The Breakfast Club - Jay Ellis aka "Lawrence" from Insecure Interview

Episode Date: February 9, 2017

Weds 02/08- There's nothing better than having a passionate conversation about your favorite TV show and that's what happened when Jay Ellis who plays Lawrence on the hit show "Insecure" stopped by the Breakfast Club. Angela confronts "Lawrence" over his treatment of women on the show, infidelity, the success of the show, and AIDS awareness in the black community. Comedian George Lopez was the latest recipient of Donkey of the Day and Yee gives listeners advice during Ask Yee. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Man, what the hell is this, man? Breakfast Club, bitches. I'm glad they put y'all together. Y'all are like a mega force. Y'all just took over everything. Wake your punk ass up. This is Chris Brown. I've officially joined The Breakfast Club.

Say something, mother******. I'm with it. The world's most dangerous morning show, Breakfast Club, bitches! Good morning, Angela Yee. Good morning, TJ Envy. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. Guess what day it is. Guess what day it is. Hump Day.

Yes, it's Wednesday. It's Hump Day, middle of the work week. Absolutely, man. Middle of black history. No, not the middle of black history. No way. Not yet. Still at the start of black history, man.

Well, here on the East Coast, we're supposed to get a heat wave today. It's supposed to be like in the 60s and close to 70s in some areas today, which I'm excited about. And then tomorrow back to snow. They're saying 20 degrees. Expect maybe 8 inches of snow tomorrow.

How does that even happen? I love it. That's how God works. If not God, then it's harp. They control the weather, one of the two. But either way,

it keeps us on our toes. I started feeling like I was getting a little bit sick yesterday. Did you take your vitamin C? I did. I've been taking my vitamins. I've been taking an airborne, everything. Smoothies. I had two of them yesterday. Smoothies help? Well, they revive. There's certain things in them that revive. There's certain things in it

that can actually help you. Alright, now we got a special guest joining us today. Oh man, dropping a clues bomb for this guest that we got coming in. It's going to be fire. You guys know him as Lawrence. Lawrence from Insecure, the legend. The legend, Lawrence.

Jay Ellis. Mm-hmm. He'll be joining us today. I don't watch this show, so I guess you guys will tell me. It's only half an hour, so you should check it out. I be doing a lot. I be moving. But you watch other shows.

I really don't really watch that many times. You watch Homeland. I just moving. But you watch other shows. I really don't really watch that many times. You watch Homeland? I just caught up on Homeland yesterday. And it's not to my liking so far. I need a little more. I need a little more. I need somebody to die. I need some shootings, some stabbings.

You know why Homeland's not good anymore? Because the government that we're currently under is more exciting than Homeland. I think the same thing's going to happen with House of Cards, too. I think that, you know, and Scandal, all those shows that depict government and Homeland security and all that stuff, you're like, nah, the world is a little bit realer than anything that y'all could possibly put on TV. And I think Homeland really thought

Hillary Clinton was gonna win because they have a female president. It was based on the female president, and then it kind of was like, whoop. So I don't know. I'm not loving it so far. Should've put a reality star as the celebrity in chief. Yeah. I've been catching up on Billions. That's my show right there.

Billions is back on? No, I've been catching up on it from last season to get ready for this season. See, I don't know what's going on. I said, damn, Billions is back on? So you watch Billions also? I love Billions. So you do have time? I don't.

I don't watch it. I didn't even know it wasn't on. I thought it was on. You can watch Insecure on demand. All the episodes are up. Okay, Insecure is a great show. One of the most well written shows I've seen in a long time. I actually was re-watching it again last night while I was at home

trying to feel better. And Lawrence is a legend. And y'all know why he's a legend. If you haven't seen the last episode of Insecure, well guess what? Get ready for a lot of spoilers this morning. Sorry, should have caught up already. We're caught up. I haven't even got a chance to listen to music. I haven't heard Big Sean's album. You heard Big Sean's album? I'm not even gonna lie. I love Big Sean's album.

I only heard like four records. I actually was listening to his album while I was in Houston over the weekend, getting ready to go to the parties and stuff, getting makeup done. I'm listening to Big Sean's album a lot. You know how you listen to an album and you like some records off of it and then the next couple days you're like, damn, I thought

those three were my favorite records, but now these two are my favorite records. That's where I'm at with Big Sean's album. Big Sean's album is very dope. We need to start having some different conversations about Big Sean. As far as like where he ranks in this current climate of rapper. Well, he agrees with that. I'm like five songs in. So I'll try to listen this morning during breaks and see if I can listen to the album.

I just haven't had time. All right, well, let's get the show cracking. We got front page news. What are we talking about? Yeah, Donald Trump. Oh, God. Come on, you. I just haven't had time. All right, well, let's get the show cracking. We got front page news. What are we talking about? Yeah, Donald Trump. Oh, God. Come on, Yee. I mean, what can I do?

There's a lot going on right now with our... There's got to be more going on in the world than white supremacy. But, I mean, these are big stories. We'll talk about Elizabeth Warren and why Let Liz Speaks was trending on social media. Okay, we'll get into all that when we come back. Keep it locked.

Get your ass up. It's a Wednesday. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. What's up? Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club.

Now, before we get in front page news, we open up the phone lines, and we want to hear why you are blessed. We want to hear some positive vibes. We need it. Some positive feelings. 800-585-1051. If you are blessed and you want to tell the world some positive things that's going on in your life,

call us now and we'll put you on the air, all right? Now let's get into some front page news. Now it seems like there's a couple of players that won't go visit Trump, and New England players, I should say. The tight end, Bennett, and also McCourty, defensive back. They both said that they won't be making a trip

to the White House. Also, there was a high school basketball player in California, a sophomore, that scored 92 points last night. All right, I like the story about the Patriots not going to the White House. Drop on the clues bombs to them. Let's celebrate them for a second. And who's this little boy that scored 92 points? What's his story?

His name is LaMelo Ball. He scored 92 points. His last name is Ball? Yeah, LaMelo Ball. Oh, there you go. There's nothing story? His name is LaMelo Ball. He scored 92 points. His last name is Ball? Yeah, LaMelo Ball. Oh, there you go. There's nothing he can do. Absolutely. He's destined for greatness in the NBA. Jesus Christ. He took 61 shots, scored 92, and he only hit seven threes. He can never

be broke in life because his last name is Ball, so he got to go get this money, and he has to be great in the NBA. Drop on the clues bombs for that young man. Where is he from? This is California. He plays for Chino Hills High School. Drop on the clues bombs for that young man. Where is he from? It just says California. He plays for Chino Hills High School. I don't know how tall he is. He didn't look that tall.

He's light-skinned too, so. And who did he play now? Who did they play? Is he like one of those black guys that go to an all-white school? That's what I said. So they play another all-white team. Passing the medal to the ball. Like Fresh Prince when you played for Beverly Hills High School. What school was that called in Fresh Prince? I don for For Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Beverly High School

Yes Beverly Hills High School What school was that called In Fresh Prince I don't remember I think it was Beverly Hills High School Yeah but I thought

It was the same thing They just pass him the ball And every time he goes up He just dunk it I saw that little boy Yesterday I did see that On Instagram somewhere

Now tell us about Elizabeth Warren Well Elizabeth Warren Was silenced on the Senate floor She tried to read a letter That Coretta Scott King wrote about Jeff Sessions. Here is what she went to Facebook Live.

She went to Facebook Live and actually read the letter because they wouldn't let her read it. And they actually said she's barred now from the Senate floor because no senator in debate shall directly or indirectly by any form of words impute to another senator or to other senators any conduct or motive unworthy of becoming a senator. So you can't say anything bad about another senator. Here's what the letter said. Earlier tonight, I went to the floor of the United States Senate to debate whether or not Jeff Sessions should be confirmed to be the attorney general of the United States. And one of the things that was important in both Republicans and Democrats deciding to vote against him was a letter from Coretta Scott King to the

Judiciary Committee. Tonight, I wanted to read that letter. And Senator Mitch McConnell and the Republicans came to the floor to shut me down for reading that letter. Yeah, I mean, if you know the backstory of Jeff Sessions, he was once deemed too racist to be a federal judge. He joked once that he only took issue with the KKK's drug use and he referred to civil rights groups as un-American. Right, so he couldn't even be that

but now he's going to possibly be the Attorney General. Listen, F all you white supremacists, all you racist bigots, you prejudiced piece of pig feces, you all trash. And you didn't want Elizabeth Warren to speak because you didn't want her to tell the truth about your beloved Jeff Sessions. Coretta called his racist BS years ago. Now you don't want that exposed to the world. So F that white devil, Jeff Sessions.

