The Breakfast Club - Go Off Then ( Craig Melvin)

Episode Date: June 17, 2021

Today on the show we had Craig Melvin stop by and spoke about on Lessons Learned As A Father And As A Son In His New Book "POPS" . Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to a Florida woman arrested for punching girlfriend after she was talking about her ex in her sleep and speaking of exes, Angela helped a listener out that is almost ready to risk having a ex bestfriend as she is flirting with her bestfriends boyfriend. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Wake your ass up. It's early in the morning, but they tell me it was y'all. I said, oh, hell yeah, I'm getting up. The world's most dangerous morning show. DJ Envy. Your people's choice. Angela Yee. I'm a sweetheart, but I'll cut you.

Charlamagne Tha God. Principals and people of. I can't believe you guys are the best, kid. Collectively known as Breakfast Club, bitches. Good morning, USA. Yes, it's Thursday. Good morning. What's happening? Is the weekend here? We can say the weekend's here, right? Not yet.

You don't think the weekend starts on Thursday? Nah, B. It's a holiday weekend, too. It is? Oh, Juneteenth. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Juneteenth. What day is Juneteenth?

The 19th, right? What day is that? Saturday. Saturday. It's Saturday. Okay. Yeah, my sister Debbie Brown's born day is tomorrow, the 18th. Okay.

I know that, yeah. All right. And, of course, this Sunday is is tomorrow, the 18th. Okay. So I know that, yeah. All right. And of course, this Sunday is Father's Day. How quickly we forget. I didn't even remember. Y'all got both holidays. Nobody cares about fathers, do they? Not at all.

I mean, I'm happy to be a father, though. Me too. That's the joy of fatherhood, right? The joy of fatherhood is that we're fathers. That's right. We got beautiful wives, beautiful kids. What more could you want? Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

Whatever they do for me on Sunday, I'm happy with. You know, we already got my father his Father's Day present. What y'all got him? A sweatsuit. Should I say it? It's a good gift, too. Does he listen? He probably already has it.

Yeah, don't say it if he listens. All right. All right, I'll wait till Monday. By the way, I love a good sweatsuit. I'm old. You know what I'm saying? You see what I got on the Puma sweatsuit right now? I see. It's what I wear. I like sweatsuits. I like tracksuits. It's not a sweatsuit, but it love a good sweatsuit. I'm old. You know what I'm saying? You see what I got on a Puma sweatsuit right now? I see.

It's what I wear. I like sweatsuits. I like tracksuits. It's not a sweatsuit, but it's a good gift. I guarantee everybody here, all the fathers here would like it. Okay. Did you guys ever skateboard as a kid? No.

I did. I tried to. No. What about you, Yee? I had a pink skateboard. Really? You were good? Mm-hmm.

What you doing this weekend? You feel like coming by and helping my son learn how to skateboard? Because yesterday he asked me and I tried. I know. I'm not teaching nobody. I'm not that good. You got your son a pink skateboard? No, I definitely didn't get him a pink skateboard.

He wanted a pink one. I got him a pink one. But I got him a... He has a skateboard. He wanted it for his birthday last week. How old is he? Jackson is seven. Sixteen.

I'm sure they got skateboarding classes, right? Yeah, but you know, you learn as a kid. I didn't go to no class for riding a bike or skateboarding. I just got on there and did it. Well, your daddy might not have the money you have. Pay for the goddamn skateboarding classes. Your daddy probably couldn't pay for that extracurricular

activity. You know, I tried yesterday. It didn't work out too well. I mean, you know, I tried to show him how to, you know, push the back up to make it jump and all that, but it wasn't. This guy. I could do all that. Flip, skateboard, everything. I bet you Envy Googled Little Wayne skateboarding to him how to, you know, push the backup to make it jump and all that, but it wasn't. I could do all that, flip, skateboard, everything. I bet you Envy Googled Lil Wayne skateboard and learned how to skateboard. The teacher's son. I thought about it.

I guarantee it. I thought about it. Then, you know, I was playing catch. It's time, kick, push. Catch with Logan yesterday, football. So I just had a good day with the kids yesterday. I love when it's nice out so we can go outside and enjoy the weather. Basically, he's saying he's tired.

I'm tired as hell. You know, bro. I am so tired. And they never want to stop. It's not like, yo, it's late. Yo, he's saying he tired. I'm tired as hell. You know, bro. I am so tired. And they never want to stop. It's not like, yo, it's late. Yo, it's time to go in. 10 more minutes, dad.

All right. Let's 10 more minutes. Hey, man. That's why sometimes I envy people who had kids in their 20s. You know what I mean? Because when they're 40,

their kids is grown. You know what I mean? They was young and vibrant. They had the energy to do all that kind of stuff. Now, shoulder hurt for no reason. Knee hurt for no reason.

It's like, dang, all I did was race, huh? All I did was get on the air track and do a cartwheel. How did this happen? They'd be like, get on the trampoline, let's do a flip. Oh, Lord. Daddy don't flip. Daddy takes naps on the trampoline. I'm not even lying.

I take naps on the trampoline. When my two youngest ask me to get on the trampoline, my five-year-old and two-year-old, I get on there, I do one jump, and then I just lay, and I say, popcorn me! Popcorn me! They jump up all around me and pop me up. That's it. Oh my goodness. Alright.

Let's get the show cracking. Who's joining us today? Man, today we have one of my South Carolina brethren, my guy Craig Melvin, who is a co-host of Today Show. He put out a book this week called Pops, Learning to be a Son and a Father. It is an amazing Father's Day gift. If you are looking to get your, you know, father something for Father's Day,

this is the book to get. Craig Melvin, Pops, Learning to be a Son and a Father. He's the co-host of Today Show. Me and him go way back, man, to the 803 Columbia, South Carolina. So we'll be talking to him today. All right. And front page news, what are we talking about, Yee? Let's talk about the NBA playoffs and Kawhi Leonard and Chris Paul, some issues.

All right. We'll get into that next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hey, morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Gee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get into some front page news.

Now, last night, the Atlanta Hawks beat Philadelphia 109-106. Great game. The lead to Series 3-2. The Sixers blew that one. The Sixers blew the last two games, by the way. That's got to be tough when you meet Mill and you fly, you and Quavo fly out on the PGA. And, you know, Quavo's in Philly.

And you're probably clowning them the whole first half, the third quarter, then the fourth quarter. They come back and win. Whoa. Yeah, because that turns it off in the third quarter. They were down by like 20 at one time. I turned Loki on. I turned Loki on because I was like, man, this game is over.

Wow. All right. Well, and congratulations to LaMelo Ball. He won Rookie of the Year. Deserving. So congratulations to him. Now what else we got you? Well, let's talk about Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul. He's been sidelined and that's

because he's on the league's COVID-19 health and safety protocols list. And they did announce that yesterday. They said there's a natural concern and that's basically where it ends. The league is trying to do everything they can to keep individuals and teams safe. And it's such a natural concern for an individual.

Now, Jalen Rose has said that Chris Paul is vaccinated and he doesn't anticipate him missing more than one game. Unlike Kawhi, this one isn't doom and gloom for me because they're off this week. He's already been vaccinated. And I know the word indefinitely makes you feel like he may not be in the next series, I don't anticipate him missing more than one game at the most, just based on the dynamics of time and how the protocol has worked. I don't see why he got to miss any. I mean, they said he's vaccinated. He can still give it to other people.

Yeah, but the series don't start until like the 20th, the 23rd. Well, they said he might not have to, but he doesn't anticipate him missing more than one at the most. Yeah, and how many days does he have to sit down? Usually they say quarantine for five days, right? I thought it was shorter. Yeah, it's mad shorter. Three? I don't know. It's five days. They don't play

till the 20th. So yeah, he should be able to play. And the 23rd if it goes seven games. Yeah, he should be able to play. Now when he referenced Kawhi Leonard, Kawhi Leonard did miss a game and they said he could be out the remainder of the series, and that's because of a right knee injury. Oh, no, they said Kawhi is done done because they said he got to have surgery. But, you know, LeBron said yesterday that this is the reason why he said he didn't want to play.

He said the bodies of the players didn't get a chance to heal and didn't get a chance to recuperate. So now that's why a lot of these people are being so injured. He's like, this is the most injuries from superstars in the league in a long time because he was like, the bodies just haven't healed. I wonder how LeBron would feel if his team was still in the playoffs. Remember, LeBron was the one that didn't want to come back. Yeah, but I wonder how he would feel if his team was still in the playoffs

because he would hate if somebody used that excuse and somebody said, well, the only reason the Lakers are winning is because all the other stars are injured. No, he didn't say that. He just said that a lot of the celebrities and superstars are injured. That's the game, though. I mean, and I agree with him.

Like, you know, they did come back from a shortened season, so I'm sure that is, you know, one of the main factors for people having a lot of injuries. But sometimes that's just the game. That's just the way things are. They also played a shortened season, though. We just said that. That's what I'm saying, so I don't understand the argument.

What do you mean? They had like a month. How long were they out for? Like a month at least, right? With the COVID protocol. Right. COVID shut everything down. It was a shorter season, but they played more games more times.

Remember, they were in the bubble, so they were playing every other day. No, LeBron's saying they didn't have the same amount of rest time that they would have between seasons. But they didn't play as long as season. Congress has passed legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday for the first time in nearly 40 years. Congress has moved to establish a new national holiday just in

time for the anniversary. It's the 156th anniversary of that day, which marks the last African-American slaves being freed in Texas after the Civil War. All right. So we're just waiting for Joe Biden to sign. He's supposed to sign it today.

I mean, you know what, man? I mean, that's cool. I know people was pushing for that. But, man, it is so much other legislation that black people need. Like, they always do these symbolic gestures as opposed to making real tangible change. Like, what's up with the George Floyd Policing Act? You know what I'm saying? What's up with the George Floyd Policing Act? You know what I'm saying? What's up with voter

rights bills? They literally they're literally taking away black people's right to vote. Literally. They're making it super difficult for us to even go out there and cast a vote. Where is the voting right? The John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

Some things that can actually impact us in a real way. Well, clearly it doesn't start with just, I mean, it doesn't stop with Juneteenth, but this is something to celebrate. Maybe it does stop with Juneteenth, with these people. Shout out to all the black promoters. They are definitely making Juneteenth a weekend. Really?

