The Breakfast Club - Swizz Beatz intervew and more

Episode Date: May 28, 2021

Today on the show we had Swizz Beatz stop in where he reveals DMX’s final album concepts, his legacy, the future of Verzuz and more. Also, they had Millete Birhanemaskel & Andom Ghebreghiorgis Discuss Ethiopia's Tigray Conflict. And lastly they had Gizelle Bryant and Robyn Dixon from Housewives of Potamic to promote their new podcast Reasonably Shade on the Black Effect network. 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.

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It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. This is a big deal. I think that y'all have a certain amount of respect for, you know,

what everybody else does and y'all are just the best at what y'all do. We love y'all, man. Thank you for being the people's champs. Probably the greatest. All three of y'all are just the best at what y'all do we love y'all man thank you for being the people's champs probably the greatest all three of y'all good morning usa all right good morning everybody hope everybody's doing well it's friday it's memorial weekend it starts today and today we got some special guests joining us. We have Swiss Beats

joining us. Of course, DMX's album came out today, so we're going to be chopping it up with Swiss Beats. Find out the process of making the album and playing some joints of DMX's album. So we're going to be talking to Swiss in a little bit. Also, from the Real Housewives of Potomac, we have Robin Dixon and Gisele

Bryant joining us, so we'll kick it with them. Alright? They have a new podcast on the Black Effect Network, so we're going to be kicking with them as well. So let's get the show cracking. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. 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? Yo, this is your boy, Chili Chill out of Pittsburgh. Morning, MD.

Morning, morning. What's up, bro? I'm Chill. I'm Chill. What's up, King? Hey, now, baby. Hey. Good morning.

Hey, man, I just found out my neighbor, all six of her kids got ADD. All six of them? All six of them. All six of them. All different days. You know what I mean? You had me sitting there thinking, like, I've never heard that in my life. Yeah, she's 31. All six kids got ADD.

That check going to be crazy. You know what I mean? Jesus Christ. Just want to tell youall good morning, man. Listen to me right now. Keep me on my toes in the morning and keep doing what y'all doing. I'll call y'all back next week. Alright, my brother.

Okay. Alright, brother. This guy with the jokes. All different daddies. Hello, who's this? This is Ali from Jacksonville. Ali, what up, bro? Duvall! Already. Hey, listen, I got a question for y'all. Ali, what up, bro? Duval! All righty. Hey, listen, I got a question for y'all. Yes, sir.

And I just want to hear your opinion about this. It's amazing how white people could call black people the N-word. It's not a big deal. Black people could call white people crock-ass crocker. It's not a big deal. But when somebody speak their opinion about the LGBT community, that's a big uproar. And that's just somebody speaking their opinion about that.

I'm just trying to see what's the big uproar. If everybody have their opinion, let them speak their opinion. If that's what they want to do, let them do that. They should embrace that's what they are, and it's cool. It should be a big, dramatic uproar. And I just want to hear your opinion about that from both of y'all. Well, white people say the N-word. It is an uproar.

It definitely is. I don't know where you are. Yeah, it is an uproar. Not really. Yes, it is. People definitely have gotten fired for that. It's not an uproar like the LGBTQ community. What the hell is the LGBTQ?

Now, that cable package you just talked about is way worse than the basic one. Now, the basic one is LGBT. I don't know why you just got rid of the G. Oh, well, I don't know the alphabet, man, but I just want to hear y'all opinion about that. Like, when Booster said his comment, it was a big overall win.

Whoever say anything, what really got me was when Wendell Williams had to apologize for what she said, it's like, come on, man, you can't have an opinion about that? Well, listen,

here's the truth to the matter. You got to know who you effing with. You know what I'm saying? You slap somebody in the face, they might slap you back. You slap somebody else in the face,

they might punch you and knock you out. You slap somebody else in the face, they might pull out a gun and shoot you. You got to know who you're dealing with.

That's all. And be ready to deal with them. Yeah, I just don't get it, man. Everybody should have their own opinion. There shouldn't be a big deal about it. If that's all and be ready to deal with them yeah i just don't get it man everybody should have their own opinion it shouldn't be a big a big deal about it if that's what they choose to do that that's on them let them embrace it and and move on so listen why are you caught why is this the first thing on your mind in the morning though no it's not i just can't get no yes it is yes it is yes it is have a good one but why does it matter how other people live their lives anyway?

I don't know. If it doesn't affect you, if you're not part of the LGBTQ plus community, like, why does it bother you? Hello, who's this? This is Austin. What's up, bro? Get it off your chest. Yeah, what I had to get off my chest, man, I feel like a lot of people like sitting back

waiting for the government to do things instead of realize what we can do ourselves like i ain't had nothing a couple years ago before the pandemic during the pandemic it won't really an issue with me you know i started driving trucks for a company bought a truck off facebook i'm a owner operator i make 14 000 a week it's so much stuff people can do out here you know better they sell because I'm trying to break a generational curse where families are growing up in apartments instead of owning homes because of money in the city. His phone broke up, but I

agree with him. You know what I mean? I mean, we definitely should push our government and push our national and local government to do things for us, but we definitely got to do for ourselves too. Word to the honorable Elijah Muhammad. Do for yourself. And what he said is also right. I know a lot of people want to be rappers they want to be uh djs they want to be producers they want to be athletes they want to get only fans there's a lot of other businesses that people can do and driving trucks is a major business they make a lot of

money so really really look into it because you think about it one thing that didn't stop on that road was those trucks whether they were delivering food whether they were delivering toilet paper and paper towels those roads stay full with those trucks so people still had those jobs with them trucks yeah and that's why i always tell brothers man you go out there and learn a trade you know what i mean because there's certain things that just never ever ever going to stop you're going to always need an electrician you're going to always need a plumber you know what i mean and those there's certain things that just never, ever, ever going to stop. You're going to always need an electrician. You're going to always need a plumber. You know what I mean? And those people, those brothers make good money.

Those sisters make good money. Absolutely. Hello, who's this? What's up, Envy? It's Mello. How y'all feeling? Mello, what's popping? What's going on?

Yo. Mello, your phone is trash, Mello. Your phone is garbage. Your phone has been garbage for at least seven of the ten years that we've been here on The Breakfast Club. 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. Wake that ass up in the morning. Check out this Breakfast Club Rewind. And shout to myself. I want to shout to myself. What? I'm going to tell you. Today is the 17th year anniversary of my album that to myself. I want to shout to myself. What? Let me tell you,

today is the 17th year anniversary of my album that I released. Drop a bomb. 17 years since I dropped my debut album, The Block Party. It had Jay-Z,

DMX. What's funny? I don't think nobody cares but you. I do care. That's why I'm shouting myself out. But you know what?

Fabulous. You don't even care because you didn't have it posted. Somebody posted you that on Instagram and tagged you. That's how you remember. You didn't even know. you didn't have it posted. Somebody posted you that on Instagram and tagged you. That's how you remember. You didn't even know.

Yep, that's how I knew. But I'm going to post it now. Taking you back, back, back with the classic Rewind. It's the Breakfast Club. I thought this was a podcast. Power 105.1. You're checking out the world's most dangerous morning show. In less than three minutes, we're taking your calls.

800-585-1051. Get it off your chest. If you're upset, you need to vent. Or if you want to spread some positive vibes, call us now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Yeah, they want to eat off my plate. They want to eat off me. When I had my vision, couldn't see it. I'm off the bed of things. I'm only doing what's gonna make me elevate. Only one people around that's gonna make me better.

And that, mm, mm, it's so, mm, mm. They ask how I get that, ooh. I'm too busy, and it's money, and it's cheddar. My daddy let me down, but I promise you, I won't let him. I want to say, man, but I'm gonna make me better. Need my brush to be for an oxy, get that letter. I'ma show you a letter. I wanna say, man, you make me better. Need my brush to be for an oxy. Get that letter. I'm to blame.

Yeah. And I'm like, yeah. Everybody. I can't trust nobody. I need me to party. Don't invite me to no party. Pull up in that room. It's so cool.

That's how I get that. I'ma hustle, baby. I'm a hustler, baby. You must not know me, baby. I'm off to better things. I'm only doing. Gonna make me. I love it. Only one people around that's gonna make me better.

It's so good. That's how I get that. You've been cutting me out. You've been stuck in the clouds I gave you money through the pandemic Wake up, wake up Wake your ass up This is your time to get it off your chest

Whether you're mad or blessed We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Jessica Hey, Jessica, get it off your chest Well, what's up, what's up? Good morning, guys So, I'm in Charleston, South Carolina. 843!

Yeah, all day, but I still got my 917 number here. So, I'm an Uber driver. So, I was on Folly Beach, and my phone plays music automatically. Like, I play a playlist, so there's no commercials. I like to make it feel comfortable. No offense, but four Caucasian

people got into my car, and I had to take her feel comfortable. No offense, but four Caucasian people got into my car, and I had to take them 28 minutes away. It was cool. We were driving. Wap them played. Trap music them played. Fall Out Boy them played. I had a range of music.

Lady Gaga. And as soon as Beyonce, brown-skinned girl, came on, the lady in the back, I heard them whispering amongst themselves. Like, who's going to say it? Finally, somebody was brave enough to come up and say it. They was like, excuse me, could you turn that song off? It's offending me. And I was like, why is that song offending you?

And she said, well, it's all about, like, black girls. I'm not black. I don't relate to that. I was like, so something that's celebrating my skin is offending you? So what did I do? I started a whole playlist off that doggone song. There you go. And she got all the Black Power music for all 28 music.

Now, wait a minute. All the way to her destination. Everybody step back from this situation and look at it objectively. Oh, boy. You're an Uber driver. Correct. And when you're an Uber driver, you're playing music because you want people to feel comfortable. Correct.

They don't feel comfortable about the song. You don't got to get offended by it. She can't relate. She's a pale-ass mayonnaise-flavored mammal. Yeah, but it's not that type of song. It's not like saying, you know, F white people. It's not that type of song. Yeah, she's just upset that she don't have that tan.

