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Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams

and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best, and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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 Zaka-stan. Keep held! That's Escape from Z-A-Q-a-stan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone. I'm Madison Packer, a pro hockey veteran going on my 10th season in New York.

And I'm Anya Packer, a former pro hockey player and now a full Madison Packers stan. Anya and I met through hockey, and now we're married and moms to two awesome toddlers, ages two and four. And we're excited about our new podcast, Moms Who Puck, which talks about everything from pro hockey to professional women's athletes to raising children and all the messiness in between. So listen to Moms Who Puck on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone.

This is Courtney Thorne-Smith, Laura Layton, and Daphne Zuniga. On July 8th, 1992, apartment buildings with pools were never quite the same as Melrose Place was introduced to the world. We are going to be reliving every hookup, every scandal and every single wig removal together. So listen to still the place on the I heart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.

You guys, this is history. What you've done with the show. You guys have built a platform that influences. Y'all the breakfast club. It's the world's most dangerous morning show. Wake the f*** up breakfast club. DJ Envy.

Envy playing my record, I made it. Jess Hilarious. I'm like, y'all need to keep on the breakfast club. Charlemagne Degas. Made you think the liking of controversial questions would take his part. I like this show. Thanks breakfast club. Good morning USA. Who made you think the liking of controversial questions would take his part? I like this show. Thanks, Breakfast Club. Good morning. How we feeling out there, man? Another day to serve.

That's right. I feel blessed, black, and highly favored. How you feel? I feel amazing. I feel great. Today's a great day, a great Friday. My kids were off all week. So yesterday after work, they wanted to go bowling. So I went bowling with the kids. Had a great time. Oh, they had the whole week off? Whole week off.

Mine had Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, which is so strange. Because, you know, growing up, we didn't even have President's Day off, period, when we was in school. Didn't? No. Did we? Yeah, we did, right? I never had President's Day in the 1970s. Well, I was born in 1978.

I don't remember having no President's Day off. Yeah, we definitely had President's Day. We definitely had no week or no three days like they did. We just had one day. Hey, Jessica. Hey, Jess. Jess Hilarious. Yeah, they had three days off.

But it's weird to have three days off and then send people back to school on a Thursday. On a Thursday. What's the point of that? That don't make sense. You get the kids the whole week. Yeah, absolutely. My son ain't go to school all week, so I don't know what that's about. Really?

Yeah, he goes to a charter school. I don't know if that's different from, what, your kids didn't have school all week? Mm-mm. Yeah, I know yours didn't until today. Yesterday. Until yesterday? Yeah, very know yours didn't until today. Yesterday. Until yesterday? Yeah, very weird. Yes.

Okay. I hate driving here. It's a 10 minute drive. No, it's not a 10 minute drive. And then I don't know what's up with the GPS. Look, this has nothing to do with the outage yesterday. Like my GPS, it'll reroute me. It'll keep you.

It's like it is. It doesn't know New Jersey or New York. Yeah, because sometimes roads be blocked off. Yeah, because they be doing construction. Like construction and stuff like that. You use Waze? I'm so, so sorry for the people that use Waze. No, I use GPS.

Use Waze. Waze is a good GPS that definitely works well in the city. Oh, because Waze tells you what's going on. Waze tells you where the traffic is. They tell you where the lights are, the police cameras and all that. Just be patient. I used to do the same thing when I first moved up here. To be listening to the GPS,

it'll reroute you, a street be blocked off, you don't know the city so you get a little lost. Yeah, and then you get turned around and then getting turned around in Jersey is different from being turned around

anywhere else in the world. Yeah, because you can't make a left, you gotta make a U-turn. Yeah, I'm not with none of that. I'm like, nah, I'm just gonna Uber to work, Uber Black to work. No, that's gonna end up

costing you too much money. Well, I heard y'all tap in. I heard y'all tap in. I heard y'all tap in. Well, we got some special guests joining us this morning. Who we got? French Montana. He'll be joining us. Mac and Cheese 5 is out today.

That dirty BX Eagle will be joining us. I'm so proud of French Montana. For what? Because we've seen where he came from. Oh, yes. Why you got to say for what? I was just trying to throw a shot at seen where he came from. Oh, yes. Why you got to say for what? Yes. I was just trying to throw a shot at the Bronx this morning.

School to the Bronx. I was about to say he's from the Bronx. The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all the floor. That is true. Bronx is a beautiful place. But we've seen where he came from. Not really. But it is. No, I'm just playing.

Which means it's not a beautiful place. I'm not. They all crazy out there. They all crazy. Nuts. And I'm not coinciding. But anyway. But he came from a place of he had to

grind and people didn't respect him as a rapper and he had to do so many different things. He was a DVD guy. Yeah, and he came out to where he is now and all the success that he's had. So salute to the Bronx this morning. Absolutely. And he's had a nice run. Prince been around for what, 15 years? Yeah, 15 years. Yeah. Longer than that.

And also, Roxy Diaz will be joining us this morning. Another person who's had a great run. That's right. Great run in this game. You know, we all saw Roxy start. We saw Roxy start in radio. Then went on Six and Pop. That's right.

Now she's doing Good Morning America, movies, all types of other stuff. That's right. So we're going to kick it with both of them. She's actually here to talk about a movie that she's in on BET Plus called Dutch 2. Dutch 2. Angels Revenge. That's right. All right.

Well, let's get the show cracking. We got front page news. Angela Rye will be joining us this morning. So we're going to kick it with Angela Rye in a little bit. I guess Tez got the day off. Tez had a little emergency. All right. She good, though.

She all right? She good. Breakfast Club, good morning. This record is hard. It's way too New York for 6 a.m. in the morning. I love it. I love it. This is just too New York for 6 a.m. in the morning.

We don't want to hear this in South Carolina all over the country. That's BX. Nah, man. Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. I hope there's the police because I need help. I can smell the Pelly Pelly on that record. Smell the Amorex. That sounds like a custom-made Louboutin overall.

Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. Great hard record, but come on. But to New York for 6 a.m. in the morning. I don't want to hear it. Do, do, do, do are the breakfast club just hilarious charlemagne the god let's get in some front page news morning angela rye hey there good people how you feeling i'm feeling good but um this young man who this court ruled against yesterday probably isn't d Daryl George, who is a junior at Barbers Hill High School, has been in in-school suspension since August for wearing his hair in locks. Dang. So you all have heard of the Crown Act.

And the Crown Act was designed to protect against this very thing. But this judge in this Texas court said that this particular school um dress policy does not violate the crown act so the school is going to be able to continue to enforce this this young man walks out of the courtroom in tears and he says all this because of my hair he's been in in-school suspension meaning he can't get hot food and he can't get the instructional materials because of the locks they had someone who co-authored the Crown Act on the stand say that this was the very purpose of the Crown Act. That's crazy.

So, I don't know if y'all have thoughts about this, but this is nuts to me. Why doesn't he just homeschool at this point? I mean, hell, he been homeschooling wherever he's been in the school since August. Yeah, in-school suspension is rough, bro. I used to hate in-school suspension. Let me stay home. Then stay in ISS all day? But yours obviously wasn't because of hair. No, bro. I used to hate in-school suspensions. Let me stay home. Then stay in ISS all day? But yours obviously wasn't because of hair.

No, no, no. No disrespect. Definitely not because of hair. Yeah, so he has these beautiful locks. Anyway, I thought y'all would have a lot more to say about that. What's the solution? Like, what can he do at this point? Well, they're going to appeal it, of course.

And I think that they have to continue to emphasize all over the country. There's been a movement. That's been one place where black folks have successfully legislated all over the country we will protect our hair you will not continue to tell us how we're going to wear our hair it's crazy in 2024 we still having this conversation about hair and the civil rights issue of our time is going to be that because what you can't do it because we're not gonna let you touch it because we're not gonna let you physically keep us out of the classroom what state was this again this is texas tex. And his parent didn't want to take him out of the school to put him into another school.

That's like half the year. That's a long time. It is. You know what I really think, Jess? I think this is about trying to make a statement. And they were willing to, you know, let him unfortunately be the martyr of this cause. But it sounds like he's willing.

It's just taking a toll on him as well. Not at the expense of his mental health. His education, his mental health, his emotional well-being, like that that or maybe he wants to go to that school maybe his friends are at that school it ain't no fun if you're not yeah i haven't seen y'all since august jesus but he wants that maybe he wants to go back and hang with his friends you know and he's willing to take that well or just say i'm gonna protect my hair at all costs i don't know where else he could go that's the entire school district that has that dress code. So speaking of America not being a racist country, the South very excited to vote for Nikki Haley, had this to say when she was on his show on CNN.

I want to give all my energy behind your campaign, but I was upset when you made the reference that you didn't think America had racism. So, first of all, I never said that there was not racism in America. There absolutely is racism in America. I said that America was not a racist country. The premise of America was never to be a racist country. I think the goal was always to have freedom. Now, we stumbled along the way and we've got some parts of our history that were not pretty. But we got past that. I don't think that our founders wanted us to have a racist country. I don't believe that that's the basis that America sits on.

I think it's always to be the best country with the most freedom that allows anybody to be whatever they want to be without government getting in their way or anybody else getting in their way. Angela Rye, thoughts? It's so interesting to watch people squirmy-wormy on this subject. I think what's more interesting here is Charles Barkley saying to her, which we didn't roll, Governor, I'm dying to vote for you. So I say yesterday on Twitter, RIP then, Charles, because she's not going to be in much longer. She might make it to Super Tuesday on March 5th, but it won't be much longer beyond that. I think it's ridiculous to say in this here Black History Month that the founders didn't intend. The founders weren't considering you, Nikki.

They weren't considering us. We certainly weren't considering human. Like, what are we even talking about? Of course it was built on racism. Chattel slavery is a racist institution. When will politicians just simply say we can't say America is a racist country because that's not a good electoral strategy? Like, that's really what it's all about. It doesn't matter if it's Congressman Clyburn, VP Harris, Tim Scott, Nikki Haley.

None of them can say America is a racist country because they know that's not a good electoral strategy. Well, here's the bottom line. I think that that actually is a good electoral strategy. Really? It's always a good strategy to tell the truth. To tell the truth. Yeah, absolutely. Always. I think that's first and foremost.

We have to get to the point where that's acceptable. Until then, we're going to be dealing with stuff like with the Crown Act in Texas. But until then, the reason they do that

is because they feel it's not a good electoral strategy. They do feel that way. Yes. Yeah, they do feel that way. So I think that's all we have time for. But we'll get to some more

in the next hour. What are we talking about next hour? Well, I want to talk about MAGA Red Bottoms. MAGA Red Bottoms? Oh, the sneakers, the sneakers. That's all we have time for. We'll get to some more in the next hour. What are we talking about next hour? I want to talk about MAGA Red Bottoms. The sneakers. What you got on your feet? MAGA Red Bottoms.

Let me tell you, if I buy a Red Bottom, it will not be a Trump sneaker. Let me be very clear. If I got to spend $400 on a Red Bottom, it's going to be a Louboutin. We'll talk about that next hour. Everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051. It's a Friday. Call us now. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, what's up, bro? Get it off your chest. Not much, man.

It's, you know, happy Friday. You, Charlemagne, Jess. Happy Friday to you, too, brother. Thank you. Peace, peace. Jess, congrats again on your pregnancy. Me and my fiance are expecting our third baby girl in about four weeks. Thank you so much. Congrats, bro. Congrats for y'all baby girl in about four weeks thank you so much congrats bro

congrats for y'all too thank you thank you it's truly a blessing man I also want to thank you guys for what you guys do every single day

thank you I appreciate it happy Friday have a good one brother when the baby due? she due April 1st but I don't think she's going that long

so hopefully in like three four weeks okay oh yes that'll be girl number three for you right? yes sir girl dad man girl dad she's going that long. So hopefully in like three, four weeks. Okay. Oh, yes. That'll be girl number three for you, right? Yes, sir.

Girl dad, man. Girl dad. Hey, I got four, my brother. Enjoy. All right, peace, guys. No, no, no, no. Now you're thinking

about all your whole ways back in the day and you're like, damn. Chill, man. You won't get me in trouble, man. Chill. Have a good one, bro.

Hello, who's this? Yeah, what's up? This is James. James, what up? Where you calling from? I'm calling from North Carolina. Hey, good morning, everybody. But Envy, I wanted to let you know, man,

remember some months back I asked you if there was anywhere I can get those old mixtapes from like the 90s? I found them on YouTube, man. I found Kuma 92 and Charlamagne. Yes, sir. Oh, yeah. I found Dirty Harry too, man.

Yo, tell me you remember this mix. He starts out with that beat from Biggie Smalls' I Got a Story to Tell. He has that going. And for the hook, he uses that old song, Reputation. I don't care about the girls. Just be good to me. Just be good to me. Yeah, yeah.

