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I listen to your show every single day. Breakfast Club. God damn it. The Breakfast Club. With that ass single day. Breakfast Club. God damn it. The Breakfast Club. With that ass up on the Breakfast Club. Tell her I made it. You can't say Breakfast Club without being Breakfast Club. You're like this rare air.

You got platforms and partners all over the place because your demand is so high. People want to be in business with the Breakfast Club. I don't think white people know how popular you guys are. DJ Envy. Jess Hilarious. Charlamagne Tha God. You guys really are like the hip-hop early morning, late night talk show. Yeah, I know what y'all talking about.

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But almond butter pound cake sounds good. It just don't smell like anything. I know, right? The title is very deceiving. You see that. You want to taste it. You want to smell it. But then when you light it up, it don't really smell like the almond butter or the pound cake.

How was y'all night last night? Y'all did anything? Yes. I actually went to Del Frisco's because somebody didn't want to take me to dinner. So, yeah. And that somebody

was not Chris, y'all. So, shut up. But, yeah. I went to Del Frisco's. Chris actually popped up on me. Hey. I thought that was cool. My best friend popped up on me too.

Sheena. That's my best friend from Baltimore, y'all. Y'all already know her. She didn't get to see me for my birthday because she was in Houston. Hoeing.

Hoeing, damn it. It's all right. It's all right. But she popped up on me yesterday at work and I didn't know she was standing next to me. She was right in front

of the office and Semina was throwing me off and I turned over and I was like, oh my God. She always do this every year. I never know when she's going to pop up.

But she didn't. She asked for you, but I told her you was out sick. No, that's right. What if she had beef with you and you didn't know she was standing right by you? Oh, she would have got me. She would have got me like they got you years ago. That's what I'm trying to tell you. That's what I'm trying to tell you.

But that's messed up. Y'all wouldn't even have protected me. Y'all let her up and everything. Well. Yeah, that's kind of right. It was y'all that would jess well we know sheena though but you don't know if they have beef or not nothing that is true that is true that is true what you do last night nothing you do nothing no man it's always hard when you married right

because we do things all the time so when there's a day where there's an expectation yeah you know you're not really thinking about it you know i mean i mean i got i got a dozen roses for each you know one of my my ladies my wife and my four daughters but you know other than that it was like no is that the house yes yeah yeah we don't mean i'm actually working until about six o'clock yeah we don't go out for valentine's usually because when you go out valentine's the restaurants are the food is not as good because they're doing it so fast the service is never good because they're trying to get as many people as possible so we usually just chill at the crib with the fam and that's what happened last night because i you know we were gonna go to dinner i was gonna take my justice to dinner right and it's like it was the

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I'm tired. I'm tired. has a new show on Netflix called The Vince Staples Show. It premieres today, actually. It's either on now or it comes on at midnight. I don't know if it's Thursday, meaning 12 a.m., or Thursday meaning 12, or Friday meaning 12 a.m. That's right.

Yes, but The Vince Staples Show on Netflix. So Vince Staples will be here to talk about that today. Yes, and I just want to tell everybody, be careful out there. So Saturday, I was telling you about

my daughter's dance competition, and my parents always come with my, you know, my daughter's a dancer. My son is playing basketball. And me and my mother got sick. And I didn't know what it was. I thought it was COVID. That's the first thing we think, right?

We forget about the cold or anything else. We just think it's COVID. I took a COVID test. No COVID. I'm like, ah, maybe I'm just, maybe I just got a little sick. But when we got tested, we had the flu. And you sitting right here in my face? Just sitting here.

That was Saturday. But I'm gone. It's gone. I went yesterday. You didn't even know you had it. How do you know it's gone? I went yesterday. I just told you.

I went to the doctor yesterday. So how come when we came in here and just tried to give you a dab, you was like, no, don't dab me up. I got a little cold. Because I want to make sure I'm good because she's pregnant. Well, stay home. And then you want to make sure you're good. And then you want to make sure you're good.

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And then you want to make sure you're good. And then you want to make sure you're good. And then you want to make sure you're good. And then you want to make sure you're good. I didn't know. I didn't know at that time. He's out here spreading the flu. That's disgusting, bro. I didn't do it on purpose. Well, stay home. But is your mother okay? My mother is fine.

Thank you for asking, Jess. My mom is fine. Are we going to be okay? I don't know about you. I don't know about you. Are we going to be okay? That's why he cares about himself. Is your mother fine?

Yes. What about me? What about me? What about me? Jess pregnant. I got to go home to babies. Yes. Oh.

All right. Talk the show man Alright Look at him so mad and upset All the time Grumpy man Alright when we come back We got front page news

Teslan Figaro will be joining us Don't go anywhere It's the Breakfast Club Good morning Whips and Chains By a white rapper Named Jack Harlow It's not the name

But the song is Loving on me Good guy though We're just gonna name it Whips and Chains For the rest of Black History Month It's called Whipping on me No it's Loving on me man That's, though. We're just going to name it Whips and Chains for the rest of Black History Month. It's called Whipping on Me. No, it's Loving on Me, man.

That's what the record is called. Morning, everybody. We are the Breakfast Club DJ, Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God, and let's get in some front page news. Good morning, Tiz. Good morning, DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God. Hey, girl. Now, some quick sports.

It seems like the Warriors tried to make a bid For LeBron James They wanted to trade For LeBron To go to the Warriors They're not saying Who else would be involved In the trade But LeBron turned it down

I don't believe that For some reason The reason I don't believe No they said it really happened What you mean They said they called And everything The reason I don't believe

That is because They didn't give any details What were they going to trade For LeBron James And this came from I think it was Ramona Shelbourne they said they said draymond from somewhere they said draymond even texted rich paul and said hey i just don't believe

it i believe that text might have happened but i don't believe it was ever serious between the organization all right well let's jump right into the news let's talk about the the deadly shooting in kansas city yeah this was so unfortunate three days after winning the super bowl and a thrilling overtime victory players with with the Kansas City Chief reacted with sadness and thoughts for the victims after a shooting near the victory celebration, which left 22 shot, including one person who died. Take a listen to NBC for the report. Tonight, what was meant to be a day of celebration for Kansas City instead became a day of fear and panic.

We just heard a bunch of, you know, pop, pop, and people started running and scattering. This video, obtained by TMZ Sports, shows the moment shots rang out. The girl next to me, where my daughter was standing with her husband, was shot in the mouth. Our children witnessed it. She was on the ground bleeding from her mouth all over her shoulder. Police say at least one person was killed and at least 22 shot after a shooting at a parade celebrating the chief's second straight Super Bowl win. Immediately officers responded to the area, took two people into custody and also immediately rendered life sustaining aid to those victims.

Story of our lives in America. Remember growing up, they would always say as American as apple pie. Now in this era, they should say as American as mass shootings. There is nothing more American than mass shootings. Anytime there's a large crowd, I don't want to be there if there's no metal detectors. That's crazy because like going to parades was the thing when I was younger. I always wanted to do that. Yeah, but there's no way to do metal detectors when it comes to those parades, right?

No. There's no possible way. You can try to secure it as much as possible. I know they have a lot of undercovers, but you just don't know. Do they know why? Or was it a particular target? Or was he just reckless shooting at anybody? Do we know, Tess?

Yeah, good question. And just to make your point about, you know, having additional security there to make sure nothing happened. They actually had 800 police officers that were there. So they certainly had what they believed to have enough coverage somewhere on the building. They even had people on rooftops nearby. They said there is no motive at this time that they can determine. But again, you know, the story will continue to develop, I'm sure, at a change. They said that terrorism,

they don't believe there's terrorism, but again, they can't confirm the motive. Three people are in custody at this time, so once they continue to get to do more investigation with those three people, I'm sure we'll find out more. And the unfortunate thing, make sure people didn't just miss that. Children

were also hurt in this as a result of the chaos. And it's the same. Twenty one others were shot, including children. So no, no official update on, you know, any of those children. You know, if there are any critical condition, things like that. There's been a couple of different reports that have come out. So I don't want to mislead people as we continue to develop this. But certainly children were involved. Now, Kansas city has long struggled with gun violence in 2020 they were among nine cities targeted by the u.s department of justice in an effort to crack down on violent crime in 2003 the city

matched a record with 182 homicides most of which involved guns does the why even matter at this point when it comes to mass shootings and the the reason I ask that is because it feels like sometimes we ask the why to make us feel better so we can know what it is to see if we can attempt to avoid it. But there's always so many variables, right? Like you got no proper gun legislation in this country. You got mental illness. You might have somebody, you know, on drugs or drunk. You might just have people who are prejudiced. Who knows?

Somebody trying to prove a point. Somebody trying to prove a point. You know, somebody just trying to make a statement. Yeah. They think they're making history by going out in an infamous way. Like, there's always so many whys. You know, the reason I ask why is, like, yesterday I was in bed sick. But the reason I ask why is because I heard about the shooting.

But, you know, and this is just me. When you hear about shootings like that, you would always feel like, I hope somebody wouldn't just want to reckless just shoot at anybody you know not say hope but i would rather be a beef and me and you a beef and we shoot at each other and it wasn't i'm just spraying and hitting random kids that's why you asked why you want to know the why because you want to know if there's something you can potentially avoid you want to know what it is correct so maybe i can attempt to avoid that but i just you know there's always so many whys in these situations now we did see a video test of it looks like the pedestrians catching somebody. Was that an actual person that was involved with it?

Or was that, you know, because we did see that. Yeah, they believe so. They said they did see a video. They believe that those people were involved in the three who were apprehended, but still unsure. She did speak on that at the press conference. It was a longer clip. And she did confirm that, you know, that some folks got involved, which is good that people kind of get involved and try to, you know, do something to prevent it. But still confirming, you know, if it's exactly connected to the people who are in custody or not.

But they did acknowledge that that was an actual video. All right. Well, that is front page news. Now, what are we talking next hour? Next hour, Democrat New York Representative Jamal Bowman, Bowman, who we've had on the show before. He is mixing hip-hop and politics. And also New York City schools, we know that there was a snow day the other day. They went online, but it did not go as expected. So I'll tell you a little bit about that when we come back at the top of the hour. All right, we'll get into that next. Everybody else, get it off your chest.

800-585-1051 if you need to vent. Phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051. Call us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest.

800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? What's going on, Envy? What's up, Envy? What's up, Trav? I seen your Valentine's Day post with your boo. You saw my baby looking all cute and thick. You saw him.

Who your boo is, Tramp? It was you. No, first of all, don't ever disrespect me. I would never. I would never date Charlamagne. Charlamagne would never date you either. What are you talking about? That's what Charlamagne...

But Char, if you go look on my Instagram page, you'll see my boo. I posted him for Valentine's Day. What's his name? I don't think I'm interested. His name is Leonardo. His name is Leonardo. Don't add an O to my name.

That's that b**** hole open. First of all, I had nothing to do with you. You had a big O to my name because it's an open b**** hole. Leonardo is hilarious. Jazz, go check him out here on my page. A.K.A. underscore twin. You can go see my man. So that way you can make sure. Let me see him out here on my page, aka underscore twin. You can go see my man, so that way you can make sure.

Let me see. You'll like your man. But speaking of, congratulations. Thank you. Jess, on your pregnancy. Thank you. Okay, we having a baby. I love little babies.

Yes. And I'm glad that we got our situation figured out before you having a baby, so that's a good thing. I've been trying to have a baby for a while, but for whatever reason, him and his partners can't ever get pregnant. Oh, wow.

