The Breakfast Club - Jason Mitchell aka Eazy E Interview
Episode Date: January 10, 2018Today on the show we had actor Jason Mitchell who played the character Eazy E from "Straight Outta Compton". Moreover he spoke about his role Brandon in his new Showtime series "The Chi", how he becam...e an actor and more. Moreover, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to an Ohio basketball team that were racist jersey's during a game, and Angela helped some listeners out during "Ask Yee". Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Never has a song about popping pills sounded so sexy.
But Newsflash, kids, it's not.
Okay, nothing sexy about being addicted to prescription drugs.
Nothing at all.
And the name of that song is Pills and Automobiles.
All right, let's get in some front page news.
Now, last night, if you're a New York fan,
in the Garden, St. John's played Georgetown,
which was pretty dope.
It was Chris Mullen.
He coached against Patrick Ewan, who coached Georgetown.
It was a dope game, too.
Georgetown did win 66-69.
I just thought it was dope to see Patrick Ewan
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Now, let's also talk about these mudslides that's going on in California.
Pretty crazy out there, huh?
Yes.
After the fires tore through Southern California,
now heavy rains have sent mudslides going down the hillsides in Santa Barbara County.
Thirteen people are dead so far.
Now, they do expect that number to go up
because they are looking for at least two dozen people who are unaccounted for.
So that rain hit around 3 a.m. and until 6 a.m.
And there were more than 600 phone calls for assistance while that happened.
They said because of the fires, a lot of the stuff was dead.
And then they said it rained like four inches in an hour.
And then all of a sudden it just started sliding down, which was definitely crazy.
Trees, homes, everything.
Cars, abandoned surfboards, all of that in the street.
That's sad.
We call mudslides diarrhea of the earth.
That's what that is.
All right.
What else are we talking about?
The richest person of all time right now, who has now eclipsed Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, is Jeff Bezos from Amazon.
He's worth $105.1 billion.
Congratulations to him.
I love that picture that they show when he first started
Amazon and he's like in this little small room
with just a written sign that says
Amazon on it.
That's inspiring. Now most of that net worth comes from the
shares that he has of Amazon stock. He owns
78.9 million shares.
So when that stock climbed 1.4%
yesterday, that means that he got an extra
$1.4 billion. Well, I hope he's happy.
Okay, he's probably not a happy individual.
I'm sure he's happy.
Don't hate on him.
He's probably happy.
I'm hating.
This is clear hate, all right?
Let's be clear.
I'm glad that you recognize that this was hate out of the gate.
But I hope he's happy because he's probably not a happy person.
My dumb ass looked at my stocks.
I own 50 stocks.
I was like, yeah, maybe I got it.
No.
Yeah, you got $50.
Man.
What would you do with $105 billion?
I find that one person really need that money.
You could have.
I would hope that guys like Jeff Bezos, which he probably is because Warren Buffett is,
I would assume that he's one of the biggest philanthropists on the planet.
I would hope so.
Yeah, I would hope so.
He is, right, too.
I would hope so, too.
He was actually talking about where he wanted to donate his money,
and he was asking for suggestions for other suggestions for his donations.
See the God World LLC is a great place that you can donate.
You can donate to Third Eye Awareness.
Great nonprofit.
You should donate to both of those organizations.
Jeff Bezos.
Okay.
You should change his name to Jeff Bezos.
What if he was Mexican?
Woo!
That would be a hell of a nickname.
My goodness.
Jeff Bezos.
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Yo, this is D. What's up?
What's up? Get it off your chest.
Yo, I want to get this off my chest.
First of all, DJ, every the best DJ on the planet.
Okay.
Number two.
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Of all time.
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Angelina Jolie, I love you, baby.
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Mase can be number five.
What's wrong being number five on bad boy?
That's a great lineup to be in.
I think he's top five on Bad Boy.
Hello, who's this?
Hey, this is JR calling from Virginia.
Hey, what's up, bro?
Get it off your chest.
Hey, I'm blessed today, guys.
I called back in August.
I'm president of a nonprofit based out in Greenville, North Carolina called Future.
Back in August when I called, we were doing our first school drive.
But now in 2018, we are now getting into one of the elementary schools
where we are trying to touch some of these kids.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What?
What?
What?
What?
What?
He didn't mean touch some of the kids like that.
What the hell did you just say?
He said touch some of the kids, but you didn't mean it like that.
You said touch on these kids.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You got to word this differently, sir.
I agree.
I agree.
My apologies.
Jesus Christ.
What we're trying to do is
change the attitude of these kids
and the mindset of these young kids to try to do
better and try to get them to go ahead and start
playing long-term-wise instead of waiting
until the last minute,
i.e. being 18, 17, not having
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I'm just saying I'm just blessed.
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You're blessed to give these blessings.
Well, they don't have to.
Give out an email or something where people can give donations or something.
Oh, yeah.
I'm working on getting my website up now.
We just started back in June, July, and it's already taken off.
But if you want information, you can email me at martineywR-T-I-N-E-Y Wilson at gmail.com
and I can provide you
any information.
If anybody's out there
doing stuff in their own
home city
and they're doing
different things,
please let me know
so I can try to incorporate
in my own city.
All right, my brother.
Thanks, brother.
That's a very worthy cause
because you can never
plant those seeds
in kids too early
because my daughter is nine
and she already knows
she wants to be a dentist
and she wants to go to Harvard.
I don't know where
she got those dreams from, but
hey, I'm going to fertilize them.
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But you should shave sure did your body. I mean, I want that's not a mustache
You see you talking about some gross, but you know, whatever
Anyway, yeah, I apologize you guys me a couple, you know, whatever. Anyways, so, yeah, I apologize to you because I didn't mean to, you know, go off on you like that.
But, you know, you know, getting off of yours and getting away from you.
Well, I accept your apology.
But it's okay.
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But that's okay.
Anyways, you know, because I listen to this club because of you, and I still like the BK Club. I'm you be hanging up on folks. But that's okay. Anyways, I listen to this club
because of you
and I still like the BK Club.
I'm going to continue
to support it.
And by the way,
I am from Detroit.
Stop calling us
the content BK Club.
Now, this is where
we got off on the wrong foot
yesterday.
We are not the Burger King Club.
We are not the Brooklyn Club.
We're the Breakfast Club.
B.C.
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Tell me it doesn't.
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Oh, my goodness. Mama, on the front. It's my opinion. Listen, don. No, it's not. Chalamet doesn't know. It's the BK. Oh my goodness, Mama.
BK means Brooklyn. In my opinion,
BK, BK, BK, BK, don't hang me up.
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And if you look on the front of the Source magazine, I'm wearing a chain that says BC,
not BK, BC for Breakfast Club.
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Oh, my goodness.
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You agreed with me, too, yesterday. Now I'll tell you I agree with Chalamet. I'm looking call it the BK Club. DJ M, you stop. You agree with me too yesterday.
Now I'll tell you I agree with Charlamagne.
You need to get your own.
I agree with you yesterday. You know what, Mama?
We appreciate you calling. You have a blessed day.
He about to hang up on you. No, I'm not. I'm going to.
Bye. Goodness gracious. Get it off your chest.
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We got rumors on the way, Yee? Yes, let's talk
about who got a new reality show, a spin-off
no longer on Love & Hip Hop,
and another person is saying they are not going to affiliate with H&M
after all of the scandal that went down with that photo shoot.
All right, we'll get into all that when we come back.
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I love that record.
I mute Post Malone verses on it, and it sounds amazing.
Oh, my goodness.
I keep the hook, and 21 Savage, great song, great record.
All right, well, let's get to the rumors.
Let's talk more H&M Fallout.
It's about time.
What's going on?
Rumor Report.
Rumor Report.
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Talk to them.
With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club.
Well, G-Eazy is going to be terminating his partnership with H&M.
He has a line that's supposed to be coming out in March, and now he's saying,
over the past months, I was genuinely excited about launching my upcoming line in collaboration with H&M.
Unfortunately, after seeing the disturbing
image yesterday, my excitement over our global
campaign quickly evaporated. I've
decided at this time our partnership needs to
end. So that's it. No
more for G-Eazy with H&M.
