The Breakfast Club - Roland Martin Interview and More

Episode Date: May 31, 2017

Wednesday 5/31- Today on the show we had journalist and host from TV One, Roland Martin come by where he expressed taking ownership, educating the youth and more. Also, after a failed attempt to be funny from a gruesome anti-Trump photo shoot, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to comedian Kathy Griffin. Moreover, Angela Yee also helped our listeners with some life and relationship advice during "Ask Yee". Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Good morning, TJ and V. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. Guess what day it is. Guess what day it is. Oh, damn. Now, what is this? Is this a new look that you have here, Yee?

What, my natural hair? Looks like you got electrocuted. It's natural. Oh, okay. That's your real hair? Yes, it's my real hair. That's your real hair. It's just not straightened. Oh, okay. That's your real hair? Yes, it's my real hair. That's your real hair. It's just not straightened.

Oh, okay. Is it something new you're doing? Congratulations. You didn't have a chance to straighten it or just natural thing? Well, no, I'm just trying not to put heat on my hair all the time. Okay. So I'm experimenting with different products. Okay.

To see about being able to wear my hair without blow drying it or using a curling iron. Okay. Oh, congratulations. All right. Somebody needs to teach us what this word is Donald Trump tweeted out at 12.05 in the morning last night. I thought it was coffee. He didn't want coffee? It took me 10 minutes to figure out

what he was trying to say. People don't know. He tweeted out something yesterday. I have no idea. I thought he said he wanted coffee. It wasn't yesterday. That was 12.05 this morning. That's when a 70-year-old man wakes up in the middle of the night, grabs his Twitter,

and types out, despite the constant negative press, Covifee. Coffee. It could be coffee. He meant to say coverage. Maybe he meant the coverage. It's terrible. Press coverage. Despite the constant negative press coverage. I hate the coffee in the White House. That's what I thought he was leaning towards. That's what happens when you wake up in the morning and don't pray or drink your coffee fee.

You tweet like that. Yeah. That's what happens. Well, he must have went right, because seriously, he hasn't said anything since. Oh, no, he deleted it. Yeah, he should have. It was up for five hours, and then he deleted it. He should have said something like, hey, typo.

There's nothing to say. Oh, he should have said, damn that auto-type. There's no such thing as auto-type. Auto-type always messes me up. But not with a covivi. Because I always hit my friends. I'll be like, I mean, let's go out. But it goes, let's hoe out.

Yeah, but at least it's a word. Right. Okay. Covivi don't even mean anything. Did we look up covivi? It might mean something in another language. I hope it means impeachment. I bet it means something now.

All right, well, let's get the show cracking. Roland Martin will be joining us this morning. Yes, drop on the clues bomb for Roland Martin, damn it. He'll be here this morning. I don't know what he'll be call beefing about, but he'll be call beefing something. And also Angela Rye, our political pundit, will be joining us. She'll be call beefing something as well. I don't know what that will be.

All right, and then we got front page news. What are we talking about, Yee? What do you call beefing in front page news? We're going to talk about Donald Trump some more. We'll discuss why somebody had to apologize after showing a decapitated Donald Trump head. A lot of Donald Trump could Veefie this morning. All right. We'll get into that when we come back.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Now, Donald Trump, let's talk about his tweet. He put out a tweet, I would say midnight tonight.

Oh, yeah, we talked about that already. The tweet went viral. He put out, despite the constant negative press, covfefe, and that was it. Yeah, and that tweet got a lot of negative covfefe. He should have left it up. He deleted it about, he literally just deleted it in the past 30 minutes. Because I woke up this morning

and I saw it and then it was gone. Right. But he hasn't commented on it. Not at all. There's nothing to say. Like, you got to act like stuff like that didn't even happen.

That's a fart. Okay? You let it go. It stunk for a little while and then you just, who did that? That was me. It's gone now.

Got it out of system. It's dissipated. What's the word? Only hundreds of thousands of people hadn't received it. Dissipated. Whatever. Listen, man, you don't have to know how to spell to be a New York Times bestseller or

to be the president of the United States of America anymore. There you go. Okay, that whole spelling thing is overrated. All you kids going to school to learn how to spell? For what? Don't say that. For what? Don't say that.

Let's talk about Kathy Griffin now. Yes, Kathy Griffin has had to apologize, and that is because she posted a picture of her posing with a bloody mask that looks like a beheaded President Donald Trump. Yeah, she got a lot of negative covifee yesterday because of that little stunt. Right, and here's what she had to say. She posted a video to let people know she's sorry. Hey, everybody. It's me, Kathy Griffin. I sincerely apologize.

I am just now seeing the reaction of these images. I'm a comic. I crossed the line. I moved the line, then I crossed it. I went way too far. The image is too disturbing. I understand how it offends people. It wasn't funny. I get it. I've made a lot of mistakes in my career. I will continue. I ask your forgiveness, taking down the image, going Gonna ask the photographer to take down the image. And I beg for your forgiveness. I went too far. I made a mistake and I was wrong. Stop it. Nothing sincere about that apology. Well, the social service also had weighed in on Twitter about it. The social service? Yes. What's the social service? The social service.

Social security? The secret service weighed in also on Twitter. Yeah, y'all keep playing with the president if y'all want to. They tweeted out, on it, monitors open source reporting and social media to evaluate threats. Threats made against Secret Service protectees receive the highest priority of all of our investigations. Listen, there was nothing sincere about Kathy Griffin's apology. She only apologized because of the negative covifee she was receiving and probably because of that tweet from the Secret Service. And I keep telling y'all, you don't got to like Donald Trump,

but you have to respect the position of the president. It's just certain things you cannot do when it comes to the president of the United States of America and beheading him. In this day and age, when ISIS is out here beheading people, that's something that's not going to fly. Well, you're not going to use covfefe all morning long. You know that's not a word. It is now.

I promise you it's a word now. All morning long. I might name my next book covfefe now. I promise you it's a word now. All morning long. I might name my next book Covifee. Oh my goodness. And it'd be full of blank pages. All right. Well, that's front page news.

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent, call us right now or maybe you feel blessed. You can call us and spread some happy news.

Whatever it may be. 800-585-1051. Get it off your chest. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Let's go. This is your time to get it off your chest.

Whether you're man or flesh. Let's get it off your chest. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, let it out. Hello, who's this? What's up? It's 18 Supreme. Hey, 18 Supreme.

18 Supreme. You mad? You blessed this morning? I'm mad at Kathy Griffin. She ain't need to apologize to Trump. She knows she want to behead him herself. Well, here's the thing, though. The Secret Service did weigh in, so... I keep telling her.

I told you that when Snoop Dogg and Bow Wow said those stupid statements, man. They on the list now. Yeah, absolutely. They might get audited. Airport struggle. Airport security struggle going down. You know, Secret Service at they door statements, man. They on the list now. Yeah, absolutely. They might get audited. Airport struggle, airport security struggle going down. You know,

Secret Service at they door. Roll out. Hello, who's this? Don't threaten the president. This is Jewel from Atlanta. How you guys doing this morning? Hey, Jewel. Why you mad this morning?

I'm mad and I'm blessed. I'm mad because we're moving from our 600 square foot apartment in Dunwoody, which is like $1,200 a month, to a four-bedroom house, and the closing keeps being moved every month. Like, our loan person keeps getting fired, resigned.

What? I'm just really, really annoyed. Like, I'm really about to say F it and just stay in this small-ass apartment, but, you know. Keep pushing, bro. Hang in there. The road is not easy. And congratulations.

It sounds like God don't want you in the house, boo. No. No, I don't want to be in the 680-quart being done with it. You know how expensive that shit is? It's no joke. I want you to be in the house, boo, but what's the problem? She got this. She got this.

Hello, who's this? Hi, my name is Brittany. I'm from California. Hey, Brittany. You're blessed or you mad this morning? It's 3 in the morning over there, man. You know what? I am ultimately so blessed

because I've been waiting all night to talk to you guys and I'm so happy to actually hear you guys and I've been listening to you guys for a while and I'm a really big fan. Alright, well get it off your chest, boo. What you got to say this morning? Well, I want to say that I just started school.