And listen, all white people are the devil, but Jeff Sessions is. Let's talk about Donald Trump. Good segue. Well, they have appointed Betsy DeVos now to be the education secretary after the Senate was evenly divided. And that last vote, that 51-50 vote that confirmed her was by the vice president, Mike Pence. He said it was one of the easiest decisions that he ever made. Of course, a lot of people have been up in arms over her potentially being appointed education secretary. They said she personally donated $115,000 to the current crop of Republican

senators since 1980. And those lawmakers also received more than $950,000 from the DeVos family over that same period. So they're saying she bought... I thought it was like $9.5 million. $950,000? Yeah. Oh, I thought it was like $9.5 million or something crazy. Over that same

period. Well, her family donated $200 million to support the Republican Party going back over the years. But this is just for those lawmakers that actually were the ones that were voting. Right. All right. And also, we got to send our prayers and love to everybody out in New Orleans. Of course, there was video all over the Internet yesterday. You seen that tornado running through New Orleans.

I don't know if anybody was hurt, but a lot of people were misplaced. Several dozen people were hurt. Anybody killed, did they say? I don't see if anybody was hurt, but a lot of people were misplaced. Several dozen people were hurt. Anybody killed, did they say? I don't see anything about anybody being killed as of yet. A lot of property was ruined and destroyed. They said about 60 houses and structures were damaged. Absolutely. So we're sending our love and prayers to everybody out in New Orleans.

All right. All right. Well, let's tell them why you're mad. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent. Call us right now. If something pissed you off, maybe you're still upset about your Falcons losing, whatever it may be. Call us up now.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hey, hey, hey, yo. Hey, yo, good morning, yo. This is the Mad Rapper, son, for real. I'm mad and I stay mad. I stay angry.

I stay heated. I stay pissed off. Tell them why you're mad. Breakfast Club, let's go. Why are you mad, mama? I'm mad because everybody's talking. I stay angry. I stay heated. I stay pissed off. Tell them why you mad. Breakfast Club, let's go. Why are you mad, Mama? I'm mad because everybody's talking crap about my Atlanta Falcons, but we made it when everybody else's team didn't. And I'm mad because everybody's giving these players slack

for not going to see Obama, but they ain't giving them slack for playing for that coward behind the team. By the way, Tom Brady didn't go see Barack Obama last time. I mean, last time the Patriots. Yeah, we understand that. But they know they own the races. They know they're quarterback races, and they're playing for them for money.

So I'm mad at them for even being on that team. Now, let's not jump out the window and just call people racist now. We don't know if they're racist. Hello, who's this? You got to be able to prove some racism. Hey, Kimberly, tell them why you mad. I'm mad because I finally decided to get back on social media. And I posted a little album of like this trip I took over in Norway.

And of course, I always have those people that just want to one up you. Like, oh, yeah, I've been there twice. Oh, did you do that hike with like 70 pounds on your back? Like, why do they have to hate? Oh, you mean instead of just saying congrats, people got to try to say, oh, I did it better? Exactly. Like, let me live just like it.

Well, congratulations, Mo. That's not the way social media works, boo. If it did, a lot of people would be more happy on social media. Well, welcome back to social media. There you go. Social media would be a blissful place if everybody was truly happy. Hello. Hello, who's this?

This is Bobby. Hey, Bobby. Tell them how you're mad. I'm mad because it's 3 o'clock or 3 o'clock a.m. on the West Coast time and I can't go to sleep because my neighbors downstairs are playing DJ. Playing DJ? They're playing music.

I mean, right now they're trying to make beats but they just keep playing the same wack beat over and over. They're trying. Y'all let them live. They might be the next big thing. One of them might be the next Metro booming once in a while. They're trying. You gotta let them live. They might be the next big thing. One of them might be the next Metro Boomin. What's the most? That's true.

I mean, yeah, but I can't be the next best thing if I can't go to sleep. That is very true. What are you trying to be, boo? I'm a writer. I write political about black liberation. So you need to go downstairs and write something political to one of those beats. Did you ask them to keep it down so you could sleep? No. You should ask them. I mean, I don't want to one of those beats. Did you ask them to keep it down so you could sleep? No.

You should ask them. I mean, I don't want to be that person either. So you want to be that person that gets no sleep? Or you can always call 911 Anonymous, and they will never know who called. No, I can't. I don't do that. Do you hear you telling people just call the cops for that?

You need to mind your business then, because I don't think no woman should be walking down at 3 in the morning knocking on no producer's, talking about turning y'all music down. We don't know what them people about in that place. Hello, who's this? Hi, my name is Dr. Ngozi Oswagwu, and I'm calling because I'm blessed. What? What? Repeat again. Repeat that again. Dr. Ngozi Oswagwu.

Okay, doctor. Hey, doc. Why you mad, doc? Hi, how are you? So I'm calling because I'm blessed. I'm blessed to be in this field, to be able to partner with patients to make them feel better. I love it. Okay.

Thank you, doc. Okay. Can I put a shout out about my website? Yes, baby. Okay. Because I have a women's website. It's Ngozi OswagwuMD.com. N-G-O-Z-I-O-S-U-A-G-W-U-M-D.com.

Hey, are you a real doctor? You a real doctor? You like that little boy in Florida. What's his name? Reverend Dr. No, no. I'm an obstetrician gynecologist. I've been doing it for 21 years in Columbus, Ohio.

All right. There you go. There you go, baby. Tell them why you're mad. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent. Call us now. But now, forget to tell them why you're mad. Tell them why you mad. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent, call us now. But now, forget to tell them why you mad. Tell them why you're blessed.

If you're blessed and you want to tell people why you're blessed, throw some positivity out there, call us up right now. We'll put you on the air. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. That was strange. Guess there's nothing I could do.

Man, it's true. X has changed. Yeah. Listen changed. Yeah. Listen up. Okay. Are you blessed and highly favored? I feel blessed. Tell the congregation at 800-585-1051.

It's a celebration. It's the Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Yo, what up, MV? Shout out to the club, yo. What's up, bro? This is J.C. You feel blessed this morning, bro?

Yo, man, I'm blessed because my son is an all-star defense alignment in a big, no high school. He gets a 3.9. My girl doing good at work. My family is healthy. And every day I get to wake up, man. I get to wake up and enjoy it as a father, not a dad. There you go.

That's nice. That's very important. A lot of daddies out here, not enough fathers. Hello, who's this? This is Chassie. How are you? Hey, very important. A lot of daddies out here, not enough fathers. Hello, who's this? This is Shatia. How are you? Hey, good morning. You feeling blessed this morning, mama?

Yes, I'm feeling super blessed, Envy. Good morning, Chalamet. What's up, boo? Good morning, Yee. Good morning. But I just want to call in this morning and tell you guys that I am truly blessed. I have my life going in the right direction. I'm focused on my kids right now.

I just went through a horrible breakup with my kid's father. So it's just a blessing for me to be focused, and I got good news that I'm eligible to buy the house that I live in. Yeah, there we go. Okay, okay, okay. Congrats, my movie. F. Donald Trump and his high mortgage rates. Congratulations.

And I live in Warren, Michigan. You know, I'm out here with this Warren mayor had called us chimpanzees and stuff like that. So even through it all, I'm just trying to stay focused and be blessed and think about my kids and my finances. So I'm truly blessed that through the breakup, I found the Lord. I found them even more than I found them before. I'm attending church every Sunday. And it's just a really positive thing, you know, to just stay on track. Hey, I love you.

I love you and I love hearing it, but you're going to cry on Valentine's Day. I might cry on Valentine's Day, but I'm going to be strong. There you go. But you just remember you got a house and you got beautiful kids that you love and you're being a great mom and you have a whole burden lifted off of your shoulder and your whole life ahead of you. That's right. But you're going to go to sleep alone in that house on Valentine's Day.

I'd rather go to sleep alone and happier than unhappy with somebody I don't want to be with. Hello, who's this? This is Kim. Kim, you feeling blessed this morning? Yes, I am. You tell us why, Kim. Kim, you feeling blessed this morning? Yes, I am. You tell us why, Kim. I'm blessed because I have a roof over my head, breath in my body, food on my table, a husband who loves me unconditionally, an amazing little three-year-old son, and a loving family.

