The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Tony Lewis Jr & Tony Lewis Sr Interview, Jess Hilarious Cohosts, Jess Fix My Mess and More!

Episode Date: May 25, 2023

Today we are joined by Tony Lewis Jr & Tony Lewis Sr to talk about his life before and after prison, The First Step Act and more.  We are also joined by our celebrity cohost Jess Hilarious as she curates the Jess With the mess and the Jess Fix My Mess segments.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good morning, USA! no you don't i'm right behind you what you talking about oh my god but you ain't in here i don't feel the guzman negative energy today so i'm the guzman negative energy i bought my sage i say yes i ain't got nobody picking on the rappers we ain't got nobody you know shut up man we don't need none of that in here well solomain is having technical difficulties he's there i'm actually looking at him you can see him right now but he just can't uh his mic is not working yes we have to get his mic working okay i'm actually out in aruba so um if you don't know simbad who's a comedian his brother does this annual event out in aruba and i do it each and every memorial weekend but because i'm doing my car show this weekend which is this sunday uh the kickoff event is wednesday so i came for the kickoff event it was a beautiful event nice event is so many people out

there so many listeners that listen to The Breakfast Club were actually there. Now, there's a lady that calls. I think you remember her. She's the bus driver from the Bronx. She calls damn near every day. She's out here. She's having a good time. So I just want to salute to everybody that's coming out here or that's out here.

They're probably sleeping because we party till like 5 a.m. But I want to salute to everybody. I'm having a good time. And then I'm on my way back after the show. So I'll be back in New York after the show. So how was everything yesterday, Jess? Everything was good. Did you miss me?

I really did miss you. I ain't going to lie. Don't ever leave me alone again with your man. I don't, you know, usually I don't mind being in the presence of somebody else's man. Because, you know, I ain't trying to take him. But that's one you can have. And you can have him. I don't need it.

Who? Charlamagne? Yes. Charlene. That's what I call him now is charlene the goddess the goddess now you interviewed some people after the show yesterday who'd you interview we interviewed shamik moore and then tony lewis senior tony lewis jr the dmv notorious uh well he don't want to be known for that no more but he was you know a big kingpin back in the 80's and he served 34 years in jail and his son worked so

hard to bring him home okay yeah so he's home now and I'm sure they're doing positive things I see them online all the time talking about positive things talking about changing the youth's mindset and all that stuff so we'll be chopping it up with them in a little bit and also Teslin Figaro will be joining us of course with Front Page news a lot to discuss we got to send a rest

in peace to a legend and we'll talk about it next so don't move we'll get charlamagne on the line it's the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj nv charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we got our guest co-host jess hilarious here with us this morning what up jess ain't nothing what's up what's up and let's get in some front page news teslan figueroa good morning tez good morning dj envy and jess who's not the guest co-host she told me to stop calling little guests respect on his name you damn right well let's get in some front page news we gotta send a rest in peace to tina turner yeah we celebrate the life. I like to say celebrate the life.

You know, Tina Turner, the queen of rock and roll. She said that's exactly how she wants to be remembered, and we have no problem with that. She passed away peacefully at 83 years old at her home in Switzerland. And, you know, as we were all watching this happen and unfold, you know, folks kept, you know, kind of saying the same thing about, you know, her life and her legacy. And I found this really interesting. In 2016, she had her kidneys failed and she was nearing death. And her husband, Erwin Bach, stepped in and donated his kidney to her to save her life. He said he did not want another woman.

He said that basically he wanted to give her a gift. And so in 2019 after she recovered from that surgery was feeling much better this is what she had to say yes I'm 80 what did I think how did I think I would be at 80 oh well I look great I feel good I've gone through some very serious sicknesses that I'm overcoming. So it's like having a second chance at life. I'm happy to be an 80-year-old woman. So sad, man.

It is. Yeah. You know, long, long, long life. 200 million records throughout her career. She retired in 2007 2007 we all know about all of the challenges that she overcame i'm going to check out her book she has a book called happiness becomes you a guide to changing your life for good and again i thought i just really got kind of started digging into her relationship and i thought it was really sweet that she said

her husband has never been intimidated by her career her talents or her fame he shows me that true love doesn't require the dimming of my light so i thought it was just really interesting their love story and so we have time let's play a little sample of her iconic music yes secondary motion right you know uh it's it's crazy last night as i was djing like i said i'm out here in aruba and the dj before me started doing a tina turner set and you just forget so many records that she sang and so many records that meant so much to you. So many records that my mom played as she was cleaning the house or as she was doing chores around the house, whatever it may be. So definitely rest in peace. Her life story.

I know they did a couple of movies about it. So if you haven't got a chance, definitely check it out. And again, rest in peace to the icon, the legend, Tina Turner. And let me say this right quick, just because we were talking about drivers, obviously, over the last couple of months. Well, not last couple. It feels like months, but the last couple of weeks. Her husband was a driver. He picked her up one night, and it was love at first sight.

So he was sent to be her driver. They were together 27 years. They were married for 10. And so, again, that book just really talks about how he was the best thing that she ever met so wow wow all right well that is front page news get it off your chest 800-585-1051 if you're upset and you need to vent call us up right now maybe you're working with somebody that's standing in front of the mic but he just can't talk maybe that makes you upset maybe you're upset that when you look at the the picture him, all you see is a bunch of white men standing behind him.

And maybe that's making you upset. I don't know. It seems like he's cheating on me. But anyway, get it off your chest. 800-580- What's what, Jess? What? What?

Oh, my God. Aruba got you turned up. Okay. I know that's right, boo. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Call us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Wake it up. Call us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Angel. Hey, Angel. Good morning. Get it off your chest. I'm just visiting the city because I'm a truck driver, and I swear no one prepared me for

how city people be driving. Horrible, huh? Horrible, dude. I'm from central Pennsylvania, middle of nowhere, and people out there drive with some level of courtesy. People out here just drive like they own the road. No, they drive like they got somewhere to go. That's usually what it is.

We're usually late. they got somewhere to go. That's usually what it is. We're usually late. We got somewhere to go. And sometimes you truck drivers, we drive a little too slow, which is stupid because you guys can just really hit our car and kill us. But, I mean, that's what it is.

And, you know, the crazy thing about it is when we go out of town to other areas, especially in the South, we be beeping horns. We be having road rage because we feel like people just take their time. And we got places we need to go, bro. Yeah, I've been to Pennsylvania.

I see New York Place and driving like that, I'm like, ah, nope, makes sense. Damn. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning. It's Jay from Georgia. Hey, Jay from Georgia. Get it off your chest.

Man, I just want to say good morning to you, Envy. What up, Jess? How you doing? I'm good. How you doing? R.P. to Tina Turner. I didn't know, man, how many hits. I think I was listening to the radio yesterday.

She has hits. A common hit. But anyway, just want to say that, Jess. Yes. I love you on the show. I love how you match Charlamagne. Well, what do you say? Charlene the gay?

Yes. Charlene. Charlene the goddess. Can you guys add her to the show like you is a perfect fit thank you

thank you babe so keep doing your thing girl Evie I'm gonna be at your car show oh dope can't wait to see you brother alright man y'all have a good day man

you too you too I will say this though the one thing that I love about Jess is not the reading it's not that she's always on time. It's the fact that Jess is there with the BS. Jess don't care.

She don't have no friends in this industry. She will shoot at me one day, then shoot at Charlamagne the other day, and then somebody else the other day. She don't care. She's a thousand percent real. And that's the one thing I love about Jess. Okay, because I was wondering where the hell you was going with this. I was like, dang. Because you know what?

Thank you. Thank you. I'm going to take props and i'm head out hello who's this good morning good morning what's your name nika hey nika get it off your chest good morning yeah i hope she was putting that fixture um i'm 45 i just bought my first piece of land i'm proud of that came from the project building projects and trying to make a way for me and my family so we just got a acre of land in the cat skills and i'm building tiny homes for my family so if you guys want to tell if you can share my cash app what's your

cash app mama nika n-i-k-a-h-h-7-7. Okay. All right. Well, I'm going to throw some money in your cash app. And I think what you're doing is amazing. And the most important thing is the fact that you bought it and you're breaking it down and trying to explain to people, encourage people how to buy it as well. And that's all I was trying to do when I was doing those seminars. You just want people to start purchasing and buying their own home and teaching them how to. Yeah. Because that's the most important thing. So congratulations. congratulations and i'm gonna throw some money in your cash app mama absolutely 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 it's a new day this is your time to get it off your chest Wake up Whether you're mad or blessed It's time to get up and get something Call up now 800-585-1051 We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club Hello, who's this?

Hey, how you guys doing? This is Tyree from the 804 How you doing? What up, brother? Hey, good morning, guys How you guys doing? Good, good, good Come on, Charlotte, man, talk

They can hear you Can they hear me? We can hear you Brother said, how guys doing? Good, good, good. Come on, Charlemagne Talk. They can hear you. Can they hear me? We can hear you. Brother said, how you doing? I don't know. Sometimes we act like this is a multi-million dollar operation, and sometimes we don't. I don't know what the hell's going on. I don't know. Well, it's working today.

What's up, brother? Get it off your chest. Hey, well, check it out. A couple things I want to get off my chest. I want to say that, first off, for you, you DJ Envy I know you responding to Rick Ross and everything And I totally get it I'm 100% for it

However When we do respond Or stoop down to someone else's level We tend to lose ourselves So don't do it Stay true to who you are Secondly I want to give a shout out

To my brother If you're staring at me If you're staring at the guy If you're staring at him Like you can see him I don't know what he want me to say. I mean, I think anybody knows I'm petty, but it is what it is. Hello, who's this? Hello? Hey, what's your name? Hey, top of the morning, man.

What's up, brother? Get it off your chest. I just wanted to give everybody a little advice, man. I know things are hard and it might look crazy or it might look like it's not working out, but things work out, man. Trust me, it really do. It really do. It's what's working, too.

