The Breakfast Club - Lets Vote

Episode Date: February 11, 2020

Today on the show "The Breakfast Club" packed their bags and went to Miami for a live broadcast where they met with Angela Rye and the Mayor of Miami to inform people about politics and get people reg...istered to vote. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God.
Starting point is 00:00:16 What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. We need help! That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast
Starting point is 00:00:46 Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay.
Starting point is 00:01:21 Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. The Breakfast Club. What the hell is this, man? Breakfast Club, bitches. I'm glad they put y'all together.
Starting point is 00:01:45 Y'all are like a megaforce. Y'all just took over every... Wake your punk ass up. This is Chris Brown. I've officially joined the Breakfast Club. Say something, motherfucker. I'm with it. The world's most dangerous morning show.
Starting point is 00:01:56 Breakfast Club, bitches. Good morning, DJ Envy. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. It's Tuesday. Yes, it's Tuesday, and we're broadcasting live from Miami. The 305, the MIAO. Yes, we're at Miami Soul Cafe. That's right. What are we doing here? We're not just here for our health, though. We're not just here because we want to be here.
Starting point is 00:02:38 Well, I am. We want to be here. I want to be here. It's nice. The weather's 80 degrees. It feels good. And you get free breakfast. Oh, for real? On top of everything. Everybody? Yeah. You sure? Yeah, you get free breakfast. Oh, for real? On top of everything.
Starting point is 00:02:45 Everybody? Yeah. You sure? Yeah, everybody gets free breakfast. Oh, okay. All right. Hello. I just want to make sure.
Starting point is 00:02:51 I didn't know. Everyone is welcome, but it is first come, first serve. So if you get here late and there's no more breakfast, you don't get free breakfast. We're on air. Eddie says we are on air. So it sounds good so far. This is the only time we really the Breakfast Club, then. Yeah, that we actually have.
Starting point is 00:03:03 We provide an actual breakfast for the people. Absolutely. When did y'all get to Miami? Yesterday. Y'all got here yesterday. I got here late last night. I was in D.C. all day yesterday. I was on Capitol Hill speaking on this panel for Black History Month called 21st Century Solutions, Same Challenge, Multiple Paths.
Starting point is 00:03:20 Dope. With Senator Tim Scott and Van Jones and a few other people. And we was out there just having a conversation about different things affecting the black community. Then I flew here, and the first thing I did when I landed around 9.30 p.m. Was what? I went to the Lickin'.
Starting point is 00:03:35 You went to the Lickin'? You went to the Lickin' at 9 o'clock? Oh, I did. I was hungry. Did you go to the gym? I didn't go to the gym yesterday. Did you release it yet? Yes, I did. Oh, thank God. Why are you worried about what's going on? Because you're going to be all yesterday. Did you release it yet? Yes, I did. Oh, thank God.
Starting point is 00:03:45 Why are you worried about what's in my pocket? Because you're going to be all over here and it's going to be all smelling. No, no. Why do you say that? Because I know you. Man, stop. I know you're off. And they have the Licking on the Beach, too.
Starting point is 00:03:53 Yeah, they do? Right next to Bar Idol. Yes, they do. And shout to myself. I want to shout to myself. What? Let me tell you. Today is the 17th year anniversary of my album that I released.
Starting point is 00:04:03 My debut album, Drop a Bomb. 17 years I released, my debut album, Drop a Bomb. 17 years since I dropped my debut album, The Block Party. It had Jay-Z, DMX. What's funny? I don't think nobody cares but you. I do care. That's why I'm shouting myself out. But you know what?
Starting point is 00:04:17 Fabulous. You don't even care because you didn't have it posted. Somebody posted you that on Instagram and tagged you. That's how you remember. You didn't even know. That's how I knew. But I'm going to post it now. That album means nothing to you.
Starting point is 00:04:27 It means everything. It was my start. One of my starts. Everything that I do means a lot. Hmm? Today is the... You don't even know the date. Oh, my gosh.
Starting point is 00:04:34 11th. February 11th. I'm going to be honest with you. If Clue don't post it, it don't count because it came out on Desert Storm. It did come out on Desert Storm. Shout out to Clue. Shout out to Doro. Shout out to Skane.
Starting point is 00:04:41 Because Clue always posts fabulous anniversary albums. Let's see if he posts that. Now I got to text him and tell him he better post it now. Tag him. Now who's joining us this morning? Oh, man, we got Angela Rice coming this morning. Angela Rice will be joining us this morning. Who else?
Starting point is 00:04:54 As well as Oliver Gilbert, right? Oliver Gilbert, he's the mayor of Miami Gardens. Yes. He looks like he's in the NOI. He's always got on a bow tie. Really? Yes. Okay.
Starting point is 00:05:04 Fresh shave. He'll be joining us this morning, too. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking. He's always got on a bow tie. Really? Yes. Okay. Fresh shave. He'll be joining us this morning, too. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking. Front page news, what are we talking about? Well, I know yesterday you were talking about the new league, right, for football that could potentially be... XFL.
Starting point is 00:05:15 Yeah, the XFL. So we'll tell you what they are saying is the reason why Colin Kaepernick isn't playing, and we'll talk about their opening weekend. All right. We'll get into all that when we come back. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Starting point is 00:05:26 Your audience, DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front-page news. Where are we starting with, Yee? Well, let's start with the XFL. You were talking about this. They're saying that if this version of the XFL lasts one full season, then it will beat out the Alliance of American Football.
Starting point is 00:05:46 Now, if it lasts more than that, then it will outlast its first iteration. So it's XFL 2.0. And they are saying that one thing that stood out was that all four games were on major networks. There were two games on Fox and one on ESPN and one on ABC. And they said early ratings returns were pretty good. They just have to keep that energy going. I thought it was pretty good. I watched it.
Starting point is 00:06:04 I watched a couple of games. I thought it was entertaining. I thought it was really, pretty good. They just have to keep that energy going. I thought it was pretty good. I watched it. I watched a couple of games. I thought it was entertaining. I thought it was really, really good. You could tell, like, a lot of those players are playing very hard because they want to get in the league. I just think they need a star. They need a star. Colin Kaepernick could have been that star,
Starting point is 00:06:16 but they said they spoke with his representation, and they said the salary requirements were exorbitant. You know, he did make over $40 million in his six NFL seasons and the average salary for XFL players is about $55,000. Oh, wow. They should have gave him some equity in the actual league. Yeah, because he would have
Starting point is 00:06:36 been the face of that. They should have given him a little extra money. Give Kaepernick like 3-5% of the actual whole XFL. Yeah, because if I'm Colin Kaepernick, I'm not playing for $55,000. I got so much going on now. Well, I heard the quarterbacks in the league make a little bit more, like a quarter million dollars
Starting point is 00:06:49 from something I read. So you're telling me the XFL didn't last the full season the first time? Yeah, I think it was just one season. Oh, one season. Okay, okay, gotcha, gotcha. The games were pretty good last week when I was watching.
Starting point is 00:06:59 Yeah, so they just got to build on that and people got to, but being on major networks, I'm sure will help out a lot. All right, now, there were two police officers shot and there's a suspect that allegedly shot those police officers who was dead. That all happened
Starting point is 00:07:09 at a Walmart shooting in Arkansas. How could y'all do that in the holy grounds of Walmart? Right. Well, they said the witnesses said the suspect was, quote, talking out of his mind at the time of the shooting. The officers were responding to complaints that there was a man threatening people,
Starting point is 00:07:27 and that man then pulled out a gun and shot both officers. And the officers who responded to the incident were not wearing body cameras at the time of the shooting, but they said that the officers were treated after the incident and released. Oh, so it wasn't a premeditated shooting where the guy was targeting police officers? No. Not like the incident in the Bronx the other day.
Starting point is 00:07:43 It looks like they were just at the Walmart. They tried to show up. And Amy Klobuchar, she is leading now in the midnight vote in New Hampshire. So not a lot of people that have weighed in on this,
Starting point is 00:07:52 but it looks like her last showing and the last debates were pretty good. People really like Amy Klobuchar now. It's early, though. I mean, the midnight,
Starting point is 00:07:59 the polls opened at midnight in New Hampshire. Yeah, it wasn't a lot of voters. Yeah, so the actual polls opened at what? Nine? I don't know what time they opened this morning, but I mean, they actually opened this morning, so
Starting point is 00:08:07 I don't expect her to hold that lead. I think the polls usually open at 8 a.m. I'm not sure of the direct time. Alright, well that is your front page news. Now get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent, hit us up right now. Hit us up. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Starting point is 00:08:23 The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia.
Starting point is 00:08:52 Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe owned country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a racket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that?
Starting point is 00:09:08 Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Starting point is 00:09:26 Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation
Starting point is 00:10:12 beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments.
Starting point is 00:11:04 Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace for yourself. You're trying your best and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. So you better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:11:37 Hello, who's this? This is Nasty Blind Buck calling out 757. Nasty Blind Buck? Yeah. That's a disgusting name. I talked to y'all a minute ago, last year. Nasty Blind Buck. out 757. Nasty Blind Buck? Yeah. That's a disgusting name. I talked to y'all a minute ago, last year. Nasty Blind Buck. Okay.
Starting point is 00:11:48 All right. Well, get it off your chest. I was trying to get linked up with Blind Beauty so we could start this What the I Can't See podcast. I Can't See podcast. I thought you were about to say I want to hook up with Blind Beauty to do some nasty blind bucking. Oh, my goodness. It's a good podcast with blind people,
Starting point is 00:12:06 a female and a male. And we're just going to talk about what's going on. That's interesting. That would be actually an interesting POV that I would like to hear.
