The Breakfast Club - Memorial Day Rewind

Episode Date: May 29, 2018

Monday 5/28- Today on the show we flashed back to our interview with politician and attorney Bakari Sellers where he spoke on Social oppression, Kanye West, Anxiety and more. Also, we went back to the last time Cardi B joined us, and spoke to us about her pregnancy, relationship with her fiance Offset and more. Moreover, we flashed back to when Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to a fan that said the N- Word at Kendrick Lamar's concert and interesting enough we made it into the topic to see who our listeners thought was in the wrong. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing thing alicia keys like you've never heard her before listen to on purpose with jay shetty on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts it's time it's time time to wake up dj and angela yeats and charlamagne the god of the breakfast club bitches the voice of the culture people watch the breakfast club for like news and really be Time to wake up. DJ N, Angela Yeats, and Charlamagne Tha God. The Breakfast Club, bitches. The voice of the culture. People watch The Breakfast Club for light news and really be tuned in.

This is one of my favorite shows to do. Just because y'all always keep it 100, y'all keep it real. They might not watch the news, but they're on Twitter. They're on Facebook. They're, you know, they're listening to The Breakfast Club. Get your ass up. Wake up, wake up. Wake your ass up. This is your wake up. Wake your ass up.

This is your time to get it off your chest. Damn, damn, damn. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Tanisha from Norfolk. Hey, Tanisha, get it off your chest. I'm blessed this morning because every day I wake up to go to my job and I can take care of my two babies. So I'm blessed this morning.

Congratulations, baby. Thank you. I love y'all so much. I watch y'all every, I mean, let's see y'all every morning on my way to work. We love you too. Hey, baby, thank you for having no taste. Hello, who's this? This is EJ. Hey, get it off your chest.

Well, I just want to say that I'm thankful. Today, I had been in and out of the nursing homes three times because I couldn't walk. I'm at my house now. I'm walking and I'm helping my family. And I am thankful. Okay, well, congratulations. That is truly a blessing.

I feel gratitude this morning. There's a lot of people thankful this morning. I like when gratitude is the attitude. Hello, who's this? Hi, how y'all doing today? This is T-Maddis, T-E-E-M-A-D-I-S. I got something to get off my chest. Go ahead, bro.

I'm not mad or blessed today. Okay. Waiting on you. Yeah, my thing to get off my chest is two years ago when I was in New York, I hollered at Angelique's homegirl and she told me, ew, to my face. It was all good. I didn't mind it. I'm a soft-tailed pussy.

But I will tell you this. I made an observation of you three collectively. Ew. But I will tell you this. I made an observation of you three collectively. Every morning you guys come off with some type of sexual innuendo off of another topic you were talking about. You guys say no stuff like that. Nobody says that ever again. We don't play no. We grown men. We don't pause.

Especially you two, Charlamagne and DJ Envy. Good morning, everybody. Hi, Angela Yee. I don't think me and Charlamagne. We let the f***ness openly fly. You guys party around that f***ing whole joke

all day, every day. And I will say this. As a collective. We play around the rim, above the rim, baby. Above the rim. But check it out, though. But check it out, though.

As a collective, if you have taken any psychology courses and you've studied throughout the course of your life, you guys either suffer from one or two things. Either you all are homophobic or you're curious.

What do you think it is from your assessment? Chocolate Thunder, what do you think of that situation of y'all? I don't know. I'm going to ponder that one. I have never thought about it. I never thought about it. Like I always tell y'all, man, there's nothing a man has told me yet to finesse me out of my boxing reach.

Not yet. But it could happen. Yeah, I mean, I know. I'm married. Okay. But if you wasn't married. If I wasn't married, I ain't thinking about it. I just can't get over the fact that my friend told him, ew.

Why is there no gray area, though? Why we got to be either homophobic or gay? I don't know. Why can't we just be having some fun? I love a good racist joke, and I love a good gay joke. Whoa. All right? What do you mean, whoa? It me, I love a good racist joke and I love a good gay joke. Whoa. All right? What do you mean whoa?

It's not whoa. A good racist joke. Yes, I love a good, I love a good joke about race and I love a good joke about gayness. Well, keep your fingers away from me

because I don't like that type of fun. That's not your idea of a good time? That's not my idea of a good time, all right? Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

If you're upset, you need to vent. Hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is Barshe, man, coming out of Charleston, man. Not here in the morning, heading out. Yo, 843, what's happening?

I need you to slow down. You sound like you had a lot of pork this morning. Calm down, man. Hey, yo, DJ Envy and Angel Lee, this is a true story. I kid you not. I'm coming out of the joint. I was talking to a cat and he hooked me up with Charlamagne Tha God. And Charlamagne talked to me before he got that platform.

He didn't have no money or nothing. And he was dead broke. And he was amazed at the story. Soon as he got that platform, this is the green-eyed genie, the creator of hip-hop. All pioneers know it. Soon as he got that platform, this is the green-eyed genie, the creator of hip-hop. Errol Pioneer's no s***. And now everybody, they doing a movie on me. And here, Charlamagne didn't have no money. Y'all didn't even know him, DJ Envy and Angela Lee.

He didn't have no money or none of that. Soon as he got that platform, Goldie's my man, Charlamagne. Your best friend, Goldie, n***a. He put you on the phone with me when I was driving the trolley bus in Charleston, doing the million dollar weddings, taking everybody to the plantation that was coming from all over the country, and you talked to me for around 30

minutes, and I told you I was the creator, you didn't have no money, you was dead broke. Soon as you got that platform, like many black people do, you flip, got a book deal, moved your family out of there now You're in Jersey. Go to me. Go. We talk about you With Grand Wizard Theatre and shootout

1975 1976 77 78. I'm in the Marshall Arts here in the out the flame 35 years in the martial arts. And we over here, I'm bringing this culture to all the five boroughs. Nobody knew no hip-hop, knew of nothing. You come out the country of some monk's corner, first living in Charleston. Charleston, all of that back then was all bummy and dirty. Now you get a platform. You don't know the history.

You don't know the life. But you know what's about it? It's millions just like you, Charlemagne. So I'm not going to even hate on you right now. I don't know. I sound like hate to me, sir. I don't know what you're talking about. But listen, Goldie is my guy.

That's not my best friend, but that's my guy. And number two, I don't understand your point. Yeah, I was broke at one point in my life. And people come up. I don't understand what your point is. I don't understand your point. Yeah, I was broke at one point in my life. Yeah, you was dead broke. And people come up. I don't understand what your point is. I don't get it. I don't understand. Like, you spoke to me back in the day, and then now what?

He spoke to him for 30 minutes, and I thought that was pretty good. You know, you from South Carolina. You was broke. You got a job in New York. You work in New York. I don't see the problem. I mean. Sound like a great come-up story to me.

I don't know. I was proud of you. I mean, hey. Salute to my dude, Goldin. I still talk to Goldin. I don't know. I don't know. I was proud of you. I mean, hey. Salute to my dude, Golden Eyes. I still talk to Golden. I don't know. I don't know. I mean, if your family was in South Carolina, that'd be a long drive every morning from

South Carolina to work. I don't get the point of the whole story he just told us. Goldie about to be like, why you put me in it? But good morning. Goodness gracious. He was mad. Hello, who's this? Hey, man.

It's Davey Ruffin again, man. I'm back. I'm trying to redeem myself. I'm all I got this morning. I'm blessed. How y'all this? Hey, man, it's Davey Ruffin again, man. I'm back. I'm trying to redeem myself. I'm all right going this morning. I'm blessed. How y'all doing? Redeem yourself for what? It's been a weird morning, but what's up, bro?

I'm all right, man. I've been on, you know, I got on two days ago. You know, I've become a comedian. But what I really wanted to get off my chest is why at 6 in the morning, certain people, I think they forgot about hygiene. There's no reason at 6 in the morning you feel like the back of a trans truck and the shift just started. Damn right. Hey, but if you do garbage, though, if back of a trans truck and the shift just started. Damn right.

Hey, but if you do garbage, though, if you're a garbage person, it stays in your pores, though. Come on now. Sanitation work. It might have been trash from the day before. And to the guy that called right before this, it's Angela Yee. He kept saying Angela Lee. It's Angela Yee. Everyone does that.

The man is clearly eating pork early in the morning, man. Don't tell him that. And I just want to say, sometimes people smell because of their clothes. You ever notice that? Sometimes people, if you shower and you put on dirty clothes, an old dirty coat, you're still going to smell, so make sure you wash your clothes, too. Or if you use cheap detergent, sometimes cheap detergent don't work.

That's why you got to Febreze everything. Get it off your chest. 805-85. You ain't broke no more, Solomon. You ain't got to Febreze everything no more. I'm going to always live like I'm broke. You ain't got to Febreze everything no more. Didn't that guy tell you? I'm going to always live like I'm broke. You ain't got to Febreze. Just get some detergent. I just wasn't sure what he wanted.

Nobody. I don't know. I don't know. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Shalem and the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.

My partner. Bakari Sellers. What's going on, fellas? Welcome back, sir. I'm glad to be back. Thank got a special guest in the building. My partner. Bakari Sellers. What's going on, fellas? I'm glad to be back. Thank you guys for having me so much. How do we introduce Bakari nowadays? Is it CNN? Political pundit?

