The Breakfast Club - Is there ever a good time to wear black face?

Episode Date: February 12, 2019

2-12- With all this talk about black face in the news we opened up the phone lines to see if our listeners thought if there was any acceptable time to wear blackface, even though most likely not. Moreover, after Kamala Harris stopped through the other day, some people were not so happy about it, so we opened up the phone lines to see why they were not feeling the presidential candidate. Also Charlamagne tha god to a man that wants to sue his parents for birthing him.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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.

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

We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after

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you're trying your best and you're gonna 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 iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts It's dangerous. I stay in everybody's business, but in a good way. Charlamagne Tha God. The ruler rubbing you the wrong way. The Breakfast Club. Made for everybody. Good morning, USA! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, they did say 5 o'clock this morning, but then they pushed it back to like this afternoon. 7 a.m., I think. Yeah, but I mean, one thing I've realized in my travels in my life, meteorologists don't know what the hell

they talking about. Definitely not. Well, the weather's also unpredictable. Sometimes things change. It didn't used to be. Back in the day, meteorologists could tell you

it's going to be 70 degrees tomorrow, high and sunny. It'd be 70 degrees, high and sunny. I can tell you tomorrow it's going to snow and it would snow. Nowadays, you just, you know.

It is going to snow. The timing is just a little off. Well, they closed all my kids' schools. Absolutely. They ain't got no school, so they chilling. And I woke up this morning expecting to see a snowstorm. And it was easy breezy on the way to work. Yeah, they said around commuter time, like 7 a.m. it's going to snow.

And then also later today. Yeah, last night it was 5 a.m. It was 4, 5 a.m. Yeah. I'm supposed to stop. Y'all wanted it to snow or something on the way to work? No, but if my kids ain't got school, I want something. Let me see something, some snow.

Yeah, we don't get snow days. You know what I mean? I do like when they send us the alert that there's no school. I like the excitement in my daughter's voice. Oh, my goodness. She loves it. You know what I mean? So excited.

And you remember that feeling when you didn't have to go to school for something. So I like that. Until they started having you make up those days. Nah, they give them snow days. Yeah, but then if you have too many, you have to make up the days. Yeah. But as an adult, you don't get snow days. So whatever.

Some people do. Snow ho. What you mean some people do? We don't get no day of snow days. Not us, but some people do. Some people don't have to work when it's snowing. We definitely don't get no snow days. But anyway.

Now, happy birthday to Gucci. Gucci Mane. Oh, I was like, wow, you're celebrating Gucci right now? No, Gucci Mane. This is crazy. Gucci Mane's birthday. Y'all been boycotting Gucci all weekend, but now y'all want to say happy birthday to him. Yes, it's Gucci Mane.

Yes, it's birthday. How does Kishi Kyo feel about that? I don't know. But happy birthday to Gucci Mane. And we got front page news. What are we talking about, Ye? Well, we're going to talk about your Knicks. They have set a record.

We'll tell you what that record is for. Also, a third of Americans think this is okay. Let's see what you think. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's the Breakfast Club. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club.

Let's get in some front page news. What are we talking about, Yee? Well, the New York Knicks have set a single season franchise losing streak. They lost their 17th consecutive game last night to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Dropping the clues bombs for the Knicks, baby. No, no stop. They don't have the worst record in the NBA. They're pretty bad.

They're 10-46. Hopefully they get the first-round pick. Hopefully. That's what they're banking on. Oh, they're definitely getting the first-round pick. You mean the first pick? First pick. Yeah, I mean the first pick.

Okay. Yeah, hopefully they get the first pick. Listen, man, salute to them, though. It's hard to lose 17 games in a row. That's why nobody's ever done it. They set a record. Okay. Well, they're, yeah. They almost won yesterday. They only lost by salute to them, though. It's hard to lose 17 games in a row. That's why nobody's ever done it. They set a record. They almost won yesterday. They only lost by three, but get it.

Okay. Yeah, the Nets lost last night, too, by two. All right, now let's talk about Kareem Hunt. He has signed with the Cleveland Browns. He's the former Chiefs star. He was cut after they posted a video of him on TMZ Sports, if you guys remember, showing him getting violent with a woman in a hotel in Cleveland.

So they did sign him now. They said that he took full responsibility for his egregious actions and showed true remorse. And secondly, just as importantly, he's undergoing and is committed to necessary professional treatment and a plan that has been clearly laid out. That's why I don't understand you people with your flexible morals, right? Because we've been watching the NFL for years.

The NFL has historically given people who committed domestic violence other chances. They've historically given murderers other chances. But we didn't have no problem watching it then. But soon as, you know, there's some injustice to Colin Kaepernick, everybody's like, oh, I'm not watching it no more. All right, now Eric Reid has signed a three-year deal to return to the Panthers. He was one of the players who was joining Colin Kaepernick and kneeling during the national anthem back in 2016.

He was the first player to join him. He said, if anything, it proves my point from last year. I didn't sign until a few weeks into the regular season. This year I signed a more substantial contract over the same time period. I'm the same player. As far as Colin Kaepernick, he said, knowing what I know, my hope tank is on E. This is a leverage game, so we'll see what happens moving forward. So he doesn't believe that Colin Kaepernick will

be signed. Hey, man, get your money, Eric Reid. I'm going to close the bonds for Eric Reid. You know what I'm saying? And Eric going to put a lot of that money back into the Know Your Rights camp, I'm sure. You know, so salute to Eric. Alright, now a third of Americans think that blackface for Halloween is perfectly okay. Now, white adults are twice think that blackface for Halloween is perfectly OK.

Now, white adults are twice as likely as black adults to approve the act. Thirty nine percent of those polled think it's OK for a white person to use makeup to darken their skin as long as it's for Halloween. And only 19 percent of black respondents feel the same way. And this is an ongoing issue. Actually, this just happened last week. They talked about this incident last week, but this happened on August 20th. An elementary school principal wore a black face to dress up as Steve Harvey at an all-white staff meeting at the school. The students weren't there, but it was all the staff there. It was all white people in the staff meeting, and the person dressed up as Steve Harvey, so they darkened their skin.

Lisa Boyer, she's the principal of Friendship Elementary School in Glen Rock, Pennsylvania. So this is something that's just an ongoing thing. I don't understand. That is a good discussion, though. What's that? When I think blackface, you know, I think, you know, the black shoe polish with the red lips and like, what if you're just like Robert, no, not Robert, I was

doing a name from Tropic Thunder that played Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr. You know what I'm saying? What if you're doing that? What if you're doing what Jimmy Kimmel did when he played Karl Malone? Is that necessarily blackface? Darkening your skin to be a black person? I don't know. I guess that is blackface.

I'm asking the question. I don't know. Anybody? I don't know. We know they're playing a specific character. Are they making fun of who we are, or are they playing a character? That's the thing with blackface. Blackface reinforces a lot of negative stereotypes.

People don't even like when people who are lighter darken their skin to play a character. That's the thing with blackface. Blackface reinforces a lot of negative stereotypes. People don't even like when people who are lighter darken their skin to play a character. Yeah. But, you know, rule of thumb, just don't do blackface in general.

Yes. Don't darken your skin with makeup. The oppressed can never make fun of the oppressor. I mean, no, the oppressor can never make fun of the oppressed,

but the oppressed can make fun of the oppressor. That's the rule. That's the rule. It is what it is and it's the rule. It is what it is and it's always going to be that way. Right. Okay?

Mm-hmm. All right. All right. Well, that's your front page news. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent right now.

Hit us up. Phone lines are wide open. The number again is 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent. Hit us up right now. What happened to our homies from Cali that used to call? They sent us

a gift. I know they sent us some Chick-fil-A gift cards to shout to you guys. I haven't heard from them in a week or so. I mailed them a copy of Chikwan, Anxiety Playing Tricks on me. My national best-selling second book. Congratulations on that. I see you got your sticker yesterday. Oh, you know, God is good. Tell them what that sticker means. It means

that the book is a national best-seller. Just like Black Privilege was a national bestseller. Well, congratulations, man. I'm trying to congratulate you, man. Thank you, man. God is good, man. You know, I'm just out here living my life like it's golden. Doing what God tells me to do.

There you go. Moving when he tells me to move. There you go. Including my boss. Okay. A little too much TMI, but all right. But anyway, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Let's go. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're man or flesh. Say it with your chest. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club.

So if you got something on your mind, lay it out. Hello, who's this? Yo, it's your boy, Boss Black. Boss Black. What up? Get it off your chest, bro. Yeah, man. We talking about the black face and all that.

