The Breakfast Club - Throw Back Thursday with Charlie Wilson

Episode Date: February 20, 2020

Today on the show for Throwback Thursday we had Charlie Wilson stop by where he opened up about his sobriety, "Gab Band" origins and more. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to Michael Bloombe...rg research team after it showed Bloomberg was not prepared for the questions in the recent debate and Angela helped some listeners out during "Ask Yee". Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God.
Starting point is 00:00:16 What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. We need help! That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay.
Starting point is 00:00:45 Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts
Starting point is 00:01:25 that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I can't believe you guys are the best. Collectively known as Breakfast Club, bitches. Good morning, Angela Yee. Good morning, D-T-M-B. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. It's Thursday. Yay. You didn't sell that.
Starting point is 00:02:33 I don't need to sell it. It's Thursday, nigga. You didn't sell that. It's the fourth day of the week. It's going to be Thursday long after we gone. You don't care. The hell I got to sell Thursday for? Everybody named Mama know it's Thursday.
Starting point is 00:02:43 That's the date. You didn't sell that one to me. Thursday, February 20th, 2020. All right. It is Thursday. That's right. Usually you get a little, it's Thursday. It was like Thursday.
Starting point is 00:02:54 Don't tell me how to use my voice. Well, happy Thursday. I'm just telling you, it's Thursday. All right. Well, it is Thursday. And you know who's going to be joining us this morning? Charlie Wilson. Oh, yes.
Starting point is 00:03:03 Yes. Throwback Thursday. Yes. I don't know if you can call Charlie Wilson Throwback, though. He's so... He's very current. He's so fresh and so now. He's legendary.
Starting point is 00:03:11 He's legendary. I guess he's got a lot of longevity and history, too. Right. From the Gap Band, which is Throwback, to Charlie Wilson now. That's right. So, you're going to kick it with Charlie Wilson for Throwback Thursday? Yes, indeed. I know I'm tired today.
Starting point is 00:03:23 Did y'all watch the debates? Of course I watched the debates. I was at this gala I had to host last night for the University Thursday. Yes, indeed. I know, I'm tired today. Did y'all watch the debates? Of course I watched the debates. I was at this gala I had to host last night for the University of the West Indies. So I missed it, but I saw some of the highlights. You seen some of the highlights? On social media. Now after the debate,
Starting point is 00:03:34 Blumbito, is he out of here? Is it a wrap for him? No. Of course not. Absolutely not. You see, this morning I was watching the news and saw one of his ads. He had a bunch of black guys in the ad.
Starting point is 00:03:43 What were they doing? They were supporting him. Getting arrested? Oh. No. Well, I mean, the problem with Bloomberg is he's just not good at conveying his BS like the rest of those white folks on that stage. That's all.
Starting point is 00:03:52 The rest of them just know how to convey their BS a little bit better because there's no way in hell if I'm Mike Bloomberg, I'm taking any flack about stopping Frist from Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders when Joe Biden wrote the 94 crime bill and Bernie Sanders
Starting point is 00:04:05 voted for it. Well, he did say that everybody had some questionable things that they'd done in the past. There would be nobody left on stage if they were to call
Starting point is 00:04:13 all that out. More than questionable. That's what I'm saying. Like his prep team failed him miserably because I'm not taking shots from them. I'm not taking shots
Starting point is 00:04:19 about women either because it's not like Bernie Sanders' campaign didn't get sued for discrimination and racial discrimination and women on his team had to sign NDAs just last year. They was calling Joe Biden the creepy Uncle Joe and women were coming out about him and his
Starting point is 00:04:32 inappropriate behavior. I wasn't taking none of that if I was Mayor Bloomberg. But also when people come at you like that, when a woman, Elizabeth Warren, is coming at you, you can't just pass the buck on, well, he did this. I'm not talking about Elizabeth Warren. I'm talking about the fact that when she was coming at Michael Warren. I'm talking about the fact... On your stuff. When she was coming at... No, when she was coming
Starting point is 00:04:46 at Michael Bloomberg. I'm talking about Biden and Bernie coming at Mike, too. I said I'm not taking no flack from them. I would have took shots at all of them.
