The Breakfast Club - FULL SHOW: We Open The Discussion On Getting Shamed When Asking For Money Back, Ask C&E, Donkey Of The Day and More

Episode Date: December 8, 2022

Today we open the phone lines to discuss getting shamed when asking for your money back, and ask C&E. Also, Charlamagne gives Donkey Of The Day to a woman who got her eyes tattooed Blue & Purple and begins losing her sightSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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And do I have a treat for you. Haunting is crawling out from the shadows, and it's going to be devilishly good. We've got chills, thrills, and stories that'll make you wish the lights stayed on. So join me, won't you? Let's dive into the eerie unknown together. Sleep tight, if you can. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Good morning, USA. Man, one more day, one more day until our holiday break. Yes, one more day until our holiday break. And then we will see you next year. And I am ready.

You're ready. It's that time. I'm exhausted, bro. You know how it goes. You know how it goes. I don't know if it's because we know holiday break is coming up or because it's the end of the year. You know, I cannot wait to disconnect.

You know, not have to plug into anything. Not have to look at anything if I don't want to. And just, you know, sleep in a little bit. I can't wait. Now, you know what I was doing yesterday? I know my kids are not on their way to school. But I was trying to decide if I wanted to buy my nine-year-old to get her a cell phone. Hell.

Gracian. I remember. Third. And the reason is, I'm going to tell you why. As you know, sometimes you put your kid in a chair or you put your kid in dance and they're there for two, three hours and if they ever have to leave early, you just want them to be able to call you

if you're around the block or whatever it may be. So I was thinking about doing that as a safety protocol so they can have that. They need a cell phone for kids that is, I don't want to say good for your mental health, but better for your mental health. Only to make phone calls. How about that? That's what I'm saying. They can only make phone calls and send texts. Like if you can get a phone that don't have no social media, you can't get on YouTube, anything like that.

I don't know if that's even possible. Well, you can do parental controls where, you know, you don't allow certain things. The apps I'm not concerned with because I can just make sure there's no, none of those apps on there. But, you know, I just, you know, they're at an age right now where they're in a million and one activities. And, you know, those apps on there. But, you know, they're at an age right now where they're in a million and one activities. And, you know, it might be a case where, you know,

Gia's going to pick one up and we might be ten minutes late. And, you know, you might have to call and be like, hey, just be easy. We're two minutes late. You never know. You know what I mean? Not to say that that can happen, but that's what I was deciding. As of yesterday, I decided no. But, you know, that's the thinking I was thinking.

Now that I think about it, you could get her the phone and only give it to her when she's going to do activities. That's true, too. She only has it when she's not around, y'all. That is true, too, yep. Like when you take her to do activities or whatever else, that would make sense. Yeah, that makes sense.

Maybe that's the answer, but I was trying to decide that yesterday. I was in the AT&T store for like an hour and a half, you know, talking to all the employees. They're like, no, I wouldn't do it. My kid got one. But as I was waiting for my children at dance. And dance, man, be long, man. It'd be two, three-hour practices. Goodness gracious.

Yeah, man, those smartphones are creating dumb people. And like I always get on this radio and say, we don't even know the impact of smartphones and social media and constantly looking down and constantly engaging with all of these different people via all of these social media apps. We're not even going to know the consequences, the real world consequences to what it's doing to, you know, our mind until like 10 years from now.

It's going to be like the tobacco industry. Watch. Absolutely. All right. Well going to be like the tobacco industry. Watch. Absolutely. All right, well, let's get the show cracking. Front page news. We got so much to talk about. Nine million people got an incorrect email. Can you imagine?

You get an email, you think everything is good, and then they'll be like, oops, we'll tell you what that email said when we come back, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club.

Let's get into front page news. Now with Thursday Night Football. The Raiders take on the Rams tonight at 8-15. The Rams are 3-9. Goodness gracious. Hey, the Rams suck. Yeah, they're not doing too well. Well, Aaron Judge, he signs a massive deal with the New York Yankees.

It doesn't make sense to me, but he signed a nine-year $360 million deal. I think that's too much. Why? Because he's older? No, because I don't think he's consistent. I don't think Judge is consistent. I don't watch baseball.

I do know Aaron Judge, though. I don't watch baseball. I just know that Aaron Judge is a good baseball player from what I hear. Yeah, he had a great year last year, but I just don't think he's consistent enough to give him a $9 million, a $360 million nine-year deal. I don't watch baseball at all. I couldn't tell you. I take your word for it.

I used to like baseball in the 1990s when everybody was on steroids. That's when it was an amazing sport. Yeah, I'm just going to ask Red. Red, you're a huge baseball fan. You think it's too much money? Yeah, I mean, he's 31 right now. He signed a nine-year deal, and he's making $40 million every season.

That's a lot. I just think it's going to be one of those things where the Yankees are going to regret it after two years. Maybe he's good for ticket sales. Yeah, maybe Aaron Judge is just good for ticket sales. Maybe he's a draw. That's a lot of money. Now, yesterday, Kyrie Irving was, of course, playing in Brooklyn.

He taped over the Nike logo, and instead he wrote, I am free. Thank you, God, I am. He wrote that on his sneakers yesterday. We have to stop doing stuff like that, man. I saw when Kanye West did that with Balenciaga. The Montgomery bus boycott wouldn't have worked if civil rights activists would have just taped over the names of the buses but still rode them.

Sadly, you've got to find something else to put on your feet, Kyrie. Now, in some sad news, 9 million people depressed, probably couldn't pay their student loans, sent in an email and wrote down on the application about, you know, getting help, getting debt relief, student debt relief from the federal government. And the email sent out nine approved emails in return. But that wasn't the case. Oh, no, that's what?

So now these 9 million people that thought they had approved student debt relief were happy during the holidays. Now it looks like that's not going to happen. Nah, they should have to honor that, man. You know, I've heard stories. Now you go to the store sometime and, you know, somebody rings something up, but it's the wrong price for something. Correct. And sometimes, you know, they still have to honor the price that, you know, was accidentally rung up because somebody in that store made a mistake.

I feel like it should be the same way in this situation. Yeah, I think that's foul. I think that, you know, you do the right, you know, things that you're supposed to do. Fill out the application. You get an email back that says approved. You're happy. Like, that could mess up your mental right there.

You know, you're happy. You're ecstatic. You feel like, look, I could spend a little money for Christmas and buy my kids some gifts or my family some gifts. And then all of a sudden, oops, sorry, wrong. That ain't right. Now, who sent the email back? Did this come from the White House?

Like, who comes to send the email back? Yeah, the Department of Education. Well, remember that in 2024? It's great. When election time comes around in 2024, remember how they punked you. All right. Remember how they punked you. Remember how you thought your student loans was about to get wiped away

and for them to only tell you, psych. Yeah. That is crazy. Remember psych? Psych. And lastly, Jalen Smith becomes the youngest black mayor in U.S. history. He's age 18 and he's a brother. It feels good to say I've been elected as mayor of this great city. People say I'm too young, but you have to start somewhere in life.

You know, I didn't want to wait till I was 30 or 40 to run for mayor. I want to do it now. You know, I want to come back home. You know, I want to feel safe and secure here. Getting them jobs, getting them, you know, getting activities, just something. Because I'm like them. I want something to do as well. With the council, I have to realize I'm the mayor. And secondly, it has nothing to do with age. If you afford moving the city in the right direction, you'll do what you say you wanted to do. Now, that's early Arkansas. That's the name of the town. It has a population of 2,000 residents, and Jalen Smith won with 218 votes. Lord have mercy.

My God. Drop on the Clues Bonds for Jalen Smith. Rumble, young King Rumble. Could you imagine what he's going to do at age 18 as mayor? He sounds like a very smart, well-rounded kid if you ask me. He absolutely, positively does. He sounds like he might do some good things. I think he will.

I think he will. And I love to see that it's a young brother because, you know, they understand what's bothering them and what needs to be fixed. And a lot of times we have a lot of those older mayors and people that represent us, and I think they're out of touch. So we'll see how this works.

Congratulations to that young brother. I'm not mad at it. 2,164 residents. 200 people came to vote. 200 people. Well, 200 people voted for him. So I'm sure like 300 people probably voted. Earl probably only put up five signs throughout the whole city.

Probably spent $200, but he got it. What's his campaign budget? I think his campaign budget probably was about $1,100. $1,100? About $1,100. Salute to you, though, Earl. All right. Get it off your chest.

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Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Y'all, hey, y'all. I got an update for y'all, y'all. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Trav. What up, Trav? If you haven't heard, yesterday Trav called in and was mad at Rolling Ray and was giving receipts about the fact that he gave Rolling Ray some money for some drops

and Rolling Ray rolled out on him and didn't do any drops. But now I hear there's an update, Trav. Yes, there is an update. Roland Ray sent me my money back yesterday. Really? Yes, he did. But I'm still beefing with him because of how he sent my money back. How he sent the money back?

This man going to tell me, he told us, dang, since you needed so bad hair. That's right. Drop one of Clues Bond for Roland Ray. I'm glad Roland Ray shared you some grace. I'm glad Roland Ray gave you some grace and decided to spare you,

you little peasant, since you needed so bad. You know what I mean? Take your little $75 for the new year. So I low-key, I said, bro, that's my money. You know, me taking a little $75 for the new year. So I low-key, like, I said, bro,

that's my money. Like, you need to give me my money. He's going to say, you need to stop talking like that. He says,

you need to stop talking like that or I'm not going to help you out. Like, sir, you're not helping me. Hey,

that's a great tactic, you know, because he can shame you into saying, I don't need this money, keep it. And then he won. Drap. Well, I don't need this money. Keep it. And then he won. Trav.

