The Breakfast Club - Should the NBA Return

Episode Date: June 15, 2020

We opened up the phone lines after some athletes spoke out about returning to the NBA or not over the weekend; with everything going on in the world and making a stance on police brutality, racism ect. some feel as though it may be a distraction. Moreover, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to instgram influencers for using "black face" to empathize with black peope, or were they mocking us? Also we had, Soledad O'Brien call in where she spoke about her new podcast, protesting and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

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

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

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

Danger. Danger. Danger. Everybody come to the breakfast club. I call this the hot seat. Y'all are wild. Y'all are wild. You are out of control. I can't even Hot Seat. Y'all are wild. Y'all are wild. Can I live? You are out of control. I can't even deal with you. Y'all are so petty.

Why are y'all so petty? The world's most dangerous morning show. DJ Envy. Captain of this bitch. Angela Yee. I stay in everybody's business, but in a good way. Charlamagne Tha God. The ruler rubbing you the wrong way.

The Breakfast Club. Made for everybody. Good morning, USA. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, fix, fix, fix, fix, fix. Okay. Yes, it's Monday. Good morning, everybody. Beginning of the work week. How y'all feeling? I feel pretty good. It's an active weekend. I went to a march in Brooklyn for kids, Black Kids Matter. Mm-hmm.

Nice, and it was right near my house. Okay. I want to say I'm blessed black and highly favored, which I am. You are. I'm somewhere between O and K. Yeah. Okay. It's a rough little weekend. O and a half.

Okay. Yeah, it was a rough little weekend. All right. All righty, guys. Well, it was a nice weekend. Somewhere between O and K. O and K. All right.

It was a beautiful weekend here. I didn't do much. I haven't been doing much any weekend. Me not doing much is not a surprise, but it's okay. It looks like we're about to be back driven in the house because I'm looking at the way coronavirus is spiking back up

all throughout the country. It looks like we're going to be back driven right back in the house soon. It's definitely spiking a couple of places. 19 states, but I doubt they'll shut the country down again. They just going to talk it out this time. Yeah, I think they're

looking at it like, look, people need to work, people need to pay for their mortgage, people need to get food. So it's like, look, what are we going to do? I think they're going to stop a lot of the stuff that I think they were going to do, like a lot of the nightclub venues, a lot of the beaches, they're going to shut that we're going to do, like a lot of the nightclub venues, a lot of the beaches, they're going to shut that down a whole lot.

But we'll see. We'll see. We'll see. And I don't think people are adjusting to the new normal. Like, I don't see, I mean, I'm not out, but I don't see people wearing masks. I don't see people social distancing. I don't see nobody practicing the new normal at all. Yeah.

In New York City, they said they got 25,000 complaints of businesses not following the rules they're supposed to follow, especially they said the Hamptons and Manhattan had the most. So Cuomo is threatening to shut it down here. Yeah, in New Jersey, they're opening outdoor dining starts today.

So outdoor dining, and you can actually go into stores to purchase things today. So we'll see how that works for Jersey. And I wonder if the cases are spiking because people aren't social distancing or because they're doing more testing. I wonder. You know what I'm saying?

I wonder if that's the reason. Actually, I'm doing some free COVID-19 drive-through testing this Friday and Saturday at Benedict College Charles W. Johnson Stadium in Columbia, South Carolina. So I have essential supplies there for people like the face mask and the hand sanitizer and the scope and reading materials and a whole lot of stuff. But Benedict College, Charles W. Johnson Stadium,

this Friday and Saturday you can pull up and do drive-through testing courtesy of your boy. It's Lutahot1039, Twin Columbia, South Carolina. And the big DM for holding it down for me. Yeah, like I said, I'm going out and about in stores now when I go grocery shopping. I see hand sanitizer now. I see masks now.

I see everything. Water paper towel, you name it. They got it. Toilet paper is out there now. All right, well, let's get the show cracking. Front page news, what we talking about? Well, we'll discuss all the events that happened in Atlanta

after Rayshard Brooks was killed by a police officer on Friday. All right, we'll get into that next. And I believe Soledad O'Brien will be joining us this morning, right? Hey! Yeah? Okay. All right, so we'll kick it with Soledad as well.

And you know, I'm moving. So, you know, this is how crazy Gia is. Gia, she don't want nobody in the house. So it's not even like we can have movers. So we've been packing everything and moving

everything ourselves. She's like, I don't want nobody in the house. Just look. I'm like, I get it. I understand. But that just means me and Logan will be

moving things like a mother boy. You're going to be moving the furniture too? We're going to be moving everything. The TVs, you're going to take those down yourself? Sheesh. The number one most stressful thing? Moving?

The number one most stressful thing? Yes, moving is the number one most stressful thing. Somebody can do it. I'm talking about this is a fact. Oh, I know. Documented. Number one most stressful thing is moving. I'm living it, especially when you live with a hoarder.

Like, Gia thinks she needs everything. Like, she does not want to get rid of anything. She has baby clothes. She has baby shoes, baby, like, all types of things. She has my jerseys, bro. You know what? I used to wear the 5X jerseys. She has the jerseys.

I'm like, well, we can give it away. Gotta let those go, Gia. She's like, no. No, you never know. Never know what. It was a survey of 2,000 people done, and six out of 10 people cited moving as the most stressful event with divorce or a breakup coming in second.

That was according to Bustle.com. I thought it said Busty at first. It was Bustle.com. All right. Front page is next. Why is it Busty.com, Charlamagne? It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Where are we starting, Yee? Well, let's start in Atlanta with Rayshard Brooks. He had a fatal encounter with police officers. An employee at a Wendy's in Atlanta phoned the authorities.

They said somebody had fallen asleep in their car in the restaurant's drive-thru lane. And at first, it looked like things were going to be friendly. They do have recorded on the officer's body camera and a surveillance camera what the encounter sounded like with police officers as Rayshard Brooks was cooperating with a sobriety test and also talking about his daughter's birthday. Here is some of that. Will you take a preliminary breath test for me? I can walk home. My sister's house is right here do you think that you'd be in violation or something if you were to drive your vehicle you know if that's less possible for me to park here lock the car up and do everything that i need to do within the presence of you guys

i can just go home i have my daughters daughter's there right now. My daughter's birthday was yesterday. Will you take a preliminary breath test for me? I don't want to refuse anything. It's yes or no. It's completely up to you. Yes, I will. Okay. I think you've had too much to drink to be driving. Put your hands behind your back for me. Put your hands behind your back. When they did try to arrest him, that's when Rayshard Brooks struggled and he broke free. And there was a bystander's video that showed that he did appear to have a police taser in his hand. So he was running and he possibly aimed the taser at the pursuing officers. That's when one of them fired his gun.

The officer that fired the gun was Officer Garrett Rolfe. He has since been fired. And the other officer, Devin Brosnan, is on administrative duty right now. Now, here is what Rayshard Brooks' wife, Tamika Miller, has to say. I wish that they could have had sympathy or compassion. I just feel like they didn't have to be so aggressive. He was a great father, a great husband. He believed in peace. He believed in love.

He was a beautiful spirit. He loved his family. He believed in love. He was a beautiful spirit. He loved his family. He wanted to be home with us. He promised my daughter things that I know he wanted to come through. Now I feel like I'm a statistic. I'm stuck being a single black parent. And now I'm by myself taking care of four children. It is amazing to me. It's amazing to me that police

officers can be so tone deaf. The world is in an outrage because of the unnecessary killing of unarmed black people on this planet. And cops still can't help but to kill unarmed black people. It's like if you get caught cheating on your woman and you know when you're in that doghouse period, you don't cheat while you're in that doghouse period. You got to be on your best behavior. I mean, if you are trying to get your woman back, but if you don't give a F, you don't cheat while you're in that doghouse period. You got to be on your best behavior. I mean, if you are trying to get your woman back, but if you don't give a F, you keep cheating.

Clearly, the cops don't give a F. Well, the Wendy's restaurant where this took place was set on fire, and now police are offering a $10,000 reward. They also published photos of what appeared to be

a masked white woman who they are looking for in connection with the fire. So they said she was attempting to hide her identity. You can see, it looks like a young white woman who they are looking for in connection with the fire. So they said she was attempting to hide her identity. You can see it looks like a young white woman. She's wearing a black baseball cap, a face mask, and she's encouraging the flames. And it's a shame that that woman or whoever that is will probably end up in jail before the police officer that actually killed, killed his brother.

So it almost feels like, you know, how back in the day in the Constitution, it was the three-fifths rule. Black people were just property because clearly they care about that Wendy's building and that property more than they do the body of a black man. And medical examiners ruled it a murder. They ruled it a murder. So it's just like, I didn't want to pronounce that word

because I haven't pronounced it right ever in my life. But it's just like, when you, I don't get it. Like, when a police officer... I didn't want to pronounce that word because I haven't pronounced it right ever in my life. But it's just like when you... I don't get it. Like when a police officer... I don't get it either. With everything going on in the world, like wouldn't you be like, you know what? Let's look at what's going on.

