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Episode Date: August 9, 2023

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Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God.

What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. We need help! 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

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Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Good morning, USA! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo! Charlemagne the guy! Peace to the planet! Guess what day it is! Guess what day it is! Pump day!

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! That's right, it's Wednesday, middle of the week. Good morning! We here. What's happening? It's pump day! We went to the Hove thing at the library. At the library, Book Hove. We went to go see our friend Gabe on the radar. Gabe. Yes. So I had a long day in New York, New Yorking, in New York yesterday. What time did you go to bed? That's the most important thing. Nine o'clock.

Don't tell my husband. That's great. I said I was going to bed at seven. I went at nine. It's all right. It's all right. It depends what you were doing for those two hours. It depends what you were doing for those two hours.

It don't matter because of my location. He know. I was working. That's all you need to know. Nine o'clock is a great time to be in bed. That's wonderful. To be up at four. That's what, seven hours of sleep?

I was up at two, sir. I had to work too. I had stuff to record. I don't know how y'all do it. I can't. Maybe after like 10 years of doing it, I'll get used to it. You never truly do. You never truly do get used to it.

It's just some of those mornings. Like this morning, like I worked out yesterday, so I'm sore. And I woke up sore today. But it's like you're going through the motions, but you never quite get used to it. You know? But it's something I enjoy. I like being up early. Yeah.

We here. Yeah, especially if you got young children. Like my, I think she's what, 20 months now? She just likes to go to sleep when she wants to go to sleep Like I try to put it down at 9 o'clock But last night she didn't want to go to sleep at 9 And she was talking and she was making faces And jumping on the bed

It was a tough one last night Oh no, we got a routine Routine, 8.30, it's all winding down That's what I tried Last night she wasn't having it I don't know, somebody gave her some sugar or something Whatever it was, she wasn't playing last night. My three youngest know what it is.

Lucky for y'all, y'all got great people here. You know, like Sim helping you lint roll your shirt at 5 a.m. That's right. She ain't never lint rolled my damn shirt. Who's shirt should she be lint rolling? Well, she didn't help me. She gave me tape. I asked her for a lint roller.

She was like, we ain't got one up there. We need some tape. So she gave me some tape. But shout out to Sim. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking. LL Cool J and the Roots will be joining us this morning. Black Thought and Questlove, man.

You're talking about icons living. They're on a tour, the Force Live tour, where I guess it's like a curation of three hours of music. And it's, of course... LL and The Roots. LL performing. Man, you got special guests. It's going to be dope.

So we're going to talk to LL. And LL's never been here. Yeah, I was going to say that. This is LL's first time on The Breakfast Club. was going to say that. This is LL's first time on The Breakfast Club. It was a couple of times where I think he wanted to throw you around the ring. He challenged me to a boxing match once.

He was fought for not taking it. Here's the thing about this interview. It's an hour and a half long. Yes. So it's one of them ones. That's right. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Alright. And when we come back, we got front page news. Tezlin Figueroa will be joining us. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club on BET. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got our guest co-host Ashley with us. Ashley with two E's. What's happening? And let's get in some front page news. Good morning, Tezlin. Good morning, DJ Envy.

Good morning, Ashley. Good morning, Charlamagne Tha God and The Breakfast Club family. All right. Well, let's jump right into it. Let's talk about that Montgomery brawl. So there's some arrest warrant issue. Yeah, yeah. Another update on this story. Folks obviously have been following this everywhere. But Montgomery Police Chief Darrell Albert held a press conference yesterday to provide further details on the riverfront fight that has been widely shared on social media the past few days, let's take a listen and we'll talk about it on the other side. The suspects thus far have been identified as Richard Roberts, white male, 48 years old, with two outstanding warrants for assault, third degree.

Alan Todd, white male, 23 years old, one warrant for assault, third degree. Alan Todd, white male, 23 years old, one warrant for assault, third degree. And Zachary Shipman, white male, 25 years old, one warrant for assault, third degree. We have instructed those individuals to turn themselves into law enforcement, and as at this time, one is secured and in custody. The other two are set to turn themselves in within the next hour. We're also asking for Mr. Reggie Gray, the black male, 42 years old, who was seen wielding that folding chair to contact the Montgomery Police Department for further interviews. And as part of this investigation. Are you laughing? I am dying laughing. I'm not coming back to have a conversation.

You got no choice. They know your name. You got to come up. And I'd pull up with the folding chair. He didn't say there was a rest warrant. They just said they wouldn't have a conversation. I'd pull up with the folding chair. And that's what I would sit in when we have an interview.

I would send my attorney unless there's a rest warrant. I'm not talking. I already spoke. All you got to do is, Reggie can just plead temporary insanity, man. Or guess what he could plead? He could just say, just say hey i fear for my life he can do what the police officers do and we'll see if that we'll see if that works yeah that's not gonna work now what about the white no it ain't gonna work maybe he could try it hitting the white woman that ain't gonna work if you hit that white woman randomly yeah but unfortunately when they when

they killed pam turner when they killed brianna taylor they were able to say fearful i know i'm being facetious we know it won't work but i did want to point out that they're always able, you know, police officers able to shoot us down, you know, and say, hey, I feared for my life when they murdered Pam Turner. So I doubt it would work with him. But I'm being facetious. Obviously, it won't work. But why wouldn't the white women have warrants out for their arrest? Because they were swinging on the brother, too. No, that's a great question.

That's a great question. Maybe we maybe we should put that out there and ask. And again, we'll see. We'll follow this. Asking to come in for an interview doesn't necessarily mean, you know, that he would be charged. But we know how America works. You know, could the possibility is certainly there. I continue to keep following the story. But it's just really interesting, guys. What do you think about how this conversation has just really you know become a uh a staple in our community i saw yesterday somebody got a tattoo of the chair on their arm so i remember you think that's ridiculous that's ridiculous i mean because the reality is uh what i like about this whole situation is just and i think we all like it's

just the unity yep the solidarity yep and the group operation absolutely people having each other's backs. That's it. That's what I would like for people to take away from this situation. Not tattoos of chairs. You know what I mean? That's what I want people to carry with them from now on. If you see your fellow brother, your fellow sister in need of some assistance, help them.

Stop pulling out your damn... Don't get me wrong. There was a bunch of people pulling out their damn phone recording. Which was a good thing. We needed all those angles. But a lot of times, that's all we see right people pulling out their phones and recording as far as instead of people you know taking action so that's what i take from the situation well they call fred hampton the chairman you remember he was the chairman as well so i guess now the chairman is a new level to what the chairman means so all right well that is your front page news now 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 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 pepsi joe good morning dj and beach all of me you have a guest today yes uh we have ashley with two e's what's up what's going's going on? What's up, Ashley with two E's, respectively. I'm just showing a little love from Brooklyn right now, and I think they blew that Alabama boat dot a little way too far.

There's too many fights going on in the city for that to get blown up, but I do love how people came in to help. Yeah, it's about the solidarity and the unity and the group operation. That's what I'm celebrating. I do like that. Can I give one shout-out to my uncle who recently passed away? Go ahead, brother. Shout-out to Uncle Alan, man.

I'm going to his funeral today. Much love from Harlem. All right, bro. Be safe. Thank you. Sorry for your loss. Hello, who's this? Hi, good morning.

This is Miriam calling from North New Jersey. Hey, Miriam. Rick City. Yes, Miriam. Rick City. Yes, Rick City. So this is why I called you. I'm calling because I'm so blessed. I was so inspired by Dr. Cornel West yesterday because I'm in my 72. I'm the young lady who wrapped the 50-sit last year, and now I'm 72 years old,

and I work with brothers and sisters who are in prison and as I said Cornel West inspired me so much by listening to him because one of the things that I love doing is writing resumes for brothers and sisters who have been incarcerated to get employment so I'm not stressing about anything. I'm blessed that the Creator has blessed me with so much experience to help these brothers and sisters. And also, I want to mention a brother who was in prison for five years. And while he was in prison, he created a cognitive program for brothers and sisters who have been incarcerated. And it's called Hustle-ution, the revolution, the evolution of a hustler.

His name is Lance McGraw. Okay. He is now a millionaire selling banana pudding, the best. Wow. Selling banana pudding? He made a million dollars off banana pudding? That's what he's doing, and guess what? What?

He's in over 200 shop rights in New Jersey. He's also now in New York. He's in the 7 shop rights in New Jersey. He's also now in New York. He's in the 7-Eleven. And you can go to my Facebook on my website, and you can see the things that we're doing because I started a reentry program as well. And he's my vice president. Hold on.

What's the name of this banana pudding? It's called Lyrical Chef. Miracle Chef? No, Lyrical. L-I lyrical lyrical okay oh it came right up lyrical chef banana pudding there you go yes and his name is lance mcgraw okay all right well thank you i'm gonna pull up the shop right and get some of that get it off your chest 800-585-1051 if you need to hit us up now it It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired, depressed, a little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind

of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition.

Why can't I create 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 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.

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Yo, Charlemagne, Envy, what up? Are we live? This is your time to get it off your chest I got an indoor pool, an outdoor pool We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club We can get on the phone right now He'll tell you what it is Are we live?

Hello, who's this? This is Jair, what's up? DJ Envy Jair, what's up? Get it off your chest, brother Man, I just wanted to say shout out to all the people that get up early and go to work. I'm a medical laboratory worker, so I'm up at 3 a.m. every day coming in, saving lives, helping out these old folks. So shout out to all the old folks and people getting up early, going to work. All right.

Well, thank you, brother. Appreciate it. Have a good one. Hello, who's this? Hi, my name is Cara. Hey, Cara. Get it off your chest, mama. I'm just calling to give my friends and my family their flowers. Well, first, I have a cake business. It's called A Piece of Cake. Let me give myself a shout out. My husband,

who started the Brooklyn Room Festival, which will be hosted this Saturday, August 12th. And my best friend who has 30-minute hits, all women's kickboxing gym on Fulton Street and North Street. Okay. Well, thank you, Mama, for checking in. Thank you. Thank you.

Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Key. Hey, Key. This is Key. Get it off your chest, Key. Hi, yes. So I would like to talk about that Tory Lanez and Megan, this is Key. Hey, Key. This is Key. Get it off your chest, Key. Hi, yes. So I would like to talk about that Tory Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion situation. Go ahead.

