The Breakfast Club - Pete Buttigieg and Gary Owens Interview

Episode Date: September 9, 2019

Today on the show we had Mayor and Presidential candidate Pete Buttigiege stopped by where he spoke about what he plans to do if he wins, Lil Nas X and Kevin Hart backlash and more. Also, we had Gary Owens stop by where he spoke about his comedy special, Kevin Hart and more. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to 911 dispatcher who scolded a caller stranded in floodwaters shortly before she drowned.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God.

What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. We need help! That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast

Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay.

Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

People watch The Breakfast Club, bitches. The voice of the culture. People watch The Breakfast Club for like news and really be tuned in. It's 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.

Good morning, USA. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Good morning, Angelique. Hey, DJ Envy. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. It's Friday. Yep, Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. It's Friday! Yep, Charlamagne is not here yet.

Angelique is still in San Tropez. Shout out to Angelique. I spoke to her yesterday. She's living her best life. Of course, Magic Johnson is celebrating her 60th birthday. So he was out there. She went out there with them. And there's a whole bunch of people out there really just enjoying life. She was telling me some of the things that she was

doing and jumping from yacht to yacht and some of the fancy places she's been eating at. So, shout out to her. She'll be back on Saturday just in time for my car show. I'm excited. Now, if you don't know, yesterday I was honored for International DJ

of the Year. They had a huge Dominican, I want to say, gala. And I'm wearing my, what's this called? Sashay? A sash? Sash. Sash? Sash.

Sash. I'm wearing my, how do you say it in Spanish? I don't know. All right, well, I'm wearing my sash right now. Now, it doesn't say International DJ of the Year. It says DJ International of the Year. International. Oh, International DJ of the Year.

That is me. I had a great time last night at the gala. I didn't know what anybody was saying to me. Oh, Internationale. DJ of the year. That is me. I had a great time last night at the gala. I didn't know what anybody was saying to me. Oh, yeah. All I know, when this song came on,

they were rocking though. But anyway, last night I was at the gala and everybody was talking to me. And all I know is C. So my homie pulled me to the side. He was like, you know the guy asked

for your sneakers after this thing and you told him yes. I don't know what I was saying last night, but I am... I am the DJ international of the year,

and I'm so proud of that, so I'm wearing my sash all day long. I don't know where Charlamagne is yet, but we could have had some fun with it. But anyway, okay, you start the music now. But I'm excited about this car show. The car show goes down tomorrow. A lot of work put into this car show. So many different celebrity cars will be in the building.

Shout out to Michael Strahan, 50 Cent, Offset, 2 Chainz, Fabulous, Currency, Plies, Pusha T. There's so many people that's going to be there. So I hope to see you guys. It's going to be a family fun day. I just put something together that I thought would be fun for the whole family. So we have jumpies and bounce houses for the kids, face painters and balloonists. I don't even know what they call them, the balloon clowns that put the balloon things together. What are they called? You don't know anybody yet, but that guy, he'll be there as well.

And we have hair braiders. We have somebody doing nails. We actually have Sephora doing facials. So it's going to be a lot of stuff And all that stuff is free Not the hair braiding But the rest of that stuff is free Because we just want you to enjoy And then you can just come chill

And look at some of the cars So let me shout out to some of my sponsors I just want to shout them out Shout out to the Jesse and the Detox Doctors They always come up here And they talk about detoxing Living a healthy life They are a sponsor

Shout out to Angela Yee and her Drink Fresh Press They are sponsors Shout out to Juices for Life BK Sponsors Shout out to 1-e and her Drink Fresh Press. They are sponsors. Shout out to Juices for Life, BK, sponsors. Shout out to 1-800-CAR-CRASH, my guy Steve, sponsor. Shout out to the credit guy. He'll be there helping people with his credit. What up, Jose? No Limit Auto Body, who's helping in towing the cars and fixed up a lot of cars.

Shout out to you guys. Sephora in Wayne, New Jersey. They're coming just to give women facials for free, and I thought that was dope. Thank you. Matt, the mortgage guy. He's going to be there. He's going to I thought that was dope. Thank you. Matt the Mortgage Guy. He's going to be there. He's going to be helping people get pre-approved. So he'll be there. So if you haven't been to my seminar, it's good because a lot of people will be there to help you out.

Fashion Nova. Fashion Nova came in. Shout out to Fashion Nova. They didn't send me any clothes to wear yet, but shout out to Earn and Fashion Nova. I'm excited about that. Shout out to Kia and Wayne. Paul Miller, Rolls Royce. Rolls Royce D, thank you. And shout out to Lambo Paramus. And my final thank you besides Power 105

and my iHeart family is Lincoln Tech. Shout out to Lincoln Tech. Shout out to Tina and shout out to everybody on the Lincoln Tech campuses. You guys really supported. You came through. Y'all seen the vision. And this car show is getting bigger and bigger. So shout out to those guys. Alright. Now let's get the show cracking.

Mayor Pete will be joining us. Mayor Pete will be here this morning. Of course, he's a candidate for 2020. We'll talk to him about what's going on and everything in the next debate. So we'll talk to Mayor Pete and also comedian Gary Owen. He'll be joining us this morning. What up, Charlamagne? Who's joining us this morning?

Mayor Pete and Gary Owen. Two white men. Two white men. Two white men I actually like, though. I like Gary Owen and I like Mayor Pete. Play my music again. You see my sash? Play my music.

I'm glad that the Dominican, you know, let's talk about this. Look to all the Dominicans out there for finally accepting their brother, even though he don't accept y'all. I'm DJ International. That's how you say it. Internationally. Internationally. I've been trying to tell this man that he's Dominican for the past eight,

nine years, and he won't even accept it. man that he's Dominican for the past eight, nine years, and he won't even accept it. But now he's finally accepting it. South Chateau, my Dominican, Dominican, Dominican, Dominican, Dominican. Turn it up a little bit. Yes. You about to start crashing all the Dominican parties, taking all the Dominican DJ jobs. It was good.

It was a good night. The food was amazing. A lot of rice and beans? Turn it up a little bit. There was no rice and beans. A lot of white jeans in the building? A couple white suits. You look ridiculous.

This is cultural appropriation. I am insulted. Why? They honored me last night. I feel bad for all the Dominicans out there that have to watch this right now. Turn up a little bit.

Oh, my God. What they saying? One kiss. One kiss. Woo! Kinky, all right. What's that thing you're wearing? What do you call it?

A sash. A sash. Yes. That look pretty big. You sure that's not a Caesars? That's all you have. Y'all didn't switch sashes last night? You know what?

When we come back, we got to talk front page news and tell you about Hurricane Dorian and more. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary?

Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana Tribune country, my

forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs,

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

It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love.

I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Now, NFL was back last night. It throws tonight football.

The Green Bay Packers beat the Chicago Bears 10-3 in the season opener. That must have been a defensive game. It was. I damn sure didn't watch it. I was out last night. Yeah, I didn't watch it either. Now, also, Hurricane Dorian. It seems like it's weak into a category one.

There's five related U.S. deaths so far, 30 in the Bahamas. But, you know, with the Bahamas, they're still trying to figure everything out. There's still so much destruction and so many people still trying to be accounted for. And they're saying in South Carolina, North Carolina, 293 people, 293,000 people still have no power. And it's just hit Virginia. And so far, 700 people have no power. The worst things about situations like this is, if I'm not mistaken, I think hurricane season is just getting in the full swing.

Right. So we don't know how many more of these we're going to see before the year is over. Right. Well, Rihanna said on Instagram and Twitter that she is going to do something. She hasn't figured out what she's going to do, but I'm sure she's going to do something in a major way. I mean, the truth of the matter is, you know, everybody just got to put their money where their mouth is. You just

got to make sure you're putting your money towards the right organization. The right organization. You know what I'm saying? You want to give your money to organizations that are on the ground. And I remember when this happened in Houston, of course I gave my money to Trader Truth. And the reason I gave my money to Trader Truth is because I know that Trader Truth and Mr. Rogers was on the ground with it. Like, you know,

really taking that money where it was needed. You know, in the trenches. You're just trying to find those organizations to give you bread to. Yep. Ludacris is donating $100,000 to Hurricane Dorian Relief. He's using his proceeds from the Ludic Day Week and he says all proceeds will be going to the Relief Fund. Tyler Perry has already

sent his seaplane out there already and it's delivered water, juice, sleeping bags, diapers, various hygiene products and more. What the hell is a seaplane? And what does the A and B plane look like? No. What kind of seaplane would that be? No, a seaplane is the plane that lands on water. Sea. The sea.

Okay, that's rich people talk. You know what I'm saying? I'm just going to sit over here and act my wage. I don't know. Nothing about that. And they also brought back seven passages including small children, a pregnant woman, and others who needed medical attention. So that's what Tyler Perry's doing. Shout out to Hampton University.

They announced that they're going to partner up with the University of the Bahamas. They're going to allow students who have been displaced to come to Hampton to tuition-free for a semester. Wow. That's pretty dope. How is y'all just going to let the other H-U do y'all like that? So shout out to the real H-U, Hampton University,

for really stepping up and helping out the University of the Bahamas and those students and giving them a place to stay. That's what the real H-U does. Drop one of Kluze bombs for Howard. No, Hampton. That's Hampton. That would be Hampton. And that's Front Page News.

Now get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to hit us up right now. Maybe you had a bad night or maybe you had a horrible night or maybe you just want to spread some positivity. 800-585-1051 is 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. Damn, damn, damn. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? This is Dion calling out of Charlotte. What's up, Dion?

7-0-4, Queen City, what's happening? What's going on, bro? Get it off your chest. Hey, new baby alert, man. The baby got a song with Post Malone on his new album. Hey, Post got a song with Ozzy Osbourne. St. John had a song with Lenny Kravitz on his album last week. Thanks for the updates, bro. Post Malone got an album out?

We needed that. Yeah, he just dropped the album. We needed that update on a Friday, bro. I didn't know Post Malone got an album out. Thank you, man. Post dropped something. Yeah, yeah, yeah. New music.

New music. Baby to baby. Word. I'm going to be honest with you. I don't give a damn about Post Malone got an album out. Thank you, man. Let's drop something. Yeah, yeah, yeah. New music. New music. Baby to baby. Word. I'm going to be honest with you. I don't give a damn about Post Malone's new music. I'm going to leave that mayonnaise right on the shelf. Hello, who's this? Hey, what's up, man?

It's Mello. Mello, what's up? Get off your chest. Man, I got to drop one of Clues Vines for you, DJ Envy. You finally claiming the Dominicans by you. There you go. You won the International of the Year. And on top of that, you did the yo's better than Charlamagne, man.

Charlamagne, you slacking, bro. I did the yo's. I did the Angela Yee. I did the DJ. I did everybody. You're holding it down, bro. You're really holding it down for everybody this morning, the black people, the Dominicans. Exactly.

