The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: Tupac Shakur Murder Trial Continues As More Witnesses Take The Stand + Rapsody Interview 

Episode Date: August 20, 2026

Today on The Breakfast Club, Rapsody Talks New Album ‘God Gotta Afro & Gold Hoops’, Spirituality, Afrofuturism, Collaborations. Plus, Charlamagne Tha God Gives Donkey of The Day to A Couple That Were Arrested After Cruise Ship Brawl Involving A 9-Year-Old. Listen for more. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Listen to the latest episode of Hey Jonas on the Iheart Radio app, Apple podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. Woke up, woke up, wake you up. Program your alarm to Power 105.1 on iHeartRadio. Good morning, USA! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, Joe, you're hilarious. Whet that ass up, Shalame the guard. Beast of the planet, it's Thursday. Hey, good morning how y'all feel out there.

I feel blessed black. I feel blessed black and highly favored. Happy to be here, another day to serve our beautiful listeners. Good morning. That's right. Good morning. How are you feeling out there? How you feeling, Jess?

Feel good. Yo, why all the people lined up around the corner? It's like a whole, it looked like about 200 people standing outside. It's like in a line. How the hell would we know? Yeah. I didn't see them. Yeah.

Maybe came a different way. Shalerman, did you see them? I come down. I don't know. I don't know. Yeah. I came down six or something, like 49th. I don't know.

Huh? Today Show. Oh, the Today Show. Oh, people get out there this early for what time they start? A bit of a performance. He was got a big guest today. I did the Today show yesterday. Saluta Chanel and Jenna.

I did the 10 o'clock hour at Today Show with them yesterday. Clupe to my guy Craig Melvin too, man. Me and Craig Melvin came up together in good old South Carolina. Yeah. When he did, he was doing TV on WIS. I was on a hot one of three point nine of Columbia, South Carolina. They're my people. Yeah, I heard the story that you talked about Craig yesterday.

Craig used to be outside with me. halfway outside. No, Craig used to be outside. Outside. I don't know why people don't believe that. Everybody had alive before we were old, you know. Absolutely. Okay, before we were parents and, you know, the

upstanding citizens we are. Yes. We was in these streets. Luke to Craig. Everybody out in the streets this morning, at 5.55. That's probably a big ass performance. Let me see who they added this morning. Why are you doing that? I just want to let you guys know that

sanitation, I was watching the news yesterday. Sanitation around the world is very upset with people. Why? That's because people are using these weight loss needles and sticking themselves in and throwing the needles in the trash can. So when the sanitation department pick up the trash, they're getting stuck. Well, that's because, you know, a lot of these needles, they come with tops, right? So you take the top, like the syringe, you take the top off,

and then you do whatever your shot is. You're supposed to put the top back on when you discard it. Yes. So I guess there's increasing people using these weight loss needles and peptides. You know that's what it is. Well, that's what it is. Yeah, I was on. You know, it's so funny because that happened to me earlier this year because, you know, I was using peptides.

I had to get off you know because they were just making me mad for no reason. But I was doing that. So I would throw it away and then like people would come and take the trash out and get stuck. That's crazy. Sanitation had a problem with you or no? No, it wasn't sanitation. That's crazy. People would come to clean the house.

But they're saying that it used to be a fine of $100 now. They're going to increase the fine to $250. So if you are taking peptides, you're going to be a fine. or you are taking weight loss, the needle, anything, you know, whatever that things are. Just put the top back on. Put the top back on. Or they're saying if you have a detergent bottle,

you can use a detergent bottle because a detergent bottle is strong enough where the needles can't poke through. So they're saying use an empty detergent bottle, put the needles in there. Just put the top back on. And by the way, this ain't even just for people who do the peptides and everything.

People who take insulin shots and tell them, and if you use a syringe, once you do it, you know, put the top back on and throw it in the trash. Man, people who insulin are like, we know what you do. Yeah, we know your niggas just, They said it's a crease now. They said, yeah, it's been doing it for a long time.

But nobody complaining before. That's right. So I heard that this morning. But good morning. So it's a little taller sanitation works out there. Absolutely, y'all. We appreciate you. But I know that's not the worst thing that they find in new on goddamn trash cans.

I'm sure. But they don't want to get stuck. I'm sure they don't get stuck. You don't know what it is. You don't know what it is. You don't know what's going on? Next thing, you know, you're in a commercial? You know what butterfly surrounding you?

Oh, my God. You know what I mean? You don't see? It makes y'all. You don't be in? Yes, they do. Uh-huh. They're looking pleasant.

They do. They be on a bikes riding together with the two men just smiling and the dandelions and all that. They be surrounded by butterfly. Like, it's the most thing. They got the most pleasant commercials. Uh-huh. By far. Oh, my goodness.

Well, let's get the show cracking. Rhapsody will be joining us this morning. My girl Rhapsody, man, she got a new album, God. Got an Afro and Gold Hoops. It comes out tomorrow. It is very Afro-futuristic. Okay. That's what I would use to describe it.

Afro-futuristic. Yes. We're going to be kicking him with Raps. We're going to play some join. points off that album. And also, today is National Radio Day. We are radio personalities. That's right. Okay? That's right. We're in the Radio

Hall of Fame. Yes, yes, we are. So when I was on a Today Show yesterday, they introduced me as Radio Royalty. Okay. And I like that. All right. I'm out of that. That's well deserved. How long we've been doing this? 16, 17? I've been, well, our whole radio careers. Here it'll be 16 come December. My whole radio career

has been 28. I don't know how long years. Mine is about 26. About 26. Damn, y'all. So, yeah. That's what I. 26. I deserve everything. I got, God,

God, yeah, I'm going to just throwing that out there for the haters. You know, you know those imaginary haters

that people will be having? That's right. You just got to throw that out there for them. Yeah, I started off as a mixer, but I don't count the mixing days because maybe you only have one hour.

I count it at all. I counted from the time I started. Oh, then I got about 2829. That's right. At Z-93, Jim, Charleston, South Carolina

at 1998. A bit outside. Now I'm talking about when I saw it as a jock, but, you know, you're doing mixes, hair and there is. Nope. Nah, start from the beginning.

That's right. I damn sure count the internship. So, salute to all the radio people out there. Let's get the show cracking. Don't forget, get it off your chest. 800-585-105-1. Mimi's up next for Front Page News. Hey.

Oh, my God. You don't even mean that. That sounded so old just now. What? He wanted to get home. But he really don't got the energy. Hey. And then stay right in your seat.

Hey. Some breakfast. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's D.J. NV. Just hilarious. Sholomey Naga, we are the breakfast club.

Let's get in some front page news. What's up, Mimi? Good morning, Mee, Jess. Shalemey, how you doing this morning? Good, Mimi, Brad. Good morning. So we start this morning in Gary, Indiana, where thousands of people are still without power,

nine days after a deadly storm tore through Northwest Indiana. And the impact is touching every part of daily life. People say they are living without air conditioning. Families, they've lost refrigerators full of food. Schools are closed, gas pumps have stopped working, residents are lining up for hot meals and just somewhere to charge their phone. Families who depend on electricity for medications, medical supplies are just trying to figure out how to get by. Let's listen. Because my food, I don't even think they're going to reverse me for my food because I had a deep freezer, a freezer in the basement, and a freezer upstairs in the kitchen.

So I lost a lot of food. I was born and raised here and I've never seen anything like this. We have no electricity, no air conditioning. I'm 80, my husband's 83. I had an asthma attack last night, and I was in the hospital due to having no power. Wow. Yeah. And this morning, people in Gary are learning they may have to keep living this way for several more days.

Nipsco, which is the utility company there, says now full restoration in the city is not expected to August 25th. That would be nearly two weeks after the storm. And as the days without power add up, so does the frustration. Some residents there are questioning whether Gary, being a predominantly black city, has played a role in how long it's taking to restore power. Now, the utility company, they say, you know, that's not the case. Race has nothing to do with its response. But last night, I spoke with Gary Mayor, Eddie Melted, and asked him what he's seeing firsthand on the ground and whether he believes that race is playing a role in the response.

And this is what he told me. I think they're doing all that they can to restore a battle. I think they can bring more crews in to aid and assist in that effort. I haven't seen them pull back their efforts, but I do think they should improve the communication. I would say this, the transparency in the communication. So folks can understand the process and know where they fit in the timeline. For the last week or more, we have been left out of that conversation. I'm going to tell you something

I hate to be the bearer of bad news but you probably going to see a lot of mass blackouts in the future all over the country because the infrastructure in a lot of these areas is old, you know, climate change is making the weather more extreme. You've got electricity skyrocketing because of all

of the artificial intelligence data centers and electric vehicles that are going to be created so it's going to be bad and you know when you come to like cyber attacks other countries a lot of experts say that you know they could hit those um those uh those uh those uh those uh those grids and power plans but like but like you said the sad thing about it is a lot of the infrastructure was already bad right that you look at the

same areas that keep getting flooded over and over and over again it's been 10 years in the same areas being flooded and we keep getting the same blackout so like sholomey said it's going get worse and it's just a lack of investment in the things that are important like you know we know that the infrastructure needed to be updated you know we we haven't done what we need to do in regards the climate change. So a lot of these things are problems of our own making. Yeah, and Nipsco, the utility company there, says that they are working on that and they're having to go through and kind of redesign some of what, you know,

that infrastructure looks like. But this morning, there are still 20,000 customers in Gary without electricity. And of course, nine days without electricity that comes with the financial cost. One, many families right now can't afford. So I also asked Mayor Melton. about the financial help available to those families. And this is what he had to say. What assistance is available to people who simply can't afford to absorb these losses?

Yes, the state has already started that process. We're encouraging folks in Geary in Northwoods, Indiana, to dial 211. When you dial 211, that number takes you to reporting your incidentals. So please track, get your receipts. if you have lost significant amount of food take pictures of damage the governor has a lot of about

$5,000 per person or household that's been an impacted by this but to get that you got to report it to 211 yeah that's so sad you know because people lose their food

and food is expensive right now I would say you know one thing that people should look at I haven't looked at it yet but people a lot of people using solar right and I've been hearing a lot of good things about solar I haven't converted to it yet but they're saying with the solar of course the sun you know creates these I want to say grids where it stores the power so if your power goes out that power that's stored you know they can make sure that you can

survive a couple of days without any power and a lot of people are talking good things about it I haven't dove into it yet but my parents my parents have that like the solar panels on the roof or whatever and and all the houses and it actually it saves money on your bill too on your electric bill. Sure, but it's expensive to install. Well, they say a lot of the government... That is. They said a lot of the times the government gives you money back for

installing the solar panels. I can't get no money back. I think it costs like 15 to 30 grand to install. Oh, I didn't think it was that much. I think it was that much. I think it was that much. Yeah, but they had got it back in the day when I was in high school, like 2006. Yeah. You know what I mean? So I don't know. It could be even higher now, but... Yeah, I've heard about that. They give you like the local or state

rebate incentives, but it costs a lot to install. Yeah, I didn't know how much it costs. Yeah. And then just the last thing about this story, I think that people just wanted to bring attention to it because I believe that this is happening in a vacuum. This has been nearly two weeks, and it's not making national news. So a lot of people have been hitting me, my DMs about this story,

and it's making a lot of noise on social media. Wow. Our listen has definitely been calling up talking about it. I do wish we lived in a society where, you know, the electric company would be like, you know what, we're not going to make y'all pay for y'all. electricity building. Especially if I had power for 19. Hell yeah. Because I got to buy new food.

I got to buy new everything. You're absolutely right. Yeah. Well, coming up at 7, Carmelo Anthony is back in court this morning. And this time he's fighting for an entirely new trial. We'll get into that in the next hour. All right. Phone lines are wide open. Get it off your chest. 885.151. Call us up. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. waiting to trust. Everything with me is best.

