The Breakfast Club - How Long Should You Hold On To Your Dreams?

Episode Date: May 31, 2023

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It's topic time. Pick up the phone, baby. Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club. Let's talk about it. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Jess Hilarious is here.

Hey. Now, if you just joined us, we was talking about Fat Joe. He was trending yesterday for something he said on his live about, I guess, people that still want to be rappers at, you know, older ages. Yeah. If your man says he raps and he doesn't have a deal, meaning not a dollar coming in, not a show, not nothing going on there, there's a problem with that. It's called plan A, get a job. Plan B, hope you make it. This has never changed. Some guys be like, yo, I got to get a job like me hope you make it this has never changed some guys be like

yo i gotta get a regular job bro you gotta get a job if you got kids and you got this girl they got an apartment and y'all sexing it up every day you got to pay some bills and a dollar in the dream that buck that bought a bottle could have struck the lotto he said nothing wrong absolutely positively right he said nothing wrong in my first book black privilege uh the new york times bestseller black privilege i have a chapter called f your dreams when they are not your dream because a lot of times especially when you black the things you gravitate towards the entertainment and sports but those aren't the things we should actually be doing.

We're just doing them because we see them working for somebody else. So what I tell people is either quit and find something else to do or understand it's 168 hours in a week. That's more than enough time to deal with your reality by getting a job and you got time to go chase your dreams. See, I think the problem with this society is people feel like getting a job is bad. Getting a job is wrong. And I think that's the dumbest and stupidest thing I've ever heard.

Yes, you could be a rapper. You could be a producer. There's so many different things that people could be out there. Entrepreneurs. And there's nothing wrong with having a job until that goal that you want or that dream that you want takes off. There's nothing wrong with it. There's been many people. I mean, even if you look at some of your successful rappers, right?

You look at Method Man. We see the story where Method Man worked on the Staten Island Ferry. Yeah. Until he got his rap career up. We see people that worked at Kid Cudi worked at the clothing store downtown in the village until his rap career took off. People worked until they got their stuff together. And also, too, people be shaming. Some of y'all be thinking y'all shaming jobs.

Y'all actually shaming careers. Yeah. You know what I mean? Because y'all be trying to clown people for having a career that pays them hundreds of thousands millions of dollars yeah i mean so what are y'all talking about it is the worst thing ever i mean i actually have even with being an influencer like i had to i worked like i was working making videos i got fired from jobs making videos you know what i mean then go to another job and until I got on while and out and then and then I had to quit but I was a mortician right now I went to school for that but I ain't quite make it to the mortician side I just went in

there it was like oh hey I won't be a mortician never went that way but I was working with kids I was a PRP counselor I you know and then also a receptionist at working with kids at this office or whatever, making videos. And I, and when I went to Wild N Out, that's when I quit and they cut my food stamps. Hold on now. I didn't know this right before Wild N Out, you was working at a, you was a receptionist. Yeah. I did not know that. Yeah. Yep. Yep. Yep. So when you started doing standup like five years ago, six years ago, right? Literally. Yeah. After, after Wild N Out, I started, I was actually doing, I started stand-up way later after doing videos. Like, I've been doing stand-up maybe six years now.

Wow. And doing, like, internet eight. Like, eight years. I feel like I've been watching you online for at least a decade. Yeah. Yep. And you was broke that whole time. I was, first of all, not.

She had a job. She said she had a job. I was definitely real cute, but. But, all But alright come on Don't try to You see how people do that They say something nice Before they say

You was broke But you was cute though No but you had bad followers I did Most definitely I was broke I was still living in the hood Seeing people get shot everyday Yes

See I want people to tell More of those stories Absolutely Because we be thinking That because somebody Got a whole bunch of followers And a lot of attention online That they doing it

What You know what I mean? Wasn't making no money until I hit Wildin' Up. Wow. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Natalie. Hey, Natalie. Good morning.

Talk to us. Good morning. I'm here at Kaiser Ready to Learn. This is part of me chasing my dream. And this is something that I'm here every day and God knows I get like struggles and knocked down and everything, every single day to be honest, but I'm still

here an hour early listening to your radio station just trying to get wiser. Thank you. Oh, so hold on. So you listen. Oh, I thought she said she was somewhere. You listening to us to get wiser? Yeah, I like to hear people's experiences. I like to hear people's experiences. I like to hear stories.

Like what you just said in Miami. That shit was crazy. Oh, that's dope, but I still need you to go get a trade or something. Yeah, you need to get a job. You need to do something until you figure it out. Do you want to be a radio person? She said she's at work. No, she didn't. She said she's listening to us getting wiser.

