The Breakfast Club - Shaka Senghor Interview and more

Episode Date: January 20, 2022

Today on the show we had author, speaker and Head of Diversity, Equality & Inclusion at TripActions Shaka Senghor stop by, who spoke about his journey through parenting, repairing relationships, honesty, freedom and so much more. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to our 46th President Joe Biden and Arizona senator and West Virginia senator for the lack of effort to advance the voting right bill. Also, Angela helped some listeners our during "AskYee" with one listener needing help dealing with a depressed partner. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Peace to the planet. It's Thursday! Yes, it's Thursday. It definitely is Thursday, baby. What's happening? How y'all feel? Who you calling, baby? You know he loves you.

I'm calling my people, baby. I'm talking to the listeners, man. All the listeners out there. Well, it is Thursday. Good morning to you. What's happening? I hope you guys had a great night and a good morning if you woke up early this morning. You know, I'm on

my wife has been doing a lot of work at I have a couple of different properties that we're flipping and selling. So my wife has been doing a lot of work at the property. So it's been daddy daycare the whole, you know, last three, four days. So when it's daddy daycare, I'm with the newborn and there's really nothing to do but clean and watch TV. So I've just been watching

everything. You name it. I just happened to catch the president on yesterday. Oh, you heard the president bowing down? I just happened to catch him yesterday. You saw how the voting rights legislation did not get passed through the Senate? As expected. As expected. Why? Because Manchin

in the cinema said, hell no. I don't want to hear all of that conversation about Republicans no more, because at the end of the day, when you hell no. I don't want to hear all of that conversation about I don't want to hear that conversation about Republicans no more, because at the end of the day, when you have two people on your team who are supposed to be for the people, right, the Democrats, and they won't get in line, it's on them.

Well, we'll talk about that during Front Page News. It's been a year, though, since Biden's been in office, right? This is his first year. His first year. Well, today will be his first year. Grand opening, grand closing. They're going to lose the midterms this year. When they lose the midterms this year, he's definitely not going to be able to get nothing done. Grand opening, grand closing.

One-term president. It's a wrap. Give it up, people. It's over. It's not getting no better. So I'm going to say, I'm a little confused with it. Like, you know, if we all, let's just say, I just put it in simple terms, right? We all bloods, right?

We all supposed to rock with each other. That's it. Right? It's really that simple. That's what they told us. We don't rock with the Crips, right? So we all, let's just say, I just put it in simple terms, right? We all bloods, right? We all supposed to rock with each other. That's it. Right? It's really that simple. That's what they told us. We don't rock with the Crips, right? So we all bloods. We ride with each other.

That's what they told us. They said, hey, if we get the Senate and we got the White House, we'll get things done. That's why they went so hard to flip Georgia. The filibuster is what happened. Joe Manchin and Kristen Sinema are Dinos. Democrats in name only. Remember when Trump called the Arizona GOP legislators rhinos last week? They're Republican in name only.

That's what Manchin and Sinema are. Democrats in name only. They ain't riding for the team. They ain't riding with the team. At all. All right. Not even a little bit. But I don't know.

Well, we definitely wouldn't have voting rights legislation if Republicans weren't, if Donald Trump was the president now either, right? We know this, though. Right. No, they would have't have voting rights legislation if Donald Trump was the president now either, right? We know this, though. No, they would have passed the voting rights legislation. It would have just been some BS. They've already passed voter suppression laws in, what, 18 states? 30 different voter suppression laws in 18 states? So it would have been hard to vote regardless.

Well, it sounds like we need more Democrats in the Senate. Sure. Is what it is, so that it wouldn't rest on two people. Sure. All right. Well, we'll talk about that more on Front Page News. And Shaka Senghor will be joining us this morning. My guy.

He's a best-selling author, New York Times best-selling author. He had Writing My Wrongs last time when he was up here. And he has a new book. It's called Letters to the Sons of Society, A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom. So we're going to kick it with him next hour, all right? All right, so we got front page news. Next on Move is The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. All right, a lot to talk about. Where are we starting, Yeezy? Well, let's start with the Senate.

Last night, they did fail to change the filibuster rule that would allow voting rights legislations to pass with a simple majority. It would have required 51 votes to pass, but did not have the support of all Democrats, as we know. And so here is what Kamala Harris has to say about voting legislation. I am here to make a very strong statement that this is whatever happens tonight in terms of the outcome of this vote the president and i are not going to give up on this issue this is fundamental to our democracy and it is non-negotiable well let's see if democrats challenge the seats of uh joe mansion and kristen cinema all right if they're not on your team and they've showed you that then i would

expect you to run some other democrats against them and challenge them if not y'all all in it together and cinema and mansion are just the fall gods and gals. Well, here's what Joe Biden has to say on voting rights legislation. I've had their back. I've had their back my entire career. I've never not had their back. And I started on the voting rights issues long, long ago. That's what got me involved in politics in the first place.

Now, Senator Manchin has some criticism about people telling him what he needs to do. The rulebook means that the rules changes are done on the basis of broad bipartisan consensus, not imposed on the minority by raw majority power, no matter who's in power. Now, my colleagues propose a sidestep this process. They would use the nuclear option to override a rule that we have used ourselves, but now seem to find unacceptable. We're going to break the rules to change the rules. We'll make up new rules as we go along, invite ourselves to future majorities to disregard the rulebook at will. No rule of the Senate can withstand the act of a willful majority. Let this change happen in this way and the Senate will be a body without rules.

Now that's in regards to getting rid of the filibuster because Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Democrats would carve out to the filibuster rule to pass voting rights legislation by replacing that 60 vote threshold needed to break a filibuster with an old-fashioned talking filibuster. They just don't care about black people voting people. That's all. Because if you can't get rid of the filibuster, carve out something in the filibuster that's preserved the cornerstone of democracy, voting rights, it's because your voting rights aren't threatened. You don't care if black people can vote.

No, he just said he F'd with us. He said he just gotta come out and see us more. That was Joe Biden. Well, here's what Joe Biden has to say about things that he has done. He did a solo news conference ahead of his one-year mark in office yesterday. A whole bunch of nothing. here's what he said your spending package voting rights legislation they're not going anywhere so that's true is there anything

that you are confident you can get signed into law before the midterm elections yes i'm confident we can get uh pieces big chunks of the bill back better law signed into law and i'm confident that we can take the case to the american people that the people they should be voting for, who are going to oversee whether the elections, in fact, are legit or not, should not be those who are being put up by the Republicans to determine that they're going, not educate, inform the public of what's at stake in stark terms. Yesterday, he said the 2020 2022 midterm elections, if they don't get some voting rights passed, will probably be illegitimate. That's what he said. Right. Or they'll probably be, you know, interference. Duh. So that would be all the more reason to try

to get some voting right legislation passed all right well we have more of that in the next hour on front page news and i also want to say man salute to joe madison and all the pastors who are on a hunger strike until voter rights were passed please go eat all right please voting rights legislation died on the senate floor last night but you don't't have to. Please go eat. Alright? I'm begging y'all to go out there and have a meal this morning. I'll send y'all cash or have money if you need it, man. Please don't starve yourself no more waiting on these politicians

to do the right thing, because they not. Please. Alright? Joe Madison, please go have a meal. Please, sir. Alright. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent, call us up right now. Phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051.

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

Hey, what's up, brother? Get it off your chest. Yo, I'm just talking about the voting rights. Best thing we can do is get our ducks in a row and just go ahead and just start voting however it is they need us to vote. So that way we won't hold ourselves back. What do you mean? So they're trying to stop us from voting, right?

So the best thing we can do is, whatever it is they want us to comply to, let's comply to it, and that way we can win the election. And what's going to happen then? Did you tell me? That's what I'm trying to tell y'all. Listen, Democrats run the same play every single time. During the presidential election, it was like, okay, Democrats run the same play every single time. During the presidential election, it was like, okay, we get the White House,

we get the Senate, change will happen. They got the White House, they got the Senate, nothing's happening. Hello, who's this? Oh, good morning. This is Evelyn speaking. Good morning to you, DJ Envy, and Miss E.

Good morning. Good morning. Well, I just wanted to get this off my chest concerning the voting right bill that just died on the Senate floor last night. These politicians, they are just playing games.

And we citizens, we need to get educated. We need to know what we need to do. We need to vote these people out. That's our job. Right. We need to do our research and we need to vote them out. And Democrats, all these political politicians, the so-called Democrats,

they need to have a clear understanding that they need to do what they need to do. Republicans, they do, whenever it's their turn, they make things happen. That's right, they fall in line. They fall in line. So Democrats, they need to get their house in order. I don't understand why they keep playing games and having this argument back and forth.

Get your house in order. This is the problem. Did you see yesterday when they asked Joe Biden, did he even reach out to any Republicans about voting rights? And he was like, no, I didn't get a chance to because I was too busy trying to get people on my own team to get a board. And see, that's the problem right there. This is a guy that has been in the Senate for over 30-something years. He knows how to talk to Republicans.

But if his house is not in order, how can he reach out to the other guys in the Republicans and say, hey guys, come along? He can't do that. It doesn't even make any sense. Because the first thing that we're telling him, oh, by the way, Mr. Mr. President, we still have two senators that is holding out.

Why are you talking to us? Why are you talking to us? So that's number one. And number two, I don't understand why Democrats can't just get in line. Just get in line. Do what you need to do. Yeah. And get in line. Do what you need to do. Make things happen. Yeah, and if Manchin and Sinema don't want to get in line, how come Democrats don't challenge for their seats? Hello, who's this? Good morning. My comedy buddy,

Angela. Is this Snack Man? Happy birthday to you. Why are you hating on it? Thank you, Snack Man. I appreciate it. We miss you. I don't know who we is.

Who's we? All of us. Hey, not me. This is perfect. Listen, acronyms. You are going to agree with me on this one. What the hell is acronyms? You don't know what an acronym is?