Starting point is 00:12:14 Get her on Instagram. Hit Trav. Well, why don't you set it up? We know them. I ain't got no Instagram. I don't got none of that. I can see why you
Starting point is 00:12:21 would not have an Instagram. I don't even know. Well, how can we link you guys up then? We need to be able to reach you. I can give y'all my number. Hold on. We'll put you on hold and we'll get somebody to get your information. Yeah, we'll get somebody at the studio.
Starting point is 00:12:37 Anybody got an Instagram? Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Tati. Hey, Tashi, get it off your chest. Tati. All right.ashi, get it off your chest. Tati. All right, I'm getting off my chest. I met a dude from Jersey City. And so Jersey City got to take that L
Starting point is 00:12:52 because we tired of loser men using women, telling them everything they need to hear, and hurting good women. Black men need to stop damaging good women. Sound like a typical Jersey person. Well, what did he do to you specifically? He told me, you know, I just got out of something. So, you know, when you tell a man you're vulnerable and they're telling you everything you need to hear,
Starting point is 00:13:17 you're thinking like, okay, maybe, you know what I'm saying, some people are good in this world. And everything he said turned around to be completely false. Maybe he was telling you what you needed to hear at that time. At that present moment, that's the information you needed in order just to get through. Just in that moment. I think he was trying to smash. Did you let him smash? Exactly.
Starting point is 00:13:38 Yeah. No, but did you let him? Did you let him smash? Well, what did you catch? What did you catch him doing? Lying. And it just so happens that I knew, I found out about a couple of other people he was running a whole scam on. So it's ridiculous because when I walked into it, it's like, all right, I'm a good person.
Starting point is 00:13:59 You know, I work really hard. Let me support Black men. This is somebody who said that they was down and didn't have anything. And I immediately was like, okay, well, let's see how I can help you build. And immediately it's like, you're just, you know, not what you claim to be. Not stand up at all. I love your mindset, queen. I love your mindset. But I'm going to tell you something. You said you had sex with him.
Starting point is 00:14:22 Maybe just maybe you have to have some accountability for your vagina because maybe your vagina just wasn't as good to him as the other women. That's right. Hey, you know what? I'm not going to argue at that point at all. No, your vagina has... Your vagina is a great vagina. Don't let him talk down on your vagina.
Starting point is 00:14:38 Be proud of your vagina. Your vagina is strong. Your vagina is... Put a crown on that vagina. It's not your fault that he's a liar and a scammer. Yeah, that vagina has value, mama. I'm not saying it don't have value. I'm just saying it may not be as good to him.
Starting point is 00:14:51 Repeat after me. As good to somebody else. Mama, repeat after me. My vagina is number one. Okay, Envy. We're going to use that. See? See, I hate y'all.
Starting point is 00:14:59 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. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Wake up, wake up.
Starting point is 00:15:16 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? This is SP. What's going on, guys? What up? What up? What up, King? Get it off your chest, bro.
Starting point is 00:15:30 Yeah, yo, I feel like karma got to me today because, you know, I found out my sister got cheated on by her boyfriend. And the way she found out was because she called an STD. Wow. What that got to do with your karma? You must have gave somebody an STD. Because that's my love. I love my sister. And I was doing girls dirty back in my days,
Starting point is 00:15:45 you know what I'm saying? Now it got to my sister. So now your sister got to pay the price. Yeah, she's got to pay the price. I don't think that's how karma works. Yeah, and I'm disappointed
Starting point is 00:15:54 because he's not even, like, he's not even making it. He says she caught an STD by the toilet seat. He was like, yo, you caught it by the toilet seat. An STD? You can't get an STD
Starting point is 00:16:04 from the toilet seat. Stop it. Come on now. You can get crabs, I guess. She was like, yo, you caught her by the toilet seat. A STD? You can't get an STD from the toilet seat. Stop it. Come on now. You can get crabs, I guess, from the toilet seat. No, you cannot get, well, crabs, but you cannot get an STD
Starting point is 00:16:12 from a toilet seat. What STD did she get? That's what I was saying. She was like, yeah, he's dead. She was crying to me. She was like, yeah, he's dead.
Starting point is 00:16:18 Oh, you might have been caught her from the toilet seat or something because, you know, I'm not cheating or nothing. And like, yo, why would you sit there and lie? She's not even going to leave him. You know what I'm not cheating or nothing. And like, yo, why would you sit there and lie? She's probably going to leave him.
Starting point is 00:16:28 You know what I'm saying? She's just wanting to know the truth. Which one did she get? Which one did she get, bro? She's pregnant. She got... Is there at least something that she can cure?
Starting point is 00:16:35 Did she get pregnant from the toilet seat? Huh? Yeah. Is there something she can cure, at least? Yeah, it's curable. It's curable.
Starting point is 00:16:43 Okay, all right. Look at the bright side. At least it's curable. Well, justable. Okay, all right. Look at the bright side. At least it's curable. Well, just so you know, all she has to do is simply Google you cannot get an STD from a toilet seat.
Starting point is 00:16:50 They said parasites are not equipped to survive. She told me, she told me, she was like, oh, she was like, yo, I think he's cheating on me because I got an STD.
Starting point is 00:16:59 And I'm like, yeah, duh, that's common sense. And so I told her to affront him. So she finally affronted him and he was denying it. He was like, oh, again, now you might' name. And so I told her to affront him. So she finally affronted him, and he was denying it. He was like, oh, again, now you might got up in the toilet and see this.
Starting point is 00:17:08 Oh, my God. Goodness gracious. Well, let me call you back. There you go. Let me call you back, because I think you want to call the other girl or whatever. And I was like, yo, listen, and she's pregnant. She's pregnant by this fool, man. Wow.
Starting point is 00:17:22 She's pregnant by him. Well, you need to stop doing women dirty then, bro. And he need to stop lying and admit then, bro. He need to stop lying and admit that he cheated. Come on. Don't tell me that dumb story you caught an STD from a toilet seat.
Starting point is 00:17:31 All right. Well, thank you, bro. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Hello, who's this? Good morning. Yes, good morning. It's Rick from West Michigan.
Starting point is 00:17:40 What up, Rick? What's up? Get it off your chest. Yeah, it's me. What's happening? I made it to work on time today. Hope everybody has a fun morning.
Starting point is 00:17:46 See you. So did Charlamagne. Hey, Charlamagne, what was you at yesterday, bro? You know what I'm saying? I'm trying to tighten up. You got to tighten up. Yesterday, my daughter was sick on Sunday night, so I was up super late Sunday night. I just overslept on Monday.
Starting point is 00:18:01 And then we had a flight. I had a flight to catch. Yeah. I feel you. I feel you. I feel you. I'm glad y'all made it safe. I hope y'all enjoy yourself. Hey, I wanted to tell y'all, I rock with that album, Envy.
Starting point is 00:18:11 I was like 18, bro, when that joint dropped. Oh, Envy's album. The Block Party, that's right. Yeah, that Block Party. I just wanted to call y'all and tell y'all I rock with that. That's hard. Excuse my language. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:18:21 Thank you. Today is the 17th anniversary of that album release, and thank you so much, bro. How old are you now, sir? 35. I'm 34, man. Yup. You're 34. Yeah, I dropped that album when I was 18,
Starting point is 00:18:31 so we're the same age, bro. Shut up. Why you keep lying? Thank you for rocking me. What was your favorite Joe North album? Didn't I just show you a card? What did the card say? Come on, man.
Starting point is 00:18:37 What was your favorite Joe North album? If I remember, it was that Jay-Z, and I love that Joe Button track. Hova. Now was that. Focus was on that. Was that song you did the video for on the album? No, that wasn't on the album.
Starting point is 00:18:51 No, that wasn't on the album. But Joe Button's focus was on the album. Hova, Jay-Z was on the album. There was a lot of joints off the album. But thank you for calling me. There was a lot of them. Most definitely. God bless.
Starting point is 00:18:59 All right, brother. I just showed Envy one of my affirmation cards and it says, I am at peace with my age. And I asked you if you was at peace with your age, and you said yes. But here you go lying about being 35. You showed me at peace with my sexuality. That's not true. Yee, we got rumors on the way? Yes, we are going to talk about The Rock.
Starting point is 00:19:18 His daughter is now training. We'll tell you what she's about to be doing. Also, we'll be discussing a Nipsey Hussle documentary. Alright, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed?
Starting point is 00:19:36 A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel.
Starting point is 00:19:51 I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I create my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead.
Starting point is 00:20:12 Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast.
Starting point is 00:20:46 That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the
Starting point is 00:21:05 real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt,
Starting point is 00:21:46 learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace.
Starting point is 00:22:17 Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The world's most dangerous morning show. It's dangerous.
Starting point is 00:22:36 The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. We're broadcasting live out in Miami, 103.5 The Beat. That's right.
Starting point is 00:22:46 We're here for registering people to vote. That's right. Voter registration. Making sure people are registered voters. That's right. What's the address where we at, Yee? Oh, you can stop doing that. Like, I just know the address off the top of my head.
Starting point is 00:22:57 We're waiting. Could you tell them where we at at least? Yes, we're at Miami Soul Cafe. There you go. There you go. There you go. Miami Gardens. It's right there.
Starting point is 00:23:04 Google it. And the address is? 16194 Northwest 27th Avenue. There you go. That's right. Angela Rye has joined us, too. What's up, Miss Rye? Hey, Angela Rye.
