The Breakfast Club - Let Dogs just be Dogs

Episode Date: March 21, 2022

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Well, y'all done came a long way. I think that y'all have a certain amount of respect for, you know, what everybody else does, and y'all are just the best at what y'all do. This platform, the reach y'all have that you've earned, makes space for somebody like me. You guys have a direct line to the culture. Oh, my God, I'm on the radio with Angela Charlemagne and DJ Envy. Yes, you are. All I do is read about the Breakfast Club. Every God, I'm on the radio with Angela Charlemagne and DJ Envy. Yes, you are. All I do is read

about the Breakfast Club. Really? Every morning, you guys are trending. Every, you know, I drag my ass out of that. I'm like, what happened

on the Breakfast Club today? 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, Yes, it's Monday. Back to the work week. Good morning. That's right. That fake warm weather. Okay? Yesterday was the first day of spring, but I still can't tell where we at up here in New York City. Damn it. It was beautiful.

And I was in Baltimore during the week. It was like 70-something degrees. The sun was out. I was sweating. I was like, this is amazing. Yeah, it's that fake warm weather. It's that pneumonia weather. By the way, I don't even know if it's really fake warm weather. It's that weather. It's that pneumonia weather. By the way, I don't even know if it's really that pneumonia weather.

I just used to hear old people say that. I used to hear old people say that when I was young. So I say it now. You know what I mean? When you don't really know if it's warm, so you leave the house not quite dressed right. Correct. You know, so it's still chilly out. That's when that pneumonia get in your ass.

So do old people say. So I say it now. All right. How was everybody's weekend? I know you had an event in Detroit, right? Well, yeah. First I was in Baltimore at Coppin State University. So shout out to them.

And I went to this restaurant called Black Swan, this black owned restaurant that just opened a few months ago. It was really, really amazing. Loved it. And then I went to Detroit and I had my one year anniversary for my store, Private Label Extensions, and we had a wholesale day. So I was all over the place.

And I went to Central Kitchen there, where I always go when I'm in Detroit, because they sell my coffee there, too. So shout out to them. All right. Now, Charlamagne, you a chair dad this weekend? Yes, sir. You know my life. OK.

Salute to Providence, Rhode Island. I was in Providence, Rhode Island for my daughter's cheerleading competition. Drop on the clues about Providence, Rhode Island. Nice city, man. Rhode Island For my daughter's Chilean competition Dropping the clues About Providence, Rhode Island Nice city, man That's where my brother Went to college Really? At Brown University

I like the energy In Providence, Rhode Island Nice, peaceful Well, at least I'm not going to sit here And say it's peaceful Where I was at was peaceful I don't know if it's peaceful

Or not It's very artsy It is, right? Yeah I ate at this spot Called Ken Salute to Ken, man Dropping the clues

About Providence, Rhode Island For Ken Julia is the owner of Ken. I love her story. She's one of those individuals who got laid off during COVID and got tired of getting laid off. Found a way. So she decided to be an entrepreneur. She opened up this soul food spot called Ken.

And her great-grandmother is from South Carolina. And her name was Julie. And it's black-owned, so that's why I decided to go eat there. And I enjoyed it. Thoroughly. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking now.

Front page news, what we talking about? Oh, well, Dr. Fauci. Let's see what he's saying about COVID. Y'all were saying you haven't been hearing about it too much. We don't care about you, Fauci. But we'll tell you what he has to say. It's almost Frank Fauci. We're not listening to you.

He's definitely not about to listen to Dr. Fauci right now. And he might be about to retire. He needs to. All right. We'll tie the hand from you. We'll get into all that when we come back. It's almost Frank Fauci. We're not listening to you. He's definitely not about to listen to Dr. Fauci. And he might be about to retire. He needs to. All right. We're tired of hearing from you. We'll get into all that when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. What's happening? Let's get into some front page news.

Now, over the weekend, we've got to congratulate LeBron. He is now number two on the all-time scoring list in the NBA. Big deal. Diving LeBron. And there it is. There it is.

The kid from Akron, LeBron James, has come into the nation's capital and has passed the mailman, Carl Malone, and is now number two all-time in scoring in the history of the NBA. Well, congratulations to LeBron. Yeah, big deal. Alright, what else we got, Yeezy? Alright, well, Dr. Fauci is saying that these COVID cases

will likely increase soon. He said not necessarily hospitalizations, but he's paying attention to what's going on in the UK, which is seeing a blip in cases. Here is what Dr. Fauci had to say. Well, right now we continue to come down in a steady decrement of cases, hospitalizations and deaths. There's no doubt about that. However, what we're seeing in Europe and particularly in

the UK, they are starting to see a reversal and a resurgence of cases. So even though our cases are continuing to come down, that we might well see an increase in cases. Hopefully that's not translated into an increase in hospitalization and severe. Well, he also said it's not clear how long immunity from prior infections will last. And he urged Americans who haven't yet gotten their first booster, which is like your third shot of Pfizer or Moderna, to go ahead and get that booster. Now, he also appeared to dismiss plans for retirement because people were saying that he was planning to retire. And there was some buzz about that when he said on ABC Start Here

podcast, he said, I have said that I would stay in what I'm doing until we get out of the pandemic phase. And I think we might be there already. But now he's saying he's not so sure. He said, I have said that I would stay in what I'm doing until we get out of the pandemic phase, and I think we might be there already. But now he's saying he's not so sure. He said, I want to make sure we're really out of this before I really seriously consider doing anything different. We're still in this. We have a way to go. Hey, man. Nobody want to hear from Fauci right now.

Okay, Fauci like the groundhog. Okay? When the groundhog don't see his shadow, what that mean? When it continues, right? Is that what it is? Yeah, I think so. We don't want to hear from him. He's like the groundhog right now. his shadow, what that mean? When it continues, right? Is that what it is? I think so. We don't want to hear from him. He's like the groundhog right now. Okay.

Whether he see it. We just don't want to see you, Dr. Fauci. Spring about to start. Okay? Yeah. Don't feel like it. And when will they announce, just look, at some point you're going to have to get an annual COVID shot? Like that just makes more logical sense than keep telling people to get four shots and five shots

just at some point just say hey look man um you know we don't know how long the vaccine lasts so you're probably gonna have to get annual covid shots like you get flu shots yeah yeah wouldn't that make more logical sense shots a year or whatever it is yep i believe they're still trying to develop something that will be that will be effective against all the different variants because right now they try to develop these shots based on the variants. The variants keep changing. All right, now three people were wounded on a Miami beach street crowded with spring breakers. And this happened early Sunday.

They said that gunfire broke out about 12, 15 a.m. on Ocean Drive. There's a video on social media that shows the police driving down the crowded street, the sirens and lights flashing, and then four shots rang out so thousands of college students students and other young people are there for spring break already that's on the strip right ocean yeah that in the crazy part about it i think they just opened that back up maybe a month ago or two months ago because it was closed for a minute yeah because things had gotten a little crazy don't they shoot the area this time of year though isn't it always a shoot no it does seem like a shooting but they closed it down so there's no more

car driving down there. You can only walk down there. There was more police presence but I guess they opened it back up. I'm just shocked it's a headline. I feel like I always hear about shootings every time it's spring break. And then four people were wounded in a shooting in Austin, Texas and this is right by where all the South by Southwest festivities were happening. So the Austin

Police Department had told people to stay away from that area at around 2.50 a.m. It was several bars. And, you know, they did tweet that a suspect was in custody. And that was shortly before 5 a.m. that they found that person. And one person was killed and 28 wounded, including children in a shooting at a car show in Arkansas. So police did identify the person killed as 23-year-old Cameron Schaefer of Jacksonville, Arkansas. They said there was no indication that he was involved in the act of shooting itself. So state police had said that there were 24 people wounded in the incident. Well, happy Monday, guys.

All right. What a way to start the week off. I know, guys. Sorry. All right. Well, that's front page news. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

If you need to vent, hit us up right now. Maybe you had a great weekend and you want to tell everybody maybe you had a bad weekend. It doesn't matter. 800-585-1051. Get it off your chest. 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 male or black. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, lay it out. Who's this? Yes, good morning. This is Ryan from Fly Arts and Brushes. Ryan, what's happening? Fly Arts and Brushes, what's happening?

Hey, how you guys doing, Breakfast Club? Bless black and highly favored. Right, right. You know, I want to acknowledge that, you know, today would have been Biggie's 50th birthday had he survived, you know? Yep. I thought Biggie's birthday was in May. Ah, it's today, you know, so to celebrate.

I don't know about that one, guys. Let me see. How do y'all know y'all could be married? It's May 21st. It's May 21st. Shut up. It's today. No, it's May. All right, man. I'm y'all know New York is going to be married? It's May 21st. It's May 21st. Shut up. It's today. No, it's May.

All right, man. I'm not arguing with you about this. All right, you know what, Charlamagne? You could be right this one time. But anyway, check out

our... This is just so silly. And Envy was ready to ride with it. And we're not editing that. I want people to know how un-New York you are.

You are so Queens. Okay? I am so Queens. And yeah, you editing that. I want people to know how un-New York you are. You are so Queens, okay? I am so Queens. And yeah, you from Brooklyn. You're supposed to correct that on the spot. I didn't say anything. Biggie's born date is May 21st, and he died on March 9th. You're supposed to know that. Hello, good morning.

Who's this? Hey, good morning. This is Marvin from Colorado. Hey, get it off your chest. Hey, I just wanted to talk about this whole war in Ukraine. This is crazy. Ukraine has NATO and the U.S. in a bad spot right now because I don't see this ending in a good way.

Bro, we already in World War III, bro. It's already not good, even if it ended now. We in World War III right now. Ukraine can push back Russia, but at the end of the day, Russia's still got nukes, and if Russia wants to do something, they can just drop it on Ukraine for the balling NATO's court.

That's right. Because it's already in Ukraine, so it's like, what's NATO going to do? Brother, I'm with you. Yeah. I think it's a shame when you see all the civilians homes getting bombed and the hospitals

and the kids dying and the crazy part is America America intelligence is already saying they think Russia's going to lean into more lean into the nuclear threat

as the invasion drags on so it's almost like it's just I hate to use this term but it's like a sitting time bomb it's inevitable and it's like what do you do you just wait for them to do it

yeah because you don't want to strike first because you don't want to be the person that allegedly sets off World War 3 to use this term, but it's like a sitting time bomb. It's inevitable, and it's like, what do you do? You just wait for them to do it? Yeah. Because you don't want to strike first because you don't want to be the person that allegedly sets off World War III. World War III's set already. But they were saying even if they do fire the missiles, we won't know really until the missile actually hits if it has a nuclear warhead on it or nothing, which is crazy. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning.