Charlamagne. Now that he's embracing the Dominican side, his screaming is better. This guy's an ass. side, his screaming is better. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. This guy's an ass. Hello, who's this? What's up, man? It's Black Money. Black.

What up, Black? What up? I can't call him, man. What's up? I don't know. You calling us. What's up? Man, I'm out here. Only car on the road right now, man.

Out north of West 25th Street. Shout out to Max's Demolition Crew. We're still out here working. I mean, you need anything removed, any type of demolition, man, hit us up. Bro, it's a hurricane out there. What do you mean you're working? We out here working, man. We got to get it, man.

People need help out here. All right, man. Max's Environmental Services, West 25th Street. All right, bro. Be safe out there, though. You too, man. Hello, who's this? This Chad at Teflon. What's up, bro? Get it off your chest, man. Hello, who's this? This is Chad at Teflon.

What's up, bro? Get it off your chest, man. Get it off my chest. Yo, this DJ Envy? Nope. Who this? Who this? This is Chad at Teflon.

I just want to say, man, it's a debate going on. Who's better, Power or Snowfall? I'm going to be honest with you. I don't watch Snowfall. I'm invested in the Power. I mean, I've watched Snowfall a couple of times, and it's good. But I'm really invested in the Power, so I would have to go with Power. Yeah, and that's what I'm invested in the power. I mean, I've watched Snowfall a couple of times and it's good, but I'm really invested in the power, so I would have to go with Power. Yeah, and that's what I'm saying.

So Power got me really invested and got my interest. I'm just now watching Snowfall and I don't see the comparison. I don't understand why you would compare the two. Plus, one was stolen from the whole story of Ricky Ross. I don't get it. I don't think that you can ask

either one of us, though. And I don't think that we can even ask you because, like you say, you just started watching Snowfall. I don't get it. I don't think that you can ask either one of us, though. And I don't think that we can even ask you because, like you say, you just started watching Snowfall. I don't really watch Snowfall. If I had watched every episode of Snowfall and every episode of Power, I could give you a better, you know, critique, but no. And I didn't know that was a debate online. Is that a big debate online?

Did I miss that? It's a huge debate online. Y'all need to get in the mood. Y'all need to get in the mood. So check this out. I just started watching me me and I'm on season three. So what that mean? You ain't got no life?

I'm on season six of Power. So I'm like, I just caught the connection between Tariq, the girl he met in college, and his roommate. You can't tell me that's not evolving into the new ghost. You know what I'm saying? Tommy

and his old lady. Ooh, that's a good observation, sir. Okay. Great observation. Great observation. He's a gang, Ghost. Great observation, sir, but I would not. First of all, I need Ghost to die and probably Tariq to die this season.

I'm over both of them. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Hold on, hold on, hold on. You need Ghost to die? Man, Ghost is trash. What do you do for a living, bro? Oh, I'm in the military. Okay.

And I do comedy on IG, but yeah. Okay, all right. Why do you need ghosts to die? Of all people. Because ghosts are the sucker. Bro, this is Friday. We're not having a power debate right now. But thank you.

All right, bet. And shout out to 50 Cent. 50 Cent is actually directing this weekend, so he's excited about that. And he's adding back the Joe intro, as he should. Yeah, he's adding back the Joe intro. So get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's your time to get it off your chest Whether you're mad or blessed We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club Hello, who's this? This is Mark

Mark, you calling back for some more slander, Mark? Well, Jeannie Mae and Jeezy What's wrong with Jeannie Mae and Jeezy? What's the problem with black men allowing themselves to be fetishized? There's a video of her talking about black men, and she calls them dark meat. I heard about that. I didn't watch the video, though, but I heard about it.

What's the problem? Yeah, I saw the video. What's the problem? So why do black men allow non-black women to actually disrespect them in that way, just to get laid? By calling us dark meat? Now, if you don't remember, Mark Corlin yesterday was very mad at Chris Brown for liking women outside of the African-American race.

Well, that 20-year-old Asian that he's seeing that look like a dude called him a n***a, and he's still seeing her. Ooh. First of all, you told us yesterday that Chris Brown liked trans people, trans women. So what's, I don't... That's the girl I'm talking about. She called him a n***a, and she on tour with him right now. Well, maybe she's a trans a**hole, so she's able to say that word. Mark, he's not a n***a.

He's an Asian. Is that, she might be trans a she's able to say that word. She's not an Asian. She might be trans. You know how she feels inside? Mark, are you in a relationship? Huh? Are you in a relationship, Mark? Yeah, why? Just asking. Because you call up at 6 in the morning every morning with nothing better to talk about. That's why. Just twice. I just happened to get through twice.

I'm just lucky. And I'm going to be honest with you. So it's okay a problem. So it's okay. Wait. So it's okay for him to see an Asian girl that call him a s*** but he going off on women who call him a colorist.

I don't even know if what you're saying is true but if it is true, no. That's not okay for an Asian person to say that to a black person. Well, Chris is just a coon anyway so I guess that figures.

But I thought you started talking about Jenny Mai and Jeezy. She did. Yeah, because I'm talking about how non-black women fetishize black men. And y'all allow it. Y'all allow them to be around y'all. Say the word n***a. Call y'all a n***a.

No, we don't. Who is y'all? Who is y'all? We don't. I see it all the time. I see a bunch of white women, Hispanic women. And I use Chris, for example, because it's been open. He's been in videos where girls using n****s. This chick

just called him a n****. Can you stop saying the word? I don't know what you're talking about, my n****, but I'm going to tell you something. I'm going to tell you something. I've been getting fetishized over my whole life, you know what I'm saying? They call you dark meat? They call me little dark chocolate. They call me little young tasty cakes.

You know what I'm saying? Do you like it? Yeah, it actually does feel kind of good, if I'm being honest with you. Well, Mark, you seem like you need a hug, Mark. Come on, give me a hug through this phone. Give me a hug. Come on, come on. Give me a hug. Bring it in.

Bring it in! Are you going to come give me a hug? Can I get free tickets? See, you went too far. See, I was going to give you a hug, but you went too far. Trav, get it off your chest, Trav, man. Yo, what's up, Envy? What's up, Trav?

What's going on, sir? What up, sis? How you? I'm doing good. I'm doing good. Listen, can we drop with a clues bomb from Meg Thee Stallion? What Meg Thee Stallion do? I want to thank her for convincing Nicki Minaj to retire,

because I'm pretty sure it was her. Listen, Nicki, we love you. Thank you for everything you've done. Don't come back wearing a 405 like Jordan. Take care of your family. Have a family. Have fun. And we love you. Thank you for being you've done. Don't come back wearing a 405 like Jordan. Take care of your family. Have a family. Have fun. And we love you.

Thank you for being such an amazing legend. Trav, you're messy. Why? Why? Why? Why? What made you say I ain't got to do with this? Oh, because I'm pretty sure Meg is the one that convinced her to retire.

You know what, Trav? Goodbye. Yeah, I just don't understand. I don't understand. I don't understand why this is new to us. Envy, one more thing. Yes. Cowboys is going to win against the Giants.

We know this. On Sunday. We know this. Now, drop in the clues box for the Cowboys. And if you want, I would love to put a $20 bet on it, Envy. Let's do this. Let's do this. Trav, I thought you was taking a knee all season.

If the Giants win, you got to kiss Charlamagne on the mouth. Oh, I'm ready. First of all, first of all, first of all, black. If the Cowboys win, you got to kiss Charlamagne on the mouth. First of all, first of all, first of all, you got to kiss Charlamagne on the mouth. First of all, black men don't cheat, so I don't know why Envy even saying that. You know what I mean? But Trav, I thought you was taking a knee all season.

He said it was gay, so what? Are you going to be there tomorrow, Charlamagne, at Envy Park? Are you going to show up and support? Nope. You know Charlamagne don't come out with large crowds. He don't come out and support anything. I'm going to see you tomorrow.

The way my anxiety's set up. I'll post about it on Instagram. Get it off your chest. 800- Wait, we got DJ on the line. DJ, you all right, man? Hello? You all right?

You want to talk about mental health? You all right? Yeah, man, I'm good. I just wanted to give you all applause. You know, Charlamagne, always keeping up. Talking about black mental health. It's really important. I work with a very sensitive population of first-time black male felons.

And it's really just a lack of coping skills. They just don't know how to deal with stuff. So keep doing y'all. Just want to give y'all applause and happy Friday. Thank you, my brother. We had a great conversation last night in Brooklyn at Powerhouse Arena with, you know, psychiatrist Dr. Jessica Clemons, man. It was a great conversation because my book

Shook One, Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me is out. It came out in paperback this week. And so we had a great conversation about my favorite subject, which is mental health. So thank you. That's right. The paperback is out right now. It came out on my birthday, so make sure you go pick it up. Are you saying my back was out on your birthday? It was. Did your wife know about this?

Get it off your chest. 80-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up at any time. And when we come back, let's talk Nicki Minaj. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Yeah, yeah. How about a boy named Drom gonna get mad at me because he telling me about an artist named, what's his name? Anil A.A.? What's his name?

Anuel A.A. He's on that new record with Fat Joe and Cardi B. He's going to play in a little bit now and then, but he's going to play in a little second. Tough tune. Is he a Dominican drum? AA. He's Puerto Rican.

Oh, okay. I'm just trying to see how much envy is leaning into his Dominican side this month. Oh, my goodness. Well, let's get to the rumors. They gave him an award last night. Yeah, they gave me an award. DJ Internacional. How do you say it?

Internacional. A DJ Internacional. How do you say it? DJ Internacional of the year. And you've been fronting on your Dominican side for so long. It's crazy to me. I've been telling you you've been Dominican for at least seven years now. Well, I got my award last night. Wait till Sunday when he wears his New York Giants jersey with some white jeans. Y'all don't know how Dominican he is. Let's get to the rumors.

Let's talk Nicki Minaj. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Now, Nicki Minaj said that she is retiring to start a family. She posted this yesterday on Twitter. She said, I'm still right here. What the hell? Here it goes. I've decided to retire and have my family.

I know you guys are happy now. To my fans, keep repping me. Do it till the death of me. Put X in the box because ain't nobody checking for me. Love you for life. Why are y'all reporting this like it's real news? Why are y'all reporting this like this is a serious thing? You understand the context of why she posted that.

She posted that because she was upset about what was, I think it was Hip Hop DX or somebody was telling her that they don't really know who she is through her music. So she was just, yeah, she didn't, she's not really retiring. So why is everybody running with this story like Nicki Minaj is retiring? And you know it's not a real story. Like, was it a slow news day yesterday? I don't know. Come on, man.

I don't know. I mean, maybe it hurt her feelings. And then she started saying some songs that they... But why? Why does that hurt your feelings? Because one publication said they don't feel something like that? It does hurt your feelings. She has millions of fans.