I have one more announcement. I have to make this yearly announcement because every single time I call, people be like, oh, he get through so much because he's sleeping with Charlamagne. Stop disrespecting me. Nobody's saying that. Nobody ever told you that. I heard that.

I can send you to D.S. Charlamagne. That is not a conversation. It is send you to D.S. Charlemagne. That is not a conversation. Yes, it is. It is a conversation, so unfortunately. So what's the announcement? Are you denying it or are you saying it's true?

That Charlemagne could never get this on his birthday. Charlemagne don't want this. Okay, why y'all want me to be gay so bad? It ain't me, Char. I be defending you

telling everybody you not gay. They don't believe me. I can't help that. It's wishful thinking. They see these hips. Oh, my goodness. And they see these cheeks. There's nobody wishing on you.

They be like, damn, I wish you was gay. Thank you, Trav. Bye, y'all. Bye, Trav. They wish I was gay. Can you imagine wishing? I need to see. Get it off your chest.

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

Whether you're mad or blessed. It's time to get up and get something. Call up now. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? This is Shirley from Connecticut. Hey, Shirley from Connecticut. Good morning.

Good morning, DJ MB. Hello, Jess Hilarious. Congratulations and good morning. Good morning, girl. Thank you. Charlotte, may the God. I just want to get off my chest about these mass shootings. Go ahead, mom. Connecticut has been dealing with them

since Sandy Hook and we've been trying very hard to change legislation. But until the government gets their butt out of their heads, their heads out of their butts, rather, and puts this together, it's not going to stop. Nope. My grandson actually went to a school down the street from Sandy Hook when that happened all them years ago. He was in kindergarten at the time. And now he's going to be graduating high school next year. And that day when they first said that there was a shooting in Newtown, my heart dropped. And I actually know some kids that went to that school.

One of my best friend's nephews' kids went there, and they actually seen the shooting. So it's really rough, and I know they're fighting for it, but nothing's happened in all these years. It's been 14 years, and nothing's happened. You got too many senators that benefit from NRA money, and that's just the truth to the matter. You know what I'm saying? When you got the NRA, that's it. It's really that simple. The government's getting money from them. That's just the truth to the matter you know what i'm saying when you got all when you got the nra that's it it's really that simple the government's getting money from them that's what the problem is they're not going to change you because they're getting money from the government that's right the nra benefits too many political campaigns and senators who oppose you know gun

gun gun safety legislation so right and until we get somebody there that's ready to fight them it's never going to change unfortunately that's right and i wish it wasn't like that there that's ready to fight them, it's never going to change, unfortunately. That's right. And I wish it wasn't like that. That's right. I'm sorry for your trauma. I'm sorry for everything that you had to deal with. Absolutely. The only other thing is about six months ago, you guys were supposed to send me a package and I never received it. What was it?

You were supposed to send me a box and a signed Black Effect hat from you guys, from my grandson. We'll get that to you today. Eddie, come on now. Take care. Hold on, all right? Don't hang up.

We'll get your address again. We'll make sure it goes out today. I promise it's going out today. Okay, thank you. All right, Cheryl. You guys have a blessed day. You too, Cheryl. And listen, man,

anytime y'all feel like y'all just need to vent, because, I mean, that's the only thing we can do in this country, because, you know, America doesn't know how to solve problems. Breakfast Club is always a platform for you. Hello, who's this? Good morning, this is Adrena.

Hey, Adrena. Get it off your chest, mama. I'm a little nervous. But I really want people to reach out to your friends and family. Check on them to make sure that they are okay. It's been almost eight months since I lost my soulmate to suicide. And when he committed suicide, we was on a break, but we were still very much in communication with each other. But I knew something was wrong. And my gut told me to go check. But my head said, no,

don't do it. And had I listened to my gut, I would have known something was wrong and could have been able to help. Also, with women and their children, when you have a man that wants to be in the lives of their kids, you shouldn't use the child as a pawn to get back. Because no one ever, ever thought that he would commit suicide because of what was happening with his children. So I just want people to just be aware of those things. Absolutely. Yes, ma'am. Well, definitely sending you healing energy, Queen.

Yes. Thank you. Absolutely. All right, Mama. Have a blessed day. You guys do the same. Jesus. Very heavy this morning. I can't joke or something, Jess. Yes. Thank you. Absolutely. All right, mama. Have a blessed day. You guys do the same. Jesus. Very heavy this morning.

Crack a joke or something, Jess. Lord have mercy. Okay, so, you know, damn carefully, you got some money? Look, but this is on a lighter note, right? So growing up, right, Valentine's Day, my mom and my dad would always make me their Valentine and they would take me to Friendly's. Like, that was just a childhood memory that i remember it actually made me cry yesterday i was a little emotional um because my parents they're not together anymore but um they're still they're friends they're good now but

i was my older brother was always out you know doing his thing bumping and grinding in the streets and they would take me to like friendlies or i hop every year for like six or seven years in my life when i was a little girl and they would always tell me I was their valentine so that was like a valentine's day memory that I had growing up like I really really loved and appreciated my parents so you went to friendlies yesterday and cried absolutely not I went to Del Frisco's at eight oh but growing up I went to friendlies you know it's so crazy that you said that you know when we were kids friendlies and iHop was like the thing right when you went that. You know, when we were kids, Friendly's and IHOP was like... The thing, right?

That was the place. That was the place. Other than Chuck E. Cheese, that was it. What? Yeah. What? You went to IHOP? It was like, it was just a special occasion.

I'm growing up down south. We went to Ryan's. Oh, yeah. Ryan's is a buffet. We went to Friendly's and IHOP. Maybe Sizzler. Yeah, Ryan's. Ryan's is a buffet.

All you can eat. How was your stomach after that? Amazing. Oh, God. Ryan's is a buffet All you can eat How was your stomach after that? Amazing Ryan's was great The only thing is You just have to learn Not to go there and eat the yeast rolls You know what I'm saying

Because they give you these amazing yeast rolls With this butter And they taste really good But you know you eat them And you drink a little water It swells up in your stomach And that way you don't Hit the buffet the way you're supposed to

You know what I mean See it's little tricks that you learn When you're growing up in those areas You know what I mean Gotcha Yeah yeah yeah yeah Don, yeah, yeah. Don't eat the rolls. Don't eat the rolls. Sounds illegal.

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now we got Jess with the mess coming up. Yes, we do. Eminem is co-producing a documentary investigating celebrity fandom. Ooh, stans. Okay. Alright, we'll get into that next. Don't move, Mr. Brecker. Is your country falling apart?

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Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe own country. My forefathers did that themselves.

What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help!

We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories,

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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.

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The Breakfast Club. All right. SZA, did y'all see the Rich Baby Daddy video? No. I saw the snippet online. Oh, you see the video yet? No, I actually thought it was cute. It was dope.

The way SZA ran up them steps in Ain't Trip, I was so proud of her. Was that real? They said it was. They said it was real. They said her water actually broke during the video, during the taping of the video. So they all happened to be together when Sexy Red went in the label and went to the hospital with her and all of this? Well, to be honest with you, you know, you can't believe what you see on the internet. And actually, Sexy Red sat in that seat and told us that. Don her and all that? Well, to be honest with you, you know, you can't believe what you see on the internet. And actually, Sexy Red

sat in that seat and told us that. Don't believe what you see, like, because I'd be lying. So it could have been, like, all the propaganda. But, like, it was a nice video just for, you know, it was cool because it was, like,

it looked like it was real. It looked real, yeah. So as long as it looks real, it was good. Well, we are The Breakfast Club. Good morning, and let's get to Jess with the Mess.

The news is real. The news is real. Jess Alliance, Jess and Robin Moore, Jess don't do no lying. Jess is going to bring get to Jess with the Mess. Lil Wayne is hoping to be booked for Super Bowl halftime show. So, Lil Wayne recently was on YG's podcast, 400, and the Super Bowl 2025 is scheduled to be in New Orleans, which I thought was great.

It's great. That's going to be like even blacker than it was this time. It should be. I love that, right? So Wayne is putting himself in position to be someone that they call for the halftime show. We have audio.

This is what he said. What you do to Super Bowl? Duh, b****. I got to ask. I'm just asking. It's a question, Wayne. I don't know the answer, but I gotta ask you. Of course the Super Bowl is in New Orleans.

I think it's in 2025 or something like that. And he's doing it. I'm not sure. Come on man, say it Wayne. You gotta say it, man. I'm not sure what shit. I would not lie to you. I have not got a calling.

Hey Jay, what I'm on? I'm CamelFolk, Jay. But we all praying. We praying, we keeping our fingers crossed. I'm working hard. I'm gonna make sure this next album and everything I do is good. I'm gonna make sure this next album is good. I'm gonna make sure this next album is good. I'm gonna make sure this next album is good. I'm gonna make sure call. Hey, Jay. What I'm on, I'm chemical? Jay. But we all praying, you know. We praying. We keeping our fingers crossed.

I'm working hard. I'm going to make sure this next album and everything I do is killer. So I'm going to make it very hard for them. I want to just make it hard for them not to highlight the boy. Let the record show. After last year's Super Bowl with Rihanna, right here on Breakfast Club, we said the next two Super Bowls should be Usher in Vegas. Right.

And that happened. And we said Lil Wayne, Drake,ls should be Usher in Vegas. Right. And that happened. And we said Lil Wayne, Drake, and Friends in New Orleans. That's manifested. That would be crazy. But do you do Lil Wayne, Drake, and Friends, or do you do New Orleans Super Bowl? Do you do Master P? No, you can't. Come on, stop.

Because New Orleans. Stop, stop, stop. It's that. You got to think about the NFL. Okay? Think about the NFL. Yeah, first. Lil Wayne is that level of artist who can headline a halftime Super Bowl.

Drake, definitely. Lil Wayne's protege. It can definitely do it. So it has to be Lil Wayne, Drake, and Friends. The Friends should be Nicki Minaj, another superstar of that magnitude. Correct. Juvenile, come out there and do Back That Ass Up. That's a classic.

Yeah. Khaled, come out there and do We Takin' Over. T-Pain, right? So T-Pain and Wayne got some super number one We Taking Over T-Pain right so T-Pain and Wayne got some super number one records and possibly Tiger but I just was saying

like even before we go there let's do like original New Orleans so like Manny Fresh Manny Fresh definitely definitely he'll come out there

probably saying something yeah but it gotta be like come on gotta be so New Orleans gotta be Mardi Gras feeling yes you gotta tie it into that.

I mean, I'm all for Lil Wayne, Drake, and all of them, but, like, original New Orleans cash money and all of that, I think that that would be great. Of course, like you said, I'm not mad at Master P. Because they sold New Orleans. Like, that is New Orleans, even if it's a little bit of it. It's the NFL, guys. It is the NFL.

I'm talking about mainstream. I love Master B to death, but you got to think about the NFL's going to want mainstream caliber artists on that. A little Frida. A little Frida Pop out. Yeah, he bad bring Frida.

You already know. He got to tie that in. Why is you looking at me like that? Not an HBCU classic. Oh my God. Okay? Think about what we're talking about here. Okay.

I love all of those people you talking about, but you got to think about the stage that these people are going to be on. You still got to sell it to the NFL. Think about what we're talking about here. Okay. I love all of those people you talking about, but you got to think about the stage that these people are going to be on. You still got to sell it to the NFL. All right. You're right. So hopefully Lil Wayne even gets to do it.

