The Breakfast Club - Take it Down to the Floor

Episode Date: June 29, 2021

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Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water,

500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zaka Stan. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-A-S-T-A-N on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best, and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing.

Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Wake that ass up. The Breakfast Club is on. Right here. I have to live live. I'm talking to the Breakfast Club this morning. Okay, okay, okay. I love coming here.

I'm never not going to come here. You guys are good to me. In return, I'm always going to be good to y'all. For a lot of people in the hip-hop generation, the Breakfast Club is where people get their information on the topics, on the artists, and everything like that. In that aspect, radio is still important. The Breakfast Club.

When my name come up, respect it. Good morning, USA. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Good morning, Angela Yee. Good morning, DJ Envy. Play my record for them. One time for the birthday bee. Hey, hey.

Two times for the birthday bee. Hey. Three times for the birthday bee. Hey. Three times for the birthday bee. Hey. Four times for the birthday bee. Drop it low, drop it low. Don't tip me. Drop it low, drop it low.

Don't tip me now. Do it, do it. Let's see if the knees don't work. They still got the knees. Oh, drop it low, drop it low. Hold on, hold on, hold on. Get low, oh. Get lower, oh.

Get lower, oh. Get lower, oh. He still got it. Oh, oh. Still got it at 43, baby. Happy birthday to you. Still got it at 43, baby. Still got it at 43. Drop a bomb for MSD. Still work.

Man, the face people make when they be trying to dance like that. The struggle face. You ain't lying. Oh, I should have stretched before I did that one. Hold on. Jesus Christ, it's 6 in the morning. Yeah, he was flying this morning, right? I was trying to sing to him this morning on the side of the road.

He jumped out the car fast. You did pull up on me with some slow songs. I did. I tried. I tried this morning. I didn't understand it. I was trying to sing to him, but he was out. He would not let me catch up to him.

I was listening to Mary J. Blige, I Love You. Off the My Life album. That's what I was playing, too. I was trying to sing to you. You're a liar. You were playing something older than that. I was playing Michael Jackson. Yes, you was. Both MJs, no problem. I was trying to see what you were doing. You're a liar. You were playing something older than that. I was playing Michael Jackson. Yes, you was.

Both MJs, no problem. Yeah, but yeah, both MJs. An MJ being an MJ. But we here. Happy birthday to me. I'm 43 years old. What's happening? Happy birthday to you.

How you feeling, man? I'm happy. Okay. Life is good. Happy to be alive. That's all that matters. You know what I mean? Y'all are like really on this balloon kick lately.

Everybody come in. Why are there balloons here? We're celebrating. We're giving people their flowers and balloons. Everybody gets a balloon. Yeah, so we did it for the Migos. We celebrated them. We gave them their flowers.

We did it for Mary J. Blige. We gave her her flowers. The funny part, they had these in here for me, but then they had some other ones, but then they took them out. Yeah, they took them out. I didn't know what the hell was. Taylor, what happened? Taylor came in and was like, it's not.

What happened? It was a surprise for later. Like, y'all aren not going to take the credit. Because we don't want it. We don't want that credit. We'll be okay. Okay. Damn it, we tried to take credit for balloons.

Well, thank you, Taylor. I will act surprised when y'all bring them in. I'm already ready to act surprised. Tell me what time to act surprised. You should get him a stripper today. No, you better not. I'm a married man. Don't bring that damn stripper in here with me.

No, I know the perfect guy. He was on the cover of Pet House. Don't bring that in here. I'm a happily married man. What's his name, E? Let me tell you something. He's amazing. And only thing is, he might be, there was an issue.

He had a piercing. And I think one day he was dancing and somebody ripped the piercing out by accident. So it was some damage that was done for a little while. You're 10 years too late on that. 10 years ago, you could have bought this crib in here. You would have caught me. 10 years later, no way, Jose. I am a happily married man. The cops are coming like, you're under arrest. Mm-mm.

I got a teenage daughter at home. Put your hands behind your back. Nope. Get on your knees. No way, Jose. What kind of fantasy you having over there? Oh, you want a Jose? Okay. Jose! Alright, we can handle that. Lord have

mercy. My goodness. Well, this morning Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg will be joining us this morning. Pete Buttigieg will be here at 7 in the morning. Segway! Hey! Segway is a matter. Secretary Pete will be here to talk that new infrastructure plan.

That's right. Among other things. Yes. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking. Front page news, what are we talking about? Well, we are still continuing to watch what's happening with the Florida condo collapse. And we'll give you an update. Right now, the death toll has risen, as well as the number of people who are unaccounted for.

It's the fifth day of searching yesterday. All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Come on. This really is the most hilarious ghetto-ass show ever. Why? Because they took your balloons?

They brought my balloons in and took them out because they said it was supposed to be a surprise. And now they got something. I don't know what's going on. I don't know what's going on either. I'm just here. All I know is we were not trying to take credit for those balloons. Shout out to Taylor, man. Taylor, boy, she work hard for them balloons, man. Leave her alone. Hey, man.

My niece loves me. I love her too. Well, let's get into some front page news. Last night basketball. Did you see the game last night? I fell asleep on the game. Came back from L.A., but the Clippers beat the Suns 116-102. Phoenix leads the series 3-2. Them Clippers be playing hard without Kawhi Leonard, huh?

Yeah, they ballin'. I thought the Suns would have finished them in five. I thought so, too. I thought it was going to be a wrap. But all right, what else we got, Yeezy? All right, well, let's talk about this Florida condo collapse. Emergency workers did recover an 11th body as the search for survivors continued right now.

You know, again, the death toll has risen to 11, and there are still 150 people who are unaccounted for. That's horrible. Now, an April letter sent from the president of the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association said the damage to the building's basement garage had gotten significantly worse since an inspection about two and a half years earlier and that deterioration of the building's concrete was accelerating. The letter also suggested millions of dollars in needed repairs had been a subject of frustration among the residents. And so they said that they have discussed, debated, and argued for years and will continue to do so for years to come as different items come into play.

They also said that when they built this condominium, it was 12 stories back in 1981. That was the design of it. But at the last minute, developers got local officials to sign off on an addition. It was a penthouse level that added 15 feet. It also violated local height restrictions. So they don't know if that contributed to the collapse of the building four decades later. But they said a lot of times developers try to work around height restrictions.

And they often don't consult with engineers on the changes. But at that time, the mayor signed off on it. So all of those things could potentially come into play. But at that time, the mayor signed off on it. So all of those things could potentially come into play. But we will keep you updated. You know, it's been five days. Today is day six. And it's tough.

They say after 72 hours, it's always not a lot of hope left. But we're still praying for the people who are unaccounted for. I know it's not easy. At what point do you, I guess, just accept what you don't want to accept when one of your people has been missing that long? Man, it's just sad and they just talk about it's even dangerous for people who are going through the rubble trying to find people.

That's dangerous. They say another building could collapse but like you said, you don't give up. You just pray that maybe they're under something and hopefully they'll be found. I know they're listening for noises to hear anybody clicking any any pipes or rocks. I mean, you don't you don't give up. Yeah, but then you don't want nobody under there suffering either. But then you want them. You pray for a miracle and hope that they get through.

It's just like, oh, man, it's just all bad right now. The WHO is urging is urging fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks and practice other COVID-19 pandemic safety measures. You know why? Because now there's a highly contagious Delta variant that has been spreading across the globe. They said, according to The Wall Street Journal, half of adults infected in an outbreak of the Delta variant in Israel were fully vaccinated, with Pfizer prompting the government there to reimpose an indoor mask requirement and other measures. They first found that variant in India, but now it's in at least 92 countries, and it's the fastest and fittest coronavirus strain yet, and it will pick off the most vulnerable people, especially in places with low COVID vaccination rates.

We all picked the wrong time. Ain't no putting the toothpaste back in this tube, okay? We done out, we done felt a little freedom. We back shaking hands and hugging and eating dinners together. It's going to be hard to make people go back to what we were doing five months ago. I don't see it. Right, but you can't continue to wear a mask when you're out in public. Haven't stopped. You're not socially distancing. Yes.

Even if you're fully vaccinated, they're saying that you should still continue to do that and protect yourself. I did tell myself that even once we were past this pandemic, I was going to still wear a mask like when I'm out and about, like in public or at the airport. I mean, Asians have been doing it for years, and people would look at it and be like, what do they know that we don't know? Well, there's a lot of smog in Asia, that's why. But it's difficult on the flights. Like, I was just coming from

LA, and keeping that mask on for six hours straight is very difficult, especially when you're on that plane. You get a little claustrophobic. You want to take it off for a little bit. Like, you got to allow people to at least take it off for a second, not just to eat and drink. Like, you need to breathe sometimes. I would lay my seat back and put my blanket over me and take the mask off. That's exactly what I did.

I put the blanket over my head and took my mask off. All right. Well, that is your Front Page News. All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Hit us now. It's The Breakfast Club. All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Hit us now. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy.

There's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson the First, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I trade my own country? My forefathers did that themselves.

What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. Well, why can't I trade my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets.

We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-a-stan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once

we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt,

learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay.

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

Oh, darling. 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? This is C from Nashville.

What's up, C from Nashville? I thought he said fee. Yeah. Good morning, Breakfast Club. Good morning. Got another airwave. Good morning. Charlamagne Tha God, I know you're still doing proud.

And no DJ, and there's a DJ that doesn't play the records on the radio. He definitely doesn't. I do it all the time. What's up, brother? Yes, I want to say happy birthday to Dr. McKelvey. Thank you, brother. Appreciate you, King. Even though it's your birthday, I need a favor.

Talk to me. Oh, boy. What kind of favor is this? Here we go. Let's talk. do something strange for some change work their knees out okay you want to work his knees out what do y'all think what do y'all think i am doing something strange for some change what you talking brother no i actually i actually have a young lady friend that i need some help with publishing some books. What kind of books you got? She has novels,

and she has some affirmations and poetry. Go to my Instagram and email the email on my Instagram. Okay, what's the Instagram? It's at C the God, C-T-H-A-G-O-D. At C the God, C-T-H-A-G-O-D.

At C to God. C-T-H-A-G-O-D. Alright, appreciate that. Feel free to follow me, too. I appreciate you all. Yes, sir, King. Alright, brother. Have a good one.

I'm actually about... You know what? Never mind. I'm not going to say nothing. Go ahead. No, no, no. I'm going to be doing something soon

for aspiring authors through my book in print, Black Privileged Publishing. And Simon & Schuster. Just wait on it. Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Noah Zwing. Hey, Noah. How are you guys doing? We're doing great.