I'm going to school for computer science. I'm very blessed. I have a good job. I have a good family, and I get to talk to you guys. Life is beautiful. You sound like God got you COVID feed, boo. Yeah,

definitely, definitely. And Charlemagne, I just ordered your book. I can't wait to read it. I'm a young black woman, and I'm making it. There you go, boo. God got you, Kofi. Always remember that. Hello, who's this? This is Sinead from Orlando.

Hey, Sinead. You mad or you blessed this morning? You sound blessed. I'm blessed. I'm super blessed. I've been calling y'all for like a week because I wanted to just let everybody know how good God is. I'm not going to lie. You sound like you just left the club, but the molly ain't wore off yet.

Actually, Charlemagne, I am dropping my mom at work, Charlemagne. Oh, okay, okay. Not in front of the mom. Has your mom drunk some Covifee yet this morning? Oh, stop it. Take your mom to Starbucks and get her some cold beef right now. I'm sorry, mom. Well, what a good daughter dropping her mom off.

I love it. I know. He's the best. All right, mom. All right. Tell them why you're blessed or tell them why you're mad. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

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

This is Curly from the Bronx. On my paper lot. I think I had a talk to your barber on IG yesterday. Happy birthday to me. Okay, happy birthday. I was trying to get a haircut. So I inboxed him and I was like, yo, where you located? So he said, wait, let me find out what you're going to call it.

I said, where you located? He said, NY. I was like, no. So I said, it's my birthday. I need a haircut tomorrow because I'm trying to look fresh. So he said, I don't believe in having new clients. I was like, look at you. You cut a few celebrities and you all gassed up.

What, just because you cut DJ Eddie and he ain't got no hair, you can't cut my hair? I was like, nah. Who you talking about, Johnny? I don't know who you talking about. What was the barber's name? What's his name? Josie.

Josie Cole, something like that. Or Jose Cole. Oh, his name is Jose? Yeah. I don't know if you know. Jose's not in New York, though. He's in Jersey. Granted.

And that's how far I went to go get a haircut for myself to look fresh for my B-day today. Well, happy birthday, man. I mean, Danny Jose, man. This is a serious problem. A reliable barber is hard to find, and especially on your birthday, you want to look fresh.

I guess he doesn't want no new clients, though. I mean, because he does everything by appointment. He might have been booked out. I mean, he was telling you the truth. He don't want no new clients.

Why does Envy keep hanging up on people this morning? Jesus Christ, what's wrong with you? I mean, I'm kidding. You can't even let people say bye.

He's not even finishing their thought. What you in a rush for? Happy birthday to that man. This guy is just hanging up on people. I would've paid... Like an extra beige. I would've paid for his haircut.

Hello, who's this? This is Ro. I never know. Duval. Hey, Duval. Tell him why you mad, bro. Hey, man. I be having to get up like 5.30 to go to work.

I be trying to get Weissie up, and she don't be with it. What you mean with it? Nobody ever wants to get up. She be trying to get that extra hour or whatever. What's wrong with that? Look, them kids be up in the evening. So by the time we get the kids, that's how I go to sleep. Then in the morning, that's like the quietest time in the house.

Oh, you want to smash. You want to smash in the morning. That's amazing. Man, sleep is more important. Yeah, but see, my thing is I'll be to work at like 6.30 in the morning. She's got to get up at 8.30. So my day is a little longer. So in the evening, you know, by the time the kids settle, I'll settle.

So it's okay for you to get your extra hour of sleep in the night when she's up. That's my whole point. But she's got to get up early. That's why I said if that woman taking care of them kids all day long, you've got to let her get that extra hour of sleep. Come on, man. Now, you know what that means. I ain't going to be long, though.

I'll be working three, four, five minutes. Well, guess what? Maybe she wants a little foreplay, a little romance, not just a wham, bam. I got up an extra hour early for two minutes. Why can't you do it at night? It only take you three, four minutes. But see, she won't wake up in the morning, but I guarantee you tomorrow night when the finals of game one are on,

she's going to be all with it. All right, exactly. And she's probably like, why can't he just stay up an extra three or four minutes? And you got to take that time. You got to put LeBron and Steph Curry to the side, and you got to have sex with your wife. I ain't going to lie.

I get what you're saying, bro. I'll be trying to get my little stroke in before I leave, too. It's just that jump in the morning. You get that little motivation. You don't get that money to come home's just that jump in the morning. You get that little motivation. Don't get that money, come home and put the bread on the table. You got that motivation. If I was your wife, I'd tell you to suck your own s***. What? Goodness gracious.

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent, you can call us. Or if you're blessed, you can call us. We got rumors on the way? Yes, we are going to talk about Boosie Badass. He's mad, and we'll tell you what he's mad about. Also, Tiger Woods will give you an update on what happened.

Okay, we told you he failed the DUI test, but what was... Well, he actually didn't take it. He got arrested for DUI. But what was actually in his system? Was it alcohol or was it drugs? Okay, we'll get into all that when we come back. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Hey, salute to everybody that listens to us in Charlotte, North Carolina, too. I'm going to be down there tonight. I'm going to be in Concord, North Carolina,

at the Books a Million in Concord Mills Mall at 6 p.m., signing copies of my New York Times bestseller, Black Privilege. All right, so come see me. Well, let's get to the rumors. Let's give you a Tiger Woods update. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor report, rumor report.

This is the rumor report. Talk to them. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, they have released what was wrong with Tiger when cops arrested him. Molly Parker said. According to the police report, they said that both rims on the driver's side of the vehicle were damaged. Both tires were flat. They said he was a groggy mess.

They also said his car was filled with mostly children's clothing, just folding chairs, an umbrella. He was asleep at the wheel. Hold on, Tiger's a Mr. Mom? He has children. He had a Ben's Coupe. He could fit all that in. Hold on, Tiger's a Mr. Mom? He has children. He had a Ben's coupe. He could fit all that in that little Ben's coupe? I guess so. I mean, it's just kids' clothing and folding chairs and an umbrella.

I thought it was a coupe he was in, okay. Maybe he was coming from, you know, beach days with the kids. Now, he was asleep at the wheel when the cops found him. They said he was completely out of it. His speech was slow. It was slurred. He said he was coming from L.A., from golfing, and then he changed his story and said he didn't know where he was.

He said, look, Madden needs some Covifi right now, please. Covifi. Now, according to that report, there are four drugs listed under medical conditions, so we don't know what he was taking at the time, but it's Solarex, Vicodin, Torix, and Vioxx. He had to be listening in the future. But let's be clear, though.

He has had four left knee surgeries, four achilles. He's had all kinds of back issues. So I'm sure he did need to take certain painkillers. Now, they said he flunked the filth sobriety test so badly he couldn't do the one leg stand. He couldn't do the nose touch. They asked him if he knew how to do the Romberg alphabet test.

And he said, yes, recite entire national anthem backwards. However, I hate stuff like that. I can't even recite your nose. No, to recite the national anthem backwards. Or even the alphabet backwards. However, I hate stuff like that. I can't even recite. To touch your nose? No, to recite the national anthem backwards. Or even the alphabet backwards. First of all, it's not the national anthem backwards, really. It's supposed to be the alphabet backwards. Oh, you said national anthem.

No, that's how he responded when they asked him if he knew what it was. They asked him, do you know what the Romberg alphabet is? And he said yes, to do the national anthem backwards. It's supposed to be the alphabet backwards. Yeah, I'd have arrested his ass too because I'm confused. I don't even know what the hell she's talking about.

I don't know what that is either. It's when you say the alphabet backwards. I didn't know that. Okay. Z-Y-X-V-W-U-T-S-R-Q-P-O-N-M-L-K. I can't do that. I can't do that. That didn't sound right. Yeah, I don't know. K-I-H.

I probably made a few mistakes, but I would pass the test. Yes, you did. Nope, you drunk. I would pass the test, though. You drunk, lock her up. You shouldn't ask anybody that. It's kind of right.

That's difficult. She's drunk. No, you can't do that. Yeah, I look at the police officer like, you do it backwards. What the hell you mean? Yeah, that's difficult. All right, anyway,

so that's what happened, but he did take a breathalyzer test and blew all zeros, it says. And he was very cooperative. So he just took some medications. I thought they said he didn't take the breathalyzer. Well, I guess later on he had to take it at the testing facility because, you know, you get arrested when you refuse at the scene.

