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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, Jess Hilarious, good morning, Charlamagne the God, beast of the planet, guess what day it is, guess what day it is, Pump Day! Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, good morning, how y'all feel out there, I feel blessed, black and holly, happy to be here, another day to serve our beautiful listeners, what's happening? That's right, Wednesday middle of the week, what's up Jess, how you feeling? I feel good, I feel good, what's up y'all? You giving real like, AKA this morning with the pink and green like you're about to pledge?

Yes, and I love my shoes, look. Okay, what the matcha shoes? What's up, you're you giving real like a K a this morning with the pink and green like you're about to play Okay with the master's I call them the jolly ranch of homers the pink and green there you go. Yeah, I'm giving what I'm Shala What's happening? What's going on? Happy to be here man? That's right How's motherhood Jeff you always come in here every day and just act normal like you ain't got a whole newborn at the house Oh my god, it's probably the only place I can be a little normal born at the house. Oh my god, it's probably the only place I can be a little normal. Really? Yeah. Between her and Ash, because you know Ashton is 12, so he's going into that teenage phase and then well the teenage life and then her she's six months and two days so she she's doing a lot like she talking she loud all the time and I can't even be mad cuz I'm loud in my house all the time but she is loud.

When we try to get sleep she loud, it's hard to get a nap in, whatever. She not a crybaby, she just scream and talk and just yell all day. Is she on a regular schedule? Because you got to get up at what time? Four o'clock? I get up at 3.50. 3.50? Yeah, every day.

She be up or she be asleep? No, she sleep. She goes to sleep at like 10.30 and then she'll sleep till 7. Yeah, you know why she might be talking All night. She probably want another sibling. So she probably like Talk to me. Yeah, not right now. No, I'm ready. I'm like two years off of that. Okay. Yeah that natural birth put me down for a little Already know so not right now. All right, salute to all the working mothers out there man Absolutely, you know saying got the newborns at the house guy get up in the morning And you don't still live your life like everything normal. Yes, like you ain't lactating. Mm-hmm

No, I'm dealing with post-mortem for real man. Nobody talks about that Yeah It's the life and then the more that you do in the more time to pass you like your milk decrease depending on who you are Cuz every woman is different like it's a decreasing your milk And then the more that you do and the more time that pass, you like your milk decrease, depending on who you are, because every woman is different. But like, it's a decreasing in milk flow, like the more time pass, because I'm not making as much milk as I was like two months ago now, but I'm also doing much more.

And she's eating solids now, so it's good. It's adjusting to her as she grows. All right. Well, salute to all the moms out there. Now today on the show, Will Packer will be joining us. Man, he's got a new book. Who Better Than You? The Art of Healthy Arrogance in Dreaming Big out now.

So Will's always a good conversation. He always makes for good conversation. That's right. Well, let's get the show cracking. We got front page news. Morgan will be breaking everything down. And don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV Jess Hilarious. Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning everybody is DJ, Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the God. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Good morning Morgan. Good morning DJ Envy, Charlamagne the God and Jess Hilarious. Hey girl. All right. Let's get into it. So a federal judge is declining a request from 14 attorneys general to temporary block, to temporarily ban Elon Musk from accessing data at seven federal agencies.

14 states asked for a restraining order to block Musk's DOGE, Department of Government Efficiency, from firing employees and gaining access to sensitive records. Now, the group of attorneys general argued the power granted to Musk by President Trump is unconstitutional. However, the judge said the AGs hadn't shown specific examples of how Doge would cause irreparable harm to the states. I guess we have to wait and see. But President Trump and the first friend, Elon Musk, they took part in a joint

interview on Fox last night. Trump credited Musk with implementing many executive orders he has signed since taking office again. Trump said that a lot of his executive orders will be ordered into law and he said must works with his group at Doge who he referred to as geniuses to get things done. Elon also expressed his affection for the president and here's what he had to say. If you read and believe the media, become one of your best friends, he's working for free for you. Well I love the president, I just want to be clear about that.

You don't care about that? I know, I love the president. You love the president? I think President Trump is a good man. And he's, you know... That's nice the way he said that, you know? There's something nice about that. It really is.

You know, because, I mean, the president has been so unfairly attacked in the media. It's truly outrageous. And at this point I spent a lotly attacked in the media. It's truly outrageous. And at this point, I spent a lot of time with the president. And not once have I seen him do something that was mean or cruel or wrong. I really don't understand how what he's being allowed to do is constitutional or legal. Why does an unelected person have that type of power?

Over 12,000 federal workers fired, they fired and then tried to rehire nuclear weapons workers, workers accidentally fired, people at the USDA working on bird flu. What happened to America first? You have a foreigner in control of people's money and livelihood? How is that okay? Talk about it. So Musk went on to say that the assassination attempt on Trump in July only sped up the process of him endorsing Trump And speaking from our Largo Trump called Musk a patriot. So let's hear those comments

Elon is to me a patriot. So, you know, you could call him an employee. You could call him a consultant You could call him whatever you want, but he's a patriot So there has been a lot of hoopla around this whole Doge thing about who's in charge. So the White House has recently said that Elon Musk is not in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency. That's according to a recent court document filed. The filing signed by the director of the Office of Administration at the White House says Musk has no actual or formal authority to make government decisions himself.

I can't tell. Right I know. President Trump has made public statements saying that Musk is leading Doge so it's very controversial and it's you know we're trying to figure it out so the affidavit says that Musk is a special government employee and serves as a senior advisor to the president. Furthermore in that... I can say I'm not 5'6". But you got eyes right? You're not 5'6". But you got eyes, right? You're not 5'6". You're like 5'2". Is there any good with Elon Musk and what he's doing? You just done with the people talking.

I think this is really funny. So Hannity, Trump, and Musk also spoke about X, the app formerly known as Twitter, and how X recently paid Trump $10 million judgment. He had that lawsuit out against him, but it it added that must got that had to cut that check basically must got a huge He said Trump said must got a huge discount and he doesn't even realize it of course, the president sued the social media app before Musk got it and They all paying their tithes and offers to Trump ABC, you know paramount about the payday time and offerings Facebook already paid the tithes and they all they all pay any payday time and offerings to Facebook already paid a thousand hours

They all they all pay any time and offerings to Trump So furthermore in that interview musk also said that he felt that the president isn't being Represented and that the will of the people if the president isn't being represented then the will of the people isn't being represented So speaking of the will of the people in San Francisco, California I think this is an interesting story guys officials are investigating three men who claim to be from the department of government efficiency uh... doge authority say that the men went to city hall wearing doge shirts and maga hats and demanded records from several of offices and employees

the man demanded digital information related to alleged wasteful government spending and fraud uh... city hall employees refused their request and called the police then the men fled the city uh... before deputies arrived and the sheriff's office says it does not believe the men were actually representatives of Doge. So all that does is encourage this type of behavior. Having someone who is not like you said, a government official, someone who has not been elected but seems to be leading the country.

Call him the first friend. All I know is if you run on the economy, man, and within three weeks, 12,000 people have lost their job, that's never a good thing. I want to salute the 50501 movement. They're the organization that led the protests on Monday. They had 50 protests in 50 states, and they were protesting against Elon Musk and Donald Trump,

and that was on Monday. And I mean, there was literally thousands of protesters all across the country. So drop one of Kluge bombs for them. Sorry, that's your front page news for 6am at 7am. We'll talk about more with Elon and I guess we would call it a foreign affairs and what's going on overseas and how that whole transpire, how all of that transpires. And then we'll also get into some aviation news and updates. So I'll keep you guys posted with that. America is supposed to be ran by incompetent Americans,

not incompetent foreigners. Merit, merit based, merit. All right, well get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open again. 800-585-1051. Whatever you're dealing with, call us up right now let's talk. It's the Breakfast Club good morning.

The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest whether you're mad or blessed. I hate the way that you walk the way that you talk I hate the way that you dress. Everything with me is blessed. Call up next 800-585-1051. Not just me I'm what the coach of Philly. Hello, who's this? This is Thiccums from Brooklyn and I'm coming for Charlamagne. What's up Thiccums? Good morning. You say your name Thiccums? Good morning. That's right. Show me. Where is my gym membership?

Where's your gym membership? You promising big girls gym membership? You think you're gonna, that's right. Thank you. During the big back moments, he did say he was giving out the- That's right. I promised you a gym membership. The membership, yes. You promised a girl gym membership, and I've been waiting. My back's supposed to stay big?

It was the- What's your show name? It was called the Unbig Ya Back, wasn't it? Unbig Ya Back membership. She did, she's right. How much is the gym membership? I don't remember this. $2,340, cuz now I need a personal

trainer cuz he took so long what's going on Charlamagne? I don't know what you're talking about I ain't got nothing to do with this. Put your cash out there maybe somebody you know Charlamagne will put some money in your account. No no no no not somebody. Y'all gonna put me in a hole and I'm gonna give Charlamagne my number. Somebody didn't say it, Charlamagne said it. I will say this, I don't remember saying that, but I do wish that we could partner with a Planet Fitness or somebody like that. That's exactly what you said. You are saying it again.

Oh, so I'm saying it's a wish. I wish that we could partner with a Planet Fitness so I don't do sales. We don't work like that. Well, guess what? Wishes don't un-big-backs, work uh. We don't work like that. Well guess what? This is on Big Back's work does. Put in the work Charlamagne. Well we need some, first of all don't you ever talk to me about work Big Back.

Alright you walking around here. First of all how tall are you? Look here, look here. How tall are you? I am 5'4 and 174 trying to get over. Don't play with me. You ain't even big like that. Look I just need to tone up a little bit.

You ain't even big. This is a little file cabinet. You ain't even big. You ain't even big. You ain't medium back. Look here. I just need to tone up a little bit. You ain't even big. This is a little file cabinet. You ain't even big. You need your back. Look here. I just need to tone up a little bit and you said you were going to help out.

So, where the hell is that? Summertime is right around the corner. You going to throw some money in her face, tell her, man? Okay. This little 25 pounds could be going in a minute. Get our information so when we put this plan in motion. That's what I'm talking about. $2,350.32. I ain't got nothing to do with that. Thank you. Get our information so when we put this plan

$2,350 32 say I ain't gonna do that Don't get sad girl, that's right Goodbye I'm not nobody, somebody get my cash out this phone. Jay, put it out there, Jay, put it out there. I ain't putting my info for everybody. It's a Charlamagne problem. You hold on. He put it on the table. Hold on. Now put me on hold. You can eat them behind the scenes, hold on.

Hey, yo. I didn't put that on the table. All I simply said was, we need to have some type of partnership with a gym membership to help the listeners that are fat. Hello, who's this? Fat is not a nice word, sir. Man, please.

F word, F word. Hello? That's the not a nice word sir man, please f-word f-word hello Hey, what's your name? Good morning get it off your chest mama. I don't got nothing get off my chest I just wanted to say hey to y'all and I want to see it is yes now pray in tongue put me for a second Are you wanted to talk in tongue for you you and you went oh no? She wants going to talk in tongue for you? You want to? You want? Oh no. She wants you to talk in tongue for her one time Jess. Oh, eat hot, eat bye bye, eat hot, eat coming in a Honda. Coming in a Honda.

Yes, that's right. Amen. That's how you do it girl. Amen. Amen. Hey Salome. Peace, peace, peace. Hey, can y'all tell me my birthday next Wednesday?

