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Jamal from Jersey, take us off Bluetooth or speaker phone if you got us on that, brother. No doubt, no doubt. I wanna tell Tonya, Tonya, you know who you are. You driving to work right now. I want you out of my house. You ain't got a key. My wife's gotta come open the door for you.

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I'm doing good. Hey, I wanted to tell you just, I saw your movie twice. And I think it needed a part two. Don't you think it was really good? I think it did. Nobody been calling up there talking about it. I think it do,

cause I need to know what happened to Leah after she got slapped. Thank you so much for supporting me. I know right I appreciate you baby. I'm gonna watch it this week and I gotta watch that this weekend and I gotta watch Penguin this weekend so I gotta it's my daughter's competition so I got a little time when they time when they are in between their little dance meets I can watch all the movies I need to make sure you do. Okay. Okay DJ and I got one more thing I will ask you two more things. I want one of your books. I got Charlamagne book. Can I get one of your books? Sure, absolutely real life real love It's a it's a relationship a book and hopefully it can help people out with their relationship me and my wife been together 30 years

We've been married 23 and we talk about everything. Not just the good that everybody hears and sees on Instagram when you hear people's relationships. We talk about everything that God has there from insecurity and fidelity to everything but in how we made it through. So I will definitely send it to you. If you hold on, I can get your information and send it right to you. One more thing, I'm not going to hold y'all no longer, but I want to shout out to my mental poetry health group for four years, Galaxy of Poets, Instagram, so shout out to them. We celebrated our fourth year in November, so I'm shouting out to that group.

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Good morning, calling live from Rikers Island. Hey, good morning from Rikers Island. Get it off your chest. First of all, I want to give a shout out to everybody who work on Rikers Island. It's a very tough job to be a law enforcement on Rikers Island. You a CO? Give the emirates respect. First of all, I want to give a shout out to everybody who work on records Allen is a very tough job being law enforcement And right is Allen you see you get the image respect I'm everything because I'm anonymously speaking. I don't want to be retaliated on but I'm not an inmate

I'm currently a staffer at DLC and I want to give a shout out to everybody who does the job productively without bringing contraband any Authorized items and still giving the inmates what they're supposed to have will respect Um, I do want to recognize the people that do not acknowledge people who do the job that we do and any unauthorized items and still giving the inmates what they're supposed to have with respect. I do want to recognize the people that do not acknowledge people who do the job that we do, which is a tough job and you know shout out to people that do the job correctly that's all. Thank you very much we appreciate your service man. I hope you're treating them. The New York Rackets Island, thank you. Hope you're treating them inmates with respect or not all of them.

No they treat they treat they treat staffers with respect who give respect But like I said, it's a skill to work on rackers out. It's definitely a skill. I'm sure Hello, who's this? Carolina Duke from Carolina get off your chest. What Carolina north and south? Okay, what part? Oh Berg salute to Orangeburg. Yes,, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

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800-585-1051 if you need to vent hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning the Breakfast Club Morning everybody is DJ NV Jess Hilarious Charlamagne the guy we are the Breakfast Club. We have it's DJ NV Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy, we are the Breakfast Club, we got a special guest in the building. Yes indeed. The king of R&B ladies and gentlemen, John Quist. Yes sir. What's up brother? What's up dawg?

How you feeling? Feeling good man, snow much. Congratulations on the baby. Thank you man. Just life in general man. Yeah, I was gonna say he's doing a lot. Yeah, yeah it's a lot going on in my world man but I'm feeling good. I'm blessed. I can handle it. And the name of the album is Baby Making?

Yeah, it's called Baby Making. So it's all about that night? Exactly, about that night. My first number one album for real. Not on Billboard, but on Apple Music and Apple and stuff. So I feel good to have that. Get a little accomplishment under my belt. What is Baby Making music to you?

To me baby making music is just like, you know music that make you feel like you want to have a baby. You know it's basically like a sex playlist. I feel like this album is basically like what people create when they put all their music together. For the sex playlist. You know I feel like baby making is that you don't have to go put a bunch of songs together. You can just really just play this album through and it's just a get you where you need to go you said you 30 now Yeah, I'm just doing 30. I'll be 31 next year. Yeah, congratulations on your engagement Thank you, and this is the you are entering well you already entered the fourth decade of your life right so wow yeah

Yeah, I know that how I go No, it's not so from 1 to 10. That's 1 10 to 20. No, it's not. So, from one to ten, that's one. Ten to twenty. Oh, it's intense. Twenty to thirty. That's three. So, that's three. So, now, yeah, three decades is already done. So, you're entering your fourth decade of life, right? Talk that talk, Josh. So, you already know what's up with me. So, when did you know it was time? Like, how did you, when did you decide, like, it wasn't because you're thirty now? I think I'm just going with God in the motion, you know it was time? Like, when did you decide? Like, was it because you're 30 now? I think I'm just going with God in the motion, you know what I'm saying? Honestly, that's honestly my answer. Like, you know what I'm saying?

I done had a bunch of different answers, but now just waking up today and just seeing, like, you know, just everything. Like, you know, I just think, like, I'm just going with God, say, you know what I'm saying? Like, I know with men, like, it's always a time. Cause I had started seeing, like, different dudes in the game. Like, I'm like, okay, bro, married, bro, married, bro, married, bro, married, different things. And I just think for me, like, I've already had like a couple

like experiences with women and different things like that. So I think for me it's like, okay, I'm not missing nothing on that side. That's right. You know, she make me feel good, you know what I'm saying? So I be like, how I live my life is, I don't want to have no regrets in my life. You know what I'm saying?

I want to like do everything that I know I'm supposed to be doing like I know marriage is a part Of life. Mm-hmm, you know, so I don't want to keep guessing like okay, she gonna be the one she gonna be doing I'm just taking a chance. Like I said, I'm just going with God. I think she's it. She made me feel whole Yeah, you know say she made me want to be better than I was before but how did you meet? We met through Patman Jones. You favorite Pat Pac-Man Jones. That's like my big brother He had um, he called me one day. He facetimed me in like 2021 and he he was in Jamaica with Deandre and her family. They you know, they've they've been tight Deandre Sanders like his godpops or whatever. He called me and he was like, bro, I'm out here with Deandre Sanders

I'm like, bro, who is it? He's like, man Deandre, I'm like, man, I don't care about all that. What's up? He like man, sing for him. I'm like, bro is that? He's like man Deon Don't kill about all that bro like what's up? He like man sing for I'm like bro I don't be singing like that. I'm like bro what? Sing for? I'm like bro I ain't finna be singing like bro it's a birthday bro like I'm telling you this what you need to be doing sing. I'm like Pat serious too I'm like bro I'm not singing but he turned the camera when I seen her I start singing. I instantly start singing I'm not singing but he turned the camera when I seen her I started singing

What song was it they got it? I don't know if I started singing happy birthday I don't know if I saw you I think I saw happy birthday though Because I think it was her birthday and I think I just well, I know it's her birthday It was her 31st and I remember I just started singing and uh after that I told pat like dang She you know, she pretty like she dope Like you feel me like who that I tried to know they like Deon Sanders daughter. Why you know Deon? I went oh for real. I jumped in her DMs and then I met her she met me in Miami

We met each other in Miami and then we just hit it off from them But then we was just friends like, you know, I wasn't like I was like I was in a relationship But I was I would be off with my girl for like two months You know I'm saying all month me with my girl for like two months, you know what I'm saying? Or a month, me and my girl would be going at it, you know what I'm saying? And during those times, I would meet people. Like this one, my relationship was just like,

you know, I was just not the best man I am now. You know what I'm saying? So I would just, I would meet people in those breaks. You know what I mean? And she was one of the people I met, but we was friends. But I feel like it's so strong because we was friends first. I saw you sit down with our family, Na Simone and you were talking about your fiancee and you said she helped play a role and you getting sober? Yeah hell yeah for sure

like I even drunk no liquor since like March 13th you know what I'm saying I was a real drinker like you feel me like you know a person that just was drinking to just it had became a part of my lifestyle you know what I'm saying and when it become part of your lifestyle it's like you don't even notice when you slumping. People have to tell you. But then I start just getting terrible. Just getting terrible. Like not being Jacquees that people knew me to be.

Because people would meet me and be like, damn, I mess with Jacquees. But then I would have some type of little stain on my name for something that had something to do with alcohol. And then it would just give people a reason to judge me. You know what I'm saying? It's like I'm one of them people where it's like I ain't got no nothing, but it's like oh I gave them a reason with alcohol. Yeah. So I had to like clean myself up and she really helped me.

