The Breakfast Club - Take it Personally ( Nate Parker Interview)

Episode Date: February 2, 2021

Today on the show we had Nate Parker call in where he spoke about his new film "American Skin", police brutality, protecting his children and more. Also, after Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to Courtside Karen who through a fit at the Lakers vs. Hawks basketball game, we opened up the phone lines to see if any of our listeners recently been encountered by Karen. Also, we honor Michael Jordan for pushing his skills to the limit once he takes something someone does or says Personally! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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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 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 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. Talking right now. You're about to experience a morning show unlike any of us. Shout out to the Breakfast Club. I hope to see y'all every morning. What you guys are doing right now is the hub culture. The Breakfast Club is my morning sit. I need it and I love it so much. I feel like you're really not popping until you do the Breakfast Club. I've been waiting to come to y'all's show, man.

I know you got to be a big time celebrity to be up in here. You got to be big time. DJ Enzi, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God. It's a breakfast club, bitches. Break the f*** up! Good morning, USA! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, Yeah, it's Tuesday. Still stuck in the crib. Snow came down. I think we got 27 inches of snow. Man, I ain't seen this much snow in a long time. I've been living in New York since 2006.

I can't remember the last time I seen snow like this. That's over two feet of snow, bro, bro. That's a lot of snow. That's crazy. You guys are in New Jersey. I'm in Detroit, and normally Detroit has worse weather than the tri-state area. But it hasn't been bad here. No, we got about 27, 28 inches of snow.

So yesterday, I had to run to CVS because one of the producers asked me I had to do something. So I needed a blank CD. So I ran to CVS to go get it in the snowstorm. It took me an hour and a half to get to CVS. Ain't no such thing as running out. Ain't no such thing as just running out in the snowstorm it took me an hour and a half to get the cvs all right such thing is running out ain't no such thing as just run it out in this snowstorm no way yeah so a blank cd yeah it was a long story so i went and got it it took me an hour and a half to get there and back usually takes 10 minutes then i realized i left my wallet at cvs so then i had to go back out to go get it again when i say that was like a five-hour

day yesterday going back and forth to cvs and the weather was disgusting the snow was nasty the streets were implied it was horrible outside yeah you was wild for no reason i'm surprised cvs was even open yeah they closed it early at two o'clock i mean some people still got to go get their uh prescriptions and pills and medicine or whatever they needed i just needed some blank cds so that don't get me wrong snow snow is a beautiful thing right it's a beautiful thing you know when it's falling and you know your kids are looking outside the window and then once it lands it even looks pretty but it's the aftermath you know what i mean having to deal with things like uh clearing the driveway digging the car out Digging the car out. Digging the car out. Even though, yeah, I put mine in the garage.

But yes, digging the car out in some cases, it's a very strenuous process after the fact. It is. You know what I mean? And this snow right here, this snow going to be around for two weeks. Absolutely. It's going to be around for two weeks.

And then the snow gets ugly. Even after they push it to the side. Yeah, it gets ugly. It gets nasty. It gets all dirty. It gets really, really horrible. And it's still coming down now. I'm looking out the window now. It's still snowing.

The worst part is when you have to park on the street and a snowplow comes and it pushes the snow on top of your car and you have to dig it out again. Well, Dramos just told us that his car is actually plowed in. So now that snow gets difficult, gets hard. I don't even know how Dramos is going us that his car is actually plowed in. So now that snow gets difficult, gets hard.

So now I don't even know how Dramos is going to get it out. He's going to really have to date. You have to call your people, Dramos, and come help you get that snow, that car out. And here's a little tip. Depending on where you live, I know where I live, they always plow to the right. So whenever I know it's going to snow, I always park on the left side of the street. I try to park it super early so that way I don't get plowed in. You should have told Dramos that yesterday.

No, Dramos gets plowed in all the time. That's true. He's used to this. He's used to this. I always just caused her. What side do you like, Dramos? The right side or left side when you get plowed in? What is wrong with you guys, man?

Y'all miss me that much over there? What are you talking about? What are you talking about? Okay, we're talking about snow, man. Get your mind out the gutter, guy. Yeah, the only people that like the snow like this is, I'll be honest, my dog and my kids. They love it. They want to go out in it. They want to jump in it.

Everybody else, they like not be. It is something comforting about the snow, though. When it's just sitting there, settled when it first falls, it's something comforting about it. Not 27 inches. You want to get the hell out of here? Not 27 inches.

Like, there's nowhere to put all the snow. Like, I've never seen it where the snow is on my window. Like, it's crazy. You just said there's nowhere to put 27 inches. You just said that. You, early in the morning. You, you, that was you. My goodness.

All right. Well, Nate Parker will be joining in the morning. You, you, that was you. My goodness. All right. Well, Nate Parker will be joining us this morning. Oh, man. Nate has a movie out called American Skin. If you have not watched American Skin yet, you need to watch American Skin. I've been watching some very triggering movies. I had an early screener of Judas and the Black Messiah.

Black Messiah. The Black Messiah, phenomenal film. Isn't Dominique Fishback in that? I don't know who Dominique Fishback is. She's an amazing actor. She was in The Hate U Give, but she's been in a bunch of different movies. She's in The Deuce.

You know what I'm talking about? She's from Brooklyn. That's why. Let me take a look. I think she's in. I gotta watch that. That's a phenomenal movie. But American Skin is another very traumatizing movie, triggering movie,

because of a lot of the things that we've been discussing on this radio. Like yesterday when I gave Donkey of the Day to the police officers in Rochester who handcuffed and pepper sprayed that nine-year-old girl. And the reactions you would think somebody would have like if you were the parent in that situation it actually happens in american skin if you haven't seen it yet but we'll talk about it this morning all right and also all my friends that live in the west coast that live in uh down south miami la vegas you don't have to send me pictures like you don't have to be like hey how's it doing in new york and new jersey we know how it is in miami

all right we know how it is in la we know how it is in Miami. We know how it is in L.A. We know how it is in Vegas, Atlanta. I know. You don't have to send me pictures. I get it. I honestly get it. Especially if you're doing that from Florida or California, because we covered in snow. Y'all covered in COVID. All right.

That's a good way to look at it. That's a good way to look at it. But let's get the show cracking. Front page news. What are we talking about? Well, since you brought up COVID, let's talk about these at-home COVID tests and what the plan is. The White House is putting some money to make sure you can get tested at home.

All right. We'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

Let's get in some front-page news. Now, last night, NBA game, LeBron James and the Lakers took on Atlanta Hawks, and it looks like he got into an argument with one of the fans. I don't know what the argument was about. It was four of them. They all got kicked out. They were going back and forth. She said that LeBron called her a bitch and then

she started yelling and they went back and forth but she had her mask off and they asked her to leave because she took her mask down. Why were those thugs harassing LeBron James? What did LeBron James do to anybody last night to be harassed by those thugs? He said they were just going back and forth. And he said they were just talking ish.

We have audio. Can you play the audio? Which audio? The argument. We're on a courtside, Karen. We got both. Courtside, Karen. All right.

Chris has been a Hawks fan forever. Whatever. He has this issue with LeBron. I. He has this issue with LeBron. I don't have an issue with LeBron. I don't give a f*** about LeBron. Anyway, all of a sudden, LeBron says something to my husband. I stand up and go, don't f***ing talk to my husband. And he looks at me and he goes, sit the f*** down, bitch.

And I go, don't f***ing call me a bitch. You sit the f*** down. Get the f*** out of here. And I go, don't f***ing talk to my husband like that. And all of a sudden, now I'm getting kicked out. Excuse me, I have courtside seats that I pay for. Okay. So who did LeBron call a bitch?

Keep it real, coach. Well, I mean... Did he call her a bitch or call her husband a bitch? Well, the NBA was showing the argument. I didn't see LeBron say bitch one time. But here's LeBron's, what LeBron said after it. I'm happy fans are back in the building. We, as players, need that interaction. I don't feel like it was wanted to be kicked out but they might

have had a couple drinks maybe and they could have probably kept it going in the game wouldn't have been about the game no more so did the referees do what they had to do and i mean it's fine i don't think taking down the mask or whatever the case may be at that point in time would harm anybody but the people that was right next to her i wasn't close enough to her i don't think any of I wasn't close enough to her. I don't think any of my teammates was close enough to her. Maybe a couple of the refs, maybe. Now, heckling got to be a normal thing for LeBron

at this point in his career, right? How long has LeBron been playing? 16, 17 years? Since high school? Like, heckling got to be a normal thing. I wonder if he's not used to it because they haven't had fans in the arena in so long. There's probably a level of disrespect, though,

if he was cursing at LeBron and saying all kinds of crazy things, and then she started going crazy, and then she starts going crazy, and there's four people, and then she's screaming out, now you sit down! Yeah, no, it depends, because sometimes LeBron goes back and forth. We've seen LeBron go

back and forth with our friend Michael Kaiser one time, yelling at each other, so he goes back and forth. We've seen LeBron go back and forth with our friend Michael Kaiser one time. Yelling at each other. So he goes back and forth sometimes. But it was nasty. I'm sure he's heard worse. Well, they had to go. I just wonder.

They're like, we don't care if you have court-sized seats. You got to go. Yeah, get out. What else we got, Yee? We are out of time. Oh, all right. Well, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent,

phone lines are wide open. Call us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. I'm telling. I'm telling. Hey, what you doing, man?

I'm telling. I'm calling you. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this?

It's Uber Mike Dallas. How y'all doing? Breakfast Club. What's up, bro? Get it off your chest. I'm banging it off my chest. When you order a ride, be ready to go when I pull up. Stop using the five-minute wait time.

Well, you are a lot at that five. Sometimes y'all pull up too fast, too. Sometimes you're like, okay, let me call the car now, and then it's like one minute away. I'm with you, yeah, because sometimes you don't know when that Uber's going to be there. Your phone tells you I'm pulling up. Look at that phone. I want you waiting like you're at the bus stop.