We told you The Weeknd has already said he's no
longer working with H&M and the
fallout continues. This is what happens when you don't have
no diversity on your marketing team.
You know what I mean? Somebody in that building should have said, you know what, this is what happens when you don't have no diversity on your marketing team. You know what I mean? Like, somebody in that building
should have said,
you know what,
this is not a good idea.
This should not be out.
Now, he ended saying,
I hope that this situation
will serve as the wake-up call
that H&M and other companies
need to get on track
and become racially
and culturally aware
as well as more diverse
at every level.
That's exactly what it is.
It's a bunch of culturally
clueless people in the building.
That's all it is.
Now, James Franco was on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert yesterday.
And I'm not sure if you guys know this, but as of late, several women have come forward
and said that James Franco was inappropriate and even accused him of something a little bit further.
Who's James Franco again?
You know, the actor.
He's really funny.
He's in a bunch of movies.
He actually won an award for the disaster artist.
He made that movie
with his brother. Yeah, we gotta tell you
who James Franco is. This story's not for you. I'm gonna be honest
with you. You should know who James Franco is.
He's an actor. He's a pretty funny actor.
He's okay. He was supposed to be
doing an event with the New York Times and they
actually canceled that event. The event was supposed
to be today, actually. And that's because
of these allegations. Now,
Ali Sheedy said that he was inappropriate
with her, and he said
this on Stephen Colbert.
Okay, first of all, I have no idea what I
did to Ally Sheedy. I directed her in a
play off Broadway.
I had nothing but a great time with her.
Total respect for her.
I have no idea why she was upset.
She took the tweet down. I don't know.
The things that I heard that were on Twitter are not accurate,
but I completely support people coming out and being able to have a voice
because they didn't have a voice for so long.
So I don't want to shut them down in any way.
It's, I think, a good thing, and I support it.
The crazy thing is he may not know what he did to Ali Sheed, but she does.
And I'm sure that she'll
be revealing it soon
since he went on Kobe
and said he doesn't know.
Not to say that there was anything.
Right.
But if there was something,
she's going to let everybody
know real soon.
Right.
And you saw Pineapple Express,
right, Envy?
Mm-hmm.
Okay, he was in that also.
Now, in addition to that,
a couple of other women
have had some things
to say about James Franco.
And actress Violet Paley
wrote on Twitter,
Remember the time you pushed my head down in a car towards your exposed penis?
And that other time you told my friend to come to your hotel when she was 17,
after you had already been caught doing that to a different 17-year-old.
And then yesterday she said that he had called to offer an overdue, annoyed, convenient phone apology.
She said, I don't accept, but maybe some other people's lives would be made easier if he donated all of his earnings
from the disaster artists to a nonprofit group
that supports survivors of sexual abuse.
Now there's another woman who accused him of exploiting her
in a film she made for him.
She said, remember a few weeks ago when you told me
the full nudity you had me do in two of your movies
for $100 a day wasn't exploitative
because I signed a contract to do it?
Time's up on that.
I 100% did not feel like I had a choice to say no.
So the fallout continues.
Now, Corey Feldman wants to fight against sexual abuse.
We told you he's trying to raise money to do his own film about sexual abuse in Hollywood and about his own life.
Now he wants to collaborate with other people, including Terry Crews, who, as you know, came forward with his own sexual assault allegations.
Now, he told E! News,
Now, Corey Feldman has
been very vocal about things that have happened to him
and about alleged sexual abuse
in Hollywood.
And there was also a Lifetime original movie that came out, A Tale of Two Corys.
He executive produced that.
So now he wants to do even more to help fight for this cause.
Okay.
All right.
And Jocelyn Hernandez has her own reality show.
Let's switch gears for a second.
Jocelyn Takes Miami. So apparently she's going to be working with Carlos King, who was a producer for Real Housewives of Atlanta
for a while. And according to
Hip Hollywood, it's going to follow her
journey as a single mother raising her daughter,
Bonnie Bella, in Miami. Yeah, she just did a crazy
photo shoot the other day. I feel like that's a
couple years too late. Jocelyn? Yeah.
Jocelyn, reality show by herself.
What network? VH1.
Did I say VH1? No, it is on VH1.
No, I didn't say that.
No, I just said it's being produced by Carlos King, who used to produce Real Housewives
of Atlanta.
I'm pretty sure it's VH1.
You think so?
Yeah, they're not letting her go.
They got her in a 360 times 10 deal, I'm sure.
All right.
All right.
Well, that's your rumor report.
When we come back, Jason Mitchell will be joining us.
He played Eazy-E.
There you go.
And straight out of Compton.
We're going to kick it with him when we come back.
He's in Mudbound.
He plays Brandon in The Chi. Phenomenal actor. We're going to kick it with him when we come back. He's in Mudbound. He plays Brandon in The Chi.
Phenomenal actor. And we're going to talk to him.
So keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Morning, everybody. It's DJ
Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne
the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a
special guest in the building. Yes, sir.
You might not know who he is without Jerry Curls.
That's not true.
Jason Mitchell. Good morning. What's not true. Jason Mitchell,
come on in. What's happening, man? How you feeling?
Jason, what's happening, my brother?
He played Eazy-E and Straight Outta Compton. That's why I said the whole Jerry Curls
thing. And then he was in Mudbound.
He was in Mudbound as well. I mean, he's been in a lot of stuff, but
Jason Mitchell has almost made me cry
twice. Oh, man, almost. Almost.
If you cry, it's cool.
I haven't gotten there yet, but I felt it, though.
You know what I'm saying? I was like, but you did make my homeboy drop a tip.
Yeah?
Yes.
Was it a homeboy or you?
See, he was watching his homeboy.
That's how you know he's waxed.
I'm going to look away.
It was waxed.
You don't know wax, but we was in L.A.
The big, strong diesel guy out there with the dreads.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
We was in L.A.
All right, missing the Compton.
Watching straight out of Compton.
It's like when you find out you had AIDS,
the whole theater went silent, right?
And then you started crying.
And all I heard my homeboy say was,
Yikes!
And I was just over there eye-watering.
That means he touched stone.
That means he was playing with some dirt bunches.
Now let me read you these text messages
that happened between us yesterday, right?
Okay.
I did shoot my shot.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
On Twitter.
This is so crazy right now.
I watched The Chi, the first two episodes.
It was so great, and I tweeted about it.
Yeah.
And then somehow, I guess, you know, I hashtagged it, you retweeted it, and I was like, you
should come to the Breakfast Club.
I never really do that, but it worked out.
So here you are.
Yeah, man.
I'm in the building, because I was like, if I could do anything in the world,
I got to do Breakfast Club.
You know what I mean?
I feel like you're really not popping until you do the Breakfast Club.
So I'm like, man, it's too easy.
I'm there.
So these text messages yesterday, right?
We were going back and forth about the time, whatever, whatever.
And Charlamagne says, I love him.
Charlamagne on the table said, I love him.
For no reason.
No reason. I love you too. I like your acting. I love his acting. I love people who speak their mind
I responded
I'm telling wifey that you love her
I didn't reply back
I'm like you ain't so freaking childish
You know what I'm saying
That's too funny
What made you get into acting
Man just trying to find new friends
You know what I mean
Because I come from like the real hood Not the rap hood You know what i mean and i'm from new orleans louisiana i'm from
holly grove me and wayne grew up right around the corner from each other okay shout out to jay jones
he a young cat working from back there too and um i lost my best friend at 22 years old and i didn't
go to college because katrina hit you know right after the storm or whatever i was just like kind
of scrambling you know and just trying to get some money.
That's all I could think about was money, you know.
And my best friend gets killed.
And then I was like, you know, maybe I should just find some new friends.
You know what I mean?
Maybe I should just start there.
Yeah.
So I went to like this random acting workshop.
It was only like eight weeks and it was just passing through New Orleans.
And my friend was like, man, you should go.
And I'm like, yeah, okay, acting.
That's like one of the kids on the side.
Right, exactly, exactly, same deal.
So he asked me like a week later,
like, whatever happened to you going to the class,
blah, blah, blah.