Peace, King. Thank you, Noah. I appreciate you, brother. Thank you for letting two animals get on the ark back in the day. It's my birthday, too, so I just wanted to give a shout out to all you guys okay religiously every morning for the last like three plus years you guys are the reason that i get through work in the morning or if i go to the gym and i work out i swear i listen to you guys every single day so we out here to hear you guys and finally be able to say to speak with you cancer gang we appreciate you it's too bad bitches birthdays that's right

and stokely carl michael and uh kael and Kawhi Leonard's born day to day. There you go. I didn't even know about Kawhi Leonard. Yes, sir. 629. All right. Well, have a good one. Thank you.

You guys as well. Happy birthday again, Charlotte. Thank you, King. 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. Let's go. Need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, let it out. Hello, who's this? Uh, hello? Hey.

What's up? Angela Wagwan. Wagwan. Madea, Madea, everything cool? Yeah, how you feeling? I'm blessed, man. You know what I mean? New job.

Just trying to stay focused. I saw the waste management crew out there worldwide too, man. And tomorrow's the last day of Caribbean Heritage Month. Just FYI. The 30th. Oh, okay, okay. Anything popping out there in Brooklyn? Eh, no.

But, you know. No? Hopefully we'll have the parade this year. Okay, that's good, that's good. Hey, Charlamagne, happy birthday, bro. Hey, thank you, brother. Thank you, brethren. Wagwan brethren. How do you say happy birthday in Jamaican? Happy birthday.

Happy birthday. Same language. Well, Charlamagne. Yes, sir? I'm going to keep it real, man. I like the new and improved you, man. I like the new and improved me too, King. Yeah, just continue, you know what I mean, being humble.

Just continue listening to your wife, right? Yes, sir. I like the new and improved you, man. Thank you, King. You're not thinking on Sean Stone no more. I like that. Well, here you go. I don't have nothing negative to say to Sean.

Salute to my guy, Sean Stone. Here you go. That's what's up, bro. Hey, Envy, bless us too, man. A lot of mercy. I know you're going to be say to Sean. Salute to my guy, Sean Stone. There you go. That's what's up, bro. Hey, Envy, bless us too, man. A lot of mercy. I know you won't be talking to me sometime, man. I don't know why. Damn.

Yeah, well, Envy being in this feeling is dope. You know what I mean? It's all good, though. But, hey, I want to mention something, man. Last week, Envy mentioned about the guy that got robbed, right, for his chain and his watch. Hey, next time. Oh, Uptown. Upt next time... Oh, uptown.

Uptown, you're talking about the... Yeah. Next time, if you guys got a chain or a watch and somebody's trying to rob, just give it up, man. That's easy to say. I mean,

most of the time, it's reaction. Like, if somebody tried to take something, your first reaction's like, I'm not giving away my thing. So, it's not easy. Envy. It's okay.

Just give it up. And work hard to get it back. Because if you're looking at the video, his. Just give it up. I know. And work hard to get it back. Because if you look at the video, his friend didn't get shot. He did. His friend just got pistol-worn, and that was it. His friend got shot in the groin. Okay.

That's horrible. I tell you this, man. Sean, even better. That's why if I do wear jewelry, it's fake. Yeah, I understand. But what I'm saying is, even if it's fake or real, it's not worth your life. Just give it up. Yeah. I agree. No, it's not worth your life. Just give it up. I agree.

No, you're absolutely right. Just live to make it home. Right. Yeah, but you're right. Take it. We're just trying to make it home. That's right. You're absolutely right. But, you know, at the end of the day, that's his, man.

He worked hard for that chain. That's his life, too. He worked hard for that. You can't victim blame. We shouldn't be robbing people. That's what we should know. No, of course not. I'm with you.

We should. I'm with you. I see both sides. It's both sides. Both sides are correct, I believe. But for anybody listening, if somebody does try to rob you with a gun, just give it up. You should absolutely just give it up and, you know, hopefully you have insurance to get another one. But, you know, at the end of the day, that's yours. You work hard for it.

If you like me and you wear fake jewelry anyway, man, here, man. You know what I'm saying? Just let these people know they're taking a penitentiary chance for no reason. They might shoot your ass because it's fake. Well, then you're really going to... Now you're really going to look stupid in jail.

Shot me over a goddamn fake chain. I told you it was fake. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We got rumors on the way? Yes, football is gay. We'll talk about it. What?

Happy birthday. All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hey, guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories,

their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of

Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I trade my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help. We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves.

For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself.

You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's time, time, time. She's spilling the tea. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club.

All right, well, the NFL has released a video that says football is gay. That's how it starts with just those words. And there's drumming and cheering in the background. You can hear football is lesbian. Football is beautiful. Football is queer. Football is life. Football is exciting.

Football is culture. Football is transgender. Football is heart. Football is power. It goes on to say football is for everyone. And then it does have the rainbow colors of Pride Month. And then they promoted the Trevor Project, which is a charity that seeks to prevent suicide among LGBTQ youth. Yeah, that's what Carl, my guy Carl, gave $100,000 to, right?

Yeah, so let's talk about Carl Nassif because he did make that announcement that he's gay. If you guys recall, we talked about this last week. What's up, people? I'm Carl Nassif. I'm make that announcement that he's gay. If you guys recall, we talked about this last week. What's up, people? I'm Carl Nassib. I'm at my house here in Westchester, Pennsylvania. I just want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay. I've been meaning to do this for a while now, but I finally feel comfortable enough to get it off my chest. I really have the best life.

I got the best family, friends, and job a guy could ask for. I'm a pretty private person, so I hope you guys know that I'm really not doing this for attention. I just think that representation and visibility are so important. I'm going to close the ball. I'm going to show my guy, Carl, man. Carl is a really nice guy. He's a really nice dude.

Right, so he did promote the charity in his coming out announcement. LGBTQ plus youth with at least one accepting adult have 40% lower risk of attempting suicide. Well, I'm glad football is gay. That explains the center quarterback relationship. Okay. Kind of does.

It does. Center been over in front of a man while the man has his hands between his legs? Nice. That doesn't mean everybody that plays. What? It's a great game. All right. Now let's talk about the new WeTV series that's coming,

Brat Loves Judy. That premieres August 5th. And, of course, this is the Brat and Jessica Judy Depart. We know her from Kaleidoscope. She's been up here on The Breakfast Club before as well. Here is the trailer. I'm the Brat. I'm out the closet living out loud with my baby

because I love Judy. Judy loves me. I'm Jessica Depart. A lot of people know Judy loves me. I'm Jessica Dupart. A lot of people know me as Judy. I am the owner of Thalatoscope Hair Products. First of all, she's beautiful. I love her personality.

I love her heart. I love looking at her. I love her lips. Both sets. Y'all ready? But baby, it's so much more to this story. Baby.

I watched them on Growing Up Hip Hop, too, so I love their relationship. So it'll be nice to see the spinoff of the two of them just focused on it. Oh, that's their own show? Yeah. Oh, wow. It starts August 5th, Brat Loves Judy. On what network? WeTV, because that's what Growing Up Hip Hop is on, too.

Got you. The brat not aging, either, by the way. When the brat came out of the verses the other day, I'm like, damn, the brat really don't age, huh? You know, I like the fact that she's with Jessica. You can see how much happier she is to be, like, living in her truth and being able to let people see who she really is.

She discussed how she was finding that so difficult prior to this relationship. Everybody deserves to be free, man. Alright, now, Coiler Ray is shutting down people who have been body shaming her. She posted, my body is always trending. I don't understand. Is there a certain way I'm supposed to look? Help me understand.

In the Bible, is it a sin to be thin? Help me understand. I hope your mother's got beach bodies. She goes on to say, I think Koala Ray is super pretty. Stop listening to those idiots on social media. They're going to drive you crazy. I don't understand. What's wrong? You talk about people when they give fake asses and fake boobs

and she's all natural. She's happy. She's proud to be her body. You talk about people when they give fake asses and fake boobs, and she's all natural. She's happy. She's proud to be her body. You talk about people now if they're too small. You know, she's just, and she's not ashamed of anything, and I think she looks great. Enjoy life. Social media going to have you going crazy.

The only validation you should seek is validation of yourself, okay? These people will have you going crazy every single day. All right. Now, Kim Kardashian's undergarment line skims will officially be the Team USA Olympic loungewear. She posted, ever since I was 10 years old, I've heard every single detail about the Olympics from my stepdad. As I would watch the athletes compete, I would grow to understand the dedication and honor being a part of the Olympics embodied. I traveled with my stepdad and family to all different cities for the Olympic trials, the Olympics and track meets of Caitlyn Jenner. And every stop I would buy an Olympic T-shirt as a souvenir.

When I received the call inviting Skims to be a part of Team USA, every moment I've spent admiring the strength and energy of the Olympians from the sidelines came full circle. So Skims is designing the official Team USA undergarments, pajamas and loungewear in Tokyo for these athletes. That is what I have to call David Johns because I get confused. Okay. Are you supposed to call him stepdad? Well, yeah, that was her stepfather at that time. I don't know. That's why I'm asking.

You mean stepmom? I don't know. That's why I'm asking. That's a good question. It's a question. Well, at the time when she was traveling, that was her stepfather when they were going to Olympic trials. The only reason it said Caitlyn Jenner is because she added Caitlyn Jenner.

So it was at Caitlyn Jenner instead of... See, that's what confused me. I'm like, alright, she referred to her as Caitlyn, but was calling her stepdad the whole time. But she said her. Yes. I don't know. That's why I ask questions. Alright, now, Anja Day is responding

to rumors that she's been dating Brad Pitt. She was at the BET Awards, and she was on the red carpet. She was talking to Entertainment Tonight's Kevin Frazier. Here's what she said. Was it weird to wake up and look and everyone is saying you're dating Brad Pitt? I was like, especially because we never met. So I was like, oh, all right. My sister actually hit me after.

She was like, we met Brad Pitt. I was like, I guess so. I guess we did. So no, we're not dating. We don't even know each other. Not sister actually hit me after. She was like, we met Brad Pitt. I was like, I guess so. Well, I guess we did. So, no. We're not dating. We don't even know each other. Not a bad rumor, though. People still care about who dated Brad Pitt in 2021.

Yeah. It's still Brad. Brad Pitt is iconic. Okay. Let's be clear. Iconic bad bitch. Yeah, he is. Okay.

He's pretty iconic. All these years. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss Ye. Now, front page news. what are we talking about? Yes, and we are going to be giving you some updates on the weekend.

It is a holiday weekend, and what's going to be happening if you're planning to travel? All right, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Hey, it's Angela Yee. Don't let weak hair hold you back.

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Clippers beat the Suns 116-102. I'm shocked. Well, I'm not shocked about that one. Well, I am kind of shocked about that one because I thought it would be Suns in five. And I was at home, too. Yeah, Kawhi Leonard not playing. So I was shocked. Happy birthday to Kawhi Leonard, by the way.

Today's his birthday. What else we got, Yeezy? All right. Well, more than 47 million Americans are expected to travel this weekend, according to a forecast. So they're saying summer travel has come back and it's been crazy. So they said the overwhelming majority of them will be traveling by car. An additional 3.5 million people are expected to fly. So that says that 90% of pre-pandemic traffic for the airlines.

