The Breakfast Club - Thats Not My Friend ( Tamika D. Mallory interview)

Episode Date: May 11, 2021

Today on the show we had our leader and queen Tamika D. Mallory stop by to speak on her new book "State of Emergency", dedication to activism and social justice. Also Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to a horse trainer who is blaming cancel culture after a horse is tested positive for steroids. We opened up the phone lines to see if our listeners would ever marry their friends ex spouse after reports of Porsha from RHOA gets engaged to her "Friends" ex spouse a couple months after their divorce. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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

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

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

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

To the world's most dangerous morning show. Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha God. Congratulations, Hall of Famers. I'm honored to be in the presence of radio loyalty. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. It's a big deal.

I think that y'all have a certain amount of respect. Good morning, Angela Yee. Good morning, DJ Envy. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. It is Tuesday. Yes, it's Tuesday. 5-11-21. And finally, we have arrived at the release date for Tameka Mallory's debut book, State

of Emergency, How to Win in the Country We Built, which is the first release off my book in print, Black Privileged Publishing. Congratulations, sir. Yes, that's dope. Well, congratulations to Tamika. Okay, there's nobody I would rather be launching with more than Tamika Mallory, somebody that I look up to and inspires me on a lot of different levels. Number one, because she's out here fighting for something that's bigger than herself.

And she will be joining us this morning. That's right. On The Breakfast Club, the talk state of emergency, how we win in the country we build. So it's available wherever you buy books, e-book, audio book, regular book, out the bookstore, however you want to get it. However you want to get it, it want to get it it can be got that's right so make sure you pick up a book and she will be joining us

a little bit later yes alright are you guys serious about board games y'all get serious like my family gets serious

I haven't played board games in such a long time oh my goodness when I left this morning my family was still up playing Monopoly they ain't got school well

well not not necessarily the younger kids. My daughter, she goes to NYU, so that doesn't matter. I think she's finished. It does matter. I think she's finished. I think she's finished. Logan's in high school, but they were up, though. I remember when I was in college, one of my friends got,

she had to do another year because she would stay up playing spades all night. That happened to me. Like, through the next day. You had to do another year because she would stay up playing spades all night. That happened to me. Like through the next day. You had to do another semester? Another semester, yeah. I was a super senior. You paid for a whole other semester. When I tell you she would be playing spades for like two days straight and not go to class, I'm like, alright, this is ridiculous.

That was me. But 4 o'clock this morning, I get up, they still playing spades. You know, the whole family's all, they're playing board games. I meant Monopoly. I said spades. I meant Monopoly. She said spades made me say it. 4 o'clock in the morning, they still playing board games. I meant Monopoly. I said Spades. I meant Monopoly. She said Spades made me say it. I don't have that. Four o'clock in the morning, they still playing Monopoly. They arguing like,

Yo, you said this. We didn't trade this. It's four in the morning. And they are going hard. My wife, my wife's brother, uncles, aunts. Everybody's at the crib. I don't think I had the concentration to do that for that long. Like, I could play for a little while.

And then after that, I'm like, All right, what's next? They started at 9pm 4am, they still playing They might still be playing now As a matter of fact, when I was just in Yellow Springs they were playing a game of spades, Donnell I couldn't take it

I was like, I'm leaving It's boring for everybody else in the house I can't even think of no board game I love that much They play hard I love spades though, I love that much. No, they play hard. Like, hard. I love spades, though.

I love me a good game of spades. I learned spades in the Berkeley County Detention Center in Moncks Corner, South Carolina. Mm-hmm. Love a good spades game. Yeah, me too. I learned the Hampton. But people be getting fights over spades games. Monopoly, too?

I remember my 21st birthday, I had a spades game in my house, and that's when a huge fight broke out. Like, the cops came and everything. Over spades? Over a game of spades. N my house and that's when a huge fight broke out like the cops came and everything over spades over a game of spades there's something somebody broke it was in my pants somebody broke the glass next to the front door at the parents house yes this was at my parents house cuz I you know I was in college it was my last year at college there's some powerful nigga tree at work you want to know who was fighting? Who? Benny Boom. The director?

Yes. He was at your house fighting, playing spades? Yes. The video director. Yes, he's a video and movie director. A movie director, too. Yeah. All right.

Geesh. All right, let's get the show cracking. Front page news, what are we talking about? Well, let's talk about the Pfizer vaccine. It has now been authorized for 12 to 15-year-olds. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's the Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get some front page news. Where we starting, Yee? Well, let's start with the vaccine. Pfizer has now been authorized by the FDA for children ages 12 and up.

They're saying this is a big step for our country. Vaccinating a younger population brings us closer to returning to a sense of normalcy and to ending the pandemic. So they're saying these could be administered as soon as Thursday. Pfizer announced in late March that their clinical trial showed the vaccine was safe, was 100% effective in kids aged 12, 15, which is similar to how effective it is among adults. Yeah, I just missed when COVID became a thing around kids because I thought that was always

the conversation. It didn't impact the younger generation in that way. Well, they can still get it and spread it to other people. And so while kids are not at high risk to die or be severely sick from coronavirus, they still represent about a quarter of the population. So it is critical for them to get vaccinated to stop the spread of the virus. And think about it.

Kids are going to school. The older generation, older people have, for the most part, a lot of them have been vaccinated. So if the kids are vulnerable, then they're contributing to how the virus can spread. All right, now 1 million people have signed up for the Affordable Care Act coverage after Joe Biden reopened it.

And he reopened that back in mid-February, the special enrollment period. And since it became law more than a decade ago, it's helped out a lot of people. So now with the Affordable Care Act, typically enrollment during the year is limited to people losing job-based policies and experiencing other major life events like divorce.

Donald Trump, the former president, refused to relax access last spring, even though it was a pandemic. So now new and existing customers who go there can take advantage of premium subsidies that are in hands. That's part of this $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. And this generous assistance lasts for two years. It's also reduced monthly premiums by more than 40% from on average $100 to $57. And if you make less than lower income policyholders, you can actually have your premiums eliminated completely. You know, it's important for people to have access to health care, especially right now. Absolutely.

It should be a right to all Americans. I agree. But, you know, this is America. It should be a right to all Americans. I agree. But, you know, this is America. We don't do right by all Americans. Never have. I don't think we ever will. But, you know, we can fight trying. All right.

Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Front Page News. All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you're upset, you need to vent. Hit us up right now. Maybe your family's still up right now playing Monopoly, yelling and screaming all through your crib.

Right. Maybe you just need a little sleep or whatever. Maybe you've been telling your job you don't have Wi-Fi on your computer at work now. Every single time you come in and you still don't. Those computers are like 10 years old. Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't sugarcoat it, Yee. Tell them how you really feel, Yee. Come on.

How can I effectively do my job without Wi-Fi? How many things did you syndicate it on, Yee? How many stations you syndicated on, Yee? Tell them all the things you gotta do and then they give you that computer. And just to play white devil's advocate. It's not like Yee comes up here. There's no Wi-Fi. I got Wi-Fi. I'm here.

You know what? Touche. It's not like you're here, Yee. But why would I come here if there's no Wi-Fi and I can't even work? You can't pop in every now and then and then be mad when you don't have your necessities. Listen, every time I've been here, there's been no Wi-Fi. I can't even work. You can't pop in every now and then and then be mad when you don't have your necessities. Listen, every time I've been here, there's been no Wi-Fi. And then I'm like, you know what? I'm not coming in tomorrow. That's not true.

Because they tried to fix this computer like five times and it still doesn't work. It might be time to buy a new $200 computer. Yeah. I got Wi-Fi though. I got my own computer. But get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Wake up, wake up. Wake your ass up. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this?

Yo, this is Ahmad from St. Stephen. St. Stephen, South Carolina, the 843. What's up, bro? Uncle Charlotte, what's going on? Yo, I'm kind of mad because yesterday I heard the show Envy. You got to stop. You want Uncle Charlotte to be your gyno doctor? Your gyno?

You need a gynecologist? I don't need a gynecologist. But Charlotte May gyno doctor. Your gyno? You need a gynecologist? I don't need a gynecologist. I knew exactly what he meant when you said gyno doctor. What did you mean? I knew what he meant. It got to stop one day. Tell him, brother. And listen, one more thing.

One more thing. Y'all been debating, and Uncle Sharla, I got the answers. Y'all been wanting to know about Elon Musk. So this is what happened. So a few months ago, Elon Musk was on Clubhouse, right? Uh-huh. And he said people got mad because he said, why are we slowing down the world for people that are already at health risk?

So it's like, what side would you be on? Would you be on the side of, should we stop slowing down the world for people at health risk? Or is it survival or the fittest? I would ask him to explain. I would say explain. That's what I would have said to him. That's why people

was mad because he was like, yo, we slowing down the world for people that are at health risk, you know? And people got upset. I understand. I got you. That makes sense. Oh, and another thing. Uncle Charlotte.

Yes, sir. You got to pop up at my mom's. My mom's opened up a hookah bar in Moskona, South Carolina, called Black Dior. Where? I saw you at my cousin's spot. I saw you at my cousin's spot, Atlantis. Oh, yeah.

You got to pull up to Black Dior, too. I'm going to come. I'm going to be down there. In Moskona on 52. I'm going to pull up. I'm going to be down there 4th, too. I'm going to come. I'm going to be down there. And I'm going to score an all-52. I'm going to pull up. I'm going to be down there 4th of July. I'm going to come. I'm going to pull up.