So I'm like, you know, I was driving.
I ain't had time to write the number down.
He just remembered the number off the top of his head.
I'm like, man, I'm going to take this as a sign from God.
So I went down there in like a three-piece suit, and I was terrible.
You know what I mean?
But the lady was like, you know, it's just something about you.
Like, you know, like if you stick with this, you might have some juice.
You know?
So I'm like, all right.
So maybe five or six weeks into it, they had an agent.
Shout out to Tasha Smith.
She came and checked me out.
Yeah.
She came and checked me out.
And it was on from there. Really out. It was on from there.
Really? It was just on from there.
That's so dope because somebody, when you went to your audition,
even though you weren't good, she saw
something in you and she told you that because
if she would have just been like, nah, it's not for you.
Right, exactly.
It shows you how important it is to tell
people when you see a little light and
it's up to you after that to figure out how you can
nurture it. Exactly.
That's why I'm glad I get to represent that.
You know what I mean?
Because so many people saw me.
They saw my faults.
They saw my ups, my downs.
So, you know, they could see me and be like,
damn, he could do it.
I could do it.
So what were you doing prior to you getting in that class?
You say your friend got killed.
Were you in the street?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
I was doing my thing.
But, you know, you know how it is.
Selling drugs, using them, because that is New Orleans.
Heroin big out there now.
Them boys doing heroin at a young age.
No, I'm not touching no dog food, man.
Never sold it.
I don't like that.
I don't even like the clientele.
But it was a thing for me where I was just over it.
You know what I mean?
I caught a couple of charges.
Like I said, people was dying.
And it was just getting a little too serious.
You realize in order
to change your life,
you got to change your lifestyle.
Exactly.
How'd you get straight
out of Compton?
Walk us through that.
Wow.
Okay, so at first
it started off really like protocol.
You know, they sent it
to my email
and it was like,
this is something
you really could get.
So I asked the question
that everybody else asked,
like, is a VH1 movie
is going to be a TV?
You know what I mean? And they was like, no, Universal doing this. And I asked the question that everybody else asked, like, is a VH1 movie? It's going to be a VH1. You know what I mean?
And they was like,
nah,
Universal doing this.
And I'm like,
what?
Okay,
say less.
when you say they sent it?
Like,
just the casting company
because they send it through,
like,
you know,
your agent or whatever.
So by the time it gets to me,
it'd just be like sides
for the script or whatever
so I can go do my little audition.
So I put it on tape,
knock it out,
and it was crazy
because the lady
who put me on tape, her name is And it was crazy because the lady who put me on tape
Her name is Megan Lewis
And this lady's like
I don't know if y'all know anything about white folks from Boston
No
They're really white
And very serious
You know what I mean?
So
I never booked with her
And I probably ran with her maybe 15 times
And just never booked with her So and I probably ran with her maybe 15 times and just never booked with her.
So she was doing this thing with her head, like, saying yes and no at the same time.
What's going on?
You know, and I was like, was it bad?
She was like, no.
She double high-fived me, walked me to my car.
I'm like, this is not the Megan I remember.
You know what I mean?
So, you know.
F*** it off from Jason.
Exactly.
Jason is so good.
It was so good.
She caught my agent right after. Like, I think he has a chance. It's going to is so good. It was so good. She called my agent right after.
Like, I think he has a chance.
It's going to be so good.
She was about to cry.
I'm like, Lord.
So, and they ain't called me until like a month and a half later.
I totally forgot about this.
I'm like cooking.
Because I got a cooking job and like an oyster shucking job.
Oh, so you really do cook?
That's you.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Because on the side, you cook.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So, I was, you know, trying to stay out of the way.
And they called me up.
They're like, yeah, they want you to fly to L.A. tomorrow.
And I'm like, well, see, with my bank account and my life and my probation and everything set up, you know, I can't just leave.
You know what I mean?
I mean, yeah, I had things going on in my life, you know.
They called me back maybe in like 30 minutes and was like, Gary wants to Skype with you.
You have Gary Gray, the director.
So I'm like, all right, cool.
You know, I hardwired everything.
I set it up.
I'm like, look, satellite dish on top of the crib.
Please don't skip.
You know what I mean?
I ain't even going to lie and pretend like I don't know how long it was.
It was an hour and 17 minutes.
We sat there and Skyped.
The whole movie.
Exactly.
You know what I mean?
We did these same five scenes just back to back to back to back to back to back,
just running through them.
And what I really remember is, like, I did the hospital scenes, right?
So I'm, like, crying.
You know what he's telling me?
You're a great crier, by the way.
We'll get to that.
Thank you.
Thank you.
He was like, just breathe, just breathe, just breathe.
So I'm like, okay.
I'm trying to relax.
But then the butterflies are, like, leaving my stomach. You know what I mean? Because I'm like, okay. I'm trying to relax. But then the butterflies are like leaving my stomach.
You know what I mean?
Because I'm like, it's over now, you know?
And then I just bust out laughing.
And then I can hear a bunch of voices.
Because all I can see is his face on Skype.
And he's going back and forth.
And I'm like, who else is in this room with you?
You know what I mean?
I can hear all these voices.
And it was like, he good, right?
He good.
And then I booked it right over Skype.
Just like that.
Wow, that's amazing
Had never been to California
In my life
Did you know anything
About NWA and Eazy
I did I did
Cause I grew up on Bone Thugs
And of course you know
Ice Cube
He got to be in everybody
Top 10 at least
You know what I mean
So you know
No Vaseline was like
A big part of my life
You know what I mean
So
We gonna edit that part
We gonna edit that one part
You know
You know I'm a I'm a younger dude You know what I mean, so. Oh, we're going to edit that part. We're going to edit that one part. You know, you know. I'm a younger dude.
You know what I mean?
So when that beef record hit, I was like, whoa, okay.
You know what I mean?
So everybody, exactly.
If you didn't know, now you know, you know.
So why were you on probation?
Man.
What happened was.
Come on, tell us the story.
I just got caught up, you know.
What you was drug possession?
Drug possession?
Yeah.
What, you was selling?
Yeah.
Okay.
Are you on probation now?
I am.
Okay.
How long you on?
I am.
Well, five years.
Damn.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
For what?
Like, how much did you get caught with?
He's like, damn it.
You know, some things are best untold.
Some stories are best untold.
Yeah.
You know, we moving forward.
We moving forward now is good. You know. You know, we're moving forward. We're moving forward, and that's good.
You know.
All right, we got more with Jason Mitchell.
When we come back, don't move.
It's The Breakfast Club.
Good morning.
The Breakfast Club.
Morning, everybody.
It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.
We are The Breakfast Club.
We have Jason Mitchell in the building.
He played Eazy-E in Straight Outta Compton.
Ye.
I remember reading
that you were disappointed
at first because you thought
you would book like
some bigger things
right away after
Straight Outta Compton
because you had such
a phenomenal role in that
and you didn't stop acting.
I did.
It took a little time.
Yeah, definitely.
Because like,
the things that were hitting me
were like pigeonhole material.
You know what I mean?
Come play another rapper.
Come play a gangster.
Exactly.
Exactly.
And I'm like, you know what?
I know I got a lot of tattoos and all that, y'all, but look.
I'm trying to do something else.
You know what I mean?
So I went and did like Keanu with P and P.
You know what I mean?
I think that movie is so funny.
Just trying to show my layers.
You know what I mean?
You know who was in that?
Tiffany Haddish.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Shout out to Tiffany Haddish.
She's doing it real big right now.
But yeah.
Shout out to Jordan Peele, too, who's doing absolutely amazing.
But yeah.
And Key also.
They had that Netflix show that I love.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Back from college.
Yeah, we thinking about doing some things together, too, man.
Yeah, yeah.
Now, you are a good crier.
Did you learn that in acting school? But now that I know you're from New Orleans, that's probably coming from a real place.
Absolutely.
Absolutely.
It was just, you know, as guys, we just never do cry.
We never let it out.
You know what I mean?
We don't hug each other.
We don't do none of that.
So...
We don't say we love people.
Exactly.
Exactly.
I love him.
You don't even know him.
No one's gonna love him.
We don't say I love people.