That's all. Well, she goes to the tent. But I'm just mad that all this trap music played. We done heard drug dealer music. We done heard WAP. We done heard everything. You didn't get offended by nothing. Because she knows drug dealers.

She knows drug dealers and she uses drugs. She might have, she got, she might, WAP might mean white ass to her. Okay. Oh my goodness. She just can't relate to me. What kind of rating did you give her? What kind of rating did you give her? Oh, no.

Listen, I gave her the same rating I usually give everybody else. Because she didn't rate me no less. Because she knew she felt stupid after she said it. All right. Well, thank you. Because mind you, if you heard the music that I was playing around, I was playing Korn's Fall Out Boy. I was playing all this other stuff in rotation. If anybody knows what that music is, you would know that it was diverse.

So get off yourself. And I think you missed a good opportunity to teach, too, though, because you could have just told her, like, look, this is an ode toin all right well hello who's this hey how's it going it's fernando good morning what's up man get off your chest yes sir how's it going uh i got a quick question for charlamagne man yes sir i didn't ask you a question i don't know if somebody ever asked you this but who's your top three donkeys of all time? And will you ever consider giving a donkey a Hall of Fame? Yeah, I mean, at the end of the year, we do a top five donkeys of the year. I'm going to be honest with you, top donkeys of all time, Donald Trump is definitely in

the top three. I mean, I've given it to him more than anybody. And I'm going to always put myself in the top three because I always say, you know, when you give people the credit, you got to give everybody the credit they deserve for being stupid, including yourself. I don't know who the third one would be, though. Sounds fair.

Sounds fair. Y'all want to close Braun for the Breakfast Club? Thank you, King. Thank you, brother. All right, have a good one. 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. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now we have some special guests joining us this morning. Absolutely. And I'm not going to tear your names up. Don't even try.

Let them introduce themselves, please. My name is Meliti Brahane Meskal. I'm from Denver, Colorado and originally from Tigray in Ethiopia. What's up, everyone? My name is Andem Gebrekel. I'm from Denver, Colorado, and originally from Tigray in Ethiopia. What's up, everyone? My name is Andem Gebre-Giorgis from Money, Earn, and Mount Vernon, New York. My family comes from Eritrea. And, you know, I got a call from my man Alex down in Atlanta, A.G. And, you know, he was really concerned about this civil war that's happening in his homeland of Ethiopia. So can you tell us more about that? Yeah, absolutely.

What's happening in a nutshell is we are on day 202 of a genocide in Tigray, the northernmost region of Ethiopia. There is the humanitarian crisis there is something that everyone should be worried about. I mean, the women are being gang raped by soldiers. There is more than five million people are at risk for starvation. I mean, it's a crisis on a level that is not getting the attention that it should be. Why do you think it's not getting attention? It should because this is, you know, earlier today was really the first time I dove into it other than

here in the weekend and people donating so much money. Yeah, for sure. I mean, I think when it comes to issues on the African continent, a lot of times it really gets pushed to the side. When I see what's been happening, honestly, over the last couple of decades, just in Africa in general, if it doesn't conform to what we think here in the West in terms of typical conflicts like black versus white, so apartheid South Africa, if you're thinking in Libya, maybe you had heard that there was a clay camps happening we can understand that and connected that

we're thinking about the the history of slavery uh... within the african gas but a lot of times when it comes to conflicts where you know you're looking at it and it's black people and black people get their different ethnic groups that are involved in and again i'm a return alex actually a return as well as one is from from to drive uh... there are different forces involved at play here.

It can be complicated, but also the Western media just doesn't really pay attention when and give it the attention that it deserves when it's a serious situation. Well, and don't forget, there was a complete communication blackout. So what this prime minister of Ethiopia is doing, he's doing it in the dark. So people don't know. So the information is just now getting out. You can't get any information out. Exactly. So have y'all even gotten in touch with your families?

Briefly. There's some parts of the city where they turn the phones on for a short amount of time and then they're off again. But the majority of my family is from the countryside. So the people in the city, I mean, I personally have lost five family members in seven months. Wow. Right. I mean, it's horrific. And, you know, on the area train context, we have a country that is really just a really repressive government, a government where when we're speaking on those phone calls through Viber connections, whatever it is, you know, people can't even tell their honest feelings about what's going on in Tigray because Eritreans are conscripted soldiers being forced into Tigray.

And there have been a lot of abuses. But, again, you can't even really get full information through some of those channels because, again, people can't speak openly. So break down why. Why is it so much turmoil and so much fighting and so much war and everything that you just say? Why? Well, the simple answer is it's a power grab. It's a power grab. So Ethiopia has a decentralized form of government right now.

And the current prime minister, who was never elected, by the way, he was appointed, was supposed to have an election. And he's canceled it four times now. So at this point, we don't even know when the election is going to happen. So who's overseeing him? There's nobody overseeing him to say, hey, you can't do that. That's a great question. There's nobody overseeing him. Nobody. He's changed the whole system of politics in Ethiopia, where instead of having these independent bodies that come together, ethnic groups that come together to decide on things, he's changed that. So it's more of a unitarian system. There's one political party now. So it's you're right. I mean, who here you would impeach your president, right? We don't have that option. What would it take to get peace? That's too broad a question. Too complex a question.

I don't think there will ever be peace with Isaias Safaworki in Eritrea and Abiy Ahmed in Ethiopia. I think at this point, those people have to go. There's no way to have peace with them in power. Yeah, Martin Luther King has a quote. It's peace is not the absence of war. It's the presence of justice. So not only do we have war that's going on now, but for decades in Eritrea, there hasn't been justice. I mean, that's the most painful thing. What Eritrean soldiers are doing to Tigrayan women, this war is being played out on the bodies of women and girls, period. And I mean, they're doing things

like putting hot rods up a woman's vagina to burn her internal reproductive organs. And it's not one story. We're hearing this story from many women. And that's just the tip of the iceberg because we still don't have access to the people. It's really bad. Why an emphasis on sexual violence? Like, what is that to them? That's a good question.

That's a good question. I don't know. I think, you know, well, first of all, there are two things. I think the first thing is that, again, many of the forces that are sort of operating in that region are operating lawlessly. You know, like there is no one sort of overseeing what's happening. There aren't the sort of journalists or the media availability to be able to communicate what's happening in a rapid fashion.

And then at the same time, like, you know, there are issues in terms of like identity. Like when you're thinking about sexual violence, like this is deeper than just, you know, like murder or something like that. Like you're trying to make, you're trying to strike fear into the hearts of an entire group of people. And that has been what's really, really disturbing about this conflict. And one thing is clear is this sexual violence. It's not undisciplined soldiers. This is a directive to go in and attack the women, make sure they can't reproduce. I mean, it's it's a directive from the top. And that's what makes it scary. We got more when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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As far as you know, has the Biden administration tried to get involved? Yeah, I mean, recently over the last couple of days, there have been more statements coming out. Just yesterday, there was a visa ban that was put out on, you know, sort of all sides involved in the conflict. But really, they relate to the game. I mean, we're going on now seven months of what's happening. I mean, don't forget, Trump was the one who was in office when this started. So Biden hasn't had a full seven months to really address

this. You know what I mean? Trump wasn't going to do anything. He didn't care. He had nothing to gain from it. Trump was transactional. So I would say, you know, Biden's team, they've done a lot in a short amount of time. I mean, they've sent a special envoy to the Horn of Africa. They you know, soon as he came back, when Jeffrey Feltman came back within 24 hours, you had Senate Resolution 97 was passed. The U.N. passed, you know, the Right to Protect Act. So I think a lot has happened under Biden. I mean, it's not fast enough. We're talking about at least 150,000 people have been killed, at least.

If you multiply, I mean, if you divide that by 202 days, it's like 175 people a day. I'm sorry, 700 people a day. So it's a lot of people who are dying. So it's not fast enough. It's just not fast enough. We're all losing our families. But hopefully with the sanctions that have been announced, something's going to change. And listen, the issue of Eritrean soldiers being in Tigray, I can't stress that enough. Think about this. We're in New York right now. If the federal government had an issue in New York and invited Canada in to bomb New York, that's outrageous, right? That's unheard of. I

mean, you wouldn't even imagine that. Lock the borders outside of New York. That's outrageous, right? That's unheard of. I mean, you wouldn't even imagine that. Lock the borders outside of New York. Exactly, exactly. That's literally what's happening in Tigray right now. So, and to me, I mean, Tigray is an important place. You think about like from a spiritual perspective, Tigray, Christianity arguably started in Ethiopia, in Tigray. Islam was saved. Muhammad's followers were saved in Tigray. The oldest mosque in Africa is in Tigray. The oldest known manuscripts, Christian manuscripts are in Tigray. All of those entire church in Ethiopia, is on house arrest because he spoke up. He's an ethnic Tigrayan and he spoke up. And I mean, that alone should make you want to act. So again, how can people help? Is there a way to besides posting on Instagram and talking about it?

How would you advise people to help? I think awareness is the big thing. I mean, honestly, people still don't know. So, raising the awareness, reaching out to your senators, reaching out to your congresspeople, you know, follow. There's several organizations that you can follow that have action items and things that you can do to get involved, whether

it's signing petitions or donating money. I can mention some of those if you want. Please. Sure. Okay. Omna Tigray is one of them. Tigray Action Committee is another one. HPN for Tigray, of them. Tigray Action Committee is another one. HPN for Tigray Health Professionals for Tigray is another one. Stand with Tigray is another one. So there's all these organizations just go to their websites and there's lots of ways that you can interact and get involved. Yeah. And on the Eritrean side, you know, part of what's happening right now is

the authoritarian ruler, Isaias Afourki's efforts to try to consolidate power uh... and again there's a long-standing but you between him and to grant the tpl after read this a former regional government on that's now you know uh... sort of world in this war and so from the air trance i do know committing to ensure that very true itself does not have to deal with this authoritarian rulers something that all people should be able to stand up for so you know we need more advocacy we need people saying that like what's going on in a richard

is not only just gonna stop within a richard's borders i did extends beyond its borders we see refugees struggling not only into drive throughout the world uh... and so like if people can take action in campaigns that are going on on the arch and silent the free c home campaigns the fifteen uh... to the girl who was imprisoned in a chair was which was fifteen years old for fleeing the country actually born in l a c there to american she'd been in secret prison for the last nine years

uh... and so all of these things human rights abuses that happen internally within a trigger doesn't stop at a richard's borders because again the authoritarian will we have some involved one day soon uh... and check out you know many of these different accounts that that are focused on a return human rights abuses. Again, so we can show solidarity and make sure that what's happening in the region

no longer stands. That's right. Well, give me your name one more time because I don't want to kill your names, guys. Malichi Burhanameshkar. Andem Gebre Giorgis. It sounds very royal. I can't pronounce it, but it sounds very royal.