And I know I won't get two next Wednesday. Happy early Monday. Happy early birthday Pisces. You're Pisces right, tell y'all tell me my birthday next Wednesday. And I know I won't get through next Wednesday. Happy early Monday. Happy early birthday, Pisces. You're a Pisces, right? Thank y'all. I am Pisces. Yes, girl. How old you turning?

36? Thanks, y'all. Charlamagne, you and I are the same age. Oh, okay. Is he about what, 46, 47? I'll be 47 this year. Yeah, I'll be 47. I'll be 47 next Wednesday.

Salute to you, OG. All right, mama. Have a good one. Thank you. Y'all too. Bye-bye. Get be 47 next Wednesday. Salute to you, OG. All right, mama, have a good one. Thank you. Y'all too, bye bye. Get it off your chest, 800-585-1051. If you need the vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Time to get it off your chest. Wait, wake up! Whether you're mad or blessed. It's time to get up and get something. Call up now, 800-585-1051. We wanna hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Yer, what's up, Envy? What's up, Trav? Hey, Trav.

Uh, this is a big killer. What's up, Jess? What's up, boo? How you doing, mama? Good. It's all a main. P, sis, what's happening? How you doing, girl?

Bless Black and Holly, favorite. What's the word? Y'all I was minding my business last week y'all as I'm out of my business last week and somebody called in Mentioning to me multiple times trying to get a reaction Okay, was it Sean Sean stone? Yes Yes, it was Yes, it was. So y'all I mentioned this y'all, I ain't mentioned this man in a whole year. I ain't bring him up last year. I got my own little thing that I'm worried about in life right now. I'm trying to focus on my songwriting. I'm trying to focus on that. Hating on somebody,

a straight man who just don't like me because he is, because I'm gay. I ain't got time for it. And I'm over it. It's been seven years I've seen him in a rap battle seven years ago he has not let it go baby you gotta let that go he really ain't let that hurt go he's been hurt ever since you busted his ass in that rap battle I'm not gonna lie to you trash yeah listen and then I've been in real life you ever busted somebody ass like physically like what you just you just you know pounded him out and they couldn't get over it no shark that around that time he was threatening me, right? Like real life trying to threaten me.

And I told him, he couldn't even know who I was. And I told him, sir, I'm going to be at DJ Envy's car show. And I told him to come up to Envy's car show, and I was going to whoop his ass. How you going to fight in my car show? I know, right? It's a kid family event, right? It was going to be in the parking lot, Envy. You weren't going to know.

Me and my cousins were going to trash him in that parking lot 50 years ago. Damn, Sean. Damn, y'all both been in my car show before too. Your cousin's gay too? No, no, my cousin's not gay. Oh, I was gonna say, damn, he got beat by a bunch of gay, he's gonna be crazy.

But don't be bringing that to my car show. What, nobody, Envy, it was gonna be in the parking lot. Still. Outside, all the way in the parking garage, nobody's gonna know. Well, Trav, there's worse things you could've did to his ass than beat it, so I'm glad that's all you thought about. Goodbye Trav.

Bye y'all. Bye boo. Hello, who's this? Top of the morning, this is Fit Fav. What's up Fit Fav? What up, get it off your chest. Well, I mean, the only thing I'm gonna say is there's a lot going on in the climate,

the culture and everything. I just wanna say simply that as an American who is black, I voted for Donald Trump, born in Harlem, raised in Stout Jamaica, Queens. I'm proud of what he's doing. And also as a proud black American, I want to say that our group is not making the progress we want to due to a lack of patriotism. We are leading with a physiological hatred for white people who we share the same country with. It's one thing to have an argument about things that took place in the past and want to make it right, but it's another thing to hate your own land and country that you cannot be deported from and expect the best from it.

So we have to be Americans first. Black is second. We got it. I don't want to say it like that, but we just got to bring more patriotism. You know, we got to support America. We are Americans first and foremost. So that means that, you know, we belong to a greater dominant cultural group. Can I ask you a question? Yes. Can I ask you a question?

I do believe America first. How do you feel about a foreigner being in control of where the government spends money and a foreigner being responsible for 12,000 American federal workers being laid off? And when you talk about, you know, what'd you say you said you gotta be black, put black to the side?

Patriotic. Yeah, patriotic to the side. Well, I mean, I wish that you would tell your administration that you voted for that because when you look at things like the EEOC being dismantled, are you looking at how they're rolling back DEI initiatives? Are you looking at the education department

cutting race-based programs? Yes, and that's a great question. I'm glad you brought that up, and I wanna answer that as a great question. I'm glad you brought that up and I want to answer that as a natural born foundation of black Americans. We want those things. You see, we tend to associate uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh But over these last 12 years throughout the Obama administration and everything black people have had their chances We have been coming in positions of leadership overseeing many different states from mayoral positions to political positions even president's fees and It is showing that black people are just as prone to corruption as well

You look at different maids who are the city, but we got to stop associating that it's not about it Oh, but I don't understand what, I don't understand. Last point, last point, last point. Last quick point. You said what about a foreigner? Okay, so America is a land of the brave, home of the free, many foreigners here. It's not about where you're from, it's about your mindset on America. If a foreigner has a positive mind state about America and loves this plan and want to put it first then that's fine. But if a foreigner like Ilion Omar or somebody like that is representing another country while in our Congress, we elect people that want to represent us, all Americans, black

Americans, white Americans, people who are proud to be Americans. Ain't no more waving another flag in this country and black people have to stand up and Take ownership and pride of this land that they help build and beat black Americans and share in that We don't have to hate white people I don't like these generalizations that you make like I don't know who told you that all black people hate white people like where Did you get this logic from Because we gotta go get it off your chest broad generalization came from five eight five one oh five one if you need to vent you can hit us up now we got

Just with the mess coming up. We can't speaking of freedom and letting it ring. He said is not you see Yes, he was preaching, brother. All right, we'll get to that next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy.

We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to Jess with the mess. The news is real, brother. Jess Hilarious, Jessica Robin Moore. Jess don't do no lying. Don't do no lying. Get your game, talk your speech. She don't spare nobody. don't do no lying. Get your game, talk your street. She don't spell nobody.

She don't spell nobody. Get your game, talk your street. Worldwide gents, worldwide magic. Get your game, talk your street. On the Breakfast Club. She's a coacheship. She was able to get y'all to see something and understand something

that nobody could get you to see. It's time to set it on. I'm happy that ASAP is free that's another black man who can be home with his family like you know he's got them two kids that wife we might get a album from Rihanna you know yeah just man just beat 24 years I feel like we're not gonna get the album now because he just because they're gonna be busy did you what does that say about ASAP Rocky is a rapper that y'all want to hear from his wife but not him

It's been 10 years for re-read oh, so yeah, but one an album I mean, I ain't never gonna stop wanting that. I do love her. I like her Well, uh, yes now we can focus back on her now that this man is free. Yeah, I mean, let me tell you listen yesterday So ASAP Rocky was found not guilty yesterday in court. He was found not guilty of all charges So he's gonna walk free and the minute that the the verdict was read y'all talking about Rihanna just the his family It went crazy. Let's take a listen VA five zero eight one four two dash zero one his family and it went crazy. Let's take a listen. VA 5081 for 2-01. We, the jury and the above entitled action, find the defendant, Raquem Mayors, not guilty. I loved it. Yo, he jumped over that bench in Rihanna's arms.

There were reporters in the court, Megan Cuniff, she said that actually Rihanna was in tears after they read the verdict and when he jumped over and hugged her and his family was in tears as well too. Yeah, no safer place to be than those woman's arms he dived into. That man was facing what, 24 years? 24 years. And that happened pretty fast. I know it probably didn't feel fast for Rocky or for Rihanna, for his family.

But 14 days, they went to deliberations yesterday, came back at the end of the day. It was around like 8 o'clock when the jury came back with the not guilty. And yeah, he was facing, he was accused of firing a gun at his former friend, Asap Relly. So he was looking at some time. Now people are asking what happens to really to really because Okay, so on one side you have a steps attorney who's like he lied on the stand a lot So what are we gonna do about this? Let's take a listen to Joe tech a peanut a set Rockies attorney after court We're grateful for the jury. They saw through this barrage of a case Turned out a plea for almost no jail time because he was innocent.

This was an extortion. The extortion played out live in color in court. What it says is that the district attorney should look long and hard at prosecuting Tyrell Efron. We said that from day one, they should do it now. They have him committing the perjury, they have him committing the extortion, destroyed him through it,

and came to it enormously quick and speedy verdict. For me, my partner Chad, we we're honored have represented this amazing family by Kim Rockies one of my closest friends but also just a great great person they said Joe's really gonna be charged with really will probably get charged with perjury he should be pushing for he should get charged maybe extortion there's a few moments on the stand where he had said things and then it was debunked and it was a lot that happened. But also too, Relly had filed that $30 million defamation lawsuit against ASAP. That was first, wasn't it? That was, it was like after the shooting,

but it was before the criminal case started. Yes, yes. And that's going to have to be thrown out because he was alleging that because of the shooting and because of the statements that ASAP, ASAP Rocky's attorney was making, he was being defamed, he was alleging that because of the shooting and because of the statements that ASAP's ASAP Rocky's attorney Was making he was being defamed. He was being threatened online and now you know in a court of law You were it was founded this didn't happen. They could prove he lied or stand He should be have to be prosecuted He should be prosecuted because there's no way that ASAP Rocky has to pay for attorney fees Yeah, has to do all these different things and and somebody who lies on the stand just walks by. Crazy thing is I never even knew who ASAP Relly was until this situation.

And so now it's just like that's what you known for you know for somebody who couldn't even rat right. And I know you wish you got shot now. For real. Do you remember what you said the first night I came over here? How goes lower? I met Santi at a luau party in October. I'm Santi. Damien. Oh, it was bizarre. The guy just disappeared one day. Santi has been missing ever since.

The hookup. What is that? I'm solving a mystery through sex and haven't made a private dick joke until now? Like, no matter how hard I try, all roads lead to... The hookup? You think it's causing people to turn aggro? I'm gonna rip your arms off and use them to f- Yeah that's a word for it.

This is such terrible representation, I'm so sorry. Poppers? These aren't just any poppers. Mama always used to say, God gave me gumption in place of a gag reflex. No? to say, God gave me gumption in place of a gag reflex. No, not my psychiatrist didn't laugh at that one either. ["I Heart Radio App," Apple Podcasts, and The I Heart Radio App. Listen to the hookup on the I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.]

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Well, that can't happen. Don't communicate with any N words after 5 p.m. The beautiful thing about situations like this though, is you get to really see who's who. I'm sure over the last however many years it's been, he's got to see who was like really in his corner. So salute to you ASAP Rocky. Yes, he's getting on to his family. Moving on to Cardi B.

Our girl. So at the offset that Stefan was keeping her busy, she decided to tweet about Offset when she got to it. Yeah, well you asked yesterday did she respond? Did she, cause you know she'll get online now. Listen, she didn't say offsets name in this tweet, but of course, and she deleted the tweet, but we know what this is giving. So yesterday after we reported about her amazing Valentine's day weekend, Cardi got on Twitter

and she tweeted, I'm getting harassed the worst way. I suggest you shut up and leave me alone in less than one hour or people's careers will be getting ruined including Including is in all caps you famous bees that was getting F'd leave me alone Now we don't know who she is claiming is harassing her But the what the fans you know have gathered from this is that this is in response to her being out and about having a good Time and it being picked up that she was out about having a good time

With us that find digs over the weekend and that the person that she is talking to on Twitter is offset because she does that often when they're going back and forth. So I mean the tweet was deleted and no one's gotten exposed. So I'm assumed that you know 35 minutes into the hour he realized let me just she said even all you famous girls that was getting Yeah, I guess you know she Put his head on his hip when he just said that I want to know what I said hit list look like Like to live by cash lead to the young boys, you know, I see you Work it out and be able to I want them to be able to work it out and be able to still move on but still take care of the kids. I don't want Offset to do that.