All right, brother. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest Whether you're mad or blessed

We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club Hello, who's this? Victoria Hello, Victoria Oh no, I'm calling to say that I'm graduating After being in college for 10 years I did it First time here

Through all my trials and tribulations So I'm the first in my trials and tribulations. So I'm the first in my family as well. So it's amazing. Why were you in college for 10 years? I had low self-esteem. I was depressed. I was homeless.

I couldn't do it. I had very self-doubt. I took breaks in between. And then right before I finished my college journey, my grandmother died. Oh, that's horrible. And that's when I ended my semester. But I did it. Yay.

Well, congratulations. Communications. Oh, salute to you. Congrats, Mama. Thank you. We're proud of you. You have a good morning. Thank you.

That's right. It's not how you start. It's how you finish. And at least you finished. Hello, who's this? Hey, so this is Jessica. Hi, beautiful people. Good morning.

Hey there. Hey, so I was calling. I'm originally from the 757. But I'm feeling really good today because I turned 32 on Mother's Day. Congratulations. Happy birthday. Happy Mother's Day. Congratulations. Happy birthday. Happy Mother's Day. Thank you.

Thank you so much. Angel, I just want to say I love you so much. I think you're amazing. And yeah, you're strong and beautiful. And I love the work that you're doing. Thank you. Charlene, shout out to you. Thank you. Dr. Charlene.

Mental health. Important. That that's right we out here baby mental health advocate over here proud mental health advocate hello me too psychology made there please i need a job let me know oh i'm gonna send you a book i'm gonna send you the unapologetic guide to black mental health by dr rita walker Okay. That sounds good. Hopefully that'll put me on the right path. That's right. I'm going to put you on hold and get your address. We're going to mail that out to you. Hold on, okay? Okay. Alright, sounds good.

Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Jody. Hey, Jody. Hey, Jody. Good morning, guys. I like to see y'all every morning. Thank you. We appreciate that. We need it. I was just calling to get it off my chest that I had opened up a YouTube channel last year, and I've been going hard at it.

And right now, it's at a little standstill. So I thought about it. I should call the Breakfast Club. Okay. You guys promote everybody. And you help everybody. And anybody. We try. What's your page? You better tell everybody. And anybody. We try.

What's your page? You better tell us. It's Jody43. One word. J-O-D-Y-4-3 on YouTube. All right. What are you doing on this page? I do skits.

I do challenges. I also do poems. I write. I'm a big writer. I know everybody don't say that, but I also write. I'm a big writer. I know everybody don't say that, but I also write. So I was saying, if I get through today and you guys check out my page and watch one of my skits, and if you laugh

at it, I was asking, can you please put it on your social media? If it's funny, sure. If it's something that's worth sharing, absolutely. Yeah, send it to us. Let's see. We'll go take a look. Okay. How do I send it? Tweet it to us. Yeah, send it to us. Let's see. We'll go take a look. Okay, how do I send it? Tweet it to us. Yeah, I'm going to just go look. Alright, if you want to check it out now,

if you have time, it's J-O-B-Y 4-3-1-WORD and the skit that I want you to watch is Jamaican Sucker. Alright, tweet it to me and I'm going to retweet it. Oh, you said Jamaican Sucker. Sucker. Oh, Supper. Sucker. Sucker.

Sucker. S-U-C-K-A. Oh, Jamaican Sucker. Sucker. Supper. Supper. Sucker. Soccer. S-U-C-K-A. Oh, Jamaican sucker. Sucker. Yeah, I did a remake of I'm Gonna Get You Sucker. Okay. All right. You know the part when the lady took off everything? Don't give away too much.

All right. So what is it called? Wagwan Gonna Get You Sucker? Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051 now we got rumors on the way uh man there's so much to talk about today i want to talk about porsche but i'm gonna save that for a little bit later yes and we are going to talk about porsche and fallon and real housewives of atlanta and apparently there is a lot of drama going on and

we got to get into it it's too much for me to even describe right here. But, you know, can you, I guess, marry your friend's ex-husband? What? That's weird. All right, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

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

There's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson the First, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe own country.

My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a racket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets.

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It's time, time, time. She's spilling the tea. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, T-Pain was on Twitter and he told his followers, the producers are the ones that deserve all the clout because y'all really don't be liking these songs. Y'all really just like the beats. When you hear a certain producer's tag, you don't give a F who's on it

because you know you're going to like the beat. Give them they flowers. Notice I said y'all don't be liking these songs. Y'all know what effing songs I'm talking about. If I was talking about any other era, I would have said those songs. We on the same page, but y'all ain't reading between. Feel me? Yeah, I'm not reading between.

I need more context because since when don't producers get the credit they deserve? There's not a fantastic producer we don't know about, even in this era. And I like the songs. I just don't like the beat. I like the song usually makes the beat sometimes. Well. To me. I agree with him on that.

It goes both ways. Yeah, I agree with him about the beat. It can go either way. Sometimes you like the beat more than the song. Sometimes you like the song, and you be like, the beat could have been better. True. It just depends.

Sometimes both hit together. It's a case-by-case basis. Yeah, I've never, I think it is mostly about the beat and the hook for me the hook yeah it's the beat and the hook but I will say if the beat is whack

the song usually isn't that great yeah I just need more context about what he's talking about though because I know it's a lot of producers I like right now

salute to my guy Jetson made it but listen I'm never mad at giving producers their credit nah never alright now Wendy Williams

and her man have already called it quits. And if you guys recall, she was doing this whole challenge. Yeah, remember she did this whole challenge and we talked about it up here where she was looking for a boyfriend and then she set up with this guy, Mike Esterman. The older white guy? Yes.

Okay. Well, it looks like they already have broken up. Now, he told Page Six she deserves to be with someone who may have more time. And according to reports, they have drifted apart. Well, one person who was commenting on this, NBA Youngboy's mother, you know, Wendy Williams had spoken about NBA Youngboy getting locked up, said some negative things about him. Well, here is his mom responding to this news. Wendy, Wendy, Wendy. Girl, you should have knew that wasn't going to last.

You knew that man couldn't keep you around, bringing his property value down. She's 75 years old, running around here telling everybody's business but her own business. She knew that wasn't going to last. So some people are happy, I guess, when, you know, things like that happen. Man, y'all think Wendy Williams, like I was looking at everything that her and Jocelyn went through, and then people were going at Jocelyn for her on her reality show for screaming at the girl for coughing. Did y'all see that? I did.

That was hilarious. I didn't see it. All right. I saw that yesterday. Somebody sent me that. Somebody texted me that. I thought that was hilarious. Yeah, I guess the problem is when you're malicious to people, they're happy when bad things

or things don't work out for you. I mean, people believe in this thing called karma. You know what I mean? And they feel like you get back what you put out, which is usually the case. Alright, well, let's talk about Portia and the Real Housewives of Atlanta. There's a lot of drama going on with this. Now, apparently,

Portia is happily in love with Simon. Now, Simon was married to Fallon, who was introduced to Real Housewives of Atlanta as a friend of Portia, right? And rumors are that Fallon is going to have a peach for this new season. And here is Portia talking about now being in

a relationship. Now, the fans want to know, honey, what's up? I will say this. I am happy. I am in love with my new love and I'm excited about it. God is good. My family is amazing.

They support me and I will dish on it a little bit later. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Portia's friend, she just married Portia's friend's ex-husband? Yeah, she's engaged. Not married. She's engaged Portia's friend's ex-husband? Yeah, she's engaged.

Not married. She's engaged to Simon. Simon was married to Fallon. They ended up filing for divorce. They got divorced earlier this year. And, you know, okay. So just to reiterate their relationship, here is Fallon

talking about how she actually met Portia. You came on as a friend of Portia's. So what was your history? It was more so through Dennis and Simon. They knew each other. They're in the same industry and at some point in time Portia and I got to meet and she was really sweet. She's always been very real and genuine. Man what is going on here? It's not like y'all talking about cryptocurrency. I'm so lost. What is happening? Now, Simon posted on

social media, I'd like to seize this opportunity to thank every well-wisher of Portia and I, whether via phone, text, or DM, you affirm my belief that finding love is possible for everyone who genuinely seeks one. Getting married again was never a question in my mind, but when? Did not expect to be blessed with a mate so soon.

The interesting thing about life is that it is an individual journey. Portia and I, with the support of our loved ones, have chosen to travel together as one and spread love and positivity to our community. Now, Portia posted, our relationship began a month ago. Yes, we are crazy in love. I know it's fast,

but we are living life each day to its fullest. I choose happiness every morning and every night. Yes, Charlamagne. I have my hand raised because I have a question. Yes, Leonard. Who the hell is Simon? I don't know what the hell y'all are talking about. I just told you that-

Who are these people? All right, listen. You know Portia, right? Of course I know Portia. You know Portia. Portia got a girl that's her homegirl that she brought on Real Housewives of Atlanta. You got that. Okay.

That girl was married, right? Okay. Right? They all cool. Everything is good. They get a divorce. Okay. Now, Portia marries the ex-husband.

Well, okay. About to marry the ex-husband. They're engaged. Now, Portia said, I get the optics, but Simon filed for divorce from a previous marriage in January. It had nothing to do with their divorce filing. That's between the two of them. Okay.

