The Breakfast Club - Rza Interview

Episode Date: October 6, 2021

Today on the show we had friend to the room Rza stop by where he spoke about "Wu-Tang: An American Saga", early financial struggles, learning patience and more. Also Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to all the tokers of the tiks participating in the latest trend "Slap a Teacher" challenge in school, but fair warning kids, cause you might hit the wrong teacher, that will give you that action back! And Angela helped some listeners out during "Ask Yee". Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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.

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We're on a show, The Breakfast Club. Man, what the hell is this, man? The Breakfast Club, bitches. I'm glad they put y'all together. Y'all are like a mega force. Good morning, USA! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, oh, guess what day it is? Guess what day it is? Pump day! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. Good morning. What's happening? And I believe DJ Envy is getting gas on his way to work.

Oh, I did that on Monday. You can't do that. Mm-hmm. You can't do that. In the morning, it's a game of inches. We say that all the time here. You know, we say, we use that phrase because it's like a football phrase. Football is a game of inches.

You know what I mean? And that's what it is in the morning to get here on time. Anything can make you late. And getting gas in the morning definitely makes you late. You know, ever since I got my license, my dad has instilled in me that I should never let my gas tank get below half full. So as soon as I get to half full, it's like it's empty for me. And I'm like, oh, man, I got to get gas.

You know what's so crazy, Especially if you live in Jersey. You can't even, and salute to everybody who lives in Jersey. They understand what I'm about to say. You can't even use the excuse that you gotta pump the gas yourself. You know what I mean? Like some people just be lazy and don't want to go to the gas station because they don't want to get out the car and have to, you know, get out and pump themselves. In Jersey, they pump

the gas for you. Is New Jersey the only state that does that? Like it's literally you cannot pump your own gas in Jersey, they pump the gas for you. Is New Jersey the only state that does that? I don't know. Like, it's literally you cannot pump your own gas in Jersey. That's a good question. And I feel like that's the only place, because when I first got my license, it was in Jersey. And I'll never forget, I did not know how to pump gas.

And so I had to go get gas somewhere else, and I did not know, because I never did it. I lived in Jersey. I was like, I got my license when I was 17 never had to pump my own gas Wow and then years later I was like how do you do this it's just a matter of like you know going out of your way to go to the gas station that's all it's just really that simple yes now what do we have planned on the show and we were up late last night watching the BET hip-hop Awards I don't know if you watched that

last night and RAPC City came back last night also. I saw Rap City. That was great. Dropping the Clues Bums for Big Tigger, DJ Drama, Fat Joe, Jermaine Dupri. Who else I think I saw on the show? I just like seeing the nostalgia clips. Shout out to Young Devin from Brooklyn.

Young Devin, who is that? She's a rapper from Brooklyn. I didn't see her on there. I like the fact that they kept showing a lot of the old clips from Rap City. I thoroughly enjoyed that. I didn't see her on there. I like the fact that they kept showing a lot of the old clips from Rap City. I thoroughly enjoyed that. I didn't see all the BET Hip Hop Awards. I was in and out.

Alright, well, you know we'll be discussing all of that this morning. Tyler, the creator, had an amazing night last night, though. I actually saw Tyler when he won his Influencer Award. Was it the LL Cool J Cultural Influencer Award or something like that? And I saw when he won Hip Hop Album of the Year.

Very deserving for both of those. All right, so we'll get into all of that this morning. And we have a hip hop legend, a hip hop icon, the architect of arguably the greatest rap group of all time,

the ruler Zig Zag Zigalaw, RZA, will be joining us this morning. The RZA-rector. Because Wu-Tang TV series season two is on Hulu right now. Mm-hmm. I think they're up to episode seven starting today, I believe, of season two.

Yeah. So really great series to watch. You know, that was my first job ever working in the music business out of college. And I interned there when I was in college, Wu-Tang Management and then Wu-Tang Corporation. And you're in a Wu-Tang video. Yes, I am in a Wu-Tang video. You're definitely in a Wu-Tang video. Yes, I am in a Wu-Tang video. You're definitely in a Wu-Tang video. I definitely am.

That video was only released in Europe. There's a little bit of nudity in it. Really? Yeah. And there's cursing in it as well. Oh, okay. All right. We talked to the RZA this morning

and we got front page news coming up next year. Yes, your guy, Andrew Yang. He's no longer a Democrat. I don't blame him. We'll talk about it when we come back. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Ask me about some damn fashion like I know.

I look like I'm coming here and talking like, you don't think such and such outfit look weird? I said, you see what I'm wearing right now? Who is she talking about? I ain't got nothing to do with that. She can say who she talking about. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. Now let's get into front page news. Now WNBA again tonight, 8 o'clock. The Sky take on the Sun and the Mercury take on the Aces. All right? So make sure you tune into that. And the Yankees are home, yeah? The Red Sox sent the Yankees home last night,

so the Yankees will be chilling at the crib. Oh, so it's playoffs and baseball? Yeah, playoffs. Damn. It's for the wild card spot. I did not know. Baseball just seemed like such a niche sport nowadays. It's getting a lot better.

Is it? More home runs. Yeah, it's getting a lot better. I had no idea they were in the playoffs and baseball. What else we got, Yeezy? All right, Andrew Yang is breaking up with the Democratic Party. Now he is an independent. He said he changed his voting registration from Democrat to independent.

It was a strangely emotional experience. He wrote this on an essay that was posted on his blog. And he believes that he can reach more people outside of the two-party system effectively. So here's what he had to say about leaving the Democratic Party. Unfortunately, dysfunction is nothing new in Washington, Wolf. And we can also see and feel that polarization is at literally civil war levels right now. We're seeing it manifest in dysfunctional politics in Washington, but we're seeing it in our own neighborhoods, in our own communities. And that's what the forward party

is designed to counteract. We're going to lower the temperature of the entire country by improving the political incentives so that our leaders need to be reasonable and hew toward the middle instead of answering only to the extremes on either side? He's smart. I mean, I know a lot of people that are, you know, independent. And, you know, I don't consider myself a Democrat either. The only reason I'm registered as a Democrat is because someone told me I had to be to vote locally. I don't even know if that's still the case. But there's absolutely no reason for, you know, black people to be part of any particular party.

None of our interests are being represented. So the party, if you want to get more information, it's forwardparty.com. Now, here's what he had to say about how to make this new party happen. The way we're going to make this happen, Wolf, is by implementing open primaries and ranked choice voting in states around the country. One state has already done this. That state is Alaska, which is a red state, but there are other blue states that have also been considering it. So you need to have a nonpartisan,

bipartisan, popular movement to make this happen. It's why I declared myself as an independent earlier this week. There are going to be forward Democrats, forward Independents, forward Republicans who want to bring the country together and actually change the system so it's going to start working again.

I mean, he's right, man. I mean, think about it. They told us if we get control of the White House and the Senate, things like police reform will get done. Voting rights. None of that's happening. And it's Democrats like, you know, Kristen Sinema and Joe Manchin blocking progress. So what's the point of being part of that party? Vote your interest. And I tell everybody to go to our black party dot org and salute to Wes Bellamy and Candace Hollingsworth. They've been on The Breakfast Club, the founders of R Black Party. There's also some statistics in the video that are mentioned. 57% of Americans won a third party and up to 60% said they felt that both the Democratic and Republican parties were out of touch.

That's right. And they're all right. Go to rblackparty.org, man. Wes Bellamy, Candace Hollingsworth, salute. Salute to Diddy. All right, well, that is your front page news. Yes, and shout to DJ Scheme. Congratulations to DJ Scheme. He won a BET award last night for best DJ. So shout to DJ Scheme. DJ Scheme?

Yeah. Salute to Scheme. He's from Florida. All right, congratulations. That was very gracious of you, Envy. I know you were nominated. He's a producer. He produces for XX. That was very gracious of you, Envy. I know you were nominated. He's a producer. He produces for XXX, Ski Master, Slump God.

Oh, got you, got you, got you, got you. It's kind of like, I guess, you know how, I was going to say the clue of the Florida, because he's from Florida. Okay. So he does all the production. And he went DJ of the year? DJ of the year, yeah. It's a tough category.

Who was in that category? D-Nice. Okay. Drama. Okay. Michelle Khaled. No in that category? D-Nice. Okay. Drama. Okay. Michelle Callit. No, Callit wasn't in it. Okay.

Callit was in producing myself, and I'm forgetting somebody else. Well, good luck next year, Envy. You know what you have to do. Cassidy. We're dropping the clues behind the DJ scheme. Clearly well-deserved. Don't know the brother, but congrats, man. Yeah, I don't know him either, but salute to you, scheme.

Now, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, but congrats, man. Yeah, I don't know him either, but salute to you, Skeen. Now get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. Phone lines are wide open. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Skylight Frame is more than just a photo frame.

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Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? What's going on, DJ Heavy? It's DJ Colin Farrelly.

What's up, brother? Get it off your chest. Man, the BET Awards was garbage last night. What was so garbage about it? That was the worst cypher. There really was nobody in there that was good. Only Tootsie. Tootsie killed it, too. Everything else was garbage, yo.

I see people talking about that, what's his name, Ken Kidd? Oh, yeah. Oh, no, he was hard. That's so crazy. I saw him. I texted about him. I was asking DJ Head. I was like, why is everybody rapping over Khaled and that Khaled beat?

Because they clear one beat for everybody to use. That's not always been the case. Yes, it is. No, it's not. Hell no, it's not. Primo usually produced a beat, and it was a boom-bap type of beat. Yeah, but it was always a different beat. And his name is K. Ken.

Yes. Yo, that was the worst one. I mean, they could have did a whole. I understand DJ can be. You did the red carpet. I mean, they could have did a whole. I understand DJ Gimby, you did the red carpet. I understand you got to promote it. What about Lakia? I thought she did good. Yo, everybody's talking about how to put steps up, making a stallion or whatever.