So they said Americans are so eager to get away, they think that we're going to see the second highest number of travelers on record, only surpassed by 2019. What day is that now? What day is everybody supposed to be flying out? This weekend, July 1st to it says July 1st to the 5th. So the airport will probably be crazy this weekend. Crazy

this weekend. Yeah. You know, you gotta try to travel on those off days on the weekend also. But they said gas stations are also running out of gas ahead of this holiday weekend. It happened to me Sunday. Really? You ran out of gas? Yeah. Well, I didn't run out, but I was like super low. And I had time before I was like super low, and

I had time before I was picking up my daughter from the bat mitzvah, and so I was looking for gas stations, and they all was closing and saying that they didn't have gas. All up and down the road? Yeah, I mean, I eventually found one, but I was just like, huh? Well, the reason is there's a shortage of tank truck drivers, and also

that coupled with rising demand, that's what's causing a supply chain shortage. So they said a growing number of stations are reporting they are simply not able to get gas delivered at any price. It's not even the price. And then the station I went to that had gas, I asked for 93. He was like, hold on, let me check. Then he went to go talk to the gas guy with the truck.

What's that thing called? What did you just say? The gas truck? There you go. The gas guy with the truck. What's that thing called? What did you just say? The gas truck? There you go. The gas truck. The gas guy with the truck. Oh, my goodness. There you go. He went to go talk to the dude in the tank to make sure they had some 93 on deck.

All right. So anybody traveling, though, I do want to encourage that you leave way earlier than you think you need to this weekend so you don't get stressed out either at the airport or driving. Just make sure you're prepared for these record numbers of people. So if you're heading out to Coachella this weekend in Atlanta, all right, so give yourself a little extra time. She's saying gas up way early and get there early.

That's what she's saying. Yeah, you know, I'm a big fan of taking the earliest flight out, but that might not be the best idea. Sometimes taking the later flights. Sometimes. Yeah, but you just can't tell, man. All right, now a 76-year-old woman who was on probation was sent back to prison

because she missed the call while she was in a computer class so she qualified as one of the 4500 federal inmates who was released early from prison because of a nationwide effort to release some incarcerated individuals to prevent the spread of covid-19 uh gwen levy is her name and she was returned because she was returned to prison because she was in her class and couldn't answer the call from her probation officer. They told her lawyer she could have been

robbing a bank. We're going to treat her as if she was robbing a bank. She was in class! She's 76 years old. Like think about that. She's 76 years old. What do they expect

this woman to be doing? Now through her attorney she said I felt like I was attempting to do all the right things. Breaking rules is not who I am. I tried to explain what happened and to tell the truth. At no time did I think I was supposed to go to that class.

I wasn't supposed to go to that class. I apologized to my mother and my family for what this is doing to them. She's devastated. She's how old? 76? What, they gonna give her 22 years? You know, in 2004, she was charged with conspiracy to sell at least one kilo of heroin. A little heroin?

I read the story. Would you like to play a game? You know, in 2004, she was charged with conspiracy to sell at least one kilo of heroin. A little heroin? Mm-hmm. Yeah. I read the story. Would you like to play a game? Yeah. Guess what race she is! Come on. 76 years old, got let out early.

She did, what, 15, 16 years, I think? Mm-hmm. Got let out early because of COVID, and they locked her up because she was in class. She served 16 years of a 24-year sentence. There you go. A cello and heroin. Angela Yee. Guess what?

It's not fair. I'm looking at her picture. Black. I'm looking at her picture right here. Yes, come on. Black. Damn, damn, damn.

All right, and last but not least, I got to talk about this Texas father who shot and wounded somebody who was caught masturbating outside his daughter's bedroom

on Sunday night. The dad and his wife found this peeping Tom outside their house in Houston around 10 p.m. They confronted him. The man apparently hoped to get away with it. He apologized and walked away, but that was not good enough. The couple then armed themselves with handguns and tried to detain him. They followed him to a gas station across the street.

The woman grabbed and held him while the husband ran inside to call 911. At one point, the suspect took the handgun from the woman and pointed it at her, and that's when the father came and opened fire and struck him with multiple bullets. Don't see nothing wrong with that. They believe that they shot him four times, including twice in the chest and once in the stomach. He's

now in critical but stable condition. I see one thing wrong with it. What? They should have shot him as soon as they saw him. They should have shot him in the testicles. You outside my door? That's what They should have shot him soon as they saw him. They should have shot him in the testicles. You outside my daughter's room? That's what I'm saying. As soon as I saw you, I thought you would have got shot at.

Hell yes. And they also say you may have spied on that underage daughter at least once before. The girl complained in the past about someone watching her through the window, but the parents didn't believe her. Am I supposed to feel bad for them? I respect their patience with the man. But you know, a lot of people would have shot him right there on the spot. All right. Well, that is your front page news.

I'm just curious why he didn't stay out there and hold him down and let his wife run in there and make the phone call. Well, they followed him to a gas station. Yeah, but he said he ran in there to make the phone call. I'd have let my wife make the phone call. I would have stayed on him. All right. Should have shot him in the testicle. All right.

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Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, DJ Envy is not here, but we have a very special guest. Mr. Secretary Pete Buttigieg is here. What's happening, my brother? Good to be with you. How are you, man? I'm good. Like, really good?

Like, you're good, good? I'm good, good. I have a great job. It's summer. You know, life is returning to cities. I'm starting to travel again. It was very strange the first few weeks and months when you're in charge of transportation and you're not traveling, right?

Because of the pandemic restrictions. So now that we're on the move more, I feel a little more like things are the way they're supposed to be in the job. Well, I'm glad that you still care about our audience, man, because other Democrats don't. You make us feel special when you come and you don't need something.

You know what I mean? Nobody's saying he doesn't need something now because there's some things he's trying to get accomplished, right, and bring attention to. Yeah, we need an infrastructure bill, that's for sure. Yeah, but we're not voting for it. You know what I mean? But what's in the infrastructure bill? versions the compromise and the the democratic bill the original bill right so the original bill the american jobs

plan that's the president's overall vision for infrastructure it's the biggest investment in a generation uh lead pipes internet access not just transportation infrastructure but uh what you might call human infrastructure so making sure we're making it more affordable to get child care, elder care, building out veterans hospitals. There's a whole span of things. A piece of that is part of this bipartisan bill, and it's a good piece of that. You've got the biggest investment in passenger rail since Amtrak, major investment in public transit, roads and bridges, the broadband piece, making sure everybody can get internet access. Other parts will have to happen in another bill. So some of the work on housing that we're very committed to is an example of what will likely go in what's called the reconciliation

track, which is the part that likely will not have a lot of Republican support. But this bipartisan bill is one that we're really proud of. Why is it always compromises on what the people need, though? I don't ever see that with corporations. Corporations seem to get what they want, but when it comes to the people, it has to be a compromise. Why? Well, we keep pushing because we think that the people hired us to do this, and that's what we're focused on. So you look at, for example, public transit is one of the things that there was not a lot of support for on the other side of the aisle,

but the president was really pushing it, and we got to a bipartisan deal. That's the biggest investment. I think the biggest federal investment ever in public transit. I wish we could get bipartisan support on all of these things, especially because there is bipartisan support on a lot of these things among the American people. And it's not always reflected in Congress. It's the same thing with the American rescue plan, right? Americans from both parties wanted us to do it. It's a good thing that we did it. It's going to cut child poverty in half. But just because it was popular across America doesn't mean it was necessarily popular on Capitol Hill.

Why is it that? Is it conservative spending? Is it that we just don't want to agree with Democrats? What is the reason for that? Yeah, I think some of it's that politics, right? They will think twice before wanting to give the other party a win. But our view on the transportation infrastructure is this is a win for everybody. How does this affect black and brown

people? Well, a lot. I mean, first of all, you know, black people are three to four times more likely than white people to depend on public transit. So when we're talking about making sure that buses and subways and other public transit assets are funded, that's good for everybody. It's good for the country. It's good for communities, but it's definitely good for the black community. Also, for the first time, I think, at least at this level, committing dollars to reconnecting communities. So the idea here is you have a lot of places

where a highway went through or some public spending on transportation went through with taxpayer dollars that often destroyed a black neighborhood or served to segregate. This is true in Atlanta. You see just the way some of the highways run and they divide the black part of town from the white part of town. And we have dollars to actually go out of our way to reconnect across those divides. I think that's huge. And again, good for everybody, but certainly says a lot to the black community that was on the short end of a lot

of these investments in the past. You know, Joe Biden, I've heard him talk about a second great railroad revolution. And Dr. Claude Anderson, who's the author of Power Anomics, he has this idea for a high speed rail that travels through five states. I actually sent it to your man, Benjamin. But what does Joe Biden look like if there is one? So Joe Biden is probably the number one train enthusiast I've ever met. Before we even talk about high speed, we've got to do something about our regular speed rail assets. But also we need to add more. You know, if you live in Japan, Turkey, China, Italy, England, almost any developed economy, you can count on a higher level of speed and service than you can in the U.S. It's not that Amtrak has done anything wrong. They've done an incredible

job with the dollars they've been given. But as a country, we haven't invested the way that most countries are. And we're paying for that. So the president believes, and I believe, in making sure that we demonstrate that America can do high-speed rail just as well as anybody. I would describe what's in this bill as a down payment on that great rail revolution. It's not going to build a full-on nationwide high-speed network yet, but it will contain some of the dollars that we would need in order to start connecting city pairs with high-speed rail to show that we can do this in America and do it better than anybody. I don't know why Americans should settle for less when it comes to high-speed rail. How far away from that are we, you think?

I think we can get there at least in certain geographies in the next few years. That's what Dr. Claude had. He had five states. So people that live in these five states could work in all these different five states by traveling on this high-speed rail. Right, and that's the thing. It opens up work opportunities for people. So when you say this is going to create economic opportunity and jobs, it's not just the jobs of the people who get to work on the railroad construction or the jobs of

the people who get to install the electric vehicle chargers. Although that's huge and that's part of why this is the biggest investment jobs in a generation. But it's also the jobs that it unlocks. If you think about your distance, the way you live the distance between your home and your workplace, you don't really experience it in miles. You experience it in minutes, right? If it's 30 miles and 30 minutes, that's different from if it's three miles and 90 minutes. And that's part of what's possible when you have better train connections. So I think the first step is to demonstrate that we as a country can do it. Some things are underway. You know, California's got high-speed rail that they're putting together,

but it's going to take years to be operational. There's an interesting project in Texas that's being discussed. And you don't think of Texas as, you know, a place where people are... I think a lot of people picture rail as a coastal city thing, but actually it's in those wide open spaces

that it might have the biggest impact to have true high-speed rail. The Midwest, where I come from, would be huge to have all the cities connected to be within a couple hours of each other. We live in Flintstones. We should be living like Jetsons, man. Well said.

