The Breakfast Club - Kirk Franklin Interview and more

Episode Date: June 3, 2020

Today on the show we had Kirk Franklin stop by where he spoke about the pandemic, suffering from trauma and more. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to LAPD chief Michael Moore for his comments about the protest 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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People watch The Breakfast Club for light news and really be tuned in It's one of my favorite shows to do Just because y'all always keep it 100, y'all keep it real They might not watch the news, but they're on Twitter, they're on Facebook They're, you know, they're listening to The Breakfast Club Get your ass up. Good morning, USA. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, Jesus. Goodness. I got my mic at half. I got my mic at halfway. You might have to turn it down a little bit. I'm not.

Let me see. Bro, it seems like you're screaming at me. What did I do wrong? I was about to go in the corner. Hey, Eddie. Hey, Jeff. Since y'all are controlling my volume back at the ranch. Can you fix that?

Can you start over? Could you turn me down? Start over, Dramos. Damn. Dramos, can Eddie hear me? This is live radio, guys. This is why I love live radio. I thought I was in Toronto.

Let's try again. Good morning, yo, yo. Still going in. Still screaming? Yes. What's up, you? Hey, good morning, D-Damby. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet.

Guess what day it is. Guess what day it is. Damn, we can't even get no hump day? I guess not. Mercy. Guess it's not a Wednesday. Damn. What is going on this morning? That's how we starting this morning?

Goodness gracious. It's called live radio. It's a little raggedy ass, ghetto ass radio show. Still can't get it together almost 10 years later. Goodness gracious. Always a work in progress. Well, good morning. It is Wednesday.

It is hump day. Today's my baby girl's birthday. You know, Monday was my mother's birthday. Today is London's birthday. And Friday is Jackson's birthday. You know, Monday was my mother's birthday. Today is London's birthday and Friday is Jackson's birthday. So a bunch of June birthdays. I'm glad you said June because I wasn't sure what month it was for a second.

I was like, what month are we in? We're in June. So the bad thing about it is they can't have any parties. Today we put together something special for them. I ain't even going to say we. My wife did. I paid for it, but my wife put together something special for them. Well, I ain't even going to say we. My wife did. I paid for it. But my wife put together something special for them.

I'm excited about it. So when they get up this morning, we set up a whole carnival theme in the family room. We took out all the couches, the chairs. We put up one of the blow things like a carnival. We had, you know, where you, the bean bag at the cans. It's a whole carnival theme. Popcorn, cotton candy. It's going to be pretty dope when they wake up. So that's all we can do.

Ain't nothing we can do. They can't have any parties. No friends could come by, but we're trying to make it as fun as possible as them and try to keep any type of a little bit of a normalcy. You have enough kids that just the five of them is a party alone. You're absolutely right. You are absolutely right.

Imagine if you were our only child. You said what now? The two older ones like kicking it with the younger ones like that? Absolutely. Absolutely. Imagine if you were our only child. You were our only child, right, Envy? Imagine what that must be like. Yeah, but you know what? With this pandemic, it's made the family a lot closer

because, you know, we're all stuck with each other. You know what I mean? There's no I'm going out with my friends or I'm going to play basketball. I got football practice. It makes everybody, you know, coexist. So we do everything together. One day, you know, everybody might be drawing, you know.

Next day, you know, we all might be listening to music. Next day, you know, we all might be playing Monopoly. Why y'all drawing? I'm not playing Monopoly. Why y'all drawing? I'm not from Philly. Why y'all drawing? Shut up. What's the problem? I'm not from Philly.

Drawing Peppa the Pig and things like that. So, anyway. Well, we got a great show for you today. Kirk Franklin will be joining us this morning. OG Kirk Franklin. He had a versus battle on Sunday against Fred Hammond. Sure did. Y'all ain battle on Sunday against Fred Hammond. Sure did. Y'all ain't passed the collection plate, though.

Y'all ain't put nothing in the collection plate that was going around. Did you? See? I did. Okay. All right, well, let's get this show cracking. Front page news, what are we talking about? Well, Joe Biden is speaking out.

He was in Philly yesterday morning, and he was talking about uh donald trump's response to george floyd protests and some of his own plans all right we'll get into that next keep it locked it's the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj nv angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club let's get in some front page news where we starting you well yesterday joe biden was speaking from ph City Hall, and he was talking about a bunch of different things. One thing he discussed was how racism has to come to an end in this division. Here's what he said.

I can't leave this moment thinking that we can once again turn away and do nothing. The moment has come for our nation to deal with systemic racism, to deal with the growing economic inequity that exists in our nation, to deal with the denial of the promise of this nation. But it's going to take more than talk. In addition, he talks about police reform. Here's what Joe Biden had to say about that. A down payment on what is long overdue should come now, should come immediately.

I call on the Congress to act this month on measures that will be the first step in this direction. Starting with real police reform, Congressman Jeffries has a bill to outlaw chokeholds. There are other measures to stop transferring weapons of war to police forces, improve oversight and accountability, to create a model use of force standard. Looking ahead in the first hundred days of my presidency, I've committed to creating a National Police Oversight Commission. I've long believed we need real community policing. We all need to take a hard look at the culture that allows for the senseless tragedies to keep happening. I'll be honest.

Yes. Let me stop. Let me go ahead. I was going to say, I'll be honest. Like, that's what he's supposed to say. Like, he is supposed to keep happening. I'll be honest. Yes. Let me stop. Let me go ahead. I was going to say, I'll be honest. Like, that's what he's supposed to say. Like, he is supposed

to say that. Like, do we think any differently? Would he get up there and say anything else but that? Now, I just pray to God that when he wins

the presidency, he follows through with everything that he says. Well, no. No, it's not about winning the presidency. It's about getting him to make those policy

commitments publicly now. Okay? I watched it yesterday. It was good. You know, he's talking the way he needs to talk. He's talking about dismantling systemic racism. He's talking about investing in the black community through legislation and economic justice. Listen, if President Barack Obama was JFK, Joe Biden has the opportunity to be Lyndon

B. Johnson. He has the opportunity to be just as progressive on race and class as LBJ was. And he better because ain't no good gonna come to America until they do right by the black community. Period. Okay? All right, well, here's what he had to say

about economic justice yesterday. In order to have true American justice, we need economic justice as well. As an immediate step, Congress should act now to rectify racial inequities and allow COVID-19 recovery funds to be diverted from where they live. I'll be setting forth my agenda on economic justice and opportunity in the weeks and months ahead, but it begins with health care.

Listen, man, America has to atone for its original sin, which is slavery. That's the only way this nation will ever heal, and the only way to heal racial inequities is legislation and reparation. So, Joe, go ahead and announce your black woman running mate. You already committed to a black woman on the Supreme Court. That'll be your Lyndon B. Johnson, Thurgood Marshall moment. And lean into this black agenda. Lean into this police reform,

provide this economic justice for the black community and go out there and try to bring this thing home in November. Because if not, you're going to have problems. Joe Biden did sweep all seven presidential primaries yesterday. Not a surprise at all because there's nobody that's really actively opposing him. So it's not a surprise at all. But those are the results. And Ferguson also elected their first black mayor. So that happened in Ferguson.

And obviously, that's something I think that's a really positive thing in Ferguson. So shout out to them. Ella Jones took 54% of the vote in that race. Salute to Ella Jones. I'm Angela Yee. And that is your Front Page News. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired, depressed,

a little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy.

There's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe my country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a racket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead.

Oh, my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan.

And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post High is all about. It's a chance to sit

down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So, y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records.

It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey y'all, Nimany here.

I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. 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. 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 Claudette Colvin 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.

All right, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent, hit us up right now. Again, the number's 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. I'm telling. I'm telling. Hey, what you doing, man? I'm telling.

I'm calling. I'm calling, yo. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? This is Yannick. Hey, what's up, bro?

Get it off your chest. Hey, DJ Envy, Anjali, and Charlamagne. Big up, big up. Listen to you guys every day, man. Peace, King. Yeah, this is just a guy looking in. They say the best way to play a game is watch from the stands, right? So this is what I would really want to happen in America

within the next couple of years. You can correct me if I'm wrong. Anyway, I say something wrong, so this is it. So I hear that Native American Indians, they get something like money every month from the government to try that reparation money. Is that true? I don't know if that's true or not.

Something to that effect. Yeah, yeah. I'm in South Florida right now, so I know that the seminoles, they get a check every month. You know what I mean? By the way, they're like, yo, I was told when you come to this country, get yourself a seminole, girl,

because you'll be banking all month. You know what I mean? That's what I heard. But what I was saying is, I think the best way to get rid of what's happening in America, well, racism, you really can't change with protesting or looting

because you get thrown at all these people who are born in racism. I used to live in South Carolina, so there's a place called Aiken, and Aiken got some places where... Of course. You know, so some people who are just... Of course. person a solid business plan the government should put into place something where you the only qualification you need for grand money to get your business off the ground is us being black that is a reparation i would love to see because if you have a solid business plan you walk into

that building you walk out with checks to purchase it if you want to be a baker you have to check to purchase the oven and and all that sort of stuff. And then black people got to realize, like in Jewish communities, you got people who want to come to the Jewish community

and they never leave. So, like, black people should support black businesses only. Like I said to Pete, I said to my friend the other day, if every NBA player

and everybody in the NFL that's black decides to let us leave, ain't nobody watching no NFL, nothing but white players. You know what I mean? So it's like I'm saying what I want our president to do soon is like you need black people to create black businesses. The only qualification... You know what I want?