There you go, baby. You just make sure that breath in your body is fresh this morning. Have you brushed your teeth yet? Oh, it is. Oh, hallelujah. God bless you. Have a good morning, mama. All right, you too. There you have it teeth yet? Oh, it is. Oh, then hallelujah. God bless you. Have a good morning, Mama. Alright, you too. There you have it. Blessings on blessings on blessings. Yes, for all the blessed and

highly favored people out there who ain't worried about nothing. Now, we got rumors on the way? Yes, why are people going in on Soulja Boy yet again? What did he do that people are saying he's lying about? Also, we'll talk about Tom Brady. Now, he did an interview about his wife asking him to stop playing football.

Okay, we'll get into that when we come back. Keep it locked. 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.

Let's get to the rumors. We're talking Tom Brady. 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, after the New England Patriots just had one of the most dramatic Super Bowl wins in history, maybe the most dramatic win. Yeah, the most, absolutely. It was the most. Tom Brady did an interview on Sirius XM's NFL radio, and here's what he had to say about retiring because his wife, Giselle Bunchen, wants him to retire.

If it was up to my wife, she would have me retire today. She told me that last night three times. And I said, too bad, babe. I'm not having too much fun right now. And I feel like I can still do it. And if you love what you do and you're capable of doing it, then I'd be so bored if I wasn't going out there knowing that I could still do it. That means that he don't have no other hobby.

He don't have nothing else he wants to do but play football. But I did say that after that game. I'm like, Tom Brady should just retire. You're 39 years old. You got five Super Bowls. You're the greatest quarterback of all time. Go out on a high like that. Yeah, but he still looks good.

A year and a half ago, he said that he wasn't planning to retire for 10 years. He said he wants to play until 2025. Well, guess what? When you have that mentality in the NFL, the NFL will retire you. Okay? NFL will definitely retire you. They will retire you. He got another good year on him, two years.

Hey, man, I like going out on a high. You got to know when to leave. All right. Soulja Boy was all over Instagram and Twitter yesterday. People think he's lying. He posted a picture and said that he is set to become a dad. Only thing is that a lot of people pointed out that that picture that he posted, it was a sonogram, was actually from Google Images.

Listen, man, why somebody just don't buy Soulja Boy a puppy or a kitten? He needs some attention. He needs some love, man. Somebody give Soulja Boy a puppy or a kitten? Like, he needs some attention. Like, he needs some love, man. Why doesn't somebody give Soulja Boy a hug when you see him? I mean, maybe he is going to be a dad, and maybe he just didn't post the real sonogram. So why post the sonogram at all? I don't know. I don't know.

Stop trying to make excuses for these dumb little Negroes. Yeah, he might have just found out his girlfriend was pregnant or his girl was pregnant. He just wanted to find it, so he Googled it. So why not just send a tweet? Why not tweet out, I'm going to be a dad? Why take the time to go Google search and post up on Instagram? Instagram was better than Twitter. That's not even your little baby. You don't know who little fetus that is.

That could be a little white boy, a little Asian boy, a little Jewish boy. We don't know. Somebody else's sonogram. Come on, man. Stop it. Alright, Jay-Z and Jim Jones finally, finally are no longer enemies. Jim Jones has signed to Roc Nation. I've seen that.

Yeah, pretty amazing. Now, what is that for? Is that for music? Is that for his clothes? Is that for... I think they're managing him, his brand. Are they managing his brand? Fashion, acting, all of that.

So now... They missing the boat on Jim Jones workout DVDs. I'm telling you. Or not DVDs, workout something. People don't really watch DVDs no more, but some type of workout thing. App. Or not DVDs, a workout something. People don't really watch DVDs no more, but some type of workout thing. App?

Workout app, yes. All right, that wouldn't be a bad idea. But that's good. They've been beefing for so long, since 2004. I wonder how that

initial conversation happened. Well, apparently he met with Tata and OG, so I guess it all went down. OG won, probably. Yeah, but everybody grown now. Remember when Jim

was here last time, he was saying he's open to have those conversations with all those individuals. Well, according to Jim Jones, he kind of wants to do this to show people that it is possible to not have any drama, make smart business decisions, and to come to a truce

after more than a decade of being at each other's throats. I think that's dope. Everybody grown. Everybody over 40. Like, why not? Let's get some money. All right, well, let's see if Waka Flaka and Gucci Mane can make up. Waka just went to BBC

Radio's One Extra, and people keep on asking him about working with Gucci. Here's what he had to say. So, fans want to know, like, Waka, when you and Gucci making this CD, it ain't never happening. Like, that Brick Squad was, it was history. Like, I enjoyed it. I loved it. It

made me who I was today. It made him who he was today, but enough is enough, man. The internet, not the streets. If you want to play tough and act like you macho and you the big dog and you this, that, and the third, cool, but the streets gonna wipe your nose every time. Hey, since Gucci been out,

they shoot a video in East Atlanta? I'm exposing these folks, man. I ain't no hate. I'm just exposing. I got to hear that in this whole context. I don't see why Walker would just throw a shot at Gucci for no reason. Gucci hasn't thrown a shot at him since he's been home. No, he was up here. He just said he hasn't seen him and he hasn't spoke to him while he was in jail.

He doesn't want to speak to him after. That don't sound like Flocker. I got to hear that in this whole context. Well, I guess he's not planning to work with him anymore and he's tired of fans asking, when is that going to happen? All right, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. All right, thank you, Miss Yee. Now, when we come back, we have Jay Ellis, better known as Lawrence from Insecure. Drop one of Clues' bombs from Lawrence for Lawrence, damn it, from Insecure.

Okay, we'll get into that when we come back. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. That was Rihanna's Sex With Me. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club.

We got a special guest in the building today from Insecure. Goes by the name of Jay Ellison. That's right. You might know him as Lawrence. Give this man a round of applause. Standing O'Vince and Lawrence, ladies and gentlemen. It is, it is, it is. Why are you cheering so crazy? Because Lawrence, man, you know, you watch TV a lot.

And a lot of times on TV, you don't see the roles reversed. And on Insecure, Lawrence is a good man. Okay. Who was just out trying to find him a nice job so he could take care of him and his woman. And his woman cheated on him with a music producer. Okay, now let's go back a little bit.

And then Lawrence went out and had revenge sex. Some random chick. Not a random. It was a girl that was liking you. Tasha the bank teller. But you had played Tasha. Put her to the side because you had a girl. Respectful.

But let's back up for a second. How long was Lawrence unemployed? Why? Four years. I just want to ask a question. Four years. Four years unemployed. So, hold on.

It's hard to get a job. Was your woman taking care of you during that time and holding you down and paying the bills? Because that's a good woman. So he had savings. He had unemployment.

And then, yes, she was also helping out. Okay, now let's talk about her birthday. Okay. Being that your woman was supporting you for four years, the main breadwinner. Okay. It's her birthday. She comes home.

What are you doing? I'm on the couch. I had a bad day. No plan. No, I had a plan. The plan just got canceled. He had a plan. The plan just got canceled.

Got canceled or he canceled it? He canceled it. I feel like you're trying to justify her cheating. I'm not saying that. That's what I'm saying. Here's the it. I feel like you're trying to justify her cheating. I'm not saying that. I just want you to know. What I'm trying to say is I have been around. Listen, this show has been over for two and a half, three months. And I've probably been in about 15, 20

different cities. And do you know that women's number one excuse for cheating is because you ain't have a job. It's because Lawrence ain't have a job. Four's because Lawrence didn't have a job. Four years, though, and you're on the couch. It's not even like you was out going hard. But what does that have to do with cheating?

Exactly. No, no, no. It doesn't have anything to do with cheating. But you came in here talking about he's a good man. He's doing it. He was a good man. And it's not just that you didn't have a job. It's also the neglect of you didn't even plan anything. You were at home on the couch playing video games.

You think it was okay for her to cheat? Is that what you're saying? No, I'm trying to put things in perspective. Because it's not like the relationship was so great. But where's the perspective? Not having a job and cheating. I'm not sure where the perspective is. My main thing was him not planning anything.

And that is really kind of wet. So by your logic, Angelique, if a man has more money than a girl, and the girl don't have a job, he should be entitled to cheat. No, my logic is for four years you sitting at home on the couch doing nothing, it's your woman's birthday at least make her feel special and plan something. He was doing stuff though. And if not then what? No, but I'm

saying is that what it is is that she was in a vulnerable position at that time. Oh, now she was in a vulnerable position. I'm going to tell you the difference between men and women. Men cheat just to cheat for the physicality of it. For women there's something missing. Not Lawrence. And with Lawrence, there was something missing. Lawrence could have slept with Tasha because Tasha was

making you like a ring. Tasha wasn't pressing you. Episode 2, episode 3. Come on, man. There was something missing. Let's just keep it real with your character. He was messing up. You gotta take responsibility for those things. Okay, so let me ask you this. She wasn't even staying in the house. She had moved out, basically. Who moved out?

