The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: We Chat With Roland Martin, Talk Kanye, Chat With Toosi and More

Episode Date: October 7, 2022

Today on The Breakfast Club we chat with Roland Martin about everything politics. Later during the Rumor Report Angela gives us the latest with Kanye West. And to wrap the show we chat with our friend Toosi about his new project "Boy's Dont Cry".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show, Civic Cipher. That's right. We discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle.

We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other. So join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese investigative journalist who on October 16th, 2017, was assassinated. Crooks everywhere unearthed the plot to murder a one-woman WikiLeaks. She exposed the culture of crime and corruption that were turning her beloved country into a mafia state. Listen to Crooks everywhere on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcast. Hey there, I'm Dr. Maya Shankar, and I'm a scientist who studies human behavior. Many of us have experienced a moment in our lives that changes everything,

that instantly divides our life into a before and an after. On my podcast, A Slight Change of Plans, I talk to people about navigating these moments. Their stories are full of candor and hard-won wisdom. And you'll hear from scientists who teach us how we can be more resilient in the face of change. Listen on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand-new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records.

Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history, like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me.

Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was Claudette Colvin. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. When might you be buzzed when you suddenly love everything? You guys, I love this song. I love these nachos. I love our kickball league. I love this guy. What's your name? You know what I love?

A ride when it's time to head out. If you see a buzzed warning sign, call for a ride when it's time to go home. Buzz driving is drunk driving. A message from NHTSA and the Ad Council. I love your car. Is this real leather? Good morning, Angela Yee. Good morning, DJ Envy. Charlamagne is out and it's Friday.

I know that's right. Yes, it is Friday. The weekend is here. How are you feeling? I am so happy that today is Friday. Even though I still got to work this weekend, it just feels good. I don't have to get up at 4 a.m. Yeah, I'm actually off this

weekend I was gonna go to London my New York Giants are playing in London and I was actually gonna go but um my kids have a bunch of games this weekend so I can't go so I took off and I won't be working so it's kind of a good thing I could just relax and just chill just play with the kitties and just just have a good time so that's what my week is gonna be just hanging with the kitties as they go to basketball, swimming, and all these other things that they're doing. Well, that's a beautiful thing. I have to head out to Vegas today. I'm doing this Stocks and Stilettos event.

And it's women investing in the stock market. And so I'll be a keynote speaker with our girl, Cassandra Cummings. So I'm excited to see everybody who's out there and talk about the stock market. I think that's fun. What I realize now as I get together with my girls, we talk about investments. We talk about money. We talk about the stock market. We talk about real estate and entrepreneurship, all of those things.

It's dope. Absolutely. Well, shout out to everybody heading out there to Vegas. Y'all be safe out there. Now, let's get the show cracking. Roland Martin will be joining us this morning. Yes. We're going to kick it with Roland.

He's going to be talking everything political and everything that's going on in the world. I love talking to Roland Martin. Yeah, so he's going to be. I think a lot of times when we were talking about certain things and if it's something I didn't understand, you know, Roland Martin is a great person who can break things down for you and explain, you know, why Donald Trump is suing CNN and whether or not he has a case. Things like that. Absolutely. And 2C will be joining us this morning.

2C has an album out. We're going to kick it with 2C in a little bit as well. Boys Don't Cry. That's right. Boys Don't Cry is the name of the album. Now let's get the show cracking. Front page news. What are we talking about?

Legalize it. Let's talk about Joe Biden and the White House. They are actually decriminalizing cannabis. And what does that mean for a lot of people? We'll talk about it. All right. And also, Offset Takeoff. They have an out.

I said Offset, right? Yeah, there is Offset. No, it's Takeoff and Quavo. Oops, my bad. It's definitely not Offset and Takeoff. No, it's Takeoff and Quavo. Oops. My bad. It's Take Off in Quavo. They got a new project out right now. We're going to play with your joint right now. It's the Breakfast Love. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series,

The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real inspiring stories from the people you know, follow and admire, join me every week for post run high. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart

of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired, depressed, a little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this.

It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I trade my own country?

My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets.

We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show Civic Cipher. That's right. We're going to discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people,

but in a way that informs and empowers all people to hopefully create better allies. Think of it as a black show for non-black people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home workplace and social circle. Exactly. Whether you're black,

Asian, white, Latin X, indigenous, LGBTQIA plus, you name it. If you stand with us, then we stand with you. Let's discuss the stories and conduct the interviews that will help us create a more empathetic, accountable, and equitable America.

You are all our brothers and sisters, and we're inviting you to join us for Civic Cipher each and every Saturday. With myself, Ramses Jha, Q Ward, and some of the greatest minds in America. Listen to Civic Cipher every Saturday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey there, my little creeps. It's your favorite ghost host, Teresa. And guess what? Haunting is back, dropping just in time for spooky season.

Now I know you've probably been wandering the mortal plane, wondering when I'd be back to fill your ears with deliciously unsettling stories. Well, wonder no more. Because we've got a ghoulishly good lineup ready for you. Let's just say things get a bit extra. We're talking spirits, demons, and the kind of supernatural chaos that'll make your spooky season complete. You know how much I love this time of year. It's the one time I'm actually on trend. We'll see you next time. your favorite ghost host is back and badder than ever. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, y'all? This is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids

starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand-new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop.

Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap is another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.

Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was Claudette Colvin. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Right, that was Quavo Takeoff. Let's go see about it. Jeez. That was produced by DJ Mustard. Now, good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get some front page news. All right.

Now, Thursday night football. The Colts beat the Broncos 12. I know my voice. It's going on over there. I don't know, but the Colts beat the Broncos 12 to 9. What else we got, Easy? All right, well, let's talk about some major steps toward decriminalizing marijuana. Joe Biden gave a statement to let people know what's happening,

and here are the first steps that he's taking to make that happen. No one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana. And criminal records for marijuana possession have led to needless barriers to employment, to housing, to educational opportunities. And that's before you address the racial disparities around who suffers the consequences. I'm announcing a pardon for all prior federal offenses for the simple possession of marijuana. Second, I'm calling on all governors to do the same for state marijuana possession offenses. Third, I'm asking the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General

to initiate a process to review how marijuana is scheduled under federal law. Too many lives have been upended because of our failed approach to marijuana. It's time that we right these wrongs. Yeah, I've been saying it for a long time. It's really confusing. If you think about it, you look at states like New Jersey or New York where marijuana is legal. Recreation is legal. But then you go to some states where it's not. I don't think that's fair to the consumer. Especially if you live in the United States, you got to decide which state is legal and what state is illegal. I feel the same with the gun laws as well. You know, you go to

Atlanta and I can carry my firearm, but then I can go to a state over and I can't. And if I don't know the laws for every damn state, I can go to jail. That doesn't make sense to me if I live in the United States, if I'm from the United States. Marijuana is illegal under federal law, but individual states do have their

own laws about that. Some states have moved toward legal use for recreational and medical purposes. But, you know, that's why something like this needs to happen. Even like Detroit. It doesn't make sense. Detroit, you know, recreational weed is not legal.

But Michigan, it is. You go five minutes outside of Detroit, and it is. Well, Joe Biden five minutes outside of Detroit and it is well Joe Biden also tweeted out sending people to jail for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives for conduct that is legal in many states that's before you address the clear racial disparities he said I'd also like to note that as federal and state regulations change we still need important limitations on trafficking marketing and underage sales of marijuana. Okay? I agree. They need to fix that.

Alright. Now, a woman known as Queen Blackwell was crying on social media. She made a video, which she shared on her Instagram page, and she wants to get her money back. She accidentally bought a couch that was worth $100,000.

All over right now because I'm about to f***ing throw up. I just put an offer on the couch. And I was joking. I was joking about putting my card information. And it just charged my f***ing account. It almost crashed my card when I saw it Cause I don't I don't have Oh my god

I was joking I was joking If you have a million dollars Can you please donate Can you please donate please If you have a million dollars Can you let me borrow some, please? Please.

I hope she's joking now. I mean, look, and I'm going to say dumb enough. You're dumb enough to do a joke where you buy a couch for $100,000? Your ass is stupid. I'm not giving you no money. No, you did that on your own. I don't put my credit card information in anything, okay? It's hard enough for me to put it on things that I need to do.

I was joking. That's your dumb ass. You bought a couch for $100,000. You want somebody to help you after you was joking around and did that? No. Inflation is expensive. And I'm trying to figure out what type of couch costs $100,000. I wonder if anybody actually donated any money to her.

No, she's on her own You better hope she has American Express And call American Express and say somebody took her number or something But no, you're on your own, dumbass Alright, well that is your front page news No sympathy here $100,000? Does it have wheels on it? Does it have windshield wipers?

Like $100,000? She was joking Well, now she gotta live with that joke get it off your chest 800-585-1051 if you need to vent hit us up right now again 800-585-1051 hit us up right now it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club is your country falling apart feeling Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag.

I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg.

I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tried my country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warheads.

Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets holes, yeah. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan.

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

It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show, Civic Cipher. That's right. We're going to discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people,

but in a way that informs and empowers all people to hopefully create better allies. Think of it as a black show for non-black people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle. Exactly. Whether you're Black, Asian, White, Latinx, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, you name it. If you stand with us, then we stand with you. Let's discuss the stories and conduct the interviews that will help us create a more empathetic, accountable, and equitable America. You are all our brothers and sisters, and we're inviting you to join us for Civic Cipher each and every Saturday with myself, Ramses Jha, Q Ward, and some of the greatest minds

in America. Listen to Civic Cipher every Saturday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey there, my little creeps. It's your favorite ghost host, Teresa. And guess what? Haunting is back, dropping just in time for spooky seasons. Hey there, my little creeps. It's your favorite ghost host, Teresa. And guess what? Haunting is back, dropping just in time for spooky season.