Starting point is 00:04:52 But, you know, I could tell he wasn't well-prepared because he was like, yeah, you know, I told a joke and people were uncomfortable about the joke.
Starting point is 00:04:57 I'm like... It's the truth, though. Listen, I'm not saying that's the truth because I don't know what happened, but that's what he's saying. All I'm saying is... Just'm saying is just last year,
Starting point is 00:05:06 just last year Biden had women saying that he made them feel uncomfortable and he was doing inappropriate stuff and they called his behavior uncomfortable. I would not be taking none of that from Joe Biden at all. Did anybody else have women sign NDAs? Yes, Bernie's camp. I can tell you. Never mind I don't know if that's public information
Starting point is 00:05:30 I don't know if that is either Now also, we gotta send a rest in peace to Pop Smoke Pop Smoke was killed yesterday morning Right when we were getting off air We reported the news So rest in peace and condolences to his family That was very, very sad We will have more of that in front page news as well.
Starting point is 00:05:46 All right. All right. And what are we talking about next? I'm sure everything y'all just talked about. Yeah, there you go. All right. Let's get the show cracking. Let's go.
Starting point is 00:05:53 D.J. M.V. Angela Yee. Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Lots to talk about. Where we starting, Yee?
Starting point is 00:06:02 Well, we can talk about the Democratic debates that happened yesterday. And Bloomberg had this was his first debate wasn't going so well for him. A lot of the things that he had to address were sexism, misogynistic behavior at his company. Also having people, women sign nondisclosure agreements, his opposition to Obamacare, his support for stop and frisk policing, offensive remarks, not releasing his tax returns. Here is what Bloomberg had to say about the hostile workplace for women. Former employees have claimed that your company was a hostile workplace for women. When you were confronted about it, you admitted making sexually suggestive remarks, saying, quote, that's the way I grew up. I have no tolerance for the kind of behavior that the Me Too movement has exposed.
Starting point is 00:06:55 And anybody that does anything wrong in our company, we investigate it. And if it's appropriate, they're gone that day. Hmm. All right. Well, a lot of people thought Elizabeth Warren was very strong last night. And she from Bloomberg talking to him about his NDAs and he definitely seemed baffled. He has gotten some number of women to sign nondisclosure agreements, both for sexual harassment and for gender discrimination in the workplace. So, Mr. Mayor, are you willing to release all of those women from those nondisclosure agreements so we can hear their side of the story? We have a very few nondisclosure agreements. How many is that?
Starting point is 00:07:34 None of them accuse me of doing anything other than maybe they didn't like the joke I told. And let me just and let me point out there's agreements between two parties that wanted to keep it quiet. And that's up to them. They signed those agreements and we'll live with it. I'm not comfortable with the fact that he doesn't own the fact that he did anything wrong. He should fire his whole prep team, number one, because he just wasn't prepared for the questions that he knew he would be asked. But I mean, he did he did admit he made inappropriate jokes. That's what he's being accused of. He said jokes they didn't like. OK. You know, that's not not even saying I do admit I made inappropriate jokes, but it accused of. He said jokes they didn't like. Okay. You know, that's not even saying
Starting point is 00:08:05 I do admit I made inappropriate jokes, but it's just I made some jokes they didn't like. In other words, maybe they're too sensitive. But here's some more of what he had to say about the NDA. So wait, when you say a deception,
Starting point is 00:08:16 I just want to be clear. Some is how many? And when you say they signed them and they wanted them, if they wish now to speak out and tell their side of the story about what it is they allege, that's now OK with you? You're releasing them on television tonight? Senator? Is that right?
