The Breakfast Club - They Got Drake we got Charlamagne

Episode Date: August 21, 2018

Tuesday 8/21- Today on the show we had Natasha Alford stop by where she spoke about Omarosa, her role at ‘The Grio’ & having a seat at the table and more. Also, we had listeners call up to shoot their shot at their crush, and this time one of the listeners were trying to rekindle the flame with his baby mama. Moreover, Charlamagne gave Madonna "Donkey of the Day" after her tribute to Aretha Franklin, because it seemed more like a tribute to herself.  Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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It's time! It's time! It's time! Time to wake up! DJing Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha God. After the breakfast club, bitches! The voice ofa God. The Breakfast Club, bitches. The voice of the culture. People watch The Breakfast Club for like news and really be tuned in. It's one of my favorite shows to do.

Just because y'all always keep it 100, y'all keep it real. They might not watch the news, but they're on Twitter. They're on Facebook. They're, you know, they're listening to The Breakfast Club. Get your ass up. Good morning, Angela Yee. Good morning, DJ Amby. Charlamagne Tha God. Beast of the Planet. It's Tuesday. Yes, it's Tuesday.

Absolutely is. Day after the VMAs. Did anybody watch? Well, before we do that, before we do that, let's shout out our newest family member. Who we got? 96.5 The Box. Number one for hip-hop and R&B in Little Rock, Arkansas. Drop on the clues box in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Good morning, you guys. Welcome to the family. Yes, Little Rock. I can never hit Little Rock, Arkansas and not think about gang banging in Little Rock. Banging in Little Rock. Remember that old documentary from back in the day? I remember. I actually went to Little Rock one time with Sway.

He had a conference out there in Little Rock, Arkansas. Did anybody get shot? No. Oh. I always expect that when I see documentaries that showcase the street life, the gangster life of a city. I always expect that when you go there, somebody's going to get shot too. Well, there's always two sides.

Yeah, that's a shame that people think that just because there's one documentary it's like that all the time. What do you think the documentary is going to, what kind of image of the city do you think the documentary is going to put in somebody's head? It's called Gang Banging in Little Rock. Of course. Well, good morning to our friends in

Arkansas. Good morning. I'm sure they're lovin' us. Yes, good morning. Yeah, salute to Little Rock. They probably hate the fact that that documentary painted that picture of them all those years. I'm sure they get that all the time. But did anybody watch the VMAs? Yes. I watched part of it. I've seen parts of it. I was gonna go, but I was tired, man. Plus, I don't like to go nowhere without my wife.

So, she's eight months pregnant and big as hell. I thought you went. You posted your badge and everything. I did. I was going to go, but I was tired, man. Plus, I don't like to go nowhere without my wife. She's eight months pregnant and big as hell. I thought you went. You posted your badge and everything. I did. I did post my badge. That's a thought move. No, I didn't post it like I was there because I posted it early in the afternoon. I said, this is going to be fun tonight. But his biscuit actually took a picture of my badge and put his name on it.

Go to his page. He photoshopped his name on it. Smart man. Yeah. I know at iHeart, they're always like, do not post any of the badges or credentials. I didn't post the barcode on the badge. Yes, but I thought the VMAs was very white. It amazes me how every year the VMAs finds a way to be whiter and whiter. I just feel like they also don't really play music on MTV. So the VMAs, I feel like...

It's getting less about music. I don't know if artists really care that much about it just because they don't even play music. Yeah, it's not getting less about music. It's just getting...

They just find a way to make it wider and wider every year. No, but even the people, like I was watching the people in the audience, it seemed like less people about music

and more people about reality. Oh, like reality shows and stuff like that. I mean, all of that plays a part in the culture, but I understand what you're saying. Because it's a Viacom thing, so they have VH Oh, like reality shows and stuff like that. I mean, all of that plays a part in the culture, but I understand what you're saying. Because it's a Viacom thing,

so they have VH1, they have MTV, they have BET, and it's mostly reality shows. They got to fill the seats. I mean, you know, if Child's Gambino not coming

and the Cardinals not coming, then they got to fill the seats. No Kendrick, no J. Cole, no Drake. Yeah, no Kendrick,

no Cole, no Drake. Got to put Safari there. Yeah, get you. The cast of Loving Hip Hop Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Little Rock, New York, no Cole, no Drake. Gotta put Safaree there. Yeah, get you. The cast of Loving Hip Hop, Atlanta, Miami, New Orleans, Little Rock, New York, LA, Hollywood, wherever they're doing the show at nowadays. Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. And Post Malone and Aerosmith was the most mayonnaise-filled mashup

I ever seen in my goddamn life. I love Aerosmith. Okay. I didn't say nothing bad about that. I didn't see it. When I seen him, I think he was walking out with he had like smiley faces all on his suit. That was the last performance of the night

and immediately after that performance, they went into a Reefer Franklin R-E-S-P-E-C-T, which I did not understand. I wasn't ready for that transition. You can't give me all that mayonnaise and then say, here's some sweet potatoes to go with it. Nah, but you know, Madonna, she represented, right? No. She did not. Fart all over

Madonna's... Oh my goodness. I didn't see that, but I read that she was just giving the music video award of the year or whatever. And then she took some time to talk about it. No. They did a whole thing about Aretha before. They had Aretha backdrop behind Madonna. And Madonna was supposed to be coming out there paying homage to Aretha, but it was all about Madonna. I was confused because she started and then she was like, yeah, when I was going into, you know, to

try out to sing, I had to pick a song. I'm like, where's this going? You lost me. Where's this going? And they said, little girl, shut up. And I said, no, I'm not going to shut up because I'm Madonna. I was like, where's this going? I didn't get it. Where's this going? I didn't get it. And there's no body that can make me believe Madonna blew people away with an acapella

rendition of You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman. There's no body that's going to make me believe that. Okay? Yes, exactly. And it seems like Charlamagne is getting a sucker of the day. What is sucker of the day?

That's what I think that you're going to be getting. Oh, you mean see sucker of the day. Yeah, yeah. I didn't want to say the word. Oh, yeah. I saw Nicki say that. Sucker of the day.

She's got to pray for Nicki Minaj, man. Nicki Minaj got a lot to be smiling for, so I don't know what the F she be wiling for. Okay, she got the number two album in the country. I write $185 record. So she won an award last night.

I was surprised. I was like, you won an award? You go up there? You had a great performance? You had a great performance? Like, you got a lot to be smiling for. What the F you be wiling for? In the words of Snoop Dogg.

I don't get it. Like, what are you so mad at? And nobody went on a Twitter rant yesterday talking about politics and said that the only reason Nicki Minaj won this award is because she performed there because there's no way that she should have been best hip-hop artist over Drake, J. Cole, the Carters, the Migos, and

Cardi B. Come on. For Chun-Li, stop it. And I like Chun-Li, but stop it. Come on. So you don't think she should have got that award? You think she should have got it? I asked you first. Or do you think that she got it because she performed at the VMAs? I've always been saying about the VMAs. But I'm not going to tweet stuff like that. How do they decide who wins the VMAs?

By who's sitting in the audience. That's what I think. I'm just curious. Who performs, allegedly. But that's what I always thought. I'm sorry. You know, Chun-Li just came out. Chun-Li wasn't big in my feelings.

Drake. No. J. Cole. Cardi B. Cardi B. The Carters. The Eagles. Come on now. Now, that was a little stretch. Stop. That was a little stretch. But I get it. She. J. Cole. Cardi B. Cardi B. The Carters. The Eagles. Come on now.

Now, that was a little stretch. Stop. That was a little stretch, but I get it. She was there. Yes. She performed. Yes. All right.

Well, we got a lot to talk about this morning. Congratulations, Nicky. Drop on the Clues Bonds for me. Well, now you're going to congratulate after you said she doesn't deserve it. I didn't say she didn't deserve it. I just said I could have played that politic card, but I didn't. Well, you're getting off the sucker of the day, so. Well.

I wonder what sound effect that's going to be. I know, right? Just curious. All right. Well, Natasha Alford will be joining us from the Griot this morning. Yes, I love Natasha Alford. She does great work, and the Griot was the first black outlet she did the interview to interview Omarosa. Okay.

All right. And we got front page news next. Yes, let's talk about this Tinder date that actually turned out to be a marketing stunt. Okay. We'll get into all that when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Drop on the clues bombs for Teyana Taylor, man. I was about to repost Teyana Taylor's picture until I realized she was a married woman and I don't want it to be taken the wrong way you just talked about this yesterday I know but Tiana Taylor's body is really gold

and I'm talking about for anybody there's no way you can look at Tiana Taylor's abs and not say to yourself god damn man let me just go get some egg whites this morning and nothing else I ain't talking about her the way she looks her fitness is A1

you said fitness you can tell her fitness game is A1 that's. I'm talking about her fitness is A1. All right, so you said fitness. Yeah, her fitness. You could tell her fitness game is A1. That's what I'm impressed by. All right, well, let's get into some front page news. Where we starting, Yee? Well, let's talk about this student who was sent home because she had, quote, unnatural hair.

What school was this? This was Christ the King. In Queens? In Louisiana. Oh, I thought you were saying Queens. Sorry. Now, the school policy is students can only have natural hair, and she actually had some extensions in. So school administrators said it's a rule, and she was then sent home.

