The Breakfast Club - Nipsey Hussle Interview and More

Episode Date: February 21, 2018

Wednesday 2/21- Today on the show we had Nipsey Hussle stop by where he spoke about his new album, his relationship with Jay-Z and more. Also Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to J.J Redick after he used a derogatory term towards Asians and Angela helped some listeners out during "Ask Yee".  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Good morning, USA! Oh, hey! Good morning, Angelique. Looking around. Alright, well, guess what day it is? Guess what day it is? Pump day! Yeah. And for me, it's day day it is? Guess what day it is? Pump day! Yeah. Ha, ha, ha, ha.

And for me, it's day seven of my detox. How is that going? It's going. Because, you know, yesterday I was like, I'm hungry. And I was thinking,

I'm going to go eat. And I was like, what is Ye doing right now? That's what I was thinking. What is Ye eating right now? Yeah, I haven't had any solid food. But, you know, I'm going to tell you the hardest part of it is

that I'm so, number one, walking past food. And sometimes people turn, like you look like a chicken wing right now when I look at you. Breast to thigh. I would say a gizzard. And the other part is that a lot of things that happen revolve around food. Like people will be like, let's meet up. Let's go grab a bite to eat. Oh, you can't do that? Right, can't do that. Peopleve around food. Like, people will be like, let's meet up, let's go grab a bite to eat.

Oh, you can't do that? Right, can't do that. People have dinners, people are like, let's go get a drink. And it's really hard to do anything that doesn't revolve

around food. Like, what do I meet up and do? Can I ask you some personal questions? Mm-hmm. When you poop, is it solid now? I don't poop.

There's nothing to come out. So you just don't poop. Okay. Yeah. All right. I think I have gone, like like twice in the past week. Oh, my goodness. And it's definitely not solid.

Oh, God. Okay. All right. Now, the next question, right? You can't do exercise, right? No, because I don't have the energy for that. All right. No sexual harassment.

No sexual harassment. No sexual harassment. You can't have sex either, right? You can't say no sexual harassment and ask me a question like that. But no, you also are supposed to abstain from sex during this detox for two weeks. For how many days? 14? Two weeks.

Oh, my goodness. You know what? We got lotion. I'm going to give some lotion for your boyfriend. Here, give your boyfriend some of this lotion. Just tell him, hold it down, B. Goodness gracious. All right.

Well, last night, my son, he's black. Black. Yeah, he's black. He's back Panther. He's back playing basketball. I'm excited about that. Football makes me nervous with all the concussions. So yesterday he scored 40 points.

Oh, really? He dropped 40. He dropped 40 and had 10 assists. It was funny, right? I'm the dad. He had 38, right, with two minutes left. I said, you got to score two more. Score two more.

And they were up by like 20. And I was like, you got to score two more. Oh, come on. And he dropped 40. He dropped 40. Why did they let some other kids play that don't get to play at that point? I didn't ask. I was going to say, take my son out.

He's doing amazing. I'm like, let the other kids play. Hey, whatever you want to do, coach. He's doing his damn thing. Well, good job, Logan. All right. Well, this morning, Nipsey Hussle will be joining us. Of course, he's from the West Coast.

He has a new album out called Victory Lap. Victory Lap. We'll be talking to him about all that stuff. Amazingly, as much as Nipsey Hussle has done, as many albums as he's put out, this is his debut album on a major label. Right. It feels like he's done so much more because he's had so many albums out. So many mixtapes, as they call it. All right.

So we'll kick it with Nipsey Hussle. And we got front page news. What are we talking about? We will talk about possible gun bans. Is there going to be anything going on now with banning these weapons? We'll tell you what Donald Trump had to say. And we'll tell you about Florida legislature. All right, we'll get into all that when we come back.

Keep it locked. Get your ass up. Good morning. It's The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee. Show them in the car. We are The Breakfast Club.

You got all the white people asking me if that's my car out front. The Godfather that was grand hit me and said, is that your car out front? I said, stop it. I got on a Wu-Tang Clan Target t-shirt on right now.

It's 70 degrees in New York, in New Jersey today, so I pulled out the baby today. I took it off, I said, I unwrapped it. I said, I'm going to drive my baby today. What kind of car is that?

I can't tell you. Why not? It's right out front. It's very expensive and it has a horse on it. There you go. I said, I'm going to drive my baby today. What kind of car is that? I can't tell you. Why not? It's right out front. It's very expensive and it has a horse on it. There you go. I think it's a horse. I'm going to go downstairs and take a picture if you don't tell me. It's some type of animal.

It's definitely a horse. All right, I'm going downstairs. I'm going to take a picture. Oh, my goodness. Let's get into some front page news. Now, let's talk about these weapon bans. Are they going to ban these AR-15s? What's going on, Yee? Well, it's not looking very hopeful.

Now, the Florida Statehouse on Tuesday, they reject, yesterday, they rejected a ban on many semi-automatic guns and large capacity magazines. And this is really sad because a lot of the students and survivors

were disappointed. Now, Cheryl Aquilari, I can't say her name right, Aquiroly, she's a 16-year-old junior from Stoneman Douglas. She said, it's just so heartbreaking

to see how many voters' names were up there, especially after it was my school. And Spencer Blum, who's one of her schoolmates, said he felt like lawmakers weren't representing him. He said that's unacceptable. It shows that they don't care about us. No, they don't. Mass shootings are collateral damage for the right

to bear arms. Period. They don't care about that. They said they're going to try to get the age older, because right now at the age of 18, you can buy an AR-15. They're going to try to make the ages older. In most now, at the age of 18, you can buy an AR-15. They're going to try to make the ages older. In most states, not even in all states. In most states, you have to be 18. In some states, you have to be 21 to buy a handgun minimum.

Well, handgun, but rifle, you can be 18. Right. Why not just ban the sale of all assault rifles? I'm with you. All automatic assault rifles. I'm absolutely proud. I mean, I don't need to shoot a piece of paper 45 times around or a dare or what's the other thing that they call it? A boar hog?

You say that, but you own an AR-15. Right. I own it because the bad guys own it. So you got to stop saying it. No, I don't. I think they should be banned, but I'm not going to get rid of mine until they are banned. So you'll give up yours and everybody else's? Absolutely.

I don't need it. I only use it for bad people. I'm going to be honest with you. I ain't doing that either. I have my mom behind my back and everybody else turn theirs in. I'll turn something else in. I'm going to keep this one. Nah, if everybody's turning them in. It doesn't sound like it's going to be honest with you. I ain't doing that either. I have mine behind my back. Everybody else turn theirs in. I'll turn something else in. I'm going to keep this one. Nah, if everybody's turning them in.

This doesn't sound like it's going to work then, guys. Get rid of mine. You can't leave out your family. Hey, listen, man. Get rid of them, but I'm going to keep mine behind me. I believe in the right to bear arms. I'm never going to sit there and tell you that, but I do feel like there needs to be some type of gun control

and there needs to be some type of people control. I keep telling y'all over and over. What do you think about the minimum age in most states being 18? That's too young. It ain't even about age, though. To have that much power. It's about people control, man. What do you think about the minimum age in most states being 18? That's too young. It ain't even about age, though. To have that much power. It's about people control, man. Every day of our life, we trying to avoid crazy.

That's true. Every single day. You just never know when somebody going to go crazy. Well, let's get to Donald Trump then, because he said yesterday he has directed his attorney general to propose changes that would ban bump fire stocks. Here is Donald Trump. And just a few moments ago, I signed a memorandum directing the attorney general to propose regulations to ban all devices that turn legal weapons into machine guns. I expect that these critical regulations will be finalized, Jeff, very soon. Now, that's just talk, because honestly, you can buy a piece

or you can take the spring out. So that's just talk. I mean, it sounds good. It's just talk. This is his way of avoiding the bigger issues. It's just talk. We're going to ban this add-on that can change your gun into an assault weapon.

You're banning the accessories, not the actual phone, all right? Don't ban the charges. If the phones are the problem, okay? That sounds charges. If the phones are the problem, get rid of the phone. Don't ban the charges or the headphones that come with the phone. Get rid of the actual phone. And definitely needs to be stronger background checks, mental health checks. I believe digital footprint checks.

Let me see what this person has been posting online. Are they saying anything threatening to people? Does it seem like this person might have some issues? Because that's a reason why you shouldn't. You shouldn't be able to walk in somewhere and just buy a gun. Because guns don't kill people. Guns are just an inanimate object. You know, crazy people with guns

kill people. Now let's talk about the 7th grader who shot himself in the middle school bathroom. He's still alive. He shot and injured himself. This was in Ohio at Jackson Middle School. They say no other students were hurt. It's not clear yet whether he intentionally shot himself, but the student is being treated at a hospital.

Well, did his white friend win the freestyle battle? Look, I don't know any more information. He's in seventh grade. I don't know where he got the gun from. I just want to know if his white friend won the freestyle battle after he shot himself. That's front page news, man. That's all I wanted. That's all you...

You know what? Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent. Hit us up right now. Maybe you had a bad night, bad morning, or maybe you feel blessed. You want to spread some positivity.

Maybe you're weak because you're in the middle of a detox. 800-585-1051. Get it off your chest. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed.