Immediately. Hell yeah. Juneteenth party's like crazy now. Listen, I was at a recording yesterday for a Juneteenth celebration that's going to be happening, which is amazing. What black historical figure y'all going to disrespect by putting on flyers, okay? Well, the thing I was at Earth, when you guys were performing,

and Chic is performing, India Ari, I told you Amanda Seals is hosting, and JB Smooth. I don't think Seals is hosting, though. I think Seals is on vacation. You would know better than anybody else. Yeah, JB Smoove. I think Seal's on vacation. Oh, I think a lot of people prerecorded their part. She's on the flyer. So that's the black historical figure they put on the flyer. There you go, Juneteenth party and Amanda Seal.

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Let's go. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. Say it with your chest. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind to get it off your chest. Whether you're man or black. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, let it out. Hello, who's this? Yeah, what's up, Ember?

What's up, Trav? Hey, Trav. What's up, baby? What's up, Char? Peace, Trav. What up, sis? Doing good. Listen, I want to talk about That amazing Versus last night Drop one of Clues Bonds For Eve

And for Trina man Nah that was big That was big I told y'all man Trina got joints You know Hey I ain't gonna lie

I was just Telling things man That hey I love I mean Eve I do I am more biased Cause you from Philly

Yeah you're from Philly But Yeah, you're from Philly. But I do love Trina Austin. I'm not going to lie. I kind of forgot some of the songs that Trina got. And you didn't grow up down south. I've been to so many different Trina shows growing up because Trina was always an artist that would come down and perform in South Carolina. I know women that worship Trina.

They love Trina's music. So I knew Trina had joints. I just didn't think they were resonating nationally. So I'm from Virginia. He's telling you I'm from the southern Virginia. Oh, I didn't know that. I thought you was from the top, Trav. I didn't know you was from down bottom.

But let me ask you a question. I tuned into the battle late. Why weren't they in the same room? Because Eve was in London. Oh, Eve was in London. Oh, Eve was in London. And Trina was in Miami. But they had like

350,000 people watching them. Yeah. And they were looking amazing too on top of all that. But, all right, y'all. Good to see y'all. All right, peace.

Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Emmanuel. Emmanuel, what's up? Get it off your chest. Yeah, I'm just calling to let you guys know, hey man,

financial literacy is, we need it, man. You know, our people don't want to learn. We just want to go spin. I don't know that that's true anymore. We definitely want to learn. Yeah, that's not true.

That's not true. I wouldn't say that. I don't like to make those broad statements. Yeah, when you see how poppin' Wall Street trap is and earn your leisure and everything Envy and Seize It Em doing, no. People definitely want to learn about financial literacy. Black people definitely are all in on that. EYL has a strong fan base here. They go around the country speaking to people. I know every time we do a seminar...

I have my team wealthwednesdays.com all the things that I do for financial literacy that so many people are involved in. So I don't think that's true. Seminars sell out. We got one this Sunday on Father's Day. They always sell out. So I think people want the knowledge and they get the knowledge. All the artists talking about it from Diddy to Rick Ross.

Like, no, people are definitely tuned into financial literacy right now. If you say we don't have the money to invest as we should, then that's a different situation. But we definitely want the knowledge and to get the knowledge. Absolutely. Absolutely. All right, brother. I think you guys are doing a great job in, you know, putting that out there,

websites and all that stuff. But I'm just saying, yo, you know, we really need it, man. I just see it's probably in my neighborhood and my community that I'm seeing it over in here that I'm trying to do things as far as like, hey, guys, you know. Where you from? This is what we need to do. Actually, I actually live in Tampa right now. Okay.

I originally live from New York, man. And Tampa's a booming market now, too. I love Tampa. It is. Shout out to 7th and Grove. There's a lot of black businesses in Tampa. I'm going to be doing a lot of stuff out in Tampa, too. So, yeah, I mean, they're definitely learning.

And even the owners of 7th and Grove, they own a pharmacy. There's people out there spending some money and learning, really learning the game and teaching. There's people out there, brother. That's true. That's true, yeah. All right, man. That's kind of what I wanted to say about the people out here.

All right, you guys have a good day, man. I appreciate this. Thank you. You too. All right, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Wake up, wake up Breakfast Club. Wake up. Wake up. Wake your ass. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello.

Who's this? Yeah. This is a shell. Hey, what's up, shell? Get it off your chest. Hey, that's Charlamagne. Angel Lee. DJ Emory.

Good morning, y'all. Peace, King. Good morning. Hey, question, Charlamagne, Angel Lee, DJ Envy. Good morning, y'all. Peace, King. Good morning. Hey, question, Charlamagne. What do you think about Loki? I love Loki thus far. I think he's very good, and I think, you know, it's really introducing us to Marvel Phase 4 in a real way.

We're getting a real glimpse into what Marvel Phase 4 is going to look like. Okay, now, I totally agree with you, but my only problem is I can't be waiting on every week to get one episode. Man, I wanted them to just drop the whole series. I'm going to be honest with you. I would agree with you, but I kind of like it.

I like appointment television. I think appointment television is a lost art. Binge watching is cool, but, man, there's nothing like, you know, every Wednesday having something to look forward to. I'm not going to lie. True indeed. Now, one more thing right before I leave.

Charlamagne, I totally agree with you with this June thing. I think it's the only thing we're going to get. Everybody's going to celebrate, happy, and nothing's going to get a comment. Yeah, man. We got too many real, real issues that need to be handled, man. But, I mean, Juneteenth is cool. I'm happy for, you know, people that were pushing for that and got it. But, nah, it's too many other real issues out there, bro, that we need to be handled, man. But, I mean, Juneteenth is cool. I'm happy for, you know, people that were pushing for that and got it. But, nah, there's too many other real issues out there, bro,

that we need to get pushed. Appreciate the love, y'all. Yes, sir. Have a blessed day. All right, brother, you too. All right, peace. Hello, who's this? This is David, man.

I'm on him, man, trying to get it on my chin this morning, man. I want to know where is child support payers going to get the tax break for the kids? They should be considered as a tax break dependent because we've been charged with it. What happened now? I'm not well-versed on child support. What happened? You want a tax break because you pay child support?

Tax break. Right. At the end of the year, when we file, we get counted for all the money that we make. So when are we going to get a tax break for this dependent wife? Damn, child support not tax deductible? The money you paying taxes? I mean, child support? Man, I don't pay that tax for it, but I ain't getting no tax break.

The mom, she getting the money, but she ain't paying taxes on it. That's crazy. Damn. That's crazy. That's what's going on, though. Well, I don't know what to tell you. You know, I feel like they should consider that. Like, it's an income.

You know, we should be getting kind of tax-free. I agree. For the money that's coming out. So that's what I want to get off my check this morning, man. Charlemagne, Envy, and Geek. Hey, man, y'all have a pleasant day, man. Thank you, King. Thank you.

Have a good one. Get it off your chest. Happy Father's Day. 585-1051. You got rumors on the way, E? Yes, Nick Cannon and Abby De La Rosa, they have welcomed their twins. We'll tell you what their names are. All right, we'll get it to you next.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Well, congratulations to Nick Cannon and Abbey De La Rosa. They have welcomed their twin boys. Now, the mom wrote on Instagram, June 14th, 2021. Welcome to the world.

Zion Mixolodian Cannon and Zillion Air Cannon. My world, my twin boys. I'm going to drop on a clues box for Nick Cannon. And what's the young lady's name? Abby De La Rosa. Abby De La Rosa. Congrats on the two new babies. They named it Zillion Air?

Yeah, Zillion is the first name. And I guess Air is the middle name. H-E-I-R. That's actually kind of hard. That's creative. Zillion, Zillion, Zill,, and I guess Air is the middle name. H-E-I-R. That's actually kind of hard. That's creative. Zillion, Zillion, Zill, Young Zill. That's hard. Mm-hmm.

So that's his second set of twins. He has, obviously, Monroe and Moroccan with Mariah. And then he also has two other kids, Golden, who's four, and Powerful Queen, who is six months with his ex, Brittany Bell. So altogether, that's six. Wow, Nick is very literal with the names. He's very literal. Powerful, powerful queen.

Golden? Mm-hmm. Very literal. But, you know, names matter, so why not be literal with it? All right, now let's talk about Eve versus Trina last night. The two of them went head-to-head for over 20 rounds. They were playing hits from the last 20 years. They're actually the, I think they're the first

hip hop women to battle, right? Definitely were the first all female verses. Well, rappers. Rappers, yeah. And Missy Elliott was weighing in because obviously she posted, I want to say this, I am humbly grateful because I've been on a lot of artist verses and I want to thank those amazing artists who believed in me as a writer,

producer, or just an artist. I love y'all for all the love y'all show me. And it was a super friendly face off. They showed each other so much respect. Listen to this. I wouldn't want to do this to nobody else. They want to see the thing. We've been on each other for over 20 years.

We always show love. We always supported one another. We always hold each other down. I got the ultimate always show love. We always supported one another. We always hold each other down. I got the ultimate respect for you. I know how much I love you. I know. We excited. This is for all the females in hip hop.

It's all queens in the building. When you a queen, you hold your pride. You don't never got to be insecure about no bitch. All right. That's what I'm talking about. Now, Eve was in London. And Trina, was she at Live? Yep.

I don't know what club she was at. I know she was at a club in Miami. She was at a club in Miami. I don't know if it was Live, though. All right. So that was pretty dope. And Trina also played some new music. I don't need no receipt. I don't need no change. Tell them keep the change. I don't need no change. Tell them keep the.

I'm the type to get some money, hit them all, and spend the dub. All these against the window shopping, boy, you looking like a scrub. When I step up in the building, I'm the baddest in the club. And I know I got that fight. He tried to hit it without a gup. Hey, bring the rose in. Bring the rose in. When I come through the building, bring the hose in.

Black, white, Spanish, Asian, you ain't welcome to Miami. Let's meet up with a Haitian. Hey, listen, you got to love Versus, man. Nothing in the culture gives folks their flowers like Versus because we live in this prison of the moment era. Folks tend to only remember what's happening right now, and Versus showcases catalogs in a way that no other platform does. It takes you down memory lane and reminds you why these people are who they are. So salute to Trina and Eve.

Legends, drop on a clothesline for both of them, okay? Well, the building Trina was in was the same place she recorded Nan in. So she said it had a special significance for her. Because that's where they recorded that video. And she did bring out Trick Dad. And they had over, you said, over 350,000 people, right?

