The Breakfast Club - Lena Waithe Interview and More

Episode Date: August 28, 2018

Tuesday 8/28 - Today on the show, actress/ screen writer Lena Waithe pulled up on the Breakfast Club and spoke about, how important it is for her to be a voice in the culture, new projects and more. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to the man that was Demi Lovato's drug dealer and we opened up the phone lines for our listeners to get a chance to shoot their shot at a crush, this time a listener was trying to convince his ex he is a changed man, the only thing he forgot to mention is that a baby is on the way! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The ruler rubbing you the wrong way. The Breakfast Club. Made for everybody. Good morning, USA! Tuesday! Yes, it's Tuesday. Wake up, God damn it. We up. You up. I'm up. Come on, man. I'm always up. I'm drinking me some green tea and honey right now. All right? Getting ready for the day.

What's happening? Hey, everything is good. Look what somebody sent me. What? What's that? Some gold Wu-Tang chains. A Wu-Tang chain. Wow.

They sent me three chains with the W. Isn't that nice? Is that my dude from L.A.? What's his name? King Ice? Yeah. Supposed to be sent to all of us. Yeah. Not just you. I't that nice? Is that my dude from LA? What's his name? King Ice? Yeah. Supposed to be sending to all of us. Yee, not just you. I love it.

Well, I did work for Wu-Tang for some time and I was in a video. But you could share the chains with Yee. No, these are mine. They're all different ones? Yeah. Oh. Well, keep your faux jewelry. We don't want your faux jewelry. That's the word, right? Faux? It's real. Faux. Faux or faux? See? All I got is a little button. Somebody sent

me a button that said, itch I might be. Hey. Congratulations, sir. Thank you, sir. I'm excited about that. Now, Lena Waithe will be here this morning. Lena Waithe will be joining us this morning. The young icon living. She's been to the Breakfast Club before. I love Lena, man. Even if you call her right

now and you need a favor, you need something, she picks up the phone. She's always excited. She stays humble. I love Lena. I saw her at Black Girls Rock, and she gave one of the best speeches of the night, and that's going to come on BET on the 9th. Cool. Now, don't just throw that out there about Lena. Lena be busy.

All right? Lena got about 20 shows that she's either producing or writing on. She ain't picking up the phone all the damn time. Well, she picked up for us, so I'm excited about that. Did you call her or did you call somebody that she knows? Both. Oh, okay. Both. And she picked up both times, so I'm excited about that. Did you call her or did you call somebody that she knows? Both. Oh, okay. And she picked up both times.

So I'm excited about that. She'll be joining us this morning. And we got front page news. What are we talking about, Yee? Oh, let's talk about Instagram and Tinder. Find out what they're doing for the kids. Okay. We'll get into all that and more.

Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get some front page news. Alright, let's talk Odell Beckham Jr. now.

Yes, he has agreed to a five-year $95 million contract, of which $65 million is guaranteed. Wow. That was a payday. He still has me blocked on Twitter, but who cares? You know what I'm saying? I'm happy that he's getting his money. I'm happy for him, too.

Well, he said, honestly, I don't even know how to explain it. I don't know if it's relief. I don't know if it's a combination of everything. You've worked all your life to get to this point, and it's finally here. I still don't know what guaranteed money means in the NFL, though. He gets $65 million. I mean, I hear that, but then I see other people who have

guaranteed contracts who didn't get the guaranteed money that they were promised. So I still don't know how guaranteed money works, but congratulations to Odell Beckham. You can buy a lot of blonde hair dye with $65 million. Still hating. Yeah, still hating on the man. Why is that hating? My man gets it.

So you're telling me the man ain't buying no hair dye? He probably gets it for free. He might have it. He might. He might. Isn't he a sponsor from Dove or one of them hair products? I'm sure they give it to him for free. I don't think Dove makes hair dye.

Oh, I don't know. I was just saying. Maybe it's Maybelline. Instagram and Tinder are now giving features just for college kids. That's how actually Facebook started, of course. Facebook and Tinder both started on college campuses. So it does make sense for this to happen. Now, Instagram just started testing a college community feature that will make it easier for students to connect with their classmates.

And Tinder is actually introducing Tinder U. So you can now tailor your searches to let fellow students at your school and campuses nearby reach you. So they're saying that social media companies are having issues with everything slowing down and all these issues with disinformation and with privacy. So now they're trying to popularize themselves amongst the young adults and use these features to expand their bases as well. So you're telling me that Twitter and Instagram are having problems with young adults? Well, they're actually just trying to grow their platforms because all of social media is actually slowing down because of all these privacy issues. So they're now targeting these college students. I can't tell.

Me neither. I need to see those statistics because I can't tell. God damn it. Yeah, me neither. All right. Now, Donald Trump has shouted out both Tiger Woods and Jim Brown on Twitter. He told Jim Brown, thank you to the great Jim Brown, perhaps the greatest running back of all time,

for your wonderful words and support. Since our meeting in New York, African-American unemployment has reached the lowest level in history. Why does he do that? Well, here's what Jim Brown had to say about Donald Trump. It's hard to know the good guys and the bad guys. I should be criticizing Trump on every level because he does certain things that cause criticism. But when I look at television and I see all of these announcers become experts and they're pointing

their fingers and they're not doing a doggone thing but pointing their fingers, I find myself really pulling for a president. Ooh, he was on JT the Brick Show on Fox Sports Radio. I just want Donald Trump to stop acting like just because you meet with a black person, black unemployment rates drop every single time. Like every time

he meets with a black person, whether it's Kanye, whether it's Jim Brown, he says black unemployment rates have dropped. That's his go-to line. That's what he says. What does meeting with them got to do with anything? As far as Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods had responded to an interview question about Trump. And he said, well, he's the president of the United States. You have to respect the office. No matter who is in the office, you may like, dislike personality or the politics.

But we all must respect the office. No matter who is in the office, you may like, dislike personality or the politics, but we all must respect the office. Well, Donald Trump tweeted to Tiger Woods, the fake news media worked hard to get Tiger Woods to say something he didn't want to say. Tiger wouldn't play the game. He is very smart. More importantly, he is playing great golf again. I mean, Tiger is not wrong. That's the way things are supposed

to be. You're supposed to respect the office regardless of who's in it, but we've never quite seen anything like our celebrity in chief. We've never seen that type of evil, that type of bigotry openly displayed in the White House. So it's kind of hard to respect it. You know what I mean? Alright.

Alright. Well, that's front page news. Now, when we come back, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent, hit us up right now. Maybe you had a bad night, a bad morning, or maybe you feel blessed. 800-585-1051. Get it off your chest.

And Florida, everybody out there in Florida, we need you. The polls open up this morning at 7 a.m. 7 a.m., man. We need you to go out there and vote. Andrew Gillum. Not just vote. Vote for Andrew Gillum. Andrew Gillum. Andrew's been on The for Andrew Gillum. Andrew Gillum.

Andrew's been on The Breakfast Club a couple times. He called into The Breakfast Club. Yesterday. Yesterday. And, you know, Andrew has a chance to be the first black governor of Florida. But, you know, we're not voting for him just because he's black. We're voting for him because he's really from the state of Florida. And he represents the community of Florida very well.

And he has some very important initiatives that he wants to implement in Florida. And I tell y'all all the time that the craziest people in the world come from the Bronx and all of Florida. Florida, you have a chance not to look so crazy today by going out and voting for Andrew Gillum. Polls open up at 7 o'clock. We're going to remind you all morning long. Go out there and vote for Andrew Gillum. All right. When we come back, get it off your chest.

And don't forget, Lena Waithe will be joining us next hour. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. You better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Yeah, hey. Oh boy, what's

the matter, mama? I want to say to Charlamagne, what the heck is wrong with him with all them yo's? What are you trying to do? I'll do the David Paul. No. Keep going. You know what's so crazy? When we first started doing the Breakfast Club eight years ago, and when we first opened

the mic, I just didn't have anything else to say. So I just said, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Like, you know, we on the street corner. And it's just continued on for eight years. Yeah, and you say about 80 yo's every morning. How many, what you think is a good number to say? How many? Four.

Nah, I can't do four. Yo, yo, yo, yo. Got a little more than four, mama. Maybe seven. Seven is God's number. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Thank you for calling. Thank you for calling, mama.

We'll do more. We'll do less yo's. Seven. Seven. We'll do seven yo's from now on. Hello, who's this? Yeah, good morning, Envy. Good morning, Angela.

Good morning, Charlamagne. What's up, my brother? How you doing, brother? Yo, so yesterday I called you and I told you we were talking about John McKinnon and I told you afterwards that I lost $100. Remember I said a whole $100 yesterday? I remember. You can't afford lunch for the week.