The mother was told the hairstyle was not in compliance, and she did agree to change her child's hair. But in the meantime, it was really sad. She was crying. She was embarrassed when she was pulled out in front of everybody. What's wrong with her hair? Man, I'm telling you. I got a you know, a

beautiful black daughter in a school with a bunch of white people. And I tell you all the time, sometimes she'll pull up to track me to something and all the white girls want to run and touch her hair. I am the father that screams at all the white kids and tells the parents tell your kids, keep their hands on my child's hair, please. Yeah, we're going to have that

problem with Logan in a couple of weeks because Logan has cornrows and I think the school that he's going to doesn't allow those type of hair. They don't allow cornrows? Yeah, because they want, like you said, like natural type of hair. But it is your natural hair. Cornrows is your natural hair. Well, we're going to see. And dreads are natural also.

We're going to see in two weeks. That sounds crazy that you can't have cornrows. You know what's crazy is that her hair looks really cute and beautiful. She just has some added hair in sometimes to have braids. People add hair onto their braids to braid your hair to protect it. Oh, brother. I get anxiety even just thinking about that kind of stuff, man. We see what's going to happen in two weeks.

Don't play with my little queen like that, okay? All right, never mind. Anyway, this mass Tinder date actually turned out to be a marketing stunt. Imagine that a Tinder user told you to meet her at Union Square. Then when you get there, hundreds of men are there as well. Well, it was a marketing stunt for this marketing agency. It's the same agency that did hidden camera footage of a woman being catcalled as she walked around New York City. She walked around for 10 hours for an anti-harassment clip that happened back in 2014.

Now, in this one, a woman who's a model and an actress. Invited men that she met on Tinder. To that public area to meet. And when the guys got there. She got on stage. And said they were all there to date her. And people started getting dismissed. Based on not meeting a certain criteria. Like half of you are in relationships.

So those people should leave now. Is the first thing that happened. Then they said. Because they said statistically. People who are on dating apps. Half of them are in relationships already. The first elimination was if you think you support Trump,

then leave. And date a Puerto Rican, then you can leave. If anyone's a tourist or doesn't live in this country, you should leave too. Also, anyone named Jimmy, I don't enjoy the name Jimmy.

Those people had to leave. Men with bear bellies, long beards, khakis, and tom shoes were dismissed as well. And that's when... So what were the criteria to stay? The remainders had to compete in a running race.

But they said they haven't revealed what the whole project is. But on Thursday... So you wanted somebody fast? On Thursday... With stamina? They're going to let you know exactly what the whole stunt is. All right. Well, that's front page news.

Now, usually we do get it off your chest. But we got a special guest joining us. We're going to kick it away in a couple of minutes. Natasha S. Alford from the Griot. Tell the people who she is and what she did recently. That was pretty big. Well, Natasha's the deputy editor at the Griot, and she interviewed Omarosa. She was the first black outlet to interview

Omarosa at the Griot, and there was a lot that she had to go through to make this interview happen, so it'll be interesting to hear her point of view and what she had to say through to make this interview happen. So it'll be interesting to hear her point of view and what she had to say about the whole behind-the-scenes activity to even get that interview happening. All right, we'll get into that next Keep It Locked.

Don't worry, we're going to be talking about the VMAs this morning and more, so don't move. Is Charlamagne really getting out of the day? Keep it locked, it's The Breakfast Club. What is the sea sucker of the day? Well, we're going to find out. The Breakfast Club. Morning,

everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes, sir. Natasha S. Alford. Good morning. Good morning. Natasha. What's up? Good morning. How are you? I'm doing wonderful. How are you? Great. And now we reported on you last week,

Natasha, because you were the first black outlet who did an interview with Omarosa about her book. Have you read her book? I have. She gave me a copy. I didn't read the entire thing. And sometimes that happens. They drop the book on you with very little notice. So that way they can kind of frame how they want the interview to go. But I read excerpts. And really, the focus of the book is she's talking about her journey. But she's using what happened in the Trump White House to basically sell her story as well. But you had enough material to do an

interview. Oh, definitely. Definitely. I mean, the whole news media jumped all over it. Anytime you have recordings, anytime you're talking about race, that's going to be a national story. But it was important for me to make sure that black press was in the conversation. Because, you know, the first places she went, CBS, NBC, all those big places. And it's like you're using the black community as part of your platform. You're saying that you were advocating for us the whole time in the White House. So, therefore, you should be talking to black people directly about what your experience was. Well, she can't do that because she knows that us black people will tell her she's full of s***. And the white outlets can't do that because she knows that us black people will tell her she's full of s***. And the white outlets can't do that.

The white outlets, or mainstream, I guess is the politically correct term to use. But the mainstream news outlets, obviously their focus is Donald Trump. Anytime they can get some dirt on him, it's like, how much did you record? How many tapes do you have? Are you talking to Robert Mueller? And I had a feeling that they weren't going to ask the questions that I wanted to know, which was, what was the whole point of doing this? Did you accomplish anything for the black community?

Why did it take you so long to say that Donald Trump was a racist when many people have already agreed that that's sort of the agreement that things that he's said are racist? And also just like, what was the point of this entire endeavor for you? To sell books. Right. But going to the White House. Her answer about being in the White House was big.

Now, she said that she didn't realize how bad it was because, you know, when you're really close to something and you can't see from a different point of view because it's happening right there next to you, I guess, kind of thing. Yeah, she said that she had a blind spot for Donald Trump and that she really felt like they had a genuine relationship. 14 years.

Think about it. We didn't know Omarosa from anything in the beginning, even though she had worked in the White House before. It was The Apprentice that really launched her. And so you have Donald Trump and Omarosa using each other in a way to boost their profile. And that's how she built her career. And so he was doing favors for her.

She says it in the book that her career flourished because of him. And so therefore she kept her loyalty to him. But there were tradeoffs in the process. This is like a, it's a transactional thing. She has an agenda. It's clear she wants to sell books. We want to tell the story of where do you stand with the black community? So she comes in there like you have 12 minutes.

Her husband and her book people sit right there in front of me. You don't see that on the camera, but they are right there. And then we just we go in and we start asking questions. And I knew there were three things I wanted to ask. Why did it take so long for you to call Donald Trump a racist? What did you actually accomplish for the black community? And what do you say to people in the black community who feel like you betrayed them? And I think when I asked her those questions, she was like, okay, and gave the answer

that I'm sure that she prepared and thought about. But I wanted to get her on the record, and then I wanted to leave it to black people to decide how they felt. You know, we all feel different, but the majority of people who read the Griot are like, no, sis. You're not coming back to the bar.

Yeah, you know why? You did a great job, by the way. You did a great job. Thank you so much. I was very excited when I saw your interview. Thanks, Sharla. But I would respect her if she had quit.

You know what I'm saying? If she was in the White House recording all those people and then she quit and then revealed it. Then she's like the spook who sat by the door. You got fired, man.

Like, you didn't quit. And you was dealing with Donald Trump's BS since Celebrity Apprentice. Right, and that question, you're absolutely right about the timing thing because when she quit, she went on ABC with Deborah Roberts and said—

But she didn't even quit. Well, right. She resigned, she said, but then it came out that she quit. She said, he's not racist, he's racial. I don't know what that means. So there was—I believe, now this is my opinion, she was like, there's still a benefit to me being cool with him. But if he switches up on me, if there's something that I can't get, then I'm basically releasing all the tapes.

So I believe we're looking at somebody who's a masterful media communicator. Like, she's very skilled, and she basically is using the things that she learned from Donald Trump to get back at Donald Trump. This whole thing's a big game of celebrity apprentice. I think it's a big game. We have more with Natasha from The Grill. When we come back, keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Hey, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. From The Grill, we have Natasha S. Alford in the building. What's the legality of taping the president? I didn't think you could just do that. I don't S. Alford in the building. But what's the legality of taping the president? Like, I didn't think you could just do that.

I don't know. Well, you can't. You're not even supposed to bring in any type of devices or even your phone. Well, that's why they're upset. But that's why people

are also like, what type of White House is this? Where you can be in the Situation Room just recording whatever. Kevin Hart takes your phone, but the White House don't?

Like, that's crazy. And be still mad about getting kicked out of a Kevin Hart show. Really? That happened to you? I'm sure she'll be facing some type of legality, though. House, though, like that's crazy. And be still mad about getting kicked out of a Kevin Hart show. Really? I'm sure she'll be facing some type of legality, though. Yeah, well, they filed arbitration against her, the Donald Trump campaign. And so you saw in my interview and other interviews, she was saying, I can't talk about that right now.

You know, so she knows what's up. She knows that there are sort of legal guidelines that are going to prevent her from talking. But she might have something explosive that she reveals when she talks to Robert Mueller if they speak again. She said that they had an interview. So she spoke with him. So you just you never know how it's going to turn out. But ultimately, I think she was she looked out for herself, which is what she said. And now she's she's telling her story.

Now, if you're invited to the White House to go sit down with Donald Trump, are you up in there? Because as an investigative journalist. Good question. Yeah, I would ask him questions. I asked him a question before on the campaign trail back when nobody thought he was going to win or maybe not nobody. But a lot of the, you know, the establishment was like, no, Hillary Clinton is going to win. I still was communicating with Republican sources. And I was like, I want to know what his plan is for the black community.

