The Breakfast Club - S.U.N ( Steve Stout Interview )

Episode Date: August 3, 2020

Today on the show we had Steve Stout call in where he spoke about Independent Artist Dominance, "Urban" Categorization, United Masters and more. Also Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to an unknown Hip Hop producer JW Lucas for his disrespectful tweet on Breonna Taylor, and even threw a "Petty Party" in his comments. Moreover, we also had friend and political pundit Angela Rye call in to speak on the future election, the economy now and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

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

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

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

You are out of control. I call this the hot seat. You're alive. You're alive. Can I live? You are out of control. I can't even deal with you. Y'all are so petty. Why are y'all so petty? The world's most dangerous morning show. DJ Envy.

Captain of this bitch. Angela Yee. I stay in everybody's business, but in a good way. Charlamagne Tha God. The ruler rubbing you the wrong way. The Breakfast Club. Made for everybody. Good morning, USA. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, All right. We made it. Okay. Into the work week. How you feeling? You ready for the weekend? I'm excited. I'm good.

Yeah, I mean, okay. And it's a payday. And today's payday for some people. Today's payday? What's today? Oh, today is payday. Okay. That don't mean nothing.

It's the one that go to all of the rent and the bills and, you know, the mortgages and everything else. Just to thank God you have it to be taken from you. There you go. All right. Well, Steve Stout will be joining us this morning. We'll kick it with Steve Stout in a little bit. Okay. Steve Stout has a lot of interesting things to talk about.

And I think Angela Rod. Since he started working with the Knicks? Have we spoken to him? No. Okay. I don't think so. I don't think so. No.

No, no, no. And Angela Rye will be joining us this morning. That's right. You know, John Lewis' funeral was yesterday. Angela Rye used to

actually work for John Lewis. And she's got a special edition of her podcast on one that I think she's putting out this weekend as a tribute to John Lewis. So we can talk about special edition of her podcast on one that I think she's putting out this weekend. That's a tribute to John Lewis. So we can talk about that amongst other things. You know, we're 90 what, 95

days until the election? 95, 95, 96, roughly around that time. Don't quote me on that, but we're close. So we got things to discuss. That's right. All right. Well, let's get a crack. And front page news, what we talking about? Well, let's talk a crack. In front page news, what are we talking about? Well, let's talk about John Lewis and his funeral yesterday.

President Barack Obama actually gave the eulogy, and we have part of that for you. All right. We'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club.

Let's get in some front page news. Where we starting, Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy, we are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Where we starting, Yee? Well, yesterday was John Lewis' funeral service in Atlanta, Georgia. And it was a complete week of memorial services that happened to remember him. Former President Barack Obama delivered a eulogy celebrating John Lewis' life. Here is what he said to honor him. You want to honor John? Let's honor him by revitalizing the law that he was willing to die for.

And by the way, naming it the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, that is a fine tribute. But John wouldn't want us to stop there. Once we pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, we should keep marching to make it even better by making sure every American is automatically registered to vote, including former inmates who've earned their second chance. By adding polling places and expanding early voting and making Election Day a national holiday. Yes, in addition, here is more of what Barack Obama had to say about John Lewis. By guaranteeing that every American citizen has equal representation in our government,

including the American citizens who live in Washington, D.C. and in Puerto Rico, by ending some of the partisan gerrymandering so that all voters have the power to choose their politicians, not the other way around. And if all this takes eliminating the filibuster, another Jim Crow relic, in order to secure the God-given rights of every American, then that's what we should do. All right. In addition to that, he did get a standing ovation. And here's what he said. And a lot of people were excited that he said this because this is against Donald Trump. But today we witness with our own eyes police officers kneeling on the necks of black Americans.

George Wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators. There are those in power who are doing their darndest to discourage people from voting by closing polling locations and targeting minorities and students with restrictive ID laws and attacking our voting rights with surgical precision, even undermining the postal service in the run-up to an election that's going to be dependent on mail-in ballots so people don't get sick. You know, President Obama is absolutely right, but I really do wish he would name names.

Like, he's too vague. Like, when you say, you know, somebody's the new George Wallace, the new Bull Connor, you got to say their names. Who are these people? He's got to call people out directly. That's one of the things that the right does very well. They aim at a target and name that target and vilify that target, make that target

radioactive. If this is the most dangerous election ever, then we can't throw subliminals. Who exactly in the federal government? Who is the powers that be that are doing this? You've got to name names. Well, yesterday Donald Trump tweeted out with universal mail-in voting, not

absentee voting, which is good, 2020 will be the most inaccurate and fraudulent election in history. It will be a great embarrassment to the USA. Delay the election until people can properly, securely, and safely vote. Yep, so everybody... And later that afternoon, he tweeted out, we are going to win the 2020 election big. Hashtag MAGA.

There's nothing that could be more fraudulent than the 2016 election. You know, we still don't know how Donald Trump exactly got into the White House. Okay, a lot of people say he's an illegitimate president. And also, Joe Biden told us a few weeks ago that Donald Trump was going to try to get the election pushed back. And a lot of people on the right said he was tripping and he was bugging and he was crazy. But that's who Trump is. I don't think Trump's going to leave the White House. I said that about a year ago.

So you think he's going to stay? Come get him. If he loses in November, you're going to have to go get him. I don't think he's leaving the White House. Those same agents that are out there rounding people up in Portland, they're going to be out there protecting Donald Trump come January 20th or whatever day it is that he's going to have to exit if he loses. All right.

And yesterday, every NBA player who restarted the NBA season nailed during the national anthem wearing Black Lives Matter shirts, just as a FYI to you. So I don't know if you guys saw this, but the Utah Jazz beat the New Orleans Pelicans 106-104, and the Lakers beat the Clippers 103-101. All right. Yeah, I saw some of the Lakers game. I'm going to be honest with you and the Lakers beat the Clippers, 103-101. All right. Yeah, I saw some of the Lakers game.

I'm going to be honest with you. The Lakers-Clippers game was dope. It looks like a video game. I like it. I like the camera angles. I like everything. They got the fake crowd on the wall. They got the noises.

It feels like you're playing 2K or something. It does. It really feels like that. It still feels odd, but I get it, yeah. Not to me. I was watching the last thing. I still feels odd, but I get it, yeah. Not to me. I was watching the last thing. I was like, wow, inside the NBA was popping. I was like, okay, maybe we haven't had it for so long

that I'm just happy to have something. But it looked good to me. All right. Last front page news. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. Be part of a great colonial tradition. 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-Stan 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 light-hearted 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. So you better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning. It's me, Latisha. Hi, DJ Envy. Hey, Iz. What up, y'all? Hey. Good morning. It's me, Latisha. Hi, DJ Envy. Hey, what up, y'all? Hey. Good morning. How are you? I'm fine.

Thank you. Last time I called Charlamagne, he wasn't there, but I'm glad to hear your voice. I had a question for you, Charlamagne. Yes, ma'am. Why are you always yawning in the microphone like that? Why do you do that? Why do you do that? Simple.

Simple answer. Simple answer. Don't tell me because I'm tired because I wake up early in the morning. Don't tell me that. Duh. It's 6 something in the morning. No. Come on, Char.

You're not still yawning, wiping coal out your eye at 6 something in the morning? So you want him to mute the mic when he yawns. Don't nobody want to hear all that. That's just to me. That's like somebody yawning right next to me in my ear. I'm like, damn, Char, what are you doing right now? You're like, oh, yeah, it's a Zimpia. Oh, no, no, I don't really know.

Well, you're going to hate to know that I pass gas, too, sometimes. Not in my clothes, though. Oh, not yet, yet. You go to the bathroom and you put your pants down, right? There you go. Well, anyway, thank you. Oh, one more thing. One more thing. Elijah McClain, Sandra Bland, Breonna Taylor.

Let's do it. That's right. There you go. Forever. Thank you. I like that. Hello, who's this? I was just about to yawn before she said that, by the way.

Hello, who's this? Hello, this is Chevron. Hey. From Florida. Get it off your chest, sir. Yes. I just wanted to say that I agreed with you guys about President Obama doing a good job with the eulogy. But I disagreed with Charlemagne saying that he needed to name names.

Because it makes it sound like you're saying that the people aren't smart enough to figure it out. The people that are listening to him and are smart enough to understand what he's saying between the lines, they're smart enough to know who he's talking about in the government, too. Yeah, but what about the ones who aren't? What about the casual person who's just watching John Lewis' funeral

and may want to vote in November but hasn't decided yet? See, that's why Fox News is so good. I watched Fox News this week, and they vilified Senator Kamala Harris. They vilified Karen Bass. Like, and, you know, those are a couple people that's on Biden's short list. They vilify the people on the left that they're afraid of.

And that's what the left needs to do to the right. Why not? You're saying basically, you know, get down to their level, get down and dirty. You know, Michelle Obama says when they go low, we go high. No, but this is an election, man. They called Senator Kamala Harris a fraud. But this is an election. You have to point out the threat and vilify it

and say, we need to get that person out of the White House. Period. Like, why just cast a wide net and be vague at a time like this? No, for what? All right. Well, thank you for checking in, brother. Yeah, no, thank you, guys. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. I'm telling. I'm telling. Hey, what you doing, man? I'm telling. I'm calling you. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed.

800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? What's good, Evie? Hey, what's up, Trav? Oh, my gosh, Trav, I miss you. Hey, Trav. I miss you, boo.

What's up with you? I'm good, I'm good. That's good. What's going on, Charlamagne? What's up, sis? And chilling, chilling. Hey, man. Y'all know who I'm, like, really good. What's going on, Charlamagne? What's up, sis? And chilling, chilling. Hey, man. Y'all know who I'm like really, really tired of?

Who? Jess Not Hilarious, yo. I'm like really, really sick of her ass, bro. Magda Stallion really said, stop playing with my name. Stop laughing at stuff. It's not funny. Protect black women. And you know what this black woman does the very next day?

