The Breakfast Club - I am Running Away ( Anthony Ramos interview)

Episode Date: June 4, 2021

Today on the show we they had Anthony Ramos stop by where he spoke about 'Transformers' Role, Latino Representation In Hollywood, New Music and more. Also, they opened up the phone lines to see if any of our listeners ran away from home when they were younger after a video of a little boy telling his dad he is running away because he had to go to sleep. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to another Floridian who tried to use ‘Stand Your Ground’ Defense but rejected In ‘Painful and Terrifying’ Iguana Killing. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I fell asleep last night. Well, I guess we get in the front page news. You tell me who won the game last night. Okay. Them West Coast games be too late, man. The second one, I can watch the first one. I watched the Trailblazers Nuggets. That second one, Lakers-Suns, I thought I was going to do it.

Middle of the first quarter, I was like, man, I'm going to bed. I'm grown. Yeah, I passed out, too. I woke up this morning and had to find out who won. Well, surprise me in front page news because I have no idea

because I got in the car and I was finishing up the audio version of The Sword and the Shield by Peniel Joseph. Okay. Yes. All right.

Well, today we got a special guest joining us this morning. Who we got? Anthony Ramos will be here. Ramos. Ramos. Anthony Ramos from Hamilton.

Yes, from Hamilton. What else? He starred in She's Gotta Have It, Spike Lee's TV show on Netflix. I actually saw him on a billboard this morning for In the Heights on Netflix. In the Heights, that's right. Somebody was kicking it with him this morning. And if you're out and about, let me just tell you guys, just make sure you lock your doors. Just lock your doors. Just lock your doors.

I mean, not just lock your doors. Don't leave your keys in the car. That's the other stupid thing I see a lot of people doing. They'll leave their keys in their car and their driveway. People run up in their driveway and take their car. Or at the gas station, you run in real quick to go do something. You leave your keys in the car. Maybe you leave the car running.

Nope. Yeah, you got to be very, very careful. This is robbery season. run in real quick you know what I mean to go do something leave your keys in the car maybe even leave the car running nope yeah you gotta be very very careful this is robbery season people are getting money for cars or people just you know looking for whatever

you have in your car so just lock your doors make sure your fob is not in your car even if it's in your driveway even if it's in your garage are you talking about the fact that

cause we talked about this on the Brewing Idiots podcast this week that Wax went to his car and there was a man sitting in his car with his feet kicked up on the dashboard yeah Idiots podcast this week that Wax went to his car and there was a man sitting in his car with his feet kicked up on the dashboard.

Yeah, so you know Wax. My brother. He's always up here making sure we're good. Yeah, he was outside and he happened to look in his car

and there was a gentleman in his car with a peacoat on. Now, was the gentleman really naked? Yeah, yeah, he was peacoated and nothing else on

and socks. He had a peacoat and socks on. Peacoated socks. So some would say don't threaten me with a good time but no, not in thisico. Pico had nothing else on. And socks. He had a Pico and socks on. Pico and socks. So some would say, don't threaten me with a good time. But no, not in this situation. Right. So Wax opened the door, seen the guy.

And the guy responded, this is a free country. The guy looked him dead in his eyes. He might have been pleasuring himself. I don't know. Maybe he learned that in first grade. But he looked Wax dead in his eyes. And he told Wax, this is a free country. This is a free country. I don't think that's the way that told Wax, this is a free country. This is a free country.

I don't think that's the way that works, sir. This is a free country. This is my car. And what was crazy, when he got kicked out of the car, he went walking up the street opening up other car doors, looking for other cars to sit in. So, hence the warning. That is crazy. Yes.

That is crazy. That's life. It's the world we live in. What are you going to do? Lock your doors. All right? Make sure you lock your doors. All right.

Well, let's get this show cracking. Front page news. Sports. We'll tell you about the Lakers. Is LeBron going to Series 2 or is he going home? Round 2. What is Series 2? Series 2.

Round 2. Same thing. You know what I mean. No, I don't. That's Netflix. That's Hulu. Series 2. Yeah, you can say Series as well.

All right. It's the Breakfast Club. Come on. Let's go. We got a world premiere. What's the world premiere? What's the world premiere? What's the world premiere? What do we got?

Roddy Ricch. Hey, Roddy Ricch. The underappreciated, undervalued Roddy Ricch. Y'all don't give Roddy Ricch the credit he deserves, man. All right, well, let's call it late at night. Let's hear it. It's the Breakfast Club. Come on.

Man, y'all disrespect Roddy Ricch so much. Roddy Ricch is super talented. He sells records. He screams. He's got radio hits. Y'all should bedy Ricch so much. Roddy Ricch is super talented. He sells records. He screams. He's got radio hits. Y'all should be looking at him in the same way. Y'all look at DaBaby, Lil Baby, Megan Thee Stallion, whoever popping right now. Roddy Ricch is one of those guys.

Yeah, shout out to Roddy Ricch. All right, well, let's get into some front page news. The last night, the Denver Nuggets beat the Portland Trail Blazers 126-115. I saw that game. And the Suns beat the Lakers 113-100. Devin Booker led the Phoenix Suns with 47 points and 11 rebounds. I actually went to sleep as soon as I saw Anthony Davis go sit down on the sidelines. Because, you know, he was using paints.

Listen, drop on the clues, Bonds, for the Phoenix Suns. Okay? I'm just happy to see the Lakers out. I didn't see the end of the game, but I wonder if LeBron shook anybody's hand or if he just walked off the court. I have no idea. But I think this has to be the first time LeBron James

has ever been bounced from the first round. And it has nothing to do with LeBron James. I'm a Dallas Cowboy fan, so I know how people feel about my team. That's how I feel about the Lakers and their fans. Yeah, they said it's the first time in 10 years that LeBron and Steph were not in the finals. Let me send some good morning texts to my Lakers. Oh, boy said it's the first time in 10 years that LeBron and Steph were not in the finals.

Let me send some good morning texts to my Lakers. Oh, boy. My Lakers homies. LeBron has never lost in the first round. Never lost. Well, 14-0 before this one. Wow. Yeah, this one. Let me say good morning.

Good morning to some of my Lakers fans. Now, the U.S. is pushing to have 70% of the adults get at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by July 4th. They're saying if they don't, those states who are falling well below may be vulnerable for another outbreak. So they are encouraging people to get the dose. And, you know, they're giving everything away. They're giving college scholarships, lotto tickets, haircuts, everything that they can possibly think of they're giving for people to get this shot.

I read something yesterday that said millions of American vaccines may not even work, so you might have to get a third shot. That was on CNN yesterday. That was the lower third on CNN. I don't know. It's all weird. I'd rather be safe than sorry for myself, but do what's best for you. Now,

former Vice President Michael Pence, he finally said how he felt about Donald Trump after his U.S. Capitol attack. Let's hear it. January 6th was a dark day in the history of the United States Capitol. But thanks to the swift action of the Capitol Police and federal law enforcement, violence was quelled. The Capitol was secured. And that same day, we reconvened the Congress and did our duty under the Constitution and the laws of the United States.

You know, President Trump and I have spoken many times since we left office. And I don't know if we'll ever see eye to eye on that day. But I will always be proud of what we accomplished for the American people over the last four years. Oh, God, he said nothing. I really hate how they talk about that insurrection like it was just a normal occurrence. It was an attempted coup of the American government, and they treated it like it was just an

out-of-control party at spring break. We'll never see eye-to-eye on an attempted coup of the country. Of course you shouldn't see eye-to-eye with an attempted coup on the country. If you're a real patriot. Yeah. Jesus Christ, man.

Now, some other news. United Airlines, if you like to fly to London, they just purchased 15 Boom supersonic planes. Now, these planes will go from here to London in about three and a half hours. Usually that's about a seven hour flight. No, I'm cool on that. So they just purchased 15 planes and they have an option to buy 35 more planes later on. And lastly,

Walmart is giving 740,000 associates, people that work at Walmart, a free Samsung phone. They're rolling out a new app for its employees and giving them all these phones. It's the Samsung Galaxy X Cover Pro. It's usually $499 and Walmart is giving employees a case

and a protection plan too I don't know how that works I don't know if you get fired you gotta give it back or is it yours I would hope it's yours Walmart got it come on Walmart definitely has it I don't know if they're gonna pay your bill

but they will definitely give you a phone and that is your front page news. Get it off your chest. 800. You still texting your Laker friends, bro? I am. You know what I'm actually doing? I actually texted, but then I'm going back in the text chain.

Just, you know, when you do the little highlight thing. I can't wait till the sun's beat y'all in the first round. Then I'm highlighting suns and six. So that'll be the first few things they see when they wake up this morning. You ass. All right. I did say Suns in six. Get it off your chest.

800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Get it off your chest.

Get it off your chest. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. So you better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Uh, Demetrius.

Hey, what's up, bro? Get it off your chest. Man, I was just calling to let y'all know about the Suns, man. About the what? It's just, uh, we had a good game, you know. Suns. They're the same. LeBron, you know, he's coming through

for the young kids. So that's all I had to say. Well, yeah, I mean, injuries took the Lakers out this year, but I am glad they got bounced

in the first round. I'm not going to lie to you. Oh, yeah. I ain't surprised either. You know, LeBron, he ain't got it. He's still,

he's getting old. I mean, we all get old, but I want to see, I like seeing LeBron in the playoffs though, in the finals. Oh,

that's because that's what you're used to. He's been in the league what, 18 all get old, but I like seeing LeBron in the playoffs, though, in the finals. Oh, that's because that's what you're used to. He's been in the league, what, 18, 19 years? Been to the finals like 11 times or something crazy like that. That's what we're used to seeing. Right. Hello, who's this? It's Anthony.

What's up, Anthony? Get it off your chest. Oh, man, I'm a Lakers fan, and I heard you guys talking about the Lakers, and we deserve all the slander right now. Yeah, I just like when y'all lose. I mean, I'm a Cowboy fan, so, you know, it's the same way people love to see us lose, even though we haven't won in years.

