The Breakfast Club - The Breakfast Club REWIND (Jim Jones, Teyana Taylor, ASK C&E and More)

Episode Date: July 5, 2023

Today we flash back to our interview with Teyana Taylor to discuss her Moving From Music To Filmmaking, Creative Progression and more.  We also bring back our conversation with Jim Jones to talk about Drake Vs Hov, Relationship With Mase & Cam'ron, Pusha T and more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ray, Ray, Ray! Yo, Charlamagne, Envy, what up? Are we live? This is your time to get it off your chest. I got an indoor pool, an outdoor pool. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. We can get on the phone right now. We'll tell you what it is. We made it! We live! Hello, who's this?

Em. Em, what up? Get it off your chest. Hey, man, I'm just saying I'm the best black and highly favored. Yes, sir. And I want to say, you know, I'm typical, mediocre, man, I'm just saying I'm the best black and highly favored. Yes, sir. And I want to say, you know, I'm typical, mediocre, average, and in the form of bigotry. Are you stuck in the low expectations of bigotry? Yes, sir. Average to be typical, mediocre, bigotry TSA worker.

Well, we appreciate all the TSA workers, man. We definitely do. We definitely appreciate you. Yeah, man, I just want to tell you guys, please do not be mad at us when we take your bottles of water away. Don't bring it on board. Yeah, I hate it myself. I'll be behind somebody, they got a bottle of water in their bag.

Like, come on, you never flew before. You know you can't have a bottle of water. Sometimes you forget. Man, I think we're taking this on us, man. I want to pick up all the TSA workers across the world, man. Absolutely. Have a good one, brother. Hello, who's this? Hiya, man. It's Trey, man. I want to pick up all the TSA workers across the world, man. Absolutely. Have a good one, brother. Hello, who's this?

Hi, man. It's Trey, man. What's going on with you, dude? Trey, what's up? Get it off your chest. Hey, man. First of all, I want to say, man, you're doing a great shit with the car,

with the car show and everything. I'm a car enthusiast myself. I build cars every year. I wanted to make it to the one in Houston, but I couldn't make it this year. What kind of cars you build? Well, I build old school. Most of the time, it's G-Bodies, you know, Malibu,

Monte Carlo, Grand Isle. I'm looking for a 70 Chevelle convertible. You got something? I ain't got nothing like that. My pops got a 68 Chevelle he's supposed to give me when, uh, you know, when he When I was back on that one, my pops had one. He said,

decide to leave us. us Like we got a choice I'ma die today Jesus Christ What's up to Charlotte May man I wanted to make it to your Black Effects podcast My girl actually does a podcast Called Bitchy Doin' It God Damn She's a parenting coach

A very intentional parent So y'all should follow her She should be on the show one day man Her name on Instagram is DestinyWithAI.N DestinyWithAI.N Yeah So y'all should follow her. She should be on the show one day, man. Her name on Instagram is destinywithai.ann. Destiny with a I, not an? Yeah. Destiny with a I, not an.

She got like 400-some thousand followers. She got a podcast. She got 1.5 million on TikTok. She did a TEDx talk this year. Okay. She got the number one selling parenting book on Amazon. I love it. Oh, girl.

Man, she cooking food to her, man. Yeah, absolutely. I love it. Oh, my girl. Man, she cooking food to her, man. Yeah, absolutely. Hope she don't leave you. Yeah. She got a show. She got a show on LSU. And they had an article on her at this magazine. Oh, that's dope.

I love the promotion that you are giving your lady. That's awesome. Absolutely. Man, listen. Listen, she amazing. All right. Well, that's all you got for us today? Nigga's phone went off.

Damn, it was just hilarious, man. And he couldn't make it. What did you say? He couldn't make it. She was hurt by it because she broke her foot the day before. Oh, we're doing it again next year. Black Effect Podcast Festival will be an annual event. We'll be back in Atlanta next year, would it?

Oh, definitely, definitely. Yes, sir. But what I wanted to get off my chest was, man, I've been winning the calls and talking to y'all about people going to college. And they spend all this money in college. I'm a crane operator in Savannah, Georgia, at the port. And they paid me $70,000 for 10 months to train. So I did my training.

They paid me to train. Right. And then now you're going to make six figures. You got guys that work with me that have been there for five years that make $200,000 a year and hold no student debt. Yeah, I mean, college isn't for everybody, but like I said, I enjoy my time in college and I feel like if I didn't necessarily go to Hampton University, I don't think I would be as well-rounded and got me to the position that I was on radio if I didn't take that step.

So for me, I think it was worth it. Yeah, for some people it's worth it, but a lot of kids, they don't know what they want to do and they go and they end up with debt. I think that's a real big rip-off. Because I originally became a boom crane operator where i traveled around it cost me 10 grand to go to school for three weeks wow all right brother what they i made 90 grand my first year i respect that i think everybody should go out there and learn a trade man i think trades are great too get it off your chest 800-585-1051 if you need to vent and hit

us up now it's the the Breakfast Club. Good morning. This is your time to get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Tanisha. Hey, Tanisha. Good morning.

Good morning. I was calling because listening to your topic about people not getting degrees and some people getting trades. I got a business computer technology degree I never used. I went to trade school for welding for 10 weeks. And I've been welding five years. I'm a structural and pipe certified. And I make good money. Oh, welding makes mad money. What school did you go to?

Yes. I went to Heinz Community College in Mississippi. I'm from Belusia, Mississippi. But I work at the second biggest shipyard in the U.S. I work at English Shipbuilding in Pasadena, Mississippi. And shout out to all blue collar women. That's right. How much you make an hour?

Damn. I make $30 an hour. That's right. There you go, girl. Salute to all the welders. Salute to my homegirl, Jordan. She a welder. She listens to The Breakfast Club all the time.

Nah, I love it. I love the trades. And you'll always have a job, no matter what goes on in this world. They'll always need the welders. Salute to my homegirl, Jordan. She a welder. She listens to The Breakfast Club all the time. Nah, I love it. I love the trades. And you'll always have a job, no matter what goes on in this world. They'll always need a welder. They'll always need somebody for HVAC. They'll always need somebody to fix cars and all that. And definitely health care. So salute to you, mama.

It's a decent life. Like, you know what I'm saying? Definitely. I encourage everybody to get them a trade. Because in my house, school, college might not be for my kids, but you definitely get a trade. And I wonder how protected those jobs are against

artificial intelligence. I feel like jobs like that, you're going to need human hands always, right? It's hard being a woman because there's so much stuff you got to fix and do. It's a lot.

My shift is like, all my students got about 8,000 people. And I work first step. I'm going in now I'm going to shout out to all blue collar women that's right

have a great day congratulations girl I love it yeah but even if they do try to get AI to do something like that like I think

they won't stop trying but they'll just keep failing at it because there ain't no way yeah imagine I couldn't imagine talking to an AI

about trying to fix your car yeah you know what I mean or even the AI about healthcare you know taking your your car. Yeah. You know what I mean? Or even an AI about healthcare. Right. Taking your blood pressure. What's wrong?

You know what I mean? You ever try to call your bank and it's like, press one if this is your problem. Press two. And you'll be like, that's none of my problems. That's not, yeah. Now, AI might help in the healthcare system. But you're still going to need a human. You need a human.

You're still going to need a human there. To talk to. To say what's wrong. I do think that's one of the places AI is going to help as far as the medical system. But you're still going to need a human. You need a human there To talk to To say what's wrong I do think that's one of the places AI is gonna help As far as As far as the medical system But you still gonna need a human You need a human there bro

You need a human Cause every case ain't the same Hello who's this? Hey man I'm from Mullins, South Carolina Mullins what's happening? Man I was just calling to say Why we gotta wait

Somebody leave or quit or Die But somebody just received their flowers Why who need to wait for somebody to leave or quit or die for somebody to receive their flowers? Why? Who need to get their flowers? Well, I mean, like, in general, like... Okay. You, Charlamagne, you know what I'm saying? Doing what you're doing.

You're doing your thing. You know what I'm saying? Flowers, you know. I agree. When people say that... That's a little bit of your fault. He's saying my name right now. Let him go

Oh my bad I'm sorry You said what Now go ahead You said DJ Mb You definitely need your flowers Go ahead bro I'm listening

Oh yeah The work The car shows Every day they try to do it I mean like Charlamagne For the health Everybody needs that

For the health Just let her Leave her flowers too Yeah she just Just need her flowers Thank you Now thank you I appreciate you

Kodak Black said They don't give me my flowers I'm just gonna take them Out the dirt I know that's right You know what I mean That's what he said On Pistols and Pearls

I thought you was a soft girl Yeah I am Soft girls Listen to Kodak Black You're doing a lot right now You're so hard Don't rip no flowers

Out no dirt Cause ain't nobody Giving you none It's alright Please Don't buy somebody A garden Please give me flowers He's just messing up People buy a garden. Please give him his flowers.