The man has a taser. He doesn't have a gun, and the taser's bright as yellow. So it's not like it was a mistake. It's not like, oh, well, no, he doesn't. And figure it out. You got his car right there. So even if he gets away on foot, you still track his lights, play, go arrest him later. He told you where he lives.

He said he just lived right up the block. Exactly. You lost the foot race. So what? It was his daughter. She was supposed to, he was supposed to be taking her roller skating for her birthday. They said she was dressed and ready to go Saturday morning, waiting for her dad to come get her. Come on, man.

Come on, man. Come on, man. It just really baffles my mind that at a time like this, when people are burning things down, when people are upset, when people are enraged, that doesn't even make police officers think twice? Right. Like, come on, bro. All right. That is front page news. Get it off your chest.

800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. Call us up. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this mine I own this it's surprisingly easy there's 55 gallons of water 500 pounds of concrete everybody's doing it I am King Ernest Emmanuel I am the Queen of Ladonia I'm Jackson the first king of Kaperburg I am the supreme leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia be part of a great colonial tradition the why can't I trade my own

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

That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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

Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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? Queen, God, DJ Envy, this is Fred from Milwaukee, Wisconsin checking in with you. What's happening? Where you been, Fred? What's happening, King? Hey, Fred. Uh, hey,

how y'all doing? I'm just working, staying blessed. Y'all are just trying to stay out the way. We gotta stand on their neck, but we gotta try to stay out their way. They rough out here on us. They been rough, but it's rough. I don't want to stand on nobody's neck, and I don't want them to stand on ours either. I'll take a knee on it. Well, I'm just saying, you know, they're handling us rough. We got to do

something, brother, you know, so I guess for me, the best thing for me to do is just kind of keep working and stay prayed up and stay in the house and kind of stay out their way. That's right. Okay. Sheesh. I love y'all. I hope y'all stay safe. Y'all family stay safe and just stay prayed up. It's rough out here for us, brother.

Hopefully we keep praying that hopefully one day God will step in. Hopefully we just keep fighting the fight, brother. That's all I can say. God's stepping in right now. We'll pray for you and yours as well. All right, Fred. Okay, love y'all. Y'all take it easy.

All righty, brother. God is very active, whether we realize it or not. Hello, who's this? Hey, yeah, it's Alex. Alex, what up, bro? What you call, where you calling from? Yeah, calling from Brooklyn. Okay, get it off your chest.

Yeah, man, I'm just really upset right now, frustrated about hearing about these lynchings that's going on over there in California, man. And I'm just, like, trying to see what's going on with our people, man. How we gonna try to get this thing back in order, man? This stuff is getting people ready to do something, man. Yeah, Robert Fuller and Malcolm Harsh. They're not sure what happened,

but it seems unlikely that it was a suicide, according to close family and friends of those men. Yeah, I read something yesterday that it was like four of those lynchings this week. Wow. It was those two brothers and a young woman and somebody else. Yeah, this thing, it's got to be like some type of Black Panther movement going on right now. This stuff is getting crazy, man.

Right. Yes, it is, sir. It is, brother. That is an understatement. I wish I could tell you otherwise, but no. That is the reality of the situation. Things are pretty nuts right now. All right, bro.

Yanks. Get it off your chest. All right, bro. Yanks. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. I'm telling.

I'm telling. Hey, what you doing, man? I'm telling. I'm calling. I'm calling you. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-1051.

We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Titi. Hey, Titi, get it off your chest. I just got to say that all this going on, this protesting and everything, I'm hanging 100%, but it's, they're not listening to us. They're looking at us like a big show

and laughing at us. That's how I feel. And the only way these cops are actually going to listen to us, we have to take their pockets. We have to take their money. We have to take... Once we start taking their pockets,

that's when they're going to actually say, hold up, let's see what they're doing. Because right now, these cops obviously don't care because they get off of it. Being fired is nothing. Everybody gets fired every now and again. But he's not suffering any consequences. If it was a regular guy

who did that murder, he would have been in jail already and then waited for investigation. That's right. They're not being held accountable. I mean, the only way these people are going to actually listen We have to take their pocket I mean I hear Charlamagne talking about it all the time Defund, defund, yes

But you have to even go deeper Take their pocket When you start taking their money I mean most of the time, 100% of the time We buy their product We support them And that's the only thing We cannot come together and say, yes, we're not going to shop for them. Because for some reason, we always have to go back and shop from them and buy stuff from them.

Look at the Jews. The Jews stay together. As much as they don't like each other, they're going to support them because that's their community. That's their people. They're going to support them because that's their community. That's their people. They're going to support. We are black people. We're going to have somebody, one of our own, and don't support them and go to the right way and support them. Just to get by them. But if you watch the white community and the Jewish community, they support each other. Yeah, absolutely right. Other communities definitely support each other. We need to support each other. But also with officers, when they get arrested, I mean, and they get in there and they're found guilty, they shouldn't be able to use the taxpayers' money to pay out other families.

That's not right. They make a mistake. Yeah, they shouldn't be able to do that either. That's why they're trying to end qualified immunity, you know, so they can hold the officers personally accountable, hold them accountable as individuals, you know. And that's my motto. My motto is them accountable as individuals, you know, and that's my motto. My motto is pensions are prisons, you know. The choice is yours.

If an officer had to choose between getting his pension taken away forever and being financially responsible to his family for his negligence, or he had to choose between, you know, actually going to prison, those are two things that would probably make them think twice about doing things like shooting brothers like Rashad Brooks is his name, right? Rashad Brooks in the back. Alright, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

If you need to vent, you can hit us up. Now we got rumors on the way, Yee? Yes, and you know, we played parts of Dave Chappelle's new stand-up 846. Well, we'll tell you how some people he named dropped are responding to what he had to say. Alright, we'll get into that some people he named dropped are responding to what he had to say. All right. We'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Dave Chappelle. She's spilling the tea. This is the rumor report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Now, Dave Chappelle's latest stand up, 846, came out last week and two people he discussed on there,

Don Lemon and Candace Owens, have since responded to what he had to say on his special. Here is what Dave Chappelle said about Candace Owens. I watch everything everybody says. I've seen Candace Owens try to convince white America, don't worry about it. He's a criminal anyway. I don't care what this did. I don't care if he personally kicked Candace Owens

in her stinky. I don't know if it stinks, but I imagine it does. And if I ever find out, I'll let you know for sure. I'll tell like Azealia Banks, I'll tell. Now, she responded to every Democrat tweeting me the clip of Dave Chappelle insulting me. I'm not a leftist. I have a sense of humor, and I think comedians should make fun of people.

Dave Chappelle is one of the greatest comedians of all time, and I made it into one of his specials. That's power. We've arrived too suddenly into a culture where people can't laugh at themselves or want to restrain comedians. I will never be a part of that culture. At Dave Chappelle, you are a legend, and I'd love to meet you and challenge you to say any of that to my face.

All love. She was excited about the attention. Exactly. You don't have to like her, but she's absolutely right in that situation. Okay? And by the way, that lets me know Candace Owens is invincible. She's unstoppable. Hating her, talking bad about her, calling her out,

you ain't doing nothing but making her stronger. Your hate for her is empowering her. But you thought she was going to be mad at what Dave said? No, she loves the attention. As long as you say my name. She loves it. All right, now here's what Dave Chappelle had to say about Don Lemon. So the other night, I'm in my little little clubhouse and I'm watching Don Lemon.

He says, where are all these celebrities? Why aren't you talking? This a**hole said to everybody. I was screaming at the TV. I dare you to say me, n***a. Has anyone ever listened to me do comedy? Have I not ever said anything about these things before. So now all of a sudden, this expect me to step in front of the streets and talk over the work these people are doing as a celebrity. Ask me, do you want to see a celebrity right now? Do we give a what Ja Rule thinks?

Now, Don Lemon was also flattered to be mentioned in Dave Chappelle's stand-up because he said he's his favorite comedian. And here is his response to Dave Chappelle's jokes. Dave Chappelle is my favorite comedian. And I do care what Dave Chappelle says. But I do think that this is not a moment for modesty. I think it's a moment that we should all be using our platform to do whatever we can. And at least to show those young people and those people

out there that we support them and that's all they need to know. But the irony is that his special is called 846. He's talking about this issue and I think it's great. He's using his platform to talk about this in the way that he can. A lot of people mad at Don for that though because the problem with what Don did is he didn't know what people were doing. He didn't know what people had planned he just jumped out there and started calling folks out a lot of folks didn't like that it just didn't seem right when he did it I heard it live because I was actually watching and when he said it it just didn't seem natural it just

didn't you know I mean he was he was vamping he was trying to kill time you could tell that they were in his ear they were showing the b-roll of all the protests showing the b-roll riots and he just started going where are you celebrities at? This is where we need you. Why would you call out the cast of Black-ish? What did Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross have anything to do with this? Come on. Alright, now let's

discuss something else that happened over the weekend. B. Simone. They were blasting her and that is because she has a book out and she has plagiarized allegedly other authors for her book so a lot of people were calling for her to be canceled Meek Mill did come to her defense he said give me your point why a girl from where we come from should be canceled because she finessed a little bit I really want to know how people really think and then he said I never even

checked what she really did I'm just tired of seeing blacks canceling blacks they got us ranked in last place already chill with that ish well the problem is some writers are accusing her of copying their work L of boss girl bloggers became aware of the issue via email and it's really definitely word for word what she had written so she said it's been brought to my attention that B Simone is selling a book with my content in it word for word she is making a profit off of plagiarized content of smaller content creators and calls herself an entrepreneur. And then she posted a shot of her content and then B. Simone's book. And she said, this is not entrepreneurship. It's disgusting.

