The Breakfast Club - Thoughts on Vice President Debate

Episode Date: October 8, 2020

Today on the show we opened up the phone lines to see what our listeners thought about the Vice President debate last night, in which Charlamagne ended up giving the Mike Pence "Donkey of the Day" because of his comments during the debate. Also we had friend to the room Killer Mike call in where he spoke about his black owned bank, loans, economy and more. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Breakfast Club. Man, what the hell is this, man? Breakfast Club, bitches. I'm glad they put y'all together. Y'all are like a mega force y'all just took over every wake your punk ass up this chris brown i've officially joined the breakfast club say something mother i'm with it the world's most dangerous morning show breakfast club bitches Good morning, USA! Charlemagne the guy. Peace to the planet. It's Thursday.

Toronto, what up? What's happening? How's everybody feeling? I'm sure we watched the vice presidential debate last night. Mm-hmm. Very informative. Very entertaining. Mm-hmm.

I like the fact that the culture is engaged in politics. Yeah, I think that's dope. You know what I mean? You got a call this morning from Norrie, too? Yeah, yeah, Norrie did text me this morning. Norrie hit me this morning and said, I woke up just to hear you guys talk about it. But I love the fact that the culture's engaged, the culture's talking about it, the culture's watching.

I love the fact that the culture cares about what's going on. I hope they care enough to get up and vote on November 3rd, though. You know, and I don't like when, you know, they tell people, especially black people, just to shut up and vote, right? So I like when I see, you know, brothers and sisters engaged in the actual debate so they can hear what's going on and go out there and vote their interests. Right. You know what I mean?

This ain't no popularity contest. You don't, you know, vote for an individual just because people tell you to. You vote for who you want to vote for. That's it. Whoever aligns with your interests. I don't care. Just get out there and get engaged on November 3rd. I definitely agree.

So let's talk about the debate for a second. Before we get into front page news, what were your thoughts? I mean, I enjoyed it. It's amazing to me that the vice presidential debate comes off as more presidential than the actual... You know what I'm saying. The vice presidential debate was more presidential than the goddamn presidential debate. I agree. You know what I mean?

Like, even one of those people on stage last night would make a better president than the one we have now, which isn't saying much. But I also feel like last night represented, like, the future and the past. Like, I just think old white male leadership is dead. And when you watch it on TV, you can just see the clear contrast. represented the future and the past. I just think old white male leadership is dead. And when you watch it on TV, you can just see the clear contrast. It's time to let a black woman lead the country the same way black women have been leading our lives forever. At least mine.

Yeah, I would say that. I would also say that Pence surprised me. I thought he was going to get washed. I don't think he got washed last night. I thought he was going to get washed. I don't think he got washed last night. I thought he was going to get washed. I was surprised with his rebuttals. I was surprised the way he spoke. I was surprised the way he drove things home. Really surprised.

I didn't like the moderator. I think the moderator allowed Pence to talk all over him. I felt like what you just said, like the old white man just was able to do what he wanted to do. The white man was white manning. And when Kamala Harris was speaking, she was cutting him off. And she was like, you just let this thing just talk for three minutes and you can't give me a 15-second rebuttal? I didn't like that.

I think we're too hard on the moderator, though. I think we was too hard on the moderator last night. We need to cut the mic off then. Like, we need to cut the mic off. He kept going, bro. Yeah, but that's what I'm saying. Like, what do you do in a situation like that? If you're the moderator and you're trying to direct traffic and this white man is just talking over you,

just like the other white man talked over Chris Wallace last week, what are you supposed to do? But she was different when Kamala went over her time. Like, she stopped Kamala. She made it her business to stop Kamala. No, no, no, no, no. She stopped Kamala because Kamala stopped. Nah, Mike, she tried to stop Mike Pence. She kept saying, Mr. Vice President, Vice President.

He didn't act like he heard her. He just kept going. Exactly, because the white man was white manning. Kamala was still trying to be respectful. She was trying to follow the rules. That's all. She was trying to follow the rules, and she was trying to be respectful. Even though she knew she was getting her time taken away from her,

she was still trying to be respectful. She got something that Mike Pence doesn't have, and that's, I would say, integrity and respect for others. Yeah. Mike Pence doesn't. We'll talk about that more in front page news coming up next. And also this morning, Killer Mike will be joining us. Our brother.

Our brother, Killer Kill from the Ville, Michael Renda. Michael Renda is opening up a black online bank. Yes. Called the Greenwood Bank. He just, man, I love us. Yeah. I love us. Yeah. I love us. And we'll talk to him more about that and how you could, you know, get your money in that bank, how you could support.

That bank is created to help us. To make sure when we want an auto loan, we can get an auto loan. To make sure when we want a house and need a mortgage, and they'll lend us money for that. For small businesses, they'll make sure they're able to guide us. It's not one of those things where you're talking to, you call an 800 number, the person doesn't know you, they don't know them, they're just looking at numbers. That has to change because numbers don't necessarily define us. We just tired of seeing y'all go to jail for PPP fraud.

We need to find another way for you, Negresh. And that too. All right. Front page news next. We'll talk to you about the debates at the Breakfast Club. Come on. All right. Morning, everybody. It We'll talk to you about the debates at the Breakfast Club. Come on. All right. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee,

Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get some front page news. Now, before we get to the debates, I just want to say a couple of things. Now, the officer that was charged as facing murder charges in the George Floyd death, he posted a million dollar bond, and he is out right now.

Say that devil's name, Derek Chauvin? Derek Chauvin is his name. A million-dollar bond. I wonder who paid that for him. I'm sure he had to pay 10%, so it probably was $100,000. But I wonder who got that $100,000 up for him. He probably had some GoFundMe on some white supremacist Facebook page. Or somebody put up their house or something like that.

So he is out on bond. Also, that drug that Trump says is so good and it's a cure and it made him feel good immediately. It seems like Trump has owned some stock in it. Listen to me. When y'all gonna start listening to me? Huh? Just because I got a list, y'all don't ever take me serious. I told y'all this last week.

What'd you say? Told y'all this last week verbatim. Didn't I? You did. I know I did. Listen to me. I'm raised on the dirt road in Mount Sinai, South Carolina. One thing God has given me is discernment.

Okay? I can see. I can sniff what's going on, God damn it. All right. Now, also, last night was the vice presidential debate. It was a lot. They talked about a lot. One of the things that they talked about was, which I thought Kamala Harris, she brought home very, very good,

was he was talking about Trump's tax debts. Can we get that on? We now know because of great investigative journalism that Donald Trump paid $750 in taxes. We now know Donald Trump owes and is in debt for $400 million. And just so everyone is clear, when we say in debt, it means you owe money to somebody. And it'd be really good to know who the president of the United States owes money to, because the American people have a right to know what is influencing the president's decisions. And is he making those decisions on the best interest of the American people, of you, or self-interest?

COVID got all of those negative headlines about Trump out of here. Donald Trump said he had COVID for 72 hours and people forgot about his taxes. They forgot about the last debate from last week. They forgot about Melania Trump talking crazy about the kids at the border. Like none of that got any traction once Donald Trump said he had COVID. She drove that home though. She drove that home, though. She drove that. Kind of.

No, I think she did, because everybody just talks about the $750 taxes, right? That's all they're saying. And some people be like, oh, well, that's good. I only want to pay $750 taxes. But then when she talks about the debt and who he owes money to and why he makes the decisions that he makes, you be like, hmm, that's why he makes those decisions. That's why they should have never stopped running those negative ads about Donald Trump

because they could have still been driving those kind of points home. And yes, he is in debt. And yes, that's why he's jumping out here talking about he's got therapeutic vaccines he's taking and experimental cocktails because he probably invested in that company. What's it called?

Neutrogena? Regeneron. Regeneron. Yeah, exactly. Neutrogena. Regeneron. Regeneron. Regeneron. Yeah, exactly. She said Neutrogena. Regeneron. Now, Mike Pence also talked about Breonna Taylor and justice for her. Well, our heart breaks for the loss of any innocent American life. And the family of Breonna Taylor has our sympathies. But I trust our justice system, a grand jury that refused the evidence.

And with regard to George Floyd, there's no excuse for what happened to George Floyd. Justice will be served. But there's also no excuse for the rioting and looting that followed. Yeah, you know, Kamala dropped the ball on the Breonna Taylor question to me. She did. She definitely did. Because I haven't seen her give a strong response about that case since the verdict, and I don't understand why. And then last night, like, you know, the question—

She didn't stay on it! Yeah, the question was about Breonna Taylor, but she pivoted to George Floyd, and that didn't make any sense to me. I was confused! For a black woman to pivot on a question about a black woman to a black man, even though it all matters, I just thought that was kind of weird. The question was about Breonna Taylor. The moderator didn't say anything about George Floyd.

They asked about that. And she was an attorney general, so I feel like she can dig deep on that case, and I don't know why she hasn't yet. And then Mike Pence turned it again and said, yeah, well, I believe in the judicial system, but let's talk about the rioting. And then there was a young lady here who had a store, and she lost her store, and she's trying to get her life back together. I'm like, we could have drove it home there.

I hate when we talking about deceased black bodies and y'all bring up burnt buildings. I don't give a damn about your burnt buildings. The burnt buildings can be built back. George Floyd can't come back.

Breonna Taylor can't come back. Knock it off, white man. All right, well, we'll talk about it some more. That's your front page news. I will say too, though, I can't wait for the day when a woman like Senator Harris

can show up as her full self and doesn't have to be, doesn't have to worry about being labeled an angry black woman. Like I'd be damned if my daughters can't express themselves how they want for fear of being labeled angry. Like I hate how she has to play small to make white folks comfortable. Because he was an angry white man last night. He was an angry white man. He spoke over people.