My name is Nick. How y'all doing, man? What's up, Nick? Get it off your chest. Hey, Nick. All right. I just want to, hey y'all doing, man? What's up, Nick? Get it off your chest. Hey, Nick. All right. I just want to, hey, I just want to give positive vibes this morning, tell everybody it's a great day. You know, I got up with my kids this morning, about to sit them on the bus to school. I'm going to start my job in about an hour here.

Everybody have a blessed day. God is great. You too now. Okay, won't he do it? Bless him, brother. All right. 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. Wake up, wake up. Wake your ass. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Yo, Butterscotch Butt Envy. Big chop up the toe sucker. How we feeling today, everybody? Butterscotch butt envy.

Damn, you can only say that if you've had a taste. That's it. That's very descriptive. All right, can you be quiet a minute there, Half a Brain Charlemagne? Two quick things. Half a brain. Shout out to the Scorpion Restaurant and Foxwoods Hotel Casino. Had a great time there.

And two, let's say God bless the people of Ukraine, right? I can't stand this guy, Putin. So, Envy, I need you to put a God bless the people of Ukraine, right? I can't stand this guy Putin. So, MB, I need you to put a hot beat behind my Putin song, right? It goes, Putin, Putin, we hate you. You're worse than coronavirus times two. And the only thing that stinks worse than you is when Charlemagne

passes gas around to... I wouldn't even compare... I wouldn't even compare Putin to coronavirus because Putin let off one of them nuclear warheads. You'd be begging for coronavirus. Hello, who's this? Hey, it's your boy Joe from New Haven, Connecticut. Hey, Joe.

What up, Joe? Get off your chest. Hey, listen, I just wanted to, you know, good morning, DJ Envy, Angela, Charlamagne. I just want to let y'all know why I'm blessed this morning and why God is great. Go ahead, brother. Well, number one, you know, I'm on dialysis. I'm legally blind. I just had surgery done

so the only thing I got left on my hands is my thumbs and my right side of my toes is all cut off. Damn. And what I think of why I'm blessed because it can always be worse than what it is.

God gives me the strength every morning to keep pushing. And, you know, I have a son, a 16-year-old son, and I strive for him. You know, even though he sees me in the predicament that I'm in, I still want him to know that, you know, I'm a strong person and keep it moving. And God is good. God is great. That's right. And I just want to let people know out there that you know, it always could be worse than what it is.

Hey man, I'm sending you all the healing energy in the world and I love your outlook on life, brother. You know, listen, if it wasn't for him, I wouldn't know what I'd do. I pray to God every morning and every night and you know, I wake up like ain't nothing wrong. Him or her. God is just God. It doesn't even matter to me. That's right. Alright, brother. you know, I wake up like ain't nothing wrong. Him or her.

God is just God. It doesn't even matter to me. That's right. All right, brother. You know, and listen, and I also want to say, Charlamagne, I wish that I could sit here and say send some books, but I go to the audio books. So if you have anything around the office you want to, you know, send away because I know that office is getting crowded.

You know, you definitely send it off. I got you. What you want? I know that office is getting crowded. You know, you definitely send it off. I got you. What you want? I got all kinds of stuff in here. Hey, listen, anything, coffee mugs, whatever, you know, whatever you feel like, you know, that you need to clean up that room, I have no problem helping you guys out.

DJ Envy, name your car show, whatever you want to name it. And Angela, I just want to know your coffee. Do you sell them in K-Cups? No, it's only the actual beans or you can get it ground. Okay. Okay. Well, like I just said, I just want to say God bless y'all this morning.

And I hope you have a good morning and find some cheap gas. All right. Hold on. All right. Good luck with the cheap gas. Yes. Thank you. I'll hold all right? Good luck with the cheap gas. Yes. Thank you. I'll hold on.

Get it off your chest. He's on line nine. 800-585-1051. We got rumors on the way? Yes. And let's talk about Kanye. He was pulled from the 2022 Grammys performance lineup. And we'll tell you how Trevor Noah has reacted because he's hosting.

All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip.

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All right, well, the 64th annual Grammy Awards are happening April 3rd in Vegas at the MGM Grand, and Kanye was supposed to perform, but he has been pulled from the lineup. Now, Grammy organizers have not responded to outlets' requests for comment, but they said that it's because of his recent social media activity. Trevor Noah is hosting the awards, and some people said it was because of him. And he said on Twitter, I said, counsel Kanye, not cancel Kanye. If you remember, they had a bit of a back and forth because of some things that Trevor Noah said about Kanye,

about how Kim Kardashian is one of the richest women in the world and she's unable to get her ex to stop texting her, to stop chasing after her, to stop harassing her. And he said it's terrifying to watch what she's going through. Well, Trevor said what he said, and what he said was correct. And, you know, Kanye has been running around here saying and doing what he wants, and he cannot tell people how to react to

that. If the Grammys don't want him to perform, then guess what? He earned that. Now, they're saying that it's not a surprise to Kanye's team. They were not surprised by that decision at all. And also, don't you think Kanye and his team are using this for attention? Because he wasn't even announced as a Grammy performer.

Nobody would have known he wasn't performing if he didn't say something. And I don't think it was smart to release that information because it's probably going to lead to other people doing the same thing. They didn't even announce Kanye as a Grammy performer yet. I think the game announced he was taking off, right? Wasn't it the game? Yeah, but I'm saying the Grammys never announced he was performing. So why even put that information out there?

Nobody would have even known that if y'all didn't put that out there. All right, well, he also has five nominations for this year's ceremony including Best Rap Album and Album of the Year for Donda But you gotta understand the Grammys, they just don't want no problems Especially with Trevor Noah up hosting, they don't want no problems

I don't even think it's about Trevor, I think they just don't trust Kanye on a live stage I get it I completely understand There's no telling don't trust Kanye on a live stage. I get it. I completely understand. There's no telling what Kanye might say on a live stage. He might, you know, who knows? Who knows what Kanye will say at this point on a live stage? And I completely understand. Alright, well Trevor Noah had also posted,

don't ever forget the biggest trick racists ever played on black people was teaching us to strip each other of our blackness whenever we disagree. I don't care if you support Trump and I don't care if you roast Pete. I do have a care when I see you on a path that's dangerously close to peril and pain. I'm going to be honest. Everybody says Kanye was using a racial slur towards Trevor. I don't think he was using a racial slur. I just don't think Kanye can spell.

I think he was trying to spell out Kumbaya, my lord, Kumbaya. And he spelled, he put it Koon. I'm telling you. I don't think he even meant it as a I'm telling you, I don't think he even meant it as a racial slur. I just don't think he can spell. I'm telling you, because Kumbaya means what? Peace, right?

I really think he meant to type out Kumbaya. Instead of Koon-baya? He spelled it Koon. It's Koon-baya, not Koon. Now the game has defended Kanye after the Grammys have pulled him as a performer. He said, when will all the black entertainers, athletes, actors, producers, writers, directors, media, etc. figure it out? Time and time again, they show us that they only want to steal the culture, not allow you to ever be their equals,

and a more than obvious move for reasons of minuscule actions. The Grammys have at the last minute decided to pull Kanye from performing on the show as if we didn't know it was coming. Could be because Trevor Noah is hosting and there was a conversation held amongst his team and the Academy that led to the decision or because Zay's account was suspended just days ago. For reasons unknown, especially in a world where all the negativities of the world

can be found on the same app with no repercussions or suspensions. This has nothing to do with race. What Game is saying is right, right? But it's nuanced to it. Like, this has nothing to do with race in the case of Kanye. At what point do we as grown men hold each other accountable for our behavior? What Kanye has been doing is wrong. If y'all love that man, tell him relax.

Get it together before he actually loses something that jeopardizes his livelihood. There's a lot of people that's been saying he's wrong. You mean the people on his team? Yes. People closest to him. Don't blame the Grammys. Don't call the Grammys. I mean, listen, we know the Grammys are notoriously racially biased,

but come on, this isn't one of those times. All right, now, Maury Povich has announced he's retiring after 31 seasons of Maury. This show originally premiered in 1991 called The Maury Povich Show, and we all know it's famous for those paternity tests. But news broke that it's not coming back. And so it'll complete its run of original episodes in September of this year. And then it will not return for another season.

Now, reps from NBCUniversal confirmed the news to the day via email, and they shared a statement from Maury. Six years ago when I was ready to retire, my NBCUniversal family asked me to continue the show even though I told them I was ready for assisted living out of loyalty to NBC Universal and my more than 100 staff and crew members, Tracy Wilson and I

agreed to one more deal. I'm so proud of my relationship with NBC Universal and all those who worked on the Maury show. But as I occasionally tell my guests on Maury, enough already. Maury's been around for 30 years. Maury ain't missing no meals. Okay?

He'll be A-okay. He'll be A-okay. And I'm sure he's ready. As he said, he's over it. He's ready to retire. So he had a really great run. All right. Well, that is your rumor report.

All right. Kanye never ceases to amaze me, though. He just doesn't. How'd you get back to Kanye? I just was thinking about it. Because this is what they do. They conflate two issues, right? Yes, the Grammys are notoriously racist, racially biased, but what's that got to do with how Kanye's been acting?

Nothing. You know what I'm saying? It's something that we've been saying for a long time. They do it all the time. They conflate two issues and it psychologically tricks people. To make it seem like Kanye's the victim and he's being done wrong and nobody ever holds him accountable for his actions when the reality is, no, he earned this.

Alright. Well, we got front page news next what we talking about? Yes, and let's talk about China providing money and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. We'll tell you about that. Alright, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your morning. The Breakfast Club.

Your mornings will never be the same. I teamed up with Zyrtec for this allergy relief message. Springtime brings vibrancy to the air and pollen. So I take Zyrtec when allergy symptoms start. Save the tissues and live vibrantly with Zyrtec. Starts working at hour one and stays strong day after day. All right. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. All right. Let's get in some front page news.