So he did end up taking it. Because they usually take blood. They usually take your blood. Right. He took it. He got stopped at 2.03 a.m. He took the test at 4.28. Smart. So clearly they took him in. No, I have somebody who did that one time. He got pulled over for DUI, and he knew that if he said he was sick, they'd take him to the hospital, and they'd give the alcohol some time

to get out of his system, and he passed the test like two hours later. Shout out to Mono. Damn, he's throwing him under the bus. He's going dry snitch. You know the Statue of Limitation is up on that. This was years ago. I'm going to keep it real. The reason he did that is because, remember, they had that falling out

when Mono threw the cake in his face? I remember that. So now he's throwing him back under the bus. Mono walked up to the MV1 dance and said,

happy birthday and mushed the whole cake in his face. He watched Kaden 4 one too many times. I'm Angela Ann. That's your Rumor Report. All right.

All right. When we come back, Roland Martin will be joining us. We'll kick it with Roland Martin for the people who don't know who Roland Martin is. We're rolling with Roland.

Explain to the people who Roland Martin is, yeah? He has a show on TV One. What's the name of the show? News Now, I think. And I think they just expanded it from one hour to two hours also. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee.

Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, I've been looking forward to this one. Roland Martin. My guy Roland Martin is here. How's it going? Now, Roland, we just had a white man in here who was

a Trump apologist. Okay, he said that Trump won't get impeached and all this talk of Russia is fake news. What do you say to people? He said there's no evidence. There's no evidence. Now, here's the question that I would ask him. Why is it that every time there is an issue dealing with a foreign

country, it happens to be Russia? Nobody else. It's never Germany. It's not Italy. It's not Spain. It's not Cuba. It's not Venezuela. It's always Russia.

There's a link there. Trump keeps saying, oh, no, no, no. We have no ties, no money from Russia. Yet his son is on record years ago saying, oh, yeah, we got billions flowing into our company from Russia. Okay, so which one is it? So who's lying? Who's telling the truth? Do I believe Donald Trump owes significant amounts of money to Russian oligarchs?

Absolutely. If you go through the campaign, anytime Putin came up, Trump made all his excuses. Now, I'll use an example. So let's say you and I are having a conversation. And then all of a sudden, I say, well, Jimmy, the great guy you like. Jimmy owe me money. Jimmy's wonderful.

No, Jimmy slapped me upside my head. At some point you probably will say, well, damn, how much do you owe Jimmy? This is very basic. And that's the case here. This man refuses to body check Putin, refuses to say anything. Even when our intelligence agency, 17, said Russia colluded. He said, that could have been the Chinese. Got you. Why?

Do you believe that Trump could be impeached? And if he is impeached, what could potentially happen? Would it be everybody? If they find out that Russia had something to do with the election? It seems like the whole administration is corrupt. Would it mean that everybody's out of there? No, no, no, no. First of all, keep in mind the high crimes and misdemeanors

is a congressional standard. That's not a legal standard. I take the opposite view. That is, if you don't like Trump, you actually don't want Trump impeached. What you want is you want him to sustain massive body blows every single time comes up. Because if he gets impeached, well, who becomes president? Mike Pence.

Mike Pence, widely respected among conservatives, especially social conservatives, comes across as very even tempered. Some people say, oh, I really like the guy. But then when you look at his policies, you've lost your mind. But you want crazy. See, crazy works to your advantage. For the next election. Because everybody has to defend crazy. That's first.

The second thing is you actually want Trump taking massive body blows. You want, in 2018 2018 every Republican running for Congress to have to defend Donald Trump. You want every United States Senator, every House member. That's what you want. You want the folks running on the state level to have to defend all of his policies. That's

really what you want as opposed to letting crazy leave. Now I saw you tweeting this morning about the NAACP and how to save it from irrelevance. I think it was an article Melissa... Yeah, Melissa has a piece for the New York Times. First of all, if you go back and look at the last 60 years of the NAACP,

literally the same pieces have been written. Oh, my God, they might be irrelevant. They're still here. They're here for a reason. They are irrelevant. But they're not irrelevant. In a way. They're not irrelevant. They're still here. Okay? They're here for a reason. They are irrelevant. But they're not irrelevant. In a way. They're not irrelevant.

How? I'm trying to think, what have the NAACP done significant in the past 20 years? Well, first and foremost, there are things they do every single day you have no idea about. And I can guarantee you, when you're in one of these towns and something happens to you, who do you call? See, the problem is, we're sitting here at 30,000 feet saying, well, you know, what are they doing? First of all, the NAACP is a volunteer organization. Other than your staff in Baltimore, these are volunteer

folks. So when you look at what's happening on the ground in cities across this country, when you look at the folks who are challenging city councils and county governments when it comes to disparity studies, when it comes to the issue of civil rights, they are there. We spend lots of time saying what they don't do, but I then challenge people, okay, where are you? But there are things that are done every single day.

Well, again, when you talk about challenging various voting restrictions, voting laws, when you talk about dealing with this issue of police brutality in cities, who is the first organization people call? NAACP. They're not calling Minister Farrakhan. They're not calling some lawyer. They're like, oh, my God, my child has been beaten or my kid has been suspended and it was wrong. Who am I calling?

NAACP. We don't hear that every day because that's just not necessarily our life every day. There are people out there every day, people with no money, people who are broke, people here in these towns who are saying, man, there's somebody who I can call when I get into trouble. They're not

calling Sharpton first day. They're calling that local NAACP chapter. Let me push back on that a little because if you look at what's happened over the past five or six years with police brutality and you saw the rise of a new committee so to speak the blm shouldn't that have been the naacp no no because if anybody who understands the black freedom movement understand that you're the big six organization naacp national urban league king comes along uh with uh montgomery improvement association that transforms into southern christian leadership

conference get the student non-violent coordinating committee uh that was of course when they met at with Montgomery Improvement Association. That transforms into Southern Christian Leadership Conference. You have the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. That was, of course, when they met at Shaw University. And so it's interesting. So in Melissa's piece, she talks about BYP, Black Youth Project 100. Well, they're the equivalent today of what SNCC was, which was a student or young folks-driven organization. The NAACP then was called the Old Folks Organization.

I was going to ask you, do they have young leadership? Because I don't see it. When you ask, who do you call? They probably would be the last people I would call if I got into something. Because you're here in New York. So different chapters have different amounts of power. Different parts of the country.

If you're in a southern town, if you're in a southwest town, if you're in a southwest town, and you don't have a New York Justice League, or you don't have a Reverend Al Sharpton National Action Network, who are you going to call? You know, you say who's on the front line. And I'll be honest with you. I haven't seen much of the NAACP in the last, you know, 10 years.

And I went to school at Hampton University. Rachel Dolenz, Al Sharpton. And I'm from South Carolina, and I never really saw the NAACP. But I would donate money to Al Sharpton. I would donate money to the minister. I would donate money to all these different people because I see the work that they're doing. I just don't see it. I'm not saying that they aren't there.

I don't see it as much. You think that they need to market and promote themselves? So here's the question. So when the Supreme Court made this decision, when it came to a black man who was going to be put to death in Texas, who actually argued that case before the Supreme Court? NAACP, Legal Defense and Education Fund. Now, two separate entities. LDF is different from the NAACP, but that's who actually argued that particular lawsuit.

When you look when the FCC passed the decision, when it came to the amount of money folks were being charged in jails of making collect phone calls, which is billions of dollars. You had NAACP attorneys who were actually fighting that with FCC. My point is this here. There are a significant number of things that are happening in this country that civil rights organizations are involved in that we don't see because they're not holding news conferences.

They're doing the work. That's what they're doing. And so what I'm saying is we have to measure, okay, what are folks doing as opposed to what are folks saying? Does the NAACP have issues? Yes. Is the board too large? Yes.

Do you have bureaucracy? Yes. But I will say this, for all the criticism, there still is a single civil rights organization that is still here, that is still present, that is still active, and that's the NAACP. All right, we got more with Roland Martin when we come back. We'll find out about HBCU funding. Will it be cut? Keep it locked.

This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We have Roland Martin in the building. Now, earlier you mentioned HBCUs.