Let me ask you a question. Real question. And I'm not being shady. What does B. Simone do? I know she said she sold makeup at one time, I believe She had her own makeup line But what else does she, because I don't know And I'm not saying being shade, I'm just curious

She's a comedian, she's an artist, a recording artist also So B. Simone did respond via DM She said, if you know her, please tell her I'm trying to contact her via DM I would never intentionally do that I hired a design firm, I had no idea The book was removed and I want to handle this ASAP Please tell her to check her via DM. I would never intentionally do that. I hired a design firm. I had no idea. The book was removed and I want to handle this ASAP.

Please tell her to check her DM. Thank you. I have, I'm so confused at everything that's going on right now with this. I don't know anything about this. And that's what I'm saying.

I'm confused. I thought she did makeup. I have no idea what is going on. I didn't know she do books. She put out a book. What was the book about? It was just like, kind of how to,

Oh, that I know. How to manifest. Manifest. There you go, because she's the manifest queen, right? Yes, but the problem is that she plagiarized other content creators' work word for word in her book. Listen, I know B-Symore is the manifest queen. That's all you know. I'm hip.

I'm hip. You're hip? The kids keep me young They keep you in the know I be hitting up my nieces Like yo What's going on here now Why are people mad at her

And then you know I don't care As soon as I find out Alright now Vanessa Bryant said That her family Has had to block fan accounts Because of the constant reminders

Of Kobe and Gianna And the pictures That these fan accounts have been posting, even though they don't have any ill intent. She said, thanks so much for all the love. Natalia, Brian, and I have unfortunately had to block fan pages because it's been really hard to go online and constantly see pics of our beloved Gigi and Kobe

under every single square of our Explorer pages. Blocking the fan pages has helped change the algorithm. We love you, but please understand that we had to do this for our own healing, not because we don't appreciate your love. I get it. Makes sense. I get it. Nah, that makes all the sense in the world.

Makes all the sense in the world because it's just a constant reminder. I don't think that anybody wants to forget. It's just that, you know, it comes in ebbs and flows. I felt like that this weekend with Jessica. But, you know, she just passed away this weekend. So it's just like when you go on her page, some make you feel good some posts make you feel sad that's just that's just the way it is you know all right well i'm angela yee and that is your rumor report all right thank you miss yee now we got front page news next what we talking about yes i'm gonna

give you some details about robert fuller and malcolm harsh two black men who were found hanging in california all right we'll get into that next keep it locked it's the breakfast club good morning and Malcolm Harsh, two black men who were found hanging in California. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Where we starting, Yee? Well, people are demanding justice for Robert Fuller. He was found hanging from a tree near Palmdale City Hall in California on June 10th. He was found by a passerby at about 3.40 a.m. Now, the city did release a statement. They said his death was a suicide, and they said it was connected to the coronavirus pandemic. They said many people are suffering extreme mental anguish, and the city wants everyone to know that help is available. However, Robert Fuller's friends and family believe that he was lynched.

They think that police jumped to conclusions by ruling out a hate crime so quickly and now the city is even reversing their stance and saying that they need to do an independent investigation and autopsy and they do support a full investigation into his death in addition there was another man malcolm harsh in victorville california and his body was found may 31st and so that's a second person his body was found hanging from a tree outside of la hard for me to believe that all of these things are coinc, especially being that they're hanging themselves outside on trees. I don't believe that. Not in the slightest.

And they should do an independent investigation. They all should on all three cases. Absolutely. And in a world where everything is on camera, why is none of this on video? There's no cameras outside in these areas where these young men are allegedly hanging themselves. Nobody sees any of this. In a world where everything's on camera at hanging themselves. Like nobody sees any of this. In a world where everything's on camera at all times, nobody's getting video of this.

And then you remember what they said at George Floyd first. At first they said it wasn't because the officer's knee was on his neck. And then they had to get an independent person to come in and check it out. And they said, no, that is the reason. So yeah, definitely get an independent person

to check those things out. Yeah, for Robert Fuller, they said there were no working security cameras in the area, so they don't have any footage of that. Now the mayor and Robert Fuller's case said that the reasons why they said all signs pointed to suicide, they were apparently scars on his body consistent with previous attempts. But, you know, according to Robert Fuller's brother, he said, my brother was not suicidal. My brother was just with me not too long ago. And the family doesn't believe that.

Well, you never know what somebody's going through. So that's not it. That right there is definitely not a good excuse. Because you just don't know what somebody may be going through. They may present something to you, but they may have some whole other issues going on within their mind. Right. But as a family member, I think you would feel that way also

and demand an investigation and be like, there were no signs. Of course. Of this. All right. In San Francisco, police officers will be replaced with to have people who are trained with that whole thing because they said police officers just sometimes aren't equipped to deal with mental health issues with homeless with neighbor disputes and things like that and there's no reason for these type of calls to involve the police that's when things tend to escalate so that's their plan moving forward and it's similar to a plan called the cahoots program in eugene oregon where a medic and a mental health crisis manager respond to emergency calls for help with individuals who are suffering from severe mental illness, addiction and homelessness.

Yeah, I think that's great. I think that's great. I think I think the police should come with them. But I do feel like you let them start because they see the whole thing is somebody, a doctor will understand what's going on and be able to talk to somebody and see exactly what's going on, you know, at all cases. Yeah, I agree with that. But the problem with the police officers, they don't know how to de-escalate those situations. So let's say that they go to somebody's house and, you know, the person has a manic episode. All police know how to do is lay somebody down.

Clearly, you know what I mean? It would be different if police weren't the way that they were. And I'm not saying all police are like that, but it's hard to say all police aren't like that because all we see is the ones that are like that. So it's hard to go there and just defuse the situation. But honestly, that's what I needed a few months ago because we made a call to the police to do a wellness check on

someone and they said that they couldn't even go because the person wasn't in any imminent danger. That's what they said. And because the last time we spoke to the person, the person said they were fine. You know, and you told me that. Even though, yeah, I told you.

You told me that, which is bugged, because one time I was out of town, and I called the house, and my wife didn't pick up, and I called my daughter's phone, and she didn't pick up. And when I checked the cameras on the house, the cameras were out. So I called the police to make a wellness check, and they were able to do it. So I wonder if different states have different laws and different rules because they were able to make a wellness

check. You know, I don't know. It was in LA. But yeah, we definitely needed that. Whatever San Francisco got now, we definitely needed that a few months ago. Absolutely. And these are non-criminal calls. And I think it makes perfect sense. You know, we've seen things where somebody with mental illness, the family member calls the police because they don't know how to handle the situation. And then things go completely left. So something like this can actually prevent that from happening and help diffuse situations instead of escalating them. Right. All right. Well, that is your front page news. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Now when we come back, let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. The NBA. Do you feel the NBA should come back? The players have had meetings about this.

Some players feel like, yeah, we want to get back to the games. And some players feel like, nah. We actually have some audio of Steven Jackson. Can you play the audio, Eddie? I love the NBA, man. But now ain't the time to be playing basketball, y'all. Playing basketball is going to do one thing. Take all the attention off the task at hand right now

and what we fighting for. None of these white owners have spoken up. Yeah, they might post a video when the season start saying what we should do, but they ain't doing nothing. Playing basketball ain't going to do nothing but make them money and take the attention of what we fighting for. It's bigger than all of us, and it's bigger than the game.

And I'm sad that we still got to explain that to people, bro. So we're asking, what are your thoughts? 800-585-1051. Seems like Kyrie Irving doesn't want the season to begin. He doesn't want to play this season. But there's a couple of players that— Yeah, he let a video call of NBA players. And LeBron does believe that you can still play

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Now, if you just joined us, we're talking about the NBA. Should the NBA be open? Should they allow the players to get back to playing and start playing some games? So players have different opinions on this, right, Yee? Yes, Kyrie Irving doesn't think that the NBA should be opening back up in Orlando right now. And he says that there's only 20 guys actually getting paid. I'm part of that.

Let's not pretend there's not a tiered system purposely to divide all of us. LeBron believes that you can still play in Orlando and impact social justice. And he wants to return to play in Orlando, but he's also a public and prominent supporter of Black Lives Matter and social justice causes as well. And he also just started his More Than a Vote campaign.