Starting point is 00:23:15 Yes. My guy DJ Killer Touch is in here, too. Killer Touch, what up? I don't know if I should say this. His car got declined yesterday. Your car got declined? You need to hold something, bro? No, no.
Starting point is 00:23:27 Okay. Well, anyway, let's get into rumors. All right, let's get to the rumors. Let's talk to Rock's daughter. Put him a blast like that. What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report.
Starting point is 00:23:36 This is the Rumor Report. Talk to him. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, Dwayne The Rock Johnson, his 18-year-old daughter, Simone Johnson, is training to be a WWE wrestler. She would be the fourth generation. Wow. Yeah, is that amazing? That's dope.
Starting point is 00:23:53 That's scary for me. I wouldn't want my daughter to wrestle. I would be scared she'd get hurt, get injured, paralyzed. Wrestling is fake. They still get injured. Yeah, that's actually still not easy. You see how they get slammed and might be choreographed. Yeah, as long as they do it correctly, that prevents a lot of injuries in wrestling.
Starting point is 00:24:07 And you also can't control what the other person does. Correct. So they could land on your neck wrong. But her great-grandfather started the dynasty of very talented wrestlers. So The Rock responded to the news on Instagram. He said to the little girl who fell in love with wrestling and said, This will be my life one day. This is for you.
Starting point is 00:24:23 I'm humbled, grateful, and ready to work. Let's do this. And her mother also posted a response on Instagram. While the legacy of the family may be your platform, your future will be uniquely yours to earn. That is very true. It seems like it's big shoes to fill, but truly she has her own unique lane because she is a woman wrestler. You know what I mean? It's not like they're going to expect her to go out there and be Dwayne The Rock Johnson.
Starting point is 00:24:43 She could be her own thing. All right. Now, Blac Chyna, people were wondering why was she on the red carpet at the Oscars? She was? Yeah, she was there. Yeah. Blac Chyna, Blac Chyna? Yes.
Starting point is 00:24:53 Like Black Blac Chyna? Like Blac Chyna. At the Oscars? Yes. For what? Well, there you go. Now, she's saying it's because of racism. That's why people were questioning.
Starting point is 00:25:02 Diversity! Well, no. She said racism is why people were questioning. Diversity! Well, no, she said racism is why people were even questioning that. She said there's a lot of people that, you know, you could say, why is she there? But she says she believes she belongs there. She contributes to the entertainment
Starting point is 00:25:15 industry as a star of her own reality show. As a black woman who finds inspiration in supporting her friends, mentors, and other talent that has helped provide a blueprint for her career. That is her quote. I thought the Oscars was just trying to fill quotas. You know, if you need more diversity, you need some blacks, you need some Asians.
Starting point is 00:25:30 Let's invite Blacks on. Oh, my God. Two-star, who the ones? All right, and Ava DuVernay is going to be directing a Nipsey Hussle documentary. It's been picked up by Netflix. There was a whole bidding war for it. So it's a co-production between her company
Starting point is 00:25:44 and Nipsey Hussle's Marathon Films. The project was secured by Netflix. They said everybody wanted it, and that's where it's going to land. That's dope. Can't wait to see that. I wonder what it's about. I saw a Nipsey Hussle doc. I didn't see the whole thing, but I saw portions of something when we was running around doing the opportunities on legislation stuff.
Starting point is 00:26:02 And it was him and David Gross. I wonder if that's it or if it's something new. All right, now, Justin Bieber, he's been opening up in his docuseries about a lot of things that he went through, including his drug usage. Here's what he had to say. There was a time where I was sipping lean.
Starting point is 00:26:17 I was popping pills. I was doing Molly, you know, shrooms, everything. And it was just an escape for me. I was just young. But my experience was in front of cameras, and I had a different level of exposure and people, and, like, I had a lot of money and a lot of things. So then you have all these people around me
Starting point is 00:26:38 just kind of hanging on, wanting stuff from me, knowing that, like, I was living this lifestyle that they also wanted to live. All right. Now you can always find a silver lining no matter what. And he talks about how Lyme disease actually helped him. Honestly, I'm committed to getting better and committed to doing whatever I have to do, whether it's inconvenient or not, because I know ultimately it's not only for me, but being the best me is going to help be the best husband, the best father, the best friend I can possibly be.
Starting point is 00:27:10 And for all the fans that want to enjoy the music that I make and stuff, I can't do it if I'm not healthy, and I haven't been healthy for a long time. Now, how life-threatening is Lyme disease? Because I got a friend who has Lyme disease, and I don't know if it's the end of the world or not. Well, listen, you just have to make sure you stay healthy, or you can't keep doing, you know, living fast like that, because that could make it even worse for you.
Starting point is 00:27:33 So you got to make smarter decisions when you know anything could happen. So he wants to improve his health and be the best husband he can be. And his wife, Haley, also talks about how him having Lyme disease has been life-changing for the better. That goes back to what I was saying last week. It's like, yo, I want to hear Justin Bieber's music reflecting what's really going on in his life. Like, all his records sound like they were written by somebody else. And they're just like that pop generic formula that a lot of artists like that have.
Starting point is 00:27:58 Maybe that's just the singles, though. Maybe that's just the singles for radio. Maybe his album will be that. I would hope so. I want his music to be as deep as some of his interviews be. You know what I mean? Mm-hmm. Right.
Starting point is 00:28:06 You know my... What? You got to say it. Go ahead, say it. You got Lyme disease? I know it's something. What? That's what?
Starting point is 00:28:12 My dog has Lyme disease. I just found out my dog has Lyme disease. That old punk-ass dog? I can't believe you just brought this up. That old punk-ass dog sick? That old punk-ass dog, yeah. But it's a lot. It's a lot.
Starting point is 00:28:20 Like the dog, he can lose his vision at times. Like it's a lot that they have Lyme disease. How do you know the dog can't see? He told you? The doctor told me when I took it to the vet. The vet told me that the dog can lose vision. There's a lot of things. How does that make you feel?
Starting point is 00:28:32 Sad. You look like you're going to cry. Sad. My Chuck Norris has Lyme disease. Chuck Norris has Lyme disease. He's good money, though. And I was going to say, with Justin Bieber, his song, Intentions, that he has with Quavo, that is kind of a reflection of him trying to be a better person and do positive things I haven't heard it so you mean to tell me the video I saw
Starting point is 00:28:49 with him with all them negroes in the trap bouncing up and down that's a positive video I don't know what the song that wasn't a trap what was that that wasn't a trap right wasn't it like an orphan yeah he was I saw Quavo post Biebs in the trap what yes man you ain't see that video no I ain't see that man they actually in to help out people. They got a lot of donations that were raised for this. It's a charity organization called the Alexandria House. They actually help people move from crisis to stability. It's for women and children in need.
Starting point is 00:29:15 It wasn't a child day. So that's where they were. So they were actually raising money and awareness, and they started a whole campaign for that, too. Our producer, Daniel, said it was at One Oak. What? They were not. They were, man.
Starting point is 00:29:26 Y'all ain't seen the man. It's a transitional. Which video are you talking about? That look like no children's hospital to me. Well, it's not a hospital. I don't know where that was. Alright, well anyway, that is your rumor report. I'm Angela Yee. Alright, thank you, Miss Yee. Alright, we're live. We're broadcasting live out in Miami
Starting point is 00:29:42 Soul Cafe, 103.5 The Beat and we got front page news when we come back. Yes, we do. We are going live out in Miami Soul Cafe, 103.5 The Beat, and we got front-page news when we come back. Yes, we do. We are going to be talking about the XFL and why Colin Kaepernick didn't end up playing in the XFL, even though they wanted him. All right. And Angela Rice here.
Starting point is 00:29:55 We'll talk to her next hour, too, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hi, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:30:03 We're broadcasting live out in Miami Soul Soul Cafe, 1035 The Beat. What are we doing here? Of course, it's voter registration. We're encouraging people to come down and register to vote. That's right. And voter registration is now available at Miami Garden City Hall. Doors open at 7 a.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. You can go out there and register to vote.
Starting point is 00:30:22 All right. Angela Rye is here with us as well. Yeah, we're going to kick it with her next. But we got front page news. What are we talking about? Yes, we're going to talk about the XFL. I know you said you watched this first opening weekend. I did.
Starting point is 00:30:32 And you said it was very enjoyable. I thought it was good. I thought it was good to see a lot of those players. You could tell playing hard. Maybe they want to make it into the NFL. But they were playing hard. There was no light work. They were working.
Starting point is 00:30:42 Well, all four games were on major networks. Two games were on Fox. There was a game on ESPN and a game on ABC. So that no light work. They were working. Well, all four games were on major networks. Two games were on Fox. There was a game on ESPN and a game on ABC. So that's good news. They said early ratings returns were good, but every new football league, they said, normally gets a lot of eyeballs opening weekend. The real test is going to be, will this keep up
Starting point is 00:30:57 after opening weekend? So they said for some reference on the ratings, they got about, the AAF got 2.9 million viewers for its first game on CBS, and they considered that to be a huge win. I mean, if the games are good, people will watch. I mean, football season isn't around. Right.
Starting point is 00:31:13 Football season is over. There's going to need a standout, somebody that people can, you know, look forward to watching, whether it was like it's Brady or it's Odell Beckham. They're going to need some of those where people would really want to just go to the game to see their fair. They need a star, basically. Yeah, absolutely. So Colin Kaepernick should have went to the XFL and made them give him equity in the league. I think so.