We got back, I got back in church and just started doing everything that I needed to do you know what I'm saying? And now I feel like like going in the direction that I need to be you know what I'm saying? Like I just had my first number one album like I said it wasn't billboard, but it was still like let me know like okay This is what you can be doing. You know I'm saying like I'm getting a taste of it You know I'm saying I know God always give you a little bit for you a lot So I'm like okay, you feel me boom like even on certain things in my career like you know saying I know like okay I probably has the wrong people around me

Yeah, I'm saying like even with certain things I make a lot of money, but I made the most money I could make you know saying probably like God probably Okay, you probably got some people around you that don't need cuz I'm a giver You know, it's a lot of things that been like cleaned up in my life But I'm like slow rolling and I'm and I'm knowing like okay I know what's coming on the other side if it was so it keep me motivated like it was a time where I couldn't even See my future you feel like I would be in places But I can't even tell you like what I'm gonna do and like people actually like hey what you see yourself in five years I

couldn't tell you what I'm gonna be doing next week cuz of the alcohol I just was blind like I just was had got cloudy you feel me I had just got like on some rebellious you know like I won where I want to be in my career personally it wasn't going right you know you know when you get in the bag you like we'll do some shows we'll get some money I had lost my whole thing. I was looking back at pictures. I'm like damn I had my shirt on my stomach was hanging over my pants. Hey, right? I'm like this was last year when I went on 218. Oh, like I was like damn, but then I end up losing 30 pounds

You feel me? I got in a gym. I'm like I changed the way I start I ate you feel my change everything You feel me? Cuz I'm like I owe it to myself You feel me? I was like, bro, if I don I'm like, I owe it to myself, you feel me? I was like, bruh, if I don't make it to where I need to make it to, I can't even blame. Like I can't be like, oh, Berman, I can't say that, you feel me what I'm saying? I would have to say like, man, cool, you f*** that up.

That's God though, you know? Because God will show you, so many people can't see themselves. So for God to give you that self-awareness and give you a choice, like look, I'm showing you what you are, and you got a choice to do the right thing for you to do the right thing Yeah, March 13, bro. I stopped drinking especially friends around you cuz you know, some of your friends around you got arrested They're not here no more. So yeah, you got to see it firsthand. Yeah, that's a lot of them bro

I was totaling cars. I told her three cars ain't getting no scratches Mmm, when I would go back in the spots and look at why I told her cars It was always some supposed to be fatal. I was always like, damn. I would total a car, jump out the car, run straight to the house, full speed, no stopping. That is crack. That is crack pro. That's exactly what it is.

All right, we got more with Jaquees when we come back. His album, Baby Making, is out now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy. We are the breakfast club We still kicking it with y'all quease Charlamagne You know one thing I let it your girl did she told you that you can't name was it you can't name the son

Yeah, I can't have your last name Now but y'all know that was that wasn't the truth. I'm glad we talked about it Oh, she didn't want him to be a junior. The last name was never a problem You know saying so he was he was gonna be a broad next regardless Got you got you know saying like the name was always gonna be double regardless Like even when we finalize like when we go through our marriage and everything all my kids will be Sanders broad next You know saying like I'm not gonna make snow down Sanders broad next like his little sister be Sanders broad next his little brother be Sanders broad next everybody

So yeah, it was it was more so I think what I wanted his name to be Sanders, Rodneyx, everybody. So yeah, it was a more soft thing. Well, I wanted his name to be Rodriguez Jacquees Rodneyx Jr. at first. You know what I'm saying? She fought you on that one. Yeah. Because, now this is what happens, because when we wasn't married or whatever, whatever the case was, she had always told me like I want to keep my last name and just add on like, but me, I was cool with that because I'm like, well, you are Deondra Sanders. That's your brand. I don't really- And her father's legacy.

Yeah, it's like- That's what I want. I got four daughters. I ain I got no son so I want the same yeah it's like I'm cool with that you know saying your brand was like but then we pull up for when she's like well I'm miss broadnakes you know so that's my last name that always made me feel good too cuz my son is snow Sanders broadnakes you know I'm saying so it's like we made it work out I know everybody was like man he only married because of last name was like nah nah brush you the kid would have my last name We're gone anyway. I wanted to marry shawty. It wasn't about like for the baby. That's like foolish

You know I'm saying like I'm not that type dog But I'm not marrying you just so this kid got my name if it was a like I'm gonna sign a birth certificate My name, you know that that whole story was fixed. It was cat bro I was just waiting to get on the right interview to say something. Wow. That's why I'm glad I say allegedly about ****. Yeah. I want y'all to ask me some more **** bro.

A lot of **** be count by me. I can't wait to straight **** up. Everything count by Jaqueez. I've been paying attention to the music. They be trying your boy. You gotta pay attention. I wanted to ask you this. More specifically because we went past it a little quick that

That had to be sacred for you having a baby is sacred for you having a baby It's secret for a woman to especially when it's y'all first and that's news that y'all want to put out Mm-hmm, but when Dreezy put it out there first What was your initial reaction and then what was Deandre's too because she had told us? I was we found out y'all was pregnant I was Dreezy I was I was hot and I'm gonna tell you like the reason I did it and I and I know that I'm probably wrong or was wrong or the way I was thinking because of course it's me and we grow up we learn.

I thought that I owed her something to tell her because I had been with her for so long. You know what I'm saying? So I was like okay as a friend you know as a respectful dude you know what I'm saying I was with Dries for a long time. Let me tell her that I'm having a baby before she just find out through the world. Okay, so you told Dries- Driesy.

I know, De'Andrea, that she was going to tell Driesy. No, no, I told Driesy. Oh, you just told Driesy. I told Driesy, like, y'all was like, look, I'm having a baby. You know what I'm saying? What's up, y'all? So, on a recent episode of Quest Love Supreme, my co-hosts, I'm B. Bill and Sugar Steve and I sat down with the king at rock of the Beastie Boys. We talked You know what I'm Dr. Joy Harden Bradford, host of Therapy for Black Girls. And I'm thrilled to invite you to our January Jumpstart series for the third year running. All January, I'll be joined by inspiring guests who

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or else I can't get disability benefits. They won't let you succeed. I know we get paid to serve you guys, but like be respectful. We're made out of the same things. Bone, body, blood. It's rare to have black male teachers. Sometimes I am the lesson and I'm also the testament. Listen to When You're Invisible as part of the MyCultura podcast network. Available on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. Like Y'all having a baby, you know, I want to get a respect to let you know, like, I feel like we had that type of relationship where I could let you like, you know, I want you to be blinded where you embarrassed or you know, saying these type of things, you know, saying, but she went out and put it out.

Yeah, she said you were begging to get her pregnant, too I was I was so lost bro like I'm gonna tell you the truth, but I was one of them like I said I wanted my cake and eat it too, and I was drinking so you know you drinking you're not making a proper decision And she said you sent draws there. Oh, which is a song. No, I didn't say no job No draw Something sent to me, but I didn't get I didn't put no draws. It was probably something sent to me, but I didn't put my face on nothing. Oh, okay. You know what I'm saying?

You didn't send no underwear? Nah, I don't got the time to do all that, bro. No, all right. Well, did you allegedly send no underwear? No, I didn't send no underwear, dawg. I ain't send no underwear. You feel me? If something was sent to me, I don't know. Did they ever talk? Did Drizzy and D.O.D.R.Y. ever talk? They did. They talked. They talked.

Yeah, they talked. I don't know if it was the best conversation, but I think they talked to the point where they don't have to talk again. So Dre, Drezy wasn't lying when she said you was trying to get her, you was hitting her up saying you want to get her pregnant. She had texts. Yes. Yeah, she had a text message.

I think the text is the proof. And he said he always wanted kids. You said you always wanted kids. You always wanted a family. He wanted a family. And I think, and I think like I said, like with me, I was 28, 29, you know what I'm saying? I'm 39, you know what I'm saying? I was, sometimes a man feel like a child can solve all his problems too.

Sometimes a man will feel like, man if we had his baby, that's going to solve all our problems. That's the answer we need. You know what I'm saying? There's women that think like that too. And that's what I was thinking. You know what I'm saying? That's what I was thinking You know saying like that's what I was thinking you know when I was in that mode. I was thinking like man, maybe if Me and Dries have a baby like you know this was before all the other stuff

I was thinking I was like man. We have a baby. You know all our problems will be fixed You know saying like you know saying and she would always tell me I don't want a kid. I don't want a kid You know saying so when I? Have my baby with when the answer got pregnant. I'm like, man, this gotta be God. You feel what I'm saying? Like, I've been with Dries for years. She never got pregnant. You know what I'm saying? I was with her from, I was 23 till now. You know what I'm saying? Like, she never got pregnant. You still love her? I got love for her. I'm not in love with her. I always had love for her. I think anybody that's been with a person that say they got

no love for them at all is just like a terrible person. You know what I'm terrible person You know says like damn you I won't let her get hit by a car But now I'm so in love with where I am now I feel so confident to talk about my past. You know what I'm saying? Like I can sit up here and talk about my past because I'm not even saying nothing that's harmful to Dreezy. You know what I'm saying? Like I got respect for her. Like I think she's one of the dopest rappers out.

