The Breakfast Club - Mary J Blige Interivew and more

Episode Date: February 17, 2022

Today on the show we had legendary singer Mary J Blige stop by, where she spoke about her new album, superbowl, and acting in the Power series. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to a Georgia State Official who happened to have faked two pregnancies to collect maternity leave and Angela helped some listeners out during "Ask Yee". Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water,

500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zaka Stan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-A-S-T-A-N on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best, and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing.

Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God. Wake that ass up. The Breakfast Club is on. Right here. I have to live live. I'm talking to the Breakfast Club this morning. Okay, okay, okay.

I love coming here. I'm never not going to come here. You guys are good to me. In return, I'm always going to be good to y'all. For a lot of people in the hip-hop generation, the Breakfast Club is where people get their information on the topics, on the artists, and everything like that. In that aspect, radio is still important.

The Breakfast Club. When my name come up, respect it. Good morning, Angela Yee. Good morning, TJ and V. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. It's Thursday. Yes, it's Thursday. The weekend is here. Yes, well, the weekend is not here. Yes, it is, man.

My weekend starts on Thursday. I don't do that two-day weekend thing. I know people like to start their weekend on Friday. I start mine on Thursday. Okay? Well, first, let's drop a bomb for Leonard McKelvey, Charlemagne. Why? What happened?

I think it's Lenard. I think it's Lenard. It's definitely Lenard. What happened? It's Leonard. Leonard McKelvey. Drop a bomb. Drop another one.

Why? What happened? Season two. Your show has been renewed. Oh, we can talk about that later. That's pretty dope. No, man. Congratulations, man.

Well, thank you. I appreciate that. Such a big deal. Well, thank you. I appreciate that. Such a big deal. Congratulations. Thank you. I appreciate that. But we can talk about that. No, we're going to talk about it later.

We're going to talk about it now, too. Let's talk about how when you was walking in. No, you stop it, man. When you was walking in the building, you was running from me. Then you pulled your hoodie down over your butt like I was looking or something. And just because he did it in such a blatant way, I said, don't cover it up. Why are you still sagging your pants, bro? I'm not sagging my pants.

You are too old for this. And I know how women feel now. You know when a guy just looks at you like a piece of meat? I jumped out the car, and I'm looking at him. He's looking at me. I had to cover my ass. Well, you deserve to be objectified, okay? All right?

That's karma. All right? Men deserve to be objectified sometimes. You Alright? That's karma. Alright? Men deserve to be objectified sometimes. You can walk around sagging your pants with your ass all out. Okay? What do you expect? Oh, stop it. Alright? Alright. Well, we have a special guest joining us this morning. Oh!

Drop her record! Come on, man. Special guest ain't the right word. Drop her record! Okay? She's an icon. A living legend. Keep talking! Every time I'm around her, my palms start sweating. Every time I'm around her, my palms start sweating. Every time I'm around her, my mouth gets dry. I have never, ever gotten out of groupie mode when I'm around this individual. Okay?

The queen of hip-hop soul. Cultural icon. Mary Jane Blige. That's right. Mary Jane Blige will be joining us straight off the Super Bowl. Come on, man. Straight off an album coming out. Come on, man.

What's the name of that? Hello, gorgeous. Good morning, gorgeous. Crazy, man. Good morning, gorgeous. Yes. What's wrong with you? Mary J. Blige will be joining us this morning.

Come on, man. Let's get this show cracking. We're going to start off with Be Happy. This is the classic record. This is the record that I play whenever I'm feeling down. All right. It's the Breakfast Club. Front Page News is next.

How can I love somebody else? Life is too short to be trying to play some games Take some time and think about Is it really worth losing me? Why must it be this way? Why do you have to play with my mind? All the time Help me sing it

All I really want There's no such thing As being off beat When you happy Drop on the clues Moms would be happy Man that is an instant Pick me up

You hear me I don't care what Depression you're dealing with What anxiety you're dealing with What lack of worthiness You're dealing with You throw that be happy on For them three four minutes

You're gonna feel happy There you go But you'll be right back Sad again Alright Well let's get in Some front page news And by the way Mary J j blase if you're

just joining us we'll be joining us this morning next hour all right but what we got easy all right well let's talk about president joe biden now yesterday he was making an appeal for diplomacy to continue right now everybody is watching to see if russian president vladimir putin orders an invasion of uk, which is their neighbor. And also, Joe Biden warned that a Russian attack on Ukraine will be met with overwhelming international condemnation. Here is what Joe Biden has to say about a possible war. World War Two was a war of necessity. But if Russia attacks Ukraine, it would be a war of choice or a war without cause or reason. I say these things not to provoke, but to speak the truth.

If Russia does invade in the days and weeks ahead, the human cost for Ukraine will be immense. And the strategic cost for Russia will also be immense. If Russia attacks Ukraine, it will be met with overwhelming international condemnation. The world will not forget that Russia chose needless death and destruction. The United States and our allies and partners will respond decisively. I hope people are finally paying attention to what's going on.

I mean, this has been going on for a while now. I mean, it's even scarier when you see, you know, Russia and China's alliance and you see America giving Ukraine a billion dollars to support their economy amid their tensions with Russia. Like, we might be on the brink of World War II. Have you ever read George Orwell's book, 1984, which was a cautionary tale? It was a science fiction novel. But, man, this feels a lot like it. All right.

Well, according to reports, they are saying that Russia does have 150,000 troops along the border of Ukraine. And they are denying, by the way, Russia is denying they have plans to attack Ukraine. So here is what Joe Biden has to say about the U.S. and sending troops. While I will not send American servicemen to fight in Ukraine, we have supplied the Ukrainian military with equipment to help them defend themselves. And make no mistake, the United States will defend every inch of NATO territory with the full force of American power. Already, in response to Russia's buildup of troops, I've sent additional U.S. forces to bolster NATO's eastern flank. And if Russia invades, we'll take further steps to reinforce our presence in NATO,

reassure us for our allies, and deter further aggression. Someone just assumed that Biden-Putin call didn't go as planned, huh? No. Clearly they didn't. There was no diplomacy on that phone call. Sounds like they're ready to knock

if somebody bucks. Well, Biden is saying that the U.S. is not seeking direct confrontation with Russia, but he says that if Russia does target Americans in Ukraine, we will respond forcefully. But they have been saying that American people should come back if they're in Ukraine.

I mean, they got every right to jump on Russia if they want to. It's not like Russia, you know, didn't interfere with our elections and other things, but I don't know. We'll see. Alright. Well, that is your front page. I don't want to see. They've been pushing us. They've been poking us.

I hope it doesn't happen. They've been poking our forehead for a while. I don't want to see World War III in my lifetime. No? No. But they've been poking our forehead, though. Alright. Well, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Again, 800- 585-1051.

Hit us right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. You better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning, Envy. Good morning,

Charlamagne. Good morning, Angelo. What's going on? It's Rick. Rick, what up? Morning, Rick. Hey, what's going on? Hey, anybody catch the Kanye West documentary that premiered on Netflix? Yes, sir. I saw the first part that came out. Yeah, it was pretty funny. It's good to see all that has come up with Journey

and that footage that he's had for all these years showing his journey to where he's at right now. It really shows that Kanye's been a narcissistic cardboard for a long time. Man, stop it. You know what I got from it? I got from especially the part when he was walking through the office and everybody was fronting on him when he was playing all falls down.

Yeah. That was very interesting to me because I think a lot of that, he's still projecting a lot of that pain. Like, oh, all of y'all fronted on me. So F all of y'all. What I got from it is how important it is for you as a parent to reinforce a child. A lot of his confidence came from what his mom told him.

You know what I mean? And she was there in his ear telling him he's the best, and that's why he believed that. But, no, his mom also told him he was very self-absorbed. And his mom also told him that a giant should look in the mirror and see nothing, and he couldn't understand that. Yeah, but at the same time, she didn't downplay him. She told him not to stay humble, but still keep,

kind of still keep the same energy that you believe inside yourself. So it was really important for her. You could see why when he lost her, how, you know, it was, it was so dramatic. And I mean, he was really the person that he ran to for, you know, for confidence and for building him up and for advice. And she was really into his stuff, you know, singing his lines word for word

and stuff like that so you could see how important it was. I'm interested to see the rest, but I'm still thinking he's a corn boy. He's always gonna be a corn boy. He's definitely a narcissist.

He's definitely a narcissist and egomaniac, but you can check out Genius on Netflix right now. It is, the first part is very interesting. Yeah, I gotta check it out.

Hello, who's this? Good morning, DJ Amy. This is Courtney from Atlanta, bro. Courtney from the A. What's up, brother? What's up? Hey, Uncle Charlotte. Hey, Angela Yee. How y'all got to check it out. Hello, who's this? Good morning, DJ Amy. This is Courtney from Atlanta, bro. Courtney from the A. What's up, brother? What's up? Hey, Uncle Charlotte.