She makes a video making fun of Meg Thee Stallion anyway, bro. Like, something's wrong with that lady. Like, something is truly wrong with her. She can only get likes and views off being negative and trying to be funny. Like, it really, really, really irritates me, bro. Yeah, we talked about that yesterday.

I didn't think that timing and that joke was funny, especially because Meg Thee Stallion's been saying, you know, this was not funny. I am am traumatized what irritates me is when trap calls a pin act like we ain't got the internet like you putting us on to something remember i called you um last week and i told you about tom hanks and what he was doing i just want to say three days ago um he said he went overseas because he him and his wife was quarantining but three days ago him and his wife are now citizens of grief just saying it's a little funny if i was tom hanks i would sue the hell out of all y'all okay the internet is ruining tom hanks reputation with

absolutely no proof no evidence no nothing like how like why is that okay and why do y'all believe that i don't know now that's the story people probably don't know what the hell i'm talking evidence, no nothing. Like, how? Like, why is that okay? And why do y'all believe that? I don't know. Now, that's a story people probably don't know what the hell I'm talking about. Hello, who's this? This is Kevin. I want to call. I'm real happy for this young brother, man. He called up a while back, and I've been following him ever since.

He called up and sang his song for y'all, and I guess he dropped something last night called Heart and Soul. That's Heart and Soul by Treezy Two Times. T-R-E-E-Z-Y-2-X. And, man, it's on all platforms. He's real talented, man. I'm a fan. I'm really a fan of him.

I mean, he produces on beat. He runs track. I think he's number one in the country in hurdles, man. And I just hope he hears this because I know he called up one time. So, hopefully, he hears this. And, yeah, make sure y'all go check him out, man. Please. You said number one in hurdles? What's hurdles? I just hope he hears this Because I know he Called up one time So hopefully he hears this And yeah Make sure y'all go Check him out man

Please You said number one In hurdles What's hurdles The track Track Oh that's the name Of the record

Hurdles No no no His song You know how you Jump over the hurdles In track Yeah It's two different things

He didn't put a period Y'all know man He just had a run on sentence That's why you're confused Oh he's saying that He had a lot of hurdles, but he got the song out. No, no, no, no.

He said he runs track. He runs track. And he also is an artist. And he's also an artist. No, he's not. He said the track. You said... No, he said the track is called Hurdles.

No, no, no, no, no. His track is called Heart and Soul, but he does track, too. Oh, got you. I just told you he didn't put a period. He just kept going. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So, got you. I just told you, he didn't put a period. He just kept going. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So make sure

to go check him out. Heart and Soul by Treezy Two Times. He's on all platforms. It's on his IG, too, at Jabari.Brown with two N's. Make sure you go

check him out. This dude is talented, for real. All right, bro. Did I get the irony of it, though? He's on tracks and he runs hurdles.

All right, that was a lot right there. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now we got rumors on the way? Yes, and with all the talk about Ellen DeGeneres and the problems that her staff has had and visitors on her show

and what they had to say about it being a terrible work environment, Ellen DeGeneres is now addressing her staff, and we have that memo. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired, depressed, a little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy.

There's 55 gallons of water 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 Kaperburg. 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. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Loon. Listen up. This just in. All the gossip. The rumor report. Gossip.

With Angela Yee. It's the rumor report. The Breakfast Club. Yes, former bad boy artist Loon was released from prison. He served nine years. According to reports, he's going to lay low, take care of his mom now that he's home. He said, my mother recently had a heart attack and had to get surgery and get a loop recorder implantation. She's in her late 60s. I've already lost my grandfather since I've been incarcerated and do not wish to lose her before my release. She could use my assistance to help care for her.

My grandmother is 90, and she is also ailing. So there was a picture of him that's already surfaced on the Internet, the first picture that everybody's seen since he has been released. Since he was in jail, he converted to Islam, changed his name to Amer Junaid Muhadith, and also reportedly gave up rap. Well, salute to that brother. Shout to Lou. Happy that he's home.

Happy that he's home and free. Happy he did his time and he can continue to live the rest of his life as a free man. Salute to that brother, Lou. Yeah, shout to Lou. Alright, now let's talk about Ellen DeGeneres and the toxic workplace allegations. A lot of people have been discussing this.

Staffers, former staffers, guests who have been on her show. Just basically saying she's not a nice person. So she did send out a memo. And they also have reported that Warner Media's employee relations group in a third-party firm would interview former and current staff members about the allegations. So in that memo, she said, hey, everybody, it's Ellen. On day one of our show, I told everyone in our first meeting that the Ellen DeGeneres show would be a place of happiness. No one would ever raise their voice and everyone would be treated with respect. Obviously, something changed and I am disappointed to learn that this has not been the case.

And for that, I am sorry. Anyone who knows me knows it's the opposite of what I believe and what I hoped for our show. She goes on to talk about the success that she's had with everyone's contributions. And she also says, I'm glad the issues at our show were brought to my attention. I promise to do my part in continuing to push myself and everyone around me to learn and grow. It's important to me and to everybody who makes, and she wants to make it so that people love working on the show again. Now, I'm confused.

People are saying Ellen is not a good person, but the last article pointed out that it was the executive producers and the executive producer, Ed Glavin, actually departed yesterday. He stepped down. So which one is it? Is it Ellen that's not a good person or the executive producer, Ed Glavin, actually departed yesterday. He stepped down. So which one is it? Is it Ellen that's not a good person or the executive producer? The executive producer stepped down yesterday.

I think it's been both. There's people who have had interactions with her that they've spoken about where she was not very nice. And then there's people who also say that it's the staffers that would tell you you're not allowed to talk to her. You can't look her in the eye. You know, she's not, they would do things like

if she was going to be a guest on somebody else's show, you know, just whittled things down. So maybe they anticipated having a sit down with her. Then they're like, okay, she's actually not going to come have this sit down. When she comes to the studio, it would only be 10 minutes instead of the hour they were supposed to get. It's just all kinds of different allegations from both ends. Yeah, because the articles that came out the past

couple of days don't say that at all. They actually say the executive producer is engaged in rampant sexual misconduct and harassment. That's a little bit more than somebody not looking you in the eye. The executive producer stepped down yesterday. I just think there's been a lot of people that have discussed that.

It all started with this Twitter thread that someone put out that talked about his interaction with Ellen DeGeneres and how she was not very nice to him. And then a lot of people weighed in on their experiences with her as well. And then they started talking about the environment of the show in general. All right. Now, Nicki Minaj's husband, Kenneth Petty, is asking a judge for a special request. He wants to be present for the birth of their baby. So he also wants permission to travel with Nikki on business trips as her manager because she could be having the baby who knows when. So the problem is that he can't travel right now. He was supposed to register as

a sex offender in the state of California as he was reportedly arrested for failing to do so when he moved there with Nikki. So now he has to get a special sign-off from the judge so that he can do that. I hope he gets that sign-off. It's nothing like being there for the birth of your child. It makes sense. Yeah, nothing like being there for the birth of your child. And that's Nicki's, you know, first time giving birth.

He needs to be there for his queen. All right, and then, and we'll get into more of this in the next hour, but Nicki Minaj, that song, A$AP Ferg has it features. Nicki has finally come out. Nicki Minaj and Made in Tokyo are on the song. And just as a reminder and the visual also, move your hips.

Listen to this. Move my hips, okay. Tell them to go do not to on the stage. Hey, baby, it's okay. I have been having one hell of a day. Yeah, feeling about all of my shades. Then I pull up in a cherry Mercedes. Yeah. Strawberry shortcake hair.

Chinese bangs with my two braids. Hey. Straight from Albuquerque. Headed to Harlem now. I got the pandemic going and it's crawling now. Already body playing Jane and we mobbing now. That's cause all these fake try to rob my style. Yo.

Deeper drizzly be slow. Tell them I'm Billy DeCote I'm getting that dope My neck and my wrist really glow My model, draw up and vote Dropping the Clues Bond through that goddamn Move Your Hips record. Yeah, it's tough. Clue played it for me a couple weeks ago.

It's definitely tough. That record is hard. Everybody killed that. The production is A1. A$AP Ferg, A1. Nicki Minaj is A1. That's a tough tune right there. That's a tough record.

And there's a phone number too in the video And if you text that number You'll get a response from A$AP Ferg himself Saying that he got your message And then he'll send you a link That will add you to his phone So he can respond to you personally Now that record might be worth

A little bit of COVID You know what I'm saying Go to a little day party or something Don't even say that Nope Just to hear that ring off. Nope. Okay.

Well, for everybody that's out there risking it, okay, taking those chances to get COVID at those day parties and in those clubs, that record is going to ring off for you in between coughs. All right. Well, we'll give you some more information, too, in the next hour about Nicki Minaj, and she's beefing with her hairstylist. And we'll tell you what she had to say on her end and what her hairdresser had to say,

or maybe former hairdresser now. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that's your Rumor Report. Now streaming, brought to you by Black is King. Now streaming on Disney+. Experience the new visual album from Beyoncé with music from The Lion King, The Gift, a celebratory memoir that reimagines the lessons of The Lion King, Black is King, now streaming only on Disney+.

All right, thank you, Miss Yee. Now we got front page news. Next, what are we talking about? Yes, we are going to be talking about Donald Trump and his tweets. And, of course, we'll be talking about John Lewis and his funeral was yesterday. DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Where we starting, Yee? Well, yesterday, John Lewis was remembered at a funeral

service in Atlanta, and Barack Obama delivered the eulogy. One thing that John Lewis has that has defined his legacy is voting rights, right? And here is what Barack Obama had to say. But today we witness with our own eyes police officers kneeling on the necks of black Americans. George Wallace may be gone, but we can witness our federal government sending agents to use tear gas and batons against peaceful demonstrators. But even as we sit here, there are those in power who are doing their darndest to discourage people from voting by closing polling locations and targeting minorities

and students with restrictive ID laws and attacking our voting rights with surgical precision, even undermining the postal service in the run up to an election that's going to be dependent on mail in ballots so people don't get sick. Name names. During Donald Trump's daily briefing, he addressed the upcoming election and said this. I don't want to delay. I want to have the election.