No, didn't you say you at work right now, right? No, no, I'm here getting ready to go into class and to college. Oh, okay. I was about to say, because listening to Breakfast Club is not going to get you a career. Thank you. Go to school.

Hello, who's this? Yo, good morning. This is Big Face Bully Smith Spit Boss. Oh, my God. You need to quit rapping. What happened? Hey, listen, cut it out. Good morning, man.

How y'all fellas doing? Good morning, Miss Jess with the mess you was doing. I loved how you get it popping this morning. Real dope. Good morning, baby. Thank you. You very welcome. I just want to let y'all know I got a podcast that's popping too. But let me answer y'all question about giving up on your dreams, though.

And the name of my podcast, by the way, this might get us canceled. But listen. Hey, podcasting is a new rap, Joe. Yes. The way people used to want to make it in rap, they want to make it in podcasting now. I'm telling you, there's way less money in podcasts. Hey, look, I'm trying to do it any way that you can. Don't ever quit on yourself, man.

Your dream is what propels you, man, you know? You got to understand, you got gotta always get the bag to follow your dreams. But if you're quitting your dreams, you've given up. Julia Childs has become famous since she was 45 years old. I don't know who that is, but I agree with you, but you gotta deal with your reality while you're chasing your dream.

That's what people forget. But that's what he's saying. He's saying, you know, keep getting your bag and apply your bag to your dreams. I'm not mad at that. Where you work? Yeah, you guys definitely do that because without no income, you ain't going to have no outcome. That's right. Where you work? Where you work?

Right now, I work in a hotel office. You know what I'm saying? I clean up the rooms in the hotel. I take my dreams, my podcast, and my music, man. That's what I like to hear. Keep on going. As long as you got a job. But you know what you need to do?

You need to make little business cards. In the rooms you clean, you just leave a business card there because if somebody in that room and they ain't they be like and they bored they might you know let me check this and then you might get another follower a subscriber oh you might get fired i was like some people be like you know what that's a good piece that's a good piece i appreciate that piece i'm gonna definitely apply that that's what i've been looking online looking up how to buy USBs because USBs is a new way to give a brother a USB No brother What year were you born?

The 1900s Exactly I made myself an O. Okay you wouldn't have won I love you guys man Keep being gay and enjoying each other's marriage I love you guys Did he say keep being gay and enjoying each other's marriage? Yeah y'all keep being gay and enjoy each other's marriage. I love you guys. I love you. Did he say keep being gay and enjoy each other's marriage?

He said keep being gay. Yeah, y'all keep being gay and enjoy each other's marriages. Love it. First of all, USBs is not the way. I thought you were going to say, first of all, I'm not gay. He would have never said that. I ain't got time to defend all that. He would have never said that.

I don't care about that. 800-585-1051. We're talking a statement that Fat Joe said about, you know, people chasing their dreams. This is what he said. If your man says he raps and he doesn't have a deal, meaning not a dollar coming in, not a show, not nothing going on there, there's a problem with that. It's called plan A, get a job. Plan B, hope you make it. This has never changed.

Some guys be like, yo, I gotta get a regular job. Bro, you gotta get a job. If you got kids and you got this girl, they got an apartment and y'all sexing it up every day, you got to pay some bills. And a dollar in the dream, that buck that bought a bottle could have struck the lotto? No!

800-585-1051. What are your thoughts? Let's talk about it. It's the Breakfast Club. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. discussion with The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we're talking about a statement that Fat Joe made, and this is what he said. If your man says he raps and he doesn't have a deal, meaning not a dollar coming in, not a show, not nothing going on there. There's a problem with that. It's called plan A, get a job. Plan B, hope you make it.

This has never changed. Some guys be like, yo, I got to get a regular job. Bro, you got to get a job. If you got kids and you got this girl that got an apartment and y'all sexing it up every day you got to pay some bills and a dollar in the dream that buck that bought a bottle could have struck the lotto no not one lie was told i agree with you in order in order to properly chase your dreams you got to deal with your reality and there's a there's 168 hours in a week even if you work 40 hours a week right you still got 128 hours to do everything else you want to do so you're dealing with your reality but you still got more than enough time to chase

your dreams with that 128 hours did y'all see acrimony acrimony is a solid prey movie with taraji p and since she had a husband and he had a dream to like create some big thing like the pursuit of happiness remember he was trying to make that thing or whatever but he had a battery he was trying to create a battery

and it took him years and years and years and he kept using all her money to do it like he was like taking advantage of him but he still loved her or whatever

like you know and she had she had got money from her mother Don and he cleaned out her whole bank account and then he ended up she ended up leaving him

so his dream hit as soon as she left him good and then she ended up she ended up leaving him so his dream hit as soon as she left him good and then he ended up with somebody else that's right and wow okay so he she stuck by him until this dream but he would not get a job then it's the only thing he became a billionaire it took off became but he even paid he even paid her back for everything. He did. But she was left there like, damn, yo, I really put you through all. Like, I helped you. My finances from my mother dying. Like, I put up my house.