Now I know you've probably been wandering the mortal plane, wondering when I'd be back to fill your ears with deliciously unsettling stories. Well, wonder no more. Because we've got a ghoulishly good lineup ready for you. Let's just say things get a bit extra. We're talking spirits, demons, and the kind of supernatural chaos that'll make your spooky season complete. You know how much I love this time of year. It's the one time I'm actually on trend. So grab your pumpkin spice, dust off that Ouija board.

Just don't call me unless it's urgent. And tune in for new episodes every week. Remember, the veils are thin, the stories are spooky, and your favorite ghost host is back and badder than ever. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, y'all? This is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast

I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th.

I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history Like this one about Claudette Colvin A 15 year old girl in Alabama

Who refused to give up her seat on the city bus Nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm darling. I'm darling. Hey, what you doing, man?

I'm darling. I'm calling you. This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? It was John from Brooklyn. John from Brooklyn.

Get it off your chest, bro. I can't believe this lady was crazy enough to try to bid for a $100,000 couch. Yeah, what's funny about that? Yeah, that's not funny. I would never play

with my credit card. Yeah, there's nothing I don't understand what was the point behind even trying to joke about something like that. I don't see anything funny about it. Now you got to pay that $100,000. I know it definitely ain't funny. She lying for that.

Yo, quick question. Being that the wrestling club ain't going to be the same as we know it, any way we could bring back some of the old school stuff for a little while? Like what? Like the way you and Charlamagne Used to sing on Fridays We might bring that back We gotta get some new

Poppy songs though But yeah Let Angelina get the Yee Mix at least Once a week bro Well And there's not a lot Of weeks left

Yee got her own Yee Mix That's popping off We gonna have our own Yee Mix Okay Maybe the last day We get Yee the Yee Mix And let her go out On the Yee Mix

Okay I'm excited. Let's go. Alright, brother. Alright, man. Have a blessing. You too now. You too. Hello, who's this? It's up, it's up, it's up, it's up. Good morning, my comedy buddy, Angela. Snack man! Snack man

sent me a letter with some jokes on it. Thank you, Snack man. Oh, you're welcome. Okay. How, you're welcome. Okay. How are you? Good. How are you? You got a joke this morning? Oh, my goodness.

Yeah, yeah. Okay. Just a joke? Well, whatever you want, Snack Man. You have the floor. Thank you. My show is next Wednesday in Bridgeport. All right.

Connecticut. If you saw my video from July... Nobody's seen your video, Snack Man. It's professionally... There were seven cameras, bro. I hit them all. Okay. And began. Here we go.

This Constitution thing is getting messed up. I got my neighbor telling me he has to kill somebody to stay out of jail. Thank you. That was funny. Ladies and gentlemen, Snack Man. Did you chuckle? Did you laugh?

Did anything make you at least, you know, pooped a little bit? I cracked up. You did not. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout?

Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of

water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe, my country, my forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead.

Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan.

And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show Civic Cipher. That's right. We're going to discuss social issues, especially those that affect Black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people to

hopefully create better allies. Think of it as a Black show for non-Black people. We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle. Exactly. Whether you're Black, Asian, White, Latinx, Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, workplace and social circle exactly whether you're black asian white latinx indigenous lgbtqia plus

you name it if you stand with us then we stand with you let's discuss the stories and conduct the interviews that will help us create a more empathetic accountable and equitable america you are all our brothers and sisters and we're inviting you to join us for civic cipher each and every saturday with myself ramses ja Ward, and some of the greatest minds in America. Listen to Civic Cipher every Saturday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey there, my little creeps. It's your favorite ghost host, Teresa.

And guess what? Haunting is back, dropping just in time for spooky season. Now I know you've probably been wandering the mortal plane, wondering when I'd be back to fill your ears with deliciously unsettling stories. Well, wonder no more, because we've got a ghoulishly good lineup ready for you. Let's just say things get a bit extra. We're talking spirits, demons, and the kind of supernatural chaos that'll make your spooky season complete. You know how much I love this time of year. It's the one time I'm actually on trend.

So grab your pumpkin spice, dust off that Ouija board, just don't call me unless it's urgent, and tune in for new episodes every week. Remember, the veils are thin, the stories are spooky, and your favorite ghost host is back and badder than ever. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th.

I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip hop. Each episode is about a different, inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.

Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was called a moment. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this?

Hey, what's up, man? It's Tay, man. Tay, what up? Get it off your chest, bro. Hey, man, my girl might get on me for this, but you know, she always, we be having conversations about stuff, man, about our relationship and stuff. She always asks me questions and then I give a response.

But you always want to debate my response. Like, why is that? You're arguing with yourself at that point. Like, what kind of question? She asks questions just about our relationship, what I'm doing, you know. She, you know, she don't really like social media, you know, like pictures and stuff like that, which I respect that, you know. I don't want to be giving attention to all these other females and stuff like that because I respect my lady. There you go. You respect your lady.

So where's the argument? Yeah, where's the argument part? It's just, you know, she just, she don't really, the trust thing, I believe, is what the real problem is. For no reason, right? You never did anything. I mean, I mean, I had a past, you know, but I'm still a changed person, changed man, you know. So I'm not going to sit there and point blame.

But I do accept ownership. Okay. See, that's what it is. You betrayed the trust, so now she don't fully trust you. It's going to take a little while to get it back. You're going to have to answer those questions. You're going to have to deal with some of those inquisitions. Yeah, you got to understand that this doesn't be like, all right, well, I apologize.

It's over. And she forgets about it. Those feelings will continue to come, especially something pops up on the radio a song that reminds her something on TV or the person's name you either gotta deal with it or leave and if you wanna be in that situation on the phone smiling looking at things

when you're in the bathroom with your phone on the toilet a little too long goodness gracious good luck brother see there you go hello who's this Good luck, brother. See? There you go. Hello, who's this? Hey, what up, what up?

Good, beautiful Friday morning, DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God, and Charlie, man. What up, bro? Nothing, man. See, I had something to get off my chest, but all these commercials calmed me down. So, I'm going to just say peace, love, and happiness. Y'all enjoy y'all weekend, man. That was quick. All right, we'll take that. See, commercials

serve a purpose. There you go. Hello, who's this? Good morning. My name is Shania. How are y'all? Hey, Shania. Come on and get it

off your chest, mama. Okay, so yeah, the three plus-one guys came to my house and they were looking for my boyfriend, my first and last name, and they were like, come downstairs.

And my boyfriend was like, no, I don't know you. And they were like, just come downstairs. And I was like, don't go downstairs. Please don't go downstairs. So he ended up not going. They ended up leaving. But like the way that they parked at my house, they just threw their car in front of my house. They just parked any kind of way. They just jumped out and were trying to get him to come with them and he was like no and when i looked it up it was like um there's a mailing list going around

where they pick your name off of it if it sounds muslim and they go to your house and they try to talk to you there's white people or black people that came to the house that i've ever heard but i've never i've never experienced that in my life white people or black people that came to the house. That's the craziest thing that I've ever heard, but I've never experienced that in my life. White people or black people came to the house, Mama? They were just like Muslims. They were fully clothed in their garments, and they were going to the

mosque, I guess. Yeah, well, next time, what you do is you call the police immediately, and you say, okay, hold on. He's coming down. He's in the shower. He's getting dressed. That allowed him five minutes. hopefully the police will come there beforehand because you don't want to assume while somebody's at your house right you want to know the real reason and that's part of my problem i probably would have went outside yeah put my concealed license uh but um because i want to know why because they can always come back they can meet you somewhere

else and you want to know why that people is coming in maybe you know he just wanted to talk to you about whatever but you just want to know why that people is coming in. Maybe, you know, he just wanted to talk to you about whatever. But you just want to be comfortable because now you live in that house and you don't know if them guys are going to be back. You don't know when you walk up the house if they're going to be, you know, hiding in the bushes. And that's going to make you uneasy. So next time you say, he's coming down right now. Just give him a second. He's in the shower. He'll be right there.

You call the police fast as hell. Just so you can, you know, be good for yourself. We have a police officer that lives literally right across the street from me. And I was just hoping he would be outside like he always is. And he wasn't that day. But I was like, that's really, really freaky that y'all came over and y'all knew our address. And they were like, yeah, they told us.

Yeah, that is crazy. They know your address. And here we are. And I was like, who told you? And they wouldn't tell us who. But when I did my research, it was like there's some mailing list going around where if your name sounds Muslim, they are going to come to your house.

My name is Rashawn and people think my name sounds Muslim a lot of times, but I would do that definitely. I would, hey, you know, he's coming down, he's in the shower, give him five minutes. That would, you know, that would settle him. Then you call the police immediately. You pay your taxes, you call the police

and then see why they there. Why are you on my lawn? Why are you looking for me? Get the hell out of here. You know, get their license plate. Before, I would be ready to buy a gun. And something told me, don't do it yet. And when that happened, I regretted it so bad.

Well, you just can't shoot random people that come to your house because you could have been coming just to talk to you. So you just can't shoot people. Yeah, but you know, I see she's feeling unsettled when a bunch of people unannounced show up to your house. That's a little scary. Absolutely. It could have went any way.

Yeah, because it was, like, 8 o'clock at night. We were eating dinner. My baby was bouncing in his bouncer. That's right. I was like, I don't know this man. He don't know this man. You know, we only know, like, a few words. So, like, he couldn't understand what they were saying either.

My boyfriend couldn't. So, I was like, I don't know what this is about. But I would like for it to not happen ever again we'll be safe out there period absolutely um but I have been hearing it's going around it's going on around the country right now so just be all right I'm gonna look that up too yeah be safe and have a good weekend mama and that's not active anymore just tell them you know watch out for yourself be protected because they're doing something that's not normal. Apparently that's something that a lot

of Jehovah's Witnesses do, and that's not something that they do in that culture, that a lot of Muslims do in that culture. So, nothing like knocking on your door. Yeah, it could have been nothing, but you just want to be safe and sorry, especially with everything going on in this world today, right? Gotta have them cameras outside the house, too. Make sure you look on the camera, like,

who is this? Right, right. All right, Mama, thank you. You have a good week and be safe. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. Now we got rumors on the way.

