The Breakfast Club - Taraji P Henson and Tracie Jenkins Interview and More

Episode Date: September 25, 2018

Tuesday 9/25 - Today on the show we had Taraji P Henson and her best friend Tracie Jenkins stop by where they spoke about their foundation the "Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation", in honor of her deceased father. They also opened up the conversation about mental health, anxiety and more. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to everyone using the Nike logo as the new symbol for black power. Moreover, we opened up the phone lines to see if any of our listeners ghosted on someone like Nathan did to Issa on Insecure.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The world's most dangerous morning show. The Breakfast Club. What the hell is this, man? I'm glad they put y'all together. Y'all are like a mega force. Y'all just took over every... Wake your punk ass up. This is Chris Brown.

I've officially joined the Breakfast Club. Say something, mother... I'm with it. The world's most dangerous morning show. Breakfast Club, bitches. Good morning, USA! Feast of the Planet is Tuesday! Oh, yes, it's Tuesday! Life is good, man. Life is great. Got my beautiful seven-pound, ten-ounce bundle of joy here.

Congratulations. My new baby girl. My third baby girl. Enjoy it, man. It's so much fun young. So much fun as a baby. So much fun in that infant stage. Nah, I ain't gonna say all that.

Yes, they are, man. About seven, eight months. No. About one. Nah. Feeding them, watching them lift their little neck and push themselves up. Like, that's all the fun part, man. Everything the mama does now. You know. Daddy hold the baby for a little while and you feel like you're about to hurt him.

Hurt her. So you be like, here. This is your third time. You should be alright. You should know what you're doing by now. You never get used to it, bro. You never get used to it. I will say this, though. What's that? The more kids you get, the older you definitely start to feel. I know why the old dirty bastard called himself the old dirty bastard, bro. Really? Because he had about 12.

Yeah, but you know what? I'm a little different. You got a hairline, though. So for me, not having a hairline and then having three kids, it's like I'm officially washed, bro. Yo, it's fun to me. My little daughter, she's five years old. She's playing flag football. My son is four playing flag.

Like, that's fun to me. Yeah, those are the fun ages. My two-year-old is, you know, just being a nuisance, but it's just fun. Those are the fun ages. When you get them to about that age, when they can, like, you know, start crawling and walking and laughing and loving you back, yeah. Infant stages are difficult. Go and enjoy it. Of course.

That's the best part about it. Listen, man. Listen, I am in awe of my wife right now because my wife, you know, they told her that she could not have a vaginal birth because she had a C-section last time because the baby came a month early, my second child. But thanks to Latham Thomas,

drop on the clues bombs for Latham Thomas, Thomas the glow maven, and all the tips and stuff that she gave her. She ended up having a vaginal birth and no epidural. I told you. Not on purpose, though. It was no doctors available. The doctors were available, but they were busy with other people.

So it was like two doctors in the whole hospital, and they were busy with other people. They were anesthesiologists, I mean, not doctors. Yeah. Maybe they are doctors. I don't freaking know. I just know that the drugs weren't there. Okay, so she had to push it out on her own. Two hours, three pushes, baby.

Dropping one of Clues' bombs for my wife, damn it. Goodness gracious. Shout out to her. I don't have that kind of strength in me. I told you. All you had to do was call me. I'd have got that baby up out of there. I'd have gave her some castor oil.

That's what it was, right? Man, shut up. I told you that yesterday. You don't need to. First of all, stop giving away Latham's tips for free. All right? I shouldn't even have gave out Latham's tips for free. I shouldn't even have gave out Latham's tip

yesterday. That baby, the lube would have just slipped that baby right out. Latham told my wife to take a shot of cast oil on Saturday night

because she was dilating two inches or two centimeters. I don't freaking know, two something. And then she took the shot of cast oil and the contraction

started that morning and that baby popped right out at 12, 20 p.m. on Sunday. The same oil I put in my old school car where they put it right in that thing where they came and the baby would have slippedm. on Sunday. The same oil I put in my old school car. We'd put it right in that thing. We'd just slip the baby with it.

That's old school methods, baby. By the way, I'm from the country. I'm from South Carolina. So I love them kind of methods. I never heard of that. If it's a herb or oil, something we can drink, something we can rub on, something to get it done. I love that. Yeah.

Yes. We usually told you have a lot more sex and that just makes the baby just start to ride. Listen, I was softening that cervix with my semen for months. It's the best, man. Pregnancy. I love it. Sex is the best. No, I'm ready to lay on my wife.

I'm ready to lay on top of her. You ready to lay on top of her? I'm not going to lie to you. I can't wait until she's six weeks old. Okay. Can't wait. Let's get the show cracking. Taraji P. Henson will be joining us this morning.

Drop one of the clues bombs for Queen Taraji P. Henson and her best friend Tracy Jenkins, right? That's right. You know, Taraji had launched her foundation. It's the Boris, correct me, help me with this, Boris Lawson. You asking me? Okay. Yeah, right.

That should be on the paper. It's not on the paper. Hold on, hold on. I don't want to pronounce her father's name wrong. I got it right here. Hold on. It is the Boris the paper, Danny. Hold on, I don't want to pronounce her father's name wrong. I got it right here. Hold on. It is the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation. Boris L. Henson, yep.

Yes, eradicating the stigma of mental health in the black community. You know I'm all about that. I've been telling y'all to get mentally healthy for the past year and some change. You know, I deal with anxiety issues and PTSD and trauma, and I've been going to therapy to work it all out. Okay. And I love that she's launching this foundation because it's to eradicate the stigma of mental health in the black community, man. So I cannot wait to talk to Taraji this morning.

That's right. So we're going to talk with her in a little bit. Also, today is Will Smith's birthday. And T.I. And T.I. Well, Will Smith is doing something crazy. This is his 50th. So for his 50th, I believe he's getting in the plane and jumping out of a plane over

the Grand Canyon in a parachute with a helmet. Something crazy he's about to do. It's too bad Uncle Phil's not alive. If Uncle Phil was alive, he could have threw him and Jazzy Jeff out of a plane. Now that would have been, Dustin, that would have been hard for the culture. You hear me? Can you not tell me that would not have been dope for the culture?

Will Smith's 50th birthday and Uncle Phil throws him and Jazzy Jeff out of a plane. Rest in peace, Uncle Phil. First things first. Rest in peace, Uncle Phil. Drop on the clues, Uncle Phil. For real. We syndicated in heaven.

That's right. All right. Today is Scottie Pippen's birthday as well. Let's get the show cracking. Front page news. What you want to talk about on front page news? Don't ask me. I ain't here.

That's Angela E. Job. She not here. She late. I don't know nothing about no front page news. I don't know either. We going to talk about something front page news. Well, let me see That's Angela E. Job. She not here. She late. I don't know nothing about no Front Page News. I don't know either. Well, we're going to talk about something Front Page News. Well, let me see what I seen on the news. Man, shut up, man.

We'll wing it. What song are you about to play? What you think? Little Duval Smile Bitch. That's what we should be playing. Yeah, yeah. Can you pull that up right fast? Hey.

Can you pull that up a little fast? You know what I mean? Live radio. It feels good. It feels good. It's a good day, man. My man Charlamagne just had another baby girl. He's living his best life.

You know what I'm saying? My kid is out here healthy. I'm healthy. I'm living my best life. Lil Duval got the number two song in the country. We got to get to number one. We about to get to number one. He only lost about 40 spins.

40 spins. Y'all don't know nothing about that spin jogging, but don't worry about it. We know what we're doing. All right. Now, Taraji P. Hintz will be joining us in a little bit. Yes. We got it. I'm just, I'm just, you got it.

That's it. Come on. There you go. Come on. Now get your smiley bitch up. Lil Duval is performing at our annual concert this year called Powerhouse. Let's play. Let's play.

Hit it. Hit it. I ain't going back and forth with you. Traveling to Poo's Bomb for Lil Duval. That's right. My partner Lil Duval got the number two song in the country. I'm going to tell you something else, man. What's that?

He got another one, man. Got another one? I've been wanting to tell Lil Duvall his music whacks so bad. You got another one? Yeah, he got another one, man. He got another one coming. He going to wait to drop it when he go number one with Smile Bitch. He going to be number one for a couple weeks because Drake

is way behind. I know. That's what I'm telling him. Just be cool. Just be cool for a little bit. He got another one. Let's give him some front page news. Last night at Monday Night Football, the Steelers beat the Buccaneers 30-27. I didn't watch football last night, but that's because I was in Harlem at 125th doing an event with my man Emery Jones. But I think I'm about to start back watching football, man, because Nike sponsors the NFL. You know, Colin Kaepernick is signed to Nike. Colin is being looked at by a couple teams.

He wants to play. So if Colin still wants to be in the league, I don't know why I'm not watching football. And since y'all running around here acting like the Nike logo is the new black power fist, like Nike hoodies or dashikis, I'm about to start watching football again. All right. Well, can you imagine this? AT&T tech comes to your crib to fix your Wi-Fi. He fixes the Wi-Fi and has to use your phone to set it up.

So when he takes your phone to use your phone, he cash apps himself $50. Did you have to pay him $50 anyway? No, that's not the service. He just took the $50. But didn't he have to get paid for his labor? That's through AT&T. You just can't take somebody's phone and just cash app.

Yeah, that's kind of crazy. Well, let's hear we actually have audio of the lady confronting him. I'm on my cash app now and it's saying, at 1021, you took the $50. And then the thing is, the thing is, when you took the $50, when you took the $50, you had a fake name. And then I just want to know, what would make you do that? I don't have an answer. I really don't.

I mean, I will do anything and everything in my power to make this right. Because right now, your job is depending on me. I know. And don't trust me. Like, the thing is. The thing is. I've got two kids and a single dad. Listen, the thing is.

My wife passed away. My fiance passed away. Oh, now you think about that. Listen, I'm old. I got two kids. I'm old. So people be asking me, do you have cash app? And I be like, no.

Matter of fact, cash app and WhatsApp are the two things I keep getting asked who I have. And I be like, no, I don't have either one of those things. Well, WhatsApp is a lot different, but go ahead. Okay. My homie Pete Davidson, he paid somebody with cash app this weekend. And I was sitting there thinking, can people fake that? Can I fake pay you in that moment? Can I fake like I sent you the money?

