The Breakfast Club - Pharrell Interview

Episode Date: December 12, 2016

Mon 12/12- Pharrell stopped by the Breakfast Club and talked about his involvement in the new movie "Hidden Figures," his disappointment in Hilary losing to Trump, the music scene in VA, and he gives the crew his secrets to looking young. Plus, Envy is giving Charlamagne the business because the Giants beat the Cowboys. 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.

Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop.

Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different, inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it.

And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa, it was called a woman. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone. Apple Podcasts, or wherever you

listen to podcasts. Breakfast Club. What the hell is this, man? Breakfast Club, bitches. I'd rather put y'all together. Y'all are like a mega force. Y'all just took over everything. Wake your punk ass up. This is Chris Brown. I've officially joined the Breakfast Club. Say something, mother f***er. I'm with it. The world's most dangerous morning show.

Breakfast Club, bitches. Good morning, USA! I don't know why it's such a good day for Envy. Well, because, oh, here he is. Oh, there he is in all his Giants pride familiar. Hey, good morning, guys. Hey, good morning. How you guys doing? Hey, I'm great. My team's in the playoffs.

What about yours? Oh, I'm great. My team beat your team. Let me take my jacket off. Twice. That's crazy. That is crazy that their only two losses are to the Giants, though. I don't understand. Did you go to the game?

No, I didn't. I was looking for you at the game, man. I was in L.A., and I landed back, not late, but too late for me to want to get up and go to MetLife Stadium. Oh, man, I was looking for you all over the game, man. What an amazing game, man. It really wasn't an amazing game. It was a terrible game.

Dak Prescott and Eli Manning both played like they're married to Ciara. It was a disgusting, disgusting game. It was horrible. It was not a great game. Giants won. I mean, at the end of the day, Giants won. I'm so used to Charlamagne coming in here after a Cowboys game with his paraphernalia on, his scarf around his head.

I usually do. I mean, not everyone, though, you know. Most of the time. Majority of the time. But they lost last night. They got their ass handed to them. What's your record? What's your record?

11-2. And don't say 11-2 Giants. Don't say that corny-ass internet joke, please. They're 11-2 Giants. Don't say that corny-ass internet joke, please. They're 11-2 Giants. Don't say that corny-ass internet joke. How many games you lost? 11-2 Giants. Okay, but guess what?

We're still in the playoffs. Oh, my goodness. Y'all have to make the playoffs. No, seriously. Let's look at the bigger picture here. No, the bigger picture is we beat your ass. So y'all don't care about the playoffs? We'll make the playoffs.

You don't know that for sure. The first task is to wax the effing Cowboys. All I know is the Giants. I'm not even going to. You know what? Congratulations to the New York Giants. Good. They're living it too.

If I sucked like y'all sucked this season, I'd be happy to have these two victories against my Dallas Cowboys. Oh, y'all beat yourselves? You don't even know who y'all beat. We beat the Cowboys twice. We sucked so bad. We beat the Cowboys twice, but we suck. Oh, my goodness. We suck so bad. We beat the Cowboys twice, but we suck. Oh, my goodness.

I mean, seriously. It was such an amazing game to see all them Cowboy fans all upset, leaving the stadium. Does that mean that the Giants have the Cowboys card? They just know how to play against the Cowboys? Absolutely. Is that what that means? That's exactly what it means. The Giants' defense is great, though.

Amazing. Phenomenal. Offense sucks. Offense? Well, we won. That's all that matters. How did Odell Beckham do? Sassy. He's the only reason we won. That's all that matters. How did Odell Beckham do? Sassy.

He was the only reason they won. Odell did good. If it wasn't for him and his gay privilege, they would not have won that game last night. Don't call my guy gay. Happy. He's a happy guy. He's got the most energy on the team. Yes.

He's very happy. He's very flamboyant. He energizes that offense. Okay, if it wasn't for him, your offense would absolutely positively suck. Well, you can say whatever you want to say, but the bottom line is, we won. And how did Dez do yesterday? Dez was horrible. He sucked yesterday.

Oh my gosh, thank God for Dez. He was horrible. Fumble! Let's get the show cracking. It was the only shiny news. Fumble! We'll talk about Donald Trump questioning the one China policy and what could be the result of that.

Also, the weather has been terrible. We'll tell you about all the flight cancellations that are happening today and some incidents that just happened over the weekend. I crashed on the way to the Giants game. That's how bad the weather was. You crashed? Hell yeah. What you was thinking about, how the Giants not in the playoffs,

but the Cowboys off? Nah, I was actually trying to get to the game dumb early, but I crashed on the way. And you know what? I didn't even stop. I just kept going. I crashed and just kept going. I was like, I'm going to this to the game dumb early, but I crashed on the way. You know what? I didn't even stop. A bad crash? I crashed and just kept going. I was like, I'm going to this Giants game.

All right. Fix your chain, Evie. What's going on? I'm good money over here. Hey, hey, hey, hey. I don't want to talk to you. Let's just still deal with the reality of the situation. The Cowboys are 11-2.

We lost both games to the New York Giants. Dallas Cowboys are in the playoffs. New York Giants aren't. That's a fact. Giants beat the Cowboys ass. No matter how you twist your Giants gummy hat this morning, y'all still not in the playoffs. Y'all still not in the playoffs.

When you start winning again, then we can talk. Start winning again? Yes. We lost. Y'all still not in the playoffs. You guys, we got to start the show. Okay, you're right. Thanks.

Breakfast Club, good morning. It's all like controller. Controller. Giants fans come out like roaches when you work in New York and you're a Cowboys fan. Charlamagne the guy. We are the breakfast club. I see none of these Giants fans during the Cowboys 11-game Winners Creek. We sure did.

You seen them in the first game. Soon as the Giants come and break the Winners Creek, people walking in here with jerseys on. You seen them in the first game. Acting all cocky and arrogant. He's talking about our engineer, Jeff, who just walked in here. Good morning, Jeff. He's a Giants fan. Let's get in front page and we'll start off with sports.

Steelers beat the Bills. The Vikings beat the Jaguars. The Texans beat the Colts. Titans beat the Broncos. The Steelers beat the Bills. Panthers beat the Chargers. The Dolphins beat the Cardinals. The Browns, they won.

Psych. They lost to the Bengals. The Lions beat the Bears. Washington's beat the Eagles. The Jets beat the 49ers in overtime. And the Giants. Oh, my goodness. the Eagles, the Jets beat the 49ers in overtime, and the Giants, oh my goodness, the mighty, mighty Giants.

That's what you call them. Squashed the Cowboys 10 to 7. That's what you call squashing? Yeah, squashed the Cowboys 10 to... Yee, did you see the game? No, I didn't.

Oh. You know what? I want to tell you what I was... I was doing kickboxing at that time yesterday. Kickboxing at 8 o'clock at night? At midnight? They did a special class for us.

How long did you kickbox? For like an hour and a half. A game didn't finish until like midnight. I was exhausted by the time. I didn't get home. I was in the city. It was a long time. Okay.

But I was paying attention on Twitter to who was winning just because I wanted to see who was going to win the game. The Giants won if you didn't know. The Giants won. All right. And then Monday night football. The Patriots play the Ravens at 830. Now, let's talk about this weather. It's nasty, horrible out there.

Oh, my gosh. Right, and I'm just going to give you guys some warnings. If you have some flight schedule for today, just be careful. In Chicago and Detroit, more than 1,600 flights were canceled. So that happened yesterday and into this morning. There's still more flights being canceled. Across the United States, there were more than 2,000 flight delays and so not necessarily all of them were due to weather but most of them were now in Detroit a plane actually slid off the runway

into the grass and snow it got stuck in the mud so they had to send a van over to get some of these passengers to safety but fortunately nobody was injured and remember I told you last week there was also a 40 car pileup in Detroit. At least three people were killed in that pileup. On Saturday in Portland about 100 light rail passengers were stranded after a high voltage power line tumbled on the

tracks. So all kinds of issues here right now because of the weather. And they are saying that there's going to be even worse weather that's going to affect about half of the country this week. No, it's very nasty. I crashed yesterday on the way to the Giants win. It was just because you have a truck doesn't mean that you can go over ice.

And I went right into my neighbor's yard. Boom! And I looked at the car. I said, I can still drive and continue on. But definitely if you're flying somewhere, just make sure you check and see if your flight is canceled. Is it delayed? And if you're driving, give yourself a little extra time. This is good Christmas weather, though.

I mean, you know, that's, I guess, the one upside to living up north. You really can't see a white Christmas, right? Yeah, unless you're trying to get somewhere and can't get there. But is this the year that you really want a white Christmas? With all the racism, as tense as it is in the air? Shut up. Do we want a white Christmas this year? Why I gotta be white? Why you gotta be white? Do you want a white Christmas this year? Why I gotta be white?

Do you want a white Christmas with Trump in the White House? Well, let's talk about Trump. There was a lot of Trump issues going on. There was a lot of Make American Great Again cowboy fans. A lot of cowboy fans supporting Trump.

By the way, your president is from New York. Stop it. Let's be clear about that. I didn't say that. He's from Queens, right? He's definitely from Queens. New York bred Donald Trump. Own your racism. He didn't win New York, though. Let's talk about Trump. All right, China has warned they are seriously concerned after Donald Trump questioned

whether the United States should keep its longstanding position that Taiwan is part of one China. And, you know, for China, that is their one hard issue that they have as far as negotiations with us. And this issue first started when Donald Trump took that phone call from the leader in Taiwan, which hasn't happened since I think 1979 or something like that. So here is Donald Trump. I fully understand the one China policy, but I don't know why we have to be bound by a one China policy unless we make a deal with China having to do with other things, including trade. I need politics for dummies because I don't know what the hell's going on right now. Well, according to China, there's a one China policy, which means that Taiwan is part of China.