Hey, Angela Yee. How y'all doing? Hey. How you doing, brother? Pretty good, pretty good. Uncle Charlotte, I just wanted to shout you out, man. I'm proud that you got picked up for season two, you know, episode, I think it was four, when you did the social media episode, bro.

After that, I got off social, bro. I realized how much I was addicted to social media and everything, and I got off, man. And I wanted to just shout you out and congratulate you, bro. After that, I got off social, bro. I realized how much I was addicted to social media and everything, and I got off, man. And I wanted to just shout you out and congratulate you, King. Thank you, brother. It's opened the eyes for a lot of people, man. Thank you, man. Can't wait for season two. The God's Honest Truth will be back this summer. All right.

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. 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? Hi, good morning, Breakfast Club. How are you? How are you?

I'm okay. Cassandra Dock from New Jersey. Peace, Cassandra. Hi. And I want to talk about the young black kid, Zaki North, who was involved in the confrontation at the Bridgewater Mall with the young white kid. Zaki North, as you guys saw the video,

I see where Revolt TV also posted it. If you watch the video, you'll see how the officer, when they got to the scene, they immediately take Zakai to the floor, put handcuffs on him, and let the young white kid walk. And now they told Zakai he's been from the mall for three years. I saw that. Yeah, that is crazy. I mean, I the mall for three years. I saw that.

Yeah, that is crazy. I mean, I seen it. I was highly upset with that. I mean, and there was no reason to tackle him on the floor. They were fighting. They should have broke both of those up. But, yeah, you could tell that they had tackled him to the floor because he was black. There was no other reason why to tackle one to the floor, not the other one.

No other reason. No other reason. Yeah, Governor Murphy released a statement. And, you know, he said that the appearance of what is racially disparate treatment is deeply, deeply disturbing. But it's like, okay, after you released that statement, now what? What are we going to do? What's going to be the disciplinary action against the police? What's going to happen?

Because they sat one kid down. They didn't sit him down aggressively. He sat down on his own. He got back up when the other kid was getting arrested. I couldn't imagine that being my son. And if you look at how the fight started, you see that the white kid was the one that actually started the fight.

He started the fight. And then what wound up happening is, the white kid got the best of the black kid at first, and then the black kid turned around and started whooping his ass, and the cops came. No, it's crazy. It's crazy. Even the cops sitting the white dude down on the couch, like, get comfortable. Then goes over to the black guy to help arrest him. That's crazy.

That's wild. That is ridiculous. And they were bullying him. So I'm going to talk further with the family. We're probably going to go out there this weekend, you know, my partner Donna Jackson and I, and do a live. We're going to see with the family how they want to move on it. But we have to further bring awareness to this and see what Governor Murphy is going

to do. And we're going to call him out and see what you're going to do, Governor Murphy. What you're going to do. And also, why we don't know the name of the officers? Like, I always wonder about these stories because we know the young black man's name, but why we don't know the name of the officers? They didn't post them? I didn't see them nowhere. I thought they did. I'm not saying they didn't,

but I didn't see them. I didn't see it. I didn't see it either. I thought they did, but I wasn't looking for their names, though, anyway. But, yeah, no, it was so disgusting and definitely praying for that family, though, anyway. But, yeah, no, it was so disgusting, and definitely praying for that family, man, because you know what type of trauma that young man's going to have for the rest of his life? Exactly. My goodness. Exactly. My goodness. Well, thank you for calling.

Okay, thanks, guys. You be safe out there. Ben Crump is already on the case, too, by the way. He is, then? Yes, he is. He's representing the family. Oh, good. Hello, who's this? This is Mike. Mike, what up? Get it off your chest. Yeah, man. I want to put my contract on blast.

Who's been doing work on my house. He hasn't done any work this year. Now, what work are you getting done? Well, I called y'all for the Christmas, for the change for change. And I told y'all I had a fire. And I've just been- I remember. Did the insurance company pay you, or are they paying the contractor directly? Are they paying you?

They paid the bank. They paid the bank. So you got the money. No, no, no. I've given them payments as they have asked for it, and they just haven't done the bank. So you got the money. No, no, no. I've given them payments as they have asked for it. And they just haven't done the work. OK, because what I tell everybody to do, and I know a lot of people that call me and they have a problem with contractors. What I tell people to do is this. When you when you speak to the contract, you find out what supplies you need. Right. Because, you know, you're going to need supplies, whether it's wood, whether it's lumber, whether it's sheetrock, whether it's nails, bolts, wood floors, lights, light and fixtures, you find out what you need, right? Give them a list. You purchase the stuff that you need, right? And then you pay the contractor when he gets the work done. So that

way there's no, you don't have to give nobody up with like, what do you need upfront money for? I'm paying for the supplies. I have the supplies. I own the supplies. Now I'm paying you for your work. I pay you hourly for what you work. That saves a lot of money. That saves a lot of problems. And that saves situations like that. And I tell everybody, it takes a little extra time, but it'll save you money and you won't have that problem with contractors. I do that for every project that I do.

I buy the supplies myself. Wish I knew that before, Anthony. No, it's all good. I mean, it's a learning lesson. Believe me, Angelique knows I had to learn the hard way as well. But, you know, you start doing it that way and you start taking control of your own narrative and you can figure out your own ish. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

We got rumors on the way? Yes. And Wendy Williams is sharing a personal video and she does look like she's fine. So we'll tell you what she had to say. All right. We'll get into that next. Don't move. 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 for 500 pounds of concrete. 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. Why can't I trade my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. 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.

As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going.

This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing.

Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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 crazy and very fun listen to post run high on the iHeartRadio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts we could have been superstars riding around in fancy cars or jacking cars but now it's not safe for you morning everybody because you switch like a loop.

Morning, everybody. We are the Breakfast Club, man. Good morning. Yack entertains me in ways that y'all don't even know. Sloop the Kodak Black. All right. Well, let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Wendy Williams.

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

It's the rumor report. The Breakfast Club. Well, it looks like Wendy Williams has a new Instagram page. It's the real Wendy Williams online. And the first thing she did is post a video letting people know that she is coming back stronger. Now, apparently she has been trying to get herself together. She's in Florida where she said it's very peaceful. She's been going to the gym, going to the ocean and she said right

now she's, well, she's 56 years old even though she's 57. She misspoke on her age. It happens. But here's what she had to say. Be all I can be and then get back to New York and get on down to the Wendy Williams show.

So wait, Wendy's show not her page no more? This is a personal page, so maybe she's using that for business. Not sure for her show. But this is a personal page. Only two posts on it, so she just made it. Yeah. So she said that things usually start about 40

and they go up from there, so you have to eat the right food, make sure you take care of yourself, and all of that. But it looks like she is talking about coming back to New York and getting back to the Wendy Williams show. Well, I'm sending Wendy Williams healing energy always. And I hope she does get back.

And I hope she's able to come back, do the show for a while and go out the way she wants to go out. And I hope, you know, we see a different version of Wendy Williams when she comes back. I hope we see a version of Wendy who isn't projecting her pain on the other people. That's what I hope for. Wendy Williams. Alright, now let's talk about New Edition. As you know, they are

going on a nationwide tour and they sat down with Tamron Hall to discuss what they have going on and share a few stories they've never previously spoken about and also how they're prepping for their first tour in a decade. Here's what happened. When I look back at those videos, especially Candy Girl, that very first moment we saw

this magic, when did you know or were you too young to understand it? I think I knew from the beginning as much rehearsals we used to do, as many shows as we used to do, talent show shows as we used to do, talent show to talent show to talent show. It was just something that I knew that it could happen for us. Watching Soul Train just further and being on Soul Train just further instilled a meaningful... Confirmation.

Confirmation, yes, that we were going to make it. That's my favorite R&B group. I love New Edition. Anytime they come in town, I take the kids, I take the family. I really love them. They are some really good brothers. I'm going. Shout out to Bobby, Mike, Bivens, Ralph. What's the tour schedule?

Uncle B there. Listen, I know you're in Atlanta on Sunday, and I'm in Atlanta Right now But unfortunately I'm coming back Cause that was the plan But you know

We gotta figure it out I gotta go when it's warm It's a nice trip to take too Yes And my kids Love New Edition Like they love them I'll go someplace warm

When they come to Charlotte Or somewhere in South Carolina I think it's warm In Atlanta now right I think it's like 70 degrees this weekend Yeah I think it's gonna get A little bit warmer here It's been a little chilly But it's not too bad now, right? I think it's like 70 degrees this weekend. Yeah, I think it's going to get a little bit warmer here. It's been a little chilly, but it's not too bad.