Yo, my cousin found it on the lawn in Maryland. Oh, that's good. Yo, and he cashed that back to me. That's really nice. That's dope, man. Wouldn't have been me. Why was it just laying on the lawn? Yeah.

He lost it and it blew him. He lost it. $520 bill just blowing on the lawn and he found it. He sent it back to me. That's dope, man. That was a blessing. But I want to ask you guys, how do you feel about, because I wasn't listening all day yesterday.

I was listening all the way to work, about Birdman and Weezy going back together. Like, you think Weezy got Stockholm Syndrome? Stockholm Syndrome. Because, like, yo, why does he keep going back to his dude that keeps, I mean, I said going back, like, they're in a relationship. I know you did. I mean, listen, they have each other tattooed on their bodies and they kissing their mouth. You never know. I don't want to go there with you because I know you was going to go there.

But I'm talking business-wise. Why does he keep doing business with somebody that keeps jerking off? Rick, that's his family member. At the end of the day, that's his father. That's his father figure. So he's old. But you're a businessman, right? And we also don't know if they're still doing business or he's trying to get his money.

And we don't know if Birdman paid him or not, though. Birdman might have finally paid him. Why don't you just use your lawyer, man? You don't have to bring him on stage to get his money. Use your lawyer like everybody else. And I'll say this, too, man. They came up together from the beginning, so it's probably a lot of things that they didn't know financially.

So, yo, they both probably messed up a lot of money. That's just the truth to the matter. Absolutely. Well, I'm just glad they're figuring it out, man. Get it off your chest. For now, because you know how they go. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Let's go. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. Say it with your chest. 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? What up, NBIU, boy? What's up, Tone? What's going on? Nah, nah, it's Body Count Records. I was like, he changed his name to Tone? Boo! Look at Nugget Head over there,

a.k.a. Shermaine and all that. All I'm saying is, in 2018, man, you can't think of a more positive name than Body Count Records. Come on, man. Do we need more body counts in the street? Be honest. You're right.

What's up? What's up? They banned me from Instagram yesterday. What's up with that? Good. They banned me because I had a POV web series out, right? Killing white people. But it was fake.

But it looked so real. It's called Black America. Now I got to put it on YouTube. America, A-M-E-R-I-K-K-K-A. Now, what kind of white people were you killing? Were you killing the racist, bigots, mayonnaise-flavored white people of our society? Exactly. I switched the whole, you know what I mean, agenda they got out here. Scenario, yeah.

I switched it up. I can tell you how to fix that. Next time when you do it, don't just have black people killing the racist, bigoted white people. Just have all good people. So good white people, black people, gay people, all getting rid of all the racists and the bigots and the homophobes. The transphobic people, Islamophobes.

All the good people killing all the bad people. That sounds good, man. Thank you for the advice. Take the makeup off, man. Get that makeup off your face. See what I'm saying? I tried to give you a little advice and you got to hit me with the Maybelline. What up, baby? See, there we go.

That's my guy. That's my guy. See what I'm saying? Black people can't just never, ever give each other positive advice. Nope. Trav. Yeah? What's up, Envy?

What's up, Trav? What's up, Yee? Hey, boo. How you doing? Good. How are you? I'm doing good. What's up, Charlamagne?

Trav, what's up, sis? How are you? I'm doing good. I'm doing good. Listen, I need to talk to one Trav, what's up, sis? How are you? I'm doing good. I'm doing good. Listen, I need to talk to one of y'all callers real quick because one of y'all callers called in last week. Joe was shitting to say my name. Uh-oh.

Uh-oh. He had to do it. What's his name? He always call in talking about Charlamagne. He was like, goody bag game. You know, Charlamagne. You just got off the phone. You just missed him.

That wasn't him. You just missed him. That was't him. You just missed him. That was him body count game. Body count records and goodie bag game, two different things. Well, all I know is that he can definitely goodie tea bag my ass in his mouth. Oh, bro. Don't you threaten him with a good time. That's exactly what he can do.

Don't you threaten him with a good time. I'll play with straight boys. I buy only straight. That's what they're trying to say to me. I buy only. Damn, Trev. One day you're going to tell one of them boys to suck your butt, and they're going to jump right in your jeans, and then what?

And guess what? They got the right one. But listen, anyway, you are a horrible friend. What happened? How dare you let Lil Duval come prancing out from underneath the stage with those canary yellow pants on? Why you say prancing? She had her Sunday best on.

Don't you act like Duval didn't kill it at the On The Run tour too now, whatever that tour called. He killed it. He did kill it. I'm not hating on him. I'm just saying that she had her Sunday best on. Listen, Duval, the girl's seeing you, bitch. We've seen you.

Let Duval be a sassy savage, okay? Duval was giving me little Uzi Vert vibes, all right? Y'all have a good one. Bye, Trav. Hey, Trav, you know who else is a nice, sassy savage? Who's that? Magic Johnson's son, Lil EJ. Oh, I love EJ.

Man, I saw EJ last night. Every time I see EJ, it brings me joy. It is two people that bring me joy when I see them, Lil EJ and Lil Uzi Vert. Yes. Listen to me. I need to have EJ on, and y'all need to have RuPaul on and DJ Envy. You obviously need to reach out to DJ Drama so he can teach you how to mix Supermodel into the mix. You know what's so crazy?

Obviously, you can't do it. I saw RuPaul last night, too. I saw RuPaul and EJ at the same place last night. Where were you at? What party were you at? This sounds like the place to be. I was hanging out with Lee Daniels. Oh, it gets better. It gets better, right? All right, all right.

I was having a ball. You hear me? I know you had some s***, boy. I saw Lil EJ, I saw RuPaul, and I was hanging out with my man Lee Daniels. Drop on the clues bombs for Lee Daniels, okay? Wow. And for the record, Lee Daniels enjoys being the donkey of the day. Really? All right And for the record, Lee Daniels enjoys being the donkey

of the day. Really? Alright. Well, I want to know what Charlamagne said. I was with RuPaul, I was with EJ, Lee Daniels, and I had some balls. I didn't say I was with them. I was with Lee. But I saw RuPaul and EJ at the thing we were at.

And I love seeing EJ. Every time, you know what? I always talk to EJ when I see EJ because I really like EJ's energy. I like his spirit. I got to invite EJ to the Breakfast Club one time, man. I'm not mad at you. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up at any time.

We got rumors on the way? Yes, let's talk about child support. We'll tell you who's trying to get their child support raised to $20,000 a month. Is that too much? All right. We'll get into all that when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. What's happening? Let's get to these rumors.

Let's talk Gucci, man. It's time. She's spilling the tea. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, Gucci Mane and his child's mother, Sheena Evans, they are arguing now over child support. Now, she's been getting about $2,000 a month in child support, but she wants that amount to be raised. And she wants that to be raised to at least $20,000 a month. Now, previously, that $2,000 a month was based on his monthly income.

At that time, it was $24,000 a month, but now she's saying that has significantly changed. She sees that he's spending a considerable amount of money on jewelry, a million dollars on a wedding. So she wants to make sure their son is taken care of. She said she can't even go to work because the son would need a caregiver to watch him, and she can't afford to hire one because it would cost more for her to get a caregiver than, you know, and go to work. Now, see, I don't believe in blocking people on social media, but in the case of Gucci Mane and his baby mama, he need to block his baby mama on social media, and I'm going to tell you why. Why?

His baby mama sees Gucci shining, and she started going to tell you why. His baby mama sees Gucci shining, and she started googling all Gucci and Keisha's outfits, and how much they cost, and how much cars cost, and how much, you know, the jewelry cost, and all of that kind of stuff, and now she wants more money. Well, $2,000 is pretty low. Now, I will say

this. I don't know what their situation is. I don't know if he's paying for the child's schooling. I don't know if he pays for a caregiver for a sitter or any of those things. But if you do have to pay for a sitter, I know that's expensive, right? It is. Yeah, but we don't know if Gucci Man pays for that stuff outside of the courts.

We don't know what the situation is. So maybe what he needs to do is pay for it through the courts and that's how it can happen. That woman sees Gucci Man on social media shining. She's reading the blogs like everybody else, and she want more money simply because she think Gucci Man got it. Or it could be that she really does want to go to work,

but doesn't have the money to pay for those things. We don't know what the situation is. You want to go to work? You going to get $20,000 a month and go to work? Well, I mean, listen, not saying that she needs $20,000, but $2,000 does seem like a very small sum of money if you have those things to pay for. Because it's expensive to raise a child, right?

It can be either side, yeah. Right, so we don't know if he's paying for other things, if he's paying for a caregiver or whatever. All right, now let's talk about Kyle. Kyle has teamed up, and he's talking about toxic masculinity. He's actually getting involved with this campaign from ACT and Promundo. And here's what he has to say about toxic masculinity. He's actually getting involved with this campaign from Axe and Promundo. And here's what he has to say about toxic masculinity. I am very excited to partner with Axe this year on the second year of their senior orientation program. A very dope thing dedicated to the cause of helping young men out there overcome the stereotypes of toxic masculinity.

