The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Shaq & Stephen A. Address Gambling Scandal, + Reuben Vincent, 9th Wonder, Lanny Smith, Cecil Williams, Fredrika Newton & Fred Hampton Jr. Interview

Episode Date: October 24, 2025

Today on The Breakfast Club, Reuben Vincent and 9th Wonder join us to talk about preserving classic hip-hop, balancing vocabulary versus virality, and their new album. Lanny Smith, Cecil Williams, Fredrika Newton, and Fred Hampton Jr. also stop by to discuss Actively Black apparel and its cultural impact. Plus, we open the phone lines for listeners to give their own Donkey of the Day. Listen for more!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Good morning, USA! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, wake that ass up. Charlemagne de Gaunt. Peace to the planet. It is Friday. How y'all feel out there? I feel blessed black and highly favored. Happy to be here. Another day to serve our beautiful listeners. Good morning.

Yes, good morning. It's a homecoming weekend Friday. Salute to all the HBCUs. I know I think it's Howard's homecoming. It's my school's homecoming, which is Hampton University. Norfolk State's homecoming. There's a lot of homecomings this weekend. So it's homecoming weekend. So salute to all the alum. Now, Charlemaine, you missed Jess. She came in mad, mysterious this morning. Whatever, y'all. Mad, mysterious, trench coat.

What she got on? Hat looked like a, Inspector Gadget. Hey, yo, you is really playing with me. I'm going to see you a picture show. I look real good, but my husband definitely played with me. He was like, okay, Jeepers, creepers. First of all, it was just that hat. It was just that hat, yo.

You on Zoom? Can you see? The host that hasn't let me in yet. Oh, right, yeah, yeah, yeah. So I head on a hat, and the coat is given the Inspector Gadget. It's going to hold you. But when I take the coat off, it's like, ZAM. It is, it is.

Yes. No further. like it's good. So where you going today? I know you ain't dressed up to see us? I know I got a few meetings. She said, yeah, I know. I ain't. I got a few meetings. And I got to be in Philly today. So yeah, I got an event that I'm doing tonight. Okay. All right. Well, we got a crazy show for you today.

Ruben Vincent and Ninth Wonder will be joining us. They have a new album called Welcome Home. So we're going to be talking about today. That's right. Ruben is very, very dope. He's from Charlotte, North Carolina. He's all, I think he's from Kenya originally, but he was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, man. And so, you know, whenever Ninth Wonder puts his arm around somebody from North Carolina, you know it's going to be special. I mean, you know, Rhapsody, little brother, and, you know, now the likes of Rubin Vincent.

That's right. And also, we have a great legendary cast, legendary bloodline. We have Lanny Smith, who was the owner of actively black apparel. But you got to tell them what Actively Black just did. Actively Black just had a fashion show during New York Fashion Week, and they had a bunch of a bunch of these legendary figures walk in their clothing. That's right. They had Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter.

They also had Malcolm X's daughter. They had Cecil Williams, who is, Cecil Williams is, if you remember that famous picture, where there's a brother standing at a white, at a water fountain, and it says whites only, and he's drinking that water. That was back in 1956, too. Yeah, 56, yes.

Yeah, Orange Bird, South Carolina icon right there. That's right. Frederica Newton will be joining us. Whoopian Newton's wife? She also has a book. and Fred Hampton Jr. will be joining us as well. Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.

Don't play with him. You're right. Chairman, Fred Hampton, Jr. will be joining us as well. So there's a lot to talk about today, a lot to discuss. A lot going on, all right? Sholomey. Now, you're going to South Carolina after this too, right? Yes, I will be in South Carolina today in Columbia, the Metro. Because today at 4.30 p.m., I will be moderating a conversation with Don Staley.

You know, her book, Uncomin-Favor came out early this year. It's been on the New York Times bestsellers list. for weeks. So I'll be moderating a conversation with her about that. And WNBA MVP, four-time MVP, three-time champion, Asia Wilson will be joining us during that conversation

as well at the Colonial Life Arena 4.30 p.m. today. All right. So join us. Well, let's get the show cracking. We got front page news. A salute to OVO Eli. OVO Eli did not come to work today. He's failing under the weather. I think he's lying. You think he's lying?

Yes. He was sick earlier. Because it's Drake's birthday. Yeah. But he was sick early in the earlier parts of the week. He's probably in Toronto right now at Drake's front door. Shut up. He already texted me with what he wanted to hear this morning. Yeah, he told me he had a rose with an owl on it.

And I'm like, bro, what are you talking about? You're a grown-ass man. They got roses for men? Yo, he's a stand. Like, he loves Drake. Leave him alone. And he just so happens to be sick. He is sick.

He is sick at Drake's house right now. Well, let's play the record he wanted to play. Where does the man even put a rose? And why does it have an owl on it? That's crazy. Well, this is what he wanted to hear. Best I ever had. Oh, okay.

That rose changes light. Dang him. Good morning. Mimi's up next front page news. Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV. Jess O'Lari. Sholomey and the guy.

We are the breakfast club. Let's get in some front page. All jokes aside, Drake came a long way, bro. When you think about that record right there and, you know, think about how he grew in the game, he did come a long way. You got to give him that. Absolutely.

There's no doubt, man. Just you. Yeah. Even though he got his ass busted last year, you know, by Kendrick. Just can't stay positive. He's never going to. He came a long way. All right.

Well, let's get in some front page news. Let's start off with Thursday night football. The Chargers beat the Vikings 3710. And tonight is game one of the World Series. Blue Jays versus the Dodgers at 8 p.m. On Fox. See what I'm saying? That's exactly what I'd be talking about right there.

On Drake birthday. What's up, Mimi? Good morning, NB, Jash. How y'all doing? Hey, girl. Peace, Mimi. Good morning. All right. Well, we start this morning in Washington, where today it was supposed to be payday for federal workers. But with Congress still deadlock, those checks are not coming. Meanwhile, frustration is mounting as the pay fight hits another roadblock on Capitol Hill. Now, the Senate, they blocked three different bills yesterday, one from Republicans and two from Democrats, all aimed at making sure federal employees get paid while the shutdown drags on in its fourth week. Now, Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, he pushed a bill to pay only essential workers still required to work.

So your air traffic controllers, your TSA agents, your military personnel, that bill failed 54 to 45. Democrats, they blocked that plan saying it gave too much power to the White House budget office, letting them decide who gets paid and who doesn't. Instead, Democrats, they offered two separate bills that would pay all federal workers, including the 750,000 who have been forced. furloughed and sent home without pay since October 1st. And that bill was introduced by Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, and it included a provision to stop the layoffs during the shutdown. Then the second bill from Michigan Senator Gary Peters would cover back pay from the start of the shutdown through the day it would take effect.

But Republicans block those bills. Still, some lawmakers say they're working to find a compromise. A few Democrats, including Senator John Offseth, Raphael Warnock, and John Federman, they voted to advance the Republican bill, saying that essential workers needed to be paid even as negotiations continued. And while that debate continues over who gets paid and who doesn't get paid, Trump says he's found another way to make sure some workers get a paycheck. Let's listen to that. A friend of mine talking about donors, a friend of mine, a man, that's great. I'm not going to use his name unless he lets me do it. He was, he called us the other day and he said,

I'd like to contribute any shortfall you have because of the Democrat shutdown. I'd like to contribute, personally contribute, any shortfall you have with the military because I love the military and I love the country. And today he sent us a check for $130 million. And that's going to go to the military, yeah. So where's the money? Like, where's the money? I need my money now.

You know, they ain't got paid in weeks. Where's the money? Yeah. we'll see what happens with that. He just said that it was a personal donor. He did not say any names. There's been no word yet on if the military has received that. So we'll continue to follow that. But today marks day 24 of the government shutdown. Either side has been able to reach a deal. And as hundreds of thousands of workers wait for their next paycheck, President Trump is preparing to leave for Asia with no compromise in sight. That's a great headline to follow, though, Mimi, because he announced that somebody gave him a check for $130 million for the military. Let's follow it and see if he actually. actually gives it to the military. Because, you know, he'll say something and then become a headline and everybody will say, well, you know, Trump got $130 million and gave it to the military, I bet you they never get that money.

We'll see. We'll see what happens with that. We will definitely continue to follow that. And President Trump says his next move in, or his next move in on the war on drugs could target people on land, not just at sea. So he's calling the recent U.S. military strikes on drug smuggling votes, a big success. saying that traffickers are now moving more drugs on land and no longer on sea. So he says that his team will brief Congress about the plan.

He doesn't think that they will need permission to move forward on a formal declaration of war. So President Trump, he's promising a tougher approach on the drug trade. And let's listen to what he had to say. Well, I don't think we're going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war. I think we're just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country. Damn. Okay, we're going to kill them. You know, they're going to be like dead.

Dead. But you know what they were saying? Me and I don't know how true this is because, you know, people are conspiracy theorists and all that other stuff. They were saying that a lot of the boats that he was actually hitting was fishermen boats, that they weren't actually drug boats. That's true. They said a bunch of them.

It just wasn't one. I heard about two. I don't know about a bunch of them. I heard about a couple too, but they're just saying, and then there were two survivors. And so they were sent to what I think it was, Ecuador, Colombia, and, you know, so there's just, there's a lot of, there's a lot going on. There was a woman who said that her husband, who was a fisherman on his way to work, was killed. And so, you know, defense secretary Pete Head Seth, he, he's backing Trump up saying that the military

will go after drug cartels, the same way that we went after terrorist groups like al-Qaeda, but not everyone is on board. Lawmakers on both parties say they haven't been given clear information on exactly what's happening, and leaders in Latin America are calling the U.S. strikes a league. and murder. Now, Trump also, he's taking aim at Colombia and Mexico, claiming that both countries are run by drug cartels, something their government strongly denies. And right now, it's really unclear whether these land strikes could happen and what they will look like. And so we'll see if Congress steps in before things escalate any further. All right. Well, thank you, Mimi. Absolutely.

Coming up at 7, a familiar name from your childhood is making a surprise return just in time for the holidays. We'll tell you where it's popping up and how. it could affect your wallet. Okay. Everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-105-105-1. If you need the vent, phone lines are wide open. Call us up now.

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest. 8-585-105-1. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Good morning.

My name is Hello. Hey, Janelle. Good morning. Peace, Janelle. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. How y'all doing this morning. Bless Black and Holly Fair. Yeah. This is good. Good. I was just giving a shout-out for, I'm from the Jan for this morning. This weekend we'll celebrate home programs for ODU. I'm a mom-up. My daughter graduated 22 from ODU and also NSU and Hampton University.

It's going to be a crazy weekend. All three schools are less than and, what, 30 minutes away from each other? So it's going to be a lot of fun. I'll be out there. My wife actually graduated from Old Dominion, so that's her alma mater. But, yeah, it's going to be a lot of fun. Yes, yes, yes.

And also, I was finally talking to us. Back in July, a book release, Tilly Sunshine, is a present book dedicated to children that's gone through Greece. Mm-hmm. But the book was dedicated to my grandmother,

who passed away two years ago. And it's like I told her to turn the book for free. And it definitely. Let's it on Amazon. Okay. Nice. And what's the name of the book again? Kelly's phone time.