He wouldn't allow her to speak. He spoke over the moderator. He went over the time. He was an angry white man in angry white man way. That's what he was. Senator Harris wasn't even at a three last night. And I promise you, if she is empowered to show up as her full self, she

won't be stopped. It'll be like Thanos with all the infinity stones. I just want all of us to stop thinking we have to walk these invisible lines. Word. Like, let's show up as our full black selves at all times, not caring about what white folks think. Stop cutting me the F off. Let me speak.

Come on, Senator Harris. Let me speak. Are we having a conversation? Are we having a debate or are you just going to talk over me? What? Sorry.

That's what I wanted her to say last night. And if she did, guess what? She had every right to. Yes. You know what I'm saying? Don't speak over me.

I just don't like that. I can't wait until, you know, sisters can just show up as their full selves, but we got to have their back in order for them to really, really be able to do that.

You ever talk over your wife and your wife gives you that lashing? No way. You did it one time. Don't say no way. You did it before. I did. And she gave you that lashing. That's the lashing I wanted last night.

I was like, ooh. Oh, no. She hit him with a couple of those. I'm speaking. I'm speaking. I'm speaking. I'm speaking. She hit him with a couple of those.

All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, call us up right now. We'll get more into this in the next hour. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, what's up, man? Good morning, Envy. Good morning, Charlamagne. Peace, King. How are you, brother? Oh, no, I'm good, man. Yo, I actually got man? Good morning, Envy. Good morning, Charlemagne. Peace, King. How are you, brother? Oh, no, I'm good, man. Yo, I actually got a bone to pick for Envy. Pick his bone.

Yo, Envy, man, you sent me a picture of your feet, and now you don't want to hit me back up. I did not send you a picture of my feet, bro. No, no, no. Let's go. Let's dig into this. You got two minutes uninterrupted. Go. Hey, Envy.

I thought we had something going on, my man. Like, what's going on? I met you on the bike ride, Carl, and, you know. What do you mean, man? No damn bike rides. What's happening on them bike rides? And uninterrupted, Envy. He's got two minutes.

Continue, sir. I told him. I'm like, yo, I'm not going to lie. Your feet looking real good right now. And he said, yo, I sent you a picture. He sent me a picture and that was it. Did he charge you? Did he charge you?

Does he have a sneaky OnlyFans page happening that we don't know about? No, no. I told him I'd give him a couple dollars, maybe like $5, $10 for a pack of cigarettes. Okay. He said, nah, man, I just showed you the free. Okay, that's your time. DJ Envy, would you like to rebuttal? Yes.

You have two minutes uninterrupted. That's a goddamn lie. I stop and talk to people, I'm riding, I'm riding. Prove it. Prove it? I just proved it. You ain't got no picture in my feet. I don't have no reason to believe you.

Oh, my goodness. He's just going to Mike Pence me, just make up lies, Donald Trump me, just a lie. No, no, no, no, no. You said that you like Mike Pence. You said you... No, I did not sound to believe you. Oh, my goodness. He's just going to Mike Pence me? Just make up lies? Donald Trump? No, no, no, no, no. You said that you like Mike Pence. You said he was stating some facts. No, I did not sound like Mike Pence. You said Mike Pence was stating some facts. No, I did not.

See? You know what? I'm with Feet Master Flex. Wow. Sorry, sir. Hello. What's your name, bro? Trav.

My name's Keith. Oh, I thought this was Trav. What's up, Keith? What's up, man? Give it up for your chance, bro. Nah, what up, bro? Trav. My name's Trav. Oh, I thought this was Trav. What's up, Keith? What's up, man? Give it up for your chance, bro. Nah, what's up, man? We're cool. I wanted to talk about the debate real quick.

Talk to me, brother. I did like the debate. I think it was definitely more presidential than the presidential debate. I could definitely agree with that. I want to think I can't stand that they keep talking about these tactics. Man, I really don't. You know I've been avoiding tactics for like three years. I really don't care.

Play around if you want. I don't care about these tactics. You know I've been avoiding tactics for like three years. I really don't care. Play around if you want. I don't care about tactics either. I just wanted to talk about the Kamala Harris thing because they keep driving this whole, you know, oh, we need a black VP. We need a black VP. I feel like it's a fault of the black Americans to be trying to, in a way, it's kind of like race-baiting

to be like, oh, we need a black VP. I don't really care if she's black. We are already displayed that colored people can run the White House. I don't need another example of that. I need somebody that's going to do the job. If a doctor is about to operate on me, I'm not about to sit here and be like, oh, well, wait, is she black? I want somebody that's going to do the job.

So I'm tired of hearing about black this, black that. Do the job. Well, I think with Senator Harris, we can have both. You know, we have great representation in the White House, and we have somebody that's going to be in there doing a great job. I don't care about her doing her job. I just said that. I said you could have both, fool.

Wouldn't you rather have both? I don't care about both. If you can choose, so you don't want both. Nope. I don't care about both. I care about the job being done. Well, what's your name? What's your name, man?

What's your name, brother? My name's Keith. From where? Oh, I'm the Timberland fan. I'm from Brownsville. Oh, Brownsville. So Keith, the Timberland fan from Brownsville, hasn't paid his taxes in three years.

Is that Keith? Yes. Don't worry, y'all. You ain't got my last name. They're not catching me. What's your last name, Keith? Oh, they coming to get you. Don't worry about it.

We got your number, Keith. So Keith, is your number six? Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Exactly. But no, we should be happy that we have both. We have representation and people in there getting the job done on behalf of us. All right. 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 Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tried my 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 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. 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. So y'all, this is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records. It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right.

A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey, y'all. Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast

for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip hop. Flash, slam, another one gone. Flash, slam, another one gone. Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different inspiring figure from history, like this one about Claudette Colvin,

a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing. Check it. And it began with me Did you know, did you know I wouldn't give up my seat Nine months before Rosa

It was called a moment Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records 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 man or flesh.

We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, let it out. Hello, who's this? Hello, this is Monique. Monique, good morning. Where you calling from? I'm calling from Northville, Virginia. Hey, Monique.

757. Get it off your chest, mama. How you doing? I was calling because at first I wanted to say I listen to y'all all the time. Thank you. But you said, Indy, I have a question for you. You said that my skin surprised you last night. And I'm just trying to figure out why, because every time the moderator asked him a question, he never answered that question.

He kept going back to previous topics. And the only time he started to call out Senator Harrison was when he said about passing the Supreme Judge. And even with that, Senator Harrison went back and said, well, you put people in position for life, and not one of them was black. And my kids, and it does seem to say about this. You know, when I say he surprised me, I thought she was going to wash him. I didn't

think he had a chance, but I think, I thought some of his rebuttals and some of the things he said was pretty good. When he talked about ISIS and when they had the family members there and she talked about the family members said if Donald Trump was the president, they believe her daughter would have came home. I thought that was a good drive. Some of the things that he did, he drove him pretty good.

I was surprised because I definitely thought she was going to wash him all over the place. So I was surprised. You know what it is, Envy? You know what it is, Monique? Donald Trump is such trash and he's so whack and the bar is so low for him when you hear him speak that when you hear somebody else speak from the White House, you're like,

oh, they actually got a little bit of sense. They lie better. They lie more articulately than Donald Trump. And I agree with you on the lines because he kept saying that Jennifer Harrison had said that he was going to raise taxes.

She never said that. If you go back and look. No, she never said that. Nope. They listed $400,000 that their taxes would not be raised. That's what she said. But he kept throwing out those lies

and kept trying to distract the American people. And we just did better. That's all I had. Well, thank you for taking my call. Thank you, Monique. You be safe out there, alright? Alright, you too. Alrighty now. Hello, who's this? Yo, MB, it's Trav out of North Carolina. What's good with you?

Oh, you ain't Trav, Trav. You Trav. Nah, I ain't Trav, Trav. Nah, don't do that. What up, Trav? What's up? Get it off your chest, bro. Alright, so I just wanna say why is it so hard for white people? Well, I don't know. Why is it so hard for white people to admit

that white supremacy is really a problem in the U.S.? I've never been able to understand this in my 29 years. It's just how difficult it is for me to understand that it really is a problem out here, and it needs changed now. Not tomorrow, but... Maybe they don't realize it exists. You know what I'm saying? Because when you're living in your own privilege for so long,

you don't really see what's going on in the world with other people. Yeah, I get that. But, like, I have a lot of friends. I have a lot of white friends. And right when everything started happening, when Trump first got elected, they were telling me how to come back to their houses, That's it. They couldn't ask their strong face off. It's like priceless. But I still can't understand it. They're making the wrong question for black people to ask.

But I feel like I can only turn to black people at this point. There is no wrong question for black people to be asking right now. Let's be clear. This country was made by old white men for old white men. And they have benefited tremendously off the privilege And they have benefited tremendously

off the privilege that they have in this country. So ask all the questions you want, King. All right. Well, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up at any time. Now, when we come back, we'll tell you what hip-hop legend

is looking for a kidney. All right, we'll get into it next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. The Rumor has it. On The Breakfast Club.

So listen up. Now shout out to Scarface. Back in April, he confirmed he had suffered kidney failure during his battle with coronavirus. Yesterday, he put on Instagram and Twitter, I need a kidney. Any volunteers? B plus blood type. Let me tell you something. If I had that, if I was a match,

I would definitely give a kidney to Scarface. Not only is Scarface one of my favorite MCs of all time and historically has been, he's become a friend over the years. He wrote the foreword for my last book, Shook One Anxiety, playing tricks on me. And he talked about, you know, his issues with anxiety

and depression and stuff like that. But I love Scarface. Brad Jordan is a person that I talk to for no reason. You know what I mean? So what's the type you looking for again? B plus blood type. B plus blood type. B positive. Oh, B positive. Jesus Christ. And you made it sound like a cable package. And you said the for again? B plus blood type. B plus blood type. B positive.

Oh, B positive. Jesus Christ. You made it sound like a cable package. And you said the same thing. I didn't know. B plus blood type. What is it? B positive.