Even though I'm happy Cardi is doing her own thing only because you still got raised kids. You said you don't want Offset to do that. I don't want Cardi to do that because even though she's out doing her own thing and I understand how she feels about Offset, they still got raised them kids together. They still got kids. It's a lot. You know what I mean? Why stir up the extra drama girl? Just keep on you. But he keep on like poking at her though. Like he poking at her ever since he been seeing her out having fun moving on whatever with whoever it is. He has. Baby been poking.

Yeah, he been trying to yeah and he been dragging his nuts all over. You know what I mean? So she need to drop hers. Yeah, she can do that. I mean put them bitches out there Yeah, but that's just gonna make all said look good depending on who the girls are How close they are to her industry wise like if they in her vicinity too much you won't look crazy because your wife is Carly B You guys are hold her down. I just pray somebody can get in between and be like, look we got kids, like the kids can

see this, everything's online right now, let's work this out, you move your way. The person in between is tired Envy. They tired. Yeah, I don't like seeing their drama play out online man, sleuth offset Cardi, I hope that y'all figure it out. Shut up, you just say it. You just say it. That was the political answer!

But what he really wants to say is, Tell me everything! Do it in the music. Put it in the music. Oh, I'm gonna, you can tell me. One of y'all just text me. Let me buy a carousel through this, dog. Don't drop it. For real? I can see that one.

Thank you, Lauren. I hope he don't listen to this side of the room. That's just with the mess. I can see that one. All right. Yeah That's just with the mess I when we come back we got front page news and then we'll pack it will be joining us It's the breakfast club. Good morning Hilarious Charlemagne the guy we are the breakfast club. Let's get some front page news We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. All right. What's up, Morgan? Listen, what's up? We're talking about we're getting updates on what's happening in aviation. You see left and right. There's all kinds of incidents. So nearly 300 federal aviation administration employees have been fired by the Trump administration. The employees got their notices over the weekend and a move to call their union in in a move their union calls a hastily made decision

in an agency already challenged by understaffing. Now the workers affected include mechanics, aviation, safety assistants and others. Transportation secretary, Sean Duffy posted on Monday on X that less than 400 of the agency's 45,000 employees were let go and they were all probationary. He said none of them were air traffic controllers and critical personnel. Now this comes at the same time officials say two people remain hospitalized following

Monday's plane crash in Toronto. 21 people were injured in the incident at Toronto Pearson Airport and airport president Deborah Flint said the rescue operation was a huge success. She talked more about the incident. Let's hear from her. Urgency workers and responders mounted a textbook response, reaching the site within minutes and

quickly evacuating the passengers. At the time, there were 21 injured passengers ranging from minor to critical but not life threatening injuries. A total of 19 passengers went to the local hospitals with two more going to hospitals in the time period after. We have completed the reunification process for all of the remaining passengers. Yes, so the regional Delta Airlines

flight from Minneapolis was carrying 80 people aboard. Officials say first responders and the plane's crew, of course, like she mentioned, issued a executed a textbook response and the plane's crew of course like she mentioned it issued a executed a textbook response and the plane will remain on the scene at the airport for the next 48 hours as investigators continue to look into the cause of the crash I know that there has been rumors that there was a wind gust and then also and now that video has been released it seems like some of the landing gear could have been compromised but again we'll keep you posted I don't want to get too ahead of myself in regards to what caused that crash. Yeah I was gonna ask they said in

the video you can see the plane actually catches on fire as soon as it lands so they don't know what the reason was it emergency landing or it was just a regular did they say or no still not yet? Again they from what I've heard so far is that the landing up until the point of impact was pretty normal. Really? Yeah and then there was a it was almost like all of a sudden they were on their side and then upside down. So again it does appear if you look at the video like the landing gear may have been compromised or one of the wheels of the plane which could have also catered to the the

barreling of that plane. So well again I don't want to get too ahead of myself but they are investigating the cause of the crash and I will keep you guys posted. Thank you. So in foreign affairs, President Trump is blaming Ukraine for starting the war. Now speaking from Mar-a-Lago, Trump said he thinks he has the power to end the war and he thinks it's going very well, but he heard, oh, well, we weren't invited. And well, he went on to say, well, you've been there for three years, adding you shouldn't have started it and you could have made a deal.

He's referencing Ukraine. He's talking about Ukrainian President Zelensky. So this comes as the first peace talks between the US and Russia in the Russian war in Ukraine are done. Secretaries of State Marco Rubio and other US officials met with a Russian delegation in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. He says the US wants to move quickly with the peace talks in the Russia-Ukraine war. Let's hear more from Secretary of State Marco Rubio. We're going to appoint a high-level team from our end to help negotiate and work through the end of the conflict in Ukraine in a way that's enduring and acceptable to all the parties engaged. We're going to appoint our teams respectively that have worked very quickly

to reestablish the functionality of our respective missions in Washington and in Moscow. For us to be able to continue to move down this road, we need to have diplomatic facilities that are operating and functioning normally. Yeah, I would agree. I think it's a little counterintuitive that Rubio is overseas having these peace talks while Trump is at home talking about, yeah, you should have started a deal and blaming Ukraine for starting a war that they were once invaded.

By the way, that's insanity. You can't have peace talks if you don't have both countries at the table. That's not a peace talk. That's a one sided talk. That basically means you're giving Russia whatever it is that they want. And you're deciding Ukraine's fate for them. That's right. So Ukrainian President Zelensky

He did say that his government didn't know anything about the talks And he said that he will not accept a peace deal that is made without his country's involvement fair enough Switching gears to me. What is it? Oh, I don't believe that he won't accept something if there's a deal that's made You know, and it brings peace to the country I don't think that he you you know, will not accept it just because he wasn't at the table. Cause I mean, what if it is a good deal? I don't know if it will be, but what if it is?

Yeah, fair enough. And switch in, just this last little story I thought was really interesting because we're always talking about, you know, who could be president, who could be next? Stephen A. Smith, he is considering running for president, kind of. I won't get too much into the semantics of it.

Let's just listen to this audio. Although I have absolutely, positively no desire to be a politician because shaking hands and kissing babies ain't my thing. Being a professional beggar, looking for donors, looking for campaign dollars, looking for elected officials to try to curry favor with them so I can get what I want legislatively and beyond. Although I have no desire to do any of those things,

I do have an insatiable desire one day when I'm more qualified as I really dig my heels into this stuff to be on a stage debating presidential candidates for the United States of America. And in order to do that, I would have to be a candidate. What do you guys think about that? He may not be the ideal candidate, but it further speaks to your point, Charlamagne, that maybe the non-traditional politicians are actually in demand. What do you think? You know, the Washington Post called me about this yesterday, man, and I'll repeat what I said.

I said, Stephen A is a great media personality. I respect who he is in that space tremendously. I hope ESPN makes him the highest paid person at the network because he deserves it. But when it comes to him being president, look, you never know what God has planned for a person, but I have to say the fact that the media is entertaining this conversation, the fact that I've seen politicians asked about this shows how unserious we are. He doesn't be talking, man.

That's the whole conversation that he's having. He's saying people are coming up to him actually saying it to him, Stephen A for president. He's saying, where are we as a country if me, a sports broadcaster is being considered running for president? That's the conversation. Well, what happened was one of Donald Trump's old posters actually put his name in a poll and he came back with like 2% of the people said that they would vote for him. I think that was done purposely.

I think it was done to be a distraction. And I think that, you know, when I saw Hakeem Jeffries asked about it, and I wish Hakeem didn't even entertain it because they're a bigger fish to fry. Like, you know, we talked about earlier, 12,000 federal workers laid off because of Elon Musk, unelected, you know, official controls how the government pays everybody with Elon Musk. Again, Social Security will probably be on the chopping block next all because this country decided Oligarchy is better than democracy. So I got mad love for Stephen A as a media personality But entertaining a conversation about him being president at a time like this. It's just so one serious crazy

It's such a distraction. Maybe not him, but you do you think that non-traditional politicians should be somebody should step up non-traditional So when I only not the only non-traditional the only yes, I thought the only non-traditional politician should be somebody should step up non-traditional someone that's not the only non-traditional the only yes I the only non-traditional person that I would love to see in that field is John Stewart okay literally everybody about that we got to get back to business I don't want to knowledge base I don't want to see no more celebrity and chiefs unless John Stewart decides he wants to take a real stab at it I don't want to see no celebrity and chief chiefs. Unless Jon Stewart decides he wants to take a real stab at it, I don't want to see no celebrity in chiefs. All right.

No celebrity in chiefs, no more first buddies. All right. That's your front page news of Morgan Wood. Follow me on social at Morgan Media. And for more news coverage, follow at Black Information Network. Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit us at BINnews.com. You have a good one. All right.

Now, thank you, Morgan. When we come back, Will Packer will be joining us. He has a new book, Who Better Than You art of healthy arrogance and dreaming big is out now It's the breakfast club. Good morning the breakfast club Morning everybody is DJ envy just hilarious Charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club Laura Rosa is here as well. We got a special guest in the building his new book Who better than you the art of healthy arrogance and dreaming big It's out now ladies gentlemen, Will Packer family. What's going on?

What's up? How are you? Bless black and how you feel? How you feel? I'm feeling amazing. You know, I'm up here I'm up here with one of the most incredible platforms in media right now interesting time in media You know media ebbs and flows in an ebb right now in the movie business Charlamagne Really? You know, yeah, just you know coming off the strikes coming, coming off of COVID, the movie industry never really recalibrated. So there's a lot of folks out there that are hurting right now. A lot of folks that aren't working, a lot of actors that are work writers. And so as a producer, I'm just trying to keep people hired, trying to do what I do and create

content. Most people out there, they don't realize because there's so much content out there and so many streaming services. It's like, oh, it's everything out there. I can see whatever I want. But actually, the media companies are making a lot less. So it's an interesting time in the business, man. Who Better Than You is the name of the book. What made you decide to write this? Yo, you know, I have been in the movie game for almost 30 years now.

And I have dealt with some of the biggest names, some of the most impressive, successful people, some of the most toxic, insecure people. And throughout that process, I have gained a set of skills that I want to share with people about how you can be successful and manifest a more full life. How you can use some of the skills that I've learned That are transferable to any industry to navigate be it you want to start a new endeavor You want to overcome a challenge you want to pivot in your life? And so I'm telling stories I've never told before stories from dealing with you know some of my Hollywood folks, but it's really lessons, right?

It's lessons about this is how you deal with people, how you position yourself to succeed, and how you have healthy arrogance. Now to be confused with toxic arrogance, right? Toxic arrogance walks in a room and says, I'm better than everybody here. I'm gonna win because you're gonna lose, right? I'm better than you. Healthy arrogance walks in a room and says, okay, number number one I belong in this room right the most successful people feel that they don't feel like am I supposed to be here with all these important people healthy arrogance feels like I'm supposed to be here

however I also have something to add to this room this room is better because I'm in it and I'm gonna get other people to understand how they and I have a commonality in terms of our goal. If you can get other people to see the value and I have a commonality in terms of our goal. If you can get other people to see the value in what you're going after, then you can then get them to roll in the same direction as you and work towards your own goal. That's what leadership is.