I'm not even able to have kids. Because, you know, that was some other stuff in their marriage that happened. But, like, yo, and now you're this billionaire. You're married. Your dream took 10 years to pop off. And you're out there reaping all this you know you gave up on me i didn't give up on myself so being that you gave up on me i'm gonna give you back everything you put in yeah but i'm going to live my life because i need people

that's going to be with me all the way through she didn't see it all the way through wow i don't know there's two ways of looking at that i would say that you know i don't agree with him i think i think everybody out there needs dreams, whatever that dreams. And sometimes your dreams can change. And I think that's what keeps people alive. And I think that's what keeps the energy flowing. Like for me, you know, you have a dream of being a DJ and a dream of being on radio and a dream of being on an album. And then the car show became a dream and this became a dream. But now my dreams are my kids. Like me and my seeing my kids successful, making sure that, you know, when they graduate when they graduate college i'm able to you know make sure teach them how to purchase their first home and those are my dreams now dreams never change and that's why even when it comes to entertainment

that's why i always tell people man make sure that's what it is you want to do because a lot of times people only chase entertainment because they see it working for other people that's why everybody want to rap everybody got a podcast right you know what i'm saying but what is it you're here to actually do but that's what i'm saying that's why in your book i think it's wrong because it's not f your dream it's f somebody else's dream it ain't your dream to begin with that's what the chapter is if it's not your dream because a lot of times we see things working for somebody else. Like I might, people might look at Jess

and be like, I want to be a stand-up comic. That's not your dream. That's not what you're here to do. That's what Jess is here to do. They might look at us and say they want to be a radio personality.

No, that's not what you're here to do. You might be here to do something else. You know? So find out what you're here to do. Hello, who's this? Hey, my name is Masai.

I'm from Philly. Talk to us, Masai. So I think you should never give up on your dreams, but you just got to take care of your life. Once your dreams start taking care of yourself from living life and growing, then I think that's when you got to start switching lanes, put on the back burner, take your time, you know, figure out your plan, and use whatever

you're making money on your nine to five to provide for your dream and eventually you're going to take over, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, because if you don't deal

with your reality, your dream will become a nightmare. Dreams and nightmares. Philly, you see what I just did? Wow. I see how you did that.

I see how you flipped it. Such a clown. Hello, who's this? Hey, what's going on, man? This is Fabian.

I go by DJ Fabo. I do agree with Fat Joe, man. I was a Fat Joe. I mean, I was a truck driver up in Minnesota, and I moved down to Florida to be a full-time DJ. It didn't work out the way I wanted to, so I got a job. Yeah, I got a job driving Monday through Friday,

and I DJ whenever I get a gig. That's right. That's right. But that's how we should be. That's how we should be. That's how we all start. You know what I mean? Let me get my IG shout-out.

Yeah, we're hitting that. DJ Fabo underscore 21, man. Don't you mess with me. I'm sorry. I'm not being talkative. Charlamagne, stop hating, man. No, I'm not. I'm the one encouraging you.

Go ahead, brother. Say your Instagram. Yeah, it's DJ Fab. Go ahead. Shout it out. Yeah, it's DJ Fabo underscore 21. Good luck. DJ, if you need some help with those mixes, man,

I got you, man. Now watch how fast he hang up on you. Now watch how fast he hang up on you. Hey, yo,

good luck. Have a good one, You see what I'm saying? You ain't even gonna acknowledge that man so he can help you with some of your mixes, man.

He said you need to tighten up. You listen every morning. Shout the Fabo. He said you need to tighten up. Shout listen every morning. Shout out to Fabo. He said you need to tighten up. Shout out to Fabo. Hello, who's this? Avery.

Avery, talk to us about dreams, man. I feel like you shouldn't give up on your dreams, man. Giving up on your rap dreams, whatever. No. You keep going at it, and you might just give up in one minute. No. There's a lot of dreams you shouldn't give up on, but, man, we got to stop this saying

people shouldn't give up on rap. Some of y'all need to give up on rap, yo. We got to stop this now. That's one of the toughest conversations to have in the black community, telling somebody they can't make it as a rapper. You rap, Henry? You rap, Henry?

