The Breakfast Club - Like Woah ( Phylicia Rashad and Mike Epps Interview)

Episode Date: October 6, 2020

Today on the show we had the pleasure to talk to a queen and idol Phylicia Rashad who spoke on her experience working on different shows finding her way through hollywood and more. Also, comedian Mike Epps called in and spoke about hip hop legends, The Upshaws and more. And Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to America for our own arrogance. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey y'all, Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history.

Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was Claudette Colvin. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records.

Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcast. We're about to experience a morning show unlike any other. Shout out to The Breakfast Club. I love to see y'all every morning. What you guys are doing right now, it's the hub culture. The Breakfast Club is my morning sit. I need it and I love it so much.

I feel like you're really not popping until you do The Breakfast Club. I've been waiting to come to y'all's show, man. I know you got to be a big time celebrity up in here. You got to be big time. DJ Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God. The Breakfast Club, bitches. Break the f*** up. Good morning, USA. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, happening? How we feeling today? I had a very interesting day yesterday. Talk to me. I'm tired of coronavirus. I'm tired of these

kids knowing about coronavirus. We all are. What's the problem? So my six-year-old son goes to school and I guess during snack time, he had potato chips and I guess when he bit a potato chip, it, you know, hit the top of his mouth. So his mouth was hurting. So he just says, Jackson, what's wrong?

He says, my mouth hurts. I think I have coronavirus. Oh my gosh. Well, I get it. I mean, you Jackson, what's wrong? He says, my mouth hurts. I think I have coronavirus. Oh, my gosh. Well, I get it. I mean, you know, he's a young kid. And, like, when you turn on the news all the time or when you're listening to the radio, all you hear about is coronavirus. Coronavirus seems like the illness that is taking everybody up. Oh, my gosh. What have we heard about at all other than coronavirus this year?

Coronavirus. Coronavirus is the disease. So they ask what's wrong. He says, I have a sore throat in my mouth. So that is one of the signs. Coronavirus. Coronavirus is the disease. So they asked what's wrong. He said, I have a sore throat, my mouth hurts. So that is one of the signs of coronavirus. It is? So when he says, yes, sore throat. Oh, he said his mouth hurts.

He said his mouth hurts. And he asked if it's sore throat. He says, yes, he's six years old. Yes, my mouth hurts. I have a sore throat. So what do they do? They call Mr. Casey. You got to come get your son because he has a possible sign of coronavirus.

So I got to rush him to the doctor yesterday, and he get a strep test, and he gets to this and that. And they be like, he's fine. He just had a potato chip. What about flu season? We can't overreact to every single symptom because a lot of these symptoms are the same type of symptoms that you get when you have the flu.

So what's going to happen during flu season? Isn't it flu season now? It is flu season now. Wait, there's more. So then I get home. I'm doing the homework with the kids. So my 4-year-old who's in pre-K, she's coloring and I'm helping the other

kids with their homework. She makes a picture. Guess what she makes a picture of? Coronavirus. Coronavirus. Drop on the clues box for coronavirus, baby. Goodness gracious. This is the year of the Rona. Okay? I don't know what the Chinese New Year is, but I know this is the year of the Corona. The year of the Rona. I'm tired of

this coronavirus. It's just taking over my life. I'm like, who taught you that? She was like, I just know. It's taking over all of our lives. It could be worse. I'm done. I'm done. I'm done with coronavirus.

It could be worse, though, because you could be one of the 200,000 plus that have passed away from it. You know what I'm saying? Somebody in your family could. Or you could be one of the millions infected. We've been blessed thus far. You know when you were a kid and there was a bully

and after the bully beat you up, he leaves? Coronavirus hasn't left yet. Like've been blessed thus far. You know when you were a kid and there was a bully, and after the bully beat you up, he leaves? Coronavirus hasn't left yet. Like, you beat us up. Like, can we leave? Like, can we open up this economy? Can we stop closing restaurants, stop closing schools? Well, if your president wasn't such a foolish F-boy,

Donald Trump is proof that, you know, you will remain an F-boy until you decide you don't want to be an F-boy no more. Okay. Goodness gracious. That is narcissistic personality disorder to the 10th degree. It is all about him, and he leads by example, and people follow him, and that's why America has the coronavirus problem that it has now. Goodness gracious. You know what I mean?

All they got to do is take Envy's beard and put it over their face, put it over their nose, cover themselves, okay, but they choose not to do that. This is a mask, sir. I don't know if you know. This is a mask. This is a Okay? But they choose not to do that. This is a mask, sir. I don't know if you know. This is a mask. It says, got credit on this side. This is a mask. I'm going to be honest with you.

I don't know what's on your face, and I'm not judging you. I'm not judging you for none of the Beijing. I'm not judging you for none of the paint. I'm not judging you for the mask. I'm not judging you for nothing. All I'm simply saying is, in order to stop the prevention of coronavirus, the transmission of it, take Envy's beard and put it over your mouth and your nose. Okay? Okay. What about your butt?

Uh-huh. Let me get coronavirus in your butt. Huh? Man, when y'all gonna release Envy's clips? Why y'all always putting my clips online? When y'all gonna put out Envy's clips of him sexually harassing me? Oh. Okay. Jesus Christ. The guy that bought me a butt? Wow. Why we starting so early? I don't know why I'm messing with you.

Alright. I don't know either. You tell me. Felicia Rashad will be joining us this morning. First of all, you didn't say that with no enthusiasm. The great, the legend, the icon. America's mother. You might have seen her on the Cosby show. Might have. You might have. You've seen her on the Cosby show.

Yes, America's mother. We are being blessed this morning. We have the privilege and the honor to have the presence, the mere essence of Felicia Rashad in the building. Well, not in the building, but... She'll be here. Or Zoom.

Be a Zoom. Oh, I hate Zoom. All right. And also, a comedian you might know, funniest guy out right now. OG. Mike Epps will be joining us. The OG veteran. Yes. Mike Epps, my OG. Mike Epps will be joining us. The OG veteran.

Yes. Mike Epps, my guy. Both of them will be joining us via Zoom. Via Zoom, that's right. All right, so don't move it. And we got front page news. We're talking about a lot. How about that?

That's all I got. That means he doesn't even know. That means he just walked in. He's done no prep. Let's be real. Angela Yee, that's her thing. That's what she does. That's her thing. Okay, we've done no prep whatsoever. When it comes to this, no. Let's be real. Angela Yee, that's her thing. That's what she does. We've done no prep whatsoever.

When it comes to this. Let's go. I love it like this. But Trump is at the hospital. We'll give you some updates. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Now start off with some sports.

Last night, NFL. All right, Kansas City Chiefs beat the Patriots 26-10. The Green Bay Packers beat the Falcons 30-16. Now, let's talk about your president, Donald Trump. Now, you know, 13 people in Donald Trump's family and the government have received, well, I should say tested positive for COVID-19. The White House is filthy.

Lights all the whole place down. Yeah, well, Donald should say, tested positive for COVID-19. The White House is filthy. Lights all the whole place down. Yeah, well, Donald Trump went back home yesterday. That's not his house. Temporary residence. Well, that's temporary residence. He went home to the crib yesterday and he stood on his balcony. He ripped his mask off. He put his thumbs up and everybody said he was wheezing.

Could barely breathe. Well, this is what he said. Don't let it dominate you. Don't be afraid of it. You're going to beat it. We have the best medical equipment. We have the best medicines, all developed recently. And you're going to beat it. I went, I didn't feel so good. And two days ago, I could have left two days ago. Two days ago, I felt great, like better than I have in a long time. I said just recently, better than 20 years ago. Don't let it dominate.

Don't let it take over your lives. Donald Trump is a primary example of why you have to be intentional about your evolution. You only grow in life if you want to. This man has never had any reason to grow. He's got narcissistic personality disorder and he doesn't care about people. He cares about his image, period. And I told you, a Trump that survives COVID is a Trump you don't want to have to deal with. The man is 74 years old and 250 pounds first thing in the morning.

If you thought, you know, he thought that it was 99% harmless before, how do you think he feels now? Even though I don't believe he ever had COVID to begin with. And that wheezing that you saw at the top of those stairs, it's because he's clinically obese. What happens when clinically obese people walk upstairs? They got to catch their breath. I'm like, I'm sitting there watching everybody talk about,

oh, he's clearly having difficulty breathing. I know the difference between somebody trying to hold in a cough and a fat person that can't barely make it up some stairs. Well, he also talks about that he possibly may be immune. We're going back to work.

We're going to be out front. As your leader, I had to do that. I knew there's danger to it, but I had to do it. I stood out front. I led. Nobody that's a leader would not do what I did. And I know there's a risk, there's a danger, but that's okay. And now I'm better, and maybe I'm immune.

I don't know. But don't let it dominate your lives. Get out there. Be careful. We have the best medicines in the world and it all happened very shortly and they're all getting approved and the vaccines are coming momentarily.

I told y'all. I told y'all. I told y'all. He was going to be the person to take these experimental cocktails and these therapeutic vaccines and stand in front of the American people and tell them, I took them. Look at me. I'm good.

Next thing you know, stock prices are soaring for these pharmaceutical companies and he may have investments in them. Who knows? Well, the White House blocks new FDA coronavirus guidelines that may have delayed the vaccine. So basically, the people that they gave the vaccine to, they were supposed to follow for two months to make sure that they were okay, no side effects, but the White House is taking that off. So the vaccine will be available a lot earlier, they're saying. And they haven't even said Donald Trump is negative.