We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So you better have the same energy. Hello, who's this? This is Charles calling from Atlanta. Charles, good morning, bro. Get it off your chest. What I want to get off my chest is the misnomer

that you can ban AR-15s and think that the bad guys are still not going to have them. That's true. Yeah, it's not. If you ban AR-15s, all that means is people like me and you

who are law-abiding citizens won't be able to get them. But the bad guys are not giving theirs up, and they're still going to be able to obtain them because, what? They don't care about the law. And you know what's so crazy? We all grew up in New York City.

If you check it out, we all grew up in New York City, and you know in New York City, it's almost impossible to own a gun by how many brothers we know running the streets with guns. And you know what's crazy, what you're talking about, though? All of these mass shootings, these people aren't necessarily bad guys. These are like students. They're regular people up until they commit these heinous crimes. Most of them don't even have criminal records.

And they're legally buying these AR-15s. They're not getting them from some crazy way. No, they're legally buying them. Yeah, y'all keep saying bad guys like these guys have a life of crime. They're not. You know what's interesting? He brought up growing up in New York City, I've always been very uncomfortable with guns

because I'm not used to people being able to just have guns. And when I go to other states and I see people just walking around openly carrying guns, it's always been really weird to me. How you grew up in Brooklyn your whole life and you ain't used to guns? Well, you're not supposed to have it out, so you can't just walk around holding a gun like you are allowed to have it. They got them. But I don't see guns.

You hear them. I go to other places and I see people just able to, oh, let me put They got them. But I don't see guns. You hear them. I see people just able to, oh, let me put my gun up. I'm not used to that. My dad's a retired police officer. I've been around all types of things. Exactly. Yeah, I haven't.

You've been to the West Indian Day Parade your whole life and you hear gunshots every year. I used to hear gunshots on my block all the time, but you don't see people just walking around holding a gun.

It's hidden. Hello, who's this? This is Andrew. Andrew, get it off your chest. I just had to get it off my chest. You know, when you mess up in a relationship, and you know you did wrong, so you confess, but it's like when you want to work it out,

they're like, I'm good. Well, of course they say that. You messed up. What do you expect? They're going to just be like, thank you for telling me. No, but it's like, but when you don't mess up, they're like, you're a dog, and oh, he doesn't care, and he wants to move on. But it's like, but like, but when you don't mess up, they're like, you're a dog and oh, he doesn't care and he wants to move on. But it's like, you got a guy that wants to work it out.

And I understand you can't control how nobody take information and all, but it's like, it's like kind of a double standard almost. It's not a double standard. You messed up. Now you have to pay the punishment. Now let's see if you're really going to hang in there and acknowledge that you messed up. We're not going to feel sorry for you. You got to be consistent and persistent.

Yeah, you can't be sorry for yourself. You effed up. The best apology is change behavior, bro. The best apology is change behavior, sir. Now you got to show somebody that you really care and that you meant it and that you've really changed. And guess what? That takes time. Yeah, it takes time.

And it's like they want you to change, but they're like, I'm cool. So you got to change for the next person. But it's like, I want to show you I changed, and then it's like, but I get it. You know how long it takes to show somebody that you've changed? It takes a while. Exactly. Hey, let me ask you a really important question, sir. Uh-huh. Was the other woman's poom-poom worth it?

Don't answer that. Come on now. It's between us. If you answer that, you ain't changed. Come on now. If you answer that, you ain't changed. If you laugh at that, you ain't changed. It's between us. Nah, I mean, it's never worth it. Nah, I ain't asking you that. You ain't changed. I need laugh at that, you ain't changed. Just between us. Nah, I mean, it's never worth it. Nah, I ain't asking you to laugh at that. You ain't changed. I need you to shed a tear.

Get off of your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent. Hit us now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Wake up, wake up.

Wake your ass up. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Good morning, Breakfast Club. Good morning. Get it off your chest, mama. So this morning, I actually wanted to do a spoken word piece for Black History Month for you guys.

Is that okay? We would love to hear it. How long is it? It's literally a minute. All right, let's go. Okay, so, and before you poop on it, listen. All right, so it goes, they want to emasculate our men and have them dress feminine,

then call it fashion. I know you see dollars dancing, but is it worth committing the greatest sin to gain the world to lose your soul? There's so many treasures up in heaven that this world can't fathom. Nobody could break into, steal, or touch, not even the craftiest thief or the common crook. You're probably wondering where I came from. Well, let me paint the picture.

If our ancestors were here, they would probably have the Drake syndrome. You wasn't with me picking in the field. You wasn't with me shooting in the gym, but I come from cotton picking. Remember mama making curry chicken, stew peas and pigtails. She put pigtails in my thick hair,

never finished college, but she made sure that I got here. Graduated top of my class. I had so much passion, but the whites thought I was classless. But this blackness, I raise it to the air like I'm trying to stop traffic. This naturally sun tan skin. Hopefully one day they see past it. Walk into a room and steal all the attention without speaking.

That's black girl magic. So black boy, black girl in the mirror. I hope those visions getting clearer. Black men, black women. It's a PSA. Put the world on notice and tell them we're coming. This time we ain't marching. We're running.

Hey, I'm going to put a dollar in your hat. You rhymed every four bars, but you know it was cool. Wait, what was the first line again? The first line? They want to emasculate our men and have them dress feminine, then call it fashion. That's a fact. All right. On the scale of one to black pants, I'll give that a six.

All right. And my name is Demarie. You can find me simply.marie on Instagram. I love you guys. We love you, boy. Hello, who's this? Hi, my name is Quentin. Quantum?

Quentin? Clinton, Clinton, Clinton. Hey, Clinton, get it off your chest. Yeah. Why is everybody saying that kid is mentally ill? And he said the whole thing out for months, and he killed 17 innocent people, and now he's mentally ill? What's up with that? I don't think he's mentally ill, but he damn sure went crazy. And every day of our life, we got to avoid crazy.

Sometimes people go crazy. Yeah, I know, but he's mentally ill and it does nothing to him and they're setting him up like he's an innocent person. He's disgusting. Yeah, I don't think he's mentally ill. But you know what? You see that the family

that took him in in November, they're trying to get his inheritance, his $800,000. Really? Yeah. That's f-ed up. He was set to get $800,000

when he turned 22. Oh, 22? What? Yeah, I saw it this morning. I was like, what's going on around here? Nah. Nah, give that money to the families. Thank you. Where the hell was he getting $800,000 when he turned 22. Oh, 22? What? I saw it this morning. I was like, what? What's going on around here? Nah.

Nah, give that money to the families. Thank you. Where the hell was he getting $800,000 from? From his mom's dad. Inheritance. Oh, okay. Yeah, they should give that money to the families. Life insurance?

They're saying even if he managed to still get that money, he's going to get sued and lose it all anyway. He should. That money should go to the families. Did he know he was about to get that money? Yeah. And he decided to F it all up by killing 17 people? Okay. F him. I by killing 17 people? Okay.

F him. I don't feel sorry for him. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent. You can hit us at any time. Now, we got rumors on the way? Yes, we are going to talk about Wendy Williams. Why are people mad at her now? As they should be. They're putting B's all in her comments. Also, what rapper is changing his name

to sex? Okay. We'll get into all that when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. And Nipsey Hussle will be joining us next hour. Oh, Big Crip Nip. The Breakfast Club.

It's about time. What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is The Rumor Report. Talk to them. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, Wendy Williams on her show decided that she wanted to call out some artists she felt needs autotune.

She said there's only a handful of artists that don't need autotune who can sing raw. Here's what she had to say. There are only a few people who can sing raw dog. And Fergie is not one. She needs autotune. Jen Lopez needs aut-tune and Janet needs auto-tune and Beyonce needs auto-tune Adele Aretha Celine Dionne Warwick and Mariah they need nothing hey Wendy Williams shut up and dribble all right something I did not take this too kindly. They were on that ass.

Something's not right with Wendy, man. I'm talking about physically and psychologically. If you watch the show, you can see her mental and physical health deteriorating right before our eyes. She almost passed out on TV last week. She had to take a few days off. It's hard for her to get through sentences. It's like she had a stroke and isn't telling anyone. Whatever's going on with Wendy is not going to end well.

Might be a lot of stress, but she's bugging with the Beyonce. Oh, absolutely. That sounded crazy, right? Honestly, I feel like she's just a product at this point, and they're just wheeling her out every day because she makes a lot of people money. But, like, clearly she's not well. All right, Young Thug has decided to change his name. He went on Twitter and said, I'm changing my name to Sex.

Then he put out another tweet. He said, from now on, call me Sex. So he hasn't explained why that is, but that's his new name. Okay. Do you have a problem with calling him Sex? Yes, I do. I'm not calling him. Well, you know, I'm not calling him a thug either.

I don't think you should go around calling yourself a thug either, but I'm definitely not calling you Sex. What about Young Sex? You know what, though? I used to call him Young Sex. Drop on the clues box for my man, Bill Black. That's a guy I used to work with at Hot 1039 in Columbia. Still a good friend of mine now.

His name was Big Sexy on the radio. You know, the wrestler Big Sexy. So you don't mind calling him that? Did he do R&B? No, he was a radio person. He was based off the WWE character Big Sexy. Right, right. Yeah, so he used to call himself Big Sexy.