Starting point is 00:08:36 Elizabeth Warren was very strong. I just don't like the hypocrisy of Joe Biden, the hypocrisy of Bernie Sanders. Bloomberg should have checked Biden and Bernie on the 94 crime bill. He should have just talked about all the money. When he was talking that money talk, he sounded like Birdman up there. He should have talked about the 200 inner cities
Starting point is 00:08:55 he's giving money to. He should have talked about his black agenda, the Greenwood Initiative. I don't know. His prep team failed him horribly. All right, and rest in peace again to Pop Smoke. They are investigating still. They're saying that his death was not a robbery gone wrong,
Starting point is 00:09:10 that it was targeted. And they have surveillance video that supports that. They have people who have seen that surveillance video footage, and that was in Hollywood Hills. They said four men were approaching the house around 4.30 a.m. They sneak around the back, and then they walk back up the side of the home to the front and you can see somebody walk in the back door there was no camera on that back door the next time you see that man he's exiting through the front door of
Starting point is 00:09:34 the house at first people thought it was a robbery because earlier that day pops milk had posted a photo and there were some gifts one of them had his home address on it. And the reason why they're saying that's not a home invasion robbery is because they say that the person who was inside the house did not take anything. So given that he actually shot someone, they said he didn't have time to grab any items and take anything. So they don't feel it was a robbery. They feel it was targeted.
Starting point is 00:10:01 I don't know anything about Pop Smoke. Rest in peace to him. I don't know what he was into, so I don't understand why somebody would want. They feel it was targeted. I don't know anything about Pop Smoke. Rest in peace to him. I don't know what he was into, so I don't understand why somebody would want to target him in that way. Was it just some jealousy, envy, hate? Like, what was it? I don't know. I honestly don't know.
Starting point is 00:10:14 I don't think any of us know. I honestly don't know. I mean, I think he had a bright future. I mean, his records were climbing the charts. I thought he was a great artist. Every time I seen him, he was nothing but respectful and nice. I mean, it's just a sad thing, regardless of what it is. If it was a robbery for some jewelry or whatever it was,
Starting point is 00:10:29 it's just a sad situation. I just know it's sad if you come out of the hood of Brooklyn. Where are you from? Like, Canarsie or somewhere, right? Canarsie, Brooklyn, yeah. You come out of Brooklyn only to move to Hollywood Hills, and your life is supposed to be on the up and up, and then that happens?
Starting point is 00:10:41 Jesus Christ. All right. Well, again, our condolences to Pop Smoke's family, to Pop Smoke's friends. Really tragic. Y'all keep back in like age, not a blessing. I see you out there, you know, you're all young, you're all fly, you're all fresh. Trust me. When you start hearing more and more stories like this, you start to
Starting point is 00:10:55 appreciate them birthdays, bro. Stop lying about your age, goddammit. Okay, I'm every bit of 41 and I want to be every bit of 71 and 81 and 91. Age is a goddamn blessing and don't let nobody tell you different. Yeah, rest in peace to that young man
Starting point is 00:11:07 and condolences to his family. That man ain't get to see 21. Can you imagine that? No. If you didn't get to see 21, you wouldn't be who you are. If I didn't get to see 21, I wouldn't be who I am.
Starting point is 00:11:17 21? You know how young 21 is? Well, young man was 20 years old. So sad, man. He ain't get to see, he ain't get to be old enough to buy a drink legally. Yep, somebody took that man's life.
Starting point is 00:11:27 All right, well, that is front page news. And hopefully they catch those people, by the way, those four people that were involved in this. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Starting point is 00:11:40 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 tribe own country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong?
Starting point is 00:12:16 No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh, my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go.
Starting point is 00:12:32 Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement
Starting point is 00:13:12 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, As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step.
Starting point is 00:14:13 And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best.
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Starting point is 00:14:45 Wake up, wake up. Wake your ass up. This is your time to get it off your chest. J-O-J-O-J. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Yo, it's Zay from the Carolinas. Zay, what's the matter, bro?
Starting point is 00:15:00 Zay from the Carolinas. Why you sound like you're hosting The Quiet Storm? What's the matter? To be real with your envy, I kind of just lied to the girls so I could get through to y'all. I told her something about my girl got pregnant, but really, I'm just calling trying to get into a CIAA party y'all got. I keep hearing about that CIAA party. You're about to jinx yourself. When is the CIAA party? CIAA weekend, man.