You know what I'm saying? She's definitely cool. Yeah she's super. Dreezy wrote one of my records on my album. Oh on the baby-making? The last one. The last one I dropped. The one from 2022?

Yeah. That she sent you? That was a silly thing? The last one. The last one I dropped. The one from 2022? Yeah. That she wrote Since They Leave You? Yeah she wrote Start Over. Okay okay. She wrote the whole record. Wow. That's right. Baby Making is out right now. Go get it. Number one album. It's the Breakfast Club is Jaquees. Yeah. Morning everybody, it's DJ NV Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy, we are the Breakfast Club. If you're just joining us, we're talking about getting massages from the opposite sex. Now this conversation started from Mason Cameron talking about having trainers and women using male trainers and then we heard Charlamagne said recently that you got a massage

from a male and you said it was amazing and what did he say about? He said that the guy massaged every part of his body, even his mouth. Not every part of the body, but he definitely gave me a mouth massage which is something I never had before because apparently there's two muscles in your mouth and I'm the type person, you know, because of like anxiety and stuff like that like I'm always like grinding my teeth a little bit I'm like now open my mouth real wide. I don't know why and so it's like he He's massage these two muscles in my mind that hurt like hell. How do you massage him? Okay, like he's like he like it's like a it's like a technique anybody out there that does this massage thing

I'm talking about I know you know what I'm talking about But it's like these two corners right here He just put him in and he kind of like hugs on it a little bit and it's painful But man, it's very very stress relieving. Okay, so you're a you were able to open your mouth wider after like what type of effects? I haven't I haven't been grinding my teeth. Oh Yeah, I haven't been grinding my teeth. Oh, since that I haven't been grinding my teeth That must have been but I mean the pro I've never had a male masseuse until that time and he did a Fantastic job, but it's just like football players and basketball players who got male trainers

Who you think's massaging them and rubbing on a muscle? No, absolutely, but I just never heard of a mouth massage Yeah, it's out there. I'm gonna Google it right now. Yeah, man. If I could share Yeah, when I go to when I go to physical therapy and there's a male masseuse, that's different. But when you go to a massage place and the lights are low and it's intimate and the candles are burning, I would just prefer a woman to massage me. That is just me. But you did have a male masseuse before. You listen to everything. Absolutely.

But it wasn't that. It was me and my wife my wife together was a couple's massage and it was supposed to teach us how to give a massage and the dude came in Diesel dreads brown-skinned brother very sexy the fact that you described him makes me think that this was a free co-case but you got charged with a free co-case but you know me but during the massage I couldn't enjoy the massage because this big brother, Diesel with dreads was massaging me with oil. That's your insecurities. It was.

That's your insecurities. And I don't want it again. I don't know why you so insecure if you ain't never had your butt touched. Right. Like I don't have those insecurities. Like I ain't think of nothing. When that man was massaging me,

I didn't think about nothing except for this was a good massage. Okay. Nothing in no way, shape or form. Okay, well that's true. This is a real thing, clinical oral facial massage. That's what it's called. I get that all the time and the woman that does it is dope.

She does an amazing job. It'll leave you in the clicking or popping of the jaw, clenching, locked jaw and limited mouth open range and it releases muscles and I've never seen this word fascia involved with chewing and jaw clenching. So this is a thing. So when he massages you, does he reach over you like your mind? Yeah. Now he's on the side. Because you know you have to lay, y'all did it from the side.

What'd you say? He was on the side. Oh, he was on the side. Did you know sometimes he's like this? When he was on one side I had to turn this way. Now he was on this side I had to turn that way. But listen, if you've never had a clinical oral facial massage, trust me, it is worth it.

Okay. What about you? I enjoy massages from the same sex, although I have had massages from a male and I like the pressure more from a guy. However, I ain't gonna lie, I do get excited, especially when they be like turnover and you massage in my stomach and under my breast And all that and I just be like Let's go to the phone lines hello who's this this is Kevin from Brooklyn hey Kevin from Brooklyn what's going on?

Andy how you doing? Brooklyn. Hey Kevin from Brooklyn. What's going on? Andy, how you doing? I'm doing good. I love you baby. I love you too, baby. We're talking about massages from the um, the same sex opposite sex brother. Talk to us. Yeah, I had to dip out on a Massage the other day because it was same sex. I'm not gonna call the company me. Well, yeah, it was same sex when I was in Philadelphia. Okay, I can't have a niggas man here and rub it me. I just, I can't do that. You never played any type of sports in high school or anything like that? It's different. Yeah. It's different when it lights up low and you're laying on the thing and there's a candle lit and the music is playing. Yeah, because they set the mood. It's different. I think y'all gave him the look. It's something about a man, cause see my lower back hurts. And it's something about a man,

brother down here, I can't, you know, I can't, and it's not fitting right with me. Yeah. Well Charlamagne is upset because not a lot of men, not all men are open up to other men, are open to other men touching them. I just don't know why everybody's so insecure. It has nothing to do with insecurity.

This is very much got to do with insecurity, cause if in your mind you thinking, man I might get turned on by this guy, man don't want this guy touching me because I might like it that's that's your problem that's not everybody's problem. Envy said that. Not everybody say that. Envy said the same thing you said. He said man when the guy told me turn around I tooted up a little bit. No I didn't say that. You just can't make up stories. I ain't saying that. Just go get make stuff up. Hello who's this Hello, my name is Monica. Hey Monica, good morning. Good morning.

Now it says you're uncomfortable receiving massages from other men? Yes, I am. Why? Because I feel like I make noises that if I'm enjoying it, so it sounds sexual even though it may not be sexual. Girl, yes. And I usually make the guy think, oh well, she might be into me though it may not be sexual girl. Yes, and I usually make the guy think oh Well, she might be into me and they may go somewhere that it's not like what kind of noises

We were freaky. You're a yellow freaky boy man Yeah, yeah, but I get what you saying though, Yeah girl come with a whole soundtrack especially when they tell you Yeah, no, and that's just how I am That's the second time you said I'm not your b- I just rather get one from a woman cuz I'm not interested in them You know you bring up you bring up a good point like every single time I get a massage You know from a woman, you know, you do tend to get a little erect, you know what I'm saying? You do you do

But I've never when I had it with the guy, that didn't happen at all. Did you make sounds? Did you make sounds? Right, because there's no entrance, and if they're making you feel good, like you can't help but sound like it feels good. And by the way, the guy made me feel good,

but I didn't get erect. Because you're not attracted to the guy. You go, hmm, hmm. Yeah, because when they hit your lower back, I'm telling you, like sometimes it's like sometimes it's like, oh my god, yes, right there. And then when they turn you over and they go below your belly button, it's like, oh my god, what you doing?

You get all jittery. That's the third time she said, well, they turn you over. But girl, that's a full body. They do your back and then they turn you over and they do everything else We have a massage therapist on the line. Hello. Hey, yes. Hey, what's your name, bro? My name's Chris Are you brown skin with dreads? No Ball head and a beard. Oh, yes

It's a pleasure it's a pleasure to be on here It's a pleasure to be on here. So I've been a massage therapist for 12 years and I have that problem majority of the time where the husbands have a hard time working with me. But it's not about that. It's the muscular care that needs to be done for our society that we're not addressing. Biometrical movement is the key to internal healing. And so what's happening in our society now is we're quick to biochemical things in our mouth, but we're not doing the things that we need to do on a muscular level to heal. That's right. You got to that trauma up outta your body.

That's right. And so with that, there's 656 individual muscles, 360 joints, and 208 bones that nobody knows anything about. Do you do the oral facial massage? Yes, it's called interaural massages where you go into the mandible, you release the masseter, and it helps with the TMJ.