Where we starting, Yeezy? All right. Well, China is providing some more humanitarian aid to Ukraine based on the development of the situation and actual needs. They're providing another one point.57 million to Ukraine. Now, Joe Biden had a two-hour call Friday morning with the president of China, and they said that supporting Russia's invasion of Ukraine would have severe consequences for Beijing, according to White House officials. Here is White House Secretary Jen Psaki explaining what happened. The president spent the vast majority of the nearly two hours was spent with the president outlining the views of the United States and our allies and partners on this crisis, including

a detailed overview of efforts to prevent and then respond to the invasion, how we got here, steps we've taken, where we've gone and why. He also conveyed and described the implications and consequences if China provides material support to Russia. But again, I'm not going to provide any additional assessment. Why doesn't the president of China just pick up the phone and call Putin and tell Putin, if you don't stop this, then our alliance is off? I don't think that they necessarily are condemning what's happening with Putin and Russia.

I mean, they gave aid to Ukraine. That kind of shows that they're on the side of Ukraine, right? They're saying they hope that things can solve the crux of the Ukraine crisis, but they still will not go against Vladimir Putin. And China and the United States have been having really tense relationships in the past few months. And China and Russia have a great relationship with each other. China is Russia's top trade partner. That's what I'm saying.

So why doesn't the president of China just pick up the phone and tell Putin, you know, knock it off? That's what the United States was hoping could happen. I don't understand any of this. Like, none of this makes any sense to me. Because you can't tell me that you're on my side, but you're giving, you know, money to my app. It doesn't make sense. Like, I don't get it. All of it doesn't make sense. I don't tell me that you're on my side, but you're giving money to my... Doesn't make sense. I don't get it. All of it doesn't make sense. I don't understand your political politics at all.

Zelensky said that he's ready to negotiate with Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, but he warned that if any negotiation attempts fail, it could mean the fight between the two countries would lead to a third world war. He said, I'm ready for negotiations with him. I was ready for the last two years, and I think that without negotiations, we cannot end this war. If there's just 1% chance for us to stop this war, I'm ready for negotiations with him. I was ready for the last two years. And I think that without negotiations, we cannot end this war.

If there's just 1% chance for us to stop this war, I think that we need to take this chance. We need to do that. I can tell you about the results of these negotiations. In any case, we are losing people on a daily basis, innocent people on the ground. World War III is going to be inevitable. So all you rappers might as well start making your World War IV songs. You've been making World War III songs for decades now. You might as well switch making your World War IV songs. You've been making World War III songs for decades now. Might as well switch it to World War IV

because World War III is upon us, if it's not already here. Alright, and in South Carolina they have given the green light to firing squad executions and they said that renovations have been completed on the death chamber in Columbia and that the agency had notified the Attorney General that it was able to carry out

a firing squad execution. That sounds crazy. It does sound crazy, but you know, all death penalties sound crazy. I totally disagree with the death penalty. The electric chair sounds crazy. The lethal injection sounds crazy. So it's like, okay, you add firing squad to the list. It's like, I'm like, okay.

All death penalties sound diabolical to me, but what do I know? Right, I mean, which do you choose? Do you have a choice when they tell you you get the deaf? I don't know if you choose which one do you want. I think it's based on the state, right? I think sometimes you can choose. A lot of people get lethal injections, right?

Man, listen. Who wants to get shot? Who wants to get electrocuted in a damn electric chair? That's what I said, who wants to get shot? Oh, listen. Who wants to get shocked? Who wants to get electrocuted in a damn electric chair? That's what I said. Who wants to get shocked? Oh, they said shocked.

I thought you said shocked. And would you want that to be your job where you're the person that actually has to execute people? I'm sure they enjoy it. I'm sure they enjoy it. I mean,

that's terrible. You would have to enjoy it to do that. But I thought, and don't get me wrong, I thought in some places the, I don't know,

maybe the family of the person that it was affected by or something like that can do it or something. I thought, and don't get me wrong, I thought in some places the, I don't know, maybe the family of the person that it was affected by or something like that can do it or something. I thought, I don't know. I have no idea. I could be making that up. The reason I don't like the death penalty is because there's just too much room for error. Like, you're not gonna, I know thousands of innocent people have gotten the death penalty. Yeah. You know what I mean?

And there's no going back from that. That's what I'm saying. Like, you can't just say sorry. At least if you've been locked up for 20-something years, we see all the time people get exonerated because mistakes were made, things like that. But with the death penalty, there's no coming back. And then if you say that killing people is wrong, then how do you kill people?

If you're saying that's wrong. If you completely know without a doubt, like if somebody killed one of my kids or one of my family members, no, I don't care. Let them die. Let them fry. Let them get shot. I don't care. If you killed one of my family members? No, I don't care. Let them die. Let them fry. Let them get shot. I don't care. If you killed one of my family members,

like some of these mass murderers that do it, I'm supposed to have sympathy for you now? You can't have life in jail, though? No, die. I'm going to be honest with you. Life in jail probably works. Yeah, I would think so. Life in jail probably works. Live and suffer. But I wouldn't feel comfortable

wanting someone to get killed, period. It just wouldn't rest easy on me. I think it would rest easy if somebody killed one of my kids. I mean, I'm not in that situation, so I don't know, but if somebody killed one of my kids, I would want them to die. I would want you to be punished forever, but I don't know. All right, well, that is your front page news. I just don't believe in the death penalty. I don't know how I feel about the death penalty.

I can't say I don't believe in it, but I do see a lot of the flaws. There's a lot of flaws, but if it's without a doubt and somebody killed one of your family members, your mother, your father, your sister, your brother, no, I want them to die. I would want to kill them myself. That's just how I feel. I just know things like that never work for us. No. You know what I mean?

And you know that the people who do get the death penalty, a lot of times it's because they don't have money for the right lawyer. You know, a lot of times it's, you know, the jury. A lot of different things come into play. And it definitely negatively affects our community. Without a doubt. I don't know. All right. Well, that is front page news.

When we come back, Jabari Banks will be joining us. Tell the people who Jabari Banks is. You been watching the Bel-Air show on Peacock? FYI, that show is really good. I keep hearing that. Yeah. I think it's eight episodes so far, and I FYI, that show is really good. I keep hearing that. Yeah, I think it's eight episodes so far, and I watched all of it.

I binge-watched it. It was really good. Well, he plays Will Smith in Bel Air. And he's doing a great job on there. Yep, and we're going to talk to him today. You're going to talk to Jabari Bix. Alright, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed?

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Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. From Bel Air, we have Jabari Banks. Welcome.

What's going on? How you feeling, my brother? I'm great, man. How y'all? Man, blessed black and highly favored. Yeah, exactly. Blessed to be here. Blessed to be with y'all.

This is incredible. That's right. Congrats on the success of Bel Air thus far. Thank you, man. Appreciate that. Did you feel a lot of pressure having to play such an iconic role? Yeah, definitely the pressure. But, you know, many talks with Will, many talks with Morgan Cooper, our creator, and they just reminded me to just be me, bring myself to the role.

And that's exactly what Will was doing when he was being the Fresh Prince in the 90s. You know what I mean? He wasn't trying to be nobody else. So that's what I had to do. How'd you get into acting? I got into acting in high school, and I sort of, you know, was just like dollying around, and then I went to college for it

because my mom needed me to go to college, and I was like, I'll go to college for acting, and then... Where you from? I'm from Philly, and I'm from Maryland. Are you from Philly? Yeah, yeah. West Philadelphia, born and raised?

Yeah, yeah. It's crazy because I lived in West Philly with my Uncle Phil. Wow. But his name is James. Get the f*** out of here. It's what it got. It's crazy because I lived in West Philly with my Uncle Phil. Wow. But his name is James. Get the fuck out of here. It's what it got. It's what it got.

Stop. I don't believe you. I don't believe you. Listen, listen. His name is James. James Brogan, right? Yeah, okay. But we called him Phil because he lived in Philly, and I lived with him for a long time.

And so- That's wild because Uncle Phil's real name was James. James Avery. James Avery. Yeah, yeah. Wow. There's a lot of instances within the show, not just me, with everybody in the cast, you know what I mean?

That kind of intertwined them with the story. But yeah, I went to school in Philly at University of the Arts, and then I fell in love with it then. So did you tell people that story? Growing up being from Philly and having an uncle named Phil? No, it didn't make sense. I mean, it didn't really register, you know what I mean? I wasn't really tripping off of it until everything clicked,

and then it was like, oh, wow, every part of my life has sort of led up to this. Wow. You know? Wow. Now, you were a Fresh Prince fan, I'm assuming. Oh, yeah, for sure. Okay, all right.

Now, according to the PhillyVoice.com, the director, Morgan Cooper, he had a $25,000 budget to do a feature film, teaser, for Bel-Air with different actors. So how did that turn into this is going to be a show? Well, so basically, you know, Morgan put the trailer out, you know, just out of love and out of a pure place. You know what I mean? He was just like, I love the Fresh Prince. I want to see this. I want to tell the story that I want to tell, you know?

And he just, he took that and he put it on YouTube. And I think within the first day, Will's company, Westbrook, they hit him up and, you know, they were like, we want to talk with you and develop this thing. I think a couple weeks after that, he was sitting with Will and he was talking about

where we want to take this story and years down the line, here we are. Totally different tone, though. Totally different tone. What did you think when you saw that? Break that down. Break down, if people haven't seen the show, the differences between what we've seen as a kid, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Bel-Air. well you know Bel-Air uh 2022 version is a dramatic retelling of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air uh the quintessential 90s sitcom and uh you know it's all the characters

that we know and love but basically we get to dive deep into who they are and the actual stories that are going on in their lives and uh you know it's it's a modern day retelling of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air basically and um And when you think of the story, you know, our showrunner, TJ Brady, he said it perfectly. He was like, we all know the story of the Joker. You know what I mean?

But when we see Juan Quixote do what he was doing, it was like, did you really think about it? You know what I mean? And so, like, we get to see the story. We get to see how Will ends up in Bel-Air. And it's going to be super exciting for, like, old fans and new fans and man It's it's been crazy to love around the project

Did you were you afraid to turn something that I guess was so happy? So I'll call it bright I'll call Fred Prince of Bel-Air bright. Would you were you afraid to turn something like that dark? No, I wasn't afraid of it Um, cuz when I had seen Morgan's trailer, I was like, oh I get it I get it and I was like watch that, you know what I mean? And so I think it's I think it. And I was like, I could watch that. You know what I mean? And so I think it's important because it's a reflection of our world. You know what I mean? And I think it's important to see that.