She said, Fallon and I are not friends, and Simon's divorce has been settled. Our relationship is a positive, loving step forward in everyone's lives. All I know is all the cameras rolling. Yes. Okay. Okay. They are definitely rolling. This sounds like some good stuff that shouldn't be on social media.

I don't know what the hell's going on, but it sounds nice and messy for reality TV. But everybody is digging in and seeing like past episodes and other things that have been said. That was cool. Now, Simonon when they actually announced that they were separating right here's what he had said uh on the neighborhood talk i'm not i'm no longer responsible for financially my family's not broke i promise you you guys just want something very salacious how was the infidelity exposed just just just understand that i'm very good at what i do when I need to find something out.

So people are saying that maybe he found something out about her. That's all confusing. This is a lot. It's a lot, but I'm sure we'll find out in the new season of Real Housewives of Atlanta. All right, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. Okay, all of this is on Real Housewives of Atlanta. I said that. I said Fallon is getting a peach this season.

You don't know what that means. You don't watch it. He knows what gettingwives of Atlanta. I said that. They said Fallon is getting a peach this season. You don't know what that means. You don't watch it. He knows what getting a peach means. I do now. Not that I thought about it. You do. But if I was just listening, just driving around in the car, I'd be like, what the hell are they talking about? Right.

Well, a lot of people watch Real Housewives of Atlanta. Okay. So that story was for people who are in tune to the show. But even if you're not, it's a pretty interesting story. If you know what's going on. Because I didn't know what the hell you were talking about. That's why we just broke it down. So could you marry your friend's ex-husband?

Now, see, there you go. Keep it simple. There you go. We're going to talk about that next hour. There you go. So, Abby, could you? What? Marry what?

Marry your friend's ex-husband. No. No. I'm sorry. I couldn't. Okay. He has morals. I have morals.

But 800-585-1051. We'll talk about it next hour. Could you marry your friend's ex-husband? That would just make me think that maybe they was always plotting on my ex. You know what I mean? Why are you looking at me like that? It's just weird that you're considering marrying anyone's ex-husband. I said no. Hey, bro, I didn't know you was really like that. I thought we just played on like that for the radio. No, she asked me a question. I said no! I didn't know you was really like that.

I thought we just played on like that for the radio. No, she asked me a question and I said no. I'm not judging you. But the reason is because that's your friend. No, because I'm not gay! Well, you should have led with that too. You didn't lead with that. Y'all are very confusing this morning.

You're confusing me. This is cryptocurrency this morning. I'm not messing with y'all. That was DojaCoin. Doja Catoin. DojaCoin. Doja Cat is a person. Anyway. Front page news is next. I'm sorry, y'all.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Angela here. And the general insurance understands that stuff happens, including lapses in auto coverage. At The General, they make it easy to get reinstated and will work with you to keep you covered. Call 800-GENERAL or go to thegeneral.com

to find out more. Some restrictions apply. Hey, morning everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get some front page news. Now, congratulations to Russell Westbrook. He has set the NBA record with his

182nd triple double. Beast. Beastbrook. He has set the NBA record with his 182nd triple-double. Beast. Beast, man. Surpassing the mark set by Oscar Robinson in 1974. So congratulations to him. Mind you, this is the same guy who averaged a triple-double two seasons in a row. I think it might have been three seasons. I don't remember.

It might have been two or three seasons. But drop on the clues bombs for Russell Westbrook. I really want to see Russell Westbrook on a team that's a contender, man. Because that's too much wasted talent, bro. Yeah, the only other NBA players who have more than 100 career triple doubles are Magic Johnson and Jason Kidd. And Oscar Robinson. Well, other than obviously Oscar Robinson, since he just broke the record.

Yeah, Oscar Robinson as well. All right, now what else we got? All right, now a group of 40 state attorneys generals are asking Mark Zuckerberg to abandon his plans. He was planning to launch a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13. They said use of social media can be detrimental to the health and well-being of children who are not equipped to navigate the challenges of having a social media account. Further, Facebook has historically failed to protect the welfare of children on its platforms. So what is Instagram now? Is it Instagram for kids now? Can't kids get on Instagram? You know, parents are very skeptical. You saw Lala just let her son join Instagram.

But I guess it's going to be something that's prioritizing safety and privacy. And they said they'll be consulting with experts in child development, with child safety, with mental health, and privacy advocates and all of that. So they want to develop something that's different. No ads. And it's like an Instagram for kids under 13. In 10 years, they're going to be doing studies on the brain and the impact that social media had on the brain of all people.

Because it impacts adults. It makes adults just as silly as it does the kids. It ruins the mental health of every single body. But I feel like a lot of kids are on TikTok, and obviously kids sit around and watch YouTube videos of other kids playing games. That can't be healthy for your brain. Your brain needs to be doing

activities, man. You need to be reading. Back in the day, we used to do crossword puzzles. We used to have to look at maps. Remember having to look at maps and having crossword puzzles. I remember having to look at maps and having to figure things out. Like,

you don't have to figure anything out anymore. No, they're not doing that anymore, puzzles. But that's why I put my kids

in every activity because I want to keep them as far away from the phone as possible. I put my daughter into things, and horseback riding. I never,

I hate, I just like horses. I'm scared of horses, but my daughter, I was like, I just want to put them in everything. Taekwondo,

horseback, swimming, basketball, Well, let's talk about horseback riding real quick for a second. Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit has tested positive for a steroid after the race. And now the trainer of that horse is saying that it's all because of cancel culture. Now, here is what Bob Baffert had to say. We live in a different world now. This America is different.

It was like a cancel culture kind of a thing. So they're reviewing it. I haven't been told anything. We're prepared to run. But you're here to say that Bob Baffert's team did not cheat to win the Kentucky Derby. We did not cheat to win the Kentucky Derby. I mean, I hate cancel culture, too. But what in the hell does cancel culture have to do with this?

I don't know what that has to do with a horse that's tested positive for steroids. It sounds to me like, you know, folks are just holding that horse accountable and he doesn't want to deal with the consequences of that horse's actions. I mean, in any era, if you get caught cheating, you will be held accountable. The horse had double the amount legally allowed in Kentucky racing, according to testing. And by the way, this trainer has had five horses in the past year test positive. All right. Now, Donald Trump has also weighed in and said, so now even

our Kentucky Derby winner, Medina Spirit, is a junkie. This is emblematic of what is happening to our country. The whole world is laughing at us as we go to hell on our borders, our fake presidential election, and everywhere else. Oh, and dropping the clues bombs for Donald Trump.

That is hilarious. Drop the bomb, man. Come on, man. That's hilarious. You call the horse a junkie? Your horse is a junkie. Like the horse was just sitting there

shooting up. Exactly. Your horse is an addict. Okay? You're talking to him like he on crack, too, not opioids. You know if the horse

was on opioids, they'd have some empathy for him. You know what I mean? They're treating the horse like he's a crackhead. Okay? Well, that is your rumor report. Oh, my goodness.

I mean, front page news. Sorry. Oh, my goodness. All right. Also, you know, we're taking your calls. We were talking earlier about could you marry your ex? Well, I should say, could you marry your friend's ex-husband? You said no.

We'll talk about it next hour, 800-585-1051 if you have comments. But coming up next. Yes. The woman. New coming up next. Yes. New book out today. State of Emergency. Tamika Mallory, State of Emergency, How to Win in the Country We Built. Her book is finally out today, available everywhere you buy books. It is the first book off my book in print, Black Privileged Publishing.

And there's nobody I would rather be launching with than Miss Queen Tamika D. Mallory. That's right. And we're going to kick it with her next. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary?

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Angela Yee. We have a very special guest in the building. Today is the day her book has finally hit the ecosystem. Finally. Queen Tamika D. Mallory, State of Emergency, How to Win in the Country We Built. How are you, Queen Mallory? Well, we've worked hard on this project. Your first book. Yeah, the first book on my book imprint, Black Privilege Publishing. I'm ecstatic that it's you. I'm ecstatic that your story gets to be told.

And it just feels like now is the right time. I think people got Tamika Mallory f***ed up. Well, clearly. I mean, that's a fact. What kind of label was this? Was it a label of love? Was it a label of hurt? Or was it just labor to write this book?

It was labor of love and pain. This all happened right after the George Floyd speech that I made when it was just the day after he was killed. I was in Minneapolis. And, you know, usually I prepare speeches and get it right and go through all the politically correct things because, you know, I be having F words and everything,

and then I got to go back and take that stuff out. But I didn't care. I just said the truth. Like, you know, because what happened was they had started to change the narrative to looting and rioting and violence because stuff was burning in Minneapolis. And when I stood up there and I started talking, I'm like, don't come to us about looting.

Right now we talk about a man's knee and a black man's neck. And the thing is, we were just coming from Louisville, Kentucky. So we had just been with Breonna Taylor's family. Then Ahmaud Arbery happened right before that. And so now we're at George Floyd and I decided to just tell the truth that day at the press conference to talk about the state of emergency that we're in.

And now we're just tired, like beyond tired. And obviously people, it resonated because at the time I had 240,000 followers on Instagram. By the time I finished speaking, there was a million people on my page. Do you think, you dedicated state of emergency to your son, Tariq, does he understand the magnitude of his mom's work? Tariq Ryans, he does understand and he talks about it often. He knows what I've been doing. But I left my son a lot. A lot.