Yeah, but he said. You got it, acronyms. Who is acronyms? Oh, my God. After all these years, Angela, I never told you about my previous comedy buddy. Like, me and her, we practiced in Manhattan. Up to the time I placed third in the Staten Island Comedy Festival. Oh, God.

Her initials are A.S. So, acronyms, you and I agree. Okay, I'm funnier than her. Who the hell, acronyms, you and I agree. Okay, I'm funnier than her. Who the hell is acronyms? Than me. All right, so the joke. Angela, your birthday joke. You ready?

I'm ready. I like dating African-American women because then I have something in common with airplanes. What's that? I don't know. I already... Yeah, yo, we both got a black box. Thank you. Oh, get this man the hell off the stage. what's that I don't know I already yeah yo we both got a black box thank you boo

get this man the hell off the stage boo hoo hoo why don't there was something there you know what I mean

it just you know it was it was a little awkward there was something there nope okay snack man okay alright

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800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, man. It's Devin Duvall. Duvall, Jacksonville. What's happening, my brother? Get it off your chest. Good morning, y'all.

Good morning. Good morning. I just want to give a shout out to my black queen, man. We've been together this last year, man. I come home to a meal, cook the air, take clothes ready for me to put on when I come home. Yeah, man. In this last year, she allowed me to be the man of the house. She allowed you to be the man of the house?

Yeah, man. I'm not trying to take control of it. You know, man. I don't think it got to be the man of the house? Yeah, man. Not trying to take control of it. You know, man. I don't think it got to be gender. It's just that she allows you to be the CEO of the house. Because you know, all of us men know who the CEO of our houses are. You got to know it. All right, brother.

Have a good one. Yes, sir. Y'all too. Hello, who's this? What up, man? This is Wayne Busy straight out of Detroit, man. What up, dog? I'm calling y'all to give a shout out to my city, sir. Y'all too. Hello. Who's this? What up, man? This is Wayne Busy straight out of Detroit, man. What up, dog? I'm calling y'all to give a shout out to my city, man.

We've been tearing it up. PG, Fezzo, Babyface Ray, Baby Money, the whole gang. We've been going crazy, man. Okay. We went throughout the whole city. I love it. Babyface Ray. I love Detroit rappers.

I swear, Fezzo. Hell yeah. Sada Baby. And Charlamagne, you need to let us come up there some more, man. Quality up there, man. That's what you need to do. Salute to my guy, Vezzo, Sada Baby. You need to let us come up there some more, man. Quality up there, man. Salute to my guy, Vezzo. I was talking to Vezzo a couple weeks ago. Come up here and do what? You want rap?

Whatever, dude, man. That's not how this works. You can't just come up here and do whatever. That's not how this works, brother. Hello, who's this? This is Queda from Atlanta. What's up, Queda? Good morning, Queda. Hey, I told you guys a couple months ago, brother. Hello, who's this? This is Queda from Atlanta. What's up, Queda? Good morning, Queda.

Hey, I talked to you guys a couple months ago back in November. I'm not sure if you guys remember. And I had my daughter with me, and I kind of gave you guys my cash help, and you guys helped me out. You know, I was very gracious in that. But I was calling you guys. I want to kind of get something out

of the way and also talk to you guys and get some advice on what I could possibly do. But if you don't remember, I'm a single mother of five. I live here in Atlanta, and my children's father doesn't help me. My kids have the same father. But I had kind of got some feedback

from some of the people. Like, someone cashed out me and said, hey, get a job. And I wanted to kind of touch on that a little bit. Hold on. Talk about, talk about. You can cash out people and leave messages like that? Yeah, that's how people, if you block somebody, they'll send a cash app and send you like a dollar with a message in case you block them

so that you get to see it. I've never done that. How much did they leave you when they told you get a job? They sent a dollar and said, get a job. But this is the thing, okay? Not only do I not get help from my kid's father, I'm kind of an entrepreneur, but also with the car problems,

I really can't go to my client's house and do hair because I don't have a car. But the thing is, I can't work because I'm waiting on disability. I was diagnosed with a disability back in March. So, you know, did my interview and the lady like, hey, you know,

you can't work. You know, you won't get approved, so you can't have a job. And I'm like, well, I have kids to take care of, so of course, things I'm not supposed to, I'm not supposed to work, but I still do hair when I can if I can get to my clients. But anyway, I'm calling today because

I need some type of advice on my daughter. She's going through, and it mainly has something to do with their dad, you know, not really being that involved. But she's having, like, emotional issues, you know, and it's things that I really don't understand and I can't, you know, get through to. So first, Charlamagne, can you please send me your book? I do need your book that may help how many

how many can you see you got five kids right they all they all can read of course no I'm talking about are they reading age is what I mean

they are they are they're teenagers they're teenagers so yes they do read but you don't have to send that many copies I mean we do share things

so I'm going to send you some I'm going to send you I'm going to send you the Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health by Dr. Rita Walker and Shallow Waters by Anita Kopech and I'm going to send you some. I'm going to send you the Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health by Dr. Rita Walker and Shallow Waters by Anita Kopech. And I'm going to send you Tameka Mallory's State of Emergency. Thank you so much.

Okay, one more thing. One more thing. One more thing. So I do also, because people just didn't understand my situation. And they felt like, oh, she's just asking for money. But that's not the thing. I get help from no one. Like, I struggle I struggle hustle and do what I can do by myself and it's not clean listen Queen you don't have to explain yourself to no

body okay that's just for the people that understand where I'm coming from like let's say the blessings are needed And I also want you guys to pray for me and my family. My mother is literally on her diet bed right now. But I've just been dealing with so much. Like I said, my cash help is QUI1984.

For people that truly want to help me, I would appreciate the help. Like I said, you do not have to explain yourself to nobody, Queen. We totally understand. Okay? And guess what? If a million people all send you a dollar until you get a job, it don't matter. You got a million

dollars. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now, we got rumors on the way in. And we'll be talking Nick Cannon. You know, he said he's insecure about being naked when he's having sex. We'll tell you what else he had to say. The Breakfast Club. Let's talk Nick Cannon.

Listen up. It's just in. Oh, it gots. Gots. The Rumor Report. Gots. Gots. With Angela Yee.

It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Well, yesterday on the Nick Cannon Show, Nick Cannon was doing a man panel, and he was talking about some of his own insecurities when it comes to having sex. Are there any insecurities when it comes to the bedroom? I'm going to tell you off top, I definitely have an insecurity when it comes with being intimate. And Rip was just making fun of, I'm actually, I've been skinny all my life. So therefore, I've never liked to be completely naked when so like it's it's it's usually are like a hide under the cover yeah as much as i i boast about being in shape and stuff just keep

like that's interesting you ever winnie the poet that's my insecurity anybody else that shouldn have some type of clothing, some type of socks. So that's my insecurity. Anybody else? That shouldn't matter if that's long slonging, though, right? If that thing hanging, it shouldn't matter. You're fine with it. Yeah, it just shouldn't matter.

You know what I mean? Like, I mean, me personally, I hide the shrinkage. You know what I mean? I don't want nobody to see me when I'm fresh out of the shower. You know? I don't want my wife to see me after I ejaculate and I've been laying there for a while because the Hulk turns back to Bruce Banner. I don't want that.

I don't care. Out the shower, in the shower, after the ejac, it don't matter. No, no, no. Strength is my insecurity. I don't care. I'm a girl, not a show. I need to be my best self at all times.

It was great because when a guy does, when he's done and he's smaller, it's nice to be like, look how cute he done and it's smaller it's nice to be like look how cute he is. It's really relaxed. You'd be like look I've never seen it so little.

And then he really is insecure. But that's him talking about his own insecurity and clearly it stems from him having been skinny his whole life

or whatever. So I'm sure when he's comfortable enough you know. He ain't that shamed about it. All them kids he got. Somebody seen him

naked. Now he says he doesn't get naked he's just a little insecure about it because i guess he's thinking about being used to being skinny and being insecure about that all right now uh let's talk about megan good so she's single now and she posted up a picture she's you know megan has always been in really good shape it seems like, ever since I first seen her in Eve's Bayou. So a lot of people were talking about that and they're like,

all right, Megan, you know, back out here. But one thing she did talk about on the Kelly Clarkson show was the show Harlem. I know you guys watched some of that. Harlem on Prime,

Amazon Prime. And one thing she talked about was Whoopi Goldberg helping her with her lines. She's so nice. And like, whenever you meet people, you're like, oh God, please let them be wonderful. Don't fail me. Don't ruin it for me, you know? And I remember there was one day I kept saying Seneca instead of Seneca Village. And she was like, it's Seneca. It's Seneca Village, Seneca Village. I was like, okay. So then I come in and I like butcher her coverage,

saying the line wrong. And then on my coverage, I come in and she's taped it with the pronunciations across her boobs and I'm like sending she's like look at my boobs I am trying to help you exactly that's dope that's good OG helping the younger yeah that's cute there's certain words you just always pronounce wrong and the other people could pronounce it right all the time, but for some reason in your head, you're pronouncing it a certain way. Believe me, I know. That's every word I probably utter. Believe me, I know. At least every other word.

Now, we told you guys about Cardi B helping out with the funeral costs for all the victims of the Bronx apartment fire. So one of the relatives of a Bronx fire victim has called Cardi B an angel for paying for a funeral cost. This woman's niece was killed in the blaze along with her husband and three children, and she doesn't have to worry about finding the money to bury her five family members. And so he said it's a huge help to his family to not have to bear that financial burden. He's sending Cardi blessings for stepping up to help so many people who she's never even met.

All right, drop on the clues, Blondeful Body Man. Shout out to Cardi, blessings for stepping up to help so many people who she's never even met. All right, drop on the clues behind her body, man. Shout out to Cardi B. I said it yesterday. You can say a lot of things about Cardi, but you cannot question her heart in any way, shape, or form. And I love to see people do things that somebody can't hate on. And if they do say something negative about it, then they're a hater. It's more about yourself, okay? You just know you're a hater if you say something negative about that.

