The Breakfast Club - Silence the Shame with Shanti Das

Episode Date: May 5, 2021

Today on the show we had marketing consultant and entrepruener Shanti Das stop by where she spoke about Mental Health Awareness, 'Silence The Shame' Virtual Gala and more. Also Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to 4 political individuals for their comments about race, but if you have any reactions to sodium, dont listen because the mayonaise is heavy with this one!!! Also, Angela helped some listeners out during "Ask Yee". Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. J. Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God. Wake that ass up. The Breakfast Club is on right now.

I have to live live. I'm talking to the Breakfast Club this morning. Okay, okay, okay. I love coming here. I'm never not going to come here. You guys are good to me. I'm a time I'm always going to be good to y'all. For a lot of people in the hip-hop generation,

the Breakfast Club is where people get their information on the topics, on the artists, and everything like that. In that aspect, radio is still important. The Breakfast Club. When my name come up, respect it. 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, yo, yo, yo, yo, Ah, dropping the clues bombs for Cinco de Mayo. I'm not even going to sit here and act like I know what Cinco de Mayo is. It's Cinco de Mayo.

I told you it's when they defeated the French, and I guess they had a smaller army, and the French was a way bigger army, so they celebrate that. Okay. Something like that. And it's also my girl Natina's birthday. Happy birthday, Natina. Happy birthday, Natina. Drop on the clues bombs for Natina. I'm telling you, Cinco de Mayo is a fun birthday to have. Happy birthday, Natina. Happy birthday, Natina. Drop on the clues box for Natina. Natina's a good human.

I'm telling you, it's a good idea. It's a fun birthday to have. It definitely is, but if you said that somebody won a war, who would you say? It was a,

I guess it was a war against the Spanish versus the French. Okay. The Spanish had a small army. What did you say, Dramos? The Battle of Puebla. It celebrates the Battle of Puebla.

So what does tequila and tacos got to do with this? It's celebrating. A win. Okay. America will find a way to market everything, huh? I'm just trying to figure, did they drink tequila and tacos after they won the war? How did that turn into this? Because I've never in my life heard anybody

say Cinco de Mayo was about a war. Ever. Everybody just gets excited to drink and have a good time. It's like how we celebrate the 4th of July or something like that. Yeah. That's the big misconception, though, that it's like Mexican Independence Day, but it's not. It's a celebration of the Battle of Puebla where the French troops, they retreated. Hold on now.

So I thought Mexican Independence Day was a whole other thing. It's not? No, it is a whole other thing. Yeah, it is a whole other thing. But I was saying, like, we celebrate the 4th of July and people do fireworks. What does that have to do with anything? Yeah, I agree with you. I agree with you. As I say, we find a way to market a holiday.

Just like, you know, you put Jesus on Easter, but then you get chocolate bunnies and bunnies that lay eggs and bunnies don't even lay no damn eggs. And you get Christmas as Jesus, what, birthday. And then you got a fat white man sliding down the chimney giving everybody gifts. How do you still believe in that after all these years? Never mind. You know what? Never mind. What we got in front page news?

Oh, and I just want to say yesterday, because I'm in Texas and Caicos, we went to this place, the Cheshire Hall Museum. What is that? And it was very interesting. So what it is, is they showed us where the slaves lived. It's a plantation. And they still have like the original buildings from 200 years ago. Pieces of it. So they showed us the master's house.

They showed us the slave quarters. We got to walk inside. There's cotton. They still have cotton growing there. So we got to experience. I think it's just more for show. I did pick some just to see what it was like. Nah. Hell no. I'm cool on that. But I'm telling you, you could feel like spirits.

It was a powerful experience. I'm sure energy is never lost or destroyed. It's merely transferred from one party to the next. I'm sure the energy there hasn't gone anywhere, especially with the horrendous things that happened there. And they had some great energy actually in the front. There was one area that was used just for events and holidays like christmas and things like that for the slaves to to celebrate so it was just an

interesting experience because sometimes you know you go on vacation and you don't go and take a look at the history so i was just making sure that while we're out here in turks and caicos we're actually seeing what happened on the island to lose the turks and caicos some things there's a lot of there's actually a lot of Breakfast Club listeners in Turks and Caicos. That damn internet is a mother effer. Okay. Yeah, tell me about it.

I met some of them. Okay. And listen, you know it's Mental Health Aware in this month. So today, we have Shanti Das here. Drop on the clues box

for Shanti Das. Shanti Das is the leader of an organization called Silence to Shame. And you know, they've been out here helping to eradicate the stigma against mental health, especially in the black community for a long time.

So I can't wait to talk to Shanti later on. And what we got on Front Page News, G? Well, let's talk about Derek Chauvin. His legal team is requesting a new trial. They're saying jury misconduct will tell you what their claims are. We don't care, devil. We don't care. Okay?

It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Yep, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, Anjali Yee. I don't even know where the hell DJ Envy at. DJ, he's off today. That much I do know. I know he has a travel day. I think he's coming to Texan Caicos. And you forgot to do Hump Day today. No, I didn't.

He did. You did that? Yeah. Oh. Absolutely. Okay absolutely okay sorry i missed it you drunk getting a front page dude she's still drunk she dropped from last night she on vacation um so derek chauvin's legal team is asking for a new trial they're saying jury misconduct now according to this filing derek chauvin's attorney says the former officer should have a new trial because of interests of justice, abuse of discretion that deprive the defendant of a fair trial, prosecutorial and jury misconduct, errors of law at trial, and a verdict that is contrary to law. So they also said that the jury felt threatened or intimidated, felt race-based pressure during

the proceedings, and failed to adhere to instructions during deliberations. And they also said the court failed to sequester the jury during the trial, which resulted to their exposure to prejudicial publicity. I want Derek Chauvin's whole legal team to shut the F up forever. Okay. Let's not be stupid here. A video went viral of that devil, Derek Chauvin murdering George Floyd, the whole world saw it impossible to escape it, but it also doesn't matter. You killed that man. I don world saw it. Impossible to escape it. But it also doesn't matter. You killed that man. I don't care how you try to flip it. I don't care how you try to bounce it.

I don't care if you get Diddy to remix it. You murdered George Floyd. And no matter how we look at it, you murdered George Floyd. You can look at it with a telescope, glasses, wearing contacts. You killed that man. Period. Now, one of the 12 jurors in the trial of Derek Chauvin is also under scrutiny. He was actually, you know, they're asked if they've been to any protests or things like that that have anything to do with anything that could be related to this trial.

And one of these jurors, Brandon Mitchell, was pictured at a protest. And he's wearing a Black Lives Matter hat and a T-shirt with a picture of Martin Luther King Jr. As well as the phrase, get your knee off our neck and BLM. What's the problem? And some people are feeling like perhaps he was biased but here is what his explanation is. I asked if I attended any protests for George Floyd or anything for police brutality. My answer was no because I hadn't. This particular march was for more so for voting, voter registration, getting people out to get out and vote for the presidential election that was upcoming a couple months afterward. And this was the only one that you attended?

Correct. This is the only thing I attended. You did not attend the protest on behalf of George Floyd or anything like that? No, I didn't. Did none of that. Either way, I was going to D.C. for this event. Even if George Floyd was still alive, being able to attend the same location Martin Luther King gave his speech was a historic moment. Black people have a lot to protest when we still in bondage and still getting oppressed in so many, so many ways. It's a lot of different protests that we could attend. Yes, you can attend a protest for voter suppression. You know, you can you could attend a protest for somebody else. The police killed.

Does that mean you should be ineligible to be on the jury? Well, he's saying it wasn't even a protest. He said it was literally called the anniversary of the march on washington oh and it was just a national thing it wasn't you know it wasn't necessarily a protest it was and he said no matter what he would have been there but he does maintain that he was extremely honest throughout the entire selection process but what are you trying to say though shawvin's attorneys could be using this what is derrick Derek Sharpe's attorney trying to say? We saw him kill that man. He kneeled on that man's neck for nine minutes plus. Okay, what is he trying to say?

What are they trying to say? Listen, they're trying to figure out a way to get him out of jail. So we shall see what happens because, you know, it was a win when we felt like, okay, at least there's some accountability, but now what? That that is very true that is your front page news all right we got um what's the name of the segment we do get off your chest yeah we gotta get it off no i'm not drunk i just keep

forgetting because i don't know why we used to call it tell them why you're mad back in the day and then we turned it to get it off your chest but it was years ago i know but it just all feels the same to me time for for the decision, guys. Let's do Get It Off Your Chest right now. If you want to tell us why you're blessed, reach out and touch us, 1-800-585-1051. But if you want to tell us, you know, why you're angry, why you're upset, you just want to get something off your chest, you can reach out and touch us, too, 1-800-585-1051. It is the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club.

The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag.

I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. 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.

Get it off your chest. Who this? You. What's up, son? What's up, Trav? Hey, boo. Boy, you giddy, Sean? What's up, Trav? Hey, boo. Boy, you giddy. You're butt wet right now, Trav. I know why you're

butt wet, Trav. Hey, let me tell y'all something, man. I thought of you right away, Trav. For the realest bet, the realest bet, slow bananas, man. Peel that bet. J. Cole is on the way, baby. Let's go. I'm actually interested to hear J. Cole's new album. I'm not going to lie.

As you should be. As should the world. I ain't going to lie. You're the first person I thought of, Trav, when that news dropped. I was so hyped. Listen, Cardi B, you can finally take a break from carrying the industry on your back. Because J. Cole is coming. J. Cole is coming, bitch.

I'm so hyped. It's going to be interesting. I like the album cover where he got the basketball on your back. J. Cole is coming. J. Cole is coming, bitch. It's going to be interesting. I like the album cover where he got the basketball goal on fire. Takes me back to his days. What was that project called where he was holding the basketball? Which one? Sideline Story? I don't know. One of them.

Yeah, he played his first album, which is Sideline Story. I can't wait to hear it. I can't wait to hear what Cole's mindset is right now. Well, thank God we don't have to hear it. I can't wait to hear what Cole's mindset is right now. Well, thank God we don't have to wait long. And the cover represents him being the LeBron James of rap, baby. You got to stop saying that. You got to stop saying that. Trav can say whatever he wants.