It's not like they said, yo, he tested negative and they sent him home. He's just out in these streets saying he feel better. What the hell does feel better mean? Are you negative or not? Mask off. You know what I mean? What do you mean do you feel better?

Listen, man. That's y'all president. Y'all voted for him and guess what? A lot of y'all are following his example and guess what y'all gonna continue to do? Spread that nasty ass COVID and you're gonna spread it during flu season and you're gonna end up back on lockdown come Thanksgiving.

Alright, well that is your front page news. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. Maybe you had a bad night, bad morning, or maybe you feel blessed and you want to spread some positivity. Maybe you just got things on your mind. And spread anything but Corona. 585-1051.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? The Breakfast Club. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tried my country. My forefathers did that themselves.

What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warheads. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever

you get your podcasts. Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records,

Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand-new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone Bash, bam, another one gone brings history to life through hip-hop. Each episode is about a different, inspiring figure from history, like this one about Claudette Colvin,

a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the i to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records

on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm darling. I'm darling. Hey, what you doing, man? I'm darling. I'm calling you.

This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? What up, though? This is the Weed Man.

The Weed Man. You must be calling from Detroit. Definitely from the D. What's going on? Get it off your chest, brother. Hey, I got an expensive weed head. I'm trying to get over that shit. Look, my man got the 80s for a hundred,

and I bite him every day. Stop cursing, brother. You can't curse, man. I'm trying to get over that shit. Look, my man got the Aces for a hundred, and I bite him every day. Stop cursing, bro. You can't curse, brother. I hear cursing about that regular-ass weed y'all selling. You crazy as hell, Charlamagne. You know you ain't smoking no good, bud. Y'all ain't got nothing but me. I was smoking Friday. I was smoking some indica called Ray Charles

on Friday. Yeah, right. What I'm a liar for? I got to lie to you for? Charles on Friday. Yeah, right. What I'm a liar for? I got to lie to you for? Had a goddamn panic attack, too. Trying to do something to ease my anxiety. Just walking outside barefoot, 11 o'clock at night. What's wrong with you, man? I'm trying to figure that out.

Now, what should I do, man? I'm trying to quit. Just quit. Yeah, right. You know what it is? You probably got an oral fixation. You probably just like having something in your mouth. No, that's what it is. Oh, that know what it is? You probably got an oral fixation. You probably just like having something in your mouth. No, that's what it is. Oh, that's what it is.

Charlamagne got something for you in your mouth. I know you like it out in the D, too, boy. It's just an oral fixation. You just need to put something in your mouth. I'm sure in the D you can find something, right? Oh, hell no. Nah, it's too late now. What do you mean?

I'm talking about the chew stick. Enjoy the D. Get a chew stick, a toothpick, pretzel stick. Yeah, you're in the right place. Hello, who's this? Hi, Erica. Hey, get it off your chest. Yeah, I was just calling because I'm on my way to work,

and this week I've been putting an EKG class on every day that I'm off. And usually with other jobs, you get like a day off from your regular schedule so that you won't have to get up early every single day. OK, I'm just tired. I'm a nurse. So I'm like exhausted. And I just really just I really want to give my boss the other day. Who's your boss? What's his name? No, don't do that. Don't do that. We don't need you to lose your job. Because we appreciate you. You are an essential worker. I'm sure you've been busy these past several months. So we appreciate you. Thank you.

I just was sitting about that because I needed somebody to tell. I'm just tired. That's all. We all get tired. I understand. All right, Mama. I just want to sleep in one day. And I love y'all.

Y'all have a good day. Love you, too. Thank you. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Christine calling from Queens. Hey, Queens, New York. What part of Queens? City, too. Thank you. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Christine calling from Queens. Hey, Queens, New York. What part of Queens? Shadyville.

So you went to PS34 or St. Joachim and Anne? Which one? No, I went to school in Long Island. Oh, okay. All right, all right, all right. So what's up? Get it off your chest, mama. Well, no, I'm not sticking it off my chest.

First of all, I just wanted to, you know, give all things to God. It's my birthday today. I'm so late. 39 years old. Happy birthday. 39's my birthday today. I'm so late. 39 years old. Happy birthday. 39. Happy born day. Every birthday, I want us to really, really celebrate now

because, I mean, you know, you've seen how many people have passed away recently. I know. And you know what? I was a victim of COVID, and I suffered with it for six weeks, but by God's grace, I definitely made it through. Look at God.

You know, that alone is just something to be grateful for. So I just wanted to spread some love, spread by God's grace, I definitely made it through. Look at God. That alone is just something to be grateful for. So I just wanted to spread some love, spread some joy and say I'm so appreciative for all it is that you all do. I've had the opportunity to meet Envy at one point and Angelique, not you, but I would love to in the near future as I continue

on with my journey with podcasts and things of that nature. I just wanted to thank you all for what you're doing for the community. And just to shed some light on today that although we have uncertainties in this world and we have an unknown future, I trust in God. That's it. That's all you can do. All right.

I love it. Well, enjoy your birthday. All right. Thank you. Have a good one. Maybe a lot of uncertainty in the world. We may be facing an unknown future, but I know that my God is good. There you go.

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

Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like this is mine i own this it's surprisingly easy there are 55 gallons of water 500 pounds of concrete everybody's doing it i am king ernest emmanuel i am the queen of ladonia i'm jackson the first king of caperburg i am the supreme leader of the grand republic of mentonia be part of a great colonial tradition.

Why can't I trade my country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warheads. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullet holes.

We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show,

where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all.

It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. So y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it.

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

Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're man or black. Let's say it with your chest. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, let it out. Hello, who's this?

This is Black Jack from the morning. Black Jack, what's happening, queen? Get it off your chest. See, Solomon, it's this? This is Blackjack. Good morning. Blackjack, what's happening, queen? Get it off your chest. See, Solomon, it's always you. It's always you. It's early. What'd I say? I said good morning, queen.

Huh? You call me Blackjack. Blackjack. I want to say good morning to the Breakfast Club. I miss Angela, but we're holding it down. So good morning to you guys. Peace and blessings. And I also want to shout out my business, High Six Society. Y'all should definitely follow us on Instagram.

I've been trying to get some stuff up for y'all for the longest. Well, send it to the station. We at the station now. Send it up to the station. Send it to the station, Mama. I definitely will. I'm glad y'all are back. Have a good morning, and thank you for doing what y'all do. Thank you station, mama. I definitely will. I'm glad y'all are back. Have a good morning and thank you for doing

what y'all do. Thank you, Blackback. Peace and blessings. What's up, Envy? How you feeling today, man? What's up, Sean Stone? What's going on? I'm good, man.

Sean, man, what's up, man? How you feeling today, bro? Peace, King. How are you? I hear defeating your voice early this morning. Why you start so early with this band?

You know why, man? Talk to me. I was watching a movie with Tom Cruise when he was doing some work for the DEA where he was moving some products and dude was making

a lot of money, right? It's a movie. Yeah, I know. I know it's a movie. But this morning I woke up and I was like, let me just check my bank account. I checked my bank account, bro.

41 cents in my bank account, man. It's just crazy, man. Living account, bro. 41 cents in my bank account, man. It's just crazy, man. Living paycheck to paycheck. 41 cents? 41 cents in my bank account, bro. Yo, Trav, please get the voodoo off Sean Stone, man. Yo, Trav, whatever route you put on Sean Stone, please take it

off, man. It's just living paycheck to paycheck is rough, man. A lot of times people think because you have a job that things are going to be looking It's just living paycheck to paycheck is rough, man. A lot of times people think because, you know, you have a job that things are going to be looking up and up. But I just want to tell people, because some people will feel depressed, right, and want to do something stupid.

You don't have to do anything stupid. You just got to keep on working hard, man, and just keep on praying, man. Yo, Sean, Sean, Sean, Sean, leave your cash app, bro. Leave your cash app. I got to give you 59 cents, man, to give you a dollar. Let me see you have a whole dollar. Goodbye, man. I got to do it.

But no, for real, leave your cash app, man. Yo, my cash app is Sean. S-H-A-W-N-7-3-2, man. S-H-A-W-N-7-3-2. And, Sean, you know what? I thank you for your 59 cents, too. He's probably going to give you 69 cents. S-H-A-W-N-7-3-2. He's probably going to give you 69 cents. I'm definitely not giving you 69. You're not giving him 69 cents?

No, I don't want no 69. I'll take 68. Whoa, I owe you one. Okay, Sean. You got to do what you got to do when you got 41 cents, Sean. Y'all are flirting. Y'all are flirting this morning. God bless Sean, man. I'm going to put something in Sean Cash app for real. What are you going to put?

I don't know yet. I'm going to bless him, though. Hello, who's this? Yo, it's Steve Crumble. Why you so excited? Calm down. What's up, brother? Good morning. Good morning, good brother. You hear me? How are you, King? Yo, I'm blessed. I'm blessed. I'm blessed.