How hands-on was Will Smith during the taping and all that? I always say this. It was great that he wasn't because he really gave us, he really left our retelling and our creation of these characters to our own volition. You know what I mean? And so that allowed us to create these characters that ourselves are in. You know what I mean? And so that allowed us to create these, you know, characters that ourselves are in.

You know what I mean? He didn't have his thumb on it. Hello. You know what I mean? And so I feel like that's what I appreciated about him. But, you know, he definitely gave us a lot of tips. What about the other characters? Carlton and all of them?

Any of them come on set? Yeah, we had a few talks with the original cast. So it was definitely a blessing to get their blessing and to see that torch pass. You know what I mean? I always wonder you know uh if and i would love to ask will this but maybe he told you i wonder what he have played that character differently now because you know oh he's older now and he always said that back then he was he was pretending to be somebody he wasn't right right i wonder what he played at approach that character

different now. Definitely. I feel, you know, like when he was, you know, doing the Fresh Prince thing, he had no acting chops at all. Yeah. You know what I mean? And so he was just kind of up there just trying to figure it out. And I definitely think knowing what he knows now, it definitely would have been different,

but it wouldn't have been as raw. So you got acting chops. So you weren't doing what Will could do. But They said Will used to be saying everybody's lines. It was a little different for me. It was a little different for me because I was a theater actor. And so this was my first time being in front of a camera, in front of a 40-person camera crew. And so that was definitely a learning curve for sure.

How'd they discover you? I just sent in my audition. I had a manager, I had an agent that I got through a showcase. And they sent me the call. They were like, yo, there's this show called Bel-Air. to send to my audition. Oh. You know, I had a manager, I had an agent that I got through a showcase and, you know, they sent me the call. They were like, yo, there's this show called Bel Air and for this character Will

and I was like, hold on, Bel Air, Will, what? And I saw the call and I was like, okay, okay, I can do this. I knew it was me.

I just had to prove to everybody else but I thought that they wanted like a big name. You know what I mean? I thought that they wanted somebody who was recognizable

to everybody else and so I was like, I don't know how I'm gonna get this role but, you know what I mean, I thought that they wanted somebody who was recognizable to everybody else. And so I was like, I don't know how I'm going to get this role. But, you know what I mean? I just had to surrender to the whole process. And so I sent him my call. And a couple weeks down the line. What did you have to do on that first tape?

Do you remember? Yeah. It was a couple of scenes. Did you have to rap? No, I didn't have to rap. No, no. It was a couple of scenes. It was actually a scene with LeBron in it.

LeBron was supposed to be in the first episode. Really? You know, it was a couple of scenes. It was actually a scene with LeBron in it. LeBron was supposed to be in the first episode. Really? You know, it was, you know, budget and, you know. Well, he was supposed to be playing one of the people you were playing ball against? No, no, no, no. He was supposed to be at a Bel Air party. He was like, yo, that's LeBron. You know what I mean?

So I did a scene where LeBron was in it. And I mean, as soon as I read the scenes, when I first got the script, I was like, oh, this show has something to say. Expound on the surrendering to the process. Yeah. For me, as an artist, we're always fighting against something when you're an upcoming artist. It's either time, money, or resources.

It always felt like there was a push and pull with me. I was like, I wish I could do this, but I need this, or I wish I could do this, but I need that. I was like, I don't know how I'm going to get where I'm going to get, need that and I was like I don't know how I'm gonna get where I'm gonna get but I felt myself getting there you know what I mean um and uh and you know because it's when it when it comes to like opportunity like it really just like a lot of the times like I feel that you know it's it's about like someone like reaching down sometimes and like being like giving this person like okay I see you and I see your talent I'm gonna take a

chance on you and I didn't know how I was to get to that point so i remember there was a point in time where i was walking around this track in uh north philly the temples campus that i found and um and i was studying my lines for the script right and there was a bee that flew across my face and a lot of the times when bugs like fly across me i'm like get close to me i'm like yeah i sw to me, I'm like, eh. I swat. You know, I tense up. When there's cold water, I tense. You know what I mean? I want to stick a toe in. And I was like, I'm going to surrender to the universe, to nature.

And I'm just going to. And that was, like, a big learning lesson for me throughout the whole process was, like, I don't know how I'm going to do it. Like, you know what I mean? And that's okay. I'm okay with not knowing. You know what I mean? Because, like, now, like, it's not in my hands. It's in the universe's hands.

It's in God's hands. Whatever you believe. You know what I mean? Because, like, now, like, it's not in my hands. It's in the universe's hands, it's in God's hands, whatever you believe, you know what I mean? And just knowing that gives you peace. And so through that, I was able to just focus on me because I feel like a lot of times as artists, you know, like, you know, the comparison is the thief of joy, basically. You know what I mean? And so when you see yourself auditioning, you're like, oh, no, he got more to look. You know what I mean? Oh, he got more acting chops.

He's done more things than me. You know what I mean? Oh, he got more acting chops. He's done more things than me. You know what I mean? And so you sort of just start tearing yourself down in that way, which I was blessed enough because it was over Zoom that I didn't have to see the competition. So it was just me versus me. And so I just surrendered to the whole process. And I was like, I don't know.

I was okay with not knowing. How long did you let the beat sit there? Nah, it was just fine. It was just buzzing. It was just buzzing. Oh, okay. It just sat on your there? Nah, it was just buzzing. It didn't sit on my face. It flew by, but it was hovering. You know how bees be. You just weren't scared. Yeah, I wasn't scared. I was just like, I'm just going to keep

walking, doing me. You know what I mean? That was just a big learning lesson for me. I'll never forget that. Dope. Alright, we have more with Jabari Banks. He plays Will Smith in the new series, Bel-Air. We'll talk to him some more. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. 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 Jabari Banks. He's the actor that plays Will Smith in the new Bel-Air series. Now, with Bel-Air, are they recreating episodes that were done? Because there's so many iconic episodes. You know. The father episode. Right.

The pool hall episode. The drugs episode. Yeah. episode the drugs episode like are they recreating or they're doing new episodes they're doing new episodes but they're recreating moments i would say you know moments that are recognizable they're gonna be like oh okay so if you've seen the pilot episode there's a moment where will is on the plane and there's a glass full of oj you know champagne glass full of oj and that's just a you know a call full of OJ, you know, champagne glass full of OJ. And that's just a, you know, a callback to the original song, you know? And there's just moments, little small moments like that, that are going to get the audience hyped.

I mean, the OG fans, you know what I mean? Did you have to learn how to rap or did you know how to rap? Did you have that part done? No, I was a rapper before I was an actor. Oh, you was a rapper. Okay. So you're a rapper. What was your rap name?

Big Banks. Big Banks. No, no. I've been through many rap names. I used to call myself Indie the Philosopher. Actually, Jabari Banks is my rap name. Don't say that fast. rap names I used to call myself Indie the Philosopher actually Jabari Banks is my rap name don't say that fast

we want to slow that down Indie the Philosopher Indie the Philosopher I was in middle school what was your rap name Dizzy Van Winkle like Dick Van Dyke no like Dizzy

like Rip Van Winkle mixed with Dizzy Dizzy Devil remember Dizzy Like Rip Van Winkle Mixed with Dizzy Dizzy Devil Remember Dizzy Devil From Looney Tunes? It was Tasmanian Devil But did I think he had a son Named Dizzy

Dizzy Van Winkle Yeah, Dizzy Van Winkle It was wild Like, you know, Rip Van Winkle Was asleep for mad long And so I always felt like You know, I was asleep for mad long And then I woke up

Like mentally confused So I was dizzy Oh, okay, got you Because they were sleeping on you No, I got you I understand, you know what I mean? I felt like, you know, I would sleep for that long. And then I woke up, like, mentally confused. So I was dizzy. Oh, okay. Got you. Because they were sleeping on you. No, I got you. I understand. You know what I mean?

I was like, okay, they're sleeping on you. I was in middle school. We was in middle school. You did some wild shit for him. I think that's your name. Now, you said that you learned so much from Will in five months. What are some of the things that Willy Llama taught you? Willy Llama, right?

Yeah. Nah, yo, it's been super enlightening, for sure. You know, I feel like one of the bigger lessons that I've been taking with me, you know, I've been thinking about that a lot, is like, he says, you know,

don't let the success get to your head, don't let the failures get to your heart. You know what I mean? And I've taken that with me. I'm just like, man, like, there's a lot of noise, a lot'm just like man there's a lot of noise a lot of noise and there's a lot of things

that come into this business that aren't about the work you know what I mean and to just stay about the work because that's how you elevate you know what I mean that's how you you know what I mean

inspire that's what we do that's why we do what we do you know what I mean everything else around us kind of surrounding it and it's like okay cool

that comes with the territory. It's interesting, right? Because you want accolades, but those same accolades can make you a prisoner to the opinions of other people. Yeah. And you don't really want that. Yeah, no, no, no.

You got to stay in here with yourself. Yeah, right, yeah. I mean, accolades are just, they're nice, you know what I mean, when they come around, but it's definitely all about the work for me. For me, you know what I mean? Because that's where I find my joy at. Like, you know what I mean?

I find joy being here, you know what I mean? Just talking. But, you know i mean because that's where i found my joy at like like you know i mean i i find joy being here you know i mean just talking but you know i mean when i'm doing my work when i'm when i'm when i'm doing doing something that makes me happy that's that's that's what uh that's what it's all about for me but you know i mean the the wars that come with it you know i mean come with it when you thought when you thought about taking this or trying out for this did you ever get nervous that you'd be always stuck as that character like you look at jaleel white no no, nah, nah, nah, nah. I'm never, I'm too dynamic for that. I knew that about myself.

Like I'm an artist that is transformative. You know what I mean? Like I think you'll see that throughout the years. You know what I mean? I can transform. And I always knew that about myself. Like I was a totally different person a year ago, two years ago. You know what I mean?

You'll look at that person and be like, who the hell is that? You know what I mean? You'll look at that person and be like, who the hell is that? You know what I mean? And, like, and so I feel like down the line, I want to take on roles that are going to give people a different perspective about how a black person can be. You know what I mean? I'm super interested in being, like, in fantasy movies. You know what I mean?