Right. But in Taiwan, they have like their own independent. They kind of consider themselves separate. But how's that going to affect my Christmas, though? That's what I'm trying to figure out. Really? I want to know what's going on. How's that going to affect my Christmas, though? That's what I'm trying to figure out. Really? I want to know. What's going on? How's that going to affect me?

I think your Christmas will be good money. I think your Christmas will be good money. Well, I don't think that we want to have issues with China is really what it boils down to. We don't want China to have issues with the United States, with trading with us. Like war, economically, like what is it? We don't know what could happen. Could be all of the above. China hasn't really responded.

They've been a little bit tight-lipped about it. But according to the Global Times newspaper, they went ahead and said that the president-elect, Donald Trump, is a child ignorant of foreign policy and ruled out negotiations on the one China issue. That's the one thing for us to maintain our relationship with China that we have to adhere to. Recognizing one China. All right. Well, that's front page news. Tell them why you're mad. 800-585-1051 If you're upset, you need to vent.

Call us right now. Maybe the weather. Maybe you're a Cowboys fan and you're sick this morning. Whatever it may be. 800-585-1051 If you're upset, whatever it may be. Maybe you're a little mad. You upset, Charlemagne? No, I'm not actually. Okay, well, you don't have to call.

I doubt the Cowboys are 11-2. I'm sure there's a lot of Cowboy fans that want to call this morning. There's a lot of football left. And you can call. 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Hey, hey, hey, yo. Hey, yo, good morning, yo. This is the Mad Rapper, son, for real. I'm mad and I stay mad. I stay angry. I stay heated. I stay pissed off. Tell them why you mad.

Breakfast Club, let's go. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Blake. Blake, tell them why you mad. I'm mad at Charlamagne. Why you mad at Charlamagne? I'm not even a Giants or Cowboys fan, but I'm mad that he's sitting on the radio show

saying that the Giants are not in the playoffs. They're not in the playoffs. They have a wild card spot right now. Listen, do they have a playoff berth right now? Like, stop it. We have a clinch playoff berth. We're in the playoffs. They're not.

They're in the hunt. They're only two games behind you in the division. If y'all lose one game and they win out, they'll be first place in that division. I don't know why you're sitting on the radio. Sir, sir, sir, sir. Right now, today, the Dallas Cowboys are in the playoffs. The New York Giants are not.

He has to defend something. I'm not defending it. It's the truth. Facts are facts. We have their card. They took an L. That's all that happens. Why y'all don't like facts?

We love facts. We won yesterday. That's a fact. That is a fact, but y'all still not in the playoffs. Hey, John. Tell them I'm mad. I'm mad because y'all are always running around talking this Dallas Cowboy, Dallas Cowboy. You know, this is a New York radio station.

NY gave him two losses. I think he needs to show a little respect. Hey, by the way, sir, by the way, we're nationally syndicated in 70 markets, all right? I understand that, but you're big in 70 markets, all right? He's taking that out. I understand that, but you're big in New York, baby. I don't want to hear that Sweetwater, South Carolina s*** you be talking about. He's taking that spanking.

He's all upset. He's rattled. Look, the Giants won. Guys, can we get some of that camera? Welcome to New York for the Dallas people, please. Oh, okay. I see what's going on here. I think we might need to do that.

All the 40-plus New Yorkers in size 46 jeans and construction timberland feeling themselves this morning. I think we might need to do that. We don't want to be in the back of South Carolina. Shut your dirty New York Giants starter jacket wearing ass up.

You got a New York Giants starter jacket from 85. Wait, hold on. This is the first listener to tell us about their match. Charlotte's upset. It's Giants-L here, man. Y'all are upset. It's Giants Law. As you can see, he's upset.

Let him bet. Let him bet. You got a Lawrence Taylor throwback jersey on and it's not even a throwback jersey. You got it at 83. He's rattled.

He still got it to this day. Hello, who's this? You know what? Cowboys for life. What that mean? Y'all lost yesterday. Take that. Hello, who's this?

You guys are so rude. What up? It's Phil. Hey, man. Hey, you need to chill out and start cutting them off. We got to let the Cowboys soak in that law. You can feel it, though, right? You can feel it burning.

How do we soak in the law, sir? Take soaking in the law. Hey, I like that jab you threw about Sierra, too. That was funny. It's the truth. Dak Prescott and Eli Manning both played like they married to Ciara yesterday. So I don't know what the hell y'all tripping about. Hey, we'll take the win.

Hello, who's this? Yeah, this is Jason from New Jersey. Hey, tell them why you mad. Yeah, man, I'm mad because I only got like two hours of sleep because I had to bring my mother to the damn airport. She ended up missing our damn flight. Are you cursing at your mom, bro? She ain't making it on time because she's just always late, man.

Oh, man. Who's your mama's football team? So you made her late. Who's your mama's football team? I'm a Giants fan, Charlamagne. There you go. Okay. You seen the game last night?

Nah, I didn't see the game. I was too busy taking them, driving them around. At midnight? Nah, like before, like 7 o'clock to like 10 o'clock, man. Jesus Christ. I'm sorry. Yeah, but look, look. Hey, Charlamagne, we met before, man.

You remember me from North New Jersey? He does. I was that guy that ran up to you and, of course, you don't remember me. My bad. I ran up to you and, what's the big dude name? Wax. Black guy. Big black guy, Wax.

Oh, this. Wax. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We had the braids like two months ago. Okay. That sounds dirty. You know how many girls I meet with braids, sir? My bad. You guys up to the moon. I watch you guys every like two months ago. I know. You know how many girls I meet with braids, sir? Love that.

You guys up for a morning. I watch you guys every day. All right, tell them where you're at. I met 20 new girls with braids this weekend. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent, call us right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

You want the latest gossip and entertainment news? Well, then don't go anywhere because the rumor report is up next. The Breakfast Club. You got my soul. That was Bryson Tillett with Exchange. Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne the guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

And congratulations to my Giants again for beating the Cowboys 10-7. Congratulations to the New York Giants defense for beating the Cowboys yesterday. A win is to the New York Giants defense for beating the Cowboys yesterday. A win is a win, sir. It doesn't matter how you win, how the team looks, because your team looked disgusting yesterday. Shout out to Des Bryant.

We really appreciate it. If a win is a win, respect our 11 wins this season. No, we beat you twice. Respect it. Just say the Giants are better than you. The truth to the matter is the New York Giants beat the Dallas Cowboys yesterday. Just say we're a better team. The Dallas Cowboys are in the playoffs.

The New York Giants aren't. Just say we're a better team. Y'all got a great defense. Just say we're a better team. Y'all not a better team. Oh, my goodness. Y'all got a great defense, though. Y'all not a better overall team than the Dallas Cowboys.

Y'all have a great defense. I think we are. No. Great defense often sucks. I think we absolutely positively are. Now, Pharrell will be joining us this morning. Salute to Pharrell. Pharrell, he actually was here on Friday.

You weren't here. No, I was in Boston. He actually missed you. Yeah, he actually talked about how back in the day y'all used to be in Hampton. He actually said you were a member of NERD, but you were a little too weird. You know, he said that. He said Chad actually didn't like you.

The little Asian one was like... Oh, stop it. He was like, the little Asian one was, this Envy guy's a little too weird. And he said, right after Q did your hair in the sink, Q love bugs, right after Q dyed your hair, he was like, that's when they decided

to part ways with you. Yeah, well, shout out to Pharrell. And NERD became a three-man group instead of four. When I went to school in VA, we were all close and all tight, used to run around with each other, Pharrell, Pusha T,

and Malice. It was a good family, but when I graduated, we kind of lost touch and he blew the hell up, but I'm happy for him, man. You're like, man, I should have

kept in touch with Pharrell. No, I'm happy for him. I'm happy for Pharrell. He worked his ass off. I'm happy for Pharrell, so we'll kick it with Pharrell next hour. You ever think about that?

That is a good little comparison in your life. I mean, your life turned out pretty well. Right. But you could have been a millionaire a lot faster if you'd have stuck

with the Virginia dudes. It took Pusha a long time. It took Push pretty well. Right. But you could have been a millionaire a lot faster if you'd have stuck with the Virginia dudes. It took Pusha a long time. It took Pusha a long time. But you was weird, though. You was the weirdest. No, brother, all the weird ones blew up first. Yeah? You was weird. You the few that blew up with them. Everybody takes their own lane. I'm happy in my lane. I'm good in my lane.

We was all weird together. Not Pusha. No. Pusha was always a drug dealer. Yes. He made sure our weird guys was pretty cool. But anyway, protected. Say what it is. No, we protected. We were all protected.

We protected each other. There was fights. I got in the fights because of him and there was fights where he got in the fights because of me and it was shootouts. Well, I ain't gonna talk about that.

Shootouts? Yeah. You tell too much. Virginia was crazy. That was a long time ago in our past life. But Pharrell will be joining us next hour. We got rumors on the way? Yes, we are going to talk about one artist who

said he would perform for Donald Trump and we'll discuss the backlash that he got after saying that. Also, Forbes has put out their highest paid athletes of all time. We'll tell you who made the list. Alright, we'll get into all that when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

It's true. What I need is more for love me right now. It's true. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Back to the work week.

It's a Monday. It's nasty outside on the East Coast. If you live on the East Coast, give yourself a little extra time. Weather's disgusting. Is it nasty or is it winter? I think it's winter. It's both. Yeah, it's winter time.

It's both. It is what it is. But it's very wet outside, so just be careful. How wet is it? And if you have a flight to catch, you are so immature. Well, let's get to the rumors. Let's find out what artist is going to be performing at Trump's inauguration. Is that true?

It's about time. What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is the Rumor Report. Talk to him. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, they gave Ne-Yo hell this weekend.

And that is because he was asked by TMZ whether or not he would perform for Donald Trump. And here's what he said. If Donald Trump asked you to perform at his inauguration, what do you say? Yeah, I'll be there. Wow, you're way ahead. Hold on. Hold on. I got to ask you something because a lot of people have been saying the opposite.

