The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: T.I Mistakenly Arrested In ATL Airport, Trump Calls Out Biden, Harris, AOC, Talks Immigration, Kanye, YSL Case & More On Adin Ross Live + More

Episode Date: August 6, 2024

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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. 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 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. Hey, everyone. I'm Madison Packer, a pro hockey veteran going on my 10th season in New York. And I'm Anya Packer, a former pro hockey player and now a full Madison Packers stan. Anya and I met through hockey, and now we're married and moms to two awesome toddlers, ages two and four. And we're excited about our new podcast, Moms Who Puck, which talks about everything from pro hockey to professional women's athletes to raising children and all the messiness in between. So listen to Moms Who Puck on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Welcome to Gracias Come Again, a podcast by Honey German, where we get real and dive straight into todo lo actual y viral. We're talking musica, los premios, el chisme, and all things trending in my cultura. I'm bringing you all the latest happening in our entertainment world and some fun and impactful interviews with your favorite Latin artists, comedians, actors, and influencers. Each week, we get deep and raw life stories, combos on the issues that matter to us, and it's all packed with gems, fun, straight-up comedia,

and that's a song that only Nuestra Gente can sprinkle. Listen to Gracias Come Again on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. DJ Envy. Better known as the People's Choice. And salute to all my light-skinned brothers out there. Jess Hilarious. Jess for the worldwide last. Jess don't do no lying. And Charlamagne the God. Don't hear the J. Everybody come to the Breakfast Club. I call this the hot seat. Y'all are wild. Breakfast Club. It's like being on America's

front porch. Don't feel like my wrist touches. I never thought to do that. Every time I go to the Breakfast Club I know it's going to be like a good man. I'm getting high. Good morning, USA. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Jess Hilarious is on maternity leave.

Charlemagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. It's Tuesday. Yes, it's Tuesday. Good morning. She still hasn't had the baby yet, though. I was talking to her yesterday. She was walking around.

Walking, trying to, I guess, I don't know. Get things in motion. Get the baby to come, I guess. Yeah. Yes. How's she feeling, though? She good. Well, no, I'm lying.

You know what? After how she was doing it, she was like, I'm good. And then she was like, you know what? I don't know why I just lie. I'm in such pain. So, yeah. Any day now. Any day now. Any day. Okay okay how y'all feeling out there man

i feel blessed black and highly favored here for another day man another day to serve our beautiful listening audience absolutely we got a lot going on today this morning yeah i didn't get a lot of sleep last night i had a uh you know you know when you have one of those rambunctious, rowdy kids. Mm-hmm. You know? Wouldn't go to sleep. Wouldn't go to sleep. Bad dream. It's just, you know. Yeah. Having kids.

Oh, my God. Those are the ones that make you feel like you ain't got no patience. And then when you're like, please go to sleep. And then when you leave this morning, they knocked out. They was knocked out before I left the room last night. You know what I'm saying? You sitting there pleading with them to go to sleep because you got to

get up in the morning. That's right. But the life of a parent, it is what it is. Absolutely. Well, we have some guests joining us this morning. From EYL,

we have Rashad and Troy Millings. They'll be joining us. Of course, they got their Invest Fest August 23rd through the 25th in Atlanta, Georgia.

So they'll be joining us this morning. And EYL is the brothers from Earn Your Leisure in case you don't know what EYL means. Yes, one of the biggest podcasts out there, one of the biggest financial literacy podcasts out there.

Absolutely. And then we have boxer Edgar Belonga. He'll be joining us. He's fighting Canelo Alvarez on September 14th at the T-Mobile Arena in Vegas. So he'll be joining us. We'll chop it up with him as well. Edgar pulled up.

Canelo didn't pull up, though. No, not this time. I saw him making the round. I saw him on Sway, and he's going to be on the Million Dollars Warfare game. He didn't pull up this time around. Yeah, no, I didn't see him pull up. But Edgar did. Yeah, Edgar did.

And Ak will be joining us, of course. That's our boxing analyst who helps us out. He'll be here a little bit as well. Ak and Barack, you know, they are a duo on the zone. And they call fights on the zone. And I saw Barack with Sway yesterday. Oh, yeah. Interviewing Canelo.

Oh, okay. And Aka's up here with us this morning interviewing Edgar Berlanga. Makes sense. Yes. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking. Of course, we got front page news next with Morgan Woods. So don't move.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Good morning, Morgan. Good morning, Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Good morning, Morgan. Good morning, Envy, Charlamagne, Jess.

We miss you already. So, yeah, let's get into it. So you guys know what today is, right? Do you know what today is? All eyes will be on Philadelphia today when Vice President Kamala Harris announces her running mate. The two will hold their first, excuse me, her and her running mate will hold their first campaign rally later today in Pennsylvania. VP Harris spent the weekend interviewing prospective running mates, including Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz,

and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly. Now, following the Philadelphia rally today, the Democratic ticket will then kick off their campaign tour through crucial battleground states, including Wisconsin, Michigan and Arizona. And just to note, Secret Service agents were spotted leaving Governor Tim Walz's house yesterday. So we will see. And just matter. Well, that's Secret Service agents, Morgan, because I saw people saying that. But he's a governor. Governors have their own motorcade.

Like when when Governor Shapiro pulled up to the vice President's house Sunday, it was the same thing. It was all the black trucks and everything else. They have their own motorcade and their own security detail. It's true enough, but while we're all sitting here trying to figure it out, we're all sitting here trying to figure it out. So, yes, that did happen, which seemingly was a little bit different from, like you said, some of the others. We're all on VP watch at this point. So meanwhile, on the other side of the aisle, Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, he is defending his place as Donald Trump's running mate. In a recent interview with Fox News Sunday morning,

Futures fans was asked about the criticisms that he's faced as being a poor choice to be Trump's vice presidential nominee. Let's hear more from those comments from J.D. Vance on Fox. Look, I recognize that there are a lot of folks, even in the GOP establishment, and certainly on the far left, who don't like the fact that Donald Trump picked me. I actually take their criticism as a badge of honor. And I don't come from inside the Beltway, Maria. You know I grew up as a poor kid. I didn't come from a political family or a wealthy family i worked my way through college through the marine corps and eventually landed as donald trump's running mate i'm not shocked that a lot

of inside the beltway media types don't like me but their policies are the problem of course they don't like me because we're running to fix what they have broken oh it's only a bad pick if they lose so you don't know if it's a bad pick until after the election. Fair enough. And when he refers to inside the beltway, that's a Washington, D.C., DMV type term. Basically, Washington insiders, people who have been in, you know,

the D.C. area, the Washington, D.C. White House congressional circuit, if you will. So Vance also argued that media will attack people they fear the most. He also plans to prosecute the case against Kamala Harris and show that Americans were more prosperous during Trump's time as president. Now, both J.D. Vance and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, they will both be in

Eau Claire, Wisconsin tomorrow. Again, a battleground state. Now, Harris is scheduled to pick, you know, with her new VP pick, they're going to make a stop in Eau Claire, Wisconsin tomorrow. Again, a battleground state. Now, Harris is scheduled to pick, you know, with her new VP pick, they're going to make a stop in Eau Claire. And Vance is also set to deliver a speech to the faithful in northwestern Wisconsin. Now, the dual visit is just the latest sign of how important Wisconsin is in this year's election.

The latest polls do show former President Trump with a slight lead over Harris in Wisconsin, but Trump's lead is smaller than it was over Joe joe biden at that time you know it's impossible i mean uh it's it's very impressive how they always take the language of the left and use it against them he said he's going to prosecute the case against vice president kamala harris that's the language they was using on trump vice president kamala harris is going to prosecute the case against trump yep exactly um so in other news switching gears the families of police brutality victims and community activists are calling on reforms or calling for reforms rather following the recent deadly police-involved shooting of sonia massey in her illinois home now a rally was held over

the weekend on saturday outside of chic headquarters. Organizers stood in solidarity with the Massey family in a call for justice and change. Now, the former Sangamon County Deputy Sean Grayson, who shot Massey, has a history of misconduct and has been fired and Policing Act, which is a proposed bill that increases accountability for law enforcement misconduct in these certain types of situations. So more going on with the case of Sonia Massey, of course, will keep you updated in regards to what all happens and unfolds with that. All right. Well, thank you. And the George Floyd Policing Act, you know, it won't pass if Republicans and Democrats can't get on the same page regards to what all happens and unfolds with that all right well thank you and the george floyd policing act uh you know it won't pass if republicans and democrats can't get on the

same page because you know it can get past the house but you know it can't get past the senate it's got the pushback from republicans all right we'll see you next hour morgan yes we'll talk about the courts all right and everybody else get it your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk. I hate the way that you dress. Everything with me is blessing. Call up now. 800-585-1051. Not just me, I'm with the culture feeling. Hello, who's this? This is James over here from Broward County, man.

James, what up, Florida? Get it off your chest. What's going on? Man, how I feel, man. I want to get rid of all that hate in the workplace, man. You know what I'm saying? See, I'm a natural hard worker. So anytime I get to a job, I excel real fast because I learn fast and I work hard.

You got people, they teach you the ropes. You got people like sideways trainers. They'll teach you the ropes and don't expect you to get it. So I just get tired of that. If you feel the kind of way, get like me. You know what I'm saying? Work hard as me. Yeah, but they're going to keep hating on you, my brother.

As long as you keep lapping them and outperforming them naturally, what you do naturally, they got to work hard to do, they're going to hate on you for that, brother. Yeah, I know. They say you ain't nothing if you ain't got haters. That is a fact. There you go. I just feel like it shouldn't be like that, brother. Yeah, I know. They say you ain't nothing if you ain't got haters. That is a fact. There you go. I just feel like,

I just feel like it shouldn't be like that. Especially, it didn't have to be people of the same color. That'd be the one, the main one. Yeah, I mean,

I think it goes both ways. You know what I'm saying? You have people that hate on you because they jealous and envious of you and you got people that hate on you because you a terrible person.

All right, it might be somewhere in the middle. That's right. Well, keep working hard, brother. All right, thank you. in the middle. That's right. Well, keep working hard, brother. All right, thank you. Don't let the haters affect you. Hello, who's this?

Hi, it's Larissa. Hey, Larissa, get it off your chest. Hi, I just want to thank Charlamagne Tha God for sharing my book review on your stories yesterday. Oh, thank you

for the book review. I appreciate that. You did a book review on my new book, Get Honest or Die Lying. I really appreciate that. I appreciate when people take the time to do that.

It means a lot. Of course. Of course. I'm a huge follower, and I just want to thank you for always coming back to Atlanta. And I'm not even a podcaster, but every time you're in Atlanta, we come see you. So just thank you for being you.

Absolutely. Our Generation Publishing. Her name is Larisha Harris. So thank you, Larisha. That's right. Now I'd like to send you my books, too, if I can have a chance. Yeah, hold on. We'll put you on hold in that, and we'll give you the address and everything. Perfect. Thanks. I'd like to send you my books, too, if I can have a chance. Yeah, hold on. We'll put you on hold in that, and we'll give you the address and everything.

Perfect. Thanks. Thank you, Andy. Hold on. Don't hang up on her either, Andy. I didn't. I put her on hold. I said hold on.

Make sure you get Larisha's information. I'm going to send her some autograph books. People that take the time to do stuff like that, you don't got to take the time to do a book review. I appreciate that. Hello, who's this? This is Shante in Dallas, Texas. Hey, Shante from Dallas.

What's up? Good morning. Get it off your chest. Man, y'all, we need to get out and vote. This is not a game. It's funny on Instagram. In the comments, I need to share it around. But this is real deal field.