Starting point is 00:31:32 Well, they said his salary demands were too high, but maybe they weren't giving up equity. I'm sure they weren't. Yeah, so if he can't get that, you know, they're not going to give that up. But they said his salary demands were just too high to play quarterback in the XFL. It was exorbitant. They said they spoke with his representative. The salary requirements were certainly out of their range. I wonder if his agency even asked for that, though.
Starting point is 00:31:53 Because that would have been dope for him. Because you give him a little bit of equity in the organization. So even after he stops playing, he can still be a voice for the XFL and recruit players to come there. It would have made a lot of sense for them to do that. Right. Still does, actually. Yeah, and he made over $40 million in his six seasons, and the average salary for an XFL player is about $55,000.
Starting point is 00:32:12 So I'm sure he would have got a nice six-figure salary, but not the millions that he would be used to. Yeah, the highest contract I saw in XFL was a quarter million dollars. And they said the games, all four of them got attendance between 17,000 and 18,000 people. So that's not light numbers at all. Yeah. All right. Now let's talk about the midnight vote in New Hampshire.
Starting point is 00:32:34 They said Amy Klobuchar is leading, but it's not a lot of votes in yet. So I think it's hard to tell. But they said she won the most votes when a little more than two dozen New Hampshire residents cast their ballots shortly after midnight in the first in the nation primary. That means nothing, right, Angela? That means nothing. It's too early. Put your lips on the microphone.
Starting point is 00:32:53 Oh, I'm sorry. The midnight primary, it's a tradition, and there are like two people. Lord have mercy. It's a little more than that. It's like 24 people. Very small primary. It's just a tradition more than that. It's like 24 people. Very small primary. It's just a tradition. The basin is over 24 people?
Starting point is 00:33:09 A little bit more than that. That was the midnight one. There's still another whole election day today. So if you're on Amy's team, do you cheer her on right now? Yay, Amy! We're number one right now.
Starting point is 00:33:17 We're awesome. We celebrate that. Celebrate every victory. Have a mimosa this morning, Amy. But I'm sure we're going to talk more about that in just a few minutes. All right. Well, Angela Rye is here sure we're going to talk more about that in just a few minutes. All right.
Starting point is 00:33:25 Well, Angela Rye is here. We're going to kick it with her when we come back. We've got a lot to talk about. We've been saying something for the last, what, three years that we wanted, and... It happened. Well... It did happen. It did happen, but...
Starting point is 00:33:36 He didn't get removed. Nothing happened. But I don't think anybody anticipated that, right? What's that? Him getting removed. I think that people certainly hoped for it. We did, right, Amy? Yes, I did. I prayed on it. You did, right, Jimmy? Yes, I did.
Starting point is 00:33:45 No worry about it. I prayed on it. You did? I prayed on it. The Lord did not hear your prayers. No, I would never waste any of my time with God on that prayer. My goodness. Angela Rye, when we come back, don't move.
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Starting point is 00:37:08 in Miami Soul Cafe, 103.5 The Beat. We're encouraging people to register to vote. So we're out here to, I believe, what, noon? We out here till noon? Um, no. We're not here till noon. Yeah, why would you say that? I'm asking. But no, voter registration is now available at Miami Garden City Hall, Monday through
Starting point is 00:37:24 Thursday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. And you can register to vote with us until we're here until about 10 a.m. 10 a.m. But how long is the truck out there registering people? All day or what? Do we know? 11, I believe. 11?
Starting point is 00:37:33 Don't give me the line. I am not responsible for them. Just get here as soon as you can. It's all right. Well, we have Angela right here. Good morning, Ms. Rye. Good morning. We need to fact check that voter registration. We'll get the facts. I know for a fact he's here until 10 a.m. Because we're here untilye here. Good morning, Ms. Rye. Good morning. We need to fact check that voter registration.
Starting point is 00:37:45 We'll get the facts. I know for a fact he's here until 10 a.m. Because we're here until 10 a.m. Okay. That's all I can account for. Now, we've been asking and talking about impeaching the president. Yes. He was impeached, but what does that mean?
Starting point is 00:37:55 Nothing, it seems like it. Well, it does mean something. What? So, this is the first president who will have ever run for a second term as an impeached president? Run and win. What? Oh, okay. That's what you want this morning.
Starting point is 00:38:10 It's the truth, though. Okay. Well, encourage people to come register to vote nonetheless with your pessimism. But I think what we were hoping for is that after impeachment, which of course happens on the House side, that the Senate side would remove him. That did not happen. There was only one courageous Republican on one of the articles of impeachment. Of course, that was Mitt Romney.
Starting point is 00:38:35 Now, what happens to him now? He's an outcast now. Well, nothing. They never were super close. There was never this deep soul brother connection. We know that Donald Trump took him out to talk about an ambassadorship and that ended up being a laughingstock at a rally virtually the next day. So I don't think much.
Starting point is 00:38:51 Yeah, why do people act like they can do something to Mitt Romney? Mitt Romney's a rich white man. That's like one supervillain versus another one. Yeah. You know what I mean? Yeah, I get it. They're both bosses. But we also see that Donald Trump, they said he's polling higher than he has been, right?
Starting point is 00:39:07 And so does this make him more invincible? I think that he has never not been invincible. Clearly, there's nothing that Donald Trump can do that warrants an evaporation of his base. Like, no matter what he does, he is able to keep a consistent base of support. I think that is, when you look at what happened with the Republican Senate, why they didn't vote for his removal. He has a ton of support in there with their constituencies, with those states. They are solid red. And what's even scarier is the fact that they would not vote to remove him says they agree with him. And it's something that we've all kind of tacitly know but haven't said. I think it's really clear now.
Starting point is 00:39:53 They will not remove someone who is immoral, who is corrupt, who abuses his power, who would obstruct Congress, both chambers. It is very clear that they want the judges at all costs. It's very clear that they want immigration policy that is bigoted at all costs. And they don't stand on the side of truth and righteousness. I think that is the truth of the matter. Trump set the bar in 2016 when he told everybody I could go out in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and my people would still love me. That was the bar. The bar is I will shoot somebody and I'll be good.
Starting point is 00:40:18 Or I could shoot somebody. Yeah. So as long as you don't shoot nobody, I think, well, no, he'll still be fine. So what happens next? Depends on who he shoots. So what's the plan to get Trump out of office? And as far as Democrats are concerned, who are we looking for? Who looks pretty good?
Starting point is 00:40:30 Who's our hope? Nobody. Come on. You are so grumpy Smurf today, dude. Right. You know, the thing that is so fascinating to me is I really think that it's not just in who the candidate is. It is in what issues will move us to the ballot. I believe strongly that when Barack Obama won in 2008,
Starting point is 00:40:50 it wasn't just because we were voting because this man was awesome with a funny name and had a great policy plan. I think that Barack Obama was an issue for black and brown voters, for young voters, for some older voters that wanted to perhaps correct their past. And that issue was making history. So this time, there are only a couple of folks that we could be making history for. There are the women candidates, and there's Pete Buttigieg. And Andrew Yang.
Starting point is 00:41:18 Oh, yes, of course. Now you want to get pessimistic, huh? Don't you get pessimistic now, Angela Rye. Okay? Don't you get pessimistic now Angela Rye Okay Don't you get pessimistic now Now you guys are going to get me by the yang gang Come on man That would be changing making history too though
Starting point is 00:41:34 If we're discussing that No it would be I think that the reality of an Andrew Yang victory Is second to none At this point He didn't even do very well. Although I would say Amy Klobuchar, people weren't paying that much attention to her until recently.
Starting point is 00:41:50 The only difference is there actually has been a caucus, and he did not perform well in the caucus and fired a lot of his team. So that's the only reason why I would say. Who's Grumpy Smurf now? No, I'm just saying we can evaluate y'all that Yang gang. And haven't we said that the last two elections, though, that the people that were electable weren't electable? How many people that weren't electable, they won? Obama, Trump? Let's talk about that when we come back.
Starting point is 00:42:14 That's fair. Angela Rice here, 800-585-1051. We're broadcasting live from Soul Cafe in Miami. We want you to come down here and register to vote. We are here till 10, so we want to see you guys. It's the Breakfast Club. Get some of these red velvet waffles. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.
Starting point is 00:42:32 We are the Breakfast Club. We're broadcasting live from Soul Cafe in Miami, 103.5. Miami Gardens, baby. We are encouraging you guys to come register to vote. We got some free food for you guys while supplies last. And come hang out with us. It's first come, first served. Yes, it is.
Starting point is 00:42:46 Now, I'm going to tell you, I'm going to do my part all 2020 to get as many people to register to vote as possible. But I have to say I feel disingenuous because they still have not addressed properly the election security bill. So how do we know that, you know, the election is even going to be fair from November? So a few things. One is what we know is if people don't engage by registering to vote, by calling their senators, by pushing for this legislation, it also won't be fair. What we also know has not served us is apathy. So we have to motivate around some set of circumstances. I wish that Andrew Gillum could have come this morning, but there's also another thing today called a primary in New Hampshire.
Starting point is 00:43:25 So he's working on that coverage. But Andrew stood up an organization here in Florida called Forward Florida to register a million voters. There was a significant voter drop off after Barack Obama. I think the numbers went down from 700,000 registered Democrats to 300,000. There have been purging of the rolls and all of that. What we do know for sure is when we're up against voter suppression, we're not going to win. But what we especially know is if we're not registered
Starting point is 00:43:54 and if we don't go out to vote, we're even in the worst set of circumstances. We already lost. That's exactly right. And so even if they're not playing fair, I think that doesn't mean that our response to that is to stay at home or to not engage because it's always been stacked. This system's been stacked against us from the beginning of the country's foundation. So there's no reason to disengage now. Why do black voters love candidates that have a history of racist policies?