I wouldn't go because I support Donald Trump. I'd go because it's a dope party. It's just work. It's just work. We'll go, get the check, have a good time, and still go because I support Donald Trump. I'd go because it's a dope party. It's just work. It's just work. I would go, get the check, have a good time, and still say the hell with Donald Trump. It's hard for some people to pass up that check now. Ne-Yo, sit your money over morals headass down. Business over bigotry headass.

Revenue over racism headass. Money over misogyny headass. Just Ne-Yo's head over every headass. It's your head. Sit down, Ne-Yo. You and your head, sit down. Ne-Yo responded. He says, seriously, y'all?

Seriously? It's like some folks be searching for a reason to hate. It was a joke, guys. Did you not see the smile? It was no. It was something to do. The finger. Come on.

Never been a Trump supporter and never will be. Hashtag relax. Does he realize he can't even play like that in 2016? Not at all. As he did? No, sir. Okay. Right.

So to clear that up, he says that he was only joking. Alright. Everybody. He was joking after you saw that backlash. And people were upset because they said Neal was the one saying he would move to Canada if Donald Trump won and I don't know. Alright, Donald Trump. We'll talk about him a little bit because once again, they spoofed him

on Saturday Night Live. Now everybody has been making fun of all of his cabinet picks and people are very concerned about it. These are the same people that are anti the departments that they will be heading up. So, as part of a spoof, this is what happened on Saturday Night Live. President-elect Trump has just made his choice

for head of the DEA, the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency, and it's a high school science teacher from New Mexico named Walter Wright. Hello, Jake. Walter is amazing. He came highly recommended by Steve Bannon. Oh yeah, Steve's the best. We've had some time. Where did Mr. Bannon find you? In the comments section at Breitbart. And I'm really surprised you tracked me down because I've kind of been off the grid for a while. And you're a high school science teacher?

Yeah. So in case you don't know, Walter White is obviously from Breaking Bad. The guy that was making all the meth? Mm-hmm. Yes. Just anybody who doesn't know about Breaking Bad and know who Walter White is. It's a pretty funny spoof. Now let's discuss the highest grossing athletes of all time. The highest paid athletes of all time. The highest paid athletes of all time. According to Forbes, of all time.

Okay. Now who do you think is number one on the list? Tiger Woods. Tiger Woods is actually number two on the list. Michael Jordan. They're neck and neck though. Michael Jordan, 1.7 billion. Tiger Woods, 1.67 billion in career earnings. Third is Arnold Palmer.

1.35. He dead, right? Yeah, he passed away. He Third is Arnold Palmer. Ain't he dead? Huh? He dead, right? Yeah, he passed away. He created the Arnold Palmer drink also. Now, who do you think, where's Floyd Mayweather on this list? He's top five, I think. He's number seven, actually.

Oh, really? Yes, he's worth, he's made $765 million. Kobe's actually above him at number six. Who's rounding out the top five? Peyton Manning or who else? Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicklaus, the golfer. Yeah. I know Peyton Manning's rounding out the top five? Peyton Manning or who else? Jack Nicklaus. Jack Nicklaus is a golfer. Yeah.

I know Peyton Manning's got to be top five too, right? Phil Mickelson. These golfers are no joke. David Beckham is number nine. Shaquille O'Neal is actually number 10. Shaq mean a lot of bread. Is Peyton in the top five? Peyton Manning?

Nope. Oh. So who's number four? Number four, I just told you, Jack Nicklaus. Who's LeBron? LeBron is number 13. $640 million. LeBron's a new Jack, man. You're talking about OGs LeBron is number 13. 640 million.

LeBron's a new jack, man. You talking about OGs who've been making so much money off endorsements for three decades now. And Mike Tyson is actually number 11. Really? By the way, Mike Tyson made $685 million in his career. So basically, you're telling these hoes they need to start having sex with golfers. Or boxers. Not really boxers.

Listen, Oscar De La Hoya is number 19. OG. Manny Pacquiao is number 20. I really boxers. Listen, Oscar de la Hoya is number 19. OG. Manny Pacquiao is number 20. I already told you. OG. That Floyd Mayweather is number 7 on the list. And Mike Tyson's number 11. That's 4 out of the top 20.

Yeah, but them OGs, though. Ain't too many new boxers getting that guap like that. Them the OGs. Who had that huge contract? That's your grandma, them penis. Didn't Kevin Connett have like a crazy contract? A couple of them. He had a couple hundred million dollars.

Yeah, he did. But these guys make all their money off endorsements and all that stuff like that. All right, and Fast and Furious, the eighth film in that franchise, has been given a title. They also put out the trailer, if you guys saw that,

over the weekend, The Fate of the Furious. I don't like you speeding over the fact that these women need to start sleeping with some of these golfers out here, because golfers are people that don't get no attention and no love, except for Tiger.

No, I think you're just not in that world. Trust me, women are sleeping with Tiger. How, I think you're just not in that world. Trust me, women are sleeping with tigers. How far away did you get these hoes of that world? And clearly, Tiger's standards wasn't too high because he was sleeping with Hooters waitresses. He'd sleep with everybody. Well, we see what Tiger's type is. How is it a Hooters waitress with no baby from Tiger Woods out here in these streets?

Listen, we're just glad you're not a woman. I am. Don't worry. It's a lot of people regretting these decisions that they've made with their vaginas, especially when Christmas is right around the corner.

Well, I'm Angela Yee and that's your Rumor Report. All right, Miss Yee. Now, when we come back, Pharrell will be joining us. We'll kick it with Pharrell. He actually stopped through Friday.

I wasn't here. I was still in Boston. But Pharrell will be here. Keep it locked. Such a humble guy. Yeah, very cool, awkward, humble guy. He was weird.

He was always weird. Always weird. He had a white woman just sitting on the floor the whole interview. It was weird. Really it locked. Such a humble guy. Yeah, very cool, awkward, humble guy. He was weird. He was always weird. Always weird. He had a white woman just sitting on the floor the whole interview. It was weird. Really? Yeah. You'll see it later when it goes up online. Okay. Alright, we'll get into that when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. That was DJ Khaled Drake for free. Morning, everybody. It's

DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Pharrell is in the building. And Pharrell walked in and said, thank you for having me. I was like, thank you so much for coming. We've never had Pharrell up here before. You do realize most rich people, like really rich people, are like the most humble? The ones I've come across.

Well, I'm grateful. You can't deny you're rich, Pharrell. Stop it. Nah, you know what? Listen, I'm grateful. You can't deny you're rich. He's like, well. Perel, stop it. Nah, you know what? Listen, I'm grateful, man. Seriously. You know, we get an opportunity to talk about the film. And you guys have been, like, so supportive of, like, my career all these years. So, you know, I'm always.

We're going to get to the film. We need to get to your diet tips first. Okay? Okay. I need to know why the hell you have not aged in 20 plus years. How much water do you drink a day? Matter of fact, what did you have for breakfast? Let's start there. You know what?

This week is not so good because man, why am I talking about this? Because we want to know why you're not aging. It has nothing to do with it. It's just, you know, lots of water. My mom and my dad, you know, I really do believe in like exfoliating though. I do really do believe in, like, exfoliating, though.

I do. I go to the dermatologist. I believe in that. I got some good exfoliation stuff at the house. Yeah, when I was, you know, when I was much younger, like, you know, all the model girls used to talk about that a lot. Have you seen the meme that showed you from, like, 15 years ago to now? It's hilarious. And have you, and even your hairline, bro.

You seem a little jealous or something. I'm not jealous. I just want to know. Like's hilarious. And have you, and even your hairline, bro. You seem a little jealous. I'm not jealous. I just want to know. Share the secrets, my brother. No, there's no... Your hairline's definitely hereditary. I don't think there was, no one can help your hairline.

Yeah. Are you vegan? Shut up. You're not vegan, are you? That was so quick. It was so reflective. It was so quick. You're not vegan, are you?

Nah. Okay. No, sir. That's short-ribbed. Yeah. It has to happen So it was so quick. You're not vegan, are you? Nah. Okay. No, sir. That's short-lived. Yeah. It has to happen every once in a while. You are from Virginia.

Yes, sir. Yeah. So what's the film? Hidden Figures. Hidden Figures is... I'm excited for this movie. Oh, thank you. Three African-American female protagonists, right? Not talking about divorces or consoling each other or like burning up the Range Rovers.

Or getting beat by their husband. You know, none of that. Although I like those movies too sometimes. Look, love. Waiting Text Hill was a great movie. Listen, listen, with love, with love. But these were three female African-American protagonists who were scientists, engineers, mathematicians, technologically advanced. So that blew my mind.

It involved NASA. It involved space, two subjects I was obsessed with since I was a child. And then, like, it happened where I'm from, Hampton Roads, Virginia, in the 1960s. So how could we not be a part of it? What I love about it is a story that most people have never heard before. Yeah. I mean, there, listen, Catherine was a mathematics savant. And it was her math that enabled John Glenn to make it in his orbit around the Earth in five hours, three rotations around the Earth. Like, that's unbelievable.

And that was her math. One degree off, meaning one decimal off, and he would have went out into the continuum of space forever. Or coming back in, he would have burnt up and not made it through the go, no go. So the idea that we get to participate in this story and telling this story, and I'm telling you guys, if you see the film, it will make you feel better. You'll be upset that you didn't know the story.

But that's what movies are for, though, because a lot of people don't read as much as they should. And if we don't introduce these stories Especially to youth, they'll probably never know Yeah, well their stories Were like muted because they were Victims of the circumstances And the era

Being African American We would get our just due in terms of our accolades But we weren't really necessarily We didn't really collect on them like that You think it was by design that They didn't put people of color in those positions like in front of the camera because it would kind of maybe encourage kids to want to do that? I just don't think it was a part of the American narrative at that time. And women.