Man, Kanye, no, he's staying in the news. I think he loves it, but he was on with Tucker Carlson, and he is addressing the controversy about the White Lives Matter shirts. No better place to go than Fox News. All right, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Listen up.

It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip. The Rumor Report. Gossip. With Angela Yee. It's The Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club.

All right. A lot of Kanye news this morning. Adidas is placing their Yeezy partnership under review. Now, they issued a statement. Adidas has always been about creativity, innovation, and supporting athletes and artists to achieve their vision. The Adidas-Yeezy partnership is one of the most successful collaborations in our industry's history. We are proud of our team that has worked tirelessly throughout our collaboration with Ye and the iconic products that were born from it.

We also recognize that all successful partnerships are rooted in mutual respect and shared values. After repeated efforts to privately resolve the situation, we have taken the decision to place the partnership under review. We will continue to co-manage the current product during this period. All right. Well, of course, Ye responded to that, and he posted a link to the CNBC article, and he said, F, Adidas, I am Adidas.

Adidas raped and stole my designs. I mean, they did. I mean, if you look at some of the stuff that Adidas did, it's very similar to what Ye has put out. But, you know, it's one of those things. It's all in your contract. I'm sure Ye has a contract where you can't copy designs. I would hope he did, because if he did, he should be able to sue the ish out of him, right? I mean, it just depends on what's in the contract. Like you said, sometimes if you develop and design something under a brand in collaboration with them, they do

well you know own it so that you can't go and take the same exact thing somewhere else it's very similar to what yay's done so we don't know we don't know what sneakers but what i'm saying is like if we create something while we're at iheart most of the time you can't unless you had it before you went there a lot of times you can't take it with you now he's a whole different story i don't know what he had in his contract but i would think that if they weren't allowed to do that he would be able to sue them it would not be stupid for adidas doesn't it seem like it waters the brand down if you copy something that's doing so well that you get a percentage of right and i also would feel like internally because he has you know slammed the executives

there a couple of them, how does Adidas handle that? He said he didn't want to work with. So it's just a lot going on. And let's be clear, Kanye is definitely a lot. All right. Now he also started talking about Tremaine Emery

and he's calling him Tremendes. He said, you only got the job since you were black, since they named him. He said, Tremaine's new name as the BLM officer at Supreme is Tremendes. You only got the job since you were black and you used to work for me and you knew Virgil. You don't have the money to make it out of this one alive. This is the worst mistake of your life. You broke my heart, Tremendes.

I took you off the streets, Tremendes, only because you was the struggle version of Virgil. You threatened me, Tremendes. I am your conscious, Tremendous. I took you off the streets. Tremendous only because you was the struggle version of Virgil. You threatened me, Tremendous. I am your conscious Tremendous. And so, you know, I guess Tremaine Emery was slamming him for his White Lives Matter shirt. He said he also has the receipts. He said, you are so broken. Keep Virgil's name out of your mouth so I guess he used to work for Kanye used to work for Virgil and yes I don't know about you but I'm just tired of Kanye

it's exhausting Kanye did go on Tucker Carlson on Fox News and he addressed all of the controversy with the White Lives Matter shirt he said he thought it was funny. So you said that your father said when he saw the shirt White Lives Matter, it's great to see a black man stating the obvious.

So by which I think you meant that's obviously true. So the answer to why I wrote White Lives Matter on a shirt is because they do. It's the obvious thing. Why do you think that's so, and I assume the implication is, of course, all lives matter because they're lives, because God created them. Why do you think that that would be considered controversial? Because the same people that have stripped us of our identity and labeled us as a color have told us what it means to be black and the vernacular that we're supposed to have. Yeah, for me, Kanye just doesn't make sense.

And I think whoever's guiding him and talking to him or whoever's not talking to him, it's not giving him the proper information, but it's to the point where it's like, I'm honestly tired of hearing about Kanye and the boys. Well, I don't know if talking to him is, I don't know if you could blame anybody else for his free thinking.

You know, people have conversations and he might post those conversations or go back and do whatever it is. Kanye does what Kanye wants to do. All right, here's what else he had to say about the White Lives Matter shirt. You know, my dad is an educated ex-Black Panther and he put a text to me today.

He said, White Lives Matter, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. And I said, I thought the shirt was a funny shirt. I thought the idea of me wearing it was funny. And I said, Dad, what do you think was funny? And he said, just a Black man stating the obvious. Yeah, that seems strange. Your dad is ex-Black Panther. I'm sorry, go ahead.

Addressed his soon-to-be ex-wife Kim Kardashian and her being influenced. The media ridiculed me for getting the house next door to Kim to see my children. And they even said that I was stalking her and her new boyfriend because I bought the house next door to see my children. You know even said that I was stalking her and her new boyfriend because I bought the house next door

to see my children. You know, there's so many things that are put in Kim's head. You know, they bring influencers. Like, no one ever knew where Corey Gamble came from. No one in the fashion world knows where Gabby came from. These people were practically made in a laboratory, in my opinion. And what they do is, for people that have some form of influence, whether it's the most influential white woman on the planet, being my ex-wife, they have people that are around them at all times telling them what to be afraid of.

Yeah, I don't think people were saying he was stalking because he bought the house next door I think they were saying he was stalking because all the posts and all the nasty things he was saying on songs that's what I think they were saying that he was stalking and saying he was gonna run up on Saturday Night Live and see Pete Davidson and you know going on and on and on I you know I didn't have a problem buying him the house next door I thought that was pretty dope his kids can go back and forth but the things after that is what made him seem like a stalker in my, in my opinion. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. Like I said, it's exhausting. There's a whole lot more, but that was Kanye West with his sit down interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox news. Now coming up next, we do have front page

news. We'll be talking about children's hospitals and there's an early uptick in respiratory illnesses. And so we'll discuss why these hospitals are reaching capacity. This is unprecedented. All right. We'll do that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

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The new project is out today. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Now on Thursday Night Football, the Colts beat the Broncos 12-9. Now what else we got, Yeezy? All right.

Well, a San Antonio Police Department officer has been fired after shooting a teenager on Sunday. This happened near a McDonald's, which is north of downtown. A video shows the officer opened the driver's side door and ordered the teen out of the car. The car backed up and within seconds, the officer fired five shots into the car at point blank range. As the car drove away, the officer fired five more rounds. That teenager was hit multiple times and also had a passenger in the car with him. Now, the department said this police officer was a probationary police

officer, James Brennan. He had served on the force for just seven months. He had one year, officers are on probation for one year after they graduate from the police academy. And here is the San Antonio police chief, William McManus. Nothing that that officer did that night were in accordance with our training or our policies. Officers are prohibited from shooting at moving vehicles unless it's in defense of life. There's nothing that we need to change that would fix what happened. All right, officers did not find any guns in that car on Eric Cantu, 17 years old. He also had a 17 year old female passenger with him. And the authorities did find them a block away after they got out of the car.

So he had nothing to do with what they were looking for. And Sean King posted, I need you to see this and let me break down all of the policies and laws that were broken here. These are two high school kids eating McDonald's in their car. Police were called to the area for a disturbance that had nothing as in zero to do with these kids who are unarmed, nonviolent and did not break the law. 17 year old teenager Eric Cantu was sitting in this vehicle with a 17 year old female passenger in a McDonald's parking lot while peacefully eating their food. San Antonio police officer James Brennan went against department protocols and training with the tactics he used to approach the vehicle as well as shooting at the unarmed teens in a fleeing vehicle. He shot at least 10 times.

But thankfully, by the way, Eric Cantu is alive. He was shot four times and thankfully he has survived that shooting. So that's still heartbreaking. You think about if you got kids or your brothers or your sisters, your nieces, your nephews, they do like any other kid. Go to McDonald's after school. They're eating and they hear a cop. These kids have nothing to do.

They're just sitting there eating McDonald's and this overzealous cop fires ten times into a vehicle. That's so freaking sad. Alright. Doctors are talking about children's hospitals filling up because there's an early surge of respiratory illnesses. Children's hospitals in major U.S. cities around the country

are reaching capacity. And this is an unprecedented spike in these illnesses. And they said COVID is not the main culprit. So there's some mild cold-like symptoms in kids that are hitting harder and earlier than expected. And multiple experts are saying this is prompting a lot of concern because the winter season is coming up. There's kids who cannot breathe properly. And they're saying that RSV is a common respiratory virus that usually causes mild cold-like symptoms.

It can lead to more serious complications like bronchitis or pneumonia. And so typically these rhinoviruses cause the common cold. And many children are visiting the emergency department being admitted to the medical center with respiratory illnesses. Some of them are sicker than what we usually see. Cases appear to be higher than busy seasons prior to the COVID pandemic. And so it used to be a seasonal trend, but now they're saying it's very early in the season to be seeing this. Yeah. I told you guys, you know, ever since the pandemic, I can't breathe great. And they say that my snoring has gotten a lot worse to the point

where they gave me, I have to take steroids for like a month to have polyps in my nose. So it's crazy. They don't know why. They don't know why it came out. They in my nose so it's it's crazy they don't know why they don't know why it came out they don't know if it's due to the pandemic if it's due to covid if it's due to whatever they don't know but it's it's very scary all right well that is your front page news all right now charlamagne is out so if you want to give somebody donkey of the day you can get on the phone lines right now. 800-585-1051. Whoever it is.

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Whatever it may be. It could be Kanye. Yes. 800-585-1051 and when we come back roland martin will be joining us it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club morning everybody it's dj mv angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we got a special guest in the building yes indeed in here the same way I walk in here every day, saying, f*** them Cowboys. Well, he said hello first.

Yeah, he did say hello. Okay. But that was right after. That was right after. Roll it off, ladies and gentlemen. You want to hear the nerd to pull that jacket out. I just had to show you. Just had to let you see the star.

That's all. Yeah, it's all right, though. But don't worry about it. Y'all going to screw the hell up in the playoffs again. Again. Another first round loss again. Defense wins championships, bro. Yeah.