How do I know the money? It goes right to your phone immediately. You can see it, hey, this person just paid you. So you can't never bounce a cash app? No, you can pay the wrong person like I did that time, but that's about it. That's about it. So the money is there. Once you send it, see.

The money is there. No bouncing to the cash app. Nah, B. Money's there. Okay, cool. That's not cool, man. You can't just take my phone and cash app yourself, bro. You shouldn't hand to nobody your goddamn phone.

Why'd you hand the person her phone again? Because he was fixing the Wi-Fi in the crib. Oh. What the phone got to do with that? Man, I don't know, man. You don't have Wi-Fi in your crib? Oh. What the phone got to do with that? Man, I don't know, man. You don't have Wi-Fi in your crib to use? I'm not digitally intellectual. I can tell.

I can tell. Well, that is front page news. Now, let's get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent, hit us up right now. Maybe you had a bad night or bad morning or maybe somebody took your phone and cashed out at you. Whatever it may be. 800-585-1051.

Get it off your chest. Hit us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Let's go. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed.

Stay with your chest. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, let it out. Hey, Adam. Good morning. Yo, what's up, bro? Hey, what's up, man? Get it off your chest, bro. Yeah. Buenos dias, tia. You know, good morning. Yo, what's up, bro? Man, what's up, man? Get it off your chest, bro.

Yeah, buenos dias, y'all. You know, happy Tuesday mornings and everything. I just want to get it off my chest. Hola. I'm a plus, man. You know what I'm saying? My daughter, wide awake at 5 in the morning here in Wisconsin and everything. You know what I'm saying?

She's giving me good love and everything. So I just want to get it off my chest that I love the world, and I wish the world would have more better people in it. There you go. Hey, man, that's all we can hope for, man. How's your daughter, brother? She's four months old right now. Okay.

Enjoy it. They get big fast. Hold up. One last thing. What's up? Charlamagne got my daughter's name wrong the last time I called her. He called her Zendaya. Zendaya.

Zendaya, like the actress. Yeah, yeah. So, yeah, I just want to check you on that real quick. You ain't got to check me. You just correct me. It's called correcting me, sir. It's not a check. Well, give your daughter a kiss from the breakfast club, all right?

I always want to check people. All right, have a good morning. Kayla. Hey. Good morning, Kayla. What up, Kayla? Good morning. It's so good to hear your guys' voice.

Good morning. What can I say? Tell us something good. I am driving in traffic right now, and I just moved out of New York, so I thought that I was done with traffic. Orlando is no better. Let me tell you guys. I mean, Orlando got a lot of people there, though, so I can understand why.

It's horrible, and they're all crazy, like you say. The whole state of Florida is crazy. I'm glad you know that all the craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. That's a scientific fact. And shout out to our family in Orlando. 104.5 The Beat. That's what you're listening to us on? Yes, I love you guys. You guys are great. We love

you too, boo. I love Orlando, man. My aunt lives in Orlando. I got family in Orlando. I used to go to Orlando, like, every summer. And now, you know, I gotta, of course, we take all our kids to Disney World. That's right. Hello, who's this? Hi, it's Taylor. Hey, Taylor.

Good morning. Get it off your chest. Good morning, Taylor. Good morning. Morning, Charlamagne. How are you? So basically, I'm good. How are you?

I just got off work, so I feel good. Word. I'm blessed black and highly favored. Hey, power to you. Yes, ma'am. So I want to get off my chest. Basically, I have a five-year-old son, and currently he just started living with his dad. And what I mean, I've lost people, family, friends, a lot this year over the argument

that supposedly I'm wrong for letting him live with his dad. I find that, like, crazy, and it, like, makes me mad. And what's wrong with letting your son live with his father? Because everyone just says, like, oh, you're his mom, and you're, like, abandoning him. And I'm like, no, I'm not. How old is he like, abandoning him. And I'm like, I'm not. How old is he? He's five. Oh, no, not at all.

You're not abandoning him. That's like saying the father is abandoning him just because he lives with you full time. Like, yo, if a good parent, y'all can co-parent together. Absolutely.

Isn't that wrong with good co-parenting? Yeah, that's what I think. Like, we haven't been together in five years. I had him for the first five. His dad wanted to step in and do it full time,

so I let him. I think that's dope. I don't... Nothing against five. His dad wanted to step in and do it full-time, so I let him. Nothing against moms out there, but I personally don't think a woman can't raise a man. I personally feel that way. Sorry. I mean, a woman can raise a man, but there's nothing wrong with letting the father raise him full-time. There's absolutely nothing wrong with that, man.

You know how many women out there wish their fathers would step in full-time? Not even just full-time, part-time. A quarter of the time. Temp service time. True. Thank you, guys. Well, thank you for checking in.

The world needs to know that it's not their own. All right, mama. You good, boo. All right, you guys have a great day. You too. What's wrong with that? Brothers out here changing the narrative, you know what I'm saying? Nothing at all.

Holding their children down full-time. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Get up,

pick up the mother, mother bone and die. 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 you better have the same energy. Yeah. Oh, Donia. Good morning. Good morning. It's somebody's birthday, huh? It's my birthday.

Wow. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. You share the same birthday as Will Smith, T. It's somebody's birthday, huh? It's my birthday. Happy birthday. You share the same birthday as Will Smith, T.I., Donald Glover, and Scottie Pippen. And Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas also. Nobody cares about them two. Nobody cares about them two white people you just named. God bless them. We can text you her four. You want your 41?

No disrespect to them, but we don't care. 38. 38. Okay. Well, happy birthday, mama. Michael Douglas and Cat Frazita Zones. And I also wanted to say, for the Cash app, you can put a pin. If they had a pin on their phone, the person wouldn't have been able to send it.

Oh. Okay. I don't even know what that means. You can put, like, a pin, so it'll verify that you want to send it. Oh. Oh, got you. Okay. I still don't know what you're talking about, but I'm going to act like I do.

Well, thank you, mama, and happy birthday. Enjoy your day. Happy born day, boo. All right. Thank you. Okay. I still don't know what you're talking about, but I'm going to act like I do. Well, thank you, my man. Happy birthday. Enjoy your day. Happy born day, boo. All right, thank you. Hello, who's this? Yo, yo, it's Franklin. What's cracking, bro? Franklin the turtle.

What's up, Franklin? Get off your chest. Hey, listen, this is what I want to know, man. What? There's a lot of discrepancy to that. At least I think so. I want to know what qualifies someone for saying the N-word. Are you white or black? I'm black. Well, you can say the N-word. Are you white or black?

I'm black. Well, you can say the N-word. That's all that matters. Okay, I know that. But what makes other races other than black people say the N-word? Like who? Like Mexicans and Spanish people? Spanish people got a pass from, I don't know, when I was a kid.

I will say this. That's only in New York, though. In L.A., they don't allow that at all. In Cali? In Florida, they allow that in Florida. Another thing, because you want to go with the hardship of the Spanish people. If you're going to say that, what about the Jewish people? Can they say the N-word because they went through hardship?

No. I think the N-word is reserved for the black and the brown, brother. And I guess Latinos in New York, he's saying, but I don't know. Yeah, the black and the brown. Like I said, guess Latinos in New York, he's saying, but I don't know. Yeah, the black and the brown. Like I said, I mean, when I say brown, I mean the Latino community. But I mean, listen,

I don't think we should be using the word at all. I think we should be using higher vibration words. You know what I mean? I like to call my people brother and king and God and queen. You know, I like higher

vibration words, personally. If I call you an a**hole, I'm using it in the context of the white man. You dumb a**hole. So that means an A-Rap to say the N-word too then. Man, leave me alone, man. Say the N-word too far, man.

Just leave me alone, man. I ain't got time for this stupid a**hole conversation. How about that? Goodbye, man. Luis! Luis! Luis, como esta usted? Es muy bien, como esta usted?

Ah, si, asi. Nacho Grande, Ariana Grande, Belle Grande to you too. Oh, my goodness. Louis, what's up, bro? What's up, bro? Hey, what's going on, guys? So I have a situation with being homeless until I'm, you know, getting my new apartment on the 18th,

all because I bought a new two iPhones for me and my partner. First of all, first of all, what do you call homeless? I don't like when people use the word homeless loosely. What do you mean homeless? His sister kicked him out. He has no place to stay. Living in a vehicle with my dog because I have families that live in housing and they don't accept dogs.

So my dog is basically keeping me from having a place to stay at. So I've been staying in my car for the past three days and I've been going to the YMCA to shower and stuff so that I can go to my work routine and my dog just chills in my car while I'm at work. Do you have a place you can go?

Your mom, grandma? I only have my mom, but she has housing so I can't stay with her. So she makes a big deal out of it. She's like, hey, you can stay here, but your dog can't. I'm like, I have my dog for nine years, ma.

I just can't get rid of my dog. It's family. Well, you got kicked out because you bought your boyfriend an iPhone and not your sister? I bought my boyfriend and I an iPhone. I put it on Snapchat. She hits me up on Snapchat. She goes, yo, Tito, since you want to spend money on two iPhones, how about you grab yourself and you get out of my house

because it's not happening over here. You're not spending money over here. Hold on, hold on. You got a boyfriend and you're homeless, bro? I got a boyfriend, I'm homeless, and my... Your game is trash. Nah, it's trash. Your mouth game, your jaw game is trash.

You got a whole boyfriend out here and you homeless? I'm disgusted. We're an hour and a half away. I don't care. And if he really loves you and your jaw was about something, he'd have you out there right now. He would never let you be out here in these streets three days homeless. I don't know about the jaw game, but the ass game is good, though.

No, it's not. That ass game stinks. Okay? The situation is that, honestly, to tell you the truth, I've just been with my partner for two months, you know? So I try to move in with him with my dogs and stuff. Boo! Jaw game, trash, butt game.

Butt game is right. Butt game too loose. All right? Boo! Boo! Jaw game, trash, butt game. Butt game too loose. All right. Boo! It's a win or lose, you know. I just don't want to put him in that situation. Win or loose? You said win or lose.

Win or lose. That's the name of a mixtape. All right. Win to loose. Your name is Louis? What do you want, man? All right, loose booty. You want us to pray for you?