No, no, no. It has nothing to do with you personally. It's the fact that people are so stupid. And people aren't doing their research. So if they actually did their research and they realized he is autobiographical in her music, and then for you to say to her, hey, I don't know who you are. And clearly you don't listen to my music like that. What did Jay-Z say back in the day?

Do you fools listen to music or you just skim through it? Yeah. You know what I mean? Because her fans know exactly who she is because they actually listen to her records. Right. Me and Nicki Minaj don't have the best relationship right now. I actually think she hates me. But I would say this.

One thing I would say about Nicki is Nicki came up with nobody liking her from the start. Really? Yes. I don't believe that. Absolutely. No, New York kind of didn't F with her at all. I always liked Nicki. No, this is before that.

New York really didn't F with her. Nicki had to grind, grind, grind. Then remember, she went to Atlanta. She popped off in Atlanta because she was kind of under Gucci and Deb and all that. And then she kind of went to Atlanta she popped off in Atlanta cause she was kinda under Gucci and Deb and all that and then she kinda got her start from there

but at first New York wasn't really messing with Nicki especially the New York DJ so yeah I'm realizing that a lot of you New York DJ's

don't know what the hell y'all doing because if you think about back in the day y'all let y'all let Dr. Dre and Em sign 50 Cent

and the executives here in New York by the way and y'all let Lil Wayne and Em sign Nicki how you let that talent from right out your backyard go? Why weren't y'all supporting that talent from the beginning back in the day?

Let's go for the DJs and executives. We was always supporting 50 Cent. 50 was always being supported. The problem with 50 is he had beef with Supreme, which was Irv's guy, and Irv and them was blackballing him, so he had to go to the West Coast because everybody was blackballing him here. So none of the executives in New York had the balls to sign him, basically. Nah, after Columbia dropped him, no.

Clue tried to sign him, but that didn't work. And I think what happened with 50 Cent was the best. I think he wouldn't be allowed, I wouldn't say allowed, but they pushed him to do what he wanted to do, Eminem and Dr. Dre. He was able to say whatever he wanted to say about anything, the Source magazine, any artist, and they allowed it. They let him be free. They let him be free.

I think in any situation, they would have tried to put a muzzle on him. So how y'all miss Nicki? I don't know. That's a good question. That's a good question. I always thought Nicki was fire. From the come up DVDs. I had to be shot Nicki out on Wendy Williams and that had to be like 06.

Yeah, but New York DJs never really supported Nicki, so the fact that Nicki has a little chip on her shoulder about that, I get it. I would too. And the fact that she don't mess with me. So why you don't support her now? I do. Okay.

What? I'm just asking. You're going to tell a big lie like that on the radio in front of everybody. I do play. What? The joint with her and Megan Thee Stallion. Hot Girl Summer. I play that.

That is Meg's record. What's the last Nicki record you played? I didn't really love Megat Girl Summer. I played that. That's his Megs record. What's the last Nicky record you played? I didn't really love Megatron, but I played it a couple times. I didn't love it. You got it. Did you love Megatron? No.

You see? I'm not a DJ. I'm not a DJ. I hate you. And Drake, shout out to Drake. He gives an interview about Top Boy. Now, Top Boy was a show, I guess, in London that didn't do well.

Drake loved it, so he decided to pick it up and buy it. Top Boy is actually very dope. I watched Top Boy on Netflix a couple of years ago. It's two seasons, but only four episodes a season. It's not that it's a great show. It is a really good show, but what's so interesting

about it is it shows the street life of London. You tell one street story, you tell them all. It's really just about where you're from. A lot of them don't have guns. It's dope. We have audio. I did my research dope. Now, let's say we have drink. We have audio. Yeah, I did my research.

I found out that it had been ultimately canceled. And I brought it up to my manager, my partner. I said, yo, we should try and bring this back. I mean, I think the entire UK would appreciate it. And, like, at first it was kind of like just for me. I was like, yo, I need this back. But then I realized how much it meant to so many people and next thing I

knew we were sitting in a room with Netflix and here we are. Smart move. I just want to know if it's going to be more than four episodes this season. I guess we'll see. Alright, well Drake said he was sitting down with his partner and manager. He's talking about Future the Prince and the dope thing about Future the Prince was Future the Prince started off as Drake's DJ. And with

DJ from on tour and DJ him and do his shows. And he moved up and now he's partner and manager, which is dope. He's executive producing some good projects. He executive produces Euphoria as well, him and Future the Prince. I'm going to tell you something, though. When you ask somebody what is a top boy, if you put a comma between top and boy, woof. He said he was gay, so what? Y'all too fast with that, man.

That's your rumor report. When we come back, front page news. We'll give you updates on Dory and Don't Move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. What are we doing? Front page news. What have we been doing for the past nine years?

All right. Well, let's get into some front page news. Now, last night, the NFL is back in Thursday Night Football. The Packers take on or they beat the Bears 10-3 in the season opener. Now, this Sunday, my Giants will be crushing the Dallas Cowgirls. Let the record show, I am a diehard Dallas Cowboys fan. If you know anything about me, Charlemagne Tha God, Leonard McKelvey, then you know my father tased a Marine on 9-11

at Red Life Stadium about seven, eight years ago. He sure did. That's how diehard we are about our Dallas Cowboys. He sure did. My daddy is one of those people who has six-time NFL world champions, Dallas Cowboys, on his arm. But they don't have six championships. That's right.

We only got five. So he got that immediately after we won the fifth Super Bowl back in the 90s. And I remember asking him, back then when I was a young jit, so what if they win more than six? What'd he say? So he got that immediately after we won the fifth Super Bowl back in the 90s. And I remember asking him, back then when I was a young jit, so what if they win more than six? What'd he say? Ever in life. He didn't have an answer.

Oh. We've been stuck on five. What happens if they don't ever get six? He's still got... My dad's up in age. All right, well. I don't got much. Damn, Charlemagne. Geesh, all right.

Well, let's talk about Hurricane Dorian. Now, it has weakened to a category one storm. There are five storm-related deaths in the U.S. and 30 so far in the Bahamas, but they're still sifting through and finding more and more destruction. They're saying 293,000 customers in North Carolina and South Carolina have no power. 700 have no power in Virginia. Now, you know, Bahamas is going to need a lot to rebuild. And Tyler Perry is starting.

He's already sent his seaplane to the Bahamas twice already. They dropped off water, juice, sleeping bags, diapers, various hygiene products, and more. They even brought back seven people, including small children, a pregnant woman, and others who needed medical attention. I'm so stupid. And clearly, of course I'm not as rich as Tyler Perry, but I thought a seaplane was just like his third plane. I thought he had an A-plane and a B-plane. No, he just sent the seaplane.

And lands on the sea. You never seen them seaplanes that land on the sea and take off off the ocean? Hell no, I ain't never seen that. I would have thought that was a flying boat, my dumb ass. Well, it's kind of like a flying boat. It lands on a... Anyway. Whatever. Tyler Perry clearly can afford one. Yeah, he has one. Well, it's kind of like a flying boat. It is. It lands on a... Anyway. Whatever.

Tyler Perry clearly can afford one. Yeah, he has one. Jesus Christ. Drop on the clues bar for Tyler Perry, man. My God. Now, Ludacris is donating $100,000 to Hurricane Dorian Relief. He said the proceeds from his Luda Day weekend will go into help the relief fund. I like that.

Drop on the clues bar for Luda. Luda! Luda! Ludacris is radio alumni, by the way. You forget that Luda Chris was a radio guy. Yes, he is. He started in radio. Now, Hampton University, the real H-U. Hampton. H-U. Okay.

Announced that Thursday, it will be partnering with the University of the Bahamas to allow students who have been displaced by the storm to spend the fall semester on its campus in Hampton, Virginia for free. I cannot believe Howard is in Hampton, Virginia, for free. I cannot believe Howard is letting Hampton upstage them like that. So shout out to President Harvey.

Shout out to Hampton University. That is pretty dope. So again, Hampton University is teaming up with the University of the Bahamas to allow students who have been displaced by the storm to spend the fall semester on its campus, beautiful campus, in Hampton, Virginia, tuition free. Drop on the clues bombs for the real H.U. That's right, Howard. No, no, no, no, no, no. The real H.U. Hampton, Virginia, tuition free. Drop one of Clues bombs for the real H-U. That's right.

Howard. No, no, no, no, no. The real H-U Hampton. I support all HBCUs, and I think that's a real gangster move for Hampton to be doing that, for the people that are displaced from the Bahamas. I think that's dope. Salute to Hampton University. There you go.

All right. And that is your front page news. Now, when we come back. That's right. For the second time, he's back. That's right. Mayor Pete will be joining us. Mayor Pete Buttigieg.

Okay. You know, he's running for president, Democratic, trying to be the Democratic candidate in 2020. And he's running to be president overall. But, yeah, it's a lot of things to talk to Mayor Pete about. You know what I'm saying? I think that his Douglas plan is the only plan that I've seen from a presidential candidate that is specifically for black people.

He has a clear-cut black agenda, and I'd like to talk to him about that, amongst other things. All right, we'll talk to Mayor Pete when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. You're checking out the world's most dangerous morning show. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.

First time I'm meeting him, I wasn't here the first time he stopped through. Are you with us? No. We have Mayor Pete. Welcome, sir. Thank you. Welcome back, I should say. Good to be back.

You got a lot more money in your treasure chest nowadays. Yeah, things have changed a little bit. This is the first time you came. How much have you raised so far? Last quarter, we did, I think, $23 million, something like that. Wow. That's a lot of money. But it doesn't reflect in, like, I guess your polls,

the percentages of people who would vote for you? That's right, yeah. I mean, it's going to take a while to lock a lot of people down, right? So what we've done now, we've overtaken about 20 of my competitors. Now we've got the bigger hills to climb. But we've positioned ourselves in the top tier. And now I think these months between, look, a lot of people won't make up their minds until the last five or 10 days, but the window between now and then is when you're

doing the ground game, the organizing. We're opening 20 offices in 20 days in Iowa. We're doing about a dozen in New Hampshire over the next few days. Then you start putting that organization in place that actually helps you earn it. And that's what the money is for. That, and of course, you got to get the word out on TV and the rest of it. So, you know, we're still raising funds, but now it's about actually putting them into the ground and making them work. Do you think you sucked in the first couple of debates? No, I thought we were good.

Do you? You kind of got lost, man, Pete. Like, I like you because you're charismatic. I didn't really get that from the first couple of debates. Well, I mean, part of the debate format is they got you giving 60-second answers. There's 10 of you up there. And it's hard to have the meaningful conversation like we can do in the town halls town halls are good for us interviews

are good for us because you can dig in the breakfast club obviously yeah no i mean really we can dig in and talk about something in some depth right harder to do that into the debates and the pressure is to just get out there and knife each other right and and that's what i think the on some level that's what i think the networks want you i think people want to see that too they want to see the knife yeah but i'm not we're not there to entertain each other, right? And that's what I think, on some level, that's what I think the networks want you to do. I think people want to see that, too. They want to see the knifing. Yeah, but we're not there to entertain people, right? Now, it is fair game to bring out the contrast.