On Instagram? So congrats to them. Yeah, very enjoyable to see these women on that stage, showing each other love, looking amazing. And a lot of people forgot about all the hits that they had and that they were on. All right, now Michael Jordan caught a dolphin earlier, and he's doing some $3.4 million fishing tournament

in North Carolina. They're competing for that top event prize. And they said so far he caught a 25-pound fish to land on the dolphin category leaderboard early in the contest. This isn't the first time he's done this event. Apparently, it's a very well-known event. Last year, they got a 442-pound blue marlin, the fourth biggest catch of the day.

Have y'all ever went fishing? I've gone fishing. Not like them, though. They're doing some serious fishing. I've gone fishing before. He caught a dolphin. Is that what you fishing? Yeah, I've been fishing. I've gone fishing. Not like them, though. They're doing some serious fishing. I've gone fishing before. He caught a dolphin. Is that what you said? Yeah, he did.

Who catches a dolphin? I know. Actually, according to a representative, they had to throw the dolphin back in because it was the wrong species. And they released it back into the water. Dolphins are so cute and so intelligent. That's like kidnapping a kid. I don't think he tried to do it on purpose.

They just put the bait out there. I'm just saying. You don't even like, as soon as you see it's a dolphin, you got to make sure that hook gets out

of that dolphin. You got to bring that on the boat, man. Absolutely. And it's big money in fishing. I didn't know that. Even in Mexico, they do huge fishing events

and people walk away with like millions of dollars, which is crazy. You a real psychopath if you out here hunting dolphins, bro. He ain't do it all. He ain't do it all.

Listen, I was in Texas and Caicos and we went on a fishing boat and I don't think I enjoyed it so much. I felt bad while they were catching the fish and there's a lot of blood everywhere. I was like, I don't know if I... I went right back upstairs. I was like, I don't know if I like this. You don't eat seafood, right? No.

Alright, well that is your rumor reports. I mean, Angelina just has never lived a life. I mean no Disney World, no seafood. What else did she say this week that I couldn't believe she never had done? I might be going to Disney World for the first time soon. Well have some fish when you go. God damn some fried shrimp or something. And watch Lion King on the way.

You never seen Lion King? I saw the play on Broadway. My goodness. You shouldn't get your dad nothing for Father's Day. He didn't do much. He didn't do much. He didn't do much. I don't know.

Basics. He was just there. No fish. No Lion King. No Disney. No Disney World. Jesus Christ. All right. Front page news. That was just there. No fish. No Lion King. No Disney. No Disney World. Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ.

All right. Front page news. That's what we're talking about. I'm glad y'all didn't blame my mom for that. All right. Let's talk about the Biden-Putin summit and some key takeaways from this meeting in Geneva. All right. The U.S. and Russia.

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Wednesday, June 16th at 10, 9 central on FXX, streaming next day on FX on Hulu. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get some front page news. Now, the Hawks beat the Philadelphia 76ers 109-106.

I turned the game off when, I swear, Philadelphia was up like 20 points. Yeah, that's why I turned on Loki on Disney+, but the Hawks did come back to win. They took Joel Embiid out in the third quarter. I think there was like two minutes left. The crowd was going crazy. I was like, oh, this is over. I wonder, did Meek and Quavo ride back together? I know they rode to the game together.

But I'm sure Meek was talking so crazy the first three quarters, and then the Hawks come back and win the fourth quarter. I don't want to hear that on the way back. Nah, me neither. Catch your own jet, Quavo. Take an Uber. Yeah, Uber. Uber back home.

What else we got, Yee? Well, Congress is designating Pulse Massacre site as a national memorial. As you guys recall, this was in Orlando, Florida, five years ago. A gunman killed 49 people and wounded 53 people there. The Senate voted final congressional approval of the bill last week, and Joe Biden is expected to sign it soon. And that was the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ community in American history. So they're making that a national memorial.

So the club is not open anymore. You could just I know you can go outside and they have things that you can sign, but it's not you can't go inside and nothing like that anymore. Right. Totally closed. Yeah, that site right there is just a memorial site. Gotcha. They said it's really important for survivors to know we're not going away until the job is done, according to Nancy Pelosi. All right. Now let's talk about Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin, the Russian president. And they actually had a little less than four hour meeting.

And Joe Biden said in a news conference after the meeting, the tone was good. And he acknowledged that it will take time to know whether there will be any significant progress. He wasn't confident that he had done anything to change Putin's behavior. But he did discuss some of the issues with cyber capabilities and the violations from Russia. Whether I stopped it from happening again, he knows I will take action like we did when this last time out. What happened was we, in fact, made it clear that we were not going to continue to allow this to go on. The end result was we ended up withdrawing. They went and withdrawing ambassadors.

We closed down some of their facilities in the United States, etc. He knows their consequences. The hypocrisy of the media is hilarious. When Biden met with Putin, it's all good in the media. When Trump met with Putin, he got dragged. What's the difference? Well, I think this was a summit. And so you do still have to meet with leaders, but you can't be trying to cut deals and secretly have meetings and set things up.

Who did? They didn't say that. You got to do everything you do is out in the open. Trump and Putin didn't see that. Trump and Putin was out in the open. He got dragged because they said that people were upset that Trump didn't confront Putin about Russ's interference in the election. It's just interesting how one causes an uproar, but the other is just like,

oh, it's okay, they had a meeting. Well, I think there were also a lot of issues with Trump's relationship with Putin behind the scenes that people didn't know about and certain financial deals that had been made that they were discussing and other people that were having conversations on the side that weren't out in the open i don't i don't see the difference okay and then here is what putin had to say about their meeting i think there was no hostility quite the contrary our meeting took place principally speaking we don't share the same positions in many areas but i think that both

of these sides showed a willingness to understand one another well this feels like nothing really happened all right and a heat wave has been gripping the west in the united states and people are saying that they're scared this is going to be a new hotter normal in phoenix they've had a record for the second day in a row when it reached 115 degrees yesterday. It's expected to hit 117 degrees for the next two days. And scientists who study drought and climate change say that people living in the American West can expect to see more of the same in the coming years. Heat waves are getting worse because the soil is so dry from the region's mega drought. And we could have two, three, four, five of these heat waves before

the end of the summer. All right. Well, they are asking in California to voluntarily conserve power. They're asking the residents to do that for a few hours Thursday evening because they are anticipating record-breaking heat blankets in

the West during this week. You can't ask me to conserve power when it's hot as hell. I got to have the AC on. What are we talking about here? I guess they want to make sure everyone's power doesn't go out and then no one has AC, right? Well, better get you a good church fan. Bring back the church fan. I told y'all last year, I ordered me a, was it last year?

Maybe it was early this year. I ordered me a bunch of church fans. Get you a good church fan, man. Get old school and get the fan and put it in the window. Yeah. Okay? Let that natural air circulate through your house with that fan. All right.

Well, that is your Front Page News. And Dramos, what's going on in Puerto Rico? I heard they have rolling power outages. You think Dramos knows? Shut up, man. He's Puerto Rican. Rolling blackouts happening over there. That's all? Envy just said that. You have no details on it? You just going to repeat what Envy said? Well, I think He's Puerto Rican. Rolling blackouts happening over there. Yeah, they said like, oh, what's happening?

Envy just said that. You have no details on it? You just going to repeat what Envy said? Well, I think they use a private company. There's a lot of controversy over the company that they're using. I think over 300,000 people without power. Mm-hmm. So you got her.

How you going to let the Dominican in the room know more about what's going on in Puerto Rico? You want me to give you insider trading information? Yes, we do. That's what he went to you for, Puerto Rican. He just gave you. He literally just gave you the fact. I don't know the reason. I don't know. Why would I listen to Envy about Puerto Rican issues?

They've had shaky, the power grid has been shaky ever since Hurricane Maria. It's never been properly repaired. The money has, the funds weren't given down there under the Trump administration. There you go, Dramos. That's all we wanted. That's what we needed right there. All right. You're letting the Dominican in the room have more

say-so on Puerto Rican issues than you? You didn't even give me a damn chance to answer. They could jump it down my throat. What do you mean? Pause. Y'all kinky already. All right. Wow. Jump it down my throat. Okay. All right. Well, who's joining us next, man? My guy, Craig Melvin. Craig Melvin is the

co-host of the Today Show, and he's from Columbia, South Carolina, the 803. We go way back. He put out a book yesterday. No, Tuesday. Tuesday called Pops, Learning to Be a Son and a Father, which is a perfect Father's Day gift. So let's have some good discussions about fatherhood in this room this morning.

Why not? Father's Day is this weekend. All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart?

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her before listen to on purpose with jay shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Brother Craig Melvin, good morning. Man, so good to see you. I've been a fan, fan of the show for a long time, but I've been a fan of this guy even longer. You've known him for a long time. Me and Craig go way, way back. All right, so tell us, well, first of all, Craig, if you don't know, of course, he's a news anchor for NBC News Today. Tell them where you started, though, Craig.

Come to South Carolina, baby. Hey, 803, what's happening? W-I-S-T-V. You were at that point, you were at Hot 103.9, the jam. Yeah, I was at the Big DM, then Hot 103.9. It wasn't the jam, Craig. It was Hot 103.9, that's all. What was the jam?

Z93 Jams in Charleston. That's where I started. Tell us some stories about Charlemagne that we might not know since you guys go back. No, here's the thing. You don't want to do that. No, I don't want to do it. That's mutual assured destruction. Not doing that.

I will say, I will say, if you told either one of us 15, 20 years ago that this is where we would be, I would have laughed. I can't speak for Charlemagne. I don't know. I think people kind of knew it because remember we were in the South Carolina State newspaper in 2003 or 4, and they named me and you two of the top 10, I think it was media personalities under the age of 30 in Columbia, South Carolina, and they did these profiles. I actually still have my frame.

I did the 10 commandments of hip-hop, and Craig told a story, but I just remember him laying on the grass with a puppy licking his face. That damn story comes up every time just remember him laying on the grass with a puppy licking his face. That damn story comes up every time. I'm just saying. You had a puppy licking your face? It was a long story. I had a dog back then

named Trouble. They wanted to take a picture of me and my dog and the picture that they happened to snap at the time was the, but the dog didn't usually lick my face.

He didn't sleep in the bed. So you kissed the dog. You're a dog kisser. I'm not a dog kisser. I've never kissed a dog. That dog was definitely kissing you, Craig. The dog may have

licked me once and the photographer just timed it perfectly. Okay. But I haven't heard the end of it. That's just the way you stick it. I had that framed. I should have bought it. I'm glad you didn't. I'm glad you didn't. But we used to hang this before social media. Right. Yes. So we would get out, he would get off the air, I would get off the 11 o'clock news and we would hit the club.