And seeing just fantasy science fiction. And you're just like, like, show you ever seen Lovecraft mean? And seeing... Fantasy science fiction. Fantasy science fiction. And you're just like... Like, show, you ever seen Lovecraft Country? Hell yeah. Lovecraft Country. And like, it was a moment where it was like, oh, like, we can be... You know what I mean?

We can exist in this type of... And it was like, this was a period piece, but it was also fantasy, but it was also drama, and it was also, you know, sci-fi. And I definitely... It also lasted one season definitely it also lasted one season it also lasted one season because HBO

could not imagine seeing all these black people doing this science fictional stuff that's what it seemed like we had uh yeah you know I think that came down to budget

you know what I mean we had Ajnu Ajnu Ellis we had Ajnu Ellis at the end of the day and that's what she said she said she feels like HBO couldn't see

black people in that space for a long period of time I'm interested in opening up that room I'm interested in opening up that room i'm interested in opening up that story you know what i mean and i feel like i don't ever want to get stuck in just the box he's fresh prince he's he's doing this you know what i mean that's not me and i don't think i'll ever be that person you know what's so interesting that's such a great

question nv asked because it's like that role is so iconic right not just the role because we're talking about there's a lot of iconic roles but the person who played the role became an icon within itself. Yeah. So could you ever

truly feel those shoes? I don't know if anybody would ever and that's not a diss to you I don't know if anybody would ever see you as the Fresh Prince. Yeah, no, I'm not

interested in that. I'm not interested in like actually feeling like you know what I mean? I'm telling a story that I'm telling for a new generation at the end of the day and this is opening up opportunity for me. Yeah. you know what I mean? I'm telling a story that I'm telling for a new generation at the end of the day,

and this is opening up opportunity for me. You know what I mean? And this is giving me access for me to open up opportunity for the next person. You know what I mean? And so my story is my story. Will's story is his story. We're not the same. You know what I mean?

And I'm telling this story of the Fresh Prince, but I'm telling this story of a 16-year-old young man from Philly that gets sent to L.A., but at the end of the day, our but like, you know, I'm telling the story of a 16-year-old young man from Philly, you know, gets sent to LA, but at the end of the day, like, our stories aren't the same. And,

you know, nobody will ever be Will Smith. He's one-on-one. One-on-one. And Jabari Banks is one-on-one. Right. You know what I mean? So,

I wonder if you could even tell this story if it wasn't for, like, the reruns of Fresh Prince playing all the time now. Yeah, yeah.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah, no, I know what you mean. Yeah. I wonder. Yeah. I wonder.

How much do you relate to the character? A lot. A lot, yeah. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, no, I know what you mean. Yeah. I wonder. Yeah. I wonder. How much do you relate to the character, Will? A lot. A lot, man. Okay. It's been a really meta experience, bro. Mm.

You know what I mean? In a way that it's like, when you see Will, you know, on Mulholland Drive with Jazz for the first time, he's like,

damn, this shit's f***ing crazy. Crazy. That's Jabari, too. Mm. You know what I mean? And so, there's moments in the show where it's like, damn, this is crazy. It's crazy. That's Jabari, too. You know what I mean? And so there's moments in the show where it's like, Will, the character, is having an experience, and Jabari is having the same experience.

And so it didn't feel like I was like, you know what I mean? Well, you have it in real life. I'm having it in real life. Real life. But it didn't feel like it was like I had to act. It's just like I had to exist. You know what I mean? I had to be.

You know what I mean? I had to be. You know what I mean? And so it's crazy. Now, on social media, there's been a conversation on if Will is wrong for dating Carlton's ex. Yeah. What are your thoughts on that? You know what I mean? Not from a character perspective, either. From a real life.

Real life? Yeah. Like, shit happens, bro. That's like your brother, though. That's not my brother. You know what I mean? That's not my brother, bro. That's your your brother though that's not my brother you know what i mean that's not my brother bro no it's my cousin i don't know him you know what i mean like i don't know him and like when you have a connection with somebody you can't run away from that it's like damn that's your family though he's already wrecked his brain it's like damn i

know i see the history i know the history you know what i mean but when you have that connection with somebody it's like like what can we do yeah you have that connection with somebody, it's like, what can we do? You felt that, bro. It's like, I shouldn't be doing this right now, but don't leave your girl around your bar. Yeah. Come on. Come on. You know this. You know this, though. Be honest with yourself. But that also...

There's always been that person in your life where you're like... Now, I've been married 21 years, bro. Yeah, I married her. You've been married 21 years? Okay, he different. I married her. I've been with my wife for 24... We've been married 21 years bro yeah I married her you've been married 21 years okay he different I married her I've been with my wife for 24 we've been married

since 2014 we've been together for like 24 years but when you were 16 I was with my wife I was 16 she was 15 draggy

holy shit damn yeah I don't know who I'm talking about what are you trying to say though you trying to say when you meet certain women you just know

it's a connection that's undeniable. Yeah, it's undeniable. It's like, you know what I mean? It's just like a, you, it's not like, it just surpasses all, you know what I mean, understanding. It's like, yeah, I understand that there's this history there, but, you know, have these feelings. That's a good perspective.

I didn't look at it like that. I looked at it like, yo, yo, cuz, that ain't the one you should wife, because I smashed. Nah, yeah, nah. Yeah, yeah, nah. I mean one you should wipe because I smashed. Nah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, nah. I mean, I feel you. I feel you. But, you know, when Will first met Lisa, like, he wasn't like, oh, this is Carlton's ex. He was like, who is this girl?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? And, like, that initial thought is what's been driving him throughout the season. Got you. Got you. You know? You know what I just thought? It's ironic that your name, your last name is really Banks.

Yeah. Wow. Yeah. You might have been really meant to play this role. You know what I mean? I feel that way. It's definitely been an experience that has been a spiritual one for all of us. You know what I mean?

Like, there's each player in our ensemble has something in our lives that has twisted us and intertwined us with this project and aligned us with this project. You know what I mean? So it's divine. All right. Well, Jabari, we appreciate you for joining us. Whatined us with this project and aligned us with this project. You know what I mean? So it's divine. All right, with Jabari, we appreciate you for joining us. What's next with Jabari? What's next with Jabari? Yes.

Clothing, coming soon. Music, coming soon. What kind of music? Because you know they're going to be expecting Fresh Prince. Parents just don't understand. No, no, no, it's totally different than that. You know what I mean? Willow's 101, Jabari's 101. You know what I mean? It's totally different than that. You know what I mean? Willow's one-on-one, Jabari's one-on-one.

You know what I mean? I'm doing my own stuff. You know what I mean? I feel like I'm marrying R&B and hip-hop in a way that hasn't been done before. I'm still trying to figure that out. You know what I mean? Still trying to find my voice in that.

You know what I mean? It's like, I always say, I feel like Drake and Don Toliver are marrying R&B and hip-hop in a specific way, but totally different ways. You know what I mean? Totally different voices.

And I'm trying to find my voice in that. Gotcha. You know? Pay homage to the OG Ja Rule, too. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Now, are they keeping you in the family? Like, is Charlie Mack trying to manage you? Or is he managing you?

Yo, you know what's crazy? I auditioned for Charlie Mack. He was making a boy band called Brotherly Love. And he was, like, developing this band, and I auditioned for him years ago. Wow. And I didn't make it. And I see them on the red carpet, and I was like, yo, Charlie, you remember me? He was like, yeah, I remember you.

You know what I mean? Wow. He was trying to hit on my mom and shit, but yeah. You know what I'm talking about? Yeah, you know, Charlie, you know. Charlie! No, Charlie's the guy, though. You know what I mean?

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Shout out to Charlie Mack. Shout out to Charlie Mack. Big shout out to Charlie Mack. It's Jabari Banks. Seriously. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning's the guy, though. You know what I mean? Yeah. Okay. Shout out to Charlie Mack. Shout out to Charlie Mack. Big shout out to Charlie Mack. It's Jabari Banks. Seriously.

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Thank you, bro. So Jabari's still here, ladies and gentlemen. And the last thing he said, y'all ain't gonna have me rap? We was trying to save you, Jabari. Sit your ass back down, Jabari. Did y'all save me?

Nah, sit your ass back down. Holy s***. Now, you know Charlamagne will give you, will fart on your bars if they're trash, so. Charlamagne don't fart on s***. Okay. That's what I have to talk about. Let me hear it. Let me hear it.

Let me hear it. I like. Man. In West Philadelphia. Barnary. All right, let's go. Jabari's here. Let's hear something, Jabari.

Give me a B. Too much for you? It just started. Huh you it just started okay hey Michael hold on turn me up turn me up Turn me up

Yeah, hold on Here you go, okay, yeah Have you adjusted, they ask How you been coping the past six months With everything that's been happening now Yeah, now I'm back on they ass Hold on, alright, got you Have you adjusted, they ask How you been coping the past six months now. Uh, yeah. Now I'm back on they ass. Hold on. Alright, got you. Uh.

Have you adjusted they ass? How you been coping the past? Six months with everything that's been happening now. Already been back on they ass. Billboard hurting they necks. Looking up like how the fuck this shit happened so fast. Now I'm on Fallon doing dances I did in my room. MJ Sparkle the suit. Uh.

Let's go. Hold on, hold on. Alright, let's go. You get us on camera man turn that up yeah we freestyling i'm up now what's up i said i'm gonna turn this board upside down yeah told bitch they're getting don't fuck with me yeah i love that bitch she lovely and she in love with me she know this baby. Baby, I know you know this. Baby, I keep you focused. Baby, I keep you loving me. Hold on. All right, Beck.

I need some water. I'm nodding my head to the beat now, not your ass. I just want you to do that. Hold on, hold on. I'm nodding my head to the beat. Hold on. My fault, Michael. You're crazy. You make...

Hold on. Oh, Philly. Now, you can't... Nah, nah, nah, Jabari. You can f*** up the Brooklyn Beach. You cannot f*** up the freeway joint. I need some current s***. You want some current s***? Like what?

Name it. Play WAP. No, not WAP. He clowning. Michael, get me out of here. Hold on. Find the get me out of here. Hold on. Find the freeway in Philly. Even though what we do is wrong.

You got some riddance? Nah, bro. You got some riddance acapella you can do? Nah, bro. Let's go. We still hustle to the sun. Come on. In it, in it, in it.