Now, Steven Jackson believes that the NBA shouldn't be playing. Here is his audio. I love the NBA, man. But now ain't the time to be playing basketball, y'all. Playing basketball is going to do one thing. Take all the attention off the task at hand right now and what we fighting for. None of these white owners have spoken up. Yeah, they might post a video when the season starts saying what we should do,

but they ain't doing nothing. Playing basketball ain't going to do nothing but make them money and take the attention of what we fighting for. It's bigger than all of us, and it's bigger than the game, and I'm sad that we still got to explain that to people, bro. Now let me ask you, what do you think? What do you think, E? First of all, I think it's up to the players, and from my understanding, a lot of the players do want to go that to people, bro. So now let me ask you, what do you think? What do you think, E? First of all, I think it's up to the players. And from my understanding, a lot of the players do want to go back to play.

And I also feel like that's a great platform to be able to promote everything that's happening and discuss it and play in honor of those people who are suffering and people that have been killed and family members and all of that. And to actually be able to make that money to donate to causes and bring attention to things. So I do feel like you can do that and play basketball. Before we go to you, Charlamagne, I feel that the players should play. I mean, you know, LeBron has made statements before wearing T-shirts before the games with the world watching. Not only that, you got to think not just a lot of these players that's making millions and millions and millions of dollars, like your Kyrie Irving, then your LeBron James. There's some players that are not making that much money, and they rely on this check.

This is how they pay for their rent and pay for their family. And if the NBA doesn't play, the NBA players risk the possibility of losing all their game checks. So I definitely feel like it should play. Disney's about to open. States are opening. The world is opening up. So I think if you say, okay, NBA not opening, I think it just hurts the players. Disney is about to open. States are opening. Like, the world is opening up.

So I think if you say, okay, NBA not opening, I think it just hurts the players. Like, Disney is opening up. And Austin Rivers pointed that out for himself as well. He said 99% of the NBA hasn't made the money a guy like Kyrie has. Not to mention NBA basketball is predominantly African-American in a lot of our audiences too. Charlamagne? I hear both sides.

I respect both sides. I respect both sides. I understand what Steven Jackson is saying, and I understand what the people who want to play are saying. But personally, I don't think the NBA distracts from anything that's going on. I think it actually heightens what's going on. It can bring more eyes to what's going on. Absolutely. Players will be out there doing their own demonstrations,

wearing T-shirts, taking knees. Protesters can protest outside of the arenas. It's not like they have fans in the stands, so nobody's at harm there. And by the way, it's not like NBA players are out there protesting on the front lines. I know I saw Russell Westbrook and some others in L.A. Yeah, but it's not like they're out there every day. And let's be clear about one thing and one thing only. The NBA, that's those guys' job.

All right? People are going back to work. Okay? NBA players want to go back to work, and it's safe for them to go back to work. Let them go back to work and make some money. I personally don't think it's distracting at all. I'm one of those people who knows that black people can chew gum

and walk at the same time. And that's why you got to have a me and inside-outside game. Okay? You got to have people on the outside doing what they do, and you got to have people on the inside doing what they do. And you got to have people on the inside doing what they do. And I think that the NBA can actually heighten what's going on on the outside. So I don't think it's distracting at all. And another concern that they have is with the ownership not really stepping up and also supporting all of these movements.

And that's when you got to put that pressure on as well. Let's go to the phone lines. Hello, who's this? Cheyenne. Hey, now we're talking to NBA. Do you think the NBA should come back? Do you think they should start playing again? I feel like that they should.

I could also argue both sides, but I feel like they should because right now a lot of the children are out of school, the young children. I'm speaking to the teenagers. Instead of them being out here running around doing things they shouldn't be doing, they could be at the home watching a game. Okay. I mean, that's true, too, where these kids will be, you know,

doing something, they'll be home watching the games instead of being outside. That's a good way to think about it. 800-585-1051. We're talking about the NBA season. Do you think the NBA season should come back? Call us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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Come on. 800-585-1051. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God, we are The Breakfast Club. If you just joined us, we're talking about the NBA season. We're asking, do you think the NBA season should come back, alright? A couple of players feel like no, they don't want to play this season. And some other players feel like yeah, we're losing money. We want to get back to playing. We want to get back to getting our checks.

Let's open up the phone lines. Hello, who's this? Yo, this, we're losing money. We want to get back to playing. We want to get back to getting our checks. Let's open up the phone lines. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is Matt from VA. Hey, what's up, Matt? We're talking the NBA season. What are you thinking? Nah, man, they should just go ahead and leave it alone, chill for a whole nother season.

Ain't nobody going to protest and use that platform like Colin Kaepernick did in the NFL. Ain't nobody really going to be about the action. And if they are, it's going to protest doing something that's really not going to make a difference right now, honestly. Why do you think nobody's going to do that when they've done it before?

Like, you've seen LeBron James in a way that I can't breathe t-shirts. You've seen him where to be. Because that's all he's done. That's not going to make enough change. A shirt is not going to do anything. And if he go out there and protest on the riot, that's not going to do anything. If they can use their platform somehow like Colin Kaepernick

kneeled during National Anthem, then if they made that kind of statement, then yes, I will support them coming back. I don't think they will. They're just going to make the white man just a little bit more money and not going to bring enough attention to the cause. That's it. They're going to make themselves a lot more money too. And I don't know if you know, but some of those NBA players are actually funding

people that are on the ground, on the front lines. They're funding some of these movements that are front line protesters. Yeah, but I've heard of them funding protests and the money doesn't go anywhere. I've heard that the BLM fund hasn't went anywhere at all.

So, I'm not sure. What do you mean it hasn't went anywhere? It's actually making a difference right now. I don't understand what you mean when you say it hasn't gone anywhere. People got to bail protesters out of jail. Right, right, but that's the thing. Bailing protesters out of jail is not going anywhere. Well, that's doing a lot.

Those people on the front lines protesting for all of us. I mean, they get locked up. They need lawyers. We got to bail them out. So there is a lot going on. And a lot of those NBA players are funding that or helping to fund that. Making sure families can travel to where they need to travel to. But thank you, brother.

Hello, who's this? Hey, how you doing? My name's Darrell, man. Darrell, what's up? We're talking about the NBA season. You think they should come back this year? I do not. I agree with what was said.

I think that right now we got the light, we got the mantle, and we're being heard. And I think that it's just going to cause a distraction. Not only that, but with this pandemic going on, the NBA was one of the first places where the pandemic happened. So I think we can sit out this year, you know, make everybody hope everybody be well by next year. And right now, like I

said, we're being heard. That's the main focal point right now. Well, see, so many different places are opening up. Like, Disney is opening up, bro. Hershey Park is opening up. A lot of these places are opening up where there's gonna be a lot of flood of people. And you gotta remember, there is no fans in the stands. It's just those players. They're gonna be in a particular

hotel, and they're gonna be quarantined all together. Okay. I mean, but still, I think, like I said, particular hotel, and they're going to be quarantined altogether. Okay. I mean, but still, I think, like I said, in light of everything that's going on right now in America, I do think that it's just going to cause a distraction. I'm going to be honest with you. I am very confused by people saying this will be a distraction. It's not like there haven't been athletes who have played and fought for social justice before.

Some of the loudest moments in social justice history have happened in sports. John Carlos and Tommy Smith at the Olympics. People like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Colin Kaepernick taking a knee, Jim Brown, Muhammad Ali. Like these people have used their platforms to heighten whatever movement they were behind. I don't understand why we're acting like this would be a distraction. That is confusing to me. All right. 800-585-1051. We'll take some more of your calls when we come back. This is confusing to me. Alright. 800-585-1051.

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Good morning. Now, if you just joined us, we're talking about the NBA season. And should it return? Steven Jackson, he says no. Let's play his audio. I love the NBA, man. But now ain't the time to be playing basketball, y'all. Playing basketball is going to do one thing.

Take all the attention off the task at hand right now and what we fighting for. None of these white owners have spoken up. Yeah, they might post a video when the season start saying what we should do, but they ain't doing nothing. Playing basketball ain't going to do nothing but make them money and take the attention

of what we fighting for. It's bigger than all of us and it's bigger than the game and I'm sad that we still got to explain that to people, bro. A lot of other players feel like they want to play. LeBron wants to play. So we're asking 800-585-1051, what are your thoughts? Hello, who's this? D.

Okay, what are your thoughts, Mama? So I think at first I was torn because I was thinking, you know, they're just going back to, you know, play for the white people. But at the same time, I think this would be a perfect opportunity for them to really use their voice. Every game that starts, we hold a moment of silence. Every last player is outfitted with a Black Lives Matter t-shirt. We make it so that they can't avoid it. Like, they are expecting that, you know, all of these players will go back and act like everything is normal. No, like everything is normal. No, it's not normal.