Political commentator. Put in retirement politician. Just a cool guy. You're not a retired politician. What do you mean retirement? I got put into retirement. I guess I lost my last election. That don't mean nothing.

I'm getting back out there one day soon. You know, when Hillary, we had Hillary up here. Hillary said, I would love to see. Well, she was first talking about Steve Benjamin, our man, Columbus Alcalana. And then she was like, started talking about you. And I said, I wish Bacari would get back into politics. She said, me too. I'm getting back in there soon.

That interview was dope, though. Congratulations on landing that Hillary Clinton interview. They almost didn't do it because of Charlamagne. Bacari, you know B Bakari set that whole interview up I think he gave a donkey one time his tweets they went back to tweets from like four years ago

I got a phone call the next the morning before the interview and they were like Bakari this is all on you if this goes bad this is all on you were you nervous at all? I was nervous, but I had talked, Charlemagne, I know they had y'all at some clandestine site out there and I was like, y'all, it turned out really well. It was good. You remember, remember we had the Scout app?

Yes, the Scout app. I had a video on the Scout app where I had a Hillary Clinton mask and I was humping him easy. Oh yeah, that had to come down first. People don't know. I mean, I told people. They sent all of that. Oh, yeah. I was texting him like, man, take this down.

And this. And this. One morning, the whole time. And this. How did they find that? What? It's Hillary Clinton running for president. Yeah.

They found all of that. Jeez. But you know, now, I mean, I came on here in 2014. You had the mayor of Newark. You got Andrew Gillum. You got Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders. Jeff Holder. I mean, Eric Holder. I was like, who's Jeff? Eric Holder.

Eric Holder, Kamala Harris. Yeah, so now this is the place to come. Everybody who's running for office, white, black, or otherwise, needs to come by here. So, Andrew Cuomo, Cynthia Nixon, they both need to make a stop by here. A lot of people that came here that lost, though. I ain't gonna lie, though. That's not true. That is messing with you.

Why did you lose, Bakari? What happened? No, I mean, I ran against somebody who had been running for office since 1984, the same year I was born. South Carolina's still

a very Republican state. And, you know, I think I could have run a campaign, but I also think that the state wasn't ready to have a black elected statewide official. There was a Democrat because Tim Scott did win,

but just not espousing the values that I did. You know, we talked about taking the Confederate flag down in 2014 before it was popular. You know, people were giving us death threats and threatening messages about doing it. And so I don't think the state was ready. I think it's getting there. But I was happy to be a part of it. I had been in elected office for 10 years. So now you get a chance to take a step back and realize you weren't as important as you thought you were. Which is ironic that, you know, you was getting death threats trying to get the flag down because it took death to get the flag down.

I mean, that's why, you know, when I bring it kind of forward to Childish Gambino's video, like, this is America, one of those scenes in there when they gun down in the church. Oh, man, that's what I said yesterday. And then you see the paranoia and the mass paranoia afterwards. I mean, it just took me back to another place. I mean, I hadn't cried so much in a very, very long time. And, you know, talking about a upcoming book you got, you know, my anxiety just went through the roof after that because you lost a friend.

One of my good friends, Clem Pinckney, was the preacher in that church. He actually made it. He was the only person who made it alive from the church to the hospital. And he died at the hospital. His wife was in the church. His daughter was in the church. He invited Dylann Roof into the church and His daughter was in the church. He invited Dylan Roof into the church. And he actually had Dylan Roof sit right by him doing Bible study. And he was killed because of the color of his skin. So we still got a long way to go. But yeah, that was a part of our campaign. And it just didn't work. But maybe you lay the groundwork for others to run. I saw you enjoying the Childish Gambino video. You actually commented Kanye who?

Yeah. But in 2014, I told y'all right here in this seat about Kanye West. You know, you asked me about Kanye West kind of re-transfiguring the Confederate flag. And I said, you can't do that to something that has so much pain and oppression tied to it. And there's not a political statement that Kanye can make. And the problem, there are a couple of problems with Kanye West as he stands today. The first is we look at Kanye West politically through the lens of George Bush hates black folk, right? That's the only thing that Kanye West at that point politically has actually gotten right. Everything from that point forward has been a misstep. So that's first. And second, you look at somebody, I think that Ta-Nehisi Coates just wrote it.

Oh, that was a great article. Oh, it was amazing. I had to read it four times. You know, I'm not black, I think that Ta-Nehisi Coates just wrote it. Oh, that was a great article. It was amazing. I had to read it four times. You know, I'm not black. I'm Kanye. Right. And Kanye is looking for this white adulation. He's made himself right now.

He is he is the mascot for white supremacy. I mean, anytime Donald Trump goes on stage and touts you, but Flint still doesn't have water. There are hundreds of thousands of meat meals in the United States of America. You see the instances of police brutality. It still takes 225 years if we were to make wealth equal between whites and blacks today. It would take 225 years for African-Americans to catch up. You have systems of oppression and injustice. You're punished because of the zip codes you're born into.

And that's just talking about black folk. We haven't even talked about Muslim brothers and sisters who are being oppressed every single day. We haven't even talked about dreamers who are in this country who don't know if they're going to be ripped away from their family. So Hispanic, gay. I mean, there's so many vulnerable communities that Kanye West apparently doesn't give a damn about. Right. And the fact that he's not able he's a grown man and he's not able to see that or not willing to learn about it. Other than that Google image he put up. well that that's that is the problem he just doesn't know no kanye west is what happens when don't read seriously i mean and he's proud of it anti-intellectualism is not cool like not reading not searching out your environment i mean kanye

west literally said you know i don know, I don't read. I don't read books like that, you know, and to not be in a state of rage because of the environment around you. Yeah. So I said Kanye who, because there's so many people who are replacing him. I mean, you think about the coolest part of that, of that video. And I know T Grizzly was in here early and I think, you know, I was able to talk to him a little bit and he actually grasped it.

But the coolest part about that video is the young kids that follow Childish Gambino throughout. Because what it shows is that the youth are always following you. They're watching your every move. They're watching your every step. And we just have, you know, thank God for J. Cole and Kendrick and all of these other people. And, you know, there's a role, I guess, for Tekashi and I don't even know half their other names. Not really, but okay. I mean, there's a role, I guess, for Tekashi and I don't even know half the other names. Not really, but okay. I mean, there's a place for him, but we have to get to a point where we can be more conscious.

Do you think it's one of those things where he made too much money and just doesn't see himself as us anymore? I don't know. I think that he looks for acceptance from other people. I know that he's struggling with the death of his mother. I know that being in Calabasas can change your world. Opioid addiction is real. All those things that Kanye West are going through are really real. But I can't make an excuse for him being a part of the oppressor's team. There's no excuse for that.

But to this conversation we were just having, one of the things that I'm talking about, I'm working with a group of young black men out of Charlotte called Melanin Money, is the fact that we don't have, in our communities, we don't have wealth. You know, when you talk about the fact that African-Americans don't have general... We know a lot of rich people, but we know very, very few wealthy people. I think this is the first generation of black wealth. We're still making our money. So, for example, you look at the purchase of the Carolina Panthers, right?

For example, you have to be able to put up $800 million in cash. In cash to buy that team. It's a $2.5, $3 billion deal. What African-American you know can put up $800 million in cash? It's coming. And still be able to live and still be able to have a business and flourish. I mean, you have to take a- Maybe Oprah? Nah.

You don't think so? Nah. Cash? I mean, her net worth is like $3 billion. He said cash, liquid, though. That's what I'm saying. So liquid, I would give her at least a little of a billy. That would then be all her cash.

That's true. So, I mean, that's what I'm talking about. You would have to take Puff and Oprah and this person and LeBron and this person and that person, whereas you have people in this country who can just write that check. Right. And so we still have to work to get there and make sure that we're investing and doing all of those things proper and doing all those things right. It's coming, though. I mean, they got a 400-year head start.

I mean, this is like the first generation of black. Oh, I'm not blaming us. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, no, they definitely got a head start, but I'm running that race now as well. All right, we got more with Bakari Sellers when we come back. Don't go anywhere. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now we have Bakari Sellers in the building. I was talking to my daughter about this just yesterday, and I was talking about legacy and when I want to leave. I was telling her why. That's kind of morbid.

Why? You know, not as in dying, but yeah, as in dying as well. Like I said, I want to create something where they can have something for themselves. And these are the conversations my dad didn't have with me and my mom didn't have with me, but I'm having with my kids and they're understanding it more. They're understanding the value of a dollar. They understand why I do certain things and invest in certain things and pull money out of certain things. So they're getting it early. So we're putting it in their heads a lot earlier than we were. That's true. And, you know, my father, we're from Denmark, South Carolina.

We got three stoplights and a blinking light. And y'all remember when they used to mail you credit cards? My father would take those credit cards and cut those up in front of us right now. And so I didn't learn about credit because my father was always under the belief that if you don't have it, you shouldn't spend it. You shouldn't buy with something you don't have. So he never had an overdraft. You know, he never had a credit card. He would just cut them up in front of us. So those are things that I had to learn.

And, you know, thank God I have a co-parenting system with my wife and my daughter's father is Vince Carter. And so we have a co-parenting, a new blended family. And we're able to teach her at 12 years old, you know, what it means to save, what it means to have credit and those type things. Vince Carter, Vince Carter? You didn't know this? No. You guys are friends? I think I don't remember this one.