Keep going. Keep going. Keep flowing. You know what it is. If you got a dream, you got to get the shish. I don't care what they say because I've been this way.

I don't care what they say because I've been that guy riding in the car and I'm just so fly. I don't need a pilot. I don't need a stylist. I don't care what they say because I've been that guy. Riding in the car and I'm just so fly. I don't need a pilot. I don't need a stylist. I don't count the mileage. I just do this shish and I do it for the fun of it. Do it for the hell of it. Do it for the

shish and I'm super celibate. I don't know. Can I curse? I can curse, right? Breakfast club. I need some bacon because I know these niggas hating yo. Straight rap. Straight like that. That's niggas hatin', yo Straight rap, straight like that That's niggas, yeah, this way Still bobbing my head to the beat, not your ass

This nigga think that he can rap, but he a bitch, though Ask me if you dope, ask me if you dope He said what? Ask me if you dope Just ask me, just ask me if you dope Am I dope? Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. Cut this part out, bro.

Hold on. Give me another one. Nope. Give me another one. But watch Bel-Air every Thursday on Peacock. Give me another one. They're a great actor. Give me another one.

Oh, Lord. Give me another one, bro. Why are you doing it to yourself? Okay. You want? one oh lord why are you doing it bro okay go on oh put me in 2022 give him a 2022 give him super gremlin super gremlin uh kodak black i love that song we got kodak black super gremlin all right why i'm not doing this with you after today now hold on because we could cut and paste right we could cut and paste All right. Why am I doing this with you after this eight now? I know, I know, I know. It's the last one. I know, this is the last one.

Hold on, because we can cut and paste, right? We can cut and paste. We ain't going to. We got to show them this in its raw form. So when your music does come out, you say stop. Come on, what are you doing? What are you doing? What are you doing?

So when your music comes out this summer, you can be like, see? I was better than I was on Breakfast Club. Yeah, yeah. Next. What else we got in there for 2022? Envy. just somehow you could be like see i was better than i was on breakfast club yeah next what else we got never 2022 envy it's a good one bitch i got my own fight on the security in the club you don't have to do this. I'm out of here.

You really don't. You're crazy. Oh, s***. Oh, s***. You don't have to do this. You don't have to do this. Like, why? You're not even here for this.

Oh, my God. Hey, yo. I just wanted to say that I did it because I did it. You know what I mean? You know. Will Bungie jumped. You wrapped on breakfast. Exactly.

You got to get over your feet. Next time I come back, I have some. Oh, man. Shout out to Jabari for stopping through. Jabari Banks. Make sure y'all watch Bel-Air on Peacock. All eight episodes are up right now. That's right.

All right. All right. Morning, everybody. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Nicki Minaj. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Rumor has it.

Rumor, rumor, rumor. On The Breakfast Club. Listen up. Well, Nicki Minaj and Koi LeRae's recent collaboration, Blick Blick, is going crazy. It's a hard record. And Koi LeRae and Nicki Minaj went on live together and discussed a lot of things. Koi expressed her experience and her frustrations

with dealing with hate. And here's what Nicki had to say. You know, even through the hate, grinded through that. Can you girls, can you girls stop talking about hate? I have never experienced hate like the way this guy right here, me,

has experienced it. Y'all have just experienced some of the growing pains of artistry and like of social media. Like y'all be thinking y'all have experienced hate and trust me, you ain't experienced it yet. Right.

Okay. A lot of y'all have gotten really not coddled, but y'all have been, people have been nice. People have been like gentle with y'all. All right. Now there was some backlash on social media for these comments. And Nikki went on social media and said, from now on, my advice is going to be, yeah, bitch, it was bad for you.

It only gets worse. It never gets better. Get out while you can. It's ruining your life, bitch. They never hated on me like they hated you, child. That's because you suck. And I never sucked as hard as you, bitch. Run LMFAO. And then she goes on to talk about her own experiences, how she sucked at her singing audition for performing arts high school and was crying. She said, if all you get is coddled when you complain, you'll feel the world owes you and you'll never mentally develop the armor you need to navigate through your career. People using sympathy for every rollout isn't going to sustain them over time. You're going to get some hate.

That's life. Yeah. I mean, Koi Larray has experienced a lot of hate as well. Yes, she has. You know what I mean? Cardi B has experienced a lot of hate. Megan Thee Stallion definitely experiences a lot of hate. Not like Nicki, though.. You know what I mean? Cardi B's experienced a lot of hate. Megan Thee Stallion definitely experiences a lot of hate.

Not like Nicki, though. I will say, not like Nicki. Megan? I don't know, bro. We can't. I don't want to quantify. Nicki's whole state didn't mess with Nicki

at first. Remember, New York didn't mess with Nicki. That's just because y'all's always slow when it comes to new times. But I will feel like going viral on social media

now and how they post clips of people booing Koi Larray. I know it's difficult. So I can't say who gets more hate than who, but everybody does deal with it. They all do.

But from that clip, it sounded crazy from the little clip. But it was a full, what, hour and a half where they had a conversation where they were bigging each other up?

Well, Coil of Ray responded also on social media. She said, y'all too emotional. Nicki been through a lot. She's still standing strong, still dropping hits. She basically told me,

don't let y'all whack ass comments and negative energy stop me now because more money and success, more problems. So, thug that ish out. Nikki,

don't offend me. I grew up on tough love. When someone is speaking who has more experience, always listen. That's the problem. Y'all talk too damn much. Regardless of what she's saying,

she coming from a good space. Yeah, and it's not to hate Olympics, right? Like, we don't need to sit around and talk about who receives more hate. They all did.

They all definitely do. But if we were giving out gold medals and then nikki said 36 minutes of positivity fun and uplifting each other but this is what gets posted this proves my point the next sentence out of my mouth was why i came to her defense when i saw her beating up on herself and let her know this too shall pass it's not invalidating her experience is giving her a different perspective so that she puts on the armor she needs to be a superstar. If I didn't validate her experience, I wouldn't have spoken up for her when she got down on herself.

I would have said, suck it up. I'm trying to tell her F these people and win. Yeah, and Nicki's hate is different though, right? Because I think Nicki just got backlash because she was winning so much. You know? No, but for that, you remember the whole East Coast didn't really mess with Nicki at first.

Where are you getting this from? Nobody played Nicki's record. Nicki has said it a zillion times. When will you realize that a lot of y'all DJs in New York just don't be knowing what's coming next in your own city? Not even the radio. Nobody supported Nicki. You didn't support 50 like that either.

Yes, we did. No, you did. Not until he rebranded himself with G-Unit. That's wrong. And Dre and all of them got behind that. All right, well, while we're talking about these women. So why a label outside of New York signed him and Nicki? That is wrong.

50 actually got a bunch of deals from New York people. Ladies, we got to wrap this up. Okay, sis. You know, I wanted to talk about Lotto, but we'll do that in the next hour as she talks about issues she had with putting her album out and securing a feature. And we'll tell you what she had to say about that.

But we'll do that in the next hour. All right. That is your rumor report. All right. Charlamagne, who you want to give your dog to? Well, you were very concerned about this at like 1230 on a Sunday morning. So we need the owners of Fetchco. Fetchco is a dog in North Carolina who was allegedly gay

and he got left for the dog shelter. We'll talk about it before after the hour and Envy has a plan to rescue him, but we'll discuss. We'll discuss before after the hour. All right,

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Don't be out here acting like a donkey. Hee-haw, bitch. Hee-haw. It's time for donkey of the't be out here acting like a donkey. Hee-haw, bitch. Hee-haw. It's time for Donkey of the Day. I'm a big boy. I can take it if you feel I deserve it. Ain't no big deal. I know Charlamagne Tha God gonna have some funny sleep.

Say out his mouth. If I say something you may not agree with, it doesn't mean I'm mean. Who's getting that donkey? That donkey. That donkey. Donkey. Donkey. Donkey.

Donkey. Donkey of the Day right here. It's a breakfast club, bitches. You can call me the Donkey of the Day for Monday, March 21st. Goes to the people in Stanley County, North Carolina, who decided to dump their dog off at a local shelter because they thought their dog was gay. You heard me right.

Some owners of a dog named Fesco dumped the dog off at a local animal shelter because they thought Fesco was homosexual. Oh, y'all don't believe me? Y'all think I'm making this up? Well, let's go to WCCB Charlotte for the report, please. Tonight, a local dog shelter or a local shelter dog rather is looking for a soft landing after being dumped by his owners because they say he's gay. Thought you heard it all, right? A Stanley County Animal Shelter Facebook post says the dog's owner surrendered him to the shelter after he humped another male dog, which dogs do. Fezco, the shelter says, is about 4 to 5 years old, weighs about 50 pounds. They say he likes other people, he likes other animals, he's a good boy. The shelter is asking for local rescues to step up and take Fesco into foster before he is adopted.

Now, Sunday morning, I got a text from Rashawn Casey. That's me. Otherwise known as DJ Envy that I saw when I woke up. Because one thing about your uncle, Charlotte, brother, Lenard, he's going to get his sleep. All right. But this text came at 12, 29 a.m. And it was a headline from Hollywood Unlocked that said dog abandoned an animal shelter for being gay. Then if you text me and say we have to rescue him. Why did you feel this way? And let's discuss. Why did you feel we need to go rescue this dog? Talk to me.

I mean, I just think it's foul. OK. You just leave the dog, abandon a dog because you think the dog is gay. I think that's foul. I sent that to you and I am easy. And I think that we should rescue the dog. to you and M-Eazy. And I think that we should have rescued the dog. So you're going to get the dog? We. Together. I don't have a dog. I don't like dogs. You're going to get the dog? I think we should.

Well, I don't respect these owners' decisions simply because they clearly know nothing about dogs. If you are homophobic, a dog should not be your pet of choice. Now, I personally don't think dogs have a sexual preference. Dogs are just dogs, okay? Dogs will hump anything.