What do you want us to do? I want you to find me a home, man. All right, man. Have a blessed day, sir. You be cool out here in these streets. You know what I'm saying? You too, yo. Shout out to you guys.

I appreciate all the morning talks you guys talk about. I love it all. Love you, man. All right, brother. Praying for you, man. Wish you the best, man. Tighten that booty. Do some butt kegels.

That's what you say. It's praying for somebody. I'm praying for you, brother. Come on, man. Asking me for no house. It's September. Holiday's right around the corner. My goodness. That's what you say. It's praying for somebody. I'm praying for you, brother. Come on, man. Asking me for no house. It's September. Holiday's right around the corner. My goodness.

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now, if you need to vent, you can always hit us up. When we come back, hopefully you'll be here by now. But if not, we're going to talk LeBron James. He moved to Hollywood. Let's find out why. It's the Breakfast Club.

And Taraji P. Henson will be here next hour with her friend Tracy Jenkins talking about mental health. We're going to get y'all mentally healthy. Mental health is wealth. So don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. And Taraji P. Henson will be here next hour with her friend Tracy Jenkins talking about mental health. We're going to get y'all mentally healthy. Mental health is wealth. So don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to these rumors. Let's talk Bill Cosby. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor report. Rumor report.

This is the Rumor Report. Talk to them. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, today is the day that Bill Cosby will be sentenced for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constance. That happened 14 years ago at his home near Philadelphia. Prosecutors are asking for the maximum 10 years in prison. They will give him the opportunity to speak to the court before they hand down the sentence today. We don't know whether or not he will speak, but they're saying it's almost certain he won't express remorse because he is planning on appealing his conviction.

They do say that he is likely to be incarcerated, and they still have to see whether or not Bill Cosby will be classified as a sexually violent predator, which means he could have a sentence at the higher end of that range. So we'll see what happens today. I never thought we would see the day that Bill Cosby got sentenced, because I honestly thought he would have died first. Well, they do expect a defense witness to testify today. I thought you were going to say they do expect him to die later on today. I mean, listen, part of what the defense is is that what is he going to do?

He's 81 years old. He's legally blind. He's still got to pay for those crimes. He's no risk. So they're saying that there's no reason that there will be any new allegations so he's not a violent predator. I mean, any long jail sentence, even if it's a year, two years, three years, it could possibly be a life sentence for Bill Carter.

He's still got to feel it, though. He's 137 years old. He'll be dead. He'll die. He's 81 years old, and he's still denying these charges and he still plans to appeal, so clearly if he does decide to speak, which we don't know if he will, he's not going to say I am remorseful for

things that have happened. Billboard has announced they're going to do their first ever R&B Hip Hop Power Players event. It's going to be an award show focusing on artists who are driving, influencing, and guiding the industry.

It's going to be invite only. And they're planning on having the top 100 artists and execs. In R&B? Hip Hop and R&B. First of all, don't niche us like that because we not niche.

All right? Hip Hop and R&B is the culture now. We not no niche. You don't got to do a separate award show for us. We-hop and R&B is the culture now. We're not no niche. You don't have to do a separate award show for us. We should dominate your main award show. Well, this year's event is going to honor Meek Mill. He's going to get the R&B Hip-Hop Power Players Impact Award.

You know why they're doing that? Because they just want to whitewash the main awards. The main awards are the ones they paid on TV. They want all of America to watch, but they're not reflecting the actual culture, which is totally black at this point. Well, Van Jones will be giving that award to him. Also, Coach K and P will be

honored from Quality Control. They're going to be given the Executive of the Year awards. They deserve that regardless, though. Of course they do, man. They should be Executives of the Year at the main awards. The Migos, Lil Yachty, Lil Baby, the City Girls. Drop on the clues bomb for QC, damn it. They are the culture. And now Cardi B.

Cardi's managed by them, yeah. All right, well, that's all going to happen on September 27th, and it's in New York City. And it won't be televised. FYI. FYI. That's Billboard's form of affirmative action. It'll be online.

And DJ Clark Kent is DJing. My God. Shout to Clark Kent. Drop on the Clues Bomb for Billboard doing the BET Awards. All right, Billboard decided to have their own BET Awards. They're saying that B.O.B. is going to be there, Black Boy JB, Jidenna, Rizzo Kidd, Playboy Cardi, Taylor Bennett. Wow.

I wouldn't show up if I was all of y'all. I'm going to be honest with you. If they don't invite y'all to the main Billboard Awards show, I wouldn't show up today. I'm with you. I don't understand why they're even doing that event. Hip-hop and R&B is the culture. Hey, clearly none of us were invited. It's no niche.

This is my first time hearing about it. We wouldn't have went in anyway. Is that the right word, niche or niche? I thought it was niche, but... Niche. It's no niche event. I think it's niche. Maybe it's niche.

Y'all know what I'm trying to say. We know what you mean. It's not that kind of event. All right, SiriusXM is buying Pandora for a $3.5 billion deal. But it's all stock, so it's not $3.5 billion. Who listens to Pandora? Everybody listens to

iHeart. I know. That's a fact. And Sirius, right? People listen to iHeart. No, you don't listen to iHeart. No, I'm saying people don't listen to Pandora or Sirius. They listen to iHeart. No, all iHeart. iHeart all day, B. Alright, so just giving y'all that heads up. I don't even know why you're reporting that. Just let it, y'all need to know

what's going on. No, we don't. Just in case you might have stock in something. I got stock in iHeart. Me too. Okay. Now I'm on the iHeartRadio app right now. Drop on the Clues Bond for iHeartRadio, damn it. All right, LeBron James. People are trying to say that LeBron joined the Lakers

to be closer to Hollywood, and he refutes that. Here's what he said. My decision was based solely on my family and the Lakers. I'm a basketball player, and that's what I live by, and when I do it at the level I do it at, everything else takes care of itself. So, you know, as far as my business, those things have been taking care of itself

way before I even came out here to be a part of the Lakers franchise. Knock it off, LeBron. Nobody believes that, okay? That's like you coming back with a hairline next year and trying to tell us the hairline is right. All I know is he's got like 25 shows

right now. Exactly. We know why you moved to Hollywood and it's fine. It's going to be a tough season for him. Why would you go

to a side where it's going to be tough? What do you mean? Spurs, OKC. Oh yeah, the West of Beast. The Lakers will probably be like a

sixth seed. Nothing wrong with challenging yourself. Exactly. He's LeBron James. You know what I mean? He'll be alright. And he still feels like everything's going to happen successfully,

but he has so many movies coming out. He has a new house party, the Space Jam 2. Movies, TV shows. He has the TV shows, the Shut Up and Dribble documentary. He got a lot going on. LeBron's setting himself up for life after basketball. He's fine. He's not going to L.A. to win no goddamn ring.

Knock it off. All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Now, when we come back, Taraji P. Henson and her best friend Tracy Jenkins will be joining us. I love what they're doing, man. They have the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation, which is named after her father,

and it's a foundation that is here to eradicate the stigma of mental health in the African-American community. You know I'm all about being mentally healthy, so I'm happy they're here. A lot of times people don't want to go see a therapist because they don't see people that look like them in the black community and don't want to even pursue that as part of their career choices. So they want to make sure that that's an option. So we're going to talk to them when we come back. We're talking mental health this morning.

Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's DJ Andy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, we got some bum-ass people from Howard University that have been here today. Coming to talk that Howard stuff already. I'm trying to be nice.

Who wearing that fake H.U. stuff? We have Taraji Henson. Hi. From the real H.U. And Tracy Jenkins. Welcome. Hey, thank you. Now, I didn't go to college.

I sold crack. But my niece, Michaela, she bought me this months ago and she hit me this weekend. She said, Taraji's coming Monday. You better wear that shirt. So I said, you know what I'm going to wear today? I'm going to wear a Terrence Howard t-shirt.

Because she went to Howard. Let's talk about mental health a little bit. Yes. First of all, can I just say I'm proud of you? Thank you. I really am because brothers have it the hardest. And it's so incredible to see how you have put the shame away. And you've stepped up.

You're a soldier. And I love you for it. I really do. We're damaged people. And, you know, we got to go work on that damage. Talk about it. Yeah. Talk about it.

We're predisposed to depression. Look at the history. I mean, it's that simple. Turn on the TV. That's PTSD right there. I don't care what color you are. But in our community, we don't talk about it. And that's an issue.

My son's father was murdered when he was nine. My father died two years later on me in the room. I saw the last look. I felt his body go cold. That's traumatic. Those are things you can't pray away And for so long We've been told

Oh just pray it away Jesus gonna take All your problems away It's not that simple Or you're weak Or we're demonized When we express our feelings Because they've been

Bottled up for so long When it was time For me to look Seek help for myself And my son Couldn't find anybody That looked like us So now I know

My son is gonna have issues well when the person on the opposite side of his sofa doesn't look like you you're not gonna tell your truth so I called my friend my best friend here frustrated because I was like who can we talk to like I have this pain my son is not talking like what how do we fix this and looking for a black therapist who's like for a unicorn. That's real. Yeah. This world is jacked up. And I wouldn't want to raise another kid in this with the social media and the bullying and the...

See, we didn't have to deal with this stuff. Not at all. So now you talk about added mental issues, added stress with this social media thing. Just on your phone, somebody can break you down if you're not strong enough, you know. And I'm pretty strong. I'm a tough cookie, pun intended. But stuff gets to me sometimes. You'll see my little clapbacks in the shade room because I'm human.

It's like being in an abusive relationship. You wake up every day and somebody verbally abusing you. I'm like, why do we put ourselves through that every day? Back to your son. So where did you find a therapist? You said you were looking for a therapist. What did you do? I still haven't found the right one.

You know, we found three brothers and a sister in Pasadena in L.A., but we live in Los Angeles. So that commute alone, you know, it's just like when I started looking, they were in other states. What's the statistics, Tracy, about how many degrees were given out and how many were given to African-Americans? So African-Americans, you know, when we're looking for these therapists, we're wondering why they don't exist. It's because they're not actually going to school to get the Ph.D. in order to become a therapist. Because we don't talk about it at home. Yeah. And then, too, I think maybe they're wondering, is this really a viable career for me? Black people are not coming into the office and sitting on my couch and having these conversations.