F*** the Cowboys. I'm from Houston. I came out the womb saying that. So you're an Oilers fan, now a Texans fan? First of all, you ain't even near Texas. How the hell are you a Cowboys fan? Where you from? South Carolina. What's the next state to y'all? North Carolina, Georgia. No time for a football team? Yeah, but you know, growing up,

we f***ed the Panthers. I'm 44. Okay, I you know, growing up, we had the Panthers. I'm 44. All right, but you had the Falcons. Nah, my daddy was a Cowboy fan. My daddy, my granddaddy, it was something about that star, you know?

Yeah, yeah. The whole lifestyle with the cocaine and the, you know, the Afros. The whole lifestyle with the cocaine and Afros. So I guess you had

a wall post of Thomas Hollywood Henderson, huh? My daddy did. Yeah. And then later, Nate Newton selling weed. Nate Newton, love Nate Newton, Michael Irvin, that was My daddy did. Yeah. And then later, Nate Newton selling weed. Nate Newton, Michael Irvin.

That was all his guys. Absolutely. I broke that Michael Irvin drug story. Huh? I broke that story. Really? Oh, hell yeah. Oh, I didn't know it was a story that needed to be broken.

I thought everybody knew. No, no, no. I'm talking about the one we got busted in the hotel room. Oh, I don't remember that one. You don't remember that one? It was led to him walking down the hallway in the fur coat and the shades. Oh, yeah. Okay, okay, okay. It's the same damn story. Wow, wow, wow. It's the same damn story. You don't remember that one? Which led to him walking down the hallway in the fur coat and the shades. Oh, yeah.

Okay, okay, okay. It's the same damn story. Wow, wow, wow. It's the same damn story. Why'd you tell on Michael Irwin? I didn't tell on Michael Irwin. Why the hell did he get busted? I told Michael, I said, Michael, you were, I said, Michael, before you got cleaned up, you were fantastic for my career.

I said, I won numerous awards off your ass. Wow. Oh, yeah. He has a good redemption story that people don't talk about enough. Yeah, he is. He has a good redemption story that people don't talk about enough. Yeah, he is. But still, that is still legendary. When he came down the hallway in the black fur coat shades,

I was like, I know his ass is not walking to the grand jury dressed like this here. As soon as he walked in, they indicted him. They didn't have to check any evidence to indict him. He got a new book out. White fear. Indeed, indeed. How the browning of America is making white folks lose their minds.

What exactly is white fear, Mr. Blunt? Look at that cover. Look at that photo. That's from January 6th. You got this white guy's arms outstretched. He's basically saying all this is ours. And that really does explain the reality of white America and the history of this country. This country was formed and created for them.

And so what they're freaking out about is where we're now moving. Twenty forty three nation becoming a majority of people of color. And it shows how their reaction. January 6th. Remember, Donald Trump targeted four cities. He kept talking about Atlanta, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Detroit. And so the anger was that black turnout gutting of Section four of the Voting Rights Act, gutting of Section two. This whole desire is this anger at what is going on because it's all it comes down to money and power. They don't want to give any of that up. And if you look at the history of America, every period of black success has always been followed by white backlash.

And the anxiety is always, are we going to lose our jobs? Are they going to take our women? Are we going to lose our money? I mean, that's, that's, this is a constant deal. You're in the civil rights movement. Remember you had a civil rights act of 64, voter rights act of 65, but they filibustered Republicans and Democrats, the fair housing act. They were like, all right, we let y'all vote, but y'all can't live with us. That has been a constant thing and we're still seeing it and this is not a white conservative

thing there's some white democrats and progressives who also don't want us uh having that economic power and having that uh that influence but because we've now changed with voting we now get our say so and they're struggling with that. And Donald Trump was at the beginning of that. This is going to be a continuation, I guarantee you, over the next 50 plus years. As a media person, what do you think about Donald Trump suing CNN? Okay, he sues a whole bunch of people

and loses. That's his thing. His thing is to cause mayhem, but he don't want depositions. Look how long he fought Letitia James. And then sit there and say it 400 times, I'll plead the fifth. Do you think he has any type of legs to stand on with that? No. Because he lies.

I think he does. How so? I don't think he'll win, but I think he does simply because what he's trying to paint CNN as is a news network that only shows one side of him, that only shows one narrative. Yeah, the liar. Sure. But he said they never say anything positive about him. That's a lie.. Yeah, the liar. Sure. But that's not... But he said they never say anything positive about him.

That's a lie. That's a lie. But that's what he said. No, but it's a lie. Well, he lies. Just because he says some shit don't mean it's right. And then when people run the montage,

it's just CNN saying a bunch of negative stuff about him. Because he lies. So they're helping his case. No, they're not helping his case. If he's saying that they don't ever say anything positive about me, Roland... That's a lie. That's literally a lie. So you're saying CNN

says positive things about him? They hired Kayleigh McEnany. They hired people who came to his defense. He is a liar. The lawsuit is a lie. Yes. So the bottom line is, they're not helping him. He lies. But they are helping him. He lies about lies. They're helping

when people play the montage and say, well, what he said he's basically telling you this is all they do is paint me as no they're not if you lie okay every time then they gonna run you lying so shouldn't that's like a woman saying uh do said I told truth one time yes yeah but you've been a hoe. I mean, you can't go, I said some truth one time and then go, baby, why are you calling me a liar? Because you a liar. But the best way to make him be a liar is to show, no, we do. When he does do something, I guess, good, we do talk about it.

They do. They have done that. So they should play that montage. What are you talking about? Because Trump is saying they don't ever say anything positive about him. That's the basis of the lawsuit. Charlemagne. Okay. Charlemagne, you literally are trying to provide some common sense to an uncommon lie.

You're right. There you go. There is no common sense. You're right. They've hired people on the air who have defended him. Is that positive? Yes. Okay.

Kayleigh McEnany was an airhead. She was anti-Trump. And then she flipped. She later became his press secretary. So his whole deal is everything he does is a lie. His whole mantra of fake news. The whole point is

I'm going to throw it out there and my followers are going to believe that anything you say is a lie. So even when you tell the truth, then it's a lie. His whole deal about the big lie about the election, that's what it's all about. His whole goal is to cause dissension. It's called disruption.

And now what has happened, again, part of why I lie, why I fear all of these individuals, they're now running for office. People running for attorney general, secretary of state, governor. They're now running for boards of elections. They have taken the lie and they now have weaponized it. And they now want to take over voting apparatus in numerous states.

And so the lie has now been weaponized to the point it's now expanded. You literally have hundreds of candidates on the ballot in November who lie with him. Lying ass Jenny Thomas. Okay, Clarence Thomas says, don't mess with my Jenny. Okay, went before the January 6th committee and she said the election was rigged. Lying. So he is a liar. He's a flat out liar and he can go to hell.

Do you think that's just the risk you run when you have like opinion based platforms? Like sometimes people might hit you with a defamation suit or a slander suit well first of all defamation and slander uh there's a high legal standard for public officials yeah okay you have that but when you're operating on truth then that's the piece look i got republicans who don't want to come on my show because i don't let them lie. And that's why I get upset when I watch a lot of these shows and folks lie. So, for instance, when sorry as Bill Maher allowed that woman the other day to lie on Kamala Harris and then he didn't correct her when she talked about, oh, he put in all these men. She sent all these men and women to prison for weed and breakfast And then Bill Maher's sitting there with his pothead self, don't say a word.

I don't let folk lie. Because when someone lies, if they're listening to this show, and a lie is told, and you say nothing, for me, the public goes, well, Angela and Envy and Charlamagne didn't say nothing, so what they said must have been true.

No. I need you to give us some facts now, because I know people will see this and they'll be like, well, Kamala Harris did lock up a whole bunch of people for weed in California. Well, first of all, I actually brought on a brother who went through the whole record. The number of prosecutions in San Francisco declined from the previous DA when she became DA. Two, they create alternative programs for individuals who had who were arrested for weed. Second of all, the number

of people in California went to prison, those number went down. So again, when people say, well, just what you said, she locked a whole lot of people up. How many? No, how many? Yeah, they can't know anyone. No, no, no. But you just said you just said she locked a lot of people. How many? Oh, I didn't say that. I was can't know anyone. No, no, no. But you just said you just said a lot of people. How many? Oh, I didn't say that.

I was quoting. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. You quoted folks who did not have accurate information. So even when we say some people say I don't even reference lies because what I'm now doing is I'm now weaponizing the lie. If she locked up 5,000, well, how many were locked up before her? Was it 10,000? So, again, that has to be stated. Second of all, does the Attorney General lock people up?

Or is it local DAs? See, so again, I don't just go, some people. I hate that phrase. Because even stating that, it has to be rooted in fact. All right, we got more with Roland Martin. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Everybody, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Roland Martin. Yee. Can you talk about the governors in Texas and Florida and the whole situation with the flying and busing migrants to Martha's Vineyard? That's pushing buttons of white fear. Here's the deal. Texas is I'm native of Texas. I'm still ready to vote there.

Do you understand the Texas economy? You take out Latinos and black people by Texas. Here's the other crazy thing. Because of the last census, Texas picked up several new congressional seats because of population. What fueled that population growth?

Latinos. What did they do? They basically created three white Republican districts. One Latinos, they finally give you one. But the growth was driven by Latino population. So what you have is you have Governor Greg Abbott, Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, again, pressing the buttons of white fear. And these folks are running around. Oh, my God, we're losing our state. First of all, right now, majority of kids in public schools right now are black and Latino. Now ask the question, who's controlling

those economic levers? Who's controlling those dollars? Who's controlling the curriculum? Who's controlling the hiring of teaching? And so what Rhonda Santus is doing in Florida, what Greg Abbott is doing in Texas, they are fueling that white rage. Everything about critical

race theory was about fueling white rage. Look at the reaction all these white conservatives had to when Vice President Kamala Harris hit the other day. We're going to ensure there's equity when it comes to Hurricane Eon. She should have stood on that. I hated that she backed up off of that. Right. Again, what the White House should have said is, I'm sorry.