I'm looking at them like, yo, change up your style. It's just. Yeah, I don't think they should have used that beat, though. I like Simba. Simba was dope. I saw Simba. Erykah Bane did all right, too. Yeah, she did good was dope. I saw Simba. Erykah Bane's did all right, too. Yeah, she did good.

I like seeing all the women. Erykah Bane's did good. Erykah Bane's did good. I think Tootsie did good. I know Tootsie was from Syracuse. He killed it. Yeah, Tootsie from Syracuse. You wasn't here when Tootsie was here, was you?

No, I was here. Uh-uh. Oh, yeah, he from Syracuse. Syracuse, and he grew up in North Carolina, too. Yeah, he killed it. Yeah, Simba was dope. I saw Simba. He was dope.

That dude we just talked about, King Ken. King Ken. King Ken, he was dope. It was just the worst, man. It could have been better. How old are you, though? I'm 44. That's what I'm saying. That might be out of our demo, brother.

He was a boom bap, original rap. I was texting my youngins last night like, oh, is this person a thing? Is this, you know? And they was like, yeah. But, bro, I got something for you. Hey. Versus. You like the versus. know, and they was like, yeah. But bro, I got something for you. Aye. Versus. You like the Versus.

Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One. That might be more for you. Yeah. Big Daddy Kane. And I saw Supercat is going to be kicking off this Versus tour.

You know I'm excited about that one. That's going to be great. See, that's more for you. Dun-da-da. That's the beauty of being older, though. I mean, and we should be happy

that we got artists that are, you know, still relevant enough that we want to see at 40-something years old. Hello, who's this? Good morning, this is Tim. Hey, Tim, get it off your chest, bro. So it's not really getting it off my chest, but I have a baby girl due in November. I wanted to know if you have any advice for a first-time father.

It's my first one. November what? November 26th. Wow, my baby's born November. My baby's due November 26th as well. Oh, that's so cute. Oh, okay. Yeah, November 26th. Wow, my baby's born November. My baby's due November 26th as well. Oh, that's so cute. Oh, okay. Yeah, November 26th.

Well, if it's been a first time, Dad has six times, so he can give you some advice. Yeah, I mean, I would just say they grow fast, love them, kiss them, hug them, give them all the support that they need. Tell them you love them, tell them they look beautiful, and just keep them close because they grow so damn fast, man. would tell you too man you know i got a newborn in the house really really be there for your wife man really are the mother of your child i don't know that's your wife but really really be there for her make sure make her life as easy as possible like you know you got to get a night nurse if you got to get a a doula to be at the crib with her like

like you know really i i read. I didn't read it. Latham was telling me about how in some countries, Latham is our doula, Latham Thomas, for 40 days after birth, the wife gets to do absolutely nothing. Like, she's just basically on bed rest. So as close as you can get to that as possible, that should be one of your goals.

All right. I just wanted to congratulate you both. I know DJ Envy has a baby on the way. I wanted to congratulate him. And Charlamagne, just wanted to congratulate you both. I know DJ Envy has a baby on the way. I wanted to congratulate him. And Charlamagne, I wanted to congratulate you for just having another baby girl. Love that baby. Kiss on that baby. And support that baby.

Encourage that baby. And support the mother, man. Daddy baby. You grow so fast. And support the mother after birth. And enjoy that baby. I will. God bless.

All right, man. That's really, truly probably the most important thing. Support the mother after birth. I think both. You know what I mean? I don't think one over the other. I think both. Support the baby.

Support the mama. I mean, they're both. Yeah, but you got to trust me. Support the mom, man. When you start reading about how they treat women in other countries after they have babies, yeah, we not doing right over here. Well, support the mother. But make sure you love both, brother.

Have a good one. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to... Especially with postpartum and everything. 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 black. Say it with 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? Hey, this is Big Mo down from Florida. Mo, what up? Get it off your chest. Man, listen, I want to talk about, first off, what's up, Breakfast Club? Charlemagne, DJ Envy, Angela Yee. Peace, King. How you? Every morning.

I want to let y'all know, man, I hate these haters, man. When you make a move. I recently sold my business and I put a lot of work into it, but I moved into a new position at another company that offered me more money, more income for my family. And there's always somebody in your circle that wants to be like, oh, well, that's the wrong move. But that's the wrong move and they don't know the specifics.

So they get donkey of the day. And then also, DJ Envy, why you don't embrace us, man? You're Dominicans, bro. We know you from here. Dominica. I'm not Dominican. I am black. He's Dominican.

I am not Dominican. He's Dominican, bro. But I got a lot of Dominican business partners, but I am not Dominican. You got Dominican beard, the Dominican hair, you're Dominican, bro. Stop lying, man. You got a closet full of white cars. You're Dominican, bro. Stop lying. You got a closet full of white jeans.

Only Dominicans wear cars. For real. Don't forget about the closet full of white jeans you got. Yeah, that's right. I only got one pair. You got white jeans on every week. That's true. I don't even wear white jeans, but alright. I'll take it. Shout out to all my Dominican brothers out there. There you go. Hello, who's this?

It's Ashley from Houston. What's up, y'all. Hello, who's this? It's Ashley from Houston. What's up, y'all? Ashley, what's up? Get it off your chest. H-Town. Man, listen. Y'all need to understand that Jay-Z and Beyonce are full-fledged devil worshipers. What?

You ain't got nothing else to think about this morning? And Beyonce from Houston also. Man, you gay as hell. Shut up. That's not true either. But why you so hurt this morning, sweetheart? Why you so hurt? My voice is like, shut up, That's not true either, but why you so hurt this morning sweetheart? Why you so hurt? My voice is like, shut up

Charlamagne, why you wanna argue with people all the time? I'm not arguing! You caught up here with the negativity, I'm sending you healing energy. Well, thank you so much. Man, I'm getting it off my head. That's right. True indeed. Wow. But yeah, that's nothing. She came in shooting at everyone. Yeah, nothing she said is true, but we're sending her

healing energy. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Colin from Brooklyn. Hey, what's up, bro? Get it off your chest. What's good, Kenfo? I don't like how the New York Nets is forcing Kyrie's hand. The Brooklyn Nets. Sorry, the Brooklyn Nets.

My bad. The Brooklyn Nets is forcing Kyrie's hand to take the vaccine. When you look on the CDC website, it clearly states that the vaccine can kill you, cause heart inflammation, brain inflammation, all types of autoimmune disease. So how can you mandate something that can potentially kill you? Let me ask you a question. Does the

CDC website really say that? Did you read it? I'm trying to go. I'm going to go there right now. But where did you hear? Did you read it? Seriously, seriously. It really says the COVID vaccine can kill you. I clearly read on the CDC website that the adverse reaction for the vaccine

is deadly. Send me the link. I want to read that. Why is that not front page news? Send me the link. Because front page news is the biggest sponsor of the pharmaceutical company. I think that whenever you take any type of vaccine

or medication, there's always a potential for adverse reactions, just like when you see a commercial for any type of medication, they give you those warnings. Can I ask you a question? You do know like hundreds of millions of people are vaccinated at this point in America,

right? Okay. So why aren't hundreds of millions of people are vaccinated at this point in America, right? Okay. So why aren't hundreds of millions of people dying? Yeah, but the point is this, Charlemagne. You can't mandate something that could potentially hurt you. No, no, no, no. Does it potentially hurt you

or does it hurt you? You started off saying it does kill you. So I'm just wondering. I'm asking questions here. That's all. Not saying you're right or wrong. Just asking. According to the CDC website, there have been

people that have died, that have had heart attacks, aneurysms, heart inflammation, lung inflammation, brain inflammation. So the point is this, Jermaine, the point is this, that if you mandate something and I fall within that 3% of people

that have an adverse reaction. Allow me to get compensation for it. Allow me to sue you. The vaccine industry, they don't allow this. The federal government does not allow this. The suing of them for potential harm to my body. Okay, I'm on the CDC website now. My producer just bought it in.

It said reports of deaths after COVID-19 vaccination are rare. More than 390 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in the U.S. from December 14, 2020 through September 27, 2021. During this time, VAERS received 8,164 reports of death. That's 0.0021% among people who received the COVID-19 vaccine. Bravo.

So now you see my point. No, we don't. What? You know that you have more of a chance of dying from COVID than from the vaccine, right? I think he's saying that.

I think he's saying that. That's not true. Angelique, that's not true. Look at the statistics in the report. You have a 0.06% Now listen, that's not true. Look at the statistics in the report. You have a.066% Now listen, I'm not mad at him because I think I can win the Powerball.

Right. Thank you for calling. What he's saying is he could be that.006%. That's how I feel about the Powerball. So I understand you. The way my anxiety's set up. Yeah, but the thing is that when someone, when you work for a corporation,

if they mandate something, you have an option. Either I work here and do it or I don't. That's true. And it's also not just the safety of you, it's the people around you. That's true. I understand where he's coming from. I could be that.006. Right, and so then you can say it's not worth the risk to me.

Right. And I don't want to work here because it's not worth that risk. It's a choice. It's still a choice. It's a choice. It's still a choice. It's a choice. All right, well, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now, we got rumors on the way?

Yes, and let's set it off with the BET Hip Hop Awards. We'll talk about who the winners were last night, and then you guys can discuss what parts were the highlights and maybe not. All right, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart?

Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this.

It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition.

The Waikana tried my country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that?

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

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Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk the BET Hip Hop Awards. It's time. She's spilling the tea. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club.

All right. Well, the BET Hip Hop Awards were on last night. As you know, 85 South Show hosted again. Young Legends. Yes, and it all opened up with DC Youngfly doing his Soulja Boy, You. Cut the music. What? What happened? DC, what are you doing?