And I would like to say I do not agree with Tory Lanez getting 10 years. I don't follow the masses. Everybody agreeing and talking crazy about this man. I'm pretty sure there's something deeper than that situation. But I feel as though I would have respected Megan 10 times more if you really would have been truthful the entire time i don't know you know you know what i keep wondering about this situation i don't think any of y'all read the case because the reality of the situation is if you actually read the case and you read all the evidence against tory, including the phone call that he made from the jail,

you knew that he was going to get found guilty. And not to mention, you know he did stand up yesterday in court and take responsibility for his actions and say that he wished he could change the events of that night. You do realize that, right? Listen, I didn't say he's not guilty. I said 10 years is a bit excessive. I think that came off good for shooting

at somebody. Yeah, like shooting someone at close range. What do you think is not excessive? What do you think is appropriate? That's the question. Yeah, 10 years for shooting at somebody, especially a woman as a man, I think he came off kind of good. He's only got to do 85%.

I say 85, like that's not a lot. But you got to do 85%. That's what, 8 not a lot but you gotta do 85 that's what eight and a half years and he got 10 months served so he'll probably do like seven years get it off your chest 800-585-1051 if you need to vent uh you could always call us up now i'm sure we're gonna be talking about this in detail when we come back ashley yes we definitely are gonna be talking about tori lane's in the sentencing as well as like a crazed fan who showed up to the to the courthouse, blaming Megan because she had to miss work to be there. Wow. All right. Well, we'll get into all that when we come back.

So don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. We got our guest co-host Ashley with two E's with us. What's happening? Of course, she reps H-Town 93.7 The Beach. Shout out to my H-Town family out there. Let's get right into the rumors. I don't know which I've been told.

Ashley with two E's. You already know. This is the rumor report. This is a full circle moment for me. On The Breakfast Club. Let me pop it off. Yeah, so obviously the biggest topic this morning is Tory Lanez being sentenced to 10 years in prison. So yesterday, Judge David Hereford sentenced Tory Lanez to 10 years for shooting Megan Thee Stallion.

He was convicted in December of three felonies, assault with a semi-automatic firearm, having a loaded unregistered firearm in a vehicle, and discharging a firearm with gross negligence here's a statement laboratory lanes gets 10 years in prison for shooting and injuring megan the stallion lanes was convicted of three felonies in the case back in december the judge said it was quote difficult to reconcile the kind person and good father many described lanes as being with the man who fired the gun at Megan. Megan testified that lanes fired the gun at her feet and shouted for her to dance as she walked away from an SUV. This was back in July of 2020. DA George Gascon read a statement from Megan The Stallion.

Fortunately, the district attorney's office fought for me. I'm incredibly grateful to them and the jury for the attention to the evidence inciting with the truth but it can't happen if it can happen to me imagine those who lack the resources and support systems to help them so remember it's been three years since this shooting happened happened 2020 uh and prior to sentencing tory was seeking probation or a minimal prison sentence while prosecutors were asking for 13 years. I think the maximum was like 22. So he got 10.

And inside the courtroom, Tori said, if I could turn back the series of events that night and change them, I would. The victim was my friend. Speaking about Megan, the victim is someone I still care for to this day. And everything I did wrong that night, I take full responsibility for. Yeah, you know, it's so interesting for everybody who keeps saying they don't believe Tory did this. Like, as you just read, Ashley,

according to NBC News, he said in court yesterday, he apologized for his actions and said he took full responsibility for the shooting. One of his exact quotes was, if I could change it, like you just said, if I could change it, I would, but I can't.

Everything I did that night, I take full responsibility. I'm just truly trying to be a better person which i don't understand because why would you wait until the day you are sentenced to come clean like everything his lawyers was trying to do like saying that he had childhood trauma and an alcohol problem that only works if you admit you did it so if that was going to be your defense he should have came clean a whole lot earlier you don't wait till the day of sentencing like even yesterday they said like if i did do it it's because I suffer from trauma and alcoholism.

It's like he was trying to look for every plausible deniability loophole that there was. That's what I say, F the internet. You know what I'm saying? If you're getting your information

from the internet, from the narrative created online, then you're going to be misinformed all the time, especially when it comes to legal cases. Because when I read the details of this case

a couple of years ago, the actual court documents, and I saw all the evidence that was against Tory, including the reported recorded phone call from jail with him apologizing while megan was in the hospital i knew he'd be found guilty well that's the problem and i couldn't understand why tory was doing what he was doing on social media i didn't understand why he put put an album out talking about the incident like there was absolutely zero reason for tory lanez to be trying this case in the court of public opinion the way he was well that's the problem most people don't don't read that like they're not going to go through the affidavit they're going to see what the headlines are and go with the headlines and

even like yesterday people were talking they were comparing cases they were comparing this to the pop smoke case with the the guy who uh one of the dudes got four years and it was like well how does he get four years for murder and this happened for for this so people just compare things for no reason they're totally two different cases but two different states two different yeah two different states and so i guess it was both for california california so i guess he'll have to serve the 10 years and then he'll get deported back to canada so he gotta serve it here and then get deported yeah he has to serve it here and then he gets deported well 85 percent of the time 85 percent and he's already done what 10 months yes probably do like what 7 years

but that sounds like does that matter like good behavior it doesn't matter oh I don't know I think I think it all it's always good behavior

you get 85% of the time with good behavior okay well also in this case the Ellic County DA George Gascon he said that women

especially black women are afraid to report crimes like assault because they are too often not believed and he commends Megan Thee Stallion for her incredible bravery and vulnerability as she underwent months of

probing investigation and court appearances where she had to relive her trauma and the public scrutiny that followed yeah okay no go ahead no i just would never understand why tori was doing what he was doing on social media like i would never understand why he tried to try this case in the court of public opinion none of that ever mattered it doesn't matter what anybody online thinks about this situation it's about what happens in that actual courtroom well what was he doing when this happened quarantine radio so that was his thing was going to instagram and like let me get these people to to co-sign me let me get let me get some support maybe i can show like but i think i think uh as a community we

always have that problem like if there's a situation if anything is going on the best thing to do is if you have a good attorney is he'll tell you to shut the f up and handle it in court and then when court's over then you could run around and say what you want to say or what whatever it may be because whatever you say as we've seen in this case can be used against you in a court of law so they said he was antagonizing Megan online. A lot of the reason that he got his tips in is because of the stuff that he was doing online. Correct.

Because he was wildin'. I don't get it. A lot of y'all ask why I call myself Ashley with two E's because the Ashley with the Y is a little crazy because there was an Ashley that showed up to the courtroom who was like a crazed super fan of Tory Lanez. That's what she said. I'm a woman and i'll beat the

out of mariah the giantess do you get it same thing with megan the stallion i'm gonna all right and that's how tori lanez fans feel about him we're gonna go to war for him period when i see her along with megan the stall. They're lucky as that we are being nice. Megan should thank me because if it wasn't for me, Megan Thee Stallion thinks, y'all. She has an album now talking about, oh, I have anxiety. Oh, I can't think correct.

I really came for Megan Thee Stallion and I really made my team move the way that they can move. What type of music will really be coming out y'all that don't got no anxiety i will bring anxiety to her i just want to clarify that woman's name was ashley ramirez with a y yeah i can i can promise you none of that helped tori in court you know i'm saying if the person you are defending is on trial for something violent you probably don't need to show support by acting violent. Yeah.

Yeah. But then if you look at some of the viral tweets in support of Tory, some are saying Tory Lanez didn't deserve 10 years. That's insane. They'll crucify a black man any chance they get. Someone said Tory Lanez getting sentenced to 10 years in prison for a shotty that was twerking

shortly after the incident is disheartening, to say the least. I don't know what to make of that how people how someone someone gets shot and well people have the right for their opinions people people feel what they want to feel and like charlamagne said earlier a lot of people don't know what actually happened in the case so they they're just basing this off of internet and not off of the facts and sometimes the facts show a different light one day we're gonna have to have a conversation about do people have the right to their opinion i think people have the right to an informed

opinion correct you know what i'm saying if your opinion is just based on you know a false narrative or your opinion is based on lies i don't think you have the right to that i think you have the right to an informed you're right yeah an informed you know i mean an opinion rooted in facts correct i know you're not on twitter no more but like there's a little fact check box that shows up when you tweet. There is? Yeah,

I feel like everybody needs to like finish Does it work? No. Does it work? Sometimes it'll like, do you want to read the article for you

and tweet it? It's like, nah, just tweet it. Oh, so it'll fact check it and then give you the actual information?

Yeah. But someone has to go in and fact check it and like put something. Anyway, now it's a Made in America fact check it and put something. Anyway, now into Made in America Festival. It's been canceled. Yesterday it was announced that the Philly festival that

takes place every September has been canceled this year. Lizzo and SZA were set to headline the festival and fans speculated that it was because of the heat that Lizzo is currently facing right now. Really? Official statement cites the cancellation being a result of production issues outside of the control. And it does say due to severe circumstances

outside of production control, they can no longer have this festival. But I don't think, even if it is Lizzo, they can easily replace Headliner, right? Isn't it two Headliners always? Yeah. Yeah, they had, it was supposed to be Lizzo and SZA. I said SZA. SZA and Lizzo. But they had a whole, they had Lotto, they had Doshi,

they had a whole bunch of, like a team, like an army. I wonder if it was low ticket sales. Because a lot of these concerts have had a lot of low ticket sales. You trying to throw a festival the year Drake and Beyonce are touring? That's true. Like, it ain't gonna happen. They couldn't find a bigger artist than Lizzo? There's got to be somebody bigger than Lizzo that they could put.

Right? Boom. Beyonce's on tour. Beyonce's on tour. Drake's on tour. I don't know. Do you even need a double headliner? It's probably

low ticket sales. That's probably what it is. Probably low ticket sales. They also had Miguel, Tim's, Ice Spice,

Metro Boomin, Coil of Ray, Lotto, Lola Brooke, Coco Jones, Dochi, and many more. They would have

been fine. It's low ticket sales. I mean, again, this is the year that Beyonce, Drake, Taylor Swift all went on tour. Three of the biggest artists. People ain't got money for that.

All right. Well, that is your rumor report. Now, when we come back, we got front page news. Tezlan Figueroa will be joining us and LL Cool J and The Roots will be joining us. So don't move.

It's The Breakfast Club on BET. Hey, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Char. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club on BET. Hey, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got our special guest host, Ashley with two E's. Good morning. And let's get back in the front page news. Let's talk about this court throws out conviction after a judge says black man looks like a criminal to me.