This is his favorite rapper. Let him say what he wants. That's how he feels. He just has to stop saying that. He's not the LeBron James of rap. He's actually more like Tim Duncan, which is more of a compliment, but anyway. Get it off your chest.

Good morning, who's this? D-Hoya. D-Ho! What's happening? No, no, calm down. D-Hoya. Ask schoolboy Q or somebody what D-Hoya means. I just want to shout out to all of all of the C&O brothers and sisters.

We love y'all, but we need y'all to have the same energy that we have on Cinco de Mayo for you on June 2 for us. Because I know out here in Texas, all us black folks, we go hard on Cinco de Mayo to celebrate, but we need y'all to have that same energy. I don't see the same energy at all. First of all, first of all, ain't nobody told y'all to celebrate another coach's holiday. Okay?

But they do. They do. And I know y'all have a different dynamic up there on the East Coast with the, you know, the Latinos and blacks. But down here, it's a little bit different. They don't accept us like they do, you know, up there. It's a different dynamic. I think we got to market Juneteenth a little better. I think we got to market Juneteenth a little better.

I think we got to focus Juneteenth. Juneteenth needs at least— Some people just found out about Juneteenth. That is true. The Black-ish episode did a lot, but we need at least one day in June where we say this is the day. Is there that day in June for Juneteenth? I don't know.

Well, in Texas, you got to realize Galveston is where Juneteenth began at because we were the last people knowing that we was free. So that's where Juneteenth's birth is at. Like you said, I think a lot of information needs to be out there, a lot of history needs to be out there so people can understand it more. Maybe we can get some Hispanic

to eat some barbecue or something. Actually, I'm lying. It's June 19th. That's why they call it Juneteenth. Duh. It's a Saturday this year, too. Okay, we got the day, baby. It's June 19th. That's why they call it Juneteenth. Duh. It's a Saturday this year, too. Okay, we got the day, baby. Let's turn up. Let's turn up. We outside.

Hey, Uncle Sean, one more thing. Yes, sir. I need you to check out the Houston podcast, and we need to get that application to get on Black Effect Network. We're the biggest podcast down here in Houston, Texas. What's it called? You're getting a lot of love. The Under Houston Podcast, biggest thing in Houston.

I'm actually about to launch a podcast from Houston. From two very... By the time you've been showing us off, a lot of love. West Coast, we need to pick Louisiana love, man. You from the South, man. You know how we do it. No, I am. I'm launching a podcast from Houston, two Houston notables real soon.

Okay. Make sure you put Dun & Houston Podcast on there first. Also, martellacy.net, the king of falsettos. Everybody go check him out, martellacy.net. Go check him out. Dun & Houston Podcast. Check it out. Dirty Houston.

All right, King. Have a blessed day. All right. Get it off your chest. 1-800-585-1051. That's the number if you want to reach out and touch us. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart?

Feeling tired, depressed, a little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete.

Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't Iana tribe 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. Get it off your chest. Who's this? Yo, what's going on, Breakfast Club?

This is Asid coming from Maryland. What's going on, Angelique? What's up, Uncle Shar? What's up? Peace slashar peace king you said you said sid a sid brother a sid what's happening king nothing man just wanted to uh talk about mental health and like how you doing it and you really brought it upon myself and i just wanted to tell everyone to really appreciate and respect and acknowledge mental health is huge you know know? Yeah, we have Shanti Daz coming on next hour. Shanti Daz is the founder of an organization called Silence to Shame. They've been out here eradicating the stigma around mental health for a long time,

so I can't wait to talk to her next hour. Uh-huh. All right. I'm really looking forward to that. Also, where the hell is Envy at, man? He's always coming at you or being late. I have no idea, brother. Well, Envy's not here today. It's him and his wife's anniversary. Oh, today's their anniversary? I think it's like their 20th, or this

week or something like that. It's sometime this month, but I know he said they're celebrating, like, going away every weekend or something like that. I think it's their 20th year or something. Well, go ahead, rich people. Well, let's give them their flowers for that, then. Hey, Sid, I'm going to send you a book, man. I'm going to send you a copy of The Unapologetic

Guide to Black Mental Health by Dr. Rita Walker. You're lying. Okay. Why would you call him a liar? Why is that your instinct? One thing... You got me so stoked, Charlamagne. You are lying. Every day you say you don't really

read your DMs that protect that mental health because it's not necessary. I definitely agree. But I definitely want that shook one. That's what I need. I don't have any copies of my book shook one up here. But as soon as I get one, I'll mail it to you. But I'm going to definitely send you Dr. Rita Walker's The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health. I got a few of those up here.

But it's a great, great read. It's one of the most culturally competent books on mental health you could ever read yeah i'm definitely looking for a new read that definitely supports that kind of aspect so definitely follow me on instagram magical malik don't come after my name i was young m-a-g-i-c-a-l-m-a-l-i-k just send me a dm charlamagne i'm definitely looking forward to that no no i'm gonna put you on hold to get your address and you need to definitely change your name because it sounds like you want to be in another Magic Mike movie. Oh, man, I know. We'll talk about that later.

All right, I'll put you on hold. And I guarantee you he's not going to DM you. I'm definitely not. Taylor, get his info. Get it off your chest. Who's this? Yeah, what's up, man? I want to get it off my chest.

Charlamagne. God, what's up, Charlamagne? Peace, King. How you, brother? I'm good, man. 803 St. Matthew, South Carolina, man. 803, what's happening? I'm going to be down there Friday, King. How you, brother? 803, what's happening? I'm going to be down there Friday, man.

I'm doing the commencement speech at South Carolina State University. So I'll be in Orangeburg. They call me Flatline, man, of Cold Beer Records, man. We live, we from like where you from, man. I just wanted to let you know, man, we got the hottest song out right now called Cure Cigars from Cold Beer Records. They call me Flatline. It's an acronym. It stands for the love and the life I never expected. I just want to spit my little verse for you, man.

Wait, wait, wait. Slow down. Slow down. The love and the life, that's not an acronym for Flatline. That's what I was trying to figure out. For love and the life I never expected. For love and the life I never expected. Alright, don't embarrass the Okay, you're right. For love and the life. Okay, okay, okay. And the life I never expected. All right, don't embarrass, don't embarrass the 803 right now.

Go ahead. Let me hear something, sir. So this is a realist call. Who am I? I can kill less who I kill. No names attached. Been in many wars. I ain't never received a scratch.

So when they enter them, they may survive. But I'm the main reason that ghetto mother's crime. See, many n****s die trying to outrun me. But murder is a game. I do this for fun. You don't know who you're messing with. Flatline, flatline, flatline, flatline, flatline, flatline. Hey, hey, hey. Why is the energy so low this morning?

Why do you want to kill people? Why is your name flatline? You done killed four people in eight balls. Oh, it's about a bullet. Well, you got to lead with that, brother. Yeah, we need some type of context. Here we go. Okay.

I care less who I kill. No names attached. Been in many wars. I never received a scratch. Some were not into them. They may survive. But I'm the main reason that girl mother's crying. See, many n****s die trying to outrun me.

But murder is the game. I do it for fun. You don't know who you're messing with. I even kill. You don't have to pay me. I even murder babies. I love when there's beach, but I hate when n****s waste me like with those who sell wolf tickets. Give me to the crowd. I don't like to get high. Give me to the crowd. Me too.

Listen. Flatline. Flatline. Flatline. Flatline. Okay, make the call, line, flat line, flat line. Okay. Make the call flat line. Make it flat line. Make it flat line. He just ignores you.

Just flat line the whole call. God bless you. Flat line. By the way, bullets don't kill people. People kill people. That's right. People with guns with bullets in them kill people. Okay.

And flat line. I mean, that's not a bad concept. I mean, we've heard something like that before. What was it? Nas, I Gave You Power, when he was rapping from the perspective of a gun. Put that over a beat, Flatline, and get back to us. Now, you got a rumor report coming up? What'd you think about his flow?

What'd you think about his flow? I'm biased. I'm from South Carolina. So, you know, even though he's terrible, I don't want to say it to him. I don't want to tell him that. I don't want to tell him. Cold beer records, Flatline, okay? All right, we got a rumor report coming up, Yee. Yes, and for everybody who's out there trying to date, imagine if a celebrity matched with you on a dating app

and then you unfriended them or unlinked with them because you thought it was fake. We'll tell you what happened. You missed your blessing. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club.

Well, get ready for a new J. Cole album. His sixth studio album is expected to come out next Friday on May 14th. He posted, just know this was years in the making. My new album, The Off Season, available everywhere May 14th. Are y'all excited? He also posted the cover artwork. Let the record show that it's not a rumor. That is an absolute fact.

Okay. J. Cole album will be out on the 14th. I'm looking forward to it. I mean, you know, J. Cole is one of the leaders of the new school, especially over the past decade. When you talk about the new three-headed monster, to me, it's Kendrick, it's Cole, it's Drake. So, yeah, I'm always interested to hear new music from Cole. He even posted on his Instagram stories.

You know, he doesn't ever really post too much. He said, just throw the city to the off-season. Dog, too excited. And he seems very excited about this project. So, which in turn makes me excited. You know what I mean? To see somebody so excited about their album coming out. When he said he was riding through the city, like you said,

and he got excited about his music, it makes me excited about it. J. Cole's so chill, I can't even picture him being excited. He probably like still chill. Dog, too excited. All right. Now, Ben Affleck, he was on this dating app. It's called Raya.

It's R-A-Y-A. And if y'all don't know, this dating app is like a private membership dating app for people in the entertainment industry. So it's not like

anybody could be on here. So if anybody's trying to get on this dating app, you can't just go and sign up. And so a woman... Ben Affleck got to be on a dating app? Yeah, I mean, he's dating. And people had actually called out that he was on this app before.

And he was like, yeah, guys, I'm dating. He sucked that much as Batman that he had to get on a dating app? But anyway, this one woman did not believe that it was him. So she unmatched him. Listen to this. Naveen, why did you unmatch me? It's me. He sent her a video after she unmatched him because she thought it was fake.