It's not like New York cold. All right, now, here is what they had to say. Heavy Brown had to say about getting back to dancing and doing all his moves because, you know, he is known for that. Every I has to be dotted and every T has to be crossed in order to perform with these guys. I'm just getting back into it, really trying hard. It's difficult to do the dance steps after you haven't been doing them for a while.

It's about muscle memory, and I'm trying to get that back. Bobby, I promise you we understand. We will not hold it against you if you have lost a step or two, okay? You're still Bobby Brown. Those dance moves are no joke to you, by the way. It ain't easy for nobody. That's right. And when you add a new addition show, you're trying to do the dances.

You know what I mean? So you're really not paying that much attention to the fact that they might be a little offbeat. We all understand we old now, Bobby. We all old now. I would love to see them at Essence again. I've seen them at Essence and they performed amazing I'm surprised they're not Doing All-Star this year

In Cleveland But they are gonna be At the Garden next Saturday Just I mean on the 26th Is that next Saturday? Yeah The Garden

Alright now Really? There we go Now you're talking Alright now I've been telling y'all About MJ the Musical The Play

And Tamron Hall Also referenced The Michael Jackson Musical The Play And here Tamron Hall also referenced the Michael Jackson musical, The Play, and here's what she said. Just went to see the Michael Jackson musical on Broadway, and Ralph, to know that y'all beat Michael Jackson in the Billboard, you topped Michael Jackson. At the time, we didn't know either.

We didn't know what we did. We didn't know what type of accomplishment the Billboard charts were and all that. We just heard that. We knew that that was a countdown of the music and the best music that's out right now. So when we heard that we beat Michael, that was just all that meant to us. We beat Michael Jackson. We must be doing good. Well, there you have it. So guys, get ready for that tour to kick off. All right. The Tinder swindler has signed

with a hollywood agent i know y'all haven't seen the netflix documentary yet the tinder swindler but you guys should definitely watch that i thought he was a common woman yeah he was he actually went to jail i think he only went for like 14 months but he conned one woman out of half a million dollars i mean these women were thinking that he was pretending his dad was like a diamond. He sold diamonds and had a huge diamond corporation and he had all this money. And he was doing stuff like putting women on these private jets to come see him places. But then he was like, oh, I got in trouble. I got beat up. My security got beat up.

I need money to get out of here. They froze my accounts. So he was definitely swindling these women out of money. So you can imagine the long lasting trauma and not to mention the financial trauma that they've had from dealing with him. Well, now it looks like he wants to cash in on everybody talking about him. And he is talking about doing a podcast where he's going to share his dating do's and don'ts. He also has been banned from all dating apps and deleted his Instagram account after that documentary came out. But now he's talking about

doing different things and trying to get into acting and finding love. He wants to do a dating show and all of that. My question when things like that happen is why? You know what I mean? When I talk about D-Rod and dysfunction, this is what I'm talking about. Why would an agent sign him knowing that he's a known con man?

I have no idea. The Tender Swindler documentary is a documentary, right? Yes. So it's a doc that people watch and they're interested in the world. That doesn't mean necessarily interested in him as an individual enough to want to follow him. He's not a star now.

People would be interested in him and how he swindled these women. They did. It's in the doc. That's why you watch the doc. But if he does a podcast, he'll tell the signs and things from his point of view. The same reason why people, when somebody breaks into a government building on the internet and then the government hires them to make sure they don't feel- You don't feel like we're rewarding bad behavior by doing that? We are, but people are looking for a check.

That's whack. They're looking for money. I think it's very whack. And it says a lot. And you can't complain, you know, about things like that, but then sign it and empower it.

You know what I mean? That's the same thing when people do when they catch these drug dealers or these people that sold a lot of drugs and then when they come home,

they give them a book, they give them a movie and all that. It's almost like reward number two. Well, those stories are interesting. Some people find

these interesting. It's a story. You know what I mean? People find these interesting too. I don't mind the story being told, but signing him as an individual and putting him out to the public and acting like he's some celebrity,

nah, that's whack. People do it all the time. You're just rewarding bad behavior. Front page news is coming up. That is your rumor report. We'll be talking about the mayor of New York City, Eric Adams.

He met with some drill rap artists. He also met with Maino as well, and he was with Fabio Foreign and we'll tell you what happened. Fabio got a dope record out right now too. City of Guys is dope. Alright. City of Guys is dope. Alright, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never

be the same. The General Insurance is a quality insurance company that has been saving people money for nearly 60 years. What up y'all? It's DJ Envy and you should take a closer look at The General. Call 800-GENERAL or visit thegeneral.com. We'll be right back. Feature Alicia Keys, Kanye. I wonder who wrote that verse for Kanye. It was phenomenal. It was dope. That was a great verse. Except for that whack-ass 100 goons rolling up the SNL line. But that was a great verse.

That record is dope. Shout out to Fabio Foran. Alicia Keys killed the hook. It's a tough tune right there. Drop on the Clues bombs for Fabio Foran. Tough tune. Tough tune, city of artists. It is dope.

All right, well, let's get into some front page news. Let's talk Fabio Foran and the mayor. Yes, Mayor Eric Adams revealed yesterday he'll be rolling out something about drill music. Remember, he called out social media companies. He wants them to remove the violence glorifying genre from those platforms. He compared it to Donald Trump making the remarks that he made and being banned from social media platforms and being banned from Twitter because of that. And he said if it would be irresponsible to continue to give violent rap music videos a platform. Here were his initial remarks.

And I had no idea what drill rapping was, but I called my son and he sent me some videos and it is alarming. And we are going to pull together the social media companies and sit down with them and state that you have a civic and corporate responsibility. You know, I mean, we pulled Trump off Twitter because of what he was spewing. All right. So now he has sat down with people like he was with Fabio Foran. He was with Maino. So he was with Slow Bucks. Both of them, Slow and Bucks. And here

is what Maino had to say as he posted a very much needed conversation. There's been a lot of talk about drill rap, drill music, New York City, connecting violence with the culture. And I just wanted to create a conversation with the mayor. We've got Fabio here.

We've got Young B. Love here. We've got Sloan Bucks here. We've got Blasey here to talk about what's really happening so the mayor can get a real perspective and a real understanding of what drill rap is. And so that, you know, we could have some real dialogue and really start to really make things happen. Yeah, I'm not for censorship, but I am for censorship, meaning folks should have the sense to not commit violent crimes. But if they do, you know, please have the sense to not rap about it and please have the sense to not post, you know, videos about it and incriminating yourself and taunting people and traumatizing, you know, families of the people that you've killed. And if you don't have the sense to do that, then yes, those platforms do need to have

the sense to not give those kind of videos a platform. You can't censor the music. But if you're putting violence on these platforms, these platforms have the right to pull down if you're showing guns, if you're showing drugs or whatever they want to do that. They do it for any other thing, but you can't censor the music. But no, here's the thing. It's not about censoring the music. How about them brothers should censor theyself?

Number one, they shouldn't be committing the crimes. That's number one. And number two, why go incriminate yourself on records and talk about it? Why incriminate yourself in videos? They definitely shouldn't do that. So how about they should be censoring theyself? And if we know we are inciting violence, why would we continue to do that by giving it a platform? But I also think we need more of these conversations like they had.

And I think we need more of the homies that people respect to sit down. I remember a while ago when Pop Smoke and Casanova were having problems. Somebody sat them down. And they sat in the same restaurant and they squashed out. They talked out their beef. And then they were good. And I think we need more of that because some of this is very stupid. It could be over something very small and minute that they could have squashed.

And we don't have to go through this, but they need somebody that, you know, they mutually respect to sit down and have a conversation. And we need more of that. Yeah. And the root cause of the violence is not the drill music. You know, art reflects life. So what's creating that life, you know, for these people to rap about? Society. Society has failed a lot of these individuals.

It could be over social media, it could be over a girl, it could be over money. Yes, but how about society has failed these individuals because they haven't provided these communities with the resources and the opportunities to have a different life to rap about. That's true. You know, to have a different life to rap about. That's true, too. You know, so it's not the root cause of it isn't the music.

It's definitely an ongoing conversation that's going to require multiple ways of trying to fix things. And so, and I will say this, I saw how, you know, Mayor Eric Adams, he's our new mayor, but when he was the Brooklyn Borough President, we did a whole peace march that was pulled together by Bishop Lamar Whitehead. And he's been having these conversations with Fabio Foreign.

They did this whole day of peace thing during Juve, which is the day before the West Indian American Day Parade. And so they've been talking about this, stopping the violence. And it isn't going to stop that. We have to keep it going and keep the conversation open. Yeah. All right. Well, that is your front page news. All right. Now, when we come back.

Come on. Pull up some Mary music, man. Cultural icon. I got to get in the mood for that. Legend. A person that I've met several, several times. And every single time, I feel like a complete groupie when I'm around her. My palms get sweaty.