Yeah, this is crazy. An appeals court Thursday overturned the drug conviction of a black man, Leron Ligon, saying his rights were violated by a Detroit federal judge who was upset over delays in the case and declared this guy looks like a criminal to me. Now, the U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy, who was white, apologized nearly two years later when the case against Leron finally was ready for trial. he explained that at the time he was mad and he regrets it the appeal court said that murphy should have removed himself as the judge at the time but he did not so the court threw out the drug the drug distribution conviction

and the 10-year prison sentence and ordered a new trial with a different judge so let me ask you guys should they should he get another trial or should they just charge it to the game what does a criminal look like that's what i would like to know like what is right what does the judge think a criminal looks like that's wow what is the profile of this young man that he thinks this man looks like a criminal yeah well so so what happened was during the case um he i guess lost his composure uh he got upset because uh the liggins actually exercised his rights. He switched between wanting a plea deal and choosing a trial. And so the judge didn't like that. He said, you know, I'm tired of this case.

I'm tired of this defendant. I'm tired of getting the run around. This guy looks like a criminal to me. This is what criminals do. Innocent people don't do this if they want a fair trial. He's playing games with the court. And so because he made that statement in front of the jury, they're saying, hey, you're basically influencing the jury. And it wasn't right to do so.

What was it? It was a what type of convictions? Drug. It was a drug case. Yeah, let him go. Yeah, just charge it to the gang. Charge it to the gang. I mean, it sounds like a mis-trial.

Usually they just put another judge on that case and retry it, right? They're putting another judge on the case. And that's what I'm asking you. Should they put another judge on the case or just charge it to the game and say, hey, catch him next time? I mean, I would want them to follow the letter of the law. So I would want them to put another judge on the case and they just retry the situation. That's usually what happens in those situations. They just don't get dismissed.

I wish it was that easy, but it's not. Yeah, but at this point, man, you got the man saying he looks like a criminal to me. It's all over the news. People see in this case. That's why you bring a new judge in. You bring in a new judge with some new eyes. And maybe that person don't look like a criminal to me. It's all over the news. People see in this case. That's why you bring in a new judge. You bring in a new judge with some new eyes. And maybe that person don't look like a criminal in that judge's eyes. Maybe that person is just listening to the actual evidence.

I don't know. I'd be nervous if I was him. Now let's talk about these thousands of city workers that picketed yesterday in L.A. Yeah, once again, like Dr. West mentioned earlier this week on, you know, all of these strikes happening everywhere. And once again, yet another strike yesterday. They did a one-day strike in L.A. The Los Angeles city workers walked out. Now, this marks the first strike action by the Los Angeles city workers in more than 40 years.

ABC 7 has the report. Take a listen. A 24-hour strike by 11,000 Los Angeles city workers across multiple departments hasn't left the city crippled, but certainly sent a message to those who work at City Hall that they feel disrespected. We are the union. We have guns put on us. We're just trying to do our job. We ask for all type of protection. We can't get that. When we complain to our managers and stuff, we don't get no we don't get no help everyone walked out yesterday uh it was very interesting when i looked at the report all of the sanitation workers you know refused to pick up trash so you saw a huge uh you know

parking lot full of you know uh sanitation workers so i think people have a new respect for that when your garbage isn't picked up and so uh there's allegedly you know supposed to be going back to work but they said they still you know they want uh fair negotiations like everybody else you know they have repeated labor law violations and so they're asking uh that the city negotiates in good faith so why do we act like uh those sanitation workers aren't public servants that are necessary for our community you know what i'm saying we have no idea how you, stress-free they make our lives until you see all that trash piled up on the side of the road. And now you're like, damn, ain't nobody going to pick this trash up?

Yeah, the same people that you neglect and the same people that you're acting like, you know, you shouldn't, you know, treat well. Right. Yo, respect the sanitation workers, man. It's all of those people like that that make our world go around and that make our lives easier that we just, for whatever reason, tend to neglect all the time. Well, you see, even in New York, New Jersey, a lot of the sanitation workers in the winter do the snow plow as well. They get the snow out the way, too.

So, yes, they are definitely needed and they definitely need to be respected. We need to make sure they are. Would you date a sanitation worker, Tess? Absolutely. Shout out to my uncle daniel rest in peace was a sanitation worker for the great city of houston texas ashley with two e's uh for over 30 years and um not only was he did he retire as a sanitation worker he had great health care insurance and he also used to collect copper um you know on a lot of his runs and uncle daniel

probably get about an extra 30 or 50 000 a $50,000 a year just on copper. So absolutely I would because that means I would date somebody like my uncle. There you go. See, a public servant. Sleuth to all the sanitation workers out there, man. Absolutely. All right. Well, that is front page news.

And make sure you subscribe to Tesla and Figaro's podcast, the Straight Shot No Chaser podcast on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network. And follow Tesla and Figaro on all social media platforms at Teslin Figueroa. That's right. All right. When we come back, legends will be in the building. Man, we got an icon living who's never been up here. That's right.

We got the legendary hip-hop band. That's right. LL Cool J and The Roots will be joining us, and we'll get to kicking with them when we come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now we got some special guests in the buildings. Yes, indeed. Some legends, some icons. Of course, we got The Roots, Black Thought, and Questlove. Welcome. Morning, everybody.

It's Black Thought from The Roots. There you go. They've been up here before, and we got another icon that's never been up here before. Yes. The legendary icon, LL Cool J. Welcome. First timer. It's first time.

First time. LL stands for Living Legend at this point. I appreciate that. Absolutely. I take the love. Absolutely. So let's first start with why you guys are here together. Because people are like, well, why is LL and the Roots together?

So you guys are going on the road, on the tour. Yeah. So how did this tour come about? Whose version? Well, I mean, really, in short, you know, the planets and the stars sort of aligned themselves and made it possible for us to work together on this huge segment that we did for the Grammys this year. And I think, you know, from that, the idea of us always having wanted to, you know, work together in some way, just, you know,

it opened the collaborative path. And it was like, yo, why don't we try to take this show on the road? It was huge. What we did just in that one 15-minute segment was so huge for the culture. And, you know, this being hip-hop's 50th anniversary and, you know this being hip-hop's 50th anniversary and you know that whole that that whole deal um it made sense to try and you know do something celebratory in that way

um you know from region to region now lady ladies love cool james yo what got you into hip-hop and said you know what i want to be mc where did the love come from as a kid from queens and and say this is what i want to do well know, when those first wave of tapes came around, like, you know, Cold Crush Brothers and Fantastic Romantic 5 and The Foursome Seas and Treacherous 3, you know, Grandmaster, Furious 5 and all of those groups when they were just tapes running around, you know, Harlem World tapes. And then the songs came later. That was the first time that I heard young black kids sound empowered.

It was the first time that I heard or could envision us doing something great, because before that, all the images I had seen were us like handcuffed. You're putting a police car or some sort of charge or, you know, so that empowering feeling, you know, the braggadocio thing that, you know, that we really focused on came came not from a place of looking down on high on people but more about i could be somebody you know i'm saying the world looks at me like i'm invisible my friends up the block get killed and nobody says anything so when i'm bragging and i'm boasting what i'm really doing is saying hey look at me i exist you know i'm saying so for me that was a real special thing and a spectacular thing. I mean, I'm eight, I'm nine years old, I'm 10 years old, and I'm being introduced to this thing, and I just completely fell in love with it.

And then, you know, eight, nine, I'm a fan of the rap. My grandfather brought me some equipment at 11. I'm DJing. I'm messing around with that, but I'm still rhyming, and I'm going back and forth. And then, you know, eventually, one thing led to another, and here we are, Def and the whole whole nine do you consider yourself a founding father of hip-hop because you know people always will say you know

cool Herc or you know Grandmaster Flash people like that but as far as hip-hop as we know now yeah I would say you and Run DMC yeah so so I'm I'm you know I'm definitely generation 1.5 you know I'm saying you got to give Flash and herc and and force and all them grand wizard theodore they do the thing that myself and run dmc did what we did is we we took it to the world we took it global you know i'm saying we took it from the city um and took it around the world you know i'm saying and that was the difference so they they brought it they took it from from the bronx and harlem out to the five boroughs and, you know, around the world somewhat. They didn't penetrate the market quite as deeply.

Then we took it and made it global. I think from a Philadelphia standpoint, too, you know, just from the outside looking in, that 1.5 generation with you and artists like Run and D, that was our first time sort of seeing our own reflection on stage. It was like, you know, like, again, I was a huge fan of all the other founding fathers, but they didn't look like people from around my way, you know what I'm saying? And when I saw Run, Jam Master J, L, they looked like the corner boys like that was outside, and I saw myself in that.

So, you know, that's where a lot of the inspiration for me to do what I do came from. Not to mention, you know, L is very modest, but L literally invented what I call postmodern hip hop. Like the three minute rap song. 16 bar, like before LL. Even Run DMC's first album, it's like that. It's like eight minutes. Like seven verses. You know what I mean?

Like LL literally invented the 16. you know maybe the 24th the course you know what i mean like oh the song has courses on it so i love rap yeah like literally emotions on right like he's he's pioneered for like so much so many things that he never gets credit for. He was like the first teen idol, the first like there's so many firsts with him that you just you take it for granted. So I was going to ask when you when you you talked about Def Jam. So let's talk about that. When they when they came to you with a contract to sign. Do you remember what your first contract looked like and how much they gave you? Yeah. Well, I mean, talk about that.

You know, you got to remember that Def Jam was a production company. There was no label. Okay, It's Yours by Tila Rock was on Party Time Streetwise label. It was Def Jam Productions, which Rick was the producer, along with Jazzy J. And it was more than a contract. They were actually forming a label. Rick was having a problem.

You know, him and he was having problems getting his money from the other label he was dealing with. So they wanted to start this new thing. So, you know, that first contract at the time, we split the publishing. They gave me like $50,000. But before that, actually, my first single I ever made, I didn't have a contract. When I made I Need a Beat, which was the very first song I ever made, I had no contract. It was just like, yo, let's just get it and we'll figure it out.

You know what I'm saying? Sometimes you got to be willing to crawl over the barbed wire fence with no shirt on. You know what I'm saying? To get what you want. He's the king. He's the king. Sometimes you got to crawl over the barbed wire fence with no shirt on. You know what I'm saying?

By the end of this tour, I'm going to have 100 LLs. I'm on number six already. I'm about to write this one down. That was what it was. And, you know, how old were you at this point? 16. Wow. I was 16 when we started Def Jam.