He's just messing up people's gardens. Please somebody give him some flowers. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up. It's The Breakfast Club on BET. The Breakfast Club. Morning everybody. It's DJ Envy Charlamagne

the guy. We are The Breakfast Club on BET. And we got a special guest with us this morning. Big legend, Kapo. Kapo is here, Jim Jones. What's up with y'all, man? What's up, Jim? Y'all still getting up hella early. Vamp life, you just going to sleep?

Definitely. Definitely just definitely got an hour of sleep before I got here, but it's good. How you feeling, man? I'm feeling pretty good. I mean, for what it's worth, man. Somebody told us today, for whatever reason, I thought it was long, but they said you've been in the game 20 years. More than that.

That's what I feel like. I feel like it's more than 20, right? Cam got signed in 97. Yeah. You know what I mean? And before that, we was outside. We've been outside for a long time, but yeah, we signed and started in 97. So what's that, 26 years?

26 years. 26 years. Still making quality music. I feel like nostalgia's back. It is. You know what I mean? Because it was a classic, timeless era, so it feel like it never left.

But I feel like it's a whole new generation on that wave, especially with Dipset. Music always goes. Music is 360, like everything else in life, where the goals come back around and things like that. And with New York music, it's different from anybody else's music, you know what I mean? So we got like our own sound, sonically and things like that.

And just to hear like the people starting to rap again and they going on aggressive beats and things like that, it makes me feel good. In New York, we've been out the loop musically for a long time and right now feels good to see the reassurance that we have when it comes to us getting inside the musical race all right just all the artists that's popping out here right now and putting off from New York City I tip my hat to you I know it ain't easy

what if it feels like nobody can perform in Harlem now without bringing somebody the whole dip set out we actually was in the building the other night when Cam was performing oh you were there okay okay me and Juelz was in the crowd

watching the show we came out to support mysteriously Cam came out did you know Cam was coming out or was it a surprise

to you too super surprised everything with Cam to me is a surprise I don't got no it ain't like I used to it ain't like

I know what his moves is and things like that wish the best to him and all his endeavors and things like that. I see he's doing a sports show right now. Y'all got the craziest relationship. Because I swear, sometimes I feel like dip sets on tour, everything is good, and then it's like, no, I had no idea he was coming out. Because even with the Drake, it all came out together for the Drake show.

And how was that when Drake reached out and called and said he wanted y'all guys to be a part of it? That was dope. Shout out to Drake. Shout out to Chubbs. I got a great relationship with him. I got to speak to him early about that. I think I put it out there. You're coming to Harlem, bro.

He's like, oh, we got to go up. Shout out to them boys. That was a hell of a moment for us, for Dippin' Mets, for Harlem. All the work we put in for all the years, vice versa. You know what I mean? Pretty dope. Pretty dope. Even with that, Drake is a branch off the family tree,

though, because I think people forget how Wayne was running around with Dipset back in the day. He's young money, and Wayne is out buzzing. You heard? Shouts to Wayne, man. Shouts to whole Cash Money. Watching Wayne the other day inside the Apollo. Forget how many hits that boy got.

Yeah. He did like two hours worth of straight diss hits with a band in back of him. Pretty dope, man. Shout out to Weezy. I saw you get back in your director bag with a drum. That was dope. Shout out to drum, man.

That was dope. Call me one day like, are you still directing? I'm like, yeah, but I used to direct all my videos, or videos from my artists and things like that. He like, I got something I want you to direct. It's not necessarily a video. And then he told me, I was like, oh, man, that's crazy. Like, I want to shoot some scenes from Juice Over and i got all the artists i got all the actors

from the original movie that's dope i was like you got tupac too he like nine couldn't get popped couldn't get popped but i got everybody else so you know but directing directing queen latifah uh definitely was the highlight of the whole thing for me you know you get to direct the queen that's that's big right there. Not just taking that away from Omar Epps and, you know what I mean? But I'm just saying, Queen Latifah is Queen Latifah. Absolutely. You know what I mean?

Now, I heard you talking about doing a Dipset TV show, a movie. No. I wanted to start to create a show called 5H, which is my life in 5H before we actually got to fame and went on to be being dipsters. So that whole time inside of 5-H when Cam and Mason, everybody was living inside my grandmother's apartment and things like that. Very instrumental to our success. And so much wild things were going on inside of that 5-H apartment.

I think people will be very enthused to see some of these scenes about our history coming up. Loosely based on... Loosely based. Loosely based on getting nobody in trouble out here. people will be very enthused to see some of these scenes about our history coming up. Loosely based on... Loosely based. Loosely based, you know, on getting nobody in trouble out here. That's all I'm going to say. Are the statute of limitations up? Can you...

I would hope so. That was a long time ago, the projects of 5-H. But, yeah, I mean, we got so much history. And with all of these shows, with the Wu-Tang show and all these shows... DMF, yeah. ...picked in the hip-hop culture and things that went on in the past. All the stuff that we've been into,

especially for New York City, I think is only right. Will we get a Dipset documentary? I would love to see, you know, you guys meeting and how y'all got on and the relationship with Mase and how y'all signed

and through the trials and tribulations. All of that is like 5-H. That's all a high school and just graduating out of high school era and things like that. 5-H. That's all of high school and just graduating out of high school era and things like that. Cam and Mace go to the same high school.

Me and Cam living on the first half on the same side and them baby from the west side. All of that was around high school or the 5-H days.

Cam and Mace went to college. They both got kicked out. When they got kicked out from school, they ended up coming to live with me at my grandmother's house

where I recently passed away. Yeah, both of them. Oh, wow. So Cam, Mace, Jwells, a few other famous artists that made it pretty successful when this game all came out. My grandmother's house, she provided the shelter for us so we wouldn't have to be in the streets that night. That's crazy.

So that's what the whole 5A story is about. Exactly what you're talking about. The very humble beginnings of who we were before we became diplomats and Jim Jones and Killer Cam. I never knew that. So what's your relationship with Mase now? It's weird to see that at one time you were beefing with all these guys when they were in your grandmother's house. Y'all grew up with each other. Y'all lived with each other. Yeah, 100%. We definitely lived with each other. We definitely grew up with each other. We know each other. As we got older, we all kind of separated when our our own ways and

things like that but we started together wholeheartedly don't care if it makes too much you ever tell me let's go say some prayers word up you heard my deck make let me stop that is what it is it's entertaining though what it is what it is show i like seeing you do the weather match them do that like yeah the show the size of your personality. It is. They're definitely very funny. Always been a group of comedians. I can't take that away from them. And they're very knowledgeable about basketball.

They both grew up playing basketball. Mason's cool. Cam was definitely us, had a chance to go to the NBA. I can't say that with no hate and nothing in my heart. Boy, it was dumb nice. Since he was younger, doing, playing, starting the record rucker age 15 they called him camden all-american and it makes it to the championship in manchester square garden and things like that for uh man center and stuff like that so they were some ball they were some ballers so see them on the um television show what is it what it is it is what it is pretty dope i hope they get a check for that you know what i mean and you know you got the uh

back in my prime album with hitmaker i love that title do you know, you got the Back in My Prime album with Hitmaker. I love that title. Do you feel that way? Do you feel like you're back in your prime? For like the third time, but yeah, it feels good. I mean,

I've been through so much to still be able to make music at this capacity and still be in the game, still getting records played on the radio, still making top 40 hits and things like that.

I've seen a lot of people come and go, especially with being in the game so long or get to a standstill. I'm blessed to be able to keep going and keep being able

to make this good music. Shouts to all my artists, BGVL, all the youngsters that be around me to keep me in tune with what's going on. It's a medium

you got to have, you know what I mean? We got to guide each other. That's where I'm at with it. Where was Kapo's first prime? What would you consider as a solo, just solo, Where was Kapo's first prime? What would you consider, as a solo, just solo,

what would you consider your first prime? Because you said for like the third time. My first prime was when I was in the streets. That was musically. That was musically.

That was musically. My second prime was when I was able to do the music. My third prime was where I'm at right now. Was it ballin'? Or certified gangsta?

Ballin', I would say I read. Or certified gangsta. Well, certified gangsta was my introduction. I was kind of hot off the intro, stuff like that. But I think that moving into Ballin' and Hustler's Poem was kind of like me moving into my first prom and when I was at the top of the game at that time and things like that.

And then if they build you up to knock you down, if you're not strong enough to persevere, you won't be here year you know i'm still here so god bless all right we got more with jim jones when we come back don't move it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club morning everybody it's dj envy charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club on this friday we're still kicking it with jim jones charlamagne Now, they push your T-reach out. They push your T-reach out and say, Jim, you bugging. I'm top 50. I don't think Pusha T

gonna reach out to me. I'm not the type of person who gonna reach out to me about my opinion. You heard? Y'all not cool with that. I mean, I ain't cool with them like that.