So women had it twice as hard. That's why this is perfect timing, by the way, for a movie like this right now. Yeah. Because there's so much. American women. Yeah. Everything that's a movie like this right now. Yeah. For African-American women. Yeah. Everything that's been going on lately in particular. Yeah.

Well, there's a lot of gender bias. Mm-hmm. And there's still racial bias. Like, it's severe. To me, it's crazier than it's ever been because there was no internet in the 60s. Right. Now it's, like, really undeniable. It's scary, though, because you don't know how much of it is real and how much of it is false.

When you think about your everyday life, like, you interact with different types of people all the time. I don't experience overt racism. I don't think I've ever

experienced overt racism. Probably, I'm sure, I experienced it covertly, but never overtly. Well, because we're on the coast, right? In the middle of the country. Like, it's real.

But think about even in the music business. Yeah. It goes on so much. Yeah. You know, I think I feel it all the time. You never felt it for real. But think about even in the music business. Yeah. It goes on so much. Yeah. You know, I think I feel it all the time. You never felt it for real.

All them hits you was making? Well, look, I don't have to call you the N-word to be racist. Yeah. It's a much deeper conversation, right? Like, you know, we work in a business where, like, it is okay to own other people's masters. That's insane yeah well i mean that's like you owning my id and telling me when i can and can't cross the street and when i can eat and you know when i should pay my taxes that's the business that we that we're in in the music industry that will soon change by the way everybody should own their masters. If major labels want to do deals with artists to partner with them, great. Partner with me, but don't own me.

You know, those contracts, they tell you that they want to own the master and then every copy thereof is a slave. You know, it's real. It's in the contracts. And that needs to change. But we're here to talk about Hidden Fingers. I always feel like you was using your music to get to space, though. And what I mean by that is that was just like an outlet for you to do bigger things

and present bigger stories like this. Oh, well, thank you. Yeah, although I will not be going to space. I was going to ask you that. You wouldn't go to space? You, Pharrell? Come on, stop it. Man, have you ever watched the Science Channel?

Yeah, all the time. Man, the pixelation is amazing. Listen, I am intrigued by UFOs. I'm obsessed with them. you ever watch the science channel yeah man the pixelation is amazing i'm listening i am i am intrigued by ufos i'm obsessed with them everybody in this room tells me i'm crazy because i believe in extraterrestrials oh yeah well they're probably not doing the math okay so when you first consider the fact that our sun is just another star it's insane for you to assume that there's only this one star is the only one that has a solar system around it. The rest of those stars all have, like,

planets around them. So, what does the math tell you? I don't know. I mean, what do we know at this point? Now, Virginia is like a hip-hop outliers in itself, because you got Missy, you got Timbaland. Geniuses. Teddy Riley. Genius.

What's in the water? Where did all those producers come from? There's definitely something in the water in Virginia. You got Timbaland. Geniuses. Teddy Riley. Genius. What's in the water? Where did all those producers come from? There's definitely something in the water in Virginia. You got Drom, too. He's killing it. Yeah. There's a lot. Knotts. There's Chris Brown.

Trey Songz. Pusha T. Yeah. D'Angelo. Pusha T. Y'all controlled sound. Clips. Fam.

Listen, man, you know what it is? Virginia didn't have much. Pusha T Like y'all controlled sound Clips Fam We Listen man You know what it is Virginia didn't have much And so Exercising your creativity Was just kind of like A great outlet Envy was down there

He was down there When all of that was happening Hampton U Hampton U was on fire Man He might not have Never been a DJ If he didn't go to Hampton U

My goodness Some of the most beautiful, beautiful women. Have you always been like the eclectic type guy you are? Always a weirdo. So did you ever? It just makes sense now. But I mean, for me at least. Did you ever face resistance from like the pushy tees and those guys that were like,

I don't want to work with that guy. No, no, no. They were always supportive. But I feel like you're more of a trendsetter. No. You don't think so? No. Because, I mean, clearly people want to look like Pharrell.

Nah, that's weird. He being fake humble. He being fake humble. Nah. He having clothing lines. Nah, nah. He being fake humble. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.

This is not fake awkward either. It's like real awkward. Just saying. We got more coming up with Pharrell. Don't go anywhere. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

That was Party Next Door. Drake, morning everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Pharrell is in the building. Can we go back to this? Yeah, let's go back to the movie. You scored how much of this movie? Pharrell, nobody talks building Can we go back to Yeah let's go back to the movie You scored How much of this movie

Pharrell nobody talks about What you're actually here To talk about anymore When you do interviews Okay The PRs didn't tell him Okay Sorry

Sorry Okay You guys drive No go ahead Hit the figures He's like back to the movie I'm sure you got some more to tell us I am really excited

Because I actually saw the trailer Like a while ago And I was like This movie looks gonna be great Because Taraji P. Henson's in it. Kills it. Yes. Janelle Monae is in it.

Kills it. She's so fun. By the way, Octavia Spence is in the movie also. Kills it. So some of my favorite people are in this movie. Yep. Mahershala Ali, Kevin Costner. Real, really talented actors.

When you think about it, like a lot of the female contribution in science and just across the board has been largely ignored and dismissed. And things are changing now. It was actually women that discovered the way, the metric in measuring how far stars are or what they're made of, being made of hydrogen. Those are women. I don't even think in school they encourage women to get into the sciences or into math or anything. They don't really encourage that. They don't.

And you think about it like Catherine was a savant. Like, it's insane what she was able to do. And there's a scene in the film where she needs to use the bathroom, but because of that time, because it was segregated, her bathroom wasn't on the other side of the building. It was on the other side of the campus. Damn. And so NASA,

they were civil. They had like campus bikes, but that was for men because as men, we forget you could not wear pants or shorts. She had to wear long dresses and long skirts. So women couldn't ride the bike there, right? So

as an African-American woman, you had to run. Catherine had to run a 30 to 45 minute round trip rain or shine just to use the bathroom, just to relieve herself. So it's crazy. You speak a lot about gender bias. You think gender bias is the reason Hillary didn't become president? Because you

endorsed Hillary Clinton. I think that gender bias played a part in it. I think they knew the difference but didn't appreciate the difference between reality shows and real news. As we see, fake news is a huge thing. I also never believed in the system of polls. I thought polls were antiquated. It's 1,200 people at a time,

and millennials don't answer house phones. So to me, I always thought it was antiquated. I think the news got it wrong. I think the news is responsible. I think Twitter is responsible. They could have easily just pulled a plug. Social media, period. Yeah. And I just think there just should have

been a different game plan, man. There should have just been a different game plan. Do you think she was a terrible candidate? Because every time I say something like that... I think she was qualified, but I think that the tables have turned and I feel like people look at politics like they look at any other television show. You gotta entertain.

And that's what happened. That's what happened in one case and that's what did not happen in the other. Social studies? Cat fight. What you gonna tune into? But I personally think women and millennials will essentially be the larger number that ends up saving us in four years. Why do you think that?

Because women have compassion. They think about the world. They birthed the world. The whole entire world came through the conduit of a woman's body. True indeed. You know what I'm saying? So to me, I feel like it's going to be that. And there's going to be men that will be to be that. And there's going to be men

that'll be in the number. But it's going to be women and millennials. I remember you said that Hillary's dishonest, but so are you. So I remember thinking, so is Pharrell willing

to deal with for liars all the time or just when they're running for president? Who don't lie, bro? Yeah. On some level. On some level.

Who don't lie? And especially somebody who's been level. On some level. Who don't lie? And especially somebody who's been in politics as long as there's no way that you would be perfect. No, I'm the most upright standing, upstanding right, upright standing,

whatever way you want to look at it because they both have two different definitions, but it means the same thing. Who is that honest with their taxes? Right. There we go.

Whoa. There you go. Done. Hey, IRS, I'm very honest with money. Yeah, but I mean, listen, are you willing to sit down and fact check? Because they'll find something. It's a little gray line, a little gray area. There's a gray area

for everybody, right? I wrote off these clothes that I bought, but I didn't really use them for work. You need certain things. You might not even have all your paperwork properly in order and you just say, okay, I'm going to guesstimate this is what I spent. 100%. Listen, look. Day one. It is what it is.

Now, but here's what I will say. This pressure that's going to come about is going to make the best art, the best music, the best design, the best fashion. It's going to be amazing. The other thing is you'll see more people galvanizing. You'll see our culture galvanize.

Is that why you're being more vocal now about these kind of issues? No, I'm done. I'm done. I'm telling you, I was mad, bro. I was, like, mad. Like after the election? No, before it. Okay.

Nobody was listening. I'm like, yo, stop listening to these polls, man. These old-ass polls, man. These old ass people, man. They old, bro. They old. Old antiquated thing that worked in the 50s and the 60s when part of the television show was to show you Colgate in the middle of the show. That's when polls worked.

Okay. People is old, bro. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Now let's talk about how you've managed in this business for so long to be really just level headed. Like we see all these artists going through different things and, you know, struggling with mental issues, depression. They talk about it in their music. They talk about it in interviews. But do you think that coming up in the era that you came up in where we didn't have social media, we didn't have the pressure of people being able to just directly reach out to you? Do you think that's been negative for artists sometimes? And how have you managed to maintain your cool? There's no college course.

There's no college course for how to manage your money when you're in this business. When the lights are flashing and everyone's looking and it's, you know, it's so many competitions that are unspoken of, but there are. You're just in constant competition. To flash harder, perform harder, do bigger numbers. Like, there's a lot of pressures, right?