I mean, would it be messed up if we did whiteface? We do do whiteface. I'm not saying we would want to have a whiteface, but... We do do whiteface, though. I mean, you think about movies like Marlon and Sean Wayans, White Girls. You think about when Dave Chappelle used to pretend to be the white dude. Martin used to pretend to be the white dude. But here's the rule.

The rule is the oppressed can always make fun of the oppressor, but the oppressor cannot make fun of the oppressed. And that's the rule. Since they didn't give us reparations, then they gotta give us rules like that. Facts. Charlemagne, you're right about that. I'm just saying, like, you know what I mean? What if we all went out

for Halloween and we just picked one random white person and just wanted to be that person? We have earned that right, sir. We ain't be that person. We have earned that right, sir. We definitely earned that right already. That's the least they can let us do for our treatment in this country. Hey, mama. Get it off your chest.

Hey, so I just wanted to know, the same way people get upset about blackface, does it play on the same side as when white people do white kicks or when white people, I mean, when white people do like white cakes or when white people, I mean, when white people dress up for Halloween as like white cakes and they dance and all that and they reenact it, is it uncomfortable the same way or does it become a costume? Once again, the oppressed can make fun of the oppressor.

The oppressor can't make fun of the oppressed. You know why? Because y'all didn't give us reparations and y'all put us through slavery and Jim Crow segregation. So this is your ancestors' fault. The least you can do is let us do whiteface. You're right.

I mean, I guess if you put it that way, but then talking to the millennials and then they're just looking at the movie, they're not thinking about the history behind it. They're just thinking as costumes. That's why we gotta... Yeah, that's why we gotta make sure

we have some type of education in the school so they know the history. Constantly remind them of history, boo. Sean, good morning. Sean, good morning. Hey, good morning. How you doing? What's up, Sean?

Get it off your chest. Yeah. So, Sean LeMay was saying that it's okay for the people who are oppressing to, for the people who are being oppressed to make fun of people who are the oppressor. Yes. I don't necessarily agree with that. Well, I mean, life shows us that nobody's going to ever side with

the bully. Nobody's going to ever side with the person in power. Exactly. So, alright, so if you look at it like the top 1%, the top wealthiest people, is it alright for them to make fun of people who aren't wealthy because they're the minority?

Because they're the minority. Listen to what I just said, bro. I said the oppressed can always make fun of the oppressor. So how could the 1% make fun of people broken in them? It's okay for the broke people to make fun of the 1%, though. Don't think about it too hard. Thank you, thank you, man. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Don't think about it too hard, I think you stepped up. Thank you, thank you, man. Thank you, man. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Don't think about it too hard, brother.

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Pick up the mother, mother phone and dial. This is your time to get it off your chest.

Whether you're mad or blessed. Say it with your chest. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So you better have the same energy. Jason. Hey, how you doing? What's up, Jason? Get it off your chest.

I was just wondering, man, every time I'm in my car, I'm like, he's hard to beat. What's the problem with that? Do we have anybody else that's making music? Nope. She got like three, four,

five songs on the radio. What's the problem with that one? It's your time, it's your time, sir. That's right.

She got, what happened to the big footer girl, Nicki Minaj? Nicki's still out here doing her thing. Do you get mad

when they have all the Drake songs playing on the radio? Well, I don't like Drake that much either, but they kind of play Drake out too.

They should have played her out or. But they still play hard. We ain't going to last no more than six more months. All right, what you want to hear, bro? Somebody else, anybody. And by the way, Cardi is going to last more than six months because I don't know if you realize Money is a new record. That ain't even on no album or nothing. That's just floating around out there.

Yeah, well, we got a new Cardi B record for you, bro. All right, keep it locked. She got another one with that Chippin' Head song. I like that one too. That's off the album that came out last year. So you want us to play that? Yeah, that's nice. I like that one. Okay, so you don't mind hearing Cardi B. You just want to hear the record that you want to hear.

Okay, I get it. Trav, what's up, Trav? What's popping? Hi, Trav. Where you been? What's up, boo? I've been struggling. I've been struggling out here. What's up, sis? Why you been struggling. I've been struggling out here. What's up, sis?

Why you been struggling? The lack of KY in Philly? I got some KY. He got some KY for you. First of all, Trav already hit me up and asked me for some KY. Did he? I hooked him up. Yes, I got you.

He did. He definitely already hooked me up. I got suspended from my job, man. What? Yeah. Why? Yeah. Why? Who was hating on you? I told Taylor somebody from my job

has sent my lip service episode to HR. Why would you get suspended for lip service? And said I was making racial remarks because I was saying the N-word, even though I'm black. And that I was saying discriminatory remarksword, even though I'm black. And then I was saying... You are lying....discriminatory remarks against women and all this other stuff. But I go back to work today. I can't believe you got suspended for that.

That's crazy. Yeah, that's a little wild. That's crazy. Yeah. Who was the person that told? See, you got him in trouble. I don't know. And now I can't even go through my followers

because I don't even know who from my job follows me. So you're not allowed to have a side hustle is what your job is telling you? They said that what I was saying doesn't align with their views or whatever they were saying. They don't want to see you shine, Trev. I feel like you got some type of discrimination thing going on here. Because if you're a gay man and you're talking about your love of, you know, other men, that sounds like... What about what you were saying doesn't align with what they feel?

They tried to say because I was saying the N-word and I was saying things about women, like I guess like stepping on a woman's face. I've done this stuff. Why the hell would you step on a woman's face? But you don't step on women's faces. That was something that someone else does. I gotta listen to that.

I gotta hear the episode. It's the same as I was saying. It's a line with their morals and their values. But Trav, why you calling, man? I know you got something on your mind. That's terrible. I'm mad about that. I don't want to take up the line now.

I don't want to take up the line now. I'll just call back later. No, you can tell us now, Trav. I was going to talk about Nicki and the Grammys, right? Go ahead, Trav. There's not to talk about Nikki and the Grammys, right? Go ahead, Trav. And there's not even nothing bad because everybody teases Nikki. And it's like, you know, J. Cole don't even have a Grammy. And it's like as soon as Cardi won a Grammy,

everybody immediately went to Nikki Page and started messing with her. And it's like that's not the right thing to do. And at the same time, you know, I don't think, you know, I don't know who's talking to Nicki, but somebody need to tell her now is not the time to go on a rant about the Grammys and why they banned her from the Grammys and why she don't have a Grammy. I don't think she should do that. You're right, Trav.

I mean, you know, we got to stop acting like Cardi's wins are Nicki's losses. And Nicki, you're right. Now is not the time to go in on the Grammys because everybody will think you just salty because Cardi won Rap Album of the Year. Correct. And there's one more thing. Uh-oh. Can I ask you a question, Charlamagne?

Yes, sir. Because, you know, I don't be listening to, like, the type of people that you gave Donkey the other day and, like, certain people get it for, like, being xenophobic and certain people get it for, like, doing things 40 years ago and seeing that they evolved and they changed and they grow. But then you have people like, um,

and I know you're cool with her and I know y'all friends like Jess Hilarious. Yes. Like I know you saw the homophobic remarks when she called the young man a for saying that she comment on the shade room too much. And then she made a apology. But then she basically accused the whole LGBT community of being, like, mean to her and when one person said something to her.

And I don't see how stuff like, how she don't get, like, donkey of the day. Well, you know, I'm going to be honest with you. I saw both sides of that situation, even though that is my homie. He said that he called her a manly face. That's what I got wind of on social media. I was told that he called her,

he called her that slur, and then she replied back. Oh, yeah, yeah. He never called her a ch**ty. She lied and said that he called her that slur, and then she replied back. Oh, yeah, yeah. He never called her a s***. She lied and said that he called her that on the shade. How are you going to say it's a lie if you ain't see it? It was a lie because somebody went and screenshot it on his s***. Not to protect her.

He never called her a s***. He never said anything about her sexuality. He did the thing. Yeah, that's definitely not a word she should be using. And he shouldn't be calling her that either. No, but she's the one that's... But just like, not even take it out of her. If Post Malone was to drop a song and call somebody the word n***a in a song,

he would get donkey of the day. But people like Rick Ross can drop a song and call people the word f***. And he don't get it. You just have a bias. So why don't you give donkey of the day? Why don't you give your ass to who you want to give your ass to? But it's your second guy. Goodbye. Bye, Trav. I don't you give your ass to who you want to give your ass to? But it's your second guy. Goodbye.

Bye, Trav. I don't know. All right, well, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. You got rumors on the way? Yes, let's talk about Justine Skye now.

She has named the person who is her abuser and will tell you who that person is and what she had to say and the whole incident surrounding it. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked.

This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to these rumors. Let's talk Katy Perry. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee.