You know what I want right now? What's that? I want some goddamn ackee and soft fish right now. I don't know why. All of a sudden, I started craving ackee and soft fish.

I started craving ackee and soft fish so bad just now. Man. Y'all ain't hungry for some ackee and soft fish right now? Get it off your chest.

800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired?

Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy.

There's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete everybody's doing it i am king ernest emmanuel i am the queen of ladonia i'm jackson the first king of capraberg i am the supreme leader of the grand republic of mentonia be part of a great colonial tradition the waikana tried my country my forefathers did that themselves what could go wrong no country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that?

Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. entrepreneurs and more after those runs the conversations keep going that's what my podcast post run high is all about it's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into

their stories their journeys and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together you know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's up, y'all? This is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it.

Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand-new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip hop. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.

Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was Claudette Colvin. 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.

This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're man or blast. Say it with your chest. Whether you're man or flesh. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, let it out. Hello, who's this? Jay. Get it off your chest, bro. Hey, good morning, Miss Yee and DJ Envy.

You know, every morning I listen to Charlamagne with his commentary about black reparations along with his need for a black female vice president. Reckless commentaries like that from him and people like Sean Collins is going to allow Trump to walk right into the White House. What benefits will the black population have then? It's like we're having now. He believes that every a brick truck should run into the front of every black household and dump a bag of money. That's not going to happen. It should not happen. He does not owe black America nothing. Only thing he owes black America is basically civil justice. OK, and make sure that there is criminal justice reform along with these police departments.

Yes, they should demilitarize the police department. If I'm correct, Charlemagne said that he's what, a dropout? But yet, because of determination and hard work, he's where he's at now. Black America has every opportunity and chance and do what they want to do. The reason I'm hanging up on him, because the Vice President Joe Biden even thinks different. You heard him yesterday. Yesterday, he's talking about dismantling systemic racism. Yesterday, he's talking about investing in the black community through legislation and economic justice. Any stupid-ass Negro that says America doesn't owe black people is a goddamn sellout.

Hell yes, they owe black people. We built this country for free. They have to atone for their original sin, which is slavery. And that's the only way this nation is going to ever heal. And the only way we're going to ever have healed racial inequalities is through legislation and reparation. Now, shut the hell up. What the hell are you talking about? And you know why we need a black woman running, mate?

It's simple math. Because in 2012, from 2016, 4.4 million people that were registered to vote didn't show up to vote. A third of them were black. Okay?

Knock it off. And black women voted for Hillary 90% of the time. So why wouldn't you lean into your base? Why are you arguing with that, man? I hate dumb n****s. Why are you arguing with time. So why wouldn't you lean into your base? Why are you arguing with that man? I hate dumb n****s.

Why are you arguing with that? And why wouldn't you want black people to get economic justice? Why are you arguing with that man? Why are you arguing with that man? Why is it n****s that people know? That's why I don't talk to n****s after 5 o'clock. Well, it's before 5. It's too early.

That's right. Making my goddamn blood pressure go up telling me there's black people. A black person saying black people shouldn't get nothing. That's what's wrong with y'all. Y'all don't understand y'all votes are quid pro quo. Y'all ain't never demanded nothing in your life. Y'all just want to get what the white man give you. Who's the y'all?

Suckers. Breathe. I need you to breathe. Woosah. Woosah. I'm fine. Woosah. All right.

We need to call your therapist right now. 800-585-1051. Get it off your chest. Now, Yee, we got rumors on the way. Yes, and it looks like Amanda Seals is not renewing her contract with The Real. We'll tell you what she had to say about that. Yes, and also we'll be discussing a radio show that should not be renewing their contract. Well, at least iHeart shouldn't be renewing their contract.

I love Amanda Seals on the real, but anyway. Well, I'll get to rumors next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors.

Let's talk Amanda Seals. She's spilling the tea. This is is the rumor report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, Amanda Seals is leaving The Real. She says she has not renewed her contract, but she wants to make sure people don't make up their own narratives about what happened. And here's what she had to say. my contract is up at the real and i did not renew it because it doesn't feel good to my soul to be at a place where i cannot speak to my people the way they need to be spoken to and where the people who are speaking to me in disparaging ways are not being handled i'm not in a space where i can as a full black woman have my voice and my coworkers also have their voices and where the people at the top are not respecting the necessity

for black voices to be at the top too. Listen, man, my sister not scared. My sister been betting on herself for a long time. You know, one thing about independence, once you have built something independently, it's very hard to give up your freedom and go, you know, work for a corporation. And Smart, Funny, and Black is a brand Amanda Seals built,

which makes people like the real want to be in business with her. So she's always got that. Absolutely. She's going to do her stand-up. She's going to keep doing her Smart, Funny, and Black, amongst other things. And she's going to keep prospering the way she was before there was the real. Don't get it twisted. She got a plan.

Amanda always has a plan. She'll be fine. Yeah. Like I said, it's hard, you know, once you've been independent, you know, making your own money to be a part of a plan. She'll be fine. Yeah, I guess like I said, it's hard once you've been independent making your own money to be a part of a corporation. So I get it. That freedom is priceless. Yes, and speaking of

these talk shows during the day, Meghan McCain, she is, of course, as you know, on The View as one of the co-hosts there. She wrote on Twitter about the protests that have been taking place in New York. She said, my neighborhood in Manhattan is eviscerated and looks like a war zone.

de Blasio and Cuomo are an utter disgrace. This is not America. Our leaders have abandoned us and continue to let great American cities burn to the ground and be destroyed. I never could have fathomed this. Well, another person who lives in her building, Kristen Bartlett, who writes for TBS's late night program, responded, Megan, we live in the same building and I just walked outside.

It's fine. So she shut that down pretty quickly. Simmer down, Karen. She basically told Megan, simmer down, Karen. All right. No fire over here, Karen. All right. Yeah. Keep the drama to a minimum. All right. And Kimberly and Beck, they're on a radio show in Rochester, New York on 95.1. And they were having a conversation about the attack of a local couple after protests that were happening in downtown Rochester. And Kimberly and Beck actually had this to say. Were they acting n-wordish? There's your question. They were acting thuggerly, like, I think. Were they acting n-wordly? Yeah. And by the way... You can't say that.

What are you doing? Hey, if that were a bad... Also, stop saying thugs. That's part of the problem. No, it's not. They're thugs. If you look like a thug and if you act like a thug and you got three on one and beaten up a white woman with a two-by-four, by God, you're a thug. If you look like a thug and if you act like a thug and you got three on one and beaten up a white

woman with a two by four, by God, you're a thug. And by the way, there are people in the black community would say they are acting n-wordly. But they can say that. You can't say that. It's double standard. I was going to say if that happened. It doesn't matter. And I don't appreciate the double standard. Oh,

interesting. Kimberly, you are acting white devily, right? Kimberly, you are acting white devily, right? Kimberly, you are acting crackerly. You're acting crackerly, Kimberly. Okay, you as a white woman cannot say n-wordly, even if you're using it in the proper context. I don't care how many times you watch the n-word versus black people joke from Chris Rock.

I don't care how many times you've heard me say I don't talk to n-words after 5 p.m. You can't say that. By the way, I would like to know what she's calling, and that. By the way, I would like to know what she's calling and thuggerly, but I would like to know what she's calling the white people

who are out there protesting and looting. That's what I would like to know. What is she calling them? When she sees those white looters, because there's a lot of them, what does she call them? That's what I want to know.

Well, I'm going to assume they didn't take part in Blackout Tuesday yesterday just judging by everything that was happening. That was the day when it was supposed to be. Support supporting Black Lives Matter and supporting these movements. And this is what they decide to do.

So we shall see, but there should be some repercussions for that. I don't know who that was in the room telling her she can't say that, but whoever that was is absolutely right. If that was Beck, was it Kimberly and Beck? If that was Beck, you're absolutely right, Beck. Kimberly can't say that. Well, there was a guy saying that, I think, right?'re absolutely right, Beck. Kimberly can't say that. Well, there was a guy saying that, I think, right? There was a guy saying that you can't say that.

It's Kimberly and Barry Beck is a guy. Oh, Barry Beck, okay. I wish you said Beck. I'm thinking Becky, Kim and Becky, okay. Becky? I don't know. All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report.