Well, she was, you know, staying away from us. But then he started putting it together. See, here's the thing. She didn't cheat when he was on the couch. She didn't cheat

when he was working at Best Buy. Well, she cheated when he was working on Best Buy. But she waited to cheat until... When you got your life together. The life was together.

Like, he got a haircut. Yeah. He got a haircut. He could fill his tank up. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. Then she was like, you know what? But those kids got planted when he was messing up. Let's be clear.

Those kids got planted. All I hear is a bunch of justification for women committing adultery. And the real problem is this. People are okay when men cheat. It seems like it's excusable. It's okay. But a woman doesn't. No, I'm not talking about him. I'm saying in general. But a woman does it and it's like

inexcusable and the world's unforgivable. But when a woman cheats, men be like oh, she's not talking about him. I'm saying in general. But a woman does it, and it's like inexcusable, end of the world, unforgivable. But when a woman cheats, men be like, oh, she's not holding him down. She's not keeping it together. She's not excusing. She's got to stick by her man. We're talking about this specific situation. In this situation, she was dead wrong for cheating on Lauren. Dead wrong.

Now, did you know people were going to gravitate towards the character of Lauren the way they did? No. You know, my showrunner, Princess, salute to Princess. Yeah, man. P was like, yo, this last scene, I'm just telling you, like, it's just going to bring all the perspective. It's the payoff. It's the big payoff. And so he kept saying it. But, you know, when you're in it, it's a bubble.

So you really don't, we don't know. We think it's hot. We think, you know what I'm saying? Like, oh, people are going to love this. They might not love this. And then it was just one of those things that, like, I mean, it hit. We were very passionate about this show. And it's a lot of Lawrences out there, too.

It's a lot of Lawrences out there. And I think that's what's, like, dope is, like, you know, and I mean that in a way that, like, you know, now the more I'm out and just about, like, people walk up and they're like, yo, I'm Lawrence. You know what I'm saying? Like, in some way, I've been in this dark spot spot i wasn't in the job i wanted my relationship wasn't going the way i wanted but then like i got this little thing and then this happened and all of

a sudden you know what i mean they find out like they life unraveling because of a girl did this or whatever it may be and so it's just it's amazing how like you know it's crazy to think that like our story or that story of a young black man hasn't even been told when it's not just a one-off it's something that's out there have you ever had to cheat on an ex for revenge have i ever had to cheat on an ex for the way isa did you no no so foul could you forgive a woman for cheating you think no really no not for any reason whatsoever yeah that i don't agree with it depends what level of relationship like if you're married you think? No. Really? No. Not for any reason whatsoever? Damn. That I don't agree with.

It depends what level of the relationship. Like if you're married that's probably not forgivable but if you just like together like me cause like me and my mother

What's together? Me and my mother my two children we've been together for 18 years we're married now but you know we've been together

since high school. I did dirt she did dirt. You know what I mean? She cheated with a guy with a bigger penis too. She did. I bought Magna RX mean? She cheated with a guy with a bigger penis, too. She did. I bought Magna RX pills off the back of the Source magazine to try to make my penis bigger.

It didn't work out, obviously. Why does this feel bigger than it used to? Listen, I think when you're talking about a relationship that young, I think that's a completely different story. But Issa and Lawrence, the late 20s, early 30s, you know what I mean? I feel like... But they're not married. They're not, but they'ves, early 30s. You know what I mean? I feel like... But they're not married. They're not, but they've been together through the bulls**t. I feel like if you're going to do it, you did it when you were 20,

when they first got together. When y'all come in long marriage because y'all live together. But people do make mistakes sometimes. I mean, listen, there's people who have cheated and learned that they'll never do that again. Yes. But not for you. Not for you. So you never cheated? No, I've learned that mistake.

I was saying yes. I've learned my lesson. Because sometimes cheating can make you realize, oh my God, this was so wrong. I don't want to hurt this person. You don't want to lose what you got. So in real life, you did to your woman what Issa did to you? It wasn't in that same way. Okay. I mean,

it wasn't like my girl's life was like, well, that don't even make it better. Right. Is this the woman you with now? No. Okay, okay, got you. Slow down. Let's not do that. No, no, no, no. But I have cheated before. Right. And I felt like shit afterwards. It was a horrible move. And I realized it.

You know, I was young, and so obviously I did do it again. But I learned from that. Alright, we got more with Jay Ellis when we come back, a.k.a. Lawrence from Insecure. Don't go anywhere. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. That was Usher with Yeah. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God, We Are The Breakfast Club. We have Jay Ellis from Insecure. His name is Lawrence, of course, from Insecure. Charlamagne? Now, Jay, has the success of Insecure surprised you?

Black show, HBO, very black content. You know, I don't know. I don't want to say it surprised me. Again, you know, when we're in it,'t want to say it it surprised me again you know when we're in it we all expect we all wanted amazing things you know what i mean i think we all talked about we all would joke with each other about whether it's doing this show or that show or getting nominated for something so like i you know we all we all hoped right but then like when it actually happened i think it kind of took all of us i think we were all a little surprised all a

little shocked that it like actually hit the way it took a while to make though right then it took like seven years or something yeah i mean isa been on it you know if you go back to the web series days i think she started the web series in like maybe 07 maybe not maybe not yeah maybe 07 08 something like that i think is when she actually started the web series so when you go back i mean it's it's definitely had it's you know it's had a trajectory for a while did you have that role the whole time? No, I came in late. So I finished the game.

And then when I left the game, I went and auditioned maybe a month after I finished the game. Got it. We booked the pilot or we shot the pilot maybe two months after that. And then we waited for the writers to write. So, you know, it took them about six months to get all the episodes done. Has it been life changing? Because I only remember you from the game. Oh. So, you know, it took them about six months to get all the episodes done. Has it been life-changing? Because I only remember you from the game. Oh, no, I remember you later.

But I'm sure you walked down the street and you're like, Laura! It's a mix. I mean, yeah, it has been life-changing. I think it's been life-changing in the way that, like, the audience, although a lot of the same audience is there, it's also now widened quite a bit. Like, the first time,

I'll probably never forget this, but a white cat ran up on me in a Whole Foods in Hollywood like three months ago and was like, hey, you Lawrence, you're Lawrence, I'm Lawrence. And I was like, wait, what?

What you talking about? And it was just crazy. Like that was, you know, because the game was a completely different audience. So like it's interesting to see like how now that bubble has expanded. And just in Houston, I was in Houston for Super Bowl this weekend and people were walking up to me in the stadium who none of them were black.

Yeah. So you went to the Super Bowl and I was blown away. Who are you rooting for? Atlanta. You from Atlanta? No, but I was down there for the show. I'm from Oklahoma, but I was down there on the show for a long time. So I mean, I wanted to I will down there on the show for a long time. I will say seeing Brady do that was pretty amazing. It was a good game. I think it was the best Super Bowl ever.

Do people ever see you and be like, yo, man, I like how you was hitting Shorty from the back in that last episode. I had an Uber with a black cat sitting in the back. These fools followed me down my street. I parked in front of my house. These cats roll down the window.

What's all that? Yo, you the goat. You the goat, boy. You the goat. Yo, it was the funniest thing ever. Well, it was a real cliffhanger because I can't wait to see if he gets back together with her next season. What do you want? What's going to happen?

I would love for them to get back together. Yeah. But sometimes I think that if you can't forgive it, it might not ever, ever work out. So it might drag it out. You got to suffer

for a few episodes. What would you do? Yeah, you would just go right back. If I were you? No, no, no. Yeah, your situation. What would you do

if it was your situation? No, I definitely wouldn't go right back. I don't think you should. You would drag it out? Yeah, you have to drag it out. You have to make somebody suffer and realize that they did wrong

and make them do everything they have to do to win you back to see if they're serious. Why not just move on? Because she loves you. I mean, let's keep it real, though. And you love her.

She loves you. But she did do a lot. It's not like she wasn't a great girlfriend before that. She cheated with a record producer. She got smutted out in a studio, bro. And then a lotion pump is what brought it all back. Come on, man.