Call up next. 800585-105-1. Not just me. I'm with the coach of Philly. Hello, who's this? Yo, I'm on? Yeah, you're on, bro. What's your name?

No question is that, man. Oh, what's up, Envy? What's up? Jeff? Hey, Charlemagne. Who's that? What's that? Charlemaine?

I'm legally blind and visually impaired people with hard time. That is not true. But I'm a legally blind basketball coach. Nabi. Oh, yeah, he's tripping. Nabi. tell you. I'm telling you. Google my name. Go look at my story. There's Scubs. I'm from Cincinnati, Ohio. And I coached, I was just on NBC Nightly News not too long ago.

You ever had an opposing players tell you, your team can't see me on the court? Wow. Wow. I have this interesting story. I released the children's book. And I'm working on my next book called The Next Step. So my children's book is called Mama, hit me my basketball. I can't see. So you can purchase it on Amazon. You can purchase it. Anywhere you've been. that book set. Hey, all I typed in was blind basketball coaching, you came right up, my brother. Straight up, Mondez, dead scrubs.

Hey, I'm telling you, man, Salaam. Who's Sheldon guy? Delton, Guy. John Shire. John Shire. He did, I know John Shire did my story. Okay, there you go. So it's a couple people here in Cincinnati that did my story. Charlemagne, I read every book you got.

So hopefully one of my books to be on Black Kid is published. My next book is called the next step. So I was a question. And I just ask a stupid. predictable question. You know what I'm going to ask. Can't, man. Just want to know.

Go ahead, go. Just want to know how. You listen to the audio, you mean. Brew. Oh, gosh. Yeah, I listen to the audio. Just that day, man. And just asking, you know,

you said you read them. I just want to know. That's all. I get it. This guy's great. Thank you, sir. Just wanted to get the awareness out there. Please, if y'all go buy the book,

I have my own 5-01-1-C-3 course that I take over, which we help the community, help the youth, so. I'm about to buy some of your books right now. I'm about to be your books right now. I like these kind of stories. You know why I like these kind of stories?

Because, you know, as much as we might joke or as much as I might joke, some blind people see better than we do. Mm-hmm. I agree. You know? I think somebody, something someone always told me, we can see we just have a different way of seeing. That's right.

And I really agree with that. So if y'all could, go check out my story. Just spread the words, spread the awareness. Google Desk, Scrugs, legally blind basketball coach. People may wonder how I do it, but I can do it. And if you wonder, how can you do it, just try it. Don't limit yourself to nothing. Hey, man.

One day, man, I would love this. I'm not even joking. I would love to sit down and have a conversation with you here on Breakfast Club, because I got a lot of questions. Like, I'm watching you. Like, I didn't know that it says you turned legally blind at 14, so you weren't even born blind. It was something that happened over time.

Yes, it's something just, it's a weird story. I would have to sit down to talk to you. Just walking down the street, I noticed I couldn't see signs, street walks, street lights. That's interesting. My next book is going to tell it all. I got a memoir coming out. called the next step because I just lost my wife two months ago.

Sorry. Yeah. So it's a lot. I just want you all to read the book, man. It's going to be really, really good. Eddie, get his information. We're going to have you as a guest here on Breakfast Club when your next book come up. Oh, my gosh.

Okay. Hold on, brother. I'm dead serious. Yeah. Get it off your chest. 800-585-105-105. One. If you need to vent, call us up right now.

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Call up now. 800 585-105-1. We want to hear from you on the breakfast club. Hello, who's this? Hey, it's Angel. Hey, Angel, good morning. Where are you calling from? I live in L.A.

Okay, what's up, Angel? Get it off your chest. Okay, so I am up because I travel a lot, so my time zones are all messed up right now, so I just got back. But what I'm calling for is I was in Barbados for Carnival. Okay. And I thought y'all were regional.

I couldn't watch y'all while I was out there. And I felt like I was missing something. You couldn't watch us on Netflix and Barbados? No, Netflix? No. They said not. The region was not available. We couldn't even search the Breakfast Club.

Wow. Netflix. Y'all lined us? Oh, God. Y'all told us to be global. I thought it. I thought so. That's why I wanted to figure out because I was like, wait a minute.

I thought I could watch this everywhere. So I can only watch downloaded stuff. You can't watch nothing new. So like the new episodes that was coming out, I couldn't watch. So I'm behind. So you couldn't watch this live on Netflix? Could not watch you live. Not why I was in Barbados.

No. And I want to know because I'm going to Asia next month, is that going to happen again? They say we're on in Asia. So could you watch the show period later on in the day? Only if it was downloaded. Like, I came home for a second, and then I downloaded some episodes, and then I went out of town again, and I was able to watch the downloaded stuff. But nothing new.

Well, we're going to have to fix that, buddy. I'm going to have a white person waving their finger at somebody today. Oh, my goodness. Yes, I was like, let me call him, because I don't think they know. because I know you travel and you be going to the Caribbean I'm like, I don't think he checked it. But I'm like, y'all are my news. So I'm like, I was behind.

I absolutely love how she traveled the world and she loves her dose of breakfast club. Do you see in Mexico? Where is she at? Huh? Do you see it in Mexico? Yeah, they watch in Mexico, y'all. Yeah, it's wherever I am.

I got to catch you out and catch up. And that's hilarious. I love you. Let me just say that. I watch your stories on Instagram because I'm like, I hate the scroll on Instagram. You too. I would also like to say,

I just looked and it says, yes, the daily live radio show and video podcast, The Breakfast Club screams live on Netflix globally, including in Barbados. But it says if you meant the classic 1985 John Hughes, the Breakfast Club movie, availability varies by region. So you might have typed in the Breakfast Club and they might be a movie. No, because what happened was I already had a download episode. You know how you can see more episodes from there? Yes.

When you go there, it disappears. Got you. All right. We'll take a look at that. Thank you, Mama. Don't even worry about it. Thank you. I know how to get the white people's fingers waving.

Oh, my goodness. What's going on? Hey, buddy, what's going on in Barbados? Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning, everyone, though. This is James calling from North Carolina. What's up, James? Get off your chest.

I think James Carl is. I just had a question for the crew, man. Has any of you heard from Stacy since last week? Evie? Every? No, I'm saying. I'm asking, have you? Nah, I haven't.

No, because he'd be hitting you outside of the show? He does not hit me outside the show, but, no, I have not heard from Stacey, though. Why, is something that we should know about? Well, I was asking because, you know, last Friday, Trave gave him a donkey of the day, and I was looking for him to respond, you know. Oh, he responded to that? He did? Yeah, that wasn't Friday?

Because that was, like, earlier in the week. Stacey called in a response. He actually called that day, I think, but he definitely responded to that. No, I think. Oh, I think, oh. I think, yeah, Treve was the last one to say something. No, trapped. I left.

Yeah, trapped at the people's donkey. Yeah. Oh, okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because Trave had called, then Stacy responded to Traves, so maybe that was Trave responding back to Stacy Friday. And Stacy hasn't said anything else. As yet.

Trab gave him donkey. Oh, I was just, yeah, I was just wondering because, you know, it's kind of interesting to see them two go back and forth, you know. Sword fighting. Oh, good. And, uh, Go on, I just saw you walk into the room. Have you, I wanted to ask you, have you ever heard this song by Olivia Dean called,

man I need. Don't Google it. Just ain't no. Absolutely. How does the chorus go? That's okay to me? Is that, that's all? No.

That's just a look at me. Yeah, yeah. Talk to me. Talk to me. Talk to me. Yeah. I have heard that song. Why?

Yeah. Oh, every time I hear that song, you pop up in my head, that's why I was going. It seems like that should be a thing song. Why? Period. I don't know.

It's just, this whole, man. Is that you're not your way of shooting your shot or something? No, no. No, no, no. I'm not shooting my shot. I don't. I don't know all the lyrics off the top. I just know.

It's a fire at the song. Talk to me. Talk to me. It's the same song. I'll listen to it. Thank you. I guess. Good morning.

Get it off your chest. 8005-8-1-105. 105. One. What's up? Lo. We got the latest coming up. Good morning.

We do. We're going to get into a couple different things in the first latest. Mary J. Blige, shut down with Michelle Obama. So she's getting into her decisions and I have kids and just some accountability. She's taking in her life.

GQ Magazine and Drewski. And he's talking about, remember that moment where people thought he ignored. Kendrick Lamar because Drake he's getting into that and Charlomain Radio Hall of Fame on the Today show Here we get it

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I knew if he woke up, without a doubt, he was going to hurt me. I started feeling that there was someone at the end of my bed, and I just started screaming. They are abducted, stalked, controlled, and nearly silenced. But these aren't stories. about what's taken from them. There's stories about what it takes to make it out alive. Listen to the Survivor Files with Elizabeth Smart on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Lauren. I'm the homeguard that knows a little bit about everything and everything. She'd be having the latest on things. You ask the question that need to be answered. On the breakfast club. If little brown girls look at you and go, I want to be like you. L.L. Coopin. Talk to me.

So Mary J. Blige sat down with Miss Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson, who's Michelle Obama's brother for their podcast, in my opinion. And they had a really in-depth conversation. Now, one of the things that they get into, which Mary has talked about a bit before, was Mary J. Blige and her. her decision to not have children. But it sounds like she kind of, not regrets, but there's a thought

process here that I think is changed and we'll talk about it after. Let's take a listen to Mary on not having kids. I found that you were very intentional on not having children of your own. Can you talk about why you chose not to? I saw a lot of people struggling.

I saw a lot of, you know, my family members need babysitters, them not having a choice, you know, no freedom. So when you're younger, those are the words you make, those are the choices you made. I don't want any kids. But then when you get older, you start to see how valuable their teenagers are to them. Their kids are to them.

So now it's like, oh, man. But at the same time, it's like, oh. I heard of say that before, though. Yeah, I've heard her talk about, like, you know, the freedom and like being younger and how it's, you know, you see things and it makes you, but the getting older and now you start to look around. you got people's kids who are, you know, helping them out with things. And, you know what I mean?

Like that thought process changes, I mean, as you get older. But, yeah, so they also get into Mary J. Blige and just a conversation about, like, women choosing themselves in different situations and how she had to learn that. Let's take a listen to Mary on women choosing themselves. What have you learned about life through the loves that you've had or the mistakes that you made? The most important lesson I learned is that you're not going to be able to give away anything you don't have. So if I didn't love myself, I didn't know how to love myself and need those relationships. So how could they ever work? You know, so now that I have this love for myself, it's wonderful. This

relationship with me is the relationship that I work on the most. And so this relationship brings in other good relationships. You know, it makes other people happy because I'm happy. So many years, you're working on yourself to be chosen by someone else. I'm working on myself to be chosen by me. I got to make sure that I can sleep at night before I can sleep with somebody. Exactly. I mean, it's actually that simple. Everybody has to ultimately choose themselves. Your first, last, and best love will always be self-love.

You can't properly love anybody else if you don't truly love yourself. It's really that simple. And, you know, the conversation about having kids, I see a lot of women saying early on that they didn't want kids. And then when they get into their late 40s and early 50s, they regret that decision so much because of the things that you said. Because of when they get older, there's nobody. somebody to help because of that love because of those friend groups shrink right because you have kids and instead of dealing with your friends now it's like i got family now so i say a lot of women dealing with that now that you know they made a decision not to have kids and they regret it a lot i will say though it's the same thing with kids too because you know once kids turn 18 and they go off to college go off to college and live their own lives that's this thing that makes you sad as a parent you realize like damn man my little buddy for the last 18 years that that dynamic is going to change because they're not in the house with me every day now they got to go out there and you know live their own lives. So it's the same thing.