You got something to say, or are you just calling up here to... No, what I got to say is that what's bothering me right now is the powers of projection. We got our political powers, our president projecting that black people are killers and thieves, and Mexicans are racists and thieves. And history tells you that there's no other culture that bop their wife over the head with a stick and drag them to a cave and force them to be white and now they project this on us

as being racist. You can't steal a whole race of people and then call us thieves. You know? It's early, bro. Yo, King, what grade? Yo, yo, King, what grade? What grade you smoking you know? It's early, bro. Yo, King, what grade? Yo, yo, King, what grade? What grade you smoking this morning? It's early, bro. Bro, I'm an engineer. I'm on my

way to work right now, you heard? Oh, okay, okay. So you just, you know, listening to the new Jay Electronica album, Act 2, you got a lot of conspiracy theories in your mind? Absolutely. It's not even conspiracy theories no more, brother, you know? It's like before... I can't. I used to believe, I used to,. I can't. I used to believe. We used to give a white man the benefit of the doubt.

And it's like after everything that's been happening in society, we can't give him the benefit of the doubt no more. They're just bad people. I need to say this, King. I've never given the white man the benefit of the doubt. Well, you have to come on in, brother, man. I'm from Moncks Corner, South Carolina. I grew up in South Carolina with a Confederate flag,

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Now, when we come back, we got rumors on the way. We'll tell you about Rick Ross. He got some new teeth. We'll tell you about it. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. I'm the Angela Yee. Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. What's happening? Good morning. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Trey Songz.

It's time. She's spilling the tea. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Now shout out to our guide Trey Songz. Now Trey Songz has tested positive for coronavirus. I tested positive for COVID-19, taking many tests as I've been out protesting, food drives. Of course, I have a very young son at home, so I get tested periodically. And this time, unfortunately, it came back positive. I will be taking this seriously. I will be self-quarantined and I will be in my house until I see a negative sign.

I don't know how many I know, but my grandfather passed early this year. And while it wasn't said that it was COVID, I do believe it was. So I've always taken it serious. And if you come in contact with COVID, please do the same. Don't be like the president. Drop one of Clues Bond's for Trigger. You know what I'm saying? Such a simple message.

Don't be like the president. Why is the Biden campaign not running ads right now that say wear a mask? Don't be like your president. Just such a simple and effective message. Absolutely. You got to be very careful out there as well, man. And a lot of you brothers, you don't have to worry about Mr. Steal Your Girl stealing your girl for at least 14 days. At least 14 days.

Since she's quarantined. Yeah, shout out to Trey Songz. Hopefully he feels a lot better. Unless she wakes up and says, hey, man, I got to go away for 14 days all of a sudden. You're like, why? And she's going to play nurse with Trey. Well, you know why. You know why.

Excuse me. Now, Boosie Badass, he's selling his Jaguar. Now, he has a Jaguar F-Type. He probably paid about $100,000 to $110,000, depending on options. And he said his nephew, this is his quote, my nephew's stupid ass wrecked my Jag. My nephew's stupid ass just wrecked my Jag. I'm pissed the fuck off.

I just woke up. Who won't buy it right now? Buy this b***h right now. 21 Jag. Rap rims on it. Give me 75k, man. 21 Jag right now. Ain't nobody got this b***h. 75k. If not, I'm going to trade it in right now. I just want the record to show

that wasn't a rumor. Neither one of these last two stories have been rumors. I mean, Envy said exactly what Boosie said before he said it. Before he said it. Where's the rumors? Can we get some rumors? Well, Rick Ross, he got some new teeth. It looks like Rick Ross flew out to Columbia and paid $10,000 for some teeth.

It's simply not a rumor. This is the same doctor that did Tekashi 6ix9ine's teeth. And Rick Ross talks about his new teeth. You know, they hate to see you smile, so I had to come out here to Cali, Columbia, see Dr. Mantoya, get my smile right. You know what I'm saying? That smile, all my heat fans, that smile, baby. I love to see brothers invest in things

that actually matter, like their teeth. You know what I'm saying? But they have to figure out a way to, like, render the teeth-face ratio. You know what I mean? Because some of these dudes' teeth be looking bigger than their actual face. You know what I mean? Because some of these dudes' teeth be looking bigger than their actual face. You know what I mean?

Like, it's got to be a way to, like, structure the mouth to where you can have the teeth looking normal. I noticed with some of the teeth, sometimes they don't look white, they look bluish. Really? I don't know if you noticed that.

They look like a little blue tint on it. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, you don't want teeth that look like Envy's beard. You know what I'm saying? Like, it has to look somewhat real, is what I'm saying. Why are you shaking your head, Dramos? Why are you agreeing't want teeth that look like Envy's beard. You know what I'm saying? Like, it has to look somewhat real is what I'm saying. Why are you shaking your head, Dramos? Why are you agreeing with this man?

Because I got a real beard and you don't. Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. Drop one of Clues Bombs for Latinos this morning. Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh. Nice jab, Dramos. I like that. You're looking like Canelo out here, baby. That was good.

All right. And that was your rumor report. Yeah, drama. That's what I'm talking about. It ain't your fault that you can't tell if Envy got his mask around his chin or his beard on. I'm not talking to y'all no more. It ain't your fault. I ain't talking to y'all no more.

When we come back, we got front pages. Let's at least try to make things look realistic out here, people. Your teeth, your bitch. We'll tell you about Donald Trump. Everything. Your eyebrows. And John Moses Philison. You know John Moses is the leader of Latinos for Trump.

Oh, man, stop that. Get out of here. Get out of here. What does back stand for again? Make America Goya again. Let's go, baby. Let's go. Front page news is next.

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You may be the only thing between the child's life and death. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's get in some front page news. Now, Monday Night Football. The Kansas City Chiefs beat the Patriots 26-10.

The Packers beat the Falcons 30-16. The Falcons ain't win a game yet, but my Giants didn't either. Well, salute to the Falcons because they lost to us this year, and we appreciate it. Dropping the clues bombs for the Dallas Cowboys, god damn it. That's a great win. All right. Now, tonight is game four.

The Lakers are heat. 9 p.m. The Lakers lead that series 2-1. They've been talking smack to each other, so I can't wait to see tonight's game. Man, Drom just sent us the funniest meme, man. There's a meme that says LeBron James is now two wins away from giving LeBron James the ass-whipping of his life

for catching him smoking with a smoking video. I think he'll forget about it. I mean, once he wins the championship, he's going to forget about it. He ain't going to be thinking about it like that. He's just going to have a nice, comfortable conversation because at first you're mad and you want to bust your son's ass, but after, what, a week, two weeks? Boy, please.

LeBron James is a black father. I used to pray that my father was too tired to put his foot up my ass, too. Maybe he forgot. And just when you think they forgot, it's like, hey, come here. But two weeks, though? You never know. All right, well, your president, it seems like he is home. Your president is home.

He went on the White House balcony. He gave two thumbs up. And this is what he said about coronavirus. Don't let it dominate you. Don't be afraid of it. You're going to beat it. We have the best medical equipment. We have the best medicines, all developed recently.

And you're going to beat it. I went, I didn't feel so good. And two days ago, I could have left two days ago. Two days ago, I felt great, like better than I have in a long time. I said just recently, better than 20 years ago. Don't let it dominate. Don't let it take over your lives. You know, Donald Trump is not saying that he has the best medical equipment. He has access to the best medicine. He has access to things the people he wants to vote for him don't have. Simple as that. Even though I'm one of those people who don't believe that he had coronavirus

to begin with, and this is just an October surprise, but what do I know? Don't listen to me. He also talks about he possibly could be immune. We're going back to work. We're going to be out front. As your leader, I had to do that. I knew there's danger to it, but I had to do it. I stood out front. I led. Nobody that's a leader would not do what I did. And I knew there's danger to it, but I had to do it. I stood out front. I led. Nobody that's a leader would not do what I did. And I know there's a risk. There's a danger, but that's OK. And now I'm better and maybe I'm immune. I don't know. But don't let it dominate your lives. Get out there. Be careful. We have the best medicines in the world. And it all happened very shortly. And they're all getting approved. And the vaccines are coming momentarily y'all you're better but are you negative okay i

told y'all that if trump survived covid that is a trump you don't want to deal with the man is 74 years old and 250 pounds okay if you thought he was saying it was 99 harmless before what do you think he feels now and i told y'all that was going to get healed and come out and start talking about these therapeutic vaccines and these experimental cocktails and all of these things will be available. And you already see these pharmaceutical companies, stock prices surging. He probably got investments in all of them. Well, White House blocks new FDA coronavirus guidelines that may have delayed the vaccine. So what that means is after they gave somebody the vaccine, they were supposed to follow them around for two months to make sure that they were OK.

No side effects. But it looks like the White House is blocking that to get the vaccine out sooner. They don't care if you grow wings as long as you get as long as you get rid of coronavirus. They don't care if a horn grows out of your forehead, as long as the coronavirus is eliminated, okay? They don't care if you grow a tail out your anus, as long as you don't have coronavirus. What's your fixation with butts and anuses, bro? First of all, first of all. In the same sense that you talked about. I named three different things.

I said wings, I said horns, and I said a tail. That's clearly a dragon, I was describing. Okay, all right. But the first thing you said was your father's foot would be far up your ass. You could have said your father would have put hands on you. You could have said so many different things. But you know what? Forget it.