Starting point is 00:44:17 Because, you know, a lot of black voters loved Joe Biden. Joe Biden. I saw yesterday that Bloomberg. Did you see the tape? Or hear the tape? No. No, but did you see the statistics that Bloomberg has more black voters now than Bernie? So this is what I think would be smart for candidates to do with the campaigns. If there's been a significant shift with Bloomberg, what that means is that all of the money he's spending on advertising works.
Starting point is 00:44:46 Super Bowl. And he's everywhere. He's all on digital. He's all on TV, on linear. And so what that says is that no matter where we are, we over-index on social media. He's there. On TV ads, he's there. Ever present. He's getting ready to go to Tennessee
Starting point is 00:45:02 when most candidates are still just talking about New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Super Tuesday. He's going, ever present. He's getting ready to go to Tennessee when most candidates are still just talking about New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Super Tuesday. He's going to Tennessee next. Yeah. He can afford all of that, too, though. Yeah, he sure can. Yeah, he can. And that also tells us that while money is in politics, it's always going to be stacked against candidates of color.
Starting point is 00:45:17 So what do you think about Bloomberg? A lot of people in New York seem to like him. They think he did a good job in New York. What are your thoughts on Bloomberg? They do. What do you thoughts on Bloomberg? Blumbito. I have to tell you, I am really frustrated by the fact that Michael Bloomberg was the one who was holding up the Central Park Five settlement. I have to tell you, his policies around Stop and Frisk and how they impacted black and brown people, especially black and brown boys, is troubling. I have to tell you that this tape that came out yesterday on social media that I think has 1.3.
Starting point is 00:45:49 What was the tape? Oh, my God. That's why Bloomberg is racist, was trending. So, yeah. So there's a tape from a conversation he was having at the Aspen Institute where he talks about how if you target a particular profile, they're likely to have guns, they're likely to have drugs. He focused on putting police in black and brown neighborhoods because he said that's how you would stop the crime.
Starting point is 00:46:14 So, of course, if that's how you stop the crime, more black and brown people are getting arrested, and it's an unintended consequence. What is bad about this is this is not from the 90s. This is not a hillary moment super predator crime bill moment this was like a few years ago so i'm just like how do you reconcile that right and you apologize to the black church in brooklyn the day before you announce your candidacy that's what he did right but he had been asked to apologize for for forever right and i think the other issue is he has all these black mayors, all of these
Starting point is 00:46:45 black elected officials who he supported for a long time coming out to support him. They look bad because all their constituents are like, you're not supporting someone who's in our interest. Now, the other thing is, and I think that black folks do this more than anyone else, will support a candidate who's deemed electable. And by being electable, this is, I think, what you were getting at a little earlier, that means that they can't be good on any of our issues. So we will once again put all of our issues aside for incrementalism's sake and vote for someone who's electable even though all of our stuff gets sacrificed. I think it's time out for that.
Starting point is 00:47:20 I think we can do both, get someone who's electable and good on our issues. And if we don't, it's not going to serve us. So we're just looking for somebody who can beat Trump, basically, whether or not those are the issues that matter to us. I think that's what's been happening with Joe Biden initially. But now Joe Biden seems like he's sliding down the pole.
Starting point is 00:47:38 He might land on his head. Goodness gracious. What is happening? Shout to that stripping Houston. So what do you think is the explanation for that? You think it's these debates that he's not performing well Houston so what do you think is the explanation uh for that you think it's these debates that he's not performing well in or do you think other candidates are stepping up I don't know that um Joe Biden ever expected to do really well in Iowa I think you know today's results will tell us um whether or not he can perform um in a white state and win back the Trump voter which is how he kind of came into this
Starting point is 00:48:05 race as being known as the guy who can get the working class white person. Nah. Right now, what it looks like is he can get the black vote. So that's where he's doing really well in South Carolina. We don't know what's going to happen in New Hampshire, but right now he's not expecting. He's like waiting for Super Tuesday and waiting for South Carolina before that. I want to go back to something you said. We got time?
Starting point is 00:48:24 Yeah, no, no. We got to wrap. We'll come back and talk about it. Angela Rice says she's not going anywhere. She'll be here all morning long. We'll talk to her more, so don't move. And we got rumors on the way, Yee, what are we talking about? Yes, we are going to talk about Nicki Minaj because Queen Radio made its return yesterday, so we'll tell you what
Starting point is 00:48:37 she had to say. Her first Queen Radio of the year. Alright, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Starting point is 00:48:51 We out here. Where we at? Where we at? We outside. That's right. We're broadcasting live from Soul Cafe out in Miami. Miami Garden. Shout out to 103.5 The Beat.
Starting point is 00:48:59 We're encouraging people to register to vote. We outside. That's right. And you can register to vote today at Miami Garden City Hall Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. So they are going to accept completed applications. You can also call 305-622-8000
Starting point is 00:49:14 for more information. And we got applications out here, right? Yeah, we got applications here at Miami Soul Cafe. You can come out here and register to vote. And we got food. Yes, we do. And we got Angela Rye. Angela Rye is here as well. I know you go to different markets
Starting point is 00:49:29 and you try to encourage people to vote. How important is our people registering to vote to make sure we get out there and vote? Because a lot of people are like, I'm not voting. I don't care. You know, I don't feel like any of these candidates stand for me. Is that what that says? That is true, though.
Starting point is 00:49:45 Well, I think partially, but more than anything else, we need to stand for ourselves. This is about honoring the ancestors, honoring each other, and honoring the future. I think more than anything, we can't expect for people to do for us
Starting point is 00:50:00 what we won't do for ourselves. Right. And I think that's where we have to start. Again, commending Andrew Gillum for what he's doing with Ford Florida. Thinking about the last time we were here. Well, Envy, you weren't here. No, last time I had a car show. I'm sorry, I had a car show.
Starting point is 00:50:13 Oh, a car show. Okay. Well, we were down here trying to get people to register to vote. Well, I'm here now. But with that, I don't know if you all remember the gentleman that came to talk about Amendment 4 on the ballot. And because black people turned out to vote, folks who are returning citizens from being incarcerated were re-enfranchised. Right. And I think that now this is another fight that we have to take on. It was kind of too good to be true.
Starting point is 00:50:39 So with that progress, they tried to dial it back. They've been fighting people on past fines. So some folks haven't been able to register to vote, particularly in this state. So the ACLU and others are taking it on and saying, look, you cannot make people pay to vote, which is essentially what you're saying. If they don't pay their fines, they can't be registered to vote. So even being able to take something like that on, it doesn't have to be the candidate of your choice. It could be the issue of your choice. What issues are you willing to stand up for? Those brothers outside right now, too.
Starting point is 00:51:08 I just spoke to those brothers out there. But if you have a Democratic candidate who has no black issues or no black agenda, how is it standing for ourself? We're voting for people that aren't going to do nothing for us anyway. Well, I don't think that that has to be the case. I also think that
Starting point is 00:51:23 if we're just sitting around waiting until November or, for example, and I think we should say this as well, in Florida, voter registration day is the final. We are not truly politically empowered. So there are candidates who may be okay on your issues. Why can't you call them and talk to them? Why can't you reach out to their campaign and say, these are some of the things that I expect you to be good on. In order for you to get my vote, you need to be great on these five things. Why can't you do that? That's what white folks do. You can't complain about a system if you're not even trying to do anything about it.
Starting point is 00:52:05 That's what white folks do. You can't complain about a system if you're not even trying to do anything about it. That's right. We are the only group of people who think that our politics are optional. Every other enfranchised, empowered group in this country knows that politics are not optional. It impacts your everyday life, so you can participate in it to ensure that it is representing your best interests, or you can sit around and let it just impact you. I think black people feel like, you know, that because they treat us like an option. Who? The Democrats. So I think that we have to be careful with black people think that, right?
Starting point is 00:52:36 Like one of the things that I've been fighting against, especially this cycle, is the African-American voter. It's voters, plural, because we are interested in different candidates and different issues and have different takes on how we get to the end goal. The bottom line is, yes, on both parties, within both parties, we have been treated as optional. Why? We have allowed that. We have allowed that. There are people who are in power, in positions of power, who are not representing our best interests our best interests remove them right and there are people running for office now because they want to change that and they are us yeah especially in local offices oh local yeah well and we had some folks who were on the national stage we had kamala and cory who were absolutely speaking to
Starting point is 00:53:20 our issues and honestly some of us cannibalized them right like we were oh kamala's record her prosecutorial record amy's out here killing it and amy's prosecutorial record is worse than kamala harris's and she's voted to support some of trump's judicial picks that's damning we're not holding her accountable to that right well angela rise says she's not going anywhere and we got rumors on the way what we're talking about you oh we're gonna Oh, we're going to talk about Nicki Minaj, Queen Radio. That came back yesterday, so we'll tell you some things that happened because 50 Cent dropped by. Our girl Malibu Mitch was on there freestyling,
Starting point is 00:53:52 so we have some of that for you. All right, don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. All right, good morning, everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, usually Charlamagne gives somebody his donkey of the day.
Starting point is 00:54:03 We usually do donkey of the day right here, but we are in Miami registering people to vote. And also, being that the setup is so bootleg, I don't want to be in the middle of donkey. And then we, you know. Just cuts off. Just cuts off. Right. So, we have Petula Burke here. Petula Burke.