But, you know, I just like to see y'all lose, that's all, because y'all fans are so obnoxious. Yeah, I mean, I try not to be, but, you know, we won last year, but who cares? But, hey, shout-out to Chris Paul. Shout-out to Devin Booker. He had an amazing game. And, yeah, it's like the Anthony Davis got hurt, but, you know, it happens. But shout out to Chris Paul Shout out to Devin Booker He had an amazing game And yeah

It's like the Anthony Davids got hurt But you know It happens It's basketball It does happen Sorry for you brother My Knicks are home too So it is what it is

Oh what else you know about the Knicks? Hey shut up I had to go there I'm trying to console the brother He won't take a shot at me Hello who's this? It's Mo Mo what's happening, Moe?

What's your first name? Good morning, world. Good morning, world. Okay, good morning, world, Moe. How are you? Hey, yeah, I just wanted to get something off my chest, man. I'm a felon, and the other day I tried to get an apartment, and it's hard.

It's tough to get in. Get a what? An apartment. Oh, where you live at? Houston. That's crazy, because apartment. Oh, where you live at? Houston. That's crazy, because, you know, growing up, I had a couple felonies, and stuff like that never stopped me from getting a apartment system. What are you trying to live, though?

That's crazy, man. Where are you trying to live? You trying to live in some foo-foo, she-she thing? Yeah, I got three kids, so, you know, if you make the money for it, why not? I agree. You deserve it. It's crazy, because, I know, if you make the money for it, why not? I agree. You deserve it. It's crazy because, I mean, you do your time, you know,

you go through all this trying to get it over with, and you can't even get out and enjoy, you know, being back in the world. What about your girl, your wife or something? She's a stay-at-home mom, so she really can't. She can't put in her name because she don't show the income. Right. Damn it, man. One of y'all got to have good credit. Can you do it in an LLC?

Is that possible? I don't even know if you can do that. If you create an LLC. No, I guess you can't because you'd have to own it. I don't know what to tell you, brother. Yeah. Damn it. Yeah, I just wanted to get it off my chest, man.

That's all it was. All right, King. All right, brother. 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. I'm dialing. I'm dialing.

Hey, what you doing, man? I'm dialing. I'm calling. I'm calling, yo. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the breakfast club hello who's this yeah what's up what's up what's up chad yeah what's up sir what's up where you at you off today she off oh you off today okay okay okay well i wanted to call and

tell y'all um happy pride month happy pride month everybody okay happy pride month thank you thank Um, happy Pride Month. Happy Pride Month, everybody. Okay, happy Pride Month. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I dropped a t-shirt for this month with Black Renaissance. You know, if you guys come to my Instagram page, which is aka Undercore Twins, you guys can see the shirt. I'll be donating a percentage of the proceeds to the Addict Youth Center, which helps LGBT youth children. So question, what do y'all do during Pride Month, Trav?

Like if you catch somebody under the mistletoe during Pride Month, what happens? Yeah, yeah, yeah, you gotta hug them from the back. Okay, okay, okay. Hug them from the back. Charlamagne been doing that all year, though, bro. So what does that mean? Any other traditions we need to be aware of?

Hey, man, I just want to tell y'all, I really hope that, I know a week and a half ago, Char, I told you I wanted to do something for Pride Month, have some interviews for Pride Month. He told me to come up with something. And I actually have two really good interviews that I put together for y'all, man. Really, really good interviews. Who is it?

So I want to give a heard of Legendary. It's on HBO Max right now Like currently airing on HBO Max Meg Thee Stallion is a judge on there That's like a really good Show that shows LGBT Community and what happens in a ballroom Scene and I wanted to send it to you

See what you think as far as like doing a brand interview Alright I'm going to check it out Legends Alright y'all happy pride month y'all. Happy Pride Month, y'all. Peace. Hello, who's this? Hello. Yes, this is Aaron. Aaron, what's up, man?

Get off your chest, bro. Hey, I just wanted to say good morning, DJ Envy, Sean Mancutt, and Khalid. I just wanted to say, you know, for one, I've been listening to y'all for a while, and I just wanted to say thank y'all for guys for getting me through a lot of stuff, especially Sean Man. I feel like Sean shadow man you've given me so many resources and stuff

to just look into whether it's financial whether it's mental health whether it's different things going on in my life man that makes it thank y'all I'm happy I'm happy to be of service to you my brother yeah for sure for for sure, for sure. And also, Charlamagne, can I ask a question, please? Yes, sir. Can I get the unapologetic black guy from the hotel? Easy breezy. I got you. I'm holding one in my hand right here for you by Dr. Rita Walker.

Hold on one second. I'm going to mail it out to you. Hold on so I can get your address. Hello, who's this? Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. How are you guys? This is Charisma from Connecticut, man.

Hey, Charisma. Get it off your chest. So, like, my 6-year-old will walk around the house, you know, and touch herself real quick. And we'll be like, hey, that's inappropriate. Like, don't do that. And I feel like, you know, boys get hard, but they shouldn't say erection.

They shouldn't say erection or they should say? No, they shouldn't say erection. They shouldn't say erection or they should say? No, they shouldn't say it. Like, they shouldn't say, like, oh, you guys are erections. Like, boys definitely get hard, but it's not sexual, you know? Oh, I get what you're saying. Yeah, I mean, listen, like I said, I think the only thing that we should be teaching kids is not to do that kind of stuff in public. Like, you know, same way we say keep pooping pee in the bathroom, keep the the erections in the bathroom too or something i don't know i think it's up to the parents i don't think it's up to the school to be talking about like you said erections in terms

that they don't necessarily don't know i don't think it's up to the school to do that especially at the young of an age you know you don't parent the choice i did watch that whole video and the video really is basically telling kids not to do that in public more so than anything but i still don't think that should be something that should be taught to first graders without parents consent no no because like you said they're not thinking about sex that's not what's on their mind they're just like hey my body they do this they're in there that's right it's going to be addressed in public or from the school system absolutely not that's right all righty well you have a great morning, Mama.

You also. Have a good day, guys. Alright. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up at any time. When we come back, we'll get to the rumors. We gotta tell you about Kim Kardashian. She feels like a failure. We'll let you know why I don't move.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Ha! Ha! Ha ha ha ha ha! failure. We'll let you know why I don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hey! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. What's happening? Alright, let's get to the

rumors. Let's talk a viral video. What? I'll tell you. What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is The Rumor Report. With Angela Yee. what i'll tell you what's going on rumor report rumor report this is the rumor report with angela yee on the breakfast club now do you remember this uh viral video that came out i think over a year ago can you play it wow not that it's really not that one song yes the song the viral video you about to lose your job hey hey hey you about to lose your job get this dance you about to lose your job because you are detaining me for nothing

so you remember that situation happened a year ago a lady was getting detained and uh she did that song well the lady is speaking out her name is Joniqua Charles and this is what she said wow it's really been a year since you were about to lose your job went viral and to me is he indifferent because on the field I would actually be celebrating a year clean of cocaine and clear off of those streets. For one, this is the longest that I've ever been clean and off of those streets for this long. Everything that's still to come, I am so thankful for. Dropping the clues, boss, for that queen.

Congratulations. Now the question is, can she create hits without drugs? Okay. She's not a rapper. All you folks who say drugs don't make you more creative, I don't know. That might be a lie because who's about to lose your job was fired. The melody and everything on the spot. Yeah, that was fire.

Can she create hits without drugs? We don't know. But she is sober now, and maybe that video got her sober. Maybe the fact that it went viral. No. For real, shame works, right? Because she might have saw it and been looking at it like, man, what the hell was I thinking? Who am I?

Sometimes you got to put that mirror to yourself. When you put that mirror to yourself, you hold yourself accountable in a different way and you go out there and do the work on yourself. So salute to her for getting clean. Alright, I'm glad she's sober now. What's her name again? Janiqua. Janiqua. Salute to you, Janiqua. Janiqua. Salute to you. Sending you more healing energy.

Don't stop after a year. Keep going. That's right. Now, do you watch Keeping Up With The Kardashians, Charlamagne? I know you do, right? Nigga, no. Alright. Well, she talks about her marriage with Kanye West and how she feels like a failure. Follow him all over the place and move to Wyoming.

I can't do that. He should have a wife that supports his every move and travels with him and does everything. And I can't. I feel like a f a wife that supports his every move and travels with him and does everything. And I can't. I feel like a f***ing failure that it's like a third f***ing marriage. Yeah, I feel like a f***ing loser. So that is the trailer. So it is coming out.

This is the last season. She says she feels like a loser. She should be with her husband. This is her third marriage and she's crying. There's a lot of tissue around. Yeah, that's one of them times where you know you're there for your family, you're there for your friend, and you support them, but you've got to be honest with them and say,

hey, I can see why you feel that way. I'm not going to sit here and act like I can't see it your way. I can totally understand why you feel that. I thought it was four marriages. It's three? I think three. Well, the first husband, we don't really know him, right? The second one was Chris Humphries, right?

Chris Humphries, yeah. It wasn't nobody after that? I guess Kanye. I guess Kanye. Kanye can't. Hey, man. I can see why she feel that way. I mean, that don't mean things can't still work out.

No, I think that relationship is done. I wish it was. We don't know. And lastly, it seems like the fight is really going to happen. Floyd Mayweather, Logan Paul. It happens this Sunday in Miami. Now, yesterday they had the stare down. Now, why do they do the stare down?

Build up anticipation for the fight. I thought it was like a weight. Like, usually they would weigh the fighters and then they would stare down. They do that too. Yeah, but they just stared each other down. It seems like they were about to kiss each other for like a quick second. That's impossible. They got like really close.

That's a lie. Logan is so much more taller than Floyd. Did you see the standout? That's what you're hoping to happen, bro. No. Because there's no way. I didn't even know, but I know. There's no way.

How do you know this? You can't kiss somebody taller than you? You should know. You've done it all your life. You should know you've done it all your life. Floyd Mayweather is five foot, what, seven, eight? He's taller than you. And Logan Paul is like, what, six, three, six, four?