That's right. Yes. Let's get to that part first. The main part. That definitely should be. Yeah. Moving on. Donald Glover is hurt by claims that he has ill will towards black women.

So back in 2022, Donald glover interviewed himself for interview magazine and i just think this was like not even really interesting but awkward because he asked himself are you afraid of black women and his self said why are you asking me that you know what i mean and then he also said i feel like you're using black women to question my blackness now he just recently uh did an interview with hollywood Hollywood Reporter and he said, it feels like, no, I felt like it was something that people would say, but no one ever want to really ask me the question. Yeah, it is a better narrative. But anybody who actually knows me knows how much that that actually hurts me. But I also realize that it doesn't matter.

People are not going to read this and be like, wow, I was was wrong they're just going to keep assuming that i have ill will toward black women but you interviewed yourself and yourself didn't even answer that question so you could have cleared all that up when you asked yourself right yeah very very strange why even bring that up with yourself and then what are you talking about right like you know it's just so weird he also continued to say uh that he stopped caring about what people thought because people who actually know him, like Quinta Brunson and some other black people that we don't know, they know the truth. But how can you say you don't care about what people thought?

But you the one who asked yourself that question. You asked yourself. Ain't nobody asked you that. You asked yourself that. Moral of the story, man, is some niggas be clowns. That's all I'm saying. Man. But let me ask you a question,

right? What's up? When you see people for the cause, right, and they're so into, you know, pro black people and I'm going to do this

and I'm going to do that and then they marry an other. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. How does that make you feel? I don't know if he married, but he had kids

with a white woman. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But like Dr. Umar Johnson, right? If you looked up in Dr. Umar Johnson. Dr. Umar would highly disagree with Donald Glover. But no,

if Dr. Umar Johnson, you looked up and he married a white woman, would you look at him the same? Well Dr. Umar would highly disagree with Donald Glover but no Dr. Umar Johnson you looked up he married a white woman would you look him the same what not Umar like but but but his wife uh first of all I can't believe you would disrespect Dr. Umar but would you look at him totally against it his current wife is half white half Asian yes but do you look at do you look at people the same like they're for the cause if they're married outside of their race didn't we just have this conversation yesterday I'm just I'm asking now because we Do you look at people the same, like they're for the cause if they're married outside of their race? Didn't we just have this conversation with Killer Mike yesterday? I'm asking now because we're having this conversation because we're talking about it.

It makes you wonder a little bit. Yeah, definitely. People that are so pro-black. Because it's like, how can you be that pro-black? And then you be like, you know. And marry other. Yeah, just marry other, man. That's the question. And I've heard, I mean, Donald Glover's made jokes.

Like he made jokes, you know, like I remember one time he said uh i think he said filipinos are like the black girls of asians i remember him saying that on the on the i don't know if it was a stand-up special yo niggas be clowns yeah he's made jokes before he's always had a strange relationship with just race remember when he came on breakfast club back in the day and he was like he wanted to be big and white and he kept saying that he wanted to be big and white. And he kept saying that like all of these stars, like the Will Smiths, the Beyonce's,

he's kind of basically saying like they've gotten so big that they've like transcended race. So he was like, I want to be big and white. Remember he wrote that poem for MTV?

Saying he wanted to be big and white. It's just, it's just strange. Yeah. So that's why I just told that story because it was awkward. And it's Black History Month too.

So I just wanted to throw that out there. I think what just keeps repeating is strange. Yeah. So that's why I just told that story because it was awkward. And it's Black History Month, too. So I just wanted to throw that out there. I think what Jess keeps repeating is true. Yeah. Well, that is Jess with the mess for the first hour. All right. When we come back, we got front page news. And then Vince Staples will be joining us. It's the Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Wake up. Wake up. You're locked into the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. And let's get in some front page news.

What up, sis? Good morning, DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy, Jess Hilarious. Hey, babe. Now let's talk about this new hip hop task force. Yeah, well, I'm always a fan of when hip hop and politics is merged together. So the task force is created and led by Congressman Jamal Bowman. He said he'll be using hip hop messaging as a way of building more of an equitable society to help spearhead initiatives to address economic equality, affordable housing and racial justice. I reached out to Congressman Bowman yesterday to ask him about this new task force.

And this is what he had to say to the Breakfast Club family. What's up, Breakfast Club family? This is Congressman Jamal Bowman. Yesterday, for the first time in history, we launched the Hip Hop Task Force in the U.S. House of Representatives and Congress. We did this for one reason, to build political power within the hip hop community and culture so that we could transform federal, state, and local legislation. Hip-hop is a multi-billion dollar industry with millions of fans and we make culture in America what it is. But we have to use our voices and our power

to change policy. That's where you all come in. So be on the lookout for more information on social media and websites and I will definitely stay in tune and stay in touch. Peace and love love y'all that's dope I mean that's better that's way better than the task forces they have historically created in New York City to harass rappers usually the task forces usually the task forces

they create just want to investigate harass and lock rappers up so uh Jamal Bowman for that yeah I think this is a good thing uh one of the things I've always talked about is how they use hip-hop uh you know to help fundraise but never have hip-hop at the table to actually solve the problems. I used to say the days of using hip-hop as a political fundraising gimmick without accountability to heal the story that hip-hop tells is over, and so he's actually doing that, making sure he even said that hip-hop has always been about stories about poverty and, you know, about crime and violence and all the good things, you know, in hip-hop as well, so I really look forward to seeing, you know about crime and violence and and all the good things you know in hip-hop as well so I really look forward to seeing you know what he does with

this and really utilizing those voices that are pretty much the voices of the street so I think that's a good thing I will say it is that the task force that they created in New York I mean I'm sure it like in any task force is some good players and bad players but I would say that task force saved a lot of hip-hop artists from dying their job was to to comb social media to see who the beefs were what the beats were and to to be around to make sure that those individuals didn't get shot and killed and to make sure when when not just artists hip-hop artists entourades djs uh bartenders and all of them when they were leaving those venues and clubs that they didn't get robbed so some of that task force actually did do good and saved a lot of people out there me including

myself because they saved me on a couple occasions when i used to dj heavy in the city so they're still around yeah they stayed there they definitely said i don't want to say their name because i don't want to put them on blast but yeah they're still around they definitely still around yeah they definitely uh they definitely told me i couldn't have somebody at my mental wealth expo last year i didn't know you know what i mean I personally was scheduled to be there and it was like uh-uh no you just person is here you gotta have metal detectors and you gotta have at least four of us here and it's not like whoa yeah I know all that well they wanted to protect you the people that you had coming to you yeah

yes yes they call it an actual task force yeah that's the task force the boy the hip-hop police they have an actual name yeah we call it the hip-hop police but yeah they have a task force name and that's what they do like charlamagne said they make sure when they see certain uh artists that are gang related and especially that they're going through beef they try to make sure that they don't have any killings on their turf and they try to make sure that people are safe good we'll hope there's some good policy to come out of this i love seeing when hip-hop's at the table. So thank you, Representative, for reaching out and responding to my call and actually giving a message directly to the Breakfast Club listeners,

which is hip-hop. All right. Well, that is front-page news. Thank you, Tiz. Absolutely. And make sure you subscribe to AtTesla and Figaro's podcast, The Scrape Shot, No Chase, the podcast on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network. And follow AtTesla and Figaro on all social media platforms.

All right. Now, when we come backigueroa on all social media platforms. All right. Now, when we come back, Vince Staples will be joining us. His new show, The Vince Staples Show, is out today. And we're going to kick it with him when we come back. So don't move. 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. We got a special guest in the building. Man, he's got a new show coming out on Netflix called The Vince Staples Show. Vince Staples is here! How you doing? I'm doing good. How y'all doing?

That's what's up, dude. What's up, my guy? I'm good, bro. I'm grateful. I'm blessed. I'm good. So what is The Vince Staples Show about, man? I mean, pretty much, you know, day-to-day life and our human experience. I feel like a lot of the times, it's a lot of nuance in a lot of people's lives that we might kind of ignore. You know, we all have those days where we tell people, you know, you won't believe that happened to me today. So just trying to find ways to utilize that and that format, so to say, and kind of attack deeper issues as far as, you know, classism, socialism, violence, our relationships with those things, our relationships with fame, money, things of that nature.

And kind of taking a lighter approach to kind of the stuff that we deal with day to day that people wouldn't believe. Because especially when you escape the black community, right, you can tell people the stuff that you see that you might deem is normal. And when you get in these other rooms, they don't see it as normal necessarily. So just trying to find a way to shed light on it while keeping it lighthearted. Yeah, I asked that question because we were watching it. And that's what Jess said. She said, what is this show about? Yeah, I was saying like what?

Because, you know, it's not like your typical show. You know what I'm saying? It's like, like you said, day to day. And which can, one day, it can be crazy. And then the next day, it can be just chill. Like, I didn't expect my homie to die. Oh, yeah, yeah. I know I'm kind of telling you.

Oh, that was the second one. Oh, the second one. Okay, I'm kind of telling you. But, like, that was like, I go from laughing to I something like damn that's that's just how they're gonna be yeah but that that's that that's life like you got to think about so um that episode we'll be talking about that right you know we've all had different levels of financial gain and when you have these levels of financial gain you get in these other rooms where you realize you don't really got what you think that you have and a lot of the times us kind of having

the door closed in our face you know black people are entertainers just people that come from a different world we find solace in the things that we understand no matter where they come from so you know your friends robbing the bank which is a negative situation but you feel comfortable to be in that environment that could be alcoholism that can be drugs that can be streets that can be violence anything that we can kind of connect to when another door is closed so that kind of represents the bigger statement of that and also just die sometimes yeah yeah so so you know you might you might you might be this close to opportunity you might be this close to a situation which would be kind of receiving that loan and starting that business and if something

traumatic happens in a response to it is how our response is when anybody get killed by the police you know you put your hands up and you stand still so it's a lot of deeper meaning and a lot of the things we just wanted to show nuance with it even before that though because i don't want to give too much away which i normally do when i watch yes but but you when you had the opportunity to leave you realize even though you was innocent and didn't do nothing stepping outside that door with the police might have led to you getting killed yeah i mean exactly and it's like a lot of the stuff that brings us trauma and a lot of the stuff that kind of forces uncomfortable conversations for us other people honestly don't even know about that's right i don't have my manager for a long time and he would i would just tell him certain stuff like i remember uh we was

on we had a call and i was like oh yeah man like hold on i gotta go like the baby shower got raided and he was like what and he called me back he was like what you must i was at the homie son baby shower and it got raided like they kicked the door and he was like they not supposed to do like that or like we got a meeting all right man i gotta build me out real quick like i didn't really look at it like it was that crazy until i got older and you realize your circumstances are within a bubble. So I really kind of wanted to think about the thought process of that bubble and how when you in it, you don't notice what's going on until you leave. So you got subtle nuance in every episode where it's situation that we deal with specifically in the black community, specifically kind of a vibrant background. But when you escape that, that makes zero sense, bro.

And now that we kind of further moved and we able able to put it on screen it does feel awkward it feels uncomfortable a little bit because we don't expect to see these things in these environments yeah what you know i'm a comedian so the funniest part to me was homie in jail singing right that is so funny i wanted to know though did did you write that or did you let him oh you're not just not his thing yeah I wrote it I wrote it but so you wrote that that is hilarious his timing is amazing like his his his context to kind of know where the joke is is amazing and as you know in comedy like with film and I feel like within stand-up specifically it's so much more freedom it's so much more I guess execution is a lot more important because it ain't no editing ain't no cutting it you gotta and then right there in your face yeah exactly so within i think film

and television a lot of people might not know where the joke is at and it's harder to tell the story or convey kind of the emotion you're trying to convey versus being in a stand-up so it was hard at certain moments to try to figure out how to edit this correctly how to make sure that it didn't fall flat but also how to make sure it didn't look like he was kind of cooning. Yeah. You know what I mean?