But I also don't want to have to wait for three months and then find out that don't want to delay. I want to have the election. But I also don't want to have to wait for three months and then find out that the ballots are all missing and the election doesn't mean anything. That's what's going to happen, Steve. That's common sense. And everyone knows it. Stupid people may not know it. If they do this, our country will be a laughingstock all over the world because everyone knows it doesn't work. So we're asking for a lot of trouble. Do I want to see a day change? No. But I don't want to see a crooked election. This election will be the most rigged election

in history if that happens, too. The most rigged election in history was 2016. Okay, we had Russian interference and rampant voter suppression. 2020, who knows what tricks they have up their sleeve, but anybody who thinks it's going to be as simple as going to the polls and voting out Donald Trump has not been paying attention. Everything Trump was accused of in who thinks it's going to be as simple as going to the polls and voting out Donald Trump has not been

paying attention. Everything Trump was accused of in 2016, he's going to accuse the Democrats of this year. The difference is, Trump has the power to challenge all election results, and he's got the head of the DOJ, William Barr, and members of the Supreme Court on his side. Not to mention the Constitution gives states nearly

unlimited power to decide how electors are chosen and Republicans control about 30 state legislators. So all i'm simply saying is he's not leaving without a fight and don't be shocked if he wipes his ass with the constitution and figures out a way to not leave at all don't yeah yeah it's definitely gonna be a huge fight he's not don't be surprised if he wipes his ass okay senate majority leader mitch mcconnell had this to say because he has no plans on changing the election date. Never in the history of the country, through wars, depressions, and the Civil War, have we ever not had a federally scheduled election on time.

And we'll find a way to do that again this November 3rd. Yeah, right. Listen, that's why Barack got to name names, okay? Who are those in power? Say their names. We don't have time to be vague. Mitch McConnell, that's the guy that's causing the process of voting not to be smooth, all right? He's already blocked two election security bills. You know why?

Because he knows that they're probably going to have help from a foreign country come 2020, all right? So you got to name names. Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump. Like, when you speak on those in power who are threatening our democracy, you got to say their names. That's it. Point them out. All right, well, let's talk about coronavirus for a second here. Dr. Anthony Fauci has responded to a claim from the head of Operation Warp Speed.

That's the federal government's multibillion-dollar effort to develop a vaccine against coronavirus. And it seems they're very optimistic right now that it's going to be happening soon. Dr. Fauci said we all hope it's going to be that way when they talk about the claim that there's a very optimistic estimate. There's a vaccine that could be 90 percent effective. He said when we look at the data from phase one studies, it looks good because the vaccine vaccine induced neutralizing antibodies in the recipients. And that level was rather robust. So they said it looks good because the vaccine vaccine induced neutralizing antibodies in the recipients. And that level was rather robust. So they said it looks good.

So that's the first good indication that gets us to be optimistic. But it's only phase one. So let's remember that, too. They said it's very hard to predict. That's why they're going to be doing a trial right now. All right. My motto. Do you all plan to get a vaccine when it's available?

Not right away. My motto is you first. Yeah, not right away. Not right away. Go out there and see how it is for me. Come back and tell Uncle Charlo what's happening. And that's why I want to keep the kids at home. I ain't trying to first.

I'll see how it goes for a little bit, and then if it works out pretty good and people ain't got six toes and six fingers, then I'll try. I'll be over here with this Seamoss. That's the least of our worries. I'll be over here with this Seam. That's the least of our worries. I'll be over here with this sea moss and this vitamin. What's the vitamin?

The vitamin you like, D. Shut up. What's the vitamin? What's the vitamin that keeps your immune system healthy? I can't remember. Vitamin C, man, vitamin C. There you go. There you go.

I ain't have my JNCO below this morning. My brain ain't working. Vitamin D helps too, though. He knows. Man, shut up. It does. That's your front page news. When we come back.

Calcium is for your bones. Steve Stout will be joining us. Steve Stout will be joining us when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. You're checking out the world's most dangerous morning show.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest on the line right now. Steve Stout. Hey. What up, Steve? What's going on?

Feeling blessed, happy to be here. I hope we come out of this better than we went into it. Right. And the NBA's back. That's good for your business. You just did a deal with them. That's good. I'm blessed, happy to be here. I hope we come out of this better than we went into it. And the NBA is back. That's good for your business. You just did a deal with them. Well, sports in general is good for my business. We work with the NBA, the NFL, the Knicks.

You just want to get sports back. By the way, the entire advertising business, especially television, is driven by sports. Live television ad spending is the most dominant spend in anything advertising as it relates to television. What's your relationship with the Knicks? I see they have virtual... Every with the Knicks, my number one job help rebrand them.

I think the Knicks is one of the greatest sports brands in the world. You think about the Yankees, the Cowboys, Manchester United, and the Knicks. That's how I feel about it. And obviously we've got to work to do on the court, the team, and all that stuff. But from a branding perspective, I think there's so much you can do. Merchandising, just making great advertising that gets people excited about this global brand.

That's my job. How do you turn that around with everything that's happened with Spike Lee and Charles Oakley and their comments about some of their players? It just seems like the Knicks don't care about the people. If you look at different organizations and different teams, it seems like they care. It just seems like the Knicks is like one of those teams that's like, yeah, whatever, we're going to make money regardless.

Nah, you know what? I think the owner is misunderstood. I think James Dolan is definitely misunderstood. He's certainly brash. The Charles Oakley thing was clearly a disaster. Charles is a very dear friend of mine, and that was terrible. The Spike Lee thing seems to be, you know, a matter of, you know, a celebrity expecting certain privileges,

and then when you don't get that privilege anymore for whatever reason, you start throwing a fit. That doesn't seem real. Did you see Jordan Greer's comments in the sporting news when he said New York is always thrown out as a potential landing spot for marquee free agents because of the appeal of the city, the garden, and the possibility of leading a basement dweller back to contender status,

but none of that matters if Dolan refuses to change his ways. What were your thoughts on his comments? He had something to say about you too. Yeah, I definitely seen that. And I think with having Leon in, who's the new president of the Knicks, Leon Rose, West, Worldwide West, and myself, the three of us, I think that we're the best sort of team as it relates to being able to speak to a free agent, our relationships with talent.

They've never had this level of talent that can go out and pitch a free agent or convince a player why New York is great. I understood the statement. I don't agree with it, but I understand where it came from. You guys also have a new head coach, right? Yeah. They're announcing a new...

That hasn't... I don't think that's finally been officially announced, but there's certainly discussion where they're going through a coaching search. That same writer, Jordan Greer, said, Dolan's poor judgment undercuts good decisions like bringing you in and Leon Rose. Do you agree with that?

Does Dolan make your job harder? No. I think Dolan is brash. He has a very strong point of view on things, but he doesn't make it any harder. Not to me, man. I like his very clear style. Like, he makes a point, and he is very loyal to his perspective.

You know, if you have a strong argument, he listens. If you don't have a strong argument, you're going to get run over. That makes sense. What did you think about the statement that he made? And people were criticizing him not putting out a statement in support of Black Lives Matter at first and the emails that were circulating that ended up going public. What were your thoughts on that and how that was handled? I think the sensitivity around the beginning of the sort of re-immersion of the Black Lives Movement after Floyd, companies, and I get these calls all the

time, they don't know what to do. I kept on seeing all kinds of random things from all kinds of different companies. You know, Bank of America puts a billion dollars towards urban communities, and then, like, you hear that, and then it disappears, or you don't hear the next step. And just countless amount of news and headlines about donating to the NAACP and XYZ. And I think that with the Knicks, they felt victim to the same kind of sensitivity where people were making these statements, the employees wanted to hear something, they weren't ready to make a fall victim

to what the employees wanted to hear immediately, and it became an issue. I had that issue in my company. Like, everybody ran up on me talking about Juneteenth, and the truth of the matter is, I never heard of Juneteenth before this year. I had that issue in my company. Like, everybody ran up on me talking about Juneteenth, and the truth of the matter is, I never heard of Juneteenth before this year. And I know people who worked for me for 10 years who never observed it at all,

that all of a sudden got pissed off that we didn't observe it this year. And I'm like, well, we never observed it before. What are you talking about? Like, I'm sensitive to the information, but, like like let's not all of a sudden a week before turn our world upside down because we now have to respond publicly to the fact that we're celebrating juneteenth when you didn't even know about it

last year there was a lot going on during that time and i think it was a learning experience for everybody i mean when i was when I was preparing to speak to you guys this morning, I was like, you know, you guys have gone through the roof. I couldn't be more proud of what each and every one of you guys have done in the last year. It's obvious, Charlemagne,

you've become a household name. Your political journalism is absolutely relatable and has made a big difference in the way these candidates have to prepare for the smoke. Thank you. And Angela, what you did, the whole entanglement thing, you set that up. You pre-gamed that. I mean, just the fact that you guys are on top of it like that, and the syndication of the show is everywhere.

By the way, in Miami, his billboard's everywhere. It's crazy. And then there's the political climate. The political climate right now is tense. And what's taking place between Black Lives Matter and the peaceful protests, and then the anarchists, and how the media, both CNN and Fox, seems to be coupling them together.

And by the time election comes around, I don't know if people are going to be able to understand the difference between Black Lives Matter and anarchists and people who are using the halo of a peaceful protest to do other s***. Some of them criminal, and some of them have nothing to do with Black Lives Matter, but they got the shirt on. Right. Yeah. Let's break some of that up. I want to talk about

the media industry, right? You have a perspective about racism in media and how black executives get stifled in advertising. Can we talk about that? Well, the entire advertising business is supposed to be an industry that is on the front edge of changing perception, understanding consumer behavior. In fact, they're experts at it. And they use that expert positioning to go around to all the brands around the world and say that they're experts. But yet, when it comes down to understanding the perceptions of African-Americans or promoting African-Americans, they have zero understanding of any of that. There's a guy named John Wren who runs Omnicom. He doesn't give a shit.