All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Now we got front page news. Next, what are we talking about? Yes, and we'll give you some updates on George Floyd and what's happening. You know, a lot of things went down yesterday. We told you about the March. Bambi actually called in to discuss that. So we'll give you some more details and we'll talk about Joe Biden. He was speaking yesterday and we'll give you some highlights of what he had to say about plans

moving forward. All right. Also, and Kirk Franklin will be joining us next hour. So we'll kick it with Kirk Franklin. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Shalameen the guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

Let's get in some front page news. Where we starting, Yee? Well, yesterday there was a march for George Floyd. And just so you know, George Floyd's GoFundMe raised more than $10 million in five days. So that GoFundMe is being managed by attorney Ben Crump. And they were seeking to raise $1.5 million, but they've raised more than $10 million in five days. So that's going to end up going to his children, to mental and grief counseling, to cover funeral and burial expenses.

Although they did accept Floyd Mayweather's offer to pay for the funeral. So that's going to cover all of those things to assist the family as they are also seeking justice for George Floyd. Now something that was really... Minneapolis Kids College is paid for. Yep, Minneapolis is going to have to pay some money too,

a lot of money too. I mean, the money doesn't bring their dad back, but at least it pays for a lot of the stuff that their dad was going to do for them, I'm sure, from schooling to everything. And they're going to need therapy. They're going to need a lifetime of therapy and grief counseling. Absolutely.

Now, there will be memorial services for George Floyd taking place at North Central University in Minneapolis. That's going to be happening tomorrow. Saturday, there's a public viewing, a memorial that will take place. And on Monday, a memorial will take place in Houston at the Fountain of Praise Church. Now, George Floyd's daughter, Gigi,

she's six years old. And this video just really makes you want to shed a tear if you didn't shed a tear when you first watched it. And here she is. She is actually sitting on Steven Jackson's shoulders. And here's what she had to say. He did what?

Daddy changed the world. Daddy changed the world. I love it. I love it, man. Daddy changed the world. Yes, he did. And the mother of George Floyd's daughter, Roxy Washington, actually told reporters that she wants to see justice for Floyd and for her daughter as well.

Here are some of the things that she had to say. Shiana does not have a father. He will never see her grow up, graduate. He will never walk down the aisle. If there's a problem she's having and she needs her dad, she does not have that anymore. I want justice for him because he was good, no matter what anybody thinks. All right. Now, Joe Biden, we told you he did sweep all seven presidential primaries in addition,

and that was no surprise. Obviously, there's nobody that we know that's running against him that's going to make him not sweep. But, you know, we do have more elections happening next week on Tuesday. So we'll tell you what states that's going to be in. And we'll keep on making sure that people do vote. And if you're not registered to vote, make sure you're registered to vote. Make sure you fill out your census form. But Joe Biden was talking yesterday in Philadelphia and he was talking about police reform.

A down payment on what is long overdue should come now, should come immediately. I call on the Congress to act this month on measures that will be the first step in this direction. Starting with real police reform, Congressman Jeffries has a bill to outlaw chokeholds. There are other measures to stop transferring weapons of war to police forces, improve oversight and accountability to create a model use of force standard. Looking ahead in the first 100 days of my presidency, I've committed to creating a National Police Oversight Commission.

I've long believed we need real community policing. We all need to take a hard look at the culture that allows for the senseless tragedies to keep happening. Listen, Joe said all the right things yesterday in Philadelphia, and we need him to keep making policy commitments like that publicly because voting will not change things unless the people we put in want to change them. This white supremacist system is by design. Okay, the whole function of systemic racism is to marginalize black people, and it's very

hard to get any old white man to change the system that's been working for him and his family for years. So yes, the only way systemic racism will be dismantled, if the people who benefit from it want to dismantle it. So I'm glad he was talking about dismantling systemic racism. I'm glad he's talking about economic justice investments into the black community.

That's the only way he gonna win, because I keep saying it over and over. If JFK was president Obama, Biden has to be Lyndon B. Johnson. That's it. And shout out to Congressman Jeffries. Shout out to Congressman Jeffries, who he actually referenced when he talks about outlawing the,

outlawing the chokehold. That is actually my Congressman who represents my district here in Brooklyn. And you know, on June 23rd, that's when elections are here in New York city. But yes, I love, um, Yvette Clark in Brooklyn.

I love Hakeem Jeffries. So make sure we support that. Now, Bank of America has committed $1 billion to help combat racial inequality. It is the nation's second largest bank. And what they're saying is that $1 billion will benefit communities of color over the next four years. The money will go toward a number of different areas like employee recruitment, job training, support to small businesses, housing aid, and the expansion of health services like vaccination clinics. So according to the CEO, he said,

underlying economic and social disparities that exist have accelerated and intensified during the global pandemic. The events of the past week have created a sense of true urgency that has arisen across our nation, particularly in view of the racial injustices we have seen in the communities where we work and live. We all need to do more. Right.

And I will say this. We have to keep. Go ahead. Okay. I was going to say this with Bank of America too. Bank of America changed a policy that really affects a lot of small business owners. Bank of America, because a lot of small business owners have been hitting me about this.

Bank of America, usually, if you write somebody a check, it would usually clear from three to five days. But now the checks are clearing in 10 to 12 days, which is a problem for a lot of small business owners. Because if you write somebody a check, they can't get that money for 10 to 12 days, which is a problem. And a lot of business owners are leaving Bank of America because they can't wait 12 days for a check to clear. And that's affecting a lot of minority businesses. I wanted to say that to Bank of America. I hope somebody's listening because they got to change that. It wasn't always like that.

Because we actually use Bank of America for juices for life. I use it for a lot of my stuff too, but I'm going to change it. Well, I'm glad they put up that billion dollars for racial justice because we got to keep pushing America to atone for its original sin, which is slavery. And the only way to heal is through legislation and reparations. Yes, the black community needs an economic justice package.

We need that back and we're going to get it. OK, that's that's why I just keep telling people, don't be afraid to make demands. Right. What's your votes? All right., well I am Angela Yee and that is your Front Page News. Did you get your name? Did you have to think about that?

Did you have to think about that? I'm looking at Bank of America right now and I was like trying to see about what they do because that was a concern. But we don't ever write checks anymore anyway because we just do everything electronically. Yeah, but for some people, like if you write checks to people to get a receipt, a lot of small

business owners were telling me that Bank of America, their checks clear and 10 business days, 7 to 10 business days, but before it was 3 to 5. But anyway, up next, Kirk Franklin will be joining us. We'll kick it with Kirk Franklin. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Good morning, everybody. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Shalameen the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest on the line, the brother Kirk Franklin. What's up, beautiful people, man? It's an honor to be here. And I want to make sure, you know, if I need to take this, you know, bandana off, you know, trying to come this morning with a little sauce. If I need to take it off, I'll take it off,

you know. I like your Christian Crip vibes. It's nice. You know what I'm saying? It looks like you have a fresh haircut, too. Can I see that line on the side? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay. Is that the barber coming by? Uh, no. It's not what it is.

Kirk, let me tell you something. I watched you. I watched you. I watched the good brother Bishop T let me tell you something. I watched you. I watched you. I watched the good brother, Bishop T.D. Jakes. I watched Fred Hammond all in the studio together with no damn mask on. I believe in God, too, and I got faith, but corona is real. Everybody that came into the studio, we were taking temps, and it's very difficult to be able to speak to the people

and communicate in an effective way when we're having to do it in a mess. So, you know, we were doing the best we can, but for the sake of hope and encouraging the people, we put ourselves out there. Well, thank you so much for that versus battle on Sunday. That was amazing. And I think timing wise, the timing couldn't have been any better at all because we all needed that. Man, no, I was very humble when Swizz and Tim hit me. It was something that I would never do in a normal situation, because I think the platform is not super dope. I just think that in gospel music or Christian music, just because we talk about someone bigger than us,

to try to say that the music God gave me is dope, but then the music God gave you, just kind of would have not always reflected what I think the bigger story is, but because we were able to do it for the people and we were able to do it for something that had a bigger narrative is I thought it was a great moment. Yeah, it wasn't a battle.

We don't call it a battle. It's giving each other flowers. It's kind of repping each other and representing each other. So I know we call it a versus, but it's more like giving artists and producers and writers their flowers while they're here, and we definitely needed that one this weekend. Now, Kirk, that sounds great, but who won? Who do you think won now?

Come on. Well, that sounds good. I hope that gospel music won. I hope that gospel music looks fresh. I hope that people can see, just because when you look at all the genres of music that are curated by people of color, you know, a lot of times gospel music is one of the lower hanging fruits, you dig? And so to be able to be on that big platform,

to be able to keep it a buck with people about, you know, the hurt and pain, and to be able to see the entertaining DNA of gospel music as well, that was pretty fresh for us to be able to present that to culture. Now, what do you tell your people that are your fans that follow you right now with everything that's going on from COVID-19, coronavirus, to the protests and what happened with George Floyd? What are you telling your people? I try to say that I don't understand everything, that I weep with

those that weep, and I mourn with those who mourn, that a lot of times it's not necessary to always throw a Bible scripture at every freaking thing. A lot of times you just got to be silent and feel the pain with people, and when the opportunity permits itself, then you give them another narrative and another optic of what faith can look like. And you do life with people, man, is I think that what has made this moment also divine as well as painful is that we're all on the same level. And so I just try to be on the front line in the middle of the struggle with my people. Absolutely. And one touching moment was you had Wanda Cooper Jones, the mother of Ahmaud Arbery, actually called in, and that was a tear-jerking moment for that to happen.