On The Breakfast Club. Well, Katy Perry's got a shoe line and that shoe line sells at retailers like Dillard's and Walmart. And they've actually pulled one of the shoes from the collection, the Aura Face Black Heel Sandal. And that's because they're saying it resembles blackface. Now, the shoes do come in black and in beige, but the black one, again, has the red lipstick. And according to people, they're like, Katy Perry can't get away with this. So I'm confused, right?

So it's okay on the nude face, but on the black shoe, it's not. I'm just asking, just curious. Well, if the face is in black, then it's... Let me see the nude one again. Let me see the nude one. What's the nude one? There you go. If you have Revolt TV, that's what we're looking at.

That looks like a white woman. So it's a nude what we're looking at. That looks like a white woman. So it's a nude with the blue eyes. So it looks like a white woman. So yeah, that's fine. You know what I mean? But I mean, that's a good reason for them to pull it because they say it resembles blackface. It doesn't resemble blackface.

The blue eyes throw me off a little bit because Sambo didn't have blue eyes. But if you say resemble and it's a little too close for comfort, I'm not mad at them being safe as opposed to being sorry. Now, Katy Perry, her team said these shoes were never intended to be offensive. They're part of an entire line, but they said in order to be respectful and sensitive,

the team is in the process of pulling the shoes. All right. A new 50 Cent produced legal drama has been picked up, United We Fall, and that's been picked up for pilot at ABC. It's about a legal and family drama about a prisoner who becomes a lawyer litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn't commit. Drop on the clues bombs for 50 cents.

How friendly, how family friendly ABC Disney got Curtis Jackson on their roster? I don't know how 50 does it, but drop on the clues bombs for 50. Shout out to 50. I spoke to him yesterday. Shout out to 50. 50 is living his best life. He is living his life like it's golden. He says what he wants to do. He 50. Shout out to 50. I spoke to him yesterday. Shout out to 50. 50 is living his best life. He is. He's living his life like it's golden.

He says what he wants to do. He does what he wants to do. And he still makes family-friendly networks like ABC and Disney embrace him. And don't y'all go backtracking now, ABC and Disney, because of something 50 said in the past either. All right, now Ariana Grande, her new album, had the largest global debut within the first 24 hours, and that is according to Apple

Music. It's a 12-track album and it's the largest global debut of any female artist in every genre within the first 24 hours of the release. So congratulations to Ariana Grande for that. Alright, Justine Skye. She has accused Sheck Wes of abuse.

Now we know Sheck Wes as the artist who has the song Mo Bamba that everybody was singing in this very popular song. I know the record. The record seemed bigger than him, but I'm old. All right, now,

she went on social media and said, taking a walk with my friends and my man and Sheck West, my abuser, and his friends decide to stalk us and attack my friends. Two cars full of N-words

while he sat in the car like a bitch. You're a pathetic sheikh and you beat women. You hit your girl before me and you'll do it again. She said, you're pathetic and all the people defending you, your whole bitch-ass label, everyone. You spreading lies about me, moral of the story is, if you never put your hands on me, you wouldn't be in this situation and you just keep making it worse.

Let me follow this correctly. And she's dating Gold Link right now. So they jumped? Her and her friends. I guess they were walking down the block and whoever he was with, two cars full of people, while he was sitting in the car,

got out and jumped her man. Can you put a picture of Gold Link? Because I don't know what Gold Link looked like. You ain't lying. All right. Well, anyway, for people who are hearing this story for the first time,

when Justine Scott was up here at the Breakfast Club when we were doing Change for Change, she did detail that she was in a relationship. And here's how it started, she said. Well, the relationship, it was short, but it was very intense. It was about six months, you know, like in the beginning when guys like being obsessive and like you can't do this, can't do that. I love you. Don't go there. What do you wear? Like you're like, oh, oh my god like he really like he really loves me like he cares no he just doesn't want me talking any guys he's a little bit jealous and it got out of hand because I just didn't want to

believe that this person who claimed that they loved me so much could hurt me seeing the reaction from a lot of people like in my life that I like thought were my friends because of who it was they decided to just turn the blind eye. Now, she wasn't ready at that point to talk about who it was because I think she was concerned just about the backlash that she would get. And she has been getting backlash of people who are not believing her and her accusations. Here's what she said about why she hasn't told who it is. It's not even about protecting him because the people that need to know, know.

I don't know, maybe one day like it'll come to light. But for me, like it's not even about protecting him because the people that need to know, know. I don't know. Maybe one day, like, it'll come to light. But for me, like, it's not about revenge. It's not about exposing this person. It's not about, it's not even about this person. It's kind of protecting other people, though. Because if you see him with another woman, you have to, like, yeah. It is. And that's something that people have, like, pointed out to me as well, too.

And maybe, like, one day, like, I will say who it is. But Justine Skye has a beautiful energy about her. Absolutely Justine Skye. And I'm sure if this guy has endorsement deals or anything that he can lose, he'll probably lose those. All right, here's what else she had to say up here at the Breakfast Club

about her alleged abuser, alleged abuser, Sheck Wes. I don't think that people would care. Like, I really don't think that it would make a difference. Nah, they would definitely care. They would definitely care. No, because in rap culture, people don't care. It doesn I really don't think that it would make a difference. Nah, they would definitely care. They would definitely care. No, because in rap culture, like, people don't care.

It doesn't matter what the artist is about, like, how talented they are. And they'll still be bumping their music. They'll still be playing their, like, songs.

Just like, damn, that's f***ed up what he did. But, you know, his new album is fire. Or they might not even believe you. Sometimes they feel like, oh, whatever,

she just wants attention. Like, it's crazy. Yeah, and they're like, there's literally people she just wants attention. Like, it's crazy. Yeah, and they're like, there's literally people who've known me before they even knew this person who will look at me and be like, oh, you're trying to ruin this kid's career. Now, he responded on social media, on Twitter. He said, I've chosen to remain silent until now out of respect for actual victims of abuse, but I cannot stand by while lies are repeatedly told about me. I never hit or beat any women, and I did not beat up or jump anybody.

There's a few things that could happen if all of these allegations are true. I mean, he loses his endorsements, he goes to jail, he gets his ass beat by a guy

in Justine's life that loves her. But if he does music and people still gravitate towards his music, that's just what it is. So it's like, what do you want to happen

in this situation? It's a shame that someone has to feel like that. Well, no one's going to care. People are still going to listen to his music. Right. And that's the culture of it and's going to care. People are still going to listen to his music. Right. And that's the culture of it.

And that is a shame. But even if people still listen to his music. And the people are accusing her of lying. Like, I was looking at the comments, and I'm like, y'all don't even know either one of them. Yeah, nobody knows any side of the story. Just automatically saying that she's not telling the truth. We don't even know. And if people still listen to his music, I mean, he still can lose endorsement.

He can still go to jail. Or he can get his ass beat by a guy in Justine's life that loves her. All right, well, I'm Angela Yee, and that's your Rumor Report. Let me tell you something. That story just made me feel super old. Because I know Justine's guy. I don't know what Shaq West looks like. Nor do I know what Gold Link looks like.

I don't know what Gold Link. I know what Shaq West looks like. Can you put a book? You know what's crazy? I'm going to be honest with you. I didn't know Gold Link was a person. I thought Gold Link was a name of a song. I thought that was a song that money.

You guys. As soon as you said Gold Link, all I heard in my head was, I got money all around me. I look like a man. I didn't know he was a crew song. I thought that was that song. You guys. As soon as you said Goldling, all I heard in my head was, I got money all around me. I didn't know he was a human being. Oh, my gosh. All right, y'all. Let's wrap it up. I thought Goldling was a crew. And that was, never mind.

I thought it was the song. Rumor report next up. You know how many times I be in the office like, man. Front page news. Thank you. Front page news. You're old, man. What's the name of Goldling's song?

I don't know. See what I'm saying? I'm old, too. Front page news is what we talk about. Oh, my gosh. We are going to talk about your Knicks. Envy, I know you love your Knicks. Does Goldling play for the Knicks?

He might as well. He might as well. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same.

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Let's get in some front page news. What are we talking about, Yee? Let's talk about your Knicks. Their losing streak has set a record as a single. They lost 17 games in a row, right? Is that right? Yes, they did. Okay, that's great.

You don't have to remind us. 17 straight losses. I'm going to close bonds for the Knicks, damn it. That's impressive. That's impressive to lose 17 games? Yeah, that's why it's a record well hopefully we get the first pick of the draft now in other sports news Kareem Hunt

has signed with the Cleveland Browns we saw the video of him that was posted on TMZ Sports where he was getting violent with a woman at a Cleveland hotel but he has gotten signed to the Cleveland Browns now the general manager John Dorsey for the Browns said that he took full responsibility for his egregious actions and showed true remorse.