I don't know them like that. I know them to say, what's up? Give them a pound. We did. And I wasn't trying to diss them. They asked me a question.

Y'all get very excited and things like that. But I don't think my phone ain't the line to be calling i wasn't trying to diss him but jim said he's not top 50 i don't think he was selling drugs and crack like that like i mean jim don't stop he didn't just keep going not his own though i mean maybe i might have took a little bit far a bit far. Maybe I could have said something else to get my point across. And I don't want to sit up here looking like we're using Pussy T for the butt of our joke and things like that. But, I mean, it's like it is what it is, man. Like, we're not going to sit up here and go back and forth about it. I don't really care. I don't.

Do you know? Can you sing along to five Pussy T records right now? His records. Yes. His records? Yeah. Name them. What about Pussy? Nostalgia? Oh, he was a Pussy. Yes. His records? Yeah. Name them.

I love Pusha. Nostalgia. Oh, you was a Pusha T fan. You know you know. I didn't know he had fans like that. Can you name five Pusha T records? No, his records. Let's see, but.

No, can you, no. Can you rap to five Pusha? I can't rap five. All right, can you rap to five? Wait, wait, wait. Can you rap? Five Pusha T records, not the records he's featured on, if 5 Pusha T records came on right now, could you rap them?

You could rap 5 Pusha T records? Yeah. Could you? Could you? Wait, could you rap 5 Pusha T records right now if they started playing? What do you mean rap? Like the hook? Could you sing them? Verse for verse? Yeah, if they came on, like certain joints.

No, no, sir, no. I'm saying because you rap. All right, because you rap five J-verses if they came on. Oh, absolutely. Because you rap with five Drake verses if they came on. Nah. You lying. But I've never been a big Drake fan.

You're lying because you work at radio. If five Drake records came on right now, you would be rapping them. Because they play on the radio all day. To rap, to learn like I could do Jay, I couldn't. But he still don't. And he clicked. Jim started tapping his foot before he did that. I'm just going to say that because I don't want

to get it because they're ****ing with you. Jim went way well on them. Shout out to Pusha T. I love your soul my dog. You're not in my top 50. You might be in Charlamagne's top 50 and things like that. But you haven't done that much for me in my life. Like, I didn't never want to be like Pusha. I never had a Pusha moment in my life. I never thought, like, you dig?

Like, where I'm from, I wouldn't want to be like you if you was really that dude and that rapper and things like that. Well, you wanted to be like Pusha. He was influenced by Pusha. Yeah? Yeah. Okay, cool. That's why Pusha did the Mr. Me Too record. Okay, cool.

You a very strong Pusha T fan. And I don't care because people are like, look at Jim talking. You is nowhere near top 50. You top 950. You crazy. I don't really care. I would say that Pushy had a, you know, I went to school in Virginia where Pushy was from. And I know Pushy a long time.

All right, could you, if five Jim Jones records play right now on this radio, could you sing along to them? Yeah. Five Jim Jones records play right now on this radio, could you, could you sing along to them? Yeah. Five Jim Jones records play right. Yeah. Five Jim Jones records. You can't tell me five Pusha T records, but you can tell me five Jim Jones records. I said five Pusha T records. You can't tell me five Pusha T records, but you can say five.

So what we talking about? You want me to get into the real semantics of this shit? Like, what we talking about? I think Pusha Top 50, man. All right, cool. But you can't. Pusha nice, yo. We can't.

Put on, let's start playing some pushing t records he's nice i'm not saying he's not not we're not listening being nice and being in the category is two different things that's what i rank the top rappers on i rank them on actual rap like who can really spit you know so i got i gotta put fish in the top 50 for rap just rap we just talking bars so this so what is we gauging the top 50 on? Just rap? I don't be talking about the top 50. So anybody can slide in there? I don't be knowing what these lists.

Bro, you talking about somebody supposed to be the top 50 greatest of all time, what are we gauging it on? That's true. That's what I want. It gotta be everything. It can't just be because he can rap nice. Man, we could go a bunch of battle rappers that can rap nice right now and go crazy. They nice as hell. You heard?

But what else has he bring to the game? Did he make people want to dress like him? Did he have some slang that everybody was talking like him? There'll be the girls,

all the girls wanted to do him. Like, what is the... He definitely created slang. Which one? Sorry, I'm trying to come home. Like, in this era with all of these rappers

who... What slang did he create? Snitch. Sorry, I'm trying to come home. That's era with all of these rappers who what's like they create Know nobody even know that We can't forget the clips was not eclipses the clips Amazing group the man was different hard. That's different. The clips are dope. They had the record grinding What happened to that boy? Right? You dig?

Like, so I'm not, it's not like I don't know the music. We're not going to sit here and say that, but the clips and Pusha T, two different things. I would think you would like Pusha, Jim. I didn't say I don't like him. I'm talking about his album.

He make great albums. I never listened to one whole Pusha T album. He don't listen to a Pusha album. Nah, he make Pusha too, man. He does, he spin. I've never listened to a whole Pusha T album. He just had an album that won a Grammy. Do y'all know any of the records on that album that won a Grammy?

He was nominated for it. His last two albums was nominated for it. Okay, cool. Do y'all know any records on these Grammy nominator? Yes. What? The last album is Almost Dry. Diet Coke.

Grandpa Ten Road. My Neck, My Wrist. When did you listen to this shit out of your bassist? Because I never hear it nowhere. You heard? Like, I never hear it nowhere. Like, no disrespect. Like, heard? Like, I never hear it nowhere. Like, no disrespect. Like, when, like, you did...

And let's get, like, people, don't crucify me because let's not make this about me and him because it's not about me and him. You heard? Because, you heard? Like, it's not about me and him. I'm just talking... Oh, man.

Like, that's why I don't want to do no more interviews. I don't want to do no more interviews, man. What does the coffin mean, Jim? Let's just... Man. You said that's the logo for your label, right? The coffin? Yeah, that's the logo for my label.

Where, where? Shout out to everybody out here that's a rapper, man. I mean, I don't even try to... I'm not trying to diss nobody. I'm a bit of a comedian at times, so pardon me for that. It is what it is, man. But just don't call my phone. This ain't the type of phone you want to call for any type of smoke.

You heard? That is a smoke detector. You better leave that phone alone. You heard? You better continue to give me high fives when you see me. That's all I'm about is good energy. Let's continue to throw this love out there. You heard? Champagne toasts and all that. We all live a pretty good life, man.

You heard? One time Jim called me, Jim called me. I said something he didn't like Jimmy like what was that do not listen to listen to I'm not the type of person I'm a very loving person I see Jim say the first comedian to walk out the building. I said, damn. I said, I'm not walking out the building. They might think I'm a comedian. Damn, man. I was terrible, man. Jim said, what was that?

You don't play with me like that because if you play with me like that, then everybody else is going to think they're going to play with me like that. I'm not going to play with none of y'all. That is that we got a problem. Like, yo, like, no, let me stop, man. Just God damn. I grew up hard, man. I got a part of me, man., let me stop, man. Just God damn. I grew up hard, man. You got to pardon me, man. I be shitting.

You know, I don't know, man. But right now, I'm in a place of love in my heart. And it kind of gets twisted when people ask me these difficult questions, and I don't know how to answer them without. You answer them honestly. You know what I mean? So, okay, can we leave it at this? This is my opinion?

It is your opinion. I don't want no push of T-Smoke. I don't want to end up in none of his raps. You dig? You dig? You dig? I say he's nice, right? The boy know how to talk about some cocaine, yo.

He talking about Pablo numbers, yo. Like, that boy talk about cocaine. You understand it. God damn it. I ain't even saying that. He ain't nice. Well, the album is out right now. Back in my prime.

Make sure you pick it up. What you want to hear off the album? Let's play it now. Shout out to Young Bird. One of the most incredible producers out there. I was very blessed to be able to do this album. Very dope album. Shout out to Chrissy.

This album is pretty much written about her in so many different ways. I would say let's go with gunshot gunshot featuring beam um but thank you i just want to tip my hat to y'all y'all keep doing things for us to look at and be inspired by your um bt move y'all are a new building y'all got thrones that y'all sitting on you know i mean what could be better than this but i see y'all i see y'all grind the same way same way y'all see me grind and things like that from the beginning. I know things wasn't as good as it is now. Coming up and things like that.

But y'all continue to break down barriers inside of this journalism game. And when it comes to being on the radio and things like that. And taking number one morning shows. Oh, man. Thank you, brother. You know what I mean? Tap yourself on the back sometime. You heard?