Joe Biden. It looks like Joe Biden was at a town hall and he spoke to people. He talked to the younger generation and said how he would help. I'm going to eliminate a lot of your student debt. If you come from a family less than 125 grand and you went to a public university, I'm going to make sure that everybody in this generation gets $10,000 knocked off of their student debt as we try to get out of this god awful pandemic. You're a first home home buyer. You haven't even had the opportunity to gain enough income to be able to have a down payment. The first term home buyers are going to get $15,000 credit to be able to buy their first home. The first-term homebuyers are going to get $15,000 credit

to be able to buy their first home because that's how people accumulate wealth. That's how they get started. I agree. It all sounds good, but this is car-selling season, and I hope for a fact he's able to do that. There's a lot of people out there that you're right. They make money, they pay for rent, but they don't have the money to put down on a house.

They don't have closing costs. So those grants, that money that you say, will help a lot of people be able to buy their first home or their first apartment or their first condo or whatever it may be. That's exactly why all you idiots who say things like, you shouldn't critique Joe Biden, you shouldn't critique Joe Biden. Yes,

you should critique him. And you can critique him and still vote for him. And guess what? When he gets in the White House, we're going to be on his ass. Okay? We're going to stay on his ass. Okay? We're going to keep pushing our agendas, and we're going to hold him accountable, because that's the problem, right? The problem is we vote these people in, and then we think it's just all good.

We're happy with the symbolism of them being in the White House. No. We're going with the symbolism of them being in the White House. No. We gonna keep on they ass. Alright, well Biden is on Trump's ass because he talks about coronavirus. Anybody who contracts the virus by essentially saying masks don't matter, social distancing doesn't matter,

I think is responsible for what happens to them. That's not true. That's not true. Because you can be doing everything in your power to prevent yourself from getting COVID and still get COVID. Like, that's not true. We can't just say just because somebody gets COVID

they weren't social distancing, they weren't wearing a mask. No, that's not fair to say. I think he was talking more into Donald Trump, the fact that Donald Trump never wore a mask. Well, he should speak to the fact that Donald Trump was defiant about not wearing a mask. He should speak to the fact that Donald Trump was arrogant about not social distancing. That's the difference. Donald Trump earned, if he has COVID-19, he earned every single bit of that 19.

One through 19, he earned. All right. Well, that is your front page news. Now, when we come back, what was your favorite Cosby show episode? What was your favorite episode? I have so many, but I probably, when Vanessa went off to go see The Wretched, that was a real good one. And I like the seasons where, you know, Eric Alexander came playing Pam. I thought those were good, too.

There's a lot of different Cosby shows. I like the one where the men got pregnant. Remember when all the men were pregnant? those were good, too. There's a lot of different comedy shows. I like the one where the men got pregnant. Remember when all the men were pregnant? Yeah, yeah, yeah. When they didn't have kids, they had, like, sub sandwiches

and stuff like that. Mm-hmm. I love the Gordon Cottrell one, of course. I love the ones where they always do something for, like, the anniversary or the birthdays, and they do, like,

the performances. Baby! Yeah, yeah, that was dope. Baby! I like when she checked Elvin when she went to go fix Cliff a cup of coffee. Yep, yep, yep. I love the earring one.

Remember when Theo came home with an earring and he was hiding the earring from his dad? Yeah, that one was dope, my dude. We're saying all that to say that... Felicia Rashad will be joining us when we come back. We're about to bless y'all with the presence of Felicia Rashad. She blessed us,

so we're sharing that blessing with y'all. All right. So don't miss your blessing. That's right. So we'll talk to her when we come back, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We have a special guest on the line, an icon, a legend, and a true queen. Miss Felicia Rashad. Welcome. Thank you. Good morning. I feel like you're my mom. I've been watching you for so long. I just feel like I know

everything about you. I feel like your mom. Hey, mom. I just want to say good morning, mom. Good morning, son. How you doing? He too rad to be yours. He too rad to be yours. No, he's not. No, he's not. I hate Zoom interviews, and this is one time I really He too rad to be yours. He too rad to be yours. No, he's not. No, he's not. No, he's not. I hate Zoom interviews, and this is one time I really hate Zoom interviews

because I would love to be in your presence. Absolutely. That's very kind. Well, you know what? When we can, we will. How have you been maintaining through this whole pandemic? Well, let's see. First of all, I've been very grateful.

I've been very grateful to be in my home and to have a home to be in. I've been very grateful that my family and friends are fine. I've been very grateful to be able to assist people in the ways that I've been work to do. Of course, it's different because everything is through the computer. I pray we will not live like this forever. Same. Because it ain't natural and it ain't good for the eyes either. What have you learned about yourself mentally and spiritually? Anything new?

Yeah. You know, you asked that question, and I'm always a little hesitant to say these things because, well, anyway, I'll just say it because you asked. It's so important to find that silent space inside the mind it's so important to find that space especially now because there's so much clatter and so much chatter and so much pull to the left and then pull to the right and just being pull pull pull if you allow it to be that way and then the mind you know it has its own way of jumping around yes it does oh so it's so important to find the silence you know what if we stopped pining for the things that we think we don't have and look at what we do have and what we can do it's a much better place to come from i think yeah and it allows us to create a better place. So, yeah, there are things that I do miss. I miss live theater, yeah.

Just the other day I was thinking how privileged we've been for so long without understanding the fullness of our privilege to be able to go to a movie. Right. Yes, yes, yes. movie right yes yes able to sit in a theater or in a restaurant or to hug people or to or to be with people when they're making their transition uh from this form to the next you know it's we didn't understand our full privilege and um maybe you know when we if it changes well i should say when it changes yeah i just don't know what it's going to change to. But we should come into a better understanding of just what the privilege of being with people is. And maybe we'll be kinder to one another.

How have your kids been? How have they been? Have they been around? Have they been staying away? How has that been? Well, my son lives on the West Coast. My daughter, at the beginning of this pandemic, had just returned from Italy. She had been in Italy and she had just returned. And I was just returning from work on the empire in Chicago. Then everything shut down and my daughter wouldn't come and see me. Stay away from you, that's right. She did. But what she did do when I was returning home,

she would come to the house before I arrived, and she had stocked the refrigerator and the shelves. And she said, Mommy, you don't go outside. You don't go to the store. You stay here. And she would call to make sure I was not outside. You don't go to the store. You stay here. And she would call to make sure I was not outside. And I had to laugh at that. I said, you're monitoring me like I'm you, but I'm not you. I'm me. And when it's time, I'm going outside.

They said the same thing. They were like, no, no, no, no, no. I'm the, I'm your parent. I'm going out when I want. You know, but don't think for a moment that what you did and what you said was not appreciated. Let me ask you a question, Queen. Have you ever had to go off on any of your real kids the way you went off on Vanessa for going to see the Wretched? And you're down in Baltimore having big fun. Weren't you, Vanessa?

Isn't that where you were? Didn't you go down there to Baltimore and have big fun, Vanessa? Tell me, didn't you go for big fun. Weren't you, Vanessa? Isn't that where you were? Didn't you go down there to Baltimore and have big fun, Vanessa? Tell me, didn't you go for big fun? Mom. Shut up! Don't you dare open your mouth when I'm asking you a question. I only hope that you can have the same experience, Vanessa. I hope that one day you come to realize exactly how it feels

to think that your child's life is in danger. You have taken us from levels of frenzy, panic, distress, and now that we know you're okay, rage. Um, I said I was sorry. This is not going to happen again. All I know, you are lying right now. Go to bed! Are you kidding? Of course. So, what is your motivation when you did that episode? Understanding what that energy is was helped. Yes. I understood that energy very well. Yes. I mean, you know, people say, oh, oh, you're just a perfect mother. And I look at them and smile and say, thank you.

But, you know, it's easy when you're scripted and the children are scripted, too. But in real life, there are no scripts. Yeah. You know, the beauty of that Wretched episode, I've lived long enough to where I knew exactly what Vanessa's character felt like. And then I've lived long enough to know exactly what your character felt like. Isn't that something? Yeah. Yeah.

Because teenagers, children will sneak. I mean, it's part of being a teenager, right? Yeah. It seems like a scarier now, though. Oh, come on. It's so much scarier now. It is. And it's not young people's fault.

We're very, very, very distracted, and our children were being inundated with some of the worst kinds of diversions. And they have a language that you don't even know. Word. You know, I think that if we as adults were cognizant of the fact that every single thing we say and do creates a memory for our young, we might say and do differently. Absolutely. Because what do you really want the young person to learn? Here's the question.

What is the most important thing for your young person to learn? Here's the question. What is the most important thing for your young person to learn? The most important thing that I wanted my children to learn was who are you really? And that's an inner journey. And you don't get to go on the inner journey pointing fingers outside of yourself. Another disturbing thing I heard recently from two different sources who don't even know each other. They both work in the field of pediatrics. They're both pediatricians. And one, they're friends of mine. And one of them said that in her waiting room, she has these books for children, right? A three-year-old child picks up the book and doesn't know how to turn the page. She tries to scan it.

Lord have mercy. Lord have mercy. Now, that hurt. But this, okay. And then somebody on the other side of the country told me the same thing. Wow. Because young people are being given these devices. And they know.