Getting other people to realize that it's not me against you. If I can get you to understand that together, we both benefit from working together and accomplishing things that are my goals as well as your goals, your chance for success is increased. You know when I read about you talk about healthy arrogance, I hear your interviews about healthy arrogance, it feels like you're saying you just got it's like a sense of worthiness.

It's value. It is. It is very much understanding the value to place on yourself, right? You understand, Charlamagne, because you talk about mental health a lot. We all have this drum beat in our head, right? It can be a negative drum beat of, I'm not ready, I'm not worthy, I don't have the skills, I'm not prepared. More and more you tell yourself that, the louder those voices get.

But there's a confidence muscle that you can build, that you can grow, by telling yourself the exact opposite, that I am worthy, right? That I am prepared. But it's really about assigning value. The thing I say to people is that understand from the time you are born into the time you leave this earth, you are building your brand, everything you do, right?

It mean you can't make mistakes, everybody does. But every decision you make and everything you do is building your brand and it is telling people what value to assign to you. Whether that's somebody that is looking to invest in you, looking to date you, looking to just hang out with you. You are telling them what your value is and you have to be healthily arrogant in the way that you force other people to recognize your value.

Damn. Yeah. So if you don't have nobody, does that mean you're not worth nothing? Well, you know, I'm not going to say that. Well, you mean like a relationship? Well, that just means that you have to be sure that you're surrounding yourself with people that understand your value. It might mean that you're worth more than people want to give you credit for. Talk about it. It might mean you're single because other people don't recognize your value and you're not willing to compromise for it have something to say Charlemagne? What? What? Your dog will holler won't they?

I'm asking the brother a question. I'm just asking the brother a question. Where is Charlemagne's next sassy? You saw it coming this way though didn't you? You did. The sassiness of the neck caught me off guard. Is that what it is? Are you whipping your hair back and forth? I was not whipping my hair at all. What's happening? I was just asking you a question because I like what you're talking about. The hair whip. The hair whip. The hair whip. The hair whip. The hair whip. The hair whip. The hair whip. The hair whip. The hair whip.

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She is immediately the most entertaining person at this table Imposter syndrome yeah, and when you when did that like when you get past that where did you deal with that at all yourself? Absolutely deal with everybody deals with everybody Gets to a point where they feel like yo do I belong right do I deserve? To be in the most important spaces, and I've been very, very fortunate to be in some incredible rooms with some people that are, you know, some of the most powerful people from around the world. As I said, what I realized is that when I walk in those

rooms, I cannot question if I'm supposed to be there. I need to realize what is it that I have that nobody else in this room has? And how can I double down on that? Right. So black man after American filmmaker in Hollywood Not a lot of folks at my level in the rooms that I'm in. Oftentimes. It's all white people in those rooms What I choose to do instead of saying, okay, I'm the only black person in this room. I know they racist I know they're looking at me a certain way I know they have a negative perception. I'm walking in the room and I'm thinking okay, you know what? I'm bringing something that nobody else can bring when I talk about my perspective when I talk about my audience

I talk about my community. Nobody else can debate me on that. So I'm the only one with that lived experience Whatever it is in the rooms and the circles that you're in What's the unique thing that you have, and then you triple down on that. That will help with that imposter syndrome. The other thing is that you have to understand, you don't have to be somebody that's just born with an overabundance of confidence. It's something that you can build.

But you do have to build it by putting a success with a success with a success, right? Just like a volume JG said, a check with a check with a check. You gotta build the successes. And sometimes to do that, you gotta come back and not say, okay, my first success has to be so big. Right?

Just accomplish something. I call it fabricating momentum. I believe that sometimes we get stuck on the first rung. The very first thing, I'm trying to get started, I don't have any money, I don't know people, I don't have a network, that's okay, right? Don't make the first thing you trying to do to climb the mountain, right? That's a lot That's a momentous task make the first thing buy the shoes hiking boots then buy a rope then drive by the mountain and look

At it. Well, you know, you've done three things right get started do something that helps to build that confidence. We all need that We got more with Will Packer when we come back. His new book, Who Better Than You? The Art of Healthy Arrogance and Dreaming Big is out now. It's The Breakfast Club, good morning. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Will Packer. Lauren? You have a chapter in the book, I think it's chapter 20, yeah, chapter 21. All you need is one white guy. Yeah. Get into that chapter a little bit, because I know you just mentioned being the only in the room and kind of dealing with that Like talk to us a bit of putting that chapter and why and kind of what your experience has been and why you titled it

Yeah the chapter sometimes all you need is one white guy and it's actually The irony of it is that I'm saying that what you need is an advocate, right? Everybody does nobody I don't care who they are, how successful they are, nobody does it by themselves. What I'm saying is that your person may not be white, may not be a guy, right? And so when I came into Hollywood, there was a white executive. It was a white gay executive. He used to tell me that he felt like he was trapped in the body of a black woman. I said, okay, his name is Clint Culpepper

I say Clint first of all don't tell nobody else that second of all get you some therapy to unpack that but he was somebody That was an advocate He was he didn't play some eggs. He didn't know I believe he He didn't go to FAMU and nothing like that But what I said was he wanted to make movies that were aimed at African American culture And I was interested in at African American culture and I was interested in being African American storyteller. I made him look good to the studio and so he then in turn gave me more power and more movies. Remember that

advocacy is a two-way street. Oftentimes we have our hands out I need somebody to help me. What can you do for me? The best way to get help and the best way to find your advocate, right? You're quote-unquote one white guy. I don't care what it looked like It could look like Charlamagne could look like just it doesn't matter The point is to get that one person you got to add value to them make them look smart figure out what it is that they need and then Once you are able to help them they're're gonna wanna continue to help you, right?

This guy wanted to make movies that were similar to the ones I made. I made him look smart because I was able to make them for a certain number and they overperformed in terms of their budget. And so, we made a bunch of movies together, right? But you gotta figure out that person that you need, you gotta find that one person,

nobody does it by themselves, and whatever that person is, figure out how you can add value to their lives. Don't just think about, what can you do for me? What can you do for me? No, that's not how the people at the top level think. Did he get out your way? Did he let you create? He absolutely did. Yeah, and it became a very Semitic relationship. It was a two-way street, right? So he was he went out and got financing from Sony Pictures for the movie some of the early like if you look at my

Think like a man's no good, Takers, anybody remembers those movies? Those are all movies that I don't put number one at the box off. Those are movies that I made when I was at Sony Pictures and these are movies that he financed. But our very first one he gave me, it was called The Gospel, right? The Gospel, it was a Gospel music movie. It had a star Idris Selva, it was Idris' first movie off the wire. Boris Kojo had all the Gospel stars in it from Kirk Franklin, Ilana Adams, Fred Hamlin, everybody. He gave me a budget to go out and do that movie totally on my own.

I did not go spend the money frivolously and I did not go spend the money and not return it. I went out, spent that money on a $3 million movie and it made $15 million. It's not all the money in the world, but that's on a $3 million movie, and it made $15 million. It's not all the money in the world, but that's five times what they spent on it. So he looked good at the studio. And so they said, oh, that's great.

Who is this guy that you're working with, Clint? He said, oh yeah, that's my guy. We wanna make something else. And he continued to feed me as I continued to make him look good. Now your book is motivational and inspirational, right? But it leans on comedy too. You love comedy because the interesting thing is the back, the quotes, you got quotes from

Kevin, Issa, Kerry Washington, Idris Elba too right? What made you do that? That's funny. Idris's quote is that I did not authorize Will Packard to use my name in this book and he did it anyway. It tells you all you need to know about Will Packard. That is 100% true. All those quotes are true.

Because I come at Kevin pretty hard. And so he said, you know what? I don't have to like this and I don't have to laugh at it. So if you look at the quotes, I reached out to my industry friends and I said, just be honest. Steve Harvey's quote is, buy my book first and then buy Will's. That's hilarious. You know what I'm saying?

That's how you plug yourself. That's very much how Steve acts. But you know, for me, it is a lot of, it is told through humor. It's told through comedy. I have had an incredible career. I look back and I can't believe it's been 30 years in the game.

I can't believe I've had the success I've had. That is because of the people listening to the shows, because you all let me come on the shows, because of the support of the audience. But the reality, telling it, now I can look back with levity and with light listen to this show is because you all whole movie. I don't want to hear you talk bad about Kevin no more after reading chapter 22. What's chapter 22? Chapter 22, if all else fails, open a fruit stand. Yeah. Benefits the fearless. Yes. And I don't want to give it all away. Yeah. But I'll just say you got into Jamaica with an expired passport. I snuck into a foreign country. And you called Shayla to fix that problem for you. Going into a country with an

expired passport either fearlessness is criminal. It was not the smartest thing I've ever done. How come you got Shayla behind you? I did it. No, that's criminal and it was not the smartest thing I've ever done Shout out to Shayla it was you know what the point of that when you read that chapter sir It's sometimes you can get away with crap. No, that is not Do you remember what you said the first night I came over here how goes lower? I met Santi at a luau party in October. I'm Santi Damien. Oh, it was bizarre The guy just disappeared one day Santi has been missing ever since at a luau party in October. I'm Santi. Damien. Oh, it was bizarre. The guy just disappeared one day. Santi has been missing ever since.

The hookup. What is that? I'm solving a mystery through sex and haven't made a private dick joke until now? Like, no matter how hard I try, all roads lead to... The hookup. You think it's causing people to turn aggro? I'm gonna rip your arms off and use them to- Yeah, that's a word for it.

This is such terrible representation, I'm so sorry. Poppers? These aren't just any poppers. Mama always used to say, God gave me gumption in place of a gag reflex. No, my psychiatrist didn't laugh at that one either. Listen to the hookup on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. This is John Cameron Mitchell and my new fiction podcast series, Cancellation Island, stars Holly Hunter as Karen, a wellness

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deadly is distracted driving. Eyes forward, don't drive distracted. Brought to you by NHTSA and the Ad Council. Point of it, and that is not what it was. It was the fact that I was first. It was one of my first dates with this new woman that I had met and met this amazing woman named Heather. And you sneaking into the country. You know what I'm saying?

Listen, you know what it was? Just we got to the counter and my passport was expired because with a passport, you know, it's like seven eight years or something Right, that's good. But that's also the problem. You don't think about it. I got to that counter and they say my password was expired This is my first trip out of town and I'm trying to be impressive and she looking at me like oh, I'm with that guy I'm with the guy that don't even have an active passport and don't check this stuff out and you will pack So I was like I got to figure this out. So I do tell the story about how I snuck in.

The bad thing was that I was able to get out of America and I didn't think about the fact that once I got into the country, my passport was still expired. And I would have preferred to be in American jail versus a Jamaican jail. So I kind of didn't think it all the way through. But here's the point.

