The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: TI Interview, Big Sue Cohosts, Ben Crump and Founders of the Freedom Fund Interview and More!

Episode Date: August 14, 2023

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

What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. We need help! That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast

Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay.

Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's Teresa, your resident ghost host. And do I have a treat for you. Haunting is crawling out from the shadows, and it's going to be devilishly good. We've got chills, thrills, and stories that'll make you wish the lights stayed on. So join me, won't you?

Let's dive into the eerie unknown together. Sleep tight, if you can. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show Civic Cipher. That's right. We discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle. We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other. So join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Good morning, USA! For no reason. Because I don't know if y'all can tell that was a recording or not, but it was. Because DJ Envy is not here today.

It's just myself and my special guest co-host. If you in Memphis and listen to K97.1 on the regular, then you know who she is. Round of applause for Big Sue. Hey, Mace. Hey, Mace. Good morning. Good morning, Big Sue. How are you?

I'm doing good, man. I'm happy to be here. Thank you so much for having me. Happy Mother F-ing Monday. Are you used to being up this early? A while back I was. Okay. Yeah. Not now? No, Mother F-ing Monday. Are you used to being up this early? A while back I was. Okay.

Yeah. Not now? No, not now. So it takes a little while to get in the groove? Yeah, it does. It does. I'm hoping for coffee. That's what you need?

That's what I need. Get Big Stu some coffee, y'all. Any other morning routine you had this morning? No, I'm good. I'm good. And you're a radio veteran, right? How long have you been in the game? Oh, boy. Over 20 years?

Yeah. I got 25 in. Okay. Okay. We about there. You right there? Yeah. All right. I think we started around the same age. veteran right how long you been in the game oh boy over uh 20 years oh yeah i got 25 in okay okay we we about there you right there yeah all right i think we started around the same age probably i think i started off as an intern in 98 okay 98 yeah uh 97 i think for me was the first time i ever got on the mic yeah radio veterans drop on the clues bombs for radio veterans if you notice uh some of our last uh several guest hosts have all been folks from the radio world. Chris Kaler from Charleston, South Carolina.

Ashley on air from Houston. Roxy Romeo from Philly. Now Big Sue from Memphis. Yes, the I Heart Girlies are repping. You already know, so we're happy to have you. Also this morning, man, we have some special guests. We have Attorney Ben Crump. He'll be here because he's representing the ladies of the Fearless Fund, Ayanna

Parson and Arianne Simone. The Fearless Fund is a grant program for black women, and they're being sued by an anti-affirmative action. No, what is it? Anti-affirmative activist named Edward Bloom. Basically, he's just an old crack-ass cracker who wants to stop black progress, and we're going to talk about it, okay? And also on the show this morning, you know, August 19th, 2003,

a brother from Atlanta named T.I. put out a classic Coaches Shifting album called Trap Music. That album is turning 20 years old this week. And T.I. will be here this morning

to tell us all about it, alright? We got Teslin Figaro coming up with front page news. And it's Monday, damn it! We all waking up going to work together, so let's get it. It's the world's most dangerous

morning show, The Breakfast Club. I heard my mic on, Edward. it. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Turn my mic on, Edward. Yes, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God. DJ Envy is off today, but my special guest co-host is here, Big Sue. Good morning, good morning. Turn our mic on, Eddie. Jesus Christ.

I mean, you hit him with the government, too. Because. Serious. That's Radio 101. Turn the mic on. Nothing happens until the mic gets turned on but now it's time for front page news with tesla figueroa the hood whisperer good morning tes good morning charlamagne the guy good morning big sue representing memphis let me say some of

the best music in the planet comes from memphis that's right good morning good morning good morning now tes uh tell us about these uh wild Maui. Yeah, a lot of folks have probably been watching this over the last few days, and the official death toll has reached 93 in this week's wildfires, and there are warnings that it could rise further. Now, the blaze that devastated the historic town of Lahana is now the deadliest U.S. wildfire in over 100 years. Governor Josh Green said that the winds were between 60 and 81 miles per hour, which meant that the fire traveled one mile per minute. Take a listen. It was moving fast,

really fast. It got to our homes within seconds. With the fast-moving fire closing in on his home, Ochoa heroically grabbed both his kids and his friends' children. Their parents were at work and scrambled everyone out. Did you hear any alarms? Did you get any kind of warning? No alarms, no warning, nothing. No sign, nothing that we had to evacuate. Not even police rolling by telling us to evacuate or anything. Damn.

So what will my residents want about the fires, Tess? Yeah, this is what one of the big issues is, is about the warning. Now, officials are saying that they're not making any excuses for it and they are going to do an investigation to see why it did not. The system didn't activate sooner, but we know the fires began on last Tuesday. There was no warning ahead, but the National Weather Service did issue warnings about strong winds. But they canceled that warning on that Wednesday and then after that the flames broke out August 8th and they did issue some evacuation orders towards some schools but then by the time they issued it you know all over all over the

island it was too late and the by the afternoon the flames had already engulfed you know most of the area so they're doing an invest investigation to see you know what happened with that and i'm sure folks have been seeing it on social media you know where people had to flee and jump in the water and you know just some real uh devastation that happened as fyi has been a total of 2 200 buildings uh that have been damaged uh and a lot of folks still have not found uh their family, and they say that that fire is still only 85% contained. Jesus Christ. So what does that mean for the residents of Maui now?

Like, what do they got to do? Just deal with the nasty conditions that the wildfires create, like the smoke and the smog and all that stuff like that? Yeah, obviously so. Now, there has been a lot of help. I've been looking and watching. I believe Oprah, you know, went out and tried to do some help. I know The Rock made some posts about it you know there's some gofundme uh accounts also

set up i just want to warn people they had also put out on the media to be careful on those gofundmes make sure that you're you know donating to you know the right gofundme and the right resources to try to help so just have to build it back we think about hawaii being such a beautiful place you know a place where you go and, you know, relax. I've never been. I would love to go to Hawaii. But this is just, you know, really heartbreaking to see such a historic loss.

So let's stay on top of it. And where's Smokey the Bear? Remember back in the day when you used to have Smokey the Bear and Smokey the Bear? Yeah, only you can prevent forest fires. I feel like we need more Smokey the Bear campaigns nowadays. We haven't seen a Smokey the Bear in a long time. Yeah.

And that's probably why it's all these damn wildfires. People done forgot that it's only us that can prevent them, I guess. I don't know. That and climate change is real. You is not lying. You is absolutely not lying. Taz will be back next hour. Thank you, Taz, for that front page news. Now, right now, it's time to get it off your chest.

1-800-585-1051. Call us right now. Tell us why you're blessed. Tell us why you're mad. Whatever is on your mind, let us know. Not too much on the mad, though. It's Monday. I'm not ready for all that heavy energy yet. Okay? It's the world's most dangerous morning. Show the Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest.

800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Get it off your chest. Who's this? Hey, this is Papa Smurf calling from South Carolina. Papa Smurf. What part of South Carolina are you calling from, Papa Smurf? Austin.

843 all day. The low country. What's happening? I've got three things I really want to get off my chest. Okay. The first one is political risk. Your phone breaking up, bro. Your phone breaking up.

So it buried the lead. I don't even know what you said. What did you say? I said critical race. Okay. I don't believe... I believe it's a fact. I believe the proof shows that our education system is private.

Our kids, our housing, our L&D, L&D is bad, and our medical attention is way off track. The second one is black women. I don't care if they toss up, make me believe it's my fault, I believe it's the press. It's his fault. This is what he's done since the shores of this country. They have oppressed us. They're still oppressed us. They want us to depend on them.

And I think that that's something that we shouldn't wait for. Okay, so you said critical race theory, black women, and oppression. Now, I know when I solicited for calls, I said nothing too heavy on a Monday morning, but you just come out the gate. You just come out the gate. First phone call with critical race theory, black women, and oppression.

I ain't even had no oatmeal yet, bro. Yes, sir. Have a blessed day from the 843, sir. Blessings to you. Good morning. Get it off your chest. Who's this? Top of the morning, OG.

This is Red from CT. Red, what's up, my brother? Nothing much, man. I just wanted to shout out my wife, 17 years, three kids, you know, something more. Today your anniversary? It was yesterday. It was yesterday. It was yesterday.

You're black, right? Yeah, half. Spanish and black. You married to a black woman? What you got? I got a Spanish woman, but she's black. Oh, okay, okay, okay. All right.

Just, you know. Peace queen. I wouldn't say peace queen. Representing Memphis. Thank you so much. Thank you. Happy anniversary. That's right.

Happy anniversary. Thank you. I'm just making sure you don't have a Happy anniversary. That's right. Happy anniversary. Thank you. I'm just making sure you don't have a white woman. That's all. Congratulations. Nothing wrong with that. Nothing wrong with that. Just making sure.