We speak all the time. We don't speak all the time. We co-parent. I mean, he's a good dude. I mean, let me tell you something, and then we can move on. But Vince Carter is an amazing father. And so he's an amazing father to Kai. And I get a chance to learn how to be a father to Kai.

And so she just has a huge network. And so... Does he still got money? Vince? Yeah. Vince is a... He played last year in the league. I'm just making sure

these child support payments coming on time, okay? He played last year in the league. I like to see my brothers come up, all right? This is a good way for Bakari to come up here, all right? Here you go. All right. Yo, I'm going to get a phone call about this or not. But he's a great father.

Let me tell you, he takes care of his daughter in every type of way possible. So I couldn't ask for a better situation. Right. Why do you think, and we talked about this a little bit, but why is some of the conservative rhetoric starting to convert some liberals? You know, I think that, first of all, there's an opportunity over there. So if, for example, if DJ Envy wanted to go and reach think that, first of all, there's an opportunity over there. So if, for example, if DJ Envy wanted to go and reach the pinnacle of success, do you live in New Jersey or New York?

Jersey. Jersey. And you wanted to run for office in Jersey, I mean, go be a Republican. We can put you in a state Senate right now. Really? If you go up and say, you know, I'm from free thought and small government and conservative ideas, and we'll get you a Make America Great hat. And, you know, we can give you this lane of opportunity.

That's first and foremost. But African-American men are what I'm more concerned about. I mean, there's a lot of misogyny in our culture. A hundred percent. There's a lot of misogyny. There are people right now in our barbershops who tell you they didn't vote for Hillary Clinton because she's a woman. They didn't think a woman could be president.

There's a lot of ignorance and we have to do a better job of educating ourselves. And so we're beginning to do that, but there are cracks, and Democrats haven't done their job. Yeah, that's what I feel like, man. I feel like Democrats are so busy just blaming Republicans for everything instead of telling people what they actually want to do. Well, I mean, yes, we're the party of Donald Trump is this instead of telling people what they actually want to do. Well, I mean, yes. We're the party of Donald Trump is this instead of telling people what we believe in. And so, you know, for me, I tell people my task is simple. You know, my mother got diagnosed with leukemia

while I was running for lieutenant governor. And in Bamberg County, our hospital shut down. And one day my mom was walking in the house and she did something that older women or older people should not do. She was carrying grocery bags with both hands. And so she tripped and couldn't break her fall and fell right on her mouth, busted her mouth all open. Now I'm a lawyer. My sister's a doctor. My brother is a, is an exec, a sales exec. And so we were able to get a network together, get on the phone, have somebody go pick my mom up. And they had to drive her 30 to 45 minutes to the nearest hospital. Now, what if you didn't have that?

You know, what if you're working two jobs at the Savannah Riverside, or you only have, you know, one person in your family who's working diligently? My mom was sitting on the steps just bloodied and bruised, teeth all out and all that type stuff. And so you realize that she didn't have access. And so what I want to do is create access for people, access to a quality education, you know, access to health care. They are 13-year-olds in this country, black kids, from Harlem all the way down to South Carolina,

who have never seen a dentist. That's not required in school? I thought that was required in school, no? Nah. You go see a dentist? I thought dentist and doctor, you guys were required. Not no dentist. Maybe doctor, not dentist. Eye doctor, dentist, and maybe not.

No, that's called... I doctor, Dennis, and maybe not. No, that's called who you're from. No, not where we're from. No, we know some of those dudes. Exactly. No, and so, you know, you got kids who still lunch at school. I know you grew up with some kids who still lunch at school so they can go back and feed their little brothers and sisters. So, I mean, we have real issues, and that's what Democrats need to be talking about, how we destroy these systems of oppression.

What do you think the best thing has been? What's the best thing about the Trump presidency so far? Oh, that we're talking about race in a very, very real way. You know, Donald Trump is a racist. Absolutely. Period. But Donald Trump doesn't bother me as much as the good people who still support Donald Trump. You know, I look at white evangelicals, for example, these people who thump the Bible, Franklin Graham, for example, who will turn their nose to the bigotry, the xenophobia, all of those things that they claim to espouse on Sunday. But on Monday through Saturday, they want to make America great again. That bothers me. I'm trying to figure out where where that jives and it's troublesome. Without Donald Trump, we wouldn't be having these discussions about race. If Hillary Clinton was president, we wouldn't be sitting here talking. We would be talking about criminal justice reform, but in a different way. Now we're having a very visceral conversation because, you know, race and genocide, slavery and genocide are the two original sins of the United States of America, and they've never been dealt with. What's next for Bacardi? Politics. Yeah, I'm going to run for Congress one day soon.

Hey. Whenever Jim Clyburn. Y'all want to hire Jim up here? That's how you can be the fourth member of Breckinsley. You know, good or well, Jim going to die in that seat. God bless him. I mean that in the best way. All right.

You won't be able to come home talking like that. So, no, I love him. He's been a hero at work for him. So, whenever he decides, I mean, I'm sure there'll be a lot of people running. I just want to be one of those people in the hat. But until then, just trying to be a voice every single day. Be a voice for the voiceless or a voice for the unheard. And tell them where they can find you.

You got the podcast? I got the podcast, Viewpoint with Bakari Sellers. Instagram, man. I'm trying to get my Instagram up the way yours is and stuff, man. Tell them the Instagram name. It's Bakari Sellers. B-A-K-A-R-I Sellers. S-E-L-L-E-R-S.

All right. Well, it's Bakari Sellers. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Thank you. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are The Breakfast Club, and we got a special guest in the building. Benderella is here. I'm here. Cardi B. Mama body. Welcome and congratulations on everything. Album, platinum, records, gold album, and the baby. What were you more excited about dropping last week?

The album or revealing the baby bump? What excited you more? Mostly the album. It was like a relief. The baby thing, it was like more uh like a relief the baby the baby thing is it was also relief but it's something that it was like nerve-wracking you know we're trying to hide it and stuff like that try to hide it not even just try to hide it it's just like what people will say i don't know why it makes me sensitive yeah yeah it makes me too sensitive well your hormones and stuff kicking

in now it's a different level when you're pregnant and all kinds of stuff yeah hormones and chemicals and like all kinds of stuff got your emotions out of whack a little bit did you get sick the first couple of months were you sick at all yeah and you still do shows

hell yeah I think that's amazing that you were working as hard as you have been because you've been working harder than anybody that we've seen a lot happening before this album comes out. And I'm like, damn, how is she doing all that? Because I could just imagine wanting to just be laid back and relaxed. Yeah, well, you know, I know a lot of people invested their time and their shminish on me.

And it's like I just don't want to disappoint anybody. I don't want to make anybody feel like it's like, I just don't want to disappoint anybody. I don't want to make anybody feel like it's like, damn, what the hell. And, you know, a lot of people was like telling me like, what are you doing? What are you doing? And it's just like, okay, I'm pregnant, but I have a game plan. And I just wanted to show people, like not the critics, like mostly people around me, like the people I work with, like it's like, y'all going like, mostly people around me, like, the people I work with.

Like, it's like, y'all going to have a job still. Y'all going to have a job. That's a good question. With everything going on in your career, did you ever think of not having the baby? Or was it planned? I mean, it might have been planned. No, it wasn't planned.

It wasn't planned. It was just one night. It was a good night. It was a good night. It was a good night. I know exactly when it happened. You remember exactly when you got your club shot up? Yeah, because that one night, it had to be that night.

It had to be that night. You know what I'm saying? But with everything, did you ever think of not having a baby? Kind of, sort of. And then again, it's just like, no, I just didn't want to deal with the whole abortion thing. I just didn't want to. The regret of it, probably. Yeah, I don't know.

I just didn't want to. And it's just like, you know what? I'm a grown woman. I'm 25 years old. I'm going to say it in the most humblest way. I'm a schmillionaire. You know what I'm 25 years old. I'm going to say it in the most humblest way. I'm a schmillionaire. You know what I'm saying? And I'm prepared for this.

I love what Remy Ma said, though, too, because it is true for women. Men have kids, continue with their career, nothing stops. And for women, it's so different. They try to act like, oh, if you have a baby, it's the height of everything. But it is proof that you can be pregnant, have you have a baby, it's the height of everything. But it is proof that you can be pregnant, have a baby, and still be at the height of everything. Yeah, you know what? It just really

bothers me, and it disgusts me because I see a lot of women online like, oh, I feel sorry for you. Oh, your career is over. And it's like, why can't I have both? Like, as a woman, why can't I have both? Like, why do I gotta choose a career or a baby? Like, why can't I have both? Yeah, men never woman, why can't I have both? Like, why do I got to choose a career or a baby? Like, why can't I have both?

Yeah, men never have to choose. Well, those are the people that's rooting against you anyway, though. So they want to see you fail anyway. And you absolutely can. I mean, you're showing it now. You absolutely, positively can. But it's not even people that, like, not rooting for me. Like, a lot of people around me was concerned.

Like, it's like, I don't think it could happen. This never really happens. And it's like, I don't want to wait until I'm 30-something to have a kid. I want my kid now. I want my kid now that I have energy and stuff. I really

feel like I have energy. I'm telling you. I think I have, what's that thing called? Scleritis? Whatever. I'm getting it. I feel it. Already? I feel it. My finger. I type too fast. Are you taking the medication, the pills, to not be nauseous? No. For real?