All right, now, Trader Truth, prayers to him. He was involved in a car accident and hospitalized as a result of the incident. He shared all of this on Instagram. Yes. A couple of days ago, he said one thing after another. Devil couldn't stop me if he wanted to. And the evil certain people who tried to pray evil on me. Tell him I'm a look at that ish and walk it down on the hospital.

Back to it. Out of the hospital. Back to it. God sent. And salute to my guy, Trader Truth. I hit him up. I didn't know that. You know, Trader is one of those people you always wonder who does the go to back to it. Out of the hospital, back to it. God sent. Man, salute to my guy, Trey the Truth. I got to hit him up. I didn't know that. You know, Trey's one of those people you always wonder who does the go-to guy go to.

Like, he's always providing relief for so many people along, you know, with Mr. Rogers and the whole relief gang. It's like, you know, who's there for Trey when he needs it? Yeah, shout out to Trey. Shout out to Mr. Rogers. Salute to Trey, man. All right. And then there's a rumored new Celebrity Big Brother cast.

I saw a lot of people talking about this. Shout out to Baller Alert. I saw them post this also. Some of the people that could be on Celebrity Big Brother, what they're saying, Lamar Odom, NeNe, Neo, Tiffany Pollard,

Sha'Carri Richardson. I mean, this sounds like a nice house. What is Celebrity Big Brother? I've never watched that show. What is Big Brother? It was a spinoff of the regular show Big Brother where they're constantly under surveillance in a house. And then they did a Celebrity Big Brother. So it's like Big Brother's watching?

Yeah, and there's always cameras everywhere. Okay. So there's always all kinds of drama on there. But it's a social experiment. They take you out of normal society, put you in a house, and it's all different people with different backgrounds, different beliefs, and you have to avoid being eliminated. So you're all fighting to win a grand prize. That grand prize is $250,000.

Alright, well that is your rumor report. Alright, we got front page news. Next, what are we talking about? Yes, and let's get more into Joe Biden and the press conference he had today is one year since he's been president. Alright, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club.

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

Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves.

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You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before listen to on purpose with jay shetty on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts morning everybody it's dj envy angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club let's get some front page news where we started. Well, yesterday, Joe Biden had a solo news conference. We played some of it during the first front page news break.

Now, let's talk more about what he had to say. And one thing he discussed was being realistic and about his plan. He needs to be out there. American people overwhelmingly agree with me on prescription drugs. They overwhelmingly agree with me on the cost of education. They overwhelmingly agree with me on early education. They overwhelmingly go on the list on child care. And so we just have to make the case what we're for and what the other team's not for.

And one of the things that I think we're going to have to do is just make the case. I don't think there's anything unrealistic about what we're asking. I'm not asking for castles in the sky. I'm asking for practical things the American people have been asking for for a long time. What is he talking about? He also says he didn't overpromise. He said, I have probably outperformed what anybody thought would happen. I want to know, what is he talking about?

Who is he talking to? He's the president. Why does he sound like he's on the campaign trail? You're the president. You're in charge now. He also went to Twitter and said, in our first year in office, we created 6.4 million jobs. That's the biggest year of job creation in American history.

In perspective, though, a lot of people were out of work because of COVID, and a lot of businesses were not in. So you should have the biggest job creation in American history because there were so many jobs lost. A lot of people resigned too. Because of COVID. And then he also tweeted out, in our first year we achieved a record number of jobs created, a record drop in the unemployment rate,

a record drop in unemployment claims. We're getting America back to work. There was a record drop in unemployment claims because a lot of people resigned. A lot of people realized that they could make money doing a lot of other things. And so they decided to be entrepreneurs. Resignation. Absolutely. Right now.

They decided to be entrepreneurs and they quit their jobs. Another thing he talked about was his next term. There's three things I'm going to do differently. Number one, I'm going to go out and talk to the public. Number two, I'm also going to be out there seeking more advice of experts outside from academia to editorial writers to think tanks and I'm bringing them in.

The third thing I'm going to be doing a lot more of, I'm going to be deeply involved in these off-year elections. To go out and make the case in plain simple language as to what it is we've done, what we want to do, and why we think it's important. There is no next term, President Biden. You're going to lose the midterms this year.

And when you lose the midterms and the Republicans get control of the House and the Senate, you damn sure ain't going to be able to get nothing done. You can't get nothing done now, so you damn sure ain't going to get nothing done then. You're not winning. Question on 2024 ambitions. He did say that Vice President Kamala Harris would be his running mate. It was a two-hour press conference that he had. And another thing he discussed was giving away 400 million N95 masks.

That's all going to start next week, too. So they did stockpile all of these masks. And they have more than 750 million of them on hand. You know, it's been hard for people to find those N95 masks. They said those are the ones that offer the most protection. So they are going to make those available for free to U.S. residents starting next week. What I don't understand is if voting rights legislation hasn't passed and they have made it hard for black people to vote all over the country

and Biden hasn't gotten any of his campaign promises done for black people, how and why is he expecting black people to vote for him in the next election? How is he already talking about another term? What did he say to you? You don't think that's arrogant? Yeah, but what did he say to you? Yeah, if you don't vote for me, you ain't black.

That's still his mindset. No, you're right. You're right. He still thinks y'all niggas going to go out there and write. Well, they asked him about his ambitions for 2024, so that's why he addressed it. He was questioned about it. Listen, I'm going to vote because, you know, that's just—

And I'm going to tell everybody else to get out there and vote, and don't let them suppress your vote. No, that I'm not doing. I am. I'm telling everybody, y'all need to get out there and vote. I want everyone to exercise their rights. I'm going to vote because I— They're trying to take away from us because of the power that we have.

Yeah, but even when we do vote, they get in and don't do anything. But I'm going to vote because I'm a taxpaying American citizen. But for anybody out there who feels like they don't want to, I understand why. You still have to. You have to vote. You don't have to. Yes, you do. People feel like, you know, I don't like.

You don't have to. You know what? Because a lot of people tell me. But then you can't say anything if you don't vote. They don't want to vote for Biden. They don't feel Biden represents them. But they don't want to vote Republican. So what do they do?

No, they feel like these people aren't getting anything done. Yeah, but it's not just the president. In the midterms, they're not voting for that. I thought you were talking about 24 to presidency. These people are feeling like they're not getting anything done. You know, what I hate is the fact that we're always putting pressure on the voters to get things done. When are we going to put pressure on them to get things done? They're running around here saying,

oh, you got to vote like democracy depends on it. When are y'all going to govern like democracy depends on it when y'all gonna govern like democracy depends on it why do we always got to have this sense of urgency why not them well it should be i think it should be both i think that if you don't vote then we go hard on people who who say things like man i don't want to vote because i don't feel like nothing's getting done then we do the people who are actually in positions of power right now you know not doing anything that dude's still on the campaign trail and he's the president you also have to look at your local elections, though. Yes, I agree with that.

So you have to get out and vote. You're not just voting for the president and it's midterms coming up. I agree with that. Hyperlocal. So you have to get out there and vote. And I would never encourage people

not to or tell them you feel discouraged. You have to do your part. Why can't you say you feel discouraged? Because that's your part and your part is also, I mean, you can feel discouraged but don't not vote.

You should feel discouraged. That's what democracy is about. Democracy is about challenging these elected officials. Democracy is telling them that we don't feel good about what should feel discouraged. That's what democracy is about. Democracy is about challenging these elected officials. Democracy is telling them that we don't feel good about what's going on. What you mean? And get out there and speak,

and you have to make sure that you vote for people that you feel like represent you and then put the pressure on them. And it is important for us to also strategize, come together, and make sure that we make demands and make sure our voices are heard. But if you're not voting, who cares? They don't care about you if you're not voting.

It's the same. They don't care about us when we do vote. I have some local officials who I really support. Local, yes. I'm hyper-local. 100%. I'm hyper-local. I agree with that.

So that's all about voting. So you mean vote on a local level. We're talking about midterms right now, right? Midterms coming up. I thought we were talking about him saying, setting up for 2024. I thought you were talking about his next term, 2024. That's what I thought we were talking about him saying, setting up 2024. I thought you were talking about his next term, 2024. That's what I thought we were talking about.

We're talking about both, though. I mean, midterms are what's coming up next. Wow. All right? And that is your front page news. Like I said, you know, I don't see how he plans, you know, to win in the midterms. I really don't. When voter rights legislation hasn't been passed, they're making it hard for black people to vote.

And he hasn't gotten any of his campaign promises done to black people. I don't know how he expects a high vote of black turnout. They're making it hard for us to vote because of how important voting is. So don't be discouraged

and not vote because that's what they want you to do. That is a form of voter suppression. You know what else is a form of voter suppression? When you got people in power

who promise things and they don't get those things done. That's a form of voter suppression too because it discourages voters to not come out. Ladies, ladies, ladies. Shut up.

Thank you so much, ladies. No problem. Now, when we come back, Shaka Singhal will be joining us, all right? New York Times bestselling. Of course, he's the author of Writing My Wrongs, and he has a new book, Letters to the Sons of Society, A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom. We're going to talk to him next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we

get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best.

And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. He's back. The brother Shaka Senghor. The good brother Shaka Senghor. Oh, man. Thank y'all so much for having me. I'm excited to be here. Welcome back, indeed. He's back, the brother Shaka Singhal. The good brother Shaka Singhal. Oh, man, thank y'all so much for having me.