I don't know if the flying cars are coming just yet, but we're behind. And people got the... All we need is the money, because people have the ideas. Like I said, Dr. Claude Anderson has been talking about this for years. Yeah, and people who live in other countries

have it right now. I mean, the distance from Beijing to Shanghai is basically the same as Chicago to Atlanta. And they have a high-speed train you can do in about four hours. Wow. Why shouldn't Americans be able to expect that? All right, we got more with the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg. When we come back, so don't move, it's The Breakfast Club. Come on.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with the secretary of transportation pete booty judge charlamagne what does a jobs plan mean specifically for black people first of all there's the spending benefits i talked about earlier right so more transit uh more safety investments that that's going to mean a lot uh for for black americans but also the jobs themselves right that's part of what we want to make sure happens here. When you put this much federal money into good needed infrastructure projects,

you're also creating opportunity and potentially creating a business base that can then grow opportunity for generations, grow wealth as families work to build generational wealth. Another thing that I think is important is addressing the cost for ordinary people just to get through life, where if you add housing plus transportation, it is a huge part of people's budgets, especially black and not just black, all lower income Americans face a disproportionate.

Yeah, I want specifically black. But yeah, I mean, if you look at the numbers on black families' budgets and how much of that goes to transportation, for example, it's one of the reasons why racial justice is absolutely part of what's at stake in something as technical sounding as transportation spending. And then you get to the need to reconnect communities. I mean, and this is not just one part of the country in the north, as well as in the south. So I think the opportunity for the black community that's represented in this jobs plan is part of what makes me so excited about it. Now, another thing that's been coming up is obviously voter restriction laws that are being passed.

And I see now the DOJ is suing Georgia. So can you talk a little bit about that and how we can make sure that our rights aren't taken away from us? Yeah, the Department of Justice is taking action because what you see in Georgia is full of red flags of racially oriented voter restrictions. And I think it reflects, you know, if you find you're not winning with a certain demographic, to me, that's a signal to a political campaign or political party that you've got to work harder to earn those votes. The other strategy would be to just have fewer of those voters able to vote. And it puts you at a moral crossroads as a country if the state seems to be moving in that direction. So this administration's commitment, you've seen it in our support for bills, which unfortunately have not moved through the Senate. But you're also going to see it in action, like the Department of Justice putting this Georgia case on the forefront and saying, you know, you can't take steps that have disparate impact on black voters or any community of voters, especially if that's the purpose of it. All of our other rights flow

from the right to vote. And when voters' ability to access that right is diminished, America is diminished. You think Democrats aren't aggressive enough when it comes to things like this happening? I think it's rightly central in our agenda. We're also dealing with the reality of a structure in the Senate, in the Congress, that has made it hard for measures that the president supports and that the party supports, like the voting rights work that we've been trying to do to get through. That's why I think that the backstop is the Justice Department. But that shouldn't be the only tool in our toolkit. And, you know, some of it can be done through organizing. Incredible work that was done on the ground, what Stacey Abrams was doing in Georgia and a lot of other states are trying to

replicate. But that can't be enough. I mean, the policy has to be there, too. It just seems strange to me because it's like it seems like it's Democrats blocking other Democrats, like Joe Manchin pushed back on what Bernie presented in regards to the infrastructure plan. Like, why? That's the thing about our party, right? It's just got a bigger range to it than the other party that seems to be in lockstep. But I also think that at a certain point, the American people expect us to deliver. How do you think Democrats holding up progress in this country is going to impact y'all in 2022 and 2024? I mean, look, we have to get these things done. Obviously, the way the Senate works, the filibuster, it's not like we get to do whatever

we like. But at the end of the day, the Democratic Party has the presidency and both houses of Congress. We are going to be held accountable for how good of a job we do. Yeah, because y'all push for people to vote for, you know, to get control of the Senate, get control of the Senate. But now it's Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema blocking everything. Well, that's the thing with a 50-50 Senate, right? It means any individual senator can shape any decision. But I also think that we're having a conversation about how we move forward and we're seeing just how high the expectations are from the American people. Secretary Pete, do you think Joe Manchin is a problem? He seems like the new Mitch McConnell.

I think that Joe Manchin and Mitch McConnell are very different people. I can't tell. They're both blocking progress. Well, I mean, we need to make sure that we get the 50 votes that we need for the things that we can move forward with 50 votes. But we're also in a world where every senator in a 50-50 Senate can either block or shape or unlock progress. But it's always him. Well, it depends on the bill, right? It depends on the project. The one that matter. I mean, that bill really mattered to a lot of us, right? And I don't think that that day in the Senate is the last word on voting rights in this country. But we do need to do more legislatively. There's just there's no question about that. Who's really running the not even the president, who just gets to snap their fingers and have their way. We had a president who I think wanted to believe that the president

single-handedly decides what to do, but there's just more to it than that, for better and for worse. Do you think Joe Biden or Joe Manchin, whoever's running this country, like to Angelique's point, do they need to have a more aggressive approach to getting things done instead of always looking to work with republicans all the time these people some of these people on the other side are blatantly racist blatantly big big it's blatantly on the wrong side of history what's the point of trying to work with them i mean i get it but i also think it's easy to say you know you guys are not being aggressive enough you guys are not pushing enough without saying what the plan is i mean at the end of the day this

administration and our allies in Congress are doing everything that can possibly be done in order to make as much progress as we possibly can. And again, in any other season in history, what we've been doing right now, whether it's the rescue plan or the infrastructure stuff we're doing right now, would be considered lightning speed. So it's not a matter of how bad you want it or how much you shout from the rooftops that it's got to happen. It's literally a matter of how you you want it or how much you shout from the rooftops that it's got to happen. It's literally a matter of how you craft the legislation, set up the policy, get the votes, and get it to the president's desk. You know, we talk about, I keep hearing, like, you know, this democracy is at stake in this country, right?

Yeah. Do you believe that? Yeah, absolutely. So why don't Democrats act like it? We do. We don't. We are. Look, we're voting for and pushing for all of the measures that will make our democracy

more secure. We're not always getting our way, but we are pushing for this with everything that we've got. And it should, by the way, it shouldn't just be a Democrat thing because the freedoms that characterize America depend on the vote. Our safety, you know, the safety of a citizen from their own government depends on the vote because that's how you exercise. That's how you make sure that own government depends on the vote because that's how you exercise. That's how you make sure that the government works for the people and not the other way around.

I know the president believes that we're being tested right now in a way that we're being tested as to whether democracies can deliver the way that authoritarian regimes can deliver. In the 1930s, when democracy was really being called into question, there were some Americans who were getting interested in this fascism that was arising in Europe. One of the things they would say in favor of Mussolini was, well, he makes the trains run on time. You know that expression, making the trains run on time? That goes back to what people said about fascist Italy. And they were impressed because it seemed efficient. It seemed orderly. It seemed effective. I always think about that, that transportation example being used at the time being invoked as a justification for an anti-democratic system. can deliver everything from a train that runs on time to a reduction in child poverty to racial

justice and that we can do that on democratic terms better than it can be done on authoritarian terms that's kind of the ball game so why are democrats okay playing in the sandbox with the fascist though because if what you said what you said is absolutely true you know uh democracy being at stake should be a bipartisan issue that both sides want to fix. Clearly there's people on the other side who don't want to fix it. So what does that tell you? It tells you that we might be alone in some of these measures that we've got to undertake.

It shouldn't be. And I would like to believe eventually it won't be. Obviously we're not there. We got more with the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg, when we come back. So don't move, it's the Breakfast Club. Come on. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with the Secretary of Transportation, Pete Buttigieg. Yee. Now, you know what else we're coming off of right now? Derek Chauvin getting sentenced to 22 and a half years. I wanted to get just your personal thoughts on that sentence. Did you think that that was enough? What are your thoughts about it? It's important that he was convicted and that he was sentenced and that he will be in prison for this murder. I think the bigger issue is seeing

how much it took to have that happen this one time, right? To have witnessed the murder, the whole country witnessed the murder in video that was indisputable and still be wondering whether there would even be a conviction, let alone a meaningful sentence, shows you that there have been so many other incidents where justice was not even close to being served. But I also think America has noticed that. And I think that is motivating a lot of change. So I don't want to be naive about it. Right. But I believe that there's a consciousness in America that this entire episode of the murder and the conviction and the sentencing

has brought us a step closer. You've given us a lot of examples this morning of just systemic racism in this country. Why do you think it's so hard for politicians just to say America is a racist country? You heard Tim Scott say America is not a racist country. Vice President Harris said America is not a racist country.

Jim Clyburn said America is not a racist country. Why is it so hard just to tell the truth? I think the issue is if you just go out and say America is a racist country, it feels like you're denouncing every American and every part of America. And at the same time, it's a clear and obvious truth that racism has been woven into the ways of life of this country from the beginning, from before the beginning. And I mean, enslavement was here 400 years ago, which is before the constitution, before the declaration. And I think, you know, this is part of this unfortunate political game that's being played with critical race theory too, which is, I think, a political strategy that has arisen in certain conservative circles to take anybody who is being honest and critical about patterns of racism in

this country and use it to say that you are now against this country, right? That it's anti-American to talk about racism in America. If you love a country, part of how you express that love is to face what's wrong with it and do something about it that's right you can't hear what you don't reveal right but if people think you're denouncing them they can't even hear you when you're asking them to look at the harms that need to change and i think that's why this language has become so difficult but it's impossible to like you know have an honest conversation about the system of America and not point out that it was built on racism. Clearly it's, it's right there. I think. So how would you answer that question? I'm asking secretary Pete,

is America a racist country? I'd say racism is not all there is to America, but it's part of the American story, not just part of our history, but part of our present. And that means that for America to be an anti-racist country, all of us have a lot of work to do because it's not. So you're saying America is not? Not an anti-racist country. I think when you go out and say a sentence like America is a racist country, people won't be able to hear the truth about where racism sits in america because they'll think you're saying that everything about america is sinister it is though everything about america yeah i mean think about it when they sat down and wrote the constitution they weren't thinking about

anybody in this room you're i'm black you're a gay person angelie's a woman dramos is latino it was for straight white males for the most part they weren't thinking about anybody in this room so how could something like that be for everybody because they created a system obviously an imperfect and and in many ways deeply troubled system but they said liberty and justice for all while still saying we were three-fifths of a human right and the In the same document. Right. But leaders were able to use that document as an instrument for justice later on. That's the incredible thing about it. Even where it was written by people who were perpetuating a deeply racist structure in enslavement and so many other things that were going on, They put into that document the tools to change it.

That's the best thing about the Constitution, the fact that it can heal itself. If you do the math on average across American history, we've done a constitutional amendment, a substantive one, roughly once every decade. But in the last 50 years, we haven't done, there was one very technical one. Isn't it three-fifths is still in there, right?