So I think, you know, we're going to be talking more and more about the differences between what I'm putting forward and what the others are. But I'm not going to do, like, a canned made-for-TV moment in order to, you know, be the talk of the town that night and then a few weeks later everybody's forgotten about it. I want to make sure that everything you do... Oh, is that a send-to-the-TV moment in order to be the talk of the town that night, and then a few weeks later everybody's forgotten about it. I want to make sure that everything you do. No, no, I'm just saying this is the pressure that you come under

when you're getting ready to go on. This is the last debate, too. They were saying, like, the moderates versus the left, making it look like a boxing match, right? I get that. But I think you've got to be about yourself. And the most important thing, I think, is for somebody watching the debate to be able to picture how their life is going to be different if you're president versus any of the others. And that gets lost. You know what? That's interesting. You said that you're not there to entertain people.

But haven't Trump kind of changed that? Like, I feel like the language of politics is dead. I feel like you do have to entertain. But that's the problem, right? I mean, the White House is being run as a reality show and we're paying the price because it turns out we need the president to be a president. We need the White House to run the country and to help run the world. And when you don't have that, yeah, it gets, you know, he's all about the ratings, right? He's getting the eyeballs. And, you know, anytime there's something grotesque, it's very hard to look away from.

So for that reason alone, everybody's fixated on it. But it's also exhausting. It's weakening the country. It's making us worse off. We're divided. And we can't go on like that. You know, they say you struggle with black voters. They say it's for a number of reasons.

I've seen black people question your record as mayor of South Bend, Indiana. I think I read them reading it, and I said, in South Bend, African-Americans do worse than whites in the city, in school, and college, and they suffer high rates of unemployment and poverty. And they say, as mayor, you haven't focused on addressing those problems. Like, why didn't you put that focus on those things? Well, first of all, it's absolutely true that the numbers demonstrate that in South Bend, just like in the country, it is a worse experience for black residents. You look at employment, you look at housing, you look at the country, it is a worse experience for black residents. You look at employment, you look at housing, you look at health, and it is worse. But it's not true that we accept that or that I haven't done anything about it. The very first thing we did was work

on neighborhoods where there was a lot of blight. We had collapsing houses, making it harder to live in what were mostly black neighborhoods. We brought resources to do something about that. We've been working to make sure that we support home repair. We've been working on community-oriented approaches to policing. Policing's been a huge challenge for us. It's been a huge racial challenge for us. Look, a mayor's not going to solve these issues overnight, but that doesn't mean we don't work on them.

And so if the test is, did you fix racism and poverty and crime? Of course not. But if the test is, did we work on these things and get somewhere, then I believe we have a lot to talk about in terms of how we've handled this in South Bend. And, you know, what we're finding, sometimes the media talks about the black voter like it's some guy, like it's one person with one opinion. You will find voters in South Bend who support me, who oppose me, who support me on housing but don't think I got it right on policing or vice versa, because there's a lot of different people with a lot of different opinions. And I think it's my job to communicate all of that. But if I want to earn and deserve to earn

black support, then I've got to, first of all, talk about what we got right in South Bend, what we got wrong, and what we learned from it. But also what we're going to do for the country. It's why we've got the Douglas Plan, which is, I believe, the most ambitious and comprehensive plan of any of the 2020 candidates. I haven't seen anybody with a black agenda to that extent except for you. Right. And we know we, I mean, if only because I'm the white candidate who's going to get asked the most about race, I see that as an opportunity to talk about what we've got to do. But frankly, not just for black audiences. Obviously, anytime I'm speaking

to a mostly black room full of voters, they're going to want to know what's your black agenda. But frankly, this is a conversation that needs to happen with white voters. Because I think for a lot of white voters, it's been like anything related to race is a specialty issue. Like you only talk about it when you're with minority voters. But this is something that doesn't get fixed unless there's a different level of understanding among white people and white voters. I've come to some of these understandings the hard way, right? As a mayor of a city that's 40, 45% non-white and that's gone through some really brutal issues when it comes to race. Not saying that I

understand the black experience, but I'm saying that I understand a thing or two about how all of us are living in a racialized moment in a racialized country. And I think, frankly, part of what's happened in the Trump moment is it has wakened up a lot of people, including a lot of white progressives, to the fact that some things that have been here all along, and frankly, some folks could have told us this all along, but have been brought to the surface where they were under the surface. So I think that we got to talk about how when you take a racist policy or racist system and you try to replace it with a neutral one, that's not enough because a lot of the inequalities we're dealing with, they're here for a reason, and they were brought

to us intentionally. Housing discrimination is a good example. It's all systemic. So being that this country systemically did things to put black people in this country, that's to systemically do something to get them out. Exactly. I mean, look, when you break something, you've got to fix it. And, you know, some of these harms don't go away on their own because they compound.

It's like compound interest. You have money in the bank, it grows over time. The same for a dollar saved is true of a dollar stolen. So when you have generational theft, as has happened in this country for a very long time, we've got to be intentional about that. And it's systemic in the sense that health is related to economic empowerment and economic empowerment is related to education. All of these things are related to housing. And so the other thing we're doing very intentionally is we have a lot to say about criminal justice reform, cutting incarceration by 50 percent, making sure we have the right tools for supporting police accountability. But we can't reduce the black experience in this country just to encounters with criminal justice.

I want to be talking about entrepreneurship. I want to be talking about how we increase the number of black entrepreneurs creating jobs in this country. It's why we set a 25 percent goal for the federal government to do its purchasing with businesses run by people who've been historically excluded. It's why we want to make sure it's easier to get credit. It's why we want to make sure that the federal dollars are being used to co-invest with promising startups, because we've got to talk about solutions in the same way that we're talking about problems. We got more with Mayor Pete when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're kicking it with Mayor Pete. I know like even next week, I know they're doing a caucus on helping minorities get homes and helping them with low to no money down, low interest rates, and being able to get their loans. So how can we help more minorities, especially black people, be able to be homeowners? You know, a lot of us have never owned a home, rented 30 years of our lives because they feel like they can't or they just don't have the money to put down.

Exactly. And, you know, renting often is more expensive. Right. In our city, it's definitely the case that renting overall costs more money than the mortgage would cost if you could get a loan and get a house. But a lot of people are trapped in that. You know, we talk about income gaps, but you look at the wealth gap and that's an even bigger issue racially in this country. And most Americans have a lot of our wealth in our homes. So in the Douglas plan, we propose a kind of 21st century homestead act. And the idea is that we make it possible to acquire properties, especially in areas where there have been a lot of abandoned properties or properties that are about to be bought up because we've got a lot of gentrifying going on,

and make sure we put those properties in the hands of people who have lived in historically redlined areas and let them build the wealth in the equity in the home. We also know there's issues around credit scoring. Like a lot of the credit scoring systems show evidence of bias. And frankly, as we get into more and more technology, making decisions from credit to, you know, we're increasingly looking at technology to make decisions about stuff like bail,

pretrial incarceration. We've got to make sure that these equations aren't basically automating the bias. So whether it's homeownership, credit for business or other areas, that's going to be a big piece of it. I also feel like we know a lot of times, I feel like when people start to make more money,

the government taxes them more. And I don't necessarily think that's fair when you have a lot of these big businesses making millions and billions of dollars and they never get taxed.

But that's why some people support Trump. But even with Trump, he doesn't pay taxes and if he does, it's little to none. But then you have somebody that's finally made it, graduated college, you know, now they have, you know, they got't pay taxes, and if he does, it's little to none. But then you have somebody that's finally made it, graduated college.

Now they have to pay their college tuition, their college loans. They've got to pay their doctorate, and they've got to pay all those loans. So now they're making money. You're taking more money, and then you look at somebody like a company like, let's say, Amazon, and they're paying little to no tax, and it's like, how fair is that? That's why you vote Trump. Look, I think the truth, though. I wouldn't say that.

Like, the rich vote for Trump because they want less taxes, right? Yeah. You could just be just making it, and they charge you more taxes. Or I think people like to think of themselves as about to get rich. And so you got way—I mean, the number of people who voted this way compared to the number of people who actually benefited is a big difference. But I think everybody wants to think of themselves in terms of where we're headed but the issue is we can raise enough money to do the things we want to do i mean i'm

not promising quite as much as some of the others it's like completely free college that kind of thing but uh we do have some big promises on that uh i disagree with him on that yeah um uh you know everything is taking a lot of shots today. I'm just trying to make sure you understand the difference between me and some of the others. Because it is important to see the differences. I'm not going to be a jerk about it. I just think that people need to understand the difference between what we're offering and the others. So I'm not making some of the promises that some of the others are making. But we have a bold agenda for making college more affordable, for delivering more dollars for education. We just talked through a little bit of the Douglas plan,

the climate plan that I put out yesterday. This will cost money. So let's be honest about it. In order to get that money, we're going to have to get that from taxes. Does that mean everybody is going to get soaked? No. Does it mean we get it just from rich people? No. Although I do think that wealthy individuals can and should pay more. But to your point, how is it that a company like Amazon makes multiple billions of dollars in profit? Billions. And they're paying less in, I mean, you and I paid more in federal income taxes, assuming we paid more than zero last year than they did. So clearly there's something out of whack in the corporate side. And this Trump tax cut, the only thing he's actually delivered on, of all of his promises, you know, that he's going to fix immigration and crime, build the wall and all this,

the only thing he actually did that he said he was going to do is this tax cut. You look at it, mostly it's for corporations. Correct. When you reference the Douglas bill, what exactly is the Douglas bill? Like I said, I dig it because it's like you're the only candidate that's presented a real black agenda. What is the Douglas bill? So it is a comprehensive plan to tackle... It's named after Frederick Douglas because, you know, here you have a figure who

challenged America to be closer to what we'd like to think of ourselves are, right? Especially when we talk about the 4th of July and what is the 4th of July supposed to mean to a slave or a former slave? And I think that challenges at our feet now because our generation is either going to fix this or we're going to blow it. And I think that, is at our feet now because our generation is either going to fix this or we're going to blow it. And I think that, look, if you think about it, white supremacy

is the thing in American, kind of beneath the surface in American life, that has come closest to actually ending America. If you think about the Civil War, I would say that's the closest we've come to America just ending. And that was the force that brought that about. And I think it remains the case that one of the things that runs the greatest risk of ending the American project is systemic racism. Old white men. Well, it's all of us. This is the thing, though. It's...

