The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: The Breakfast Club Talks With John Boyega, Symba, NLE Choppa's Public Breakup

Episode Date: September 16, 2022

Today on The Breakfast Club we are joined by Symba who came to talk about his new album. We also are joined by John Boyega who came to talk about the new film "Woman King". Later we talk about NLE Choppa's public breakup with his girlfriend during the rumor report. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning, DJ Envy. This is Derricka. My husband called last week and he was talking about taking me to work every day.

Uh-oh. Why are you talking like that? Why are you talking like that? I remember that. Queen, relax. For people that don't remember, he said he takes you to work and when you get in the car, you just fall asleep. He never told the real story. I give him gas money. He don't have no gas, never. Now the car

is in a shock because God don't like ugly. Then how are you getting to work? Oh, right now my other man is driving me. Whoa. Oh, he's a woman. So I just want to blast him. I didn't find that funny at all what he did to me. Now slow down. You have another man as in

my friend. He's a friend that I work with, so it doesn't matter. But I just wanted to blast him. I hope he hears this. Yes, man, man. Yes. Now I'm confused about, y'all should both appreciate each other. You're paying for gas, giving him gas money, and you're getting a ride to work. No, you're right. But I didn't like that because that's not fair.

I give him the gas. You understand? I give him lunch money. I know, but that is a big. I mean, look, I'm not getting up earlier to drive somebody to work if I don't have to every day. And look, that's not a bad thing that he wants you to be up and converse with him.

Is she making the money? Does she identify as a woman? That's not a negative thing necessarily. He wants to talk to you. But when you come call the radio and act like I don't help, I'm fired and I get the money. What am I missing here?

That's a woman. I know, but her man called the radio station? Her man called the radio station the other day. He was pissed off. He called in and said that he dropped me. And mind you, he dropped me and his daughter. So now you make me seem like you just dropped me. You dropped your daughter.

You're right. He didn't tell the whole story. I think that y'all, I think couples that call the radio station to air each other out really need to go to couples therapy. Y'all need to be having these conversations. Thank you DJ Envy for putting him in like I am his wife and thank you.

Okay. Yeah, but y'all think y'all need to go to couples therapy and have these conversations because it's ridiculous that he calls to air you out.

You hear it on the radio now you calling to air him out. Y'all need to be talking to each other with somebody. The bigger problem is that you also

have another man who's now driving you to work. Maybe he'll call Monday. This is not great. Do you stay awake in the car for your other man i mean i'm upset right now so that's the only reason i'm her other man she got another man hold on so you got two boyfriends yes she got another man that's taking her to work right now because her other man's car broke down. The one that was complaining, his car broke down. DJ Envy, you made a point, DJ Envy. I'm his wife. You made a point. You got another man driving you to work.

You sure she don't got a man living inside of her, man? Because this... Thank you so much, ma'am. Thank you. They need therapy. They don't need to be calling the radio station and airing each other. Or they don't need to be together. They sound like a mess. Hello, who's this? This is Queen. Good morning, y'all. Good morning. Hey, Queen. Good morning. Get it off your chest. I just wanted to get off other or they don't need to be together they sound like a mess yes exactly this is queen good morning

y'all good morning hey please queen morning get it off your chest i just want to get off my chest to my fiance that i'm very tired he went no one i had to be at work at five in the morning he decided to go buy a bottle of hennessy knowing i wasn't going to be the resistance. What Tennessee was it? Was it VSOP? It's VSOP. It's Privilege, baby. Why he just ain't buy it and wait until the day? It's the weekend.

Why he ain't wait until the day? That's what I'm saying. And I kept saying that. And then when it was sitting on the table, it just out of nowhere ended up opening in my hand. Out of nowhere, huh? Because out of nowhere it ended up opening in my hand. Out of nowhere, huh? Because out of nowhere, it ended up opening in your hand, huh?

Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm. So you had a time last night. No, I went to bed drunk and woke up drunk at work. Did y'all have sex? No. Oh, y'all was really drunk. Exactly.

You got drunk for no reason. Especially off Hennessy. Hennessy, both of y'all supposed to turn into demons. Exactly. You got the bubble guts this morning? I did.

You should have smelled it. You should have smelt it. I was in the bathroom. I was starting to heat it up. Hey, have a good day, man. This conversation was going perfectly okay.

I'm not going from nice demon time sex to diarrhea. It's bubble guts. You know what it is. You blew it up. If I do drink Hennessy, it's got to be like

the privilege of the VSOP. Regular Hennessy. That's what you said. Privilege of the VSOP. You know what it is. You blew it up. If I do drink Hennessy, it's got to be like the privilege of the VSOP. Regular Hennessy. That's what she said. Privilege of the VSOP. No, it's no way she had privilege and gave her bubble guts. That's what she just said. I don't believe her. I don't believe her. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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Yes. Somebody told me to embrace it, Angela. Okay. Y'all can find me, port-a-potty guy, on Instagram too. Charlamagne, if you had to make pancakes for two people, whether dead or alive, who would you make it for? My daughters. I got four daughters, though.

You're going to pick two of them. If I had to make for two, yes, it'd be two people. It'd be my two daughters, my two youngest daughters. And then also, Charlamagne, when you made the pancakes, did you think to yourself, damn, these pancakes look like this waffle color, then go envy? Well, if you actually watched the interview, I said that. Yeah, no, you actually

said Golden Brown. No, I didn't. I said this batter looks like Envy. Oh, yeah, he did. But you did. What do you want? What do you want,

Point Party Guy? It's Friday. What do you want, Envy? He didn't want to hear himself. He's promoting himself. Goodbye. It's okay. Why don't you hang up on

Point Party Guy? I think it's wrong for Envy to hang up on you when you're just trying to make a way for yourself, sir. Okay? Where's OG Rob when you need him?

Hello, who's this? Yeah, you know, the vibes is mellow. What's up with you, Envy? M to make a way for yourself, sir. Okay? Where's OG Rob when you need him? Hello, who's this? Yeah, you know the vibes is mellow. What's up with you, Envy? Mellow, what's poppin', brother? Hey, Mellow. How you doing, Ye? What's up, Charlotte? Mellow, my man.

Peace, King. All right, so it's Freaky Friday, and I have a serious question. Okay. All right, so boom. I just want to know why these women are out here bugging. Like, baby girl, my name is not Olive Garden. Why are you trying to toss my salad? Like, what's going on here?

You need to grow up. You should be flattered. Don't you want to give baby girl unlimited breadsticks? Nah, that got it. Unlimited breadsticks got it. That's what I'm saying. That's crazy, though. Like, why, though?

Like, when did the shift in, like, the power change? Did you say yes or no to it? I said no. I said no. Okay. I saw, uh, who was it? What's the young lady name? Brittany? What's Brittany? Brittany Renner. Brittany Renner. I saw her tweet yesterday. Well, I saw it on Instagram. She said, I want a guy that will eat

my butt and let me eat his. That was the tweet. Nothing more. Well, Mella, what are you so scared of? It ain't nothing to be afraid of, but I just feel like that's my job. Like, you feel me? Like, your name Olive Gordon. Let me post your style of you. Well, if she likes it, don't you think you might like it too?

No, because women also like penetration. I don't like that at all. You don't like penetrating women? You have the same nerve endings. It's the same body part right there. I understand what you're saying, but I'm extremely closed-minded. And I'm willing to accept accountability on that part.

Mella, you got to open up your mind and your butt. That's all. That's all it's about, King. That's literally all it's about, bro. Both sides clipping. That's crazy. That's clipping. My mind and my what?

I heard it also helps you sing better. I don't need to sing that bad. And what you do in the bedroom is what you do in the bedroom, bro. Like, that's on your business. You don't even got to tell nobody. Like, if you get your salad tossed, nobody going to know. I mean, that's also true. Except for her.

And if she ever try to talk crazy about you, all you got to do is be like, yo, but you ate my butt, though. But, like, that's wild sassy. Like, I feel like men are trying to be baddies You feel me Like I'm not a baddie I'm a man Nobody knows bro

You can be a baddie in the bedroom And it's all up to you Nobody has to know you're a baddie in the bedroom bro Yo Charlamagne You getting 10% Baddie in the bedroom is a song I'm giving you 10% Baddie in the bedroom

Mello I just But Mello if you like something And it feels good You just won't do it because... He's closed-minded. You're closed-minded. Well, I wouldn't know if it feels good. I know.

You don't know. But what if it does? Moral of the story, open your mind, open your butt, and have a great weekend, brother. That's a song. Have a great weekend. Y'all wildin'. That's a song. Open your mind.

Open your butt. No, I think I'd be faster, like a dance song. Come on, do it again. Do it again. Open your mind. No, sing it. Sing. No, no, no. I like the slow version. Open your mind. Open your butt. No, I think I'd be faster, like a dance song. Come on, do it again, do it again. Open your mind. No, sing it, sing. No, no, no, I like the slow version. Open your mind.

Open your butt. Open your mind. I'm about to... Okay, you took it too far, Envy. I took it too far. Because you said that staring at Charlamagne. Staring at me. That was crazy.

That was crazy. Follow me on Instagram, fellow underscore Moolah with three A's. Yo, we're going to discuss this further because y'all are bugging. And what are those three A's for? Peace. Oh, ass. F*** it. Oh, man.

This is what we're doing today. Get it off your mind. It's Freaky Friday. Get it off your butt. Whatever you want to call it. Get it off your mind. 805-85-1051. Get it off your chest.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. We got rumors on the way? Yes, and let's start it off your chest. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. We got rumors on the way? Yes, and let's start it up with some positivity. Shaquille O'Neal, he talks about actually getting his master's degree and paying for 15 of his friends to get theirs too. All right. We'll get to that next.

It's The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this.

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

The Waikana tribe, my country, my forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a racket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets.

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Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, y'all? This is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it.

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

another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap is another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was called a moment. Get the kids in your life excited about history

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every scandal, every backstab, blackmail and explosion, and every single wig removal together. Secrets are revealed as we rewatch every moment with you. Special guests from back in the day will be dropping by. You know who they are. Sydney, Alison, and Joe are back together on Still the Place with a trip down memory lane and back to Melrose Place. So listen to Still the Place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to

podcasts. Good morning. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is the Rumor Report. Talk to them.

With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, this is really dope. Shaquille O'Neal is actually pursuing his master's degree. But not only is he doing that for himself, he's also going to make sure that his friends get theirs as well. Here's what he had to say. The guys who I was doing deals with would be like, hello, Shaq, how are you doing?