So they actually invited me to the Trump Tower with other people. Now, I thought I could ask a question. I was told you might be able to ask a question. Then I get there and they're like, no questions. And they were like, are you going to be a problem? They had to make sure you heard your voice over the phone. It was like, I don't know if she's black or not. Then she get in. Nope, no questions.

The woman said, are you going to be a problem? And she actually turned away another guy who worked for another black outlet. She was like, you're not on the list. So I'm like, I'm the only black person going up into this room. So I was just like, no, I'm not going to be a problem. I didn't say I was going to ask

a question though. We got up there. You know, somebody said, what do we have going on here? It was like black and Latino business fellows who he was saying, look, I'm helping black and Latinos become entrepreneurs. And so right as everybody was about to leave, I was just like, Mr. Trump, you know, what is your plan? This is not the exact words that I use, but what is your plan for dealing with bank discrimination against African-Americans? Because we don't get loans at the same rate, like we're often discriminated against. And he answered and I was going live on my phone just in case they kick me out. I was like, I want everybody to get out of here. He's just, oh, that's a problem. You know, we're definitely going to do something to handle that. You know,

great question. Next question. Right, right. Next question. Right. So I don't mind asking him questions. And I think if I take anything from this, the one thing I will say is being in the room is important. But everybody has a role to play. We need commentators who just, who call it like they see it. We need people who are just telling the story of what, what the heck is happening right now in the country. And everybody has a role to play in getting us closer to the truth.

And as a young, black, millennial, Latina, all of that, I can bring a unique perspective because that's my perspective and story that I'm bringing to my job. And you better than me because I'd have raised my hand and be like, so Donald Trump, what do you think about America's improving their relationship with Wakanda? You know what I'm saying? And you would probably be like... This is before the movie. What do you think about America's improving their relationship with Wakanda? You know what I'm saying? And he would probably be like, this is before the movie came out. Actually, this was before the movie came out. But he might actually believe Wakanda is a real place.

You never know. Well, Natasha, I just want to say congratulations to you on everything that you've been doing. Keep doing good work, Natasha. You're necessary out here. We appreciate it. I really appreciate it. Thank you for the opportunity to come on and talk about my story. And shout out to the Griot and everything.

Me and Natasha got to spend some time at the NABJ. NABJ, yes. We both got honored at a dinner. Yeah. NABJ was awesome. NABJ, for anybody that doesn't know, National Association of Black Journalists. And we exist to support journalists, but also to make sure that we're heard, whether you're working in a predominantly white newsroom or if you're in black press.

So that was a that was a great weekend. Jamel Hill, she won Journalist of the Year. I got Emerging Journalist of the Year. Yay. Congratulations. Yay. Thank you. We'll be watching you. Thank you for joining us.

Appreciate it. All right. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip. The rumor report. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip.

The Rumor Report. Gossip. Gossip. With Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Well, I don't know what's going on with Bowell, a.k.a. Shad Moss.

He's going through a lot, man. He posted on Twitter, take your ass to sleep and get the F off Twitter for I embarrass you. Stop playing with me. Who was he talking to? The next post he put, I hate being me. So he was talking to himself? I don't know who he's talking to, but he wants somebody

to get off Twitter before he embarrasses them. Listen, mental health is just as important as physical health, but I don't know if Shad Moss is doing things for attention or he's serious. He did have an album coming out called Suicide. So I don't know if this whole depression act is all promo but if it's not an act, just go get some help, brother. Like go do

some therapy. Go do some counseling. Find a spiritual advisor. Something. But there's a lot of people that need help and they think that blacking out on social media is going to help them but that just makes it worse. Hell no because as soon as you reveal your problems on social media, people are going to be on there encouraging you to do whatever it is you want to do to yourself. You know on social media they say I want to kill myself there encouraging you to do whatever it is you want to do to yourself.

You don't social media and say, kill yourself. I want to kill myself if you want to. I bet you there will be a bunch of people telling you, yes, go ahead and do it. Well, hopefully not. All right, Niecy Nash. TNT has ordered a late night show pilot from her. Dropping the clues bombs for Niecy Nash. It's called Naked with Niecy Nash. And it's going to be basically Niecy Nash giving her humor, advice, and all things on love, sex, romance, and relationships with everyday people.

So it should be pretty interesting. It'll be executive produced by former Chelsea Lately executive producer Sue Murphy. Not mad at that one. Yes, congratulations to Niecy Nash for that. All right, Kendall Jenner has managed to make the whole modeling community upset. Now, she was talking to Love Magazine. She said, since the beginning, we've been super selective about what shows I do. I was never one of those girls who would do like 30 shows a season or whatever the F those girls do.

More power to them. Well, imagine you're a model who's been struggling and working really hard to get to a certain point. And you hear this from Kendall Jenner. Now, Kendall Jenner went on to say, I had a million jobs, not only catwalks, but everything else. The whole combination was very overwhelming, and I started to freak out a little bit and needed to take a step back. People were saying, this makes me so angry. One Victoria's Secret model said, so disrespectful to literally 99% of people in the industry. Yes, they had to work their way up.

Please get in tough with the real world. Why are they angry about that? What am I missing? Well, she's basically, Kendall Jenner, a lot of these models work really hard to get to the point that Kendall Jenner's already at where she's turning things down and she's saying that she's selective

and I was never one of those girls who would do like 30 shows a season or whatever the F those girls do. So basically talking down on these women that are doing 30 shows a season because they're trying to pay their bills and they're trying to be recognized and get known. You can't knock Kendall

and Jenna's blessings. Her blessings are her blessings. And I mean, everybody's in their own lane. Listen, they give the Jenna Kardashians too much flack. Now another model posted, whatever the F those girls do is do their very best to make their way up and try to make some money so they can provide

for themselves and their families. Oh, and it's 70 shows a season, by the way. Oh, so they don't like the wording of her saying whatever the F-Dos girls do. Right. But isn't whatever the F-Dos girls do what she does, too? Well, she doesn't have to do what they have to do. They have to do 70 shows a season

to try to put food on the table and provide for their families. So they don't have the luxury of being selective and doing, you know, whatever they want. Now, one person hashtagged, end the privilege. Peyton Knight said, this kind of disrespect toward other models who have no name for themselves

walking into the industry is disgusting. We don't get to choose which shows to do and it's an honor to do a lot. If we said no to multiple jobs, we wouldn't have a career. So basically, it's trying to uplift each other and not act like you're better than the other models is the thing that they're all upset about.

What if she is more popping than the other models, though? Well, I think what they're saying is a lot of privilege that came with her getting the jobs that she's gotten while they've had to work really hard to get there. So instead of talking down, try to uplift them and say these girls work very hard to get to where they've gotten to instead of saying, I don't have to do what they do.

But their last name isn't Jenna Kardashian, so it'll still never be me. Right. Well, you're not a model, but I guess the modeling community was upset by these comments because it is a lot of work. I miss those comments. It's not as easy as it looks. So, well, you guys wouldn't know.

All right. Now, Chili wants women to date outside of, wants women of color to be open to dating outside of their race. She said she's not worried about ever finding her person because she's not limiting herself to only dating black men. She still never found a man. She said, I went for women, especially for women of color, to be not so closed-minded when it comes to love.

God made all of us, and you may not find your husband because you're trying to stick to one group. You've got to be open. So basically, right now, the person that she's dating, she's saying... It's not black. Okay. Thank you, Chili, for that obvious advice. Round of applause to Chili for giving just the most obvious advice so basically right now the person that she's dating she's saying it's not black okay thank you Chili for that most

that obvious advice round of applause to Chili for giving just the most obvious advice to women yes does she have Charlamagne block still

yes you can date I don't know you can date outside of your race wow yeah but a lot of black women do try to date other black men

and have that preference so she's saying to be more open minded nothing wrong with giving that advice some people don't even think that you know how many

interracial dating not popping? You know how many black women have never dated anybody outside of a black man? A lot of races are like that, though. A lot of black women have. Well, she's black, so she's giving advice to other black women. Well, black women, Chili gave y'all the green light. It's cool. It's safe now.

You know what I'm saying? She created a safe space for y'all to date all the white men and Spanish men or whatever other race men y'all want. And that's why you blocked. Yes. Chili did it. Alright, I'm Angela Yee and that is your ruling report. If it wasn't for Chili, we'd have no Obama. Alright. Shut up, man. No, that's what she's saying. Shut up. I'm just saying.

If it wasn't for Chili, we wouldn't have J. Cole. If it wasn't for Chili, we wouldn't have Drake. So wait, Obama's mom is She gave the green light. See? That's why you stay black. Obama's mom isn't black. She's right. She's an interracial. She's talking about black women specifically. Oh, God. Okay. Okay. She's saying black women. No doubt's mom isn't black. She's right. She's an interracial. No, she's talking about black women specifically. Oh, God. Okay.

Okay. She's saying black women. No doubt. Well, black women. Say ye's mom. Yes. Black women, you have the green light to date outside of your race now. If it wasn't for that, ye wouldn't be here.

If it wasn't for that, we'd have no Angelina. There you go. If it wasn't for Chili, given the green light, we'd have no Angelina. There you go. Drop one of Kluge's moms for Chili. All right. That's Chili. See, that's why you stay black.