That's all. Nothing wrong with that. Just making sure. That's all. I got some hats here. Eddie, can you please make sure my good brother gets a Black Effect hat? We got you, brother. Get it off your chest.

Who's this? It's Keith from Florida. What's happening? Keith, what's up, brother? Hey. I want to talk about that Hip Hop 50 celebration at the weekend. That was great, bro. Oh, you were there?

Nah. I woke up Saturday morning and saw an eight-hour bad joke, bro. Big box energy, bro. You had the best day. It's amazing to me how there's always a connection between Florida and the Bronx. I always say the craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. And there's always a connection. Y'all recognize each other's crazy.

Who's Taz? Who's Taz? Who's Taz? Who's Taz? Who's Taz? Who's Taz? Who's Taz? Who's Taz?

Who's Taz? Who's Taz? Who's Taz? Who's Taz? Taz is here, too, but that's Big Sue. Big Sue from Memphis. Hey, good morning. Okay, what's happening?

What's happening? How you doing? I'm good. I'm good. Thanks. All right, my brother. Yeah, y'all be good. Yes, sir. Get it off your chest. what's that how you like i'm good i'm good thanks all right my brother yes sir uh get it off your chest we do that every morning we're still taking calls right now 1-800-585-1051 i think that's the number that's the number right yeah 1-800-5 the breakfast club The Breakfast Club.

It's a new day. This is your time to get it off your chest. Wake up. Whether you're mad or blessed. It's time to get up and get something. Call up now. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Get it off your chest.

Who's this? Yeah, I was trying to give a shout out to the guys at Gatto Gastro. Oh, salute to Ghetto Gastro. Yes, sir. I went and checked out that apple, cinnamon, maple that you said. Fire. Yes, yes. And then I got the strawberry, too.

They're a little spencer, but they don't have all that red, diagonal, 40, and all that. So if you're trying to give a healthy option to your kids, Ghetto Gastro is the way to go. You got it from Target? Yeah, Target. I had to go to Target to get it. Yeah, I ordered some.

My wife ordered some this weekend. I didn't even know she was ordering it. I saw it in the house. She ordered the waffle and the pancake mix. You tried it yet? No, you know what? I did. I'm bugging.

I did try it. We had it Sunday morning. Oh, okay. Yeah, I did. How was it? I enjoyed it. I mean, it's hard to mess up waffles bro like you can't really mess up waffles no no you can burn a waffle you can

burn a waffle that's what i'm saying like the mix it was good it was good to me i enjoyed it i'm talking about the actual mix it was like because we grew up on auntie mama and all that so oh that's a good question yeah yeah it was was. For the pot stars. Because when I ate the pot star, of course it wasn't the pot star that we used to get with all the frosting and stuff in it. But it was a healthier option, and it wasn't bad at all. It wasn't like, man, what is this, rubber? Oh, I thoroughly enjoyed the apple. That's right, that apple maple cinnamon fire. Yes.

All right, but you all have a good day. I'm glad you ain't up there, because you probably would have cut me off by now. Oh, that's right. That Apple Mabel Cinnamon 5. Yes. All right, but y'all have a good day. I'm glad Embiid ain't up there because he probably would have cut me up by now. Love, brother. Get it off your chest. Who's this? It's Alex.

I'm calling from Long Island. Alex, what's up, my brother? What's going on, shall we make it go? Talk to me. Say what's up to Big Sue from Memphis. What's going on, Big Sue?

How you doing? I'm good. How you doing? I'm chilling like a villain. That Say what's up to Big Sue from Memphis. What's going on, Big Sue? How you doing? I'm good. How you doing? I'm chilling like a villain. That's what's up. But I'm calling because I want to promote my business. I have a candle making company. Send me some.

I love candles. You know Uncle on candles? I got you. I'll send you some to the station. But I have a candle making business where you can come into my store, make your own candles, pick your fragrance. It's in Baldwin, Long Island. Baldwin, Long Island.

Baldwin. Baldwin. Okay. Yeah. Can I get my own website? Yes, you can. It's called Candles Delight. B-A-N-D-L-E-S-D-E-L-I-T-E dot live.

All right, listen, before you sell out of candles, after that shout out, make sure you send us ours, okay? Oh, I got you. All right, my brother. What sense do you have? That's a good question. What sense do you have? I have all kinds of sense. You can just put it in the email and I got you.

What's the top seller, Big Sue said? Jamaican Me Crazy. They have Sugar Love. And then I got this new thing called Black Queen. What the hell? What the hell? What the hell? Jamaican Me Crazy.

Mango type like pineapple. It's like a nice fruity smell. All right. I want that. Send those up here, bro. And the Black Queen, please. I got you. Thank youuity smell. All right, I want that. Send those up here, bro. And the Black Queen, please. I got you. Thank you, brother.

Thank you. Yes, sir. That was Get It Off Your Chest. We do that every morning at the same time. Call us. Let us know what's on your mind. Let us know, you know,

what's bothering you. Let us, you know, know how happy you feel, whatever it is. We're taking all energies. What we got coming up next? Oh, Rumor Report. Yes.

We got in the Rumor Report. We got to talk about it. Hip Hop 50. A lot of folks are left out. Get it off their chest. People are highly upset about that. I'm telling you, man, it's some self-bias, but we'll discuss when we come back. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. 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's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete.

Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson the First, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. 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 owned 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 warheads. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan.

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

Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection. It was literally that step by step.

And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like, grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best.

And you're gonna figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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. Nimminy 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, there's 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 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 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. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlemagne Tha God, DJ Envy is off today. We got our special guest host, Big Sue. What up? From K97.1 in Memphis. Here this morning.

What's happening? What's going on? Are we ready? We ready? You know, I promise you, Big Sue, if I knew End was off today i wouldn't have done uh that five milligram edible or drink that glass of wine before bed last night but i needed to unwind yesterday because uh you know one of my daughter's b-day was yesterday she turned eight so oh yeah so she had a party with some of her classmates okay was there a theme yes mermaids really yeah yeah yeah yeah so needless to say i needed the drugs and the drink.

Okay, but it's time for the Rumor Report. We're going to talk about hip-hop's 50th anniversary. I'm modified and finally doing it here. On The Breakfast Club. You're a radio veteran. Wonder Woman on the radio. I would say that I'm definitely one of the hardest workers. Tell them what the business is. I swear we can't get Taylor to move fast on anything except for this imaging. I mean, where did that audio come from? Did y'all follow me home? Taylor, we'll set up in 10 minutes.

Can't get her to do nothing else fast, though. Drop on a clues bomb for Taylor, gang. Wow. That's what's up. I'm flattered. All right. You can take that with you, too to do nothing else fast, though. Drop on a Clues Bomb for Taylor Gang. Wow. That's what's up. I'm flattered. All right. You can take that with you, too, Big Sid. Okay, bet.

I sure will. All right. So Hip Hop is 50, turned 50, August 11th. Everybody, of course, somebody called in earlier about the Hip Hop 50, the big celebration. There've been celebrations throughout the year, but of course, it kicked into high gear last week as things started to calm down. Some folks started coming forward about their disappointment with how hip-hop was being celebrated. Soulja Boy stepped up, feeling left out. He tweeted, when I came in the game, they said I killed hip-hop.

But really, I birthed the new wave of hip-hop with internet streaming ahead of my time. Hashtag hip-hop 50. You got to give them that, MySpace. Drop on a Clues Bomb for Soulja Boy. Soulja Boy ain't lying. Soulja Boy is absolutely, positively telling the truth. Yeah, he continued. Now everyone vlogs their career like me.

Now everyone uploads their music to the internet. Now everyone goes live for their fans. I started it. Thank me or not. Followers, credit or not. Hashtag HipHop50. He's not lying in any way, shape, or form. The only thing I wonder is, like, why does Soulja Boy have to say that himself?