That's funny.
No, but I think it was just so much that I held in over time,
and I never knew it was therapeutic to let it go.
Right.
You know what I mean?
You know how you get a whooping and you go to sleep feeling better?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You know what I mean?
You wake up and you be like, all right, thank you, man.
I feel a little bit better, you know?
Yeah, yeah, learn a little something.
Exactly.
Yeah, yeah.
The hard way, but learn a little something.
Exactly, exactly.
So it was good for me to sort of just have that experience to be able to let it out.
Because after I found out that I felt better after I let it out, I just started channeling it.
We've seen two good cries.
The Eazy-E cry.
Yeah.
What did you think about in that moment?
Did you think about really catching AIDS and how you would react to it?
You know, actually, I did reverse psychology on my own brain.
Because Eazy gave, like like he has seven kids.
No, seven baby moms, nine kids.
He gave each of them 20 bands a month, each kid, which is a lot of bread for back then.
You know what I mean?
A lot of bread for now.
Exactly, exactly.
Channel Tyrese.
What do you want from me?
No, don't do that.
Don't do that.
Don't do that.
Don't get me involved.
Don't get me involved. Don't get me involved. No, so just by looking at things like that, I was like, you know, he was playing with a lot of money.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So for somebody to come to you and tell you, like, bro, it's over.
Like, after you done fixed everything, like, you about to die of a sickness.
Like, it's like, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Wait, what?
You know, so I went and got the nicest
spot that I could find in Beverly Hills and just
stayed there for like a month and just was thinking
like, yeah, this is my crib. You know what I mean?
Like, that's how I was playing it for myself.
So every day when I went home
as we were shooting, I was like, man, I'm about to lose
all of this. This is about to be gone. My
life, everything is just gone. So
it was something I could play off for real.
And what about the shot? Because you cried in that church scene.
That almost got me.
That was the second time you almost got me.
You know it was crazy?
And I always cry, Jordan.
You know I was crying.
I'm not ashamed to say I was crying.
Yeah, I'm going to cry.
I cried.
I've seen her be crying.
She's going to be crying on a plane watching the movie.
Why are you crying?
I'm like, oh.
It was Creed.
No, for me, I think it was just, it was one of them things where, like, as soon as you
walk into the church, you're like, oh, man.
Like, you know, because Jack King, he was somebody who I really got to know and love.
You know what I mean?
We done spent a few months together.
Like, his mama be cooking for us while we on the road.
And then you got in the casket.
Yeah.
And I'm like, ooh.
It was just just you know
hard for me to process and um they had a few funerals i skipped just over time you know i mean
shout out to my dude bty young and last year he was killed and yeah baby baby was about to sign
him yeah he had just got you know the whole thing working out for him and then he got killed right
now with hood you know i mean so it's just a lot of things that I feel like
I didn't really let out, you know what I mean?
And process right.
So that definitely came from a real place.
It was hard to turn it off that day.
We don't know what's about to happen yet
because I've only seen the first two episodes,
but if it were up to you,
would your character get revenge
for your brother getting killed or?
Probably not.
Probably not.
Because, I mean, I've been in situations like
that and I've seen mothers
lose two sons. You know what I mean?
Either both dead or
one dead, one in jail. You know what I mean?
You don't win when you fight back
like that because you still got to
deal with the police.
Explain, I know Shy's about Chicago. What is Shy
about? What does it deal with?
The Shy's is the circle of life in Chicago.
You know, like so many times they dehumanize the fact that these families are losing sons.
They're losing daughters.
You know what I mean?
They're being stripped.
And like, for example, when I first got to Chicago, I saw a sign, like an interactive billboard that said 46 people were shot this weekend.
And I'm like, why is this not the talk
of Chicago? You know what I mean? Like, why
are people not actively trying to get out there
and help? But it's because
it's a misunderstanding
and it's like an ignorance. You know what I mean?
So, this TV show is
allowing you to see that
the people behind this violence
aren't
always just wild gangs.
It's a reason behind it.
Exactly.
Social conditions.
Right.
It's families.
You know what I mean?
It's a lot of caring people behind this.
And it's also an ecosystem and a domino effect around a murder.
You know what I mean?
So it's a TV show that shows how this one bullet just changes a bunch of lives.
Chicago's a very critical place, and they don't like their city portrayed in your kind of way.
So who did you reach out to from there to make sure you were doing it right?
Well, Common's a producer on it, right?
Yeah, yeah, Common is definitely a producer on it.
And Lena?
Lena, they definitely throw.
But me, the way I operate and the way I think about things,
I did the same thing when I did Straight Outta Compton.
I went to the hood, you know, and I walked around.
I met people.
I talked to people just so they know that.
Because, I mean, you can Google the fact that I'm not from Chicago.
You know what I mean?
So if they never see me in the streets of Chicago, if I don't do that right, they can be like, of course he's not going to do it right because he's never been back here.
You know what I mean?
But at least if I mess it up, if I go back there and I'm like,
look, I'm trying to do my best and they know it.
Like, I spent my Easter back there with a random family.
You know what I mean?
Like, I really.
That could be dangerous, though, right?
I mean, it could be, you know, but if you give respect, you'll get it.
Did they know you was an actor?
Did they recognize you?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
They busting out the house.
Easy!
We like.
So what was they telling you? Like actor? Did they recognize you? Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They busting out the house. Easy! We like, in the middle of a chain.
So what was they telling you?
Like, don't piss up.
Well, I mean,
they have,
they had a few Chicago projects
that missed the mark.
Yeah, the one
that Spike Lee did.
Mm.
That was a terrible movie.
Love Spike Lee,
but that was a terrible movie.
I ain't saying that.
Yeah, you know,
so yeah,
they just wanted
to make sure it hit the mark.
One of my older interns, she's
from Chicago, and so when I tweeted out that I love
the show, she was like, yeah, we're gonna keep
watching, and then she goes, but that's
not how we dress in Chicago.
It's the little things like that
that are a little nuanced.
Yeah, but the show
constantly gets better, though. You know what I mean?
Because one thing about TV, every episode has a new director.
Every episode has a new writer.
You know what I mean?
So, you know.
It started off pretty strong, though.
I mean, I was drawn in immediately.
Because sometimes pilot episodes are like, yeah.
Suck.
That was a great pilot, though.
Thank you.
How do you, I don't do funerals either, though.
So I understand how you feel about that.
Like, I just don't go to them.
Yeah, it's like, because it's extra.
You know what I mean? Like, it's supposed to be
a celebration, but
when it's so sad of a situation,
it's not. Yeah, it's not. It's nothing to
celebrate in a situation like that. So I'm like,
I might meet y'all at the repass.
You know, come get some red beans.
Alright, we have more with Jason Mitchell
when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club.
Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's
DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.
We are The Breakfast Club.
We're kicking it with Jason Mitchell.
You might know him as Eazy-E from Straight Outta Compton.
He's here.
Charlamagne?
Now, I saw Mudbound, and I hate watching stuff like that because it makes me hate white people.
Right.
How do you detox from stuff like that?
Man.
Well, tell them about Mudbound for people who haven't seen Mudbound.
It's a slave movie, but it's a period piece.
It's a slave movie.
No, it's not a slave movie.
What Mary J. Blige had on
ASOS glasses,
which I don't understand.
That's what it was, right?
But we'll bypass that.
Tell us about Mudbound.
What is Mudbound?
I don't want to give it all away,
but Mudbound is a...
It's not a slave movie, is it?
No, it's a story of two families
in the sharecropping Jim Crow
kind of era
that's rarely talked about.
You know what I mean? Like, people forget
and they just jump straight from slavery
to, like, civil rights. You know what I mean?
And they forget about this time that we had
that kind of builds this undercurrent
of hate, you know what I mean, for
blacks and whites. So, yeah,
it's based on that. It was the Jim Crow era,
but in my mind, I'm thinking slave, because
every time the white man said jump, they said how high.
Exactly.
Exactly.
Exactly.
But like I watched my grandfather go through this.
You know what I mean?
So like that was his story.
You know, he went to war.
He went to the Korean War, came home, still treated bad.