That's right. It hurts, it hurts, but it feels so good. Afterwards. I do neuromuscular therapy. Neuromuscular therapy is trigger point release to the actual belly of the muscle. And it actually helps elongate the individual muscle from the insertion to orange. Okay, he couldn't do my massage Not the way he's talking you gotta be quiet the whole time

You do tennis elbow, I do tennis elbow golfer hip flexor rotator cuff You guys need to do yourself some research on neur you. I'm going to, I'm about to, I got so many points at Massage Envy. We're not going to get it like him. If you ever want to check out Massage Care out of Conway, South Carolina, I opened up my business and that's what I'm focused on. I'm focused on massage. I'm focused on massage.

I'm focused on massage. I'm focused on massage. I'm focused on massage. I'm focused on massage. I'm focused on massage. I'm focused on massage. I'm focused on massage. I'm focused on massage. I'm focused on massage. I'm focused on massage. If you ever want to check out massage care out of Conway, South Carolina, I opened up my business and that's what I'm focusing on Oh, you're excited now. Okay, you won't fly down it I can't let a male such me in South Carolina. What hey, I'm from DC. See that's the perception

Okay Life life trauma Hey, I'm from DC. See that's the perception. Okay. Say, say. Life trauma, childhood trauma causes us not to want to be touched. That's real. We have to deal with that trauma. Listen, he is not lying in no way, shape or form. He just definitely calls you out. Yashalla man is full of dudes.

Yeah, he definitely is. Yo, nah, I can't let another male touch me from South Carolina. I said touch me in South Carolina. What's the difference? Because of the childhood trauma that I experienced in South Carolina. Yeah, I was gonna say, he lowkey just told you. All the times I got touched in South Carolina

by people that wasn't supposed to be touching me. Oh my God. Now, now laugh at that. Let's see you get out of this one. Oh my God. The fun police over here. It's the Breakfast Club, good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Good morning everybody, It's DJ MP Jess Hilarious. Shalomim Nkai. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, indeed. The brother Tank. What's up, Tank? I'm in here, man.

Looking younger and younger every time we see you, man. Yeah, yeah. I use a good exfoliant. You know what I'm saying? What's your routine in the morning? You got a face routine in the morning? Well, I use my wife's beauty tools and stuff. I use my wife's beauty tools and stuff.

I use my wife's beauty tools and stuff. I use my wife's beauty tools and stuff. I use my wife's beauty tools and stuff. I use my wife's beauty tools and stuff. I use my wife's beauty tools and stuff. I use my wife's beauty tools and stuff. I use my wife's beauty tools and stuff. I use my good exfoliant. Oh, yeah. Okay, okay. You know what I'm saying? What's your routine in the morning? You got a face routine in the morning? Well, I use my wife's beauty tools and stuff. You know what I'm saying?

Zena Foster Beauty. Get over there. Gotta get you a free package. You sure do. Yeah, yeah, I get you right. But that's about it. You know what I'm saying? A little dove.

There you go. You know what I'm saying? I keep it clean. Tank always happy. Every time you see Tank, he happy. Yes, yo. Okay, wherever you see Take, if it's a club, if it's out in the street, Take is always happy. He's always in a good mood.

Listen, she's apparently been listening to my music, so I feel good about that. Yes, I am. You know what I'm saying? Take walked in, Take looked at Jessy and said, somebody been in there. Somebody. And didn't get out.

You know what I'm saying? Said, ugh. I said, this ain't funny. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? Said, ugh. You want to be money. This ain't funny. You know what I'm saying? This is serious. Congratulations to you, though. Thank you so much.

That's really awesome. I appreciate it. I'm really happy for you. Do you make your movie, I mean, you make your music for those moments? Hell yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's, I mean, that was kind of the point in the beginning.

You know, like, everything we do is for the attention of a woman or women for that matter, depending on how you plan it. You know what I'm saying? So for me, musically, like I want to be connected to as many of those moments as humanly possible. I want to be responsible for bringing life into the universe. Have people come up to you and say,

I met him, my girl, because of you. I shot the club. I've met the kids'm not even my girl because of you, I shot the club. I've met the kids. Damn, he's here because of you, K. Yeah, no, I was born because I'm that old now. You know what I'm saying? To where I've met the children, the offspring of my music,

so I'm really proud of that. Absolutely. I see it feels like R&B, especially the 90s, 2000s, R&B has picked up a lot more. Have you noticed that as well? Absolutely. I see it feels like R&B especially the 90s 2000s R&B has picked up a lot more. Have you noticed that as well? Absolutely the feeling Right. It's the the feeling of it is What's back people want to and it's what's crazy is that of course I give credit to the women for keeping R&B In the mainstream conversation, right? They they have been kicking ass and taking names, right?

But I gotta give some credit to hip hop, to the sampling of all of this old R&B that they've been bringing back to the forefront and making people take a deep dive into what those samples are and rediscovering the original feelings and now desiring those things. Give me some examples.

I was just listening to Doja Cat. Doja Cat just did it. She just had a number one record. Her record. With the Troop record. I mean, it's originally Jackson 5. But all I do is think of you. Damn.

I was like, ugh. Remember the first time you heard Troop? Shout out to Lil Steve and them. Like, Chuckie Booker and them. Like, that type of reduction. They don't even do that no more. So you have to actually listen to the Troop. And then you have to listen to the Troop. And then you have to listen to the Troop. And then you have to listen to the Troop. And then you have to listen to the Troop. And then you have to listen to the Troop. Remember the first time you heard True? Shout out to Lil Steve and them like, Chuckie Booker and them?

Like that type of reduction? They don't even do that no more. So you have to actually outsource it by going to the crates, you know what I'm saying? And bringing that feeling back and they don't know why it's connecting. We know because we were there. But it's something about that frequency that just makes you feel good. Even when you, like your first, you did it with yourself, with your own music. My own music.

Were you recreated, I Deserve? Yeah. And was it Plea, no it wasn't Plea's own music. You recreated two. I did a, well one of my own, I Deserve. I was like let me sample it for somebody else, sample it. Because they're going to take all the money. That is so good.

And then I went. No it was the Brian McKnight one that you did. You featured Chris Brown. It was Brian McKnight, originally Michelle Indigo-Cello. Okay. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. So there was that, and I was like, you know what, I might as well get in on this too,

because we rarely do that. And I was like, let me just tap into some old, and of course Brian McKnight, one of my aspirations growing up, and Michelle Indigo-Cello is just absolute one of my favorites. Amazing. So I just had to get some of that. I was gonna ask you, man, that, one of my aspirations growing up and Michelle and Diego Chelo is absolutely one of my favorites. So I just had to get some of that. I was gonna ask you, man,

that was one of my questions I have for you. Is R&B music a sound or a feeling? It's both. Okay. It's both because it's like the feeling is expressed through the sounds. You know what I mean? Like you, like think about like Devante.

Like how was he feeling when he made that? When they were making Jodeci music? Like what was he on? You know what I'm saying? When Casey says, take my money, Jesus Christ. My house and my car. House and my car.

For one hit of you. Okay, Sean. Ain't no **** that good. Let him work. Let him work. You got to mean that in order for it to resonate. Yes, you can take my money, my house, and my car for one hit of you.

I mean that to this day. To this day, I mean that. But you don't hear that now. Out of that soul and that feeling. By the way that's just a slick way of telling somebody I'll give you the world. Yeah but we moved into this you know kind of you know simp and all of these things when it comes to taking care of women. Or expressing love. I just think that men are just they've been programmed to not be vulnerable You know I'm saying they've been programmed to not

To not cater. I don't know who started that. You know I'm saying it ain't pimping it ain't player You know I'm saying cuz all the pimps in the players I grew up Watching taking care that they went. But where did it end? Like what era did it end because even early Trey songs was singing his ass off to the women. But where did it end? Like what era did it end? Because even early Trey Songz was singing his ass off to the women and expressing his love. I think it was when the R&B singers started wanting to be rappers. And when a lot of these R&B singers

probably started having sex with the rappers. I don't even know what that means. Not saying that a man can't make songs about another man and it'd still be a love song. Just saying, I think that they started loving on each other so much that they really was on some F the women stuff. Yeah, and I think- I wish I could have seen Tang Fae sing, it's like what the fuck is that?