And then they would turn away and look at my lawyers and my accountants and all those guys. So I said, oh, you guys don't think I'm in charge. You guys don't think I understand the lingo. So I went and got my master's from the University of Phoenix. The University of Phoenix is an online program mostly, but I went to the head officials and said, I don't want to do it online. I want somebody to teach me in a class.

They came back and said, unfortunately, we can't set up a classroom for one guy. You need 15 people. So I paid for 15 of my friends to get their muscles. Drop on the clues box and you kill O'Neal, man. You can watch that whole interview on the Be Better Off show. That's how you change the narrative. F your chain, F your cause,

F all those material items from now on. If you want to stunt, that's how you stunt. That's the flex. How many jobs are you creating? How many educations are you providing through scholarships or just straight up paying for people to get through school? That's how you flex. Drop on the Clues box for Shaq again, man. Man.

Shaq different. No one can ever take your education away from you, Shaq different. No matter what. All right. Now, Cardi B has accepted a plea deal over that strip club fight that happened back in 2018. And she did say that those incidents don't define her.

She provided a statement to USA Today. She said, as a mother, it's a practice that I'm trying to instill in my children. But the example starts with me. I've made some bad decisions in my past that I'm not afraid to face and own up to. These moments don't define me and they are not reflective of who I am now. I'm looking forward to moving past this situation with my family and friends and getting back to the things I love the most, the music and my fans. So she was originally from the original indictment from 2019 featuring 12 charges that included two counts of felony attempted assault and various lesser

charges in connection with that fight. So now she has pleaded guilty for that. So she's actually sentenced to 15 days of community service. What kind of community service are they going to have Cardi do? I wonder what they're going to make Cardi do. But I'm happy that that situation turned out for the best. Yeah, they could probably have her talk to kids in different schools. Mm-hmm. I mean, she just gave out $100,000 to the Bronx.

That don't count as some type of community service? Yeah, that was her old school. No. Mm-hmm. I mean, she just gave out $100,000 to the Bronx. That don't count as some type of community service? Yeah, that was her old school. No. No. No. All right, now R. Kelly's victim has broken her silence, the Jane Doe that took the stand after his guilty verdict. She's the one that said that they had sex hundreds of times

when she was 15 years old. And according to her attorney, she said, Jane is pleased with the result and grateful to the jury for convicting R. Kelly. This verdict is 20 years in the making. Nothing will restore Jane's childhood or the dignity that R. Kelly stole from her. He has forever damaged her life in an unimaginable fashion. R. Kelly was finally held accountable for his actions.

Justice was served. Now, as for the victim, she's at peace and staying close to her family and taking some time to process the pain that has played out in the media for the last month. Alright, so as far as R. Kelly, after this trial which was in Chicago, he's off to Minnesota and that's where he'll be facing more charges involving child pornography,

coercion, and so on. You got him in Minnesota too? Yep. I didn't know about New York and Chicago. Wow. So that's the next stop. All right. He also has been injured in prison reportedly and as a result, he's trying to use the injury

to get out of traveling to New York for an upcoming restitution hearing involving his victim. So the team asked the judge yesterday if he could appear virtually

at the forthcoming hearing. It's supposed to take place on September 28th. They said he injured his leg and therefore it's difficult for him to move around. We'll see what happens. And Beyonce has been inducted into the Guinness

World Records Hall of Fame, so congratulations to her. After releasing her critically acclaimed 7th studio album as more groundbreaking more groundbreaking excellence. So she has more than a dozen entries

in this year's book, including the first act to debut at number one with their first six studio albums, highest annual earnings for a female singer. Also the world renowned list of the most current Twitter engagements, retweets for a female musician. And she also has the record

for the highest earning couple along with Jay-Z in Hollywood ever. Wow, congrats to him. That's a lot of reasons to be in it. You know I'm a Pinky Smith once we know it's Carter. Where are the other acts

in Renaissance? I thought it was supposed to be three acts in Renaissance. First I thought it was going to be three albums, but I think it's like videos and then a tour, I think. Where the act's at, man?

Where the second act? Hey, let her take her time. Okay? She'll do it in Beyonce's time. Yeah. You know I'm sure it's all planned out already. We haven't gotten one visual from Renaissance yet. Way in advance.

All right, well, that is your rumor report. I think that's the next level. I think the act two is all going to be all visuals. Yeah. Then act three will be the tour. But I mean, man, we only got 100 more days left in the year. What's happening? Give her some time.

You know, Beyonce probably got it all mapped out. That album dropped a while ago, right? Not that long ago. Can y'all calm down? A month? Is that the pressure? By this era, yes, it's been a long time. Hey, that album came out last year, didn't it?

Leave her alone. No, there's been no visuals for the album yet. Beyonce's on her own time. When did that album come out? See? By the way. A long time ago. It does seem that long ago.

It couldn't have been no more than a month. A month. It was a month, right? Yeah, end of July. End of July, yeah, yeah. A month and a half. A month and a half. It hasn't been that long. Two months. It's been long for this era. It's been a year. Guys, remember end of July. End of July, yeah, yeah. A month and a half. A month and a half. It hasn't been that long.

Two months. It's been long for this era. Yeah, remember people used to wait and set up out two years later? Not in this era. A day is a year nowadays. Goodness gracious. It's been seven years since Beyonce's last album. Nine years.

Goodness gracious. Wow. Renaissance came out six years ago today. Did you know that? Shut up. Blue Ivy was one when it came out. Yes. That's crazy.

Wow. Now she in high school. Yeah, all right when it came out. Yes, that's crazy. Wow. Now she in high school. All right. Front page is next what we talking about. Well, let's talk about these migrants being sent over to D.C. right near Kamala Harris' home. Right in front. What you mean?

They just dropped off at the crib? Right here. Right in front, baby. Door open up? Right in front. Wow. All right, we'll get to that next. It's The Breakfast Club good morning

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Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine.

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

The Waikana tribe own country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that?

Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show,

where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real inspiring stories from the people you know follow and admire join me every week for post run high it's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all it's light-hearted pretty crazy and very fun listen to post run high on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. We'll be back to fill your ears with deliciously unsettling stories. Well, wonder no more, because we've got a ghoulishly good lineup ready for you.

Let's just say things get a bit extra. We're talking spirits, demons, and the kind of supernatural chaos that'll make your spooky season complete. You know how much I love this time of year. It's the one time I'm actually on trend. So grab your pumpkin spice, dust off that Ouija board. Just don't call me unless it's urgent. And tune in for new episodes every week. Remember, the veils are thin, the stories are spooky,

and your favorite ghost host is back and badder than ever. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of historical records.

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

The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap is another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history, like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me.

Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was Claudette Colvin. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone. This is Courtney Thorne-Smith, Laura Layton, and Daphne Zuniga. On July 8, 1992, apartment buildings with pools were never quite the same

as Melrose Place was introduced to the world. It took drama and mayhem to an entirely new level. We are going to be reliving every hookup, every scandal, every backstab, blackmail, and and explosion and every single wig removal together. Secrets are revealed as we rewatch every moment with you. Special guests from back in the day will be dropping by. You know who they are. Sydney, Allison and Joe are back together on Still the Place with a trip down memory lane and back to Melrose Place.

So listen to Still the Place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Now, everybody is the JNV Angelique Charlemagne, the guy we are, the Breakfast Club. Let's get to some front page news. Now, WNBA finals, the Suns beat the Aces 105-76. The Aces lead the series 2-1. And in Thursday night football, the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Chargers 27-24. Now, what else we got, Yeezy?

All right, well, Republican Governor Greg Abbott had over 100 migrants who crossed the border, dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris's residence at the United States Naval Observatory. And Kamala Harris was in Houston just recently. And here's what she had to say about migrants and about the borders being closed or open. And Vice President Harris said that the border is closed. Is the border closed? Do you believe that the border is closed or is it open? It's open, not closed. The border is open.

The border is open. Do you believe that all the migrants believe that the border is open? Yeah, everybody believe that the border is open. It's open because we enter. We come in free. No problem. But it's open for you to come illegally, right? Illegally, yes.

Illegally, that's true. And you came illegally. Yeah, we came illegally, not legal. Hey, as I said yesterday, what I think Governor Abbott doing is genius, man. One of Kamala Harris' roles is to oversee efforts to resolve problems at the border. And she said this past Sunday that the border is secure and the border is closed. And Governor Abbott then wanted to show her, no, it's not. OK, so they just put them put the migrants in front of her crib.

And the VP lives in a sanctuary state. So they should eventually be fine. Right. These migrants, if these sanctuary states are what they say they are. You know, it's just sad because I was reading about this one man. He's from Venezuela. They said that's one of the largest growing migrant groups coming over to the United States. And he's talking about his experience of

trying to get over to the United States after a turbulent trip, trying to get past, you know, in the waters and dealing with bribes from Mexicans and all kinds of things. And then you finally get here and then they're like, hey, would you like to go to a sanctuary? They have no idea what's going on. And I think that's the hardest part is that these are actual real people.

And they've been going a lot of times. People are fleeing. They're looking for a better life to provide for their families. It's not like they're criminals or not human beings. And then now they're in the middle of this whole political drama and being used as pawns. By both sides. That's right. The reality is neither side

wants illegal immigrants entering this country. And, you know, in particular, I'm reading about this guy, Mr. Nazareth. It's a whole article in the New York Times where he's talking about his journey.

And, you know, he's expressing gratitude. He's one of the people that ended up in Martha's Vineyard when they sent the planes over to Martha's Vineyard. And he did say that they're treating them very well.

He said, we're getting food, clothing, all our needs are met. He said, I love Massachusetts. I want to start working as soon as possible. A lot of people are people who really want to come and make an honest living and do something for their families. And now they're just being, you know, busted around. No, they're being sent to sanctuary states. Like, why would you want them to be in Florida or Texas or Arizona

where they're clearly not welcome? Like, we should want them to be sent to these sanctuary states. Like, why would you want them to be in Florida or Texas or Arizona where they're clearly not welcome? Like, we should want them to be sent to these sanctuary states. Because once again, the reality is neither side wants illegal immigrants entering the country. Dems just act like they care. But let's not act like President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris both told illegal immigrants, don't come into

this country. And hopefully this makes Democrats and Republicans work together to come up with some real border control, because I don't care who's in office, the border has never been secure and that is being exposed in a way we've never seen before. Well, the problem is

you just can't drop them off without creating resources for them. You just can't have a bus and just say, okay, here you are. They're sitting in the sanctuary states. If the sanctuary states are what they say they are,

then they can take care of these people. But they should also let them know. They gotta have a job. You just can't drop them off at Kamala Harris' house and be like, do you? Yeah, they're trying to be funny. Like, the thing is, at least be like, okay, there's a hundred people. They'll be arriving in one week.