You know, but he turned the other cheek and ended up a business owner.
You know what I mean?
And ultimately now I get to tell his story on the
big screen and be the voice that he always
wanted to be at the same time. Because my
character don't keep his mouth shut.
Well, yes he did. At the end of the movie
they made him keep his mouth shut.
But how do you get that out
of you though? After playing a role like
that? You know what it is? That's also a relief
for me too. Because I get to do my
part non-violent. You get what I'm saying?'s also a relief for me, too. Because I get to do my part non-violently.
You get what I'm saying?
Exactly.
You watch things like Roots, and then you go outside, and you're like, man, I just want to hit.
You know, you just got to go straight home.
You know what I'm saying?
For real.
Go home or don't leave for a week.
That's the only options you really have.
You know, but to me, this film was special because it was like it ends with love and it talks about a lot of good things like on the surface.
You know what I mean?
So like when people leave, they're not ultimately mad at each other.
They want to talk about it.
Like, wow, black people were really treated like this.
And, you know, they want to talk about this now.
And the dialogue getting started is all a product of what I've done.
You know what I mean? So I'm super happy about it
because all the white people who were in the
movie, you know how they
must have could see it in my eyes. Because as soon as
I was about to have a moment, they just jump in
and hug me and be like, man, we love you for this.
You're doing something major. You're doing something great
for the culture. You know what I mean?
You know, so it was a really,
really good support system that I had, man.
Everybody showed mad love. Dee Rees was a really, really good support system that I had, man. Everybody showed mad love.
Dee Rees was a great director, the most sure black woman I ever met in my life.
And she booked you just because it's straight out of Compton.
She knew she wanted you for that role.
Yeah, it was a trip.
That was the first thing I had ever been offered in my whole life.
You know, I'm just sitting on the other side of the phone, like, listening to her whole spiel.
Like, yeah, as soon as you're done, I'm going to say yes.
You know, because I was so ready to just be able to
show a different layer of myself.
And to be able to show that,
to me, that's dope. We actually shot
in places that I took field trips to as a child.
Wow. That's lit. Now, Rolling
Stone called you this generation's next leading
man. Where are you reading this from?
Rolling Stone. Are you making that shit up? Seriously?
What?
Is that too much pressure?
You know, it's really not, man.
It's an honor, bro.
It's an honor, seriously.
You know, because you sit back and you watch movies at home
and you try to convince yourself all of these different things.
You know what I mean?
Like who you are inside yourself and all that.
And when you finally get to start showing yourself to the world,
when they respond in an even bigger way than you thought they would,
I can't ask for nothing more.
Like, if I could have wrote my story, it would not be this good.
It probably would have worked its way up to something like
A Straight Outta Compton or Mudbound, you know what I mean?
But, like, God just got his hands on me, and I just keep excelling.
You know what I mean?
I'm getting good stuff.
Like, me and Lena, we literally held hands and was like, we're going to speak this into existence two years ago.
And now I'm the leader of a TV show.
That's crazy.
So she came to you about the idea for the show a couple years ago?
No, no, no.
We just happened to see each other like in passing.
And I was like, yo, because her clothes game is always crazy.
Her shoe game always crazy.
So I'm like, man, let me take a picture with you.
And she was like, yo, I'm a big fan.
And we're going to work together one day.
And I was like, let's speak it into existence, you know, because I operate off the spirit.
I love that kind of shit.
I love it.
So we did.
We held hands right there.
It was like, we're going to speak this into existence.
You know what I mean?
Not even two years later.
I know you've got tons of scripts coming in now.
Yeah, man.
Do you know what you want to do?
Like what kind of role you're looking for next?
Or what won't you do? Yeah, what kind of role you're looking for next? Or what won't you do?
Ooh.
Yeah, is there any role that you wouldn't play?
You know, I don't...
No, I don't think so.
I don't think so.
I really...
Because I'd be, like, going to challenge myself.
I want something crazy, like Floyd Mayweather
or, like, somebody with one leg or something.
You know what I mean?
You play a gay man, you do a gay kiss to see,
Brokeback Mountain, something like that.
Don't, don't, don't follow this up.
It's a trap.
Don't do this.
I don't know why he likes to do this.
Don't do it.
I really don't discriminate against no role.
So you do any scene?
You know, yeah.
I think I would.
Why would you want to play Floyd Mayweather, though?
Because it's just like naturally he challenges himself
more than the average person.
Like I had the pleasure of meeting him, and then right after I met him, he challenges himself more than the average person. Like I had the pleasure of meeting him.
And then right after I met him, he went running.
But I'm like, dude, it's like it's about to be one o'clock in the morning.
He does that.
You know what I mean?
He does that.
He just goes running on the highway at like four in the morning.
But to play Floyd, you would have to learn how to not read lines.
Not be able to read lines.
Don't follow his lead.
Floyd, don't hit him.
No, Floyd, please hit me if you ever feel like it.
You're right.
Please.
He's like, I need that bankroll.
No, but, yeah, it's just, to me, it's like when you deal with somebody who has a different type of work ethic
and their brain operates on a different wave than yours, that's the fire.
You know what I mean?
You got it, Max. Yeah. Yeah, yeah's the fire. You know what I mean? You got to box.
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
I love that, too.
I love that.
I love the whole process of it.
You know what I mean?
Because when you get tired in boxing,
you get hurt.
It's not like one of them sports
where you can put your hands on your hip.
Right.
You know what I mean?
So I really, I respect boxers.
Absolutely.
To have that, you know,
to have somebody have the confidence in me to be able to pull that off, like, that would be super dope.
We appreciate you for joining us.
Thank you for having me.
Jason's going to be around.
I think Jason's going to be like one of those Denzel guys.
Like, somebody will see it at the Oscars in a few years.
Like, damn, look at Jason Wayne.
I hope so, man.
And you love him.
We just remember that.
He's dope, man.
I like people that create great content.
Like, he's dope at what he does.
You can watch him on screen.
You can tell he's special.
This is the next level in my life.
Hey, man, if you get some new pussy off it, just text me and let me know.
Oh, I definitely will.
No doubt.
Yeah, I got you.
My man.
It's The Breakfast Club.
Good morning.
All right.
The Breakfast Club.
Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.
It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Degas.
We are The Breakfast Club.
Hey, salute to my guy Jason Mitchell for pulling up, man.
Yeah, shout out to Jason Mitchell.
Great guy.
He's going to be a special one.
I think I don't want to put too much pressure on him.
You love him.
But listen, I just think he's got a lot of range.
You know what I'm saying?
That Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks type of range.
But I don't want to put too much pressure on the young man.
Well, I love his whole story of how he got started and everything.
And The Chi is an excellent show.
So if you haven't seen it yet, make sure you watch that first episode.
It came on Sunday, and it's on Showtime on Sundays.
Amazing.
All right.
Well, let's get to the rumors.
Let's talk Kerry Hilson.
She's spilling the tea.
This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club.
Well, Carrie Hilson had a difficult sit down with Steve Harvey's psychic medium, Reginald Lewis.
Now, he tapped into her late grandmother to talk about her making the right decisions as far as leaving certain people behind.
Now, Carrie Hilson also revealed a lot about what's been going on in her life personally.
Here's what happened.
I hit rock bottom a few times.
You had to.
Yeah.
And I'm crawling back to walking in my purpose.
I think I had to give up music for a while.
I stepped away.
I thought it would just be a year.
It's been six, maybe. I realize now that I'm grateful
for all of those years
because I have built myself back up.
I'm going to tell you something, Carrie.
You didn't give up music.
Music gave up you.
When you made those little shots
at Beyonce, the beehive pointed at you
with the steely finger from a color purple.
And it ain't no good going to come to you
until you do right by Beyonce.
You think she should have tried to keep going?
She should have apologized to Beyonce. Okay? That should've tried to keep going? She should've apologized
to Beyonce.
Okay?
That's what she should've done.
She look crazy.
Please, but I'm gonna
be honest with you.
Pretty Girl Rock
used to be your song.
I remember when we first
started the Breakfast Club.
My name is...
And we used to be in the club.
Yes, that was.
And Pretty Girl Rock
came right.