B positive blood type. Okay. He say envy, but he say the same thing. Because, man, you made it sound like a cable package. I didn't know. Salute to Brad Jordan. I'm praying for that brother. I pray that he gets a kidney.

Do you know your blood type, Tommy? Huh? Do you know your blood type? Mm-mm. How do you know you're not a match if you don't know your blood type? Because I ain't never heard nobody say I'm a B blood type. I think I'm O or something like that. Is there an O?

Okay. There you go. This guy. Goodness gracious. I say goodness gracious, I'm like, I'm not one of you. All right. Now, this deal. Howard Stern says his serious deal isn't near, but it looks like it's up there.

It looks like he's going to renew his contract for $120 million a year. Drop on the clues, Bob, for Howard Stern. You know, he deserves it. And not only does Howard Stern deserve it, Howard Stern has always been, you know, an influence. He's been a positive influence, and he's been a negative influence. Correct. You know what I mean? Because, you know, I can honestly admit early on in my career,

I definitely followed the Howard Stern creepy model. You know what I mean? Creepy model, borderline sexual harassment model. But, you know, he's grown and he's evolved tremendously. You know? So I think he's worth every bit of that. I agree with you. If he's getting $120 million a year, I wonder what his co-host Robin is getting. Robin is filthy rich. First of all, Robin

has been loyal to Howard Stern for so long because I'm sure she gets treated amazingly. I'm just curious, man. Come on, man. That's a lot of money. I love him. Congratulations to... I love it. And I'm going to tell you, once again, the best thing to look at about Howard Stern is his growth and his evolution. Correct.

Okay? Because I don't know why y'all don't ever pull up old clips of Howard Stern like y'all do me. I guess because there was no internet back then. But Howard is the model when it comes to growth and evolution in this business. Yeah, congratulations to him. He's well-deserved, and I hope they all cake up over there. So congratulations to Howard Stern.

$120 million a year. God bless him. Now, Lakeith Stanfield, you know who that is? Yes, I do. Who is he? He's an actor. Okay. Me and Lakeith have had words.

Now, yesterday on Instagram, he says, he has a picture of Kamala Harris and Mike Pence, and he put, I don't like her hair. But other than that, this is better than the last one, but still sad. Yeah, God bless Lakeith Stan hair. But other than that, this is better than the last one, but still sad. Yeah, God bless Lakeith Stanfield. That brother needs to grow up. You know, reducing women to their looks in 2020 is so lame and so played out.

And by the way, that's the same brother who had the nerve to call Breakfast Club and Shade Room and Baller Alert and some other black outlets anti-black. Right. But you're going to reduce a black woman on stage. About her hair. Debating an old white man. You're going to reduce her to her hair? Her hair. So you like Mike Pence's hair?

Don't throw shots at the old white man if you want to impress me. He probably does like his hair. But that was so suckerish. So somebody put, no need to use your voice for her looks. You have a powerful voice. Use it wisely. He says, I say what I want on my page. Where are all you warriors of power when I post about things that I believe in and support?

You won't pressure me into speaking how you think. I should speak. And then he says, some lady says, don't speak on a woman's hair. The F? He goes, what? Just because she's a woman doesn't mean I have to like her hair. What the F? What's wrong with you, man?

Poor Lakeith. Lakeith, you young. Like, he's been hurt before. The inside of him is hurt. He's been hurt before. He's young, and he's still trying to tell women what offends them. If a woman tells you what offends her, listen to the woman.

You can't tell her what? So I talk about her hair, and I'm reducing her to her looks? If a woman tells you that's what you're doing, yes, that's what you're doing, fool. Sit your dumb ass down somewhere. Alright, well that is your rumor report. Now, when we come back, instead of front page news, we're going to push front page news off

because we got a special guest joining us this morning, right? My man Cedric Richmond, he is Joe Biden's co-chair. And he's going to be calling in, zooming in, to discuss last night's debate. Okay. You know? So we'll talk to him about that when we come back. Cedric Richmond, when we come back.

What is he? What's his thing? He's a co-chair. The co-chair. Don't ask me what the hell a co-chair is. I have no idea, but we can ask him right now. Okay. All right.

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Remember, you drive, you text, you pay. Brought to you by NHTSA. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Usually we do front page news right now, and that's what we're doing. And we have a special guest on the line, the co-chair for the Biden campaign. We have brother Cedric Richmond.

Good morning. Good morning. How's everybody? Everything's good. What were your thoughts last night on this debate? What did you think? Did you think Kamala did great? What do you think?

Mike Pence lied too much? What were your thoughts? Well, first, once I stopped laughing at Charlemagne's tweet out there about the fly, I got a chance to start looking at it. One, what you saw was white male privilege in the beginning. I mean, just talking over the moderator, doing what he wanted to do, talking over Senator Harris. And I thought she was sharp. I thought there were some glaring things.

I mean, health care is so important in the middle of a pandemic. And they're in court to take away the Affordable Care Act from 20 million people. And the moderator asked him point blank, what is your plan to protect people with preexisting conditions? And he had no answer. The other one that was glaring was the question about systematic racism in the country. He would not acknowledge that in America there is systematic racism. And look, it doesn't make America bad. It means we have to fix that fault.

And so, but you can't fix something if you won't even address that it's broken. But I thought Senator Harris was strong. I thought she was thorough and thoughtful. And I was really proud of her as a black woman up there. And, you know, black women have a hard road to hold when debating because people just assume that because they are intelligent and thoughtful that either they are aggressive or something. But I thought she had the right tone. I thought her substance was excellent. And she was talking to the American people about the challenges they face. And he was just stuck on his talking points of how great Donald Trump is

and how great that they've done with COVID. Well, if you did great with COVID, why is there plexiglass between you and the other candidate? Correct. So, you know, it was just more of the same from the first debate. Why is it so hard for Vice President Biden and Senator Harris to answer the question on packing the Supreme Court? I think the American people would understand why that needs to be done if they explain it.

Well, I think part of it is it's the legislative decision. I mean, look, I in Congress will have say in that because we're going to have to pass it through the House. You would have to pass it through the Senate. And then the question becomes, what would they do once it lands on the president's desk? I think what she was saying last night was that the seat should not be filled. The voters should have a say in who's on that seat. And I thought she really took Pence to school on this because he started talking about all these presidents and all these other situations where they filled the court. And she went to an exact situation where 27 days ago in 1864, Abraham Lincoln had that same opportunity. But he was

a statesman and Donald Trump is a politician. Honest Abe is what she called him. You know what I liked? I like what she drove home the point about the taxes, right? Because all we hear is the $750 taxes. And for most people, they're like, wow, if I had an opportunity to only pay $750, I would only pay. But then when she starts breaking down, no, he has debt. We don't know who he owes money to.

So we don't know that the decisions that he's making is based off of his own decision or off of those debts. I love that, but I didn't like the Breonna Taylor thing. I think she went off of that too fast. Well, she started with justice was not done, and I think you have to acknowledge that. She said not really.

She said not really. I didn't like that not really. It's either a yes or no. It's a lot easier. And I'll just tell you guys, even on the breakfast call last time, I think I said four one shotgun shell. It was a four ten shotgun shell. And oh, Internet ate me up. But the damage that it's going to do if you come to my house is going to be the same. But what I will I will say that it's just one of those things that you say, and I've talked to her a million times.

We know justice is not done. That's why we want to look at that process from top to bottom. That should have never, ever happened. And so that's one of the reasons why she stood up for it, and Vice President Pence mentioned it. That's why she blocked Tim Scott's bill in the U.S. Senate, because it was weak. It wasn't worth the paper that it was written on. And it would not have stopped any of these things. But if we

enact our criminal justice reform package or policing reform package, we would stop these things. You know, if Republicans do push their Supreme Court nominee through, it'll be like what, 6-2, right? Something like that. Why not explain why packing the courts would be a good thing, then, if that happens?

Well, look, the argument for packing the court is to make sure that the court is more aligned with America and that you have just as many conservative judges as you have more liberal judges so that you have a fair court and you get balanced results. The other thing I think she did very adequately, especially in this time we're talking about equity and we're talking about blackness and fairness. Out of 50 circuit court judges that they have appointed, not one black. I mean, look, and look, just because you have my color doesn't mean you have my kind.

They could have, you know, they didn't even find one that's not of my kind. I mean, they just made no effort. And I think that that those actions are what speaks clear about how they value black life, black input, black intelligence, all of those things. If you can't find one out of 50 to put on a circuit court bench. Now, Cedric, we're talking to Cedric Richmond. He's the co-chair for the Biden campaign. Now, did you send that fly in last night? Was that fly from you?

That was certainly not a southern fly. I mean, look, that was a Utah fly. You can ask Charlemagne, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia. Our fly is a little bit bigger than that. But I'll tell you one thing. That must be some moose in the head and not feel it. I mean, that's the amazing part. You know what's so interesting about that?

That fly came in when he was talking all that bulls**t about no racial bias in law enforcement. Like, that was God to me. Look, the irony there was just so clear. I mean, but you know what was hard is to sit down with your family and watch it and hear guys say that there's no racial bias in this country. Yep. And I'm just glancing over at my son thinking, yeah, how'd you like your son to get pulled over at night

and have tinted windows on his car and see if that police officer's gun is not drawn before he can reach in the glove compartment to get his ID. So he doesn't have to have those conversations. He's not lived those life experiences and to just sit there and so easily gloss over the fact that we have systematic racism, that black men, whether it's charlamagne or myself or you dj envy if we get stopped at night the police officers are not going to recognize us if they're not african-american right and we're going to get that same treatment uh that everybody else gets which is aggression and we will never get the benefit of the doubt that we're upstanding

uh citizens so it's the same reason why uh people clutch their purse when I'm walking down the street in a T-shirt. Same reason why they'll get on the other side of the street. Same reason why they may or may not get in the elevator, will not make eye contact, will not say good morning or good evening, all of those things. So for him to just sit there and do that, you know, there's a your blood starts to boil. But then you realize, look, let's just vote. Let's just beat them and let's just send them on their way. How do black men make room for black women like Senator Harris to show up as their full selves? Like they should be able to express themselves without being labeled as angry.