And he's undergoing and is committed to necessary professional treatment and a plan that has been clearly laid out. So he has gotten re-signed to a team after that whole incident. That's so crazy to me, especially being that, you know, we've all had these. Everybody has these moral standards, this moral standard taken now because Colin Kaepernick took a knee and, you know, they blackballed him from the league. But people like that have been playing in the NFL for years. People like Kareem Hunt have been getting second chances for years.

So we don't care about domestic violence? Yeah, I think that's crazy. All right, now Eric Reid has signed a three-year deal to return to the Panthers. Now, he was the first player to join Colin Kaepernick in nailing during the national anthem. What he said is, if anything, it proves my point from last year. I didn't sign until a few weeks into the regular season. This year, I signed a more substantial contract over the same time period. I'm the same player.

Knowing what I know, my hope tank is on E as far as Colin Kaepernick possibly getting picked up. He said this is a leverage game, so we'll see what happens moving forward. So drop on the clues bombs for Eric Reid. Is Eric Reid crossing the intellectual picket line by re-signing with the Carolina Panthers for three years? Because we know Eric Reid is going to do the right things with that money.

We know he's going to reinvest in the Know Your Rights camp with Colin Kaepernick, so what's wrong with Eric Reid playing? He's still got to feed his family. And there's a bunch of black players in the NFL. Is Eric Reid crossing an intellectual picket line? I don't think so. And he also boycotted the Super Bowl in Atlanta as a show of support for Kaepernick. He said he spent time with his family, did homework with his daughters, played cards.

He said it was a family day. Now, what if the Panthers didn't win the Super Bowl? He'd have to play. He'd have to play. Right. We move the goalposts a lot. We move this intellectual picket line a lot, people.

Alright, a third of Americans think that blackface for Halloween is okay. So, not just in general, but if it's part of a Halloween costume, a third of Americans say that should be acceptable. Now, white adults, as far as this poll, 39% of them thought it was okay for a white person to use makeup to darken their skin. If you're dressing up as a member of a different race, only 19% of black respondents felt that same way.

So that's just food for thought right there. And we have definitely seen cases where white people have black in their face to portray a member of the opposite. I mean, to portray a black person. So what do you guys think about that? Yeah, well, let's open up the phone lines to 800-585-1051. Let's talk about it. Is playing a character the same as doing blackface? Interesting question, because doing blackface is technically playing a character,

but it's reinforcing a negative stereotype of black people. But if Jimmy Fallon is pretending to be Chris Rock or Jimmy Kimmel is pretending to be Karl Malone, isn't it the same as when the Wayans did White Chicks or when Dave Chappelle did the White Newscaster? Right? But. But what? The rules are the oppressed can make fun of the oppressor,

but not vice versa. Those are the rules, people. Sorry. Like, what if our camera guy Steve came in here and wanted to be Charlamagne for Halloween? He can do that. He'll get fired. I told you what the rules are. But now if you in here and wanted to be Charlamagne for Halloween? He can do that. He'll get fired. But now if you came in and wanted to be Steve.

Hey, baby. Black privilege. Hey, black privilege. All right. Well, let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. Is playing a character the same as doing blackface? Let's talk about it.

It's The Breakfast Club. Come on in. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, this morning, we're talking blackface a little bit. Now, Angela Yee talked about some numbers about people with blackface.

Can you repeat those numbers, Yee? Yes, a third of Americans think that blackface for Halloween is okay. Nineteen% of black people said that, and 39% of white people said it's okay, as long as you're doing it to dress up as a member of a different race for Halloween. Alright, so we're asking, is playing a character

the same as doing black face? 800-585-1051. Now, let me ask you guys something. Now, a lot of younger generation might not know the significance of blackface. They might just think it's a character or it's cool to do. If they don't know after these past couple weeks, then they out of their goddamn mind.

I mean, I agree with you, but I can see Somebody better tell them. Some of the younger generation might not know. They might have no clue. Not to say that's okay. And they have so much access to information. Like, if you just look on social media or look in the news or anywhere, you can see where

there's been issues with that. I just think this is a great question because intent matters, right? And I mean, when you look at Sambo, Sambo is very specific. We know what blackface is.

Blackface is the red lips, the black shoe polish, you know, and it's also reinforcing a negative stereotype of black people because back in the day when they would do this,

they would, you know, say we were lazy and, you know, stuff like that. But when you're playing a character, right, when you see Jimmy Fallon pretending to be Chris Rock

or Kimmel pretending to be Carl Malone, it's the same as when the Wayans did White Chicks or when Dave Chappelle did the White Newscaster or when Martin would play and pretend to be a white guy.

Or even when the teacher did Steve Harvey. You know, he pretended to be Steve Harvey. He didn't have black lips. She did. I'm going to tell you what was disrespectful about that. What? The do-rag. Steve Harvey don't wear no goddamn do-rag. He don't got no hair. You know, he pretended to be Steve Harvey. He didn't have black lips. She did. I'm going to tell you what was disrespectful about that.

What? The do-rag. Steve Harvey don't wear no goddamn do-rag. He don't got no hair. So therefore, you're reinforcing the negative stereotype of black people by throwing a do-rag Yeah, I think because it was a woman, she probably was trying to hide her hair. But yeah, that doesn't make sense. Oh.

It was a woman. Oh, that's what she was doing. She was a woman. Well, she should have put a hairpiece on. You could get a bald prosthetic. Yeah, you can get a bald prosthetic. A bald lace front. But here's the thing.

Yes. These are the rules. The oppressed can make fun of the oppressor, but not vice versa. That is black privilege, okay? I don't understand why people just don't stay away from it. Like, instead of just playing that slippery slope, just stay away from it. Because sometimes there's nothing funnier than mocking white people. Please don't do it.

There's nothing wrong with mocking white people, Billy. Okay? You mean black people. No, white people. This is me as a black man mocking a white man. mocking white people, Billy. You mean black people. No, white people. This is me as a black man mocking a white man. You hear me, Billy? Yeah, I know. You voice had me listening.

Now, listen. You didn't give us reparations for hundreds of years of slavery, Jim Crow segregation, mass incarceration. So the least you can do is let us get these unwritten rules off. So if we want to pretend to be white people, cool. But guess what? You can't do it. Those are the rules. The oppressed can make fun

of the oppressor but not vice versa lody hey what's going on it's lottie oh my bad lottie hi lottie good morning hey lottie now now we're talking blackface is playing a character the same as doing blackface honestly um playing a character and doing blackface all the same because i mean the caricature when we think about the history of it, man, even the caricature, it's what it is. Caricature? Yeah. Caricature, sir.

I didn't know what you meant. As a person who can't pronounce anything, I felt you, brother. No, I really didn't. I know what you meant. I can't pronounce nothing either. Yeah, we got you. Man, thank you, Charlotte, man.

Thank you, man. Sorry. Now, back to the caricature. Yeah, as far as the history Man, thank you, Charlotte, man. Thank you, man. Sorry. Now, back to the caricature. Yeah, as far as the history goes, you know, I mean, they even did Blackface on Broadway, you know. But the fact that it's dehumanizing, you know, and what it really stands for, I feel like in this day and age, unless you're doing it for some form of educational purpose, completely wrong. And the fact that it still makes its way into pop culture and just in general American culture

and European as well as fashion that we've seen recently, it's completely wrong. I feel like we have to boycott it as much as possible. Shine light to it to make sure that they know it's wrong. Alright, thank you, bro. And what about Drake wearing blackface?

Drake is black. I still don't understand how y'all let Drake just get a clear pass with that. You know what I'm saying? Don't get me wrong. Drake is half black, half white. He identifies as black, right? It's like nobody even asked the question. They just let him get away with it.

He did explain. I can't remember. Not really. He did try to have an explanation. I can't remember exactly what it was. It was some type of statement. I don't understand. White people, like, y'all can capture the essence of blackness without darkening your skin, though.

You know what I'm saying? And that's the other thing, too. Because what if somebody's pretending to be Flavor Flav? Okay. We'd be mad. You'd just be a white Flavor Flav. But we'll be mad even without the dark skin. Because of the way Flav acts.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah, boy. You'd be like, yo, stop making a mockery of my people. But technically, he's not making a mockery of all black people. He's making a mockery of Flav and Flav. Flav and Flav don't act like no d***. I know.

You understand what I'm saying? Yeah. Well, let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. We're talking blackface this morning. Is playing a character the same as doing blackface? Call us now. It's The Breakfast Club.