And that way they can set up some place for them to stay, work, food, all of those things that are necessary. I agree. That's all I'm saying. I'm not saying that they can't go to sanctuary states. But don't try to do this and use human beings as a pawn with no type of advance notice. Both sides are using them as pawns. And I agree with you. That's why during Don Quixote Day, I specifically said they should give these sanctuary states a heads up.

You know why? So the world can hear these sanctuary states say no. It's just like when you call people to vote to the Senate, you can see who's really who. You can see who's really about that action, who's really about that life. When you vote, it's the same thing. Call these sanctuary states bluffs. Because the truth to the matter is none of the republicans are democrats don't want illegal immigrants in this country all right well here is more on officers and migrants and

kamala harris we're just watching our uh residents were you were you notified that they were coming that these migrants would be showing up i have no comment okay do you know where they where they need to go from here or are you just trying to make sure they stay away from the migrants? I have no comment. Yeah, just make sure everybody's safe and away from our friends. Alright, and a news reporter actually tried to

speak to some of these migrants and here's what happened. Pardon me, do you speak English? I'm in English. Venezuela. Everybody from todos Venezuela? happened. Pardon me, do you speak English? I'm in English. No, amigo. They're not there. Venezuela. Venezuela? Everybody from Todos Venezuela? Eh, si, venimos practicamente de Venezuela, es un pais muy duro, en realidad, queríamos

salir de allá, tenemos días viajando, migración también nos jodió mucho en Mexico. Okay, thank you. Yeah, buenos artes. So, I'm not going to be able to translate all of that, and I wouldn't even try, because it wouldn't look good on live TV. But as you can see, they're coming across here, all of these migrants. It appears to be at least 20 or so at this point. We have two buses.

We know from Governor Abbott's office there have been about 7,900 migrants on over 190 buses coming to D.C., more than 2,200 on more than 40 buses to New York, and, of course, about five buses to Chicago with a little over 300 migrants. News reporter tried to talk to Vice President Kamala Harris yesterday and she did the same exact thing. She said, hey, VP Harris, you said the border was secure. You said the border was closed. She said, no English.

No speech. She said, no English. But you know, as far as the Democrats, they're blaming the Republicans for holding up a plan. They're trying to provide legal protections and citizenship. You know, Dreamers, that's been something that's been on the table for a long time, providing a pathway for Dreamers to get citizenship and for people who have temporary status to be able to work. And so that's been held up as well. So that's another problem. And that's why I said hopefully this makes Democrats and Republicans work together to

come up with some real border control. Because I don't care who's in office. The border has never been secure. And that is being exposed in ways we've never seen before. All right. Well, that is your Front Page News. All right. Now, when we come back, actor John Boyega will be joining us.

You probably know him from Star Wars. He's in the new movie. Woman King. That's out right now. You've got to go see that this weekend. And we're going to talk to him when we come back. So don't move, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes indeed. John Boyega. What's good man? How you? Morning. Morning. Morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. You good? Great.

Peace King, how are you brother? I'm good man, I can't complain. Absolutely. Now you're from England? From London, yeah. London, London. Yeah, yeah. From London, how are you, brother? I'm good, man. I can't complain. Absolutely. Now, you're from England? From London, yeah. London. London. Yeah, yeah. From London, Southeast, Peckham.

Okay. Yeah, yeah. Now, you got two movies coming out. Well, one is out already. You got more than two coming out. The Woman King, Breaking, Big Clone, Tyrone. Yeah, yeah. You got a lot of stuff moving, huh?

Yeah, man. We're just trying to come back with the madness after the pandemic, especially you know what happened to our industry. So, yeah, we're just coming back with the projects now. So for people that don't know who you are, tell them who you are and how you got started into acting. Yeah, so I'm John Boyega. I'm 30 years old.

I got started in a British movie called Attack the Block. Didn't really do well in the UK, but got really appreciated in the States. So that expanded my opportunities. Came down here and then auditioned failed tried again and then i got star wars and then from star wars that's where i kind of got the opportunity to be on the main stage or commercial and shit what got you into acting like what was the act that i said i want to do this because of that you know what it started off as a social thing i didn't really

fit in into all of the groups wasn't really too wasn't um smart enough for the academics wasn't tough enough for the big boys and at the same time you know wasn't um smart enough for the academics wasn't tough enough for the big boys and at the same time you know wasn't skillful enough for football and shit so i was um then just with the performance kids and they had girls too so i was just like yeah this is better anyway so i was just like yeah i'm just gonna chill here and then from there actually the passion came after that i actually started to take it seriously after going through a few things and then just making some decisions you know that's when i was introduced to you uh via star wars like do you feel like that whole conversation about you know a black person being a lead in star wars do you think that overshadowed your actual

abilities that you that you showed in that movie um yeah yeah to a certain extent actually i think um with episode seven with force awakens i think um people thought i was that guy which i found kind of hilarious like they thought that I was the character. Oh my God. And that was kind of confusing. And then you got two more movies and then people like yourselves are introduced through the franchise.

It's hard to kind of have that separation and that detachment, but I don't blame you. I think that's the natural kind of, that's how the process goes with franchise films. It's hard to detach yourself from the character. So yeah, that was definitely a struggle and I'm gonna get so much station though because you see what's happening with Halle Bailey with the Little Mermaid I

saw that I've just put a comment on her page I'm so proud of I left a message I'm so proud of what I saw in that trailer yeah I can't imagine what she must be going through to have and I know that's what I'm saying it's important that you spoke up and spoke out about it because it really did bring attention. I feel like I spoke up about it and in the aftermath, I've been seeing a lot of corporate companies speaking out as well, showing support and love

because I think it's important for the companies actually to back the people that they cast in the movie just so that they feel safe and feel protected. But yeah, it's tough. But I suggest this time, rather than fixating on the negative, for her, we need to celebrate it and just blind out the negative noise.

That's what we need to do this time. Yeah, I saw you say, you said that you were the only cast member whose experience with Star Wars was based on their race. Yeah, especially during the time of episode seven, just being the only, like everybody else,

it was kind of like, you've got this role, you've got this first role congratulations whereas with me it was what you know what hayley's going through but it was the backlash and you find yourself when you you look at yourself and you're opposite oscar isaac you're opposite daisy ridley you go wow i'm different like my introduction into this industry is different how come oscar's not getting this response how come daisy isn't and that just you know sets you apart a little bit. I like what you said about celebrating it, right?

Because I think sometimes we tell ourselves sometimes that, hey, maybe I'm just being used as a pawn for diversity, right? It feels that way sometimes. Really? It does. Because, for example,

if you look at my movie that I've just done, Breaking, if you look at, when you go and see The Woman King I hope that you will find that rah this kid can actually

act and when I mean act I mean acting as a skill set different roles you can change your accent you can change the way you walk and talk and stuff and then when you look

back at the Star Wars movies it will confuse you because you're probably going to be like rah why didn't they use this guy's ability and that's where the porn feeling comes from you feel like well on set they're not really using my ability but at the same time you want to

put me in all the marketing posters just to get the black people excited but then when the black people come see it it's like half excited they always give us these half roles like yeah I thought he was gonna be here it's always a debate about what we thought we were gonna be the one whereas in you know it was the we thought we were going to be the one, whereas in, you know, the other side, they put the cape on the brother, he's killing it. You know, he's got the storylines, he's got the moves and all that kind of stuff. So, you know, sometimes it's a struggle.

How did you get Star Wars for people that don't know? Break down, you know, how that whole process came about. So it's actually funny. I was shooting a movie called Imperial Dreams with Rotimi. And Rotimi... Rotimi, a Land of Falcons fan or a New York Giants fan? Which one? Hey, Rotimi, man, I like the way you responded to that song, man.

But we're going to have a conversation about that song. Anyway, but we worked on a movie together. A great guy, that's my bro. And he got an audition for a secret project. And I put him on tape for it. I helped put him on tape. Now, when I looked at the paper, I was just like, wait, this is sounding real Star Wars-esque like how come man ain't got a call back for me like what's going on with that so I called my agent said what's going on and

they're like they haven't come to London yet because it was this kind of worldwide search and then they came out came to London randomly I got a call from my agent Femi and he's been with me since I was 16 and he was like yo you've you've got the audition. I was like, the one? He was like, yeah. And then I was catapulted into nine months of just back-to-back auditions. I had to lose weight and stuff because I was a bit chubby coming in. Nine months of auditions? Were you a Star Wars fan? Yeah.

I was into that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I was into the prequels. I had the Darth Maul figures. So I was just like, nah, this is legit. I'm about to be rich. You know what I mean? You know that feeling when you get the first call. Do you get a piece of the merch you don't get a piece of it we don't get none of the merch damn you want to use your likeness and everything your face none of them damn it man i see they said you want free movies you better be appreciative that we gave you this opportunity yeah and you know me then i was hungry you know white crust in the

corner of the mouth, that type hungry. And I wanted the opportunity. So I was like, OK, cool, free picture deal. And then one thing led to another, such a long process. And then I ended up getting the role. But it was like, yeah, it was a daring time because it's like the options of your life. You're either going to be somebody or you're going to go back to the hustle, you know. It's just so interesting to me because you know how racist you've got to be

to see race in a fantasy movie? Whether it's Star Wars or The Little Mermaid. We're talking about fucking mermaids. It's a mermaid, bro. It's a mermaid, bro. You know what's so mad? Sebastian the crab was from the Caribbean, so you'd be

thinking anybody else around there is probably going to be black in that Caribbean you know in that Caribbean sea and stuff but I don't know man it just but even the Game of Thrones

prequel the brother that's in it now they killing him right now but it's nuts that you know it just reflects about how they would love the world

you know what I mean the world that would be good for them man you know if you put the hair that's too tough in their movies they go

oh my god I feel so intimidated by it. I don't know what to do about it. And it gets to be a big frenzy. And I think this time, for her especially, because it's a big Disney, you know how it is, man. They're probably going to have to change the merch and make Ariel Brown on the plush toys and stuff.