We all have situations, right? Life is hard, where we have to then decide after we are in a situation that we can't control. So once I got into Jamaica, I was there. I had the best vacation ever. Because at that point, you gotta go hard. So I encourage people, right? There are times when you get into a situation

that you just gotta say, you know what? There's nothing I can do But live my life to the fullest in this moment. Don't stress about it Don't get anxiety about it once you're in it once I was in Jamaica And I snuck in I knew I might go to jail I said yo I'm gonna have a good ass time. Well you had to go ahead because her group chat you wanted to tell her friends No, no definitely not. Yeah, but but I locked that down after she's my wife now That's right. That's Heather. She is here with me right now. Did you tell your friend? Yes

She told her she was here as soon as it happened. Heather you were an accomplice. I just want you to know that. Oh, yeah Heather, Heather definitely yeah, she had to flirt with the Jamaican dude to help us get into the country I didn't want to say all that. No, no I did. I definitely I definitely threw my wife out there It's not one of my proudest moments. I said, baby, you got to do what you got to do. When Kev wanted to go do his stand up and go to the party afterwards, yes, we here now. Kev was completely irresponsible.

Do not try to defend that man. He was irresponsible. He knew exactly what he was doing. It's the biggest movie of our careers. And he overbooked himself. Come on, man. That was the biggest moment of your career life with Heather. You 15 years later.

It was. It was. And it panned out. and one thing I will say about Kevin if anything works too hard It wasn't malicious in what he did He overbooked because he does work too hard and that's the other thing the most successful people Who have accomplished things that you may look and say how do I get there the only difference between them and you is just that? They haven't stopped. That's it. They just keep going. They've made all kinds of mistakes, right? They've had to pivot. And I always say giving up and quitting are two different things. Never ever, ever give up, but you can quit, right? You might be doing something the wrong way. You might need to quit. Everybody I know that's really successful has quit doing something some way and pivoted the power of the pivot. Never give up.

All right. We got more with Will Packer when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Lorne LaRosa's here with us as well. We're still kicking in with Will Packer. His new book, Who Better Than You? The Art of Healthy Arrogance and Dreaming Big is out now.

Charlamagne? I wanna get to the art of the pivot, but first I wanna ask you about the chapter that says stay in your lane. Yeah. Just make it wide. You know, lean into your thing. How does one avoid being typecasted by leaning into their thing and when do you know the pivot?

Yeah. You know, the whole point of that chapter is about when you have something that you do really, really well. Because many times people are afraid of being locked into something that people will think that's all I can do. But if you do that thing and you do it really, really well, do not stop. Don't stop. The most successful people have a thing that they do and they do it well, then they use

the ability to be successful in a lane to go out and do something else. I'm only able to write this book with a major publisher because I've been very successful in a particular medium, right? Now I'm able to go and do other things. So don't worry about that, oh, well, I can do so much other stuff. What's the thing you do really well? Do that. Triple down on that. Be the best person in that particular field.

And by the way, find your passion within that, right? Too many times people are telling me, well, I'm not passionate about something. I gotta wait to find my passion and before I go out and work really hard and I'm telling you, you're building a brand from day one. Work hard today. I didn't have a passion to be a filmmaker. I will admit that. But I did not. That was not my dream growing up. But I found that I was really good at knowing how to hire actors and raise money and self-distribute and then I found the passion in Storytelling later, so I found the thing

I was really really good at and then I found my passion within it I encourage people to do that don't worry about being typecast stay in your lane, but you can make it Why I'm not trying to pigeonhole you and I'm not trying to limit what you can do But stay in your lane. Too often we are trying to do too much and now you can't be the person that's doing everything the best. That is just not how humans work. What's the thing you do well?

Triple down on that. So once you've leaned into your thing and you find that thing, there's never a pivot from that thing. It can be a pivot where you use that thing. You use your ability. You use your ability. You use your brand. You use the fact that you have got credibility in a particular space. You have done the exact same thing. You use the fact that you have credibility in one lane in order to then expand your lane. Right. But it should still all be about this is the

thing that I do. That's why I say stay in your lane but make your lane wide. Is there ever a time where like you're, cause I mean, I'm look, I remember when you told the story about Kevin and what the last time you guys were here. Yeah. And now I'm seeing it in context of this book of like who better than you. And I feel like in that moment he had the arrogance to be like, I can do both of these. I'm going to be fine and it's all going to work out. But things like that can kind of get pretty tricky because what if it hadn't have worked out? Right.

Is there ever a moment where you have to tell somebody who's coming to you for this type of who better than you advice like maybe this is not it for you right now maybe there's someone better than you right now but that doesn't mean later you might not be able to have that who better than you Eric you have to be honest with yourself number one right we live in a world where people think either they are too great or they are too awful. Rudyard Kipling has a poem called If and my favorite stanza in that poem is if you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same. That is saying that both triumph and disaster are imposters neither of

them are real right. Too many times because we post some on social media everybody Tell you oh my god, you're the greatest thing ever is so good or the opposite They just hate knowing telling you how awful you are. Neither of that is true. You got to stay even-keeled So the first thing you got to do is be honest about you and your skill set It's the only way you're gonna get better. Don't worry about external factors You got to have a very honest conversation One of the things I talk about in the book is how we have to make sure I'm a daily affirmation type of person. You're there encouraging yourself,

right? Giving yourself positivity, telling yourself how you're ready, how you prepared, what you can do, but also being very very honest with yourself. I don't care what you tell the world. Don't lie to yourself. Lie to your mom, a lot of your cousin, a lot of your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife. Do not lie to yourself. Be very, very clear about what it is that you do well. Yeah, you know, I wanna talk to you about the Packer family model too.

If you wanna have what others want, you have to do what others don't. Yeah, yeah. I see you got your mom with you. Did it come from her? I got moms. I got, you know what? It's something that mom instilled in me.

You know, when I was growing up, mom and dad, they took me like, you know, like Simba and the Lion King and lifted me up and said, you know, whatever the son touches is your son. Like, I encourage my folks with kids, do that. Tell your kids, because that's when they're the most impressionable. Tell them they can do anything. They told me that, and so I was very audacious growing up. With my family, it's me, my wife, we have four children, so that's the six pack. If you wanna have what others don't,

you have to be willing to do what others won't, period. That is the mantra. The mantra is that understand whatever it is that you wanna do. If anybody else can do it, then it's not special, you're not gonna get it, right? You're not gonna get something that's unique. You gotta be willing to do what others are not To get that thing and I believe that the more you do hard things

The better you become at hard things the more hard things you do the easier hard things become So don't run from doing hard things. Don't run from doing the things that everybody else says is crazy That's the only way you're gonna get strength and to build that muscle is by doing those hard things Why say dream big because your dream has got to be so big because there's gonna be challenges along the way It's gotta be so big that it pushes you past those challenges Inevitably because if the dream is just a mediocre dream like man, it'd be kind of cool to do that Then when you run into a speed bump, that's really hard. You're gonna say, you know what? It ain't worth it I'm cool, right?

But if the dream is so big, right? I mean, so big, four color, 4K HD, like super crazy, beyond your wildest dreams big, then when you do hit that hard moment, those challenges, you know it's worth it to keep going and keep fighting because the dream is big enough. Is Will Packer allowed to turn his own book into a movie? Yeah, I mean it serious. Yeah. Yeah, I mean it's miss I'm will packer. Okay, you know, I think about doing I could do that. I saw Heather in the background Is that you know what had to say in the background? I don't know. I just saw something

Oh, it was oh, I was giving a lean like maybe no don't do it right now. I you know what? I'm I've made this book not to turn into a movie or a TV show. You never say never, because one of my biggest movies is Think Like a Man. Steve Harvey will tell you. He never thought of that as a movie. Never, he never wrote it for that. I wrote this to give the master mentorship

that I didn't have. I have people coming to me a lot and saying, tell me about your success story, tell me about your failures, tell me about your success story, tell me about your failures, tell me about what you had to overcome. And so when I tell these stories, right, and I talk about Beyonce turning me down five times, or Idris Elba almost not walking the carpet

at the first Emmys and how you get past that, when I tell these stories, I'm doing that so that other people can benefit from them. So I could turn it to a movie,. That's not what I made it for I literally made this book so that I could influence other folks who are either on their way up thinking about Making a pivot or living a life that they know could be a little more fulfilling Well, we appreciate you for joining us We'll pack a new book who better than you to art of healthy arrogance and dreaming big out right now

Always a pleasure to see you. Go out there and buy this book, make it a New York Times bestseller, man. Appreciate you, fam. Appreciate you, man. Thank you, thank you all for having me, Charlamagne, and thank you, because you are somebody that,

and I told you this, we saw each other at the Democratic National Convention, and I told you I had written my first book, and I was inspired by your books, and by reading your books, and just seeing that process and the ground that you put in so you Never know who's watching and who you're inspiring. So I thank you my brother. Thank you for having me. It's Will Packer It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Jess with the Mess is up next. Morning everybody. It's DJ NB Jess Hilarious, Shalemane the guy

We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to Jess with the mess. You need to just real web it. Jessica Robin Moore, Jess don't do no lying. She don't spare nobody. She don't spare nobody. World wide Jess, World wide mess. On the Breakfast Club. She's a coacheship. She was able to get y'all to see something

and understand something that nobody could get you to see. It's time to set it on. So Drake is on tour, he been having tantrums, girl and understand something that nobody could get you to see. It's time to set it off. So Drake is on tour, he been having tantrums, girl. He been doing all types of acts. He's been, you know, trying to prove that he's not dead. He's very much alive. It's a lot going on. I don't even know why though.

But he is charting, so I am gonna give him that. Yes, that is exactly where I was about to go. I don't know why because at this point, I know we talked about it in here and I know y'all don't care for some sexy songs for you, but the boy is moving. He is right now, some sexy song for you is supposed to be headed to number one on Billboard. Congratulations. Nice, nice, nice, nice.

That's a big thing for him because I feel like, I'm not even gonna lie, I feel like the Kendrick goggles of Not Like Us has changed the way I even look at him. Yeah Still a superstar. He has called. I know he's still gonna hit number one on all those charts I know got the labels calling saying what song you know should be at radio even through the lawsuit I know Last week it's hard to not look at some of the things and then like to see what he's doing and then you just Immediately think back to some of Kendrick's lyrics. Mm-hmm Like remember he was like I hate the way that she walked the way that you talk even the way that you dress

Yeah, people talk about his outfit And I'm like that's crazy because I even the stuff he's been doing on tour So like this shoot there was like once one Even the stuff he's been doing on tour, so like the shoot, there was like one step where he's like shooting his gun and opening up one of his songs. And then he threw the rosen jersey down. But you know he's been doing the shooting thing for a long time and all this time.

I literally said to myself, I'm like, but he's been doing this for a while. Maybe we didn't realize how cool he was. Same thing with the outfits, he's been doing the outfits too. No, no, no, he used to dress a little bit better. Them funny outfits and the matching outfits with the bright colors even do them I know see him wear a t-shirt. I said, where do you see my D and the arrow pointing his mouth?

I mean probably not that exact t-shirt, but that was a t-shirt There's no arrow pointing to his mouth And he was that wasn't on stage that was he was walking around I've never seen him with a hoodie on with smoke coming from the holes like Like I just, you know, I think even though, you know, that's headed up the charts. I know. Give me a hug. Hit number one on like US Apple music chart as well too. Amazing.

Yeah. I do think that the Kendrick Lamar not like us effect is a thing because even he posted that while he there was a video of like a drone that was flying around. I think it was just like a promotional ad low key for for Drake and steak which is where he'd be doing sports gambling even when I saw that I'm like why he doing all that? mm-hmm it's like we've been, our blinders have been taken off. I love Drake though, I'm so confused. But he did these stupid videos before. I know. You know what I mean? And everybody loved it before. So you say he always was stupid? He would always do these stupid videos.