Chili. See, that's why nobody don't like you. Chili. That's why you're getting this award tomorrow, on Thursday. I thought you were getting it today. That's Chili. See, that's why you stay blocked. Chili, Chili, Chili. See, that's why nobody don't like you. That's why you're getting this award tomorrow on Thursday. I thought you were getting it today. Thursday.

Thursday, you're getting it. Y'all can't wait, right? You think I give a damn? I just want to hear the sound effect. Listen, I'm getting called a rapist all month. What is a sea sucker

going to do? Stop it. I just want to hear the sound. Knock it off. Your donkey is hee-haw, hee-haw. I just want to know

the sound of the sucker. I'm not doing it because then y'all are going to take my sound effect. It should be like a slurping sound. How you doing? That's the guy that's going to know the sound effect. I'm not doing it because then y'all going to take my sound effect. It should be like a slurping sound. How you doing?

That's the guy that's going to get the award. First of all, everybody in this room. We might get it. I don't mind getting that award. Okay, ye. I don't mind getting my C sucked. That's not what the award is. It's the other way.

Don't tempt you with a good time. Whatever. All right, guys. That's your rumor report. All right. Up next is front page news't tempt you with a good time. Whatever. All right, guys. That's your rumor report. All right. Up next is front page news. What are we talking about on front page news? Oh, my goodness.

Let's talk about a young girl who was sent home from school over, quote, unnatural hair. All right. We'll get into that when we come back. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee.

Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to front page news. Let's start with Aaron Hernandez. Yes, they have revealed Aaron Hernandez's suicide notes. His attorney, Jose Baez, has booked unnecessary roughness inside the trial and final days of Aaron Hernandez. There were three letters that he wrote the night that he died that were discovered in his cell and released to correction officials a few days after his death. So now they have revealed those suicide notes.

There was one letter that was written to his lawyer, Jose What's Up Brother. I wrote this letter following my acquittal and wanted to voice how I felt and let some people whose music helped me get through hard times know that it did. Some of those people that he talked about that helped him get through were Kevin Gates, Rick Ross, Jay-Z, and so on and so forth. So he shouted them out, the game as well. All right, he also wrote a letter to his fiancée. And what he said to her was, I don't believe he was, well, according to bias, he said, I don't believe he was in sound mind doing this.

But he told his fiancée, Shay, you have always been my soulmate, and I want you to love life and know I'm always with you. I told you it was coming indirectly. I love you so much. And know you are an angel. We split into two to come change the world. He also wrote a letter to his daughter. into any form at any time because everything that could happen or not happen, I see all at once. Life is eternal. Believe, love, repent, and see me, yourself, and everyone because that's what truth is. I'll see you all in the heavens, awaiting you all with the same love. Never fear me, but love me with all of you.

All right, in addition, in this book, his fiance wrote about basically not having any indication that he was gay or homosexual. She said, I wish I would have known how he felt just so we could have talked about it. I wouldn't have disowned him. I would have been supportive. I can't fault him if he was feeling that way. When you love someone so much, you just want to be there to

support them. The fact that he felt he couldn't come out to me or he couldn't tell me these things hurts because we had that bond. I feel empathy for Aaron Hernandez because he suffered from CTE. But he did kill people. So I don't know if he killed people he suffered from CTE. But he did kill people. So I don't know if he killed people because of the CTE but he still did kill people. So it's like as soon as you have

some empathy when you read those letters like that and it tugs at your heart a little bit, you're like, well, he did kill people. Alright, now let's talk about the young girl who was sent home because of her hairstyle. This was at Christ the King in Louisiana, in Tarrytown, Louisiana. Now the school policy is students can only have natural hair,

but this young lady had extra extensions in because she had some braids in her hair. So they informed the student and her mother that hairstyle was not in compliance, and she agreed to change her child's hair to comply with the policy. So she was sent home. It was embarrassing for her, and she was crying. That's crazy. They took the video of her being sent home for that. Well, you know, I hate it.

Having a young black queen in a school where it's majority white people hair is a point of stress for me because it's like whenever she has braids or some type of hairstyle, when she pulls up, it's like all the little white girls want to touch her hair. And I am absolutely the father that will scream at them little white girls and their parents and tell their parents to please stop. Please tell your kids to stop touching my child's hair. Yeah, I'm going to have a problem with that in the next couple of weeks. Logan's going to his school.

They want a neat haircut, and I don't think they consider cornrows as a neat hairstyle. Cornrows are really neat as long as you don't let them get frizzy. Well, we're going to have that problem. Your daughter never had those problems? How old is your daughter? 15? She's 16. She never had those?

17. Never. Nope. Really? Mm-mm. White girl's not just wanting to touch her hair? Mm-mm. Mm.

Nope. Mm-mm. Mm-mm. Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm. All right, well, that's your front page news. All right, thank you, Miss E. I just feel like braids are a no-contact sport. They can't touch you? All black hairstyles are a no-contact sport. Just admire her from afar.

They do when she had the cornrows in. I guess they want to touch the hair to see if it's her real hair all the time. It's something about braids and twists that just drive white people crazy. I don't know. It's like braids and twists are the Backstreet Boys of hairstyles for white people. I don't know. My son wanted dreads, but he deaded that immediately. I just, I don't know.

I just, I don't know. Anyway. Can't be light-skinned with dreads. I was thinking the same thing. I said, you just look stupid. What? That sounds silly. That's what I told him.

You look like you sell sandals. Sorry, all the light-skinned guys with dreads. Y'all do look like y'all sell sandals. Sometimes. On some resort somewhere. I was like, you just gonna look stupid. Yeah, I know. Anyway.

All right, when we come back, shoot your shot, all right? Now, if you want to holler at somebody, maybe a co-worker, maybe an ex-in, you need a little help, you need some help from the Breakfast Club, 800-585-1051. If you want to shoot your shot, holler at somebody. We'll help you. We'll get on the line, and we'll guide you through the process of getting that person back or hollering at that person. All right? Call us up now. Shoot Your Shots next.

The Breakfast Club. Are you ready? It's time to shoot your shot. Time to shoot your shot with The Breakfast Club. You lose your one chance. Don't mess it up. Mess it up. Mess it up.

We got Mike on the line. Mike, what's up? Hey, what's going on, y'all? How's everybody? We good, man. Everybody good. How your mama doing? She's doing well, man.

No doubt. All right, Mike, who you want to shoot your shot with, bro? I want to shoot my shot at Kenya. That's my baby mama. And I'm trying to really get back with her. We've been through our ups and downs, and I love her. I mean, I've been an ass for quite a while. You've been up her ass?

No, no, he is an ass. Can y'all all stop cursing? Why would you just tell us that? As soon as you hear ass, you just get in the shit. He's admitting that he's been doing things wrong. He didn't treat her well. Didn't sound like that. Sounded like he was about anal.

It is anal pleasure, man. It is anal pleasure, man. It sounded like he was about anal. That's not what he said. It is anal pleasure, mom. It is anal pleasure, mom. So, Mike, continue, please. I'm sorry, Mike. Yeah, I mean, you know, I never had my father in my life. And he was absent. It's just sad music. I think that kind of affected the way that, you know, me and Kenya's relationship was.

I mean, I love her to death. And we have a daughter. I think it's promised. She's three years old. And I've seen a lot of things. A lot of my friends went off, killed. I just want to, you And we have a daughter. Her name is Promise. She's three years old. And I've seen a lot of things. A lot of my friends went up north, killed. I just want to, you know, have a family. I want to be back with her.

And I love her. Are you willing to change, though? Cut out some of the stuff that you were doing before that broke y'all up? Like, what were you doing? I was going to strip clubs. I was cheating. I was hanging out late. Not doing things that I needed to be and taking full responsibility of being a man.

And I accept, you know, my faults, and I'm just ready to change. When's the last time you've been to the strip club, sir? Like two months ago, man. When's the last time you cheated, sir? He's not with us, so we wouldn't be cheating. Yeah, exactly. When's the last time you slept with another girl, sir? Man, like two months ago.

You're not ready. That's two months ago. He's simply not ready. What are you doing to change, bro? Actually, I realize, you know, when you sleep with somebody and you realize it's not the same thing as somebody that's sharing a party, it's like, you know, all that is just out the door, you know? You know, I just realized, like, I want her.

I don't want anybody else. How old are you, sir? I'm 28. He's getting there. He's getting there. He might be there. He might be there. He might be there.

He got about another good 10 years. He might be there. Nah, nah, nah. He might be there. All right. So this is what we're going to do. When we come back, we're going to call him. What's her name again?

Kenya. All right. Kenya. Named after a whole African country. We're going to call Kenya when we come back, and hopefully we can make this work. All right? All right. All right.

Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Come on. M.V. Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of shoot, shoot, shot. We have Mike on the line.

Mike's about to call Kenya. Hello? Hey, Kenya. It's Mike. What's up? I just wanted to have a conversation with you. Could you talk? Yeah, what's going on? I really miss you, and I want you and promise to be under the same roof as i am right now i mean i can't stand this co-parenting i want it as a one family household i just want to apologize for anything that i've done in the past that could have hurt you and made you

disappointed in me you know i'm just trying to step up as a man and I want you back in my life, like, for real. Um, I mean, we've talked about this before. I mean, you live in a tiny studio apartment. I live with my parents. What are we going to do? I'm willing to go out there. We have a baby. We co-parent.