We have to celebrate what that is for her. And it's a big move. How did that make you feel? I'm move. How did that make you feel? I'm sorry. How did that make you feel when you've seen the posters out there and you've seen your face up there, but you know it's not going to live up

to what's expected? You've got to play the game, man. But as you know, I was brewing. I was a little bit salty about it. But then again, it's the process of it. I was kind of like, you know, maybe on the last one, you know, they're going to do something with my character. I'm kind of like you know maybe on the last one you know they're gonna i'm gonna do something with my character i'm gonna do something maybe on the

last one um but you know that was a that was a struggle as well to a certain extent but did anybody from within disney reach out to you after and say like have any comments or say you know what you're right anything no no no. In retrospect. But I heard that's their kind of policy. We don't respond to nothing. But when I see them, man, I'm going to talk to them. You're not going back to it. I read this.

You're not interested in going back to any of the Star Wars franchises? No, no, no. No, man. I think my time is done. And the contract's done. So to be honest, it's not even a conversation. I don't even think they're even curious about me coming back or anything like that. All right. Now we're here to talk about Breaking and The Woman King. Those are both based on two stories, correct?

The Woman King, to a certain extent. Breaking, yes. Okay. So tell us the story of Breaking. I saw Michael K. Williams is in that too. I love Michael K. Williams. He's a fellow Brooklynite like myself. Can you tell us about Breaking and what your role was in there?

You were a Marine. Yeah. So I play a war vet called Brian Brown Eastley, who comes back to society after serving. And then when he comes back, he's going through several different issues, financial, can't seize his daughter, can't afford much, his accommodation issues, and then also suffering from PTSD. And then he makes an extreme decision in the crescendo of all these stresses to go into a Wells Fargo bank hold it up and try to get his money back from veterans affairs because as you know when the vets come back home they rely heavily on the various affairs for checks and clearances for their day-to-day needs and unfortunately through admin through mistakes

you know Brian's case is kind of dismissed and then he's left in this position where he's kind of like I don't know I don't know what to do. And with the PTSD, with the bullying, what's been going on, thinking back to the stuff that he's been through, he goes into that Wells Fargo and holds it up. And how can you not understand that? As a human being, how can you not understand what that man is going through? We in our bubble, though.

We're in our bubble and we have our own stresses. And sometimes it's hard for us to have that sympathy and perspective, right? But with this man, he wanted to be heard. That was the main thing. And even the bank tellers that were in there,

they were like, this was the nicest man. He'd done a bank heist in the right way. There's a scene in the movie where a real customer calls the Wells Fargo and because he takes the call,

because he doesn't want to, he's a different kind of bank robber in that sense. a real customer calls the Wells Fargo because he takes the call because he doesn't want to, you know, he's a different kind of bank robber in that sense. And the media might be like, man holds up bank and, you know. Oh, they were that. You know,

and it's time for us to learn. They packaged it in that way whereas in this movie goes into the nuances and the details of that and blessings to Michael K. Williams. Like, I requested him to come onto the film,

sent him a letter, begged him to the to join because I know like we ain't got the coin to pay for Michael K but this is just a small little bag come down and do a few weeks of work and he was like yeah bet I'll come down do it how did you know him I didn't I watched him in the wire before you just okay I just like his work um I watched him in the wire um I watched him in boardwalk empire so I was just like yo bro like i would love to have an amazing person isn't it great to work with people who you like in real life too yeah and and he's chill and and he's giving and he's and he's open and honest you know for me you know the work is better when we all kind of get along you know i was working with him tell us some of the stories on the set because you know we missed the brother yeah my daughter the first time i worked with him well the first time i saw him after he came on set he walked into

my trailer accidentally because he thought he was his. You know, and that low budget kind of picture, man, the trailers look all the same. And he walked in and he was like, yo, bro. And he was like,

yo, like, oh shit, you're on the project. He was like, yeah, man. I was like, thank you so much for coming down because you didn't really have to. And he just told me about, you know,

the speech that I'd done at the protest. And he told me that he messes me. That's the way, that's the reason why I came down, like it's a strong message for the movie and he just wants to do the work and be a part of it man, and it was all love from there. What impact did playing that

role have on your mental and emotional well-being? I think it gave me perspective I've never had anybody in my family that's served, and I've never had anybody in my family that's made that commitment I've never had anybody in my family that's made that commitment to any Western government. My family, they're a bit black as hell

and they got opinions. And so in that, I can't relate directly to certain things that he went through. But after being in his shoes, yeah, man, the intensity of being on set was what it was because we had to have like a theatre approach.

Like, you know, our director, Abby, was like, you know, director Abbey was like you know the space is yours do you like you're the you're the one owning the space the cameras will follow you

and so you had to have that kind of approach to it but apart from that man I think it was chill I was actually going out a lot during the filming process

because on purpose yeah on purpose the days would be intense right and I'd be like when I come back make sure my boys

are in the crib come back home chill with them for a bit and have that balance so I'm not I can take off the character and I can just enjoy my life a little let me talk to you about that

for a second so a lot of times when people get that deep in character they want to stay there until the role is over but you chose to release it

like what every other day or every day wow every day every day Brian has to go. And the funny thing is that it kind of impeded into your,

when it impedes into your life is when I had to shave my hair down every day because that's what Brian was doing. And, you know, shaving the hair down, you're trying to go out and stuff. You've got the bulldog hair. Like, that doesn't really match up sometimes. So I had to put the hat on just to be, you know, put the chains on, make sure I'm just different from who Brian is and just to have that balance balance and then just having the house for my best friend was there my two of my boys were there we were all there and just in the house together um and that just made the process a

little bit more easy i'm not bringing that home how hard is it to get back into the character of brian once you do that um the environment was set man it's like there you see the set you see the cameras man you see in the cobra hurry like you know preparing and you're like yeah nah i gotta get in mode and get in action and the story's about him so we jumping in and out is a skill set you should definitely what do your parents think about you uh wanting to be an actor when when you were younger um definitely some concerns um well mainly because in school my behavior at school was a bit was a bit tricky so there was some concerns imitating those white people too much huh no no i was imitating no white So there was some concerns. Imitating those white people too much, huh? No, no, I wasn't imitating those white people.

I was just doing my thing. But you know how it goes, man. You just get a bit too cheeky for your own good. So they were worried that it'd be a distraction. If you're not taking it seriously, it's just going to be a distraction. But then after my dad started to see I was consistent, he started taking me to the auditions.

He took me to my first agency meeting. He was like a full supporter. And then I got Star Wars bought in my house and then he was like, shout out, man. That was it. You know what I mean? It's that moment. So, you know, we're good to go from there. You know, I hate how this country treats its

veterans. I can't stand it. You know what I mean? You know, just to go off and fight for a country and then come home and don't even have a place to stay is just ridiculous to me. But what light do you think this movie is going to shine on war veterans? What's the message you hope to send? I think we need to understand the complications of that position. And we need to understand what happens mentally to people when they go to war and they experience certain things.

And that integration back into normal life is a deep struggle. And it affects all aspects of their life including mentally and for a lot of us we can't relate we ain't been in the front lines like that and and and that in itself means that i hope there's an empathy um and i hope that also they go to see it for the entertainment qualities of it it's great performances isn't it um i think abby our director does a phenomenal job and it's michael one of michael k williams last um last roles and i think it'd be great to show the man show the man love where were you when you found out that he passed and what was your initial reaction I was I was in London

and I'd be the director of breaking had text me and I I did still believe it I thought there was probably a little bit of a confusion you know you know how it goes sometimes I think they've said I've died like twice during my career yeah you gonna die twice digitally. That's just going to be it. You're going to die. You're going to die twice. But that's how you know you're successful, though.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. They're going to kill you and they're going to say you're part of the Lumi. So those are two things. Once you get that, you're making that money, money. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You get that Lumi. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. You're on top.

But, you know, it was shocking to me just to hear his demise. I didn't know anything about his personal life like that. So for me, it was just a bit of a shock, yeah. Did any of the stances you took during, like, the whole BLM movement, that moment in time, did that impact you in Hollywood? Absolutely, definitely. But I say I matured a little bit through the process because, I mean, you've got to think about during summer.

We was at home and we were seeing black bodies consistently being harmed or injured in a certain way and then I spontaneously went out to the protest and made that speech there's gonna be some people in Hollywood that don't necessarily get it and are probably gonna be like yeah

we're alright they're not gonna come to you and say we're not working with you you just might not hear nothing you know what I mean you might not see the audition come in and I think and I think definitely that happened

but I'm not I'm not mad at that because I'm not hearing this industry to exist that way no more like how I was existing during episode 7 Force Awakens

like I was playing doing everything by the rules and I was you know clean cut and trying to be you know good to everybody you know a word to say you can't be nice in this shit

all the way all the way you'd face a Star Wars yeah I mean but to a certain extent you you get to you get to comfortable with everybody you they can take the they can take the mic you know so definitely there'd be much more of a right now there's much more of a specific gratitude for now attracting the people in Hollywood that offer me, which is what happened. And creating your own too. Yeah, yeah.

Cause at Break In I'm a producer on that. I've got my own production company and we develop a good few projects. And now I'm just like, okay, you know, after that happened, Jamie Foxx calls my phone, now we mess with you. Viola Davis calls me, now we mess with you. It brings the right kind of message. Gina Prince, by the way, yeah, we mess with you. Viola Davis calls me. Nah, we mess with you. Gina Prince, Battlewood.

Yeah, we mess with you. Come on. They don't like. Come on to the black sets, man. Come and film with us. And that, I just felt the love from that. I was going to ask you, like, what's more fulfilling? Doing, you know, a role like in The Woman King or like doing a role in Star Wars?

The Woman King, man. Okay. The Woman King. You got to think about this, bro. I know you as well. You come from a brown skin, dark woman. You see how that's happened, you know, in terms of the disparity in roles,

in terms of the opportunities and roles for the dark skinned black woman. That in itself has been a struggle. So for me, sitting on a set where I'm seeing the top 10 or even 15 to 20 women in this picture are black and dark skinned specifically was special to see. And they went in. It's not like just a propaganda kind of stick the black people in.

They were trained for six months. They transformed their bodies. You know, I mean, I came in just being the king. I didn't have much to do physically. They were handling everything. And it was, you know, it's inspirational to watch. It's like our 300 for black women. Yeah.