What you mean? Chico came out here spitting his classic pimp C verse, and what is this? Yeah, why are you dressed like you signed to the gas station? Let me tell you something. Just because I ain't old is y'all civil rights activists, okay? I know what I'm doing. Bro, this is supposed to be a tribute to the old school. And you, not for the Adelaide Soldier, boy, ain't no class.

He's a class. As a matter of fact, y'all move out of the way. Move out of the way. Let me show y'all something. Do what you do. Dancers. You got this. You got that.

DC Young Fly can sing. DC Young Fly can sing. DC Young Fly can dance. DC Young Fly can do it all. Drop on the Clues Bonds for the 85 South Show. Man, they killed it yesterday. They killed it. He started doing the Soulja Boy dances. They killed it, man.

All the skits were funny. Congratulations to those brothers. If you want more of the 85 South Show, make sure to check out the YouTube channel, the 85 South Show. And make sure to check out The 85 South Show podcast on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network. We're actually celebrating our one-year anniversary tomorrow with a live podcast in Atlanta with The 85 South Show, Horrible Decisions, and hosted by Flame and Raw.

Right now, there were also the Cyphers, and that's something that we all pay attention to. So let's look at some of them right now. Lakia. This is for all of the people that say I don't know me. Before I got the quarter mill on my neck, all pay attention to. So let's look at some of them right now. Lakia. I walk in the room Everybody started dressing Like an elephant I'm going up Ain't no settling Move me, got sound Before I was a resident Straight to check I'll fuck the price I ain't taking it Ain't keeping up

With no bitches I'm better than I She was snapping But I don't understand Why everybody was rapping Over the damn Khaled beat Like that was so redundant But they usually pick one beat

I don't remember that Yeah, Primo usually produced The beat that they usually picked That's why Primo usually was DJing So shout out to DJ Head He was DJing And I guess that's the record That they got cleared and

everybody has to rap over that beat. I guess I never noticed because, you know, the Primo beat is an original beat. Correct. That beat's so familiar. I was like, why is everybody rapping over this beat? Alright, also Kid Ken. up like I be on a play they hella mad I'm hella gay stop playing fair stay thin I be in the jungle with her man Tarzan he blow a bag with a kid not laying getting with her man is the big money plan look blowing the bills like Tiffany all of this stuff I be wearing from Italy they always talking but never get rid of me only 18 running up everything stop it name anything you own I copy everything hot they copy 10 double n me popping all these pain ass hoes watching name

a that dude like this name a bitch Who look better than me Saking papers Saking trees I said to the top You on your knees He snapped Kid Kim He's from Chicago by the way

He's the first openly gay rapper To participate in the Cypher He snapped He told Paper When my community sees me In the Cypher They're going to gag They're going to be so excited

Because I know They've been waiting for me To literally do what I have to do For my community And that's what I came to do To represent And do the best I can do. I really feel like I was born for this. No pressure at all. Also people really enjoy Tootsie. Trust me, I'm one of the hardest. I put a Russian army in the front yard. That mean a lot of K's in the garden. I put a wide body on a lamb, took a little sexy, call it my bitch. I don't ask kids, I only French kids.

And I don't like grits unless it got stripped. Way before I even sounded ill, I had the vibe wanting to take pics. We used to post up with the pics and still leave a chest cone like some bitch. I went from EBT to the BET. What's the EDD? I'm rich. But why would I rich and milly my wrist when I could go spend a million on a crib? Salute to Tootsie to South Coast Music Group.

Arnold, Arnold Taylor, what's happening? And Tyler, the creator, he got the first ever BET Cultural Influence Award from LL Cool J. Playboi Carti has a line, bought my mama house off this mumbling. And I always get, like, teared up when he says that because, like, this thing that's a hobby or a pastime or a passion for us, a lot of people in here, that kept us out of trouble. And it allowed us to change our family lives, our friends' lives, our lives. And I definitely think that I've created my own path, but it's people who allowed me to understand that I can do that, who laid the blueprint.

He had a big night last night, and Nelly got the I Am Hip Hop Icon Award and performed. If you're from the heartland or if you're from Missouri or any part like that, you know, we don't get a lot of this. We don't get a lot of chances to stand on stage and say, yeah, it's our turn. So this just ain't for me this for my whole area it's a little different when you're trying to rep for you and your crew and when you're trying to rep for a whole state and just to be clear i never had a cosign nobody stood on stage and put their arm around me nobody uh gave me a feature nobody put a chain around my neck i got thrown in the deep end and was told to swim. Dropping the Clues Bonds

for Nelly. Dropping the Clues Bonds for Tyler, the creator. Now, Tyler, the creator, everybody was asking what was in his bag. He had a sweater and a blankie.

He said sometimes it gets cold at the BET Awards, so that's what he had in his bag. And Tyler also got Hip Hop Album of the Year. Mm-hmm. No snacks? If you're gonna bring the blankies,

you gotta bring snacks, Tyler. And then he said he was most excited. He said he wanted to see if LL Cool J really licked his lips all the time. So he was looking forward to seeing if he did that when he gave him that award. Dope. All right. Next up, we got front page news.

That's right. And we'll talk about the Facebook whistleblower. All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same.

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we are The Breakfast Club. Let's get into front page news. Yankees are home. Yankees are home. Yankees are home. That's right. They lost a wild card game last night. They lost to Boston 6-2. Now tonight, WNBA, the Sky take on the Sun and the Mercury take on the Aces.

And what else we got, Yeezy? Well, let's talk about this Facebook whistleblower, Frances Haugen, a 37-year-old former Facebook product manager. She worked on civic integrity issues at the company, and she was questioned by a commerce subcommittee about what Facebook-owned Instagram knew about the effects that the platform was having on young users, amongst other issues, and national security concerns, understaffing, things like that. Here's what she had to say about government regulation of Facebook. When we realized big tobacco was hiding the harms it caused, the government took action. When we

figured out cars were safer with seatbelts, the government took action. And when our government learned that opioids were taking lives, the government took action. I implore you to do the same here. Today, Facebook shapes our perception of the world by choosing the information we see. Even those who don't use Facebook are impacted by the majority who do. A company with such frightening influence over so many people, over their deepest thoughts, feelings, and behavior

needs real oversight. She also says she believes Facebook's products harms children, stokes division, weakens our democracy, and she said the leadership knows how to make Facebook and Instagram safer, but won't make the necessary changes because they have put their astronomical profits before people. Congressional action is needed. They won't solve this crisis without your help.

You know, question. She's considered a whistleblower because she worked there. Right. So what about what about the great documentary, The Social Dilemma, which essentially says all of the same things? They consider whistleblowers too? I don't know. I guess you have to also talk before the Senate

panel and do all of those. She's actually testifying. Either way, they're all correct. I guarantee in the future, we're going to see the impact of social media on the human brain. Our social media habits are not normal. I can also hear y'all saying, no, you can't regulate social media. They're taking away our freedom. Y'all ain't got no freedom because you slaves to your damn smartphones. All right. And as you said, it's not the first

time that there's been a whistleblower coming forward about Facebook, but this is the first time that it's been the subject of congressional hearings. Oh, well, no, it's not the first time it's been the subject of a congressional hearing. So there's just been a lot of scrutiny around Facebook lately. And Mark Zuckerberg did respond, by the way. What did he say? Now, he responded to these claims. He did a post on his official Facebook page last night. He said, it's difficult to see coverage that misrepresents our work and our motives at the most basic level.

I think most of us just don't recognize the false picture of the company that is being painted. level. I think most of us just don't recognize the false picture of the company that is being painted. He said the thing I saw, he also says the argument that we deliberately push content that makes people angry for profit is deeply illogical. We make money from ads and advertisers consistently tell us they don't want their ads next to harmful or angry content. And I don't know any tech company that sets out to build products that make people angry or depressed. The moral business and product incentives all point in the opposite direction. And he said, we spent the past 24 hours debriefing how we can strengthen our assistance against this kind of failure as far as the outage that happens.

He said, this was also a reminder of how much our work matters to people. The deeper concern with an outage like this isn't how many people switch to competitive services or how much money we lose, but what it means for the people who rely on our services. I mean, it is interesting, though, because, you know, you've read stories before where a lot of these tech moguls who invented these social media apps, they've banned their children from it. You know what I mean? Or limited their time.

Yeah, they've limited their screen time. They've even banned their kids from it or limited their screen time from it. I remember when Apple CEO Tim Cook said, don't let your kids use social media. So, I mean, clearly they know that there's a lot of risk. But you have that option as a parent to ban your kids. My kids are not on social media, my younger kids. I won't allow them to get it until they get to a certain age.

And they were trying to do that Instagram kids, but it didn't end up happening. But Mark Zuckerberg also said in his letter, the reality is that young people use technology. Think about how many school-age kids have phones. Rather than ignoring this, technology companies should build experiences that meet their needs while also keeping them safe. We're deeply committed to doing industry-leading work in this area. A good example of this work is Messenger

Kids, which is widely recognized as better and safer than alternatives. And I'll be honest, my kids are in so many things outside the house. Like, I try to put them in everything. They don't have time for social media. Like, even my son who's 17, he plays football. He ain't got honest my kids in in so many things outside the house like i try to put them in everything they don't have time for social media like even even my son who's 17 he plays football he ain't got time for social media he might be on maybe 20 30 minutes a day but between books studying and playing football they ain't got no time i feel like i barely be on social media because i'm

yeah i mean if they really cared about humans they would take breaks it'd be like social media breaks like social media apps would shut down for like a week a month just to give everybody a chance To reset their brain, but they'll never do that. You know why cuz of profits you so much money Mark Zuckerberg lost I know six hours Each individual person I don't I don't think everybody has a social media problem. That's a damn lie. You shut it down for a week and there's people that live off of it. That's how they create their business. I don't think you should be able to. That's a damn lie.