Yeah, but they're face to face still. I don't see how that could happen, but whatever. Anyway, well, Logan Paul talked about the fight and how he says he finessed Floyd. I mean, me walking into the ring with Floyd is a success. Like, that's the beautiful thing about this. I already won. It's over. You lost, Floyd. You got finessed. And then imagine when I actually beat him. You know, I was waiting for the guy in the black suit to approach me

and be like, yo, we'll pay you $50 million to throw this fight. Like, we can't afford Floyd losing or, like, some behind-the-scenes shit, but it never happened. You know, like, this is me wanting it so badly. Like, I don't even care about the money. I just want to beat Floyd Mayweather. I've said it once, and I'll say it a million times more. Unless father time has caused Floyd Mayweather to slow down tremendously,

unless Floyd Mayweather has lost several steps, I mean several, several, several, several, several steps, then Logan Paul doesn't stand a chance. He's going to get embarrassed. Okay, stop disrespecting boxers. Boxing is a science, and if you're not a scientist, then you don't know the formula. There is nothing Logan Paul would throw at Floyd Mayweather

that he hasn't seen. Like, stop. But, you know, they always say that lucky punch. Oh, stop. You're not going to touch him. Which can happen. Floyd Mayweather can dodge a bullet. Unless he has slowed down several times.

Man, Floyd Mayweather's defense is that good. His defense is great, but there's also a lucky punch. Oh, stop. And he talks about how he thinks Floyd is going to lose. You're going to step in and you're going to fight Floyd Mayweather's defense is that good. His defense is great, but there's also a lucky punch. He talks about how he thinks Floyd is going to lose. You're going to step in and you're going to fight Floyd Mayweather in a few days, Sunday in Miami. What's your message to him? I don't have a message for him right now, you know, through a camera.

I'm about to walk out these doors sitting in front of me and face off with him. I'll just tell him straight to his face, you're going to quit in six, old man. They were saying your brother was banned. I don't believe your brother actually is banned. Will he be in your corner when you fight? Jake will not be in my corner,

but he will be at the fight. Banning him from the event is bad business. So he'll be there. There's nothing that Logan Paul will throw at Floyd Mayweather that he hasn't seen. Floyd Mayweather is the greatest defensive fighter of all time. And once again, unless he has, you know, father time has caught up with him

and he's lost several, several, several, several, I mean several, several steps, Logan Paul's going to get him back. I agree with you 100%. Shut up. There's no but. There is a but. There is no but. There is a but.

I agree with you 150%. Floyd Mayweather should watch Logan Paul. It shouldn't even be a conversation. But. Y'all got to stop disrespecting boxes, bro. But it could be one lucky swing. I just hope Floyd takes it seriously. Don't take him as a YouTuber and just say, hey, I'm just going to watch him quickly.

You got to be careful because Logan Paul fights. And you just don't want that one lucky punch to knock him out. Floyd Mayweather has fought longer than the guy's been alive. You're telling me Logan Paul fights. There's nothing Logan Paul will throw at Floyd Mayweather that he has not seen. I get it. Stop disrespecting boxes, man, especially Floyd Mayweather. It could just be just one fight, one punch.

I can tell y'all don't watch boxing. I do. I absolutely do. Well, here are the rules. No judges are scoring a contest, so there will be no scoring. There will be no official winner, right? So there won't be, you know, 117, 112. You won't see that at all.

Fight won't go on any official records. We knew that already. Knockouts are allowed. Referee will stop the fight if needed. They will be using 12-ounce gloves, no headgear, and eight three-minute rounds. I don't know if Floyd's going to knock him out, but he's going to beat up on him really badly. I hope so. Because after three rounds, you know, maybe after two, Logan Floyd's going to knock him out, but he's going to beat up on him really badly. I hope so. Because after three rounds,

maybe after two, Logan Paul's going to be so gassed that his arms are going to barely be able to even keep his arms up. Alright, well that is your rumor report. Now when we come back, we got front page news. They really want you to take your COVID-19 shot, and we'll get into that next. Are we still playing Roddy Ricch every hour? Yep,

late at night. Alright. Isn't Lil Durk in Baby's Ammo? We can't play none of that? Yep, late at night. All right. Isn't Lil Durk in Baby's Ammo? We can't play none of that? Yeah, sure. We can't clean it up. I don't make the rules, guys. I break them. All right, let's get to new Roddy Ricch.

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I don't think he has a chance, but I just said. This is disrespectful. If you punch your chest. No, they don't. You never. No. No. No.

Everybody has a puncher's chance. No. He's not a boxer. He's a for a few years. Y'all, you really are disrespecting the science of boxing. This is disgusting. No, we're not. I'm just saying.

In a real way. Everybody gets lucky every once in a while. No. No. No. All right. Well, we're not! I'm just saying. In a real way. Everybody gets lucky every once in a while. No. No. Alright, well let's get into some front page news. Well, LeBron wasn't lucky. The Suns beat the Lakers 113-100. They won the series

4-2. So, LeBron will be sitting home with my New York Knicks. Round of applause for the Phoenix Suns. I think Devin Booker dropped like 47 points, 11 rebounds. He was busting ass last night. 22 in the first quarter. Round of applause just the Phoenix Suns. I think Devin Booker dropped like 47 points, 11 rebounds. He was busting ass last night. Yeah, 22 in the first quarter. Round of applause just because the Lakers lost.

Why not? Yo, stop it, man. Stop that. Drop on the clues, man, for the Lakers losing. Who are you a Laker hater, man? What the Lakers did to you? I don't know. I just, you know, it's the fans' obnoxious.

The same way people feel about me as a Dallas Cowboys fan, that's how I feel about Lakers fans. Goodness gracious. All right, well, tonight the Clippers play the Mavericks at 9 p.m. All right, and what else are we talking about? You want to hear LeBron said postgame? Oh, we have? Yeah, we have that audio.

He actually spoke? Yep. Oh, let's hear it. You know, it doesn't matter to me as far as, you know, not making it out of the first round. What matters to me is getting this team back healthy. You know, me not being able to be at my full strength throughout this series, you know, that's my main focus.

The one thing that bothers me more than anything, we never really got an opportunity to see our full team at full strength, either because of injury or COVID or something going on with our ball club this year. We could never fully get into a rhythm. You're right, though. I will say this. I mean, because of the bubble they won last year, they never fully recovered from everything.

They played right away. They never got a chance to really just rest and let their bodies heal. So did everybody else. Lakers went further than everybody else, though. Lakers had a lot of injuries, though. Anthony Davis was injured a lot this season. LeBron was injured a lot. Michael Jordan have used injuries as an excuse.

Oh, my goodness. It's a question. I'm just posing a question. Michael Jordan have used injuries as an excuse. Oh my goodness. It's a question. I'm just posing a question. I mean, injuries aren't an excuse though. They're a real thing. It sounds like an excuse. I can't play because my knee hurts. That's an excuse? I don't know what to tell you, Dramos. Michael Jordan had the flu. Man, that's not an injury. It's a sickness.

He was getting carried off. No, I'm sorry. I messed up front page. Dramos, you don't even want to be here. You weren't even alive. You don't even want to be here when people come to me about the COVID. So? So? Now, speaking of COVID-19,

the U.S. is pushing to have 70% of the adults, 70% of adults to get at least one COVID-19 vaccine by July 4th. They are really, really pushing pushing herd immunity and the reason being is they're saying that states that don't do it are falling that are falling well below may be vulnerable to another outbreak so they're really pushing people to get this covet 19 vaccine they're offering so many different things lotto tickets uh paying for uh kids colleges, beer, wine, whatever they can do to get you

there. I even seen something where they would give you tickets to the iHeartRadio Music Festival. So they're trying to do anything to get people to take those vaccinations. Charlamagne, you still not taking yours? Like I said, I'm not an anti-vaxxer, but you know, I don't, no. No.

Okay, I'm cool. All right. Now, your vice president, former vice president, Michael Pence, delivered his strongest comments against Donald Trump. He said they weren't seeing eye to eye. When I point to you, you're supposed to play the audio. Let's try this again. Hold on. You didn't prep me on this.

Why is this show syndicated? I don't know. Let's try this again. Now, former Vice President, your Vice President, Mike Pence, delivered the strongest comments against Donald Trump. He said they weren't seeing eye to eye. January 6th was a dark day in the history of the United States Capitol. But thanks to the swift action of the Capitol Police and federal law enforcement, violence was quelled. The Capitol was secured. And that same day, we reconvened the Congress and did law enforcement. Violence was quelled. The Capitol was secured. And that same

day, we reconvened the Congress and did our duty under the Constitution and the laws of the United States. You know, President Trump and I have spoken many times since we left office. And I don't know if we'll ever see eye to eye on that day. But I will always be proud of what we accomplished for the American people over the last four years. I hate that they act like the insurrection was just a bunch of kids wilding out. Like there has been no real consequences and repercussions on any level for an attempted coup of the American government. You don't see eye to eye. Why would you ever see eye to eye with somebody who should actually, you know, have been charged with treason? It's really insane.

Yeah, it is insane. All right. Well, that is your front page news. Now, when we come back, Anthony Ramos will be joining us. You know him from She's Gotta Have It, Hamilton, and a host of others. He's in that new Netflix show, In the Heights. I saw him on a billboard this morning. And he's in the new Transformers movie, which I found out during this interview. That's right. And he has some new music. He's in that new Netflix show In the Heights. I saw him on a billboard this morning. And he's in the new

Transformers movie which I found out during this interview. That's right. And he has some new music. He's an artist as well. So we're going to talk to him when we come back.

Wepah! Did I say that right? That's disrespectful. That sounded like a slur. What did you say? I don't know what you just said but it sounded like a slur. Did I say wepah

before every guest? No. Exactly. I feel you, Drummond. I'm offended for you. I don't even know what it means but No, exactly. I feel you, Dramos. Thank you. I'm offended for you. I don't even know what it means, but it sounded harsh. No, I thought you hyped. You could have said, I'm very excited.