Me, as well as poet Carlos Gomez, are going to be going around to two high schools to talk to young men about this and hopefully help them be more comfortable being the individual they are and not the individual that they think society wants them to be. Mm. Drop on the clues bombs for Kyle.

I respect that. Kyle is the star of that movie The After Party That's on Netflix now The girl star movie right Yeah don't be afraid To be vulnerable He's absolutely right

You know growing up As a man in America They tell us we gotta be tough We gotta be gangster We gotta be hard If that's not you Then don't allow society To make you think

That's who you have to be In particular for Kyle He says he was really Picked on a lot While growing up Because of his nerdy Sounding voice And his demeanor.

And he said, fortunately for him, there were other students and teachers who encouraged him to be himself and grow on many levels. I mean, but Kyle does have a very, you know, pick on a face. Stop it. Well, it's you know, that's the whole point. National Bullying Prevention Month is coming up as well. So you can't just bully people based on what their voice sounds like. Absolutely. It worked well for him in that movie, The After Party. If Kyle didn't

look so dorky, that movie wouldn't have been sold as well as it did. That was a good movie. Watch it this weekend. Alright, now, J.J. Watt has given a one-year update on what happened with that Hurricane Harvey relief money. Now, here's what he said. He said in the 12 months since Hurricane Harvey, your donations have

supported the cleanup, repair, and rebuilding of over 600 homes, the recovery and rebuilding of over 420 child care centers and after school programs serving over 16000 children. The distribution of over 26 million meals to those affected, physical and mental health services to over 6500 individuals and, and distribution of medicine to over 10,000 patients. Now, he did say that he does have a plan for the next 12 months that includes home restoration and disaster care management and continued assistance with physical and mental health services. Can any of the residents of Houston co-sign that? Because I know that that was one of Trader Truth's issues and Mr. Rogers' issues.

They wanted to know where that money was going. Yeah, they wanted to make sure that the money was being allocated to the right people. So I wonder if anybody in Houston can co-sign that. Well, he raised $41.6 million, which is a world record for a crowdsourcing effort. So that money better be going to the right places. I hope so. I would love to know. Hey, Trader, Mr. Rogers, give me an update on that.

I want to make sure that money is going to the right people. All right, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. All right, thank you, Mr. Rogers, give me an update on that. I want to make sure that money is going to the right people. All right, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. All right, thank you, Ms. Yee. Now, usually at 7 o'clock we do front page news. Well, we're still doing it, but we're doing it with Andrew Gillum. He's running for governor of Florida. He's currently the mayor of Tallahassee. And polls are open right now, 7 a.m. Florida.

That's right. Okay, Florida, don't F this up. That's right. All right, this is Charlemagne Tha God talking. You know, I know I tell y'all all the time the craziest people come from the Bronx and all of Florida. Y'all got a chance to show y'all not crazy this morning by voting for Andrew Gillum. That's right. So go out there and vote, and we're going to talk to him when we come back.

So don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlemagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. That's right. The next governor of Florida.

Andrew Gillum. Good morning, sir. Good morning, good morning, good morning. How's everybody doing this morning? Are we doing wonderful, man? Andrew, you tired yet? You on that campaign trail stomping? You tired yet?

Man, I'm not tired. I'm just losing my voice. But I got the energy, man. We're rounding out this statewide bus tour. I got your girl Angela Rye on the bus with me, along with a few others. But, man, it's been incredible these last couple of days. We're just trying to, you know, make sure folks do their job. I put it all on the field, man.

I put it all out there, my family and I. And we feel good about the race we've run these last 18 months. And now it's time, you know, it's now, now it's time for folks to do their job. Give everybody just a quick synopsis of what you plan to do for Florida. Your three or four biggest points that you want to do for Florida. Yeah, I mean, well, it begins with our education system. In Florida, we basically turned over the keys of education to private, for-profit, you know, charter schools. And now we rank 40th out of 50th in quality.

Our teacher pay in this state is the 45th lowest of all 50 states. I mean, we're the third largest state in America. The fact that we're back of the pack in education is an embarrassment to all of us. I want to reform the criminal justice system here in the state of Florida. In Florida, 60% of the people who are sitting in jail today in the state are there not because they've been found guilty of a crime, but because they could not afford the money bail system. They couldn't afford to make bail. And so they're sitting in jail costing the state $880 million a year, just sitting there waiting for their day in court. We also got to repeal stand your ground here in the

state of Florida. It is open season on our children in the state of Florida so long as the law that allows a vigilante to in the recesses of their own mind assess a person of color or otherwise to be a threat and under the cover of the law be able to snuff out somebody's life. And then finally I have to say and this is in no particular order but we've got to change this state's economy. Right now, we are largely driven off of a low wage economy where folks got to work two and three jobs just to take care of themselves and their families. It is my opinion, and maybe this is a moral statement, but I don't believe people who work full-time jobs, who get up and go to work 40 hours a week ought to be paid a poverty wage. And it's one of the reasons why I've come out in favor of a $15 minimum wage.

There's so much, honestly, after 20 years of Republican control in this state that is deserving of fixing. But if I had to name a few, those would be they. Now, what about all those shootings that's going on in Florida? It seems like there's a lot of teens and kids with guns. Yeah, man, it's insane. I mean, over in Jacksonville, and they're in your listenership. Just last weekend, they had a shooting, you know, this past weekend, rather, at a high school football game.

Right. You know, kids doing what kids do, going to a high school football game. And then, obviously, this weekend, they had the shooting at this gaming, you this gaming incident down at the Jacksonville Landing. Guys in the gaming deal, he gets upset because he loses and goes and gets a gun and comes back in and starts to take out lights. There are a lot of layers to this, y'all, but we can't escape the fact that there's just such over-access to guns unnecessarily in our society and really America has to deal with that conflict. I'm not anti-second amendment, but I certainly believe

that certain weapons don't have a place on our city streets. For instance, guns that can fire off 60 bullets in 60 seconds. Those aren't weapons for civilian use. You ought to join the military if you want to shoot a gun like that. It has no place in civilized society. All right, shout out to Andrew Gillum

for checking in. Make sure you go out and vote. The polls are open right now, so go out and vote. Vote, vote, vote. Your vote counts. Your vote matters, all right? When we come back,

Lena Waithe will be in the building. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.

Young icon living. Lena Waithe. Welcome back. Thanks for having me back. And thanks for answering the phone. I called her stylist and I was like, Lena, we need you to come a little earlier. And she was getting in the car going to Black Girls Rock. Yes.

She stopped, got back on the phone and was like, Envy, whatever y'all need, tell everybody I'll be up there. And I appreciate that. That's respect. I'm looking a little tired right now, but it's all good. It's all good. And I was saying, I went to Black Girls Rock and I saw your speech and I love the speech that you gave when you got your award. Thank you so much.

Yeah, I mean, I kind of wanted to, I know it airs September 9th, such a DVR soon in. I was just trying to talk about getting free, you know what I'm saying? And whatever that means for you or for us. A big thing for me was cutting my hair off. I did it. I cut it. I just was like, you know what I'm saying and whatever that means for you or for us a big thing for me was cutting my hair off I did it I cut it I just was like you know I wanted to get free it felt like it was this piece of femininity that I had on me and um having long hair I think kind of allow other people to kind of look at me and go oh she's still a girl though she's still a girl

and I just kind of always want to cut my hair off and I think I was holding back because of what people would say or what they would think and I just kind of let that to cut my hair off. And I think I was holding back because of what people would say or what they would think. And I just kind of let that go. I was like, well, I don't care what people think. I was going to cut it off and just be free. And it's been a beautiful blessing ever since. You said you were trying to make them comfortable. Yeah, just trying to make other people feel comfortable with who I am.

And I'm like, why am I doing that? What's that got to do with me? And once I got free of it, there was just so much joy in my life, in my body, in my spirit, and so I really wanted to share that. And so I just talked about it, whether it's a relationship that ain't serving you, whether it's a narrative that you've been holding on to forever. I'm like, we got to get free of certain things. We're walking around with a lot of baggage, and we got to put it down.

The girls were like, preach, preach. Everybody was in the audience like, yes, let me free myself of this man who ain't serving me. What else does liberation look like for you? You know what? Having the ability to make art that's not touched by hands of people who have not walked in my shoes. You know, I think, you know, I wrote this movie that people are kind of saying is like a black Bonnie and Clyde called Queen and Slim. And it's about what it means to be black and to be falling in love in a world that's burning all around you. And, you know, The Chi, you know, being able to make it this season, too.