I'm excited to be here. Welcome back, brother. First of all, how are you doing with COVID and everything that's been going on in this crazy world? I'm blessed. Just, you know, taking it one day at a time. You know, I think I got a very unique experience that kind of prepared me for these isolated moments. So I've been good, man. Just really taking the opportunity to be more creative, more thoughtful about life,

more present with the people in my life and taking it one step at a time. I'm ready for it to be over to get back to living freely. I don't think it's ever going to be over. The world as we know it is never going to be the same. Well, let's flashback because Shaka was here before. He was talking about his book, Writing My Wrongs, and now he has another book out.

New York Times bestseller. Yes, Letters to the Sons of Society. And when you reference COVID and isolation, I saw you were talking about how when you were locked up and seven years you spent in solitary confinement and the comparison to COVID. Yeah, I mean, you know, I think it's very different, but I think one of the things,

and I actually talk about it in the book, that similar is the kind of disorienting effect of not knowing when something is going to end or normalize and people was like well how would you compare that those two things but when I was in solitary my senses was indeterminate so they never told me when I was getting out and I think the same thing has kind of happened early on was like oh we'll be done with this in a couple of months we'll be done maybe six months and you know we're almost two years later and we still don't know.

So it just kind of makes it hard for you to put your feet on solid ground. And I wanted to be sensitive to the reality that people were facing with so that people can get themselves grace and understand that it's a real thing. It's not something that they're imagining is difficult. It really is difficult. That makes perfect sense to me. Like, it sounds like the perfect analogy. Yeah, absolutely. I mean, but I guess if you've never been in solitary confinement you don't understand yeah i mean this is not quite solitary you know you still can get real food and

all those things but i think psychologically what happens and i mean you know you talk a lot about mental health which i really respect uh but mentally what goes on is the most important part and you know i tell people all the time I got free from prison mentally before I ever walked out of prison. And it's one of the reasons I'm able to do some of the things that I do now because that recognition that the

worst prison we'll ever be in is our mind was something I was able to acknowledge early on in my incarceration and that helped me get through. Well you have a new book. Yeah. Letters to the Sons of Society. A Father's Invitation to Love, my incarceration, and that helped me get through. Well, you have a new book. Yeah. Letters to the Sons of Society. A Father's Invitation to Love, Honesty, and Freedom.

What does that mean? I mean, you know, as a dad, I've had two very unique experiences. Which is crazy. When you think about it, it's wild. Yeah, when I was arrested, my oldest son's mom was still pregnant with him, so he was born like six months after my incarceration. And so I only experienced fatherhood with him through my dad, bringing my son to visit me, you know? And so basically I kind of made up this narrative about being a good dad and being a present dad because I was able to write letters and get phone calls. Um, but I wasn't able to really spend the time that's necessary to nurture a child

through the world. And, you know, now I have this wonderful experience of raising my now 10-year-old son, Sekou. He's a young entrepreneur. He's creative, very intelligent, and is dramatically different, you know. But I'm also different, too, as a man. Like, I'm a grown man. When I went to prison, I was a 19-year-old kid.

And so, you know, this book really is a reflection of those experiences, different too as a man like I'm a grown man when I went to prison I was a 19 year old kid and so you know this book really is a reflection of those experiences but it's actually a little bit deeper you know I mentor young people all over the country you know you go through what I've been through with prison where I spent 19 years of my life and most of the guys I spent time with were kids and so for me you know working with young men across the country, I'm like, this is the book I want to write. So I start off like letters to my hip-hop sons, letters to my young entrepreneurial sons,

and then I realized between all the young men that I get a chance to mentor existed my two sons. And I felt the intimacy would come through more if I just wrote directly to them about life and what I've experienced, but also what I wished for them and dealt with some of the issues that we're faced with. What is your oldest son? How is your relationship with him? Because, you know, him being older now, he's looking at you and your youngest son right

now and how the fact that you could be there and that you are at his games and you are helping him with his homework and all those things. But I mean, I'm sure he feels like, damn, I wasn't I didn't have that part of my dad so how was your relationship I mean it's very complex you know my my oldest son is now 30 years old and when I came home and I talk about it one of the one of the most impactful chapters I think that people are really going to resonate is the first resonate with is the first chapter because it really explains the complexity of coming home to a young man and trying to insert my life and myself into his life as his dad. And really, I came home as a mentor. Yo, this is how we're going to do it. We're going to make these things happen.

I'm going to listen to you. Yeah. And it wasn't fair to him. You know, it wasn't fair for me to come home because the story I had was contracted to the reality of being in prison. And so it's been a very difficult, it's probably been the most complex part of my life and the hardest thing I've ever had to confront as a man. And that's where the honesty and the title comes from is as dads, oftentimes we're not honest, whether it's honest about the things that are positive or honest about our shortcomings.

And I really wanted to create space for fathers to really have honest discussions, especially when we think about what's happening with black males in our communities. You talk about what you did do when you came home and your son obviously felt like, well, you can't just come and change my life and tell me what to do now because you haven't been present as a father. So a lot of people have had to deal with that when they get out of jail because we don't even think about that, right? What is that relationship like? Can I just step back in 19 years later as a dad and tell you how to do things when you've been

doing things your own way? So what advice do you have for fathers out there who are trying to get back into their children's life? My advice is always to take the, you know, the guidance of the child, because, you know, we owe them. They don't owe us anything. And I think it's really important to be patient, to give yourself grace, but also to acknowledge that, you know, it was your decisions that took you out of their life and not their decision to not be present. And so what I've tried to do is just be patient now and be, you know, allow him to kind of set the tone for our engagement with no expected outcomes. And I've really detached my ego from parenting, not just with him,

but also with my younger son. And what about with the mom too? Because that's also an issue because now you want to make sure that you have this time. And if, you know, at first your son is uncomfortable or certain things are going on, because we've had people call up here with issues like that. Well, you know, the mom has a new boyfriend.

She's moved on. She's done this. And I need this to happen for me with my son. And she's not helping with the relationship. How did that dynamic work? I mean, I think that one was a little bit more complex because my dad really stepped in and kind of filled the gap so to speak uh so he and my oldest son's mom they kind of had almost like a parent-child relationship you know he stepped in you know as as my dad is just incredible he's a really incredible human being and so he kind of raised

her you know so by the time I came home my son was grown so we didn't have to have as much engagement but there were moments uh you know and again I talked about in that first chapter where I had to reach out to her like hey this is what's happening with me and him and I'm not trying to go back to the old way that I was living but I will if you know if I get pushed to that point and so just being able to have that understanding with her was really important and helpful the old way you were living? Yeah, I was super triggered. We had a very intense moment.

So your son wasn't going down the right path and you was... Well, no, we got into like a real conflict. And that happens often, you know, especially with guys coming home from the joint. I've been in the joint, on the yard, thugging it out, going through all the violent realities of that experience. And what I didn't account for is I hadn't healed from that PTSD. And so there was a moment when me and my son got into a conflict

and he physically threatened me. And I told his mom, like, you know, you need to holler at him because otherwise I'm going to take him over here and leave him in his field. And something actually happened where we thought that's what went down with my son. And that's what I talk about in that first chapter.

All right, we got more with Shakas and Gore. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Shakas and Gore.

You know, he's a New York Times bestselling author for Writing My Wrongs and has a new book called Letters to the Sons of Society. A father's invitation to love, honesty and freedom. Charlemagne? How long did it take you to get out of that survival mode of fighting? Like, I gotta protect myself at all times. How long did it take you to get out of that?

Actually, that experience with my son was the first time I had really realized that I hadn't fully processed all that out of my system. You know, when I was, when I did that last stretch in solitary, I just came out focused on life at the prison. And I didn't, first of all, I didn't know if I was ever getting out, but I had wrote down all the things I wanted to manifest in my life. Cause I believe you attracted to your life, what you think about the most. And so I started living my life in that way but it's still the big yard and I still was who I am on the yard so I had to navigate that first and I was fortunate you know

like I had reached that status of respect where I didn't have to deal with all the conflicts but it also set me up for the reality of what happens when you get home and nobody cares about your transformation when you're in the hood nobody cares that you're thinking about peaceful resolution as opposed to taking it back to the block. And so after that experience with my son, I really was like, I actually need therapy to really process like what I've been through. Because a lot of it was being covered up with achievements. Right. I got out. I was successful relatively early on, I've achieved probably an exceptional level of success in pretty much all the endeavors I set out to do. And that covered up what was actually the reality is that I was in prison for 19 years. I was in solitary.

Nobody leaves that place without scars. And it doesn't matter if you've been in there for one day or 10 days or 10 years. That place scars you in a way that shows up in different areas of your life later on. And you're retelling those stories over and over again, like you said, in interviews and talking about the book and reliving it all the time. Yeah, absolutely. You know, when Writing My Wrongs came out, you know, I was on tour. I was doing other things. I had, you know, the conversation with Oprah and, with Oprah and other things that come with promoting a product. But then I also was a sought-after speaker. I had the idea of Ted talking like 2014.

And from there, universities and schools. And so I'm just constantly talking about what I actually went to prison for, which was murder. And I had never reconciled that you know and so i found myself in this in this real dark space and it kind of culminated with me driving down the wrong side of the expressway drunk one night and i was like yo i'm about to throw it all away and that's when all the things just started coming back like yo you you've been traumatized in a way that you haven't been honest about because who the hell talks about uh ptsd post incarceration we're just happy to get out celebrate how the priorities get back to living

or you know this dream we concocted uh but the reality is a lot of us come home deeply scarred and and it's really you know you think about those stories of somebody coming out and then they create or commit a heinous act of violence we're're like, see, we should have left them in, but the reality is we have to ensure that people are getting the therapeutic treatment so that they can come home healthy and whole. Could you tell people how important it is for folks who have done a lot of prison time

to get mental health treatment? Because I always say they call these facilities correction facilities, but you're not correcting nothing in there. In order for a person to get out and not just operate out of that survival mentality, they need help, you know, and we have to destigmatize what mental health treatment looks like, especially for black males. It's not a weak thing. It's not something that makes you a sucker or you soft.