I was 16. Did you ever feel like you should have had, like, equity in Def Jam? I did have equity in Def Jam. Oh, okay, okay. I did have equity in Def Jam. I just sold it a little early. But I definitely had ownership in Def Jam, ownership in FUBU. I have ownership in NCIS Los Angeles, ownership in Lip Sync Battle.

I have, you know, I own my catalog. So the things that I do, you know, I did well, but I didn't do it for the money. And where did you get the business mind from? Was it your mom's? Was it, you know, uncle? Like, where did you get that? Because I don't think a lot of people were thinking ownership back then. They were just thinking, I need to blow up.

You know what? You know what I've learned, man? You know,'t think a lot of people were thinking ownership back then. They were just thinking, I need to blow up. You know what? You know what I've learned, man? You know, like, and people may have heard me say this before. You know, if a homeless man tell you not to do push-ups in traffic, you should listen. Because you might get ran over. A lot of times people are like, yo. That's another one. A lot of people are like, yo, you homeless, what do you know?

Like, all right. Today in the news. So, the business thing, I learned from people before me and after me. Now, with the moniker, Ladies Love Cool J, right? Did you always feel like these dudes are going to think I'm sweet, so I'm going to have to have these rhymes in the corner just in case? The Ladies Love Cool J thing was just wishful thinking. You know, I'm 15, I want girls.

I'm Ladies Love Cool J. It wasn't really that deep.'m ladies love cool J not being true it didn't have to be that right like people took that a little it just kind of worked out cool J you know me but um you never rebelled against the sex symbol image I saw man like I mean look I made I need love because I know what I mean? You never rebelled against the sex symbol image? Nah, nah, nah. You didn't like it. I mean, look, I made I Need Love because I like girls.

I made Rock the Bells because I like to do the hard shit. For me growing up, I like girls, right? So putting I Need Love out, me doing love songs, is the equivalent of me walking into projects with a neck full of jewelry. Yeah. It's the same thing. The strength is in doing what you want to do. True.

Artistically. That's where the strength is. I doing what you want to do. True. Artistically. That's where the strength is. I do what I want to do artistically. I don't do what they say I should do because then I'm not being me. I'm front. I'm being somebody else. Right. So I think that, you know, and I just say just a lot of young men in general, never limit yourself to the perception of what other people think you should be.

Right. Don't limit yourself to that. of what other people think you should be right don't limit yourself to that be yourself all right we got more with ll cool j in the roots when we come back don't move it's the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj envy charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we're still kicking it with ll cool j in the roots does that ever bother you with both of y'all that you know y'all are so legendary in hip-hop but people might not look at you as a rapper they might just look at you as an actor or people might not look at y'all as the roots as in a group but just the guys that do the band for the night you know people the

younger generation especially no i think i think there's value in that we've been able to reinvent ourselves in a way that our brand has had, you know, different iterations, different complete just lives. So the fact that, yeah, we've been on, you know, TV every day for the past 15 years, it's a whole demo. They only know us from that. So that leaves a whole new space for them to explore when they discover our body of work. And then there's people who've been diehard fans of, you know,

LL and the Roots Forever who may have lost track of our musical contributions along the way. So I just appreciate the chance to sort of keep reintroducing myself. Elle and the Roots Forever who may have lost track of our musical contributions along the way. So I just appreciate the chance to sort of keep reintroducing myself. Me and Elle were just talking about how, you know, you just pop out every now and then as an artist to shut down with those little, you know, not so gentle reminders, you know what I'm saying? And you're good. And that's sort of how we navigate the space.

And, you know, the way I look at it is it's just an opportunity. You know what I'm saying? It's a beautiful opportunity to put you up on something new. And if you don't know, come find out. Come to the show. You know what I'm saying? That's why we on tour. You can come see some music.

It's multi-generational. You know, just like the festival, multi-generational. So come out to the tour. Come to the Force Tour. See what we doing. You know what I'm saying? Get put on to something new. It's that simple.

You know what I'm saying? If you don't know, come find out. Is it true that Jimmy Fallon is paying the staff out of pocket while y'all on strike? That's a no question. Let me check my check. Let me check my bank account right now.

That was a no. No, I got like 19 other jobs and it's not like, yo, where my family money at? No, no one is getting paid after that. That's kind of a myth. I was going to ask,

was there any, at any point of any of your lives did y'all lose love for hip-hop maybe it was the sound change maybe it was wasn't received the right way or maybe it was i'm getting money over here was there any uh time at that at all for me no because i'm getting money over here has nothing to do with loving hip-hop i don't make rap music and do hip-hop culture and rock the bells and all this to, to make money to survive. Well, I will say that,

you know, there, there's times if you're creative and your passion turns into your, your livelihood, that sometimes you might have to leave it for a second. I mean, there's definitely been moments where like, you know,

like he and I put since 93, probably somewhere between 150 to 200 shows a year. You know what I mean? From 93 up until when we started filming in 2009. Our lives was on a tour bus. And the grass is always greener on the other side. And so doing the Tonight Show allowed us especially to see what other magical powers we had. I didn't know.

Oh, I can write books. Both of us are professors at NYU. He wrote a play. I did a movie and all those other things. Smart team, man. Not more than smart. Just curious.

I think all of us are creatives. That's the thing. We're creatives that are discovering that sometimes our talent is transferable to other mediums and avenues. Like, Tariq, he's a better cook. That's how I'll put him against any three Michelin star chef or black grandmother or whatever. You're about to have my inbox blown up. I just don't believe that.

No, for real. Like, he's the king. This is Gordon Ramsay. I heard you wanted to smoke. No, he's getting up at 4am I do one thing I catered

for the rooster the other night I brought a bunch of grub to the chefing it up to rock the bell I mean you go ahead and tell them what I brought

you know what I'm saying yes he everything from crab legs to lobster to collard greens to like his cookie

but that's what I'm saying like his creativity check all about you left the chitlins home yeah i love the chitlins on the grill there had to be a moment in your careers where y'all questioned things though you know yeah definitely there have been many moments uh and you know where i've questioned you know myself and where we've questioned ourselves you know i myself and where we've questioned ourselves, you know, I mean, as a collective. And, you know, in those moments of pause, that's when you're able to answer the call. And I think, you know, you just get those bursts of clarity.

And it's been a blessing that we've been able to reinvent ourselves, you know, because, yeah, just like I was saying, I would be making music. I would be writing songs and, you know, creating art, whether I was able to, you know, support myself and my family off of it or not. So it's a blessing. Like, you know, I mean, the plus is that I'm also able to make a career out of it. You know what I'm saying? But, yeah, there's been times that I've questioned, you know, like what the next chapter will look like or what the next, you know, sort of act like act three of my career. You know, am I going to be able to swing another you know reinvention is those moments when you sort of listen to the universe and you go with your heart and um and things become more clear i mean yeah listen man there's always going to be a time in

life where you have doubts and you have concerns and you have insecurities and you feel like uncomfortable or discomfort about certain things but like like tarik said you know answering that call and following your intuition following that that small voice inside of you and and go for it you know you you can't be fearful in life you can't be scary and you the person that has to be able to you have to be able to trust the most is yourself and you have to be able to trust yourself in moments when you are susceptible to fear and weakness and you just have to find that strength and keep moving through you have you have times have uh been challenged and you do shots whether it was modi back in the day cannabis or people even say ho have you ever ran into the people that you've

ever had a lyrical sparring and is it all jokes and fun now or is it still like standoffish no i ain't no standoffish man that's a sport okay there's there's no i mean some dudes look everybody's different man some people you know it really bothers them like you know some people like post jack the ripper right or post how you like me now like were you and mod ever in the room together at any of those periods like yeah I walked out on stage at his concert before like I'm crazy wait what

there was no there was no social media back then yeah but we see each other we laugh when you walked out what happened

nothing it was ridiculous you just walked across the stage I'm crazy El kind of pioneered the rap like yes well Mo D

he been busy. Yeah, you know. But then with Cannabis, you know what I mean? Have y'all spoken? I brought him out at Barclays when I performed, remember? That's right.

You know what I'm saying? Ice-T, you and Ice-T, we've seen pictures of y'all. I mean, yeah, we got the, you know, we doing, we got things we doing now, together, you know? What about you and Hov?

What was you and Hov? I never understood that one either. That felt like just ego. I really, I honestly couldn't tell you, bro. I have no i know is it's all love you know i'm saying like you know it's we gucci like for real like i you know you know listen man does a conversation make things straight or just over time it just you realize it wasn't really about nothing they said you at the time you didn't like him as president of defy and that's where they say it came from. Dude, next question.

Is it a question? Y'all good though. Y'all good though. Is it old street stuff? Is it stuff like that before, right? No, ain't no street stuff.

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so you know people should just come to the show and check it out and hear how i dress it all right we'll keep it locked we got more with ll in the roots it's the breakfast club is your country falling apart feeling tired depressed A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this.

It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition.

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 racket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets.

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Hey there, my little creeps. It's your favorite ghost host, Teresa. And guess what? Haunting is back, dropping just in time for spooky season. Now I know you've probably been wandering the mortal plane, wondering when I'd be back to fill your ears with deliciously unsettling stories. Well, wonder no more,

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for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. 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. 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. How do y'all feel about, because we are celebrating 50 years of hip-hop. How do you feel about icons that haven't gotten paid? Like icons that really paved the way, laid this foundation, but they haven't gotten paid the way they feel like they should.

You know, that's the million dollar question in music history because it happens with blues artists. It's happened with my dad's doo-wop generation. You know, look, I started Rock the Bells as a company, right? So I gave DJ Kool Herc equity. Run DMC has equity in Rock the Bells ownership. Roxanne Shantae has ownership. Big Daddy Kane has ownership. Salt-N-Pepa has ownership. Eminem actually invested. He

wrote a check. He has some. Ernie Panicoli, the photographer, hip-hop photographer has ownership. I gave quite a few different people. Fab Five Freddy has ownership. And because we've created such a high valuation, we rock the bells on what that's become. That equity is going to mean

something for them in their estates. Why did I answer like that? Because my thing is this. You don't get bitter, you get better. And instead of when I felt like, oh, I don't feel like they play my music enough. I got my own channel, right? But then I decided, you know what? It's not about me, though.

It's about the culture. So I'm going to play. I'm not going to be a pig. I'm going to flip it. I'm going to make sure that I take care of everybody. So with Rock the Bells, that question is being answered through action. You feel what I'm saying? So that's how you deal with that.