Would you go with him to the strip clubs? I've never been to that. I love this. No, we've been to the strip clubs. I have never. I have never. We would go to regular clubs. Okay, I got you.

Regular nightclubs. I think we went to the strip clubs. See, that's the thing. Like, that life he led back then, that would serve him well now. Like, it gives him street cred. That life I led back then, I don't need that anymore. Like, it gives him street cred. That life I led back then, I don't need that anymore.

I don't need that life anymore. I was with my girl, though. Since high school. That's a fact. We used to go to V12. V12 used to be our spot. It used to be V12 and the Vista. Yeah, V12 and the Vista. But Craig, one thing I can say about Craig, Craig was always focused.

You know what I mean? He was always mature. Why'd you hang out with him then? I needed street cred. I got you. Plus, he had a lot more fun than I was having. Like, wherever he was, that's where the party was. That's where the fun was happening. Yes.

I do remember one time we was in the VIP. Craig is sitting there. Craig goes, oh, my God, is that marijuana? I got to get out of here. That's probably right. Probably true. That did happen. Probably true. That is true. I got to get out of here. That's probably right. Probably true. That is true. We used to have a good time.

Well, listen, you know, Craig is here because he has a new book out that came out Tuesday. It's called Pops. Pops. Learning to be a son and father. And I love this book for a number of reasons. I mean, number one, because I know you and I just love to hear, you know, backstories of people from South Carolina because, you know, we don't have a lot of representation, right? But you address a relationship that will always be complicated, probably the most complicated relationship a man can have. And that's the relationship we have with our father.

Yes. What made you address that topic? Well, a couple of things, you know, and I write about in the book, but two years ago, my dad, after 40-plus years of heavy drinking and gambling addiction, he finally decided he was going to get some help. He was 67 years old at the time. And of the things of which I'm proud in my life, and there are a lot, it's top of the list.

Like my dad deciding late in life that he wanted to live better. It was the most cathartic thing I've ever done. Wow. I wanted to give my father his roses while he's still alive. So it's a love letter to my dad. It's a love letter to fatherhood. It's a story of resilience and overcoming addiction.

It's a story of forgiveness as well. You know, my dad, even after he got clean, we would talk like this. You know, rarely a conversation would pass where he didn't talk about the guilt that he felt. And he would cry and just talk about how bad he felt about being absent. And even when he was present,

he was, you know, drunk, hungover or sleeping. But I wanted him to know that we've all forgiven him. And and so it's that was that was part of it. Did you forgive him easier when you had kids? Because we talk about this all the time. Like you're mad at your dad for things you don't understand until you start having your own kids. Right. Leave it to my kids now. Like, you know, me and my kids go to him.

I'm sure my kids say they hate me at times because you're overprotective, right? And my dad being a retired police officer was overprotective. But now I'm on like that with my kids, and I understand completely why my dad wouldn't let me go to certain things and take certain, you know, trains or go to this party. So did you feel that when you started to have kids and be like, I need to patch this up now? Precisely. Precisely. You know, we're hard on

our parents. We're hard on our parents. But we're hard because, you know, when you're 10, 15, 20, you don't know. You haven't experienced the world. You don't really have perspective. You just know you want to go out to this party or you want to go see this girl. You know, you want to be what teenagers want to be.

And it's not until you get old and you have children and you realize that your primary responsibility is to protect them from the world. But I was hard on my dad for a different reason. Because back then, the way we view lots of things now, whether it's mental health, but with regards to addiction, back then then we didn't view addiction as a sickness you were lazy you thought he was being selfish yeah he cared about whatever than us more than us right if you really want to get the monkey off your back you could but now knowing what we know um having covered so many stories related to addiction you know five ten years ago i started to look at it like like we look at it now like a disease and illness So I was hard on my dad for that reason so I was angry and resentful and you know

I just got to a point where I was you know I'm a firm believer in therapy as well and my therapist a couple years ago finally after well I mean had been suggesting for a number of years But suggested that I I made peace with it and forgive my father. Not for my father, but for me. And so all of that led to this. I, too, learned to forgive my father in therapy because I realized that my father was just doing the best he could. And he was working with the tools that he had at the time.

Yes. And when you're dealing with substance abuse and his own mental health issues, he really did a lot for somebody with a lot of those problems. You know, to that point, Charlemagne, my dad, and I didn't know this until I was writing the book, and first line of the book is, my dad was born in a federal prison in West Virginia. He didn't even know who his dad was until he was almost a teenager. So imagine, imagine growing up, not knowing who your dad is, having other kids pick at you. They would call

him a jail baby and all this stuff and having other kids pick at you. It shapes and molds you in ways that you don't fully appreciate until you're much older. So he grew up that way. And when he found out who his dad was, it's not like his dad took an active interest. I asked him, and it's in the book, I asked him during the interview with my dad, I said, what's the most money you ever wasted? Without missing a beat, my dad said, $2,500.

I said, $2,500 on what? He's like, that's how much it cost to put my daddy in the ground in 1986. Yeah, that was my reaction. And he proceeded to explain how his father was a deadbeat. I mean, and so

my dad did exponentially better than his father. That's right. And I would say we're probably doing a little bit better than our dad. That's what life is about though, right? Yeah, well, if you do it right. Back then, especially, like black fathers in the South. Man.

My dad worked third shift at the post office because you make a little extra money. Weekends, holidays, no vacations to provide, to get us to the middle class. That's right. And I didn't appreciate it and respect it until all of a sudden we're forced to provide for children. All right, we have more with Craig Melvin.

You probably heard him on MSNBC. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Craig Melvin.

Charlamagne? You know, in the book you talk about how your father had a gambling addiction as well, as well as liquor. I mean, that really mirrors my father. But it took a lot of OGs. Those two things took a lot of OGs in South Carolina down a bad path. Do you think they got caught up because there was nothing else to do? Right. And especially video poker.

A lot of folks outside of South Carolina don't realize the scourge that video poker was back in the 80s and 90s in South Carolina. I mean, it was a $2 billion industry. And you go in and you press some buttons and you're playing poker with a computer. And my dad would go in on a Friday. And not an exaggeration, he'd blow his whole paycheck on playing video poker for six hours. Tall boy in one hand, video poker in the other. Tall boy. Oh, yeah.

You know what a tall boy is? I have no idea what a tall boy is. Come on! That's like what a, how many ounces of beer? What is it? At least 24. 22, 24? 22, 24.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Tall boy like a Budweiser tall. Still in the brown paper bag. Oh, yeah. I caught 40 in 22 hours, but I never heard of tall boy. Oh, man. Yeah. Well, anyway, Popster, but I never heard of tall boys. Oh, man. Yeah. Well, anyway, pops would have a couple tall boys.

But no, and his friends, to your point, that was, and it wasn't typically just one addiction. It was booze and gambling, or booze and women, or booze. And my dad, you know, but to his credit, gave up gambling, gave up drinking. In November, he was in the hospital for five days. We thought it was COVID. Thankfully, it wasn't. He had bacterial pneumonia.

Doctor comes in. He says, Mr. Melvin, how much do you smoke? He said, what do you mean? He said, in a given day. He said, oh, I'm probably down to a pack a day. He'd been a pack a day smoker for 40 years. Doc says, well, Mr. Melvin, you're going to have to stop smoking. He said, okay, all right. Hadn't had a cigarette since. Wow. Willpower. Willpower, well, Mr. Melvin, you're going to have to stop smoking. I said, okay, all right.

I haven't had a cigarette since. Wow. Willpower. Willpower I don't necessarily possess. But, yeah, he's given up all of his vices. You know, this sounds like, you know, when I read your book, you know, and it's something I knew, but it just reinforces it. The thing about fatherhood is really on-the-job training.

Like, do you think it's something you can ever truly learn to do? No. No, it's a journey, not a destination. And because the kids are different. You've got three girls. My son and daughter, they're very different. And as they get older, they present new challenges, I understand. So it's, no, I think I have found, though,

and this is something I know our fathers didn't do, you start talking to other fathers, you start talking to other dads, you realize no one's doing it right. No one's mastered this. But it's Carson Daly. He's part of the Today Show, and he gave me some advice a couple years ago that's always stayed with me. He said at some point, you realize that everyone's sacrificing something. You're sacrificing time.

You're sacrificing money. You're sacrificing something. You make peace with that sacrificing time, you're sacrificing money, you're sacrificing something. You make peace with that and you decide you're going to focus over, you're going to focus on quality over quality. That's right. So I'm going to miss some stuff. I'm not going to be at some Little League games,

some soccer games. Maybe I'll miss a recital here and there because I've got to work. But when we are together, I'm present. I'm there. I'm not on the cell phone. And we're going to take great trips,

great vacations. We're going to make memories that last. And that's always something that stayed with me. What did your father learn about you that he didn't know when y'all were writing this book, doing these interviews? I don't think he knew. Scratch that. I know he didn't know how angry and resentful I was when I was younger, but he also did know how proud I was of what he has overcome and the man he's become.

And he didn't know that because I didn't tell him that. And that's one of the reasons I wanted him to read this book. And it's a love letter to him and when i went to visit in rehab down in statesboro georgia he gives me this letter 40 years my father never written me a letter he gives me gives me a letter and it's it's it's his story and he had at the beginning of therapy i guess decided that he needed to explain himself. And he explained all of it. How he came to be the man that he was, how he came to be the man that he was not.

His father wrote about all of it and wanted me to have it. And I keep it in the safe. It's one of my most treasured possessions. But it's wild to think, and again, part of it is on me, but it's wild to think that someone in their late 60s who struggled mightily with the addictions that he struggled with can decide late in life that he wants to do better and be better

for his kids and for his grandkids primarily like i see my dad now with his grandchildren i'm like who is that man like he's riding bikes and out shooting hoops with my son like it's a it's it's the the human spirit is something you know what i love about it i love the fact that he's doing it because of what's happening here on earth a lot of people get right at the end of their life because of what they think is going to happen in the afterlife. But he's like, no, I want to get right because of what's happening here on earth in this moment. Yes, that's a good point. I hadn't really thought about that, but you're right.