And they know that this becomes your source of information and your only source of information, which means you're going to receive what somebody wants you to receive. That's right. I think we want our young people to think deeper than that. All right, we got more with Felicia Rashad. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Felicia Rashad. Now, I was going to say, from Houston, what made you come all the way to the East Coast to go to college, to go to HBCU? And why was it important to go to an HBCU, the second real HU? Go ahead. Yeah, well, I wanted to be an actor and I wanted to study drama, right? And I was applying to all these schools and my father just looked at me and he let me do all that. And he said, you're going to Howard. And I said, oh,

but dad, what about this one and this? He said, you're going to Howard. I never thought about going to a school that wasn't an HBCU. And that was because of my experience from a child. Before I started elementary school, I was in nursery school on the campus of Texas Southern University. He's trying to play you. Just so you know. He's trying to play you. I just wanted you to see the Hampton alumni. I just wanted you to see that.

So my grandmother went to Hampton. Oh, really? Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Vivian Elizabeth Graham. Yes, she did. She made a great decision. Graham. Yes, she did. She made a great decision. Oh, yes, she did. I realize in greater measure how very fortunate I am to have attended an HBCU,

not only for the astute professors who were teaching there because they were of the highest caliber, but also for the other side of life, that social life, that socialization that helps to develop you as a, as a, as an adult, you know? Did you ever, did you ever lose yourself playing such a iconic role as Claire Huxtable? Meaning that, you know, did you ever forget who you were? No. Okay. Okay.

No, that, that, that, that wasn't't possible because every every day i came home to my family and none of that claire huxtable stuff when you walk in the house well you know it's like no it's it's like okay so my best friend from college came to see a taping and she said felicia you ought to be ashamed of yourself taking those people's money for being yourself. That's what she said. And at home, I mean, when I say this, people imagine, always imagine what my life was like. Child, they had no idea. I would come home and cook and prepare dinner.

Wow. From fresh produce, no canned anything, because I want my family to eat healthily. Some things you can get in a can, but most things, vegetables and stuff have to be fresh. And I would do that every day. And in the early years of the of the show, let's say a third year, I had my baby with me. I was a nursing mother. I took Condola to the studio with me every day. Wow. Yeah.

And, you know, it's, and I came home with her at night and I was with my family. I wasn't out clubbing. I wasn't, you know, I wasn't doing stuff like that. I didn't have time for that. And then, you know, there was school and then there was homework. Her brother's 13 years older than she was. And he was in the eighth grade when she was born. And I mean, you know, there I was. I mean, it's like you've got to hit it every day. So your daughter was born to be an actress. She grew up in it. She was all around it. She lived it. So she was she was born to be an actress. She grew up in it. She was all around it. She lived it. So she was born to be an actress.

You know what she did? She grew up around the work, and she saw what the work was. Her work ethic is incredible. You know, speaking of the work, I think you got Black Box coming out on the 6th, right? Yeah, on the 6th. Yep. By this month. You've held the name of America's mother for so years. Are you intentionally accepting roles in movies like A Fall from Grace and Black Box to kind of shift that image of you, I guess?

A villain. That was an evil laugh. That's right. Wait a minute. Let's explore that concept for just a moment. Evil. Evil? Evil? See, one of the things we learn in acting is not to judge our characters. You have to always understand what a person is thinking and why the person is thinking it.

In my freshman year, one of my instructors said to me, I was having a fit about something someone had done. And he let me carry on and carry on. And then when I calmed down, he said, Miss Allen, there's something I want you to remember. Even when somebody's being, and I'll say this, an SOB, they think they're right. Now think about the times you've seen somebody act a complete idiot and they think they're right. Yeah. that um i got a curse i call that momentum yeah but they think they're right yeah yeah yeah and it just keeps building and building and building so as an actor that's my job is to get inside what that thought is you know so i'm not i'm not trying to depart from anything there are kinds. And it's interesting because they're all mothers, aren't they? Diana DuBois was a mother.

Right? Right? And Sarah in A Fall from Grace was what? A mother. I mean, you know, there's all kinds of women in this world and all kinds of mothers, too. You sound like you're about to play the villain in the next Black Panther

movie with that laugh. Jeez. Do you ever feel like certain roles are beneath you? I wouldn't say beneath me. I would just say they don't resonate with me. I don't like to be critical of other people's work because that's the easiest thing to be. I don't like to be critical of other people's work because that's

the easiest thing to be. I just try to find what resonates with me. So what resonates with me? A good story that's told well resonates with me. A window of opportunity to explore creativity in a new way. That really resonates with me. You know, Black Box poses the question, do we run our minds or do our minds run us? Isn't that true? What do you think the answer to that question is? Well, I... Well, what do you think? Do we run our minds or do our minds run us?

I think our minds run us, but we have the ability to get ourselves back on the proper course. Because I think we live in this world where there's so much noise that if you pay too much attention to the noise, people can start telling you how you're supposed

to be. But that's not necessarily you. So you can silence that noise and really tap into your mind and figure out the path you're supposed to be on, not the path people want you to be on. Right. That's why you asked me what I had learned

about my mind and that's why I said it was important to find the silence within my mind. I agree with you. I think that most oftentimes we people are run by our minds, and the mind often runs amok. And here we are. Yeah.

Yeah. Absolutely. And by the way, it's fine too, right? Because healing looks different for healing is healing is strange like that like one moment you're fine the next minute you're bugging out and i think that's okay it's all a process it is but but do we want to keep just going through that like that no no no i don't think so i don't think so and you've just brought up something that's really very interesting you You said one

minute you're fine and the next minute you're bugging out. That brings to my mind imagery of a pendulum. Yeah. Yeah. We want to bring that thing to center, right? Because it will swing as far to the left as it does to the right. And that's brought center.

Yeah. Alright, we have more with Felicia Rashad. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

We're still kicking it with Felicia Rashad. Now, you mentored Chadwick Boseman when he was in Howard. How did the loss of him impact you? And for people that don't know him personally, tell us something that we might not know about him. He's came, he's, he's been up here a couple of times and he's donated money to the causes that we were fighting for at the time. He's from South Carolina like me. He's always been a good brother. So tell us how that impact was. Well, you want to know something about him that you might not know? Yeah. Chadwick was given to study. He loved to study.

He studied through the lens of theater, first as a writer. He studied the meanings of words. I mean, he studied. And you can see this kind of thoughtfulness in his work. It's so subtle, you don't notice it at first, but you go back and you look at it again. He was a consummate artist and without question, one of the kindest and bravest people I've ever known. Rest in peace to Chadwick.

I wanted to ask you about the Drake video. When Drake called you to be in that video, did you even know who he was? Of course I knew. Where do you think I live? who he was? Of course I knew who he was. Where do you think I live? Under a rock? Of course I knew who he was. Of course I knew who he was.

I hadn't been able to give answer to the inquiry when I talked to my daughter. She said, oh, you have to do it. I said, okay, okay, okay. I had so much fun. That can't be the first time you've been asked to be in a rap video, though, right? Yes, it was. Really? Yeah.

Wow. That's insane. Wow. As popular as you've been for all these years? You know, things come when they should and don't when they shouldn't. There you go. How do you think black Hollywood has evolved over the years since you first came in? There were black people in positions that we weren't always conscious of, but not maybe so many.

And now you see black people on many different levels, many different areas, and many different positions. It's one thing for what you see on the screen, but you wouldn't see what's on that screen if it weren't for the work of the people who are not on that screen. And they are fundamental and essential to what it is we see. So we need a total equity in this nation of ours that includes all people. In my career, I have worked with only one Native American actor. That doesn't make sense to me. I have worked with only one Asian American actor. That doesn't make sense to me.

There's more for us to do in the field of inclusion. There's more for us to do in the field of inclusion. There's more for us to embrace. And I look forward to us doing that because I think that as a people, we are more than ready for it now. I look back on all of those shows that I grew up on in the 90s. And, man, it just seemed like they were so brilliantly black. And I learned so much from them, whether it was Cosby, Different World, Living Single, I mean, even Martin, all of those shows like that. I'm like, what did those

sets look like? Because they were so black that you would think that everybody on the set was black. All the writers, the directors, the people behind the camera. Was it not like that? No. Wow. No, it was not. It was not. There were black, it was not. Wow. It was not.

There were black people behind the camera. There were black people in the writer's room. But everybody was not black. No. But everybody was on board to deliver an excellent program. And that's what matters. Because all black people don't think alike. That's right. And there were interns who

were being hired every year and a number of them were black and some of them were not. Our stage managers were black and they were young people and Mr. Cosby wanted that. So we had that and they were good. It was sharp. Young people to keep it fresh, keep it new. Yeah. I mean, you know, there was a way of including people of different ethnicities. You see it reflected in Rudy's friends. You see her little friends. You see that, okay? There was a way of including people of ethnicities and generations.

That was just a marvel to be a part of. And he was not going to have grandparents insulted and made fun of the way some shows do, make fun of people for being older. He said, no. He said, no, we're not doing that. Our young people show respect, and it's not a forced thing. It's inherent.

And he insisted on that. He insisted on a lot of great things. Even when they introduced hip-hop and they brought in Erika Alexander and it wasn't like she was just some ghetto ratchet young lady, you know. She was just a person whose circumstances didn't deal

her the best cause and she wanted a better life. Yeah, and he understood that. He understood that by virtue of the way he grew. You still speak to the other cast members? Because watching it seems like you guys would be on the phone with each other all day long. You don't think it's a job. Do you still speak to those other cast members at all? Every now and then I will hear from Malcolm and Keisha.