So did you call him that? Yeah, we used to call him Big Sexy. That was his radio name. So you could call Thug Sex? I guess. What's the difference? I don't know. You got to put another adjective with it, man.

It got to be something sex. Maybe young sex will work. You know what I mean? I just can't call you sex. Yo, sex! Yo, sex! Come here, sex! Yo, what's up with sex?

Yo, imagine if your man don't know. Imagine some strangers see you talking to your homeboy, Sex, and you walk up to them, Yo, what's up with sex? What if they don't know your friend Big Sexy? That's different though. Yo, Big Sexy, go bring the car out.

You're right. It all sounds bad. Alright, Neo's wife, Crystal, she had some comments to make about her son's hair and she ended up having to go and defend those comments. What happened about her son's hair, and she ended up having to go and defend those comments. What happened to her son's hair? Now, she posted a picture, and she said,

So my son wasn't blessed with mommy's Hawaiian silky. As my sister likes to say, can anyone suggest some good products and moisturizers? Nothing I've tried will help the dryness. His hair seems to just soak up everything instantly. Comment below if you've had this issue help. And so people didn't have very nice things to say about her referring to her son not being blessed with the mom's Hawaiian silky. Here's what she had to say after everybody went in on her. Thank you guys for the negativity

because once again, I'm going to channel it into something positive. And I am now in the process of creating a hair care line for mixed children. Thank you once again. She don't got to defend that, man. I mean, you know, I think it's kind of frustrating that she'll defend her son's hair, but not her husband's hair. Like, if you don't defend Ne-Yo's cranium when he don't have a hat on, don't defend your son's crown.

She does defend him. She does? Yeah, she definitely does. Oh, okay. But you can't talk to kids like that or anybody. Oh, you don't have the good silky hair. Everybody's hair is beautiful. Right. There you can't talk to kids like that or anybody. Oh, you don't have the good silky hair. Everybody's hair is beautiful. There you have it. We just all have different textures of hair.

Y'all say that till y'all need a perm. I've never had a perm. You gotta manage them differently. That's all. Different products in the hair. Yeah, I think it's beautiful when people have natural hair. It's just how you take care of it and what products you use. Alright, well I'm Angela Yee and that is your Rumor Report. Alright, when we come back,

Nipsey Hussle, all right? He's from the West Coast, of course. He has a new album, Victory Lap, and we'll kick it with him when we come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ N.V. Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building this year, Nipsey Hussle.

What up, what up, what up? Nip, what's up, my brother? What's the deal, bro? Now, I don't know nothing about L.A. politics, but are you allowed to wear that much red? I can do what I Yes, sir. Nick C. Ussle. What up, what up, what up? Nip, what's up, my brother? What's the deal, bro? Now, I don't know nothing about L.A. politics, but are you allowed to wear that much red? I can do what I want, man. It's my brand,

so you know what I'm saying? Absolutely. I like how red look with gold, you know what I mean? Do people trip like that with the colors you wear, or... It depends.

Like, again, everybody know who I am as far as where I belong, so, you know, I be seeing, like, internet comments sometimes when I be flamed up. But in L.A., you know what I mean? We grew up. If you was a real one, you could wear what you want.

That don't really apply. You know what I'm saying? Is it still heavy like that, though? I mean, it's like if I'm in somebody else's hood with a gang of red on and I'm not a known face and I'm in a crib hood, yeah, I'd probably get a dress. Got you. But I don't think I'll have that problem. They'd be like, that's it. You know what I'm saying?

Well, congratulations on the album. Finally, man. Finally. Victory lap. Yeah, victory lap in stores. Go grab that stream, that, all that. You don't even seem fair. You don't have to prove on victory lap, man.

I had to. It took too long, right? You had a lot to prove on that album. Yeah, I did. Let's talk about it now. The album is dope, first and foremost. Thank you. I love the album.

Thank you. I hear a lot that you don't like weirdo rappers. Facts. Now, what's a weirdo rapper to you? Well, I think you're talking about the line when I was like, this ain't this weirdo rap you used to. Yeah, I just feel like, you know, I felt pressure a little bit from where the game is at.

And there ain't no diss to nobody specific. Just like it ain't in the direction of what we grew up on in terms of like you got to say something. You know what I mean? You got to be a man of respect or a woman of respect. You know what I mean? Even from like just the drug stuff. Like, you know, that was never glorified in rap culture. We could almost, like, live by Scarface or Jay-Z

or Tupac lyrics if we ain't had no principles. Like, a man around, we could live by their lyrics and come out as a solid individual. That's what I meant just as far as, like,

you know, just returning to that direction. I don't know, like, telling people what to do, but just, you know, try to represent the principles that I grew up on in rap music. That's one thing I like about your music. It always has socially redeeming value

to it and on dedication, you know, Kendrick says that his man L said do a song with Nip, he a better crip, but Kendrick said he a man first. You hear what he speaks about from black businesses and false imprisonments and he said listen close is bigger than deuces and fours. So is that a challenge for you to get people to see you for more than a stereotypical West Coast gangster rapper?

I mean, people receive me based on what I say. So I wouldn't blame people for that. I came in and said, this is where I'm from and this is who I represent. But it was for a reason. I wanted to establish, you know, what I belong to. And I looked at it like jail. That's what I used to tell my homies because even some of my homeboys would be like, bro, you can't come out talking about the hood specifically. You know what I mean?

When you walk into a dorm, the first thing you establish is where you from. And then from there, you get into the person behind this. Just in case whoever got a problem with this, wherever your enemies is, you go to the back, you handle your business, and then you get into like okay i could actually with you you you know i mean we get to know each other but you get that out the way first and so um also i wanted to i wanted my message to impact gang culture you know i'm saying i wanted what i had to say to impact individuals like myself young people that was in these areas that was controlled by gangbanging i didn't want to say to impact individuals like myself young people that was in these areas that was controlled by gangbanging I didn't want to preach to the choir but I wanted to be able to say

you know I'm one of you and where I'm gonna go wherever I end up you're gonna you're gonna know that you can end up there too whether it's at the top of the game or in a successful situation as a business owner I came from this and it's authentic and I'm not on the outside of this culture that's why I came in like I came in. I wasn't trying to, like, be on no super tough guy. You know what I'm saying? I just wanted to be clear that, you know, wherever I take it, I'm not different. I'm exactly the same.

I've been through everything you've been through or you're going to go through as somebody in that culture. What is a better Crip? What does that mean? I don't know because I ain't say it, but what I would assume Kendrick meant was that somebody that is not 100% biased or outside of communicating with a blood or somebody from the other side of the tracks. Maybe that's what he meant. That's what I took it as, you know.

But we had to ask Kendrick his take on what he meant by that. You talk about West Coast infrastructure. It was a period when you needed a Dr. Dre cosign to get out of the West. Why do you think that changed? Dre, man, he built I call it an island. If you look at music, it's like

three or four islands in rap music. You know what I mean? And a lot of things that you might not know, well, y'all know, but that the people might not know are connected to these islands, they're connected. You got the Jimmy Iovine, Dr. Dre Island,

which you got a list. All the artists, Tupac came under that. Dre, Snoop, Game. Kendrick. Well, yeah, Kendrick is a part of the Top Dog thing as well, but it connects, you know what I'm saying? And so then you got the Lior, Def Jam, Island,

and that, not Island Records, I'm just saying. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, and Rough Riders, Murder Inc., Rockefeller. Yeah, you know, Kanye, and all the artists that came after Ye fall under that. And then you got whatever happened on sony you know i mean and so it was one of them three options right for artists and unless you you wanted to go what i call just taking the stairs and figuring out how to how to get into one of those situations

that's your own thing top dog did it you know i'm saying top dog created his own thing and so that was my goal to build an island myself. You know what I mean? I saw what, even like Jay, they got Roc Nation. That's the island. Right, absolutely. That's his own thing. Even though it came from them being an artist connected to another situation,

they have turned that into his own operation. Yeah, we're talking to Nipsey Hussle. Of course, he has a new album, Victory Lap, out right now. Ye? What kind of conversations did you and Diddy have? Because you and Diddy formed a relationship, relationship I assume through Lauren London and Cassie yeah yeah yeah but do me the alley you you know no I'm saying Lauren Lauren introduced me to puff oh god I mean I knew puff but it was it was more of a

personal relationship after you know we was at some like that you know what made you want to get old like diddy and put him on young that's crazy diddy chose young i'll try to get more rap because i was i was referencing the hate me now video and what what his his presence on that record with nas brought to it i'm like look this this the record this rap i want you to get on this put the mink on getting the video the video. We're going to make a movie. And he was like, he told me the whole story behind that. He's like, bro, I bust a $40 million check a week before I did that movie. So I went, I mean, that video.

Wow. He's like, that's the energy you saw in that video. Wow. I went and spent all this dough on a chain. And we got tigers. He's like, because I got the biggest check of my life. Yeah. So he's like, we probably ain't going to be able to recreate that energy.