Well, obviously that's not the law of the land, but, but yeah, I mean, you, you can look in the text of the constitution and see a lot of the evidence of the racism of the men who wrote it. I'm not disputing that for a minute, but there, I still believe of all the ways that you could set up a country, what we have in terms of the tools that we have to make the country better and that have been used to end enslavement, to empower women, to to deliver voting rights, to to make it possible for a guy like me to get married. Right. All with a fight, though. Always with a fight. Always.

Always a fight. Do you ever stop and think to yourself that on January 6th, there was an attempted coup of American government and not a damn thing has happened to those people in a real significant way well some of them are going to jail are they really like are they going to get real well time we'll find out but yeah i mean every time i look at the capital i think about it we've all got a fine or something like that no i mean this is people went into the united states capital for the purpose of overthrowing an election. White people. Violently. Yeah. I think we haven't processed that as a country. How not?

Right? How not, though? Secretary Pete was an attempted coup. They wanted to hang the vice president of the United States of America. Imagine how horrifying that is when you were there that day, and you work there, and you feel like your life is in danger, and then there's no repercussions. You're acting like it was a bunch of just kids while in that spring break yeah no no you know i talked to a lot of people there were members of congress staffers people who were there it was you

know many of them feared for their lives that day and i think all of us feared for our democracy that day but you know the processing that is going to take the better part of our lifetimes you know you know the next one's going to be even worse because of the fact there was no real consequences and repercussions to this one, because there will be another time where... Or we make sure that doesn't happen. How? Well, first of all, it's why there do need to be prosecutions and a lot of other steps. But honestly, it's not just the legal consequences, right?

I think political lines have to be drawn, too. What do you think would have happened if all those people were black and stormed the Capitol on the 6th? I think there would have been a lot of blood. But America's not a racist country. There's a lot of racism in this country. We all know that. Could you see yourself running for president again in the future? I don't know.

I'm really absorbed in the job that I have. And I know you have those aspirations. I could see. Yeah, but you don't run for the presidency just because you want to have it. When I ran in 2020, 2019 for the 2020 race it was because I saw this moment where there were things happening in this country that I thought I could speak to in a way that was different from the others and I felt like what I brought to the table and what was needed they lined up and I just think there's no way to predict whether the moment and what I have and what in my life. I mean, one of the nice things about stepping away from the

campaign trail, especially in the midst of this horrible pandemic, just having more time at home with Chaston and our dogs and thinking about our future is remembering that there's more to life than politics. You haven't celebrated a Monday, a right last week we had our anniversary and then one week later his birthday he's a cancer I don't know 23rd I think cancer oh he's a kid absolutely sensitive emotional a lot of tears I'm sure sure. I'm a cancer. That's how it is. My birthday is today, actually. Happy birthday. Yeah. Oh, that's great. Thank you. But no, it's always good seeing you, Secretary Pete. But like I always tell you, you still engage with our audience. And I hate when Democrats just start showing up when it's the midterm elections or when it's the presidential

election. You have to engage with your audience all the time i think the right does a great job of doing that so thank you thanks for having yours no it's it's important pastor of one of our biggest church biggest black churches in south bend i remember him looking right i went one time to to service and i remember him looking right at me and saying you know everybody knows how to come to church before an election and uh it was a reminder a gentle but but important reminder about how important it is to engage all the time i'll end with this what was the reason for coming today what was the app with your app what was your absolute reason for wanting to come here today because so much in what we're trying to deliver right now is going to make such a difference for

the black community i want to make sure so i'm not in campaign mode you know we're not campaigning i mean i guess i'm campaigning for an idea or a bill but i'm'm not doing party politics. But it's really important to talk about the business opportunity we're going to create, the better policies we're going to create, the history and the future of how things like where highways go affect black neighborhoods and black families. This is really important to be talking about. And contracts for black companies. Absolutely. To be able to participate in that, because that's the kind of thing that creates generational wealth. That's right. When you can get a contract with the city, with the government to be able to work on transportation.

Exactly. Biggest threat to black progress right now is Joe Manchin. That's my story. I'm sticking to it. I'd be more worried about the other side of the aisle. But OK, we'll see. Secretary Pete, thank you for coming, brother. Thank you. It's the Breakfast Club. Hey, morning, everybody is why are you smiling like that man why can't i smile because i'm a happy black man that's why okay i can't smile you smile damn it's my born day i'm happy to be alive okay i'm 43 years old all right for the birthday I can't be doing that twice in the morning. Give him some Bengay.

Why are you looking at me like that? Yo, I hate you, man. What are you saying? What announcement did you just make? No, I didn't say Ben was gay. I said get some Ben gay. No, you sound like you said you been gay. Wow.

Don't be making those kind of announcements on my birthday. Yo, let's get to the rain. Do that tomorrow. Let's talk. Britney Spears' sister. Listen up. She has her own name in it. All the gossip.

Gossip. The Rumor Report. Gossip. With Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. A lot of people might not know her. That's Jamie, so.

They do know Jamie Lynn Spears, actually. Y'all still calling Ray J. Brandy brother to Jamie Lynn is Britney's sister. She got a whole name. What's her song? Jamie Lynn Spears is Breaking Her Silence. Exactly. You don't know her name? That's her name in the song? No. Shears is breaking her silence. I know. You don't know her name? That's the name of the song?

No. She's on Disney Channel. She's what? She was from Disney Channel. Yeah. People know her. Trust me. I don't know her.

All right. Jamie Lynn Spears is breaking her silence about Britney Spears' conservatorship battle. Now, she did say that she didn't want to speak on it until Britney had the chance to publicly say what she wanted. And now she went in her stories and said this. I have nothing to gain or lose. I am only her sister who is only concerned about her happiness. I've made a very conscious choice in my life to only participate in her life as her sister. Maybe I didn't support her the way the public would like me to,

with a hashtag on a public platform, but I can assure you that I've supported my sister long before there was a hashtag, and I'll support her long after. My sister knows I love and support her. That's the only person I owe anything to. I'm not my family. I'm my own person. I'm speaking for myself.

I'm so proud of her for using her voice. I'm happy that she's standing up for her sister, but I really hate when people explain things to social media. She do not have to explain anything to social media. We know that's your sister. You don't have to tell people why you didn't post nothing. Well, you know, I guess she was just waiting, like she said, for Britney to say something and that kind of opened it up. And I'm sure she spoke to Britney to let her know

she was going to post that. I'm just tired of us giving social media that kind of power. That's all. Yeah, but I know people are also, like, questioning, oh, well, is Britney Spears capable of this and that? And so I'm sure it helps her to have her sister speak out and tell the truth about what's going on. You know, so. What did she say?

What was the truth? Did she say? She said she's only concerned with her sister's happiness and she's always had her back. And she said regarding the conservatorship, she also said she encouraged Britney Spears to hire a new counsel years ago. And if she wants to end the conservatorship, she does fully support it. So, you know, that's her basically giving her side of the story and letting you know that I think if she was concerned about her well-being or felt like she wasn't capable, she would have said that. But what she's saying is she supports that. And you should have been got rid of that court appointed attorney.

All right. Christina Aguilera is also a person who is speaking out. And, you know, they've known each other for a long time. They were actually on the all new Mickey Mouse Club together on the Disney Channel back in 1993. That's when they first met. And so she said to be silenced, ignored, bullied or denied support by those close to you is the most depleting, devastating and demeaning thing imaginable. The harmful mental and emotional damage this can take on a human spirit is nothing to be taken lightly. And so she said, these past few days I've been thinking about Brittany and everything she's going through. It's unacceptable that any woman or human wanting to be in control of their own destiny might not be allowed to live life as they wish. So she also said she's not behind the closed doors of this very layered and personal yet public conversation. She said, all I can do is share from my heart on what I've heard, read, and seen in the media. So good to see her getting support

from people who know her best. Oh, he's sending everybody healing energy, man. Everybody deserves healing. All right, now Scottie Pippen is accusing Phil Jackson of being racist. He was on the Dan Patrick Show and he was asked about recent comments he made when he said that Phil Jackson made a racial move

by not giving him the last second shot in a 94 playoff game against the Knicks. Here's what happened. Why would Tony, who was a rookie, get the last second shot and you put me off the bounce? That's what I mean, racial. Like, that was Scottie Pippen's team. Scottie Pippen was on pace to be an MVP that year, right? Yeah. Why would you put him in a position not to be successful?

But have you talked to Phil about this? Because by saying a racial move, then you're calling Phil a racist. I don't got a problem with that. Do you think Phil was or is? Oh, yeah. So the young man that he put in to make the shot, right? Tony Kukoc, man. Game three, second round series against the New York Knicks.

Did Kukoc make the shot? You're goddamn right he made the shot. Was it the right decision? When Phil drew up to play for Kukoc and Pippen got mad and he sat out the final two seconds and Tony hit the game winning shot. It was against the Knicks. You don't remember that? No, I remember.

But I was just saying, wasn't that a good decision then? Because Kukoc made the shot. I mean, here's the thing. I love Pippen, though, but as a coach, aren't you supposed to put your players at the best point to make the shot? I don't know why Phil Jackson drew it up for Tony and not Pippen. Maybe Scottie was going to be doubled. Either way, it clearly was the right call if he hit it. But, you know, Scottie has way more information about Phil than I do.

But I don't know if you're going to build a case for Phil Jackson being racist by that situation. Yeah, not that situation. All I know is Scottie documentary is going to be fire. Yes, it is. Yeah, he also did condemn Phil Jackson for being critical of Kobe in his 2004 book, The Last Season, A Team in Search of Its Soul. Oh, yeah. Scotty documentary is going to be called The Last Shootout.

He going out with a blaze. All right. Well, that is your rumor reports. All right. Thank you, Miss E. Now, Charlemagne. Yes, ma'am. Who you giving that birthday donkey to?

You got to cut it out. Oh, but you call me yes, ma'am, right? Listen. All right. Listen. He got a donkey. I do.

That is true. Before after the hour, we're going to McDonald's. We'll talk about it. All right. We'll get into that next. We're not going to McDonald's, but we're going to McDonald's.

I got you. Want to make that clear? I've been craving McDonald's for some reason. Man, them fries be banging. They're so good. Oh, my goodness get into that next. It's not going to McDonald's, but we're going to McDonald's. I got you. Want to make that clear. I've been craving McDonald's for some reason. Man, them fries be banging. They're so good. Oh, my goodness. Lord have mercy. And that's how they put that little crisp.

What is it? A crispy chicken? I haven't had chicken from McDonald's in so long. I might have to splurge. All right, it's The Breakfast Club. Come on. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same.