Oh, I agree with that. And if you stay around long enough to see things work out. That's why longevity is important. Exactly. Hey, yo, Envy. I just wanted to say that I'm dealing with this credit situation. I just need a little bit of help. That's it.

What's wrong with your credit? I mean, I've been like, at first, it's no credit. Like, I've been working on it. But, like, I just need a little bit of help. That's it. A little bit. Yeah. Well, I'm not a credit person.

But, you know, I deal with Jose, the credit dude, who usually helps people with credit. And you should hit him up. I think it's the credit dude on Instagram. And he'll help you out with your credit. He'll help you. He'll tell you what you need to do. You just can't buy like some people just buy things to fix their credit. And usually that doesn't work because it usually after a month or two, it affects your credit again.

He'll show you how to make sure that your credit stays high and continues to grow, which is what we all need. So definitely follow me on Instagram and tag me and I'll set you up with the Jose the Credit Dude, bro. Hello, who's this? Good morning. This is Tim Gaines here from Delaware, Ohio. Hey, Tim. I'll meet my son down your way this weekend for your car show.

He's coming from Dallas, Texas. I'm coming from Delaware to Memphis. I was calling because I reserved VIP tickets. Yes. delaware to memphis um i was calling because um i reserved um vip tickets yes and i got a notice this morning on email that um money demand is being refunded due to a third party yes yeah so i'm trying to i was hoping you can lead me in the direction where i can make it to the car show you know get in the gates and um you I don't mind paying, but I'm not sure where to get the tickets from. Yeah, okay.

So let me explain what happened. I told you last week somebody took out a fake page on Eventbrite and was selling tickets to my car show that were fake. And it went through actually Eventbrite. So what they did was they created their own Eventbrite and was selling tickets to my car show. So after about five days of proving to Eventbrite who I was and that it was my event, they actually took that link down, and Eventbrite made that fake person give everybody their money back because I didn't want anybody to be scammed. So you could actually click the link in my bio for tickets,

and if there is no VIP tickets available because I think they're sold out, you can just hit me on DM, and then I'll make sure Mercedes gets you what you need. But yeah, somebody was trying to scam. And and i tell everybody when you're buying tickets for everything just be extra careful because people are actually creating fake eventbrite pages that looks identical to the ones that's through eventbrite and if the promoter or the person that's doing the event doesn't catch it it's catching people with a lot of money but able luckily we were able to catch it and give everybody back their money but like i said again if if you just go to the link in my bio you could get tickets and if you have a problem just email me and then i'll get you what you need brother well i will thank you you guys have a good

day there all right look forward to seeing you and your son yo yo yo get it off your chest 800-585-1051 if you need the vent you can hit us up right now. Now, Jess, with the mess, what we got? Give us a little tease. So, Chloe Bailey confirms that she is, in fact, Leonard's cousin. Okay, all right, all right. Because Jason was like, dude, dude, dude, dude, you know that's your cousin? And she said, yeah, yeah, yeah, I know that's my cousin. And I was like, okay, cool.

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We are The Breakfast Club. Of course we have Jess Hilarious in the building. And let's get to Jess with the mess. It's Jess with the mess, somebody need somebody real. Child, the ghetto. This is the Rumor Report. Somebody need somebody real. On The Breakfast Club.

Woo, honey, it's ghetto up in here. So yesterday was a sad day. We lost legendary singer Tina Turner. She passed away. She had kidney problems. Now, I know Tezla has spoke on her kidney problems briefly, but she kind of went into depth a little bit. She was diagnosed with hypertension back in 1978. So she's, you know, had issues for a while and and she said basically back in march that

her uh hypertension hypertension has put her in great danger and she also admitted that she didn't take proper care of herself and that she wished that she had so i think there's a message in that for people um y'all can learn from this she admitted that she didn't take the best care of herself we have to take care of ourselves so i just want to start with that because that that that was sad you know what i mean we we think yeah you know and then for a lot of men too um a lot of men don't go to the doctors you know they put that off and i know just even experience just from when you get older i mean not not experience having older parents you know when you get older things don't work like they used to you know if you get a little bit of pain you got to go get it checked out because it can be progressing

you don't know you can actually you know put more add more days to your life just going to check up on yourself so and right and that's real just because tina turner was 83 and if she said she wasn't you know taking proper care of herself she lived to. Yes. Imagine how much longer she might could have lived. Because 83 is a great number. I'll take 83 all day. Yeah. You know? And she was so fit, y'all.

But just because you look good don't mean you always feel good inside. So just take care of yourself. Okay. Cops do a welfare check. Welfare check. That's that damn accent. Y'all hear that? Oh, welfare.

Don't let welfare kick your ass this morning. Cops do a welfare check on John Moran. Yesterday, fans were concerned for the basketball player after he posted some cryptic messages to his Instagram story. He posted his mother saying, I love you, my mom. He posted his pops, I love you,

pops, saying to his baby girl, you're the greatest baby girl. I love you. And then the last was bye. So the thing is about that, people do these things, you know, when they're about to commit suicide. You know, oftentimes the police went over there because his friends and family were very, you know, they were concerned. Yeah. Concerned about that and the police had went over there to check on him and he said he just meant that he was taking a

break from social media and that he's okay but you know when you yeah just if you're gonna take a break from social media just take the break from social media just just say yeah you know but maybe but maybe he was thinking that and changed his mind you know i mean because even if you're taking a break on social media you don't say bye mom bye dad and bye my daughter right because you're gonna speak to him regardless so maybe he was thinking that maybe he was thinking that and something changed his mind or maybe when the police came he just didn't say what it was and that's how he felt so and that's why social media you know i mean because you just can't say social media so i would just hope and pray that his father his friends his mother uh his family

show him a lot of love right now because you don't know what that man is going through. You know, people laugh and oh, he had a gun again. He's stupid and this, that and the other. But we don't know what he's going through. We don't know the pressure that he has. And people sometimes buckle under pressure. So, you know, continue to show that brother love. Yes, he got to face the consequences for what he did. But that doesn't mean that we still can't show him love and make sure that he's all right mentally and physically that's real and that's why social media is so dangerous because whatever temporary emotion you feel and you run the social and expression and when people get on social and start saying bye to people of course folks gonna think they suicidal of course you're

gonna get a welfare check yeah and honestly um baltimore just lost one of their own uh chucky rest in peace to chucky um y'all don't know him, but that was actually somebody that everybody in Baltimore loved. He did the same thing over the weekend. He had said bye to everybody. He had two kids. He said bye to everybody. He did a rant, did a rant, rant, rant. I was on stage when I got off.

My brother was sad, said Chucky just killed himself. And so this is a real thing. This is a real thing. And people take to social media because they feel like they have nobody at times nobody listens so you have to check on your people that's right damn that's sad imagine that somebody get on social and do a rant like that and you can't even get to them in time right you know before they before they complete uh suicide that's sad rest Rest in peace to that brother, Chuck. And their mind is already made up most of the time. So, yeah.

All right. We up. That was Jess with the mess. That's what I got. We forgot to do Chloe. Drop on the clues bombs for Jess, damn it. We teased Chloe, though. I didn't tease Chloe, but you know what?

I was feeling, you know, some emotions, you know, behind Cena, and then behind the whole John Moran thing, you know. But, yeah, now, let's's i was just happy you could be very good now we got time if you want to do that's because i practiced i knew y'all wasn't gonna be here so i gotta bring this energy you know that's right okay that's right jess you know i'm holding down the foot while y'all doing we all playing out there all right now chloe bailey she confirmed that she was this man's cousin so he is not lying let Let's clap it up But you know he got it. He got a cousin. He got a cousin We got some audio because she came for DJ envy to Chloe Bailey came for DJ envy a little bit and it was friendly

but listen And seeing you do interviews and you check my boy DJ envy in such the nicest way asking him if he heard your album Which we're going to talk about. Was that intense? It was like my nice kind of thing. So for people who watch the actual like whole interview, because Charlamagne is my actual cousin. Really? Yes.

Like blood? Yes. Wow. Yeah. Charlamagne set Envy up. That's crazy. But the thing is, he kept coming for Charlamagne about like,

oh, you didn't post her album, you didn't post her album. And I'm looking at him like, well, did you? Did you like the album? What's your favorite song? Like, if we're going to check people, let's check everybody in the room.

That's right. The only thing with that is, Envy ain't your cousin. No, but I will say this, for people that didn't listen to that full interview we were joking the whole time it was nothing serious and a lot of people don't don't realize that's why when we have these interviews sometimes we bring people in like nyla that's why we bring people in like tez because those are the people that listen to let's say like a chloe bailey or some of these newer artists that

i might not listen to or not yeah politics we have politicians sometimes things that i might not listen to or not yeah politics or like we have politicians sometimes things that i might not know or some things that charlamagne might know we have somebody that's an expert at those things so let me ask you a question jess can you name two songs off of uh of chloe bailey's album don't bring jess in this why are you bringing jess into this you see you always try to bring somebody else into your mess. Jess, don't. Summer breeze. Jess, don't do it. And breakfast in bed. That's the day to nump track eight and nine.

They nice. That is not the name of nump tracks. But I'll tell you one thing. What Envy said is real, and that's why we have a club. That's why the Breakfast Club is actually a club. Because I'm going to tell you right now, if y'all expect me at my big age of 44, born in 1978, to stay up on all this new music. Y'all crazy. Because when I get an email that says subject, vagina, pink, booty, whole brown, I ain't opening that email. You ain't opening that song, right?

You ain't opening that song. Your cousin ain't making that kind of music. No, she not. She not. Okay, so you got to listen to that album. That's the moral of the story. I do like that new Summer Walker, though. That new Summer Walker.

Fire. All right. I told you that the other day she told me shut my bitch ass up damn only because you came in singing you a strong sister and that's that's what i said he picked no he picked he picked the wrong part and i didn't even ever hear the album yet so we come here tomorrow i'm a strong sister i said what the hell shut your bitch ass up. Jesus. All right.