And companies, it's not like in football where they have like, they actually sit down and have you take a course and like what to avoid and people to stay away from. And, you know, they don't do that in the music industry. This is the most abused industry ever. They said Barry Gordy used to, when Smokey Robinson was here, he said Barry Gordy would have artists every week. They had these training classes. It didn't matter how big you were. Everybody had to come

to his house and do these training courses. I thought that was brilliant. We need that. And there's some really nice and brilliant people that are in the music industry right now. Well, shouldn't you guys be doing that? Because you're empowered, Pharrell. I'm doing my best. Any artist that signed with me will own their masters. It's crazy at the production thing, though, because it was like he was red hot, and it was a moment where we ain't hear nothing from Pharrell. I'm doing my best. Any artist that signed with me will own their masters. It's crazy at the production thing, though,

because it was like he was red hot, and there was a moment where we ain't hear nothing from Pharrell. And then it's just like you just came back and owned everything. I ain't do nothing. Stop it. I just worked, and it's the universe, too. It's the universe and the people. No matter how hot it is, it requires people to be into it.

They got to buy it. They got to stream it. They got to tell their friends about it. You can't pay for that. So I don't take any of that for granted. For me, as far as I'm concerned, I'm here based on doors

that were open for me, artists that worked with me, inspired me, based on fans that continued to lift me up, and, you know, the universe, God. Like, the rest of it,

like, you know, that's a prerequisite. You're supposed to try to be your best. But that doesn't guarantee any kind of success. You know, you have to talk about the people that got you here. All right, we got more with Pharrell when we come back. Let's get into a Pharrell mini-mix. Let me know your favorite Pharrell joint.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Club alone if you feel like a room without a roof. Because I'm happy. Club alone if you feel like happy. That was Pharrell Mini Mix. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Pharrell is in the building.

I always want to talk to you about the record Snitch, man. Because I feel like that's the second greatest hip-hop acronym of all time. Whoa. Come on, easily. But it didn't get the credit for whatever reason. But I think it's Cream. And then Ihop acronym of all time. Whoa. Come on, easily. But it didn't get the credit for whatever reason, but I think it's Cream, and then I think it's Snitch. Whoa. Thank you.

You don't think so? Thank you. It was inspired. Pusha said you made it. You created that. Yeah. How, though? Because you weren't in the street. One of our guys got locked up.

Okay. He was in that world, and I didn't even really talk to him. But in my mind, I'd be like, man, I know what I'd be thinking. Sorry, I'm trying to come home. I'm telling. Oh, yeah, I would. 100%. I would too.

What do you mean? What? What? Not what? Is there a question? No, listen now. I don't have a question. I always say, don't do it around me.

I'm telling. Me too. Yeah, I'm not built for it, bro. I'm not built for it. No, man. What if you was out there doing it around me. I'm telling you. Me too. Yeah, I'm not built for it, bro. I'm not built for it. No, man. What if you was out there doing it with them? I'm not doing it. I'm not doing it.

You don't have to do that at all. I don't want it that bad. All right, absolutely. Yeah, listen. Certain people have it in their chemistry. They have it in their DNA. They're warrior. Like, they got it in them.

I don't have that. I'm going to do this 30. No. All right. No. Okay. No. 30 minutes in the do this 30. No. All right. No. Okay. No. 30 minutes in the gym, bro.

Yeah. Did you ever go through a period of time where you felt like you didn't want to do music anymore? Or you were just over it? You know what? When I first got on, the deal went left. And I had a really really really dark time and my aunt

who could like used to have like really strong dreams dreams are in my family I had like a real tough time and I was like man I don't want to do this no more because it was so crazy

we had gotten signed to EMI and then the label folded like a dummy you know I brought my first you know car it was a Lexus GS I was driving around

I ain't no gas money I ain't care because it was just kind of like look, you know, car. It was a Lexus GS. I was driving around. I ain't no gas money. I ain't care because it was just kind of like, look, I'm a backpacker and I have a Lexus. But my aunt was like, listen, this is what the devil wants. You know, if you give up right now, you don't understand what's on the other side of this moment. Yeah, that was like a really dark time for me. I mean, we have those periods, man. As artists, we have those periods. We need some thunderstorms sometimes so that we can appreciate

when that sunshine come back. Have you ever had a dark period while you were in the industry? Like those times when we don't hear from you and labels may be like, oh, Pharrell, you're not the sound of the moment. I would, yeah, yeah. But that would only, like, fuel me. There was one time it was, like, just really

dark because you just you want it to be a certain kind of way. But that's when you have to let go. When you let go, then the universe sort of shows you how you're supposed to do it. You know, I always thought like, I'm going to be this, I'm going to be that. And I've just been proven wrong every five years. Like, okay, cool. All right, let me just shut up.

And now I just go with it. Where's the rest of Nerd at? Shay's in Miami at the moment. Chad is in California at the moment. Does Chad still make music? Yeah. Okay. Absolutely. So when y'all do stuff like Happy what was the Big Robin Thicke record? I forgot now. Blurred Lines.

Yeah, he didn't work on any of that but we still work together. I'm just happy to collaborate whenever he's really ready to do it. He's a genius. Was it always planned for you to be like the Beyonce of nerd? That was weird. No, I'm saying you know what I meant by that. See, there you go.

That's the gender thing. Beyonce's bigger than gender. She's Beyonce. Exactly. That's a compliment. It is, but pointing me out to be that, that makes me feel awkward. I'm everybody. You're not Michelle.

Stop it. And I love Michelle. That's supposed to be your friend. He is, but you know what I mean. He's the front man of the group. You think Nerd, you think Pharrell. You think Dusty Child, you think Beyonce.

I know I shy away from that leader thing. He's like, I just do what I do. We do what we do. You have to embrace it as a man because you are a leader. I know I shy away from that, the leader thing. He's like, I just do what I do. We do what we do. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Thank you. Thank you. You have to embrace it as a man because you are a leader. You do have influence.

Nah, bro. We're getting back to the awkward thing again. Don't you think? Look, what Pharrell does works for him. It is what it is. He doesn't have to change and be all, you know. I had to come to a point where every great leader had to know, okay, I'm a leader. What am I going to do with this great power?

Man, come on, bro. What do we do? Advisor. Advisor. I'm so happy to be that. How would you advise people now that Trump is in the White House? Intentions are at an all-time high. Recognize that there are power in numbers.

It's us now. It's us. No more me. Turn the M upside down. We. We, we, we. It's our time. It's French time.

We have to galvanize. We got to see the power in numbers. And women, man, like, we need you. And y'all got to stop hating on each other. Like, you don't understand. That is, man, they won because we did not stand together. And none of us are perfect. Everybody up here is flawed.

Everybody lies. But when you recognize the strength in numbers, you could really do some amazing things. You really can. And when you don't, you're going to see that other side continue to do what they're doing because they stuck together. I'm glad you keep stressing women because I got in trouble the other day because I said it'd be really dope if women of color created a platform where they could have a voice to control their narratives like the young chick Tommy Lauren is doing.

But she didn't create that platform. But she's used Facebook to get her voice out there even more. Right. So they came at me 100 miles per hour. But I'm just saying, look, I understand how powerful women of color's voices are right now. And women of color have a lot of platforms. It's just the fact that it's not supported. Yeah, but I'm talking about as far as news.

Like news. We need an online news network. How you talk about false stories and fake stories. Yeah. By the way, look, I'm so sorry. But, man, we need those platforms to sort of step up. They helped create this situation. They didn't really police it enough.

Yeah. A lot of them. And the other side was just really smart. They were smart about it. They were like, they ain't going to do nothing. They ain't going police it enough. Yeah. A lot of them. And the other side was just really smart. They were smart about it. They were like, they ain't gonna do nothing. They ain't gonna get involved. They gonna just continue making their money

on their advertising. And, you know, they did that. Well, let's get inspired and see Hidden Figures because I know it's gonna be an inspirational story for a lot of women, a lot of women of color, a lot of people in general, even men,

to let you know that you can't do anything. Yeah, it makes you feel better. Women crying, men crying. It's been amazing. This is an uplifting story. I know this was a very heavy conversation. No, it wasn't. I hate getting into politics. I hate it. Why? Because there's nobody listening.

You gotta stop having that mentality, man. They will listen. I'm an angry black man. They've been listening to you for 20 years. Angry black man. Samuel Jackson Right now Right now That's how I feel

That's what's going on On the inside You're angry then I mean I don't know No you don't understand It's tempered I've been working on this I've never seen you angry

For real When have you been For real Like happy How much did I used to Just break And just go Full ass wild

Leading up to this whole entire thing? What had you so heated? Just the fact that nobody could see the evil or they were- Have you guys ever seen the disgruntled Dallas Cowboy fan? I am one. He's one of them. Not this year, but yeah. My father was one.

My father actually tased somebody in a game. Yeah, he tased somebody. He tased somebody at a Cowboys-Jets game. He tased the Marine on 9-11 in MetLife Stadium. I need that footage. It's footage. It is. It's online.

I need that footage. Yeah, it would have happened. No, disgruntled fans are everything to me. I like watching them. So you were a disgruntled Hillary fan, I guess? Let it go, Pharrell. Just one time. Let it go.

Let it go. Oh, now one time let it go let it go oh now you're taunting me now that was another that was another time I was frozen in the awards ceremony I had to let it go

Pharrell thank you all your cool ass awkwardness alright thank you man thanks for having us and man please yeah December 25th.

Okay. Christmas Day. Yep. January 6th and January 13th are launched. And then the soundtrack is out now. Mary J. Blige, Layla Hathaway, Janelle Monae, Kim Burrell, Alicia Keys. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's flavorful.

Appreciate you. All right. Shout out to Pharrell for joining us. Don't go anywhere. We got rumors on the way. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. You want the latest gossip and entertainment news?

Well, then don't go anywhere because the rumor report is up next. The Breakfast Club. Still trying to get in. Haters mad for what? Black Beatles. Wow. I just heard the weirdest statement I've heard in a long time in this room. All I heard was DJ Envy say, is Lee Daniels coming?

And then someone said, no. And he said, damn, I set up my whole day to be late with Lee Daniels. I don't know what's going on with you and Lee Daniels, bro. But what was that about? That's funny because we are about to talk about Lee Daniels and the rumors. Let's go. Listen up. It's just in.