Well, look, I mean, you know, it it is a challenge. But I think the first part is the fact that you and I both recognize it means that we're making the step towards fixing that. And I think that, you know, being assertive, being successful, all of those things, look, that's what we want for our black women. I mean, the real key is making sure that we can have that for our black men. And so that's why we have so many plans about economic empowerment and black wealth. And stop assuming that black men don't want to be good fathers. Black men don't want to educate their kids. Black men are not concerned about their communities.

And so that's why, you know, we start with education and wealth and entrepreneurship for black men. But we still go back to criminal justice reform because we know it has to be fixed, even though President Obama and Vice President Biden released 38,000 people from prison during their presidency, even though they reduced the crack to cocaine disparity, we still have a lot, lot, a lot of work to do in that criminal justice arena and police reform arena, especially dealing with the collateral consequences of incarceration. I mean, you know, I could talk about I could talk about that all day and we still would

not do it justice and how much work has to be done. All right. Got you. Well, we appreciate you for joining us this morning. Cedric Richmond, the co-chair for the Biden campaign. We appreciate you, brother. And we got to have somebody on every week, too, from the campaign leading up. We're only like, what, 27 days away?

Yep. And we're about 26 days away. OK. And very important to note, Hillary came on twice during her campaign and she came on the week of the election. You need to tell the vice president that, okay? I will tell them both, and then one day maybe we'll come back and we could do a long segment on criminal justice reform, crime bill,

all of those things that may or may not still be hanging out there. Absolutely. All right. We're taking your calls right now, too. Thank you, brother. 800-585-1051. Did you watch the debate? What were your thoughts? Let's talk about it.

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Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, last night was the vice presidential debate. Yep. And we're asking, 805-85-1051, what were your thoughts? I told you earlier, I was really surprised by Mike Pence. I thought he was going to get washed.

I honestly thought it was going to be like a, I didn't think he had it in him. He held his own. I mean, some of the things I thought he drove home pretty good. I didn't like the fact that he spoke over Kamala Harris a couple of times. I don't like the fact that the moderator didn't control it enough. I felt like he was able to talk when he wanted to talk. He spoke over the time he was allowed to talk. He spoke about points that he wanted to speak about.

She'd ask him a question about this, and he'd be like, all right, well, I'm not going to ask that. I want to go back to this. I just felt like he did what he wanted to do. It felt like old white man privilege. He was able to do what he wanted to do, and I felt like when Kamala started to do some of those things when she wanted to talk, I felt like the moderator

got a little more aggressive with Kamala than she did with Mike Pence. Yeah, I'm not shocked that Mike Pence can articulate his lies better than Donald Trump. I mean, he's an attorney and he's a career politician. So yeah, he's good at that. But I still believe Mike Pence learned a lesson last night that every black man learns at some point

and that there is no debating a black woman. You're not going to win. Okay, you're going to learn to shut your ass up forever and figure out a way to help her help us, okay? And my biggest issue with the whole debate, because I feel like Senator Kamala Harris definitely held her own, I just can't wait for the day when a woman like Senator Kamala Harris can show up as her full self and doesn't have to be worried about being labeled

as an angry black woman. I got three beautiful black princesses at home, and I want them to be able to show up in the world at all times as their full self. I hate how sisters got to play small to make other folks, which is just white folks, feel comfortable. If you know Senator Harris, if you watched her in Senate hearings, or even just sat down and had a conversation with her, you know she wasn't even at a three last night.

She could do that in her sleep. Correct. But I promise you, if she is empowered to show up as her full self, she won't be stopped. Like, I just want us to stop thinking we have to walk these invisible lines, you know what I mean? Because white people are going to label us angry. Right. Who cares? Be angry.

We got every right to be. There was a couple of things I wanted her to drive home a little bit. I think she drove home the tax thing and Donald Trump having millions of dollars in debt. And does he make the decisions on his own or does he make the decisions because of the people that he owes money to? I love that. There was a couple of things that I wanted her to drive in a little harder. Like I wanted her to drive in the whole Breonna Taylor in that case. She kind of just went off that too fast.

She dropped the ball on that. Yeah, she went off of that too fast. I've never seen her answer the Breonna Taylor question strong, to be honest with you. And it's kind of disheartening because she was an attorney general. Right. You know what I mean? So she sees that case from a different perspective than others.

If she's been actually paying attention to the case. I just thought it was weird that they asked her a question about Breonna Taylor and she pivoted to George Floyd. And when they asked her if it was just to serve, she said, not really. There's no not really. It's either a yes or a no. You know what I mean? I didn't like that.

Mike Pence, I think, drove home when they were talking about ISIS, and the family was there. And she said, yeah, they believe if Donald Trump was president, her daughter would have been home. I just wanted more fire. I just wanted more ether. That's what I wanted from Kamala Harris that we know she has. But let's go to the phone lines. And by the way, old white male leadership is a thing of the past. It's over.

Okay, old white male leadership is the reason America's in the position that it's in now. And I personally am ready to see a black woman run the country the way I've been watching black women run my whole entire life. Okay, well, let's go to the phone lines. Hello, who's this? This is Aisha. Hey, Aisha. What's happening? What are you calling from, Aisha? Aisha?

Hello. Hey, Aisha. You sound like a hood terrorist on this issue. I sound like what? Nothing. Go ahead, Aisha. Don't start nothing this morning, Charlamagne. Yes, ma'am. What did you think of the debates, mama? I didn't really watch the debate. I had a comment I was telling her that I had been following them

and I had been looking up information on Kamala Harris. Have y'all pulled up any information, any kind of article on her claiming to be an African-American? Because I haven't seen any article or anything about her being African American. You know she went to an HBCU. She's always been happy to be an Indian American. You know she went to an HBCU. That's not, she's always claimed her black heritage. You know she's an AKA.

She's always claimed that she's black. She's Jamaican and Indian. What you want her to do? Like she can't claim both? Well, I was saying, I have never seen anything, and I've been looking up this kind of information, so I was wanting to know, have y'all seen anything before this election? Yes, we have, Mama.

I've been following Zendaya since 2015. Yes, I have. And you know she went to Howard University? Yes, she did. You know that's the HBCU, right? Yeah. Hello, who's this? It's Chris.

Chris, what's up? What did you think of the debates last night? Well, that debate was a little foolish to me. Me and my kid, he was watching it, and I could see the whole time Kamala Harris was wanting to go in on him. Even the fly like on this has called him bull. He was talking more about himself than he was of Donald Trump. Tell you that much.

No, that's not true. He was on Donald Trump's d*** last night. He was hanging and screaming and going he was of Donald Trump. No, that's not true. He was on Donald Trump's d*** last night. He was hanging and screaming and going from b*** to b***. Wow, Envy, why are you so descriptive with that? Everything was, Donald Trump would do this.

You made Donald Trump's penis sound like a jungle gym. 800-585-1051. Is that a theme park? We were talking in a debate last night. What were your thoughts as the Breakfast Club awarded? Jesus Christ. That Kudo, you hear what that? Call me.

And your opinions to the Breakfast Club top. Come on. 800-585-1051. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we're talking about the presidential debates, the vice presidential debates last night.

We're asking what were your thoughts. We got a lot of people on the line. Go to line four, Janine. Janine, good morning. Good morning, Envy. Good morning. And so, how are you? How are you doing?

I'm blessed black and highly favored. How are you, Janine? I'm good. You know, I want to talk about the debate last night. I was just, like, sickly appalled. And it just didn't make any sense. And the moderator that they had was worse than the man before. I think y'all being too hard on the moderators.

Like, what do you do when an old white man just constantly keeps trying to talk over you? She was more aggressive with Kamala Harris, I think. They said they were going to implement new strategies for this one. They should have just cut off his mic. Yep. Like if you have a two-minute time limit and you keep going over and then you're disparaging the other competitors to talk. You're giving them more, less time to talk than what he's doing. You know what these debates need? These debates need a black woman moderator.

Black woman moderator ain't going for it. And I'm telling you, I was really upset that I was throwing stuff at the TV. I was just like, someone shut him up. Don't break your TV now, mama. Nah, I'm trying not to. I was just so outraged. I was trying to tell my nephews that he wants to vote for Trump. And I was like, this man is not right.

And how can you tell a 19-year-old you know, even four of them, they got their mind already drained off. Okay. Well, thank you, Mama. One thing I would say about Trump and his team, I feel like Trump's team got the old Def Jam and the old Bad Boy Street team. Like, their teams be out there.

Like, I was driving yesterday. They were on the side of the highways. And I go everywhere. And I just don't see Biden's team like that. Like, we need to get the old. I don't know what the old Def Jam team is doing or what the old bad boy team is doing. I don't feel the energy and the enthusiasm for the Biden ticket the way I see it for the Trump-Pence ticket still. Yeah.

And that's scary. You know what I mean? And that's all the more reason I really do wish Senator Harris was at the top of the ticket. I feel like there would be a lot more energy around her running for president right now in 2020 than it is Joe Biden. Hello, who's this? Hey, what do you think about the debates

last night? I really did not like her response to the Breonna Taylor question. I hated it. I felt like she moved away from Breonna Taylor too quickly. I understand what happened to George Floyd was a tragedy, but George Floyd is

getting his justice. Can we focus on the person who is not doing their justice? Like, stay on Breonna Taylor for a minute. And then Pence's response to that was completely disgusting. But I think that that was Kamala's opportunity to focus on completely disgusting. But I think that that was Kamala's opportunity to focus on

Attorney General. Black issues. Yeah, and Attorney General Daniel Cameron, she could have brought up the fact that that's why it's so important for Black people to go out and vote, and to not just vote for presidential election, but to vote for every item on the ticket because Attorney Generals

are elected as well, and that man is a Black man, and you know, just because he's our skin vote, don And that man is a black man. And, you know, just because he's our skin folk don't mean he's our skin folk. You know what I'm saying? So she could have really pressed hard on that. I also don't like the perception that black women have to not be so strong

and not show up. That is infuriating me. We have voices and we are allowed to express ourselves. And just because we express ourselves does not mean that we're angry black women. Okay, why is it that a man can interrupt the moderator over and over and over again, but he can't? Why is it that he can interrupt her and take more time than he's allowed, but she can? If she does, then she's considered to be an angry black woman. And by the way, I agree with you, Queen, and angry white men have done more damage in this country

than an angry black woman ever has. Absolutely. Absolutely. And I actually think that America is past that. The liberal people that are voting and going to get out and win this election for us, I think that we're actually past that. We don't care if she goes to hell.