Now, Donald Trump is going to be cutting the funding. Now, what should the HBCU leaders do as far as that is concerned? Well, actually, so here's what happened there. One, there has not been a cut in funding. What he said at the signing ceremony was that they may not fund the building portion of it because he had no clue what the hell HBCUs. First of all, unconstitutional, which was stupid. And two days later, he had to backtrack from it because it was just dumb because Congress made the designation in the 60s. Historically, black college universities.

He like only black people can go. That's how dumb it was. And so so he hasn't cut the funding. Now, funding did get cut under President Barack Obama. You have issues going back and forth there in terms of support for HBCUs. Now, the advocacy for HBCUs has to exist, whether you have Republican president or Democratic president. But keep in mind, Congress actually makes the allocation. So what happened was before when some HBCU funding was on the chopping block, they went to Republican leaders in Congress, got the money restored. So forget D.C. Black folks need to be arguing in our state governments where we have HBCUs that are public to ensure the funding actually goes there as well. But the other point is here. We can't rely on public dollars or governmental dollars to save our institutions. Because when foundations say, well, what's the giving of your graduates? And they go, only 3% of our graduates give. A foundation goes, so you're asking me to give you $10 million

for your HBCU, but only 3% of your graduates are giving. Now, when I say 3% of graduates are giving, I'm not saying 3% are giving $5,000. 3% are giving, period.

Not even a dot, that means 97%, not even sending a dollar back. Now, many folks will go back for homecoming, and they'll spend money on airline tickets and food and drinks and travel but we'll not send a dollar and so again for me we have to be about saving our institutions building our institutions strengthening our institutions whether it's civil rights groups whether it's hbcus whether it's our

economic groups as well so basically basically supporting our own, basically. So supporting our own, but support is not defined solely as, hey, I'm praying for y'all. Word. And that's part of the deal. Yeah, you got to get that money up. I'm praying for you. No, no, I don't need you to pray for me. I'm good with God.

I need you to do some work. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I need you to do some work. Now, we good and I'll pray need you to do some work. I need you to do some work. Are we good? And I'll pray for you. Now, one quick thing about the NAACP is another, it's like a narrative that they sold out to white dollars. They sold out to white dollars?

Yeah, so it's really white people running the NAACP so it's really they don't care about black interest, things like that. Well, anybody who says that, I would then go, what the hell are you talking about? Because first of all, there were white founders of the NAACP. So that did exist. It was a – I mean, the Niagara movement preceded the NAACP.

And so it was a multiracial coalition that formed the NAACP, which started after the race riot in Springfield, Illinois. But then, of course, you have people who say, well, you're accepting of corporate dollars. And, okay, I got it. But, again, I're accepting of corporate dollars. And, okay, I got it. But, again, I go back to this. If we don't want our institutions accepting corporate dollars, well, then are we going to fund it? You are absolutely right. I mean, it's just basic for me.

So I can't say y'all should take the corporate money, but I want to see y'all doing all this sort of stuff here. Who going to pay for it? Dog, I ain't got it. I ain't got it. No, I mean, that's just one of those things there that, again, it really comes back down to it. Now, when you talk about also our dollars, what we're going to deal with in the National Urban League State of Black America Town Hall deals with economics. And what we have to understand is I really think people understand this historically. We're only two years away from a 400th commemoration of the first people of African descent coming to this country. That was in August of 1619 in Virginia.

So if you look at 1619 to 1863, it's 244 years of legalized slavery. Two-year period of the war. War ends in 1865. You have the 12 years of Reconstruction, the most important 12 years in the history of black folks in terms of massive change. Reconstruction Amendment is 13th, 14th, 15th Amendment. Jim Crow comes in 1877 because of the Great Compromise of 1877. So then you go nearly 100 years of Jim Crow. So if you use 1970 as the marker,

and the reason I say 1970, King gets killed in 68, their Housing Act gets signed in 68, affirmative action comes in with Arthur Fletcher with Richard Nixon in 69 and 70. That means that black folks have technically been fully free Americans only for 47 years. Why is that important?

Because if you saw the New York Times story last week of the highest paid CEOs in America, one, I believe, maybe it was two, I can pull it up, were African-American. It's 200. So if you look at significant sectors, you never had anybody African-American run a Hollywood studio. No one African-American has ever run a major media company in terms of ABC, CBS, Fox News, those companies. When you look at the positions where we don't exist, hedge funds,

name it, that means there's a significant amount of wealth in America that we have no idea even exists. Now, we keep looking at LeBron and looking at Colby. Heard your conversation earlier. We look at Dwyane Wade and look at all these guys. But the reality is

that's such a small number. As Chris Rock said, he said, me and Mary J. Blige are the only black people in my neighborhood. He said, and my next door neighbor is a plumber. Yeah, a dentist. Living next to me. Now, what does that say? And so, we have been locked out economically. How does that hurt us? That? And so we have been locked out economically.

How does that hurt us? That means that when we when there's a glass ceiling, if you will, we can't get over it, get above it. That impacts the ability for us to fund HBCUs, to fund civil rights organizations. So you have very few African-Americans who can say, OK, I'm a give 50 million dollars to the Urban League or 50 million to the NAACP or 100 million to Hampton. Yet you see these gifts that are given to Harvard and to Yale and to all of the different schools. It's because we've been locked out economically. Now, where black folks prospered? Public jobs, meaning city government, county government, police fire. So what happens when Republicans come in and say, big government, we're going to slash. They're literally slashing black middle class.

See, we have to have a laser light focus on the inequities when it comes to economics. And because I'll frame it this way. You've been to the White House? Never. Been by the White House? Been by the White House? Yep. Been by the White House? Mm-hmm. Been by the White House? Yep. Been by the White House?

Outside the gate. There's only one federal agency that shares a loan with the White House. Which one? What is that? Treasury. If you want to understand America, White House, power. Treasury is money. Power, money.

Money, power. If you don't have money, you don't have power. You don't have power. You ain't getting money. That's where we were. We've been fighting for civil rights. Our focus has to be silver rights. We got more with Roland Martin when we come back.

Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Roland Martin's in the building. Charlamagne? Martin Luther King Jr.'s next plan was the Poor People's March and stuff like that. I mean, it's a lot of people say that's why they actually killed him, when he was trying to financially empower people. Well, remember, he was killed April 4, 1968, and it was April 4, 1967, where he gave his Beyond Vietnam speech at Riverside Church.

No coincidence, he was killed on the day a year later. And in that particular speech, yes, he talked about the war in Vietnam, its impact in terms of on the poverty programs. But also, anybody listening, they must read his book, Chaos or Community, Where Do We Go From Here? Because he, Chaos or Community, because he laid, first of all, it was the worst-selling book of his life. And he laid out in that particular book what we are facing and it still resonates today.

But what's amazing in the book, he also said, many of our white allies will not be with us. Because they say, okay, you've gotten enough. Okay, look, you've got some laws, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Fair Housing Act. All right, we're good. But the reality is, we're not good. It has to be sustained. And that's part of the issue here where we must be. So what John Hope Bryan is doing with Operation Hope when it comes to increasing credit scores

by 120 points, which impacts us because if your car insurance is a high note, high interest rate, and your house is a high interest rate, you're spending crazy amounts of money just paying interest. Lack of housing. We lost 53% of all black wealth due to the home foreclosure crisis. 53% of all black wealth lost, gone. We're from owning to renting. So the way economics has impacted us,

it is putting us in a position where we are going to be forever renters, forever debtors, which means we must be about not only structurally changing the system, what the Urban League is doing, what NAACP is doing, but also individually. So I challenge black folks, for your children, don't buy your

kids a pair of LeBron's new shoes for Christmas. Sit your kids down and say, son or daughter, I'm going to buy you a Nike stock. Because you're not going to wear these shoes in a year, but you'll still be able to own the Nike stock. So you agree with what LeVar Ball is trying to do? Oh, yeah.