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So if you ever feel I need to be a donkey, man, hit it with the heat. It's a breakfast club, bitch. Who's donkey of the day today? Well, donkey of the day for Tuesday, June 29th goes to a 42-year-old man named Robert Goldwich. I remember when numbers like 42 in regards to age used to look so old to me. And today, I'm 43. My God, yeah. Drop one of those bombs for me, damn it.

Now, Robert Goldwich is 42 years old and he is accused of calling in a bomb threat to a local McDonald's. Now, there is never a good reason to call in a bomb threat unless, of course, there is actually a bomb threat to a local McDonald's. Now, there is never a good reason to call in a bomb threat unless, of course, there's actually a bomb. Now, I've heard stories of party promoters calling bomb threats in on other party promoters because their party was impacting the other party was. Not only is that a waste of taxpayers' money, it's a waste of cops and whoever else responds to those calls' time. And it's just grade A hate.

Okay, I witnessed that firsthand once. Someone calling in a bomb threat because their party was slow and the other club was packed. And even after they did that, their party still didn't get jumping. Okay, after you done paid money to get in one club, you're not going to pay to get in another one. So it's a waste of time. Okay, now Robert Goldwich had thought otherwise because he is accused of calling in a bomb threat

to the house that Ronald McDonald built, the place that has served over 300 billion people. But most restaurants haven't updated the signs since the 90s when they had served over 99 billion. The place where the biggest threat used to be the Hamburglar, but now it's the Goldwitzer. OK, what about McDonald's can make Robert Goldwitzer so mad to call in a bomb threat? I mean, it's the home of the Oreo McFlurry. If the place that serves the Oreo McFlurry makes you mad, then you really need to call in a bomb threat. I mean, it's the home of the Oreo McFlurry. If the place that serves the Oreo McFlurry makes you mad, then you really need to seek some therapy or something. I mean, I know it's

not the healthiest, but have you ever had a hot fudge Sunday from McDonald's? Have you? You ever had a McFlurry from McDonald's? Well, you probably haven't because the ice cream machine is always broken, but if you can get your hands on one, you will scream, look at God! But what set Robert Goldwich off to make him want to call in a bomb threat on a venue that has a play place?

Let's go to WHO NBC 13 for the report, please. An Ankeny man faces charges for threatening to blow up a McDonald's because he didn't get any dipping sauce with his order. Police say Robert Goldwitzer Jr. called McDonald's Saturday after his order was wrong. During that call, investigators say he threatened to blow up the restaurant and punch an employee. Goldwitzer was booked into the Polk County Jail Saturday and released Sunday on bond. That barbecue sauce is special.

I don't like the barbecue sauce from McDonald's. I do. I love their barbecue sauce. I like the sweet and sour. Sweet and sour. Yeah, sweet and sour. I mean, you have to be a different kind of demon to threaten to call in a bomb to McDonald's. Okay, Robert, what about the kids in the play place? They have to evacuate out of the balls because you didn't get your tangy barbecue sauce.

Okay? Does spicy buffalo sauce mean that much to you? Now, listen, nothing worse than ordering a 10-piece chicken nugget and they don't give you any sweet and sour sauce. Okay, is there anyone out there who actually doesn't like sauce for their chicken nuggets? Anybody in the room? No, you can't no dry sauce. No dry nuggets. Exactly.

I would be mad if I didn't get my dipping sauce. But you wouldn't be mad. Because you can't even eat it. You wouldn't call it a bomb threat. I wouldn't bomb the place. Thanks, you. Now, I know for a fact Robert Goldwitzer was projecting hurt, okay? Projecting some type of hurt he was experiencing that day onto these McDonald workers, okay?

Dramas brought up a good point. Robert was probably having a bad day, you know what I'm saying? Wanted something to make him feel good, so he went for his comfort food, okay? Some chicken nuggets and some hot french fries, okay? And y'all forgot his honey mustard sauce? Honey mustard sauce is good too now. Robert, I can understand your pain and frustration and I hope you get some McHealing.

But let me tell you something. There is nothing at McDonald's worth going to jail for. Robert is charged with a false report of an explosive or incendiary device and he was put in jail Saturday and was out on Sunday. Here's the thing, Robert. The only thing you should think about blowing up in regards to McDonald's is the bathroom

after you eat it. That's it. That's all I got. Please give Robert Goldwitcher the sweet sounds of the Hamiltones. Oh, now you are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day You are the donkey Of the day Yeehaw

Now, I just thought, was he at the drive-thru? And then you drive off and realize you don't have the sauce? I don't know, because they said he called. Yeah, he's probably at the drive-thru. I hate when that happens. Yeah, because now if you're at the drive-thru and you've left and there's traffic or there's a line and you don't feel like going back, I could understand the anger and that. That's nothing worse than when you don't have your sauce and you're gone.

Like, how do you forget that? Would you like to play a game? Sure. Too much sauce. Okay, well, let's play a game of Guess What Race It Is! Robert Goldwitzer, 42 years old, ordered some Chicken McNuggets from McDonald's, didn't get his sauce, and then called McDonald's and threatened to blow it up. Angela Yee, guess what?

Ray C.A.S. Definitely white. Definitely white. Why you say that? I don't know, because in my high school, it was always the white kids that were calling the bomb threats. When there's like a test or something like that. What do the black kids threaten to do? They didn't threaten anything.

You know we don't like to call police for nothing. I'm not calling the police for no reason. That's right. Robert Goldwitzer, 42 years old, ordered some chicken nuggets from McDonald's, didn't get his sauce in, didn't call in a bomb threat. DJ Envy, guess what race he is?

White. Wow. Why are y'all so confident about this? I don't know that we even be thinking about, like, bomb threats. Yeah, because, you know, I'll be honest. If it's a black person, we're going to come back and come get ours. And if you have a problem with it, then we're going to shoot the five outside for some sauce. Well, I guess what?

Both of y'all are absolutely correct. Robert Goldwitzer is Caucasian! But neither one of y'all said the obvious. What? Of course he's white because he ain't got no sauce. Shut up. We got the sauce. Shut up! We black people got the sauce. We the sauce.

Come on, guys and gals. That was an easy one. We don't want to think about your sauce Alright Awkward Alright, now when we come back What were you saying behind the scenes? Oh no, I was just talking about people

It's time to go back to the work, right? To the office for a lot of people And some people are like, I'd rather not I'd rather not go back to my job at all, period Some people have gotten used to working from home Some people are like, I can rather not. I'd rather not go back to my job at all, period. Some people have gotten used to working from home. Some people are like, I can't wait to get back in the office. Which one are you?

Okay. All right. Well, we'll talk about it. 800-585-1051. Are you one of those people that don't want to go back to work? You'd rather work from home? Maybe you moved already

and say, damn, I already effed up. I'm already out of town. Or are you one of those people that want to go back to work? Let's talk about it. I think we're about seven months too late on this. Nah, people are talking about it now.

No, no, no. This is about the time. I'm saying we should have had this conversation before we decided to come back. Come back to work. Y'all wasn't here in the height of the pandemic.

Yes, we were. We was in these streets. That's right. Let's talk about it. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Pull out your, pull out your phone. Call in right now.

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Talk about it. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we're talking about going back to work. Now, what were you talking about, Yeezy? Yeah, a lot of people are saying they don't want to be back in the office. But then there's a culture of people who are saying,

I can't wait to get back in the office working from home. I don't feel as productive. Which one are you? They said the large majority of people want to work from home certain amount of days a week. And then some people are just quitting their job. I'll be honest. I think people should go back to work. You better worry about your damn self.

I know. Tell everybody else what to do. I think people should go back to work. I am back to work. Speak for yourself. But I feel like, you know, people will use this as an excuse. They don't want to go back to work, but you're out and about. You're at the mall.

You're at concerts. You're at clubs. You're doing things outside. So why not go back to work? I know it's easy to be home. You know they did a study. It's interesting you say that, Envy. You know he's talking to you.

You know he's throwing subliminals at you. I'm not. That's what I'm talking about. Well, I'm going to keep it real. Do you know who I'm talking about? According to a study, okay, they said that 72% of the executives in the nation's largest companies are white men,

and they're the people who dislike remote work the most because they miss daily dominance performances over underlings cowering in barren cubicles. What the hell is daily dominance performances? They're white boys yelling at you and making you feel... Where in America is white bosses still yelling at people? Listen, that was a study that

was done by Fortune. When people are home, they're not fully working. You're doing everything else. When you're home, you're not engaged all the way. You're watching television. You're outside. You're hanging engaged all the way. No, no. You speak for yourself. You're outside. You're hanging with the kids. Some people work great from home.

I just think... They actually said that productivity rose during this work from home period. Well, I like to be home. I like to see y'all. I like to touch y'all. I like to hug y'all.

You ain't touching nobody. I ain't get a hug yet from my born day. You told me yesterday you was going to hug me. You was in L.A. Why you think I can't work today? Talking mad spicy. You was talking mad spicy at three in the morning. I ain't get a hug from from my born day. You told me yesterday you was going to hug me. You was in LA. Why you think I can't work today? Talking mad spicy. I flew all the way back here.

You was talking mad spicy at 3 in the morning. I flew all the way back here. I ain't get a hug from the back yet. Nick, you seen me get a hug from the back yet? I tried. I didn't see one, but I'm sure it's coming. I don't know. It is coming. And look, imagine if you don't like your co-workers. You know how many people can't stand the people they work with?

You know how much easier it is to work from home? That's all the more reason for me to come. If I know you can't stand me, you can't stand the people they work with you know how much easier it is to work from home all that's all the more reason for me to come if i know you can't stand me all right let's move on if i know you can't stand me i'm coming all right well let's go to the phone line hello who's this hey what's up mv this is jerry from brooklyn hey jerry thank you king you're welcome i tweeted you by the way it's jerry underscore b24 you couldn't Thank you, King. You couldn't pay me to get on Twitter. My Twitter days are long gone, sir. What'd you go to Atlanta for, Jay? I'll clock in and, like, you know, we're still able to work after my flight and still finish my work. So I ain't even ready. What you go to Atlanta for, Jay?

I just want to be with the family and chill. You ain't go to no club, no party, no restaurants? Nah. He's with his family. I can't even do that. Okay. All right. I'm just asking.

I'm just asking. Right now I'm at the gym. I clock in in 12 minutes. So I'm about to clock in at about 11. See what I'm saying? He about to clock in, but he at the gym, and that's the problem. Yeah, but he doesn't have to clock in yet. He's just 12 minutes. He's at the gym right now.

He ain't going to get back home to work. So, hold on. You're going to work right after the gym with your musty ass? He's going back home. He's going to be home. Oh, you're going home. Okay, okay, okay. There you go. But if he's productive and can do his... Oh, I see what y'all saying. He's going to the gym because he's working from home.

That's why he's clocking in at the gym, he said. Oh, you still going to be musty at work. Even if you're not at work. Or virtual musty ass. Goodbye, brother. Hello, who's this? Hi, my name is Aline. Aline, where you calling from?