But then when they get through college and they start their lives and you age and you need that person to pick with the phone and call, they're there. You have that option once they decide to get into that more nurturing thing. Because it's like the timetables change a bit. Like the kid starts taking care of the parent

and the parent is like, it just changes. I forgot what the study was, but I remember reading this study that says the most time you're going to spend with your child is from the time they're a baby to the age of 18 or whatever. Because once they leave the house and go out and live their life, they got lives now. You're not going to see them that much.

It's so crazy. That's how, oh, my God, that's how my parents describe me. I love that. I love them. I'm like, you was out. Yeah, man. And I think about it now that I'm in my 30s. I'm like, damn, I wish I could hang with my mom.

I wish I could hang with my dad. But you know what? That's why I love when my kids want to go out with me, right? When I go to these functions and my kids, like, yo, I'm coming with dad. Like, Fat Joe's birthday party of the other night. Both my kids kids love to hang with dad. Yeah, so I enjoy every bit of that. You know, because it's going to get to a birthday.

Point in him like, nah, dad, I'm good. That's real. But you're the cool dad, though, Envy. Like, it's a little different. They probably... I saw Kiki Pomer. She was talking with Amy Paula and she was talking about how her son

doesn't think she's cool. And I heard a lot of parents talk about that, but I think if you're the cool parent, they want to be up under you a little bit more. Her son, too. What do you mean? I don't know. But she says that her son don't think that she's cool.

Now my kids love hanging out with them. You just learn to wash your ass, right? Oh, yeah, because they see the headlines and stuff like that. Yeah, they didn't even know until he opened his mouth and said it. That has to be embarrassing, though, when he see the headlines. Then they got to confront you about it.

My family has jokes. You think this room has jokes? We have jokes all day. I'm just imagine coming up to one of Jackson in school. And he's like, your dad doesn't wash his ass, does it? You know what I mean? Just like, yeah. But then you got little Logan, big Logan, you know, thanking Jalen Brunton for his meat.

So it's like, you know, I think Jalen Brunson's daddy for his meat. He didn't thank Jalen for his meat. He said, thank you for his dad for him. If you were a Knicks fan, you would understand. And that's what most Knicks fan were doing. We're thanking Rick Brunson for having Jailen. So you don't think that sound crazy? No, it doesn't.

Does not at all. Thanks for making the New York Nick that won to help us win. Thank you for your meet. The championship. Thank you for your name. Just let him go. Just let him go. Your New York made a New York Nick.

Thank you for your meet. Like, imagine how many people want to meet. Mercy. This is, he's, he doesn't understand. I was talking with Charlotte. Happy National Radio Day, but y'all, we just, we're in the meet. Damn, you can continue that.

I was. Yesterday, Charlemagne was on the Today Show. And y'all talked about it a bit this morning, but they were talking about him being Radio Royal TV at the clip. Let's take a listen. Okay, we have Radio Royalty in the house. You like that, Radio Royalty? Well, first of all, thank you, Jen and Chanel, for having me.

But it is a wonderful time, and I love being introduced his radio royalty because, you know, radio is the tree that all this other fruit, you know, grew on. If it wasn't for the roots that I planned it in radio, I wouldn't be sitting here with y'all right now. I love that. Yeah, so as a part of National Radio Day, they encourage people to get online and talk about,

your favorite radio shows, but also to share some of your favorite moments from radio. So we have a photo of Envy Charlemagne and Jess from, I think this is the first time you were here on the breakfast club. In the black? Yeah. I'm like, hold on, you just can't be eight. Yeah.

Damn, okay, that's what I'm right. Yeah, so we have a... You know what's crazy, I remember that day, but I remember thinking, damn, I wonder if Jess going to even come. I wonder if she's going to even show up. Why? I was thinking that. Oh, wow. I don't know. Damn.

That was your reputation back. And now I work with you I'm like I still think that every morning dang Now Jess should just show up She'd just be a little late But she'll show her

She shows her Who would have thought Jess though right? It's been a long journey So we're to all the listeners out there We really appreciate you You guys been riding us for what

15, 16 years As the Breakfast Club And from the ups to downs The left to right To crazy guests To us evolving The crazy moments with y'all Us evolving

I want to thank all the listeners For the listeners meet man Drop on the cool buns For the listeners meet Inby, your face looks different here. Same face. No. He's a little younger.

I just have a beard. No, you look like a young job and cheek fillers. Is it the weight or is it? A no job and cheek fill? You do not look different. It's just the beard. He looks younger now. Oh my God.

It's just the beard. Envy looks younger now. Let me see. No, it's not. It's no surgery. This photo that I have of Jeff Charlamana, NB, we will post to the Breakfast Club's Instagram. It's not already posted. It's just the beard.

And I had a little more weight. This is before I was riding my bike and all that other stuff. You don't bring no dang bite now. No, I don't do it. Is that before the nose surgery? No, I don't have no surgery. You didn't have a nose surgery? No, they removed polyps from inside my nose.

There was no nose surgery. It's the same damn nose. That's what Michael Jackson said to you. Exactly. You know what I mean? The same nose. No, he came to the house and Joe was like, come here, boy, what happened? In the movie?

It's the same nose. It's my allergies. It's my polyps. No, it's my polyps. They didn't touch my nose. They removed the polyps from inside the nose. Okay. Look at the nose.

You can look at them. Well, all right. We're going in this latest. Oh, my goodness. And this latest was brought to you by LifeLock. Your name is attached to everything you've built. And if you get your identity stolen, what then your bay can only do so much. LifeLock is who you can trust to protect your identity.

Get LifeLock at LifeLock.com and use promo code breakfast for up to 30% off your first year. Now, when we come back, we got front page news. And don't forget Rhapsody will be joining us. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ and me. Jess Salarious.

Solomon and the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. What's up, Mimi? Good morning, everyone. How y'all doing this morning? Good. Bees to Mission Brown from Howard University.

He's so funny. Okay, so we start this hour in Texas where Carmelo Anthony is back in court this morning. This time, he's fighting for an entirely new trial. So when that hearing begins today, there will be a new judge on the bench. That's because yesterday, Carmelo's attorneys, they scored a major legal victory when Judge John Roach, the judge who presided over his initial trial was removed from all post-trial proceedings. Now, Carmelah's new attorney, they argue that Roach could no longer appear neutral because after the trial was over, he gave a television interview where he publicly defended how he

handled the case. Let's remind ourselves of what he said. Did the jury get it right? Yeah, they did. You know, why? Because they were picked based upon the law. They listened to the facts that happened here in this very courtroom. and they got a verdict. So the defense argued that that created a problem. The same judge who publicly said that the trial was handled correctly would now be deciding whether serious mistakes could have been made and which would require a new trial.

But prosecutors, they pushed back. They said Roach did nothing wrong and he could still be fair. Now, the judge deciding the issue, he actually agreed. He said that he believed that Roach could be fair, but he also said that that was the only test, here's legal expert Todd Shapiro explaining exactly what the judgment. It was more an idea that giving the interview after the fact made an outsider or a reasonable third party look at the process and think it could have been not as fair and impartial as the law requires. Yeah, so now the case will move to retired judge, Kaufman County Judge

Michael Chitty, who has been appointed to preside over today's hearing. It will decide if he will decide if Carmelo will get a new trial. As you recall, back in June, he was sentenced to 35 years for the killing of Austin Metcalf. So that conviction still stands, but we will hear and I will report back on, you know, the findings of today's trial. So we will continue to watch, we will continue to watch that. And also, there's a New York family that is desperately searching for their 60-year-old grandmother who disappeared while visiting Las Vegas. Have you guys heard about this story? No.

Yeah, so they say that she went to Las Vegas to visit a friend and now she's missing. And they say someone may be pretending to be her. So her name is Alyssa Goods. She's from Brooklyn and she's been missing since August 8th. Her family says she was staying with a friend in Las Vegas when she left the house to go to CBS. She never came back. Then days later, her family, they started getting strange text messages from her phone. They said that a person claiming to be her said that she didn't have her bank

and that she needed them to send her money but via Bitcoin. The family, of course, they became suspicious, and they reached out to the Las Vegas Police Department who said that because she is considered a missing adult, they don't think her case is a priority. Let's listen to her niece. Reaching out to the detective only for her to tell me, my aunt wasn't a priority?

How could a person go missing in your city while visiting on vacation and she not be a priority? We want to find her. We want to find her well and live. We want her home. It's been 10 days. It's been 10 days. Where is she?

So how long does it don't have to be missing in order for somebody to report? Yeah. That's the question. Is it the same as what, like 48 hours? I thought it was 48 hours too. But the sad thing about that is usually when they do it fast, you can find a person faster, right? Because they can check the phone system and check the bings on the phone when, you know, to see where the phone is actually being used

and all that other stuff. But after six, seven days of no reply, they don't toss that phone in the ocean, or whatever it is. Much much harder to find a person. Yeah, that's very sad. It's very, very sad. And now her family has flown from New York to Vegas and they

are, you know, meeting with police, putting up flyers and they're just trying to find her. They said that the investigation is not moving fast enough. Los Vegas PD says, based on their investigation, it doesn't seem like a priority, we don't have any information exactly what they're basing that off of. So we will continue to watch that.

And lastly, this morning in Detroit, we're going to Detroit where perfect attendance may come with a paycheck. So Detroit public schools, they say that they are now paying high school students $100 a week if they don't miss a day of school. So the program runs for 10 weeks from January to March, meaning students can earn up to $1,000 just for showing up every day. the money will go to an electronic visa gift card and it's part of an effort to improve attendance. So for 10 weeks this winter, showing up to school could literally pay off.

I'm not mad at that. I know some people will be like, oh, you shouldn't reward folks for what they're supposed to do. But I mean, listen, growing up, we always had some type of incentive. You know, whether it was the bucket program. I remember no incentive for attendance. No, there was incentives. No, there was. If you went to school every day, they gave you.

It wasn't a gold star. It wasn't a thousand dollars. something real small. It might have been like a pizza party or a coloring book or something type of little toy but it wasn't a thousand dollars. Yeah, pizza party. I think it was a pizza party. Listen, cash is king.

I'm not mad at it. Get these kids some incentive, you know, to show up. I'm not mad at it. Anything to get them to come to school, man, and actually participate in learning. Yeah, exactly. All right, y'all, well, that is your front page. Make sure you tune into my podcast.

We're going to talk more about what's going on in Gary, Indiana. You did an interview with the mayor, right? I did. I did an interview with the mayor. We're going to put some on social media, but the rest is going to be on the podcast. It was really interesting and a lot of good information for those who made resources. That you played it in the first hour. I know she played it in the first hour, you dummy. But I'm saying I know she did a full interview with the man.

She only played a part of it in the first hour. Yeah. What the hell is wrong with you? Oh my God. Calm down. Today's national radio day and he acts like he don't know how this work. The full interview is on Mimi Brown's podcast, front page news, what you can find on the Black Effect podcast. You did an interview with the mayor, right?

Yes. She did she played the audience. Hold on the way. a minute and also Envy, because you've been doing radio a long time, you know there's a lot of new people that joined us that didn't listen last hour. We'll say that. We'll say that. Act like you do this. He sounds surprised.

You did it. No, yeah, don't she? Did she play the audio crazy? Act like you do this. I do. Okay, sir. All right. Well, thank you, Mimi.

Thank you. All right. Now, when we come back, Rapsie, we'll be joining us. A new album, God God, God, Aftro, and Gold Hoops comes out tomorrow. And we're going to talk to her this morning and play some joints off the album. So don't go anywhere as the breakfast club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

DJ NV, just hilarious. Shalameen the guy. We are the breakfast club. Lawlerosa is here as well. We got a special guest in the building. Ladies and gentlemen, Rhapsody. Big rap. Good, good.