You need to get out. Everybody need to register to vote. Register.gov if y'all don't know. But yeah, it's getting real in the field people are really like crazy i don't know give me more give me more i i do agree with you everybody should uh you know exercise their right to vote but why do you feel that way why you feel so passionate about that well i just feel passionate because look at what trump is for and he's hitting our face playing like and don't get me wrong i camilla got her you know

false and you know biden you know the last four years ain't did too much so it's hard to believe that she may not do too much but she better than trump okay all right you know like it's a better choice than trump well i'm with you people need to get out there and vote people need to get their ass out there and vote don't sit to get their ass out there and vote. Don't sit on the couch. Don't be tired. Don't say, I'm not taking it no more. We need to get out there and vote for whoever you want to vote for.

Yes, yes. I'm just saying, like, everybody's like, oh, she's not for the best people. Yeah, I get that. But what about, you know, the cap on the insulin cost? Like, a lot of black people are diabetic. That is true. The cap on the insulin cost was definitely, a lot of black people are diabetic. That is true. The cap on the insulin cost was definitely something tangible. It's something tangible that I point to.

I agree with you on that. Well, thank you, Mama. I'm just saying, we can start there. What about the cap on, you know, on the percentage of taxes and stuff? Like, and stuff like that. Like, Trump really not, I don't know. I'm not here to you know voice Camilla or Trump like you say everybody got their own opinion but but everybody with the vote period I do like what you did though I like the fact that you know

you look at both candidates and you know you find a couple of issues that you agree with and you know that's who you choose to support that's what I tell folks you know it's not about individuals it's about interests like vote your interests look at both candidates. Look what they stand for. And, you know, vote for the things that you like. Yep. Yep.

I got your book, Uncle Charlotte. Thank you. Which one? Which one? You know, I got three. Yeah, Honest to Die Line. Thank you. I just got it.

I appreciate that. Thank you very much. Have a good one, Mama. Yeah. Yeah. Good one. I mean, have a good one. Bye-bye.

I think all of y'all should go out there and get a copy of Get Honest to Die Lying, Why Small Talk Sucks I think it's a fantastic book, but I could be biased Get it off your chest, 800-585-1051 If you need to vent, hit us up now It's The Breakfast Club, good morning The Breakfast Club Wake up, wake up Wake your ass up

This is your time to get it off your chest Whether you're mad or blessed We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, what up? This is Tanya from Omaha, Nebraska. Hey, what's up? Omaha, Nebraska, the home of one of the greatest fighters that we've ever seen, Terrence Crawford. Hey, you know what? It was crazy. I went to Monroe with him. Oh, you went to school with him?

Yeah, for a little bit, yeah. Was that high school? 2008. Huh? That's high school with him? Yeah, for a little bit, yeah. Oh, wait, 2008. That's high school? No, that's a middle school. Oh, okay. Did he used to fight in middle school? I mean, yeah. Dude was a banger. Oh, he used to be beating people up in middle school? Yeah, dude used to be

beating people up everywhere, on the block, right off of, uh, by Phil's school way, over off of, uh, 30th and 8th. Damn, Terrence Crawford. Well, I'm glad that he turned that into something positive. To a job, yeah, absolutely. Well, get it off your chest. Hey, you know what? I'm gonna be

honest with y'all. I want to get it off my chest. I want to talk about how these police out here are just committing, like, honestly, it's becoming something like a genocide to be real. And they're just getting away with it. We had police-involved shooting out here in Omaha,

Nebraska, and it happened on 108th and Maple. They shot a guy who they said was arguing with his girlfriend, shot him in the neck, strictly injured the guy, and then there's just nothing about it. All, the only thing we've seen in the news is the police just reinstated

the guy. So he's back working again. He's back on social media. And there's nothing being done about it. It's just something that we accept. It has become very normalized. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is out here saying he wants to give immunity

to police. And that right there is absolutely ridiculous. How can you give full immunity to these people who honestly, they don't care about human life. They don't see us as human. And if they don't see us as

human, then why do they care about killing us? We ain't nothing. And that's how they see it. And that's some real talk. I've worked out here with a lot of people who see these shootings and they say, like, well, why didn't she pick the pot up? And you're like, man, nah. You can't argue about it.

You can't do nothing about it. It's just a really, I'm not going to lie with you. Omaha, Nebraska, it's extremely racist. It's down from our electric system. I don't know if you remember me. I called like two weeks ago, and I was talking about how border suppression is real down here in Omaha. Yeah, I remember. Absolutely remember.

It goes down to our power grid. Out in the north, in the urban area in North Omaha, they have all of our power lines above ground. You drive out west to the nice neighborhood, they're all buried. So we're constantly going through, like, we just had these huge tornadoes come through and knocked all these trees over. We went in like, I mean, I'm still without power since last Wednesday. Damn. Wow.

You know what I mean? And it's just systematic racism. And it's like Frederick Douglass said, to be a, no, it wasn't Frederick Douglass. It was someone who said, to be a conscious black person in America and to be in a state of constant anger. And I'm telling you, if you just realize how racist Omaha, Nebraska is, you'll feel that way. Yeah, that was James Baldwin who said that. Well, you know, you know, I like what you not this phone call.

I mean, I appreciate you this phone call, too. But last phone call, you know, you was really just wanting to get people to get out there and vote. And I mean, you know, when you talk about the police issue, you know, it's very important to remember that Donald Trump did say, you know, we want to give the police their power back, which is crazy because they have all the power now. And we're going to give them immunity from prosecution. So, you know, let that let that be something that fuels you in November. That's all. That's right. And get it off your chest. Eight hundred five eight five one oh five one. If you need to vent, you can hit us up.

Now we got just with the mess. Of course, just is on maternity leave. So we're holding it down for yesterday. Donald Trump went on streamer Aiden Ross's platform. I loved it. And he had a lot to say. I loved it. And we'll tell you when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, Jess is on maternity leave. We're holding it down for her. She didn't have the baby yet.

So, if you're asking or you're thinking, no, not yet. Soon be, though. But let's get to Jess with the mess. Let's go. News is real, brother. News is real. Lawrence, Jessica, Robin Moore. Jess don't do no lying.

Don't do no lying. Baby. She don't spare nobody. Worldwide Jess. Worldwide mess. On the Breakfast Club. She's a culture shift. Worldwide jets, worldwide matches. On The Breakfast Club. She's a coachess.

She was able to get y'all to see something and understand something that nobody could get you to see. It's time to set it off. Now, yesterday, former President Donald Trump appeared on Aiden Ross's stream yesterday. And you know who Aiden Ross is. He's a streamer. He's a video game streamer. He has a lot of followers followers and when he walked in aiden ross played many men that was his intro that was the way he walked in now the stream was about an hour and 20 minutes and he talked about a lot of different things one of the things they spoke on was immigration in america what if uh you know i

happen to be born in another country and i want to come the right way uh how how would i how that work well that's what we want we want people to come in and I want to come the right way. How would that work? Well, that's what we want. We want people to come in, but they have to come in through a system, through a legal system. And, you know, one of the things that's unfair is we have hundreds of thousands of people that have applied to come in, and this administration doesn't talk to them. Right. But if they walk through the southern border, they have no problem getting in. I don't even know why they're doing this.

But some people are waiting 10 years to come in, and they've studied. They learned all about the United States, about our Constitution, about everything. And they're not being let in. And we're allowing people to come in from really rough places, really bad places. And they come in through caravans. And, you know, these caravans have 10, 20, 30,000 people. And they're pouring through Mexico. That's crazy.

Man, let the record show. I love this press hit for Donald Trump. 30,000 people. Wow. And they're pouring through Mexico. That's crazy. Man, let the record show, I loved this press hit for Donald Trump. And the reason I loved it is because you have to meet people where they are. Like, you're running for president of the United States of America. There is a new potential voter turning 18 every day. So don't take any audience for granted.

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

What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help!

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Blacklit is here to amplify the voices of black writers and to bring their words to life. Listen to Blacklit on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Some elitist, bougie liberals who will say things like that audience doesn't vote. How you know? Right. How do we know things like that audience doesn't vote. How, you know, right? How do we know appearances like that don't motivate people to vote? Because when I look at Aiden Ross with his MAGA hat on and the audience that he had sitting in there with a MAGA hats on and Trump paraphernalia. They got some type of influence. That's right.

And they look like they voting to me. And once again, Trump went and engaged the audience. So he may energize them to go vote for him to just dismiss that scream is unserious to dismiss that audience is unserious that's a grave miscalculation i agree now he also spoke on biden and kamala harris you said something about common sense someone who has no common sense joe biden uh do you think he was pushed out or do you think he made the decision to step down no he was uh not only pushed out it was a coup. They went in to see him. He did badly. The debate was a disaster. I don't know if I was brilliant or if he was horrible. Maybe it was

a combination of both. After I left, I said, you know, that was one of the greatest debate performances we've ever seen. And then two days later, they just said he was terrible. Look, he's done tremendous damage to our country. He was a terrible president. He was the worst president we've ever had. She's, by the way, considered the most unpopular vice president we've ever had. But she's a horrible, she's worse than he is. I actually think he's smarter than her. And I think he's a really not smart person. But I think he's smarter than she is.

Well, Trump knows the cool when he sees one. Because he led one on January 6th. But I will say the vice president kamala harris needs to be out there doing the same thing she hasn't done an interview or an official press conference since biden stepped down i don't care if she sits with good morning america or the 85 south show she just needs to be you know she needs to sit down with someone and let folks know what she is about let them know what her agenda is because if you go to her website right now it tells you a lot of things she's done as vp and you know, attorney general, her time in the Senate.

But it's nothing about what she will do as president. You got 90 days to tell that story. If you ask me, she should be doing as many interviews as possible, especially in battleground states and on the biggest platforms they can find, because there's still a lot of undecided voters. Absolutely. I mean, the Breakfast Club being one of them. Now, if you're just joining us, we're talking about Donald Trump. He appeared on Aiden Ross's stream yesterday. He's a huge streamer, if you don't know. They did kind of like a rapid fire segment where he was talking about his thoughts on Kanye.

Kanye. He's very complicated. Let's say complicated. Because he is a really nice guy, but he can get himself into trouble and he can get some other people. But, you know, he's got a good heart. He does. He does. But he's complicated.

Kanye. Now, he spoke on U.S. Representative AOC as well. Fake. But in all fairness, look, but she knows it. She's got a thing going. It's a good thing. She's a good thing for her. But there's a certain something she's got.

She's got a spark. That's pretty amazing, actually. She's got a good spark. So I'll's a certain something she's got she's got a spark that's pretty amazing actually she's got a good spark so i'll change it i'll say spark and he's up there sounding honest he sounds like he answering everything honestly now and lastly uh this is what was trending yesterday aiden ross asked donald trump about his thoughts on how d.a fannie willis was handling young thug's ricoICO trial. And this is how Thug answered. I mean, this is how Trump answered. I know Fannie Willis is treating you very unfair. I have a friend who's currently being treated unfair by her. He's a rapper named Young Thug. Yeah. And I was just. I heard that. Yeah. I just I just was wondering if there's a way that we can

make sure you get treated fair. So I've heard about him and i heard he's being treated very unfairly by her and i would tell her he's got to treat these patriots that are being all terrible they're going after him and i hear young thug is being treated i heard the name yeah i heard it from other people where they say he's being treated very unfair very unfair so he's got to be treated fairly please listen i don't even think he was pandering. He was asked a question about a woman, Fannie Willis, who was prosecuting him as well. Those have been her most high profile cases that I've seen. OK, Jeffrey and Donald, young thug and old thug.