That's why it's so insulting when people call men dogs because, like, damn, men have standards. All men don't go around humping anything, but dogs do. They hump any and everything. It's a common play gesture, okay, that male and female dogs do. They hump any and everything. It's a common play gesture. OK, that male and female dogs do. Even if the dog has been neutered or spayed, they still hump any and everything simply because they can. OK, all you homophobic dog owners, when your male dog humps your leg, do you feel your dog is gay? Let's discuss. OK, here's something you may not know. Male dogs have gay sex under a variety of circumstances. All right,

dogs mount other dogs as a sign of dominance, and sometimes that mounting can involve anal penetration. Do you also know that when exposed to a female in heat, groups of frustrated males sometimes engage in homosexual sex? If you're a homophobic, a dog probably is not the best pet for you, right? Not to mention, you know, the humping of other dogs, I guess, could be considered gay. But that's like one of the top three gayest things dogs do. Most dogs will lick their testicles when they abort. Yes, dogs lick their own testicles out of either boredom, stress, irritation, infection, or allergies. It is also possible dogs have inflamed or infected anal glands.

So they're not licking for no reason. It's always a reason. You're going to sit here and tell me you've never seen a dog lick not only his testicles, but another dog's testicles as well. Yes, these things happen for the same reasons. They might sense a minor infection or even an anal gland issue on another dog, and they will get to licking that dog's privates too. This doesn't make them gay.

It makes them dogs. Now, I would like to ask the owners of this dog in North Carolina, did you not ever see your dog licking his testicles? Did you never see your dog licking another dog's testicles? That didn't bother you, did it? You know why? Because you understand that's what dogs do. Just like male dogs hump other male dogs for dominance, it happens. They're dogs. The rules of humans don't apply to dogs. If you saw a man on the street trying to lick his own testicles, you would call someone to have him committed. If you saw a man on the street licking another man's testicles, you would yell out, pause!

Okay? But those rules don't apply to dogs because they're dogs. Also, is it gay for a man to lick his own testicles? Discuss amongst yourselves. We're talking about dogs here. Now, the gayest thing I'm sure homophobic dog owners think dogs do is butt sniffing. Butt sniffing is a totally normal dog behavior. Those owners of the dog named Fesco in Stanley, North Carolina, never ever thought to give their dog away because the dog was sniffing another dog's butt. You know why? It's because they understand this is what dogs do. All right? Dogs sniff other dogs butts and it allows dogs to get to know each other. They can learn about another

dog's identity, gender, health, mood, diet, whether they've met before. See, when you hear that, you think, don't? When you hear that, don't you think media platforms and how they track your behavior, that's not so weird, huh? It's not so weird now, right? Media platforms track your Facebook, your IG, your Twitter likes,

and Google searches to generate a general idea of what your interests are. Dogs have to sniff each other's butts to figure out all that information. Now that I think about it, it's kind of the same difference. But that's not the point. The point is those owners in Stanley County, North Carolina, who dropped their dog off for being gay are getting donkier today simply because you didn't drop your dog off for being gay. You dropped your dog off for being gay are getting donkier today simply because you didn't drop your dog off for being gay. You dropped your dog off for being a dog.

All right? That's what dogs do. They hump other dogs, even male dogs, out of dominance. They lick their own testicles. They lick testicles of other dogs if there is some type of infection. And they sniff other dogs' butts, male or female. So what's the issue here? Dogs shall be dogs.

Okay? butts male or female so what's the issue here dogs shall be dogs okay the moral of this story is every dog has its gay please give the owners in north carolina who abandoned fesco the dog for thinking he was gay the biggest he are what are we doing what are we doing america come on dogs can't even be dogs now. Nope. Huh? Poor dog. Find the animal, shout the name. You about to get a new dog? Mm-hmm. Get you a new dog. Alright. Well, then you take Gucci, call your other dog a punk-ass dog.

Wait till you go get it. Go get it. Go get it. Alright, well, thank you for that donkey of the day. Yes. You want to open up the phone lines, talk to the people about this? This is very much common, and I didn't know. I didn't know until I was doing my research this morning. By research, I mean Googling.

This isn't even the first time that people have dropped their dogs off at animal shelters thinking their dogs were gay, and I am so confused by this. Okay. Well, let's open up the phone lines. Let's talk to the people. 800-585-1051. What is the question? What are we asking people this morning?

Do you have a gay dog? I don't even think that's possible. Have you ever thought your dog was gay? I didn't know this was so common. It's not even anything I thought about. My dog is fluid. But no, that's what I would think dogs are. Because they do it to male or female.

This isn't just behaviors regulated to men. Not even that, but to inanimate objects. That's what I'm saying. are because they do it to male or female. This isn't just behaviors regulated to men. Not even that, but to inanimate objects. That's what I'm saying. Pillows, sofas, legs. Let's discuss. I need to know. My furry slipper. My dog loves my furry slipper.

I need to know. Is this something you ever even thought about? Are you just realized dogs are dogs? All right. 800-585-1051. Let's talk about it. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club. Let's talk about it. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, Charlamagne gave Donkey, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, Charlamagne gave Donkey the day to who, Charlamagne?

There are these former pet owners in Stanley County, North Carolina, who decided they dumped their dog off at a local shelter because they said their dog was gay. The reason they thought their dog was gay, because their dog humped another male dog. Now, if you know anything about dogs, you know that male dogs hump other male dogs out of dominance. Male dogs also do things like lick their own testicles. And they'll lick the testicles of another dog too if that dog has some injuries or some infections, you know. And they sniff other male dogs' butts.

That's what dogs do. Okay, they're dogs. I agree. agree but I mean the fact that he dropped the dog off at the AS whatever the the pound is wow this isn't rare I've seen this like I mean when I did research this morning there's been quite a few cases of pet owners dropping their dogs off in animal shelters thinking their dogs are gay these gotta be first-time dog owners who don't understand dogs all right well 80-585-1051. We're asking, I guess, have you had a gay dog before?

Yee, what about you? I love my dog no matter what her preference is. But, um, she humps everything. I've never really seen her hump another dog, though.

I really see her hump a lot of objects. That's it. And by the way, dogs do this whether they got privates or not. You can cut a dog's

penis off. Right. And it'll still hump on things. It'll still sniff butts. That's it And by the way Dogs do this Whether they got privates or not You can cut a dog's Penis off Right And it'll still hump on things It'll still sniff butts It'll still lick in that area My dog is faded And she Definitely was doing

A lot of humping Just recently I have video of it actually It's just a playful gesture That dogs do They're dogs She was getting it in And then she was exhausted

Hello Who's this? Hey y'all What's up Envy Hey Ye, who's this? Hey, y'all. What's up, Envy? Hey, Yee. What's up, Sharp? Hey, Trav. Trav, we said have you ever had a gay dog, not are you a gay dog? No, listen. This is a teaching moment because I've definitely dropped off a gay homeless

dog at the shelter before. His name was Dre. Why would you do that? Because he was a gay homeless dog. He was cheating on me. What are you talking about? This is not a metaphor, Trav. We're talking about actual animals. Canines.

Yeah, I'm talking about this gay homeless dog. Uh-oh. Okay. All right. He's calling a guy a dog. Have a good day, Trav. He's so stupid. He was triggered.

Goodness. Hello, who's this? Yeah, this is Arkansas. What's going on? What's up? Yeah, this Arkansas rapper Charlie Jackson. What's going on? What's up? Man, you said that fast. All I caught was Arkansas.

What's going on, bro? Oh, nothing much, man. In this traffic, driving with no license, you know what I'm saying? Trying to get to the money. OK, OK. I feel you. I feel you. Just driving with no license.

Do what you got to do. That's right. All right. Now, have you ever thought your dog was gay, sir? For one, I ain't never had no dog. I'm scared of dogs. I got bit in the butt by a dog when I was like six one time. Okay, okay.

Was it a male dog? But at the same time, what makes a dog gay? Because, you know what I'm saying, if a pit bull barks like, do that make you gay? If it's me, how do that make you gay? Wait, can you do that again? It don't make sense. If he barks like what?

It don't make sense. If a dog, but it's a big dog. What makes a dog gay? I agree with you. Dogs are dogs. Dogs exhibit behaviors that, you know, they sniff each other's butts. They lick each other's testicles. You know, they hump each other, male on male.

Like, that's not gay. That's just a dog being a dog Hello, who's this? This is Victoria, good morning everybody Hey Victoria, good morning So I was calling away in this morning About if you feel like your dog is gay or not Yes ma'am

So we had a shit zoo years ago And he literally, if he didn't have Anybody, any other dog To hump, he would hump stuffed animals. He'd hump our legs. He'd hump our kids' legs. Anything. It didn't matter. I think if dogs don't have that, if they don't have anything to satisfy their urges,

they're just going to hump whatever's close to them. I don't think that makes them gay. Yeah, humping is just a playful gesture that dogs do. It's probably because they just don't know it's not right. You know what I mean? Maybe it is right for them.

Yeah, I guess. It's their nature. Alright, well, 800-585-1051. We're asking, have you ever owned a dog that you thought was gay? Now, this came from Charlemagne giving dog here today. Who's Charlemagne? These pet owners in North Carolina who decided they dropped their dog off at a shelter because they thought their dog was gay. Alright, we'll get to it next. It's Charlamagne? These pet owners in North Carolina who decided they dropped their dog off

at a shelter because they thought their dog was gay. All right, we'll get to it next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. I know it now. I know I'm lit. I know I'm lit.

I know I'm lit. I know I'm lit. That kid don't even deal with that. Call me. Add your opinions to the Breakfast Club topic. Come on. 800-585-1051. Morning, everybody. It's DJ

Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, if you're just joining us, we're talking about, have you ever owned a dog that you thought was gay? Now, this came from Charlamagne Tha Guy today. Which makes no sense. Stanley County, North Carolina, a couple of dog

owners there decided to dump their dog off at a local shelter, a dog named Fesco, because they thought their dog was gay. The reason they thought their dog was gay was because their dog humped another male dog, which is what dogs do. They hump other male dogs as a sign of

dominance, okay? That's dog behavior. And I give my dog her space when she does that. I just let her do her thing. I back up. That's right.'s dog behavior. And I give my dog her space when she does that. I just let her do her thing. I back up. That's right. Turn my head. And you need to because they skeet off sometimes too.

No, she doesn't. They do. Oh, she's a woman though. That's why. The male dog, the male dog will hump her chair and skeet off. But randomly she looks the floor after. I'm like, but there's nothing there. She doesn't.

Then she starts looking at me on the floor. You know, sometimes they follow what their owners do. But anyway. Hello, who's this? What are you trying to say about Yee? Hello. That sounds like an HR violation to me. Why would you say that?