But it was also inspirational as well. Thank you. And I was very intentional about that. Like, I hunted her down. When this Versus situation came up, I was like, we need an element that can remind us. And, you know, here's the unfortunate thing. We are having so many black soldiers fall during this civil war that a lot of times you can forget the soldier before the soldier. a very powerful moment for this beautiful queen to know that even in the midst of Mr. Floyd's suffering, that we also know that before Mr. Floyd was Mr. Aubrey.

And so sometimes as a mom, I can only imagine that you may forget that people move on from yours. And I want her to know that the pain is transferable and that we see you as well. And we remember you and we got you you know um kirk you got a single called strong god and then it talks about racism and the human race needing healing did you have this song already made prior to the death of george floyd or was this a result of his murder man i wrote this song last year and i put it on the latest album lonely of love and had no idea that it would be an evergreen moment. But you know what? At the same time, you know, we've been in this state for many, many, many, many, many, many years.

And so these topics, unfortunately, these topics are evergreen. We should be writing new lyrics. We should be having new conversations. But unfortunately, we are always having to open back up the same one, and so that is a problem. It's a problem for culture. It's a problem for Christianity. It's a problem for social injustice. It's a problem on the political scale. It's a problem socioeconomically, is that we're always having to regurgitate the same conversation. And that in itself can be deplorable. I saw you tweet on May 29th, pain loses its hearing.

After centuries of broken promises, it becomes numb and deaf to anything except tangible change. You cannot love people and not be shook to your core by the optics against humanity. Help. Expound on that, please. Well, I don't know how I could say it any better than you did, you know, and of course you've got that Charlemagne tone, so, you know, it's

a lot more powerful. That if we are from the same origin, we are all from the same dirt, you know, scientifically proven that we all come from the soil of Africa. So we all have some type of genetic code inside of us that makes all of us humans.

That's why we don't see animals cry when they kill each other, just because humans possess a soul that should be universal when somebody aches. And so when you don't have sorrow in your heart, when humanity hurts, there is a deafening inside of your humanity. There is something inside of you that is deceased. And I don't care how much you lift your hands or what God you pray to. And so if you can see people suffering and screaming for help. If I was drowning, Charlemagne, and if you drove by me,

and if I was drowning in the lake, and if you pulled to the side of the lake, and if you started saying to me, swim harder, paddle, doggy style, and if you took a book about how to swim and threw it at me in the water, in your mind, if you think that you're helping me, you've lost your mind. I'm drowning. I don't need for you to pull over and throw a it at me in the water. In your mind, if you think that you're helping me, you've lost your mind. I'm drowning.

I don't need for you to pull over and throw a book at me. I don't need for you to yell doggy paddle. I need for you to get your ass in that water. And I need for you to come swim. Because I've been drowning for a long time and I need for you to come get me out of that water. Now, Kirk, I can't swim.

Kirk, can you swim? I can swim. I'm a black man that can swim. Me too, because you'll be coming to save me. You said doggy style. It's doggy paddle. I don't know what you're thinking about, but it's doggy paddle. You know what he was thinking about.

Is that doggy style? No, it's not doggy style. It's doggy paddle. We already know what happened after the paddle. We saw you tell your wife you're going to lay hands on her, so. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

We got more with Kirk Franklin when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Kirk Franklin. Charlamagne? What do you say to a lot of Christians who have received backlash for saying that we need

to pray for the cops who were involved in George Floyd's murder? We need to forgive the cops. What are your thoughts on that? It's all the time. It's almost like we need to say, then we need to say that we need to pray for the Roman soldiers that killed Jesus. Then say that you need to pray for

the man that shot Dr. King. They say that you need to pray for the man that shot Dr. King. Then say that. Say it. And if you're going to say it, say it loud. The Bible says rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those who mourn. Right now we're in a mourning state. And mourn.

Mourn. Mourn with us. It makes Christianity duplicitous when you have those type of statements. And that's why people do not trust. We are already trying to deal with the narratives of the weaponized version of Western Christianity that we've been dealing with for centuries. And so I'm just trying to rewrite that narrative.

And so I'm not playing for anybody right now, mourning with my brothers and sisters. And if white Christians want to have that conversation now, then I think that they need to check their motives and intent. That's the first time I've ever heard that. You know what? And usually people say, no, you got to pray for the people that's hurting you. And I always say, I can't.

I can't pray right now because I haven't forgiven them yet. And that's the first time I've heard anybody say that. Usually people are like, no, we have to pray. You know, the person that came in and shot the people in the church, we have to pray for that young man. We forgive him. I can't forgive him because I'm still mourning. Now, mind you, if I think that it's heroic when you have families right after the Charleston killing

that say that we're going to pray for this young, white young man, how heroic and how much I want to be like that. And I do believe that God allows, in different periods of history, those moments that we can try to aspire to. But it should not be a judgment against those that can't do it at that moment. I'm going to be honest with you, Kirk.

I don't believe them when they do that. I was born in Charleston, raised in Monk's Corner, right next to Charleston. I don't believe them when they do that. Like, I'm from, I was born in Charleston, raised in Monk's Corner, right next to Charleston. I don't believe them when they forgive that quick. Like, it's physically, emotionally, mentally, spiritually impossible to get to a place of forgiveness that fast. I don't believe it. Well, you know what, bro, is that I can totally understand

what you're saying that for your state and your mourning and your pain but i do believe in my humble opinion this is my humble opinion that there is a supernatural power that god can give coretta scott king when her husband was martyred for the sake of freedom that gives her the power to march and stand and to pray and and and to keep the narrative going and and i believe if i believe in god then i gotta believe in a supernatural power that can supersede and even trump my human emotions and being now there's no scientific uh uh no scientific evidence for it there's's nothing tangible in any data, but that's what the spiritual is. Think about it, man.

Just look at all the people. Look at all the hell black folks been going through for centuries and still with some of the most powerful people on the planet. And when you look at that, I mean, bro, like,

now I'm getting excited. Let's keep it no cap right here. Look at all of the hell our forefathers and mothers went through. And you didn't hear a lot about suicide. You didn't hear a lot about people just ending it all. You hear more about, listen, our great grandmamas and grandparents, they were not cashing out like we are right now.

And they were going through some of the most demonic trauma and all the PTSD that a lot of them lived through, but they were still holding on, still believing that God was going to make a way out of no way. And if they could have done it without the resources that they had during Jim Crow, then there's got to be a supernatural power that we cannot explain. Right. Just how people grieve differently at some points for people, their faith is what will get them through certain things and that might mean

prayer and forgiveness because that helps you as a person to go on. While at the same time, I can also co-sign Charlemagne and anybody else that if you're not there, we need to not judge people if they're not there. If they're not there, man, let's

mourn with them. That's what I'm saying is that there's a duality, that we can be both. I always ask people, you know, at times like this, you know, a lot of times people are trying to get their faith and losing faith a little bit, you know, from COVID-19 to coronavirus. Then people open up their small business and then their business gets looted. What do you tell those individuals? First of all, incredible question. And I think that it's very important to say to people that I don't have all the answers. One of the most prolific statements that you can sometimes say is, I don't know.

But I do want to say this. What I don't know does not cancel out what I do know. And so what I do know still has a validity in the midst of the battle. And I can say to people that I was abandoned as a child. I was adopted at the age of four by a 64-year-old woman. I heard my biological mother tell that lady at 13 she had visited once and said, I didn't even want him. I wanted an abortion, and you wouldn't let me. My father did one thing for me, gave me a haircut when his father died for the funeral. Never did anything else for me. I had ADHD. Kids laughed at me because I was a church boy. I dropped out of high school. I had learning disorder, got a kid. When I was 17, the church kicked me out.

I found that same lady that adopted me dead and asleep. And I remember going to the pawn shop, cashing, trying to pawn her wedding ring that she left to me because I was hungry, living in her house that was not full of rats. And so how can you take somebody like me with no education? I'm vertically shallow. I can't change. And my career has lasted for over three decades. It's not because I'm the dopest. There are so many people that are greater and better than me. It is only the grace and testimony of Christ. And so I try to let people know that if he can do that for me, he can do that for you.

Hey, Kirk, as a fellow vertically challenged man, it's not like you're playing basketball, okay? So let's not act like the height has a real factor in anything that you're doing, okay? Thank you, brother. I want to talk to you about a strong God, because you said until lives matter more than tithes matter. Let me hear you diss some of these pastors making all this money. Yeah, you know, once again, there are brothers and sisters that are in the battle that don't always reflect what the battle should look like.