Welcome back. I ain't no special guest on family. How you feeling? Cousin is here. I'm good. Good. So good. New album, God, God, got an Afro, and gold hoops.

Yes. Break that title down. Man, I took a trip to Ghana before I went to Joe Berg to record the album. And we were up one morning going to see the Ashanti tribe, right? And they're playing this white Westernized gospel music.

And I'm like, why am I listening to this in Africa? And the station after station, it just made me think, like, man, even in the continent, spirituality and the sound of that, and religion is co-opted. And I thought about America. Like, you know, we're here in America, and Jesus is painted as white. And it's like, man, books are being banned, and DEI's going away. And they're whitewashing and rewriting history. So I was like, yo, like, we have to tell our stories.

We've got to preserve our stories and our truth. So the first thing is, like, don't forget. to see God in yourself. God, like, you can't comprehend God in our reality. Genderless, formless, shapeless, raceless, but, you know, you got to see God in all things. And, and don't let them say black people aren't in the image of God either. So that was it. The title pairs, it rings, well, hoops with the afro. What's the significance behind that? Man, um, I'm a woman, so it's like, you know, it's for everybody else. But like, when I look in the mirror, I got to see God of myself, too. At the time, I had just cut my hair. I was growing the fro. I loved

gold hoops. I was just like, you know, and we don't talk about women in that light enough. So it was like the end gold hoops is important, you know, so that was it. It was just like, that's how I see myself. And that's pink blackness. That's ultra black. Yeah, it's super black. I'm black ninja. You know, what I think of please don't cry, right?

Like, please don't cry, felt like you was taking a lot of armor off. I was getting naked for the world, for sure. God got an afro and gold hoops feels like you putting something back on. You said it exactly how I said. And that's why when I asked you about the title, it makes a lot of because it feels like you're putting back on identity. Exactly. I got to take off what society, family, religion, and everybody put on me.

I got naked. But now I get to redress myself, you know? What did you rediscover about yourself between those two? Man, I think the one thing is like affirming and validating yourself. Like, you're enough. You don't have to try to fit in any boxes or be any one thing. And you can love blackness and be black. and it's okay

like there's space for it like I just stopped trying to chase things validation billboard hits what were you chasing I don't feel like Rhapsody ever chases that like Rhapsody In a way Rhaps like it's an artist

I never I wasn't looking at your sign for nothing I was focused To chase validation I never got that from Rhapsody I'm either I maybe not in a sense like everybody else does

where it's like something's trendy like let me be with everybody else mine was like when I was growing up and what I thought validation and success like, especially in his business. You know, it was awards. It was, you know, Billboard hits the best of the best

or the best. We're sitting in those seats. It's really not like that. You can sit there and you don't have to be the best of the best. I have the best music. So, you know, that was the disconnect. I'm like, yo, if I want to be the best of the best, this is to what Lauren and Queen Latifah and Missy Elliott and Jay and Nas and all these people,

they hit these markers. Like, I got to hit those markers, you know. But it's all an illusion is what I found out. So, you know, you just walk your walk. And that's it. Whoever come along, they come along. I love that you start the album off with the intro piece God. Because I don't know what it was about the intro.

It felt like a reminder. Like, it was almost like, oh, shoot. Just in case you forgot, you know. Yeah, yeah, that's like, I wrote it like, I wrote this album like it was a book and it got banned. You know, and somebody found it 100,000 years later, you know, 110. It could be 10 years later, but they just found it in the future. And it's like, first thing I need you. to know is like God.

Again, like, you gotta start with God. And that's why it's like, peace God. It's like 5% of you be on the street. Peace, God. Like, you know, again, see God in yourself. You know, your genius, your strength, your power, your intelligence, all those things. Like, yeah. Do you feel like those three albums, these three albums, Eve, please don't cry.

Now God got an Afron Goldhoops. Is that like a trilogy? It's like womanhood, selfhood and now like Godhood. I couldn't have made this album without Please Don't Cry, but to me the trilogy is Eve, God, God, the Afro, and then the next one would probably be Adam. Yeah, those are the three. Please Don't Cry.

Maybe that was the bridge. Is Adam done already? Because it seems like it's done on your mind already. I have about 80 songs for that album. When we did, Please Don't Cry, I wanted to drop three albums back to back. But, you know, I'm a different person. Huh? I thought you were supposed to be doing that with somebody.

With Adam. MCLike going to come. call me out because of the huh. Nah. I'm thinking about maybe doing it with Mad Live, because we still got a project that's in the works. But I don't know. I'm seeing it through.

Who was it that tour? Oh, that was Erica. That's what Eric said that she's doing an album with an artist, a male rapper. Oh, she did say that. Yeah. Yeah. One of the songs you got your Erica by Duon, Apple Juice.

I got my DeAngelo on. That was my DeAngelo. It was DeAngelo. I mean, we sampled one more gang on voodoo. And when I was writing it, I had wrote like three or four rap verses, but it just didn't feel right. You know, I'm always working on becoming a better artist and growing. So I was like, man, like, let's really go up in songwriting.

Like, how would DeAngelo approach this? You know, what would he say, like, the king of talking about black love, you know? So, yeah. How do you lock in? Like, what is your process when you were creating an album, right? Like, because I know you said this came to you, you know, and this album came to you while you in Johannesburg and the support of playing, you know, arranging the drums and things like that.

But like, how do you, where does your inspiration come from? Like, what does Rhapsody create a body of work? What do you mean? What inspires you? Um, my albums are always snapshots of my life. So whatever I'm going through, that's, that's what you're going to get, like, that portion. Like, please don't cry. I was going through a healing phase.

I told you, I just got out of a relationship. I was feeling it. Please don't cry. It's like a return to self. You know, so at that time, like, I'm rereading my favorite book, No Disrespect by Sister Soldier. And, you know, that's talking about the relationship between black and African men and women. So I'm inspired by that.

I'm in D.C. visiting my friends. I have a good friend named Timothy Ann that works at the Smithsonian of Black American history and culture. And she's like, yo, come see this Afro-Futuristic exhibit we got. So I'm just looking at that. And I'm like, I never really dived in deep to Afro-Futuris. So I'm listening to SunRah, you know, and, you know, I'm learning about that. It's just, that's, like, so that's what I'm putting into the music and the world that we're living in, right?

Like, we're living in a world that's very challenging, you know, especially for people of color, black and brown. So, you know, I'm taking that in, but at the same time, like, you know us, like, we knew it was going to be a ride, but we always, we built for it. Like, we've been doing it, so we know how to have joy in it. So I'm still, you know, figuring out what joy looks for me. Like I'm intentionally going out and spending more time with friends because I'm a studio rat. But I'm like, you know, to make music, you got to live.

Yeah. So, you know, I'm getting on a plane and going to see my friends and it's not so much about work. It's like we live in life. You know, we have a house parties. We're dancing. We're traveling. I'm going to Brazil. Like, whatever it is, I just went.

You know, I didn't, sometimes I would go by myself. I travel myself a lot. That's what this album is. Like, I'm just taking all those things and putting into the music. music, even the last song, Act 2, Bloodline, Growing Older. I'm at home and my mom got construction paper on the floor and she's like, I'm putting rails in the shower because we're getting older and I want to prepare and I'm just like, wow, you know, like, we're in the studio and I said, yo, Danan, like, you remember the point

where you walked in the house and you realize your parents got older? Oh my God, it's such a crazy feeling. Yeah, like I walked in and I said, oh, man, it's felt like old people in here, you know, like, you know, so it's everything that I'm living and experience, that's what I'm writing. Pick aside is another dope record right like what are you no longer willing to be neutral about when you say pick aside what is oh man um my integrity i can't compromise that for anybody for anything for no amount of money that was the first thing um ninth one then guru told me before i ever did anything they were like know your line know what line that you won't cross no if they came

and put a million dollar check like and they asked you to do something that was cross your line you taking the check like nah you know so i had to def i was the first i was a first first thing I had to define I've always moved toward that line so is that like my integrity my honor like code you know not necessarily loyalty because you could be loyal to a fault you know but

integrity for sure I saw you I saw you talk about on the effective immediately about us protecting the head and Gina views about protecting the art form of hip hop and who we sit down with and what you just said made me think about that you talked about how people like a DJ Vlad

no jumper they like sully hip hop in the conversation and why are we giving people that don't do it justice those interviews and those conversations? Yeah, like, baby Sam, what's up? Baby Sam was talking, you know, we're talking about early, like, we have to

tell our stories. That's exactly what she said. Like, we have to be the ones to tell our story and protect our story because if not, other people would do it for you. And you can't let that sit in everybody's hands, you know, especially in this day and age, everything is clickbait. What can I get from your story? You know, like, people live hard lives,

It may be entertainment for some, and it may be funny, but at the same time, it's real life. And what are you doing it? How are you using that story? You know, like, this is be weird to me. Like, mad weird. And I'm just like, there's so many platforms like this one. Rob Markman, you know, people, yeah, like, people, Toray, people that really care about the culture. And we live it.

We live it together. So, you know, they protect it in a certain way. I just think, like, you know, do what you do. But I think it's something to stop and think about. Are the platforms like glad them to blame them? Like if these guys go up there and tell all of them. Yeah, I mean. I say these things, you know.

I get it. Like, everybody has free will. But at the same time, like, people, it's enticing. You know, you feel like, again, what am I chasing? You know what I'm saying? Like, what am I looking for to get from this? Like, it's something that really is going to be good for me. So, you know, like, it's just a crazy world to find your way through it, you know.

And some people don't make it any easier. That's all. That's how I look at it. Do you look at that because they're a white boy suit because you name Jumpoor. No, because there's some skin folk and they're not Ken folk too. But sure. I ain't saying no names because I don't like to get people that kind of like

yeah, it's just who you are. And like, how do you show up for the culture, you know, for artists, real journalism? I also think that some of these artists aren't skilled enough to say what they want to say in their music. That's true. So they've got to get on a podcast.

Yeah, ain't nothing wrong with podcasts. I'm just like, there are many. a lot of podcasts. It's just like, I just, I just watch, man. I'm just like, that feels weird. How much pressure is it not, because you say on the album, I can't remember the exact line, but it was like, should I, if I show some f***es of popping up,

yeah. How much pressure is that for an artist, especially a woman artist? I mean, I necessarily can't speak for anybody's experience. I can see how it can be, like, really challenging. Like, I have challenges myself and frustrations, but mine is not. never like, I'm gonna go do this.

It's just like, man, you just got to buck up or just go do something else. You know, like, those are the thoughts that rent through my head. But I can see how some artists, like, they want success or what they think is deemed successful. And it's just like nothing else is working. So let me just pop a little, you know, because that's what, that's all I see.

You know, like, on a mainstream level, that's a lot of what you see. There aren't too many other stories told. And ain't nothing wrong with it. Again, if it's, yo, I love Little Kim. like how she came out. I just felt like that's who she is. I love Cardi. Cardi came with the strip club, so like, Cardi's just telling her story. But I don't think those stories are everybody's story, and it seems that way to reach a certain

level of success in the world. Like, I've talked to some artists, and they're like, yo, like, I really like what you do, and I'd be wanting to do something in that world. But, you know, like, you know. My hair's too fast. Yeah. that they try to get you to cross that you never make a record that sounds like this do something that put you in this is that one of those lines that you talk about that you're not crossing you do it from the heart no that's a measure for everybody else that happened to me like very very early in my career like very very early I'm doing like the first records I'm looking for guidance somebody I had just gotten off foot action I had my foot action gear on and eight with action yeah hey no I don't think I don't know if not it's It's sparingly, but I walked in and they ain't even say, like, what's up? How was your day? It was just like, I see what we could do with you, put some heels on a skirt. I was like, yeah.