Well, I don't know what to say. I am happy. Because, listen, I say all the time, I don't be pretending I got money out here. But $75 helps me a lot. Okay? I don't know why Roland Ray is giving you peasant grace. Trav. You saw her.

Do not buy. Trav. Trav. Obviously, Roland Ray listens in. Bye. Trav. Trav. Obviously, Roland Ray listens in the morning. That's probably why you got your money back. Would you like to say something to Roland Ray? Roland Ray, you better. I gave my money back.

It took two years. Am I playing with you? All right. Well, if you really need it, there's your money back. Thank you. And you owe me something, too. I am glad that Roland Ray is the type of royalty that can show mercy to the peasants in his kingdom. Hello, who's this?

This is Alexis from Brooklyn. Hey, Alexis from Brooklyn. Good morning. Get it off your chest. Good morning. So yesterday you guys had the leader from the anti-Semitic group up there. Jonathan Greenblatt. Yes, yes. you guys had the leader from the anti-semitic group up there and jonathan greenblatt yes yes

um i understood what he was saying but a lot of what he was saying um also was contradicting um as far as the people in hollywood and the power that they have he was gating around the fact that they do have power and no we don't want people to attack them because of the power but they are using their power and we know that just like you said, Kanye said something and he lost everything. So I felt like, not Kanye, Charlamagne, you should have been a little bit more hard on him about that because he was getting around the answers. He really was. He wasn't taking account of everything. I don't think he skated around the answer at all.

The only thing he was saying was, you know, it's the difference between, you know, saying somebody's in a position of power but then saying somebody's using that power to, you know, put out a bunch of negative images in Hollywood and, you know, a bunch of negative images in the media. That's the difference. Get it off your chest. 800. Why you hung up on her?

She hung up herself. Now you using your power wrong. No, I hung up on Trav. I didn't hang up on that young lady. So what happened to her? I don't know. Maybe her phone dropped. Oh, my God. Get it off your chest.

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Hello, who's this? Yo, this is Gerv calling from Seattle. What's good, y'all? What up, Gerv? Get it off your chest. Hey, I just want to get it off my chest, man. I just want to give both you and Charlamagne, you guys, flowers, actually, because, honestly, y'all helped me push through the whole summer.

Just listening to y'all helped me push through a whole summer just listening to y'all every day and also during school and all that stuff both of y'all flowers the brown man and all that stuff y'all really gave a lot of motivation for me and all that stuff and a lot of laughter too so I just want to give y'all flowers

and all that stuff thank you appreciate that y'all have a good morning now hello who's this what's going on this is sean sean what up get it off your chest hey man i just want to get it off my chest this morning but first of all let me say good morning chalamaine good morning uh hey you know what i'm saying good morning fellas how y'all doing today i'm doing good bro how are you feeling i'm doing good man i'm celebrating my birthday you know what I'm saying good morning fellas how y'all doing today I'm doing good brother how you feeling I'm doing good man I'm celebrating my birthday

you know what I'm saying so I'm lit right now man I'm on my way to work actually you know I just wanted to let y'all know man I really appreciate y'all in the morning time I appreciate that

I really hope you do today man like in the morning time man that you know what I'm saying y'all give me that that perk you know what I'm saying to keep me through the day that, that, that, that perk, you know what I'm saying? To keep me through the day, man. I appreciate that. All right. Thank you, King.

Yes, sir. And Sean, I wanted to ask you about your book too, man. Can I get, is there any way possible I can get a copy of it? I don't have any at the current moment. I have to get a new shipment of Black Privilege and Shook One In. But as soon as I get them, I can get you information, and we can send it out at a later date. But I can send you a Black Effect snapback right now. You know, my podcast network, Black Effect.

I can send you that right now. Oh, yeah, that's dope. Yes, sir. I appreciate that. Hold on, bro, okay? Yeah, Taylor, Red, one of y'all, put him on hold, get his email, and send that out today, please. He's line three.

Hello, who's this? Good morning. This is Tasha. Good morning, Tasha good morning Tasha get it off your chest hi yeah so I was listening to you guys this morning and you guys had an interview with the young man and he was talking about the organization that he did have that he he's the CEO of oh the ADL yeah so I'm trying to understand why is it when you guys ask him about the anti-Semitic definition, he really couldn't give a definition.

He gave more so of examples. But then when he said about what he represents, the Jews, the blacks, the LGB and whatever, whatever, I'm trying to understand. So is the Jew a nation Or what are they considering themselves as Because it sounds like It's more so of It sounds more so of He's trying to throw in the other guys

Like the blacks and the LGB But it's more so of an organization For those guys And I don't understand Yeah for Jews too I don't understand What do you mean He says that For who? Jewish people? I don't understand. Yeah, for Jesus. That's exactly what it is. What do you mean?

He said that. He says that, but he said he's helping out the black and the LGBT with that. And I'm like, well, no, you don't associate that with that when you already, you know, contradicting what you're saying when you're trying to help this, but then you're saying anti-Semitic is basically what? Well, that's one of my questions to him was, you know, ADL says it's an anti-hate group, you know, but what are they doing? You know, it seems like they're more passionate about anti-Semitism

than anti-black racism, but his answer is 100% reality. The reality is the ADL was created to protect Jewish people. It's a Jewish organization. So my question is, where's our organization? It's black people. That's what we need to protect Jewish people. It's a Jewish organization. So my question is, where's our organization? It's black people. That's what we need to be focusing on. Where's our organization to protect us? We need to, but we still have, you know,

how back in the day you have those ones who always go run and tell massive what we're going to do, and then it comes crumbling down. So until we figure out how we're going to do this, you know, like a secret organization like how they have, then we can make it work. But their organization is not a secret. You know what I mean?

No, it's not a secret. We only know what they allow us to know. You know what I'm saying? But it's very secret. It's not a secret at all. We just had the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League on yesterday, and he let us know exactly what the Anti-Defamation League is about. It is an organization to protect Jewish people against anti-Semitism.

So my thing is, where is the black organization that is going to protect us against anti-black racism? I guess that's what the NAACP and the Urban League, I guess that's what those organizations are supposed to be. I don't know if they've done the best of jobs, guess that's what those organizations are supposed to be. I don't know if, you know, they've done the best of jobs, but that's what they're supposed to be. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

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Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk takeoff. Rumor has it. Rumor has it. Call out a name or you gossiping or you chatty patty. I am gossiping. This is The Rumor Report.

I mean, I guess we on The Breakfast Club. This is where the tea spills, right? Yes, on the Breakfast Club. Now, some sad news. I hate to hear things like this. Now, you know, the brother takeoff, he passed away without a will, and now they're saying that his parents are fighting over his estate.

Now, they're saying that both his mom and his dad, when you pass away with no will in Georgia, your closest relatives have exclusive rights over his money and assets. His parents, I guess, are estranged, don't really get along, they're saying. And they're saying they're having more issues because, you know, his mother wants to be able to distribute the assets, and so does his father. But what they're saying now is they're going back and forth in court because they don't have a will.

So that's why they always encourage people, even if you're young, if you're at a young age, to get a will because if something ever happens, you want that money distributed the way that you want it distributed. So they're going back to a lot of Takeoff songs where he raps about how his mom encouraged him and how he grew up in a single mother household. So hopefully they can squash that and get that together. Of course, Takeoff had no kids, but his mother and his father are fighting over the state you know i think people think a will is a matter of age a lot of times but a will is a matter of income and assets if you have

a lot of something it don't matter how young you are you have to get your will in the state in order because the sad reality is we never know what the future holds all right i'll be here tomorrow no that's absolutely positively true now also um tj holmes it seems like uh their relationship is being under review right now at gma3 uh they believe uh the the co-anchors uh haven't violated any company policies but they are definitely checking because now there's uh alleged rumors that he might have been cheating with other people that work there as well. So they're taking a deep dive into this and seeing exactly what's going on before he's allowed back on air. Well, that always happens

in these situations, right? Black man, white woman, black man gets demonized. You don't really hear much about the woman, even though the woman was married as well and it wasn't no it wasn't no uneven power dynamic they both were a host of good morning america you hear way more about t.j holmes in the news and you hear these stories now all of a sudden oh t.j holmes may have been sleeping with other women or so i read something yesterday with t.j holmes was terrible to work with and he was always mean to people i'm like oh really now all of a sudden i didn't hear that one and i've been up there that was in the page i read i read it's in terrible to work with. And he was always mean to people. I'm like, oh, really? Now, all of a sudden? I didn't hear that one. And I've been up there a couple of times.

I read, it's in the same Page Six article that talks about him potentially being with other women. It's in that article. Which is crazy.

That's what they do. Always have it. Never fail. They will always demonize the black man in that situation. Always. But you don't hear much about the woman at all.

Same thing with the Celtics situation. You hear about the coach all the time, but you don't hear about the married woman he slept with. That's facts. That's facts. Now, also, Issa Rae's Suite Life Los Angeles. Did you ever watch that? No.