Absolutely. Because first of all, he's creating a company. There are 2.6 million black-owned businesses in America. 2.5 million only have one employee. The average revenue of an average black-owned business in America. 2.5 million only have one employee. The average revenue of an average black-owned business in America is $78,000. If LaVar

sells 200 pair of those shoes, he has actually earned more than 2.5 million of the black-owned businesses in America. Oh, he did that already. That's my point. Now, Grant, I think sometimes dad needs to

shut up, you know, because like, dude, you're killing your son's curating, but from a business standpoint, that's exactly what's happening. And so that's the way we have to be. We have to be about, right now, changing mindset. How we

look at things, how we value things, and saying, no, no, you don't need that for your ego. Tell your friends to go to hell. You don't need to impress them. The issue for you is how are you investing in creating wealth and building wealth? Because if we are having this conversation 30 years from now, we failed. Right. Power, money, money, power.

This is why we must expose our children to a different view. Absolutely. And Verizon has this new ad. I got to pull up in a second. They asked all these black kids, what do you want to be? Oh, police officer, teacher, firefighter, whatever. Then they put on the screen all these jobs and what they paid. And these kids are like, oh, 90, 120, 150, 170.

All of a sudden they said, I want to be that. When you don't know. That's all it's about, exposure. Right. And what we have to be doing, be about that, changing folks' minds, changing their perceptions, and again, reprogramming our people, reprogramming us where your value is not tied up in your watch, in your suit. The value is tied up in what's the wealth you're creating?

What are you leaving your children? Can you be in a position to send your nieces and nephews to college? They don't have to be debt free. That's really where we have to be. It is a state of mind, but you have to start where you are. And I'll leave you with this, because Alana's like, we gotta go. If you care about

our kids and education, start worrying about the kids you ain't never met. What's up with your nieces and your nephews? And your cousins? How are you helping them out? And then you go from family to neighbors, neighbors to street, street to block, block, blocks, blocks, neighborhood, neighborhood, city, city, state, state, nation, nation, world. That's the only way you're able to affect change. My man, Roland Martin. News 1 Now show tonight, 8 p.m.

8 p.m. State of Black America Town Hall. We've got some great panelists on that, great conversation. But that's just that. We're going to continue that conversation beyond that. Do it every single day, which is what we do on News 1 Now every day. And my job is to give them folks hell every day. And you do.

Every day. All right. It's The Breakfast Club with Mr. Roland Martin. Appreciate it. The Breakfast Club. Listen up. It's just in. The rumor report.

The rumor report. It's the rumor report. The Breakfast Club. Alright. Appreciate you DJ Envy. I appreciate you. All right. Well, before we get into Oprah, let's talk about Kevin Hart. Now, Kevin Hart is well

on his way to becoming the biggest comedian in show business right now, and he said he's using He's not already? Well, he still feels he's on the journey from his own words, okay? And he's using the blueprint that's been laid out by Oprah Winfrey. Now, he talks about, right now he has his book coming

out, by the way, which is very good. I've been reading his book. I think it's coming out later on this week. It comes out June 4th. I'm reading that as well right now, too, because I've got to interview him this Sunday at BookCon. Yes, I Can't Make This Up Life Lessons, set to be released June 6th. He's also going to be voicing over a character in Captain Underpants. That comes out June

2nd, and he's going to star in Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle with Dwayne The Rock Johnson. And that hits theaters in December. So he's on the cover of Variety and he talks about building his comedy empire just like Oprah did. And he said, I'm a student. It's all about getting their nod of approval and knowing I'm going in the right direction. So that's what he says about still not having gotten to where he wants to get to, but going on his way to be a mogul. To us, he's already a mogul.

Yeah, he definitely had the most money last year, because didn't he jump Seinfeld last year? Yes, and he also has teamed up with T.I. He's doing a brand new music-themed office comedy. It's called The Studio, and it got picked up by Showtime for development. So that should be pretty interesting if that can happen. Now, he's also going to be starring on Oprah's Masterclass when it comes back to own on June 10th for season six.

That will be exciting as well. Here is some of what's going to be happening on Oprah's Masterclass. Everybody has a story. You're going to make me cry. And there's something to be learned from every experience, no matter what it is. I had nowhere to go. I was homeless at the time. I lost my family. Next thing I know, I'm in this car for three years, man. I'm struggling.

When you're the tallest, strongest kid and you walk in the gym, people automatically expect you to be the best. I couldn't dunk. I was uncoordinated. I had no confidence. To this day, this is the first time I've even talked about it out loud. My mom right now is probably pissed off in heaven. That's a damn shame. I know every single one of those voices. All right, so let's go through it.

Very distinct voices. First, of course, was Oprah. Then it was Steve Harvey. That was Oprah? Yeah. Talking first. I was Oprah talking. The one that was saying, you going to make me cry?

No, the first person that intro'd her master class. Oh, then I thought it was. Then it was Oprah talking. The one that was saying, you're going to make me cry? No, the first person that intro'd her master class. Oh, then I thought it was... Then it was Steve Harvey. Oh, I thought I heard Bishop T.D. Jackson. Then it was Shaq. It was Shaq and then Kevin Hart. And then Kevin Hart. I know every voice in there.

Hold on, the one that said, you're going to make me cry, that was Shaq. Right. Oh, so Shaq was first. No, Steve Harvey was first. Play it again. You guys are crazy. Sheesh, play it again so Charlamagne can know what's going on here. Everybody has a story.

That's Oprah. That's Oprah. Don't make me cry. That's Shaq. Oh, I thought that was Bishop T.D. Jakes. From every experience, no matter what it is. That's Oprah. I had nowhere to go.

Steve Harvey. Steve Harvey. I lost my family. That wasn't Bishop T.D. Jakes. Next thing I know, I'm in this car for three years, man. I'm struggling. When you're the tallest, strongest kid and you walk in the gym, people automatically expect you to be the best.

I couldn't dunk. I was uncoordinated. I think that first person was Bishop's teenager. To this day, this is the first time I've even talked about it out loud. My mom right now is probably pissed off in heaven. All right, so there you go. That looks like it's going to be pretty interesting. I'm excited for that.

All right. August Alcina. Now, we told you about that tweet that he sent out, and he has something inside of his body, a disease. Well, here is what it is. He revealed that he has a liver disease, and that's why he hasn't been healthy. He actually sat down with Jada Pinkett Smith,

and she talked to him about what's going on. I have a liver disease where my autoimmune system is fighting against itself. The reality is that I'm sick all the time. I don't really like to talk about it because I'm not looking for anybody to sympathize with. And don't treat me like I'm a cancer patient. Because I'm not. He did a commercial? No, he did an interview.

I sat down and interviewed with Jada Pinkett Smith. He said, sat down with my favorite person on planet Earth to have one of the most healing conversations. I hope it's as healing for you as it was for us. I pray that you not only hear me, but you feel me. This shall soon come. Hashtag drugs. And then he wrote, please excuse my defense mechanism in this clip.

I'm sicker than ever and have a hard time accepting what I feel and what the doctors are saying is most true. After sitting down and talking with fathers, mothers, and sister, they explained to me that sickness and illness runs in my family. My father and grandfather both died of severe illness, but they were fighters, and that's all that

matters. Well, salute to my guy, August. I'm just trying to figure out how he became a Pinkett Smith. When did that happen? You so jealous. Yes, salute to my guy, August. I'm just trying to figure out how he became a Pinkett Smith. When did that happen? You so jealous. Yes, I am. My last name is Pinkett Smith Winfrey Nose Carter. When did August become a part of the Smith family? Now, the bigger story here though is that he is struggling with liver disease.

Yes, it is. I just thought about it. I was on a plane with August one time and I asked him that. That was my deal. When did you become a Pinkett Smith? He explained the whole thing to me. He actually shot a pilot with Jaden for an HBO show. It was an HBO show that was supposed to come out called Atlanta. Right. And they got close

on the set of that. So that's how he became a Pinkett Smith. Well, you know what to do. I just thought... You know what to do, Shasha. It just came back to me. I just thought about that. I check on him periodically. I spoke to him about a couple days ago. He said he's doing good. He's in a great place.

He's working on new music. He's doing good. So shout out to August. You would have to change your name to Leonard Pinkett Smith. Winfrey Knowles Carter. Because Charlamagne doesn't sound right with that. Leonard. It'd be fine.

All right. Nas and Lauryn Hill are going on tour together. That should be pretty exciting. Now, the presale for this actually starts today. And title members have special access to a special presale as well. Now, general public tickets go on sale on Friday, and Nas issued a statement about this.