What is this conversation? Like the workout video he did with Taylor Swift. I just wanted to show Drake. everybody loved it before he would always do these stupid videos first of all y'all are having a conversation about Drake that's been going on since the beginning of time Drake has always charted and he's always been corny just now to be honest with you. We weren't considering him corny. Some girls are like he gave off work as... OG Dre Kato over here baby. This is OG Dre Kato.

Well, I'm not a Dre Kato. He's a Dre Kato. But he's always done them stupid commercials like him working out and act like he's listening to music, he's listening to Taylor Swift as he works out. He's always done these stupid commercials. By the way, and he also has a huge fan base. He does. He even, whether or not Kendrick Lamar won the rap battle, we know commercials. And he also has a huge fan base. Yeah. Even whether or not Kendrick Lamar won the rap battle,

we know that. And he's still charting and making- But Drake still has a base. Yeah, 100%. Yeah. Wow. And other news. Exactly, cause I don't want to go on him anymore.

He gave out Birkins and Chanel's, we gonna leave him alone. He ain't giving us one. I got one, I got Chanel. No. From Drake? From Drake? His birthday party, yeah. Oh, he gave you one? He literally raffles them off at his birthday party. Ain't giving us one No He literally raffles them off at his birthday party Getting another one cuz you sit next to the biggest haters

Gave you one he raffles them. He gave a five that night. No, I don't believe it I swear my sister used to dance for him on a scorpion tour and I went to his birthday party. That's it That's a little sister. No, she's not my real sister I was about to say If you ever been to Drake's tour where you see the man in the middle of it We got my tour boss coming for you You might want to tell us now Yeah, yeah, what happened y'all I went to Drake's birthday party and he gave away five Chanel bags that night and I was one of them

I didn't think it was real. I even went up to them and was like yo, what is going on? And they're like we do this all the time. Which is older than you right? I don't have it today, but y'all have seen it before. It's the big boy, the gray one. OK. OK. Oh, yeah, the one that I said I like. No, no.

No, it's not, Karen. She do got a big, no. She do got the big Chanel. That's the one I told her I like. I do like it. It's Hollywood news, obviously. She sat down with British Vogue. Yeah.

Kick, kick, kick, kick, kick. And with the last one, when she was up here. She was dragging Charlamagne on British Vogue. when she was up here Yeah, she asked the question and she looked like what are you talking to her? What I'm sorry It was something like that, okay Okay I know you're saying like that. Go ahead. Okay. So, Tyler was here at the Breakfast Club and she was asked the question about how she identifies as a black woman or not. She recently brought this back up when she was speaking to British Vogue.

Let's take a listen to though what happened when she came here on the Breakfast Club. Fool me on these debates that they be having about your identity as a South African colored person. What does that even mean? Can we, yeah, can we not, por favor? Oh, I like that. your identity as a South African colored person. What does that even mean? Oh I like that. We keeping that in the interview too. I like when they talk from the back and say we can't. I like that. That's even better. All right Tyler. Wasn't that bad was it? Man that baby whipped that neck around like he He asked in a question that we said don't ask by the way the label made that bad

Okay, because the label came in here and said don't ask these questions of course I'm gonna ask that but we thought we told that we was gonna ask the question Look how I asked the question. I said school me giving her an opportunity To you was polite you said it it nice It wasn't an attack and then even and then it was like 12 things on the list We couldn't talk about exactly what else can we ask? You know when she sat down with British Vogue in in context like in you know fullness of the conversation She was talking about you know Just her career and representing where she's from and you know Just how she's been handling all of that and what?

Representation is like for her and why she doesn't feel the pressure to do so anymore. And they brought up the interview and they said that the interview basically like made the matter kind of worse. And they asked her, you know, why didn't she answer? And she says, you know, me choosing not to say anything, I'm happy that I didn't. I didn't want to explain my culture and something that is really important to me on a platform that is just going to be purposefully misconstrued. I've explained it a lot of times before, but people took that and put words in my

mouth. They said a whole bunch of things that I never said and ran with it. If people really search, they'll see that in South Africa, we had a lot of segregation. It was bad for a lot of us. They just classified us and that's just so happens to be the name that the white people called us. They chose to call people that were mixed colored. And I'm not going to lie. It was hard because all my life, obviously I knew I'm black, but I also knew that I'm colored. So when I was hard because all my life obviously I knew I'm black But I also knew that I'm colored so when I went to America and people were like you can't say that I was in

A position where I was like, oh, so what do I do? What am I then? She could have said that here Answer that here Charlemagne didn't ask it a negative way She could just answer just like that right in there in South Africa was a lot of segregation It was a lot of things going on in the past and all that stuff. And she's still young but ever since she was a little girl, you know, she's been called colored and she get over here and we care more about the actual color you are than just

being colored, you know. So it's just, it's cultural differences but she definitely could have said it. Well she's probably more prepared to answer it now. Yeah. I think that is a big thing. She just doesn't want to be challenged here. I also think it's a more prepared to answer it now. Yeah I think she might have been nervous about how she would be challenged in this room versus the city Definitely British Vogue is a little bit more but they knock on it and it's print You can see it. What is the challenger on?

That's a school me on you didn't test it just Be very honest it is this is a very intimidating room depending on who you are People do come, you know know they come up here nonetheless but they come up here just like sometimes people might come up here on edge and until they realize how cool that you are and that you're not this know, you know. Once they realize his whole face will match. You know, right. Then they be like, okay, he's not so big. By the way, Lauren, you look better with that face, you know. But listen, you know yesterday, right?

We do this all the time. Whenever guests come up here, if guests have things that we don't want them to ask, it's up to us whether or not we say yes or no to the request. That literally happened yesterday. ask it's up to us whether or not we say yes or no to the request that literally happened yesterday there was a person that called and said hey I want to come up but I don't want to be asked about this and we said well we don't think we cannot ask you about that and so the person decided not to do the interview Well, I'm breaking news. Oh my god, break your wig like T.I. used to wear his hat. To the side. You so mad.

You so mad. I was like, yeah, come on back. Wake up. Wake up. You're locked into the Breakfast Club. I just wanted to know how you came up with the donkey of the day. Tell us. Tell us.

Because you're mean. I am not. What did I do? I made a donkey of the day. There's a bunch of donkeys out here. That is why y'all named it here. We live a life where we bite our tongue based off who we may have seen. We never know what we're gonna find.

We never know what we're gonna find. We never know what we're gonna find. We never know what we're gonna find. We never know what we're gonna find. We never know what we're gonna find. We donkeys out here in the street. That is why Charlamagne is here. We live a life where we bite our tongue based off who we may have been. He never would say it. You don't give a damn, don't throw it home. Hey! Charlamagne, give it to him! Give it to him!

On The Breakfast Club. In the words of Charlamagne the God, he's a donkey. He ain't worth a **** at all. Oh man, Charlamagne, you've given Donkey giving donkey today to who now? Donkey today for Wednesday February 19th goes to Terrell Efron known as ASAP Rally now I never heard of the brother before this case with ASAP Rocky if you haven't heard by the way ASAP Rocky was facing two felony counts of assault with a firearm in connection with this Altercation that happened with ASAP Relly.

But yesterday he was acquitted of shooting ASAP Relly found not guilty on all charges. Let's go to ABC News for the report please. ASAP Rocky was looking at more than two decades behind bars if he had been found guilty. So if we put ourselves in his shoes it's easy to understand the amount of emotion and joy and relief we saw from him when the verdict was handed down. Not guilty. Relief and joy as A$AP Rocky heard, not guilty. The rapper whose real name is Rakeem Mayer's literally leaping into the arms of his partner, superstar Rihanna.

It was the first of two verdicts handed down in his favor as he faced two felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon accused of firing a semi-automatic firearm at former friend ASAP Rally in November of 2021. This whole experience has been crazy for the past four years but I'm thankful nonetheless I'm thankful and it's we blessed to be here right now to be a free man talking to y'all thank you all praise do to God Traveling to Clues Bonds for ASAP Rocky all praises do to God. Traveling includes bombs for ASAP Rocky. All praises do to God. Why they keep calling him Rakim? I thought it was Rakim. Ain't he named after Rakim? Rakim, yeah.

Hey, they keep saying Rakim. But let's be clear, ASAP Relly was just trying to get paid. All right, nothing more, nothing less. And this is the world that we live in. When you are a person of stature, you know, some celebrity, people think you got some paper, you will always look like a walking lick to those folks which is why my advice to everyone who got something to lose isolation right put

your boundaries up stay within your circle everybody that's not within that circle is dangerous and as we see in this case sometimes people in your circle are dangerous most of the time the most dangerous now I know this type of betrayal has been going on since the beginning of time but we really in a so happy world and you got folks like ASAP Relly who are looking for a quick payday and they don't care who they lie on to get it. Now the reason ASAP Relly is getting donkey today is because he can't even rat right. Alright Relly you just on the stand and got caught lying every which way. I mean you took the stand and just lied lied lied

every which way you could possibly think of I'm talking up up down down left right left right press B press a press start oh really you gonna need all the lives you can get okay you got on the stand and tried to take Rocky out but you're spinning the wind and now you the one with Hawk 2 on your chin okay according to Rocky's defense you you committed perjury, all right? Allegedly, okay, some of your mistruths, according to TMZ and the New York Times, included you denying shooting guns

at a firing range in LA, only to be confronted with video of you shooting guns at a firing range in LA. Rocky's lawyer, Asap Joe, what's his name, Tako, Takopina? Asap Joe Takopina ASAP Joe taco Pina I think it took a Pina talka Pina he thinks you're a liar so much that he blamed the LA County's DA office for embracing perjury now what I found interesting was there was these phone calls and in the phone calls you admitted you just wanted some money okay in fact you said you wanted to try to

shake Rocky down for money in a certain way because you didn't want to be accused of extortion. Can we listen to that call? I already know. I'm here 30 minutes. I walk away. Basically it's going to be a whole other day. I'm going to be on another island relaxing. You get what I'm saying? They're going to be scrambling to find me because now they have to go against Rocky

to state and here they have evidence and stand up there but they're not going to be the same when we present to a jury and you don't have a complaint in witness. So I'm going to be on another island relaxing. I'm going to be on another island relaxing. I'm going to be on another island relaxing. I'm going to be on another island relaxing. I'm going to be on another island relaxing. I'm going to be on another island relaxing.

I'm going to be on another island relaxing. I'm going to be on another island relaxing. I'm going to be on another island relaxing. I'm going to be on another island relaxing. I'm going to be on another island relaxing. I'm going to be on another island relaxing. I'm going to be on another island relaxing. I'm going to be on another island that they're not going to be the same when they present to a jury and they don't have a complaint in witness. Now this call was presented in court and listen to what Relly said about the call. Why am I 12? I want you guys to keep playing fake audio to me like fake stuff. I never said none of that to him. It doesn't even make sense. It was in that moment that the jurors made up their mind. Okay between this and the fact that

the weapon Rocky had was a prop gun. By the way Rocky don't ever do that. Why you walking around with a prop gun for protection? Okay how's that gonna scare somebody? All right especially somebody with a real gun. What if they quick on the draw than you? What if they pulled ass while you pulled yours? Then what? You rich, higher arm security. But listen, Relly, the moral of the story is, y'all Negroes watch too much power. Okay, matter of fact, you not even power, you empire. You wasn't even trying to be realistic, Relly.