You know what I'm saying? But, you know, when I played the rest of in my life. Yeah. So he's like, we probably ain't going to be able to recreate that. You know what I'm saying? But, you know, when I played the rest of the songs for him, he heard Young N***a and he chose that record. Really? Yeah. So, you know, he just went in the booth and then started, you know. Take that, take that. Yeah, start gassing, you know. But even still, like rap, he gave me some real production advice on that record.

When I played it for him, it was different than what y'all heard. He said it wasn't loud enough yeah and he was like listen bro he pulled up natural born killers by ice cube and dr dre like this what you're going for this is what y'all trying to do on this record maximize it make it sound like this and we went back in the studio and i played it for my producers and then we turned it up and added a synth lead all the way through so it sound more like west coast violent you know what I mean? I felt what he said after the fact. I was a little upset. Like, what you mean? It's banging. But after I re-approached it,

it was room to make the record better. See, that's why all the people who say Diddy don't do shit. Like when they say he don't really produce. Nah, but see me, my understanding of Diddy, this is how I look at Diddy, right? Alright, think about my money, my problems. No disrespect to Big. Big is a legend. So what I'm

about to say is not a shot against Biggie. Please don't spin it like that when they hear this. What I'm saying is that alright, I seen an interview when Biggie had the glasses on and he was like, yeah, it's Mo Money Mo Problems, you know what I mean? You just come with this shit. That was before the record. So

who told the songwriter, hey, look, take the Diana Ross melody and take this line, more money, more problems, and in the hook with more money, more problems. That was Puff. That's production. And then presented it to Biggie. Who said sample the Diana Ross, I'm coming out record? You know what I'm saying? Who said that?

That was Puff's decision. And then threw Biggie to alley-oop and Biggie came with the B-I-G-P-O. Diana Ross, I'm coming out record. You know what I'm saying? Who said that? That was Puff's decision. And then threw Biggie the alley-oop, and Biggie came with the B-I-G-P-O. That's classic. But to catch that alley-oop, I've been an artist. I know what that do. When I think, I think about, damn, we should sample a big record. And I think about, what can I tell the songwriter for the hook?

Then I got to also do the verse. So that's what I told Puff. Bro, throw me some alley-oops. Like you do, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, listen to what I'm saying in my interviews. Learn me. Get in your Puff Daddy the producer bag and throw me some alley-oops. I'm going to catch him.

All right, we have more with Nipsey Hussle. When we come back, keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We have Nipsey Hussle in the building. Charlamagne?

You set up with Hard Knock Life on the album? Yeah, yeah. Who'd you have to clear that with? Jay-Z. Okay, okay. Yeah. You know what's crazy about that record? I thought you played the keys over just enough where you didn't have to clear it. Nah, listen. That's a hard motivation record. Yeah, hustling motivation. Yeah, so when Jay-Z got Annie to clear the record,

I guess when he paid him, he said, y'all got to let every other rap artist after me use it. Wow. Yeah. So that was his deal with whoever the producers and writers were. That's interesting. You know what I'm saying? That's dope.

Yeah, so we benefited off his negotiation in 1998. Wow. We just had to get Jay-Z to clear it. Because when he cleared it with the owners of the copyright, he made it to where any hip-hop artist after him could use the record. Jay did that, so hopefully you don't have to go through that. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah.

So every hip-hop artist got to clear it with Jay first. They just need the Jay-Z clearance. Any clearance is good as long as they So every hip-hop artist got to clear with Jay first. Well, they just need, excuse me, they just need the Jay-Z clearance. The Andy clearance is good as long as they're hip-hop artists. Jay's always showed you love, though. Didn't he buy like a thousand copies of your Crenshaw album? What album was the thousand dollars? He bought a hundred copies of Crenshaw that was a hundred dollars. A hundred dollars, okay, okay.

Yeah, yeah. And now you didn't even know him back then, eh? Nah, I mean, you know, I met Jay in L.A. years ago at a concert. I was just backstage, and I, you know, I ran up to him. I ain't run up to him. I'm just like, what's up? I'm Nip, you know what I mean? I'm from L.A., concert. I was just backstage, and I ran up to him. I didn't run up to him. I'm just like, what's up? I'm Nip. You know what I mean?

I'm from LA, bro. I'm from the 60s. He actually bought a lowrider. The story is, I ain't never asked him, but he bought a lowrider from one of my homeboys, Money Mike. That's in the Maya video. Best of me. The baby blue one, right?

Yeah. You know what I mean? He bought that from one of my homeboys, one of my G homies from LA. That was an old school hustler. That was really his, huh? Yeah, that was his. He bought that. I'm tired of that being so real. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, that's confirmed. You know what I mean? Wow. So, I just was like, yeah, I'm Nip. I'm from Rollin' 60s. He's like, nah, I know. And, you know, this was years before the Crenshaw thing. He's like, you know, y'all doing your thing. Keep going. So, that was the only combo we ever had until the Crenshaw thing.

But, yeah, Jake been a hundred, man. So, you know what I mean? A lot of love. Now, Blue Laces, too, one of my favorite records on the album. You make a Spook Who Sat By The Door reference. You know about that, man. Oh, yeah, absolutely. I read that book.

But I don't think you a spook who sat by the door. I think your intentions are pretty clear. Well, now I would say so. But even to the point we made earlier, that's one of the reasons I was so vocal about where i was coming from and and what i represented because i i knew i knew who i wanted to mobilize you know what i mean and uh if anybody ain't seen that book i mean seen that movie or read the book it's about a gang member from chicago who uh you know um presented himself in a way he never caught no cases he was he was he had a clean cut look and he infiltrated the cia yep and he became educated and became and basically he used their agenda which was to have a

token in the cia for political reasons you know we're gonna speak right blunt um he used it against them and i think that in terms of hip-hop you think of the message that they embrace i feel parallel with like you know what I mean, the power structure. I don't mean the culture of hip-hop, but the power structure of music. They got prescribed personas they expect from us. You know what I'm saying? So I feel like the way he used their intention against him was one of my underlying strategies.

You know what I'm saying? You got to put the medicine in the candy. And what's interesting about that book, all his people used to call him Uncle Tom and the Coon. You know what I'm saying? The sellout. Yeah. But he was there working for them the whole time. Yeah, and he, I don't want to go blow nothing up

like he did in the movie, you know what I mean? But just in terms of being able to mobilize his homies to a higher cause, you know? There's a lot of little jewels that you're saying in there. That's what I like. Like, I said the medicine really is in the candy because even when you drop a ball like like, about Dr. Sebi. Yeah.

Like, just that one thing that killed Dr. Sebi will make somebody go research who Dr. Sebi is. Dr. Sebi. Dr. Sebi. Dr. Sebi. I thought it was Sebi. Dr. Sebi. Sebi. Sebi, my bad.

I said it wrong. You said Sebi. I'm an LA nigga, man. My lingo a little different. Have you met Dr. Sebi? I never met him. I met his wife, and I take his products for sure. Why do you think they killed him?

Why do they kill all holistic doctors? Messing up the medical industry. You're short-stopping their grind. Why do you get killed for hustling in front of a spot? You're short-stopping the grind. And these, they check his billions. You got that get flipped for a couple hundred thousand. So you're playing with some pharmaceutical money, you know.

And what's crazy, I'm working on doing a documentary on the trial in 1985 when Dr. Seve went to trial against New York because he put in the newspaper he cured AIDS. He beat the case, and he went to federal court the next day and beat that case on record, and nobody talk about it. We're still talking to Nipsey Hussle. He's in the building right now. Now, what happened with Reebok? Were you signed to Reebok? Did Reebok do the release that you were there?

Nah, I didn't endorse me with Puma recently. I don't want to go too deep into that. I had to check your footwear when you said that. I was like, yeah, but you had them on. Yeah, come on, man. I ain't faking. Nah, but I don't want to go too far into details with the other thing because it's something that we're going to pursue.

But, you know, it wasn't authorized. It wasn't authorized, and they put all money in on the shoe. They put Rich Roland on the shoe. I don't even know. That's some gang. You don't put Rich Roland on no shoe. You know, you got to pay thousands of people. It's doing life in jail.

You know what I mean? Fall under that structure. So you got to be careful with that. I'm not even taking a check for nothing to say Rich Rollin. I would have told the designers, no bro, stay clear of that. You can't copyright. That's like putting Crip

on a shoe or something. Who you going to pay? And that causes problems for you. Oh, you got paid off. Even outside of that, because if I was right, I would stand on being right. That's not right. I'm not the beneficiary of that. You can't just pay me and think that. And by the way, they didn't pay me.

But you can't just pay me and think that, oh, we paid Nip. He speak for the. Nah, bro. They got 100 years. You know what I'm saying? What I look like taking a check, I can't do that. I'm grinding on my life. You tell a story where somebody got stomped out,

and you say 50 and Mayweather bounced with y'all in Vegas. What was that? That was a long time ago, man, at a club. Me and YG was performing in Vegas called Strip Hop. And, you know, somebody, a melee broke out, and, you know, it ain't going in their favor. The n****s that started it. And just so happened, 50 and Mayweather was in the club.

You know, they had all the cars and s***. They was really just coming to show love. And, you know, it made the news. It was a big old thing, but tried to rob us. You know what I mean? Like, somebody was waiting outside of my section. It was all girls coming into the section to take pictures. And, you know, you be in the section, your chain hang.