There's a guy who runs IPG. He doesn't give a shit. These are holding companies, holding companies that hold all the advertising agencies. And they're public vehicles, and the CEOs don't care. And then they have this other job, which I'm not really fond of, the chief diversity officer. Basically, he's essentially saying, well, if we don't have one of these, we're not going to be fair.

So let's put a person in there to at least make it look like we give a shit, like there's a black program out there. Let's bring in black people through this special program. And if you're super talented, none of you envy. You don't want to get a job anywhere through a black program out there. Let's bring in black people through this special program. And if you're super talented, none of you envy, you don't want to get a job anywhere through a special program. You're the shit.

You want to get a job because you're the shit. Not because you're light-skinned and there's a light-skinned program. That's crazy. You know, that's the kind of shit that happens in advertising and media overall. I'm going to change it. I feel like that's my contribution.

All right, we got more with Steve Stout when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Working on a... DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Steve Stout. Yee. So, Steve, you had both NLE Choppa and Lil Tecca

signed to United Masters, and haven't they both gone on to sign major label deals now? Yeah. How did you feel about that? By the way, we had a launch pad for a lot of these artists. I mean, you know, we launched NLE Choppa, as you guys were kind enough to bring him on the show with me. And Charlamagne made it very clear he would not have been on the show without me. That reminded that man.

That's a fact. I was sitting there looking at him going, damn, that was a right hand. But then we have, and they went, they took money. Chopper got $8 million from Warner Brothers. This kid was 16 years old, put out a record with us in January, and in July, got $8 million. I believe that the record companies overpaid because they want to make sure that anything that's successful remains in their ecosystem.

And at the same time, the kid got $8 million. God bless him. He changed his family's life. What was your conversation like to say, OK, I think you should, you know, because obviously those two artists went and got a nice big check. So if they come to you for advice or did they come to you for advice, or did they come to you for advice, and what did you say? Tucker's entire thing was, his manager was like, look, this kid's going to be a global superstar, and we're going to go get a record deal at some point. But everything that you're doing to support us,

that was more of an upfront conversation. I don't think it was the right decision, but I respected it. The Chopper one was a little bit more touchy, because I personally invested in the kid And they went and got paid Eight million dollars And the record company was a bidding war So it led to a lot of

Backdoor conversations, etc A bunch of lawyers trying to Do sneaky shit Because when there's eight million dollars There's a lot of guys with their hands in your pocket But I've been there before I'm a veteran of this shit Like whatever By the way, I enjoyed your dialogue with Snoop That was crazy guys with their hands in your pocket. But I've been there before. I'm a veteran of this s***.

Like, whatever. By the way, I enjoyed your dialogue with Snoop. That was crazy. By the way, we did too. I was in L.A. I got Jimmy told Dre, Dre, I don't think he got the first single on not the Chronic, the Deep Dive. Doggy style.

No, no, he's talking about the Still Dre record. Oh, Chronic he's talking about the Still Dre. He's talking about the Still Dre record. Oh, Chronic 2001. Yeah, Chronic 2001. He's talking about the Still DRE, yeah. That Detox. Detox is the album we're still waiting for. So I'm there, and Jimmy tells Dre he don't think he got the first single, and the album was done.

Dre thought the album was done. So Dre and I, cool, and he had like five beats. I took those five beats, and he let me bring him back to new york to help pick the first single see if i get somebody to write it i take the five beats and i played it for timbaland timbaland picked the instrumental for still dre like that was crazy then i played the same five beats for jay and jay picked the still DRE beat and said, that is it. And then I asked him, will you write it? And Jay was in the studio and he wrote that

song in an hour. And then when I sent it back to Dre, I was floored that Snoop spit Jay-Z's hook. I couldn't believe it. Jay couldn't believe it. We must have played the song a hundred times, Jay-Z and I bugging out that they were doing that part.

He had that line in there, f***ing try to be the king with the aces back. We didn't even know that they did that. We knew Dre. You could write for Dre, but nobody knew that rappers were spitting rhymes from other rappers. Even back then? Yeah.

With Diddy and all of those guys? Yeah, but Diddy and Dre weren't rappers. Weren't rappers, right. All right, Foxy Brown. That's a good one. Lil' Kim. Those are good ones, but there was an asterisk next to them. I don't know.

No one seemed to care that Jay-Z wrote Foxy's rhymes. She wrote some of her rhymes. So she wrote the I Shot Your Remix and Affirmative Action. And then Jay wrote the album. I guess you're right. So, I mean, I never thought about it like that. Maybe, you know, there was some asterisk next to them. Maybe because they were women.

Everybody was like, it's cool if you write for a woman, a girl. But certainly, we didn't think Snoop was taking Jay-Z's rhymes. How about that? I would love to hear that version. If you ever How about that? I would love to hear that version. If you ever find that version, I would love to hear the version of Jay doing that rap. Crazy. The two things I'm looking for, and I have them, I just can't find them,

is that reference tape and Jadakiss spitting the Benjamin. No, Victory. For Puff. For Puff verse. Now, I know you're a Versus fan, and I know that you're real cool with track masters. You managed them at one time. They're personal friends.

I know you wanted track masters to get into a Versus battle. Who would you love to see the Versus, track masters Versus in that battle? I was definitely wanting to see track masters versus Jermaine Dupree. And Jermaine didn't want to do it. He wants to battle Puffy and all that. I think he just want to fight the bigger guy

to make it seem like he was in it for a bit. He's not ready for the Puff level. He knows that. I was very helpful, and Swiss acknowledged it, the idea of Rick Ross versus 2 Chainz. I think that's going to be crazy. Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy. Who do you think is going to win that one, Steve? Who's going to be crazy. Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy. Who do you think is going to win that one, Steve?

Who's going to win that one in your head? I think Rick Ross has smashes. I think Rick Ross has 40 smashes from his own joints to, like, the stuff he was doing with the Dream, the Meek Mill, the French Montana, all those collabs he was doing. Then he got his Drake collabs he was doing. Then he got his Drake collabs, his Jay-Z songs. He got way too much monsters.

I can't wait to see it. I seen you and Dame Dash and you and 50 Cent speaking. I seen that y'all cool. Y'all squashed our beef, right? 50 and I, yeah. Queens get the money. 50 and I, our beef, whatever that was, dissipated. And Dame and Dash and I, yeah. I think if you get old, man, I'm 50, man.

I turned 50. You don't see 50-year-olds fighting, man. No. So you're going to fly out to Wyoming next? I don't think so. Not yet. First of all, it seems to be a relevancy. People are going out there to see him,

and then they get filmed on Instagram and posted about him. That's a fact. To me, that's not what it's all about. I don't like that type of shit, man. That's a fact. So I'm not going there. I don't want to be part of that. I've talked to him.

I would love to support him. I've known him for so many years, and I think he needs friendship. You've seen Charlemagne's interview with him. He needs friends around him. When this happens, part of it is you lost your homeboys, or you need them more than they're around because you need somebody who's not afraid to tell you to shut the fuck up. I think we all need that in our life.

Yeah, absolutely. What did you think when you saw Dame and Biggs and all of them together in Wyoming? It's great to see that, man. I think all that stuff is good to see that, man. It's great. I think all that stuff is good to see. No beef, people coming together. It makes what we've accomplished and what we've done really important, and you can't dismiss it when the people who've moved the culture stick together and don't s*** on it and make it seem like the beef is more

important than what we did as a culture. Because right now, what Damon said was right. There are many, many culture vultures out there. There are a lot of people out there robbing our culture, appropriating it, and advertising in fashion. I'm seeing it over and over and over again. It's not even disrespectful, but hip-hop, black people is hot right now. And you're seeing guys run around appropriating, like, Gary Vaynerchuk.

Gary V, this guy does a podcast, takes a bunch of pictures with black rappers, and then, like, runs around acting like he's a hip-hop guy. Or literally said the word, like, he can hack hack the culture you can't hack our culture you can't hack everything that we've gone through people died for this and like when i hear things like that it bothers me i actually told him that you can't hack our culture what are you talking about i never heard him say that well i can send you the clip for sure yeah i like gary though i think i think i think i think gary means well-intended. But we're so hot right now, you don't even realize that when you say something like hacking culture,

that you think about everything that everybody went through. You think about Big getting shot in L.A. and us even being out in L.A. at that time. You think about the situation that each one of you have been in to get to where you are right now, that will help move hip-hop culture forward. And then all of a sudden, people show up and go, I'm part of this too. Well, you could visit it, but you're not part of it.

And don't appropriate it. All right, we got more with Steve Stout. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hey, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

We're still kicking it with Steve Stout. Charlamagne? From an advertising perspective, as much as people don't agree with Kanye's political views, as much as people don't know if he's mentally healthy or not, from a brand perspective, corporations don't seem to be afraid of Ye at all. Yo, that goes back to the going in the fridge.

Companies shoot first, ask questions later. Companies used to do business. Remember when Reebok dropped Rick Ross? You remember that? Yes. Yeah, over the Mali line. Yeah. Yeah.

Meanwhile, they listened to all his raps, wrote him a check, and then somebody in the press wrote about the Mali line, and then they fired him. But they knew that line existed. They heard lines like that all the time. That's what they do. When there's public pressure on them, then they get rid of you. But until there's

public pressure, they're cool with it. So, in the situation with what you're seeing with Kanye right now, the Gap, Adidas, they're making money. They need it. They need it. And until something, somebody makes a big statement about it, because Ye did something that was offensive, so offensive that the New York Times decided to write that story,

then they'll drop him. But until that story's written, they'll look the other way. What did you think about Nick Cannon and Viacom? Got too big. The problem got too big. Somebody who wrote about Nick Cannon's anti-Semitic statements, we can't have that guy on our station. The CEO's gonna find

out. Get rid of him. You can't just say some disrespectful s*** and then go on the internet and then say I apologize or my Instagram got hacked, my Twitter got hacked. Get the hell out of here. Stop lying. Nick Cannon blew it. He had no business even talking. What the f*** was he even saying? It didn't make any sense. Nick Cannon is a public figure, and Nick Cannon got a lot of business with Jewish people. And for him to go and make a statement like that,

while those are his partners, he was playing career suicide. And you can't apologize for that. Like, you can't just say some crazy stuff about black folks and the next day say, I'm sorry. We're not having that. Well, white people do it all the time. But to your point, if you offend the people you're working for, God bless you.