We actually want her to be more petty. But the media is playing it up like, oh, no, she can't do that because she's a black woman. She might give off the wrong perception. Forget them. We don't care what the people who think that are thinking because they're not the ones that are going to be voting for Biden anyway. The people that are voting, that are going to be out here

voting for Biden, we want her to be a little bit stronger and a little bit more outspoken and a little bit tedier, just a tad bit tedier. I agree with you so much. I got three beautiful

black daughters at home and I'd be damned if they won't be able to express themselves how they want to because they have a fear of being labeled as angry. I don't get no.

I want you to show up as your full self at all times. Yep. And I push my daughters to do the same. Absolutely. All right. Well, what's the moral of the story if there is a moral? The moral of the story for me is I think Senator Kamala Harris's talents are being wasted in having to defend Joe Biden and Joe Biden's record. I know that's her job, but that's whacked me

because I'm not voting for Joe Biden. I'm voting for Senator Kamala Harris, and she has to think about her political aspirations in the future because in a perfect America, Kamala Harris will be in the White House for the next 12 years. But if she has to, you know, defend that white man for the next 20-something days and then the next four years, people are not going to get to see the full her.

Right. I want her to show up as herself. Absolutely. I want y'all to see Senator Kamala Harris. All right. Because I am a supporter of Senator Harris. I am as well. Always have been, you know?

Y'all gave me hell when I was out there stomping for Senator Harris when she was running for president. Me as well. Me too. Huh? Me too. They gave me hell too.

Oh, well. I rock with her. All right. When we come back, we got, well. I rock with her. All right. When we come back, we got the rumors. We got to talk about five students that's going to have a semester's paid tuition, courtesy of this rapper. We'll talk about it when we come back. 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. Good morning. Good morning. What's happening?

Now, is it true that the Trump campaign left a ticket for Tupac at the vice presidential debate? From what I read yesterday, yes, that was confirmed and very well played. Drop on the clues bombs for the Trump administration for that level of petty. Okay. Very well played. And the way 2020 is going, I wouldn't be surprised if Tupac actually was there. And that's because she said Kamala Harris said he was his favorite rapper. Well, she was doing an interview with my sister, Angela Rye.

And Angela Rye asked her who was her favorite rapper alive. And she said Tupac. Listen, man, things move fast out here. You know what I mean? I personally don't care who her favorite rapper alive is at a time like this. But, you know, things move quick out here. You think what I mean? I personally don't care who her favorite rapper alive is at a time like this, but you know, things move quick out here. You think she knows something we don't? No.

Now see, that should be in a rumor report. Why wasn't that in a rumor report? Kamala Harris confirms that Tupac is alive. We'll do that when we come back, alright? Matter of fact. Yeah. It's possible. Yeah, you're right. Maybe she does know something we don't know and had to think about it. Oh, I wasn't supposed to say that. Tupac, UFOs, they can't reveal that kind of stuff to us right now.

That's 2021 action. 2020 going too good. We'll get to the rumors. I think we're going to get UFOs this year, though. You think so? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Where do you think they're going to go? I don't know.

I mean, they've already been here. It'll be a rural area somewhere, but I think that they're going to finally... They're going to pull up. No, they've been pulling up. They're going to finally reveal themselves. That's what's going to happen. What do you mean? You think they're going to reveal themselves in a club?

They're going to pull up to the strip club? I think the lease is up on Earth, bro. Yeah? I think Earth has been on a lease for a long time, and the way that we've been treating this planet, they're coming to collect. We've been ruining their property. You know what I'm saying? Okay.

That's all. We tend, instead of overstaying their welcome and put too many holes in the wall, they're coming to collect. We've been ruining their property. You know what I'm saying? Okay. That's all. We tend, instead of overstaying their welcome and put too many holes in the wall, they're coming to collect on their lease. They're coming to kick us out. Okay. All right. Well, when we come back, we got the rumor report. We'll tell you about which rapper is paying some tuition for five HBCU students.

We'll tell you about it when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's about time. What's going on? All right. Rumor report. Rumor report. This is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's about time. What's going on? Alright. Rumor report. Rumor report. This is The Rumor Report. Alright. With Angela

Yee on The Breakfast Club. I like where this is going. Finally a real rumor tease. Now we spoke about this a couple of minutes ago and I thought it was a joke but the Trump campaign, they left tickets for Tupac Shakur at the vice presidential debate after Kamala Harris named him the best rapper alive.

Now, let's hear the audio of Angela Rye speaking with Kamala Harris about best rapper. Best rapper alive. Tupac. He's not alive. You say he lives on. I keep doing that. So now,

maybe we had this wrong. People were laughing at us and said, oh, she didn't know, but what if she knows something we don't know? Maybe they all know something that we had this wrong. You know, people are laughing at us. Oh, she didn't know. But what if she knows something we don't know? Yeah. Maybe they all know something that we don't know. And that's why Senator Harris let that slip out. And maybe that's why Republicans left a ticket for Tupac. Because maybe, just maybe, Tupac is returning in 2020. I mean, we've seen stranger things in 2020.

Maybe he popped up last night. I mean, we don't know. Maybe he was there. Because he might have spooked some people. And the reason I said mean, we don't know. Maybe he was there. We don't know. Because he might have spooked some people. And the reason I said that, I don't know if you really, if you really listened to the debate,

but there was some dogs barking last night at the debate. I heard, did y'all hear Woof Woof right now? You heard it, right? Dogs barking. You didn't hear, y'all didn't hear the dogs barking? They probably were security dogs,

dumbasses, the Secret Service. That's what I'm saying. Maybe Tupac pulled up with all that jewelry on and the headband and maybe the dogs are barking. Man, shut up, man. Bombs sniffing dogs and all kind of stuff.

You didn't hear the dogs barking? I did not hear the dogs barking. I heard the dogs barking. Probably it was your feet out before you sent them to that man on OnlyFans. But never mind. Continue. Anyway, Travis Scott, he offers to pay a semester's tuition for five HBCU students. Okay, I like that.

Which is pretty dope. He said he's going to make that happen. I believe he picked two already. He says, I just want to take care of five kids wishing for their first semester of school. Why not? He says, five kids that attend the HBCU. Send me your schools. You heard?

He said his mom went to Grambling and my dad went to PV. Drop that number, Travis. Drop how much that costs. You know what I'm saying? That's a nice little stunt. Drop on the Clues Bonds for Travis Scott. I like that. We got it.

We'll give it back. That's a dope thing to do. Yeah, it's a beautiful thing. You know, I like when I... Never mind. What? I'm just saying I've done that before. We're not talking about you right now.

We're talking about Travis Scott right now. I don't care. I just want a shameless plug. I have a scholarship foundation at South Carolina State University. You know what I mean? Mm-hmm. You know, a little quarter million dollars. Nothing...

For a good cause. There you go. Drop the number. That's all. There you go. You're what I mean? A little quarter million dollars. For a good cause. There you go. Drop the number. That's all. There you go. Let's flex different. He's saying five students.

That's right. If you want to do the math, since you want to do all the math, if you do five students a semester at an HBCU runs you about what? $25,000? About a quarter. For five? Yeah. No, no. $25,000 each.

No, I did more than a semester. But don't worry about it. Yo, you feeling it? Feeling myself. Dropping a close bump for me. I'm just saying. If you're going to stunt, let's stunt right. Okay?

Get all them cards and jewelry and all that nonsense. There you go. Now, the governor of Florida, he's bugging out. Now, the Dolphins, he allowed the Dolphins, he's going to give, he fully allowed them to have full capacity at the next football game, the next Miami Dolphins football game. It holds 65,000 seats, and he's given his approval for them to fill that arena up. It's Florida, man.

Let Florida, Florida. Let Florida, Florida. Okay? Why are you acting surprised? Why? 65,000 people? Okay. Who are you acting surprised? Why? 65,000 people. Okay. Who are you going to be mad at?

The governor for doing that or the 65,000 people that show up? Both. But they're not going to allow it. The Miami Dolphins said they're only going to allow 13,000 people in there. That's too many Floridians at one time. Well, 13,000, they can spread that out. That could be six feet from each other. Okay.

By the way, you started off good with rumors, then you just went back to regular news, but I'm not judging you. Look, I don't do this. Now, Royster59, it looks like he is launching his own mental health care program. It's called the Ryan Montgomery Foundation to combat the stigmas against seeking mental health treatment

and help provide care to people in need. Dropping a clues bomb for Royster59. That's what the hell I'm talking about right there. See, the only way we're going to eradicate the stigma about mental health in our community is if everybody tells their stories. I am glad that Royster 5'9 is telling his story. I'm

glad that Royster 5'9 is starting his foundation and I am glad that he is using his power and his resources to help other people in that space. Drop on the clues bombs for Royster 5'9 again. Now his foundation will begin offering free care coordination by sharing a toll-free number for its services and helping people out.

So that is a dope thing. Shout out to the D and everybody in Detroit. And that is your rumor report. Now, Charlamagne, who are you giving your donkey to? I need Mike Pence to come to the front of the congregation this morning. We need to have a word with him. You want the fly to come too or just him on bonus on? I don't do flies.