It's really healthy to be able to process the things that you're thinking about in a way that isn't harmful to your community it's harmful to your family and you know when you come out of an environment that violent you've been affected by that you know you're on edge like i mean my first part of my incarceration i was at the michigan reformatory it's called the gladiator school, my first week, my first actual day in prison, a guy gets stabbed in the neck, and he keep it moving. I'm like, okay, well, this is what it is. This is where we at.

This is the land of the lions and the lambs, and you make a choice early on. And, like, that doesn't leave just because you walk out of prison. Like, it doesn't leave just because you get paroled. Those realities are still there. And so, you know, I think it's exceptionally important for anybody who's been through that to get, you know, psychological evaluation, first of all,

and then mental health treatment. You know, you said something earlier that, you know, when your son was older, you figured that you would have to fall back for a little bit, right? I have two sons, and what made me really think about that is, you know, as a kid, when your dad tells you to do something like you're mad, like, why is he making me do this? Right. Right. And when you get older, you understand why, you know. But, you know, what scares me sometimes is, you know, thank God I went the right way where I didn't have to.

I didn't have to learn why he was telling me no so hard. Does that ever scare you with your kids? You know, I mean, because, yeah, you have to fall back. You got to let your son learn on his own. And one day he'll get to the edge. You and be like, I understand what my dad was doing. But it's always that fear of what if he goes the wrong way? You know, what if he goes that takes that wrong turn or does that stupid thing? You know, he might not get that grace, that empathy. Yeah, I think, you know, the way that I've approached parenting is I honestly have egoless parenting because I realized that whatever outcomes my son you know has in life those will be based on choices that he made so my responsibility as his dad is to set

up all the resources necessary the guiding principles but ultimately he's going to have to choose and I based that on you know my experience with my dad and knowing that my dad you know wanted the best for me and he wanted the best for all of his kids but there are things that I transpired in my life life that my dad didn't even understand how to help me process which led to me running away led to me getting caught up in the streets and you know one of the one of the things that was really important with me and my dad was for me letting him know that he wasn't responsible for the decisions I made that led to me being in prison and that was a liberating moment for both of us. And so with my son,

I just do egoless parenting. Like, you know, I provide the resources, the opportunities, and ultimately he's going to have to make the decisions. And like, I don't have any ego attached to his outcomes. Why is the relationship with our fathers so complicated? Because that's the one thing, you know, for me, even when I started going to therapy for anxiety and depression, realizing all these father issues I have, why is that so complicated, that relationship? You know, I think there's a few things that has happened

specifically with black men. For one, our narrative has been shrunken to us only being capable of providers. And if there was any struggle with provision, then that's a direct attack on manhood. And any other male figure is a threat to that. You know, with my dad, my dad, when he met my mom, she had three children.

He is just out of the Air Force, 21 years old. So he went straight into provision mode, and then they had three more children. He is just out of the Air Force, 21 years old. So he went straight into provision mode and then they had three more children. And I have a deeper appreciation now as I have one son and just realize how hard it is to be a provider. But I think because that narrative has been so limiting, it hasn't allowed us the opportunities to have real meaningful conversations. And what happened with me and my dad is probably about you know four or five years into my incarceration i started really maturing and we were able to just have deep meaningful conversation it was all through letters

uh which is the inspiration of the book and these are actually my daddy my dad i'm like my daddy uh my daddy's letters yeah no right these end of child talk. Yeah, I know, right? These are actually his letters on the book because I really wanted to honor how he showed up in that meaningful way. But I think that the more honest we are with what our emotional needs are, but also with our ability to provide beyond finances and discipline, I think the more we open up those conversations, the better relationships become between fathers and sons. All right, well, don't move.

We got more with Shaka Sagor when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. I don't want to go unless you make me. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Shaka Sagor.

You know, he's a New York Times bestselling author for Writing My Wrongs and has a new book called Letters to the Sons of Society. A father's invitation to love, honesty and freedom. Ye. Shaka, can you talk about how instrumental your father's support was for you while you were in prison? Because imagine not even having that. You know, I mean

my dad was my primary supporter. We don't hear that story. You know, for 19 years, my dad came to see me at prisons all over Michigan. I think the farthest I've ever been away was about 12 hours, and he and my stepmom, they would travel up to see me. You know, he wrote me consistently. I still have all his letters. You know, he took those phone calls.

You know, he was present with the real conversations. You know, there was a lot of hurt that we both shared. He took those phone calls. He was present with the real conversations. There was a lot of hurt that we both shared. There was a lot of areas of life where I felt he hadn't stood up the way that I thought he could have to protect us and make sure we were good when it came to things that was difficult in the household. And he was just man enough to listen and to give us a perspective, to give me a perspective, and we were able to talk.

And so, you know, I celebrate him in everything that I do. You know, that's my guy. The proudest part of this book is just having his words, like, to my son on there, you know, because I think dads deserve their flowers, you know, and they deserve more than a big piece of chicken. What did you learn about your relationship with your father, you know, from the letters he sent you while you were in prison? Man, you know, I learned that I had broke his heart, you know, and that was that was crushing to me.

Like I was an honor roll scholarship student. I was smart, very charismatic. Like all the things, you know, you were one of the child and I really learned that I broke his heart. And that was the hardest thing for me to navigate, you know, as I've matured into a man and especially as I've grown into a dad. And, you know, I think about moments with my son where I'm watching him, you know, navigate life. And, you know, I'm thinking of all the promise that he has, you know, and I think about my dad and what that experience was like for him uh to watch his first biological son in an environment where he couldn't protect he couldn't help he couldn't

do anything other than listen and I remember this one moment when I when I was in solitary I wrote this letter home and I told my dad you know I was in solitary for a sergeant officer and you know I told my dad I said you know these people said I'm never getting out of prison and they said I'm never getting out of solitary and I believed it because my neighbor across me had been in solitary for 20 years my neighbor next door had been in solitary for 10 years and I told my dad I was like man you know I really just want you to go on with your life and take care of Jay and you you know, take care of family,

and I'll figure this out in here, you know. And my dad wrote me back. He was like, I'd never leave your side, you know. And so, you know, as a man, as a dad, now I understand exactly what that meant, you know, and I understand how heartbreaking it was for him to have to be in a situation where the only thing he had was the letters that he could send me to nurture me and support me and I read those letters over and over man during my toughest moments I would just go back to those letters and uh read them so so when

you went when you when you went to prison did he feel like he failed oh absolutely it was it was hard bro he felt like it was his fault he felt like there was something that he didn't do or something that he missed. And I think, you know, all of us as parents play Monday morning quarterback where we kind of go back like, you know, oh, if I would have did this, the outcome would have been different. But, you know, we had a moment. I think it was 1995, and this probably was the hardest visit I've ever been on

with my dad. I was in solitary for something different at that time, and they had me shackled up, like the handcuffs on, but also the shackles on my feet. And I'm literally walking up to the window, and I see my dad looking at me. And I see him trying to hold it together. You know what I'm saying?

But his heart is breaking. Like, I'm literally, like, shackled up. Like, I just got off, you know, a ship, you know what I'm saying but it's hard as breaking like I'm Lily like shackled up like I just got off you know a ship you know I'm saying that that held our ancestors in slavery you know and you know just watching him process that and try to figure out how to bring me a sense of peace you know the little jokes the little conversation you know so that that doing it was doing that visit that we had the conversation where he thought he was responsible and I was like I was like no like you know there was that doing it was during that visit that we had a conversation where he thought he was responsible and i was like i was like no like you know there was a series of things that happened like i was dealing with ptsd i got shot uh 17 months before i ended up shooting

and taking somebody's life what about the art of writing letters because you said your dad still writes letters to this day uh what would you say to people because it's not something that people do too often but it means so much i think it's one of the greatest forms of communication. You know, I think the intimacy that's required for you to really sit and be present and think about what you want to share with another human being is just so powerful, you know, because it allows you to reflect deeply. And, you know, when I when I first came up with ideas I mentioned I was thinking about writing so like all the sons I've encountered but when I sat down and I started writing you know I saw the faces of my boys you know I heard their voices and I thought about

little mannerisms and you know the beauty of who they are you know I closed the the end of it you know the book out with one of the passages I think is one of the most beautiful and it just talks about how the swagger it, you know, the book out with one of the passages, I think is one of the most beautiful. And it just talks about how the swagger of their, you know, their nature and how they walk the earth, you know, and I think it's so important for black boys, especially in these times to really hear that from their dads, you know, and from other men and that we have to affirm them and lift them up. And so that, that intimacy of writing um you know it was really refreshing you know and it was actually healing for me as well because what i realized is that we always hear we have to change the narrative around black men and i don't believe that to be true i think we just have to expand the

narrative to include all of who we are that's right like not just not just our negative moments you know one of my mentors, Travian Shorters, he always talks about how we have to start asset framing each other and thinking about what is the most positive aspects of us.

And in my experience, like, all my friends are dope dads. You know, the friends I talk about in the book, my guy Fame, I think I tell y'all, he came to your car show.

He brought that big red Caprice. Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. My guy Calvin, who I met, my best friend I met in prison. With the big ass rims on it. tell y'all he came to your car so uh he brought that big red caprice uh my guy calvin uh who i met my best friend i met in prison he was a big ass rims on it yeah yeah yeah my guy calvin who did 24 years for a crime he didn't commit uh you know he's been out now so these are these are my guys they're like dope dads you know my brothers my cousins so i'm used to seeing men who show up and so i just think we have to expand the narrative and include all of us. Because if you think about this, right, what if my story would have stopped at 1991?