Okay? Thank you. Thank you all for coming. Thank you for coming. Thank you for sharing your platform. Bye. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired?

Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy.

There are 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe owned 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,

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Hello, who's this? It's Dre. Dre, Slam to the Breakfast Club. Man, why you and Son of Man act like y'all butt buddies, man? Because we are butt buddies. Maybe we are. That laugh was crazy after. I don't even understand

why you say we act like we butt buddies. We're butt buddies. What's wrong with that? What a very suspect. Why is it suspect? There's nothing to be suspect about. I just told you what it is. Who you with?

Who you with, bro? I'm with my man Nick. We work together. Let me talk to Nick. Let me talk to your butt buddy, Nick. Right here. Nick right here. Nick.

Yo. Nick, why you don't love, what's his name? Dre. Why you don't love Dre? Who said he doesn't? Nah, that's my guy, bro. Yeah. That's my guy, buddy. That's your butt buddy.

Yeah, that's your butt buddy. And I want you to know that Dre. Huh? Bro, he just saying y'all be a little off the chain with the comments in the morning, man. Well, I think y'all should be butt buddies. Because Dre rhymes with gay and Nick rhymes with d d***. Y'all made for each other. That's your brother. You don't love your brother? You don't love your brother?

Give him a hug right now. Tell him you love him. Give him a hug right now. Tell him you love him, you value him, and you appreciate him. Hug him right now. I love my brother. There you go. Tell him you love him. Hell no. Man, y'all whack, man. See, that's the problem with black men. We can't tell each other we love each other, we value each other, we appreciate each other. And when me and Envy do that, y'all whack man See that's the problem With black men We can't tell each other We love each other

We value each other We appreciate each other And when me and Envy do that Y'all call us butt buddies No The suspect thing you say Love is one thing Cause I love my black brother

There you go So does Lil Nas X Y'all need a double date Or something Cece Yes Good morning Cece Y'all need a double date or something. Cece. Yes, good morning. Cece, do you love me?

What's up? Slender to Breakfast Club, mama. I do love y'all, but I'm a little salty with y'all right now. Why? So I am Miss Plus America Elite. I'm a nationally reigning queen. I'm an ambassador right now. You're the what? Hey, queen.

Hey, Angela. How are you, honey? I'm good. ambassador right now. You're the what? Hey, queen. Hey, Angela. How are you, honey? I'm good. How are you? You're the what? Miss plus America. Kind of like the Miss America with curves. I'm the Miss plus America.

Miss plus size America. Miss plus size America. Okay. I love it. I love it. I never heard of Miss plus size America. I thought that was just Miss Texas. Well, that's what I'm saying.

So I was trying to get on the Breakfast Club because my platform is Matters of the Heart. I advocate for heart disease awareness. And so when I was trying to get on, I just felt like you all would have taken the Miss Plus America for an interview. Or the Miss America, the skinny queen, but I'm the curvy queen. How were you trying to get on? Who were you talking to? Who were you speaking to? Who are you speaking to? Who tried to book you?

So my agent did. I tried to reach you guys through IT, Facebook, everything. And then my agent tried to reach you guys. I'm like, listen, I have a huge message to talk about. And I just feel like because I'm the curvy queen, you guys didn't want to hear what I had to say. We haven't heard of you. Yeah, we haven't.

We haven't heard of you. I don't think anybody knew you were trying to reach out, honey. And you're not about to guilt us into having you on because we still don't know you. Somebody Google her, please. How about you Google me? There you go. Google C.C. Harris and you will see that I am nationally known all over the microphone. Oh, my goodness.

All right, well, listen, this is what we're going to microphone. Oh my goodness. All right, well listen, this is what we're going to do. It's simple. If y'all know Miss Curvy Queen out there and y'all want her on the Breakfast Club, tweet at Breakfast Club AM

right now. Okay, everybody, tweet at Breakfast Club AM. I can't find you. What's your Instagram page? I see a realtor. Are you a realtor? Okay, check me out

in the Instagram, Angela. It's Queen underscore C-E-C-E underscore... If we got to do this much, I don't know if you worthy. Wait, I missed the last part. C-C underscore what? Queen underscore C-C underscore elite. E-L-I-C-E, which means I was the highest score delegate in the whole competition.

Your account is private. You got to open up your account. Okay, can you request me? Yeah, but you should still open it up so people can see you. I'm going to open it up right now. How many followers you got? 15, 14. 14?

1,514. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Hey, man. This is the thing about life. Everybody knows her. In life, you have to respect the process. You're not going to jump the line, okay? Things happen when things are ready for them to happen.

I don't think she's ready to be on The Breakfast Club yet. You said 15,000. No, 1,514. Oh, yeah. Everybody knows her. I'm going to tell you something, Mel. Listen, but I will say, if you're a public figure like that, you shouldn't have a private page. We got to be able to see you.

First of all, this is the problem with the Breakfast Club. This is what happens when you have anybody on. You're right. When you have anybody on, everybody thinks they can get on. My goodness. Lamont. Slant to the Breakfast Club, Lamont. Yo, yo, okay.

First, y'all want to say that I do love y'all. I listen to y'all every morning. This is all fun every morning. But, but, gee, let's get on you first. How you give a relationship advice? Every day.

Okay. It's only Wednesday and Thursday. People ask. I get a lot of emails. I do give advice every day via email and Instagram. You know, I just, I mean,

but I would like to marry. You know what I'm saying? I want to cheat. Every time you give advice every day via email and Instagram. You know, I just, I mean, but I would like to marry. You know what I'm saying? I want to cheat. Every time you give advice, though, you sound kind of bitter, like you're holding on to something. Now, my relationship is doing great, but I appreciate that you're concerned. No, Russia, she's ready when she's ready. But with that being said, though, I do need some advice, because I need to know how to tell somebody you love that they're trans. You know how you do that?

Like that. I'm sorry. All right. As a matter of fact, I'm about to post some more advice. All right, we got more when we come back. 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 in the building. Yes, indeed. Swizzy, Swiss Beats. Zone, zone, zone, zone.

Man, Swiss, is this a bittersweet moment? The fact that Exodus album drops today, DMX's last project? It is, but it's a happy moment it's a happy moment because you know dog was here to do the record you know this is not something that we put together you know since he's since he's left us um he wanted the record out before now wow you know but we had clearances and different things like that and so you know he was supposed to get into his workout phase. So after we recorded the album, he was going to work out for two months

and get his body in shape. We had a whole plan. But I know that he's happy right now that we have the finish line and this is available for everybody. And that's why we just kept pushing it, although everything is heavy, crushed. I'm hiding behind these glasses. I'm hiding behind these glasses. I'm hiding behind this music.

But, you know, it comes down on me real hard. But we got to keep, you know, we got to keep it going. Was the album done? Was it fully done before he passed? Yeah. He approved every song. The only thing that was changed on the album was Pop Smoke's verse. Yeah, I was going to ask about that because

everybody teased that Pop Smoke was on the album. Yeah, he was on the album, but they used the gonna ask about that because everybody teased that pop smoke was on the album yeah he was on the album but they used the verse and then so you know that's why i put money bag yo on the track oh the money money money record oh pop was on that yeah oh man yeah you know so we was excited for it but then we heard that we couldn't use it i was just like damn and then um money bag yo i got a good relationship with him. And he turned it around real quick. Because I almost had to take the track off the album. Wow. And so that saved the track.

So shout out to Moneybagg. How are you? I know you said you hiding behind the glasses. But how are you? I'm hurt, bro. I'm hurt. You know what I'm saying? I'm just out here giving the energy that X deserve in you know, in doing this.

But I haven't really took it all in yet. You know, it's a lot because, you know, you see certain things and you just can't. I couldn't hear Stop Drop. I'm just not able to hear Stop Drop. Wow. You know what I'm saying? Wow.

Listening to the album on certain songs, it just catch you out of nowhere. But I'll excuse myself and go to the bathroom and, you bathroom and just shake it off and come back in the room. But I haven't witnessed it. I wasn't expecting it. Which song would you say is the most autobiographical for him on this album? So many.

He gave people so much uncut moments into his life on the record. Letter to My son is crazy i've watched i've done so much this week you know with playing people the record and i watch every time see people leaving the room i see people going through the thing and i was like wow like he really gave people something to connect to on that on that record and that was very personal to him and um you know i called his son who he wrote the song about xavier to the studio to hear the album first out of respect you know i was like you know i can't have him hear this album or this record when the when the public has it you know i'm saying no matter what they was going through like

so i called him to the studio and uh and i'm really proud of him because he was in such a great mood he was just like loving the songs and i was just like every we getting close to letter to my son and i'm like oh boy i gotta play him this record and i'm just like preparing for it and when i played the record like he just started smiling he started clapping like his energy was real good and i was't know if it it took so much weight off my back because he accepted the record he even accepted the song and i was like okay good good and then um hold me down is another one oh my god hold me down that's the truth if i ever heard it like he told you everything and that and then between them two verses he told you everything, and between them two verses, he told you his whole life.

Wow. You know what I'm saying? I witnessed those. I know all of those things that he's talking about. And I was like, man, he's always been real on his records, but this record, he was, like, uncut real, you know? Now, what about Bad Sorts? I know him and Jay had a rocky relationship at the time,

so how was creating that, and how was that? Because they had to have a conversation. How was that couple? They had a rocky relationship at times. So how was creating that and how was that? Because they had to have a conversation. How was that combo? They had a competitive, you know, X created this villain of Hov in his mind. But, you know, when I would get on him about it, because it was so long ago, X would laugh and joke. He's like, come on, man, I got to have one.