But the statistics are ridiculous. Like 5% of all graduates with PhDs are black in psychology. 5% out of 100%? That's crazy. And 76% are white? So, you know, we were looking at those numbers and we're going, what is going on? I was sick to my stomach. The first thing we thought about was, A, perhaps they don't have the money to go to college and get that degree.

So we wanted to make sure that we built something within our programming that would support that effort. You know, and B, we don't talk about it enough. It's not a household conversation. Mommy, I want to go be a basketball player. I want to go be a cheerleader or whatever. Even if you say doctor, you don't break it down to like psychiatrist. No, right. So if we can sort of normalize the conversation in the language and press on the importance

of it, maybe our kids will then say, hey, maybe that's something I want to do. So we're looking to help children especially see that there is, that the importance of mental health is present in our community especially and that there is something they can do to change it, not just observe that it's happening. No, you're right, because a lot of times in school, they'll say if a kid has AD, they'll say they have ADD or ADHD, but what it is is there's some things going on at home and they need some extra attention.

And then automatically they try to put them in a different class or, you know, they fall behind. I know that firsthand. Before I booked Baby Boy, I was a substitute teacher. And I went into, I remember there's a class. You have to take a class. You have to take a series of tests. And then they divided the class into two sections. They were like, who wants to work with special ed children?

I saw on the side of the special ed, there were maybe one person over there. So I was like, I should, let me go over there. So I'm going to these schools. And then I decided, I chose to work in the hood. And so I get to Crenshaw, Crenshaw District. I forget the school. And go to the class. And I'm waiting to see

physically disabled children. No. I had a classroom full of all black boys. All boys. And they were like, I'm special ed. And I said, well, what does that mean? Because you're walking. There's nothing wrong with you.

What hurt my heart is that they believed it. Because I'm like, you're believing this label that they put on you? I did little, you know, inventive things to motivate them. A lot of times they were hungry. Right. You know, I would go get food and bring it to the class. Terrible. But I would be like, you can't have this dessert

until you do that math problem. Well, I'm special ed. No, you're not. And he does it. He would do it. Give him a piece of pie or whatever and like stop calling yourself special ed just because somebody said that. I hate them labels. I hate labels. I hate the ADDs. I hate that because it makes

kids feel like I don't have to do it because I can't because I got this label on me. I hate those labels. I was in remedial class for English and math, but that's because I failed a standardized test though. At one point. So they put me in remedial class and I was in there with the so-called special ed kids.

Yeah. Yeah. But that broke my heart. This is a class full of young kings thinking that they are incapable of learning when your brain is functioning fine. Did teaching those special ed kids

prepare you to work with Tyrese and Baby Boy? Told me. It helped me work with a lot of people today. All right, we have more with Taraji P. Henson and her best friend Tracy Jenkins. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. E-J-N-V, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Taraji P. Henson and her friend, her best friend, Tracy Jenkins is in the building. Who did you talk to when you said you had to deal with all your stuff? Who was your shoulder to lean on? I had to go to a professional

because friends are great, but they have too many stakes involved. And a lot of times your friends, because they're not professional, they just want you to be fixed. So they're just going to say whatever. And a lot of times that whatever they say is not the thing you need that's going to help you.

And you were comfortable talking to that person that you didn't know? Once I found someone that looked like me. Oh, you found someone that looked like you. That's the problem is to talk to somebody that you feel doesn't get you. Right. Doesn't understand you. It's almost like you feel like I'm talking to the man. Why am I going to give you all my information?

You're going to use it against me. That's the hardest part about it. And I think for African-Americans, when you walk in that room, it is very important who that person looks like on the other side of the sofa. Because we have trust issues and because we've been misdiagnosed for years because of a cultural divide. Your father suffered from mental health issues. Yes, he did. Did you see any symptoms early in your son that made you think like, oh, my father went through that too? A little bit. I saw like anger issues in the early beginning of his, when he was really, really young.

You know, but once you get a control and an understanding of who you are, no one can use you against you. That's why it's so important, your book. No one can ever use your mental illness against you. You've already spoke about it. So what you got? Now let me help you. That's why it's so important your book. No one can ever use your mental illness against you. You've already spoke about it, so what you got? Now let's, want me to help you? Let me inspire you. That's real. And what about your son's father when he passed? I know you had to have some

really intense conversations with him about that, or did you? I'm not even going to lie. I remember when the light left his eyes. Because I took took you know how you do school pictures every year and i lined them all up and it was always the goofy silly ah laughing light sparkle in the eyes ninth grade dead eyes it was years later when we got the therapy but when i started looking back i was like i dropped the ball that's when i should have

taken him but thank god i did pick the ball up and I ran with it. And my son is very open about it. And I think that's good. Like you are. The more men that step up to the plate and come out, the more men that'll feel safe enough to do it. It's difficult too. I mean, even with depression, like talking about depression,

it's like, you know, you could go in a barbershop. We could talk about everything in the barbershop. Who's smashing this person? Who's doing this? But when it comes to depression, it's kind, you know, you could go in a barbershop. We could talk about everything in the barbershop. Who's smashing this person? Who's doing this? But when it comes to depression, it's kind of like, oh, man up. And that's how people feel that men can't cry or men can't be sad. It's hard for us to be vulnerable. I told my son, cry, let it out.

When he was little, I was like, baby, let it out because that's a passing emotion. You need to deal with it and let it out because if you harbor it, it festers and it becomes something else. And that's the story. That's what I would always tell him. I would be like, Marcel, you gotta express your feelings. You must express. I'm not gonna raise another black man who's afraid to express his feelings. I'm not gonna do it.

So what are the initial steps to eliminate the stigma on mental illness? Open dialogue, first of all. You gotta talk about it. Because right now we're not talking about it. Pray it away. Prayer doesn't work all the time. You know. You might pray and God might say go see a therapist. How about that?

How about that? You know. So I think the first step is open dialogue. Putting faces to it that people look up to. Say hey look I go see my therapist. And this is the problem. I'm going to address my people.

Why is it that we can talk about our thyroid? Right? That's a part of our body. Is your brain not attached to your body? So why is that so difficult to talk about? It's still a part of your body. It's still considered health. And I don't think we're inclusive with the mental part

as African Americans when we talk about health. I think a lot of, with our community too, I think a lot of people feel like they can't afford it. You know, when you talk about thyroid, I can go to the doctor and my health coverage is going to cover it. Right. You know, if I'm talking about my backache, health coverage. But when I talk about mental, a lot of times they don't cover it. You know, and that's a problem. I went through a breakdown.

I suffer with anxiety, depression. And when I had my first breakdown, I went to the hospital, emergency room, because what's wrong? There's nothing I could do. My parents, nobody could do anything. So what happened for people that don't know? Remember your first panic attack? I do. I do.

I woke up out of my sleep, and physically I could not understand how to move my body, right? So I forgot how to walk, move my arms, all of that. And at that point I was still with my parents. And my dad came into the room. And what age? I'm just curious. I was 14. Wow. And he actually had to lift me up, put me on his back

and take me to the emergency room because am I having a heart attack or what's going on? And when I got there, once I pulled up to the hospital, I was fine. And it was because I did not understand something. I think the big part of anxiety and depression

is that you have this great fear because you don't understand something. Yeah, you don't know why you're so scared all of a sudden. Right. So then that just takes over. But once I got to a place where I knew that I would be able to understand or somebody could fix it right then and there, the fear and anxiety left. And I went into the emergency room and nothing was wrong.

They did the EKG. They did blah, blah, blah. My mother said, and my mother suffers with it as well. It's actually in my family. It's my mom, myself, and my daughter. She said, we need an EKG in every corner store. Because, seriously.

It always feels like a heart attack. It always feels like a heart attack. Did anxiety ever impact you, Taraji, when it came to performing? No. Anxiety affects me in my life. I think, and as I get older, it's starting to affect me even more. I was talking to my therapist about that.

Like, I have these overwhelming sensations of not, of being out of control. You know what I mean? Like, and you know the state of the world. I have a young black son who drives drives who is out here in the world so every time i hashtag with a black child i go into a panic attack i can't sleep my eating is off you know that's mental i call that parental paranoia yeah yeah yeah and i walk around with it it doesn't go away when they get grown you know it's funny you say that about your therapist i've been talking to my therapist about that and I guess that's when you have to implement

your old school spiritual principles and bring in the serenity prayer. But then I'd be wondering, can we control things or are things just out of our control? Some things are just out of our control. A lot of things are out of our control. It's how you handle them. It's how you process everything. Therapy is great and maybe some people want

alternative methods of healing. So if, for example, if you understand your triggers, at least, I just don't go into spaces where I know that trigger's going to be. Word. She has done a lot of work. I remember when we were in college, we went to Hong Kong to do a play. Some producer paid for our entire production because we were that good at the real HU. Anyway.

We were probably too busy, but go ahead. Whatever. Why are you too busy to go to another country and put on a play? Okay, whatever. Okay, whatever. So, she was all drugged up on the plane. I have a picture. We were making fun of it back then because that's what we did. It was uncomfortable to talk about.

And she did a picture with all those little pills. But she had to do that to get on that plane. Once upon a time, she wouldn't even get on a plane. Wow. And I'm still, and now I'm back to contemplating whether I'm getting on the plane. But part of the problem, too, is I think we try to self-medicate ourselves. Yes, yes. We start off with weed.

And then from weed, we go to pills. We usually start off with alcohol. Alcohol. And then we don't know what we're taking. We don't know the dosage. And then you look up, and then we're stuck on something we can't get off of. Yeah, because that's your coping mechanism. You've been doing it for so long, and it's not even helping.

All right, we have more with Taraji P. Henson and her best friend Tracy Jenkins. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Taraji P. Henson and her best friend, Tracy Jenkins, is here.

Charlamagne? You're not even telling me what we're talking about. Taraji has a foundation, the Boris Lawrence Kingston Foundation. We had this great conversation about mental health, but why? Why are we having this conversation? And named after your father. And named after my father, who passed away in 2006 of liver cancer. She's given us the history of how this organization came to be, and our targets are basically try to eradicate the stigma, first of all,

around mental health challenges and issues. But we want to do that by bringing some more supports into the urban community around mental health, specifically in schools. The suicide rate for young African-American children have risen, have doubled since the 90s. Have you even heard of black children saying, I'm going to go kill myself at nine? No way. And we don't hear about it, but you do a little research and the numbers will alarm you.