Like he has definitely suffered as a result of me helping other people deal with their children. You know? And that's one of the things that I talk about in the book. It's like if you want to deal with, if you're a new person that's popping up like, yo, I want to get in this movement. I feel it. You know, I'm here. The first thing you got to do is deal with your own stuff. Right? Your own family. that's popping up like, yo, I want to get in this movement. I feel it. You know, I'm here. The first thing you got to do is deal with your own stuff, right?

Your own family. But I understand from raising my son how hard it is to turn internal and deal with that. Because when I'm talking to him, I'm like, what kind of conversations are we having here? You're supposed to just get it. And he's like, nah, because I know I know the real you. I know a lot about you and you are not as perfect as you think you are. And that's a reflection of he and I and the dynamics of our relationship with sometime. It's like, boom, but don't let me go out and help somebody else. Child, I'm all over it.

I got it together. I know the right things to say. You know, I'm out here changing lives. So that's a tough situation. And that's why I dedicated the book to him, because I wanted him to know this is what I've been doing. I'm sorry that I have not been there for you the way that you need it. But I love you. I love you so much that I'm doing this work.

Absolutely. You know, Tamika, you have been doing this work for over 20 years. And I do think the timing for this book is perfect because you've also been getting criticism lately. And I know here on The Breakfast Club, we obviously know you personally and we know where your heart is. But then we've seen people being critical of you doing endorsements or we've seen people saying, OK, Black Lives Matter. And Tamika Mallory, you know, at the Grammys performing and doing this because she wants to get attention for herself and doing this to make money. So how do you respond and how does that make you feel knowing that that's not where your heart is? Some people I could care less. Other people,

especially when you when you have someone, a mom, you know, who obviously doesn't know me and has a real lack of understanding about who I am and how long I've been doing this and my commitment, that hurt. When people say you are trying to get yourself known, I don't know what they think. The reason why I get the opportunities that I have is because I'm known. It's all distraction tactics. There is an actual attempt to distract and destroy the Black Lives Matter movement. I'm not talking about the organization. I know them very well.

Love Sister Patrice. Love them all. But I am not a part of Black Lives Matter, the organization. My organization is called Until Freedom. However, we get grouped in together and people don't care what organization you're with. They're trying to destroy the entire movement. And unfortunately, they use people who look like us to be able to do it. This is not new.

And by the way, most of the critics are people who are not outside. Like, I never see them on any street corner. I don't see them helping families. I don't see them doing anything. That's right. I often wondered, where were those people a few years ago when they were trying to script everything away from you? Oh, well, that's a whole different conversation. You know what I mean?

Like most people, they don't even know the story. And by the way, once we start having those conversations, most of those people are like, oh, damn, I didn't know all of that. You know, and then it kind of changes like the Cadillac commercial. They were like, oh, you know, you worked with Cadillac. No, I didn't work with Cadillac. I actually worked with Spike Lee's, his ad agency or brand agency. Can we talk about that? Cadillac didn't approach you.

Spike Lee approached you. Yeah, well, not Spike Lee. But his company approached me to do a spot with them for Women's History Month. And so they had a budget to put black folks together to talk about black issues and particularly black women. And they they didn't come and get me because I'm trying to make myself known again. They came to get me because they were like, no, we need your message as a part of this, because that's the whole point of this piece is to show different elements of, you know, black women, activists, artists, entertainers. We don't put all of that together. And they said, and we want you to be the central component, if you will, of the spot. I said, sure.

You know, there were some people who were like, oh, well, what about black men? I didn't know that we couldn't celebrate women's history. Women's history. I know we couldn't do that. You know, then they said, well, she has an endorsement with Cadillac. Well, I don't. But even if I did have an endorsement with Cadillac, a part of the deal is that they are distributing funds, resources to organizations that do criminal justice work and, you know, work with mass incarceration issues and other black causes, if you will. That's a part of the whole package deal of what's happening with their company.

Do they have other issues? General Motors? Absolutely. And it's always going to be issues when you're working with white folks that own these big companies. Yeah, I never understood the backlash from Cadillac because we asked these corporations to make these kind of investments in our community. So they went to a black production company, Spike Lee's company, who came to a woman who was a leader in our community to be in a commercial talking about black issues. For a car that we buy. For a car that we buy.

We buy Cadillacs. I've owned two in my life. I own one now. Me too. So what's the problem? I did not understand that backlash. Right. Well, you know, again,

you got to look at the sources of the people with the issue. But I also have folks questioning why Cardi B, you know, and Angela Davis in the forward of your book. I definitely won't get to that. If you don't understand that, then I don't know what to tell you. Explain. Why do you have Cardi B as the forward? Well, first of all, you should buy the book so you can read it and understand the context. But Cardi is basically saying to Angela Davis, I'm unbuttoned as hell.

I don't know all the laws. I don't have it all together. You know, I'm just a regular girl who actually became successful based upon my art. Right. So I'm not a typical activist, but I care about black people getting shot down on the street. So, Dr. Davis, you are queen of all queens in terms of this movement. Is there space for me next to you at the table?

And Dr. Davis. Don't give them all. Don't give it all. No, I'm not. I'm not. I'm going to say. And Dr. Davis responds to her. She tells a story about Nina Simone, who we know was an entertainer, but also a part of the movement.

And so it's a powerful exchange. And I personally am a mixture between Cardi B and Dr. Davis. That's my truth. You know, I believe you can twerk and work. That's my truth. All right, we have more with Tameka Mallory. When we come back, 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. come back don't move it's the breakfast club good morning morning everybody is dj envy angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we have tamika mallory in the building charlamagne you know even with the grammy performance right and you got backlash for that what bothered me about that was nobody talked about what you spoke about right well you challenged joe biden the conversation people are having now saying these elected officials are being so quiet about voter suppression and so quiet about them stripping away our civil rights.

You challenged the president of the United States of America. But yet you had to deal with the backlash from your own people just because you were on the stage at the Grammys. Right. So I reposted and shared after the everybody was Joee biden hasn't done anything for black people which dr umar when he was here that kind of sparked the conversation again and a lot of folks were like oh that's right you know biden hasn't done this or that well i would challenge that there has been some things done okay so that's that's first of all and one of them is that five billion dollars is now being allotted for violence and at the center of the conversation is black folks because they had erica ford and others at the white house sitting in the in the rose garden

and they have opened up several city agencies and i think that's like another 10 billion dollars that people can access in you know mental health like in health care and other areas and so we as black people have to know how to how to access that. And there are a number of folks that are working on grants and other things so that we can help organizations get that money. I do understand that they're like, well, it's not just for black people. So I get it. I get the nuance of the conversation. But let's not ignore some things that have absolutely happened now. So I reshared the statement that I made, which I specifically said, Joe Biden, this is what we demand.

Right. But in every opportunity that we get, it doesn't matter if you get to say one word, five words or a hundred, we should be using it as an opportunity to challenge the institution, if you will. Now, the night of the Grammy speech and the next morning, it was the media, all my alerts, the Google alerts were like, Tamika Mallory challenges Joe Biden. And in fact, people were calling. I think you called me and said, you got it. You got a call from somebody like, why did she have to say that? You know, we're trying to do the work, blah, blah, blah.

So we were on the right track. And then the mess started. And that shifted the conversation because this is what I know. What I know about our oppressors is that they sit back. They'll do their own work, their own dirty work. But if they learn that we're willing to do it for them, they sit back. They step back. They say, oh, okay, we don't even got to worry about it. That's right.

Because they fussing over something else. And then they put their bots and their trolls in the mix. And so they take the messaging, whatever you saying, oh, this person says, why is Tamika Mallory on the Grammys? And the next thing you know, you got all these fake accounts online saying the same thing because they are helping to be divisive. That's it's a strategy. It's a real. We have to figure out. We got to be smart enough to understand that those are coordinated attacks. Right. Because it went from you. Then it went to Patrice. That's right. It was coming at Sean like that. That's not coincidence. It's not. It's not. It's not.

And they basically tried to make people believe that Patrice took money from the Black Lives Matter, 90 million dollars that they raised in the last year and used it to buy homes. But if you read the story, you see that she's been buying homes since 2016. And actually, that's what everybody's been telling us to do. So Patrice actually is doing something to secure the future for her child but the way they tell the story they know how to shape that narrative to get you upset believing that she's still and and then we find out she's never even taken a salary from black lives matter she's a writer an author who has a a a really significant book right right? She is... TV production company. Right, TV production.

She's a speaker. She is a professor. You know, this girl's got a lot of other things going on, and yet they really did their best to make it seem like she stole money from the organization for her property. I do get, though, that there has to be accountability

from organizers. There has to be accountability for organizers. There has to be accountability for Black Lives Matter. What are y'all going to do with $90 million? That's a lot of money and it's a lot of people on these streets that's hurting.

You know, I support you just because you are who you say you are. And I don't want to tell all the business, but I've had conversations with you. I remember one in particular a few years ago

when you called me and you were like down to your last dollar, if anything, right? That was in 2019. Yes, and I remember you saying verbatim, I cannot take any money from any of these corporate people, because as soon as I do that,

I'm just like all these other activists who are doing it for the wrong reason. That right there told me everything I need to know about you. In that moment, you said, I need somebody black financing my organization. And you went and helped get Jay. Well, I didn't want to say all that. Okay, shoot.