Well, that is just with the mess. When we come back, we got front page news with Tezlin Figaro. All right, hey, child, it's the Breakfast Club.

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Yeah, Twitter glitched during his much-hyped presidential announcement with Elon Musk. Let's listen to the report. We'll talk about it on the other side. This evening's rollout on Twitter did begin with a technical issue and a crash. The event was delayed with those technical difficulties. In fact, this is what people heard when they logged on at 6 p.m. Eastern, which was the advertised start of the announcement. Let's see. So yeah, yeah, I think so. Just to simplify that. Well, it kept getting cut off. By the time it started, DeSantis made a joke that he broke the Internet. Biden's campaign,

while made light of DeSantis's tech troubles, tweeting this link works. And then the link went to a Biden fundraising pays. What are your thoughts on that? They can laugh at the glitches, you know, all they want. But I listen to the entire thing. And of course, OK, it's funny, a glitch. But the bottom line is this man spent an hour having a very long, detailed conversation of that to his base. They were able to educate them. They were able to say things.

One of the actual co-hosts said that they look at Rhonda Sanders as a cool headed, ruthless assassin to take on the woke mob. So it was an hour long conversation of saying, you know, this is what they need to do to get rid of, you know, many things that he's already talked about, such as, you know this is what they need to do to get rid of you know many things that he's already talked about such as you know banning books and ending diversity programs and so it was a real time you know to educate their base and and it was it actually made me very upset Charlemagne be honest with you you know but I've been talking for years about how you know I wish we used shout out to the Breakfast Club for using their platform you know to educate

our voters and I just don't think that we do that enough. And I'm not talking about Democrat or Republican. I'm talking about just black people in general. They talked about education. They talked about transportation. They talked about immigration. They even talked about Bitcoin, which is something that you don't normally hear on the mainstream media. They can laugh at this if they want to, but

the bottom line is Democrats shouldn't be laughing. They should be focusing on why he has $200 million that they're going to spend on 2,600 field organizers knocking on doors. 2,600 is a very large amount, you know, to be having folks out there pushing their message. And so they should absolutely be concerned. Taz, I agree with you 100 percent. And I think it's strange that they would bring so much attention to his Twitter space by talking about the glitch. But I didn't see anybody, you know, pushing back on the things that you just said.

Like they should be presenting their policies after you hear Ron DeSantis present his for our hour. I don't hear none of that. Everybody's just trying to clown him for the glitch. But all you're doing is bringing attention to all of the things that you just said. Like Ted said, they're laughing and they're joking about the small things. But the things that they should be talking about, they're not discussing. And it seems like, especially with the Democratic Party, that's what always happens.

Yeah, tell me what y'all doing. Ron just told us what he's doing for an hour. Tell me what y'all doing. That's right. Instead of telling me about his lynch. And it's not funny. You know, like, okay, it's all jokes. And, you know, Biden's sending out, hey, this lynch works.

You know, let's donate. No, squash that. Like, real stuff was, mean substantive stuff charlotte seriously and and when you compare desantis to trump which people have heard this many times before desantis actually knows how to govern you know he's actually he was able to present receipts and when i say know how to govern i'm not saying i agree with his policies i'm saying he knows how to work around the system he knows how to get things done even if i completely disagree and he laid out all of those receipts. So when you

compare him to Trump, it is night and day as far as substance is concerned. And it's some stuff that is, I mean, some stuff that people really need to be concerned about. I'm gonna put this on the record again, Charlemagne. I've said this before. I would love to see a versus. How can we get a versus? How do we use our platforms to discuss these issues? What are we going to do to have something modern, to have something to something to say hey let's have some black conservatives some some black liberals whatever people of color whatever y'all want to call it nowadays to actually inform our people to have these discussions we cannot continue to keep depending on 60 second clips and funny jokes and instagram without strapping people with the information that

they need to know so i want to put it on the record at the Breakfast Club Timberland. Let's do this for the culture. Let's educate our folks. We are here in the 50th anniversary of hip hop. We have major platforms. And the only way that people seem to use hip hop is music and fun and games and getting out the vote. And we've got to educate our folks.

That's my get it off your chest for the day. Taz, I agree with you because you represent the constituents. You you're not on the right you're not on the left all you want is information you sat there and listened to that twitter space yesterday and you got information and i don't see the other side the democrats presenting no alternate information they should have been presenting alternate information immediately to what the santa said because whether they uh want to believe it or not this is campaign season they're gonna be in a fight next year. That is front page

news. Now, Tezlin, we appreciate you for joining us and we'll see you tomorrow. Absolutely. And make sure you check out the Scrape Shot No Chaser podcast from Tezlin Figueroa on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network. And everybody else, when we come back, Tony Lewis Sr. and

Tony Lewis Jr. will be joining us. we come back, Tony Lewis Sr. and Tony Lewis Jr. will be joining us. Now, the brother, Tony Lewis Sr., did 34 years in prison, but finally was released with help from his son. And we'll talk about it when we come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This interview, but we got Tony Lewis Sr. and Tony Lewis Jr. You've been paying attention today journey and you know we bought to have a great conversation how y'all brother doing man amazing amazing tell him the story that

you've been telling for all these years Tony yeah man my father went away when I was nine years old I got life without parole you know that journey lasted 34 years through tirelessly fighting for his freedom. Coming up here five years ago doing stuff all across the country, doing stuff in D.C. But also utilizing our struggle to help so many other families that was in a similar situation.

Being inspiration and hope. And then finally due to so much advocacy, my brother Pusha T connected me with Brittany K. Barnett, who I call our modern day Harriet Tubman.

And her organization Burning the Live Project. Shout out to people like Corey Jacobs who also a part of that. Miranda Jones. Yes, Miranda Jones.

And eventually that unlocked those gates and 65 days ago my father stepped out of federal prison. Have you adjusted yet my brother? I'm trying yeah the technology that's kind of the whole

city's changed gentrification or white people what happened to black DC's? I think it's like context for that though really right we live in the most gentrified place in America. Yeah, D.C.? D.C. and five years ago when I was up here, I talked a bit about that, right? But he left in 1989, 34 years ago. When it was really chocolate city. Yeah, it really was.

Our block, man, like our neighborhood, everything has just really changed a lot. So for him to walk into that, that's all. And where is everybody also who were there before that's the other question you know i can definitely tell that um he's still like hold up what's going on because even when i walked up to him and spoke to me like y'all you might want to chill out you know but you can give me a hug and look you know he don't even give hugs regular he's like no don't touch too much and then he'd put the two fingers on the back like, tap, tap. All right, now back off, you know what I mean?

Hey, hey, child, man, I was telling her, I'm watching her from prison. I know who she was, okay? I appreciate that. I'm a big fan of hers. I love that. She's hell. Thank you. Let's talk about the story a little bit, man.

Tony, Tony Sr., you served 34 years for your role in uh one of the largest most notorious crack cocaine crime rings in that region like what got you into the game poverty single parent household back in my our whole street was basically that's what it was at least on my side of the street right welfare poverty um drugs violence the whole block that's all you knew that's all you saw when that was the job like you know like people say about getting a job that was the job we knew nothing else so the culture and uh the poverty is what led to me selling drugs and you know trying to help my family mother single parent sisters brothers uh friends and uh it just grew and she is a culture you know what i'm saying and did you ever think it was gonna get that big because y'all you know i always

say in the 80s y'all were like early investors in like a tech company or something you know what i mean like y'all were the ones who really really got it yeah i never uh i never set forth in it to become big or a drug. Really, I was trying to just survive, help my family eat, mom pay the bills, light gas get cut off from time to time, the welfare check ain't last. So that's where I got in. And like I said, it was a culture, and I always worked hard at whatever I did. So selling drugs, I worked hard and I came up and I worked hard and I seen the money and it

kept, you know, wanting to get more and more, but not to glorify it at all. But back then that was the culture. What's the most you had at one time? Uh, I had a few million in cash.

And back then that was, that was a lot, you know, I knew the lands a little less, but yeah, got to get a few men in my early 20s. I wound up getting arrested at 26.

That was it. That was it. Two years of balling? A year of balling? Actually, more. I started when I was 14. Of course, small stuff. Big stuff came later, money-wise and everything else. Marijuana from beginning and you know stuff like you know small stuff like that but

then i blocked the turn from the marijuana to cocaine not my making you know other other people making but ronald reagan yeah yeah yeah yeah ronald reagan cia yeah yeah we right there too Yeah, Ronald Reagan, CIA, yeah. We right there, too. Yeah, 5 million. You see the dome of the Capitol. We 10 blocks, 12 blocks from the Capitol where our street is. You feel what I'm saying? And I think that really is something to that, though, to say that, right?

You can stand on our block on any corner in D.C. and the presidential motorcade might ride by like in a little sense. That is the backdrop to our story. And I grew up on the south that same block same block and in a more even deadlier time because now the queen the heart of the crack epidemic you feel me saying i'm coming up in the 90s you know what i mean uh and we the murder capital united states and um you know it's it's just like complete destruction and just desperation um and I'm just so happy that I had him from prison. It's crazy. It was when they got locked up, man. You know, being nine years old, I'm the only child.

You know what I'm saying? From the court stuff, it's on the news every day. Then they went to, they was getting preferential treatment at D.C. Jail. So they go to Quantico Marine Base. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? So you go visit at the cell. Like, we had the Marine Base.