And he didn't say anything we all don't feel, which is, you know, young thug. Is it being treated fairly? Right. Listen, man, once again, I like the press hit. Trump is an unorthodox candidate. He doesn't come from the political world he's an entertainer so he understands how to entertain he understands pop culture that interview right there on the headlines yesterday i was watching cnn last night and from about 6 p.m to about 10 p.m when i went to sleep that interview with aiden ross was all over cnn that's right and aiden ross's age demo is age 13 to 24 13 24 yep yeah mostly men

like i said earlier there's new voters turning 18 every day okay so to just dismiss that audience and act like that audience doesn't vote i think that's a grave miscalculation that is a mistake meet people where they are yep and then at the end of that live stream aiden ross gifted uh donald trump a presidential ro. Jesus Christ. And also he gave him a wrapped Tesla Cybertruck. Now, is that legal? Probably, because the Supreme Court said it wasn't a bribe. Well, can they take gifts?

Well, Trump seemed excited about it, but they're saying contributions to federal candidates from an individual are limited to $3,300. So they're saying that those gifts are valued way more than that. And they believe once Trump finds out that he's not allowed to take it, he'll be turning down the gifts or donating them to charity. Donald Trump is going to do the right thing? Okay, sure. He's probably going to have to in this case. He's probably going to donate them.

Oh, please. He's going to donate them. Y'all still expecting Donald Trump to follow the rules? Man, knock it off, man. He's going to donate them. He's probably going to give it to somebody at one of his rallies. Oh, God, you naive Americans. Humans are so crazy. He's probably going to give it to somebody at one of his rallies. Oh, God, you naive Americans. Humans are so crazy.

He's not going to keep this. They own him too much. Man, shut up. It's Donald Trump we're talking about. They own his ass. They're not going to keep that. YOLO. You think I'm going to drop down down Mattis Park Avenue?

Donald Trump say F it, we ball. You think I'm going to pull up on the cyber truck? Donald Trump say you do what you want when you pop it. You think I'm going to pull up in Mar-a-Lago? Yes. With the watch on. With the watch out the window? Yes. At the next debate, if he decided to show up, what are you talking about?

That would be hard, though. If he pulled up at the next debate with the Cybertruck, with the watch out the window, with his face on the side of it. All I'm saying is. That'd be hard. All I'm saying is. Playing Young Thug. Lifestyle.

I'm just saying I respect it. That'd be hard. Because you meet people where they are. All right. Somebody told me yesterday that there's a difference between young voters and young people. I'm like, well, what's the difference? Young people can become young voters if you engage them and energize them to vote. That's right.

So, like I said, to dismiss that audience and act like that audience is unserious, that's a mistake. All right. Well, that was Jess's mess. Again, Jess is out. She's on maternity leave. And was jess's mess all right again jess is out she's on maternity leave and when we come back we got front page news morgan will be joining us so don't move it's the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj nv jess hilarious charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club now let's get back in some front page news good morning morgan good morning so you know the courts have been quite the conversation or part of the conversation as of recently.

So U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, he's facing scrutiny. No, no news there. But for failing to disclose a 2010 flight from Hawaii to New Zealand on a Republican donor's private jet. Ron Wyden, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, says that's according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection records. Wyden says the records show Thomas and his wife, Jenny, left Hawaii on GOP megadona Harlan Crowe's jet and returned one week later. This is the latest example made public of Thomas's accepting luxury travel from Harlan Crowe, which has sparked calls for ethics reform at the Supreme Court. Now, that's something that you've been calling for. Char, is this moving in the direction that you like to see it? Yes. Any type of reform against the Supreme Court, I am for.

But the real reform is going to come in expanding the Supreme Court. And I also wonder, too, with this failing to disclose the 2020 flight from Hawaii to New Zealand, does this even matter now, being that they made bribery legal? The Supreme Court? I mean, I'm wondering. Does that even matter now? They literally made it okay for them to accept bribes. So does this matter? We are in unprecedented times. I'm sure this is something that, again, we'll have to watch and see how this all plays out in terms of, yeah, how does it all how's it all going to play out in November?

As I guess is a huge factor in all of that. Meanwhile, in New Jersey, New Jersey is mourning the passing the son of a sharecropper in racially segregated Virginia. grad and law degrees from two historically black colleges, universities, HBCUs, before he eventually served in virtually every part of New Jersey's state judiciary. Coleman passed away last week at the age of 91. Now, I would ask you to drop a clues bomb, but I'm not sure if you would put it towards, you know, him actually passing away. There you go again, Morgan. Life and legacy.

Life and legacy. You always want to drop clues bombs for people that's dead. Why do you do that? The life and the legacy that they have left. No, we really do salute. You did this for Sheila Jackson Lee. Now you want to do this for this brother? You want to drop clues bombs for people that are no longer here? Drop clues bombs

because they dead. Drop the clues bomb for Team USA. There you go. That one makes sense. Okay, so Simone Biles is adding silver medal to her collection as she wraps up her time at the Paris Olympics. She finished behind Brazil's Rebecca Andrade in the women's floor exercise final on Monday. Now, Biles says she has no regrets about her performance.

And teammate Jordan Childs called it unbelievable to go from fifth to third. Let's hear from Biles and Childs. I'm not very upset or anything about my performance at the Olympics. Happy, proud, and even more excited that it's over. When it came through, I was like very proud of myself. You know, it was my first event final, my first event medal, like this is crazy. The Team USA's Jordan Childs earned a bronze medal. The silver gives Biles 11 overall medals in her Olympic career. Biles left the door open to trying to compete at the

2028 Los Angeles Olympics. That should be exciting to see since they'll be here in the U.S. stateside. There was another sister who got gold too, right? There wasn't at all three of them. Andrade. Rebecca Andrade as the Brazilian. Yeah, Brazilian. Yeah, but I mean, they were

all falling off the balance beam yesterday. I felt bad for all of them. I mean, it was like, I think five of them that fell off yesterday, but they put on a hell of a performance. Did you take issue

with that photo at all? The fact that Biles and Childs were kind of like bowing towards Andrade? No, I think they were just showing their sister support. People got to understand is even though that,

you know, these people represent different countries, they all train with each other. They all train with each other in the States and most people don't even know that like a lot of these uh athletes change you know train in the states and they all are friends so the fact that she was repping for her friend i ain't i ain't no problem and good is good right like that to me i look at somebody like samoa biles she's the goat she represents greatness but if she recognizes the greatness of somebody else and chooses to bow to them or salute them, why not?

I think that's dope. Good sportsmanship for sure. So, of course, this comes in other events as the U.S. Women's 3-on-3 basketball team also secured a medal at the Paris Olympics on Monday. They took down Canada 16-13 and earned bronze. And the United States men's basketball team is looking to

lock up a spot in the Olympics semifinals. Team USA will face Brazil in the quarterfinals today in Paris. And the U.S. is 9-8 against Brazil all time in the Olympics. So this should be an easy win. We'll see what happens with that. But the last win in the series came back to Atlanta in 1996. Now the Americans finish group play in Paris at 3-0 following wins over Serbia, South Sudan, and Puerto Rico. So we will see what goes on with the men later on today.

Tip-off is at 3.30 p.m. Eastern. So don't forget that iHeart is the exclusive audio home for NBC's coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympics featuring hourly updates and highlights all throughout the games. Yes, we've got you covered here. iHeart, the app is free. Make sure you download it and catch that coverage. All right. Well, thank you, Morgan. Thank you.

That's your front page news. I'm Morgan Wood. You can follow me on socials at Morgan Media. And for more news coverage, follow at Black Information Network at BINnews.com. And shout out to all the young athletes out there. Peace, Morgan. Now, when we come back the brothers from earn your leisure EYL will be here Rashad and

Troy Milling so don't move it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club morning everybody it's DJ Envy Jess Hilarious Charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we got some special guests in the building yes indeed we got the brothers Troy and Rashad from

earn your leisure welcome what's up what's up man what's going on so invest fest 2024 back in atlanta sir but people that don't know what invest fest is break down what invest fest is and why they should be there why they need to be fourth annual too that's very important to say fourth annual for sure so it's a we wanted to make it where you know music festivals became very popular right from rolling loud to coachella to roots picnic and that feel of a music festival is just a good vibe if you haven't been to a music festival and then business conferences usually business conferences are more like stush and more corporate stuffy and trash yeah exactly so we wanted to combine a music festival with the education and format of a business conference so that that's where InvestFest came from. So we got, you know, food trucks, we got musical performances.

We have a vendor marketplace, but we also have panels on crypto, on real estate, on stocks, home buying. So all of the education is there, but it's fun. It's a vibe. It's not stush. You don't have to feel intimidated. It's for people that might have just graduated from college or for people that are ceos of companies right anywhere in between so we want to just create that vibe and it's the fourth year and i feel like this year is going to be the biggest year as far as our lineup as far as what

we got give back and everything so really looking forward so break down the lineup because i mean y'all had tyler perry before so what's bigger than tyler perry you said bigger so yeah i love tyler that's business and entertainment but y'all be having some real big dogs in the financial business world. I think it's important to blend both, right, so people can see aspirations from different aspects. So, yeah, Tyler Perry is huge, but, like, if you see over the past couple years,

he's been mentoring a guy named Curtis Jackson. And so 50 is our headline of this year, which is incredible because we know him from music, right? We've watched since 2002 when he took over in 2003, obviously, when Get Rich came out. But now what he's done inside the world of business is equally as impressive. But he hasn't had the opportunity yet

or given anybody the opportunity to talk about that business acting. And I'm sure you know. You watched it firsthand. So that's important. We want to highlight him and his success in business. We got Stephen A. Smith, what he's doing in media right now.

Shannon Sharp is going to be there for VIP night. So what they've done inside the media is important. And we got local entrepreneurs too, man. I mean. Shannon Sharp is going to be there for VIP night. So what they've done inside the media is important. And we got local entrepreneurs too, man. I mean, Damon, John's going to be there. Don people.

So you got all these heavy hitters inside there. I'm getting to the local entrepreneurs. Yeah. So local entrepreneurs is important too, right? Cause pinky Cole is that next person up when we're talking about a billion dollar valuation, we've seen,

we're watching it happen in real time. And so we want to have that comp, that commerce and culture mix where it's like, you could be a fortune 500 ceo but you could be coming from high school like we got kids coming down there we got 100 kids from new york city that's fine now we find 50 kids from our community so they can see it because once they see it you can't unsee it i always tell people like investors is cool but you got experience here in real life in person because it's just a different feel one One thing that I've been paying attention to, I see that y'all got

the marathon going to be there. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Black Sam, what else? Black Sam and JP. JP. They going to be speaking and then they bringing their whole team,

but those two will be on stage with us. And y'all got a partnership with Microsoft and Nipsey's the Marathon for a pitch competition? Yeah, yeah, yeah. And Lauren London's

going to be there too. Nip was somebody that we it's crazy we never got a chance to meet nip but he was one of the people that we definitely wanted to interview because everything that we embody that's what he stood for as far as entrepreneurship and being independent f the middleman that's what that's like his whole slogan so we never got a chance to meet him unfortunately he passed away but we really built strong relationships with every single person that was next to him or close to him so black sam man that's my guy and you know sam don't really talk too much at all so you know like if you develop a relationship with sam it's

a real relationship it's not like no industry so that's my guy we wanted to honor nip we pitched to him the idea of having a pitch competition kind of like shark tank right where it's like we're gonna have 100 people and then the first is the hundred people's gonna audition like america's got talent then from there four people will be selected to the next round and then we're going to pick one person live on stage and the winner of that is going to get a hundred thousand dollars to their business so it's a really dope opportunity anybody can enter um as long as you got a ticket anybody can enter and i think you know to be able we talk about access to capital a lot and fearless funnel you know for me right so they try to take away access to capital we already have no access to capital really if you think about it so anytime

you can really give people you know money towards their business like that's really could be life change you never know what that can turn into so the money is one thing but the information to do with the money yeah give them that piece too do? Y'all giving that piece too? Yeah, for sure. So, we're going to be working with them because you're right. And that's part of the vetting process too to make sure that they kind of already

are on track to be successful because you don't want to give somebody money that nothing is ever guaranteed, but we want to make sure that we put them in the best situation possible to win. So, definitely mentorship. We're going to give them all of our resources as far as like accountants, lawyers and stuff like that

so they can be successful. And yeah, so we had that already done and then when Microsoft came in, they wanted to be a part of it. So we was like, well, this is something that we're doing if you guys want to chip in on it. So it's a collaboration as far as that $100,000 from Microsoft, Earn Your Leisure

and the Neighborhood Nip Foundation. And we're doing that. And Marathon is going to have a pop-up shop at InvestFest. That's their first pop-up shop in Atlanta in over 10 years. And then Lauren London. We're doing a $25,000 giveaway with Lauren London to a woman-led business in healthcare. So it's a lot of give back. But to involve Nip's family, I thought was just a really, really dope idea. And like I said,

they, they just been super solid. Like, you know what I mean? Like Sam, super solid. So when we asked him, sat down with them and they was like,

yeah, let's do it. And they just thought it was a great way to honor the legacy of Nipsey Hussle. So that's something that we definitely looking forward to. And the Lauren piece was so dope because obviously we know the relationship with Marathon, but she was like, no, I have initiatives that I really like.