He talks about his faith a little bit in the book. You know, we used to go to church. I mean, I grew up in the church and dad would never go. And I asked him. We talked a fair amount about that. And he finally made perfect sense when he explained it. He's never had a great deal of patience

for hypocrites. And he found in the church a lot of the folks who were there on Sunday were the same folks that he was drinking with or shooting craps with on Saturday. And a lot of the folks who were in the choir were the same folks that he was drinking with or shooting crafts with on Saturday. And a lot of the folks who were in the choir were the same folks who are, you know, cheating on their wives. And he didn't have patience for that. He just and so it's I get it. Yeah, I got it. I got it after you explained it. I didn't get it. You know, when I was 15. I was like, Why don't dad have to go to church three times a week like we do? But it's, I learned a lot.

You describe your father as a ghost. Oh, yeah. That was a nickname one of my friends gave him. I won't say her name because we're still friends. But no, because when you're growing up, kid, you know, parents are showing up for events. And my mom was always there. Sometimes they're a little too much. But my dad was always there sometimes they're a little too much um but my dad was never

there when he started playing video poker there was a place called tom's party shop where he would usually play which is about a mile away from the house if you were coming to columbia high school on the school bus you you could always see what was happening at tom's party shop my dad drove a 1973 pontiac lamont he was the only only person in America probably driving a bright green 1973 Pontiac Le Mans in 1992. And so anytime someone saw the car, they knew it was my dad. So people, kids would be coming on the school bus

or driving to school and they'd see, you know, at 6.30 or 7 in the morning, there's my dad playing video poker, drinking his Tallboys at Tom's Party Shop. And so one of my friends one morning was like, hey, I saw your pops up at Tom tom's party shop he's like a ghost like you know sometimes you'll see him real fast and he's gone and blah blah man it's like i've never seen your dad's face and she was right she's telling the truth but

she nicknamed him the ghost and it was a a nickname that stayed and it came to to represent uh later in life kind of who he was uh to me kind of there physically but not really there emotionally or mentally um or any other way for that matter all right we'll move from nbc we have craig melvin joining us today it's the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj envy angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we're still kicking it with craig melvin charlamagne one thing even reading your book, and I realize with fathers, it's like that's what you want from your father, right? Like you want that emotion.

Like I feel like for my life, all I got was discipline. Yes. From my dad. Not real emotion. Not real love. Yes. Do you feel like you're getting that now from him? Now I am.

Okay. But to your earlier point, Charlamagne, I mean, we got that because that's what they knew. They weren't capable. They were not capable of being the kind of dads that we wanted them to be, that we needed them to be. They just didn't have the tools and the toolbox. But I didn't realize that until later in life. So, yes yes I get that now from my dad now you know he'll FaceTime at 2 in the afternoon he's

retired he'll FaceTime between the afternoon oh what's going on what either I'm at work pops I can't you know but I always answer the call and he and I one thing I love about my dad unlike my my mother, whom I love, that's a separate book, but he never keeps you on the phone too long. It's always three, three minutes, maybe four minutes if it's something serious. That's it. So that's why I can talk to him every day. Mom calls.

It's 40 minutes. There's no, you can't wrap mom. But he calls, he just checks in and always ends with, I love you. I love you, man. I love you, man. I love you. I was 20, maybe college graduation, before I heard my dad say I love you. I never heard it as a kid. No.

Ever. No. Really? And hugs? Oh, please. Man, there was no hugs. You start hugging. What's going on with you?

Really? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. No demonstrations of affection. No, that's not, that was not, again, I think a lot of it goes back to cultural and generational. But no, my dad, now, you know, every time you see him, he's hugging, and I mean mean it's just a it's good thing yes and anyone's capable of it that's one of the reasons I wanted to

write the book like it's it's also about you know a lot of times in our families you have people who struggle with things mm-hmm you write them off sometimes you do it consciously sometimes you do it you know subconsciously but you you you write them off you kind of put them in a corner. That's just who they are. That's who they're going to be. You never, you just don't deal with them. And we did that with my dad for 20 years off and on.

And that was time that we probably could have had back. But, you know. By the way, I watched the show and listened to it. I didn't realize how therapeutic it was. I mean, this is cheaper than therapy. That's why we have good long-form conversations this is great you could charge people to come in here and that'd be against the law but yeah this is just what was it like to like really interview your father and the reason i asked that because having

real vulnerable conversations with your dad no matter how old you are is so difficult like it's conversations i want to have with my pops right now that I still haven't even, you know, got the courage to have yet. So how was it having that real, vulnerable, honest conversation? One of the highlights of my life. And that's going to be a great gift for my kids and grandchildren and great-grandkids one day, because we've got, like, hours of these recordings of me doing what you're doing right now, just asking questions.

And a couple times I had to remember I was a journalist and take off my son hat i had to work up to the serious stuff and it became apparent after about the first hour he wanted to talk like he he had been waiting for years on on some of these questions about his relationship with with his wife with my mother how that came to be. Like, for instance, I write about it in the book. There's this picture of me at their wedding reception. I was born in 79. They got married in 82.

And I'm at the wedding reception in a little blue suit. I've always seen this picture. And I was like, oh, wow, it's part of the big day. I asked my dad about the wedding reception. And of course, our interview was like, wedding reception? We didn't have a wedding reception. I was like, no, no, I've seen these pictures. I was like, oh, wow, it's part of the big day. I asked my dad about the wedding reception. In the course of our interview, he was like, wedding reception? We didn't have a wedding reception. I was like, no, no, I've seen these pictures. I was there.

He was like, no, no, no, that wasn't a wedding reception. And proceeds to explain how on their wedding day, my mom wanted a traditional wedding. He didn't want to have anything to do with that. And his cousin had to convince him to go to the party that she threw after, like a week or two after they got married at the courthouse. I didn't know any of that. I'm 42 years old. I never knew my parents' origin story.

Same. And, you know, in our minds we create these stories. And then you start talking to dad and it's like oh i wanted you to dig a little deeper on how your his your relationship with your father affected your relationship with women and the reason i say that is because my father you know infidelity all throughout the marriage i remember even approaching my pops one time about cheating on my mom and him saying to me you only got one woman one day you're going to stand so it's just like that's a real mind so you go from either saying to yourself go understand so it's just like that's a real mind so you go

from either saying to yourself okay i gotta have multiple women because that's what pops said right i gotta be the exact opposite of my pops because i don't want to you know ruin my family the way my pops ruined his so i just wanted you know did it did it have any impact it did and that was actually one of the reasons i started therapy in my 20s um was because i was i found myself um incapable of of having meaningful substantive relationships and i started i started talking to a therapist and she quickly helped me realize that one of the major reasons was because you know my father um for a variety of reasons a lot of which related to the addiction. He didn't treat my mother very well.

But again, it goes back to what we were talking about. Like, he didn't know how to be a good husband. He didn't see, you know, he had three siblings. My grandma was, you know, at one point in her life was running liquor, running numbers, you know, did a couple stints in prison for it. And so that's that's what he saw growing up. And so he didn't see his mother treated well.

He consequently didn't treat, you know, my mother very well. I saw that growing up and I just came to understand that that's, you know, that was the dynamic between husband and wife. So that should be the dynamic between, and wife, so that should be the dynamic between boyfriend and girlfriend. So I probably owe a number of women from my 20s, maybe early 30s, an apology. What did your father say about your relationship when you decided to settle down and get married? I remember vividly on my wedding day when you look to your dad for some some sage wisdom you know doing your time remember being in the bathroom and and I said I think I maybe even teed him up for it and I remember him saying vividly listen you

know we don't do divorce. This is permanent. Right? That was... No, but that's one thing about Dad. Like, even before I got married, there were a couple young ladies that I dated seriously. And he always... I remember one. Please don't. Okay, okay.

All right. Thank you. Don't do that, Envy. Don't look over there. Nah, leave him alone. Thank you. Thank you. But he always took to them.

Like, he was always far nicer to my girlfriends than me and far nicer than my mother was. So, no, but you, again, when you know better, you do better. That's right. And we know better. And thank God for it. Think about how well-adjusted our children are going to be. It'll be Father's Day this weekend.

So how would you define yourself as a father, Mr. Melvin? melvin oh man y'all are good at this question asking thing i sometimes forget it's and it's also not always fun to be on the other side either tell you that much of course it's conversation yeah but still questions um how would i that's a good question charlotte let me think let. Let me actually stop and think about my answer before I just, how would I describe myself as a father? Permissive. Perhaps too much so sometimes. Fun.

Again, my kids are young, so I can, you know, a lot of rolling around the floor, a lot of wrestling with my son. I'd also like to think, Charlamagne, as a dad, I listen a lot. I engage them in substantive conversations every day to force them to think. I don't want to be my kid's best friend.

I have no interest in that. Nothing good comes from that. But I do want them to think that I should be the first call or text when something's wrong or if if if someone has hurt them or they're scared or they're worried. I want I want to have that kind of relationship with my children that we didn't have where they can come to me first and not go out into the world first. So I think that's the kind of dad I'm trying to be. Some days I'm better at it than others. Did I answer your question?

Did I? Yeah. And I actually think the definition will change. That's true. You got young kids. It's going to change when they get in their teens. You know what I mean? It's going to constantly change. It's going to change when they get in their teens. You know what I mean? It's going to constantly change.

It's going to constantly evolve. And my dad always say, fun, firm, and fair. That's good. That's what he said. He says, I'm a fun dad. I'm firm, but I'm fair. But I'm fair. And that's what I try to be with my kids.

I think it's a great book. So go get my man Craig Melvin's book, Pops, Learning to Be a Son and a Father. It is the perfect Father's Day gift. This should be in everybody's, I'm about to say Father's Day stockings. There's no Father's Day stockings. There should be, though. There should be Father's Day stockings. Someone should start that.

That's right. It's a great Father's Day gift for the weekend, man. Go get that. And what was the dog's name that kissed you on your mouth? Trouble. Trouble. God rest his soul. Oh, rest his soul.

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. All right. Well, let's get to the rumors. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Alright. Well, let's get to the rumors. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's talk Big Soldier. It's about time.

What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is the Rumor Report. Talk to them. With Angela Yee on the Breakfast Club. Well, Soldier Boy tell them had some issues with Charlamagne. And this is all from the Migos interview when they were talking about the Mount Rushmore of Atlanta. And Envy suggested that Soulja Boy should be on there. And here's what happened.

What is it? Four spaces? Yeah. Four spaces. Four spaces. So with us, okay. Hold on. What else?

What we got? You got to put Lil Jon on there. Crunk, Snap, that's all Jon. And he still getting money. He said Crunk and Snap. You right. Yeah. And EDM.