Nah, but sometimes you don't know when. Like, if I want an Uber at 8 a.m., I call it like 7.30, because I don't know what time you're going to be around, and then sometimes you come a little early. You've got to wait for a second, bro. But bro, why do you care? You get paid anyway. No, I want you to wait.

You've got to wait after the five minutes. They leave after the five minutes. They don't leave after the five minutes. Sometimes they do. Yes, they can. Yes, they can. Lift definitely. Lift or leave? No, Uber gives you more than five. Uber don't just leave after the five minutes.

Lift is five minutes. Y'all leave after. So every time when the five minutes is over, you just leave. Hey, Charlemagne, can I get my Kung Fu game back that I gave you? No. Oh, you sent the Kung Fu game? Thank you, though. I appreciate that. I gave it to you in Houston at Prairie View A&M.

I got it up in the studio right now. I appreciate that, man. I love Prairie View A&M. I got it up in the studio right now. I appreciate that, man. I love Prairie View A&M. All right, brother. Thank you, King. Take care. Hello, who's this? Sway.

Sway, what up, bro? Get it off your chest. First of all, let me see. Angel E., I just want to thank you for looking flawless the last 10 years. Charlamagne Tha God, you're like a baby ostrich. And Envy, I was wondering if you could help me get in touch with the credit guy man what

Jose yeah I got you yeah definitely how's your credit right now it's uh high sixes damn

okay alright what you trying to buy you trying to buy a crib a car what you trying to do or you just want to fix your credit why you said damn like that

I know Envy why you trying to play me man I'm trying to play you I'm trying to help you nah I appreciate it man I'm trying to get a crib man okay alright'm trying to play you. I'm trying to help you. No, I appreciate it, man. I'm trying to get a crib, man. Okay. All right.

What's bad on your credit? You have mad delays, mad late payments? What is on it? Actually, I just have- You be paying Pornhub on time. Yeah, I mean, I shot a video with you, but Pornhub is not available. Whoa. Hey.

At least you got taste. At least you got taste, King. It's a party in your mouth. Okay, bro. What was that? You got freight and lace front eyebrows. I just got like a car or two on taste, King. There's a body in your mouth. What was that? You got freaks and lace front eyebrows. I just got like a car or two on there, man.

But they come off this year. All right, cool. He'll help you out. If you go to the credit dude, that's his Instagram. Hit him in a DM. Tell him I sent you. And look, he gets a lot of calls. But he's been helping a lot of people, especially during this pandemic.

So the credit dude. Your mama won't give you a call, King? My mama, no. She's too busy helping your mama out right now. No, your mom got good credit. That's why I was just saying. Yeah, your mama got good credit, too. She probably gave you a coastline. She used her mouth for it.

Why do y'all not like each other? It's crazy. We do like each other. This is how we talk when we like each other. That's all it is. You know what I'm saying? What's your name each other. That's the Carolina thing. That's all it is. You know what I'm saying? What's your name, bro?

It's the Carolina thing. Dwayne. Dwayne. All right, bro. I'll tell him to look out for you, man. I appreciate it. Y'all have a great day, man. You too.

All right, man. Tell your mama I said hi. Yo, when you start talking about people's mama, I'm always scared that he'd be like, my mama dead. Like, what do you say after that? You say, your mama got good credit. He go, my mama dead. that hey that's just the risk you take when you're taking it low okay michelle obama said when they go low you go high nope i take it to the floor with him it's just the risk you take sometimes that's goodness gracious all right get it off your chest 800-585-1051 if you need to vent hit us up now it's the breakfast

club good morning this is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. Say it with your chest. 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? This is Michelle. Hey, Michelle.

Get it off your chest. First, let me say good morning to all of y'all. I love y'all's show. What's y'all a man? Hey, Michelle. I love you the most. Yes, ma'am. They piss me off every morning calling up there begging for books.

Like, if they really want to support you and want a book, go back. Stop begging for books. It's all right to help some people. But don't keep giving all your books away. You want a book, mama? I'll purchase me a book. Listen. Okay.

All right. You know, Michelle, I have been blessed to be a New York Times bestselling author a couple times over with black privilege and shookxiety playing tricks on me. I have no problem giving out books. And, you know, I love Dr. Rita Walker's Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health. I bought a bunch of copies of her book to

give away because I think the information in it in regards to mental health in the Black community is that important. It is very important but I think some people just take advantage. Just beg to be big. It's okay. We love free things. You all are blessed

to stay safe and warm. You too now. Hello. Hello, who's this? It's Justin from Atlanta. What's up, bro? Get it off your chest. I'm a little tired of y'all

for going in on black contractors yesterday. Y'all was going in on it like there's no such thing as an honest contractor. I'm an honest contractor and I'll be going through it down here.

We didn't say that. We said it's difficult to find a good contractor, period, regardless of color, because you have to admit there's a lot of contractors who are pretty shysty. I agree with you 200%, but I also noticed that a lot of people who have the most problems with contractors never got work. If you don't understand what's involved, it should be transparency from the beginning right so you should know like hey this could be this this could be that this could be this you know so you know it's always going to cost more not hgtv more but it's going to cost more you got to

know that it's going to cost more than the estimate you give us it's It's undetermined because so many things affect so many other things. You know what I mean? I don't know what y'all talking about specifically or what y'all been through specifically, but I find myself getting into arguments with people who never owned a house, never got no housework, no work done before, too. But that's why we look to you to give us a pretty decent estimate because that's your specialty. And then a lot of times it goes over, I would say a high percentage of times it goes over the amount of money that you say it's going to be. I'd rather you tell me it's going to cost more and then it ends up costing less than the other way around because we're budgeting.

So you have to think people are putting money to the side to get this work done based off an estimate that you gave them. And then when it comes out to be way more than that, are these all these other extra problems? Or are we calling somebody else and they say they can get it done cheaper? Or are you saying it's going to get done in a certain amount of time and then we're waiting because we plan for it and it doesn't? Those are all things that are difficult because people have their own plans. True indeed.

True indeed. But again, where the transparency comes, right? All this, all this should happen. But what do you, what do you say to people who never who never did nothing before? Don't know your job and are telling you how to do your job. You know what I mean? Like things happen. And look, most of the time we're building is cutting pace. So the framing and all that stuff is you don't know what the last person done. So you can only give them you can only give them what you what you know based off, you know things are great. Yeah, we understand that. And there's things that you find all the time.

But the thing is, like she said, there's always time. There's time where you say, hey, I have a deadline. Especially for me, if I'm flipping a house and I have a deadline and I'm trying to stick to this deadline and you got me two months over my deadline. Or you're doing things that's not right and not doing things the proper way. And you're doing it to cut corners. And it really hurts me more because now i gotta open back up those walls and you're talking to three people that have done this several times when it comes to working with contractors and doing things around the house or building houses or fixing up houses so we have those problems to the point now where i buy my own materials and i

pay the workers hourly the most frustrating thing about dealing with a contractor is my father was a contractor so it's certain things that a contractor can tell me that I know is BS. And then I can call my pops and be like, pops, such and such and such. And he'd be like, man, that dude is ripping you off. Yeah, all the time. You know what I mean? But there's always somebody that's going to say that.

You know what I mean? Like, there's always somebody that's going to be able to do it or say, what's the disconnect? And again, black people, we're always skeptical of each other in general. So you know what I'm saying? I can come to you with 200% pure attention and things happen, and I'm telling

you, so, you know, you're looking at me like, yeah, here come the bull, you know. I'm skeptical of all contractors. I don't care what they are, black, white. It doesn't matter what color you are. I'm skeptical of all contractors. I'm going to get a double or triple quote all the time. And the worst is when the job is almost done and then the contractor goes missing because they're not that concerned because they're

on to the next. That does happen. That happens all the time. What if we treated y'all, what if we treated contractors the way Uber drivers treat us? What you mean? Huh? When they pull up and they don't give us, we need an extra five minutes but they don't want to give it to us.

That's not the same because you don't know that all goes involved with getting that specific work done though. Like especially getting it done right. Well, I appreciate you being an honest contractor, man. And where are you from? I'm from Jersey. I'm in Atlanta right now, though. I'm doing my own thing in Atlanta.

And I've been grinding for three years out here. And trust me, the only problems, I ain't going to say the only problems, but the majority of the problems I have are from people who, you know, that look like me. And that's very, very frustrating. I'm telling people, like, listen, you can go, like, you can have these, you can talk to other people and you can get other, but you're not going to, it's not going to change nothing. Like, it still has to happen. So I deal with people who want their home to be perfect and then people who want investments.

And people with investments, you know, you just cut and paste and you make it cosmetically right. Let's do this. So let's do this. Put your information out there so people can use you, bro. Moral of the story is if you want to land a holler at Beacon Building Services,

we get stuff done. We make dirty things clean, specializing in pressure washing and everything else. All right. What's your number so they can call you? 678-338-7453.

And you can holler at me on Instagram at Beacon Solution or Facebook at Beacon Solution. All that. Y'all got it. All right. Thanks. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up. We got rumors on the way. Yes. And let's talk about silence. Oh, he has been arrested for murdering his own cousin. Damn it, man. All right. We'll get into that next. 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 are 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition.

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Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. The Rumor Report. With Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Well, a lot of people watching Wendy Williams' biopic were shocked to find out about Wendy Williams' relationship with Eric B.