What if Dramos just yelled out, nigga! How would you feel? That's a slur, though. I don't know what Wawa is. I thought Wawa was a gas station. Wawa is a gas station. What the hell are you guys talking about? A wet bar is like hype.

You hype it like, wet bar! Is it, Dramos? That's what that means? Yeah, but why do you need to say it? Because that's why you hype. It's the way to hype something. So it's like boop, boop, boop, boop. That's where Caribbean people come and go boop, boop, boop, boop.

I don't think they like that either. What? They hate when you say wagwan. I didn't say wagwan. You guys always do this accent when it's vacant. They always hate that too. You know what? No wepa formed against me, Sean Pratt. always hate that, too. You know what? No wep I formed against me shall prosper.

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We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. Anthony Ramos. What's up? What's up? What's going on, brother? I'm really good, man.

Well, first, are you a Knicks fan? I'm a Nets fan. Oh. How? That's what I'm talking about. Nets lover. Explain. I need the origin.

Richard Jefferson. Jason Kidd's my favorite player. Okay. You're a real Nets fan. Yo, like, all of them. Why? Nobody ever went to that. We from Brooklyn. No, no, no. He's talking about when he was. So you was a real Nets fan from New York? Yo, like, all of them. Why? We from Brooklyn. No, no, no.

He's talking about when he was in New Jersey. I'm not going to lie. Angela, it was like before. I've been a Nets fan since they were in Jersey. Tell me why, though. I don't know. You got family out there. Somebody gave you free tickets.

I know, I guess. Usually that's what it is. Like, they give you free tickets, and then you just, you know, dollar tickets. I mean, I went to my first basketball game like two years ago. Wow. Yeah, like I hadn't been to a basketball game ever. I only watched them on TV, but I don't know. I love Jason Kidd.

Those Nets teams were good. Like you said, Jason Kidd, Richard Jefferson, Keon Martin. Kenyon Martin, I'm sorry. Kenyon Martin. Kenyon Martin, yeah, yeah, yeah. They were crazy. That team was fire. They made it to the finals, lost, but it's okay.

And now you're still a Nets fan. I am. I respect that. Thank God. Here we go. We're going to get you out to some Nets games courtside because let me tell you something. We'll be so excited to have you at the games.

You know I work with them. Come on, let's go. Hold up, twist my arm. Let's talk about this stellar time that you are having right now, though, because In the Heights is about to come out. Obviously, we know you from starring in Hamilton, from She's Gotta Have It. So let's get right into it, which is everything that you've been doing, even during a pandemic you've been working. Yeah, I mean, it's been kind of crazy.

During the pandemic, one of my boys, it was like I was supposed to shoot a movie in budapest this this sci-fi like space film and then it uh it got postponed and i was sort of i sort of found myself i was supposed to put out my second album last year it was a whole thing and uh and the pandemic hit and i was like dang what am i gonna do and one of my best friends started teaching me how to use logic he was like yo you ain't gonna sit around and do nothing he was like bro we're gonna open that laptop up we're gonna teach you how to use logic you're gonna learn how to cut your vocals we're gonna learn how to do this so i was sitting there doing lessons on my computer with him like virtually he'd take over my computer with screen share and he showed me how to kind of engineer so i started keeping myself busy and then i started cutting records virtually from my house

and i was just keeping myself busy that way and then the movies the movie came back around I went and shot in Budapest and then just stuff started to line back up again and I found myself working again and and I was pretty grateful for that because I was I think like the rest of the world I was kind of like dang what what are we gonna what are we stuck in New York during that time did you do this all in New York yeah I did you didn't leave New York like everybody else I didn't leave New York that's else? I didn't leave New York. I turned this one room of my apartment into a weight room.

I got back in shape. I hadn't worked out in years. And I said, I just had a moment where I was like, yo, I'm not going to be sitting around doing nothing. I'm not going to just sit in my house and just be, you know what I'm saying, like a fucking schlep and shit. I was like, so I went out and bought, you couldn't even buy weights. So I was lifting, I got two gallons of Poland Sprint. Yo, get out of here, man. Yo, I'm saying? Like a fucking schlep and shit. I was like, so I went out and bought, you couldn't even buy weights. So I was lifting, I got two gallons of Poland Spring.

Yo, get out of here, man. Yo, I'm dead ass. I've seen a lot of people do that. Two gallons of Poland Spring. I had a yoga mat and I was able to get my hands on like a BOSU ball so I could, you know, work on abs and shit. And that was it. And I was just basic bands and stuff like that. And I got with a trainer and we was virtually just like this. And set him up at the end of the room like yo you can see me

I'm like you can see me he's like yeah you good and I would just like get after it and um the pandemic actually became this this moment of like um uh like I I didn't know how much of a uh a blessing this moment would and in the midst of this like tragic time you know um i do have to say that that there was a lot of light in this in this time and and a lot of self-reflection i was able to spend more time with myself i was on the go running running running running in this time just uh there was a lot of good that came out of it let me ask you a question uh how are you and when i ask that question i'm you know i'm asking sincerely like mentally emotionally how are you yeah i'm i'm good you know most days are good you know every

now and then i have a a rough one you know um uh i think uh you know i was i've been watching man i love you guys had i think dr jess and And I've been doing therapy for two years now, and twice a week, and it's been, it's been, that's been a blessing, you know, and it's been awesome to see, you know, shows like you guys' show and other shows, like, really

like, you know, talk about this shit, because it gets hard, you know, and I'm not gonna sit up here and complain, like, yo, there's been a lot of blessings going on, the movies and this and that, and in my personal life and, you know, relationships. But, like, yo, it gets hard. Sometimes you're sitting by yourself and you're like, damn, like, you know, a friend of mine asked me how am I, like, not too long ago, and I said,

you know, I'm all right, man, but sometimes I have to ask myself, like, what am I doing this shit for? You know, like, why do I – do I really know why I get up in the morning still? Like, I have to ask myself that question sometimes because to someone on the outside, I could be like, what do you mean? Of course you get up because – You're in movies. You're on TV.

Yeah, you're on movies. You're on TV. You're doing this shit. You know, you're moving. Yeah, you're getting after it. But, like, why am I getting after it no you know have you figured that out have you broke that down I think I think I think every day is every day is a new reason right like or not every day but every now and then the reason changes

right and be like oh for my family or for myself you know for you know or because I think this thing would be an amazing thing to to achieve or to accomplish and i this would make me happy but sometimes yeah i have moments where i have to like ask myself that question but but but i do all in all it's because i love it you know somebody asked me the other day i was doing a i was doing a playback uh you know playing back my album for people and stuff and blessings yeah yeah come on blessings right and i was like the the this guy asked me he goes how do you balance everything like why why do you how do you do the movies and the tv and the music and i said i'm not gonna lie to you bro

i said it gets exhausting doing these playbacks for you i said this is exhausting i said it gets exhausting being told no like time and time again people just like no no that song ain't good enough that that movie ain't gonna he he's an all right actor he's he's too he's too young or he's too there so and i said but the reason why i do it all is because i love it and i said if, if I didn't love it, I wouldn't even be here with you right now, like playing you this music. You know, because at the end of the day, you know, I believe in what I'm doing and I believe in my music. I believe in my work and myself. And I was like, you know, that's why that's why I get up and do this. But, you know, the beauty of those no's all it takes is one yes

to exhilarate you again the same way all those no's can exhaust you one yes can fill you up that's exactly what I said to him too I said to him I said I get told no so many times but I said when I get that yes that gets me to the next moment where I can get the next one because I'm gonna get told I can't tell you how many things I haven't gotten to do or how many jobs I haven't gotten to how but I can tell you you know I I can I can name the yeses right I can name those times somebody's like yeah that's right yeah yeah you know because that got me that got me to the next moment so you can also see the progress right as things are leveling up just from where you started to where you are now yeah yeah i mean you know i'm it's you know it's i i think yeah when you when you ask for certain things in your

contracts and people are saying yes now and they stop saying you know i'm like yo can i get this kind of thing or whatever and like two years ago they were saying no and now they're saying yeah but it took all it even takes courage to be like to continue to ask for those things because you're like yo i know i deserve that i'm not asking you for this thing because i feel like i'm being i'm not i'm not trying to be difficult i'm not trying to be something i'm like i'm only asking you for this because i know i needed to like what like what kind of stuff like i like when i ask can my trainer come with me to shoot this multi-million dollar movie that i know i'm about to break my ass for you know y'all telling me

y'all don't got the money for it. Why you look at me, Charlamagne, when you heard him say break his ass? Why you look at me like that? I look at you when he said that. Oh, guys. He's immature. Don't pay attention.

I am immature. I did not look at him at all. That guy's crazy. You crazy. I was like, look. I was like, I'm not asking for this shit because I'm trying to be difficult, but like, I need this shit.

And then finally, you know what I'm saying, when they give it to you, you're like, yeah. All right, we got more with actor Anthony Ramos. You've seen him in Hamilton. She's got to have it. The Heights. And we're going to talk to him more when we come back. 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 actor Anthony Ramos. You've seen him in Hamilton. She's got to have it and more. Charlamagne? What is the Transformers 7? Is that the Transformers

Transformers? Transformers. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm playing the lead in the next Transformers movie. Wow. Congratulations. I did not know that. Yeah, thanks, man. Coming out next year, next summer. Wow. You just went to Canada to film that? Yeah, I just came back from Canada like two days ago

I was We started filming already I'm gonna be in New York For a couple weeks And then I gotta go back out there And quarantine again And then we're gonna finish We're gonna finish the shoot

So it's the same franchise That Shia LaBeouf and all of them? Yeah Shia LaBeouf Mark Wahlberg And then they decided To just f***ing mix it up A little bit And they gave the Latino the shot

I was like yo good looks Congratulations That's big You doing your own stunts? Yeah I do as many as I can. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So I've been training how to drive stick shift, and I was drifting in the car two weeks ago

with the stunt coordinator. So I do as many of my stunts as possible, you know, because it's better. When the camera's on you, they can get that close-up of you doing that crazy shit. You know, if it doubles in, they got to just cut to the wide, and then it's better when the camera's on you. They can get that close-up of you doing that crazy shit. You know, if it doubles in, they gotta just cut to the wide, and then it's a wrap.