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The legend. Come on, man. 101. The destroyed Super Bowl this weekend, Mary J. Blige. Welcome. Peace. Thank you. Good morning. You killed it.

I was there live in person to see the reaction and how you killed No More Drama. First, I need to know, how did you decide what songs you were going to do? Because you have so many. Well, Dre decided on Family Affair, of course, because he produced it.

And Dre decided on No More Drama as well. Really? And I thought it was important when he said No More Drama because of the climate of the world right now. Just because of how everybody's just tired of everything. So I was like, oh yeah, this is perfect because I'm feeling like this too, you know. Did you have any songs in mind? I mean, I had a lot of songs. I had Real Love and all that, you know.

But when he said No More more drama I was like it's perfect because people need the world need to know that we all feel the same way about COVID and the mask and all this stuff that's going on in the world it's too much stuff what was the call like when when they asked you to do the Super Bowl who called you and who reached out Dr. Dre and Jimmy called me and I was just resting it was a day. Jimmy jumps, gets on the phone and says, Mary, I have a surprise for you. And the surprise was Dre asking me to do the Superbowl.

And that was my day. It made my day. I was laying down like resting and just having a normal day. And that day just turned into celebration day, telling everybody what was going to happen. Did you have to think about it? Was it like maybe, or I got to see,

or you right away, you was like, I'm in. Nah, I didn't have to think about it? Was it like, maybe, or I got to see, or right away you was like, I'm in? No, I didn't have to think about it at all. Everything was just lined up. I was like, no, this is it. This is too good. I'm absolutely, I'm 100% in. Now, break down the performance, the set,

what you wore, everything. How did you come about all that? Was it a group effort? A lot of designers had their bids in, and so a lot of people sent in sketches. Whoever sent in the best sketch is the one that got picked. And Peter Dundas got picked. And, of course, you know, my stylist Jason and I, you know,

we were in on all of the critiquing of it and, you know, making sure it's right and making sure the color is right. And the last decision is mine. And that's what we had on you know i kept thinking i said if andre could have saw you sunday like that was the person i really wanted to to hear from because he saw it you know from the beginning did you did you think about him a lot he saw me yeah definitely he saw me he was so i'm sure he was proud um i got you know puff was just um elated like he just losing his mind.

My family was there. And my friends, if it wasn't for my friends Jimmy and Dre, it wouldn't have happened. So I do have some beautiful friends in the industry. You said you were nervous. Of course I was. I was nervous at rehearsals. Really?

I was nervous, period. But when I hit that stage, I was like, whatever. So when you fell out, that was really just you getting a little rest that stage i was like whatever you know so when you fell out that was really just you getting a little rest like because he was like i did it i did it no that's that's just that's a a sign of like how i felt you know like you know you just get tired of fighting you know tired so he's like uh just pass out that's what normal drama means like uh you know i know the world want to just pass out right now, you know, from all of this foolishness.

When I think back about, you know, when Andre said he went to your apartment back in the day and you sang for him, when you think about that young lady, did you see this? Did you see moments like this happening? Did you think it would go this far? Absolutely not. Wow. I did not think it would. I didn't think

I would live past my life but i'm i'm here and now i'm here here now i want to be here now that's it you know nobody can stop that absolutely also talk about dr dray saying that he wants to produce the the next album did y'all have a conversation was that planned or was that something he just slipped up and said the other day no that was something we we didn't we didn't plan it we just was talking about it because um that was something i always wanted to do like do a produced album by dr dre because all everything he does you know you're going to get smashes and you know it's going to be excellent because dre's you know amazing and i was like yo this was a dream this is a dream come true for me i would i want you to

produce an album for me and he was like oh my god it's a dream come true for me. I want you to produce an album for me. And he was like, oh my God, it's a dream come true for me. And then boom, like here we are. It's really happening. Really like. Will he really do it though? Drake? I mean, I know it would be great to do it, but you know. You think it's going to be like the.

The rock him album or the detox. I don't think so. All these things we look forward to and it doesn't happen. Nah, not with me. Cause I'm on it all over it. Like I've been on it since I said something. I've been like,

yo, listen to this. Yo, I've been saying so we had the listening session and he's been sending stuff back to me so it's really going to happen. Absolutely. Let's talk Hello Gorgeous.

Good morning, gorgeous. Good morning, gorgeous. Good morning, gorgeous. I said Hello Gorgeous but you said the name of the album. Tell people if they haven't heard the album

how'd you come up with the name of the album? I thought it was dope. Well, the name of the album tell people if they haven't heard the album how did you come up with the name of the album i thought it was dope what a name of the album came from it's not it's not good morning gorgeous it's not anything there's nothing vain about that it's a positive affirmation it's something i had to say to myself when i was in a very very dark situation because i i was never enough i couldn't please this person nothing was never enough so i was like okay maybe this person hates me more than I hate me so I had to find a way to love myself out of that situation and so I would get up in the morning and first thing in the morning and the reason why I chose first thing in the morning

because nobody looks beautiful or anything or thinks anything about themselves in one except on my way and I said um I would say go to the mirror and say good morning gorgeous good morning beautiful good morning Mary good morning something that I wanted to feel good about and that's where the title came from me loving my way out of some hell and that's why I titled the album good morning gorgeous I love that interlude was that was that in the studio yeah okay yeah that was in the studio with her I always I always wanted to work with And Lucky Day is a really good friend of mine. And when we got to the session, her was like, well, what do you want to talk about?

And I just started talking about what they think it should be about. And I was holding back on the title. I didn't want to give it up because I felt so vulnerable. I gave so much away. I was like, f*** it. Excuse me. I was like, okay, I have this title. It's called Good Morning Gorgeous.

And everybody's like, oh, good morning gorgeous. And I started telling everybody about where it came from. And it's here now, the whole thing. And it's not because I'm sitting around thinking I'm Apollonia, Halle Berry. You think of them, it's like, oh, they're gorgeous.

But it's something I had to say to myself so I can manifest something positive in me about me and love my and and now i love me really really you know and and i hey i think i look pretty damn good you know i'm saying but i'm uh yeah we thought that's just a real love video what are you talking about but i haven't but but i didn't even think that then you see what i'm saying so this has been a lot and then when you get with somebody and then they just take you way down further than what you already were, you start to realize, nah, you know, my life is more important than someone taking it away from me like this.

You know, so. All right. When we come back, we got more with Mary J. Blige. Let's get into a Mary mini mix, man. Mary's here. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. I'm never sad and blue You brighten up my day In your own best way Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. That was a merry mini-mix. Mary J. Blige is here straight off the Super Bowl. I've seen your interview with Ange. You were talking about you were so low that you had to go on tour to get back up. Yeah.

Because CE wiped you dry. So all that was true yeah so so you know everybody wanted to know what the rent money song was about that's what i i wrote that song with um the writers during that time because when i had to pay all this alimony and i'd have no money to pay it i had to go on tour to pay it i had to go on tour to pay the alimony. I had to go on tour to pay the rent. Because he had spent all the money. By the time I got to the deposition

and saw everything that he did, I didn't have a dollar left. He had spent everything. And he knew he spent everything, but still asking me for more money. So that was about a vacancy. Rent money is about a vacancy. That was about you know no you say no money like zero dollars like mary j blige broke is probably different than everybody else well yeah i mean i i guess that's what you

want to call it but it wasn't enough to pay alimony you know the alimony that he was asking for and it was i had to pay my rent you know so you know I'm saying like it was it was a lot that came with that and I had to go to work you know and I think I've been in the industry broke before like not broke like you know like you know like nothing but not enough to pay the overhead we all have an overhead you know and I couldn't get the overhead paid. So I had to go work for it, you know. And not that I don't mind working, but it's just. You didn't want to.

It's just for that, you know. Like, come on, son. I got to work to pay you money. So. How hard is it, like, to not reach out to your people? Because, like you said, you got a great circle. You know, like, from the hoes to the ditties. Like, how hard is it not to reach out to them? I don't like that, you got a great circle. You know, like from the hoes to the ditties, like how hard is it

not to reach out to them? I don't like that. I don't like asking people for anything. I have never asked any of my friends for any money. Any of the guys I know,

I'm a worker. I get my own. I got it. Okay, cool. Oh, I got to do this? No problem. I just don't want to go to people.

I just don't like asking. You know, that's how my mother raised me. Like, don't, you know, if you can do it yourself, don't ask. You know, and I don't. And I know they don't mind. If you can do it yourself, don't ask. I know they don't mind. I know they would all just do it.

But I don't like to feel like I owe people stuff. But you showed up for so many people. One of my favorite stories is Angie Martinez' book. She couldn't pay her rent. You had to ride around looking for a check cash in place. You've always showed up for people. You don't expect that in return?