Oh, all right. I'm sorry. You rap, Henry? Henry? Huh? Avery? Huh? What happened? Now, Tushar was like 38 when he released Blow the Whistle. But remember, Tushar has a history of music.

He has a history of music that's big in the Bay Area. He's a Bay Area legend. The world heard Blow Your Whistle when he was 38. But Tushar's a legend. By the way, if you just got up on Tushar with Blow Your Whistle, you ain't been paying attention. Not at all. True, true, true. As a matter of fact, you got a quick eight? Give us a quick eight. I hung up on it. I'm so sorry.

Dang. Why you gonna hang up on that, brother? I'm so sorry. He was ready, ripping on any beat. He was ready. He was ready. This brother right here. This brother got Justin on the line. Justin, good morning. Good morning. Now, Justin Justin He's been doing music

For 15 years And he's 32 years old now And he hasn't popped as yet That ain't bad Why you laughing yo That ain't bad That's good You got some bars

Yeah I got some bars Turn your radio down Justin Spit that What'd you say You wanna hear something Yes turn your radio down You wanna hear something Turn the radio down

I don't know why people see that You wanna hear something Yeah Go ahead Justin go When I been working on I come on there I be like Yes, turn your radio down. You want to hear something? Oh, goodness. Turn the radio down. I don't know if black people see that. You want to hear something? Yeah. Go ahead, Justin. Go. When I've been working on it, I come on there, I'll be like, God really been working on me. He know I'm a stepper. I pray for all my savages who dancing with the devil.

I ain't even try to read the Bible until I went to jail. Watch who you keep close to you. If they hate on you, they'll tell. Bullets don't got names on them until somebody did. I'm all over the city now. Don't ask me where I stand I know what come with the game and I ain't even gonna say that I went and got my own, when they speak on me, they don't say that I almost killed one of my partners, me and him go way back The best feeling next to getting money is getting payback

I'm sliding in a whole whip, I treat it like a Maybach I'm tired of thugging, I even put away my ski mask I'm tired of hustling, but I won't stop. I can't be down bad. It's people who'd rather see me that way. That'll make them real happy. As long as I keep. Oh. Woo.

I'm going to tell you something, man. God just told me to tell you that you should go into ministry. You should be a pastor. I'm not even joking. God wants you to be into the church. Yes, sir. No, for real. He wants you to be into the church.

You should go get your soul right. And you have an anointing on you to be a pastor. Go be a pastor, brother. What's your rap name, bro? My rap name is V3. V3? And I not too long ago got baptized. That's what I'm saying.

Wow. There's a verse. Is that for verse three? V3. Okay. There's a verse three in the Bible. I don't know which one, but there's a verse three in the Bible that applies to you that's going to tell you to walk away from rap and go into the ministry,

man. God wants you to be a pastor. I'm telling you, but he can get there, but, but you know what he can get, he can use rap to get the young guys in the church. I doubt it.

Okay. I'm just trying to go there. I'm just trying to go there. I ain't telling you nothing. No, God did tell me that God told me to tell that man to be a pastor. That's what God said. God said that brother need to be a pastor.

And you just heard him say he got baptized. I didn't know he had got baptized. Of all the people here, God just told you that. Yes. God be talking to me. Oh, God. He told you too, Los? Los.

No. He told you too, Los? I'm just a cameraman. Los said this. He ain't telling nothing. He did. God told me to tell that brother to be a pastor, and that brother just got baptized, and I didn't even know that.

What's the moral of the story, man? The moral of the story is, F your dreams if they not your dream. Boom. I like nothing. He did. God told me to tell that brother to be a pastor, and that brother just got baptized, and I didn't even know that. What's the moral of the story, man? The moral of the story is, F your dreams if they're not your dream. Boom. I like that. And don't give up on your dreams, but you got to deal with your reality. Yeah. And don't give up on your dreams unless your dreams are to rap. I'm serious.

We got to stop this. Why do we keep encouraging people to rap? I don't know. I mean, I'm just saying because, yo, everybody sound the same now, so we need some new people. Oh, my goodness. We need some new people. We need some new people. No, that's not a good enough reason. All right. Well, when we come back, we got Jess with the mess.

What are we talking about, Jess? Oh, no. The highlight movie will come back. The highlight movie will come back. All right. We'll get to it next. It's The Breakfast Club on BET. Hey, guys.

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That's Escape from Z-A-Q-a-stan 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. Hey there. I'm Dr. Maya Shankar, and I'm a scientist who studies human behavior. Many of us have experienced a moment in our lives that changes everything, that instantly divides our life into a before and an after. On my podcast, A Slight Change of Plans,

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

Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts,

or wherever you get your podcasts.