Like, there should be people saying that for Soulja Boy. But I guess nowadays, if you don't put that, put your own narrative out there, you know, nobody will plant the flag for you. So I'm not mad at Big Soulja for that. Yeah. Fly Ty, who was co-producer of Mr. Magic's Rap Attack, shared his thoughts on Instagram. He said, Mr mr magic was the first person to ever play hip-hop on the radio that's a fact that can't be disputed i think i'm pretty sure he's right like yeah had to be mr magic yeah absolutely he said he was even offered money and

an everyday slot if he would stop playing rap we were told if he stopped people would think it was over and everything could just go back to normal damn now djs take money to play rap that's illegal by the way but i just want to put that out there but i mean you remember back in the day there were radio stations that said you know all you know r&b and no rap like that was that was a positioning statement for a lot of stations back in the day yeah uh he also continued for no one to even mention him in this so-called 50th anniversary is a travesty all you rappers and djs who came after him know it fly time then uh there was also a post from uncle luke luther campbell

hip-hop fans from florida don't be upset they don't recognize your favorite floridian artists as part of hip-hop's 50th year celebrations this industry has never considered us as hip-hop from the time i started hip-hop in the south that also tracks i could go on and on the disrespect towards florida hip-hop still to this day we fight for our respect and we will continue fighting and if you look at it i think trina was the only artist from uh florida yeah i mean listen this is exactly why i propose every region do their own hip-hop 50 anniversary show like like let la do la let the bay do the bay let texas do texas let new york do new york let philly do philly let florida do florida let atl you know do atl because i don't care what kind of hip-hop head you are there's

only but so much you will know about other regions right right but i mean this is this is like 50 years of history it's like every time we watch an award show and somebody's mad, somebody got snubbed. You know, you couldn't celebrate everybody in 50 years. No, I mean, that's why I say,

I feel like it's more attainable if everybody from the region does their own thing. You know what I mean? That way you're sure not to miss anyone. Yeah. And all of us should be bowing down

to Uncle Luke. Uncle Luke is the reason we got parental advisory stickers on albums because he took it to the Supreme Court. Yes, he did. know, and all of us should be bowing down to Uncle Luke. Uncle Luke is the reason we got parental advisory stickers on albums because he took it to the Supreme Court. Yes, he did. And fought so all of hip hop,

really all of music, owes a debt of gratitude to Uncle Luke. So drop on a Clues bomb for Uncle Luke. Always. What else we got, Big Sil? All right, so Lil Durk's

concert was shut down after reports of an active shooter. This was on Saturday. So Durk was set to close out the show. His performance was cut short because of reports of an active shooter. This was on Saturday. So Dirk was set to close out the show. His performance was cut short because of reports of an active shooter. And Chicago PD officers, they were dispatched to the scene in response to the situation. There was a video that even shows an officer armed with a rifle directing concert goers.

But after further investigation, they said the incident was not bona fide there was no active shooter so what happened i mean i'm not mad at the way they reacted because it's chicago right you can never be too safe you know little dirk might be almost ill but a lot of the brothers in chicago aren't so so so what what was it you know what i don't know but i mean have you ever been like at a show like back in the day where you know all it takes is one person to start running or one person to say something or a fight breaks out or something and by the time it gets to the fringe, it's mayhem. I don't even got to be in a show. If somebody starts running in here, I'm going to start running.

I don't know what the hell is going on. You can never be too safe. I dig that. So Lil Durk also, I took to his social, said, don't believe the hype. We bigger than big. Thank you, Chicago. Go till the next time. Who all stole the merchandise?

Tag me so I can repost. Oh, I saw that now. I saw everybody stealing the merchandise. Maybe that's why they did that. As a diversion? Exactly. Maybe somebody created that diversion. Get your hand out of my pocket.

Just so they can go steal the merchandise. Because that felt very coordinated. That makes sense. That merch is high. Merch is definitely high. Yeah. It's definitely high. All right, Big Sue will be back next hour with the rumor report.

Coming up, we got front page news with Tezla and Figaro. So don't go anywhere. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy is off today. We got K97's own Big Sue in here with us this morning. What up, what up? You know, representing that Memphis, Luther Memphis.phis you're not from memphis though right hey i've been there longer than i've

been anywhere else okay so that's home that's home absolutely absolutely uh it's time for front page news tesla figueroa hood whisperer is hell good morning good morning charlamagne the guy good morning big sue good morning now uh tes i see that a fifth person has been charged in the Montgomery Boat Doc Brawl. Yeah, this was what folks are calling the chairman, the new chairman of the South. Folks have been wondering, you know, what has happened to the guy that was found wielding the chair. And he was charged and arrested again. His name was Reggie Ray of 42 42 was being held in city jail now he has been released since then charlemagne but this is the latest update that he was charged with a misdemeanor court

count of disorderly conduct from the accident but also we talked about this last week we covered the story a couple times like most folks have been following uh there has been a white female that was also arrested because i know that was folks wanted to know well what about the feet what about the females her name was mary todd 21 she was charged with third degree assault and then also charged was richard roberts 48 uh was facing two counts of third degree assault alan todd 23 and zachary shipman 25 who faced a count each of third degree assault assault now all four are scheduled to be arraigned on September 1st, and so is Ray.

His first court appearance will be September 1st. We'll keep following it to see what's happening now. As FYI, a misdemeanor in Alabama could carry up to three months in prison and or a $500 fine if convicted. So out of all the black people, Reggie Ray, the only one that got arrested? From so far, what it looks like. According to the photos that they put online, it was the white folks and Reggie Ray with the chair. So we'll see how it works out.

Now, I'm not in law enforcement in any way, shape, or form. But when I watched that video, I did say Reggie Ray going to jail. I did say that. You're still the South. You ain't going to just go around hitting no white woman with no chair. You know what I mean? For no reason. Because really, when you watch that video, it's just like when you watch Juice when they robbed the store.

And then Tupac shoot the clerk. And everybody get mad. Like, why'd you have to shoot the clerk? Now, we was good. We was good. We wasn't here for that. We wasn't here for that. Why you had to hit the white woman with a champ for no damn reason, Reggie Ray?

Well, shout out to those who've been making the memes. You know, this is a very serious incident, but the memes, the videos, the music, I mean, has just been, I mean, some very creative, creative stuff going on the Internet. I don't know if you guys have been following any of that stuff, but it's been very entertaining. And I'm actually shocked that he only got charged with disorderly conduct. I would have thought they would have charged him with assault. Yeah, but are you suggesting, should they charge him with assault is that oh i don't think i'm i'm happy he didn't get charged with assault i'm just shocked that in alabama a black man whacking a white woman with a chair is only a disorderly conduct that's true and then you know again not saying the mayor is black or the chief police black not saying that that made a difference

but you know i don't know maybe i don't know yeah we'll see now i'm just gonna put it put it out there like that but yeah we'll see not totally kind of this story is crazy hundreds of government employees in san francisco told to work from home due to the high levels of crime in the area yeah uh this is crazy uh hundreds of employees the department of is that the Department of Health and Human Services in San Francisco were basically told to stay home because the crime was too high. The department recommended that employees work remotely for the foreseeable future. They cited this in a memo on August 4th, but they said the advice is in light of the conditions in the federal. This is a federal building, by the way. They're out there selling dope right in front of the federal building. I guess that's a new day.

It is located in a hot drug spot. And so they're telling folks that it's dangerous and to stay at home. Now, just as a FYI, there's been a major fentanyl crisis in California. Governor Newsom announced in June that they seized enough fentanyl to potentially kill over 2.1 million people. So a lot going on in California. And apparently, you know, these employees are no longer feeling safe to go into work. So instead of police, police doing their job, instead of law enforcement doing their job, you just tell the government employees to stay home.

It sounds like you told law enforcement to stay home. If that's your only if that's your only plan of action. Yeah, it says a lot about, you know, but just think about trying to actually selling drugs in front of the federal building. Right. That's a whole new level of boldness, isn't it? You ain't lying. That's like a drug dealing fear factor right there. Right.

Do they know it's a federal building? Oh, you know what it is? A federal building might have the best customers. That's the name. According to the cocaine found in the White House, apparently you get a lot, a lot of customers from the from the government. So yeah, you're right. And by the way, that's a that's a hell of a charge, right?

Because I know that you can get charged for selling in front of a school zone. It got to be something right in front of a government building. You might be a family. They don't they don't care about the charge. They're more than happy with pushing dope. It's going to be there to charge you? That is true. Clearly ain't nobody there to charge them.

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will be here this morning to talk to us all about it, man, alright? It's the World's Most Dangerous Morning Show, The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. So we're rolling up, smokemoked by the time we get through about the second one.

They're like, oh yeah, you hard. And I never had to give nobody money back. So we went through all those, you know, those hand-to-hand FaceTime kind of acts.

And the data we received was the three songs that people responded to the most. Oh, let me name them. Okay, go ahead. Dope Boys in the Trap, Do It Baby,

Stick It Baby. That was probably a close four. That Boys in the Trap. Do It Baby, Sticky Baby. That was probably a close fourth. That was one in the clubs. Do It Baby, Sticky Baby, and Panty Poppa. Panty Poppa number one. You got two out of three. Okay, what's the third one? Still Ain't Forgave Myself. Still Ain't Forgave Myself.

Dope Boys in the Trap. Yeah. And Panty Poppa number one. Do It Baby was probably a close fourth. But, so we learned that that was like, you know, that was the vibe that they were responding to. That's what people would gravitate to on the album. So with that information, I said, OK, well, I could do a whole album worth of this and call it trap music. And so going into that next album, that's what we that's what we did.