You know, even if you have a president that is walking in front of a church yesterday holding up a Bible where, you know, he must have read Psalms 119, you know, because Psalm 119 says, hide thy word in thy heart, not hold my word in thy hands. You know, and so there are a lot of hypocritical images in every community. And so that's why you try to see me be very verbal about the mistakes of Christianity, the sins of Christianity. And so I can co-sign with that. I can concur. And so, but it does not mean that there are men and women

that have not been transformed by the incredible eternal message of the gospel. John 3, 16, for God so loved the world that he gave his only son. These are messages. And so when people make money and make God a lottery, then they are missing the divine purpose of why Christ would give his life for everybody. There's not a person on this planet that Jesus don't love. All right, we got more with Kirk Franklin.

When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Kirk Franklin. Yee.

Kirk, while you're at home during this time, have you been inspired musically just by everything that's going on around you? You know, if I can be honest with you, one of the reasons why I wore this shirt today is because I started by going to therapy during this pandemic. Now, if I've been going to therapy during this pandemic. I can be on now. If I've been going to therapy now off and on for about the last 30 years, you know, dealing with my, uh, just dealing with my abandonment issues,

dealing with, you know, just the rejection I had as a kid, uh, a lot of the trauma that I've suffered as a young man. And so therapy and my faith have been my, they just been my lifeboat. And so the trauma of, of first of all the pandemic and then now what's happening now is that i started going back to my therapist and i can be honest and tell you that the motivation to do a lot of music um it's been off and on just because i've been just really struggling i've been really struggling trying to get people just to hold on it's it's almost like what is the physician going he's sick you, I'm getting myself back together just because I think that y'all needed Sunday, but I needed Sunday too, because I needed that versus moment too.

Now, what have you been going through? You said you were going through a lot, and I'm sure people are going through the same thing. What were you dealing with that you said, you know what, I got to go see a therapist right now? Was it anxiety? What was it that you said, I have to? Yeah, yeah. Well, you know, I've to go see a therapist right now. Was it anxiety? What was it that you say I have to? Yeah, yeah. Well, you know, I've always struggled with anxiety. And then, you know, just as a creative, I think almost every creative and I'm questioning all three of y'all feel this just because y'all are curators. And then the attention that y'all give and just the gravity of y'all's

platform, you know, to whom much is given, much is required. And a lot of times people don't know. And, of course, you're yawking in man this. When you live in the public eye, your highs and your lows are different. And so that type of pressure that you live up under is not realistic. So, you know, just in the pressures of the world or or are people trusting that you always got to answer and that you always having to be ready to give an answer um can be very discouraging can be very heavy and and and i carry the weight of people's hurt very real like bro like no cap i'm telling you i would not be doing this music if i did not believe in the dude that i rock with so it's like i gotta have somebody to be able to blow up this game.

I can't go to YP with that every day. You know, she made me to be strong with her. So it's like, I got to go to somebody who I can go, man, these Christians are f***ing me off. It's like, man, somebody else got shot, man. What do I do, man? It's like, people ain't working right now, you know? And I got a whole crew that I got to take care of, man. You know, what do, and so that type of pressure is I need somebody to pour into me so that when I get on these incredible platforms with y'all, I'll have something to be able to say. Absolutely.

Hey, Kirk, you know what's so interesting, man? You know, prior to prior to the quarantine, my therapist had been trying to tell me for the longest, let go of things that you can't control. You know what I mean? And I could never grasp that concept until the quarantine. Because we had never experienced anything like coronavirus. So you know what I did? I flipped it, right? I started leaning more into my faith side

because I already had gotten what I needed from going to therapy all of these past couple of years. So I started leaning into my faith side. So it was more Bishop T.D. Jakes, more Stephen Furtick, more Pastor John Gray, more Minister Farrakhan. You know what I mean? That is the job that I want to be able to communicate to culture as well, is that at the end of the day, you are spiritual beings. If you live your life dependent upon the natural world to be able to feel something that the natural world does not have the ingredients to do. That's why no matter how good sex has been for a lot of human beings, a lot of people don't stay with that same one.

You're always looking for something different. No matter how much that drug made you feel at that moment, you're looking for the next high, just because the natural world can't speak to the depth of the cry of your soul. Your soul was created for something bigger that the human world is not able to be able to fulfill it with. And so that's why I'm always trying to, that's why I'm always trying to be a messenger to clean up what a lot of the history of Christianity has messed up, because Christianity and Jesus are not always synonymous. Explain a little bit. Well, Christianity is the form in which we try to communicate what the teachings of Jesus is, or what the teachings of Jesus was. But in the sinfulness of man, throughout the narrative of that historical context, there has been a lot of

distraction. There's been a lot of abuse of power. There's been a lot of misuse of the statements of Jesus Christ. But that does not mean that the historic individual of Jesus Christ and what he stood for and for what he preached is always reflected in the actions historically, whether through the Crusades, whether through the conquest, whether through Jim Crow, whether through colonialism. Christianity was always leading in those narratives, and we've got to confess those sins. In order to get it right, we've got to confess those sins. In order to get it right, we've got to confess what's wrong. And so that's why I'm always an advocate for platforms like apologetics, to be able to communicate the historical, accurate narrative of the gospel of Jesus Christ, as well as pointing out the bull and the foolishness that Christianity historically has done. Absolutely. I got one last question for Brother Kirk. I was watching

Bishop T.D. Jake's Sunday, and this is a conversation that a lot of me and my folks have been having. Do you believe, Kirk, that we're in the end of times? You know, I think that a lot of people can be so enamored with the conversation of what does this mean versus what do we do? Because I think that it's easier to try to figure out what's happening out there instead of looking at this moment to see what needs to be fixed in here. Does that make sense what I'm saying? Perfect sense. And so, I would encourage people,

I encourage people to stop trying to be so worried about where God is instead of trying to be more focused on it's God with me. Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo.

Well, thank you for joining us, brother. We appreciate your prayers for us and just so you know I'll be praying for you as well as I know you said you've been going through some difficult times absolutely you gotta leave us with a prayer though brother man father I

man don't even know what to say to you sometimes in the midst of this because I don't always understand what your hand is doing but I've come always understand what your hand is doing, but I've come to understand that when I cannot trace your hand, that I can trust your heart and that I can also believe that when the world is out of control, that does not mean that you are still not in control. And I do want to say to you, Father, if you've ever been trying to get our attention, you have our attention now.

Whatever you want to say to us, Lord, we want to have hearts to hear. And I know that we come sometimes with our own biases, our own prejudices, our own ideals of who you are. But instead of us trying to make you out to be what we think you are, God, I'm asking you, by faith, show us who you are, but instead of us trying to make you out to be what we think you are, God, I'm asking you by faith, show us who you are. Show us your face. Let us see your hand. Reveal yourself to us in this pandemic, because we have two pandemics happening, three pandemics, financially, socially, politically, spiritually, more than one just pandemic. They were asking you to be the sovereign God that you are and hear the hearts of your people. And Lord, I know right now it is so difficult to trust because we are so broken and fragile.

So God, I'm asking you right now, have mercy, have mercy on us. In your name, Christ, I pray. Amen. Amen. Thank you, brother. Thank you, man. We appreciate you so much, man. This was an honor. Thank you. Thank you, man. All right. It's Kirk Franklin. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. So today on the talk, they've put out a teaser for what's going to be happening. And Eve is discussing how she has to have these very difficult and uncomfortable conversations right now because she is married to a white man. So here's what she said. I am in an interracial relationship. I am having some of the most difficult and uncomfortable conversations I think I've ever had and vice

versa with my husband. But at the same time, it's a beautiful thing because I don't know his life through his eyes. He doesn't know my life through my eyes. All we can do is sit. All he can do is try to understand and try to ask the questions. And he wants to understand. It's going to be uncomfortable, but we have to be okay with being uncomfortable so that we can get to a solution. Is that what LL Cool J was alluding to when he was saying, what are the biracial? No, I actually got a call about LL. I believe, don't quote me, I believe he has a stepbrother or that's half black, half white, I believe. And that's what he was referring to, I believe.

Oh, okay. When he yelled out on Twitter, imagine how people raising biracial children feel right now. This is crazy. So Eve was just having a conversation with her white husband. I get it. Yes. That shouldn't be an uncomfortable conversation. It shouldn't be uncomfortable at all. It should be somebody listening and somebody teaching. I get it. Yes. That shouldn't be an uncomfortable conversation, though. It shouldn't be uncomfortable at all.

It should be somebody listening and somebody teaching. Yeah, yeah. But it is also okay to have uncomfortable conversations, I feel like. That's fine, you know, because this might be something that, I mean, it's a, you know, right now in this day and age and everything that's happening, some of those conversations might get a little heated, even amongst people who love each other. Yeah, and what's crazy, though is sometimes people just don't understand. Yeah. And it's not even a conversation about race. It's just a conversation about humanity.