Brooklyn, New York. Let's go, Brooklyn. You want to work from home or you want to go back in the office? I want to go back to work. Why is that? What's his name? I'm a teacher. Oh, okay. I'm a teacher

and working from home, my son was an egg. No, not for kids. No, I agree. And I think they need to pay y'all more just because of the circumstances. But I'll tell you something, I hated watching my daughter, my 13-year-old and my 5-year-old have to do virtual school like it's the worst and it's very it's

very difficult for the kids i had to tell my daughter give herself some grace because she was upset some of her grades slipped but i'm like yo this is a different circumstance so give yourself some grace man zoom sucks yeah teachers needed to teach it needed to grade with grace as well absolutely it was like so many circumstances where i had parents watching tv listening to music see i had one parent who sent their child to the store in the middle of class go get my cigarettes thank you mama all right 800-585-1051 are you ready to go back to work or do you just want to stay home? Alright, call us up. We'd love to hear from you. 800-585-1051.

What's that dance that you do? Is it scat or you scrub the floor? Scat. The hell is wrong with you? What's it called? What are you talking about? Scrub the ground. Scrub the ground. It's like another word for twerk. I'm going to do a mini mix with Charlamagne right now.

So he can scrub the ground. Scrub the floor for twerk. I'm going to do a mini mix for Charlamagne right now. So he can scrub the ground, scrub the floor, whatever he wants. I'm not shaking my ass. Put your ass on the floor. This one is for you, bro. We're going to do that now. We're going to play a little mini mix

just for Charlamagne. So if you're out there in the car, this mix is for Charlamagne. I'm not dancing. My daddy listening. Your daddy listening? You can't dance because your dad's listening.

My daddy Larry, salute the Cowboys. Happy birthday to my firstborn son. May Allah continue blessing you and me anymore. Enjoy. I'm not scrubbing the ground. How are you going to scrub the ground? My daddy watching. Daddy can anymore. Enjoy. I'm not scrubbing the ground. My daddy

watching. I'm sure you've done way worse things than your daddy. It's the Breakfast Club. Morning everybody, it's DJ Call me. Add your opinion to the Breakfast Club Topic. Come on. 800-585-1051. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Just wanted to do a little mini mix for bae.

It's her birthday. Okay. Y'all cute. Scrub the ground and all that. Y'all cute. Now, if you just joined... Anything to make me shake my ass, huh, Envy? Hey, it's easy. You just want to keep these shake my ass, huh, Envy? It's easy. You just want to keep these people talking on social media, don't you?

Right? Now, what's the question, Yee? We're talking about working from home. Some people are enjoying it so much and also feel like they're more productive at home. Maybe they have kids and it's easier for them to do that. And then some people are like, I cannot wait to get back into the actual office where I'm more productive and I can actually communicate with people in person. Which one are you? All right.

Well, let's go to the phone lines. A lot of people on the lines. Hello. Who's this? Good morning. It's Mitra. How y'all doing? What's up, Mitra?

Let's say Dr. Charlamagne. Thank you, Mitra. Appreciate you. Mitra, you're Mitra. Mitra, I'm sorry. Thank you, Mitra. Thank you for following me on Instagram. You're my boo. Oh, yes. That's right, boo. Thank you, Mitra. Thank you for following me on Instagram. You're my boo.

Oh, yes, that's right, boo. How you doing? Good. So I'm going to tell y'all, I've been working from home since last March, and now they want us to come back. And I know why, because management just wants to hover over us because they don't have enough suits. So I get my job done.

Like, I'm working all day, every day. So you want to work from home. And, you know, they're saying that a lot of these offices, like, it's very competitive right now. So people who can offer you work-from-home experiences, maybe a hybrid, they're the ones that are able to steal some of the employees from competitors, too. Absolutely. I'm with Dr. Charlamagne. Follow me.

Huh? My hair is starting to go as I get older, boo. No. No. In my own lane, driving fast. Follow me. That's your Instagram name? Yes.

Yes. In my own lane, driving fast. That's right. Slow down. Let me see if I can type. In my own lane. It needs to work. In my own lane.

No spaces or underscores or nothing? No. All right. Follow me. Okay. I just followed you. In my own lane, driving fast. underscores or nothing? No. All right. Follow me. Okay, I just followed you in my own lane, driving fast. You're so insane, baby. Come on, y'all. Peace.

Hello, who's this? Hi, this is Monique from Georgia. Hey, Monique. You ready to go back to work or you staying home? I'm working from home, but I want to go back to work to a whole new job. But I'm over my job. I hate my supervisor. She's a bully.

I want a whole new job. Just give me a whole new career. Right. And if I have to go back into the office, hey, I'll take it. I just can't. For my peace of mind,

I need to go somewhere else. I feel you. That's what people are having that realization too, right? When you get a break from being around toxic environments,

you're like, I don't want to do this anymore what do you currently where do you currently work at i can't you know i got fired she just said she would work there no more i've been working there for 11 years like i feel like i bring a lot to the table but she doesn't appreciate that you know what i mean and it makes you it puts you in a place where it's like why am i here like why am i giving my time to these people if they're not going to appreciate bring all that to a different table absolutely all right thank you mama i can say that the pandemic gave me the opposite effect though i realized how much i loved being up here you know what i mean like i mean it's everything from waking up in the morning at 420 to the driving to work after I meditate. You know what I'm saying? I'm listening to podcasts

or audible books or whatever it is. And I like being up here. I like being in studios. It's different. It's a dirty studio. I love being in this little dirty-ass studio. I love having guests. I love talking to people. I love seeing y'all. I just, I do. Don't you love seeing me? I said y'all, not just you.

All right. Why do I see people always think it's about them? We're just asking a question, that's all. Yes, ma'am. Now, what's the moral of the story, if there is a moral? I don't know. Bring your kids to work, day is over, because you ain't working from home no more. All right. All right.

Well, we got rumors on the way? Yes, and let's talk about Nene Leakes. She sat down with the Jasmine brand, and apparently she has some bad news. All right, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hey, morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Yes, we are. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Tyrese. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Rumor has it. Rumor, rumor.

On The Breakfast Club. So listen up. Well, Tyrese was on Ellen with Tiffany Haddish hosting. And one thing he discussed was he talks to The Rock all the time now. He said they've been on the phone every other day. Listen to this. Now, how are things between you and The Rock? You good? You know, we've been on the phone every other day. Listen to this. Now, how are things between you and A'Roc? You good?

You know, we've been on the phone every other day. Not yelling at each other. Not yelling. That's all done. Yeah, we've reconnected in a real way, man. I think we're both better men on the other side of all that stuff that went down. And to be honest with you, did not know when or how the phone call was going to happen, but it did happen.

And we're about 20 phone calls in. And we're in competition right now on who can leave the longest voice note. It's good. I'm happy for the healing. But if you didn't hear from The Rock, I don't believe it. You'll stop it. You'll stop it, man. No, I don't think he's lying.

I'm glad they made up. No, I'm all here for it. I'm here for the healing and the reconciliation. At Furious 9, I bought in $70 million in the opening weekend. That's right. That's the largest debut at the box office since 2019. I'm just saying I need to rock to confirm. No shit.

I'm not saying Tyrese is a liar. That's my guy. I'm just saying I need to rock to confirm. That's all I'm saying. All right. Now, Nene Leakes was on with Jasmine at the Jasmine Brain, and she shared that Greg has undergone surgery. His cancer returned. Listen to this. Greg

is in the hospital. Tomorrow will be a week. He had to have a surgery so his cancer did return. Pray for his strength. But he's had this surgery before and he was I think in the hospital about 15 days. So

I expect him to be in the hospital at least another week. Oh, that's good. So we're sending you some love, Nene. Absolutely. And healing energy. She said that sometimes she'll just be in her car crying all the time. When she's by herself, she says she has her moments in the bedroom and she's alone and all of that.

All right. Now let's talk about the XXL freshman cover. You know, they start doing the freshman freestyles. Who was it? Sean, Nipsey, J. Cole, O.J. the Juice Man. Wiz Khalifa. Wiz Khalifa. Freddie Gibbs was in that one.

Wow. Yeah, that was a really good one. Wow. J-Rock. Wow. Great freshman class, yeah. That was an amazing freshman class. That's got to be one of the best ever, right?

Yeah. People arguably will say that's one of the best freshman classes. That's why I thought that was good that he did that freestyle around this time. All right. Now, let's talk about Norrie. He was discussing verses that he wants to do, and he said he wants to go against Beanie Siegel. Tell Beanie to come outside.

Tell him to bring young guns because to be against Beanie is a slaughter. So tell him to bring young guns and to be against beans is a slaughter. So tell them to bring young guns and maybe 50 fleas. Alright. In addition to that, he's been going kind of hard at Beanie Seeker. We're actually, he texted me this morning, so we're going to call him. It's all entertainment. Okay. Here's what

else he said. I want to start this off by saying I got the utmost respect for Beans. You know, that's my bro. You know, it's all love. This is competition. Just wanted you to know that Roc Nation just sent me a gift. My celebration. You know what I'm saying? They already told me that I'm washing you up, and they said that you can't even get past the war report.

What you gonna do when you play Bloody Money? What you gonna do when you play T.R. and Y? L.A.L.A. What you gonna do when I play Banff from TV? Oh, ain't Banff from TV the record that got you signed? Oh, my goodness. Little homie. Little homie, you already know.

All right, let's call Norian and see if he has that same energy. But that's why he got the Rocky music playing in the background. It's all entertainment. You know what I'm saying? They're just selling a fight. Norian Beeney's selling a fight. Well, let's see what he says. I'm going to call him up because you know he's up.

He's always listening to The Breakfast Club, which we appreciate. He actually takes the time to text each of us individually. Yes, he does. That's my guy. That's my man. That's my business partner. Me and Nori have done a lot of business together. The Drink Chance podcast is on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network.

We had the on-the-run TV show on Complex that me and Nori executive produced. We got other things coming, too. Nori, that's my guy. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. We're going to talk to Nori after the mix, all right?

So shout to Revolt. We'll see you guys tomorrow. Everybody else, the People's Choice Mix is up next. You want to get your request in, you can. 800-585-1051. Let me shout out to Janae. All right? Janae Dewberry.

She owns a trucking company. She's a sister that has a trucking company and I'm going to be using her for my car show. I just want to salute to her. Why are you using people, bro? I'm using her business, which is pretty dope. You don't really see too many black people that actually own a trucking business and not too many black women. So I just want to say

shout to Janay. You said you're using her. You meant like you're using her trucking business. I'm using her company. Yes, yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So shout to her. Alright. Let's get to the mix. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Angela Yee here. And did you know that the General Insurance has been saving people money for nearly 60

years? That's a long time. So if you want the quality coverage you deserve at prices you can afford, check out The General. 800-GENERAL or visit thegeneral.com. Some restrictions apply. Howdy, it's DJ Envy, AngelaGENERAL or visit thegeneral.com. Some restrictions apply. It's DJ, NV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, earlier during the rumors,

Yee teased maybe, possibly, maybe it could happen, Nori versus Beanie Siegel in a versus, alright? So, we actually have Mr. N-O-R-E on the line right now. Nori! What kind of motherf***er is yourA number y'all calling me from? 1-0-5.