So women's health is like at the forefront of everything that she stands for and she's big on mental health huge huge on it and so she was like I would love to do it but here's the things I would love if we can make it happen and so shout out to our brothers at Healthy MD they were like look we have a health and wellness business that we already run we would love to partner with them and so the

$25,000 will be given out to a women led business but also they're like look we're not only going to do that we're going to mentor you in this space since we're experts in it you know they've hundreds of millions of dollars that they've created and generated in business so like they're going to hold their hands through this process make sure that the business gets off to the right start with that 25 000 so like you said this these things don't happen in our community right and so once we see there's an absence we can fill the gap. And that's what this is all about.

All right, we got more with Earn Your Leisure. Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings when we come back. Of course, at VestFest, it's August 23rd through the 25th in Atlanta, Georgia. We'll talk to them some more. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. We are The Breakfast Club.

DJ Envy, Jess Alaris, and Charlamagne Tha God. We're still kicking it with the brothers from Earn Your Leisure. Now I got a question. With so many people that you guys have in Atlanta, have any politicians ever reached out to y'all? Because it would be the perfect place for Kamala Harris to come speak, right? I'm glad you said that. I'm glad you said that.

Especially because she's so into entrepreneurship and small business. I'm glad you said that. We got to clip this up. We got to clip this up. We got to clip this up. We've been speaking to her team last year. So the idea was to get her there last year and just the timing, the way everything worked out, we weren't able to do it.

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this is great it's so far out that we can't put it on the calendar just because that's just the way politics works in a sense and she said

hit us back in the first week of July and we did and then the third week of July everything kind of changed right because she's a little

busy this summer she's a little busy but you know stay tuned I think but like you said I mean I feel like to me it would be a no brainer for her to come if she's a little busy but you know stay tuned I think but like you said I mean I feel like to me it would be

a no brainer for her to come if she's available because tens of thousands of people and having a serious conversation about economics

and addressing issues like what's a black job and access to capital these are real serious conversations that I think we need to have so yeah we still

we still stay tuned I saw she had the rally in Atlanta so that's what i'm saying but this is gonna be a different conversation i've been rocking with the vp for a minute and one of the things that i've always been attracted to her about is you know her stance on economics what she wants to do for small businesses so when y'all kicked off the nationwide economic tour with her y'all sat with her what about her economic plan do y'all like?

I'm not trying to get an endorsement or nothing. I'm just like, I'm an issues person. Yeah. So I support her for this issue. Well, one thing as far as like just the openness to be willing to listen. Like we sat down with her a few times, and I respect the fact that she's not coming in and saying, I know everything.

You know what I'm saying? She's like,, tell me, like, what do I need? Like, first, the conversation is what is the disconnect between black men in the administration? That's before. That's when she was a vice president. You know, a lot of black men unhappy with Biden. A lot of black men still even unhappy with her. So she wanted to know what was causing that unhappiness. Right. And I thought that that was big of her to like not talk to us, listen to us that's right same thing with economics you know like we spoke to them and um we spoke to a bunch of the democrats on capitol hill and they were like well what do

y'all need and we told them like you know access to capital is important right where there's 73 billion dollars out there and we get less than one percent like how are we gonna really scale businesses if we don't have money to start the business? That's important. We was telling her a few different things and she was willing to listen. I know that that's something that she has championed as far as access to capital.

Something that she said that she was definitely wanting to improve the situation. We have to kind of see the details of it, but she definitely spoke to us about access to capital bringing back the middle class was one of the big things that she talked about and obviously I'm a person I was just gonna get into that so the homeownership piece was it was huge right when we took look at wealth inside of our country specifically for our community we know

that only 45% of us own homes but if you look at anybody's wealth that's been created it's comes from home ownership. And so having incentives for new home buyers, I was like, this is a piece that we need. It's missing. So like answering those questions, the student loan questions, it's like, all right, well, these are solutions,

especially because we suffer from, right? Like we don't have the capital to pay for tuition, right? So we go into debt and that debt cripples us for years and years and years. So to know that's on the forefront of our mind, to understand that she has a plan, like said she's listening she's receptive to it it was dope man and and she's invited us a couple times so it tells us that she's aware of what's happening she understands that we have an audience that she needs to tap into and so we're very aware

of it but it is dope that we have the ear of somebody at that let me ask y'all a question i want to get y'all opinion you saw trump was at the national black journalist yeah national association of black journalists you think it would be a good idea if we have trump at invest fest or don't do that why not i mean here's my thing and i said this about the national association association of black journalists they're journalists their job is to be objective and biased all they all they're to do all they're there to do is bring the person in front of the audience and ask the question. Let them decide.

Like, why do we as black people, because this is a black thing, right? Why do we as black people beat each other up about this kind of stuff, about platforming people? This guy can be on CNN, MSNBC, Fox, ABC, doing the same thing, and nobody says, why y'all platforming them? As soon as Earn Your Leisure does it, or Breakfast Club does it, you platforming it. Why? I don't understand that logic. I really don really don't see i take it a step further like i mean this is a business festival right love trump hate trump however you feel about him he came from

queens and he damn near they say he built new york city when the time when everybody was running away so to get in his mind to see what his mind frame was how he did it what was his mind process how he got the money and and how he did all that i don't see why not i don't see why that would be a problem you talk about the future of the economy right so like when we're talking about investing when we're doing market money is this important that if he's going to put tariffs on china they need to know like what does that mean right like when he talks about talking what does that mean what does foreign policy mean especially for american companies when we're talking about investing like you you would want to hear those answers if this is going to be the guy who's going to lead the nation over the

next four years so i mean you got to look at it from a have context on it but have perspective as well so what business what business is growing the quickest now right because you know coming from new york and queens usually we only see basketball and rap right hip-hop but there's so many businesses growing now so what's the number one business that more and more people are asking you guys to talk more about because they're getting into? A.I.

A.I. for sure. This year we got five different panels. Shout out to Van Jones. He put together a whole curriculum because he just got a hundred million dollars.

Y'all platforming Van Jones? Don't you start that show, man. I'm just messing with you, man. It's Luther Van Jones. But nah, everybody want to know about A.I. So like that's the, y'all man I'm just messing with you man it's Luther Vance but nah everybody wanna know everybody wanna know about AI

so like that's the like this technology thing is really changing the world and if you use it you understand like it's damn near magic right

what's your thoughts on AI because you know a lot of kids and a lot of y'all came from education kids ain't studying the same way when they can just

type it into AI and say type me a 10 page paper and it comes right in and all they gotta do is just kinda just take words out if you're educated and you have to be adaptive to that right like you got to be responsive with education the way you used to teach is not going to be the way of the future and so that's why we talk about education reform

because it's important right like the textbook days is over man and so like the quicker that we understand that the better we'll be able to adapt and use these things to our benefit but i feel like black people a lot of times we have a lot of fear of things that we don't understand so you see things like yo ai is going to take the jobs and even trump plays towards that like they're going to take black jobs right and we interviewed don peoples and he was kind of he he has a relationship with trump so he was kind of speaking kind of friendly about him but he said something that was key he was like he don't think he's racist he think he has an relationship with Trump. So he was kind of speaking kind of friendly about him, but he said something that was key. And he was like,

he didn't think he's racist. He think he has an outdated view of us. Meaning like he still looks at black people as this 1970, 1980, like, you know what I'm saying? Like, these are your jobs.

Like, cause they don't look at us as like leaders in industry. Right. They don't look at us as like equals. Exactly. Like on that level. So, and we don't look at ourselves that that way either.

A lot of times. So I think we can't be scared of this technology because it's going to come one way or another. It's like a tsunami. Like either you prepare for it or you're just going to get washed away.

So they say it's going to take over 200 million jobs over the next 10 years globally. And some people say that's a low estimate. But it's also going to create jobs and it's going to create a lot of wealth too.

You look at a company like NVIDIA. Nobody even heard of NVIDIA five years ago years ago the average everyday person now they're the third second most valuable company in the world right like over the course of 18 months so that's because of technology that's because of ai so i feel like we use ai all the time and it's only going to get bigger so for the kids to answer your question, I, it's similar to when a calculator came out, right? Like before you used to have to actually physically do long division.

And, but then once you realize that the calculator allows you to do it much quicker, you still have to be educated enough to know how to work the calculator. Like even chat GBT, you have to be educated enough to ask the right questions to know, okay, now this is a little off.

I need to, you just can't just have no brain at all and let it think for you because then it's not going to work properly. So I think that the only thing that we can do is educate ourselves on AI

because there is no way around it. And like some of the stuff, like even we met with Will.i.am. He's going to be there. Some of the stuff that he told us was different.

He's futuristic. Yeah, he's just doing it. He's out of here. He's 100 years out of here. He's 20 years ahead of us one of my favorite people to talk to i mean he talked for like two straight hours and we were just like i don't know we can't even share some of the stuff he was saying i even know i'm like how do you sleep knowing all this information he's 20 years ahead of us the interesting part about the nvidia piece

is that we spoke to the execs there right and they're like this is great thank you guys for information because people are investing and they are making money but But their employees have made a lot of money too. So we have to be a part of that. So that's why it's important to be educated but also to say this is something that you can do. All right, we got more with the brothers from Earn Your Leisure. When we come back, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Rashard Bilal and Troy Millings from Earn Your Leisure. Charlemagne? What's been the success stories from InvestFest over the last four years? Oh, man. So many, man. I feel like, well, first I'll speak to our success story because that's something that we can relate.

So last year, it was a gentleman that came from Ghana to InvestFest, and he had just heard about it. He came to InvestFest, and he was very impressed by InvestFest, so he wanted to connect with. He came to InvestFest and he was very impressed by InvestFest so he wanted to connect with us. So, Shaka Bar has actually connected us. We went to Ghana. They hosted us.

Turns out, so you heard of Afrofuture? Yeah. He's one of the people that does Afrofuture. Polo Beach Club, if you've ever been to Ghana. They own Polo Beach Club.

They own a bunch of real estate, everything. So, they connected with us. They're like, yo, we got 300 acres of land, and we want to build on it. And they're like, well, what's the plan? And they're like, well, it's crazy because we already had this idea of bringing people from the diaspora over, but not just to party and leave, right?

Like actually more sustainable, like buy real estate, build a community. So we're actually working on building a community with the brothers from Ghana. That's all because of InvestFest. Right. But there's vendors. We interviewed a vendor that made $300,000 in the marketplace selling her services. We interviewed another vendor who is a husband and a wife combination. And they met to be who was Steve Harvey's partner.