From Eric B. and Rakim. and how he had gotten a car. I guess he rented a car while they were together and never returned it. They were having some issues with that, and here is that part of the movie. Hey, can I get your car today? Oh, what's wrong with yours? Oh, I'm getting some new rims. Okay. Well, I need it back

by five so I can get to work on time. I got you, baby. He did not have me. I should have realized I was just a booty call and he was using me. But instead, I rented him a car. On my credit card. Well, Eric B has responded on social media. He posted a throwback picture of himself standing in front of a Rolls Royce

and said, damn, I need a rental. And then he said, too hilarious. I laughed too well. It made for great TV, but the truth is something different. Try that. Yeah, that was strange to me when I saw that in the movie

because I thought it was known that Eric B always had money. Yeah, Eric B from Eric B and Rakim, I always thought he had some change. So I didn't understand why he was depicted like that in the movie. But there's always two sides to every story. Eric may do a movie one day and show you something totally different.

Who knows what the truth is? There's always three sides. His side, her side, and then the truth. There's always three sides. And I just wanted to, yesterday I saw, after Tamika, Method Man's wife, released her statement about her issues with Wendy Williams revealing her cancer diagnosis before she had told family. And people were thinking that it was Method Man pillow wife released her statement about her issues with Wendy Williams revealing her cancer diagnosis before she had told family.

And people were thinking that it was Method Man pillow talking and telling her that it was really somebody in the hospital had leaked that information to Wendy Williams. All right. Now, since we're talking about Wendy Williams, let's pivot over to Miss Jones. Now, Miss Jones used to have a morning show in New York. And Envy, you really kind of got to start doing mornings on the Miss Jones morning show, correct? Yes, correct. She had a show, I believe, for four years on Hot 97, our competitor, when I was over there. So, yeah, she gave me my start.

She was, of course, the main person. She was the first black woman to host her own morning show. And she gave me a job. But things did go a little left. And recently you guys had a reunion show and it was all sparked because she saw you and Gia on Behind Every Man. She was on a show called Behind Every Man. And she starts talking about Envy's journey. And she says the most profound thing that God knows I needed to hear that Envy got his start and a lot of his success is because I gave him a shot on my morning show. So I reached out to him after 12 years of not seeing him,

not talking to him. And I just said, I just want to thank you and your wife for saying those things because I needed to hear it as soon as I hit send and V texted right back and was like, you don't understand. I miss you. And we started talking and I said, stop crying because by this time I'm in tears. And I'm like, I have an idea. I want to do a reunion show. So both you and Ms. Jones are crying. No, Ms. Jones was tearing up and crying.

We haven't spoken 12 years. You know, it was he said, she said thing. We haven't spoken in 12 years. He said, she said thing, we stopped speaking and she seen and she called. And when we spoke, it was just like good times, like old times. When the Breakfast Club first started, everybody was against us. So we were real tight, real close. And that was the same thing with Ms. Jones. Everybody was against us. So we were close and tight. We'd go everywhere, my family, her family, we would do everything together. And then 12 years, you start speaking to somebody. So, you know, we, we, we caught back up,

spoke to each other's kids. It was, it was a great reunion. Yeah. I get it with Ms. Jones. She wants her props. You know what I'm saying? She wants folks to give it up to her for things that she accomplished in this game. That's totally understandable. And, and, and it's a testament to, you know, how far you've come Envy, because I mean, if you was just some washed up DJj she wouldn't want to claim you she wouldn't she wouldn't she wouldn't want you to say that you got her your start with her you know but a lot of people got this a lot of people got their start donnell rawlins was on there he got his start on radio doing that show don't claim him i wouldn't

claim him either stephen a smith no most people't know. He got a start on her show as well. I'd claim Stephen A. You'd claim Stephen A? I'd claim Stephen. I'd claim Stephen A. in Envy if I was Miss Jones. I think Darnell is more of a comedian than a radio personality. I wouldn't say you got to start in comedy because of that show. No, not in comedy, but he definitely boosted her career when he was in New York doing radio.

Definitely. This is when he was in New York doing radio. Definitely. And you should go pick up Ms. Jones' book too if you're a radio junkie like I am. If you're a radio guy or girl or somebody that wants to be in radio, have you met Ms. Jones? The Life and Loves of Radio's Most Controversial Divas. Very good read. Alright, we didn't get a chance to get

to Salento, so we'll get to that in the next hour, but he has been charged with murdering his cousin in Georgia. We'll tell you the information and what his publicist to that in the next hour. But he has been charged with murdering his cousin in Georgia. We'll tell you the information and what his publicist is saying in the next hour. But we do have front page news on the way. Yeah. What are we talking about front page news? Let's talk about coronavirus

and what's going on with these COVID testing and are you going to get these stimulus checks? All right. And also with Miss Jones, she started a podcast and the first five episodes is like the reunion show. So it's the band back together talking about what we're doing and some of the amazing shows. And then she's going to be doing her own podcast, which I'm excited about. I think she's going to be great. So shout out to Miss Jones. But Front Page News is next.

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's get some Front Page News. everybody it's DJ Envy Angela Yee Charlamagne Tha Guy we are the breakfast club good morning let's get in some front page news I know we got a lot to cover so let's get right into it all right President Biden sat down with a group of 10 Republican senators and they have different ideas for what this coronavirus relief bill will look like now Biden's plan was to send another $1,400 per person to eligible recipients. In addition to the $600 payments that were approved by Congress in December,

that totals 2,000. The Republicans want to send $1,000 checks per adult, but target them to those with a lower income. So that would phase out at $40,000 for individuals and 80,000 for couples filing jointly. And so not everybody would get that money. Unemployment benefits. Biden's plan would increase the federal boost for the jobless to get $400 a week from the $300 weekly enhancements.

Republicans want to extend the $300 a week benefit through June 30th and provide $2 billion to states to improve technology. When it comes to COVID-19 vaccines, testing and tracing, Joe Biden wants to invest $20 billion in a national vaccination program. Republicans want to provide the same amount to battle the pandemic and schools reopening. The president wants to provide $170 billion from kindergarten to 12th grade for schools, colleges and universities to help them reopen. Republicans want to provide $20 billion to get kindergarten to 12th grade students back in school. Man, do y'all want to help people or not, man? When the money coming?

That's what we need to know. I'm glad they got all the time in the world to discuss how people are going to eat. Because meanwhile, every day people are getting evicted. Businesses are closing. People can't afford the basics. But they sitting around discussing what they're going to do for us.

When is the money coming? They closed the evictions. But, you know, people are still not paying their rent people can't pay their car notes people can't pay electricity water they can't pay the landlords can't pay like you said you're printing up all this money for the basics yeah you're printing up this money anyway you might as well just keep printing and let people you know hold people down until this is over yeah i don't see all these discussions when it comes to the big corporations. When it comes to the big corporations, it's like, look, here's the 1.9 trillion. Y'all go do what y'all gotta do. When it comes to the

people, it's all this conversation. Correct. Right. Well, this has to pass through and the Republicans have to be on board in order to approve this stimulus deal and they haven't approved it yet. So, you know, hopefully soon because people need that money. And if you had

COVID-19, according to Dr. Fauci, you could get reinfected as we've been seeing if the variants become dominant. Here is what Dr. Fauci had to say. If you have these variants and they seem to be eluding the vaccine a little, should we really be getting vaccines or we should we wait for the next generation of vaccines? The answer is you need to get vaccinated when it becomes available. And the reason for that is that there is a fact that viruses cannot mutate if they don't replicate. And if you stop their replication by vaccinating widely, you will not get mutations. Why does Dr. Fauci sound like a mix of Mike Tyson, Stephen A. Smith, and Jesse

Jackson? You must vaccinate in order for the virus to not replicate. I mean, you can catch worse viruses based on who you date. Well, I will tell you this. My parents did get the vaccine last week, and I'm trying to get mine as soon as I can. I've seen Bun B

and his wife got the vaccine. As soon as I get the opportunity, I'm trying to get mine as soon as I can. I've seen Bun B and his wife got the vaccine. As soon as I get the opportunity, I'm taking it. Well, health experts have identified at least three coronavirus variants so far in the United States. They have originated, it appears, in the UK, South Africa, and Brazil. So they're kind of nervous that things could get even worse and there could be another resurgence. Now they are saying, though, more Americans have now been vaccinated for COVID-19 than infected. So they have been getting a lot of people vaccinated. And that's what they said, a milestone and a celebration. But they are warning the Super Bowl is coming up this weekend.

So if you want to cheer at a party or you have a little get together, make sure it's a spaced out outdoor gathering or a virtual watch party. So what they are recommending if you do have to wear a mask if you're inside and maintain social distancing avoid crowded and poorly ventilated indoor spaces now you said you said that more people have been vaccinated than have what now than been infected so right now they said at least 26.5 million people in the u.s have gotten the at least one dose of the vaccine and you know 26.2 million cases of coronavirus have been in the united

states since the onset so now there's been more people vaccinated than infected so we good we're back in the street no we still need yeah we still need more i think what at least 70 percent of people to get vaccinated for herd immunity well come on people. Y'all make up 76.3 percent of the population. Step up, white people. Let's go, white people. You slacking. All right. Too much emphasis on the black community. White people. Let's go. Go get vaccinated. And if you want to get an at home covid test, they do have a company called Illume and the Biden administration announced a deal. They're giving $230 million to ramp up production of these at-home COVID tests. They're around 95% accurate and they're supposed to give you your results in 15 minutes.

Yeah, I've been seeing those tests. I'm going to the Super Bowl this weekend. I'm not sure if it's to get into the arena or the suite that I'm going to be in. They're actually sending at-home tests for everybody that's going. So I have to take it. My son has to take it. And that's before I could even get into the arena. So we'll see how accurate those things are. All right.

Well, that is your front page news. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Now, when we come back, Nate Parker will be joining us. Nate Parker has a new film called American Skin. Now, what is that about? American Skin. Now, what is that about? American Skin. Man, American Skin is about how I think a lot of us would react in certain situations regarding the police.