Okay, if Relly was a GPS, you'd never reach your destination. It'd be just a bunch of wrong turns and detours. He's the friend that tells you he's five minutes away and hasn't even left the house yet. Just lying for no reason. And really you found out firsthand what happens when you put your hand on a Bible and lie. Rocky found not guilty, but you, oh no, no, no.

You wasted the DA's time playing around. Somebody gotta go to jail, okay? Why not the guy who allegedly may have committed perjury? Why not the guy who allegedly was trying to extort their friend for $30 million? Relly, you said they was gonna be scrambling to find you on an island. Well, I think that in the future, that island's gonna be Rikers. Okay, please let Ribbima give Tarell Efron aka ASAP Relly the biggest hee haw. Hee haw, hee haw, you stupid mother f***er, are you dumb?

Boy, boy people can lie. He should be prosecuted. That's crazy. If he was found perjuring, prosecute him. N-words can lie for no reason, can't they? Cause people gotta stop that. Yes. What?

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So I definitely. And you got a lot of help. You got a man, you got your mom, you got your nanny, sister, sister. Yeah, even with a strong supportive foundation, it is still so hard because when that baby want me, she only want me, she don't, you know, it's- Chris ain't lactating. No, and she know, she be looking at that chest

like, boy, where? You know what I mean? So it's like, it's a lot. It can be a lot at times, but I'm still trying. It's ongoing. I don't have it figured out yet. So think about all of the women who don't have the means that Jess has that listen to us every single day And you know they're trying to find you know that that balance between work and family life because they still got to get up And go to work even though they got newborns and everything else. Those are the people I want to talk to this morning

All right. Well, let's talk to ladies ladies. 800-585-1051. And some of them might be single. How do you balance work and family life? Talk to us, all right? We'll take your calls when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club, good morning. The Breakfast Club. ["Till I Made It," with The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. If you're just joining us, we're taking your phone calls, 800-585-1051. And we're talking to women this morning about work-family balance and how difficult it is. And we started with you, Jess. Working mothers yeah Jess is a you know I don't know if people realize it but they should. She got a six month old at home and a 12 year old and you still get up every morning to bring your ass in here to work absolutely. Amongst doing a million other things. Oh my gosh yes so many other

things and then you know for a lot of people may look at me like you know and look at a lot of people with money. Oh you got money so you good. Yo money is not even like half of it. You gotta have the mental to do it. Like you gotta show up and you can't be tired. You know with no baby and we're just doing everything that I'm doing. Like I have businesses, I got products, I'm in the middle of a rebrand, I'm touring, I'm waking up 3.30 every morning to make sure I look good to come up here.

And then when you're on the radio like, this is Breakfast Club, I can't come in here like I don't feel like, like I have to show up, I gotta be just hilarious. You know what I mean? Because then for the listeners, how they gonna wake up if I ain't woke? You know, so it's a lot, it definitely is a lot. But I do not have it all figured out. Like I ain't even try to act like I do. I really don't, so.

And you're allowed to be tight. Yeah. Like you're allowed to come in here, you know what I'm saying, and have your days. And you know, whether listeners notice that, or anybody in the room notices that, there's a reason behind it. Well, and then the main thing is when you go home

is having the patience, right? Yes. Because you have Ash that wants to come, he wants to tell you about his date. Yes. And then you have the baby that wants mommy come and he wants to tell you about his day. Yes. And then you have the baby that wants mommy when... Yup.

Wants mommy. Wants mommy. Want to tell me about her day, you know, and then I got so many other things. And then you got your husband that you got to make sure you're being nice, you got to make sure that he's okay. Yup. And then even the baby's grandmother, the nanny, because I got to make sure she's good too, you know what I mean?

Just like, if she has everything that she needs for the baby, she needs a break then I need a break and then you know Chris need a break and he's still working it Then he is it's it's a lot to keep this thing going for sure You could cut out the fact cut out the outfit so you don't gotta come in here looking good every more I cannot come here looking like you like I Definitely want to come up That's what I'm saying. No, I don't want to come up here. You just don't want a sweatsuit? That's what I'm saying. No, I don't want to come up here looking like no studs. I don't want to do that.

Those days are over. Those days are used to look like a stud. Is that what you said? No makeup, sweatsuits, walking in here. Because it depends. When I got no sweatsuit, I sound more like I'm Justin Ron away. But then I like to be Jessica Robin more. Last week you came in a sweatsuit.

I thought you was here to fight somebody. I was like, we fighting. I was fed up. I was, I be wanting to come in and cut y'all out. I can't do it all the time. Hello, who's this? Sha'Carria. Hey Sha'Carria, good morning.

Hey good morning. Hi Jess, hi Charlamagne. Hey girl. Hi Sha'Carria. Hi C.Wandy. Guess what? Racee! Oh right, now we're talking about work family balance, how you doing that mama?

Um, so I didn't have a family about three years ago. It was me my son's father I have a son and we had just had a son and everything was going good until I had our child You know, he would you know call out of work for like stupid reasons So after I had my son I had to get back to work I was working 10-hour shifts at Amazon and I would come home you know kids not fed and he's just on the game so I decided to go to a shelter I couldn't do it I couldn't take care of a third child who's supposed to be a grown man and it was extremely hard you know I had suicidal thoughts and everything but I

got through it I left the relationship um and it's hard suicidal thoughts and everything but I got through it. I left the relationship Um, and it's hard. It's still hard, but I feel like it's better than you know, having a grown a grown man Extremely tough, you know, so shout out to all the moms, especially the moms who's dealing with stuff that I've dealt with Thank you Shakira. Yeah. Thank you guys. All right, and you know also the men out there you definitely gotta help I know a lot of times a lot of men will feel like they worked all day. Yeah, come home But just just think of the mom they worked all day. They got the baby They got a cook sometimes yes the baby in another room and y'all just chill out and you know Time to watch her favorite show or just take a shower or just relax. Yeah. Hello. Who's this? What's your name? Oh, hey Pam, good morning. Talk to us, Pam.

So balancing being a mother, so basically I'm a single mother because my man is in jail in a whole nother state. And I'm raising a teenage daughter and a nine-year-old daughter. And that's hard, man. You know what I'm saying? You gotta keep your faith in God and just know that you gonna make a way,

even if it ain't no way. So all the mothers out there that don't got it I'm saying, don't got it going on right now or if you know can't figure it out just, you know, it's giving me a lump in my throat because being a mother is, it's a different thing, you know, and people don't realize that until they have these babies, you know, but. How much longer your man got? He be home, make him home, March 18th, shout out to Shug, Free Shug and BPRJ. He be out there a couple days. Oh, he be out there a couple weeks. How long you been down? Six months. You can't wait to have them kids off.

Absolutely. Shoot, that's a celebration for you too. Absolutely. I'm about to load up on some playing beats because I ain't having another one. What she said she calling from? Where you calling from, mama? I'm calling from Orlando, Florida. Oh, okay, okay, okay. All right, thank you Pam.

800-585-1051, we're talking about family work balance. Women, how difficult is it for you? How do you handle it? Yeah, the working moms, man. I salute to y'all. I knew that there was a lot of y'all out there, man. But, you know, they go through a lot. That woman said she had a lump in her throat. Pam said she had a lump in her throat Pam says she had a lump in her throat just

talking about it. I see Jess getting emotional when she talk about it. Definitely. Oh fake ass dog. 800-585-1051 let's discuss this the breakfast slogan boy. Just for some conversation If y'all talkin' about it, you know we talkin' bout it It's topic time Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club Morning everybody, it's DJ Nv, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Naga, we are The Breakfast Club If you're just joining us, we're talking about family-work balance

How difficult is it for women, especially single women out there trying to do this all on their own. We're taking your calls 800-585-1051. Jess was talking about how difficult it is with her doing comedy in the breakfast club. Yeah and then one thing is like another thing writing comedy. Yo, writing comedy and then writing a book and then also just trying to keep up with like the internet with the the whole skit thing like you know cuz I used to do way more skits it's like yo it's never enough time in a day to do all of that stuff cuz I have to you got to write this case you just can't just do it you got to write it you know I used to be able to just do it like things come to my mind

but with my mind being on so many other things no things just don't pop in my mind no more jokes no so I have to sit down and like meditate to write new jokes and figure out what I'm gonna talk about when I get up up here when I get up here and then content just and I don't know you never feel like you're doing enough how much material comes from your real life now like you, you know, your family, dating a Mexican. Yes, all of that. Having a new baby at 32 versus when I was 19, when I got pregnant with Ash.

And then just being the person who don't want to talk on a phone to nobody no more because everybody wants something. And then even when they don't want nothing, they got problems. They want to hear they want you to hear them vent. And it's like, like you ain't dealing with everything. Yo, like damn, they take that Just Fix My Mess very seriously. And I love for people to do that, because that is an outlet where I can, you know, help people.

But damn, ask me how I'm doing. Yeah, you need somebody to fix you up. Definitely. We got Lola on the line. Lola, good morning. Good morning, DJ Envy, hey, Charlamagne, Jess. Peace, Lola. Hey, Jess, and Korn. Hey Lola, good morning, talk to us.

The topic was about finding balance. And I think the key to finding balance is to make a time for yourself. Because I have three kids, so it's hard to find time to do things for myself. And you know, you get so caught up and busy and rushing around and doing things and accommodating everybody else. So I think the key to balance is finding time to do stuff by myself, even if it's just going to get my hair done or taking time to read one of my books or I think that, well it may not be the main key, but I think that is one of the keys to finding balance being a mother because it is hard. But isn't it even harder when you got a newborn though because even if you go away to get your head done, then you know, you lactating and your

breasts start to get hurt, you're hurt, and you can't wait to get back to them because you got to feed them. And you know, they can't wait for you to get home because they won't eat. Right. And planning and proper planning, I guess, will be another key. So you know, you want to make sure that you had that milk ready before you go to your appointment. So you pump before you go.

So I guess planning will also be a good balance. Sometimes it ain't even all about the planning. I've been in the chair and had to pump while I was in the chair. You know what I mean? What other people in the hair salon, like sometimes you can plan for things, but it don't go as planned. Like, you know, Nikki, good morning. Good morning. Hey, how you feeling? Talk to us, we're talking work-family balance this morning. Being a single parent, I think you never find the work balance. I got married in 2012, my husband was incarcerated in 2018,

and I've been a single parent basically ever since. And I think that does weigh heavy on women being afraid of having kids and being single because I never intended to not have a husband. So it was a blow to the family and it still is everyday dealing with it. So I think I learned different techniques as I go

but I don't think we ever figure it out. Yeah. Thank you, Nikki. Hold on, you sound like, did I miss, did I miss what happened to the husband? He got locked up. He got locked up. Okay, okay. Yep, yep, yep. How long you got? 19 years. Damn. Jesus. How long you did? Yeah, yeah, yeah. How long you got? 19 years. Damn. Jesus. How long you did? Yeah, so he's been gone for 7 years now. Wow. Hold your head up. Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

Alright, well is there moral to the story guys? I mean I think there's no such thing as a mom who has it all together and that's okay. Yeah. Yeah, no matter how much money you got how much Help you got you know, you have to just do your best to stay mentally fit I'm like you definitely will go crazy What a bunch of money and a bunch of people around you like you still just have to always make sure It's you getting some time for yourself. You gotta take care yourself for sure You haven't been able to do drugs where you want to know Sure. You haven't even been able to do drugs the way you want to. No.