But I thought you said that it was an app just for, like, celebrities. Yeah, so, but for some reason, she didn't think it was really Ben Affleck. But who was the woman? Wouldn't she be a celebrity? No, I didn't say it was for celebrity. I said it's for people in the entertainment industry. Not to be a celebrity. So it could be executives and other stuff too?

Influencers. It's a membership only dating app. Boy, time is hard out here. So you do one bad role. You suck as Batman one time. But you know what? That's his second strike because he sucked as dead. Now hold on. Why do you think being on a dating app means that times are bad?

A lot of people, they're very busy. Maybe it's hard for him to go out and meet people in person. He's Ben Affleck! We're in a pandemic. Sometimes people also like those apps because people are vetted out before you can even get on there. Something like this that's membership only. Wasn't he just

with J-Lo Monday? We don't know when this happened. This could have happened months ago. They didn't give an exact date, but she was reminiscing about the time that she unmatched him and he sent that video to her. Lord have mercy.

What? I don't think it means time's a heart. It just means that I just don't have time, you know, so I'd still want a date. All right, now 50 Cent's status as a big TV producer is not stopping, continuing to grow. He has a new project, Confessions of a Crime Queen. And it just got a straight-to-series order, according to Deadline.

It's a first-of-its-kind anthology series. It combines documentary and scripted elements to bring the story to life. It's similar to American Horror Story. So the story and characters will change each season. I'll drop on a clue bomb for Mr. Curtis Jackson. Greenlight Gang, he is not playing at all when it comes to life. It's similar to American Horror Story. So the story and characters will change each season. I'll drop on a clue for Mr. Curtis Jackson. Green Light Gang, he is not playing at all when it comes to TV and film. I hope y'all paying attention because 50 is absolutely taking over Hollywood.

But I live in Houston now. I'll explain later. Swipe left and that's the news. So I guess they're filming that in Houston. Okay. All right. Now, Deion Sanders is very upset about the fact that there were no HBCU players in the NFL draft. He said, our kids are being neglected and rejected. I witnessed a multitude of kids that we played against that were more than qualified to be

drafted. My prayers are that this won't ever happen again. You know, he coaches at an HBCU Jackson State. Yeah. I mean, that has to be because scouts aren't going to these HBCU games, right? Our scouts aren't taking HBCUs as serious as they're taking I guess the bigger schools because there's absolutely no reason nobody from an HBCU shouldn't have been drafted. Yeah, there were 259

picks in the 2021 NFL draft and not a single draft pick featured a player from an HBCU. You're just not going to sit here and tell me that those kids at the HBCUs aren't good enough. You're not going to, you can't hand me that. So I would assume the scouts are neglecting the HBCUs. Why? Because they're HBCUs. All right.

Now let's talk about Chad Johnson. He's going to be fighting on the Floyd Mayweather-Logan Paul undercard. And so he has agreed to do an exhibition bout. That's going to be happening June 6th at the hard rock stadium in Miami gardens, Florida. And they said it's likely to be a four or six round exhibition bout. The opponent has not been finalized yet,

but here is Chad Johnson on the I am athlete podcast. Talking about it. Leonard Ellerby Floyd management manager hit me like, Hey, listen, man, I got opportunity for, you know,

Floyd fighting June 6th in Miami at the hard rock. You then I hit him, I hit him, I hit him. And then I hit him, I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him.

And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him.

And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him. And then I hit him it's like i got seven eight weeks so i hit him back the following morning ran it through my kids ran it through the missus i call it l of your back i say man let's do this that's the same thing they told nate robinson i don't know when y'all actually is going to realize you can't play boxing okay snoop dog said it so eloquently when he said that you can't play boxing one of y'all not going to be happy until you absolutely

positively die in the ring let nate Nate Robinson be a lesson to you. You can't just get in that boxing ring. There's a science to boxing. Y'all going to get hurt in a real way. Depending on who he's fighting. Right. So I guess we'll see. You know, it'll be interesting.

Somebody told Nate Robinson the same thing. You can get in here for a few rounds, make a million dollars. Now, now look. Now, be honest. Does this sound like something you want to watch now that you know he's on the undercard, too? No. As well as watching. No?

No. No. No. Period. N-O. Period. No. Not for $59.99?

No. Hell no. $79.99? You're out of your damn mind. I've actually paid for a fight last week. I watched Ruiz fight. Ruiz fought last week. paid for a fight last week. I watched Ruiz fight. Ruiz fought last week. I watched him fight last week.

But I paid for that because Ruiz is an actual boxer. And they were actual boxing matches. Floyd's an actual boxer? Yeah, but not Logan Paul isn't. Chad Johnson isn't. I'm not interested. I'm not spending my hard-earned money to watch that. No.

I watch it on social media. All the clips will be right on Instagram. Well, that is your rumor report that's right we got front page news coming up next what we talking about you man you know this Bill Gates Melinda Gates separation is interesting to me because now there's reports

that he took vacations every year with his ex while he was married okay it's getting good this Kate story is getting good it's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Angela here, and the General Insurance understands that stuff happens,

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Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, DJ Envy is off today. Hello, on this fine Wednesday morning. It's time for front page news. What we got, Yee?

Well, let's talk about the separation between Bill Gates and Melinda Gates. And people are also discussing how, you know, they're worth about $127 billion or something like that. So they'll both be fine.

But clearly this has been in the works for some time because they already had their separation agreement ready so that by the time they announced that they were getting divorced, all of that part was in place. So you can see this is something that's been in the works. But something that has been interesting has been being talked about.

And they're saying that Bill Gates would go on annual trips with an ex-girlfriend. Now, there was a 1997 Time profile that resurfaced where he discussed his relationship with his longtime ex-girlfriend, Ann Wimblad. And basically, per the article, they continued to spend long weekends on the beach together once a year, even after he got married in 1994. And it was agreed upon, I guess, between him and Melinda. So they said they met in 1984. And I guess she's five years older than him. So she was ready for marriage. He wasn't. They remained close friends. They broke up in 1987. And he said, when I was off on my own thinking about marrying Melinda, I called Ann and asked for her approval. She gave it. I said she'd be a good match for him because she had intellectual stamina.

Even now, he still has this arrangement where he can still go on vacation once a year with his ex. Oh, I thought this was something a little more juicy. I thought Bill had holes. He just had a little ex. What do you think? You don't think that's... You said what just had a little ex. What do you think? You don't think that's... You said what? What did you say?

What do you think? I mean, it's a little weird. Like, can you imagine going on vacation once a year with your ex, who you also asked for permission to marry your wife? I mean, we've never dated somebody who's worth $100 billion. I'm sure that if you date somebody that's got $100 billion, you'll make some exceptions. All kinds of concessions. That's all I'm saying.

I don't know. You know, the beauty of Bill Gates and Melinda Gates is any date that you go on with them is high level tricking because they're used to a certain lifestyle, so you'll be a part of that lifestyle. You can't take Melinda nowhere regular. You can't take Bill nowhere regular. She might love it. You think

so? Maybe. Yes. Look at Jeff Bezos and his nowhere regular you can't take bill nowhere she might love it i do you think so maybe yes look at jeff bezos and his ex-wife mckenzie she married a science teacher yeah but we might just be like she might say i want some chick-fil-a no we say that but where do they travel where do they live you think she downgraded you think she's living like a science teacher lived when she's used to living like a baseer? She has money. But what I'm saying is when you have that much money, it's not even about that anymore. Some of the richest people, the way that they dress, you wouldn't even think they have money like that. The places that they go to eat, all of that. I know people who are rich who still fly in economy just because they don't feel the need to fly first class or private.

What their house look like. Probably don't got to touch nothing. You know what I mean? You walk in, the temperature adjusts. Rob. Probably don't got to touch nothing. You know what I mean? You walk in, the temperature adjusts, robots come up to you and serve you. You know, I don't care that they don't dress nice. Look what their crib look like.

Where do they travel? They probably got a private jet and a runway in the backyard. I'm just saying, there's got to be high-level tricking with Bill and Melinda. That's all. They're used to a certain lifestyle. That's when you do something real simplistic and they be like, ooh, I never had Polynesian sauce before.

All right. Now, there's been a lot of violence in Colombia, and I want to make sure that we address this in Bogota, Colombia. There's been protests that erupted on April 28th. That was in response to a tax proposal by the government of the president. And in case you guys don't know what's happening there, there's also a lot of police brutality that's been happening in response to these protests. So what happened is the president proposed a tax reform saying the Colombian state has no money because of the

pandemic. So because of that, the shortage of money, which by the way, people are saying is really caused by corruption by state officials. And it's, that's the reason why they don't have it. There's a tax reform that will make working and middle class people pay a 19% tax on water, gas, electricity, internet, and sewerage. So imagine you already are struggling financially, and now there's a 19% tax imposed on those everyday things and essentials like meat, fish, milk, eggs, tampons, medications, books, rice, all of that. Now, this reform also imposes new income taxes

on people who earn more than 700 U.S. dollars a month. And did you know the minimum salary in Colombia is only 260 U.S. dollars a month? So everything has been crushed right now. Unemployment rate is above 14 percent, poverty, hunger, widespread economic devastation. So that tax reform bill was another slap in the face by the Colombian government during a crisis. That's when thousands of Colombians actually took to the streets. They were striking against this tax reform bill. And now there's been police brutality in response to these protests and people are being killed by the police.

So we just want to let you know what's going on in Colombia. Lord have mercy. Just when you think you got it bad, there's always somebody out there who got it worse, right? They say put your problems down and somebody put their problems down. You'll pick your problems back up fast. So, yeah, prayers up for everybody in Columbia going through that. All right.

Well, that is your Front Page News. And listen, you know it's Mental Health Awareness Month. So coming up next, we have a woman that I love. Her name is Shanti Das. She has an organization called Silence to Shame. They are actually doing a virtual gala tonight. You know what I mean? To honor people that are doing the work in the mental health space.

So we'll talk to Shanti Daz when we come back about that and a whole bunch of other stuff. You know, we got to protect our peace out here and Shanti has some tips on how to do that as well. Okay. So it's the world's most dangerous morning. Show the Breakfast Club.