I'm sure. It's a crisis. So we definitely want to make sure that we're hitting the young people first by bringing more black mental health therapists into the school system. We also want to support young people who are interested in the field.

So scholarships. And then we also want to attack the recidivism rate. We have a lot of work to do. We do. You know, and I think it just takes celebrity. It takes people like us to stand up and say, hey, you're not alone. And let me just say this.

The brothers that have stepped up, I'm just going to put them on blast. Snoop Dogg, Exhibit, Kevin Hart. It's just the men, the black men that have stepped up. I'm just going to put them on blast. Snoop Dogg, Xzibit, Kevin Hart. It's just the men, the black men that have stepped up and understand this cause and who have written checks

with no questions and said, baby, I got you. This is so important for us. Tracy Morgan. Like, just a phone call and they wrote five-figure check

just like that because they know how important this is. How can people donate? How can they donate? How can they donate If they want to donate? Go to BorisLHensonFoundation.org

And one thing That I've noticed too We have this I do this segment up here Called Ask Ye Right? And so certain days It'll be all guys

Calling up for advice And sending me emails And I think part of the problem Is like they might be Upset about a breakup Or something like that That their friends Might make fun of them for

But they really do need help. And I hate that we put that pressure on our men. It's not fair. They're human, just like the rest of us, and they shouldn't have to be no more stronger than we do, you know? It's so sad. It's a survival method for us a lot of times. I know it is. And for women, it's hard to be as strong like you've been

a strong single mother, you know, for as long as you have, and that's a lot of pressure too. You know when I got free? The first time I said, I'm not a strong black mother, you know, for as long as you have. And that's a lot of pressure, too. You know, when I got free, the first time I said, I'm not a strong black woman. I'm weak today, damn it. I don't want to be strong. Somebody come over here

and lift me up. I'm tired of being strong. When I said that, when I finally spoke that out of my mouth, ooh, I was free. I was free. I was free. We think that's cute.

Be a strong black woman. First of all, that scares men. Because they're like, well, what am I supposed to do? Hey. It scares a certain type of black man. They want you to be that. My whole life I've been grew up around strong black women. I'm in awe of my wife right now because I saw her deliver our third baby yesterday.

Congratulations. With no epidural. Oh, congratulations. In two hours and three pushes. And I'm like, that my wife right now because I saw her deliver our third baby yesterday with no epidural. Oh, congratulations. In two hours and three pushes and I'm like, that could not have been me. Well, let me... And congratulations

on your pregnancy too. Oh, God. Evie, why would you do that? I can't stand you. You not just was on good day, good morning, good day. What was I on?

I was on... See, I said this. I was like, I'm still... She's on goodbye DJ Envy right now. Every interview, I'm going to have to say I'm not pregnant. Because every day I get, oh, we're so happy for you and Calvin. We're so not.

He didn't even ask you. He just looked at you like you got your stomach protruding or something. This felt like some Howard University hit. I got an alert that said she was pregnant. It says, to rise you from Howard is pregnant. She so is not. She so is not. She's so is not. How did you deal with your father having mental issues when you were young?

Because you didn't really know what that was then, did you? I really didn't. He was, the reason why I was able to maneuver through it all, my dad was very honest. Good Lord. He was brutally honest about his truth, about things that were going on in the world. He never hid anything. He would show you the wound in his head from when he tried to commit suicide.

He was just, you know, I would have to give my friends a disclosure before they came in the house. Like, okay, hold up. Don't take anything he says personal. You know? Right, the first time I met him, he was like, buckwheat.

Yes! Wait a minute. This is back in the day. This is back in the day when we got issues with light skin, dark skin. I'm going to be like. He's like, come here, buckwheat. I know you were like, please don't.

Okay. Why did he call you buckwheat? Because you had a hair like that or something? No. Well, maybe. No, she did not. I swear to God, he was. But he just would look at you and call you a name.

Whatever he thought of. I had two friends who were very tall. They were like six feet tall, sisters. He called them Baby Huey and Louie. I had a girlfriend who did a play. We did a play, and she carried an egg in the play. And until he died, he called her Egg. He would not call her Queen.

Where's that egg? My girlfriend Pam had slanted eyes. He called her China Woman. Yeah, it's just straight up. Sounds like my dad. It's just straight up. Tracy, does anybody in your family have mental health issues? Absolutely.

My mother, me, my sister, my daughter. So for us, it's like a genetic kind of thing. I mean, we realize that now. But we didn't talk about it coming up. It was very quiet. It was a secret in the house. You know, you don't want to give people permission to label you. That's how we grew up in my house.

It's sad. Back to the labels again, and this is a pet peeve of mine. How I was introduced to ADD was the crack baby. That's when I first started hearing them label kids as ADD. Now it's just loose. Everybody got it. And I'm like, well, isn't the point of kids, the beauty of kids is that they are so full of energy.

So I'm just a little, because I remember one time a teacher tried to say my son was ADD and it took about every kid at some point. Let me tell you something. Man, let me tell you, it took about 10 people to keep me from going up there

and putting my foot in her ass. Not only that, because he was like one of maybe three black kids in the school, so you're going to drug my black son up because he's rambunctious?

It's your job to figure out a way to teach him the way he needs to learn. My kids didn't grow up like I grew up in. I grew up in Queens, a lot different.

We all had the same energy. We was all black. We all did everything. My kids, because they're not like the quote unquote white kids, they're a little different. Just say it.

We're genetically superior. Just say it. It's a different way. Because my kid is so aggressive, for instance, and this is probably bad parenting. You hit me, I hit you back. That's what my parents taught me.

I taught my kids. In that area, they don't. And as soon as you do, he's aggressive. Yes. Happens. You see what I'm saying? He's aggressive. But see, that's the thing.

People don't take into account that we have a cultural difference, right? So we were raised in a certain way. These cycles that you continue to tell your kids what your parents told you. It's about how I protect myself from all that's going on out there. So what I think what we want to do is say, let's figure out how we can break the cycle. So that these, what we're telling our kids is something that's changing the way that we look at mental health in our community. We thank you guys for joining us. Thank you so much.

I do have one question though. This is from Taraji's book because I was really thinking about this. You say you met Mary J. Blige, just me, random as a fan. You say you met Mary J. back in the day

but she was rude to you the first time. Yeah, we laugh about it now. But then as you glowed up, she wanted to be your friend. No, it wasn't even like that.

It wasn't. You know, she just, at that particular point, she wasn't in a good place in her life. You know what I mean? And then she grew and blossomed. And we laugh about it now.

I never held it against her. That's what I wanted to know. You know why? Because I'm a celebrity now. And when I don't feel like being bothered, you might get slacked by her or my friend or my sister out there. So I get it now. Well, thank you for joining us, guys.

And shout out to Empire, new season coming. And of course, What Men Went, which I'm really excited to see because I get it now. Well, thank you for joining us. And shout out to Empire, new season coming. And of course, What Men Want, which I'm really excited to see because I loved watching What Women Want, but I would love to see it from a woman's point of view. It's really good.

It's really good. So see what those men are thinking about us. Although I don't know if in real life we would want to know that. I don't want to know, but I tell you this.

We all want the same thing. And some sex. Well, I want me some sex. I need to go home. It's Tracy Jenkins, Taraji P. Henson. Thank you for joining us. Thank you guys so much. The Breakfast Club, where you get food for your soul.

The Breakfast Club. She's spilling the tea. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, little Zan was in the hospital. Now he had posted a picture of himself riding in the back of an ambulance. Nobody knew what had happened, but he revealed why he was in the hospital because of too much of this. I just want to let everybody know I was in the hospital, not due to any drugs, but I guess I ate too many hot Cheetos.

And it ripped something in my stomach open. So I chipped a little blood. So we good. How many hot Cheetos would you have to eat for that to make your stomach bleed? I'm a grown ass man. I'm a grown ass man who has told a lot of lies to my parents. OK, you think I'm falling for that one? I didn't know that flaming hot Cheetos could do that to you.

You'd fall for that, huh, Yee? I wish I had you as a mom growing up. And mess up the lining of his stomach. Oh, really? Yeah, Yee. I know if I was Cheetos, I would sue the ish out of him. Why? You're going too far. Why? You saying that too many Cheetos put you in the hospital?

Well, you're right. Yeah, teach that little boy a lesson about lining. Sue his little ass. Who knows man right now? Yeah, Cheetos. What's the tiger name from Cheetos. Hell yeah. Too many Cheetos put you in the hospital? Well, you're right. Yeah, teach that little boy a lesson about lying. Sue his little ass. Who knows man right now? Yeah, Cheetos. What's the tiger name from Cheetos? Cheeto the Tiger? That's his name?

I don't know. Or did you make that up? I made it up. Chester. Chester. Chester. Sue his ass. Chester.

I always thought Chester was the worst. Chester. Never mind. Yeah, that's the worst name to have. Yeah, that's a bad name. Because of the only... Cheeto the Chester. Cheeto the Chester.

All right, Cardi B, congratulations. She got her third number one single on Billboard's Hot 100. Drop one of Clues Bomb's for body, damn it. Yes. She's the first female rapper with three Hot 100 number one singles. So congratulations. That's the song she has in room five. And wasn't it...

Am I making this up? Was that yesterday the one year anniversary of Bodak Yellow actually going number one too? Was it? I don't know. I saw that somewhere. Oh, I don't know if that's true. I think I saw Elliot Wilson or somebody post that yesterday the one-year anniversary of Bodak Yellow actually going number one, too? Was it? I don't know. I saw that somewhere. Oh, I don't know if that's true. I think I saw Elliot Wilson or somebody post that. Salute to Elliot Wilson.

But congratulations to her. Now, of course, everything always has to come with some drama. People are talking about the fact that they say that Rihanna unfollowed her on Instagram. Well, here's what Cardi B has to say about that. And a lot of people was doing rumors of that a couple of celebrities, they don't follow me, and that was not even true. Those celebrities wasn't even following me. Why can't I just stop making rumors,

trying to make me look like I'm just over and everything? Y'all will see when my time is over. Ha-ha. She's like, they wasn't even following me in the first damn place. Bardi gonna be fine, okay? I love Cardi B. I love Cardi B. I love Cardi too. We all love Cardi.