And like I said, I was dedicated to my grandma's name was Matilda, but we called her Tilly. With her nickname. All right. Well, thank you so much. Thank you all. You have a wonderful morning and thank you all. You have a great home coming home. Yes, ma'am.

All right. Follow you all, too. Thank you. Hello. Who's this? Everybody. Hey, what's there, Evie? What's up, Chad?

What's up, baby? Hey, Boo. Sharr. Peace, bloody boots. Wow. You know, I'm so glad that you started off like that, Charlotte, man. I'm tired of defending your sexuality.

If you're gay, it's come out of the closet. Why do you defend my sexuality? I don't. Because I'm tired because every time I talk about something, I'm telling my cousins, like, oh, you know, I'm waiting on Sharr first to do something. And they say the only reason that you're even trying to help. me is because you want my butt.

I'm trying to get some cheese. That's the truth. That's crazy. That is the truth. That's the old school industry way. Don't nobody do that no more. That's what they think. They do like, oh, if you, he needs to come out the closet and he just trying to get something from you. I'm like, Solomon ain't trying to get nothing from me. But if you were here in Salomein, this let me know.

Yes. He said he's a willing participant. Damn. No, I'm not a woman. willing participant. But now I'm going to actually, my mom actually was saying that, you know, I told her that, you know, we had some things going on

and she was asking me about it. And I told her, I don't know what's happening. But why, listen, why you lie to your mama like that? No, no, no, not things going on like that. I do got some things going on. What are you going to bring home? Are you bringing them on for Thanksgiving? I'm talking about with music. Oh, okay. I'm like, wait, what else you talk about? Man, get your mind out of the gutters. Let me tell you something about Trave.

Trave is an amazing songwriter. And, you know, whenever I get the opportunity, I do pass Trav stuff along to people. Yes, he does. And then you kind of disappear on me. I don't know what happens afterwards. That's the game. Envy will tell you, you know, these people will take your stuff,

but that, you know, sometimes they be like, oh, that's dope. And then that's all you hear. You know what? The funny thing is, that's why I stopped doing that. Because people, like, they be like, yo, did so-and-so hit my record? I'm like, I pass it on.

I don't know what else you want me to do. That's all I could do. That's what I could do. That's all I could do. That's all I could do. And I definitely truly appreciate that. I definitely truly appreciate it. Don't worry, Tram.

Good things come to those who wait, man. Be patient. I believe in what you do, but do you believe in yourself. Yes, I do. And I actually just put out another record. You have to go check it out. And actually wrote it about my ex and how he cheated on me with a girl and got her pregnant.

What? I wrote a song about it. Man. The crazy thing about Trav, man, if this was the 90s or early 2000s, he'd be on already because he's talented and gay. That's really sad, though. I'm sorry if that happened to you. Oh, you're talking about the cheating part. Yeah, like, yeah, not that he gay.

Go listen to it, Jazz. Hey, yo, no, I'm sorry that your ex did that to you. Hey, yo. Yeah, it's called Grant. Go check it out. Okay. Does the baby look like it? No, my, my God.

Wait, wait, wait, wait. Is your baby your baby look like you? Get it off your chest. 8,5-105-1. If you need to vent, call us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Ray, Ray, Ray. Yo, Charlemagne. Envy, what up? Are we live? This is your time to get it off your chest. I got an indoor pool. I want to hear from you on the breakfast club. We can get on the phone right now.

He'll tell you what it is. We lie? Hello, who's your? this. Hey, this is your brother from Baton Rouge. What's up, brother? Get it off your chest. Hey, man, I just want to let everybody know with all the fear mongering going on about just food and being able

to afford food for your houses, the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, and all the Miss Lewis Frog kind of told us beans and rice every day. It's a very cheap meal, but guess what? It's a very healthy meal, especially that Navy beans. So if you got to go buy food for your family, you might not be able to buy

meat, but focus on the basics. The beans, the rice, and the water. and everything will be okay. You're absolutely right, brother. Thank you, brother. Thank you. Hello, who's this? Good morning.

This is Kay. Hey, Kay. Hey, Kay. Every kiss begins with Kay. I know that's right. Hey, DJ Envy, Charlemagne, and where's my girl, Jess? What's that, baby? Hey, Jess, I love you so much, girl.

You're coming on my legs just to, like, two or three weeks ago, girl, you made my date. Oh, I appreciate you. She's very mysterious today. Very mysterious today. Shut up. They always got some. something to say about my outfit because I came in here with a nice what is it called a fedora a fedora yeah a fedora and like an inspector gadget coat okay then

quadrice feet thank you what's up kay but yeah I didn't want to just I got really nothing to get out of my chest I just want to spread a little positive today you know what I'm saying like I went through stuff yesterday my saw machine broke I'm actually putting up the work late with a spicy mask on but I woke up so you know what I'm saying I really don't even care so I just want to motivate everybody else today say optimistic you know what I'm saying might be going through something, but as long as you show up, fuck. Hey, don't you walk in the white people

establishment with that damn shiksy mask on now? Oh, oh, it's pink and I got some lashes on, so they'll be all right. Oh, okay. Looking like a YB. Okay. Well, have a good one, Mama. You too. Get it off your chest. 8585-105-105.1.

If you need the vent, hit us up now. What's up? Good morning. What kind of outfit is that? I was in the way. Okay. Let me get my Zoom on Oh my God It's a sweatsuit

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It's a I wore this before I word on brilliant idiots Oh okay I've seen that Got your head did Yeah Yeah we're going to homecoming

We're going to Northfolk tonight Today Yesterday Lauren was like Man I want to grow out Afro But I got a ball spot And I got no edges

That was so cool That is not what I said Why would be repeat that like that. Why did you say that around me? What I said was, when my hair grows back out, that's why I cut it so it could grow. I want to be able to wear it like curly and not put heat to it. He took that and said, I ain't got no edges and I got a ball spot. And then I said the wigs made my edges thin so I had to cut them down.

So I need everything to grow back healthy. They don't say I don't got no edges. They're here. Can I ask you a real question? No, you told me why. You asked me how I get a ball spot. I told you almost died. Can you, can you ask you a real question?

I'm saying. How you almost died from my both spot, though, real quick. I bust my head on the back of the head. Oh, my God, you almost died. Damn. I'm so sorry. All right, now go ahead. Can I ask you a question?

Oh, God. Yes. Your struggles and your strides, why do you tell him? That's what I said. You know what I'm, honestly. Why do you tell him your struggle? Because you're trying to tell him that. You could have said it to me.

No. But you tell him that. It's not safe with any of y'all. All y'all funny. So I just throw it up. You're right. But I don't make funny your father because I know you really love him. You want a relationship with him

and you don't even want you And I don't make fun of that You see that? Why do you throw that in there? Good morning, mom. It's homecoming. It's homecoming. Good morning, Grandma. Agree.

Hey, Grandma. We have the latest with Lauren coming up. We do got the latest with Lauren coming up. We got more details on, you know, all those arrests that went down. That big NBA, you know, the fed sweeping in on that alleged gambling, all of the allegations with, you know,

all the guys, Chaunty Billups, Terry Rojera, Damon Jones. We're going to talk about it. All right. We'll get into that next. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Breakfast Club Lauren becoming a straight fat She gets them from somebody that knows somebody She gets to detail I'm a home girl that knows a little bit about everything She'd be having the latest on this The latest with Lauren La Rosa Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details

Sometimes she have a little bit of everything Well it's the latest On the breakfast club So yesterday there was a press conference held here in New York City, where the feds were able to break down, FBI director Cash Patel along with the United States

attorney, broke down what this whole big arrest around some huge names in NBA, what it is and why it's happening. And when I mention the names, I'm mentioning Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier, and Damon Jones. Let's take a listen to Cash Patel on the background

of this case and what's actually happening. Individuals such as Chauncey Billups, Damon Jones, and Terry year were taken into custody today. This is an illegal gambling operation and sports rigging operation that span the course of years. The FBI led a coordinated takedown across 11 states to arrest over 30 individuals today responsible for this case, which is very much ongoing. We also entered and executed a system of justice against La Casanoosa, to include the Bonanno, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese crime families. Charges and the arrest that were taken down

across this country range from wire fraud, money laundering, extortion, robbery, illegal gambling. This work is also representative of a colossal portion of the FBI's mandate to keep America safe and to keep our entertainment industry fair and secure. We're talking about tens of millions of dollars in

fraud and theft and robbery across a multi-year investigation. So what they're alleging is that the names that we just mentioned, allegedly teamed up with a bunch of other individuals and different mafia fans. and two separate things that they're indicting for.

So there is the sports betting side of it, which has six defendants. And then there's the illegal gambling or the rig poker game side of it, which has 31 defendants. Now, they cross over because they're alleging that Damon Jones, Eric Ernest, and Shane Hennon overlapped in charges somewhere within these two indictments that they have. And what they're saying is that there would be these, on the poker game side, there would be these illegal games that would be set up and you would have these big names from the NBA, and they would be used as almost like something flashy to get these people to come in and want to sit down and play poker.

And when the people would sit down, the games would be super rigged. I mean, like high-tech technology type of rigged. And we have, you know, audio about them talking about the technology and how in-depth that technology was at those poker tables. Let's take a listen to number two. The defendants used a variety of very sophisticated cheating technologies, some of which were provided by other defendants in exchange for a share of the profits from the scheme. For example, they used off-the-shelf shuffling machines that had been secretly altered in

order to read the cards in the deck, predict which player at the table had the best poker hand, and relay that information to an off-site operator. The off-site operator sent the information via cell phone back to a co-conspirator at the table, and that person at the table was known as the quarterback. The quarterback then signaled secretly the information he had received from others to others at the table and together

they used that information in order to win their games and to cheat the victims. That's crazy. Yeah. I guess what I was reading that allegedly it was saying that Chauncey Billups was using his influence to bring people to play some of these games and they said through the cards they had

some sunglasses that you could actually see what they had. What they had. So it's like if you had a king, king, you could see through the sunglasses that that person had a king king. X-ray glasses to see the card. Yeah. And it was like, I guess how they did it, it was whatever, if you had a king on the back of the card, you could only see it through the glasses. Yeah, they can read it. And even the shuffler. So we have that breakdown too. Let's just send a number three word in detail. No, it was, it's extensive. Let's take a listen. These defendants perpetrated a scheme to defraud by betting on inside non-public information

about NBA athletes and teams. The non-public information included when specific players would be sitting out future games or when they would pull themselves out early for purported injuries or illnesses. They relied on corrupt individuals, including Jones and Rosier. They also misused information to obtain through longstanding friendships that they had with NBA players and coaches. And in at least one instance, they got their information by threatening a current player, Porter, because of his pre-existing gambling debts.

Defendants use this non-public information to place hundreds of thousands of dollars in fraudulent bets, mostly in the form of prop bets on individual player performance. So this is two different cases because I hear the mafia involved in one of them and then the other one sounds like it's just NBA players.

Like that one who just heard sounds like it's just NBA players. Yeah, so it's two different cases. So that's all I'm saying it beginning. So you have the sports betting side of it, which is where they're alleging that certain people would use infside information. that wouldn't be public information to help people go and bet and win the money.

So, for example, according to docs, they list co-conspirator number eight, and that is Billups. They say that one time he mentioned to a better that they alleged that he was going to rest some of his key players in the matchup against the Chicago Bulls. The better, they say, then allegedly took the information to another better and had them place a wager on the Blazers losing.