No. So you don't get more in the sickness and stuff? Yeah, but you know I got to thug it out. Thug it out. Now, how did you tell Offset that you were pregnant? How did that conversation happen? Yo. Mad baby emojis.

Yo, I'm scared. I think I'm f***ed. No, he messed up. Yo, he messed up. You know what I'm scared. I think I'm fucked. No, he messed up. Yo, he messed up. You know what I'm saying? If I was a broke bitch, he would mess up. Broke bitch and everything, but I'm good. We good.

We good, we good, we good. He was happy, I'm sure, right? Mm-hmm. All right. I'm excited for you guys. I mean, I just love your success. We've seen the grind, and we've seen it hands-on. So some people you don't get to see, but we've seen you grind,

and people doubt, and you put the mixtapes out, and you came to my house to play your mixtape, and you did the teen parties to the 500 people see, to the 1,000, to the 10,000. How does it feel to have an album out right now? It feels like such a relief. You know, like around October, I was like, I'm about to release an album right now. Because I had like 15 songs in the stash and everything.

And people was like, wait a minute, hold on. And it's like, hold on what? It's like an album is really special. An album is something that you got to take your time on. You know, I just started the music business, the industry, whatever the crap. And I just didn't know the difference between like an album and a mixtape like what's so important and then it's just like i feel like i was a little bit overdue when when it comes to the album but it's just like i wasn't realizing

that it's like i barely had time to go to a studio because i was being overbooked like it's like you want a 80 dashing for this show yeah it does like, you want a 80-dash for this show? Yeah, I does. Next thing you know, I'm booked for five shows in one week. And then it's just like so many magazines are presenting me opportunities. I'll be damned

if I take it. So many opportunities that have been offered to me and I just be damned if I take it. Next thing you know, it's just like, oh, crap.

I got to work on this album. And then it's like, it's like, I can't wait for May. I can't wait for the summertime because it's just like, oh, crap. I got to work on this album. And then it's like, I can't wait for May. I can't wait for the summertime. Because it's like, I'm competing with time. And I'm competing with my body. What I like about this album is that it feels like Cardi B.

How much control did you take of this album? Because I know at one point, Atlantic was trying to get you to do certain records that you didn't want to do, right? I have full control. I have full control. You know, a lot of people was presenting me You know A lot of people Was presenting me Hugs A lot of people Was presenting me

B and I was like That sound about white NER What was your favorite Song on that album It really depends Because I don't know

I really like all of them Because they all Gave me a vibe I wouldn't even put it If I didn't like it I like it like that That's my favorite I like it too

Now everybody They tried to come at you even put it if I didn't like it. I like it like that. That's my favorite part. I like it too. Now everybody, they tried to come at you last week about the ghostwriting thing. And I like how you owned it at your album release party. What do you think about all that? My thing is that it's like, you know, Partisan, he's not a ghostwriter. He's a co-writer. You know, I credit him. I credit him on all the songs that

he's been in. And I even gave him a shout out in the iHeartRadio award. And, you know, I credit him. I credit him on all the songs that he's been in. And I even gave him a shout-out in the iHeartRadio award. And, you know, the Be Careful song, I heard the song. I was like, oh, I like this. It didn't even have a hook or nothing. I just liked that verse thing. And I was like, yo, I want this song for me. I like what you're saying. I like the beat.

And then we just worked on it. You know, I'm putting my people on. They making money. I ain't paying him off and hiding him. He right there. He came to you with the Grammys. Y'all been down with each other, though. That's my guy.

I love Partisan. Yeah, he been knowing me forever. Shaking my ass in shoes. I'm putting my people on. You know what I'm saying? And Atlantic noticed his working skills and noticed his music they signed him too

hey Partizan got some money Partizan got signed to Atlantic sneaky ass rapper no that's dope that's dope when did that happen

two three months now they know that was good I know Kaiser was sniffing around him. I didn't know he actually did the deal. That's dope, though. Partisan deserves that.

Partisan deserves that. Why you ain't signed him to your label? You should have started Body Gang Records. It's not that easy, damn. I can't even handle my own self. Imagine me handling another artist. I don't even want to promise people anything. I don't want to promise people anything

if I'm not sure that I could give them something. I've seen people be like, sign this, sign that, and they can't do anything for them. So it's like I'm not going to play myself or play with somebody's dreams. How much of the songs on this album would you say is about your real life, like things that you're really doing? Are you still going through phones

and doing all that? I don't even go through phones because I don't want to play with my own damn feelings. That's a terrible thing to do because they say when you and doing all that? I don't even go through phones because I don't want to play with my own damn feelings. I feel you. You don't go through phones no more? That's a terrible thing to do because they say when you look for something, something's going to happen. Well, you know, the way the internet is nowadays,

you're going to find out regardless. You got to put pressure. You can't never stop going through the phone, though. You just got to let them know every now and then. I'm still here. Don't think your body changed at all, okay? Well, you know, like, I just don't even want to play myself. I don't even want to see somebody.

I mean, it's not really that hard because every single time that somebody texts him, you'll hear it, cling, cling, cling, and you'll see it. It's like, you'll hear it. All right, we got more with Cardi B when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Cardi B's in the building. Charlamagne. Now, do you enjoy doing music or is this just like a money play? I enjoy doing music. Lately, it's been a little so-so because I feel like people have made it something that is so hard to enjoy that people have made it for me

like it's a job at first it was fun at first it was just doing music that I like now people have this pressure for me and people want to put me in these standards that I never asked for I never call myself the greatest lyrical person I never said that I'm this this and that and people just expect so much from me and this is like don't expect too much from me because I'm this, this, and that. And people just expect so much from me. And this is like, don't expect too much from me because I'm going to give you things that if I like, it's because I like. I'm not trying to be no crazy thing. It's just like nowadays it's like people are like,

oh, yeah, but your record didn't hit top 10. I don't care. I think it was a good song. What's the problem? Like it just got so overwhelming that it's just like now I got to think, think, think before I put out a song. And it's the problem? Like, it just got so overwhelming that it's just like, now I got to think, think, think before I put out a song. And it's like, I don't like to think.

I don't like that pressure. Like, that makes it a job. And I don't want to feel like I'm doing a job. I want to feel like I'm having a good time. I told you that before, though. Don't overthink things. Like, you can't. Like, Bodak Yellow was Bodak Yellow. You don't got to make another Bodak Yellow.

I'm a Libra. But do you miss that intimate feeling? Because knowing Cardi coming up, you were in the crowd. You were touching the kids. But now you can't. There's no way you can do it now. Do you miss that at all? Being intimate with the people and touching them and jumping in the clubs

and going to the crowd. Do you miss that? I do miss it. I do miss it. I do miss my privacy. I do miss a lot of things like so many people like don't understand when i say like when i was a dancer i was way much happier and it's like oh well then go back to strip club i'm not trying to say that what i'm trying to say is just like

i had like more of a normal life i felt more free I had less people judging me. Less people telling me what to do. It's just now it's just like I feel like I'm a damn pet in the zoo. Right. Just people looking all day long. Do you think the baby gonna bring you some normalcy? I don't know. You know what? I have been working and thinking about

album and thinking about what I gotta do next. That it's like I gotta take my time to nest. Do we know if it's a boy or a girl yet? It's a girl. It's a gangster. It's a gangster. Hennessy slipped and said it last night

on social media when she was congratulating you. Why you want to know? You want my registry? I got two types separate registries. You know, I got registry for the people that can't afford certain things. You know what I'm saying? And then I got the registry for y'all.

No, I want the talking one. I want the talking one. We'll do a nice breakfast. I want the talking one. I know that y'all make money in this radio station because this is the most syndicated one, whatever that means. So, y'all on that budget, Amazon, which parents? We got you.

So, Cardi, career-wise, what has been most exciting for you so far? Would you say? If you had to pick a moment that you were like, this was like the best day ever. Well, when I did the whole Billboard number one thing,

that was really special for me i couldn't i couldn't even imagine that i even hit number one my goals was to get on the radio and get my things repeatedly on the radio and they just hit number one and then uh seeing artists i looked up to or people that i never even think that they know me congratulating me even even the album too it's just crazy so Oprah listening to it and yeah it just it was really special you know like this month has been the most overwhelming month ever I I felt like my world was ending or something. I was having meltdowns and everything. So with that, how are you handling the backlash you received from social media? Does that make

you handle it better? Does the love make you handle all the criticism you get better? Yes, because I don't know what it was. I just was feeling, damn, how the hell I became the most hated person ever? Every single day, it was just a big backlash if it's not about my relationship it's um blogs and damn paparazzi stalking me trying to find out about my personal life my pregnancy then people with the music and it's just like damn it's like people are never satisfied it's just driving me crazy like what else do y'all want from me? And then all the positive love that I got from my album is just like, okay I just need to chill. How do you prepare for Coachella? You got Coachella coming up? Yes. How do you prepare for that? Well on Wednesday, I will be flying in mm-hmm to LA and we're gonna do 10 hour rehearsals

So that day whoa damn Are you feeling anything right now food wise? Is this something like you have to have Like my wife was into ice cream and store bought Is there any craving that you need Like I need this now Chicken Caesar salad That's not that bad

The last time it was hotcakes from McDonald's So that's better I don't know I haven't really been I don't really be eating like that You know you're eating for two now You gotta feed the baby I don't know I just don't. Really? You know you're eating for two now. You got to feed the baby. I don't know. I just don't feel overly hungry or anything.