I mean, I know you love me. I know we're good, but there's nothing we can do. There's a lot that we can do. I can just go out there and if I have to work two jobs to make sure that we have enough room for you and promise, I'll go out there and do that. You know, I want you to move out your family's house and come live with me. I mean, give me a month or two. I promise you. That's from my heart.

Why are you doing this now? I mean, I love what you're saying, but this is just, this is like, this is crazy. I mean, we've talked about this so many times. Why? Why are you saying this now? You know, I've had issues in my life from my father not being around to my best friend getting killed to a lot of people I grew up with upstate during time. You know, I don't want to live like that.

I just want you. Hey, Kenya. It's the Breakfast Club. We're just chiming in here. It's Angela Yee, Charlamagne, and Envy. Kenya, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you got to listen to this BS, all right? It sounds to me like entry to Kenya has been denied. They don't accept you. Kenya, I'm sorry. I'm sorry that you got to listen to this BS, all right?

Sounds to me like entry to Kenya has been denied. They don't accept it. No, he's trying hard, Kenya. He's changed. He's trying to change his life. He wants to be... What does dead daddy and dead homeboy got to do with this? He's going through a lot, and he just really wants to change. He's trying to explain why.

You go to therapy. You should know. He's explaining his behavior. I don't got nothing to do with the cheating. From experiences in his life. What are you doing? Who's on the phone? Oh, hi. I'm Charlamagne. Kenya, you don't. He's explaining his behavior. That don't got nothing to do with the cheating. From experiences in his life. What are you doing? Who's on the phone? Oh, hi.

I'm Charlamagne. You don't listen to The Breakfast Club? I'm DJ Envy. I do listen to The Breakfast Club, but what are you doing on this phone call? He wanted to shoot his shot and try to get you back and know what it is that he needs to do. You got to move out, baby.

That's what you got to do. When she called you baby, that's a good thing, because she could have called you ass. You're being expunged from out, baby. That's what you got to do. When she called you baby, that's a good thing, because she could have called you ass. You're being expunged from Kenya, sir. So, Mike. Now that I'm on display to the whole world, I mean, it's cute, sweetheart, but you really need to look kind of like...

Baby, you got to have patience. So, Mike, you ready to move out? Yeah, Mike, you got a job? Time to leave, Mike. You're a tourist. Absolutely. So, Mike, are you ready to move out and really put her, you got a job? Time to leave, Mike. You're a tourist. Absolutely. So Mike, are you ready to move out and really put her into a home and really start this family the right way?

No cheating. Be a responsible adult. Oh, hold on. So they about to live together? Yes. Where he moving out from? His tiny, tiny little apartment that she can't stay in. Oh, Kenya, I don't know if you should do this, ma.

I'm going to be honest with you. The man just had sex with another woman too much. Charlemagne, just shoot your shot. We're trying to help. He told me. I really don't need to hear that, sweetheart. ma. I'm going to be honest with you. The man just had sex with another woman two months ago. Charlamagne, just shoot your shot. We're trying to help. He told me. I really don't need to hear that, sweetheart. That was Charlamagne's line. He didn't say that.

Oh, am I lying? I'm lying? She'll hear it. Yes. So Kenya, if he moves out, are you down? I'm down. Yes. Mike.

I want to get out. I mean, yeah. Tell her the truth, Mike. You had sex with another woman two months ago. What's wrong with you, man? You guys got cold. The Lakers locker room snitches. Oh, so now I'm snitching. So you see, that's the

problem. You said that you was going to be a changed man and you were going to start being honest with Kenya, but you're not even being honest with Kenya right now. What's wrong with you, Charlamagne? Kenya, so you're going to give him another chance, right? I'm being 100% honest. So did you have sex with a guy two months ago? A guy? No, he did not have sex with a guy two months ago. Oh my gosh, where's your head? Did you have sex with a guy two months ago? A guy? No, he did not have sex with a guy two months ago. Oh, my gosh.

Where's your head? Did you have sex with another woman two months ago? Stop it. Kenya, thank you for giving him another shot. Hopefully you guys work this out. All right, Kenya. Stay away from Charlamagne, all right? Kenya, you'll be smelling his d*** in a month.

Oh, my gosh. Wondering if he's cheating. Oh, wow. You know what? Thank you, guys. Good luck, all right? Yeah, good luck. I wish you and your family good luck, too, Charlamagne.

Thank you. Good luck, Charlamagne. That was a threat. I stopped cheating three years ago. That was a threat. You a hater, yo. My man's trying to get his life together. You won't even let him get his life together?

You know what? All right, man. We got rumors on the way. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. All right. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to these rumors. Let's talk to VMAs. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Well, if you guys watched the VMAs last night, there were some subtle shots being thrown throughout. Who threw shots? Now, of course, Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart were up first. And Tiffany Haddish had a little jokey joke about Fifth Harmony. Here's what she said.

Camille Cabella is nominated for five... Y'all know I can't read that good, right? I only speak English, and that's mostly antibiotics. Look, she's nominated for five VMAs tonight. I'm super proud of her. So, um, so those of you watching at home,

hi Fifth Harmony. Oh, God. I know nothing about Fifth Harmony, so that exchange went over my head, but I'm assuming Camila Cabello used to be in Fifth Harmony. Yes. Yeah, she was in there. I think they kicked her out, right? Well, Nicki Minaj actually defended one of her friends from Fifth Harmony. Here's what she said.

Shout out to Kevin and Tiff. And Tiff, don't be coming for Fifth Harmony because Normani is that b****. All right, Normani clearly another member from Fifth Harmony as well. So she said, don't, you know, that's her. She had a big song on the charts, too. Oh, she went solo. They didn't kick her out. She just went solo.

Okay. Which one is Normani? The black. Yeah, No Money. Okay. Which one's No Money? The black one? Mm-hmm. Okay. Now, Cardi B also won for... Oh, first of all, Nicki Minaj, by the way, got up there. She won the first award that we saw on TV for the night,

and here's what she said during her speech. I want to just say, tune in for Queen Radio so you can know who's the... of the day award is going to... What's wrong with sucking C's, though? Nothing. Everybody sucks C's. I know. We love it. That is a very, like,

you know, that can't be an insult. No, it means y'all may have contests. Especially if you do it. I'm sure Nikki sucks C's, right? I would hope so. Yeah, I'm sure. Nobody said it's a bad award. Maybe it's a good award. Maybe it's a good award. Maybe it's a good award. Maybe it's a good award. Let's see who's getting it.

Maybe it's not a bad thing. I just want to know the sound effects. Like, you know, Donk is he hard. I just want to know what the sound effects going to be. Let's talk about the award Nikki won for best hip hop artist. Do you think that she should have won? The category was Drake, J. Cole, Migos, the Carters, and Cardi B. Do you think she should have won or she won because she performed?

Or maybe they had her perform because she was winning. I think you just said the same thing I just said. She's trying to trickify you. She's trying to trickify you. I think you're trying to trick me. She's trying to trickify you. But I think the moral of the story is she won that award because she was performing. All right.

Cardi B did win Best New Artist Award. And here's what she had to say during her acceptance speech. I'm so happy, you know, to receive this award. A couple of months ago, a lot of people were saying, you know, you're gambling your career. You're about to have a baby. What are you doing? And, you know, I had a baby. I carried the baby.

And now I'm still winning awards. I want to thank all my fans, my family that supported me, all the love. All the love that my fans, that my friends, that everybody shows me. And that's something that God gave me that you can't buy, bitch. Dropping the coupons for Mama Body. Okay. Mama Body, baby. Now, you know that's because a lot of people were trying to say that she paid, Atlantic Records paid for people to support Cardi B, so she wants to

show everybody paid. Alright, now Travis Scott in the meantime also had to point out the fact that he does indeed have the number one album. Rest in peace to Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin. Astroworld number one right now.

DMA, make some noise! Nah, come on. that was a reach. That was a reach. He didn't point out he had the number one album. He was just stating the obvious. He was stating the fact. Yeah, but let's be clear. Nicki Minaj did say that she spoke to him

and he knew he doesn't have the number one album. That's what she said. And not to mention, he was sitting behind her. I heard they had him change the seats because his album's number one right now. So then they ended up seating him across the room. But I guess... Yeah, I would be kind of mad.

My album number one, I got to sit behind her album number two. I heard during rehearsals, Travis Scott told everybody to throw their peace signs in the air. And they was like, nah, don't do that because they're going to think you're being subliminal telling everybody to throw a number two up. Stop it, stop it. You don't want to start it all that.

Sounds like you're starting a rumor right now. Definitely bad. All right, now this whole Harriet Tubman situation. Harriet Tubman was trending. And that's because Nicki said, all the queens I remember shook-ish up. Queen of the week may go to Harriet Tubman had she just sat there and ate her rice. UNWord's history would have been a lot less triumphant. Now that ended up being a trending topic.

And now Nikki said on Queen Radio, she's going to be honoring Harriet Tubman. She said she could have rescued more slaves had they known they were slaves. I fought for streaming services to count to our billboard when a lot of N-word stayed quiet. Well, that's not a real Harriet Tubman quote. Harriet Tubman never said that, by the way. She never said what? That if a lot more people, she would have rescued more slaves if they had known they were slaves. Where'd she get that from?