It's all about old white men. They're keeping their foot on our necks. Everybody. I mean... Men, black people, gay people, women, everybody. Look, everybody's got to admit that we've got a role in perpetuating a racialized system. And nobody wants to think of that, right? Like there's a lot of people who are genuinely horrified at the idea that they're being called part of the problem. And yet all of us have some part of the problem in us. Certainly as part of the white experience, a lot of white people don't think that we

have a race. We think race is something that applies to people of color. Yes. Because we don't have to think about race, right? That's part of being white. Absolutely. That's the privilege. And so we got to unpack that in a way that doesn't send people into their defensive corners. I had a conversation with our police department that talked about moving policing out of the shadow of racism. And a lot of them took that as me saying that they were all racists. And it actually made it harder for us to reach out and talk about the role that we've got to play. So we're having a conversation, I think, across the country about this. But the bottom line is we need policies that will make a difference on the things that are holding people back. And the Douglas plan is systemic. It is housing, health, education, criminal justice, access to democracy, all of

these pieces interconnected. You can read about it more online. You go to p4america.com. You can pull it up. But the point is it's recognizing that you can't touch one of these pieces without dealing with the other. Every time we talk about race and policing at home, by the end of the hour, we're talking about that and we're talking about economic disempowerment. Now, let me, I'm sorry, I got me in control. I want to ask you a question, you know, when I think about America right now, right? Envy's Dominican, by the way.

I'm not Dominican. I ask myself, is America ready for a gay president, right? And the reason I ask that is a young man just killed himself for being bullied for being gay and you hear all these types of stories and it's like when I look at the base of Donald Trump and I see how ignorant a lot of them are and I was like, with you

traveling and going on tours and seeing people, are you able to change what people think or how they look at gay people? Is that a thing where, because I know a lot of times it's so disrespectful and it's like, but do you need those people to become president? Yeah. So look, you're not going to get everybody, but most people, yeah, I think so. And the way I know is from my own experience at home. So I wanted a date and I figured, all right, step one, come out. So there was no way to know what the politics of that was. I was already mayor. It was an election year when I kind of hit that point in

my life. I wound up getting reelected in Indiana in a socially conservative community while Mike Pence was the governor of our state. I got 80%. And what that told me was that there are some people who maybe can't get over this, but everybody else is either supportive or they don't care. And all I need is enough people to either be supportive or not care. And I think that's the vast majority of Americans because elections are about how your life is going to be different. You know, we talk about our own stories and we explain who we are. But at the end of the day, it's not about my life. It's about your life.

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Hey, what homosexuality? I'm growing up to hate that s***. Hate what? Homosexuality. So it's like, for me, the cool dude with the song on top of everything to say this any other time, like, I'm doing this for attention in my eyes. But if you're doing this, like, while you're at the top, you know it's like for real. People think he was being dismissive of Lil Nas X by saying he said he was gay. So what? My question is, if I say I don't care who a man is sleeping with, why is that a problem? I think it was the fact that he found it necessary

to interrupt Lil Nas X and jump in and let everybody know that he doesn't care. It's almost like, I don't want to say that I know how this sounds to other people, but I will say that I think a lot of gay people hear that

and hear something that might not be that different than what some folks hear when they hear somebody say, I don't see color. Like, no, this is a thing. And what's so impressive about what Lil Nas X is doing, I think he actually downplayed it a little bit because he talked about doing this from a position of strength. And that was impressive.

You know, this moment when he's blowing up, he decides to do this. But what he was downplaying is that there's a lot to lose, right, by doing that at this moment. You know, why? Because now he gets to talk about that whether he wanted to or not. Maybe he'd rather be talking about his music.

He took that step and that took a lot of courage. And I think when somebody finds it necessary to wave their arms up and down and jump up and down, telling you how much this isn't a thing for them, it makes you wonder whether they're being honest with themselves. Ooh. So you find yourself in that position, I guess, like being a candidate, like, you know, I'm going to say this. Yeah. I'm going to put it out there. Yeah, in a way.

Yeah. But you said you don't want people to care, though. You said they're either not going to care. Well, look, it means different things to different people. I'm not out to be the president of gay America. I'm out to be the president of the United States of America. But it's part of who I am. It's part of my experience.

It shapes me. I think it informs the way I come at the world. Part of it is the fact that I'm in a marriage, just not a gay marriage, just a marriage, right? And like everybody else who's married, that's part of how I come at the world. But also, you know, the fact that I belong to a group that's been impacted by hate, right, does affect the way I understand the world. Now, for most of the time, especially at home, when Chaston and I were figuring out how to be, you know, a couple in South Bend, people didn't know how to deal with this. We found that we could just act like any

other couple, invite other people to treat us that way. And for the most part they did, but we weren't blind to the fact that that was a big deal for other people, even in their own minds, as they were going through the process of treating us, uh, like it wasn't a big deal. That might've been a big deal for them. So in the same way that we can't pretend that, that identities don't exist, uh, we can't pretend this isn't a thing. It's just to make sure we have a way of going through life to where it's not the only thing. So how do I, as a heterosexual man, handle a situation like that?

Because I'm like, I want him to feel comfortable and have his conversation, but I also don't want him to think it's something that he has to talk about. I even said that to him. I was like, you don't have to answer these questions if you don't want to. I wasn't the one answering the questions. But I just felt weird for them to be putting him on the spot like that. No, I think we have to talk about it.

I mean, we have to go through the, especially if we're going to trip over something on the way, all the more reason that we ought to talk about it. And, you know, he made a decision to kind of put this out there. I think part of the good that that's going to do in the world is the conversations it's going to launch. So let's have the conversation. Why aren't we having panels about things like election security? When you know that the Russians interfered with the election, when you know it's voter suppression, when you see Mitch McConnell, after getting this intel about the Russians interfering,

shut down an election security bill, why aren't we raising more hell about the fact that our democracy is probably dead as we know it? How do we even know our vote will count in 2020? Why aren't they making noise about that the way they are about climate change? Well, I think part of it is because there's less of a sense of what we're supposed to do about it. Like, as long as the

people in charge of protecting us are too embarrassed to admit that there's a problem, right? Because if they admit there's a problem, then they might if they admit there's a problem, then they might be admitting they benefited from it. That's not a road they want to go down. On both sides, Republican or not? No, I'm talking about the Republicans.

Okay. Well, this president in particular. I think a lot of Republicans deep down are horrified by all this, but they can't bring it. You can tell this Moscow Mitch thing is one of the few things that actually got to Mitch McConnell, right? Because I think deep down they know that there's something wrong with blocking election security measures, which they're doing, I think really just to save face. So, yeah. don't vote, don't get involved, don't be part of the process, which is exactly what they need to do, right? So we're in this trap where we know there are things being done

to make our elections less legitimate, but we cannot participate in the destruction of confidence in our elections because then nobody votes, then they definitely win, right? But ignoring a problem doesn't make it go away. No question. No, we've got to deal with it. Aren't you kind of putting fuel on a fascist agenda? Because that's part of a fascist agenda, corrupt elections, acting like they're legitimate. Yes, but also acting like elections are illegitimate.

This is a paradox. We've got to face up to the fact that there are a bunch of ways that our elections are being warped, right? Yeah, it's Russian interference, but it's also voter suppression, most of which is racially motivated or racially organized. It's the way the districts are drawn, right? I mean, in a very simple, very naked way, you could say that a lot of elections are rigged, not by anything nefarious happening on election day, but just by the way the district itself is shaped to make sure there's this outcome and not that outcome. So we've got to name that. More importantly, we've got to fix that. And all the while, we've got to do that in a way that doesn't discourage people from being part of the process. Because coming to the polls and getting the right people elected, even on a tilted playing field, is the only chance we've got of changing anything.

But you know Trump is already setting it up to say that the Democrats are receiving outside interference. Oh, yeah. If he loses, he's going to call the entire legitimacy of the election into doubt. That's why our job is to make sure it is not even close. I've got two more questions. I know you got to go. This was for the people of South Bend, Indiana. A lot of people will have said that you demoted the black police chief and hired a white guy. Yeah. Yeah. So two different issues. Let me take the second one first. So we are struggling to to recruit and retain black

officers. And it's really important to have a department that reflects the community that we serve. It's gotten harder over time. It was hard to begin with that the numbers have been moving in the wrong direction. Now, that's definitely not for lack of caring about it. We're working at it. We're trying all kinds of different things with recruiting. And this is a problem happening everywhere in the country. But I'm not going to bulls**t people. It's a problem. And I'm going to own the fact that we're not where we want to be. In terms of the chief, what happened was there was an investigation, a federal criminal investigation into the department, and as a consequence of what I learned in that investigation,

I lost my confidence that he was the right person to be my chief. It was really unfortunate because he was the first black chief in the city's history. So why not another black person? You know, I would have loved if the right person had been black, but it just didn't work out that way. I mean, I also got to find the right person for the job. Got you. Popeye's chicken sandwich.

You had it yet? Say again? Did you have the Popeye's chicken sandwich? No, not in a while. No, the new one. No, what is it? Oh, you haven't had it? No, most of my meals are in vehicles.

No, what's special about it? Like different kinds of sauce? I haven't had it yet, but it's driving people crazy all over social media. All right, I'll try it. You haven't seen it? No. I'm sure your team has seen the Popeye's chicken sandwich. Yeah, why wasn't I briefed on this?

Everything that's going on in the world. Why did I know about the Popeye's chicken sandwich? It was all over social media. I know you like Chick-fil-A. Somebody's getting fired today. I'm still trying to come to terms with chicken fries from Burger King, so I'm a little behind the curve on that. You remember when they came out with that?

I know it was a while ago, but I'm just saying, it takes me a while to catch up on the chicken fries. My goodness. I'll try it. My guy, Mayor Pete, man. Thank you, Mayor Pete, for joining us. Thank you for coming, man. Appreciate you.

Give them your campaign info so they can... Yeah, PeteForAmerica.com. Follow me at Pete Buttigieg, or what's the new Twitter head? We have a PeteForAmerica12 for the campaign. Text Pete to 25859 and look for me to come somewhere near you sometime soon. Absolutely. And if you see him in the street, buy him a Popeye's chicken sandwich. Sounds good.

It's the Breakfast Club. It's me and Pete. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country.

I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg.

I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I create my own country, my forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that?

Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, guys.

I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire,

join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection,

it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best.

And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk new music. It's about time. What's going on the rumors. Let's talk new music. 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. All right. Now we got some new music to preview to you guys. Now, the first artist we're about to play, you might not know him.

He has been linked with Jason Lee from Hollywood Unlocked. What? Mm-hmm. Like what, the date? Had a crush know him. He has been linked with Jason Lee from Hollywood Unlocked. What? Like what, the date? Had a crush on him. Jason Lee had a crush on him or he had a crush on Jason Lee? He had a crush on Jason Lee. How do you got this tea? Our very own Dramos.

