and i was doing non-stop interviews and so people are tagging me with with beyonce situation and and from what i understand from my husband i have a really beautiful gift at home with her whiskey in it when i get back home so i'm super excited yeah about that husband, I have a really beautiful gift at home with her whiskey in it when I get back home. So I'm super excited about that. She gave you guys a really good shout out and talked about how good it was.

Yeah, all that. But she also like literally the next question after they ask her about like just navigating business and industry. Yeah. And she talks about how like when it comes to brands, women have always had to kind of be forced into like the face of the brand. But you're never like the strategy, the planner and the, like the boss of the CEO. Yeah. So to hear you say that is in line with like, she really identifies with your story.

Oh no, absolutely. And, and she's the queen. So, you know, we kind of all bow down there. Oh,

any of these celebrities, especially the ones that you named earlier, reached out to you for advice because you've, you've conquered you, you you're working, you, you, you put your foot in these people's asses where they, they're having a bunch problems whether it's a a diddy back then or a jay or a 50 or a

kevin hart or everybody else that has their own lick of snoop has anybody ever reached out to you for advice or help so none of those uh the people who have reached into me are generally those who want to start a brand and their response is always when i say why it's always cluny and i'm like okay so what do you know about the cluny deal and he sold it for a million dollars that's it they don't know they don't know why that one worked why that was one out of like easily 99 plus celebrity brands fail easily in this industry. And everyone keeps pointing to that one. And I'm like, if you're going to point to, you have to know why he succeeded. It wasn't just his celebrity.

And just kind of. So I usually spend the whole conversation breaking down for them why that Casamigos actually succeeded. And by the time we get to the end of the call, I usually don't see them come out. Because they don't want to do the work. It's lot of work it's a lot of foot like when i used to be in the market i used to always see you in all of my accounts and i always wondered like how did you get because it's hard to get an account i was in those accounts yeah you were and you were front people don't understand there's a business and when you sit at the bar you front and center at the bar people can see you that means your people are out there doing the work absolutely it's a lot of work it's a lot of work yeah this is not a this is not posted

on social media and hold up your bottle hold up your glass and you think that i mean if you're a big celebrity a really big celebrity that will allow you to have a great launch but the work is not in the launch the work is how you grow it after the launch and that's where almost all of them fail did beyonce reach out no well years years years not beyonce let me say that not beyonce yeah i couldn't tell because the way i mean the way she shouted out i couldn't tell if she had spoke to y'all prior to launching her brand or not but i can say this and it's and it's because the person who reached into me had me sign an nda that's why i paused but it was it was quite a few years ago and i

gave my advice on it i said these are the things that will need to happen if it's going to succeed and and i said and by the way i'm around so any person in this industry who is a woman or person of color will tell you if they reach out to me, I give them all the keys. Everything that I know, I share freely because it's not mine to keep. It's not mine to hold. If the information came to me and it's going to help you succeed, I'm going to give it to you. But you better still do the work. Right. And so I told them this was probably about four years ago.

I told them, as you're working on this project, feel free to reach out to me at any time and I will share with you whatever I know. And I didn't hear anything. So, wow. Wow, man. Yeah, you got a story. That's why you got a book. Man, it's a full phone. We learn everything.

Congratulations again. Get the whiskey, Uncle Nears, everything. That's right. You are very, very inspiring in so many different ways absolutely to me it's not because of the 1.1 billion valuation it's just because

you had a dream and you did not give up on your dream and it's a dream connected to the ancestors because of you Uncle Nearest's story will continue

to be told yes that's incredible I feel like that's what we're here to do yes because it is we're not here to be reservoirs we're here to be rivers that's incredible i feel like that's what we're here to do yes because it is we're not here

to be reservoirs we're here to be rivers that's right and my life is a river that's right for and weaver ladies and gentlemen thank you so much for joining us thank you dj mv it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club morning everybody is dj mv just hilarious charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club laura larosa filling in for jess and let's get to pass the aux yes so before we get into pass the aux i wanted to make sure that i added this part Yeah, DJ, come spin, now come spin. Yeah, so before we get into Pass the Ox, I wanted to make sure that I added this part into all of the Diddy, Don't Retreats muscle stuff.

Don't be freaking fine, Pass the Ox with no Diddy stuff. No, no, no, but this is just important. When you're reporting something legal, you got to get all the facts in. So in the filing, like deep in the filing, she mentions between 2009 and 2011, things got worse for her. She says that she was backstage in a dressing room and she was naked.

He came into the dressing room. She says that at one point, somewhere, at some point, he inappropriately touched her breast and her butt. I just wanted to make sure that we also put that in because that's a part of the filing in her story. Sorry, Nyla. Follow that, Nyla. It's all right. I'm about to raise the vibration. her story. Yikes. Sorry, Nyla. Follow that, Nyla. Sorry. It's all right. I'm about to raise the vibration.