Good luck to you. I don't think that's going to end well. Yeah, by the way, back to ownership, if Nick owned Wild N' Out, it'd be fine. At least financially it would be. Morally, I don't agree with what he said. But he doesn't have Wild N' Out. He's an employee. And so now he's ass out.

And it's unfortunate that he this late in his career screwed it up this badly. Because it's very, very hard to recover. I wish that, you know, because you look at like Senator Cotton this week, and Senator Cotton is like, you know, slavery was a necessary evil. And as offensive

as that is to black folks, what punishment does he get? You know, what backlash does he get? Like, I don't, that's my only issue. No, it's wrong. But you know what it was? The racism in this country, there are people who vote for him

who actually believe that. Yeah. So he definitely does appeal to his audience or the audience that got him the job in the beginning. There may be a lot of black people who agree with what Nick Cannon says. I'm not one of them, but there may be. The problem is those people don't own Viatom. Right.

I got one more question for Steve. I saw you on Bloomberg TV, and you said the pandemic will make legacy record labels a thing of the past. I feel like legacy everything is a thing of the past. And if people don't let go of what was, they'll never embrace what will be. What do you think? Yeah, well, the pandemic is certainly the reset button. And you're seeing industries, look what we're doing. We're doing this from Zoom.

If this works and your audience watches this and enjoys it as much as me coming into your studio, why would you ever want to go back to the studio again? Why would you go back to the studio again? People like it. It works. And I think you've seen that in this format of talk shows. You certainly have seen that in the workplace and businesses are going. They're figuring it out. We've become resourceful. And if you are a business with big real estate holdings or you're a business that hasn't figured out how to adapt to the new environment and are waiting for things to go back to the way they were, then you're in big trouble.

I don't think things are going to go back to the way they were. You know, it doesn't take long for things to become the new normal. You talk about two years, three years. If you're 17, 18, 19, and you go through those years and this is your reality, why would you not think that this is normal? Those two, three years is how generations shift. It's how technology changes things. So I do believe that things will not go back the way they were.

And by the way, as it relates to this pandemic, I think we're still in the first quarter. We're not halfway home. I don't think so either. You guys see that? Late 2022. And that's if we get a in the first quarter. We're not halfway home. You guys see that? Late 2022. And that's if we get a vaccine early next year. I think 2022, early 2023. Nah.

If we get a vaccine early next year, people aren't going to want to get the vaccine at first. They're not going to feel comfortable getting it. But then it'll probably be some other treatments that come along. Late 2022, early 2023. Whether it's late 21 or it goes all the way to 22 you got people who just started working who started working like this and you'll be doing this show for another year like this if your fans and the people who watch the show enjoy it

you certainly enjoy it if you could just you probably ain't got no bottoms on right now you might be doing this i got. I got my biker shorts. I'm about to go riding after this. I got my biker shorts on, though, but yeah. Are you comfortable? And if that's the way it works, then that's the way it works. Why would you want to go back to the studio again? No, I want to be back in the studio.

I'm not going to lie. I want to be, I personally want to be back in the studio because what you said is very important. You said, do people like it like this? I don't know if people like the Zoom interviews as much as they like watching us in studio with a person having conversations. Right. I like that as well. Videos don't get as many views now as they used to.

Video views definitely. I mean, they do well, but not like they used to. A little bit. A little bit. Well, guys, again, but not like they used to. A little bit. A little bit. Well, guys, again, thank you for always having me. Wait, are you getting rid of us now? I'm like, look, the videos are not doing as good as they used to. Look, I ain't got time.

I'll see you guys later. Steve, thank you for checking in, brother. Thank you for having me. Yes, sir. And I am super proud of everything that you're doing. We will look up one day and you will be bigger than Howard Stern. I guarantee you that. I know that.

And I can't wait for that day to happen because there'll be another feather in the cap of the dominance and the importance of hip-hop culture. All right. Thank you, Steve. I appreciate it. We'll take whatever checks you throw our way, Steve. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Nicki Minaj. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. All right. The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. On The Breakfast Club. All right, well, it looks like Nicki Minaj and her now former hairstylist, Arrogant Tay, are having some issues. They've unfollowed each other on Instagram. I know y'all guys might not be able to relate to this, but our hairstylist, makeup artist, like, you have real relationships with those people because you spend a lot of time with them. So a lot of times hairstylists might, you know, really blow up off of working with a certain particular artist.

You guys end up being friends. It's like a therapy session when you're getting your hair done, when you're getting your makeup done. Well, let's talk about what happened between the two of them and why they unfollowed each other. Here's what Nicki Minaj had to say on her Instagram live. For the last few months, I told my hairstylist that when the song comes out, I want to redo the look. And then he canceled on me 48 hours before the shoot. I said, well, could you overnight the wig then? And, you know, we could have someone just apply it and, you know know keep it smooth like that and he said no and so with 24 hours left I had to call somebody and thank god someone came to do it is

is this really a story Nicki Minaj not speaking to her hairdresser is this really on your business envy mind your business okay got nothing to do with you Relax And the thing is I mean it was enough of a story That she felt she had to address it right And then he responded And then he responded and said I did not cancel Because she was saying that he canceled on her at the last minute He said I had to get my wisdom teeth pulled today

July 30th which I made my appointment Two weeks because Ben was supposed to get it pulled For months now and I told her I'm going to see if I can reschedule my appointment. And I couldn't because the next date they had available wasn't until the middle of August. So her team asked, could I overnight a wig? Nikki doesn't like wearing no other wigs from no other companies except for one company that barely communicates with me. So I can't make a wig.

And he just goes on to explain what the problem was and how he feels like he's been loyal. Then he said, turn down so many people and so many opportunities from just being loyal and solid. Never again. And that's because Nicki Minaj ended up using another stylist, Jonathan, who also recently was going back and forth with Arrogantay as well. He said, one thing I hate is having love for people who always turn their back on me.

That's my biggest problem when I love people and it's genuine. I go above and beyond, but I'm tired of people playing with me on God. Now, I am Jonathan who actually ended up doing Nicki's wig, posted Nicki and said, when the king finally slays the queen, baby, I slayed Nicki with a bun and chopstick and drop a strawberry if I murdered this look and color. So Jonathan said, stop venting and start praying.

You don't need sympathy. You need strength. I show people how to run a business, how to continue to strive for greatness, not sit on your ass or act like, you know, so good or something. The grind don't stop and it only gets better. You guys get it?

All right. No, I don't. But you know what? There's a beef between these hairstylists. Did we just report about Nicki Minaj and her hairstylist beefing? Yep. Listen, that's a thing that I'm sure

women care about. I'm over here minding my business. I was paying attention. Okay. You know, these are special relationships. All I know is I saw Keisha Cole on Shade Room say, I can't wait for you to come over here and do this, Bob. That's when I knew it wasn't for you.

It's not easy to find a great hairstylist, especially somebody who makes good wigs, do the install and all of that, so I get it wasn't for you. Listen, it's not easy to find a great hairstylist, especially somebody who makes good wigs, do the install and all of that. So I get it, you know? Okay. And people have to be loyal too. Like everybody's looking for loyalty with who you work with.

So it was just a back and forth over that. Now let's talk about Marriage Bootcamp. Y'all ain't watching that either, but I keep telling you guys to watch it. We discussed it with Snoop because Corrupt is on there. Now Willie from Day 26 is on there with his wife, Shonda, and admitted that he

cheated. Listen to this. How many women has Willie had affairs with? Twelve. Twelve? Damn, why did I say that? That's all f***ing s*** and I'm sitting here f***ing trying to deal with this? I would like to know who all twelve of these b****es are. Maybe they can help you play the game.

It's crazy because I'm not a cheater. It's crazy because I'm not a cheater. It's crazy. You're not a cheater. 12? You couldn't come to bed at night, you dumbass? Did she just find out on the show? Or did she know from beforehand that they were dealing with it? Well, you heard her.

Well, you must think this is fear factor in that goddamn marriage weekend. What the hell is wrong with you, young man? How dare you do something like that on TV to your wife? Yeah, so they've been cheating, and if you watch the show, he says that she cheated on him as well, but I think it was more of like a revenge thing. You know, they've discussed this, and they still haven't gotten over a lot of the issues, and it seems like he still hasn't stopped cheating. The two of them, though, really seem like they do want to work out their problems is just a lot. I do take back what I said. I take back

what I said because that might be the safest place to tell your wife that you cheated on her with 12 women is on TV for all these witnesses to see. Even though she'll probably still do you. She'll probably still do it. That might be the safest place. And nothing for nothing, though, if he say 12 is more than that. But anyway,

moving on Also on Marish Boot Camp We've been talking about this So this clip was circulating And this was Vado Seemingly trying to attack Tahiri And we'll replay that for you right here This is what happened

I look crazy to y'all I look extra aggressive. You lucky on f***ing. Yo, like, throw my hands at me, yo. No, no, no, no, no, no. Like, f***ing out. Like, you lucky on f***ing hurt you, yo. Are you kidding me? This house is on fire. Just threw that apple in my f***ing face.