These people are addicted to social media and don't even know it. We all are and don't even know it. That's a fact and I guarantee you in the future. Addiction is a strong word. I don't think everyone is addicted. You think everyone's addicted? Okay, next time you're out in public, just look around and look at what everybody's doing. I guarantee you most people

are just looking down at their phones. Just do it. Just observe. Go out and observe your surroundings. Whether you're in the airport, whether you're at a restaurant, guarantee the majority of people are just sitting down looking at their phones.

I don't feel addicted. When they had the outage the other day, I didn't even know until somebody told me. They were like, are your apps working? And then it didn't mean anything to me. I don't think you can shut down for a week or a month.

No, you take away people's rights when they can look at things when they don't want to look at things. What do you mean you take away their rights? I don't think you should be able to shut down social media for a week or shut it down for a month for people's. In order to reset people's brains? Yes. Why not? It's like taking a mental health break. Because guess what?

If somebody doesn't have the wherewithal to take one on their own, do it for them. That's like saying, you know what? We should take the music away for a week because, you know, I got to reset the brains because somebody's music has bad influences on kids. What are you talking about? No, that's not what I'm talking about. Yes, it is. No.

That's a false equivalency. I think you have a parent. And how can you have freedom if you're a slave to your social media? Who's a slave to their social media? Not everybody's a slave to their social media. You're not paying attention there. No, I am paying attention. You're clearly not paying attention.

I know my kids and my family is not a slave to any of the social media because I make sure that they are not as a parent and as a father and as a family person. I make sure that they are not and that's my job. I actually feel like I need to be posting more because I don't even think I post a lot. I'm not even on it like that. You know when I look at social media when I'm trying to do my stories for the next day

or when I'm checking things for work but I could also just Google things and do it. It's just easier but I could, like on the weekend, I'm not really on it. I just think it's a very telltale sign when you see a lot of these tech moguls don't let their kids use it. It tells you all you need to know. Well, that is your Front Page News. All right.

Now, when we come back, RZA will be joining us. We're going to kick it with RZA, of course, from Wu-Tang. So we're going to talk to him when we come back now. Part 2 of Wu-Tang American Saga is on now, right? Yeah, it's on Hulu now. They're up to episode seven. They've already been playing one through six. I think seven's out now also.

All right. So we'll talk to him when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Mornings will never be the same. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. The ruler, Zig-Zag Zig-A-Lah. RZA. Good morning, son. Peace.

Good morning, indeed. How's everything? How you feeling, man? Feel good, yo. Feel good. Had one of them long New York nights, though. So, you know, you got to. Studio? Yeah.

Really? Yeah. Who's working on? I was working on the score for this LeBron nights, though. So, you know, you got to... Studio? Yeah. Really? Yeah. Who's working on? I was working on the score for this LeBron thing, actually. Yeah, I haven't been in the studio until four in the morning, and maybe, like, years. Wow. But it was, like, yeah, I went late, y'all.

Hold on, that sounds interesting. The LeBron thing scored by the RZA. Yeah, well, something we're doing for, um... Doing for Calm? Mm-hmm. Keeping it Calm? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, the Calm app. I love the Calm app. I got one at the doing for calm. Keeping it calm. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. The Calm app.

I love the Calm app. I got one at the crib. Exactly. You got to balance that G, right? Absolutely. Yeah. The funniest thing about it is promoting sleep. You know what I mean?

I was up to four in the morning. You know what I mean? Finishing it up. You know, you made a comment before the interview started. You said you're looking younger and younger, man. And you do. Like, you look very vibrant, very healthy, very alive.

Thank you, thank you. Keeping that proper diet, I guess, you know what I mean? Word. Yeah. What evolution came first, the mental or physical for you? It kind of parallels, right?

Once you get knowledge of yourself, you know, you think more of yourself. You look at yourself a certain way. So, yeah, it was parallel, but it was progressive, you know what I mean? So I probably had gained more knowledge

than I was activating. And then after a while, you start distilling knowledge down to yourself and start living out your words or living out your ideas. I had a, you know, like time is like the medium.

Everything must pass you, but in your mind, it's immediate. You could be home right now, but it's going to take you time to get there. But I think when I was just coming more and more in tune with myself,

just started realizing that mental is good, but you got to have the physical, the magic, right? Absolutely. Or you ain't here. So yeah, it came parallel. Now Wu-Tang and American Saga, right? I'm not going to lie. When it first came out, I wasn't really into it. And the reason I wasn't

really into it is not because of... It's hard to see things that you grew up through like watching notorious watching a lot of these hip-hop where i lived i don't want to watch it because you're scared they're going to get the story wrong i was on a plane one day and thank god for planes because the planes have the american saga on the plane and you can catch it i'm on a plane and i fly so much i've seen every movie i was like know what? Let me give this a shot. And when I seen it, I was very impressed, and I really loved it. The characters, and I know people are like, Envy, you late. Yeah, I am.

But the way that the characters were, how they tied into each individual person on Wu-Tang, how there's so much similarities, the realness of the stories. I really enjoyed the American Saga season one. Wow, thank you. I really enjoyed the music. The whole feeling was very impressive. I appreciate that. You know, me and my partner Alex C,

when we first, you know, tried to say we're going to make this a TV show, it was like, how are you going to do it? Is there enough story here for dramatization? You know what I mean? And not just for, you know know when you're doing tv they don't never want one season i mean you can't walk in yeah i got one one man we don't we don't play with ones you know i mean you got to have it really scaled out for three to five to even

get to the table and so we sat down and we just went through you know through the history um and we just just started like yo yeah this is definitely a TV show here and it's definitely a lot of information that could be dramatized over a course of time. But more important for me was that that information

had inspiration to it. So I hope when you watch it, you see that we was not just telling the story of, not just telling Wu-Tang's story, really, just telling the story of just growing up in New York

doing hip-hop. So many people had to go to the record stores and dig for their crates, come across the gods and nerves, come across the Israelite brothers, you know, riffing with each other, you know what I mean? It's so much that a lot of us lived, you know. People getting choked out in the community by the C-Cyphers back then. You know what I mean? Moms knowing that you slinging,

you know what I mean? But you also helping pay the rent. So swallowing it. So many of us lived that. So I thought it was, you know, best to tell the story, dramatize it, take off some of the things we try to hide. Because, you know, Wu-Tang was always

saying stuff in our lyrics. Absolutely. But, you know, not as, you know, I think not as, not as detailed as you can, because a picture could say a thousand words, if that's what I can say. You know what I like the best about it, too? One thing from the first season,

it really does show how you were very talented, right? The young RZA was very talented, but you also didn't have the money or the means to be able to get the equipment that you wanted to get and then also a lot of different things pulling on you where you could have went the wrong direction at any point but it's not really what your focus was but there's just so many things that could happen to derail your situation yeah and that's once again it's a lot of us right how many homies is locked up from two seconds of a bad decision in the pawn box, basically, you know what I mean? You know, in season two, you know, we talked about a couple of things that, you know, that was definitely kind of taboo-ish, you know what I mean?

You know, going to see, you know, Ghost actually get into a struggle and getting, I don't like talking about it because he's here. But catching the bullet, you know what I mean, in the midst of negativity. But in his case, you know, he in the midst of negativity but in his case you know he was doing what he was doing bus and bust back um but then in chef's case it wasn't it was it was what it was accidental you could just be in the hood and then you could just catch an accidental shot you know what i mean um so those things like i said happened to a lot of people in our generation but still happening in this generation

it made me realize that you know even back then people were a little more forgiving right and the reason I say that is you know there's a scene

in the first episode where you go into the store and you're about to steal the SP-12 the beat making machine and the guy saw you this day and age

they would have called the police they would have ran down on you they would have tackled you cops would have been outside with guns to would've ran down on you, they would've tackled you, cops would've been outside with guns to your head.

But he caught you and said, bro, put it back and I'll see nothing. Exactly. You don't have that no more. And I was like, I remember doing some **** up in New York.

Yeah, New York was like that, right? Like, bro. I'd be like, ah, you got me. But the fact you put it back and didn't buck back on the guy, you know what I mean? Right, right. That's the crazy thing.

New York definitely was always rough, but definitely had a certain type of honor to it, right? So, you know, I'm in a different age bracket right now, so I don't know if the honor is still there, but I pray that it's still there. But I definitely say that when we showing our art and showing our craft,

that we hopefully are reinstilling it. You know what I mean? It was also a lot more difficult back then to even have access to make music. Like you said, having to get that equipment, that's expensive. And having to have the power to be able to do that and get everything.

I feel like now people can be talented, but it's a lot more accessible because of technology. Oh, definitely. We did episode six last week, and it was called Protect Your Neck. Wow. Which was so cool because, you know, we went we went through the whole process of making the record. But even the idea of after you make the record, what happens?

Now you can make it, upload on SoundCloud. It's there. Correct. Then, man, you got to go down to Disc Makers, pay them. Get it pressed. Up front. Get it pressed up. get a test pressing first. Listen to that.

Agree to it. Then order, what, your 500 or your 5,000 copies and wait. Right. Wow. How long was the wait? Yeah, I was going to say, what was the process? Yo, 5,000 copies. They may give you, look, they're always going to promise you in three weeks.

You know what I mean? Because it's just like, yo, yeah, always going to promise you in three weeks. You know what I mean? Because it's just like, oh yeah, we could touch you in three weeks. That's a long time to wait. Nah, it might take you six weeks to get there. And then when you got it,

so what you got it? Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're going to play it. All right, we got more with the RZA when we come back. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with RZA. Now, what was the process of actually getting your first record played?