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or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We're talking blackface this morning. We're asking, is playing a character the same as doing blackface? Now, this conversation comes from, I guess,

a percentage study that Angela Yee had this morning. Yes, it's according to a new Pew Research survey. A third of Americans think that blackface for Angela, you had this morning. Yes, it's according to a new Pew Research survey. A third of Americans think that blackface for Halloween is okay. Yeah, I mean, it's a great question, and I'm not here to tell you what's right or wrong, because I think everyone should stay away from it, period. But I do see both sides.

Like, I can see somebody pretending just to be a character. Like, you want to be Chris Rock. You want to be Jimmy Kimmel. I mean, no, Chris Rock wanted to be, Fallon wanted to be Chris Rock. Jimmy Kimmel wanted to be Karl Malone. I can see that. You know what I'm saying? The same way I can see Wayans doing to be, Fallon wanted to be Chris Rock, Jimmy Kimmel wanted to be Karl Malone. I can see that. You know what I'm saying?

The same way I can see Wayans doing white chicks, Dave Chappelle doing the white newscaster. But the rules are the oppressed can make fun of the oppressor, but not vice versa. The oppressed can pretend to be the oppressor, but not vice versa. Those are the rules. See, I also, you know, I also think it's how you're raised because my parents are a lot darker than me. But if I ever had blackface on, even if it was for Halloween, they would smack the black issue off me. Like, for real, for real.

I'm going to be honest. What? You look like you got blackface on right now. Don't he just a little bit? You sure those your parents? Don't he look like he got blackface just a little bit? He's the only child, it could be.

Yeah, yeah, that's a good point. Don't mess with my mom and daddy. Listen. Don't mess with my mom and daddy. How we know you here legally? Ain't you from Dominica? Hello, who's this? Call Ice.

Hey, how you doing? This is Lamar. Lamar, you thought that was funny, man? There ain't nothing funny about that. No, it's crazy, man. 20 inches. Hey, now, man, I wanted to touch on this blackface situation, man. I think we're all soft generation right now, man.

Everything is an issue right now, man. Everything is an issue right now, man. So we mad at blackface because it's a white person, I mean, depicting how they believe some black people act. So we gonna say the lieutenant governor has to lose his job today because of something he did

20 years ago. We're a soft generation. Everything is a complaint nowadays. Well, I will say, I think it's a little different with the lieutenant governor. The reason I think it's a little different is because,

he's not the lieutenant governor, he's the governor, right? Yeah, he's lying. The reason I think, the lieutenant governor said something about he did it also, but we're a soft generation.

Y'all don't want to hear about it? No, the reason I think that's a little different because when you're a politician, I got to know that you have no racism in you because you affect policy and legislation in my state. Like a lot of things you may be doing may be causing, you know, discrimination against other people and bias against other people. So I got to make sure that you're not the same person from 20 years ago. You know, he's also saying that it wasn't him, even though it was his record has proven himself. Somebody had just spoken about how he stood up with, I guess,

black people on an issue that was like controversy or something. He proven himself as a politician. This stuff ain't been out on college. But do you feel a way that he's saying that it's not him? I mean, he's probably trying to defuse the situation. By lying? Because it has to be him. Because nobody would be talking about it if it wasn't him initially.

But my thing is, he has a degree that we're living in a soft situation today. I'm from Jersey. I'm from East Austin, Jersey. Yeah, I don't think you know nothing about Virginia, bro. Virginia is a kind of, I don't want to say it's a racist state But it's a racist state Shut up boy Shut up Who you talking to boy

Don't you talk to me like that boy Don't you talk to me like that boy I don't know what you're talking about boy We don't call boys you're talking about, boy. We don't call, boy. We don't know what you're talking about. All right, guys. This is going left. Don't you insult me.

Don't call him boy, man. Let's stay on. Oh, my goodness. Hello, who's this? Tyler. Yeah, how's it going? Hey, Tyler. So you think it's okay to wear blackface on Halloween?

Yeah, I don't really see a problem with it. Why don't you, Tyler? If I wanted to dress up as my favorite football player and he happened to be African-American, I don't see the problem with that. All you got to do is put on the jersey and the helmet. We know who the hell you are. You ain't. I don't see the problem with that. All you gotta do is put on the jersey and the helmet. We know who the hell you are. You ain't gotta do all the skin and all that. Would you do it? Would you do it? I have done it.

Who have you dressed the best? According to the public, I can't run for public office now because it's on Facebook. The hell is he talking about? No, he's saying he did it before. He's been in blackface before. Well, nobody told you a dumb ass to put blackface on. If you wanted to be a football player, all you gotta do is put the helmet on and the jersey and put the little black stuff on the eyes.

You ain't got to put the black stuff all over your face. What player were you, sir? So if you wanted to dress up as Donald Trump, you just put a toupee on? That's it. A toupee and a stink suit. But can you be an orange face, or is that wrong? And I'll give you some little hands, some little orange hands, okay? Listen, people are very sensitive about it.

I would recommend that you just don't go in blackface. And by the way, seeing all these issues. If I was to be Donald Trump for Halloween, I would paint myself orange with a toupee and a blue suit. Boom. I think you can do orange face

and you won't get in trouble for that. Yeah. To be Trump? Come on. Our cameraman said the Oompa Loompas might not like it anyway. Now, what's the moral of the story? The moral of the story is, you know, the oppressed can make fun of the oppressive, but not vice versa.

And you know what, man? It's not even a big deal to me. Like, you know, I'm not tripping off what everybody is doing. I just would encourage you not to do it. You know what I'm saying? Especially in this climate where I bring the problems across yourself. Like, I was having a conversation with somebody. He was like, I want to be Black Panther for Halloween. You know Black

Panther got a whole costume, right? A whole costume. You ain't got to put the black face on. You're just doing that. Now you're just really just trying to get in trouble. You're just trying to push it. Yeah, for what? My goodness. Alright. You just feel uncomfortable painting your face and your skin black. Period. You just feel uncomfortable. That's right. If you wasn't born with this melanin

too bad for you. Alright. I'm sorry you ain't getting under this good ass, too bad for you. All right. I'm sorry you ain't getting under this good-ass dark skin. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. DJ Envy in here. DJ Envy, that's my name.

You're correcting me because I'm singing Kodak Black Verse. He don't know the right words. He don't know the right words. I said pull up in the demon on God. No, you didn't. What'd I say? Pull up to the demon, he said. Pull up to the demon. It's pull up in the demon on God. No, you didn't. What'd I say? Pull up to the demon, he said. Pull up to the demon.

It's pull up in the demon. Demon meaning a car. That's a car. Oh, I must have said pull up to the demon with God. Right. What'd I say? That's what you said.

He said pull up to the demon on God. You know a demon is a car. Nigga, I don't know. And so what? So you're just going to be rapping stuff? I don't, listen. But it was funny

because he said it so confidently. Pull up to the demon on God. If you can barely understand what a rapper is saying, then you shouldn't understand what a rapper is saying. Well, he was just trying to help you so you don't go around singing it. There's a lot of songs that we've all sang the wrong lyrics to in our lifetime. Pull up to the demon on God. And then I got him to run.

What kind of car is a demon? It's a Dodge. Okay. It's a Dodge. It's called a Dodge Demon? It's called a Dodge Demon, yes. Okay. It's like the super casual,

phallistic, expialidocious engine. Can a pastor drive a Dodge Demon? That's just the power in the car. That's all. So a pastor can drive a Dodge Demon. So he can have demon power. They got a Hellcat.

They got SR2 Hemi, SRT Hemi. They got a Hellcat. They got the Demon. What if your pastor got all of that? He got a Demon and a Hellcat. They got SR2 Hemi, SRT Hemi. They got Hellcat. They got the Demon. What if your pastor got all of that? He got a Demon and a Hellcat. I don't know. You pastor pulled up to the church with a Hellcat.

I don't know. But anyway, we got rumors on the way. What are we talking about? Yes, we are going to talk some Grammy talk. Now, Cardi B has some things to say about everybody hating on her. Also, we'll talk about BET Awards weekend. Nicki Minaj got into it, and we'll tell you how BET had to apologize to her. All right, we'll get into all that next.

So keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Welcome to the Demon on Go. Good morning. Hey. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are The Breakfast Club. Now, Angela Yee said the snow will start in 60 seconds. In New York. In New York. In New York. In New York. I'll be scaring people in Florida York, New Jersey. In New York, New Jersey. Don't be scaring people in Florida. Oh, boy.

In Texas. I don't know what the hell we talking about. I got an alert from the weather center. Everywhere I go, I get alerts from the weather center so I know what the weather's about to be. Okay. Well, 60 seconds in New York, New Jersey. The snow is supposed to start. But let's get to these rumors.