After I'm Serious, what do you think went wrong with I'm Serious, if anything? I think it was I dropped within think went wrong when I'm serious? If anything, um, I think it was, I dropped within a, a transitional period, I believe. Um, you know, the face was a institutional culture, like a real,

uh, a musician's university. So, and it was in Atlanta, you know what I mean? So it was real boutique, you know, you could go in there and, a conversation with L.A.

about needing more money for your budget on a video, needing to get more spins on your record, just things that artists need to communicate with their label about on a regular. You could actually go in there and talk straight to the decision maker without any interference or no red tape. label about on a regular. You could actually go in there and talk straight to the decision maker, you know, without any interference or no red tape. And when that transition

happened and everything was in New York now, that was, you know, a bit more of a commute. And I'm sure L.A. was in a position where, you know, he went from being the boss and really answering to no one to now he's in a position where he's got to put up numbers and answer the people to justify his position. And so the first thing he's looking to do is, I'm sure, go to the guaranteed hitmakers that he already had. I think OutKast was on deck.

Tony Braxton, Usher. You know, this new kid, you know. Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's cool. Yeah, sure, sure. And let's get to the numbers. And I understand that, you know, at the time, not so much. But I appreciate that because the lesson I took from it, you know, we had it going the way we anticipated, the way we wanted to.

I don't think we would have, you know, been the businessmen and gained the independence that we did. That was really difficult because at that time, I know, New York was heavy, right? That's when DMX was out at that time. Sure. I think Ja Rule. 50 was smoking. Was 50 smoking in 2001? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

That's when all the G-Unit mixtape stuff came out. The album came out, too. Rockefeller was real big at that time. Was that very difficult to break in during that time? No, I don't think so. I think the South's advantage was always we could do numbers just in the South. You know what i mean of course what we needed you know what we needed to to broaden our reach to new york for was more like visibility but once you

became known and and and sought after in the south and then the mid the midwest right there so um you know you got artists like you know ghetto boys Ghetto Boys, UGK, you know what I mean? Like 8-Ball, MJG. You know, certain people that just did numbers only focusing on the South. So I never felt, you know, that it would have been difficult to really make a dent. I just knew, you know, in order to kind of like, you know, get MTV, or get covers of The Source, or you know what I'm saying, stuff like that, that's what we kind of needed New York for.

Trap music is so important, and it's one of the reasons I got you on the Mount Rushmore of the South period, because people was using the term trap, but not to say this is trap music before trap music. When it comes to people like, you know, drama, and just the way even Jeezy did the mixtape thing you did that prior you know I had I had some I had I mean I I laid some some fundamental work yeah in the streets

volume one through what one through three you know and there is no Jeezy there's no Gucci there's no Future There's not that shift In Atlanta sound Without T.I. and Trap Mute And I think that needs To be stated That's That's

You know I'm humbled by that I'm humbled by that I mean I think man You know Everybody plays a part And has a position And

And I just did my part You know what I'm saying I had no idea That what I was doing would mean so much to so many people, would be able to relate and correspond with their own contributions that would reach the masses and turn into what it's turned into today. It's just a blessing to be a piece of such a magnificent machine.

Alright, we are celebrating 20 years of trap music, so we got more with T.I. when we come back. But right now, let's get into a joint off-trap music. It's Rubber Band Man, produced by my good brother, David Banner. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlemagne Tha God. We are celebrating my guy, T.I.,

man. This week marks 20 years of the classic album, Trap Music, and he's here to talk all about it. Do you think you're the first to do what we know as trap music or the first to label it as trap music? I mean, well, definitely the first to label it as trap music. And, of course, we've all heard, you know, songs about drugs and drug dealers, but with the extra special attention to the details of the nuances, I think that's kind of... I'll give you an example.

You've heard records about rappers rapping about being hit men or carrying out homicides and so on and so forth. But we have never heard the attention to detail of the nuances the way we did when Scarface said, never seen a man cry till I seen a man die. Like, getting into, like, you know, going, scratching beneath the surface and, you know, lifting up layers to find out, like, what's in the heart and the mindset and, you know, what level of consciousness are these people on when they making these decisions? How does it affect them and their families? You know I'm saying like all of those things I don't think you know with the extra special attention to detail. I don't think it has been kind of Presented that way is it hard to celebrate the 20 anniversary of trap music without having two pillars around you like Phil and like Clay? I mean, it's hard not to celebrate it. You know what I mean?

Because, you know, all the work we put in and everything that we hustle for and fall for, you know, is commemorated with the celebration of trap music. They'll be memorialized with the celebration. What's your favorite song on trap music? Man, it's hard to pick favorites. I say at the very top of the list though, will have to be Just Doing My Job. Doing My Job. What was your mindset when you was doing that one?

Man, Kanye, so he already had the beat with the hook playing. And Just Doing My Job, to me, it immediately took me back to when I was trapping in apartments me and my partners like we did none of us live in these apartments we just come here to conduct that business and a lot of the the tenants of the apartments you know that I'm very cool with you know majority but yeah about four or five that'll walk by and they'll just look at

us like what aside I will speak they will that'll walk by, and they'll just look at us like, well, the side I will speak, they won't speak back. You know what I mean? And they just had a disdain for us. And, you know, I kind of could understand, but at the same time, I was like, you know, if you just really got to know, you know, any of us and had a conversation, you'll probably realize that we ain't no different from your nephews or your little brothers or sons and so on and so forth. We just find ourselves in extremely dire circumstances. And you know, are we trying to do it or find a way out? And I just never got a chance to have that conversation and i felt like there were other people in my position that probably felt the same way and they

would probably you know uh benefit from the conversation as well uh and the beat felt perfect you know for for the for the delivery of dialogue how was it working with a young kanye back then kanye was cool to hell, man. I ain't even gonna count. He was more conversational. You know what I'm saying? Like he read the room a lot better. It feel like Ye, you know, it feel like Ye, you know, he got to a point where he just stopped

reading the room and just gave everything everywhere. You know what I mean? So we took Kanye to Body Tap. Lord have mercy. We took Kanye to Body Tap, man. He lost his mind? He ain't never seen nothing like it. He ain't never seen nothing like it.

I was going to ask, with all those producers, with Toomp and David Banner, breakdowns to Jazzy Faye, breakdowns to working with some of those producers at that time. With DJ Toomp, man, that's, you know, that's my mentor. That's your Dr. Dre.

Yeah, yeah. Dr. Dre to your Snoop. That's definitely my mentor. And, you know, most of the beats that I got from Toont, I got from my, they came straight out of hell. Because Toont used to cut my hair. I'd come to the door, he'd come out to the door, the beat's playing. And while he cut my hair, you come to the door he'll come answer the door the beats playing and while he cutting my hair You know the beat just still playing and you know, I remember that's how I heard 24 and be easy to You know, I was like, hey man, what's that? And he'll say man that ain't finished

I said yeah, they'll get to me and I take it and you know, I whip it up the next day and you know The rest was history history you know what you put your flag down to on that I'm as the king of the South yeah I was on the first album actually actually the first time I even mentioned or may may made made mention of Monica was a song with me and being a seagull to Glock nines on the shafts hmm yeah it wasn't as personal to me it didn't mean anything for real until people started saying i couldn't say it yeah but yeah you know that's uh but nobody had said it before exactly so it's like somebody nobody

ever laid claim to this beautiful region you know what what I mean? That we call the South. Yeah, that's that. I mean, you know what? That's what brought about the epiphany that came. I was listening to, I believe, Mystical's album. He used to call himself the Prince of the South. So I looked at KP. I say, if he's the prince, who's the king?

And then, you know, we just had like that silence as we both were thinking. Then we both looked at each other and he said, I bet you won't. I said, the hell I won't. Was there a debate in the studio about who actually was at the moment? Mm-mm. Mm-mm. It was a debate about who would actually have a problem with it being said. Yeah.

You know what I mean? Did you know everybody was going to have a problem with it at one time? Yeah. Man, that intrigued me because I always felt like, well, first of all, in my heart of hearts, I just didn't want it to be somebody that I really respected. I didn't want to offend. Scarface. Yeah, you know, Outkast, Goody Mob, UGK, A-Ball, MJG you know Luke and 2 Lacroix I didn't want to like offend people who I actually had an affinity for but anybody in my class I

wanted I wanted all the smoke you know and so I had conversations with you know my predecessors you know I spoke to Big and Dre from OutKast I spoke to Face I spoke to Bun I spoke to Ball and G everybody who I had access to I spoke to them and you know and all the

OG's told me the same thing man do that now you know I think Dre said something like, what does it really mean to be king? You know, Face was like, man, I don't want to be king. You can have that, bro. Big said, well, you know now, it sounds like some cool shit to say, but to be king, put a bullseye on you.

You know, the object of the game of chess is to kill the king. Which is why I got a title for my last album, by the way. And he said, you can't be looking for no fables. I said, you ain't got a problem with it, though. Right? I went on, did my thing from there. That was all I needed. Yeah.

And also, too, you had the song T.I. versus T.I.P. on that album. You know, that's like a lot of, what's the word? What's the word, foreboding? No, not foreboding. Come on, you the vocabulary guy. Foreshadowing. Foreshadowing. Foreshadowing, prophesizing.