And he got pop rhyming on it. Man, that joint is, I thought I would never hear that blend again. When I found it, I about lost my mind, man. You in 90s and 2000 heaven right now, huh? Oh, man, what? Ah, I forgot about that, that Nas and AZ joint. How you living on your block,

man? How you living on your block? I got it, right? Let this man live, man. This man living his old wild out days. Let him have a good time. Jess is like,

I have no idea what they're talking about. No, not at all. Jess was like, no. I'm sure they age. I just love it. I love it. Well, have a good one, man. We're going to have mixtapes, man. No, no. Jess was like, no. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. I just laughed. I laughed. Well, have a good one, bro.

Enjoy that mixtapes, man. Oh, yeah. No problem. I appreciate y'all. All right, brother. And salute to Dirty Harry. Dirty Harry was one of the illest DJs back then. Nah, he was ill.

I don't know what Dirty Harry's doing now, but salute to the brother Dirty Harry, man. He got me wanting to find an old Dirty Harry mixtape now. Yeah, Dirty Harry used to... Man, he was something else. Hello, who's this? Good morning, Breakfast Club. This is Jordan the Welder. How are y'all?

Hey, Jordan the Welder. I'm so excited. Jordan the Welder. It's gonna turn one in two weeks. Oh, happy birthday to your little one. Yeah, I'm super excited. We're gonna have a birthday party for him. And I think I'm more excited for myself

because I've never had a birthday party before. You've never had a birthday party in your life? No, I grew up a Jehovah's Witness. Oh, like I did. Okay, I get it. Yep, yep. So what are you doing? How are you doing it?

The Crab? Are you doing Chuck E. Cheese? What are you doing? You know what? We rented out an event space at a hotel. Okay. And I want y'all to know, too, Jordan is really a welder. It's not like Benny the Butcher with Benny Don't Cut Meat.

Jordan is actually a welder. Like, in real life, that is her trade. That's what she does. Hey, Charlamagne, can you post the link again for the Black Effect podcast merch? It wasn't working for me yesterday. Yeah, I'll post it right now. I'll DM it to you. Okay.

Thank you. Okay, all you got to do is go to blackeffect.com, though. Okay. Yeah, if you go to blackeffect.com, the merch tab is on there. Okay. Thank you. All you got to do is go to blackeffect.com. Okay. If you go to blackeffect.com, the merch tab is on there. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

It's a new day. This is your time to get it off your chest. Wake up. Whether you're mad or blessed. It's time to get up 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?

Good morning. It's your boy, Lovey from the Bronx. Come on, stand up. This is exactly why everybody from the Bronx needs to be searched when they walk into any facility. Good morning to my breakfast club family. Good morning, King. Good morning, brother. What up, lovey? You know, it's my birthday weekend.

I was born in 75, around the Shala era. 1975? Yes, yes. My queen was bringing me to the Poconos for the menage for my birthday weekend, but it's with stipulation. She's telling me her girl can't

make me. What should I do Playboy? Should I pull up and not pull up? I don't know man. Why you asking me? We don't know nothing about this life. I don't know about this neither. You asking the wrong you asking the wrong

people bro he asking his kings he ain't saying queen what's up Jeff Jeff I want your I want your opinion as well Jeff

I love you why don't you call Tez why don't you call Tezman Figaro your work wife and see what she would say that's what I was gonna do

but she's not in today I don't know she took it off and she's planning to pull up for my birthday I don't know what's going on you know what's planning to pull up for my birthday. I don't know what's going on. You know what's so crazy, though? You know what's so crazy?

If your wife or your girl told you what it is, then that's what it is. If she told you she don't want you to **** with the other woman, you can't **** with the other woman. It's that simple. Man. What do you mean? She's the manager. She's the supervisor. She put it together.

She's telling you what it is. We're going to get this menage in, but this is the stipulation. So you either want the menage or not, bro. I got to practice yoga, man. Let me get my yoga in, man. I need some ladies. Ladies, hit me up on my Instagram and give me some advice. L-O-V-E-Y-X-S-X-L-8-6-0.

I need some advice. Goodbye, lovey. Listen to your woman, lovey. I know that's right. Okay. Listen here, girl. Yeah, if your woman Lovey I know that's right Okay Listen here girl Yeah if your woman Allows you to get a menage

And she says This is the stipulations You gotta listen To your supervisor bro That's what it is It ain't hard It ain't difficult Get it off your chest

800-585-1051 If you need to vent You can hit us up We got Jess with the mess on the way Yes we do We got Jess with the mess on the way Zeus announced His first crypto series

So yeah Lamella's Working out here Okay Alright we'll get to that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning on this Friday. Now let's get to Jess with the mess. The mess. The mess. The mess. The mess.

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The mess. The mess. The mess. The mess. The mess. The mess. The mess. The mess. The mess. The mess. The mess. The mess. The mess. The mess. The mess. The mess. The mess. Okay, so I've recently gotten to this show, Love is Blind, on Netflix. That's about all the blind people trying to find love? No, it's not. No. So it's people that very much can see. They are finding love. And I'm on season six of it. trying to find no it's not no so it's uh it's people that can very much can see um they are

finding love and i'm on season six of it a lot of people are reacting to the allegations about cast member jeremy um yesterday it was posted that he had and he was married not no he was engaged the whole time with a kid y'all gotta get into it you know what i'm saying y'all old and all that but y'all gotta get into these shows my You know what I'm saying? Y'all old and all that. But y'all got to get into these shows. My daughter be watching that, man. It's so good. A woman shared a photo of Jeremy, an unidentified woman and a little boy that may be his son. It was confirmed, but I'm going to just get into it a little bit. He was in the caption says someone was engaged in living with someone when applying for this.

When people asked where she got the picture, she replied from my phone phone claiming that the woman and the child are her daughter and grandson so basically his original the uh his original fiance her mom actually put this out like basically her future son-in-law okay like he's married to my he's on the show and he is engaged to be married to my daughter so maybe he's doing the show for money then. That's what I said. But he had responded and said that, no, this is a lie. And this is what I got to understand. So on the show, he actually is engaged to one of the girls.

Her name is Laura. But these people filmed this a year ago. You know what I'm saying? They filmed it a year ago. He's not even with the girl now right i mean apparently he is single now but also i think it's interesting uh tmz had actually put the fact that uh the mother-in-law or the ex-mother-in-law she said that they had broke up they broke things off in 2022 so this was two years ago right so he wasn't even with

wasn't even with the damn lady um or whatever like they broke things off and then he then he filmed to be with the girl laura and then he just responded to it and that's what he said one anybody that i was on dates with my castmates and in multiple interviews this topic was discussed nobody is surprised by this. It was something that was well-documented. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the

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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 owned 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 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. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going.

This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself.

You're trying your best and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app,

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He looked like a little angel. I mean, he looked so fresh. And his name, Elian Gonzalez, will make headlines everywhere. Elian Gonzalez. Elian Gonzalez. Elian. Elian. Elian Gonzalez. Elian. Elian. Elian. Elian.

Elian. Elian Gonzalez. At the heart of the story is a young boy and the question of who he belongs with. His father in Cuba. Mr. Gonzalez wanted to go home and he wanted to take his son with him. Or his relatives in Miami. Imagine that your mother died trying to get you to freedom. At the heart of it all is still this painful family separation. Something that as a Cuban, I know all too well. Listen to

Chess Piece, the Elian Gonzalez story, as part of the My Cultura podcast network, available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. With all of the footage that is captured, not all of it makes it into the final cut. Two, I did not apply for this while I was living with anybody else. I was out living on my own, and I didn't seek this out. I was actually reached out to over Instagram, but I had already been out on my own for a number of weeks at that point and I was asked

if I would like to have a discussion around it I said sure why not and I don't know man I think it would be better if all of them was blind they feel like they should all be blind you know what I mean like a bunch of blind people looking for love and they don't know the looks

just based off of how somebody treats listening for love but what's interesting is so it's a part of blind people looking for love And they don't know the looks It's just based off of how somebody treats Listening for love But what's interesting is So it's a part of the show right Where they pick the person that they want to marry Or whatever They get to see them They go on a vacation

And then they go introduce each other's Families Yeah Like no They go to the house They go to each other's house They go to their hometowns Back to their hometown

And when he took the they go to the house. They go to each other's house. They go to their hometowns, back to their hometown. And when he took the girl, Laura, to the show, I mean, that he was engaged to on the show, to the house, she was like, oh, it looks so new in here. Like, it looked like he just moved in. So I think like he got an Airbnb. Like, he was running it out. You know what I mean? So the fact that it just came out that he was engaged two years ago to somebody else, it actually looks like, okay, you was already married, but nah, he said he was single, so he really did nothing wrong.

And the other lady, the grandmother said that he didn't do anything wrong. Maybe that's off all for still believing these reality shows are real. Yeah. I mean, I guess. That's what I feel like.

I think it might be off all. Oh, that. All that watch these shows. When you watch these shows, you have to know they're just entertainment. People are tied into the shows. People are just they're just entertainment people are tied into the shows people are just acting nah people are tied into it

that's what they're doing he's just trying to get into business nah that's what makes them love it so much because they feel like they're tied into these people's lives

but if they feel like it's an actor you're not going to be tied in as much I think you should start looking at it like it's scripted well

Jesus that story just gave me a headache but um because I played it out so much more well I played it out so much more well I played it out so much more well in my head

but anyway in more reality news Zeus Network CEO announced his first scripted series Lamel shared a post on Instagram announcing the network's

first scripted series now he's partnered up with Dion Taylor Dion Taylor has done Sleuthy Dion yeah he's done films like The Intruder

with Megan Good and God with a Pretty Eyes. Anything with Michael Ealy. Yeah, yeah. Anything you've seen Michael Ealy in in the past four or five years, it was Deion Taylor and Roxanne hitting Empire. So he posted six days ago that his scripted series is actually greenlit. And he want people to tag some actors, directors, writers and producers and editors and composers and um he's providing a bit more detail or whatever so he's excited to announce today they they're partnered and it's about to be up for zeus you know what i'm saying but this i think this is what lamel always wanted to do he scripted more scripted out of reality i think he

wanted to start it off reality because that's what grabs people's attention you know what i mean honestly nobody grabs attention like reality shows like fighting and all that type of stuff and then um he wants to expand like he's getting into sports which he also spoke to y'all about um when he was up here doing his uh interview did he got a sport now he got glowed gorgeous ladies are wrestling all they do is fight all you do is fight the club just turn that into a whole wrestling organization he should i mean i don't know he could partner with. He should. I mean, I don't know. He could partner with UFC, WWE. I don't know.

But he's actually successful with Zeus. So congratulations on that. I'm going to be watching that. Wendy Williams' Guardian Files sealed lawsuit against A&E. So basically, Wendy Williams' guardian, he took legal action. Oh, they're pregnancy kicking in. No, it's not. Yes, it is. That morning sickness kicking in.

So, they wanted to sue A&E to try to stop the documentary from... Shut up, man. What you smell like? Go ahead, Nick. I'm with you. She wanted to sue A'm with you She wanted to sue A&E Because they wanted to stop

Some of the things That were supposed to be on A&E It's too late But it airs Tomorrow Tomorrow's Sunday Yep But um

Who is the lady though I It just Sabrina Morrissey I don't know who she is I don't know if she's a family member Why y'all be asking me this I ain't talking to her

Because you was around her all that time I ain't talked to Wendy like that in years. I didn't know she was a family. Because it's strange that her brother's not a, you know, her brother, her family, her son, that they don't oversee it and that this lady does. So we figured that you would know who she is. No. Wendy, God bless Wendy Williams.

I send her healing energy always. I haven't had a relationship with them like that since 2008. We're going gonna ask you anyway i hope you're gonna document me i hope you're in the documentary wow without being a document because you was around a lot you was around for three years that was a lot from oh six to oh nine and then yeah now you yeah no yeah you should be making up stuff cut it out whatever yesterday um what i found interesting and sad was the video i surfaced the net where her and black china lord is known as angela right now we can't keep calling her that. That lady don't want to be

Black Chyna no more. And she actually, she had a heart to heart moment with, I don't know if Wendy received it, but this was. It was heart to something. It wasn't heart to heart. Yeah. I like recently been changing my life since, you know, like we last spoke. You've always been like honest with me and like put me in my place. You know what I mean? And like, we last spoke, you've always been, like, honest with me and, like, put me in my place. Yeah. You know what I mean? In, like, the most motherly, kind way. That's why I love you so much.