So you ain't going to put Soulja Boy on there then? No. Soulja Boy ain't from Atlanta. Switch up this one. Switch up this one. I'm going to start it. Don't start. Don't you start it.

I'm going to be honest. I had no idea Soulja Boy was from Atlanta. When I think of Soulja Boy, I think of the internet. Really? I do. I think of the internet. I'm dead serious. Bow wow is the one that's not from Atlanta. In my mind, Soulja Boy was born online. No. Well,

don't get him started again because he definitely went off. Playing with me, Charlamagne, the guy, Breakfast Club. What the f*** did you talk about? I'm not from Atlanta. Nigga, where the f*** you think he definitely went off. Mama Drake oh god damn it You on your phone soldier goddamn. God damn right, soldier boy. He been playing enough. What else he say?

We had a lot of things go down in Atlanta, so we want to make sure we get to that because he has a lot of memories. You can't do that. Not on no public-ass platform with millions of folks seeing this shit. We're going to dress this shit. Y'all want me to come up to the breakfast club? Cool, I'll be there. You know it's our love. It's love. I love Charlamagne. Don't get it twisted. There ain't no smoke. up to the breakfast club cool. I'll beat up. You know, it's our love

It's love. I love Charlamagne. Don't get it twisted. Ain't no smoke. It ain't nothing like that. I love Charlamagne I love Anjali. I love DJ Envy. Envy, I salute you Envy Cuz you the one who said Soulja Boy need to be on the Mount Rushmore. Y'all know what I did for hip-hop I don't know why they play on my name. I don't give a f**k. I got more money than all of them. I told them Soulja they don't be listening to me Soulja I told them The blogs are hell too. They literally played the clip of Soulja. They don't be listening to me, Soulja. I told them. The blog's a hell, too. They literally played the clip of Soulja Boy's WWE promo cursing me out and whatever, but didn't play the part of him saying he loves me and loves the Breakfast Club. I love Big Draco, too.

When Soulja come to New York, I'm going to take him to go do some meditation, teach him some breathing exercises so he can calm down, even though I love when he's turnt up. No, play some more. Play some more. I do love when Big Draco is turned up. Well, he also had some issues with Hitmaker because Hitmaker was in the comments section. And he was putting the laughing emojis. And you know you can't do that at a serious topic.

Young Bird, you is a bitch, boy. Go get your chain back. Did I take your chain a long time ago? That transformer chain, you ain't never get it back. One of you niggas always getting robbed and punched and beat up and shit? Don't never be on the note comments on the academic post leaving no laughing emojis You lame stick the still in beats You don't make beats for real stick to get to make the beats for you and you sell them to other artists and act like

You made it on his big Draco Play with shows if you want! Drop one of Kloos Bob's with Big Draco. You know what I love about Big Draco? I like when he starts off just regular and then it just goes up and up and up and up and up and up and up and up and up and up and up! Where's my phone? Soulja, you're

on your phone. Oh, I know! He might have another phone. Y'all can't do it right. Nobody can do it like Big Draco. Nobody. Okay, and by the way, Soulja Boy know exactly what he's doing. There's nobody better at that internet thing than Soulja Boy. Tell him. Okay? Soulja Boy got two songs.

He got two songs out right now. Make him clap. He got the Rick and Morty record. Both buzzing crazy. And he's pushing those records. I'm not mad at it. You scared? Who?

You. Why wouldn't I be scared of Big Draco? As long as you know! All of y'all should be afraid of Big Draco. No, I'm on. I said put him on the Mount Rushmore. Big Draco should put fear in all y'all goddamn hearts, okay? Drop on the clothesline for Soulja Boy.

Even the Migos was like, now calm down. That's right. That's right. You see, as soon as you speak Soulja Boy name, everybody's like, yo, calm down now. Let's not do that. Let's not do that. Let's not go there. Okay?

Don't crank that. Well, Big Draco will be up here soon. All right. He'll be up here soon. I'm sure. No, he'll be up here soon. All right. Well, that was your rumor report.

That was fun. Where do you go after that? Who are you giving your donkey to? Four after the hour. We need a young lady named Alexis Talley from Florida to come to the front of the congregation. We would like to have a word with her. All right. We'll get into that next.

You can't do it like so. I know. I tried, man. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Angela Yee here.

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Yes, you are a donkey. A Florida man attacked an ATM for a very strange reason. It gave him too much money. Florida man is arrested after deputies say he rigged the door to his home in an attempt to electrocute his pregnant wife. Police arrested an Orlando man for attacking a flamingo. The Breakfast Club, bitches. Donkey of the day with Charlamagne Tha God. I don't know why y'all keep letting him get y'all like this.

Well, Donkey of the Day for Thursday, June 17th goes to a 23-year-old Florida woman named Alexis Talley. Now, what does your Uncle Charla always say about the great state of Florida? Say it with me. The craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. It is what it is. Okay, I love Florida. But one of my favorite things to do when I'm in Florida is turn on the local news. High levels of entertainment, people. OK, I can't

believe it's free. I was in Miami last weekend just watching the local news and laughing and shaking my head. Very hard to avoid the crazy that exists in Florida. You know, every day of our lives, we wake up and we attempt to avoid crazy. It's hard to avoid crazy in Florida. It's like a full time job to avoid crazy in Florida, because in Florida you don't have to avoid crazy. It's hard to avoid crazy in Florida. It's like a full-time job to avoid crazy in Florida because in Florida, you don't have to find crazy. Crazy will find you. And that's exactly what happened in this situation involving the sister, Alexis Talley. Now, Alexis Talley was arrested for domestic battery after putting hands on her girlfriend. Now, the other day I told y'all on this radio how I had a dream. No, let me rephrase. I had a nightmare that I was cheating on my wife. And in the nightmare, I felt the guilt. So I

stopped. And then when I woke up the next morning, my wife said to me that she had a dream that I cheated on her and she woke up wanting to F me up. When you got a soul tie with a person, y'all are really connected, synced up like your smartphone with a bluetooth that's me and my wife well my wife said she felt like she wanted to f me up because of her dream alexis tally actually effed her girlfriend up because of the dream okay because of the dream her girlfriend was having oh how i wish there was a news report for this one but allow me to read you the details off the smoking gun police responded to calls from a neighbor who said they could hear a fight taking place when authorities arrived at

the scene the 21 year old victim said she was awoken after alexis tally claimed to hear her sleep talking about an ex i'm not making this up okay if you're thinking what the f please think what the florida alexis tally started beating on her girlfriend in her sleep because she thought she heard her girlfriend sleep talking about an ex according to the arrest report alexis started punching the victim in the face after waking her and cops noted that she had visible swelling to the right side of her face now when they say alexis woke her up was it with the punch or before now i'm gonna shoot alexis a little bell that's slang by the way i'm not giving her no money towards her bell i'm just talking about a hypothetical about about the situation i'm almost positive that if i mentioned another

woman that i was involved with while i was in a deep slumber, I too would get punched in the face. What about you, Wendy? I concur. Not justifying what Alexis did, just saying that as Florida, as this sounds, this might garner the same reaction in any state. I mean,

my wife woke up wanting to F me up because of a dream she had that I was doing something. Imagine if she would have woke up to me calling out the name of some other woman I dealt with. My God. Jeez. This is why hot grits used to get thrown on brothers in the 60s and 70s. Okay, your granddaddy got a scar right now and is back from that hot grits

because he too was saying somebody else's name in his sleep. Okay, Muhammad Ali once said, if you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize. Same rules apply with your significant other. Okay, just change beating to cheating. If you even dream of cheating on your girl, you better wake up and apologize. Now, Alexis was arrested for domestic battery and has maintained that their argument was only verbal rather than physical. She told the officers that the mark on her girlfriend's face was from a previous fight.

That's not funny. That's not funny. It's not funny, but it's Florida. It's Florida. Okay? She told the police, not the fight that was reported to the police. That was last week. It was from another fight.

Basically, Mr. Officer, that mark on her face wasn't from when I beat her this time. That was from the last time we fought. I don't have anything else here. Okay. Please give Alexis Talley 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 Yee, how would you react if you heard your man saying the name of an ex in his sleep? Um, I don't know. That's a tough one. I don't know what I would do. We'd have a conversation. Okay. Definitely swing on it.

We'd have a conversation. It might not go well. We might not talk for a couple weeks. Hmm. You don't think it would would do. We'd have a conversation. Okay. Definitely swing on it. We'd have a conversation. It might not go well. We might not talk for a couple of weeks. You don't think it would resort to violence, though? You're not a violent person. No, I'm not a violent person. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No.

I don't believe in putting my hands on people. Okay. I think we should play a game. You think we should play a game? I'm curious. Really? I'm curious to know what race this is. Really?

Yes. Oh. Okay. Yes. What was the name of the ex? I need to know that. They didn't say the name of the ex. They didn't say the name of the ex. Alright, well, okay. Since anybody wants to play, I guess it's time for a game of Guess

What Race It Is! Alright, what's the clues? Now, Alexis Talley. Alexis. From Florida. Florida. She was asleep. They both were asleep with her girlfriend, and her girlfriend was sleep talking and said the name of her ex, so Alexis swung on her.

Guess what race she is. Where you gonna start? Yee, go. Latina. Damn it, man. Okay, okay. Angelique said Latina. Why you say Latina, Angelique?

I don't know. I just felt like it. Okay. Okay. DJ Envy, Alexis Talley from Florida. Okay. She was with her girlfriend. Her girlfriend was talking in her sleep, and her girlfriend said her ex's name, allegedly,

so Alexis got up and swung on her. Guess what race she is! All right. The name Alexis makes me feel black, but I'm going Puerto Rican. How dare you? I'm going to be honest with you. I don't know what Alexis Talley is. Why would you play this game?

How do we play the game? You don't know what she look like. NB has to play. I don't know. Let me see. Let me see that thing. I'm just always down for the game. It's just a good guessing game.

She might be Puerto Rican. She might be. But then she might be black. She might be. She mixed. She might be half and half. What does she look like to you, Daniel? Well, it's Alexis Sally.

She looks black to me. No, she look Puerto Rican. What does she look like to you? Yeah, she do. Definitely Puerto Rican. Sometimes you can't look at a person and tell. You're right. You can't look at a person and tell. You're right. You can't look at a person and tell.

You definitely can't. All right. This is a pointless game. Is that a pointless game? Yeah, it doesn't make no sense. It's a bit anticlimactic, guys. And we wanted to play. I thought you knew the answer.