You know what I'm saying? Like there's no way a human being can watch that video of George Floyd and say, oh, that's okay. If you don't feel a way about that, then something's wrong with you. You don't got no soul. And you should always feel okay when you're in a space where you feel safe to be able to ask questions too even those difficult questions so like she said you know she he sees life through his eyes she sees life through her eyes so they have to be able to discuss those things and trying and she said you know it's hard because she gets very emotional as well so I can see why now Killer Mike also hosted a virtual meeting with grassroots leaders, and he was highlighting all the ways that they're working to address systemic racism.

Here is TMZ. They were live streaming it. You guys are the most important people on the phone today because you do the work. I was told by my mentor, you do not organize on the behalf of people without organizing with people. So seeing as though how I have attention because I'm a rapper, I want to give that attention exactly to where it should go. And that's the people who are in the fields doing the work, whether that's Akia or Gary or Insight. I just wanted to make sure that

along with answering my questions today or questions from me, that you didn't hang up the phone looking for who the people that are doing the work, but they're on the phone or on the Zoom call with us. And with that said, I'll digress and listen. Listen, remember when the guy called up earlier and said people need to be meeting, coming up with demands, coming up with a plan?

Yep. What Killer Mike is doing has been happening, okay? That one just went public. But we all know Mike is a brother that always does the work. But I'm going to tell you all something. We don't need to be plotting and planning in front of the world. Let's let folks just see the work. They don't need to see how the food is being cooked.

You get more accomplished that way. Sniper position. Stay low. Keep firing. And for all you brothers and sisters in the communities, don't wait on a celebrity to help you organize. Organize yourself. Don't wait on a celebrity to lead. You lead. You know your community better than any celebrity does. So, lead.

Well, in Chicago, the mayor, Lori Lightfooter, has already announced new reform measures for police accountability and also a $10 million fund for businesses that have been harmed in recent days. So there's some new directives, and she says there are immediate, necessary next steps like improved training for police officers, bringing in community leaders and members as teachers, officer wellness programs so they can manage their own trauma and stress, mandatory training on crisis intervention,

and procedural justice for all officers, and a new recruit program for police community relations. So they said they're going to be implementing these measures within the next 90 days, so nobody can say that work is not getting done. I don't think that's true at all. Drop on the clues, Bob, for Lori Lightfoot. And you know what else that shows you?

Lori Lightfoot is a black woman. She's a black woman who is in a position to do things that benefit the black community. She's not just a black face in a high place. She's a black face that cares about black people in a high place so she can make those type of things happen.

That's how you just mental white supremacy. And she's fed up and she doesn't give a F and she only cares about making sure doing what's right. And I love it. I love that. All supremacy. And she's fed up, and she doesn't give a F, and she only cares about making sure, doing what's right, and I love it. I love that. All right, and Keke Palmer also took to the streets yesterday, and she was demanding justice for George Floyd, and she was spotted at a demonstration. She did approach members of the National Guard,

and here's what happened. March beside us. Let the revolution be televised. March beside us and show us that you're here for us. Be the king. Be the king. Do it. do it, do it, please do it, please. We are good people. March with us. March with us. Thank you.

March with us. I can't leave this post. I will march through this street with you guys to that next intersection. I don't know. This intersection to that intersection, but I have to control this area. Control. What is it to control, man I have to control this area. Control? What is it to control, man? Watch with us.

Can you do me a favor? Can you take a kneel? Can you take a kneel? I don't know. That ain't enough for me. That ain't enough for me. I thought that was great. Shout out to Kiki.

Had the guards get on their knees and everything. I love it. Shout out to Kiki. Oh, wow. You do, huh? You love when the guards Get on they knees Go ahead

What is wrong with you man See you always say Things Kiki man This is serious man She had the National Guard Take a knee last Yesterday man That was dope

That's not what you said You said She had the guards You heard what you wanted to hear And you continued And you loved it There's an inmate In a jail right now hearing that and smiling. See, you want the gospel.

Y'all want me to continue? Yeah, please continue. This guy's crazy. Like, he takes aid. Everything can't turn into kinky. All right. And surviving R. Kelly producer Dream Hampton, she is going to be directing a Black Wall Street series.

She has announced that. It's in the works right now. It's a mini documentary series about the Tulsa Race Massacre in 1921. That's when the Greenwood District was known as the Black Wall Street. And that was because of the success of the 300 African-American-owned businesses. She said, Black people from Tulsa have refused to let the Greenwood District Massacre be erased from history. I'm so inspired by their persistence to lift up the stories

of what North Tulsa was before the massacre. So she's going to be telling that story. Yeah, I can't wait for that story to be told. Also, Dream Hampton is so much more than the surviving R. Kelly director. I hate when people, I mean, it's not your fault, Yee, but I just hate when people label her that, when they say surviving R. Kelly director. Dream has been around for a long time doing some great things.

Actually, I like her writing a lot. All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Charlemagne, who are you giving that donkey to? A LAPD police chief. So not a guard, Envy, so don't get excited.

But a LAPD police chief named Michael Moore. Okay. We need him to come to the front of the congregation. Would you like to have a word with him, please? Why do you wake up so kinky? It's something about Michael Moore that you might like. We'll get to it. My goodness.

All right, we'll get into the donkey of the day. Up next is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Charlemagne, say the gang donkey of the day. Charlemagne. You are a donkey. It's time for donkey of the day. Donkey of the day, man. You are a donkey. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkey of the Day does not discriminate.

I might not have the song of the day, but I got the donkey of the day. So if you ever feel I need to be a donkey, man, hit it with the heat. It's a breakfast club, bitch. Who's donkey of the day today? Donkey of the Day for Wednesday, June 3rd goes to LAPD Police Chief Michael Moore. Now, I don't know how I missed this, but this man has to get the credit he deserves for being stupid today. Los Angeles Police Chief Michael Moore said that looters, looters carry as much blame for the death of George Floyd as the Minneapolis police officers who actually killed him. I repeat, LAPD police chief Michael Moore said that looters carry as much blame for the death of George Floyd as the

Minneapolis police officers who actually killed him. You can't make this kind of stuff up. Let's listen. We didn't have protests last night. We had criminal acts. We had people mourning the death of this man, George Floyd. We had people capitalizing. His death is on their hands as much as it is those officers. And that is a strong statement. But I must say that this civil unrest that we're in the midst of, we must turn a corner from people who are involved in violence. I am a business owner, and Angelique is a business owner, DJ Envy is a business owner. As much as I don't like seeing people's businesses destroyed, not once has watching buildings get destroyed, not once has watching buildings get set on fire traumatized me in any way. I've never gotten a panic attack watching the Rolex store get broken into.

Not once have I gotten heart palpitations watching folks steal some vans. You know why? Because I know all that material stuff can be replaced. Buildings can be repaired. But you know what can't be replaced once it's stolen from you? You guessed it. Your life for $ thousand alex okay statements like the one lapd police chief michael moore made are the sole reason there is a black lives matter

movement because we have to keep saying it over and over and over again in the hopes that you may finally understand that black lives do indeed matter because as you as you can see when looters are being compared to murderers, then that means that this fool LAPD police chief Michael Moore thinks buildings and black people are on the same level. Not to mention, have you ever heard of cause and effect? There was no looting, protesting, rioting before George Floyd's murder

at the hands of the police in Minneapolis. So how in the hell did the looters have anything to do with George Floyd's murder at the hands of the police in Minneapolis. So how in the hell did the looters have anything to do with George Floyd's death? It is okay. One has absolutely nothing to do with the other. The only other thing contributing to the looting in America is the fact that the celebrity in chief, your president didn't handle the Corona virus pandemic.

Well, so 40 million people ended up out of work. Largest unemployment rate since the Great Depression era. Poverty, lack of resources, no money, bag stopping. Okay, being broke is what leads to looting. You know whose fault that is? The president. The president should carry as much blame for the looting as the looters

because he made this economic mess, period. Now, I know what LAPD Police Chief Michael Moore said pissed you off. I'm sure it angered you. Well, the LAPD had a Zoom meeting. There was a police commission that met in wake of all the regional unrest going on in the city. And I don't know why this man Jeremy Frisch got invited And I don't know why this man, Jeremy Frisch, got invited. I don't know if he hacked the system, but Jeremy Frisch got through, and I'm glad he did.

He had some words for LAPD Police Chief Michael Moore. Drum, I want you to turn the music off, okay, because I love a great read. And this is a great read, okay? On a scale of one to Kaya talking to Trina, this one is about a seven or eight. Let's hear it. Hello. Can you hear me? Black Lives Matter defund the police. I find it disgusting that the LAPD is slaughtering peaceful protesters on the street. I had two friends go to the protest in Beverly Hills and a couple of days ago and the protest was peaceful. So the police showed up with their

excessive violent force, shooting rubber bullets and throwing tear gas. Is this what you think of protecting and serving? Because I think it's bulls**t. F**k you, Michael Moore. I refuse to call you an officer or a chief because you don't deserve those titles. You're a disgrace. Suck my d**k and choke on it.