I just don't like asking people for stuff. I really don't. Especially money. Can I borrow? It just feels nuts coming out of my mouth. Can I borrow? Even though I know you got it. Can I borrow a million dollars?

I don't like it. It doesn't feel right to me. Wow. And you're such a New Yorker. I'm listening to the album. I hear Dave East. I hear Fabio. So I was working with always the new up and coming talent.

Amazing. Dave is a dope, talented artist who's always thought provoking in his lyrics and a beautiful person. Fabi always wanted to do a drill beat song with me. I said, there you go, Fabi. You got it. And Anderson.Paak always wanted to always wanted to work with anderson pack always and um it was just a lot of fun like just just to hear these guys on the records you know and to see them perform love without the heartbreak is a great

record i love that record what what was that motivation you know yeah what it's saying we all want love but we don't want the heartbreak. The heartbreak sucks. Like, you know, the, damn. You know, that feeling like, damn, like, it's over. Or I gotta wait. Or, you know, whatever. And it reminds me of how people never, they don't, a lot of people say, I don't want Mary's music without the heartbreak.

Do you think about that when you approach the studio? No, I don't think about it no more. I think about it from where I am. Like, what am I doing? How am I feeling? I'm not going to never not have heartbreak because that's just life. Life is good.

People are going to disappoint you. Now, during the Super Bowl ad, I see you doing an ad for health screenings. Did you have a scare or was it something that you just like, no, I want women to start making sure they test themselves? No, my grandmother died from cervical cancer. Two of my aunts died from breast cancer and lung cancer.

My godmother passed away when I was a little girl from breast cancer. And what happened is the reason why I wanted to do it because we don't discuss it in black women. I've never heard about a mammogram in my home before in my life. So when it came to me, I was like, wow, this is perfect. Because now I didn't start getting the mammogram until I was 40. And that was because a doctor said, you need to go get a mammogram. And I was like, what's that? And then I went and they did the whole thing.

And early detection, it can save your life. So it was important for me to share the story about me losing these women. And the reason why it was important is because they just, one day they just die. And everybody's, oh, so-and-so died from cancer. And you're like, why? Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know? And I believe if they had access to this information or the proper health care back in those days, maybe they I hope that they would have done it.

But that's what causes a lot of, you know, African-American women to pass away from breast cancer like that. I was also going to ask, did you ever get a break, Mary? Because even during the pandemic and COVID, you were filming, you were working. Did you ever just rest and say, you know what? I can just relax now. Cause you always working. Sometimes I'm home and I take my rest.

Seriously. I sleep hard and play hard. Yeah. I mean, I can rest. That's why she took that nap during the halftime show. She needed a little nap. I was tired.

You see me laying there like, ah. I was tired. You see me laying there like, ah! Do people talk to you in the street like you are really Monet now? They call me Monet. They always call me, yo, Monet. I'm like, oh, God, no. Please, can Mary live? Just let Monet be Monet.

Mary be Mary. We know how therapeutic music can be. What about acting? Does it feel like an escape when you play them on there? 100%. It feels like I'm killing everybody I wanted to kill when I'm killing. I feel like I'm cursing out everybody I wanted to curse out when I curse at them. She's definitely my therapy right now. So you clearly are enjoying it.

Clearly. 100%. Thank you 50 Cent and Courtney Kemp for this opportunity to just get it all out. For people that don't know, how did that come about? Did he reach out to you or did you reach out to him? How did that happen? It was a conversation that me, Kourtney, and 50 had been having all along about how much I love power. And they was like, we got to get you on there.

I said, absolutely, 100%. Just let me know. You know, Halloween, y'all ready. And they did. And then we had the meeting. And we started discussing. You know, I started telling them my stories about, you know, this woman that I've grown up with.

I have all my friends, damn near Monet. And my mother, you know, without selling the drugs. You just don't play around. So, you know, and pretty much every woman that's a single parent mother, you know, with their husband in jail or dead or whatever or Monet so um when I went started telling them about the story you know and who I grew up with they were just fascinated and adding things and you know just this character just was born like it was beautiful were you acting before but is it hard to get into character every time you take on

one of these jobs um Monet is not hard to get in if you just find something and go um but you envision people when you pull the trigger like yeah yeah um when i did mudbound it was it was easy to I think I find things that I can really just get into right away You know, and really be real with Where I could draw something from out of me or out of my life into it Do you like acting more than music? Or do you like music more than acting? Or is it phases?

I love them both the same I think the acting is new And it's a challenge And I love a challenge So that's what's taking a lot of my time right now but I love singing too Alright we got more with MJB Mary J Blige when we come back

let's get into another Mary mix, I mean Mary's here damn it, it's the Breakfast Club, good morning Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne the guy, we are the Breakfast Club we're still kicking it with Mary J Blige Charlamagne? You've always been so personally vulnerable. Do you think you'll start opening up more about childhood?

Because I listen to a song like No Idea. And you're telling us like you have no idea how it was going down in y'all. Do you think you'd show people more of that soon? Yeah, I have a memoir coming soon that I'm working on. I let people know a lot of stuff that they didn't know. Yeah. When is that coming up? Soon.

It's real soon. It's supposed to come soon, but it was supposed to come this month. Wow. But I had to pull it back because I want to make sure it's right. And I'm doing so much. I want to have the time to get it right. How empty did you feel after you completed that?

I felt great. I felt really light. And then sometimes I felt like just crying because it all surfaced again. Like, I don't want to talk about it. I just got to read the book. Oh, man. I was going to also ask, you know, I see you doing a Roots picnic. And there was rumors that y'all were possibly going on tour.

You, Dre, Snoop, Kendrick, Eminem. Is that a word? Was that a conversation or not at all? I don't know. I didn't hear that. Okay. That'd be too expensive. I didn't hear that.

That'd be too expensive. That's a rumor. Would you want to? I would love to. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Absolutely. Like, that was two songs. Like, imagine I have a two-hour set.

I'm performing two hours every night of all the Mary J. Blige songs on a tour like that. Come on. With me, Kendrick, Dre, Eminem, 50. That's ridiculous. I want to see a Mary J. Blige halftime show at the Super Bowl

just by yourself. Absolutely. I've seen some chicks up there that really they cool, but Mary J. Blige isftime show at the Super Bowl just married. By yourself, absolutely. I've seen some chicks up there that really, you know, it's like, okay, they cool but Mary J. Blige is a cultural icon. Yeah, thank you, Sean. I would love to, too. But, you know, Dre and Jimmy called me. You know, when the Super Bowl calls,

then we going. There we go. How would you define this moment in your career? Amazing. Something I never even dreamed. More than I could hope for. More than I can dream for. Just amazing. A lot of work.

A lot of consistent hard work on self and how I treat myself and how I treat everyone else and a lot of work just period on the business and building the business and keeping the legacy and just making everything where

one day when I retire, which will probably be soon, I'll be straight. I feel good about myself. I didn't borrow anything. I didn't pay it back. I got my own everything. I'm good. What do you mean soon?

You got a long way to go, man. You're still young. What do you mean soon? You must be thinking about some things. I'm not thinking about... Listen, I got my own everything. I'm good. What do you mean soon? What do you mean soon? You got a long way to go, man. You still young. What do you mean soon? You must be thinking about some things. I'm not thinking about... Listen, I got a lot going on. I have production, you know, Blue Butterfly, my film and TV production. I have a lot of work to do there.

We have a lot of things placed. We got a lot of things coming, like for real. And my acting and singing. Sun and wine you know so there's a lot working for me while i'll be sleeping but i have to you know i have to keep planting the seeds seed time harvest time seed time is long seed time harvest time it's like so how important is your circle because i thought that was so dope to see like your sister and you know angie holding down the sun guy that's boof at the super like how important was it to have your circle with you in that moment extremely important to see how much they love me and sometimes you just need to lean on them and hug them and lay in their lap and let

them hold you and and angie definitely holds me you know my sister definitely holds me and and um and misa all my friends love, we love each other for real and we stay out of each other's space. We give each other space. We respect each other. But when we need each other, we're just like big babies

and it's just beautiful to have them. Absolutely. I look forward to this next project. I look forward to this book. I'm not going to front. I'm on here. Is it called My Life? What's it called? Do we have a title? I don't have a title yet. Okay, book. All right, I'm not going to cry. You got excited about the book. Yes, I want to hear it. Is it called My Life? What's it called?

Do we have a title? I don't have a title yet. Okay, okay. That's what I want. Well, what joint you want to hear now, Mary?

What you want to get into off the album? I would say go with On Top. On Top? Yep. Featuring Fabio. Okay, well let's get into it right now.

It's Mary J. Blige featuring Fabio Foran. It's On Top and it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. Hey, hey, hey, hey, Fabio Foran is on top. And it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. Hey.

Hey. Hey. Hey. Classic 3-6 Mafia sample right there from Mary J. Blige and Fivio Foran. Fabio Foran. Fabio Foran. Fivio. Fivio, I'm old.