Here are examples of previous hurricanes and natural disasters reported has been done in the new york times been done by other media outlets pro-publican others showing how black and brown communities were were shorted out of dollars when it came to hurricane relief it is undeniable but see again what happens is and this is where liberals and progressives really piss me off because they don't know how to fight. They get pushback from conservatives and Fox News and conservative radio, and they all take it and run with it.

And it's like, oh, my God, they're upset. Tell them to go to hell. That's right. And hit them with the facts. And see, they're unwilling to challenge them. I got like Mark Levin, a conservative radio talk show host. He was going off the other day on me and Maya Wiley because when I moderated a voting session at the Congressional Back Caucus, he goes, Roland Martin, he's such a liberal, he will never invite me on his show.

Well, it was a brother who was listening. I invited his ass on the show right there. Didn't hit my producer call when the show was over. Didn't hit him the following Monday. He ain't hit back. See, they are used to throwing rocks, but they ain't used to getting hit.

The White House has to learn how to hit. That's right. Question, you know, you have the chapter The Fight to Educate Black Minds. Absolutely. What is the best way for us to educate our minds? There's a lot of information out there, but it don't mean it's the correct information. Well, first off, what we have to do also is begin with education, begin to teach our children not to live by white validation.

Yes. Not be affirmed by white validation. I had folk who came to me and they said when I had the TV one show, hey, man, we're going to get you a show. Brother, I'm on five days a week. No, no, no, no, no. I mean a real show that's quite a real show like cnn msnbc i said do you know that when brian williams come to it comes to dc he sits in the same chair i said brother like what do you mean i said we contract the studio out with nbc news channel use the same camera, same set, same walls. I said, but you don't think it's real. That's white validation.

And so part of that education is affirming who we are. Now you have to marry the economic piece when you begin to talk about how do we fight for equity in all of these systems? And that means how do you leverage it? That's why folk got to read

Martin Depp's book on Operation Breadbasket they laid the strategy out which one of them was one of the probably arguably the most successful initiative that the king left us reverend jackson picked up but they actually got it from reverend leon sullivan out of philadelphia but that's about that was about it's about economics what we're doing is we're actually in many ways not fighting smart which also goes to the education piece why not support charter schools because if i get to control the school and control who gets hired and control the spending and control the contracts and control the curriculum hell i'm down with it so i'm not gonna fight something that people like well white racists created charter schools i was like can you

show me something in america white racists didn't create so again it's understanding how do we now operate from a state of mind where we're willing to own we're willing to take advantage of and then willing to build that is a state of mind i've long said we need a massive reprogramming in black america to think and operate differently for the next generation when you saw kan thoughts when you saw Kanye do the White Lives Matter? I don't give a shit about Kanye. When you spend, when you expend energy on a fool, then you end up discussing a fool.

Did I post it? Nope. Did I tweet it? Nope. Kanye is utterly irrelevant to me. He feeds off of the drama and I will not

feed that beast. He can go to hell with Candace Owens. I don't really care. People get mad at me because I refuse to let people use the N-word at me on my social media. I'm like, no. First of all, how you call yourself conscious but you're using language of the oppressor? I'm

confused. I'm trying not to, Earl. No, no, but it's not that hard. It's not that hard. No, it's only hard when you're talking about actual N-words. No, it's not hard. Because sometimes so it's no it's only hard when you're talking about actual n words no it's not hard because sometimes you see some stuff no it's not no it's not no it's not but you could say that's bull what's the difference don't hit as hard this punk ass no no yes it does or or when you see somebody if i see you no you're gonna say what is up my no my brother is far more affirming that is retraining one's mind look i said the n word for a long time.

I haven't said it in 30 plus years because I've trained myself to say no. There's a lot of words we don't use now that people used to use. Absolutely. But again, we know you cannot say certain things now. I feel like that about the B-word too though. Everything you're saying, I totally agree with. I just don't know why our mind is conditioned to keep doing it. It's easy because the power of white supremacy is so strong that it has always forced us to see ourselves as less than.

And there's nothing worse than seeing yourself as less than to use something that the oppressor used against you. I agree. And then you go, oh, we reclaimed it. No, you didn't. Because you can't get mad if somebody white used it if you so-called reclaimed it. How about you obliterate it, period?

And so I want us to take that same reprogramming, which I had to do for myself, and now apply that to everything else in terms of how we look at our community. When I tell people to buy my book, I say, look, it's available at all these bookstores, Target, Books of a Million, Barnes & Noble, or call the black bookstore.

See, that's black economics. That's practicing. And so it's a state of being where we have to be in to now begin to understand. I agree with you what you said about the N-word, too, because I never use it as a term of endemic. I use it in the way that white supremacists use it. And won't because i'm not a white supremacist and i'm not

gonna further their agenda all right well don't move we got more with roland martin when we come back it's the breakfast club good morning everybody it's dj envy angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we're still kicking it with roland martin charlamagne i still don't see how we win though first we win voting-wise. When we vote, you see the phrase, punch above your weight. We can't vote the way they vote. We have to be voting easy.

Andrew Gillum is governor of Florida. If Broward County goes from 57 total turnout to 65, Miami-Dade goes from 54 to 65. How are the red counties voting? 70, 75%. You can't win in the 50s. Black people have to maximize numbers. This is simple.

500,000 eligible black people. 300,000 of the 500,000 are registered. 150,000 of the of the 500 000 are registered 150 000 of the 300 000 who are registered and 150 000 of the 500 000 who are eligible actually vote that means 150 000 black people voted 350 000 black people didn't vote your candidate loses by 10 000 votes but don't we have to equ equip voter suppression into that too? Look, we've always had to jump over hurdles. The point I'm making is how do you maximize your power? You can't holler, we want this, this, this, if you're not maximizing your power.

How do you get people to vote? That's my question. Absolutely. Because I do feel like we talk about it all the time. Get out there and vote. Make sure your register to vote. This is where you get the information and it's still not enough people. Because that's approaching it without any information.

We literally don't have enough voter education. If I inform you, now you're like, well damn, I don't know where what's going on. Now I can move to getting you registered. And then when I get you registered, I still got to get you to the polls. I got a transportation plan.

Now, this is probably the most important piece. Once the election is over, now what do we do? A lot of us go, are we good? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. That's the end of one process, the beginning of another. All the people holler tangibles, tangibles. How many y'all showing up when the election is over? So who's going to school board meeting kind of commissioners meeting state legislature, Congress, how are you advocating? What groups are you on? So you say you want tangibles. And if I don't get tangibles, I'm not going to vote. You don't actually get tangibles before the election. You get promises.

You then have to then force them to adhere to the promise they made during the campaign. Well, how do you do that? You have to show up. LGBT people, 2010, Obama wasn't moving on don't ask, don't tell. They were like, all right, close them checkbooks. That's right. They lost that midterms. What happened in December?

They passed that damn bill. See again, leverage. Our leverage is not necessarily resources, but it is when it comes to voting. Which is why for years I've challenged my fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha and all D9 and Prince Hall Masons and Eastern Star and the Lynx. How do we have all

of this black organizational power and we're not sitting here walking in? If 200 black women in pink and green just all of a sudden show up at a school board meeting and then the next month they see black and gold, then purple and gold, then red and white, and all of a sudden they keep seeing it.

Now it's going to be, what do we need to do so they can stop showing up? That's leveraging your power. We have untapped power when it comes to voting. And guess what? When you show up there, when it comes to a school board meeting, I ain't talking about just curriculum. I'm talking about contracts. I'm talking about bond election.

I'm talking about now black businesses. Now it becomes economic. But we got to leverage the power. But we have to educate people on this is the issue. This is the truth. This is the whole deal. And when they have the information, now it's kind of like, oh, I was told this. Well, stop

listening to the fool who told you a lie. I agree with everything you just said, but don't you think the other part of that is sometimes these candidates have to stop volunteering lies, meaning they talk about things that they know they cannot get done. They don't tell the whole story. That's politics. Yeah, but can't you see how that discourages

voters? But remember, remember, politics is about making promises. But what did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt tell A. Philip Randolph when Randolph was pressing him? He said, Philip, everything you said is correct.

Now go make me do it. Make me do it. Yeah. And what did he do? Okay. When he threatened that march on Washington, he sent an executive order. We've got to move our people to action. And unfortunately, too many are not.

But that's why I challenge our organization. I just did it at the CBCF. I called out all the frats in the sororities and challenged them. And I said, stop being so focused on your internal business and be focused on the business of black America. Dr. King said this here. And where do we go from here? Chaos or community? If you don't have that book, you should get that book is one of the top three books. I have more than a thousand in my home. It is top three. You would think he wrote that book last year. He said there are four institutions that are primed to liberate black America,

the Negro church, the Negro press, Negro fraternities and sororities, and Negro professional and business organizations. He said all of them had never fully committed themselves to the liberation of black people. What he's talking about is taking organized power and leveraging it. That's why when people came to me, they're like, man, ain't going to do well launching Roller Martin Unfiltered. I said,

don't worry about it. So here we are four years later. I launched last year Blackstar Network. I'm launching a 24 hour streaming channel next month. I took my social media following, organized it, built one show, built a network. Now I six other shows, now have three shows in development, and now going 24-hour streaming channel. What's that? That's Organizing and Mobilizing. You know what's interesting about that? You've built that network so much that when I see you on MSNBC or I see you on another

program, I'll be like, why rolling wasting this time on that? And I know it. Well, no, I'm going to give you something that's funny. So first time in MSNBC during COVID, because I have a studio in my home. So a director come up and say, hey, is there any way we can make that background smaller? Nope. Nope.