The sci-fi trailer you was talking about doing in Budapest, that was something different. That was something different, yeah. That's a movie called Distant. I played the space miner. You know how amazing the range of characters that you've already played? Like, it's such, like, from being in Hamilton

to playing Mars Blackman in She's Gotta Have It, in The Heights is about to come out. Transformers, this movie you shot in Budapest and being an artist like it's all over the place. But I think that's dope because you're not typecast in any way. Yeah. I mean, you know, I do my best to, you know, I quoted this rather like I did uh uh interviews recently and they asked me you know like what was it like starting out and i said yo when i was in school i had people telling me like you know teachers other students yo you should grow your hair out so you could be ethnically ambiguous damn you know you should you should uh you know you should change the way you speak

so that people don't know necessarily where you're from. And I was like, and at first I believed that shit. And I was like, damn, all right, maybe I should. Okay, maybe they're right. And then I had this moment like a few years ago, man, like where I was just kind of like, yo, I'm not trying to be hired to be ambiguous. My mother's Puerto Rican. I'm from the projects in Bushwick. Like, I don't need to be ambiguous. Like, why can't people just hire me for me?

To be honest with you, you can't be ambiguous. All right. You don't look ethnically ambiguous to me. Yeah. Yeah. And I was like, I just, I just, but, but it's crazy when people tell you that you like, you believe it after a while and you're like, you know, and I'm just, I'm first starting out and I'm like, okay, well, all right, then maybe then maybe maybe i should i should do this x y and z maybe that'll help me get jobs

because it was it was really hard and especially i was in musical theater starting off and you know it was it was hard to get a role in musical theater it was like no shows for someone for someone like me right like it was like i start doing the sides i start doing the lines they're like wait but he's like from New York. But he don't he sounds this kind of way or whatever. But he looks like that. But we don't really know where we're going to put him. We don't know what to do with him.

And and they were they were just nobody was trying to give me a role, man. It was so hard, man. I like one. Now, look, you being your true authentic self has probably gotten you mad roles. Like I wonder, like when it comes to Hispanics in Hollywood right now, is it real diversity or just performative diversity on behalf of the industry? I mean, I would like to think

it's real diversity. The Latino culture is so... I keep saying this too. What I love about this movie that we're putting out now is because the diaspora is so wide. I got cousins who who are you know dark skinned i got cousins who are mad light with blue eyes like that is what that is

what the latino culture is you know you know panama colombia uh peru puerto rico dominican republic like these are all every people look different there's different different food different uh all of our music right i was just talking about how you know how most of our music is percussive as well because it was crazy like when the spanish came and specifically in puerto rico and they came to uh they came in and settled right they let the slaves keep their the tainos and the afric, they let them keep the drums. That was it. They said, you can keep the drums.

And bomba, plena, rumba, these forms of music started to birth because that was the way that we were expressing ourselves. So you think reggaeton, right? Salsa, salsa met, all those forms of music met jazz. And salsa was born, right? And it became a more commercialized form of music meant jazz and Salasal was born, right? And it became a more commercialized form of music but it was like,

it's interesting that like, like now, what I'm so grateful for is that, that right there could be too difficult for someone in Hollywood

to try to comprehend or even want to comprehend, you know? But now, hopefully, people are more open to like, learning about what that is, you know what I hopefully people are more open to like learning about what that is you know i'm saying and opening the door for more movies like you know in the heights and you know when i watch

movies like crazy rich asians or black panther i mean i was like yo this is this is gonna move the world to your point i don't even think it is. It's not meant for Hollywood to understand. It's meant for Hollywood to cut the check. You know what I mean? Get real authentic creators and give them the money to create. That's it. Yeah. And that's really it, man.

It's like, you know, it's, you know, because it's, you don't have to understand. But it's also right there, like, yo, can we make money from this? Right. It's about, if it ain't making dollars, it ain't making sense. Right. So they're like yo can we make money from this right it's about if it ain't making dollars it ain't making sense right so they're like do we see an opportunity here but um but i think that's why it's even more important for like you know the emmys and the oscars all these all the you know and and right all these committees right the grammys everything to be diverse and to diversify and to look more like what our world looks like because though that's those are the people listening to the music the people listen actually listening to the music are diverse body of people so why not let

that be the representation of people deciding who's getting this award for this who's getting nominated for this who's getting you know i'm saying and uh and i think that you know that is uh i think the the motivation you and you asked me right do you know why you get up and do it that's why because I want to be a small little part of this movement of I guess artists and act performers

who are striving for that kind of shit in the industry growing up in New York City did you have a lot of support growing up when you wanted to be an actor? Because I'm thinking about it now, you know, when you first started, I'm sure you didn't see as many faces that looked like you on TV or on the big screen.

So when you wanted to say, hey, I want to be an actor, and you told your family, I want to be an actor, they laughed, it's like, yeah, whatever, Nick. Or was it one of those things where you're like, nah, let's do it? Nah, they laugh. Yeah, actor. Okay, cool. Take the trash out. Yeah, actor. Okay, cool. Like, you know, and it wasn't.

Take the trash out. Yeah, right, yeah. What's your backup plan? You know, I had uncles being like, you got a plan B, you know, you got to have a backup plan. I looked him right in the face. I was like, bro, I don't have a backup plan. Like, I don't have a fallback. I don't plan to fall back.

You know what I'm saying? You know, it's like, you know, but was it was hard because especially in musical theater if you ain't in a movie until you get in the movies until somebody sees you on tv or they hear you on the radio you haven't you haven't made it to that but hamilton hamilton was life-changing and i think that changed a lot when it comes to theater it it was life-changing but they they still didn't even like that's still broadway let's don't go to broad play see plays that's the that's the bad thing about it i mean broadway is so big especially being in new york i mean broadway is huge plays are huge but most people don't go to see plays until they get a lot older so it's still not tv or film but that but that made a lot of people

actually go to the theater that's why i think hamilton was life-changing as well you know just as far as representation on Broadway it made so many people that had never gone I saw a lot of people say I've never been to the theater before but I'm going to see Hamilton yeah I mean you know people heard the vibrations right it's like anything like uh uh what what uh what you had uh what was I can't remember her last name Pat Miss Pat was she was on your show too yeah uh the VP Records oh yeah yeah Miss Pat Chin Pat, she was on your show too? The comedian? Yeah. The VP Records. Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, Miss Pat Chen. Right. Miss Pat Chen.

And she was talking about the streets were singing it or something like that, right? She said they couldn't deny these artists because the streets were singing it. And it was kind of what happened with Hamilton. The streets were talking about the show before. I'm talking like Busta Rhymes came to the show, gave us a 30-minute speech after the show about how inspired he was. And then people, musical theater, old musical theater heads who've been in the game were coming backstage telling us how moved we were. And it was just like the words started getting out that way.

Even before we had any press, we were off Broadway. I was doing a show for $420 a week or something like that for six months. There was no camera. There was no presidents coming yet, nothing. And that's actually where I missed Spike. Spike came to the show off Broadway, heard about it, and that's when he calls me out of nowhere, and he's like, I'm like, what number is this?

And I could just get a voicemail, four seconds, Anthony, Spike, Spike Lee, call me back. That was it. I was like, the f***. All right, we got more with actor Anthony Ramos. You've seen him in Hamilton. She's got to have it. The Heights.

And we're going to talk to him more when we come back. 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 actor Anthony Ramos you've seen him in

Hamilton She's Gotta Have It and more and you're working with Lynn again for In The Heights right so that's about to come out

yeah yeah and then Lynn and I teamed up again and we're doing In The Heights it comes out June 11th June 11th

is when the movie premieres in theaters and HBO Max yeah man and that film was that film was crazy like I even I bombed that audition that was you know like when when everything that that movie I had auditioned for that film like like a year before I even got the role and I ain't hear nothing back because I was my audition was horrible and I was like there's no way they're giving me this

role and then I I played the role in the stage production lynn saw it and then i met up with john chu um the director and he was we just sat for breakfast in los angeles and he was like yo like like we just shared stories and and uh and that was it like and then i got another job which was kind of crazy i text john i'm like yo my man look i got another job i'm not everything i'm everything i said i mean it like i really want to do this film but if y'all ain't trying to cast me i gotta go you know i'm saying con edison don't wait for nobody you know i gotta go you know he was like nah yo he he texted me back he said it was you it was always you let me get the suits to move and then like two days later i get the call

like yo you got the role you think this is a you know what people call it because i heard you say people of color you know telling their stories on big stage is something we haven't had for forever so you think this is like a permanent shift in hollywood where we'll see more stories authentic stories from black and brown people i hope i think it is though i i i don't think you know you know i don't think this is gonna stop know, and I think I think black and brown people are going to press in until, yo, Hollywood's going to have no choice. They're going to have no choice. I'm going to tell you right now, they're going to have no choice because that door is those kicks and the knocks are going to get too loud, too loud. Where they they're going to have you're going to have to answer. You're going to have to answer. And you know what? If you don't want to give us the money to make that shit, don't worry about it.

We'll come together and we'll raise the money and make the ourselves yeah it feels like hollywood's not as necessary as it used to be right because people are getting things done it's not as expensive to make a movie either you can make a movie for a mil to mil you could collect that money and then mil to mil yeah it sounds like a lot of money but you get enough people you do that go fund me and that story's good enough you get enough ten dollar donations that is on and popping you know and i think you know and i think there's there's this this this uh movement right now and this kind of this vibration in the spirit you know within a lot of uh people and especially people of color and people who are

in communities who've been just like who have just been not welcomed in Hollywood for so many years. And their stories haven't been welcomed. Where they're like, I'm tired. I'm tired of seeing the same motherfuckers play the lead roles in every single movie. Look, I love movies. But this is not what the world looks like. That's right. This is what your world looks like maybe.