The truth is the truth. You went and called Jay-Z and said, Tamika and my son are out here doing this work and they need resources. You got to help them. And then he called us and had us to come in. And they have supported our work.

Salute to Roc Nation. I have to say, Des, right. They came through and they said, we got y'all. I remember Jay called me on the phone one day like, all right, so you really ready to do this? Because I'm not trying to put resources behind somebody that's not serious about what you're doing. He's like, I know I'm getting a message through this one, Charlamagne, and I want to talk to you to know who you are. He already knew Mice, so he already understood that.

And we had a great conversation, and he was very supportive. And we have tried not to lean on them, but so much, because we go out and we work on, we have our merch up, our Until Freedom merch. People could go to untilfreedom.com and buy our sweatsuits, which are actually, like, good sweatsuits and great colors, and a lot of people wear them fashionably. I know

I do. So we have other avenues and ways that folks can support us. And you're right, Charlamagne. I was, that year, not only was I broke financially, I was broke spiritually. Like, I had to go to a drug treatment program that year because of all the stress from the Women's March.

I got addicted to Xanax and other painkillers. Like I went through a lot that people have no idea about. And I was going through all of that because I just I decided and refused to speak against Minister Farrakhan. I said, I don't agree with the minister on certain things that he says, and particularly some of the things that he was saying about the Jewish community. I was like, that's not my words. Right. And we don't agree. And that's it. I was totally fine with that. I'm not in a position where I have no choice but to stand with somebody. I'm afraid to speak out and say I don't agree. I was able to do that. But I'm not going to use your language of you telling me that I have to denounce a black man.

I think America does a great job of denouncing black men every day. And as a black woman who has a black son, that's not something that I was willing to participate in. And guess what? They stripped me as much as they could of everything. All my speaking engagements were canceled. Relationships that I had with people. There were folks leaving our organization. It was so painful. And I ended up getting in a situation where, you know, like I said, I was addicted. That's the fact. And then one day I woke up and was like, okay, life is, I'm getting things back together. I don't need to take these pills anymore.

And my bones was hurting. That's right. And I was like, oh, shoot. What do I do? I called Jason Williams, NBA All-Star, who I knew he had started doing drug treatment programs in Florida, and I called him and asked him would he help me. And he placed me in a program, and he got me straight. So that's just the fact.

It's just the truth. My point with that story is if there was a time for you to sell out, if there was a time for you to compromise yourself, it would have been then. I'm on the phone with you and you're like, I'm not doing that. You refuse to compromise yourself. So when I see people attacking you, I'm like, y'all don't even know her. Right. All right, we have more with Tameka Mallory.

When we come back, 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. We have Tameka Mallory in the building. Charlamagne.

So explain Madam Vice President Kamala Harris and explain, you know, OG Jim Clyburn. People that I thoroughly enjoy, thoroughly like, but they still have to say things like America isn't a racist country. Why haven't politicians gotten the memo that we can speak truth to power well the sad part with the vp who i voted for joe biden because of kamala harris being on the ticket right so i hold her more responsible than him and so it's sad because we know she knows because the way because of the way she phrased the the answer she tried to say well it's not a racist country but we got to deal with the racism in the country and i get the point that she's trying to make is like i'm not going to sit here and say all the people in america are racist but we're talking about institutions and

constructs and we know that the foundation of america is as racist as ever right we know that and and it's sad that she's still not in a place to just say it. And I think she would have really won some points. That's right. With our community for just straight up saying what we know, because we already know. Clyburn, I have some other representative Clyburn, you know, and it's always difficult because I know these folks very well. It's 25 years of relationships. I love Representative Clyburn. Like, cool dude, good dude.

But he's wrong. He was wrong on defunding the police. But now, just yesterday, here I go listening to Teslin Figaro. I go to her page in the morning time yesterday, and she's on there like, yo, what is Clyburn talking about? He's talking about we don't need as a part of the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act to have the

component that ends qualified immunity. Bruh, that's the only point that matters. And you have congressional members like Cori Bush saying we don't even want to hear it. That's the part that has to be in it. And I had somebody on my page, and that's why political education is very, very important. Somebody on my page was like, you need to deal with senators. You know, the bills already passed in the House. You know, the congressional members already on the page is with the Senate now. And so let's go after people like Manchin, who is a senator in West Virginia who votes like a Republican most of the time. He caucuses pretty much with Republicans. Yeah, we do have to go after them.

But in every single strategy, if you pay attention to history, the first thing they have to do is to be able to get black folks to go against other black people. That's what they need as the solid foundation so that they can come and say, well, there actually isn't an appetite for us to pass this bill with this particular component. Right. That's so that's why they need somebody with as much power and influence as a Jim Clyburn to be the one to basically turn his back on us. Because qualified immunity is the heart of the bill. That's right. I'm trying to understand if you have the president saying we need to pass the George Floyd Justice and Policing Act by May 25th, the anniversary of when George Floyd was killed. Why won't you go tell Chuck Schumer in the Senate to pass it?

Whip, Mr. Whip, Clyburn, go tell him to do it. Don't break down on us now. Don't abandon it now. Use your spine. That's right. No, don't don't break down on us now. Don't abandon it now. Use your spine. That's right. Don't pass it uncompromised. That's what they're trying to do, right? They're trying to compromise it. Don't let it be compromised.

Take this out, then it'll pass. No. No. It's pointless. I don't want no symbolic passing of the George Floyd Policing Act on George Floyd's birthday or the anniversary of his death, whatever it is. I don't want that. I want something that has some teeth in it. Right. I promise you that I can surely speak today

on behalf of George Floyd's family. I believe they would be fine with me saying this. If not, I'll get in trouble, but I won't. If you pass it on June 1st, that'd be fine with them too. All right.

You know what I'm saying? Like, don't try to make the date the thing that since we're trying to get this date, we need to compromise. Don't do that. Don't sell them out like that. Now, Tamika, I know in your book, you also talk about how accountability, right? If you see something going down, you have to make sure that you are either there recording it, that you intervene, you let people know I'm watching, I'm seeing what's happening.

And I saw you posted something about yourself getting harassed also. Right. And attacked. And I saw you post that you were with Reverend Marissa Farrow in the bar at the hotel lobby. And you said the security officer had one job. He did nothing. He called us bitches. He put his hands in our faces. And you said, I'm tired.

I'm just going to bed. So, yeah, I was tired and had to go to bed because I had to actually physically protect myself in this particular situation. You know, the story is long and exhaustive and we won't get into it today. But there are some white folks that really feel emboldened. And either they are going to get themselves harmed really bad or some of us are literally going to lose our lives because I'm not of the tourney of the cheap generation. And I know I need to grow up and I have too much to lose and all that stuff that people tell me.

But if you get attacked, you get attacked. But if you come into my space, they attacked us. They called us out of our names. Totally disrespectful, violent, dangerous. I'm going to fight in this bar where we were, which by the way, we weren't even in the bar to have a good time. I was literally studying scripture for a speech that I had to give the next day at Jamal Bryant's church at New Birth in Atlanta. I was literally working with the pastor. I had called her and said, could you meet me downstairs

for just 30 minutes so that you and I could look at my message? Because I'm a little stuck around the ending and I want to make sure I'm on the right track. So she says, OK, let's go downstairs and meet. We sit there, order one drink. We're working on it. And a white man comes and starts menacing myself, my family member who was there and other black women who was sitting at the bar. I have a text message from the black woman who we did not know that was sitting there. The way that he was bothering her, she text me and said, I appreciate the fact that you stood up to him because nobody else. The security was doing absolutely nothing.

And if you don't speak up in that situation, then you make it harder for the next black person. Because now that guy or woman thinks that behavior is cool and they will continue to do that to other black people. What I promise y'all is that him and his wife now know the next time they see some black women they gonna go

in the opposite direction. Okay? That's what I'm gonna promise you. Is there a video? Yeah, I'm sure people would tape it. And there's cameras. There's another video

that's online of my son and me and I think Angelo in Staten Island, where I caught this woman taking pictures of my license plate. And what I saw the commentary online because you see us fighting, you see us getting ready to get into a serious altercation. And my mouth is I'm a black woman. I can curse better than anybody in the world. You want to go into a curse and fight with me. I could put words together.

So you hear me in the video cursing these people out. And the commentary from folks was like, yeah, but y'all only showing us what happened when they got upset. Why are you not showing us how this all started? So I didn't even worry about it because I know what happened. She was taking pictures of my license plate and I went over and asked her why and she looked at me and was like because I feel like it so okay so I don't even need to say anything else that's what happened so that's why you see us in a situation and by the way we on the streets we are outside and anything can happen.

And if people get the impression that you plan or you afraid, or you, you know, you were back down. Do you realize, do you know? You fooled. Yeah,

no, not we ain't with it. And you know, my son ain't with it at all. And he, he literally be trying to deescalate all the time. He worked so hard the other night to try to make sure that this incident did not go any further.