It was perfect. It was funny. Thank you. He had a song for everything. And I'm glad dude just wanted to square up and not f*** you. Yeah.

Because nowadays you got to have a little bit of that. It seems like in every program. Right. It ain't going to piss Boosie off. It ain't going to piss Boosie off It ain't gonna piss Boosie off Yeah man

Boosie can watch this man With the whole family It's gonna be good All the kids can watch So Boosie watch this With the kids man It's not You know what I mean

If you was locked up Would you really act like that With other inmates Bro so that episode We had a meeting About that episode No we had a meeting And I had

We had a meeting I had a mishap Traffic ticket So I had a mishap, traffic ticket. So I had a traffic ticket. And ended up in jail? Yeah, and it was this dude. It was an important meeting, so I can't remember who it was. It was somebody important.

And the dude next to me, he just kept singing, bro. Like, he wouldn't stop. You know, you're in the tank, so I'm like, all right, whatever. I'm like, we could get a two-man show or whatever, because I'm like, these niggas ain't going to build me up. They taking too long. So we sleep. I'm like, bro. I'm like, hey, bro, you got to get on the... Not like that, but I was like, all right, whatever. I'm like, we could get a two-man sale or whatever. Because I'm like, these niggas ain't going to build me up. They taking too long. So we sleep. I'm like, bro.

I'm like, hey, bro. You got to get on the. Not like that. But I was like, hey, bro. Like, you get the top bunk. Like, he's like, oh, no, I'm not tripping, bro. Like, ain't nothing like it. You know, he was cool.

So I'm like, all right, you cool. I'm thinking, you know, sometimes niggas be trying to be tough and stuff. So I'm asleep, bro. Bro just start humming. And then, like, I'm like, oh, bro. Mike, he got no idea who I am. It ain't like, because I ain't like super popping like that. So he just like, he just, this, he would have done this no matter who was in the cell, which make it worse.

And then bro, just like his arm, like fall under the thing. He just starts snapping. Like while he's singing, it's like two o'clock in the morning. He would not stop, bro. And then bro leaned. I was so mad. He just leaned over the bunk. He was like, that's all right.

I was like, yeah, bro. That's good. That's good. You remember what it was yeah i'll tell you later it was crazy it was crazy and i'm just like bro like it's two o'clock in the morning i had a show i had lollapalooza yeah so i was like i got all this stuff in my mind i'm trying to build like a lollapalooza i gotta have a meeting that i missed i'm gonna look crazy that i missed i don't even think it came to fruition because of that but that's kind of when i was

still doing a lot at the same time and um like I don't know how he had explained him or whatever I don't I know he didn't tell him what really happened you ain't telling the truth Corey yeah he Corey know what he's doing but just like oh man what happened like yeah bro like my bad I missed a beat like I had an engagement oh man what happened telling the homies I was supposed to be at the studio I was like yeah bro I got I got locked up and then this dude kept singing to me about the casino he was like what i'm like he's like you're lying that's what my engineer was like you're lying he's like bro he's like bro just tell me what happened i'm like i promise you my sister was at work at subway had to come pick up with my

my mama had to go get my car just like i'm not supposed to be still living like this at that moment but it was a very important turning point in my life and it's kind of a life lesson so i could try to kind of recreate some of these life lessons that were honestly like a little traumatic and um be able to kind of poke fun at yourself based on the decisions you make so to say all right we got more with vince staples when we come back don't move it's the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj envy jess hilarious charlamagne the guy we still kicking it with Vince Staples. Jess? So your mom is played by Vanessa Bell Calloway.

How was it working with her? I love her. She's great, man. She's, when you usually work with somebody of that magnitude, you don't expect any extras. You get what I'm saying? Yeah. But she auditioned for the role because she wanted to, which was crazy. I seen that.

I was like, what the f***? Yeah. So her auditioning for the role was like just unheard of a show of my caliber um somebody with my reputation as far as never doing this before so i was extremely grateful of that i was grateful that she worked with us on every facet as far as you know hair and makeup all those things is very very intricate and she kind of led us in a way that she wanted to be able to do how she wanted to be able to do it. The research that she applied, sitting with me, asking questions about, you know, my mother's disability. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired, depressed, a little bit revolutionary?

Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it.

I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I trade my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong?

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

Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real inspiring stories from the people, you know, follow and admire join me every week for post run high. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's

lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right.

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

called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history, like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me.

Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was Claudette Colvin. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, I'm Jacqueline 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 and 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.

Blacklit is here to amplify the voices of Black writers and to bring their words to life. Listen to Blacklit on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey there, I'm Dr. Maya Shunker, a cognitive scientist who studies human behavior. On my podcast, A Slight Change of Plans, I marry science and storytelling to better understand how to navigate the big changes in our lives. It was like a slow nightmare, you know, because every day you think, oh, surely tomorrow I'll be better. And I would dream of being better. At night, I would dream that my face was quote-unquote normal

or back to the way it was, and I'd wake up and there'd be no change. I also speak with scientists about how we can be more resilient in the face of change. You can think of the adolescent brain as like this social R&D engine of our culture, that something that looks like risky and idiotic to us is maybe their way of creatively trying to solve the problem of having social success and fewer of the things that bring you social failure. Listen to A Slight Change of Plans on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Positioning her thought process and how I would want to play what's important to me. I don't want want to do this i don't know if this is true or if this is true as far like to the character itself and

just over and over and over again just giving me insight on how this thing worked because she's been doing it for extremely long time so i was extremely grateful for her but the opportunity to have her in my show and just even to this day like she always hit me up she always give me advice she always make sure i know what's going on i really really appreciate that yeah it's like a mother figure for real yeah for and especially like she don't gotta do none of that she can go to work and go home and um she made sure to kind of make sure i knew what i was doing especially being the first time i had never acted never written never produced never done nothing before so just having her kind of teach me how you should be treated and what you should demand.

Like her and Kenya were extremely important in kind of giving that information. And Kenya is different because it's her. It's his job. Excuse me. It's not her job to do that at all. So I really, really appreciate it. Just seeing how good she is. Of course, you know, she good. But on set, her being able to change, I guess, her direction and also kind of help and direct our camera department, helping her because we had a really, really, really small team. So kind of her filling in the void when she didn't have to. Like, I really appreciate it.

How close is she to your mom in real life? Oh, my mom. My mom a little bit more turnt up than on camera. Yeah, but mom, she cool. My mom cool. But my mom is my mom. Interesting, man. Does your mom really like jail?

No, but my mom has said that before. My mom ain't nothing wrong with it. That's what my mom has said that before my mom ain't nothing wrong with it that's what my mama said but mama's one of the people right when you have your circumstances like we talk about our triggers in our in our in our kind of in our environment and how it changes us so my mom the type of person that no matter what everybody that came with us they right until we get to the house right so my mom has an understanding point of view on everything but she also holds you accountable for the things that you do. We was kids.

She's like, I ain't picking y'all up. Second time. You get one free one. You get a free one. I'm gonna get you after that. It's on you. Stay away. It's in there.

This happens. My mom used my mom done walked in a room before all my homies in the living room. And if somebody tell a joke, everybody start laughing. My mama just say he gonna tell. Hey, he told too it was a little crazy not a lie he for sure told man but uh my mom her experience just kind of mirror ours and it's weird growing up with a mother who understands like kind of the nuance of the situation when you're younger but as you get older you grow to appreciate and i think it's

a lot of the times we have a point of view i guess of women in these communities especially when we think about film and just art that takes place in southern california like it's always the mom crying over the dead body and no baby don't do this that's not how any of my homies mothers are because you gotta think about the black community i was born in 1993 so just kind of the state that california was in at that point in time the state of the streets was in the states where our community drugs, alcoholism, I guess, homelessness, lack of jobs, lack of resources. They couldn't be soft. Exactly. Yeah. And I think kind of having a mother figure in the show that held the characters responsible was extremely important because my mom, she not giving you no passes, but she's not going to shy away from loving you.

But you don't get those passes. And I read you used to send scripts and run show ideas by Quinta Brunson. I sent Quinta one of the scripts. She was like, yeah, I ain't gonna lie, I'd be nervous if you send the scripts. But she kind of, because like I said, I've never done it before.

So, you know, you kind of get to be around these people. I was lucky enough to be a part of her show. And then we kind of forged a relationship. We had done a show previously, but it was animation. So we didn't really communicate that much but she's been a really really big help um her talent and her professionalism and just the way that she

runs that operation you know for that big company it's understated like she does an amazing job i don't know if i ran across somebody who does it as good as she does in the manner that she does it so i was just really grateful that she was able to even look at it and also let you know that like you know what you're doing because especially not having information not having access to certain things you know these people that don't went to college for this stuff like i value their opinion and um yeah it was a good opportunity to be able to share with her yeah i'm gonna ask you some questions they random was they gonna be random to the people who haven't seen the show yet but they're not gonna be random to you i got you what did the music do to michael jackson man look

at it everything bro take his childhood that case yeah it's music music can be tumultuous bro like and i think that a lot of the time we so busy focusing on the music and what it gives to us we don't ever look at the like look at the bro look at bro like when i was a kid and i seen michael jackson i didn't know other michael jackson i'm only 30 so my whole life i was like this crazy my whole life it's like i never looked at michael jackson was like oh man that's a cool fly you ain't never seen michael and then you get older and then you see i mean my first time seeing it was like the the movie that the made for tv movie they had with you at the right and uh ben right no not ben american jackson american family oh the one jason weaver played wait i was gonna say flex washington no that was

now that was crazy too i said now it was crazy too not a yeah jason i was like this ain't cool yeah like this what happened this this what happened to bro y'all just gonna like y'all let this happen like everybody oh that, oh, that's Mike. I'm like, nah, this s*** is terrible. You know the interesting thing about Mike? You know how they say the whole, you know, Bill Cosby was trying to buy NBC thing? Mike really owned half of the music industry's publishing. Yeah.

No black man's supposed to have that kind of power in the music industry. But nobody ever says it was a conspiracy to bring Michael Jackson down. Look, man, that's all I'm saying. I'm saying that s*** looked like he was into some freaky s***, man. We talked about Michael Jackson before. No, man, that's all I'm saying. I'm saying it looked like he was into some freaky shit, man. We talked about Michael Jackson before. No, man. Mike was innocent, man. I'm not saying he wasn't. I'm not saying he was. I'm saying that if he had anything going on,

I wouldn't be surprised. All I'm saying is life looked a little rough. He got investigated by the FBI for 17 years. I'm not even talking about that. I'm talking about that wig, bro. You talking about these kids. I'm saying regardless, see how you see how you see how we trying to kind of trying to sidetrack it with the accomplishments instead of being like they f**k this life up what i'm saying is no matter what happened look at that was it the music or the money and the fame though he was the most

famous man on earth probably the most famous person ever yeah that walked the face of the show and look at damn no it's not true that's what he and look at hey no it's not true look at the childhood trauma no it's not true man that we with that nose Mike up man they need to say we need to say we need a sorry Mike day like my bad my bad MJ we gonna do that on his birthday. You started doing this show on YouTube, right? About five years ago? Man, so originally, when I first started doing music, I never been like the biggest artist. So when I started doing music, people kind of gravitate towards certain things.