And then from there, they developed a relationship and they took their business from making like ten thousand dollars to now they've made over three million dollars just in the vendor marketplace. And the people that have went to InvestFest and learn and they actually purchased a home from the information that they that they received. So the networking is just unbelievable and then the information when you add the network and with the information is definitely opportunity to change your life yeah so we were with our brother Ray Daniels and he was like look when I walked into that marketplace I never been to Black Wall Street but I would imagine this this is what it looked like when you have just all these before over 400 businesses people networking people creating ideas, and actually finding networking pieces.

Right. It might be your investor or it might be your next business partner. Or you might look and say, man, I want my business to scale like that. And so now people are getting ideas how to grow their business. And then obviously, you know, we've come through the marketplace, but we're not just walking by ourselves. We're bringing Tyler Perry to right. We're bringing Robert Smith through. So like just to have the opportunity to see that in real person and like have a moment with that it's incredible because they're they're looking at it as a way to invest as well i know steve harvey walks through and he's like all right i want every piece of art that this person has like there's opportunities

in there that just don't exist so imagine you just started your business so you're in year one or two of your business and you might see 10 000 customers throughout the year you're talking about 50 000 people in three days it just doesn't happen it's a very unique opportunity did he ever give you all a million or he just did the big check thing so did he um so he all right so this is before invest fest last year obviously before everything happened we was working with revolt and um they like yo did he want to give you guys a million dollars to invest at first it was supposed to be a million dollars for us to invest for him right and we like nah let's let's do something a little bit more creative right like let's get the get the million dollars but let's like show it in like

real time be transparent and then like break it up so we'll put like a hundred thousand in stock market then we'll go to like louisiana and we'll buy a multi-family. So we'll put like a hundred thousand in stock market. Then we'll go to like Louisiana and we'll buy a multifamily home. Then we'll give it to like an entrepreneur in Texas to start a gas station. So we was going to actually like show what we were doing with the million, like the millions has grown to 2 million. It's grown to, and, um,

he didn't even want any money. He was going to any other profits. We was going to split the profit and he was going to give his, his part to charity. And then he's going to give us the other half. So we had to been talking about this for months. So when we was going to make the profit and he was going to give his his part to charity and then he's going to give us the other half so we had to been talking about this for months so when we was going to make the announcement we like yo we should make the announcement at invest fest like you're going to come like it would make sense to do it on invest fest so they like the idea um so yeah they gave us the check on stage so it's important to educate the audience right like so

when they do like those big kinkos checks contrary to popular belief on the internet, you can't take that check into Bank of America and cash it. People think that you get that check. It won't fit in the ATM. They're like, yo, I seen you got the money, bro. He gave you the check. I'm like, that's not how it works. He signed it, though. So that's like for sure, right?

Then after that, then lawyers have to kind of work out the final agreement or whatever, and then they wire the money to you, right? So that could take a couple of weeks, but it took a couple of months we never got and i will say this i think that he had the intentions of giving it to us because he actually called after he's like did i get the money yet but i didn't get it yet but his team i can't even knock them they were doing their due diligence they wanted to make sure it was right that the you know the legal agreement and everything. So it was just taking a long time, right? It took like

from InvestFest in August to like October. 10 months. Nah, it wasn't 10 months. It was like two months. So we started the conversations in February. Yeah, but from the time

we got the check, the big check. So in October, we still didn't get it, right? And then in November, everything happened. And y'all knew it was over it was over we didn't even bother so we never got the physical money but also that's important to

kind of clear up too it wasn't a donation to us it was he wasn't investing in earning leisure we were going to invest the money for him and the proceeds were going to go to charity right so that's another you know people kind of create their own narratives like yo did he gave y'all a million dollars so y'all can't, Diddy gave y'all a million dollars so y'all can't talk about him. He never gave us a million dollars. And even if we did get the million, it was never, we would never,

it was never going to our bank account. It was never going to earn your leisure. It was going to be invested, right? But yeah, that never actually ended up happening. Well, how can they get tickets for InvestFest? InvestFest.com. You can get your tickets. It's still a couple days left to enter the Nipsey Hussle business grant.

That's an opportunity to win $100,000. But, yeah, come to InvestFest, man. We got so many great speakers. It's August 23rd to August 25th in Atlanta, Georgia, Georgia World Congress Center. It's our fourth year doing it. And, man, if you've never been, it's a life-changing experience, something that we definitely are looking forward to.

And thank you guys for allowing us to come on the platform and talk about it. Appreciate it. We appreciate y'all. Appreciate y'all. And it's the biggest year at Impact. And we got – this is breaking news. $25,000. We talked about the Lauryn Hill initiative.

We talked about the Nipsey Tune. $25,000 will be given in the marketplace as well. So that's breaking news alert right now. $25,000 in the marketplace? $25,000 to Avenda. Shout out to Bevel. To Bevel, our team at Bevel. They're doing that. Wow. So that's going news alert right now. 25 in the marketplace? 25,000 to a vendor. Shout out to Bevel. To Bevel, our team at Bevel. They doing that.

Wow. That's going to be incredible. Well, let's earn your leisure. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. The only thing I hate about working at a hip-hop radio station is thieves, right? Thieves?

Because if you forget to lock the door, people will go in and just steal stuff. So I just want whoever went in our office and stole those brand new AirPods and all that other stuff out of that black book bag. You know it's a camera right there in front of the office door. They took it out of your bag? Yes. So all we're going to do is look at the camera and see who took it. I just want you to know that. Somebody stole your AirPods out of your bag?

Brand new AirPods. It was a gift somebody gave me. It was in a black bag. But we're going to find the person. And then I'm going to get him donkey today live on the radio. That's all. Well, I'm going to steal these chairs. The drones that we don't And then I'm going to get him donkey today live on the radio. That's all. Well, I'm going to steal these chairs.

The thrones that we don't use, I'm going to steal them for the car show. You can have those. Them things hurt my back. I've been got out

that throne. Anyway, let's get to Jess with the mess. Let's go. Your news is real, brother. Jessica Ryan, Jessica Robin Moore.

Jess don't do no lying. She don't spare nobody. Worldwide Jess, Worldwide Matt. On The Breakfast Club. She's a culture shift. She was able to get y'all to see something and understand something that nobody could get you to see.

It's time to settle it all. And to stop from being embarrassed, I would return those AirPods immediately. Just run by the office and just throw them in there. You know how stupid I get. Yeah, because there's cameras by the office and just throw them in there. You know how stupid I get. Yeah, because there's cameras right there. Just throw them back in there. Just throw them back in there. Everything you took out the black bag, just put it back.

If not, don't worry about it. Oh, because this is going to get nasty. I don't know what it was, but just throw it back in there. And I'm going to get you fired if you work here. I'm going to let you know that. Yeah, all right. I just want you to know that, too. All right.

Well, yesterday, T well yesterday ti was arrested at atlanta airport and this is the reason why well a case of mistaken identity sends atlanta rapper ti to jail authorities place ti whose real name is clifford harris in handcuffs at hartsville jackson atlanta international airport and he was taken to the clayton county jail sunday night officers had a warrant for clifford harris but the harris they were looking for was out of baltimore maryland police say the suspect is wanted on charges of stalking and violent behavior toward a woman ti was released after he contacted his lawyer this is how i know atlanta has let too many transplants in because there is no way in hell somebody from Atlanta is arresting TIP

in Atlanta. There is no such thing as mistaken identity. Clifford Harris from Baltimore. In Atlanta? When I read that story, the first thing I thought was that couldn't have been Atlanta. And that's what I thought. Lo and behold, it was Atlanta. There's just some people you don't mistake in Atlanta.

I know nowadays y'all be mistaking TIP for Keith Lee, but no, not in Atlanta. Makes no sense. So he was released and it was a mistaken identity. Now, yesterday we had Polo G on. But is that all you get, though? Like, do you just go?

Yes, I'm sorry. I missed my flight. I'm sure T.I. had a show or he had somewhere to be. Emotional distress. Emotional distress. Emotional distress. Like, there's a lot of things

that go into you just locking me up like you know nobody wants to be a embarrassment and that's what i'm saying i know i don't like that you can't just say i'm sorry my bad you just hurt my sponsorship i was gonna get a sponsor with somebody now they just pulled that that's what i'm saying have they seen me in cuffs nah can't just be a my bad i'm sorry they got to be some type of conversation all right now polo g was on the breakfast club yesterday uh and uh this went viral yesterday we had a conversation about polo g about everything his new project his new album but recently polo g's mom and sister got into an altercation where polo g's mom fired some shots at the daughter and he explained it and broke it down yesterday

when you see family public issues spill over to social media, like, you know, everybody saw the situation between your mom and your sister, do you intervene or do you let them work that out? For sure, I'm always intervening. It's like, I don't want to see no s*** like that. So I'm always trying to get in between it before it go too far. What do you mean go too far? They was fighting and shooting at it.

This is Chicago. This is Chicago. I might have to start adding Chicago with Florida. He said before it go too far. It was too far. They was fighting and shooting at it this is chicago in chicago i might have to start adding chicago with florida he said before i go too far too far they were fighting and shooting polo is it even something that can be worked out you think yeah for sure every everybody family go through go through like that i'm accustomed to and how do you intervene because you can't pick a side it's like you almost got to just try to put them both in the room and be like let's have this conversation yeah that's that's definitely the angle to take cuz my sister pretty hair strong person. She's a mother child, you know

How you squash that after your mom shoots at you? How do you squash that after your child puts hands on you like salute to station Mac? You know polo G's mother. That's my partner salute to assist to I do hope they work that out Are they may not because I don't know if you can trust your child again after they attack you. And, you know, if you're forced to defend yourself with a firearm, maybe they're better off staying away from each other. I, yes. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired?

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podcast i think the latter both of them makes more sense now also yesterday that which was trending is uh charlemagne did an interview i had a conversation with big sean uh this is his new interview series called out of context but during this uh conversation he talked about possibly big sean marion janae aiko and he broke down why he feels like they're not married as of yet what's stopping y'all from getting married y'all already did one of those secret industry weddings no there has not been a secret industry marriage it's a it's a it's a little personal. Just like any people who have dealt with love, we've had our ups and downs. And I think it's still finding the right navigation through it all. To me, marriage symbolizes the best relationship. People be

like, oh, you got to get married. To me, I feel like having a relationship is first and foremost. And marriage is a byproduct of that. I feel like a lot of people get the idea of like, oh, you have to get married. To me, that's almost a fear based way of thinking, too, because then people be getting divorced. The divorce rate is so high and I'm not like discounting anything and I'm not saying that we aren't going to get married. But what I'm saying is, is that there's a lot of work that needs to be done yeah so he was trending yesterday on the reason why you know big sean and janae aiko have not been engaged or not married as of yet i mean listen the ups and downs never cease right like that's what a marriage is that's what a relationship

is you two humans who are constantly growing and evolving so just you know find somebody that you can grow and evolve with and everybody moves their own pace like my wife and i've been together for 26 years you know uh we've been together since we was teenagers but we didn't get married until 2014 so we've been married we will be married 10 years this year okay drop on the clues bombs for us so everyone moves at their own pace i don't have a problem with the brother saying he needs to do more work on himself but i'll just tell you this marriage is a constant work in progress okay and what he said obviously they're not on the same page in certain things that they want to get on that same page before they get married that's not a problem yeah but you might some days you may be

on the same page some days you may not that's my whole point like you know like you're two different individuals who come together to form this unit so you hope that you're on the same page more than not but there's gonna be days that you aren't and that's fine too like like i said marriage is a constant work in progress humans we are always under construction so i would just tell you know anybody out there put your hard hat on and find someone you want to build with for the rest of your life that's right uh and lastly uh kalani uh her baby father is accusing her of being in a religious and sexual cult now he is claiming that the leader of me say what yes uh he is saying that he believes kalani is uh involved in a cult

a religious cult and sexual cult he says the leader of so-called cult which we don't have a name has multiple sexual assault allegations and believes their daughter could be at risk of being a victim he said he is tired he said he claimed that she lied about him being gay he said he's not gay he said he's not a lot about him being a gay sperm donor to support her narrative of being a lesbian and he said he's tired he said for the last six years they've been calling me gay and i'm not gay okay so that's the context of this revelation that she called him gay now by the way what's a gay sperm donor what does that mean exactly could somebody break that down for me i guess i'm not the highest grade of weed in the dispensary a gay sperm donor is just a sperm donor who's gay

yes so what does the gay have to do with it why can't you just be a sperm donor why you got to be a gay sperm what he's saying is going to a term what he was saying and i'll say allegedly is allegedly he was saying that uh they were besties and she used his sperm to get pregnant but he's saying that's not true he told uh she told allegedly she told people he gave the gays he gave hold on he gave the gays sperm to two lesbians correct okay but i don't make him a gay sperm donor he's donated some sperm to some gays yeah but i guess she was saying that he was gay and he said he's not gay and that they didn't i just like the story

for no reason explain to me because i really can't understand come on oh my goodness uh all right well he's just mad because he said he gave up his sperm and that uh he is not gay uh and he said the only reason that he didn't come out is because uh the narrative of them being a lesbian he didn't want to ruin so how did they get that came out and that's what made it gay i don't know how they got the sperm they're saying that maybe they had some sexual relations but i guess did a man dr milcom is that why he feels gay you know what i'm just trying to figure out how did the gay happen here. Okay?