I got to have one villain in this thing. You know what I'm saying? You know, but I know that he respect Jay for him to call him a villain. And, you know i'm saying you know but i know that he respect jay for him to call him a villain and you know it was getting to the point where um they was going to really lock in lock in you know um in la but we didn't get to do that and so um you know jay already jay approved the song and everything like that but they they didn't really connect all the way like they was about to and um because i i speak to both of them i was speaking to both of them daily so i know i know

the temperature you could tell what the temperature is and the temperature was positive and you know jay was like even when he he called jay out for uh versus you know jay was like um man i'm not your villain i'm not the villain i'm your your brother. I love you. You know what I'm saying? He felt that. All X wanted was the love, to be honest. This whole time, he just wanted the love. For people that don't know DMX, break down who DMX is a person because they see the outside,

right? And they don't see the kind hearted. They don't see the guy that gives his last. They don't see the person that will give an opportunity to. I was grateful enough to see that side. So for people that don't see the the person that will give an opportunity to i was grateful enough to see that side so for people that don't know how would you break down dmx of who he is as a person he was a humanitarian to the max you know his philanthropic work is i haven't seen it in our business yet you know i've been watching this man give his clothes off his back

his shoes give his money away you know he prayed like i said you know he he'll pray for other people before when he needed the prayers the most he'll feed other people before he feed himself you know like he he was he was one of the best fathers i've seen you know um he really really cared like he didn't care about no materialistic things that you can't you there was no way to buy DMX. There was only a way to love him. You understand? And that's what people didn't really understand.

X wasn't even asking for nothing from people. He just wanted the love from people that he loved. He just wanted it back. And that's what you're hearing in that song. He's like, it hurts when people that I love don't want me, take it all from me, then think they could judge me, treat me like I'm ugly. But I ain't never been a dummy because I know God loves me.

You see what I'm saying? I watched him, and even on a letter to my son, he says, I don't know what you thought about my use of drugs, but it taught you enough to not use the drugs. And I'm like, phew. And I know that's real because X was, he was poisoned at 14 with this addiction. Right.

You understand? And I give him super credit and super props for making a name for himself when he could have been off the map because it was hardcore. You know, but I've watched X get so many people off of drugs and not to do drugs. Unbelievable. and not to do drugs unbelievable you know like even if we just did a segment on the people he saved from drugs is is is something that we've never seen before why and that's why like when i say profit light because x was walking amongst the people and never talked about it you know he didn't he didn't do no interviews about anything that he did as far as givebacks you know all right we got more with swissats when we come back. Let's get into a joint.

This is Letter to My Son of DMX's Exodus album that's out right now featuring Usher. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. That was Letter to My Son, and we're still kicking it with Swiss Beats. Now, Ye? The other day in the studio, you were talking about X working with Griselda and how that was in the studio. So can you talk about that energy? I produced the whole album.

You know, I just had co-producers and things like that. Because, like, you know, the album wasn't about me. You know, the album was, like, how can we make a classic, timeless piece? You know, so if I needed some other producers to add some different things that I felt I was missing, like, I just did it. It's big, and it's how can we have the biggest project for Dog. This is his comeback project. And, you know, it was no ego in play.

And shout out to all the producers that contributed to the album. Now, back to what you just said with the Griselda. I look up. He in the studio with them. So I'm like, what? And he calls me like, yo, M. Zander, man, with the Griselda boys. he called it like yo i'm saying i'm in here with the zelda boys yo you know what i'm saying i just like they they they real you know what i'm saying like i just had to come in a space and i was like oh he's working working you know what i'm saying i didn't

have to call him like he surprised me with the verse and so it was just so great to see him in his element and his groove he started feeling the the love when the artists started coming to the studio. Like when my wife came to the studio, Usher came to the studio, Snoop, you know, Snoop is, he's a different level, bro. Like Snoop, hospitality that he showed us in that studio, because X got motivated after Versus to do the record.

You know what I'm saying? He got his confidence back because all of the fans was like, yo, his record started going back on the charts and younger artists started calling him for Versus and things like that. And so that was the energy that we kept to go through the album.

So we didn't even leave LA. We stayed at Snoop's studio from Versus and finished the album. Wow. Really? You see what I'm saying? Yeah. Snoop cooked for us every night.

Like I never even seen that in our industry. Like, even if he didn't have a studio session, he would come in, cook for us, make sure we straight, and go about his business. I was, every day, I was like, this is different. You said X was like, I need to get some new music today. Yeah, yeah, yeah. X was like, you know, I like the verses and everything,

but I just wish that I had new music to show people today. Like, where my mind is at, where I'm at. I was like, yo, okay, well, yeah. X was like, you know, I like the verses and everything, but I just wish that I had new music to show people today, like where my mind is at, where I'm at. And I was like, yo, okay, well, let's do it. And that's when I knew he was serious. I knew he was serious when he did verses, but then I knew he was serious when we stayed in L.A. and he was coming to the studio at 12 in the afternoon because as his producer, I knew that's the time

you're going to get the best vocals. I can't work with x at 8 8 p.m it's finished it's done already his voice is sore you know he he he he talks different he talks like he raps right so by the time it's eight o'clock like we're gonna have to do the vocals over anyway how hard was it for him to do verses did you have to talk him into it or like was that an easy sell for him? No, man. You know, X, because X is a battle rapper.

Right. I had to let him really digest the concept. You know what I'm saying? I'm going to do somebody dirty. I'm telling you, I'm going to do somebody dirty, dirty, dirty. So be careful who you pick because I'm going to do them dirty. I said, whoa, whoa, whoa.

This is not that dog i said this is celebration celebration sharing of music you know two people that respect each other and i just left him alone i just left him with that and then um he started watching it and really paying attention i think it was uh the patty labelle one it was one ofatti LaBelle one. It was one of those old school ones that he got it. He called me and was like, all right, I see what this is. All right, I'm in.

You know, and I was like, what you think about Snoop? He was like, perfect. I said, dog with the dog. He was like, perfect. Once he was in, he was in.

But I knew it was when he got on the plane because X would tell you you're in and miss 60 planes. You know what I'm saying? He was on time. I give it to him. You said earlier that it was kind of a shock to you when X passed away.

Yeah, we wasn't on that time. You know what I'm saying? X wasn't on that time. That's why you see him gain so much weight. You know, I was happy when he had the weight on him because I knew he was healthy. He was really going hard for his son Exodusodus you know for sure like like exodus helped him a lot um he really loved that boy a lot like like i seen him he loved all his kids i witnessed

him loving all his kids um but exodus lived with him and you could just see the strength of exodus being in the studio with him that gave him strength and um and and i think that really helped him out a lot and so there was other times i was worried you know i'm saying like i've seen x in serious situations but this time we was chilling like we was like chilling like he's supposed to go home go see the family take a break then we was gonna start start the two-month workout plan you know i'm saying like he was looking forward he calling me about the workout i'm like damn okay you want to go to the you ready huh he was like yeah i'm saying i'm tired of. I'm like, damn, okay, you want to go to the, you ready, huh? He was like, yeah, you know what I'm saying?

I'm tired of this belly. I want, you know what I'm saying? We're going to go dark on him. Then we'll come, we're going to show me in the gym, show my transition. Then we dropped the album. So it was a whole, it was a whole plan and he was with it.

He was geared up, you know. Yeah, I didn't, it caught me way left, way left. You remember where you were at i was in saudi arabia and and what's crazy is before i left he called me and he was like he told me he wanted to be with me you know what i'm saying i was like what are you talking about he's like yo i just want you know what i'm saying i want to be where you at like you know like like let's connect i just want to be next to your energy. And X don't never really call me like that.

There's something he'll probably tell me in person, but he picked up the phone. He stepped out of a club or something because I could hear it in the background, and he personally said that to me. And I was like, okay, well, why don't you come with me on this trip? You know what I'm saying? I said, it'd be great. You like the desert.

It's a good getaway. I think it's cool for us to just get away and for you to see something different. And he's like, oh, that sounds good. He was like, oh, how long is the flight? 17 hours. I don't want to be next to you that long. You know what I'm saying? He was like, I don't want to be next to you that long.

I was like, no, I'm saying, you know, it's a good vibe. We got the studio, you know, like time is going to go fast on the plane. Trust me. He's like, I'm going to call you back on that. And then, of course, I didn't hear from him. So I left like two days later. And then like two days after I got there, he wrote me. He wrote me a text and was just like, man, you know,

I just appreciate everything you've done for me you know i just i just want to tell you i appreciate everything you've done for me and i was like okay okay you're being a little weird but i wrote him back i said appreciate you too dog for life and i sent him the um mr magic rap attack playlist that i found with all the old school hip hop vibes. And that was our last, that was our last text. You know,

the word Exodus, it means the road out. So when you hear that, does that title make you feel like X knew? I think he knew something for sure. Because like, you know, when I look at like,

let's say Kobe, you know, like before Kobe left us, I seen him everywhere. I couldn't believe I was seeing him everywhere. You know, I'm like, like, let's say Kobe, you know, like, before Kobe left us, I seen him everywhere. I couldn't believe. I was seeing him everywhere. You know, I'm like, yo, he's at Puff Party. He's here.

You never seen. I never personally seen Kobe out like that. Like, it was just like he was just out making his rounds. And I seen that same parallel line with Dog. Like, I seen him voluntarily doing interviews everybody from miami calling me he's showing up he's at ti's house he's all over the damn place i'm just like dog like i said you can't you out out like this is what we this is the new you and he was like he's like you know i'm saying i'm just i'm setting up you know so i'm doing the groundwork so when

we dropped the album i did the groundwork so you when we dropped the album, I did the groundwork. So, you know, so it's not just popping up. And I was like, okay, I understand that. But it was just weird to me that he was in so many places. Like, you have, people have so many stories, like, that was just with him. Right. And. People have great stories about, like, just who didn't even know him.