There you go, yeah, yeah, yeah. What the hell is foreboding? I don't know, man. I didn't know what to answer. You get around T.I., you start with the word. I thought he was talking about motorboating. Yeah, I know.

Floorboating. I'm going to let you figure it out, bro. But you knew back then there was a duality. Yeah, man. Well, to be honest with you, there was a conflicting nature in the world I was exiting and the way I had to learn to to carry myself in the world I was entering so a lot of times they were conflicting and I was torn you know what I'm saying there's some things that I would have to do coming into

this world and I feel like man this is the exact opposite of what I learned in my teachings. I had acquired sets of skills that I would no longer be able to use. You know what I mean? I don't feel like you learned that lesson around trap music, though. It took a while for it to really— But that's the beginning of the lesson. Okay, okay. Got you. Yeah. Got you.

Yeah. Got you. All right, we got more with T.I. when we come back celebrating 20 years of that classic album, Trap Music. Let's get into another record off Trap Music. It's 24th, right here on Weekends with the Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart?

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We just sold that, I think it's Jacksonville Comedy Zone for, what is it, two, four, six shows. We're going to Hel in in Philly gonna be in Philly doing some more comedy we got offers for tours yeah I'm enjoying it brother it's a high level of peace it ain't the same doing it without clay with this it's still dope have you um have you dealt with that? With the loss of Clay? What you mean? Just in,

like, as far as grieving. Well, question becomes, like, you know, when do you really completely finish grieving?

Yeah. Especially with somebody like that who's writing a man. Yeah, we had day-to-day interaction. Like, when do you really,

like, when do you say it's over? When do you say, okay, it's complete? I feel like that's an ongoing process because like you probably reach for your phone probably certain things pop up like man

somebody called clay and you're like i've done that several times you know but you you just try to remember as much as you learn from that person remember as many memories as you can of time shared with that person. And remember the things that you all intended to do together. And you got to be very intentional about carrying those things. One of the things, so, you know, Clay and I, we out, man, all of us. But he and I, especially, we had a pact and it was whoever died first they would get in front of of of the the church over the casket and say the upper room and that's and that's what i did you know i'm saying uh and and how did that go over because i saw i saw i saw everybody in the circle knew and laughed yeah like the rest of the church was like, what?

That's right. But, nah, man, I think, you know, but that's how we was, man. You know, our sense of humor, we kind of laughed our way. I remember, like, when Phil, when they just announced he had passed, you know, me and Clay, you know, we was joking. You know, we was, like, laughing about, you know, just how he, you know, he was probably was joking you know we was like laughing about you know just how he you know he was he was probably looking at us right now you know what i'm saying now i think we say yeah he's probably in the room right now you've been that you've been that cry you've been that cry straightened up and we will you know we started laughing and i think once you have experienced so many tragic moments you know you got to find some humor

to to deliver yourself some form of peace and that's what we always did so you know in here honor we're gonna continue to do that i was wondering if the psc collective i guess you call it a reunion i was wondering if y'all coming together to do a new album i was wondering if that was because of clay's passing or were y'all working together to do a new album, I was wondering if that was because of Clay's passing or were y'all working on that before? Nah, man. It was really, man, to be honest with you, bro, DJ Holiday, man.

Super Holiday? Yeah, DJ Holiday came to me and he asked me about doing a PSC show to commemorate an anniversary of 25 to Light. And, you know, I was like, man, I don't think nobody want to do it. You know, I see. Then I started, you know, I just kind of put it in a group chat that we got. You know, just slowly, everybody just started saying, well, I don't know. You know, we'll see, perhaps.

Then it came around, like, you know, Dro had really, really really really like did a transformation of himself and that made everyone feel good everybody was proud of that and i think that probably was the key component that made everybody say you know what let's do let's try this again and you know it's been going well you know we got a lot of dope music everything is um everything coming together you're gonna put out an industry so it's gonna be an album i think so drummer said he wanted to do it he wanted to do a gangster grill so i believe it i think it would be an industry that makes sense now how are you with your your son's doing music yeah do they want

to hear dad's game or do they just want to figure it out on their own? I mean, man, different decisions for different situations. I think they listen to me, but they may not put it into action immediately. You know, I think they still stubbornly try their way. Just like daddy. I ain't got nobody telling me nothing. You know what I'm saying? That was a little different. I don't think anybody that was around me, especially at their age, could show me how to do what I was trying to do. But I probably wouldn't have listened anyway.

I feel like if a song like Be Better Than Me, that was for them even back then. Yeah. Yeah. I think that they do the best they can. And I think they get better at it as the years go on. You know, because I listen to Da Money. Some of his songs, things I told him, I thought he wasn't listening at all. And I hear.

Hearing the music. Yeah, yeah. I hear it in the music. And, you know, that puts me at peace. Let me know, okay, so he can hear. Right. You know. We had Boosie up here and he said that you guys spoke.

We were grateful for that. You guys have been partners for a long time. Yeah, we spoke, man. We spoke. I mean, man, I don't, to be honest with you, bro, I don't take much personal. You know what I mean? I don't really take a whole lot personal. And I think that's the reason why, you know, like, a lot of stuff just ain't important.

You dig? why you know like a lot of stuff just ain't important you did like in the moment if i consume myself with it you know i have some some momentary reaction but like when i really like just when i meditate on it and like really really get get off the phone and get into my real life, it dissipates. It don't have any true value at all. And there are no stakes. You know what I'm saying? There is no consequence. So it shouldn't really be no emotion behind it.

However, once we did talk and I shared with him the validity of the facts. I think he kind of reached his own conclusion. That was really enough for me. I wasn't tripping off of it. I feel like you've disconnected from the social media the way you were.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is that intentional? Semi. My phone broke, man. My phone broke. And, you know, if your phone break like around, it broke like 6, 630.

So it wasn't no phone. So I had to wait. And then the next day, I had to go to Canada. So I couldn't get a phone in. And I believe, then I had a phone, but I had to go to Anguilla. So I a phone in and uh I believe then I had a phone but I had to go to Anguilla so I guess I had a new phone but I needed my old phone to get the chip out of it

so I had like two weeks without a phone and you liked it yeah so I'm just you know I'm just living with what's around me at the time yeah okay well ladies and gentlemen it's T.I. T.I. man it's the breakfast club one more thing are., man. Appreciate you. Appreciate you. T.I., that's what's going on. It's the Breakfast Club. One more thing. One more thing. Are you going to do some type of show for trap music? Yeah.

I think King. King is, he's doing something, man. And so far, he got Boosie and Tootie, and he's asking me to come. I'm thinking about it. It only makes sense for you to do it. Your son asked you, you got to uh, Boosie and Tootie and he's asking me to come. I'm thinking about it. It only makes sense for you to do it. Yes, sir, I asked you, you gotta think about it.

Yeah. You gotta perform trap music in this entire thing. I told him, you gotta make sure you got some insurance, man. You know what I'm saying? But, yeah,

he say he wanted to, uh, he say he wanted to, to kind of take over the, the celebration for, for the anniversary. And you know what I'm saying, all right, cool.

So I'm gonna see what he put together. I feel like you gotta perform it in its entirety somewhere. Man, we gonna see, man. But the Ha Ha Mafia will be in Philly, man, at the Helium, get your tickets right now online wherever Helium's website is. And you know,

catch the Ha Ha Mafia wherever you can because it will be going down. That's right. You did. It's the Breakfast Club. It's T.I. It's the world's most dangerous

morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlemagne Tha God, DJ Envy is off today. We got our special guest host, Big Sue, from K97.1 in Memphis here this morning.

Salute to the good brother, T.I., for pulling up and discussing that culture-shifting classic album, Trap Music, that turns 20 this week. That full conversation will be up on Breakfast Club AM's YouTube page shortly. Now, we got a room report coming, Big Sue. Yeah, we got it coming. Big salute to D. Wade.

Okay. Yeah, being a duck. Hit the intro. Hit the intro. One, two, one, two. Take it from the top. This is the room report. Rolling through the city with the radio. Don't two, one, two. Take it from the top. This is the rumor report.

Rolling through the city with the radio. Don't blast. The big zoo. Hey, babe, say hey. So I take a lot of pride in finally being here. On The Breakfast Club. And you're a radio veteran. Wonder Woman on the radio.

I would say that I'm definitely one of the hardest workers. Tell them what the business is. I now know where Taylor got that audio from. That's funny. All right. Shout out to D. Wade. Inducted into the 2023 class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Ceremony took place, Springfield, Massachusetts, at the Symphony Hall.