And they have beautiful children and they love them. And I told Malcolm he's a finished item. He has a daughter and he just just he can't give enough love. He's just he's finished. He's finished. And you're done brother. You're done. Does it upset you that people don't want to air

the episodes of the Cosby show? Oh no it doesn't upset me. People still watch. People find ways to watch, you know. I won't be upset by things because things change. Right. I won't be upset. And I won't be upset by things people do because people change.

We see that it's something to see and to understand. Years ago, someone who loves me very much told me, she said to me, an image can be broken. Try to find out who you really are. Wow, that's tough to do in this business. It's not tough to do, but it can be a process just because everybody's always trying to tell us what our image should be.

And when you open up a magazine or you read a blog and people have a perception of you, like, oh, that's what they like? Let me give them more of that. So you become a caricature of yourself and things become performative without you even knowing it. That's a very interesting observation. It's what happens in interviews that isn't happening in this one. And I'm loving it. You know, when people interview you, they come, sometimes they come with their answers already in their heads to the questions they've decided to ask you. Right. So you wonder why, well, what are we doing here? Why? Okay.

What is this? Okay. Why have a conversation with me if you already think you know? Correct. Okay. So that lets me know one thing, if nothing else. You will leave this conversation thinking of the person that I'm speaking to. That person will leave the conversation knowing only what they thought they knew before the conversation began. Well, we enjoy you, Queen Rashad, and we can sit here and talk to you forever. And we appreciate you for checking in. We're so grateful and thankful. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Thank you both. And please, when you are in New York, please stop by the studio. Absolutely. Okay, I will. Yeah, we have the rose petals on the ground for you to walk on. We have all that for you. Tea, coffee, whatever it is you need. Thank you.

Thank you so much. Thank you, Queen. Thank you so much. Felicia Rashard. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Thank you. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk to Raji P. Henson. Listen up.

It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip. The rumor report. Gossip. Gossip. With Angela Yee. It's the rumor report.

The Breakfast Club. Now, shout out to Raji. Wish her a happy birthday. She turned 50 about a week ago, I believe. Yep. Now, she's set to host a new talk show, Peace of Mind with Taraji. It's going to be a mental health talk show, and it's going to be on Facebook. Watch.

Drop on the Clues Bonds for Taraji P. Henson and Tracy Jade. Tracy Jade will be the other host on that show as well. I love those sisters, man. I love all the work that they do in regards to the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation. They are helping to eradicate the stigma around mental health in the black community and their efforts are

appreciated. Salute to Taraji and Tracy. Whenever they call me, I am there for them. I'm sure you'll be on that show talking mental health. I'm sure. I'm not going to say I'm sure. Let me not say that. That was arrogant. Yeah, but I'm sure. But y'all are say I'm sure. Let me not say that. That was arrogant. Yeah, but I'm sure. But y'all are cool.

I mean, that's what you advocate as well. Absolutely. There's no arrogance. Let's just be honest. Now, also, you want a rumor? Kendrick Lamar, they're saying, allegedly is leaving Top Dog Entertainment. Now, that's a rumor.

Now, I like that. Now we're doing actual rumors. Let me, tell me more. They are suggesting that he has left Top Dog Entertainment and he is focusing on his own imprint, P.G. Lange, with former TDE president Dave Free. So that's what they're saying, that he's doing his own thing. And he has a roster which includes himself, Baby Keem, and a host of others.

Dropping the clues bombs for Baby Keem. I like Baby Keem a lot. You know who actually put me on the Baby Keem? Who's that? Lil Dicky put me on the Baby Keem. Okay. About a year ago. All right.

A year and some change ago. All right, man. You remember Black Rob? You got Black Rob's record for people that don't know? Yeah. Hey. I'm getting ready to put y'all up on something, man. Yo, when you see something ill, you know what I mean?

That's whoa. That's whoa. All right. Anything ill, you see it. You got to let that play. You got to let the beat drop. Fast forward to the part where he says, finger near an N-word like woke. See?

He does say that. She was woke. All right, you can stop it. You said he says he has what? You never questioned Black Rock. But he said he has what? There's a line in there where he says, finger near an N-word but like whoa. Really? Don't act like really.

You probably used to drop the music when that line came on in the club. Stop it. I didn't know that. Black Rob, he was in Connecticut. Shout out to Balls of 995. He was talking about his rap career and he's not doing so well. You know what my biggest mistake was, man?

Child support. It had you under pressure. Still under pressure, man. But I need help, man. You know, I get money. Everybody know that. Child support be slaying me, man. Yikes. I'm not sure how many kids

Black Rob has, but he says child support and he said when he signed with Bad Boy, they said Puff gave him like $350,000 to $400,000. And he's saying that he's struggling right now because of child support. How much is he paying in child support? Lord have mercy. Salute to Black Rob. We don't know how many kids he has. And also in some great news, Beyonce paid for an entire hospital wings COVID-19 treatments.

Dropping the coupons for Beyonce. Wow. Which is pretty dope. She also partnered up with Adidas, and they committed $10 million over the next three years to fund Be Good partner social impact programs. So Beyonce's doing her job. She's doing the work.

Yeah, this is when you got to act your wage, because I'm not going to lie. I watch a lot of Beyonce's philanthropy efforts, and I try to mimic them. Like when she did the COVID test in Houston, I did like four COVID tests in South Carolina, and I'm listening to that, and I'm like, wow, that's big. But then you hear that number. $10 million? Look. You hear that number, and you're like, okay, act your wage.

Young man, just keep doing what you can. I stay with my backpack drives, my turkey drives, my toy drives. I stay in my lane. I stay with, you know, giving back to my HBCUs. I stay in my lane. Yeah, you know. When I hear that $10 million, I'm like. Listen, everybody act their wage.

You do what you're supposed to do. I'm acting my. You know? I provided free Wi-Fi for the colony apartments in Columbia, South Carolina a couple weeks ago. Act your wage. Okay? That's all. Everybody act their wage.

Hey, what do we tell these women? You're not Beyonce. Sometimes you got to look in the mirror at the man and tell yourself that, too. You're not Beyonce. Okay. Okay. That's all. All right.

That was kind of weird, but all right. No, it's not. All of us need to remind ourselves that we're not Beyonce. You're right. That's all Alright That was kind of weird But alright No it's not All of us need to remind ourselves That we're not Beyonce You're right That's all I'm saying Well that was your rumor report Now

Who you giving that donkey to? Um America America needs to come To the front of the congregation We'd like to have a world Like everybody? Everybody

The whole US of A Black, white, Asian Everybody All of us All of us need to gather around Everybody? Yes Okay Everyone Alright Well The whole U.S. of A. Black, white, Asian. All of us. All of us need to gather around. Everybody? Yes.

Okay. Everyone. All right. Well, we'll give it to everybody. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

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We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest on the line, Mike Epps. What's up? What's happening? You look like you're in somebody's dressing room. Yeah, I'm in a bag. I got my little bag. Ain't no weed in there, though.

He just had something in his mouth a second ago. You talk too soon, Charlemagne. I was saying behind the scenes, I was like, Swiss Beats was roller skating, and he called out you, and he also called out Floyd Mayweather, said, I got 24 hours to respond, but you said you ain't roller skating right now. No, man, I got a show on Netflix with Wanda Sykes,

and we got called back to work on October the 12th, so I'm just preparing myself to go back to work, man. I'm so glad I'm going back to work, man. It's crazy. Oh, yeah, the Upshaw. The Upshaw is what you and Wanda Sykes, right? Yeah, the Upshaw, yeah. That's the sequel to Meet the Blacks? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Boy, you silly. Oh, no, no, no, no. House Next Door is the sequel to Meet the Blacks. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, House Next Door. What you been doing, Mike? How you been maintaining the past six months? Man, as sad as it's been, it's been a breakthrough, yeah, yeah. Yeah, house next door. What you been doing, Mike? How you been maintaining the past six months? Man, as sad as it's been,

it's been a breakthrough, too, man. I've been on the road for 20 years. This is the first time I ever really got a chance to sit around my house and you know what I mean, go through some old things and hang with my kids and I mean, man, it's been a blessing through the lining of it, you know

what I mean? How you and the wife been? Because, you know, this is the time that's going to make a relationship or break a relationship. How y'all been? Oh, man, I love my wife. My wife loves me. We're friends. You know, the relationship thing, we just don't even harp on that. We already know we love each other, so I told her we can do life in this house together if we want to.

What is this hip-hop party you're doing that you got premiering? It's a concert. It ain't a party. It's a concert. It's called the hip-hop party, though. During the quarantine, we've been, you know, everybody's been creative, man. But the verses, man, has been so entertaining to us, man. We've been enjoying it and loving everybody on the verses.

But they got a group of people that don't want to do the verses. Right. And, you know, comedy and music has always played a good hand with each other. They always combine real good. And I said, you know, I'm going to try something, man. So I got with a guy named Mark out of Chicago, a couple of producers, Brian Alden, the promoter that does our comedy shows and stuff. We got together, man, and we said,

you know what, we're going to bring out the legends, man. So I called Rakim and KRS-One and all these guys. Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, Greg Nice. Big Daddy Kane, Greg Nice. These are dudes who, you know, they just got a different perception about what today is. And I think this is another platform because Versus done so great. But this is another platform for some of the guys that might be a little bit more comfortable with doing what they do.