Because even when I was going through my darkest times, like, you never used that against me, you know? And I'm always being free, like, straight up. You can call my phone whenever. My real name is Wendy Hunter. Hunter. Yep. Mm-hmm. And I'm divorced. He's got no Hunter. Hunter. Yep. And I'm divorced.

He's got no money. I love you. So do I. Yeah. Thank you. That sounded like Wendy to me. I love you. So do I.

It's very sad. I mean, it makes you look at your life and say, damn, you just want people around you that you really love regardless of what you go through through the ups through the downs you want to make sure that you are okay i mean some things are just out of your control and there's nothing you can do about dementia and dementia is something that impacts so many families and this is one of the most high profile black celebrities that i can recall having dementia publicly out like this yeah yeah so maybe this is happening to shine a light on dementia because dementia doesn't just impact people who have it it impacts the family and friends who love them but you know so maybe maybe it will shine a light on dementia and we'll start having conversations about dementia and it'll be support groups for people that are you

know dealing with folks with dementia who knows but i always say this when when somebody does get old and they do get dementia how do you know that that person would have wanted that out there like that? That's what I think. I think it's garbage the way that they're exploiting Wendy through this documentary. And that's my point. You look at Wendy and you see how she was without her wig on. And Wendy was fabulous. And there's certain things I just don't know if Wendy would have wanted like that.

I think it's whack. It's very sad. I mean, it seems like she's stuck in a time is I don't think she received anything that Angela really said although was heartfelt and although Angela met every word of it she just was like you know it's just a really sad you may go get the trash can for you no my grandmother has dementia and it's actually really sad sometimes she's in and out to this a lot of a comedian though she's still funny so sometimes she'd be she'd cool. Sometimes she not.

Is this, you know, with your grandma, does she tell the same stories over and over and over and over again? Are they good jokes? No, it's actually crazy. Because like my little cousin, he had passed away, right? Like two weeks ago. And she called my dad to tell my dad that he passed. Because he left her house and then he passed away. Right?

And then she called an hour later to tell my dad that he passed because he left he left her house and then he passed away right and then she called an hour later to tell my dad again and my dad is like yo you just told me and then she'll call an hour later yeah

and then another hour later how many times did he die you know what I'm saying but it's like like she laughed it's not funny but when you're in it it's like

right but in our family like we can laugh about it because she'll laugh about it and then she'll you know she got ways that she handle it but like

but your dad gotta have a little bit more patience, too, because he knows she got dementia. But at first you don't because it's a little annoying at first. And then you got to get used to it. Why is it annoying? Because it's a call every 15 minutes. But imagine how annoying it is to have dementia. No, but you don't think about it. You just, honestly, it's the first time it's happening.

Yeah. So you start calling. And my grandmother is aware because she'll be like, well, you know what's going on. Sometimes I'm in, sometimes I'm out. Don't be, all right, whatever. I can tell you he died eight times. It don't matter. You're going to grieve with me all eight times.

It's true. She don't care. She don't care. But that's just how it is. We just have a different way of perceiving it. And that's just with the mess and the morning sickness. Shut up, man. All right.

When we come back, Angela Rye will be joining us for Front Page News. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Wake up. Shut up, man. Alright, when we come back, Angela Rye will be joining us for Front Page News at Open Movies, The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Wake up. You're locked into The Breakfast Club. I know French Montana joining us this hour and he got Mac and Cheese 5 out and I do like this record, but I don't want to hear this

at 7 in the morning, bro. No. And you be angry all day for no reason like why i'm mad hearing him do it again like why are you shooting at us morning everybody we are the breakfast club let's get in some front page news morning miss rye hello hello hello okay so since we already angry about it let's just keep it going the al The Alabama Senate is busy doubling down in America's racism with the introduction of an anti-diversity equity and inclusion bill earlier this week. This bill actually lets us listen to this local news report from WVTM 13. I got that right, Eddie. Let's roll that sound.

Seven to three. The bill receives a favorable report. Thank you to the sponsor. Thank you, committee. And we're adjourned. Republican Senator Will Barfoot wrote Senate Bill 129. He says it will prohibit public entities from promoting diversity, equity, or associations from hosting DEI programs or discussions that may involve divisive concepts, so long as no state funds are used. Mayor Randall Woodfin didn't hold back, asking state lawmakers why would they block fair representation and opportunities for all people. He says he'd help minority athletes and their parents find schools outside the state that prioritize diversity and inclusion. If the bill passes, adding if supporting inclusion becomes illegal in this state, hell, you might as well stand in front of the school door like Governor Wallace. OK, so here's the thing that what they call a divisive concept.

Let me just give you an example that slavery and racism are aligned with the founding principles of the United States. That's one of the divisive concepts that would ban you from getting any funding for DEI-related programs. Randall Woodfin, of course, is the Birmingham mayor. And him weighing in on this and saying that he would urge athletes to go to other states despite being a lifelong Bama fan I think speaks volumes it is the very thing my dad has spent his lifetime talking about if our athletes would go to other schools because they don't respect us how are you going to do DEI on the football team but not in any other educational

anyway I think that is a thing and hopefully other southern mayors will take note and protest in the same way of course it has not passed it was just introduced this week but they're doing this all over the country. We can move right along to Lenard's favorite, the MAGA red bottoms. Donald Trump after he got this. Oh, you don't get to pay. That's what we're doing this morning.

You're going to march your way to destroying democracy. That's interesting. Let's roll this down. I was on social media last night. Very interesting. As you see, black support eroding from Joe Biden. This is connecting with black America because they love sneakers. They're into sneakers. This is a big deal, certainly in the inner city. So when you have Trump roll out his sneaker line, they're like, wait a minute, this is cool. He's reaching them on a level that defies and is above politics.

The culture always trumps politics. And Trump understands culture like no politician I've ever seen. Question for you on that point, though. Will the people that are excited about the sneakers and excited about Donald Trump, will that translate into them going out and voting for Donald Trump? Anybody willing to put 400 bucks down for a pair of sneakers yeah i think that's commitment and love it's a lot of nuance there though because he is right if you do go out there and you buy uh trump sneakers for 400 you probably all gonna vote for trump yeah yeah you're committed and meanwhile your dumb ass is yeah this morning i'm just joking well you can't you can't joke now you should be very clear yeah like on the record are you gonna buy a pair of Trump sneakers?

He introduced these- It depends what the resale value is. Thank you. If I could buy them for $400 and sell them for two grand. But that's the truth. I mean, you're sitting here joking, but our culture and our people would definitely do that. They would buy for $400.

Not just our people though. Sneaker heads come in all colors. But I'm talking about our people. No, we're talking about here, the culture. Like the guy just said about blacks. Our culture, yes. We would buy that for $400 and flip it. The retail value is crazy. That's what I'm saying. They would sell it for $8,000. Also, ain't nobody thinking about

no politics when it comes to that. Nope. You know, I'm just telling y'all, I don't know if it's still this French Montana song, but I'm real angry right now with the direction of this conversation. Yeah, I'm about to do do do y'all. That's just good business. Hold on. We're talking about this man has introduced the sneaker at sneaker con in philly last week he's getting

met with booze met with booze though and he also is doing this right on the other side of getting slapped with a verdict in this state yes but listen you said he got met with booze but then his sneaker sold out so you know numerous 4 000 4? Numerous. 4,000. 4,000 sneakers sold out. 4,000. Allegedly. This is Donald Trump's. This is the same man that the reason why he got hit with the lawsuit

here is because he had an illegal evaluation on his property. I'm with you. I understand all of that. Okay. So I just want to be clear. Okay.

Y'all buy any sneakers? Depends what the reseller is like. I just want to understand. No, man. We're not buying them man this is literally a game it's not a game you were just on TV Sunday saying

that this was the end of democracy this ain't got nothing to do with democracy we talking about sneakers and reselling sneakers if this dude can overcome this verdict by paying for it with the money of the poor people who he's built this campaign on angela 70 plus million people voted for him he has support i understand that but he also is going to

continue to get support if we play about what this is no this is very serious and this man is on tv talking about this is the way to reach us the way to reach us in terms of our votes and democracy and moving this country forward is not through buying no damn sneaker. I agree. And it's not by getting on Austin, your hall and playing the saxophone. I agree with that. It's not about, you know, Congress wearing can't take off and taking a knee. I'm just saying they all do

corny stuff. This is not just corny. Yes, this is dangerous. You posted a clip this morning about the guy with the Trump, the Trump supporter at CPAC saying we're destroying democracy. I agree with you. So listen, this is what posted a clip this morning about the guy with the trump the trump supporter at cpac saying we're destroying democracy i agree with you so listen this is what i want us to do okay instead of just getting upset and getting emotional sometimes we should listen to these people well y'all should have played that song sometimes we should listen to these people because i will

say yeah i do agree with him in regards to trump having a better handle on culture and that's just because of how society has shifted donald trump is a celebrity he's been a pop culture icon since the 80s now that politics is pop culture trump is killing biden from an entertainment perspective so in this era culture does trump politics democrats need to tap into culture a lot more i agree with tapping into culture but i think we have to start distinguishing culture from um and a fascination with rich. And by the way, this man is broke because he's also not properly. I don't think it's got nothing to do with rich. I think it has everything to do with that.

Black people, white people, everybody in between aspire to have something they don't. There's a book that was written back in the day called What's the Matter with Kansas? The very premise is that you are voting your dream and not your reality. I think that's exactly what it is. I don't want to get that. Politicians sell so many dreams. That's what they do. I think that's his dream.

But he's not just he's not just selling the dreams of a politician. He's also selling like, oh, if you. Yeah. Sneakers and you can be like me. You can be rich like me. And that's all an illusion. And I also want to say black support isn't just eroding from the Democratic Party. It's eroding from politics, period.

Period. Yeah, but I also don't think... People think just because Joe Biden might be losing support amongst black support that people are going over to Trump. No, that's not the case. I agree. They're not going over to Trump. People are just disgusted with the whole political process. I agree with that.

I'm just going to say, I really love you. Thank you. I love this banter. I love that you call him out on plan. Because now I don't really know a lot about politics, so I ain't going to say act like I do, but I'm just like, go, go, go, Angela, because damn, boy, you playing. I love this. This is great. This is how our phone

calls start. And we don't even have a French Montana song. We got a lot of shout outs in front page news. But for the record, nobody is buying Trump sneakers in this room. But if you can buy them for $400

and the retail value is $2,000, go get your money. Leave it at that. Go get your money. Go get your money. You know what? You sending these people...

This is the truth. You sit... And if they sign, they're going for $4,000. Woo! You guys, I want to tell you right now... The hood need the money. We need This is the truth. You sit, limitate me. And if they sign, they're going for $4,000. Woo! You guys, I just, I want to tell you right now.

The hood need the money. We need food on the table and we need a roof over our heads, You guys do not listen to Emmy and Lenard. They're rich. You do not listen to them. Y'all supposed to slip around here

and be off a cliff. That don't have nothing to do with being rich. That's good business. Don't listen to them. It's bad business. You can buy this shoe for $400 and sell them for $4,000?

But they'll saying if. Y'all going to put the cash to do-do-do to this whole Breakfast Club show? There's a resale value. I looked it up. They're on eBay now. They're going for $2,000 on eBay. Come on, man. They sold 40 pairs last week and the ones that were signed were for more money.

Come on now. You guys, this went really left. Maybe I said really right. Come on now. It's a mess. All right. Insurrection sneakers. Way to go, guys.

Way to go. Way to go, guys. Them ins go. Way to go, guys. Them insurrections. Do, do, do, do, do. Where you going, y'all? Them Trump sixes. Them January sixes. Them 1776 sneakers.

Angela Ryan playing. She got a lot of them. I'm so through with y'all. 400 to 2000 is great. Through with y'all. I'm just saying. Way over time. Forget Trump.

That's just good business. All right. All right. Sorry, Jess. When we come back, French Montana will be joining us at the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Rich Dirty Bronx. Rich Dirty Bronx. French Montana. What up, French? How you doing, my brother?

You know where that intro came from, right? You know who called me that? Yeah, man. I'm telling you. We were in IHAR, right? We were in Vegas. And I was like, yo, French, you was a... I was like, damn, I'm proud of you.

You was a dirty Bronx. Dang, man. That's what I said. But I was so proud of him because I didn't see him come up from the slums. Like, you know, people talk about where they came from and the things that they did, but French used to be in the dirty BX clubs and the dirty Brooklyn clubs and the dirty Queens clubs making the DJs play his music. And he was never, that was French.

That's where you would see French. I'm like, damn, you came a long way to. Yeah. I saw him before that. I saw him right before that. When Max was. I mean, never ignorant, getting goals accomplished, right? It's like Coke Boys.