Now you're a group of brothers from Staten Island and different parts of New York. And now you got to go to, at the time, it was Flex, right? Because Flex was... Hey, well... Stretch and Barbito. Yeah, Stretch and Barbito was it. Yeah, Flex, Stretch and Barbito. And Clue doing a mixtape.

Red Alert and Chuck Chill Out. And listen, what? Kid Capri. Kid Capri. And not to forget, I was talking about the classic brothers. Can't forget Mr. Magic. Mr. Magic, yeah. And the brothers over there.

But the crazy thing is that that's almost impossible to get it played. In episode seven, we explore that. We explore, like, how do you get your record played? And for us, you know what we did? The same way we was doing Foolishness, which was driving out of state,

getting your hustle on, we drove out of state and went to radio stations, college radio stations. So we actually do a funny thing in episode seven, you know, which is we kind of,

we dramatized the idea because Stretch and Barbito, they really, in their documentary, it was, you know which is uh we kind of we dramatized the idea because uh stretching barbito they really uh uh in their documentary it was you know they they talked about how who came up and all of us came to the station whatever whatever and um you know in back in those days you know i mean brothers was like whatever we're kicking the door to get in but the way we dramatize it i think uh the fans gonna get a kick out of it because we did it in a way that's unexpected. And at the same time, very respectful, paying homage because nobody, nobody was no chump or whatever, whatever, you know, everybody was holding their ground and holding their

position. You could say, you'll play that, you know, homie like, yeah, I'll play it, but you might not play that, yo. And you see him when you see him when you don't see him, right? But like they said, when they listened to it themselves, it was that, yo. And you see him when you see him when you don't see him, right? But, like they said, when they listened to it themselves, it was like, yo, this shit sound like, this sound like something.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yo, let's play it, you know what I mean? And it started to fire. One of the first homies, I'll never forget, like, his name is G. G used to be on his bike all the time, sweating all the time.

G from Philly. G from Philly. Yeah, so, he was working at a radio station called WPRB. I think that's Princeton or something. And I went down there when I was Prince Joaquin. It was me, Trach, Naughty Bonnet, you know, and we went there, like, promoting our singles back, you know, when OPP was their single.

That was Tommy Boy, right? Yeah, Tommy Boy. That's Princeton, New Jersey. That's Princeton, New Jersey. Yeah, Princeton, New Jersey, right? And he actually turned my Oh We Love You, Our King record over and checked out the B-side, Sexcapades. And was like, yo.

You know what I mean? So he was kind of feeling the vibe. So one day he invited us, me and Tresh, to go in and freestyle. And on the freestyle, we went in. He was like, yo, that don't sound like your record. Like, why you rhyming like that, but on your record, you rhyming all like

this. But he kind of kept an eye out for me. And when me and Dirty went up there, there's no record deal, just going up to the radio stations, and we just aired it out for him. He's played that on the radio a few times. So we had like a little small relationship. And when we had like a little small relationship.

And when we had Protect Your Neck, we actually drove to him. It was like, boom, gave it to him too. He played it immediately. He was like, there's rooting for us. Eventually, he ended up working for our company. We hired him to do our street team marketing. But point being made, sometimes it's those obscure little college stations where kids don't even get paid to work there. You work there just because you want to work there.

And she used to go hard. She used to go super hard. It's hard to find that. Like somebody that, because I remember I was in college at the time and he was like, yo, you want to book Wu-Tang? It was $10,000 for the whole Wu-Tang.

Dang. But I mean, they were just getting started. That's a steal. You know, it's funny that you say that. No, we did the whole boutique. Dang. I mean, they were just getting started. That's a steal. You know, it's funny that you say that. No, we did a show for Texas. $100. For how many people? Nine?

We was just van, taking the van, just going wherever we was going. So the show was $100. How'd y'all break that down? Check it out. Check this out. It was a wild texas crew it was it turned to a whole big fight guns all that we we actually hit the hit the road on that one you know i mean he wasn't you know the road mean we wasn't spending the night we was getting out

of dodge yeah yo got in the yo was like get to the van so it was like it was on. We got back to the hotel. The $100 was fake. Oh. Oh, my God. So, yeah, that's humble beginnings. No pizza tonight for everybody. Exactly. I remember our first show we did was at the, it's called the Showboat in Brooklyn.

Anybody remember the Showboat? The Showboat, yeah. Yeah. Another, you know, first night, same thing. That was $200. They booked us. Same thing. You you know, first night, same thing. That was $200. They booked us. Same thing. You know, club ended in a shootout.

$200. And, you know, we're going to do it $200. And most brothers kind of gave theirs to ODB because he, you know, he had the children and kind of like, well, it was like, that's some Pampers. That's some milk. That's to keep it moving. You know what I mean? So that was in the very beginning phases. Now, a lot of people also didn't know this and i saw everyone talking about it the fact that

you were facing some time in prison during this time also so i know you explore that on season two yeah we explore that you know just like i said being young and and being caught up i like how we dramatize that as well because you don't realize how much violence comes out of fear. You know what I mean? What you mean? It's just like, we probably did a psychological survey

of all the homies who locked up for busting somebody or whatever, whatever. Of course, money will do it. Money will get you to do it. Drugs will get you to do it. But fear, you know what I mean? You know, if it's fear for your life, fear of your pride fear being considered a coward yeah yeah repercussions yeah you know we we had uh we used a line in a line in a um in the in the series where the lawyer this acts acts the character bobby right says bobby why do you

carry a gun and the answer is you, yo, in my neighborhood, more people carry guns than ID. You liable to have a homie with a gun, but he won't have his ID on him, you know what I mean? And he was like, but why? And it's just like, yo, at the end of the day, it's almost like a symbol of respect, protects you from losing a fight. You know, somebody don't want

to even, like, you know, you can't take a punch in the face, right? Before you do that, you're like, yo, you want to just go all the way and end it. So fear has a lot to do with a lot of our actions, especially in our youth. And not knowing the long-term repercussions of what it brings. That's why I've learned not to judge people when they're in survival mode. Right. You know what I mean?

Because people do anything to survive sometimes. Yeah. How much time did you actually have to spend in real life in jail before they got dropped? mode right you know what i mean because people do anything to survive sometimes yeah how much time did you actually have to spend in real life in jail before oh that they got dropped any time at all yeah i only did like 30 40 days how was that though because you were so young and that wasn't something that a place that you even yeah that's all it took me was that you know some some brothers you know i mean through three years come back to another bed after about 40 45 days i already was like this ain't for me you know what i mean once they was like but it was gonna put me in a hole for a fight or whatever and i didn't it wasn't adding up you

know what i mean that's another thing i think you know like i said when you think about your pride and i'm saying this to the young brothers out there because you know pride is definitely something uh misdirected pride by all mean proud of being proud of being a black man proud of being a white man proud of being a beautiful woman that's different but proud of just the frivolous idea that you got to protect a false ego that's a that's a uh that's a that's a detriment that's right and i think that, you know, at one point, brother started doing the bid was cool. Yo, yeah, I just did my bid, son, up in Rikers. Yo, yeah, you know what I mean?

Had to open son up, you know what I mean? Hit him with a buck 50 across his face. Yeah, yeah, you sound excited, don't you? You know what I mean? You thinking about when you go in there, then you get up in there, like Coogee Raps said, you won't be smiling in Waikiki. You get there.

But, yeah, it just took me, you know, that one time, you know, twice I did two little 40-day bids up like that, or two stretches. And it was just for me, I was like, nah, this is not the place for, at the time, where I came a lot. And I came out and just reconverted that. All right, we got more with the RZA when we come back. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with RZA, of course, from Wu-Tang. Now, Yee? What about TJ Adams? I thought he did a great job as old Dirty Bass.

How did you prep him for that? Wow, TJ is doing a great job. And he's actually, you know, going, you know, he's talked to the family, watches all the tapes. And I want to give a shout out to Chris Robertson because Chris Robertson found TJ Adams. Chris Robertson did the pilot. When you do a TV show, whoever does the pilot actually sets the tone.

And he prescribed TJ Adams as Oams as odb um and davis as method man he because he had did another movie with uh davis he was like yo and so you know then you know we met him and mef loved them as loved them as as as method man um and the thing with t.j adams is that the crazy thing i don't mind sharing this out loud, is that, you know, since Ice Cube's son played himself, you know, YDB wanted to play his pops. You know what I mean? But we gave him a chance to audition. You know what I mean? But he didn't go take the acting classes.

Acting is acting. You got to have some skill set to even do it. set to even do it. And Chris had, I think he worked with TJ on Something Else and he just put it in front of us and was like, yo, this kid has it. And yo, he's killing it. I often wonder, can ODB's energy

truly be captured on camera, though? I mean, I never met ODB, but it's like hip-hop folklore at this point. Can it ever really be captured on film or TV? You know what? This kid is doing a great job, yo. I think episode eight, when episode eight comes out, he's going to open up a little bit.

And, yeah, he's feeling it, man. Mm-hmm. Like, once again, I'm telling him to chill out because I, you know, I hung out with him at a party. You know what I mean? I was like, yo, kid, listen. You know what I mean? I met him in real life too.

He a little wild. He's getting low. Yeah, he's headed right to that energy. You know what I mean? So you got to be careful. You know, don't let the,

you know, they say life imitate art, art imitate life, whatever. Make sure you know which side of the spectrum you on. Listen,

another folklore story with you and Dirty, right? Sitting in the audience when Dirty ran up on stage, Wu-Tang is for the children. What was that conversation before he went up there? The Grammy.

Oh, no, no, no. No, I wasn't at the Grammy. First it happened, we was at the American Music Awards at first and we all came dressed in Wu-Wear. You know what I mean?