Oh, man. I appreciate y'all, man. Yes, sir. All right. It's Jim Jones. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. On BET. man tip that you know me tap yourself on the back sometime man you heard oh man i appreciate you all right it's jim jones it's the breakfast club good morning on bt the breakfast club your mornings will never be the same when it's time to get with someone special the best way to do it is with magnum large size condoms that gold foil wrapper is a badge of honor and it means you're protected and you take care of things with comfort except no substitutes bring the pleasure with the gold standard magnum large size condoms it's topic time call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the breakfast club morning everybody it's dj envy charlamagne the guy we

are the breakfast club now if you're just joining us we're talking about gabrielle union and duane wade now this comes from a recent interview she did and she was talking about her splitting the bills 50 50 with her husband let's listen that first sense of security and that the work is coming and i just as long as i keep knocking it out, there's going to be more and there isn't this sort of sense of the rug could still be pulled out. I struggle with that still just because I think I just have more responsibilities, you know, for my money. It's weird to say I'm head of household

because in this household, we split everything 50-50. But in the other households that each of us have to support, it puts this, there's always this like gorilla on your back that is like, you better work. You better work. Somebody might not eat. You know, you better work. And it's hard.

It's hard to let that go. So I'm working on that. All right, so we're asking what are your thoughts and we got Tracy on the line. Tracy, good morning. Hey, good morning. Hey, bro, what's your thoughts and we got Tracy on the line Tracy. Good morning. Hey, good morning What's your thoughts brother? So my thoughts is this if it's a regular couple and they work they both work in jobs I don't see none wrong with one 50-50, but if the woman's in like school or something like that

I understand a man paying the bills But if the man's paying all the bills and the woman's not doing anything How they ever gonna get anywhere like as far as investments and and growing a better future for the family leaving the legacy how they gonna get anywhere if they regular people and the man's just spending all the money on the building this goes back to exactly what we was just talking about you just said that woman's not doing nothing but i guarantee you if you go to that woman that you're the hypothetical woman's house you're talking about and you see all of the things that she does on the daily in that house you would realize that nothing you're saying is a huge something tracy are you married tracy no i'm not married i'm not saying she's not doing nothing but i'm saying what the money

what is she doing with them yeah no no listen to what i'm saying though okay with the money that she's saving that she's not paying bills i understand that she's being a mother what is she doing with that money that she's not spending or i get what you're saying putting it into investments for the family i get what you're saying you know what i mean i thought you said you wasn't coming in i thought you said you wasn't making no money what is she doing with her money she's just putting her money in her account and spending and buying bag shoes and going on trips with the girls or is she taking that money and putting it back to the house or investing it or whatever it is no i agree that that's why i say you know put it all

into one pot and it should be the the household's money to you know to to take care of the household build the kids and all that i see what you say facts facts thank you brother hello who's this valencia hey valencia good morning good morning how are y'all? Doing good. Bless Black and Holly favorite. Amen. What's your thoughts? So on y'all topic, I don't think there's anything wrong with 50-50. I think the issue comes in where if Gabrielle feels like her money has to go to more places, maybe he should pay more. But I also feel like maybe she hasn't had a conversation about it.

What you mean her money has to go to other places? You mean past relationships or parents or family, something like that? No. In the interview, she said she feels like she has more households to contribute to. So she's constantly stressed about her money. So maybe it shouldn't be 50-50. Maybe he should take over more in their household. I mean, I didn't see the interview, so I don't know what that means. But that could mean she's taking care of family.

That's what I was thinking. You know what I'm saying? You're taking care of other family members. You know what I mean? Like, could mean she's taking care of family. That's what I was thinking. You know what I'm saying? You're taking care of other family members. You know what I mean? Like, you could be taking care of your mom. You could be taking care of your pops, your grandma. I don't know her family situation. That's what it sounds like.

But even in family situation, when it's ours, we both decide what goes to family members. You know what I mean? All the time. Because there's family members that may ask my wife for money. Correct. You know what I'm saying? There's family members that may ask my wife for money. Correct. You know what I'm saying? There's family members that may ask me for money. Correct.

You know, and those are conversations that we have. It's usually simple because I ain't got it, but, you know. Hello, who's this? Darren from Jacksonville. Hey, Darren. Good morning. Talk to us. Hey, good morning.

First and foremost, to both of you. Love the show. Thank you, brother. What's your thoughts? Hey, my thing is, like, you know, I've said this before, and this situation is a prime example of that. And, you know, women treat equality like it's a buffet that they can just pick and choose what they want out of. You know what I mean? It's a solid.

It's basically like, you know, my money is our money. And our money is her butter broke. You know what I mean? I got you. You know what I'm saying? So it's basically, I just think it's, you know, Gabrielle Union is justified. I don't have a problem with it. Gabrielle Union makes money.

Dwyane Wade makes money. If she chooses to be 50-50, that's fine. You know what I mean? I don't have a problem with it. And I agree with what he's saying because this is one of those situations where women want to scream independence and, you know, they got their own. But then when you hear a situation like this, you're like, well, how come he ain't paying all the bills when he got all the money? Right.

Maybe because Gabrielle don't want him to. Pam, good morning, Pam. Hey, what's up, DJ Enzy? How you feeling? The Breakfast Club. I'm doing good. How are you? What's up, Pam? What's your thoughts,? The Breakfast Club. I'm doing good. How are you? What's up, Pam?

What's your thoughts, Pam? All right. So this is what it is. I used to do the 50-50. And then I heard one of my pastors say one day that the breadwinner, and typically it's men in a relationship. That's just a fact. It should really be split like a 70-30 situation.

And here's why. Men don't typically do half of the laundry. They don't typically do half of the cooking. And so it shouldn't be a case where a woman should really basically never have to split the bills in half. You probably didn't hear us because you might have just been joining us, but we said the same thing. I'm like, yo, if you could calculate all of the things that women do in a house from being a mom, a nurse, the laundry, the cleaning, putting the kids to bed, all of these different things that women do, the scale would be tipped tremendously towards the woman if there was a percentage of who provided what. You know what? Y'all are a set of good men up there. I'm glad glad y'all see that your wives they they have done well for themselves oh thank you that's a compliment now i wouldn't listen to everything the pastor says all the time so

the pastor tells you you know you should you know sometimes first of all i don't like how you just pay past that compliment okay what that woman said that our wives are blessed and privileged to have men like us. That's what I heard. That's all you heard? That's exactly what I said. Because you recognize the value and the worth of a woman and what she contributes to the household. That's absolutely fact. That's a fact?

We like you, Pam. I like y'all, too. Y'all have a good day. Have a great day, Pam. Yeah, I'm not mad at it. And, you know a good day. Have a great day, Pam. Yeah, I'm not, I'm not mad at it. And you know,

you, we was talking about something earlier too, in regards to like family members, when they ask us for money, like my people might ask me for money or they might ask my wife for money. Yep. My wife is the no person. Oh,

I'm well, I'm the, I'm the sucker. My wife is the no person. My wife, no, for it don't matter who it is. My wife,

even if it's people on my side of the family, tell them to talk to me. She's the no purse. See, this is the good thing. See, you gotta, it's like, you gotta go through my mom and pops, right?

My mom and pops kinda handle my finances, but they don't. Meaning, they look at it like you work hard, nobody else works hard but you, so you ain't gonna lend no money. So my mom and pops

be like, no. Like before, any family member, if they, you know, sometimes the family member like, let me talk to you in the garage, let me talk to you in this room over here, my pops be like, no. Like before, any family member, if they, you know, we know sometimes the family member like, let me talk to you in the garage, let me talk to you in this room over here. My pops come right with me. No! Absolutely. Nope. But that's mom and pops.

Absolutely. Alright, well what's the moral of the story? The moral of the story is do what works for you. You know what I'm saying? But I really don't like this conversation about percentages. You know what I mean? Because like we've been saying all morning, if you really broke it down and calculated what each person does in their respective roles, if you look at all the things a woman does to make our lives easier, oh, my God, it would not be 50-50.

It would be like 70-30, 80-20 geared towards the woman. Breakfast Club, good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha God. We got a special guest in the building. Special guest. Family.

Host. Thank you. I'm trying to be an honorary member of The Breakfast Club. You got too many jobs already, Tiana Taylor. Where's my throne? Why you got me in this regular work chair? What you mean? Because you're one of the hardest working women in show business.

There you go. Exactly. Why I need to be in the throne. How does it feel to be in front of the camera now with 1,001? Oh, it feels good. You know, I hadn't been in front in a minute. You know, I kind of took some time to get behind the lens and just help people, like, get their visions out. And, you know, it felt good to be in front of the lens doing like

what i actually really want to do you know which is a really really dramatic role a really heavy role something i always wanted to do now break down the movie for people that don't know what this movie is about um you know i want to say that the movie is really it's a love letter, you know, to just all moms, single moms. That's just like trying to navigate this thing that we call life, you know, especially black women. And for me, I feel like we're not protected enough. We're not appreciated enough. We're not loved enough. You know, our strength is constantly

used against us you know like we're forced to be strong women but it's not by choice um and then it's just like it's beneficial to others when it's time for us to show up in time for us to show strength to others but when we show for ourselves or we you know we're strong it's an issue so it's kind of like damn if you, damn if you don't. And I think that this movie shines a light on a woman who is strong, like everyday woman and just the struggle that black women go through. And I think it's a really eye-opening film for the world to see. And that one interested you about the role? Absolutely.