But this is not what the world looks like maybe but this is not what the world looks like and we're not Not gonna sit around and that's why you know people are like, you know Yeah, I think people have asked me like yo, what has been your biggest the biggest thing? Like if you could give advice or whatever, you know Open the biggest the thing that you think has affected you the most And it's like my ability to say no I said no even when I was broke Because I'm like nah i'm not playing gangster number two in this tv show again i'm not playing drug dealer number three

i'm not doing it if that's what you think that that you that's what you think that's all i could do then it's all good i don't even want to work for you you know so i think this is changing though i really do you know and i hope i hope it continues, man. And, you know, I'm excited, man. I get really excited about it. I just want us to I want us as the black and brown creatives to, number one, tell great stories. And I want us as consumers also to support these great stories, because like you said, it don't make dollars. It don't make sense. Right. Right. Yeah. And it's like, you know, if you find someone right that that you know of an artist or, you know, someone who's who's putting out content that you like, man, this is dope. People, more people need to see it. I think sometimes we get we try to. And look, I'll I'll speak from my own life. Right. Like coming from someone who didn't have a lot growing up.

Right. It can be easy to have a mentality like it's me me me mine mine mine i need to get mine's before i give to anybody but it's like sometimes it's worth being generous and giving someone that you believe in and you being a little you struggling just a little more to help someone else out because in the end it's the whole team winning if you win we all win especially if you believe in somebody enough you know and i and and uh and i just think like i think the more we you know and you know i think especially you know and again in my own situation like my neighborhood was his uh well bush bushwick has changed a lot but growing up yes it has right you know it but but it was predominantly you know black and latino and it was uh and it was you know i we a lot of us were in the struggle together you know

specifically in those projects that we grew up in you know all those kids growing up and and it could be easy to grow up and say like i gotta get mine i gotta i gotta i gotta get mine i gotta and then when i get it i gotta hold on, I got to hold on to it. I got to hold on to it. I got to just protect mine. And when you don't have, it's like, nah, I can't be dishing out bread. I don't know when I'm going to get it again. But sometimes it's worth seeing someone and being like, yo, you know what? I believe. And like, I got $5 here.

I'm going to give you $2.50. And just don't look back. And I think the more we have that spirit, the more, you know, Spike Lee Spike Lee gave me a shot. Right. And she's got to have it. You know, Lynn gave me a shot like these people, these these people who could have given these roles to anyone else. They gave me a chance, you know, so I'm hoping that I'm hoping that i can be in a position to do that for people uh soon enough and then and then and so on and so forth man like uh uh that's that's you know that's the goal that's that's and you played you played spike lee's character and she's got to have it i know that was pressure mars blackman yo but he didn't even like the thing about it what was a blessing was he didn't even put pressure on me like that like he he was just like yo do your thing man like your character is gonna be different from mine and i didn't even put pressure on me like that like he he was just like yo do your thing man like

your character is gonna be different from mine and i didn't even watch the movie when i when i when i played the character i didn't even watch the film i just like that movie older than you it is it is but i didn't i didn't watch the movie i just because i didn't want to i didn't want to imitate him you know what i'm saying so i So I was like, let me just kind of turn this guy into whoever he's going to be. And yeah, that's how that happened. Well, the stars have aligned. You got to play Blessing, right? Yeah, let's get into a song right now. What's the single?

I mean, there's a few, but Blessings was the last song that came out. I got a song, Echale, coming out. Echale, you know what? I was sitting there looking at this. Is that Akel? Echale? Nah, Echale, E this is that is that a kale what's that mean chalet is like a thing that a lot of latinos say they'd be like like you're gonna go talk to her go chalet are you gonna take that shot who are you gonna be tonight we gotta start using that what you want us to play then

but you know i think i think you should hit Blessings, man. Let's do Blessings. That's that shit. It got a nice Caribbean vibe to it. You know what I mean? All right. And the album is out, what, June 25th, right? The album is out June 25th.

Today, June 4th, album pre-order. Echale comes out. We got Say Less, Blessings. We got another single coming out right after that with the album. And I'm so excited, man. The goal was just to have 12 bangers. The first album was like story time, I told people. And the second album was just like the goal was just smash after smash after smash.

And I think we achieved that. But I guess the verdict is out. So the people will let us know. Say less. Loving Lies out June 25th. Anthony Ramos, thank you, brother. And I do want to congratulate you on everything, too, because I saw you on the cover of Time,

The Hollywood Reporter. You really have, I think this is like a prime time for you to put your project out, because I know the music is so important to you. So the timing, the stars couldn't have aligned better for you. Yeah, well, thank you, Angela. I appreciate it. And Charlamagne and Envy, thanks for having me, man.

This was dope. And yeah, I hope y'all enjoy the joints, man. We're f***ing, thanks for having me, man. This was dope. And yeah, I hope you enjoy the joints, man. We're f***ing two years in the making, man. Word. All right. Well, let's get into it right now. We appreciate you for joining us. Anthony Ramos. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed?

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I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I create 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.

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As I prepare to take my vitamins and my fish oil pills and my Nicosel Forte. Don't ask no questions. I won't tell you no lies. What are you doing? Not much. What you doing? Getting ready for a report. What you teasing? Nothing because I don't know what you're talking about. Alright, well let's talk Soulja Boy.

It's time. She's spilling the tea. This is the rumor report with Angela Moore on The Breakfast Club. I'm really excited about this Versus. This Versus is about to get disrespectful. It's about to be fun. It's about to be a celebration. And it's about to get nasty.

So, Soulja Boy, well, he's starting his ish already. If you win the Versus, I give you the pink slip to my Lambo. I bet $100,000 that you do not got your Lambo still. I still got my same Lambo. I bought my cash. All I know is Big Draco and Bow Wow is going to be one of the most incredible verses ever because you're talking about two people who absolutely positively were superstars in their prime, okay?

And they're two of the greatest characters ever in the history of hip-hop. Yeah, it's going to be a lot of fun. I can't wait for that one. Now, Tiffany Haddish, she is super-duper busy between TV hosting, movies. She's adopting babies. Well, she's also going to be playing Flojo, Florence Griffith Joyner. If you don't know who that is, she's an Olympic icon. She's fast as ish.

She gets busy. She's one of the reasons why a lot of people watched the Olympics back in the day because she was that fast. So Tiffany Haddish is going to be playing that. Now, I noticed that a lot of people that actually are in track and field are upset at this. Haters. Why? I don't know.

It's called acting, people. That's what I said. It's acting. Okay, it's a role. And if you've been paying attention, Tiffany Haddish has been getting in shape for this role for the past couple of years. Okay? Yeah. This isn't something that just popped up.

This is something that has been in the works for a long time. Yeah, I'm excited about this, and I'm excited about this story. And she's producing it as well. I mean, this is one of those roles that, you know, if you nail it, the star Tiffany Haddish continues to rise. If you get it wrong, then, you know, people gonna hate. I mean, well, not gonna hate. They're just gonna give their

opinion. And it'll probably be an accurate opinion. But I think she's gonna kill it. I think she's gonna kill it too. I don't know why people act like comedians can't do those kind of roles. Comedians are great for stuff like that. For drama filled roles. Like, are we forgetting that Jamie Foxx played in Ray?

Well, Jamie Foxx is a singer. But he's a comedian. Yeah, but he's also a singer, too. But I mean, I think it wasn't because his singing that caused

Ray to be a great movie. It was his dramatic acting skills. It was everything. And like I said, as long as they do the work, I think it will be a great movie.

And I think Tiffany Haddish will do the work. So I can't wait to see that film. She's been working for a long time. At least two years. Now, Real Housewives of Atlanta. You interested, Charlamagne?

Nope. About what? He's a nope, but about what? I'm not, but about what? All right. So we all know that Simon and Phelan used to be married. Simon now is engaged to Portia. Okay.

Yeah, I know who that is. All right. Well, yesterday Phelan did an interview, and she started talking about what happened. Fans were speculating that you may have been cheating on Simon. Simon doesn't get caught unless Simon wants to be caught. He convinced you to join a show, and now he's engaged to another one of the cast members. God, the b**** was on him. You had this woman in your home.

She met your family. She swam in your pool. Do you remember? I meant what I said when I took my vows. It hurts. What is this? It hurts like hell. I just told you.

It's the interview. Her name's not Phelan. Her name is Fallon. This was an interview? Yeah, she did an interview. It was talking about how she's hurt and she took her vows. I had the dramatic music playing. Is it a tease?

It's a tease. Yeah, a tease to the interview. So her husband, well, her ex-husband, Simon, responded and posted a picture of her face and said, that face, the face of a cheating wife. Let's start with why I filed for divorce. Let's start with who cheated with. Oh, and currently pregnant for and living in a home

that I paid for post-divorce. His Instagram handle is and he put the ledge guy that she's cheating with and put his handle up. Let's get started there. Tell me more.

Tell me more, girl. Then she responded. Come on, sis. Come on. Spill that tea. Narcissists become impatient or angry when they don't receive special treatment, have significant personal problems, and easily feel slighted. Why'd you pause? No, because I couldn't see my Dr. De La Russo.

I got to go back. React with rage or contempt and try to belittle the other person to make themselves appear superior. Have difficulty regulating emotions and behavior. You lost me with her. His was way better. Experience major problems dealing with stress, feel depressed and moody because they fall short of perfection. Have secret feelings of insecurity, shame and humiliation. Get to the point.

You're losing me. And your pee pee is small. Get to the point. That's to the point she said no she didn't say that I know I just made that I had to leave you got me back for a second that's me when that no that kind of teeth start getting see yeah she's shot like that all that other stuff she shot was kind of weak I did like what she said about you know uh he doesn't get caught unless he wants to cuz you know first of all black men don't cheat you know what I mean but I used to say way way way way way, way, way, way, way, way back in the day, you know, when I was living that life, that, you know, to cheat and not get caught

should be the whole, you know, thing. Right. That should be the strategy, right? Yes. You get caught, you really don't care. I agree with that. Well, he didn't when he did not care. Well, that is your rumor report.