That's it. Y'all going to see that logo. That's Brandon. But it's good because it's with Tiffany. So, I mean, you know. Well, no, no. That was Ali Velshi. MSNBC seems to only call me on the weekends. I don't know what's up

with that. Well, I know I've been shadow banned on a weekday and I told them that too. And so I ain't got a problem and I know who did it too. You know who did it? I know exactly who did it. Damn. I know exactly who did it. I've called his name out. You know, what the hell. You know exactly. Jonathan Wall, I know what he did to me. I was supposed to be on Ari Melber's show

and I was 10 minutes out. I'm at the top of the show. I get a call. My hit was canceled. I sent an email, and I said, what exactly did I piss off? They were like, oh, no, no, that's not what happened. Then I found out it was him, because he was pissed that me and Jake Tapper went at it the day before

on Twitter. I'm like, dude, he at CNN. You used to work at CNN. Why are you tripping at MSNBC? Because during 2015, even after the election, oh, all the shows were calling me. Katie Turb was blowing me up. Hallie Jackson. They were like, oh, my God. Katie Turb, they wanted me on every Thursday.

Stephanie Ruhle. All the weekday shows were calling me. Then all of a sudden, everything shut down. You know? So, yeah, I said it. And he knew exactly what he did. And I've told other executives there what the whole deal was so it is what it is and we know fox news not gonna call because you know they can't handle this much blackness my white fear pick it up out right now

rolling martin we appreciate you that's called bringing the funk that's what he called hey doc this is what i this is what i do and look and for the folks who i hit don't get mad because you messed up. There you have it. The Breakfast Club. No more. It's DJ, Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club on this Friday. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Jada's new book.

This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Rumor has it. Rumor has it. On The Breakfast Club. So listen up. All right. Well, the Hollywood Reporter has shared a statement from HarperCollins. Day Street, which is an imprint of HarperCollins, Jada Pinkett Smith apparently has a memoir coming out,

which chronicles the lessons learned in the course of a difficult but riveting journey, a rollercoaster ride, from the depths of suicidal depression to the heights of personal rediscovery and the celebration of authentic feminine power. In Crisis at Age 40, Jada recounts the excruciating choices she was forced to make to redefine her life in every way. We're also going to learn more about her Baltimore upbringing, her love story with Will Smith, and her long-discussed close friendship with Tupac. Yeah, I think that book's going to be amazing. Yeah, I think that's going to be amazing. Yeah, I think it's going to do great.

I'm going to read it. Everybody's, you know, would love to hear about their relationship. If she talks about August, if she goes through, you know, her relationship with with Tupac and how deep they go. So I'm excited about it. All right. Now, Brittany Griner is a hostage, according to her wife. This is Cheryl Griner's first interview since Brittany Griner was sentenced to nine years in prison in Russia. And she sat down with CBS Morning's host, Gayle King. And here's what she had to say.

BG has truly suffered beyond her crime already. So you were able to hear her voice. You've had two phone conversations with her. Share with us what you can about those conversations. So the first conversation, it was just so delightful just to hear her voice. The second phone call, I just, the minute I hung up, I think I cried for about two, three days straight. I did not get out of my bed. It was the most disturbing phone call. What was disturbing to you it was like 30 seconds to two minutes a range for just sitting on the phone just literally in tears at that point i'm like i don't know if she has anything left in her tank to continue to wake up every day and be in a place where she has no one

man that is so scary and here is what else else Sherelle Griner has to say about Brittany Griner, because it seems like she feels like she's been forgotten. She's very afraid about being left and forgotten in Russia or just completely used to the point of her detriment because she's like, you you know saying things to me like my life just don't even matter no more is that what you said to you yeah my life doesn't like i feel like my life just doesn't matter y'all don't see me like y'all don't see the need to get me back home am i just nothing she's very afraid about being left and forgotten in Russia or just completely used to the point of her detriment. OK, I feel like we played that twice.

Yes. So let's never forget that. Brittany Griner is over there. She's going through it. She's suffering. I'm really hoping that she makes it back home. You know, the White House has said that her upcoming appeal is another sham judicial proceeding. And President Biden is telling his administration to engage with the Russian government at all levels to bring Greiner home immediately. But her wife, Cheryl Greiner, is scared that she'll never see her wife again. And it's just terrifying for her. And I completely understand because it seems like those talks just quieted down. Like, I haven't heard anybody mentioned at one time we were going to trade prisoners and they were going to get out immediately.

And then all of a sudden I haven't heard not one person mentioned anything in the last. I don't even know how long. Well, I know she has the appeal. So everyone has been talking about that. And so just praying for the best to happen and for her to make it back home. All right. Now, Ari Fletcher is talking about losing that savage Fenty deal that she had on the docuseries, The Impact ATL. She's on there with, you know, Jada, Arrogantay, Lakia, Destior. And she talked about losing access to her Instagram page, losing some money.

Here's what she had to say because of the negative domestic violence comments that she made. People was commenting like about domestic violence and like oh why would you say this what i did was i got on live like i don't give a you know not meaning i don't give a about domestic violence but just like i don't give a about what y'all talking about and this is something else too with myself that i need to check. Like, stop just reacting. For real, when I lost my page, I lost a Savage Fenty deal because of that for like $150,000. Wow. And if you want to watch the Impact ATL, that's on BET Plus, by the way.

And that's why everybody always says you can't, you know, act off of emotion. You got to think about what you're saying sometimes. And I'm guilty of it all the time. So, you know, act off of emotion. You got to think about what you're saying sometimes. And I'm guilty of it all the time. So, you know, I definitely watch what I say. Yeah, it's hard when everybody's coming at you on social media. And the original comments that she made was on Don't Call Me White Girls podcast. Here's what she had said originally. Y'all are in the comments like, oh, when I was in a relationship, this boy put out nobody cares.

Nobody cares about what happened to you, what trauma you had. Nobody cares. You're trying to victimize yourself. Please stop. You're in a comedy telling your stories about nobody cares. All right. So she had made these comments on the podcast and then went on live as people were bashing her for saying what she liked, you know, for her man to pull a gun on her, to tame her when she's upset.

And when people gave some backlash from that, she went on live to defend herself. And we actually talked to her about that, too, her defending herself. And I think, you know, she felt like she was being attacked and she lashed back out at everybody. And sometimes you got to just get offline or an easy solution is to be like, you know what? I was wrong the way I said that. And I really did not mean, you know, to come at anybody like that. And that, that is a better way sometimes to just end things. Right. All right. Now let's talk about Nori.

He had Boosie on drink champs and Nori and DJ EFN on Drink Champs. And here is what Boosie had to say about Kanye and those White Lives Matter shit. If you guys recall, he had went on social media to let people know that this was not right. And you know, he had some strong feelings about White Lives Matter.

Kanye, you straight with me. But he pissed me off this morning. But you know what we done went through and what we still going to to this day everybody know people matter but deadlines matter when we promote net what we have been through let us get our glory man don't be no pigeon stool from which our people and still suffering to this day ain't nobody getting done like blacks getting done from three four hundred years to this day and you a conglomerate don't put no white lives matter on wrong with you call it die your face then

all right die your face all right Die your face then. Damn it, man. Oh, well, that is your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss E. Now, Charlemagne is out. If you want to give somebody donkey of the day, 800-585-1051. Phone lines are wide open.

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Unique, what's up? Good morning. Who you want to give donkey to? I want to, hey, I want to give a donkey to my peasant, the one. Because I cooked for this girl last night. I mean, a big, I don't know, I don't even cook for people. But I really cooked for her. And she did not wake up to come over to girls' night.

Now we at work and she's going to be hungry because she went to sleep. Oh, man. Well, that's on her. Too bad for her. What you cook last night? That's on her. What you cook? I just wanted to tell y'all good morning.

Y'all had me rolling this morning. I really enjoy you guys. What did you cook? You didn't tell us what you cooked. Oh, I cooked some collard greens, cornbread, and some baked beans, some chicken. And I also, for some reason, I took the chicken and also cooked some ribs. It was just a whole bunch of everything. Now, let me ask you a question.

Can you invite us? Yeah, I was going to say, can you invite us? But how we know your food is good? She might not like your food. That's why she didn't come. Oh, no. She liked my food. I took the Thanksgiving food.

She's the one who can't boil water. Oh. I know she was hungry. Can you send us a picture? I want to see what this food look like. Yeah, I definitely will because I took one to Sunday tour. But you don't really get those meals from me unless it's a holiday. I don't know.

I was feeling really, really generous yesterday. I'm going to cut today Friday. Well, thank you, Mommy. You have a good weekend, all right? Yes, you got it. Hello, who's this? This is Wayne from SC. Wayne from SC. Who you want to give Donkey to? You ain't got to get that in you.

You got to get that, bro. He himself. He himself, bro. You got to clear next to your baby, cool. Your ex. But, bro, you don't have to do all that ex shit with, like,

she moved on. You move on. You're a billionaire, bro. You know what I mean? Women are throwing themselves at you. You are crying over Kim Kardashian who has been with Ray J and multiple other dudes.

Okay, let's not shame her for who she dated. All right, cool. We won't do that. But at the end of the day, bro, you get mad at Pete for doing something that you would do. You can't get mad at that man for being a man. You want to make videos. You send trucks and roses to the house that they

doing. That's lame, bro. You've been a pimp. You've been a pimp, bro. You might as well move on. If she moves on, why can't y'all co-parent and do everything the right way? You got the crib next door. Yeah, somebody tell me she's still dating Pete, but they tried to pretend to break up

so he would leave them alone. I don't know if that's true, but that's what I heard. That's foul. As a grown woman, she shouldn't have to do that. As a grown man, bro, you should say,

you want to know what? She's not happy with me. Why not let her be happy with somebody else? I'm happy for her to be happy. I think he does that because I think he feels like he could pick on Pete because I think if it would have been anybody else out there

I think they might have put hands on Kanye by now but I will say this the fact that if Pete slapped him everybody gonna look at Pete oh he slapped Kanye we gotta do this to Pete I see how this man been bothering him the whole time

bothering this man the whole time. And you're right. I would have did the same thing like Pete did. You want to bother me and make songs? Ah, ah, I'm in bed with your ex-wife. Ah, I'm not mad. And then what did Kanye do? You see?