That's well, Issa Rae's, it was on HBO Max. It's been canceled after two seasons. So that show won't be coming back if you're a big fan of that show. And that show was named after Frank Ocean Song Suite Life that came out in 2012. I heard Issa might be taking it somewhere else, though. Probably. That's what I read. Now, one thing that I thought that was dope, if you follow Missy Elliott, of course, Missy Elliott is a legend.

She's an icon when it comes to this music thing, production and writing. She was talking about some of her albums, right? And she was talking about how her albums made her feel. She talked about the first album was Stress Free. She only did the first album because the label said, if you do this album, I'll give you, I believe, her own label deal. So that was the only reason she did the first album. And it did amazing.

The second album, she said, that was The Real World. She said this was her artist album to complete because of the success of the first album. So she had to talk about that. But she said that was later a success and she loved that album. She said her third album, which was so addictive. She just talked about all her different albums and what they meant to her. But the dope thing about it is a lot of artists started quoting and even Tyler, the creator,

he said to my younger fans, I want you to go study all of Missy's albums past the Dutch beat still blows my mind. Go watch the hot boys video. See how she approached lick shots and gossip folks with a voice. Capital M. So people are giving Missy her flowers. I just said,

I don't know what capital M I'm just reading what he says. I guess capital M as capital M? I just said I don't know what capital M is. I'm just reading what he says. I guess capital M as in capital Missy. M, I don't know. But I just love the fact that people are giving Missy her flowers right now. Oh, she absolutely deserves it. Drop on the clues box with Missy, Mr. M. And, you know, that's also interesting because, remember,

you reported that story about Cardi yesterday and, you know, how she's feeling about her sophomore album. Cardi needs to talk to Missy. Right. Because that's the headspace Cardi seems to be in now. how she's feeling about her sophomore album, Cardi needs to talk to Missy. Right. Because that's the headspace Cardi seems to be in now. Invasion of Privacy had so much success, but, you know, Cardi just was having fun doing that. But now the second album feels more like work because she's trying to, you know,

talk to success of the first one. Right. Missy would be a good person for Cardi to tap into and build with. Yeah, absolutely. And like you said, the first album with Cardi was stress-free. You know, there was no expectations. It was like, let's do this, and if it. Yeah, absolutely. And like you said, the first album with Cardi was stress-free. There was no expectations. It was like, let's do this, and if it works, it works, and then it worked, but it didn't just

work. It worked like seven million work, you know? And trying to beat that and trying to top that is always a difficult feat, but Cardi's putting out some records. And the reality is, you might not have as much success as the first one, but so what?

You know what I mean? Like you, you kind of, you playing with house money. You want already going there, have fun, put the second album out, let it do what it does. Then move on to the next one.

It might be your third, fourth album that, you know, has that same type of success. Who knows? Or the second one could be mass massive. Who knows? That's true.

Okay. You can't be overthinking these kinds of things, man. Whatever God got planned, it's going to happen. Alright, well that is your rumor report. Now, when we come back, could you imagine getting in trouble for having beds at the office? We'll talk about that.

Depends what you're doing on said bed. And with who? I'm serious. I need more context here, sir. You can't just throw that out there. We'll talk about that next. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

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Now Aaron Judge, New York Yankees signs a massive deal. Nine years, $360 million. Drop on the clues box for that man. Congratulations. A lot of people say they don't like that deal because Aaron Judge is 31 years old.

He'll be 40 at the end of that deal. And he's not necessarily consistent when it comes to hitting those home runs. Although last year he had an amazing year. Years prior to that, it wasn't always that great. He's been in a slump for a while. So they feel like that is a lot of money. But like you said earlier. Aaron Judge is in a slump?

I don't watch baseball, so I don't know. Yeah, but like you said, it's also his name. His name brings a lot of fans to that stadium. And I don't think necessarily the Yankees have a huge star other than Aaron Judge, right? I think he is the Yankee star. So, I mean, I'm sure his name will keep asses in those seats, though. Yeah, he's a big draw, and he had other offers, and I'm sure they didn't want him to leave because that would look stupid for them.

I just, you know, I'm not a fan of baseball. I used to watch baseball in the 1900s, you know what I mean, because the Braves used to always be on TV growing up in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. And I really, really do love baseball better when everybody was on steroids. Put some steroids in your cereal, man. My goodness. Now, Deion Sanders School, JSU, of course, Jackson State University. That's not his school no more.

Well, his ex-school. His mural was defaced. That's so whack. Not by a student, by somebody on the outside. A school rep says, actually, the students have been wiping Dion's mural and cleaning off the mess that the person has done. And they're doing a full investigation to find out why this individual did it and to lock that individual up. Because that individual is probably a social media minded idiot. And he's watching these idiots from social media who are slandering Deion

Sanders for no reason and calling him a sellout for no reason. So he decided, you know what? I'm going to go do something. He probably recorded it. I'm sure. And he's probably going to post it sooner than later, even with the police looking for his dumb ass. And salute to those students, man.

Drop another clues bomb for those students. They need to go clean that mural. Because, you know, the reality is, you know, you can be sad, you know, that Deion left. But you should, you know, celebrate that it happened. Because Deion did a lot for Jackson State University over those three years. Now, also, Elon Musk and Twitter is under investigation by city officials in San Francisco. Now, this is because of a complaint. Now, this complaint is because some of the office

rooms that he has at Twitter, he's turned into sleeping quarters. Now, he's put, you know, mattresses, curtains, TVs, four to eight bedrooms, four to eight beds on the floor. Now, this is because he said that, you know, at Twitter, some of his employees have long hours and it's high intensity. And he'd rather have them sleeping there than falling asleep on the road and trying to drive home and not necessarily making it home. So I believe he made these quarters so people

could take naps. And I don't have a problem with it. I think that's actually great. I think that's incredible. I think that's part of having a mindfulness workplace. You know what I mean? Because what if you're tired as hell and on your lunch break you want to get a quick 20-minute nap. So instead of going to sit in the car or sit at your desk, you can go into a nice little comfortable environment in a bed. Set your little alarm clock.

You know what I'm saying? Wake up 20, 30 minutes. Get up. Eat your sandwich. Get back to work. I have nothing wrong. Even at the end of a long day when you're just sitting there like, oh, man, I'm ready to go, but I don't feel like driving. And then you just go take a quick nap before you get on the road.

I don't have a problem with it. Bro, couches and beds at the studio where we used to have a couch in the back that pulled out to a bed, that saved my life. We had a pullout. We did? Yeah. We got a pullout there now. There's a pullout back there now.

Oh, I didn't know that. Ooh. I know we had an pullout. We did? Yeah. We got a pullout there now. There's a pullout back there now. Oh, I didn't know that. Ooh. I know we had an air mattress. Oh, yeah, the air mattress at first. And then when our new boss came in, she seen me sleeping on the air mattress and got me a couch to pull down to a bed. But if it wasn't for that, those saved my life because there's no way when I used to DJ every night in the city, I'm leaving the club at 4 a.m., 3.30 a.m.

There's no way I could drive home, go home, take a shower, maybe go to sleep for an hour or two, and then drive back. I would crash on the highway. Think about how reckless we were. Well, not reckless, but back in the day when we were younger and we used to be out all night, there would be times I'd be sleeping on the air mattress, then Envy would walk in the door, and I could see the look of disgust on his face because he wanted that air mattress.

Right. Absolutely. And vice versa. I'd walk in sometimes like, damn, Envy walk in the door and I could see the look of disgust on his face because he wanted that air mattress. Right. Absolutely. And vice versa. I walk in sometimes like, damn, Envy already here. You know, now I got to go sleep on a chair or something. Yes. But when we used to be out all night and then come into work in the morning, oh my God. Yes.

That air mattress used to be a lifesaver. Yeah, I thought it was smart that he did that. And lastly, Indiana is suing TikTok over child safety and data security concerns. And also, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is doing the same. He's banning TikTok on state devices. So they're actually trying to ban TikTok in totality. They're saying that it's not owned by any U.S. companies, and they don't know where that information is possibly going. Didn't the FCC say that TikTok should be banned?

Yes. You know, from America, because of what you just said, TikTok's inability to secure the data of U.S.-based users. Didn't they say that? Absolutely. I'll be honest with you. I wouldn't mind if they got rid of all of it at this point, to be honest. It's like social media is ruining our cognitive abilities.

Folks don't even know how to move without thinking about how it's going to look on social media. There are people waking up this morning right now and don't even know how to move without thinking about how it's going to look on social media. There are people waking up this morning right now and don't even know how to feel about something until they get on social media to see how everybody else feels about it and then they're going to go with the popular opinion. That's why I tell y'all all the time to read Digital Minimalism by

Cal Newport and watch The Social Dilemma on Netflix, a documentary about what social media is doing to us and our brains. Mm-hmm. And also if you're a parent out there, just be careful with your kids on it as well because there's so many things on there that can cause depression,

that can cause anxiety. So make sure you really monitor your kids when it comes to social media. I was telling you earlier, my kids don't have social media. The younger kids, they don't have social media. They don't have Instagram. They don't have TikTok. They don't have any of that stuff. I prefer that they stay off of it.