You know what I mean? Especially when the police are doing things to your children. Like all of these conversations we have about, you know, it's only but so much I can take as a human before I react. American Skin shows you what that reaction could look like, man. It's a great film. Okay. We'll get into that next Keep It Locked. Nate Parker, when we come back, it's The Breakfast Club.

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American Skin. Very, very powerful film. But why the title, American Skin, first of all? Well, brother, you know me, man. Like, my whole thing is about truth, you know? And if we're gonna talk about being citizens in this country and talk about all the things that come with that, this nation, the Constitution, we have to ask ourselves, where do we fit in, you know?

And what does it mean to have American skin? When it comes to rights, when it comes to equality and equity, we have to really ask ourselves, where do we fit in in this American dream? So, for me, it was, what does that mean? You know, it's interesting because the way Lincoln Jefferson reacted is how I feel like most humans want to react.

I don't want to give away the movie, but what is it that keeps humans from reacting in that way, you think? Let's keep it real. Most humans do react in that way. We're the ones that don't. Like, around every turn, they're throwing at this idea of peace and locking arms,

but no one's really talking about how every other culture has literally fought and died. I mean, we fought as a country for other people who have been killed in the streets, you know? So I think it's, again, we just got to be honest, bro, about what it's like to be here, what it's like to wake up and it be a dice roll when we go outside.

Like, I'm talking to you two brothers, and we're not, and we're doing all right. But when this interview goes off, we leave and get in our car and drive anywhere. A car can be on a freeway going the other way. We can be down on the street and their lights on and we grab the post-traumatic stress in our own country. But does that ever change? I mean, that's happened to my grandfather, happened to my father, happens to me. You know, I got a 17-year-old that gets his license

in the next 10 days. You know what I mean? It's going to happen to him. You know, it's, how does that change? When does it change? Just like with the film, I think we have to re-approach how we're willing to deal with it and what we're willing to give up.

You know, we got to keep it real. Like, Audre Lorde has this great quote that says, the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house, right? And so many of us want to be the end and assimilate it. And I don't mean to say that to disparage anyone. But when you come from nothing, you want something, right? But we got to recognize that we're giving something up. I mean, we got more degrees than we've ever had, right?

We got more people holding office that look like us than we ever have. But we also got more people getting killed in the streets. We got more people in prison. So I think we gotta ask ourselves, what are we willing to give up so we're not handing this legacy off to our children? I'm not okay with the fact that I got,

I mean, I adopted my nephew. My whole inspiration for this film, I have five daughters daughters I adopted my nephew from my sister right so it was my only son and uh and I'm thinking boom he's gonna be in a great school he's gonna have all this opportunity and uh you know I'm breaking the curse next thing you know Michael Brown is face down bloating in the street my nephew turns to me as we're watching on on the news and he says Uncle Nate what do I do if I get pulled over by the police?' He's taller than me at 13, 14, dark-skinned, beautiful young man.

And I'm like, damn, I just took him out of the frying pan into the fire because I'm telling him, okay, grab your phone and call me, and I'll be there." And I'm like, don't grab your phone. Don't grab your phone, nephew. Put your feet down. Put your hands up. Make eye contact with the cops so he can see your baby face, so he can see that you're not a threat. You know, whatever you do, don't make any sudden

moves. Do whatever he says. I'm thinking to myself, I'm traumatizing my nephew, right? I'm literally teaching him that everything I've ever stood for doesn't really matter because at the end of the day, you have to literally become less than human or become whatever he is, whatever he sees you. So when you talk about your 17 year old son, I'm no longer willing to just be like, this is the way it's gonna be. But for me personally, and if we're being honest,

all of us feel this way. So I don't have the answers. The middle movie doesn't have the answers, but I tell you what, if the next 50 years is like the last 50 years, whereas at least with Rodney King, the brother got beat, they got arrested, you know what I'm saying? They had to go to court. Nowadays, you know, you didn't just choke Eric Garner was like, ah, dead. Nope, we're good.

But you know what you say, we shouldn't have to do that. And my dad is a retired police officer. And the one thing growing up as a kid, my dad always used to say, you got to make it home. You can't win in the streets with the cops. Once you get home, then we can figure out how to win. But you have to make it home. And like, that was the thing. That's what I told my kids. Like, even if they wrong, swallow your pride, make it home. But what if you do everything right, Envy? Like, that's the thing. So I think that we have to really ask ourselves, like, all right, what does accountability look like, right? Like, what does police accountability?

I mean, I interviewed dozens of cops, looked them in their eyes, and they said to me, you know, hey, I speak, but on the condition of anonymity. I'm like, cool. I didn't have to interview any cops. I could have just been like, f*** the police. We're just going to make sure they look like the trash that they are. I didn't do that. I said, look, if we really want to move forward, we got to find a way to get in their heads too, right? Have conversations that is inclusive of the reality of where we are right now. And then we can still have that conversation about getting home,

but everything we do on high level, like we old heads now, like anything we're doing right now is about, all right, we're going to make sure from a standpoint of accountability that we're approaching this in a different way. Subjugation leads a revolution. Right. Lincoln Jefferson is going to happen if they choose the wrong the wrong person's kid. Right. Or the wrong person's relative. The hope is that this is like preventative, preventative measure. Well, let's expand on that. Do you think the way Lincoln Jefferson replied is an inevitable response to police brutality? It is everywhere else. Subjugation leads to revolution. Like, that's real.

And I'm not making it up. I'm not saying go out in the streets and do anything. I'm not saying become Lincoln Jefferson. I'm just saying at some point we gotta ask ourselves, like, where's the line? You know, I don't wanna lose my children, and I ain't no killer. I just don't wanna lose my children.

So I think, is Lincoln Jefferson among us? Yeah. Is there a way around it? I really do believe there is, but we first need honest conversation. How have police officers reacted to this film? Very positively, believe it or not. We had a chance to screen the film in upstate New York at the Center for Police Equity for some police trainers. And, you know, it was a scary thing because I'm not apologetic. Like, I'm not going to go and stand in front of cops and say, chew the meat, spit out the bones. You know, if there's anything you don't like, I'm not that dude. I'm like, this is what it is.

This is how we feel, you know. So watch it. If you don't like it, cool, I'm out. But the response was, yo, we can use this for training. So I think there is a conversation to be had from so many different perspectives, right? That'll deal with the double standards we're dealing with when it comes to policing, when it comes to how we're handled. So I think there's a conversation to be had by police. Yes. I think there are conversations to be had in

our community about how we are approaching it, what we're willing to do, being able to close the door. Like we can't forget, like what we're doing right now was used to be illegal not too long ago. Like we couldn't have a conversation unapologetically talking about what we want to talk about without a white person being present, kind of overseeing what we were saying and how. So I think that there are a lot of things that need to be done. But the first step is just being honest about where we're at. We got more with Nate Parker. When we come back, don't move.

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You say you have five daughters and a nephew that you adopted. You said he's, what, 13. So what age do you start having those conversations? I think every kid is different. Because you don't want to scare your kids either. You don't want them to, every time they see a police officer or a cop car, they're crying. But you want to tell them so if they ever get into a situation,

it's already pre-programmed what to do, what to say to make sure that they're good. Right, but it's really symptomatic of other issues. What we're really talking about is white supremacy and systemic racism and institutional racism. Like it's no different than me telling my nephew or my daughter at 10 at some point, and I've had those conversations with my girls, like you color your skin, someone's going to maybe call you this. Like you got to be ready

for that. In the same way that other communities that have endured genocides talk to their children at very young ages about what they should and should not tolerate, we should be open to those conversations. Like what's more scary, right? My seven-year-old daughter, me having to talk to her about either police brutality or racism and tell her about it and her being scared about it at first, but can identify it when it's coming from her classmates or teachers or to not tell her anything. She come home one day like, wait, what does this mean? And why? Why did they say that? And why do I feel this way? So I think that we have to be more open to expose our kids to things that might be hurtful in the beginning, but empower them to know how to deal with it. Because

most people, even the people that are spewing the ignorance, are ignorant themselves. But, you know, when you confront that early, I think you position your kids to be able to develop not only an understanding, but an offense. I wonder why. And, you know, I think about this when we watch the police officers slam the young girl to the ground last week unconscious. You know, yesterday, police in Rochester handcuffed a nine-year-old girl, pepper sprayer. Why do you think police officers don't see themselves in others? Well, because they don't see us as them. It's like the whole idea how people treat their dogs

in the United States of America, right? Like, a dog is like a person. When you go to other cultures, they eat dogs. That's what they do. If you see a human like an animal, then you treat it like an animal is not even in the same universe of you seeing yourself in them because you don't see them as human. You know, and I think that that is systemic. You know, when I talk to these police officers, you know, one police officer in particular told me, said, look, Nate. He said, when I come to your neighborhood or can I come to the neighborhood and I see that it's administrative policing. How you doing, sir? How you doing, ma'am? Can I

please? Thank you very much. Have a nice day. He said, when we go to the jungle, and he said that, he was like, they hate us. Get the f*** out of the car. Get the f*** on the curb right now. He says it's just the way it is. And I asked him, I was like, wow, that's interesting. Criminal policing versus administrative policing. I said, is that in the handbook? He was

like, no. I was like, what do you mean? He was like, everyone just's like no he's like what do you mean he was like would you everyone just knows wow what do you mean everyone he's just the way it's just the way it is yeah whatever that book it is that officers keep talking about i keep hearing them say this what he did it by the book they did it by the book that book is making them sociopaths yeah do you think do you think cops put on the uniform and just automatically become sociopaths? I think this. The second you say, I want to be a part of a system that brutalizes, subjugates, marginalizes, and controls and intimidates people,

regardless of what color you are, the second you step into that paradigm, whether you like it or not, you're going to become a part of that. So I think that there are well-intentioned men and women that have gone into law enforcement saying, look, this is how it's going to be. I'm going to fix things. I'm going to be the person to fix things. I'm going to make sure. And I do believe there are people that have told that line and been able to make it through. But the majority of people that become engaged in these types of systems that just by virtue of their existence are corrupt when it comes to how they dehumanize or treat people, it's unavoidable.