And she also admitted it, but she didn't have to. And it happened one time. Wait, hold on, hold on, hold on. She admitted it? Yeah, she told him what happened. She didn't have to say that she slept with him. No, Lawrence found out because... I thought you just saw the sweet text in her, but I didn't.

I thought you asked her. Because she could have not admitted it. Even if she lied. Let's say she lied. Right? Let's say she didn't say it. You think Lawrence would have believed her? I think people believe what they want to believe. See how women do? See how they do?

I mean, you just all circled all around. Anyway, you just don't want to go there. Did you cheat? Believe what you want to believe. But let's keep it. It happened one time. It's not like it was an ongoing relationship.

It don't matter. I mean, but then she just completely cut him off after that. She wasn't even trying to speak to him or see him. That's true. Now, let's talk about another reason that you're up here, because we know you're working with Amphar for this National Black HIV AIDS Awareness Day. Yeah, you said that the best time to do it is the best opportunity to highlight it is during Black History Month.

Yeah, I mean, elaborate on that. I think that, you know, I think that it's a month where there's a lot of awareness going on. People seem to be just a little more in touch with with our culture, our community, our culture. We seem to be a little more connected and a little more in touch with with our culture our community our culture we seem to be a little more connected and a little more in touch with each other i feel like during this month and so you know i think in a month where awareness is heightened about black people in general and about our culture and our ancestry and and the things that we've done i think that this is a great time to bring up you know something that's affecting our community and also bring us together around it

and find a way to stop it. It affects our community disproportionately. Massively. So is that the reason, like, I guess black people in age are kind of synonymous with each other at this point because of the rates being so high? I mean, at this point, you know, I think it's something like more than half of the

cases of new HIV infection rates are African Americans, but we're only 13% of the population. I had some stats. The South is alarmingly... The rates in the South are... Atlanta was real high. Because it gets real hot in the South. It's too hot to wear a condom sometimes.

You always got to put a condom on. But once it gets over 100 degrees, man, that little piece of rubber on you in the middle of the day, kind of harsh, man. Is there a way two black gay men nationally were diagnosed with HIV in their lifetime. Yeah, I actually learned a lot about this. We did a lot of stuff last year for HIV AIDS awareness. So let me tell you, getting tested for HIV was probably one of the, like, you know, like, I went and got tested. And I'm like, okay, I know I don't have it.

But then you're like, but what if, like, you never, ever know? You never know? And it's not about, you know, and I think that's, you know, one of the big stigmas and like something that I think we also need to erase. So thank you guys for bringing me on here to talk about it. But I think that's something that we have to erase is that this doesn't have to do with sexuality. If you're having sex, the person you're having sex with is having sex and you don't know who they have sex. Absolutely. So at the end of the day, this is just about everybody being aware, getting tested, being smart. So if you decide you want to, it's 102 degrees in the South and you don't want to wear a

condom that day, at least you and whoever you're having sex with know that both y'all have been tested. Know the status. Baby, let's go get tested and get some ice cream after. You can do the earwax test. You know what the earwax test is, right? No, stay away. You dig in your ear, you put a little wax on your finger,

you put it in a poom-poom, and she jumps. Stay away. Same thing with guys. Dig in your ear, put it in his butt, and he jumps. Stay away. I'm confused. If you're listening out there, kids, do not listen to that. It does not work.

These kids are going to be playing with earwax in school all day. I don't have HIV, right? I've been doing the earwax test all my life. This guy, right? He's a jerk. But it is important to go and get tested. It doesn't take any time at all. No time.

You know, there's tons of resources in the community. They're free, a lot of these tests. And, you know, finding out the earlier you find out, the better. And finding out is not a death sentence. I think that's also something that we need to stress. Alright, we got more with Jay Ellis, aka Lawrence from Insecure. When we come back, keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club.

You know. You don't reach. On your bitch, yeah. Cooking up in the crock pot pot. We came from nothing or something. I don't try nobody good to trick nobody. Call up the gang and they come and get jank. Cry me a river, keep you with the shit.

That was Migos, Bad and Bougie. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We have Jay Ellis or Lawrence from Insecure in the Building. Charlamagne. I like the fact that HIV rates among black women in the U.S. have declined. They have declined.

They have declined. What do you think the reason for that is? You know, I... There could be more awareness, though, because I do feel like... More people getting tested. Yeah. More people being aware of the different ways that you can prevent... Or more men being honest about the fact that they're, you know, going both ways. Could be that.

Like men and women. I do think... Or more people using protection. I do think, too. I mean, you know, I think culturally, I think women are a little more apt to go find out what's wrong with them and go check their health. Yeah, we go to the doctor. Y'all men don't be going to the doctor to test them.

I'm a hypochondriac. And I think, but that's few and far between for us, you know what I mean? I feel like that's something that, and that's across health in general, you know what I'm saying? Whether it's your cholesterol levels or your kidneys or whatever it is, like we don't go to the doctor nearly as much as we should. Part of

that is our lack of access to healthcare. So this is a systemic thing and it's not just about wanting to know or not know. This is also about finding ways to make sure

that our community is covered. What made you embrace this cause? Because a lot of people don't embrace it unless they have it or they know, this is also about finding ways to make sure that our community is covered. What made you embrace this cause? Because a lot of people don't embrace it unless they have it or they know someone who has it. I lost an uncle in the early 90s to AIDS and I've had another family member live with HIV since the late 90s. Wow.

And he's not Magic Johnson. Yeah, that's the other stigma. You gotta have magic money to live with age. And you don't. Yeah. And that's, you know, and I think that, you know, and again, we're talking 97, 98, so 20 years later. Wow.

And lives a full, healthy life, goes to work every single day, takes care of some of my nieces and nephews. So, like, this is, you know, this, again, like I think that we've we've created all these stigmas and some of them have spent out of jokes and some of them are spent out of the rhetoric that we see from news and from media. But the reality is like you can function, you can live, you can have a fully productive life. You need to find out and you need to know. Absolutely. As soon as possible. And if you have it, you need to let people know before you have intercourse

with them just so they can have the option. Yeah, it's the power of choice. Don't take away nobody's power of choice. Also, family members, if you have a family member that uses drugs, because my uncle passed away and he was shooting his thing and it was dirty needles. But you should definitely check and if you have family members, encourage them to check

as well. And this is a myth. If your wife gets a check, that doesn't mean you're clear. Absolutely. Who said that's a myth? Why do you make him? Who said that's a myth? I don't know why you think that's a myth. To me, that's common sense.

If I got one partner. But I think some people don't understand that. People don't understand that. No, he's a real. I know. If I got one partner. And they ain't got it, then I ain't got it. If it's the only person I'm having sex with, if she don't got it, I don't got it.

Okay, so now we got to go back to behavior. How many monogamous relationships are we seeing nowadays? We're not celebrating monogamous relationships like we used to. My parents have been together 35 years. So yes, if my mom goes and gets tested, my dad ain't got nothing to worry about. He's like, yo, I'm good. For the last at least 32 years. You never know. Lawrence might need to go get tested. There you, yo, I'm good. For the last at least 32 years. You never know.

Lawrence might need to go get tested. There you go. I'm with you. Now, you're in a relationship with a white woman. I am in a relationship. Now, do you ever fear that black women will get a hold of that information and turn on you? Because we've seen a lot of that lately.

I don't. You just gave it to me. I mean, I'm in a very happy relationship. As you should be, regardless of race. And that's just where I leave it. I don't really worry about anything else. And that's it. Because, you know, like, I keep, I think, I think for me, you know, we give so much of ourselves in what we do, no matter what side of this industry you're on.

And so for me uh a relationship is something that and again going back to like my parents they've been together for so long like a relationship to me is probably the most important thing i think that two people can have and so i value privacy i value um respect of not only myself, but whoever I'm with. I think everybody has to have their boundaries of what they're willing to give and what they're not willing to give. And everybody's boundary is different. And that's cool. And that's what makes us individuals. And that's what is also a part of our art and, you know, makes us who we are. And so I think that, you know, everybody has their boundaries. And mine is just... He thinks private. He thinks

private. Yeah. And I agree with that. Charlamagne doesn't ever put out pictures of his wife or anything. She's a black woman, though. I just want to throw that out there. Congratulations. Listen, listen. Congratulations. I don't ever put my relationship out there like that,

and everybody thinks I'm a lesbian, I'm single, but I always say I have a boyfriend. You know, for me, here's the thing. They say it all the time. She must like women. I've never heard of lesbian though. I also don't mind, you know, I also think there's something a bit magical,

if you will, about the mystery. You don't know, and you don't need to know. Did you just say your white woman is magic? No, no, no, no, no. No, no, no, no. What I said is, whether I'm with a white woman or not is a mystery. True, true, true.