Now, they are on YouTube because there's so many different, like the YouTube, I will say, teaches the kids how to play better in Roblox. We'll teach the kids this, that, and the other. I hate that as well, but I take them all for all social media apps. YouTube is the worst, too, and I'll tell you why. My wife literally just shut this down the other day. What's that? Because my two youngest daughters, my seven-year-old and my four-year-old,

they like to watch these two young black girls on YouTube named, oh, what's their names? I don't remember their names. Samara or something. I don't remember the two young girls. But they're very, very young. But what happens is sometimes you'll be watching YouTube and after

you watch one video, it just starts going into other videos. And you'll be looking at these videos and these videos look innocent. But then it'll be something like a pregnant Barbie. And how Barbie got pregnant. So you're looking at it and you're thinking it's dolls and stuff. But then these adults are on there like

actually talking about things they shouldn't be talking about to the young kids. Absolutely. And my wife shut all that down yesterday. She was like, no more YouTube. It was some pregnant Barbie video that popped up. Wow. And that's all she wrote. All right.

Well, that is your front page news. Hold on. One more book recommendation, too. What's that? The Shallows by Nicholas Carr. The Shallows, what the Internet is Doing to Our Brains. This book came out in 2011. And when you read what Nicholas Carr wrote about what the Internet was doing to our brain in 2011,

now in 2022, it's worse than what he wrote about. But it's a good read. You should read it. All right. Now, when we come back, let's talk about people owing you money. And when they give you you money, how they try to treat you. So this story comes from Trav. You know, Trav, he's a longtime listener, friend to the room. He's called he called the pair so many different times.

But Rolling Ray owed him some money. But Rolling Ray finally paid him back. But it was a twist. Rolling Ray gave me my money back yesterday. Really? Yes, he did. But I'm still beefing with him because of how he sent my money back. This man going to tell me, he's talking about, dang, since you needed so bad here. That's right.

I'm glad Roland Ray gave you some grace and decided to spare you, you little peasant, since you needed so bad. I said, bro, that's my money. You need to give me my money. He's going to say, you need to stop talking like that or I'm not going to help you, you little peasant, since you need it so bad. I said, bro, that's my money. You need to give me my money. He's going to say, you need to stop talking like that or I'm not going to help you out. Like, sir, you're not helping me. Such a merciful

king rolling ray is. Such a merciful king rolling ray is to give that peasant back his money with such grace. Okay. All right. So that is the question. 800-585-1051.

Has this ever happened to you? Somebody owe you money. They give you your money back and tell you, I'm just giving you your money back so you stop calling me. It's my money. Yeah. Has somebody ever tried to shame you for owing you money when they give you your money back and be like, take your little $100.

It wasn't little when I gave it to you. All right. Now all of a sudden it's my little $100. Take your little $100. 800-585 when I gave it to you. All right. Now all of a sudden it's my little $100. Take your little $100. 800-585-1051. Let's talk about it. It's The Breakfast Club.

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Now, if you're just joining us, we're talking about Trav. You know Trav that always calls up here. Well, he got into an incident with Roland Ray. Now, I was trying to figure out how I can describe Roland Ray to people that don't know. So I guess Roland Ray, he was a troll that he's in a wheelchair. He was on Catfish. Don't you talk about that king like that. That king was not no damn troll. He was on Catfish.

He was catfishing people. He wasn't on Catfish. He was actually on a show that there was a spinoff to Catfish called, I think it was called Trolls, and I was the host. I was one of the hosts, and he was on an episode of that show. Oh. Yeah, he was on an episode of that show because he was a, I think he was a big Nicki Minaj fan at the time,

and he was on there with somebody who was a big little Kim fan, and they had been going back and forth on social media. That show, I forgot when that show aired, but it was me and my man Raymond Braun. We was the host of that show. We only did like four episodes, though, because Roland Ray ended up trying to run over the guy with his wheelchair, and then the other guy threw some water at Roland Ray,

and then they decided that this show might be a little bit too confrontational for people. Goodness gracious. That's right. All right. It was called Trolls. It was on MTV. Well, this is what happened with Trav and Roland Ray. Roland Ray sent me my money back yesterday.

Really? Yes, he did. But I'm still beefing with him because of how he sent my money back. This man going to tell me, he told us, dang, since you needed so bad hair. That's right. I'm glad Roland Ray gave you some grace and decided to spare you, you little peasant, since you needed so bad. I said, bro, that's my money. Like, you need to give me my money.

He's going to say, you need to stop talking like that or I'm not going to help you out. Like, sir, you're not helping me. So we're asking 800-585-1051. Has this happened to you? Has people owed you money and then when they gave you back their money, they want to shame you? Charlemagne? You know what?

No. And the reason no, because I don't put myself in that situation, meaning that if people, you know, ask me to borrow money, I don't necessarily ask for it in return because the reality is sometimes people borrow money from you and they borrow amounts that they've never had in their life, especially when they think you got it like that. And so I already fixed my mind to know that this person isn't going to pay me back. And by the way, you know, when I do get paid back, I'm pleasantly surprised. Like that happened to me, like honestly once. And when I mean once that happened to me

once and it happened in the last, you know you know few years somebody asked me to borrow some money and i gave it to them and then just pleasant surprise it you know was in my cash app you know they did they did indeed pay me back but i don't find myself in those situations because i don't put myself in those situations to expect to be paid back yeah i don't lend money because of that uh actually but there somebody actually did uh owe me some money and the thing is that i hate is is when they pay you back or when they owe it to you they'd be like you got it though you got it how you know what i got don't worry about what i got yeah and and it goes back to my childhood trauma when i let somebody hold a kung fu uh nintendo game that game Kung Fu, and I let them hold

a Nintendo game and they never bought it back. So that was the first time I was ever really disappointed to not receive something back in return that I lent somebody. Because of that, I don't ever want to put myself in this situation to feel like Trav. I don't want anybody to shame me because they

owe me something. Let's go to the phone line. Hello, who's this? Monique, how are you? Hey, Monique. monique good morning how you feeling i'm doing great bj envy it's so good to be on a breakfast club i met you in houston at your car show oh did you enjoy it i loved it i loved it and you and your wife are just awesome awesome awesome oh thank you we're coming back this year too so i can't wait to see you again. No, you're not. I'm coming back next year. Well, next year. Next year. You're right. Next year.

Hey, Charlamagne, I got both of your books. I need you to sign my books for me. I got you. That's easy. I don't know how I'm going to get to do it, but yeah, I would love to. Well, we'll put you on hold, and you can mail them up here, and we can mail them back. But we're asking, has somebody owed you money when they pay you back? They try to shame you?

Of course. All the time. You know what I'm saying? Because it's your little funky money then. Your little funky money. Your little $20. Exactly. You know, like, but when you asked me for it, you was in desperate need.

So why wouldn't you think I need my money back? In a timely manner, it's that. Because you had it to give. That's right. You know what I'm saying? And like Envy said earlier, that's what people say. They be like, you got it. You got it.

You got it. You don't know my situation. Hello like Envy said earlier, that's what people say. They be like, you got it, you got it. You got it. You don't know my situation. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Josie calling from Louisiana about the money situation. Oh, Josie. It sounds like you had a situation, Josie. Somebody ever shamed you for owing you money? Yes.

That's not the problem with them borrowing it. But when folks in Louisiana have to return your money, it's funky. It has a smell. Stop. Take your little funky ass $50. Yes, indeed. It don't smell when they borrow it, but honey, it sure does smell when they got to return it.

So I just figured I'd let y'all know about that one. All right. Thank you. Is that a thing, your little funky money? Hell yeah. Take your little funky ass $50 then. It's little and funky. Either the money stink or the money small. One of

the two. Take your little ass $50. Take your little funky ass $50. $800-585-1051. Have you ever lent somebody money, but then when they gave it back to you, it was like, well, here's the money if you need it. Here's your little funky ass money. What Roland Ray said to Trav was hilarious.

Yep. We're going to play that back when we come back. Take your money back if you need it that bad. If you need it that bad. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. I know it now. I like it. That kid don't even deal with that.

Call me. Add your opinions to the Breakfast Club topic. Come on. 800-585-1051. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, if you're just joining us, we're talking about Trav, who calls up here all the time.

You know Trav for Into the Room. Well, he sent Roland Ray, allegedly, some money for some drops. Roland Ray never sent the money back, never did the drops. So he came up here and he expressed himself and said he was mad. Well, Roland Ray finally gave the money back, and this is what he said when he gave the money back. Roland Ray sent me my money back yesterday. Really?

Yes, he did. But I'm still beefing with him because of how he sent my money back. This man going to tell me he saw some dang, dang, since you needed so bad hair. That's right. I'm glad Roland Ray gave you some grace and decided to spare you, you little peasant, since you needed so bad. I said, bro, that's my money. Like, you need to give me my money. He's going to say, you need to stop talking like that or I'm not going to help you out.

Like, sir, you're not helping me. I'm not going to lie. Dropping a clues box for Roland Ray. Why? Because that was incredible, man. You know, know i'm gonna tell you why that was incredible because that's reverse psychology right okay you owe somebody money so the person you know that that owes you says well take your money here's your money back since you need it so bad that right there could shame that person into letting their ego and their pride kick in to where they'd be like,

matter of fact, I don't need the money. I don't need the money. Keep it. It's just the principle. It's the principle. But I don't need it. Keep it then. Now you won. Now you don't gotta pay the person back. You right. Well, let's go to the phone lines if this has happened to you. Hello, who's this? Jane. What's your name? Jane.