I got a little bit more power, a little bit more creative control. So that, to me, is freedom. Just being able to write. Because people don't realize how powerful it is to be able to sit at your computer and write stuff. And for it to go on TV and be pumped into people's living rooms. That's a very powerful thing. So I know I can be hard on, you know, TV shows or movies when it's not phenomenal because I'm like,

you're literally seeping into somebody's skin when you're watching a TV show. Transferring energy. Yes. You know, it's like Cosby showed a different world. Those shows are the reasons why I'm sitting here right now with y'all. That's how powerful it is. Like black folks were like, I want to go to

HBCU because of Hillman College, a fictitious HBCU. People are like, well, I want to go to a black school because of that. You know, so for me, it's like I take it very seriously when I'm sitting at my computer and the things I have characters say and things I have characters do. Now, mind you, I go hard, you know what I'm saying? I'm somebody who loves menace to society.

You know, I think you can see the influence when you watch The Chi. Like, they killed the protagonist. You know what I'm saying? I'm somebody who loved Menace to Society. You know, I think you can see the influence when you watch The Chi. Like, they killed the protagonist. You know, and I think some people may go, oh, well, show the world how you want it to be. And to me, I was like, oh, I want to write the world as I see it. How has the reception from Chicago been about The Chi?

Yo, it's been beautiful. You know, they were saying, like, yo, Lena, shoot on the south side more. Show the women more. I was like, okay, okay, I hear you. I hear you. So we've been doing that a lot. And I have a new showrunner, Ayanna Floyd Davis, amazing black woman, running things and keeping the show going as it needs to.

And we just really want to make, I always want things to be really black, really authentic, really honest. And I want folks to see stuff and go, yeah, yeah, that's right. And Chicago has been really receptive and really kind. And they've been coming out to set. And we were at the Bud Billiken Parade. And we did a whole thing about shoes.

I don't know if y'all heard about, like, the cops put up these, like, fake shoes in a truck. And so Vic Mensa and a lot of my cast and crew came out to do sort of, like, to combat that and to have, just be handing out free shoes that are real to the community. And just, you know, trying to, like, really feed the people rather than trying to trap them. Do you get tired? You do a lot. I know you ain't talking. I know you ain't talking. I always read your name and your writing and your acting and you're doing more. Do you get tired? And when do you find the time? What's your balance? You know, I do get tired sometimes.

But what I try to do, because I do have to recharge, you know, I think it's so interesting. You know, I don't know if y'all seen the latest Whitney documentary. To me, there's footage of her in her hotel room, like by herself, like just like watching TV or listening to music. And for a long time, I always think that is weird. Like why is she just like in a room by herself? But if you think about it, like when she's on stage and you see all those people out and like, that's like a lot of energy being thrown at her and then her giving all her

energy back. So you can't imagine how draining that is because it's like you got to sit down because also when I walk out to the world, I'm property of the public. I can't just walk out and just be like, okay, I'm gonna go live my life. Like folks are gonna be like, oh, hey, what's up? Okay, I got a picture. And I feel a responsibility to make sure those people that cross paths with me feel you know like they've had a nice moment and we can kind of vibe but then when i go home i do sometimes just like just me and my fiance and we just like chilling and quiet and watching tv or watching the breakfast club you know what i'm saying just like listening to that and also just taking in art because i make it so much i want sometimes want to go to a concert just take it in or watch a movie and just take that in or watch a TV show and just take that in.

What you said is very important. Yeah. When you are in a certain position, you have to know that you don't belong to yourself anymore when you leave the house. That's right. No, that's real. That's real. You belong to the public. That's real.

I was taking pictures out there just now. You know what I'm saying? It's like it's, you know, that goes with the dinner. You know, if you gonna live your dream and make a good living and be able to provide for your family and your family's family, you know, that comes with it. And I think it's a small price to pay, but I do, I mean, there are some days I sit,

you know, at the crib on a Sunday and try not to make too many plans or sometimes I'll just cancel a plan and just want to be, I'm that person now. Are you tired of receiving awards yet? And the reason I say that is because, no, no, because Lena, you're having such a moment. It's like every award show is honoring Lena Waithe. So next year.

When we got some more stuff coming. Yeah, I mean, but you know, like you're used to that type of reception. I mean, no, I'm not tired. I mean, to me, I feel very honored and I'm very grateful that people would want to recognize me. But for me, it's less about the award, but for me, it's more about, oh, I got to have something to say, something to impart. You know, I don't want to get in front of a mic and just be like, oh, I want to thank my mama. I don't think, obviously, I'm grateful to my mama, thankful to God, but I want to be able to share something and leave

people with something that sticks to their ribs. Something to think about. So that's why I appreciate you saying that. You were just showing up when you showed up to the Met Gala with the WPT cape on. Thank you. Again, to me, it's about every time I step out, again, I don't belong just to myself. I'm coming out and I'm stepping out in the public, and I want to make a statement. How do you stay so humble?

You know, my lady, she'd be'd be like look take out the trash or we need some we need some la croix go get it uh you know or go walk the dog that's that that um sparkling water that's like flavored oh that's too rich it's like yeah it's like flavor it's like so hipster it's like you know she's like go walk the dog for like so tell It's like so hipster. It's like, you know, she's like, go walk the dog. Like, so tell me how long to walk the dog for. I think relationships humble you when you're in a partnership. You don't it's not always about you. Not even with relationships. Just just you as a person.

Like, you know, I watch shows like the show. I started watching that because I heard about the show because it was your show. I was like, oh, we got to watch this. Thank you. Lena's a good person. We got to watch this. And that's how you fall in. And you don't really get that with too many people.

You know, it's. Yeah. You know, I mean, I think the big thing, I think a part of it is also growing up the way I did, like living in my grandmother's house and not being able to afford certain things. I always say I never wanted for anything, but I never got everything I wanted. And I think that, to me, is something that you never forget. And I think just the love I get from, I always think of this, it's like God didn't spend more time making us than he did anybody else. We're all made up of the same stuff. All right, we have more with Lena Waithe when we come back.

Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Lena Waithe is in the building. Charlamagne?

I'm happy that you and Kid Fury are developing that comedy series, man. Come on. Kid Fury, I've been a fan of Kid Fury since he was on YouTube. Me too. Me too. Damn near a decade ago. I know. He's got his picture up there.

Oh, snap. I do it right away. You know, he really is a young icon, and I got a chance to spend some time with him. And it was funny because I was at HBO just having a meeting and um and i like kind of raised my hand on it i was like i know y'all got something with fury um but i was like you have to get that right if y'all get that wrong it's just going to be problematic and they were like well well do you want to sit with him you want to help us and i was like yeah yeah yeah so i went we sat down at the whole house and we had such a wonderful conversation about you know just being black and queer and dealing with your families and all that.

And he's so smart and he's so funny. And the way he's like, he's a he's a self-made man, you know what I mean? And and and I read the outline that we just turned in and it's really, really good. And it's his first time going into this space. You know, he's not used to writing television, all that kind of stuff. So, you know, look, I think if we get this right, I think it could change lives because he really does have this sort of dual personality of who he is on screen

and what he's doing on the YouTube thing versus who he is in the world. And I think that's really important to show about this guy with this big, you know, flamboyant personality. But when he goes home... He's in a show. Yeah, and the demons that he battles with. And I think that's just really important for folks to see.

You know, I think it's really important, like, to know your purpose. And you're a person that knows their purpose. And I'm not talking about art. Like, you have a voice. And I feel like that's always been in you. Like, you've always known you wanted to be a voice. Well, you know, I think that's something that, for me, goes with the dinner. For everybody, not necessarily.

Some folks want to come in, make their money, movies and you know go home uh but for me i think because i look up to people like james baldwin because i look up to people you know like zora neil hurston and they were more than just writers they were people who were of the movement and they were like yeah this is what we do we enjoy writing stories and all that kind of stuff but they're like but we also on the front lines and we're also out here with you. They never were sort of in this space of, well, we're up here. You know, we write books, we write novels, we write poetry.

They were always out there in the world. Even though you look at Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, like them being, having meetings or, you know, even Marlon Brando having meetings with MLK and Malcolm X. To me, and I think we're trying to get back to that. I think the industry, you know, whether it be the Me Too movement or people just really just getting involved and educating themselves,

for me, I can't just be an artist. I have to be an activist as well. And that's why I say what I'm trying to do is protest art. So that way it's art that you can be entertained by and enjoy, but also it makes you, it reminds you of the fire that's in your belly. Like, get out to me is that. Like, Moonlight is protest art. And I think Atlanta is protest art.

What's missing on TV? You know, I think we still have a long way to go in terms of prestigious black television. What's considered prestigious? Give me an example. Well, look at something like Handmaid's Tale. Gotcha. Or Mad Men.