We shouldn't be killed at the hands of cops. It's one thing when you have, like, one player, like Kaepernick, you can't boycott or you can't blacklist all of the NBA players. Right. You know? But you can't force every player to wear that, though. They have to feel it. Yeah, I understand that. But at the same time, I'm willing to bet that most of the top line or top of the market players are going to be willing to lend their voice

to this card because it's something that affects us all. And I wanted to also tie into that. All they got to do is... Oh, go ahead. I'm sorry. I kind of also wanted to tie into that, like the idea of flooding timelines and just making it so that they can't ignore it. Yesterday was Obama Appreciation Day. And you know what?

Trump stayed off of Twitter. What if we were to make it so that he can't avoid Black Lives Matter? MAGA, hashtag MAGA, hashtag Trump. Let's take it over. Let's make it so that, like, the K-pop stars did it. Let's make it so that every image, every time he opens up Twitter, that's take it over. Let's make it so that the K-pop stars did it. Let's make it so that every image, every time he opens up Twitter, that's what he sees.

That's why I don't understand why people act like the NBA would be a distraction. The NBA would just heighten what's going on. All the players could wear I Can't Breathe t-shirts and now it would be even different because you'd have white players participating as well. Athlete activism and protest through sports is important.

It's been happening since I've been alive. Like, this is new. Well, thank you, Mama. Go to one more caller. Hello, who's this? Hey, what's going on? Hey, good morning. Where you calling from? Detroit, Michigan. Okay. So we're talking about

the NBA playing. What are your thoughts? I don't think any sports should return. Not football, not basketball, not baseball, or hockey. Why? This is not the time to be worried about who's playing games, who's winning championships right now. It's still killing us right now. Okay.

Well, thank you for your opinion, Mama. I'm very confused about this. Why do we act like sports didn't play a role in the civil rights movement? Seriously, why are we acting like the Jackie Robinsons of the world didn't exist? I really don't understand the logic. Or Muhammad Ali.

Muhammad Ali, John Carlos, Tommy Smith, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, most recently Colin Kaepernick. You've always had people who have used athlete activism in protests through sports. I'm really confused about why people think this would be a distraction. All right, well, is there a moral to the story? I don't think it's a moral to the story.

Like I said, I respect both sides, and I hear both sides. I hear what Steven Jackson is saying. I hear what the people that want to play is saying. But I just think that if they play, it heightens what's going on. It brings more eyes to what's going on. And players will be out there doing their demonstrations and, you know, bringing more attention to the cause. And once again, that's just their job. If people are getting back to work and they want to work, let them work.

All right. I feel like it's kind of like saying don't release movies, don't release music, don't do any, like you can still do things and still be active. Absolutely. Well, we got rumors on the way, Yee. Yes, and we are going to talk about a versus battle that's coming up on Juneteenth. We'll tell you who's battling. Also, Nicki Minaj was on Young Money Radio. All right, we'll get into that when we come back.

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Gossip. Gossip. With Angela Yee. It's The Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Well, Lil Wayne, Young Money Radio. Guess who we interviewed over the weekend? Nicki Minaj.

Now, one of the things she discussed was being married right now. Listen to this. How did marriage life treat you? Good, good, good. Awesome, man. Didn't think it would be as refreshing and calming as it is, but it kind of, you know, even if you're not married, just when you have somebody that feels like your soulmate

or is better understanding or understands you, it just makes you feel like you're on top of the world, you know? You just need that partner. That's what I'm saying. So, I'm good. It also turns out the two of them really might be doing

this joint album and things might be in the works. They discuss what it was like for him to sign her as a woman because that's not, you know,

people always have had reservations about signing female artists, unfortunately. And then she discusses how difficult it is to follow Wayne on a record because he's legendary. The beauty of that is Nicki called fire her on her own, especially with that Beam Me Up Scotty mixtape. I'm sure once that took off, that's when the label was like, oh, Wayne, I think you might have something here.

Let's open the budget. And now Eminem has been talking to a lot of people on his Young Money radio. He's even had on Eminem, Jamie Foxx, Drake, Killer Mike, a whole lot of other guests as well. Looks like he's having fun with it. Yeah, Nori was on there this weekend as well. Yeah, I seen Nori on there. All right, Spike Lee has apologized, and that's because he defended Woody Allen. He voiced support for Woody Allen, and he was criticizing cancel culture.

And after that happened, he has said he deeply apologizes. He tweeted out, my words were wrong. I do not and will not tolerate sexual harassment, assault or violence. Such treatment causes real damage that can't be minimized. And that's all because we do know that Woody Allen has been accused of molesting his daughter, Dylan Farrow, when she was seven years old. Now, here is what Spike Lee had to say in an interview in the morning. Well, I'd just like to say Woody Allen's a great, great filmmaker. And this cancel thing is not just Woody. And I think that when we look back on it,

I don't know if you're just short of killing somebody. I don't know if you just just short of killing somebody. I don't know if you're just erasing somebody like they never existed. So Woody's a friend of mine, a fellow Nick fan, so I know he's going through it right now. What was the line of questioning, though? Like, why did he start talking about Woody Allen? I think he was just talking about the cancel culture, and he was saying that Woody Allen's a great filmmaker,

and that's just his longtime friend so he was just talking about Woody Allen falling out of grace because of the Me Too movement and so you know Woody Allen also has recently put out his memoir and a lot of people had issues with that as well all right Barbra Streisand here's some good news she has helped out George Floyd's daughter Gianna she's only six only six years old. And she gave her some shares. So she's now a Disney shareholder. I love that. Now, Gianna posted a picture with a post on her Instagram page. And she said, thank you, Barbra Streisand, for my package.

I am now a Disney shareholder. Thanks to you. I love that. Yeah, drop on the food bombs for Barbra Streisand. That's good. I mean, that young lady is going to be set for life. If somebody teaches her how to be financially literate, what she can learn. That's good. I mean, that young lady is going to be set for life if somebody teaches her how to, you know,

be financially literate. What she can learn because she's a kid. Yeah, absolutely. She's already been offered a full-ride scholarship to Texas Southern University in Houston,

and Kanye has set up a college fund for her as well. There's also a GoFundMe page that's been set up on behalf of her, and they've raised over $2 million to date. So that's how you actually

help out the village. And the AKAs, the AK said that uh any hbcu she wants to go attend that they'll uh cover that as well by the way that's that's that's that's how all uh american descendants of slaves should be should be treated that's the kind of uh reparations we talking about yes for everything that you know black people have been through in this country that is the kind of uh reparations we talking about? Yes. For everything that, you know, black people have been through in this country, that is the kind of reparations they should receive. Absolutely. And you know what I love about giving her stock in Walt Disney and Disney, that's something that you can relate to, right? You know, things that you love and they always say buy stock and things that are important to you and that you support and that you use on a daily basis. And that's something that she can actually understand. Like I'm getting stock in Disney. I love Disney. Absolutely. That's a great start

to your investing. Yeah. Just seven months ago, it was like at 140, 150, and now it's at like 112. So it is shoot up. So that'd be great. They said that if you would have bought a thousand dollars 10 years ago in Disney stock, that would be worth more than as of February, you know, it's down a little bit right now till they open back up, but it would have been worth $4,600 for $1,000 of stock from 10 years ago. So that's a great investment.

All right, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. All right, thank you, Ms. Yee. Charlemagne. Yes, sir. Who are you giving that donkey to? You know, I need a couple of Instagram influences whose names I can't pronounce,

so I'll save my energy to try to pronounce them during donkey of the day. They don't understand what blackface is, so we got to give them a little history lesson. Again?

Yes, yes, yes. People still don't know what blackface is. We need them to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with them. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Who's going to be a donkey? Because right now, you want some real donkey shit. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Who's going to be a donkey? Right now, you want some real donkeys? It's time for Donkey of the Day. So if you ever feel I need to be a donkey, man, hit me with the heel. Did she get donkey in the name, please, Deli?

Absolutely. I have become Donkey of the Day. It's The Breakfast Club, bitches. You're a donkey. Donkey of the Day for Monday, June 15th goes to Lebanese vocalist Tania Saleh and Algerian artist Suheela bin Lakab. Apologies if I messed up either one of your names. Pronunciation has never been my strong suit.

Now, I really do appreciate seeing people all over the world scream Black Lives Matter. I have said numerous times over the past few weeks that ain't no good gonna come to America or the world until they do right by black people. OK, when America atones for its original sin, which is slavery through legislation, reparations and change behavior, then you will see this wicked system come to an end and a new world will be upon us. It will be a lot of devils who refuse to accept the programming. And that's fine. OK, when God told Noah to tell folks to get their minds right, get their souls right,

and get on this ark because the flood was coming, most of them didn't listen either, and they got pressure washed. So all you devils who don't want to do right by black people and think whatever I'm saying is trash, eh, let them drown. Okay, so I'm saying all that to say all you folks all around the world showing love to Black Lives Matter, thank you, but we live in an era of too far, all right? Everybody goes too far with whatever they are doing, and sadly, you don't know you have gone too far until you have went too far, and by then, it's too late,

okay? You are already experiencing online outrage and backlash, in this case, blacklash, because you see these two instagram influencers from the middle east and eastern europe respectively decided to show their love and i put love in quotation marks and support and i put support in quotation marks for black people by putting on blackface yeah that blackface uh tania had a photoshopped angela dav Davis afro wig and black skin paint, and she put the caption, Wish I was black today more than ever. Sending my love and full support to the people who demand equality and justice for all races anywhere in the world.