And it's something that, it's a question. Gotcha. You don't know, you may know, you may not know. You don't, you know what I mean? And so who I'm actually in a relationship with, nobody really knows. But me. Try to tell you to keep it a secret? Because you know how back in the day, what do you do?

Try to keep it a secret. Because you'd be in with a white woman. Because you're on a black show with black women. But who said I was oh okay there you go I want you I'm just being honest

I'm being honest I get it I respect the privacy I'm the same way now let me ask you this for the new season have you all started filming no we start

in April okay so somehow somewhere you guys are still going to be connected with each other if you're on a new season maybe I don't know I actually don't you don't even know I actually don't know so they're writing now So somehow, somewhere, you guys are still going to be connected with each other if you're on a new season. Maybe.

I don't know. You don't even know. I actually don't know. No. So they're writing now. They're about four episodes in. I imagine that, you know, they'll have to at the absolute least cross paths. Friendships, right?

Because they have friends in common. They got maybe a bank account that they need to figure out. You know what I mean? They have some things they probably need to figure out. You ain't got nothing in that bank account. You wasn't even working on it. I'm trying to play Lawrence. Lawrence know what I mean? They have some things that they probably still need to figure out. You ain't got nothing in that bank account. You wasn't even working on it. I'm trying to play Lawrence as long as I have heart and integrity, okay?

If anything, you might owe her money for paying all those bills and everything. You know the first scene I want to see for episode two? I want to see Issa in season two.

I want to see her in the living room by herself with the Best Buy shirt on crying, eating ice cream, and drinking liquor. That's what I want to see. Man, Jerries.

Yes. That's what I want to see. Yes. That's what I want. I want to see her suffer. Why does this make you so happy? It did. Because we don't see this on TV. The roles are reversed because usually it's the other way around. The man cheating on the woman.

Everybody upset at the man. Yada, yada, yada. This was the first time we saw a guy get done dirty and then do the respectful thing and wait until they break up to go bang the chick. He could have been bang bang this episode, too. Drop one of Clues' bombs for Lawrence, damn it. I love it. Well, Lawrence, we appreciate you for joining us.

Jay Ellis is his name, sir. Jesus Christ. Well, Lawrence, they know him as Lawrence. Yeah, you're getting the Urkel status, though. You see Jaleel White now, you'll be like, what up, Urkel? That's what it is. Is there anything else that you want to promote since you're up here? We know you from Insecure as Lawrence, but what else?

I got a movie called Light Cotton Twines that's on UMC right now. Oh, I just was looking at that. Light Cotton Twines. Light Cotton Twines. Yeah, I got the opportunity. It's like a slave movie. It is. It actually is.

It's child slavery. I got the opportunity to shoot in Ghana, Africa last year for about six weeks. And it was an absolutely amazing experience. It's about a young girl. I play a teacher. One of my students basically gets forced into slavery uh and so this teacher kind of goes on this fight to to get her out of slavery and then educate her while she is enslaved so it's religious slavery religious slavery yeah so that just came out uh on umc about two or three weeks ago so how is this this Muslim ban affecting you?

I was raised to be a lover of all, you know what I'm saying, until somebody does you wrong. So I feel like our Muslim brothers and sisters, our Jewish brothers and sisters, our Christian brothers and sisters, Buddhists, no matter, agnostic, whatever, like everybody, you know, deserves a safe place. And I think it reflects poorly on us as a country. Yes. And as a people, if we can't be there for each other and if we can't provide just basic safety and shelter and food and water for people who need it.

Absolutely. You know what I mean? So I think it's bulls**t. Okay. Well, there you have it. J. Ellis, a.k.a. Lawrence from Insecure. Are you going to watch the show, Envy? Finally, you can catch up now.

I've been running a lot, man. I've been doing a lot of running and traveling. You can watch it right on your iPad. You can watch it on your laptop. Whatever. You'll enjoy it. My wife watches. I just haven't caught it yet.

Bye. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody.

Hey, good morning. I don't like when light-skinned people are giggling. I don't know what the joke's about. What you giggling about over there, waffle-colored Negro? I'm just happy. I'm excited. It's Wednesday. I can't be happy. I can't be excited. I can't like when light-skinned people are giggling. I don't know what the joke's about. What you giggling about over there, waffle-colored Negro? I'm just happy. I'm excited. It's Wednesday. I can't be happy.

I can't be excited. I can't be glad. I mean, there's no beige history, Muff. And you're Spanish. So I don't know. I am not Spanish. I don't know what you saw. I am black. That's African-American.

This is my month. This isn't your month, sir. It's not your month. That's definitely my month. I'm the blackest person in this room. Mm. Mm. What?

Who? I ain't a quarter nothing. I ain't a half of nothing. How do you know? You did your DNA? Listen, I'm full-blown black. I was with everybody from South Carolina. My parents, my mama from Virginia. Allegedly.

No, she isn't. There ain't no Spanish people in Virginia. There ain't no Spanish. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk 50-something. Listen up. It's just the end. All the gossip.

Gossip. The Rumor Report. Gossip. With Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Well, 50 Cent's son Marquise has a new song out, and his song is called Different.

Here's a little snippet. Down the line, that's fine. I lost my pops, he's still alive. Say they put a different song at different times. It's funny how everybody know me sit and chime. It's crazy how I want to speak up. Help me write these lines. All right. Well, he's saying that this song is not a diss song to his dad, 50. Here's what Marquise has to say about his track, Difference. Well, this is not a diss to my father at all.

I think they want it to be a diss, but it's not. It's what goes on in my life. The whole project of Escape, my mixtape that's coming out, is about me escaping from my dad's shadow. It's about me escaping from different relationships in my life, whether it's female or family members or things in that aspect. Marquise, you will never escape from your dad's shadow if you decide to be a rapper.

50 got him blocked on Twitter too, right? Just like dad's shadow if you decide to be a rapper. 50 got him blocked on Twitter, too, right? Just like him. The moment you decided to be a rapper is the moment you jumped right into your father's shadow, sir. Man, I hate to see the two of them not getting along. I think about how when Marquise was just a little kid and 50 always had him everywhere. Yeah, you should patch it up with his dad.

I mean, you don't know how long your dad's on this earth for. Patch it up with your dad. Make things right. Whatever was in the past, leave in the past. That's for your pops, man. Marquise needs to stay in school. That's what he needs to do. He's done. He's on his earth for. Patch it up with your dad. Make things right. Whatever was in the past, leave in the past. That's for your pops, man. My kids need to stay in school. That's what he needs. He's done. He's over 22. I think he's like 22.

Well, here he is, and this is why I feel like he is his father's son, because he took a little shot, here's what he said, about working with his dad. Would I work with him? I don't know. His music hasn't been too good lately. That's just being honest. That's my opinion. I don't know. His music hasn't been too good lately. That's just being honest.

That's my opinion. I don't know if people just hold him to a higher standard than usual, but I don't think music hasn't been too good lately. Now, you know if your dad was like, let's do a song. Yeah, but Marquise, your music isn't good now. Like, what are you talking about? Like, that's ridiculous. You should do a song with your father. Like, that's the best thing for you.

That did remind me of something that 50 might do or say. I'm just saying, take advantage of that nepotism. Yeah, 50 ain't doing no songs with him, though. He shouldn't. All right, now let's discuss Scotty and Larsa Pippen. They are back together after Larsa Pippen was seen running around with Future for quite some time. Now, Larsa Pippen and Scotty Pippen have been married for 19 years, 20 years, and they have four kids together.

And she had called 911 a couple of times, saying he was being verbally aggressive toward her. But now it seems like they've worked things out. She actually posted on Snapchat a picture of a ring. She put, My Valentine's present. Thanks, 14 carats. If you have Revolt TV, you can see a picture of that on her. Nah, bro.

We can't get back together after you had sex with Future now. If you had sex with some dude that didn't nobody know, but you wouldn't have sex with one of the hottest rappers in the game, now I can't even wear my Gucci flip-flops no more and feel comfortable because of that? Because of you? No, we don't know if he smashed. Hey, man.

We don't know. He was out with her last night, and the paparazzi was yelling, Future! What, Future? Yeah, they say, where's Future? Man, I got time for that, man. We don't know. He was out with her last night and the paparazzi was yelling, future! What future? Where am I got time for that, man? Right. But they do have four kids and they've been together for 20 years. That's cool. So it's probably not easy to just throw that away. Hey, we can be baby mamas. I'm still Scottie Pippen.