Somebody may consider Game of Thrones. Game of Thrones, gotcha, gotcha. We still need shows that are in that vein with black people at the forefront. Because I don't think we've gotten there yet. Like, we still don't have, like, a black drama that people consider to be prestigious. I mean, the shot we're trying to get there, maybe we'll get there next year. We'll see. Empire.

Right, right. Exactly. Well, look, I mean, people don't consider that to be a guilty pleasure. Yeah, yeah, yeah. People look back at The Wire now. It didn't get them. Right. It didn't get it at the time.

You know what I'm saying? But I think to me, I think in the comedies, we're getting there. I think Atlanta is definitely one of those unicorns where it's like something that is really black, and we watch it, but also the white hipsters watch it and go, oh, this is brilliant television. So we don't really have, I think, a black drama in that space yet. And also, too, I still think we need, you know, look, I'm trying to come up with, television so we don't really have a i think a black drama in that space yet um and also too i still think we need you know look i'm trying to come with i have a show called 20s that we're going to shoot the pilot for literally the first week of october with tbs which is very loosely

based on my 20s living in los angeles about a you know black queer girl and her two very straight black girlfriends and them following their dreams and trying to find love and all that kind of stuff but we still don't have a show on the air where there's a queer brown person at the forefront, at the lead. So if 20s gets greenlit to series, which we'll find out soon, then that will just be revolutionary in itself. But we just need more of that. But to me, I want to still see us at the Emmys and Golden Globes where we're not just supporting. You think black creatives are scared to make those kind of shows because for so long you had to make a certain kind of show just to even get a shot? Uh-huh. uh-huh. I mean, look, I think black creators should make

whatever's in their heart and soul and spirit, whatever that may be. And look, and it may not be something prestigious, but so be it, great. It is a deal. It's a really good time right now just because black is in, it's on trend. We're just being diverse is on trend.

There's a lot of outlets that you can go to now as well. Oh, hell yeah. There's so many. Everybody wants a black show. Everybody wants it in secure. Everybody wants it insecure. Everybody wants a power. Everybody wants maybe a version of The Chi. But I think to me it's really about making stuff

that's from the soul and from the gut because I think the reason why Atlanta works is because Donald, that's the space that he really appreciates and knows and wants to write about. I think the reason why The Chi is working is because it was something in my spirit. I had to get it out. So I just kind of want to say,

I don't want folks to be making stuff because they're like, oh, this will work. Oh, this will be hot. This will make, you know, people will watch this. It's like, no, write something that is really special to you and means something to you. And if it don't connect now, it may connect later, like The Wire. Like, you may take a beat, but, you know,

I just want to see stuff that people feel like they had to get out of their body before they went to the grave. I wanted to ask you one last question. How important was it to have Ava present you with your award at Black Girls Rock? It was like a full circle moment. Absolutely. I remember when Today Your Vanity, was it Vanity Fair?

Vanity Fair or the Emmy. No, no, it was the cover that came out. Yeah, the cover, yeah. Today Your Vanity Fair cover came out from Ava's Facebook, a post posted, and it was an old post of her bigging you up when you was her PA. Oh, yes.

And I was like, yo, the universe is crazy. Crazy. That's why everybody be humble, you know, because you talk about humility. It's because I was a PA, you know. I was an assistant

to Gina Prince-Bythewood. I was a writer's assistant on the game. I was, you know, Ava's production coordinator on her first feature. I think it's about sometimes working for people that are doing the thing that you eventually want to be doing. And you may not be making a lot of money.

You may be waking up really early, maybe being the last one to leave. But I was always happy to be in the process. And I think so many people are focused on the finish line. But to me, there is no finish line. We're just always running. That's why black folks are always out of breath. First, we was running from the master. Now we're running toward our dream.

Now we're running toward something that we may never even be able to attain. But for me, it was a full circle moment because, you know, Ava and I have always looked up to her. We've always been close. And she's always been a supporter. And I've always been a supporter of hers. We're just cheering each other on from the sidelines. And so for her, we've always been close and she's always been a supporter and I've always been a supporter of her. Just cheering each other on from the sidelines and so for her,

we've just been through a lot together. So for her to be standing there to give me that award and I presented her with an award before as well. It was a really really big moment and I'm just really grateful because she's the busiest person I know out here shooting Central Park Fire right now and doing it for the culture. So I was really grateful that she took time out of her schedule to come

and to give me that blessing. It meant a lot and it's something I'll never forget. Alright, well Lena Waithe, thank you for the culture. So I was really grateful that she took time out of her schedule to come and to give me that blessing. It meant a lot. And it's something I'll never forget. All right. Well, Lena, wait. Lena got a flight to catch. She got her airport gear on. She ain't even got no exclusive sneakers on.

That's how I know. Oh, I got the fear gods on. I got the Nigel. The Nigel Sylvester's are at the hotel. Don't sleep. You know, I can't, you know, envy of it here. You know. I got my little press tools on today.

I'm loaded. Okay, okay, okay. You're comfortable. No, but I love y'all. We appreciate what y'all do for the culture, truly. We appreciate y'all so much. Thank you. All right.

It's Lena Waithe. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, we're talking behind the scenes.

And Charlamagne. Yes. I'm doing, of course, Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, we're talking behind the scenes in Charlamagne. Yes. I'm doing, of course, my car show November 3rd. Now, I'm serious. I need your Cadillac. You want my 2004 Escalade that got 376,000 miles on it? Why? You want me to pull up?

No, I don't want you to pull up. I'm going to bring it there the night before just so we don't have that much smoke in there. Now, you're telling me you want smoke. Now, there's nothing that brings the smoke more than my 2004 Cadillac Escalade. As soon as I crank it up, it'll be a big cloud of black smoke right out the back. I think it'll attract a lot of people. I think a lot of people will want to take a picture in front of your Cadillac. Okay.

So I really want to. Can I borrow your Cadillac for the show? Sure. Okay. You can have it. And if you want to buy it for parts, you can buy it for parts, too. No, I don't want to buy it. As a matter of fact, he'll pay you to take it. He'll pay me to take it? You sure you don you want to buy it for parts, you can buy it for parts, too. No, I don't want to buy it. As a matter of fact, he'll pay you to take it.

He'll pay me to take it? You sure you don't want to buy it for parts? No, no. I just want to use it for the car show. Is that all right? 2004 Cadillac Escalade, 376,000 miles on it. Ballin'. You know the miles change every day.

Before it was 200,000, now it's 300,000. Whatever. He's still driving it around. That's because I drive it. He drove to L.A. Oh, my God. He drove to L.A.? He drove to L.A.

I can't believe that you went to college. I really can't. Oh, my goodness. All right, well, let's get to the rumors. Let's talk The Rock. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip.

Gossip. The Rumor Report. Gossip. Gossip. With Angela Yee. It's The Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Well, The Rock has sent a message out, and this was a beautiful thing that he did.

So, a 43-year-old Aileen Pizarro and her 12-year-old daughter Ariana were killed in a head-on car crash last week Thursday. Oh, man. This is the incident where the other vehicle was a YouTube star, McSkillet, who was driving 100 miles per hour in a McLaren sports car. Now, Angelo Pizarro said on Twitter, My beautiful mom who passed away loved The Rock so, so, so much. I'm trying to get him to do even a video saying her name for the funeral. If you could retweet the crap out of this for him to see it, that would mean the world. Thank you.

Well, apparently people did and The Rock did see this request. And here's what he sent. I had turned on my phone and I saw a flood. Thousands and thousands of tweets had come through informing me about the devastating loss that you and your family are going through with your sister and your mom Ariana and Aileen I think their names are and I believe from what I'm told your mom was a very very big fan of mine so anyway man I'm just I'm sending you so much love and light and strength your way from my family to yours. That's a beautiful thing that he did that. Very nice.

Angelo tweeted. Thank you so much. I hope everyone knows how amazing you are. I can't stop smiling knowing she's smiling so much. Just thank you. And again, thank you to every single person who viewed my post. All right. Jay-Z and Beyonce, they are giving away $100,000 to one student in each of 11 cities that they are on during their On the Run 2 tour.

And that's for the kids to go to college. So that's going to our college tuition and expenses. So one student in each of 11 cities. They're picking Atlanta, Orlando, Miami, Arlington, New Orleans, Houston, Phoenix, L.A., San Diego, Santa Clara, and Seattle. All four years? $100,000. However much that stretches out.

I don't know. Some schools are a lot more expensive than that and some aren't. So, yes. That's the charity that they're doing. So, that's dope. And that drunk fan who ran on stage has spoken out. First, we told you about this yesterday. He got donkey of the day, right?