What was the production process like? We had the testing and then we had the cameramen. But nobody was there that didn't have a purpose of being there, you know? Right. And all the rooms were separated, and when it was time for one to perform, one would come out while the other one was in their dressing rooms. Wow, so it was all in the same spot.

All in the same venue. When are we going to be able to watch this then? This is October 9th on Hip Hop Legends. Hip Hop Legends? Yeah, this is your website. Yeah, hiphoplegends.com. This is your kind of show, man. You're going to love this. Hell yeah, I'm 42. That's my

era. Well, that's not my era era, but right after, that's like right when I first got introduced to hip hop was because of Rakim. Yeah, you was two years old then. I was 10, 10 and 88. 10? Woo! God, boy, y'all some y'all. 10 and 88.

So what made you want to go to 88? I was 19 and 88. I was in jail. I was locked up in 88. He's at 98, he's at 88. I mean, 88. Yeah, I was locked up in 88. I was 18, man. Trying to be somebody I was. You know, that's the only time. I mean, 88. Yeah, I was locked up in 88. For what? I was 18, man. Trying to beat somebody up.

You know, that's the only time. You know, when you go to jail at that age, you definitely going for trying to beat somebody you ain't. You ain't lying. You're probably beating somebody up, Mike. They always say Mike is the best with their hands. Hey, man, that's one thing about me, man. The older I get, the more I want to stay away from all the crap.

You know, the older you get, you start looking back on yourself like, man, I was tripping, man, the older I get, the more I want to stay away from all the crap. You know, the older you get, you start looking back on yourself like, man, I was tripping, man. Every day of my life. And the Internet don't make you forget it, Mike. You know, the way the world is, as crazy as the world is, if you don't get yourself together at this point, man, you ain't going to do it. Absolutely. I agree.

What made you do this concert? Were you at home bored and say, you know what, I love this type of music? Like, what made you say, you know do it. Absolutely. I agree. What made you do this concert? Were you at home bored and say, you know what? I love this type of music. Like, what made you say, you know what? This is what I want to do. And how'd you get involved and how'd you book the acts? Explain it. Break it down for us one time.

I'm from that era. Man, I listen to the music to this day. Most of it is still, I mean, it's relevant today. I mean, you listen to KRS-One. Man, he was talking about the solution of what the police is doing then, right now. So I'm like, don't nobody pay them dudes no homage. And I was just telling somebody, I was just telling one of my friends, why I don't hear no KRS-One and a Jay-Z album, a song together, or Big Daddy Kane and Meek Mills. I'm like, why these young dudes don't hook up with these old school dudes, man?

I mean, I would be doing it. That's just like me in a movie with Eddie Murphy. I had to get with the OG. That's just like y'all. I know y'all pay homage to, and y'all probably don't even know him, but Frankie Crocker. You got that right. Absolutely.

The only black man with a suntan. Yeah, absolutely. Red Alert. Yeah, Red Alert. Petey Green. Petey Green. Petey Green. Head lover Dr. Dre. Tom Joyner.

Doug Banks. You got that right. Yeah, absolutely. Steve Harvey. Steve Harvey. Give it up for all them brothers. Absolutely. Yeah, man.

Y'all pioneers now, man. It's a Charlamagne getting kicked out of class right now. And a DJ Envy getting kicked out of class right now. And a DJ Envy getting kicked out right now for back there DJing. Tell me about this show with Wanda Sykes. I know she ain't your wife on the show, is she? It's like a

Sanford and Son and Wanda's playing my sister-in-law. I'm married to Wanda's sister and Wanda's playing my sister-in-law and she don't want me to be with her sister. So when she come over to the house, man, we going at it. I mean, and it's funny, man. We got Kim Fields, the great Kim Fields, me and my wife.

So, man, we got some seasoned, good actresses and actors on this show, man. It's going to be fun. Yeah, you've been seeing everything that's going on with your president, Donald Trump, and him catching coronavirus. What were your thoughts? Hey, man, check this out, man. Whatever it takes, man. You know what I mean?

I mean, I think either way, the world's going to be the way it's going to be. Whoever gets in office, it's going to be what it is. You know what I mean? Donald Trump, I don't know if he got coronavirus or not. I don't think so, Mike. He just popped up with it, right? Yeah, I mean, listen, he was doing everything in his power to get it. Let's be for real.

He wasn't wearing no mask. He wasn't social distancing. But if something don't seem right, just all of a sudden, that arrogant mother wouldn't let nobody know he got that. He sure wouldn't. You ain't lying about that. All right, we got more with Mike Epps. When we come back, don't move.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We have Mike Epps in the building. Charlamagne. Mike, tell me about that tattoo on your wrist, man,

because that's that dollar sign you got when you was a teenager. I can tell. Oh, that's crazy. You notice that. Sometimes I forget it's there. But I put that there because a lot of times people be interrupting me when I'm on the phone, and I have to look at that and point at them and tell them, man, I'm talking about some money right now.

Hey, man, I just look at him and point at my wrist and say, see what I'm doing. Hold it down there. Do you remember when you got that? Oh, man, yeah. I got this. I don't know where I got it. I think I got this in New York, man.

I was somewhere playing around. They put that on my head, man. Did you miss stand-up? No. Really? Hell no. Man, I'm telling you, I was doing it for 20 years. I didn't get a break.

And you know what? After watching Dave Chappelle's great stand-up show, I was like, you know what? I don't really think I love stand-up like I thought I did. Really? Are you tired of stand-up? You're not going to do stand-up anymore or are you did. Really? So are you tired of stand-up? You're not going to do stand-up anymore,

or are you just going to slow down a little bit? I got to get the love back again. You know what I mean? I see you guys do everything. Y'all just don't do DJing now. I mean, if you broke away from it for a certain amount of time, you might not want to come back to it either. Yeah, but you know what? I did for a little bit. I jumped into

real estate heavy and I started doing my car show stuff, but then I ain't gonna lie, I miss the crowds. I miss controlling the music. I miss seeing the people. I miss going to the colleges and the homecomings. I miss touching the people. That's what I don't see with the real estate and that's what I don't see with the car shows a lot of times, you know?

Right, right, right. I get that part, too. Yeah, I do miss that. You know what I like being, Mike? I like being the plug. I like being the plug, man. I like being the point guard. I don't necessarily even want to be in front of the camera that much no more.

I want to just be behind the scenes calling the shots. I feel that way too, Charlamagne, because I just, I feel like I did it, man. I feel like I showed the world all that I could show as far as stand-up is concerned. I mean, now it's just, I don't want to compete. And the fans make you, especially black people. I love my black folks, but boy, when I tell you they'll compare you to another black person in a minute.

Absolutely. It don't matter who it is. They won't let you have nothing. It don't matter who it is either. Yeah, I'm like, damn, I didn't get in this business to compete with this dude or these five women. I'm like, damn, why is everything I do got to be compared to what somebody else do? Right. So it just, so I'm like, you know what, I'm out of the race.

I think we cause that too, though, because we make it seem like it can only be one of us at a time. Right. You know what I mean? Like, we give the white man too much credit and make it seem like the white man is blessing people with these opportunities. So the white man can only bless this one person. Right. And so then he goes out there, and then everybody compares that person to people that they think is way

funnier. Right. You know what I mean? That's right. Yeah, yeah. It go just like that. But it's all good, man. I mean, I tell my friends, I tell my kids all the time,

man, I cuss white people out. Like, I don't know where I was, but some white guy told me I walked in and he was like, the line is right there. When I tell you I cussed him out so hard, he was hurt, man.

You know, because he could not believe that I said what I, that I was talking to him like that. What did you say to him? What did you say? I don't remember what I said, but I heard his feeling so bad. And I told my kids

that I said, guess what? Back in the civil rights days, black people wasn't able to talk to white people like that when they got out of line. You can actually pull somebody on the side. You can actually kick a white person's ass right now. And I'm

not prejudiced. I ain't trying to be, you know, just in case for the white listeners or anything like that. But it is what it is. You know what I'm saying? And I tell all these tough black dudes that's running around here bullying people

and trying to look like they King Kong. I say, have you ever killed a white man before? Oof. Because that's what these young kids do. They run around here praising and giving these brothers trophies for killing niggas. That's right. You the king nigger killer. OG nigger killer.

And you want me to kiss your ass. F***ing please. K and K. King nigger killer. Yeah, get your ass out of here. You ain't killed or beat up or touched a man white person. But you got all these black folks over here scared to death. If I walk in a room, I say that all the time.

If I walk in a room and I got my brother waxed with me, you know, waxed big black dude with dreads. Some other brothers will try us. Let me walk in there with a white man with a suit on. They'll stay away from me. I don't understand that. That's crazy. I want to clean one thing up because I know how these people are. You are not advocating to kill no white people.

You were just simply saying that black people will try each other before they try the white man. Yeah, I wasn't saying it like that. I was saying it in a way to make black people understand that you got to stop killing your own people. That don't mean go kill white people. I'm not saying that. Right. Because white people can look at me and tell that I ain't all the way black like I would like to be. What?