I've heard new Bardi music. Bardi gonna be fine. Now, shout out to Mike Kaiser from Atlantic Records. He actually had on a Cardi B t-shirt over the weekend at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. I guess she has these t-shirts and it has a knot picture with the knot on her head. And it says, I will not tolerate disrespect. Yeah, I saw that. Let me tell you what Cardi did. Mike cousin looks stupid in shorts, by the way.

He does. You're too tall. If you're not on the basketball court, bro, you don't need to be wearing shorts. Find some sweatpants. Those are actually sweatpants, but they're just short on me. No, they're not. I let him know. What else would he look good in?

Stop it. This guy right here. Now, Cardi heard I was doing a car show and she said she reached out and said I can use her car for the car show. Well, good, because car isn't named Cardi. You can't say Cardi without saying car. There you go. So I appreciate that, Cardi B. All right.

Well, she also has caused the sales for this sex enhancement pill to actually soar. She posted, ladies, have you ever tried the pink pussycat pill? What you think about it? And she posted that. And when that happened, they normally sell about 100,000 units a month. But now after this, they got a ridiculous amount of sales. What is the pink pussycat pill? What is that?

Don't you worry about it. It's for women. You want to try it and see what happens? I don't know what it is. I'm just curious. What does it do? It gets your butt wet. Wow.

But it's a sex-sensual enhancement arousal. Jeez. Okay. Jesus Christ. Alright. Well, I guess you won't try that. Alright. Kevin Gates was on with Zane Lowe and he talked about just basically battling inner

demons and how people have listened to his music as a form of therapy. Here's what he has to say about rehab. Rehab is for quitters. You have to replace negative habits with positive habits because everything for me is a trigger. And there's so many people that come to me and tell me, hey, your music has helped me. So I'm not trying to be an advocate for people that battle with depression, but I know that I am. All right. And he also goes on to talk about the first time he feels truly free.

This is my first time truly being free. I always had something over my head. I always was fighting a court case. I always had a warrant or something pending. This is my first time truly enjoying life for the first time. And I've been taking it slow and I've been enjoying the simplest things. I've been enjoying the small things. And by focusing on enjoying the small things, it allows you to be appreciative

of the large things. Well, that's nice. He hasn't been doing a lot of interviews since he got out of jail, so it was good to hear him out and about doing some more press. Okay. Alright, well, I'm Angela Yee and that is your Rumor Report. Hey, salute to my homie Dion, too, man,

out there listening in L.A. Dropping the clues bombs for Dion. Makeup by Dion. Did I get your makeup on? No. You look good. Yeah, you be looking shiny when you get done. Y'all gonna stop disrespecting.

Dion, what up, Dion? Y'all gonna stop disrespecting Dr. Natasha Sandy, okay? And this fine, polished look I have. All right. But Dion makes sure you good when you're in the West. Oh, look, somebody tweeted us about the Flaming Hot Cheetos story. Shout out to the Nightcap TLJ. She said, those Flaming Hot Cheetos will do that.

They messed up my daughter's esophagus. If you read up on it, the red dye is extremely damaging to your inside lining. Oh. See? Little Zan might have really went to the hospital for overdosing on Red Hot Flaming Cheetos. Well, stop feeding your kids Red Hot Flamin' Cheetos. First of all, what the hell flavor is Red Hot Flamin' Cheetos? Hot.

Man, shut up. What flavor is that? Stop feeding your kids this processed food with a bunch of dye on it, and then when they die, you looking crazy. I think he bought it on his own. I don't think his parents fed it to him. I'm going to tell you something. Your kids die of Red Hot Flamin' Cheetos, they don't deserve a funeral.

Don't say that. Why would you say a thing flaming Cheetos, they don't deserve a funeral. Don't say that. Why would you say a thing like that? Because kids don't know no better. Oh, look, there's a whole story about it. What? Why flaming hot Cheetos

are sending kids to ER. Well, take them off the freaking shelves then. Wow. They kind of should go off the shelves. Duh. I'm trying to,

I never heard of this before. Me neither. But then again, cigarettes cause cancer and people still smoke it. You should hold the parents responsible if your kids die from eating red hot flame and Cheetos.

All right, all right, guys. Damn, it says it can turn your stool red or orange. That'd be kind of dope. And they might mistakenly think it's a sign of blood, which means that you get panicked and you go to the hospital. But they said the good news is there's probably nothing wrong. You got a reason to explain to your wife why your stool is bloody. Come on, get it out. Get it out.

Get the joke out. I'm just saying. Get the joke out. Get it out. Now you have a reason to explain to your wife why your stool is bloody. That's all.

It would have been funny the first time if you got it out the right way. I'm just saying. It would have been funny if you got it out the right way.

I was thinking in my mind making sure I wasn't cursing. Because in my mind I was cursing. I'm being honest. I could hear it in my mind. Goodness gracious. All right, Ernie and Bert.

Relax. That's your rumor report. But who you giving your donkey to over there? Listen, before after the hour, we need to have a quick conversation with everyone who is acting like Nike is the new Black Power Fist. All right?

Okay, please. Let's all gather around. Let's simmer down a little bit and have a conversation, okay? Okay. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkey of the Day. I'm a Democrat, so being Donkey of the Day is a little bit of a mixed up. So like a donkey. See? Donkey of the Day. The Breakfast Club, bitches.

Now, I've been called a lot in my 23 years, but Donkey of the Day is a new one. Yes, Donkey of the Day for Tuesday, September 25th is going to all of you people out there who are acting like the Nike logo is the new Black Power Fist. Listen, man, I support Colin Kaepernick wholeheartedly. Drop one of the clues, Bon, for Colin Kaepernick. That's a man I consider a friend, and I am extremely glad that Colin did a business deal with Nike. I have been saying on this radio for a while that the first company who signs Colin to a sneaker or apparel deal is going to win and win big. And we are seeing that now because according to Reuters, since the Colin Kaepernick Nike ad was released,

Nike has sold 61% more merchandise and added almost $6 billion to the company's market value. That would have happened with damn near any sneaker company Colin would have signed to, except maybe Under Armour. Under Armour, you need new designers for your sneakers and some of your apparel because it's trash. But back to the matter at hand, Colin Kaepernick is great for the business of Nike, and I really feel in my heart that a lot of you people have forgot

that there is no permanent friends or enemies when it comes to business. And that's all Nike is, a business. But a lot of y'all out here acting like Nike hoodies are dashikis. Okay, y'all acting like the Nike logo is the new symbol of resistance in America. And I'm here to tell you that it's not. It's the same old swoosh it always was, okay? But, you know, it doesn't warrant churches like Metro Baptist Albany in New York to have Nike Sunday. Oh, yes. On Sunday, September 30th, Metro Baptist Albany is having Nike Sunday, where the minister will preach on the subject of being more than conquerors.

The flyer has an image of Colin Kaepernick on it with the Nike logo. Like, come on, man. Knock it off. All right? You want to incorporate what Colin has done in your sermon? Great. But what the hell Nike got to do with it? Alright, they just a corporation who getting money from all

sides. Let's not forget, they still sponsor the NFL, which is the same organization that, ha ha, blackballed Kaepernick in the first place. And as of right now, we're still blackballing him. Not to mention, go read an article on thestranger.com with the headline, despite progressive rebranding, Nike donates

more to the GOP. All right. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, during the 2018 election cycle, Nike employees, along with the company PAC, contributed over $400,000 to Republican candidates and the GOP, compared with only $122,000 to the Democrats. That means 78% of the company's political contributions were to the GOP in 2018. And look, call me a hypocrite, but I'm still a rock night. But I'm rocking night for the same old reasons I always rocked night, because I like it. And I like it even more now because they have signed Colin Kaepernick.

But what I'm not about to do is wear a Nike outfit to an award show and act like it's made of Kente cloth. All right? I love Jennifer Lewis. That's not a shot at her in any way, shape, or form. I'm just telling you what I'm not going to do and how I feel like people are going too far. Because once again,

the Nike logo is not a sign of resistance in America. And if we don't get this right and draw the line, we're going to have more misfires like the one we saw Grey's Anatomy star Jesse Williams make yesterday. Jesse is doing a movie on Emmett Till, titled Till. The 14-year-old. If you don't know who Emmett Till

is, he's the 14-year-old black man who was murdered in the South on August 28th, 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Well, Jesse Williams decided to conflate the two subjects, and he had Colin Kaepernick's night campaign ads

with pics of Emmett Till's funeral. Okay, one pic in particular had Emmett's mom, Mamie, standing over Emmett's casket with the phrase, believe in something something even if it means sacrificing everything. Jesse, I expect more from you, my brother. All right, this is the type of tone deafness that happens in a corporate boardroom full of Caucasians with no diversity in sight. I mean, the mayonnaise was heavy on these memes.

All right, I looked at these and said, no way Jesse Williams really sent these out, but he did. And the backlash was swift, heavy and deserving. So Jesse pulled the pigs. All right. First of all, Emmett Till was not a sacrifice. Emmett Till was murdered by white supremacists, by racist bigot, cracker ass, cracker white devils. OK, he was brutally and unjustly killed. There was no sacrifice. All right. His mom didn't want that to happen. Her son wasn't an offering to God or some divine supernatural figure. Okay.

Emmett Till wasn't killed as a religious sacrifice. So it doesn't even make any sense. But Jesse and his team got caught up in the hype of everybody out here acting like the Nike logo is the equivalent of a Malcolm X hat or an African medallion. All right. You want to make a statement at an award show? Wear an actual I'm with Cap shirt or a Black Lives Matter T-shirt. Or wait until Colin's actual Nike line drops and wear that. Be intentional with your messaging, okay?

Those themes I just named are actual signs of resistance. The Nike logo is not that. All right? Nike is a business playing all sides because they understand what we don't, and that is no permanent friends are enemies in business. When I see that in 2010, 2012, and 2014 election cycles, Nike gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to Republicans with 76%, 69%, and 59% of their contributions going to the GOP

in each of those cycles, respectively. And when I see almost half of this year's donations come from Nike founder Phil Knight and his wife, who have donated at least $1.5 million to an Oregon Republican candidate named Newt Buller, who supports lower taxes for corporations and wants to end Oregon's sanctuary law for undocumented immigrants. How can you fools act like Nike is anything but a corporation who wants to cover all bases? They want all the money. Look, I'm all for supporting progressive companies, but despite the Colin Kaepernick campaign, Nike ain't it.