You know what I mean, Charlamagne? That's how you deal with it. You don't deal with it by complaining and pulling out the world's smallest violin and just talking about how sad it is that it happened again you do something about it you know me but not only and there are other things that are happening as well that will you'll know about later like a union or something you'll hear about it later now what was your what was your most favorite hip-hop moment um for me you know i mean there's been very many of them a standout moment for me like when i felt like i had arrived as an mc was um many years ago was it 96 a great day in hip-hop 98 what was that 98

the source magazine double excel double excel it was the day we mastered things for all parts like september 28th 1998. yeah so yeah like in 98 when you know everybody everybody got all of hip-hop essentially together, or at least people who represented every genre, every region, we all got together in Harlem and took a photo. Oh yeah, I remember that. I wanted to be there. Based on the image that Gordon Parks took years ago, that was a great day in jazz, where all the jazz musicians took the same photo on these uh you know in front of these brownstones in Harlem and um I had to step out right before this photo was taken I had to step out um to like run do I use the bathroom or something and I left and when I came back they was ready to take the picture so I'm like you know excuse me like ushering my way back through the crowd because I think what they had the roots was way in the nosebleeds of this image and as I'm

you know making my way back up to the top I bumped into rock him you know when it was my first time meeting him in person and when he looked at he had like a hoodie on you know i i ain't know who i bumped into when i looked at dude it was like a druid or somebody he lift his head up pulled the hoodie back he was like oh and i he was high he was like more excited to meet me and i was like yo like i must be that dude. I'm here. Yo, Rock Kim is here to meet me. You know what I'm saying? And yeah, that was a huge moment for me, man.

I went back up there. I took the pic. And yeah, things have never been the same. For me, I think the biggest moment in hip-hop, for me, in my entire career, the moment that really, they called me Big L. Big Silly. Big Money. Big Really. that like really it was they call me big ellie big silly big money big relay yo um i mean that big ellie moment listen i i want to talk i want to talk about just how fun it is you know for me as an artist,

as someone, you know, who came up just quoting all these lyrics to, you know, to have a chance to support my heroes, you know what I mean? It's always a full circle moment for me when I get up there and I get to sort of play the supporting role to an LL or a Kane or a Rock M. You know what I'm saying? Rap superheroes, man. It's huge for me. You know, but what's impressive, though, what's impressive is you know everybody's catalog saying rap superheroes man yeah it's huge for me it's not you know what's impressive though what's impressive is

you know everybody's catalog yeah you have you have a photographic memory yeah and you sound great and you know it's like

it comes natural so it's like you're a pro you know what I mean so you know and you got a wide mic and still can stay out the way so that's some real

like you know you know everybody don't know how to do that like I'm used to that. You know what I mean? So it's like, those kinds of things, like, I mean, look,

I love working with them. I love what we're doing. You know, I think that when people come and see this tour and see how we're doing it, the guests we bring in and out, depending on what city we're in,

Queen Latifah or Method Man and Red Man or Juvenile or even Ice-T, he got some dates on the tour. He's going to be out there with me on stage. I mean, so many different acts that will be on the stage. I think people are going to be blown away.

How stressful was putting together the 50th anniversary tribute for the Grammys? Because I know you. You call me Big Ellie. Big Silly. Big Money. Big Questy. Yo, the Big Ellie. I'll put it this Money. Big Questy. Yo, the Big Ellie. I'll put it this way.

Big Questy. I'll put it this way. Two of the artists dropped out an hour before taping. And the thing is, is that it's so tightly choreographed that you're not just dealing with... Like, we make it look easy, like, okay, da-da-da's not not here right now so let's just skip his part no because the show is live so this means that now i personally have to run to the light people to tell them yo the seven minute and 13 second portion till 8 23 is out while they're doing the show live during commercial breaks they have to now edit then you have to run to the dancers and

tell them hey guys bad news blah blah blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, it's not here anymore. And they're all dejected. It was the most MacGyver thing I ever did in my life. And it still came off. I wasn't even aware that Lil Uzi Vert had got my text for him to come on stage to do that. So I'm thinking, I don't know if you remember Purple Rain

when Prince stormed off stage after Purple Rain because he thought he f***ed up. I was about to have a panic attack. Like, it's over, it's over. And all the roots are celebrating. I'm like, wait, what are y'all celebrating for? And they're looking on Twitter like, you see this? And I was like, wait, Uzi was on stage?

Loved it. Only because where I was positioned, I couldn't see my peripheral. I like him. Couldn't see if he actually, like literally I would say, yeah, the way the stage of the Grammys this year was set up, it was two complete different stages. Yeah. You know,

so like, you know, half the band was, you know, essentially in a different room. So it came off, but just as the person was the traffic cop, making up for, you know, okay, we gotta skip this song or whatever, like. It was a difficult one. It was a Hail Mary throw and, you know, you caught it. You gotta talk or whatever. It was a difficult one for me. It was a Hail Mary throw and you caught it. You gotta talk to people.

You know, some people you have to like rub lavender scent under their nose. Another dude needs a goddamn, he needs a cup of black coffee. This one over here, you gotta put your thumb right on his trap right as you talk to him. This one, you gotta snap your fingers. Okay, okay.

You know what I mean? So it's like somebody's distracted. you know what I mean so it's like somebody's distracted you know what I mean I feel like that's an impossible show to do though cause you're gonna miss people and people are gonna

get mad I don't recommend it I don't recommend it I just recommend that you make sure that you know what you're getting to cause back in November

I was like oh yeah I wanna do this and then by January I was like ah I see what y'all did now good guy not nice guy right we knew in advance we couldn't have everybody Hell yeah, I want to do this. And then by January, I was like, ah, I see what y'all did. Now, good guy, not nice guy, right? Right.

We knew in advance we couldn't have everybody. It'd be 10,000 people. We can't do 10,000 songs in a row. Yeah, my first draft was like 28 minutes because I included everybody. You know what I mean? So, you know, it was supposed to be 11 minutes, and we fought hard for those 13 minutes. Like, we just. And you got to remember how many millions of dollars

those minutes cost, right? You know what I'm saying, Quest? We do it right by our culture. And that's the thing. Quest, look, did a massive job orchestrating it, kind of moving these pieces around. You know what I'm saying? Like, you got to have, you know,

you do the best you can, right? We knew we couldn't please everybody. You know, he did everything within his power to make sure that everybody was represented on some level. Everybody from Chuck D to Glorilla and Lil Baby. All right, well, keep it locked. We got more with LL and the Roots. It's the Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with LL Cool J and the Roots. Charlamagne? How do y'all feel about this? Because Billboard had y'all ranked

number 10 group of all time. Really? Yeah. LL, they had you ranked number 14 of the top rappers ever. And you coined the term GOAT. But for some reason, your name doesn't always get put

in those GOAT conversations. How did that... Because he's too good. People can overlook that. Well, you know, I guess I just got to do something about it. You know, I guess that just means I got some work to do. You know what I mean?

I guess that's what it means. I mean, I could sit here and come up with a thousand different excuses, but at the end of the day, I guess my job is to change that narrative. So, to be continued. For me, man, like, I'm not, you know, I'm fine. When I do fall on those lists, it's always just an honor to be held in the company that I'm held in. There's never any other artist on those lists that I don't feel deserve it. But where you rank, I think that is relative. I think that it varies from person to person, different folks' opinions.

Yeah, I know I'm a force to be reckoned with. I know everybody know that. So I'm fine with it, you know? Yeah, and you know, the other thing I would add is that, I think this is an overused term, but in my case, I'm different, B. Yeah.

You know what I'm saying? That's a fact. Like, I really am. That's a fact. So it's like, they don't understand, like, how much I changed the world if you wasn't there.

You just don't understand that. Like, you have to remember that just with Def Jam alone name the artist that was signed to Def Jam over time so let's stop right there right so I'm the first artist on Def Jam. It was a production company. Tila Rock. I'm the first artist. I put the label on my back, and I got us the distribution deal with my album.

You're welcome. What are we talking about? Yeah, yeah, yeah. What are we really talking about here? So that's putting the work in to really be a pillar. I got to ask, Mount Rushmore of hip-hop to y'all, who would be the four faces on it?

Objectively, Not even personally You can't be too personal And we're telling the story I'm not those people That put his cell phone No no no I'm just saying Like your personal favorites

Like in the future When we not here And somebody's looking Like who are those people They call me Big L Alright so My As

As a music lover DJ and a producer My my Mount Rushmore of albums would probably be Nation of Millions, Three Feet High and Rising, End of the 36. And probably lastly, I might say Midnight Marauders. Like those four records sort of informed me to go deeper into the culture and actually to get my own career so i look man i just keep it keep it simple to me when you talk about like a real rush more and you talk about the shaping of the culture you have to look at it's first principles you know it's like anything else you break it down to first principles right you know you got to put dj cool herc he ain't

on rushmore i just he just started it no big deal no big deal just something i did okay and then you have to put run dmc up up there because they kicked down the doors and the walls and you know put me on their back to a certain extent as well and i was the solo guy who went out there got shot out of that cannon and then you have to put flash and mel flash because he made us dream of the culture the dj the art of the dj the the idea that a dj could affect culture and move culture flash made us do that and then you got to say mel because he was the first original prolific writer like those are the core you know i'm saying? You have a couple of others, but, like, that core right there is the real core.

Anything after that fan-based is, you know, it's based on, oh, he made money, or, oh, he had a lot of platinum albums, or, oh, he got people to change their shirts. Oh, yo, he got, you know, all of that is cool. But DJ Kool Herc, Run DMC, Grandmaster Flash, and Mel, you removed that in like what you got. Yeah. For me, I think it boils down to just who had the most impact, you know, upon my craft. So I give props to, you know, the L's and, you know, the Beastie Boys and the Chuck D's and even running them, even though they weren't Def Jam artists. But that whole first wave of Def Jam artists were the first people that I heard had that rush roster they had

that powerful cadence that was just different from what Mel and Curtis Blow and everybody was doing you know I'm saying run DMC you know I'm saying they came out like war's going on LL Cool and Chuck D you know I mean here it is yelling it was the yelling so it, you know what I mean? Here it is. Yelling. It was the yelling. So it was, you know, that was like, wow. Like, they had arrived. They, you know, changed the way I wrote, you know what I'm saying, after I was exposed to that. Yeah, absolutely. Al, did Cube ever write for you?

Or collaborate on this record? You can still tap as Joy. Write for me. You can still tap as Joy, Al. You can tap as Joy. No, no, no. Did you ever collaborate? No, no.