And you know, that's a good thing. It's a good thing. When I saw it, I was like, I thought it was a you know, it's inspirational to watch. It's like our 300 for black women. Yeah. And you know, that's a good thing. It's a good thing. When I saw it, I was like, I thought it was a new Black Panther trailer. I'm not going to lie. But that's what, I get that. But that's what we're used to. But that's what we're trying to break. That we deserve the full buffet.

That's right. We deserve to have the Tyler Perry's of the world. And then have the other side. Then have the Woman Kings. And that, the Woman Kings based, you know, loosely based on a truth true story so it grounds you more into the realities of our world but you know it begs the question why can't we have both what is that story for people that don't know well it's about the uh agogia the um all-female military unit in dahomey um who are basically tasked with protecting their kingdom they're at a very difficult time because of their involvement in the slave trade

um and their and their involvement involvement in the negativity of the times as times change. The King Gezo has just risen to power and he's trying to decide how to, you know, how his nation can move forward. Do we continue to be part of this negative slave trade or do we kind of like diversify and go into palm oil and all these different things?

And that comes with internal civil conflicts and it just shows you the journey of that. But Viola Davis. Oh my gosh. Yo. Beast. Hey, Viola Davis. Beast.

Is mad in this. Is a transformative role for a lot of people and it's got Tussauds and Bedouin, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim. It's a big boy project. I can't even lie. It's a budget too, Charlie. Isn't, wasn't that the regime you just discussed

isn't that who the Dora Milaje is based off well no no well yes they said that they said it was a loose they were loosely based on on them

so I mean which is which is cool to see how those references go but this is this is no fantasy I mean this is yeah this is real swords and spears and just you know

you don't get a suit in this one what was the training like for you getting ready for this role? Luxurious. Lisa, he had to do much. You had to do much? I was the king.

The king? Yeah, yeah. Robes, picking through robes. I got the blue one, the gold one. You didn't have to do any running or nothing? I didn't have to run for what? They would run. They would run.

They had to do it. Running for what? They'd done most of the work. What was the most challenging part, you know, playing the king? Picking the robes. Picking the robes, right? There was no part that made you emotional in the movie?

Well, that's not a challenge. That's great. Definitely, there's a part of praise and adoration that the black women have to do, and they were singing and they were dancing, and that's another thing I want to say. This movie is not, you know, slave porn not it has moments of of togetherness sisterhood dancing singing and and those moments were definitely emotional seeing them sing seeing them dance and you know i'm

nigerian as well so i'm like yeah i i love the vibe of the culture in it why did you think uh why you think the king didn't want to fight with the foreign country at first i think that's just the what would you mean the foreign enemy i'm sorry fight with the foreign country at first? I think that's just the... What do you mean? The foreign enemy, I'm sorry. Fight with... Fight... Why do you think he did not want to fight with them at first?

What do you mean? Didn't he want to fight them? What, the... The king. Oh, no, it was a negotiation at that time. Oh, okay, okay. Remember, they're involved

in the slave trade, so it's like... Is that the part where he's talking about when I think... Going to war. And she goes like, do you want to go to war?

And she was like, well, sometimes we have to fight for something. Yeah, but I... when you go and watch the movie it is so nuanced it's very nuanced it speaks to the diaspora it speaks to multiple different tribes and cultures it speaks to internal civil war so when he's saying go to war it's not always just white people it's like black people too this descript is way more nuanced than people

think it is man you know the marketing strategy you just gotta get them happy with the spears and the ah you know viola get the action but when you come in and watch it it's a whole more it's a more nuanced take would you say this is the favorite movie you've done to date yeah really yeah man yeah i enjoyed my experience it took me back to to first starting out. And I like being on a set where it's black women and stuff. They tell you when you got crust in the corner of your lips and stuff. They tell you when your elbows are dry. Other cultures, they be leaving you to hang out there. You know what I mean?

So there's something nice and homely about having a cast of women that reflect on how you were raised. Let me ask you a question, right? You played the king in that movie. This is something I've been exploring. I feel like patriarchy is a system. I feel like the divine order of things is women are really the leaders in the foundation. That's my personal opinion.

When you do a role like that and you see them in their position and you in your position, what does that make you think of the power dynamic? I think it's a reciprocal energy that we need and then you need to get into more of the specifics of who the woman is. Can't just go woman

and then a man and then place them in positions. I think everybody has unique skill sets that could be utilized or used and that's what you see in this movie that even in the court of chambers

with opinions there will be females there and there will be males and to get that sense of a different perspective. But what's funny is some females and males will be males and to get that sense of a different perspective. But what's funny is some females and males will agree, you know what I mean? And they differ in their opinion still.

But it made me think like, we just got to work together. We got to come to this point where there's a level ground that you can collaborate to make society better. Society starts with families, good families. So yeah, it just makes you think about that. When did you decide to start a production company? i think it was bubbling from being on set of star wars and not being involved in the big boy conversations that were kind of cool to hear though like i would

hear jj abrams and kathy talk about movie moments that i knew would be historical for the for the world but they're just chatting about it in a tent like it's casual and i was just like i would love to be part of the creative process and then i was like you know if i wait for the world, but they're just chatting about it in a tent like it's casual. And I was just like, rah, I would love to be part of the creative process. And then I was like, you know, if I wait for the phone to ring, movies like Breaking and all these roles

that I've been able to do, even They Clone Tyrone, like, it can't just happen that way. I have to actually have more of a proactive approach to my job. You gotta tell me about this They Clone Tyrone.

The title alone sounds phenomenal. I know Jamie Foxx is in it, but what is that movie about? A p a prostitute and a drug dealer find out there's some white people doing some crazy under the ground in the hood that's all i'm going to tell you the pimp the prostitute jamie foxx jamie foxx is the pimp uh tiana paris is the prostitute and i'm the drug dealer and it's about it's basically a hood star wars it's uh it's hood scooby. And it's about, it's basically a hood Star Wars. It's hood Scooby-Doo. It's a mystery movie about the last people, the last people you think team up,

the last sort of people you think would team up is about them actually stepping up and handling a bit of a sci-fi mystery situation, which you don't get to see. And Jamie Foxx is hilarious. You know that's a real conversation going on though. That's been going on for some years. People think that there's actually folks getting cloned out here.

Yeah. I know some people who I thought I knew yesterday and then the very next day they were totally different and I'm like, they must have got cloned. I want to know where them facilities are though. I ain't heard about nothing much from that. You believe in it? To a certain extent.

I mean, you never know. That's how I believe it. You never know. But then I don't know facts now, do I? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, you did what you set out to accomplish. You did three completely different movies. I just wanted to change.

And if you see that, and they clone Tyrone, I play about four or five different characters. One of them's 78. So this is all giving me the opportunity just to do what actors do. Actors are not supposed to be playing themselves. So you get cloned in the movie? Are you Tyrone. Yeah. Yeah. But so funny. The movie

Strange is not even about that. It's just it's just it's just weird. I just can't wait for people to people to see it. Now, when people talk about diversity in Hollywood, what does that actually look like? It means that you actually try and find the talented individuals from groups that have have been kind of forgotten and dismissed and not been given the right opportunities it does not mean you just put a whole bunch of black people or quotas in it it means you actually try and actually find the homegrown talent people are passionate and who are working that don't get those opportunities that don't have the cousin or the auntie in there that says oh you

can come and assist for this actor people that don't have that clean-cut door it means that we're struggling with trying to bring in those people. And this is behind the scenes as well as in front of the camera. It's about bringing in those people who are skilled, but who do not get the opportunities based on that disparity there. You got a very old soul, man. Because you're only 30.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm 30. You got a very old soul. Oh, yeah? Yeah. Oh, shit. I was going to ask that. I mean, in a good way, though. Yeah, yeah, I'm 30. Because you got a very old soul. Oh, yeah? Yeah. Oh, shit. I was going to ask. I mean, in a good way, though.

Yeah, no, no, no. Yeah, I heard that before. I'm like, yeah, cool. How do you feel like how your art now is not being released in major movie places anymore? Sometimes it's just going digital. Sometimes it's just Netflix. Sometimes Hulu. How does that, you know, because you grew up going to the movies.

Yes. So how does that feel? And the Women King is different because it's only in theaters, right? On the 16th. I've been blessed. Breaking was only in theaters as well. First two weeks and then I think it goes to digital this week or so. So I've been uniquely blessed in that sense.

I've been able to shoot three projects during the pandemic. And two of them have been exclusively released in movie theatres and Breaking got the big AMC deal so we were in a good few AMCs so I personally can't complain but I do think it was worrying for a lot of people at the beginning of the pandemic, it was like, wait, wait, wait wait, what's the what? They're not going to

come to see us, they don't want to come see us no more for one hour and 30 minutes, I'm like, damn and it makes you think and it makes you respect what Denzel Washington has done, Tom Cruise, Tom Hanks, the old school box office money makers who would make movies an event

and make you leave your house if it's cold, sunny, raining. It makes you respect that more in an ever-changing time. But it's an adjustment. What do you prefer? Oh, movies. Yeah, I still like going to the movies.

Yeah, I'm for movies. Some people don't though. I feel like you've got to see the woman king Oh, movies. Yeah, I still like going to the movies. Yeah, I'm for movies. Some people don't, though. I feel like you've got to see the woman king in the movies. No, no, no. You've got to see the woman king in the movies. I mean, there's scope. There's also what it does to your experience, the immersiveness into the...

I mean, you at home, the microwave going off, you talking to someone, you texting on Instagram. It's like there's much more of a focus and a fixation and an experience. What are your thoughts about that whole conversation about how they say British actors playing black American roles? What do you think about that? I think, number one, the first approach is to listen to each other. Because there might be a perspective that we are missing, right? Coming in, coming into the game.

And we are not coming into the game to steal anything. In fact, it's impossible to steal a role, by the way. Roles are only offered. So we come in there to just work. But sometimes you don't know whose toes you're stepping in if you don't actually listen to the people and the folk that are on ground to tell you. But in that, I think also on the flip side,

I couldn't relate to the conversation because I'll be honest, African-American has been nothing but love to me. I lost my accommodation in LA, my Airbnb in LA. I was staying in the streets for about two days off of Crescent Heights Boulevard. I went to some party. I met who is now my best friend, Asia, African-American young girl from Inglewood, who was just like, yo, I loved your movie. I got your movie on Redbox. And I said, I don't have nowhere to stay. She goes, you can come stay in my crib. I said, where's your crib?