I see what we can do with you. It's crazy. But, no, I haven't had that, you know, not from anybody. Yeah, you see it online. I see comments. Like, yo, like, man, ain't nobody going to listen to you. Like, you ain't sexy. You don't show no ass, you know.

Like, some of the world thinks that. You know, because, again, that's all they see is what they think success is. But you can have a beautiful career and not be plastered all over TV. Like, you can have a very healthy, wealthy life and not be famous. I also understand why we think that when the bars that have been set didn't do that. Lauren Hill didn't do that. Exactly. Empty White didn't do that.

Like, Missy didn't do that. Yeah. And that makes you think, like, what happened, you know. These are just questions. This is what the album is. I just wanted to start conversations. And like, what happened at it turn the ties? You know what I'm saying?

Like, is there another play? Like, what's going on? Who's controlling the images? But your messaging don't even match. Like, y'all's messaging don't even match that type of image. You know what I mean? To come out and, you know, you got some. Stuck that d'i-thes-thole like, what is it?

Why? You know what I mean? It has a place. It does have a place. It does have a place. It's what I'm saying. If you're going to say that, you can't come in, wait, dressing like, no, you got to be showing.

some throat, some ass, some all that. If you're going, you know, not necessarily. Because, like, Jill Scott doesn't just walk around with her body out, but, like, she talks about that. She gets crazy. But it's a certain way she kicked it to you, though. I think that's the thing. It's a certain jizz about it, though. They're not just strings.

I think it's an appeal. It's, like, kind of like when it's, like, in you, not on you. Like, it's, like, you meet Jill Scott, and it's like, okay. Yeah. Like, you're not listening to her talk about sex and like, oh, my God. Please turn this off. No, it's effortless with, like there's just an appeal that she has that comes through. I think everybody has a unique experience in a way they tell their life.

You know, like we all have sex. We all do all these things. And it's like, but how do you express it? And a lot of the expression of it is the same. You know what I'm saying? Like, everybody having a human experience. And I just think that's what it was. Ninth used to tell me, like, people either want to be you or they want to f***.

You know, the guy's got to want to want to. you and the girls got one to be. So you get the fat asses, you get the tinnies that sit up. Like, you know, it's like, damn, I dream of a body like that. And, you know, so I don't, I don't know. Like, I think there's space for everything, you know. Like, you can do a lyric like that and dress like this. You can.

Like, I think that's what makes it cool for some people. It's like, okay, you talk of that talk, but you look different. You know, it's just like, how are you telling your story? That's uniquely to you, you know. Everybody's telling it like Little Kim now. Like, shout out The little Kim, like, hats off. Like, one of the most influential

artists ever. Like, if you look, that's her blueprint all over, you know. But I'm sure she's like, yo, I'm just me. Like, how are you going to be you? But she still had cold-ass bars. Exactly. Everything wasn't about sex. Bang.

I know. Still talking real shit. Like, I'm with you. Rolling with n-hs can spit with n-n- Yeah. I want to hear everything about life. Not only what you do in the bedroom, how your morning go, how your weekend,

As the lyric says, what keeps you sharp, right? I remember Bleak's been up here recently. He used to say that he used to go in the studio. And everybody in the studio, it made him want to make him want to write, right? Jay is over here and Beanie's over here. To make sure that you're sharp and so nice with it, what keeps you going? I love it that much, you know. And, too, like, I want to always keep growing and getting better.

So, you know, I'm always listening to that. Who's new, who's fresh, like, you know, even my peers. Like, it's just healthy competition. Because you talk about the clickish Is it at time now Where you can go in the studio And everybody's just spitting bars Whether wherever they go

That's why I love what Naila does With the newer artists Like they go in there together And it's like That's how I came up That like you throw it To the pack You know like

They just fit and survive I want to get back to that You know like now when I go to studio It's just me to engineer It's small circle There need too many people in there But yeah When you get in with like other artists

It's like, it's love at the same time. It's like, hold on a minute. You need you about to get me today. Like, I still got that fire in me, you know? Like, I think it makes for great music, and it makes everybody better when everybody's, like, trying to be the best that they could be. But abandon me. Yeah.

Who made you understand the difference between being alone and being abandoned? Wow. What a question. Who made me realize the difference between being alone and abandoned? I'd probably say that was that 20-20 relationship. I did the most growth from that. And even learning, like, being alone is not really being alone. Like, you may physically be alone, but that doesn't mean you're alone.

Yeah, like 2020, that last relationship, it made me look at myself. It made me look at past relationships, how I was showing up, how showing up for other people and yourself looks, you know, what genuine love looks like. I mean, I'm not going to go into depth. But, yeah, just that part of life. You know, like you're sitting in your room and you're trying to figure out, like, what's wrong with me? There ain't nothing wrong with you. Nobody really left you.

They just chose happiness for themselves. That doesn't mean you were abandoned. You know, you got to learn from the situation. So it was that, you know. And, too, like, that song, I wrote it more from somebody saying that I abandoned them. Well, really, I chose myself. I chose happiness. I chose peace.

And you still try to maintain a friendship and they want more than that. I'm not abandoning you. I'm just choosing myself, you know, and that's just what it is. Yeah. Was that the, was that the relation, following that, or I guess, and when you did that 3 a.m. conversation with Erica, I do, were you referencing that same relationship? Yeah. Oh, okay.

So, okay, it makes sense because you were talking, y'all were talking a bit about, like, walking away, understanding your own boundaries. Like, there was, like, a shadow work conversation there as well, too. And I saw from the beginning of the conversation to the end, just the turning point you even had while sitting and talking to her. about the different things that you were understanding because she was giving you such a different perspective yeah especially the one um i think i said something like yo when you show up with love and somebody loves you like why would they treat you bad you know what i'm saying like and she was

like i would you be like would you be i wouldn't why would you do that like if you love somebody why do you take advantage of them just because they're giving of you like and she was like you got to learn boundaries, you know, and that was one of the biggest aha moments. I was like, okay, I still wouldn't, though. You know, that's just me, but I understand the point that she was making. That boundaries are so important,

and that was another aha, like, to his point, like, yeah, like you've got to put up boundaries and choose yourself, but if you continue to give and give, then people are going to take and take. And how difficult was that? Like, you're saying, you travel by yourself, you do things by yourself more.

How difficult is that? Because I, I don't do nothing by myself. Like, it's very rare that I do. Maybe because I got six kids. I heard about that. You did? That made it to your algorithm? You're like disturbing people's peace. Evie, they hiking your leg up like a baby. Life it!

I ain't going to do you. I love you, Evie. Oh, my God. Back to you. Being by itself. How difficult was that? In the beginning it was, now it's easy. What was the thing? Difficult in the beginning. Yeah, I didn't know how to be by myself.

You know, like, you feel so much of your time and space where you don't have to feel and hear things. Like, I come from a very big family. I'm one of five, but my immediate family, I got 80 first cousins or something like that, like friends, like always in the studio. Like, you know, you got people and things just always, when you by yourself, you hear everything, you feel everything, you got to sit with yourself. If you could do that work, they say, like, you don't.

don't really know how to love until you could be by yourself and learn to love yourself. So it's really easy for me now. Like, I enjoy time with myself. You know, I enjoy sitting in the quiet and just auditing and being with me. That's easy for me. Same. I was listening to Oprah on Kiki Palmer podcast. Yeah.

And Oprah was talking about how she liked to be alone. And she said, I'm not by myself. I'm with myself. That's a my question too, boy. That's right. You know, I love my friends, but I'll tell her. I'll be like, I need some time. Oh, yeah.

I love you, but I need to be by myself. Like, that's something I require. You wouldn't got malice for black love. Yeah, shout out the Rock Nation, man. Luke the Rock Nation. They A&R that one. He does not. So let me work there.

Yeah, that's, you know. That's my co-work. That's my coworker. That's a co-worker. He's an intern. Yeah, yeah. He just show up. What is the hardest part about black love that we don't romanticize enough, though?

I think having empathy, right? And I learned that by rereading Sister Soldiers book, No Disrespect. She has a part where, so it goes through her life. Like, again, her relationship with men, whether it be her father, her mother's boyfriends, her first relationships, like going from the suburbs and going into the projects. She's learning about everything that's been done from slavery. to systematic racism, all the things that have affected the family unit,

the black family unit, our relationship as men and women with each other. And she has a bar, she was like, I'm not afraid of my people, I don't judge my people. I know my people, but I love my people. And it makes you, you have empathy. Like, again, everybody's walking experience is different, you know.

So, you know, you may see somebody, be like, why they act like that? And da-da-da-da, like, they're experiencing, and what they had to go through is so different and it takes time to find their way through it. You know, she talks about working in the welfare system and it's this one hotel in New York and there's kids there and they're seeing drugs

and some of them being raped and some of them molested. Some of them can't eat. They go to school systems that are undefunded and you've got all these things and you expect somebody to come out okay. That's the empathy of it. And that's just one building with hundreds of people and then you've got all of these buildings in New York

and then you think about all over the country. country, all over the world. You sit back and you're like, I got to have empathy. I can't judge my people because everybody has a different experience and their timing and how they get through it even if they're lucky enough to

get through. It's going to be different. You know, so you learn to be a light and to be a source for your people. Let's play something off the album. What you want to hear? Ooh. Let's do pick a sigh. Who's that? Amanda

Reifera. Amanda Reifera. Man, she's from Barbados. Kendrick, she did something on Kendrick. I can't remember which project it was. But she's, she got flavor. She's gifted. She could write.

She can sing. She can rap. She does all her own creative video. She makes her own clothes, you know, red carpets. You know, she's like, I don't like to compare people, but she gives you the energy of, like, Rihanna, but she's her own artist. Like, Amanda's cold. Let's get into it right now.

Let's pick aside. It might be related. I'm looking at the forehead. right now. You still have a bad. Come on a bro. Damn.

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content. You ask the question that need to be answered. On the breakfast club. If little brown girls look at you and go, I want to be like you. L.L. Cubey, talk to me. All right, you guys. So, for those of you guys who don't know, but I'm sure you've been seeing some of the headlines, the Tupac, the murder trial, is in court

starting this week. It started Monday. I've been seeing that anymore. All these years later. It's like 30-some years later, right? By the way, who the hell? That's why I believe in Divine Alignment, right? Because it's the 30-year anniversary of Tupac. passing and now all of a sudden we're getting a murder trial all this information yeah after 30 years but it's it's crazy because my kids are asking me about it because

they're seeing it more and more more all over the place what are your kids asking you about it like specifically just like what like what happened know who Tupac is so you know they be like who killed Tupac why you know they ask those type of questions because they're starting to hear his music more and more and like some of his music like changes and yeah they listen to okay yes well so they are in court as of now for the the in trial for the murder of Tupac. Now, there are a bunch of different witnesses that have been taking the stand.

You know, their conversation is around Keefei D. Who is a person who at the time was accused of being involved and responsible for the murder. And all of this is, a lot of this is stemming from an interview that he did in a book that he wrote where he talked about some things that led back into a big investigation. Now, yesterday, they were in court and the family has been in court since this trial has started. And there was reports of a shooting outside of the courthouse.

and the way that it was being reported, you would have thought that the shooting has something to do with the courthouse or the... Like, things were kind of being twisted together the wrong way. I got a rep from the family that I spoke to yesterday who really wanted us to clear things up because there were so many people that were reaching out to them just making sure everybody was okay because you hear about the case,

you hear about everything that has happened to the family and now you hear about the shooting, so people were scared. So the statement I got yesterday, they want people to know that they appreciate the concern from everybody, but from their understanding, that shooting was totally unrelated to the trial, but it was very disturbing for them nonetheless.