Like, it was like everybody had on their tux and their suits and we were sitting there and we didn't win. And I think, you know, he felt the equation of, you know, like, yo, we can't be, like, maybe because we got on hip-hop gear, maybe I could put on a suit, get it right.

But I did tell A-Song, I said, I might have said something more profound to him. I was like, yo, listen, G, they're not going to give it to us. They're going to give it to somebody. We're just going to validate them. And that's my conspiracy mind. It's like, you know, let's pick this guy beside this guy. This is the man.

This is the champ, right? But we'll let him win because he has to validate him. You know what I mean? I felt at that time that that was more the situation. Because not that nobody's music wasn't as good as their music was, but it's their best hip-hop album. Yeah. You know what I mean?

Diddy won, right? No Way Out, I think. Yeah, yeah. But Life After Death was in that category, too, if I'm not mistaken. I think. That was a dope one. That was incredible. You know what I mean so

but you know he was really passionate about you know man that ain't that ain't what it is and um he walked on the stage imagine that you didn't know that was gonna happen no I didn't know that was gonna happen so you saw him get up and I did not know that they didn't say let me go to the bathroom or they just went front to stage you didn't say nothing yeah yo you know a chef was there with him so we get ray on here he could give you the ins and outs you know i mean but i just know at the american the music wars when we look you know when we lost he stomped out you know i mean and you can't we see him for a minute and then and then the grammysys, it's like, yo, he just stood like,

yo, he wasn't going for it. We've seen artists do that since, like the Kanye's and stuff, but it wasn't nothing like that. That was an exciting moment. That actually made the whole thing exciting to watch. Yeah, it wasn't nothing like that one. Yeah.

Imagine Dirty with an Instagram. You know, you mentioned Ghost. You know, Ghost's my favorite MC of all time. And they just announced Supreme Clientele 2. But with Kanye and Mike Dean, I'm like, can you make a Supreme Clientele 2 without RZA? Because you produced most of Supreme Clientele Part 1, mixed a lot of it with Ghost. I mean, they started. I'll pop in that studio.

OK. I'll be right in the studio hanging out with them. Mikey Dean is on fire anyway. My man Kanye is, you know, genius at what he does, you know, so. And y'all collaborations have been nuts. I was listening to My Beautiful Dog Twisted Fantasy a couple weeks ago. I was like, God, this is one of the greatest albums of any genre ever. And it's his passion for music and his homage to supreme

clientele he loves that album you know i mean so that'll be really good good hands for ghosts rocking and i'll pop in just for the for the sport of it it gotta be more than a pop in though i think you talk that supreme clientele too if that was another album right right all right cool but for the sport of it. It gotta be more than a poppin', though. I think. You talk, that's Supreme Clientele 2. If that was just another album, I'd be like, all right, cool, but Supreme Clientele 2? Come on.

But you know, you want me to keep making these shows for us, right? I'm over here snoring. Let me keep making this. Maybe it's another season of that, right? Wu-Tang Season 7.

Supreme Clientele 2. Absolutely. definitely check out Wu-Tang an American saga I can't wait to see this one like I said it's what are you up to

episodes 1 through 6 so far yeah this week will be 7 definitely check it out we appreciate you for joining us brother thanks for having me

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All the gossip. The rumor report. Gossip. It's the rumor report. The Breakfast Club. All right. Well, if you guys recall, Ryan Henry from Black Ink Crew Chicago, him and his best friend, I guess now ex-best friend Anthony Lindsay, had a falling out when he found out that Ryan Henry slept with his child's mother.

Well, the two of them are having a sit down for the first time. And here's what happens. I probably would end up taking a bullet for you. I made you my son's what happens. that I didn't care no more. It was not about you. It should have been about me, though. It should have been about me. But it should have been about me. It should have. And I was wrong. Sheesh, that was a scandal. And it's so funny because we were just talking about this

with Omarion and Fizz. But I guess they weren't best friends. How did this end? How was the interview? Did they accept an apology or was it just a promo? It's the premiere episode of Black and Crew Chicago. So it was their first time sitting down.

And he found out, by the way, while he was battling cancer, that Ryan was sleeping with his child's mother for over a year and a half. Yeah, I saw some of that. What's the other guy's name? Not Ryan. Anthony. Yeah, he went on Kendra G's Instagram Live. And they used some of that because he, what's the other guy's name? Not Ryan. Anthony. Yeah, he went on Kendrick Jesus' Instagram Live, and they used some of that on the show.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Whew. Well, Ryan know he was wrong. He apologized, but, you know, just some things, I can't trust you again after that. I just can't. That was his best friend.

You're the child's godfather. Yep. That's a lot. All right, now Big Daddy Kane has confirmed that he is doing Versus. It's official. October 17th at Barclays Center, he'll be battling KRS-One. What do y'all think? I love it.

That's incredible. I love it. Who got it? I don't know. I don't know. KRS got a lot of records and soldiers, Big Daddy Kane. It's going to be good. And they're both great on stage. They're both great performers. Yes, Daddy Kane. It's going to be good. And they're both great on stage.

They're both great performers. Yes, they are. It's going to be a good one. If you've never seen what the epitome of an MC is, I think people saw it with Jadakiss versus Dipset. That was MCing.

But this is where they got it from. Absolutely. I'm going to tell you another aspect of this I love because you know it's Halloween season, which means it's horror season. And this is also in partnership with USA's upcoming horror series, Chucky. So the captain says, want to play?

We got a new versus on the way. I actually said that when Jadakiss, after Jadakiss versus, I mean, the Lockstep set versus, I said that was KRS-One levels of emceeing. That was KRS-One levels of crowd control. So now y'all get to see KRS-One. KRS-One, Kane. It's going to be good. That's going to be a good one, man. All right. Now, YouTube has terminated two channels that are linked to R. Kelly

because of their creator responsibility guidelines. And that was after R. Kelly's conviction in a sex trafficking trial. guidelines and that was after R Kelly's conviction in the sex trafficking trial they said that the company might remove a user for on and or off platform behavior that they consider to be inappropriate so those two channels are R Kelly TV and R Kelly Vivo both now have messages saying that the accounts have been terminated also Vivica Vivica a Fox is going in on people who are saying that she's close to R. Kelly. I saw her on Twitter.

Somebody said, Miss Vivica Fox, let's talk about how you were around R. Kelly when a lot of this was going down. I guess you said you wouldn't snitch and now you're calling him a snitch because he wants to out the other pedophiles. I figured street code wouldn't matter in this case. You scared? And she responded, look here, a-hole. I had no idea he was abusing young women. I'm a stand-up woman, so don't you dare bring your bitch a over here and call me a coward now what then she ended up blocking the person now another thing that happened was selena johnson on cocktails with queens on fox soul uh discussed these recent reports about r kelly and says that he does not need to be in jail i think he has really been misjudged here.

I don't think he needs to be in jail. I think he needs to be in an insane asylum. I think he needs to be in a straight jacket. I think some of the behavior that has been going down has been erratic. And I think that a lot of black men in jail have been misjudged. Her saying he doesn't need to be in jail doesn't mean that she's saying he shouldn't be held to the consequences of his actions. She's just saying he needs to be in a psych ward. I understand what she's saying. I mean, he clearly has some psychological problems and jail is not going to change that. He'll probably go to jail and, you know, continue the same behavior. But to her point, it is a lot of people in prison who don't need to be in prison.

They need to be committed somewhere, like a psych ward. Do they not give you help while you're in jail? I was wondering that. I thought they got those services in prison, but I'm not sure. Because I know somebody who went to jail for like 23 years, and he did tell me he was doing therapy constantly, and now he's aware of why he did what he did, and that he was getting constant help.

I wonder how do you help a pedophile? That's a great question. Like how? How do you help them? Say don't do it again and they don't do it? Like it has to be something in the brain. I'm sure it's a longer process than that. Of course, but it has to be something in the brain.

That's a great question. And that is a conversation that, you know, we've been having. But it's because you want it to be preventive measures, right? Because you would want to spot this early in somebody. In somebody, so you can curb the behavior early so they don't harm people. Right, but also if they do have that problem, you know what I mean, and you can spot it early, what do you do in that situation?

Do you lock them up because you know it can happen? I really have no idea. Or do you just keep an eye on them? You know what I mean? But, you know, how do you, you know, cure a pedophile? You know, how do you prevent it? I don't know. All you YouTube people that know everything about COVID and the vaccine,

could y'all give us the research y'all been doing on this? Yeah, help us out a little bit. Send us some of the research y'all been doing on this. They know. All right, and shout out to Ed Sheeran. He is joining The Voice as a mega mentor starting October 25th for season 21. He'll be part of the knockout rounds following the battle rounds, and that should be pretty exciting for anybody that gets paired up with Ed Sheeran.

All right. Dropping the clues bombs for Ed Sheeran. He's my guy. I want to see that. Yes. And then coaches Kelly Clarkson, Ariana Grande, John Legend, and Blake Shelton will choose the winner from their team to advance to the live playoffs. And then each coach has one steal opportunity in the knockouts.

So what I mean, so he's not a judge? He's part of the knockout round. So he'll be using his experience and he'll be mentoring artists and helping them. So he's not a judge, but he's going to be helping to mentor them. And he's a coach.

Well, they have coaches, but he's just mentoring. All right, well, that is your Room of Reports. All right. Thank you, Missy. Charlamagne, who are you giving that donkey to?

You know, this morning is a public service announcement. You know what I mean? I really want to stop some of you kids, you know, from dying. Simple as that. Because what y'all are doing right now on the talk of the ticks

going to get y'all killed. Okay? Let's talk about the Slapper Teacher Challenge when we come back for After the Hour. The what? Okay. That's right. Let's talk about this for After the Hour.