No, but I also think that, you know, with the wanting to be, with hip hop's emergence, right, it became this really cool thing that was taking over everything, the airwaves, the radio, the clubs and all of that. And so as R&B artists getting left behind, we're trying to figure out how to compete and stay relevant. And so you in the club, and you're a decently hot artist, but none of your songs are being played in here. And all the songs are about bottles, and they're about cars, and they're about money, and it's're about money and it's about it's not about women it's about bitches and

so it's like shit I gotta incorporate some of this into my music if I'm gonna survive in this new landscape and so as as as we took that turn or as R&B took that turn and never comes back. Now I have a set in the middle of my party where I play R&B music in the set and that's usually the biggest part of it because people are singing. They feel that how it felt to be during that time. So it does go back. I would say that but I just feel like it doesn't make it cool anymore. Somebody talks about singing in the rain anymore or talking about the girl hurt their feelings. Like I was listening to Boyz II Men record and he was telling this girl cheated. He was like it's okay baby I just just want you back I just didn't care. I just yeah

But if somebody did that now they'd be like look at his simp ass, you know me. Yeah. Listen, I still do it I don't care. You still what? What if that's what they want to call it? Listen if I wasn't married that's that's still what I'm gonna be on Showing that you can be vulnerable as a man like, you you know you open it up and then that I'm telling you I don't care that's what I guess I can only speak for me but I can speak for a lot of women too like that is attractive when a man is not only just thinking bottles bitches yeah that's what I'm gonna do no it's you guys speak to my

soul and music and some like a lot of older R&B does that for me. I don't hear today. Yeah. But yeah, I don't subscribe to any of that stuff. I don't care. I don't care what they do or how the tables turn. I, I, I do the R&B that I love that I fell in love with. You know what I'm saying? I've, I watched my, my older uncles and everybody, I still follow their model and I, and my job, I'm responsible for maintaining the line to where we treasure and we cater

and we take care of our women. All right, we got more with Tank when we come back. Don't move, it's the Breakfast Club, good morning. Morning everybody, it's DJ, Envy, Jess, Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy, we are the Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Tank. Charlamagne? And the other thing too,

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You have to be... Listen, men, I want to say this. I want to put this out there and I'm goinga say this, I'ma say this this way and then we'll fix it up later. You have to fall back in love with. You have to fall back in love with the idea, now let's clean it up, of making love to a woman. Talk that talk.

No, you're right. Talk that talk, I'm listening're right. Talk that talk. I'm listening. And doing it at a high level. That's right. That's right. Listen, you have to study a woman. That's right.

You have to ask questions. You have to learn her body in order to do this thing the right way. That's right. Every key does not start, one key doesn't start every car. That's right. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I know where you're going!

You have to be curious about that thing. That's right, that's right. Right? And outside of the curiosity, you have to have an affinity for it. That's right. You got to have a love for it. You gotta enjoy it.

Sit it on my face. Yes That's my type of view Don't do it to finish do it cuz because you love it. Listen. Listen, my wife will tell you. You just fucking beat it. I'm telling you. I'm telling you. I told you. At a high level.

That's right. That's right. I treat her like she knew. Every time. Talk about it. Pause. Talk about it. That ain't no pause.

You talking about your wife That ain't no pause. We was facing each other. I don't care when I'm... You in the club, I don't care what no other is doing. That's right. When we used to be in the club with Jamie Foxx and Foxx would look around in his sex

place. Too many dudes in here! Y'all gotta move! That's where I'm from. Yeah. Where the women at? That's right, that's right. That's my focus. All right, all right.

And that's not a diss, that's just the truth. Yeah, it is. That's why I got all this nice sh** on, man. Your R&B singers, I would assume, their muse is women, at all times. That's the point. Yeah, yeah. That is the point to have some type of spiritual or physical connection with a woman. So that's what we're getting

in the vault. That's what we're getting. We're getting more of that. More of that. Yeah. More of that feeling. Shout out to Fab. Fabulous is when I say stand up brother, absolutely man. I mean pull it up for me, not just on the song. And you know sometimes when you're dealing with an artist with the magnitude of fab, it can take you a good four to six months to get that feature. He's moving, he's a knobby, Dobby, he's moving around. This man said I got you, as soon as I get back,

I'll be back in a week and a half, two weeks, I got you. Not only he knocked that out, said when's the video, when we shoot? Cool, I'm on the way. Then said, man, where the assets so I can promote? Like. But you're a fab,

but it's come from a different generation. That's true. Yeah, but he's still fab. You know what I'm saying? And so your access to him, regardless of how cool you are, is still limited. Right, because he's doing what he does. Absolutely. And so for him to make himself available to me and for this record, man,

which is really, really big. Before we get started. Before we get started. This is racist. In terms of climbing the charts, it's my fastest record. Oh wow. Why do you think that is? Tempo. Okay. People have been waiting for tempo from me. I got the slow in the mid. I got that. But now they done let me get some tempo. Now you done f***ed up. So you did this on purpose, you wanted a tempo right? Oh absolutely.

Yeah, this is calculated. This is on purpose. I needed the right one. My guy Dirk sent me this record, I said, you do not know what you have just done. You gave tank tempo? It's crazy that you still trying to make new records at this point. I mean, not saying that you still trying to make new records at this point.

I mean, not saying that you can't, but you have such a catalog. You really don't even have to if you don't want to. I do. Okay. Because I don't remember that last hit record. I don't remember it. I don't live in it. I don't live in that last outfit that I wore.

You know what I'm saying? Every day is, okay, what's next? How can I beat that? That was cool because I'm watching around me. You know what I'm saying? Every day is, okay, what's next? How can I beat that? Ah, that was cool, because I'm watching around me. You know what I'm saying? If need be, I'll drive up to CB's house, you know what I'm saying,

and let him play me a thousand songs, I'm like, shit, I got more work to do. You know what I'm saying? I'll look at the charts and see who's on there. I'm not, ah, okay, I got work to do. That's what drives me. It's so many new things happening every day that I'm like, ooh, I gotta compete with that.

I gotta fight with that, you know what I'm saying? And it gives me a forget. Now, your health and how you are as far as not drinking and all the things that you do, is that from what place? Is that from a place of you seeing people your age doing it and you're like, damn, they don't look as good or is it from a I just wanna be healthy type of place? It's really healthy.

I mean, it's really like I'm an athlete first. So for me, it's very important what goes into my body because what goes in is what comes out. You know what I'm saying? I've often been in the gym and my motto to myself is what will Floyd do? What will Mayweather do? You know what I'm saying? Because I've watched him buy 30 bottles. You know what I'm saying? I've watched the people around him rolling up smoke and I've watched the people around him just indulge. I watched him do none of

it and then grab his stuff out the back of the truck when we leave the club and run home mmm I said that's what a billion dollars looks like mm-hmm I want that so when me my guy games get in there like it's not a game this part of what I do as it correlates to who I am as an artist it's not not why I do it. I would be doing this anyway. You know what I'm saying? Like I wanna be 150, you know what I'm saying? Still pulling up to the breakfast club. 150?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. We ain't gonna be here then. Listen, I pray y'all are still here, but if y'all not, I'm still. I think I'll be here, I got 101. You got 101? Listen, I, why can't we? Yeah.

150? Why not? About 100, 150? Why not? I'm not gonna put, I'm not can't we? Mm-hmm. 150? Why not? About 100. 150? Why not? I'm not going to put it, I'm not going to say we can't. I'm not going to put a limitation on it. You know what I mean?

It's all in what you're putting in. Did what happened with Jamie scare you too? Yeah, absolutely. And you know, you just, it just goes back to the idea of you just never know. You just never know. And it's not something you can predict, not something you can, for his situation, prevent.

You know what I mean? Sometimes your body will just, you know, the alert is is detrimental. Right. Your body telling you something is wrong is sometimes, you know, the alarm is damn near fatal. You know what I mean? And that's just life. And so yeah, it's scary. I mean, just not just because he's one of my best friends, but just like it could have easily been either one of us. All right, let's get to take us through a single before we get started featuring Fab is the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody is DJ Envy Jesselariah, Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Let's get to Tank's newest single before we get started featuring Fab is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning everybody it's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarion, Charlamagne the Guy, we are The Breakfast Club. That was Tank's newest single featuring Fab and Tank is in the building. Jess. We're about to go on tour with another OG, Carl Thomas. Carl Thomas! Yes. One of the greatest R&B albums of all time.

Oh my God. Not even close. And people, I've seen people ask me, people ask me why, why you choose Carl Thomas, why you choose Kerry Hilsen. I'm like, you don't hear it. Emotion is literally one of the greatest R&B artists. You don't hear it.

Top to bottom, love making music. You know what I'm saying? Like when we down at them doo-wops with Mike Garner down in Miami and them Carl Thomas records come on, it's a thing. Absolutely. Shit really happens. Play some of them Kerry Hils come on, it's a thing. Absolutely. Sh** really happens. Yes, sir.

Play some of them Carey Hilsen records, like things happen. Yeah. I was like, first of all, I want to go on tour with my friends. I want to go on tour with people I like. But then two, I want to be out there, this is an R&B money tour. I want the catalog to be expensive. Put some expensive catalogs. You know, Carey got hot 100s.