Creation of kings everywhere. Oh, you already got it prepared when you have to go to humble under God. You already prepared. If they ever need to use this, this is what they're going to use. And that's one of my favorite joints in the album, which is the intro. It's called Dirty Bronx. Thank you. Thank you, bro.

And you kind of talk about everything, where you came from, everybody talking about you. He sampled on. What was that you sampled on that? OC. OC. Yeah, time's up. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You talk about everybody, people comparing you to Ching's and Max with the wave and all

that. So I think that's one of the dopest joints on there. But why Mac and Cheese 5 and what took so damn long, French? I felt like, you know, I needed to get everything out the way and go back to the mixtape vibes. I feel like the game, I always try to go where the puck is going, not where the puck is at. You know what I'm saying?

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Everybody's getting used to it. I feel like the mixtape game, just like I want to hear the Wayne mixtapes. I want to hear Wiz Khalifa drop dropped orange you know i'm saying and and i just you know i just want to get back to that vibe and i want to lead lead the wave with the mixtapes i like how you set the tone with dirty bronx why did you feel the need to confront like all the negativity that's been directed towards you because i wanted to get that out the way so we can focus on the music you know i'm saying'm saying? It's like I learned from Eminem, the tactics he used. I learned from Jay when he did 4-4-4.

And I learned from, you know, I'm like a student of the game. So it's like, you know, this is me interviewing myself on my own album, just in case. You know, because you got your fans, but then you also got your haters that listen to your music. So the haters are going to hear themselves in there, and your fans are going to be right there like I told you. So it's like that's the kind of vibe I was going with, you know?

Why end it on five? Five? Because we do need more mixtapes. Why are you ending it on five? Man, because I just wanted to give it my all and just leave it right there. The last one. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Just start something new. But you never know. You know, Jay-Z made the Black album and he backed out of it. So it's like you never know. Oh, so this is a retirement album and he backed out of it then you know so it's like you never know oh so this is a retirement album I don't know the end of the series what do you do to make all your money French me yeah I just hustle I've been hustling for a long time I mean we know you ain't listen to dirty Bronx how many albums he sold how many records he sold by the way that was the beauty of dirty Bronx cuz you put a lot of things in perspective I think I knew that you was the most screamed African-born artist.

Yeah. But I didn't know you had sold that many records. Yeah. Was it 100 million? No. Yeah, like 100 million between mines and all the features that I was in. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, you figure Unforgettable alone is like 13 million.

Mm-hmm. So that's just like- Oh, my God, yes. That's like by itself. So, I mean, man, I've been on some big records. My catalog is crazy. Yeah. But you say on the album, you say people think it's like by itself. So, I mean, man, I've been on some big record. My catalog is crazy. Yeah. But you say on the album, you say people think it's just your features.

Yeah. But you the main feature. Yeah, because, you know, you still look at the all the way ups, and you look at, like, you know what I'm saying? Like, the loyal Chris Brown and all those, like, you know? I was part of some big features. And, you know, like, the catalog is big. And I still ain't selling yet.

I'm thinking about selling it and just buying like this building across the street from you. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. How much do you think your catalog worth? I don't know. But I always felt like, you know, if somebody's trying to buy something from you, then guess, you know,

then how much money are they going to make? Ain't nobody buying that to take a loss. So, you know, I always looked at it like that. At one time, well, if you know French, you know when French goes out and he knows you, he's going to invite you to his party, right? That's who French is as a person. Like, if y'all smoking, y'all smoking together. Y'all drinking, you're going to take care of you.

You're going to make sure you're good. Then there was one time where you just stopped, right? Because you said you had to get back healthy. You stopped drinking. You stopped smoking. Are you still in that phase of no more drinking or smoking? Yeah, yeah, definitely. Definitely, man.

You know, when you sit across from like a billionaire or something, yeah definitely definitely man you know you know when you sit across from like a billionaire or something you know as soon as you take that sip of liquor take that puff of weed like you're already richer than him you know what i'm saying so i just and i had to focus up we lost a lot of money made a lot of bad business deals with you know might have overslept and lost a bag might have did this might have did that you know and i got a chance to make some generational wealth and change generations down you know what i'm saying so i was like you know let me just focus up and not not leave no bags on the table will you ever fear for i know a lot of artists say that sometimes they feel like that drug or that alcohol puts them in the right zone will you ever

fear for like damn if if i don't drink like i used to or i don't smoke that i might not be in the same zone as i was in making pop that or you ain't worried about nothing or you know some of those other records um man i've been popping perks for like 10 years you know i'm saying oxy's perks drinking this 20 years it got to the point where i wasn't getting drunk or high anymore right like now i'm higher than i was when i was taking the drugs it's just like my body just like you know it was like in a shock. But I feel like making music is a passion, is love. It had nothing to do with drugs.

You know what I'm saying? It was just the drugs kept the negative around me. You know what I'm saying? Like the people, I lost people when I stopped doing drugs. I didn't lose the passion. You know what I'm saying? Because, you know, when you drink and you take drugs, you let, you know what I'm saying? You let the devil in. You let, you know what I mean? Like know when you drink and you take drugs you let you know i'm saying you let the devil in you let you know me like i was inviting everybody and everybody

wasn't inviting me you know i'm saying everybody um had motives and some of them had the negative i mean i don't mind helping people to have motives you know i'm saying we that's that that's how we get our blessings but there's people that have motives that have negative motives towards you i have anybody that have a positive motive towards me. So I feel like I was letting the negative and the positive and that's why

things started happening and this and that. What about your passion for sleeping with rappers' wives? That's inviting the devil in. Damn. Too French. Uh-huh.

Come on, you say on the album you're supposed to rap with your wife. Come on. And that's crazy. You were the number one sniper. Like a nerd.

You know what I'm saying? You know what? Yeah. And that's crazy. You were the number one sniper. Like a nerd. You know what? But that's where hand came from. Because you heard him. They would be in the club, and they'd be like, you know, people try to do business deals in the middle of the club. They'd be like, hand. So let me tell you the story about that. Okay.

Me and Drake was first working on the record. Another sniper? Yeah, working on the record. The first line he said he was like on double mg I'll f**k a rapper's wife he was like we should start off like that then I just took it I just ran with it and I just made the first line that but what that got to do with doing it in real life though huh what that got to do with actually no honestly I never did I know f**king nobody wise. Okay, okay. No rapper wise. Okay. So just rap.

Rap cat. Oh, yeah, just rap cat. Okay. Okay. All right, we got more with French Montana. When we come back, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Yep, we're still kicking it with BX's own French Montana DJ,

Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God. Charlamagne. You're also on Dirty Brunch. You talk about buying your block, but you said that Nipsey, the Nipsey situation made you, made you pause. Yeah. Can you elaborate on that?

I feel like watching that video with Nip was like one of the most disgusting things I've ever seen in my life. All he was trying to do was just try to change his neighborhood and just bring some, some, some great things back and try to buy his block. And I feel like watching that scared me away from trying to do the same thing look what happened to chinks chinks got shot in queens you know i'm saying look what happened you know to a lot of people that don't have a name you know i'm saying a lot of fallen soldiers so i was just like you know what might come back and do that when i'm just seeing everybody around me just falling to it

damn so how did you overcome that or have you overcome that that with the calabasas but i'm still but i still come back but it just you know at the end of the day it's just you know it always come you know they always come from the inside you know I'm saying so you just gotta be careful how you you know how you let people get you know get in contact with your touch you can't be just easily touch easily get in contact with easily so anybody can pull up on you to do anything to you you know I'm saying you gotta be able to be like a hawk on top of the mountain just watch your prey whenever you want something you just go handle your business and dip i feel like that's like advice for anybody that's making real

money i got a lot of jealousy that come from where we come from you know so it should never be a situation where somebody can go to the to the block and see you at a store or this and that when you know some people what jay-, broke ass doesn't want no cash. They just want to kill you. What a name. But even moving to Calabasas, I mean, Pop got in Cali. Nah, you're not getting through this security. I live next door to Chris Jenner,

next door to Coach Street from J-Lo, Coach Will Smith down the block, his kids walking up. Like, you're not going to get through. They know about that. But at the end of the day, Pop had no security. Pop had a gun on him. Pop had the wrong wrong people around him i was supposed to meet up with pop that night he had a party at his crib yeah we're supposed to meet up i went to the strip club and after the strip club we were supposed to go to his house because he sent everybody the

address for the party you know i'm saying he he had and he had put that post up a couple of hours before you know he had no security and even when i first went to la when you go to the hills it's like they don't have no no gator communities it's just like fences like the size of your hip and then you just jump right over them you know so he was supposed to have a party that night that night he was supposed to have a party oh so that's why people had the addy it wasn't just that no everybody was saying it was a post on this yeah he was sending addies to us me and to everybody else that was there but but he had posted the Mary package that was sent to him. Yikes.

Yeah, that's it. I got that right. So what happened with Drake on that album? Because I know you and Drake made a lot of music, you said. What happened on this project? Yeah, we did, but we got the documentary coming out in June, and he executive produced it, so we're just going to push the records back to that. Did he have to choose?

Because it felt like, and I'm just listening to Mac and Cheese, in a way it felt like, I'm like, did Kanye EP this? Or is he just on a few records? No, I mean, me and Kanye was locked in for like a month. Okay. He had rented out the hotel for like a month, but we knocked out a bunch of records. And the sound, we was doing like two different sounds. When I was coming in, we was doing the sample vibe,

that whole like, you know, him producing and like the whole graduation sound but then this new sound he got now it was something that he was working on so i was like you know what bro i'm gonna just take these records and i'm just put them on mac and cheese five because mac and cheese five got a certain sound even bryson tiller he sent me like this this afro beat vibe and i was like yo bro send me that grimy one he sent me one so it was just like a certain sound was going for mac and Cheese 5. What was it like working with today's version of Kanye? Man, I mean, when it comes to music, I don't feel like you get too many versions from him.

You just get the music. Same with? Yeah, I don't feel like you get too many versions from him. I just, I feel like he's what entertainment is. He, I mean, I feel like being so unpredictable is like, is entertaining. You know what I'm saying? Not when that shit cost you billions of dollars yeah we spoke about it

on the song too yeah I mean but man he said he said I lost eight billions to get the chains

off my neck only to try to put them back on only to only to apologize and say I'll give y'all 20% like come on

cut it out man I ain't gonna lie Kanye's on mac and cheese fire you know man a few times the German West Side Gun is hard that's hard Man, I ain't gonna lie, Kanye's on mac and cheese five. He's on there a few times. The German West Side Gun is hard. That's hard.

That's very hard. You also spoke on the Dirty Bronx record about how New York DJs never used to play your music and you had to go down south to get your recognition. I talk about that all the time. That's exactly what he said. That's exactly what he said. He said I had to go down there to get popping, chopping down. Because y'all wasn't playing his music. I always support him.

By the way, if you think about the last few people from New York that became big time, New York wasn't really supporting them like that in the beginning. No. Nicki French. Not Nicki. Not the A$AP mob. Not A$AP. Not you.

No. I don't even know. Maybe Cardi. Because it was a little different. They supported Cardi. Yeah, they supported Cardi. They supported Cardi. I mean, they supported Cardi after they saw so many artists make it without them.

They was like, you know what? We got to pick a side right now. 50? 50 is another one? Yeah. Yep. Hell yeah. Why is that, Envy?

Why don't New York DJs? Why weren't y'all supporting y'all on that? Don't say y'all. I supported Phelps. I supported French. I supported all of them. Yeah, I had like the whole Cocaine City era. Then I had my whole Max B era.

Then I went down South and made Choppa Down. Then I was scorching hot. Then I was like, you know what? New York ain't showing me no love. Let me go down South. Then I made Shot Caller after Max B got locked up because I was so much blackballed because everybody turned their back on me because Max B was just up, because I was so much blackballed, because everybody turned

their back on me, because Max B was just tearing everybody's ass up. Yep. And after he got locked up, he just left me with the blackball. I was just like, so I just locked in with Harry Fraud, and we made shot caller. It was like, I got put into a corner. I was like, yo, is he not going to fight through this with music, or I'm just going to just be like, you know what? You remember that kid?

He used to have mixed sex with Max. So I was just like, you know. But it took me 10 years. It was like, 02, I dropped the first Cocaine City, till 09, you remember that kid? He used to have a mix of Max. So I was just like, you know, but it took me 10 years. It was like, 02, I dropped the first Cocaine City, till 09, that's when I got signed. You think a lot of that's because people didn't think you serious as a rapper? Because they remember you as the DVD guy? At first.

Yeah. At first, but the DVDs, you know, there was a time where Envy had an artist. Red Cafe? Red Cafe. It was a time with Clue, Half Fab. It was a time where... K- Fab. It was a time where- K-Slay had Fab. K-Slay had Fab.