They have some of my teachers. All right. We'll talk about it next as The Breakfast Club hour. Okay. That's right. Let's talk about this for after the hour. We'll talk about it next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Angela here. Don't you wish everything was as easy as getting quality coverage from The General Insurance? The General offers the quality coverage you deserve at prices you can afford. Switch to The General and you can

save over $500. Call 800-GENERAL or visit thegeneral.com. Some restrictions apply. Any guy gonna have some funny shit and say out his mouth. If I say something you may not agree with, it doesn't mean I'm mean. Who's getting that donkey? That donkey. That donkey. Donkey. Donkey. Donkey.

Donkey of the day right there. Turn the goddamn. It's a breakfast club, bitches. You can call me the donkey of the day, but like, I mean no harm. Donkey of the day for Wednesday, October 5th goes to all you poor little tick ticks. Okay, all you talkers of the ticks. You know, I don't like the word tick because I'm from the country. Mouse Corner, South Carolina. Drop on the clues box boss from moscow okay we used to burn ticks off

dogs all right ticks the blood sucking parasites and anybody participating in this tick tick trend okay this tick tick challenge is absolutely a blood sucking parasite all right the latest trend on tiktok is the slaap A Teacher Challenge. Now, I take this personal because I am the mother of a public school teacher. My mother has been an English teacher in the Berkeley County school system for a long time. She is the reason I am such an avid reader and she gave me the greatest advice once

when she told me, read things that don't pertain to you, which led me to read every Beverly Cleary and Judy Blume book in the library. So I support the hell out of public school teachers and their jobs are already tough enough. They already don't make the money they should make. They have to deal with your kids all day. And now you little ungrateful heathens on tic-tac-toe got the nerve to be doing a slap

a teacher challenge. Oh, you think these kids aren't stupid enough to do this? Oh, you didn't hear the story. You also don't understand the power of peer pressure. And you don't understand the story then you don't well you also don't understand the power of peer pressure and you don't understand the power of social media okay a staff member in springfield missouri got smacked by one of these kids because of this slapper teacher challenge they are not releasing the school that it happened at for privacy concerns well let's go to kspr abc 33 for the report please there's new tiktok challenges making its way into local schools. It encourages kids to actually slap their teacher.

Students who engage in the trend can be suspended and possibly turned over to juvenile authorities. Hashtag slap a teacher. It's the newest trend to take over TikTok, and it's happening right here in the Ozarks. SPS has had one instance of a student slapping a teacher so far. The district will not release the school that the teacher was slapped at due to privacy concerns. Students participating in this challenge can be suspended or sent over to juvenile services. They also need to say students participating in this challenge can die. I'm sending all you kids healing energy in advance because y'all going to need it.

See, in your mind, you're slapping a teacher. But what you don't realize is you'repping somebody's mom somebody's sister somebody's aunt somebody's daughter somebody's cousin somebody's friend don't get hurt playing with people's loved ones okay your youth will not save you okay must i repeat i am the child of a public school teacher we will handle what needs to be handled and deal with the handling of that handles consequences later. OK, see, sometimes you kids logic don't be logic. All right. That little plan you made on that little talk house with your little tick ass friends, that plan you made online could get yours killed offline. It's really that simple. All right. Nobody playing about their family and their loved ones. And that's what y'all don't realize, because y'all don't have emotions. You have algorithms. So you're just following a trend. And that trend what y'all don't realize because y'all don't have emotions. You have algorithms. So you're just following a trend and that trend going to have your family following each other

in a procession to the cemetery. Now I have to salute a queen named Nan Bailey. Okay. Five days ago, I came across this post she posted and I reposted it because like I said, I am the child of a public school teacher and I wanted to encourage kids to not participate in this foolish-ass challenge. And Nan Bailey, who was a school teacher, very eloquently stated a warning to these children and what the consequences of their actions could be. Let me read it to you verbatim. I'm not putting no cut on it, just giving it to you straight from the desk of Nan Bailey. Students, I understand that in the month of October,. Students. I understand.

That in the month of October. You're supposed to go to school. And slap a staff member. But what TikTok is not explaining to you is. The adults in your building. Grew up on Nuck if you buck. Lil Boosie. All of Lil Jon and every Eastside boy.

Nan said every Eastside boy. Big Sam and Lil Bo. Drop on the clues box for Big Sam and Lil Bo. Okay? That's how you know Miss Bailey not playing. She continues by saying, the only thing professional about us, and she put professional in quotation marks. Only thing professional about us are these little teacher outfits. We have been training for this day since the State Department granted our license.

We hand clap. Want hand clap, all hand clap, the hand clap, smoke hand clap. In summation, find y'all something safe to do. Abort mission, beloved. Namaste. End quote. Drop on the clues bombs for Nan Bailey. I co-signed every single thing she said. I co-signed every single thing she said Don't find out the hard way

That a staff member at your school Is a gat-toting, pistol-holding teacher On your damn street Okay See You might slap a staff member Because you don't give a damn But you will quickly find out

Your staff member, that teacher Don't give a So please Let Remy Ma give all these kids Participating in the slapper teacher challenge on top take the biggest hee-haw my teachers they gonna learn I'll tell him then I had miss Butterfield she was uh Jamaican is Butterfield would have grabbed him by their cheeks and threw him out the front

door oh she's you make a. Scrape razor action. Scrape knife action. I had Miss Harris. Probably got a machete. I believe she was Russian. She was nice with the ruler with a pow, pow, pow, pow. I had a couple sisters. Sister Mary, she would have definitely threw them in the closet.

And you know how disrespectful a slap is? You're a little kid going to walk up to a grown-ass adult and smack them. And that adult is supposed to have restraint. That adult is supposed to have patience. That adult is supposed to send you healing energy i will send you healing energy after i whoop your ass put these hands on you unless you're playing a squid game yeah what would you do you were a teacher for a little bit if a teacher slapped a student slapped a shot of you some of them kids was bigger than me. Jesus Christ. No, but you definitely, I mean, of course, you know, you definitely can't have that at all. What are you supposed to do? And by the way, what do you do?

I think your reaction is going to be to knock them out. And what do you do if you're the parent of the kid who slapped the teacher? Now, imagine your kid slaps the teacher and your teacher beats the hell out of your kid. You can't really be mad at the teacher once you find out what your kid did. But isn't that something to think about too, that some of those students are bigger than the teachers? Well, find out that your teacher

is a gat-toting, pistol-holding teacher on your damn street. Yeah. Okay? Geesh. Alright. Just remember, some of these teachers got sons too. That's what I'm trying to tell you. These are people's moms. These are people's moms. Their sons play football. These are people's moms. These are people's sisters, daughters, aunts.

You're not just slapping a teacher. You're slapping somebody's loved one. Goodness gracious. Remember that. Good luck, kids. All right. Up next, ask Yee. 800-585-1051.

If you need relationship advice or any type of advice, you can call Yee now. Again, the number is 800-585-1051. And Charlemagne, he said he's the mother of a public school teacher. He meant he's the son. What'd I say? You said that you're the mother of a public school teacher. I was like, your girl's grown up fast. I'm getting old.

I'm the son of a public school teacher. We got it. All right. Ask his next. I might be the mother of a public school teacher one day, though. One of my kids will become a teacher. Yeah, maybe. Maybe.

Got a long way to go. That's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. What, what, what, what, what, what you want to know? Baby mama issues? Need some words of wisdom? Call up now for Ask Ye. 800-585-1051.

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The whole leg or from the knee down? From the knee down. Okay. I didn't know he had this situation, but this is going to be really harsh on both of us. And it's going to give me a responsibility that I don't think I'm ready for. Is he getting one of those replacements? Yeah, they're leaving space for it. But it's going to be a while before he can actually get a prosthesis.

Okay, so your question is, it feels like a lot of work. You don't know if you want to put that work in because it's a fairly new relationship. But other than that, you really like him. I do. And the way I was raised doesn't allow me to just leave somebody because of their health condition. Okay, it feels like you already know what you're about to do. You're just bracing yourself for having a long road ahead of you two. Pretty much.

Yeah. I mean, you really love him and care about him. And I'm sure it's a concern to him, too. Is she going to want to stay with me? And mentally, that's going to be difficult for him as well, just like it will be for you. I think the best thing that you can do is be open and honest with him and also be understanding, right? do is be open and honest with him and also be understanding, right? You said that the way that you're raised is not going to allow you to leave somebody who you really care about when he needs you the most. And this is really the test. The test is going to be, can how we feel about each

other withstand the pressures and the difficulties of what's to come? And in relationships, sometimes things are unpredictable. You never know what's going to happen. In this situation, you know something is about to happen. You know it will change the dynamics of your relationship. But who knows? It could make it even stronger. Right. Okay.

Thank you so much. And remember, nothing is permanent. So if you decide that it's not working, you always have the ability to say, you know what? This isn't working for me. I can't do it. So I would advise you to go in there with an open mind and an open heart, but also know that you don't have to do

anything and you're not obligated to do anything. Okay, thank you. You're welcome. Alright, Ask Yee, 800-585-1051. If you need relationship advice or any type of advice, call Yee now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Get some real advice with Call Yee now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Get some real advice with Angela Yee.

It's Ask Yee. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Ask Yee. Hello, who's this? Nicole. Nicole, what's your question for Yee? My question is, he's not really my boyfriend. He doesn't

never tell me what love is, but we were dating at one point for two years. But now I try to get him back around. I'm a best friend of a guy's friend. He don't approve of us being hanging out. So this guy who's not your boyfriend

doesn't like the fact that you have a friend who's a guy. Yes, but he wasn't my voice. He was my voice for three years. He was trying to make it work. But since I did that, he stopped talking to me. Listen, so is there a reason for him to not like the fact that you're hanging out with another guy who you're just friends with?