Starting point is 00:54:16 She is Director of Civic Engagement for Miami Gardens. She is out here helping register people to vote. Good morning, Petula. Good morning. Thank you. What are some of the misconceptions when it comes to voter registration? That it's hard. We've made it easy in the city of Miami Gardens.
Starting point is 00:54:31 You can come to our city hall Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., register to vote, and we will actually send it into the supervisor of elections for you. So it's really that simple. There's really nothing else for you to do. How long is the process? Like five minutes. Can you do it online also? You can do it online, but we have the paper. It's easy and we make sure because then we make sure it gets in. So there's no sort of hiccups, so to speak. Is there a long line to wait to register to vote? Do I got to wait hours? No.
Starting point is 00:55:01 Literally, you can come in and if you're at the front desk, there are other people in City Hall, so if there's a long line, we can come down and make sure that that doesn't happen. What if I'm scared of City Hall because I smell like cushion, you know, I'm just driving through? We're not arresting folks. We want you to register to vote. Your voice counts, and the only way your voice counts is if you register to vote. So you can smell like weed coming down there, not a problem. Listen, you know, now there's new laws. Some people feel like maybe they're not eligible to vote. So let's talk about who is eligible and who's not. So if you are a returning citizen, so if you have been released from prison, you can register to vote. Here today, we have the Florida Restoration of Rights Coalition right outside.
Starting point is 00:55:38 So they will walk people through that process as well. All right. Well, register to vote. Give them the address. Tell them what time you guys are there, when they can come register and all that good stuff. 1-8605 Northwest 27th Avenue in Miami Gardens.
Starting point is 00:55:51 We are here Monday through Thursday, 7-8 to 7-P. Now, what do you say to people who feel like their vote doesn't count? It doesn't count if you don't vote. That's the only way it doesn't count. If you do not vote. If you vote, then your voice matters. And if the white people suppress the vote, that's a whole nother issue so um if you can just tell the folks when is the last day to register february 18th in order to vote in this prime correct so february 18th is
Starting point is 00:56:17 the last day so make sure you get out there and register to vote if you got exactly one week if you can't make it give them a website again where they can register online. I don't have the website in front of me, but it's the Supervisors of Elections. But really, just come down to City Hall. They can come down today, too? They can come down right now. They can come right here. They can come to City Hall anytime.
Starting point is 00:56:42 And you can visit our website, miamigardensfl.gov. You can go to City Hall between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Every day. But we're here at Miami Soul Cafe right now. Petula is here right now. She can register you right now. That's right. That's right. You're not part of the solution.
Starting point is 00:56:52 You're part of the problem. Make sure you register to vote. That's right. Anything I can lie about on my application? No. Like, what if I just want to say, no, I wasn't convicted of a felony? Don't lie. Okay.
Starting point is 00:57:00 So it's not like a job application. They won't throw it away if they see you're not convicted of a felony? No. Okay. All right. Now, when we come back, the mayor is supposed to be joining us, right? He's on his way. He's on his way?
Starting point is 00:57:08 The mayor of Miami Gardens. Oliver Gilbert. Oliver Gilbert. We're going to kick it with him when we come back, so don't move. We're broadcasting live from Soul Cafe. We want to see you. Shout out to Papa Keith. Shout out to Bulletproof. We want to see you, so come on out. Represent with us. Shout out to our 1035 The Beat Family Logic. We see you in the studio. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Starting point is 00:57:26 Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Angela Rye, our sister, is here. She's holding it down with us all morning long. They are. And we have the mayor of Miami Gardens joining us, Mayor Oliver G. Gilbert III. Welcome, sir.
Starting point is 00:57:42 Thank you. Welcome, man. Listen, welcome to Miami Gardens. You gave my whole government name. That's the proper title. My whole government name. Let's start this off first and foremost. Oliver Gilbert said you cannot come in the city hall smelling like Kush.
Starting point is 00:57:51 Don't play yourself. That's the first thing you say. I don't want you smelling like Kush coming down here. We would prefer not, but we're still going to register you to vote. Oh, got you, got you. You still need your vote. Yeah, you can vote high. I mean, it's not a rule.
Starting point is 00:58:00 So now let's talk about getting people to register to vote. Why is that so important? Man, look, you know what? Because we always, we did a great job as a community complaining the day after elections and criticizing the day before elections. We do a real bad job as a community voting during elections. Right. You can look at every meaningful election over our lifetime. When we showed up to vote, people who actually speak for us and represent us well actually win.
Starting point is 00:58:22 We refuse to even be a part of the conversation. We won't participate. To participate, you have to register. So I hear all these things about, oh, it don't matter, your vote don't count. Well, the sure way it won't count is if you don't register and you don't vote. So when you talk about people trying to suppress our votes, the best way they can do it is get you not to register. Right, make you feel discouraged, make you feel like it doesn't matter,
Starting point is 00:58:40 and then that way you're not going to even bother. It's like that, what was it, devil's advocate? The greatest thing the devil ever did was prove to you that he didn't exist. Convinced the world he didn't exist. He didn't exist. Right. So this myth has perpetuated itself that, hey, it's not going to matter and everybody's the same and it won't make a difference.
Starting point is 00:58:54 Listen, this is the difference between Barack Obama and Donald Trump. We showed up to vote. That is literally the difference. Definitely true. You can see the difference. You can hear the difference. You can hear the difference. You just have to ask your question. Do you care who represents you?
Starting point is 00:59:10 Do you care who speaks for you? Do you care the issues that are pushed to the forefront? Do you care about what we do as a national community, a state community, and a local community? Do you care? I think that's the actual issue is that a lot of black people don't think that these people have their best interests at heart. They don't have none of our issues on the table. Well, and I think that is the issue. The problem is that becomes self-perpetuating.
Starting point is 00:59:30 If you don't register to vote, you can never have someone who actually has your issues on the table. And a good example is, look, when I became mayor, one of the things that I did was, I said, we're going to stop arresting people. We're going to give civil citations for marijuana. I don't want to put people in jail for marijuana. But that was a policy decision of someone who got elected. Right. So, Mayor Gilbert, what made you decide to even run for mayor?
Starting point is 00:59:50 Because we talk about having representation and people who look like us who matter and who cares about us. What made you decide that this was your calling? Just Miami Gardens becoming a city. I'm a lawyer by trade, and I was comfortable being a lawyer, partner in a law firm, making money. Miami Gardens becomes a city in 2003, and this area previously was unincorporated. And we, you know, it's 113,000 people in the books. Those are people who want to be counted.
Starting point is 01:00:12 Right. Yeah, it's probably more like 140, because people hide, you know, your baby daddy hiding, your cousin. People do not want to be counted. So it's, and it became a city, and I heard the way that people talked about us. And so they would say, oh, this is just another ghetto. This is just another inner city. And I'm like, we got
Starting point is 01:00:29 a 63%, 64% home ownership rate. It's higher than the county average, the state average, and the national average. When did it start being a ghetto? When black people moved into the suburbs? No, no. I knew who we were because I grew up here. I had a good understanding of who we were at the time, contemporaneous. I know what we can be. And so when I ran for office, I started talking about things like hiring police officers from this community. And we started putting kids from this community through the police academy. So now we have a community of kids who grew up here. They're the police. That's our version of community policing.
Starting point is 01:01:01 I talked about the fact that business development. Listen, you all want businesses, but everything's on residential. Right. So let's change the zoning. Let's change the zoning and let's go out there and talk to people about the type of business and show them the actual numbers. You might think that we don't have money, but all this data say we spend a lot of money. Right. We just spend it in an Aventura and Pembroke Pines and on Brickell.
Starting point is 01:01:21 We spend a lot of money. It's Mercedes over here. It's Red Bottoms everywhere. You can't walk through nowhere without seeing Louboutins. Okay Brickell, we spend a lot of money. It's Mercedes over here. It's Red Bottoms everywhere. You can't walk through nowhere without seeing Louboutins. Okay. All right, Leo. And Angela Wright. He's not saying that like it's a good thing.
Starting point is 01:01:32 We have money to spend. We got money to spend. It's a good thing that we do have money to spend. And so when people say, well, that community won't support this business, of course they will. Right. And so we start going after people like Topgolf. And we got the first viable Topgolf in Dade County was in Miami Gardens. And people were so shocked.
Starting point is 01:01:50 We like nice things, too. We like nice things, too. And we can support those things. And Angela, earlier you were talking about just going to talk to your local representatives about what it is that you need instead of sitting back and waiting for things to happen. What are some things that your community has told you, okay, this is what we need in our community that made you pay attention and stand up? How can people approach you so that you listen? Well, we have an open-door policy. Anybody can make appointments.
Starting point is 01:02:12 I've literally had appointments with people who were addicted to drugs. He came in to tell me that he was being harassed. And so I take appointments with everyone, but I also do something that I call tease. And so if you invite me into your house, we'll bring refreshments. You invite your neighbors and I'll sit in your living room and answer your questions and listen to your ideas for as long as you want. We do a couple of them a month. Did you just say you're having drinks with people and teasing them at their house?