Carl Thomas has timeless R&B. Timeless. I'm talking about, I'm getting parties today right now with Summer Rain. They play that at the top in the middle of the party at the end. Like they bring, what? And I grabbed the mic. I don't care where I'm at. No karaoke even playing. I'm like, I sing the whole- Give me some. Let me just, give me a little- Oh my gosh. Come on, Tank. I, you gotta pay for that. Charlamagne has given us, you know, he's blessed us with his.

Storming. Come on. Outside when she keeps me home. That's my song, that's all you got. Yeah! That was the baby singing. That was my wife in college. Yeah, man.

We had that going rocking with Carl Thomas. Carl Thomas is emotional and Joe, my name is Joe. I gotta do a tour with Joe too. Yeah, man. A tour and a song. I love that. People have been wanting that for quite some time. You know what I'm saying?

I get Joe, you know, Joe likes to hide until it's time. You know what I'm saying? He like, well, you know, I'll be out Playboy. You know what I'm saying? I'm a pop out, I a pop out of this you mentioned and everybody but TGT I hate nobody no Tyrese and genuine what's up with that yeah I think you know I think we we had a great place man we're at a great place where I think, you know, I think we're at a great place, man. We're at a great place where I think now we all, everybody collectively sees the value in what we are,

in what we created. And it's again, it's this resurgence of just that feeling of R&B. So you got two guys from the 90s who got classic catalogs, you got me coming in from the 2000s who came up under these guys, and people are hungry and thirsty for that. And so you're gonna see some TGT, you know, fortunately.

Thank God you're gonna see some. You got an album or? Nah, I don't know. You got an album or? No, I don't know if we have an album, but we do have a couple of moments that we're lining up that are going to be very special. That's all I can really say about that. And I saw you the other night, man. I forgot.

I don't know where y'all was at, but Flavor Flav was singing. He was. I forgot what he was singing. What was it? We were honoring. They were honoring forgot what he was singing. Was it uh? We were honoring, they were honoring, I don't want to get this wrong, the B.P. I don't remember. I don't want to mess up the name of the organization. Ashana hit me. I was like we're honoring Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and we need you to do what you do. I was like cool, I'm in. You say Jimmy Jam and Terry

Lewis, I'm in. I don't care what it is. And so we're honoring them and Babyface is there. And I don't want to pressure Babyface to sing, but he's there. And I'm like, Babyface, if you want to sing, you can, you don't have to. And they started playing one of his songs and we were singing and Face was like nah now let me let me handle that And he started singing just flavor flavor just came out of nowhere and just started and just started singing you look surprised that he could Hold a note. No if that wasn't surprised It was just like they think about it. Why'd you take the mic from baby face to give it a flavor? My thing is baby face is singing All right? Yeah.

And Flavor Flav has the gall and audacity to run up and start singing against the babyface. Why didn't you stop it? That's why the game need referees, Tink. You're supposed to stop that right there. You big enough to stop and pause at that moment Right. It only goes one way It only looks like disrespect. Yeah in front of that many people Yeah, you know saying like to grip now is now it's flavorfully. He is flavorfully. Hey, right

Let's not discredit him. He is who he is And then I run up on him saying babyface thingface, hold on right now, hold on, hold on. But doesn't he disrespect babyface in a way? Babyface has to fight that battle. Listen, and don't think that if babyface felt the way, he wouldn't have handled it. Babyface is, listen, the songs are nice and soft and meek. Babyface is not. He's a nice guy but he's nobody's sucker. I promise you if he felt the way and he would have, and I was kind of following his lead, that Babyface

would have looked like he wasn't feeling it then we would have handled that way but it was all in good fun. It was all in good fun. Well, R&B money, The Vault is out right now. The Vault, say it again. The Vault is out right now, and we appreciate you for joining us. We'll be out on the 26th. That's right.

Yeah, it's out right now, right? It's out right now. It's out right now. Okay. What are you gonna do with this music? You already know what I'm doing. I can't hang too much, I can do right now. Cause I can't get pregnant twice.

In one, you know. How far along are you? Five months, I'm doing. I got wait I can't hang too much I could do right now because I can't get pregnant twice and one you know Five months, I'm gonna be six five months. Yeah, that's was writing it. It's some of the best. It's the best time ever. Some of the best. Best time ever. Crazy. I feel the best time ever. Oh, that's secretion. Oh, my God. Some of the best. It's so next to her in there.

It is. Can I swim in your ocean? Oh! And I'm drowning in two. These are my both times. I just. No, no, that's right. I know that's right.

Oh! I put on, so it'll be money. It's a no skip. That's like an ointment, man. All right no skip. It's like Right now you want some real donkeys It's time for donkey of the day Did she get don't get a name please Absolutely. I have become donkey of the day. At the practice club bitches. We're donkeys.

Yes donkey today goes to a 45 year old Texas mother named Jennifer Lynn Rossi. Salute to Jennifer Lynn Rossi. She's a mother and I understand going above and beyond for our kids. Okay we all should. Alright don't let nobody play with your churn. You have to be willing to go scorched earth. You have to be willing to burn everything to the ground to protect your child, but you don't wanna put yourself in a position where you go too hard and end up in jail, okay, because if you do something to protect your child

and it causes you to lose your freedom, then you won't be here to protect your child anyway, so it defeats the whole purpose, all right? It's so easy to get tricked off the screen as a parent because if somebody messes with your child, God forbid somebody hurts your child, that is a good enough justification to nuke. Always. But the law is still the law. So if you go to seek parental revenge because somebody messed with your child and you break the law, then well you go into jail. That's what happened to Jennifer Rossi. Her son was getting slightly

bullied, meaning somebody was stealing from him at school. Okay, stealing his drink to be more specific. So Jennifer decided to take matters in her own hands and teach this thief a lesson. Let's go to ABC 7 News for the report, please. You know, I also knew this morning a mother from San Antonio is behind bars after she allegedly tainted a Gatorade for her son's classmate. Court records say that the 45-year-old mixed lemon juice,

vinegar, salt, and Gatorade together in a sports bottle before instructing her 10-year-old to give it to his classmate who had stolen his drink the day before. It was shortly after the child consumed the drink he became sick and was taken to the hospital. Now though the drink was non-toxic, Jennifer Rossi was still charged with injury to a child causing bodily injury. Now let me tell you something. It was the drink was non-toxic. Jennifer Rossi down with a shot of apple cider vinegar, now you have created a concoction for steady and healthy weight loss. But think of all the other things that could have been in that drink, like bodily fluids, okay, could have been urine,

could have been vaginal discharge, could have been the semen of an eight month old Siberian husky. There's a lot of different things mama could have put in that drink. You're lucky she didn't hit you with some good old fashioned roots. Yes, voodoo.

Say voodoo, Jess. Voodoo. Voodoo. See, I know some women, I know some women, you play with their kids, they're going to give you something to drink that will make you fart uncontrollably for duration of said spell. Okay not no normal farts either, the kind that are never silent, loud, aggressive, probably even burn a little when it passes through your anus.

Can you imagine never being able to silently fart ever again and every time you fart it hurts? That's what would happen to you if you play with the wrong person's kids so you kind of got off easy okay lemon salt and vinegar that ain't nothing but a douche excuse me no it's not you put some salt in you yeah right who'd you be on fire okay no it's just vinegar is vinegar and something else but it ain't no salt. Okay. What? Now Jennifer's a nurse.

And she, like you just said, Envy, she said she knows the mixture to be non-toxic. Correct. What, the victim still got sick? Okay, you know why the victim got sick? Probably dehydrated. Little boy probably didn't have enough water in his system. That salt and vinegar dried his ass right up.

But once again, you're lucky you didn't end up somewhere coughing up a frog, young man, okay? Stop stealing from people, young man. But that's not why we are here. We are here because as parents, as adults, we must make better decisions. We must make better choices because we must believe in the golden rule.

Yes, what you do to someone will ultimately come back to you. You shouldn't do to someone else's child what you wouldn't want done to yours. With that said, there was other ways to handle this situation. A phone call to the principal, a phone call to the teachers, a phone call to the child A phone call to the teachers a phone call to the child's parents better yet pull up to the school and complain

See the child's parents see the child's parents face to face and figure it out I know that sometimes you can't wait for others to do it. You want to take things into your own hands I agree with that unless that thing you're taking into your own hands is somebody else's child. Because now you got to smoke with me as a parent. Okay, I know that my son was a D head and he had no business stealing your child's drink, but you don't have no business doing something that could potentially hurt my child. Now I need a piece of your hair. Okay, I need a piece of your hair to take it to my doctor, you know, and one little mix, one little mix, walk up to you right after school and pff'm gonna have you sexually attracted to golden retrievers for the rest of your life

or the duration of said spell. Please give Jennifer Lynn Rossi the sweet sounds of the day. Yeehaw. You got that stupid look on your face. You are totally wrong. Okay. Okay. Thank you.