You be standing on the couch. And, you know, somebody was like, where you from? One of the niggas, I'm thinking you're a fan. I'm like, huh? You at my concert. You don't know where I'm from. I'm from L.A., bro. He's like, no, where you from?

And I frowned. I guess my homeboy seen me frowning. Dope fiending. And then a big old Maylake broke out, you know what I'm saying? But yeah, that's what that was about. It's on YouTube. The news footage is on YouTube. But why 50 and Mayweather had to bounce with y'all? Like, did they need to get out the club?

Well, I was probably taken out of context. They left the same time. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah, yeah. 20, 30 security. 50 was there with 50, 30 people. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was good money. I wasn't saying like they needed our help. It's just 20, 30 security, and 50 was there with 50, 30 people. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was good money.

I wasn't saying like they needed our help. It's just like, you know, a little fact. They was in the building, and, you know, they got footage of Floyd on the Internet arguing with the police in the front of the club, you know. I just, I be trying to revolve around real shit that took place, you know what I mean? Right.

Just to go back to the Dr. Sebi thing real quick, what makes you want to do a documentary? Okay, Sebi. You did it right, man. What makes you want to do a documentary? Okay, Sebi. Get it right, man. What makes you want to do a documentary about Dr. Sebi? I think the story's important. I think it's a powerful narrative. It is.

You know what I mean? And I think if, imagine this. Anybody in this room, if I could say, hey, somebody cured AIDS, y'all be like, yeah, right. And then I could show you an example of him going to trial and proving in a court to a jury that he cured AIDS. Y'all would be interested in that.

Absolutely. And y'all would look into the way he did it, right? So I feel like more so than, like, championing his products or explaining his methodology, put some light on that case. Imagine being able to cure cancer or being able to cure any type of herpes And that's what he did He used to send all types of vitamins up to the station You had herpes?

No, I said vitamins to the station Did you hear me? I said vitamins to the station This guy is crazy What up y'all, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Nipsey Hustle's in the building. That was his joint dedication featuring Kendrick Lamar.

Now, Nipsey, you were talking about Cardi and her wearing different colors. And she wasn't a real... No, that's not what I said. And you know what I mean? Because she's a woman. Yeah, I like Cardi B. Cardi B did a verse for me. You started it off saying, I like Cardi B.

Yeah, that's a fact. Anybody don't like Cardi,. Cardi B did a verse for me. You started it off saying, I like Cardi. Yeah, that's a fact. Like, anybody don't like Cardi, they a hater. I used to watch her IG clips and be laughing like, this girl crazy. But her personality is golden. You know what I mean? But wrong is wrong, right is right, bro. That's what I grew up on. That love me, bro, gonna tell me, bro, you was wrong.

All right, don't tell me that in public. Wait till we get back to the hood. I might set off a melee and you gonna fight with me. But when we get back to the hood, bro, you was wrong. Don't tell me that in public. Wait till we get back to the hood. I might set off a melee and you're gonna fight with me but when we get back to the hood, bro, that was bulls**t. Don't do that. You're gonna get us in a wreck. Wrong is wrong. Right is right. That terminology she used is like real...

And look, just for the record, that's how bloods talk. Bloods say crap. Bloods say flu. Crips say slob. Crips say dead. Like, if I was withrips say slob. Crips say dead. Like, if I was with all my homeboys, I'd be like, bro, give me a dead bull. That's how we talk.

But I'll be intentionally respectful on the record because we talking about a public environment, which is the music industry. You feel what I'm saying? We saw what happened with Death Row. So we're going to set tripping public. Y'all going to get caught on camera squabbling.

You're going to violate why you worth 300 million, Suge Knight. You're going to go to the pen. Pac, you're going to die right around. That happened. That was gangbanging. That was set tripping publicly. So we will be bad leaders to recreate that. What about somebody like Tekashi69?

I don't want to talk about other people for real. You know what I'm saying? I feel my own way about it, but God bless everybody, man. Get your money. You feel me? What I said about Cardi, Big asked me, and so I spoke on it. But I don't want to hate on Cardi B. Get your money, Cardi.

I respect what you're doing. You know what I'm saying? She done a verse for me. I seei. I respect what you're doing. You know what I'm saying? She done a verse for me. I see the Migos, I shake their hand. You know what I'm saying? I respect her come up. She came from the gutter. About saying disrespectful things on IG,

I'm going to always be like, that ain't the move. That's not what you're supposed to do. Now, do I tell you what to do? Nah. You get it how you live. If you like it, I love it. I just know me and mine, we're supposed to do. Now, do I tell you what to do? Nah. You get it how you live. If you like it, I love it. I just know me and mine, we're going to move this way because I'm going to always stand on what I do. So if I walk into a room full of bloods and I ain't going to be like, oh, they go to slobs, I'm not going to talk like that.

That's called being a cell soldier on some jail shit. You know what I'm saying? What's a cell soldier? A dickhead that's in a cell popping it. Because you can't get touched. You hiding behind the cell. You know what I'm saying? Pop the gates.

Talk like that. If you ain't going to talk like that, then keep it one way. I've been in a tank with a hundred bloods before. I'm from 6-0 Crip. I ain't finna call the slobs. They'll kill me. But this is where I'm from, homie.

You feel what I'm saying? And so, same the other way around. I've been in a dorm with 100 Crips and two or three Bloods. And they ain't using that terminology. They not. That's just against the laws of nature. This is self-preservation going to prevent you from talking like that. That's what I was speaking on

But for the record and just for the New York bangers I respect real everywhere in every city and state. Okay, you can't take that from nobody Gang culture came from out of LA. I don't mean it ain't real in New York that pushing the Line as bloods and crips, but we we gotta be honest. We gotta speak honestly. We can't be political about the niggas dead and doing life for. You feel what I'm saying?

Absolutely. So that's my stance on it. But like I said, everybody get money, man. I respect Cardi. You know what I mean? She linked up with Wacko, one of my...

I respect. He a power rule. And, you know, I ain't mad at her. I don't do your thing. It's just my personal opinion. It's in your interest not to be public disengaged. You know what I'm saying?

Unless you want to put your security at risk. Because it ain't going to be you shooting or getting shot at. You're going to be pushed into the car. You know, we were talking about on Friday last week. We were talking about checking in. And how do you feel about checking in? Because, I mean, it's a big thing, especially in L.A., you know what I mean? Because it's so open.

I mean, you could drive in a block in L.A., one block, it'd be a sunny, clean block. Next block, you in the middle of the hood. 100%. Yeah. Checking in, it suggests friendly extortion when you say checking in. A relationship is different because we all need relationships. You know what I'm saying?

I'm sure when you travel, you from New York, but you got relationships all over the country. You got relationships all over. Angela, I'm sure you do too. And a relationship, I don't believe in fake relationships.

So just establish genuine relationships everywhere you go. You'll be in a better position. And you do that off being respectful and being, you know, you reciprocated. Somebody come to your city, bro, you need something. Whether it's a car, some weed, you know what I mean? You want to go somewhere to eat, what you need. You out of town, I got you.

Not just some protection, you feel me? So I wouldn't say the check-in. I don't know nothing about that. But just, I got relationships in New York that it's respect. When I pull up, you know what I mean? To make sure I got whatever I need. Same in LA. I can get you from the airport, bro, you can take my car. You can

come to my store. You can meet my homeboys. You can get numbers if you have any problems or whatever, just call in. Or you want to know where to go eat at? That ain't because you had to, that's because we can strengthen numbers numbers and we only from one place, you know? What happened with the LGBT community? They were set

tripping on you at one point. You know, man, for the record, come on, man, I live in LA. I'm in the music industry. There's no way I could have take issue with anybody's sexuality. You know what I'm saying? And at the end of the day, I got people in my

family. I got people I love. My homegirls. Some of the people that I grew up around, that's their lifestyle. I could never judge nobody for their sexuality. What they took out of context was a critique on the media. I made a critique

on the media. And I was really speaking toward what my homeboy, Big U, critique on the media. And I was really speaking toward what my homeboy Big U did for the kids. And the image of, you know, somebody that came from prison, that came from gang culture,

what the image gets portrayed as around that type of individual and what this person's actually doing and you know i think that it was taken out of context um you know and that's that's a sensitive thing i would never want people to feel alienated or like damn you know an artist that i'm inspired by or look up to or somebody i respect might look at me as less than. That's not what I meant.

You know what I'm saying? And I think it just got taken out of context. And, you know, it's a movement right now for, like, acceptance and equality. So, you know, there's a whole machine built behind. It's like a witch hunt. You know what I'm saying? Like, let anybody say. Oh, sexism, homophobia.

It's a witch hunt. You know what I'm saying? So I fell into that. It's all good. You know what I'm saying? Let anybody say it. Oh, sexism, homophobia. It's a witch hunt. You know what I'm saying? So I fell into that. It's all good. You know what I mean? I respect it. I'm with the movement of equality and everybody respect everybody's individuals. God is the creator and the judge. I'm not the judge. I think they were just upset because they felt like you were implying

that homosexuals couldn't look like so-called real men. And that was probably the error that I made in articulation, that, you know, it could be read like that. I could have been more clear, you know what I'm saying? But me personally, I judge things off of intention. We all human, we're going to make mistakes, but I gave somebody intention.