No, we never did any music together. I saw this on the internet. Somebody said around that time, Cube was helping you. You? No, no. No, we never did any music together. I saw this on the internet. Somebody said around that time, Cube was helping you. You know what? People have this, you know, people, they got a lot of stories, bro. They come up with a lot of stories. You know what I mean? Hey, Michael Jordan, did somebody ever bounce the ball for you and shoot your jump shot for you?

Like, no, I shot the jump shot. Listen, I'm not above collaborating on a chorus or working on something like i'm not i'm not picky like that if i was writing a rhyme and somebody said yo said a word i'd be like all right i like that word i'm cool with that but you know i write my songs you know i have to because it has to come from me and if you collaborate too much on at least from ll cool j fans if i collaborated too much with somebody on writing, it would affect what they're listening to. It wouldn't sound like me. You know what I mean?

Because they are very unique things to LL Cool J. So I'll give you an example. So I tried to do a more collaborative writing album. I did a whole album with 50 Cent. Oh, yeah. And we were writing together on this album. And when it was done, I listened to it. I'm like, it sounds good.

I like the music, the rhymes. It sounds cool, but it ain't i listened to it i'm like it sounds good i like the music the rhymes it sounds cool but it ain't me so i didn't put it out it wasn't nothing against 50 i love 50 i just wanted to try something different maybe we collaborate right together it didn't work i think paradise was the song no no no no paradise is totally different 50 wrote the chorus on paradise for a marie what she sung What she sung. He didn't write my rhymes. You know what I mean? People get that a little... That being said, when that happened, I didn't even know 50 was involved.

That was the track masters. They got that done. And they played with the chorus. I liked it, etc. We've tried to work together. That's my man. We're real cool. But the collaborative thing, when it comes to my verses, that doesn't work for me. And, you know, I'm kind of like, it's funny.

When you do this a long time, the longer you do this, the more people, does he still got it? Can he still do it? Is he going to be able to do it? It kind of reminds me of the Crawford fight the other night. There were a lot of people who, like, were really, like, nervous for Crawford. I picked Spence. Yeah, there was a lot of people that were nervous for Crawford when he was walking in the ring.

And he showed what it is. And I think with me, for whatever reason, people are never quite sure how it's going to be. Do you like being underestimated? I love it. I actually love it. I'm good with that. I'm good with that because that only makes the jab that much stiffer.

Glad to have you. Thank you. We appreciate it. Make makes the jab that much stiffer. Glad you have it. Thank you. We appreciate it. Make sure you get tickets for the tour. How can they get tickets if they need to? I mean, just go to Ticketmaster.com and check it out, the Force Tour. A little Cool J and The Roots. And, oh, one other thing I want to tell you.

This show is not like the music stops, then another artist comes on, then the music starts, and another artist stops. Yeah, I'm going to shows up an hour or two don't show up this is one long what is it two three hours yes it's one long mixtape it's a mixtape think of the grammys and that's how we're for man one long mistake another day all right so get down you know get there on time i'll be trying to make a grand entrance it with feet hurting and all that just get in in on time and let's have some fun. You know, I'm a hedge from the first song that comes out. They call me Big L.A. LL Cool J.

Love y'all. Ladies and gentlemen. Thank you. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. With audio titles on business, fitness, motivation, and more,

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Florida man is arrested after deputies say he rigged the door to his home in an attempt to electrocute his pregnant wife. Police arrested an Orlando man for attacking a flamingo. To the breakfast club, bitches. Donkey of the day with Charlemagne the guy. I don't know why y'all keep letting him get y'all like this. Before we do donkey today, I want to tell y'all too that, first of all, it's Dropping the Clues Bones for LL Cool J and The Roots, right? Absolutely.

That interview will be up on YouTube. And it's, how long is it? Hour and 30. Hour and 30 minutes. So, yeah. Great conversation. Yes, Donkey of the Day from Wednesday, August 9th

goes to Derek Porter. Now, Derek is a Georgia man, but this incident happened in Panama City Beach, Florida. So, it's clearly something in the water in Florida. You spend too much time there, you get hit with that Florida fool gene. Now, 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, okay? Derek Porter, you are a Florida man today. Now, let me start with the headline, courtesy of News Channel 8 Florida, because I love the headlines when they come from Florida, okay when this florida foolishness all the headlines be amazing okay first off the headline reads florida then it says man breaks into florida church baptizes himself before stealing money let's go to news channel eight for the report please mid-morning man i'd ended today with a georgia man in custody bay county sheriff's

deputies arrested derrick porter on burglary criminal mischief and several drug charges they say that porter broke into the emerald beach church of god on alf coleman in panama city beach this morning he allegedly used a cinder block to smash a window which alerted the church employee who fled authorities say that porter caused about $8,000 in damage, took some electronic equipment and the church money bag. Deputies, Panama City Beach Police and canine units descended on the church and arrested Porter. They say he had meth and paraphernalia.

Porter supposedly claimed that he could not remember what happened inside of the church, at least not most of it, but he did say he remembered baptizing himself in the church's baptism pool and he claimed something was holding his head under the water porter was already free on bond for a burglary in georgia there's so much wrong with this first of all using a cinder block to break the church's windows to break into the church now i know scripture says that god does not live in houses made by human hands. So I'm not going to say the church is God's house, but it is a place of positivity for the most part. A place where people congregate and worship. A place where people go to seek forgiveness and salvation.

To break the church's windows may not send you to hell, but damn it, it's sure not creating positive energy in your life either. This sounds like this brother watched First Sunday with with ice cube and tracy morgan one too many times all right the church is the place where you go to learn about the most forgiving entity ever god okay keyword is for giving all right in derrick's mind he looked at the church to be responsible for giving him money all right listen we know every church collects tithes and offerings and of course the building fund that don't really be building anything. But never did we ever think to rob the church. Have we ever thought about taking back our $20? You know what I'm saying? That we put in the collection plate and, you know, putting in a five or a couple ones instead?

Yes. Okay. Every Sunday we think about that when you're giving your offering. But you're really pushing God's forgiveness when you take the criminal actions in the church. Now, let's keep in mind that police said they found meth and drug paraphernalia on Derek. So he was probably high out of his mind. And when he tells police that he could not remember what happened during various moments inside the church, it's because he was high. All right.

But he does remember baptizing himself in the church's baptistry pool. It's safe to say he was high out of his mind if that's what he thinks okay see porter claims something was holding his head down under the water while in the pool derrick let me be the first to tell you that you were experiencing a meth induced psychosis all right hallucination you weren't being baptized you were swimming all right you took a lap or two in the church's pool now can you baptize yourself sure all right it's not the pattern laid out in the bible nor is it the recommended method of being baptized however if you truly understand the purpose of water baptism that is revealed in the word of god okay you can do it all right and if you have no one who is able to baptize you

at the time then of course you might do it yourself but don't listen to me okay because there's not a jakes or roberts in my name so i could be totally wrong but i don't think breaking into a church being high off meth is the right environment or setting for baptism now let me tell you something else let me tell you where else this man went wrong and why he's truly getting donkey of the day today you're broken to the church okay send a block to the window bang you cost eight thousand dollars worth of damage to the church then you stole all the electronics tvs computers and the church's money bag that's why you're being charged with burglary of an occupied structure now here's the thing your order was off my brother okay you broke into the church and baptized yourself first and then committed all these sins if you was going to

do it you should have broke into the church stole what you wanted to steal and save the baptism for last because the whole point of baptism is to wash away your sins. Correct. What you did is the equivalent of taking a shower and then doing a number two. OK, you are a different type of human, basically a psychopath. If you shower, then do a number two on purpose. OK, I understand sometimes, you know, happens. All right. But nobody purposely takes a shower and then does it. Number two, just like nobody walks into a church, gets baptized and then sins on purpose.

You might sin after you get baptized, but not on purpose. Like you have to pick one, Derek. All right. If you're going to break into a church and still you have to get baptized at a later date. But you damn sure don't baptize yourself first and then sin. Please give Derek Porter the sweet sounds of the Hamiltons. Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Yee-haw. Now, I can't prove any of this.

But? Yee-haw! Yee-haw! Now, I can't prove any of this. But? But I feel like BJ Envy showers and then takes a number two on purpose. What do you think, Ashley? It's my life. It strikes me as the type. Is that what you're thinking about? Why? Because of the way you looked when I said it.

No. Yes, when I said it, you looked like... Like he was unfazed? Yeah, what's wrong with that? No, that's not true at all. But the way you just asked that question, it seems like... Why don't you just answer the question? Why don't you just answer the question?

What? If I poop, I shower. Do you shower and then poop on purpose, though? No. Okay, just making sure. Man, you are a liar and you've always been a liar. That is not true. Okay.

When I poop, I shower. All right. I'm not judging. Why are you all on my butt? I'm not. Why are you on my butt? I'm not. I'm not. No, I don't want I shower. All right. I'm not judging. Why are you all in my butt? I'm not. Why are you in my butt? I'm not. No, I don't want to be.

All right. Then why are you asking? BET, we'll see you guys tomorrow. Peace, BET. All right. Everybody else, let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. This conversation comes from Yo Gotti.

Now, he was doing an interview out in LA. And as he was doing the interview, his phone rang and he was uh as he was doing an interview his phone rang and it was his girl and he answered it we don't have the audio great great what a well-oiled machine this is so we're asking 800-585-1051 ladies do you feel all men should have to have this kind of energy to make sure no matter when you call, they answer to make sure that you are priority. That is the question. Eight hundred five, eight, five, one, oh, five, one. If you ever hear my phone ring during the interview, my phone is always on vibrate, but it only rings for my wife. My ring, my wife is on ring just in case there's a problem. There's an issue. There's a situation. Something's wrong with one of the kids or there's a problem.

She can get through the vibration of the phone. So that is the question.585-1051 how do you feel about it ashley absolutely uh as the product of somebody who's married to someone who i was friends with for 10 years absolutely when i feel like i need to reach you you better drop everything you're doing so i can reach you and i think that's what god he did with angela simmons because he had been trying to get her like bag her for a while. Right. So you ain't going to let go of all that work you put in.

All right. So that is the question. 800-585-1051. Ladies, do you feel all men should have this kind of energy to make you a priority no matter what is going on

in your life? Let's discuss. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got our special guest host, Ashley, with two E's joining us. What's going down? Now, if you're just joining us, we're talking about Yo Gotti. He was doing an interview out in LA and while he was doing the interview, his girl called and he stopped the interview to answer. Let's take a listen.