And Portland did go on to lose to Chicago in that game. And they say, although the feds didn't say in the press conference that Billups was involved in inside sports betting conspiracies that resulted in certain wins, basically like they can't connect the two together. So Roger and the things that he was doing on the sports betting side and Billups, they're not connecting them, but they're saying that they were happening. Like both of them were alleging both of them were doing these things. But you said something that's very important too. I don't think people remember, but, you know, a couple years ago, you remember Porter was banned for doing that. but they're saying that the crime families allegedly threatened Porter to continue on. Yeah, so they threatened him.

And Porter, you know, is Porter's brother from the New Jersey. He plays for the Brooklynettes now. It's his brother that has been banned from the league for a while now, right? Yeah, and they talked about that for a little bit in a press conference too because they said that there were not even just with him. They said that with other people, like some of the people that lost their money, they used intimidation, these families' intimidation and violence and different things to keep it concealed, but also to keep people playing.

because once you're in, they want you in and they want you to keep going because they're trying to win all this money. I didn't know the mafia still existed like that. I was thinking the same thing too. And is this a situation where they was after the mafia and the NBA players just happened to be there or were they all in cahoots together?

I don't know. I can't really determine that from what I saw. I feel like certain things I read make me feel like, yes, they were after the mafia and then the NBA players came in. And other stuff I read is like, this has been going on for a long time. allegedly around the NBA.

So there's always been eyes on this and then this came up. So I can't answer that indefinitely. And I ain't on front. If you ever been to a casino, I'll be feeling like the casino be knowing my car sometimes too. That's why I don't play games anymore.

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Sometimes you have a blackjack And then all of a sudden I feel like they push a button And now all of a sudden They got a blackjack too No, no, I'm gonna tell you something What? I want those glasses, okay?

Because I got a home girl named Dion And she'd be busting my ass and spades And I'm sick of it, okay? John is one of the best Salute to Deion She's one of the best spades players I've ever seen And those glasses are what I need

To finally get over on her ass Okay Well, listen Yeah Well, she's gonna know something Because you don't wear glasses regularly Niggas so the next time you play She's going to be like, no, take them glasses.

Why are you looking dumb to day? Why you got them glasses? That's crazy. We got to think about that. Whenever you're playing Uno or Spades from here on now, that's somebody wearing some glasses that don't normally wear glasses, make them take them goddamn glasses. Because Uno and Spades get deep, especially when we stop redicking.

Stop playing. We play Uno and my house like, we're at the casino. No, it's crazy. Remember that this homecoming weekend? If y'all at homecoming and all of a sudden somebody got on some glasses, that ain't never had on no glasses, okay? And they went, all of a sudden they got a super hot hand. They start winning.

Something ain't right. All right. Well, that is the latest with Laura. Now, Charlemagne, Donkey Today, what are we doing Friday? Yes, you know, on Fridays, we do the People's Donkey. You can call us right now, 1-800-5-1501 and give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid. So hit us up. All right.

If you want to give somebody donkey today, like he said, 800-585-105-1, get on them phone lines now. Front-Page news is next. Morning, everybody, it's D.J.N.V., J.S. Salameen, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back in some front-page news. So quick sports And Thursday night football

The Chargers Beat the Vikings 3710 And tonight is game one Of the Major League Baseball World Series The Dodgers versus the Blue Jays Man, what game is Kendrick walking out To perform not like us man That's when inquiring minds want to know

It might be game one That's what you would think right? Is it in L.A.? Is game one in L.A.? Oh Toronto today? Oh yeah, it's Toronto tonight It's probably game three Okay

What's up Mimi? Good morning, MVee, Jash Jolomein. How y'all doing? Hey girl. Mimi. Good morning. Well, we start this hour with talk that is raising eyebrows and a few constitutional questions this morning. Former Trump advisor, Steve Bannon, says the president's inner circle is already planning for a third term in the White House. Now, Bannon made the claim during an interview with the economists this week saying he's certain that Trump will be president in 28. Let's listen to some of that exchange. He's going to get a third term. So Trump 28, Trump is going to be president

and 28, and people just ought to get accommodated with that. So what about the 22nd Amendment? There's many different alternatives. At the appropriate time, we'll lay out what the plan is, but there's a plan, and the country needs him to be President of the United States. We have to finish what we started. Trump is a vehicle of divine providence. He's an instrument.

He's very imperfect. He's not churchy, not particularly religious, but he's an instrument of divine will, and you can tell this of how he's pulled this off. We need him for at least one more term, right? get that in 28. I hate that this conversation has been normalized. I mean, every time they have this conversation, I'm just like, so just nobody cares about democracy

anymore. And for everybody who says things like, what that means, Barack Obama can run. I keep trying to tell you, y'all, if Trump gets to run again for a third term, it doesn't matter who he's running against, the fight is already fixed. Okay? Definitely already fixed.

Constitutional experts say there's no real path for this to happen. They say changing the Constitution would take two-thirds of a vote in Congress or approval from two-thirds of U.S. States, something that they say that is nearly impossible. And another theory that's been floated having the Vice President in 2028 stepped down so that Trump could take over, but that's also seen as legally shaky. You know, two terms, like you said, Charlotte-Maine should mean two terms, but anything else would be unconstitutional and could spark a major political crisis, but we are in several

major political crisis right now. So who knows what the end will look like. But what if he just refuses to leave in 2028? You know, if he just refuses to leave and then we find out how many of those generals

and admirals actually did pledge their loyalty to him when they had that meeting with Pete Hex-F a couple of weeks ago. Yeah, for sure. There's so many different possibilities. So again, you're right, it's being normalized. But I think that Trump, when he says he's going to do something, people should really pay attention.

We tend to laugh it off like, oh, that's impossible, but is it? You know, so we'll continue to see what that looks like. All right, well, Target is cutting jobs in what is being called the biggest shakeup the company has ever seen in a decade. Now, the retailer announced its plans to eliminate 1,800 corporate positions as it tries to jumpstart growth after four years of sluggish sales. The cuts will include about 1,000 layoffs and another 800 jobs that will not. be filled. That's roughly 8% of its reduction in workforce. Now, affected employees will be notified next week. And the layoffs come as Target faces mounting challenges from declining store traffic and inventory issues to a drop in stock value. Now, shares have fallen about

65% since 2021, while competitors like Walmart, they have surged ahead. And beyond pressures of business, Target has also faced public boycotts. We know that one led by Pastor Jamal Bryant. 40-day fast, which happened earlier this year after the company scaled back diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Now, Target says that the job cuts, though, they will not affect store employees or workers

in its warehouse. The layoffs are only limited to corporate positions. They say those that will be losing their jobs, though, will receive pay and benefits through January 3rd, along with severance packages. So there's a lot of shake-ups happening there.

That's crazy. But, while one retailer is cutting back, another one is making a comeback. Toys R Us is reopening more than 30 stores across the country. Yes. Yes, yes, yes. Just in time for the holidays. This will include eight permanent flagship locations and more than 20 temporary holiday locations. It's the latest revival for the once dominant toy retailer, which filed for bankruptcy back in 2017. They closed more than 700 stores nationwide back there back then. But the brand has been slowly rebuilding under a new ownership.

Now, at his peak, back in the 80s and 90s, Toys R Us was the destination for kids and parents. Do you guys remember this, famous for its giant stores, aisles of tours? Yes, girl, I was so sad when that store went out of business. I was so say my son was three years old. Yeah. Now I got a one-year-old, so now I got a reason to go back. I'm so happy about it. Absolutely.

And what's that famous jingle? Do you all remember it? I don't want to grow up. I'm a Toys R Us kid. Absolutely. Absolutely. Yeah, so the company is trying to bring back all that nostalgia for kids these days. And so not only is it nostalgia, they said that the company will bring back.

It's going to, the store's opening will bring seasonal jobs and more full-time positions. So I don't know how that's going to work. I mean, they would almost have to make themselves like a destination, event space. Like, it would have to be things for the kids to do inside the store. I don't know if just walking in the store and walking down the aisles will excite kids anymore. I don't know. You don't think so? That's what I was thinking.

I was like, kids always want something to do. It's to the point now where kids be like, take me to target because that's where they have toys. But now, like you said, they need places for kids to go where kids can say, I want this. I see the new toy. I want a nerve thing. I want video games.

It's got to be like a playpin in there. It's got to be something for them to do. Like when you take them to like the American Dream Mall and stuff for kids to do. That's what Toys R Us needs. But there's a Toys R Us in American Dream Molo. It is? Oh, it is?

Wow. Okay. I didn't know that. Yeah. So I think you're right. I think both of you're right. I know when I take my son to the store, being able to walk down the aisle and try everything out,

because now you just order something from Amazon and it's there, but now you get to play with each little thing. I think they'll like that too, you know? All right, y'all. Well, that is your front page news. I want to say, oh, yeah, really quickly, shout out to Howard University. I'm a proud bison, so happy homecoming.

Not sorry. Yes, sorry. I will now be there. I will be at my TED Talk, by the way, which is the website is Tedxalcedena.com. You can find all the information there on how to stream it if you

want to take a look this weekend. What time? What day in time? It is Wednesday at 10 a.m. is when it starts. I know Ted has really strict rules so I don't know if they're going to be able to live stream all of it,

but some of the information will be on the website and be able to see what's available. Okay. Thank you, Mimi. Have a great weekend. Thank you. Absolutely. So that is your front page news.

I'm Mimi Brown. me at Mimi Brown TV. For more stories follow the Black Information Network. Download the free iHeartRadio app or visit BINNews.com.

All right. Thanks, girl. Now when we come back, Ruben Vincent and 9th Wonder will be joining us. Oh, hold on. Hold on, N.V. One more thing.

Today is Friday. So we do the People's Donkey. So you can call us right now 1805-105-1 and give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid. You get to deliver

the biggest he-haired today. So call us right now. That's right. And when we come back, Ruben Vincent and 9th Wonder will be joining us his new album. Welcome Home is out now.

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ NV. Jess Hilarious. Sholomey and the Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got some special guests in the building. Yes, indeed. We got the brother, ninth one. He's back. And Ruben Vincent back. What's up, guys? How are you feeling, man? How's everything?

All is well, man. I love seeing this because I always feel like the younger lyricist need to get with the OG veteran producers like somebody like Knife. and create magic. Absolutely. I don't think that there's, and I could be wrong, but I don't think that there's anybody

that can, you know, do for Rubin what a knife could, sound-wise. What you think, Ruben? I agree. Just being real. I mean, I don't think it's been done

on this level. You know what I mean? I feel like, you know, there's been a few folks that might have dear records, but it's either sending the beats off and then they over there, like, we really sat in the studio

with each other. You know what I mean? It was, I moved in the studio for six months, sleeping on the couch. So it was like, you know, he going to his crib,

But I'll wake up, go to the gym. He pulled up at 12 o'clock, and we just, really, the synergy was there. You know what I mean? So I think this is the first of his con for sure. Nine, when do you have the time? Because you're also a professor. Like, when do you have the time? I've seen nine so many times, and it really never has to do with music.