Well, we'll find out on social media later. I'm sure. I'm sure somebody will let us know. All right. Thank you for that, Donkey. Today, up next, ask Yee. 800-585-1051. If you need relationship advice or any type of advice, call Yee now.

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Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I trade my country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets.

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Need personal advice? Just need real advice. Call up now for Ask Ye. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Ye, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. It's time for Ask Ye. Hello, who's this?

Hello, this is Annie from Miami. Hey, what's your question for you? Okay, Angela, I need help. Okay. Okay, so my homegirl and I have been best friends for like 10 years, right? Mm-hmm. Her and her boyfriend have been together for around that same time, like 10 years. Mm-hmm.

Now, tell me why her boyfriend started messaging me. What? At first, I'm an accountant, so he asked me all kinds of money, investing, all kinds of things like that, which is fine. But then it started getting into, so, what are you doing tonight? So, how are you?

Getting more personal, and I shut it down. I'm like, nah, you can't be talking to me like that. Did you ever tell your friend, too? Okay, so I told her, right? But I didn't tell her the whole story. I was just like, hey, you know, he's been messaging me. But it's the fact that it's like, dang, I should have told her everything. Like, him trying to link up and stuff.

You should tell her. Ain't that your friend? Right. Like him trying to link up and stuff. You should tell her. Ain't that your friend? Wait. But now it's getting even worse because out of nowhere, his best friend started messaging me like, oh, you should pull up on us. Like, we never see you no more. And I just feel like his best friend is trying to get me and my best friend's boyfriend together.

That makes sense. His best friend is trying to get... Oh, okay. So they're trying to hook it up because he likes you. Listen, this is your best friend. That's how I feel. That comes before everything. I don't even know why this is a question for you.

Do you like him or something? I think I do. Oh, girl. That's why I'm really calling because I'm in a position where I'm like, listen, let me just lay it all out on the table. Hey, no, you're my friend. I shouldn't say nothing. But I know right from wrong. Yes, it's off limits.

If that's your best friend's man and he's messaging you and saying inappropriate things and trying to link up and other people are now involved, that's all going to come out. Number one. Number two, you should not be attracted to your best friend's man. Would you be willing to sacrifice your relationship with your best friend? Not at all.

Like, that's why I told her half the story, but I feel horrible because now I'm like, I should have told her everything from the jump. Yeah,

imagine she go through, imagine she go through his phone and see those messages that you didn't tell her about. I don't, but I don't know why I like him now. I feel like he and I have so much of a connection. And I'm just like, I should not be feeling this way. Let me tell you something.

He ain't s***. He really ain't. And neither are you right now. Don't tell me that, please. I'm just keeping it real. How would you feel if it was the other way around? Yeah. I feel like, you know, there's no kind of loyalty, no kind of trust.

Listen, I would hate to have to question my best friend like this. I know. Okay, well, I feel like I needed to get cursed out. Yeah, you moving real questionable. So you got to look at yourself and be like, is this the person who I am? Right. Is this the best friend who I am? Over some guy who ain't shit that's probably trying to kick it to mad other chicks too.

Don't think you the only one. That's all I'm saying. Okay, I got it now. It's in my head. I got it. All right. Do the right thing. All right.

Ask Yee. 800-585-1051 if you need relationship advice. Hit Yee now.. Do the right thing. All right. Ask Yee. 800-585-1051. If you need relationship advice, hit Yee now. It's The Breakfast Club. Get some real advice with Angela Yee. It's Ask Yee. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Ask Yee. Hello. Who's this? My name is Boss Brion from Houston, Texas. Hey, what the middle of Ask Yee. Hello, who's this? My name is Boss Bree. I'm from Houston, Texas. Hey, what's your question for Yee? Okay, so I'm 26 years old.

I'm very successful. I'm a teacher, but I'm having a hard time, you know, finding a significant other. I don't know if they're intimidated by me because I'm successful, but I'm having a hard time. All right. So what are you doing to try to actually find somebody that you want to be with? Well, I'm like on dating apps, but they're not really accurate all the time because some of these guys don't really have jobs.

They live with their moms. What dating apps are you on? There's this one on Facebook, and there's one called Bumble, and then there's Pins. I'm on a lot. Alright, yeah. I enjoy Bumble, and I enjoy Facebook. I actually use

Bumble Biz, and I want to say a couple of things. Do you go out in person to ever meet people as well? Not lately, because it doesn't really seem like nobody wants to go on a date. But you don't have to go on a date, but do you go out? Do you have friends who you go out with

sometimes in a casual environment and group settings? Do your friends know you're looking? Are they trying to hook you up with some of their friends? Yeah, they know. I have had a friend try to hook me up with someone before. friends? Yeah, they know. I have had a friend try to hook me up with someone before. Because sometimes you have to be open

to things like you have to be out there, you have to start conversations with people, you have to be in places where it's a social atmosphere. Sometimes even just going out and taking a class and something that interests you and moving out of your comfort zone I think is really important when it comes to dating. A lot of times we get comfortable with just swiping and

we're not out there living our life. And sometimes when you take some classes or you go certain places or you do certain things, you meet people who have similar interests too. So like, what would you say would be a good place to meet a good guy? Um, I think if you go to like certain, like mixers, if there's any events that you can go to or some type of after work, social activities, things like that are really good. I try to make sure that I speak to people wherever I go. Like if I'm in Home Depot, if I'm in the Apple store, you know, just be friendly. And sometimes just even having that type of persona brings more energy to you. OK, well, I always try not to be like thirsty.

I try to let them come to me. But it's not even about being thirsty. You know what I'm saying? That's the issue. Like you don't have to look at everybody as your potential mate. Sometimes you just have to go out and enjoy meeting people and knowing people. They could be a friend. You could never see them again.

But you don't have to put so much pressure on yourself to find your significant other. What you're trying to do is meet people who could play some type of part in your life or maybe just, you know, have a nice social interaction. But it doesn't have to be, is that person going to be the one? Right. Well, I'll try that.

Thank you. I love you guys. It's so amazing. I listen every morning. You guys are awesome. All right. I feel good about it though and I'm happy for you that you are such a self-sufficient person but I do feel like

sometimes we have to get out of our own way. Sometimes it's also the energy that we're putting out there so just go out there. Don't put so much pressure on yourself. You're still really young and you have time and things can change in one day. You never know what can happen. Yeah.

Shout out to all the young bosses. I just bought a house and I'm getting my master's. Hey. Shout out to us. Yeah. Shout out to us. All right. And don't let nobody use your credit, okay?

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There's a new documentary out, and this is about an artist who actually threw cocaine on the desk, snorted it, jumped on top of the desk, took out his penis, and shoved it in the president of the label's face. We'll tell you who it is. What? All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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Why can't I trade my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets.

Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs,

and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast post run high is all about it's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories their journeys and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together you know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout well that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions,

but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments.

Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best and you're going to figure out

the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's time. She's spilling the tea. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee

on The Breakfast Club. All right, well, this new documentary that's coming looks like it's going to be amazing. And it is about Rick James. It's revealed by his former manager, Kerry Gordy. It's a new documentary called Bitchin', The Sound and Fury of Rick James. It premiered Tuesday night at the Tribeca Film Festival. It is available to stream on Tribeca at Home starting now.

You got to pay for it. But it'll be on Showtime later on in September. Just FYI, if you want to wait for that. But it sounds too amazing. I might have to pay for this one and watch it and not wait till September 3rd on Showtime. But some of the things that is revealed in the documentary, they said that actually Rick James really helped Lionel Richie's career. And the reason why this happened is because Rick James was frustrated by disappointing sales for his album, Throwing Down, that came out in 1982,

and the tour. So he went into the office of then Motown president Jay Lasker. He was delivering his next album and he started to pour Coke onto the desk. He snorted it, jumped on top of the desk, took out his penis and shoved it in Lasker's face while yelling, sell my goddamn record.

You know what's crazy? That story sounds nuts until you say it's Rick James. Cocaine is a hell of a drug. Yeah, when you teased it earlier, I was like, what? But when you say it's Rick James, I'm like, okay. Da Vinci's a Rick James. That's Rick James. Now, just so you know,

Kerry Gordy is the eldest son of Barry Gordy who founded Motown. So he's the person who's announcing all of this and kind of making sure that we get all of these amazing stories. There's one surprise that comes early in the movie. It's revealed that in the beginning of his music career, he fled to Toronto to escape the Navy

and he went by the name of Ricky Matthews. So he was in a band with Neil Young back then in a 60s band until their manager actually dimed him out for deserting it and he ended up in trouble for that. Now here's the trailer for that documentary. P-Funk, Parliament, Bootsy, all these people, they were kind of looking at Rick sideways because he had learned how to craft pop with funk. And so he hit the big time faster than

they did. Rick was the smartest one out of all of us. He sold a lot of records. People came to the concerts and, you know, he used to talk about, yeah, I'm selling more records than y'all. I think George took offense a little bit, but all was fair and funk and war now. He sounds like a character, and if you hear some of these stories, and you know, that's what made Lionel Richie as big as he did, because the label decided to push Lionel Richie after Rick James did that stunt with the cocaine and taking out his penis. They said

the president was just like, Lionel Richie. That's all he said when he left the office. In other words, that's who we're going to be concerned about now. They also said that even though he was a very freaky guy, he had his own limits. His sexual exploits were more, you do that to that person, let me watch. I want to orchestrate, according to his ex-wife. He wasn't personally involved.

He was not that kind of super freak. He didn't let people touch him. He wasn't like in the orgy. He would watch the orgy. So he's a director. Yeah, more like that. By the way, Showtime be getting all the greatgy he would watch the orgy he's a director yeah more like that yeah by the way Showtime be getting all the great docs from uh all of the black legends you know they got a Teddy Pendergrass Teddy Pendergrass they got a Dick Gregory documentary coming as um as well too

so salute to Showtime all right now Wendy Williams is talking about the Foxy Brown book and she's spilling some tea that we don't know is really true now my girl Kim Osorio is the Foxy Brown book and she's spilling some tea that we don't know is really true. Now, my girl Kim Osorio is writing Foxy Brown's memoir. Shout out to Kim. Can't wait to read it. Yes. That memoir is coming out in December. Here is what Wendy Williams said. I remember when Foxy and Jay-Z had

I'll Be. I'll Be. Yeah, that was a good one. Okay. Foxy was the star of that. Jay-Z was standing in the corner wringing his hands talking about okay all right what do i do next and then you know this was allegedly a romantical thing it's it's all right i'll say alleged but we know we know yeah she hit it before beyonce allegedly you can't yeah oh she added the allegedly i was like you cannot just say that yeah you can't make it not unless you was dead you saw for yourself if not you got to say allegedly because

you know that's that's definitely I don't know if it's defamation but it's you definitely be held liable for that because it's not true she also said some nasty things about Foxy Brown's hair loss because she started talking um hearing loss because she started talking about how she wants her to, um, how, how she's going to figure out how to do an audio version of the memoir. That's not cool. Oh my God. I can't wait to read the book though.