We like your music videos. We like this. We like that. And I never been like ignorant of the world around me. You know what I mean? I know what I'm good at. I know what I'm not good at. So I always thought, okay, what's the limits that we can push?

Probably a visual medium. Same thing with interviews and stuff of that nature so um we had a bunch of meetings had to be like seven eight nine years ago and i'm going everybody we want to do a show and it was not oh maybe later we working on this you got some music for that it wasn't panning out so i just kind of did more work i did a bunch of voiceover stuff um i did some smaller roles on other films dope being one of the first and then we did the YouTube thing for a couple episodes and that's kind of how we got the chops up and kind of learned how to do it then I think a year or two after that is when we got the opportunity to kind of go through

Netflix we'll go with Kenya we had Kenya and a couple other people Kenya to me was the most honest and he was the most um understanding that I was trying to make something and it wasn't I need you to make this for me type situation and so we got the situation with him and Netflix and COVID hit so we had to sit that out and then when COVID happened they picked it back up thankfully and now we're here all right we got more with Vince Staples when we come back now Vince said he never fell in love with hip-hop you got to ask him about it when we come back so don't move it's the Breakfast Club good morning we're still kicking it with Vince Staples. We are The Breakfast Club. DJ Envy.

Jess Hilarious. Charlamagne Tha God. Charlamagne. Is it challenging to take your natural humor and wit and put it into a scripted fictional format? Nah, bro, because I don't even be joking like that, bro. Like, I be chilling, you know. I can tell, yo. He's so serious.

So I'm like, why you going to bring up what I said? Because he brought it up. I ain't chilling. He's so serious. So I'm like, why you gonna bring up what I said? Because he brought it up. I ain't tripping. He brought it up. No, yo. Even the way he's been like, what's up, bro? I'm like, nah, don't tell him nothing I said. Nah.

He's very serious, y'all. Nah, I'll be. Some serious people out there. Nah, I'll be tripping. The writing is the easy part, bro. Like, that's not, I think that's probably the part I gravitated to the most. And I think a thing about making a show, especially when you have some sort of notoriety, is that the perception can be off. Right. People was thinking, oh, it's a stable show. So I want you kind of doing the scripts. It's like I'm not necessarily the main character in any of these episodes.

The environment is the main character of the show, because like it's my perspective on how I view the world, how I feel black people interact with each other. It's not really ever about me in the show at all. That's why the writing is really important, because when you think about the bank episode right the bank episode to me is tackling a lot of things like all right you just seen today jp morgan i seen a clip of the jp morgan dude apologizing for being institutional slavery but that's part of the episode that we have you know what i mean so it's like being able to tackle those things are important because i'll be in place and i'll be like y'all just gonna let these white folks like like do this in our face like and we all love them so much and not just like i don't know white people like i

know i got i got like i got like i got like one white friend like probably one and a half so it's like one and a half yeah one and a half yeah well he like six five six eight you know i mean i got i probably say three i got another six foot white boy that he my engineer so he can't i guess but um yeah shout out tyler what's up bro but uh we we bro the writing of it is important because it's so much that i think kind of goes unsaid so i feel like translating it into writing is easier because if i just start saying some of this be feeling then i'm gonna look crazy no you won't no trust me You got some of that in here. Oh, yes. Like when the dude walks away from the family, he's like, why are we black? All right, but so that's a true story. I get it.

I got an uncle named Winfrey. Shout out to Uncle Winfrey. That's cold, man. And he got drunk one day. He was asking that question. My mom was like, shut up. But I felt broke because I'm like, what does that even mean? Like if we really like get in deep.

I don't think you black if you've never asked that question. Not saying that you don't want to be black yeah when you think about all the things black people have had to deal with in this country why are we black why are we going through this that's what i think he was trying to say yeah i swear because it's for woods that wheels like my family is is hella grabby so we had like a family type thing and it's like you know sometimes black people like get fake churchy yeah so my family everybody my family had a fake like come to jesus moment and it always get way worse when it was down so this was the end of somebody like save your moment so my uncle went for drunk he just argues i just got a question he said i just don't understand

why is we black hey and everybody's like shut the f**k up like you drunk but his feelings was really hurt because he's like he's arguing in my house i don't understand what's going on this is like if you just say that if i just walked up here and said that i'm gonna look crazy on the internet so being able to write it and give it context and show the things that happened kind of make it a little bit easier but he was drunk he was thinking he was probably your uncle probably been through so much and then seeing so much and it's like man why we gotta and i'll be feeling bad for people from that generation that's my granny sister husband my granny sister just died my granny and my grandma just died they was getting older wasn't that so i'm we at the funeral and i'm like

what's up i'm going for you good he's like yeah you know vergy dead so you know i'm gonna just be at the house like come on down it's like damn you're like you don't think that sound crazy he's like what you mean i'm like your whole life has just been sorrow like talking like a sharecropper from arkansas and confident like it's like he still see horses every day he probably don't see no no translation yeah so the stuff that we deal with as people is real interesting man and you just gotta kind of tread on it lightly just to be not only tread lightly because when you mean we making stuff us we understand but you want to be I guess sensitive to the stuff that we deal with every day and I make it seem like you poking fun at

ourselves what we don't want to do is we don't want to kind of go to these people's platforms and poke fun at ourselves yeah and kind of be slapstick ish almost you know I'm saying because of my thing like oh man it's just dry this is that our better work for Wilfred it worked for louis it worked for curb to work for all these other people so i can do a show like this we can't start the show like this the perspective is gonna be out but if we utilize this lens and then we do a slow pan out then we can still showcase the environment while showing the motion of the characters and we start talking like that then they gotta just let you do what you want to do which is why the information is important

and the writing is important just making sure that you are able to articulate to someone who don't understand because they looking at it it's math because with them they got the world so they don't got to worry about the stuff that they say or the stuff that they do because and i'm not saying this in an in a demeaning way but it's like all right ostensibly it's the same stuff that we kind of champion jim carrey for we don't tell it perry for yeah but it's based on the way that the circumstances in the community and you know how people view these things we'd call him a coon if he was black you get what i Yeah. But it's based on the way that the circumstances in the community and, you know, how people view these things. You'd call him a coon if he was black.

You get what I'm saying? So it's like, you got to be mindful of the fact that people do feel that way when you create these things. And they have mass representation.

Exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So why are we black, Vince? Because we lucky. You know what I'm saying? That's the way I look at it. You know what I mean? I like it.

I wouldn't want to be them other things. Them other things. Yeah, I like that. My man Carlos Miller says, being black is dangerous, but it's cool. Yeah, man. Everybody like dangerous, you know? Yeah. Wear your seatbelt, man. to be the mother thing no what the mother things yeah i like that my man carlos miller says being black is dangerous but it's cool yeah man everybody like that you know yeah wear your seatbelt man you'll be all right that's right we're gonna get out of here man because you know we just start to get quiet like this that means you're ready to go first of all but why you get off her head

i don't understand this i don't know i've only been up here two weeks i want to go i want to leave all right i want to put in two weeks. I want to go. I want to leave. I want to put in two weeks. You need a vacation. I do. Thank you, man. Give me a maternity leave soon. Lord.

Oh, my God. Have you really never fell in love with hip hop? What I meant by that was like, what's that moment? Like, when do you fall in love with your mama? You feel me? When do you fall in love with your father? Like, people not black, they got different experiences. When do you discover hip hop if you were born in 1993 in the ghetto?

Hmm, when do you walk into a place and they're like hey, this is hip-hop That's the ask me when I fell in love with like charcuterie or like some stupid white people's like Hip-hop is a part of I'm black. It's just there. It's always been there. Like, I don't know. Like, that's crazy to think about, bro. That's a fantastic answer. It's like asking when they met Jesus. Like, what? I'm black. We just do it.

And my last question. Me and Glasses Malone was having a conversation, right? And Glasses was saying how if you're not from, like, hip-hop, in order to be hip-hop, has to be from the hood and have a street aesthetic and be on. I always say you want it to be on some gang. says no that's not what he's saying to me you hip-hop kendrick is hip-hop cole is hip-hop y'all don't have to do no criminal to be considered hip-hop do you think you have to do because you said that earlier you talk about i could show my my environment right um i think better music this didn't glasses be saying half of what he trying to say. That's my dog. So I know he'd be. I feel like the important sentence is for it to be accepted fully because the way that we view certain things, that's a very big part of hip hop.

That's a very big part of black culture. Very big part of being a black male. To be honest, it's a big part of manhood in general, especially for black men. So if you're making hip hop and you're saying you come from all these things, but it feels different. It feels like it's not how they view us. Because let's be real, bro. We 13, 14 percent of this population. We got to sell things to people.

That's not us. So for it to translate. Oh, I know what that is. You know what I'm saying? Sports got jerseys, bro. It just is what it is. So I feel like for it to fully translate and kind of reach certain heights based on how people perceive it. Most of the time, it does have to be be that but that don't make it right damn you think you got to have

the street elements and the hood elements i think for their understanding and digestion of it but what is the street element of it and what is the hood element of it is struggle it's poverty it's lack of resources it's lack of family it's lack of all these things and that's just the black experience based on how the world sees it. So it's not just violence. Violence is just the biggest part of it as far as how we speak about it. Think about, I know they exist, but it's way more mother records than it is father records. You get what I'm saying?

It's just how our community looks and how kind of we view it. You know what I mean? So I feel like like i i get older and i'm like i feel bad like kind of for my father like the relationship that we have for him because like all right you got incarceration issue you got substance issues like it ain't like you were just like yeah i ain't coming home with these kids but based on the perception of how we were taught to view ourselves and view the world around us everybody said we ain't got no daddy yeah instead of understanding the circumstances you know what i mean so i feel like it's kind of that with hip

hop it's just understanding the circumstances a little bit better vince staple show is out now on netflix thank you for coming vince i appreciate you brother the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj nv jess hilarious shawlamain the guy we are the breakfast club let's get to jess with the mess m&m co-producing documentary that investigates stands now that those are people that are obsessed with celebrities a A Variety reported that Shady Films Company is assisting in creating a documentary that will focus on the rise in intense fandom when it comes to music.

A recent example is like, basically like, remember the recent Nicki and Megan Beef, like the cemetery had to call for extra security of Meg to stay on his mother's grave during her beef with Nicki, like something like that. Or how like, my god this is bad but like remember when michael jackson uh it was he died it was people committing suicide it was like just all and then even before

he died like people would pass out and all that you know so how they stand and so it's a documentary surrounding that or even taylor swift like remember i think he reported a week ago that taylor swift's fan was outside his house out in New York and they arrest him like eight times yeah everybody got hives like you named the barbs yeah and the what Michael Jackson fans you know that no I know he was called he had he I wonder how certain communities feel about that Anyway And for those who don't remember The song Stan

Eminem is the Creator of that song And let's play the song I love you Slim We could have been together Think about it You're ruined now I hope you can't sleep

And you dream about it And when you dream I hope you can't sleep And you scream about it i hope your conscience eats at you when you can't breathe without me so basically it was a song about a crazed fan of eminem he was obsessed and like he killed uh his girlfriend the baby and himself so basically now that i'm old i'm thinking like eminem probably did this kind of stuff. No. You know, oh, no. Storyteller. OK, OK. All right. Well, he's a great storyteller because now me as an adult actually believes that. Great.