Jane. Oh, hey, Jane. Hey, Jane. Good morning. What's up, Mary Jane this? Jane. What's your name? Jane. J-A-N-E. Oh, hey, Jane. Hey, Jane. Good morning. What's up, Mary Jane? Good morning. So we're asking... What's up?

I'm calling from Detroit. I just want to say that I want to show my city. What up, doe? What up, doe? You know, a lady called yesterday and said, the brothers on the east side of Detroit really eat the bookies. No, that's not what she said. She said the brothers on the east side of Detroit are triple threats.

I don't know about all that, but I do like east side. I like east side. I really do. I'm from the west side, though. She said because they got good D, they eat Pum Pum, and they eat bunkie.

Call them a triple threat, she said. I don't know about all that. Okay. Just asking. Yeah. So now we're asking, you lent somebody's money, and then when they returned it, had a fresh way of saying it

or trying to shame you, giving you back your money? Okay, so I'm in a similar situation right now with my little brother, and this could be the last time that I even involved money with family. So I had some AirPods that I barely even used. I think I used them, like, twice, and he needed some. So I was like, okay, if you want them, you can purchase them from me perhaps. So I was like, you can pay a hundred dollars. So he had them, he took them from me and he had them for like two days without paying. And then he had texted me like the third day and he was like, I'll give you 50 and then I'll give

you 50, you know, later. So I'm like, okay, cool, whatever. It's my little brother. I don't care. So he gave me $50. And then, like, I waited another day, never heard from him or nothing. Like, I didn't say anything. I finally texted him. I was like, where's my money? Like, I want my $50.

Like, you owe me money for these AirPods. I'm not playing. Like, I'm so serious. And he was like, stop calling me about $50. You so pressed. Like, and I'm so serious And he was like Stop calling me about $50 You so pressed Like And I was so confused I'm like We had a whole deal

How you not gonna pay my money He still hasn't paid me for my money And he still got my AirPods And I'm I'm real mad Like And we beefing I rent $50

See people don't understand It's not about the money A lot of times It's about the principle Right You know what I'm saying Because I feel like You disrespecting me.

I thought you had more respect for me than this. And now you're making me seem like you don't have no kind of respect for me and that you think you can play with me any old kind of way. It's about the principle a lot of times, man. Didn't Big Worm teach y'all that on Friday? Hello, who's this? What's up, man? It's Jay from Hopkins, South Carolina.

What's up? What's up, Charlemagne? DJ. What up, Jay? What up, Jay? I see you all day. What's happening? What's up, Charlemagne? DJ Ennis. What up, Jay? What up, Jay? I see you all day. What's happening? Has this happened to you, Jay?

Better believe it. Huh? Has this happened to you? I don't. I don't. It used to. I had to stop donating money, giving money to adults. Like, I give money to children all day, you know, their little kids.

But I don't give money to adults because they act like how that other dude was acting when they got time to pay back. You know, your $40 or or 50 becomes funky when it's time to give it back to you but it wasn't funky when they was asking for it you know so that's right i don't donate i don't don't i don't give money to adults no more i'll give money to children that's about it that's it and i think it just dawned on me why people like to say the money stink when they owe it when they like to be like oh take your little funky 50 because like to say the money stink when they owe it, when they like to be like, oh, take your little funky $50. Because it's not the money that stinks. It's their attitude about paying you back that stink.

So that stink-ass attitude that they have, they're projecting it onto that money. So now you're the one that's actually stinking funky, but you want to say it's the money that's stinking funky. Well, what's the moral of the story? See, my moral of my story is I don't lend money to nobody. That's the moral of my story. If I got to give you money, I take it as a donation. And if I get it back,

thank God, but I'm not expecting it back, really, honestly. Same here. That's the moral of the story. I lend with no expectation. You know what I mean? I'm not looking to receive this money back. So that's the only thing I can tell you. Don't have any expectation when somebody, you know,

asks you to borrow something. If you decide to give it, give it from your heart because there ain't no telling if they're going to pay you back or not. One more thing. You know what else is bad? What's that? When you loan somebody some money and you're not expecting it in return, but then you don't hear from the person no more.

Like I got a partner right now who asked me to borrow some money, shoot, probably like a year ago. And this is my guy, somebody that I just enjoy talking to. I gave him the money. I ain't heard back from him since because I think he feels like he owes me. I ain't ask you to pay me back. You don't owe me nothing, bro. You hit me up, send me a text, call me, say what's up.

It's kind of awkward, I guess, because if I owe you money, I don't want to talk to you until I got your money, especially if you see me out and about doing something. I'm not expecting nothing in return, man. I just enjoy talking to my partner, man. I don't even hear from him. Damn it, man. All right. Well, when we come back, we got rumors, and I just want to say I'm sorry.

I know. I know. I know. But Kanye has a new record. We're going to play a clip of it. Why? Because it's Kanye. So?

What does that mean anymore? You're right. What does that mean? You're right. When you say it's Kanye, that's all the more reason not to play it. All right. Well, rumors up next. It's the Breakfast Club.

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Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Celine Dion. Rumor has it. Rumor. Rumor has it. Call out her name or you gossiping or you chatty patty. I am gossiping.

This is The Rumor Report. I mean, I guess we on The Breakfast Club. This is where the tea spills, right? Right. On The Breakfast Club. Now, we all know Celine Dion. Huge, huge, huge international artist, right? Her music is transcending.

Oh, you asked me? Yeah, right? Her music is transcending. Yeah, of course we know Celine Dion. Her music is transcending through the pop, rock, R&B, gospel, classic music. Well, today she's being diagnosed with stiff person syndrome. Recently have been diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder called stiff person syndrome, which affects something like one in a million people. While we're still learning about this rare condition, we now know this is what's been causing all of the spasms that I've been having. Difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I'm used to.

It hurts me to tell you. I've never heard of it. Actually, when I first seen the caption, I thought it was a joke. When it said stiff person syndrome, I was like, what the hell is that? You still ain't tell me what it is. What is it? She just told you exactly what it is. It causes spasms.

Only one in, I think, like a million people get this. And it causes spasm. It affects her when she walks. It affects her when she talks. It doesn't allow her to sing. See, when I hear stiff person, I mean like stiff person, like the person, you know, can't move. That's what I was thinking, yeah. Yeah, and then, you know, sometimes people will be stiff, and they'll be like, man, you're too stiff.

Loosen up. You know what I mean? I'm trying to hear more on this situation. It affects one in one million people? Is that an actual stat trying to hear more on this situation. It affects one in one million people? Is that an actual stat? Is that what she said? She said like one in one million people and it causes her muscles to tense uncontrollably. Lord have mercy.

Well, God bless her, man. Sending her healing energy. Is it curable? I don't know. This is the first time I've ever heard about it. This is the first time I've ever heard about it. Like I said, I've seen the caption and I thought it was a joke. You hear stiff person syndrome. I'm like, what? And then when she explains it've ever heard about it. Like I said, I've seen the caption, and I thought it was a joke. You hear stiff person syndrome. I'm like, what? And then when she explains it and she talks about it, you can see the, you know,

it's like a 60-second clip. She's talking about it on Ball Alert. Shout out to our fam at Ball Alert. But you can definitely check it out there. Well, for folks out there who have ever wanted Celine Dion's life, just know you can't have Celine Dion's rewards without having her problems as well so always remember that when you're looking at you know somebody else's situation you say to things like I want their life no you just want their rewards the reality is you know you can't have

her rewards without having her her issues her health issues so uh definitely sending her healing energy I hope it's curable or something yeah absolutely now cardi b she was on instagram live talking about uh some of the surgeries that she had putting that baby weight on my body plus them shots so what i did was on this round let me tell you something in august i did surgery and i removed 95 95 95 of my biopolymerase. If you know what biopolymerase is, it's shots. And it was a really crazy process. And all I'ma say is, right, that if you young, if you 19, if you 20, if you 21,

and sometimes you too skinny, so you resort to shots, bitch, don't. I got my nose done bitch because i had a big ass nose bitch my i had my daddy knows that's a fucking go somebody from the industry helped me with it oh man cardi's always been real about her surgery before she blew up remember when she first came on breakfast club and she said you know she she feel like she could drop dead at any minute because she don't know what kind of ass shots she had in her we should have played that clip by the way yeah i remember that when

she said that yeah but at least she's being honest and a lot of women say that but it's crazy because usually you hear when women get ass shots a lot of times they can't take it out so you know i wonder if what's the different shots because you hear it all the time once it's in your system or your body you can't get it removed so i'm not sure the difference what scared me is when she said you know, she's like, I got a big nose, I got my daddy's nose. I just thought about it because my one-year-old got my nose, and I'm like, damn, I hope she don't feel that way

when she gets a little older. I thought it scared you because, you know, you got cheek implants a long time ago, and you don't necessarily know if you got a great cheek implant job. Like, you don't know what's actually, you know, in your face. Did you get, like, filler, or was it just, what was it? Now, Cardi B also talks about advice. Oh, you're not ready to talk about it?