Some of the worst videos I saw in my research are brothers and Latino brothers with the baton hitting people, breaking legs, trying to prove that they're brothers with the, you know, I think it's systemic. And I think that's another thing you got to think about. Like, oh, look, if a cop kills someone, right, we want justice. All right, cool. That cop is fired. I don't know if we should just be happy because if the company is creating widgets and the widgets are killing black people, destroying the widgets doesn't stop the company from creating the widgets, right? We got to find a way to say, okay, obviously, there's something wrong with this institution. And we can't be okay with the fact

that it just hasn't happened to us yet. You know, Lincoln Jefferson. I love that name. I know it's from science in that name. Why that name, Lincoln Jefferson? One is a call to our desperation to kind of, to fit in in society and to try to accept and

walk in this American dream. I've met so many people, black folks, who are proudly named after people who weren't necessarily for us. Here's a man who's not only a veteran who has served his time, who has come home and things haven't been right because there are a lot of veterans and a lot of us have history. A lot

of my uncles and aunts, army, military come back and they struggle of us have history. A lot of my uncles and aunts, army, military come back, and they're struggling like they never left. We talk about Lincoln in the same way we talk about King, right? Because there's two Lincolns, right? There's Lincoln freed the slave, and there's I have a dream King, right? But we ignore the Lincoln who in the Lincoln-Douglas debates was like, no, I don't think black people are equal.

And Jefferson, come on. Thomas Jefferson? His relationship with his property and the fact that when he died, he was like, nah, keep them locked up. So I wanted to give a name that was a callback to our desperation as a people to be seen as Americans, to our own detriment.

Yeah, I know how this film probably will resonate with Black people. How do you want it to resonate with white folks and others who don't live our existence? If you even care. Yeah, well, that's the thing, right? Like, I think, as I said before,

first, I think our voices have to be elevated. The way the country is designed, you know, with respect to who has power, a lot of times our voice don't get to the masses. It's like, you know, there's, I'm not to give away the film, but there is a line where the guy basically says, the world needs to see what's happening. You know what I mean? So by us understanding our condition or by us elevating our voices, if nothing else, if only the continent, if only it resonates only, they say, all right, Nate, the only people that's going to resonate with people that look like you in the United States of America and people that look like you on the continent and the UK, you know, whatever.

Like black people, African people, people of African descent all over. If that was it and they drew a line and I couldn't do anything about it, I would be I would be like, OK, the reality is we have media. We have digital. We have Zoom. We have. So when the white friends call us and George Floyd, oh, my God, what can I do to help? You know what you can do? Watch this film and talk to your kids about racism and white supremacy and privilege. And you know what? Don't be afraid to draw the parallels between the double standard in policing that we see in this film and what we saw at the Capitol. I think if the best thing that people are not in our community can do is confront racism and white supremacy the same way that we're having to confront racism and white supremacy.

And guess what? Even if you don't have to go out and find a random black person at a Starbucks and say, oh my, can I have a hug? Like that don't help. It's like really, you gotta address your internalized white supremacy. You got to address it.

You got to speak out about institutional racism or racism you see in your kid's private school and the barriers to entry when it comes to us trying to get a proper education for our kids. You got to speak out about the double standards when it comes to sentencing and bail reform. I do think white people need to see the film. I do.

I do think cops are going to see this. I don't think they're going to tell people, but I think there are going to be some cops that push that play button on Amazon Prime because they hear about it. And I think at the end of it, whatever they feel, they'll know that there was truth in it, and they'll know that

there was a desire to gain understanding unapologetically. All right, don't move. We got more with Nate Parker. When we come back, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Nate Parker. He's here. He has a new movie out called American Skin. Charlamagne? Listen, I want to go back

to the military thing real quick. Like, because, you know, Lincoln Jefferson is a military vet. What are your thoughts on Black people joining the military to fight for a country that doesn't fight for us? It's an interesting question.

It comes up a lot. You know, I only speak personally to what I think. First of all, I'll never disparage anyone that looks like me publicly for any reason. I think that some conversations

have to be had in private. Anything that I feel from a negative standpoint about what Black people should or should not do, I think it's for a different company. But I will say this. This is as much our country, if not more, than any other people walking around.

Not just because we fought, but because we're responsible for the freedom in this country. Right? Like, we fought in every single war. Specifically, you look at, like, Red Tails. Like, if it wasn't for the Tuskegee airmen i don't know if we win because we went from losing some crazy number like 80 of all bombers to losing zero in combat you know what i mean it's i don't think our contribution is a small one it's not a participation award we were mvp in all the wars you know what i'm saying civil war mvps lincoln knew what time it was.

Frederick Douglass, when he went to him and said, yo, you got to let us fight, it's because we were losing. That's real. You know what I'm saying? So I think that I honor all the people that look like me that have fought for this country. But I would say they fought for their country. We built the country.

We continue to build it. We build it with brick and mortar. We build it with culture. Appropriate it or not, it's still ours. We to build it. We build it with brick and mortar. We build it with culture, appropriate or not, it's still ours. We still build it. This radio show is more important than any other, in my opinion, mainstream media outlet that exists. And I'm not saying that to be negative or create controversy. God knows I'm not trying to do that. I'm saying it to say, when it comes to my experience, when it comes to asking questions like, how do we feel about our veterans that look like us?

As we speak on other soil, as they're hearing about, you know, brothers and sisters, Breonna Taylor, and they're hearing about all the killings and still got to wake up, look at that watch, clean that weapon and go out and march and look for someone to make sure that they're doing what they're supposed to do. I think that this country is ours. I think we've earned it. We've earned every step we take. I still, because, you know, as Baldwin says, we have the right to hold this country accountable. You know, it's funny. I was, you know, talking to my dad, and of course, he was in the military. And I asked him why. Well, you know, why? And his whole thing was there was no jobs. He was like, I couldn't get a job I had to make I had two sisters my father

wasn't in my life I had to support my mother so I had to do it and he said but joining the military wasn't a problem he said when I came back home he said I figured I'd be you know a military vet you know I just did my four years in military I get a job he said I couldn't find a job he said I went from military to fixing cars at a car lot and he said there was nobody that would give me a job. He said, I couldn't find a job. He said, I went from military to fixing cars at a car lot. And he said, there was nobody that would give me a job. He said, so the only job that I had, he said, I did what all black people did back then. I took the sanitation test. I took the post office test and police officer test. He said the police officer test was the one that came back the first, he says, and I needed a job. And I just feel like we don't take care of our vets in this country.

Like our vets come home, you see them on the side of the road, 25 cent for food. You know, they don't have a place to stay. They don't have no, it's horrible the way we treat our own. That's why you can't tell me, you can't tell me anything about being a patriot based off the way we treat our veterans. At all. And guess what? We're allowed to say that. The problem is we're not having those conversations publicly and holding people not having those conversations publicly and holding people accountable to those conversations and answers. I guess this is my final question. Do you think police brutality would still be as much of an issue as it is

if people responded to the injustice the way Lincoln Jefferson did in American Skin? No. There you go. This is it. You got to watch American Skin? No. Word. There you go. There's his answer. You got to watch American Skin. Check out American Skin. I mean, I'm with you, to be totally honest, because I don't have any answers.

And as you said, after a while, when subjugation becomes revolution, it's only a matter of time. And guess what, bro? It's okay. Like, the status quo or I'll say they make us feel bad for what's happening

to us and make us feel bad for being frustrated and being out of options and even entertaining the idea that anything's an option. You know what I'm saying? Like, that's wrong. We need to be able to have all kinds of conversation about protecting our children. Because the children are not fine in this country ours aren't keeping them alive

is one thing but even think about it like this our brother if our brother michael brown lives then they lock him up for the same thing if the cop would have shot him he wouldn't have died they would have threw the book out so there's police killing but then there's just walking and breathing that's right we're being miseducated like in the ways that it's criminal like if you can't afford a proper education you're doomed everyone knows that and so what do we do we're not going to play russian roulette with our kids so all of our kids on you know envy i'm sure your kids got the best education my kids getting the best So you're in a situation where you're like, I'm not going to put them in the worst schools to prove a point. Again, I don't have all the answers.

I wish I had more, but, you know, all of us are trying to figure this thing out. This film is just a critique which has more questions than answers. You know what I mean? I'm no hero. I'm just an artist, man, just trying to reflect the times in a way that makes us have conversations like this. So our listeners, our audience can approach this thing a little differently.

Absolutely. Well, thank you, brother. I know it was early out there, man. For y'all, anything. American Skin is a must watch, man. I'm not going to lie. I watched Judas and the Black Messiah and then American Skin. It's not a good combination. Two great movies. But you will be triggered as a black person in America. In a good way, though. You're going to be triggered to want

to do something. That's it. Well, thank you, brother. We appreciate you again. Thank you, King. Breakfast Club, good morning. Thank you, brother. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. I don't know about you, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. I don't know about you, Charlamagne, but the kids are up. They are in class. They're virtually

learning right now because of the snowstorm. And it's going to be a long one today, bro. My five-year-old don't have school today. I don't know. They canceled school for you? Yeah. They got them all virtually learning today. It sucks for them because usually they'd have the day off because of the snow. But anyway, let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Cardi B. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee.

Rumor has it. On your breakfast club. So listen up. All right. Well, get ready for some new music from Cardi B. She has announced on social media my new single Up drops this Friday.

Let's go. And there's some artwork with it too. So she already has WAP. That was Triple Platinum. That came out back in August. And now she's got a new single coming out on Friday. Okay. And I'm sure it'll be some visuals to go along with that.