Okay. Well, we'll get to that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. This don't be a donkey because right now you want some real donkey shit. It's time for Donkey of the Day. So if you ever feel I need to be a donkey, man, hit me with the heel.

Did she get donkey in the name, please tell me. Absolutely. I have become donkey of the day. That's a breakfast club, bitches. You're a donkey. Yes, donkey of the day for Thursday, October 8th, goes the Vice President of the United States of Arrogance, Mike Pence. Let me tell you about my God, okay?

Let me tell you about the creator I serve. Let me tell you about this mighty universe that my God created. And if you pay attention to all signs, you will see everything you need to see and hear. Okay? Everything. Some signs are subtle. Some signs are obvious. Last night was an obvious sign from the universe

that Mike Pence may indeed be a turd. Now, I don't know Mike Pence personally. Never met the man. Never had a conversation with the man. But I know any man who can stand by the worst president in American history, any man who goes along with the butt dumplings that drop out of Donald Trump's mouth, you can't have that much integrity or love for the country. So, yes, does Mike Pence talk a good game?

Of course he does. He's an attorney. He's been in politics a long time. He's way more articulate with his lies and alternative facts than Donald Trump. But at the end of the day, it doesn't matter what package the fudge babies come in, they are still fudge babies. Okay, you can put

cake icing on those sewer surfers and they are still sewer surfers. You can put those tangy butt nuts in the nicest package ever. Beautiful wrapping, a pretty bow, and guess what? It's still keister cakes. And we were reminded of that last night when Mike Pence was on that stage.

See, there was a visitor on that stage, a young fly from Utah, okay, snuck his way in the building. And I'm not about to sit here and make a whole bunch of fly and Chewbacca chunk jokes, okay, like everybody else is doing. Okay, everybody is saying that Mike Pence is full of a word. I can't say it on the radio, so I'll just say sugar, honey, ice tea, like my girl Shamara on there says, but were y'all paying attention to when

that fly landed? Like, I went back to watch. Now, we can say the man is full of tushy tots, and boy, oh boy, when you go back and watch, did he have some brown dragons flying out his mouth, but the fly landed immediately, immediately, after he said this line.

Listen. This presumption that you hear consistently from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris that America is systemically racist and that, as Joe Biden said, that he believes that law enforcement has an implicit bias against minorities is a great insult. Bruh, the fly landed right after he said insult.

Literally right after he said insult. Mike Pence, Michael Richard Pence, got on national TV and told the American public that systemic racism in this country is just an idea. Just an idea, not something black people have been experiencing since day one. We have a presumption that there is systemic racism and there is no racial bias in law enforcement. According to a Harvard study, black people are six times more likely to be killed by police during a police encounter. The Stanford Open Policing Project found that in a data set of nearly 100 million traffic stops across the U.S., black drivers were about 20 percent more likely to be stopped than white drivers. The study also found that once stopped, black drivers were searched about 1.5 to 2 times as often as white drivers,

while they were less likely to be carrying drugs, guns, or other illegal contraband compared to their white peers. But I don't need to read stats because the foundation of America was built on racism. Everybody knows that. Period. Nothing else to discuss here. Slavery, Jim Crow segregation. What are we talking about, Mike Pence? This is why that fly took residence on your head last night for two whole minutes,

120 seconds, and the whole time that fly sat there, you were spewing this BS. To the men and women who serve in law enforcement, and I want everyone to know who puts on the uniform of law enforcement every day and president trump and i stand with you and it is remarkable that that when senator tim scott tried to pass a police reform bill brought together a group of republicans and democrats senator harris you got up and walked

out of the room and then you filibusteredustered Senator Tim Scott's bill on the Senate floor that would have provided new accountability, new resources. But we don't have to choose between supporting law enforcement, proving public safety, and supporting our African-American neighbors and all of our minorities. Under President Trump's leadership, we'll always stand with law enforcement and we'll do what we've done from day one, and that is improve the lives of African-Americans.

Thank you, Vice President Pence. Record unemployment. Record investments in education. Your time is up. And we'll fight for school choice for all of our members. Thank you, Vice President Pence. That's when that diarrhea just flowing. It won't stop.

Just coming out running. 120 seconds. You spewing BS about systemic racism not existing and no racial bias in law enforcement. And you know what was so wild? He didn't even feel the fly. Nope. I was waiting for that forked tongue to come out of his mouth and for him to eat that fly last night.

But revealing your reptilian ways would have been too much for the American public to handle. But let me take my tin paper plane hat off and just simply say, this is why we can't get anywhere in regards to systemic racism conversations in America, okay? Because old white men can't get anywhere in regard to systemic racism conversations in America. OK, because old white men like Mike Pence who have benefited off systemic racism, who have privilege and power, they just simply don't want to acknowledge that systemic racism exists in this country. You know why they won't acknowledge it? Because the moment they acknowledge it, they have to do something about it.

And they don't want to. Why would they? Why would you want to relinquish something that gives you an advantage over others in this country? In a perfect world, white people would use their privilege to combat prejudice, but this world isn't perfect. And I personally, personally can work with a white man, a white person who acknowledges systemic racism and is willing to do something about it, but I can't work with a white man who is gaslighting me about something not existing that has been killing me and mine for hundreds of years in this country. Please let Remy Ma give Mike Pence the biggest hee-haw.

Hee-haw, hee-haw. You stupid mother******, you dumb. And this is why that fly thought Mike Pence was full of Mississippi mud last night. This is why that fly thought that Mike Pence was a prairie dog. All right. And this is why you got to get your black ass out and vote on November 3rd. Okay. All right.

Well, thank you for that donkey today. Now, one of our producers ran in here and said that the next presidential debate will be virtual. The best thing for everybody. But now it says Trump is refusing to participate in a virtual debate. Because Biden got Corona. He says, I'm not going to waste my time. That's what he said? Yeah.

That's what he said. Man, drop one of Clues bombs for that goddamn gangster, man. Donald Trump is a whole gangster. Why the Democrats can't be that gangster? That's what Joe Biden should have said. I refuse to get on that stage with a man who got coronavirus. Because they still haven't said he's tested negative. That is true. You know what I'm saying? Wow. He said it's a waste of got coronavirus. Because they still haven't said he's tested negative. That is true.

You know what I'm saying? Mm-hmm. Wow. He said it's a waste of his time. I'd rather tweet. I'd rather tweet. I'd rather tweet at Joe Biden than get on goddamn Zoom. That's how I be feeling every time people ask me to do a Zoom.

I'm tired of it. Okay, Donald Trump over there. I'm so out of my time. Goodness gracious. All right. By the way, we all feel like that about Zoom. Absolutely. You can't sit here and act like you're not Zoom exhausted.

I'm Zoomed out, man. Trump is Zoom exhausted. I got to do a couple of Zoom things coming up. You don't have to do nothing. There's nothing else to do. I can't, like, I got to do homecomings on Zoom. Like, I can't go. That's stupid.

What else are we going to do? We can't go. No. We got to do something. You better be like Donald and say it's a waste of your time. I'm not going to waste my time. I ain't doing this ish. Virtual HBCU homecoming?

Yes. Oh, my God. Doing a bunch of them, too. Shout out to all the HBCUs. All right. Now, when we come back, our brother, our good brother, Killer Mike, will be joining us. Yes, indeed. We're going to kick it with Killer Mike.

So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Ye. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.

Family. Killer Mike. What's up, brother? What's up? How you doing, brother? You good? Doing some big things out there, man. We talk about it all the time.

We talk about these financial institutions. We talk about how difficult it is to get money. We talk about how they don't look at us the same way they look at white people. So you decided, say, you know what, I'm going to do it. I'm going to just open up my own bank. Online black-owned bank. Online black-owned bank. I love it.

Exactly. So talk about this in a little bit. So I've been blanking black for as long as I've been banking. I have several different bank accounts, but I've never gotten rid of my bank account because my grandparents thought that that was important because everywhere isn't like Atlanta. And it's difficult to get black bank in some parts of the country. We know that 60, 64 percent of people are bound banking on their phone and on their computer. So some actually brilliant people, and I have to be a part of it, but some brilliant people put together an online banking.

And what you're able to do is bank right from your phone, fully banking. What you're able to do is go to a place and get like automobiles, home loans. And it's black folk, man. To be honest, it's just we we are we are protesting things that are happening bad but we have to start putting money into things that are going to help grow us do we have young people on the board on the bank as well because a lot of times you know with the with some of the other banks it was so much to get around and the rates weren't as competitive and it was a lot difficult to get certain loans you know i do a lot in real estate

so they're younger people on the board that understands what's going on in today's market. Yeah, after they get people going, one of their targets is to get into businesses that normally would not be considered by the larger banks. It's more difficult for me, say, for instance, to get a barbershop because when you look at basically the majority of Americans are going once a month, every two months because they're non-black. But if you look at one that's owned by black people they know not only are blacks coming on a weekly basis that we have the ability to like we're doing um we sell we sell shoes we sell accessories we do t-shirts so we're a retail center masquerading as a barbershop no other bank that's not black is going to understand that from the same way because

they don't understand we're going weekly So yes, this does. And capitalism, having more competition creates a better place for customers. If you want to look four years ago when we did a black banking challenge and we took people to a black bank in the physical, all of a sudden we saw Wells Fargo come out with a $60 million loan program for blacks. So the more competition we have that helps us or people that look like us, the better the whole market is going to get. So I say we should have that helps us or people that look like us, the better the whole market is going to get. So I say we should welcome this in. At least have one or more of your accounts with this bank and start to see that stuff evens out. You can be able to go to a loan. They're going to understand your car loan better, your under house loan better. And bigger than that,

they're going to understand your business loan better. Well, how does the online bank work, Mike? Well, how does online bank work? It works 65% of already banking online. So essentially the same way your PayPal and things that work without such heavy fines, you're going to be able to use with this bank. On Greenwood, go to www.greenwood.com. Give it a try. You know, start off as low or slow as you want. But as it works better for you, make sure you open up and start to pivot.