M16s and Marines. It's not a prison. And that's embedded in my brain to the to this day they go shipped out to longpaw california for the next 13 years right um and i'm just sharing that to talk about how that is and and i'm on that block he's 3 000 miles away my mother started dealing with severe mental illness that she still you know battles to this day so i lost my both my parents in the way that i had them prior and and had to navigate through that but i had him on the other end of that phone in them letters you know every

day telling me to like make better choices right you know doing everything that he could from prison to ensure that i don't follow in the same footsteps but at the end of the day i'm growing up in the exact same thing that's why i wake up feeling like the luckiest man alive and and even with all that you could have still took another turn what made you not turn to reek saint patrick with all this yeah for real now listen you know what i've been watching all james's side yeah because where we come from it ain't nothing else just like he is nothing at all my uncles all his friends them people ain't leave with him they were still around and people people did give me you know so much information of like slug that's where everybody call my slug my

something different you got something different I had a strong grandmother my aunts you know and other dudes in the community in general just wanted me to do something different but nobody could show me how mm-hmm that's where the problem came mm-hmm do something different but who else all this pressure on you yeah but I was able to you know by the grace of God I That's where the problem came in. Do something different, but who else? Who am I looking at? There's no models. So that's what, yeah, but I was able to, by the grace of God, I was able to kind of find my way. But what really saved me, it wasn't linear like that though Jess, what happened was when

I was about 20, I still ain't, you know what I mean? What am I going to do? I don't, you know, but I got a job doing peer to peer violence interruption. Like a job basically, people closest to the problem that can reach their peers, you know what I mean? I fell in love with the work, and I saved my life. That's what really, you know what I mean, put me on this path that I've been on for the last 23 years.

Yeah. You know what I'm saying? As an activist, aside from, you know, getting them out of jail, but being sort of the leading voice, I stand at the intersection of, like, poverty, mass incarceration, and gun violence in my city yeah you know all right we got more with tony lewis senior and tony lewis jr when we come back it's the breakfast club good morning everybody it's dj envy charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club now yesterday we got a chance to chop it up with tony lewis senior and tony lewis jr i wasn't there

i'm out of the country but charlamagne and jess larris held it down charlamagne what was the turning point in the like the free tony lewis movement like when did you start seeing hope i man i always felt like i don't you know i was gonna make it happen but the biggest turning point you know through the years like people like my brother wale uh a lot of other guys you know helping and pushing push but we'll push it when pushing introduces us to britney barnett when we're pushing it makes that intro um he made the song coming home with long heel she mentions popson that's when her legal prowess um and then she connected with a law firm aaron fox shift in dc to be able to represent him i felt hopeful but look the first motion that she files though his judge he gets denied for it though you know when i did the free tony lewis rally we got like a thousand people

at black lives matter plaza and we filed a motion after that and that motion get denied i was like man but britt was like nah it's all right tone we going back in yeah and uh we just kept you know kept pushing you know i mean i kept bugging what I mean? I kept bugging, you know, you and everybody else. Like, let me come up. Let me talk about trying to, you know what I mean? Because, you know, I felt like I started a family, man. You know, now I grew up, right? But also I got married.

I, you know what I'm saying? My two daughters. And I ain't want my babies to keep visiting no federal prison. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? What was the legislation that actually got his sentence overturned? The First Step Act. First Step Act. The First Step Act.

Oh, yeah. It was a Trump-era reform. And, you know, again, back five years ago in the interview, I was in, you know, because I helped advocate for that as well. Right. But at the time, we didn't even think that he would be able to benefit from the First Step Act. But obviously, other stuff that I benefited, I mean, that I advocated for, you know, was about not us. It was about the great and other American families all across this country to benefit. You know what I'm saying?

So the First Step Act, you know, shout out to, you know, Cut 50, Dream Corps, Van Jones and all that crew. And Hawking Jeffries also who introduced the bill. But Trump signing the law, probably about 20,000 people have come home off that reform. And, you know, something that's really, really important to us and what we plan on working on together moving forward. Yeah.

We actually got a meeting tomorrow in the same vein is that, you know, the Biden administration, Joe Biden. President Biden. Listen up. Yeah, man.

Listen up. Very inactive, I think, when it comes to this issue. He's the architect of our current system, right? Yeah, absolutely. But check this out. So infrastructure, these things he ran on, infrastructure, did that. He's the architect of our current system But check this out Infrastructure

These things he ran on Infrastructure, did that Computer chips, did that Climate change, did that Gun control to the extent that he could impact that For executive order Did that Student loan debt

To a certain degree, did that But this Mr. Biden is is your issue. This is you can do by executive order. You do not need congressional collaboration to do this. By executive order, he has the power to pin. That's the easiest and the best part.

And we need you to do that. We need you to commute sentences. We need you to reunite American families like ours. The joy that we're feeling, you know, just to be reconnected. All of this is on him directly. Oh, it's his. The 86 mandatory minimum sentencing. The 88 crack laws.

The 94 crime bills. Right. Absolutely. Do it, Joe. Like, for real. Like, it's his to do, and it's time to do it. I went to a event at the Justice Department. What was that, Papa?

Three weeks ago? Three weeks ago we went and i and then i say this all like i don't i'm glad that those 31 families have been reunited but come on man only 31 pardons or commutations come on 31 you got thousands of people languishing under these uh hard sentences man for crack cocaine and mandatory mental and they've done their time they've done their time more than their time right so it's not like you decide to get out of jail free car we told people they've done 25 you need to know they've done their time they've done their time more than their time right so it's not like you decide to get out of jail free car we told people they've done 25 they've done their time more than their time they never got that much time the reason i mentioned the reason i think biden should make this a main issue is because number one he was the architect of all of those

bills but he's admitted to it like like when we had him on breakfast club you know people always get caught up in the u.n black comment but there was a moment when i'm talking to him about right and his wrongs of mass incarceration you know with the 94 crime bill he was like it wasn't the 94 crime bill it was the 86 mandatory man and i was like you wrote that too yeah that's the one that happened and what you what you get out of that is the destabilization in my opinion the greatest greatest destabilization or destabilizer of communities like ours. No matter who lives there. Right. If you got what took people out of the community.

Yes, people should have been held accountable, even in the free Tony Lewis movement. I never said he went to political prison. I never was like he should have never went to jail. He should have went to jail, but just not. That's real. That's real. I should have have went to prison i'm mad enough to accept my responsibility i should have went to prison but not not for the rest of my life and it's like it's like one of those situations where you can really do that it should be a criteria the other thing is people should not have to go before these judges and it depending on what side of the bed they woke up on

your freedom is based on that yeah it should be if you did this amount of time you've shown rehabilitation um you should do it the other part of it though for president biden and vp harris listen not only should people be reunited with their families but you guys should take the steps to make the federal workforce which i'm a part of the federal workforce a model for second chance hiring see we gotta clear up some of these burdens my father did 34 years but it's still places he can't work and can't live think about that right i mean so you're still technically in you know in some type of way there's no question about it if he don't got me right you know to navigate this new world after 34 years you know i'm saying trying to find your way but i work in i deal with guys who don't have a me yeah who don't have stability they got to

release to homeless shelters and jobs that they qualify for but can't get them after serving their debt to society like we need to really foster a culture of redemption um you know if we really want public safety if we really want uh communities to thrive and things of that nature. And I think this administration should lead with that on both fronts. I agree. And it need to happen like now. We got more with Tony Lewis, senior and Tony Lewis, junior. When we come back, it's the Breakfast Club. Hey, guys, I'm Kate Max.

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Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, yesterday, we got a chance to chop it up with Tony Lewis Sr. and Tony Lewis Jr. I wasn't there. I'm out of the country, but Charlamagne and Jessalarius held it down. Charlamagne.

Mr. Lewis Sr., how did you feel watching your son, your namesake, be out here fighting for you in that way? That's what kept me going, man. So much pride, so much joy. I get emotional, man, because it's hard for me to explain, but me and my son, we talk about it all the time. So many different experiences.

Guys coming into prison, man, your son helped me get a job, but I messed up because I went back on drugs, but he helped me. Then at the end, I'm ready to get out next month. Can you hook me back up with him? I was like, man, I'll give him your name. But my son be remembering these guys, man. I read your son's book.

It inspired me so much. You know, Slug, you know his book Slug. Just a wonderful life guide much you know slug you know his book slug uh uh just a wonderful life guide you know especially for us and now coming up in the same hood and the black community but just so much inspiration i'm so proud of him and to top it off we're getting his dad free because he didn't help to get a lot of other people free and i was like son where did they go get me yeah you know because a lot of things that he tried to, legislation he tried to get changed or enacted, we was always looking at it, thinking it was going to help us, like drug minus two. That was the first thing we said we got denied.

I mean, the drugs minus two thing was something that was very, you know. What is drug minus two? It was the legislation that, well, the Senate Commission has an enactment saying that all drugs, you could get, you was eligible for a two-point reduction no matter what the drugs was or what the amount was. To combat the 86 mandatory minimum. Right, right. Yeah. And so, yeah.

And everybody was benefiting. So we put our motion in saying, oh, you was fighting for that son. Dad should get it. Put the motion in. Judge, get it. Then I, then I how? Oh, you had too much crack cocaine. Too much.

Yeah, I said all drugs crack cocaine. Too much. Yeah, I'll say it. All drugs minus two, no matter what. But for me, it was always some technicality that, you know, even the first crack cocaine, it was two points minus two. That was separate from the two points minus drugs. But the crack one, we got denied on that too. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, so it's been multiple things that, you know, and actually on the drug minus two, again, you know, shout out to the pusher.