Starting point is 01:02:34 That's not what he said. We know what he said. When we come back, we have more with Mayor Oliver Gilbert when we come back. Do what you gotta do to get in the office, man. He's a troll. We have more with the Mayor when we come back. Don't move got to do to get in the office, man. He's a troll. We have more with the mayor when we come back. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 01:02:49 Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with the mayor of Miami Gardens, Oliver Gilbert, in the building. Now, I wanted to ask, with Super Bowl here, right, and the city making so much money, does any of that money go back to our communities or is it one of those things where it's
Starting point is 01:03:08 not going directly to us? It's complicated because we had a lot of conversation on social media about Super Bowl and how it benefited Miami Gardens. And I was the city councilman the last time it was in Miami Gardens. And you couldn't get them to even say Miami Gardens on TV. We've seen some progress, but the money doesn't
Starting point is 01:03:24 come back to the city. The money comes back to, like, for instance, when you, during Super Bowl, when I went into a lot of local restaurants, they were completely packed out. So a lot of times people get confused about how communities make money off Super Bowls. The government does not make money off Super Bowls.
Starting point is 01:03:39 The government, most assuredly, every government loses money on Super Bowls because we attract those big marquee type tourism events. And people come and they stay in hotels. So the hotel makes the money. But our residents work in hotels. They go to restaurants. So the restaurants make the money.
Starting point is 01:03:57 The government doesn't make the money. We just kind of set the plate. Right. Set the stage. And so we saw a lot of people come in to Miami Gardens. And we saw a lot of, you know, here, the Lick and all these other places. Studio 183 Lounge. I was out there. I did two parties there. Super Bowl weekend, Miami Gardens. Yeah, we saw that type of thing. But as we mature as a community, one of the things that we're working on right now is actually having hotels built in the city.
Starting point is 01:04:21 A lot of times people think, oh, why don't they have the NFL live experience in Miami Gardens? Well, because 200,000 people coming into the city in cars would be a problem every day. And you want places where there's hotel traffic. People can leave their hotel and walk to things on the beach and walk to things in Bayside.
Starting point is 01:04:40 That's the type of economic development we focus on. That and mainstream retail and entertainment that actually focuses on our needs. So what we know is we are an extraordinary community at setting trends. Everybody tries to imitate us. Right. But we'd be trying to be somebody else. They're trying to be us. Literally, when I traveled, I was in a car in India on the back road.
Starting point is 01:05:03 I had a guy. He was driving. And I had hooked up to his car. He was the driver. We had been driving for like a week, off and on. And when he heard Flowrider, he starts singing Welcome to My House. This guy who barely
Starting point is 01:05:15 spoke any English on a back road in India. Universal language. Yeah. Our culture has permeated literally the world. But we find that we're always trying to be something else. You just be you and be good at it. If you're you and you're good at it, it kind of works out. We have to become comfortable with that. We have to become comfortable with the idea
Starting point is 01:05:31 that something else isn't better. That ice isn't colder just because... White ice isn't colder. Say it, man. It's not. White ice isn't colder. It's ice. It's ice. So you can shave it and shape it and do all types of different things. You can have it crushed or cubed, but it's ice. It's not colder because it's somebody else's or it looks of different things. You can have it crushed or cubed, but it's ice. It's not cold because it's somebody else's or it looks a different way.
Starting point is 01:05:48 What's voter registration looking like here in Miami Gardens so far? You know, one of the reasons I heard Petula Burks on, and she did a great job talking about it. One of the reasons I started the Office of Civic Engagement is because I saw that people only talked about voting when it was time to vote. The city should be registering folks to vote year around. And we made that commitment. So it trickles in, but we push it on everything. On all our emails, it goes out. At all our events, it goes out. We want people to always have the opportunity because people say that people suppress our votes. And they may suppress our votes, but I can't tell because we don't try. When you think about historically-
Starting point is 01:06:24 You said they may suppress our votes? They may suppress our votes, but we're you think about historically. You said they may suppress our votes? They may suppress our votes, but we're not trying to vote. But we're not trying to vote. So when you go to lines, these aren't dogs and water hoses and police officers guarding precincts. When you think about what people did to actually vote, they're making it harder and adding another piece of paper. Oh, I see what you're saying. Well, yeah, let's just do that. Let's do that. And when we actually vote as a community, what we can do is we can elect people who take away those suppressive laws. And so when you talk
Starting point is 01:06:54 about voter suppression, yes, there are many of us who aren't even trying. But for those of us who do try, they do things like purge rolls. We know what the amendment for. There are folks who are returning citizens who've had to pay fines that is a form of suppression because they're having to pay to vote so I don't want to completely tell folks that they're not suppressing well that doesn't mean we shouldn't try oh they definitely nasty with it I mean they are but our job is is to win and to vote anyway our voters tries to try and so one of the things that when somebody asked me I was having dinner with a group of businessmen. They said, well, what can
Starting point is 01:07:27 we do to help register to vote? I said, well, why don't you, why don't you all, when you all giving money to foundations, since the courts say you got to pay, why don't you put, put a million dollars in a trust, put a million dollars in a trust and you have across, across Florida, we going to pay for you to register today. If you got fines, because most of the fines, this is how you can, this is how you can actually help don't I said hey listen I appreciate the turkey giveaways and a book back giveaways but if you really want to do something that I think is meaningful put a million dollars in the trust let it start gaining some interest let people make
Starting point is 01:07:58 the appointments you got somebody walk down there with them hey you want to register to vote no one should be prevented right that's how you make meaningful difference so don't don't tell me about your community involvement as we give out turkeys at Thanksgiving. That's cool. I mean, we like turkey too, but I would much prefer those people be registered to vote because when those people are registered to vote, listen, it's different when governors look down and they see people and when they see voters. It's different when presidents and senators look down and they see people and they see voters. People may not affect what they do and say. Voters definitely affect what they do and say. We've just been looking at people as our community. That's not
Starting point is 01:08:36 how they look at stuff. They look at stuff from their own personal interest. They want to stay elected. Okay, you want to stay elected. I'm the mayor of Miami Gardens. We have 113,000 residents. We have around 66,000 voters. We're the largest predominantly African-American city in the state of Florida. We are the largest home of working class, middle class black people. Question, you said Miami Gardens 70% African-American, right? What are some of the specific policies you've put in place to directly impact that community? Well, everything I do directly impacts African-Americans because I only have, we have basically African-Americans here.
Starting point is 01:09:09 But when you look at whether it be little things like visiting every school, and I leave here, I'm going to Golden Glaze right down the street here, visiting every school to let them know that a black man is the mayor of this city and that they can actually be, that a kid who went to school in this community, elementary school, middle school, high school, caught the bus to law school, is the mayor of his hometown. FAMU. University of Miami. Yeah.
Starting point is 01:09:29 And so little stuff like that or just giving laptops away to kids when they're going to college. If you go to college, we have this big laptop giveaway from Northwestern, Carroll City in New Orleans. Or whether it be Jazz and the Gardens is coming up, making sure that local businesses can participate or the hiring of the residential hiring preference which says hey not just for police officers but for everything you get a preference if you live here so all of my policies affect us black people this portion because most of my residents are are black but the reason i asked that question because you know when you look at these candidates and you know you have brothers and sisters who say like none of these candidates have our interests on the table what are some things that you would share with some
Starting point is 01:10:03 of these presidential candidates some policies that could work on a national level? Black people have a greater interest in affordable housing and gun violence. Sometimes they talk to us like we're very basic, and this is all we care about. We care about international trade because that creates jobs. That's right. We care about the revitalization of the industrial economy. We care about all those things. We care about international trade because that creates jobs. That's right. We care about the revitalization of the industrial economy. We care about all those things. We care about STEM.
Starting point is 01:10:29 Listen, I'm building a park. We just broke ground on it that has science, technology, engineering, mathematics, recording studios, and television production area. I want to teach kids to do all those things on parks. Right. I'm building a park to do that. Right. Talk to us about things that meaningfully. We care about the same stuff that other communities care about, but we don't hear
Starting point is 01:10:46 about that. So it's like a pet peeve of mine when people come to Miami Gardens and the very first thing they talk about is oh yeah, well, you know, I want to get affordable housing, more affordable housing. The affordability of housing is an important issue and it should never be diminished, but understand this. There's some
Starting point is 01:11:02 black people who go to work every day and have degrees and they still can't find housing. And that's not just a black issue. That's a housing issue in New York County. Talk about those things. Talk about not having first time homebuyer programs, but having second time and third time homebuyer programs. Talk about down payment assistance for if you if you've rebuilt your credit. Talk about all of those things. Are there any candidates you like right now? Do you like Mayor Pete being that he's a... You know, Mayor Pete came here.
Starting point is 01:11:30 Mayor Pete came here, and he actually had a roundtable here in Miami Gardens. And I know Mayor Pete from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. I'm on the national board of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. So I like Pete. He's a good guy. I'm not committed to any candidate because, honestly, I want somebody to stop speaking to me in platitudes and tell me how they're going to beat Donald Trump. Because right now, everybody's speaking to me in platitudes.
Starting point is 01:11:50 Everybody's saying, oh, this is good and this is what I want to do. What we know is that the president has actually found a way to speak to what I call our deepest, darkest selves. Everybody has something in them deep down that they don't necessarily talk about that's kind of bigoted. So when you see, you know, President Trump getting 18 percent of the black male vote, that's because they were voting from that place. We need people to vote from a different place. We need them to vote from a different place. And no one's spoken to me about that yet. Well, Mayor, we appreciate you for joining us this morning. Mayor Oliver Gilbert, the mayor of Miami Gardens, and thank you.