So Hila painted half her body brown with the caption, Just because we're black on the outside doesn't mean we're black on the inside. Huh? At first, I didn't know what the hell that line meant. It made absolutely no sense to me because I'm all black everything through and through. And what the hell is wrong with being black on the inside? Then she explained. She says, racist people are the true black hearted ones.

They are black on the inside and they know it. I know what she means, but fart on that statement. Come on, Eddie. Give me a little ask ass for that. All right. See, you can't celebrate black people if you don't know black history, if you don't know what offends black people. OK, wearing blackface at a time like this is like starting a hashtag. I am a campaign. Oh, I'm sorry, Toronto. Can't say the N word in Toronto. So just imagine if a bunch of white people got online to show their support. They did a hashtag I am N-word campaign. Can you imagine that? What if to show

support for black people, somebody decided to sponsor free Popeyes, free KFC for protesters at all Black Lives Matter rallies. Now, I would enjoy it because I enjoy Popeyes and KFC, but the optics of it would be disrespectful as hell, okay? White people moonwalk away from the bronzer, all right? If you see the black and brown paint to the right, then you go to the left to the left, okay? What trips me out about this is what's wrong with your Google? Did you consult with anyone before you made this move? Do you not see what happens to white folks every Halloween here in America? White folks who decide that they want to trick-or-treat as their favorite black rapper? Did you not see what happened to Jimmy Fallon a

couple weeks ago when he was pretending to be Chris Rock back in the day, okay? See, blackface is not just dark makeup used to enhance a costume, okay? Its origins are rooted in minstrel shows, okay? Back in the 19th century, white actors would put black grease paint on their faces when depicting plantation slaves and free blacks on stage, so it's not a compliment at all to wear blackface. This is exactly why I don't like to see white folks kneeling at a time like this because I don't know if they are finally understanding why people are taking a knee or if they are making a mockery of George Floyd's death. You never know with white folks, okay?

Even with these IG influences. Do I think they were trying to offend? No. But it's a part of me that's not sure. I'm just not sure. Because I refuse to believe that in 2020, anywhere in the world, somebody doesn't understand why blackface is wrong.

Please give Tania Saleh and Shuhila binLakab the sweet sounds of the Hamilton's, please. Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Yee-haw. Yee-haw. You think they were trying to offend? I would hope not Yeah, I would hope not too I would hope

How many times we gotta say Don't do it For people to really understand Yeah, that's what I'm saying Everybody has the internet Everybody sees what's going on out here You're not gonna sit here and tell me That you've never seen a white person

Get slandered online Receive black lash for wearing blackface. Like, come on, stop. And then when being told to take it down to say, I'm not taking it down, it's crazy. As if you're making some righteous stand. The same black people that are telling you to take it down because it's offensive, you're using your privilege to say,

hell no, I know what's best for y'all. Right, even if you have good intentions and then they tell you, take it down, this is offensive to the movement and you can't say these things and this is awful, and then you're still like, no, I'm going to keep it up. No, you should listen to the people that you supposedly support. Right, that's right. Well, thank you for that donkey of the day.

Now, when we come back, Soledad O'Brien will be joining us. I love watching her on Twitter and social media talk about everything that's going on. You might have seen her on CNN, and she has a new podcast, right, Yee? Yes, it's called Murder on the Toe Path. She's talking about the murder of Mary Pinchelmeyer. All right, so we'll kick it with Soledad O'Brien

when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest on the Zoom, Soledad O'Brien.

Can we talk about Rush Limbaugh? Of course. Let's start right there. All right. The good morning is assumed. Always nice to see you guys. So why would you want to hear from Rush Limbaugh? Of all the people, and by the way, not everybody can say this,

but Breakfast Club can literally dial up anybody and they'll come on. And you're like, you know what? I think Rush Limbaugh's the guy. Why? Begum me. Well, no. What happened was we all work for iHeartMedia, right? And so being was we all work for iHeartMedia. Right?

And so being that we all work for iHeartMedia, that was a corporate call. Corporate convinced us that that would be a good idea because Rush had this whole thing about George Floyd was wrong and police need to be held accountable and he wants this to change. He wants George Floyd to be the last one. And it was like it would be like a building of bridges, two different worlds coming together. But, you know, the problem with somebody like Russ

is he doesn't want to deal with the reality of white privilege and the reality of systemic racism and white supremacy, so therefore you can't ever get to the root of what the real issue is. His entire show is built on that. His whole entire show is dismissing, denying, and ignoring, and lying about, and being crazy about all those things.

So, yeah. Yeah, it wasn't us pitching, like, we would love to get Rush on the show, but the idea was because we are, we are all insist about what happened with George Floyd and wanting to make sure that those police officers

do end up getting charged, right? And so the idea was, we all believe that this should happen, so it was supposed to be just about that one thing that we do agree on, that those police officers need to be charged. That's what it was, the idea. And he wanted to have us on

because he doesn't engage with people like us. With black people. Yeah, it was he doesn't engage with people like black people yeah it was on his platform as well people since you asked us about rush though just real quick have you ever interviewed have you ever interviewed somebody that you really just did not like did not want to interview but did it for the sake of this is my job yeah and you know that's an interesting challenge right because you're always trying to figure out how do you have the conversation without giving someone who's got despicable views and who really dislikes you and really doesn't want to be in an honest conversation,

how do you do that without giving them your big platform, right? Like how do you interview, you know, the grand wizard of the KKK, David Duke, and expect to have like an actual conversation, which could be interesting about like, why would this guy want to be the grand wizard of the KKK? He was historically. And yet I always find or frequently find that they kind of co-opt the conversation and they jump onto the platform and then it just derails, right? And it doesn't, you're not really having a heart to heart about, I feel this and you feel that and let's discuss it they're just taking the mic and using it as an opportunity to spew stuff and you feel like well shoot why did i just give this person a platform i don't know otherwise you end up just talking to

yourselves right and you can't do that back in the day that's how it was right like you would watch oprah you would watch donahue and it would be all of these different world views like they would interview grand wizards of the KKK or they would interview people that were on the total opposite side of them. I wonder why we don't do that more often now. I think it's because social media now, people recognize that they can get the platform, they can take a chunk of the conversation.

There's no upside to having a conversation. A thoughtful conversation buys you nothing in terms of flailing your own message for your own people. So they need to have a conversation. A thoughtful conversation buys you nothing in terms of, you know, flailing your own message for your own people. So they need to have a moment. That moment gets edited down and it gets cut. And then they put it on their own platform for their own purposes, right? The idea of a thoughtful conversation, what's the upside of that? You're right. Now, I wanted to ask you something else too. With everything that's been going on, you see that they're canceling cops after over 30 seasons and Live PD is on hiatus. And I see some people are on social media upset about that. What do you think about those

decisions by the networks? It's interesting to me that people for 30 years have been saying the cops is racist, right? I mean, it sends a message about how people in their lowest moment who are often being chased for meth or pot or whatever and don't really have the wherewithal to have their lawyers, et cetera, et cetera, around them advising them. I always thought that show was racist. I have no problem with cops being off the air. I hate that show.

Now, with George Floyd, what do you tell your kids when they go out and about? You have four children. They're going to the march this afternoon in Washington Square Park. And I was really nervous. And I said, don't go for coronavirus reasons and for other reasons. And then my husband's like, they got to go. They're New York City kids and they're young. And this is the generation that actually is demanding change.

My generation was like, you know, listen, as long as we've created a panel to discuss it, and I feel like the CEO really is feeling it, then I'm good. My kids, next generation's like, through that, we want change. And I think that's amazing. So I'm reluctantly, because I'm a little nervous for them, letting them go. But I think that they get it. And social media, again, as bad as it sometimes is,

it's really been good for them. They see these stories. It's very interesting to watch you on Twitter criticizing Trump, slandering Trump, because it seems like every day he finds a new way to disgust you. It's very interesting to watch you get more and more pissed off at Trump every day. I'm more and more pissed off at the media, though.

Right? You know, if Trump tomorrow were to say, listen, I think black lives do matter, there would be front page articles about the change in the heart of the... Oh, and he read it off a teleprompter, because I'm not sure he could even manage it

off the top of his head. There would be articles and essays and op-eds written about the president who has finally seen his way and now he really is, and you're just like, come on, media. It does disgust me, but I'm more disgusted by the media.