All the gossip. Gossip. The rumor report. Gossip. Angela Yee. It's the rumor report. The Breakfast Club. Well, we talked about Lee Daniels on The Real last week, talking about embracing racism and how he's never done that. Here's what he had said previously. I wouldn't be where I was if I embraced racism. If I embraced it, then it became real. And if it became real, I would be an angry black man.

All right, well, now he is responding to the backlash. A lot of people have to respond to backlash on social media. Racism is going to exist whether you embrace it or not. I don't embrace STDs. Don't mean I can't catch one. Okay, good point. Well, here is what he has said now. I wake up to all these blogs that are talking about and catch one. Okay, good point. Well, here is what he has said now.

I wake up to all these blogs that are talking about me putting a white girl at the center of the show to heal America and that I don't understand racism or I don't see racism in America. Of course I see racism in America. I'm a 57-year-old black man.

Duh! A hater's gonna hate, man. I can't win. Watch the interview. Watch the entire interview. And watch the show. Because the show's a tour de force. And it explains race relations in America.

Then come for me. That's all you got out of that? That he's 57? That's all you heard? 57 years old? I had no idea Lee Daniels was 57 years old. All right. And speaking of television,

let's talk about Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine. They're going to be the subject of a new four-part documentary miniseries. It's called The Defiant Ones, and Alan Hughes is producing it. I mean, directing it. He did Menace to Society, Dead Presidents, and it's going to look at their life stories and the history of their partnership. It was filmed over three years,

and they have interviews with, of course, Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine and Gwen Stefani, Nas, Eminem, Ice Cube, David Geffen, Snoop Dogg, Bruce Springsteen, Will.i.am, Tom Petty, a whole bunch of people, and they have some never-before-seen footage from recording and writing sessions with Eazy-E, J.J. Fad, Stevie Nicks, N.W.A., Tom Petty,

Bruce Springsteen, U2, and many others. That's going to come out next year. I'm there for that. Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine are definitely day ones, right? That's why I like that all of our hip-hop icons are getting older because they're starting to tell their stories now. Right. Which is dope. All right.

Now, Empire, another lawsuit. That's from Doug E. Fresh. They are saying that, according to Doug E. Fresh, during season two of Empire, the show sampled, and it was illegally sampled and used in the song No Doubt About It that was performed on episode three by Pitbull and Jussie Smollett and featured on the Empire original soundtrack from season two, volume one. It was produced for the show by Timbaland. They did all of that and didn't pay him?

Apparently so. Damn it, man. Yeah, so now there's a lawsuit for that. And Chris Brown has a documentary coming as well, Welcome to My Life. Now, we knew about this already, but they're saying this is going to come even sooner than we might think. There's no official release date, but they're saying, according to Chris Brown, it's coming any day now. Here is a trailer from that. Chris Brown in jail.

This is a serious charge. I was thinking about suicide and everything. I wasn't sleeping. I barely ate. I just was getting hot. The more light we get, the more we have to hide our DNA. If you truly do love Chris Brown, you've felt everything that has gone on with him. And there has been speculation already by some that this really will end Chris Brown's career.

If there was ever a doubt in your mind that Chris Brown was done, he was finished, I wouldn't bet on it. Alright, so I think that would be a good documentary. I want to see that. Yeah, but Chris gotta stop looking for sympathy, man. Let it go. All that stuff is behind you now. Well, it's a documentary. Maybe he feels like

his story could help other people. Yeah, but you don't have to hold on to that dark part of his life. He never really hurt his side, though. I feel like we done heard his side a million times. Not really. Well, hopefully it's like a no holds barred situation. Right. If he ain't gonna tell us what actually happened in that car that

caused him to give Rihanna the beats, keep it. We're not gonna hear that part. Alright then, so keep it. Well, we don't know what's gonna be on there, but it does seem like his life has changed since he had his daughter. That's great for him. We can focus on that instead of focusing on the dark period in your life. Okay, you sniffed some coke. You had a domestic violence charge.

All right. You threw a Chad good morning America. We know all of this. You talked about it a million times. There might be things that we don't know about. Give it a chance. Give it a shout forward. Chris Brown has a huge fan base, and he wants to put out this documentary,

and I'm sure I'm going to watch it. Forward motion. All right. I'm Angela Yee, and that's your rumor motion. All right. I'm Angela Yee. And that's your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Shout out to my aim.

Yes. Giving Cowboys an honker today? For what? For being 11-2 and being in the playoffs? For losing to the Giants twice? Man, shut up. Now, shout out to Mashiwa Perser on Twitter. Who is that?

Sound like a linebacker for the Giants. She posted a picture. She sound like you play defense for the Giants. Of her husband. Her husband is a Cowboys fan. And he had to actually wear her jersey, her Giants jersey. Never.

And she wants to make the post go viral, so I just put it up and retweeted it as well. But the jersey looks pretty tight on him. I don't know. Look at this picture. It's pretty funny. That's a real day in a real Giants jersey. Yeah, I mean, she had him wearing that because the Cowboys lost. Charlamagne's got wax.

He's supposed to wear a cheerleader outfit for losing. Super tight on him. All right, well, I'm Angela Yee. First of all, if you make a bet to wear a cheerleading outfit, you want to wear that cheerleading outfit. It's not a cheerleading outfit. No, me and Wax made a bet. Oh, Wax has to wear a cheerleading outfit?

Yeah, he has to wear a cheerleading outfit today. I don't know. I haven't seen him all day. I know he has one at home that he wears. Uh-oh. Excuse me. Jesus Christ. Donkey of the Day, gentlemen.

All right. Four after the hour, Donkey of the Day is going to a young man who is fanning the flames of prejudice in America, literally and figuratively. We'll talk about it. All right. We'll get into all that when we come back. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning.

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. One, two, three, four. It's time for the Donkey of the Day. That's pretty fun. Is Charlamagne the devil? Possibly. The Breakfast Club. Hey, hello. Yes, Donkey of the Day for Monday, December 12th goes to Jason Stokes.

Now, Jason Stokes is a firefighter accused of setting fire to his own home. The irony, not just setting fire to his own home, but setting fire to his own home while his wife and two teen children were still inside of it. Sick, sick, sick individual this guy is. Well, it's not the first time I've heard of a person setting their own home on fire. People do that in the hood all the time. They're collecting insurance money and, you know, go buy a new crib and whatnot. But Jason seemed like he was trying to kill his whole family in the process.

Now, I don't know what Jason's motive was in setting his house on fire. I don't know if his family family in the process. Now, I don't know what Jason's motive was in setting his house on fire. I don't know if his family was in on it, but I do know Jason tried to direct the blame of the blaze on somebody other than him. Let's go to CBS affiliate WBNG for the report. A firefighter in New York is facing arson charges after he allegedly set his own home on fire and then proceeded to frame Black Lives Matter as a perpetrators. Now Jason Stokes is the name of the uptown or upstate New York firefighter and according to short investigation authorities were able to find that he was the one that kind of set this up. So a family member said at the time that they believe their home was targeted because of the blue lives matter flag flying out in front. He had his family members in the house while he did this.

Investigators also found the message, Lie with Pigs, Fry Like Bacon, written on some siding outside the burned home. Now, we have enough tension between civilians and cops and cops and civilians already, Jason. Why are you out here fanning the flames literally and figuratively? What is the point of creating a false narrative that members of Black Lives Matter are going around setting police supporters' houses on fire? All it does is keep people on edge. Now police are more aggressive with civilians and the civilians feel like they have to return the energy. So all it does is create a damn mess, which leads to people actually getting hurt.

And you, Jason Stokes, have contributed to that tremendously. Now Jason Stokes has been charged with second-degree arson, and he's being held at the Broome County Jail. His bail is set at $10,000 cash, $20,000 in property, which all seems like a slap on the wrist to me. That all seems a little too low, and the charges don't seem excessive enough. His wife and teen kids were in the house. Shouldn't it be some kind of attempted murder charge as well tagged onto that?

He put people's lives at risk, particularly people who are part of the Black Lives Matter movement because he made it seem like the people who burnt his house down were anti-police. So the police in that area probably were turning that town upside down. All because you crying wolf about who burned your house down. Fake news, fake crimes. We truly do live in the era of believe none of what you hear and half of what you see unless what you see is online.

If it's online, believe none of it until you get the details. Give Jason Stokes the biggest hee-haw, please. I don't get it. Terrible. I just don't get none of the motives and I don't understand the low-ass crime

he got charged with. Just a slap on the wrist for second degree arson? Mm-mm. I don't know if that's a slap on the wrist. I don't know nobody who got no second degree

arson charge. I don't hang around arson. But you're right, there should have been some other charges as well. Yes, you set the house on fire with your wife and your teen kids in there

and tried to blame it on BLM. Come on. Didn't you try and set your house on fire with your mom in there? No, I never tried to set my mom in there. Why did you just

make up that whole thing? I thought you tried to set your house on fire. Now you're trying? No, I never tried to set my mom in there. Why did you just make up that whole story? I thought you tried to set your house on fire. Now you trying to contribute to false narratives out here in these streets. Fake news ass. What did you try to do?

What you mean? What did I try to do? You told me one day your pops beat the hell out of you because you tried to set your house on fire. You're playing with matches. Yeah, I got beaten

with an extension cord because I was in my house. We used to live in a double-wide trailer in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. Population 8,000 or so. And I was in my room with a lighter

flicking the lighter on the carpet. I wasn't trying to set the damn house on fire. Trying to set the carpet on fire. That could have been a result of him playing with the... Could have happened, though. It could have happened, yes. But it wasn't the intention. It wasn't my intention at all. The intention was... I was just flicking the lighter, being a kid. You ain't never played with a lighter as a youngster?

No. Yeah, right. Lock it off. I seen your Wikipedia, what you was doing in that basement. Shut up. Learn how to DJ. Oh, okay. Yeah. All right. Okay.