I feel like it's um... You want to take that? I feel like, yeah. Go ahead. Yeah, what up? Hello? I'm doing an interview right now okay all right it was shorty so we're asking who was he on with uh i'm not sure i think it was power 106 it was power 106 i'm not sure if it was the leaks it was just incredible yeah it's just incredible

so uh we're asking 805 85 105 one ladies do you feel all men should have this kind of energy to make sure that you're a priority regardless of what's going on that is the question um i told y'all like my phone is on vibrate if you ever hear it ring during the interview it's because it's my wife she's the only one that could break that vibration of the phone uh and i do that just in case when i'm oversleeping if i'm out of town or there's a problem with the kids or she needs to get in touch with me i make sure that she is a priority now what about you ashley i said the same thing i said i should be your priority like any woman especially now uh if goddy chased angela simmons for how long you chase that chase for that long you better be like on deck at all times what i need you now do i think he could have just text her yeah but who knows you know her temper

i ain't gonna speak up man chalam? 100%. You know what I'm saying? When your wife calls, you got to pick up the phone. But I would give a little pro tip to the brothers. If you're about to do something, like, you know, in Gotti's case, he was about to do an interview. You got to let your wife know what you're about to do. Right. You know what I'm saying? I mean, that's how I get down.

I'm like, yo, I'm about to go to such and such. I'm going to be at such and such. So she knows I'm doing something. So, therefore, if she does call me, I know it's an emergency. I know it's something. She knows I'm doing something. So for her to be calling me, that means that it's like an emergency. Now, if in that case, Gotti probably forgot to tell Angela where he was going to be at.

And so she was calling. So he decided to pick up to let her know, hey, man, I'm doing an interview. I ain't on no BS. Right. Correct. Because RR, if he don't answer, she might just get concerned and get worried. Because she's like, damn, he answered for me the other time. Why you not answering now?

That's true. So if you haven't let your wife know where you going to be at, definitely pick up that phone. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Osha. Osha, good morning. Talk to us. What's your thoughts? Good morning.

This question is Not a truth Your phone Your phone Like this Broke up I can't Under the Anything you

Say in Yes because You can be in a conference Let's say you're in a conference And you cannot answer the call That's not a priority Black people are amazing Thank you

Black people are amazing Why? Cause she thank you. Black people are amazing. Why? Because she going to just sit there and act like she could understand anything that we just said. And just kept talking like it was nothing. Like it was nothing. We are really an amazing people.

Hello, who's this? Hello? Hey, what's your name, mama? Tanya. Hey, Tanya, talk to us. I was saying that, yes, I think they should have to pick up the phone. I don't think it's that

Big of a deal It's like two minutes I'm sure It seems two people In a relationship They know Constitutes as an emergency Well my best friend

I was talking about this Yesterday And it seemed kind of Coincidental That she called During an interview As if she doesn't Know his schedule

Like it's a little PR-y Well she might not have Known if he didn't tell her You know what I'm saying Like that's what I was Saying earlier Like you gotta tell your wife i'm about to do x y and z that's why if my wife knows i'm doing something and she still calls me that lets me know that it's a serious situation right or or he's you know obviously he's promoting his new uh mixtape

that's out right now so he's on the road so he might be he's on the west coast she might be on the east coast so their time might be a little different. So she might not know. Hello. Who's this? Hello. Hey Marshawn. Hey.

Are you, you, you got the top down convertible down or something? The windows open. Oh, no, I'll get you on speaker. Oh,

can you take this off? Why are you breathing so hard, man? What's your thoughts? Should the man, should your man pick up every time you call? Of course. I mean, yeah, that's what I'm calling for, to call.

But I feel like if you're busy, if he's busy, then just hit me back up. Because you see me calling, so you know it's important. True. But if I tell you where I'm at, you know what I'm saying, I'm trying to avoid you interrupting me while I'm doing something. 800-585-1051. If you're just joining us, we're talking about Yo Gotti. He was doing an interview with LA Leakers out in LA.

During the interview, this girl called, and he stopped the interview, or in the middle of the interview, he answered the phone to make sure everything was all right. Ladies, do you feel all men should have this kind of energy, whether you're married or dating? And do you feel like you should be a priority? Regardless, let's talk about it. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club.

Let's talk about it. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got our special guest host, Ashley with two E's. What's happening? Now, if you're just joining us, we're talking about Yo Gotti. Now, he was doing an interview out in L.A. with the L.A. Leakers.

And his girl called and he answered during the interview. I feel like it's, um... You want to take that? I feel like, yeah, go ahead. This shit's, um... Yeah, what up? Hello? I'm doing an interview right now. Okay. Go ahead. Yeah, what up? Hello? I'm doing an interview right now. Okay.

I'm telling you. The only reason God answered that phone is because he didn't tell her where he was going to be at prior. I'm telling you, that's what that was for. And if he didn't answer, what, she would have got suspicious? I don't know if it would have been suspicious, but maybe just worried or concerned.

You know what I mean? A lot of times people think, you know, you're answering the phone because you're trying to prove that you're not doing anything. But no, that's just a worry or concern. Like, I know if I call my wife and she don't pick up, I immediately think something's wrong. Right. You know what I mean? It don't got nothing to do with infidelity. But, you know, even my peoples, if they can't get in touch with me for whatever reason,

they'll call my wife to call me because they know even if my phone's on vibrate, the phone will ring. So if I'm out of town and I got to get up for a flight. I don't like the way you say vibrate, man. I just wanted to tell you that. Since you've been saying vibrate since we've been here, I don't like the way you say it. So what do you call it? I don't know. It just sounds crazy when it comes out your mouth.

Vibrate. I just don't like the way you say it. But continue. This is a personal thing. You know what? I'm going to go into the phone line. I don't want to talk to you no more because you kinky. You really kinky. I ain't got nothing to do with kinky. The last thing you said is vibrate in I just don't like the way you say it, but continue. This is a personal thing. You know what? I'm going to go into the phone line. I don't want to talk to you no more because you kinky. You really kinky.

The last thing you said is vibrate in my mouth. That's the last thing you said. You are kinky. Hello, who's this? I didn't say that. Nobody heard that. I'm Keith from Jersey. Hey, Keith from Jersey. Now, we're talking about Yo Gotti. What's your thoughts about him answering the phone during the interview? Do you want that type of priority? Yes, absolutely.

Who doesn't? But the thing about it is, I don't want him to feel like that on his own. I don't want to have to have a conversation about it like, oh, you better answer the phone. No, if he feels like that about me, that's a beautiful thing. Yeah, I mean, but you know what? Also, too, we're speaking from the perspective

of being married. Everybody in this room is married. Right. Ashley's married. I'm married. But Gotti's not. That's his girl. That is just his girl.

You're right. For now. Right. You don't know how serious they're getting. Right, but I mean, That's his girl That is just his girl You're right For now But you know You don't know how serious They're getting Right but I mean It's a girl It's still in a relationship That's what you want

If you care about somebody And you're serious about somebody You know what I mean Yes Hello who's this Daryl and my wife Daryl what's up What's your thoughts

Yeah me and my wife We video chat All day 90% of the time So when she calls She definitely a priority I don't believe you Daryl I don't even think You have a phone With video chat all day 90% of the time I don't believe you Dara I don't even think you have a phone With video chat capabilities You sound like you got you a little flip phone

You got you a little flip phone Even when we were dating We video chat We never unplug We never turn it off Now that we're married We've been going on 14 years We video chat and we never unplug. We never turn it off. Well, let me ask you a question. Now that we're married, we've been going on 14 years. Don't do that.

Until now. How old are y'all? I'm 69, she's 60. Oh, okay. Y'all OGs. All right. So why do y'all video chat? Why are y'all away from each other so much that y'all be having to video chat?

At work? Yeah. I just call her up, put on video, put the phone in the corner. She's 60 years old. She still be sending you stuff? Let me talk to her. She can hear you. She can.

What's up, queen? Hello. How are you, queen? I'm fine. Thank you. You still be sending him them little nasty pictures? Jesus Christ. We listen to you every night in the Philippines.

In the Philippines? Yeah, in the Philippines How the hell y'all listen to us in the Philippines No I said how The iHeartRadio app works in the Philippines iHeartRadio iHeartRadio works in the Philippines We worldwide Y'all come out every night At 7 o'clock.

Tuesday through Saturday. Okay. I did not know anything about this. Well, thank you for checking in in the Philippines. Appreciate it. Exactly. We love y'all. Love you, too.

We appreciate you young people. Y'all right on point. We ain't that young. We just younger than you. That's fine. That's fine. First of all, I need some of this international money. What's up with this Philippines thing, iHeart?

Let's talk about that. Hello, who's this? Good morning. It's Takesha. Hey, Takesha, talk to us. What's your thoughts, mama? Okay, so every man is not your guy. Everybody's not going to answer their phone.

Everybody's going to tell you what they're doing, and that's okay. Are you offended if they text you back, or they absolutely have to answer the phone? No, no. Seriously, because I'm a different type of person. I just got started with my friend. I don't answer my phone. It's my own. I don't have to.

I want to. Not every time you can answer the phone. That's a piece of my thing. Yeah, but you know what? Not every time you can answer the phone, because's a piece of mind. Yeah, but you know what? Not every time you can answer the phone because sometimes I can't answer the phone and I'll text, hey babe, I'm in the interview. I'll call you right back. Everything good? So yes, I can't answer the phone every single time but it's just the priority to make sure you're checking

in and everything is okay. Yeah. Yeah, and that's cool too but it's not, there's no reason to I just didn't understand the big praise about it. The answer, that's nice. That's good.'t understand the big praise about it. The answer. That's nice. That's good.

Not everybody got Angela Simmons calling them. I don't think it got nothing to do with who the people are. I knew you was going to say something. I'm not talking about who the person is. I'm talking about the fact of how she responded. Not everybody's going to respond the same way that she did. That's what I mean when I say you don't have Angela Simmons calling you.