Let's talk to Grammys. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor report. Rumor report. This is the rumor report. Talk to them. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, according to Deadline, the Grammys drew in a 5.6 rating. So what that means is they were at a record low. Now, the ratings were low, but they said the viewership numbers were higher than they were in the previous year.

So they said that has a lot to do with the demographics and the people are just not that interested in traditional big-name programs like the Grammys, the Oscars. They said the Super Bowl also had a drop in ratings and viewership as well. And they consume them in different ways. They're not just sitting there watching no damn television. All right, now J. Cole has posted about the Grammy Awards and his thoughts. He said, I don't ever want to be propped up by tearing someone else down. Seeing Cardi B win a Grammy makes me feel like I won.

Same with J-Rock and Anderson. I feel for Travis because he really deserved that acknowledgement as well, but his moment is way bigger than the awards could say. I went through a lot of heartbreak the first half of my career, maybe even longer, because deep down I needed that validation that I thought the awards could bring. But it's a quote I'm about to Google that's the realest ish and sums up how I feel today. For anybody

that needs to hear, my heart is at ease knowing that what was meant for me will never miss me and that what misses me was never meant for me. I saw a meme yesterday that says J. Cole never submits any of his music to the Grammys. I wonder if that's true. I've seen that too. Well that was him addressing that meme that was circulating.

So that's why he was posting those things. Pretty much addressing that meme that was circulating. So that's why he was posting those things, pretty much addressing that meme that was circulating. So that's not the meme that's not true then, because clearly if he went to the award show at times and was seeking validation, he was submitting his message. Well, maybe he was before, and then he decided not to do it anymore. That's what it seemed like. That's what I got out of it.

Yeah, I felt like he's not doing that now because he doesn't want to be propped up by tearing someone else down. He said, seeing Thug get a Grammy, incredible. Future 2, Ben deserved. March Madness was bigger than the Grammys

and congrats Ella Mace. Black really deserved too, but don't sweat it, my brother, no award show could ever get it all the way right, especially one

that ain't run by us. We gotta stop saying that we don't care about the Grammys but then sound like we care about the Grammys. I mean, people do. People do care about the Grammys.

If you care about them then just say you care about them. Right, there's nothing wrong with, you know. It's exciting to be acknowledged regardless of what the award is. I don't need the Grammys validation for nothing. Some people enjoy it. Not that you need the validation, but it's nice. Like, clearly, Cardi was happy about her Grammy.

Absolutely. And you can't take away from people being happy about getting that acknowledgement. I'm happy she's happy. She posted on her social media about a lot of hate that she was getting because she did work extremely hard, and she still continues to work hard. Here's what she said. It's not my style for people to put other people down to uplift somebody else. However, I've been taking a lot of s*** today and I saw a lot of s*** last night.

And I'm sick of this s***. I worked hard for my motherf***ing album. I remember last year when I didn't want for Boat at Yellow. Everybody was like, Cardi got snubbed. Now this year's a fucking problem? My album went two-time platinum, my nigga.

Number one album as well. I worked my ass off, locked myself in the studio for three months, my nigga. Then went to sleep in my own bed sometimes for four days straight. Pregnant.

You don't have to explain nothing to nobody. The proof is in the pudding. We see the success that she established. Great album. It's well-deserved. You heard the guy call up here earlier complaining that we play too much Cardi B. That's what happens when you put in that kind of work.

Well-deserved. She put in the work. She put in the time. She put in the effort. She did what she had to do. She's continuing to work really hard. I have to say, every time I see her, I'm impressed. Listen, the one that angered you.

But she did get off of social media. It looks like she deleted her Instagram for now. That I don't understand. The one that angers you, controls you. Don't give anybody that power,

especially people who do it intentionally because they are intentionally doing it because when they see you up there shining on that Grammy stage, all they want to do

is jump in your comments and tell you that you suck. I'm not deleting my Instagram. I want you to see this success. I'm going to buy a car today or something. Do something stupid. Man, so many people clearly... Jump out the window. So many people clearly love

Cardi B too or she wouldn't even be in a position that she's in right now. You know what I bought a bit of all this, Cardi? What? I went and bought my daughter a Lamborghini. Just for girls. Just because. I bought this for culture today just to have people pissed off. She can't even drive! She's three months! That's why you can't win no Grammy.

That's the reason why right there. Now, Nicki Minaj, in the meantime, had some issues with BET. Now, she did not like a post that BET posted about her. It says, meanwhile, Nicki Minaj is being dragged by her lace front. That's what BET posted. They said, Cardi B is the first solo female rapper to win Best Rap Album, and fans are weeping. And BET posted that and said, meanwhile, is the first solo female rapper to win Best Rap Album and fans are weeping. And BET posted that and said meanwhile Nicki Minaj is being dragged by her lace front.

I don't understand what Cardi B's win has to do with Nicki Minaj having not yet won a Grammy. Cardi's win is not Nicki's loss. Those two things don't even have to go hand in hand. Cardi's win is not Nicki's loss. There's a lot of people who don't have Grammys that are well deserving artists. It's not the end of the world. That doesn't mean she won't get one and I don't even know that she cares. Cardi's win is not Nicki's loss and y'all gotta stop acting.

Not at all. But, clearly that was a very distasteful post. Now BET has since apologized because Nicki Minaj went on social media and said Young Money will no longer be part of the BET experience or award show. Summer tour dates dropping soon and she posted a conversation that she had with Lil Wayne where

she was telling him that she doesn't want to perform and he's like, I'm with you. So I guess there's not going to be any more Young Money as part of the award show. She said, this is what BET posted about me. I'm not performing for that summer show anymore and he said, I'm with you. And she said, loyalty, love him forever,

the GOAT, my brother, my boss, my inspiration, Young Money. Well, since then BET has issued a statement. BET loves Nicki Minaj. We have supported her from the very beginning of her career and will continue to do so moving forward. Nicki has paved the way for so many performers and has solidified her place as one of the most powerful figures in the music industry.

Unfortunately, the respect we have for Nicki was violated by this post that should never have been written. The post does not reflect how we feel about Nicki and further does not reflect our company values. We deeply apologize for the hurt, disappointment, and confusion that this post has caused. And they did apologize to our fans and said this should have never

happened. Well, listen, it's just some little young intern who's participating in social media culture. It might not even have been an intern. It might be somebody who works at BET who's participating in social media culture. He know that meme was going to rip. He know that headline was going to rip because people retweet negativity way more than they post positivity.

Yeah, but that was foul, man. It was what? Not for a BET platform. They're supposed to be neutral and support all black artists. That's right. Do that from your own social media page. There you go. Do it from your own page. You could have let that rip from your own social media page.

Do it from your troll page. Now, BET also said they are conducting an internal audit to assure these types of posts are not published again. So something like that should never, ever happen again. I wish Cardi didn't delete her Instagram. Why? Because she could have really stunned it on people. She could have just posted like, yo, just paid off coaches' student loans just because.

He's stupid. Just to piss people off. Now, speaking of the Grammys and Nicki Minaj, shout out to my girl, Aloni. Now, Aloni is, she's from the UK. She actually did lip service before also. She actually asked Nicki Minaj, shout out to my girl, Aloni. Now, Aloni is, she's from the UK. She actually did lip service before also. She actually asked Nicki Minaj, well, she posted about Nicki, and Nicki responded to her. She said, Nicki Minaj has been at the top of her game for way too long

to not have had a Grammy. I don't know what white man from the board she pissed off. And Nicki responded, I pissed off the same man Ariana just called out for lying. Grammy producer Ken, I was bullied into staying quiet for seven years out of fear, but I'll tell my fans the real on the next episode of Queen Radio. They deserve the truth. Also, congrats to everyone

who won last night. I see Nikki right here. This is one of those positions where you're damned if you do, damned if you don't, because you got to live your truth, right? Correct. So if you want to tell the story,

tell the story, but everybody going to say you just salty because Cardi won Best Rap Album of the Year. You know what I'm saying? Like now's not the time to speak out. But there's a lot of artists that haven't won Grammys.

Snoop Dogg never won a Grammy. Pac! Nas never won a Grammy. Who cares? Big. It's the Grammys. Who cares about the Grammys? J. Cole.

J. Cole, Ice Cube, Tribe Called Quest. The Grammys are the same people who let Macklemore beat Kendrick and let Puffy beat Wu-Tang and Wu-Tang Forever and Life After Death. Who cares about the damn Grammys?

All right, well, I'm Angela Yee, and that's your Rumor Report. All right, thank you, Miss Yee. Are people coming to your shows? Are people buying your records? Is you making money? Are you making the kind of art that you want to make? Are you making a living? That's what should matter.