The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Perfect person to have during Mental Health Awareness Month. Yes. Shanti Doss.

You might know her from Silence to Shame. Celebrating their fifth year anniversary, by the way. That's right. And congratulations for everything. Thank you so much. How y'all doing? I just can't believe I'm here with y'all. Word. It feels good, right? I ain't gonna lie. When I landed in New York, it was like being in a movie. Really?

Not seeing a lot of people. It was just weird. It was strange. It's a little weird. But I'm just grateful that we're finally turning the curve a little bit. You know, I've heard your name so much over the past year. I mean, I always hear your name, but literally over the past year, because I feel like none of us will be the same after this pandemic. But it's like so many people saw themselves for the first time, especially in the industry, and they didn't like what they see.

So they started having so many questions about their mental health and mental illness. So it was always, I need to connect with Silence to Shame and Shanti Dolls. Always. Did you notice that too? I did. And, you know, I'm going to try not to Shame and Shanti Dawes. Always. Did you notice that too? I did. And, you know, I'm going to try not to get emotional, but like, you know, this movement started from such a place of pain.

Like with me contemplating taking my own life. And, you know, we talked about this and I appreciate y'all. This is my fourth time on The Breakfast Club. Like I feel like, you know, this is the breakfast of champions for me. Like, you know, it's such a big deal. But it's so humbling, though, just to know that, like, there's a change and it's a culture that's shifting in our music business. And so many people come to me, Charlamagne, and they'll text me anonymously and colleagues and executives about their anxiety or them being afraid to open up. And they're still not at a place where they want to share publicly.

But the fact that they're telling me is a really really big deal and I don't want anything in return. I just want people to be healthy. We always reach out and say that we need help for people. But how can the family members of people dealing with mental illness get assistance? Yeah. So it's funny you ask that. We actually have another family member that's living with bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder. And I know when I first went through that with my family, it was probably like 2008, 2009. And I was, you know, working at Motown at the height of the business

and didn't know as much about it. And it was my sister, my late sister, who was like, you really need to take a class. And so NAMI, which is the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and shout out to NAMI because they now have a black CEO, Mr. Dan Gillison, who you actually met at Taraji's dinner. He said to tell you hello.

But they have this great program called Family to Family, and it's for anybody. And it's maybe like a 12-week class or 10-week class that kind of takes you through learning about how to care for your loved ones. And I didn't even know those type of resources existed. But I do encourage family members because if your family member has a psychotic break or an episode or has to be put in a mental health hospital, it is so traumatic on the family. And you have to learn how to deal with it. And you have to learn how to properly be there for your loved one and not to be judgmental. So I really encourage people because, you know, mental health is being

normalized now, right? Obviously, you know, mental health is being normalized now, right? Obviously, you're one of the advocates that normalizes it every day on social media and using your platform here, but it's still a lot we don't know about it. And so dealing with anxiety or, you know, depression is one thing, but when you have a severe mental illness, nobody really know what to do with that. Shout out to New York because I saw there was like a law pass or something where the cops aren't being called now. If there's a mental health issue, there's actually a unit, I think, to deal with that. And that's a really big deal because even police officers are not trained properly to know how to deal with people who are suffering from a psychotic break or serious mental illness.

So we got to do more work in that area as well. But going back to the families, like get educated, make it a part of the conversation. You got to deal with the elephant in the room. If you know your daughter or your husband, somebody sitting there talking to themselves at dinner, they need help. But you also got to get help so you can understand how to like navigate this process because it can be debilitating on the families. Sometimes there is a call and there's some a problem with somebody with mental health. And let's say somebody with mental health does something something let's say hurt somebody else or kill somebody if we go to that far that distance what should happen if you think about it maybe they weren't on their meds and if

they weren't on their meds maybe they weren't in their right mind should they go to jail for life for mental health or should they get help and then be able to come back out like what do you think should happen in a case like that well i don't think they should go to jail for it because I don't think, you know, we should criminalize, right? Somebody dealing with mental health issues. And it's funny, you know, suicide in some cultures, not necessarily in Western culture, but it is a criminal act. That's why when people say, oh, such and such committed suicide, I don't say that anymore. I don't say that my dad committed suicide. I say he completed suicide because it denotes a criminal act. So what I think should happen is we need more systems in place, especially in these jails, you know, that are all privatized, which is that's a whole different subject and scenario. But we need to be

able to rehabilitate people from a place of wellness. We need more institutions. And you know how like you have older people who live in senior living facilities, I wish we had like some type of facilities that would really help people, right? Because we have short-term care where you might go in if you have a psychotic break and they'll keep you for seven to 10 days in a hospital or facility. But then it's like, after that, you have to go back and live at home or you may have to go live at a hotel or find somewhere like that. So I think we need more like wellness centers where it's like long-term care. Cause even when you look at it, like rehab facilities,

rehab facilities won't really touch patients who are dealing with severe mental illness. Cause you got to get clean first, as they say, then you can deal with the mental health issues. Cause I don't think, you know, we need the hospitals or,

you know, the mental health institutions, like they used to say that were, you know, run by state governments. Because I don't think it was a lot that was happening from a wellness perspective that really helped people kind of assimilate back into society. They just kept you on meds all the time.

That's right. And so it's just so much work that needs to be done. That's why, like, we need so much money and resources. And the other thing, too, is like you're starting your alliance. We need to come together, pool our resources and join forces, especially in communities of color. Let's build out these programs.

Let's go, you know, a lot of businesses are like not in the same place that they were in from the pandemic. Let's go buy some hotels and turn those into long-term care facilities for someone that might be 30 years old

that has a severe mental illness. But we hire the doctors that can treat them there and have these activities from a wellness perspective like that's what i think we need i want to build silence and shame wellness i got a couple of hotels so we can we can but you know what i'm saying like think about that like we don't have enough places especially in our communities to be able to care for our loved ones and i know several families that have been affected because you asked about, you know, if someone that has a mental illness kills somebody, oftentimes, you know, we find that statistics show that people with severe mental illnesses

aren't necessarily the ones going out doing the crimes, right? And then you see these mass murders and the first thing they want to say from a press perspective is, oh, it was mental health. And so, yeah, they may have issues, but I don't want to just blame that on mental illness. What I have learned through my own experience is that people who have severe mental illness, sometimes they will lash out to those closest to them. That's right. Not necessarily strangers, right?

And, of course, they aren't in their right frame of mind, so they do need the medication, but they also need talk therapy, psychotherapy. It's just so much more to it. And then especially black folks, it's a lot of pent up trauma that we have not dealt with, even as a culture. And then you talk about the last year and how we see black and brown babies getting shot right in front of us, men and women. Now, it's a lot that we have to process. And so if they aren't taking mental health seriously now, I mean, then I hope they are now because we are still hurting as a culture and as a people. And even

with the pandemic, y'all, like so many people pass away. We have to watch their funerals like on YouTube. Yeah. So a lot of I've seen black men who've lost parents and grandparents and people in their families. They still have that pent up. They're not necessarily in therapy. They're not dealing with it. So that grief is taking a toll on them. So even more reason why we as a people need more resources in our community and as a society at large. All right, we got more with Shanti Daz coming up next.

It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Peace to the planet. Charlemagne the God, Angela Yee here. We got the good sister Shanti Doss from Silence to Shame in the building. Envy? I have a friend of mine that says one of the most difficult things are committing somebody when they feel like there's something off. And I was going to ask you, like, how hard is that?

And what can somebody do? Because, you know, your family's the closest. And if your family says, hey, this person, this man or woman needs to get help, they're saying it's so difficult to get somebody committed into a hospital. Why is that? Because the family knows. It is very different, and you might be able to speak more to this, but oftentimes, again, when they're not in their right frame of mind

or if they're not on medications, of course they're not going to want to go somewhere against their will because in their mind they don't think anything is wrong with them. The government is following them or different things are happening. That's just what it is in their minds you know and that's probably due to the chemical imbalance right and and sometimes you know like i know from a personal perspective someone that i knew ended up using i think it was called k12 that synthetic weed oh yeah and so if you already have a chemical imbalance that's going to have an adverse effect i'm not a psychiatrist but i do know enough about

when you introduce these foreign substances into your brain and you already have different things going on, it's going to make for a perfect storm. And so it's really difficult being able to commit someone that doesn't want to. But, you know, there are different things. Different states have different laws where you can do involuntary commitment, you know, and get the judges to do, I guess, whatever they need to allow the family to have the person committed. But it is very difficult. And I think some of those laws need to change to to make it easier. And then just from an emotional perspective, you know what it is having to call the police or on your son or daughter or mother or like it takes such a huge

toll on the family. I mean, I had a friend who committed suicide last year. And like, you know, when we called to get the wellness check done, they told us that they couldn't do any checks because the person hadn't hurt anyone or hurt themselves. Yeah. Which is like, so what do you do then? And then she ended up committing suicide. I was like, what do you do then? And my closest telling them this person needs to be checked on.