Starting point is 00:15:20 We do it every Saturday. We do it every Saturday of CIAA. I didn't ask you that, sir. I asked you when the date is. Clearly, you don't know. Okay, next Saturday. Not this Saturday. Next Saturday.
Starting point is 00:15:28 What time? It's the 28th. It's a day party and a night party. Yes, he knows. My homegirl asked me about that yesterday. Okay, so why don't you want to pay to get in? To be real with you, I've been trying to go to y'all parties every year. I'm from Charlotte, but I'm not trying to be like one of these other black teens in Queens.
Starting point is 00:15:45 I got rent to pay. I ain't trying to stunt when I don't got it. I'm going to be honest with you. You'm from Charlotte, but I'm not trying to be like one of these other black teens in Queens. I got rent to pay. I ain't trying to stunt when I don't got it. You should stay home, bro. I hate to discourage you from coming to our party, but if you got rent to pay, you need to stay your ass home. You're going to be thirsty. The first is going to be right after that. The first is like that Monday or Tuesday. How are you going to pay for drinks and all that? You should just stay home, bro. If you make it in, I'll buy you a drink.
Starting point is 00:16:02 But see, here's the thing, y'all. I've been reading this book about mental health that you got. Ha ha. Let them know. I'm trying to blow all my money in, you know what I mean? Did you read the chapter about how I don't be in the clubs and stuff? Did you read the chapter about how five or six years ago I made a conscious decision not to be in the clubs? Did you read that chapter?
Starting point is 00:16:17 I ain't got that part. Yeah, yeah. Go read that chapter. Yeah. Yeah. I don't think you should go broke. Water would be like $3, $4, man. Just stay home. But I'm sure that he. Yeah. Yeah. If you ain't got, I don't think you should go, bro, because water would be like three, four dollars, man.
Starting point is 00:16:26 You know, just stay home. But I'm sure that he should be able to come out. I'm not saying it like that. Last year, C-I-A-A. I'm just saying your pockets
Starting point is 00:16:33 ain't like that, so ain't no need for you to be there. You know what I'm saying? I appreciate that. I'll tell you what, though. I will reach out to my guy, Chris, and...
Starting point is 00:16:41 Hold on. Let's get his name. We're going to put you on the list. See if he'll let you in for five dollars. Oh, with that giggle, we got to charge you $10. With that giggle, nah, B. He was good into that giggle, man.
Starting point is 00:16:51 That little giggle, nah. Hello, who's this? Hey, man, it's Javi. Javi, what up? Get it off your chest. Yeah, man. Yo, I'm just so sad to hear the fact about Pop Smoke, man. I'm really just sending my condolences to his family. Yeah, man.
Starting point is 00:17:15 Yeah, that's terrible. Mm-hmm. man. My daughter's a big pop, smokes fan, you know what I mean? She sit here, man, like, not to make it any kind of funny, but her favorite part about that man is his ad-libs, how he growl. Yeah. Yeah, man. She sit here and be growling, man. It's just so sad, man. It hurt her heart.
Starting point is 00:17:38 And it's like, man, she didn't even know him, you know? Right. And it hurt him, so I only know how his family really feel about the situation, man. My condolences to everybody, man. I just hate seeing a young black man gunned down Right. I just hate seeing a young black man gunned down for no goddamn reason. You know what I'm saying? Like, there's never a valid reason to do anything like that, bro. Absolutely.