That's what I'm talking about. You guys got to ruin this for me with that intro. Now, Dramos released the EP. That is one of our producers and board ops. He's released the EP today. You do music, Dramos? Yeah. That's why you work in here. Yeah. one of our producers and board. Obviously, he released the EP today. You do music, Dramos? Yeah. That's why you work in here.

Yeah. Oh. He said, yeah. Now, this one is called Sazon. Oh, God. Sazon. Sazon. I got that soft for you I got that soft for you

I got that soft for you I got that soft for you I got that soft for you I got that soft for you I need to say something real quick. DJ Dramos is the person who plays the snippets of songs. When I need sound effects, he plays sound effects.

Dramos, what sound effect do I want to hear right now? You want me to have a bomb? No, I don't. No, I don't. Get my farts ready. Fart on your own record, Dramos. Fart on your own record. This isn't fair.

This is bias. Okay? All right? He controls the board. Fart on your own record. It's not working. It's not working. It's not working. All right. He controls the board. All right? Fart on your own record. It's not working. It's not working. It's not working.

All right. Well, Post Malone, he released a new project. The fart's working again. The fart's working again. Oh, not a fart's working. The fart's working again. So this one is Post Malone featuring Meek Mill and Lil Baby. I've been on the road, been on the road all night. Quit acting like you've been with me this whole time. Boom.

I've been on the road, been on the road all night. Boom. I've been on the road, been on the road all night. Yeah. That sound like rock star. All I hear is rock star. That sound like rock star. Let's do some work and put it in.

We're not going to remix rock star and then give it back to the people and try to get you another rock star, Post Malone. That's not happening. Fart on that record. That's what he did. Fart all over that mayonnaise music. I'm not going to lie. I did hear a record with Post Malone

and Big Sean. That's hard. I think it's on Big Sean album though. Now we have another Post Malone joint. This one is featuring DaBaby.

It's called Enemies. enemies yes or no sometimes every time they let me down sometimes every time they let me down I got enemies enemies yes or no

that sound like Wayne Iverson that sound like Wayne Iverson when I told you you thought I was playing huh but I'm in the litter

she wanted to buy but I told her that she look at me like she surprised packing the post and I'm on my own the wanted to buy, but I told her, fuck that. She look at me like she surprised. Packing the post. And I'm on my lawn. The box hit the door. They go for 35.

All right. Drop on a clues bomb for the baby. The baby be snapping. Too bad he had to snap on such a trash ass record. Shut up, man. Fart all over that post. We're on garbage. Goodness gracious. Man-A music. Yo, shut up, man. And lastly, Fat Joe dropped a new record.

This one features Cardi B. And how do you pronounce this guy's name? Anwal A.A. And that b**** like voodoo, Santa Ria. Bet your man ain't getting money like me. Bet your lil' b**** I f*** on me. Whole life on parole, can't talk to felons. I tell that b**** up in the couch, her man still tellin'. Still tellin'. Still tellin'.

Throw that whole chick away, that b**** still tellin'. Still tellin'. Still tellin'. Look at these b****es duckin' down. Look at this hook ride. I want this hook to ride. This hook hard. Why y'all let the hook ride?

I only played that little clip Oh, face down, ass up Drop on the clues, man From Fat Joe That's a tough tune That's what he said on the hook I know, we got another clip Let's play another clip of it

Boy Never been stressed by No Never been pressed by Murder and the money on my mind On my mind My poem and my trigger finger Itch, itch

I been in my bag Hop, hopping out of jets. Been running, stealing out of breath. I can lay a verse and lay these to rest. Catch ya, catch ya. Traffic, hope you say it with your chest. Get us on deck. It ain't nothing but a check. Lace from pushes. Why the you got a vest? Looking

for me in my lawn. 1-800-5-9 BX. Drop one of Clues Bond's for Barty, goddammit. Okay. Okay, tough tune. Don't ever think

those Atlantic checks stop clearing over here. Oh, stop it. We're gonna always support. Stop it. Drop one of Clues Bond's for Fat Joe Cardi B in 808.

What's his name? It's not 808, man. What's his name? It's Anuel. Anuel. What is it? Anuel. Anuel.

Anuel. Anuel. Drop, that's a tough tune. I like that record. All right. Tough, tough, tough, tough tune, goddammit. What is it? Anuel. Anuel. Anuel. Anuel. That's a tough tune. I like that record. All right. Tough, tough, tough, tough tune, goddammit. Well, that is your remote report. You should play that in full, Envy.

I am. Later on. We're going to play the next hour. Yeah. All right. The only record we played out of that whole new music mix that was good. Everything else was trash. All right.

Well, let's get. Who was the first guy again? You want to play again? We'll play again. Who was the first guy again? You want to play again? We'll play again. Who was the first guy we played? This guy has been linked to liking Jason Lee from Hollywood Unlocked. Somebody else did. Lizzo called him an F-boy.

Yes, Lizzo did call him an F-boy. Don't forget Cheryl Underwood. Cheryl Underwood. Oh, and he hates Beyonce. He hates Beyonce. He hates Beyonce, but he's making music like this. Let's hear it. Let's hear it.

Oh. I'm disgusted. Let's hear it. Oh. I'm disgusted. I got that heart for you. Cussing all over you. I love her so much. Tasty is for you. Get the part ready. Cussing all over you.

I need ass gas all over this record. Tasty is for you. Okay, enough. I'm going to sit there. I need ass gas all over this record. Okay, enough. Who is this white guy you got talking on this record? That's not even a Spanish person. Who is that? This is disgusting. How do you let the boy not play his own record? All right. Well, that is your Rumer reports.

Now, when we come back donkey today, who you give me a donkey to? Payola. That's who you give me a donkey to. All right. Who did you pay, Drew? I need to know. How dare you? 9-1-1 is a joke. 9-1-1 is a joke.

And we're going to talk about it for after the hour. All right. Keep it locked. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. You get donkey at a date. You get donkey at a date. You get donkey of the day. Yeah, you dumb ass. You get donkey of the day. Yeah, you dumb ass.

You are a donkey. It's time for donkey of the day. Donkey of the day, huh? I'm going to fatten all that shit around your eyes. They want this man to throw them blows, man. They waiting for Charlamagne to tap these gloves. Let's go. They have to make a judgment of who was going to be on the donkey of the day.

They chose you. It's the Breakfast Club, bitchy. Who's go. They had to make a judgment of who was going to be on the donkey of the day. They chose you. The breakfast club, bitchy. Who's donkey of the day today? I'm going to be honest with you. This one's a little dark today, guys. Donkey of the day for Friday, September 6th goes to 911 dispatcher Donna Renew. I think I'm pronouncing her name right.

Now, first things first, rest in peace, Debra Stevens. Debra was a 47-year-old Arkansas woman who drowned in floodwaters when she was delivering local newspapers. She was swept away in a flash flood. And after finding herself stuck in some trees, as waters continued to rise, Stevens called 911 for help. And she was connected with a cold-hearted human with zero empathy. I was just talking to psychiatrist Dr. Jessica Clemens last night.

Drop on the clues box with dr jess i was talking to her about the joys of therapy and how therapy in a lot of ways makes you feel again like this world can make you cold life can make you cold and when you get that cold you lose empathy for others and that's exactly what i think uh happened with this 9-1-1 dispatcher donna renew because deborah stevens is dead and i'm not going to blame Donna Renew for her death. But man, she sure didn't help. Let's go to CBS Weekend News for the report. As Deborah Stevens SUV filled with water, she made a frantic call to 911. I'm going to die. It's all the way up to my windows. I'm going to die. But her desperation didn't seem to make any difference to the dispatcher on the other end of the call.

Somebody kill me before I die. I'm sorry. You're not going to die. I don't know why you're freaking out. The Fort Smith, Arkansas woman was delivering newspapers last week when she told dispatcher Donna Renaud she was swept away in flash floodwaters. She couldn't swim. I'm scared. I've never had anything like this happen to me before. This will teach you next time don't drive in the water. Couldn't see it, ma'am. I'm sorry. I don't see how you didn't see it. You had to go right over it. It took 12 minutes for first responders to arrive. As onlookers watched her SUV fill with water, Stevens' pleas became more dire. These people are out banking on us.

They're all standing out. Miss Debbie, you're going to have to shut up, okay? Stevens drowned before emergency crews could get to her vehicle. Police called the dispatcher's response uncaring, but stopped short of saying she did anything wrong. She did nothing criminally wrong. It was that dispatcher's last day after six years on the job, not because she was fired, but because she had already resigned before that call came in.

Donna, how do you feel today? You told Debra she needs to shut up, and she shut the F up forever. You told her she wasn't going to die, and she's dead. Okay, let me tell you something. I consider myself a public servant. I am here to serve the needs of the public, so what the public is going through will always come first. Furthermore, I know I am an opinionated-ass person. I love to tell someone when I think they have done something stupid.

I love to tell someone when I think they've done something wrong. In fact, I love it so much, I turned it into the highest-rated segment on the radio donkey of the day. But it's a time and a place to tell someone when they have done something stupid. Debra probably shouldn't have been driving in that area, but now is not the time to chastise her about it. When someone is calling you during a life or death situation, as a judgmental person, you have to make sure they survive

so you can judge them for being foolish. Now, Donna, I know you're sitting around saying, nope, not my fault, nobody told Debra to drive when she was driving, and you might be right, but as a 911 dispatcher, you didn't help the situation at all, okay? You failed that woman simply because you don't know how to communicate with people. There is no way you can be a 911 dispatcher if you don't know how to properly communicate. There is a great new book coming out called Talking to Strangers by the legend Malcolm Gladwell,

and it discusses a situation like this, okay? The subtitle of the book is The Things We Don't Know About the People We Don't Know. And what Donna didn't know about Debra was Debra couldn't swim. Debra also might have suffered from anxiety and she probably was having a panic attack in that situation. Donna didn't know that. But what Debra didn't know about Donna

was that was Donna's last day on the job. And Donna just didn't give a damn anymore. All right, Donna was already clocked out. Listen to the last piece of that news report. Play that little part with what the news reporter said about her. It was that dispatcher's last day after six years on the job not because she was fired, but because

she had already resigned before that call came in. So it's possible that Donna is not heartless like I said earlier. It's just that she was over it. We've all been there. When we are about to leave a situation or we're about to go on vacation or it's Friday like the the day, you like, F this, I'm ready to go. All right. Donna was clocked out mentally and she was ready to go, period. So she just didn't care.

All right. She didn't know she was going to get that kind of an emergency call. But as a 911 dispatcher, your job is to care. You don't have the luxury of not caring, even if it is your last day. Some things will forever be true. And in the words of the prophet named Chuck D and his bandmate Flavor Flav, 911 is indeed a joke. So get up and get, get, get down. 911 is joking your town. That's right.