It's her boyfriend. You think I lick the floor? Wow. Hello, who's this? Hello, good morning. It's Mikkel from Houston. Good morning, everyone. We're talking about, have you ever owned a dog that you thought was gay?

Yes, I was thinking about that, and I heard the subject. I was like, wow, this is crazy, because we went through this before. A couple of years back, I was in a lesbian relationship, and I had a pair of pit bulls, and they took on the personalities of me and my partner. So I had one that was real prissy and had more of a femme, I guess you would say, personality as me. And then the other one was real stocky and had more of a dominant personality. Real stocky, walked around the house like she owned everything. And they just really had our personality.

So we really knew that we had a pair of lesbian pics. It was really, really funny. All right. Damn. Okay was really, really funny. All right. Damn. Okay. Well, thank you. You know, sometimes dogs do end up looking like their owners, too. Hello, who's this?

Hi, this is Tanya. I'm calling from Richmond, Texas. Hey, good morning. Have you ever owned a dog that you thought was gay? I didn't think he was gay, but he used to hump everything. He just was horny. Just horny. The air, his bed, his toys, our legs.

And then my nephew would go, oh, my God, Kite is being nasty. That's what dogs do, though. It's just a common play gesture. Male and female dogs do it. Don't matter if they're new to the spade, they hump things. Everything. Everything. No, I don't think dogs do it. Don't matter if they're new to the spay, they hump things. Everything. Everything. Mm-hmm.

No, I don't think dogs are gay. This is wild. I'm not going to lie. I got to meet these owners in Stanley County, North Carolina. We might be digging too deep in this until we see them and then they ain't got no teeth and, you know what I mean, we get it. You know what I mean?

It sounds like a couple of hillbillies that don't got no goddamn sense. Well, what's the moral of the story, guys? The moral of the story is every dog has its gay. Okay? That's just what dogs do. They sniff each other's butts. They lick each other's testicles. They hump any and everything. Male dogs hump other male dogs as a sign of dominance. Every dog

has its gay. If that's what y'all want to call gay nowadays, fine. Okay? I just call it being a dog. Alright. We got rumors on the way, Yee? Yes, and let's talk about Lotto and what you have to say about the difficulties Nicole Gaye nowadays, fine. Okay? I just call it being a dog. All right. We got rumors on the way, Yee? Yes, and let's talk about Lotto and what she had to say about the difficulties working on her album.

All right, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor report, rumor report. This is The Rumor Report. Talk to Report. This is the Rumor Report.

Talk to them. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, Lotta was on Big Boy, and she was talking about some of the struggles that she has faced as a woman in the rap game. She's getting ready to release her 777 project. And she talked about an unnamed artist who refused to clear the verse simply because she didn't return their DM. I'm clearing my album right now and it's been like difficult to deal with these men. You know what I'm saying? They don't know how to keep it business.

What do you mean by that? It's a feature on my album that it was like it was difficult to clear. And they like trying to drop their n***s on me because I won't respond to a DM. Wow. Really? And without saying a name, but is it artist or producer or somebody? Artist. Oh, wow.

Artist, yeah. And they'll still be on the album? Yeah, just because I love the song so much and I had to turn it in yesterday, so I didn't really have a choice. So I was like back into a corner like, bully. Damn, I'm sorry that she had to go through that. But if you're the guy now, now you don't want to be on the album, right? like back into a corner like bully. Damn, I'm sorry that she had to go through that. But if you're the guy now,

now you don't want to be on the album, right? You should apologize. For sure. But you also don't want to be on the album at this point, right? Because you're like, everybody going to come at you for that. You do something. Oh, I agree.

I'm sure the track list is out. What artist on the album? See? Exactly. I'm just curious. Now you want to be Mr. Detective. Well, while you search that, she was on Twitter and she said, I'm sad. I'm

going through a lot with this album. I hope I'm able to share with you what really goes on. I feel like I've been stripped of my excitement. People have taken big moments away from me and it's effed up. It's hard to celebrate my first tour and new album right now. So definitely sorry that she's had to go through that, but she talks about a lot of different things.

She also talks about her love life in this interview. When I do get home to my man, I'm tired. I don't even have the energy sometimes to even just carry a conversation. What was it about him that made you go, I want him to be my boyfriend? His aura. He just a stand-up man.

I like a real traditional old school man. That's real what she said, though. When you find somebody that understands that silence don't mean nothing other than I'm tired. When y'all can just be silent around each other and y'all don't have to talk to each other just because y'all both understand the assignment of sleep. That's amazing. All right. Now, let's talk about the first ever Marvel comic book. because y'all both understand the assignment of sleep. Woo-hoo. That's amazing. All right, now let's talk about the first ever Marvel comic book.

And there was an online auction, and Thursday night, the buyer's name has not been disclosed. They said he's an extremely passionate comic book collector and investor who also collects other items. But this comic book sold Thursday night. You know how much? How much? $2.4 million. $2.4 million.

You bought it? No, but I saw that story. You said it pretty fast. I'm a comic book sold Thursday night. You know how much? How much? 2.4 million. 2.4 million dollars. You bought it? No, but I saw that story. You said it pretty fast. I'm a comic book guy. Now it says, this very well-preserved paid copy is especially sought after. It bears the publisher's handwritten notes

recording how much the multiple writers and artists were paid. And like, for example, the artist who did the drawing for the cover of the book made $25 doing that. But this was published in 1939. Oh, okay.

Yeah, it was not recent. 2.4 is a lot. I thought for some reason I would think it would be a little bit more, but I get it. All right, now Jada is clearing the air about a rumored relationship or like text message conversation. Now, what's Jada now? With Bow Wow.

Now, Jada is Lil Baby's girlfriend off and on. So it looks like they message conversation. Now, what's Jada now? Kiss on pinkish lips. Now, Jada is little baby's girlfriend off and on. So it looks like they broke up. She had posted everything comes to an end. Never force it. Be happy. I'm finally standing up. And then she said, I'm for real. Y'all LMFAO.

We go and talk about it. Y'all will see. And she said, I'm willing to X anybody out for my happiness and peace. And then she said, I post my own tea so I can clown myself before I get clowned. Cause it's cold out here. I don't know how this is going to go. And so she said all of those things. Now little baby posted a meme and said,

when an MF think they can play with me. And then she said, think they can play with you. LMFAO you play with me for six years straight. I texted and we're back. Now your chest hurt. Bye. Then there was a rumor

that she was texting Bow Wow back. I don't know where this rumor came from, but here's what she had to say. No shade to Bow Wow, but where are y'all getting that from? It's not giving it. So she's letting y'all know she don't know where that came from

and it's not a text message back to Bow Wow. All right. Now Soulja Boy is expecting a boy. So congratulations to him. He had actually posted, I have everything I want in life except for a son. God, please bless me. I've been patient. And then he did have a gender reveal.

And he was super excited when he posted the video from it. And he said, it's a boy. So you can see he's running around excited and embracing and kissing the soon-to-be mother of his child. All right, now Burner is fortunately cancer-free. He went on his social media page, and he said the fight is nowhere near over. It's a lifelong battle, but currently after my last test, I'm cancer-free at the moment, and it feels great.

If you guys recall, when he was on The Breakfast Club, here's what he had to say. And are you cancer-free at the moment, and it feels great. If you guys recall, when he was on The Breakfast Club, here's what he had to say. And are you cancer-free now? Yeah and no. So they removed about a foot and a half from the colon, and they removed some lymph nodes around it, and I thought it was in the clear. I thought it was good.

And they said everything. They did a biopsy. Everything came back negative for cancer, but because it was a late stage two almost a stage three and they said they did some like research on the blood floating around they might feel like it might try to find another home so they recommend it right when i get back to the to the west coast chemo for like three to six months which is like a my biggest nightmare but i feel like man i'm so blessed to have found it thank god and he posted chemo was tough i'm glad i did it and

feel positive about my future more greens more life and less stress moving forward i do want all my followers to stay vigilant about your bodies i talked with my oncologist yesterday and the rising cases for the black and brown community and colon cancer is extremely high especially for people in their 30s and that is scary as hell if i didn didn't address and find this when I did, I would have been dead in six months to a year. Word. Definitely sending a burn of healing energy. And he went and got checked

when he was in his 30s? Yes. Wow. Yes. Because, you know, now they tell you that the age used to be 50. Now they're saying it's 45.

But, yeah, if you got a history of it in your family, you should go ASAP, I guess. Yep. All right. Well, that is guess. Yep. All right. Well, that is your rumor reports. All right.

Thank you, Miss Yee. Up next is the People's Choice Mix. Get your request in. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Angela Yee here, and the General Insurance has been saving people money for nearly 60 years.

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everybody is DJ. Angela. We are the breakfast club. Let me shout out to everybody out in Atlanta. I was in Atlanta over the weekend. Logan had a seven or seven football tournament. So shout out to, out in Atlanta. I was in Atlanta over the weekend. Logan had a 7-on-7 football tournament. So shout out to, I love when I go to Atlanta. I get to eat so well. Shout out to BQE restaurant

I love. Shout out to Hyde and shout out to Bar Vegan. So I went to all those restaurants and got some great food while I was out there. I love Bar Vegan. I had a good time while I was out there. That is my spot. And you know, today we are talking about resetting your body. And Queen Afua is going to be with us at Juices for Life in Brooklyn.

So we'll be streaming that live, too. So in case you can't make it in person, she will be able to let you guys see that. Erica Ford will be there. It's going to be an amazing event from 5 to 8 tonight at Juices for Life. But you'll be able to also watch it on the stream and learn about detoxing and the benefits of that and eating better and more healthy. As we've just been talking about this just a lot lately. All right. And shout to Jabari Banks for joining us.

You know he plays Will Smith in Bel Air. So shout to him for stopping through. That's right. And he has to understand that he does not have to be the Fresh Prince everywhere that he goes. Okay. Fresh Prince was a great rapper. From what we saw this morning, Jabari Banks, not so much.

But a phenomenal actor. So check out Bel Air on Peacock. All eight episodes are available right now for your viewing pleasure. All right. When we come back,

we got the positive notice to Breakfast Club. Good morning. EJ, Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. All right. Time to get up out of here.

You got a positive note? I do man I just want to tell y'all it's Monday so set the tone for your week with a healthy meal a great workout and God's word remember goals are met with consistent daily choices you've got this breakfast club bitches

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