With Inez, when I first read it, I really connected with her instantly. You know, me coming from just retiring, because this was the first project I took on since my retirement. So, you know, coming from a place where I felt undervalued or, you know, unappreciated, almost even invisible or maybe unheard, that was her same struggle. It may not have been the same reasons, but we had the same struggles, you know?

And, you know, Inez was really an outlet for me. I want to say therapeutic, you know? You and I spoke when I came the last time, and you was like, yo like yo you like literally one of the most sane artists in the industry like how do you do that and i think for a long time um i just keep a lot of things bottled in you know and i'm so busy i just keep it pushing you know that's the hustle in me like yeah that shit happened but i gotta keep it rock i gotta keep it pushing and i think that with inez i was finally able to let all those years of like whatever you know

quiet battles I was fighting dealing with postpartum depression um coming back home to film such a heavy role and having to go to funerals during my lunch breaks it was crazy so it was like I had to pour all of that into Inez and you know she was that outlet of like oh my god i can finally like throw my kate ball from being super mom being super wife being uh you know super director super artist you know i'm saying and get to just finally have a moment of weakness you know what i'm saying like be weak for once and it be considered art it's dope because y'all take it back to to the 90s era where, I mean, from everything in that movie,

from the cars to the clothes to, you know, the music to, I mean, Angie Martinez was on the other station during that. She was on the other station. So how was that? She had one slip up, though. What? She must have been ad-libbing. You said, talk to me nice.

Yeah, she did say talk to me nice. There wasn't nobody saying that in the 90s. When they were playing baseball, she said talk to me nice. Yeah, you did say talk to me nice. When they were playing baseball. You know what's crazy? Only ghetto New York people took the talk to me nice in that way. I didn't go for it. That's how I took it.

Talk to me nice. But technically, I'm your mother. Talk to me nice. Nah, B. Talk to me nice. So how involved were you with doing some of that? Because I know sometimes you love that era as well. Yeah, y'all know I'm like obsessed with that era. You know, it's also crazy to look back at it because to have to step into the era now as an adult, not only as an adult, but as a mother is crazy.

Because in 96, I was little Terry's age. I was six, six you know not understanding or all the way processing what was going on and you know the the city around me the world around me you know so to kind of like go back and relive some of those moments as an adult one was pretty cool because you know i always wanted to be in that era i'm always like this ever don't deserve me i need to go to the 90s i should have been like 17, 18 in the 90s So you know It was dope to go back But it was also emotional Because it made you

Like realize How much of that Is now gone How much of that Have been erased That vibrance The color That mom and pop feeling

Like when you used to Walk on a block And you know everybody The sprinklers is out You know We lost a lot of that To gentrification And different things like that Talk about that for a year Yeah And it's just like You know everybody the sprinklers is out you know we lost a lot of that to gentrification and different

things like that and it's just like yeah and it's just like you know to evolve is amazing of course but when you want our city and our community to evolve and not have us included you pushing us out it's not beneficial so all the glass all the gray less brick you feel what i'm saying like it's cool and all for their aesthetic but it's like y'all y'all pushing my people out you feel what i'm saying you never wanted to get married on on the brownstone and harlem because that that when i seen it i'm like that is tiana you know what's crazy it makes sense though me and iman got married in cleveland like right in front of our bathroom where we had junie that was the closest thing because he was playing for the Cavaliers. So it was like, yeah, you know, we good.

So I could see myself doing that. And how was he during the time? How was he during the time when you say you were depressed and you wanted to retire and you felt like people didn't appreciate and respect you? Because that's the main support. Yeah, of course. Mom Dukes and your hubby. Honestly, it was the hardest for my closest, whether it was my mom, my husband, my close, my friends, my pops. It was the, no, see, my pops is reckless.

He like me. So, he like, man, f*** that. If you don't want to do it, you ain't got to do that. Yeah, Bo Money. I love that. He's like, team Tiana. Like, I'm riding with you. You know what I'm saying?

Of course, he's going to always give me his honest opinion. That's Daz, though. Exactly. But you need that balance. You need that one that's like, yeah, all right, well, cool. We out, we out. You know, and then you got mom and my husband, where they're literally my biggest fan. So to them, I'm like the greatest person in the world.

So they can't really see and they hear me. Don't get me wrong. I cry in their arms like they're there 100%. But they want me to like you know keep pushing but the the great thing about it is that support is going to always be there and like I said you need that balance and nobody's going to ever really see what you see or feel you know what you feel so like when I came out and retired like I locked myself in a room like nobody even knew I was doing it but I had hinted toward it like yo I think I'm ready to die and it was kind of like no Tiana you too you too fire for all that and then one day I'm like you know what I got to do what I got to do and I walked into a room and I went live and all my family watching from a different room and didn't

even know that I was going live um to do it but it was something that I needed to do for me you know like I didn't need any other outside noise even from the closest people to me i didn't need that i needed to go and like follow my heart you know and and follow what i felt like um my higher path was which wound up being one of the best decisions in my life because you know for a minute everything was like the music was the end all be all but like nah nah this, nah, this got to hold off. Because like when this album drop, you know how that music go. And it kind of takes up a lot of your world, you know. And I was ready to do other things that I love that I felt like had been put on a back burner, you know.

And I feel like I was ready for this moment. I had done a lot of movies already, but it was always like dance movies or like I was the sexy girl. I was the hot girl. And it was like now like I'm I'm ready to evolve. I'm ready to really bask, you know in my true Journey. All right. We got more with Tiana Taylor when we come back. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning Everybody is DJ envy Charlamagne the guy we are the Breakfast Club was still kicking in with Tiana Taylor Now you said under appreciate it, right? Yeah Who made you feel that way right because if you look at the music your fans supported you right all your shows were sold out i mean you had a good time on shows and you have so many people that come support you so what made you feel underappreciated like what what accolades

because you were sold out people loved you nobody ever came you never everybody said that your music was trash they loved your music so what was it but like just imagine if all of that was happening with nothing imagine all of that with the proper push proper promo proper machine doing what they have to do for you you know i'm saying like i've been it me i it's like i was just signed to a regular label i've been in positions and around people that could really make shit go you know i'm saying and we've even spoken about it like you know that time me as an artist deserved way more absolutely you know the sold out shows was the hard work that i put in and i feel like it was almost like that core fan base that just kind of always stayed with me but it is

hurtful to hear like yo like i just wish she had a better i just wish she had a i just wish you know she had a bigger push like you know it's just a lot of different things i remember when i put out gonna love me damn near independently i called charlamagne i'm like yo i got this remix well wu-tang we dropping this what are we doing what are we doing exactly and at that point i couldn't even really get cleared for a video budget you know and i remember when we when we put that out they wound up clearing me for a little video budget it was something small but like that one small yes though which i'm still grateful for because that one small yes open up the door for bigger bigger budgets and when it was time to do my other videos that's when i really

got into my directing heavy because i knew that i was able to do my other videos and that's when I really got into my directing heavy because I knew that I was able to you know tell a story it's crazy though because there's probably artists who might have went platinum

double platinum whatever but they don't get the respect you deserve like people don't look at them and be like

oh that's a talented person yeah but it was also from Paris too you gotta understand one thing y'all know about Tiana and this is why I see so much of myself

in Inez is Tiana shows up for everybody. Everybody, whether it's through radio, you know, other singers, rappers, whether I'm doing people's video, I'm styling people, I'm creative directing. Like, I show up for everybody in the midst of still trying to be an artist myself, which is hard to do. A lot of people feel like, nah, it's either me or it's either them. And, you know, I've been very selfless within my career and you know a lot of me showing up just wasn't being reciprocated so that was the part of feeling unappreciated you know I'm saying and and and you know just

feeling like damn it could be more like I'm I'm literally doing everything for everybody I'm being sucked dry of my creativity. And when I need some water in, you know, it ain't no more water left in the bottle. It's quiet. You know what I'm saying? Like, everybody need everything from me. And I do it.

How much did you drain of yourself, though? A lot. My cup was empty. By the time I finally got on live and said I'm going to retire, I was empty. I was empty. And I remember, um, really just asking God, like, okay, what is my higher purpose? Like, what do you want me to do?