She goes, Inglewood. So I was living in Inglewood for a bit. And so for me, it's like I've met and connected with people who have helped me. The people who have helped me have mostly been African-American. So I don't see that side of the conversation. So sometimes I'm not in the best position to communicate

because it's been love. Like, you know, whether it's Lena Waithe, whether it's anybody, Jamie, it's love. Like, you know, whether it's Lena Waithe, whether it's anybody, Jamie, it's just been love, you know, and support. And I think on set,

we collaborate a lot. Even with roles as a black Brit that people will feel like I wouldn't understand the role. Sometimes my African American brother don't understand the role too and we help each other. We're like,

oh, because we weren't there at the end of the day. We are actors. We have to portray something that we can't see. So I think that it's a good conversation to have and we should stay listening, stay collaborating

because the Civil War shit looks weak. It looks petty and weak, especially when it comes to the mainstream game. It looks a bit dead. But if we can talk and have a conversation about it and no one feels like it should be an attack thing, let's keep it cordial so we can actually have the conversation and perhaps we'll learn a few things.

Absolutely. Have there been roles that you missed out on for scheduling purposes like man i really wanted to do this but i'm over here filming star wars or oh yeah during star wars yeah i mean during star wars it was like i say i say it as a joke but it was like luxury jail you know because it's nice it's nice to be in a movie like this it's nice to know your bills are probably going to pay for the next eight years it's nice to know in a movie like this. It's nice to know your bills are probably going to pay for the next eight years. It's nice to know that. But there are some roles where you're like,

I can actually do that. They don't believe I can because I'm just, I have to do these Star Wars movies. No harm to Star Wars. It takes like eight, nine months to film one. So after that,

I'm trying to go on holiday with the boys and just chill. I'm trying to go out. But yeah, you do feel like that. You're like, damn man,

these roles are so nuanced. But if anything, I've been inspired. What are some things you wish you could have done during that time, but you just couldn't because of whatever reason? And you're like, man. I've forgotten now, but it was a good few things

that had come, but they were mostly indies. They were mostly indies, and I would have loved the opportunity to work with Jordan Peele a bit as well. I'm sure you will. Well, we've been speaking for a bit and I've always, you know,

I took a meeting with him and went down to see him at Monkey Pool and I've always said, hey, Jordan, man, just put me in the far distance, you know,

while Danny Kaluuya has put his head to the side, I'll just, you know, wave or something, you know, just put me in there because I really like his work. So, yeah,

maybe one day. You know, we were talking about the Little Mermaid backlash and Star Wars backlash earlier how much of that do we how much of that do we know is real because I feel like

that's what I've been thinking about that's what I've been thinking about I've also been thinking about these bots that pretend that they're black yes we need to be careful and I've been seeing it a bit more so the journalists

something that they're doing is because of the pressure that's coming from sometimes their editors the clickbait is there to irritate you and make you angry so sometimes they will an actor or celebrity will answer a question to do with race one week they will release like several different parts of their answer throughout a six week in like throughout the time of six

weeks just to have a steady story going on and sometimes it's not accurate to what the conversation is but i think we need to have an audience that's more aware of that y'all need to be a little bit more smarter stop being triggered because some of these things as you said that it's fake like they're they're trying to um to stir the pot to a certain extent so we need to we need to fixate on a celebration like we did with black panther like yes it was it like that celebration was so mad that anybody was talking any stuff that was negative was, you could dismiss that.

So, let's celebrate. Because it's hard for me to believe that people care this much about a black mermaid because when I saw the trailer come out

on my algorithm, it was all love. Let me tell you, man, her name Ariel and she's been swimming to the surface, man. Word. That sun been hitting her

for a bit. Absolutely. They've been hitting her. She's supposed to have them dreads. That sun been hitting her for a bit. They've been hitting her. She's supposed to have them dreads. That's how it was supposed to be in the first place. And if you're black, you should know stories like Yimmy. But also, let's talk about her talent.

Yeah, she's amazing. Absolutely. She's a mermaid. Look at her thing. You hear her thing? Yeah, she's amazing. I love her. She's her falsetto.

She's up there, man. She's got it. So, you know, just love and support to her and keep on doing your thing I'm definitely gonna go see them and take all the black little kids go see it probably book out there You know, you know how we do we make it so easy for coin tell pro nowadays for what coin tell pro Quanta pro is worse than all that It was a system that actually used to disrupt like protests back in the day doing 60s on the civil rights era Like that's what they would would. They would send people to these protests to be agitated.

It's so easy to do that nowadays with the internet. I mean, it makes sense that actually copy and pasting that physical situation, it makes sense that they would do that online. And I've been thinking

about that too because sometimes I'd make the mistake of highlighting something that was triggering. But it's like, if you didn't highlight it, bro, no one would have seen it.

That's right. It would have gone viral. That's right. I had to go, bah, bah, stupid. So, you know, we have no one would have seen it. That's right. It would have gone viral. Yeah, I had to go, stupid. So, you know, we have to try and finesse it a little bit more. There is a game to it. What's the biggest misconception about being black in Hollywood?

I don't know, man. I guess there's a lot, but I don't know. I keep myself to myself. I don't really try to get into people's opinions too much. I don't really know. I into people's opinions too much. I don't really know. I guess maybe you're an asshole. I mean, you always got to prove that you're not an asshole the first three weeks of meeting somebody.

But I'm sure it's in your position too. Like, you know, you go on a date or whatever it is, and it's like the person's kind of like, are you one of them? You know what I mean? And the first three weeks is proving that you're not. The date part, nah. You see this look

oh yeah yeah yeah King you married? yes sir yes sir alright alright shall we I've been with the same woman

for 24 years I think that's fantastic is she black? yes sir hell yeah is she black? I absolutely no because I've heard you speak

I've heard you I've heard you speak before about your blackness and stuff. So I thought you was one of the ones that were going to sacrifice your loins to continue in this race. So I'm like, okay, cool. Let me just check in. Well, yeah, he said that to you, didn't he? He said it. Explain that now, what happened?

No, you speak about your blackness quite a lot. And then obviously I've seen your interview. So I'm like, let me just check that. Make sure he's... Oh, yeah, yeah. No, that's real though. Yeah, yeah. I judge brothers like that too. interview. So I'm like, let me just check that. Make sure he's... Oh, yeah, yeah. No, that's real though. Yeah, yeah. I judge brothers like that too.

I mean, I'm not judging. I mean, anyone can do what they need to do. But I feel like when you speak in a certain way... Black men got to be with black women. Yeah, yeah. I'm with you, bro. You've spoken in that way. I'm like, let me just check my man's devoted at home.

I'm with you. People that talk so black, but then they sleep white. I'm like, ugh. Have you ever dated but then they sleep white, I'm like, ugh. Have you ever dated a white woman? Yeah, I have once. I dated one once

when I was younger. Yeah, it was alright, but we were just chilling. You know what I mean? It wasn't nothing serious like that. But naturally,

you know. Could you bring a stormtrooper home? Stormtrooper? I've said it openly, it's just a preference. i like i like my women black you know and and i feel um just just separate from you know a political statement or anything like that it's just they fine as hell they you know melanin levels gotta be over 75 you know

i mean thickness gotta be there style gotta be there we gotta laugh at the same jokes we gotta bump to the same music it's just gotta be a flow a flow that's right i mean so yeah and you can't have conversations about white supremacy tearing apart black families but you don't even you're not even trying to create yeah i'm trying i'm trying to have them conversations where i can say talk my behind closed doors i'm trying to say woman i don't know and she's like yeah baby yeah you're right you're right that's what i mean you know what i mean need her to understand a black man's anger, frustration. I need her to understand when a certain dude's walking into the room and the energy ain't right and she's just like, calm down, chill.

I need that. I need me a black woman. A queen, man. I'm with you, King. You ain't got to tell me. I need that. We appreciate you. Yo, don't you see just a little bit, just a little bit of Mike Tyson?

A little bit? The way he looks, a Mike Tyson, a little bit, the way he looks with the eyebrow and everything? Thank you, Jonathan. You ever got that before? I got a whole bunch. I tell you, you remind me of Jonathan Majors.

Oh, shit. I've got that too. Yeah, you remind me of Jonathan Majors. I like Jonathan Majors. With the eyebrows and everything. Anyway, John Boyega, we appreciate you for joining us.

Thank you, thank you. Appreciate you, man. Love it. Woman King, breaking, definitely go check it out. They call him Tyrone coming in September.

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Come on. Let's do it. Simba, ladies and gentlemen. Yeah, let's do it. Man, Simba is one of the most phenomenal lyricists rapping today. First off.

And that is not an understatement. First off, I got to send a shout out to my dog because you've been supporting me for a minute and it's a lot of people

that's, you know, at your stature that feel like they got to wait for something something blow up to post it or support somebody so i truly respect you on another level not only just what you did for me what you do in the therapy community your book black privilege everything i really got a lot of respect for you you too i respect what you do a lot and also my waffle color friend over here. I respect him a lot, too. He's a legend in the game. And I saw Dave Chappelle showing you a lot of love, too.

That's my guy. That's my guy. Dave actually brought me on stage. He had me, like, rapping for 10 minutes on one of his specials. I think it's about to come out soon. Let's go back. Let's put people that don't know who Simba is. Yes, sir.

Where are you from? How'd you get into rapping? And let's start from there. From the Bay Area. My mom was a real estate agent. So my mom moved around a lot. Trenton, New Jersey. I lived in Ben Salem for a little bit.

Atlantic City, Vegas, LA. So we moved around a lot. And I would always notice that like Bay Area music, it would hit a ceiling. Like it wouldn't really go past our region. Yeah, very regional. So when I moved around as a kid i'm like damn like i started wanting to write music and everything and i was like you know what i got to make my music connect to everybody and um being on this side as a kid i gravitated the whole of a

lot just how he moved the things he said i related to it big l even uh sauce money i used to listen you know what i mean and that's just something that I wanted to incorporate in my music when I started creating for myself. Now, what got you into rapping? Because they said you were nice in sports. Yeah, man. I got caught cheating on my SAT test. How'd you get caught cheating? We ain't gonna talk about that. Was it one of the ones where you had the hands

like this? Nah, I had a nice young lady that was doing something for me. And we both got caught up. You know, so I couldn't go play ball after that. So through that process, I was sitting at the homie crib for a year, stubborn, not trying to listen to my coach and everything. And I ain't even like my coach at the time.