Was that yesterday? That was yesterday. Anthony Charles Thomas Maxwell is his name. Now he posted a series of photos of his face and scratches on his face from being detained. And he wrote, still look good. I look wish you could touch my swag.

Wish you could. See, that's exactly why they should have shot him. That's why he should have got a little leg shot. Well, not shot him. Nah, F that. Because when these people do stuff like that and they don't get no real consequences, they go on social media and taunt people. And it just gives them the courage to do that thing again.

Or something worse. Now, he talked about getting jumped as well. And he wrote, was going to let him up so we can fight one-on-one. But Enward's going to jump in and it's between me and him that Enward can't fight and he's been sneak dissing. Who? Oh yeah,

he should have got shot. You're right. No, no, no, don't jump on my shot train now. You stay your ass over there. He should have got shot the lady. I told y'all yesterday he should have got shot.

Who was he talking about just now? I'm sure he was talking about Hove. No, no, no. Somebody, I guess, was fighting him and I don't know who he was talking about. What you dumb ass think

was going to happen if you jump on the stage and try to attack a billion dollars? And then he ended it by saying, y'all N-words hit like bitches. Yeah, see, that's why you got to hurt people, man. At least shoot off his pinky toe or something. Some people only respect violence and money. That man should have gotten hurt badly. What city was that? He should have gotten shot in his leg.

Atlanta. Open Terry State. Now, at first he had just been charged, got a citation for disorderly conduct, but now they are actually going to charge him with simple battery. They should charge his ass. Where was Ruggs? Where was Tata? Nobody from Atlanta helped out there when he was there?

Tata's not from Atlanta. No, but he was out there, I'm sure, on tour. And you know what? That man needed a little bit more than pepper spray. Tata should have broke his jaw. Tata's broken some jaws in his day, allegedly. Hey. Allegedly, Charlamagne.

Tata doesn't change the individual. He's a very changed man. A very evolved man. All I'm saying is that dude who ran up on that stage should have gotten hurt

because not only does it teach him a lesson, it teaches the next person that may want to do something that stupid a lesson. I can't stand when stuff like this happens

and they don't get no real consequences and then they get online and start taunting people. Y'all hit like bitches. Should've got shot. Alright, today and tomorrow is when people will be paying their respects to Aretha Franklin. Now, it's going to be at Detroit's

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History for public viewings and they're saying this is great. It's incredibly significant. She's being honored almost like a queen at one of the most important black museums in the United States. So everybody's going into Detroit to make sure they pay their final respects to Aretha. When's the funeral?

Well, this is just a public viewing, and it's today and tomorrow. Oh, okay. All right, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. Thank you, Miss Yee. Charlemagne. Yes. Who you giving that donkey to? I'm giving donkey of the day to a man named Brandon Johnson.

This story has me confused because I did not know that drug dealers do interviews nowadays. Okay. It's weird. Alright, we'll get to that when we come back. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. You are a donkey. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkey of the Day, huh?

I'm going to fatten all that shit around your eyes. They want this man to throw them blows, man. They wait for Charlamagne to tap them gloves. Let's go. They had to make a judgment of who was going to be on the Donkey of the Day. They chose you. The Breakfast Club, bitches. Who the donkey of the day. They chose you. The breakfast club, bitchy. Who's donkey of the day today?

Well, Ed Sheeran, donkey of the day for Tuesday, August 28th, goes to a notorious drug dealer named Brandon Johnson. Why am I calling him a notorious drug dealer? Because any drug dealer that the police know is a notorious drug dealer. And if his drug dealing is a public record for the world to see, then he's a notorious drug dealer. And this his drug dealing is a public record for the world to see, then he's a notorious drug dealer. And this notorious drug dealer, Brandon Johnson, according to TMZ, was arrested back in March of this year with a stash of guns, drugs, and cash.

Let me be more specific. Brandon got caught with a fully loaded semi-automatic handgun, narcotics, and $10,000 in his pocket. And all of this was discovered in his home. He was also arrested in June of this year and charged with DUI and possession of cocaine. Oh, Brandon is notorious, baby. And he sounds like he's not going to change his ways anytime soon. I would think a person like this would be on probation

or maybe he hasn't been to court yet, but he will soon. But he's got a litany of charges that he's facing, or a litany of charges that he's faced. I don't know what's up with this dude. I just know that I'm frustrated because the street side knew the rules we had in the streets when I was coming up a long gone. And I see things on social media

sometimes. I see things on this internet sometimes that I don't understand. And Brandon Johnson is one of those things. See, Brandon Johnson is the drug dealer who supplied Demi Lovato with the drugs that she OD'd on that night she almost died. How do I know this? Did somebody at the party reveal his identity? Did Demi Lovato with the drugs that she OD'd on that night she almost died. How do I know this? Did somebody at the party reveal his identity?

Did Demi tell the people who gave her the drugs when she came to? How would the world know Brandon Johnson supplied Demi Lovato the drugs that almost killed her? Well, because Brandon Johnson did an interview with TMZ spilling the beans, or in this case, spilling the pills. Let's go to TMZ for the report, please. Did she know what she was taking? 100% she knew what she was taking. I disclosed to her that these

are not pharmaceutical. They're aftermarking pills. They're much stronger. She understood fully. It was unfortunate what happened, but I you know, I'm not here to hurt anybody.

I care for her very much. When I was with her, she was fine for the whole time. I mean, when I showed up, she was a little drunk. So when you left, she seemed fine. She was just sleeping? Sleeping, yeah. Let's unpack this, as my therapist says. Let's unpack this.

Of course she didn't want anything to happen to her. Why would you want something bad to happen to one of your best customers? And why would he say he's not here to hurt anybody? If you are providing someone with, how do you pronounce it, oxycodone? How do you pronounce it, Envy? I don't know. Angela, how do you pronounce it? Oxycodone.

Oxycodone. If you're providing someone with oxycodone laced with fentanyl, then yes, you are there to hurt somebody. Now, I thought about this yesterday because I don't like being a hypocrite. Rappers have been talking about selling drugs for years, whether in their music, sometimes in their interviews. So what's the difference between what the rapper's doing, what Brandon

Johnson is doing? Well, I'll tell you the difference. The difference is, rappers are usually rapping about a life they once lived. Okay, a life that is behind them. You know, they paid their debts to society in most cases, you know, and the things that they're rapping about now in most cases, it's just entertainment. All right, if you are a rapper who raps about all the drugs they sell or the crimes they have committed and you are still doing those crimes, then you sound just as foolish as Brandon Johnson did, okay? Did we not learn from the GS9? Salute to Bobby Smyrna, Roddy Rebel.

To us, GS9 was just a rap group, but not to the police. The police didn't think that the hot N-word was a song or a dance. They thought it was a taunt. All right? Police thought these guys were committing crimes and then bragging about them through music. Now, I don't know if that was the case, but I do know music is still entertainment. You can always chalk it up to just being art, but the lines are blurred because in hip-hop, we want our artists to be real. But I want you to be real, not stupid.

Okay, if you have done things that can send you to jail, keep them to yourself. All right, there was a time in my life when I used to want my gangster rappers to actually do gangster stuff. But now, not so much. In fact, not at all. I don't want y'all brothers committing crimes. I don't want y'all going to jail. And I damn sure don't want y'all brothers committing crimes. I don't want y'all going to jail. And I damn sure don't want y'all doing interviews or making music about said crimes. So once again, the difference between rappers and Brandon Johnson is rappers can just say they are rapping.

It's all entertainment until it's not entertainment. And when it's not entertainment, I actually enjoy seeing people get locked up because smart people learn from their own mistakes. Wise people learn from the mistakes of others. If you are dumb enough to be on social media showcasing your drug dealing criminal ways, if you are stupid enough to rapidly doing interviews about your drug dealing criminal ways, then you deserve to go to jail. And it brings me a sense of relief sometimes because it lets me know the rules of the street have not changed, okay? I come from the era of staying out the way, staying low as possible. You don't talk on the phone, all right? You saw American Gangsta.

You don't sit front row at the fight with the fur on. You saw Goodfellas. You don't make no big purchases after a lick. So if you do that and you get popped, that's what you get, and that's what I need to happen to Brandon Johnson, okay? Because Brandon Johnson is not a rapper, all right? He's not in a movie, all right? Wasn't no beat behind what he was saying on TMZ.

Wasn't nobody yelling cut after what he said. In what world do we live in that a drug dealer is getting interviews by paparazzi? Paparazzi is running down on drug pushes now? I feel like I'm not doing my job as an American citizen if I don't turn this man in. If you see something, say something, right? Millions of people saw Brandon Johnson on TMZ. Why aren't more people saying something? It's not snitching when the person is snitching on themselves.