It's always I'm at a school speaking or something like that. Or basketball. One or two, yeah. When do you have the time, brother? Man, that's the beauty about living in North Carolina, dog. Like, there's no rat race to run, really. and so I kind of you know I teach twice a week

I teach a Duke on Wednesdays and Wake Forest University on Thursdays and but outside of that the rest of the week is either comprised of doing stuff with basketball or just making music and so that's how I deal with it but I think the biggest thing

between me and him is what teaching has helped me do that too teaching has helped me understand the next generation way more than anybody else most people only deal with like 17, 18, 18, 19, 20 year olds that's like family members

blah, blah, blah, and they use those people to, like, put a blanket on how every 18-year-old acts. Me, I've been looking at 18-year-olds and 22-year-olds since, what, 19 years? Now, this is my 19-year-old teacher. So, an 18-year-old in 2006,

an 18-year-old in 2016, and an 18-year-old in 2025, them three different 18-year-olds. So I kind of look at it that way. But the thing about me and him is, a lot of people don't think that these, these, two generations can't communicate well.

Thanks. And that's kind of, we debunked that with this. I mean, even when I first met him, that's how it's been. But we kind of, you know, getting away to as far as time, yeah, man, I just, I'm just real focus. Charlemagne, though, I'm just real focus on what I do, what I need to do. I like serving the culture all the time. And yeah, man, if I'm not helping the culture, then I'm taking away from it.

I feel like with hip-hop, though, you know, young men like Ruben are trying to do. what y'all already did so they got to come to you for that sound you can't say man I want to make a elmatic I want to make something that sound like reasonable doubt I want to make something that sound like the first little brother I'm like you gotta come to the people who did that day

yeah man I think it's each one's each one you know what I mean and you know they talk about you know the they say it didn't exist but the Willie Lynch letter but you know what I'm saying it's real common to what really happens you know I'm saying from breaking generations apart and you know separating us but

you know I had my father we didn't live in the same house but you know he always used to pick me up on weekends so I know how to take a person's counsel you know what I mean and I also too is like I'm a sponge you know what I mean so it's like I'm willing to learn you know where I feel like you know people my age they'll be turned off and try to like you know cool but

I think for me it's just like I want to know and then also too they were our age when they were making the Illmatics they were our age when they was making the reasonable doubts you know what I mean they make it seem like now me being 24 and me being like having depth to my lyrics or wisdom is like like like whoa you know I mean like oh you you sound like oh but it's like you know what I'm dead at 25 yeah exactly right so it's like yo like it's not uncommon you know I mean and it's only right that you know you go tap in with the pioneers who've been there before because they're only ones they can tell

you know what I mean you you sitting and listen to somebody who ain't never done it don't make no sense to me is there a place for for lyricists in this game to be at the top of the game right And the reason I say that, as you mentioned, you mentioned, Jay, you mentioned Nas, you know, you could talk Pock, you can talk big. Yeah. They were lyricists, but they were top and people respected them as being the top. You can look at Outcast and even T.I. Like, they were atop. But now it seems like that lyric is they put in a box.

You know what Outcast, man, we have to understand what Outcast. It took a couple of albums for everybody to truly respect Outcast. Correct. It wasn't from the South. I mean, Southern Playalistic, okay, you know what happened, the Source Awards. then ATLNs. It wasn't until they got to Equimini and Stankonia

that everybody was like, okay. You know what I mean? But even with Big and Jay, that's kind of where hip hop was taking a turn. You know, before that, hip hop wasn't as commercial everywhere, like whatever, but when Big and Jay came, especially when Jay came

on them DMX and now we're looking at hip hop, more people that don't look like us is listening to hip hop way more than ever, you know what I mean? So that's kind of what that was. But I think is, man, I'm going to say this, man. I just love, and I remember, I know we all do,

remember when the culture was ours, we had our own validation points. If you were on Rap City, you're on TV Raps. Our senior hall show, Soul Train, in the back of the Jet

magazine, the albums, the singles, they showed your house in Ebony. If you were on those cover the source, the cover of the source, Essence Magazine If you were in The hair salons The barbershop, the music

If you went outside with your homies After church and played Whatever you was listening to the car If you were in all those places At one time That's validation enough You made it You made it

You know what I mean You made it yeah And it's not trying to say Because I'm here This is one of the few Last Rites of Passages Passages for people Y'all look like us

You know I mean And you got to come through here to be validated. We need more of that. You know what I'm saying? Like, so when we say mainstream top of the game, this is a part of the top of the game right here to me. And I also feel like when you talk about lyricists, I also feel like when you talk about lyricists,

you got to know how to make a song. You know what I mean? And I think that's the biggest thing with this album that people won't see from me. Like we were just talking about it where it was like, what was the turning point for you where a lot of people, we did a listening on Friday and everybody was like, yo, you really like

showed your songwriting, you know, on here and like you have choruses and it's like, now you could tell you, a lot of time it was just me in the studio, you know what I mean, by myself. So I feel like a lot of the lyrics of this time is still proving they're trying to rap on their records and they're not giving nothing that people can relate to

or people can feel. It's always, I'm just trying to show you I can do this crazy wordplay like, now I want to make records that you're going to play Monday through Friday when you're on the way to work, when you on the way to school, you're getting ready, you know what I mean, or before the party, you know what I'm saying, or at the party,

you know what I mean? And I think this album, that was the example. And I feel like that's the only way of lyricists can really reach them heights, is if they know how to make a record. And they got to be taught, right? Yeah, yeah. You watch Nause and Naza tell you,

I don't know if it was tragedy, but taught them how to make a song. Right. Like, this is the components to make a song. I love Big. Big is probably my favorite artist ever, him and Jay. But I don't know if Puff wasn't there.

I don't know if Big knew how to make those type of songs. And how to break down those songs. It would have been partying bull, but Puff taught him like, no, you need to make a song like this. You need a hook, you need this. And I feel like that's what's missing a lot of times in this game. Kobe Bryant needed to Phil Jackson. And that's my Phil Jackson.

Dre. Snoop needed Dre. So what is the creative process like? You know, making this project. Making this project. Well, Welcome home. Welcome home. I called Ruben in a special place. Ruben came to me and said, man, you seen the Lego movie? I said, I saw,

one Ferrell's like, yeah. The Farrell. Yeah. He's like, man, I ain't know Farrell was close to tribe like that. That he revered tribe called Quest. I'm like, yeah. He said, that's who I am. I come from that.

I'm not like, yeah. Like, I knew this whole time. I'm just letting him realize. Like, you know, sometimes you have to step out the way and let, you figure it out on your own. But then while we're recording it, we're recording. We're recording. We thought we was done. Ruben started falling for somebody.

Okay. Okay. All right. And so I'm coming in the studio. I'm coming in the studio. You always got to catch him what they are. I'm coming in the studio. He's on the phone.

He's FaceTime. He on the phone. Oh, you love Jones. You love it like a cup cake at work. And I'm like, you know, but I have to catch him where he is. So now all my beats start to turn a certain way for him to talk about what he wanted to talk about. That he found somebody. And I thought that was amazing, which something we talked about.

There's nothing wrong we're talking about. embracing black women on your project yeah young men don't do that a lot and i think even my routine again like right before like he said he let me figure it out on my own when i got my when i first got my deal with rock and i was moving around i was in la and then you know i started to see how weird the industry can get and then you know a lot of people was in my ear like you need to make this type of record and this type of record that don't necessarily fit who i am so when i watched the lego movie i was like oh this is my tree i come from the tree of tribe i come from the tree of of Kanye West in his early stages.

I come from that tree. Okay, let me navigate that and, you know, study and really figure it out. But then also, too, my mom and, like, living in Charlotte, you know, my mom, she's an African mother, you know, she's from Liberia. So she was always supportive of me, but the industry started to change. Money started to slow up at a little bit, and she's like, yo, you either got to go back to school or get a job. And I was like, I ain't doing none of that.

You know what I mean? So I called night. We talked about it. He was like, yo, just come down to Raleigh, sleeping on the couch for six months. My routine was I wake up, say my prayers, go to the gym. By the time I get back from the gym, I take a shower. Can we have a shower at the studio? Which is a blessing like there's a lot of artists can't say they have a mentor who has a whole studio that you don't got to pay for studio time.

So I'm going to take all advantage. You don't know if you don't have to pay for it yet. Wait in until you see that number. You don't know if you might be an invoice. It might be a invoice. The million dollars coming in if I heard on. No, but then after that, you know, like he'll probably get to the studio around 12 o'clock And we'll sit there, we'll discuss, talk about, you know, what movies remind us a home, what music videos that we, our favorite rap music videos, then we're going through samples, you know what I mean?

So the way the studio is set up, 9th got his beat room, and then we got the recording room, and then we got the living area where I used to sleep at. But 9th will come in around 12 o'clock, we'll sit there, chop it up, maybe watch some basketball, watch some videos, he finds some samples he'd make the beat I'm sitting there he's gonna air he's all right I'm gonna air drop it to the big computer I'm gonna run to the other room accept it on the big computer record then he gonna be in there watching basketball

30 minutes later I'll come back around I think I got something I got some yeah and then he'd come in there hear it and then do what he does as a producer and then what made you want to work with him no room I mean a knife because I'm sure it's a million artists that come to you especially in North Carolina

no nice I want to get with you I want to do something at you. Okay, so I was on tour in Germany and had the day off. And somebody on, I was doing an Ask 9th on Twitter and somebody said to me, I ain't got no question. It's this kid you need to listen to.

I have no dog in this fight. I don't know this kid. And usually, you know, I know how it goes. Some people want trying to get their family members on. You don't know this kid but that's your uncle. But he did not know. The dudes from Oakland.

I never had been to Oakland. It was 13 at the time. And he sent me the link and I listened to it. I was like, man. And I think one of the rhymes, he said something about Kooji rap. And I'm like, hold on, bro. Like, this is you 13 years old. So then I shot him in my inboxes on Twitter.

And I said, yo, is this? He's like, yeah, how are you doing, man? And I was like, hey, where's your parents? Like, and so he put his mom on and I was like, I'll be home in a couple of weeks. I got home. They showed up with him and his mom showed up, but my student. I dapped him up. He's about this tall. And I said, man, you want something to eat? What you say? I just want some Pop-Tarts, some strawberry milk, and some pizza.

13-year-old diet. 13-year-old diet, literally. But it kind of went from there. And the first song we did was a song called Extraterrestrial. And I looked at my president cab, my man Cash. I said, man, he ain't. I said, man, he ain't breathing. He's just rapping. He's not breathing. And he did, you did nine songs that weekend. Three days. and made a beat on a machine that I had never touched before that he's different what got you in the tribe

wasn't that Lego movie no beforehand so what put you on the tribe and Kooji rap and that era of music I can see you playing a fife in a biopic I would love to

I would love to I would love to so my father you know again both my parents are from West Africa Liberia and when he came to the states he lived in New York

for a little bit And then he moved to North Carolina and met my mom, who my mom, so to give a little bit of background. Did the queens? Jesus. You're talking farmers. I got to ask you. Yeah, I got to ask him.