And sure enough, it just didn't work out. Word. All right, we just want to make sure we don't have a wrong narrative out there. I don't care what the narrative is. I'm going to spin it. Don't even worry about it. Tamika Mallory, State of Emergency,

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No, because we have another book. Hey, man, we got a publishing company. We do. This is our publishing company. Now, listen, you're going to be on virtual book tours all week. I hate that you got to do virtual book tours. Hopefully, it's only for a week or two, and then going to be on virtual book tours all week. I hate that you got to do virtual book tours. Hopefully it's only for a week or two and then you can get on the road. Well, actually, it's kind of good that it's virtual because I don't know if we would have been able to get Kendrick Samson and, you know, Jeezy.

And tonight we have Taraji P. Henson as a part of the tour. You know, we got Tiffany haddish on the tour so those people probably would not have been able to do the dates if it weren't for the fact that you know it's virtual so they could just pop on the zoom you know but you're you're hosting one tonight um yes for the scran bookstore yeah you can go to tamika d mallory.com tamika d mallory.com and you can purchase tickets there's a lot of powerful people that are on the tour. Tonight's the kickoff. It's going to be great for Taraji to be joining us. Maison's going to be on.

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On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Alright. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Naga. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let me shout out to NASCAR. Shout out to NASCAR and John Cohen.

John Cohen is, I'm not sure if he's the only, but one of the only black-owned NASCAR team owners. So I just wanted to shout him out this morning. He hit me up, and they will have the NASCAR at the car show this year. So if you have never seen a NASCAR up close and personal, one will be at my car show in Atlanta. And it's a brother that owns it. Shout out to John Cohen. You know John, right? You mean Charlemagne?

He gets cut at the shop all the time. I don't know. Brother's from Newark, man. Shout out to him. Owns his own NASCAR. That is dope. All right. Well, let's get to the rumors.

Let's talk. J. Cole! Listen up. It's just the end. All the gossip. Gossip. The rumor report. All right. Well, let's get to the rumors. Let's talk. J. Cole. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip. The Rumor Report. Gossip.

Gossip. With Angela. Angela Yu. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Well, let's talk about producer Jetson Maid. Now, of course, he's one of the most sought after producers in recent years. We all know him also from working a lot with DaBaby.

He did an interview with Our Generation Music, and he talked about actually turning down an opportunity to work with Rihanna for J. Cole. Bro, I was really supposed to go work with Rihanna. Swear to God, I skipped out on that s*** to go work with Cole. Shout out to Rihanna, though. I hope we can get in there. It was more personal, bro. It was like, bro, Cole reached out to me personally.

Like, come on, I'm at this man's house. I'm like, f*** that. I'm going to go with this s***. I would have been too nervous around Rihanna anyway, bro. I love Rihanna. I get why Jetson made it feel that way. J. Cole from North Carolina, Jetson from South Carolina. It's a Carolina connection. Like you said, it's personal. Jetson like

23, so he probably been admiring Cole for the longest because he's a brother from the Carolinas who was on. So I can easily see him wanting to work with Cole over Rihanna. Of course. Well, he said also Cole reached out to him personally. He was like, you know, I'm at this man's house. But it was one of the toughest decisions, he said, that he ever had to make.

My guy Jetson made it. That's my guy. Drop on the clues, Bonds, but Jetson made it. Jetson made another one. All right. Now let's talk about J. Cole's documentary, Applying Pressure, the off-season that is out, that came out yesterday.

And, you know, of course, J. Cole has shared that as we're getting ready for his new album to come out on Friday. Now, one of the things that he talked about was how the off-season actually came together and him being kind of complacent. This past five years has been a fight against comfort. I was chilling.

What I noticed was with that feeling of comfort, I'm like, damn, this is the moment that a lot of your favorite rappers hit a crossroad where they did what they set out to do. And then the fruits of their labor started working against them. That same energy and that same like passion they put into the craft was gone, and it was replaced by comfort and luxury. All right, in addition to that, you know he's got a lot of music, and he's got more albums that are supposed to come out, right? So here's what he had to say about kind of hoarding this music.

There's songs on here in this whole fall-off era that I've been sitting on for years, just tweaking, making better. Even like a middle child, that was for the fall-off. But then I'm like, do you really want to wait to drop this f***ing song? So I'm like, yo, f*** it. We just put out middle child like as a single and that s*** went crazy.

Now normally I would just hoard that s*** and similarly, yes, I've been hoarding songs because I'm like, no, I made this for the fall off. This is too special. Now, over the years, they've gotten better. Maybe some of them have like fallen to the wayside. You know what I mean? And like they won't make it.

I'm highly anticipating Cole's album on Friday, but he acting like he was gone for a long time. He wasn't gone like he's haven't been gone like Kendrick. When K.O.D. was 2018, then he put out Revenge of the Dreamers. It's not like he's been away. Well, he's got a lot of music, though, and he's supposed to be putting out It's Boy, The Fall Off, later on Down the Line. So this album is the first of three albums off-season

that he's planning to do. I'm very interested in hearing it. And then as far as features, here's what J. Cole has to say about that. Yo, when somebody bring you a feature, say yes. Do you really want to look back and be like, you didn't work with nobody? You didn't have no songs and nobody. You just cool with that.

No. Okay. So start saying yes to some features. Similarly, it was like that with letting people know, yo, the off season. It's a boy. The fall off is coming. It's like, yo, now that the possibility of not doing this seems real and I'm at peace with that, don't have a regret. Who is he doing this interview with?

This is his documentary. Oh, his documentary, okay. What does he mean by that, though, when somebody comes to you with a feature? He's saying do more features. He said you don't want to be that artist that just has no features, just all you by yourself, challenge and challenge other artists. I guess that's what he's saying. But then we gave Cole props for going platinum with no features. Yeah, on his album.

And he's done it already. So now he wants to make sure he's working with other artists. Collaborations are not a bad thing. No, not at all. I don't think so. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. Okay.

All right. Thank you, Missy. Charlamagne, who you giving that down? You know, Bob Baffert needs to come to the front of the congregation. I know y'all are like, who the hell is Bob Baffert? You never heard of him? Me neither. We can learn together.

All right. We'll get into that next. It We can learn together. Go after the hour. Alright. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. What up, y'all? It's DJ Envy. Remy Martin wants to give you the experience of a lifetime to see Usher live at his Las Vegas residency.

Now through May 16th, visit winwithradio.com slash Remy to enter and get rules. Don't be out here acting like a donkey. Hee-haw, bitch. Hee-haw. It's time for Donkey of the Day. I'm a big boy. I can take it if you feel I deserve it. Ain't no big deal. I know Charlamagne

and God gonna have some funny shit to say out his mouth. If I say something you may not agree with, it doesn't mean I'm mean. Who's getting that donkey? That donkey. That donkey. Donkey. Donkey. Donkey. Donkey of the day right there. The Breakfast Club, bitches. You can call me the donkey of the day, but like, I mean no harm. Yes, donkey of the day for Tuesday, May 11th goes to Bob Baffert.

Who is Bob Baffert? You never heard the name? Good. Me neither. So we learning together, okay? He is the trainer of Medina Spirit. What is Medina Spirit? You never heard the name

good me neither we learning together no it's not a deodorant or fragrance they sell at a gas station medina spirit is a horse and bob baffert is the horse trainer now medina spirit is not just any horse medina spirit won the kentucky derby what is the kentucky derby you never heard of it you are lying okay but if you haven't it's simply a horse race held every year in Louisville, Kentucky. Almost always on the first Saturday in May. Salute to everybody who listens to us on 93.1 The Real in Kentucky. Drop on a

clues bomb for 93.1 The Real in Kentucky. Now this is just an observation from Dr. Lenard McKelvey. The Kentucky Derby is like white people's Easter Sunday. Okay, white people dress for the Kentucky Derby the way all the black women down south dress for Easter Sunday. Mostly with the big hats, though. Okay, that's just my observation.

White women wear big Easter Sunday hats at the Kentucky Derby. Now, Medina Spirit won the Kentucky Derby, but the celebration was short-lived because the horse tested positive for some type of performance-enhancing drug following the race. Let's go to WLKY CBS 32 for the report, please. I didn't do anything. And when you're innocent in this game, you're guilty to proven innocence. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert has been under increased scrutiny since 2018 when Justify had a positive drug test in the Santa Anita Derby. That came just weeks before Justify won the Kentucky Derby and Triple Crown.

But Baffert won on appeal. Fast forward to 2021, and Baffert's Medina Spirit wins the Kentucky Derby, but had a positive drug test for trace elements of beta-methazone, an anti-inflammatory also used by humans, not a performance enhancer. It is a drug Baffert says he's never used on Medina Spirit, and has the vet records to prove it. I would do anything like that it's just it's just dumb okay i don't know if he was or not but we'll get to that more in a minute uh we'll get to why bob baffert is getting donkey today but i want to talk donald trump okay donald trump released a statement and he said and i quote and this is hilarious so now even our kentucky derby winner medina spirit is a junkie this is emblematic of what is happening in our country the world is laughing at us as we go to hell on our borders our fake presidential

election and everywhere else the reason i quoted would that whatever i don't know if that was a tweet or whatever that donald trump said is because none of those things donald trump is talking about have to do with this story okay a horse tested positive for a steroid uh that said horse didn't choose to take i thought black people were the only creatures on this planet who get blamed for the conditions that someone else put them in. But clearly horses are in that category, too. Donald Trump acting like this horse is sitting up somewhere, tying something around his hoof, shooting dope up in his hock. OK, also clearly Donald Trump thinks this horse is on crack. If this horse was on opioids, they'd be saying the horse was sick and trying to get the horse from rehab trump called this horse a junkie which means he thinks

this horse should be in prison for life because of his addiction but keep in mind once again nothing trump was talking about has anything to do with any of this he said the horse is a junkie how how do you not blame the trainer for allegedly shooting him up with the performance enhancing drug and then you say the world is laughing at us as we go to hell on our borders, our fake presidential election, and everywhere else. None of that has anything to do with anything. Just like Bob Baffert's defense of this situation has nothing to do with nothing. Listen to who or what the horse trainer Bob Baffert is blaming this on.