And the fact that I know he's a drug dealer who is telling us he gave Demi Lovato the drug that almost killed her, the fact that I know this makes me feel like I'm going to catch a conspiracy charge. So what I would encourage everyone to do is call the local authorities in California, LA, wherever this guy is, and send them this video. We got to get this type of scum off the street. Because if you are doing interviews about the drugs you are selling and the crimes you are committing,

then you don't respect the game. So why the hell should the game respect you? Please give Brandon Johnson the biggest hee-haw. I am appalled. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today. I was kind of confused how he did it too, but hey. Well, if he's arrested by the end of the day,

then I will have faith in the streets again. There you go. Because the rules of engagement don't change. So I need him arrested by the end of the day, then I will have faith in the streets again. There you go. Because the rules of engagement don't change. So I need him arrested by the end of the day. Okay. Or at least by the week. All right. Well, thank you for that, Don.

And today, when we come back, shoot your shot, all right? Now, if you want to holler at somebody and you need a little help, you need The Breakfast Club to help you, 800-585-1051. Maybe you want to holler at a coworker, maybe your ex, your neighbor, whatever it may be. 800-585-1051. Maybe you want to highlight a coworker, maybe your ex, your neighbor, whatever it may be. 800-585-1051. Shoot your shots. Next, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Are you ready? It's time to shoot your shot. Time to shoot your shot. With The Breakfast Club. You lose your one chance. Don't mess it up. Mess it up. Mess it up.

We have Tone on the line. Tone, good morning. Good morning, you guys. What's up, Tone? Now, you want to shoot your shot with who, bro? I want to shoot my shot with my girl, Shante. All right. Shante, Shante.

What happened with your girl, brother? Man, I've been doing lots of growing, lots of thinking. I even started going to therapy. You know, Charlamagne, I know you do that, too. Yes, sir. Every Friday at 3 o'clock. One of the best decisions I've ever made. I used to be really controlling

and I got caught cheating on her. I even was trying to blame her for what I did. I was like, well, maybe if she gave me more attention or given me what I needed, I wouldn't have done it.

But, I mean, I've been, you know, I'm a changed man. It's hard to say, but I am and I mean that, you know. I'm changed. I'm going to tell you, man, one reason that I respect you so thoroughly right now is because you love your girl so much that you are faking like you have mental health issues. A round of applause for this man. No, stop it. He might have a problem.

A round of applause for this man. Don't do that. He might have a problem. Don't do that. Don't do that. Don't do that. But whatever got you into therapy, I'm happy for you. And that is a great reason to try to get your girl back. You are trying to do the work to fix yourself because you are damaged. Have you guys been speaking with each other? Well, I haven't been able to get in touch with her for like maybe like a month now. It's been bad.

And I know I hurt her. You know, I've hurt myself. I used to be a dog, and I used to be okay with that, you know. But, I mean, I'm looking back now, looking at all the stuff I've done, and I'm like, who was this? This isn't a man I'd want to be. This isn't a son I'd want to have. You know, I wouldn't want to raise somebody like me.

Yes, you don't want to be in that nasty, despicable, run-down community called being a player. You want to be over here in this nice, gated community where the grass always stays cut called the faithful black male community. Envy, don't you get quiet. No, I'm definitely... You put some of your experiences out here on the table.

Hey, look, my experience is out there. Okay, but this is about Tone, not about y'all. So Tone... What do you mean? We use our experiences to help people like Tone. Absolutely. So T look, my experience is out there. Okay, but this is about Tone, not about y'all. So Tone... What do you mean? We use our experiences to help people like Tone. Absolutely. So Tone, let's get into it.

You ready to call and try to get your girl back? Yeah. Yeah, I am. You cannot blame your girl, Tone. Thank you guys so much for the help. Yes.

You cannot blame your girl. It's all on you. It's all on you. It's your mistake. This is what you did. You have to understand that and you have to really want to change.

Does she know you're in therapy? I don't know if she knows that. I mean, I've been trying to tell her, you you have to really want to change. Does she know you're in therapy? I don't know if she knows that. I mean, I've been trying to tell her, you know, how I've been changing. That's why I came through you guys. You know, I'm a major fan of the show. So, I mean, I just, you know, I really need y'all help. The key word is accountability.

Hold yourself accountable. Let her know all the wrong things that you did. Acknowledge that you were wrong and know that you are damaged, and you are trying to get the help you need to be a better human being, and you want to be a faithful man. And be truthful and be honest. That's right. Thank you guys so much. Don't thank us. Don't you cry either.

Don't thank us. You know what? A tear might, you might need to shed a tear or two. Well, we're going to call her when we come back. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We have Tone on the line. We're in the middle of Shoot Your Shot, and he's going to call his girl, Shante.

Tone, you ready? Yeah. Hello. Hey, it's Shante. It's me. It's Tone. I know that I hurt you, and I know I've been bad before, and I know I was trash, okay? But I'm changed.

I'm going to therapy, right? I'm doing better. I just, I'm sorry for all the things I've done. Mm-hmm. I really want us to make this thing work. You know, I really want us to just put this back together because I was wrong for how I treated you, being all controlling and all that.

I miss you bad. Look, I'm tired. I don't know why you're trying to pull your heart out to me. You've said all this before. I don't want to hear this. Honestly, Tom, you know what you did. I'm tired. I'm tired of you.

I'm tired of everything. Like, I don't deserve this. I deserve better. I'm just, I'm just looking at you. I know you deserve better. And I know that. And I know that anybody does. That's why I've been looking at myself.

No, I don't think you know because you keep doing the same things over and over again. My thing is you want to show me that you're better. You show me. You don't tell me. And we've been through this. Like, I don't get it. It's like you keep saying the same things over again, but you do the same things. You do the same f***ing s***.

I'm just, I'm tired. I've heard it all before. Yeah, it's not going too well. All of your lies. All of your sweet talk. All right, well, this is... I've heard it all before. Yeah, it's not going too well. All of your lies. All of your sweet talk. Baby, this, baby, that. Shante, this is DJ Envy. Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning, Shante. How are you? You scared the shit out of me. Shante, why do you curse so much? Oh, because I'm tired of this dude calling me. It's like, oh, I'm just tired. I'm tired. I played the fool before. Oh, my me. I'm just tired. I'm tired.

Played the fool before. Oh, my God. I was your fool. I believed in you. Yes, I did. Yes, I did. He really wants a shot. He says he's changed.

He's going through therapy. He said he really wants you back, mama. I know you said he has to show you and not tell you, but it sounds like he's putting in the work, ma. No, he's not. He's not at all. Y'all can take him back. I don't want to be better.

We can take him back. We never had him. We never had him, boo. I don't have a receipt for him. He's disgusting. Shante. If you want to know the truth, he's disgusting. Tell me, what did he do, Shante?

What's the most disgusting thing he did that you refused to even acknowledge the fact that he could be a change, man? He's having a baby. I'm supposed to throw his ass a baby shower. I'm not. Tone, you didn't tell us that part. You missed that part, Tone.

You didn't mention the baby. I asked you to hold yourself accountable. I asked you to be honest. You wasn't even honest with us. There's two things that I will never tell a girl to go back with a man for. Having a baby and if that man gives her an STD. I can't co-sign this.

Tell her you're having a whole baby, a whole person. By half a woman. She's half this off-brand bitch and she's disgusting. I work every day. By a little person? This bitch lays on her ass every day

and that's what he wants, a bum bitch. And he can have that. Now he wants to get you guys involved, calling me. I don't want to hear this shit. I'm sorry for wasting your time, Shante. Shante, I'm sorry. Sean, you have nothing to say? Oh, okay.

Now, I understand. I didn't bring up the baby. I didn't bring up the baby because that's, you know, that's a different. Tone, shut up, Tone. Tone, shut up. Shante, repeat after me. Played the fool before. Played the fool before.

Played the fool before. I was your fool. I believed in you. Yes, I did. Sorry, guys. Yes, I did. Shante, I'm sorry for bothering you. But your lies ain't working now.

I'm so sorry. Y'all the bright spot. This mother. He can go ahead with his ass. I'm done with him. All right. Well, thank you, mama. I'm sorry it didn't work out.

Sorry, Tone. Tone. Tone. See, I had to shut you down. Oh, my goodness. Goodbye. Now, if you don't know what Charlamagne is singing, it's Sunshine Anderson. Heard it all before.

I'm going to play it in the mix because a lot of you are like, what the hell is he singing? First of all, first of all, first of all, okay? Stop trying to cater to these young people, all right? It's a mass majority of our audience who is 40 years or up who knows exactly what I'm singing. He's just explaining for people who don't know. I'm explaining for people who don't know. That's all. We're playing for people who don't know, old man.