Yeah, I probably got an action. Yeah, I probably got an action. But he went from my dad experienced the lobbying civil war in the 90s. So he was a refugee, came to America, still very young. While my mom, she got here when she was 16 and lived in the DMV before moving to Charlotte. But her dad fought in the war, passed away in the war. of that but when he came down a lot of he he said in africa they used to listen to a lot of tupac and biggie during the war and so when he had when they had me granted they had like

separated when i was born they my dad always used to pick me up on the weekends and he used to have a blue Cadillac and he would drive me around playing all eyes on me ready to die blueprint get rich or die trying so i that was the way me and my dad bonded when i was four years old so then by the time i was able to write I wrote my first rap when I was five years old. And so I already had a little bit of knowledge and my dad gifted me late registration when I was six, seven years old.

So those little moments were like rabbit holes for me because then by the time I was like 10, 11, YouTube was available. So now I'm looking up, okay, late registration, okay, blueprint, okay, reasonable doubt, okay, then the recommended, Nas, Illmatic. Then it's like, oh, Koogee Rap. Then it's like, oh, Tribe Call Quest, Midnight Marauders. I just started going down a rabbit hole and just became, like, super, like, just, like, floored with everything.

You know what I mean? So by the time I met Knife, I was already, like, so knee-deep into, like, what I liked. And then also, too, around the same time I was 11, 12 years old, Joey Badass started merging on the scene. You know what I mean? And, you know, what he was doing at the time? So, you know, I was just, like, it was floored, and I just started to do my deep dives. I want to ask you what artists, I'm glad you said, Joy, because what artists, I guess, for you. from your generation reminded you of that.

Obviously, Joey, Kendrick Lamar, Cole, Earl sweatshirt in the early times. Still to this time. I was big on them, like, super early. You know what I mean? The wallets, like, all of them, like, that era, the blog era was, like, where, like, I really dove deep into, like, who they were.

Those were, like, the ones who raised me outside of, like, the 90s. I want to see more people inspired by what Roberta Flack and Donnie Hathaway was. I'm talking about man it's called the feeling y'all it's called the feeling and that's where we try to do on this album is create a feeling

it's like a lot of a lot of music lacks that particular euphoric the thing about de angelo man and which a lot of us is raising the church that feeling is not in music now and it doesn't mean it can't be there hip hop and the feeling has got separated over time which it used to be like this because in the 90s

hip hop has samples in them that was the feeling no matter what the subject matter was on the top facts so I think it just has to feel good man nothing wrong with that it's also how do you keep people's legacies

alive right because I swear since DeAngelo died you can just be out and you'll hear somebody humming or De Angeles I'm talking about humming I'm not talking about just you hear in a real I've been around people and they just mm-hmm

yeah last night I was at the Odell show And as soon as he got off, they played brown sugar. Shout to Odell. Yeah, O'Dill is another one. Yeah, for sure. But my thing is, where is that when these people are here? Like, how do you keep that alive? Is it Urban AC Radio?

Like, what is it? Yeah. We have to the 12 o'clock throwback mix on. Yeah, you know what I mean? You know, that's a corporate conversation, man. We can't head out of it. But in the heat of battle, your squad relies on you. Don't let them down.

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or for black people on what was good and what was not. Everybody ain't good. No. Word. Right? Just because you made it, it ain't good. Everybody's not. No music is subjective.

All right, cool. Everybody's. DJs was supposed to be the ones that told us what was good and what was not. We trusted the DJ. It's been like that since the beginning of hip-hop. And so that's what we need, man. And we can't, we can't get a certain age and just say, man, I don't want to hear that old stuff anymore. Other cultures don't do that, bro.

they don't take a special ed and throw them to the back burner whoever the country version of special ed is whoever the country version of big daddy cane is they don't throw them to the back burner we need to make sure our legends are great and revered just like they do in the grand o opera in nashville on any other genre the rolling stone still rocking because people are still going for us

is out with the old end with the new that's a gene that's the thing about black people because we're so creative. We just on to the neck so fast. We cannot abandon who got us here and who continues to still do music. It's up to us. We cannot wait on anybody else to do it but us, bro.

And they're starting with the stations. Because growing up, no matter what market you, and it was always a classic rock station. I was always going to have that. And we're starting to get that now. We are. With, you know, 80s and 90s, you know, hip-hop stations and things like that.

But the reality is all urban adult contemporaries. stations have to do is just update the playlist like old school now is what we came up on in the 90s in the early 2000 but they still playing and they should but they're playing earthwind and fire and like stales still a little bit too throwback. That's why I'm glad that we do on Fridays we do

have past the arcs with Nala because Nala Simone has put me on to you like that she's how I found you in O'Dill and a lot of other artists that she has put me on with so the DJs definitely you know you got DJs with good ears man that's like look you put your ear to the music and these are the things that you

feel are like kind of rare she putting them out there every friday like i said she put me on you and a lot of other people that i listen to you now so you know y'all do a great job of that just having her on friday doing the past ox and i think it needs to be more because even like envy i just saw a video where you you was the first person to play hit him up you know what i mean and i feel like allegedly that's his story don't give him that credit i don't know i don't know I ain't heard nobody else say that. Nobody else will go against this.

And then he sat over and accepted it to you. Like, I sure. No, I heard the tape. I heard the tape. And I tell you, I got it from Shaw Money XL. I used to produce a kid. He gave it to me. He left the student he gave it to.

His first DJ to play. Man. I heard it was on a dirty Harry man. Definitely wasn't. Dirty Harry. Dirty Harry, though. But now, like, real talk. Like, I just feel like, you know, you,

like, again, she doesn't incredibly would pass the audience. but I feel like, you know, we need to honor the young DJs and, you know, allow them to have that space because, you know, they're going to be the ones putting us on the music now, you know what I mean? Just like you were, who kid, you know, clue, like, you know, it's, it needs to continue again,

each one, teach one, you know what I mean? So, I'm with you. It's wild because now when you watch NFL games, you watch NBA games, when they go to the commercial, they plan like nothing but a G thing and a war tour. And I remember when Jalen Rose, You know, the NBA

a commentator like, I was, I wonder if Jaylon Rose got influenced of what they play when they go to commercial break because they play who got the props one day and I was like,

wait a minute, bro. But it's, that's, we are, I think Jimmy Fallon is a prime example of where we are in the time continuum because to have the,

be the tonight show host and your band be the root tells you everything. And he always says Black Thoughts my favorite rapper. Talib Kuali is my second favorite rapper. And he's, what, 50 years old?

So I mean, I think we just need to do more of that, man. We just cannot abandon our classics like that. Yeah, I agree. Knife, you don't have to answer this if you don't want to. Okay. May the Lord watch. Okay.

Everybody wanted to know why 9-400 didn't participate in the Little Brother documentary. That's a long story. I don't think we got that kind of time. But I will say this, man. You're talking about in the documentary? Yes, why you didn't participate in a movie? Yeah, that's a long story. But I will say this.

And sometimes people think I say something for political reasons. Y'all have watched me for years. Both of y'all have watched me for years. I have never been a person to go online and in public to try not to say that they did that to me but to deface and talk negative about another man or woman

that's never been my thing and that's their feeling that's how they respect and you have to respect how they feel about everything or whatever but as far as their success as far as we being a part of each other's history I cannot change that at all.

Little brother has our own children. Kendrick, Drake, Cole, Big Sean, Waleigh, Rubin Vincent. We got our own children, right? Again, that's a story behind it. But that's, I believe, in family business, bro. That's how I was raised. It's how I am.

And, you know, we're at the age now. I'm 50 years old, bro. Y'all know how this goes. Man, we lose people every day, bro. We're losing family members. Listen, God, bless them brothers man let them keep doing what they're doing i think they are on tour right now they got shows they're still doing shows fonte is incredibly talented although we may have disagreements

whatever incredibly talented one of the illiesp exactly you know what i mean i've seen pugo from being one artist one rapper to another rapper to the level that he is without without no without no Fonte Coleman would not be a Drake. That's a fact. Drake, Drake completely 1,000% and he says it a million times. Studied him,

revered him, imitated him. Everything we know about Drake rapping and singing is Fonte Coleman. Fonte and Joe button. Huh? Fonte and Joe button. Fonte Coulman. And but is my man. You know, but that, again,

going back, listen, man, like that's how it is with me. I got to keep moving, man I didn't see the documentary at all I never watched it I've heard about it from everybody but I got to keep them moving man I cannot stay in that space

we don't have the time on this earth to stay in that space I got work to do this is my work now I got other work to do as well this is my label Jamler that's what it is but again saluting brothers man

God bless them brothers man that's how they feel to have the right to express it I didn't go on line and say anything about it when it came out I heard everything about it by blah blah difference of opinion and we move on what message are you two trying to send back to the coach it with welcome home that the feeling is not lost you can continue to give the feeling and there's not a division between a generation we are 25 years apart this can work and music can be made with this that's the biggest thing I want to get across man and I think for me whether you

are NBA young boy whether you are a Ruben Vincent whether you are a any other name that I can name right now show up as yourself show up as yourself and perform at a high level I ain't rapping to just drive a Honda accord bro you know what I mean like but I'm gonna do it as myself I ain't here to compromise none of that

but I am gonna be one of the greatest of my generation I'm gonna say that that's just a fact you know what I mean and I'm gonna do it being 100% Ruben Vincent I'm a always rep Africa. I'm going to always rep Charlotte. And I'm always rep showing up as yourself. And that's exactly what this album is about. Hey.

All right. Ruben Vincent, ninth wonder. We appreciate you, brothers. Yes, sir. The album comes out this Friday. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

You're checking out the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV. Just hilarious. Salameen de Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Lauren becoming a straight fan.

Tell us, man. She gets them from somebody that knows somebody. She gets the DJ. I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything She'd be having the latest on this The latest with Lauren La Rosa

Sometimes you have facts Sometimes you have details Sometimes you have a little bit everything Well it's the latest On the breakfast club Talk to me Now out of this whole big NBA Fed news that has been breaking

Over the last 24 hours There's been some interesting conversations coming out of it So right now what's happening is There are a ton of people that feel like this is a political thing that this is Trump, getting back at the NBA for all of the, you know, civil rights activism that they did some years ago. One of the people who believe that is Stephen A. Smith. Let's take a

listen to Stephen A on first take. How many times have I said Trump is coming? He's coming. I'm going to say it on national television again. Bad Bunny is performing at the Super Bowl and all of a sudden you hearing ICE is going to be there looking to engage in mass deportations. Remember, Trump has a long, long history connected to the world of sports because he had those casinos where do you think folks were coming half the time don't be surprised that the w nba is next because when you've got all of these protests that have been going out there and people that have been protesting against them and what have you this man is coming anybody that has been around him from the sports leagues and the positions that people have taken they are not surprised at what's going on today i'm watching a press conference

with the director of the fbi tell me when we've seen that why why can't we just let things play out. Like, you know, I'm not saying Stephen A is wrong. I just think that one of our biggest problems is, you know, we don't let things play out. Like, we all have to talk about what we think and add our conspiracies to things and hot takes. Like, Bad Bunny's not committing a crime.

And what is the NBA doing? And I don't even know if the NBA players committed a crime, but it seems like they're connected, at least, to a crime. But what, what does the NBA got going? But not only that. Didn't they say they've been actually watching them since, like, 2019? 2020? Yes. Yes. Yes. So,

So Trump was out of office and they were still watching them. So, you know what I mean? It's just weird to say that. What have the WNBA players done? Like, you know, like I always say, you know, you can't go after somebody if they're not giving you anything, you know, to go after them for. True. And I will say, too, there's outside of just the press conference that happened yesterday, there's actual, like, there's documents around this indictment. So you can go in and read what led to what and why we're here.