Don't worry about it. I'm old. I see things the way they are. I'm looking at it. It looks like Fivio. Fabio. Shout out to Fabio Foran. All right.

Salute to Fabio. All right. It does look like Fivio. Favio. Shout out to Favio for it. Salute to Favio. It does look like Fivio though. It does. Yeah. But it's Favio. Alright, but let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Kanye. This is the rumor report with Angela Yee. Rumor has it

on Breakfast Club. Listen up. Well, 20 years later, Genius, a Kanye trilogy, the first part has hit Netflix. And a lot of people are getting some insight into Kanye and how things first kicked off for him. So they're showing him previewing the song All Falls Down in the offices of Rockefeller. And basically, he was seen as a producer, but he really wanted to get signed, and he wanted to get signed on Rockefeller Records.

He decides he wants to bum-rush the office, play his music, and didn't seem like people were paying too much attention to this hit song. Listen to this. She had her hands so long that it looked like weed Then she cut it all off, now she look like D And she be dealing with some issues that you can't believe Single black female addicted to retail and wealth That was such a very interesting part of the documentary

because it really shows that it does not matter what other people think of you. It's about what you think of yourself. And that's why your dreams are your dreams and nobody else is supposed to believe in them. But I wonder how other execs, the execs in that video feel after seeing how they fronted on Kanye.

And I wonder, do you have a vendetta against the industry if you're Kanye forever because of how they fronted on you? But I think it should make you want to go harder. I mean, I think all of us have been in a situation where somebody doubted us. No, they didn't doubt him. They just straight up was ignoring him. And by the way, that became a hit record.

And this is after Kanye had produced the blueprint and everything else. But he was a rapper. He was a producer at the time. Yeah. You know what I mean? Just think about how many doors close in your face. Oh, you tell us all the time.

You tell me all the time about people said you would never make it. You will never be on radio. And guess what? You will never be on television. And guess what? I just let that hurt go. I hated them niggas. You still do.

No, I don't. I really don't. Why? I refuse to block them on Instagram. They're going to see this shot. And you know, I saw a lot of people saying that they knew this was a hit song right away. And how could anybody not know that? Because it do sound dope.

But, you know, they were at work in the middle of the workday. He did try to bum rush the offices. And I'm sure they also knew him well enough that they're like, you know, sometimes you know people too well. So maybe you don't take it as seriously because you know them. True. But it's a record label. We say they at them. True, but it's a record label, though. So when we say they had work. I agree.

Yeah, it's a record label. And you know why you see Kanye, you can walk up to Kanye in the street and start rapping and he'll listen. Yes. It's because of that, because he knows how it feels to be befriended on. Well, that's how Big Sean got his deal. You know, he walked up to Kanye when he was leaving a radio station, rapping, and he signed him.

All right. Now, in addition to that, they also talk about the making of Izzo, H to the Izzo. And here is what that sounded like when he was working with Jay-Z on that song. So he's playing that. Then he's going to go in the other room. I was like, yo, ho, I got to play you one more beat. I got to play you one more beat. Then he looked over, he tapped me and said, H to the S-O, V to the S-A,

fascism, what is it, use the triple down to V-A. So we had to figure out the stuff he had to say in between. So it's fascism, what is it, use the triple down to V-A. Then he said, H to the S-O, V to the S-A. And he looked at me and said, that's the anthem, get your damn hands up. I was like, mom we're about to blow up

i love how invested his mom was in his craft absolutely mom knew the lyrics everything yes and as the more famous he got the more he wanted his mom around him i'm sure she kept him grounded and she was his biggest cheerleader as we can see in this scene with Donda. Got a lot of confidence to come off a little arrogant, even though you're humble and everything. But it'd be important to remember that the giant looks in the mirror and sees nothing. So do you think I come off too arrogant? No. Come off just right because it's what's inside because you can't be a star and not be a star.

I think the way you are handling yourself, it's really just perfect. But at the same time, if you remember, like, to stay on the ground and you can be in the air all at the same time, that's what I think it means when it says a giant looks in the mirror and sees nothing. Everybody else sees a giant. You know what I mean? Right. Oh, I love that. Alright, so for

everybody who's been watching, that was just part one of that trilogy. That was a really good documentary. Yeah, part one was a really good documentary. It makes you think, though, even like, you know, when somebody comes off as arrogant, right, and when they have nothing.

I get it. That's where the humility comes from having nothing. But when you get everything, right, that money and that power just multiplies whatever it is you already were, right? Yeah. So if you were arrogant, you'd be a hundred times more arrogant

with the money and the power. But I think it's also when you are creative and you're doing things and people are, you know, disrespecting your talent and talent and disrespecting your what you create. And then when it finally pops, it's almost like you want to give a middle finger to the world, but you got to let that hurt go though. Right. It's hard. It's like a chip. It's like a chip on your shoulder.

And then seeing how much his mother impacted him. I think we all knew that. And to have her not here with him, we don't, I mean, we can't even imagine how that affects him every day. No, a hundred percent. But I, but I just feel like, you know, you do have to let that hurt him. We don't, I mean, we can't even imagine how that affects him every day. No, a hundred percent. But I, but I just feel like, you know,

you do have to let that hurt go. Cause if not, you end up just projecting that pain. You're definitely supposed to, but it's to the point where, you know, he's not, he hasn't got his answers to why I'm sure.

Like why you ish to me? Why didn't you listen? It just didn't get it. And does it matter? You still, for him, it might not, you gotta let that hurt go.

I get it though, but we do have to let that hurt go. I get it, though. You do have to let that hurt go. I think it's easier said than done. Alright, well, it's easy to say let that hurt go, but it's not so easy to do it all the time. Alright, well, that is your rumor report. You should, though.

For your own well-being. You say that. But there's times, and you know me, myself, I don't let that issue go. And it'll eventually cannibalize you. I go. And it'll eventually cannibalize you. We know, Envy. I'm sure. Yes. I'm sure.

It'll eventually cannibalize you. I'm sure, but I don't want to. You gotta let it go. No. It's like holding your poop in. No. When I let it out, it'll all come out. All right, guys.

That's your rumor report. It'll be watery, diarrhea, everything out. Empty your butt. Let all of that go, Envy. Empty your butt. EYB, repeat after me. Empty your butt. EYB, repeat after me. Empty your butt. That is your positive affirmation for the day.

Let that go. Empty your butt. There you go. There you go. Don't you feel it? No. Don't you feel it moving through your stomach? No, man.

You're going to have to poop in about 20 minutes. Yo, get out of here, man. Who are you giving your butt and your donkey to, man. You're going to have to poop in about 20 minutes. Yo, get out of here, man. Who you giving your dog, your butt, your donkey to, man? A scammer named Robin. Okay, Robin Folsom. She needs to come to the front of the congregation.

That might be a good seminar. E-Y-B. Empty your butt. But yes, speaking of scams, Robin Folsom, she needs to come to the front of the congregation.

We'd like to have a word with her. Guess where she's from! Man, shut up. Brooklyn or Florida? to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with her. Guess where she's from! Man, shut up. Brooklyn or Florida. Which one? Neither, actually. Really? All right.

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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. Don't be out here acting like a donkey. Tee-haw, bitch. Tee-haw. It's time for donkey of the day. I'm a big boy. I can take it.

If you feel I deserve it. Ain't no big deal. I know Charlamagne Tha God gonna have some funny shit to say out his mouth. If God say something you may not agree with, doesn't mean I'm mean. Who's getting that donkey? That donkey. That donkey. Donkey.

Donkey. Donkey. Donkey of the day right there. It's a breakfast club, bitches. You can call me the donkey of the day, but like, I mean no harm. Donkey of the day for Thursday, February 17th goes to 43-year-old Robin Folsom. Do you know who Robin Folsom is? She's a former

Georgia official. She was a director of external affairs for the Vocational Rehabilitation Agency. In between her, Tinda Swindler and Zachary Horowitz, who was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for scamming investors out of an estimated $650 million. Scammers are having the worst week ever.

Okay? Maybe not Tender Swindler because he just signed to an agency and it seems like his bad behavior, you know, his scamming ass ways of being rewarded. But people like Robin Folsom are getting caught up after living their best lies. I'm living my best lie. All you scammers living your best lies intrigue me. Okay? I can totally understand why you would do a documentary on the Tender Swindler.