Go to Fox News. Is there a chance they may punt and not allow Medina Spirit to run this weekend? Well, I haven't heard anything officially. You know, we live in a different world now. This America is different. It was like a cancel culture kind of thing. Stop right there. Bring it back.

Cancel culture. Bring it back. Bring it back. Is there a chance they may punt and not allow Medina Spirit to run this weekend? Well, I haven't heard anything officially. You know, we live in a different world now. This America is different. It was like a cancel culture kind of a thing.

So they're reviewing it. I haven't been told anything. We're prepared to run. Cancel culture? I mean, Bob, listen, I think cancel culture should be canceled, too, simply because it holds people to a standard of lifelong perfection that's impossible for any human to meet but what in the hell does cancer culture have to do with this situation did the horse medina spirit have some old inappropriate tweets about how he doesn't approve of gay horses did another horse accuse

medina spirit of sexual assault did the horse tweet all horses matter? How is cancel culture to blame for a human shooting the horse up with drugs? Y'all might as well ask the horse Medina's spirit what was it wearing the night it got violated because y'all doing a lot of victim blaming on Medina's spirit. See, one thing about white men is they hate to be held accountable. Okay, accountability feels like injustice when you're not used to being held accountable sounds to me like folks are just holding that horse trainer bob baffert accountable and he doesn't want to deal with the consequences of his alleged actions so he's just reaching for one of the new enemies of the right mr cancel

last name culture but just like donald trump's statement that has nothing to do with this situation, please let Kathy Griffin give Bob Baffert the biggest hee-haw. Please give this giant jar of mayo the biggest hee-haw. And for the record, in any era, if you get caught cheating, you're going to be held accountable. Okay? Cancel culture has nothing to do with it. All right. Well, thank you has nothing to do with it. All right.

Well, thank you for that donkey of the day. All right. When we come back, let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. We were talking about this in the rumors earlier. What happened with Portia, Yee? Well, apparently, Portia is engaged, and she's engaged to a man named Simon. Now, Simon was on Real Housewives of Atlanta with his wife at the time, Fallon.

Fallon and Simon have since broken up, and Fallon was introduced to the show as a friend of Portia's. So people are looking at it. Portia is now engaged to her friend's ex-husband. All right. Well, let's open up the phone lines. Let's ask the question. 800-585-1051. Could you marry your friend's ex-husband? All right. Well, let's open up the phone lines. Let's ask the question. Eight hundred five eight five one oh five one. Could you marry your friend's ex-husband?

All right. Let's talk about it. Eight hundred five eight five one oh five one. Phone lines are wide open. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club. Talk about it. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us during the rumors, Yee was talking about Portia from Real Housewives of Atlanta. Now, what happened, Ye? Well, apparently, a friend to the show, a friend of Portia's on the show, Fallon, she was introduced on the show as Portia's friend. Fallon and her husband, Simon, are divorced, and now Portia is engaged to

Simon. That just sounds crazy. So you're engaged to your friend's ex? But Portia is saying that's not her friend. But they was friends on the show. You know what's interesting? Fallon did say that they were introduced to each other through their husbands. Or through their men. Through Dennis and through Simon.

So they were around each other. Business wise. So yes, they were all around each other. But maybe to her they were just conveniently friends because of their men. Correct. so i guess the question is 800-585-1051 could you uh get engaged to about to marry your uh associates we'll say associates because they weren't friends you're saying right i mean listen i don't know how close they for real are in real life but she was introduced as a friend to Portia. I think that's what confuses everyone, right?

Could you do it, Yee? No. I have like a really strict rule. Even if we're not super good friends, like I'm not dating somebody that, you know. But I also will say this. You never know what can happen in life. And sometimes when people are around each other a lot, you see it happen all the time, right? You end up being familiar and comfortable with each other.

You know, the two of them are divorced. So I guess it's open territory. She's not necessarily doing anything that's wrong because it's not like, you know, he's still married. But it would just feel weird to me. Okay. What context do we have, though? What do you mean? Like, what do we know about this situation?

She just told you everything. But I'm saying, was Portia and this young lady, like, really, really good friends? Or did she just introduce her for a TV storyline? I mean, she came, they've been to, you know, she's been to her house. You see that on the show. That's what makes it hard to judge, though, because it's reality TV, so we don't know in real, real life. So I don't understand how everybody's coming to all of these conclusions based off what they think they know. But from what you do know, you can, you know, say, okay. No, not really.

Because we're saying that they're friends that probably was just for TV. You know how on TV they bring in a new character and they be like, well, we'll say that you're this person's friend and this person bought you on the show and yada, yada, yada. So to us, it looks like, oh, that's her girl. But in reality, they probably don't even know each other. Right. But we're just talking about the way she was introduced as a friend of Portia. You know, it feels like it would be wrong. But now Portia's saying they're not friends.

Well, I put it like this. If they were friends, that's foul. Now, if we're not friends and I don't know you and I fall in love with this man. Okay, Envy. It does. Fall in love with that person. But, you know, I'm with you. But if they're not friends, they're not friends.

But if they were friends, that's fine. Envy, you love who you love. It doesn't matter. All right, well, let's go to the phone. So, Charlamagne, what would you do in that situation? Would you just marry him? I don't even know what the hell's going on, to be totally honest with you. You know what I mean?

It's just messy. I think that portion, this man and this woman know what's going on way more than we do. Hello, who's this? Hey, how y'all doing? It's RJ. Hey, what's up, RJ? What do you think, RJ? Would you do it?

Would you marry him? Nah, man. No, I got morals. The women have morals. Why can't we? Okay, you're right. You're allowed to have morals. Don't mean you need to eat.

Okay. What? Okay. He wouldn't marry him. All right. All right. Well, thank you, RJ. Hello, who's this? This is Jordan. How you doing? Jordan. He wouldn't marry him. All right. Well, thank you, RJ. Hello, who's this?

This is Jordan. How you doing? Hello, Jordan. What's up, guys? Good morning. Now, would you marry him, Jordan? My best friend's girl? Yes. No, I mean... Not best friend.

Exactly. Nobody said that's not her best friend for sure. Y'all making it sound like that, though. No, we didn't. I said she was introduced on the show as friend of Portia. That's a fact. Y'all kind of swaying the jury a little bit. No one said best friend.

It does sound like you guys. I mean, listen, I'm not friends with nobody. I'm acquaintances with people. If somebody's my friend, I consider them a best friend. What? Come on now. It's the truth. And if Portia said

they not friends, doesn't that tell us all we need to know? Okay. Well, 800-585-1051. We're just asking, could you marry

your acquaintances or associates' ex-husband? Maybe not friends, but been in the crib, y'all had dinner with each other, y'all double dated,

all that. Talk to us. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. I know it now. I like it. I like it. I like it.

I like it. That Kano V.E. was there. Call me. Add your opinion to The Breakfast Club topic. Come on. 800-585-1051. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Nika.

We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we're talking about a rumor that Yee put in her rumors. You want to break it down, Yee? Yeah, I mean, I think, you know, pretty much all the facts that we know is that Fallon was introduced on the show as friend of Portia. They know each other through their respective, you know, Fallon's estranged ex-husband, Simon, and Dennis, who is Portia's ex. And now Portia is engaged to Simon, so. But big fact that Angela said last break, Portia said they're not friends.

Yeah, now Portia is saying that they're not friends. So to me, that says everything I need to know. Hello, who's this? It's Keisha. Hey, Keisha, good morning. Good morning, how are you? I'm good, good. Talk to us. So, yeah, I would never do something like that.

Only because if we're running in the same circle and we're not friends, but we're kind of just running in the same circle, that's still gross. You know, you've been introduced to these people, and you've been to their house, their home and stuff like that. Yeah, I mean, it be happening

all the time in real life though, right? I don't know what kind of friends or associates you guys have. Goodness gracious. But this is real life.

Yeah, it has happened in real life. This is real life and I think that, you know, Portia saying they're not friends speaks volumes.

But didn't she say they were friends before? She was introduced on the show as a friend of Portia, for sure. Like, that's how they were introduced. And Fallon did an interview with Kandi where she even said that, you know, she thinks that Portia's really sweet and that they are friends previous to this. Damn, well, one side said she's a friend, the other one said she ain't. It's reality TV, guys and gals.

Hello? Hello. Hey, good morning. What's your name? My name's Keisha. Hey, good morning. What's your name? My name is Keisha. Hey, Keisha. Keisha just called, too. All right, so what are your thoughts, Keisha, in this whole situation?