But the NBA players are going to push back too. So we have to wait to hear what they're. Their defenses will be like, this is going to play out. It's going to take some months for all of all of this to unfold. Now, another. Real quick, is Trump petty? Yes. Is Trump on a revenge tour?

Yes. But what that got to do with some of these sports leagues are bad bunny performing at the Super Bowl? I don't know. Yeah. Now, another person who spoke out about this was Shaq. Shack was on inside the NBA. He said that he is ashamed.

Let's take a listen. I don't know the letter of the law when it comes to gambling and sports gambling. And I don't want to sit up here like a lot. I'm some perfect guy. Like, I, every now and then when I go to Vegas, I'll play some crap. Never gambled at anybody's house. Don't know anything about poker. I don't know what they're talking about when it comes to the Choncy thing.

But I know Chauncy, I know Damon very well played with Damans. I don't want to sit up here. But I'm ashamed that those guys will put their families and their careers in jeopardy. That's all saying in the hood. All money ain't good money. So if you're making $9 million and you're dealing in certain things, like how much more do you need? Especially if you know you get caught, you can do jail, lose your career, they dropped a ball.

See, once again, when I hear Shaq talk like that, I think the same thing. Why can't we just let things play out? Like, it just makes me believe they know something because they're not even giving them the benefit of the doubt. Just I'm ashamed to them. They put their families in jeopardy. Yeah, you're right. I thought it was innocent until proven guilty.

Which is what they said multiple times at the press conference as well. It's supposed to be innocent into proven guilty. But, you know, the sad thing about it is, once something hits the press, once there's an indictment, whether it's right or wrong, you start to lose everything. Immediately the NBA said they suspended Chauncey Billups and suspended Rosier, immediately. I understand

that though. I don't because unless there's proof to say that they are wrong, because let's say they did absolutely positively nothing wrong, nothing at all. I lose my job, I lose my sponsorship, I lose my endorsements, and I really did nothing wrong. I don't know if that's there. But in the indictment though, in the documents I was mentioning,

the government does have to say here is what led us here. So like they say that they have text messages of you know different things happening and like all of this is not coming from anywhere and that's what you want to be explained something differently that's why you got to wait

it's not it's not right not comparing it to but I will say we thought a lot was happening with Diddy in the beginning of his federal and his federal case right and then we got in court this is what you're missing about the Chauncee Terry thing they were actually arrested and charged if you're arrested and charged I can see why

the corporation would suspend you yeah that's true but the sad thing about it is when you're arrested in charge. You could be arrested in charge falsely. You know what I mean? And you and I both know with like Chaunty Bulliv's. Let's say they suspended him. There's going to be another coaching there that takes his job, right? And that another coach, if he starts doing a job,

Chonty ain't getting that job back. You see what I'm saying? And he might lose $5, $7 million a year. And then he comes back and be like, oh, not guilty. Sorry? If he's not guilty, he'll probably still get paid his contract, though, because there's no moral clause that was by lady. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Well, look, they got a lot of claims in this indictment

and again, it'll take some time. but it'll all play out and we'll see what irons out is, you know, what the court believes is fact and not fact and kind of what happens from there. But also, I think we need to have conversations. I think a lot of people don't know that those backyard poker games are illegal. I think most people don't know that. I don't think most people don't know that. I don't play poker, so it's not in my world.

But most people don't know that, that's illegal. You're really not supposed to play poker in a casino? Yeah, because it's taxed. It's, you know, you can know people are not getting over on you with false cards or stuff like that. I'll tell y'all, too, the feds are saying that they have text messages of certain things and they have actual proof. So I think people are just depending on what they have

right now. And it's a short, maybe it's too fast to say certain things, but they're just going off what they have right now. And, Envy, I know you don't play poker, but do you play polkim? Oh, my God. We played that last night, me and you. Okay, y'all some Pokemon. Pocker. I thought that's a lot.

Crazy. It's crazy. Pockemon. After the new generation of Jamaican He's a Pokemon. Porkymon. As we wrap, I did want to take some time to shout out, Aja Wilson. I know you're headed down there, Charlamagne.

She last night was inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame in South Carolina. Congratulations, baby. Yes. And she gave an amazing speech as she was inducted. Let's take a listen to that real quick. To my parents, you've been my biggest supporters since day one. You've said, You cheered me on, and you kept me grounded throughout the dishonors for you as well.

To my boyfriend. Even though you went to Kiyaki. And you went to that Royal Blue School. Thank you for the constant support always. You weren't there for the young Asia, but your support is always in my career up to this point. When I see girls in the stains, Brandon Ingolson on the back of their jerseys, I hope they carry it with them

in the belief that the key thing is possible. Shout out to have. I salute to Asia Wilson. That is so dope. That's dope. I'll be in conversation with Asian Asian Wilson and Don Staley today at the Colonial Life Arena at 4.30 p.m. and then after that

it's an exhibition game between Anderson, South Carolina. So hope you got your tickets. I'll see y'all this afternoon. Dope, dope, dope. All right. Yo, hold up. It's my girl, Monica birthday. Okay. You already know. And I want to hear some Monica but I want to do you

symmetrical and stuff look, did y'all know that Monica was a mortician she's not only a singer but she a mortician at her uncle's funeral home and has been since 2017

yeah which means like now recently she takes her career very serious not only is she a singer and all that you know and on tour

and everything songwriter but she's also a mortician you sure that's the right Monica Monica kill you and do the body she will kill you and do the body and hair

and makeup and everything will be late because she's always I don't believe that No, I've heard. She's talked about it before. It's her family business. Yes. Wow.

That is crazy that Gunica will kill you and do the body. You know it. What's crazy is, Lauren been trying to look like Brandy and Monica all week. And she's been looking like a combination of Brandy, Monica, and Jaja Binks. That's why I've been calling her Brandica Binks. That's her alias, Brandica Binks. That is so messed up. I was going to say the guy.

Don't even do that. God don't like ugly, okay? What's your favorite Monica song? Probably before you walk out of my life or Angel of Mine. So I got four of them. don't take it personal why I love you so much for you I will and before you walk out of my life yeah yeah I don't know

if you're like just one of them days the boy's mine no no no no no just one of them days is don't take it personal oh oh oh yeah so that's what we should go out I know that's what we should go out on we should go out on don't take it personal just one of them days okay keep it up ain't like that never meant to cause you no pain no hurry yeah walk out my life hit so hard that's right never meant to cause you no pain

yeah sure it's cause a pain here I get a break where you are not here Being the same. Just want to make things Roy. Only want to make things wrong. Okay. That's slap. That's a slap. Happy birthday, Monica. All right. Well, let's get into her joint now.

That was the latest with Lauren. When we come back, Charlemagne's opening up the phone lines, right? Yes, sir. It's the people's donkey. Call us right now if you want to give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid. 1-800-585-105.1. It's the world's most dangerous morning to show The Breakfast Club. Your time to nominate a donkey of your own. Remember now that is how they choose.

Call in now, 800-585-105-1. Good morning, who did? It's KP, Mansfield. KP, who you want to get the biggest he-haw, too, brother? Man, I want to give it to the NBA. I was just going to give it to the Cleveland Cavaliers, but I'm going to give it to the NBA. Everybody that was trying not to score them points

and blowing everybody parlayes, they're wrong. We need our money back. That's going to be funny when people do a class action lawsuit against NBA and NBA players. But I wonder about that. Like, if I bet money on a game, right, and he threw the game on purpose, how do you make that hole for people, you know?

I think we think my group think Gilbert Arena snitched on everybody. Well, Gilbert is kind of leaning into that a little bit from what I saw yesterday, right? Yeah, we think he snitched on everybody, and we need to see it. Matter of fact, get him don't care today. I think everybody need to stop thinking and just let everybody have day day and court.

Absolutely. I think should happen. Absolutely. Well, Terry Rosary, we know he was really throwing them games because, yeah. I remember that video from, that was like, what, 20, 23? Mm-hmm. Good morning. Who's this?

Adrian. Peace, Adrian. Who you want to get the biggest he-haught to? I have to get the biggest he-haught to my son, Jacob, my nine-year-old son. Damn, what do you do? Because I've been asking him for a month what he wanted to be for Halloween, and he didn't know. And then now this morning he decides that he knows where he wants to be.

And now it's like pulling teeth, hoping that the costume would come by Halloween. What does he want to be? On top of that, he wants to be some inflatable aliens. Lord, have mercy. The inflatable aliens are easy to get. You could go to spirits or any of those. They have that. Even I think Target has that.

Because my kid was that last year. My daughter did the same thing to me. She wanted to be a yellow care bear. And they ain't got that spirit. So I had to order it next day, Amazon. Damn. Yeah, so. Amazon says it might come after Halloween.

Oh, damn. Walmart doesn't have me. And I don't go to Target anymore. Yeah, Amazon is backed up. It's backed up, so. Listen, nobody going to judge you if you sneak and talking. As a fact, this is what you. Listen, just put on a Halloween costume so nobody knows it's you.

Wear a mask. You might have to just go ahead. Nobody's going to say now. Just sneak in there right in and now. Just get that one thing to come out. I promise you we won't tell Tamika Mallory. I promise you. You're going to tell me to turn out.

I promise we won't tell Jamal Bryant. This year, guys. All right, stick to your conviction. I hear what I'm not. But we're not judging. I appreciate y'all. Oh, yeah. And also, he lost his school phone book.

So he's done too much in one. Damn. Well, maybe you don't deserve a Halloween present. Maybe that's your excuse. No, you lost your book. You don't get Halloween present a costume. A Halloween present is coming. All right.

Thank you. Thank you for calling. All right. Good morning. Who's this? Hi, this is Alita. Good morning. You said Lolita? Yeah.

Hey, Alita. Who you want to get the biggest heat all to? The entire North State administration staff. Wow. And out of the department. What do you do? What they do? They are making North State homecoming miserable and just they're doing too much.

They're doing too much. This year, they have fenced off the entire campus. They want homecoming just to be boring. You have to get your tickets Then today You got to get the wristbands Because if you don't have a wristband You can't do the tailgating

They want the tailgating To be over by 8 p.m. And the grills and music To be off by 6 p.m. Why are they doing this? Is it for security reasons? Honestly, what we think is because of the Michael Vick

And that's exactly what it is. Norfolk State Homecoming has been a big thing in years But now that they got Mike Vick everybody outside of just alum want to come. So I guess they're trying to try to make you secure everything. Keep it scheduled. I mean, what's wrong

with that? If you try to keep it organized, keep everything on schedule? You don't make you don't make, you don't mean one person change your entire relationship. Well, maybe. The same time I've been there before Mike V. Right. Yeah. But what if it's crazy or what if it's two times the size that it

usually is? It is going to be crazy. With no order. It's always last year, North State had over 30,000 without Mike. And this year, it's going to be double at this year, and you know there's Old Dominion homecoming and Hampton homecoming.