I can still get me something nice out here. Well, they worked it out. That's good. Well, they both missed their deadlines last month for the divorce process and it looks like now things are getting better. He got her that 14-carat ring. So I guess they're working it out. Now, Trey Songz. What's got to be.

Everybody was talking about this new reality TV dating show that he has called Tremaine the Playboy. It's a web-based VH1 reality dating show. It's real? I thought that was just a video. Check it out. What's up, y'all? I'm Trey Songz, and I'm here looking for love. Well, firstly, I'd like to thank you all for coming.

Very excited to see you all. Hopefully I find the love of my life. Yeah, I think it's kind of like because he has some new music coming out, so he's doing this to entertain us because everybody's going to want to watch it and see the women that's on it, and the women are going to want to watch it and see Trey, so it makes sense. Why would VH1 just put that online? I think it's for right around Valentine's Day, so it's something special that they're doing for Valentine's Day online? I think it's for it's right around Valentine's Day

so it's something special that they're doing for Valentine's Day. So it's not real it's kind of like a parody? It's kind of it seems like it's a spoof but they haven't

specified that but if you see the trailer it feels like it's going to be a bit of a spoof. Now once they debut it on VH1 then you can catch

all the episodes on TremaineThePlayboy.com I don't think TremaineThePlayboy.com. I don't think Trey, I think that gotta be a parody. I don't think Trey would do that. Trey is not looking for no love. Trey can find love whenever he wants to. But I'll tell you this, he's probably gonna have a great time with all these different women and him, so it's right up his alley. Yeah, Trey just trying to

get people to round the girls up for him now. He's tired of doing it himself. Now, Trey and Steelo Brim are gonna be hosting the show. It's part of VH1's 14 Days of Love. So it's their original programming and there you have. Okay. All right, I'm Angela Yee

and that's your rumor report. Thank you, Miss Yee. Charlamagne, who you giving that donkey to? Hey, man, I need George Lopez to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a little word

with him this morning. Oh, all right. I seen that. He going to throw you out of the show next time. I don't go to George Lopez shows. Oh, well, that's easy. Donkey of the Day is up next.

I was born a donkey. It's the donkey of the day. Donkey, donkey, donkey. One, two, three, four. Yeah, yeah, yeah. For the donkey of the day. That's pretty fun. Charlamagne the devil.

Possibly. The Breakfast Club. Yes. That's pretty funny. Charlamagne the devil? Possibly. The Breakfast Club. Yes. Darker today for Wednesday, February 8th, goes the comedian George Lopez. Now, George Lopez is the latest dish on social media's menu. Oh, yes, he is currently getting cooked as we speak. Okay, all because he kicked a woman out of his show for being upset by what some websites like Jezebel are calling a racist joke.

Can we hear the joke, please? There's still two rules in the Latino family. Don't marry somebody black. And don't park in front of our house. Okay. There are only two rules in the Latino family. Don't marry somebody black and don't park in front of our house. Let me hear it one more time, please.

One more time. All right. Here we go. Oh, I'm sorry. I put you under pressure. There's still it one more time, please. One more time. Alright. Here we go. Oh, I'm sorry. I put you under pressure. There's still two rules in the Latino family. Don't marry somebody black. And don't park in front of our house. Okay. In case you didn't hear it,

there are only two rules in the Latino family. Don't marry somebody black and don't park in front of our house. Okay, let's unpack this. As the intellectuals say, let's unpack this, okay? I often wonder, is it a stereotype if it's true? You know what I'm saying? The truth hurts. You're probably offended by George Lopez's

observation because it's the truth, okay? You got your little mamacita that you love, but you never met her family. She never brought you over to the house for empanadas because Papa will say no, okay? Or you a mommy who got you a nice brother, a little dark pigmented papi and you know that you

can't bring him home for the same reason? I'm not saying Platinus and Collard Green's relationships don't exist. I'm just saying let's not act like what George Lopez said is a complete and total lie. I've had a Latino woman tell me that verbatim. Can't bring you home. Right?

Maybe it's just me. Mm-hmm. Any race. Now, as far as parking in front of each other's house, I don't know nothing about that, but don't nobody care about that. That's not the issue.

The issue is, after George Lopez made that joke, a woman in the front row stood up and gave him the middle finger in response to the joke. I can't tell if the woman is black or Latino. I believe she was black.

I'm not sure what she was, but she was offended. So she decided to flip George Lopez off. Personally, I don't have no problem with that. George Lopez is on stage performing. He has freedom of speech, and that young lady in the front row has the freedom to feel offended.

What I didn't like, and the reason George Lopez is getting dark here today, is because of how he reacted after getting heckled. Let's hear it. Sit your f***ing ass down. You're famous here. You're famous here. Let's hear it. He told her to sit the F down. He called her a bitch. He told her to get out, have security take her out.

Now, here's my thing, George. You're an OG stand-up comedian. You've been doing comedy for years. I'm sure that's not the first time an audience member hasn't liked one of your jokes. I'm sure you've been heckled or booed before. I'm sure someone has taken offense to your jokes before. You can't bark on somebody and get mad at them for not being able to take a joke when clearly you can't take being heckled. That is complete sucker shit.

I can't curse, so I'll just say sucker shit. Okay, tell your joke. If someone gets offended, clown that person and keep it moving. Why are you getting all salty? Okay, not to mention George Lopez. I've seen you slander Donald Trump for various reasons, but what you did in this show was very Trump-like. Trump can dish it but can't take it.

Trump is the type to get someone removed from somewhere because said person doesn't agree with something he said. George Lopez, you never struck me as the bully who can dish it but can't take it. Okay, you made a joke. The young lady didn't like your joke, and you responded in the most juvenile manner possible. Let me find out you and Donald Trump have something in common, okay? You kicked that lady out your show the way Donald Trump wants to kick Muslims out the country, all because she didn't agree with you?

Let me find out old George has the same thin-skinned temperament as our celebrity in chief, okay? The irony of George Lopez building walls with people who come to his shows as opposed to building bridges. Please give George Lopez some of the sweet serenade from the Hamilton's, please. You are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Hee-haw. Yeah, that was foul for throwing it out like that.

Yeah, you can't chastise somebody and say they can't take a joke. You're a comedian. Make something fun. You can't say they can't take a joke. I understand if she was... You can't take getting heckled. If she was belligerent, if she was, you know, throwing things... She threw her middle fingers up. She just threw her middle finger up.

She should have been able to do something clever and slick and funny. That's what... Yeah. getting heckled. If she was belligerent, if she was, you know, throwing things. She threw her middle fingers up. She just threw her middle finger up. She should have been able to do something clever and slick and funny. That's what I... Yeah. I thought George Lopez was more witty than that, but clearly he's not.

All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today. When we come back, ask Yee. 800-585-1051 if you need relationship advice or any type of advice.

They know where we be. We can find me in the club. That was 50 Cent in the Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. It's time for Ask Yee. You got a question for Yee, you can call her right now.

Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Charla calling out of Charlotte, North Carolina. Charla out of Charlotte. Charla, Charlotte. Charla out of Charlotte. What's the question for you, Mama? My question is, I just started dating a guy probably about three weeks ago. We do have some history, meaning we were former classmates. Okay.

So my question is, should I anticipate a Valentine's Day gift? Well, three weeks is still pretty early, so I wouldn't say I would anticipate it. I don't know how close you guys have gotten. Like, do you talk every single day? Have you seen each other frequently? We do. We do see each other a lot Have you seen each other frequently? We do. We do see each other a lot. And I'm just saying it like this.

Normally, it goes both ways. You get a guy something, he gets you something. So I just hate not to get him something and then he pop up with a gift. Listen, don't worry about what he's going to do for you right now. If you want to get him something, get him something. You have to set the tone. So if you feel like I'm compelled to get him a little gift, nothing big, nothing extravagant, something small and

thoughtful, you should do that. Okay, I'm on the same page. I can definitely agree with that. And I think that he's not obligated to do something for you. It would be nice. Do you guys have plans for that day? I don't know. I have no idea. Alright, well maybe it would be a good time to be like, listen, no pressure,

but I know next week is Valentine's Day. So I just wanted to see if you plan to do something. Not casually, because you want to know why sit and wonder if you have a question and you have some history with him. You should just ask. And you don't even have to ask in a way that's, you know, naggy. You can just ask to ask, like, listen, no pressure. But are we going to do something? I'm just, you know, putting it out there. I would like to. Okay.