I'm not talking to you, man. I'm sorry. Advice for getting a BBL. When somebody asks me for help, I wouldn't mind helping them. However, I just don't know every single surgeon in the world, so I recommend them to a surgeon made. That's my friend. But the whole point is that

it's like when it comes to bbls if y'all want advice from me i'll tell you this right before you get your bbl done juice for two months and i'm not talking about like juice like just do that like you literally have to make sure your blood levels are right. If a doctor say your blood levels is too low, you have diabetes or whatever the fuck, don't do it, bitch. You're going to have to live with your flat or your fat ass. It don't matter, bitch. I mean, I love the fact she's being brutally honest. Can you really give someone who wants a BBL dietary advice, though? Because if they were that disciplined to juice for two months, then they would go work out or something

for two months. You know what I mean? They'd eat right and work out for two months if you can be disciplined enough to juice for two months. Now, BBL stands for Brazilian Butt Lift, correct? I have no idea. Taylor? It always sounds like a sandwich to me. Whenever I hear BBL, I think BLT. I don't know.

So what do they do with your butt? And why do they call it Brazilian? Like, they lift your butt up or do they poke it out? I didn't say you did. I don't know. So what do they do with your butt? And why do they call it Brazilian? Like, they lift your butt up or do they poke it out? I didn't say you did. I'm just asking. Let me look it up. Let me Google what a BBL is. I'm just asking. I'm not saying that you did. I'm just asking. She's so defensive. I just don't know. I'm a man. I don't know anything about Brazilian butt lift.

BBL means be back later, man. Oh, be back later. No, it doesn't. No, it doesn't, man. It means Brazilian butler. Be back later, man. No, it doesn't. That's why when you go out of the country and you go to, like, Dominican, Republican stuff to get this stuff done, they call it a BBL because they know that you're going to still eat and get fat, and you'll be back later.

You'll be back later for another one. You're right. You'll be back later. You'll be back in a little bit. That's what it is. That's what BBL is. Okay. I ain't know nothing about no Brazilian butler.

If you mean be back later, man bit. That's what it is. That's what BBL is. Okay. I ain't know nothing about no Brazilian butt lift. You mean be back later, man. All right. You're right. Now, lastly, Kanye West, he released a new song. And in this song, he talks about some of the things. Kanye need a BBL. He need a Brazilian butt lift, be back later? No, whatever.

Well, he talks about some of the things that he's been talking about everywhere. I don't care about anything Kanye West is saying. I don't care if he put it over a beat or anything. I keep saying it over and over. There's not a black man on this planet who seeks white validation the way that Kanye West does. That man has embraced Nazi ideology. He don't care about you, black people. Okay?

He does not care. So I don't care what words he put over a beat. I'm not listening. I agree. But you know there's a lot of people out there right now that are like, damn, that beat was hitting, though. I didn't even listen to it, to be honest with you. I just heard the sample.

All right, well, that is your rumor report. Now, Charlamagne, who are you giving your donkey to? Man, four after the hour, speaking of stupid people, because that's what donkey of the day is all about. It's all about giving people the credit they deserve for being stupid. Not saying that the person is actually stupid, but what they did was stupid. There is a young woman, man, who is actually a law student

and a mom of five. Her name is Anaya Peterson. She needs to come to the front of the congregation. You can learn a lot from a dummy. Buckle your seatbelt. I think that's what it was. If you can learn a lot from a dummy, don't drink and drive. I don't remember. I just know you can learn a lot from a dummy. We'll talk about it for after the hour. You can learn a lot from a dummy, don't drink and drive. I don't remember. I just know you can learn a lot from a dummy. We'll talk about it for after that.

You can learn a lot from a dummy. Don't wear your seatbelt. No. That's what it was? Or was it drink and drive? You can learn a lot from a dummy. I just remember you can learn a lot from a dummy. No, it's wear your seatbelt.

You can learn a lot from a dummy. Yeah, that's what it was. That's what it was? Yep. I think so. All right. Well, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning, Don.

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That's pretty funny. Where's Charlamagne the devil? Possibly. The Breakfast Club. Yes, well, donkey of the day for Thursday, December 8th, goes to Aniyah Peterson. She is a law student and mom of five who decided to tattoo her eyeballs blue and purple.

I know, I know, I know. I came in hot, okay? It's the world we live in. 2022 going into 2023. I don't know how we got here, but I'm telling you, social media is to blame. I just know it. See, this lady was inspired by Amber Luke.

Let the record show, I have no idea who Amber Luke is. Had no idea who she was before this story, but apparently she's an Australian model who got her eyeballs inked blue in 2019, and then she went temporarily blind for three weeks, okay? Now now this is what i don't understand about the species that we call nigger sapiens okay i'm trying not to say that word so

i'm saying the time the scientific term okay the scientific term is nigger sapiens how come nigger sapiens don't learn from the mistakes of others okay i understand this woman amber luke is an influencer but influence works both ways. You can be influenced to do smart things and you can be influenced to do dumb things. In this case, Anaya was influenced to do something dumb. But the reality is she shouldn't have been because Amber did that. So you don't have to go through that, Anaya. OK, you saw that Amber temporarily went blind for three weeks, but yet you still thought going to get your eyeballs tatted blue and purple would be a good thing.

Now, let the record show Anaya is 32 and she also has a tongue split and face taps. So she's into this kind of stuff, clearly. But what bothers me the most about this story is Anaya seems to be a glutton for punishment. See, Zaniya got her right eyeball tatted blue in July of 2020, and despite dealing with headaches and dry eyes as part of the healing process, she decided to get her left eye dyed purple in December of the same year. She went much without complications, but she woke up in August with swollen eyelids. Please do yourself a favor and go Google these pictures, okay? You have to see the pictures. She looks like she had an allergic reaction to everything.

I mean everything. Pollen, insect bites, shellfish. I mean, she looks a lot like a float at the Macy's Day Parade on Thanksgiving. Now, the swelling continued to get worse and worse, and just when she started to look like Martin Lawrence after he fought Tommy Hearns, she checked herself into the hospital A&E ward because the prescribed antibiotics she was on did nothing to reduce the severe inflammation. Now, what makes this situation even worse is that one of her kids,

a 7-year-old named India, told her not to do it because she would go blind. Come on. Anaya, Anaya, listen to me. God was speaking through your seven-year-old, okay? Seven being the divine number of God. God was speaking through your seven-year-old, and you didn't listen. This is why a not-so-wise man who's now a Nazi once said, listen to the kids, bro. OK, I promise you, I listen to my children. We should listen to our children because children are still pure. All right. They just got here. So they still closer to God. OK, life hasn't jaded them like it's jaded our old asses.

All right. They still connected to that spirit. So if your kids tell you something, you should listen. But Anaya, as I read more on this story, I realize you don't listen to nobody. All right. You don't even listen to the inner voice in your head, which is also God talking a lot of the times. God just not loud. Okay. She whispers and she don't repeat herself. So I'm sure God told your silly ass not to get your eyeballs tattooed, but you didn't listen.

And God only said it once in a whisper and didn't repeat herself then she spoke to your child you didn't listen and then that other voice got louder and louder in your head and you thought that's the voice you should listen to because that voice is loud and repeats itself like the good brother dr. Umar donations donations donations tattoo tattoo tattoo your eyeball, that is. Do you know Anaya told the Daily Mail that she was just going to get one eye tatted at first? Because in her words, I thought that if I go blind, at least I've got the other eye. I should have stuck with that. Nigga sapien, no. Okay? I'm not trying to give up nothing God gave me. You willing to sacrifice an eye for cosmetic reasons?

You know how many blind people out here it is who wish they had one good eye to see? You know how many people out here who have one good eye who wish they had both eyes so they could have a pair of eyes? But you was willing to risk going blind in one eye just to get your eyeballs tatted? Oh, well, ask for it and you shall receive. Aniyah, why would I ever want you to be my lawyer when these are the kind of decisions you are making? Why? Not to mention, she says, if I could go back in time, I would have done one black tat on

my eyeball and left it. No, Aniyah. No. If you could do it all over again, you shouldn't want to do it at all. Okay, Aniyah says she tells her daughter not to care about the opinions of other people. She says she tells her daughter not to care about the opinions

of someone else because they're just ordinary people like you. But no, Aniyah. No. You should care about other people's opinions. Especially if people are saying, in my opinion, you should not get your eyeballs tattooed because you could go blind. Please give Aniyah Peterson the sweet sounds of the Hamiltons.

Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Yee-haw. Yee-haw. I hope it's only temporary. Mm-mm. Mm-hmm. I know it makes people wake up and say, I want to tattoo my eyeball.

Well, in this case, it was this influencer, Amber Luke. So, you know, once again, I'm telling you, social media is the blame, man. Social media is ruining our cognitive abilities. We don't even realize it. I just think it's just stupid people. Well, that's what Donkey of the Day is for. To give stupid people the credit they deserve for being stupid. All right.

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It's time to ask C&E. Morning, everybody. We are The Breakfast Club. I'm DJ Envy. And I go by the name of Charlamagne Tha God. What's happening? All right, so we have Ask C&E, 800-585-1051. Hello, who's this?

Hello, this is Messiah The One. Hey, Messiah The One, what's your question for C&E? Hey, I'm an inspired writer. I want advice on how to move my book forward, like getting involved with publishing companies and things of that nature. Have you written a book yet, sir? Excuse me? Have you written a book?

Yes, I have. Have you self-published? Yeah, yeah, I self-published it. I sent it to you one day, Charlemagne, up to the radio station. I don't know how. What's the name of it? It's called Real F.A.I., The Prejudice of the Baby Boy. Oh, man, I got to look for that one.