What was you trying to say? You know what I'm saying? And if the intention is clear, I give the execution a little wiggle room, you know what I'm saying? And if the intention is clear, I give the execution a little wiggle room, you know what I'm saying, or the articulation. And I ask that by looking at my attention, you know what I'm saying? What was I trying to say? I was trying to big up my homeboy for creating a banquet for these young kids

from the hood that play football, got everybody suited and booted. I seen nothing there that was killers at one time with suits on, you know, serving the kids food. And you know what I mean? I'm like, we got to do this more often. I wanted to shed light on that. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. My last question for Nip, man, because I'm riding in the car and I'm like, boy, Nip going to get in some s*** for this.

You said that your mistress is Creole. How do you get away with that? Man, it's music, man. I said my wife is a C-note. I said his life is a free throw. My wife is a C-note, but my mistress is Creole. You know, that was

number one I recorded that before I had a girl, for real. That's a disclaimer. That's a fact, though. I ain't just being political, but then again, it's music, man. Like, my girl's an actress. If she kissing on camera, what, I'm going to be mad? Nah, do your thing.

I love the fact you said your girl. So y'all back together. Y'all good? Yeah, yeah, yeah. We solid. Players fuck up, too, man. That's all I'm going to say about that. That's the reason I ask, because she don't play.

She don't run down on you. She press me. Yeah, she ran down on Charlamagne. You know, Charlamagne went hard. You know what I'm saying? But yeah, Boogie, Boogie, Boogie, man, you know, she know how to Charlamagne went hard. You know what I'm saying? But yeah, Boogie. Charlamagne deserved it. Boogie, man, you know, she know how to defend herself and stand up. You know what I mean?

And, you know, she's from L.A. She grew up. A lot of people might think she got a privileged background. She ain't got no privileged background. They think she's Nunu in real life. That's what they think. You from Atlanta? Yeah, yeah.

Nah, but she come from L.A., man. And you know what I mean? She seen Charlamagne and zeroed in. But she quit. I told her from jump, though. I'm like, you're going to meet Charlamagne and like Charlamagne and respect Charlamagne. You know what I mean? Charlamagne known for being honest and, you know what I mean,

ruffling feathers, but I know his stance. And I'm like, y'all got a similar mentality in terms of, like, what's right. You know what I'm saying? So, yeah, she got a lot of love and respect for you. Well, we appreciate you joining us. Shout out to our L-Bugs. So, yeah, she got a lot of love and respect for you. We appreciate you joining us. Nipsey Hussle. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Victory Lap.

Yeah. And it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Yeah. The Breakfast Club. EJ, Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God, we are The Breakfast Club.

Now, don't forget, you can start getting on the phone lines right now for Ask Yee. If you need relationship advice, we do that next hour. So 800-585-1051. And shout out to the couple who we gave away a spa day to Up Spa to for Valentine's

Day. They actually went and sent me video from the spa. Okay. Nice. He needed some advice and he didn't have a lot of money. Okay. Well, nice. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Birdman on Wendy. She's spilling the tea. This is the rumor report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. All right, well, Birdman went on Wendy Williams and addressed a few different topics. First, he talked about little Wayne and the money that he owes him. Check it out.

That's a lot of moving parts with me and Wayne. It's important to me that I fix that. I will fix that. But now Wayne is suing you for millions and millions of dollars and he's got Carter 5 on deck. He can't release that without getting released from you. So you're holding up his money. No, you got it backwards. In a minute, it all gonna self-explain itself and I ain't come here to explain that. But in due time, what I can tell you is at some point in life,

you're gonna see me and Wayne working together again. Y'all believe that? You think you'll see Birdman and Wayne working together again? Yes. I have no idea what goes on behind the scenes.

I think so. With them. I just wanna know why Wayne ain't get his money yet. Well, Birdman did pay up that money that he owed for a bet. He gave A.R. Ave his money.

Bought his girl a Bentley truck. The money there. Why can't I have mine? All right. Now he talks about Tony Braxton being his other half. T, that's my girl, my friend, my family. Do you have sex? That's my love, my soldier, my life, she my everything. Because you bought her a

Bentley truck. Yes. So the implication is that's your girlfriend. She's my life. Tamar implied that you're married. We're not married as of yet. Well they are engaged though. That's a beautiful thing. That's great. You know he loves her because when she asked him a question like, are you guys having sex? He just continued on

like she asked that question. That's none of Wendy's business. When you care about somebody. All right, now, Wendy also did try to take some jabs at their relationship, and here's what she said.

Because I, admittedly, on Hot Topics, said no bueno to this relationship. Like, I'm like, Tony, what are you doing? Honestly. What's the problem? Your image.

I'm just a gangster. That don't mean nothing. Okay. Certified, too. Okay. But what that got to do with love? Has Wendy Williams ever met her husband? I don't understand.

How can she talk to Birdman about his image? Has she ever met her husband? Well, there you have it. All right, now Serena Williams revealed a lot of information about her pregnancy. Now, we told you previously she almost died giving birth to her daughter, Olympia. And she gave a lot of details about it and explained how she ended up being short of breath. She had a history of these blood clots. So fortunately for her, she had all these health complications.

But the doctors and nurses there were the best. So they were able to take care of her. Her medical team, she said, was incredible. The hospital had state-of-the-art equipment. But she wanted to point out the reality of what happens with women around the world. She said black women in the United States are over three times more likely to die from pregnancy or childbirth-related causes. And it's not just a challenge in the United States, it's all around the world. She talks about UNICEF, and according to UNICEF, each year 2.6 million newborns die tragically before their lives even really get

started. Over 80% die from preventable causes. And there are simple solutions that do exist like access to midwives, functional health facilities, along with breastfeeding, skin-to-skin contact, clean water, basic drugs and good nutrition, yet we are not doing our part. So she wants to make sure

that people donate to UNICEF and be that change. Alright, I'm Angela Yee and that is your Rumor Report. Alright, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. All right, thank you, Ms. Yee. Charlemagne. Yes. Who you giving that donkey to? I need J.J. Reddick to come to the front of the congregation.

Oh, man. This is a teachable moment, only because there's some things shouldn't happen. Like, there's this racism prejudice handbook, and some things are on the first page, chapter one of that handbook. Like, no racial slurs? J.J. Reddick violated. We'll talk about it. When we come back, keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. You get dunked here today.

Yeah, you dumbass. You get dunked here today. We'll be right back. Throw them blows, man. They waiting for Charlamagne to tap them gloves. Let's go. They had to make a judgment of who was going to be on the donkey of the day. They chose you. I got you. The breakfast club, bitches. Who's donkey of the day today? Well, donkey of the day, who Wednesday, February 21st, goes to Philadelphia 76's guard, J.J. Redick. Now, I am so tired of having to explain the basics of racism and prejudice to people.

It's just some things that are on the first page of the racism prejudice handbook, okay? Some things are just so basic, all right? You know not to call a gay person the gay slur that rhymes with maggot. You know not to make jokes about the Holocaust. We know not to do these things the same way we know not to scream, I have a bomb in the airport. Or going to Chick-fil-A looking for pizza. Or having unprotected sex with prostitutes in Vegas,

certain things we just know not to do. Now, we live in a world where a lot of things are misconstrued. It's hard to tell sometimes what's what. I mean, for example, Laura Ingraham from Fox News told LeBron to shut up and dribble the other day. The fact that she's an elderly colonizer on Fox News automatically makes you think she's being racist, and she may or may not be,

but it's hard to prove it totally when she put out a book called Shut Up and Sing back in 2003. All right? And that whole shut up and fill in the blank thing is kind of her catchphrase, so it's kind of difficult to prove racism beyond a reasonable doubt. All right?

And often people reach for racism and sexism and homophobia and transphobia. And you don't have to do that. There's no need to go out searching for it. If you just wait a while, it will find you. And in the case of J.J. Reddick, this is one of those times where you don't have to debate if the words that came out of his mouth were racist or prejudiced. They are pretty cut and dry. Now, NBA players recently did a video wishing Chinese fans a Happy New Year. Is it Chinese New Year yet, Yi?

Yes, Chinese New Year was February 16th. Gong Hei Fa Chui. Okay. Now, I'm going to play this clip for you. All right? Tweet me when you hear it, okay? At C the God, C-T-H-A-G-O-D on Twitter. Let's listen to the NBA players wishing the Chinese fans a Happy New Year,

and let's see where J.J. Redick went wrong. Ni hao. Happy Chinese New Year. Happy New Year to China. Sing young, Kualo. Happy New Year. Happy New Year to dogs. Definitely. Happy Chinese New Year. Happy Chinese New Year. I'm daddy. I just wanted to wish

all of the NBA fans in China a very happy Chinese New Year. Did you hear it? Oh, my God. Of course I did. Oh, you heard what you thought you heard. Let's play the clip one more time.

Just JJ. Just JJ. Just play JJ. I just wanted to wish all of the NBA Chang fans in China a very happy Chinese New Year. This guy's crazy. Oh, my gosh. JJ Redick wishing Chinese fans of the NBA a happy new year. Referred to Chinese fans as a chink. Pull out your racism prejudice handbook, chapter one, page one.