Starting point is 01:12:24 He got his bow tie on. He looks like a member of the NOI, but he's the mayor of Miami Gardens. Well, thank you for joining us. And get out there and register to vote, and thank you for joining us again. Thank you. I appreciate you. And listen, y'all, keep the good work. Thank you. I appreciate it. Thank you so much. All right, don't move. We got rumors on the way. Yeen, what we talking about? We are going to talk about
Starting point is 01:12:39 Vanessa Bryant. Now, she is struggling to process that both Kobe Bryant and Gigi Bryant are gone. We'll tell you what she had to say in her Instagram post. All right, we'll get into that next. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Starting point is 01:12:50 The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Angela Rye is still here kicking it with us today. We're broadcasting live from Miami Soul Cafe. We're encouraging people to register to vote, so we're here for a little bit,
Starting point is 01:13:07 but let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Vanessa Bryant. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip. The rumor report. Gossip.
Starting point is 01:13:16 With Angela Yee. It's the rumor report. The Breakfast Club. Yes, Vanessa Bryant, she has posted on Instagram, and she said, I've been reluctant to put my feelings into words. My brain refuses to accept that both Kobe and Gigi are gone. I can't process both at the same time.
Starting point is 01:13:30 It's like I'm trying to process Kobe being gone, but my body refuses to accept my Gigi will never come back to me. Why should I be able to wake up another day when my baby girl isn't being able to have that opportunity? I'm so mad. She has so much life to live. But she said, then I realized I need to be strong and be here for my three daughters. So she wanted to share that in case there's anyone out there that's experienced a loss like this. And she said she's also praying for all of the victims of this horrible tragedy. Please continue to pray for all.
Starting point is 01:13:58 Absolutely. I don't know how strong I could be. Like, if I lost my daughter, I really don't know. You don't even want to think about that. No. I can't even imagine what she's going through, and I'm not going to pretend to act like I can imagine what she's going through. Well, the memorial service will be held February 24th at the Staples Center.
Starting point is 01:14:12 Again, you know, just to remind you guys. Because that's two different levels of grieving, right? Like, you're losing your significant other, your soulmate. And your daughter. And one of your daughters. Oh, Jesus Christ. All right. Now, the assassination of Malcolm X,
Starting point is 01:14:24 it looks like it might be getting a second look after a Netflix documentary. Now historians have long believed that this was a botched investigation. Are you surprised? And for decades after the assassination of Malcolm X, the confessed assassin has said that the two other men who were convicted as accomplices
Starting point is 01:14:40 had nothing to do with the murder but now thanks to this Netflix documentary series, they're saying that they may review evidence in support of the two men's innocence. Well, the person that they say actually shot him is dead anyway. I mean, I watched the documentary this weekend.
Starting point is 01:14:53 I thought it was a great documentary. Oh, I thought it was amazing. Amazing documentary. Killer alert. So what? The guy, if you've ever read a book, you would know that anyway. The guy is dead.
Starting point is 01:15:03 He's from Newark, New Jersey. His name was William Butler. So he's dead anyway. So if they want to reopen it to rewrite history and have history accurate, cool. But it's not like somebody's going to jail for it. Now, Javante Davis, he is pleading not guilty. And that's after that video we saw of him grabbing his child's mother by the neck. And her name is Drita.
Starting point is 01:15:21 And he is now fighting a domestic battery criminal charge after that video went viral. So we shall see what happens. Is he pleading for a lesser charge? Because it's video, right? I mean... They were playing. He was going to say they were playing.
Starting point is 01:15:34 They were playing. They play like that all the time. A little roughhousing. You know, what he's saying is he never hit her. He said, yes, I was aggressive and he said that in a post after that incident and everybody saw that video. But he's got to realize he's got some issues there.
Starting point is 01:15:46 And by the way, I'm sure she's going to stick up for him. No, we don't know that. She actually, I think, even came forward and said that he was, you know, very aggressive toward her. Really? Yeah. Everybody saw it. So them shopping sprees don't work, huh? No, absolutely not.
Starting point is 01:16:00 And that's also that type of behavior where somebody acts a certain way to you and then they try to make up for it by shopping spree. All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee and that is your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Now, again, shout out to everybody that stopped through today. Shout to Angela Rye, our sister. Angela Rye. She caught that early, early flight. Yeah, she sure did. Shout to Petula Burke for joining us. Yes, Mayor Oliver Gilbert.
Starting point is 01:16:24 Mayor Oliver Gilbert. All right. And also shout to Papa Keith andula Burke for joining us. Yes, Mayor Oliver Gilbert. Mayor Oliver Gilbert. And also shout out to Papa Keith and Bulletproof for holding us down. And Logic. 103.5 The Beat Family. Shout out to David Kennedy who's here with us too. What's up David? And shout out to everybody. Shout out to Martin. Shout out to the police officers outside. Shout out to everybody that came to just show us some love and register
Starting point is 01:16:39 to vote. We appreciate you. There was a young man that brought us some children's books. Charlamagne, He brought you one too He said his is about anxiety A young kid outside Young king And we got some At Juice Defined also
Starting point is 01:16:50 This press juice company That's right The young man is Javon Allison And Monique Cooper And the book is called Javon's Fears, Worries, Thoughts Anxiousness, Panic Attacks
Starting point is 01:16:58 Inner Conversations, Anxiety Right And shout out to R4 She gave us some artwork too Absolutely A lot of gifts So many people showing us So much love
Starting point is 01:17:04 Alright but let's get to the mix The people's choice mix Shout out to Miami Soul Cafe She gave us some artwork, too. Absolutely. A lot of gifts. So many people showing us so much love. All right, but let's get to the mix, the People's Choice Mix. Shout out to Miami Soul Cafe. I did. For taking great care of us. They actually, because of this detox, bought me a platter of vegetables and fruit. Ask me what I ate. How nice is that? Ask me what I ate.
Starting point is 01:17:15 Some fried chicken. Fried lobster tail, actually. I saw you. All right. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.
Starting point is 01:17:23 We are the Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's Black History Month. So what are we Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's Black History Month. So what are we doing today, Charlamagne? Listen, we're going to honor a Black History Month legend for sure. But this was absolutely a new Black History moment, man. Our forever first lady, Michelle Obama. Let me tell you something.
Starting point is 01:17:38 I don't particularly subscribe to this line of thinking, but I know this statement she made. It really, really, really impacted and touched a lot of people it's really just another way of saying don't let anyone disturb your peace personally I subscribe to the philosophy of if they go low take it to the floor with them but Michelle Obama doesn't feel that way and she expressed herself at the Democratic National Convention in 2016 when she said this the Breakfast Club presents a new Black History Month legend. I also told you about our daughters when they set off for their first day at their new school. And the only thing I could think was, what have we done? See, because at that moment, I realized that our time in the White House
Starting point is 01:18:20 would form the foundation for who they would become and how well we managed this experience could truly make or break them. That is what Barack and I think about every day as we try to guide and protect our girls through the challenges of this unusual life in the spotlight. How we urge them to ignore those who question their father's citizenship or faith. How we insist that the hateful language they hear from public figures on TV does not represent the true spirit of this country. How we explain that when someone is cruel or acts like a bully, you don't stoop to their level. No, our motto is, when they go low, we go
Starting point is 01:19:06 high. And that was another new Black History Month legend, courtesy of the Breakfast Club. Alright, Michelle Obama, what a queen. Absolutely, 100%. But, when they go low, sometimes you gotta take it to the floor with them. But I'm not mad if you decide to
Starting point is 01:19:22 take the high road. Alright, well that is our Black History Month legend today. Now, when we come back, positive note, don't move decide to take the high road. Alright, well that is our Black History Month legend today. Now when we come back, positive note, don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Shout out 103.5 The Beat Family. We're broadcasting
Starting point is 01:19:38 live in Miami. That's right. From Soul Cafe. It's voter registration. That's what we're here for. We're trying to get people to come out and register to vote. That's right.'re here for. We're trying to get people to come out and register to vote. That's right. Voter registration is now available at Miami Garden City Hall Monday through Thursday,
Starting point is 01:19:50 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. You can ask your customer service representative for assistance. They're also accepting completed applications. And for more information, you can reach out and touch 305-622-8000.
Starting point is 01:20:03 Right. And shout out to Papa Keef. Shout out to Bulletproof. Shout out to our family at 103.5 The Beat. Appreciate8000. Right. And shout out to Papa Keef. Shout out to Bulletproof. Shout out to our family at 1035 The Beat. Appreciate you guys. Logic running the boards. Yep, yep, yep, yep. Yes, everybody's chipping in and working today.
Starting point is 01:20:12 Shout out to Angela Rye for stopping through today. Absolutely. Also, Mayor Oliver Gilbert from Miami Gardens. That's right. And come get some food. Food is amazing. So come on down. Stop through.
Starting point is 01:20:20 Even when we're not here, come get some food. Shout to... Miami Soul Cafe. Shout to Looney. Looney has the art on the wall, so if you come through and you see some of the dope art,
Starting point is 01:20:30 lavish Looney, all right? So it's time to get up out of here. Charlamagne, you got a positive note? Yes. Today is what,
Starting point is 01:20:36 the 18th anniversary of your first album? 17th anniversary. 17th anniversary of, what was it called, Desert Storm Presents? It was the block party. The block party.
Starting point is 01:20:43 The block party. Envy likes to lie and say he put that album out at 18. Somebody was 18 when I put it out. So he's saying that he's 35 now. And so I showed him this card earlier. It's from my Power Thought cards and it says, I am at peace with my
Starting point is 01:20:55 age. Each age has its own special joys and experiences. I am always the perfect age for where I am in life. So at 52 years old, Envy, you should appreciate where you are in life, sir. I'm trans 30. Okay. All right.
Starting point is 01:21:10 Okay. All right. I hear you. And you said Logan is 18. That means you were... Okay. I'm not good with math. Breakfast club, bitches!
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