Greenland had Uncle Murda. Uncle Murda. Yeah, Coco News. So nobody was letting nobody rap. So this one guy named Smack came out with the most brilliant idea ever, bringing all the rappers, and he was putting Shea Davis on it. Yep. I was like, yo, I know all the drug dealers.

I know all the rappers. Let me make Cocaine City DVD. And I'm putting myself in the middle, how you put Shea Davis. People didn't know I was the one making Cocaine City DVD. People thought it was somebody else making it, and they was putting me in it. So by the time the fifth volume came, Akon called to sign me.

You know what I'm saying? Because they didn't even know I was the DVD guy, this and that. But the whole object the whole time was for me to be a rap star. You know what I'm saying? Because they didn't even know I was the DVD guy with this and that. But the whole object the whole time was for me to be a rap star. You know what I'm saying? So I was making the money we would make. Cocaine City DVD would make 30,000

copies, $5 a piece. It would make about a quarter million, half a million dollars and promoting myself. Wow. People was paying smack $50,000 to get on Smack DVD every time. I was making $300,000 to $500,000 every volume. And I was putting myself on there. By the time the fifth volume came, it was just like.

So I was always ahead of myself, like, you know what I mean? Like, from the beginning. You're making half a million dollars a DVD? But, you know, you put it right back into it. You know what I'm saying? So you was always investing, investing for the big big picture so by the time akon signed me that when he gave you the fake watch oh man shout out to my brother akon the second watch was fake too both of them was fake damn i ain't gonna do that shout out to akon um but you know we had a shopping deal

then after that the shopping deal didn't work because he had Lady Gaga and this and that. Whatever didn't work. But, you know, I appreciate Akon just for the opportunity. Then after that, that's when I got with Max B and this and that. But that's what it was. How's Max doing? Because I know there was rumors that he was coming out last year. Yeah, he just put Come On Home on his page.

So we all weighing. Yeah, we all weighing. How do you introduce max b back to this era of hip-hop he is this era of hip-hop he is the most one of the most viral max b's like the wave guy like nah that's he's a silver surfer he's like remember back then he was he was viral off off youtube we would just sit there and watch youtube and just go just go ham so it's like you know it's the same thing just It's just YouTube and the app. I wanted to know how's Diddy?

Have you spoke to Diddy? How's Diddy doing? Because I know you assigned to Diddy at one time. Yeah, yeah. I spoke to him in New Year's. I spoke to him in New Year's, checked on him.

He's doing great. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We're still kicking it with French Montana. This album is out today,

Mac and Cheese 5. Charlamagne? You embrace a lot're still kicking it with French Montana. His album is out today, Mac and Cheese 5. Charlamagne. You embrace a lot of young artists from the Bronx, too. Like, you got a few of them on this project. Yeah, yeah. Shout out to D-Than. Shout out to Kenzo. She in the back.

They're both from the Bronx. I got 41. They're from Brooklyn. 41, yeah. Yeah, they're on the album. 41. Juice, Jen Carter, too? Yeah, yeah, Jen Carter.

Ty Ty? Yeah, yeah, they're from Brooklyn. What makes Juice, Jen Carter too? Yeah, yeah, Jen Carter. Ty Ty? Yeah, yeah, they from Brooklyn, yup. What makes you want to embrace the young generation like that? Man, I always looked at myself like the bridge to the music game. I felt like I could always tap in with the Kanye's, you know what I'm saying, the J's, or whatever it is, and still tap back in with the Pop Smokes, the Shmurdas, and do this, do this, and that. I felt like I was always the bridge in between. And how do you deal with the artists now?

Because you've seen everything. I mean, you didn't see shootouts. You didn't see death. You didn't see so much because you've been there. Yeah. But you also do know part of your music is being there. Yeah. And being able to write that and rap that and all that, you know?

You know what I'm saying? You're going to do that. But sometimes you get caught up too much in that. Right. You know what I'm saying? Especially if you come home from jail, you want to live the life, you want to do this, do that. I mean, it's just, when things happen to people, they never expect it to happen. That's why it happened.

Yeah. When things happen to people, you never expected it to happen. That's why it happened. Mm-hmm. Chanks would have never went to that hookah spot 4 a.m. In the morning, yeah. In the morning. By himself.

By himself. You know what I'm saying? No, he had security he has security he has security yeah he has security with him and everything well he got shot it was in the car so i mean yeah he got shot six times in the car he has he has security with him and everything it was four in the morning leaving the hookah spot going chasing the joint on the side of a road just like you know i mean like he didn't expect that to happen that's what i'm saying so saying. So when you think about all the violence that you've seen, were you afraid to sign drill rappers? Hell no.

We was drill before drill. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Because everybody was saying, like, there was a period, it felt like labels were about to back away from drill. We were drill music before drill music. Me and Max B, we had people with the whole New York. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So you don't think drill is a sound.'s just a it's a lifestyle lifestyle energy yeah chicago is like that so

what what is drill d thing what is drill right now yeah how drill is like anybody do it like you could just come from college and just had a whole good life and just drill rap now like just do that now wasn't like that for me when i was coming for me. I had to really do it. But that's the problem though. You know what I'm saying? Like a lot of rap, like you saw Pat Joe say 95% of his lyrics were lies. Not this new generation. Nah. He started drilling bro. You can't lie. That's bad. You can't lie. I really was rapping what I really lived. So what's next for y'all? What's next for the artists? Because I know usually you do compilation and you C Coke Boy compilation.

Yeah, we're going to do Coke Boy 7. He just dropped like two singles. I'm about to do a video today too. Yes. Tell us. Nah, he moving. Seriously, I love that. He came to my crib.

20 songs in, 10 videos in. Love it. Yeah, came to my crib in LA. I go to sleep. I wake up 8 in the morning. I hear all this noise. I'm like, yo, what's happening? Y'all just called the camera guy.

We're shooting a video. I'm like, yo, it's 8 in the morning. French is still one of those guys that call me at 6 wake up 8 in the morning, I hear all this noise. I'm like, yo, what's happening? Y'all just called the camera guy, we're shooting a video. I'm like, yo, it's 8 in the morning. French is still one of those guys that call me at 6 o'clock in the morning about records and your records and your records. Every couple of weeks, three weeks, four weeks, French is going to hit me. And they always say, did your number change? I'm like, no, my number didn't change. That's how you've had longevity, right, French?

Yeah. Hell yeah. Consistent. But they still got you under the microscope, though, friends, because didn't they search your PJ in Columbia? Yeah, yeah. Hell yeah. I mean, but it was like the whole

Coke Boy thing. They probably Googled the name and seen Coke Boy. Yeah, like, you know. Wow. And it was in Cali, like the capital of cocaine. Damn. Yeah. But they didn't have no reason? They just... No, they didn't have no reason they just no they have no reason and you couldn't do nothing nothing about it god damn I just see the dogs walking up I'm like yo what's going on you thought it was funny yeah because I ain't having that in there hell yeah and you

don't get enough credit for the community service you do I mean this around the world yeah and you donated 500 canoes? Yeah, to Makoko. It's crazy. Like, the city is under the water. It's like I've never been nowhere that's like that. It's like you take a canoe from, like, the bridge side, and you stay on the canoe for, like, a half an hour. And you just approach this city that's all underwater.

Like, nah, it's crazy. Like, yeah, like half of the crib is under the water then like only like the two floors up and people just nah the living was crazy when i went there i think like 300 000 people i don't know i don't know how it got like that but it's one of them wonders of the world oh she said was it a flood or something yeah i don't know i don't know the history But it was just a blessing To see that And a blessing

To see that I can help The same thing with Uganda We went and opened up A hospital over there Same thing with Morocco We went Yeah Quick relief fund

Yeah for Morocco Same thing for the Bronx Open up school program I mean whenever we get A chance to give We always gonna give back Yeah That's for real

Was it true that You said that J. Cole Was supposed to Executive produce My first album Yeah J. Cole heard my first album In Miami back yeah that's for real it wasn't true that you said that j cole was supposed to executive produce my first album yeah yeah j cole heard my first album in in miami we was all in trina house and i was playing it for him and he was like yo bro let me executive produce it then we was on tour with um club paradise so with drake so we all just jumped on tour but honestly part of me was like yo i'm gonna let him just put his name on it but if i'm gonna do an album with j cole i'm gonna want j cole to do with me from the beginning so i could

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him definitely got better, better chemistry. Just because, yeah. Nah, Drake my twin, man. That's my bro. Me and him definitely got better. Better chemistry. Just because, you know, when Drake first came and people didn't really know who he was, he came in, you know, to New York and this and that and we met up.

And again in Miami when I was doing Ross' album, we did Stay Schemin. Mm-hmm. And Drake first heard it when Ross played it for him and he was like, yo, I heard the whole album,

I want to do this joint. Mm-hmm. You know what I'm saying? And just like we're building out from pop that to you know the whole thing I felt like like it was it was more natural that's crazy that's two of Drake's best verses well he's keeping and popped it yeah yeah no definitely it was it was it was moments you know say it was moments that was crazy who smashed more Kardashians you and Drake Jesus Christ okay I mean since we got drill in the building let's go to that 41 song all right well we appreciate you for joining us man thank you for having me ladies and gentlemen mac and cheese five make sure you get it it's out

today and Kenzo B yep and it's the best For real, for real New York in the building Morning everybody It's DJ Envy Jess Hilarious Charlamagne the guy We are the Breakfast Club Let's get to Jess

I'm only Having conversations With French Montana And D-Thing And Kenzo B After 5 o'clock From now on After 5 p.m.

From now on He sound like Young M.A. Kenzo I mean not Kenzo D-Thing Yeah I like it It's a cool vibe okay that shouldn't be an insult you say i'm just like okay well let's get to jess with the meats

yesterday normani shared a cover art in the name of her long-awaited debut album. She revealed the name of her album is called Dopamine, but she didn't share the release date or anything like that. Now, we know Normani from Fifth Harmony, but since she left the group, she's been only doing features and things like that, singles. But she's never dropped an album, so this is really big for her fans have been awaiting this um but what is sad is while she was working on the album both of our parents were diagnosed with cancer her mom had yeah her mom had her second battle with cancer while she was recording the album and right after her mom was like going through treatment um after her mom finished treatment in 2021 her father got diagnosed with cancer so it was you gotta imagine like in the middle of creating a body of work like that your

first album that your fans are longing for you know she just wanted to be with her parents at the time so at one point she was like no f all this this is bigger than the music um is bigger than what i'm trying to accomplish this is life or death i wanted to be there for them that's all she wanted to do was be there for them and then she uh said honestly music is what got them through the cancer treatments like her parents really loves music and she remembered being on facetime with her mom while she was undergoing chemo and asking you know how's the music going how's the music coming and um as hard as it was for me not to be with them as much as I wanted to ultimately pushing pushing through made the circumstances of the last few years feel a light feel a bit lighter for my parents so that's why she put so

much into the album you know just trying to because she don't want to make she don't want to put up no bs you know what I mean and seeing how like she felt that the music was healing for her parents like because they they they were still aware and very very much pushing her to do her thing while they were going through what they were going through so um i'm happy about her album but i all prayers up for her parents and just imagine she's going through she just wants to be there for them too that's hard yeah both parents at the same time while you're in the middle of creating your very first album wow yeah um on another note orlando brown shares who he made love with uh a video surfaced online of of orlando brown listing people in the industry who he made love

with we got audio you smashed him when i was a girl i didn't smash anything so how you made love we made love who you made love with b Fitty, Bow Wow, Busta Rhymes. Demo from Tyler, I know you. You smash Drake? No, I never smash. Oh, you made love to Drake. Cal Williams,. Terrace Howard, Usher. Usher's a gusher.

And. Why you not naming the hoes? My dad sick his baddest Drake. Why you ain't naming the hoes? My dad sick his baddest... Why you not naming the hoes? Who's your dad? Lucifer. So, again, I just felt like this man should... God bless that young man.

Send him healing energy. Absolutely. There was some more. Some more on the list. You smashed him? When it was girl? I didn't smash anything. So how you know that?

We made love. We made love. Who you made love with? Diddy, Bow Wow, Charlamagne, the God, Buzz Rhymes. Geez. Oh my God. I've been wanting to build a wall around you niggas so bad.

I was wondering, like, I think I heard him say that before. No, he said it before. He said it before. Yeah, he did. He was serious about it. And not... Sometimes I understand the white man a lot, man.