All right? It says clear as day. Don't use racial slurs. In case you don't know, the word chink is a racist term used to describe the Chinese. It's the equivalent of JJ Redick saying happy nigga history month. All right? To you and yours. Now, JJ, did you just happy nigga history month. All right, to you and yours. Now, J.J., did you just chuckle, white man?

Yeah, you're getting fired. Now, J.J. Reddick posted a tweet and he said, just saw a video that is being circulated of me wishing a happy new year to NBA fans in China. Clearly, I was tongue tied as the word I perfectly said is not in my vocabulary. I'm disappointed that anyone would think I would use that word. I love and respect our friends in China. You did use that word. I did. Sure did.

J.J. Reddick could really take a job in the Trump administration right now. Because he is literally telling us that he didn't say what we heard him say. What kind of apology is that? Apologize for what you said. He said the word is not in his vocabulary. Well, whose vocabulary were you borrowing in this video? Because it was your face,

it was your mouth, it was your tongue, but not your vocabulary? Then he says in the tweet, I'm disappointed that anyone would think I would use that word. Think!

T-H-I-N-K. Webster's Dictionary definition to have a particular opinion, belief, or idea about someone or something. All right, J.J. Reddick, you don't even use those kind of spin moves on the basketball court, right? There's no thinking

required about this. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that you use the racial slur towards Chinese people, period. Now, the only thing for me to think about is why you used it. Are you racist? Were you trying to make a bad joke? I don't know what the reason for using that term was, but there's absolutely no way to take someone calling a Chinese person a chink out of context, okay? Your excuse that you are not, that you are trying to say China and not chink doesn't even make sense. Listen to me

when I'm about to say China. Chine. Chine. Chine. Not even close to being chink, alright? Play the clip again. Just one more time. Play it. Just ice it. I just wanted to wish all of the NBA fans in China a very happy Chinese New Year. JJ Reddick, save your apologies.

Save your clean up tweets. Only thing you need to do in the words of a suspected white supremacist Shut up and dribble. Please give JJ Reddick the biggest e-haw. Let me ask you a question. Don't ask me no questions. He was absolutely wrong.

Don't ask me no questions. What network aired it? That's another problem. That is very true. You aired that too? That is very true. That's pre-recorded and put together. That's pre-recorded and put together.

That is very true. It's not just he said it live. Well, maybe it's hard to find good people behind the scenes nowadays. Because why would they air that? Because everybody wants to be in front of the camera. Like, he was absolutely wrong. Yes. But they did not realize

that was a slur? You're absolutely right. Let's just make sure the whole world knows, no, you cannot use that word. You can't say chinky. You can't say that. Good point, Angelique.

By the way, let J.J. Reddick be a lesson to you. You can't use that word. Not at all. In reference to Chinese people. Okay. All right?

All right. The only time you can use that word when you say R.I.P. to the good brother chinks. That's it. Or you can say there's a chink in the armor. I ain't saying that. I'm gonna stay with that. I'll just say R.I.P. to chinks. Cause I don't know nobody that wears armor. Except for me when I got the whole armor of God. And ain't no chink in that.

Alright. Alright. Well thank you for that donkey today. Up next is Ask Yee. 800-585-1051. If you got a question for Yee, you can call her right now. She'll help you with your relationship problems. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. It's time for Ask Yee. Hello, who's this? Hello, my name is Ebony. Hey, Ebony, what's your question Ask Yee. Hello, who's this? Hello, my name is Ebony. Hey, Ebony. What's your question for Yee?

I have a question. I just started this job. I took a pay cut to come to this job. I was making $14.50 at first, and then I took a pay cut, like a $2.50 pay cut. This is our third month of being open. It's a fast food industry. I never worked at fast food, so this is something new to me. I'm always doing, like,

receptionist or a call center. So my boss was giving, he gave three people a 50 cent raise. And I feel like I need a raise. Like, he knew I was going to pay, so he guaranteed me a raise or whatever. I felt like I was going to wait until April to see if they gave me a raise. He keeps talking to me

about it, but he still hasn't, like, given me a raise or whatever. So I was like... Okay. So, Ebony, you've been there for three months. Yes. And you said in April you wanted to see about a raise.

Yeah, I was going way to April. If he don't approach me, then I was going to approach him. Because usually people don't get raises within the first three months of working somewhere. But what is it...

That's what I'm saying. But what is it that makes you feel like you deserve a raise? My hard work. I was the only manager there. I trained everyone. Then he was bringing people on. Started off at 13, higher than me or whatever.

And then I'm like, I'm confused. So if you're bringing someone on higher than me and I have to train them, I literally go above and beyond for this company. And I was just wondering. Okay, so Ebony, this is what I need you to do because I have actually done this in my own life when I felt like I deserved a raise. What you have to do is set up a meeting with your boss.

So this is an official sit-down of you sitting down to ask for what it is that you feel that you deserve. Make sure you have a list and documents of everything showing why you deserve that raise. What are your responsibilities? How have you gone above and beyond those responsibilities? Offer to say, what is it that I need to do if you feel like at this point in time, I'm not going to get a raise? What do I need to do to earn that raise? Or are there additional responsibilities that I can take

on so that I can make more money here? Because I have been putting forth all of this extra work. And a lot of times people feel like they want to raise because they need one. You feel like you want to raise because you deserve it. So you have to sit there and tell him why you deserve it. A lot of times our bosses don't even realize the work that we're putting in because we're just doing what we're supposed to do. But maybe you need to let him know, look, I've been training people. My job responsibilities include this, but I've taken on this additional responsibility. I've stepped up to the plate when other people have called out. I've done this, I've done that.

So I feel like I deserve a raise, but you need to sit down and let him know that. You can't just be upset that he's not just giving you one. A lot of times people aren't gonna just come to you and say, here's a raise. You have to go and ask for it. Okay, I'm gonna start my notebook today. Yeah, sit down.

And that way, when you have a meeting, it's very professional. And tell him, I do enjoy working here. I do see a future at this company. But I feel that I deserve to make more money. And here's why. Okay, thank you. Hey, Chalamet. Hey, Chupi.

Hey, boo. Hey, mama. I hope it works out. I hope you get your raise. Okay, thank you. I do appreciate it. And I love you guys so much. Have a blessed day.

You too. Bye. Ask Yee. 800-585-1051. If you need relationship advice, call her now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Ask Yee. Hello, who's this? What's up? This is Dre. I'm Riley. Hey, Dre.

What's your question for Yee? It's kind of for everybody. I found a, like, you know, I got a daughter. You know what I'm saying? I found a sex toy in her room. You found a what? A sex toy. It messed me up, bro.

What was the sex toy that you found? This f***ing dildo. Why are you cursing? No cursing, sir. How old is she, Fer? Oh, my fault. She's 17 years old. She's 17, bro.

Yeah, she's a good kid, though. She gets in advanced classes, gets good grades. I just don't. That don't mean she's not a good kid if you found a dildo. Would you rather find a dildo or a real penis? All right, well, it is Ask Yee. So let me ask you this. Are you and her mother still together, or is she in the house also?

Yeah, she's in the house. I told her. She said the same thing. Like, it could have been a boy, but I was like, yo. Now, have you guys had a conversation with her about the birds and the bees, about sex? Yeah, we had a conversation. Did you ask her about this sex toy that you found? Nah, because it was last night.

I'm going to get her when she gets out of school. I ain't going to get her, but I'm going to, you know. First of all, you shouldn't make her feel ashamed about having it because she should be able to come to you guys about anything. So, you know, I don't know if maybe it was somebody gave it to her as a funny gift. Who knows where she got it from? So it could be an easy explanation or it could be that she's using a dildo, which, I mean, how old were you when you started masturbating? I mean, I had her when I was 17, so.

Exactly. So, you know, you have to just be understanding and be willing to talk to your daughter and let her know if there's any questions she can come to you. Amber, your daughter's almost 17. Yeah, she's almost 17. And if I found a dildo, it would hurt me a little bit. You can't be mad. But I would think about it like this. I'd rather a dildo

than a penis. Than a real penis. And plus, it could be Envy. Envy's what? Dildo. And she can't get pregnant from a dildo. You're right.

That's the good part. And I was reading Chelsea Handler's book a long time ago. Chelsea was masturbating at five. She was like four or five. That ruined me. That was like,

that bugs me out. A lot of people masturbate early. So she, I mean, she's touching herself and finding out about herself. I mean, she's 17 years old. Is she going to go to college? It ain't no 15 inch deal. She's going to college. Right. So, I mean, basically, you know, as parents, you guys have done a great job, I'm sure,

of raising her. But make sure you do a great job of letting her know that she can talk to you about anything because you never want your daughter to feel ashamed about anything. Absolutely. And it may not even be you. Did you smell it?