So the 757 is going to be flooded. And Virginia State. And Virginia State. So this is going to be flooded. The whole 757, that's 804, but the whole 757 is going to be flooded with people. So I guess they're trying to control it because police are going to be spread thin

in that 757 this weekend. The police has been crazy since he's got there. And that's no problem. No problem. But it's like you're just making an inconvenience for people. You know, you have to get your tickets and then now you have to go and get your wristband. Well, let's see what happens. You know, that's structure.

Yeah, well, I'm going to see what happened. Yeah, that's structure and that order might be good. I don't know. I'll keep you posted. All right. And why do people act like they don't go to these events just to sit in traffic? That's what y'all go to do. Y'all go to be able to text everybody and be like, boy, it's crazy out here.

We can't even move. No. You got one more, one more personal line? Yes, good morning. Who's this? Hey, this is a girl. Key from Charleston, South Carolina. Hey, what's up, home team?

Who do you want to get the biggest he haul to? I want to give it to all Americans right now. We are literally sitting back in letting the government play with us. If they are going to shut down, I feel like we need to shut down as well. Stop going to work. Stop paying bills. It's getting ridiculous. Premiums are going up and pay wages aren't going up.

I feel like we are the people who have the power. And when we open our eyes and realize that, the government won't have no, nothing to do but to submit to us. That's just how I feel about it. I do feel like we're past the point of political solutions and it's going to take some type of national strike in order to really, really, really, really get this government to act right. I do, I am starting to feel like that. Yeah, it's like it's our everyday American paycheck that keeps them in power, that keeps their bank account. folks, if we as Americans literally say, hey, we are not going to work, they will panic. They will go crazy, literally.

I think we got to start caring about the Constitution the way we care about pop culture because I think about like the uproar there was when Jimmy Kimmel got removed and then everybody decided they was going to cancel their Disney subscriptions and then, you know, the Disney stock prices pummeled it and all of a sudden Disney was like, oh, nope, you got to put them back on air. So maybe we got to start caring about the Constitution and things like. health care and you know government shut down. We got to start caring about things

like that the way we care about pop culture. Yes, we definitely do. Thank you guys. Y'all have a great morning. You too. We do that every Friday. It's the people's donkey. You can call us 1-800-585-105-1 on Fridays. All you can go to the I-HartRadio app, click the Talkback app

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Listen to the Crying Wolf podcast, starting on October 22nd, on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The wife of Huey P. Newton and chairman Fred Hampton, Jr., Fred Hampton, son, will be joining us. All right, we'll get into that next. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody, is DJNV.

Just hilarious. Salamine the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lawlerosa is here as well. We got some special guests joining us this morning. Yes, indeed. We have Alani Smith here. Good morning.

Good morning. We have Cesar Williams. Good morning. Good morning. We have Frederica Newton. Good morning. Good morning. And we have Fred Hampton, Jr.

Good morning. How y'all feeling this morning? Man, we blessed, man. Black and blessed, man. Bless Black and highly favored. Yes, sir. Lany, why were y'all gathered here today with all these amazing people, brother? Man, we had a New York Fashion Week show about about a month ago, man,

and we were blessed to have these individuals show up and walk on the runway with us, along with Dr. Bernice King and Ilyasa Shabazz, the daughters of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, and the response to it, the way that black people have responded to seeing these people on the runway, knowing that this history wasn't that long ago like they tried to tell us that it was, has been powerful, man. And so actively black, the company that I founded, we were built with the intention to uplift and reinvest back into the black community. And these incredible legends have been supportive of the brand. And I want you all to know, man, Cecil Williams, right?

Y'all know this legendary picture right here. That's right. Of the brother drinking out of the whites only water fountain. I always wanted to ask you, Mr. Williams, was it a spontaneous active rebellion or something you plan to do as a statement? It was a little bit of both. I was thirsty, but also it was a middle of the sunshine of the summer, you know, it was evident

by a t-shirt, but also this was not the first time I did this. There were many other times that I felt I wanted to really, I was not satisfied with living in the status quo and segregation. So this was something that I had done many times and my mother warned me not to do it anymore,

but I did it again and this time it was photographed. Did you feel? fear in that moment? Or was your faith stronger than your fear? None whatsoever. This is about 15, 20 miles from Orangeburg and on Highway 21 and coming back from an assignment for Jet magazine. But I never sent this picture to Jet.

It was something that I held in the family and I knew I would get chewed out. Had I given it to my mother and father to see him? So I hid it from them and never sent it to Jet either. Wow. How did it? Maybe three

or four years later I showed it to them. In a conversation, one Sunday afternoon during the dinner, it kind of came out, and then I got chewed out. Wow. What did that single act teach you about the power of defiance in the face of injustice? Well, living in South Carolina, being a child of segregation, it was something that we encountered all day long. From birth to death, we in South Carolina, doing that period of time, felt, again, we were treated as subclass human beings, not being able to go to. a store and going to a restroom or go or get a drink of water out of a fountain or having to go to a side window or going to a movie theater and having to sit in a separate place or not at all. So, but again, one thing that I would like to, that's maybe out of characteristic of many Southerners, there were many good white people at the time as well.

You can't just put a blanket statement against that all people treated this. There were many good-hearted white people at the time, and they were friends of my family, and they helped support our family. So it was some people in South Carolina, again, who lived by, treated us as a status quo, not being able to do this or that. So crazy to think about it. Like, you know, when you have these conversations, we're really not that far removed from that time. He's right here.

That's what I'm saying. Like, you don't really think about it. Like you said earlier, like, we're not far removed from racism. And even the stories that my dad told me, I'm like, this was crazy. This was, what, 50 years ago? 60 years ago. I got one of my aunts. She said, I don't know nothing about no, I don't know nothing about no integration.

Yeah. Because all she knew was segregated schools, you know, growing up. We had Ruby Bridges walked the runway as well. And it was a powerful moment because everybody remembers that picture, six-year-old little girl being escorted into school by federal marshals. And Ruby just turned 71, but you know black don't crack. So she looks 45 and she walks out on the runway. It made it real to people.

Like that same little girl in that black and white focus. is walking right here in front of me. So that's the power of having these individuals here with me showing how close we are to everything that we're still fighting to this day. Do y'all hate, I'm sorry, do y'all hate white people? God damn, I'm going to tell you why.

When I talk to my dad, my dad has a feeling towards white people, right? And I always joke and I laugh about it. But then when he tells me his history of him being in the military and they're in the same barracks, but then when they go get some food, it's white only and his people in the barracks they go get food and he can't yeah he talks about

the water fountain in the bathroom and all this other stuff and why he looks at white people the way that he does i understand it so that's why i ask you the same well that's brought to the forefront by lany smith and again the fashion show in fact um he labeled the fashion show uh this is not a fashion show uh pictures like this are just um evidence of um a time and period we lived in America that seemingly in today's society, some people want to bring it back. But it's long gone, but people that me who have experienced this and people that were on this show that was put together by this amazing brother who has brought forth this apparel that, again, has crisscrossed across America being put into the hands of today's generation, t-shirts and

other things that he makes. We're not going to stand for, again, re-segregating America. It's want to be something that is long gone and to answer your question there are again many many good white people and again it's a myth I think that all white people are bad of course I think growing up in South Carolina was such a mind because

to your point I grew up around a lot of good white people but then we were also aware of the white people who treated us like sad as cold like it's certain places you knew you weren't supposed to go but then I also had my white friend Thomas and his family who lived right by me so it was a class thing so it's just I don't know Top Carolina different. But the tag team, but you,

first, I'm Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr. I'm honored to be here. Again, Clint Smith, salute to this brother and his wife, his team, you know what I'm saying? Because everything's political, including fashion. They get this pill and the apple sauce for these type of discussions. It's a revolutionary, it's a misnomer about,

like, it's motivated, your moves, how we move. It's a hatred for someone else. I quote, commandante Ernesto Che Guevaro. You say, you know, a revolutionary, no matter how preposterous it may sound, it's got about the most sincere sentiments of love.

And I'm not saying this was sort of abstract sort of way But we're talking about the workers Like such organizations The Black Panther Party The motivation of getting up with the first free breakfast programs Free busing programs Survival programs Was not directly at a hatred for anyone

You know what I'm saying But again motivate for love for people But let me say this though I think all black people Should get them like a mass Nobel Peace Prize All of us you know what I'm saying The fact that we ain't just

On mass snapped out You know what I'm saying It's ironic that we ain't Motivated out of hatred But again And sometimes even though it's a reactionary response It's kind of justified, but again, for the record, it's a motive that I love for the people.

I'd like to echo if I could. Hi, I'm Frederica, and Huey Newton was my husband. And what came to mind when you even asked that question was a quote from Huey that said what motivates people is not hatred, but it's love for other people. So my mother was white, and she introduced me to Huey because she was doing work with the Black Panther Party, and she was the only one that they trusted to do the real estate work. So I did not grow up hating anyone, but what I do hate is white supremacy and the impact on black community.

I actually hate that and the impacts of it, the impact that it's had on us. So again, as my brother said so eloquently, as he always does, as he always does, is that the Black Panther Party service was out of, of love, out of love for black people, out of love for oppressed people, and it wasn't, it wasn't guided by hate. So it's impossible for me to hate anybody. Lanny, why was it important to have these historical black figures walk into actively black fashion show? Yeah, so one, the tagline for actively black is there's greatness in our DNA and very intentional about that

because I think over the centuries of oppression, subconsciously our people have accepted, I won't say accepted. Sometimes it seeps into our subconscious that we are less than, not as good as this is what has been told to us. This is what has been preached to us for centuries. I'm trying to rewrite that narrative. I'm trying to deprogram and reprogram my own people to understand that there's greatness in our DNA.

It's literal greatness in the DNA that walked on that runway. When you see Malcolm and Martin's daughters walk on that runway together, that DNA is something that has moved mountains, that has changed lives, you know what I'm saying? And that exists within all of us. So it was important for our people to see that, to know that we are more than just our trauma. You know what I mean?

We have so much greatness inside of us. And if we start acting out of that greatness, that's how we can change things for our community. How difficult was it getting everybody? And how long did it tell you? Man. It was stressful. One, there was a white supremacist who was killed by another white man

about a week before our show and um how about charlercurt yeah yeah and and it sent some shockwaves through our plans because you're talking about children of people who were assassinated real political violence and so i had to reconvents iliasa shavis and and dr king to still be a part of this show there were some safety concerns we had to bring in three extra teams of security just to make sure that they were secure because the rhetoric was that there was going to be payback, which never made sense to me because it was a white man that killed him.

You know what I mean? But I think the reason why I was able to execute on that was the respect that I had paid to these individuals before. Everyone you see up here, Dr. King, Dr. Ilyasa Shabazz, I went to them and asked them for permission to put their family members on this gear. I have licensing agreements with them so that when we sell apparel,

the Black Panther Party Museum gets money Fred Hampton, the Hampton House gets money Cecil Williams Museum gets money, right? The Sabaz Center, the King Center, actively black pays them when we sell this merch. And so, you know, you can go on any market or any weekend and you'll see a lot of us selling this stuff, not realizing

these people actually lost people in this struggle and they weren't compensated, right? And so I think I earned a level of respect with them that when I made that call and I asked them, can you walk on this runway for me? They answered the call, and I feel so humbled. I mean, Dr. King, when she arrived, she gave me a signed speech from her father, and she prayed with me, and I broke down and cried.