Great idea for a show. Great idea for a show, which was also doing that. Right. Actually, it doesn't have it here. No, I don't know who's doing it, but it's actually in effect and it's going to drop. A couple of shows like this was pitched before. Yeah. Actually, Charlamagne actually pitched this show, a show like this, 10 years ago. I did.

On December 10th, actually, was the actual date. I love this place. And they didn't pick it up. They didn't pick it up. But to the fact of that, that just means that you saw this way before, because social media then wasn't what it is now. Yeah. So, yeah. That is true.

And I know you probably pissed that now Eminem is doing I'm mad I just was yeah she only know that cuz I was a little mad when I saw it yeah I just showed her that I had pitched it you know yeah that's what's up 13 that's what's up about this room Charlamagne showed us a year now you ain't gotta say nothing don't say nothing and just said I did she says she back, and I did that to her the other day with Tyree. Tyree's so mad at me. He texts me like, wow. Oh, my God, Ty, no. Like, for real.

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you know how he is that's it no i'm not saying nothing else around you so don't show me nothing else even so bow wow's lean addiction led to issues in career and personal life um so he sat down with the art of dialogue and shard was he spoke candidly about how sipping lean led to drama in his personal life we have the audio for it i was on lean i was sipping so much syrup bro and i i said this too like right after right after mac miller had died i um i spoke on that i was drinking that shit like crazy like i'm telling you like it was times where i used to put up on wayne like the pop bottles video in the warmers i think we was doing something they were shooting i put up on wayne wayne hit me up with a little

baby bottle of my own like take this go ahead take this we pulling up foes deuces i was losing my fucking mind i put that shit down back then so i'll never forget me and chris was on our tour i was co-headlining with brown the opening night was in cincinnati when i got off the stage i collapsed and i was like what the fuck and i went straight to cincinnati university hospital i'm talking about something was so i end up going back home When I got off the stage, I collapsed. And I was like, what the fuck? And I went straight to Cincinnati University Hospital. I'm talking about my stomach was so fucked up, I ended up going back home to Atlanta after the first show. You know what's crazy?

What's crazy? You could see when he was going through that, because lean makes you, like, puffy. Like, it gives you, like, it makes you look bloated. Yeah, he definitely was a little thick. There was a moment where he was looking like Bow Wow. Yeah. Wow.

Absolutely. I didn't believe. I didn't believe. I mean, I believe that. I never not believed that he was looking like Bow Wow. Yeah. Wow. Absolutely. I didn't believe. I didn't believe. I mean, I believe that. I never not believed that he was going through it. There's a lot of things I don't believe about Bow Wow. But it is, you know, because he was lying a lot. But I did always believe that he was on lean.

I mean, didn't the way he just came out and said it. I was on lean. Man. But to the point of, you know, like you said, after Mac Miller died. After Mac Miller died, you know, you said after mac miller died after mac miller died you know you would think when you see somebody overdose or something like that off of something like that you would be like oh man i'm so messed up off that let me go do the same thing or let me go try it or let me go you know it's other outlets in other ways you know you don't want

to end up like that person then we lost that person to that thing. And I was going to say, that's one question I have. Like, when you see somebody getting beat up or dying over these drugs, what makes you want to try it? Like, you know, Mac Miller, you know, died.

And a lot of people died for using drugs. What makes you say, you know what, they died, but let me try to see if I can do better. Like, I don't know. You're saying there shouldn't be

any new leading users. Correct. Yeah, absolutely. There shouldn't be no new crackheads. No new heroin addicts. Right. You see what it does to people. So what makes you say, they die, but I could beat it?

Yeah. And also what this does, this interview does, is I hope Wayne is not under any investigation because he said Wayne gave him a baby bottle of lean to soothe him. And then also Chris Brown. He spoke about how he collapsed open at night. It's like, yo, don't drop nobody's name. This is not how you

do it, Bow Wow. When I read it, I was like wow, Bow Wow. Maybe he need to drop their names. No. They might look in the mirror if they're still doing that. I don't know. Wayne been probably looking in the mirror for a long time. Like, nah. Nah, just no.

Don't do it, yo. But I just never been able to take Bow Wow serious in stories like this. But I do remember actually noticing something was wrong with him or whatever. That ain't no Bow Wow challenge right there. That's real. Nah, real stuff. But remember when he had said that he was going to commit suicide and that he jumped. He was like, I'm going to jump.

And he was saying he was going to jump off the second story of his house. I don't remember that. And then, you don't remember that? No. The internet, please do your job and find it. Remember? And they showed how high it was. And I was like, yo, he was just going to break your ankle.

He wasn't going to die. This is what he was starving for attention, yo. But I always had like a love, hate, release shit with Bow Wow. Bow Wow would be like, why would you do that?

Why would you go and say that? But like, he's always been attention craving, but not this. Oh, you put him in just with the meth, he didn't like it? A lot of times.

Yeah, he ain't never really like beef with me, beef with me, but he always just side eye me like, yo, come on, chill with me, Why you said beef with me,

beef with me, like you was saying bounce with me, bounce with me. What's wrong like you were saying bounce with me, bounce with me? What's wrong with you? I don't know. I don't know. That's just for the mess for the second hour. All right. Thank you, Jess. I just want to send a birthday shout out to Chloe.

She's a long time listener. She's 13 years old. Her dad is in the car. So happy birthday, Chloe. Happy birthday, Chloe. Happy birthday, girly. All right. Now, Charlamagne, you got donkey today coming up? Yeah, it's four after the hour. A woman from Florida named Jaquilla Mobley needs to come to the front of the congregation, Chloe. Happy birthday, Chloe. Happy birthday, girly. All right. Now, Charlamagne, you got donkey of the day coming up? Yeah, it's four after the hour. A woman from Florida named Jaquilla Mobley needs to come to the front of the congregation, man. She has disrespected her mother in the worst way, and we will discuss. Okay.

We'll get to that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. You're checking out The Breakfast Club. Your execution on the donkey of the day is something to behold. Is it a reason? He gave me donkey of the day and i deserve it you need to know what you need to tell them i am you have the voice tell them it's time for donkey of the

day it's a read but you're so good at it you're trying to be a fake ass charlemagne damn charlemagne who you give the donkey of the day to now wild donkey of the day uh sexy red for thursday fe, February 15th, goes to a woman named Jaquilla Mobley. Jaquilla is from Florida, ladies and gentlemen. And what does your Uncle Charla always say about the great state of Florida? The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida, and today is no exception. Now, Jaquilla has been arrested for battery, a misdemeanor, and booked into the Marion County Jail, where she is being held on on $2,500 bond.

Okay, she is a woman who has multiple battery arrests, but does not have any convictions. I actually have a lot of empathy for this woman because she told police she's been sleeping on the streets. And the victim of her crime, which we will get to shortly, is a woman who happens to be her mother. Yes, Jaquilla's own mother is the victim she's 64 years old jekyll is 28 her mother's name is uh isla johnson and isla said jekyll has been drinking and using drugs and that when she does this she becomes aggressive towards her so her mother knows her better than anyone on this planet and her mother is clearly saying she has a drug and alcohol problem so there is a part of me that has a lot of empathy for jekyll or jekyll okay sleeping on the streets dealing

with drugs and alcohol but those reasons are the reason why she's getting donkier today number one there is never a reason to do what she has done to her mother okay and number two is because of a word from the bible and that word is waste not want not and the thing that was wasted here was food see if you're sleeping on the street and you got a drug and alcohol addiction the one thing you shouldn't waste is food food is one of the basic necessities for survival along with clothing and shelter okay those are signifying factors in determining a sustainable healthy community and if you're sleeping on the street and have a drug and alcohol addiction problem, you shouldn't be wasting food. Now, how did you kill a mobile waste food?

She wasted food by doing to her mother what many a scorned woman has done to a man. Oh, we all have a story in our family of a woman who decided to weaponize from Quaker instant, some pearl milling, some Bob's Red Mills and Palmetto farms from charleston favorite stone ground what i'm talking about ladies and gentlemen is grits all right the number one breakfast food in the history of america i'm from south carolina the low country 843 argue with your mother but don't argue with her the way jekyll did and end up throwing hot grits on her the way lisa did carlos simply because medea told her to jess have you ever heard of anybody getting hot grits thrown on them in real life no not in real life no i have you envy no of anybody getting hot grits thrown on them in real life? No, not in real life. No, I have. You, Envy? No. Okay. I definitely have. This is egregious.

Okay, hot grits on your skin is torture. Alright, I understand why women do it to men. They get mad. They're upset. They're emotional. They might even be defending themselves in certain situations. But there's never a reason to put hot grits on your mother. Okay, grits goes with a lot of things. Shrimp, scrambled eggs, fried fish, but not your mother's skin.

Now, we have the president of the Fat Lives Matter committee. Where's he at? He's walking in. It's going to take him some time. Boom, boom, boom, boom. Big Mac. Big Mac is here. Big Mac.

Big Mac is here. Round of applause for Big Mac, man. Yeah. Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle. Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle. Big Mac is the president of the Fat Lives Matter committee. He finds this despicable. Mac, the floor is yours.

First off, shout out to all the people that sound like they breathing heavy, but they really sleeping, snoring. Yeah, this is upsetting to me. Okay. First off, we all know that our parents told us, number one thing, don't play in my kitchen. Right. You know what I mean? Food is a love language.

It brings people together. That's true. If you're beefing with your girl or whatever, the first thing you text her is, you hungry? You want something to eat? Yes. And that fixes all the problems. That is true. At least it gets you into a better place.

Yeah. You know what I'm saying? So how can you be in the kitchen and there's food cooking and you mad and you upset? I don't care what type of drugs or alcohol is being taken place. I know when I take drugs, that's when I'm the most hungry. You want to eat. So how can I be mad when this is going on? If I'm high and drunk, I'm waiting for that food.

Do you know how upset I would be if I was in the bedroom and I smell grits, bacon, eggs, and I come down and somebody takes a shower with me? Well, listen, I was told that bedroom, and I smelled grits, bacon, eggs. And I come down, and somebody took a shower with me. Well, listen, I was told that I smelled like breakfast before. He just said grits. He didn't say bacon and all that. He told us that was grits. Right. He took it too far.

He made a whole meal. But it's impossible to smell all that and then be in the same room, knowing you are minutes away from that, and then get into a fight. Yeah. And now, you're not even just smelling like grits, because if they throw it on you, you know it got the butter, the salt, the pepper on it. And a little bit of cheese depending on where you are. Would you wipe it off or lick it off?

I mean, first off, again, waste not, want not. Yes, yes, yes. I'm going to lick it like. Jesus. And you're going to probably lick some of your skin off too. Well, you know what I mean? It's just the body of Christ. Yeah.

You know what I'm saying? You know, it's okay for you to lick a little skin. Pause. Everybody did it on Valentine's Day yesterday. You do not have a body of Christ. You know what I'm saying? You know, it's okay for you to lick a little skin, pause. Everybody did it on Valentine's Day yesterday. You do not have a body of Christ. I have multiple bodies of Christ. They say he embodies multiple people. You are the holy trinity.

Amen. Let the church say amen. Amen. And this is Florida, too. So, you know, that's, like you said, you're from the south. So, them grits, I know they were seasoned right. That's right. So, please give Jaquilla Mulvey the sweet sounds of the hamiltons oh now you are the donkey of the day you are the donkey of the day

maybe tequila was half right and her season. Her grits wasn't that good. Oh, you want to play a game? Let's play a game of Guess What Race It Is. Tequila Mobley of Florida threw hot grits on her mother because she was upset. Jess Elias, Guess What Race It Is. According to Tyler Perry, she's black. Down, down, down. Okay, okay, DJ Envy Tequila Mobley got mad at her mother

And threw hot grits on her And she's from Florida Guess what race she is Black Big Mac Tequila Mobley from Florida Got mad at her mother and threw hot grits on her Guess what race she is Down, down. Big Mac, Jaquilla Mobley from Florida, got mad at her mother and threw hot grits on her.