But they look at that as the top, as a championship trophy. They look at that Grammy. How many legends you just named? At least eight. All right, they ain't got no Grammys. They gonna be legends with or without a Grammy. You right. Okay? Give a damn about no Grammys. They gonna be legends with or without a Grammy. You right. Okay? Give a damn about no Grammys. Alright, well, who you giving your donkey to?

I forgot. I know, you're very passionate during this rumor report. I like the rumor report. This dude named Raphael Samuel, he needs to come to the front of the congregation. You know, y'all talk about cancel culture. We need to cancel frivolous lawsuits. Okay, this is a frivolous lawsuit. We'll discuss. Alright, we'll get into that next.

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important to note that this is Kamala Harris' second time on The Breakfast Club. She came when she was U.S. Senator of California last year, but now she's U.S. Senator of California and 2020 presidential candidate. That's right, and the clips were all over the news yesterday. So we just said let's open up the phone lines and talk about it a little bit. What has the reaction been?

I'll say 50-50. I mean, it's 50-50 with everybody. Yeah, 50-50. Some people are going to like you, some people are not going to like you. I think that it's more people who probably really don't know what it is she's about, and I think that's why it's very important to do your research on all the candidates. Because it's so easy to manipulate minds on social media because you can just throw false information out there. And people run with it because ain't nobody really doing their own research.

And people slant the story depending on whether or not they like you or don't like you. Absolutely. Well, let's play the clip. This is her talking about people were mad to say she was locking people up. So this is her talking about it now. I'm not going to ever apologize for saying that when a child is molested or a woman is raped or one human being kills another human being, that there should be serious consequence. I'm never going to apologize for that. I also believe strongly that the criminal justice system in America is deeply flawed and it must be reformed. And I'm going to tell you also, when we know a system needs to be reformed, when we know it's broken, there is certainly a role on the outside.

But we also should not take ourselves out of the opportunity to be on the inside. She's right. That makes perfect sense to me. You're a pedophile, you need to be locked up. You murder somebody, you need to be locked up. She's a prosecutor. You need to be locked up. Prosecutors put people in jail.

And two things can be true. You can be a prosecutor and also recognize that the system is flawed. And the best way to change the system is to be a part of it. I would think so. But yo, listen, I understand black people. You see a black person and you think that, you know, a black cop shouldn't lock you up or a black prosecutor shouldn't put you in jail. That's just

not reality. You know what I'm saying? It's just not. Well, let's go to the phone lines. We got Ronnie on the line. Ronnie, good morning. Good morning, guys. How are you? Hey, doing pretty good. What did you think about Kamala Harris on The Breakfast Club? I don't like her track record as a politician.

And it has nothing to do with just the simple fact that she was a prosecutor. I know you guys asked for that and I felt like she tried to make an appeal to emotion, you know, by bringing up women that had been raped or, you know, people that had been murdered because the bulk of Kamala's prosecutions were for, you know, nonviolent crimes. And one thing that I especially have a problem with is the fact that at one

point she was ordered to release thousands of prisoners. She fought that order because her argument was that releasing that many people would hurt the private, you know, the prison labor force. Private prison labor force. I definitely heard that. That I've heard. And it's true. And she lost that case, you know, when she fought to keep those people improperly locked up. This is a person who will look out for special interests and not the people.

And now she wants to sound like a progressive. She wants to seem like she's in support of legalizing marijuana. But after how many people she prosecuted very harshly and very severely for marijuana. But, you know, this is why it's so tricky for me because when I read about, you know, Kamala, you know, you see things like she paved the way for reentry and diversion initiatives and, you know, she implemented,

when she was a DA, she had a reentry and diversion. She created a program for reentry and diversion for nonviolent drug offenders, and the majority of them were arrested for crack violations. And this was long before that was mainstream within the Democratic Party. And you look at the Back on Track program that she started in 2004, you know what I'm saying? So it's just like, I don't know. I hear these things, but then I see other things she's done too that counter that. Yeah, that's true, but you also have to follow

the money because a lot of times these politicians, they throw bones and you have to look at the programs that they administer. You have to look at the private interest groups that they have come in and administer these programs. It's not just... I think you understand

what I'm saying. You're saying it's not your own personal belief or necessarily you wanting to do something positive for people. It could be because it's beneficial for you and your position. Exactly. Well, thank you for your call, Mama. Hello, who's this? Good morning. This is Josh. How are you guys? Hey, Josh. Good morning. What do you think of

Kamala Harris on The Breakfast Club? You know, I wanted to express gratitude. I mean, especially using a platform to inform the masses because I was one of those people that fell victim to the circulating memes. So it was pretty cool for her to come on the show and kind of just talk to the misinformation and you guys kind of asking questions to show her in a human light.

So thank you for that. And also bringing on Senator Cory Booker a couple weeks ago as well. That was pretty cool as well. Well, it's very, very important to note that we don't bring them on. They want to come themselves. Oh, that's even better. Yeah, yeah, yeah. A little humble brag. A little weird flex, but you know. So I definitely

can hope that, you know, different candidates continue to accept the opportunity to come on and ask to come on as well. Alright. Thank you, bro. But do you like her or not? I do, you know, honestly, especially after the where, you know, in my industry we say talk human to me, right? And so after you asked those questions where she was, you know, kind of talking about how she smoked a little bit and how, you know, talking about the greens and just kind of like her family life,

that kind of just grew on me, so to say. And that's what I wanted to do. We wanted to take her out of the politician talk and just ask normal questions to see who she is as a person. I'm not voting for you just because you smoke weed, though. You know that right now. No, I mean, obviously not. But I weeded that way, though. We're used to the robot answers from these politicians.

Absolutely. So, again, it was just really cool. All right, thank you, bro. 800-585-1051. We're talking Kamala Harris. She came through the Breakfast Club yesterday. We'll play some clips. Don't move.

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, Kamala Harris stopped through The Breakfast Club yesterday, and we talked about a lot. One of the things that we talked about was the Black agenda. Let's hear what she had to say about the black agenda.

The black agenda has to include HBCUs and looking at the historical fact that when the federal government gives attention to HBCUs, we end up having a profound impact on black people in America. Part of it is what I was describing about focusing on families that are making less than $100,000 a year. Part of it is focusing on what we need to do around reform of the criminal justice system, understanding that the mass incarceration policies of this country have led to black and brown men in particular

being incarcerated at ridiculous rates. Listen, man, I think it's very important for all candidates, especially Democrats, because black people have been so loyal to the Democratic Party for so many years. If you don't have a black agenda, don't expect black people to vote for you. It's simple as that. Like, you've got to have some type of black agenda. You know what I mean?

And it's good to hear that she has a black agenda and has even thought about a black agenda. And she also said she believes in some form of reparations as well. And people were upset. They didn't think she was black enough. Was that a problem? People were saying that as well? Oh, gosh. I don't even...

She's black. That's just stupid to me. All right, well, let's go to the phone lines. 800-585-1051. Hello, who's this? It's Mimi. Hey, Mimi. What did you think about Kamala Harris on The Breakfast Club?

Man, I don't appreciate how she was basically trying to bait the black vote. How was she trying to bait the black vote? Explain, explain. Hey Charlamagne, Charlamagne, chill out man. You be in there a while and I ain't. Now this is what I'm talking about. You ask her something, you ask

her something serious and she, oh, I'm gonna give you this much money. And you ask her something else, oh, I'm gonna to give you this much money. And you ask her something else, oh, I'm going to legalize weed. Everybody needs weed. Then you ask her something else, oh, I'll make a good pot of greens with bacon. Everybody don't like greens. Everybody don't like greens? Everybody don't like greens.

Who the hell don't like greens? But I asked her about what she cooks. I'm offended. Who don't like greens? I don't like collard greens. I like greens. I ain't never had it with bacon, but I'm saying it was just a typical, like she was baking the black. I don't like collard greens. I like greens. I ain't never had it with bacon, but I'm saying it was just a typical, like she was baking the black. I don't like collard greens.

We asked her what she cooked. She said she liked to cook greens, and she named a bunch of vegetarian dishes. What else was she going to say? We black. What else was she going to say? She said something. I don't know. She said something about bolognese.

Bolognese? Bolognese. I don't know what that is. Oh, my gosh. Okay, so you't know. She said something about bolognese. A bolognese. Bolognese? Bolognese. I don't know what that is. Oh, my gosh. My goodness. Okay, so you think she would have said pumpkin pie over sweet potato pie? If she liked pumpkin pie. She probably got pumpkin pie at the house.

Now, Mimi, I'm going to tell you something now. I enjoy pumpkin pie. Mimi, I'm with you. We don't know if she can cook these greens yet, but we're going to find out, god damn it. Thank you, Mimi. All right. Hello, who's this? Arodesia. Good morning. Arodesia.