You see? You see? No. You the one that's doing this. You see? But, bro, you was making songs, putting me in videos with my head cut off, threatening me and all this other stuff. But when I say something bad. Well, you see what he's doing? Come on, bro, you was making songs, putting me in videos with my head cut off, threatening me and all this other stuff. But when I say something bad, well, you see what he's doing?

Come on, bro. Like, Kanye could do better. And I used to like, bro. But he a stimp. And he tender. I can't stand that. That ain't Pete. Okay.

Thank you, brother. Hello. Who's this? Good morning. It's Charles from Fort Myers. How y'all doing? Hey, Charles. Who you want to give Donkey to?

Man, first I want to give Donkey to? Yeah, no, I agree with y'all. You know, it's horrible when people do that. How's everything going with you? Are you okay? How's your family? How's your house? I lost everything inside my house, but I'm more concerned about a lot more people in my neighborhood.

I mean, I'm still being able to manage. And anybody in Fort Myers listening, if you guys go to St. Vincent on Palm Beach Boulevard, we're going to be there today and tomorrow giving out free food again. We did that on Monday and Tuesday. We're going to be there this weekend giving out food to anybody that needs help. And torch for the roof because there's rain coming this weekend. All right.

All right. Thank you so much. Give them the address one more time, brother. It's St. Vincent on Palm Beach Boulevard. And anybody out of state that want to help us out, again, the cash shop is Lord Seaway 507. So that's San Vincent. The Paws is a Catholic church right down Palm Beach Boulevard. And the cash shop is Lord Seaway, L-O-R-D-C-W-A-Y 507.

All right, brother. Thank you so much. And for anybody in Florida, if you want to get disaster unemployment assistance, you can go to floridajobs.org and you can select file a claim so they have customer service reps available to help you guys with disaster

unemployment assistance as well. And so I just want to make sure if you're out there, again, that's floridajobs.org. Alright. Now, Donkey of the Day, 800-585-1051. Charlemagne is out, so we open up the phone lines, let you give Donkey to whoever you want it to. Now, when we come back, Toosie will be joining us. Toosie has an album out today, and we're going to chop it up with him when we come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest back in the building. Yes, indeed.

The brother Tootsie. Welcome back. What's going on? You got the new EP, Boys Don't Cry. Yeah, man. Tell me about that title, man. I mean, I don't know. I feel like as men, you know, our whole life we taught to be tough. And I have emotions, you know.

I mean. Which is some bulls**t, by the way. It is. It's some bulls**t. It definitely is. I just have my son, though. So I feel like, you know, me having my son kind of opened my eyes to that. Like, you know, I want him to feel like he can be his own person.

So, I mean, that's the biggest thing. That's where the title came from. where'd you get that mentality from because most most dads i'm sure your dad's age or yeah you raise your kid fall down get back up don't you cry you hold them tears don't you cry so what made that what what gave that change to you as a father um i was raised by women you know i mean um even raised by women I was always raised to be tough with him I want him to be his own person you know what I mean

I don't want him to fall into the same light or the same same statistic that everybody else fell into so

you know what I mean that's the biggest thing I don't know I'm gonna give you a book before you leave here it's by Jason Wilson Cry Like a Man just remind me

to give it to you yo somebody else just told me that yesterday oh yeah powerful powerful book because I feel like all you're doing is raising a generation by Jason Wilson, Cry Like a Man. Just remind me to give it to you. Yo, somebody else just told me that yesterday. Oh, yeah. Powerful, powerful book. Because I feel like all you're doing is raising a generation of sociopaths when you tell a bunch of men, don't feel.

Yeah, they said the book about, basically, emotional incarceration. That's right. Yep. I'm going to check it out. How were you able to open up then, to even be in a relationship? Honestly, when it came to that

i don't know i just i just did it it was you can't run away from love you heard that's something that's gonna follow you no matter where you go all right so i don't know you think you would love quick like at first sight type of thing yeah yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Since ninth grade. So you just fall in love with everything. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. But I had my one person, though. You know what I mean? Since ninth grade. Oh, okay, okay.

Yeah, yeah. Since ninth grade, like, I knew that was who I wanted to be with. So it was kind of like that. That's a rare thing to happen. You would say that happened with you? Yeah. My wife was 15. I was 16.

Yeah, that's crazy. We've been together 27 years, married 21. Same thing. I've been with my wife for 24 years. Yeah. Not married as long, but married since 2014. They figured it out. Y'all figured it out.

Man, I hope I get there. How do you get there? I said, I hope I do. Oh, yeah. I mean, you're going through it now. And listen, it's going to be ups and it's going to be downs. And you're going to make mistakes. And she might make mistakes.

Yeah, how y'all do it? How y'all do it? Now, that's a complicated question. It was a lot of mistakes. I'm going to give you another one. It's a complicated question. No, I don't lie. That's always a question I got from couples that have been together that long.

I always want to know what it was that kept them together. And usually you get the same answers, like patience and things of things of that nature so yeah i mean that's part of it i think for myself is also you know when we first started going out there was nothing there it was just love it wasn't about money it wasn't about relationship was about going out so you develop a love that's outside of anything else like she's you know when they call ride or die she's really that person she's really when i have a problem she's my best friend I can talk to her we can have those uncomfortable discussions and problems and situations but also with that was before the money that was before the

money that's it that's that's I think whatever you said it's probably the most important thing you got to be really friends with a person and I think sometimes men we'd be more loaded up to our homies than we do our women there's things we won't do to our guys that we'll do to the person we go to sleep with you know every night yeah that's crazy to me I don't lie I can't I can't do it because at the end of the day it's like I mean if this I'll date Mary you know so if this the person that I'm looking at Mary it's like I can't sit and be right i'm gonna be more lower than my home was than i am the girl that's gonna be you know the girl that's gonna be my wife you know i mean the bible said it your wife coming for anything that's right define your own words too like you you gotta know what your definition of love is most definitely i mean

because i thought i loved my wife back then but if i'd loved her the way i thought i did i wouldn't have did that's right stuff that i did you know know what I mean? So what you learned is you got the mission of it. Listen, man. Did you not talk to her? Yeah, man. Listen, I'm like, yo, listen, I don't wanna lie. It's like,

the world won't understand some of that stuff, though. You get what I'm saying? Like, you know, you look at it as you overcoming, you know, something that y'all went through.

You know what I mean? The rest of the world might look at it like, uh, you did that. You did it wrong. So, I don went through. I mean, the rest of the world might look at it like, uh, n***a, you did that. You did it wrong. So, I don't know. I mean, you could be both.

Two things can be true. Yeah, two things definitely could be true. Yeah, two things could be true. Most definitely. Two things definitely could be true. It's a little bit different when you in this light, though. Oh, yeah. When you're an artist.

Because you trying out your superpowers. You've never been this version of Tootsie. Oh, God. You know what I'm saying? Angela was just talking about girls doing d*** sucking contests and asking men if they can be judges. That's what I'm moving. That's what I'm moving. That's crazy.

I'm just saying. That didn't happen before you was Tootsie, Tootsie. You know what I mean? Hell, no. I ain't experienced none of that. I don't know about none of that before. None of that. All right, so as men men do you think that y'all have to go through something in order for you to realize what you have yes sadly to go through thinking you can lose it that's a trick question

i don't think so i feel like you can know what you what you got before you before like up i don't feel like you gotta up to know what you got like i don't like, f***ing up. I don't feel like you gotta f*** up to know what you got. I don't know. I also don't think cheating got anything to do with the woman. Cheating has to do with what we lack in ourselves. Ego. It's men.

It's our ego. We trying to feed our ego. It's our insecurities. I don't think it has nothing You know, that's so crazy. It's crazy that you say that because like,

I always told myself like, I never needed more than one woman to stroke my ego. Like, I never needed that. You know what I mean? If I always told myself I never needed more than one woman to stroke my ego. I never needed that. You know what I mean? If I had one female that could stroke my ego and just make me happy, I'd be cool with that. But I don't know, though. Some s***, you get some s*** that polygamy.

You know what I mean? I think they just think they want that. I remember when I caught my dad cheating back in the day, my dad said to me, oh, you only got one girlfriend? One day you're going to understand. So when he planted that seed in my head, he had me thinking like, damn,

so I got to have one more girlfriend. I got to live like this. I got to do the shit he did. Nah. I don't think like that. What does it mean when you say to treat a woman like a lady but eff her like a hoe? What does that mean? How do you do that eff her like a hoe? What does that mean?

Like, how do you do that to somebody like a hoe? Man, you get in the bedroom, you know, girls want to be slutted out, man. You know what I mean? You get in the bedroom with a girl, she don't want to be treated like she a girl. She want to be f***ed like you're going to f*** one of them hoes. And how's that? Like, what's the difference? That's a trick question.

F*** me like you f*** one of them hoes. What hoes? I don't know anything about that. Nah, that's a trick question. I don't lie. Nah, that's a trick question. Your girl ever say something like that, don't answer that question. Don't even do nothing. I don't lie though.

It's like treating a girl with respect outside of the bedroom. But in the bedroom, the bedroom the only time you can disrespect the girl. I don't lie. It's just like when women say, you gotta be a lady in the streets, a freak in the sheets. It's the same thing.

In the bedroom, that's the only time a woman want to be disrespected. She want her hair pushed, she want to be slapped, she want all that type of shit. You know what I mean? So that's what it means. So you be pulling hair, slapping, doing all that? Man, we do everything, man. Come on, man.

Can she do it back to you? No, hell nah, what the? Now see, now that's not fair too, son. Hell nah, that's best for yourself. Whatever you do to your woman, you gotta be willing to accept yourself, man. No, that's not true. Hell nah, that's not true.

Who's pulling your hair, Charlamagne? I don't have any. Who's pulling his hair? Do you know what I mean? Who's pulling his hair? Let me try what I mean? Who's pulling his hair? Ain't nobody pulling. Nah, hell nah. No hair pulling, no slapping, no choking.