And I'm positive it'll be some visuals to go along with that. That's how Cardi operates. Yeah, absolutely. All right. Now, Silent Toe. You guys remember the Watch Me Whip, Watch Me Nay Nay? Yep. Watch Me Whip, Watch Me Nay Nay. Watch Me Whip, Watch Me Nay Nay.

Well, he was arrested yesterday for allegedly murdering his cousin, Frederick Rooks. After an investigation, they found him shot to death in the street on January 21st. They found eight bullet casings on the scene. They didn't have a clear motive behind the shooting,

but they said they obtained some ring camera footage from homes in the area, which captured at least one gunshot and several vehicles fleeing the scene. And right now, Silento has been arrested. He's being held in DeKalb County Jail and he's being charged with

murder. Wow. Isn't that crazy? I saw one of Salento's business partners. I didn't read the whole thing, but he posted yesterday that Salento has been dealing with mental health issues for a while now. Yeah, we can see that.

He got arrested for domestic violence. I think in the last couple of months also, he was doing like 140 dealing with mental health issues for a while now. Yeah, we can see that. He got arrested for domestic violence, I think, in the last couple of months. Also, he was doing like 140 in his car, I think, a month ago. And, I mean, yikes. Right. Well, as Publicist posted, please send my client, Salento,

some positive vibrations over the past several years. Ricky has been suffering immensely from a series of mental health illnesses. We will continue in his efforts of treatment, but we ask in the meantime the past several years. Ricky has been suffering immensely from a series of mental health illnesses. We will continue in his efforts of treatment, but we ask in the meantime the public uplift him and his family in immediate prayer and positive energy. You remember when he came to do an interview

and he was late? You remember that? Yes, I do. And what did we do? We told him that we'll get him on the next single. And the next single never came.. And the next single never came. No, the next single never came. And the next single never came.

All right. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that she is a survivor of sexual assault. And she discussed this also while describing the trauma of what happened at the Capitol. Now, she talks about what happened at the Capitol that day. I immediately realized that I shouldn't have gone into the bathroom. I should have jumped in the closet. And so I opened the door when all of a sudden I hear that whoever was trying to get inside got into my office. And then I just start to hear these yells where is she and this was the moment where i thought everything was over i mean i thought i was going to die i have never been quieter in my entire life wow so she did talk about also being a survivor of sexual assault and the trauma that comes with

this and she didn't even think she could trust the Capitol Police at that point. And then all of a sudden I hear, hey, it's OK, come out. And I come out and this man is a Capitol Police officer. But then it didn't feel right because he was looking at me with a tremendous amount of anger and things weren't adding up he wasn't yelling like this is capital police this is capital police and i talked to g my legislative director after the fact and he said no i didn't know if he was there to help us or hurt us either that's crazy now in addition to this, she I get it. She has something to say to everybody that is telling her she should just move on.

And you know, she's she says that they're using the same tactics as abusers. These folks who tell us to move on that we should forget what's happened, or even telling us to apologize. These are the same tactics of abusers and i'm a survivor of sexual assault and i haven't told many people that in my life but when we go through trauma trauma compounds on each other hey man i don't i don't know if you can ever truly heal your trauma. It sounds good to say, but I don't know because you never know what's going to trigger you. Just when you think something is healed inside of you, it's a situation that sets you off and re-traumatizes

you all over again. So I think life is a process of constantly letting the same trauma go. I mean, that's some conversations I've been having with my therapist lately and, you know, my homegirl, Debbie Brown, you know, just different people I know that practice mindfulness. I've been having that conversation. Like, do you ever truly heal from trauma? Because I don't know. No, I don't think you really do. No way. Right. I'm sure that triggers. Yeah. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Charlamagne, who you giving that donkey to?

Oh, man. I need courtside Karen to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with her. Her name is actually Juliana Carlos. Kristen Juliana Carlos. Her and her husband need to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with them this morning

Alright we'll get into that next Keep it locked it's the Breakfast Club good morning Don't be out here acting like a donkey Yeehaw bitch Yeehaw It's time for donkey of the day I'm a big boy I can take it if you feel I deserve it Ain't no big deal

I know Charlamagne Tha God gonna have some funny shit to say out his mouth If I say something you may not agree with it doesn't mean I mean it Who's getting that donkey? That donkey. That donkey. Donkey. Donkey. Donkey.

Donkey of the day right there. It's a breakfast club, bitches. You can call me the donkey of the day, but like, I mean no harm. Yes, donkey of the day for Tuesday, February 2nd goes to Chris and Juliana Carlos. Sodium warning. The mayonnaise is heavy on this story. Okay. FYI, I made some tuna yesterday and I was so proud of myself because I used just enough mayonnaise. One forkful and a single can of tuna with some Old Bay seasoning, pepper,

and garlic salt. Yum meat. Okay. We was in business. You feel me? I mean, that one forkful of mayonnaise made the tuna the right color and everything. And that's the thing about mayonnaise. I don't dislike mayonnaise. It's just that too much of it on anything ruins whatever that thing is. Okay? You can ruin a potato salad or some tuna if you apply too much goddamn mayonnaise. Too much goddamn mayonnaise.

There you go. I was waiting for it, Dramos. And that's exactly what happened last night at State Farm Arena, okay? See, it's Atlanta. We all know Atlanta is on phase 173 when it comes to reopening the city. What is COVID to Atlanta? Atlanta really might be Wakanda because they

act like it's a force field covering the whole city that's keeping COVID out. But one simple look at CDC statistics will tell you otherwise, because as of Monday, 749,867 Georgians have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic started last March, and a total of 12,570 have died in connection with the virus. And 19 cases of a COVID-19 variant first discovered in the United Kingdom have been found in Georgia. OK, so don't let the pics and videos on IG fool you.

COVID is very real in Atlanta. And last night was the first night I saw folks in Georgia, folks in Atlanta, take any type of COVID-19 protocol serious. And rightfully so, because last night, Leon james was attacked by a group of thugs okay i don't know if they were members of vanilla isis or not but it seemed to me that one of them took their mask off aimed at lebron james and just begin to curse him out for no reason which can only be described in this climate as biological warfare we don't know what her covid status was or is maybe she's positive maybe she's negative maybe it's maybelline i don't know what her COVID status was or is. Maybe she's positive. Maybe she's negative. Maybe it's Maybelline. I don't know. All I know is if they want you to wear a mask in a building

is for a reason. And when you decide to become a maskless heckler and purposely take your mask off Juliana Carlos in order to talk in the direction of LeBron James, that can only be considered one thing during a pandemic, germ warfare. Now, what happened? It was late in the fourth quarter. The game had to be stopped because the devil that is Duke's mayonnaise in the form of Chris and Juliana Carlos got into it with a man who's got a Bible named after him, LeBron James. Let's listen to some of it. We've got a lot of jawing going on the front row.

And look at that. And now the security is getting involved. And the security is actually I mean, the referees are actually telling the security they may want to usher somebody out of the building. They might be gone. I think this was happening also.

Somebody was all over LeBron. And they're still on LeBron. I think that's what it is. A few minutes ago, and I know he was glaring into the seats. Wow. Where she's pointing like that one meme with the lady and the cat. That is the most accurate description of this woman. Okay? That is what I saw.

When I saw that pale, privileged, unseasoned piece of poultry standing there with the mask dangling off her chin, pointing at LeBron, that's exactly what I i thought about that white woman pointing and screaming at that cat now juliana went on live last night to explain what happened just a few parts to this uh let me see what i want to hear um let's let's let's hear the first part this got kicked out of the game for talking to a girl in the game, for talking to my husband. This is such bullshit. Listen, let me tell you. LeBron James looked at my husband during the game in custom out and I stood up and I go,

don't talk to my husband. Talk to my husband one more time and I will fuck you up. And he started fighting with me. He goes, shut your mouth, dumb bitch. And I go, you shut your mouth, bitch. Whoa. Number one, if a fan heckles a player, a player can heckle back. What I want to know, Juliana, if LeBron and your husband were going back and forth, do you realize you escalated the situation?

If you indeed stood up and told him him talk to my husband one more time i will f you up did i hear that right did she say that could you play that part drum talk to my husband one more time i will f you up jeez talk to my husband one more time i will f you up you were at state farm arena and immediately chose violence juliana i will f you up as a call to arms okay that right there means i need to prepare for confrontation I need to defend myself against a potential takeover telling me I will F you up means I need to get ready for combat word to Reggie Oh say combat Jack forever now Juliana explain further let's listen Chris has been a Hawks fan forever whatever he has this issue with

LeBron I don't have an issue with LeBon i don't lebron anyway all of a sudden lebron says something to my husband i stand up and go don't talk to my husband and he looks at me and he goes sit the down bitch and i go don't call me a bitch you sit the down get the out of here and i go don't talk to my husband like that and all of a sudden now i'm getting kicked out excuse me I have courtside seats that I pay for. See, Juliana talks too much. She just admitted to a targeted attack. You just said Chris doesn't like LeBron. LeBron, I'm sure, doesn't even know Chris exists.

So Chris went there with the intent to wage biological warfare on LeBron. And you, Juliana, are the germ that he used to attack. Oh, this is bigger than Nino Brown, baby. In fact, there is no Brown in it. This is a great war. White Walkers versus the king. Now, Juliana, you said LeBron called you a bitch. OK, let's let's listen to that one part.

He looks at me and he goes, sit the down, bitch. She said LeBron told her to sit the F down, bitch. Okay, just like the woman on the meme arguing with the cat, you're hearing what you want to hear, Juliana. LeBron didn't tell you to sit the F down, bitch. He said to you, why you got your mask down in this bitch? Which is a damn good question, Juliana. See, fans like you are going to make it bad for everyone else.