He said, this is history. Better late than never. Life is good. It is history, but would you trust Lauryn Hill to show up on time? She's gotta be on time. Nas gonna be there doing his show, and Lauryn gonna show up just in time to do If I Ruled the World at the end of the night. And happy belated birthday to Lauryn Hill. She just

celebrated her birthday last week. That's a hard ticket for me to even want to purchase because of course I would like to see that but is Lauryn Hill gonna be on time to the shows? Just wear comfortable shoes. I'm not waiting that long. Luckily for Lauryn, Nas got a catalog. He got a long catalog. He's like, I'm up here stalling. Alright, well I'm not waiting that long. Luckily for Lauren, Niles got a catalog. He's got a long catalog.

He's like, I'm up here stalling. All right, well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. All right, thank you, Ms. Yee. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkeys of the Day at Charlemagne. I'm a Democrat, so being Donkey of the Day is a little bit of a mixed place. So like a donkey. Keyhawk.

Donkey of the Day. a little bit of a mixed place. So like a donkey. Keyhole. Donkey of the day. The practice club, bitches. Now, I've been called a lot in my 23 years, but donkey of the day is a new one. Yes, donkey of the day for Wednesday, May 31st goes to Kathy Griffin. Now, if you haven't heard, Kathy Griffin has been getting some very negative covifee based off an image she posted yesterday. And the image was of herself holding up the bloody severed head of this country's celebrity in chief, Donald J. Trump. Now, Kathy Griffin is a comedian, which is what all comedians like to remind us when they forget to be funny.

I'm staring at this picture. I have examined it. I have looked for captions. You may have added to it to make it funny, but nope. I can't find the funny. I don't expect much from my comedians. I just want them to be funny and smart in that order. This picker, Kathy Griffin, standing there holding a bloody severed head, looking like a real housewife of ISIS is not funny. Not to mention, I keep telling you all, you can't threaten the president of the United States of America. Look, I know that it's hard for us to deal with the reality that the executive producer of The Celebrity Apprentice is the president of the United States of America.

But he is. And you can't threaten the life or hint at violence when it comes to the president. Threatening the president of the United States is a Class E felony under United States Code Title 18, Section 871. It consists of knowingly and willfully mailing or otherwise making any threat to take the life of, to kidnap, or to inflict bodily harm upon the President of the United States. Why do some of you people choose to learn this the hard way? I will never know. And there's a bunch of you out there listening to me right now saying,

what about all the threats made to President Barack Obama in the White House? Or even before the White House? President Obama's life used to get threatened all the time. Yes, it did. And people got arrested for it. Google is your friend, bro. Simply Google people arrested for threatening President Obama. It's a long list of people who have been arrested and indicted

for a variety of threats against former President Barack Obama. So don't think for one second that just because you don't see the media doing a lot of covifi on people who have been arrested for threatening the president, that it's not happening, because it is. Now, the Secret Service didn't approve of Kathy Griffin's art, as she called it. They promptly tweeted out, On it! At Secret Service monitors open source reporting and social media to evaluate threats. Threats made against at Secret Service protectees received the highest priority of all our investigations.

See, here's the thing. You don't have to force making a statement against Donald J. Trump. This is what Kathy Griffin did. She forced it with this severed head. OK, you don't have to do that against the man who gives us so much great material all the time. Last night, 12.05 a.m., our celebrity in chief tweeted out, despite the constant negative press covifee. I'm sure he meant to type coverage, but his thumbs must have had a stroke, and instead of coverage, he spelled out C-O-V-F-E-F-E. Kathy Griffin, that's material. The funniest comedian on the planet

right now is the internet. And the internet has been having a field day with Kovifi all morning. They didn't have to reach for bloody severed heads to find material. Now Kathy Griffin apologized. Let's hear it. Hey everybody, it's me, Kathy Griffin. I sincerely apologize. I am just

now seeing the reaction of these images. I'm a comic. I crossed the line. I moved the line. Then I crossed it. I went way too far. The image is too disturbing. I understand how it offends people. It wasn't funny. I get it. I've made a lot of mistakes in my career. I will continue. I ask your forgiveness. Taking down the image. Going to ask the photographer to take down the image. And I beg for your forgiveness. I went too far. I made a mistake, and I was wrong. Fought on that apology, man. I hate apologies like that. And people always start off those apologies by saying they are sincere. Nothing sincere about that, okay? You received a lot of negative press covifee. Secret Service jumped on your ass. CNN said they found your image disgusting and offensive. And you do the New Year's coverage with Anderson Cooper every year on New Year's on CNN. And CNN said they are evaluating that New Year's Eve gig.

So now that the pressure is on and you think you may lose money and possible sponsorships, you fake apologizing. Kathy Griffin is a grown-ass 56-year-old woman. You mean to tell me she didn't realize that bloody severed head wasn't a good idea until she put the image out and got backlash for it? That's when she realized she went too far. Nobody on her team, nobody around her said, Kathy, you know, this isn't a good idea. Not only could this be considered a felony for threatening the president,

it's simply not funny. The man literally gives us material every other day. So a message for Kathy Griffin and any other comedian or artist who wants to make a statement against the celebrity in chief, don't go chasing Donald Trump's severed heads. Just stick to the misspellings,

pronunciations, and dumb covifee Donald Trump is bound to give you. Please give Kathy Griffin the sweet sounds of the Hamiltons, please. You are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Hee haw. All right.

Yeah, and by the way, Donald Trump tweeted About 40 minutes ago that Kathy Griffin Should be ashamed of herself My children, especially my 11 year old son Baron, are having a hard time With this sick Yep, Kathy about to get audited She getting held up at airport security

They're not going to respect her clear, her pre-check Her jet blue, even more speed, nothing They're going to make an example out of her. They might. They might. When it comes to the president, we have to stop making emotional decisions and start making strategic ones. Don't bring a bunch of negative covifee into your life for nothing. And Donald Trump also tweeted that who can figure out the true meaning of covifee?

Enjoy. He didn't put that. Yes, he did. No. He did. Boy, I don didn't put that. Yes, he did. No. He did, boy. I don't make things up. Yes, you do. And that was Bishop T.D. Jakes

at the beginning of that open mouthed class, too. So that's what they said. But two hours ago, Donald Trump tweeted, who can figure out the true meaning of Covifee? Everything is a game show

with this guy. Everything. My goodness. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today. He really did put that. Duh.

I can't trust you. You know, I got to Google check you. You don't trust yourself, you bitch. I understand. All right. Well, thank you for that care today. He really did put that. Oh. I can't trust you. You know, I got to Google check you. You don't trust yourself, you bitch. I understand. All right. Well, thank you for that, Don't Care Today. Up next is Ask Yee. 800-585-1051.

If you got a question for Yee, you need some relationship advice, call her right now. Again, 800-585-1051. Call us now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. That was Kanye West, All Falls Down. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. It's time for Ask Yee. If you need relationship advice, you can call her right now. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Kyle. Kyle, what's up, man? What's your question for Yee?

So, Yee, I'm a really, really, really good, hardworking guy, right? Nursing everything. I got a very beautiful, beautiful girlfriend. But, so like, and we've been together like for five years. She keeps talking about like a ring. She wants a ring. She wants to get married. She doesn't just want a ring.

She wants to get married. But see, I think it's more just a ring. But we'll say she wants to get married. She doesn't just want to ring. She wants to get married. I think it's more just a ring. But we'll say she wants to get married, right? You think she just wants to ring and she doesn't want to get married? I mean, but of course she wants to get married. But, like, my thing is, like, I don't think myself nor she's ready for that because she still acts like as if we're two individuals as opposed to us being, like, one, you know, unit. You guys're two individuals as opposed to us being like one you guys are two individuals

yeah but I mean if I'm trying to get married like I want us to be like on the same page I want us to be thinking the same way like as one unit but she's still like I don't know like give me an example of what you mean by that so like it'll be little things like you know I work hard I get on board you know I just want to you know call kind of vent or whatever little things like you know i i work hard i get on board you know i just want to you know call kind of vent or whatever but then like you know sometimes she's down to hear that but then sometimes she's not down to hear that she gives me a lot of different like mixed signals but then like she wants me to do these same things that that you see i'm saying like if she was on the other foot she doesn't always do the same thing. Okay, but sometimes she does and sometimes she doesn't,

and sometimes you do and sometimes you don't because you guys are human beings. You have different moods. You have different things you're going through. Right, I get that. I think what I'm looking for or what I'm trying to figure out is if she really wants to be with me, why can't I get a little bit more consistency from her?