Guess what? Racist. See, with a name like Tequila, I'm sure she's... Jaquilla. I'm thinking about food and drinks, Max. I'm sure with a name like that, she's half blast,

half Negro knees. Damn. Down, down, down. It was just a clean sweep of blackness. Y'all just think Jaquilla Mobley black, huh? Yeah. All of y'all are wrong. No.

Oh, my God. We don't believe you. Show me a picture. Jaquilla. Are you serious? Jaquilla. There's no white Jaquilla. There's no Asian Jaquilla.

There's no Latin Jaquilla. Okay. Hold on. There's no. There's not. No. No. What is that?

Who is that guy? Who is it? That is nigga. Oh, my God. There's a difference, y'all. Y'all know this. That brother handsome. No, that's black.

She black. She black. She black. I was going to say, stop playing with us right now. No, she black. She black. She black. Yeah, she definitely black.

Damn. Damn. Damn. And she a stud. Jess was right. When you hear somebody get grits thrown on them, that is very Tyler Perry. Absolutely. That's one of the blackest things you can do. Uh-huh. Okay? All right. When you hear somebody get grits thrown on them, that is very Tyler Perry. That's one of the blackest things you can do. Okay.

It is. But the whole review of like all of this, all these fat comments, I really, really do feel bad for Lizzo. Because for everything you just said, I do. Because everything you just said, this girl is in court for. And you came in here to shout out to all the people that breathe heavy, but you just said this girl is in court for uh-huh and you came in here to shout out all the people that breathe heavy but you just sleep yeah like and this girl is this hot career is on the line for things like this well because it's it's people like uh the man to the right of me who body shame us i don't body shame nobody every time I just make observations. Nigga, before he walked in, he said boom. When I walked in, he said ba-boom, ba-boom, ba-boom. I was beatboxing.

Jiggle, jiggle, jiggle, jiggle. You make noise. Jiggle, people walk. I'm not going to let you jiggle, jiggle by yourself. Every time I got a co-sign. Every time I get a co-sign, you make noise. That's it. You be hyping him up.

Who was here yesterday saying he want that? Somebody was here this week saying I need that. Killer Mike. Killer Mike. That's right. Because he part of the Fellas Matter too. No, he not. Yes, he is.

Both of us look down. We don't know what shoes we wearing. That is not true. Mike, don't do Mike like that. No, Mike did. Yes, he is. Both of us look down and we don't know what shoes we wearing. That is not true. Don't do Mike like that. No, Mike did stand up and say, I put on the wrong shoes. Yeah, that's what I thought.

No. Yo. I hate y'all. All right. Thank you for that donkey today. When we come back, it's time for Jess Fix My Mess.

If you're having relationship problems or any type of a problem, you can call Jess right now. 800-585-1051. Once again, Jess Fix My Mess. It's all about relationship problems

or issues. If you're having problems, well, Jess is going to fix it for you. So call her now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's about me.

Relationship problems. It's about me. You need to beat your co-worker's ass It's about me Your co-worker need to beat your ass Call it up It's Dr. Jess and I'm here to fix your mess It's getting very much messy, let me fix it

Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy We are The Breakfast Club It's time for Jess Fix My Mess We got Samantha on the line Samantha, good morning Good morning How you feeling? I'm feeling okay What's's time for Jess Fix My Mess. We got Samantha on the line. Samantha, good morning. Good morning. How you feeling? Hi, honey.

I'm feeling okay. What's your question for Jess? Hi, Jess. Congratulations. Thank you. So, my question is this. Like, I just kind of wanted some insight.

You know when you kind of got your own stuff figured out but you still need, like, to make sure you're not bugging? Yes. So, I've been married for 10 years now, together since 14.

I'll be 34 in a few months. And I'm just feeling really unfulfilled in my marriage. Yes. I got six more years till she turned 18 or and mind you I forgot to add that he's a little cray cray so it's not that easy to leave anyways like I tried before so you so you saying Jesus so you saying

you're you feel stagnant in your marriage you're 34 you you said you're waiting for your brother to turn 18

no my daughter she's 12 so I'm like should I just stick it out like six more years and remain unhappy? But it's like,

literally. In your marriage? Yes. Because you're waiting for your baby to turn 18? Because I'm like, you know, I have that idea

like I want to raise my kids all with him and stuff. So I'd rather be unhappy just so they could feel happy. But girl, like when I say unhappy, like literally

I'm for sure in every aspect. No, no, when I say I'm happy, like, literally, I'm for sure in every aspect. No, no, no. Like, I'm literally turning over, like, okay, go ahead, I'll be done. No, so if you got six more years until your baby turns 18, so that means your baby is 12 right now, your daughter.

So what you do is you don't teach her to be unhappy at anyone's expense, even her children, if it comes to love. You get what I'm saying? You sit her down and you explain certain things to her. You know, is he he's a great father, I'm assuming. Correct me if I'm wrong. Yes, and he's actually oblivious as a husband.

He don't think he's doing nothing wrong. OK, well, that's just differences. You get what I'm saying? But you can't remain unhappy and miserable. going nothing wrong like okay well that's just differences you get what i'm saying that but you can't remain unhappy and miserable um that that actually that causes like unhealthy mental like in your mental you're disrupting your peace like you and that's what you need you need that to even raise your kids you get what i'm saying at this point i feel like it's not my life like i'm living my life for everybody else but that's where you go wrong because that's the same mistake that my mom made

and and has admitted you know you don't live your life for everyone else you have to and i know it kind of sounds uh crazy to say this but you've been selfless for so long it's okay to be a little selfish because you need to protect you you get what i'm saying like no it's a way to do everything if you do it the right way which is just communication then that will be better you know you need to sit your kids down first now sit first sit down with your husband tell him how unhappy you are and y'all have to figure out a way to move amicably that may not be like in his best interest a divorce uh counseling do you feel like counseling could have you know do you just want to leave it i tried a lot i tried to leave though and he actually followed me to new york like literally found me had a stick he stole my car like tried

to get every tactic to get me to come back i came back and still no changes like so i have tried and put in the effort okay so this is he's a little hinge now he stole your car yes it's not even like such an easy process because that's the half of it the kids part but he is so now that's a bigger problem. You're doing things like, so now you're saying he has attachment issues, obviously. I mean, he won't even let you breathe. He followed you to New York. I understand loving somebody, but he followed you to New York.

He stole your car, all that. That's all an invasion. That's an invasion of privacy. I understand, like I said, being in love with all of that, but that's like dangerous. And that's, you're not protecting your peace you actually like like kind of sort of in danger of that so yeah you definitely honestly should um sit down with your kids and have a conversation with them and just let them know sometimes it won't work people won't stay together forever sometimes it does happen but sometimes it don't and don't wait six more years you know what I'm saying like don't do that just

explain to get you keep an open line of communication with them and that's it but but you need but to effectively leave him you had to get some type of law involved with that and I'm sorry that's just what that is yeah yeah and you sound stressed so I'm just so happy that I actually my call got answered like wow

you know how long I've been trying to no absolutely but I really really want you to be serious about that though I want you to be serious

about that put you first definitely your kids like you know what I'm saying they're very important but you have to be in the right state of mind

to even raise them right. And to show them what a healthy woman is outside of the healthy family, healthy tradition of what it is. No, a healthy woman. My mom was a healthy woman. And that's why we are the way we are. You get what I'm saying?

Yeah. I want them to say those type of things. Yeah, because it's like, even if, you're right, they could clearly see the unhappiness even if everything is all together We all together in the household if I'm not happy they definitely feel that Yeah, yeah, so you need a crisis hotline and I would like for you to like do that Nah, for real this nigga stole your car. He's like no you're never gonna leave me

If it sounds like it's on the verge of if I can't have you nobody will so you So you need to get in, like, get some help, get somebody else involved with that. Crime stoppers still got a noble. OK. Yeah. One hundred crime stoppers. One hundred crime stoppers. Yeah. I tried that in New York.

OK. We're married. So, you know, it's OK for him to steal my car, right? Yeah. Yeah. Nine eight eight crisis hotline. All that. You.

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800-585-1051. Call it now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Tell her, tell her. Baby. It's the real deal. Help morning. Tell her, tell her. Baby. It's the real deal. Help me.

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Jess going to fix your mess because my advice is real. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Jess Hilarious. Charlamagne the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got Brooklyn on the line. Brooklyn, good morning. Good morning.

Hey, how you doing? Aw, you sound so down. What's wrong? What's your question? Jess, I need help. I need help. What's wrong? All right.

So, pretty much, I've been dating this girl for 13 years, pretty much. Well, only 13 years. She was my sidekick. Right? And, like, I finally decided to become her main nigga. And for, like, six months, we've been girlfriends. I put a title on it. And, like, literally, last week, she broke over me.

The reason why she broke over me was because she said the closer that she's drawn to Jesus, you know, she don't want to live this lifestyle anymore. And, oh, I'm about to cry. She don't want to live this lifestyle anymore. And she, the closer she get to god she just feel like you know she want to be straight pretty much and she don't want to be well you call it your side she don't want to be a side nigga or main nigga no more she wants to be right a woman of god but she was good she was very good at being a side nigga because every

relationship that was there she was always there you know she was always But she was good She was very very good At being a side Because every relationship That I was in She was always there You know what I'm saying She was always there She was perfect You know but then She was like You know Since we're not dating

Other people no more Let's just go ahead And make it a thing I'm like I don't know You know what I'm saying You was really good At side

But then I was like Alright you know what I'm saying I do love you I got something to say Whatever so let's go ahead And put a title on it And as soon as we do that You want to sit up here

And talk about The quote that you draw To Jesus You want to go straight so yesterday you know i spent lonely you know i got the donkey of the day for being the toxic you know i'm saying yesterday oh man yeah oh man stop laughing show me right so okay so you know what's funny about this actually nothing's funny about this because you're actually about to cry but what's funny about this? Actually, nothing's funny about this because you're actually about to cry. But what's interesting about this is that we have people, like, that will criticize you for saying, like, straight people turning gay. But it's the problem. You're seeming like you're making it a problem that she wants to go from gay to being straight.

It's okay to turn back. You know what I mean? I mean, just because you still over there gay don't mean that, you she's not i don't i don't just the thing i don't judge her for the person she's becoming you know i support her i'm i'm behind her a thousand percent my thing is why you had to wait till you become mainstream with me to go ahead and want to go back but listen to be honest with you you do sound a bit selfish. This girl was playing aside for a minute. You said not only for one situation, for a bunch of situations, she was aside for you. Yeah, for a bunch of them, but that's what she wanted to do.

She was comfortable there. I mean, I was outside too. I had relationships too. No, listen. You don't know what she wanted to do. She always wanted to be amazing. No, no, I do. I do know what she wanted to do.