The family was already out of the courthouse. They were headed to lunch. They were safe. They were able to go back into the courthouse in return for the rest of the testimony, but they say they'd send much love, you know, this source of course family said that they send much love to everybody who checked in on them. I just wanted to clear that up.

I'll tell you something else. I found out was very interesting in that case. And salute to Laura Coates. She's been doing a fantastic job on this, dropping a clue on the law of Lord Coates on CNN. But they said when Tupac got shot and he was an ambulance there was an officer that testified he asked him who shot him and Tupac was like

no will take care of it. I didn't even know Tupac was still responsive after he got shot. I've never heard that story ever in life. And then I saw one of Tupac's cousins on CNN and he said I never heard that either. Yeah. Yeah there's a... And that shooting you talked about outside of the room, I didn't hear nothing

about that shooting but there was just so much in that case. I think that there's a lot coming up, but also too, there's a story that Shug Knight, there's a lot of like old stories that's coming up. There's story that Shug Knight told about Um, many stories will be old Lauren. No, I'm saying it's coming back. Yeah, of course, but they're coming back up. There was a story that Shugnight

told, I saw TMZ do it yesterday and a few other people and they didn't, the rep, or the source close to family didn't have any comment on this, but it was something about when Tupac was cremated, how there was like, they smoked his ashes. Yeah, but. They've been heard that story. Yeah, but the- thing they smoked them. That's why it's circulating again because a lot of people don't know these stories.

The outlaws have always told that story. A lot of people don't know these stories, Charlebe. Evie, did you know that story? I didn't. I've heard it, but I thought it was just BS. Like, I didn't think somebody actually smoked his ashes. Yeah. So, I've heard, I've heard people say that Tupac's mom had told the story as well, too.

I don't know how valid that is, but from what I know, they cremated him, and then some of his ashes, they used and they rolled to smoke in, like, kind of like almost like a ceremony to honor him. But Shug Knight told his side of it, and he was different, though. That's a little weird too I can honor somebody There's so many stories around this Shug Knight is saying that that he That it was done just as kind of like

To celebrate his life And that he specifically told Tupac's mom that he could not participate Because he wasn't smoking at the time He said that in a song He was like a last wish Last wish I want my niggas to smoke my ashes Or something like that

That wasn't a record That's why the outlaws did it Yeah a lot of people didn't know These stories Charlie So they're picking You got three to I'm not saying a lot of people Didn't know

but a lot of people did know as well. Rule it 10 people. Yes. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

Three people don't. Don't even know. You got the numbers right. That's right. That's right. What else they said in Dernacle case? Black Jesus. That was the name of the song with Tupac.

That was his request. Smoke my ashes. They brought up Diddy again as well, too. I don't know if you guys knew. This is an old story. I know this old story, but people were saying that he was supposed to be responsible for a payment or something that was going to go to Keefidi

and a few other people. there was a testimony about that this week as well. Also seeing something, they said, the ex-bodyguard was on the stand and said, like something to the fact that I know what happened, but I can't see another man go to jail. I changed my life. I was Bob James.

By the way, this is just one long Vlad TV interview. Okay, you've been watching Vlad TV over the last 20-plus years. You've heard every single one of these stories. Mob James has been on Black TV a million times. KeeFeed has been on Black TV a million times. Remember the Outlaws have been on Black TV a million times? That's what I'm saying? like these stories are not new.

The newest thing I ever heard was the ambulance I'd never heard that. That Tupac said something in the ambulance. But don't worry about it. We'll handle it. Yes, I never heard that one. Yeah, I don't watch TV. I see his viral clips with like Eric Spears, Tony Ayo, Boosie, but I'll watch him. The Keyfee D interview, I don't know any of it. The Keefei D interview, he did. They

referenced it in court is what kicked off a lot of this. So, yeah. But, so they're still in court, but starting this off, source close to the family just wanted us to let people know they were good and it had nothing to do with the child to their understanding. Well, that's good. Yes.

That's the latest for the hour. We'll be back in the next hour. We're going to celebrate and getting into real conversations, too, because Uncle Luke, so we'll be getting into real conversations about Uncle Luke. He was here talking about the fact that he was running for a seat down in Florida. Did he win? He did not win, but it brings up a really interesting conversation about black voters down in Florida, so we'll get into it.

All right. Sholomey, donkey today. He gave me a donkey too. My Uncle Rock is dropping there. I want to play a game, but guess what race it is, but there's no need. Is Uncle Rock is in there? This story is some heavy niggotry, okay? We'll discuss four after the hour.

I'm going to just say alcohol and a cruise ship. Oh, man. All right. And don't forget, just fix my mess is up next as well. 800, 585105.15. So if you need just to fix your mess, you're going through some problems, some situations. She can help you out. You can get on them phone lines right now.

Donkey today's up next. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. Tell out. It's time for Donkey of the Day. There's a bunch of donkeys out here in the street. I'll make donkey today. Call Donkey of the Day.

It really caught me off guard. We live a life where we bite our tongue based off who we may offend. We never would say anything. Charlemagne, give it to him. Give it to him. You are a donkey. That is why Charlemagne is here. Some donkey today's just saw themselves.

On the Breakfast Club. Okay, Charlemagne, who do you giving donkey of the day to today? Well, don't give it today for Thursday, August 20th goes to an Ohio couple. Gannon Jacob, Jay Cox, J. Cox, 29, and his girlfriend, Brooklyn, Hicks who's 28 years old. Okay, they were on a cruise, all right, two niggas on a boat. And they were arrested after the ship returned to Port Canaveral, Florida, okay? They were arrested for niggins, ladies and gentlemen. Okay, I want to play a game of guess what race it is, but the niggatory is so powerful in

this story that I need to let you know about it up front, okay? See, Gannon and Brooklyn were arrested after the ship returned to Florida because they were arguing loudly after enjoying those all-inclusive drinks, okay? When somebody told them to simmer down, be quiet. Shut the app up. And if it's one thing a nigger can't stand is to be told to be quiet. So safe to say all hell broke loose. Let's go to cruise news today for the report, please. Two cruise passengers were arrested after an alleged fight on board a ship returning to Port Canaveral. The Brevard County Sheriff's Office says 29-year-old Gannon J. Cox and 28-year-old Brooklyn Hicks

became involved in an argument after another passenger asked them to quiet down. Investigators allege the pair then forced their way into the passenger's cabin where a fight broke out involving three people, including a nine-year-old child. Both were arrested when the ship returned to Port Canaveral on Saturday. J. Cox faces charges including burglary with assault and child abuse, while Hicks faces burglary with battery and misdemeanor battery. The Brevard County Sheriff's Office did not identify which cruise ship, the incident, occurred. aboard. I need Uncle Ruckus to describe this situation for me. That is powerful niggardry at work.

Oh, niggas gonna dig. You hear me? Okay, all this Ohio couple had to do was actually just simmer down. Okay, imagine you and your boo yelling at each other angry, and then y'all go take that anger and project it on a whole other family, including a nine-year-old child just because they told you, could you please be quiet, all right? Stories like this always make me think about how expensive ego

is. This is why I be telling y'all you have to do your jail math. Okay, the decision you are making add up. Okay, can you afford to do what it is you're about to do? Because now you've got to pay for bail and a lawyer. Ego is expensive. Okay, expensive when it comes to peace

of mind, expensive when it comes to your freedom. Expensive when it comes to your time. It can cost you everything, all right? Those moments where your whole life can change because for 30 seconds you couldn't tolerate somebody telling you something you didn't want to hear.

Okay, another passenger simply asked you to quiet down. That's it. Nobody threatens your life. Nobody put hands on you. Somebody basically said, hey, can y'all keep it down? And somehow, that led to two grown adults, following people back to their cabins, forcing their way inside and fighting a family, including putting hands on a nine-year-old child. Not every feeling requires a reaction and not every perceived disrespect requires a response.

Okay, nothing y'all did with something. tough. Nothing y'all did with gangster. You put hands on a nine year old. You go to hell for at least 30 days for putting hands on a nine year old, even if you get baptized and saved. Okay, see, sometimes the strongest thing you can do is here's something you don't like, accept it, and keep it moving. Okay, what I've realized is a man born in 1978 is that adulthood is really just a long series of opportunities to ask yourself, is this worth what could happen next? Just ask yourself that simple question. If Gannon and Brooklyn would have just asked themselves that question, all would be right in their world.

Okay, you're on a cruise, you're supposed to be relaxation, there's an ocean breeze, it's unlimited food, it's an all-inclusive drink package. I'm sure the Cupid shuffle was happening by the pool. Okay, you're in the middle of the ocean on vacation. What the hell is there to argue about, first of all? Second, somebody asks you to lower your voice because they are enjoying everything I just described and everything y'all should have been enjoying and you get upset. Now, you have two options.

Option one. Alright, my bad. Keep it moving. Okay? You do that, you wake up the next morning in the Bahamas. Option two, which should have never crossed your mind. Turned it into a confrontation. Follow somebody to their room.

Allegedly force your way inside. Fight a family. Smack a nine-year-old. And now, instead of waking up thinking about an excursion, you're waking up thinking about a court appearance. Okay, that's the part of human nature that will always fascinate me. And it scares me about being a human. Because people, we will sacrifice something another.

just to defend something incredibly small. Okay, we'll sacrifice our freedom to defend our pride. We're willing to sacrifice our reputations to defend our fragile ego. Some humans are willing to say, F, tomorrow, because I got to put hands on this person today. And don't blame it on the alcohol either, okay? Alcohol doesn't create every bad decision. Being drunk might explain why your judgment was impaired, but it doesn't magically create your character.

You was who you was before you got drunk. Plenty people drink and don't break into somebody else's cruise cabin and start, swinging on a family, including a nine-year-old, just because they got told to be quiet. All right? At some point, we have to stop acting like emotional regulation. There's some advanced spiritual practice. It's basic adulthood. Okay, you're going to get irritated in life.

You're going to feel disrespected. You're going to encounter people who annoy you. People who tell you know, people who tell you you're wrong. People who ask you to lower your voice and shut the F up. The question isn't whether life is going to press your buttons. The question is, who's operating the machine when the button gets pressed? is it you or your ego because once your ego takes the will

common sense usually gets put in the trunk please let remi-ma give Ganon Jay Cox and Brooklyn Hicks the biggest he-ho he-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-you-stupea you stupid motherfucker-a are you dumb I ain't even tell y'all that the dude Gannon was recording the whole thing too

you know what I'm saying dumb you think about how crazy you see what I'm saying think about how crazy coaches become like where people aren't even trying to de-escal conflict anymore. They're just trying to document it. You know what I'm saying? Like, come on, man. I agree with you.

But. But we already saw the picture. You know, and I know that the person didn't say, excuse me, can you just lower it a little bit? Oh, it was a force behind it. I'm sure it was like, yo, shut the F up. I doubt. Do you? I'm sure

it wasn't. Excuse me, excuse me, I might have my kid with me. I'm sure. It got disrespectful. I'm sure. That's where it started from. It didn't start from a, excuse me, sir, excuse me, ma'am, I know you guys are arguing. Can you just please lower it just a little? And then they was already mad because they was arguing. Then they already bought that life.

It was like, yo, this is a cruise. Would you shut up? Would y'all be quiet? I'm from Brooklyn. I'm from Detroit. What up, Joe. What up, Joe? All that. Period. There we go. Now everybody banned. I'm not saying it's right. I'm not saying it's right. I'm not saying it's right.

You say a lot of things that make us realize why you end up in the situations you in. There's no reason to justify what happened. I didn't justify. Even if that person said it in that time. That don't mean you full. You force your way into a cabin. Put hands on the whole family, including a nine-year. I didn't say that.