I wasn't going to try to pronounce that name. Now, what did you think of Kamala Harris in the Breakfast Club? Kamala was fantastic. I appreciate y'all for having her yesterday. My daughter and I listen to y'all in the morning. Sometimes, of course, when it's appropriate. And Kamala was very important.

So, what do you like about her? What do you like about her? What do I like about her? I like that she would not stop eating pork. So I mean, you're trying to remind her. I'm going to be honest with you. That's what turns me off from it. That's one of the things that's disgusting. When I go in that booth

in 2020, I'm going to be thinking about that. That should be on the ballot. Do you eat pork? Hey, good morning, Brown. I'm that. That should be on the ballot. Shut up, man. Do you eat pork? Brown. Yes. Hey, good morning, Brown. I'm good. He didn't even ask you. I didn't ask you, but I'm good, too.

Kamala Harris on The Breakfast Club yesterday. What did you think? Excuse me? No doubt. No doubt. Thank you for calling, Mama. No, it's just the phone is breaking up. That's your phone.

You still got that Obama phone, huh? Nah, I don't got no Obama phone, but what's going on? What did you think of Kamala Harris or the Breakfast Club? Yes, I wanted to talk about, you know, the weed situation because I got into a little problem in the Garden State. Okay. Because of the weed. Where you was copping it from, boo?

We're in Jersey. I'm not going to tell you that. I'm not incriminating myself. You was in Newark? Why you got to assume that? You knew it. I got a little fine over a little ace, a little ace sack or whatever. A $730 fine off of that.

So you want to see what she can do for you? Yes. They're making legal already. I need this to, you know what I'm saying? I don't want to keep getting caught up with these fines. These fines are serious. Well, Senator Kamala Harris said that she wants to legalize marijuana. Okay, so if that's one of your interests for 2020,

you need to write that down and pay attention to what candidates are opposed to legalizing marijuana and who wants to make marijuana legal. I know they're trying to legalize it out here, but, you know, Murphy, he's trying to do his thing, but, you know, it's a little interference. Are you eligible to vote? Yeah, of course. Okay. I'm trying to play her.

I don't want to play her. I don't. She buys a little weed. I asked her a question. One point in time, I couldn't. Excuse me? You said what? You said what?

I said at one point in time, I couldn't vote, but I'm good now. Exactly. That's a regular question to ask somebody. But, yo, that's one of your interests for 2020, whether or not people are legalizing marijuana. So you need to think about that when you're voting for whoever you vote for, okay? Yep. All right. I sure will.

All righty. Goodness gracious. What's the moral of this story? The moral of the story is it's early. You know what I'm saying? We have a long way to go before 2020, but I want people to pay attention to the candidates. Do your own research. Please don't get your information off social media. You know what I'm saying? We have a long way to go before 2020, but I want people to pay attention to the candidates, do your own research. Please don't get your information off social media.

You know what I'm saying? Like, if you're really interested in a candidate, go read up on them and see what they've done that you may like, see what they've done that you may not like. You know what I mean? And then vote your interests in 2020. That's what I would encourage people to do.

All right. Nayee, we got rumors on the way? Yes, Jussie Smollett. We're trying to figure out what's going on with his alleged assault that happened to him. And I'm only saying that because we're still trying to get all of the details. I can't imagine that what people are trying to say is true. So we'll tell you what's going on with this alleged assault against Jussie Smollett in Chicago. All right. We'll get into all that when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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Hi. It's Tuesday, very odd day of the week. All right, well, let's get to these rules. Why'd you say it's an odd day of the week? You know, Tuesdays used to be popping. When I used to live in South Carolina, we used to do $2 Tuesdays. That's where albums used to come out.

You ain't live in South Carolina in 15 years, bro. So what? But y'all never did $2 Tuesdays? Oh, and then you know what? They used to have matinees on Tuesdays all day at the movie theater. Man, they had $2 Tuesdays at the strip clubs, man. Okay?

They don't have that no more. $2 Tuesdays used to be popping. Drop on a clues bomb for anybody who ever attended a $2 Tuesday because you ain't had no job. I'm sure the 80s was popping back then. But anyway, let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Dame Dash.

It's time, time, time. She's spilling the tea. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. All right, well, Dame Dash posted a video on his Instagram where basically he's now saying that he has no beef with anybody. If you remember, he's been having issues with people like Jim Jones, with Lior Cohen, with Steve Stout. Well, here's what he has to say.

I called Jim Jones. I don't know if y'all know it, but I miss him. As a brother, I love his family. I want him to be happy. And Jay, you know, the friendship we had was cool, man. I just miss it. But whatever he's doing, he's doing. But I'm cool with it, bro. I'm sorry, man. I wasn't myself for a second.

I really had me f***ed up. And Biggs, I'm sorry, bro. If I offended you, whatever you're doing, I'm with it. I love you, man. And I know you're mad at me, but whatever. I'm sorry. I can admit it. You know, when I make some money, I'll send you something. It's because you're my brother. I love your family. I was just surprised about the Leo Cohen apology.

Oh, my God. He hated him. But he hated him for a reason. For a culture vote. Is that all we have, boy? Yeah, that's all we have. First of all, Dame Dash sounds drunk. You know, second of all, I really feel like this has to do with the fact that he wasn't at the Roc Nation brunch.

Shut up, man. And I want all of y'all out there to know that it's just a brunch, okay? Third of all, I think he's upset that Diddy said he's bringing back dancing at parties, and you know Dame likes to dance. Yo, shut up. And just have him feeling emotional. Shut up! And I just want y'all to know, man, when you look at those pictures from the Roc Nation brunch,

all that extra hard laughing they do at those brunches, it really clearly is getting to some people. Shut up, man. It has nothing to do with that Roc Nation brunch. People just want to be in those pictures toasting, man. They just want to be one of those guys. Can I stand next to Terrence J and post a little champagne? That's all they want.

Shout out to Terrence J. All right, now, Jussie Smollett, they're saying now the Chicago Police Department has some doubt about his story about having been attacked in Chicago. According to Jussie Smollett, he says that he was randomly targeted and attacked and it was basically a hate crime. He said he was confronted by two men, one wearing a black mask who hurled gay and racist epithets at him while he was walking home from a nearby Subway sandwich shop shortly before 2 a.m. Well, he finally has turned over his phone records to the cops. It's taken quite some time for him to do that. He said he was on the phone with his manager

and they sent over the phone records. So they said they do have his receipts, his records from within an hour of the incident. They did confirm receipt of the records that they do have. And they wanted to corroborate that he was on the phone with his manager. I heard Jesse couldn't get in the Roc Nation brunch either,

but I'm still waiting on police to confirm. Shut up! True or not? This guy. Now what they are saying is if he did do a potentially false report, he will be held accountable.

What if you lie about being able to get into the Roc Nation brunch? Should you be held accountable for that too? Why would you lie about trying to get into it? There's a lot of people

that were standing at that gate who I think had, they knew they couldn't get in. Just said it was there? I would take a picture like I was there. They were thinking

they face card could get them in. Listen, all I know is I'm going to have a party right next to it. Right next door next year and for all the people that can't get in,

we're going to have our own party. It's going to be popping. I was in Brooklyn though. That's like when you lose the Super Bowl and they send all your, you know,

the Los Angeles Rams gear to a third world country and say they were Super Bowl champions for 2019. I'm Angela Yee and that's your rumor report. This guy's a jerk, man.

Revolt, we'll see tomorrow. Everybody else, the People's Choice mixes up next. So why did Dame do that, yo? I don't know. You have to ask him. You talk to him, ask him.

You speak to him. I don't want to talk to him at a time like this. Why not? He does no beef with nobody. I don't know. Listen, I... That's a great time.

I like Dame Dash. I mean, his brother, I understand. His bigs, you know, Jay, time. I like Dame Dash. I mean, his brother, I understand. His bigs, you know, Jay, Jim. Yeah, I understood that apology. I didn't understand the Leo Cohen thing. He just don't want to have no beef with nobody right now. And that's a good thing, too.

But he had to apologize. When you have that anger and you have that resentment towards other people, it eats you alive. So I understand him wanting to let that go. But I never thought that what he was saying about Leo was necessarily wrong. That's his opinion. He thinks Leo's a culture vulture. I can understand him apologizing to everybody else because those were his people.

He has some brothers. He just has a fundamental difference of opinion with Leo when it comes to business. So I don't understand what the apology is with that. Was Leo Cohen at the Roc Nation brunch? I don't know. Anyway. All right. Mixes up next is Gucci Maze birthday,

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