Heard it all before. My goodness, all right. All of your lies, all of your sweet talk. All right. Maybe this, maybe that. Matter of fact, I'm going to start the mix off with it, all right? So if you don't know what it is, keep it locked to the mix. I'll get it on in the mix, alright? Now, Yee, we got rumors

on the way? Yes, let's talk about this show that I've been watching. This might have been one of the funniest O.J. Simpson interviews. I know that's a weird thing to say, but we got a clip of it for you. Alright, we'll get into that when we come back. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning to all. Drunk in love still goes, by the way. Still goes. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning to all. Drunk in love still goes, by the way. Mm-hmm. Still goes. Okay, okay. I see you. Now, let's get to these rumors.

Sheriff Ford. I see you. Let's talk. Out there with EJ. Yeah, you going to tell the people what you're doing out there? Doing what? What are y'all talking about? I'm sitting right here next to y'all. No, you're not.

Last night, you were with EJ, RuPaul, and you said you had balls. I was with Lee Daniels. My man Lee Daniels, Sluice Lee Daniels, and I was, EJ and RuPaul

happened to be there. Now that sounds like a fun party. I would have loved to have been in that room. It was good energy. Chalamet had a ball, he said.

Good energy in the room. I saw EJ in the airport one time in Detroit, but I was too intimidated to go say hello. Man, I love EJ. Every time I see EJ, I I was too intimidated to go say hello. Man, I love EJ. Every time I see EJ, I run up on EJ and say hello. Okay?

I love EJ. EJ knows I love him. All right, drop on the clues bombs for EJ Johnson. That man is amazing. That man will walk in the room with a cape on and high heels, 6'6", 260 pounds, with better balance than everybody in the room. All right, well, I'm sure it'll be in your next book, but let's get to the rumors. Let's talk OJ.

This is the Rumor Let's talk OJ. This is the rumor report with Angela Yee. Rumor has it that it's on his breakfast club. So listen up. All right, so do you guys watch Who Is America

on Showtime with Sacha Baron Cohen? Yes. No, I need to, though. I watch the clips online. That is my show. It's hilarious. It's so funny.

All right, so it was the finale on Sunday night, and finally this clip I have available online for you guys to check it out. O.J. Simpson was one of the people. He got O.J. on the show? O.J. Simpson. Oh, I didn't see this one. Now, he's playing an Italian playboy

who's about to interview O.J. Simpson. It's a lifestyle of the rich and famous type of show. And here's what ends up happening where he actually trips up O.J. Simpson a little bit. What happened the night with the wife? What wife? The one you shot. Well, first of all, she wasn't my wife. We had been divorced in the summer. Oh, yeah, yeah. Sorry, sorry.

I'm sorry. I didn't know. We won't be 100% truthful how you got away with it. That's what he wants to know. Hey, hey, hey. I didn't get away with nothing. Hey, I didn't get away with anything with my wife either. She committed suicide.

Look out. Stop. Hey, man, salute to Showtime, because Showtime not scared. And it takes guts to air that kind committed suicide. Good job. Hey, man, suit the Showtime because Showtime's not scared and it takes guts to air that kind of show and to let Sasha do that kind of show. And Sasha is a fearless personality. Let me tell you something.

There was all kinds of people trying to have lawsuits and everything because people don't lost their jobs after being tricked on this show. Now, here's what else happened with O.J. Simpson on Who Is America? Me and you, we got something in common. We both, how you say

lady killers. You know, it's not what it sounds like. In Italian, it translates to somebody who murders women. No, I kill nobody. I didn't either. Well, you know, I'm glad that OJ is at the point in his life where he can laugh at that.

It's an awkward interview if you watch it. You all hope to get to that point when you make a mistake like that and you can just laugh about it later. Well, he says he didn't do it. Okay. But craziness. All right. Fat Joe, his former business partner, is now trying to sue him. Scott Spina, he's saying that he got booted out of the business.

You know, they opened up that store all the way up, the sneaker store. And according to Scott, he's saying that Fat Joe kicked him out of the business after it opened. So basically, they're saying that he opened up a separate bank account without his knowledge and then went ahead and started funding things through that bank account. Now, Scott Spina has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison for financial impropriety, so he's now suing Fat Joe for booting him out of a sneaker store that they supposedly opened together.

You can't boot. Can you boot? Can you sue me because I fired you? No. Especially not when you got to go to jail. Well, he's trying, so we'll see what happens. But he's saying that he helped raise the money to get the store open and worked tirelessly to do that, and then he ended up getting kicked out of the deal.

Sounds like you didn't have some paperwork done properly. Right. All right, if you are a fan of Prince like I am, he is going to be, well, he's not going to be there, but they're filming a Prince music video in New York, and you can also be in that video. They're filming these scenes tomorrow and Thursday. There's going to be a funeral scene with a religious focus.

They're looking for African American actors. There's a male preacher they're looking for and church ladies and church men who are 60 and over and children to be at that funeral between the ages of 8 and 10. So they also are looking for a young male age 18 to 21. So anybody that wants to be in a

Prince music video, that's going to be happening tomorrow and Thursday. I have a feeling Prince wouldn't approve of any of this. I don't know, but you know they have a whole Prince album coming out. So that album is going to be on a piano, the album's called Piano and a Microphone 1983.

Is it unreleased Prince music? I guess so. Okay, I'm here for that. Other than that, no. Alright, now we told you about Drake going to meet a fan who needed a heart. She needed a heart transplant. And after Drake met with this fan, Sophia, she found out some more good news. Here's what happened for her 11th birthday. My birthday wishes are, and it did happen.

Well, one of them did, to meet Drake, and that one did happen. And my other wish is to get a heart. Yeah? Well, guess what? You're getting a heart. Congratulations! I'm getting a heart! Yes! Oh. Yes, baby! I'm excited!

Wow. This nigga Drake might be Jesus. God's plan right there. You touch the hem of Drake's OVO sweatshirt, you get a goddamn new heart. What the hell? Oh, my goodness. I'm about to tear up in here. I'm so happy. Hey, shut up, man.

What do you mean you're about to tear up? I'm about to tear up. The little girl's getting a heart, man. She's 11 years old. She's 11 years old. It's really, really sweet. I can see why. I'm tearing up, too.

Drop him the Clues Bomb. You need a heart, Charlamagne. You definitely need a heart. I might have to start praying to owls. Oh, my goodness. Jesus Christ. Somebody else needs a heart. My God. All right. That is so nice. Well, I'm. Jesus Christ. Somebody else needs a heart in this. My God.

That is so nice. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. Hey, I do want to salute Lee Daniels, though, and I do want to salute Jordan Cooper because I appreciate good art and creative people, and I witnessed some very creative, smart art with great messaging last night. And the most important thing to me nowadays is messaging,

and I just love how certain creatives are putting the medicine in the candy nowadays and giving people just good digestible messaging. So salute to Jordan Cooper and Lee Daniels. You don't know who Jordan Cooper is now, but trust me, you will. And you had a ball last night. I did have a ball.

That's why I like talking to people like Lena Waithe, having Lena Waithe on this morning. Like, I just like good creative people who are just, you know, doing smart art with great messaging. Yeah, shout to Lena Waithe for joining us this morning. Now, Revolt, we'll see you guys messaging. Yeah, shout to Lena With for joining us this morning. Now, Revolt, we'll see you guys tomorrow. Everybody else, the People's Choice Mix is up next. And earlier this morning, Charlamagne was singing a song.

I know a lot of you guys probably didn't know what song he was singing. Why do you keep saying that? You know, everybody started tweeting, like, I'm such and such age, and I know this song. I'm 30. I'm 20. That is a classic record. If you didn't know that song, I'm going to start the mix off with it. What's the name of the song?

Sunshine Anderson. Heard it all before. Heard it all before. Oh, you know what? How does that song start? Because I remember there's like a little skit in the beginning. You don't remember they talk in the beginning? Yes, I do. What do they say in the beginning of that song? He goes, baby, baby. He goes, baby, let me explain

to you what I'm saying, what you're saying. It's not even like that. It wasn't like that, but I just saw you, baby. I don't love you. You don't love me. You know what? I don't even let me explain to you I'm saying what you're saying It's not even like that It wasn't like that But I just saw you, baby I don't love you You don't love me You know what? I don't even want to talk to you You don't mean nothing to me

I don't want to see your face I just want to see you walking through that door There ain't nothing else to say Peace And then they go, come home, baby It seems you barely need this Tapping my shoulder Thinking you gon' get you some

Falling like some fragrance You know how many women's hearts been broke And they done thrown this record on in front of their nephews Well clearly somebody's Thrown that on in front of you That's what you're really trying to say This is a heartbreaker You know how many times somebody dedicated this song to Charlamagne

Smelling like some fragrance We gotta go guys Turn it up then, goddammit. It's my joint. All right, let's get to the mix. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this.

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