Yeah, we did it right. I spoke about that when I was up here five years ago but even you know for context for a lot of this like like uh you know a lot of people heard like uh big meats got a reduction that's what he got yeah based on the two-point reduction he got the two-point you know i'm saying we so something that we helped push through uh you know like britney got the two- point for him. Wow. Yeah. She hit me and said, uh, yeah, I got a bit meek, big meester. He had like, I was off the two plus maybe seven years off his sentence. Yeah. That's six left. Yeah. And, uh, yeah, but they denied me, you know, so, um, for the same thing, but why was you the only person still serving time? We was trying to figure out, you know,

that's what we was trying to figure out. Why That's what we was trying to figure out Why was I the only Everybody was like Every time I called home Called friends Like Tom what the Why they letting all All your Cody Finners gone Why you the only one Yeah

Why you the only one I'm like man I'm fighting That's all I can say I don't know why I'm the only one Because they look at you As the leader Yeah

Well with him Rayford Edmond Rayford Edmond Yeah But you know He did So he was already set to come home whenever no matter what but uh i had to fight my son had to if it don't be for my son i'd be still languishing

in prison you know yeah when you watch the shows like the snowfalls and the bmx i heard you say earlier you don't want to glorify it but how do you tell your story without glorifying glorifying right see i tell the story but then even the middle at the end i say i'm not glorifying what i'm saying and i'm not but it's the truth yeah i gotta tell the truth you know good or bad but still i'm not glorifying if i had to do it all if i had the opportunity to do it all different i would do it different i wouldn't say oh joy i wouldn't have broken the law yeah i would have tried to find another way different i would do it different i wouldn't say oh joy i wouldn't have broken the law yeah i would have tried to find another way but i'm gonna say that i'm gonna say this though

all them up them them other stories and i say it's all different humility but all them other stories ain't gotta me yeah exactly that that's the difference yeah like this it's like it's like this it's like uh uh uh and it's fiction but i'm saying it's like, I'm what Vito wanted Michael to become. Like, this is the Godfather in real life. If I took the family legit, you ain't got this in them other stores. And that's serious. And not to mention, you know, I climbed the crooked ladder and sent back down the straight one. In my city, you know what I'm saying, you'd be hard pressed to find somebody that's helped more people.

I'm talking about people from this circumstance. People went, people all through federal prison, D.C. guys, they, when they come home, they say, I got to see Tony Lewis Jr. I want some more people from this circumstance. People, when people, all through federal prison, D.C. guys, when they come home, they say, I got to see Tony Lewis Jr. Because he going to help me. And that's real.

You know what I'm saying? That's the part that sometimes. They have me every day in prison. Every time that somebody get ready to get out six months before, they might ain't say nothing to me

the whole time they been in the unit. Hey, Tony, I've been meaning to talk to you, man. Your son still helping people get them jobs? I said, yeah, he's still helping people get them jobs.

Man, can you help me? Here's all my information. Can you do this? I said, I see what I can do. But I said, I'm watching your action. I tell a lot of times, I see how you're moving here. And then you come to me to try to get me to reference you to my son. But I've been seeing how you've been moving.

And if you ain't moving the right way, I'm not doing that. That's a waste of time. My son's name goes on everything that he does when when he connected and trying to get people employment or housing or you know or whatever the case may be and i'm not putting no bad people when i've been watching you for the last year to moving in here the way that you move no i can't do that this is gonna be like the biggest thing for your daughters though yeah like seeing that date six and nine you said yeah seeing that you know what i'm saying just like their standards are gonna be so high for these

black men you understand what i'm saying and that's really really good like you could have like i'm serious you could have really went another way of course with this you know but your daughters are gonna always you're a king you You're going to be a king, you know, to them the rest of their life. And they got granddaddy back. Yeah, man. Yeah. Babysitting them. Going to school with them.

Going to gymnastics practice. Doing all that. Just everything. Anything they want. Pop up here and I'm loving it. That's what I dreamt about. Do they provide you with any resources, like mental health resources, to help you adjust?

I'm sure you got PTSD that you're dealing with. I can imagine. I know that the city has those things, but you got to go and try to get them. It's not like how it should be that the minute you hit that, look, just come on over here. We have access to them, and we're going to engage them to be part of that ecosystem this to

help build the ecosystem so we you know your program that I you know design it you know we had a joint with well we are you know everybody you do you break a local law federal law you do go to the feds in DC but we don't even have a halfway house now so I have my house is actually people go to the feds in DC but we don't even have a halfway house now so our halfway house is actually people go to Baltimore so yeah but uh a program I did out there with Angel um the bedrock of the program was one-on-one therapy um that's really you know I want us to do family therapy we've just been running around the last 60 the first 60 days but that's definitely a part of it right now I salute I appreciate you know all the push you've been doing uh for wellness and mental health you know I was growing up as a kid with a mom that dealt with mental health.

Like I said, my only child went through all that with my mother. To this day, I understand the value of that. And to destigmatize that for our community is so important, to make it accessible and affordable and to make you not crazy. We all need that. I tell youngins all the time, if you break your ankle, you'll be hooping. If you break your ankle, you can just go in the house and just lay on the bed and let that joint heal now you go to the doctor that's right so we gotta look at mental health in that same way so it's definitely

something that we know is necessary in the trauma that black men and women all across this country has uh experienced via incarceration is something i think that's definitely something that we don't talk about enough what's next for y'all, man? Don't get taken movement. Anti-incarceration, anti-violence movement. Don't get taken. So all the youngins out there, exactly that. Don't put yourself in a position where you get taken either from the community via criminal justice system

or obviously the cemetery. Too much violence and carjacking and robbing. We got to put the guns down, young people. We got to put the guns down. What people. We got to put the guns down. What you always say, you can't tell them what you say. We can't ask them to put the guns down without picking something up.

It got to be a job or training or some type of more opportunity. I always say this to our good mayor, Mayor Bowser and the D.C. City Council. We need more opportunities. Young people need more opportunities more jobs, more training if we want to put the guns

down. And if they've been in trouble that's the other part to the barrier piece in DC and everywhere else if people made a mistake, they paid their debt we cannot continue to hold them, put that scarlet letter on them and they can't engage because then the cities

or the counties or the towns, whatever, create these opportunities. But if you got a criminal record, you can't do it. That's, that,

that, that. Who you think needed the most? Yeah. You understand what I'm saying? Appreciate y'all. Very appreciate y'all. Hey,

Tony Lewis Jr., Tony Lewis Sr., Tony, man, I've always respected the work you're doing. And now I'm glad you got your father

out here doing it with you, man. Yeah, man. We appreciate y'all. It's the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's dj nv charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club just hilarious now i'm on broadcasting out in aruba shout to everybody out in aruba i'm about to catch my flight to head back they do this uh this uh event each and every year it's actually sinbad's brother you know the brother sinbad uh his brother they listen a bit every year and uh now he continued on and he's doing and i asked him about sinbad he says sinbad is doing

well that uh that he wants to come on the breakfast club it has to be via zoom soon so we can't wait to talk to the og sinbad all right yeah send send a healing energy to the legend the legend sinbad always absolutely well let's get to the just with the mess it's just for the mess this is the rumor report on the breakfast club yes it's ghetto up in here y'all know i say that when some ghetto ish comes about nikki minaj and young miami get into twitter beef over borrowed catchphrase. Alright, yesterday, Nicki had time. Young Miami posted to Twitter promoting her upcoming episode

of Carisha Please featuring Summer Walker. So that should be a good one. In the promotional message, she said her and Summer got some things to get into. No, no, let me quote it right. Got into some things. Because this is what Nicki got upset about. Nicki saw the tweet and was not feeling it because she claims that get to some things

is her catchphrase that she's known for for using on Queen Radio. Now, Young Miami clapped back and told Nikki getting to some things is a well-known phrase used in the gay community, but Nikki was not buying it. Now, this is annoying to me. Why?

It's very annoying because nobody makes up words. Like, nobody makes up words, yo. And then, honestly, it's like, all right, if you even did say that first, got into some things or get into some things, if somebody else said it that wasn't Young Miami, would it be said to them? And then on the other grants and other grants came to things. That's like Carisha and JT get mad at somebody for saying period.

They didn't make up the word period. They just made it cooler and more trendier to say to anything. I would say period is more of a staple than getting into some things. I've been hearing people say getting in some things forever. Yeah. No, I don't think, while I don't think... While I don't think... Period is more of a popular catchphrase,

I would say. I don't think the gay community made that up, but I think we do hear them say that a lot, getting into some things, or sip the tea, or, you know... I ain't have to do the manly reasons.

My bad, y'all. I'm trying to mimic y'all too much. Charlamagne, what they be doing? Getting into some things. Yeah, things. Yeah. That thing. But let me ask y'all, do y do y'all listen have y'all heard nikki show to see if that's what she does because she might do it all the time and that's like her thing you know what i mean i've heard her say it i don't

even know she do say get into some things child she do say that but i guarantee you i highly doubt that carisha was really channeling you know we're trying to trigger right when she said i got you know so was nikki serious well she wasn't playing with this this was a serious thing i really i i hope that she was playing but i do think that she was serious um so young miami she just was like bring me on queen radio you know what i mean and then nikki starts you know nikki talks like she is she types sometimes like she writing a screenplay. Because, listen to this. She said, hits Diddy to advise him that a young lady on a show that appears on his network seems to have borrowed a very popular Queen Radio catchphrase.

Puff, who is representing you these days, child. I got my S drafted in my head, B. Like, sometimes you got to read her stuff slow. Because I think y'all already saying I can't read. Y' need to tell nikki to just make videos stop tweeting girl just make the video because it's a lot of bagging forth that she got going on so she said she called up diddy no she said diddy called her frantically but she like didn't answer the phone and like you know she like she put a little subliminals out there and i think karisha is like just trying to stay above it. But it's the picking.

It's the picking. I know that would be a good-ass Carisha Please episode. Nicki Minaj. Man. It would be great. And it would be a good Queen Radio show, too. I'll be honest. Period.

I don't care. I really want them to do music. I want them to do music. How about that? Period. I want both of them to do a record together. You know what I mean? Period. That's what I like.

Yeah. Period. Period. I like that, too. But I do like carisha period i do so i do care about carisha period okay oh perfect example let's say somebody else started this show with yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo yo i did not invent that that was that flavor flay might get the credit for that you throw it for flavor okay i got no way all right so moving on uh dania jackson all right so yes we talked about her and her former husband who was the former relationship expert derrick jackson and uh she was saying yesterday we reported on the story that she was saying um

that she knew saying that she knew her body she knew other women's bodies better than she knew her own because of her husband's cheating and we have some audio for that I knew several other women's bodies better than I knew my own I went in such a deep hole where I was like studying these women I would go to their profiles and I would study their pages and like what they wear I knew when they were meet when they had met up so I watched their videos of them having sex so I would try to imitate that and recreate that in our relationships so that he could choose me and want me and so I lost completely lost myself it became a shell of myself I try to imitate their

hair their actions. Okay, all right. You know, we can cut that. No, because we were sad for her yesterday. We not said we want to laugh at you today. Uh-uh. What's wrong with you, Jessica? No, I don't care because we need to stop coddling women.