Starting point is 00:17:58 I don't even know how a person can wake up this morning knowing they just took somebody's life, took them away from their family, and just go on about their day. You just going to eat your cereal this morning like everything cool? Mm. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:18:09 Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. You better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is Reckless TV, man. How y'all doing? What's up, bro? What's going on? Man, this is Reckless TV from
Starting point is 00:18:29 Instagram, and I just want to know y'all's opinion because bye-bye on the shade room and everybody reposted it. And shout out to my guy, Critics of the Coach. I thank Charlamagne. You follow him on IG, too? Yeah, that's my guy, Chris, man. That's my dude from Virginia, man. He dope. Yeah, man. That's my guy, man. What's y'all opinion? Who had the better movies? Just awful opinion. Not facts. Not, you Virginia, man. He dope. Yeah, man, that's my guy, man. What's y'all opinion? Who had the better movie?
Starting point is 00:18:45 Just awful opinion, not facts, not, you know, sales. Bow Wow or Nick Cannon? Which movie? Just do it. You got to go on my page, Reckless TV,
Starting point is 00:18:55 or Critics of the Culture, you'll see the meme. Or you can go to Shade Room and you'll see the meme. Yeah, I saw... Did Bow Wow weigh in on that? Bow Wow said it was him, of course.
Starting point is 00:19:04 I mean, Like Mike was a big movie, but Drumline was a big movie. I'm thinking Drumline, man. Yeah, Drumline is one that I like. I mean, I can't speak for anything else. Bow Wow had another movie I liked. Like Mike was dope. But it was with Teyana Taylor when she kept going, Bye, man.
Starting point is 00:19:19 But I don't think it was in Drumline. Lottery ticket. And also, before y'all hang up on me, go follow Reckless TV R-E-C-K-L-E-Z-Z TV on Instagram and follow my guy, Critics. Hello, who's this? Wow. We said it seven times, man.
Starting point is 00:19:35 We said it seven times. We get it. Salute to Critics of the Culture, though. My guy, Chris. Me and Chris just wrote a comic for Marvel together, man. That's dope. Yo, what up, bro? Yo, what's good? This is Terry's brother from Chicago. Hey, what's up, bro? You a comedian? Yeah, and you know what? I got
Starting point is 00:19:52 hands down the greatest back page stories of all time. And you know what? All you gotta do is go to YouTube, type in back page stories and type in the search box back page stories and then just go down that wormhole. Also, I have a one hour stand-up comedy special on Amazon Prime, and all you got to do is just go on there,
Starting point is 00:20:10 just type in my name, Perrys Radliff, P-A-R-E-S. Hello, who's this? Why do you keep hanging up on people? Yo, that's disrespectful. Stop doing that. Don't nobody hang up on you when you're promoting Flippin' New Jersey. I don't promote. I do it on my Instagram. Well, whatever. Don't do that. I do it on my Instagram.
Starting point is 00:20:23 Let them people get their stuff off. My Instagram. Let the man get it off. That's not your Instagram. You don't promote. I do it on my Instagram. Well, whatever. Don't do that. I do it on my Instagram. Let them people get their stuff off. My Instagram. Let the man get it off. That's not your Instagram. You don't own that app. Hello. What if the owner of Instagram cuts you off every time you say flipping the jersey and post it, Caesar? Hi. How are you? Caesar loves a lot of weight.
Starting point is 00:20:38 He can fit in the box now. You see there's a lot going on up here. They're not even letting you talk. Hello. Good morning, Teresa. I'm just calling from Barbados. I already won. Big up my girl Rihanna. Today is her birthday. you talk. Hello, good morning, Teresa. I'm calling from Barbados. I already want my girl Rihanna. Today is her birthday. Happy birthday, Rihanna. Happy birthday.
Starting point is 00:20:50 Blessings. Today and forever. Okay. All right. Have a good one. You ain't hang up on Rihanna. Why you ain't hang up on her and shouting out
Starting point is 00:20:58 Rihanna birthday? Because she done shouting out business 17 times. Shout out to the Beijing Queen, Rihanna. How do we know happy birthday, Rihanna
Starting point is 00:21:03 on our website? DiscusyNy.com. Shut up. Hello? Hello. Hey, Natasha, good morning. Get it off your chest. I would like to give a shout out to Mr. Seafood. It's the best seafood in South Carolina straight out of Monk's Corner.