What is my job? So I can get that done, you know? And I realized because I always been a helpful person since I was 15, I've been choreographing, creative directing, styling, you know and i realized because i always been a helpful person since i was 15 i've been choreographing creative directing styling you know i'm saying so it's just like for me i have a real love of helping other artists and helping develop other artists i think that's why i was hurtful like when you see some a lot of people that you work with um not really reciprocate the love i seen more love after i retired than i did before i retired she's not a threat no more she. She's going Yeah, it's like oh my god. He was such an inspiration to the darkness It's like baby boo Where was that when I actually get on this record or where was this when I you know I'm saying like when I was Just you know, but me, you know, I keep it graceful Like I don't I it's no reason to be upset about things that you cannot control

You got to keep it pushing and that's what I did i made myself a glade plug-in like i why only be plugged in the bathroom yeah i'm a great plug-in why only be plugged in the bathroom when i could smell the foods in my label throughout the house plug me anywhere you see a socket i'm plugged that's it you feel me but that's when that's when you could just smell you start smelling your own roses and you ain't gotta look for anybody else to do that for you you know i'm saying and that's where I am now. And I was able to pour all of those no's, all of the pain, all of the hurt into this one yes. And I knew that I had a point to prove.

And I knew that I was willing to do the work. How nerve wracking was shooting this movie? Because you don't have a part in the movie. The movie is all about you. So it's so many different emotions. How nervous did you get with filming that? And how long did it take oh my god honestly um me and av the writer and director we did a lot of layering with inez and we color coordinated her layers so like pink was for um vulnerability and blue may have been for her inner child and i'm sorry blue may have been for her

her being cold green may have been for her inner child and red may have been for her anger so by the time we got done workshopping i had a rainbow script you know so i was able to know what emotion to jump and it was a perfect shorthand for us to kind of like okay we on set in this scene you may be blue and pink today so then you see the the scene with the with a cup of noodles how i'm able to laugh but like cry at the same time that was some good ass acting no for real like for real you know i'm saying like and it's crazy because i want to say i shot that scene coming straight from my lunch break but during my lunch break i had just attended a funeral so i was i wasn't nervous remember i told

you earlier inez was my outlet she was my therapy you know and i know you you're big on mental health and different things like that so you know i was using inez to cry out loud because i knew that once av yelled cut get home at the end of the day and really throw that cape back on the same thing that batman doing he go home he take his cable he may be bruised up you know when you say that for me when i hear that i'll be like man like what i try what i want to do is how do we help black women not always have to put the cape on exactly you don't want to put the cape on and i and i mentioned that earlier like we're we're strong and 99 of the time it is not by choice so yeah me look at us there's a strong black woman that's why I said to be Inez and to be weak for 12 hours was the most

amazing feeling when I say weak I don't mean like literally but just to have a moment of weakness to just be able to exhale Wow you know like that is a lot because we are forced to be strong until it's against. We're forced to be strong for others until it's time to be strong for ourselves. And that's why I could connect with Inez. It wasn't a bit of nervousness in my heart to play Inez because I knew I had a story to tell through Inez. And Inez had a story to tell through me. You know, so I was in her skin.

We were like two souls in one body. What was the most difficult part of that movie if there was any you know wasn't eating them noodles i'll tell you that much we've seen so much you was hungry when you ate them you know we seen you doing the hair we seen that was kind of acting too because them noodles was cold for real yeah but it looked like it was hot yeah what was the most difficult part if any the most difficult part was i think raising my three sons and um you know acting out the different layers of inez because we don't shoot in order so like one day i'm 22 year old vibrant inez thick ass accent you know next day i'm 34 year old and has barely got a voice but it was really eye-opening

to see what a single mother go through because being a mom is a it's the biggest job even with the partner even with the husband it's the biggest job especially women with girls you know it's harder because they're mommy girls and they want to do what mommy's doing. You know, it's a bigger job. It's the biggest job. I don't care what nobody says. It's the biggest job. All right, well, don't move. We got more with Tiana Taylor when we come back.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Tiana Taylor. Charlamagne? When you, you know, in the movie, there's a point where she has to let her son go, right?

Yeah. Does that make you think about, you know, at some some point you're going to have to let your daughters go? Yeah, and I think about that often. And Junie's only seven and Rue's only three, and I'm just like, uh-uh. Uh-uh, I'm with you. Right, yeah, I'm like, uh-uh, I don't like that. That's why I'm trying to give them that independence to be able to express themselves, that freedom, because kids need that too and people think because their kids are not allowed to express

themselves and have feelings and i want them to because when you do get older i want you to feel like you don't gotta leave me oh that's how i tell mommy anything you know you can stay here for as long as you want as long as you want ain't no as you want. Ain't no rush. I was going to ask you, there was one part where you pushed your friend's mom. Yeah. She should have beat you up, though. She definitely, you talk to your mom like that. I definitely should not have pushed her. I wouldn't have done nothing like that.

However, you are not going to call me a streetwalker. I think it was really hurtful. You was in her house. Trying to do right. I literally came in from finding work and you down my throat i can you i remember i was crying at first i'm like yo can you at least acknowledge me trying to have that moment of vulnerability this is the point this is the problem now we're too forced into having to go into survival mode because she was vulnerable

before she went into survival mode and it was and it was once again it was not the right decision at all wasn't the right thing to do but her head just wasn't in space she was in survival mode she had never been loved she never had a mom she never been seen she don't know now people say act like you got no damn home training she literally don't she has no home to train in but that's what i say you shouldn't judge people based off what they do in survival mode exactly exactly i was gonna ask so are you doing reality tv that's done because i know one time your family was on reality tv and we got to see it inside yeah well vh1 and e um i'm thinking about it but this time if i do it it's gonna be on my own you know ep it yeah my own network you know i'm saying like for me it's just we busy in real

life majority of times people don't even see me anymore together like he's literally in chicago doing the show i'm literally out here doing the press for like we are like literally fame aside we are that family that's literally a working family including juniors she got billboards like we're literally a working family you know so? So it's like for reality TV, even though they say it's your reality. And I loved working with both VH1 and E. And they loved us, you know,

and I appreciate their support. Even to this day, they always show in love. But even within reality, it's still not really a reality. If it's a certain type schedule, you know, and due to COVID made it hard to like,

they can't just come on my movie set. You know what I'm saying? They can't just come on the set of The Shaw. Like it was really tough. So it was almost like we were in a relationship with them. It was like, well, when y'all gonna make time for us? You know? And it's just like,

we got to do the things that make y'all love us to want to be able to follow our life. You get what I'm saying? Like we got a family to raise. So I think it was just like a clash in scheduling. And honestly, with working with the reality, I want to really make sure I got the space and opportunity to really give them that. Like I feel like we wasn't able to like give them all of us, you know, even just the bare minimum. We weren't able to like give them.

Look how many people love the show. Imagine they would have had 100% of the Shumpert. Do you know what I'm saying? But it's just like we were just extremely busy we were never in the same place so even that costs a lot of money to send a camera crew with iman send a camera crew with me to send a camera crew with my mom when she got to take juni to her job because i got to work over here like that is a lot and doing it through covid was the craziest so i was like i and i loved it though i don't want to see you do reality tv i want to see tiana taylor in front of the camera and i want to see her with

big budget shooting. And that's why we have to make executive decisions. And you see, that's what I'm doing. And right now, once again, just like music, just putting certain things on a standstill. And I look at all these different things like college, you know? It'll always be there for you when you're ready, no matter what age. I can make a beautiful song at 60.

You know what I'm saying? I can make a reality. I can come back at any time. But right now, I want to focus on where I'm loved, where I'm appreciated, where I'm seen and where I'm heard. And I feel like mentally, emotionally, I was really heard through this movie. So to honestly get all the support and love from this is amazing. What does success look like for you when it comes to 1001?

It looked like this. For me, you know, I don't require a lot. You know, I think the awards and being rewarded is amazing but the biggest reward is the prayers that are answered the blessings you know to be able to go from a lot of no's to one little yes that would change your world is enough for me you know so like the Oscar buzz and if there is an Oscar nomination in the future or any award nomination in the future, I'm grateful for that. And of course we want to manifest it and claim it,

but that's not really my headspace. My headspace is that I was able to, one, get this therapy, very much needed therapy, very much needed healing, and being able to really show what I can do. And now they're no longer hitting the snooze button. You know what I'm saying? Everybody's woke, and I love that. I know you got to go, but just got to ask, white I can do. And now they're no longer hitting the snooze button. You know what I'm saying? Like everybody's woke.

And I love that. I know you got to go, but just got to ask white man can't jump. Yes. What's your part in there? I am a St. Qua's wife. I'm the, the leads wife.

Um, round away girl, you know, just, just play no ball. Cause we seen how you, you almost did Justin Bieber and that, that celebrity basketball game.

And I'm not playing no ball. And I'm actually, I'm doing here, doing here out of my house. Like, real, just like, day one, down-ass wife, raising our son, trying to get it popping. So I'm even excited about that because it's like three different roles.