I think he just keeps going on that I mess with him, and I never dealt with my friend on that type of level, but that's what he thinks. Okay, so you guys have never had any type of of level, but that's what he thinks. Okay. So you guys have never had any type of physical connection. You've always only been friends. Yeah. Listen, I'm not a fan of letting somebody dictate who I can and can't hang out with, especially somebody who I truly am only friends with.

He's never been attracted to you, right? Yeah. I mean, yeah. Oh, okay. Different level. All right. So there it is, Nicole. So maybe he thinks there's a potential

that if he slips up, something could happen with you and him. Or maybe he feels like he gets the vibe that your friend really likes you and is just waiting for an opportunity.

Right, but that friend hasn't been on my list for like two years now and I've been friends with him for five years. It's like, I've been friends with him for two years.

So I can't let you patrol my friendship with somebody and they've been here before you. I think that if you really want to be with this guy, you have to set boundaries in a situation that he doesn't like. Like if you guys are hanging out in each other's houses or alone together very frequently and it's making him uncomfortable, you have to be understanding of that. You're right.

Thank you. All right. Thank you. Good luck with that. All right. Ask Yee. 800-585-1051 if you need relationship advice or any type of advice. Now, we got rumors on the way?

Yes. And Rihanna is just continuing to go up, up, up, and we'll tell you what her next plan is. Alright, we'll get into that next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Rumor has it

on the Breakfast Club. Listen up. Well, Rihanna is planning to open some physical Savage Fenty stores in 2022. That'll be a huge deal because all we've had everywhere is Victoria's Secret, Victoria's Secret. So that's great competition. And a lot of people, when they compare them, talk about how there's so much more diversity and size inclusivity when it comes to Savage Fenty. when it comes to Savage Fenty.

So, according to the Chief Marketing and Design Officer, Christiane Pendarvis, they said you can absolutely see some stores in 2022. Okay, that's smart. That's dope. I'm thinking of like the chains of underwear. There's Agent Provocateur. That's expensive.

Then there used to be Frederick's of Hollywood. I remember Frederick's of Hollywood. Okay. I do. But wasn't Frederick's of Hollywood like the rainbow of lingerie? It was kind of like... Yeah. It was a... Lasting Victoria's Secret, right? It was very colorful. I don't know if... I think it was probably

comparable pricing-wise to Victoria's Secret. Really? Yeah. I thought they were considered the cheap one. I don't know. It was more like fun stuff. How did it make you feel when you wore it? I never went to Frederick's of Hollywood. I was always a Victoria's Secret type of person. What about Agent Provocateur? I never even heard of that.

How about La Perla? Never heard of that either. Okay. Well, I would recommend, if anybody out there, for your woman, Agent Provocateur is pretty amazing too. But Savage Fenty, when those stories come, I think that'll really go. Yeah, especially if she making an experience.

You know what I mean? Yeah. We need that. All right. Now, she's making an experience. You know what I mean? Yeah. We need that. All right. Now, Ray J has been hospitalized in Miami for pneumonia. He said he's been isolated away from his family, but he speaks with them throughout the day. He posted, God is good.

Family with me just can't be in here. Too much sickness. I can't have visitors because they isolated their room. I've been on my, I think he meant to say FaceTime or something, with my family every day, all day. All right, so we're sending prayers to Ray J right now. Definitely sending him healing energy.

I was chatting with Ray yesterday, man, when I saw that story. You know, I had to reach out to my guy. Right, and it's not COVID related. He just has pneumonia, correct? I ain't even asking. Although, a lot of times, you know, people get pneumonia, and then that's how they realize they have COVID. Correct. Too, by the way. He said he bouncing back, though. Yeah and then that's how they realize they have COVID. Correct.

Too, by the way. He said he bouncing back though. Yeah. He said he down right now, but he bouncing back. All right. Now let's also talk about Nick Cannon on Drink Champs. He talked about the one time he got his heart broken. They were definitely teasing this clip.

Like, who's the woman that broke Nick Cannon's heart? Here's what he said. People were introduced to who she was through me. When Ray J was dating, she wasn't really famous. I believe the tape was made prior to me. But I think the way it looked to the public, it was Nick. Nick was the tape.

I was really into her. I was vibing. Oh, you were serious? Yeah. In your eyes when you just said that. Yeah, I was. She seems like a good person, man. Amazing person.

Nah, but we are. He did. His face is changed right now. I ain't going to lie. Like, man. Amazing person. Nah, but we... His face didn't change right now. I ain't gonna lie. Like, she broke my heart. So he's talking about Kim Kardashian, obviously, and he said that she basically broke his heart. They dated around the time when the sex tape was released,

and he said he really liked her, but that tape did create some tension between them. Wow. All right. Now let's talk about five-star recruit to Kai Howard. He is going to be going to Donda Academy. He posted, I will be moving to California and I'll be transferring to Donda Academy. I want to thank you, Norcross, and the whole Blue Devil family still will be my family. Hashtag Donda.

Is it Donda Academy? Yeah. It's in Southern California. It's backed by Kanye. Oh, I didn't know that. I know. I think a lot of people are learning about all of this. We reported that, I think, last week when you was out.

So when you say he's a five-star recruit, he's a basketball player? Mm-hmm. So they got a basketball team? Yeah. I mean, I guess like most, you know. I thought it was just starting. I thought they were just getting together. So they have a school.

He's moving. There's no way they have a team for that. I'm so confused. It's a prep school that's in Southern California. But if he's a five-star recruit, who are they going to play? It says here it's going to rival the nearby Sierra Canyon High School. So I guess that's. They're going to get washed.

When did Kanye get a school his Donda Academy is already backed by Adidas huh yeah but that doesn't mean they got players they already have Jalen Hooks

he's a 6 foot 7 junior out of Indiana when why did I miss the Kanye got a school we reported that when he was out like two weeks ago

but why isn't that more of a big deal shouldn't that be also Robert Dillingham out of North Carolina oh so you got a bunch of players. Okay. Is he taking over another school? Zion Cruz out of New Jersey. Is he taking over another... I don't know.

Let me do my Google. I ain't heard of this at all. Wow. Well, salute to Kanye. Drop on the cruise bonds for Kanye. They're already setting up a game between Donda Academy and Sierra Canyon that's going to be at the Staples Center sometime in February. They must have taken over another school. They had to.

I mean, I googled and the first headline is Kanye West backed school. But that makes more sense. He backed the school. But it's called Donda Academy. And they changed it to Donda Academy. That makes more sense. I can't see him just creating a school and having all these five-star recruits and being able to play already. I thought he started

from scratch. I'm like, huh? Yeah, so it's a new private school. This nigga's amazing. Making schools appear out of thin air. He also has filed a trademark for a line of electronic products called Donda as well. So that should be pretty interesting to see what that is. I think he's already sent out some of those items.

That should be pretty interesting to see what that is. I think he's already sent out some of those items. And at the same time, he's also helping Kim Kardashian prep for her SNL hosting gig that's going to be happening this weekend. They said she's really nervous. It's a big challenge. But fortunately, she's got him there to help out. Kim K's hosting SNL? Shut up, man.

Shut up, man. Where the hell have you been? We've been reporting this. You don't listen. We just talked about it yesterday, and y'all talked about it last week while I was gone. I wasn't paying no attention. Twice? We were talking about SNL ratings and how these were like the worst ratings

on the first premiere episode and then we said the ratings should jump when Kim Kardashian hosts this week. What else do we remember? JNCO below. You need that. I take it every time. You need that and Carriage.

You need to double up. I wonder who the musical guest is. That would be hard if it was Kim and Kanye. That's who it should be. No, it's not. It's not. It's not Kanye. But she does start rehearsals today.

All right. That is your rumor report. All right. All right. Shout out to Revolt. We'll see you tomorrow. Everybody else, the People's Choice mixes up next. Let's go.

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And this Halloween Everybody's gonna be Them people from Squid Game I already saw The costumes available For real? That's an easy costume

You don't need no Makeup or nothing Well yeah It's a suit Yeah It For real? That's an easy costume. You don't need no makeup or nothing. Well, yeah, it's a suit. Yeah. It's a suit and a mask. It's pretty easy. That's what everybody's going to end up being. Hey, salute to everybody, too.

That's coming out to the Black Effect one-year anniversary tomorrow in Atlanta. You know, we're doing a live podcast event. We have Flame Monroe hosting Horrible Decisions. Mandy B and Wheezy will be doing their podcast live. And the 85 South Show, DC Young Fly, Carlos Milachico being, they'll be doing their podcast live. That's tomorrow in Atlanta. You can go to

blackeffect.com slash B-E live to get your tickets if there's any left. But I'm not sure if there is or not. But yeah. Go to blackeffect.com slash B-E live to get your tickets. And shout out to Damon John. You know, yesterday and today,

we are taping for Black Entrepreneurs Day. And so I'm really excited for that. There's some great conversations. He's talking to Tyra, Shaq, Kevin Hart, all kinds of executives. And yeah, I'm really, really like enjoying just getting all this knowledge as an entrepreneur myself or anybody who's aspiring to be one.

It is really something that I feel like could give you some valuable information, and it's free to watch. So just make sure you guys, I'll let y'all know when it's coming out, but it is going to be on Facebook for you to be able to see it. All right. All right, when we come back, we got the positive notice, The Breakfast Club. Good morning. All right.

All right, when we come back, we got the positive notice. The Breakfast Club, good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, again, my car show, October 30th. If you haven't got your tickets, get your tickets. 422 Doug's Cars, Fabulous' Cars, 50's Cars, Royster 5.9, Iceware Vezel, and a whole lot more to be announced.

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