Starting point is 00:21:17 Another shout out. Mr. Seafood. You want to hear talk, Envy? They have a location in Columbia, South Carolina. Opened one up in Viewsburg. And they have one location in Columbia, South Carolina, opening one up in Viewsburg, and they have one located in Charlotte, North Carolina. Oh, you're talking about Kevin, Kevin Scott. Yes, sir. Yeah, salute to Kevin Scott.
Starting point is 00:21:34 I've never been there, but I keep hearing about it. Salute to Kevin, my man, Keith. I'm on his corner, 843, all day. And if you guys would go to their Facebook page, it's Mr. Seafood, number one. They're on Instagram and Facebook and like their stuff. That would be awesome. I've Facebook page, Mr. Seafood, number one, they're on Instagram and Facebook and like their stuff. That would be awesome.
Starting point is 00:21:47 I've never been to Mr. Seafood. I went there when I was home this weekend in Monce Corner. On a Monday, I went to Atlanta Seafood. That's why I had Mayor Pete at a couple weeks ago. We need to do a segment called Advertise Segment where people just call up and they can just advertise. Just advertise whatever they want to advertise. Well, I don't think we should do that.
Starting point is 00:22:03 That's what this turned into. I thought it was getting off their chest. If they had a problem or a situation they just wanted to freely Well, I don't think we should do that. That's what this turned into. I thought it was getting off their chest if they had a problem or a situation they just wanted to freely discuss. I respect it. I thought that's what it was about. I get tired of y'all calling up here talking about nonsense. Shout your businesses out. Take advantage of these white men's airwaves. Who abouts with those segment calls? Shout your businesses out. When people get a chance, they can just shout this stuff out.
Starting point is 00:22:18 I thought it was a segment if somebody's going through something, they want to spread some positivity, they just had a birthday. The sales team downstairs will have a fit if we ever said, hey, free advertising for five minutes, okay? Hello, who's this? Yeah, this is Kevin. Kevin, what up? Get it off your chest, bro. How you doing? Good morning,
Starting point is 00:22:33 y'all. I'm a big fan of y'all. DJ, I wanted to ask you, I'm currently homeless right now, but I just wanted to know if you own any property in Virginia that I can rent. I currently don't own any properties in Virginia, sir. I'm. I currently don't own any properties in Virginia, sir. I'm so sorry. Do you have a house in Virginia?
Starting point is 00:22:47 Do I have a house in Virginia? No. Okay. I do not. I do not own a house in Virginia. Hey, Charlamagne, I'm a big fan, too. My girl's a big fan of you. Her name's Ramona.
Starting point is 00:22:55 I just wanted to shout her out real quick, too. Tell Ramona I said peace, and I appreciate her. She met you like a couple of months ago at the airport. She went to DCA. All she was talking about was you when she came home. Oh, I respect that, man. Thank you, my brother. Tell her I said thank you very much. And to you, I'm a big fan, too. Thank you.
Starting point is 00:23:11 You listen to lip service all the time. I appreciate it. Learn something on there. Try something new. Thank you, brother. Hello, who's this? James from Brooklyn. Hey, what's up, bro? Get off your chest. Hey, how you doing? First of all, I don't appreciate how Charlemagne on this Black History Month came at you with that N-word this morning.
Starting point is 00:23:31 I don't appreciate it. He didn't check himself. Yeah, he called me a n***a real hard, right? That was a hard n***a. That's so disrespectful, brother. So I can't. He's so smart and intelligent, that individual. How he used that terminology, that's very disrespectful.
Starting point is 00:23:43 Can I do it after Black History Month? Listen, homie, I don't want to talk to you, child of man, anyway. Did you just n***a please me? The Wade-Wade situation. If you don't intervene in something that someone expressed, how you going to get to the bottom of the situation? We understand it's a bad situation, but you know what? That's his son.
Starting point is 00:24:00 But we have to intervene in it for the fact that he's a celebrity, and this is what we do. No, you don't. No, you don't. No, you don't. You don't have to intervene on that man's life. You don't have to intervene on that man's life. That ain't your child. Is anybody intervening with you and how you raise your kids?