Get up and get, get, get down. Late 911 wears a late crown. Please let Remy Ma give again, get down. Late 9-1-1, where's the late clown? Please let Remy Ma give Donna Renu the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw! Hee-haw! You stupid mother******, you dumb. And that's why you have to have empathy for people because you don't know

what people are going through. You don't know their backgrounds. You don't know their situations. Okay, Debra was calling 9-1-1 because she thought that she was going to get somebody that had some empathy and could help her through the situation. She had no idea that that was Donna's last day, and Donna just did not care. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey of the day.

Now, when we come back, comedian Gary Owen will be joining us. Oh, man, we're going from dark to darker. Yeah. It's a very dark guy, Gary Owen will be joining us. Oh, man, we're going from dark to darker. Yeah. It's a very dark guy, Gary Owen is. No, he's not. Very dark. I don't mean skin complexion. I'm just talking about as a person.

Oh. He has a Showtime special, comedy special coming out this Saturday. It's called, I don't know what the hell it's called. It's called what? It's called what? I Do What I Do or something like that. Do I do. I do what I do.

Do as I say. Do as I say. Don't do as I do. I I do. I do what I do. Do as I say. Do as I say. Don't do as I do. I do. Don't do as I do. Do as I say. Whatever. That's why he's coming in to tell you all about it.

Gary O, we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. You're checking out the world's most dangerous morning show. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. He didn't necessarily speak to me when he walked in this morning. I don't f*** with you. I don't know why you don't mess with me. Why you don't f*** with him, Gary Owen? We got Gary Owen here. I went to this fake beatbox competition last night.

I walk in, and then this dude goes, Oh, stop. We got time for power to build in the crowd we're gonna make it so what you got Mac is you could have got that off you could have been like Tommy from power for maybe? I was mad at the reaction. I got mad at me like, Tommy! And then, no, it's Gary Hoard! Oh, Tommy! Damn! It literally was, oh!

Ow. I don't believe that. I believe people took pictures with you. People like you, Gary. Yeah, they did take a lot of pictures with me. You're a big deal. They did. Gary gave me the middle finger so crazy.

F*** you, MD. Wait till tomorrow. Yeah. I don't see a problem with that. So what are you doing in here? I got a special. I got a special coming out Saturday on Showtime, and I'm not lying. It's the greatest comedy special of all time.

Now, that's saying a lot, because Dave Chappelle just dropped a pretty special one. Chappelle! You're talking about the dude that got beat up in a nutty professor, got thrown the piano. That's Chappelle. The guy from Half-Baked, the third lead. That's Chappelle. Yes.

Yeah, good luck. He's kind of funny. It's all right. Mine's better. Did you like his special? I don't want to stand up like that. I didn't watch it. I watched some clips, but mine?

I was amazed because I was watching it, and I go, this is so good. And then I realized it's me. What are you saying that's so special about it? When you're watching it in the editing bay, there was no edit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was just like, boom, it was perfect. Like, there's callbacks. I go in on people, which I don't normally go in on like that. Because who do I talk about in this special?

Tommy. Obviously, I talk about in this special? Tommy. Obviously, I talk about Joe Sikora, Amari Hardwick, Will Packer, Monique. Going on Monique pretty hard. So just be ready. Really? Yeah. How's the optics of that going to look? You know, we live in a world of optics.

White man going in on a black woman. I didn't like that. I just like that as Monique. Yeah. You brought racism to it. They're telling you what Twitter's going to say. Who else? Kev.

I've gone on Kev pretty good. Kev? That's bad timing. Dude, you have no idea. I saw the record. Oh, shit. Oh, shit. That's horrible timing.

That was going to be heartless. And I was like, he's okay. Good. I'm okay. I know he's And I was like, he's okay. Good. I'm okay. I know it's called show time, like post-ponement special. I'm about to do a Joe Clark code red. Listen, God forbid if Kevin would have died, would you have edited it? I probably still would have kept it.

What is wrong with you? I would have put like dedicated too. I'd be like this. This is a joke. Because crazy. I'm glad it's okay. But let me think. Bill Cosby.

Let me see. Bill Cosby. Everybody gets it. Everybody gets it. What do you think about people who make fun of his accident? Like I see a lot of comedians. I've seen a comedian post a toy car and say Kevin got into a car accident. You think it's funny to make fun of a comedian when they're down like that?

Once we found out he was okay, then it's okay to make fun of him. But I don't know. I mean, I would think he would expect it. You know, I think he appreciates it. It would make him laugh in the hospital. Yeah, I'm sure he wants a good laugh. Some of them are, you can see them coming though. Like I was like the little car seats and shit.

I go, come on guys, get more creative. You know what I mean? I said the irony of, you know, him being called homophobic when he's laid up somewhere with a broke back. That was a good one. That was a good one. Like, I saw the upside, you know, the upside two. Oh, that was wacky. Yeah, it was like this.

Well, I thought he was just trying to get that Teddy Pendergrass biography going. I think I better let it go. You guys are crazy, man. Because Tyrese been fighting for that role. What if Kim came in? Sorry, man. Why do you like Showtime for your stand-up specials? They're the ones that say yes.

We go to Netflix, man. It's just, it's tough, man. Yeah. They don't open that door for me yet. Why? Gotta ask them. I don't know. Do they think you don't have... Because I'm white. You don't have the following? I don't know what they think.

Because you do have a following. Yeah, I got a big following. It's gonna be way bigger when this special comes out. God, it's good. It's the, really, it's the best of all time. Do you think that networks are the best places to get your stand-up out now, though? Like Showtime? Yeah. I don't know, because I always think, like, there's the best of all time. Do you think that networks are the best places to get your stand-up out now, though? Like Showtime? Yeah.

I don't know, because I always think there's a bunch of college kids getting stoned, and then they'll be like, let's turn this on. I mean, that's the advantage of Netflix. But, I mean, one thing about Showtime, though, it does stick out. Within the network, they're promoting it, where Netflix, there's a lot to choose from. I heard you speak about certain things white people should know are unacceptable. Well, I talked to him, especially talking about Roseanne. I said, how does Roseanne fire Roseanne?

Because that's really what it was. Like, the show Roseanne fired Roseanne. Yeah. And I hate it when white people do stuff on social media and then act dumb to it. Like, I didn't know. Like, I didn't know that she didn't know the head of her network was a black lady. And, I mean, it's common sense.

We know what we can and cannot say. Stuff like that, you don't know what to say. You can't say the N-word. Do you really, though? What? I always feel like you don't know the line until you cross it. No, we know. We know.

I mean, the N-word is a given. We play stupid, but we know. Really? All white people know how far you're supposed to go. That's what I made in this business. You know exactly how far to push the envelope without going too far. All you got to do is not wear a black face and not say the N-word, though, Gary.

I mean, there's other things you can't say. Like what? I can't say them. There's a lot of things you can't say that I can't say. I know you're not setting me up, but... Yeah. There's a lot.

I know what's offensive to black people and what's not. You know? There's trigger words. I'm sure black people got trigger words for white people if you want to get us all riled up. He'll say it. He'll say it. Gotta say a couple of them.

Give us one. Crack-ass cracker? That's a good one. Mayonnaise is the one, though. For whatever reason, mayonnaise sets white people off. Really? If you hear the phone calls that come to this radio station when I say mayonnaise, they call me human jar of Hellman's. They hate it. Why? I don't know. And mayonnaise is so tasty.

No, it's not. Yes. It's disgusting. So good. Too much of it ruins any dish. Too much. Exactly. But a little bit? That's all. Just a little bit. A little bit in the tuna salad. A little bit in the tuna fish? A little bit in the potato salad. There you go. I don't like potato salad. Really? Potatoes should be hot.

Potato salad. Black people give up potato salad, you think? Definitely. Why do you think that? Because they couldn't afford lettuce, so they had to put potatoes in it. Who told you that? I don't know. I just made that up. I was going to say, that sounds stupid. Lettuce is cheaper than potatoes.

You think so? Easier to grow, too. Yeah. Do you run things by your wife to make sure they're not offensive? She'll tell me. I don't like her going to my shows, though, man, because she messes it up. I remember one time I was doing a job joke, and I got off stage. She was like, it sounds like you're still getting blow ****.

And I was like, what? She goes, that joke sounds like you're still getting blow ****. She looked at her and said, I am. So I looked at her. I was like, so the next show, I'm at a comedy club. You're sitting there. I said, so yeah. So this chick, right?

You know, she was sucking my **** in 96 before I met my wife. Didn't know who she was. I was like, well, you **** the whole joke. But she don't know you speaking about past situations? Yeah, but she said it's the way it made it sound. I don't know. All right, we got more with Gary Owen. When we come back, don't move.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Everybody, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Gary Owen. Charlamagne? Do you feel something from your past coming back to haunt you? Like on Twitter?

No, I mean, I said some stupid stuff when Twitter first came out, just because you don't know. But I don't think so. Like I said, we're comedians. It doesn't really affect us. We act like it does, but it doesn't. If you don't say, like, Roseanne, but especially stand-up, you know, I always get this question, like, do you feel like we're in a PC culture? You can't say what you want to say, like, Roseanne, but especially stand-up, you know, I always get this question.

Like, you feel like we're in a PC culture. You can't say what you want to say as a stand-up. No, because if you go to comedy clubs, we're still talking about the same stuff. Are you? In the same way? The same way. At comedy clubs. Really?

Okay. Yeah, because, you know, when Hannibal Buress, remember he got in the little heat about Bill Cosby and then Tracy Morgan a couple years ago got in a heat. It didn't affect their career. They're still on the road, still selling tickets. Just like when they're saying Chappelle, it's not going to affect his career. So the stuff we do on stage, it doesn't affect us at all.

I had to issue an apology a couple years ago to the special needs people because I did a joke about my cousin. My cousin's special needs, right? So they came in. What was the joke? It was about the Special Olympics. And you can't say the R word. It really was because I said the R word.

What's the R word? I can't say it. It's retarded. Okay. But that's what it is. But that's the R word. You know, you're not supposed to say it. Well, you're not supposed to say it.

All right, but go ahead. I didn't get the email. Okay, okay. So I said it in my special. It's crazy, though, because we grew up in an era where they would say mentally retarded. Like, that was the actual term. My cousin is. Yeah.

So now she's confused. Because I got to go back and be like, no, you're special needs. She goes, I thought I was retarded. I go, you are. But you're not allowed to say it anymore. So what was your apology? It wasn't my apology. It was my publicist wrote it.

Those are the worst. I had to apologize because they were threatening. I had the Gary Owens show on BET. All these advocates, they were going after McDonald's and people that were advertising on my show. And I was a perfect level celebrity to go after because I was big enough that they

could get some heat, but I wasn't big enough that I could say screw off. So I was the perfect level to go after. And what I realized is after I issued the apology, they just went on to the next person. There was no like, they just, they were done with Gary. Then they went after another comic. I was like, oh, they're just mad.