Thank you. Please. Jesus Christ. Happy Friday, guys. To think there was a point when we thought just walking to Brooklyn for cheesecake was a story was crazy.

I know. Actually, it still is crazy. It's still crazy. Yeah, because Junior's not even that good. Watch your mouth. No. What?

I'm not a cheesecake person. I can't say if it's good or not. You gotta pick the right flavor. By the way, juniors, if you're listening, I love the fudge. Junior C-Shake is banging. Feel free to send me some. But all right, I want to kick it off with Layla. She's a new R&B singer.

She's also Mos Def's daughter that's been going viral lately. But she had Not My Problem go viral earlier this year, and she just dropped her first tape called gap year and the song that i like the most right now is called want to okay we dig it we dig it yep yep yeah shout out to leila shout out to gap year the project is actually super dope she produces she sings she's like a freak talent and ironically i actually met her like don't call nobody a freak talent after all that dd stuff stuff, right? Yo, I was thinking that. I'm like, yo.

Don't do that. Nonetheless, I met her years ago when I went to go talk at her high school. So it was really cool to watch her evolve. Yeah. Did that make you feel old? Well, probably not, because most definitely a rapper.

And nobody even knew that was her father. She was going viral before that was even a thing. So I think she's in good hands. Next, though, I'm going to keep it pushing with Joey Badass and Chloe Bailey. They dropped a record called Tell Me, even a thing so i think she's in good hands next though i'm gonna keep it pushing with joey badass and chloe bailey they dropped the record called tell me which kind of gives me like that early 2000s duet type of vibe i always love when joey badass does girl records so shout out to joey shout out to chloe as well big fan of her voice my third record is gonna be um a record off of

eminem's deluxe album called feel featuring West Side Boogie and Grip. And I don't know who had the better verse on this. I'm not going to play the whole thing, but I got a little bit of both. Ooh, who is Grip? I ain't never heard of no Grip. Yeah, tough.

He's fire. Where he from? Tough. I don't know where he's from. Damn. Sleuth of you, Grip. Don't know you, but that's my first time

hearing some bars. Yeah. You got something, young man. You know what I heard yesterday, Nala? I know you a hip-hop head. Renegade. Remember Jay-Z and, of You know what I heard yesterday, Nala? What? I know you a hip-hop head. Renegade. Remember Jay-Z and, of course, Eminem?

The version without Jay? Royster 5'9"? No, I never heard that. See? You never heard that? No, I never heard that. That's been on the internet for a year. With Royster 5'9"?

I never heard that. Royster M was on the record originally. On the original, yeah. Oh, I didn't. Royster was so late with that. Yeah, I am late. So who got the better verse, Royster M? I don't know. I don't remember. I mean the better verse Royce or Em? I don't know

I don't remember I heard it so long ago I don't remember But it was dope It was dope Hearing Royce go on that record That's funny you said that Because I was listening to that record

And I'm like Royce would kill this record The record that you just played With Grippin, Conway and Em I'm like Royce would destroy that Okay I'm gonna check it out

And then last but not least I feel like we gotta do This Kendrick record I know it's not out on DSPs But The Party's Over The Party Die Watch The Party Die when I at least feel like we got to do this Kendrick record. I know it's not out on DSPs, but the party's over. The party died. Watch the party die.

Who is the radio personality? Who is it? It's Charlamagne. No, shut up. I don't think he's talking about an individual. I think he's talking about, I think he's making broad generalizations. There's another part where he says the influencer. I think he's just talking about the culture of influencers.

Same thing with radio. I think he's talking about the propaganda that is pushed on radio like you know radio does push a lot of the music that probably is influencing people wrong and we try to have a balance but that's just the reality of the situation it is i think he's just talking about i think he's just making generalization yeah and listen like like I said the other day, I don't want Kendrick or anybody to go crazy trying to change the world. In order to change the world, you got to change yourself first.

You got to be the change you want to see in the world. You got to treat all of this the way Noah treated building the ark. God told Noah to build the ark and he said, tell people the rain is coming. Now, whether they want to listen or not, that's on them. But when the rain comes, they will be trying to get on that ark.

But the door going to be closed. So now you're going to drown. And we also got to keep in mind, at some point, God might just have to pressure wash this whole planet. He's done it before. It's not like he hasn't pressure washed the planet before. It might be a time where he's got to get rid of everything and start over. That's why you keep your head shiny so he can see you. He'll hit you with the water.

Listen, whatever God got planned, I am all for for it they are definitely doing a pressure wash to the music industry right now in general i don't know if it's god but with all the firings layoffs and just changes that we're seeing that's what they get that's what they get that's what they get because the people that are being affected though aren't the people who are the ones eating listen radios radio and records need to shift. Labels. Radio and records, labels have been operating from an old playbook for a long time. And a lot of the things that are happening to them is their own doing.