You know, I wouldn't be one of the only C-suite tech execs in Silicon Valley. I wouldn't be one of the only formerly incarcerated investors, a best-selling author, you know, a dad, a community builder, like I wouldn't have been none of these things if my narrative would have stopped back when people was okay with defining me from that moment. You know, I've lived tons of life in the 11 years I've been out, you know, so my narrative has expanded and I've been able to contribute in a real way. And so I think we have to just expand the narrative for black men and especially amongst each other like seeing each other as more than

what we've accomplished you know seeing the humanity of who we are and all we're capable of and so that's what you know I really wanted to present in the book Shaka led us to the son of society and for this invitation to love honesty and freedom we appreciate you for joining us brother man appreciate y'all man it's been

love you got some fantastic blurbs, too. Oh, yeah, yeah. Kenya Barris, Angela Rye, Ben Horowitz, Van Jones. Yeah, my guy Ben. Shout out to Ben, man. That's my bro, man. He put me on to the Silicon Valley vibe, you know? Yeah.

Well, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. All right. Morning, everybody. It's DJ and V, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk our Las Vegas residency.

This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee. On The Breakfast Club. Now, this is a good one. Sook Sonic has announced that they are going to be doing a Las Vegas residency. They called it the sexiest party of the year. Anderson.Paak posted the terms are locked and Vegas might not ever be the same. Jack, you're invited to the hottest show in Sin City.

Hit the link in bio and get your tickets now. So that 13-date residency starts on February 25th. The last show is April 2nd. I'm down. I want to see that. They seem like they built for Vegas. Silk Sonic is a Vegas group. Drop on the Clues bombs for Silk Sonic.

Barry, don't you feel like that album got slept on? It was an incredible album. I did. I really like it. I was definitely vibing to it in the car. I feel like it just came and went. People didn't really gravitate toward that project the way they should have. I got to see what those numbers was looking like.

All right. And Pharrell has announced a new lifestyle and design forward project with way they should have. I got to see what those numbers was looking like. All right, and Pharrell has announced a new lifestyle and design forward project with David Gretman. You know, he's Miami-based. They're doing a new resort part of the Atlantis Paradise Island. So that's going to open in 2024.

It's going to be about 400 rooms and suites, multiple restaurants and bars along with recording studios. Shout out to Pharrell, man. He's been doing a lot with David Gretman. I know they opened up that hotel in Miami. So he's doing a lot. Shout out to Pharrell, man. He's been doing a lot with David Gripman. I know they opened up that hotel in Miami. So he's doing a lot.

Shout out to Pharrell. What up, 757? Mm-hmm. That sounds dope. I haven't been to the Bahamas. I feel like I haven't been anywhere in a minute. All right. Now, Antonio Brown was on the I Am Athlete show with ex-NBA star Nick Young and former

first-round NFL draft pick Jared Odrick. And they talked about his future in the league and whether or not he has any regrets about how he ended things with the Buccaneers. Here's what he had to say about his mental health because he said a lot of fans and experts have been referring to him as, quote, crazy. Everyone in the world got different form of reactions of what happened to them. And it's all based upon where you're from, how you feel, and no one's only going to know that regardless of who you is.

The thing with football players, mental health, and CTE is this. These guys are willing to do whatever it takes to make some obligated gains. But in the midst of those gains, they're being mistreated. It's a lot of stuff that went on that may

not have been handled right. And then you end it, you starting your career on the high. If we all players and we all saying we care about mental health, why every time something happened bad or how someone react, oh, he's crazy, there's something wrong with his mental health. There's nothing wrong with my mental health. Yeah, I think it's because a lot of folks are still just learning about CTE. So whenever they see, you know, any actions that they may deem as crazy, they already automatically assume just because he's a football player,

you know, something's wrong with him in that regard. And people also don't know what goes on behind the scenes. So all they see is what happened. They don't know what led up to it, like you said. Yeah, and that's how I felt too when I saw him on the sidelines. I'm like, yeah, he looked like he just made a choice to me. He didn't look like he was having no mental breakdown. He just made a choice. I was just waiting to see what

he had to say about it later before you passed judgment. He was out. Alright, now Fat Joe was also on the I Am Athlete podcast and he was talking about basically fake friends and getting rid of them and what his plan was. I would have 50 guys with me.

We all had the same Cadillac truck. We all had chains. Everybody go to jail. I bail them out. I pay for the lawyer. This, this, this, this, that. One time I sat all 50 of them together. We was at the Ritz Carlton in Puerto Rico.

And I said, yo, listen, man, ain't the same. I ain't got it. And I had it. Right. But I was checking them. Out of the 50 guys that was there, only six of them said, yo, if you dead broke, I'd't got it. And I had it. But I was checking them. Out of the 50 guys that was there, only six of them said yo, if you dead broke, I'd be with you

man, no matter what, every day. Those are six guys that's still with me now. So God put that in my head and said yo, try these dudes man. See if they really with you. They wasn't really with me. Alright, in addition to that, he was talking about Jay-Z and

the lyrics from Feeling It. The hardest lyric in hip-hop. Jay-Z's first album when he said, something, something, and we will be each other's crutches. So the point is this. Everybody want to be the guy everybody look

up to. There's no real strength in that. The strength is everybody eating. So if one of us falls, we can lift them up. Whether your friend is a barber, we want them to be the best barber in the world. We need to be the best so that when we need each other, somebody's there for us. We're all there. And that's the true power, the people power. Joe is absolutely right.

But Joe, you can't something something that scripture. Well, here's the lyric. You can't do that, Joe. You have to know if everybody in your clique is rich, your clique is rugged. We have it for you. If every nigga in your clique is rich, your clique is rugged. Nobody will fall, cause everyone will be each other's crutches. I hope you fools choose to listen. I drop you

a bussie. These are the rules I follow in my life. You gotta love it. Come on, Joe. You can't stop. Joe. Because they talking about large money? Joe, you can't something, something scripture. What's the point?

That's scripture, Joe. All right. Well, in the next hour, we'll tell you more about what Fat Joe had to say. One of the things that he discussed is who, no matter what, is his favorite rapper. Can we play that Jay-Z song? Can we pull that up right fast? All right. That's your rumor report. You do what you want to do.

All right, let's do it. What's your name? Give him a moment. DJ Envy. Come on, what's your government name? That's what I said. Can you find it, Ray? How long you been DJing?

A long time. He has no questions to play no music. So let's tease the donkey. Who you giving your donkey to? Come on, Ray. President Joe Biden, Joe Manchin, and Kristen Sinema. President Biden, President Manchinchin and Vice President Sinema are all getting donkier

today this morning there's no feeling that we ain't got in the system oh damn well come on you better ask for permission

you look bad you better ask for forgiveness than permission yeah come on I guess we're not feeling it we're not feeling it not there

no not there no I guess their crew is not rugged. No. Dang. Well, we fell, guys.

We definitely fell. We should have thought about this before. Damn it, man. No, really? I'm trying to... No? It's not there. It's not there.

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This is a miracle. There is no question that there are problems in this country between police and community. Yes, you are a donkey. The latest on that police killing of a black man. Now to new developments in the deadly spa shooting rampage. And yesterday was a really bad day for him, and this is what he did. And so we are in a state of emergency. Okay, white supremacist violence is and always has been the number one

threat to our society. But I'm also very proud that my wife is white. The Breakfast Club, bitches! Alright, Charlene, please tell me, why was I your donkey of the day? Hey, donkey of the day for Thursday, January 20th goes to the 46th president of the United States

of America, Joe Biden, as well as Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin. These three are collectively responsible for the death of the Democratic Party, as we know it. OK, Joe Biden and other Democrats love to run around and say we have to go out there and vote like democracy depends on it. People are asking if we are witnessing the death of democracy in America. Well, guess what? If it is, which I believe it is for some of us, these three are to blame. Simple as that. Okay, if you haven't heard, last night Democrats came up short on a last-ditch,

Hail Mary type of effort to advance the voting rights bill. Let me tell you something. You all know that your Uncle Sharla is a diehard Dallas Cowboy fan. Okay? Shut up. And I really thought that Sunday night watching my Dallas Cowboys down 23-17 with 14 seconds left in the game

and Dak Prescott running a draw play from the 41-yard line instead of maybe getting one or possibly two shots at the end zone off, I thought that was going to be the dumbest finish I would see this week. But President Biden said, hold my prune juice, alright? Now I'm going to keep this as simple as possible.

Since last summer, 19 states have enacted 33 laws that will make it hard for Americans to vote by Americans. I mean, niggas. All right. The blacks. All right. All these GOP sponsored state laws will suppress turnout by minority voters. This is an old tune, ladies and gentlemen. All right. Voter suppression by the GOP against black people is the greatest hit. All right. A golden OD. Kids, trust me, it would break all streaming records. It is the Ed Sheeran shape of view of American politics. All right. President Biden knew that going in

and after the attempted coup of this country on January 6th, that should have been his first order of business, protecting voting rights. I've told y'all so many different times on this here radio and on other platforms, on TV and everything else. There's three or four things Joe Biden had to do to protect democracy. OK, this morning, I'll give you three. One, prosecute everyone involved in the attempted coup of this country to the highest extent of the law.

Not just the members of Vanilla Ice's who stormed the Capitol, but the members of Congress who helped him to get rid of the filibuster so you can properly govern and three protect voting rights protect voting rights but guess what none of those things have happened okay i never understood why anyone thought it would i mean if you have the gop passing you know uh 33 laws in 19 states in support of voter suppression why would anyone in their right mind think that you could work with any of those people to pass voter rights legislation? It makes no sense. Republican politicians are the epitome of unity and group operation. They fall in line with each other. And if one doesn't fall in line, they get the business.

OK, last week on NPR, Donald Trump called Mitch McConnell a loser and blamed him for the GOP senators who won't go along with his claims that the election was stolen. Last week, he also called out Arizona Republican officials for accepting the 2020 election results and called them rhinos, Republicans in name only. Why did Trump do that? Because those individuals blocked his agenda, kept him from getting done what he wanted to get done. That's what you should do when people in your own party are blocking your agenda. Now, we all know Trump is doing that for self-serving reasons. So you can call out people in your party for self-serving reasons and everyone is fine with it. And why can't President Biden call out Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema for blocking his agenda when them blocking his agenda is actually hurting the American people.