I feel normal. Are you scared to get plump in front of the cameras? Is that what it is? No, no, no. I don't care about that. If I'm hungry, I'm hungry. I don't know. I guess I'm naturally skinny or I guess my appetite is just weird.

Just like Envy's wife. She had five kids and she looks exactly the same. Yeah, she ain't getting no weight. Well, I hope that's me. Have you decided how much time after you have the baby you're going to sit down and just focus on that? I'm hoping like a month, three weeks. I don't think Cardi's going to sit down. Don't let them pressure you to get back out there now.

I mean, it's not pressure. It's just like, I don't know. I just got to wait and see because I don't, I've never done this before. You're going to have milk coming out your teeth. You're going to be lactating. You can't just run back out there. I can't put a pad in there. You can't put a pad in there. I can't see Cardi B sitting down.

Put some panty liners in. I don't see you sitting down. I've never seen you sit down. You're a hustler. I just don't see it. I see you popping that baby out and going on tour, grabbing it in and going like that's what i see um i just feel extremely hungry for things especially because i hate saying i hate i hate my mentality i hate trying to prove people wrong but it's like i have to prove people that it's like a baby won't stop me nothing has stopped me before people didn't even know that I was going to get here.

So how are you going to tell me when it's going to finish? And at the end of the day, it was Jesus. You said the baby's motivating you, too. Yeah, it is motivating me. I just do not want to disappoint anybody. I just wish that I had a little bit more time for me to think for me. I didn't like that people was just harassing me. I had a whole bunch of friends calling me like,

is that, I can't believe you ain't told me. Why I got to find out on the internet? You know, I was going to go to Atlantic like, listen, y'all, I'm having a baby, but I got this whole plan. Okay? This is what we're going to be doing every week. I didn't even have the chance to do that because they just called me like, hey, so we're hearing that you're pregnant

and it's just like something that is so precious and private to me I couldn't even keep it for myself right and it's like I feel like I have given everybody everything they ever wanted I've been open I've been doing videos with no makeup on looking mad crusty it's like certain things y'all want from me that is like can can y'all just chill? Y'all nearly want to be in my damn gynecologist's damn appointment. Y'all want to see everything. Well, how do you know when to keep things to yourself? Because you have been so public for

so long. I have kept so many things to myself. There's so many things about me that people don't know because I really do choose as open as people think that I am, I really do choose on what I want to be there or not. Right. Now, a lot of people were pitching to you because they want to do a TV show

with Cardi and Offset. Are you considering doing any of those things? I don't know because sometimes I be like, no, but then it's like when I see the money, it's like. There's a jump show back. You said you're doing Coachella Are you doing something with Beyonce? At Coachella? No, I think we have different dates

Oh, okay, okay, okay Got you, got you So I'm not even sure how Did y'all do a song together? That was a rumor too No No, people You know what I'm saying?

People just be making things up But that's supposed to happen? It was just an idea That people was just You know when you hear a song And people be like This would sound hot If this person is on it. And people just around you just be gassing things up.

And it's just like, it ain't came out of my mouth, so. Right, gotcha. Lauren actually heard the Be Careful record, right? She listened to it? Yes. You know, a lot of people was criticizing me when it came to the Be Careful record. And it was just like, I was just like damn why people

don't like this song I love this song and then I was like wait a minute it don't matter what these people say Lauren Harrell approved this song if she didn't approve it I would have to change so much from it and she approved it and I heard she very spiritual

when it comes to her things and she approved it and it's just like you don't gotta hear what people say when it comes to her things. And she approved it. And it's just like, you don't got to hear what people say. You spoke to her or she sent a message? She sent a message. Wow. How did it make you feel? It made me feel like super confident at the time. It made me feel super confident.

Like, oh, it's going to be a good record. Lord, help me. That's actually somebody that would be, you could have a conversation with about being pregnant and stuff. Because when she got pregnant around the time when She was really popping off and it was telling her get rid of the baby You about to be a star whatever whatever and she still had a baby. Yeah. Well, I just don't like talking about it I don't know why it is. I just maybe it just makes me feel weird, but yeah, cuz you're a gangster

So you don't want to feel sensitive this stuff? You know like when my mom touches me. You don't like when your mom touches you? Yeah, she's going to touch my stomach and everything. She's like, Mom, stop it. That's her grandbaby. Hmm. It just makes me feel weird.

All right, we got more with Cardi B when we come back. Don't move. Matter of fact, let's get into a mini mix. Let's play some dope Cardi B joints. Your favorite Cardi B joints right now is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. That was a Cardi B mini mix. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha

Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Cardi B's in the building. Now, have you slowed down as far as clapping back? Because at one time, you would pull up in Uptown or the Bronx and still try to f*** a bitch up. Have you calmed that down a little bit? Yeah, because I tried to kill my baby. I tried to kill my baby.

No, you know what I'm saying? I just got a couple of friends. You got a couple of friends out a little bit? Yeah, because I ain't trying to kill my baby. I ain't trying to kill my baby. No, you know what I'm saying? I just got a couple of friends. You got a couple of friends in the hands of that business now? I got a couple of friends. You still got all that beef in the hood? Yes, because just because I have favorites doesn't mean I still don't like them. I still like you. You ain't trying to be the

bigger person and just say, hey, it's all love. Let me bring y'all together No because I know you don't like me And I'm never gonna like you Like you You have done stuff to me That is unforgivable

Now I see you also have the collab Coming with Fashion Nova That was a long time in the making So you're actually designing your own line What can we expect from a Cardi B line? Real clean Real stylish Real fashionable Not tacky line? What can we expect from a Cardi B line? Real clean, real stylish, real fashionable, not tacky. You know what I'm saying? It's going to be really popping. That's why we're taking our

time. And I'm putting so many people on, my stylist, my sister, you know, she's like a fashion girl, pitching in ideas and everything. and it shall come out in the fall. That's good because they've been down with you for a long time. Mm-hmm. So I know that's big for Fashion Nova also. Yeah, and, you know, they got really good prices. I want things for people that is, like, not that expensive and everything. All these brands be trying to rob people.

I ain't going to say nothing, though. Well, what's the next evolution of Cardi B? Because you came up in the script club, social media, did a little reality TV, now the music. What's the next evolution of Cardi? You know what? I really don't know because I feel like, damn, what can I not do besides dance?

I don't got that much rhythm, y'all. You know what I'm saying? I'm getting so many deals that I be telling myself, like, I don't think I can do that. And people be like, oh, yes, you can. And there's so many things that I told myself, like, I don't think I can do this, but I have done it. And it's just like, I think I can do it,

especially for the right price. But you don't stick around doing things too long, though. Like, you stay in one thing for a little while, then you move on to the next thing. So how long do you think you're going to rap? No, I think I'm going to rap for a hot minute. You know what I'm saying? I'm going to rap until I like to, until I...

Nah, I like money forever, so it's just like, I think I'm going to rap forever. You know what I'm saying? But she knows when to get in and out. Because even with Love & Hip Hop, they were like, don't leave, you're getting too much. And you was like, I'm out? You know what I'm saying? But she knows when to get in and out. Because even with Love & Hip Hop, they were like, don't leave. You're getting too much. And you was like, I'm out.

You know what? I never even thought about when am I going to leave. You know what I'm saying? I never really thought about that. I just want to do everything. Everything that can make me money, I'll do it. And everything that I develop a passion for, I'll keep doing it. I have a passion for music, and I'm going to keep doing it.

A lot of people are telling me acting. They want to get me into acting. I used to do a little shows in high school. I just don't feel like I'm too good at it now. Maybe if I start getting classes or something, I'll be great in it. And I'll probably start doing that. I don't know. There's just, I feel like's just so many different things.

You got a lot to do. You still got to plan a baby shower. You still got to plan a wedding. That's a patient's job. You still got to go on. That's who? A patient's job. You still got a lot to do.

When it comes to the things that I have planned for work, it's like I'm almost finished, but then it's just like, oh, my gosh, I do got to plan a baby shower. And it's like, oh, I do got to plan a baby shower. And it's like, oh, I do have to plan a wedding, but it's just like, it's hard to plan

a wedding when it's just like, we both working. Right. I'm about to go on a long tour. He's going to go on a long tour. And I'm knocked up too.

Like, I ain't trying to have a wedding and not drink. You know what I'm saying? Go to a honeymoon and not have, like, unlimited piña coladas. You know what I'm saying Go to a honeymoon And not have like Unlimited Piña coladas

I wanna see Cardi When she has the baby Cause Cardi's so gangsta I wanna see if Cardi cries When that baby pops out She is And she gonna poop on herself too That's the other thing

Yeah cause I keep hearing That you poop on yourself Yes you do But that's cool though Because me and my dude Is close now You feel really close You know what

So He's gonna have to deal now. You know what? He's going to have to deal with it. You know what I'm saying? Like, you're going to have to deal with it. Clean it up. Now, when did you, I didn't know you sang. Like, I was wondering who was that on through your phone.

And I saw you tweet that was you. I used to sing in high school. There's a video of me singing in high school. But I just don't feel like I'm super great in it. You know, and my voice have changed. You know what I'm saying? Smoking, screaming, shucking. It's just not the same.