I'm a little confused. Nobody want to help you unk out? Help unk out, man. No. No. Oh, my gosh, man. That is just a mess, man. The man just said he's not gay.

He don't want to be gay. Stop calling him gay. The last six years, he's been gay forever, and he don't want to be gay no more. I ain't worried about the gay. I'm just trying to figure out how the gay and the sperm don't come together. But I'll figure it out later. I don't want to talk. It's enough. It's enough. Y'all think nothing serious,

man. What are you giving that donkey to, man? Well, after the hour, we need Rashawn Adjewani to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with him, please. I know what race he is. I. I know what race he is. I don't know what race he is. I can tell you. He's not African,

but we'll talk about it. All right, we'll get to it next at the Breakfast Club. Good morning. You're checking out the Breakfast Club. Your execution on the donkey of the day is something to behold.

Is it a read? He gave me donkey of the day and I deserve it. People need to know. Well, you need to tell them. I am. You have the voice. Tell them. Tell them.

Tell them. Tell them. It's time for Donkey of the Day. It's a read, but you're so good at it. You're trying to be a fake-ass Charlemagne. There's only one Charlemagne to go. Damn, Charlemagne. Who you giving Dusty of the Day to now?

Well, Sexy Red, Donkey of the Day for Tuesday, August 6th. It is Tuesday, August 6th, right? Let me make sure. Yes. It goes to a 35-year-old man named Rashaun Shawali. No, Rashaun Shawal Adjuwani.

I don't know if I pronounced this man's name right, but let's get to the story. Rashaun is likely headed for trial, according to L.A. County Superior Court records, because he was arrested on October 18th. What was Rashaun arrested for? Well, he was arrested because he was accused of trying to steal a hash brown at gunpoint from a McDonald's. I repeat, he was accused of trying to steal a hash brown at gunpoint from a McDonald's.

Not even with a real gun. OK, a replica pistol. So y'all think I'd be lying, but you can look this up. The victim reported that Rashawn arrived at the third window in the drive-thru line and demanded a third hash brown after ordering two. Okay? Big back behavior. The employee of the McDonald's, the employee of the McDonald's

let the suspect know that he only paid for two, and the suspect, Rashawn, told the McDonald's employee, don't you F with me while using the employee's name from his name tag. So let's just paint the picture. If the guy's name that worked at McDonald's was Calvin, Rashawn kept saying, don't you F with me, Calvin. Well, clearly he thought Calvin was still laughing with him. So he, Rashawn, went to his vehicle, pulled out a firearm, the fake gun, a prosthetic pistol, if you will, a silicone scrap, a GMO gat.

He pointed this impossible piece, this beyond biscuit at the employee and said these hash browns ain't dying for you he didn't really say that but in my mind that's how he was bringing it okay but he did point the firearm at the victim's chest and the mcdonald's employee said he gave up the third hash brown because he was in fear of his life you think and can you believe rashawn had a wife investigators identified the the SUV that he was driving and it was registered in his wife's name. All right. They served a search warrant on their home. And the victim positively identified Rashawn out of a lineup. And deputies found a black Glock 19 style compressed air fired pistol during their search of the Canyon County home.

This man had a house, an SUV and a wife and he robbing people for hash browns now he's facing two to five years in prison the judge denied a motion by rashawn's counsel they wanted a mental health diversion for him citing the aggravating and mitigation factors i don't even know what that means but i do believe rashawn is dealing with some type of mental health issues because you don't flip out like that over no damn hash brown. A hash brown? And you already had two? Okay, robbing a McDonald's for a hash brown is like sticking up a Starbucks for a free Wi-Fi code. Okay, it's like robbing a 7-Eleven for a free Slurpee refill.

If you're going to commit a crime, at least steal something that doesn't cost less than your bus fare home. And you ain't even need bus fare because you're at an SUV. Okay? Who the hell wants to spend two to five years in prison because they committed grand theft breakfast? All right? Nobody in prison going to take you serious. Your celly asks you what you in for and you say stealing hash browns. Then your celly turns to you and says you're ass brown.

Okay, that's when things can get tricky. All right? Robbing McDonald's for a hash brown? How hungry do you have to be to risk five to ten years for a dollar menu item? Okay, now there's a part of me that respects the basicness of it all, though. Okay, Rashawn walked into a McDonald's with a GMO gat, and what did he demand? Not the hotcakes, not a sausage biscuit. Okay, by the way, McDonald's is 2024.

Can we get chicken sausage biscuits? Turkey sausage biscuits, please? No pork on my fork? But he didn't want either. Rashawn didn't want any of that. He wanted a hash brown. You got to respect the simplicity. Forget what's in the cash register.

He wanted that fried potato. Okay, who knew? You could turn Big Mac breakfast cravings into a felony. Now, I have the president of the Fat Lives Matter committee. We don't have the wobble in there, do we? I like whenever he walks in, I want the wobble to play. Big Mac is here. You know anything concerning food, Big Mac wants to weigh in because you know he can

break the scale. Mac, the floor is yours. I hate short people, man. I hate short people all the time. But I had to speak on this one because as the president, I knew you was going to shame this man. And that's because you're always looking at it from the skinny committee. Talk to me. You're not looking at it from the other side of it.

Okay. First off, do you know how much hash browns are these days? How much? $3.49. For one hash brown? Yeah, yeah. I don't believe that. Things change now, huh?

So he didn't rob McDonald's for a hash brown. He paid for three. For what? Hash brown? Yeah, yeah. I don't believe that. Things changes now, huh? Dang it. So he didn't rob McDonald's for a hash brown. He paid for three because hash browns used to be a dollar. $3.49. Look, look. Do your research. You see that? See? Yes.

Jesus Christ. Y'all not part of it. I get the emails all the time every time they change it. Dang. So he didn't rob that. I used to pay a dollar for it. So technically, when he got his receipt, saw $3, he said, oh, wait a minute.

I didn't pay for three hash browns. I only got two. Let me pull up. Let me get that other one. Well, that wouldn't make no sense because he bought two. So then that way, that'd be like almost $7. Until he saw his receipt, he said, oh, they charged me for three. I got to go back around. Let me get that third one. Technically, if you see $7, that'd be,

they would charge him for like seven or eight based off the logic you use. Right. But he's probably was getting frustrated because, you know, the gas price is high too. So he's like, I'm not going to keep moving around. That's why he pulled the gun out. I'm more mad that he kept the gun for the cops to find him than he is about doing the hash brown thing.

Please give Rashawn, Rashawn, Alajewani the biggest heejuwani the biggest e-hawk okay give me some sweet sounds in the hammer tones too oh now you are the donkey of the day don't no no no i'm taking the donkey back don't you no you of the day. Yeehaw! No, no. Rashad and Dr. Whataburger. No, I'm taking the donkey back. Don't you... No, you do God's work, sir. You're still standing here

like you in line at the cookout. Okay. Why are you still here? Your plate is full. I'll be mad because you got to sit at the kids' table. Damn.

You don't think McDonald's should get a little bit after the hash browns being 319? Yes. And then, you know, they don't think McDonald's should get a little bit of that for hash browns being $3.19? Yes. And then, you know, they don't sell it all day like some of the other breakfast items. So he was probably like, damn, I only got like 30 minutes. Let me swing back around real quick. And then would you say Charles or Chuck? Everybody try to be a hero.

Calvin. Calvin. Everybody try to be a hero when they work the fast food. Just give me the damn hash brown. You know there's headlines about this? $3 for a single McDonald's hash brown. Those customers are fed up and pushing back. You're welcome.

This is on KSL. This is from February 2024 on KSL.com. I can put y'all on the email chain if y'all want. No, I'm good. You sure? Yeah, I'm good. It's easy. No, I'm all right.

BigBackSnacks at gmail.com. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today, sir. Mac is voting for whoever can lower the price of hash browns at McDonald's. Come on. That's why Michelle was doing all that healthy food. I said, wait a minute, Michelle Obama. You got to.

Goodbye, Mac. Goodbye. You want taters for Trump or hash browns for Harris? Which one do you want? Now, when we come back, Edgar Belonga will be joining us. Of course, he's fighting Canelo Alvarez on September 14th in Vegas. So, we're going to kick it with Edgar Belonga when we come back. So, don't move.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Yes, indeed. Of course, we got Ak with us today because we got a special guest in the building, Edgar

Belonga. Welcome brother. What's up my boy, how's everything man? How you feeling? Real good. How you feeling? Big fight coming up. Yes sir.

September 14th against Canelo Alvarez. How you feeling about it? Amazing man, you know, I'm highly blessed man to be in this position, you know, I'm not supposed to be here. We went through a lot of trials and tribulations, you feel me, know we got here man we did you know all the hard work has paid off man and i started boxing at seven years old and 20 years later man you know i'm fighting the biggest fight of my life wow now you wanted this fight for a long time you've been calling it out you've been saying it so what what finally got the deal done you know i've been i've been talking about

this for years man you know uh even before we was about to turn pro with my coach, you know, we seen Canelo rising and we was just like, yo, listen, man, like, this is the fight that's going to happen soon. Something big, you know, Puerto Rico versus Mexico. And I feel like through my hard work, keeping God first, it happened, it manifested, you feel me? Like, just talking about it, playing out there in the universe. Are you nervous at all?

You know, because it's like you said, you grew up watching him and watching boxing. He was one of the people that you liked watching God aliveive so it's kind of like as a kid it's like playing your LeBron or playing your Jordan do you get nervous for playing one of your your idols fighting one of your idols at all um I wouldn't say nervous I'm just excited man like I'm not gonna lie I was like on two hours of sleep the day before yesterday I was just going bro I was in the gym to to the track, working. My coach was like, yo, bro, you ain't take none, though. Because you up, bro.

They was trying to put me to sleep. I'm saying, yo, go take a nap. We only got two hours. We just landed in New York at 10 in the morning. I was like, well, I'm going, man. That's it. The fight's here, man. The fight starts now.

I'm excited. This is an opportunity to make history, man. You know what I'm saying? I'm from New York, you know, and I'm excited. This is an opportunity to make history, man, you know what I'm saying? And I'm from New York, Puerto Rican. You know, I'm from the trenches. And, you know, a lot of people are depending on me, you know what I'm saying? And to me, people that never made it to that level, I win. They all going to win.