All right. Now, Charlamagne, who are you giving that down to? Who are you giving it to? A judge in Florida. A judge in Florida needs to come to the front of the congregation. Because when I thought about the story again, it really does disgust me. But we'll talk about it for after the hour. All right.

We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Come on in. You know I've got your rumor report. Angela Yee here. And did you know that the general insurance has been saving people money for nearly 60 years? That's a long time. So if you want the quality coverage you deserve at prices you can afford,

check out The General. 800-GENERAL or visit TheGeneral.com. Some restrictions apply. Make sure you tell them to watch out for Florida, man. The craziest people in America come from the the bronx and all of florida 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 Charlemagne the guy. I don't know why y'all keep letting him get y'all like this. Me? It's my fault? Donkey of the Day for Friday, June 4th goes to Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Jeffrey Dana Gillen. Now, who is Judge Jeffrey Gillen? He's a Florida man. That's all you need to know.

And you also need to know that in Florida, they clearly care about iguanas more than they care about humans, especially humans of a darker hue. Once I tell you this story, the dots should connect for you. Now, Judge Jeffrey Gillen ruled against P.J. and Elijah Patterson. See, P.J. and Elijah Patterson is facing five years in prison because he stood his ground. We all know to stay inon-your-ground law, the controversy that surrounds the stay-on-your-ground law, most notably in the case of that devil George Zimmerman versus the late young king Trayvon Martin. RIP to Trayvon Martin, sending healing energy to his family always.

If you don't know what the stay-on-your-ground law is, the stay-on-your-ground law allows a person who is under attack and reasonably fears death or great bodily harm to use deadly force, even if they can retreat to safety. Well, PJ and Elijah Patterson was under attack. He feared for his life, so he stood his ground. But for whatever reason, Judge Jeffrey Gillen didn't see it that way. Let's go to CBS Miami for the report, please. Florida man will not be able to use the stand your ground defense after killing an iguana.

Stop. Stop. What? OK, run it back florida man will not be able to use the stand your ground defense after killing an iguana teaching the lodge of patterson said he beat the iguana to death after it attacked him and hoped to use the stand your ground defense to get an animal cruelty charge dropped he had to get 22 staples because of the bite and his attorney said the iguana was the first to engage with physical violence prosecutors say surveillance video shows patterson brutally attacked the iguana for half an hour and the animal bit him in self-defense patterson faces up to five years in prison if convicted of animal

cruelty look man uh either a we needed this judge during the Zimmerman versus Trayvon Martin case, because if he was the judge, Zimmerman clearly would have been under the jail. Or B, in Florida, they care about green reptilian lives over black human ones, because there's absolutely no reason for PJ and Elijah Patterson to be facing five years in prison for standing his ground against an iguana. Now, iguanas are pretty harmless as far as I know, but when you see one that is three feet long, like this one was, for standing his ground against an iguana. Now, iguanas are pretty harmless as far as I know, but when you see one that is three feet long,

like this one was, you could see how a person could be startled and feel like he was under attack. Now, according to Patterson's lawyer, Patterson rescued the iguana from the middle of the road and the iguana bit Patterson and gave him 22 stitches. Violence! But there's always three sides to a story, and in this case, prosecutors painted patterson as

the aggressor because they have surveillance footage that shows a 32-minute attack during which patterson savagely beat their words not mine savagely beat tormented tortured and killed the iguana i didn't hear none of those words used to describe what george zimmerman did to trayvon martin like my god my damn iguana gets more sympathy and compassion from the justice system than a young black man. What makes this whole situation so Florida is in 2019, and don't ask me how I remember this article, but I do. I even looked it up again to refresh my memory. In 2019, according to NBC News, Florida homeowners were urged. I repeat, Florida homeowners were urged to kill invasive green iguanas whenever possible.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said that iguanas cause damage to vegetation and infrastructure and can also spread salmonella. So since they are killing the ecosystem, they said Florida homeowners should kill them. Now, there was a caveat. OK, the caveat was that iguanas are not protected in Florida except by anti-cruelty laws. I guess they thought P.J. Patterson was being overly cruel. I don't know. All I know is that in Florida, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, homeowners do not need a permit to kill iguanas on their own property. I don't even really know what any of that means.

But I know in Florida you can't send mixed messages. You have to speak very clearly to a Floridian because you already know they don't see the world like you and I do. And in this case, you sent mad mixed messages. If I'm Patterson and I see Florida let mad people off because of staying your ground and those people have killed actual humans, actual living, breathing, walking breathing walking talking fully formed humans with social security numbers and birthdays if i've seen the stand your ground law get people off for actually killing people of course i would expect that defense to work on an iguana a creature this state couldn't possibly care about you know uh more than humans right could they not the

creatures just two years ago you was telling residents residents of Florida that it's okay to kill. I don't know. I don't know. I don't even know what PJ Patterson was thinking. But if he was using any kind of logic in this situation, that's exactly why he's in this situation. Because logic simply doesn't matter in Florida. Please give Judge Jeffrey Dana Gillen the sweet sound of the Hamilton's.

Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Yee-haw. All right. Thank you for that donkey of the day. Yes, indeed. And nothing I love more than, you know, Lakers fans finally waking up to receive my text

and texting me back simply, I hate you. Goodness gracious. Salute to carry champion. All right. I hate you. That's what she said. I hate you. All right.

Well, let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. I was scrolling on my social media and I was popped up on Jasmine Brand. I seen this video right here. Let's play audio of the video. Dad, I'm running away. Dawson, what are you doing? You said you don't want me. Dawson, I never said I didn't love you. I said turn off your PlayStation. It's time for bed. It's not the same thing. Get in here. And how are you going to run away with a Minecraft sword and a skateboard? Come on. Get back in here.

A Minecraft sword and a skateboard. All right. So the question is, 800-585-1051, have you ever run away from home? What? Or tried to? I mean, I wasn't running away from home. I ran out the house to avoid a beating. But I wasn't going nowhere.

I did that one time, too. Just trying to avoid that wooden spoon that got pulled off that goddamn kitchen. My son ran away from home one time. Well, he got to the end of the driveway, and I told him there's bears out there. And then he turned around and ran back in the house. I let him pack his things. He's like, I'm running away. You know, I don't like it.

I said, all right, well, go leave. You don't like it here? Leave. I think he had a problem eating vegetables. I was like, oh, you away. You know, I don't like it. I said, all right, well, go leave. You don't like it here? Leave. I think he had a problem eating vegetables. I was like, oh, you don't want to eat vegetables? All right, well, leave then. He was like, fine, I'm leaving. You kicked your son out the house because he didn't want to eat vegetables?

Yep. And he walked to the end of the driveway. And I said, all right, well, you know the bears out there, so good luck. He said, real bears? I said, yeah. And he turned around and ran back in the house. I need to know how not eating vegetables leads to kicking your son out the house. He didn't want to eat the vegetables, so he didn't want to live here anymore.

So I said, if you don't want to live here anymore, don't live here. Oh, you didn't say that part. I had that part. Oh, you didn't have to say you didn't want to eat the vegetables to get out? I'm like, damn. No, he said, I don't want to live here anymore. I don't like broccoli, Dad. You going to kick me out the house because I don't like cauliflower?

And you know what? It didn't work because he still doesn't eat his vegetables. He needs 17. But anyway, 800-585-1051. Have you ever ran away from home? And how far did you get? Let's talk about it. It's The Breakfast Club.

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Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it.

I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe owned 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. Bullet holes. We need help! We need help!

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

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Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we're asking, have you ever ran away from home? Now, I've seen this on the Jasmine brand this morning. Let's play the audio of the video I was watching. Dad, I'm running away. Dawson, what are you doing?

You said you don't love me. I'm leaving. Dawson, I never said I didn't love you. I said turn off your PlayStation. It's time for bed. It's not the same thing. Get in here. And how are you going to run away with a Minecraft sword and a skateboard? Come on. Get back in here. All right. So that is the question. 800-585-1051 now.

Charlamagne, you said you never ran away from home. No, I was always smart enough to know I had nowhere to go. Where was I going? Monk's Corner, South Carolina is not big. I grew up in a single-wide trailer for a large portion of my life, and so did a lot of others around me. When I would run away from one single-wide trailer to go to another single-wide trailer,

kids always think about running away from home until they realize I really have nowhere to go. It sounds good when you're emotional and you're young. I'm running away from home. Where you going? Yeah, you know, my closest relative was my grandmother growing up.'m from queen she lived in brooklyn and that's a long walk i wasn't doing that so now i'm just gonna stay no now i did run out the house one time when i was getting a beating but i definitely did that my mama had that uh that's when my mama had the

wooden spoon and the wooden fork on the on the wall in the kitchen and i don't know what i did i just saw her reaching for that spoon. I took off. I bounced out that single wide trail. I was gone. All right. What about you, Dramas? I think I ran away to my basement one time.

That's about as far as I got. That's not running away from home, you idiot. They're still in the house. I still packed a bag, though, and I made the announcement that I was running away. Just to go in the basement?

I just went in the basement. They didn't know where I was. I just went in the basement. And from that point on, that's when your dad started questioning whether you was his or not. I don't know what that's supposed to mean.

He was like, that cannot be mine. I really need to get blood tested because this guy is so stupid. He could run away from home. I'm running away from home. He went into the basement. I'm feeling attacked here,

so I don't know. You guys promise. You want to run away? You want to run away to the bathroom? Yeah. Hello, who's this? It's Markel.

Markel, what's up, man? You ever ran away from home, bro? Well, I tried, man. I was like maybe seven or eight. I wasn't allowed to cross the street. I grew up in Bevan-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, you know, the city block. And my grandma, she's old school, South Carolina. I was cutting up, seeing the other side of the hair with a pin pot.