It's not as great anymore. But it's just like, why not give it a try? Like, I mean, I used to win my challenges. I like ballad-like hip-hop songs, too. I like that there's like a nice balance of that. Because I don't feel like we have enough of those ballady type of hip-hop songs. Those are the type of songs that I haven't really heard in a while and I just wanted to bring that element

and it's just like, I feel like a lot of people think that I'm just this girl that don't have any type of feelings. People just think I'm just some type of dog bitch or something. So it's just like, nah, I gotta show y'all a little shun shun. I don't want y'all to just think that I'm just not this person that care about things.

I just put it on my music too. You know what I'm saying? How did Chance the Rapper collaboration come about? Because when you see it, you're like, damn, Chance and Cardi. The song, it just felt like it was Chance the Rapper. It's like, ah, I need this on my hook. I need a verse on him. And we reached out to him.

He did a verse, and it's like, but can you please get on the hook though? Because this hook, it just didn't sound good with me. And he tweaked a lot of it. He was real busy. He was in Australia and he came right back and he did it. And it's just like, me as an artist

knowing how busy you can be, for him to take the time and do it, it's just like I'm very grateful. It's like, damn, Michelle Obama knows this kid. And he getting on my record. Every artist, actually, because it's like I know how busy artists are,

and I'm very grateful. And if they need a kidney, I'll find somebody to give it to them. I'll find somebody. I thought you were going to donate it. No, because you don't want my kidneys. You don't want my kidneys. I drink a lot of coffee and beer. What about Be Careful?

Why did you decide to sing that and hook yourself? I don't consider it as like singing. Do you consider it as singing? Yeah. It's a little bit of singing. Yeah. I didn't consider it as singing. I did it with my regular voice.

The only man, baby, I adore. That's singing. Is that singing? If you was in the shower, they'd be like, yo, you singing in the shower again, Cardi? When I sing in the shower, it's like, yeah, fine. That's singing to me.

That's not a good. That to me was singing like, I wanted on the hook of that song to feel like I'm talking to you. I song to feel like I'm talking to you. I wanted to feel like I was talking to the guy. I didn't thought it was like, singy-ish. That's why when people was like, oh, why you sing like that? It's like, I wasn't even trying to sing.

I wanted to make it feel like an open letter. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's like I need love, kind of. Like how LL did, I need love. I wanted to make it feel a little... Come on, Charlie. I'm sorry. You know what? It's like I need love, kind of, like how LL did, I need love. Like, why don't you make it feel a little... Come on, shall we? I'm sorry. You know what?

It's a habit. It's a habit. She just looks at it. How do you feel when you watch old interviews of yourself? Do you see the glow up that we see? Not on interviews. I be like, you know what? I did good.

Whatever. It sounds pretty good. When I see old videos of me, I be like, damn. My did good whatever it sounds pretty good when I see old videos of me I be like damn my teeth look f***ed up is it amazing to you

how many young women are so excited to be able to relate to the songs that you're putting out cause a lot of girls are like oh I went through

the same thing oh you helped me get through a situation with my man like those are the kind of comments that I'm seeing Cardi's talking to me

right now this is so me. This means a lot to me. This album's helping me out through a lot in my life. Yeah, because that be the goal. Like, it's like, I know that people are going to like this song because they can relate to my song. Because my mom's favorite song on my album is Be Careful.

Damn, she still scanning your pops with that? No, they're not together. Oh, okay. That's always been your M.O., though. You always deliver the message. That's why I always rocked you even on your IG videos. Even if everybody say, oh, she's so ratchet, but she always saying something uplifting to kids.

You know, I mean, sometimes I want to uplift. That's the thing. I just want to do different things that I like at the time because sometimes I want to deliver a message and sometimes I just want you to party with Cardi. Right. Why'd you name the album Invasion of Privacy? It just came up as a conversation

because while I was doing the album, I felt like that's when my privacy was getting invaded the most. Like, every single time that I look at the internet, there was a story about me, there was a story about my dude. It was just getting so ridiculous and so overwhelming that it's just like am I in this studio and people are making

things or still talking about me I feel like I'm going crazy like I was getting so overwhelmed it is like I feel like I have no privacy like I really feel like I'm a damn monkey in the zoo that everybody's just watching me and when they just not watching me, they just want to make something of me. When I really got upset, when I damn saw somebody with a camera, a paparazzi in the bush is like, bro. Where, in L.A. or out here? In Miami. Wow.

In L.A., it was just like, no matter which hotel we stayed in, it was just like, boom, there. I couldn't believe it. But that's the price of fame, though. Yeah, that's the level. You can't pick and choose, you know what I mean? Sadly. Sadly, you know, and that's why I be telling people, like, everybody wants fame until you have it.

All right, we got more with Cardi B when we come back. Matter of fact, we're going to push the rumors back a little bit, and Cardi B is going to come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, a little bit, and Cardi B is going to come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club.

Usually we do rumors here, but Cardi B is here. Now, what about family members and friends? Has new family members popped up and new friends popped up? There's a lot of friends that I had to get rid of, which really hurt my feelings, and it's really hard for me to deal with. And that's the thing, that people just don't be knowing things that really be hurting my feelings.

And sometimes when it comes to my family, like I get really sad because I just be feeling how certain things of me affect them. Like when people talk bad about me, it affects my sister. I have so many friends that they so hurt and they just be I can't take this. I'm so sad. I cannot see you like this. And those type of things like make me sad. Like I could take it but a lot

of people around me can't take it. They just cannot take me. Well they know you and they know who you are so when they hear people talk about something that's not true it bothers the s*** out of them I'm sure. Yes. And they can't defend me like And they can't defend me. Like, they usually can't defend me. They want to go cut somebody with a razor, but they can't do it because they know they'll get charges and they'll reflect off you.

They can't handle it the Bronx way. And also, clapping back brings more attention to certain things that don't need to have attention brought to it. So if your friends start going in on people, nobody would have ever seen that until the back and forth happens. Yes. It's just so crazy how people be wanting you to say something about certain situations. And then when you say something, they eat you up even more.

It's just like, do them if you do, do them if you don't. So I just be like, well, I'm just going to keep things more to myself because I just can't. These people are crazy. How do you know when to cut friends off? Little by little, I find out. I'm can't. These people are crazy. How do you know when to cut friends off? Little by little, I find out. I'm finding out. I just see people that are just being disloyal. I feel like some people just want to be around when it's beneficial for them.

When people just brag or use my name for certain things, it's just like, you got to go. Or when you just get called talking crazy about me, you got to go. Now, do people, a lot of people, especially family, because I know this happens a lot, asking for money now? Oh, yeah, but it always been like that. Oh, okay. It always been like that.

You know what I'm saying? Even when you was in the strip club? Hell, yeah. She was making money in there. Yeah. But, you know, now it's just higher. But they ask for more money. Ask for a car now, a house.

What they ask for is higher, but it's just like, I can't say no. Like, it's just hard for me to say no. One thing I really appreciated that you talked about was having been a stripper and women in the strip clubs or video vixens, how sometimes if people, if they were to say what things guys have done to them, like pull out their d***, you know, for a magazine cover shoot, and you said people would judge them if they complained about it and said, oh, this guy did this to me, this guy did that, and people would be like, well, you a ho, so what does it matter? But the truth is that all women deserve

respect. That's the thing, like, it's like, oh, well, how you deserve respect when you're not respecting yourself, you're showing your body this and that because i'm showing my body doesn't mean that i want to get touched when i don't want to get touched doesn't mean that you like some women a lot of women think like for example me when i was 19 and i used to be in the train stations and i used to see these girls with red bottoms in the magazine it's like wow i wow, I wonder how much money they're making. They're probably making like $10,000 just to be in the cover of this magazine. A lot of young women think that sharing jobs is a big opportunity for them,

and it sucks when you're trying to get that big opportunity, and there's people in the way like, oh, you want to be in this magazine? And they pull out their penis. some girls are very young and naive when i was 19 i wasn't i wasn't sleeping with people i wasn't doing none of that and it's just so many people like you want to be in this cover or you want to be in this music video the and it'd be directors photographers and it's just it's so crazy and if some girl will say something like in the urban world they will say it doesn't matter

because you're a hoe or you don't respect yourself because you half naked and this this and that it doesn't matter like why is it that you gotta harass me to do something

that I don't want to do for something that they feel like it's an opportunity have they tried you now has anybody in the music industry tried you

no nobody has tried me. Nobody trying that? No, not at all. But it's good that you could speak up for people because that is true. People automatically assume, oh, just because you work in a strip club, that means I could do anything to you or touch you any way I want. And you still can't do that to anybody. That's still somebody's personal decision, and it's unprofessional.

Yes, and people just don't understand. It's like you could be a good-looking girl. You want to be in this video and everything, but you're not presenting yourself to the person like, hey, I want to be in this music video. What's up? You're not presenting yourself like that. There's audition for these.

You're trying to book a job. Yeah, you're trying to book a job. There's really audition for music videos and everything. And then there's always that one person That try to sell a dream to this girls and I'm not the only I'm not I'm not even talking to myself I'm talking for a lot of girls because I've been there done that and that's why I was like no This is not for me. Are you regretting letting people know you was pregnant since Saturday? You're free. I feel free. People are going to find out anyways.