I yield my time. F**k you. Drop one of Clues' bombs for Jeremy Frisch. That was an amazing read. Word to Kid Fury and Crystal. Okay, that was disrespectful. He told LAPD Police Chief Michael Moore to suck his D and choke on it. How does LAPD Police Chief Michael Moore react to something like that?

Do you say F him? He don't know my throat? I would never choke on a D? Does he react, Jeremy don't know me or my gag reflects? Does LAPD Police Chief Michael Moore tell Jeremy Frisch to put some respect on his throat? How do you reply to that kind of read? You don't, because LAPD Police Chief Michael Moore is wrong, and that's why he apologized, but we don't care. Please let Kathy Griffin give LAPD Police Chief Michael Moore the biggest he-ho. wrong and that's why he apologized but uh we don't care please let kathy griffin give lapd police chief michael moore the biggest hee-haw please give this giant jar of mail the biggest

hee-haw okay i wasn't gonna play a game but guess what race it is but i think kathy griffin gave it all right well thank you for that donkey of the day. Up next, Ask Yee. 800-585-1051. If you need relationship advice or any type of advice, you can hit her up right now. Angela Yee, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. What, what, what, what, what, what you want to know? Baby mama issues?

Need some words of wisdom? Call up now for Ask Yee. 800-585-1051. The Breakfast Club. Come on, Mom. Need relationship advice? Need personal advice? Just need real advice.

Call up now for Ask Ye. Eat the bread. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Ye, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. It's time for Ask Yee. Hello, who's this? Hello, this is Jay.

Hey, Jay, what's your question for Yee? Hey, good morning. Good morning. I just want to ask Angela, how do you cope with moving on from your first relationship? Like, specifically, like, I'm a high school, I'm a fresh out of high school student, and, you know, I was dating this girl,

and we had, And, you know, I was dating this girl and we had like good chemistry. But life happened and college happened and we had to go our separate ways, right? And we're not really on speaking terms. And, you know, I was going to ask her, like, how do you cope? Okay, well, so you're fresh out of high school. You guys broke up. And this is a really difficult time to be breaking up with somebody because I know a lot of us are social distancing. There's a lot of things in the world that we're dealing with at the same time.

Why did you guys break up? It was nothing specific, really. It was just we had to take our different paths in college. She was going out of state. And I was going to another country to spend time with my homeland and study there. And we kind of lost touch over the years. What's your homeland? I'm just curious. Where are you from? I'm from the Philippines.

Okay. The girl I was dating, she's of Jamaican descent and she's actually attending University of Virginia. Okay. Well, a few things here. First of all, I know sometimes people will say, oh, you guys are high school, it's puppy love, but there is definitely nothing wrong with you feeling heartbroken. Do you have any physical chest pains that happen sometimes

when people go through a breakup? Not really. I guess it was kind of like a shock for me at first. I was having depression-like symptoms. Like I couldn't really focus properly. You know, like I would lose focus at times and I lost like interest in some activities. But I did get some help. Okay. So you went to a therapist?

Yeah, through a traditional therapist you know I started going to the gym and I started having a more plant-based diet okay so those are positive things that you're doing for yourself to help you get through this heartbreak because you don't want to lose sight of things that you need to do that's positive for you and let me tell you something it is perfectly normal to feel that way after a breakup and to miss somebody because clearly, you know, you cared about this person. And so I think what's important right now is to make sure that you're in touch with friends and family and that they know what you're going through and that you express yourself and that they're supportive of you.

Do you have good friends and family around you? Yes, absolutely. I keep my. OK. And then another thing, do you still follow her on social media and do you guys still keep in contact? No, no. We don't keep in contact anymore and follow her on social media. All right. So take your time. I think it feels to me like you've been doing a great job with coping and understanding that you are going through something. And you're very aware, self-aware.

So it does just take time. And, you know, they do say that time heals all wounds. And that is the truth. As the days go by, it feels like you've been feeling better about yourself. Yes. And, you know, I kind of want to start going in on relationships again because I feel like I'm more experienced. You know, I learned a lot through that.

And I felt like, you know, like you said, like we were young and, you know, trying out new things. And, you know, sometimes when things go left, you kind of don't know how to handle it. You don't have any, you know, coping mechanisms. So I felt like that taught me a lot. Well, that's good. And I think that's what we should take away

from every relationship. Even if it doesn't work out, you should be learning from it so that in the next relationship that you're in, you'll be even more experienced, you know, better know yourself better, know what you want in a partner, what you don't want in a partner. So, you know, I think you're doing all the right and positive things, Jay. All right. Thank you. Thank you so much. No problem. I wish you so much luck. All right. Ask Yee. 800-585-1051 if you need relationship advice or any type of advice. Call her now. It's The Breakfast Club.

Come on. Get some real advice with Angela Yee. It's Ask Yee. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Ask Yee. Hello, who's this? This is Lisa. Hey, Lisa, what's your question for Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Ask Yee. Hello, who's this?

This is Lisa. Hey, Lisa, what's your question for Yee? Hi, so my question for Yee, first of all, I just want to say I love you guys individually, collectively. Uncle Charlotte, I met you in Houston at a book signing, so I love you guys. Angela Yee, my question is yesterday I found out about the march in Houston. I lived in Houston for about 10 years, and so I just moved. And I told my boss that I was writing an email, and I'm like, at first I was going to tell her, then I erased it, and I just said I had an appointment. I went to the march, then I erased it, and I just said I had an appointment. I went to the market.

I feel so much better. I've been just playing my role, doing what I can to make a change, and so now I'm on my way back to work. I have my kids in the car. They're asleep. And I just want to tell her because I don't want to put in sick leave because I need to save my sick leave. So I do want to put in sick leave because I need to save my sick leave. So I do want to put in like maybe comp time or and I do just want to have that conversation because I went from Houston working with all black people or all black women.

And so now I'm in a different city and I'm the only black woman in the office. And I do want to have that conversation. I just don't really know what to do okay well this is what I would recommend so number one you said you had an appointment and you did so you didn't lie about that you had an appointment you went to go to the rally and absolutely nothing wrong with that and the state of what we're in right now have they had discussions about these things at work being that you're the only black person? No, we have not. I mean, we've had discussions about ratings and things, but not recently, and you know what's going on.

Do you feel your boss is open to having these discussions? I do. I do feel like that she is. Okay, so I think a positive way to approach this, just because nothing's been done wrong here, is for you to actually schedule an appointment to talk to her and let her know, look, this has been weighing heavy on me. Obviously, you know, this is my people, my community, and we are all being affected. So I think this is a great time for us to take the opportunity to have these discussions, even if they are uncomfortable discussions in the office. And I would love for us to schedule some time to do that. And I can't imagine that she would say no to something like that.

And I think that you could be a great catalyst for that in the office. Okay. I think I have the opportunity to schedule an appointment with her. I can definitely do that. Yeah. So, and I think that's really, really dope. And another discussion you need to have is about diversity in your office, just because you are the only black person. And that seems like that could be an issue as well. And, you know, I think we may have just hired another black person, so I'm not sure. She didn't quite say, but the way she was alluding to it, I think she did.

So I do think they're open, but I do want to have that open conversation as well. Yeah, now is the time to do it. And Lisa, how was the rally? It was great. It was positive, great energy. I brought my cousin along. She brought her sister. It was a lot of people. It was hot, but

the energy was great. I got some exercise in, so just, um... Alright, she's breaking up. Well, it sounds like it was much needed. Well, so much love to you, Lisa, and good luck at work today. I feel like this is going to be a positive discussion for you to have in the office. I hope so. Ask Yee, 800-585-1051 if you need relationship advice or any type of advice you could hit Yee at any time.

Now, we got rumors on the way? Yes, and we're going to give you an update from earlier. We were talking about this show, Kimberly and Beck, and that show is an iHeart show, or should I say was. And they said some very nasty and racist things yesterday, and so we are going to address what they said and then what was the repercussions from that. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Now we were telling you about this show in Rochester, New York, Kimberly and Beck, their radio show hosts. They also were part of iHeartRadio, and apparently they have been fired already. According to the president of the upstate New York market for iHeartMedia, Robert J. Morgan,

he said, we made the decision to terminate Kimberly and Beck yesterday as soon as we learned of their comments and informed them early this morning. We will not tolerate this kind of behavior, which is, I can't say this word right, antithetical to our core values and beliefs and to our commitment to our community and everyone in it. So here was a discussion that they had after the attack of a local couple following the Black Lives Matter protest

in downtown Rochester. Were they acting n-word-ish? There's your question. They were acting thuggerly, like, I think. Were they acting n-word-ish? There's your question. They were acting thuggerly, like, I think. Were they acting n-word-ly? Yeah. And by the way. You can't say that.