I said, you're right. I said, but. There's no but. You made it seem like, they were like, excuse me, can you just lower it down a little bit? No, I'm sure that wasn't the case. I'm sure- I don't care how they said it.

You know what I'm saying? They don't justify. You're bustling in somebody's cabin and putting hands on them in a nine-year-old. But there's no but. The butt is why you, dumb ass, being. beige rage situations all the time. I don't be in rage rage. I don't be in beige rage rage. I'm actually a very calm individual. Yes. But, but. Shut up.

Busting this in my cabin is crazy. That is beating up the nine-year-old. I said, you're right. You know what I'm saying? Like, but. All right. Well, thank you for that dog in the day. Morning everybody. It's DJ NV. Just Hilarious. Shalameen the guy. We are the breakfast club. We're in the middle of our Just Fixed My Mess. Hello, who's this? Good morning. Hey, this is anonymous. All right. You're on the radio, sir.

Nobody can see you. You can say your name is George. All right, my name is George. Okay. Okay, George. What's your question? So I'm just wondering how do you foreparent with somebody that keeps accusing you of sexual abuse? I've had, I guess, temporary custody of my son for the past year.

And so his mom has been just falsely accusing me of abusing him because she's a, I guess she's a salty that she lost custody. But yeah, I'm just wondering, like, like, I've been cleared of all that. And I'm just wondering, like, how, how, says, right now she's on supervised visitation. And I'm just wondering, like, eventually, once all that stops, how do you even co-parent with somebody that keeps, like, accused, like, keeps putting that on you? Yeah, see, that made, you know, my initial response would be, like, you can't co-parent with a person like that, because it's something wrong with her to,

be so angry and bitter because she lost a custody battle to then accuse you of something so harsh that's that's crazy like how long were you all together not even long not even long I was going to say like do you know her

do she know you like it's a one night's standing like what the hell man to be honest with you we met on Tinder and like three months later she was pregnant and man I, like, I was excited to be a dad and all that. But, yeah, that right there, it just, like, yeah.

This is exactly why. This is exactly why you get to know people before you start making people with those people, you know, producing people. Yeah. Making your own people. You know what I'm saying? You got to be conscious of the ingredients. What's going on when you, you know, you produce them, man. And I'm sorry, that's unfortunate, but you're going to have to, like, get ahead of that and get a lot.

and get a lawyer. Do she say these things in court, or this is just between you and her? Yeah, no, she says these things in court. And, I mean, like I said, the judge is, like, she sees what's what and what's not. Okay, so the judge sees it. Yeah, like this, like, she,

when she first accused me of it, she asked me if I would take a lie detector test, and I said, yeah. And then two days later, and then two days later, I get, I get a text from the Steve Wilcoe show. Like, girl. Oh, yeah.

Surely is a big clown. Okay. Yeah. Yeah, I hope you learned your lesson with that, though, buddy. You know what I mean? Yeah, for real. I did. Stay your ass off tender.

Stop swiping and all that. You got to, no, you got to protect yourself. Because now, look, you know, imagine if the judge wasn't so lenient. Imagine if the judge couldn't see through your son's, you know, your child's mother's toxicity and just how crazy and deranged she is to even do that. Try to pull a stunt like that. You know what I mean?

Yeah. She had posted me on Facebook and everything. Yeah. And even though I know I didn't do nothing, just like that stain on my name is like, man. Absolutely. Because it's not even, you know, because somebody will, somebody who's even known you for a long time will believe something like that because it's just negative. And negative news get a lot more pressed than positive news. You know what I mean?

Yeah. And you see. You see what they're doing to Tito's out here. Like, they, yeah. What they're doing? What they doing? I don't know if you'd be seeing them videos of them, uh,

um, getting, getting, uh, trapped by them dudes and getting beat the hell up. Oh, yeah, yeah,

yeah, yeah, I'll be watching it. I watch that. Yeah, I watched that of my spad time. I like to see stuff like that. Yeah.

What they ask? That's not even nothing to play with. You can't, right, exactly. So that's what I mean. That's dangerous. You know what I'm saying?

That's real dangerous that she's out here doing that. I think you need to lower her up, try to see if you can get some type of, like, get her ass locked up behind that. Because I believe women should go to jail for doing that. Men should go to jail for doing that. Whoever lie make, like, a strong, a strong case against her, for real, like, lawyer up and you ain't doing nothing but hurting our son. Yeah, yeah, man.

He just wants both his parents. I know, I know. Well, you still, you know, still sound like you know. You ain't even mad at it. You don't sound like you madder. Do you ask me how can you co-parent with her? I say you don't. I don't trust her.

You shouldn't trust it. And your son shouldn't trust that clown ass even. But I'm sorry about that. I'm sorry, you gotta go through that buddy. But yeah, lawyer up. That's straight litigation right there. All right, I got you. Thank you, Jess.

I appreciate your time. No problem. Keep being a good day, bro. Just fix my mess. How do you guys, Jess? 800-585-105.1. If you need some great advice, call Jess right now. Never get, never will.

I say that. Well, thank you. That's how I feel. Every time I say something to you, I congratulate you. I don't know what you're talking about. I don't know what you're talking about. Cool.

Tolo, who's this? Good morning. Hey, this is anonymous. All right. You're on the radio, sir. Nobody can see you. You can say your name is George. All right, my name is George.

Okay. Okay, George. What's your question? So I'm just wondering how, how do you pro-parent with somebody that keeps accusing you of sexual abuse? I've had, I guess, temporary custody of my son for the past year.

And so his mom been just falsely accusing me of abusing him because she's a, I guess she's a salty that she lost custody. But yeah, I'm just wondering, like, like, I've been cleared of all that. And I'm just wondering, like, how, because right now she's on supervised visitation. I'm just wondering, like, eventually once all that stops, how do you even co-parent with somebody that keeps, like, accused, like, keeps quitting that on him? Yeah, see, that made, you know, my initial response would be like, you can't co-parent with a person like that because it's something wrong with her to be so angry and bitter because she lost a custody battle to then accuse you of something so harsh. That's, that's crazy.

Like, how long were you all together? Not even long. Not even long. I was going to say, like, do you know her? Do she know you? Like, is it a one-night standing thing? Like, what the hell? Man, to be honest with you, we met on Tinder.

And like three months later, she was pregnant. And, man, I was excited to be a dad and all that. But, yeah, that right there, it just like, yeah. This is exactly why. This is exactly why you get to know people before you start making people with those people. You know, producing people. Yeah. Making your own people.

You know what I'm saying? You got to be conscious of the ingredients. what's going on when you, you know, you produce it, man, and, and I'm sorry, that's unfortunate, but you're going to have to, like, get ahead of that and get a lawyer. Do she say these things in court, or this is just between you and her? Yeah, no, she says these things in court, and, I mean, like I said, the judge is, like, she sees what's what and what's not. Okay, so the judge sees it.

Yeah, like, this, like, she, she, when she first accused me of it, she asked me if I would take a lot of detective tests and I said yeah and then two days later I get I get a text from the Steve Wilco show oh yeah oh yeah sure it is a bit clown okay that's yeah yeah I hope you learned your lesson with that though buddy you know I mean yeah for real I did stay your ass off tender stop swiping and all that

you got to no you got to protect yourself because now look you know imagine if the judge wasn't so lenient imagine if the judge couldn't see through your your son's, you know, your child's mother's toxicity and just how crazy and deranged she is to even do that. Yeah.

Try to pull a stunt like that. You know what I mean? Yeah. She had posted me on Facebook and everything and yeah. And even though I know I didn't do nothing just like that, just that stain on my name is like, man. Absolutely.

Because it's not even, you know, because somebody will, somebody who's even known you for a long time will believe something like that because it's just negative and negative news get a lot more pressed than positive news. You know what I mean? Yeah, and you see

what they're doing to the Tidos out here. Like, they, yeah. What they're doing? Who? I don't know if you'd be seeing them videos of them done pedophiles getting trapped by them dudes and getting beat the hell up. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. No, I'll be

watching it. I watch that. Yeah, I watched that of my spad time. I like to see stuff like that. Yeah, what they ask. That's not even nothing to play with. You can't. Right, exactly. So that's what I mean. That's dangerous.

You know what I'm saying? That's real dangerous that she's out here doing that. I think you need to lawyer up. Try to see if you can get some type of, like, get her ears locked up behind that. Because I believe women should go to jail for doing that. Men should go to jail for doing that. Whoever lie make like a strong, a strong case against her, for real. Like, lawyer up.

And you ain't doing nothing but hurting our son. Yeah. Yeah, man. He just wants both his parents. I know. I know. Well, you still, you know, still sound like you don't, you ain't even mad at him.

You don't even sound like you mad at it. You ask me, how can you co-parent? I say you don't. I don't trust her. You shouldn't trust it. And your son shouldn't trust that clown-ass either. But I'm sorry about that. I'm sorry.

You got to go through that, buddy. But yeah, lawyer up. That's straight litigation right there. All right. I got you. Thank you, Jess. I appreciate your time. No problem.

Keep being a good day. bro. Just fix my mess. How good advice, Jess? 800, 585, 105.1. If you need some great advice, call Jess right now. Never will I say that. Well, thank you.

That's how I feel. Every time I say something to you, I congratulate you. I don't know what you're talking about. I don't know what you're talking about. Cool. We have Juliet on the line. Julia, good morning.

Good morning, DJ Nd. Good morning, Jess. Good morning. Shalerman. He's my mom, graduate. Block, block, block. Booboo.

Good morning. Michelle and yes. Good morning. I know him. What's your question? I'm calling on behalf of my son, and he has this child with this young lady. We have issues. We can't see her. We can't talk to her. He's been to court. He has his rights, but she's still violating his right. He won't let her see the child. He's just going through a lot, and we don't know what to do.

And I want to know what can we do, what kind of help can we get? Because he's been to the court, and it's like he's not getting no help. Where are, where y'all live? In Atlanta. Y'all live in Atlanta? And for real? Yes. Can't get no help?

Yes. No, no, just. He filed all the paperwork himself. He'd been to court. The judge, you know, ordered the rules for her. She's not, she can see the child.

We haven't seen her since Father's Day. Who has custody? Huh? Does anybody have, have, special custody? They both have shared custody. I'm not understanding if they both got shit. custody why can't he just go to the court or call the police and tell them that his son he do that too we went to court he caught whenever he went to go to get her we called the police

it was like he they can't do nothing they got she he got to go back to court and he went back to court he explained to the judge and same thing we can't talk to that we can't I haven't see my granddaughter and it's really affecting all of it and you know We just don't know what to do. My mom, I'm very, very sorry about that. We can't get no help from the courts. Even the school, he goes there to see his daughter at the school, like, called the mother, and, like, he can't see her. So, y'all can't even get in touch with her?

That was my next question. Could you call the mom? Would she talk to you? No. She changed her in numbers, and as recently we heard that she lost her apartment, and she was telling her client, and she was telling her client. that you work with and the baby is sleeping on the couch and my son went over there, called the police and was like, you know, the people that the child is telling, they're paralegiate and he was like, well, if you take the child, we're going to arrest you.

So you're best thing for you to go back to court. And he's explaining that he already did, he went back to court and we can't get no help. No way. The judge, this cruel nobody's not on the side. They're trying this artist and we can't do nothing. She would allow us to see the child. I don't know,

but I don't know what else to do. Yeah, I'm so sorry about that, Mama. I don't even honestly know what else there is for you to do, like what else there is to tell you because everything that I would advise you to do you say you're already done,

you know, and it's just unfortunate. I know you missed that baby. I know your son misses his daughter for sure. Oh, very much. Very much. Very much. So y'all know what school she goes to, right? She takes her other school because

when my son's supposed to get her from school, she takes her other school that's Friday and we can't see her. Okay, look, tell me about the relationship between your daughter, I mean, your son and his ex. Like, what's up with that? Is there any... Well, the reason is because my son

have a new girlfriend. And that girlfriend is in her life for over the past eight years. And she has, you know, been in relationships. My son don't bother her. But she just has this hatred towards this girlfriend. And as I said, the girlfriend will be in the child's life for over eight years. You know, she loved her everything. This is so weird because it seemed like, I thought this was like a fresh breakup.