Just about running into him and how he treated people. And I think that's how anybody should want to be remembered. The way people that didn't even know him can remember what their experiences were like. Were you able to watch the TV one Uncensored? I watched it. That interview was a little deep because it was an ex that I've never seen. You know, like I've never seen him so laid back and on purpose. Something was on his mind at that time as well.

Well, don't move. We got more with Swiss 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. We're still kicking it with Swiss Beats.

Did he like to do interviews? Because he loved The Breakfast Club for some reason. He always would come. Yes, he does. Always would reach out. And be here all day, too, after the interview. Yes, he does. He'd be here all day long.

That's a fact. That's a fact. One day I left after the interview, and I was gone for, like, I had to go do something in Jersey. I came back. He was still here. No, he stayed there for hours. He took the mocking and wrote graffiti all on the wall. We had to go do something in New Jersey. I came back. He was still here. He stayed there for hours. He took the market and wrote graffiti all on the wall.

We had to have people come clean the wall off. I'm like, who's going to tell X to stop? I'm not going to tell X to stop. I thought that he was outside eating hot dogs in front of the building. Nah, if X loved you, there wasn't nothing you could do about it. So he felt the energy up here. He felt protected. He felt he could be real with you guys.

He liked that type of stuff, even if it's raw. Like, you know, he don the energy up here he felt protected he felt he could be real with you guys he liked that type of stuff even if it's raw like you know he don't he don't like the fake zones so he felt he felt the real zone with you guys and every time i see him up here i was like man i just hope you don't talk about no other artists i like that though because he definitely you know i think when you say something and then you can come back and say you know what i shouldn't have say something and then you can come back and say, you know what? I shouldn't have said that. That's that's really mature. And that's a good example for other people, because sometimes people want to, like, double down on things and don't want to admit when they're wrong. I agree with that.

He did it with Drake. With Drake, you know, he said he was a good guy. Reached out to him. And I thought that was real. Did you ever reach out? Did you ever you and Drake ever squash your things? I know one time you and Drake were going back and forth. No, we haven't spoken yet.

We haven't spoken. We haven't spoke. How do you feel when people try to act like no one gave X his flowers or tried to help him when he was here? I wouldn't say no one. When I made my speech about that, those who given him his flowers and his garden, which a lot of fans did,

a lot of people around the world definitely did, for sure. I'm mainly talking about the people that he wanted them from, that was close to him. You understand? Family members, so-called friends and things like that. I was really around X. I really know the conversations. I really, you know, I've been there for the whole thing since 17.

You know, really since 15. I met X at 15. But the fame started at 17 with us. And just to see the people come and go and the inconsistency of of love and the endless want of wanting and taking and and not being there when he really he didn't mind giving you know what i'm saying but like at least give him the love back and return and so like i just got a little annoyed you know because um it was it was just like at least let this day be about him. You know what I'm saying?

Like everybody was making it about them. It wasn't like even Kanye let it be about dog. You know what I'm saying? Like Kanye had a full mask on. You didn't even know where he was at in the building. He was on stage. You didn't know.

Oh, he was there? Yes. Yeah, he did the Sunday service. You know what I'm saying? Because DMX did Sunday service. Yeah, he did it three times. Him and Ye had'm saying? Because DMX did Sunday service. Yeah, he did it three times. Him and Ye had a great relationship. That's why people were upset about it,

but they had that relationship, and he supported and was at Sunday service. X was super proud of Kanye for stepping out and what he believed in, and X wanted to do a Sunday service himself. So for him seeing Kanye doing it, he was super happy for him. He was like, yo, anytime you need me to talk. Because i remember when i first got the phone call of him doing he called me like yo you know saying you and kanye good i was like yeah why are you saying he's like no

because i knew you had a problem with the hat and all this stuff here i just want to make sure y'all good i said no we good you know he kanye is you know he's his own man i'm not i'm not gonna really judge him off of things like that you know i'm'm saying problem with the hat oh yeah yeah oh yeah yeah but when i told him that me and kanye was good he he was so excited like thank you jesus thank you jesus and i was like wow like what's up he's like nah he want me to he want me to you know talk at the service i was like wow but that's how x was like he almost asked for my permission. Right, he's loyal. To do something. He's always been loyal. You've never seen X with another label.

Even when he started Bloodline Records, he had a rough ride on. You know what I'm saying? X was just a different. He's different. We've seen how spiritual he was, but where did that come from? Did you ever see X reading the Bible? He was just so spiritual. It didn't matter where it was.

It could have been at Popeye's. It could have been at a club. It could have been in a restaurant before shows. Where would he get that from? For me, it wasn't like a new thing. I always knew him for that. It wasn't like strange. It wasn't like something happened and he became holier than thou right he was always like that like we

can be going through like some crazy stuff but we have a prayer happening before some wild stuff is jumping off I'm like you praying right now always pray before you have food oh he just was always that him saying I only knew him for that. And he shared that with the world since day one, praying in front of 50,000 people on the stage. I couldn't believe he was doing it. I was like, you about to pray in front of the crowd?

This is a show, dog. He's like, nah, they need it. And when I started seeing thugs and gangbangers crying in the crowd, I said, oh, he's on to something different. He just anointed. He always been. Like, I always said that. You see X, you see Gop.

That's a fact. That's it. Now, there's also a Marvin Gaye sample on the album. How hard was that to clear? Oh, they cleaned us up for that one. They gave us a nice shape up with that one. But, you know, sometimes you got to let the artistry flow. His estate deserve it, you know, and we chose to use the record.

So that's on us. Is there a lot more ex-music or he didn't record as much as? We got a lot of music. You got a lot more? We got a lot of music. This question has been coming up. Like everybody has been saying, like, is there going to be another this, another that? For me, it's like he worked so hard on this record like i don't really want

to tamper with things unless it can be better than this record gotcha you see i'm saying like i don't want to just put things out and even with the footage that we have we recorded the whole process of the album and it's like we could have been putting that footage out right now leading up to the album but i'm like let's do something masterful with it let's let's treat it as art and curate it to where that it adds to his legacy and it's not just a blip of a moment that seems like it works but you still don't really understand the whole story like he deserved for the whole body to be curated his story you know especially even like working on this album and the footage it should be like it should feel like something real. So that's the goal.

A lot of people got footage on Dog, and it's like, yo, everybody out there that got the footage on it, just curate, man. You know what I'm saying? Just think about the legacy and not just put something out just to say you have it. You know, this X album, man, Exodus, is very special. And I think, and it's just my opinion, that musically it's the best DMX album ever you would know better than anybody what do you think I

agree with you because you know the thing that I love about the album is X embraced his age mmm he was cool with being 50 yep and when I look back at a lot of the artists the legends when they when they come back, they try to, like, jump in the game that's happening now. You have no experience in that game, and it actually ages you more when you do that. You know what I'm saying? So when I see X starting to understand, like, yo, you just got to be you. And then I can curate around that that and we can bring the energy to you as needed but we don't have

to compromise I can't you know what I'm saying I'm not gonna put you on a trap beat just to talk about streams and spins and stuff like that let's just do what we do you know what I'm saying and the people that love it and that wanna hear something different they gonna rock with it but

we gotta be who we are right I saw Lil Baby and Dirk push their album back just to show respect for X's album and I want to hear something different, they're going to rock with it. But we got to be who we are. Right. That's a little baby, and Dirk pushed their album back just to show respect for X's album coming out. See, I respect that. You know what I'm saying? I was hearing about it,

but I'm not expecting people to do certain things. You know what I'm saying? Because everybody got, you know, they got their life that they got plans for and things like that. But, you know, shout out to those brothers for doing something like that. And I like it because it's a great representation of the youth.

You know, that's a real stand-up move. And X definitely appreciate that. And I appreciate that. Well, don't move. We got more with Swiss when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Swiss beats. We're switching lanes. What's next for Versus for you? You intend this weekend. No, it's next Sunday. And what is Wild Wild Soulja Boy happening? Well, first off, first off, first off, let's start with Sunday, right?

Because this is a rematch. So what are the rules for a rematch? Shoot, you know, this is our first time actually being on our platform. We have to follow the rules now. When we started, we went for five hours. But this is live in the club though, right? Yeah, live. This is live at Live on Sunday.

I'm coming. I got a pool party in the afternoon, so I'll be there that night. Let's go. Oh, so it's going to be the party? Yes. Wow. Sunday night. This is going to be even better.

Live audience, first time. So probably a lot of guests. Memorial weekend. Ooh. Okay, okay. It of guests. Memorial weekend. Ooh. Okay, okay. It makes sense. You know. Ooh.

Whoever's there, we're going to be there. Fresh is on. See, now. See, this is going to be a tough one, see, because. You got to make yourself a meme, too. You got to make yourself a meme somehow. Swizz got so many club records, though. Y'all going to see the meme.

Because y'all in the club. So it's not like people are watching. They can just bop their head like, but Tim do, too. Ooh, this is going to be a good one. This is going to be a good one. This is going to be a good one. This is a good one. It's a good one. What time y'all start?

I already know you're bringing out all the special guests too. Shock. I know you got some special guests. I'm definitely coming. Let me tell you something. I haven't had time to even focus on that. I've been in this. Right.

You have a lot going on. This X schedule? This is a crazy weekend. Let me tell you something. I haven't moved like this in years. My son is with me and I'm like, see, this is the stuff they don't tell you about you see this work right here get ready for this all that other stuff your videos and all that stuff is cool but this right here 40 60 zooms a day i'm zoomed out. I remember my speech entirely.

You know what I'm saying? From saying it so damn much. It's like, yo, this is crazy. But, you know, X deserve it. I got to do it. I don't care. No sleep. Eyes baggy up under these glasses.

I got to do it. You know what I'm saying? Because X never really did promo like that. Right. So all the drops he missed, I had to do this week. Every radio station drop, I had to do this week.

Every interview he didn't do, I had to do this week. That's why I was surprised. He's been to the Breakfast Club, what, three times? We were blessed. Three times. He always,

anything we ever asked X for, if I didn't force him. Breakfast Club and Nori, that's his favorite. Yeah. That's those two right there. Yeah, he got some classics with Drink Champs, for sure.