I got to look for that one. Yeah, I sent it like maybe a month ago. I told Envy, too. I gave Envy a copy for all of y'all. But he said, you know, he's busy. He works, you know. Well, I can't tell you the process of how to get it done, but I have a book publishing company called Black Privileged Publishing

through Simon & Schuster. We put out Tamika Mallory's State of Emergency, How to Win in the Country We Built, and we put out Anita Kopach's Shallow Waters, and we have some amazing releases on the way. So the only thing I can tell you is that I will definitely look for your book and check it out, and you can leave your information, but I can't give you no information

on how to get a book deal. I don't know. Yeah, I mean what I would tell you is keep doing what you're doing. I mean, I think you try to give me the book at the car show, but I would keep popping up at these places where people are and trying to sell that book and it's like anything else. It's like back in the day, you got to go hand in hand. You got to be out

there selling and pitching, you know? Yeah, that's what I've been doing. I'm always looking for fresh authors. I'm not going to lie. I mean, I have a lot of releases coming on Black Privileged Publishing from a lot of people that folks know, but I'm always looking for fresh publishers that got great stories. So I'm going to look for that book, my brother.

Yeah. All right. Hello, who's this? BD. Hey, BD, good morning.. Yeah. All right. Hello, who's this? BD. Hey, BD. Good morning. Good morning. What's your question for C&E?

I was just wondering, how long does it take when you're in a relationship to want to get engaged, especially if that's something a woman wants? You need to stop asking personal questions. That's what you need to stop doing. Okay? Stop asking them personal questions? I'm sorry. That triggered me a little bit.

Goodness gracious. No, no. I'll tell you why it triggered me a little bit. Goodness gracious. I'll tell you why it triggered me a little bit, because I've been with my wife for 24 years, so we've been together since the 1900s and 90s, but I didn't propose to her

until 2013. Oh, wow. Don't you oh wow nothing. That's a lot. That's a long time. That's a very long time. Let me ask you a question. How long have you been with your man or woman? Nine years.

Nine years. Is it serious? Y'all live in the same house? Man, what kind of stupid question is that? They've been together nine years. You going to ask if she's serious? No, because it might not be serious. We're in the same house, we're in the same bed.

No, you got to make sure it's serious because you can be with somebody for nine years, but it's not serious. Maybe it's long distance. But the fact that they're living with each other and y'all in the same bed, y'all paying half the rent. I mean, I think it's about time. I think it's about time. Now, I mean, if I was in your situation and I wanted to be engaged

and get married and he's basically just there because he's comfortable, I would withhold the poo-poo. Man, shut up, man. I don't like what you're saying here. You said close them legs. I would close them legs. I mean, you want to get married, and right now he's just, you know,

he's just doing what he got to do, and he's comfortable. He's knocking it off. He's getting everything as a married couple, but he's just not married. Think about it like this. Age is very important. Shut up, you big-cheeked fool. How old are you, ma'am? I'm 28. We've been together since I was

19. See what I'm saying? They've been together since they was young. Give that man a little bit more time. How much more time does he need? They've been together nine years. It took me 15 years. They sleep 15 years? I mean, but he's pushing a baby and I'm not having a baby without being married. See? And he wants a baby? That's right. You closed them legs, mama. I don't think you should close

your legs. You should tell him you want to be married. Because he may not know you want to be married. Have you told him that before? He knows. He knows. How does he know if you haven't told him? Tell me how he knows. I'm very vocal about it.

Oh, okay. So, right. You've been very vocal. You told him you want to get married. He wants a child. He wants a baby. I'm sure he, y'all stay together. You wash his clothes.

You cook for him. And sometimes, hey, he's just comfortable. But you close them legs, he going to be uncomfortable. sure he he stayed y'all stay together you you wash his clothes you cook for him and sometimes hey he's just comfortable but you close them legs he gonna be uncomfortable i i will say i don't like what envy is saying but i understand what he's saying you know at this point you know he's he's leasing but you know there should be an option to buy so you have to tell him that you know after a while you can't just continue to lease this you're're either going to purchase or nothing. So would that have worked for you if your wife did it? Ooh. Ooh. Uh, yeah. See? See? 100%. See?

Before you know, I'm going to put this thing on lock. That's right. You put a little lock on it. 100%. See, it can only be opened up with a ring. Yeah, okay. And because there's other things too, right? Like, you know, we had a child. So, you know, when you got your daughter asking, like, why y'all don't have the last name, at some is it man you like why don't we like what am i

waiting on like what's the problem here you know so yeah he needs to get it married without being married why do that that's right he needs to get it together like yes marriage is a beautiful thing i'm glad we're all on the same page thank you guys but you should wait you should you should let him wait at least another year. Just make it a nice even 10. No. No, lock that thing down, mama. Tell him if he wants some of that thing-thing, it can only be open with a ring.

I heard you. I'm going to make sure I spread the news. And don't fall for the trick where he just says, okay, you know, he proposes, and then you got to wait another 10 years for the actual marriage. Absolutely. Yeah, I can't do that. That's too long. Alright, good luck mama. Thank you guys. Have a nice day.

Alright. I hope you forget that you told that young woman that and that man runs down upon you and said, you told her to close her legs? And so people around y'all don't even know what the hell's going on. They just hear somebody screaming that at you. Ask C&E. 800-585-1051. If you got questions

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Hello, who's this? Hey, how's it going, man? This is Trey. Trey, what's up? What's your question for C&E? So, man, it's kind of a personal question, and it's kind of regarding towards my daughter. You know, we recently just got cut from a softball team out here in Conroe. And, you know, honestly, I feel like it's personal. Maybe you guys can tell me I'm right or wrong. You know, it's a new softball team, and so I feel that I've been asking

questions about where's the money going and how things have gotten spent. And, you know, I'm just asking certain questions that I feel like the head organization isn't liking. Statistically, my daughter's the third best player on the team, and yet we just recently got cut. And not only that, they did it insensitive right before our – so it's like, you know, hey, do we still attend? Like, you know, what do I do for my daughter?

How does she feel about it? So you're telling us your daughter got cut, you're thinking, because you were asking too many questions. And because of your questions, you got your daughter cut, you believe? Yeah, for sure. Are you sure about that, or is your daughter just not good? Nah, bro. She, uh, man, she's hitting it to the fence. She's nine years old, bro.

She's, you know, five foot three at nine years old. And what kind of questions were you asking? Where the money goes? Yeah, do you think that I got my daughter cut? Was it a personal issue? I mean, do you think that you know that I should have just fell in line and been like a sheep? I feel like that's what it is, that they don't want nobody to go against the grain. It's not like I was pressuring them about the questions.

I was just like, hey, as a monthly courtesy, we would like to see as parents and a coach, where's the money going? You're paying for fields. You're paying for equipment. Just what's going on? Not that I'm saying they pocketing the money, but I'm just saying I'm not trying to fund my team and their team, and I think that's what's going on.

I'm trying to figure out how can they cut your daughter if you've been paying for it? They're the head organization. Like, they're in charge of the team. So he was asking the question, Charlemagne, they're saying it's a monthly stipend, let's say. So he was asking the questions before his daughter made the team. And he was asking.

No, we had already been on a team. Oh, so this is the new year. And I'm a coach. I'm a coach and staff. We're on the team. We've been on the team since the very beginning. Let me tell you something, my daughter is a competitive cheerleader. And, you know, like you said, we pay for these things.

So I reserve the right to talk to the coaches about any and everything I want to. Absolutely. I don't give a damn. I will talk to them. I will tell them things I don't like. If my daughter has complaints, me and my wife will go talk to the coaches. We got a meeting scheduled with the coach soon. One of the coaches soon, by the way.

So I don't see nothing wrong with what you did, sir. No, I don't see nothing wrong with what you did either. You have the right. Like Charlamagne said, you pay. So you have the right to ask questions. Now, the fact that they cut your daughter, yeah, it does seem like they really don't want you there because you're asking questions, meaning possibly they're doing something wrong with the money and really don't want you there because you're asking questions,

meaning possibly they're doing something wrong with the money and they don't want it out there. But the great thing about softball and baseball and esports, there's other teams. So I would look to put my daughter on another team and then bust that team's ass. I've had that happen with me before. I'm serious. My son, when Logan was growing up, my town team at the time, Kenelon, I didn't like the way they were treating Logan. So I put him on another team in Newark, Brick City, shot the Brick City Lions. And Brick City Lions, he did his damn thing. And I was waiting for us to play Kenelon again and bust his ass.

And ever since Logan left Kenelon, that school, that football team has been horrible. So, you know, sometimes you got to leave, go to another school and do what you got to do. And I agree. I respect that answer. And honestly, I had a meeting with the coach. And on top of that, the head coach is a 19-year-old little girl. And I say little girl because she's 19. You know what I mean?

And she's never coached a team before. And I'm like, man, you got grown folks on this team, man. Take her to another team. Yeah. God is good, man. And ever since everything, man, I've Take it to another team. Yeah, man, God is good, man. And ever since everything, man, I've been hoping and I've been praying, man, and some things have kind of come through last night. Man, I got a really good phone call.

I just didn't know. Maybe I read into too much. You know what I'm saying? I'm the kind of guy that wears the sword on his sleeve. So it's like, is it just me or what's really going on? Take it to another team. F them. And God is great.