And D. Wade accepted his award, and he showed a lot of love and shared a really great story about his father. Pops, would you please stand? I started this off thanking you, and I want to end it the same way. I owe you a debt of gratitude that I'll never be able to repay. When I would cry and say I can't, you made me go harder. You pushed me to limits

that I didn't know were inside of me. The hard work I put in was because I didn't want to let you down. That time you got kicked out of the game as my coach and snuck back in the side door and coached me from the stands just to get kicked out again. It showed me that there was no limitations on how you would show up for me. To know we hustle all the way to the Basketball Hall of Fame is God's will. So Pops, I know your knees a little sore, but will you join me on stage as we take our rightful step into basketball heaven this one is for my father I love you and I'm thankful for you I love you too man

we're in the Hall of Fame dog I love that part salute to all the supportive dad man drop on the clues bombs for theane i think it's duane tyrone wade senior and junior instant tearjerker okay as a father a black father that's all i want i just pray that i point to my kids in that way and they feel that way about me when they get older and i pray i'm here to be honored and celebrated by them in that way man so yeah salute to d-way uh salute toute to Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. As we celebrated 50 years of hip-hop on Friday, they were honored in Cleveland by having a street named after them. East 9 and 9.

It's now adorned with the title Bone Thugs-N-Harmony Way. And the new street sign, it was dope. They put a lot of money into it. It actually had a picture of them on it. And then somebody stole it. Had, yeah. Yeah. Somebody came and got it. Apparently, there were two signs and they stole one of them drop on the clues bombs for cleveland okay whoever did that is a huge bone thugs in harmony but you know what they should do in situations like that you make the screech sign

right right and if it's got designs and stuff on it yeah make like uh what's the word don't say a lockbox man i don't even know what that is oh no not a lockbox to keep it on the place the place of glass like you see at the store no they should just make imitation signs to give the people like when the people come out to watch the ceremony yeah just give them like replicas that's the word i'm looking for give them replicas of the sign but i mean they probably wasn't thinking nobody was gonna steal it but okay okay i've been to a few street namings but typically it's just like the black sign with like the yellow around it it's like yeah nobody's stealing that that one was fire though yeah because it had these pictures on it in indeed uh also we got um tiffany haddish who's working on

two new shows according to the hollywood reporter she is developing a documentary to focus on successful women who have long-term relationships with homeless men. What? Right? What does that mean, though? Like homeless homeless? Or like just people with no ambition

and they ain't got no, you know, no drive about them? No, I think homeless homeless. Because, you know, Tiffany, she's spoken about that at length, about how she's, you know, spent some time being homeless. But there's some homeless sexual men out there who will just, you know, sleep with you to have a roof over their head.

But they're not homeless. Right. They're just showing up with a duffel bag. That's it. Yeah. That's all. But she's also working on two. So she's got that show.

And then she's got one focusing on psychotherapist, author, and lecturer, Elliot Connie. Oh, that's my guy. Drop all the goosebumps for Elliot Connie, man. Shoot Elliot Connie. The other thing I don't understand, I want to go back to the homeless thing. If you're homeless and you're dating a woman that can't even give you a room and board, what's the point

of dating a woman? You know, that's what had me caught up. The successful woman who's in a long-term relationship with a homeless man. It doesn't track. Yeah, how successful are you if the man's still homeless? And how does that even... Help that man get on his feet. What happens after date night? Like, you go use separate days?

You send him back to the streets, literally. That's what happens. Jesus Christ. I mean, he's just walking out in the morning. All right, babe, I'll see you later. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, Tiffany, you got something there because I'm interested. Same here. That's the rumor report. Yeah. I got donkey of the day up next. Four after the hour.

Somebody's about to get the credit they deserve for being stupid, man. And yeah, his name is Judge Jeffrey Ferguson. He needs to come to the front of the congregation. We like to have a word with him. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. I was born a donkey. It's the donkey of the day. It's the donkey of the day.

It's the donkey of the day. It's the donkey of the day. It's the donkey of the day. It's the donkey of the day. Look at these donkeys. Bunch of f***ing jackass. For the donkey of the day. That's pretty funny. Charlamagne the devil? Possibly. The Breakfast Club. Yes, donkey of the day for Monday, August 14th

goes to Judge Jeffrey Ferguson. I know it's Monday. I know we need to ease into the heaviness on a Monday, but there's no way to ease into this one. See, Jeffrey is accused of killing his wife during a drunken rage. Now, Jeffrey is a man who investigators discovered owned 47 weapons,

including the pistol used in the shooting and more than 26,000 rounds of ammunition inside his home. Can't expect a person like that who owns that many weapons to have any conflict resolution skills that don't involve gunplay. Now, let me tell you, Jeffrey is actually free. He was freed a day later a day later after being taken into custody and posted a one million dollar bail no need to play a game but guess what race it is with this

one okay in fact prosecutors are seeking new bail conditions after arguing that uh all the weapons he had indicate that he could pose a risk to public safety as well be as well as be a flight risk they want him to surrender his passports, wear an ankle monitor, and possess no alcohol or firearms ahead of this September 1st arrangement. Big Sue, you tell me what race you think he is. Uh, hmm. I'm going to go with Caucasian. Absolutely Caucasian, okay?

If he was black or brown, prosecutors wouldn't be seeking anything. They would have already done it all. All right, weapons confiscated, passport seized, probably no bail. But not only is he a white male, like I said, he's a judge since 2015. So it's a lot of different privileges at play here. But that's not what we're here for today, ladies and gentlemen of Hee Haw Missionary Baptist. We are here because Jeffrey, in spite of two alleged omissions, his defense attorneys maintain that his wife's death was the result of an accident and nothing more. An accident, you say?

Well, this is, remember I said Jeffrey Ferguson had two admissions of guilt. Remember that, okay? He had two admissions of guilt in this crime, and one of them is the reason he's getting donkier today. Let's go to ABC 7. What the hell did I just say? Let's go to ABC 7 News for the report, please. Today, an Orange County judge, 72-year-old Jeffrey Ferguson, faces one count of murder for shooting and killing his wife, Cheryl, on August 3rd. It started with a verbal argument at dinner with their adult son,

according to the charging documents, that Ferguson was drunk and during a fight at the restaurant made a gun gesture with his hand. Soon after, at home, his wife referenced that gesture and the documents say moments prior to the shooting, she said something to the effect of, why don't you point a real gun at me? and that he retrieved his pistol from his ankle holster and shot her their son called 9-1-1 then the documents say ferguson texted his court clerk

and bailiff to say quote i just lost it i just shot my wife i won't be in tomorrow i will be in custody i'm so sorry end quote anaheim police arrested him and investigators recovered 47 weapons from the Anaheim Hills home, including rifles, shotguns and handguns, plus more than 26,000 rounds of ammunition. But prosecutors worry one rifle is still missing. Ferguson was booked on a one million dollar bail, which he posted the next day. I just shot my wife. I won't be in tomorrow. When I hear stories like this this the only thing I want to know is what was he drinking so I don't ever drink it okay I'm just not this kind of drunk at no point

in my life I've ever been you know that drunk I'm not an angry drunk I don't get drunk and want violence in any way shape or form I'm not a belligerent drunk that gets toasty and just says anything I'm not a drunk that gets wasted and forgets what happened I'm the type of drunk that gets happy okay and wants to hug and love on everybody start telling you how much i love and care about you i'm not ever gonna get to the point where i'm so drunk i get so mad that i'm gonna pull out a gun and shoot you even if you ask me to now that's the other part of this story we don't want to discuss but we have to ladies i'm telling y'all watch what you say to these men out here okay y'all claim we don't listen but then y'all run into a man that is unstable and listens too well okay when y'all say things like boy i wish you would put your

hands on me some men will hear you hear you and you know grant you your wishes and that's a lesson his wife found out quick when she said why don't you point a real gun at me what a strange request and what a strange time for this man to decide he was going to listen to his wife okay why would you ever say something like that to a man that was caught with 47 weapons and 26,000 rounds of ammunition inside his home? What did you think that was for? To play Call of Duty? That is a man that wants all the smoke and is ready for war, whether it's with you or Russia. Okay. When you got that many weapons, you can't wait to use them. But I could never imagine being so drunk and so angry at your wife that you shoot her dead over a meal. Like you're reenacting the dinner scene in belly.

Not to mention the judge said, I just lost it. I just shot my wife. I won't be in tomorrow. I will be in custody. I'm so sorry. What trips me out about this is he said, I won't be in tomorrow. Not once did he feel like his job was at risk. I would think that shooting your wife dead is a letter of resignation, but not in Judge Jeffrey's world.

In Judge Jeffrey's world, he just won't be in tomorrow. He should be good for the day after, but tomorrow after just killing his wife? Nah, too soon. Okay. Oh, to be white and privileged in America. That's the real WAP. Okay. White and privileged.