Now, what about Soulja Boy Bow Wow, what's going on with that? Is that official? Is that just conversation? Are you just live? Bow Wow need the contract. Bow Wow better knock it off. And I totally better knock it off. But you know, I like it because

let them have fun. You know what I'm saying? I would have wrote it out a different way. I just like that, you know, they're excited that they're doing it and it's organically happening. So are they doing it? Yeah, they're doing it. Or is it official?

As of today, it's official. Or as of today, it's official. Yeah, as of today, it's official. So it's official. Bow wow. As of today, unless, you know, bow wow will be going in and out. And I don't know what will be happening with Bow Wow sometimes I like his negotiation

tactics though you know what I mean you're the one called me to do it yeah yeah yeah but it hypes people up it makes people have more interest in it

even though I think it's going to be a great versus because say what you want about Soulja Boy and Bow Wow you can't deny what they did and they're very entertaining

I'm sure Soulja Boy is entertaining oh my goodness it's going to be a movie. You know what I'm saying? I like it because they made history so young. That's right. That's right.

They deserve it. You know what I'm saying? They deserve it. Now, one time you had Dre on the fishing line a little bit. Who? Dre. Dr. Dre. Oh, yeah.

He was on the fishing line a little bit. Did you get him back on or is he still like, uh? Nah, Dre came around pretty good. You know what I'm saying? Dre came around pretty good. I gave Dre his privacy, you know, because of what he was going through. So I didn't really, I speak to him, but I haven't been speaking to him about that. I've been, you know, more speaking to him like.

A human being. Yes, a human. You know what I'm saying? Like, I don't call people just to finagle the business. If Dre want to bring it up again, I'm going to let him bring it up and start the conversation. Because he has some great ideas of what he wanted to do. Now, the person that he want to do it with,

I don't know if they're going to agree with the terms that he's saying. But he had a great idea for the verses. So hopefully we'll get to that. Come on, Diddy. Figure it out. Everybody said Diddy. What about Mary? had a great idea yeah for the verses so you know hopefully we'll get to that come on diddy everybody said diddy what about mary mary want to do it or no yeah yeah i would love to but see i think mary could only do it with like a usher are she gonna have a hard time then i agree crazy boy i don't want to hear anything and usher got them things that's right 20 20 nuclear got 20. 20 nuclear weapons. He got 20 nuclear weapons. What are you going to play after I'm going down?

That's right. I mean, just Mary's first album. And it's, I don't know, man. It's just different music. He's the closest. I see. I'll do Mary Mariah. I can see that one.

Mary Mariah. I can see that one. I don't know about that one. Usher, I don't know who goes against Usher. Let me tell you something. Everybody going to have a bad time with Mary. Absolutely. Everybody.'t know about that one. Usher. I don't know who goes against Usher. Let me tell you something. Everybody going to have a bad time with Mary. Absolutely. Everybody.

It's a bad day. Whoever's on the other side of that, and it's a celebration, it's a bad day. It's three. Because you got to understand, Mary's songs got women through they life. That's right. You better not play that. You hit that. It's three catalogs.

Mary, Usher, Hove. But Mary and Hove, they here to me. That soundtracks to people's lives, man. Come on. Well, we appreciate you for joining us, Swizz. Thank you, guys. The album is out right now. Exodus, pick it up.

Let's make it number one. We can make it number one just in New York City. Absolutely. Let's go. All right. It's The Breakfast Club and Swizz Beatz. Zone, zone. The Breakfast Club. Your morningsats. Zone, zone. The Breakfast Club.

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Okay, at least a 1997 Plymouth Voyager, maybe a Volkswagen Eurovan, maybe. Moral of the story is he should drive nothing but vans. When your last name is Van Loving, you only have one vehicle of choice and the license plate of that vehicle has to say Van Loving. Sneakers too. Okay, when your last name is Van Lovin, you can only wear Vans. The old school black and white ones with the jazz stripes. Now, some would say that if you drive a Van and wear Vans, that's the child sex offender starter kit. I'm just saying, if you profile pedophiles, this kind of fits the description,

but maybe I'm making all this up. This is probably a personal bias that I'm projecting, so never mind me. But back to Mr. Van Lovin. Now, Mr. Van Loven is a home inspector and he was inspecting the home of a 22 year old woman in Oxford Township. He was inspecting the property before a sale. Well, something in that house turned Kevin Van Loven on. I don't know what type of aphrodisiac he used before he inspected that house. Maybe he ate some chocolate, maybe some figs, some oysters, asparagus maybe. Something increased his libido, his sexual function.

Something got him so hot and bothered in that house that he had to pleasure himself right then and there. Let's go to WJBK Fox 2 Detroit for the report, please. Before selling, an Oxford Township couple let this man into their home on Gill Street for a routine inspection. They left, never suspecting the 59-year-old man would allegedly fulfill his sexual urges with their child's Elmo doll. The disturbing sexual act revealed when movement in the child's room triggered the nursery camera. The image shows when Kevin Van Leuven picked up the Tickle Me Elmo doll. The homeowner shocked when she was alerted on her cell phone. THE CHILD'S ROOM TRIGGERED THE NURSERY CAMERA. THE IMAGE SHOWS WHEN KEVIN VAN LOOVEN PICKED UP THE TICKLE MIAMO DOLL. THE HOMEOWNER SHOCKED WHEN SHE

WAS ALERTED ON HER CELL PHONE. AFTER HITTING RECORD, SHE IMMEDIATELY CONTACTED THE OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE. OUR DEPUTIES CONFRONTED HIM AND INITIALLY HE DENIED IT AND THEN THEY TOLD HIM IT WAS ON

VIDEO AND THEN HE APOLOGIZED. HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED INDECENT EXPOSURE AND A MISDEMEANOR CHARGE OF MALICIOUS DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. BUT PERHAPS WHAT'S EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT THE CHILD'S ROOM WAS NOT IN THE NURSERY CAMERA. video and then he apologized he's been charged with aggravated indecent exposure and a misdemeanor charge of malicious destruction of property but perhaps what's even more disgusting after

abusing the doll van leuven put it back i never thought i would find someone who loves almo more than rashaun casey aka dvy. I have so many questions. I know people say we shouldn't kink shame. We shouldn't shame people for what they are into sexually, but that's BS. Okay, that's from 2021. I've been woke too long and I need some sleep because I'm not thinking straight when I'm sleepy rhetoric. Okay, if I can't shame Kevin Van Loven for this, then the word shame needs to be abolished altogether. Now, can I try to understand Kevin Van Loven?

Sure. Let's unpack this. How many times is Kevin Wayne Van Loven sat his ass in front of the TV and masturbated to Sesame Street? I wonder. I also wonder if he sat down with a therapist or psychiatrist. Could he or she bring this back to something that happened in his childhood? I mean, it's Elmo as in tickle me elmo right and tickling equals flirting i read somewhere and by somewhere i mean google that from adolescence on you're roughly seven times more likely to be tickled by somebody at an opposite sex and the most common reason to tickle is to show affection so maybe when he was a baby as in a young lad he got tickled a lot and the thought of tickling turns him on i don't know okay so when you're a creature that is the symbol of tickling maybe when you see that you get turned on when

you see that that that symbol of tickling that is elmo a lot of people don't like tickling but tickling is a physical expression of love so maybe just maybe he saw elmo and he wanted to show his love some people do tickle fights as foreplay. People stage tickle fights in the bedroom. Nothing I'm saying makes sense, does it? Of course not. Okay. God may not make mistakes, but humans do.

But I hear stories like Kevin Van Loven, and I know they say don't question God, but sometimes you have to recognize that God didn't give you the same brains he gave everybody else. OK, there were certain periods in time that God was just creating anybody and anything. All right. Genesis 126 says God created man in his image according to his likeness. Right. Well, humans, sometimes we just like to try things, throw it against the wall to see what sticks. I think God did that when he was creating some humans, some humans he just created with his eyes closed. Kevin Van Loven might have been one of them. Okay, God made him and forgot about him. So then Mr. Van Loven all these years has been left to his own devices, wandering around life aimlessly by himself without God's guidance, only to end up on Sesame Street masturbating next

to Oscar the Grown's trash can while Elmo just minding his business performing Elmo's song. Hit that tune for me, Dramos. This is the song. Come on now. It's my Elmo song. Mm. Mm.

La, la, la, la. La, la, la, la. Elmo's song. Kevin Van Loving is somewhere hot and bothered right now. La, la, la, la. Oh. To think he wrote this along. Oh.

La, la, la. That's what does it for Kevin Van Loving. Catchy. Okay, enough, enough, enough. Okay. Kevin Van Loving is reinforcing all the pedophile stereotypes. I told you driving a van and wearing vans is the sex offender starter kit. You know how many people Chris Hansen caught who fit that profile?

And this guy, Kevin Van Loving. Okay, you got caught sexually assaulting an Elmo doll in a nursery. That sounds pretty pedophile to me, okay? Elmo is three and a half years old. Do you know that? Three and a half years old, you sick bastard. This is what Kevin Van Loving hears when drunk in love plays. I'm swerving on that, swerving, swerving on that big body, This is what Kevin Van Loving hears when drunk in love plays. Let Remy Ma give Kevin Van Loving the biggest hee-haw.

Do it, Envy. Oh, you don't want to do the voice today, huh? You don't want to play Elmo today, do you? I was going to say, well, I'm just curious. You want to play a game? You want to play a game? Only if you do the voice. Ask me in the voice.

You want to play a game? Yes, I do. Guess what? Racing is! Hey! Kevin Van Loven, Michigan, home inspector, walked into a nursery in a home, saw a Tickle Me Elmo doll,

and had his way sexually with it. Guess what race he is! Anjali, start with you. I'll say Caucasian. Okay. What makes you say this with such confidence? I don't know. It's just what I want it to be.

Okay. Rashawn, I need you to answer in the voice the whole time, okay? Okay. Kevin Van Loven. Yes. From Michigan. Home inspector. You're very familiar with home inspectors, right?