Because it looks like after this pandemic and things of that nature, people are going to start pivoting more toward money over their phone versus passing out sheets of paper as well. Greenwood, was that named after Tulsa? Yes, absolutely. When you hear about the Tulsa, Oklahoma burning, all you hear is we've been victims. And that's absolutely true. But the grand evil beyond that evil moment in which our town was burnt down, people were killed and forced out, the ultimate evil is they took away the opportunity we had created for ourselves. They had founded their own teaching, theaters, hospitals.

They had found their own residence. They had found their own way to turn a dollar 36 times in that community. A dollar only stays in our community six hours a day. Now, what about rates? You know, because most people say, well, are the rates competitive? Are they just competitive with the other banks and getting loans and things like that? Yeah, the rates will be competitive. I won't talk details now because we have a banker, and I can send him back to make sure you talk the details.

His brother came from one of the largest banks. He had worked at several of them. And he personally, the funniest thing he said was when the brother said that he couldn't find black people that got from Wells Fargo, he was like, you aren't looking because I know us and we're here. So we've got many of the brothers that came from the other bigger banks here to help

grow this. You know, Robert Smith has a 2% plan where he wants to see Fortune 500 companies donate 2% of their net income into black owned banks so I want you to answer how can black

banking and black generational wealth how do they complement each other the first piece of wealth you can have is a person who's come up out of middle class or regular poverty even is home ownership the best thing you can do for the next generation is to buy and own a piece of land. And what black banks give you the opportunity to do

is get the home ownership that you deserve by getting a loan with fair rates that you deserve. And then you have something to have equity to borrow against. You have something to leave those that are coming after you. And that's what our grandparents and things have. Now we not only need one to give us that cornerstone, that home loan that begins well, we need one that helps build us or understands the type of businesses we're open as well. And I would think that Greenwood is that. So I support

Mr. Smith in that greatly. There's many black people in finance that have done well, and I'm looking forward to working with them to growing our financial education in our community and making sure that black people can do things like own a home and get home loans. Because as turbulent time comes, a lot of times homeownership is the thing that saves families, the cornerstone of them not descending into poverty. I agree with you, but then you'll hear people say, you can't homeownership your way out of poverty, Mike. My great-grandparents were sharecroppers.

In their lifetime, they got a 33-acre farm in Tuskegee. That farm is still in our family today. And although we don't farm on it, a timber company pays us to grow there. So every January, me and my cousins and stuff get money because our great-grandparents made that sacrifice. Yeah, I agree with you. And I tell people that all the time. I mean, it might not be something where you see right now, but your family will. Like, you know, I have a couple of properties that I own that I don't necessarily think it'll make me a fortune of money off of it but i know when i pass away

one day my five kids will never have to work because of those properties you know i mean and they will make sure that the family's stable and we got to continue to do that and continue to teach each other how to do it and i think what you're doing right now with this bank is is brilliant because one of the hardest things for me coming up was finding lenders. Yeah, I want to appreciate you and Cesar too. I know a lot of times it's entertaining when me and you fuss and fight and talk smack and camera and each other, people like that. But I want people to know that Envy and I, first of all, just like Charlemagne and I, we're friends, we're associates. I love this brother just like I love Charlemagne. And off camera, Envy and I are always talking real estate. Cesar is one of his partners

and Cesar's constantly keeping me in contact and we're going to do business. We've done some cool stuff together. So I want to encourage people that beyond the entertainment aspect of it, let's make sure that we're doing things to cooperate, to try to help one another. Because Envy doesn't want to see me sing and dance the rest of my life because I have to. He'd like to see me independently wealthy and being able to take me and my kids so I can choose how much singing and dancing I want to do. So I wanted to take time to appreciate you, Nevy, for that. Thank you, brother.

As much as people love to see us go back and forth, they need to know that we work in cooperation and you're trying your very best to make sure that artists in particular are doing well. So I want to thank you and Cesar, Danny, who's the builder, and all those guys. I've learned a lot from your circle. I appreciate you.

I like when y'all fuss. I like to see the light-skinned, dark-skinned back and forth. I love it. I don't know what y'all talking about. I learned from that, too. Hey, what's crazy, though, is my dad, light-skinned, way over here, man. So I'm popping out depending on my mother's side of the club.

All right, now, don't move. We got more with Killer Mike when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Can we play a joint? Like, I'm really feeling this joint. It's positivity, and I like positive records that make me feel good, all right? You about to play my man? Yes, I am.

Lil Duval. Lil Duval. Lil Duvizi. Be Happy. This is the record I like. Like, this starts my day. I just want to be happy. Featuring T.I.

That's right. You want to be happy, too? This is Lil Duval featuring T.I. Be happy. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. E.J. Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

We're still kicking it with Killer Mike. Now, Charlamagne, how do you anticipate making it easier to access loans for black people with Greenwood? Well, when you look at the guys at the top there, like Ryan Glover, when you look at guys like Paul Judge, Paul made a fortune in tech. Ryan comes out directly out of music and television. So Ryan was one of the founders and operators of Noontime Music. And then he went on to found Bounce TV and sell Bounce TV. So he's been successful at the endeavors he's done. And he understands the difficulty of black bids and minority bids in particular getting funding. So from the ground up, you have a person or the president or founder of this bank that has literally coming out the same ranks that people are going to be coming from looking for home ownership.

But before we get to business, I mean, but business ownership, before we get to business, let's look at this. First step, let's get some deposits in and let's grow. Second step is let's get some home loans and auto loans going. And then the next step, let's look at businesses that are successful in the community and need an injection of capital to grow. Perfect example, although they didn't put the capital behind this business, is a business called, it's a Vegas owned by Pinky. I'm trying to remember the name of it. It's a vegetarian restaurant here. Oh, Slutty Vegan. Slutty Vegan.

I'm sorry. My wife don't let me say slutty as much as I used to. So my wife and Pinky are very good friends, but Pinky got an injection in Capital, and where she had an idea that might have took 15, 20 years to build out, the injection in Capital has allowed her to open up multiple restaurants now, multiple food trucks, which puts her in multiple places so she can grow faster. So I hope that this bank, Greenwood, will be able to find the next slutty vegan,

the next needed thing in the African-American community and help it grow because it understands from the African-American perspective as well. I was going to ask, is the bank ready for all operations? So can I, let's say somebody wants to call right now for an auto loan or somebody's looking to buy a house right now and they need a pre-approval or they need an approval. Is the bank fully operational

for underwriting and everything? Is it ready to rock and roll? The bank will launch officially in January. Right now you can line up to go to www. bankgreenwood.com. You can start to pre-register for your accounts. And then come January, not only will you be able to deposit, they'll start the programs of loans too.

But I don't know the full, again, we have to bring me and the actual bankers back. I don't know the full steps to doing that, but they will be available. All right. You know, Mike, before you go, I want to ask you a couple more questions. I got to ask you about Brian Kemp. I saw Brian Kemp in the swag shop. Yes, absolutely. You know, folks was upset about that. They was upset that you went Brian Kemp. I saw Brian Kemp in the swag shop. Yes, absolutely.

Folks was upset about that. They was upset that you went to go meet with him at the governor's house. Why are conversations with folks like Brian Kemp important to you? Well, let me say more people were ecstatic about it. Right. So the people that show up online and complain are rarely the people that you actually see in the field working. There's a woman named Tiffany who used to work at Equimini Records. She's a brilliant sister. She has an advertising company now. She and I are in the process now of helping a state program, well, actually a nonprofit, fill 70 seats.

There have been 70 seats open for black boys in my zip code, my old zip code and other zip codes that are focused on black boys that have been trying to get black boys in the trades program. They haven't had a celebrity or pushers to someone to say these slots are available. First step is we're going to get those 70 slots filled. Well, what does that mean? The average intern for a trade comes out making $71,000 to $81,000 a year. So if you look at the ability of a young man or a young woman to go to trade school for 18 months

to come out making in excess of $70,000, what you have created is a stability factor that's not there now. You have a young father who all of a sudden is able to take care of his children, a young mother and father who are able to get married because they're not worried about if she will lose governmental programming, things of that nature. So that's a big deal. The next step is the governor put me on with the head of all trades in Georgia, and we are going to be creating an advertisement campaign to push younger people into the trades. Georgia will be growing in the next 20 years. So there's going to be a lot of building, and people are going to need electricians, plumbers, floor layers, and that's going to be 20, 30 years of work. So if we're suited for that,

and if we're ready for that, our community will grow. If we're not, they're going to import people there, and our community will stay deserts in terms of food, money, shelter and things of that nature. And we simply can do better than that if we invest in the trades now. So I appreciate the governor for meeting with me. I appreciate the governor for keeping his word and coming by the shop and supporting. He said he had a great haircut. But I appreciate him most of all for what he's trying to do and making sure getting the trade is easier in the state of Georgia. And black people, people who are poor and disenfranchised, the people who are working class, get an opportunity to step up out of their class

and into the next class. What makes me mad about when people come at you over stuff like that is like, I don't care who I see Michael Renda talking to. I know Michael Renda. And I know whoever he's talking to, he's speaking on behalf of the black community. So does it ever get discouraging seeing how black people come at you for having those meetings? Well, you know my wife. You know my wife is from the Housing Project in Savannah.

Her family is one of them Geechee families that own land in South Carolina. So she never lets me forget my job. She say, boy, your job is singing and dancing. Don't ever forget that. And whatever you do on your off days, you try to help. And sometimes people are going to appreciate it. And whatever you do on your off days, you try to help. And sometimes people want to appreciate it. Sometimes they're not. And I can understand people's misconception or perception, but that's not going to stop me from doing the work. I have been working in my

community since I was 15 years old. That's 30 years of work. So it doesn't much matter their criticism. My only criticism of them is I never see you criticizing next to me while I'm doing the work. So if you want to critique me, ultimately, show up at Bankhead Seafood where me and Tia are feeding 500 families along with Paul Kidd. If you want to judge me, show up on the ground when I'm campaigning for people like Crompton Hall to fill John Lewis's congressional seat. You know, that's my thing. So I don't mind being critiqued.