Y'all didn't smash. Sometimes I get why he do the things that he do. To us. Y'all was getting it in, like y'all was making love. Segregation was a great concept that was poorly executed. He made love. But a lot of fans weren't happy with the video, saying the people who recorded it and posted it isn't solid,

and that the people around him, they need to look out for him instead of like, you know, exploiting him like this. And, you know, you know, Orlando is not rap too tight. You know, something is not is something ain't clicking. Jess, you're absolutely right. And what makes it messed up? You can't. If you're one of those people that he named, you probably want to sue him for defamation. But, you know, you know, he ain't right.

It's not. Yeah. Like, you can't even take it like as serious. You know, and he only listed men. You what i'm saying only and you like it was just like yo come on yo what do i identify you tell us jt and solange yo anyway jt and solange link up in Italy. Solange recently took JT out for a girls' night out in Italy. Listen, this is amazing.

I posted it. I mean, I didn't post it. JT posted it. She said, date night. Solo took me to a symphony in Italy. I feel like a rich black Disney princess. They went to see an Italian symphony. Now, I ain't gonna lie.

I probably would have been bored out of my mind. But just experiencing a new, like something new. She a rap girlie. You know what I'm saying? I'm not saying that she don't do nice things. But like, they look like they have fun. Like, it sparked, and the moment sparked conversation about black excellence and the celebration of black luxury. And they both just look so amazing and just cool. Like said symphonies i don't know but jt looked good and uh and um solange

looked good this is this is it's good seeing another side of um jt or just getting to explore different experiences so i thought this was really nice i thought it was cute yeah it was very very nice it was giving yeah but that's it. All right. Well, that is Jess with the mess. Now, Sullivan! Yes, sir.

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clearly something's off so don't make fun of that man like that i'm not all right all right we need fox news pundit raymond at rayo to come to the front of the congregation we'd like to have a word with him please all right we'll get to that next and then we're gonna have a conversation about donald trump and these sneakers yes angela rye and charlamagne argued out in this hall for like 20 minutes that's all we do that's all we for like 20 minutes. That's all we do. That's all we do. She's upset. That's all we do. They threw me into it.

I tried to get out. No, but we'll talk about that when we come back as well. Dog in the day is on the way. Wake up. Wake up. You're locked into the breakfast club. This is a miracle. There is no question that there are problems in this country between police and community.

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goes to fox news pundit raymond arayo i think it's pronounced his last name uh raymond was on fox's big weekend show and they were suggesting that black voters will now abandon the Democratic Party or have been abandoning the Democratic Party and President Joe Biden because former President Donald Trump is now selling sneakers. Let's listen. I was on social media last night. Very interesting. As you see, black support eroding from Joe Biden. This is connecting with black America because they love sneakers or into sneakers they love that you know there's a big deal certainly in in the inner city so when

you have Trump roll out his sneaker line they're like wait a minute this is cool he's reaching them on a level that defies and is above politics the culture always Trump's politics And Trump understands culture like no politician I've ever seen. Question for you on that point, though. Will the people that are excited about the sneakers and excited about Donald Trump, will that translate into them going out

and voting for Donald Trump? Anybody willing to put 400 bucks down for a pair of sneakers, yeah, I think that's commitment and love. We are a very unserious country, y'all. And we shouldn't be unserious at a time like this when democracy is on the line but we also need to be learning from who you consider to be opposition there is some things raymond said that i agree with meaning trump understands culture better than any politician currently not black culture

though entertainment culture and we live in an era sadly where culture does trump politics by the way maybe it always has i remember bill clinton going on on our senior hall back in the day and playing the saxophone y'all started calling bill clinton the first black president after that okay remember members of congress in 2020 when they was wearing kente cloth and taking a knee you know and i will say i also agree with him in regards to trump having a better handle on culture And that's also just because of how society has shifted. Never forget, Donald Trump is a celebrity. He's been a pop culture icon since the 80s.

And now that politics is pop culture, Trump is just killing Biden from an entertainment perspective. You know, I just mentioned Bill Clinton playing the saxophone on Cineo. Congressmen, they wore the kente cloth and took a knee. Hillary came on Breakfast Club talking about hot sauce when Beyonce had Formation out. It happens. But Raymond Arreo is getting donkier today because just like so many other people in politics on both sides, they just think black people are simple. I don't understand why folks believe black people don't want tangible things in exchange for their vote.

You know what that tangible thing is? Money. People want upward mobility black folks aren't leaving the democratic party because they are supporting trump i mean some might be but most black people i know they just fed up with politics period they don't want it they won't be won over because biden is doing the latest tiktok challenge they won't be won over because kamala harris is reciting rap lyrics they won't be won over because trump is selling sneakers they will be won over when you offer them something that will provide them upward mobility in this country.

It's simple. OK, people calling for reparations because it's old, but also because it's something that will provide financial relief. People get excited over student loan debt being wiped out because it's something that provides financial relief. People get excited over affordable health care because it's affordable. It's something that provides financial relief people get excited over affordable health care because it's affordable it's something that provides financial relief everything revolves around money upward mobility okay why you think people love the stimulus checks the ppp money money money that's what all americans care about but i'm telling you that's what black people want start offering black people actual tangible things okay i speak to black people and they want the government to do more to confront white supremacy black people want you to do something to protect voting rights black

people want police reform black people want you know more student debt relief great job you know that the biden administration has done on that so far and once again black people want money it's really that simple it's not rocket science here so that's what raymond is completely off thinking all it takes is a sneaker to get black black people to come out and vote. Now, let's just talk business for a second. How much you say them sneakers was reselling for in 2000 without a signature up to eight thousand with a Trump signature on it. And they cost three ninety nine, three ninety nine, three hundred ninety nine dollars. That's a hell of a flip. OK, that's a hell of a flip, folks. People still hustlers, baby. Don't think just because you see someone buying these sneakers that they automatically support trump now if you are a trump lover and you

went out and bought the sneakers yeah nine times out of ten you're probably gonna vote for him some people just buying these sneakers to resell okay some folks just trying to eat because this country doesn't provide upward mobility for us so i gotta go out here and get it on my own now the president of the fat lives matter committee is here the good brother mac i don't know why he just isn't already sitting in the room it takes him takes him 20 seconds okay to walk two feet good morning good morning mac now talk to me mac what's your perspective on this you had a perspective yeah see here's the thing um i think it's all about right idea, wrong execution. You know what I'm saying?

I get what they were trying to do with the sneakers, but they did it like if somebody just got BET Plus for the first week and they're like, oh, I see sneakers and all this. This is what black people want. There's other things that you could offer us that will kind of sway our votes over. What you think, Ozimic? Outside of...

Go to hell. Outside of reparations, clearly that's easy. But my suggestion is, politicians, give us a break from rent. Give us a month off. Maybe February, Black History Month. You know what I mean? It's less days anyway, so if we're paying for all the days anyway, we're getting cheap anyway.

We're paying regular price for the same amount of days. I like that. And by the way, that's something that revolves around financial relief continue absolutely um give us a four pack of beyonce tickets with one rihanna album oh and we could get four it don't have to be the country tour it could be her next one whatever she does after that but some four renaissance tickets plus a rihanna album i don't like that i might vote for her whoever it is that's good resale value too though, though. You know what I'm saying? But once again, it's something that revolves around money. Right? Okay.

Okay. Give us another season of Lovecraft Country. If somebody can make that happen. Bye. Bye. Bye. If somebody can do that. I don't know why you're watching this.

Let Chris Brown perform at the Super Bowl. If you can pass that, I'm voting for you. I know. That's right. Put Uno and Spades in the casinos. Oh, my God. I'm loving it. I will vote for whoever.

This is not where I wanted this to go. Put the voting booths in strip clubs. This is not where I want. I thought vote for whoever. This is not where I wanted this to go. Put the voting booth in strip club. I thought you had real tangibles. That's how you give black people to vote. I thought you had real tangibles. Imagine the voting booth in Magic City. Could you stop? Please give Raymond O'Real the biggest hee-haw.

Jesus Christ. I thought you had real tangibles. This is a serious time. So you do those and that's what would make you vote for Trump? If they let Chris Brown perform at the Super Bowl, I will vote for whoever made that happen. Bye. Immediately.

Go. If you're mad on the floor, let me see if you can. Scufaddle. Got my vote. Scufaddle, man. Scufaddle. All right. Let's have a serious question.

Let's have a serious conversation. Open up the phone lines right now. Angela Rodgers kicked the door open. She's not playing with you this morning. And she's never playing with me. I'm so sick of you. There's not too many

people who keep their foot in my ass the way she does. It's always like that. They usually put other things in your ass. So what's the question? 800-585-1051.

Who's little ass here? You got to open it up a little more. There you go. Open up the phone lines. Y'all are stupid. We know that black people are not stupid enough to vote for somebody because they put out a good sneaker.

That's not a good sneaker. Sneaker's not dope. It's an ugly sneaker. Well, I say good because it's hot. Oh, you mean it's selling good. Yeah. Okay, all right. You know what I mean?

So what's the tangibles? What do we want? Are we asking what would make people vote for him? Is that what you're saying? Because that's what you just said. It's in general. Okay. Yes.

All right. You're asking for a black agenda this Friday morning on Rick. Why not? 800. Let's open up the phone. So what you want out there? Because clearly these people don't know. If they're on Fox News saying things like, hey, you know, they would vote for this man

for a pair of sneakers. Let's open up the phone line and let people hear exactly what black people are really interested in 800-585-1051 serious real tangibles okay okay let's have the conversation 800-585-1051 what are some tangible things some things that you want that's what we're asking this morning real issues and shout to my dad dad i'm not gonna buy the trump sneakers i was joking i swear dad my dad just hit me like you better not come to this house no goddamn trump sneakers your mama need to call you that's that's the real culture that's culture that's it you better not and you're a grown-ass man with a family and he telling you

you better not come in with no sneakers no he said no goddamn trump there you go did y'all have the business conversation or did you tell him what they're going for? Lenard, keep playing. You're not getting in trouble. He's going to cut you out next. Keep playing. It's the Breakfast Club. You know Papa Ry will call you.

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What will make you happy? What will make you want to get out there and vote? That is the question this morning. Let's start with Angela Rye. Angela Rye is a real political expert, real political pundit. She's the host of the Native Land podcast on the Reason Choice Media, iHeartRadio podcast network. She has impact strategies. Everybody

knows your resume. I don't know if everybody does, but they don't have to. You're not just some person up here chatting. Also, shout out to my co-hosts, Andrew and Tiffany. That's right, Andrew, Tiffany, Chris. Our episodes drop every Thursday at 10am. You will be an expert, Jess. You said you weren't a political expert.

You will be after you listen to the show. I like how you put your glasses on for this too, Jess. They're cute. I like these glasses put your glasses on for this too, Jess. They're cute. I like these glasses. So I think that the main thing that we talk about often as a people is there was a time that black people gathered all the time to talk about political agendas. It was before emancipation. And after emancipation, those conversations, those convenings became a lot more sparingly.

One of the biggest ones that we had was in 1972 in Gary, Indiana, the National Black Political Convention. And what I will say that is sad is if you look at those agenda items today, a lot of that still hasn't been accomplished. And it should be. We're talking about affordable housing. A McKinsey report just

came out recently that talked about we still can't afford to live, not just buy houses, just rent is too high. Remember the guy that came out and was like, the rent can't afford to live not just buy houses just rent is too high remember the guy that came out i was like the rent is too damn high same thing i just wanted to record the show that's uh uh financials it's something anything that can cause financial relief create financial relief for people is what folks want i think that's a part of it of course ayanna presley congresswoman ayanna presley just introduced reintroduce her um her federal jobs guarantee people want jobs i agree people want student debt relief money the supreme court took out joe biden's plan to have a comprehensive student debt

relief plan they also want um access to education money well that's a part of it but or equal access to education affirmative action policy which was just overturned by the Supreme Court voting rights. People want to be able to go and cast a ballot. You know, police brutality. Can we please stop dying? Criminal justice reform. You talk off all the time, which I think is actually a really, really smart idea around weed. If there's anybody incarcerated on a federal charge for weed, you know, for using, for

selling, they should be released. And Joe Biden can do that with a scroll of a pen. That is actually true. That is true. But there are a lot of things he needs Congress to do. And meanwhile, they're trying to investigate him on trumped up, no pun intended, charges around a bribe that didn't even exist

that came from an FBI informant who said he got all of his jacked up intelligence from Russia surprise surprise so anyway all of that to say there are a number of things that we want there the main thing that black folks want I think is relief the ability to financial it's not just financial Lenard it is if that's okay all these things talking about majority of them revolve around money sure but I don't think that we should limit our existence, our desire to survive and to have relief in this country to financial. That's what police reform is.

Yes. Yes. That's what criminal justice reform is. That's what voting rights is. Let's not minimize our needs. Let's not minimize our assets, just financial, which are important. We should.