OK, if you ask me, it's because he don't care. Black people voting is simply not a priority for Biden. Manchin or cinema. Simple as that. This should have been a priority. He had to know this day would come, but he didn't care. Why? My man Sean King said it best on Instagram last night because Joe Biden has never known a day in his life what it means to have his voting rights threatened.

All right. It's a matter of white privilege for Biden. He failed to give this issue the true energy and priority that it deserved because he simply can't relate. Same with Sinema and Manchin. They have never experienced their voting rights threatened and they don't need you Negroes to win elections. So why should they care? Well, Manchin and Sin and cinema why should they care biden needs to care by the way we knew the jig was in when last year uh gop legislators praised mansion and cinema for not getting rid of the filibuster because without that they would be dead meat let me play this for you again i played it for you a few times last year but now that y'all might be paying a little bit more attention this is gop legislators praising jo Manchin and Sinema for basically being on their side. This was last year. Listen.

Fortunately for us, the filibuster still is in effect in the Senate. Without that, we would be dead meat. But thank goodness for Sinema and Joe Manchin. I just really thank you for standing for the country. And you know, all of you in this room, people at home on Zoom, let me tell you right now, if you want to do one thing to keep the republic afloat, call Joe Manchin's office, call Chris Sinema's office, be polite. He's like, hi, I'm here to talk to Senator Joe Manchin and thank him for keeping the filibuster intact. Those GOP legislators, they didn't even know they were being recorded. All right. Joe Biden gave a statement yesterday after the failed vote to change the filibuster. He said, let me read some of it.

He said, I am profoundly disappointed that the Senate has failed to stand up for our democracy. I am disappointed, but I am not deterred. We will continue to advance necessary legislation and push for Senate procedural changes that will protect the fundamental right to vote. End quote. I don't know if it's because he's old or maybe he really doesn't care, but I never hear the sense of urgency. It's literally always more urgency for us to go out there and vote than it is for elected officials to protect voting rights. All you're about to hear for the next however many months before the midterms

is how we have to have the largest voter turnout in the history of the midterms in order to protect democracy how we have to vote like democracy depends on it but they never ever govern like democracy depends on it you are going to hear you have to go out there and vote because if votes didn't matter why are they fighting so hard to take them from you yes that is true but you know what else matters when you're when you're an elected official getting things done when you're an elected official who keeps campaign promises you want me to get up and fight through all these various voter suppression efforts in some cases literally fight to keep an administration in that hasn't done what they said they were going to do not keeping campaign promises is a form of voter

suppression okay now let me tell you something i'm gonna vote in the midterms and the presidential said they were going to do. Not keeping campaign promises is a form of voter suppression. Okay? Now, let me tell you something. I'm going to vote in the midterms and the presidential election. I don't know who I'm voting for. I don't even know what I'm voting for yet. But I'm going to vote. Okay? But if you don't want to, I understand.

And for all the folks out there who are going to push people to vote, like actively go out there and campaign for folks, what are you going to tell them? That's what I want to know. What are you going to tell them? The Biden administration has armed you with nothing. $10,000 for student loan debt? Didn't happen.

George Floyd Policing Act? Didn't happen. Build Back Better? Didn't happen. Okay, voting rights? Didn't happen. All right, I know it's only been a year, but none of those things have happened. But voting rights?

The cornerstone of our democracy? Didn't happen. And it's because the real leaders of this country, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, Democrats, allegedly, it's because they are false flagging. And since they are false flagging, are the Democrats going to attempt to run them off the set? Are they going to run someone to challenge Joe Manchin's seat? What about Kyrsten Sinema? I don't even know how that works, but I know when someone not really in your gang and they false flagging, you let it be known in. All right. They won't even let it be known. They won't even call them out on how they are blocking progress because Democrats are willing to try every political strategy except honesty and courage. The moral of the story is and I really need to take a drink of water before I say this.

This really been on my mind. The moral of the story is what I really want to say on this radio this morning. This is Lenard McKelvey, Charlemagne the God talking. I just want Joe Madison to eat. Joe Madison is a radio personality on Sirius XM, and him and some pastors, they went on a hunger strike until voting rights was passed in Congress. I need you all to go get some shrimp and grits right now. Okay, Joe Madison hasn't eaten in like 60 plus days. No solid foods until Congress passes voting rights.

That's what Joe Madison said. Joe, it's time to eat. I don't know that brother. Don't think I ever met him. But when I saw him on MSNBC over the holidays and I saw him saying he was on a hunger strike until they passed voting rights in Congress, first thing I thought was, man, those white folks don't care if you starve.

OK. Oh, it was around the holidays when I saw him, too. I said, damn, this is a hard time to not eat. And he's he's he's staking his not eating on whether voting rights get passed. Listen, I applaud your faith in these people. But that Democrat diet, that fascist fast, it isn't healthy. So please go eat, Brother Joe Madison and all the pastors who went on a hunger strike until voting rights passed. Please go eat. Get a big meal this morning. Some scrimping grits. All right. Maybe some corned beef, hash and eggs. OK, I really been thinking about y'all.

I promise you last night that was the first thing on my mind. I was in a few group chats telling folks that know y'all to please tell those brothers to go eat. I would even cash app them some change for some breakfast or some lunch this morning because voting rights legislation and democracy may have died on the Senate floor last night, but we can't let y'all die from starvation too, right? So please let Remy Ma give President Joe Biden Senator Kyrsten Sinema and Senator Joe Manchin the biggest hee haw hee haw hee haw

you stupid mother are you dumb I'm sure this won't be the last movie discussing this but for real Joe Madison please go eat my brother

please is Kanye running again man shut up alright up next ask hee hee 800 you know what I'm saying y'all niggas gonna take that for serious and that's why these things Is Kanye running again? Shut up Alright Up next Ask Yee 855 I wanna find Mysterious

And that's why These things happen That's why they make movies Like Don't Look Up Okay But niggas like you Just ask him Curious if Kanye

Is running again You know what You know what nigga You don't deserve Voting rights Alright Or no food Okay

Give me all your Chinese food Pass it all Give me everything Everything over there Pass it Okay Ask Yee You have Chinese food. Pass it all. Give me everything. Everything over there. Pass it. No shrimp fried rice. No lo mein.

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It's time for ASCII. Hello, who's this? This is Joe from Detroit. How's it going, Envy? What up, Doe, man? What's your question for Yeezy? Yeah, quick question. So I'm dating this girl, and she pretty much gave me the ultimatum.

Like, look, if I can't move in, we can't be together no more. What? So what should I do? Should I stay in the situation? I mean, I want to be with her, but it's like. But you don't want to move in. That's just moving too fast to me, you know? Well, if she gives you an ultimatum and it's not something you want to do,

you have to say no. How long you been dating her, though? About a year now. Yeah, and that doesn't matter, though, because if you don't want to move in with somebody and she gives you an ultimatum saying, I can't be with you unless we move in together, you can't compromise that. I mean, that's a big deal, sharing space.

And I think that, you know, what's the next move after that? If you're not ready, you can't let somebody force you into something. Yeah, see, I'm kind of feeling the same way. It was like one of those things, the first time she was in my house, I woke up, she was going through all my stuff like, look, this is what I do.

She was like, this is what I do. She was like, look, you're going to date me. This is what? I'm going through your stuff. We got to live together. Otherwise, I'll find another dude to replace you. I'm like, wow. Well, it sounds like she needs a place to stay. I appreciate that. I appreciate that.

Yeah. And imagine somebody even telling you that that sounds awful to tell you. Oh, if you don't let me move in with you, I'll find somebody else who will. That's not the type of relationship you want to be in. See, I thought it was one of those situations where she was just, you know, basically playing hard to get or just, I don't even know. Yeah, that sounds like some red flags. And let me tell you something.

If you're moving with somebody who you don't want to be with, you can't even find peace at home. Imagine you don't even feel like coming home. She's going through your stuff and she's questioning everything that you do. That's, you know, home is like your peace, your haven. You don't even want to have to deal with that. I appreciate that. I appreciate the advice.

Much love, y'all. Much love, y'all. Y'all have a good morning. All right. Have fun being single. Ask Yee. 800-585-1051. If you need any type of advice, call her 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? Hey, my name is James. James, what's up? What's your question for Yeezy? Hey, man. First of all, I just want to say, man, I really, really love you guys. Everything that you guys do, I listen to you guys all the time, every day, but

basically, Yee, I just need some advice. I'm going through some relationship troubles with my girl. Start on the new year, she told me that she's feeling depressed and she doesn't want to be together she feels like she needs to be by herself and um it's just really hard for me because i feel the complete opposite i really love this woman and i devoted my whole life to her and i

really thought she was going to be the one i was going to spend the rest of my life with so i just need help getting through this man because well if you love her and she's expressed to you that she's depressed, then you have to support how she is if you really love and care about her. Have you seen the signs of depression that she's talking about? I don't, I don't, like, I see that. Sometimes it feels like she struggles with what she's going on right now in life. Like, she just doesn't know the career that she's doing, if it's going on right now in life like like she just doesn't know the career that she's doing if it's going off right if if everything that we did I guess we rushed into everything we're both

young she's 26 I'm 23 like I don't know if that played into a role of everything but like I understand what you're saying like you know I have to support her but it's so hard when I genuinely don't want to be away from her and I love her you know yeah and and you know that's hard and the best thing that you can do though is be patient right if it's meant to be and if you love her and she does truly love you we have to be able to stand as individuals before we can be in a successful relationship and so I think for, she needs to build herself up and do what she needs to do. All you can do is offer her your support and help.