He was in a home inspecting. He was in a nursery. Saw an Elmo doll. Had his way with the Elmo doll sexually. Guess what race he is! Let me check! White! What the hell did you bend over like that for?

What the hell were you checking? Looked like you wanted somebody to check you. What the hell's wrong with you? I don't know, man. I don't know. You both were right. This is absolutely a colonizer. Okay?

This is the highest levels of Caucasianery. Okay, the mayonnaise was very heavy in this story. Oh, man. All right. All right. All right, thank you for that talk. You got to register as a sex offender

when you do stuff like this if you're Kevin Van Loven. I think it's my envy. Oh. Shut up. I'm sure that guy asked. Well, no, he probably did. It's a dog.

It's a dog. I don't think so. All right. We got more coming up next with The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We got some special guests joining us this morning. Yes, indeed. You might know them from Real Housewives of Potamac, but they have their own podcast. He said that so wrong. Potamac. Potamac, what is it called?

Potamac. Potomac. Potomac. He said it wrong, too. Yeah. What? Potomac. Potomac. We have G. You said it wrong, too. Yeah. What? Potomac. Potomac.

We have Giselle Bryant and Robin Dixon. Welcome, guys. What's up? Thank you for having us. You know them from Real Housewives. They just launched a podcast on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network called Reasonably Shady. Yes. That's a hell of a title.

Thank you. What does that name mean? Well, okay. Let's give us the back story Okay So, you know Obviously we've been on the show for We are about to drop season six

Who could believe it? Just saw the trailer Season six Just saw the trailer Okay, we're gonna talk about that too Yes, yes I think I was up here season one, season two Envy was throwing shade

Like, you know Y'all Potomac housewives are broke. I never said that. It was a smile. For you it was a smile. It ain't you. Envy is insane. Why would you say that to them? I didn't say that.

Something along those lines. Anyway, we are at season six. We're not your typical housewives that people were used to. Our show is pretty unique. Okay. Yes. And I officially was the broke one. I'm not broke no more.

But I was the broke one. So you can talk about me. It's all good. I said broke. I just said, what's in your typical house? Well, it's usually glamorous and all that.

Damn, they're not glamorous. Damn, Envy. Wow. Envy is reasonably shady. People get a little Beijing. They get a little Beijing

and start changing on folks. Envy is just shady right now. Wow. But we're going to move forward. It better be a five-time system. We on season six. Thank you, Jesus. We here. We didn't make it. Congratulations. And during the pandemic,

we, like everybody else home, doing nothing. And Robin and I were just like, oh, let's just get on Instagram live and talk to the people. So after we did that, everyone gave feedback like, hey, we'd love just like being the third person

in y'all's like girlfriend gossip. So y'all should start a podcast. And lo and behold, we're here. Black Effect. Yes. Happy to have y'all. Yes.

And we are reasonably shady because on the show, I am the reasonable one. Yes. She's the shady one. I'm the one. I try to see the good in people. I try to see every side to the story she just goes for the shade so we balance each other yes and we and we're best friends

and it's very rare you see people on TV who are literally best friends and but it's but it's cool that you get to learn or hear about us outside of the show yes because on the show we got to kind of stick to the show. It's good that you guys are still best friends because sometimes these shows really can tear up friendships. Were y'all best friends before the show? No, for sure. Before the show.

Y'all best friends. I mean, we were very close before the show. And I think, Angela, that is why we're still friends because we had a friendship before the show. And even season one, season two, when there were things that could have been drive us apart i was just like hell no like this is my girl i if she's wrong i'm a ride with her wrong right so what do you think when you see portia

i'm sure y'all spoke about it on your podcast. When she's engaged to her ex-alleged friend's husband. What did y'all think about that? I just wish they would have waited a little more time just to release that. You know, whatever.

Things happen. So I wasn't really here for it. It definitely looks very shady. I think they should have kept a little secret for a little bit longer. Now, what about you, the shady one? Well, actually, in this instance, I'm not shady. So, you know, Portia and I have another show together called Chat Room on Bravo.

And it just so happened, like, we filmed Thursday, and she said they got engaged that night. And she was like, oh, Gisele, I wanted to tell you, but I found out, like, the rest of the world via the Instagram. But it is hard to find love or lust or whatever you're looking for out here in these streets. It's hard to find it. So if she found it, I'm happy for her. And what if they weren't real friends? What if they were just friends for the show? There's that.

But still, you don't want to see if Fallon was still going to be a part of the show, you don't want to see your ex-husband also then there on the show with somebody else. That to see your ex-husband also then there on the show with somebody else. Yeah, that's your real ex-husband.

Like, that's not play play. Yeah. After she invited her into the house and all that other stuff. It's a great storyline. But with TV, we don't know what's true

and what's not. You know what I mean? We don't know if they were really friends and the TV set it up and they really didn't know each other. You know what I mean?

Right, right. Yeah, I don't think they were friends like that. All right, now I saw some reports, Giselle, about you unfollowing Wendy. Where Wendy? Which Wendy?

From Real Housewives of Potomac. Oh. Right. I did unfollow her. Which one is Wendy? I'm sorry, I don't remember. Wendy is one of our newer ladies. She, how could we describe?

That's why I unfollowed her, because she's just not that interesting. Like, I just was following. Shady. Shady. Shady. I was scrolling through. I was like, this don't look interesting. So I just unfollowed. Like, I just was following. Shady, shady. Shady. I was scrolling through. I was like, this don't look interesting.

So I just unfollowed. Yeah. But it looks like from the trailer, something does happen between you two. Yes. And we're going to let that play out

because there's a lot of, there's a lot of things that she thought I did, which I did not do. And the reason why she thought I did it is because typically I do do very shady things

and I own it, right? And I'm just like, I'm just here to let everybody live in a truth. So let's just talk about it. But I didn't come at it from a shady perspective. I was really like, it was out of concern. Like, what's going on in your life? Are you able to handle social media?

Are you able to handle just like everything that goes on and goes along with being on a reality television stage like it's it's not for the faint of heart it's very difficult um you really have to have tough skin and that was that was the where I was coming from and she didn't believe it yeah you know that's a tough one for both of you right dealing with relationships so publicly it is it. It is. And, I mean, I'll be honest, my first three seasons on the show, my relationship got a lot of attention. And, you know, I responded kind of not happy about it. But after a while, you're like, you know what, this is what I signed up for.

This is what I continue to sign up for. This is what comes with the territory. And, unfortunately, we got to live with it. Yeah, Robin, you have such an interesting situation with your... You guys, did you get married again? We're engaged. Okay, so you're not married again yet. So she lives with her ex-husband.

They got engaged again. So you guys will get married on this new season? No, not this season. I respect the pandemic. And so I was not trying to have a COVID wedding. I didn't want to have to adjust my plans and have people wear masks. So we're going to wait. It's fine.

We're not in a rush. That's interesting. We got y'all back together. Y'all divorced, but y'all still live with each other. Right. And then y'all made it work again. So what got y'all back together? Okay, so my ex-husband is a former NBA player, Juan Dixon.

So we were together since 1996. Wow. We went to college together. We got married in 2005. We got divorced in 2012. We were still very much connected because we have two children, of course. We each went through bankruptcy, foreclosure, like all that type of stuff. And so when we were going through that, we kind of had to come together to support one another to get through those hard financial times. And then so he had to move back home. Then when he moved back home, he had to go back to school to finish his degree so that he can start his coaching career. So we pretty much supported one another through our darkest days. And, you know, when you do that, you just kind of like realize what's more important. You put the kids first.

We put each other first. And now we back together. And then he put a ring on it. Okay. He said, I want to keep my boo. And y'all not the same people. So y'all probably had to grow in love with who y'all are now. Oh, yeah. Yeah, for sure. All right, we got more with the Housewives of Potomac. Giselle Bryant and Robin Dixon.

Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Giselle Bryant and Robin Dixon from Housewives of Potomac. Yee. And that brings us to Giselle and her relationship with...

Yeah, same. Listen, because it is a little similar, right? You guys broke up. You're working on getting back together. Some people don't feel like it's a little similar, right? Like you guys broke up. Yeah. You're working on getting back together. Some people don't feel like it's a good idea. Even your own daughters might not necessarily think it's a good idea. Well, there's an update. There's a plot twist.

So, yes, we were working on us getting back together and being back together. But, you know, he lives in Atlanta. I live in Maryland. With the pandemic, we realize it's just not the right Atlanta. I live in Maryland with the pandemic. We realize it's just not the right time. It's just not going to work. So right now I am footloose and fancy free. I am single. I'm enjoying my hot girl summer, spring, winter and fall. Oh, I love your dad too. Your dad is real. When you just said that, I'm thinking about the show now. Your dad is real. Yes. You don't know. Her dad is, he said, 82 years old.

Her dad loves her daughter. And I can tell that your dad really doesn't like your ex. Because he feels like your ex broke your heart. Your dad loves her daughter? His daughter? Yeah, me. Oh, okay, okay, okay. She's possibly getting back with her ex. But her dad don't f*** with the ex at all.

And he is clear. He don't hold his tongue. It's not one of those things where you're all in dinner. He ate it too. On the trailer for the new season, we do see that that is something that you are still... No. We know what trailers that kind of cut and splice. We just see you very upset.

I was actually upset about something else. Okay. But no, Jamal will always be in my life. He's the father to all of my kids. We've been together. We've been in each other's lives 25 years. He is one of my best friends. I to him. I to that. Yeah, Jamal's a pastor. Yes. Yes, he's a pastor. But so, yes, no, we're not together. But yes, we're still in each other's lives. He's still fam bam. You know, he will always be in my life. Now, as any father.

And your dad don't care if the mic's on or off. Okay. He does care. But the people that was holding the mic yeah they they don't so you know he gave his opinion which is this isn't the person that i think is best for my daughter period he doesn't want him to hurt you again exactly well your dad's so passionate about that do you still say you know what i'm still gonna give this guy a chance because your dad is you're passionate you're a hero right the one's raised you, the one that's always had your back.