I just think common courtesy, you know, when you're in a relationship, whether you're married or just in a relationship, if y'all serious, you let your significant other know where you're going. You let them know

where you're going to be and what you're going to be doing. You know what I mean? So therefore, if they do call me, I know it's some it's some type of an emergency because they wouldn't be calling me because i just told them i'm doing something you know true but evidently that wasn't the case yeah he forgot to tell yeah he didn't tell her clearly he didn't let her know he was doing something yeah thank you mama what's the

moral of the story if there's a moral the moral of the story is it's just a respect thing i guess that's all like if you respect your significant other that's easy like and by the way i think you should answer the phone for your significant other anytime you know whatever if my wife called me i stop what i do and pick up the phone because that's that's what i want for her to do you know all right well we got rumors on the way what we talking about yes we're talking about the 2023 vmas nominations came out they broke a lot of records. And then also Sierra and Russell Wilson. They added another baby to the tribe coming soon. Really?

Okay. We'll get to that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed?

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I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't Iana tribe own country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory.

I was making a racket 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.

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Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nemany here. I'm the host of a brand-new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone.

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It's a full circle moment for me. On The Breakfast Club. Let me pop it off. First, we got to start off saying congratulations to Sierra and Russell Wilson. They said that they're expecting their baby number three together. It's going to be Sierra's fourth because she has the one baby future. Yep. But they already have three children together.

Sorry, Wynn, their daughter, who's three. Yeah, Wynn, their son, their daughter, Sienna, who's six. And then also Sierra's son feature nine together. Well, congrats. Congrats to them. Congrats to the Willsons. Yep. Also, a lot of big records being broken at this year's 2023 VMAs.

The nominations are out. Now, Taylor Swift leads the pack with eight nominations. SZA comes in second with six. You got Doja Cat and Nicki. They're follow-up with five. And women are actually dominating the show because it's the first time ever that there are no men nominated for Artist of the Year. That was

introduced in 2017. You got Beyonce, Doja Cat, Karol G, Nicki Minaj, Shakira and Taylor Swift are nominated. Some feel SZA was sliding. Debatable. nominated. Some feel SZA was slided. Debatable. That's true. SZA was last year. Wasn't her album last year, though?

It's Artist of the Year. It doesn't matter if they came out. But this is the first time two artists in the category come from the Latin genre, which is Carol G and Shakira. And the first time they have an Afrobeats category. So the 2023 VMAs are going to be held on Tuesday, September 12th live from the Prudential Center in Newark. And also while we're talking

about nominations, I got a shout out to y'all because y'all got awards for being recognized on Billboard's 2023 Hip Hop and R&B Powers Players list. Okay.

Congrats to y'all. Thank you to Billboard for that. Y'all as well as Yee, Thea, Boss, and then Doc Winter are also on there. And also too, the MTV Awards, that is definitely a reflection of how the year has been because the year hasn't

been dominated musically uh by women by women but let the record show up that was a category and it was all men people would be raising hell saying there needs to be more diversity i mean it is diverse though i think ain't no penises well you know what i don't know what they identify as let me shut up shut your ass? I don't know what they identify as. Let me shut up. Shut your ass up. You don't know. Shut your ass up. I'm trying to think,

but what dude should be in that category? This year? Artist of the year? Probably Dirk is probably the person that would come to mind for me. Okay. I think Dirk has had a good year. What about Travis?

But his album just came out. Travis just came out. Uzi. Dirk and Uzi. Dirk and Uzi. Dirk and Uzi is the and Uzi Dirk and Uzi is the two that come to mind that could be

an artist of the year is it too many times for Drake to be nominated oh Drake could be nominated as well I feel like every year is Drake's year he's been on tour

sold out tour he dropped the album with 21 Savage he came with the album with 21 Savage yeah Drake should be in there Drake should definitely be in there yeah you're right

yeah Drake should be in there you're right sold out shows yeah Drake should be in there you're right well you're right last but not least

on Twitter, it was trending yesterday that Reason and TDE co-president got into a heated exchange publicly. So he was on the back on Fig discussing his issues with TDE. We have some audio. Big Reeds,

you want to have a convo? Let's have a convo, man. It sounds like you don't want to be here damn near. Nah, I never said that. I said I would never do it no other way. Let's go viral since you want to do it. Come on. Hey, T-Real, can you name me 10 reason songs right now you from la you a la

native can you name me 10 reason songs right now no why is that i have no man hold on mac from the you from the team can you name me can you name me 10 reason songs. Of course. Name them. What y'all trying to say is right. Dave never wanted us to sign reason. He called him a substitute teacher. Dang. Dot always said that Dot had talent. But it's going to take more than just talent in this game right now.

And everybody know that. So basically the backstory is Reason felt like the label wasn't moving quickly enough and we've heard the story before with scissor and tde uh he shared that he had the opportunity to get features from lotto and estg but tde didn't handle business on their end so they're he's claiming that tde is limiting his success and progression as an artist by not letting him drop music um and he also mentioned that they had the budgets and they had ideas but nothing was executed well most of our audience wants to know the reason we just played that because they have no idea who Reason is. But Reason is us. He's the one who reason is. He's the one who reason is.

Listen, stop. And I like Reason. I like Reason's music a lot. Reason, I think he might be up here next week. Next week, yeah. Yeah, but I just know a lot of our listeners have no idea who the hell he is. So, I mean, I don't know whose fault that is. Yeah.

I don't know if it's TDEs or. I don't know if it's TDE's or reasons. I don't think it's ever anybody's fault when an artist isn't heard. We have the internet. You have all of these streaming platforms.

There's a million different ways to be heard. If the consumer isn't gravitating towards you, I don't like when people just blame the label. It just might not be your time yet.

Just keep being consistent. It might not be that song. It might not be that situation. It might not be that project. That's right. But I'm assuming he's also frustrated because he's not getting feedback they're just like not on drop don't drop when SZA was going on her Twitter rant was she couldn't drop she said the same thing that they weren't telling her why they just said no don't drop don't drop well

the reason I would always listen to a label like TDE is because when they finally do put put an artist out and get behind an artist, the artist usually goes. SZA. I mean, look at Doji. Doji about to go right now. Yeah. Doji's going.

Doji. You know what I mean? Things take time. That's all. All right. That's all. All right. Well, that is your rumor report.

Now, let's get into the People's Choice Mix 800-585-1051. Of course, the Roots and LL stopped through earlier, so let's start the mix off with some LL. Big LL. Big LL. It's 50 years of hip-hop this week. Nobody calls him that. What? Big LL?5-1. Of course, the Roots and LL stopped through early, so let's start the mix off with some LL. Big L. It's 50 years of hip-hop this week. Nobody calls him that. What, Big L-y? Mm-hmm.

We about to start. But nobody calls you Uncle Snacky, so y'all even. That is not true. That is true. I didn't even make that name up. Yes, you did. The women from the Poor Minds podcast, Dre and Lex, created that name for me.

Oh, man, we need to get them glasses. I don't know why you hating on these things. Yo, shut up, man. Stay on snackies, what we call them. You're just not in the art. I'm not in the art. You can't appreciate art.

You can't appreciate art when you see it. What? I am art. You hear me? Look at me. Look at me, King. I am art. Okay?

Yeah. All right. Yeah. Okay. It's the Breakfast Club. Come on. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same.

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we still got our special guest co-host ashley with two e's what's going down and we appreciate you for joining us oh thank you thank you for stopping by how'd you enjoy your experience i loved it this it was a little intimidating at first but you know how because i told you it's a full circle moment for me i used to be the little bum board up back in the day like but you are people you're my niece niece. I know, but when you sit in this seat and the cameras are on and everybody's doing everything, it's a lot going on. But

I appreciate it, y'all. Me and Envy, we've only met like twice at the car shows. So this is the most we've ever talked or interacted on our show. Damn. I don't see that. I know. He ain't out of Houston. I ain't up in New York so it's all good

yeah well well thank you for joining us we appreciate it thank y'all for having me and Ashley is I Heart Mafia you know what I'm saying Ashley is already

like you know you do middays on what 50 markets I do middays on one I do I have a morning show on 13 cities and I'm in 37

I do nights and she's the national music director right talk about it talk about it talk about it long story short Ashley don't need no job

nope don't say that don't say that don't say that don't say hey hey y'all wanna listen

and don't listen to that not at all I could always take a few more stations you know but yeah like I said

we talked about my journey yesterday thanks to y'all thanks charlemagne for like my mentorship through my my entire career and you know the boss via coach for uh taking on my late night crying calls for my whole life but you know we here somebody i remember you said a long time ago when y'all were doing the was it the change for change yep one time you uh charlemagne said that having a black woman in power actually gets things done and that's 100 the truth so i'm trying to come up as the next one after fear so i appreciate this opportunity with

y'all and y'all see me behind the scenes in front of the scenes on 50 stations let's add some more let's get to 90 whatever y'all are on. 93. Ashley's definitely one of those next big executives in this radio game. Absolutely. This media game, period. That's right. And I'm the youngest, so let's get... I was talking to Ray. Let's get some more.

If you ever want to be a PD, come find me. Nobody wants to be behind the scenes no more. Everybody wants to be talent. You know what I mean? They either want to start a podcast or be in front of the camera. Nobody wants to be behind the scenes. We're the producers. We're the program directors. You can start a podcast. pod everybody can start a podcast everybody has a story to tell

everybody has like a a profession or something or something they're interested in but they're go where your gifts lie like if you if you are not like the on-air type of person go to programming if you understand music better and you understand like music like relationships like go to p go to being a PD. There's so many more things. There's so many things to do at a radio station other than being the honor personality. That's right. But we don't market it that well.

But I ain't going to say we got a lot of jobs, but we got a lot of different career paths up here. That's right. All right. So when we come back, we got the positive notice, The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still here with our co-host, Ashley with two E's. With H Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club.

We're still here with our co-host, Ashley with two E's. With Hanon. All right. Now, Charlamagne, you got a positive note? I do. But first, I want to tell everybody, tonight, if you're in New York City, I'll be at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at 6 p.m. Because the good brother, Jay Jenkins, better known as Jeezy, he dropped his first book yesterday, Adversity for Sale.

It's available everywhere you buy books right now. And we'll be in conversation tonight. So I'll be in conversation with Jeezy tonight at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 6 p.m. in New York City, 515 Malcolm X Boulevard. And Jeezy's having a book signing right after the conversation. So salute to the Greenwood Collective. And yeah, we'll see y'all tonight, man. We'll see you tonight. And the positive note is simply this.

Man, always remember, hurt people hurt others. But luckily, healed people heal others. Safe people shelter others. Free spirits free others. Enlightened people illuminate others. And love always wins so shine your light of love on all who may cross in your path today because what you do matters all right all right breakfast club bitches you don't finish or y'all done had enough of this country

ever dreamt about starting your own i planted the flag flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that?

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