If you can't follow proper COVID protocol, then maybe, just maybe, it's too much of a risk to let fans attend the games. Just when you think you're getting back to some sense of normalcy, here goes Juliana bringing attention to her lip injections by running her mouth and doing what historically white women have done when they have interactions with big black men playing the victim after they Started the problem. That's why Emmett Till got killed It was the catalyst for black Wall Street getting destroyed in the late 1800 claims that black men, you know had done things They didn't do on white women were frequently cited to justify their lynches

So we don't take it lightly when you start flapping your Kylie Jenner lip kits to accuse black men of doing and saying things they didn't say because it's a lot of generational trauma that goes along with that. Please let Chelsea Handler give Chris and Juliana Carlos the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw, hee-haw. That is way too much Dan Mayonnaise. All right. Well, thank you for that, Don. Let's open up the phone lines. I know we ain't got much time, so let's get right to it.

800-585-1051. When is the last time you ran into a Karen? When is the last time you had a situation with a Karen? All right. Call us up right now. We'll talk about it when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Pull out your phone. Call in right now. Call me. Add your opinion to The breakfast club topic break it down 800-585-1051 the breakfast club morning everybody it's dj envy angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club now if you just join us we're asking when is the last time you ran into a karen all right now this comes from charlamagne's donkey of the day,

who he gave donkey to who? What's her name? Uh, Chris and Juliana Carlos. Uh, they were the two people who were heckling LeBron James last night. They actually waged germ warfare on LeBron James because Juliana took her mask off to talk to LeBron. We don't know if she has COVID or not. So as far as I'm concerned, was biological warfare all right well we're asking 805 a51051 when's the last time uh you ran into a karen and i started off for myself uh i was with my well let me not say bike gang because i know people hear gang they think of negative so me and my bike uh crew were riding up you know up to nyack and we were riding and we went to this little town and when we were there and we went to this little town.

And when we were there, it was me. Now, everybody that rides is professionals, like professionals. I was riding with John, who owns a NASCAR driving team. I was riding with my manager, June. I was riding with Duro. And it was a bunch of professionals, really good brothers that's really, really getting it. But we like to ride to stay in shape. We want to make sure we're healthy. We want to make sure that we can live to see our kids, our grandkids, and we do it all together. So as we were riding in this town, this white lady yells out of her car, I hate you effing ass. So we said, we hate you back and told the SMD and, you know, a couple of other things, but that was the last time I ran into a Karen. I've been Karen free the last couple of months. What about yourself, Charlamagne? You know, luckily I haven't had a lot of run-ins with Karens in my life I think it's because I grew up in South

Carolina so I tend to avoid unnecessary interactions with white women okay uh even with your daughter even with your daughter doing cheerleading and stuff like you didn't run into a Karen at a cheerleading competition anything like that no but also you know I have I have enough historical information in my brain to know that in certain situations i'm not putting myself in you know sadly this is things that black black men have to think about if i'm at an elevator right and it's like you know a couple white women in the elevator i probably won't get on the elevator with them take the next one just because yeah i'll just take the next one just because i want to avoid any unnecessary interaction you

know i mean because just like i was talking about earlier during donkey of the day you know throughout the 1800s you know claims that black men had done things the white women that they didn't do were frequently cited to justify their lynching so maybe that's just a generational trauma of my ancestors inside of me telling me to avoid you know uh certain interactions okay and what about you, Yee? Last time you ran into a camera. I was on a flight and this woman was going crazy because

I guess, you know, on Delta, they don't let you sit next to anybody the way they have the seating. And I was in my seat. I was in my seat and she got on the plane and she was going crazy like, oh my God, they had me sitting next to someone and she was complaining and she was like, I don Like, oh my God, they had me sitting next to someone. And she was complaining and she was like, I don't know why this would happen.

I know we're not supposed. And I was just being quiet. She was actually in the wrong seat. But she was asking them to check my ticket. Like, well, you should check her ticket and see if she's in the right seat. Like I was in the wrong place. Did you pull out your ticket or no? Nope.

I just sat there because I was waiting for somebody to say something to me. But no one said anything. And I just was watching her go crazy. And then she like oh I'm actually in row three that's the row okay I'm sorry no no check your ticket first all right well let's go to the phone lines 800-585-1051 hello who's this oh my god this is Seema from Brooklyn. Hey. Brooklyn. Oh, my God. I just have to say, I love each and every one of you, Charlamagne. I love you. Please always be yourself. Oh, my God. I don't know anything else.

Anyway, so I'll just get right to my story. So I just started working at this hospital. I'm not going to say the name. About seven months ago, I have this lady who just pulls me all day. She complains, complains, complains. Nothing I do is ever right, but she'll never come to me and say anything. She'll just complain. This woman

peed on herself in front of everyone last night, and I got front row center. How did she pee on herself? Why? I don't know. She really should have been worried about wearing a depend from one of the patients instead of me.

But I'm telling you, God would really let you get a front row seat to your enemy's crumble. That's right. You know what I was going to tell you? I was going to tell you if you've ever seen The Help, maybe you need to make her a pie. But the universe worked that one out

for you even better. Shiloh May, can you please send me a book? Yes, I will. Let the producer put you on hold. Let Dan put you on hold and I'll get you information. Hold on, okay?

Thank you. Bye. Peace, Shima. Don't hang up. Hold on. Love, Shima. 800-585-1051. We're asking, when's the last time you ran into a Karen? Call us now.

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Hello, who's this? First and foremost, I want to say good morning. I love the show. Listen to it every morning. Love listening to y'all every morning. Charlamagne, donkey at the gate. Day definitely makes my day. Don't get white. Thank you. Thank you Mayne, Donkey at the Gate, Dave, definitely makes my day every morning.

Look at what? Thank you. Thank you, sir. Donkey at the Gate, Donkey at the Gate is a new segment we're starting in March. I knew you was going to be the one to do it.

I knew it, man. I'm proud of you for coming out. I appreciate you. My goodness. I ran into a flock of Karens. Oh, boy.

This was in 19, 2019, the GM strike. I drive semi-truck. I'm trying to get to a plant. They're pickingns. Oh, boy. This was in 19, 2019, the GM strike. I drive semi-truck. I'm trying to get to a plant. They're picking it. First, someone breaks a mirror off of my truck. I get out.

I have a short conversation with him. He backs down. One of the other guys is going to come to his defense and get in my face. I'm 6'6", 300 pounds. I'm not worried about nothing. Do what you're going to do. We're going to sell it right here. But dude spits in my face.

What? Ooh. Oh, hell no. Nah. Nah. Nah. So when did you get out of jail? Actually, I never went to jail.

So I deal with him accordingly. And two other guys come to his defense because he missed the whole rest of the fight after the first punch. Everybody's saying, I started everything. I started everything. The group of, quote, unquote, Karens said he did it. He just started throwing punches. I'm like, dude, spit in my face.

One of the women actually said it looked like he might have spit first. Like, how does it look like I spit? Everybody's talking about spitting in my face. But the video actually showed everything that happened. Thank God. I got nothing. All three of the guys who ended up getting beat up, all three of them, they all got fired from GM for that.

So all three of them got beat up? All three of them got hands. Imagine there wouldn't have been a video and they would have just took their word against yours. I would love to see the video because I want to know who these good Samaritans are that came to your defense against these thugs. Word. Hey, I can see y'all the video because the same day a guy who I play football with sent me the video and said, hey, is this you fam?

I said, yeah, that was me. Send me that video. My goodness. All right. Send us the video. Give him the email. Give him the email. Send me that video. My goodness. All right. Send us the video. Give him the email. Give him the email.

Breakfastclubam at gmail.com. Oh, you can just send it to our Instagrams, man. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Crystal. How are you? Hey, Crystal. Good morning. We're asking, when's the last time you ran into a Karen?

Now I'm in South Carolina, so Karens are common. That's why I've always avoided them. Hey, Charlamagne, good old, I'm in Columbia, so you know all about it. 803. 803, there it is. I ran into a Karen, y'all, in public the other day. I'm with my eight-year-old daughter. I was getting a can off the bottom of the aisle. Lady walked up with her cart. She said, you're in my

way, nigger. I said, what? Hell no. You recessive gene, poor white trash. What is a recessive gene? That means you're a poop in the piss out the ocean from the piss that's on the top. Raggedy

as you go. She went on to say all types of stuff. She went on to say all types of stuff. She went on to even say, I will slap you. I said, lady, and if you slap me, your whole family will be cooking greens all next week for your respect. Do it. Please do it. Oh, my gosh. You'll have spreaders, tall pans at your house all next week.

I promise you. By the way, her calling you the N-word is enough. That was enough. I'm ready to suit up by then, y'all. I'm like, what? I'm not my ancestors. Even my ancestors would have beat y'all that part. All right.

These parents, somebody's going to get hurt for real. They playing too much. Like, stop it. Okay, you better watch Harriet again or something about Ned Turner. You better put that up. It's for real. It's for real. All right.

Well, thank you, mama. What's the moral of the story, guys? I don't know if there is a moral of the story. The moral of the story is Karen's out here in these streets, bro, and they've been around forever and a day. So the only thing you can do is avoid them or have somebody to pay your bail money. Goodness gracious. All right.

Well, we got rumors on the way, Yee? Yes, and we are going to be talking about Wakanda Forever. Let's talk about a spinoff series for Black Panther that is in the works at Disney+. Alright, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Come on. The Breakfast Club.

It's about time. What's going on? report rumor report this is the rumor report with angela yee on the breakfast club so let's talk about chad will uh wheeler who played for the seahawks he was arrested in book january 23rd after his girlfriend accused him of twice choking her until she was unconscious while he was experiencing what he called, and she called it as well, a manic episode. Cops have described what the scene was like. They said that it took three police officers to detain him. And they said it was like trying to subdue a bear. They said when they arrived at

the scene, his girlfriend was so badly injured, they had to subdue him. And they said one cop said, I grabbed a hold of Chad. I could tell he was very solid and muscular. He was not easy to move. And all three responding cops ended up piling on top of him and it barely slowed him down. Yeah, he's six, seven, three hundred fifteen pounds. And he hit men and moves men for a living. I'm surprised they would have shot him.