I am fascinated by Zachary Horowitz's story because he raised $650 million from investors. Had investors thinking they would be acquiring licensing rights to films that HBO and Netflix had agreed to distribute abroad. How is that not interesting to someone? If you have ever launched a startup or tried to get funding for a project and you know how hard it is okay so to see this man raise 650 million dollars i'm impressed okay i just sit back and i think to myself though like you are hollywood actor do you know what kind of independent films you could be producing with that kind of money if you know those kind of investors then they clearly believe in you which is why they gave you that kind of bread to begin

with. So why come up with a scam instead of a legit plan to do the right thing with that money you raised? I don't know. Whatever. It's not about Zachary, though. It's about Robin. Okay. Robin's scam is pretty impressive, too. Now, she didn't raise nowhere near the money Allen did, but her finesse game got her what she wanted. See, she clearly wanted some time off and wanted to get paid for it, so she decided that maternity leave would be the best option. Well, you need to be pregnant, you know,

and have a baby for maternity leave, right? Somebody got to shoot that club up. Wrong. Not in the scam-a-verse. In the scam-a-verse, you can be whatever you need to be to get to the bag. Let's go to WSB TV 2 for the report, please. Robin Folsom earned about $100,000 a year as the senior communications official with the Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Agency. Now she's facing a four-count indictment that accuses her of faking a couple of pregnancies in order to collect family medical leave pay to which she was not entitled.

A co-worker saw something very strange and blew the whistle. We thought there had to be a misunderstanding. We couldn't believe it. State Inspector General Scott McAfee about the tip that led to the indictment of 43-year-old Robin Folsom. According to McAfee, one of Folsom's colleagues witnessed what appeared to be a portion of Folsom's stomach come away from her body last March. The co-worker suspected Folsom was wearing one of these so-called fake pregnancy

devices or costumes which are widely available online. State investigators and the attorney general's office built this indictment largely around Folsom's alleged lies. That included the creation of a fake person to be the fake father. We ultimately didn't find any evidence that he existed, and that's why she's also been charged with identity fraud. She faked a pregnancy. She had a fake baby daddy, 43 years old, out here faking high-risk pregnancies. All right, she made up a fake baby daddy. You know what the dude's name was?

Brian Otamimbebewe. It's spelled O-T-M-E-M-B-E-B-W-E. Sounds Nigerian. Coincidence for a scammer to choose that name? I think not. All right, he was a made-up person, and when investigators pressed her on him

in October of 2021, she doubled down and said the man really existed. All right, she lied and told the agency that she gave birth once before in July 2020 and got pregnant again in August 2021. But the investigation found there was no official records of Robin Folsom having given birth and her insurance records didn't indicate any pregnancy or delivery. My problem with people like this is they are actually smart. She already had a job that was paying a

hundred thousand dollars a year in Georgia that's good money okay these are ingenious ideas these scammers come up with to make money all they have to do is direct their energy to something legit and they could actually probably have the same results the same type of success but for some reason they choose a life of crime instead of going into whatever their real passion is. All right. Robin got paid maternity leave. She had her fake Nigerian baby daddy send an email to her bosses that said she was under doctor's orders for several weeks of bed rest after giving fake birth to a baby in May of 2021.

You come up with a plan like that. You can come up with a plan like that. You can come up with a plan for anything. All right. Do you know the level of commitment it takes to hold up that kind of lie? There are people who can't even commit to the truth in the way that Robin committed to that lie. So this just shows me that Robin, whatever you chose to commit to in life, you would have accomplished. But you chose crime. Now you are you would have accomplished but you chose crime now you are

charged with three counts of making false statements and one count of identity fraud a local grand jury indicted her ass look man they say the money is the same whether you earn it or scam it probably true but the consequences of what comes with that money or not. All right? Earn your money. Good consequences. Scam your money. Jail. Prison. Please give Robin Folsom the sweet sounds and the hammer tones.

Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Yeehaw. Yee-haw. Yee-haw. All right. Nope.

It's a white-collar crime, so you already know what race she is. Okay. Let me see. All right. Wow. Wow. Wow. You knew that.

It's a white woman. Come on. Stop. She used a Nigerian last name. That threw me off a little bit. That's what you mean wow you knew that it's a white woman come on stop she used a Nigerian last name that threw me off a little bit that's what you do she was sending an email how many scammers

scamming emails have you gotten from Nigerians come on she knew what she was doing you suck man I wanted to play a game pause pause pause

I'm gonna get you I'm gonna get you this wow what did you do I'm gonna get you the fake baby pregnancy kit I'm gonna buy that for you okay I, what did you do? I'm going to get you the fake baby pregnancy kit. I'm going to buy that for you.

Okay? I'll pass. We're going to have to make a bet. You're going to have to walk around and tell people you're pregnant. Nope. You're pregnant from who? Me. No.

What's wrong with you, man? If you don't, I'm going to wear it and say I'm pregnant from you. So either way, this game will be played. Oh, my goodness. All right. So you're going to play it my way or my way. All right. Ask Ye is next.

800-585-1051. If you need relationship advice or any type of advice, call Yee now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Need relationship advice? Need personal advice? Just need real advice.

Call up now for Ask Yee. Good morning. It's Ask Yee. What's up, Trish? Hey, how are you? I'm good. How are you? I'm great. I had a question because me and my boyfriend have been together for about a year.

And I recently just met his kids back in December. And then his kid's mother, they ended up getting into it about something and now he can't see his kids back in December and then his his kid's mother they end up getting into it about something and now he can't see his kids I mean we end up having words but now you know like he's like really in his feelings about his kids of course he can't see them and I'm just like should I I don't know if I should like be the bigger person and try to reach out to her or just get some advice on the whole situation um on like what what do you think I should do? Well, do you have a relationship with her at all? Have you all ever spoken? Are you guys cordial?

It was not a good interaction. It was not. Well, then I don't think it's a good idea for you to, yeah, I don't think it's a good idea for you to involve yourself. This is something that all you can do is support him and whatever his efforts are and help give him some solutions

and some ideas of what it is that he can do, whether it's something that's legal, whether it's I would first, if I was him, try to approach this thing from a diplomatic situation, maybe talk to her family or another way to go about it. I think it would only make it worse if you try to put yourself in the middle, because that's going to really make her angry. And I'm sure right now she's in her feelings. And so you involving yourself in his business with his children is not a good idea. It might actually cause more harm than good. But all you can do is be there for him and let him know,

okay, here's what, you know, here's some options of things you can do. Let me know if you need me to do anything, you know, and that's it. Because putting yourself in the middle no right okay well thank you so much no problem I hope y'all work it out well I hope he works it out because all she's doing is hurting the children by trying to punish him right

exactly well thank you so much bye alright we got more ASCII when we come back don't move it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Here's some real advice with Angela Ye. It's Ask Ye. Good morning. It's Ask Ye.

Jayla, what is your question? Hi. This is really a question. It's a question for you, Angela Ye. So, my boyfriend and I are trying to, we're trying to, you know get into real estate we want to do flipping and um get some rental properties just you know for some extra cash and i reached out to this real estate investor right he has a apprenticeship and um a mentorship program so we had a meeting with him everything was good like the services that he was offering and everything. But when we got to the end of the meeting and he told us the price, it kind of hit us on the head.

Right. Yes, girl. Because you could be using that money to actually put into the real estate. Exactly. And that's what a lot of people were saying. And it's really expensive. It was like over $15,000 for a year of mentorship apprenticeship. And, you know, we don't have the money to just get into somebody.

Taylor, can I give you some advice? And this is something that I learned and I know people personally who have done this. Why don't you get your real estate license? A lot of people have been saying that. And the only reason I'm just hesitant, like, I don't want to do that is because I have no interest in being a realtor. So yeah, but you have interest in doing real estate and flipping properties, right? And I must explain to you why I think it's a good idea. Because if you're going to spend $15,000 and do a year apprenticeship, you might as well go on ahead and take those real estate classes online, take the test, get your license, and then you'll have access to properties that

people won't get a chance to see before it hits the market. You'll be able to network in that way. And then you also won't have to pay a fee to a realtor if you want to get a property. It just gives you a lot more access and you'll learn a lot. And you'll learn a lot more taking these real estate courses than you would in an apprenticeship because you'll learn how all the rules and regulations work. You'll learn how to do everything that you need to do so you won't have to rely on anybody else. That is solid advice. And I have done that advice before too, but I never looked at it like, you know, that way from that angle. I just looked at it like, I don't want to be a realtor. So, you know. Yeah, no. And listen, having your real estate license doesn't mean you have to become a realtor,

but it's just something that if this is a way you want to make money, you have to be invested in doing that. I actually got my real, I took the real estate classes. I just have to take the test. But when I tell you, I learned so much about real estate, about mortgages, about different laws, about how you can, you know, financially protect yourself, all of those things. And for you, if you want to be somebody who's really great at doing this, then I feel like instead of doing a year apprenticeship and paying $15,000 to somebody else, the courses were like $500 online, you know, and that's a real investment. And I think a lot of times we say we want to do things. If you want to do it, take it seriously and do what you need to

do for yourself. And this is something that you'll have, you know, that I think could be beneficial. Even having your real estate license, if you find a property and you don't buy it and you refer it to somebody else, you can get paid off of that too, without even having to buy anything. That is solid advice. Thank you so much. All right, Jayla, good luck. Get it going. All right. Thank you. All right. That was ASCII 805-85-1051 Now we got rumors on the way Yes and Nick Cannon is he really trying to get Mariah Carey back with that song he put out

Alone well here's what he had to say When we come back Alright well good to that next is the Breakfast Club Alright All right, well, Nick Cannon is explaining that song alone that he put out. People were saying that he was singing about his ex-wife, Mariah Carey. And here's what he had to say on his show about that song, because he also sampled Mariah Carey on that song. You know, you realize, man, I really messed up. I had probably the greatest situation. I had my dream girl, and I messed it up.