What the f*** are your hands on? I'm going to the county. Now, at the end of it, he gets up and grabs her, like, by her collar. But then Dr. Ish comes over and they escort him out. Well, if you watched the episode last night night you can see that before all that happened the two of them were having a lot of friction and she actually ended up uh throwing apples and hitting him in the head with these apples and it wasn't pretty and so he posted on his page after this aired yesterday he said nobody's the victim we both were wrong

doing me more because I'm a man that tried to take the better route but couldn't once it was no apology and continuous disrespect I lost it and went out like a straight sucker I apologize to all women once again but ladies please keep your hands to yourselves as well and then he posted a video from a thin line between love and hate with Martin Lawrence discussing how because he's a man you know the police don't take it seriously when a woman attacks you. And so definitely should have never...

I didn't see it. I do agree. Everybody should keep their hands to they self, but that's still not a valid excuse to choke a woman out. Like I understand self-preservation. You can defend yourself against any human and in the heat of the moment, yes, you can lose your cool, but jacking her up or putting hands on her because she threw apples

at you? Like, nah, man. My ego not that fragile, King. Like, when life throws apples at you, make applesauce. Matter of fact, I don't care what kind of fruit or vegetable is thrown at you. Turn it into something you can eat. And I will say, he knows he's wrong. That was wrong, but I will also say

that Tahiri shouldn't be throwing apples and hitting people in the head with them either. So they got to address both things. And it seems like a toxic relationship like that should not continue. That's kind of flirting, though, right? What you mean? No, it's not. Somebody throwing apples at you? Shoot him in the head with some apples.

Shoot him in the head. Apple hurt, bro. Yeah, but that's not a valid excuse to choke a woman up. No, it's not. I'm saying they both are wrong, too. Like, he's definitely wrong, but she definitely also shouldn't be doing that. I'm a fan of nobody doing anything physical to each other, no putting your hands on anyone.

And as a woman, I also would never hit anybody, throw anything at anybody or none of those things, too. What if we're in the kitchen making an apple pie and I'm tossing you the apples? That's something different. If you toss me an apple but you're not beating it at my forehead. Throwing it to me and throwing it at me is two different things. Alright, what if we're making

candied apples, right? So I'm throwing the apples at you because I want you to... Who you want to throw your apples to, bro? Who you want to throw your peach to, huh? That's what it seems like. Who you want to throw your peach to? You been looking? You been watching? Don't turn around, man. Yo, get out of here. That is your rumor

report, man. Yo, come on, man. I am happy you noticed. Thank you. Hit him in the head with your apples. It's the little things. Now, who you giving your dog to? We mean little. It's a producer named J.W. Lucas who needs to come to the front of the congregation. We like to have a word with him.

This is a teachable moment. J.W., who is that? What did he produce? Never heard of him until yesterday. I'll explain. Okay. All right. We'll get into that next.

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's time for Donkey of the Day. I'm a democrat so being donkey of the day is a little bit of a mixed place so like a donkey now i've been called a lot in my 23 years but donkey of the day is a new one donkey of the day for friday july 31st goes to a hip-hop music producer named J.W. Lucas. I have never heard of this individual in my life. Didn't know he existed until yesterday.

Envy, you ever heard of him? No, I haven't. Angelique, you ever heard of him? Nope. Okay, but he's produced for Lil Uzi, Jack Harlow, DaBaby, and Pop Smoke. So says the Shade Room and Genius. I feel like I am giving this man what he wants

and what he seems to want is attention. I don't know how or why you wake up and go to your social media and open up your Twitter and decide to tweet out something like this. This is what J.W. Lucas tweeted out. Why is the world asking for justice for hashtag Breonna Taylor? Of course, she shouldn't have lost her life. But do you realize that she was involved with multiple drug dealers who were using her house as a trap spot? If you sign up for that life, there are consequences. End tweet.

He actually posted that. Those words came out of his thumbs. First of all, none of that is true. None of that is true. Let's just start there. None of that is true. We should all know the story of Breonna Taylor by now. If you don't, here's a quick recap.

Shortly after midnight on March 13th, Louisville police officers executing a search warrant used the battering ram to enter the apartment of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor. Contrary to J.W. Lucas's dumbass tweet, she was not a trap queen. She was an emergency room technician. All right? She was in bed with her husband, I mean, her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker. Okay? When they both heard the door get banged down, it was a brief exchange. And Kenneth did what I believe any human in America who owns a firearm would do if someone broke into his house. And that's let the hammer fly. All right. That's exactly what the right to bear arms is all about.

OK, the Second Amendment is the right for people to possess weapons for their own defense. There is not a man, woman or child in America who owns a gun, who knows how to fire a gun, who would not have done the same thing in that situation, okay? Kenner fired, police fired back several shots, and poor Breonna Taylor was murdered. Now, there was so many things wrong with this situation, but the main problem was police had been investigating two men who they believed were selling drugs out of a house that was far from Ms. Taylor's home, okay? But a judge had also signed a warrant allowing the police to search Ms. Taylor's residence because the police said they believed that one of the two men had used her apartment

to receive packages. No drugs were found in the apartment, okay? None. The police report contained multiple errors. They listed Breonna Taylor's injuries as none, even though she had been shot eight times. And they say they did not force their way into the apartment, though they used the battering ram to break the door open. And police had already located the main suspect in the investigation by the time they decided to run up in Breonna's apartment. So they had who they were looking for already, okay?

The moral of the story is J.W. Lucas doesn't know what the hell he's talking about. And only in America will a white man find a way to defend the oppressor while making the oppressed a victim. Now, I saw on Hollywood Unlocked and The Shade Room yesterday where one of our fearless leaders, Queen Tamika Mallory, drop on the clues box for Tamika Mallory, speaking to J.W. Lucas, some people said Tamika was wasting her time. I don't think standing up for Breonna Taylor or any black person who has lost their life due to systemic racism is a waste of time.

I thought maybe this guy, J.W. Lucas, would have come to his senses and let Tamika talk some sense into him after being corrected. But no, Let's listen. Extremely racist for a white man to try to tell black people what we are doing, where we need to go, what our issues are. That is part of the gated institutional narrative. Tamika, I should be a leader in the Black Lives Matter movement because I'm more capable than you. Yes, I am. You know what?

You don't understand the nature of reality. All negative externalities must be eliminated. The people that you do business with to make a decision about whether or not what you're saying and the propaganda and the lies that you're spreading is something that they should continue to support. So what I promise you is that you will have to deal with me for the rest of your life because anybody you do business with, I'm going to show up to make sure that they know that you are a racist and that your rhetoric and the tone that you're using is extremely dangerous and that you disrespected the life of a young 26-year-old woman. Never.

I will not accept that. That's bullshit. And it shows your colors. You don't give a fuck about decreasing problems, Tamika. You care about getting your own political game. Did you hear the white privilege oozing out of his pores? Right? First of all, people really need to watch their tone when it comes to talking to queens like Tamika Mallory.

Second of all, for him to say he can lead the movement better than Tamika? Mm-mm-mm. What do you even say to that? Like, what's your response? Why do you even dignify that with a response? Why does he feel comfortable talking like that and saying things like he could lead the movement better than Tamika? You know why? Because he's a white man talking to a black person, especially a black woman.

So it's a level of superiority and privilege that just comes with that. All right, sexism, racism, we already know what it is. Now, keep in mind, he's a hip-hop producer. So he was also on last night talking hip-hop. Listen to what this man said about our culture. You're calling me a culture vulture when I am telling you that I bring more to hip-hop culture than anyone in it, period. He does more for hip-hop than anyone in it that's crazy

never even heard of you until yesterday okay they're called cassidy the unmitigated ghostly pale gall of this human you know jw feel how you want to feel say what you want to say it's america you have that right do your thing but there has to be consequences and repercussions for people who talk like this. See, you can have freedom of speech, but you cannot be free of the consequences of said speech. And this is why we need our own version of like the Southern Poverty Law Center or the ADL, these organizations that fight against bigotry and racism. When someone does or says something that's offensive, you know, to our culture, hip-hop, blackness,

we should be organized or have an organization that lets people know this ain't welcome, okay? We see it happen to people all the time, but for some reason, when it comes to hip-hop and blackness, people are just allowed to continuously disrespect us, and nobody says anything, all right? Nothing happens. Case in point, as I've said before, we can't even get the cops who kill us fired. We can't even get people canceled when they kill us. So of course, someone like J.W. Lucas feels comfortable disrespecting us on all levels while making money in and off our culture. J. Lucas, today is a nice day. I don't know where you're located in the world, but it's summertime. I know you're in America.

It's summertime, and it's nice out. So at some point today, I want you to go outside barefoot if you can. Put your feet in the ground, okay? Get grounded, all right? Take a few deep ocean breaths. Make sure your inhales and exhales are long, full, and deep. After you do that, look up. Look up, look up, look up.

There is a star at the center of the solar system. It's the foundation of the solar system. It's a nearly perfect sphere of hot plasma. I want you to look at it. Feel the rays from it. Let it shine on your white skin. And say to yourself, sun. Scream it.

Sun. And then spell it to yourself, S-U-N. Give me a S. Give me a U. Give me a N. And let it be a reminder to you that son means shut up, n***a. That's what you have to do when you feel like tweeting something stupid or getting on live and saying something stupid. Just go outside and get some sun and remind yourself to shut up. And yes, white folks can be n words too. Please let Remy Ma give JW Lucas the biggest hee haw. Hee haw, hee haw. You stupid mother f***er. You dumb. All right. I'm surprised at you, brother.

Who? You. This is usually where we do a petty party or something like that. You ain't want to do that today? Do some clown emojis, you know? No, we can do clown emojis, but what we need to do is go in his comments, J.W. Lucas 702, all right? J.W. Lucas 702, and put a bunch of suns in his comments, all right, and say, shut up, n***a, okay?

And let's see if he's stupid enough to get on live later and say, I got a bunch of people telling me to shut up, n***a, in my comments. Let's see what happens, guys. This is a good social experiment. Let's see how far he's willing to take this okay go to his comments his instagram is jw lucas jw l u c a s 702 oh he must be in vegas and put a bunch of suns just put the sun in his comments with the phrase shut up okay okay all right there we go.