That's not a real quote. It's like a myth, a rumor that that's a quote, an urban legend from? That's not a real quote. It's like a myth, a rumor, that that's a quote, an urban legend, but that's not a real quote from Harriet Tubman. I just, I just, the thing that offended me the most about that tweet

was the fact that she thinks Harriet Tubman was ever just sitting around eating rice. Okay, it's almost like she didn't know Harriet Tubman was a nurse, a spy, and a cook. Okay, Harriet was a professional cook. All right, how do you think

she made money to fund her raids? She wasn't just eating rice. They had chicken, fat chunks of pork, pies, bread, okay? So she was making rice. Shut up, you. I'm just saying she was the mother of a cook, all right? Like Harriet Tubman spent the summer in 1852 working as a cook in a resort,

and she used that money to pay for a raid that freed nine slaves. Like she had, she's not a cook. She was eating more than rice. Now, Nick's problem with the streaming services is with Spotify. If you guys remember, she said that Spotify actually sabotaged all of her streaming because they wanted to teach her a lesson after she aligned herself with Apple Music.

Well, Spotify has responded. A rep said, Spotify supported Nicki Minaj with the Times Square billboard, a host of the largest playlist, New Music Friday, and the new music release shelf. Her song, Bed, actually saw an increase based on the promotions put behind the campaign. The company continues to be big fans of Nicki.

And Nicki even posted the Spotify billboard that was in Times Square on her own Instagram page. I can't wait till you get that seasucker today. You sound crazy. Like, without context. That's how the girl, bro. Without context, you sound crazy just now. Yeah, you can't wait till you get that seat sucker today.

Like, you can't wait to give it to me. That's what you sound like. You want to put your little Nike hoodie on and drop to your knees. And let's end this particular rumor report with something positive. I'm going to Human Resources. Let's talk about Drake going to Lurie Children's Hospital. I'm not going to lie. This warmed my cold heart this morning.

This was really sweet. He went to go see a transplant patient, Sophia Sanchez. She turned 11, and her wish was for Drake to come and visit her. That was her birthday wish. I love this. Check it out. It's a miracle. This is one of the first wishes I got in a long time.

Oh, my God! You asked me to come. I'm here. I didn't talk for a minute. I was like, is this real, Drake? He's like, it's me, Drake. I'm like, oh, my God. And then he got to see me, God's plan.

I gave him my autograph, and he gave me his. This is the best birthday present I ever had. Thank you so much, Drake, for coming and seeing me. It means a lot for you to and he gave me his. This is the best worth of present I ever had. Thank you so much, Drake, for coming. It means a lot for you to come and cheer me up. That warm my cold heart, man. I teared up a little bit. I ain't even gonna lie, man. I got a little tear, man.

This was in Chicago, by the way. That was nice. Doesn't this make you guys want to be wish grantors for Make-A-Wish Foundation? I do that now. Oh, you do? I do it, too. We all do it. I be pulling up to hospitals.

I didn't know you guys were part of Make-A-Wish. Yeah, I be pulling up to hospitals. Oh. I just don part of Make-A-Wish. Yeah, I be pulling up to hospitals. I just don't be putting it on Instagram or putting it in God's plan video. But I ain't mad at nobody who does. I think it actually encourages a lot of people to join foundations like that when they see the difference that it can make in a young child's life. Because you don't actually have to pull up, but sometimes for a wish grant issue, they just want an object, a toy, a game, some clothes, whatever it is.

If they have a wish, you help them get that wish granted for them. So if it's somebody that they want to meet, if it's a trip they want an object, a toy, a game, some clothes, whatever it is, yeah. If they have a wish, you help them get that wish granted for them. So if it's somebody that they want to meet, if it's a trip they want to say they want to go to Disney World or something like that, you help make those wishes come true. So it's not that you physically have to be there like Drake went, which, of course, was a big wish to be fulfilled. I like pulling up, though. Salute to Drake for that. I was at the Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center on this past Saturday, as a matter of fact. Okay, wanted to see you.

And I will say this. I will say this. They were like, where is Drake? Where fact. No kid wanted to see you. And I will say this. I will say this. They were like, where is Drake? Where's Drake? We wanted to see Drake. Come on. He was in there telling me.

That little girl got Drake. We got Charlamagne. Damn it, man. That's why I go to therapy every week. Charlamagne was in there telling the kids, shook once,

my book is coming out. Anxiety kills me. What is anxiety? Whatever. Little kids can't read. Listen, this is why I be going to therapy right here

every week. Right here. You know what I'm saying? And I looked at that damn, I looked at that video just now, just to see if Drake had on a Nike

or Adidas tracksuit. That was Adidas, wasn't it? No, it was OVO. Oh. That makes more sense than both.

But OVO was, it was. But I was, if it was Adidas, I was going to say you said checks over. I was just looking for something to hate on. That's all was, it was. But I was, if it was Adidas, I was going to say you said checks over. I was just looking for something to hate on. That's all.

You know me. Right. We know. You know me. Somehow I'm going to hate on this make-a-wish. That's all. I'm going to find a way to hate on this thing that's making me happy. I'm Angela Yee and that is your rumor report.

Why do you keep rubbing your chest like that? I don't know what's going on. Because y'all hurt my heart just now. Y'all really made me feel good. Because you ruined the story. You're kind of like Madonna talking about it. Definitely Madonna's situation. I remember the time that I went.

I went this weekend to Brooklyn, and I seen these fat, big niggas. That's that big nigga from Canada. I be going to hospitals, too. Nobody care when I go to the hospital. And you're talking about yourself, Madonna. Nobody care when I pull up to go see the kids. All right? Yes, that was hate.

All hate. Charlotte Madonna. Charlotte Madonna. Who you giving your donkey to next? Madonna, nigga. I'm about to unleash all of this pain and anger I'm feeling on her this morning.

Charlotte Madonna coming up next with the donkey of the day. All right? It's all y'all fault. My goodness. All right. I get a day sponsored by hate.

Keep it locked. We're talking about Drake. I pull up to the hospital. I'm in Brooklyn. I talk to the kids, too. I just don't care about my plan. I just don't be posting it. Why my plan can't be the kids, too. Nobody care about my plan. I just don't be posting it. Why my plan can't be God's plan? I ain't gotta post it. I just don't be posting it. It's the

Breakfast Club. Good morning. 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'm going to fatten all that shit around your eyes. They want this man to throw them blows, man. They wait for Charlamagne to tap them 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. The Breakfast Club, bitches. Who's Donkey of the Day today?

Well, Donkey of the Day for Tuesday, August 21st goes to Madonna for that Aretha Franklin tribute that she did last night at the VMAs. If you're not watching me on Revolt, then you didn't see me put tribute in air quotes just now. But I had to look up the definition of tribute last night because after watching what Madonna did, I had to make sure I understood what a tribute was. OK, the dictionary says a tribute is an act, statement or gift that is intended to show gratitude, respect or admiration. So I was like, OK, tribute means the same thing that it's always meant. So what was my issue with Madonna paying tribute to Aretha Franklin last night?

My issue was at some point during that speech, she lost me because I'm sitting there waiting to hear Madonna pay homage to Queen Aretha. But all I heard was her paying homage to herself. Now, I'm not going to sit here and let Madonna take all this smoke by herself because I'm sure she rehearsed this, but when you are surrounded by a bunch of yes people in your own team and nobody at MTV wants to rock the boat because they don't want Madonna to get mad and not do it, that's when you get someone giving

a self-indulgent tribute to themselves instead of paying homage to the queen of soul, Miss Aretha Franklin. Everyone, do you have a minute and 26 seconds to spare to listen to Madonna suck her own breast for a moment? Let's flash back to last night's VMAs. Aretha Louise Franklin changed the course of my life.

I left Detroit when I was 18, $35 in my pocket. I had no training or dreams of ever becoming a singer, but I went for it. I got cut and rejected from every audition. And then one day, a French disco sensation was looking for backup singers and dancers for his world tour. The dance audition went well. Then they asked me if I had sheet music and a song prepared. Fortunately one of my favorite albums was Lady Soul. I don't need sheet music I said I know every word. When I was finished they said we will call you one day and maybe soon. Finally the phone rang and it was one of the producers

saying we don't think you are right for this job. We think you have great potentials. We want to bring you to Paris and make you a star. So that was the beginning of my journey as a singer. You're probably all wondering why I'm telling you this story, because none of this would have happened without Our Lady of Soul. She led me to where I am today, and I know she influenced so many people, and I want to thank you, Aretha, for empowering all of us. R-E-S-P-E-C-T.

Now, did that seem long and drawn out? That was a minute and 26 seconds. That was very long. I forgot the point. I want you to know that the original speech uncut is six minutes, 12 seconds of Madonna talking about herself and then tagging Aretha at the end. First of all, I refuse to believe that Madonna blew anybody away with a rendition of any Aretha song. All right.