Okay, well, let me ask you this. It's been five years. Have you been having these problems for five years? No, there haven't been a problem for five years because we haven't been, like, trying to get married for five years. So the relationship has been like this, but it only matters now because she wants to get married. Yeah.

Yep. Okay. So basically, none of these problems would be a concern, but you're saying that the reason I won't marry you is because that's fine if we're just dating, but if we're going to get married, I need things to change. I need us to be trying to think and act on the same page and kind of be a little bit more, you know, I'm not going to lie, sir. It sounds like you're coming up with excuses of why you don't want to take this to the next level

because why haven't you addressed this previously? If I'm'm a date somebody for five years and i have any issues with how they respond to me when i'm having uh things that i want to vent about i would have been said something i wouldn't wait until they're saying they want to get married she might not have even known this was an issue all along well no no no i mean yeah granted it hasn't been an issue in the in like the beginning but like these are things that are known. You know what I mean? And I tell her, I'm like, look, I love her to death. There's no denying that.

I mean, I proposed to her tomorrow if she wanted me to or if I wanted to, you know what I mean? But I need... You said if she wanted you to or if you wanted to. Right. But you don't want to. But she does want you to. Well, that's the thing.

She wants to ring. She wants to get married, and that's fine. And I want that same thing. But before I make that step, I want us to be consistent. I want there to be some form of consistency between us so that I can feel more secure going into something that's potentially or is supposed to be, you know, forever. You know what I mean? This sounds like something that you guys can work on together because I'm sure she's receptive to working on this, right?

Because part of being in a relationship is to know that you guys are going to have differences sometimes. So it's not always about always getting along. It's about how you guys work through your issues as well. Right, right. I feel that. I feel that. I feel that. So if you know how to effectively bring an issue to the table

and you guys can work on it together as a union, that's important. That's, I think, a bigger deal than, I mean, consistency is great, but let's be for real. Nobody always gets along and always does the same thing and is always consistent. There's all different kinds of factors that can affect our mood and how we treat each other. That's true. That's a good point.

So it's just how you resolve those issues. So what you guys need to do is work on resolving the issues that you have. And it does seem like you're just trying to maybe be a little bit scared to get married as well, which is fine. Marriage is too easy to get married.

It's the actual longevity of that need that, you know, two people have to be on the same page and we have to be working together for it to work out. But you're not always going to be on the same page. Well, I'm not saying always, but I mean, you know, I need something more consistent than, you know, the mood swings that I get, you know, from times that, you know, and I mean, nothing changes with me as far as I know. Wait, hold on. So you think that you always act the same?

I mean, I kid you not. You know, I literally work 12-hour shifts, you know, day in and day out, and the only time I really get to spend with her is on the weekends or, but she works on a weekend. So if I do happen to have like a free day, I try to spend that time with her. Sometimes she's like, oh, well, that's fine. You know, like, okay, we can spend time together.

And she's like all for it. But then sometimes I'm like, hey, let's kick in. She's like, I don't know. I'll see. I'll think about it. But then she'll be the first one saying that we don't spend enough time with each other. And I'm like, the time that I do have is very limited.

But when I do have that time, I definitely try to spend with her. All right. Okay. I was just going to say, well, it seems like you guys, for five years, you don't want to break up, right? And you are on the path to marriage. It's just these things that you guys need to work out. And I always think that before people do decide to get married,

it does help to go into counseling together as a unit. That's just something that's... Whoa, whoa, whoa. You hit me with the counseling. Well, no, I mean, it's just a good practice for people because sometimes other people from the outside looking in can see your relationship differently than you can and can help you with how you resolve issues

and just how you deal with each other and have a better understanding. It's hard when you're in the middle of it to see yourself i guess i guess i can i can agree with that all right so if you really are serious about it i think y'all need to just sit down and come together and figure out how are we going to resolve whatever issues that we have you make an effort she makes an effort tell her specifically what it is that you need her to do but do it in a positive way don't say well you never do this you never do that you need her to do, but do it in a positive way. Don't say, well, you never do this. You never do that. You always do this.

Just say, you know what I love? I love when you do this. I think it's great when this happens. I love when we do this. Just be really positive and proactive. Thank you. I definitely needed that. I appreciate that.

All right. Good luck. And I'm glad you guys love each other. That's the most important thing. I love her to death. Thank you. You're welcome. That's the most important thing. I love her to death. Thank you. You're welcome. All right.

All right. ASCII, 800-585-1051. If you got a question for you, you can call at any time. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee,

Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of ASCII, 800-585-1051. We're going to call on number nine. Hello, who's this? How you doing? This is Malik.

I'm calling from Philadelphia. What's up, Malik? What's your question for you? It's basically like this. I don't got a relationship question. I got a life question. Like, I'm a retired drug dealer, you know. Thank God I never got caught up in nothing crazy.

You know, I did a couple months here and there, but that's neither. Right now, I'm on the straight and narrow, at least what I think would be the straight and narrow. And I got three years retired that I've been, you know, working a job and trying my hardest to get ahead. And I was listening to the boy, Roland Martin, and I like everything he was saying, but every

time I'm trying to open up another door to a van, you know, from a job to a career to a career to owning my own business, it seems like there's always something pulling me back. And it was like, it was easier just to go out there

and do what they want me to do. Okay, first of all, of course, people love fast and easy money, but we all know that comes to an end fast and quickly, too. Yeah, because, I mean, as fast as I made it, as fast as I blew it, you know, in Atlantic City, Miami, all that crazy stuff. Like, for my, the last time, like, I think it was my 28th birthday, I was in four different states within five days. Blowing through that

money and now you got to work for it. Yeah, and now it's like living check to check and I got kids I'm trying to provide for and I'm trying to stay on a certain level and every time I try to level up, it's like I keep on getting hit

by King Cooper with a fireball and they just shrinking. And I'm trying to... Nice 1980s reference. Yeah. And I'm trying to be strong and I'm trying to, you know, take my time with it. And Charlamagne, big up

for that book, man, because you put a lot of knowledge in my head and I try to, like, I ain't know, like, when you was in Philly, they would pay you that little bit of money, but you still kept going with your dreams. And that's where I'm at. Okay, so what is it that you want to do? What I really want to do is

start my own business. I want to start a food truck. Okay. That's what I really want to do. Now, what steps are you taking to achieve that? Well, I already got my vendor license. I already got my state certification. I bought a truck. And it's like every time I turn around, I'm trying to dump money into supporting my dream. But then with the hours I'm working and then, you know, baby mom's calling, wifey calling.

Right. You know, everything. You got a lot of things going on financially. Now, are you doing this all on your own? By myself. I mean, all by myself, man. Okay. I ain't got, and that's the thing.

It's like, we don't have no support system. I don't got a father, uncle, cousin that I can say, yo, drop me 50 racks real quick, and I give it to you on a, I mean, on a gift bag. Well, yeah, I don't have that either, sir, because I don't have anybody I can ask for 50 racks from. But I always feel like this. We should never, ever be doing anything like a venture, like starting our own business, all by ourselves with no help and no guidance, no mentorship, no partnerships with anybody. You don't have anybody in your life that you feel like could be a good partner or somebody, an investor, or just somebody to just kind of like be there and help you out with things

that you need to do while you're at work, even if it's not financial. Yeah, see, my best friend, he in L.A. And that's the only person I really think I would trust. And he actually, me and him, you know, provided him with some income and stuff like that. He's doing his own comedy show out in L.A. So, I mean, that's going good, too. And it's been times where I like, man, I feel like with my knowledge, I feel like I would be more advanced in L.A.

because the way the city move out there, they're here on the East Coast. Right. Why are you trying to figure these things out? I just want to say something to you. You know, I know I'm not a retired drug dealer. I guess, I don't know, Charlamagne wasn't like deep like that. And neither is Envy. But it did take all of us a really long time to get to where we got to.