And when I mean help, I mean like maybe direct her to some resources that you feel like might be good. Let her know that you care about her, whatever decision that it is that she makes. Let her know that you're there for her. You can be a friend right now. You know, like you said,

and you agree that you feel like you rushed into things yeah okay I mean under the circumstances that we were in you know I agree like she had just gotten out of a bad relationship right when me and her and yeah I feel like that could play a role into everything yeah so she's not completely healed from that is she getting some type of help um honestly I don't I don't know. I don't think so. Just because she's always so busy. She's in RN school trying to get her RN. She's currently in LPN.

So she works all night, overnight. And then in the morning, she's at school. And then she has to sleep, you know, at some point. Right. Well, any nice gestures that you can do for her, whether that's like sending her a breakfast or, you know, at some point. Right. Well, any nice gestures that you can do for her, whether that's like sending her a breakfast or, you know, just little nice things, maybe writing her nice messages, letting her know, but without being too pushy, because she has expressed to you, she's going through something, she's told you that she needs space. So you should respect that.

But you can also at the same time, try to be supportive as a friend, because if you care about her, you care about her health and well-being as well. No, yeah, I understand. Thank you. I appreciate it. I just want to say again, I really love you guys. Thank you so much for everything you do. I really appreciate it.

And Charlamagne, man, you're the man. And Envy, you're awesome. Appreciate you, King. You're amazing. I love listening to you guys. Thank you so much, brother. All right, thank you. He seems like a sweet guy.

Ask Yee, 800-585-1051. Now, you got rumors on the way? And speaking of love, Machine Gun Kelly talks about the ring that he designed for Megan Fox, her engagement ring, and she can't take it off without hurting herself. All right, we'll get into that next. It's the Breakfast Club. It's about time. What's going on?

Rumor Report. Rumor Report's going on? Rumor report. Rumor report. This is the rumor report. Talk to him. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. All right. Well, Fat Joe, like we were talking about earlier, was on the I Am Athlete podcast. He was talking about getting rid of fake friends by pretending to be broke.

He was also discussing the feeling it lyrics from Jay-Z. And another thing he said is his favorite rapper is Ye, no matter what kanye is my favorite rapper in the world and i love him to death what you mean he's your favorite he's my favorite rapper why you keep he's been my favorite rapper so but what i'm saying to you is and i won't turn my back on him no matter what he do right right kanye the hallway he's a genius. He's incredible. And I'm f***ed. Okay, a lot of people we cool with, they don't vote like us,

or they don't agree with everything, but we gotta f*** with him. He made Jesus walks. He made Jesus walks. That's a good enough reason. I never heard Fat Joe say Kanye was his favorite rapper. That's a new one. That was on Brandon Marshall's podcast, right?

What's the name of the podcast? Do we know? I Am Athlete. I Am favorite rapper. That's a new one. That was on Brandon Marshall's podcast, right? What's the name of the podcast? Do we know? I Am Athlete. I Am Athlete. Yes, I said. I've heard Fat Josie. Nas is his favorite rapper. Mm-hmm.

All right. Well, speaking of Nas, Nas has invested in African mobile games publisher, Carry First, in a financing round raising $20 million. So he's joining other people in this investment. You know, he's been doing some amazing investments. And so that's with his venture capital firm, Queensbridge Venture Partners. He's also invested in Dropbox, Lyft, Robinhood, Coinbase, and things like that.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. So shout out to him. Drop one of Clues Bomb for Nassil. That's amazing, right? I think that does encourage other people, too, because it is really a way to get rich is to invest in these tech companies. And I know you may not be able to get in on that ground floor,

but we've been talking so much about stocks and investments, so this is just one example of things that are possible. Now, one thing, Envy, you just saw was T.I., and you said he was doing stand-up comedy? Yeah, I seen something the Jasmine brand posted that they said T.I. was doing stand-up comedy last night. I don't know. I didn't hear it. I just seen it, and I thought it was interesting.

Oh, yeah? So that's not an easy thing to do, though. We've seen a lot of people hit that stage. So what I want to do is, do we have the audio? Because this is something that just got posted on the Jasmine brand a few months ago. No, it's no audio. A few minutes ago, just got posted on the Jasmine brand a few months ago. No, it's no audio. A few minutes ago, you mean. Oh, yeah, a few minutes ago. So they said he just added stand-up to his resume, and he's just getting started.

So that should be something interesting to see. Now, Bobby Schmurder was on Million Dollars Worth a Game, and they had a welcome home party for him. I know y'all saw this audio. It seemed like he was having an amazing time dancing with Gilly and Wallo. He fell off the couch and everything. But he also talked about the first thing that he did when he came home.

How was your welcoming home? Was it like, we gonna be 100? I f***ed like 10 bitches that day. I f***ed like six bitches on the jet. I f***ed like two bitches. I smoked like... Oh, you just came home eating f***ing raw batches? Yeah, it was what? Right on the jet. I ate like two bitches. I smoked. Oh, you just came home eating raw batches? Yeah, it was what?

Right on the jet. Ah! He came home. I came home till they smelly. Yo, six years, bro. Six years, bro. Ain't nobody doing

a half a decade and not come home eating no ****. No. Let me ask you a question. He came home trying to suck his own ****. Get the **** out of here.

Whoa! Whoa! Thank you. Not on you. I think there's a bitch minimum. I don't know. I think there's like. Whoa. Whoa. Thank you. Now don't do it. I think there's a bitch minimum. I don't know. I think there's like a two bitch minimum.

We got to start believing him. Drop one of the clues bombs for a million dollars worth of pain. That looked like a fun episode. Interview, yeah. All right. Now,

Taja posted this. A woman named Taja Riley. And she was talking about the Super Bowl halftime show. She posted a message that she had received, and it says, Hello, Taja. My husband told me that the Super Bowl is recruiting volunteers to dance for no pay. I also heard that production of the Super Bowl halftime performance reached out,

asking if they had any dancers on their roster who would be interested in volunteering and performing for no pay. I'm surprised that Black LA actually considered and emailed their roster of the Super Bowl situation. They should have said no, especially because Black was originally the main agency with an audition invite for Fatima and Adrian as paid dancers. We saw the close call on their Instagram.

This is all bad. Now, Taja Riley posted this on her page and said, I'm sure I don't have to explain, but the Super Bowl is the most profitable global sporting event on any given year. Why be cheap, especially on such an incredibly important performance honoring and showcasing African-American talent? What do you guys think about that? With the Super Bowl, asking for people to just basically volunteer to dance for the halftime show and not paying the dancers.

I mean, they can ask for whatever they want. You ain't got to do it. Yeah. They should pay people, though. You know, it's interesting, right? Because it's an opportunity. And if you're like an up-and-coming dance troupe, you know what I mean? You might take advantage

of that opportunity. Millions of eyes on you. It's an investment in yourself. I'm not mad at it. I get it. It's business, right? So you're always going to try to get somebody to do something for free. Absolutely. But it is an opportunity. Right.

You can pay them a little something though because as much money as they make, at least a day rate or there's no transportation. Because Dr. Dre pays for his own set. I thought the artists paid for their own sets and everything. Well, I'm thinking about how much the Super Bowl makes. But I think traditionally the Super Bowl pays for your production and all of that, but they don't pay the artists because you get streams

and you get all kinds of promotion from it. I thought we read something. He said he's paying for his own, but traditionally what they do is they do pay for the production. Oh, got you, got you. Yeah, Super Bowl don't care about that. They're going to give you that budget, whatever that budget is, and the rest is on that game.

Listen, I'm a stern believer and recognize the opportunity when it's not a paycheck attached to it. So, I mean, you know, I wish they were offering some money, but if they're not, I don't know if that would keep me from doing it. It just depends on, you know, how much visibility I want, I guess. Y'all do less for clout nowadays. You know? I know, but this requires, like, rehearsals.

I mean, it's real work. It's the Super Bowl halftime show. It's really about what you want. Yeah, I did a lot this requires like rehearsals. I mean, it's real work. It's the Super Bowl halftime show. It's really about what you want. I did a lot of work before getting paid. We do have a clip of T.I. doing stand up, by the way. Can you be in a committed relationship and still have a friend from the opposite sex? Yes. Now if you're it don't count.

The lady's like, yes it do. It's the account. It's the account. from the opposite sex. Yes. Now if you f***ing it don't count. The ladies are like, yes it do. It's the account. It's the account. Ladies cheat way better than us so don't get into the game. Okay?

Because the s*** is going to be f***ed up for you. Besides, cheating is a big s*** game anyway. Okay? Hold on.

Say that again. You got a little s*** to keep that to yourself. That's your little secret. Okay, T.I. No, T.I. That's fine coming on a podcast, but no, not to stand up. If that's expeditiously live, I'm with it. You doing stand up, you got to sit down and sit. Hey, I just flew into town. I just flew into town, and boy, are my arms tired.

That's my guy. But if that's expeditiously live, great. But if that's you doing stand-up, leave it to Lil Duval, man. All right, well, that is your rumor. Everybody got to start somewhere, though. No, you don't. Not when you're T.I. You're already filthy rich.

Now I'm saying if you want to do stand-up comedy, people do it because they love it. T.I. Bored. No, for real. I said, he's bored. All right. People's choice mix-up next week. A man walked they love it. He just bored. He just bored. He just bored. All right. People's choice mix up next week. A man walked into a bar.

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It's DJ Envy, Anjali Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. All right, Charlamagne, you got a positive note? Yeah, you know, I was sitting there thinking about what we was talking about with the Super Bowl halftime show, right? And, you know, how do you want some dancers to dance for free? And I'm a stern believer that, you know, you should always recognize opportunity when there's not a paycheck

attached to it, because one opportunity you use wisely can change your life dramatically. So I guess my positive note is simply this, man. It may cost you, you know, it may cost you to invest in yourself, but always remember nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity. Breakfast Club, bitches!

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