Chick-fil-A is good. God is great. And personally, I would have been asking the coach why my daughter got cut. You got to explain to me why my daughter got cut. And that's right, too. You asked that question as well. Hello, who's this? Don't call us.

Ask that coach. Hey, it's Kay from LaGrange, Georgia. Hey, Kay, good morning. I am on air. Oh, my God. That's why you called. You called to be on air, man. What's your question for CD, mama?

I need it, right? Okay. So, hey, y'all. I just want to say, hey, Charlamagne. Hey, DJ Envy. I love y'all. I miss y'all every morning, right? Thank you.

So, I miss Yee, but I wanted to know, like, are y'all going to have, like, a different host to replace Yee? I don't feel like she can be replaced, but I feel like maybe every week y'all can have, like, a celebrity host that hosts with y'all that week. Or is it just going to be replaced, but I feel like maybe every week y'all can have like a celebrity host that hosts with y'all that week. Or is it just going to be you and Charlotte from now on? Ma'am, ma'am, you said you listen to us every morning. If you listen to us every morning,

then you would have heard us say exactly that, ma'am. You're right. Well, you know, I go to work, and when I go to work, I can't listen to y'all because when I'm on the floor, you know, I download it. I heard radio, but sometimes we don't get service on the floor. Well, you're right. Angel E is irreplaceable. So yes, starting in January

we will have rotating guest hosts. You know, some people will be your favorite celebrities. Some will be your favorite podcasters. Some will be your favorite influencers, comedians, all types of stuff. Yes. Yes. Okay. Okay. And do y'all miss E? I wanted to know that too. No. Yes, y'all do. Don't even act like y'all don't miss E. Okay. And do y'all miss Yee? I wanted to know that too.

No. Yes, y'all do. Don't even act like y'all don't miss Yee. Y'all have y'all miss her. Y'all know y'all miss Yee. Man, it's only been three days. It's only been three days. It's been three days.

Y'all probably miss her after the first day. But thank y'all so much just for being on air. I love, love, love the Breakfast Club. Y'all have a great day. We love you back, mama. I am extremely happy for Anjali Yee. And the reason I say I don't miss her because she's not gone. Angelique is going to be on after the Breakfast Club every day,

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We're going to be in the same building, everything. She's not gone, y'all. She has her own spinoff show. That's right. All right. When we come back, that'sall. She has her own spinoff show. That's right. That's Ask C&E, by the way. 800-585-1051. And when we come back, we got to talk Brittany Griner.

She's been released, and we'll give you the details. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. All right. Morning, everybody. We are The Breakfast Club. I'm DJ Envy.

I go by the name of Charlamagne Tha God. What's happening? All right, and let's get to the rumors. Rumor has it. Rumor has it. Call out a name or you gossiping or you chatty patty. I'm gossiping. This is The Rumor Report.

I mean, I guess we on The Breakfast Club. This is where the tea spills, right? Yes. On The Breakfast Club. This first one ain't no damn rumor, okay? This is fact fact and we got to discuss britney griner hey this is a cbs news special report i'm gail king with tony de coppola nate burleson we are here in new york and the white house has just confirmed that the united states and russia have agreed have agreed to a prisoner swap to free basketball star Brittany Griner.

Very big news indeed. The two-time Olympic gold medalist for Team USA was released just minutes ago in exchange for convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Vut, known as the man who makes war possible. He was serving a 25-year sentence in the U.S. for conspiring to kill Americans and conspiring to sell weapons to a terrorist organization. And if you don't remember what happened, Greiner was detained in Russia in February after airport security found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage. In August, she was sentenced to nine years in prison for drug possession and smuggling.

Look at God. Drop on a clues box with Brittany Greiner. I didn't think they would get a deal done this fast. It didn't sound they would get a deal done this fast. It didn't sound like it. Yeah, if at all, especially with everything going on in Russia and Ukraine. But I am extremely happy for her. And I'm glad she'll be reunited with her loved ones for the holidays. And I'm extremely happy for everyone who has been pushing to get her home. Because if folks hadn't have kept Brittany in the conversation,

she probably would have gotten lost in that Russian system. That's right. And it's crazy because it got kind of silent, and people were concerned and worried. They said they put her to another side of the camp when she was a lot of physical working. And we didn't hear much, but she has been released today. Well, I'm not going to say I didn't hear much

because a lot of people I follow literally, when I say literally tweet about her every day, like Don Staley, you know, coach at the University of South Carolina tweets about her. Not tweets about her, posts about her on Instagram every day. You know, she might tweet too. I don't be on Twitter, but I see her on Instagram. You know, Angela Rye posts about her every day. Jalen Rose, you know, literally shouts her out every day on his TV show.

Like, you know, like they've been counting down the days. And Lisa Leslie too. There's quite a few, like they've been counting down the days. And Lisa Leslie, too. It's quite a few people I follow that keep her in the conversation. So, you know, salute to them because I feel like if folks hadn't been making all that noise, she probably would have gotten lost in the system. Absolutely. But I'm telling you right now, the Biden administration also better prepare for the backlash. Which means?

Because they traded an international arms dealer, Victor Bout, a man they called a merchant of death for Brittany Griner, but left U.S. Marine Paul Whelan imprisoned in Russia. He's been locked up in Russia for four years on espionage charges. So I'm sure the right-wing media is about to have a field day with this one. I'm sure. You can guarantee it. But I also want to tell y'all, if Brittany Griner goes back to the WNBA,

y'all should show up to those games and start supporting her in that league. She should be supporting the league anyway. Absolutely. But when she goes back to the WNBA, y'all should absolutely support her. Go buy some WNBA merchandise. All the tweets and social media support is great, but real world support is better. Go support them

young ladies so they don't have to end up in situations like this overseas. Absolutely. And also, Pretty V, there's rumors that her and Rick Ross were dating, and she talks about that in this interview. Who has it that you're dating a boss?

Some say the biggest boss that you've seen thus far. Is that really what kind of attracted you to him to say, no, that's the guy for me? Yeah, it's the boss. I think it's the boss in him. I just think he's like, you know, I like guys who lead. So when you a leader, you can step to me, you know. But again, when it comes down to ross like ross is the type of person who you look at and you just admire you're inspired by like i want to do what you're

doing so teach me so in the back end i'm actually a student to the game as well so i i mean yeah if you want to say that that's just what it is lady lemon pepper lady lemon pepper drop on the clues Lady Lemon Pepper. Lady Lemon Pepper. Drop on the goosebumps for Lady Lemon Pepper. Shout out to Pretty V. Y'all know Pretty V. Y'all definitely know Pretty V is going to be in the guest rotation for the new year on The Breakfast Club. That's right. Absolutely.

Y'all know. That's family right there. I love Lady Lemon Pepper. All right. And lastly, shout to Hov. All right. And lastly, shout to Hove. Now, Samantha Samaka announced on Twitter recently that Hove gave her $40,000 scholarship to attend a school that she would like to, which is the Rock Nation School of Music at Long Island University, LIU. So Hove hit up with $40,000, which is continuing her dream of getting her education.

So congratulations to her. I thought she shouted out Beyonce and Jay, though. Was it both of them or just Jay? She thanked both of them, Hov and Beyonce. Now I'm saying Hov and Beyonce. Shout to them. That's right. And also, too, since we saluting Hovs, man,

rest in peace to my good brother Hovane. Don't forget his viewing ceremony is today. At St. Paul Community Baptist Church from 9 to 10 a.m. And the service is from 10 to 11, 30 a.m. That's right. Brooklyn.

Yeah, that's right. In Brooklyn. So rest in peace to my good brother, Hovane. Love you, King. Always. Send the healing energy to Kim and the family. All right. Well, that is your rumor report.

Now, when we come back, it's Nicki Minaj's birthday. So let's get on a Nicki Minaj mix. Let me know your favorite record, and we'll get it on this morning. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. Now, when we come back, it's Nicki Minaj's birthday. So let's get on a Nicki Minaj mix. Let me know your favorite record and we'll get it on this morning. All right. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. There's so many offers going on for the holidays, but one really stood out to me. Verizon. When you switch to Verizon, you get a gift for you and a gift to give. Might want to go check out your Verizon store if you're down to save a bunch get a gift for you and a gift to give might want to go check out your verizon store if you're down to save a bunch of money the people's choice mix

is up next morning everybody we are the breakfast club all right i'm dj envy i go by the name of charlamagne the god what's happening how y'all feeling out there all right now i want to remind you guys uh tomorrow on the show we have a boogie with the Hoodie. He'll be joining us. His album comes out tomorrow. And also. Who else we got? Dr. Umar Johnson. King Kong consciousness, Dr. Umar Johnson. Dr. Umar also is going to be on my late night talk show tonight. Hell of a week on Comedy Central.

Tonight is. Actually, it's Trevor Noah's last episode tonight. And we come on right after Trevor Noah, 1130 p.m. on Comedy Central. So salute to Dr. Umar. He'll be on a hell of a week tonight on Comedy Central. And he'll be on Breakfast Club tomorrow. All right. All right. When we come back, we got the positive notice to Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Morning, everybody. We are the Breakfast Club. I'm DJ Envy. I go by the name of Charlemagne. The God was happening. Now, Charlemagne, you got a positive note for the people. Yes, I do have a positive

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