She simply doesn't have the vocal chops to pull that off. Second of all, if someone could give their own eulogy, it would sound exactly like how Madonna sounded just now. Third of all, I don't know why it has just dawned on me, but Aretha Franklin passed away on Madonna's 60th born day. 60 is a milestone, and it's Madonna's born day, so you know how they had that

backdrop of Aretha behind Madonna as she was talking? Well, when it comes to Madonna's born day and her turning 60, Aretha Franklin dying is definitely in her rear view. It's just a backdrop. And when things are in your rear view, they're behind you, so you can't really see them, okay? You're not really checking for definitely in her rear view. It's just a backdrop. And when things are in your rear view, they're behind you, so you can't really see them, okay? You're not really checking for things in your rear view,

which leads me to fourth, okay, of all the ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, okay? The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something but to be something. Madonna doesn't see it for Aretha because she's too busy being Madonna, which I will never understand because Madonna, when you pass, God forbid, God forbid it's not anytime soon, the white man's world is going to stop for you. Okay, see, if Madonna had passed away last Thursday, the VMAs last night would have been the Video Madonna Awards.

Every presentation, every performance, all the imaging would have been centered around Madonna. And when she does pass, and I pray it's in the far, far future, I pray for her to have a long life, it's still going to be the Video Madonna Awards. And I'm not surprised, because I don't look for anyone else to celebrate us the way we will celebrate us. And by us, I mean black people, okay? There is no way in hell the VMAs would allow a black artist

to come out and turn a tribute about one of their own into a self-indulgent rant about how they got started in the music business. But let's not make this about race. Let's keep it about ego. Madonna, that tribute wasn't about you. And even if you wanted to use Aretha to explain that she was the spark to get your career started, then get to that point faster. It shouldn't take 6 minutes and 12 seconds.

Aretha should have been the A story. How you got into singing should have been the B story. We have plenty of time to get to your origin story because you are Madonna, okay? You will probably still be alive to see your biopic. Aretha doesn't have that luxury. So could you please make this tribute about her and move along? Everybody and their mama knows how to spell respect. R-E-S-P-I-C-T.

Except Al Sharpton. Oh my goodness. Except Al Sharpton. But it's not enough to just spell respect when it comes to Queen Aretha Franklin. R-E-S-P-E-C-T. You have to show it. And it wasn't shown to her last night at the VMAs.

Please give Madonna the sweet sounds and the hammer tones. You are the donkey of the day. You are the donkey of the day. Hee-haw. All right, thank you for that donkey of the day. Our producer, Daniel, one of our producers, Salute to Daniel, he just emailed

me. I looked in the inbox and said full Madonna tribute, as if I want to see that again. So I put it in my trash. Conversation moved to trash right now and I will not undo. Did people applaud after? Because I didn't see it in real time. Conversation moved to trash right now and I will not undo. Did people applaud after because I didn't see it in real time?

Yes, they did. Yeah, they did applaud. And whoever won their award, I think it was the girl from Fifth Harmony. She dedicated her award. Camila Cabello? To Madonna.

To Madonna. Yes, she did. Yes. Okay. She didn't thank Young Thug too and Young Thug is on that record. Havana?

Post Malone wasn't going to thank 21 Savage either. 21 Savage hadn't come on the show for him. Come on the stage with him. My goodness. And white people ain't thinking about us. All right. Well't going to thank 21 Savage either. 21 Savage hadn't come on the show for him. Come on the stage with him. My goodness. And white people ain't thinking about us. All right.

Well, thank you for that donkey today. Let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. Now, on a scale from 1 to 10, how bad? On a scale of 1 to Nikki giving me the Seesucker of the Day award. How bad? Well, how disrespectful was that tribute to Aretha Franklin? This is all about slander this morning.

This is nothing. This whole segment is hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. 800-585-105. On a scale from one to ten, how disrespectful was that tribute? That's right. Call it being slandered the hell out of Madonna. Let's piss off some white people this morning.

All right. Call us now. White people, feel free to call in and slander her, too. Join the breakfast club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the breakfast club. Now, if you just join us, Charlamagne gave Donkey of the Day to Madonna.

That's because of that tribute last night she gave to Aretha Franklin. Put tribute in air quotes. It was a six-minute, 12-second rant of Madonna talking about her life. It was a Madonna monologue, and she mentioned Aretha Franklin towards the end. So we're asking on a scale of one to ten, how disrespectful was that tribute? On a scale of one to me stepping on your fresh new white Air Force Ones, I would have to give that a 10. I say a 10, absolutely.

And the reason I give it a 10 because, you know, the VMAs is already whitewashed enough. So, you know, I was shocked that they even did anything for Aretha Franklin. But, you know, to give her that moment where they have a backdrop of Aretha Franklin behind Madonna you know, to give her that moment where they have a backdrop of Aretha Franklin behind Madonna and to have Madonna rant about herself for 6 minutes and 12 seconds and nobody checked that, like she had to rehearse that. So nobody

on her team said, Madonna, this ain't about you. Nobody that works at MTV could pull somebody from Madonna's team to decide to say, this isn't really about her. We want her to keep this about Aretha. Like, super disrespectful to me. I agree. Because if Madonna had died last Thursday, that whole award show would have been the Video Madonna Awards.

Every presentation, every tribute, every performance, everything would have been about Madonna. So I feel like Aretha deserved better than that. But BET going to give it to her. I'm with you. I think it was highly. I forgot what Madonna was doing up there. Me too.

She started talking about her going in there and they said you can't sing. And she says I'm effing Madonna. I was like, what the hell is, what are we doing right now? Exactly. But that's ego. Ego is not about seeing people. It's about being. Yeah, ego is not about seeing.

It's about, yeah. The ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something. Madonna doesn't see it for Aretha because she's too busy being Madonna. Ye, what do you think? I was just confused because I was like, was she up there to give an award? Because I know she did give Video of the Year award. And then on her own mentioned Aretha, was that supposed to be a for real tribute? Because it didn't feel like a tribute to Aretha Franklin.

I thought, is this just Madonna getting ready to give an award and then digressing from that? So I was just confused. Let's go to the phone lines. A.C., what up? What up, Doe? what up, Doe? What up, Doe? Detroit. AC, what's happening?

On a scale of 1 to 10, how disrespectful was it? Well, I think it wasn't that disrespectful at all. Really? I would probably give it a 3. I really think you hate right now, Charlamagne. You think I'm hating because you think... It's other people out here disrespecting the respect. You got to put some respect

on Aretha's name. Didn't Al Sharpton just spell it wrong? Spell her song wrong? Yes, he spelled the song wrong. R-E-S-P-I-C-T. Yeah, you should have gave him donkey of the day

because I think at the end of the day, all Madonna was doing was paying homage. I mean, she did have to lead up to what she was talking about. It was a story. She had a limited amount of time.

Of course, we understand that. She had six minutes and 12 seconds. That's a long time on television, brother. Six minutes and 12 seconds and then it turned me on TV. At the same time, it probably took her a long time to get on. I didn't see it.

That's crazy. And that was her testimony of how she got on. And at the end of the day, she feels like Aretha did put her on because she put her on with that song. Nah. No, brother.

You mean to tell me that Madonna been in this industry a long time? She don't have a personal story that she shared with Aretha? She met Aretha somewhere and they had a conversation or something? But if not, then why is Madonna on there? Let's get somebody else. Yeah, I don't know why that was. That's what I'm saying. Marissa.

Hey. Hey, good morning. Good morning. I love you guys on The Breakfast Club. I just want to let y'all know that. We love you back. How are you? On a scale of one to ten, how disrespectful was that attribute?

Very ten. Very ten? It has to be real disrespectful. Yes, because sometimes I just think, like, white people, they just say stuff, and they don't realize how offensive they say it because they're just used to it. Okay. Thank you, Mama. All right.

Have a good one. You too now. 800-585-1051. We're asking, on a scale of 1 to 10, how disrespectful was Madonna's tribute last night? If you haven't heard it, we're going to play it back when we come back. On a scale of 1 to Nicki Minaj talking about Safaree. I didn't even realize it was a real tribute.

How disrespectful was it? Oh, the hairline one? Yeah, that was the hairline one. All right, call us now at the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club.

Now, if you just missed it, Charlamagne gave Madonna Donkey of the Day for her tribute last night to Aretha Franklin at the VMAs. If you missed it, let's play a snippet of it. Aretha Louise Franklin changed the course of my life. I left Detroit when I was 18, $35 in my pocket. My dream was to make it as a professional dancer. After years of struggling and being broke, I decided to go to auditions for musical theater. None of this would have happened without Our Lady of Soul.

She led me to where i am today and i want to thank you aretha for empowering all of us r-e-s-p-e-c-t first of all there's no such thing as a snippet of it because the whole thing was six minutes and 12 seconds right all right and in six minutes and 12 seconds she might have mentioned aretha franklin for 35 to 40 of those seconds. I keep telling y'all that the thing about ego is that you know, ego, I don't even know what the hell I'm trying to say. What are you saying, man? What are you saying right now?

But anyway, let's go to the phone. I'm just disgusted at this whole situation. 5851051. Hello, who's this? Good morning, DJ Envy. It's Ray. Hey, Ray. What's going on, brother? I just want to talk about the disrespect these white people have towards our culture. I just don't understand it.

Go ahead, Ray. You can drop two clues bombs. One for Aretha Franklin. God rest her soul. And one for the Breakfast Club. Always moving the culture forward. Thank you, sir. You know, since the beginning, they mentioned that, oh, she died on the same day as Elvis

Presley. Who cares? Well, she died on Madonna same day as Elvis Presley. Who cares? Well, she died on Madonna's birthday, too. Yeah, who cares? She died. Who cares? She died. You know, the disrespect of our culture, the white oppression, we all know about it.

There's nothing new. And again, it goes to show last night, the VMA, when Madonna goes on a whole spiel about herself. So what? Who cares about you, Madonna? You're old. You're trash. Oh my gosh. I'm going to be honest with you. You know what I think, too? I'm going to tell you what else I think. I think that if Aretha hadn't have died, they would have had Madonna present that same award, but I think that

they would have had Madonna talk about turning 60, because 60 is such a milestone. So I think Madonna already had that prepared to discuss herself. But then Aretha died, and she was like, yeah, she had to adjust. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is Drake from Tuskegee, Virginia.

What's up, bro? We're talking on a scale of 1 to 10, how disrespectful was that tribute? Man, it was about a 2 out of 10, man. It was real disrespectful, man. So how can it be a 2 out of 10? I swear to God. He did it backwards. He did it backwards. He meant 8 out of 10. Alright, then. Say that, man. So how can it be a 2 out of 10? I swear to God. He did it backwards. He did it backwards.

He made it 8 out of 10. All right, then. Say that, man. He didn't know. R-E-S-P-E-C-K. Is it what? It's a 2 out of 10, man. Sir, sir, with 10 being the most disrespectful and 1 being the least disrespectful.

Let him go. Why are you so mad? Come on, I don't want to sound stupid in front of white people. Forget it. Forget it. What grade you in, bro? Man, I'm out of school, man. I'm 23. Oh, what's front of white people. Forget it, forget it. What grade you in, bro? Man, I'm out of school, man.

I'm 23. Oh, what's the last? Okay. You can't have this. Al Sharpton out here spelling respect, R-E-S-P-I-C-T. This man says it's a two out of ten. Like, come on, bro. He really spelled it R-E-S-P-I-C-T?

Didn't I do it for you? You didn't just hear it? I thought you were joking. So you placed something like that. You didn't actually hear it? Wow. He did. All right, well, what's the moral of the story?

The moral of the story is the ultimate aim of the ego is not to see something, but to be something. Madonna doesn't see it for Aretha because she's too busy being Madonna. Okay, it's all ego, baby. But, you know, respect is not something that you just can spell. Respect is something that you have to show. Spell respect. R-E-S-P-E-C-T. No, you can't.

Find out what it means to me. All right. C-O-C-K-D-I-C-K-S-U-C-K-E-R. You going to get that later on. Find out who you are. We got rumors on the way. Yes, let's do something great. Let's talk about Simone Biles winning every gold medal at the U.S. Championships.

Okay. We'll get into that when we come back. Keep it locked. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hey, now listen. I usually get tired of hearing Drake on every record on the radio. So I would never request this.

But there is one record I want to hear Drake on. What? I want Drake to do a verse on Lil Duval's Smile Bitch. He didn't do it. He can't hear it if he didn't do it yet. I want him to do it. Oh. Because he's living his best life.

Why don't you call him? Who? Drake. And tell him. Set it up. I want Drake to do a verse on Living My Best Life. Put Drake and Nicky. Go ahead and take that record number one for the culture.

It's already top ten. Put Drake and Nicky on it. No. Drake and Cardi. You know what I'm talking about? Wow. You're a fool, man. Let's get to the rumors.

Let's talk some mobiles. It's about time. What's going on the rumors. Let's talk Simone Biles. Hey, 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.

Man, I love a great story like this. Congratulations to Simone Biles. She became the first female gymnast to win five all-around titles at the 2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships. Dropping a clues bomb for Simone Biles, one of my daughter's idols. to win five all-around titles at the 2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships. Dropping a clues bomb for Simone Biles, one of my daughter's idols. She took a 14-month break from training after the 2016 Olympics. She just started competing three weeks ago. She said, I've been back for only nine months. I'm so proud of myself.

She also wore teal, and that teal leotard represents the color of sexual assault awareness. She wore that to honor the victims of former U.S. gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to life in prison for sexual assault. So congratulations to Simone Biles for that landmark achievement. Thank you to Simone Biles. My daughter is into gymnastics and all that good stuff, so she absolutely idolizes Simone Biles. Does she compete yet, your daughter? Yes. Now, she said, I knew I was capable of scoring as well,

but I kind of thought I was going to be a nervous wreck and maybe fall apart. Going into these events, I know I kept telling my family, like, I don't know if I'm going to be able to calm myself down the way I did before and handle the nerves, but so far, so good. All right, congratulations to Young Thug. He has partnered up with Bel Air. He announced that partnership. He said, I've been friends with Brett Barish for a while.

He's the CEO of Sovereign Brands for Bel Air. He said, we've been talking about doing something together for a couple of years, and then we finally linked up. So he also shouted them out for supporting the hip-hop culture since Rick Ross became their first rap ambassador back in 2015. And what pink, bubbly, sparkly champagne will he be promoting? I'm sure it's going to be delicious. You'll taste it, right?

All right, now let's talk about... Whoa, my God. I don't know how I walked right into that stupid one right there. That was just like the door. I saw that. Whoa, whoa, whoa. I saw it and still, boom, forehead hit. What's your forehead hit?

Okay. Whoa. You kinky this morning, bro. All right, guys. Guys and gals, calm down. They call that a turkey slap, just so you hit? Okay. Whoa. You kinky this morning, bro. All right, guys. Guys and gals, calm down. They call that a turkey slap, just so you know. Okay. Everybody realize.

Yeah. Look it up. It's not even Thanksgiving. You know what a turkey slap is? No. Okay. Google it. No, thank you.

All right. Now, let's talk about Aja Argento. She is one of the first people to speak out against Harvey Weinstein in the Me Too movement, one of the first alleged victims to come forward. Well, now she has something against her. She actually paid $380,000 for a photo of her snuggling with then 17-year-old Jimmy Bennett on a bed, shirtless with their foreheads pressed together. Now, he did play her son in a movie prior to that. He was only 17 and the age of consent in California where that picture was is 18

years old so she had to pay him $380,000 for it. Now TMZ did see the picture and the only reason there was no NDA is because in California confidentiality agreements are not enforceable when they involve allegations of child sex acts. So she has not been reachable

since this whole entire story broke but they do have documents and everything to support that this payment was made. The hypocrisy is high on this one, because I saw Rose McGowan tweet out, none of us know the truth of the situation, and I'm sure more will be revealed. Be gentle. Guys don't get that kind of luxury when accusations happen. Not at all. Not even a little bit.

No, I don't know about that, sometimes people don't believe women depending on who it is. There was a lot of Bill Cosby with all those accusers. People still didn't believe that he did anything. So I wouldn't say that they don't get that. It's hard all around for everybody. Rose McGowan once tweeted that it's quite simple. All who have worked with known predators should do three simple things.

Believe survivors. Apologize for putting your careers in while it was before what was right. Grab a spine and denounce. If you do not do those things, you are still more a coward. What she tweeted about that young lady right there was a far cry from that original tweet. Right. No, definitely. She certainly should be treated the same way that everybody else who is a predator is treated.

Okay. Now let's discuss the MTV Video Music Award winners, because we didn't even get into that so much. Video of the Year went to Camila Cabello and Young Thug Havana. Artist of the Year went to Camila Cabello also. Song of the Year went to Post Malone and 21 Savage for Rockstar. Also Best New Artist, that was Cardi B. Best Collab went to Jennifer Lopez featuring DJ Khaled and Cardi B with Dinero.

Best Pop went to Ariana Grande, No Tears Left to Cry. Best Hip Hop, Nicki Minaj with Chun-Li. And for Best Video with a message that was Childish Gambino, This Is America. And the Cardis did win for Ape-ish for Best Cinematography and for Best Art Direction. Are all these awards voted on?

Because I see everybody telling me that the reason Nicki won Best Hip Hop because it was voted on. That's why I was asking you. I said, how did they determine these awards? Because it was two awards that I definitely feel like they gave to people just because they were in attendance. And that was the Best Hip Hop Award and Best Collaboration. Because J-Lo

and Cardi and Khaled was not a better collaboration than Jay-Z and Beyonce. It does say that MTV VMAs are determined by fans and mysterious strangers. Oh, mysterious strangers. That was years ago. That was a few years ago.

Is that the same way now? I don't know. I have no idea how they determine who wins. Listen, I just feel like I don't even know MTV for music anyway. If you come to the award show and you perform, I would award you. That's whack, though. Yeah, but you know what? I can't have a whole night of such and such couldn't be here tonight because they didn't.

No, no, no. That's whack. That's whack when the people don't show up to the award show. I think sometimes they give you a heads up if you're going to win. So sometimes it might be that they ask you to perform because they already know you're going to win. So they're like, all right, just so you know, you are about to win this award. So it'd be great. That's an extra incentive to come perform, certainly.

That's true. True. All right. I'm Angela Yee, and that's your Rumor award. So it'd be great if that's an extra incentive to come perform. Certainly. That's true. True. All right. I'm Angela Yee. And that's your rumor report. All right. Shout to Revolt. We'll see you guys tomorrow.

Everybody else. The People's Choice mixes up next. Let's go. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag.

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