I still think that was racist. You play basketball or football? Basketball. Basketball, okay. Yeah, I was stuck in the crib in my homie crib, and he had a studio. So I just started rapping in his studio every day, and I fell in love with music more than I did with basketball at the time.

So I was like, you know what? I'm going to just do this. I'm more concerned about the young lady, man. What happened to her? Don't talk about her. You got to give her a job or something. Nah, man. She cheated on me.

You was cheating off her? She could go to hell. See all this cheating going down. She could go to hell. So let me ask you this. So you also wrote for a lot of artists too, right? So was your goal always for you to be the artist or did you enjoy being in the background more at first?

My goal was just to get the job done. So if I had to write for somebody, if I had to hold somebody bags, if I had to turn the session up and just be the fun person in the room, I was down to do whatever I had to do to get to where I want to be be so that's how I ended up writing Because a lot of people you know don't write their raps

Were you surprised by that the amount of people that didn't write their own music? I would say what surprised me more was people that can't rap not writing their raps They got a good voice. People you thought was lyricists. Yeah That's that's what shocked me the most but at the same time as i'm learning this is a business right so you got shows interviews you on the road sometimes you really ain't got time to sit down and write all goddamn day like that so i had to learn that just even for myself and i'm starting to look for writers to write for me because i ain't got time to just be sitting in the studio no more you have a very you have's a very honest thing. Hooks and just ideas, period.

That's an honest thing to say. Yeah, not verses. I talked to Quentin Miller last night. Man, shut up, man. I'm serious. You want to see my phone? I talked to him last night. You talking hooks and ideas, not actual bars.

Hooks and ideas. No, I'm going to always write my verses. But you got to clear that up because people are like, damn, Simba don't write his raps. No, I write everything. I write everything. Like all my verses, his raps no I write I write everything I write everything like all my verses all my freestyles I write everything

but at the same time it's things I may miss somebody might have an idea or something that I'm not thinking of you know what I mean

and if that could compliment me it's a business we need hit records I just ain't trying to be freestyle man my whole career man I'm so glad

you said that cause I always when I first heard you right this was a while ago I'm like yo this dude is really dope but I hope he can make Man, I'm so glad you said that because I always, when I first heard you, right, this was a while ago, I'm like, yo, this dude is really dope, but I hope he can make songs. And I can.

I'm old enough to remember these super lyricists that we used to love their freestyles on the Clue mixtapes and everything, but then they couldn't make songs. Where are they now?

Word. People know I can rap, but I'm growing and it's like at this point I got to deliver records, you know, and that's what we're giving them when results take time. This Friday is actual songs. I'm not just rapping on beats, I'm rapping and it's like at this point I gotta deliver records you know and that's what we're giving them what results take time this Friday is is actual songs I'm not just rapping on beats

I'm rapping on records I love the meaning behind the title results take time then you got songs like overnight yeah and find a way and sacrifice it all tells this story of results taking time you feel like you're getting the results that you're looking for definitely I'm somebody that embraced the process all the way around so it's like i remember doing shows in the bay i had like three people in there moved to la ain't nobody knew me i do shows at the roxy be about 15 people in there i just sold the roxy out last month wow so that was a real like accomplishment for me because it was letting me know like okay things is working and you growing as an artist let's just continue to get better now what's your relationship with Stat Quo?

Because on the project, you said he told you something that you wasn't feeling. I don't want to say it because I don't want to misquote it. Say it. I can't remember what it was. Stat Quo told me my music would never hit. And if I ain't have a gimmick, then people wouldn't give a shit. Yes, okay. It's crazy how a nigga who ain't made nobody's list can make you feel like you can't go where you trying to get.

Now, why did Stat Quo get that shot? Stat, and I got love for Stat, right? ain't made nobody's list. It make you feel like you can't go where you trying to get. Now why Stack won't get that shot? Stack, and I got love for Stack, right? It wasn't like me trying to like tear him down or nothing, but at the same time,

right? He's an older black man and I was a young black man, still a young black man, but at the time, it's like, bro, don't just tell me

where I'm going wrong without giving me some advice on how to get it right. You just tearing me down in front of people. So we used to be in these offices and he had just, oh, you ain't got no identity.

Oh, you need to grow your hair out. You need to do this. You need to do this. I'm like, bro, why I got to do that? Like, what's another way we could do it? But he could never tell me. He didn't know though. Exactly.

You know what I mean? So it's like, don't put what happened to you on me. Like, help me get it right as a young black man. Don't just tear me down in front of these people and ruin my opportunity because yours didn't work. So what's the connection, though? I was like, well, what's the... Stat worked at the label I was originally at before Atlanta. Oh, got you, got you, got you.

He was at Columbia. He brought Lil Xan over there. Yeah, he had Lil Xan as his artist. Oh, I didn't know that. I used to come... Imagine me coming in the office rapping how I rap rap and he got Lil Xan in there telling me what the fuck I'm doing wrong. You got a point.

You know what I'm saying? It's like, bro, help me get it right. Did he say anything to you after he heard that? It ain't out yet, but my boy sent it to him because he cool with that.

He out there, Marcus. But he sent it to him and he felt the way, but it's like, I felt the way. It's kind of crazy because Stat Cole, he's a rapper rapper.

So it's like, I thought, I would feel like he would see you. Man, Stat used to tell me I'd never sell a ticket. Damn. I guess you look at it like he was in your position. So the fact that he got power, he should be pulling up all the steady notes. Yeah, I get it. Facts.

I watch you do it with people. You be giving people real estate game. There's a lot of people I didn't talk to that just said, yo, Envy put me on this. Envy didn't put me on that. That's what we gotta do as a people. Alright, well don't move. We got more with Simba when we come back. And let's get into a single. This features Roddy Richards called Never Change. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

It's DJ Envy Angel E. Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Simba. Charlamagne? You know, I love Never End Up Broke. Yeah. You know, and on that record, you know, the hook is Money Can't Buy Back Time, my n***a.

Yeah. If you could buy back time, what time would you buy back? Trying to build a relationship with my dad. Mm. My dad went to jail when I was one

and he died in prison. And he died on some, like, some janky s***. Like, we still trying to figure it out. You know what I mean? So I never really got, like, a father figure in my life.

My mama was like both roles. I probably wouldn't have been a rapper if I had my dad in my life. You think? Yeah, I probably would have done something different. OK, but me looking for a male father figure, I looked up the rappers. But not having a dad in my life, it kind of like hindered me a little bit. You know, I didn't go to college. That's something I probably would have did. Respecting women a lot more. You know what I mean? Coming to college. That's something I probably would have did. Respecting women a lot more. You know what I mean?

Coming from the Bay, we kind of come from this pimp culture. You know, and our OGs tell us, oh, man, f*** you, man. Do this, do that. But it's like, man, that ain't really the way we should be operating out here

as black men. I was going to ask you. No, hold on. I'll go back to your father real quick. I'm glad that you said that because there's so many men that are starting to have that conversation now about wanting that connection with their fathers. You know what I mean?

I tell people all the time, first time I had a breakthrough in therapy was realizing the daddy issues that I had. I'm just glad that you're saying that out loud because, man, we be acting like fathers are disposable. Nah, bro, we need that. Like, I just had a son, so it be making me aware of like, okay, let me not smoke in my videos. You know what I mean? Let me not drink so much around him. Like, let me do certain things to where he could look at me as a role model. I ain't had that.

You know, you FaceTimed me one day, man, and you put me on the FaceTime with the super down, legend ain't even the right word. Dr. Dre. Yeah. What's getting that call me when Dre call you and say, yo, come to the studio. Let's do something. Everybody shut up and sit down. You feel me?

Quit telling me I need to make a hyphy record. You feel me? Let me do me. But, nah, it was special because I actually met Dre through Keon, which is his nephew. I met Keon at a studio session. He was in the room playing beats and I just went in there and started freestyling.

He was like, man, I got to introduce you to my uncle. I'm like, who your uncle? He like, Dr. Dre. I'm like, man, come on, bro. You know in LA, everybody knows somebody

that knows somebody that actually know the person. So I'm like, man, come on, bro. He like, no, that's really my uncle. I'm like right bet take my number i give him my number the next day he facetimed me with dre on the phone and dre was like man i seen your la leakers freestyle like i didn't heard a few things about you like when i finished with this super bowl i want to get in the studio with you so i'm like bet so the super bowl happened and i think it was two days later it was like a wed or Tuesday or something.

I was in the studio with some people. And Keon hit me. He was like, I want you to pull up. He sent me the address. I didn't even tell nobody where I was going. I think they thought I was going to the bathroom or something. I just got up and left. I just got up and left.

Drove straight over there. By yourself? Yep. You got to. Straight by myself. I ain't bringing nobody over there. You yep you got to straight by myself i ain't bringing nobody over there you can't do that hell nah i went over there and i was over there for about four days and we just was cooking cooking cooking cooking and then everything he taught me

is really what motivated this project he kind of like taught me how to act out my lyrics and say things different it's a song called can't win for nothing that charlamagne told me the production sound cheap uh so we had to beef up the mix a little bit but i don't know and i appreciate that i appreciate that but it's a song on there if you listen to it before i was with dre i would have rapped the first lyrics like uh i woke up this morning with all these thoughts in my head jumped out the bed and stuck my tone edge but drake taught me how to say like i woke up this morning with holly starts in my head jumped out the bed and stuck my tone edge so you could actually get up feel me hitting my toe he taught me how to act out my lyrics and stuff like that and he also taught me that like a lot of people beats be terrible you know what i mean like when you get around him when you start hearing

them beats you be like damn why I even rap on these other you know what I mean but he's a goat that's what make him Dre

so shout out to Dre man he always teach me a lot he give me a lot of game it be times where I be lost on what to do and I text him and he hit me right back

do this do that say this how many songs y'all got together you probably gonna kill me for saying this then don't do it nah we on the breakfast club i'm saying it then we got about six okay okay about six you know where they going or i don't all right i don't simba's album is out

take time out today pick it up yes sir simba you're going places my brother come on man i appreciate y'all for having me also you know like i always tell you i appreciate what you do with the black effect network yes because it's important for us to have black media you know what i mean we always get hot and feel like we gotta run to the other man not the brother man that's right you know what i mean so everything you do from all the smoke to every podcast you got man i salute you i also salute you on your future endeavors i actually like one of your co-hosts i'm gonna get it her later lip service yeah yeah yeah yeah she she fine as hell shout out to you too envy man you're a real legend out here man you got a lot of people

on the bay that always speak highly of you you know what i mean i got a lot of people in the Bay that always speak highly of you. You know what I mean? I got a lot of people from Hampton that always talk about you. So you're a legend, man. And everything y'all do for this culture, you know, for the last, what I want to say, 12 to maybe 13 years, you know what I mean? We always, as young artists, wake up and watch this show to get

information, to learn what it is we should be doing. I learned a lot from this show, so it's a blessing to be here, and I appreciate y'all for having me. Yes, sir. Well, Simba, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Like a donkey. Tee-haw, bitch. Tee-haw.