This is like just like, like they've been apart for eight years. Yes, and it's been going on, and just, it's been going on forever. And he'd go to court with the police like, okay, we can serve, we serve them, we serve the papers between 8 and 3. She's not home. So my son have to hire, you know, the people that, the private people that serve her. We got to pay money to get her served. And then the last time she didn't even show up to court.

And nothing, we can't get nothing done. So she didn't show up, so she wasn't penalized. for that I mean that's an automatic penalty mom she was she been a penalized because the judge didn't do nothing and my son is so frustrated because he was like mom the judge ain't helping me

the courts ain't helping me the schooling helping me I don't know I don't know what else to do yeah I'm so sorry I really I don't even know what I don't even know what I don't know what just I don't know what else to do I don't know but I definitely will keep you and your family

And baby girl in my prayers. I'm sorry. I mean, that seemed like the only thing that you can do right now. You don't know where she is. The mother took her out of school. No. You know, she changed numbers on you. You don't even know if you called the police and told them to exclude, y'all.

You know, if your son... And that's what happened to that? The last time my son got, because you don't know where she at. The last time my son got her, she called the police and said my son kidnapped her. The police came to the arm. They detained my son, put him in the back of the car. when they called the supervisor there was like,

there's time to get the child. Why are you detaining him? It just said like, Jess. Yeah, so look, that was his time right there to present the facts that they have shared custody. And he did that. And it's like, he's not getting the help, but I was like, if the table would turn,

he would be locked up and everything. And I don't know, Jess. We don't know what else to do. Yeah, I'm sorry. I don't know what else y'all can do, babe. I'm very sorry. Sorry. Yeah, I don't. I'm sorry about that. But I appreciate you calling, willing to tell me what happened and everything,

because that takes a lot of guts as well. I know y'all have been dealing with this since Father's Day. That's hard. That's very, very hard. So I'm sorry to you and your son and the baby girl, because honestly, that's all y'all hurting. That's all they hurting, you know, his mom, her mom is hurting her, taking away from my father. Yes, she is. Yeah. I'm sorry, baby. We're sending you healing energy And I wish you the best Absolutely Thank you, Sean,

Thank you, DJ And you all have a wonderful day And I enjoy your shows I listen to yours every morning Thank you Thank you Wow Sometimes people just need to vent

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Morning, everybody. It's DJ NVJ. NV. Jess Alarious. guy we are the breakfast club let's get to the latest with Lauren becoming a straight fat. She gets them from somebody that knows somebody She gets the detail. I'm a home girl that knows a little bit about everything She'd be having the latest on it The latest with Lauren La Rosa

Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details Sometimes you have a little bit of everything Well it's the latest. Brought to you by Top Dogg Law On the Breakfast Club Talk to me Top Dog Law Hey, all right guys So let's get into

this conversation about Uncle Luke, Luther Campbell, was here talking about the fact that he was running in the Democratic primary for Florida's 20th congressional district. Well, the results have come out and he did not win. Rep. Debbie

Wiserman Schultz won. And a lot of people were pushing back about the fact that she was even able to run because for all of these years now, more than 30 years, that district has been ran by a black member. And a lot of people, a lot of black leaders down there were pushing back.

And we talked a bit about that when he was up here. But Uncle Luke posted a video, thanking people who came out to support him. Let's take a listen. We're a tough one, but it's all good. It's going to be all right. I went on this journey to serve the good people of the public county in a way that I've always served the good people of Miami-Dade County since I live here. Unfortunately, the people didn't come out and vote. It was a contest of black versus white.

white folks came out and supported them. Black folks stayed home. I guess I wasn't worthy enough for them to come out and vote for me. So I accept that wholeheartedly. I respect that. Over 140,000 black folks with a British registration card stayed home. Didn't vote for me or any other candidate. So it wasn't a thing of all the candidates consolidating.

No, it was enough people with cards to overcome. her numbers. So black people just simply didn't go out there and vote in Florida. What did he lose by? Well, he only received a little over 5,600 votes. I think it was like 8%. Yeah, Rep. Debbie Wiseman-Schultz received about 45% of all of the votes. And then it broke down.

And second was former mayor Dale Holness, who received more than 15,000 of the votes. But Uncle Luke had posted this stat. He said that there were over 300,000 black registered voters, approximately a little bit over 54,000 voted but yeah he talks about the almost 300,000 people that did not come out and vote. I do believe everybody should exercise their right to vote, especially black people.

But just even if those black people voted, it doesn't mean that they were going to vote for Uncle Luke. But what I do like about Uncle Luke's campaign is that Uncle Luke was able to put a lot of the community's issues on the table. It's a lot of things I'm sure Debbie and what's the other guy's name? Dale. Dale.

I'm sure there's a lot of things Debbie and Dale were talking about that that there was a lot of things Uncle Luke was talking about that Debbie and Dale weren't talking about. So I'm glad that he was able to bring a lot of the communities that she was front and center. So salute to Uncle Luke. Yes, yes. All right, y'all, shifting gears a bit. Just take a second to send some congratulations over to Nipsey Hustle's camp.

Because remember Sam and Bino were here talking about prolific the new album. Yes. Now that album I saw they posted, congrats to Nipsey Hustle and Bino for earning the number one spot on the iTunes charts. They say job well done, let's keep it going. So sending them a congratulations there. Congratulations. Did we see what they did first week? I don't know if those numbers that came out yet.

You know what I thought was interesting because, you know, I'm always, you know, I love when God just throws up the peace sign to us mere immortals. But, you know, when Sam and Beano was here. Yes. Just wasn't here. And remember when we took the picture, you know, if you go back and you look at the picture, you know Sam's standing right under Nipsey. Oh, my God.

He didn't know Nipsey was on the wall. I told him after the fact, like, oh, you see a bro on the wall, but he didn't know, but he ended up standing right under Nipsey. Go look at the picture. Wow. Yeah, I remember that because I was about to stand right there, and you were like, no, Lord, move back over here. Yes. Because you always stand there.

But NB had told me to the other side because Jess isn't here. Like, that's in the Netflix part of the show, too, when I watched it back. And then I'm like, oh, then you moved me back over. So he was staying right under Nipsey. That's crazy. Yeah. Wow.

Wow. I like when, you know, as Angie Martinez says, when God shows you those little weeks. Yes. All righty. So we're going to wrap up the latest, but I do want to remind you guys that the verses is going down tonight in LA.

Here again, Joe and Donnell? Yeah, Joe. It's about to be crazy lit. Yeah, we'll see what it's going to be. You're watching it, Jess? Yes. What? I can't wait.

Got my clothes out. Today's Molly's birthday. Today's Molly birthday. You're going to watch her. In Spanish? Please post that video on Molly talking about. Oh, my God. Today's her birthday.

Just show her personality. I've never seen anything like that. All right. It'll happen. Well, the versus, not Marley's birthday party, but the versus is going to go down today at 6 p.m.

Pacific time, so that's about like 9 o'clock hour time. So we'll probably be talking about that tomorrow in the latest. And the latest is brought to you by Top Dog Law. They have won over a billion dollars for their client. So if you get into an accident,

make the call. Their bark is their bite. All right. All right. Now let's get to the mix. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ NV. Just Larry. Shalomaine Nagy. We are. the breakfast club. Now, salute to Rhapsody for joining us this morning. Salute to the Good Sister Rhapsody, man. Her new album, God, got an Afro and gold hoops comes out tomorrow. I'm telling you, it's like really Afro futuristic. I really enjoyed the sound. When I first heard, I got an Afro, you know, I'm a Rhapsody fan, so I was like, okay, this is

different. But then when I heard the whole album, the whole body of work together, it makes perfect sense. It's a really dope project. Yo, my favorite song when they all already is Pickaside. I love Pekaside. It's fire. Rhapsody dope. Salute to Rhapsody. Rapcity is an artist. She can really rap like she can just grab a mic and get busy, but she's really an artist.

She is. She is. She is. I just want to say salute to everybody in radio. Today is National Radio Day. Yes, it is. I want to salute to not only the on-air jobs, but the producers, the engineers,

the board ops and everybody that works in radio. I've been doing radio for, I think, 25 years. And I've done pretty much every shift in radio or been on every shift, from overnights to mixes, to afternoons, to middays, to nights. As you done top, bottom. I didn't did every position possible in radio.

I didn't slept at the radio station and made sure I got up in time. I didn't had mattresses up here and sleeping bags up here to make sure I was here on time. We interviewed everybody from Barack Obama to Jay-Z to Jennifer Lopez to Nipsey Hustle. So I just want to say salute to my radio family. I've been doing radio in New York for 25 years.

I saw you all radio on Rushmore. I've been doing radio for 28 years and I've been all over the place. South Carolina's way. started, okay? Then New York, then Philly, back to New York City ever since.

Yeah. Been in New York. I'm not going to know after this. New York is whole time. I'm retiring after this one. Where you're? Lies.

Are you chewing that gun? What the hell that man? Right. Girl, all the hell's going on in my mouth. Child, somebody need to be

because that mouth is what, I mean, it's what got you here. I see you're going to end you. Yo. You and the focus on your own throat.

Focus on your own throat. Focus on your own throat. All right. You only know about unlocking the throat because baby you've been how long you've been unlocking your throat on this mic? How many years? How many years? First of all. It's been about 30. Did you think somebody was going to steal something from you? You had to wear your keys and run your neck? How long have you been unlocking?

Wendy put your first key in your fucking unlocked it, right? Here he was next. Who ran through your throat next? Oh my God, no. I'm so sorry, Shala. I had a lock on my throat. And then somebody. And then who stuck that shit open? Uh-huh.

What's his name? What's his name? But back then people had to bust it open. But now people just wear keys so they'd be like, yo, just take the key and unlock it's yours. You know what I mean? Back then, we used to fight hard throws. Salute to the listeners out there.

We appreciate you guys. You guys have been with it for this ride for what, 16, 17 years? It'll be 16 in December. Ups and downs and lefts and rights and all types of crazy ears. We just say thank you for riding with us. Yes, Breakfast Club documentary coming soon. I can't. I can't wait.

We've been in pre-production for some years now. I can't wait. Stories I'm telling. I'm telling. I'm telling. And I don't care who's involved and who's not involved. I'm telling. I'm telling.

I am telling. It's going to be a good one. It's going to be great. It's going to be great. Y'all sounds like some queens. Listen, you know, positive note is this.

Well, first I want to tell everybody my annual Mental Health Expo, I still really don't know if it's the 5th or 6. It is 1010 in Newark, New Jersey at the Joe and Diane Bloom Wellness and Event Center. It is a free event. You can go to Mental Wealthexpo.com right now

and register to be there. It's a free event. But the positive note is this. Some people are mean and bitter because they had a rough childhood. Some people are kind and caring for the same reason. It is your choice. Okay, maybe growing up is realizing you don't want a lot of life anymore. You just want one that feels peaceful, honest, and yours.

You start choosing those slow mornings over rush ones, meaningful conversations over small talk, and people who make your nervous system feel safe, okay? And maybe that's the real kind of wealth, being surrounded by love that feels effortless, you know, peace that feels natural, and a life you don't need to escape from. So once again, some people are mean and bitter because they had a rough childhood. Some people are kind and caring for the same reason. The choice is yours. Have a great day.

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