And they're like, oh, well, wait till they hurt themselves or hurt somebody. That sounds crazy. Yeah, it does sound crazy. And it puts us in a very tough position. And I'm sure that family members now blaming themselves, but they tried to do everything that they could do. So it's just a lot that still needs to happen. I'm glad people are talking about it. And you see people on IG Live and all the press that mental health is getting now. But again, we got to break

it down and really look at it from a family perspective and really feel like what can we do to really have some rules in place and some facilities in place from a long-term care perspective? Because we don't even know what the after effects are going to be from this pandemic. Oh, none of us are the same. What would you say to artists who are struggling, being open about their struggles? What i would say to music artists and we've been doing a lot of work you know with silence to shame and sony partnership with sony yeah um so for artists first and foremost i would say lean into your creativity um stay off of social media so much because sometimes scrolling through that timeline and seeing you know what people who might have you know a lot of money are doing and you're comparing yourself to an artist that's been

out in this season like stop comparing yourself to everybody else and incorporate wellness into your daily regimen and it's okay to cry and if you're having a tough time and and then obviously therapy you know therapy goes a long way excuse, if you can find the right therapist. And I do know sometimes it's tough because you want somebody that kind of can relate to you. And it may be a little bit tougher because what is it? I think like less than 5% of all clinicians are clinicians of color. But just try to lean into it as much as you can. And the other thing I'll say is don't use recreational drugs or alcohol as a

coping mechanism. Now, I can't tell you what to do on your downtime. You know, you want to smoke wine, you know, smoke one with your boys, but don't do it because something is wrong. I mean, also take good care of your physical health too, because mental and physical go hand in hand. I was just physically sick like a month ago. I thought I had COVID. Thank God it wasn't. But I had another severe infection and then it started playing with my mental psyche. And I'm proud to say I'm back in therapy now. I had stopped going for a while, but I felt myself kind of teetering and I couldn't really find that joy that I needed. So artists need to lean into wellness from a holistic perspective and

incorporate it on a daily basis. And you had mentioned Sony, shout out to John Platt and Sony Music Publishing. They made us a part of their social justice fund. And so we're creating what's called the soundtrack of mental health. Now you did a panel with me like two years ago, because I've been using that brand. And essentially we're going to do 60 minute training. So anybody that works in the music industry can get these trainings for free. We'll have trainings around understanding mental health, substance abuse, self-care, stress management, suicide prevention training. And so will it save everybody's life? We don't know, but hopefully it will start to save some lives. And

you don't know what you don't know, right? So if we can educate you and at least inform you, inform your family around how to identify mental illness, how to identify the signs, how to get treatment and provide them with the resources. And, you know, shout out to music here is they do a lot in terms of substance abuse and they've really added mental health into the fold now. And a lot of artists, especially artists of color, didn't even know those resources existed for music care so i want to make sure we're pushing people there as well um but we just we're trying to do this work but we need to raise more money um because we got to hire facilitators and stuff so that's why you know today is a big deal for us um with national silence the shame day as we continue to raise funds around music and mental health and y'all have your virtual gala. We do.

What is that? What is the virtual gala going to be? So somebody I might be sitting next to, I think, is getting on it, too. Thank you. I really do. Somebody in that chair over there? No, I do appreciate the honor. That means a lot because I never set out to be a mental health advocate. I was just telling my story.

One of my colleagues, Hillary Dunson, was like, y'all need to do a gala. And, you know, we're five years in as an organization. And I was like, well, it's COVID. How are we going to do a gala? And so she's like, just do it virtually. And so I got on my phone and started texting people. And I was like thinking about,

I really put a lot of thought into who I wanted to honor. So of course you were one of the first people because of how you use your platform. And so you are getting the silence to shame, brave award for being brave, for opening up every day. And you are so vulnerable and transparent now on social media and you don't know how much that's helping people. Um, so I thank you for that. We're also honoring Michelle Williams. She's done a lot in terms of using her platform and talking about her depression, even from when she was 12 years old. And so I honor her. I was just talking to her the other

day and she was just saying how, you know, people thought that it all came about, you know, when she was in Destiny's Child. And she was like, no, I've dealt with this since I was much younger. So her being vulnerable to even share that totally makes her a great candidate to be honored. We're honoring Spirit. I love Spirit. She is amazing. She's an African-American female clinician in the Atlanta area, but does a lot of national work. And she talks a lot about trauma in the black community and boundaries and that sort of thing.

So we're honoring her. And then last but not least, D-Nice. Because he shines such a light on our community and really helped our mental health because there were nights where I was like in the crib alone and it's almost like I felt the walls closing in on me but then D-Nice would be live and he was shouting everybody out like you were in the club and you know and getting up and moving and dancing I mean that's a part of wellness in and of itself and And then we have appearances. Common gave this really great opening for the gala,

a very personal and passionate story. And we have performances from Lecrae and from Anthony Hamilton. And it's just going to be fantastic. Where can they see it? www.silenceofshame.com and register this morning or you can catch it on our YouTube page. It's going to be live streamed on our YouTube page at Silenced to Shame TV or go to Instagram at Silenced to Shame and check it out.

We're probably going to have it on Facebook. And we just got connected through, oh, I want to shout out the Mental Health Coalition. Kenneth Cole is also a part of the gala. And he has this fantastic coalition where he put over 30 organizations that are already doing the work. And so they're doing so much on their part to support us. And so I want to make sure that, you know, you guys utilize Mental Health Coalition as a resource as well. Yeah, I'm part of that with the mental, my mental welfare lines. I'm actually, I just did something with Kenneth, me and Dr. Alfie. Oh, yeah, for the one-to-one.

Yep, the one-to-one. Yep, and I'm actually doing it today. All right, we got more with Shanti Dyes coming up next. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Peace to the planet. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee here. We got the good sister Shanti Dyes

from Silence to Shame in the building. How has your work in the mental health space helped you along your journey? Because you've gone through a lot, losing your sister, things like that. That's a great question. I was introduced to this notion called the wounded healer from my pastor, Dr. Warnock. And I still feel like I'm going through it. That's why I am back in therapy.

I am also probably getting ready to get back on my antidepressants because even though things are going good, the foundation is starting to roll. Now, I still have mornings where I struggle and I just can't get happy again. And I'm not embarrassed to take medication if I need it. And so doing this work has helped me by being able to pour back into people. But I also have to be careful because I'm re-traumatizing myself kind of every time I share the story about wanting to take my own life. So I have to, you know, really incorporate breaks and walks into my day. Like once I can get through today in the gala, I'm taking two days off and the rest of the weekend,

I'm going to go see my mother because I haven't been able to hug her since the pandemic started. But I have to be really intentional about the breaks that I take because this is heavy work. And people see the posts, but they don't know what goes on like behind the scenes. And like I mentioned, it's an honor to be able to help so many people and strangers. But I also have to protect my peace because sometimes I internalize everybody else's problems and everybody else's trauma. So I have to work twice as hard on my own mental health. But it's OK.

I feel like I was built for this. I'm the EVP of my own, you know, body, if you will. I'm the executive vice president of Shanti Das. So I have to take care of myself. Right. That's right. You know, you said you could take yourself off medicine. When do you know when it's OK to stop taking medicine?

That's a great question. And I will know when I would say, cause I don't want to give any medical advice like that, but you got to talk to your doctor and talk to your therapist and see how they feel like you're doing and how you're progressing. And then when you do it, you're not supposed to just stop cold Turkey taking it. You have to wean yourself off of it. That's the mistake I made in the, I thought I was better after like four or five months and I just stopped. It brought me back down to a low. So you need to be able to have a real plan and strategy from your doctor,

your PCP, as well as your psychiatrist to wean yourself off of it. Because the worst thing you can do is just stop taking a cold turkey. Give them the website so they can donate to silence the shame. Yes. So the website is www.silence to shame.com and also you can text the word silence, S-I-L-E-N-C-E to 707070. Make sure y'all tune in tonight for the gala. It's going to be turnt. We have a lot of great people,

but more importantly, we're going to go out here and silence to shame and save some lives. That's right. Well, Ashanti Dias, we appreciate you again. I love y'all. We love you more. And thank you, Envy, for doing the dance to donate. If you want to do it again in the month of May,

we can jump on. We're still raising money. And brother, Charlemagne, we're going to do some more stuff together. Let's do it. Let's take this thing around the world. I'm with it. Let's do it. All right. Ashanti Dias, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Turn that goddamn mic on. Yes, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, DJ Envy is off today.

Salute to Shanti Doss for pulling up, man. Everybody over at Silence to Shame. She's doing her virtual gala tonight, so make sure you check that out at silencedoshame.com. I want to thank Silence to Shame for honoring me for the work they feel like I do in the mental health space. So thank you, Silence to Shame. Now, we got a rumor report coming up.

Yee, what we talking about? I guess you about to tell us. Somebody's getting canceled. Prince Charming. Okay. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip.

Gossip. The rumor report. Gossip. Gossip. With Angela. Angela Yee. It's the rumor report. The Breakfast Club. Well, Disneyland's revamped Snow White ride

is now perhaps a target for cancel culture. You know why? Oh, God, no. Because Prince Charming actually kissed Snow White without her consent while she was sleeping. Yo, leave me alone, yo. What? Leave me alone.

This is silly. Now, you don't think this is silly the whole point she was dead teaching kids that kissing when it hasn't been established if both parties are willing to engage is not okay but they were telling the prince to kiss her because they knew that the kids from the prince would awaking her everybody i just watched no white the other day i don't know why it was on disney my daughters were watching something But the dwarves and everybody were crying because they thought she was dead. And they didn't know if the prince could revive her.

And the prince kissed her. She woke up and everybody lived happily ever after. Everybody was happy. Well, this ride at Disneyland right now is an issue for some people. And they're saying that because the ride features that kiss from Prince Charming, it shouldn't have done that.

I don't believe it. I don't know. I think you made this whole story up. I'm serious. I don't believe it. Cite your sources. Where did this come from? The San Francisco Gate Review.

Lord have mercy. Nobody got nothing else better to talk about San Francisco Gate Review. They said what? They said, why not reimagine an ending in keeping with the spirit of the movie and Snow White's place in the Disney canon, but that avoids this problem?

How else is she going to wake up? Wasn't it the fact that the prince was her true love and she can only be awakened by her true love or something like that? Didn't you say that you can't give CPR anymore? Who said that? I could have sworn you said that there was this whole big thing about not being able to give CPR anymore. I think you had an issue with that. I don't remember ever having that conversation. Why would I be having that conversation?

No, you are right up here on the radio. I hope we can flash back to that. I hope so, too, because I don't remember that one. All right. Now let's talk about Tristan Thompson, according to reports, he's hired lawyers to shoot down these new cheating allegations from Sidney Chase, an Instagram model who was on No Jumper and said this. Sidney, how was Tristan Thompson's d***? It was a peekaboo d***, but baby, it was good. Hold on, hold on. So Tristan Thompson's uncut. I don't know.

I'm talking gossip in the city. Hayden, what are you doing? I'm ruining f***ing lives. What are you doing? He told me he was not in a relationship anymore. So I said, okay. How long ago was this? This was January.