I kill your wife. It's only an accident, an accident that you only have to miss one day of work for and have it called by the media. A shocking arrest that has left officials grappling with how to handle the case that's how they're spinning it look here's the thing when a person commits a crime like this they are no longer the person you knew i don't care how celebrated judge jeffrey ferguson was i don't care about the awards he won he killed his wife in a drunken rage handle him accordingly and for him to say it was an accident even though he admitted he did it twice lets you know he lacks remorse and accountability for his actions as a judge he would probably throw the

book at someone who was handling a case like this you know if he was handling a case like this the way he was so whatever judge who was on this case needs to do the same please let remy ma give judge jeffrey ferguson the biggest hee-haw hee-haw hee-haw you stupid mother are you dumb i'll tell you something else though sometimes you get what you ask when you get it because you ask for it you know good point that's that's that's this is a horrible situation all the way around now coming up uh we have the Fearless Fund coming in. What's their names? Ayanna Parsons and Arianne Simone.

They are the founders of the Fearless Fund, and they will be here with their legal representation, Attorney Ben Crump, to tell you all about the Fearless Fund and what the Fearless Fund is and why they are being attacked by anti-affirmative action activist Edward Braun. Can we say what Edward Braun is right now? You know what I want, Eddie. Come on, tell me whatever Braun is.

Cracker ass cracker! That's right. B.E.T., peace. See you tomorrow. It's The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. Think about this. Black women, Hispanic people,

black people, women, all minorities only make up 4% Charlemagne and Envy. But because they get 4%, he said, oh, you're discriminating against white men, even though they got 96% of all the trillions of dollars in venture capital fund. the fun. It is a frivolous attempt to prevent women from progress, to prevent women from having a seat at the table. As a father of a 10-year-old black girl, I look at what Arian

and Ayanna have done, raising $100 million, Charlamagne and Envy, to say that black women can have a seat at the table, that they can be entrepreneurs that's the only way we're going to close the wealth gap that's right i got four black daughters so i love the uh what y'all are doing is is it illegal for somebody to have a venture capitalist fund that's specific to a certain group no i mean listen the our our premise is that when you solve for the

most marginalized the most overlooked the most underfunded the most overlooked, the most underfunded, the most unsupported, that helps us all. We all know that there's a significant business case for diversity. Let's look at some of these numbers. Our thesis is around women of color. That's black. It's Hispanic. It's also Asian and Native American. And when you look at the percentage of the U.S. that these women make up that's 20 so make that

math make sense how is it that they get less than 0.4 of the funding this is this is equity that's what this is about and it's economic freedom so if we don't exist who's gonna look out for us that's right who's gonna look out for it so edward is saying that y'all are practicing unlawful racial discrimination. Where's he even getting these accusations from? The intellectual justification of discrimination is rampant in America now after the last president and what the governor in Florida are doing. I mean, they are saying that they're going to take back all the civil rights, whether it's voting, whether it's police enforcement, whether it's equity. What they have done is a sea change in the system. Can you imagine these bold, courageous women saying that we're going to have a seat at the table?

And guess what? They're women of color. And they are saying that if we can have a ball in the back, we can play the game just as good as y'all. And that's a threat to Edward Bloom. They don't want to see diversity have a chance at economic freedom. This case, Charlemagne and Envy, is just as important as George Floyd or any other case out there. But we have to keep talking about these cases and Henry at the last case because it is talking about economic freedom for our people.

And that is the most important thing we can give our children, especially our beautiful boys and girls. Now, who is that with Edward Bloom for people that don't know? And why does he seem like he have a lot of power? You know, he is focused on trying to get rid of anything affirmative action. He started with higher education. Now he's going to the venture capital field. After that, if he succeeds in that, then minority business enterprise, he's coming there next.

And then after that, he's coming to regular employees, saying that anybody who was hired to try to have more diversity any diversity, equity, and inclusion all of that is discriminatory and it's illegal. And we have to remember over and over again that these guys will stop at nothing

to make sure that we are marginalized, that our children are marginalized, that our grandchildren are marginalized. So this is a war. And I'm so proud to defend these two sisters who are leading the effort for economic freedom for our people. Edward Bloom was successful at the United States Supreme Court. He's emboldened now.

And so we got to be emboldened, too. Yeah, I don't think people are paying attention. Like even, you know, in Hollywood, there was four diversity, equity and inclusion leaders who got fired within a week. And I think they were all black women, if I'm not all black women. Yeah. And I feel like nobody even said a word about that. And so that's why I'm so happy we're on The Breakfast Club, because, you know, what you all are doing with this and the front page news is engaging our people our people, it's educating our people, and it's empowering our people. And I know there's a lot of things that

are appealing. I love what's going on in Montgomery and everything, but this is far more important when we talk about building generational wealth and giving our people freedom. Forget this, you know, when they talk about, oh, we want

to have access. No, no. What we want is to have our money to be able to give to our children. And these quotes, these statistics that Arian and Ayanna talk about, they are so real. They talk about the wealth gap. I think it's $125,000

average savings for white Americans. For black Americans, they say it's about $23,000. We will never close that wealth gap unless we do something profound. Home ownership ain't going to be enough. I'm suing Wells Fargo talking about home ownership. But the real way to close this economic gap is entrepreneurship. We're owning our own businesses. That's what we

can do to close this gap quickly. Think about all the rich people in the world. They didn't get rich from home ownership. They got rich because they own businesses and that's what Erin and Ayanna are doing, helping women of color, all women of color, say, hold on, this grant is going to help you come

up with the next ring doorbell i help you come up with the next slutty vegan listen i'm living proof i mean my husband and i we founded co-founded a company called yardstick management 11 years ago and it is the nation's leading black owned management consulting firm not just black owned leading management consulting firm we sold that company-owned, leading management consulting firm. We sold that company to Private Equity in January. They tucked it into another company, but that enabled the very economic freedom that we're talking about. And I

got an 11-year-old black daughter, a 4-year-old black daughter. My 11-year-old, she says, Mom, I've been the chief of staff since day one. Imagine how we're empowering these young people through this work. When we come back, we got more with attorney Ben Crump and Ayanna Parton and Arianne Simone.

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to Still the Place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlemagne Tha God, DJ Envy is off today, and we're talking to Ayanna Parson and Arianne Simone. They are the founders of the Fearless Fund. They're here with their legal representation attorney, Ben Crump, and they're talking to us about why they are being attacked by anti-affirmative action activist Edward Braun. Question, was there a particular moment that got you on these people's radar?

Like, was it somebody y'all invested in? Like, what was it? Can I say this for the answer to that? They asked that question over and over again. Why would Bloom pick these black women? And you know what I think it is, Charlemagne? He thought that they would be the easiest ones to pick off. And oh brother, he picked the wrong sisters. Because these sisters are cut from

the same cloth as Harriet Tubman, as Eleanor Roosevelt, as Coretta Scott King, as Rosa Parks. I mean, I think about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, what she was trying to do when she talked about empowering women and saying women, too, have a right to be at the table. And you got four daughters, my black daughter, and I think about them. With a black woman, too.

That's very important to say. I have four beautiful black daughters with a beautiful black woman. And it's so important, though, y'all, because I think about Christine Simmons and Academy Awards, how they dismissed those four women of color. They are coming after us on every front. And we better wake up and get ready to stay up late at night and get up early in the morning to fight these enemies of equality we have to make sure that our children are more intelligent than those who will seek to oppress them so what can people do to help right you know because i was about to go i was gonna ask you know because you know

people are lined up with their folding chairs if you need them they're lined up with hats but you know what can people do to help like how can they support yes people can We're hats. We don't find it. Don't forget the guns. Never mind. But what can people do to help? Like, how can they support? Yes, people can go to www.fearlessfreedomnow.org. Again, that's www.fearlessfreedomnow.org. They can sign the petition. They can support our grant programs.

They can invest in the fund. They can attend our Venture Capital Summit that's coming up August 18th. Yes. And yes, Envy, you've spoken at it before. They can support in those ways. So the website has every way that you can mobilize, support us. We will have even more information coming out. We even are developing a legislative ask for this. I'm like, if you want to use the

law against us, we need to find some more laws to protect us. There's got to be something though, right? There are a lot of laws that protect us. You've got to think about their strategy. 1981 law that he's bringing was a law created after the Civil War to

ensure that African Americans could enter into contracts. And it specifically says can't enter into contracts with white people and so forth. So he's reversed that now to say, oh, no, no,

no, you can't use race in any regards to entering into contracts. So they're trying to use the words that were supposed to be able to give us liberation and economic freedom to oppress us. And so we have to also be strategic. We also have to be mind-boggling and attack them.

They try to attack us at what's supposed to be our strengths. So when you think about it charlemagne and envy and we we work with great lawyers great legal team you heard ayana talk about all these funds that only give to white men now can we use this same analogy that they're trying to sue these sisters and say okay what's good for the geese is good for the gander. Yeah. Also, I don't know why we just don't label it what it is. They're trying to stop black progress. Correct. All across the board. It's not just black progress. So we

talk about the racial piece, but let's include the intersectionality because we are women and white women have benefited from a fervent action. This is all of our fight because he is going after anything related to marginalized communities so guess what if you're an athlete and you got a contract you need to think about that

talking about the contracts with the hip-hop artists you know this 1981 is the right for black people to enter contracts and we have used these laws for decades now to say diversity equity inclusion is important and it has been really good after george floyd when you think about the fact that a lot of corporations stepped up to the table and say we're going to do business with diverse groups now with lawsuits like this it gives a chilling effect because they're talking about suing corporations who will invest in the fearless fund and groups like that there but also you got to think even deeper charlamagne think about the corporations who say i'm going to invest in hbcus is he next going to say uh that's

discriminatory because you chose them because they were a black college. I mean, this opens Pandora's box, and that's why we have to stop him on this, because if you don't stop him now, I mean, it's open season on all of us. Or women's institutions, the Smith Colleges of the world that also give out internships. Are they going to now challenge that in employment because of it? I mean, it is much bigger than that.