There's a guy who I like a lot as a reporter, Jonathan Karl, wrote a book called Front Row at the Trump Show. And I'm like, but you're the White House correspondent. You're calling your job the Trump Show. How dismissive can you be of your own job? That's an important job. That's an essential job, not just for you, but for Americans. And you call it Front Row at the Trump Show? It's actually a good book, but it's like, not just for you, but for Americans. And you call it front row at the Trump show? It's actually a good book, but it's like I just can't wrap my head around. You have the most coveted job as a White House correspondent, and you can't stand up and stand up for the job. It's just it breaks my heart, and it does disgust me.

But then I say he is the president, so you've got to cover the president. It's a little bit the same thing we were talking about right which is okay you got to cover the president but you don't have to hand him a mic and you don't have to do analysis that says let's cheer for him he said a good thing off a teleprompter you don't have to cover everybody live you don't you know there are decisions we make all the time. We decide which person we're going to put on TV. We decide for how long we decide the questions we're going to ask them, how we're going to frame them. Do we give them an hour? Do we give them two minutes? Do they just get a sentence? So we make those decisions constantly. A hundred percent. He is the president of the United States. We absolutely need to educate people on what he's doing and what he's saying.

It does not need to be live, especially if your goal is we're not going to air lies. He lies constantly. So if you lie all the time, and by the way, guests that I've had in the past who were dishonest with me, eventually I stopped letting them be guests on my show. You're not doing your job as a reporter. So, yes, we have to rethink how you cover the president. It's a different time, but it's not brain surgery. It's just rethinking it. All right. We got more with Soledad O'Brien. When we come back, don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the

Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Soledad O'Brien. Are you surprised as an adult, I seen you say something and I'm from Queens, so I'm familiar with the Long Island. And you're saying that people didn't want to sell your parents a house because they didn't want black people to move in. And that was when you was a child. Now to see what's going on in Long Island, it seems like things definitely hasn't changed. Are you still surprised to see that now, in this day and age in Long Island? When I was growing up in Long Island, people used to protest. So families used to protest Black families moving in

when I was in middle school and high school. Those people grew up and they still live in Long Island. It's not like they all left. You know, nothing surprises me. And it didn't come from nowhere. There's a long history in Long Island of people deciding they didn't want black people to move in. A lot of Long Islanders, you know, when I lived there and growing up would say they left the city intentionally because they didn't want to be around those people. But there was intention there. It wasn't a, you know, we want a diverse neighborhood just with a yard. So no, it doesn't surprise me at all. And, you know, I think that Long Island, I mean, if you look at the law, has such an incredibly deep and racist history. It's interesting, though. You know, people point to Levittown, like the first development in Long Island.

And they don't understand that, you know, people very intentionally didn't allow black people to buy into Levittown. So when you look at the success of Levittown, three-bedroom, sort of in a development, it's a classic Long Island development. Right. And you keep people out and those property values increase. All the people there really struggle with, many of the people there struggle with talking about white privilege because they don't understand what it's like that they got to live in a community where they could build wealth. But they become very blind when you say, right, but if black people can't buy into that,

if their property values are less or almost non-existent or going the opposite direction, do you understand how you had privilege when other people did not, just based on the color of your skin? Because I think that white privilege conversation is a complex one. People often say to me, I don't feel privileged.

You have more money than me. It's really hard for people to understand what they had access to just because white people were allowed to do this and black people were not allowed. And what they avoid, they avoid the discrimination that comes with presenting as a black person. You know, the driving while black, the being profiled in stores. That doesn't

happen yeah and i think because where i grew up in this town where the latest videos of the guy talking about the uh the n-word lover i was like oh yeah that's actually what's in the building yeah i think what happens is there's no critical mass right so there's never conversations about race because there's one black family, two black families. You never have those issues around policing. And I think this is why there's this big disconnect because in white communities, yeah, police are there to help you.

And they're not going to arrest your kid who's smoking pot. I know because when I was a kid, I was pulled over in a car with a bunch of my friends and people were smoking pot in the car and the police were like, come on guys, don't be idiots. Because when I was a kid, I was pulled over in a car with a bunch of my friends and people were smoking pot in the car. And the police were like, come on, guys, don't be idiots. But I tell you, if that were a car full of black teens, they would all have literally been hauled off because we've seen that a million times. So I think, you know, they just don't often understand the issues around policing because they don't live it.

Right. Now, I know earlier we talked about the Trump show. I do want to talk about the Soledad show for a second because I'm hearing that you have a show that you've been pitching and Lee Daniels might perhaps be doing a show about you. So what's going on with that? I love Lee Daniels and I hope Lee Daniels does my show, but I'm not sure Lee Daniels is going to do my show. But I do have a scripted idea about anchor women. And really it's about how black people in corporate America feel stuck sometimes.

And because I was an anchor woman in corporate America, I might have some insight. But imagine if you could clear people out of your way, maybe through nefarious means, to get to the top. What would that look like? That's what the scripted show we're pitching is about. And then we're in the middle of a podcast right now that looks at a murder of a white woman in Georgetown in 1964. Did you know Georgetown used to be a majority black community in the 1960s? Not like that now. I didn't either. Did not know that. So it's a story of a woman who in the 1960s, a woman who's actually having an affair with JFK,

who was married and divorced to a CIA guy in the CIA. She gets killed on the towpath. Mary Meyer, Mary Pinchot Meyer, gets killed on the towpath, and they, within 45 minutes, arrest a black guy for her murder. He is represented by a black civil rights lawyer, W. Roundtree, who then has to figure out how to argue his case against a prosecution team. That is such a great story

because they're very brilliant, but they're also very arrogant. And you know it's the arrogance that will take them down. At one point, I'll give you a great little hint, W. is trying to decide, does she put her guy, the suspect, on the stand or not? And the woman who's the elevator operator fills her in on the prosecution strategy because you know the prosecution team gets in the elevator and they don't think this black woman who's running the elevator,

they don't even think she's smart enough to understand what they're talking about. Wow. So they go through their entire case, which she turns around and tells, who's running the elevator, they don't even think she's smart enough to understand what they're talking about. So they go through their entire case, which she turns around and tells the defense attorney, who then is able to make a brilliant decision. But also, Mary Pinchot Myers, doing drugs in the White House with the president, JFK, and having an affair with him.

So it's the craziest podcast with so many twists and turns. Yeah, I heard a lot of conspiracy theories. They said the CIA might have had her killed. It's so interesting. Yeah, because the conspiracy theories, there's a million, but what's not a conspiracy theory is that the CIA came and

right after her death, Mary's death, took her diary. It's never been seen since. Like, that's just a fact. So it's just weird. Like, why that? What did she have in her diary? And was that, in fact, a reason to kill her?

Now, there are many people who say, listen, these conspiracy theories are insane. We kind of run through them and talk about how some of them are completely crazy and why. But also, the facts are so odd, too. So it's a great story about women, about civil rights, and kind of how W. Roundtree got to be in the position to represent this young black man who's nabbed for the murder. And then also all the conspiracy theories around why Mary Pinchot Meyer was killed in the first place. They might as well release that diary now. Well, nowadays that diary would have been turned into a 10 part series for Netflix.

Absolutely. Absolutely. And then they'd be pinching it. Exactly. Do you think, do you think this story is better told as a podcast rather than a visual? I do because I actually, I think they make a great movie and I've had some actors reach out to me

already about doing it as a film. Couldn't do it as a documentary. because, actually, I think they make a great movie, and I've had some actors reach out to me already about doing it as a film. Couldn't do it as a documentary. There's just not enough supporting video and pictures. But what I like about the podcast is that every hour you can follow a thread kind of down the rabbit hole, and that's pretty interesting.

Well, Soledad, we appreciate you for checking in, and thank you so much. And be safe out there, and make sure them kids remain safe. Thank you, guys. I appreciate it. I never let folks stress me out. I am more stressed by the American people who support him. I'll tell you that.

All right. There you go. Well, thank you so much. This is Soledad O'Brien. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee.

Rumor has it. On The Breakfast Club. So listen up. Yes, congratulations. Tiana Taylor has confirmed that she is expecting a second little baby. Now she made that announcement that she's pregnant with her second child. And she also put out a music video, Wake Up Love. And at the end, you can see their daughter as

Tiana Taylor and Iman Champador are in bed together, lifts up her shirt to reveal that her belly, you know, she's pregnant. So listen to the song. Wake up love. These sheets won't comfort me. Wake up love.

I might just come for me, but I just need you for me. Show me some attention. I want you to wake up, love. Hear me, baby. Tiana Taylor's so damn talented, man. Drop on the clues box for Tiana Taylor. Yes, she is, man. She can sing her ass off.

She can dance. She makes great visuals like tiana taylor is a superstar i don't give a damn if i do give a damn if her record label ever puts money behind her but she you know she got a record right now for the graduates uh whatever it is i can't remember the name of the song i love that song and then i'll talk about that her daughter her daughter is so cute juni you can see she's an amazing mother. Her mom's a great mom, too. So all of that plays a part.