Yes. He sees things that you don't. Do you still say, Dad, I got to figure this out on my own? Or do you say, I'm going to listen to my dad? I always say, I'm going to do me. Right. And my dad's going to respect me whichever way I go. No one can tell you what to do ever when it comes to relationships.

No. You're going to do what you want to do. Right. Even if it doesn't seem practical. Sometimes you're blinded by love, though. But Envy, to answer your question, when he found out that we were going to go our separate ways currently, he just was like, I think that's where you should be right now. And I'm like, Dad, I respect that. I respect how you feel either way.

And my mom the same way. My parents have shown me the ultimate love. Like, no matter what I do, and I know they don't like it, but they still stand by my side. You know what I mean? For me, that's like the ultimate love. Now, there's also a castmate. I'm sure Charlamagne would be interested in this. Yeah.

One of the castmates' husband allegedly grabbed another man's ass. Now, Charlamagne would be interested why. Exactly. That's what I would like to know. That's a great question yourself. That's why you have a podcast. Why would I be interested in that? That was a little shady, but go ahead. Did her husband really grab a guy's ass?

Have we seen him do that? Yes. Do we have videotape of that happening? Yes. Now, this particular person that you were referring to, that it went to courts, I did not see that. Oh, it was a charge? There was a charge. Oh. Yes.

So you could have charged that dude that slapped your ass here in the building. I definitely could have charged him. Yeah. It wasn't in the building. I mean, see, now it makes it sound a little crazy. It wasn't in the building? I was DJing a party. I killed it on the way I was walking out.

He slapped me on my ass and said, good job. But was it a grab or a slap? It was a little cuff. Was it like an NBA slap? It was a slap. Now killed it on the way I was walking out. He slapped me on my ass and said, good job. But was it a grab or a slap? It was a little cuff. It was a slap. These were grabs. These were like, I'm getting the meat. And you can hear a little something on the mic too, as I recall.

So what does he say as being his wife? You know, he's Australian. He's different. He does things different. He's down under. He's down under. Down low? No, wait a minute. What is He's down under. He's down under. Down low? No, wait a minute. What is that?

Down under. Australia's down under. Not down low. No. I'm saying. Maybe. Okay. Anyway.

So, you know, he's a playful guy. And I actually happen to like Michael. Right. He was tipsy. But did he know the guy he was playing with? It's the camera guy. No. Okay. These are two separate incidents. Oh yeah they're okay so on our season one on the show we Pete's him do that to a cast mates boyfriend right apparently

and a producer and he did and he did it to a producer same party season one so then season four while we were filming a cameraman who was very straight yes a cameraman charged him um filed charges because they said he said he grabbed his butt while they were filming yeah now we don't have that on camera because the man was holding the camera and i wasn't there i didn't see it right yeah so he says it didn't happen i mean of course like you know you don't want to catch a charge right yeah it didn't happen it. Right. Yeah. So he says it didn't happen. I mean, of course, like, you know, you don't want to catch a charge. Right. Yeah.

He says it didn't happen. But because of the track record. Yeah. We were to assume. But I have good news in season. This is season six. There was no butt squeezing by Michael Darby in any capacity. That you've seen.

Why are you getting notorious butt squeezes though? I mean, you know, people have their things. You know, I'm surprised they would let you stay on the show if that happens. Because that is kind of like... That is crazy. Because if he squeezed a woman's butt, he would be out of here. I mean, well, okay. So he brushed it off as playful in season one, right?

And no one was offended, right? Yeah, and if that's your thing, that's your thing. Andrew wasn't offended. Eric wasn't offended. Yeah. Cameraman was offended. But they couldn't prove it. Yeah, but you can't just play like that.

I got to know what game we playing. Everybody got to be in on that. You can't just go around squeezing things. This is true, but again, I think that he learned from, you know, the court case, and he kept his hands to himself. Yeah, he learned his lesson. Yes, he kept his hands to himself, which I'm very happy to know. All right, we got more when we come back.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Gisele Bryant and Robin Dixon from Housewives of Potomac.

Yee. Now, I also saw in the trailer, because, you know, first of all, you know I love the real Housewives of Potomac. I definitely watch the show. Thank you. And you've been with us since the beginning. Since the first season.

Yes, I absolutely have. So I see that at one point you were depressed and couldn't get out of the bed. Yeah. I mean, the pandemic just like totally changed my life. Like not like for the worst. You know, it just I just got into a rut. And it was crazy because I have a I have a booming hat business like where I was. I'm literally I sell out every week when I get shipments and stuff.

And so it was just mind boggling to me that I had this booming business. I have so much room for opportunity and growth. And I literally just want to stay in the bed. So it was something that I kind of had to work through. As you see juan doesn't really like it um and we kind of had to work through how he speaks to me when i'm going through something that a lot of people frankly are going through this pandemic has been real yeah so yeah i mean that definitely is we'll we'll see that how'd you get out your depression oh um i just i had to you know go see a life coach i had to just you know really just take steps to just make things happen like you just i wouldn't even really call it a depression though because i i think it was more i read an article they called it's languishing in the pandemic so

it's like you just get to a point where it's just your life like just life is just not normal anymore and my normal became like well ain't nothing to do today so let me stay in the bed like I would literally wake my kids up from for school you know get on the computer and go back to bed so you know I just had to just make a list I had to knock things out I just had to kind of just try to... And then she had a friend that was like, girl, you got to get out of bed now. So you'll see on this season, Reasonably Shady

and kind of how we started with doing our artwork for everything. I mean, doing our photo shoot for the artwork, telling all the other ladies about Reasonably Shady. Robin scared the hell out of me because she wasn't at times motivated. And I'm like, we have a deal with this Black Effect

and we have a podcast and we gotta get these done. We have a lot of work to do and Robin has so much to be grateful for and I'm just like, I attributed her not being grateful for everything that God has given her to her being in the bed, which is not, those do not connect. Right. So, you know, I had to kind of learn that. Um, but you know, she snapped out of it and,

and we're good to go. Yeah. But it's good. I mean, for anyone in a situation like that, it's good to have people who hold you accountable. So I have Giselle to hold me accountable because she's a Virgo. She's very, like, you know, on time, get it done, doesn't procrastinate. I will give you a little spoiler teaser for the show, which I'm probably going to get in trouble for. But we have a reasonably shady party, Robin and I do, and it is so shady. There's no reasonable in it at all. It's just shady. It is a mess, and it's amazing.

How are you and Karen now? Today we are good. Which one's Karen? Karen's older. That was Lil Shade right there. She's the eldest. That's Lil Shade. That's how you should know her.

Yes. Normally she and I kind of go at it. And we do. You will see that. But like today, we're good. But you'll see a lot of growth with our relationship. Are y'all allowed to talk about like what happens on the show, on the podcast? Will it be like recaps or something?

No. You can't? Okay. Bravo's got us on lock. Yes. Got you. Got you. But I feel like, Charlamagne, that's a great thing because there's

so much that was like told from Robin to me in that, that I was like shocked. Like we talked about kind of like our backstory when we were teenagers. I didn't know Robin was a juvenile delinquent. She used to do crazy things. She used to pour soda cans and mailboxes and just dumb stuff. Be careful, Robin.

They cancel you for that old stuff. Be careful. You're They cancel you for that old stuff. I know. Be careful. You're not allowed to grow. To find that out, that she was doing all of that while I've known her forever and I had no idea, was nice. It's just nice

that the viewers are going to be able, or listeners are going to be able to see and hear other aspects of our lives. What did you think about the last season? People were saying that was one of the best seasons be able or listeners are going to be able to like see and hear other aspects of our lives right what do you think about the last season because people were saying that was like one of the best seasons for housewives but it was a lot of drama yeah it turned ugly for no reason and um it was unfortunate because i feel like it was there was a lot of like manipulation on social media that took place that really affected the show more so than any other

show so it's like you had the show and then you had social media i think it was toxic i think that there's no reason for um us black women to be fighting physical fighting violence on tv i think if you want to fight somebody fine take her outside when the cameras are down um and i just i it was that was hard to live through bugging i forgot about that but go ahead yeah that was hard to live through from a show's perspective because it wasn't just a fight between those two people did y'all want her off the show after she pulled her hair did you like was it too much physical because you know we've seen shows and sometimes you throw a drink you throw this it was way worse than all of that no you know my issue was you know, I think sometimes people lose their cool.

Like I'm a little, see, I'm being reasonable here, right? So people lose their cool. You make mistakes. If we could have moved forward from it, like the next day and people took ownership of what happened and not lie and run the social media and tell a wrong story and then, you know, have people being bullied on social media. That's where it got ugly for me. But if the incident happened and then the next day people apologize and move forward, cool.

Yeah. But don't... No, no. But as far as the show is concerned... Is she off because of that? We don't know. We don't hire. We don't fight. No, I just care. I don't know what she got because she pulled the girl. I mean, from what I know, she left on her own. So no one speaks to her now. Like no one's talking to her.

I don't. I don't know. Unless Karen does. I don't know. Yeah. I always feel like let's do whatever is best for the show. Right. And, you know, people always ask me, well, did you want her gone?

No, I just want what's best for the show whatever that means you know if her being around is best for the show cool her being gone is best then that's cool too but she gone y'all she gone right and and one thing i will never try to stop someone's bag ever so i will never try to get someone fired or say they don't need to be here that's not that's not my job no but right what's best for the show can we all coexist can we make a good show and everyone coexists yeah so the show the show? Can we all coexist? Can we make a good show and everyone coexist? Yeah. So the show has been beneficial to you both, it sounds like.

We are here today. Check out the podcast. It's out right now. Reasonably shady on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network. Available everywhere you subscribe to podcasts. No. And we appreciate you for joining us. Thank you. And we are so super happy to be part of the Black Effect family. We're happy to have you. Yeah. And we're going to make you proud. Absolutely. I know. Thank you. And we are so super happy to be part of the Black Effect family. We're happy to have you.

Yeah. And we're going to make you proud. Absolutely. I know. Well, it's The Breakfast Club. Thank you, guys. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

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