My body's changing, and I have so much work to do. If I could have chose a different way, I wouldn't even let anybody know because I don't want to hear people's opinions, and I don't want people to make me feel like a blessing should be a regret. I don't want the negative energy on my baby. So when the baby gets here, are you going to post it? Because you know people are going to have all types of things to say about your baby. I don't think I'm going to post it for a hot minute because, you know, first of all, babies come out looking weird.

Stop it. All babies are cute. That's what I say. No, but the beginning. They look a little crazy sometimes. They look a the beginning. They look a little crazy sometimes. They look a little weird. They look like a shaved cat. Oh, my goodness.

So, you know what I'm saying? And second, it's just like I got to mentally prepare myself first. Word. Like, that's why I stopped posting a lot of my family members. I have to mentally prepare myself for that moment. But we're happy and we are super duper excited. Yeah, man. Congratulations on everything, on all your success, the singles, the multi-platinum,

the album gold already in a day. I'm putting out a nice, cohesive album. I feel like all the songs are singles. Absolutely. It took time for me to do each and every song. You know, I have a strong accent and I don't care what nobody say. I'm going to talk how I talk forever.

I don't want to change it. I don't want no class. I don't want no speech class. I want nothing. But when it comes to my music, I don't want to hear my music. So I do things over and over and over and over again. Sometimes I feel like I'm not flowing right. So one song, I could spend about three days in the studio just doing that one song.

Like, Be Careful took me a hot minute to do. And it just all came out nice. People had to mix each song like three, four times. The feedback have been great. I can't even believe like, first, I'm really happy that the fans and the DJs like it.

Because DJs are going to tell you they suck or not. And you projected to sell 200,000? Oh, I got to find out the numbers today. I don't know what the numbers not. And you projected to sell 200,000? Oh, I got to find out the numbers today. I don't know what the numbers are. And you want to know something? I'm really new at this whole music thing.

I'm little by little trying to find out what it works. I don't know what's good numbers for a whole one week. I don't know what's good this, what's good that. I'm learning little by little. Well, the album already gold

and you sold 200,000. That's great. That's amazing. I don't know how much I sold. Yeah, we don't know the album already gold and you sold $200,000. That's great. I don't know how much I sold. Yeah, we don't know the number yet. We don't know the number yet. We're projected. It could be more than that. It doesn't matter.

You put together a great project. You should be proud of yourself. And just stay humble. How is Cardi staying humble right now? Well, I mean, I'm just, I don't know. I haven't really changed much. You know what I'm saying? I don't know. Cardi B, we much. You know what I'm saying? I don't know.

Cardi B, we appreciate you for joining us. Happy for you. Happy for all your success. Invasion of Privacy is out right now. Go get it. And thank you for coming through and joining us. And thanks for breakfast. Oh, yeah.

Well, you know where I'm staying. All right. It's The Breakfast Club. It's Cardi B. The Breakfast Club. This don't be a donkey. Because right now you want some real donkeys. It's time for Donkey of the Day.

So if you ever feel I need to be a donkey, man, hit me with the heat. Did she get donkey in the name, please, Deli? Absolutely. I have become Donkey of the Day. The Breakfast Club, bitches. You're a donkey. Yes, Donkey of the Day goes to this young, bitches. You're a donkey. Yes, donkey of the day goes to this young lady

named Delaney from Alabama. Salute to everyone who listens to us in Birmingham on 104.1 The Beat and in Mobile on 100.3 The Beat. Kendrick Lamar,

a young man who I consider the leader of the new school for this generation was performing at the Hangout Festival in Alabama and he decided to bring

this young Caucasian Delaney on stage to do a little trap karaoke. Now, Kendrick's first album, Good Kid, Mad City, features a very tough tune called Mad City. Now, Delaney, I don't know how old she is, but if I had to guess, I would say late, late 90s or early 2000s, because only a white person born in the late 90s, I'm talking 98 or 99,

or early 2000s, would fall for the trap that kendrick lamar laid out i am absolutely positive that white people of a certain age know they can't say the n-word in any context right that has to be a universal white law for every white person who's not a racist or a bigot right i mean if you're a racist or a bigot then the n-word is life but if you're a white ally you would never want to offend the black people you ride for right well when you're younger you don't see things that way, simply because you only know the N-word because your favorite black artist uses it all the time and your favorite black personalities use it all the time

and your favorite black athletes use it all the time. It's in the music that you purchase. So I understand how for a youngin', you know, the use of the N-word can be confusing. Now, Kendrick bought this white woman on stage And had her sing Mad City Let's be clear This song Mad City Has the N word in it 21 times You know how I know Because I had our producer Daniel count it

It's four N words in the hook alone Let's listen to the audio And see how Delaney Handled this Fear Factor Challenge. I'm my nigga. This is Kodama. I'm my nigga. This is Madagascar. I'm my nigga. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Am I not cool enough for you? What's up, bro? What's up? My boy Roman kind of do the ruse a little bit. Well, it's just really cool, bro. You have to work. You got to bleep one single word, though.

Oh, I'm sorry. Did I do it? Yeah, you did. I'm so sorry. Oh, my God. Did she say I'm being young? I laughed at this so much yesterday because I could hear the confusion in her throat.

Okay, I could feel how warm she probably felt on that stage. Neck started to get hot okay what you witnessed in that video was the snickers want to get away commercial film live okay it's like delaney you have to understand the climate we are in and you have to understand that no matter how cool you think you are as a caucasian you will never be cool enough to use the n-word in any context even if you are reciting the music from your favorite rapper now i'm not gonna act like i'm not conflicted by this though because i've seen kendrick lamar concerts before and i've seen a whole crowd of white people singing along to these records and i've never seen him stop the

song to address the crowd and tell the white folks not to do it and if you know you have the n-word in your song why bring a white person on stage to sing it okay especially a song that got the n-word in it 21 times four times in the hook now i'm glad kendrick did that because it bought me a lot of joy as far as getting a great laugh out of it but nah bruh now the reason delaney is getting donkey today is because she didn't know better okay the reason she knew better is because when kendrick corrected her she acknowledged her mistake let's hear it I'm sorry about that. It's not hard. It's not hard. It's not hard.

See, not only did she know the word was wrong, she edited herself, okay? She knew exactly where those N words landed in order to edit herself, okay? What happened the first time was she forgot she wasn't in her car by herself. She forgot she wasn't in her house, in her room with her friends. That stage was not your usual safe space, Delaney. Now, I don't care what you white people do in the privacy of your own home, but I encourage you not to. The reason I encourage you not to is because you shouldn't practice bad habits, okay? Saying the N-word is a bad habit. And when you practice bad habits, you run the risk of making the mistake that Delaney just made.

Please give Delaney the sweet sounds and the hammer tones. Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Yee-haw. Yee-haw. Now, even though this young lady is wrong, we do have to start holding some of these artists accountable. Right. And the reason I say that is because we don't want white people saying the N-word.

And let's stop giving them reasons to use the N-word, okay? F that E-R-G-A thing, okay? F the context, okay? If you can make young white kids call us something, make them call us gods, kings, queens. Why the N-word still? Yeah, I'm sure a lot of people watch that video and artists in particular are probably like, maybe I should ease up on that. Well, the thing is, if you're an artist and these kids are fans

and they buy your music, they stream it, they follow you. They sing along to it. And they sing along to it. They don't think there's anything wrong with it because, like you said, they think it's a difference between an ER and an A. They don't even know that. All they know is that the context their favorite artist is using it in is usually in a flattering context.

So is she wrong because she's following her favorite artist? She's rapping in her lyrics and she's not using it in a nasty negative way. She's using it like Kendrick is using it. She's wrong because she acknowledged she was wrong because she actually looked at Kendrick and said, did I say it? She didn't even realize that it came out of her mouth because she's so used to practicing

bad habits. Like I didn't realize I burped just now, but I kept going. You know what I'm saying? So I think that artists should have more accountability when it comes to just letting the N-word fly in their music. Alright, well let's open up the phone lines. If I pay for a song, am I purchasing the right to say the N-word?

Huh? I pay $1.99 for YG, my nigga. Okay. Yeah, you should be able to sing it. If you bought the dirty version, you should be able to say it. I pay $1.99 for YG, my nigga. Okay. Yeah, you should be able to sing it. If you bought the dirty version, you should be able to say it. All right. No. No?

No. I mean, you can. Listen, it's a fair factor challenge. You do what you want to do. You got to suffer the consequences of that action. You're right. $1.99 worth of black eye? I don't know.

$1.051. Who's at fault in this situation, right? Is it Kendrick Lamar or is it Delaney? All right. $1.085, $1.051. Is it Kend Who's at fault in this situation, right? Is it Kendrick Lamar or is it Delaney? All right. 800-585-1051. Is it Kendrick's at fault? I mean, he brought up on stage. He said the N-word.

Yeah, you didn't pick the – clearly the whitest white girl in all of Alabama. I'm sure there was a black person out there somewhere. You could have found one Negro in the crowd, Kendrick. Well, maybe not. Maybe not. Maybe not. All right.

But 800-585-1051. Who was wrong? Who's at fault? Kendrick. Well, maybe not. Maybe not. Maybe not. All right, but 805-85-1051. Who was wrong? Who's at fault? Kendrick or Delaney? Call us now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just join us, Charlamagne gave a young lady, young

white girl from Alabama donkey today. Yeah, her name was Delaney. The reason Delaney got donkey today because Kendrick Lamar brought her on stage to sing Mad City. Mad City has the N-word in it 21 times, four times in the hook. Let's hear it.