If he was black, they would have shot him. If he was black, they would have shot him and they wouldn't have cared that he had mental health issues. And they used a taser to detain him, but they said it had little to no effect. So he was later arrested. How did they finally get him there? How did they finally do it then?

If the taser didn't work, three men on top of him didn't work, what did they do? They said ultimately they were finally able to get him into custody, but they said he was so big they were concerned he wouldn't fit into the cruiser, the police cruiser, so they had to call for a larger jail van to take him to the station. Isn't it amazing how they can always figure it out when it's a white person? But when it's a black person, they have no other bright ideas other than the shoot bro they shot the preacher that was having a a mental illness uh i don't want to say a problem at the time and he was what six foot no nowhere near 315 pounds

they didn't need three men to take him down they just shot him which is crazy and listen well and you know uh i'll go ahead i was gonna say he has entered a not guilty plea though in this domestic violence case i don't know how you can argue that well you know they say chad willard deals with mental health issues he wasn't taking his medication but i think when folks you know hear people say that that doesn't mean you shouldn't be held accountable like even with all of those things you can still get your ass. You can also still go to jail and you can also get mental health counseling as well. All three of those things can be true. Now, his former girlfriend did appear in court with her left arm in a sling, and she said that she does not feel safe as long as he is out of custody.

She did object to his request that he be allowed to stay at his home in Hawaii, and she would prefer that he's not anywhere around her so I can't blame her for that of course but we'll keep you updated on this case all right now um let's talk about Black Panther this is a good news story there's a series in the works with director Ryan Coogler is a five-year exclusive tv deal with Disney and they said one of those projects is going to be a Black Panther TV series. Y'all excited for that? Of course I am. Come on, man. I'm so deep in the WandaVision.

I mean, it's only been four episodes, but I already love what Marvel's doing with the Disney Plus shows. That's actually the reason I got Disney Plus, even though my kids have taken Disney Plus over because they love Bluey and Sheriff Callie and all of that type of stuff. But I got Disney+. Even though my kids have taken Disney+, because they love Bluey and Sheriff Callie and all of that type of stuff. But I got Disney+, for the Marvel

TV show. So yes, I'm excited. Alright, just making sure. I actually got Disney+, too. I had to watch Soul, and now I have Disney+, at home. Alright, Mariah Carrey's Strange... It's the best streaming service, by the way. My kids love it.

Because a lot of the stuff that I enjoy are on Disney+. So it's the best. It's the best screaming service, by the way. My kids love it because because a lot of the stuff that I enjoy are on Disney Plus. It was the best service to me. All right. Mariah Carey's estranged sister is suing her for emotional distress. And she said that is because of Mariah's allegations about her. She's suing for one point two five million. Allison Carey says that Mariah presented no evidence to back up the accusations of abuse in her book, The Meaning of Mariah. She said Mariah's book alleges that Allison gave her Valium, tried to pimp her out, and threw a cup of boiling hot tea on her, causing third-degree burns. When Mariah was 12, she's disputing these allegations as Mariah hasn't provided any evidence to support them.

That's why they're all... What did you say? I was going to just say, so crazy the things that we go through With the people who are family members Closest to us Well that's why they say when you write books You should always change the names Just in case

Because in situations like this Just change the name Yeah absolutely change the name You ain't got to deal with the headaches It's hard though if it's your sister right Because you hard, though, if it's your sister, right? Because you still are going to say it's your sister. Won't that still matter? Yeah, but anybody can sue

for any reason, so if you can avoid a lawsuit, I mean, yeah, you try it. I mean, I know Charlamagne has been sued a couple times. I've been sued, what, for $30 million last year, so yeah, people will sue for anything. You got sued for $30 million? $30 million. You know that. You paid it?

No, I won. I didn't have to pay nobody nothing. All right. Lee Daniels is doing a Wonder Years reboot. They got the order for the pilot. So that will move forward. The original show featured a white middle-class family in the 60s,

but this time it will have a black middle class family in Montgomery, Alabama, also during the 60s, and how they made sure that era was the wonder years for them. So the show's original creator, Neil Marlins, is on board as a consultant and that's the plan. He's also

doing a Waiting to Exhale series, so I'm excited for that. I can't sit here and act like I wasn't all into Kevin and Winnie when the 1D years was popping to Kevin and Winnie? shut up Kevin and Winnie also though

he'd just be trying to trigger me that's all but no I was all into Kevin and Winnie I was all in for all six seasons of the 1 ds i don't i don't know if it needs a remake but i'm interested to see what lee daniels does with it all right now isa ray recently did an instagram live conversation and she was talking about insecure coming to an end and how she also is a little bit insecure about that here's what she said my negative self-talk has been, I'm entering a new chapter in my life, which I'm discovering is, you know, with the end of

insecure and it feels like my future is kind of just up in the air. I'm like, what's going to be my next thing? And, you know, am I going to be okay? Do I have longevity in this industry? And so I guess my positive affirmation will be, you can be here as long as you want to be, as long as you work at it, and as long as it's right for you. That's shocking to me. You're going to be more than fine. She just had the lovebirds on Netflix.

She had the photographs. She had little. She has all these other things going on. That's so interesting. Those aren't her projects, though. She was acting in those projects. I guess she means for longevity as far as being a producer. Not that I really know.

I don't think none of those projects are her. I don't think she's done a movie yet. I thought the lovebirds was her project. But maybe I'm wrong. I don't know. I'm not sure. I don't think she's done no films yet not produced or written one oh well i feel like i mean isabella is super talented i love her stuff so i can't wait to see what she does next but i understand the insecurity when you're when you're not sure so she's just being vocal about

it because no matter what you always have to have like your plan a b c and d just in case you never want to take things for granted but you know we're all for it i'm interested in the hbo max show she got that's um based on the two female rappers from miami i mean that's not that just just reading that on paper that looks incredible so i'm interested to see what she does. I want her to cast Pretty V in that as well as the City Girls. Why not? Both of them need to be on the screen. All right.

Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. It's Black History Month. Who are we repping today, Charlamagne? Listen, man, today we are representing Michael Jeffrey Jordan. He is a Black History Month legend. So this is a Black History Month moment from a Black History Month legend. This man has given us the most legendary meme of all time when he decided to be vulnerable

and bare his soul and cry in front of the world. And now he's given us another meme based off what some would call his petty. But I don't call it being petty. I call it motivation to do what it is that he does. Now, I know the second agreement and the four agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz is don't take things personally. But what if taking things personally is what drives your competitive spirit and makes you want to be better and execute better than everyone around you? Here's the 10 times Michael Jordan took it personally. The Breakfast Club presents a new Black History Month legend.

They were tough. Every time I go in that f***ing game and come out, I got a new scratch. It became personal with me. I knew that Jerry Krause loved Dan Marley. And just because Krause liked him was enough for me. You think he's a great defensive player? Okay, fine. I'm going to show you that he's not.

It became personal with me. Clyde was a threat. You know, I'm not saying he wasn't a threat. But me being compared to him, it became personal with me. I was a little bit upset that I didn't get the MVP that he had, and they gave it to Charles. But with that said, okay, fine. You can have that.

It became personal with me. When I was playing baseball, Utah's in town to play the Bulls. They're practicing at the facility. I go over and say hello to John and Carl. And this kid, Brian Russell, comes up to me and said, man, why you quit? Now, you knew I could guard your ass. I couldn't. You had to quit.

But from that point on, he's been on my list. It became personal with me. Come on, get in with your people. I'm not saying he wasn't deserving of it. All I'm saying is that that fueled the fire in me and said, okay, you think he's MVP? Good fun, no problem. It became personal with me. During the finals,

we go out to dinner one night. George Carl's over on the other side, having dinner. Hey, there's George Carl over there. And George Carl does not come over and speak to him. He walked right past me. Oh, so that's how you're going to play it. That's all I needed for him to do that, and it became personal with me.

LeBrafa Smith walking out of the gym had said, nice game, Mike. He took such umbrage at a guy saying, nice game, Mike, that he torched and humiliated him. Oh, I hated him. And yeah, he carries even to this day. It became personal with me. And that was another new Black History Month legend, courtesy of The Breakfast Club. I definitely take things personally, by the way.

Me too. But I think the people know that already. Yeah, and I use it for the same type of motivation that Michael Jeffrey Jordan does. Yes, I absolutely do. All right. Now, shout to nate parker for joining us this morning that's right man if you get a chance during this black history month please

watch american skin it's a lot of great movies that are coming out this month that um have a lot of teachable moments american skin is one of them um judas and the black messiah is another so make sure you check those out all right well all, it's time to get up out of here. Shout out to everybody on the East Coast. I know a lot of people are digging out today. Just be safe out there. Even though they plowed a lot of the road, it's still icy. So just give yourself a little extra time.

And it's cold. If you're down south on the West Coast, it's hot. F y'all. Hey, and I want to tell everybody too man uh salute to everybody and thank you to everyone who has been pre-ordering uh tamika mallory's upcoming book state of emergency how to win in the country we built it'll be out may 11th 2021 a lot of people pre-ordering and i just want to say thank you for the support and if you haven't pre-ordered yet go do that tamika mallory state of emergency how to Win in the Country We Built.

It's available everywhere you purchase books. Amazon, Barnes & Noble, all those places. All right. Well, leave us on a positive note. Listen, this positive note today comes from another one of our ancestors now, the great Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou says, if you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude about it.

Breakfast club, bitches! Y'all finished or y'all done? Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. you don't like something change it if you can't change it change your attitude about it breakfast club bitches you don't finish or y'all done 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.

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