All right. Now, thank you for that donkey of the day. Now, when we come back, Angela Rye will be joining us. We'll kick it with Angela Rye, talk to her about everything that's going on. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. 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. Friend to the room, Miss Angela Rye. Welcome. Thank you so much. It's good to be with you all. It's been a little while. Yeah. How are you holding up before we start? How's the pandemic treating you? Where are you at? I'm in L.A. It has been really good. I feel like I've learned a lot about myself. And probably most importantly, I've really taken

the time to hone my craft, to get better at some things, and to figure out some things that I need to let go. But just constantly trying to move and grow. Just like y'all. That's beautiful. So you like what you see. You like what you see when you're looking in the mirror. What is that is that what move was that but angela we wanted to we wanted to talk

to you in particular today about john lewis and to get your thoughts on the funeral was yesterday so we just wanted to hear from you as someone who personally knew him, worked with him, supported him. He supported you as well. Yes. First, I want to tell you all that when I think of Congressman Lewis, I just think of someone who is truly the people's champ. He lay in state in the Alabama state capitol as the first black person to ever do that. And the last person who lay in state in the Alabama state capitol was George Wallace. So poetic justice there. He lay in state in the United States capitol. His wife preceded him in death, Lillian, who also worked with him and was one of his biggest champions. And he has a son,

John Miles Lewis, who he leaves behind. But I think what's important for people to know is so much of the coverage that we've seen has been laser focused on John Lewis with that trench coat on and that backpack walking across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. But so often, you don't hear about what happened when John Lewis crossed that bridge and the story career he had after that. He, I would argue, was not just the conscience of the Congress, but the very heartbeat and the story career he had after that. He, I would argue, was not just the conscience of the Congress, but the very heartbeat and the conscience of this country. His kindness wasn't a facade. You heard his staff talk about it at that funeral yesterday.

He was the exact same person in his professional and personal life. And so often he's known as the boy from Troy, which, of course, is the nickname that Dr. King gave him. But beyond that, he went on to serve 17 consecutive terms in Congress, but that was not before he lost his first congressional race, went on to become a member of the Atlanta City Council. And he also went on to be appointed by President Carter to serve over something called Action, which was a volunteer organization under Jimmy Carter. He had three presidents pay tribute to him at his funeral yesterday. And, of course, Barack Obama eulogized him and said some very important things, issued some very important challenges. In addition to President Obama, you have 50 members of

the House of Representatives who flew down for the funeral, in addition to Senators Cory Booker and Kamala Harris. That was the sixth day of services. So that tells you the powerful nature of John Lewis. If you don't know him, read about him, watch the documentary Good Trouble About Him, it's phenomenal. And in addition to that, have the foresight to publish in the New York Times yesterday, an op-ed. And one of the things that really stuck out to me in the op-ed yesterday said, ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble. Voting and participating in the democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it

is not guaranteed. You can lose it. So, so often we talk about voter suppression. We talk about all of the many ways in which our votes are almost denied us. And Barack Obama yesterday in his eulogy told us that we shouldn't just be pushing for what has now been changed into the John Robert Lewis Voting Rights Act. We should be pushing for everything beyond that. Automatic registration. Many of the things that people have pushed for some time. But Republicans have been pushing for symbolism over substance and have not considered that bill in more than 290 days. Expound on that, A.R.

Expound on what that bill is. So the bill, all it does, and you all may remember, in 2013 there was a Supreme Court decision called Shelby v. Holder. And in Shelby v. Holder, the Supreme Court decision called Shelby versus Holder. And in Shelby versus Holder, the Supreme Court decided to gut Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. That section required states to be pre-cleared if they had patterned practice of discrimination in their voting processes. That decision gutted that, which means those states and those areas no longer had to get preclearance. That is the teeth and the linchpin of the voting rights bill. So now you have this empty

symbolic shell. And they said in the decision, we're requiring Congress to go back and to fix this. So since 2013, Congress has not been able or has decided not to fix it. When the Democrats took over last year in 2019, one of the first things they did was consider H.R. 4. H.R. 4 was the Voting Rights Advancement Act to finally give the Voting Rights Act of 1965 its power back. John Lewis, as it should have been, presided over the House floor that day. And of course, that bill passed the House. They changed the bill name title by unanimous consent on the House floor this past Monday. However, it still has not been taken up in the Senate, where, of course, you know that the majority leader is Republican Mitch McConnell. So basically, it keeps racist white people from cheating during elections.

Yeah, theoretically. And I think that the challenge we all see, and we've talked about honestly on this show since 2016, or since the 2016 elections, they found new ways to cheat. And we haven't found new ways to protect our votes because the basic ones have not yet worked. You know, with this election that's coming up, what are your thoughts on Joe Biden? And how are you feeling about Joe

Biden right now? Well, I think the good news is that we don't make decisions about our next steps on our feelings. I think the bad news is I feel like everybody else is like, man. So what I'm waiting for is I shouldn't say everybody else. A lot of people. What I feel like is I'm excited about who he will pick as his vice presidential pick as his running mate. I'm excited about them moving forward with a more robust agenda that meets the needs of the things that we've talked about for so long. I'm excited about getting this man that is sitting there right now, Envy, that you and I have personally been trying to get him right he got in i'm ready to get him out and i think that you know um it's just like what john lewis said in that op-ed our vote is not guaranteed and you saw with donald trump just tweeting the other day right that he

will do whatever it takes he's talking about trying to delay the election which he does not have the power to do let the record show your brother told you that he ain't leaving the goddamn White House. I told you that. I told you he was going to. Didn't I say he was going to attempt to do something like this? In the name of the Lord Jesus, I rebuke that and you. But I told you he's crazy enough to try it. Well, hold on.

He won't try it. Hold on, Ry. We got more with Angela, Ry, when we come back. She's here, 800-. We'll try it. Hold on, Rye. We got more with Angela Rye when we come back. She's here, 800-585-1051. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Angela Rye. Now, right before we left,

Charlamagne said he told you that that man is not leaving the White House. He's going to attempt to not leave the White House. He might not want to, but we need to help him see the door. Yeah, we'll escort him out. Now, Angela, earlier you were talking about being excited

about who the vice presidential pick is going to be. So who would you be really excited about if they said, okay, Joe Biden, because he's going to announce it very soon. So who do you think it will be and who are you excited, the most excited for? I'm the most excited about what we wrote in our op-ed several months ago. A group of Black women, including our good sister Amanda Seals and others, LaTosha Brown, Alicia Garza, so many others, wrote about this very issue. And we said that Joe Biden needs to pick a black woman. My line about this has

been that if Jesus were black women, Joe Biden is Lazarus, and we said Lazarus, come forth, right? Like, that is my line about this because it's just we resurrected a dead campaign. I don't know why you think that's funny. I'm being

so serious. That's hilarious. In Mississippi and other states where black people have the power of the vote and exercise it, right? And so to that end, in a campaign where they were like, it's have the fortitude and the ability and the strategic insight to resurrect the campaign are also a key part of his administration going forward. I think that he should do that in the cabinet as well. But what we have control over right in this moment, who's being vetted right in this moment, our vice presidential candidates, they've listed a number, as you all know, of black women who could be considered. And I think that the most important thing is that he sees that all of those black women are dope. Who y'all got? Who you guys picking? You know, I'm rocking with Senator Kamala Harris.

He's supposed to pick tomorrow. Tomorrow's the first. I heard he's going to announce tomorrow. I don't know if that's true or not. Yeah, I'm with Kamala Harris, too. What about you, Yee? I think there's four or five people that I would be happy about. I think Kamala Harris though probably has the best shot because of the familiarity that people have with her and the support that she's

already had and her track record as well so but I like Val Demings Yeah Val Demings from Florida who was also an impeachment manager as you all know and then I know you all will be sitting down soon with Congress member Karen Bass, who's also the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus.

She, of course, is on that short list as well and is brilliant, was the first speaker of the California State Assembly, the first black woman speaker of the California State Assembly. So she's made history and is used to it. But there are some incredible women on the list. And, of course, Kamala Harris's advantage is that she was in the Democratic primary and as a former prosecutor could definitely tell this president, the current sitting president, what the law is all about

because apparently he missed that memo. You got a special edition of the On One podcast dropping, what, this weekend? Yeah, it should be out Sunday. So I hope you all will tune in and check it out. I'm really, really excited about it. Lenard, you would make fun of me. I definitely cried, but it was good, and I'm so grateful that I could

honor him. And thank you, brother, because you gave me the idea to do something focusing on the legislative career because we haven't seen enough about that. We appreciate you for checking in. Four times this week you've given me credit for something. Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo. Times are changing.

You're a graceful winner. Nope. When I get my wins, I'm going to spike the football. Talking over everybody today. NBA, it's good to see you guys. Good to see you as well. All right. NBA, it's good to see you guys. Good to see you as well. All right. Well, it's Angela Rye.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Now, you got rumors on the way? Yes, and we are going to talk about Tamar Braxton. She has released her first statement since getting out of the hospital. All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor report. Rumor report. The Breakfast Club. her life and now she has written an open letter for people to know exactly what was going on. She said, first and foremost, thank you to each and every individual who has prayed for me, thought of me, sent me their love and has showered me with their support. In this present moment, it is my only responsibility to be real with myself and to be real with the ones who truly love me and care for my healing. She said over the past 11 years, there were promises made to protect and portray my story with the authenticity and honesty I gave. I was betrayed, taken advantage of, overworked and underpaid. I wrote a letter over two months ago asking to be freed from what I believed was excessive and

unfair. I explained in personal detail the demise I was experiencing. My cry for help went totally ignored. However, the demands persisted. It was my spirit and my soul that was tainted the most. And she goes on to say the way that she was portrayed on television, that mattered to her. She said it was witnessing the slow death of the woman I became that discouraged my will to fight. I felt like I was no longer living. I was existing for the purpose of a corporation's gain and ratings. And that killed me. She said, mental mental illness is real we must normalize acknowledging it and stop associating it with shame and humiliation the pain that i have experienced over the past 11 years has slowly ate away at my spirit and my mental so she did say it is our

prayers that have pushed her to rise above her own personal demise and reality tv personalities have no union no code of protection no formal representation that protects our labor, our rights, our voices. They promise us opportunity, but produce exploitation. She also talks about her new show. And basically, she wanted to make sure that she wasn't portrayed as the angry black woman. She also didn't like the way that her boyfriend was portrayed on the show when she saw the first episode. I want to send nothing but positive energy, love, and light to Tamar. And, you know, for everybody out there that says all Charlamagne does is talk about mental health,

this is exactly why. You know, this is exactly why I talk about therapy all the damn time. This is why I always talk about investing in your mental wealth. It's a very dark time, and people are dealing with anxiety, depression, all types of things, man. And it's very, very hard to stay stable out here in these streets. And sometimes you do think about making a permanent decision based off temporary feelings. But that is exactly what those feelings are, temporary. So I'm sending nothing but positive energy, love, and light to Tamar.