I didn't want to touch it, bro. And even if it is, it is a natural thing. It's not a huge 15-inch size one, right? If so, can Envy have it? No, it ain't big or nothing, but it's just like,

you know. Just making sure. I mean, listen, I think it's hard for anybody to think about their kids masturbating or having sex. It is what it is. Good luck to you, bro. But, you know, it's what happens. You did it. You had her

at 17, so that's why it's important for you to keep those lines of communication open. Treat her like the period, man. I got a 9-year-old and a 2-year-old. When they start doing stuff like that, go to mama, man. I don't know nothing about no periods. And I don't know nothing about no dildos. And Envy's house is a little different. The daughter can come to him about dildos. You know what I'm saying? Shut up, man.

You have a good one, bro. Good luck, man. Evie can say, just don't use mine. Don't use mine. Mine says vicious on it. I wrote a B for vicious on mine. I'm suing you guys for defamation of character. I just want to let you know. All right, good luck.

I'm going to Human Resources. All right, ASCII, 805-851051. You got rumors on the way? Yes, I do. We are going to be talking about Russell Simmons. He posted where he's at and what he's doing right now. He is temporarily closed. Whoa.

All right. Whoa. Wow. That sounds crazy after that dildo talk. You are trying to take somebody gay. What? Rumors on the way is the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. What are we talking about, Charlamagne? Oh, Russell Simmons says his ass is closed until... What? What?

What are y'all talking about? His ass is closed until further notice What? Listen up, it's just in All the gossip, gossip The Rumor Report With Angela Yee It's the Rumor Report

The Breakfast Club I just want to remove myself from what Charlamagne and Envy do in this room and I'm going to get into what Uncle Rush posted on his page on Instagram He said, temporarily closed for spiritual maintenance. I'm in Bali writing, meditating at holy sites and practicing asanas, letting everyone speak while I listen, focusing and praying to realize one goal, being a more useful servant of God. I want to fully devote myself to my daughters, the underserved community that I've always worked with and the growth of a new conscious community.

We need a revolution of consciousness. Now is the time for new beginnings, one awakened being at a time. I can only go off the conversations that I've had

with Russell Simmons throughout my life. If it's one person who will learn from whatever it is they're going through, it's Russell Simmons. You know how we say

the best apology is change behavior? If it's one person who will change their behavior, it's definitely Russell. But he has said that he hasn't done any of these things, and everything he's done has been consensual. So in order to change that behavior, you have to know. Well, clearly he's trying to reconstruct something.

You just don't close your ass, all right, for spiritual needs. He didn't say that. The word ass is nowhere in here. Nothing about ass or butt is close to that. All right, now Sade, you know how much I think everybody in this room loves Sade. She is absolutely one of my favorite artists. Well, Ava DuVernay also loves her, and she posted, I never thought she'd say yes, but asked anyway.

She was kind and giving. A goddess, we began a journey together that I'll never forget. Proud to announce that Sade has created an original song for Wrinkle in Time. It's entitled Flower of the Universe, and it's a dream come true. I really want to see this movie, Wrinkle in Time, and I will say on a scale of one to Black Panther, my excitement for this movie is at a nine and a half because Ava is the first African-American woman to have a $100 million budget.

It stars a young black queen named Storm Reid. Oprah is in it. My daughter really wants to see this film, and I'm glad because that gives me a reason to have my old ass in there watching it. Alright, Kevin Hart. Now he was out with Eddie Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Chris Tucker, Usher, Dwayne Wade,

all of them. And he went to dinner at Mastro's. Who paid the bill is the question. Here's what Kevin Hart had to say when TMZ asked him. What I do is I always say I'll do it first to create the argument. Right, right, right. I got this bill.

No, no way, Kev. All right, you win. That's how I get myself out of it. Right, and then who ended up paying, though? Chris. Chris Rock paid. Good, good, good. But Chris Rock should have paid.

He never paid. So he should have paid. It's about time he paid. Kev should just follow my rule. My rule is whoever the richest person is, they pay the bill. Don't insult that person by pulling out your little bit of money. So who's the richest person is, they pay the bill. Don't insult that person by pulling out your little bit of money.

So who's the richest person? Eddie? I think Eddie. Absolutely. I mean, I think Eddie just off Shrek alone. Yeah. Just off his Shrek money. Eddie would have to pay that one.

Next time anybody goes out with Kevin Hart and he offers to pay the bill first, just say thank you. Just be quiet. That's the reason Eddie and Mike Myers don't do anything. Shrek. Like, you know, Eddie gets paid when donkeys get sold in the store. Like, Eddie makes money off that forever. Anytime you see that donkey, Eddie getting paid. He get paid for donkey today, too.

No, he don't, because I don't use the Shrek. Alright, Snoop, here's something great that he did. He rescued a stranded driver. Now, imagine this. This woman, Katrina Graham, was on the side of the highway. Her car was broken down, and she said as she was waiting for her brother,

she heard somebody knock on the window, and guess who it was? Snoop Dogg. Now, she said he offered to give her car a push because he thought she was in an unsafe spot and parked his own ride off the exit, ran back to help her get out of the way of moving traffic. Don't drop on a Snoop Dogg for that real-life superhero Snoop Dogg. Shout out to Snoop Dogg.

Snoop also released a surprise EP, by the way, as well. So make sure you guys check out his surprise EP. Is that the gospel one? 220. No. What's the name of it? It's called 220. 220?

Yeah. What's that, like half a blunt? Like February 20th? Yeah, February 20th. 420 is the day you smoke, right? 220. Well, the album came out 220. So I guess that's why he called it 220.

That's when you're just high and you ain't got time to think of no title. It's 220. What's today's date? 220. Let's put it out today. 220. So I guess that's why he called it 220. That's when you're just high and you ain't got time to think of no title. It's 220. What's today's date? Let's put it out today. Alright, Carucci, I guess is really with Victor Cruz now. She did an interview with Ebony Magazine and they asked about her relationship with him and she said, we've been hanging out and getting to know one another. My main priority

is always work, but he's a gentleman. He's a sweet guy and he's really nice. We're taking it slow, but yes. Well, Cowabunga Cruz got a nice ring to it. Why Cowabunga? It's Karuchi. Well, Calamari Cruz, that's a nice ring. I don't think so.

It's Karuchi. Okay. All right. And Tavis Smiley is filing a lawsuit against PBS. Now, remember, they fired him about sexual harassment allegations, and he was on there for 14 years. He did admit to having relationships with co-workers, but he said they all were consensual. In his lawsuit, he is saying that there was racial tension at PBS,

and he said the heads of the network would hassle him whenever he had African-American guests who espoused controversial positions and tried to stop any such guests from appearing. So in these documents, he said his personal production company has been losing multiple millions of dollars since he got fired

and he's had to lay off about 20 employees. How do you prove racism, though? I don't know. PBS is saying that that lawsuit is meritless and that he's trying to distract everyone

from his pattern of sexual misconduct. PBS is going to have LaVar Burton testify and say, look, I did read Rainbow Hill for years and there's never was no racism that happened here at PBS. Well, I don't know, but I guess LaVar Burton testify and say, look, I did read Rainbow Hill for years and there's never was no racism that happened

here at PBS. Well, I don't know, but I guess LaVar Burton and Oscar DeGrasse are going to take the stand. Following this case. I'm Angela Yee and that is your rumor report. Charlamagne, did you read Ryan Coogler's letter to everybody about Black Panther? I did, actually. Yeah, I figured. Is that real?

It's a thank you letter. Oh, because everybody says, I don't know if he really has social media. He did not tell us what he said. He just said thank you. I know. That's real? It's a thank you letter. Oh, because everybody says, I don't know if he really has social media. He did not tell us what he said. He just said thank you, what he said. I know. That's why I just wanted to bring it up because I knew it would interest him. But he just wanted to express his gratitude to everybody about his filmmaking. He said it's a team sport.

Our team was made up of amazing people from all over the world who believed in this story. Never in a million years did we imagine that you all would come out this strong. It still humbles me to think that people care enough to spend their money and time watching our film. Well, first of all, let the record show that last August, I told Ryan Coogler that Black Panther was going to make over a billion dollars. Okay? I told him that. So he's with me never in a million years.

All right? No, he didn't listen. And I told him that because when you take all the Marvel fans who would go watch this movie anyway, combine it with the casual Black fans who've never seen a Marvel movie but would go see Black Panther it was going to cause

what we are presently seeing right now which is all of these record numbers well I'm sure he's still overwhelmed by the support that he's gotten because when you do

something you never really know until it happens and the fact that everybody came out that's a blessing so people just started listening to me

they wouldn't be so surprised about things that happened oh my goodness if they listen to you they'll think Russell Simmons butt's closed

so you're saying it's open you're saying it's open. You're saying it's open. You know what? Because clearly, I would just assume, unless he's on the toilet right now doing the number two, that his butt would be closed. Unless you have some information that we're not privy to. Shout to Revolt.

Is there anything you want to tell us? Shout to Revolt. We'll see you guys tomorrow. About Russell's butt being open. Why are we talking about this? Because he brought up. This is very weird to me. I was talking about Ryan Coogler.

You started talking about Russell's butt being open. I don't know nothing about it. Oh, my God. Uncle Russ, stop. about Ryan Coogler. You started talking about Russell Butt being open. I don't know nothing about, oh, my God. Uncle Russ, stop. No, stop, sir. You know what? People's Choice mixes up next. It's the Breakfast Club.

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