You know, this weekend, you know, I just came from L.A., the Crawford fight. And during the fight, Turk Al-Ashiq put out an offer to canelo for the butt fight so in other words they're looking past you right he's already thinking about terence corford fighting canelo alvarez how does that make you feel i was upset looking at because they just kept mentioning you know i'm saying i'm like damn they're overlooking me but um you know it was bound to happen you feel me like i feel like now all my life i've been overlooked you know i'm saying even me when i turned pro you know all the promoters didn't want to sign me. Nobody wanted to sign me.

They was like, nah, we don't want him. Why do you think that is? I have no clue, bro. For real, for real. Like, I went to the Olympic trials. I lost. So, we were supposed to go to Puerto Rico, but I had an injury. We was just like, yo, we're going to turn pro.

So, when we wound up turning pro, no promoters wanted me. But I stood 10 toes down. I told Mark. I told my dad. You know, they was just like you listen they're gonna want you soon and when I went in the gym because nobody nobody wanted to sign me right so I was like okay copy no more I'm used to this you know I'm used to being an underdog I'm used to being in this position and what started happening I started knocking people out in the

first round so now you know I'm saying like that right there 16 first round knockout streak yeah so That right there. The 16th first round knockout streak. Yeah, so that right there was like the key start to everything. You feel me? I was like, yo, these people out here is really ducking me.

They don't see my worth. They don't see it. Okay. And I started pointing people out. Boom, boom, boom, boom. Next thing you know, I got the city shaking. Our promoters is calling us.

Did that help or hurt though? The reason I ask is when you knock everybody out in the first round, everybody expects that every fight. So if you don't and you take somebody to the distance or you take somebody to the sixth round they're like Edgar fell off he ain't the same but you can't knock out everybody in the first round so did that help or hurt it's always a gift you feel me because i feel like god you know god definitely blessed me with this power you feel me and it's in the

strength that i got is crazy so but then you know i felt like it was a curse a little bit too because you know people now all they expect is knockouts now so they don't really look at they don't want to look at my boxing skills they don't want to look at me boxing and moving around and hit and don't get hit no more you know they like this dude's a bum you feel me so i went five straight fights to distance and uh yo people been like trashing me bad you know i'm saying on social media i say it's a curse, right, because, you know, you're knocking people out. People get used to that, you feel me? People get used to the knockouts, knockouts, knockouts. And boxing is not about that, you feel me?

Like, the first rounds was cool, don't get me wrong, because it blew me up quick, you know what I'm saying, in two years. Next thing I know, I got Lil Wayne on my phone. I start, I'm going to Tracy Morgan's crib, you know. I built a crazy relationship with him. And then, you know, Fat Joe been with me since before. So it's crazy. You know, Khalid Plant said you are an unworthy challenger for Canelo. He said you got a weak chin, lack of experience, and poor technical boxing skills.

He said you have no experience against genuine world-class opposition, and you struggled against the marginal competition that your promoters have carefully selected for you to maintain your unbeaten record. What do you say to that? He's a hater. For real. See, you know, it's a thing with him, right?

And I told him when I seen him when I seen him in Vegas, I said, yo, I got a lot of respect for you because you've been at that level. You know what I'm saying? Even though you lost, but you've been at that level.

Like, you fought Canelo, you fought Benavidez, and I got to give you that respect. You got to that level, you feel me? But I feel like now he clout chasing, you feel me? He's doing a lot of weird shit

just to be relevant again, you feel me? And a lot of people know, dude don't sell, you feel me? But I feel like now he clout chasing, you feel me? He's doing a lot of weird shit just to be relevant again, you feel me? And a lot of people know, dude don't sell, you feel me? He don't sell unless he's fighting a big fighter, you feel me? I'm like, you a hater, bro, because when it was your time to shine, when it was your time to step in that ring with Conor Lowe and all these guys, I never bashed you. I never said nothing about you, you know what I'm saying? I let you have your moment, but you didn't take your opportunity, you feel me?

You lost. You got knocked out. So how did that in Vegas? i saw you guys going back and forth on a clip that went viral and you say you was giving him respect so how did it turn into you guys going back and forth because what did he say to you what was his yeah because yo bro at the end of the day i'm from i'm from new york i'm from the trenches bro you feel me so it's different how you come you're gonna if i'm giving you respect you're gonna respect me you feel me and i gave him that respect but he just kept going and going and going.

Saying what, though? Yo, what's up? You going to give me that fight? Yo, I'm like, nah, I'm focusing on September. I got Canelo. Oh, so he was talking about wanting to fight you. Nah, but forget about that. If you don't get Canelo, what's up?

I'm like, nah, I'm not even worrying about that. Like, I got a plan A. We sticking with that. He just kept going and going. Oh, yeah, but what happened with the sparring? He's talking about sparring. I was like 17 years old. So you sparred him at 17? Yeah, and I'm like, but what happened in the sixth round? I f***ed you was like 17 years old So you spawned him at 17 Yeah and I'm like But what happened in the 6th round

I f***ed you up And I blew you out In the 6th round With a body shot You ran out the ring Oh He started Oh

I'm not So that's when You know I got him on New York So I just got I turned it up on him So you were 17 years old When you were spawned Yeah yeah yeah

He was a pro already Yeah yeah he was a pro And I just turned it up on him You know what I'm saying Like Hey you know If I were to fight Joe Call me like yo

Alright we got more With boxer Edgar Belonga When we come back he's fighting canelo alvarez on september 14th in vegas we'll talk to him some more it's the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj nv jess larry charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we also have akia our boxing analyst we're still kicking it with edgar balanga he's fighting canelo alvarez september 14th in vegas now charlamagne is there any constructive criticism to take from something uh like khalib said like when you hear him when you hear the things that he listed do you say you know what maybe i do need to improve on my boxing skills a little bit or maybe i do need to move my head a little bit more like is your country falling apart feeling tired depressed a little

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No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a racket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help!

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I'm probably the top. I'm probably, like, between me, Shakur, Devin, Ryan, and who else is out there? And me. It's five of us that everybody hate in boxing, you heard? And they've been like that for a while already, you feel me? And I'm going to always be like this, bro. Like, it's always going to be hate.

Does it affect you, though? Do you read that and be like, I got to change this? Or does that bother you at all? Nah, I don't know. Before, when it first started, I used to, yo, I'm not going to lie, I went through a little depression, bro. Cause I never received crazy backlash like that. You feel me? After the, when I did the Mike Tyson bike

on Agulo. Right. And they suspended me and then they was just trashing me, bro, for like eight months. Why was the bike for people that don't know? Yeah, what got into you that night? Nah, so listen, look. First of all, the guy came in overweight, like three pounds. Cool. He came in, on purpose he came in overweight. He did some Rheingau serious shit. Came in overweight. He didn't want came in on purpose he came in overweight he did

some ryan garcia like came in overweight he didn't want to lose the weight it was about to take like 50 000 from his from his check he said yo the day before the fight yo if they'll take 50 000 from me the fight's off so whatever he came overweight obviously i made the weight well isn't there rules for that like if you do we have to listen his coach did an interview after i beat him and said that they their tactic was to come in three pounds of weight So they don't gotta be weight drain so they could absorb my punches better you from it So he didn't get fight. He didn't they didn't take the 50 grand from us. He kept it No, no, no top ring how to pay me because if not, he they would have the fight would've been awful

It's Puerto Rican a weekend. I'm saying the tickets are sold. It was a sold-out event So there was that now I don't know, you know I'm saying and I was over those they don't know the money goes to you Yeah, a thousand percent. So I got this dude on YouTube that's a crazy fan of me. He broke the whole ten rounds down by how dirty Angulo was fighting. You know what I'm saying? Like, he split me open with an elbow. He was throwing shots.

Like, when he was throwing uppercuts, he was like, you know what I'm saying, throwing, hitting me. All I felt was headbutts and elbows the first four rounds. You feel me? So that was already getting me, like, upset. And then I told the ref before the fight in the back was like listen this dude's a dirty fighter so you got to watch your head butts and with elbows yeah yeah but he wasn't you know i'm saying he wasn't warning him warning him nothing so it was just off uh i don't know i was just on ah come over here

were you thinking about tyson when you did it yeah whatever now bud had a hit list right a list of everybody that talked negative about him so when Were you thinking about Tyson when you did it? Yeah. Come here, bro. Whatever. Now, Bud had a hit list, right? A list of everybody that talked negative about him. So when he won, he was able to check off the list. Charlamagne was one of them. Do you have that same type of list of everybody that talks smack and be like, when I win, I'm going back to check every last person? For sure, man.

I got a whole list, bro. I probably got like a thousand people. Name a couple. Name a couple that we would know that's on that list. That's on that list yeah it's more like bloggers and shit

you know what I'm saying like people I see on Twitter what about fighters obviously Kayla Plant yeah Kayla Plant bitch ass um

Benavidez bitch ass his father uh Morrell that's about it David Morrell yeah but as for the fighters

yeah them right there that's the only one I really seen like oh and probably uh I seen like a little podcast. Nobody be worrying about him, though, but Terrence Crawford, stablemate. He always be chatting.

Steven Nelson. Steven Nelson. Yeah, him too. When is the last time you've been this doubted going into a fight? Ever? Nah, this is the first time. Yeah. This is crazy.

Nah, this is crazy. They saying first round, second round, KO. I'm just taking a ride Bulls**t Yeah He not making bread That's why he tight Look he just He just fought at 175

And went the distance Clown Too That's what I'm saying Everybody always wanna talk Talk to You know what it is They been chasing

Trying to chase this dude You feel me And me I just had my feet up Hands to my back And the fight just came to me You feel me And these guys is doing Extra s**t Like trying to chase this dude, you feel me? And me, I just had my feet up and it's to my back and the fight just came to me, you feel me? And these guys

is doing extra shit, like trying to, you know, provoke Canelo, trying to do a lot of things to get this fight. Got it. How much has your son

impacted your life since he was born? A lot, man. That's my little twin right there, you know what I'm saying? It happened so quick with my girl. You know, she got pregnant quick, you know what I'm saying? It happened so quick with my girl. You know, she got pregnant quick, you know what I'm saying?

I seen her, and we started vibing out, and in three months, you know, she came out pregnant, and I was cool with it. And I was a guy that I wasn't really into relationships. Oh, three months after into the relationship. Yeah, but it felt like those three, four months felt like— Protect yourself at all times. No, no, no. That's what they say.

No, no, no. That's what the ref said. Protect yourself at all times. No, but you know how when you find that one, it's like, you feel like you already know a grip. And three, four months, it felt like we was together for like four years, bro. I ain't never found that one in three months, bro.

You know what I'm saying? It just felt normal. Like when she came pregnant, if it was another chick, I probably would've been like, I would've been going crazy. Like nah, yo, man, nah. I don't know, man, I'm not ready. But with her, it was like, it was ready. Yeah, it was meant to be, 100%.

So you're going to have some more? Yeah, I'm trying to go for the girl this year. Oh, this year? And how did that influence you when you go into the ring? My son looks up to me, you know what I'm saying? He loves going to the gym with me. You know, he does everything I do. You know, so now it's like I know I'm a role model for him.

You feel me? So now I got to change how I talk, how I act, how I carry myself even more. In the ring, you know, I just look at him, man, and I know that, I know I'm a role model for him. You feel me? So now I got to change how I talk, how I act, how I carry myself even more. In the ring, you know, I just look at him, man, and I know that, you know, this is the way I feed him. You know what I'm saying? This is the way I can provide a certain lifestyle for him and put him in the best schools and be able to afford it. I don't want him to be a boxer. I know he's going to be a superstar. That's why I named him Chosen.

I feel like, you know, he's going to be something amazing in this world. And, you know, he needs a father like me. He needs that bread. He needs that bag behind him to put him in the right places for me and to take it to that level. So, with that being said, you know, just me, because of that, you know, that's why I feel like I'm more focused than ever. If you were to be Canelo, I mean, you'll be fighting for three straps that he has. Do you want to be undisputed? Like, is legacy important to you?