All right. Well, thank you for that dunk of the day. Somebody lit a fire in your ass. Nobody lit a fire in my ass. We lit a fire in the cowboy's ass over the weekend. All right. Now, when we come back, we got to talk keeping up with the Kardashians. Why?

We never talk about that. They want to use mental illness as part of their next season. Well, yeah, according to Entertainment Tonight, they're saying that a few of the sisters have filmed some scenes talking about Kanye, his hospitalization, his recovery, and this is going to be featured on the next season. Because, I mean, what a great storyline. All right, well, that's the question.

800-585-1051. Are they wrong for using that as a storyline? Should that be off limits because... No, it shouldn't. They have a reality show. They deal with the reality of their lives. If they can have people transitioning through sexualities and smoking crack, they can have somebody playing fake crazy.

Yeah, but they said they're not going to put this where she got robbed. And why are you saying he's playing fake crazy? Playing fake crazy. We don't know saying he's playing fake crazy? Playing fake crazy. We don't know if he's playing fake crazy. Stop. You know what he's doing right now? He's doing A-Town appropriation. Because if you look at Kanye West, he's got his head dyed blonde like A-Town.

Right. He's trying to act like A-Town. If A-Town can't play, is A-Town crazy? I don't know. Oh. I don't know. But you know who hit me over the weekend? 50 Tyson.

You remember him? He hit me too. He's ready to do some interviews. Time to move on. It's Monday. I don't know. But you know who hit me over the weekend? 50 Tyson. You remember him? He hit me too. He's ready to do some interviews. It's Monday. I hate Monday already. He said he wasn't going to collab. I hate Monday. I hate Monday. Alright. 800-585-1051. Are they wrong for using that as a storyline? No, they're not.

Call us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. That was one dance. Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, Keeping Up With The Kardashians is coming back, and it looks like they're going to be talking about Kanye West and his mental illness.

Well, yes. According to Entertainment Tonight, they have filmed some scenes where they're talking about him being in the hospital, his recovery, and so on and so forth. Is this tacky or is this what they should be doing? Because it's a reality show. So now we're trying to put barriers on where keeping up the parameters, whatever. We're trying to put those things on where the Kardashians can go with it. They're a reality show.

They put everything else on TV. We done seen Lamar Odom be on crack. We done seen Bruce. He didn't want that out there, though. We done seen Bruce Jenner transition from a man to a woman. She wanted that out there. Still, though. My whole thing is they didn't put the Kim robbery, allegedly, they weren't going to put that.

I'm sure that's going to be on there, too. I'm sure that's going to be on there. Not mental illness. That man is allegedly going through some real ish. He's going through some real problems. Why do y'all keep saying allegedly? Because it is allegedly. I don't know. He's going through some real problems. Why do y'all keep saying allegedly? Because it is allegedly. I don't know.

The doctors have said that he is. The doctor said he was scared and he needed a hug. That's not what the doctor said. He was paranoid and what else? He was suffering from severe depression. So he's scared and he needs a hug. We don't know. But I don't think they should put that because if it is true,

he doesn't want to see that on there. That might make it worse. I think that's a conversation they need to have with Kanye. That's what you signed up for. If Kanye is okay with them doing that and discussing it in a way that can be helpful to other people, fine. If he's not okay with it, because he's not in the footage, they're just discussing it, then they should be respectful of his wishes. But is he in his right mind to say it is okay? Now, listen, it could lead to a very productive conversation about mental

illness in our community. I don't know if I want a bunch of Armenians sitting around discussing a black man being mentally ill. I think that's a conversation we should be having amongst each other. But mental illness is a big thing amongst people, period, right? So I think that it could lead to a productive, healthy conversation

about mental illness. It's probably all in the approach. Yeah, because a lot of us think we're sane and we're not. All right, well, let's go to the phone lines. Hello, who's this? Yeah, what's good? This is Kwaku from Flatbush. What's up, bro? You think they should use the storyline of Kanye and mentally ill?

Him being mentally ill? I don't think so, because I think it's more exploitation than we already have. Well, the show is already filled with exploitation. Exactly. There's no level to exploitation. You either exploit or you're not.

In our black community, often we use the word crazy, which is not even a real diagnosis. We have so much undiagnosed mental illness going around. And as parents,

I'm from the West Indies, so a lot of times you see all the kids. Where are you from? I'm from Haiti. Okay. I knew that lot of times... Where are you from? I'm from Haiti. Okay. What's up, Pase? Not Boulay.

I knew that was going to happen as soon as you said that. Yeah, I mean... We diss our kids. We call them bad, or we see these homeless people out here. We call them crazy. And there's so many bipolar or schizophrenic people out here that they don't get the right treatment that they deserve, and they just get, you know, they just get whatever.

I would say that too, but I think a lot of times when kids don't act right, that's the first thing they say. They have, what is it? ADD, ADHD. But sometimes it ain't that. It's just the kid acting bad.

Sometimes they just need their ass kicked, right? Absolutely. Sometimes they just need a good ass beaten. You know, when I was young, how many times they tried to diagnose me with stuff

and put me on stuff and all my daddy had to do was whip me one good time? No, that's the truth. Even with Logan. Logan was acting bad when And all my daddy had to do was whip me one good time. No, that's the truth. Even with Logan. Logan was acting bad when he was younger. And I remember everybody was like, well, he might have ADD. He got his ass whipped once, twice.

After that, that boy's fixed up immediately. Grades good. Word up. No problems. Sometimes it's just you need that little foot in your ass. And I'm not saying that all this stuff don't exist. All I'm saying is sometimes when you give these kids those diagnoses, you give them excuses. That's right.

All right? I agree with that. And you also don't want to put your kids on medication if you can avoid it. Absolutely. Hello, who's this? Adrienne. Hey. You sound pissed.

No, I'm not pissed. It's just early. I'm on my way to work. It's Monday and it's early. We understand. Can you turn on Bluetooth right fast? Can you sound? Okay.

Go ahead, Mama. I can talk a little louder. Okay. I'm calling in reference to the Kardashians using mental Can you sound? Okay. Go ahead, Mama. I can talk a little louder. Okay. I'm calling in reference to the Kardashians using mental health on the next season. Go ahead. I think it's awesome. I don't think it's wrong at all because it goes unnoticed in our communities too often and people lose their lives behind it a lot.

It's just like stress. It's a silent killer. So I think it's great. So you think it's beneficial for that to be on the show? People can see it? Absolutely. It'll make people more comfortable with coming out and talking to somebody about what's going on inside their head. And by the way, baby, stress is not a silent killer.

I can see stress all over somebody's face. You see these 20-year-old kids that look 50? Stress. 800-585-1051. We're talking to Kardashians on a new season. They're going to be talking Kanye West, his mental illness. That's going to be part of the storyline. Is that foul?

800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. You got my soul. That was Bryson Tiller with Exchange. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club.

Now, if you just joined us, we're talking Kim Kardashian. Well, the Kardashian. Keeping up with the Kardashians, I should say. It seems like they're going to make Kanye West and mental illness part of the storyline next season.

Is it foul? I say some things are meant not for television. Shut up. But if he's cool with it, I think it brings a different side because people do deal with mental illness and if it could come out and he's cool with it, I think it brings a different side because people do deal with mental illness

and if it could come out and it could help somebody else, I think that's a good thing. It's a hard thing for their show to not address it at all because it was such a huge deal in the press.

So if it doesn't come up, somehow it'll be... It's the Kardashians. Everything they do ends up on television. Why are we acting surprised and all of a sudden want to call them tacky

and say the exploitation has gone too far? It's been like that. Stop it. Yeah, but I don't want them to exploit somebody that doesn't want to be exploited. I'm sure Lamar Odom didn't want his whole crack stuff coming out like that. Well, you shouldn't have smoked crack and been married to a Kardashian. He did have a whole

spinoff show with Khloe. Exactly. It wasn't about crack. It wasn't called smoking crack with the Kardashians. Well, that was part of his life. If you want to smoke crack in peace, don't marry a Kardashian. If you want to be crazy in peace, mentally ill, don't marry a Kardashian. If you want to transition from a man to a woman in peace, don't marry a Kardashian. Stop it.

All right. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Jen from Providence. Hey, Jen, what do you think? I mean, I think mental illness is definitely something that needs to be addressed in the black community because a lot of times we see these artists acting like what we say is crazy, but it is mental illness. But do I think the Kardashians are the people to come out and put that? No, absolutely not.

Like, their mental illness is like white privilege mental illness. Look at Scott Disick. Well, Kanye's not. Kanye's not white. Y'all just jumped the shark. This just went too far. White privilege has its own mental illness now? Yes.

What the hell is going on? No, what I'm saying is white privilege mental illness, like Scott Disick, Rich, and all this other stuff, and he's dealing with a mental illness, but it's something that they created. Like, he didn't have a... I thought he went to rehab on the show. He went to rehab because he's a drunk. Is there a

white privilege drunk, too? Maybe. Huh? Yeah, there is. Kanye's not white. White people live on this whole other planet than us. White people are not human beings, too? There's a different level of mental illness for white people? That's what she said. We're privileged white people.

White privileged mental illness? I guess so. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Georgia. Hey, Georgia. Good morning. We're talking Kim Kardashian. Of course, on the storyline next season, they're going to be talking about Kanye West and mental illness.

What do you think about it? I think that it is a good thing that they're doing this because mental health has been stigmatized forever since it came out. It is pretty recent that it came out. Freud wasn't that long ago. And this is a great opportunity to help people, help encourage people to go get the help they need. Yeah. And anybody that might have been previously embarrassed

about issues they've been having, this could be helpful. By the way, by the way, when have the Kardashians ever had anything of socially redeeming value on their show? Stop it. Like, when? When has any of these problems ever came up on the Kardashians

and somebody said, you know what, I'm not going to smoke crack anymore because I saw Lamar Odom on the Kardashians and he looked bad. know what? I'm not going to smoke crack anymore because I saw Lamar Odom on the Kardashians. Well, when it equals ratings, it can be very helpful. I mean, they had some serious issues. Remember that one time that Khloe was a little too big

and she wanted to lose weight? That was serious. I'm sure that helped a lot of obese people out there. First of all, it's the difference between white privilege weight and regular weight, okay?