We from my nigga. Kendrick Lamar, we from my nigga. This Mad City up around my nigga. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Am I not cool enough for you? What's up, bro? Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait,'m so sorry. Oh, my God. Should she stay up here, y'all? Now, the reason she has to get donkey of the day is because she acknowledged that the word was wrong, and she couldn't even believe that it slipped out of her mouth. She even asked Kendrick, did I say it?

And then when she redid it the second time, she edited the N-word perfectly. So she understands that that's not a word that she should be letting fly in a public place like that. Maybe she thought it was okay because she was just reciting lyrics to her favorite rapper. She was trying to be like Kendrick. This is her shot. Exactly.

And she tried to get up there, and she seemed a little drunk, too. And she just probably just lost her mind. So let's open up the phone lines. 805-851-051. Who's at fault? Is it Kendrick or Delaney? Now, yeah, who do you think? Well, first of all, she should know better.

But clearly she didn't. Should she though? Yeah, she should. I mean, all you gotta do is, if you have social media, you watch the news, you know people who are black, maybe she doesn't have any of those things. Maybe she knows somebody that's black and she uses it around her black friends. Because afterwards she was able to censor herself

with no problem. Right, but she's buying Kendrick's song and she's reciting these lyrics. A $1.99 is enough that you're paying to say the N-word? Yeah. Is that what you're saying? See, I look at it like if you don't want people saying the N-word, then don't say it. Because your fans are going to follow you regardless.

Yeah, especially in your art. You know what I'm saying? I feel like artists should be held a little bit more accountable. If we don't want white people saying the N-word, then let's stop giving them reasons to use the N-word, okay? If we can make young white kids call us something, make them call us gods and kings and queens. He might have to get some type of disclaimer first,

like when he brings people up. All right, now we had some incidents. It's not even a stage, though. He does it when people buy the songs, and that's what they do, you know? I just think we don't realize how much we're hypocrites and how much we contradict ourselves because if we say things like the N-word is okay now and we've changed the context of it, shouldn't that mean that it's changed for everybody? You can't still get upset when you hear a white person say it if the context of the word has changed.

Let's go to the phone line. Hello, who's this? This is Kiki. Kiki, who do you think was at fault? Kendrick or the young lady Delaney? Definitely Kendrick. Why? Definitely.

Because you got... Sorry, whoa. You got the N-word. See, you just did it too. You got the N-word in your song, all through the song, over 20 times in your song. How can she not say it?

You should have pulled a black person on the stage. Or if it was even one black person on it, I mean, on the audience? You should have pulled a black person on the stage. Or if it was even one black person on the audience, you should have pulled that one black person. Don't pull a white person up there and get mad when they say it. Well, she did edit herself the second time, though. Yeah, she, okay, hello, nobody's stupid. You know when to edit the song. It don't matter if the word was the N-word or if the word was the B-word.

You know when to edit it. So why she didn't do that from the beginning then? Because we in a show. I just paid my money. I bought your CD. I'm into the car. I'm hyped. That's right. I'm going to edit it out. She said it's Kendrick's fault. Don't put all the white stuff on the stage

if you don't want me to say that word and I'm already talking up. I didn't know it was a price on saying the N word. All I got to do is buy a song and buy a concert ticket? Hello, who's this? Sherry. Hey, Sherry. Who was wrong, Kendrick or Delaney?

Delaney. Why you say that? Because a lot of Caucasian people know what they're not supposed to say, and they use that excuse of, oh, well, it was in the song. And, oh, well, I was just saying it, and it was a slip of the tongue. Nah, we're old enough, and we already know. This has been going on for years. You shouldn't say certain things, and she should have known better.

All right. Thank you, Mama. 800-585-1051. We're talking. Kendrick Lamar brought a white girl on stage to do his song, and she said the N-word. Who was wrong? Who's at fault? Kendrick or the young lady Delaney?

Call us now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, Charlamagne gave this young woman from Alabama donkey of the day. Now, Charlamagne, why'd you give a donkey

today? Yes, Delaney. Delaney got donkey of the day because Kendrick Lamar bought her on stage to perform Mad City. Mad City is a song off his first album that has the N-word in it 21 times. Has it four times in the hook. Let's hear it. We from my nigga This is Kermit, I'll take it

I'm my nigga, this Mad City I'm from my nigga Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait Am I not cool enough for you? What's up, bro? What's up?

My boy, Roman, kind of knew the rules a little bit. Well, it's just really cool, bro. You have to work. You got to bleep one single word, though. Oh, I'm sorry. Did I do it? Yeah, you did. I'm so sorry.

Now, the reason I had to give her a donkey is because she acknowledged that the word was wrong She didn't even know that the word slipped out of her mouth and when she performed it the second time she edited herself Perfectly she forgot that that stage was not a safe space. She realized she wasn't at home in her room She realized she wasn't in her car But she realized it a little too late But the problem is is if I'm a fan of you and I buy all your music and purchase all your music I'm gonna sing the lyrics exactly like you do. I'm not thinking about, well, I got a sense of myself. Who might be watching?

Especially if I'm in Alabama and the crowd probably look just like me. Bro, I'm with you. Until they started booing. I'm with you. That was interesting to me, too, because I've seen Kendrick Lamar concerts where white people have all been chanting the N-word. He's never stopped the crowd to be like yo y'all can't do that but he just got the girl on stage standing next to him with the mic i think it was because from i think the reaction of the crowd i don't think kendrick would have

stopped her if the crowd didn't react in a in a in a wild way but once again this is just another example of why the n-word will never be a positive word and i don't know why we keep trying to make it that because if it was such a positive word and the context has been changed all across the board, we wouldn't care who uses it. Well, let's go to the phone lines. Nicole, good morning. Hey. Hey, who was that for? Was it Kendrick or was it the young lady Delaney?

To be honest with you, I really feel like he was dead wrong. Why? Because if it was me, if it was me and I was a Caucasian. I see you laughing at the mere thought. And I'm on stage and you invite me on stage as a, you know, I'm a dedicated fan. Like, I love you. You invite me on stage and that's just one of the moments of my life. And you didn't tell me a before time that if I said a word, you know the word, the N word.

The N-word. That you, you know, if you were going to invite me on stage and ask me to recite your song, sing it. Just letting you know that I'm a dedicated fan because I'm going to say every word for word for word. So listen, we in Charleston, right? We in the 843. A white girl come on stage.

She starts singing Mr. Taylor. I'll shoot that right now. Man, Taylor's so real. You know where you're going for Charlamagne. Come on now. He's going to get mad at her. He, Taylor's so real. You know where you're going for Charlamagne. Come on now. He's going to get mad at her. He's a diehard Taylor, Mr. Taylor fan. But since you're plugging people now, don't forget my son is back on the track.

Go check him out on Facebook and on Twitter and on Instagram. I got to plug my baby now. I ain't mad at you. Plug your baby. 8-4-3 all day. Sleuthing my guy, Mr. Taylor, man. My goodness. Hello?

Hello. Hey, who's this? Hi, this is Myra. Hey, Myra, what did you think about Kendrick? Was Kendrick at fault or the young lady Delaney? Honestly, I really think that Kendrick was at fault because we are so caught up in black and white and we're turning it all the way to racism.

And sometimes it is true. White people do think they're just cool. And Kendrick knew that his song had the N-word in it. So he knew that she was going to go along with the process. And I think that she was just more so being genuine with her song rather than trying to call us out of our name and degrade us. Oh, no, no, no. I don't think she was being racist at all.

That's not even a conversation. I don't think she was being racist at all. That's not even the point. It's just the point of a white woman, a white person. You gave her donkey of the day, and of course she's white, but Kendrick should have never let her say the song. So he should have gotten donkey of the day. Well, the reason I gave her donkey is because she acknowledged

that the word was wrong, and she even said to Kendrick, oh, my God, did I say it? So she knew that the word was wrong. If she didn't know the word was wrong. Only because, only because he stopped her. He tried to portray that and was like, don't be saying that. So that's why. But if the crowd would have went along with it, he would have went along with it.

She wouldn't have thought she was at fault because she was having a good time with the I agree with that. I agree with you on that. I do agree with that. I feel like you on that. I do agree with that. I feel like if the crowd went along with it, I think he'd have kept going too. Yeah, for sure.

For sure. All right, baby. Well, thank you. All right, what's the moral of the story? The moral of the story is, man, we do have to start holding some of these artists accountable.

If we don't want white people saying the N-word, then let's stop giving them reasons to use the N-word, okay? If we're going to make young white kids call us something, make them call us what we are, which is gods, kings, and queens,

God damn it. All right, so call me a king. Nah, you too big to ever be called a king. Ain't no light-skinned people in Wakanda. I don't know if you noticed that or not. Did you notice that? There was no waffle-colored Negroes in Wakanda at all. Well, then call him a queen.

Shut up. Ain't no light-skinned queens in Wakanda either, bro. You know what? That would be dope if they got a brown paper bag test to get into Wakanda. Get out of here, man. Get out of here. That would be so dope they got a brown paper bag test to get into Wakanda. Get out of here, man. Get out of here. That would be so dope. No way, man.

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