You see, Ebony said stop coddling men. We need to stop coddling as a woman. We need to stop coddling these women when they fall so deep in delusion. And then they try to play it on you know faith in god oh no my marriage i'm you're not supposed to you're supposed to work at your marriage you're not supposed to walk away from your husband god don't want us to be delusionally stupid either we're not supposed to like we're not supposed to devalue ourselves and minimize ourselves just to make somebody else feel good but let me ask you a question just doesn't it

seem like she has low self-esteem that and i don't know the relationship that it seems like he put her down so much that she wants to mimic what he likes so when he when she sees him liking other women's other women hairstyles the way other women dresses she is so her self-esteem is so low that she wants to be what those other women are that's i don't know what it was like when he met her but i'm telling you he the one that made her dress like little house on the prairie like she you know and then he bring all these nice girls with stripper bodies and she's sitting on the steps talking about please lord make it stop you talking to the wrong man you know where does she go from here jess where does she go from here and she also said that she was crying and she was saying dear holy spirit i hate his stinking guts if you praying

like that ain't nothing gonna ever happen happen. You know what I mean? I think I honestly, I feel like right now, this man might have just made her a hoe. You know? What? Excuse me? He might have made, can I say that? Yes. Oh yeah, well he might have made her a hoe.

Now explain, how's she going from a little house on the prairie to a little hole on the prairie? Now explain. Because, think about everything that he made her watch, everything she's seen she probably could go out work that little box you know what i mean and she look good on the interview she probably said she oh she finally took them thick glasses off she took them uh she had used to wear like two hats at a time she took both for them off you know she's not walking with the long dresses she look good it reminds me of and y'all laughing because i just seen it on my way to Aruba I never seen Girls Trip

so I seen it on my way here but it reminds me of Jada Pinkett in Girls Trip how she was so this that and the other and then she got down to New Orleans

and just started busting it so you're saying the next prayer retreat gonna be popping huh Jada it's gonna be popping and then Dirk gonna want her back

you know what I learned from all these situations you shouldn't you really can't judge a book by its cover you shouldn't judge someone or something based only on what you see on the outside or only on what you perceive without knowing the full situation because y'all don't know none of these souls on social media but you think you do and the folks you think are good are usually bad and the folks who are who you think are bad are usually good yeah but y'all don't know the difference no well you know what it is too is a lot of times when people talk about their bad, people make fun of them.

They joke them. But people are actually trying to tell them the good, the bad, the ugly, everything that comes with the relationship. Because, like we say, no relationship is perfect. Everything happens. Like, there's not one person that can sit there and say, Charlamagne, you and your wife are always good. Or you and Jess, your man, are always good. No, things happen. And we have to discuss those things

to make it normal you're right yes you're so right yes I don't want her to be dumb no more I just don't want her

to be dumb anymore she's too beautiful for that she's a beautiful black woman too so it's the king out there for you girl and that's Jess with the mess for today

and her news is real allegedly alright thank you Jess with the mess now Charlamagne who you giving that down to? Oh, man, I need the young brother, Polo G, to come to the front of the congregation. We need to have a word with him. It's a teachable moment, though.

I'm doing this with love. All right. All right. We'll get to that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same.

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Don't be out here acting like a donkey. Hee-haw, bitch. Hee-haw. It's time for Donkey of the Day. I'm a big boy. I can take it. If you feel I deserve it, ain't no big deal. I know Charlamagne Tha God gonna have some funny shit.

Say out his mouth. If you gotta say something you may not agree with, doesn't mean I mean it. Who's getting that donkey? That donkey. That donkey. Donkey. Donkey. Donkey.

Donkey. Donkey of the Day right here. It's a breakfast club, bitches. You can call me the Donkey of the day But like, I mean no harm Yes, donkey of the day for Thursday, May 25th Goes to the good brother Polo G Let me tell you something, man I got love for the young brother Polo G

I got mad love for Polo G's family His mother, Station Mack Drop on the clues box for Station Mack She's one of the best managers, businesswoman out here I love what they do I love what they building And that's why I have to give Polo G the biggest he heart today one of the best managers business woman out here i love what they do i love what they build in and that's why i have to give polo g the biggest he heart today because i can't believe he would risk

all that they built for a bunch of people on social media who don't give a damn about him and would love to see him lose it all okay not only am i disappointed this is a teachable moment because polo g is one of the smart ones but polo g i, I don't need you to be smart. I need you to be wise, okay? What are you talking about, Uncle Sharla? Well, yesterday I came across a video on XXL, and it had the headline, Polo G says he's the only rapper walking around with no security. Those have been famous last words for a lot of folks. Let's go to the Instagram for the report, please.

Walking down the strip, I'm all alone. I ain't lacking, though. Glitz throwing my hip, I for the report, please. Oh, God. Maybe play it one more time for people who couldn't understand. Play it one more time I ain't lacking though you're glistening on my hip I ain't lacking though my kids I'm the only rapper you know

pop out solo no security my baby Polo G like I said you one of the smart ones but I don't need you just to be smart I need you to be wise see smart people learn from their own mistakes. Wise people learn from the mistakes of others. Polo G, we have seen enough rappers and enough people go on live, post their location, show what they got, flashing money, flashing jewelry.

Some people dare their ops to pull up, put a location on it, and then they do, and then they dead. Okay, you have to learn from all those individuals, all right? The wolves already don't need a reason, my brother. we have seen too many rappers gunned down in la particularly all right for you to be moving like this you say you wasn't lacking okay you said you got that glizzy on your hip young brother you were lacking okay you were lacking common sense because number one you alerting the wolves that you in this city with no security and you alerting law enforcement that you got the glizzy on the hip now i'm I'm not going to sit here and act like I'm an expert on California gun laws, but I did some research and by research, I mean Google.

And from what I found out, generally, you may not carry a concealed firearm on your person in public unless you have a valid carry concealed weapon license. And those licenses are only issued by a California county sheriff. The residents of the county are the chief County Sheriff to residents of the county or the chief of police to residents of the city. Hey, Polo G, if you have one of those more power to you. If you don't have one of those, then you're going to end up in jail and you're not going to have nobody to blame for that, but yourself because you went on live and told people you

got that glizzy on the hip. Okay, look, I understand Polo G is a rapper, so this isn't going to hurt his brand or image in any way, but I don't care about his brand or image. OK, I care about him and I care about him potentially losing his freedom, even worse, his life, because he wants to go on Instagram and tell people that he's walking around L.A. with all his jewelry on, designer clothes and no security with a glizzy on his hip. Allegedly, that may or may not be legal. My brothers, my sisters, I'm going to tell you what the OGE40 told me many, many, many, many moons ago. Okay, I'm talking over 12 years. He said when you're worth something, you protect it.

Simple as that. Nobody gets stripes in 2023 for saying you're walking around with no security. The richest, most powerful people on the planet all have security. Okay, every elected official has security for the most part. All right, people that could beat your ass like a Floyd Mayweather have security. So why don't you? Furthermore, even if you've got your own firearm, why do you want to get your hands dirty? Hire an armed security guard who's licensed and trained and most importantly, insured. So if something does go down, liability doesn't fall on you nobody talks about that liability part

okay the liability that comes with you potentially having to shoot someone you are polo G so let's just say your gun is legal you do shoot someone you got to pay your lawyer you probably still gonna get arrested cuz you black and you know when you black you guilty until proven innocent but what about if the person you shoot sues you higher security one of the worst things our generation ever did was be the generation that called rappers who have security suckers okay not only did our generation of rappers clown people for having security we encouraged them to still be in the streets with no security my god what were we thinking we set so many of us up for failure, okay? There was a quote from Ice-T, the triple OG Ice-T,

and he said, people are still hitting me up about my comments about L.A. gang culture. If you notice, L.A. rappers don't wear a lot of jewelry. Me, Snoop, Cube, Dre, Game, Kendrick, the list goes on and on. It's not because we're broke. L.A. is just a dangerous place. Rapper or not, why test the streets? Polo G and every other rapper that can hear my voice, I want you to ask yourself that question.

Why am I testing the streets? Repeat after me. Ask yourself again. Why am I testing the streets? In fact, stop testing the streets because the life you save may be your own. Please give Polo G the biggest hee-haw. All right.

Maybe this could all be a ploy, though. Maybe he wants people to try him because he got some undercover shooters in security and he wants to be tried. You know like that episode of Martin when his apartment got robbed and they set up the burglars? Yeah, but the problem with that is bullets don't have no names, right? You know what I mean? Yeah, but no. No. is bullets don't have no names, right? Yeah. You know what I mean? Jesse, yeah, but no. Yeah, but no, no. No. Bullets don't have no names.

There's some women that need to stop testing the streets too. Really? Yeah, the streets. Oh, no, you're right. Yeah, just stop it. Everybody stay out the streets. I agree.

All right, well, thank you for that donkey today. BET, we'll see you guys tomorrow. Everybody else. Peace BET, Jess. Jess said peace bt i held it down peace bz you did right everybody else 800-585-1051 if you're having relationships problems or any problems jess will fix your mess that's right 800-585-1051 jess is gonna help you out if you're having problems relationship problems if things just stop going right your life, who's the best person to ask?

Jess Hilarious, duh. She's not an expert, but she has some experiences. All right, so call her. The number is 800-585. What's the last one, Envy? 105.1. 105.1. It's The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we got just hilarious here and it's time for just fix my mess that's we open up the phone lines and if you need relationship advice or any type of advice you can call jess 800-585-1051 hello who's this this is t hey t what's your question for j? Hey, everybody. Good morning, Charlotte. Good morning. Good morning. And Jess.