You used to do your
little sassy dance.
You used to do
the Pretty Girl Rock.
You got the song,
play the song, watch.
He gonna do it.
As soon as the song come on,
he got that little sassy.
My name is...
He used to do that
little sassy shoulder shake.
You used to be like, my name is Charlamagne.
Yep.
You know what I'm saying?
Where did these stories come from?
Yo, that is...
Charlamagne.
Don't lie.
That wasn't your song?
Did I used to drink that much that I don't remember none of these things?
We did used to drink a lot, but you used to get busy.
I ain't going to lie.
When that beat used to drop.
See, there you go right there.
There you go right there.
There you go, see?
But it's time, B-Hive.
Undig the... You know, I know it's a chicken bone in Houston buried with Carrie's name on it.
Undig the bone, man.
Dig up the bone.
Let Carrie be.
Jesus Christ.
All right.
Now, Russell Simmons has two more rape allegations now.
Two women have gone to the police and they have filed criminal complaints.
Now, one is saying that Russell Simmons raped her in 1983, and the other one is saying 1991.
One woman is Sherry Hines, and she was on Megyn Kelly's show in December.
She said that Russell Simmons raped her at his office in 1983.
And the other woman is anonymous, but she says that Russell Simmons raped her at his home in Manhattan after they went on a date.
She said she was 32, and he tried to take off her dress while sitting on a couch and then pushed her down and
forcibly raped her when she rejected him.
And it's all allegedly. These are all alleged.
These are the women who are coming forward and making
allegations against him. But I mean now there's
a criminal complaint. I guess he could take it to
court maybe. I don't know. Well the NYPD
is already investigating him for seven
claims of sexual misconduct.
So he took a polygraph test and
passed and that was for one claim against him,
at least one of the allegations against him.
Now, Michael Douglas is trying to get ahead of the gun,
and he is saying that there's a woman
who is about to come out and tell her story
that he masturbated in front of her 32 years ago,
and he spoke raunchily or dirtily with friends of mine.
Now, he says,
I will fess up to colorful language,
but the issue of masturbating in front of her
that is something I've only heard about
the last year. It's not an expression that related
to the 80s so I thought it stunk.
He said it's a complete lie, fabrication, no
truth to it whatsoever. It's
extremely painful. I pride myself on my reputation
in this business not to mention the long
history of my father and everything else. I don't
have skeletons in my closet or anyone
else who's coming out or saying this.
Look, your honor, that's my crack, but that ain't
my gun. That's what he's saying.
That's my crack, but that ain't
my gun. I don't know whose gun is it, but it
ain't mine. Yeah, he's saying he might have used some
harsh language, but he never masturbated in front
of anyone.
Alright, well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your
rumor report. Alright, thank you, Miss Yee.
Charlemagne! Oh, man.
Yes.
Who are you giving that down to?
Listen, man.
Four after the hour, we have another great case of good old racism in America.
You know, that's a hot button topic that I love to talk about.
And if you were appalled by the H&M situation.
Oh, man.
I got a doozy for you.
Four after the hour, buddy.
All right.
We'll get into that when we come back.
Keep it locked.
It's The Breakfast Club.
Good morning.
It's time for Donkey of the Day.
Donkey of the Day at Jungle Man.
I'm a Democrat,
so being Donkey of the Day
is a little bit of a mixed place.
So like a donkey.
He hung.
Donkey of the Day.
The Breakfast Club, bitches.
Now, I've been called
a lot in my 23 years,
but Donkey of the Day is a new one.
Hey, hey, hey.
Donkey of the Day for Wednesday, January 10th
goes to Coach Walt Gill
and the Kingsgill Varsity Boys Rec Basketball Team in Cincinnati.
Salute to everyone who listens to us on 102.3 to Beat in Cincinnati.
Drop one of Clues' bombs for them.
Let me tell you something, man.
If you were appalled by the H&M ad where they had the young god, that young black king wearing a hoodie that said,
coolest monkey in the jungle, then this story is really going to grind your gears.
All right.
Now, the Kingsgill Varsity boys basketball team pulled up for their game on Sunday afternoon wearing jerseys that said,
wet dream team on the front.
Now, wet dreams, that's a sexual
reference. Your Uncle Charlotte has had quite
a few of those in my day. I actually think wet
dreams are ghosts having sex with you when you sleep.
Oh, yes. Bobby Brown is not the
only brother out here who has spooned a spirit or two.
I've definitely done that. A wet
dream to me is nothing but poltergeist poom poom,
but that's neither here nor there. It's not appropriate
for kids in high school to name their basketball
team that. Maybe they were going for a Splash Brothers kind of vibe.
But nah.
Right?
Hey, Kingsgill Varsity boys, y'all didn't think that went through.
Imagine coming back from a long away game and all of y'all sleep on the team bus
and somebody takes a pic of y'all bunched up together in those bus seats,
all close, eyes closed, snoring,
and someone takes a pic and posts it with the caption,
Wet Dream Team.
Gay!
Okay?
But that's not the reason they're getting donkey of the day.
See, some of these young Caucasian men didn't have inappropriate things
just on the back of their jersey.
They had inappropriate things on the front of their,
well, not just on the front of their jersey.
They had it on the back of their jersey as well.
Let's go to the news for the report, please.
The name of the team is a sexual reference that we won't be repeating here on WLWT.
A sexual innuendo was printed across the front of their shirts as parents of the opposing team
saw for themselves yesterday. It's more of a joke to them than than anything else. Printed on the
back of the shirts instead of player names was something that stirred even more anger at West Claremont yesterday.
Words that some considered racist.
It's not so much about even if we had black students,
or African American students, or any minorities.
Our kids were offended.
Tony Rue immediately brought West Claremont's concerns to the league rep's attention.
I think he called people above him, and about midway through the second quarter,
he came and got the ref's attention and told them the game was over.
It was called that we weren't going to be a part of it.
Game over and season over for the Kings team.
Cincinnati Premier Youth Basketball League said in a written statement today,
the actions and conduct of the team did not comply with our stated mission
and expected standards and that team has therefore been dismissed from our league. Kings was four
games into the season which leaves opponents scratching their heads. Now the coach Walt Gill
initially told me on the phone that this whole thing was getting blown out of proportion but
later this afternoon he released the following statement saying,
we sincerely apologize to anyone that was offended by the jerseys.
We offered to cover them up or change.
However, the league saw fit to remove us, and we have accepted that decision.
But the Kings School District did say it condemns any type of hateful or racist commentary.
All right, let me tell you what the Kings Guild Varsity Boys
rec basketball team had on the back of their jerseys.
They thought it would be a good idea to have
Negro on the back of their jersey.
I just caught that one, too.
You didn't know what that was?
They spelled it K-N-E-E-G-R-O-W.
I said Negro.
And another white guy had Coon on the back of his jersey.
This is what bothers me about this entire situation.
Sharice Middleton is the Kings Division coordinator,
and she released a statement saying,
Kings rec basketball for grade 7-12 does not in any way support
or condone the uniform infractions that occurred.
We strictly follow and support the rules set out by Cincinnati Premier Youth Basketball League
and fully support their decision to remove the team from play as well.
F that.
This is more than a uniform infraction.
This is racism.
What do you mean uniform infraction?
Not tucking in your jersey is a uniform infraction.
Having a logo on your jersey you're not supposed to have is a uniform infraction.
This is racism in its purest form.
Then the coach of the team puts out that apology.
We sincerely apologize to anyone that was offended by the jerseys.
We offered to cover them up or change however the league saw fit to remove us,
and we have accepted that decision. Dear Coach Walt Gill, shut the jerseys. We offered to cover them up or change however the league saw fit to remove us, and we have accepted that decision.
Dear Coach Walt Gill, shut the F up forever.
All right, they ain't covering up or changing, bae.
You mean to tell me when your kids came to you with this idea,
you didn't tell them, hell no?
You mean to tell me that you didn't think a group of young white kids
going out there with Negro on the back of their jersey
and Coon on the back of their jersey,
you thought that wasn't going to offend someone?
See, Queen Michelle Obama said when they go low, we go high.