Khloe has the money to go get all of that sucked out and lose 40 pounds and get scoped and get a new ass and breast. That's white privilege weight loss. All right. Clearly, black weight loss is smoking crack and catching AIDS.

All right. Clearly. You know what? You know what? What's the moral of the story? There's no moral to the story. It's the damn Kardashians. Okay.

There's no levels to exploitation. You're either getting exploited or you're not getting exploited. Okay. Kanye, you're part of the family. You're getting exploited. Damn. He signed that contract. Damn it, man.

All right. It's a cold world out here. It really is. All right. But hopefully they'll approach it in the right way when they do do it. Yeah, right. We got rumors on the way, Yee? Well, let's talk about the Kardashians some more and this whole black China just trying

to trademark the name. That's her name. Not yet because she's not married yet. Also, Bill Cosby will give you an update on what's going on with his sex crimes, his alleged sex crimes, what he's been accused of. We should do no Bill Cosby updates until he dies.

Stop it. I'm being honest with you. That should be the last Bill Cosby update we do. We're going to let you know what's going on. All right. All that and more. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Era where if you see somebody trending, you get nervous if you like the person. I'm like, why the hell was East Ray trending?

That's not why. I didn't think anything bad happened. I thought it was good. I had to think about it. Like, why is East Ray trending? Then I clicked into something good. Let's talk about why she's trending. This is the Rumor Report

with Angela Yee. On The Breakfast Club. And by the way, I just had some red velvet cake this morning. I've been eating that all weekend. Did you have some yet, Envy? No, I didn't have any. Stasspy's wife actually made this red velvet cake, Adjua. Shout out to her. She actually went to culinary school

and she bakes and everything. Really? And she asked me to bring it in to work. Is that that, you almost got that rich metabolism to where y'all can just eat Red Velvet Cake early in the morning and it won't have no effect on you? Well, that's why I saved my piece to later. Right. Well, she wanted us to try it. It is really good.

Oh. So I brought it in for you guys. All right. Now let's discuss the Golden Globe nominees. These are just in. Some of them are pretty exciting because they're shows that I actually watch. All right, for Best Actress, by the way, Kerry Washington was nominated. Just so you know.

Now Best Actress for a TV, Musical, and Comedy, Issa Rae was nominated. Drop one of Clues Bombs for Issa Rae, damn it. And so was Tracee Ellis Ross. Okay. Drop one of Clues Bombs for Tracy Ellis Ross, damn it. Now, this is super exciting because these are two shows that I really like a lot. Best TV Series, Comedy. Atlanta was nominated.

Drop one of Clues Bombs for Atlanta, damn it. You know I love that show. Madonna Glover. And Black-ish was also nominated in that category. Also was Mozart in the Jungle, Transparent, and Veep. So those are some of the nominees. You can check out that whole list now because it is out. Everybody always says, you just like their shows because they're starring black people. Like, no, I like those shows

because they're really, really great. Atlanta's great. Insecure is great. Black-ish is great. And the Golden Globes nominations are just confirmation of that. Right. We also watch other shows like Girls and... Definitely can't wait for the new season of Girls to start. Orange we also watch other shows like Girls. Definitely can't wait for the new season of Girls to start.

Orange is the New Black. We love that show. Oh, man. Orange is the New Black season four is amazing. They didn't get nominated for nothing? No, I don't see that.

I didn't look through the whole list. It just came out, but I didn't see it on here. So let me not speak too soon. The Night Of was nominated. I never watched that. That was a great...

You never watched The Night Of? No. Oh, you would enjoy it. It was so good. Which Night Of? That's the show that was on HBO where they were trying to figure out if he committed the crime. That was a great, you never watched The Night Of? No, y'all should have Oh, you would enjoy it. It was so good. What's The Night Of? That's the show that was on HBO where they were trying to figure out

if he committed the crime. Oh, that's good. Yeah, it's really good. Yeah, you watched it too. You don't know what it is. I can remember the name. I haven't seen it in a long time. It's been gone forever.

Right, and the People vs. O.J. Simpson was also nominated. That was good too. American Crime. That was good. All right, J. Cole's new album is expected to sell 500,000 in the first week.

Wow. How huge is that? That's great. is expected to sell 500,000 in the first week. Wow. How huge is that? That's great. If you remember when he put out Forest Hills Drive, that was released and that sold 353 units in the first week. So they're saying this is looking like about 500,000. J. Cole's album is very lackluster. You like it?

For him to take a two-year break at Forest Hills Drive and come out with this, it's very lackluster. He didn't love it? No. He can wrap his ass off, but it's just that production, man. He produced most of it, didn't he? I literally got on a five and a half hour flight to LA,

put that album on, and was sound asleep by the time Folding Clothes came out. You might have just been tired. No. It's not a great album. To take two years off after Far As He Was Driving and come back with this, it's okay. Well, you always say you gotta listen to albums a couple of times, so maybe it was just the first time. I've listened to it three

times. I listened to it this morning, and here it is. Because I keep thinking I'm missing something, but no. It's just okay. It's pretty lackluster. Alright. Bill Cosby is hoping to cop a plea. He wants to avoid any prison time for his alleged sex crimes, and that is what a source

close to him is now saying. He's been charged with three counts of felony aggravated indecent assault in a 2004 incident involving a former Temple University student, and he's been accused of drugging and raping more than 50 women. He and his family are adamant that he won't be able to convince a jury to let him off, so it looks like he wants to get just probation and get rid of that threat that he could potentially die in prison. How old is he?

How old is Bill Cosby now? 87. He's 87? I don't know. He just said that? Listen, he just needs to die at this point. I told y'all that two years ago. I don't know why Bill is just holding on, why he's putting himself through this.

He just can't die. He just can't say, I'm dying tomorrow. Yes, you can. When you live the life Bill Cosby can, you can ask God to clock out. Now, according to a source, Bill Cosby said it's fixed. I have no chance. So he's free right now on a million dollars bail. What's fixed?

The fight. He's saying the fight's fixed. Yeah, he's trying to say he's just not going to. Bill, it's been a wrap for two years. You just realizing it's fixed. It's time to let it go. Now, Selena Gomez has signed a $10 million deal with Coach. She's going to design her own line and become the face of Coach.

So congratulations to her. Also, we were telling you about Blac Chyna. It looks like the fight is still on. The Kardashians do not want her to use the family name. That is Kim, Khloe, and Kourtney. Do they have a choice? If she gets married, that's her name. Well, they're saying that

they will not withdraw their opposition to trademark Angela Renee Kardashian. And Kris Jenner is just, they're convinced that it's going to ruin and taint the family name. But what can you do? I mean, if it's her name, it's her name. They also think it's odd that she didn't try to trademark when she was with Tyga. But they weren't married. The family name came up off of Ray J's penis.

All right? That name will be fine. That name, there's nothing that can taint that name. And Khloe Kardashian is about to be single again. I bet y'all forgot she was married. OK, they're saying that her documents are showing that she will be legally single. I'm legally single December 17th. So that's big news for her. And Madonna was at the Billboard Women in Music event. She was accepting the Woman of the year trophy on stage and she said this

michael is gone tupac is gone prince is gone whitney is gone amy whitehouse is gone david rowey is gone but i'm still standing i'm one of the lucky ones why she didn't say biggie though that's that's a good question but more importantly she's acting like those people chose not to be here like none of them died from natural causes right like that but more importantly, she's acting like those people chose not to be here. Like, none of them died from natural causes, right? Like, that's all like... Well, she's saying she's lucky to still be here. She's one of the greats. Madonna's legendary.

So she's lucky not to get shot or overdose on drugs? She's lucky. She's fortunate. She's been through a lot. She actually had ran down a lot of the controversial things that happened and that she had done in her own career and said that she's very lucky to still be here before that list of names.

She should have said Stack Bundles and Jam Master Jay, too. All right, well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Cece. Stack Bundles and Jam Master Jay, no big L, no big pun. You opened that can of worms. Now you got to start naming all the deceased New York greats since you wanted to open that can of worms. Name a couple of them. Chinks. No, name more. Chinks, yeah, you got to start naming all the deceased New York greats since you wanted to open

that can of worms. Just named a couple of them. Chinks. No, name more. Chinks, yeah. You got to keep going now. Go ahead. Now people are going to feel excited.

Go ahead, DJ Envy. Pimp C. Go. Pimp C. Yeah. Go. Keep going. Oh, man.

We lost so many of them. Easy E. Keep going. Yeah. Since you just wanted to open that can of worms. Since you couldn't let Madonna have her list.

You just had to add on to your list. Right? Yep. Yeah. All right. The to your list. Right? Yep. Yeah. All right. The Cowboys, too. All right.

Well, let's get to the People's Choice Mixes up next. Yes, we doing it for New York City because we beat them Cowboys. We were all in your ass. All in your ass. I hope y'all make the playoffs. We will make the playoffs. Hashtag all in your ass and tweet Odell Beckham. Leave Odell alone.

Odell was over there. He was all in the Cowboys' ass. He was the only thing in our ass, by the way. Shout out to Dez Bryant for dropping them passes. We appreciate it. Wasn't fumbling. All right, let's get to the mix. Revolt, see y'all tomorrow.

That's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. 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. That's Escape from Z-A-Q Estan 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 Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. 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. Hey, y'all. Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families

called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history.

Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, everyone. This is Courtney Thorne-Smith, Laura Layton, and Daphne Zuniga. On July 8, 1992, apartment buildings with pools were never quite the same as Melrose Place was introduced

to the world. We are going to be reliving every hookup, every scandal, and every single wig removal together. So listen to Still the Place on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts.