The Breakfast Club - The Flavor of Butt Cheeks ( Miangle Cody interview)

Episode Date: May 12, 2021

Today on the show we had MiAngel Cody speak on Decarceration Project and Fighting To Free Non-Violent Offenders Serving Life. Also Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to a Michigan man who was wearing a GPS when he allegedly disposed of a dead womans body and Angela helped some listners out during "Ask Yee". Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Collectively known as Breakfast Club, bitches! Good morning, USA! Hey, fam! Good morning! It's Tuesday! Hey! Good morning, everybody! Good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning. Good morning. What up, Yeezy? Hey, what's going on?

It's Tuesday morning. It's Wednesday. Wednesday? Damn it, man. Well, it's Wednesday. I was like, wow. We're back a day. Let me try this again.

Guess what day it is. Guess what day it is. Hump Day. Yes, today is Wednesday, Hump Day. Middle of the week. Hopefully hopefully you're enjoying your day. I'm out in Atlanta. You know, I'm doing my car show out here in Atlanta, July 3rd, so it's a lot of planning. It's big.

We're calling it Car-chella because there's things for kids, there's rides, there's face painting, there's games, there's cars for everybody, celebrity cars, exotic cars, cars from your favorite celebrity. There's so much to do. So it's a lot of planning. So I'm out in Atlanta right now. And I called all my friends in Atlanta. I'm like, hey, I'm in Atlanta.

Let's go get something to eat. And all my friends coming back, I was like, sorry, can't do it. I said, why? They was like, we don't have no gas. They was like, there's a shortage of gas. And all my friends was like, I got like 50 miles left to empty and I can't use it on you. Huh. Well, we'll talk about that shortly.

I was saying this morning in New York, the good thing is that with the subway system here, why don't y'all take the train out there in Atlanta? Is there a train in Atlanta? Yeah. I never knew that. I never seen no damn train. And the people living, when they live in Atlanta, they usually live on the outskirts of Atlanta and they got to travel to the city.

So nobody wants to drive 30 minutes when they can't find gas. Nah, I was just kidding. You don't even know how to take the train to New York. I would never. I definitely don't know how to take the train to New York. But I didn't know the gas situation was so bad, but we'll talk about it more in front page news. The MARTA, that's what it's called. The MARTA. The MARTA system, that's what it's called?

I think so. Oh, okay. Alright, well today, who's joining us this morning? Uh, who is joining us this morning? Who is joining us this morning? My angel. Oh, my angel Cody's coming this morning? Okay, perfect. I love my angel Cody. Now, who's my angel Cody for people I don't know?

Well, we know her for working to get a lot of people who have been sentenced to life in prison for nonviolent offenses and drug offenses. She's helped get them out of prison. So she's going to talk about the project that she's been working on. A lot of people know her because Kim Kardashian

also came out and worked with her on a lot of different things. And some people were saying Kim Kardashian was taking the credit, but Maya Angel Cody was the person

who was really doing the work. Yeah, she's the one that's helping people get out of jail, out of prison. When you see all these people released, it's usually she, she's the one that's usually behind get out of jail, out of prison. When you see all these people released, it's usually she she's the one that's usually behind it. So

we'll kick it with her in a little bit. And then we got front page news. What are we talking about? Well, let's talk about gasoline since you started and led with that this morning. And how there's been a lot of gasoline demand in several states. And we'll tell you why the price of gas is so high and why some gas stations are out of gas.

Alright, we'll get into all that when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Everybody, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front-page news. Now, on some quick sports sides,

I know everybody was waiting for LeBron to come back last night, but he decided to wait another game, so he won't come back until Thursday against the Houston Rockets. All right, so what else we got? You't come back to Thursday against the Houston Rockets. All right, so what else we got? You're not going to shout out our Brooklyn Nets? You can shout them out. Go ahead. Yeah, well, shout out to our Brooklyn Nets. Hold on. They beat the Bulls yesterday, I believe.

Yeah, 115-107. Okay, good. Yeah. So shout out to our Brooklyn Nets. All right, now a growing number of gas stations on the East Coast are without fuel as drivers are filling up their tanks very aggressively right now because of an attack, a cyber attack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline. That is a critical artery for gas. And the panic buying, they're saying, is what's threatening to exacerbate the supply shock. So they said as of 9 p.m. yesterday, over 12 percent of gas stations in North Carolina and over 8% of Virginia didn't have gasoline.

And I have friends, Envy, you said you're in Atlanta, who are saying that some of the gas stations are out of gas. Yeah, there's definitely a gas shortage in the South. I know people are looking for gas stations. Some people got to drive 30 miles to find a gas station, which is crazy. I know the U.S. said hopefully by Friday they'll get things back to normal, but they expect the gas prices to shoot up a couple of cents. Last night, my daughter called me and she was in my car.

I'm like, what are you doing? She was like, hey, Dad, I'm just filling up all the cars. I was like, great thinking. Listen, that's what they're saying is the problem right now. Panic buying. People are taking their entire family fleet of vehicles to the gas station, filling up when they don't even need to right now. Everything should be resolved by the end of the week.

But because people are panicking, that's what's causing the shortage of the supply of gasoline. They said it's irrational behavior. Yeah, I mean, you can't blame people. They're saying they're going to fix it, but they're not sure. And people want to be safe. They want to make sure. Yeah, they're saying substantially it will be

operational by the end of the week. It was a hack. It was carried out by a criminal group called Darkside. Yeah, and they said that they know who did it. They know the people, actually, but they can't go get them because they're in Russia, and Russia doesn't have the law where they send them here, so they can't do anything about it, which is crazy.

All right. You know, I was looking at my car, too, while I was driving yesterday. I've had my car for, like, two and a half years. It only has 14,000 miles on it. I'm sure you never got an oil change, rotated your tires and none of that. Well, I haven't had to get an oil change. My car alerts me when those things happen

but I do put oil in my car. Oh my goodness. And I get it serviced. Pray for the car. When it says to service the car, I bring it in and get serviced and then all the lights are gone. Alright. Now Colorado Springs, the shooter who fatally killed six people at a birthday

party, according to reports, was upset because he was not invited to the party. According to the police chief, Teodora Macias, 28, had been dating Sandra Ibarra, who was one of the six victims for about a year. Now Ibarra and five other members of her extended family were

shot in quick succession. They said he just wasn't invited to a family gathering, and his response was to open fire and kill six victims before taking his own life. That is so sad. I mean, we have to do something about the gun laws, and I know we keep talking about it, we keep saying it, we've been saying it for years and years and years, but something has to happen.

I mean, there has to be some type of welfare check, has to be some type of numerous checks. Well, they're loosening those gun laws. That makes no sense. Shout out to my sister, Mercedes. I was talking to her yesterday. She went to go get a gun, and it was like, well, we can't give you a gun until you do some type of mental check. And I'm like, there's a lot of people that don't have to take that mental check.

It makes no sense. It has to be across the board, and it has to be something maybe yearly. Like every year you go to the doctor, every year you get a mental check because people's mental change. And there's no way you can give somebody that power of having an AR-15 or a 9mm or a.40 caliber or a Glock or a gun or a Desert Eagle. Well, those laws are state by state. So we were just talking about in Texas how now you can just be 21 years old and be able to buy a gun. That doesn't make sense because at 21, I shouldn't have been able to have a gun. All right. And Liz Cheney has vowed that she is not going to remain silent as former President Trump is spreading lies that the election was stolen from him. And they're expecting to remove her from House Republican leadership today.

Actually, here's what she had to say. This is not about policy. This is not about partisanship. This is about our duty as Americans. Remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar. I will not participate in that. I will not sit back and watch in silence while others lead our party down a path that abandons the rule of law and joins the former president's crusade to undermine our democracy. All right. Even though she is a Republican, she's standing up against all these other Republicans that are supporting Donald Trump no matter what. And she's been very vocal about the fact that she feels like this is a threat that America has never seen before.

A former president who provoked a violent attack on this Capitol in an effort to steal the election. Don't you think she's a little too late on that? Oh, shoot. I mean, oh, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo. Guess what day it is. Listen, don't you think she's a little bit too late on that? I think that she's been outspoken as far as...

She has? Yeah, she has. That's why all this is happening right now. That's why all the Republicans have turned their backs to her. So over the past four years, she's been talking out against Donald Trump? Well, now, I mean, I think most recently with everything that he's been doing. But that's what I mean.

He's not even in office no more. It's like all of that should have been said when he was actually in the White House, when he was in a position of power. I would love to tell all the Republicans that. Of course. Same thing with Instagram. They ban him when he leaves. Exactly.

He talks all this smack for four years. You do nothing. The day he leaves, now we ban him. Come on. Now you all of a sudden got courage and you pointing him out. And you see what happens as soon as you speak out, right? They're removing her from power. So what?

That's all the more reason. And then what? Then you speak truth to power. That's what happens when you speak truth to power. There's never going to be a time in this country, in any space, where you speak truth to power and there may not be consequences. I mean, I commend her for being the one Republican right now that is actually being honest about that. That is

your front page news. Alright. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. Maybe you know somebody that's changed on you. You decide. You gotta say it. They got a little doctorate and all of a sudden no one come to work on time.

First of all, hold, wait a minute. Don't ever disrespect me like that. I haven't been coming to work on time in a while. Okay? Don't ever do that. It has nothing to do with this doctorate, okay? All right? When I'm late, I'm just late.

It's just like a doctor. Now, you know when you have a doctor's appointment, it's never, the doctor say 9 o'clock, you always come at 9, 15. My doctor's appointment's at 6. You're supposed to be there at 6. I'm not intentionally late, okay? So what is it? Just some mornings.

It just happens. It just happens. This morning was one of those mornings. I was up last night, you know. I was invested in something I should have just let go. That's what I was doing. What's his name? Shut up.

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. I'm darling. I'm darling. Hey, what you doing, man?

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

This is Mike, man. Mike, what up, King? Get off your chest, bro. What's up? Hey, I just want to tell Charlamagne, hey, man, please stop being late. I need you to stop being late because I live to hear that yo, yo, yo, man. I live to hear it, man. And the hey, fam from Angelina just ain't cutting, bro.

Listen, let me tell you something. Why y'all focus on the negative? I literally hear you, man. And the hate and fail from Angelina just ain't good, my bro. It ain't good. Listen, let me tell you something. Why y'all focus on the negative? I've been late three times this year. Literally three times this year. Twice this week. After you got your doctorate. Yeah, I don't know about that.

Three times this year. And I don't want to hear nothing from Angelina. She's never here. Okay? I'm here. I'm on time. Twice this week. We're in a pandemic.

Three. Oh, we're in a pandemic. Knock it here. I'm on time. Twice this week. We're in a pandemic. Three. Oh, we're in a pandemic. Knock it off. I'm at work. He said the wrong date. I definitely said it was Tuesday. Listen, man, it's a lot going on right now. Usually, he's the one that's the hump day guy, so I wasn't here.

Tuesday might be hump day for Envy. I don't know what happens in the house. I'm never here. I don't know what day it is. Hey, last thing I want to do, man, I just want to shout out to my black queen, man. You know, she just recently graduated from Broadcast Meteorology, man. Oh, man, she's going to be a weather girl? Yeah, she's going to be a weather girl. That's what's up, my brother.

Congratulations, man. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. You got a good one. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Have a good one, brother. Hello, sir. Yes, sir. You got a good one. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Have a good one, brother. Hello, who's this?

Yo, this is Coppo from the BX. What it do, heavy? Coppo, what's up, brother? Get it off your chest. What's up? What's up, breakfast club? Yo, y'all pushing. Not y'all, but everybody.

Everybody. Everybody's pushing that vaccine like they're fresh, and they sell smack for f***. What's going on? What happened? Yo, everywhere I go, every station I turn to, the TV, everybody. But you don't hear the CDC talk about it. You still got a bunch of doctors that, you know what I'm saying,

that's being sensitive, that want to tell the truth and tell you, you know what I'm saying, that you know i'm saying that's being sensitive they want to tell the truth and tell you what i'm saying about viruses and like performing and things like that then you got you're talking about trump stealing undermining the republican party whoa that didn't try to teach it twice yeah drag them to the floor yeah try to get them to practice russian collusion all this bro bro bro why is he still relevant is he still relevant because it has to be something bro bro a hundred elephants don't say it's peanuts and and it's not peanuts it's peanuts do your research and see if any of those states had the password to log into those machines

so they could be able to be you. They never got the password from where they were supposed to get them. I don't know what you're talking about, but I do, I do, I do. I want to talk to you. It sounds good. Put Angela in your phone.

Yes, sir. What's good? How you doing, to you. Sounds good. Put Angel in your phone. Yes, sir. What's good? You drunk. How you doing, love? I'm good. How are you? You drunk. I'm all right.

How's your week? How's your week going? Oh, pretty good. Our Brooklyn Nets won last night, so I'm excited about that. I know that's right. I know that's right. I know that's right. All right, Kapo.

Yo, yo, yo, Evie, Evie, I need a course. I need a course. Charlamagne, last time I called, you pissed me, bro. You dragged me through the floor. That is not true. You need to stop lying. I don't even know you, Kapo. Yo, yo, yo.

What course do you need? Black privilege publishing. Black privilege publishing. I need some information on that. My man got some books. I need that. Word. Word.

Word. Word. Okay. Kapo, hold on, Kapo. For sure. Good luck to y'all. Peace and love, everyone. Coppo, hold on, Coppo. Good luck to y'all. Peace and love, everyone. Hold on! Why are you holding on for Coppo? Coppo said he got some books for you, bro.

Only book I got is Tameka Mallory's State of Emergency, how to win in the country we built. It's available right now everywhere. Coppo wants to be the second release, man. Well, he's not. Anita Kopech is the second release in August. Shallow Waters, August 3rd. He wants to be third, then. No, I can't say who the third one is, but he's not anita kopax is the second release in august shallow waters august 3rd he wants to be third then uh no i can't say who the third one is but he's not third either he

wants to be fourth or fifth i'm booked up till about 2024 cop oh wait get it off your chest 800-585-1051 if you need to vent hit us up now it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club is your country falling apart feeling tired depressed a little bit revolutionary consider this start your own country i planted the flag i just kind of looked out of like this is mine i own this it's surprisingly easy there's 55 gallons of water 500 pounds of concrete everybody's doing it i am king ernest emmanuel i am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson the First, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe own country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making

a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High.

It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves.

For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay.

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on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. I hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, lay it out. Hello, who's this?

Good morning, good morning. It's Xavier. Xavier, good morning. Get it off your chest, bro. Actually, I just want to start off with some positivity. I want to shout out my sister and brother-in-law. They're actually starting their own business called Teacher Love Box. They actually called and got through to you guys about two weeks ago. Wanted to give it a shot again and let everybody know, get on there, check it out. We wanted to just spread some love to the teachers.

Will do, my brother. I always am a fan of spreading love to teachers, man. That is one of the most important jobs that's the most underpaid. Yeah, my mother's a teacher. English teacher. South Carolina, man. 30 plus years. Hey, show me if you want to get a box, man.

Get one. Give me the website again? That actually would be a good idea. What's the website again? Teacher Love Box Official. And that's on Instagram. And then you can get right to the website. I'm going to order one today, my brother. Teacher Love Box Official. Yes,'s on Instagram, and then you can get right to the website. I'm going to order one today, my brother.

Teacher Love Box Official. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Hey, Charles, can you send me one of your books? If you got any back in yet? Well, I don't, but I'll send you a copy of Tamika Mallory's State of Emergency, How to Win in the Country We Built. Oh, yeah.

And since it's Mental Health Awareness Month, I'll send you Dr. Rita Walker's book, too, The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health. Yeah, I'll try that one out. It's a mental health help. Can't we all, my brother? Can't we all? Yeah.

All right. Hold on, man. Hold on, brother. Hold on so I can get your address. Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Hello, who's this? Oh, this is Q.

Q, what up? Get it off your chest, bro. Hey, man, I want to speak on what you just said about what DJ Envy was talking about with gun legislation. Oh, I missed that one. Yes, go ahead. Yeah, I think you're speaking from a place of privilege, brother. I think, you know, you have enough money to be able to afford any type of personal security that you need. You know what I'm saying?

For people out here, I think it's very irresponsible to vote against your own gun rights. Well, I think he was just saying that people should still have to have background checks. I didn't say anything about background checks. To get a gun. Not that you shouldn't be able to have a gun. You hear what you want to hear. I didn't say anything about that. I own numerous guns.

What I said was, I said, I think that people need mental health checks before they're able to purchase a gun. I thought they do have those. No, not everywhere. Yeah, they have mental health. It's a state-by-state situation. We were just talking about in Texas how they're trying to pass a law that you don't have to do that.

Yeah, all I want your viewers to know is that black folks don't vote against your own gun rights, man. These folks are working hard. Just like y'all didn't want them to take away y'all voting rights, don't let them take away your voting rights. Well, I think people want you

to own guns responsibly, though, right? Like, do you think anyone should be able to have a gun once they turn a certain age? Hey, this is Charlamagne Tha God talking. I think that owning a legal firearm in America as a black person is a form of self-care. And I think you need to blow your nose, sir. So, look, even if you're threatening people online, even if you have mental health issues, you should still be able to legally own a gun, you think? No way.

I'm asking him because that's what he's saying. I mean, you guys could speak. I mean, if I turn the same situation into a car, to cars, can we say the same thing? You have to take a road test, right? Don't you have to get your license? You have to actually take a driving test and be able to be fit to drive. You have to take an eye test, right? But don't they do these background checks everywhere

though? I'm confused. No, you can buy guns at trade shows. You can buy guns online and they just do a background check to see if you've been arrested before. Not in every state you have to do a mental check. When I purchased my gun, I didn't have to do a mental check. I was 21 years old. They did a background check. You was in my gun, I didn't have to do a mental check. I was 21 years old.

They did a background check. You was in Virginia. Yeah, I was in Virginia. And two days later, I was able to buy a.40 caliber Glock at the age of 21. Sometimes they make you take training where you have to learn how to use the gun. Right. I didn't know how to use it or nothing. They just gave me a game.

And at that age, I wasn't mentally ready, honestly, to have that much power. Imagine you get in a car and you never have to take a road test. You never have to take driving lessons. You never have to take an eye test. Yeah, you're talking to somebody that owns numerous guns. But I'm glad that I wasn't stupid enough at 21 because at 21, my ego's still fragile. You don't know the power you have in that weapon. And I thank God every day I didn't do anything stupid.

So, yeah, I stand by that. I believe we should have the right to own guns, but I think that there should be certain procedures we have to go through to be able to purchase those guns. Same thing with a driver's license. I just want this brother to blow his nose, man. Don't talk again until you've blown your nose, bro. You sound so congested this morning, my brother. But thank you for calling, though.

We respect your opinion. But I thought federally licensed fire dealers were required to request background checks. And I thought those background checks include the mental health check. I don't know. No. The background check is they call and they make sure you haven't been arrested before and then you're able to purchase a gun. Hmm.

Okay. All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We got rumors on the way? Yes. And let's talk about the artist of the decade. Some people might have felt like it was over for him, but it looks like it's not.

We'll tell you who it is. All right, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is The Rumor Report. Talk to them.

With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. So Drake is getting Artist of the Decade Award at the Billboard Music Awards. Think about all the accomplishments that he's had. It's based on the activity of the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200 charts, social media data, and touring revenue from December 5th, 2009 through September 28th, 2019. So during that time, Drake has had nine number one albums, 33 top 10 songs, six number one songs on the Hot 100, the most of any artist in the decade.

He also has had the most number one and top 10 songs on the Hot R&B Hip Hop Songs and Top R&B Hip Hop Albums charts. And even though Scary Hours 2, which was released in March, is outside the scope of the tally. By the way, that three-pack also broke all kinds of records, too, with having the number one,

number two, and number three songs simultaneously. You know, dropping the clues bombs for Drake, I mean, you can't deny that he absolutely was the artist of the decade. I mean, you just can't deny that. And still going. Still going. I mean, that's the question, right? That's been the question that I've presented.

Can he sustain the run? Is he still the hottest doing it right now? But, you know, yes, over the past 10 years, you can't dispute that. I mean, just in March, he had the numbers one, two, and three song. That's the only time that's ever happened. That's his story. He's still one of the hottest artists. Hands down. I didn't say he's not one of the hottest. He's Drake.

Drake is going to be always the Drake. I'm just saying he's still one of the hottest artists. He's still the hottest doing it, though. But yes, the past decade, absolutely, it's not even close. All right. Well, the Billboard Music Awards are going to air Sunday, May 23rd on NBC at 8 p.m. And speaking of awards, the 2021 iHeartRadio Music Awards will be hosted by Usher. That's going to air Thursday, May 27th, live on Fox.

The people who will be there, The Weeknd, with special guests Ariana Grande, Silk Sonic, and Doja Cat. Also appearances from Taylor Swift, Roddy Ricch, 21 Pilots, Megan Thee Stallion, and more. So this is Usher's first time hosting, and the show is in its eighth year. Previous hosts, Jamie Foxx, Jason Derulo, Ryan Seacrest, DJ Khaled, Hailey Baldwin, and T-Pain. Megan Thee Stallion and more so this is Usher's first time hosting and the show is in its 8th year previous hosts Jamie Foxx Jason Derulo Ryan Seacrest DJ Khaled

Haley Baldwin and T-Pain if I went to an event that Usher was hosting and I didn't leave with some Usher bucks I would feel like I got shafted a little bit

so you want him to throw some Usher bucks I need some of the Usher bucks you know how our guy $2 Steve passes out the $2 bill I want Usher to do that

from now on so you don't feel shafted I got you well Chris Steve passes out the $2 bill. I want Usher to do that for that one. That's right. So you don't feel Shaft. I got you. Well, Chris Martin and Lil Nas X will give Elton John the 2021 iHeartRadio Icon Award. Great segue. Great segue. All right.

And Tina Turner's musical, Tina, is coming back to Broadway. We already told you these Broadway plays are reopening. So you can see that starting on Friday, October 8th. I took my mom to see that because my mom loves some Tina Turner. So Tina Turner said, I am thrilled that our musical will be reopening on Broadway. I remember with such warmth and appreciation the

extraordinary welcome I received at our opening night. And I think she's amazing when you just see her whole entire career and the setbacks that she had and how she managed to make a comeback later on. I mean, Tina Turner's a model. Even when I see stuff now from Tina like the documentary she did on HBO, it's just like I'm happy that she gets and how she managed to make a comeback later on. I mean, Tina Turner's immortal. Even when I see stuff now from Tina, like the documentary she did on HBO, it's just like I'm happy that she gets that, but what's love got to do with it immortalized Tina Turner forever?

Well, the way that she came back after that, I think, is also really what immortalized her. If that would have been it for her, you know, that would have been difficult. But she came back and was even bigger than she was when she was with Ike. All right, now Demi Lovato is getting a TV show about UFOs. So it's called Unidentified with Demi Lovato. It's a four-part docuseries. It's going to be on Peacock.

And on the show, you'll see her, her friend Matthew, and her sister visiting UFO hotspots, also investigating eyewitness encounters and uncovering secret government reports. Does Demi believe, though? That's what I would like to know. Does she believe in extraterrestrials? Well, that's why they got her to do it. I don't see how you couldn't. All right.

Well, that is your rumor reports. Wow, that was fast. All right. Well, we got front page news next. What are we talking about? Yes, let's talk about Andrew Brown Jr. and his shooting. Now, we're going to talk about what was in that police body camera video. We haven't seen it, but according to attorneys and according to his family,

we'll tell you the timeline of events and some things you may not know. All right, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Your mornings will never be the same. Angela here, and the general insurance understands that stuff happens, including lapses in auto coverage. At the General, they make it easy to get reinstated and will work with you to keep you covered. Call 800-GENERAL or go to thegeneral.com to find out more. Some restrictions apply.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Let's get in some front page news. Where we starting, Ye? Well, let's start with Andrew Brown Jr. If you guys recall, he was fatally shot in North Carolina while police were trying to execute a warrant. He was in his car and

we have not seen this body and dash camera footage yet, even though the family and the attorneys for Andrew Brown Jr.'s family are asking for that to be released. But the attorneys and family members, some of the family members have been able to see what this footage looks like, so they're breaking down what's on that footage. Now, Attorney Chase Lynch is talking about the first thing he saw with Andrew Brown Jr.'s hands being visible the whole time.

We were able to see Mr. Brown sitting in his vehicle as he was ambushed. At all times, his hands were visible. At all times, you could see that he was not a threat. There was a shot fired. When the shot was fired, he put the car in reverse, putting several feet, if not yards, away from the police who were there. At no point did we ever see any police officers

behind his vehicle. At no point did we ever see Mr. Brown make contact with law enforcement. Now that's important because the district attorney Andrew Womble is saying that officers fired when Brown was driving the car moving toward them and that the car made contact with officers at least two times before shots were fired. So that's why that's super important to understand. Attorney Chase Lynch also talked about the number of shots that these cops fired. There was a group of law enforcement that were in front of him. He went the opposite direction.

As he turned to the left to go across his yard, a second shot was fired. And as he began to accelerate, his car was clearly across the yard. At all times, what we saw were police officers standing on the pavement unloading their weapons. There were so many shots that we found difficulty in counting the number of shots that his vehicle received. Now Bakari Sellers and other attorneys for the family wants the DA to recuse himself from this case because clearly these police officers, the sheriff's office has been working very closely with the DA and he feels like there's a conflict. The only people in this matter who would be disadvantaged if he stays on this case are our clients, this family. If Andrew Womble was to recuse himself, there would be no

prejudice to the officers in this case. In fact, we would be sure that justice could be carried out without the taint of impropriety. The fact that he will not do that shows that he has some other interests. Salute to my good brother, my South Carolina brethren, Bakari Sellers. And here's the thing, you know, attorneys are telling the truth in this case, because if they weren't, you know, the police department would have just released the whole video. It's the reason they aren't putting out the whole video, because it would just be more evidence that this is the problem with police officers and their interactions with black people. This is how they treat us. It's always shoot first, ask questions later. Fatal force is the only force they know how to use against us, because this is the only force they've always

used against us in order to control us since the time we got here off them damn slave ships. I'm just curious what video the District Attorney Andrew Womble saw that his account of what happened is so different than what everybody else saw. He probably saw the same exact video, but you know, he's very clear about what team he played for. They need to release the video.

They won't. Alright, now Republicans in the Texas House have passed a bill yesterday that bans public school teachers from talking about racism, white supremacy or current news events. The bill is being fast tracked for the governor, Greg Abbott, to sign into law. another race or sex or the idea that an individual by virtue of the individual's race or sex bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex how do we feel about that um and in one way i always feel like you know the biggest things that can always cause arguments are discussions about religion discussions about politics are you know who's the greatest rapper of all time right those are the things that cause

a lot of arguments. So how do we feel about that in school? Do we need those discussions in school? I think you've got to talk about history and racism is a big part of history. How do you discuss history in the United States without discussing it? You've got to be able to talk about history and everything that went on. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. I don't know. OK, it's controversial, but it happened. But you want them to discuss facts. You want them to discuss real history, right?

And the fact that we're even having a debate about what is real history nowadays is nuts to me. The fact that things like the 1619 Project can exist and people would be like, well, that's not how it happened. That wasn't accurate. We shouldn't discuss that. Like, it's just, it's just strange. So it's like, if you're not, if nobody can come to, you know, get on one page about what the truth is, they discuss it at all. Is there other things they could be talking about in school? They also said teachers don't have to take any professional training like cultural proficiency and equity training if it makes them feel any type of discomfort, guilt, anguish or any type of psychological distress.

OK, now what about this? Right. And you always talk about you always talk about how they don't teach things like business in school, right? Correct. What if all of the stuff about history in the past, we taught our kids at home, and they focused on the future in school, just discussing what they need to be productive citizens in the future? I think they need both. I think you need to know where you came from to know where you're going, but I also think they need to teach those things that I always say,

business, economics, taxes, stocks and bonds, real estate. I think they need to teach all those things. It's like taking a math class when you take, you know, accounting. Yeah, but I just think when you're a black kid, you can never rely on white teachers to teach you real history.

Not saying that there's not white teachers who do, because there are some who actually teach the real history of America, but majority, I really doubt it. Well, I think parents who teach their kids at home are going to continue to do that anyway. Absolutely. Whether or not it's, you know. Yeah, but there's so much history, so, I mean, that's one of the

benefits of going to Hampton University. You have to take African American Studies for, I think, two semesters, and they teach you about your history. Like, you have to. It American Studies for, I think, two semesters, and they teach you about your history. Like, you have to. It's not like, I don't want to take that class. No, it's a requirement. So, I think that's one of the best things about going to HBCU. No, I agree. That's how it was for me at South Carolina

State. You know, I got my doctorate, so when I was there, you know... Yo, shut up, man! What? They teach us about black history. What's wrong with you? Alright, but that is your front page news. I went to an HBCU, too. Oh, my goodness. What are you talking about? My mom's an alumni of South Carolina State.

So am I now. What are you talking about? This guy here, man. This guy here. I'm not making this up. I believe you. I believe you. I've seen it.

I've seen it. All right, Dr. Leonard McKelvey. Leonard. Leonard. Leonard. You guys, that's your front page news. All right. Well, thank you, Miss Yee.

Now, when we come back, who are we kicking in when we come back? Who's joining us this morning, Yee? My angel Cody is going to be joining us. And she's actually helped a lot of people who had life sentences in prison get released and her minor drug charges because of the three-strike law. All right. And we're going to talk to her when we come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go.

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The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest joining us this morning. She got the flyest name in the universe. That's right. My Angel Cody. My Angel? Wow. That's amazing. Thank you. Yeah. My Angel. What was it? I mean, I know it's self-explanatory. You had a purpose. Yes, but

what was the meaning? Right. I was the first. I was the first born. So my mother was like, it's either going to be Alicia or My Angel. And so she picked My Angel. So I kind of grew into it. You know, I think your name is what you grow into. It's a declaration.

Did you ever think it was too big for you? No. Okay. I didn't actually. It's a mandate. You know, I think that. Definitely. Yeah.

It sets expectations with my clients for sure. Now, when we looked you up, it says you pick locks to prison cages. I do. You get people out. So explain what you do. So I'm a federal criminal defense lawyer. I only represent men and women who are serving life in prison for drugs. So, you know, everybody who's been thrown away under the failed drug war, they're still there and they're still needing lawyers to help get them out. So my team, I lead a team of women. We're 100 percent woman powered, black woman led law firm that goes in.

We're like the SEAL team that goes in and gets people out of prison who have been buried alive. Is it easier now since they're legalizing marijuana at all or is it more difficult is it you know um no because i think they're legalizing marijuana but in a racially disparate way right and so some people it's legal to to grow sell marijuana and for some people it's still a basis to pull you over to stop you and search your car so i think what's real the real question is is legalization uh legalization full blown or is it for some people? Right. Is it is that also just another flag of discrimination? Yeah, I think the biggest form of hypocrisy is legalizing marijuana recreationally and for medicinal purposes. But keeping people who got locked up for marijuana still in jail.

Right. Like their records should be expunged they should be released immediately absolutely because what's happening is people are locked up for marijuana so the state is making money off of having them locked up um incarceration is a huge private prisons are a huge business and then the state is making money off of taxing marijuana you know dispensaries right And so it's like you want to have it both ways. My angel, I'm so happy you're here because I do want to start with the war on drugs. Right. Because you describe it so well and you do have a documentary that there is strike. So let's talk about the war on drugs and how that affected us. And then we can talk about the three strikes. Yeah. So the war on drugs, We are in one of the third iterations of the war on drugs. Right.

That started in 1986. And it was it was because of the drug overdose of limb bias. Right. So he was first round second draft pick in 1986. That night died of a cocaine overdose. Congress then rushed and passed the 1986 Control Substances Act, right, that implemented all of these very, very high mandatory minimum penalties, specifically about crack that targeted the black community and locked up people. And the way it was packaged and sold is we're doing this to help you all to stop this epidemic. And I think one thing we've learned since the pandemic is America is not the best at responding to a public health crisis. And we've known that as from the black community's perspective for decades, at least. Right. And so the war on drugs was packaged and sold to us as a solution to a public

health epidemic epidemic. But what essentially happened is it created a whole other epidemic of mass incarceration. That's right. Then there was the 88 crack laws. Right. Then there was the 88 crack laws. Then there was the abolition of federal parole. Right.

So you have mandatory minimums that are put in place, and you abolish parole. So a lot of people don't know in the federal system, when a judge looks at you and says you are going to receive a life sentence, that means you are going to die in prison. There's no parole board in the federal system. And so that's why, you know, I represent people who literally have been thrown away because they have no possibility of parole. How hard was it for you to vote for somebody like Joe Biden because he was the architect of all those tough on crime legislations? Eighty six mandatory minimum sentencing, 88 crack laws, 94 crime bill.

You know, it's hard for me to vote for anyone, you know, in the current system, because I think until I hear someone truly talking about mass incarceration abolition then I'm not impressed but I understand what I have to do in order to stop the you know bloodshed in the community but it's been it's difficult you know and I think you know one of the problems that I see is this this conversation about criminal justice reform. You know, and so as a lawyer, I'm like, that's fine. That's sort of the diluted solution. And I think we've all sort of rallied around this idea that we want criminal justice reform and we want prison reform.

But, you know, if this were 150 years ago, would we be saying we want slavery reform? Or would we be saying we want slavery reform or would we be saying we want segregation reform or jim crow reform yeah and so at what point did we start settling for reform instead of abolishing abolishing the whole system like why would we why would we reform mass incarceration why not abolish it that's the problem um and so i think the difficulty for me is not only who I'm voting for, but the way in which the public consciousness about the solution is being diluted. So what do you what do you think about the prison system? What would you do to change it to make it, I guess, fair if it would be a fair? Part of the problem is the prison system is built on a number of lies, myths, right?

First myth is that only criminals are in prison. And we know that you can go to prison for, you know, not getting your GED if you're on parole or being on the porch with another felon. Right. And so I think we have to first abolish the myth that people who are in prison committed some crime, because that's not necessarily the case. I think we also have to attack the myth that people being in prison makes us safer. None of my guys who've gotten out and we've walked off life sentences were a danger to the community. And so I think part of the propaganda that the machine is spinning out is that you're safer with this black man in prison. And none of us who actually are in the culture would believe that, you know. And so I think attacking some of those myths are

very, very important. I want you to know, man, if I was locked up because I feel like I am because I'm behind the wall, if you came, I would think I'm getting up. Yeah. Yes. Yes. My angel. And you come with a present. I think I got a chance to come home. I'm getting you out. All right. We have more with attorney, my angel Cody, when we come back. So don't move. It's Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with my angel, Cody. Charlamagne.

How do you think things would change if nonviolent drug offenses were treated with rehabilitation rather than imprisonment? I think that we would stop defunding our community if that happened. You know, I think that part of what we've seen is just generations of defunding the community. And if we reinvested in mental health resources, drug treatment, reentry resources, then that would radically shift the way in which people are able to access their healthy potential.

Right. But, you know, for most of the guys who I stand with, the federal prosecution of them is like the first time that the system ever really paid a lot of attention to them. It wasn't the education system. It wasn't the health care system. If they experienced trauma, there wasn't any mental health services. But, you know, you get a drug case and the United States of America shows up to prosecute you. Wow. Right. Can you talk about your own background and why this is important to you? My father struggled with addiction and probably still does. You know, I messaged him a couple weeks ago and was like are you sober and didn't get a response wow so i think that um this work is my way of forgiving forgiving myself forgiving you know my childhood forgiving the person who sold drugs to my father um and i think that that's sort of restored it's a very personal level of restorative justice

that happens. And then we can talk about wider restorative justice. Like then we can talk about how do we create restorative justice in the community and envision that. So for me, it's that I'm also very competitive. And, you know, I just wanted to be the greatest. Like I want the greatest numbers. I want to win the most cases. I want to win the most cases. I want to set the most precedent. I want the podium to shake. And so that, like, level of competition also fuels me. In the case of your father,

why did you feel like you needed to forgive yourself for his addiction? I think it was more me feeling like i needed to forgive myself for believing for so long that he wasn't addicted you know and believing that there were other there was some other excuse there's some other reason there's got to be you know and just kind of being like dang angel you didn't see that you You didn't know? Yeah, like he had his own traumas that he was dealing with. He was self-medicating. Right. And just me not seeing it.

Yeah. Do you think we're getting close? I asked this question, but I kind of know the answer. Do you think we're getting closer to recognizing addiction as an illness rather than a crime? Because I feel like they're definitely doing that in the white communities with the opioid crisis. But as far as with black people and our addictions no no

absolutely not um and I'm reporting live from uh the federal court podium no I don't think that judges are recognizing uh addiction as an illness when it is expressed in black people. I think that mental illness in itself is a privilege that oftentimes we do not get to enjoy in court. And as mitigating, as an explanation, not an excuse, but as an explanation for why we're standing in front of a judge. And repeatedly I've seen where my clients who are white, I can present mental health. I can get my psychologist experts and present reports and it's heard. And it factors into the calculation of how the judge is going to punish them, if at all,

or if the prosecutor is going to give him pretrial diversion and dismiss the case. Right. But to say that this young black man experienced trauma and didn't have any counseling for it. And that's why he's standing before you, Your Honor, is it often doesn't, it's not heard in the same way. The potency somewhere between my lips and the judge's ears, something is lost. And it's amazing, right? Because we are the community that's dealt with the most trauma. Exactly.

We are the community that deals with so many different mental health issues that don't get diagnosed. So when people say things, somebody told me a quote the other day, they was like, stop being so forgiving to people because people know what they're doing. I'm like, no, they don't. They don't because of the things that they've been through. They have no idea that they're reacting in this way, that they're projecting a lot of their own insecurities, their own hurt, their own pain. They have no idea. Right. No, they they might not have any idea. And

I think that oftentimes courts have no idea how to handle people. So we turn people into numbers. Right. You get the first thing that happens to you when you're arrested is there's a number assigned to you. And then there's a case number assigned. And then we look at how many kilos or grams. And it just the whole apparatus is operating by numbers. How many cases were closed? What was the sentence? The number of years? And so I think that sort of dehumanization process, it makes people have to shed their story of who they are. Right.

Like you come into court with your whole history of who you are, but that you have to leave it at the doorstep. So who's helping you? How can how can people help you? I mean, because I'm just listening now. And if you do all this work pro bono, you're traveling, you have to get experts, you have to pay for court fees, you have to file. Like, there's a lot that deals with court. So who helps you? And how can people out there that's listening, like myself, and say, you know what, we can donate something to continue on your mission? Yeah, absolutely. And so you could definitely donate at www.DecarcerationCollective.org.

I would love that because we do have scholarships for children of incarcerated parents and we offer re-entry scholarships for people. So yeah, I've had, we've done some collaborations with some celebrities

and influencers most recently. Kim K, right? Yeah, Kim K supported us for sure, definitely. Was it the 90 Days of Freedom campaign? She did, she did. I mean, we were doing the 90 Days of Freedom campaign, my co-counsel Brittany Barnett and I, and that was a dare.

We were just like, we're going to see how many people we can get free. It was totally a dare, And it happened over text. And so, like, halfway through it, you know, she had heard about it through her, you know, work with Brittany. And she just was like, I want to help you all, you know, fund it. Because we were literally traveling all over the country going into courtrooms. That's amazing. Yeah.

So, 90 days, we got 17 people sentenced to life in prison out. That's a lot. Yeah, that was like no sleep. 17 people with life? 17 with life in 90 days. Wow. It was a dare. All right, we have more with attorney, my angel, Cody,

when we come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

We're still kicking it with federal attorney, my angel, Cody. Now, she's been responsible of getting so many brothers out of prison. Now, you said you reached out to Trump and you sent videos to Barack Obama. Was he helpful when he was president? Yeah, so I'll give you some numbers. And let us know because I see Donald Trump let people out as well. So we're going to know all the numbers. Okay, let me give you some numbers and let us know because I see Donald Trump let people out as well. So we're going to know all the numbers. OK, let's get I'm going to give you some numbers. I was one of the first attorneys to submit a clemency petition to President Obama when I started writing.

Everybody was like it's never going to happen. Clemencies are like, you know, lightning striking or winning the lottery. And so I sent it in 2012. Year later, that one was granted and it was one of the first eight that he ever did. Then he created this clemency project. And by the end of his second term, 1700 people had gotten commutations. 595 of those people were sentenced to life in prison. Wow. 595. So that's obama stats president trump you know i think he commuted maybe 20 or 30 people maybe i'm not sure on the exact numbers 10 or 12 of those sentenced to life in prison so you know and i don't i don't despair way I did way more. The numbers speak for themselves. Right. There's a lot of missing.

There's a lot of misinformation out there because Donald Trump will have you believe that he did all this work and Obama did nothing. What about Kamala Harris and Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden? Have they been open? I know it's only been a hundred days, hundred and something days. Have they been open to the things that you've been doing i definitely think that there is an opportunity there to engage in some real bold action i hope they will take it they will have to especially joe biden for his legacy that it's for a legacy but also the morality of it we are at the precipice we cannot continue to to pretend like it's not serious business right now.

We're dying. America's not a racist country, my angel. America's absolutely a racist country. America's absolutely a racist country. Because if it wasn't a racist country, then the Biden administration wouldn't be opening these pattern and practice investigations, civil rights investigations

in all these police departments around the country. That's right. Right. So they're, they're investigating the bills. Wouldn't be named after black people. Right.

Who were murdered by the state. Exactly. I mean, but I do think, you know, um, what is required will have to be something more than reform, you know?

And I, I think about this justice and policing act and it's well it'll pass probably um and people will think that there was a solution but it doesn't do what people think it does so what language needs to be in the bill to where police officers are held directly accountable me because i always say that if i'm a police officer, when I'm interacting with people, the thing I should be thinking about is my pension and prisons. Either I'm going to prison or I'm going to lose my pension or they're going to hit my pockets in some way, shape, or form.

They're going to take money out of my bank account, whatever. I'm going to be held directly responsible for this individual's murder. So what language needs to be in there for that to happen? Right, because taxpayers shouldn't be funding our own murders. That's right. Right. being there for that to happen right because taxpayers shouldn't be funding our own murder that's right right um so the language needs to say that a cause of action can be brought against an individual police officer who commits a violation against an individual and regardless of whether they're acting under color of law right because that's the problem they always

say well i was you know they hide behind the shield i was acting under color of law, right? Because that's the problem. They always say, well, I was, you know, they hide behind the shield. I was acting under color of law. You know, I was afraid for my life or, you know, I thought he had a gun. And that creates qualified immunity, right? It says, as long as you're acting under color of law, then you have a shield and you can't be personally sued. And that's the problem, right? Like, you could be personally sued in a car accident. That's the issue. And it has to be an absolute. It can't be a maybe. My angel, Cody.

We appreciate you for joining us this morning. Thank you for having me. No, thank you for coming. We'd love to see you again. And give us updates here of everything that's going on. Please, absolutely. This was fun. No, it's dope.

You know what you said about Kim Carey earlier. It's just like, this is what you're supposed to do when you have a platform. You're supposed to shine light on folks like you. That's all I ask anybody to do. Like, I hate seeing people

on CNN or MSNBC talking about things that they shouldn't be talking about. Just bring the experts on. Right. You know what I mean? Oh, yeah. There's a lot of people talking.

I'm like, please don't. You're not helping. You're not helping. Nobody's getting out of prison with you talking. Absolutely. But we appreciate you so much, my angel. And thank you so much for coming. Thank you, Angela.

That's right. It's my angel, Cody. It's the Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this.

Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel.

I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I create my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory.

I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warheads. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go.

Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys,

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Hey, morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hi, good morning. I forget y'all. It's Wednesday. I'm happy. All right, letlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning! Hi, good morning. I forget y'all. It's Wednesday. I'm happy.

All right, let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Chris Rock. It's time. She's spilling the tea. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, Chris Rock was talking to Esquire magazine, and he was talking about his turning down movie roles with The Rock. He said that is something that he did before.

He said years ago when I was famous and The Rock wasn't. And they would say, hey, you want to do a movie with The Rock? I'm like, are you effing crazy? That's the wackest ish I've ever heard. He said, but now the guy's like the biggest action star in the world. And I'm like, hey, can I get two lines? Another thing that they did was they showed him pictures of certain moments in his career and he described what was happening.

So they show him a picture of him in the Lil Nas X video. I had no idea who Lil Nas X was, right? So I get asked to do this video and I asked my daughter, Zara, should I do this video? She goes, what? Of course you should do this video. Like, I'm in the video for the biggest song ever made. I don't know how the f*** that happened. And by the way, I'm allergic to horses.

So I had to ride a horse all day. I thought my toe was going to close up. Like, I almost died for Lil Nas X. I think I'm allergic to horses, too. How would you know that? Because it's like an animal dander thing. My eyes get itchy. Really? If I'm allergic to horses, too. How would you know that? Because it's like an animal dander thing. My eyes get itchy if I'm around horses. When you just randomly around horses?

You grew up in New York. Yeah, they always have the horses by Central Park. Oh, okay. And I did a horse ride once, and I was sneezing. My eyes were itching. I was like, never again. It's not like New York's air isn't trash, though. Yeah, but only at that time when I was with the horses. Then when, it's not like never again. It's not like New York's air isn't trash, though.

Yeah, but only that at that time when I was with the horses. Then when I was gone, I was fine. The New York horses are a little different, though. They don't look like other horses. They look sad, right? They look sad. They do look sad. They definitely look sad. They're like, I got to walk through traffic.

And you know, ain't nobody. All right. Now, in addition to that, they showed him a picture of CB4. The movie CB4. I wrote CB4, me and a a picture of CB4. The movie CB4. I wrote CB4, me and a good friend of mine, Nelson George. And this was years before I was on SNL or anything. It's actually, when I really think about it, I consider CB4 my greatest accomplishment because I got a movie deal before I was on anything.

By the way, I swear, I was talking to my agent a couple of days ago. I was debating, do I want to do CB4 tour dates? I don't think y'all know how much I love CB4. I actually have a new take for a CB4 film. I love CB4. All right. And then he talks about one of the last times that he saw Chris Farley alive. I'm playing Universal Amphitheater, and it was my first big tour.

I don't know. This looks like one of the last times I saw Chris alive. I would see him one more time, and I did a gig in Chicago. We tried to hang out afterwards, but, you know, I don't know if you ever, like, really hung out with an addict towards the end. You know what I mean? Anything that isn't the drug is a chore. And I remember I was at his apartment and he showed me his apartment. And I leave and I see him out the window. And I was like, ah, that's probably the last time I'm going to see him. Yikes. Does this generation even remember Chris Folley?

Yeah, he died in 1997 of a drug overdose. These people that weren't even born. Mm-hmm. He was 33 years old at the time. All right. Now, let's do a little recap of what's happened since we told you about Portia and Simon from Real Housewives of Atlanta

being engaged and Simon breaking up with Fallon, who he was also on Real Housewives of Atlanta with. They were married. So Fallon has responded. She posted, I want to thank everyone for reaching out to me and offering their love and support. At this time, I am focusing on finalizing my divorce and healing, sending positivity to all of you. Sincerely, Fallon.

Now, Portia has since been posting and she posted a meme that said, if you if you don't give a damn, we don't give a F was a couple. And it's a picture of Portia and Simon together. And she reposted that. And then apparently Portia is saying that she just was not friends with Fallon and it was a made up storyline according to TMZ. Multiple sources have confirmed that Fallon and Portia were

never friends because people were saying that Portia took her friend's husband and she said literally they met the day that they filmed together on Real Housewives of Atlanta. Producers simply told them to act as if they'd known each other. So that's why it shows on the screen when you first see Fallon. It says friend of Portia's.

Who didn't know that, though? I said that yesterday. Well, people don't know. If you watch the show and it says that's her friend and then you've seen the interviews that Fallon did. She talks about how they met and she said they were cool with each other and that Portia's really sweet. But we've been watching years of reality TV. I mean, common sense would tell you because Portia's really sweet. But we've been watching years of reality TV. I mean, common sense would tell you,

because Portia said that's not my friend. Common sense would say, okay, that was just something that was set up for reality TV. I mean, I know when she said it yesterday, but before, I thought they was really friends. All right, now Portia says her ex, Dennis McKinley, is supportive of her new relationship, because people were also saying that Dennis and Simon were friends,

so they actually broke the bro code. But she also is saying now that they were never friends either. So there you go. All right. And Portia, by the way, has allegedly landed a three part Bravo special about her life. Of course. And I know people will be tuning in to watch that. They also did the Portia's having a baby spinoff back in 2019.

Yeah, I saw that yesterday. But what is it? Three-part special about her life. Isn't she on Housewives of Atlanta? Don't we see her life on there? What is this one? I guess it'll be the marriage. I guess it'll be the marriage.

And then I seen something yesterday that she's allegedly pregnant. So I guess it's on the whole marriage and all that. Well, they're saying that this special was greenlit months ago. So it has nothing to do with everything that's happening now. But it's going to focus on her activism because, you know, she comes from a family of activism. And her family, I guess, now this. Yeah. Yeah.

Okay. Well, listen, one thing you can't say about Portia is she's entertaining. Yes. She's definitely entertaining. You can't say she's not. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss your rumor report. All right.

Thank you, Miss Yee. Shalabay! Speaking of reality shows, this reality show that I'm about to do for After the Hour is called The Flavor of Butt Cheeks. We'll talk. What? Okay. Just bring your butt cheeks to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a conversation with you for After the Hour.

Okay? It's hump day! All right. Talk of the day is up next. Why do you get so excited Relax Alright You get donkey of the day

Yeah you Dumbass You get donkey of the day Yeah you Dumbass You Are A donkey

It's time for donkey of the day Donkey of the day huh I'ma fatten all that shit around your eyes They want this man To throw them blows, man. They wait for Charlamagne to tap these gloves. Let's go. You have to make a judgment of who was going to be on the Donkey of the Day. They chose you.

I got shit. There's a breakfast club, bitches. Who's Donkey of the Day today? I'll tell you as soon as I swallow my fish oil pill. Add hold on a second. Mmm. Mmm. All right.

Okay. Donkey of the Day for Wednesday, May 12th goes to a Michigan man named Nathaniel Saxton. Now, someplace somewhere today, there is someone getting ready for court. That court may be virtual. I'm sure some places who have resumed in-person court hearings. But if you have ever, you know, had to be in a courtroom like i have one of the first things a lawyer is going to tell you to do is look presentable hell people who love you who have been through the court system before will tell you wear a suit get a haircut i remember i was in court uh one time for uh pointing and presenting a firearm and my attorney told the judge uh look at his shoes look at the shoes he's wearing because they were nice. They were actually some rust colored leather Timberland.

So I don't know what was special about them, but I ended up getting probation. So it must have worked. Salute to Stephen Davis from Mouse Corner, South Carolina. Drop on a Clues Bonds with Stephen Davis. His son's an attorney now too. They always tell you to dress conservative in court. Something, you know, you would wear to church, work, or a nice social function. Anybody who tells you otherwise is trying to get you tricked off the street.

Google look presentable in court and see what comes up. Y'all don't believe humans anymore. You're not going to believe your Uncle Charles. Believe your laptops or your phones. Just Google look presentable in court, and it'll say be well-groomed and presentable. You'll want to style your hair or at least keep it tamed and in place. Shave. Or if you have facial hair, make sure your beard

or mustache is neatly pruned. What does that mean? What does pruned mean? Like trimmed. Oh, okay. It also says brush your teeth, trim your fingernails, wear deodorant. Treat this like a job interview or first date. The moral of the story is be presentable in court. Okay, I don't know how any

of this works via Zoom, but you know, we've all seen enough Zoom interviews over the past year to know that people still show up looking spiffy, at least from the waist up. OK, we may have basketball shorts on the bottom. Women might wear sweats at the bottom, but at least from the waist up of us, when we get on these Zooms, we have nicknames as our names. Like, you know, when I'm on a Zoom, my name is Radio Face. So when I'm on Zoom, it's Radio Face. When I'm doing something like I was doing yesterday because we had a virtual book event for Queen Tamika Mallory because her new book, State of Emergency, How to Win in the Country We Built, is out. We had that for the Scram Bookstore. My name was presented as Lenard C the god mckelvey or i

might have just been charlemagne the god either way that's presentable but if i was in court best believe my name would just be lenard mckelvey right that's just a presentable way to do things well nathaniel saxton didn't get that memo see on yesterday nathaniel was in court and judge jeffrey middleton presided over the Zoom conference that included eight people with matters before the court. I'm just going to sit back and let this whole exchange play out, because this is what you call comedy gold. Matter of fact, for the sense of humor that I have, the type of things that I like to laugh at. This is comedy platinum. Matter of fact, this is diamond. Listen to how Nathaniel Saxton presented himself in court.

Listen. Good morning, sir. What's your name? Nathaniel Saxton, sir. Your name's not butt f***er 3000, you yo-ho. Logging into my court with that as your screen name. What kind of idiot logs into court like that? What's your name again?

Nathaniel Saxton sir but i don't believe that i typed anything like that and well that's what it says yeah you should i'll put you in the waiting room you can sit in limbo for a while and think about what you call yourself online uh i think judge put him in the waiting room because he wants to talk to him after the court is over. Judge Jeffrey Middleton asked a very valid question. What kind of idiot logs into court with a name like that? I'll tell you what kind of idiot. The kind of idiot who thinks he's outsmarting the judge.

See, why would you ever send someone named Butt Effort 3000 to jail? Sounds to me like jail would be a fun house for butt effer 3000 okay i hate that he uses 3000 andre benjamin didn't spit one of the greatest rap verses ever on y'all scared off the equimini album for y'all to take his name and put a butt effer in front of it but you think he but nathaniel saxton thinks he's slick this is the equivalent of the guy in training day remember the movie training day when the three wise men are talking to Alonzo and they're talking to him about how one of the guys got off

because the dude put peanut butter in the back of his pants and stuck his hands in his pants and then pulled his hand out, covered in peanut butter and licked his finger clean and then the judge just sent him to a psych ward for like six months or something. That's what Nathaniel Saxton was hoping happened in this situation. The judge would never send someone who loves the f butts to jail would he now and now in nathaniel's defense he didn't say what kind of butt how many different flavor of butts are there envy i mean i know there's male there's female what what is the cheddar and sour

cream sour cream and onion? I'm not familiar with this subject, sir. Chili cheese cheeks? What's your favorite flavor, Envy? I don't have a favorite flavor. You're a liar, Envy. Okay, your username used to be butt effer for the nine nines in 2000s. Is that true?

I don't have anything else to say about this other than play it again. Your name's not butt f***er3000, you yo-ho. What is a yo-ho? What is a yo-ho? Is that somebody's username? I think that they were like seeing eye to eye. The judge was like, oh, you're a butt effer.

I'm a yo-ho. What is a yo-ho? Shut up. Some donkey of the day has just sold himself. Please give Nathaniel Saxton the biggest yo-ho. Some donkey of the day has just sold himself. Please give Nathaniel Saxton the biggest he are. No. No. We're not going to play again.

Okay, okay, okay. Yes, let's do it. I guess we'll play a game of guess what race it is. All right. Let's play. Nathaniel Saxton of Michigan showed up in virtual court with the name, the screen name, Butt Effa 3000. Angela Yee, Guess What Race It Is.

The only reason I'm going to say African-American is because of you guys. What does that mean? Excuse me? What? What? You guys are black, and I can see that being your name, too. Why? Whoa.

That's racist. Okay. I don't know if it is. I just want to say that. I was like, what? Nathaniel Saxton. Oh, okay. Nathaniel Saxton from Michigan in virtual court with the screen name

ButtEffa3000. DJ Dramos, guess what race he is! This is white privilege at its finest, man. Yeah, I can see why you say that. Yeah, that's what it is. Only somebody that has a level of privilege and entitlement would show up with that name. DJ Envy.

Yes, sir. Nathaniel Saxton from Michigan. Stole your screen name but updated it by a thousand years. His screen name is Butter for 3,000. Guess what race he is. I'm going white. Is that what flavor butt you want, Envy? Is that your final

answer? I'm going white. Only white people play these type of games with judges like this. Well, DJ Dramos and DJ Envy, you are absolutely correct. I knew it, Jess. I knew it. I knew it. I knew it. Nathaniel Saxton, you're absolutely right. Only a white man

will play with the judge in this way. Only a white man. Are you out of your damn mind? I need to know what charge he was facing. And that's the other reason I know he was white, because they didn't tell you what charge he was facing in the goddamn New York Post. Or whatever. Where did I get that from?

Daily News, one of them. I'm just going to tell you, I'm offended. I'm offended what you said. Because you guys do this all the time. So I thought he was black. When he said butt effer, I was like, Charlamagne V, black. But we don't know what flavor butt it was. We don't know if it was male,

female, chili cheese cheeks. We don't know. I guess I just affiliated it with y'all. Wow. Thanks. Alright. I'm glad you think of us in that way. Alright. What you call butt effing, we call bonding. That's what we call it now? Goodness gracious.

All right. Ask Ye is next. 800-585-1051. You got a question for you? You need relationship advice? Any type of advice? Or maybe Zoom names advice? Whatever you need from her, call her now.

She will help you out with your problems. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Baby mama issues? Need some words of wisdom? Call up now for Ask Ye. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Need personal advice? Just need real advice. Call up now for Ask Ye. Eat the bread. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Ye, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. It's time for Ask Ye.

Hello, who's this? Hi, it's Jay. Good morning, y'all. What's up, Jay? How y'all doing? Good. Bless Black and Holly favorite. How you feeling?

What's up? Good. I'm doing good. Okay. Miss Angela. Good morning, Charlamagne. Good morning. Please you feeling? What's up? Good. I'm doing good. Okay. Miss Angela. Good morning, Charlamagne. Good morning. Please, Queen. Good morning.

Okay. So, look. Miss Angela. Yes. Okay. So, I have four kids with one man. Mm-hmm. And he gets our kids every other weekend.

Okay. And sometimes he doesn't even get them on the weekend because he has to go out of town. So, like, that interrupts my work. Okay. because he has to go out of town. So, like, that interrupts my work. Okay, so basically, am I wrong for not giving him some of the stimulus checks? No. That's the whole answer. Hey, I thought I was crazy. Okay, I'm so glad that you said that.

Is he trying to make you feel like you're wrong for that? Yes, he is. He puts me down. Like, he throws dirt on my name. Like, he's just, like, so mean at times. And even with our taxes, my taxes. Like, he's trying to count my pockets. And, like, he's trying to be like, oh, no, I deserve this.

I deserve that. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow down now. Y'all are not even together, right? No, ma'am, we're not. He got other kids with other people. Yeah, well, listen, that is not your problem. You know what you're trying to do? Make sure that you survive and take care of your kids. That's why that stimulus check has your name on it.

Yes, exactly. So I'm just like, I know I'm not crazy. And he feel like he's entitled. he had he had child support with other kids so like if i want to let him found a kid that child support will take that no that's not on you you have you have uh more control over that i mean you're with the kids more than he is you're taking care of them more than he is does he pay you child support? No, ma'am. Well, girl, you are a blessing. Okay? You are a blessing in that man's life. He better be glad you are not taking money from him for child support that you deserve to have.

If anything, he owe you some money. Yeah, I know. Right. Oh, my God. But he does not understand that, like, I really feel like he needs to go to town. All right, let's break it down like this for him. This is what we're going to do, right? We're going to count up the amount of hours that you spend with the kids

taking care of them and the expenses that you have and let's count up the hours that he spends with the kids and the amount of money that he spends on them and then let's see what that comes out to. And then whoever owes the other person money, they got to pay it. Oh my God, I love that.

I do need to break that down. Oh my God, I love that. I do need to break that down, so oh my God. Alright, well Jay, you are absolutely right. You deserve even more. I appreciate you so much. Thank you. Alright, take care. Alright, ask Yee. I know that's right. 585-1051 if you need

relationship advice or any type of advice, call Yee now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Get some real advice with Angela Yee. It's Ask Yee. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Ask Yee.

Hello, who's this? Jelani. Hey, Jelani. What's your question for Yee? I'm married. I'm polyamorous. Okay. And bisexual. I love Polynesian sauce, too, from Chick-fil-A. What's your question for you? I'm married and polyamorous and bisexual. I love Polynesian sauce, too, from Chick-fil-A.

It's so good. Shut up, man. It's good, right? Yes. But I'm also dating another woman who's married and polyamorous. And I was wondering, because we both have husbands, but because I'm poly, I'm sort of dating another man as well. And this lady has been in a mix between he and I.

And I have been intimate with her husband with no real communication behind it. But any type of expectation or desire to want to be intimate with her confuses the guy and myself that we both hang out with, all three of us hang out with, and she benefits from him financially. So I don't understand if I should pull away from her because she's more after the financial aspect, like on some sugar baby stuff, or keep pacing. Wait, I'm confused.

So who's giving her money? The both of us. Myself and the other guy that I'm confused. So who's giving her money? The both of us, myself and the other guy that I'm dating. Okay. Supposedly, she doesn't really want to date him or something like that. Well, do you care if she dates him? No, and it hasn't been asked. So no, I don't care.

So what's the problem? The problem is that money is going out without an explanation of what's up. For example, like with poly people, we communicate a whole lot. We call it processing because you have to. Right. Because a lot of communication. So nobody gets it confused. Everybody's consenting.

Right. So now I'm just getting tired. We're supposed to go to this event next week in Atlanta. And a lot of money has been going out without much in return being given back. So that's why I'm like, should I just move on to another woman that is more interested in

just receiving rewards? Alright, so you feel like she's just doing it for the financials and she's not really invested for any other reason? Right, I'm not saying she's not. It just seems that way because I can't even be intimate with her,

but she was easily intimate with me and her husband. Does that make sense? All right. So you think she's doing this to get money from her husband and...

From who I... No, not from her husband, but from who I'm dealing with. This is confusing. Right. I'm not going to lie, Jelani, but I will say this this you know what you said that was a clue to me you said i'm tired okay so that's the answer right there yeah and you just

tired and it feels like it's already a lot of communication like you said that you have to do it's already a lot of confusion that could come about and i do feel like if you're having some red flags that you should really pay attention to that because a lot of times you want it is confusing with poly stuff yeah that was all very kind because i'm like who's paying money for what and she's not giving back i don't have time to explain it easily right now on the radio but uh yeah i just wanted to see if it was best for me to keep it moving to keep you know like mental peace instead of trying to figure out somebody's intentions. Because you don't, do you have feelings for her? Yeah.

And I think she has feelings for me, but she just isn't as communicative. Okay. And what happens when you tell her that? She says that she'll do better. You know, sometimes you have to tell people like specifically, not just communicate more, but specifically. Like when you did, you know, when this happened, this is how it made me feel when you didn't let me know this or a result of this is that you have to be very explicit and spell things out for people sometimes to give them examples of where it is that they're messing up when it comes to communicating

so that you can let her know specifically what the issues are. Like you said, it is confusing. It is a lot going on. Yeah. what the issues are. Like you said, it is confusing. It is a lot going on. Yeah, and I appreciate you telling me that because I'm probably used to not having to do so much. You know what I mean? But everybody's different.

So I appreciate you telling me that. You're right. Because some people like, for her, it's kind of like when you're in a relationship with somebody and they're not used to doing things

the way that you're used to it. So it's not as smooth. So that means it requires a little bit more training on your part for that person yeah because i'm just like i'm tired with the fact of it seeming like you were open to me being intimate with you and your husband but basically i have two gentlemen on my end my husband and the other guy that i'm dating but she can reap all the benefits financially right but then not explain why she can't involve herself with either of mine intimately.

Right. So, yeah, that's all my concern. Jelani, do y'all be all using condoms and stuff? Yeah. I'm just wondering. And you get tested on a regular. I mean, but that's normal or should be normal

in this kind of love style. How did you get into it? My husband and I just thought women were pretty together a long time ago and decided to start dating together, but we ended up over time dating separately, which is called solo poly.

Okay. Does he mess with men also? We're both pansexual, so no, he does not mess with men, but in the past, he has dealt with trans women and myself as well. And I'm not telling his business wrong. He wouldn't mind if he was saying this on the radio. All right.

Now, listen, we haven't had this whole conversation before. So it's interesting. Yeah. May I shout myself out, though? Go ahead, Jelani. I don't know. Y'all follow me on Jelani the Muse. J-E-L-A-N-I underscore T-H-E M-U-S-E to get more of my business.

Okay, Jelani. And I'm hosting an event in Houston in the Galveston area next month, the Juneteenth weekend for poly and non-monogamous people. For anybody interested. Alright. Thanks, Jelani. Maybe we'll have some more conversations. I hope y'all work it out. Alrighty.

Thank you. Bye. Alright. Ask Yee. 800-585-1051 if you need relationship advice or any type of advice you can hit at any time. Now we got rumors on the way? Yes, and let's talk about

Quest for Love. He recently did an interview where he said that Dr. Dre saved the roots. All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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With Angela. Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Well, Michael Jordan has revealed his last text exchange with Kobe. He was talking to ESPN's Jackie McMullen. And here's what he said. This exchange took place December 8th, 2019, 49 days before Kobe Bryant passed.

And first, Kobe complimented him on his Sankoro tequila. He said, this tequila is awesome. And Jordan responded, thank you, my brother. And then Kobe said, yes, sir, family good. Jordan said, all good, yours. He said, all good. And then Jordan said he was really into coaching Gigi, so I hit him up about that. And he said, happy holidays and hope to catch up soon.

Coach Kobe. And he said, I added that little crying, laughing emoji. You know, stuff like that is why people that I love and I care for, like I always try to say, like, I love you at the end of a conversation. Because you just, you know, you just never know. And when people pass, you go back and you look at those things and you always feel like, man, I wish I would have just said,

I love you, I appreciate you something, you know? Go ahead. Now, speaking of Kobe Bryant getting inducted into the Hall of Fame alongside his friends and competitors, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett, since obviously Kobe can't be there, Jordan is going to take his place. Mm-hmm.

So. You want to say something to me, Shalimar? Man, you in Atlanta, you better get whatever's out your throat out your throat. Okay? I love you, though. You know I love you, bro.

Come on. Now, Michael Jordan said that about six months ago, he sent a text to Vanessa to check on her. He said, I told her, look, I know this is a tough time. I'm always here if you need me. And she answered, I would love it if you stood up for Kobe at the Hall of Fame. Damn.

That's beautiful. Salute to them. Say it back. Say it back. You know I love you, bro. All right, and since we're talking basketball, J. Cole is going to be the first rapper to ever be on the cover of Slam magazine. Okay.

They posted, Jordan was like Jesus, Slam was like the Bible. J. Cole is the first artist to be featured. Oh, with Master P? Master P never been on the cover of Slam? I don't recall that, but they're saying it's historic for them. Interesting. He's the first rapper or solo artist ever placed on that cover. It's 27-year history. I don't recall that, but they're saying it's historic for them. Interesting. He's the first rapper or solo artist ever placed on that cover.

It's 27-year history. And I think J. Cole playing for the Basketball African League is amazing. And I think that league, you know, I think merchandise is going to be through the roof for that league. Absolutely. I know I can't wait to buy me a jersey from my native land. All right. Now, Quest Love is recalling a story of how Dr. Dre actually helped to save the Roots. He was having a conversation with Mark Ronson

on The Fader Uncovered, and he talked about MCA records imploding, and then the Roots career was in limbo, and here's what he said happened. Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine had a breakfast meeting. Jimmy basically let Dre control the MCA Gillen team. Okay, who do we save? Who don't we save?

I remember eight of us got saved. Mary, Common. I remember our name being last on that list. The way that the email came to us is sort of like that high school musical, like you look to see if you made the part of the thing you're looking down. Oh, is that when MCA became part of Interscope or something like that? Or they dissolved MCA

and took some of the artists over to Interscope? There was no MCA anymore. Yeah. And that's how, I think it was Geffen, MCA, then Geffen transferred to Interscope. So that's what happened. And they kept some of the artists. They kept eight acts.

You know why I know that? Because I used to do A&R for a record label called Never So Deep Records. And they were a subsidiary of MCA. I remember when that happened. I used to manage the jizz and he was signed to MCA. Needless to say, we didn't make the cut. When that dissolved. Slew to my man DJ Bless and Dr. Robert Evans.

Yes. All right. Now, it looks like another thing that didn't make the cut is this Joe Button podcast. So I saw a lot of people talking about this on social media. I guess the podcast was posted and then taken down. And here is what we were able to recover thus far. Y'all go get the advertiser and the integration. And we talk about these deals all the time.

You bring it, you eat different. You bring it, you eat different. I bring it, I eat different. You niggas ain't brought shit and got the nerve to have your fucking representation and ain't been around in six years. Hit Ian phone. We gonna do this since Rory feels like he has so many options here. Rory, you are in breach of your contract. And from this point forward, you are in breach of your contract and from this point

forward, you are fired. And you're not welcome back. That's how you treat your friends? What the hell is going on over there? I thought they made amends. I don't know what happened. Well, then they say five years ago that the Breakfast Club would only be

around three more months or something like that. Did I remember hearing one of them say that? Listen, I don't know. I haven't heard a thing, but I just guess now. Is there any coming back from this? There shouldn't have been coming back from the way he was talking to them last time. He's not going to talk to me disrespectfully.

But they did go back, so is there a way to ever resolve this? No. Only five minutes, matter of fact. Rory's been asking for five minutes for years. He should get his five minutes. I just want to say happy born day to my friend, Dolly Bishop. She's the president of the Black Effect Podcast Network. Today is our born day. Drop on a Clues Bomb for Dolly Bishop.

I love you, I value you, and I appreciate you. And I also want to say, Tamika D. Mallory, State of Emergency, how to win in the country we built. My other friend, I love her, and I value her, and I appreciate her. Her book is out right now, available everywhere in all formats. I just want to tell you, if you ever talk to me like that, you owe me five minutes, bro. But I still love you. What?

What's going on? What is ButtFA99 in the 2000 talking about this morning? Andy, what are you talking about? You told me you love me. I said I love you back. I do. What are you talking about? Andy, what are you talking about? You told me you love me. I said I love you back. I do. What are you talking about? God is good, man.

I mean, you know. He seems so upset. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss Ye. You know, I want to shout out to our board op, Dramos, man. Dramos purchased his first home this year that he owns.

He also has an investment property because he gets money off his own. Where'd you buy your house? Don't tell him where. I can't tell you. Please don't. Because according to certain mayoral candidates, it's only about $80,000 to $90,000. He lives in Jersey.

He lives in Jersey, and he also has a retail space that he rents out as well. I just want to say I'm proud of you, and that's what we're trying to do to make sure that we all own something. We teach each other how to do it, and I just want to say I'm proud of you, and that's what we're trying to do to make sure that we all own something. We teach each other how to do it, and I just want to say I'm proud of you, Dramos, for owning your own home. I'm so proud of you. Yeah, a lot of people be having conversations about ownership and, you know, don't even own a house. So salute to my dude, Dramos. And, you know, we all know how Dramos got there.

Why do I feel like y'all took a shot at somebody? Dramos was living with another 30-year-old man for a long time, sharing one bathroom. One bathroom. But that's what you do. You stay down until you come up. You know what I'm saying? And that's what he did.

No shame. You up. But I just want to say congratulations to Dramos. He was telling me about it behind the scenes. Well, that's exciting. Congrats, sir. I love that. Appreciate you.

Dramos, you up. Thank you for the help. Appreciate you. All right. Now, Revolt, we'll see you tomorrow. Everybody else, the People's Choice Mix is up next. Get your request in. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Now, Revolt, we'll see you tomorrow. Everybody else, the People's Choice Mix is up next. Get your request in. It's The Breakfast Club.

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It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now I'm out in Atlanta. Shout out to Lincoln Tech and shout out to The Beat in Atlanta. I'm out here. We're planning out things for the car show, so we'll be here for all day long, just getting things together. Of course, the car show is July 3'll be here for all day long, just getting things together. Of course, the car show is July 3rd.

If you haven't got your tickets, definitely get your tickets. It's going to be a fun event, man. They've got so many surprises. I can't wait for you guys to come on out and spend Fourth of July weekend with me and my family. Now, also, a lot of people, a lot of my friends in Atlanta, they wouldn't pick me up yesterday from the airport because they said that the gas prices, they can't find gas. Yeah, gasoline demand. It was this whole cyber attack on the pipeline.

And so now they're saying that people are going out. It was the colonial pipeline. People are going out and stocking up on gas. But they are saying things should be back to normal by the end of the week. The problem with the gas is that everybody's filling up all their cars with gas and it's causing some gas

stations to run out. And Atlanta gonna be on their boozy. They gonna be pulling up to the goddamn club VIP, Tank on E. Guess what? All drinks on me. That's them. But I told you, Envy, you could always take the Marta. What's the motor? The train. The bus. Or train. You said bus.

You don't remember Marta, girl? One of the greatest viral video clips of all time? Yes, I do. But I don't know how to get around. I barely know how to get around New York City on train. You don't remember Mardi Gras? One of the greatest viral video clips of all time? Yes, I do. But I don't know how to get around. I barely know how to get around New York City on a train. Well, I can tell you something. In Atlanta, D-riding is a real form of transportation, so you know, find your d*** to ride if you get to where

you need to go. Can you recommend a good one? I'm sure you've heard of it before. I hate y'all, man. Y'allall play too much all right positive note when we come back is the breakfast club good morning morning everybody is dj envy angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club good morning yes and listen i want to say thank you uh to everybody who has been purchasing tamika mallory state of emergency Emergency, How We Win, and The Country We Built. That's actually one of the reasons I was late this morning, because I was really invested, you know, watching, you know,

the Amazon book charts and the Barnes & Noble book charts. And, you know, just seeing Tamika, I think she was, she's number one in like three different categories, number like 25 overalls. And that's millions and millions of books all across the country so you know she deserves it all so um yeah man if you haven't got it yet go out there and get it it's available in all formats uh tamika read her own audio book the e-book is available and of course the hard copy state of emergency how we went in the country we built it's the first book off my book imprint, Black Privilege Publishing, but forget all that. It's

Tamika, and I'm happy that she's getting this moment because she deserves it all. Plus, the book is just a great book. It's a how-to guide on how to navigate your way through this white supremacist system. Get yourself a copy, and thank y'all. Shout to my angel, Cody, for joining

us this morning as well. Absolutely. She came in here dropping all types of my angel, Cody, for joining us this morning as well. Absolutely. She came in here dropping all types of free jewelry. Yeah, she gave us a lot of information. I know there's a lot of misinformation out there, so make sure you guys check out her Decarceration Collective and all the work that she does, and her team of all women, too, by the way.

All right. Well, you got a positive note? I do. The positive note is simply this, man. Yesterday was the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan's born day. He turned 88. And I actually just posted this clip of Minister Farrakhan because I love it. And it's something that I try to apply to my life.

When you see men fall, don't laugh. Learn. Because you are on your way up. And the things that tempted people to fall. You know what? Why am I saying this? I can just let the minister say it. Listen. You see men fall.'t laugh learn learn because you're on your way up and the things that tempt people to fall you and i are not free from that temptation nor from the weakness that will cause us to stumble and fall. When you laugh at somebody else's fault, white or black, rich or poor,

your enemy or your friend, you are laughing and opening a way for your own demise when you do that. Because to laugh and not learn, to make mockery and not to understand is to make the same mistake yourself breakfast club bitches you're all finished or y'all done had enough of this country ever dreamt about starting your own i planted the flag this is mine i own this it's surprisingly easy 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory.

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