Okay. Well, she has since apologized for saying that. But she also is saying it's true. And she also said she did not get a cease and desist from anyone. She said the articles are giving false information. Let this be a lesson to not let anyone, no matter the money or fame they have, shut you down or tarnish your name.

I hope he do sue them. I really do. I hope he sue the hell out of them, because, you know, I hate these people that go on these podcasts and say anything just because they know it'll probably end up being a headline. Yes, he should sue the hell out there. Right. Well, let's see what happens. And when she said he was uncut, she meant like uncircumcised?

Why does that interest you? No, because when you played that clip the first time, I thought you meant like, I thought they were saying like, he's uncut, like he's raw and unfiltered. Then it just hit me just like, I don't be paying attention to them chicks when they talking. Then I heard it just now and I'm like, oh, she mean he's uncircumcised. Never mind.

Go ahead, G. That's all you. Shut up. Alright, now let's talk about Stacey Abrams. Who knew that Stacey Abrams also writes romance novels and they're going to be actually printing her out of print books. They're getting a brand new shelf life.

So her first three books, Rules of Engagement, The Art of Desire, and Power of Persuasion, have been out of print for years. But now they're going to be coming back out on Berkeley and imprint a Penguin Random House. We knew about that. We asked her about that when she came to the Breakfast Club. A lot of people didn't know this, though, because I see people being like, who knew? We got to get Stacey Abrams on lip service.

But she said, as my first novels, they remain incredibly special to me. The characters and their adventures are what I wish to read as a young black woman. Stories that showcase women of color as nuanced, determined, and exciting. And so, if you haven't got a chance

to read those, now you can. All right, Will Smith is making a YouTube docuseries about getting in shape. I'm sure you guys saw the post of him talking about his dad bod.

Well, he's now starring in an unscripted series called Best Shape of My Life. According to Entertainment Tonight, it's a six-part docuseries following him as he tries to get back in the best shape of his life. It'll also feature guest stars like professional athletes, health and fitness experts, doctors, and some other YouTube content creators who will help him out. Listen, it's hard, man. You know you know i'm saying once you get to a certain age like you know even if you maintain a regular workout routine i don't know why it's just some areas where you know they just get fluffy yeah your metabolism slows down it's just not as easy

to lose that weight it's a pandemic a lot of us myself included have gained weight and are like okay we got to get back out there and get it back together it's not easy and then it sucks when you're over 50 right because you can't just go get the surgery because you take why can't you take a little too long to heal right at 50 you don't think it's getting cut open at 50 for no reason all right well uh will smith and alicia keys will also be getting their own original series that will lead the way for the handful of shows that they're launching. So Alicia Keys as well. Alicia Keys is bringing fans into a celebration as she celebrates the 20th anniversary of her debut album, Songs in A Minor.

So it'll be performances, behind the scenes footage over the years. And you get to see Alicia Keys work on her upcoming eighth studio album on that show as well. OK. There's a lot going on right now with all these youtube originals um they have the migos they're doing a docuseries called ice cold with hip-hop jewelry exploring the serious issues that surround racial inequity in america we talk very interesting we talk like youtube's not the biggest network in the world it is you know i'm saying like god bless all the tv networks but there is no bigger network than YouTube. There's nobody getting more eyeballs on them than YouTube.

So it only makes sense for you to be doing original program. All right. And Tammy Roman is revealing that her daughter came out to her as bisexual via text message. Now, Jazz Anderson is her daughter and she has her show in the mix. She's a co-host on that show on Fox Soul. And she was talking about using her platform and coming out as bisexual. Here's what she said. I am bisexual. I do look at myself as a bisexual female in 2020. I've been with females and I've been with males. All right. Well, Tammy Roman in response has said that she was hurt that her daughter came out via text message. Here's what

she said on her own Fox social, get into it with T.S. Madison. I'm not trying to sound like I'm not supportive of her journey and her living her truth, but I really want advice on how as a parent do I do that when that's not what I was brought up on. I'm still trying to educate myself and learn about the LGBT community. And I in no way want to come off as homophobic because I'm not. In all honesty, I cried. I was hurt. That wasn't what I envisioned for my daughter. And then when she chose to come out, she texted me. That's real. Tammy didn't say nothing wrong.

That's her truth. You a parent. You grew up. That's really how she felt. Yeah, that's how you felt. You grew up loving men. That's what you know. You have a daughter. You want to share those same experiences with her

and you find out she's gay. Doesn't like what you like. I can easily see how that could confuse you as a parent. And Tammy says she wants advice. She wants to be educated. I don't see how you can shame someone looking to learn. And she should be upset that some big news like that was sent to her in a text message. You would get mad if your child shared any huge news about themselves like that, you know, via text with you.

Pick up the phone, call me, FaceTime me, come see me, something. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. I'm Angela Yee. And we are getting ready for Donkey of the Day. Charlemagne, who are you giving your donkey to? Four old white men. Mitch McConnell, Ray Garofalo, Representative Justin Lafferty of Tennessee,

and Colorado State Republican Ron Hanks. They need to all come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with them, please. All right, when we come back, Donkey of the Day on The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Angela here, and the General Insurance understands that stuff happens, including lapses in auto coverage.

At The General, they make it easy to get reinstated and will work with you to keep you covered. Call 800-GENERAL or go to thegeneral.com to find out more. Some restrictions apply. This is America. There is no question that there are problems in this country between police and community yes you are a donkey the latest on that police killing of a black man now to new developments in the deadly spa shooting rampage and yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did And so we are in a state of emergency.

Okay, white supremacist violence is and always has been the number one threat to our society. But I'm also very proud that my wife is white. To the breakfast club, bitches. All right, Charlene, please tell me, why was I your donkey of the day? Well, I'm about to tell everybody, okay? Donkey of the day for Wednesday, May 5th. Cinco de Mayo! Goes to four individuals.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican State Representative Ray Garofalo of Louisiana, Tennessee State Representative Justin Lafferty, and Colorado State Republican Ron Hanks. OK, if you have any allergic reactions to sodium, don't listen to this Donkey of the Day because the mayonnaise is heavy with this one. Too much goddamn mayonnaise. Too much goddamn mayonnaise too much goddamn mayonnaise let the record show charlemagne the god uncle charla brother lenard whatever you want to call me is on record it's saying the greatest threat to this country is and always will be old white men in politics okay see the great extraterrestrial philosopher thanos said it perfectly when he said as long as there are those who remember what was, there will always be those who cannot accept what can be.

That right there is old white male politicians in a nutshell on both sides. OK, I don't trust any of them because they are used to being at the top of this caste system in America. And one thing about power, you don't want to relinquish it when you've had it. And trust me when I tell you that these old white males in politics see 2040 around the corner and they are losing their minds because of it. What is 2040? Well, white Americans are projected to be less than 50 percent of the population. Don't think for one second that fear of a black and brown planet isn't making old white men lose their minds. Trust me, if there were some infinity stones out there to be collected, they would be looking for them right now. So they can snap our black and brown asses

back to wherever the hell we came from, okay? If they could erase us from history, they absolutely would. Case in point, what they are currently trying to do with the 1619 Project. If you have never read the New York Times 1619 Project, do yourself the biggest favor and go do that, okay?

Read it, listen to the podcast you know take it in however you can it came out in 2019 on the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved africans to america virginia to be exact in the 1619 project accurately depicted the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black people in this country saluting nicole hannah jones dropping the clues bombs from nicole hannah jones for writing something so impactful that it has made its way into american classrooms okay teach the truth to the youth let them know we built this country for free and this country owes us for the work we put in okay and and do you know how i know the 1619 project is the truth because the white man is trying to stop it okay yes with all that's going on in america as fragile as america is right now mitch mcconnell and 40 other senate republicans

wrote a letter to federal education officials to drop a proposed effort to prioritize history education programs that address systemic racism they call it a politicized and divisive agenda they say families did not ask for this divisive nonsense. Voters didn't vote for it. Americans never decided our children should be taught that our country is inherently evil. Oh, this is good stuff. OK, the reason is good stuff is because when you hear what these folks are saying, you see why they never taught the enslaved to read or write and why they would punish you if they caught you reading or writing, because they don't want you to know the truth. And as long as old white men can tell you his story instead of accurate history,

he can keep his foot on our necks. Let's start with Mitch McConnell. Okay. On Monday, he said that he doesn't think 1619 is one of the most important points in U.S. history. Listen. This is about American history and the most important dates in American history. And my view, and I think most Americans think, dates like 1776, the Declaration of Independence, 1787, the Constitution, 1861 to 1865, the Civil War, are sort of the basic tenets of American history. There are a lot of exotic notions about what are the most important points in American history. I simply disagree with the notion that the New York Times laid out there that the year 1619 was one of those years.

I disagree. How was 1619? Not important. OK, without slavery, the U.S. would not have become a leading economic power. All right. That cotton that became the world's largest commodity without forced migration and forced labor. That doesn't happen. So, yes, that year has to be probably the most important year because the work of the enslaved is what established the USA as a world economic power. Now, Ray Garofalo was arguing against the 1619 project or what he calls the divisive teaching on race. And he said this. If you're having a discussion on slavery, then you can talk about everything dealing with slavery, the good, the bad, the ugly. There's no good to slavery, though.

Well, then whatever the case may be. There is no other case, Ray. That's it. Period. Full stop. If you find the good in slavery, it's because you're only looking at it from the perspective of the slave master if you the slave master wouldn't trade places with the enslaved even for a day there is no good in it period okay this stuff gets better

man you had a couple of gop lawmakers pushing back on the 1619 project and they decided to address the three-fifths compromise you know the three-fifths compromise where they counted every enslaved black person is three-fifths of a human. Okay, this is a Republican representative named Ron Hanks discussing the three-fifths compromise. Listen. Well, actually, we have him talk about a joke. Boy, I know what I'm doing. Okay, you want that one? Press the damn button.