We need to be catching up. We got 400 years. They got a 400 year start. I think the first thing is money, though. Absolutely. I look at a lot of people, especially a lot of black people that work all their lives and then they get to an age where they can't work anymore they can't afford it and then you know you got a lot of

people that look at a lot of these these politicians and these rich businessmen and you look at the amount of taxes that they pay yeah and you're saying these guys make hundreds of millions of dollars and they pay no taxes at all yes here you have somebody who pulls who makes 50 000 a year 40 000 a year and it's taking 20 30 percent of their money and that doesn't make sense and they can't tell you where that money's going so i think the first is always money i'm with mobility man that's why people have these conversations about reparation student debt relief affordable health care affordable rent affordable education is i guarantee you if you polled not even just black people just millions

of people across the country that's probably the number one thing. It always is. I think that there was a there was a slogan back in the day, I think the 90s when Democrats were in. I can't remember who the pundit was that said it, but it was it was the economy. Stupid was the line. And it always it is it is a driver right to the polls to, you know, to motivation. Like we have to figure out how to reach people. The main thing is if you continue to shut people out, they're not going to want to participate. We have to figure out a way to get people engaged. But to, like, pretend and play in people's faces about Donald Trump like he's not an existential threat is a big, big problem.

This is the same man who called for the death penalty of the Central Park Five. It's the same man who was a birther in chief around Barack Obama. He is racist. He said that the three attorneys who were coming after him, Fannie Willis, Tish James, Alvin Bragg, were racist for coming after him. This man traffics in this. This is not a game at all. I don't think there's anything wrong with speaking that truth to power, which you did, but what I would

tell Democrats is, you have to energize the people who are either planning to stay home in November because you're not going to change the mind of these Trumpers. You're not going to change the mind of these people who are going out there and buying these $399 sneakers. Even that fear, and it's not fear-mongering because it's absolutely true

everything that you just said, but even trying to instill fear in people to say Trump is this boogeyman which he which he is he's a real threat to democracy continuing to do that ain't even gonna motivate people because they live through trump already and guess what some of us live through reagan but sometimes it's just both sometimes it's just what's right though like when you watch all those brothers that died when obama was in office right besides i think one you never heard ob Obama say that's not right same thing with Joe Biden you heard it was one time he said with what's his name

Trayvon Martin and when he spoke about for Emmanuel AME when that devil Dylann Roof killed all those beautiful children all the children of South Carolina the amount of brothers and sisters that die all the time sometimes you just want to hear the president be like yo that shit ain't right no politics intended just humanity

like that's not right trayvon he handled it very well he said actually he said trayvon could have been my son have you heard joe biden said trayvon was the only one i remember saying joe biden during the the campaign the most notable one was george floyd he did he didn't have a choice like the whole country didn't have a choice but it didn't seem like it came from a place of caring it came from a place that i have to do it so these niggas could rock with it. Here's the question. Can you accept that it might be our role

to push people into righteousness? Politicians aren't supposed to be our friends. They're supposed to legislate. They're supposed to sometimes sign things

with the stroke of a pen in an executive action, executive order. We need to be responsible for pushing people into righteousness. my push we've been doing this all comrade was the sister that i wanted to go in office to be that that person that black person that represents us and says she is our push yeah this is why black people are fed up because we have pushed and there's been so many different times we thought there was going to be real change one of them told us it was

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Poverty. This whole country. The rich. The greedy. That's really the issue. Let's take some phone calls. A lot of people on the line. Let's take some calls. 800-585-1051. You good, Jess? Yeah, yeah. She got her glasses on. She's listening.

She has her glasses on. She's listening. We'll take your calls when we come back it's the breakfast club if y'all talking about it you know we talking about it it's topic time call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the breakfast club morning everybody it's dj nv jess hilarious charlamagne the god ang Angela Rye is here. We're having a conversation of what do you want? What should we be asking for? We got a lot of people on the line. We got Q on the line. Q, good morning. Hey, good morning. How you doing? How you doing, Q? I'm doing all right. I agree with Charlamagne. We with the money.

Because you don't want to give us reparations, and that's the issue. I believe we shouldn't have to pay federal and state taxes out of our checks. I agree with that. I agree with that wholeheartedly. Let us get our money back to where we can be financially stable and show some type of financial literacy for our sons and our daughters and our families. Now, I have an idea where I feel like, you know, certain people should get some type of economic, you know, stimulus package, some type of economic...

Or a tax credit. But I think if you make over a certain amount of money, you shouldn't have to pay no federal estate tax. Like, that would help tremendously. Like, if you already are in a certain tax bracket, right? If they took away our taxes, that would help us tremendously. And our, we could say, hey, even if you want us to donate a certain amount of our salaries let us pick the cost yeah let us pick where i would have a problem not at all hello who's this this is kiki hey kiki good morning good morning what's your thoughts kiki

what's your mama my thoughts are um well i work part-time with the election board. I did it since I was 16. And this year, I find it extremely hard to talk to people my age. I'm 26 to try to tell them talking points of who to vote for and why. I think a lot of people now, they're just tired of the lies that the politicians give us and we just want to change, really. So what do you feel? What are they saying? What do you feel from, are they voting? Are they staying home? Well, Charlamagne, they really not voting. They're saying, I'm not doing it. It's a waste of time.

I'm right here from the 843 low country. And it's really hard. It's really hard at this point. They don't want to vote. And that's what I'm trying to tell folks. Just because black people aren't supporting Democrats don't mean they're supporting Republicans either. They just like, F it. I'm fed up. I'm over it. Well, shout out

to Kiki for volunteering since she was 16. I think that's tremendous. That's right. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Tish from Houston, Texas. Hey, good morning. Talk to us, Tish. So, right now if I can ask them for anything it would definitely be affordable home loans. That's all I want.

Affordable home loans. Money! Yeah, the rates have shot through the roof, which is crazy. Why do we complicate this stuff? And the sad part about it is, you know, if you purchase a house, let's say your house is $100,000 with those interest rates, it is so damn high and it makes it very difficult for people to even try to buy. And also, if we could have some funding for barriers, financial barriers, to be able to afford a home loan as well.

Gotcha. Thank you, Mama. Hello, who's this? All about financial relief, man. Yeah, yeah, this PD, this PD. Hey, what's up, brother? Talk to us. What's your thoughts?

Man, listen, we need Trump back in office as soon as possible, ASAP. Watch this. Why? Why? Man, I don't know, man. I'm looking forward to some stimulus checks, man. Money! Hold on.

Hold on. Okay, did you get a stimulus check under Joe Biden? Nah, we did not. I didn't get no stimulus check under Joe Biden. You did. You did. He didn't put his name on it because they're not good marketing. They stuck at messaging Democrats, dude.

You got it. You did. And you know what else? Did you know that you were going to get a second stimulus check under joe biden but the republican congress didn't pass it oh no you see they ain't even telling us all that i'm thinking that trump is doing everything that he's supposed to do because they're better at messaging and marketing but we're not pumping up donald trump here he didn't pay for this advertisement so what we will tell you is you did get a second stimulus

check no a third no he got a second stimulus check. No, a third. No, he got a second. Trump gave him two. Oh, under Trump. All right. Well, what's the moral of the story, ladies and gentlemen? The moral of the story is all about that almighty dollar. I keep trying to explain this to y'all. I don't care if you're a Democrat or Republican.

If you're not talking about upward mobility, people are not going to listen. They're not going to hear you. That's the only thing that's going to motivate people to get up off the couch. If you can't survive, if you cannot survive, your upper mobility doesn't matter. So it needs to be both. They're dying now. They're not surviving now. They barely got food on their table, barely got a roof over their head.

How do you tell people that's already living in hell that it can get worse? It can. They're already in hell. Don't believe me, just watch. Literally, the rights are being rolled back every day. Don't believe me, just watch. They feel like they don't have those anyway i understand what you feel like your feeling is about to get a lot worse that's

what i'm saying you're not wrong i know but once again you still didn't answer the question how do you tell people already living in hell that things can get worse you can't just say the temperature can get hotter they'll say to you come live here for let's trade lives for a week i understand and i'm down to do that and have done that and have done that and have done that and what i'm saying is it can get worse and it is getting worse in states all over the country particularly in the south where they want to hurt and harm black people and they don't have the benefit of representation of people who look like them and think like them you're right it can and will get worse you're right but these people are already in hell. I understand.

It can get hotter. All right. Thank you, Angela Rye, for joining us today. Thank you, guys. And make sure you look to the Native Land podcast on Reason Choice Media,

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Envy's daddy don't believe in police reform. You know that. That's fine. All I know is he told Envy, I wish you would. Keep playing with me. That's right. All right. When we come back, we have Pastor Ox with Nala's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. It's time for Pass the Oaks! Go, go, DJ, come spin. Now come spin. Big Nyla.

Nyla, a.k.a. I'm from Atlanta now, a.k.a. I got my glasses on, a.k.a. Don't talk to me. I ruined Nyla. I got my glasses on. Just got glasses on today. I ruined her in Atlanta last weekend.

Why? I didn't tell you. Don't worry about it. When you're not walking there no more, you'll know why. Stop. We need her back. Damn. We need her back. you're not walking there no more, you'll know why. Damn. Stop. We need her back. Damn.

We need her back. No, you don't. She's loving Atlanta too much. Damn. I don't like that. Why you don't want me to be happy? I just seen you hanging out with Usher, Brian Michael Cox, and Nelly, and Shanti, all that. They all in your DMs.

I'm like, damn. How you know they in her DMs? In your DMs and your comments. I want to see you, bro. That's me in front. I want to see you, bro. Go Nylah. Big Nylah. Yo, I've been here 10 years. You know that? From intern. I started working here before see you, girl. I don't want to see you, girl. Go 9, big Nyla. Yo, I've been here 10 years.

You know that? From intern. I started working here before I could even drink. You have not been here no 10 years. Yes, I have. You been at Power for 10 years? No, no, not Power 10 years. I've been here seven years.

A long time. She just rounded it up. I think I've done enough. What? I think I've done enough. It seems like she was auditioning for Color Purple just now. I've been here for seven years. All my life I had to fight.

All my life I had to fight. In this building for sure. In this building for sure. But that's neither here nor there. Let's be positive. On a positive note, last night, Time Magazine had an amazing event. Where was that at? In Midtown.

Atlanta? I don't even know. Oh, sorry. She had a dress on. You had a dress on? I had a dress on. I had sneakers and shoes. I had a little ball gown. Yeah, sneakers and shoes. I put on heels.

Oh, shh. Come on, I'm not that. Okay. I'm not that much of a tomboy, but yeah, so Time Magazine event, they honored Issa Rae and they honored a bunch of women who are pretty much closing the wealth gap. Mm-hmm. So shout out to my guy, Traff, for inviting me, but it was just really dope and inspiring to be in a room for the woman getting to the bag. And you guys also want to know a fun fact like 80 of the women in the room who are being honored all are entrepreneurs based

out of atlanta oh yeah i'm like i don't know what the last time by nyla simone i don't know what the energy is there but something about women thriving out there is crazy i don't know okay just a little fun fact. All right, play your three Atlanta records, please. Okay, this one's actually from Jersey. SZA just dropped a new record called Saturn. Take Snooze out and put that in. We don't have to play Snooze 100 times every hour.

I would never not love a SZA record. That vibe is crazy. Yeah, she really can't do no wrong. I hear SZA so much. My wife loves SZA. My daughter loves SZA. SZA is always playing in our house i normally hear that song a million times this weekend that's in rotation now easily all right next we got ray vaughn and pusha t with problem push beef spit instead of ray vaughn shout out to push i seen

push last week too so salute to pusher he was um in virginia his uh young boys are doing this they do this r&b show so he just came to show love and support. And I thought that was dope. Salute to Push. Salute to Push. 757, what up? And I like seeing the OGs work with the new rappers. And spitting game in the lyrics. In the record, yeah.

Tough. All right, and then lastly, I actually played this for you last week, just on the side, but the Stally and KD record. Oh, yeah. And I was like, yo, KD actually did all right for like a baller.

Okay, this is Marilyn Bias. This is not Marilyn Bias. This was actually good. All right, let's get into it. It scared money. I'm playing this right after Saturn. Right after Saturn. It's a vibe.

How do you not? I like it. And KD is Kevin Durant. Yes. Kevin Durant. Yes. I like this. I like the last week when she played it.

It's a vibe still. No, it wasn't bad. He sound like somebody, but I cannot remember who. Like his whole cadence and his voice and everything is right there on my, right there in my brain. Is it West Coast? Nah, it's definitely an East Coast rap. Oh, he sound like Jay Electronica a little bit. Sound like Jay Electronica.