I just like to see you there sweating doing the work and then we can have a philosophical debate, not from the comfort or affliction of our homes. Yeah, I know people don't like Brian King because they said he was actively engaging in voter suppression against Stacey Abrams. Yeah, let me say, Georgia's had over 140 years of Democratic governance, right?

The system that allowed for him to cheat, if you believe he cheated, has been in place 140 years. I would argue that system robbed Andy Young of being the first black governor. So my question becomes, do I waste the next four to eight years while he's governor complaining, or do I engage in my current governor and then attempt to change that system? Systemic racism is what you're trying to fix and change, right? So systemic cheating in politics is what you do.

So I would encourage Georgians to engage their governor with the thoughts and concerns of your community and the greater community. And then I would say, see how you can change the system that the secretary of state does not oversee if you're really passionate about that. But if you're only mad about the last election and you ignore the fact that there's 140 year system that allowed for this, then you're not doing the credit that you think you're doing in terms of making sure it never happens again, if you believe that's happened. Right now, I have the governor I have,

and I have thoughts and missions on what I can prove to improve my community, and that's what I'll do. And lastly, I'd like to say about that, John F. Kennedy, who's on everybody's grandmother wall, we looked at him as a progressive Democrat, was not in favor of signing the civil rights bill. Lyndon Baines Johnson was a confirmed Dixie crap. That's right.

We knew what he was. He didn't care much for you if you wasn't working for him. He is the person that signed the bill because the pressure from the African-American community made him do that. And he was so racist that he actually called it the bill. But he still passed it. He still passed it. Hey, as long as you're passing the bill, you can call this s*** whatever you want to. Just give me

a fair opportunity to compete at the working place so I can get banked up like DJ Envy and take care of my next two, three generations. There you go. That's what we all gotta do. Alright, we got more with Killer Mike when we come back. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. You're checking out the world's most dangerous morning show.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, usually this is where we do rumors, but we got our brother Killer Mike in the building. Now, Charlamagne. You brought up Lyndon B. Johnson, and I keep saying that if, you know, people say,

you know, they're like, it's El Barack Obama with JFK, if Barack was JFK, then Joe Biden potentially has the opportunity to be a Lyndon B. Johnson. Do you see that? Well, before we get to Biden, let's say our current president, Trump, you have read his platinum package. My question to the Democrats is why haven't you counted that? Because there were some things on that were pretty impressive. When you talk about adding 3 million jobs to the African-American community, financial support of 500,000 black businesses, and potentially, what does he say, $500 million? $500 billion.

$500 billion as an injection into our economy? That's powerful. And what I'd like to say is coming out of the street background and urban radio, many of us know street people, right? Street people get over their prejudices real easy when it's a drought and somebody got the lowest price. You get what I'm saying? So whatever issues you may have,

let me just encourage all black people to read that platinum package, not insane vote for Trump, but your expectations should be better. And I like the fact that you are dealing with a casino owner. I don't gamble. Yet when we go to Vegas, our room be damn near free. We get free drinks because my wife is a gambler. So the casino owner has an interest in keeping her happy. I don't know if Trump like black people. I don't care if Trump likes black people. If his package helps my community, my question to the Democrats become, why aren't we stealing points out that package, making that package a part of your program that specifically says black people? So until we start to address why our allies are pivoting into us, we have to say to ourselves, we don't know who's going to be.

Yeah, I had some conversations with some Republicans about the platinum plan. And what I told them is Donald Trump's the president. He don't got to make policy commitments. If he really wants to get some done, he can do it. Yeah, he could. He could. With that said, though, I have never in my lifetime seen any president so gratuitously say, I'll give you this for black people. And I want to tell people that bigger than your presidential race is who is running locally. Your local elections matter far more than your national elections on a day-to-day basis. On a local level, let me give you this example.

We had a black prosecutor in Atlanta for 24 years by the name of Paul Howard. People were definitely afraid of Paul because he wasn't giving you no slack on your sentence. And one of my brothers got life in sentence. Another brother got life. I say one probably deserved it. One probably didn't.

You know what I mean? So he didn't play. There's a young woman who worked in his office who helped start a program that's an alternative to prison called Next Level Boys Academy. They always need donations. Y'all look them up and y'all check them out. Gary Davis. Next Level has saved many young men from long prison sentences because that people on the ground wanted to see a more progressive district attorney. She just won district attorney in Atlanta.

This is the importance of local elections. So local, down that ticket, pass to whoever, and listen to Tezman Figueroa. I want y'all to figure out. Y'all listen to Tezman's show. Tez gives it raw. So I want to support her straight no chaser show. And one of the things she's already told you is,

you might as well at this point, let what happens to turn that national election. But down that ticket, who's going to be your prosecutor? Who that national election but down that ticket who's going to be your prosecutor who's going to be your judge who's going to be your sheriff who's going to be your mayor who's on the school board those things affect you on a daily basis far more than any president so i want you to educate yourself on the ground i want to thank you too for introducing me to tesla figaro man you know i love her when you connected me with Tazlyn, we've been hitting the ground ever since.

Straight Shot, No Chase, a podcast on the Black Effect iHeartRadio podcast network. I want to congratulate you too, man. I love you like a brother. I love both of you guys, not only for what you do in terms of being famous in radio, but the real world application of

economics in terms of envy, the real world application in terms of media economics of you, but the real world application of economics in terms of envy, the real world application in terms of media economics, you're only as good as a circle of people and the thinkers that challenge you. And I want to appreciate both you black men today, because oftentimes we aren't congratulating. Both of you men have families. Both of you men are rocks and pillars in your family and organization. And I think that more of that is replicatable and possible. And we need to keep encouraging one another in that way and that's a part of this black banking challenge the men who helped start this ryan glover paul judge andrew young bo young his son these men are men of character and integrity who want to bring a good and service that will not only be good for them and their company but be good for the greater community and i'm very happy to be in a circle

of men like you guys no we appreciate you too as well. We see all the work that you're doing and we appreciate you and we're glad to have a brother like you on our side. I got one more question though. Your focus is always on local politics, but what do you think about the presidential election? Are you participating in the process? I have to be.

And I want to encourage black people, when you go in that booth, have no guilt about whoever you vote about. Vote for your gut and who you think is going to best help you and your community on an individual basis. And then take that vigor out of the voting booth and call your local politicians accountable for what they promise they're going to do. Because no politics matters like local politics. And on a national level, whose national policy is going to affect me best locally? I don't give a damn who likes me or not.

Mike is all business. But, Mike, I've seen you curve a politician before now. That was so cold. Listen, what you talking about? We was at the Tyler Perry grand opening and there was a certain certain former president on the red carpet. Mike, I ain't talking to that mother. He locked too many black people up. Absolutely.

I do not. We are not. No, we won't. When I talked to Senator Harris, and I appreciate her conversation, she had a bunch of black men, yourself included, and she honestly took the advice back to the party. But, you know, one of the things

I told her, I said, to be very honest with you, I think it's as simple in terms of black men and the children of men who serve inappropriate amounts of time in prison for nonviolent drug offenses. I think it's as simple in terms of black men and the children of men who serve inappropriate amounts of time in prison for nonviolent drug offenses. I think that it do Biden good to look at a camera and say, I apologize. That's right. I was mistaken. You know, Southerners are very forgiving people.

Once you admit you're f***ed up. That's right. It's important that you just say, you know, I f***ed up. And Southern men deserve that, all men across the nation who got hit with those exorbitant jail sentences. But in particular, if you want to take this out, I just encourage the Democrats to make amends with men. Like right now, I saw Roland Martin put out a tweet saying

that the Democrats had better start talking to Black men. We've been telling Democrats that for six years. That's right. You know, Black women give 96 to 98 percent of their vote. Black men give 90 to 94 percent of their vote. So the fact that you ignore that is a disrespect and insult within itself. Absolutely. Mike,

we love you, brother. Give them a website for Greenwood. Man, www.bankgreenwood.com. There you go. Well, thank you, brother. We appreciate you. Killer Mike. Love you, King. I will shout to Killer Mike for joining us. Now, when we come back, we got the People's Choice Mix. Get your request in right now. And also, shout to Revolt. We'll see you guys Mike for joining us. Now, when we come back, we got the People's Choice Mix. Get your request in right now. And also shout to Revolt.

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Remember, you drive, you text, you pay. Brought to you by NHTSA. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, shout out to Killer Mike for joining us this morning. Killer Kill from the Ville. Michael Rinder, man. Michael has launched an online black bank called the Greenwood Bank. And, you know, Michael's just a brother who always inspires me. I love him. He's a leader, a god amongst men. Absolutely. And, you know, Michael's just a brother who always inspires me. I love him.

He's a leader, a god amongst men. Absolutely. And I'm glad he exists. Absolutely. Let's talk to him. And also, Cedric Richmond checked in, co-chair of the Biden campaign. Absolutely. To talk about last night's debate.

And, you know, I absolutely agree with him. You know, like, we have to make room for black women to show up as they full selves. Because I really, really, really, really, really hate the fact that Senator Kamala Harris can't get off the way she wants to. Because, you know, people are going to label her an angry black woman. So what? How can your therapist tell you to feel your feels? Which my therapist tells me to do. What if the feeling I feel is anger? What's wrong with that?

So let black women, let us be who we are. That's right. Let you black women do what y'all want to do. Seriously, I got three daughters at home, man, and I want them to be able to show up as their full selves at all times and not have to worry about how they're going to be

labeled. I got time for that. Alright, when we come back, we got the positive notice, The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, Charlamagne, you got a positive note?

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