Being called Mr. Lynch might be a good thing for what I'm about to say. No, just kidding. Play it again. Please, drama. Being called Mr. Lynch might be a good thing for what i'm about to say no just kidding that's right let's stop right there the reason i wanted to stop right there and don't get to him talking about the three-fifths compromise because there's nothing to talk about when you're making jokes about lynching okay these are our lawmakers ladies

and gentlemen old white males in politics who start off their points making jokes about lynching. But according to Tim Scott, Kamala Harris and O.G. Jim Clyburn, America is not a racist country. OK, my last old white male politician I'm bringing to the stand is Justin Lafferty. OK, he is a lawmaker in Tennessee who is arguing that the three fifths compromise should be held up as a positive but bitter part of U.S. history and that the bill would prohibit critical race theory from being taught in Tennessee public schools. Listen. The three-fifths compromise was a direct effort to ensure that southern states never got the population necessary to continue the practice of slavery everywhere else in the country. We've got nine state representatives. By limiting the

number of population in the count, they specifically limited the number of representatives that would be available in the slave-holding states, and they did it for the purpose of ending slavery well before a civil war. Do we talk about that? I don't hear that anywhere in this conversation across the country. I don't know how we've gotten here, but talking about incorporating another view of history while ignoring the very writings that we have access to is no way to go about it. Start with the truth. Start with what happened. Start with how we got here. And then let's move forward. That's just they are telling the truth, but you can't handle the truth. You don't want the real history of America told. None of y'all do. Because, you know, then, you know, folks will start asking for what they're owed. This is your Uncle Charlotte talking.

I think they're trying to revise history just so they don't have to have the conversation about reparations because they know they owe. It's just intellectually dishonest to say you want the truth of American history, but then want to dismiss the 1619 project. You can't heal what you don't reveal. OK, a country really invested in healing would tell the truth about its history, acknowledge the truth and then plan with the people that wronged on how to fix it. OK, salute to the good brother, Antonio Parkinson. He's the chairman of the Black Caucus in the Tennessee House. He worded it perfect when he said Lafferty's comments were offensive. And he said, and I quote, it is impossible to defend policies that protect slavery and fail to account for the full humanity of black people. I don't care if it's policy or how you're counting heads. There is nothing good about slavery. That's it. Full stop. Nothing else to discuss. Why are all politicians lying? OK, you got black elected officials saying america is not a racist

country and to them i say well what is this huh you got old white male politicians telling us there was good aspects to slavery the three-fifths compromise should be held up as a positive in 1619 just wasn't that important of a year well if 1619 wasn't that important of a year. Well, if 1619 wasn't that important of a year, why the hell are y'all going so hard to stop people from teaching about it? Please let Chelsea Handler give Mitch McConnell, Ray Garofalo, Ron Hanks, and Justin Lafferty the biggest hee-haw.

Hee-haw, hee-haw. That is way too much Dan Mayonnaise. Gabby Griffin, you got anything you want to add to this? Please give this giant jar of mayo the biggest hee-haw. That's all? Cracker ass cracker. Oh, Chris. Chris, why does Chris?

Chris is so crazy. He's so crazy. Okay. Too much Cracker mayonnaise. Is that it? That's all. That's all we got. I think that's all that's all we got i think that's all all right well charlotte may thank you for that donkey of the day that's right and up next we got ask ye okay if you want to ask angela ye anything reach out and touch 1-800-585-1051 i don't know how the advice would be today because

she's clearly still drunk uh in turkey you're a. You had mimosas this morning. You was drinking last night and you had mimosas this morning. I know you did. No, sir. I don't even like mimosas. I'm not even like, yeah, I can't even drink orange juice. Now, a bellini is another thing. So that's what you had this morning.

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have someone on the line. Good morning. Who's this? Hello. Good morning. I have a high school sweetheart who is my baby father for six years now. About two years ago, we was about to move in, and then I found out that he has a two-year-old. Woo! He apologized for that, said it was irrelevant, it was a mistake. Irrelevant.

We tried again, then I found out that the girl is pregnant again. Wow. In the same breath, finding out that she's pregnant, here comes his new girlfriend posting him for his birthday. Woo, you ain't got no boyfriend. Oh no, that's not my boyfriend. I just need him to leave me alone. So right now we're going through a custody case.

I just want to know what's the best way to handle it because he is not happy about that, even if he's the one who initiated the custody case. First of all, I wouldn't speak to him directly. I would have somebody that could be a mediator between the two of you so that he cannot contact you, and y'all don't have to have conversations with each other right now because it feels like it's too much. Right, but then I try not to have contact with him,

but his new girlfriend thinks it's her place to make certain comments, like telling my daughter to not tell me certain things because I'm going to take her away from them. First of all, y'all are not married. You're irrelevant. Yeah. And the thing is, when it's affecting your child, that is the number one concern, right? Forget her.

Forget him. This is about your child and making sure that she's not in a bad position, making sure that she's growing up the right way, making sure that she's able to express herself, because I'm sure it's really confusing for her and I'm sure that hurts you more than anything, but also makes you angry. Mm-hmm. So I just try not to deal with him at all.

That feels like something he should be checking, right? Because that's his girl and it feels like he shouldn't be allowing that to happen if he cares about the child. Forget about you. If he cares about your daughter together, that seems like it's really disgusting and immature of him. And if I were you,

I would make sure I document everything that's going on. Oh, I do. And use that in court. We have a chart that we have to talk to each other in. And every time something happens, I will go there and say what's happening because he tends to say that's not true.

So that's what I've been doing. So I guess I've been doing the right thing. It's just annoying. Right. And probably, I'm sure at times you want to vent. Oh, yes. But, you know, it's just disgusting because he messed up. He cheated on you, had two kids with somebody else on you,

has a whole nother girlfriend, did all the wrong things, but then has the nerve to treat you like this. It's disgusting. Exactly. And to let this affect your child. And it's hard to always be the wrong things, but then has the nerve to treat you like this. It's disgusting. Exactly. And to let this affect your child. And it's hard to always be the bigger person, especially when a child is involved. Correct. And I try to do my best when it comes to her, but every time I go to him,

it's like, you want to know my business, you're controlling. So I just don't speak to him at all. Right. And, you know, one thing I will say is just make sure you're always talking to your daughter, always telling her how much you love her and letting her know that she could tell you anything. And if anything, I would try to get her some somebody that she could talk to also right now just to help her cope and deal with everything and be able to express herself and also help you learn the best ways to handle things. If anything, do you guys did they order that you guys have to get mediation or some type of? We're currently going through mediation, but now it's going to go to the court because he doesn't want to agree to certain things. Right, because it sounds like y'all need some counseling on how you guys can come together and co-parent.

Yeah, I think I'm going to go that route. Yeah, I would recommend that. I know people that has done wonders for them. And so I know right now it's hard to see that bigger picture of down the line how things can possibly potentially improve because you're in the midst of it. But I do feel like

somebody that is an outsider can come and help you guys learn to get the right tools to be able to deal with each other because you're going to have to. Because he doesn't want to speak to me on a grown level.

Right. So you're going to have to do that. Okay. Well, thank you very much. You're welcome. Right. So you're going to have to do that. Okay. Well, thank you very much. You're welcome. And I wish you the best of luck. I know it's not easy. It's not.

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What's up? It's The Breakfast Club, and we are in the middle of Ask Yee. Good morning. Who's this? Vanessa. Vanessa. Okay, Vanessa. What's your question this morning?

I have a question. So today is my boyfriend's birthday, and he's asking for a birthday present. But we've been together for four years, and he has never gotten me anything what is he jehovah witness he is not no so what's his reason for never getting you a birthday present in four years i don't know i asked him he always like shrugs it off or whatever but he has never got me that's pretty thoughtless does that hurt your feelings it does that's a deeper conversation it is and I just feel like um I mean I want to get him something but then again like I have that that fight I guess right well I'm never a fan of moving out of spite so if you want to get him something I think that uh you should do that but I think y'all really need to discuss this because if you've expressed to him that it bothers you that he's never got you a present, if it hurts your feelings, then he shouldn't.

Does he get you things on other days? Like, is he thoughtful? No. Girl, what is going on? I love him, but, you know, I'll get him a present. But I just want to, you know, I don't want to feel stupid to get a present, you know, he has never got me one. I mean, like, tit for tat is not a good thing, but what is important is that you guys come to some type of understanding. I've dated guys who haven't been good in relationships. Like, I feel like before me, who did you used to date?

And you kind of have to train them a little bit. Y'all have been together for four years. Yeah. So at this point, you should be able to say anything to him. And I think something as small as I need you to be thoughtful. It's not that you need him to buy you a thousand dollar present, but you want him to show that you care. You want him to celebrate your birthday with you. You want him to surprise you.

Exactly. So what does he say when you tell him those things? Like I said, he shrugs it off. He moves on to the next question. Yeah, I know. And then the nerve to want something when he doesn't do that for you. I think that takes a lot of nerve. It is.

He's a Taurus, so I feel like that's where it comes from. Girl, it is not about his sign. It is about who he is as a person. Do not use that as an excuse. But, look, if you want to get him something, I would. But I feel like y'all really need to have this discussion. Like, I can't understand why your man would not want to do those things for you. And especially if you let him know, I don't, this doesn't make me feel good that you don't celebrate me. Exactly. And that you don't.

Yeah, please. And, you know, maybe this would be you setting the tone also for what it is that you want him to do for you. You know, you're leading by example. Look, you see how you enjoyed this and I got you a present? Just so you know, I like gifts too. Exactly. Okay. All right. Well, have a good Cinco de Mayo anyway.

Thank you. All right. Bye. Bye, honey. Sheesh. Imagine never getting your girl a present or never getting your man a gift. That doesn't even make sense. Well, that was Ask Ye. Again, the number is 800-585-1051. If you ever want to ask me anything, I'm here to help.

Now, I got rumors on the way. Yes, and Real Housewives of New York was on. And our first ever black cast member, Ebony K. Williams, debuted last night. We'll tell you what happened. That's right. It's the world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee.

Rumor has it. Rumor, rumor. On The Breakfast Club. So listen up. Well, shout out to our girl, Ebony K. Williams. She is the very first black cast member on The Real Housewives of New York City. It's been 13 years that that show has been on. And she made her debut last night.