I have another movie coming out too. They're not going to have you doing hair in every movie either. That was a Kawiki thing. That was a Kawiki thing, yeah. But it's really cute because it's two different characters. You know what I'm saying? But it's three movies. It's 1001, White Man Can't Jump, and A Book of Clarence, which is a biblical film.

September 22nd. You're not doing hair in that one. No. I'm not doing hair. If you're doing hair in a biblical movie, that's crazy. It's a wrap. And, yo, Jesus, come here. Let me get those edges.

It's like, that's crazy. It's like a biblical movie for real you know i'm saying like but i think it's really dope because look at that timing like i shot three all three of these movies in different times and they're all coming out in the same year thousand and one friday um white man can't jump may 19th book of clarion september 22nd so not only am i doing what i love but i'm showing range now like it's really like you cannot go back to sleep It's no sleep Prepare to be tired after you started doing the therapy and got to healing is that when everything started to open up like even career-wise

Well, that's hard to say because I never had real therapy. My therapy was through Inez Yes, so I had 12 hours of therapy for six weeks. He don't be listening. Yeah, he don't. It's okay. What you mean? He be listening. He just want to, you know, he just want to, he just want to, he more in depth. I had started my healing journey

when I decided to retire. That's what I'm saying. Like, you see, I retired with grace. I wasn't upset. I wasn't angry. I wasn't mad at anyone. Like, you know me,

I be chilling. I just needed to get that out so it wouldn't be like, oh, why she not putting out music? Why she not, I'm going to let y'all know what it is. So when I am doing every, everything else in this world,

you know what it's for, you know what that fight is for, you know what I'm saying? You know what that extra push is for the extra grind, you know, like that's just me. So it was like, you know,

I had already started my process. And the moment I decided to keep that door crack and allow myself to continue to open doors. And so I found a master key, that was my healing. You know, knowing that every single door on this floor

is for me. I just got to find the key to open it and I started finding the master key to put into the master lock to unlock it. Are you unretired?

You going to start doing music again or we not there yet? Well, baby, let me get my Oscar first. I might get an Oscar before Grammy. I'm fine. Yo, Tiana Taylor at the Oscars with my Oscar first. I might get an Oscar before Grammy. Hey.

Tiana Taylor at the Oscars with Tims on. I'd love to see that. That'd be fire, right? Oh, my God. With the suit. Ooh. Some Tims. Some butters.

Ooh. What's up? Ooh. Let's put that in the atmosphere. Even though we don't need those awards for validation, I would like to see that. Yes.

You know? All right. Hopefully we go to EGOT status. Like, maybe it might take me to Get the odds Like you know Let me do this album So I can

Go and Get this EGOT You know what I'm saying I got you I got you God's plan is the best plan You never know How it's gonna unfold

Hello Alright Trust in him Thank you for joining us We appreciate it The new movie A Thousand and One Make sure you go see it

And thank you Tiana For joining us We appreciate it Tiana Taylor Yeah It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

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Damn, the hee-haw again? It's time for donkey up to date. I ain't trying to be donkey today no more. They should be embarrassed by what they already did. I'm not making these people do these things. They called donkey up to date, and it really caught me off guard. Damn, Charlemagne, who got the donkey up to date today? Well, just hilarious. Donkey up to day, which was a double donkey.

It goes to 38 year old Keith Chastain and the Clovis Police Department. It comes a point in time in life where we all must remember it takes two. OK, two. All right. Kids gather around you. Uncle Charlotte would like to tell you about some things that have been going on since the 1900s. OK, one of those things is the saying it takes to you. OK, are it takes to you to tango? That means that a situation or argument involves two people and they are both therefore responsible for it. I repeat, it takes to you to tango means that a situational argument involves two people and they are both therefore

responsible for it it takes two there's also a classic hip-hop record that will make anyone with a soul who grew up in the 1980s lose their mind okay uh the reason i am giving you this history lesson today is because in this donkey that i'm delivering it absolutely took to you. All right. See, Keith was arrested 10 times in one month. I repeat, Keith Chastain was arrested 10 times in one month. See, y'all think I'd be lying. Let's go to Fox 26 News for the report, please. Local law enforcement agencies say they are very familiar with 38-year-old Keith Chastain, who has been booked in Fresno County Jail not once, not twice, but 10 times in the last 31 days. Chastain is from Fresno and is currently facing 18 felonies and 15 misdemeanors from his recent arrests, according to Clovis Police Department. His charges include stealing six vehicles, a DUI, vandalism, fraud, possession of controlled substance, and more.

Clovis Police Department alone says it has arrested Chastain six times in the last month. Around 9.30 Tuesday morning, Clovis Police received a call about a stolen truck that Chastain was suspected of driving. Police say an officer found the stolen truck driving in Old Town Clovis and followed it until more officers arrived. Officers pulled Chastain over in front of Clovis Police Department and arrested him without incident. Police say he was the only person in the stolen truck and happened to be on his way to pick up his personal property from Clovis Police Department from the last time he was arrested. Mind you, he was in a stolen vehicle. Now, as you just heard, Keith Chastain was arrested 10 times by Clovis Police. Six times.

Okay. Six times by Clovis Police and four times by other agencies. He was in a stolen vehicle on the way to pick up his items from the jail. Okay? Now, if he had gotten locked up by different agencies once or twice, I would understand. But if you get locked up by the same agency, the Clovis Police Department, six times. Six times. At what point does it become the police department's fault as well for constantly letting you

out at what point does it become a judge's fault for constantly grant you bail he's facing 18 felonies and 15 misdemeanors with charges including stealing six vehicles DUI evangelism fraud possession of a controlled substance and a whole lot more at some point maybe after arrest number three possibly after arrest number five surely at arrest number six someone at the clovis police department has to say no need to let this man out because he's just gonna come right back okay if the clovis police department had a customer loyalty program like starbucks or subway

or sephora this man keith would get his 10th arrest for free okay get arrested nine times get your 10th arrest for free clearly this man has a boyfriend behind those walls either that or he likes the food okay when someone shows you who they are believe them and this man keith has shown us he's a serial criminal okay so give him what he wants and what he wants is clearly zero bond 10 arrests in 31 days insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. So yes, Keef is insane because he keeps committing crimes and the same crimes and getting locked up.

And the Clovis Police Department is insane because they keep locking Keef up for these crimes, the same crimes and letting them out. They both are to blame. So please give Keef Chastain a he and give the Clovis Police Department a ha together because it takes two to give them the biggest hee-haw.

This man wrote his name in jail. That's why they say don't write your name. They say don't write your name on the walls in jail. You keep coming back to that jail. Jesus. The Breakfast Club. That time again! Ask Charlemagne and DJ Envy anything. Pick it up and dj envy anything pick it up pick it up pick it up

it's time to ask everybody it's dj envy charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club it's time for ask c and e if you need relationship advice and who do we have on the line good morning good morning hey what's your name renita what matter, Renita? Why you sound so upset, mama? My boyfriend and I, we live together, but he decided he does not want to be in a relationship with me anymore, but we still live together. We have to coexist. He doesn't drive to work. I drive him to work every morning. Oh, that has to stop.

He broke up with you, and now he still wants the benefits of being able to be able to sleep with you and get your car and be able to use your car and use your lights and your electricity and all of that. Yeah. No, that got to stop right there, mama. He doesn't have a driver's license or drive. So I would feel bad if he. Does he feel bad when he just broke your heart and broke up with you and say he don't want to be with you no more? Did he feel bad?

He don't like your driving. That's why he broke up with you. That's what it is. He don't like your driving. No, why he broke up with you. That's what the thing is. He don't like your driving. No, I even... Call him on three-way. Call him on three-way right now. Call him on three-way.

Yeah, word. I don't care. Call him on three-way. Call him on three-way. What's his name? Let me see if he'll pick up. He'll pick up. Call him on three-way.

Let's call him on three-way. If he don't pick up, he don't love you. What kind of job you got? Oh, she must be calling. Hello. We are not available now. Please leave your name and... He didn't pick up. So what do you want us to do?

I just want advice. Like, y'all think I should stop driving him to work? Can we have a few meals together? Yes. We're on the lease together? Yes. You're not going to listen. You love that man.

You ain't going nowhere. That pee-pee too good. Y'all been having too much unprotected sex. You ain't ready to walk yet. And it's a five-year relationship, so I don't want to leave. Exactly. Yeah, but you got to, you know, right now he's just using you. The fact that he broke up with you, he can still sleep with you.

He can still use you to take him around. You got to stop that. You got to let him know, right now he's just using you. The fact that he broke up with you, he can still sleep with you. He can still use you to take him around. You got to stop that. You got to let him know, like, look, like, oh, if it's over, it's over. I'm not driving you around. No, I'm not doing that no more. You find your new bitch to drive you around. That I agree with. You got to set boundaries.