So I called myself running away. But I couldn't cross the street. So I just went around the block like a million times. By the time the streetlight came on, by the time the streetlight came on, my runaway excursion was over. Let me tell you something, King. You know what's so crazy? They act like we was wrong for running from that abuse.

You know what I mean? They hitting us with spoons on the wall. You getting hit with pans. What are we supposed to do? We'll talk. We'll talk, man. All right, brother. Thank you, man. You're getting hit with pans. What are we supposed to do? We'll talk. We'll talk, man. All right, bro. Thank you, man.

All right, y'all. Peace. Hello, who's this? Hi, good morning. My name is Sharika. Hey, Sharika. You ever run away from home? Yes, I have.

Okay, where'd you go? Tell us about it. I actually went to one of my sister's friend's house. So the situation was my oldest sister is 13 years apart from me. My baby sister is 12 years from me. There's six of us, but I was the only one that grew up by myself. And we grew up on an acre and a half of land, and my closest friend was like 10 blocks away.

So as I got older, I just needed to see some life and some people. But I was responsible responsible runaway. I would only run away during the summer, and I always kept a job at Burger King or McDonald's, and I would go home for school. So you was a summer runaway. Summer runaway. A responsible runaway.

A responsible summer runaway. I'd never heard of this. This is like those facilities they have out of the country where people can go and do hard drugs, micro-dosed. Yeah, yep, yep. Well, thank you, well thank you you was micro-dosing running away hello who's this is it healthy what are the health benefits hello hey what's your name hey my name is akiri akiri how are you king how you doing man how you doing bless black and highly favored what's that away from home bro yeah i mean a long time ago i was was going to force a system at the time.

And why'd you take off? And where'd you go? I mean, you know, it was just hectic at the time. You know, it was just really hectic. You know, a lot of people and just coming and going. I had to get out of there for a little bit, man. So where did you go? I just went, like, somewhere in town just to wait, like, just to get away.

But it didn't even last long like that, honestly. Okay. All right. Thank you, brother. Before we we go can i do a shout out yeah sure all right oh well my sister you know she she went through something tragic and i just wanted to shout out the go on me go funny.com me slash 206 e 2 d9. All right, brother. Have a good one. Thank you, man. You too, man. It ain't funny when you run away from a foster home.

What is your crib is jokes and you come back, but what is a foster home that ain't funny? I mean, yeah, because you can understand the trauma that might be happening in a foster home. And nine times out of ten, kids run away from home because they're, you know, just kids and they feel privileged and entitled and they're not getting something they want. Or sometimes they're running from some real trauma. That is true.

That was some real trauma. Hell yeah. That one wasn't fun. That just made a lot of sense. That's why I started looking at my phone. That's why I started looking at my phone. [phone]. Have you ever run away from home?

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Add your opinions to the Breakfast Club topic. Come on. 800-585-1051. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. If you just joined us, we're asking, have you ever ran away from home? I was watching this video on the Jasmine brand.

Let's play the audio. Dad, I'm running away. Dawson, what are you doing? You said you don't love me. I'm leaving. Dawson, I never said I didn't love you. I said turn off your PlayStation. It's time for bed.

Same thing. It's not the same thing. Get in here. And how are you going to run away with a Minecraft sword and a skateboard? not the same thing get in here and how are you gonna run away with a minecraft sword and a skateboard come on get back in here the craziest thing about running away when you're a kid is you realize you really have nowhere to go nowhere to go you know you actually start to get a new respect for your parents because you realize i ain't got no money okay i have i can't do anything all right so you kind of like just stuck to your

I don't want to say a slave because I hate that when people use that word but you're just you know attached to your situation you can't leave you're a prisoner of childhood of adolescence let's go to the phone lines 800-585-1051 hello who's this?

hey Brittany good morning you ever ran away from home? no I had thought about it when I was younger. And I feel like I didn't want to, you know what I'm saying, take on the responsibility of not having no money and then getting smashed up. So I just want, you know, to advise kids not to think about that. No, I get it.

I get it. You get me? Yeah, yeah, of course. Of course. Now, you have a kid that runs away. You get me? Yeah, yeah, of course. Of course. Now, you have a kid that runs away that says he's running away all the time, huh? Yeah, I have. Yeah, she has. And she told us, she said, oh, I'm going to run to daddy.

So I'm like, okay. But she never, she plays with me. My girl always plays with me. So, you know, it's a 50-50 I look into that observation How old is she? I have a 9 and 11 year old Oh yeah, she too young to tell her her daddy don't want her No

She'll stop trying to run away over there Once you tell her that But you don't want to traumatize the young lady Hello, who's this? It's Ree Hey Ree, you ever ran away from home? I tried to, but I got caught. What happened?

Man, I got expelled from middle school, and I got home and packed my bag. As soon as I was walking out the door, he was pulling up in the front. Damn. Like that. So now you got a beating from middle school and a beating for trying to run away from home.

I'm sick of our parents, especially if you have a certain age. I'm sick of them thinking that we shouldn't have been running from them goddamn beatings they was giving us. My daddy beat me with an extension cord and made me go take a bath. I should have ran. Obviously you needed the beatings, bro. You tried to light your house on fire. No, I was playing with a lighter in my room. I didn't

know. I wasn't trying to light the house on fire. I wasn't trying to commit an act of my room. I didn't know. I wasn't trying to light the house on fire. I wasn't trying to commit an act of arson. I just didn't know any better. I was a child. Okay? Now you try to light your house on fire. Then you cut a hole in your wall and was masturbating through the hole. That never happened. You ain't getting beat enough, I think. When your mom tells you

wait until your daddy is home, good reason to run away. Hello, who's this? Yeah, this is T is trey trey you ever ran away from home yeah i ran away from home uh once when i was like i'm trying to think i think i was like 10 i think my dad was trying to make me eat some vegetables when we was at my grandma house and i was like man i'm about to just i was like i'm about to go so then i started walking down the street and then my dad came up where I was in the truck. Why do y'all hate vegetables so much?

Everybody hates vegetables as kids. I never hated vegetables as a kid like that. Not that I remember. My mom might say otherwise, but I don't remember hating vegetables like that. Now I love vegetables. That's the crazy part. Same thing.

My son was like, I was like, eat your vegetables. Yeah, I don't want to live here no more. Oh, you don't want to live here no more? Then get out. All right. He packed his bag, and he walked down to the end of the driveway. Now get your ass back in this house, you don't want to live here no more? Then get out. All right. He packed his bag and he walked down to the end of the driveway. Now get your ass back in this house.

I don't get it. What's the moral of the story? The moral of the story is, you know, just like most things nowadays, it's just not safe for y'all to run away anymore, kids. All right?

Back in our day, it was a lot safer to run away. Nowadays, you got human trafficking. It's very real. They're kidnapping kids, putting them in sex rings, kidnapping kids for their organs. Run away with no place to go, and the wrong person will find somewhere for you to be.

Just know that the situation you're in right now with your parents is temporary. As an adult, I can't even run away. Where am I going? I'm going to start saying that, though. I'm going to start telling my wife and kids, I'm running away. I'm running away. I'm going to start saying that. I'm going to definitely start saying that.

Go sit my ass right in the backyard. I'm running away. I'm running away. Go sit my ass right in the backyard. I'm running away. I'm running away. I'm going to sit my ass right in the backyard and cry. Alright, we got rumors on the way. We got new music. Of course, it's New Music Friday. And we got a ton of new music to play for you guys. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Disrespectful. Nobody disrespects. We'll be right back. bombs for them. Okay. Boxing experts, alright, who will tell you that Logan Paul don't stand a chance against Floyd Mayweather because nobody's going to listen to me because I got a lisp. Y'all would listen to Mike Tyson though and he got a lisp. We scared of him. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. A couple things, of course. I just want to remind you guys, if you haven't got your tickets, my car show, August 14th in Atlantic City. Your favorite celebrity cars, amusements, it's Carchella. So it's not just about the cars. It's cars, it's amusements, it's a family fun day in Atlantic City.

And then also, we're doing one July 3rd in Atlanta. So I want to see you guys get your tickets. Tickets are moving, and we do have a cap. It's not just open, you know, 100% open. We have a cap because we just want to keep it intimate a little bit and just a little fun so it's not overpacked. Are you saying your car show is cap? No, not cap.

I mean, there's a cap to how many people are in there. Oh, okay. I don't know. I can't keep up anymore. And also, shout out to Cesar, Flippin' NJ. Today's his birthday. So shout out to my brother, Cesar. Sal out to Cesar, Flippin' NJ. Today's his birthday. So shout out to my brother, Cesar. Salute to Cesar!

Yeah, he's celebrating his birthday. And we got a seminar coming up in Charlotte. So if you want to learn about real estate and you're from North Carolina or South Carolina, any of the surrounding cities, come on down. We break down how we make money in real estate. We bring the people to you. So we bring the lenders. We bring the agents. We bring everybody there because we want people to learn how to do it and not get got.

So hopefully we'll see you on Father's Day in Charlotte. Now, Charlemagne, you were talking about Lil Boss. Oh, man, salute to my guy, Lil Boss, man. Salute to my dude, Ty. You know, Lil Boss. I just love to see artists from where I'm from making a name for themselves. I was actually, I think I was on My Mixtapes yesterday, and they featured this new record by Lil Boss. He put out a video called Step On Who.

And since it is New Music Friday, why not? Okay. We got time? Yeah, let's do it. All right, drop on the clues bombs for my man Lil Boss. This is his record, Step On Who, available everywhere you get records. All right, well, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, Charlamagne, you got a positive note for the people on this Friday? I do, man. The positive note is simply this, and I want you to remember this going into the weekend, man. You know, some people will just simply never like you because your spirit irritates their demons. That's a quote from the great Denzel Washington. Remember that.

Some people will never like you because your spirit irritates their demons. 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 Zaka Stan. We need help! That's Escape from Z-A-Q-A-S-T-A-N on the iHe I heart radio 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.