So please give everyone acting like Nike is the symbol of resistance in America the biggest, y'all. Please. I ain't going back and forth with you niggas about this either. Okay. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today, sir.

Now, when we come back, what happened on Insecure Ye? Well, our girl Issa Rae has a new man. I don't know if that's really her boyfriend, but she was dating someone and all of a sudden he went ghost. Now, we know he's alive and he's around because he's been speaking to Lyft

about an incident that happened when she was driving her Lyft, but he's not answering her calls. She can't find him, so she's got to track him. Well, she doesn't have to track him down, but clearly she wants to. A lot of things could be happening. He could be in the hospital. He could be in jail. But he's talking to Lyft about the incident that happened in the Lyft.

So we know that he's been speaking to someone. I'm going to be honest with you, man. I saw the episode when they smashed. She was out all day. You know what I'm saying? Could have had a little odor. Could have turned them off. I'm just saying.

But what are some reasons that people go ghost? When you've been dating, you feel like everything's going really well. Why would a man disappear? First thing that always comes to my head is he's got a family at home. Especially because they didn't know each other that well. And we just talking about ghosting and relationships. I can honestly say in my later discretions in life, even though I am a proud

member of the faithful black community now, that is exactly why I would ghost a woman. Because I have a whole family at home. If I'm being honest. The times got hot. If I'm being honest. What happened to Charlamagne? Yes, if I'm being honest.

You know how many people would be like, I didn't know he... That is not true. You don't tell that lie. All the women know when I was being honest. What happened to Charlamagne? Yes, if I'm being honest. You know how many people would be like, I didn't know he... That is not true. You don't tell that lie. 800. All the women know when I was out here in these streets. Now, every guy ghosted. I did get ghosted. By R. Kelly.

Great segue. But we'll tell that story when we come out. Put a period on that. Let's talk about it when we come back. 800. See, y'all make it sound so crazy. But 800. Yes, R. Kelly did ghost me.

Shut up. Don't tell no more. We'll talk about it when we come back. 800. Y'all are foul. How old were you? I was young. 800, yes, R. Kelly didn't ghost me. Shut up. Don't tell no more. We'll talk about it when we come back. 800. Y'all are foul. How old were you? I was young. 800-585. This is getting good. Younger, I should say. 800-5. This is getting good.

We'll be right back, man. If you have a ghost of somebody, call us now at The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Were you brainwashed? The Breakfast Club. Hey, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we're talking ghosting.

Now, where does this come from, you? This came from Insecure, but it also comes from real life. Issa just got ghosted by a guy who appeared to really like her and seemed to be a nice guy. What could have went wrong? Alright, so we're asking 805-85-1051, did you ever have to ghost somebody? Well, you've been ghosted. I wasn't necessarily ghosted. So what happened was...

First of all, how old were you? I must have been. I was like 20 or 21. 20, 21 years old, fresh young tender. Getting flown to Chicago by Robert the Pedophile Kelly. Kelly did fly me to Chicago. Me too? Oh, hey!

First class? First class? No, it wasn't first class. He flew me to Chicago. Middle seat? It wasn't a middle seat. I had my own seat. I didn't say it was in your own seat.

I said it was in the middle seat. I think I had a window. Sit on someone's lap. He flew me down there to do a mixtape. We were going to do a mixtape, and I had the DJ function for him. So you told him you do music. This was before after the R. Kelly tape.

You told them you do music. This was before the R. Kelly tape. Before the R. Kelly tape. Before the R. Kelly tape. He was like, oh, you do music. Before we knew

he was a predator. Right, so he flew me out. I checked into the hotel and then when I got into the hotel, he never called. He never called. Oh my gosh.

He just never called back. So you just had a free trip to Chicago. Yeah, I just went and this was the time where I really didn't have money. So it was like, I could just be like, yo, I'm out and buy my own ticket. So I had to wait till my, I just went. And this was the time where I really didn't have money. So it was like I could just be like, yo, I'm out and buy my own ticket.

So I had to wait till my flight left. Damn. So knowing R. Kelly, you probably turned to his assistant and said, how old is he again? 20. That's too old for me.

Shut up, man. You know how I like my tenders. Now, Solomon, I'm sure you ghosted somebody in your previous life. Listen, let's be clear. I am a proud member of the faithful black male community.

It's a gated community. You know what I'm saying? I have sworn off all infidelities. I'm three years sober. Three years clean now. But in my day, when I was a junkie, I absolutely did ghost women. And the

reason I ghosted them is because I got a whole family at home. And what did I say is the number one reason that if somebody says he ghosted me, like, you know, he probably got a whole family and the block got hot. Once the block get hot, once the block get hot, and you know, I feel like the feds, a.k.a. my wife, is barreling down on me, I'm out.

You got a bird in the car. Or if you, as the other woman, are getting a little too attached, you know what I'm saying? I gotta do what's best for me. What's best for you in that situation. And us. And by us, I mean me and my family. And separating myself from you. When you're laying there, and she's like, you in that situation. And us. And by us, I mean me and my family. Gotcha. Separating myself from you. When you're laying there and she's like, our kids are going to be so cute.

It's stupid stuff. You be in the bed, you know what I mean? No, you be in the bed and you know, your wife will call. You sure you want to tell the story? Yes. Okay. You be in the bed and your wife will call and you know what I'm saying? She want to FaceTime and you FaceTime and the girl you with will jump under the covers and you like, and then when you get off the FaceTime, she'll be like, that was good, right? And I'm like, oh, no,

no, no, I don't like that. It don't make me feel good. I'm gonna be totally honest with you. So you would FaceTime with your wife while another woman was in the bed? We was stupid, man. We was dumb. We was dumb. Like, I mean, listen, I'm being honest with you. I'm being honest with you. Men are stupid. They are. No, we are dumb. We are dumb. I be looking at dudes

now getting caught up, man, and they be trying to juggle all of these different women. I'm like, yo, they look so stupid to me now. And I say to myself, I can't believe that used to be me. Well, you know what? Or, like, let's say you get too attached to the girl's child, and you're reading them a book, and they say, goodnight, daddy. Oh, so when another woman's child is calling you daddy, it's time to go ghost?

Did you go ghost then? You know what? I'm not messing with you. I'm not messing with you. No, because I don't hear you telling those stories. But you got some stories that you can tell. They just told this R. Kelly story. No, forget R. Kelly.

All right? Let's talk. Let's just be being honest here. Let's go to the phones. Hello, who's this? Hello? Yeah, what's up? What's up, man?

Why are you mad at him? I don't know. Why are you so mad? Why are you so aggressive? Who posted you? No, you were aggressive. I'm trying to get away from Charlamagne. I see.

Okay, sir, what's your name? Pat. Pat, what are some reasons that you've gone ghost? Ugly feet. Corns on the feet. And when the pom-pom is kicking, when it ain't right, you gotta go. I told you that on Insecure,

Issa and that dude was out all day long. So she might have had a low vaginal odor. He might have had a stench his damn self. That might be on the next episode. Next episode might be all about how he didn't call her back because she had a low smell. Hello, who's this? Alicia.

Hey, Alicia. You had to ghost somebody? Yeah, it was one of my old coworkers from years ago. He sent me a picture, and it was not impressive. Oh, he sent you a penis pic? Yeah. Oh, my God. Yeah, that's a little bit much. That's too aggressive. Now, a question. If it's not

impressive, why would he send you a non-impressive penis picture? I don't know. Even though I guess he was confident in what he had, but it just wasn't up to standard. Well, let me ask you a question. If it was up to your standards, would you have appreciated that penis picture? Yeah, I would have appreciated it if it was up to standard. See what I'm

saying? So you had to see him at work after that? Yeah, I did. I kept if it was up to standard. See what I'm saying? So you had to see him at work after that? Yeah, I did. I kept it cordial, you know, but as far as anything that didn't have to do with work, there was no extra talking. I don't like this,

and the reason I don't like this is because if the penis pic was up to standard, she wouldn't have been offended. That's true. Being that it wasn't up to standard, she's offended. I don't like that.

You should just be offended that he sent you a penis picture, period. Well, she liked it. She just didn't like his. I don't like that. You know, because you're... Never mind. 800-585-1051.

Have you ever ghosted somebody? And if you did, call us up and let us know why. All right? It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

Now, if you just joined us, we're talking ghosted. This comes from Insecure. Explain Yeezy. Yes, Issa Rae, the guy that she was dating, ghosted her, and no one knows where he is. What could have happened? Vaginal odor. He might have a whole family.

A whole family. You know what I'm saying? There's a lot of different reasons why people go ghost. Sometimes your ex comes back into your life, or you were in another situation, and that starts to work out, so you got to cut off everything else that you just started. And we're also forgetting something that people don't talk about anymore. But hitting and quitting is a real thing.

Hitting and quitting is something that has always existed. But it wasn't a hit and quit situation. They went out a few times. Not on Insecure. Yeah, they did. Insecure, they had the Lyft ride. They went out and they jumped in the pool at one point. Yeah, they broke into the house and then they hung out at Coachella.

Yeah, but they didn't actually go out on an official date. And then they had that lunch date. Oh, well, that was when they went to the pool. That was when they jumped in the pool. But that's more than just one time. Eh, I guess. All right, well, let's go to the phone lines. Hello, who's this?

Chastity. Hey, mama. Chastity. We're talking insecure and ghosting. You ever had to ghost somebody? Yeah, I'm like the ultimate ghost, though. I'm the type of ghost that leaves you alone because my regular relationship is always good. And then seven months later, pop up, I'm like, hey, how you doing?

Sheesh. You like a Mark Harwood ghost. Why are you ghosting people? Because sometimes I need a little variety, but they aren't necessarily important enough for me to f*** around. So you just want to play around a little bit and then get right back. You know, and then when they act acting like there's no need to entertain, so they have to get put back on the shelf and then you take them off later. Okay.

Yeah, I'm going to tell you something. Don't get haunted. Don't get haunted by ghosts. You know what getting haunted by ghosts is, right? Ghosts of Christmas past. When you're sleeping around with getting all this variety and then you get chlamydia. Oh, my goodness. That's what you call haunted?