I mean, you're right. I'm lying. Yeah, she always wanted to be amazing. That's what I'm saying. She always wanted to be your main. No, no, I do. I do know what, uh, she, man, yeah, you right. I mean, I'm lying. Yeah, she always wanted to be your main. That's what I'm saying. She always wanted to be your main. She just waited her turn until she got to be your main. So if I gotta play the side for however many situations, I'ma do that. You know, that happens not even

only in gay relationships. But I was playing the side too, though, for like three of them. You know, I was playing the side too. I was even a cousin, you know what I'm saying? I was even a cousin too. I came in when I came to see her. I was her cousin, and, you know too I was even a cousin You know what I'm saying I was even a cousin too I came in when I came to see her I was her cousin And you know I slept in the guest room

Like I was playing the side too Yeah so y'all both Play Have played a lot of games To end up with each other And what you see is That don't lead up

To anything that lasts You get what I'm saying Now she's on her way to God You still back here Trying to figure it out You know what I mean Trying to understand Why What on her way to God. You still back here trying to figure it out. You know what I mean? Trying to understand why, what happened. Yesterday, donkey of the day, it was a deeper meaning to it, though.

It was you. What accountability are you taking for this? Yeah, that's what I'm saying. I felt that. He was talking to my whole spirit. Like, I felt it. Like, in my real feelings. So now you work on you.

Don't worry about her. See, she already started obviously working on her. You get what I'm saying? But she just texted me last night asking me am I okay. But I asked her for my iPad and she didn't even take me back. She left me on read. Well, she using it. So I'm just confused.

She probably need it right now. But she asked you are you okay because she's a good person and she actually care about you. She don't. She care about you. You need to do some work on yourself honestly i do you're right and i love that you are receiving that you know what i mean because you you still hurt and it's okay it's okay to be hurt you don't gotta act unbothered you don't gotta act like you're not but you gotta do work on yourself boo that's all and that whether that puts you in

a better position to date later like that or not or don't date for a long time whether you turn to god whether you whatever it is for you you need to figure out what feeds you love on yourself and and i am i am already survived you know yeah yeah but that's all just just just be alone for a little bit and being alone does not mean you're lonely just be alone for a little bit you get get what I'm saying? I appreciate you. No problem. Have a good one, Brooklyn.

As a community, we don't talk enough about these savage-ass thugs, man. Like, toxic studliness is a real thing. Don't you think so? They want to have all these conversations about toxic masculinity. Toxic studliness is a real thing. Yeah, it is. She mad because that woman, because God told that woman she got to change her diet.

If she don't want to eat... She said change her diet, man. If she don't want to eat poom poom no more, she don't want to eat poom poom no more, let her go. You know,

it's just funny like how somebody be like, oh, you can't tell that person not to be gay. Yeah. But now you telling her she can't be straight. That's right.

Like you guys not telling her she can't be... Now she want to sit up there and she want to be straight. It can't go both ways. That's right. It, you guys are not telling her she can't. But now she want to sit up there and she want to be straight. It can't go both ways. That's right. It can't happen the other way around, you know. So, but I think she got it.

You know, she definitely sound like she needs to because she's more defensive than anything because she hurt. So, she just got to work on herself. All right. 800-585-1051. Now, we got Jess with the mess coming up. What are we talking about? Lord, I'm going to be honest with you. I don't know right now.

Okay. All right. I got you. I got't know right now. Okay. All right. I got you. Those stories was heavy. Okay. Them toxic studs will throw you off. Yeah, they will. I'm telling you.

That toxic stud leave this man. No. All y'all toxic studs going to do some work on yourself. Well, let's get to Jess with the mess now. This is real. This is real. Jess Alonzo. Jess Alonzo.

Jess Alonzo. Jess Alonzo. Jess is going to bring you numbers. Jess with the mess. Jess with the mess. On do no lying. Jess is going to bring you numbers. Jess with the message. I need to call you. On The Breakfast Club. I'm lonely, no distance. You know what you want to talk about now?

I do. Before we get to Rachel, I think this needs immediate attention. So, Vory threatens to kill girlfriend. Vory is an artist who was a dream chaser before this actually came out. His girlfriend alleged that he is abusive and released footage of him threatening to kill her. Remove your camera from there. Move the other shit.

Move your phone from that camera. I will literally get you killed. For real. I'm telling you. I'm telling you. Okay. Stop. So she said, yeah.

So she said he tries to paint her as a whore and a bad person. When he's really the bad person, she also revealed that she has more footage she said stop playing in my face before i post the videos of you punching me in my face spitting on me threatening to kill me while i'm pregnant i have all those videos show people who you really are this man is a professional liar and a manipulator and a narcissist um and this is not even something though the the footage was recorded by her but this is from home cameras

so you can literally see yo why would you do this and you have home cameras in your house she's not recording she's like these are cameras in their home so that's kind of crazy uh when Meek Mill came across delegations he announced that he is this distancing himself from Borey and he said this guy is not a dream chaser he has mental problems we cut ties we don't care about how your music sound uh he's been ducking my calls for months telling people I'm threatening him i stopped a lot of people dude he is not a dream chaser so um that relationship is done and i'm sure that situation isn't just gonna go to social media it's gonna go to authorities absolutely and for people that don't know who vory is because he's not a popular artist for his own music he's uh known to uh he wrote for uh meek mill of course and when i mean wrote

for i mean he could have date hooks uh kanye west drake dirk little baby post malone mariah carey and a host of others so yep rachel dolezal fired after people find her only fan so rachel dolezal is not rachel dolezal she changed her name to in catchy diallo um allegedly yeah that's what I said legend oh I thought you said a legend yeah yeah yeah legend yes yes just a little backstory she's the NAACP Washington chapter president who got fired uh she she was she got fired for pretending to be black she's transracial yes transracial yep absolutely um she was an after-school instructor she got paid 19 an hour and she works with students from kindergarten up to fifth grade she was hired and this is crazy because her contract she was hired

uh last year in august and the contract was only supposed to um go up to may 2024 um but she she goes by different names so people wouldn't know who she was obviously she ain't making enough and she that's why she got the only fans i'm with you yeah yeah and free rachel yeah she teaches in arizona and um the the media reached out to the school to say hey this is rachel dolezal they snitched on her yeah snitched on her man and then when they showed the school the footage they they said oh yeah we shall work here no more so now you know what i mean this? Now she's fired from there, but she can't get fired from OnlyFans, and Catchy, keep doing your thing.

Pay the teachers more, and Rachel wouldn't have to do things like this. And every time I hear stories about Rachel Dozier, she's doing something of real service. Whether it's working at the NAACP, whether it's being a teacher, whether it's reasonable prices to see the cheeks on OnlyFans,

$9.99 a month. I was looking at it in the paper this morning. $9.99 a month yeah i was looking at it in the paper this morning $9.99 a month ratio is always being a service but people be hating on it it's kind of crazy yeah it's kind of crazy it is kind of crazy uh it's being reported that the school just learned about her only fans account she is no longer employed i'm so mad about that though because like you say if they paid up more yeah that would be yeah and then also another thing i was thinking about is elementary school. Those kids. And listen, whatever.

If it was high school, okay, I get it. Because they're very aware of what OnlyFans is. Yeah. A student would have probably found it before the media contacted the school. But these are children. So it's their parents that's looking up Rachel. Yeah. And this is Ms. Dolezal, not Ms. Diallo.

You know what I'm saying? And there's people hating on her that are mad at her because she's transracial. She's now transracial. She's transracial, man. Y'all better stop with that transracial stuff. She is transracial. She does things that she does not have to do. Oh, it's no such thing as transracial, but it's such a thing as

transgender? Hey, shut up. You shut up. Is that what it is? No, I'm saying, how can it be a transgender community when it ain't transrac women? It's enough. It's enough. Let people be black. That's right. Let her be black.

That's why she's white. That's all we're saying. Let her be what she want to be. If she want to identify as black, she can identify as black. You can't pick and choose when you want to be black, man. Why can't you? Let her be. But you can.

Okay. All right, we better wrap this up. Yeah, let's wrap this up. You, uh-uh. Mm-mm-mm. That is just what the message is. And her news is real. Allegedly. Oh, boy. All right, let's get out of here it's the people's choice mix up next breakfast local morning you're checking out the breakfast club morning everybody it's dj mv

jessel irish all i mean to god we are the breakfast club it's black history month what we doing listen man suit to my guy v dot every day Black History Month. He puts out a podcast called the I Didn't Know Maybe You Didn't Either podcast. And today he's introducing you to one of history's unsung heroes, Mr. Robert Smalls. On today's episode of I Didn't Know, Maybe You Didn't Either, I introduce you to one of my favorite characters in history. His name is Robert Smalls, or as I like to call him, Robbie Smalls. Because when it came to freedom, my boy was ready to die. Like so many other enslaved people, Robert Smalls, too, was haunted with the idea that his family, his wife, Hannah, their four-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, and their infant son, Robert Jr., would one day be sold. And families once sold and separated usually never found their ways back

to one another the only way that robert smalls could ensure that his family stayed together was escape but trying to escape by yourself was difficult add the task of a family and an infant damn near impossible so as darkness fell over the city of charleston south carolina in the early hours of may 13th 1852 where docked stood the planter a Confederate steamer but Robbie Smalls knew that in a few hours his family would be free from slavery or they would certainly see death their future depended solely on his plan and his plan was simple while the captain and his men were on land sharing the beds with their wives, he would

imitate the captain, jack the planter, and link up with the fleet of Union ships that was anchored right outside the Charleston Harbor. It was just 10 miles south. Boy, that's as simple as getting young Thug out of jail. So in the early hours of the morning, May 13th, 1862, Robbie Smalls ordered the steamer to leave. The crew raised two flags. The first was the official Confederate flag, known as the Stars and Bars. The other, South Carolina's blue and white flag. Both helped them maintain the cover that this was a Confederate ship. It was a Confederate guard 50 yards away. He just assumed that the officers were in command like usual and let them roll.

Next stop, North Atlantic Wharf. Had to go pick up the family. Remember they got a backtrack. No trouble approaching the pier there. Now we gotta double back and get past Fort Sumter. Fort Sumter was super intimidating. This joint had 50 foot walls above the water. They approached

Fort Sumter around 4.15am. Terrified. The women and kids are crying. Praying. Robbie Smalls had on Captain Reyes' straw hat and he Damn terrifying. The women and kids are crying, praying. Robbie Smalls had on Captain Reyes' straw hat and he pulled the whistle cord. Two long blows and a short one. That was the Confederate signal and it was required to pass. The Confederate soldier yelled out to the planter,

Blow them Yankees to hell or bring one of them in. And Robbie Smalls just stayed in character and replied, aye, aye. And he was allowed to pass. Now the crew got to rush and take these stupid Confederate flags down so the Union soldiers don't blow us out to water. You dig what I'm saying? And now we got to raise this white blanket

so we can say we surrendering. Man, the joy when Robert Smalls and his family and friends' feet touched the floorboards of the Onward. The Onward was the union ship and they had realized in that moment they were free robert smalls just stood in front of his family and friends and spoke triumphantly to the captain of the onward good good morning sir i brought you some of the old united states guns sir they was for fourth something sir robbie robbie robbie can't you see how this story just

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It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, you see People Magazine just released a statement saying that Usher said he proposed to Chili back in the day. And that Chili told him no. And he said that their split broke his heart. Oh, maybe that's who Ruin is about. Ruin? The song.

That's on the new album? On the new album. The one that I love. Maybe it's because you ruined me for everybody. That was like 20 years ago I was here in Chilly, though. But that's what he's saying. Maybe she's saying that. Yeah.

Wow. Yeah. Oh, wow. I didn't know that. She said no. Oh, my God. No. I'm sure she'll be releasing a statement about that all right real

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