You know what I'm saying? No, although I did shroom on my birthday and that was like a clarity thing. Like it was like, I am doing something right. I am, you know, cause I don't shroom just to, you know, have fun. Like I get a lot of clarity when I shroom too. Yeah, you know, and it,

I got a lot of clarity with that trip. Like, absolutely. Like a lot, but I also laughed and, you know, we played around. Me and Chris, like we shroomed together and I got exactly what I needed from that shroom trip. So yeah. All right. All right.

We'll salute to all the working moms out there, man. Salute to all the moms out there and all the fellas out there. We said this before, make sure you support if you can. Make sure you're there. Make sure you understand because we cannot do what them women can do when it comes to work, balance. Charlamagne say Charlamagne been in this lactating thing Right now I don't know

Milk and thing but definitely support out my wife had four kids. I know how hard that is You know just sitting up here four hours at a time. I ain't seen her I haven't seen a pump yet, but I know she do mm-hmm I just now more I want to schedule now with 430, and then I pump at 12, because it's longer times in between now, because I'm not making as much as I was making, so I just, I pump three times a day now, that's it. We appreciate you busting your ass every day. Thank you.

Absolutely, Robin boy. Thank you. All right, we got Jess with the Mess coming up, what are we talking about? Oh my god, Cassie is having a baby! Biggest news of the day Oh my goodness. Yes, right who would expect it? All right, we'll talk about that next is the breakfast club Good morning the breakfast club Morning everybody is DJ envy Jess hilarious Charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club

Good morning on his Wednesday hump day and let's get to Jess with the mess. News is real, we're in the clients. Jessica Robin Moore, Jess don't do no lying. Jessica Robin Moore. She don't spell nobody. She don't spell nobody. Worldwide Jess, worldwide mess. Jessica Robin Moore. On the Breakfast Club.

She's a coacheship. She was able to get y'all to see something and understand something that nobody could get you to see. It's time to set it off So Cassie is on baby number three. Oh my god. Yes. She got so much money. She gave more kids in the can So that's what's up. Congratulations Cassie and our husband was husband name Alex fine Alex fine Alex fine Yeah, the baby number three. She's posted on Instagram with the belly and the other kids in the photo It's a blue heart. So I'm assuming it's a boy Congratulations to her but another love news how Kuzma and Winnie Harlow also got engaged

Congratulations Time as well to someone did slide that on in there since we're talking about love Dang, this is a hard right turn. We have a remember when Winnie had said that thing about you on Instagram? She was playing, what she was doing. Yeah, remember she was like, just, cause she said I said something about her spots. She was a desert. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I did, I went back and I did say something.

But it wasn't bad though, it wasn't nothing bad. And then she said, like she was just playing and it just seemed like she was more aggressive cause she was intoxicated. But she said she was joking, she didn't really take that serious anyway, but um I just I called a Patchy matchy or something like that it was it was it was very harmless It was I though you know She's a cutie though her spots her in a spot she cute

Hard right where we going where we going with this? She's a cutie though. Her spots. Her and her spots. She cute. Hard right. Where we going? Where we going with this? Oh damn. Hard right. Damn. From patches to Diddy.

Alright, what's going on with him? What's up with him? So Puff's team, after Jay-Z got this dismissal to happen on the civil side with the allegations of the 13 year old girl and all that stuff. Now Diddy's team is like, okay, the windows open, let's jump on in here. They are asking for dismissal, but they're asking for on the criminal side. They're actually, they filed docs on Tuesday asking for the judge to dismiss. Count number three of the US attorney's case against Puff, the criminal indictment that they had. So act number three talks about like the man act is supposed to be in relation to like how you transport people to engage in prostitution.

How many men you got to have sex with to have a man act? They got a man act for that? Let me tell you, it used to be called the white slave traffic. Damn. Wow. It used to be, it was changed in June of 20, June 25th, 1910. It was, that's when it was passed. But yeah, so it's called the. It was that's when it was passed. But yeah, so it's called the man act now is named after this guy. A man. Yeah, he is a man.

But anyway, but what Puff is saying is that the reason the only reason why they included this is because they are being racist because under this act no black people have ever I mean no white people have ever been prosecuted. It's only been black people. He pointed out that this is the same acts that the government used to take down Chuck Berry and Jack Johnson, who were both black men. And he also says that there is no white person that has ever been prosecuted under the white slave traffic act for hiring male escorts.

And he basically he's saying me and my girlfriends had male escorts come into our relationship and it was consensual and the escort service is legal so why am I being punished for this? Y'all doing this cuz I'm a rich black man so he's back there. Well the act is uh and I just know that cuz I just looked it up cuz it sounds so crazy but it's a federal law that outlaws the transportation of women for immoral purposes. Yeah but he's saying that the transportation happened because the people wanted to be there and the the prostitutes or the male sex workers he was bringing into the relationship worked for a legal agency.

He said he didn't force them. That's basically what he's saying. I wonder if that matters though because it says the purpose of it is to prohibit the transportation of women for prostitution, debauchery or other immoral purposes. So does it matter if they wanted to do it or not or is that just how people perceive whatever it is that you're doing? Like if the judge said what you did was deb botch yourself, alright, moral doesn't matter if the women were willing to do that.

Nah, I think if it was consensual and the women wanted to go, I mean, I think it should be fun. Because prostitution is illegal. Yeah, I mean, unless you want to do it. No, prostitution is illegal, bro. Even if you want to do it, it's illegal. Oh, wait. Dang.

Really? So what about the girls at Sugar Babies? You want to tell her something? Yes girl, because that's why I was like, then I need to file a lawsuit. Yes, because I was definitely out here Sugar Babying. What? You never was a prostitute though. No.

Anyway, go ahead. And it says, it prohibits the coercion or enticement of women or girls for those sexual purposes. But it doesn't say men too or just women? You just can't, why? Why? You wanna think about somebody and somebody's so bad, why? Shut up! Go ahead Lauren, I'm listening.

Coercive for money though, if it's your girlfriend or if this is like... It's so confusing, it's such a slippery slope. Basically Puff just saying y'all need to revisit this. All that baby oil, how could it not be? Yeah like, is that an amen act that you cannot? Is it a type of debauchery? Do white people use baby oil? Hell no for what? They don't have nothing to do with white people. I don't even know why it's called the white slave traffic act

It used to be called it. But Comfort saying that they're being racist. Okay. I don't know No, he saw it in Jay-Z. He's saying Jay-Z was clear and he was like, let me just take my chance Let me try to man that. Let me see what's going on. Yeah Now as a discovery process happened yet where they put everything out or they still haven't done discovery where they know everything And he was like let me just take my chance to see what's going on. He's jumping back in that. Yeah. Now has the discovery process happened yet where they put everything out or they still haven't done discovery where they know everything against them yet? They added more to the indictment remember it was Super City but know that we haven't

got there yet. Alright. Well that is just with the mess. Thank you Lauren. Alright. You're welcome. Did you really look up baby oil in there to see if they had baby oil in the man act? No no no.

She looked it up when Jess said it was a slippery slope. All right. Well, the People's Choice Mix is up next. Get your request in 800-585-1051. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Wake up. You're locked into the Breakfast Club.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ NV Ches Hilarious, Charlamagne the Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. It's Black History Month. What we doing today? Man, every day during Black History Month, my guy B.Dot puts out a podcast called I Didn't Know Maybe You Didn't Either

on the Black Effect I Heart Radio podcast network. And today he is speaking about Alice Parker. She was the genius who invented central heating in 1919, proving that even in a world full of cold shoulders, her ideas could still heat things up. Let's discuss. Alice Parker was this brilliant black woman born way back in 1895. So already you know life wasn't handing out participation trophies to folks like her but Alice looked around at how people were heating their homes using wood and coal and thought this is trash.

I mean imagine chopping wood and freezing cold weather just so you cannot freeze in your house. Alice had the genius idea of using natural gas for central heating. That's right she basically said what if we stop pretending we're on the Oregon Trail and brought some 20th century energy to the situation. How about that? Anybody in agreement with that? And she didn't just dream it up. She didn't just talk about it. She patented the design in 1919. That's like inventing Wi-Fi before anybody had ever seen a computer. And be clear, her design wasn't perfect. It wasn't what we use today, but it was revolutionary. It laid the groundwork for modern central heating systems without Alice

A lot of us would still be hoarded up around space heaters Arguing about who gets to stand the closest or them kerosene heaters and go to school smell like pump 11 And let's be real only so many toes you can lose the frostbite before you start saying maybe there's a better way y'all Now here's the kicker. Why don't we know her name? Why are you today years old just finding out about Alice Parker? And she did this over a hundred years ago, barely a footnote in history. Meanwhile Thomas Edison farts out a light bulb and we all act like he invented the sun. And he didn't even invent the light bulb.

But that's a whole nother conversation for a whole nother episode. It's wild how black women like Alice were out here quietly saving the world while getting none of the credit. But her story should inspire us. She didn't let the fact that she was a black woman in 1919 when the world wasn't exactly rooting for her stop her. She had an idea and she made it happen. So the next time you cozy in your warm house remember Alice Parker. She's the reason you're not out chopping wood like a lumberjack. And if that's not worth a round of applause or at least a thermostat adjustment in her honor, I don't know what is.

Thank you Alice Parker for making winter survivable and for proving that sometimes the warmest ideas come from the coldest challenges. And I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. Happy Black History Month. That's right. Make sure you subscribe to the I didn't know maybe you didn't

either podcast on the black effect. I heart radio podcast network available everywhere. You listen to podcast. I when we come back. We got the positive notice to Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning everybody is DJ envy just hilarious Charlamagne the guy we are the Breakfast Club salute to Will Packer for joining us today

Man, make sure you pick up his new book who better than you By Will Packer available everywhere books are sold down Willis man Well is a person that I just like to hear talk because he is very very insightful He's got a he's got a he's got a way of delivering wisdom in a very digestible way man His book is the same exact way. So salute the Will Packer. Absolutely. All right, you got a positive note. Hold on Jess, don't you got something going on?

Yep. This weekend? This Sunday I will be in Tampa. This Sunday I will be in Tampa y'all. This February 23rd y'all, mark the date. I will be at Hard Rock Casino and Hotel with me and my brother Desi. We're gonna be doing a show.

The show starts at 8 p.m. Get your tickets at JessalarisOfficial.com. And listen, I need somewhere I can go to eat. I say this every single city I go to because I want to go to all the nice black owned restaurants wherever I go. So make sure you are sending me to the right places. Drop it in the comments and my DM, whatever hit me up. I would love to eat. I do eat soul food. I'm back eating unhealthy so please send me to all the fried food places. Alright. Young big back. What's that spot in Tampa? I went there and they said I think you was there too. Black owned, really really nice. Can't remember the name of it. Damn.

Florida got some real good food but I just I need to know where to go when I land. Salute to Tampa. Alright. Well you got a positive note? I do. I want to say salute to everybody at Crystal and Orangeburg, man. All the workers at Crystal and Orangeburg, 1486 Chestnut Street in Orangeburg, South Carolina, man. That Crystal is open 24 hours, so some of them been there for a long time. But salute to everybody on the breakfast shift at Crystal and Orangeburg, South Carolina, located 1486 Chestnut Street in Orangeburg, man. Salute to all of y'all.

But the positive note is simply this, release the need to be right. Okay, when you believe something, you assume you are right, and you may even destroy relationships in order to defend your position. Let go of the need to defend your position, okay? Just release the need to be right sometimes.

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