Oh, my goodness. Ghosts safely. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is a boy, AJ Big Dre. Oh, my goodness. That's what you call it? Oh, my goodness. Ghost safely. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is a boy, AJ, Big Dre Day out in Mississippi. AJ or Big Dre? Which one is it, bro? Dre Day. Dre Day.

We're talking ghosting, man. You ever had to ghost somebody? All day, every day. Man, I had to, man. I was dating this chick. Like, we had went out on two dates, right? And on the second date, we was kind of getting hot and heavy and everything and, you know, about to really get into it.

And we're kissing and grinding, and she, like, hits me in the chest with both hands, pushes off from me, looks me dead in my face, yo. Looks me dead in my face and say, don't make me have to f*** you up. You know what I mean? So I was like, after that, I'm like, you know what? This right here is not going any further. Yeah, that didn't sound like consent to me, brother. I'm glad you stopped right then and there.

Oh, my gosh. Right, right. Well, you know, I just took it as, you know, this chick right here is a fighter. She's going to really, and this was years ago, man. Like, this was so long ago. This sounds kind of wild. Maybe she was just into S&M and she was trying to test the waters.

What it was to me was, hey, if you know you on some BS, you better stop now. And I stopped now. Oh, I see what you're saying. Like she was telling you, like, if I do this to you, if we have sex,

don't make me have to F you up because I'm going to be all into you. Right. You were like, let me get out of here. You might have did the right move. Thank you, brother. Either way, you made the right decision. What's the moral of the story, guys?

The moral of the story is don't get haunted by ghosts. All right? Y'all doing all of this ghosting, but what happens when you get chlamydia? What happens when you get herpes? What happens when you get syphilis? All right? That's when those ghosts come back to haunt you. Well, shout out to Taylor here who says that when she gets ghosted,

she creates fake accounts to stalk the person who ghosted her. Where is Taylor? Why would you bring Taylor in here? Where she at? Taylor, bring your ass. Where she at? She over there? She has fake accounts on Facebook. She's coming over her. Where's Taylor? Why we didn't bring Taylor in here? Where she at? Taylor, bring your ass. Where she at? She over there? She has fake accounts on Facebook. She's coming right over here. We got Taylor coming over here. Taylor be lying, though. I'm going to tell y'all something. Taylor got us some

extreme stories that she be telling. I don't know if this is true or not, because she be walking around here single as hell, but she claim to be breaking up with all of these different dudes. Tell us about a ghosting scenario, Taylor. They said, Taylor, they said you create different accounts when people ghost you to make sure that they never ghost you. They can never leave.

That's not what happened. You can never leave, Taylor. That's not what happened. 30 seconds or less, go. I made an account when I was in high school. Me and my friends did this to see if the boyfriend I was dating at the time, you know, he was acting right. So, you know, I made a fake account. What account?

What do you mean, what account? Facebook? It was Facebook. And what did the fake account say? What do you mean, what account? She still has it. It was Facebook. It was Facebook. And what did the fake account say? I still do have it. I haven't looked on it.

It was just, you know, me flirting with him to see if he was going to actually flirt back. Did he flirt back? No, he was good. He was good. I was proud of him. What did you use? Some girl. I found on MySpace.

He probably was like, this is clearly fake. So what did you have to do with ghosting? Well, I mean, I did ghost some people, too. I ghosted on some guy yesterday, actually. Oh, word? I hope he's listening. And that's why you're single. Because he was too hype.

I didn't have time for it. And that's why you're single? Yes, I just met him. Female's life on a guy's hype. No, I don't. I don't know who told you that. I don't know. I'm about to get your single ass out of here.

All right, what's the moral of the story? I already gave the moral of the story. Oh. All right, well, Yee, we got rumors on the way? Yes, let's talk about Kanye West and Nick Cannon. They had gotten into it, and it looks like they are making up. So we'll tell you what happened. All right, we'll get into all that when we come back.

Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Let's get to these rumors. Let's talk Pete Davidson. Listen up. It's just in.

All the gossip. Gossip. The rumor report. Gossip. Gossip. With Angela Yee. It's talk Pete Davidson. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip. Gossip. The Rumor Report. Gossip. Gossip. With Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Alright, Pete Davidson, he was on the Howard Stern show and he talks about people wanting to kill him because he's with Ariana Grande. Here's what he said. Yeah, I got a death

threat. Someone wanted to shoot me in the face. Like a legitimate death threat. Because she's so hot. Well, of course. You know how insane that is? I was like, am I that ugly that people want to shoot me in the face like a legitimate because she's so hot well of course you're not saying that is i was like am i that ugly that people want to shoot me in the face yeah pete suffers from really bad anxiety too by the way seriously i'm gonna close my guy pdb i'll repeat over the weekend his uh happy happy belated born day to his mother his mother just turned 50 salute to amy she had a little shindig at the house. Nice. And his cousin Dave. I was over there.

All right, now let's talk about Nick Cannon and Kanye West making up. If you guys recall, they had a bit of a back and forth. It started with Nick Cannon saying this on Everyday Struggle. And again, this is as a fan, just stepping back. There's something personal going on in that world to where Drake was like, because knowing Drake, Drake is the most calculated dude ever. But we think that he kind of just leaked his personal conversations.

Is that not enough? Yeah, there's something that Drake holds over that whole family. That he's like, y'all don't want me to let this out. Exactly. And I always think about it. Who does Kanye West care about in the world beside himself? I was thinking the same.

Alright, well, if you guys recall kanye responded to that interview by saying this first of all i want to address nick cannon i understand that uh you used to date my wife but you know you get in an interview don't mention my wife if someone brings my wife up you say hey i respect that man i'm not speaking on that now the, the next thing is with Drake. Now, if I wasn't in a medicated state, I might have had the wherewithal to say, hey, pusher, don't diss Drake on my beat. The fact that it's people making rumors or thinking that you f*** my wife and you're not saying nothing and you're carrying it like that, that don't sit well with my spirit. Well, and here's the last piece of this puzzle, right? Just so you guys

have a recap of everything that happened. Nick Cannon responded to Kanye's request like this. First off, let me say welcome back, yay, from the sunken place. Nothing but love and respect for you. You know, I always had that. But I honestly gotta say this, my dude. I've never said anything

disrespectful or harmful to your, in my opinion, to your marriage or your union. I salute never said anything disrespectful or harmful to your, in my opinion, to your marriage or your union. I salute it, but you're not going to tell me what I can and what I can't say. I'm a solid individual. Somebody asked me a question. I'm going to answer it. Well, it looks like the two of them have hashed things out. They actually spoke to each other and they're not going to no longer beef about this. Apparently they both said why they felt disrespected. Kanye was upset about what Nick said to Vlad TV about Kim's body, and Nick was upset that Kanye

told him not to say what he wants to say in interviews, so now they're going to be mindful of one another going forward, and potentially, Kanye will come back on to Wild N' Out, so we'll see what happens. Mindfulness is very important. I was listening to Oprah's Super Soul conversation this morning. I forgot who the person she had on there, but the whole thing is very important. That's grown man stuff right there. I was listening to Oprah's Super Soul conversation this morning.

I forgot who the person she had on there, but the whole thing is about mindfulness. Mindfulness is very, very important. And if I can't tell you what to say, can I ask you? Can I ask you? Can I say, yo, could you please stop talking about my wife? Yeah. I would appreciate it. You can ask. Yeah.

You can't tell me what to say, but you can ask. Yo, I would appreciate if you would please stop talking about my wife. Can you do that for me? All right. Now, when Jeannie Mai was on The Real, she talked about being sexually abused by a family member. And she said it started when she was just nine years old. Here's what she had to say. As a person who was sexually assaulted at a young age by somebody very close to me,

I remember the trifecta that I would continuously process, which is fear, anger, shame, fear. What's going to happen to our family if I say something? And anger, why did you just sit there? Why did you let this go on for four years? What's wrong with you? How old were you when this happened? I was nine and it went on until I was about 12. I didn't tell anybody because this was somebody I really cared about. If somebody who was a stranger did it to me, oh, I know what to do. That's one of my biggest fears as a father, that somebody touches my daughter and she's scared to tell me or she doesn't tell me. So I try to have that conversation with her every day about everything.

Oh, I tell my daughter that all the time. My oldest, she's 10, and I always say, when somebody tells you not to tell your parents, that's when you definitely come tell us. Yeah, but for Jeannie Mai in particular, she was saying it was somebody she cared about and it was kind of like a Stockholm Syndrome thing there too, she said, because, you know, it wasn't a stranger. It was somebody that she cared about

and she said she just froze. I mean, for me, it was somebody in my family when I was eight, but I processed it different because I didn't even realize that it was something bad until in my 20s. Right. And still really processed it now when I was in my 30s. So a lot of people talk about speaking up and speaking out about things.

I'm just thinking about it. No. And people talk about speaking up and speaking out about things, but people have to process things in their own time and when they're ready to do that. Hey, man, for me, it was Tyler Perry on Oprah. When I saw Tyler on Oprah and Tyler was on there crying about getting touched by a woman in his family, I said, what is wrong with him? And then I had to start thinking, well, what is wrong with me that I don't react to it in that way?

All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. And as a father, that's why I picked the schools that has cameras so I can watch the cameras all day and just check. And I got cameras in the crib just in case. But anyway, that's just me. All right. Up next, the People's Choice Mix. But anyway, that's just me. All right. Up next, the People's Choice Mix. Revolt, we'll see you tomorrow.

Whose birthday is it? All right, it's Will Smith's birthday. Drop on a Clues Bond for Will Smith. He turned 50 today. And also T.I.'s birthday. One of my top seven favorite rappers of all time. Drop on a Clues Bond for Clifford Harris. It's the kind.

So we're going to get on a T.I. mix and a Will Smith mix. You're just going to say F. Donald Glover, huh? Today's his birthday, too. We play Donald Glover all the time. I'm with you. We play the Summertime Joint. This is America. Shout out to Childish Gambino, a.k.a. Donald Glover,

who performed at the iHeartRadio Music Festival. Even though we saw him go by in a wheelchair and a leg brace, he removed that before he got on stage. They said there was some type of injury to his foot. All right. Did he talk to y'all? No. We didn't even see him besides when he rode past. We were working. Alright. Well, let's get this mixed up.

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