If you guys want a little preview of what happened here, she is talking about who she is. And my girl, Leah McSweeney, is also on the show. So those are the two people I really would watch for. I wear many hats professionally. I am a lawyer by trade, but I also work as a broadcaster. I currently host a show

called Revolt Black News. I think I'm the definition of a multi-hyphenate. Ebony is pretty much the epitome of black girl magic. She is a lawyer. She's an AKA. She's a broadcaster.

She took on the president, and she does this all while looking hot as f*** wearing Louboutins. I attempted to watch it last night, but I honestly didn't know what the hell was going on. And I feared for Ebony's well-being being surrounded by all those white women. I kept feeling like I was going to have a panic attack. I was actually, like, scared for her. I don't know why I kept feeling like something was going to pop off. Well, she had on her Black Lives Matter mask. She had on her Central Park Five sweatshirt with the names of the Central Park Five.

You know what I'm saying? Now, Sonya Morgan actually had an awkward moment where she was trying to, quote, welcome Ebony K. Williams. Here's how it went. If you notice, my fish are every color. I have black, white, yellow. You look gorgeous. Black and orange. I see black, yeah, biracial fish.

Yeah. I feel Sonia's trying to connect on the racial diversity element of the moment. But I think the fish effort is a bit lame. I give her two points for trying Eek! A new episode of the Holding Cart Podcast with Ebony K. Williams and Dustin Ross drops today

on the Black Effect iHeartRadio Podcast Network available everywhere you listen to podcasts Subscribe! I know some of that had to be difficult for her Alright, now this Jay-Z and Nas collaboration album looks like DJ Khaled and Hit-Boy are petitioning really hard to try to make this a reality. When Jay-Z was on The Breakfast Club, here's what he had to say about a possible collab.

Would you ever do a King of New York album with Nas? Like how you and Ye did Watch the Throne? Not probably. Not at this point. You know, any other collaboration album would have to be with uh kanye because you know there's chemistry there and we already know how we work and i don't really have the time to really like just figure out those situations and how a person works and it's hard to do it's hard to do especially you're gonna make something great first of all it's a breakfast club interview for every uh moment just want to throw that out there and i would like dj khaled had posted because genius said what's your dream collab album dj khaled responded nas and jay-z and then omega supreme

914 posted can we get a nice jay-z album totally produced by hit boy and hit boy responded who want to see it i would like to hear a nas and jay-z album rep titled success um king's dream and four for four were great projects i think if they can capture that vibe together, I'd love to hear it. Hitboy, I definitely want him involved. I don't want Khaled nowhere near it, though. Khaled makes great records with a lot of artists, but Jay-Z's not one of them.

I don't like Jay and Khaled collaborations. Wow. And sorry, not sorry. It's a good record, but let's be real. Nas and Jay-Z carry that song. The beat is decent. I hate the hook, but yeah. That's my final answer. They carried that song. The beat is decent. I hate the hook, but yeah, that's my final answer.

Well, all right. Um, wife and Lucci, he has been named in a 105 count Atlanta bloods gang racketeering indictment. You know, he was arrested on felony murder in January. He's facing some additional charges.

According to reports, he is one of 12 people named in a 75 page, 105 count racketeering indictment focused on factions within the Bloods gang. They said this indictment is unprecedented, period, in Georgia, according to the Fulton County District Attorney. There's been a huge spike in violent crime. I made a commitment to bring the best and the brightest minds here, many of which you see sitting here right now,

so that we could deal with this issue of this violent crime. So Wyeth and Lucci's attorney is saying that Lucci is innocent. He said he's not a gang member. What he is, is an internationally recognized musical artist that is a triple platinum winner that has performed all over the United States and all over the world. So he is already facing an unrelated murder charge in connection to the shooting death of a 28 year old James Adams last December. He was granted $500,000 bond, but Georgia prosecutors want it revoked. They believe he violated his bond when hitting the studio and going to a strip club.

I think I said earlier something to the effect of, you know, you think you got problems till you see somebody else's? This is one of those situations where you think you got problems till you see what YFN Gucci's going through. Whew, that's a lot. I actually had to sit down with him he flew

into New York to do this interview I did with him on Fox Soul that was pretty good and in death we talked for like over an hour about everything that was going on in his life so you about to get named in the indictment then what do you know why what do you know I know everything y'all know from the interview

I know I didn't interview him I didn't sit down with him for an hour okay well it's all out there so it's already out I know everything y'all know from the interview. I know. I didn't interview him. I didn't sit down with him for an hour. Okay. Well, it's all out there. Oh, it's already out? Yeah, it's already out. Oh, okay, okay, okay. It's out.

It's out. All right. Naomi Osaka. She is launching a tennis academy in Haiti and in LA. So y'all interviewed Dr. Umar. Yes, we did. And he came on the show. And I wasn't there he had some things to say about naomi osaka he was upset about the fact that she represents japan here's what he

said naomi osaka i love the sister right but guess what who is she representing in the upcoming olympics she represents japan so here you have an african sister with a japanese mother and instead of going back home to your father's blood, Haiti, you're instead going to represent the Japanese who've never done anything for black folks, but who taught her to play tennis, her black Haitian father. And until she do something significant for her father's people who are

responsible for the talent that she got, if it wasn't for a Haitian father, Charlemagne, she wouldn't be in that position. Show love to Haiti. Well, looks like she already had that in the works as this school is going to be launching and this

tennis academy. So yes, she is showing love to Haiti in that way. She's launching a tennis academy in Haiti. Yes, and in LA. She said, while it was not easy, my family was dedicated to helping me get the access I needed to reach my goals. But unfortunately not all girls have the same

opportunities that I did. So the play Academy, so get ready for it. And she said, if you're an organization, or if you know of one that's passionate about empowering girls through sport, apply for a grant at the link in my bio so she also has that happening but she's partnering with goals haiti and that is to reach underrepresented youth that's the play academy that she's uh been planning and recently announced so dropping the clues bonds for naomi you know i mean she's always very outspoken on on on matters of race you know she's absolutely she's definitely psychologically black i've i've i never see her show up as anything less. Yeah, so that's why I was confused.

Like, what are we upset about here? She does a lot. Well, I get what he was saying, but Dan, come here and explain this, Dan. Because I don't think we even know the logistics of why she plays it. I think there was a reason for it. Dan knows. Dan, explain why she couldn't represent Haiti. And I think in the United States States they didn't treat her like...

So from my understanding is that she was born in Japan and a resident of the United States. Therefore, she wasn't even qualified to represent Haiti in the Olympics. Yes. Alright, well, there you have it.

Gotta do your Googles. Can't get everything right. Alright, well, that is your Rumor Report. Can't get everything right. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. I'm Angela Yee. All right. Now, listen, for everybody that's new to the Breakfast Club, I know Z93 Jams in Charleston. Drop on the clues box for Z93 Jams in Charleston.

They just started with us this week. At 9 o'clock, we do this thing called the People's Choice Mix. This is where I'm supposed to lie to y'all and tell y'all to call up and request a song. But Envy's not even here and the mix is pre-recorded anyway. So you want me to lie? What do you want me to do? Well, normally they used to let me do a Yee mix, but Envy did it that because it was getting too much popularity. True.

That is true. That's all facts. So I guess I'll lie to y'all and say 1-800-585-1051. Call up if you have a request. Or you can always tweet. Or you can tweet. You can tweet Envy, yeah. Either way.

Tell him what you want to hear. Yeah, either way, it's pre-recorded, so it don't matter. He's doing it live from the airport. Don't lie, Dron. See, that's just terrible, Dron. He's on his flight. That's just a terrible lie. He's on the private jet doing it live.

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Yep, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, DJ Envy is off today. I got to salute Shanti Das for pulling up today to talk to us about Silence to Shame. Shanti, tonight, Silence to Shame is doing their virtual gala. Their virtual gala. Because today is actually Silence to Shame Day. So they're doing their virtual gala tonight i think it starts at seven if i'm not mistaken but you can go to silencedashame.com and you know watch all the

people that are being on it actually starts at eight so yes a virtual experience of music and mental health it starts at eight on silencedashame.com you can register for your free tickets at silencedashame.com i'm being honored for my work in the mental health space. Michelle Williams, DJ D. Nice and our girl. Talk to spirit. We have to get on. We got to get talk to spirit on this one. Talk to spirit. You got to fly up to New York. We'd love to have you on for a mental health awareness month. So thank you, Shanti. Yeah, she does great work. We appreciate you so much, Shanti Das, for that. I'm out here trying to get my mental health right here in Turks and Caicos, too.

I feel like I've been doing so much work recently. I just and I'm still working while I'm out here, by the way. Zoom calls all day, doing a breakfast club in the morning, but trying to do some things at least while I'm at the pool. But I do want to thank everybody on the island. It's been amazing so far for the little bit of time each day that I have to relax. I have been making sure that I do that. So it's important. You got to protect your peace, man.

Got to stay mentally healthy out here in these streets. When we come back, we got the positive note of the day. It's the world's most dangerous morning show to breakfast club. Yep. It's the world's most dangerous morning show to breakfast club. Charlemagne, the God,

Angela Yee, DJ Envy is off. Angela Yee. I know you want to go enjoy turks and cacos yeah at some point but i got some things to do you know i got some stuff i'm doing with the brooklyn nest that i'm excited about so i have these zooms to handle all of that today and some virtual things that i'm doing with them and essence fest is coming up so we're talking about what's going on with essence festival so many things happening mastery of comedy my show then the last episode is coming on on Monday. It's been coming on every Monday on Facebook for We The Culture. So make sure you check out those episodes. They are actually really amazing to see these up and coming comics being mentored by established comedians

and the help that they give them. And you'll get to see on the last episode just how much they improved over the course of time just from this advice from mentorship mentorship is so important question is essence fest live this year is it going to be virtual um i think it's going to be like a hybrid but i don't want to say too much until they say but i think they're going to try to do some things got you well listen the positive note is simply this man man. Black may not crack, but the mind can. So it's A-OK to go to therapy, OK? I saw that on Silence to Shame's page this morning, and I wanted to express that to the people. So remember what I just said.

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