What are you doing? Hey, if that were a man. Also, stop saying thugs. That's part of the problem. No, it's not. They're thugs. If you look like a thug and if you act like a thug and you got three on one and beaten up a white woman with a two by four. By God, you're a thug. And by the way, there are people in the black community would say they are acting.

But they can say that you can't say that it's double standard. I was going to say, I don't appreciate the double standard. Well, Kimberly, that's what you get for being white. Devily, that's what you get for being cracker, being being crackerly. Is that a word? You're going to make that word? I did just now. You know what I mean?

I don't care how much you've heard the Chris Rock N-Words versus black people joke or how much you've heard Uncle Ruckus say some heavy niggatry at work. You can't say that, Kimberly.

I don't care that you used it in the proper context. And that is also another reminder of why DJ Envy, when we first started the Breakfast Club, put in his contract that he can't get fired over anything that I say. That is also another reminder of why DJ Envy, when we first started the Breakfast Club, put in his contract that he can't get fired over anything that I say.

That is definitely true. Because they fired both Kimberly and Beck. They were trying to defend it. The producer, the show producer was the one that was trying to tell them, yeah, I can't say that. Oh, that wasn't Beck. Oh, that was the show producer. Now, let me just say this last thing. I would assume for whatever. Oh, okay. I thought that was the show producer. Now, let me just say this last thing. Is the producer still out?

I would assume. I'm sure he does, yeah. For whatever new show is coming. So at least they'll always remember they got fired on Blackout Tuesday, though. So that's dope. Ooh. All right, YG. Dropping the Clues bombs for God. I like that.

YG has also shared his new protest anthem, F the Police. Now, we can't play the hook, but we can play this verse. It's ill Big stick on me Y'all kill, we kill Been tied up Call boy signs We in the field It's the Ku Klux Kais They on a mission It's the Ku Klux Kais Got hidden in the genesis It's the truth I won't stop

Open cases Police already hit me Why not? Make a rich ass city Look like trash To whoever make the rules We the asses fast Man, drop on a Kluze bomb for YG

I don't care what nobody say about YG YG been one of my favorite new rappers since he came out. YG gets busy. He makes great albums. He does. He makes great songs. YG is a blessing to the culture. I don't give a damn what nobody say.

I saw somebody I was arguing with the other day telling me YG was whack. I'm like, you out your damn mind. Who said that? I forgot who I was debating with. I was debating with somebody. You know, one of them regular Negro conversation. I forgot who it was. Well, I was debating with somebody. You know, one of them regular Negro conversation. I forgot who it was. Well, this is a great part, too.

This is a great part, too, to his collab with Nipsey Hussle, FDT, F Donald Trump. So, you know. R.I.P. Nip. All right. Now, Leah Michelle from Glee has had to apologize, and she also lost her endorsement with HelloFresh. And that is for her past behavior. Now, you know, she tweeted the other day in support of Black Lives Matter, and things went left. She had said that she was supporting George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement, but that's when

one of her Glee co-stars, Samantha Marie Ware, accused her of tormenting her on the set of Glee. And she said that she doesn't remember ever making specific statements, you know, that it was said that she said. According to Samantha Ware, she said that Lea Michele said, LMAO, remember when you made my first television gig, A Living Hell, because I'll never forget. I believe you told everyone that if you had the opportunity, you would ish in my wig amongst other traumatic microaggressions

that made me question a career in Hollywood. So she was called out for her hypocrisy. And, you know, things just spiraled from there. A lot of people were talking about their own experiences. Now, Lea Michele has apologized. She said, what matters is that I clearly acted in ways which hurt other people. One of the most important lessons of the last few weeks is that we need to take the time to listen and learn about other people's perspectives in any role we have played or anything we can do to

help address the injustices that they face. When I tweeted the other day, it was meant to be a show of support. She said, well, I don't remember ever making this specific statement and I have never judged others by their background or color of their skin. That's not really the point. What matters is that I clearly acted in ways which hurt other people. So she did acknowledge it was her privileged position and perspective that caused her to be perceived as insensitive or inappropriate at times. All right. Now, following that, BET founder Robert Johnson is calling for $14 trillion in reparations from slavery. Okay. And he said he wants to send a signal to white Americans to acknowledge that damages are owed for the unequal playing field that has been created due to slavery.

Here is what Robert Johnson said. I am convinced that the problems that we confront today can be solved, but it takes a big, bold action and $14 trillion in reparation for damages visited upon the heirs of slaves is an appropriate statement. Listen, OG Bob, not wrong. Nothing good is going to come to America until they atone for the sins of slavery. So, yes, America has to do that through legislation and reparations. The black community needs an economic justice package. America absolutely has the means to dedicate capital to the rebuilding of our communities. And that's just another step in the divine direction

to dismantling white supremacy. I mean, they printed up the money last time. They printed up the money last time, so they can print up the money now. Yeah, I talked to Bob Hitme this week. We're going to have Bob on tomorrow. OG Bob Johnson, he's going to pull up on the Breakfast Club via Zoom. Why are you

wrapping yourself up in a towel like that? Because I'm cold. It's cold in my basement for some reason this morning. Goodness gracious. Alright, well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Room Report. You can see me? Yeah, I can see you. Yes, I can see you. We're on Revolt. Remember we're on Revolt every morning? All wrapped up in see you. Yes, I can see you. We're on Revolt. Remember we're on Revolt every morning? All wrapped up in a blanket.

Oh, man. I forgot. What's happening? You're all wrapped up. It's cold in here. It's cold in this house. A little old lady. She look like my mama.

When she lay on the couch, she nice and cold. So she got to get the little blanket. He got the blanket around his hands. It's cold. I should have put on my sweatpants. I got on my little short shorts. The ones that's right above the knee. I got on my old slippers. You got on my little short shorts, the ones that's right above the knee. I got on my old slippers.

You got little poom pooms on. My goodness gracious. Maybe you shouldn't have on shorts if you're cold. What's wrong with you, man? What is wrong with you, bro? Come on. We don't need to see all that, man. What is wrong with you?

All right. Thank you, Yee. Shout out to Revolt. We'll see you guys tomorrow. Everybody else, the People's Choice Mix is up next. Shout out to my babies. They just woke up. Happy birthday.

We set up like a little carnival theme at the crib for them today with jumpies in the house and all that. Because, I mean, they can't have their friends over. They're not going to school. So happy birthday to Lundy. And Jaxi's birthday is Friday. All right. Well, the mix is up next.

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We are The Breakfast Club. Now, shout out to Kirk Franklin for joining us. Yes. That was amazing. Look at OG Kirk Franklin. Strong guy. Yes, it was. Y'all know in about, I would say maybe about 70%, 60% of my parties when I do, I play Kirk Franklin Revolution. I don't play it in the strip club, though, but I do, I play Kirk Franklin Revolution.

I don't play it in the strip club, though, but I do play it when people are partying. I definitely play it. Why you don't play it at the strip club? I don't know. It's a great time to tie the strippers. It doesn't fit. I brought my Bible into the strip club one time in Columbia, South Carolina. I took my Bible in there.

I actually recorded it. Why? I didn't record it. Somebody was recording me with it. I took it in there. I was feeling the word. That's all. Scribblers did not want... They was running from that paper. Did y'all fill out your census yet? We've been to the census.

Yeah, a long time ago. I just want to make sure because some people still haven't done it and you still can. So that's why I'm asking y'all. I bet we did that a couple months ago.

I was posting from Yvette Clark and I'm in Flatbush where I'm from. Only 65% of the people there filled out the census. So I just want to encourage people who have not yet filled out their census,

please make sure you do. All right. Well, when we come back, we got the positive notice the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj envy angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club now charlamagne yes indeed i seen you on cnn last night too i meant to tell you you hold your own on cnn but you always do when people say you hold your own I'm like they always hold his own I was on Anderson Cooper's show last night with

David Axelrod if you know who David Axelrod is he was the former senior advisor to President Barack Obama and we were talking about Joe Biden's speech in Philadelphia and what Joe Biden needed to do moving forward to win the election in November and you know my answers because I've been screaming my answers on this radio for the past few months.

He has to bet on blackness. And David Axelrod absolutely agreed. Yeah, absolutely. Well, you got a positive note for the people? I do, man. This comes out of my Black Pearls book. I have a book called Black Pearls. It's daily meditations, affirmations, and inspirations for African-Americans.

And today's affirmation is encouragement. We can rarely expect ourselves and others to fall in line at a command. What we can do is encourage, motivate, and allow opportunities for the spirit to flourish. We need to show our children the world's possibilities, giving them the chance to become aware and excited about their own talents and interests. We need to give our loved ones time, space, and emotional support so they can get in touch with their passions. Excitement is contagious. Commends are a drag. So on this day, pledge to encourage and support friends and other Black folks in their endeavors. Breakfast club, bitches! You all finished or y'all done? Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine.

I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets.

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