Sometimes we get so not direct about things, we could just ask a simple question and find out the answer, and we're so relieved to know what's going on. I just want to make sure I'm not being extra about it and getting caught up in the whole Valentine's Day, you know, how us women can get so, again, maybe I used the wrong word. Right, but is it important to you? Yeah. I mean, you can call and ask about it. Again, maybe I used the wrong word. But is it important to you? Yeah. I mean, you can call and ask about it.

Yeah, you're right. So be honest with yourself. You don't have to pretend that you don't feel the way that you feel. There's nothing wrong with that. Don't pretend that I don't care about it if you do care about it. But just know that if he says, listen, it's not a big deal to me, whatever, whatever, it shouldn't be a make it or break it type of thing. He might be like, it's just another day.

So I never looked at it like that. Y'all not that tight yet. Right. All right. Well, I appreciate it or break it type of thing. He might be like, it's just another day, so I never looked at it like that. Y'all not that tight yet. Right. All right? Well, I appreciate it. Thank you. No problem. Happy Valentine's Day.

Thank you. All right. ASCII, 800-585-1051. If you got a question for Yee, call her now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Ashley don't know. Ashley, like, because he's a liar.

You're going to get your ass off. There's no way your woman got raped and you calling up the radio station and she hasn't called the police and you ain't even go... Did you go see that man at least? See, it happened on the public transit system, Charlemagne. What?

So you definitely should call the police. You should definitely call the police. They have cameras and everything. So what happened? What exactly happened? Y'all believe this? This is an alternative fact story, by the way. Okay.

No, Charlemagne. This is not alternative fact. This by the way. Okay. No, Charlamagne, this is not alternative fact. This is what my wife has told me, and she's been crying in the press for the last two months since it happened. Right. She was on the way to the food stamp office. She was catching Martin because we're in Atlanta, Georgia.

And the next day, you know, she said a dude caught her in the corner, and he did stuff to her. And when I heard it, I didn't believe it either. But as I seen her reaction over the past two months, it's like, okay, she couldn't be lying because she went from crying to depressed. Now she's just like, you know,

and we talk about it a lot, so I don't believe she's lying, Charlamagne. So she was sexually assaulted? Yes. While on the train. Okay, she definitely needs to get professional help, and she should do a report to make sure that something like this, whoever did something disgusting like this,

it might make her feel better if he gets caught, if he's bound, if he's charged with something. But you have to make sure, just like people might say they don't believe her, you can't be one of those people. Yeah. I believe her 100%. Okay. So, of course, it's. I believe her 100%. Okay. So of course it's really difficult for her to be

intimate right now. You should understand that it was only two months ago. Yeah. And intimacy is not the problem. I just want her to let me be there for her. To comfort her. You know what I'm saying? Stop trying to be intimate. Exactly. The woman just got raped two months ago and you keep trying to

stick your penis in her? No. You want her to raped two months ago and you keep trying to stick your penis in her? No. You want her to get over her depression and she definitely needs to talk to somebody. Just get over this rape. Hold on the line.

We're going to give you a number that you can call and some information because I think you need to set that up for her, okay? I think this guy's lying to be honest with you. It sounds like a little false

but maybe it's true. No, don't. He should definitely file a police report. Exactly. If it happened in the train system, they have cameras. Exactly. It just seems weird. He doesn't know what happened.

Well, she should file a police report. She's the one that has to do it. The National Sexual Assault Hotline is 1-800-656-4673. They're available 24 hours every single day. And by the way, bro, if you are lying, that ain't nothing to play about. Okay? You don't speak those kind of things into existence. But I would think if that really happened, you'd have a lot more sympathy and empathy for your wife.

Your wife, bro. Come on. Stop it. All right. And you'd be a lot more angry. 800-585-1051. We got rumors on the way, Yee? Yes, we are going to talk about Beyonce.

Why is she getting sued for the song Formation? We'll let you be the judge. All right. All that and more. Keep it We'll let you be the judge. All right. All that and more. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Beyonce. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Well, Beyonce is getting sued for the song Formation for a sample that's in that song for $20 million in back royalties. Now, here is the piece in question, which is Messy Maya's voice.

What? Oh yeah, baby. Oh yeah. Oh yes, I like that. Now that's how the song starts. It's Messy Maya? Now here is Messy Maya's actual video.

What kind of hairstyle that is, miss? I like that. It's old. Oh, yeah, baby. Oh, yeah. Oh, yes. I like that. Now, I'm a Pinkett Smith Winfrey nose carter. That is my last name. I always thought that was Messy Maya on permission. It is Messy Maya.

And I guess the family, because Messy Maya's passed away. But the family said they tried reaching out. They tried to talk to Beyonce about the sample, but they got blown off. So now they want to get back royalties for that. I guess it never got clear. Did she get it offline?

If she got it offline, it's something that you can do that. You can do that kind of stuff if it's offline. You sure? I don't think so. You can't take somebody's voice. Some type of like free something. Free reign, free right something. I don't know.

I don't know the exact term. But come on. This is Beyonce we're talking about. You think her people are going to really do that and put his voice on a song and not go through all the proper channels to clear it? Well, I mean, obviously it's not Beyonce's fault if that happened. That would be something that would be whoever was supposed to clear samples. That's why you got lawyers and stuff. And their issues.

So hopefully this can get settled in some way, somehow. $20 million though? If that's the case, then that little girl on Kanye West's album that said the blessings part, she coming to get her money, too. We don't know that they didn't clear that. They might have cleared that. Might have made her. Yeah, exactly.

I don't know that you can just use somebody's voice and sample it without getting it cleared. I don't know. All right. Nicki Minaj has passed Taylor Swift for the second most hot 100 hits among women. She has broken that tie with Taylor Swift, so now she is second only to Aretha Franklin for the most hot 100 hits among women. So congratulations to her. That's 71 that she has, and Aretha Franklin has 73.

Don't drop one of the Clues bombs for Nicki Minaj, damn it. So she'll be number one soon. Only two more to go after that. Just don't pass Aretha Franklin and wait. You're going to have a heart attack. All right, and Kiki Palmer, she has made up with Trey Songz. She said what she learned from the whole experience is to always speak her mind in uncomfortable situations,

and that could have easily prevented everything from happening with Trey Songz publicly. We told you what happened. She was unaware that Trey Songz was shooting a video when he invited her over to party, and she asked him not to turn the camera on her. Then she accused him of secretly recording her and using that footage without her consent.

The video was then taken down, and she was saying she was going to sue. But apparently they had a conversation, and they're cool again. But she said, if I could say what I would do in a situation again like that, I would literally just call it out. This is what's going on. This is how you make me feel.

If that's not what's going on, you just know you need to stop. You know how that went. Trey was like, man, you tripping. She was like, man, I know I was so high. He was like, I know! Well, the few definitely could have been avoided if she had just spoken to him directly, but what she's saying is that at that moment

and at that time, instead of hiding in the closet, she should have went home. She should have just spoken out like, I do not want to be on this camera. I thought she said she said that. Well, I think she said that beforehand and then didn't know that she was being recorded. She went on a full press blitz. Story ain't adding up. That's not adding up.

Alright, now Twitter has said that they are going to be expanding their efforts to protect users from abuse and harassment and online hate. They've been identifying users who have been banned for abusive behavior and they want to prevent them entirely from creating new accounts. And they're also going to roll out a new safe search feature in the coming weeks because Twitter's already been targeted for not addressing the online hate that's been on there and the hate speech and the promotion of violence and all of that. You know, usually somebody has to report it and they investigate, but now they're going to make sure

that if you've been banned for abusive behavior, you won't be able to come back at all. A whole 10 years later, Twitter, we done been on Twitter for a decade and now y'all care about our mental well-being and emotional well-being? Well, I think they're saying it was difficult because of the lines of free speeds versus protecting people from abuse.

It's been a decade. The damage is done. You've ruined a generation already. I don't know how easy it is to prevent people, though, from, like, signing up under a different email address. Yeah, I mean, you'd have to block them, and then they'd have to come back up. It'd be difficult.

So I don't know how hard that is. You know, I'm sure monitoring it is going to be a whole other beast. Damage back up. It'd be a difficult. So I don't know how hard that is. You know, I'm sure monitoring it is going to be a whole nother beast. Damage is done. You've ruined a generation already. Alright, I'm Angela Yee and that is your rumor report. Alright, thank you Miss Yee. Shout out to our family at Revolt TV. We'll see you guys tomorrow. Everybody else,

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