I don't do none of that. You don't want to get choked? I don't want to get choked. Damn. What about blindfolded? Blindfolded? Hell nah. Why you blindfolded me?

Hold on. So you could use your other senses. Senses? Man, nah. What's that smell? That's not what you want to do in the bedroom. Nah, I'm not trying to tap into no other senses in the bedroom. I'm good.

I ain't Spider-Man. All right, we got more with 2C. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hey, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with 2e, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club.

We're still kicking it with 2C. Charlamagne? Listen, in the song Heartache, you said, you've done taking my heart, put it in a better place. Let another break my heart. They wish they could. What inspired that? Going through hardships in relationships, you know,

being in relationships and getting put through things that you, you know, never been, never been through before. Um, you know, and sometimes you, you, you bump into people and you know, they, they begin to grow sour taste in your mouth. You know what I'm saying? Like, uh, I got, I got an ex I used to be with. I don't, well, I only got two, I only been with two girls. The one who left you for dead? Yeah, her. Oh God, man. I hate her. I don't lie. Damn.

I don't lie. What did she do to you? Man, she broke my mother's heart. I don't lie. She cheated on me. I was like 16, though. That shit hurt, though. You know, you get cheated on.

You get cheated on in high school, and it's over. I don't lie. You f***ing n***a up for life with that shit. That is true. Yeah, you cheated on me in high school.

Y'all want a bond? Y'all want a bond right now'all want to bond right now? You want to tell him to tell him to leave? What? Never mind, go ahead. Nah, tell him. Hell nah.

He had a bad story about getting cheated on. Oh, nah, yeah, but I've been with my woman for 24 years, so that's what I mean when I say, you know, whatever you expect of,

whatever she expects of you, whatever she expects of you, you got to be willing to give her up. What? So if she forgives you, if she does something, you got to forgive her too.

Nah, I won't lie, I forgave a few times, though. I won't lie, that shit. It was give her up. What? So if she forgives you, if she does something, you got to forgive her too? Nah, I won't lie. I forgave a few times, though. I won't lie. That shit, man. It was more than once. What? That shit was good, then. I won't lie.

I was a sucker. For real. That one dude that she came after with? Man, I won't lie. I don't even think it was one dude. I can't remember. Yo, I was a youngin'. So you didn't cheat, but she only cheated.

Hell nah. She fucked me up. Yeah f***ed me up. Yeah, she f***ed me up. You kept catching her and you kept staying. Yeah, hell yeah. You probably got trust issues because of that situation. Crazy part, though, I don't even got trust issues. Because I feel like, I don't know, I just don't got trust issues.

I bet she wish she wouldn't now, though. Man, what? She be trying to throw little quick little shots and hints and all type of shit like that. She said something on the internet the other day. Shit blew my mind. What'd she say? I forgot what she said. She said something about, oh, nah.

You know what it was? I had gave my girlfriend 30K for her birthday. And, like, I guess, like, the internet ain't like her reaction. But she not really no, like, over. Over. Overreacting. Yeah, she's not over reactor Like so I gave her the 30 I gave her 30k and shorty going in there. She like, uh She should have been me if I would have got the 30k I would such as Guess what

Nah, she posted it on Facebook and it was public and people started tagging me. She wanted you to see that, though. Yeah, she wanted me to see that. She wanted your girl to see that and she was hoping it'll cause problems at home. Ain't no problems at home. That's what they want, man. They want problems at home.

Ain't no trouble in paradise, man. Well, I saw you kind of like... I'm not lying. We be going through s***. Of course. All couples do. I let you get that lie off the internet. Yeah, word, word, word. Yeah, we be going through s***.

But I saw you saying that, you know, you really don't care for the fame aspect of it, right? Yeah. So when you say that, why show people stuff like that? Why show them you giving your girl $30,000? I don't lie, though.

It was like... So all of that was before, like, I had made that post. I don't know. though. It was like that. So all of that was before, like, I had made that post. I don't know. The fame become a lot, especially at 22. And then on top of that, you know, you sign to these labels and shit like that. Ain't no media training. Ain't no more.

Like, no. They don't teach you how to talk. And when you get in interviews, what to say, what not to say. They don't do none of this shit. You heard. So you coming into this shit this and they not supposed to because that's kind of like

taking away from who you are as a person and as an artist nah they should yeah yeah they should and the reason is there's things that can

get you in trouble things that you should most definitely things that you can get you cancelled now yeah right if they could guide you I mean we're a platform

if you say something that's gonna get you cancelled that's gonna get you in trouble locked up we gonna tell you I think it might work here but I don't think it works with social media because when you're at home and you got a feeling in your phone right there you type it it's over like so

you if you're on social media and you type and you sit and type some like oh no the world and in the world don't put it they're gonna bash you but like um yeah like i don't know so like i guess like it was kind of like one of the moments where it was like, damn, like, if I was famous, this never would have been an issue. I mean, people flipped it and made it seem as if, like, it was a thing of me blaming the fans for whatever happened. But, like, honestly, it wasn't even that. It was just a matter of, like, me stating, like, yo, if I was never famous. Because my music used to be like important to me like it used to be just for me i used to which it still is important but it used to be

just a thing for me it used to be sacred to me i mean but i don't know i started dropping the music and you know i'm more so doing things for the fans now so i don't know it was more so like you know if i if i never was famous this never would have been a problem that's that's a great conversation right because is that that does that impact your creative process because you're thinking about what the internet's gonna think or what people are gonna think instead of just going to make the music you want to make um honestly i feel like me and my me and my fans got such a such a good connection that when i go in there and i record it's not really like it's like it's almost like i'm i'm recording for myself because we got the same thought process

To be a fan of me You like the things that I like So I don't know We kind of got the same thought process And it'll be times where I get on Instagram live And make songs with the fans And let them like have an input on the songs And what we're going to title the song

And what we're going to talk about in the song Like things of that nature So it's kind of hard to miss when you're doing that Dope So do you think that people feel like Because a lot of times with your music in the song like things of that nature so it's kind of hard to miss when you're doing that no so do you think that people feel like because a lot of times with your music because it is like you said very personal and sacred people really feel like they know you and they feel like they know exactly what you're talking about you might have a song that you did two years ago and you put it out now and they feel like it's something that's happening to you now yeah most

definitely yeah yeah that's that's that's the hard part about everything you know they they feel like it's something that's happening to you now yeah most definitely yeah yeah that's that's that's the hard part about everything you know they they feel like uh every song that you make is a subject of what's going on today in today's world when in reality this could have happened 30 years ago well boys don't cry with this ep um for these songs are these all current songs like there's like is this something that we should take as this is something that's happening to you now yeah yeah for the most part and if it ain't my story it's somebody else's story you know i mean um because i tend to do that a lot too like i might i might make a song about you know some real life situations that's going on right now but it might not be something that's happening to me it might be my homeboy that's going through it and i just i just so happen to

see it so yeah it could be that too right, well the album comes out this Friday. Boys Don't Cry. Yeah. If you wanna be sad, if you wanna be sad and get a good cry, get 2CZP, Boys Don't Cry. Sometimes you need that though, as we go through things in life, you're like, I need to listen to this.

I don't know why I need to be sad. Sometimes you. This interview done made me sad. For what, man? Only because it's raining outside. It is raining. Yeah, it's raining outside. It's cold as s***. You know, man, we ain't here to talk about life and s***. That's sad. That's s***.

Some of the best albums, though, I like those breakup albums, you know? Yeah, nah, I want that. Like with Mary J. Blige, we used to love, unfortunately, she went through a lot. Sad s***. She just called you 2CJ Blige, bro. I don't lie, that's crazy.

2CJ Blige is crazy. 2CJ Blige is crazy. I could never be there, man. You wake up in the morning and see that it was raining and just, like, stare? Nah, hell nah. Hell nah. I don't lie. Yo, see, this is what I'm saying,

man. You know, as men, they just don't, they expect us to be so tough. No, I ain't crazy. Asked me,

did I look out the window? Damn. Hell no. I got up. I got up. I don't lie. It was hard for me to get out of bed.

I got up. Why? You were tired? I was tired as hell. I don't lie. Why is this interview at eight in the morning, bro?

It's the breakfast club, Tucci. So y'all don't do no interviews after breakfast? Damn. Hell no. Y'all need to switch to the lunch club or some shit. You about to be. I am. You about to be.

Yeah. January. Man, listen. I don't lie. They say 8.30. Y'all sure that at 8.30 a.m.? Let's see. Welcome to the life of an artist, Tootsie.

And I'm sure you got more after this. I'm here, man. I mean, hell yeah, dude. Yeah, I got like three more interviews. And then I got a listening party. Too much. You got to talk about boys don't cry. It's Kleenex sponsoring the listening party?

See, why are you doing this to him? You know what? It's Tootsie. He's had to open up. Thank you, brother. We were talking about your party. He's going to get open, man. Yeah, man. He don't care about my family. I do. I got the bulls**t here for you. Cry like a man. It's juicy. He tried to open up. Thank you, brother. We were talking about it Friday.

Yeah, man. He don't care about my face. I do. I got the here for you. Cry Like a Man. It's right here. Oh, you found it. Yep.

I was looking at it. And you know what? I got two for you, matter of fact. Yo, bro, pull up your pants, man. My ass was up? Yes. Ah,. Damn.

That's that old man, man. This guy is crazy. I feel like I'm in Camp Plummer right now. Cry Like a Man. Oh, matter of fact, Jason. I don't think Sean will make an underwear. This is Battle crazy. I feel like I can't plumber anymore. Cry like a man. Oh, as a matter of fact, this is Battle Cry by Jason Wilson. What's this about? It's both about processing your emotions as a man.

This is the unapologetic guy. Oh, there's a black man. Yeah. Oh, they both by him. And it's a black woman. And he's steady about crying, though. Jason Wilson. Salute to Jason.

No, Jason. Salute to Jason Wilson. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. It's time to get up out of here. Now, Yee, you got a positive note?

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