Hey, boo. So I'm calling because growing up, my mother raised me, but I have an older sister, and I felt like she always had a better bond with her. So as I grew older, I kind of resented her, grew and resent her, and I didn't grow such a relationship with her throughout college. And now that I have my own kids and I'm older, she still tries to recreate that mother-daughter bond that I no longer desire. And I feel guilty.

I feel bad about the situation because that is my mom at the end of the day. But I look at it as I want to reflect how I grew up. I want to reflect that into my kids. So I just wanted to know, like, what I could do if I could be to, you know, open up a little bit more to my mom, as crazy as it sounds, but just to be more welcoming and just try to understand, you know, everything is not, you know, parents are not perfect. And she may have been going through things in my time of being born and things of that sort

that, I don't know, made me feel the way that I feel, but I'm a Capricorn, if that explains anything. Okay, it actually has nothing to do with anything. That is literally how you felt growing up. Now, do you have a different dad than your older sister? You know, that's funny, Jess, because for all my life, I've known my dad to be the same dad. But actually recently, here in my 30 years, he told me that he wasn't my dad. So I'm dealing with that.

I'm trying to do a DNA test with him. He waited until I actually had my first son to tell me that he never thought that he was my dad. And he's the only person I know. So I've got a lot of stuff going on. So that kind of tied into it as well because I don't know what my dad had going on then, but right now I don't even know, to be honest with you,

that's the question. Right, right. I think we should start with your mom first. I mean, because if he will wait, if he could just wait this long to tell you that, you know, after you have your child, that he's not your real father. Now, some people think that it's okay to know this, it's good to know this, and it's not good to know.

I mean, you never know. You don't want a kid to feel without a parent. So some people keep that type of information from their children all their lives. But I do think that every child has a right to know who their biological father and mother is. Because it's certain things that you may get from your biological dad that you don't see in the person who says they're your dad. You know what I mean? So you want to know where you come from and your bloodline and all of that. I think you should sit down with your mom and you should try to figure out where she was.

Try to understand where she was mentally. She could have been messed up like you just said. But that's how you go. That's how you would get to the bottom of it. In my opinion, I don't have this issue, but just from experience and helping other people, I think you don't, don't come at her. Kind of try to make it a safe space for her to tell you what she was going through and allow her to kind of be able to be sorry about it.

You know, has she ever told you she was sorry? Um, not for those particular words. She just, um, no no not in so many words she just felt like she's always told me that she felt like she's tried to um be a part of my life and I've shown resentment but it's because that I've always felt you know she showed favoritism toward my older sister um I honestly feel like I was you know how people get back together with their exes and they try to have a kid and think that their child is going to make their relationship better. I was kind of like, I feel like I was one of those children because I have a sister older than me that he had outside of my mom in their marriage. And then he went back to the same lady

and had two younger kids with her. So I was kind of in between the process. I kind of feel like I was one of the children that, well, let's try to have a baby to see if we can mend our relationship. And it didn't work out, you know. So you feel like you just always caught the short end of the stick. And I do understand. But you don't want to hinder your kids from a grandmother because she's not the same.

She may not be the same person that she was when she was raising you now and she could want possibly to make that up you know to you through them you know being the best grandmother she can be so don't take that away from them but y'all need therapy but you it starts off with you just going to your mother you know what I'm saying sometimes we as kids have to be the bigger person no problem I love you get get get it together with her, you know? All right. Well, thank you, Jess. Charlamagne, did Jess care?

Because you said she never cares. Did she care on that one? She did. She did in that moment. She did. I can tell when Jess actually cares and when she fake cares. She was really caring. Yeah. When she get in mama mode, she cares.

She cares. I do care. All right. All right. All right. All right. 800-585-1051. Jess. Got you. All right. All right. All right. 800-585-1051. Just with the mess.

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Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God We are The Breakfast Club Jess Hilarious is here Our co-host And it's time for Jess Fix My Mess Hello who's this?

Good morning Y'all it's Bethany Good morning Hey good morning What's your question for Jess? First off good morning Jess Hey babe Charlamagne

Jay Envy Peace queen Good morning So my problem is Well it's really not even a problem It is a mess I'm not going to lie I can never get past The talking stage

Like guys will be in the DM They'll stop me And then I finally give them a chance We go out to eat Go on a date, couple dates And then we just wind up and go to each other And this is more than one person uh well yeah i got a couple of rotations yes okay and all of them have done the same thing

well no not all the ones that stick around are usually the ones i really don't want to talk to okay so you just the ones that steady on my tail They just disappear And it's not like after sex or anything like that So just listen to what you just said I said does that happen with everybody And you said no It don't happen with everybody The ones that chase me

Yeah but not the ones that I really want to talk to You ain't talking to the ones that want to chase you So bye That's what they saying They spending money on you You getting winded down They chasing you I know you

You like to be chased You don't like to be caught though You know You don't want to be caught by The ones that's chasing you You like You probably like the ones that ain't chasing you You like

You probably chasing somebody While they chasing you Is that true? Um No It's just like that way around though You want to know why you getting ghosted? No. It's just like the other way around, though. You want to know why you getting ghosted?

No, I do the ghosting. Oh, you want to know why you ghosting people? Yeah, because we don't ever get past that talking space. Like, it doesn't go further. Well, what do you want? See, that's why I need you to fix my mess. Girl, I can't fix you. She ain't telling you everything, Jen.

No, she not. Because she talking about why we don't never give in. But you got a roster. What the hell? Who you pick? One, two, three, or four? Which one you want? I don't know.

Oh, my God. Look, we'll call up next week when you find out, girl. People real. Is she sleeping with those guys, Jess? You know what? The ones that's chasing her, she's not sleeping with them, but they the ones doing the most. They the ones doing the most for her.

She's chasing the ones that's just s***ing out. We got time for another caller? Right fast? Hello, who's this? What's up? What's up? Hey, I'm with the Anonymous. My name's Justin.

What's up, baby? How you doing? What's your question for Jess? How you doing, Miss Jess? How are you today? I'm good. Awesome, awesome. So, all right. I'm going to get right to it. How do I, Miss Jess? How are you today? I'm good. Awesome. Awesome. So, all right.

So, I'm going to get right to it. How do I prove to my girls that I ain't soft? She be testing my face to think I'm like a little dude. But I'm trying to tell her, like, I'm not like that, sir. You know what I'm saying? That's what she trying to tell you, that you're not like that, is what it sound like. She told you you're not like that. Are you sure? she thought she told you you're not like that are you sure i'll give you context so she's she's mexican and in her culture men are real like they got they call it machismo or whatever okay but they they they act they insert

themselves in certain ways that in my culture you'll get you'll get whooped you know straight up so like i know like growing up i had to fight all the time i didn't lose a lot of fights so i don't i don't like to fight down because i know you can go to jail for that yeah yeah you know what your hands can do yeah yeah so like i be trying to tell her like bro i'm not soft right playing with me sometimes and like man like It ain't no way you can I can prove to her like It's all good Look look it's alright Tell her

Go mess with the baby for like six months And I bet she be right back with you You test the wrong nigga gangster You gonna get it So look That's what And that's the other thing She got a brother

You know what I'm saying And I'm only gonna tell him what and if he don't get it I'm assuming no because I'm just start on and then I would hate to break up the family dynamic and they're really close but if I beat up her brother you don't really understand I'm really not the one you beat up her brother You're going to really understand That I'm really not the one You beat up her brother, Holmes It's going to get crazy You better not beat up that Mexican boy You better not beat up that Mexican boy

Oh my God But no, tell your girlfriend Sit her ass down somewhere And she'll be alright That's all Alright, well That is Jess fixed my mess I don't know if you fixed Everybody's mess today, Jess down somewhere and she'll be alright. That's all. Alright, well that is Jess Fix My Mess.

I don't know if you fixed anybody's mess today, Jess. I fixed the first girl's mess and the last person's mess. The girl in the middle she didn't even know what the hell she was calling me for.

That was some good advice to that young man too. You run up on that Mexican if you want to you're going to get your ass beat. I'm telling you you better not fight that. You fight

what? You fight a Mexican you're going to be fighting all day and you're probably going to get jumped. Listen. Okay.

Yes, so no. Well, listen, make sure y'all subscribe to Just Hilarious Podcast. Why your mic sound like that? I don't know why the mic sound like that. It sounds good. I like it. All right, so that's fine. Okay.

Yes. Well, make sure you subscribe to Just Podcast, Carefully Reckless, on the Black Effect iHeartRadio Podcast Network. She does Just Fix My Mess every week and the Just Fix My Mess from this week is insane. Yes, it is. And also I want y'all to know the Just Fix My Mess on Breakfast Club is different from

the Just Fix My Mess on Carefully Reckless and it's different stories so you want to catch both. Yes. Alright. And when we come back we got, of course, the rumor report. So don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. All right. And when we come back, we got, of course, the rumor report. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's get to Jess with the mess. Yes. It's Jess with the mess.

Come on, you. Come on, you. Legendary. This is the rumor report. Come on, you. This is real. on The Breakfast Club. Jonathan Majors and Megan Good hit Red Lobster dinner date with a family. Shut up. You lying. I'm serious, yo.