Cause I'm sure Foxy got a great story and she got the, the, the legendary Kim Osorio writing it with her too. Oh man. Randomly when I was at Caroline's that night where Wendy and Ms. Jones were there, Kim Osorio was with me also that night okay we ran into her all right now Paris Jackson was on Red Table Talk and she did a sit-down interview with just Willow Smith and she was talking about a lot of different things she was talking about her past attempts to end her own life and what helped her break out of that mentality and the two of them just really had a really great in-depth conversation.

She talked about her PTSD from paparazzi. I experience audio hallucinations sometimes with camera clicks and severe paranoia and have been going to therapy for a lot of things, but that included, and I've like started, I'll hear like a trash bag rustling and I like flinch and panic. Is that from the paparazzi? Yeah, I think it's just like it's just standard ptsd hey that's awful she also talked about her failed suicide attempts here's what she said people do feel regret when they try and attempt suicide um like a last minute regret there have

been times where i did and times when i didn't where i was upset that it didn't work yeah but i can say like several years later that like i'm really grateful that it didn't work. Yeah. But I can say like several years later that like, I'm really grateful that it didn't. Lord have mercy. Definitely sending healing energy to Paris Jackson. Absolutely. She said every day people told her to kill herself. What do you mean? Like on social media?

On social media, yeah. Mm-hmm. All right. In addition to that, she talked about how she feels like her dad, Michael Jackson, would be proud. I just feel like you've done such a beautiful and graceful job of doing your own thing because kids like us do. We feel like we have to live up to this certain standard. I feel like it's still probably there somewhere

in the back of my head, but the louder thing that competes is that I feel like my dad would be proud. Yeah, I'm sure he would be. Thank God for therapy. I hope that she's, you know, doing the work to get a handle on all of that type of, all that trauma she's dealing with. Well, at the end of this, Paris Jackson and Willow Smith

actually went to the studio and did some music together. You saw, they talked about it. They said, let's go do some music. Should we just go to the studio? And then there were pictures of them together in the studio. But she did say the music

does help her. Alright, and that is your rumor report. Alright, shout out to Revolt. Everybody else to mix us up next. Today is Kendrick Lamar's birthday, so let's get on some Kendrick. The legend. The leader of the new school. Kendrick. K-Dot. Last decade. So we'll get on some Kendrick. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Your mornings will never be the same. Brought to you by the all newnew season of the FX original comedy Dave, based on the life of Dave Bird, a.k.a. Little Dicky. Dave drops Wednesday, June 16th at 10, 9 Central on FXX, streaming next day on FX on Hulu. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

We got a special guest on the line this morning, a couple of brothers. We have Thomas Dortch Jr., he's the chairman of the board for 100 Black Men of America Incorporated. And also we have Otis Threat joining us this morning. Good morning guys, good morning, how's everything? Hey, it's marvelous, it's a wonderful sunny day here in Atlanta, Georgia. No complaints. Now, for people that don't know, what is the organization 100 Black Men of America? And y'all got way more than 100 black men in the organization. So let's break it down and let's break down the name and what you brothers do for the community.

Well, we have thousands of members. We actually got our start, our first chapter in New York, 1963, founded by the late Jackie Robinson, the late Mayor David Dinkins, Edison Wingate. But the key is they came together in 63 dealing with some of the same issues we're dealing with today. And it was dealing with public safety. And at that time in 63, black police officers could not arrest white citizens unless they had a white police officer with them. And on this particular day in 63, one of our brothers was at the scene of the crime, arrested the white citizen. And there was another one in the department. And so all of these men came together. They changed the paradigm in the public safety department in New York.

And at the end of the year, the question was, will we stay together? They said, yes. So the next question was, what shall we call ourselves? And David Dinkins said, we'll call ourselves who we are, 100 Black Men. And that gave rise to 100 Black Men Incorporated in New York. And in 1986, with nine chapters, we came together and created 100 Black Men of America. Today, we have 103 chapters. We're in Africa, England, the Caribbean Islands, over 125,000 young people in our mentoring program, and about 8,000 members who make a difference. And so what we do, our whole motto is what they see is what they'll be. And we're real men giving real time.

And, of course, we have what is for for the future. Everything we do must fit in those four categories, education, mentoring, health and wellness, and economic empowerment with an overlay of leadership development. And the organization is moving and we are really real men who are investing the time all over. We got everybody from professional athletes, retired athletes, corporate execs, you know, Ken Chenault. All of these people have been a part of this great organization making a difference. So what's the overall theme of this year's conference? Well, the theme for this year's conference, Otis, why don't you just lay that on us?

Yeah, this year is time to act. We ain't coming to see you, Otis, why don't you just lay that on us? Yeah, this year it's time to act. We ain't coming to see you, Otis. Hey, I'm here. It's time to act, adapt, again, challenge and triumph. And that basically is that we can't be sitting on the sidelines, those who have not been, to sit on the sideline and just watch what's going on. They've got to be engaged, got to be involved. We've got to fight to win. And then, of course, we've got to challenge those issues, even as we did when the previous president wanted to

divide this nation and the issue of racism. We were right there dealing with it then. And the last thing is this whole issue on COVID-19 with this challenge is that we cannot continue to spread the myths. I got my second vaccine shot four months ago, Pfizer, no side effects. But if you've had almost 600,000 people to die from this virus, why would you be afraid of maybe two days of discomfort if you have two days? Understanding because you're black, and that's the other myth, black people don't get COVID-19. Look at how many of our people have died. We've been leading the number of deaths in this nation a lot because of precondition. But the key for us is that we've got to step up,

we've got to stand up, and we've got to act, just as we also have to deal with the whole political arena while we aren't being partisan. If you look at the efforts that took place right here in Georgia, the 100 was engaged with the Divine Nine, engaged with NAACP and everybody, and we delivered like never before on the elections for the first African-American U.S. senator. And of course, we

made the decides of votes that helped us to get this country back on track. I was going to ask, you know, the conference is virtual. Why is it still virtual now? The world's open back up now. And you are in Atlanta and Atlanta has been open for a long time now. People are still dying. And and so, DJ, to say it's over, you know, for example, here in Georgia, we've only had 40 percent of our population to get the vaccine. And I hear black folks talking about, well, I pray to God, God's going to protect me. I said, God sent you the vaccine. Why don't you go ahead and take it? People are still being infected. People are still dying. Black folks are still having these big parties with three and four

and 500 people in them with no mask on, not taking the vaccine. And so all of my children have had the vaccine. Three of my grandchildren have had it, and my others are about to get it now that they've lowered their age. So the reality is it's not over yet. And so we're going to err on being cautious. We expect to be back next year. But until we do, we're going to go virtual. This last time we decided in March we would not do it in person because, you know, some of our members are older. And so we're working to get people to get the vaccine.

But next year we'll be ready. But we're not going to rush to kill anybody, infect anybody. With us having you laying down at Great Entertainment on Friday, last year we had over 11,000 online with us for the conference, and we're going to try and meet or exceed that this year. But the bottom line is we'd rather be safe, and we'll get back together when we get this totally under control. Well, how do they sign up, my brother? Yes, you can go to 100blackmen.org to sign up for the conference,

100blackmen.org, and there's a landing page to the conference. As Chairman George Mitchell will be partying with DJ Ivi on Friday night. So we're looking forward to that. And it's free. And F-R-E-E. You know, freedom isn't free, but this conference is free. Well, we appreciate you, brothers, for joining in and keep doing the work. And anytime you need us, just give us a ring.

We're here for you, brothers. Thank you. We're looking forward to having you in as part of the 100 family. That's coming very soon. But thank you for all that you do. Both of you for the Breakfast Club and tell Angela, you know, thank you. There we go. All right.

Well, appreciate you, brothers, and we'll see you this weekend. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Peace, brothers. Thank you so much, guys. Thank you. Appreciate you. Now, Charlem'll see you this weekend. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Peace, brothers. Thank you so much, guys. Thank you. Appreciate you. Now, Charlemagne, you got a positive note, brother?

Well, first of all, man, you know, I want to salute my man Craig Melvin for coming today. Craig Melvin has a book out right now called Pops, Learning to Be a Son and a Father. It came out on Tuesday. So, you know, go grab that. The co-host of the Today Show, Craig Melvin. It's a great Father's Day gift. And I got to salute, you know, the Migos once again. You know, we had them on yesterday. And if you saw, you know, the video on YouTube or heard it on the radio, you saw that we celebrated them.

You know what I mean? They've been the most impactful rap group for the past decade. You know, a lot of people ate off the Migos flow. So we just wanted to celebrate Quavo take off and offset. So we had a whole setup here for them. You know, we had the balloons and the balloons were courtesy of balan saloon in new york city um we have food food came from melba's restaurant in harlem we had uh flowers from the flower puff in elizabeth new jersey we had a cake from doc's cake shop in brooklyn uh we had marijuana, courtesy of my man Wax, with Who's Wax. And we had tequila from Casa Dragones. Salute to my partner Teal at Casa Dragones Tequila.

Thank you all for providing us with the necessary tools to properly celebrate the Migos. Yes, and y'all know I'm in Nashville, Tennessee. This is my first time in Nashville, but we are doing the National Museum of African American Music Gala. You know, it's the grand opening. And so tonight they're going to be actually celebrating Quincy Jones, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson and the Fisk Jubilee Singers. It's the museum's seventh annual celebration of Legends Benefit concert that is happening tonight. And I'm hosting. So I'm really excited to be here. Everybody keeps telling me I got to get out here and eat in Nashville and how amazing it is. So I'm going to explore a little bit today before the gala.

All right. Now, Sheldon, you got a positive note? Yes, I do. And it's simple. It goes back to what I was saying about celebrating the Migos, man. Celebrate the success of others as you would want others to celebrate yours because what goes around absolutely positively comes around. Breakfast club, bitches! Y'all finished or y'all done?

Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not.

No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about.

It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay.

Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.