What does that mean? Yeah, I got some white meat, DJ. We got some white folks with us somewhere, partner. Charlemagne, he barely got out of there, but me and you, we still standing over here. White people,

don't be mad. I got some of y'all white. There's white in me somewhere. I'm 97.6% West African. I did my ancestry test. I'm black, man. I did my ancestry test. I'm black. I did my ancestry, man. I'm related to Rodgers and Ebert.

Rodgers and Ebert? My goodness. The two film critics, man. They my uncle, man. That's stupid, man. That's stupid, man. Hey, that's what you say when you get in trouble, Mike. Man, you don't trouble, Mike. Yeah.

Man, you don't know my uncles, man. So we got the hip-hop party to look forward to on Friday. This Friday. Yeah, this Friday, the 9th, October 9th. Y'all going to enjoy this, man. It's a dream come true for me to stand there and watch Rakim and Big Daddy Kane and KRS-One and Greg Nice and Dougie, to sit there and watch

them dudes perform, man. Man, I was like a kid in a candy store, man. I couldn't believe it, man. All right, Mike, we appreciate you joining us, brother. Hey, man, I appreciate y'all, man. Much love, man. And white people, I love y'all. Don't get it twisted now. Yes, sir. All right. It's Mike Epps

at The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy and Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk McDonald's. This is The Rumor Report with

Angela Yee. Rumor has it. On The Breakfast Club. So listen up. is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee. If you have kids or you are a huge Travis Scott fan, you've been to McDonald's and when you order, you always say, you know I'm here. And then you play the Astroland music. It's supposed to be this big thing.

The kids love it. They have a good time. I feel like you've done that more than your kids have. Probably have. You rattled that off way too easily. I haven't even heard that. I have. Well, now J Balvin, he has his own McDonald's meal. He is the

first Latino artist who McDonald's has worked with in this capacity. That's why the head of the Latino for Trump gang, Dramos, is so excited. Stop putting that out there. Let me ask Charlamagne first. First Latino artist, the Latino for Trump gang, Dramos is so excited. Stop putting that out there. You know what's happening to that thing. Hold on, Dramos. Let me ask Charlamagne first.

So, first Latino artist McDonald's has worked with in this capacity, J Balvin. Wow. What meal is the J Balvin meal? Don't do it.

Don't do it to yourself. Don't do it to yourself. What is the J Balvin meal? I really don't know. Like, what does McDonald's serve? I don't know. First, J Balvin.

What do you think a J Balvin meal is? I have no idea. Like, what does McDonald's serve? I don't know. First, J Balvin. What do you think a J Balvin meal is? I have no idea. So Travis Scott is the bacon cheeseburger with, you know, he's from Houston, so it's the barbecue sauce. J Balvin, go. I don't know. McDonald's don't serve nothing with Goya, do they? Man, stop it.

What do they have? I don't know. Goya's not in everything, bro. Really, Drum? It's not in everything. Is it in your cabinet? No. Oh, you got rid of it?

Yes, I got rid of it. He's a liar. I'm not a liar. I'm supporting independent Latin-owned seasoning business. Give us one right now. Voting gang. There you go. First of all, don't be shouting out no gang.

If you ever hear me shout out Crimson Blood, don't be shouting out no Latino gang on this radio. Shut up. Oh, my goodness. So, do you know what this meal consists of? What is it? Big Mac, the Oreo McFlurry, fries, and a drink? Yes, it is. Actually, it is.

What that got to do with being Latino, though? Who says it? Latino food? I mean, that was a leading question. The way Envy asked me. I just said he's a Latino artist with his own meal. He was trying to get you to be racist. No, I was not.

Oh, got you. Thank you, Drum. I just asked what type of meal it was. Thank you, Drum. Gosh, everything is not racist up here, guys. I don't think. Everything is not about butts. I'm just asking the question.

Well, salute to J Balvin. Yes, it's Big Mac without pickles, medium fries with ketchup, and an Oreo McFlurry. That's not a rumor. And I think that should have been Nicky Jam's spoiled rabbit. It's Bad Bunny. It's Bad Bunny. Okay. Bad Bunny.

Okay. This guy's a jerk. So disrespectful. Well, congratulations to. This guy's a jerk. He's so disrespectful. Well, congratulations to Waka Flocka Flame. He received his doctorate degree in philanthropy. Drop on the clues, Bond, for Flocka. I thought he got a doctorate, right? His doctorate, yeah.

His philanthropy. His doctorate degree. So congratulations to Dr. Waka Flocka Flame. Salute to my guy, Flocka. Mm-hmm. Now, Jay Electronica officially released Act 2. It's on Tidal right now. It was leaked, but now it's out on all streaming platforms,

and he can actually get paid from it. And here's a snippet of one of the joints right here. It's a rock nation, Jay Electronica extravaganza. The fans need an oxygen mask for every stanza. Because it don't matter if you black or Anglo socks on. You see a holy L gliding across the stage with icy gloves and socks on. You'll be crying baby Jesus tears in your popcorn. Call the ghost buses up. Tell them we got one. The key master returned to escape from the fiery

furnace. Digging don't concern us. What's your name? What's your sign? As soon as you try and shine, hate it creep up from behind. Vatican preaching Jesus, then they creep up with the swine. Enslave the people of God and have them sweep up at the shrine. Trouble includes bonds with J Electronica. I'm trying to figure out, why did Act 2 not come out? Like, I enjoyed a written testimony. I thought it could have been way better, but I enjoyed it a lot. But I'm trying to figure out, why didn't Act 2 come out?

Like, Act 2 is a great album. Maybe he just recorded a bunch of joints, and he picked a couple for the Jay album, and he just had these joints left over. Nah, I think the written testimony was a lot of new stuff. Like, majority new songs. You mean Part 2? You mean Act 2? No, a written testimony.

When they came out earlier this year. Yeah, no, but I said maybe he just did a whole bunch of songs for that album, and these are some of the ones that didn't make it. Now, I feel like that album kind of got washed away because of COVID. They couldn't tour. They couldn't really do what they were supposed to do to really promote that album. I think that album kind of got washed away. That's one of my favorite albums.

When I ride my bike, that's what I listen to when I ride. A written testimony? Mm-hmm. Okay. Mm-hmm. Gives me that energy. And lastly, there's a new— John, why you make that face?

Him and riding, bro, just sounds weird, man. I don't know. It just sounds weird. It always sounds like a hidden meeting and it gives you that energy. You know, when I'm riding. It just sounds weird. When he riding the Jay Electronica. As-salamu alaykum.

Gives him that energy. Like, you think Jay Electronica's hype rightu alaikum. Gives him that energy. You think Jay Electronica's hype right now saying you assume while you ride? I do. Is this in a hole right now? Yo, Envy just told everybody he rides to me, yo. Yo, it gives you that energy. He's going back to retirement now. When you riding 60 miles, 100 miles on a bike, and you going up a hill, and it's hard to get up that hill,

and you got to stay in your zone, that puts you through that zone. How much shaft can you handle? Whoa. And you got to stay in your zone. That puts you through that zone. How much chaff can you handle? Whoa. Bruh. Yo, come on, man. Yo, yo, yo, we need you back here. This is crazy. This is getting out of hand.

Too many penises in this room. I don't get it. Like, why? What is going on here? That was your rumor report. My God. First of all, you didn't tell one rumor in that whole rumor report. Forget it, man.

Those are all stories. I'm not messing with y'all. Those are all news stories that everybody's talking about. We'll see you tomorrow. I didn't hear no rumor other than that little thing you said at the end. That was wild. That's not even a rumor no more. That's like confirmed.

People's Choice mixes up next. I hate y'all. It's the Breakfast Club. You're still lying after almost 10 years about telling people to call up here for the People's Choice mix. I am. I'm about to get a mix right now. What you want here? Whatever you already pre-recorded.

I got you there. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. I love to play with myself for you. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. This is DJ Envy, and for 55 years, the general insurance has been giving people affordable auto insurance with excellent customer service. Get custom covers that's right for you and immediate proof of insurance.

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make money and watch out for con, when I say con, contractors, alright? Just click the link in my bio for the details. I'm trying to, you know, help you guys out as much as possible. Yes, and salute, first and foremost, to my man Mike Epps for pulling up today. Legendary OG comedian Mike Epps. And man, we have to salute a queen

for blessing us with her presence even though it was just via Zoom. Felicia Rashad. Absolutely. Both of those conversations are available on the Breakfast Club AM YouTube page right now. Absolutely. When we come back, we got the positive note.

And I just want you guys just to stay out the way, man. Be safe and stay out the way. Can we play Little Duval's song right now? That's my favorite joint right now. Man, play my guy's record, man. Don't worry, be happy. Little Duval remade Bobby McFerrin's record featuring T.I. Feel good record, man.

It does. It does feel good. Let's get it on right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

Now, you guys have a great day. Charlamagne, you got a positive note? Yes, man. The positive note, listen, I want everybody to know I love being an example of growth and evolution for people. I don't spend all this money on therapy and sacred purpose coaches for nothing. I invest in my mental wealth and mindfulness for a reason. And that reason is because you're allowed to change who you are. There will be people from your past who expect to see a version of you that does not exist anymore.

Remember that you do not need to live up to their expectations. You have evolved and grown so much. You do you and be who you are. That is a quote from Aljana Angelica. Breakfast club, bitches! You all finished or y'all done? Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show,

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