And anybody that's going through anything during these dark times. I lost two friends to suicide in the month of June. And also, we also got to discuss ownership and make sure that we own our own and we can go to platforms where they don't try to exploit us to make money. Obviously, she wanted to look a certain way and the TV

program was thinking about ratings. And we got to be in a position where we be like, no, I'm the producer. I'm the executive producer. This is a safe platform for me. That's crazy that lack of ownership can really drive you crazy. no, I'm the producer. I'm the executive producer. This is a safe platform for me. You know what I mean? That's crazy that lack of ownership can really drive you crazy. Because that's kind of like, you know, that's like the root

of systemic racism and white supremacy. You know, the fact that we don't have the control we want, that we don't have the freedom we want, that we don't have the power we want. That can drive you crazy. It can.

All right. Now Rihanna is doing interviews and she knows people really really really want some new music well here's what she told entertainment tonight i'm always working on music and when i'm ready to put it out in the way that i feel fit it's gonna come out and you're not gonna be disappointed when it happens it's gonna be worth it i'm not just gonna put it out just because people are waiting like it's taking this long i'm gonna make it worth it. I'm not just going to cut it out just because people are waiting. It's taken this long. I'm going to make it

worth it. And you know, she's doing press for her new skincare line, Fenty Skin that people went crazy for when they had the pre-orders, everything sold out immediately online. So, I mean, Rihanna, it's hard because she's doing so great with everything else outside of music

but, you know, we all thirsty for some Rihanna music. Now she also did an interview where, you said what? Rihanna better than me. When my company is worth a half a bill, you can kiss my ass on music. You might not even see me. I'm telling you right now.

But I'm sure she cares about her fans at the same time. I'm sure she cares. And I'm sure she loves music. And I'm sure she loves music her fans at the same time. I'm sure she cares. And I'm sure she loves music. And I'm sure she loves music. That was her first love. It's hard to get in the studio when you're worth $500 billion. It's like, should I go to the studio or go on another vacation? That's when you really could do what you want, though,

and be like, you know, whatever. All right, Nessa did an interview with Access Hollywood, and here's what she had to say about how she felt like a clown in her Met Gala dress back in 2015. It was an iconic dress. There was so many memes created from it. She always looks amazing. We care so much about what Rihanna wears because it seems like she never gets it wrong.

But here's what she said about how she felt. That night, oh, the choreography of getting in the car and getting out. Like, we had to choreograph it. Who sits at the door? Where does the coat go? Where do I sit? I remember being so scared to get out of that car because I felt like I'm doing too much.

I was driving past the red carpet and I was just seeing like gowns. And I was like, oh my God, like I'm a clown. Like people are gonna laugh at me. Like this is like too much. That's crazy. Cause you would never think that, right? You would think that she ate that she got up there here I am everybody was talking about it she went viral but you would never think she was insecure about her outfit all right and MTV they

have announced the nominations for the 2020 video music awards Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga have nine nominations each they have the most and Billie Eilish and The Weeknd have six. They're second. So some of the biggest categories. And by the way, this will be airing on August 30th at 8 p.m. Eastern. It'll be live from the Barclays in Brooklyn. Video of the year.

Okay, Billie Eilish, Everything I Wanted, Eminem featuring Juice WRLD, Godzilla, Future featuring Drake, Life is Good, Lady Gaga with Ariana Grande, Rain On Me, Taylor Swift, The Man and The Weeknd, Blinding Lights. Also, Artist of the Year. Now who would you give this to for Artist of the Year? DaBaby,

Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Megan Thee Stallion, Post Malone and The Weeknd. Who would you say is Artist of the Year? DaBaby. What year? Would that be last year? And I wonder why they don't have Little Baby on there too, but I would do DaBaby. Yeah, I'm definitely going? DaBaby. What year? Would that be last year? And I wonder why they don't have Little Baby on there too, but I would do DaBaby.

Yeah, I'm definitely going with DaBaby. Dropping the Clues bombs for North Carolina. North Carolina all day, goddammit. Come on, I ain't even hear nobody else you said. You did, okay. But I did, I heard Post Malone, but I ignored that on purpose. No disrespect to Post Malone, but DaBaby.

Yeah, DaBaby. Oh, and one last thing, Little Yachty. He was upset about not getting nominated for a VMA. He felt his video for Oprah's bank account got snubbed. Here's what he said. Say what anybody gotta say, bro. That would have been nominated for video of your award. VMAs is dumb whack for the

shit. Don't be giving me no respect. Lil Yachty, I agree with you, and guess what? I ain't even see the video, but I'm gonna tell you something. You didn't see it where you dressed up like Oprah? Oh, yeah. I mean, I saw clips of it on Instagram. I've never seen the video. I can't tell you the last time I've seen any videos.

I'm going to be totally honest with you. Where do you go to watch videos nowadays? YouTube? Revolt? Yeah. Revolt, I guess. Definitely on YouTube. All of the above.

Vivo. Yeah, I honestly don't watch music. I haven't seen a music video in so long. I'm being honest. I have not seen one in forever. But Yachty, if you feel that passionate about it, I think you should have been nominated as well. The baby does make good videos.

The baby makes good videos. I've seen a couple of the babies. All right, you've seen his. Okay. I've seen like two. My goodness. And you've seen Tiana Taylor's videos? Yes.

Right? She's had some amazing videos. Oh, hey, drop one of Clues Bond for Tiana Taylor's videos? Yes. She did. She's had some amazing videos. Oh, hey, drop one of Clues Bomb for Tiana Taylor, man. That's all I'm going to say. I almost said something I had no business saying. What? Tiana ain't no joke. Tiana be making some sneaky ass dope moves out

here. I say that. That's all I'm going to say. Alright. And also shout out to Brandy. Her album is out, Borderline, on all platforms. It's out today. So, shout out to Brandy. Her album is out borderline on all platforms. It's out today. So shout out to Brandy. Well, I'm Angela Yee and that's your Rumor Report. Now streaming brought to you by Black is King. Now streaming on Disney+. Experience the new visual album from Beyonce

with music from The Lion King, The Gift. A celebratory memoir that reimagines the lessons of The Lion King. Black is King now streaming only on Disney Plus that is your rumor report revolt we'll see you guys tomorrow everybody no we'll see you on Monday my bad it's Friday everybody else the people's choice mixes up next you know we throw it back on

a Friday it's the Breakfast Club good morning morning everybody it's DJ Envy Angela Yee Charlamagne Tha Guy we are the Breakfast Club. Now, shout out to Steve Stout for joining us this morning. Shout out to Steve Stout. Always informative. That conversation could have went on for hours.

It did. It was on for like an hour and I think a half. Now, also, Angela Rye. Shout out to Angela Rye for joining us this morning as well. Hey, y'all, 40. And make sure y'all check out Angela Leroy's On One podcast that drops Sunday. She's paying homage to John

Lewis, the Honorable John Lewis, who she used to work for. And it's really focused on his life as a legislator. Because a lot of people don't know a lot of the legislation that he got passed, a lot of the legislation he pushed for. So her podcast this weekend is dedicated to his life as a legislator.

Very informative. So y'all should check that out. All right. All right. Now we got the positive note. When we come back, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Yes, good morning. It's a great day. It's a Friday. And Beyonce's visual album, Black is King, has dropped on Disney+. So that is available right now.

I'm going upstairs to watch that right now. I'm sure it's family friendly. All my daughters are bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. The 12-year-old, the 4-year-old, and the 1-year-old. So I'm taking my black ass upstairs to watch Black is King on Disney+, with my three beautiful black princesses right now. Where does that expression come from? Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

I don't know. Rabbits. Bunnies. Oh, is that where it comes from? I have no idea, to be honest with you. I don't even know why I thought about that just now. Busy-tailed. Let's see.

Let's see. Bright-eyed. Let's Google bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Orange. Do I want to be bushy-tailed. Let's see. Let's see. Bright-eyed. Let's Google bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. Orange. Do I want to be bushy-tailed? Bright-eyed supposedly comes from the late 1500s, while bushy-tailed is said to have hailed from 1865 to 1870. Though no direct source is clear for either of them,

they were seen together for the first time and talking about a squirrel, which did in fact have bright eyes and a bushy tail. So I guess I'm just a squirrel trying to get a nut this morning. We believe that. Yeah, I definitely believe that. That's how I got three daughters. All right. But yeah, so Blackest King, as you know, is inspired by the Lion King.

So that is available now. So I know everybody's on that today, right? Yep. That's a fact. I'm a Pinkett Smith Winfrey knows Carter, okay? I am excited to go watch Black is King, you hear me? Well you got a positive note for the people?

Oh I do actually, the positive note man, listen don't allow anybody to make you angry, disturb your peace of mind or upset you, don't give away your power to another. You decide your mood, not them. Breakfast club, bitches!

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