But Charlemagne Tha God says,
when they go low, take it to the floor with them.
And this is exactly why I will never stop
calling white devils white devils, okay?
All white people aren't the devil,
but the ones in these jerseys are young white devils, too.
See, when they display racism like this at a young age,
I call them crack-ass crackers in training.
All right, this is bigotry under construction,
ladies and gentlemen,
but this can be reversed.
Oh, they can absolutely unlearn whatever they are being taught at home.
All it takes is one away game in a predominantly black district in Cincinnati.
I guarantee that Jamal and them who play for the undefeated Cincinnati Cracker Crushers have not played the wet dream team, okay?
I want to start a league in Cincinnati right now.
Red, black, and green are the colors.
Name of the team is the Triple C Cincinnati Cracker Crushers.
And we're not even going to go low and have racial slurs on the back of our jerseys.
We're going to have names like Muhammad, Zulu, X, Tummin, Obama, Farrakhan.
Okay?
All the names that strike fear In you racist bigots
And the white dream team
Better have that same energy
And come in there with racial slurs
On the back of their jerseys
To play my guys
Oh my bad
To play my gods
Listen man
There's a great book out there
That was required reading
When I was a lad
It was called
The Killer Mockingbird
Anybody in here ever read it?
Of course
Written by Harper Lee
And Harper Lee once said
As you grow older
You'll see white men Cheat black men every day of your life.
But let me tell you something, and don't you forget it.
Whenever a white man does that to a black man,
no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from,
that white man is trash.
If you're a racist, prejudiced bigot, you are trash.
Trash is actually an understatement.
You may think the person you're being prejudiced against is the problem, but actually
you're the problem. So if you want to be part of the solution
and not the problem, then it's simple.
Be the change you want to be in.
Be the change you want to see in the world
and don't be racist.
Please give Coach Walt Gill and the Kingsgill
Varsity Boys rec team.
Matter of fact, Remy Ma
asked him a simple question.
Hee-haw, hee-haw.
You stupid mother f***er.
You dumb.
It's simple.
It's simple.
All right.
But I'm serious about that, for real.
One, one, oh, two, three to beat in Cincinnati.
Holler at me.
I'm going to start my own team out there.
You going to call it the CCC Triple C? Triple C, baby.
Cincinnati Cracker Crushers.
My goodness.
What's up?
Let's get the league going, baby.
My goodness. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey of Crushes. My goodness. What's up? Let's get the league going, baby. My goodness.
Well, thank you for that donkey of the day.
Now, when we come back, ask
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It's DJ Envy Angela Yee.
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It's time for Ask Yee.
800-585-1051 if you got a question for Yee.
Hello, who's this?
Hello, this is Ray.
Hey, Ray.
What's your question for Yee?
This morning, I want to ask Yee,
how do you slow someone down
when you all are bonding on a good level and you want to continue to explore the friend zone, but they want to move faster forward?
So you want to just be friends with this person and take your time, but he wants to do what?
I'm a good kid, and he already knows that, but he wants to put a gas on it, and I just want to continue to explore the friend
zone.
So is it that you want to just date other people and not be in a relationship yet?
You're not sure about him, or I'm not sure what's happening?
So, you know, guys, when they see something, they want something, they want to just go
ahead and take it to the next level.
Right.
Let's talk about affairs.
Let's talk about kids.
We can explore those conversations, but... Not yet. Let's still about parents. Let's talk about kids. We can explore those conversations, but
let's still get to
know each other. And what does he say when you
tell him that? It's more so like, I know
what I want. I'm of age. I just
don't have time to kind of play around.
You know, we're both good people.
Well, it's important for people to know
that you both have to be on the same page. If the roles
were reversed, and as a woman, you were
like, oh, well, let's do this.
I'm ready to settle down.
I want to do that.
That might scare somebody, right?
Right.
That might scare a man, and we're always taught,
okay, you got to just relax, take your time.
If your instincts are telling you,
and everything in you is saying,
I'm not ready to just full speed jump into this,
I don't think there's anything wrong with that,
and he should respect that.
And that's how you know if somebody really is the one for you,
if they're ready to go at that pace.
Now, it would make me nervous if somebody was going too fast, too quickly.
Right.
And you should tell them.
You should be like, look, I'm going to be honest with you, okay?
I'm very protective of myself, and I want to be with somebody that understands that
and somebody that is willing to take the time that I want to take to get to know me to build this foundation together.
I don't want to jump into anything and rush into it.
And you should respect that.
If you really care about me and want to be with me,
then you'll be willing to take that time also.
Somebody will wait and will be patient and prove himself to you as needed.
That's right.
Thank you so much.
I want to let you both know, CJ, Envy, Yee, Charlamagne,
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rockstar morning everybody it's DJ En Club. Good morning. Rockstar morning, everybody.
It's DJ Envy
Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are
the Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of
Ask Yee. Hello, who's this?
Hey, how's it going? My name is John.
Hey, John. What's your question for Yee, bro?
Yeah, man. I'm a recent dad, you know.
I got a little girl now. She's maybe about
five weeks and my girl
is going through
trust issues with me.
You know, like, ever since the baby kind of came out,
it's kind of been, you know, a sideway look.
You know, it's not the same relationship that we started when the baby was.
Before the baby was conceived, you know what I mean?
Well, she might be suffering from some type of postpartum depression.
Have you ever thought about that, as a lot of women do,
and don't even realize it?
You know, I did think about that.
She did go get a prescription. You know, I did think about that. She did go get
a prescription. You know, they got her on one of them
pills that are being passed out, but
That might be changing
her mood also.
Would there be something to do
to help her feel like she
could trust me? Is there anything that I could do to
fix that? You know what? You can't
force someone to trust you, and it sounds like
she's really going through some things that
none of us could possibly comprehend
you know, having just had a baby. I would
say that I'm always really leery
about pills being taken
and everything so it might
be that she had, like what kind
of pills is she on and why is she on them?
Well, they did prescribe
I think it was one of the ones with disease
Zoloft I think it was. of the ones with disease, Zoloft, I think it was.
Because that can alter your mood greatly also.
Yeah, and I mean, she got them for the postpartum depression, you know, that was the reason behind it.
You know, I'm going to be honest with you, I'm not at all an expert on postpartum depression,
but I do know people that have gone through it and how difficult it is to pull yourself out of it. And she has identified that she is going through something that she probably feels
like she can't control. And I think it is commendable that you want to be there and help
her with it. But the issue is probably not you as much as it is her and you just making sure that
you're there for her and supporting her through this time. I would definitely say make sure you
keep that communication open. And I would highly recommend you get a therapist or somebody that can talk to her so she can identify what's going on with her and why these things are happening.
And have someone to talk to because I know one of the main issues with women suffering from postpartum depression is feeling like they don't have anyone to talk to.
And they can't express how it feels and they don't know why they feel that way.
It might be something she doesn't even know why.
I get that.
I get that.
Well, look, I appreciate it.
Thank you for answering.
Okay, no problem.
I wish I could do more,
but I can't give like,
you know, but I do know
that it's a really common issue
and I do know that
you have to make sure
that she has someone to talk to
and that she can talk to you about it.
And I do know
that it's not her fault
that she's feeling these feelings
and she probably has no idea
how to handle it.
Well, I do appreciate
it, you know. It's really the love that
I got for her that makes me want to even call and
talk, you know. I listen to the show all the time,
you know, like right now I'm in the middle of traffic
driving to work and I just,
that's been my new thing on my head
lately, you know. No, I love that you care.
I love that you care that much. You should
always tell her how much you care, but get
her some expert advice so that somebody that knows and has dealt with this before
and dealt with women who are suffering from this can actually step in
and let her know what steps she needs to take in order to get back to herself.
Because I'm sure she wants to also.
Thank you so much, Mom.
Okay.
And it's crazy that women will never fully trust men until we get detachable penises
that we can leave at home with them when we're away.
Do you blame them?
No.
All right.
There you go.
All right.
Well, ask Yee.
800-585-1051.
We got rumors on the way, Yee?
Yes.
Imagine as a woman you were working and you made less than $1,000.
And someone who was working alongside you as your co-star made $1.5 million for the same exact work.