Listen, I love Portia, but I could not date any of my friend's husbands. I had to pull up on some of my friend's husbands with them for cheating on them, so absolutely not. The angel he is, Dr. Lenard McKelvey. I'm glad you know, King. I got you. It's Ramos, of course, my Puerto Rican brother. Yo, what's good, bro? He's not really Puerto Rican, bro.

We finding out new things, bro. That's racist. What's racist? Oh, there you go. His real name is Danny Benjamin. Ramos. Ah, Ramos. Oh, okay.

No, ain't no Ramos. That'samos fake name he used to watch girl code he loved Lisa Ramos when he took her name this guy got an Irish last name you try to tell me I'm not but I'm clearly black so what's your thoughts brother brother? Okay, so, no, I'm straight, but I could just say... Why you have to start like that? I like how you let off with that. Good lead off. Correct, thank you. If I was in that position, I would not even give the other woman a chance

because that's crossing the line and vice versa. Okay. I'm looking at all these celebrities who have done this before. That's what I'm saying. Alright, man. Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx both dated Katie Holmes. That's a little weird in Hollywood.

Taylor Swift and Katy Perry both dated John Mayer. What's the moral of the story? I think the moral of the story depends on what the situation. It's a generic question, right? Would you date your... We all could say we would never do that. Ex-husband's friend. No.

Until, you know, you would say morally in your head you wouldn't, but... What? In this situation... It's never happened to me. I think this is just reality TV. I don't even think that was Portia's friend. But what do I know? All right.

Well, we got rumors on the way? Yes. And new DMX music. There's going to be a new album. So we have the title, the release date, and also cover art. Alright, we'll get to that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. On The Breakfast Club. Well, it looks like Nicki Minaj might have some new music coming. How exciting is that? She just posted a couple of pictures of herself with the caption, Friday. Yeah, I mean, you know, it's interesting, right?

Because you assume it's music, but you just never know in 2021. It could be a clothing line. It could be a fragrance. It could be a documentary. It could be a documentary. Like, yeah, you just don't know what Nicki coming with on Friday. I would love to hear some music, though. And then a lot of people were talking about her and Rihanna are now following each other

on Instagram. So some people are feeling like it could be a collab. I mean, let's be for real. I'm just telling you what's speculated. I get it, but why would y'all think her and Rihanna doing music? Rihanna ain't put out music in 10 years. The fact that it's her and Rihanna following each other

probably makes me even more think it's probably some product. You know what I mean? Some clothes and makeup, something. I don't know. I don't know, but we do know Rihanna's been in the studio. Right? She has been in the studio, so she's going to be working with somebody,

and I feel like this could be a good comeback for first music out in a while for Rihanna. We shall see. And for DMX, they have revealed the title of his album, the release date, and also the cover art is available online. On DMX's Instagram page, it says, 528, the legacy continues, hashtag Exodus album. All right.

Now, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez were spotted together on a vacation. And this is 17 years after calling off their engagement. Let's not forget that they were previously engaged. Bennifer! Yes, that's right. And a source said that they've been in touch here and there throughout the years. They said Benn had reached out to her to see how she was doing. They had dinner together a few times within this last month.

You know, they were in regular contact. And they said after seeing pictures of jennifer in dr he wrote to tell her how beautiful she looked and how much he wished he could be down there with her of course at that time uh she was still engaged to a rod and they said according to sources so you gotta watch these tmz they said the emails off for why are you so mad the emails also referenced j-Lo's love for Ben's writing and included a line about him being able to own her heart with his

pen. According to these reports, they continued emailing each other back and forth while she was shooting and that wrapped in late April. They said there was no physical contact or rendezvous between them during that time, but those emails do add some context to why they seemingly got back together so

quickly. Man, you gotta watch these guys. I'm here trying to get my life back together with my girl, my fiance, and here the ex coming. Ex-fiance. Writing, oh yeah, you look good. You look nice. Man, you gotta watch these guys. Listen, that's why she was able to be able to, you know what? I'm not dealing with this anymore.

She already been emailing. Damn it, man. Alright. Now, Lizzo was doing a very emotional I'm not dealing with this anymore. She already been emailing. Damn it, man. All right. Now, Lizzo was doing a very emotional TikTok video where she was crying and she started off talking about being very depressed. You know that part of sadness where you feel like a burden on everyone and annoying and nobody cares about you. It's like, yo, I'm already sad. Kind of add insult to injury that I have no one to talk to about it i don't want to feel this way anymore i want to feel like i do have someone to talk to people do care about me i am loved i'm not alone that's how i want to feel but i don't i don't feel like that then she said that she was glad that she spoke out thanks guys I'm feeling better I had a really rough night on a very emotional morning just thinking about my relationships and life and you know how it is it gets dark I'm definitely

glad I reached out in any way that I could to feel received and seen and heard really, really helped me. I'm not crying anymore. Thank you so much again. I love you guys. And if you're going through things, just know you're not alone. Now, according to Lizzo, she's also feeling better now. And here's what she did to actually make herself feel better. Took a bath.

Talked to my therapist. Talked to my medium. Breathed. Focused on gratitude. Tricked my dopamine levels by getting excited about something in the future. And now I'm in bed. I do feel better. Journaled a little bit.

Read a little bit. All right. Well, that's good. She was very transparent about everything, and I'm glad that it all worked out for the better. And that's why your therapist tells you to feel your feels. You know what I mean? Whatever you're feeling, express it, and then go deal with it. That's the beauty of dealing with your mental health,

when you know what you're dealing with, and you know how to make yourself feel better. All right, and Dave Chappelle and Talib Kweli and Yasin Bey, a.k.a. Most Def, their podcast, their first episode has come out, Midnight Miracle. And in that podcast, Dave Chappelle is talking about running into Robin Williams outside the comedy club. And here's what happened next.

Rest in peace, Robin Williams. I gotta tell you, I bumped into him at FTC on 8th Street. And I was like, hey, you know, couldn't have been nice. I didn't know him that well, but I knew him from around. He said, I'm doing a show with the Punchline, you know, blah, blah, blah. And he was very gracious, but didn't give me any real inclination that he'd show up. And he did.

And he sat in the green room, and I could tell from his swag, oh, this wants to go on. And a lot of times in comedy, that's some pecking on it. It doesn't feel funny if another headliner showed up to this show, but not him. Now, at the end of the night, Mos Def also, by the way, had been in the audience, and Mos Def got up on the stage and apparently did some stand-up while Dave went to the bathroom. They were all on stage together, Robin Williams, Dave Chappelle, and Mos Def. Here's how it went down. And at the end of the night, it was me, Mos, and Robin on stage killing it.

Just like we're doing right now in the jam session, just chomping it up. But Robin is a wild dude. And every once in a while, he pumped the tempo up. He wanted to rhyme with Mos. Mos was rhyming with him. It was dope, though. Mos, do you have bars, Mos? Yo, I was just tripping like Robin

Williams is really going for it. Like, yo, we about to do a cypher right now. Well, it definitely sounds like an epic night. Imagine being there and seeing the three of them on stage, the most unlikely trio. All right, well, that is your rumor report. All right, thank you, Miss Yee.

Now, shout to Revolt. We'll see you tomorrow. Everybody else, the people's choice next up. Oh, and listen, too, man, happy born day to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. Today is the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan's born day. He's 88 years, too, man. Happy Born Day to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. Today is the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan's Born Day. He's 88 years young today, man. Wow.

So drop on the Clues Bonds for the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. I mean, that man's been on the front lines fighting for black people for well over 60 years. So salute to the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. All right. Well, let's get to the mix. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let me shout out to NASCAR again, John Cohen, one of the few black owners of a NASCAR team. I think Michael Jordan owns a team. I think Nelly's part of a team, but he owns a team too. Brothers from Newark, New Jersey. And he will be at the car show. He's bringing NASCAR to the but he owns a team, too. Brothers from Newark, New Jersey. And he will be at the car show.

He's bringing NASCAR to the car show, which is pretty dope. So all you kids and guys out there that want to see a NASCAR up close and personal, it will be at the car show. I'm excited about that. First time I'm going to get this check one out as well. Also, we've got a shout out to Tamika Mallory. Her book is in stores right now. State of Emergency. Man, State of Emergency.

How we win in the country we built. It's available everywhere you buy books. The audio book is out. The e-book is out. The hardcover copy is out. This is the first release of Black Privileged Publishing, which is my book in print. I like to say our book in print, though. I got a lot of titles coming out from a lot of different authors over the next few years, but there's nobody I would rather launch with first than tamika mallory simply because tamika inspires

me on a whole lot of different levels man and she's just one of these people who has found her purpose in life and her purpose is definitely service to others and she's out here fighting a fight that's bigger than all of us so salute to tamika mallory i hope y'all go out there and grab state of emergency how we went in the country we built i hope y Tamika Mallory. I hope y'all go out there and grab State of Emergency, how we went in the country we built. I hope y'all enjoy it. And I hope y'all learn something. I can't wait to see how this book shakes up the ecosystem. All right. All right. When we come back, positive notice to Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. All right. Charlamagne, you got a positive note?

Yes, I have a quote, man, from Henry Ford. You know what I'm saying? This is a great quote because, you know, it just puts a lot of things in perspective. Henry Ford said, Coming together is a beginning. Staying together is progress. But working together is success.

Remember that. Unity in group operation is always a must. Breakfast Club, bitches! You all finished or you all done? Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine.

I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets.

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