It's time for Donkey of the Day. I'm a big boy. I can take it. If you feel I deserve it, ain't no big deal. I know Charlamagne and God gonna have some funny shit to say out his mouth. If God say something you may not agree with, it doesn't mean I'm mean. Who's getting that donkey? That donkey. That donkey. Donkey. Donkey. Donkey. Donkey of the day right there.

It's a breakfast club, bitches. You can call me the donkey of the day, but like, I mean no harm. Yeah, it's donkey of the day for Friday, September 16th. Goes to an unnamed patient in India who had to be hospitalized after allegedly shoving a deodorant canister up his ass. Okay.

Where it remained for three weeks before doctors removed it. It's Freaky, Freaky, Freaky Friday. I'm not making this up, ladies and gentlemen. Okay. A man shoved an eight-inch deodorant can up his butt and left it there for three weeks. Either two things are happening here. This man was extra horny or extra stink. Okay, do you know how fed up you got to be with the smell of your own ass

to just shove a deodorant can up it and leave it there for three weeks? All right, this man must have gotten called stink ass, funky ass, musty ass. Somebody must have told him to go wash his ass so many times that he decided the only way to course correct the problem was to stick a can of deodorant up his butt all right you got to understand whoever made any of these products first whether it was soap deodorant douche they were absolutely fed up with how humans on this planet was smelling at the time all right that simply just had to be the inspiration so when

someone takes one of these products and sticks it up their ass, I repeat, it's either because they stink as hell or they extra horny and it could be that he was extra horny because it is some extra horny people on this planet and he might be one of them. Is this what the world has come to? Imagine sticking some Dove deodorant up your ass, you know. You know, just

imagine. You know what I'm saying? Men are out here on this planet sticking cans of deodorant up their ass for what? All right, Secret has actually created a new campaign slogan, and that slogan is, strong enough for a man, but made for those who want to be penetrated like a woman. Okay, what kind of choices do you make before you stick a can of deodorant up your rectum?

Do you think to yourself, hmm, aluminum versus no aluminum, traditional versus natural? Clearly, his format choices can. All right? The roll-up stick probably a little too wide. Now, doctors conducted several x-rays, which revealed that the young man had a 7 1⁄2-inch deodorant can lodged in his colon near his anus. Doctors believed that he put the antiperspirant up his anus, but his reasons for giving himself the D and the D being deodorant are unknown.

I really have to know what brand it was. Okay. Cause what if it was degree? If it was degree, I have a marketing idea. They can do six inch cans. Okay. Because seven and a half to eight inches, that just seems massive. Okay. That's actually my penis measurements. But instead of that, just do a nice six inch can of degree. And the slogan can be degree six inch spray for anyone in need of six degrees of penetration. OK, the deodorant business is missing a lot of money, man, because clearly it's a new way to use deodorant. By the way, this might be the way they have always been using deodorant. We just didn't know. But guess what? It's not a secret anymore. OK, it used to be three types of deodorants roll on stick or spray.

Now it's roll on stick and gay matter of fact what exactly does stick mean nowadays when we are talking deodorant we're really interviewing the wrong people on this show because i want to talk to this guy all right i have questions the more i read this article i see doctors have shot down my sticking the deodorant up his ass because he had a smelly bum theory. Alright, they ruled that out. And doctors had to cut open this man's stomach to get the silver spray can of deodorant out. Oh. It was a spray can.

Oh. They don't sell dildos in India. Huh? Man, get this man, Addie, so we can send him a care package from Doc Johnson. We still got the Doc Johnson Connect. I have some stuff right here. Yeah, we gotta send him something. We're gonna send you the dildo that sticks to the wall so you can back that thing up and city boy on that D.

How do you know about that? What do you mean? He tried it. Never tried it. I got eyes. I read. I have no idea what brand of deodorant this is. I've never seen this brand in my life.

It's like silver. It might be Old Spice. No, it's not Old Spice. I'm just more impressed that this can stayed in his ass for 20 days. All right? He wasn't for 20 days. All right? He wasn't able to poop. All right? Okay, but what's impressive is this spray can is clean.

I would think this spray can would come out messier than a newborn baby. Just doo-doo everywhere. But that is not the case. Unless they wiped it off before they took a pic with it. You know, this is why podcasts like Horrible Decisions and Lip Service are important. You got to stop shaming people for their kinks. All right. Men want things up their butt and are scared to get it the real way for fear of judgment.

All right. Now this man has damage to both his esophagus and intestines, which doctors say will require surgery in the future. And he will need to be monitored by doctors for the next seven days in case of further complications. All because y'all got this man scared to be who he is. With all that said, please give the young man in India who stuck that spray can of deodorant up his ass the biggest hee-haw. You got dildos and penises and women or man's fingers and anal beads, all types of things you could stick up your ass,

but you're using deodorant. Knock it off, my guy. All right. All right. Anal beads, all types of things. You could stick up your ass, but you're using deodorant. Knock it off, my guy. All right. Fruits, vegetables. Nah, that's just, you know what? Why you waste a good fruit? You could eat it after though. Yeah, I was going to say.

Especially if you do the banana and don't peel it. A cucumber, you could just use it for flavoring. Did the guy give a reason? No. No, there's no reason. Maybe it was Friday. He was about to get ready for tonight and was just expanding and getting his self-adventure. He got sex toys for that. Maybe he doesn't have sex toys.

You know, Vicious. Don't make me react. Wait till we do this Breakfast Club documentary. That's definitely going to be in there. You remember Vicious? Yeah. Oh, my goodness. I hate y'all how long was it and Gia actually Envy's wife also did cosign that

tell us how big it was yes go watch the interview Gia did on Breakfast Club Gia absolutely confirmed it Confirmed it. Give me a hug. Come here, Vicious. I'm all the way down to hug Vicious. Let me Google Envy Dildo. I'm going to hug you. Hug me from the back. No, I'm not hugging you from the back. What you mean? I'm not hugging you from the back. Hug me from the back. No, I'm not hugging you from the back.

Envy. This is so crazy. I just want to say something. I just Googled Envy and Dildo. I did not know you had a video on xnxx.com. Now, don't do that, G. Come on now. I don't even know what that is.

Wow. You just want to talk. You just make stuff up. No, Google it. Envy Dildo. God damn it, G. Come on now. I don't even know what that is. Wow. He just makes stuff up. No, Google it. Envy Dildo. God damn it, G. You know I'm about to Google this. How would you?

It says right here, xnxx.com, Envy Dildo. And then it says Envy Dildo F and Shower. That's on TNA. No, it doesn't. It says Dildo Envy. The average Dildo size. No, no, no. Go down.

Go down to like the fifth. Go down to the fifth search. It says envy dildo. The average dildo size compared to the average penis. I googled envy dildo and a bunch of articles come up with people who,

men who are jealous of dildos. You gotta do all, not news. You gotta see. Oh, and then it has DJ Envy. You took a dildo but can't take a joke? That was Jesus.

You said that? Jesus said that. Jesus is a man. Oh, okay. Oh, my gosh. He doesn't read. What did Jesus say? I didn't read.

He doesn't read. Was that after the book interview? Oh, my gosh. DJ, this is in Rolling Out. DJ and me got caught in a racy Snapchat scandal. Envy, I didn't do all of this. I just told everybody we was doing a documentary. I didn't say all this.

Just let it go. The damning part came when Envy allegedly told the woman that he enjoys anal penetration with a nine and a half inch dildo on a regular basis. When is she leaving?

I thought you were supposed to be leaving. Did we say goodbye to you already? Didn't we say goodbye to you already? We just had a whole show. Angela P is leaving.

Why are you still here? You're so uptight, and why don't you get a dildo and relax? We just had a whole show. Angelique is leaving. We're celebrating. We got you food,

and you ain't leaving yet. You know what? What are you talking about? Oh, my gosh. Oh, y'all, stop. Go to commercial, man. There's so much. If you guys are looking up

Emmy Dildo, go to page five. All right, when we come back, we got the positive note and more, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club reminding you guys this Sunday, if you're in New York, it's the Fall Back in Love comedy and music concert out in Long Island. Trey Songz, August Alsina, Jacquees, Mario, DC Young Fly, Rip Michael. It's a date night, so can't wait to see you guys on Sunday. Get your tickets if you haven't got it as of yet. And we're going to have a lot of fun. All right, and today I'm going to be in Brooklyn.

We are actually going to be part of this whole M.A.D.E. Summit and Festival. It's free. And I'll be doing a panel. I'll be on the panel with Nicole Hannah-Jones, which is going to be really exciting for me. She did the whole 1619 Project. And she also covered Rachel and Justice for the New York Times Magazine.

She's a reporter. So we'll be doing that today. So make sure y'all come check us out. You can go to MADE Community. That's m.a.d.e.community to find out how to get your tickets and sign up and come through. Charlamagne, you got a positive note? I do. Well, yes, I do. I want to tell everybody, first

of all, thank you for watching. Hell of a week last night on Comedy Central. That's my late night show. It comes on on Thursday nights right after the Daily Show. Make sure you're screaming on Paramount Plus all weekend. Last night we had a great show. Our panel consisted of Roy Wood Jr., the great Malcolm Gladwell, and my good, good sister, Angela Rye, who is currently arguing with me now. That's all we do is argue.

I love her to death. And the one-on-one conversation was with Fat Joe. Okay, so salute to my man, Fat Joe. Make sure you scream that on Paramount Plus all weekend long. Now, the positive note is simply this respond less to negativity and life becomes more peaceful remember that this weekend breakfast club bitches you're finished or y'all done