Now, you said you've been for three years a retired drug dealer and working on your dream? Yeah. A lot of times. Yeah. I've been a retired drug dealer for more than three years, but I just started working for the last three years. And I would say that sometimes it is discouraging when things don't happen as fast as we want them to. But you do have to be patient and go really hard. I think all of us up here can attest to the fact that there were times we weren't making barely any money at all. You know, I had $30,000 in credit there were times we weren't making barely any money at all. You know, I had $30,000 in credit card debt, and I wasn't barely making any money.

I had student loans. I had rent to pay. I had card notes to pay. And I had to eat every day. Yeah. And sometimes when you are chasing your dreams, you put yourself in a terrible financial situation. But if you believe in yourself and you keep going, you know at some point something's going to come through. I appreciate y'all.

Thank you Charlamagne for the book because that did help me out a lot because I was depressed and now that kind of gave me more motivation. I'm like, maybe I need to go back to my old house and sleep in there. Yes, you do. Listen, all I'm saying is that you cannot have too much pride when you are pursuing a dream to admit when you need help and to grind it out

because when you're grinding for a purpose, it's different if you're just living day to day and hoping to make it. But when you have something that you are striving for and something that you want to attain, there's nothing wrong with the struggle. It's beautiful. You know what? You're right, man. I just gotta, you know,

put that pride to the side. Don't worry about that. Absolutely right. At least, listen, at least you have some goals. At least you know you can see the end goal. Other people out here, they don't know what they want to do. They're just trying to make enough money to get by. Yeah, you're right. Thanks a lot.

Hey, Charlamagne, you need to get these two a book deal, too, man. Maybe the more books I read, the better my life will be. You should read Kevin Hart's book now, too. It's really good. He talks about his beginnings. Very humble as well. All right, bro. Yeah, I remember going to go see him at the Laugh House and stuff.

Right. Everybody's come a long way, so you well on your way, too. Hey, thank you for buying the book, too, my brother. We can't wait to read your book. All right. Ask Yee. 800-585-1051. If you got a question for Yee, you can call her at any time.

Now, we got rumors on the way? Yes, we are going to be talking about Ariana Grande. You know she has a concert coming up, and that is to benefit the victims in Manchester. Also, Tank, why are his fans so mad at him? I can't believe this. All right, we'll get into that when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Cut it. Cut it. Cut it The Breakfast Club. Cut it. Cut it. Cut it. Cut it. Cut it. Why didn't OT Genesis ever come out with an album?

He had two big records. Three. Three, right? Yeah, cut it. Cut it, Coke. I'm in love with the Coca. And Push It. Push It, yeah.

Why don't you never drop an album? I don't know. Good question. Anyway, let's get to the rumors. We're talking Tank. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Now, for some

reason, people were upset about Tank performing at a D.C. Black Pride event. You know, and he, by the way, had a great time. He posted pictures from it and appreciates all the love that he got. He was all into it. He was going in. He said, an amazing moment. Hashtag D.C. Pride. Hashtag dope pic. Hashtag the general.

Well, here is part of what Tank had to say and part of his performance on stage. When you put it all on my plate, won't go to waste. That's what you get every day when you feel like you're with me. My name is Tank. I'm a Capricorn. And if they ever ask you where I stand, tell them I'm standing right the f*** here. God bless you tonight.

People will ruin the community by selling dope. They'll rob you. They'll murder you. They'll steal from you. But as soon as you tell them you want to perform at a gay pride parade to make some money, you the bad guy. Does that make any sense? Like people were tweeting

things like, I told y'all Tank was gay. Like, come on. Just because he... First of all, and let's be clear, if you ever watched Sisterhood of Hip Hop, he has an artist that he has signed to him that he got on that show, Sia, and she's a lesbian. Right.

And he stands by her. So why wouldn't he perform at a Black Pride event? Right. You know? Did you see the performance? No, I didn't see the performance. There was one part that's funny, though, and the only reason it's funny. It's funny itself.

And this is funny whether you're gay or not. Right. No matter who's performing. What he was doing. Somebody had their leg all the way up in the air. He had a brand new joint. And all you saw was, you know, other people had their hands in the air. Yeah, he had one leg up. But one Somebody had their leg all the way up in the air. He had a brand new Jordan. And all you saw was, you know,

other people had their hands in the air? Yeah, he had one leg up. One person's foot was, leg was up in the air. No, no, no. Just a Jordan, if you have,

for a long time. He was trying to show Tank that he liked getting his ass eaten too. Remember Tank was up here and Tank said he liked getting his butt eaten. He probably was. He probably was.

It's just funny because who stands like that for that long? He was up there for a minute. Somebody's very limber. But even if that was a woman at a concert doing that, that's crazy. I'm sure Tank got a nice check. And what does it matter if he's performing for a bunch of gay people?

It doesn't matter. Exactly. Look, if those are your fans and he probably got some new fans after that, then those are your fans. Don't make no mistakes. But you think selling dope is honorable or robbing somebody is honorable or murdering somebody for some money is honorable, but that's not honorable.

A lot of people did show him support, though, so it wasn't all negative. You know, one person said, encouraging to see Tank, a straight black man, performing at Black LGBT Pride event in D.C. this weekend. Open minds, open hearts. Agreed. Alright, Ariana Grande, speaking of concerts, is going to be doing a benefit concert honoring

the victims and families of the Manchester terrorist attack. And that is going to be called One Love Manchester. It takes place on June 4th. And there's going to be at least 10 acts on stage, including Coldplay, Katy Perry, Pharrell, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus. Take that. All of them will be on the stage. And 100% of the proceeds from that will go toward a partnership with the British Red Cross and Manchester City Council for a fund called the We Love Manchester Emergency Fund. All right.

So, and I think Usher's performing as well. He's been added too. So that's a great thing. Gotta love it. That even out of this unfortunate incident, people can still find a way to come together. All right. And Eminem is releasing a 15th anniversary edition of the Eminem show. Can you believe

it's been 15 years since he put out the Eminem show? I don't know what's going to be on it, but it's in an anniversary collection. So they have all kinds

of special packages that you can get with like a handwritten note and autograph posters. And they have a cassette tape as well. So if you can go to his website,

then you can perhaps get that anniversary capsule if you are a huge Eminem fan like I am, one of my favorite artists. And Bryson Tiller and Metro Boomin are going on tour together. Now Bryson Tiller put out his True To Self album pretty early, and he did also announce that he's hitting the road with Metro Boomin. It's going to

be a 26-stop tour. So nice new collaborations coming down the pipeline. We told you earlier that Nas and Lauryn Hill are going on tour together. Well, now we're telling you about Bryson Tiller and Metro Boomin. Alright, I'm Angela Yee, and that's your Rumor Report. And I wanted to ask, did anybody watch Fear Factor last night

with Ludacris hosting? I did watch Fear Factor. How was it? It was cool. I mean, to be honest with you, I didn't really watch the original Fear Factor. I used to watch it. I loved it. You know what? The Fear Factor I remember is on Chappelle's show when Tyrone Biggums was on there. That's the one I remember. But I watched it a little bit last night on MTV.

I used to love the show. I mean, I didn't catch it last night, but I will start catching it. I was watching Bachelorette. Well, every Tuesday at 10 p.m. on MTV, Fear Factor's on. Posted by Ludacris. Bachelorette is pretty good, by the way. This is the first time they had a black Bachelor or Bachelorette. So she's a black bachelorette. Nobody's judging you.

If Tank can perform at a gay pride parade, you can watch Bachelorette, okay? I'm sure it's because his wife likes it. Yes, I watch it. Yeah, my wife watches it. You didn't say that. I just tell people I watch it. You said you like the Bachelorette. I said you like it too.

You don't got to use your wife as a cosigner. If you like the Bachelorette, you like the Bachelorette, damn it. It's interesting. Me and Charlamagne watch Girls when it used to come on. I'm not making excuses. I watch Girls. I watch Girlfriends. I love Girlfriends.

I want every season of Girlfriends on DVD. Well, honey, you should try Bachelorette. I don't like Scandal. I'm not a Scandal fan. Never have. That's my wife's favorite Scandal. Well, honey, you should try Bachelorette. All right, Revolt, we'll see you guys tomorrow.

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