But that's how it should work though, right? What? You say something, you apologize, and people keep moving. The only thing I don't like about the apologies is a lot of times they're just mad. But that's how it should work, though, right? What? You say something, you apologize, and people keep moving. The only thing I don't like about the apologies is a lot of times they're not real. Mine wasn't. At all. I didn't mean it at all. Like, I didn't write it.

When it came out, I go, man, that's a really good apology from me. Gary is crazy. Listen, what I realized, this is what I realized. Going through all that with the special needs advocates, it wasn't ever the special needs people. Because I only talked about one special needs person. It was my cousin. I didn't talk about a whole group.

And my cousin's cool with me. So what are you mad about? And what I realized is, like, I got this message from this lady one time. And she was like, I have a special needs son. And he's the greatest joy and blessing in my life. And I hope one day karma kicks in your ass and you have a special needs son and he's the greatest joy and blessing in my life. And I hope one day karma kicks in your ass and you have a special needs kid. And I sent her back a message. I go, so you want me to have the greatest joys and blessings in my life?

She just sent back, f*** you. I was like this. It made no sense. It did. And what I think what it is, dealing with all that was, I think when you're a parent of a special needs kid, you're frustrated. And, you know, it's a lifelong responsibility. It's not like they turn 18 and they leave. So where do you vent your frustration?

And you're like, I can't be mad at the kid. I can't be mad at God. Oh, my God, this comedian's talking about him. I'm going to get mad at him. And that's where it comes from. That's the only thing I can think of. I just get upset when they get upset with us about language. Like if it's not a slur,

if it's something that we literally were raised on, they taught us to say, they refer to them as mentally retarded. Even the word female, I see people get upset about now. It's like, nobody told us you can't use these words anymore. When did that memo go out? Yeah, and I have my web guy spliced together like this reel that we won't release unless somebody tries to do something again.

But it's literally, it's 10 minutes, and it's 17 comics saying the word retarded in their act. So you're snitching on them? I'm not snitching on nobody. That is snitching. I'm not saying, you ain't going to just come after me. I'm not the only one going down. That's Nino Brown, bro. You Nino White.

Everybody going down. Exactly. But it's everybody. It's like, it's a lot of big name comics. It's white going down. That's Nino Brown, bro. You Nino White. Everybody going down. Exactly. But it's everybody. It's like, it's a lot of big name comics. It's white, black. It's everybody goes. So it's mainly to show them, you're just going to be mad and you're not going to win that battle.

Comedians are going to be comedians. Yeah. You know? Well, they kind of did win with me because I did issue an apology. And I think the advocates, especially these people, they always be like, well, they can't defend themselves. And my take is, I don't think I'm better than them. That's why I talk about them.

You know what I mean? If I think I'm better than you, I'm not going to talk about you. I've been assaulted by two special needs people. Strong, right? Yes, they can defend themselves. Holy cow. Strong as ****. You can't beat them in Red Rover.

What? If you hold your arms up, Red Rover, come over. They don't break. Not going. Not going. Oh, my God. I don't know. Not going. Not going. Oh, my God. I don't know. It's like God's like, I'm going to take a little bit of the brain.

I'm going to give you some super strength. Listen, I had one pick me up and put me on top of like a gate. Like there was this gate around the football track. What? He picked me up and put me on top of it and just held me on top of it. And he held me just enough so like the top of the gate was like going into my skin. It was crazy. I wrestled. Listen, I It was crazy. I wrestled.

Listen, I was high school. I wrestled. It's a true story. And one of the teams we wrestled had a special needs kid that wanted to wrestle. So they were like, Gary, you wrestle him. I said, okay. So they're telling me don't beat him. I couldn't.

I go, Gary, that was so good. I go, you don't realize, I was trying to win. That dude pinned me. I go, Gary, that was so good. I go, you don't realize, I was trying to win, coach. That dude pinned me. And the way he pinned me, because you know wrestling is all graceful. I wish there was a videotape. It's just my legs flopping, and he's just holding me. I'm going.

And then they hit the mat, and the whole gym stood up like, yeah. And I'm looking around like, mother, I tried to win. He really beat me. This was not like an act. Oh my god. It was so strong. And he had no form. This dude just was standing there. And then I'm going in. I tried to shoot. I couldn't get nothing with him. It was like steel.

Goodness gracious, Gary. Where you at this weekend, Gary? I'm in Tacoma, Washington this weekend. But who cares? Saturday. Yes Tacoma, Washington, this weekend. Who cares? Saturday, the Showtime special airs. That's okay. And it's called Hashtag Doing What I Do. It's the greatest comedy special of all time.

Are you hungover? No, you're making me laugh. Your eyes are saying something different. You're going to be crying. I don't know. I think he's on something. What time does the special come on Saturday? 10.30 Eastern Standard Time, 9.30 if you in Memphis.

Show time. Show time, baby. Greatest special of all time. Calling it. Wait, when do I come back? Yo. I'm going to tweet you if it's good. Watch. I'm going to post about it if it's good. Dude, it's so good. If I don't post about it this weekend, just so... I'm going to do a post on social media

where I'm going to be like, I'm going to tell the comics, if you don't, because you know comics, we like to repost, promote, watch this guy's stuff. I'm going to be like, if you don't repost it, that means I'm funnier than you. Trust. So see if they don't repost it like this, then you tell on yourself, haters. Boom. Gary Owen, ladies and gentlemen.

Hey. Thank you for joining us. I didn't know what that meant. It just sounded good. Hey. Gary Owen. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Whatever. The Breakfast Club.

I sniper did it. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Yes, indeed. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Joey Crack. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club.

Now, we have a special person on the phone line right now. Yeah, I don't know why we talk about people in The Rumor Report when we can talk to them. That's right. We got Fat Joe on the line. Joey Crack, what up? What's up, y'all? Good morning, y'all. Let me tell you something.

This is how I woke up this morning. I caught an epiphany. Fat Joe is the Big Mac. Why are you the Big Mac, Joey Crack? Because I was good in the 80s, better in the 90s, better in the 2000s. I got that special sauce. Joe Crack! I'm the Big Mac. That's that special song. Joe Craddock! I'm the Big Mac.

That's the bottom line. Listen, Joe Craddock, Yes is a very tough tune, my brother. Very tough tune. No, bro, that joint is a missile, man. Shout out to everybody. Cardi B, Anuel, everybody a part of this song. Hit me. Cool it, Dre. I out to everybody. Cardi B, I know everybody a part of this song. Hitmaker, Kool and Dre. I mean, you know, it's off the album Family Ties.

And be heard the album. The album out of control. Album is crazy. What's the album? Is it a Fat Joe album? What is it? No, it's Fat Joe and Dre from Kool and Dre. So I forced my man to become an artist.

He's been making hits behind the scenes forever. And I finally said, yo, Dre, you got to stop writing hits for everybody. You got to come out and be an artist. So when I tell you the album is phenomenal, it is a classic album. The album is dope. I heard the album. The album is dope. Now, Joe Cradack, I've been hearing some things.

I heard that you may have a verse from Mr. Sean Carter. Man, when you hear these things from my wish, don't worry about all that, man. You know what I'm saying? I didn't hear no verse from Sean Carter on the album. I heard of Cardi B. I heard a couple of other

Spies guests, but what else you got cooking? Charlamagne, let me tell you something. Everybody's going vegan, but whenever you want to? Charlamagne, let me tell you something. Everybody's going vegan. But whenever you want to fall off the wagon, you grab a big mac. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Listen, Envy keep playing the snippet. I'm telling you, Envy got to play the whole record a few times right now. I got the record.

I got the record. All right, we're going to play the record right now. We're going to play it right now. Let's cut that record off, man. All right. Get it, boy. All right. It's Fat Joe.

Cardi B is calling. Yes. How do you say it? Anuel. Anuel. Anuel. Anuel. Thank you, Joey Crack.

One love. That's your rumor report. Let's get into the record right now. And Revolt, we'll see you guys on Monday. And don't forget, my car show is tomorrow. Let's get into the joint right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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at least just go check it out. I dig Mayor Pete. He's a cool individual. I think he'll be a great senator one day. I agree. I like Matt Peete as well. And shout out to Gary Owen for joining us, too. I don't have anything good to say about that guy.

Gary Owen has a special coming on Showtime this Saturday. What is it called? We still don't know the name of it. We just had him on. What is it called? I Do What I Do? I don't know. Doing What I Want to Do. And he says that it's better than Dave Chappelle's Thicks and Stones.

I don't know if that's true, but we're going to watch his special this weekend, and we're going to be overly critical of it. And if it's mildly trash, we're going to act like it's spicy trash. So everybody get ready to tweet Gary on comedy this weekend and tell him whether you like his special or not, okay?

We'll be on Showtime this weekend. Let's hate watch it on Saturday. All right. Now, also, don't forget my car show is this Saturday. So if you're going to head to the car show, get there early. We're going to have a lot of fun. We got some of your favorite celebrity cars that's going to be there. We have jumpies and bouncies for kids.

You can buy tickets at the door. So can't wait to see you guys, man. A lot of planning, a lot of stuff going on, a lot of surprises. So we'll see you guys tomorrow. And happy birthday to our guy N.O.R.E. Yo, drop on the clues bombs for N.O.R.E. My guy, my friend, my business partner, a rock with Noriega, man. Happy birthday, Norie.

I don't know why MV ain't doing Norie mix this morning, but you know he only representing Queens sometimes. Nah, I did my car so mixed. Thatiega, man. Happy born day, Norie. I don't know why Envy ain't doing Norie mix this morning, but you know he only representing Queens sometimes. Nah, I did my call show mix. That's why, man. And being that he got awarded the Dominicans of the Year last night, I think he about to front on all you Puerto Ricans, Norie. I'm just letting you know that. Shout out to my brother, Norie, man.

Norie! What's up, Norie? All right, man. When we come back, positive note, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, you were at Powerhouse last night.

Yeah, man. I want to salute everybody in Brooklyn that came out to Powerhouse Arena. You know, the paperback for my second book, Shook One, Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me, it came out this week. I always love when the paperback book drops because that means that the brothers in the jails can get a hold of the paperbacks. You know what I'm saying? Especially this book. This book that is about me and my

experiences and journeys with my therapist and talking about my anxiety and depression and just all types of things. I'm glad that this can get to the prisons because those brothers in prisons definitely need to make some investments in their mental wealth. And a salute to the homie Dr. Jessica Clements. You know, she moderated the conversation.

She's a great psychiatrist. And I love when people come out and we have these big discussions about investing in our mental wealth, man. It's a beautiful thing. So salute to everybody that came out to Powerhouse Arena in Brooklyn and go grab the paperback of Shook Ones

if you feel like it. And the positive note is simply this, man. Empathy. That's something that a lot of us lack. And I just want you to know that empathy is seeing with the eyes of another, listening with the ears of another, and feeling with the heart of another. You can only understand people if you feel them in yourself.

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