You know what I mean? Like, her schedule is crazy for her to move around her travel schedule to be there for this show. It's something I'm forever grateful. Did you have any concerns, any security concerns at all? My man Canaan made sure we were good with the security. We weren't going to let nobody even get close to touching. you know this royalty yeah what does it mean to be actively black

who that's uh such a layer question and there's a reason why i named it that you got to understand when i was starting to actively black by the way we'll celebrate five years this black friday we launched on black friday 2020 um i had a lot of black people tell me don't name the company actively black i had black executives tell me if you put black in this name it will not be successful and I realized that a lot of them were speaking from a place of fear of working in corporate environments where they had to minimize who they were in their identity. And so there's nothing passive about what we have to do to uplift our people, right? So it's a double entendre.

I want our people to be more healthy. We do free mental health events. We do physical activations where we're having people do yoga, sound bath meditation we're getting our people access to the things that they need so that we can keep moving that's the only way the movement can keep going is if we're healthy enough to keep moving right so

it's a double entendre we're active wear brand you know there's no reason why we shouldn't have our own Nike that's what actively black is when we build this multi-billion dollar brand it's not for my personal wealth it's for us to uplift our people actively black dot com I want I want our brother-seastel sister

Frederica give them the museum websites, yeah, so people can donate. Well, you can go to Cecil Williams, I'm sorry, South Carolina Civil Rights Museum, but we also have a way of like PayPal and the email address there and

several other ways, but we're easily fine. We're, again, in a college town of Orange Bay, South Carolina, and we need your support, even dollars, one dollar helps. So, please support us as well. That's right. Got a few part gifts. I want to make sure you get this, and then, and then

So, Fred, you could close us out, make sure you got that. What's the museum? On Instagram is at the Black Panther Party Museum and the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation celebrating 30 years this year. Please come visit us in Oakland, California, Black Panther Party Museum. We're open, I mean, and we're packed, too. So this month celebrates the Black Panther Party History Month, and we're full of celebrations. So please visit us there. Thank you.

I can. Also, I'm honest, thank you all for having us here. Pinch Fisselaute to our fellow panelists. Clinchfitts Salute to actively black. December 4th International Revolutionary Day coming to Chicago. Also, the Haptonhouse.org. We've got our programs going to childhood,

home of chamber of Freight in Hapton, in Maywell, Illinois. Again, the Haptonhouse.org. I want to close out this quote by Minister, Dr. U.E.P. Newton. A pitch is worth a thousand words, but action is supreme. Mm-hmm. Right. Well, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Thank you guys.

Thank you so much. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody, is DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Shalameen de Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. It's time for Pass the Oaks. Go.

Go. Maybe. What? DJ. Say, go, DJ. I got my DJ. Yep. Nyla.

Yeah, DJ. Come spin. I come spin. What's up, Nala? N-Y-L-A. Hey, girl. How are you? Good.

Good. All as well. Yep. Absolutely. How are you doing, Nala, Simone? Man, I'm great. Oh, you got the certified fresh.

Okay. You know, we got some new merch. Okay. I haven't started selling yet. I'm just going to give it to my friends, but, yeah, certified merch. Where am I? Come in soon. Huh?

Where am I, since you're going to give it to your friends. It's right here in the bag. Okay, great. She's lying. It's nice. I know you are. Oh, you did bring it. All right.

I know we just did Montaleo and you guys just had her up here, but this other song that she put out called Putting You Down is really growing. Oh, I see that all of us, social media. Okay, yeah, let's get into it. I saw her performing that record in front of a big-ass crowd, and they knew the words, word for word, and this song just came up. That's dope. Her fan base is definitely, they love her.

I don't know why I hear, why I could hear a guy on a remix. I don't know who voice I'm hearing, but it's like, it could be somebody could come and do a remix to that. Like, a guy could jump on that. It's somebody deep, raspy, crazy voice. I can't hear a guy. A guy doesn't come to mind, but I definitely hear a gorilla. I definitely hit Big Lova.

Yeah. Somebody with a deep voice, yeah, like just somebody, but I heard a guy. Bossman? Somebody like that. Oh, what's that? Rob, for that. Somebody, like, somebody with a deep voice could come and kill that remix. But, yeah, I love Mona Leo and the new project she got up.

Yeah, and she all tours and makes you guys check her out. Next, I'm going to go with Josh Levi. He just drops his debut album, which has been anticipated for a long time. This record is called Feel the Bass. I like that. I like that. I do like that. A lot.

Date it. Yeah, it don't sound like like some old Travis Scott. Like the sound effects and all that? Yeah. I still sound good though. Well, it's really.

It sounds like it. It's like it. It's like. Oh, Feen, the song. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's late. Like, it's a cool record. It just sounds like it should have been out

three, four years ago. Well, you know, he's a R&B singer and it's called hydraulic, so it's all in theme. So it's all supposed to sound a little robotic. Yeah, I didn't like it now. So he's a car? He's a car?

No, the album? No. The album? I don't know why you took him to me. I don't know why you took him to that. He's very clean. I do like it. I like it though. Okay, cool.

And he also has a record on there with flow that's really good. But if you're a fan of like R&B, he dances, you know, and he's from Houston too. He went to the same school at high school as Beyonce. Okay. You know, maybe it's something in the water over there. But, you know, Leon Thomas just dropped the project today. And it's a little more funky than the last one. But let's get into just how you are.

just how you are. That boy Leon. I love it. That boy Leon now. It don't even sound like nothing that he already got out. That boy Leon. The genre is giving Bruno Mars a little bit. Yeah.

That boy Leon different. I love that. That boy Leon different now. That boy Leon different. Okay. That one was unanimous. No, Leon different. That's hard.

That's tough, tough. All right, this is my last one. This is a smaller group. They're from Canada. They're called Planet Giza, and they drop it a new project. This song is called Mine in My Business. See, I'm a stoner and a viber, so I love that. So you felt that.

Okay, perfect. It's cute. It's tender. Yeah, I didn't love it. It's like light snow on a care bear. You know what I'm saying? What? What?

What's them little things that the kids was carrying around the day? Yeah, definitely. It's not like a little blooboo. It's not like a little boo boo in the snow and it just starts to snow a little bit, like the little booble just sitting out there and the snows on it. You don't know, but you don't feel like that, Dior. He said light snow on a care bear.

No, light snow on a little boooo. That's what it feels like. I also, I don't only like to me. I like what he's saying, too. Yeah. You know what I mean? So, yeah. Maybe for the first record,

I didn't want to hear that for the first record. Maybe I wanted to hear something else for the first record. That the first time you introduced it to us. Playing a Gizzle before. You put me all the playing a gigas before. Yeah. I like them. I like Gizzards, though.

Not Gizzards. Giz. Is it Giz. Is it Giz. Oh, Giz. Oh, G-I-Z-A. Oh, G-I-Z-A. Oh, G-I-Z-A.

Yeah. This whole project is kind of mellow like that. So that's probably their most upbeat record. I like that. That should be a cover. The cover should be a Laboubu with light snow just on. Oh, my doubt. Light snow just coming down on the Labubo.

Well, if you like what you heard, make sure you guys follow me on Instagram at Nila-S-Y-L-A-M-O-N-E-E-E. Click the link in bio. There's multiple playlist there, but the ones for Breakfast Club picks are called Certified, so make sure you guys check that out. And then, yeah, Certified merch on the way. Fire.

All right. It is. Thank you, girl. Yes, of course. I love it. Before we get to the mix, I'm about to get to the mix. No Limit or cash money? Who are you going with?

I got to go cash money. Cash money. But it's not going to be like a blowout. No way. It's going to be great. It's going to be a great nostalgic thing. I mean, it's cash money. And I love No Limit, but it's cash money.

I was in the gym yesterday working out playing the records back to back. And I love cash money. He got some joints. I was doing the mix. I mean, No Limit got some joints. But it's cash money. And you know, the problem is, no disrespect. But no limit is more our error than a lot of everybody else.

Absolutely. because it's a little older. Absolutely. Like the man right chair and wobble, wobble chopper style. Hootie Woo-Doo. Down for my ears.

You know, Mystical got about three you can play. Shake that ass. The man right chair. Danger. Danger. Like they got joints. It ain't my fault still with the shock.

They got joints. But I mean, I can play six juvenile record. Yes. Yeah. That's going to slap. So motion, high, back there. I mean, there's so many, man.

For me, it's not even going to be a verse. It's going to be a concert. It's like, yo, I think that's what it is going to be for most people, especially my age and up. It's like, yo, it's going to be more of a concert. I love all of them. I don't really have no dog in a fight. Well, let's get to the mix.

It's the Breakfast Club, come on. Hey, everybody. It's DJ NV. Jess O'Laree. We are the Breakfast Club. A salute again to all the HBCU Homecomings. This is my homecoming week in Hampton University. I know Howard has a homecoming, Norfolk State, Old Dominion,

a bunch of HBCUs. Old Dominion is not an HBCU but a bunch of colleges So salute to everybody you guys Enjoy the weekend and then I'm going to Dominica I know that's right The island of Dominique in the Caribbean island I'm excited I can't wait to see all my Dominicans It's about time you embrace your Dominican roots

Yeah so I'm going out there I got all names of my dad's dads My dad's dad's brother my dad's dad's dad's family My dad really messed with his dad Because it kind of was rolling stone But I'm gonna go down there and see what's up So I'm just crazy how all of a sudden you want to be Dominican, bro.

I'm not Dominican. It's from the island of Dominica. Any other time I bring it up, you're like, oh, I'm not Dominican or Dominican. But when it comes to a paycheck, are you being at some parade, getting an award for pretending to be Dominican? You're there.

It's Dominica. It's Domenica. So, salute. And I'm going to where you say, go? The Indian River, where they filmed the Pirates of the Caribbean. That's right. That's what I'm going. Do you know your most popular sport over there?

You need to know. Cricket? Yes. I do that. I do that. That's what's up, envy. All right. You're almost there.

All right. All right. And what are you doing this weekend? I'm going to be in Philly, but for Halloween, that's next weekend, North Carolina. I will be there, Charlotte, get your tickets. We got four shows next weekend at the Comedy Zone. Jesselariceofficial.com. I will be giving away a cash prize to the person who wins the Halloween costume contest.

Lord, my voice is so shy today. But I can't wait to get there. Two shows Friday, two shows Saturday, justelaris Official.com. Do not forget to get your tickets because y'all got seven more days. Now, Solomon, you head into South Carolina? Yes, man. Today I will be in the metro. It is the University of South Carolina's homecoming. That's my wife's alma mater.

And they play Alabama tomorrow. But today, we will be at the Colonial Life Arena at 4.30 p.m. Don Staley, the icon, living. She put out her book earlier this year, Uncommon Favor on my book imprint, Black Privilege Publishing with Simon & Schuster. It's been on the New York Times bestsellers list for weeks. So I am moderating a book conversation with her, today at the Colonial Life Arena and the four-time MVP, three-time WNBA champion,

greatest women's basketball player in the world, just got inducted into the South Carolina Hall of Fame last night, Asia Wilson. She will be joining us, so I will be in conversation with both of them today at the Colonial Life Arena. Salute to everybody who's already gotten their tickets. If you haven't gotten your tickets, I think there's some tickets left. So we'll see you this afternoon. All right.

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