1-0-5, that's the number. You try to answer it all weird like you didn't know what it was. What's up, Nore? I know it, y'all. I know it. N-O, N-O, N-O. What hoes say? Hoes told me to stop being a bully, man.

Wow. So is this versus going to happen? Happen you versus Beanie Siegel? Let's just be clear, MV, and I'm sorry you asked this question because you from Queens, and I'm going to make it very simple. The man can't get past the War Report album. I can definitively say Beanie is a great artist. He's a great lyricist.

But I'm not sure if he has plastic. Plastic is different. Damn. Now, if you take Jay-Z away from Beanie Siegel career, he's PM Dawn. You know what I'm not sure if he has plastic. Plastic is different. Damn. Now if you take Jay-Z away from Beanie's single career, he's PM Dawn. You know what I'm saying? Wow, Nori! Hey, no! Wow!

You went too far! Nori! Bring it back! Now, Nori, let's talk about some things that you could do because obviously Capone and Noriega, The Firm. That'd be good. Are you going to tap into some reggaeton? Come on, you're being funny right now.

I like that. I like that. No, but you would have to play, what's the joint? No. You would have to play that. This is what they want. They want reggaeton. You got to play that.

What? What? Let's just be clear. Let's just be clear. I gave hip hop probably one of the best producers of all time. Pharrell? Pharrell. By the name of Pharrell Williams.

I also helped introduce one of the people who own Versus. Bear from TV, I was the first person to work with Swiss outside of Rough Riders. Okay, let's continue. And he's still mad at you because you didn't play the beat. That's just the beginning. And I love him for that. I love him for that. Let, let's continue. And he's still mad at you because you didn't play the beat. That's just the beginning. I love him for that. Let's just be clear. Not only that, then I went on and I introduced

a whole new genre of music that everyone laughed at me at the time and said that I was stupid. Now that you look, you can't put on the radio without hearing a reggae-themed record anywhere. Anywhere. This is one of the biggest genres of music standing next to hip-hop.

If you want to compare us on paper, it's no match. Let me just be clear. Everything I've said about Beanie Seagull and everything I'm joking about Beanie Seagull, I'm trying to be funny. But at the end of the day, I want to teach him a lesson that loyalty is better than anything. A lot of people still don't forgive

Beanie for dissing the god of hip-hop. Let's just be clear. A lot of people still don't forgive Being a dissing the God Or hip hop Let's just be clear A lot of people Like he made five, six records Dissing the God He should have made five, six records Apologizing

Wait a minute Did Jay-Z hire El Polo Loco To do a hit on something? What's up with this? No, it's just No, it's just No, it's just No, it's just

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No, it's just No, it's just No, it's just for myself. Now, hold on, Nori, but... Avenue, apartment 5E, Corona, New York. There you go. Talk that ish. Nori, you did some things too, though. You didn't do that flower pot and knives. Whoa.

You know what I mean? Hey, man. Hey, hey, hey. Whoa. Whoa. Let me just say something. I'm sexier. If I was Beans,

I would ignore me. Can I... Let me say something. Let me say something as a hip-hop fan. Nori Beans' verses would definitely be for us 90s hip-hop heads. I think that's a generational one that we can all appreciate. It is verses.

Verses is about songs. Nori got huge records. He does. Beanie is a lyricist. Beanie got records that I absolutely feel. State property catalog, Rockefeller catalog. Nothing weak about Beanie's catalog, but I don't think he can get with Nori. I just don't think he can get with Nori.

If you take Nas out of my career, you take Jay out of Beanie's career, I don't think his catalog even exists. Stop it, Nori! You can't take anybody out of anyone's career now. That's part of the journey. Yeah, because I definitely got to hear Body in the trunk. It's like I got to hear the joint

with Jay and Scarface. Can't be life. We going to do what we do. We going to do Rock the Mic. We going to do the freestyle. We going to Jay the Kiss. He going to go all them joints. He ain't doing none of those diss records.

He's ashamed of those diss records. Hold on. Explain one more thing, Nori, because you said this on the joint you did. You said Bean's career started with Band From TV. Now, I remember the thousand bars with Beans over Band From TV. What do you mean by that? He's my band from TV. Now, I remember the thousand bars with Beans over a band from TV. What do you mean by that?

He's my little homie. Oh, damn. Real talk. Play with something safe, Nori. Beanie Siegel might not have a career. He got signed to be rhymed off a band on TV. I ain't hear Nori talk like this in 20 years. Now, Nori, I'm going to be honest with you.

You're being really disrespectful. Beanie can rap his ass. Beanie one of the greatest rappers of all time. I'm playing. I'm playing. Okay, okay, okay. I'm like, God damn, Nory. You talk too much.

I ain't hear Nory talk like this in 20 years. I'm like, why you talk about Beanie? Beanie is nice. Beanie is one. No, I'm just, let me just tell you something. We really want to do State Property 3. That's what this whole thing is about. The whole thing is bigger.

What y'all not realizing is that's not me. You know I'm a positive guy. I hit you with positive energy all day. Yeah. This is not Nori at all. I'm playing around. I'm being honest. I'm just being out for a little bit.

That PM Dunn took hurt, man. That PM Dunn took hurt. I will say, though, 20 songs for 20 songs. Beanie got records that people absolutely positively feel I just think that Nori got bigger records

he got huge hits but we're not gonna sit here and act like Beanie's not one of the greatest MCs of all time like Nori for instance for instance what you gonna play

against what we do that's Freeway record I know but he's on it he's on it he can play band from TV but you can play songs that you're on now me and my son

was together last night. We was singing, um, sometimes I like to rob a smoke. Sometimes I got money and I still feel broke. I'm playing sometimes when he plays Fill It In The Air. That's a good one. That's a good one.

That's a good one. Yeah, so I didn't think of J.D.'s and free-range records against him because I knew that's the only thing he could do. And listen, I don't have to play a feature at all. I can play all my records. I got one platinum album, four gold albums. I got platinum singles.

Okay. I got gold singles. I'm just telling you. Talk to him. I know what Beans is thinking. He's thinking he's a better lyricist. And guess what, Beans? I tip my hat to you every day.

Every day. I'm actually one of my favorite lyricists. But this is not about lyricists. This is about hit for hit. If we go in a club, I have never had a show with Beanie Segal where I opened up. Beanie Segal has always been my opener. This is so disrespectful. Oh, my gosh.

This is so disrespectful. Beanie Segal has always been my opener. Let me just tell you something. Dame Dash and Memphis League have the biggest argument in the world on a private plane coming from London because I watched Miss Bleak on stage. Miss Bleak wanted to go. You wanted with Bleak, too. And we all wanted with Bleak, too.

Yes, I do. Yo. Yo. Yo. I got it now. We have something up here. I forgot what it's called, but we have to extend equal time to the other candidate. So, Beanie, whenever you feel like calling, you can call.

I don't know why Nori being so disrespectful to one of the greatest rappers of all time. I'm not being disrespectful. I'm playing around. I said this. He's playing around. Never forget. You keep going. You don't stop.

Hey, never forget. Nori shot somebody, okay? He did. No, shit, shit, shit, shit. Stop being a sucker. You're going too negative to answer the question. What? You, she did. Stop being a sucker. You're going too negative, Angela. What? You made us say it's a song.

It's a song. It's a song. Let me just say something. I got respect for being. I don't want to have my competition be a sucker. Of course I need my competition. Listen, on the night that you go in the ring, y'all both on the same level. But let me also explain to people this.

As much as we love the 90s, as much as we love me and Beans, because we're old heads, we're old school, we're OGs, as much as we love them, the people got to want this battle. You understand what I'm saying? Timberland and Swish, I love them both individually. I've been waiting for their phone call for a day and a half. Not one of them has called me. So just because we like something doesn't mean it's good on paper.

I'm good without the battle. If me and Beans don't battle, then where does Beans go from here? That's what he needs to start thinking about. He needs to start thinking about State Property 3 or let's do our own movie where we are great actors, we're great opposing actors. That's what we should be focusing on. I want to see it. We haven't spoken about Beans in years.

When was the last time you talked about Beans? Beanie, been up here. No, stop being so disrespectful. Let me just say one thing. Words of the God, your beans, I'm just playing. I'm using the tactics that you use. I'm using the tactics that we all use. Now, when Jay called me and said I went too far, I'm kind of like feeling like a bully.

I had no idea. I did not understand that. When y'all telling me this right now, it's also the same thing. So I'm going back off until Swiss or Tim call me. I'm going back off. I'm going to chill. I got a whole bunch of things. I got Miss Jones dropping this week,

one of the queens of radio. And she's on Dreamstance this week on the Vogue TV, on the Black Network. We are doing it. The Black Effect, Nori. Same thing, right. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, man.

So let's do it. If the Beans thing happens, it's cool, but I'm glad that we opened up in negotiations for this movie that we've been trying to work on. We won't get the writers.

So Beans, I'm just playing. You know, Philadelphia, I'm just playing. I'm still going to eat a chicken cheese steak. Please let me go to Iska Bibbles. Iska Bibbles, yes. Goodbye, Nori. Goodbye. We got to go. Yo, we love you, N.O.

He hung up while he was saying he loves us. He was about to promote something else. But make sure you listen to the Drink Champs on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network. Available everywhere you listen to podcasts. When we come back, we got the positive notes. So don't move. It's the Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Again, shout out to everybody that's making their way to Atlanta for my car show, 4th of July weekend. Get there early. We're going to have a lot of fun. There's a lot of things going on.

Demonstrations, cars, rides, and all that. Very few tickets left, so I want to see you guys. It happens this Saturday. Carchella Car Show, alright? Yes, and shout out to everybody in New Orleans, in Louisiana, and Rouse's Supermarkets. I do have my Drink Fresh Juice and my Coffee Uplift people in stores

now, which I'm really excited about. It's been a journey to get to that point. So if you are in that area, I would love and appreciate that support. I'll be out there next weekend to to celebrate so i hope i get to meet some people in person now charlamagne you got a positive note well i want to salute um my homegirl anita kopax uh her book shallow waters will be out august 3rd on black privilege publishing um she hit me this morning and just reminded me that 43 You know the numerology in that is 7 So today is my born day

I'm 43 years old This is my God year So I just want to tell everybody out there man Aging is not lost youth But a new stage of opportunity and strength And I also want to say You don't stop laughing because you grow old You grow old because you stop laughing

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