And being that he don't want to be your man, there's certain perks he don't get. So you can't be his Uber no more. Nope. You know what I'm saying? You can't give him the poom-poom on demand no more. No more poom-poom. You know what I mean? Don't cook for him.

None of that stuff. He got to do all that on his own. Treat him like a roommate. That's right. That's it. Tell him, so I guess we roommates now. So treat him like a roommate. I don't have sex with my roommates.

He got to sleep on the couch. He can't sleep between the same bed. I don't drive my roommates to work. Sorry. That's right. Okay. All right. You ain't going to listen.

You're going to sleep with him tonight. You better listen. No. Watch. I'm listening. All right, mama. You're going to sleep with him tonight you better listen no watch all right i'm gonna sleep with him tonight don't lie good luck no i'm gonna listen all right well give us i want i want you to call us back next week and tell us how this went please now hello who's this this is erin

hey mama what's up ask cne yes i have a question i want to know do i have a right to be mad or am i being pity uh me and my fiance we've been together for five years. And we've been literally every school holiday together. Like, we don't even have to have a conversation about it. It's just automatic. But this year for Easter, he just told me two days ago that he was going to church and then work. Without you? And it's like very last minute.

So he told you He's very organized Very pumped He is very Very organized How long y'all been together? Five years Five years

So wait a minute So you said he's going to church And going to work Hanging out with his family And didn't tell you And invite you Yes I was talking about it

The other day Trying to see what I was Going to wear to church And he was like Oh no I'm going to church And then I'm going to work. He's doing

something he really shouldn't be doing right now. He's breaking a rule. A rule is spending holidays with his side chicks. His side chick invited him to church on Sunday and he's going with her. Yeah, I'm not going to lie. It sounds kind of odd that he's not taking you to church and not taking you to work when you've been together five years. You've been doing everything with him

and now all of a sudden he doesn't want to go with you. I'm sorry to say that. He might have another family on the side, man. No, I don't think he got another family because y'all been together five years. But he has been with this side chick for way too long, and he's getting too close to her, and he's going with her to church on Sunday. You go to church on Sunday. You make sure you take your ass to church with him on Sunday.

And you're going to find him Easter egg hunting with another family and you're going to have a fit. But he don't want me to come. You better go. What that mean? You got a car. You got Uber. You got money. You better pop up at that church. If you know what I know. That's right. Pop up at that church the way Jesus popped up on Resurrection Sunday.

Okay. Good luck and tell us how it works out. Okay. Thank you. Alright. See that? We helping lives. I how it works out. Okay, thank you. All right, see that? We helping lives. I love it. Ask C&E, 800-585-1051. If you need relationship advice, hit us now.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's that time again. Ask Charlamagne and DJ Envy anything. Pick it up, pick it up, pick it up. It's time to ask C&E. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Ask C&E. Hello, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Ask C&E. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Cece. Hey, Cece. What's your question for C&E? Cece. What's up, y'all? I made it through the other day, and the phone got disconnected. I just want to let y'all know that. Okay. So I guess I'll ask y'all

about the topic we discussed the other day because I was saying that I feel like I have not been dated the way that I feel like I should. Oh, I remember you. You said you wanted

to go to McDonald's and somewhere else. McDonald's, yeah. You said you were about to take me to Crocker Barrel and I told you you could at least

offer something. Because you started the bidding at McDonald's. You did start the bidding at McDonald's and I told you you need better for yourself. No, that was that other lady that her cousin tried to hook up with. Oh yeah, you right. Don't put me on that scale,

y'all. What's your question, mama? What's your question? My question is how do you how do you put up a bar to basically stop harnessing people's potential when they're not good for you? Like it's basically toxic, but you feel like you'd be good in them. So you stick around because you want to nurture the good in them. Man.

How do you change your frame of thinking or what makes you snap out of it? You start off by looking in the mirror and saying, nigga, please. And you remember one thing, just because somebody does something good for you doesn't mean they are good for you. I don't know about that whole

I see the good in them, but you know they're not good to me. Like, no. If they're not good to, but they're not good to me. Like, no. If they're not good to you, they're not good. Bye. Sometimes it's as easy as letting it go. That's a common situation, though. That's common where people will basically settle.

And I guess that is truly like just settling. And they know they need more. Or they know they're worth more. Why are you settling, boo? Yeah, you don't have to settle. I don't know. I think I feel like a lot of times with me i work a lot a whole lot like an average of like 62 hours a week and i don't go many places to like really meet many faces so when i do come in contact with somebody and i feel like i like them, which is rare for me to do. Like, absolutely like somebody like that.

I would just tell you, mama, you never have to settle. You shouldn't have to settle. If you're settling, you're always letting things go. She ain't telling us about how good the penis is. That's all this is about. This man is knocking you. This man

got your toes curling. Yes, it is. Huh? I don't believe you. Well, is the penis good? I ain't ask you that. I said, is this one good?

Oh, I ain't got one right now. So what is she talking about? I want, no, I've settled, okay? I'm not settling right now, but I want to avoid settling. But you're settling to pass it. And Charlamagne was saying you can't let the penis talk for you. You can't let it be all about the penis. It has to be about the person.

And don't try to change somebody. If they show you who you are, believe them. It's not about the penis. It's not about the person and don't try to change somebody if they show you It's not about the people always want to get mad at persons places and things but they don't never mention penises Okay, penises in the mix Because I know my skills there's one in a penis they come to contact with me okay i'm not a penis type person because i know my skill set therefore any penis that come in contact with me is gonna have good okay okay but we just making sure that you're just not settling for the penis because you said you're settling and if you're settling there got to be a reason why you're settling if they're not treating you well and it ain't the penis then what

is it sometimes i don't know i feel like if if there are certain things within them that I haven't gotten from somewhere else, I feel like that's a relatability and I kind of stick around to see where it goes. Then it'll go too far. My heart is kind of in it at that point in time. You know what I'm saying? No, I don't. I get it. Like, you put your heart into it and then you feel like you're connected to the person and you love them.

And you feel like if you let them go, it's you know it's right right and the man probably got a good jaw game so you don't want to just let that go away to somebody else um no honestly i feel like a lot of men lack in that department you know they might feel like they want i got you i got you charlotte understands that but what i would do is like what we said from the door i mean from the door if you feel like you have to change somebody to make them better, you might not have to put that work in. You might want to try to find somebody that's already done the work on themselves. Because a lot of times these brothers haven't done the work on themselves and it ain't up to you to change them. And you shouldn't have to be putting that predicament.

Now, if you just chasing penis, that's something different. You know, you're talking to her about a hypothetical man that she don't even have. I've been checked out of this conversation, ma'am, because I thought you called in to her about a hypothetical man that she don't even have i've been checked out of this conversation ma'am because i thought you called in here talking about a particular human huh no why it's got to be no no it's not about a particular human because i want to change me as a human so i'll pick the wrong human that's right and that's all you need to be working on working on changing yourself and being a focus on being what it is that you want to attract and that's it because right now we're talking to you about ghosts. Because you ain't got nobody.

Ghosts with penises. Ghosts with penises. We're talking about the spirits of penises past right now, man. Okay? Mom, you have a good weekend. And good luck with the penis situation for the weekend, man. It's going to be a long weekend. God bless you, queen.

Thank you. Bless y'all too. It's okay to say thanks for weekend. God bless you, Queen. Thank you. Bless y'all too. It's okay to say thanks for nothing. It's okay to tell us thank you for nothing. Thanks for absolutely nothing. I was trying to help people.

Are you playing? I thought she was talking about a real person. Once I find out she ain't talking about nobody real, what are we discussing here? Hypothetical. Hey, no, I don't got time

for hypotheticals. Life is too short for hypotheticals. Let's deal with reality. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Theothetical. Hey, no, I don't got time for hypotheticals. Life is too short for hypotheticals. Let's deal with reality. It's the Breakfast Local Morning. The Breakfast Club. Hey, everybody. It's EJ, Envy, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. Now, Charlamagne, you got a positive note? I do, but I also want to tell people, man, make sure you go and pre-order Invisible Generals by Doug Melville. Doug Melville is my guy invisible generals is uh one of the next books coming out on my book imprint uh black privilege publishing via simon and schuster and you know what i love about having a book imprint is we're able to tell uh stories especially stories about these hidden figures in our culture and invisible generals is the amazing true story of america's first black generals benjamin o Sr. and Jr., a father and son who helped integrate the American military and create the famous Tuskegee Airmen.

So it'll be out November 7th of this year, but you can preorder right now wherever you buy books, man. So go to Barnes and Nobles, go to Amazon and preorder Invisible Generals by my guy, Doug Melville. OK, OK. Now, the positive note is simply this, man. Be humble and never think that you are better than anyone else. Breakfast Club, bitches! Y'all finished or y'all done?