He took her to Red Lobster. That's where he took her. He wouldn't have took none of them white women there. Why are you going? And then bought her some Walmart flowersmart flowers listen he's serious i don't know if this for the public now because it's like he ever since this came out was like he's been dressing real civil rights advocacy he always oh no no he was he he been doing that though yeah with that hat it's that hat that does it it's like he yeah it's the hat but it's the button up too the button up look like the wallpaper

from like roots yo shut up no that's right it's like everything everything jonathan wears looks like it would look better in black and white that's why i'm saying yes that's why it look better in the 60s that's what you would say it look better in the 60s yes oh my god but yep they he he took her and the family to real life so now i think that that's just like some low-key stuff i think you know they because we seen them getting off a jet and all of that. So it ain't, I think you just want to be low-key. But you don't go to be low-key at Red Lobster because that's where all the,

that's like the low-key spot. Not that I know, but that's where they go now. I don't know when these pictures were taken, but what if it was Mother's Day weekend? Because, you know, Mother's Day weekend, Easter weekend, Red Lobster be jumping, jumping. I don't know, but he ain't had to stop past. When's the last time y'all been to Red Lobster?

Let's be real. When's the last time y'all been to Red Lobster? I think I was like 12. Nah, I've been to Red Lobster. 31. I've been to Red Lobster. I like Red Lobster. No, I think I was 17.

I liked it when I was younger, but when you grow up and you... Yeah, I get what you're saying. All of that stuff is like not good. Yes, that is true. Yeah, it, not good. Yes, that is true. Yeah, it's not good. And then I'm from Baltimore, so we don't do Red Lobster seafood. Because y'all have real seafood. Yeah, we got real seafood.

So, yeah, Jonathan, we could have did better than that for her and her mother. But look at what she wearing. She had on, you know, she had on leggings and a ball cap and all that. So, you know, it could have been just on some... Let me just go here real quick, real quick. Yeah, I could never defecate on red lobster all the way because red lobster uh has shown us some good times that shrimp pasta with them cheddar cheese biscuits lord have a biscuit unlimited biscuits too oh yeah well that's nice um samuel jackson doesn't remember how he got engaged because he was on drugs at the time please play this audio from the show now y'all been married 42 years but been together over 50 years yeah so how like i heard the proposal was how did

it happen my story was i came home one day and she already had these invitations printed up and she gave me a stack and said be here don't you know that and she said no that's not what happened I actually had to go and talk to her grandfather because he told her he wanted to walk it down the aisle before she died and her living in sin with this man so I went and asked him for her hand or whatever and that's probably what happened cuz I was on drugs I don't know what the hell was going on my life so she's probably right hey yo that's funny. I do believe that, though. I mean, we think we're

doing something nowadays with the drugs. Only thing is, only difference is it's publicized. Everybody got phones out now, but they was getting big high back in the day. Ours is more GMO. They had that raw stuff, that good stuff. Fresh off the boat stuff.

But they wasn't dying like they are now back in the day, huh? Nah, they was dying. There was a lot of artists ODing and a lot of actors. Yeah, but the cocaine was pure back then. Yeah, but what I'm saying is not as like, it wasn't a lot of deaths resulting in ODing,

was it? No, they had a lot of it. Okay. They had their overdoses back then, but I get what you're saying because of fentanyl and everything nowadays. They got fentanyls in pollen

nowadays. Right, right. People, yeah. It's in where? In pollen. Oh, Lord. Jesus. All right.

Lord Dirk Claire's Asian Doll's name in King Von's death. This is something I think should have been done, but here's audio. And I'm speaking for the whole of Chicago.

You ain't there. Shut the f*** up. You weren't there. So you made a diss and said something about Vaughn. That's why I don't f*** with you. It just happened the way it happened. It didn't even have nothing to do with Asian, none of that s***. Vaughn put the Floyd Mayweather on the motha f*** and that's what happened.

All right, so just a back story. Rest in peace to King Vaughn. But when he had died, Asian Doll had sparked some speculation of her own when she tweeted, put the Floyd Mayweather on the mall and that happened all right so just a backstory um rest in peace to King Von but when he had died Asian doll has sparked some speculation of her own when she tweeted Von's last words insinuating that his friends were responsible for his death and then people started you know coming at her like she had something to do with it and you know you know just speculating you know and I think with Dirk knowing that that it wasn't absolutely at the top of his priority list to clear nobody name. His mans just died, you know, and got killed. But I think it could have been done because people was really going in on that girl.

And that also brings like light to how PNB rocks death. How they all just jumped on his girlfriend and said that she was responsible because she had posted this and it came up she didn't even have nothing to do with that like she didn't put out why the location why do people think um uh what's the young lady named asian had something to do with it because i thought i got into a fight i have no idea that's what that's what it was but i have no idea that's the that's just the the bull the bs of social media that's what it is but they were in her comments. They were definitely coming at her real hard.

And I do salute Lord Dirk for doing it. That was really nice. I'm glad. And I'm glad that that made her feel better too because she did thank him for doing that.

And you know, when you play video from shows, you have to cite your sources, Jess. What? What? That was DJ Academics

off the record podcast. Oh, a little intern. a little fat boy interned and ain't good please whatever say it's a little broke ass look offset shows love to cardi b the couple has made headlines several times during um their relationship between cheating scandals and cardi b filing for divorce and all that but i think they've come a long way and they i i really do see, really a lot of positivity. Because he actually just came out and said that Cardi B actually is the one that got him off lean. Like, she stopped him from doing drugs, pretty much.

Gee, what a good woman do for you. Positive influence, you know. And a couple years back, I think he admitted. No, not a couple years back. Like, yeah, like two years back. He also said that she made him a better father, too. You you know so i i actually i love how he ups his wife and i love how she is that for him you know because you never know you never know people definitely can change not and i want people to stop saying oh once he always cheating cheat cheat cheat cheat like

yo that is not true people really can hey the same the same the same for you to say nothing all right um y'all don't i'm just saying i know from experience y'all have to give people room and time to grow man everybody that's right don't talk that talk just like everybody is not going to stay the same forever so i need that's right y'all want y'all want all types of mercy and grace when y'all changing. Give it to other people. That's right. And I also want to say this to Cardi.

You know how they always say that a woman makes you better. A strong black woman makes you better. I love their relationship. And one thing I would say, Cardi. Cardi's a great mom. If you follow on Cardi, you could talk about everything that Cardi does. She's a rapper. Her past.

But when it comes to them kids and babies and not just her babies, his babies too. Cardi's out there cooking. She's out there cleaning with them kids she takes them kids to the park she takes them kids around to the stores cardi be out with them kids so i want to salute cardi so it's out to cardi it's amazing how we have all these conversations about uh it's not how you start it's how you finish and then we always want to um not give people grace when it comes to how they used to be it's not about about how you start. It's about how you finish. That's right. Your beard look crazy from the side just now. Like, all I saw was ink. No, it's just the ink.

Tell me about it. That look crazy just now. Leave me alone. What's wrong with you? You put that fresh paint job on for a room. He really miss you. Yeah, let's get it. That's crazy. Ain't no paint.

Don't do that. Thank you, Jess. All right. Well, that is just with the mess i hate you yo her news is real allegedly all right up next we got the people's choice makes it don't move it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club your mornings will never be the same my plan for verizon gives you control over your phone plan to celebrate we're giving you control over an aspect of our show.

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Jess Hilarious, of course, our co-host. Want to salute to you, Jess, for holding it down this morning. All day. It smells good in here Jess, for holding it down this morning. All day. It smells good in here. Don't say it's the place. I'm not saying. I staged it, so y'all technically ain't even here. Jesus.

That is very true. Yes. All right. Well, Jess will be back tomorrow. I will be in East Providence, Rhode Island this weekend at Comedy Connection. We got two shows on Friday and two shows on Saturday. Get your tickets. They are literally almost sold out.

I keep telling them, get your tickets. The only show that still has about 15 or 16 tickets left is the early show on Friday. So get your tickets. Get your tickets. We'll get the last 16. And I will not be doing meet and greet. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

But get your tickets, y'all. JessLariceOfficial.com. I see you East Providence. All right. And also, got to remind you guys, my car show islarriosofficial.com i see you east providence all right and also got to remind you guys my car show was this weekend in memphis and if you got scammed out of tickets i know there was a scammer on eventbrite that was selling fake tickets uh we shut their site down and eventbrite sent everybody back their money so if for any reason you need tickets because something was sold out like the vip is sold out and all that just hit my assistant mercedes and

show them that letter and we'll get you right all right when we come back we got the positive notice the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj envy charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club now um it's time to get up out of here charlamagne you got a positive note i do i want to salute a young lady named sydney though uh i met sydney yesterday and she ran down on me and she said she wanted to call up and reach through the phone and choke you envy because of the way you was talking to ebony k brown okay who's ebony k brown exactly but that's what cindy said and i didn't correct her she was talking about ebony k williams but said, I wanted to choke Envy for what he said to Ebony K. Brown. Okay, so salute to Sydney.

Breakfast Club listeners got a different level of passion, I'm telling you, man. Absolutely. I was in the airport yesterday. I told you I ran into the bus driver from the Bronx that always calls in. And it's funny because she was the complete opposite. She gave me a hug and she was like, thank you for standing up for us bus drivers, which is crazy.

So shout to her. That's the game. But that's, if you have an opinion, if you have a point of view, some people are going to agree. Some people are not going to agree. Some people don't even care.

And that's life. It's what it is. Look real quick though. So June 10th, the biggest show of the year at DMV in dmv in dc though mgm national harbor get your tickets ticketmaster.com i'm going to be there it's always the biggest show of the year when i do dc or baltimore because they love me so much so get your tickets like i said either my website justelariusofficial.com or www. i don't know if i even use the w's no more

ticketmaster.com. Get your tickets. I'll see you June 10th, D.C. June 10th in D.C. Let me see what I'm doing on June 10th. Yeah, please. Don't lie. Don't lie. I'm dead serious.

Don't get my hopes up. Like, don't do that. You're lying. I'm going to see what I'm doing on June 10th. All right, cool. Because Sem and Olym said they was coming already. So don't. Yeah. And Red.

Eddie. Red definitely lying you know he isn't gonna bring his wife oh okay all right i have a family show so yeah the positive note is this man uh make peace with the fact that people hold different versions of you in their mind ultimately who you know yourself to be is what matters the most. Breakfast Club, bitches! Y'all finished or y'all done?