If you don't shift, if you don't shift culture, culture will shift you. Culture is definitely changing. The thing I agree with and resonate with the most that Kendrick is saying is just the integrity part. People not having no integrity and people just doing anything for a check. I like that, but Kendrick's not the first person to say these things and put these things in a song, but I just think it's the most impactful because coming off of the year he's had and just the caliber of an artist he is. And salute to D1, salute to Lecrae, salute to Terrence Martin.

I can't wait to see what D1 and Lecrae do after getting their big shout outs. I hope they jump on it. I hope they jump on it and do their own version of it. I think that'll be dope. Yes.

All right. Talked to D1 yesterday. I talked to Lecrae yesterday too. All right. All right. Well, make sure y'all follow me on the gram at Nyla Simone,

N-Y-L-A-S-Y-M-O-N-E-E-E. Make sure you guys tap into my playlist. Make sure you guys tap into my podcast, We Need to Talk. That's at W-N-T-T-L-K. And make sure you guys follow at It's a Certified Vibe. We got some more events and shows on the way. All right. Well, thank you, Nyla.

And also, I got to remind you guys that Powerhouse NYC tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. A Boogie with the Hoodie, Gunna, Boss Man D-Lo, Jordan Atunji, Gabe from On The Radio, and so many more. All right, so get your tickets at 10 a.m. Positive note is up next. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

Lauren LaRosa filling in for Jess. And I just want to say salute. September 21st, which is next Saturday, is the Battle of HU going down in D.C. Hampton University versus Howard University. I am DJing the game. So I want all the HBCUs in the surrounding areas to pull up. September 21st again. The Battle of HU.

You know, I went to Hampton University, but I always loved my HBCU. So that's September 21st. Lauren, you should go. You know why? Why? There'll be some single men, I'm sure, there for you. Oh, my God. I'm about to do a whole run of HBCUs.

Nice qualified HBCU gentleman for you. I'm going to announce stuff soon, but shout out to the HBCUs that are booking me to come and host stuff during their season. October, I'm about to be everywhere. So if my husband is out there, he's going to find me. Y'all don't got to worry.

We're doing a couple of gathers. It's crazy when you say things like Lauren's looking for a man. But are the men looking for her? You know what I'm saying? Are they looking? I ain't saying nothing. All right.

We're doing a couple of HBCUs together. Yeah. Okay. But remember when we came back from your party and I was like, can you relax?

Sometimes can you pop out and show him that he don't be knowing what he's talking about? Because they be on my body. Stop playing with me. There was a little line from Lauren. There was some men on my body. I'm not by myself because I can't. I'm by myself because right now that's where I need to be. Woo!

It's a different. You need to be in that corner. I put you in the corner yesterday. I agree with you that you need to be by yourself. I totally agree. You ain't going to never get there. Oh my goodness. As she throws something at him, she misses. She's getting pretty good with that.

September 21st, I'm going to be at Audi Field in D.C. It's going to be an amazing time. Hampton University versus Howard University. The Battle of H.U. Last year, Hampton won, so I'm going to be DJing the game. We're going to have a lot of fun. Can't wait to see you guys. We've got to salute Rima

for joining us this morning. Salute to the good brother, Rema, man. Make sure you go check out his album, He Is. Okay? He's an artist that I'm really tapped into as far as Afrobeats. I don't even know. I don't like to call everything Afrobeats because all of them do different types of music. Tell them your favorite song.

He does Afrobeats? Tell them your favorite song, Charla. He, he, he, he, he, he, he, he, he. He's killing them all. He, he, he. Also, salute to Fawn Weaver for pulling up I love seeing those stories man seven years ago she came up here talking to us about this

brand she was launching called Uncle Nero's Whiskey now it's a valuation of 1.1 billion dollars okay so salute to her and also salute to Swiss Beats man happy birthday to Swiss Beats and uh Tyler Perry happy birthday to the good brother Tyler Tyler Perry, man. Appreciate both of those brothers.

That's right. All right. Well, it's time to get up out of here. You got a positive note? Oh, yes. And I want to tell people to make sure you go to mentalwealthexpo.com to register for my fourth annual Mental Wealth Expo. You know it's a free event.

All ages are welcome. You just got to go to mentalwealthexpo.com to register to vote. It is October. Not to register to vote. It is October. Not to register to vote. To register to be there. It is October 12th from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Marriott Marquee in Times Square. Some of the best psychiatrists and therapists and grief counselors and spiritual leaders are going to be there. So go to MentalWealthExpo.com to register to be in the building.

Free for all ages. All right. Now, the positive note is simply this uh i'm very cautious about who has access to me lately and it's not out of arrogance it's out of the need to continue to protect my space and energy as i continue to do the work to elevate myself okay this chapter of my life requires me to be a little less accessible so if that resonates with you carry it into the weekend have a a great day. Breakfast club, bitches. You all finished or you all done?

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