So don't clap for that. No, but to be honest and vulnerable, I understand why you're clapping. So the song wasn't really about trying to get it back. It was taking ownership of what I did as a man and owning my flaws and expressing it through song. Oh, so the song was about her. Yeah, so the song is about her,

but it wasn't about getting back together. He knows that it's impossible, but he said it was just therapy for him, and I guess he's just being accountable. Now, that's impressive, too. I wonder when a person realizes that it's over and getting back with that person is not a possibility. I wonder when do you allow yourself to get to that point

and when do you get to that point? When do you realize that is what I'm trying to say. Well, yeah. I mean, she has a whole new boyfriend now and he's had several children since then and their kids are 10. I think that's part of it. So it does take time.

I think that's part of it because they both moved on at a particular time. And Nick Cannon got with about four or five kids after that. So, you know. True. Yeah. And he's expecting his eighth child now. So.

Yeah. All right. Now DaBaby is being sued by Danny Lay's brother, Brandon Bills, because of their recent fight at that bowling alley that happened in California. So according to the lawsuit, Brandon Bills is saying he walked by the baby in the bowling alley and the baby suddenly attacked him, leaving him with severe injury and pain. He said he didn't fight back

and the baby's assault resulted in physical and psychological damage, plus medical bills and sustained disability. No, no, no, no, no. You can't do that. That's not how any of this works. Okay, this is one of the main issues I have with this era. Nobody wants to deal with the consequences of their actions.

You threatened that man. You invited him to a fist fight. You had an issue with him. You told him when he came to L.A. it was on site. On site! All right? And even after the fact, you said you wish you had somebody else with you. You know what I'm saying?

Because it would have went down a whole different way. So, no. You got to take that L, King. You just got to take that L. Yeah, I don't understand that. You can't threaten me, say, when I see you, it's on-site, and then when we see each other, we get into it. Because now I'm on defense. You told me you're gonna put hands on me when you see me.

That's right. You said on-site. That's what on-site means. So now when I see you, I'm scared. I'm defending myself. That's right. And any of you people talking about, oh, he got jumped. Yes, he did get jumped. But guess what? You can't pick the consequences of your actions. You know what I mean? Like, I can say anything.

I can do anything. But I can't tell somebody else how to respond. That's how they chose to respond. You just got to take the L, my brother. It's the L. It is what it is. You'll be OK. All right.

And the God's Honest Truth with Charlamagne is renewed for season two at Comedy Central. Do you want to give us some details? Babe, bet! Hey, man, you know, you can watch the first season, the whole first season on Paramount+. Right now, it's streaming all 12 episodes. And, you know, we'll be back this summer.

You know, salute to my man, Stephen Colbert. Salute to Aaron Magruder. Salute to my showrunner extraordinaire, Rachel Edwards. And, you know, just the whole team of the guys on this trip. We happy to be back. We thank God for it all. Congratulations. Thank you, man.

Thank you. So follow us at C to Show, C-T-H-A-S-H-O-W, for more updates. Because we're always constantly dropping content until we come back. And I'll be doing a series of one-on-one interviews in conjunction with the God's Honest Truth, you know, leading up to the premiere this summer. So yes, we thank God for it all, man. Okay. And in other television news, Hillsong, a megachurch

exposed docuseries, has gotten a release date. That's going to be on Discovery Plus. All three episodes are dropping on March 24th. So you know that Hillsong megachurch has made famous by people like Justin Bieber, the Kardashians, and other stars as well. But there was all kinds of drama that happened.

And music was really a part of that worship. Carl Lentz, Pastor Carl Lentz, became a star in his own right, but then he had an affair and that contributed to his downfall. So now they're doing a whole docuseries on that. Well, salute to my man, Carl Lentz. That's my man.

You know, I haven't spoken to him in a minute. I'm actually probably hit him up today. But, you know, salute to Carl Lynch. He's a good person. He's a good person.

And we all make mistakes. All right. And the Larry David story is happening. That is a documentary. You know, he created Seinfeld. He has Curb Your Enthusiasm. That's a two-part documentary

about him. That's going two-part documentary about him. That's going to happen on Tuesday, March 1st at 9 p.m. And it will also be available for streaming on HBO Max. So it's going to be on HBO and then also on HBO Max. So I'm excited to see that because, you know, I love Curb Your Enthusiasm. I love Curb Your Enthusiasm, but I hope that they don't play it safe.

You know what I mean? Because Curb Your Enthusiasm is a show that's been around long before cancel culture. You know what I mean? And they've explored a lot of different topics on that show, including the N-word and how it's used. So I hope that they don't play it safe. And I hope that they actually have those real conversations about comedy and what comedy was and some of the choices they made on that show. Because I feel like they've always made smart choices that some would deem problematic now.

But I hope they don't run from it. Yeah, and that show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, had a whole nother season. They definitely did not stray away from the controversy. And it's funny. It's smart. So excited to see this. All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report.

All right. And let me shout out to my Hamptonian sister, Wanda Sykes. She's going to be one of the hosts on the Oscars. Also, Amy Schumer and Regina Hall. So I just wanted to shout her out and shout to all Hampton University alumni out there. Wanda with the Hamptons? Wanda Sykes, yes.

Okay. Wow. With the Wanda. Yeah, so shout out. And shout out to Will Packer, who's producing that as we discussed the other day too. So that's exciting that he put all three of them as the hosts. Yeah, shout out to Will Packer.

Good brother too. All right. Now up next is the People's Choice Mix. Get your request in. 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

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and Insurance Agency, Nashville, Tennessee. Some restrictions. DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. It's Black History Month. What we doing? Listen, man. Every day during Black History Month,

the Black Effect iHeartRadio Podcast Network, we drop a daily podcast called I Didn't Know, Maybe You Didn't Either. Okay, in today's episode, my man B-Dot is going to tell you the story of Claudette Coven. How art thou? I didn't know, maybe you didn't either. What's really good? B-Dot here. I am in High Point, North Carolina at the High Point Museum.

History everywhere. Let's check this Jeezy out. Well, on today's episode of I Didn't Know, maybe you didn't either. We're gonna talk about Claudette Colvin. Cause at the age of 15, March 2nd, 1955, they told her to get up out of her seat. They told Claudette,

hey girl, get to the back of the bus. You know the rules around here. Claudette said, nah. Felt like Sojourner Truth was on one side and Harriet Tubman was on the other side, holding her down. She said she couldn't get up. So they locked her ass up. At the age of 15, nine months later,

Rosa Parks does the exact same thing. But Rosa Parks was an adult and she was the secretary of the NAACP. So the NAACP and other organizations was like, we're not gonna rock with Claudette Colvin. She's 15 and her background is a little... You can do your own homework to find out what the background was. They felt that middle-aged Americans would be able to accept Rosa Parks a lot better and they were right. But let us not forget Claudette Colvin. She did it first. And just recently, all of her criminal record was expunged. Ain't got good. I didn't know. Maybe you didn't

either. Oh, it's interesting. Listen. All right. Well, happy Black History Month. That's right. And make sure you download. I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. It comes out daily on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network available everywhere you listen to podcasts hosted by my guy B. Salute to B. All right. Now, keep it locked. We got the positive note when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Yes. And can I give a quick shout out to Deborah Cox? You know, I'm in Atlanta. I've been filming for that show, First Wives Club, and I actually had a scene with her yesterday,

and she's super amazing. I just love Deborah Cox. It was really exciting to be able to work with her, so I just want to shout her out and everybody from the team over here at First Wives Club on BET. Salute to Deborah Cox. Salute to Jilly from Philly, too.

Jell on that show, right? Yes, I had a scene with Jill. Yeah, I had a scene with Jill Scott also, so I'm really excited for that, but I'm just happy that they included me. I actually played myself on there, Angela. So, you know, it was just dope to work with the two of them. It was fun.

I was excited. I was nervous, but I just want to thank Jill Scott and Deborah Cox for making me feel so comfortable. All right. Now, Charlamagne, you got a positive note? I do. The positive note? I do. The positive note is simply this.

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