He sound like Jay Electronica. He does sound like Jay Electronica. I'm sitting there listening like, who the? Jay Electronica. He does sound like Jay Electronica. That's fair. The way he flowing, the cadence and everything, and his tone of voice. It sound like he not trying. Yeah. It sound like he not trying. Sound like his jump shot. Yeah. He does sound like Jay. That's fair. The way he flowing, the cadence and everything and the tone of voice. It sounds like he not trying.

Yeah. It sounds like he not trying. Sounds like his jump shot. Yeah. He does. Whoa. Lowes, god damn. Lowes screams out in the back,

wet. No, I ain't know. That's not how he sounds. He sounds, I meant smooth and effortless. One thing Lowes gonna do is match y'all game. He's gonna match y'all game.

Jess wants you to shut the hell up when you in here too. I just wanted to tell you that, but never mind. All right, well. We got a playlist if you guys shut the hell up when you in here too I just wanted to tell you that but never mind alright well we got a playlist if you guys like the tunes make sure you guys tap in

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give me five stars I drop new episodes twice a week and when is the next Certified Vibe live? next Certified Vibe live? Next Certified Vibe live is March 15th. It's around International Women's Day, but it's Women's History Month, so we have all-women lineups. Okay.

Nyla, I'm always proud of you. Yeah. Thank you. And you'll keep thriving in Atlanta. No, we're building a wall around Atlanta for Nyla. Yo, that's so ridiculous. Thriving. No, no, no.

What did you say to them? I said she's a migrant. She's so ridiculous. Oh, no, no, no. What did you say to them? I said she's a migrant. And she's here illegally. And she just wanted to take all y'all resources. That's what I said. Jesus Christ. All right. Thank you, Nyla.

That's what I said. All right. When we come back, it's the People's Choice Mix. We throw back on a Friday at the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Wake up. Wake up. You're locked into the Breakfast Club.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ and the Jess Hilarious. Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. morning wake up wake up you're locked into the breakfast club morning everybody it's dj mv jess hilarious charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club you got a special guest in the building who never stops working hi hi how you feeling good to see you all good to be here good to be here just hanging absolutely yeah and congratulations mama And congratulations, mama. This is super, super, super dope. It's unfortunate you got to do it with these two.

Absolutely. If there's ever anything you need as far as help and getting them in line, I can't help you. It's been years and I still can't.

Yeah. I can't help you. Yeah. Now, Roxy, you in a new movie, Dutch 2. I am, yes. You play a lesbian gangster.

I do. What the hell the lesbian got I am, yes. You play a lesbian gangster. I do. What the hell did a lesbian got to do with anything? She's a lesbian. She's a lesbian gangster. You know, I thought Jess was going to call out the lesbian part, but of course you would. He couldn't wait. You couldn't wait. You could not wait to put it out there.

Gosh, yes, I do. How was it playing that role? Because you're not a lesbian. I'm not a lesbian, but shout out to the whole LGBTQ, you know, plus community and all my friends that are. It was really, really different. I mean, of course, because, you know,

but at the same time, we all know what it is to be in love and we all know what it is to want love and need love. So regardless of who it is on the opposite side, it's easy to tap into that feeling of wanting to be loved.

Oh, that's a great perspective because it's not like you got to do anything physically. You just easy to tap into that that feeling of wanting to be loved oh that's a great perspective because it's not like you got to do anything physically you just got to tap into the emotion well she got romantic she got a little romantic she got she got she went in a little right well as soon as you get out of jail not that i've ever just got out of jail before in my career or my life but i would assume the first thing you're going to want to do is, you know, feel loved. Absolutely. And that's what Angel wanted. Angel wanted to feel loved as soon, expeditiously in the words of T.I.

She wanted to feel some love and she linked up with her girlfriend Goldilocks played by D'Kia Anderson. She's an amazing girl too. So yeah, it was super fun. The first Dutch movie came out 2021. Yeah. Do we have to watch, would you have to watch the first one to understand the second one? You don't.

But if you're a fan of Terry Woods' books and what she created with the Dutch trilogy, which is what I really feel the fan base and the audience that loves from this series, you're going to be surprised. But you do not have to watch the first one to understand. But I would say watch it because Lance Gross is a friend and he's amazing and what they do. But this is Angel's story and she's getting revenge for Dutch. And it's what she goes through in her journey. And it's dope because it's a female-led cast.

I'm at the reins. This is my first time ever starring in a role being up there number two on the call sheet because dutch is number one on the call sheet so but it was a really really really dope experience um and shout out to manny who we all know manny haley not the manny you know for creating these experiences to put us on the screen so it was really dope how does your hosting uh background help you with the acting the hurry up and wait man the hurry up and wait the hurry up and wait the uh the patience the professionalism of how to act on the set you know you just already know what those moving parts are but as far as acting goes it doesn't it's it's yin and yang it's you know acting is

really raw emotion and where are you pulling these things in from from experiences like angel is a very dark she has a very dark history and past from being you know sexually molested from her father at a very very young age and um always being betrayed and um taken advantage of by. And so she has this hatred for men that it's like, okay, Roxy, where do you... Some things of my past I don't want to revisit, but I had to revisit for this role. And then there was some things that's like,

where do you tap in to get this energy and this anger? And then you find things, you know, as life, but we already up there. So there's so many experiences that we've had that you could find like a substitution or something to help you get into the role in the character how would you describe how respect influences angels actions throughout the film because it seems like she's seeking respect that's all she wants that's all she wants she she she not only she thrives off of respects

but I think she also gets a high off it it's almost like an addiction it's not even like it's like if you cross if you cross angel anything by any means necessary it's like you out it's almost like the godfather it's like well he's gotta go you know like she's ruthless she is completely completely ruthless and what I enjoyed

doing was playing something that is completely opposite of who I am yeah of who I am. Of who you are. Yeah, of who I am. It's like, I mean, you know me. I don't think you guys could ever picture me like just blasting off a gun. Not ruthless.

I wouldn't say ruthless. Shooting up a corner like it's not Roxy, you know. Did you have to learn how to shoot? I mean, I already knew how to shoot that thing. Okay, okay, Roxy. I'm a registered gun owner, so I was like, I wish I would at my house. Yeah, don't play with her. You got to do that as a single woman.

You got to do that. So, yeah, no, I knew how to. That was actually the funnest part on the set because that was the part that shocked some of the prop guys. They were like, okay, put your hand like this. You got to check the gun, make sure it's smooth. Make sure this is something like, yeah, okay, pop, pop, pop. So it was fun. It was a lot of fun.

What about respect as far as like in your real life? Have you ever felt like you had to demand respect in this business? I think all the time. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I think all the time. I think I still fight for it even today. Even being, you know, on a platform like Good Morning America and GMA3. Shout out to my family over there.

But, you know, we still as a culture still fight for respect in those big rooms and in those big meetings because people don't think to take us seriously when we are a driving force in this economy. And we are a driving force to a lot of decisions that are made politically, you know, it's just, it's amazing how we still don't get the level of respect in those boardrooms. Just like how Jay-Z says, you keep on fighting, you keep on showing up until they call you CEO, until they call you the boss, until you, you know, and then they call upon you for decision-making things, you know, until they are scared of you when it's an election season and they're calling you a threat. You know, it's like those kind of things that it's like you have to demand respect.

So yeah, me personally, Roxy, I mean, in my journalistic career, in my hosting career, I'm always fighting to be like, I'm like, Tyrese, what more do you want for me? Like, what more do you want me to do? Like, honestly, there's like, there's nothing else that I should have to do, but you know, you want me to do like honestly there's like there's nothing else that i have i should have to do but you know you always have to still tap dance i feel like y'all i feel

like you won just because you're still here like relevant i got bills to pay yeah and how do you how are you doing all that of course you're doing the hosting stuff you're doing the acting and then you're back in school. Yeah. You went back to your HBCU. Yeah, Bowie State University. What made you do that? First of all, you guys, we always used to tour the HBCU route. And it was always the most fun going to HBCU campuses.

Me specifically going to Bowie State. They have an amazing communications department. I connected with them. I vibed with them. It was always a goal for me to go back and be a college graduate for my family, for my lineage. Most people don't know when in the middle of school, you got a job offer in Boston and you said, I'm out. I'm out. Yeah, I'm out.

And it was actually Russ Parr. Shout out to Russ Parr that told me that, you know, you could you gonna starve. You're going to you're going to have pizza and ramen noodles every single day. He's like, but you can't always start in a top 10 market, Roxy. You can always go back to school. And so that launched my radio career, which is where you and I knew each other for so many years. And if it wasn't for radio,

and I think people have more of a respect for radio now, especially because of the culture shift and what you guys have created, what the Elvis Durants has created, what, like, you know, the legends have, even Russ Parr and Steve Harvey, everybody, Russ Parr at the end of the day, you got to give the man the respect.

What they've created is that people forget that radio is really the basic foundation of what television and live television is. If you can be in a box and pretend to talk to a bunch of people that you can't see and be that creative, then you can do

that on camera. If your face is friendly for camera. Well, Roxy, we appreciate you for joining us. Thank you for the time, guys. Angels Revenge BET Plus. Appreciate you, Roxy. And watch Roxy on Good Morning America. Right? Yep. GMA, GMA3. And yeah. That's right. Alright. Breakfast you, Roxy. And watch Roxy on Good Morning America, right? Yep. GMA, GMA3, and yeah. That's right.

All right. Breakfast Club, good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. It's Black History Month. What we doing today?

Man, salute to my guy, BDOT. You know, BDOT is the host of a podcast called The I Didn't Know Maybe You Didn't Need a Podcast on the Black Effect iHeartRadio Podcast Network. And today, he's going to talk to us about one of the wealthiest richest kings in history that you probably never heard of on today's episode of i didn't know maybe you didn't either story goes he was so rich and he loved one of his wives so much that he had her a swimming pool built in the middle of the desert. Mansa Musa.

Now, usually I share black history that's intrigued me from the transatlantic slave trade to the civil rights movement. But whenever I'm talking about wealth, there is one name that always comes up. So I had to look him up. Mansa Musa. Now, he lived in the 1300s. That's 700 years ago. That's 1300 CE, the common era. You remember when all we had was AD and BC? To be quite honest, my brain can't really fathom CE, BC, AD. All them letters just made me think of the PD and then that kick in my PTSD and now I need a BC. But if I can believe in the Old Testament and Noah building an ark and getting two of every animal and Jonah being eaten by a whale I

can damn sure believe in Mansa Musa I mean he's too heavily documented Mansa Musa of Mali not the narcotic the kingdom in Africa he ruled Mali from 1312 to 1337 25 years now he came to power when the previous king had dipped off with a large fleet of ships they went to go explore the atlantic ocean and explore they did but they never returned molly was already wealthy but mansa moosa's work with expanding trade made molly the wealthiest kingdom in africa they got their riches from mining salt and gold deposits in molly and elephant ivory was a major source of wealth. He was an African man of Muslim faith.

But I'm going to tell you what's disappointing. There is no movie on Mansa Musa's pilgrimage in 1324 CE. Like he legit shut the continent down. 1324, a caravan of about 60,000 people all left the capital of Mali, headed to the holy city of Mecca. It was 4,000 miles away. That's further than walking from North Carolina to California. Now, until this pilgrimage, the kingdom of Mali was relatively unknown outside of West Africa. The Arab writers of the time said that he traveled with an entourage of tens of thousands of people and dozens of camels,

each carrying 300 pounds of gold. 300 pounds of gold is like nine million dollars this man had dozens of camels all carrying nine million dollars in gold they said he got to cairo and met with the sultan of egypt and his squad spent and gave away so much gold that the overall value of gold decreased in e for the next 12 years. After he returned from Mecca, that's when he began to revitalize the cities in his own kingdom by building mosques and large public buildings. That was Timbuktu. That became a major Islamic university city during the 14th century due to his developments and then the reputation of the Mali kingdom grew. Mansa Musa died in 1337 and he's

arguably the richest king that ever lived in today's money they say he was worth about 400 billion dollars oh the wife he had four wives and they said one was his favorite because she was the most beautiful but she came to miss her nightly swims in the niger so man samusa had her swimming pool built in the middle of the sahara desert and i didn't know maybe you didn't either i will salute to be that that's right and make sure you subscribe to i didn't know maybe you didn't either on the black effect i heart radio podcast network you can also find other great podcasts like just hilarious carefully reckless with new episode dropping every wednesday thank you and it was also pick of the month. Yes, for Apple.

So, you need to know that. Absolutely. We're going to start another podcast. It's just called Morning Sickness. Just shut up, man. You don't think? Yep. Things that make me sick in the morning.

You can do that. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning, you guys. Be safe. We'll see you guys on Monday. And that's that. All right. It's The Breakfast Club on Power 105.

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