Like, winning titles in different divisions? Oh, of course. You know, at the end of the day, that's why I've been boxing for 20 years, right? Like, the money's going to come. You know, as long as I'm doing the right thing and I'm disciplined in the sport and I'm doing what I have to do in the sport, the money's going to come. Like, sponsorships are going to come, endorsements. All that's going to come.

We just got to focus on the main prize, and that's boxing. You know what I'm saying? And winning. As long as we're doing that, everything's going to come. You know what I'm saying? And the legacy. You know what I'm saying? You focus know i'm saying you focus on legacy when you focus on legacy you stamping your last name into that history books of boxing and you know with me i got a big island you know it's small but it's big and there's a lot of boxing fans out there probably

three million people on the island and it's out of three million it's probably like 900,000 boxing fans you know so i gotta go out there and i gotta put my name i've been in the sport for 20 years so i want to go out there and put my name with the greats you know when they mention trinidad when they mention macho camacho or fidel benitez miguel coda they're gonna mention my last name they're gonna mention me all right well the fight is september 14th at the t-mobile arena in vegas good luck canelo alvarez versus edgar balanga and we appreciate you for joining us brother appreciate it man it's edgar balanga it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club Resverse, Edgar Belonga, and we appreciate you for joining us, brother. Appreciate it, man. It's Edgar Belonga. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, Jess is out. She's on maternity leave. And let's get to the mess. The news is real, brother.

In the flames, Jessica Robin Moore. Jess don't do no lying. Don't do no lying. She don't spare nobody. Worldwide Jess. Worldwide message. On The Breakfast Club. She's a culture shift.

She was able to get y'all to see something and understand something that nobody could get you to see. It's time to set it off. Now, Vice President Kamalaris is due uh to pick her vice presidential pick at a rally in philadelphia later today uh people don't know uh they believe it's between three people uh josh shapiro of course he's pennsylvania governor tim waltz is minnesota governor and they're saying senator mark kelly from arizona i hope it's uh governor josh shapiro and governor josh Shapiro's been here to the Breakfast Club. Yeah, I think he'd be the best pick.

That's a strong ticket, Harris Shapiro. I like Governor Shapiro. You know, when he was here on the Breakfast Club, you hear him talk about a lot of different things. He's a strong advocate for workers' rights. He led a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers. He led an investigation into clergy sexual abuse in Pennsylvania. His probation reform, his slate initiative like yeah there's a lot of things in pennsylvania

that he's done that i like so and i think it would be great the fact that they actually rallying in his uh town i think that would be a great if they if they do pick josh shapiro and they just look fly who was it was it jfk that said politics is visual they just it just looks they look fly together they definitely you know but but more importantly uh i like the the issues that he that JFK that said politics is visual. They just, it just looks, they look fly together. They definitely do. You know, but, but more importantly, I like the,

the issues that he, that he stands for. But they say, they said it's between him and Governor Tim Walz in Minnesota. And from what I saw, commentators,

like my guy, Bakari Sellers, Luther Bakari Sellers, drop on a clue, Bob, for Bakari. I saw him on CNN last night and he was saying that

Tim Walz does the least damage because there's been so many attacks on Governor Shapiro because of his stance on Israel and Gaza because he is Jewish. But I don't understand that logic because Governor Walls and Governor Josh Shapiro's stance on Israel and Gaza are

the same. So we'll see later today who she picks. Now also, Harrison Bucker. You know who Harrison Bucker is? No. He is the Kansas City Chiefs kicker. Now, he just, the reason I'm doing this story is because, you know, a lot of kids, you know, they want to be a quarterback or they want to be a running back or they want to be wide receiver or a corner. This gentleman just signed a new deal, which a four-year extension worth $25.6 million that includes $17.7 million guaranteed.

And he kicks the ball. 29 years old. So he just signed that with the Chiefs. So he's going to be making like $6.4, $6.5 million a year. Is he the highest paid kicker ever? Yeah. I don't know ever, but he's the one, the highest kicker. He's the highest paid kicker now.

That's right. I need to see who's the highest paid kicker ever if I just tell kids to go out here and be kickers. Behind him? Forget it. No, I'm serious, man. Who's the highest paid NFL kicker ever if I just tell kids to go out here and be kickers. Behind him? Forget it. No, I'm serious, man. Who's the highest paid NFL kicker? Well, behind Bucker is... is Matt Gay.

There's Gay behind the Buck? So he's gay together. They're gay bucks. They're gay bucks together? You can't make this up. Gay Bucks. Oh, Butt. Oh, his name is Butt.

Yes. Harrison Butker. Yes. Okay. Behind him is Matt Gay and forget it. I like that. I like that. Forget it.

Gay and Butt, we need you in the meeting immediately. Where's Gay and Butt at? I should have been Butt Gay. What comes first? The butt or the gay? You've been play too much. But I didn't make this up. It's on the sheet.

It just says right behind butters. Forget it. All right. Well. Oh, he's the highest paid kicker in NFL history. Oh, he is? Yeah. Okay.

Okay. All right. Now, Nicki Minaj. They call him Harry Butt for short. Harry Butt. Oh, my gosh. All right. Come on.

Grow up, guys. Nope. Nicki Minaj. It seems like she's calling out her sister. You know, her sister recently did an interview and she was talking about her getting into the industry. She was on the We in Miami podcast. And this is what her sister had to say. Her name was Ming.

People used to say like oh if this person was your sister why did she do this for you why did she do that for you and it's like I never needed her to help me get to my goal I just needed her to see that I can do it and she can be proud of me without having to think that I needed to have an easy way to get to the top so what's your current relationship with Nikki we was never close she was like always like busy she'd be busy and stuff like that i'll be doing my too like even though people do think that like we are not cool we're gonna argue i'm not gonna lie me like my sister do be getting mad at me well jasmine brand has uh just reported that uh nikki minaj responded And this is what they're saying that Nicki's response to that interview is.

Why would a person speak on a person they love? Why would a person speak openly about a private person? Why would a person do that? Who would you speak about in your interviews if someone wanted to interview you? Yourself, right? It's always a bad sign if someone who has never been successful in your line of work is doing interviews with people in your line of work. I think y'all think talent, like you could catch it like a cold or maybe people could pass it through the genes. Even with blood relation, what God has given to me is mine.

You have to go and get your own. You have to discover whatever it is that you're great at. Being a mooch and a clown don't run in my DNA. Harsh truth. But she's right. Harsh truth, Nicki Minaj is saying. She's right. Just because I'm successful and I'm doing well

doesn't make it seem like that you are. You still have to put in the work the time and the energy and do your own due diligence yeah proximity to talent means nothing proximity to people with gifts means nothing you have to find your own way you have to find your own blessings and gifts well there was a time when uh nikki's sister tagged us all and she said she wanted to come to breakfast club to tell her story yes and i remember all of us collectively said well what does what does she do correct you know we're not gonna bring her up here to just just because she's got a sister right yeah that don't make any sense not at all not at all so nikki's right and lastly krishan rock i know we haven't heard that name in a while she's facing up to eight years in prison on drug-related charges she's facing uh two charges failure to put a tax stamp on a controlled dangerous substance

and possession of cds with intent to distribute now each charge carries a sentence of four years the minimum sentence for each charge in oklahoma is two years she's currently detained in oklahoma she was uh taken from california and taken to ok to Oklahoma where she's waiting on her trial date. And that is Jess's mess. Well, just saying. Kamala Harris picks Minnesota governor Tim Walz as running mate. She did? That's what it just said

five minutes ago. Wow. You know much about Tim Walz? No. Not really. He's old. He's old. He's old. Yeah, I just looked at his picture.

He looks like the cop off in the heat of the night. Or he looks like the guy from KFC. No, he looks like Kentucky Fried Chicken. Archie Bunker? No, he looks like Kentucky Fried Chicken, dude. He looks like Colonel Sanders. Colonel Sanders a little bit. Archie Bunker.

As a matter of fact, the dude off the heat of the night might be Archie Bunker. Am I tripping? I don't know. That is right. I don't know. I turned to the right. I'll produce that. He just threw his thumb up. That's the same person.

Oh, wow. Yes. Yeah, he's the 41st governor of Minnesota since 2019. He is 60 years old. He looks a lot older than 60. But all right, we'll get more details

and fill you in. I'm sure they'll speak today and we'll give you all that tomorrow. All right. Up up next we got the people's choice mix get your request in right now and don't forget uh this weekend i'm gonna be in shreveport louisiana with 50 you know he's doing that huge weekend out there and we're bringing the car show so if you're in the surrounding cities pull up on us it's gonna be a great

weekend it's the breakfast club come on let's go morning everybody it's dj nv jess hilarious charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club if're just joining us, we told you a couple of minutes ago that Kamala Harris picks Tim Walsh as her running mate. Yeah, I don't like the pick. He's the governor of Minnesota. Yeah, I don't like it. I really don't. Now, Minnesota's a democratic state, correct? Yeah, because he's the governor.

Yeah, so it's not a battleground state. Is Minnesota a battleground state? I don't know. Minnesota's not a battleground state. Is Minnesota a battleground state? I don't know. Minnesota's not a battleground state. But, you know, I like Governor Josh Shapiro. I like Shapiro, too. I like a lot of the things Governor Josh Shapiro is doing in Pennsylvania. You know, plus I just feel like there's energy, right?

Like there's a certain energy and a certain quality that candidates have. Like seeing another old white man up there is not what i want to see no he's 60 years old he looks a lot older though he's 60 years old yes yes but i just really do like governor josh april like i was talking about earlier like you know governor josh april he's a strong advocate for workers rights you know i love what he's doing in regards to probation reform his clean slate initiative there's like there's a lot of things in pennsylvania that i liked that that he that he did. And, you know, it's going to be interesting to sit back and watch, you know,

why they have to explain why they didn't pick, you know, Josh Shapiro. Because if it's because of Israel and Gaza, you know, Governor Walz and Governor Shapiro have the same exact stance on Israel and Gaza. So now Dems are going to have to spend the next week explaining they're not anti-semitic and didn't didn't bend the knee to progressives yeah so i don't know give us a little information of waltz he uh went to school in nebraska he served as an army national guard uh then he was a teacher for a little bit before he jumped into politics um you know he's uh similar to josh apparel where he's uh tried to expand voting rights in in minnesota and and and uh was uh oversaw the state's response to uh covid 19 and also the

brutality against uh protests in the wake of the george floyd's death so uh they pretty much stand on the same thing but i'm with you i just think he's a gentleman I don't want to see up there. I'm tired to see older white people up there that I really feel like need to get the younger generation in there. And I don't think that weird thing when he kept saying last week, he was like, they're weird. They're just weird. That went viral, but I don't think they got no legs. But we'll see.

All right. Well, when we come back, we got the positive notice to Breakfast Club. And imagine when they debate. 39-year-old J.D. Vance against the city. You know what I mean? It's like, I don't like it. I don't like the pink. Whatever, though.

All right. We'll be back at the Breakfast Club. Good morning. B.J. Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, Jess is on maternity leave. She didn't have the baby yet, but she is out. And we got a salute to EYL.

Earn your leisure for joining us today. Rashard and Troy for coming through. That's right. InvestFest is going to happen August 23rd through August 25th. So make sure you go check that out. Correct. And also salute to Edgar Belanga. He's going to be fighting September 14th at the T-Mobile Arena in Vegas. He stopped through as well

this morning. Yes, they fight on September 14th against Canelo Alvarez. So salute to them all right now when we come back oh no it's time for the positive note now yes the positive note is simply this the happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves and this is just the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of your life did you hear what i just said? I'm going to repeat that. The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves.

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