You gave the little boy who was hospitalized too much smoke. First of all, what if he was poor and didn't have his own juice You don't even know My kid and bullying my kid though, but you can't steal from my kid. I'm not kidding. Got no Gatorade He thirsty all day long. We still we said bullying bullying. That's what they call it slightly bullying Oh cuz he stole a Gatorade. I guess he had been harassed. He always harasses the little My son little short little kid can't fight back can't do anything back. I don't know if this little boy is short and all. And if he said harassed that means they probably complained before if he was harassed. Now I complain they don't do nothing and this little kid your little son is still bullying my son. I got something for you. now you're gonna There's other ways in the hands of that Jesus. She's a 45 year old woman. This is 10 year old kids We talk well take teach your son how to kick him in the the gonads

Something that that could work too He's trying to raise a little science of serial killer What happened first of all little little short little sons and and they just big-ass football playing now I gotta kick him in the nuts and then and then he dragged my son all through the playground make it worse We ain't good. I'm all about them. Where are you bullied as a kid? I was okay The mom messed up the mom should have said give the boys mom should said nothing mom should just Know the mom shouldn't did that to the little boy at all little boy child the boy should be bullying my child sure But you know you got snitch on you. You know you got stitches sitting up and being like, I don't know if it was a Gatorade, you should have stolen a Gatorade.

No, the mom shouldn't have did that to the little boy, at all, to take your child. The boy shouldn't be bullying my child. Sure, but there's other ways to handle that. Mm. All right, well, thank you for that donkey today. The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious,

Charlamagne the Guy, we are The Breakfast Club. Jess is on maternity leave, so Lauren LaRosa's the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Jess is on maternity leave so Lauren LaRosa is filling in and we got our niece with us today, Nyla. Big Nyla. Alright and we got a special guest in the building. We have October London. Welcome brother. What's up? Good morning sir. Good morning. How you feeling? I feel good. Feel good man. Now you're signing to Def Ro. Yeah. With Snoop. Yeah. Now talk about how you got the deal and how he heard you and had it all came together Yeah, I don't know. Yeah. Yeah, so I was actually on my way to graduate in truck driving school truck in school truck in school

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. No, I quit right before Like how they drive yeah, it's a lot to it, but I was about to I didn't I didn't do it because I End up linking up with Jazzy Faye I end up linking up with him through a friend of a friend and I got his number and I text him like, yo I got these records, you know, blah blah blah, but I was sending them records They were rap records or records for future their records for all these other artists. You were producing. Yeah. Yeah, I was producing You know I was writing them also. So yeah, yeah putting hooks on them And I happen to just kind of sneak in one of my songs that I did called colorblind

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podcasts. Play it for me. I was like, Oh, awesome. Fast forward. He hit me up and he was like, yo, you remember I told you I was going to play your records for someone. I was like, yeah. He was like, I'm going to have him call you or we're going to call you together.

And the night before the Superbowl, he hit me up and was like, yo, I got that person online. Hold on just a second. And he was with him and he was like Yo, it's the big homie Snoop Dogg, man. I'm a big fan. I was like, oh, how do you feel? Honestly, I was like this is gotta be a joke You know at that point I'm like nah, this can't be real and yeah, it was it was real and he was like I'm gonna fly you out, you know, I got there March 16 2016 and that was a wrap. That's why I met him

How did your family feel about you being like, okay, I was this close but I'm gonna just go over here and do this thing cuz they've been riding the waves with you right? Yeah yeah they've been riding the waves with me for a long time but they've been really supportive family friends everybody's been supportive I don't know how many times I've called my boy Jamie. But they in the business though your mom's a singer your dad's a... My dad was my dad was in the business yeah my dad was in the business he toured and you know tou Earth, Wind & Fire and all that. Probably opening up for him, something like that, but it never really reached this level,

so he's a static. Now, you signed to Def-Ro. Were you nervous to sign to Def-Ro? Because this was the relaunch of Def-Ro. I'm sure people were assuming the first one was going to be a rapper, a hardcore rapper. But it was you. Was you nervous at all? Absolutely.

Yeah. I just knew. I was in the room when he was finishing the call like deals done Okay, cool. I was like bad. Oh, this is gonna be dope for you, man You know, you don't find some dope rapper out of LA or somewhere like that and he was like no No, you're gonna be the flagship for death row This Christ I better learn how to crit well I'm working on it. I'm just like man

I don't know if that's gonna work out but it's Snoop you kind of roll with that and it worked out I didn't need death row like legacy like dr. Dre or shook like commented on your work Uh, yeah, dr. Dre has for sure. Yeah. Yeah, I've been in the studio with dr. Dre several times I'm actually on the new Dre and Snoop album that's coming out this year missionary. Yeah missionary crazy title. I love it. I love it So I've been able to hear that whole album in full and that album sounds incredible by the way, so shout out to Dre and Snoop.

It's on that level? Is it, cause you know, a lot of expectation, Dre and Snoop, they saying it's a follow of the Doggy style, it's a lot of expectation. It's amazing. It hits the mark. Yeah, it hits the mark, definitely. So, you know, Dre definitely loves my music,

I've played him other stuff too, but he really loves, and even that track that I'm on is very Marvin Gaye-esque because he loves Marvin. When you put out the rebirth of Marvin, I thought you was bugging. I know, I saw it, I saw it. Because I felt like you was putting too much pressure on yourself because when you compare yourself

to mythical, iconic ghosts like Marvin, that's an impossible bar to reach. So what was your mindset when I know you put that up I didn't that album was not supposed to come out I wasn't trying to be Marvin not trying to fill his shoes Am I trying to do any of that as not what I was trying to do? Like I said, I'm multi-genre artist I just go off of vibes. So if I'm feeling oh today I'm gonna do pop today Then I'm gonna go in the studio probably knock out a whole pop album real quick

I'm gonna go ahead and sell the cycles. That's what I'm gonna do pop today. Then I'm gonna go in the studio probably knock out a whole pop album real quick I'm gonna go ahead and set the side cuz that's what I'm feeling So I go off a feeling, you know feeling the music and what I'm you know what I'm feeling at that time So I was in the studio and if you've been to snoops compound He plays music 24 hours a day seven days a week through the hallways and at that time I was in the studio just going through stuff and trying to figure out what track I was gonna do next and Marvin played like three four times. So then instantly in my head. I'm already in that zone So I was like, okay cool up then Snoop sent over a track and I was like, oh, this is dope And then I started doing it and I was like, oh, it sounds a little bit Marvin, but I'm just gonna keep doing it

Whatever liked it so much. I was like, I'm gonna do another track and then Snoop came in and was like, yo This is really dope. Let me know when you you know finished with it cuz he knows I like to work and Like I like to work in spurts So I don't do just one track and go to next like I'm like well if I'm I've done two I might as well do Eight more and make it an album and I just put it up a bunch of records just put up I finished the record in like a week rebirth of Marvin was done in the week I pretty much freestyled the whole thing as far as freestyle and I know it's different But it's like going up to the mic and just kind of saying what I feel

Did that like back to your place was done in an hour my Holland Drive was done the hour both of those went number one So that's how I do all of my music. So I put it away. I was like, alright, that was fun I was in that Marvin Lang gray. Let me put aside now Let me get on this Bryson tiller lane real quick cuz that's what I wanted to put out That's what I thought dog wanted me to do and that's not what happened dog came in and was like what you doing I'm like, I'm just putting it up. I'm gonna start on this. He's like no no no no no no no We're putting this out and I was like no nobody want to hear old school right now. He's like trust me This is the lane is open. Nobody's doing it right now. Let's just do it. All right, cool

But it sounds a little bit like Marvin. He's like no I don't worry about that my you know chew my ass up some people did have things to say but a lot of people love the music because it sounds good but I know that the only gay who's Marvin Gaye's sister she had made some comments that she liked the music but she did say that she was just confused why you would want to sound like another person and not do original songs like what do you get out of it did you get to have a conversation with her and his family Yeah, I did You know, she was seem like she was mad as hell at me which I knew that was gonna happen

I was like, you know and dog wanted to name it rebirth of Marvin. I did not I was like let's just call it the rebirth I tried to push towards that but you know, I'm I'm following, you know at this point. I'm like, okay All right, you know dog has a plan. I'm just gonna go with it. He's been right this whole time I'm with him for a long time. I know him. Let's just do that We called it rebirth of Marvin cuz that's what he wanted to title it And then yeah, she was not happy about that cuz she was like yeah, you can sing that's great But you you sound like my brother a bit and it's freaking me out and I was like, that's cool I just wish she at that point she didn't go, you know on wax and say

Yeah, and just I wish she just would have called me or call dog or somebody like that Because then people got on her that love my music that love back to your place So then they attacked her and I'm like we have to stop this but then you know We end up getting on a call together me and a few of the other family members and they were like We completely support you we understand now that you're not trying to be Marvin, you don't even want to fill his shoes or anything like that. You were just in a vibe and I was like, that's what I've been trying to tell everyone. That's not me, I was just feeling something.