And who dropped the ball on the graduation record? Because I feel like that should have been on all those virtual graduation specials. Remember when LeBron did his special and Michelle Obama? Why wasn't that the song for those specials? It's a feel-good record. Every time I play it, I'm like, congratulations to the graduates. Congratulations to all the new... It just feels good. You made it.

You made it. I like it. I don't know who's playing. Tiana Taylor told people Iman is super excited. Junie is ecstatic. I'm talking super ecstatic. Everybody's just excited. I can't wait. I've got three more months left until we meet our little

princess. So congratulations. And people did kind of know because she went on live and Jenny broke the news and she just tried to ignore it like it didn't happen. But yes. So you wait until people are good to announce it though. Then you give your congratulations. Alright. Essence Fest has announced dates

for their virtual two weekend festival. As you know, Essence Fest is not going to happen in person. And so now they not going to happen in person. And so now they're going to have two back-to-back weekends, Thursdays through Sundays. That's June 25th to 28th and July 2nd to the 5th. So that is going to be virtually done. Lonnie Love

is still hosting and they're going to have a wellness house on Thursdays, June 25th and July 2nd. And that's going to be for meditation, conversations, working out, tutorials to boost your mental, physical, spiritual, emotional, and financial well-being. They'll have Essence After Dark.

That's going to be some of your favorite artists performing at the kickback. And then they'll have some evening concerts as well with music by D-Nice, hosted by Lonnie Love. And then Sundays, they'll have the Get Lifted Gospel Sunday Celebration. And shout out to D-Nice, too. Am I wrong? We're hoping some of this stuff isn't successful. And shout out to D-Nice too. Am I wrong?

We're hoping some of this stuff isn't successful. And the only reason I say that is because I don't want anybody to get used to these virtual gatherings. Like the Essence Fest should be live. BET Awards should be live. Like a lot of this stuff I want to be there for. I want to experience in the flesh. Some of this stuff I'm rooting for the virtual aspect of it,

not to be as successful as the live events. Am I wrong? I think people are just trying to make do right now. And it's the same thing, like look, with BET Awards,

people are always going to go to it and it's also going to air. So it's the same thing kind of as stuff airing. But we know how these corporations work. We see it all the time. If it has ratings that are through the roof

and they can make the same money and get the same ratings and revenue, they're going to trim a lot of fat. And they'll try to do this even when things get back to normal. We know this. Nah, people need to be out. People need to be out and about. I was saying shout to D-Nice. D-Nice turns 50 this Friday.

So shout to D-Nice. And you know, if you've been riding with the Breakfast Club, you know that we've never had a guest DJ. But this Friday, D-Nice is going to be taking over the People's Choice Mix. Oh, yeah. I love D-Nice. D-Nice DJs my birthday party every year.

So a shout out to him. I hope he's going to still do that in the future. Listen, talking about speaking, speaking of allowing people to do something and not getting your job back, you going to let D-Nice do your People's Choice Mix? You hated on Angela Yee one time when she did the Yee Mix. D-Nice is doing Friday, and we throw it back on a Friday. So he's doing the throwback mix on Friday.

So shout to D-Nice on his 50th birthday. Yes, D-Nice will be DJing this Friday for the People's Choice Mix. D-Nice is going to crush it. What's going to happen? Let's move on. All happen? Let's move on. All right, let's move on. Nickelodeon has announced that Spongebob is a member of the LGBTQ plus community. So, so it looks like.

That's what people were thinking, right? Because they posted celebrating pride with the LGBTQ plus community and their allies this month and every month. And then they posted Spongebob. And then pretty soon Spongebob gay is trending. But I don't know if that's necessarily true because, as you know, the creator of Spongebob says that he's asexual. He said it doesn't have anything to do with what we're trying to do. We've never intended them to be gay. I consider them to be almost asexual, Spongebob and his best friend,

Patrick Starfish. He's a goddamn Spongebob. Why the hell does he have to be anything? Why does he have to be sexual at all? He's a goddamn Spongebob square pants Why do I care what his sexuality is? What does that do for his character? What does that do for the kids watching him?

For me watching him? Who cares what Spongebob is? Seriously, am I tripping? I don't know Everybody's so fake Y'all woke people need to go get some sleep Because y'all so goddamn tired Am I tripping? I don't know. Oh, man. Everybody's so fake woke. Y'all woke people need to go get some sleep because y'all so goddamn tired. You don't think well when you're tired.

Like, who cares what Bob's sexuality is? All right. And here's something you might care about. Alicia Keys and John Legend, they are doing a versus battle on Juneteenth. As you know, this is something that has kind of been in the works. John Legend has already hinted that it was going to happen. So let's celebrate Juneteenth with a special edition of Versus. That's going to be exciting.

They're going to be on the piano also. That's going to be dope. That's going to be dope. That's going to be dope. That's going to be really dope. Those are two talented, talented individuals musically. I'm excited about that one. And it's very black.

That's a very good black Versus. Perfect it's very black. That's a very good black verse. It's perfect for Juneteenth. It's a good event. I'm here for that. Who wins? Alicia Keys. That's a tough one. That's a good one, though. It's a good battle. Alicia Keys. It's a good one. I like John Legend, but I'm going

to A. Keys. A. Keys should actually watch John Legend, to be honest with you. What? And I like going A. Keys. Alicia Keys would never. A. Keys should actually watch John Legend, to be honest with you. What? And I like John Legend. That is not true. John Legend is dope. Alicia Keys is a beast, man.

No, I don't know about Wash. I think that's going to be a good one. And I think a lot of times we get surprised. Name six John Legend joins. Ordinary People. All right. And then the one that everybody plays when it's their wedding. The one that everybody plays.

And then, you know which one I'm talking about. It's like a do all of me. Do one that everybody plays. All of me. Okay, good. That's my joint right there. And there's a lot of songs I like that weren't singles also, by the way. Like, She Don't Have to Know.

Yeah, Alicia got the joint. No One Falling. Tries to Keep Me With a Broken Heart. No One Falling. My Boo. You Don't Know My Name. Yeah, Alicia got joints. No one falling. Trying to sleep with a broken heart. No one falling. My boo. You don't know my name. Alicia got joints, man. She got joints, man.

I ain't got you. What's the joint where she did the break? The ghetto story. That's what I was going to say. I hope she does ghetto story. That was my joint right there. If I was your woman, unbreakable. Unbreakable. Unbreakable.

Yeah, Alicia. Alicia was this one. John Legend, yeah, John Legend gonna get washed. He said ordinary people in that other one. Everybody plays.

No, I didn't. I don't be knowing the names of songs ever, but I do like, and John Legend's first album also, by the way, that he ever put out

was one of my favorite albums. That was an album you could listen to from top to bottom and not even skip a song. So I would say that too. And yeah, Get Lifted was a great album. Great album, classic. But guess what?

Doesn't mean anything. Yet another Alicia Keys single. So it doesn't mean anything that she has a classic album. At least she got the joints. She does. All right. Y'all got to stop doing that. Anyway, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. All right. Y'all got to stop doing that. Anyway, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report.

All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Now, shout out to Revolt. We'll see you guys tomorrow. Everybody else, the People's Choice Mix is up next. Get your request in. Today is Ice Cube's birthday, so we're going to start the mix off with some Ice Cube this morning. Yeah, yeah.

All right. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, shout out to Soledad O'Brien for joining us this morning. The legend. Yes, enjoy her. Soledad O'Brien. Absolutely. And listen, man, I want to salute everybody that listens to us on Hot 1039 in Columbia, South Carolina. This Friday and Saturday, I am doing free COVID-19 drive-through testing

along with DHEC and Prisma Health. It'll be at Benedict College's Charles W. Johnson Stadium. Okay, so we'll be doing free COVID-19 drive-through testing all day long at Benedict College's Charles W. Johnson Stadium this Friday and Saturday in Columbia, South Carolina. So if you're going to be out and about, you might as well go get tested for coronavirus. I think so.

Absolutely. It's Friday, so do it. Yep. All right. Well, we'll give you the positive note when we come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. We got to send a happy birthday shout out to our bro, G-Spin. Today is G-Spin's birthday. So happy birthday, G-Spin. Birthday, G-Spin. That's my guy.

Happy birthday, Jeffrey. You are appreciated, man. You are, man. There would be no Breakfast Club without G-Spin. How do you know everybody's birthday? I look it up. That's what I do to make sure when I do the mixes and stuff. Yeah, that's people.

We've been knowing it long enough. I didn't know. Did you know it was his birthday? I'm disappointed in myself. Yeah, I knew it was. I knew it was. Yeah, I didn't know it was his birthday. I knew it was around this time.

Today's the 15th, right? Yes. Yeah, so it's the 15th. And the reason I know is because Duvall's birthday is the 12th, G-Spin's the 15th, and Debbie Brown is the 18th. Yes. Yeah, a lot of June babies. Well, you got a positive note?

Yes, the positive note is simply this. Whether it's clear to you or not, God is in control. Submit to that, and you'll soon see that all is unfolding as it should. Breakfast club, bitches! You all finished or you all done? Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag.

This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that?

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