You're the new agent.
We'll tell you who that happened to.
You're the new manager.
We'll get into that when we come back.
It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Question. Question, guys. Question. We'll tell you who that happened to. We'll get into that when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club
good morning.
Question, question, guys.
Question.
What, what, what, what, what?
You know I have regular
bowel movements.
Correct.
So I'm trying to figure out
how come when I go to, you
know, use the bathroom at
work, my leg never falls
asleep the way it does at
home.
Because at home you're
more comfortable and you're
relaxed, but when you're at
work you try to get it out
faster.
But I be on there the same amount of time.
After four or five minutes at home, my leg goes to sleep.
Oh, the toilets are higher.
Ooh, you're right, Steve.
Oh, is it?
Steve, our cameraman just said the toilets are higher.
That's exactly what it is,
because I always go in the handicapped stall.
The toilets are higher.
I've never had my legs fall asleep on the toilet.
Why do you go in the...
I don't understand, so why do your legs fall asleep?
Mine fall asleep, too.
That should never happen to me, ever. Blood understand. So why do your legs fall asleep? Mine fall asleep too. That never happened to me ever.
Blood circulation.
The circulation in your leg stops.
Yes.
So that's why it goes...
Do you like lean on your legs or something?
Nah.
Nah.
But I know when I get up at home,
boy, I just got to sit there
and nothing looks stupider
than standing there butt naked.
Why does that not...
Does that only happen to men maybe?
A little shriveled up penis.
Huh?
Does that only happen to men?
Waiting for it to wake up.
It only happened to me
when I started getting a little older
because when I was younger,
this never happened.
The last five years,
I would say the last two, three years,
I mean.
And I'd be thinking stuff like,
man, please don't let the house
catch on fire right now.
I can't run out.
I can't do nothing
until the circulation
starts back in my leg.
And my wife knows what happens
so when I'm in,
she starts pushing me
when you can't move,
when your feet's on the ceiling.
All right, let's do the rumors.
All right, sorry.
All right, let's get to the rumors.
Let's talk Oprah.
Listen up.
It's just in.
All the gossip. Gossip. The rumor report. the rooms. Let's talk Oprah. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip.
Gossip.
The Rumor Report.
Gossip.
Gossip.
With Angela Yee.
It's the Rumor Report.
The Breakfast Club.
Well, Gilt Ping clarified some remarks on CBS this morning on a show.
Now, she was talking about Oprah potentially running for president in 2020.
And here's what she had to say.
I do think this, though, guys.
I do think she's intrigued by to say. I do think this though, guys, I do think she's intrigued
by the idea. I do think that. I also know that after years of watching the Oprah show, you always
have the right to change your mind. I don't think at this point she is actually considering it.
But listen, there are people who said they want to be her campaign manager, who want to
quit their jobs and campaign for her. She loves this country and would like to be of service in some way.
But I don't think that she's actively.
For the record, that is a.
I don't think she's actively considering it this time.
This is not helping the Democratic Party in no way, shape or form.
If y'all thought the Democratic Party was in shambles before.
If the fact that, you know, Oprah Winfrey, one of the biggest, most powerful women on the planet,
is like the number one contender to be the Democratic nominee.
That's not a good thing.
All right.
They confuse me more.
Also clarify what Stedman said when he said that she would absolutely do it.
Here's what she meant.
Stedman says that he thought the reporter said to him, would she make a good president?
And he said, absolutely, she would.
That's what that's how he interpreted the question, because this is a thing.
Stedman would never so cavalierly say absolutely she would do it.
I don't like hearing Gayle King explain nothing.
Queen King, you don't got to explain yourself to nobody.
Well, she's on the news every morning, and this is a big story.
And she's Oprah's best friend, so why wouldn't she?
All she got to do is say that's family business.
When Oprah's ready to talk, she'll tell y'all.
No, I like how she explained it.
Pressing me.
She explained it.
All right, now, Jamil Wilson, who plays in the NBA,
he's supposed to sign a contract with the Lakers today,
is being sued by a woman who says that he gave her herpes
and didn't warn her that he had the disease.
The woman says she started dating and having unprotected sex with him
back in November of 2016,
and then the next year she found out that she had herpes simplex type 2,
and she's saying that it's his fault and that he knew he had herpes
when they started having sex
and did not disclose that information.
She's suing for sexual battery and fraud,
and she also is suing for emotional distress.
I hate when y'all tell me something about a person
before I actually get to see them,
because now as soon as I look at him,
as soon as I turned around and looked at his picture,
I'm like, yeah, he looks like he got herpes.
Why does he look like he got herpes?
I don't know.
There's nothing about him that says herpes.
I don't even know what people with herpes look like,
but just the fact she told me that, I'm like, yep, he look like he got herpes. Well don't know. There's nothing about him that says herpes. I don't even know what people with herpes look like. But just the fact she told me that, I'm like, yep, he look like he got herpes.
Well, definitely a couple people in this room have it, statistically.
So look around.
One, two, three.
Who looks like herpes?
It's one and three, right?
Yeah, one and three.
One, two, three.
One, two, three.
All right.
Well, you count like you have herpes.
All right, Michelle Williams.
She was paid less than $1,000 for some reshoots.
Why are they always doing Michelle like that, man?
Stop with the Michelle jokes, man.
For the movie All the Money in the World.
She was in a movie?
Oh, my.
Remember they had to reshoot because of everything that happened with Kevin Spacey?
So they had to do reshoots for the movie to get him out of the movie?
Michelle?
What Michelle Williams?
Oh, we're talking about the actress.
Oh, I thought you were talking about Michelle from Destiny's Child. I ain, we're talking about the actress. Oh, I thought you
were talking about
Michelle from
Destiny's Child.
I ain't gonna lie,
I thought she was too.
I thought she was too.
I thought she was too.
That's the only Michelle
I know.
Oh my God.
Sorry, Tenitra.
My apologies, Michelle.
Why do they always
do a Michelle like this?
I was thinking
the same thing.
I said, damn it, man.
Now, Mark Wahlberg
did the same reshoots
on that movie also
because they had to
reshoot their scenes.
And he got $1.5 million for the additional work while she got $80 a day per diem.
There's no way.
I don't believe that.
Yeah, her agent got a better job.
No, no, no.
I don't even believe this.
They're both repped at William Morris Entertainment.
Oh, that's foul.
Yeah.
Is that true?
That makes, that's uncomprehensible.
Did I say that word right?
Yeah, you did.
Did it? That makes, that's uncomprehensible. Did I say that word right? Yeah, you did. That makes no sense whatsoever.
She got paid less than $1,000 to do reshoots, but Mark Wahlberg got $1.5 million?
I have no idea how this, now at the time, Michelle Williams had said, I'd be wherever they needed me, whenever they needed me.
And she said she told them they could have my salary, they could have my holiday, whatever they wanted.
Because I appreciated so much that they were making this massive effort after the producer and director Ridley Scott said that he would be.
That's the reason why I'm Mark Wahlberg.
So I ain't going in unless I get a 1.5.
Well, I don't care.
I got to start.
I really definitely want to start wearing all black now because time need to be up on that type of stuff.
That's crazy.
That's where the Me Too movement need to be.
Mark Wahlberg got 1.5 million.
Michelle's like, Me Too?
Not in this case.
Like, Jesus Christ.
Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that's your Rumor Report.
All right, shout out to Revolt.
We'll see you guys tomorrow.
Everybody else, the People's Choice Mix is up next.
Let me know what you want to hear.
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Good morning.
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.
That's Escape from Z-A-Q-a-stan.
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 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.
Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called
Historical Records.
Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman,
Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop.
Flash, slam, another one gone.
Bash, bam, another one gone.
The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone.
The tip of the cap, there's another one gone.
Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history.
Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama
who refused to give up her seat on the city bus
nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.
Check it.
And it began with me.
Did you know, did you know?
I wouldn't give up my seat.
Nine months before Rosa,
it was called a moment.
Get the kids in your life excited about history
by tuning in to Historical Records.
Because, in order to make
history, you have to make
some noise.
Listen to Historical Records on the
iHeartRadio app,
Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.