We got more with October London when we come back. Keep it locked, it's the Breakfast Club, good morning. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne the guy, we are the Breakfast Club. Lauren LaRosa is filling in for Jess and our niece Nyla is with us this morning. Now we're kicking with October London. He is the first artist signed to Def Ro

after Snoop acquired it. Now for people that haven't heard of you before, listening some people might think that you are a mimicking artist, right? Cause you just said I was in a Marvin zone and then I was in a Bryson zone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Even on the new album it's like old,

sounds like old R. Kelly a little bit. So who is October London and where does the sound come from? Because when I first heard it, I thought it was like, well, that's his voice, he can't change his voice. He sounds like Marvin, he sounds like Marvin. But who is October London then? Yeah, October London is, okay, so this new album, October Nights, it's more of a transitional album.

It's getting out of that lane, I'm finally being like, okay guys, let's get away from this. When you start the album, you have Touch On Me and all those records like that. And then, yeah, like you said, R. Kelly's been my top number one artist. Because, I mean, the writing style, I mean, come on, it's Kelz. Then once you get towards the end of the album where you have the big record called Time, that's me. You know what I'm saying? Those records, that's me you know I'm saying like those records that's me like enjoying myself and then the third album obviously when I whenever I do that then you're gonna get all of me but right now it's just kind of showing people that I can do these waves and I know that we're missing this sound I'm

not necessarily taken from everybody I just have been listening to everybody so much like Kels and Ronald Izy and all that I just take this a little bit put it here But I don't really take from them I'm just taking that vibe to give you that vibe give you that Love and that pain and that that you know what you feel what we've been feeling for years, so though This is a transition project. I still feel like sonically production kind of sounds cohesive do you have like a built-in Team that you work with or did you decide to work with new people for this project? Yeah I mean usually and Snoop will tell you

usually I do everything myself like I write I produce I mix I master I engineer myself because I'm like I got to get it done right now like if I feel something I need to get done I don't want to sit here and be like oh hey engineer what's up I can be there at four o'clock I know no, no, I got to feel this now. So I learned to do all this stuff on my own So I do on this album on October nights. I teamed up with producers like Jeff Giddy Who bear I got with babyface? You know, obviously Snoop executive produced the album as well. I got with my homie Superfly also. Legend in the game.

He came through, put his spin on it as well. It came out really well because we had kind of went through a thing where I submitted like this album and we were like, all right, let's change this. Let's put horns here. Let's do this. It just turned out so beautiful. I love it. I would love to know what the Babyface sessions were like because I know Babyface, he didn't

want you to come in on nothing except for you, I'm sure. So what was that energy like? It was good energy, man. We pulled up, he was just ready to get down to business like immediately. There was no, oh, let's kick it and chill, let's eat, let's have a little breakfast and all.

He was just like, all right, you ready? I'm like, yeah, let's go in there. And we did the session, we knocked it out. It didn't even take all day, really. He went to writing it, I just let him do thing because you know you're in front of a legend I'm not trying to be like well, I do this and that I'm not by do that much sit here And what you need me to do you know that a coach in like yeah, I mean yeah He did man in the lab we actually yeah, it was a lot. I'm not okay

I can't I can't hold it was a lot and he knows it was a lot cuz I was like oh It was funny cuz we were doing the takes it was like oh, okay Let's do this first take of this and I do the line. It's a guy. Let's do it again And I do the line. I'm like, okay that second was perfect. We're good. That's what I want to say. All right, we're good Let's go. Let's go to the next line. He's like, no, let's do it again. And again, I'm like, okay All right. Okay, cool. I will do it and he's like, all right cool. Now you ready to really do it I'm like, I thought we're just doing it He was like, oh no, I wasn't recording at all. I was just making sure you were on on top of it I thought a classes get made though. I'm like, okay cool. So see and that's I'm not used to that

I'm used to like I said back to your place one take boom the first line It was just boom boom boom. I just make it quickly and even when I told him that he was like, yeah No impossible like no, that's how I do my records. So he was like, oh, so I'm really at this point putting you through it. I was like, yeah, but it's cool, man. It's all good. I'm, you know, ready to learn. It's all good.

Being someone who has done it all for so long, like for yourself, what was the transition like having to take the lead of like other people with your vision? Tough. Yeah, very. Because I've just been like I said I've been doing this for so long learning doing this engineering thing doing the mixing doing all this stuff and I'm just like okay I can get this done because I look at a lot of artists it's like oh yeah I really want Sade to drop another album it's like oh eight years later in my head because I've just taught

myself in my hand like it doesn't take that much and then I look at other artists too and I'm like, well, you got all the resources You have everybody's number in your phone. Why isn't your album getting done quicker? Like why aren't you? Maybe they're not in the zone Maybe they're getting pressured. I don't know. I just like I said, I'm a happy artist. So I'm not pressured by anything I'm financially stable like I'm good. So I can go in the studio right now and be like, okay cool You mean all right. I work on the third album right now or I work on a country record I work on a pot whatever is because he that's what helps me make great R&B is by switching genres Taking a break because I don't want to I don't want to be Marvin So let me not get too heavy in that bag

Let me go over here to country real quick and write this real quick and just take a break and then go over here There's something else. How was tour with Maxwell and Jasmine Sullivan? Amazing, amazing. Two great artists, me and Maxwell Close, man. He's just a really great dude. Like he's been making sure everybody's taken care of and just been amazing. The crowd is just absolutely just, I mean like I'm in awe of they sing word for word even my stuff You know and me opening up for them like I did my first tour in January Which sold out majority of the tour and they were singing it then I was like I don't know if they're gonna do it this time. They they're doing it this time as well I'm surprised by that you say even my stuff like you didn't think

Yeah, no because I just in my head. I'm just still this dude in South Bend, Indiana. That's trying to make it I'm still feel like I'm going to the studio just trying to oh man. I really hope they like it I still have that so imposter slight imposter syndrome kind yeah, I'm just like I'm like man. There's there's no way I don't think they're gonna like this. I don't think snoops heard me say I don't think they're gonna like this a hundred times over I did not think they're gonna like rebirth of Marvin and think they're gonna like back to your place what I was like No, were gonna like Rebirth of Marvin. I didn't think they were gonna like Back to Your Place. What? I was like, no, there's no way.

I was like, this ain't hot right now. And they love it. And I'm just like, okay. So that's why I like letting the people decide. This is really random, but you were on Empire. I was on Empire, yeah. And then you were, so you did, I read about it. You were doing really well.

They were talking about making you a bigger character, Empire. Yeah. Than all the Jesse stuff. The Jesse Smallers stuff happened. You were pissed. You look like a lion though. Oh shit. You definitely look like the baby at Lucia's head that we didn't know about. When you walked in I'm like I know he was pissed. That one was so perfect for you. Oh man, man. Come on man. No I mean yeah I thought it was that was my first time doing any type of acting.

Snoop was like, y'all, we're gonna add you to Empire. I'm like, you can't act? He was like, yeah, you can. I'm like, no, I can't, man. That's not my lane. I'm just, come on, man. And I went on, come on, man, and I went on there and did it. And the director was like, how long you been acting?

And I was like, today? He was like, I think we should sit down and talk I'm like okay this is the thing I still think I'm dreaming so I'm like there's no way even being on here the breakfast I've been watching y'all for a long time just like like just as I was sitting in the background was just like damn this is really happening so that's how I kind of felt on Empire so then when Jesse messed it up for me, I was pissed. As soon as I turn on the news, I'm like, aw. I'm like, come on, come on, man.

Come on, man. Don't do me like that, Skinny. What you want to hear off the album? Let's play something. Well, might as well play Third Shift. All right, we got more with October London when we come back. Let's get into his joint Third Shift. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. shift. We got more with October London If you are going to achieve excellence in big things you develop the habit in little matters

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