All these companies who did business with, you know, I keep thinking about 50 years of hip-hop and how hip-hop has changed America. A lot of these deals are done because they're saying, hey, we can get a twofer. We can get to a young audience that follows hip-hop, and can check the diversity equity inclusion box so now if this lawsuit is successful they then start to say well we don't have to do that because they said it ain't involved no more to do that and more importantly they said legally we got an excuse not to fund diverse marginalized groups and so this lawsuit is so critically important and i hope that all the people out there listening to the breakfast club will go on the fearless fund website and learn what the mission is it is about trying to give economic freedom to marginalized people

especially women of color. I love that name. Can you tell them what that name means? Fearless for it. It means exactly what it says. As a Christian woman, as a believer, I believe that God doesn't give us the spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of sound mind. And I believe that we are to operate in the spirit of fearlessness and the spirit of boldness.

I believe that our confidence is richly rewarded. So that's exactly what it means. I think God called you all for a time like this. That's right. Yes. Well, give me the information one more time for people listening. You can go to www.fearlessfreedomnow.org to learn more about our fight. All right.

Well, thank you so much for joining us. Anytime you guys in town, you need to come up here. Attorney Benjamin Crumby, you know you got the warm line number. Thank you, King. Thank you guys so much. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's the World of Dangerous Morning Show, The Breakfast Club.

Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy is off today, but we got our special guest host, Big Sue. What up? What up, Big Sue from K97.1 in Memphis. And it's time for the Rumor Report. Yeah, man. We got Drake making a request from the ladies. One, two, one, two. Take it from the top.

This is the Rumor Report. Rolling through the city with the radio. Don't blast. The Big Sue. Hey, mate. Say, mate. So I take a lot of pride in finally being here. On The Breakfast Club.

And you're a radio veteran. Wonder Woman on the radio. I would say that I'm definitely one of pride in finally being here. On The Breakfast Club. And you're a radio veteran. I'm the one on the radio. I would say that I'm definitely one of the hardest workers. Tell them what the business is. All right, first things first. It's with a heavy heart that I have to announce that the godfather of black music, Clarence Avant, has passed away. Man. Clarence Avant, his family has just confirmed that the legend passed away gently at his home in L.A. yesterday at the age of 92.

Man, RIP to the black godfather, Clarence Avant, man. North Carolina's own. If you know anything about me, you know that's one of my idols in the entertainment industry. He's the all time leading assist in this business. He lived a long, prosperous life, though. Ninety two years old. Truly. Also, we have another passing to announce.

Robert Magoo passed away at the age of 50. That is way too young to go. Incredibly young, right? Rest in peace to Magoo and his family. When I hear people, give me some instrumental or something, Matty. You feel like we're doing a moment of silence. Oh, Lord have mercy. But yes, when I hear people pass at that age, I immediately want to know how.

Right. Was it health related? Yes, I immediately want to know how. Yeah, they say that the cause of death is still unknown. Well, rest in peace to Magoo passing away at 50. Rest in peace to Clarence Avon at 92. That's why I say y'all can call people old all y'all want. I want all my years.

I know, that's right. I can't wait to get to 92. Okay, and the stories will tell and see i want to send healing energy to clarence avon's family too because i was i was literally just texting with his uh beautiful daughter nicole this weekend because i just started reading her her new book which i'm holding up right now thank you i'll be happy and uh ironically her book is actually about how to move through grief really because you know queen jacklyn avon was taken from us a couple

years ago so it's about dealing with that and now you know brother clarence is gone so definitely sending healing energy to to you nicole agreed uh we've got drake in the room of report uh since it's all a blur tour kicked off throwing bras on stage has become a staple for the fans and so while drake was uh performing at the the Kia Forum in Englewood, a bra landed on stage. And instead of embracing it, as he usually does, he kicked it off the stage, told the crowd that throwing bras wasn't an option at his,

this show in particular. Hey, look, to be honest with you, can't talk about s*** tonight in LA. Because my son is at the show for the first time. So we're going to keep this little key chain. Y'all keep your bras on. Keep your bras on. I respect that.

Okay. I respect that. When all you men with titties going to start flashing Drake at these shows? Huh? Just pull them up, shake them one good time. Yeah, don't be left out, brothers. Okay? Show them what you're working with.

It looks like it wasn't all fun and games though at the uh la show he had to check a male fan for getting aggressive with a female fan after drake threw his towel into the stands can you imagine fighting no a man fighting a woman over drake's towel at the show first of all why why do you want why does why does anybody want drake's sweaty towel male or anybody's sweaty towel yeah anybody's sweaty towel but why would you want a sweaty towel and why would you be trying to fight it out of a woman's hand yeah so i keep telling y'all men are bigger groupies than women i believe that absolutely drake was uh obviously disturbed by what was going on turned back to you know kind of checko boy and he says i'm gonna send someone up there then the video it's kind of the audio is just a little but that's what he says in it last but not least man i found this

real creepy tiktok ai page uh it's getting a lot of attention for eerie ai generated posts right true to life page on tiktok it's using ai to make videos of dead celebrities detailing stories of their own death why would you listen to that big i i watched one i watched one i watched the michael jackson one what do you say i don't want to know yeah yeah okay oh y'all got audio oh let me like my palo santo throw it in there let me like my palo santo well damn it ed Eddie, we waiting.

My name is Michael Joseph Jackson. The time of my death, I had been preparing for my tour. After leaving rehearsals, I arrived home around 12.30 a.m. On June 25th, through the night, over the course of 10 hours, I had trouble falling asleep. And with my consent, my doctor administered propofol and anti-anxiety medicine at 10 40 a.m minutes later i was found unresponsive yeah okay i was administered cpr how i'm good jesus christ yeah so that page has already posted stories um uh michael jackson take off selena i'm candy rock yeah i'm cool on that that is not something that we need.

Because, you know, that's our entertainment, but that's other people's trauma. Absolutely. You know what I mean? You think the family of the people who passed away want to hear that? Right. Come on, man. Nah. And that's the rumor report.

Nah. God dang. You got my shoulder itching. Big Sue. Lord have mercy. We got the People's Choice Mix coming up next. Even though Envy's not here. So I don't even know why we are doing this at this point.

We about to play the People's Choice Mix. You want me to lie to everybody and tell them that we taking requests right now? When Envy's not here? Oh, my God. 1-800-585-1051 if you have a request for DJ Envy's People's Choice Mix. Even though he's not here. And the mix is clearly pre-recorded. It's the world's most dangerous morning show at the pre-recorded. It's the world's most dangerous

morning show at Breakfast Club. Yep, it's the world's most dangerous morning show at Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy is off today, but our special guest co-host was Big Sue from K97.1 in Memphis. What up, Big Sue? What up, man?

I enjoyed it. I had fun. I mean, you know, it's Monday. Yeah. So it's always tough to hit the ground running on a Monday. This is true. You know what I mean?

Especially if you're not a morning person. Because i am a morning person and i still don't like mondays at all so what shift you doing memphis mixup um on saturdays 10 to 3 10 to 3 yep okay how is memphis man i ain't been to memphis in a while man memphis is good memphis is memphis is good it's it's it's tough right now but it's still mem It's home. Does it feel like the hip-hop hub it is? It absolutely does. It does? Okay, okay. It does. For everybody who's really broken through, there's another wave of artists ready.

Who should we be looking out for? Man, everybody. You should be looking out for everybody. Everybody rapping now, I'm sure. I'm almost... I can see it. I can see it. When we come back, we got the positive note.

Oh, you know what, though? I want to salute everybody who came out to my back-to-school drive in Fish Fry this weekend in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. You know, it was my eighth annual back-to-school drive in Fish Fry. I do it every year in my hometown of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, man. So salute to everybody that was able to come out, get a haircut, get a book bag, get some school supplies, get some free fish. You know, there's nothing more I love than being of service. So salute to everybody in Monce Corner, South Carolina. Salute to my people's third eye awareness. Salute to Walmart, the local Walmart in Monce Corner. They supplied some school supplies. So thank you. Thank you to

the Berkeley High School Junior ROTC for helping us out as well And just you know Thank you Thank you everybody That helps make my events Back home a success Alright and when we come back We got the positive note It's the Breakfast Club

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