Starting point is 00:24:17 No, I understand what you're saying, Shala, man. But if it's out there in the public, you say things about it. It's not right what Bootsy said. It's not your favorite part of the time. But you intervene in certain things, you say things about it. It's not right what Bush has said at the same present time, but you intervene in certain things, man, and express yourself. I don't think you're using the right word. Maybe just say comment. I don't think intervene is the right word. Right, comment.
Starting point is 00:24:34 That's proper. That's proper. That's most proper. Yeah, exactly. God bless you all. Hey, you done? All right, Tyler, man. I appreciate you. Goodness, man. That is crazy, man.agne. I appreciate you. Goodness gracious. Y'all are crazy, man. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.
Starting point is 00:24:49 If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Eve, we got rumors on the way? Yes, we are going to be talking about a brand that's relaunching. There was some port up here. I know Charlamagne bought some of this brand, so maybe he wants to support this relaunch.
Starting point is 00:25:02 Also, every time a festival seems like it might not go well, it gets compared to the Fyre Festival. We'll tell you what festival is getting that treatment now. Damn it, man. All right, Mr. Breakfast Club, good morning. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Rumor has it. On the Breakfast Club. So listen up.
Starting point is 00:25:21 So Oprah interviewed Tracee Ellis Ross over the weekend at Dallas' American Airlines Center, and that's for her 2020 Vision Tour that she's been doing with Weight Watchers. She was at the Barclays, too, prior to that. And amongst the things they discussed was Tracy Ellis Ross being 47 years old and not married. I, like many of us, was taught to grow up dreaming of my wedding, not of my life. And also, waiting to be chosen. Well, here's the thing. I'm the chooser.
Starting point is 00:25:52 And I can choose to get married if I want to, but in the meantime, I am choicefully single. Happily, gloriously single. And I do wish there were more examples. So many people ask the question have you ever thought about having children my child gave my life meaning I'm like are you saying my life is not meaningful now Oprah of course is not married to Stedman either and she always talks about that and how she hasn't wanted to get married to Stedman just by her own choice all right now other things that Tracy Ellis Ross discussed was the fact that she can sing, but she never really wanted to sing because, of course, her mom is Diana Ross.
Starting point is 00:26:32 About eight, nine months ago, a year ago, I guess it is now, a movie came along to sing. I said yes. Can you tell how hard it is for me to talk about this? I'm sweating right now, first of all. And you said yes, even though you were scared. Can you tell how hard it is for me to talk about this? I'm sweating right now, first of all. And you said yes, even though you were scared. Even though I was terrified. Even though I'd never sang publicly. Even though every time, this makes me cry,
Starting point is 00:26:52 every time there was a moment to sing with other people, I would make it funny. Because that way people wouldn't listen with your Diana Ross' kid ear. I don't even get mad at the young people that's in this room and in this studio. I just realize that they're young. Because when I hear things like, I didn't know Tracee Ellis Ross was Diana Ross' kid year. I don't even get mad at the young people that's in this room and in this studio. I just realize that they're young. Because when I hear things like, I didn't know Tracee Ellis Ross was Diana Ross' daughter. You said that? That's what you were saying?
Starting point is 00:27:10 I knew. You didn't know that for real? I had no idea. He's 20. Well, he's young. He's 20. How old are you, Dramos? I'm not 20.
Starting point is 00:27:15 I had no idea. I knew. All right. Well, the name of the movie that she's in where she's singing is called The High Note and it's coming out in May. Goodness gracious. It's the first time she's ever sang publicly. And she also discusses singing for her mom, Diana Ross, for the first time.
Starting point is 00:27:31 I'm not supposed to sound like my mom. I'm never supposed, I'm not even supposed to be her. I can't fill her shoes. No one can fill her shoes. So I got her in the car and the the first note happened, and she, like, pushed my arm. And then she turned to me, and her face was covered in tears. And she said, finally. I'm going to tell you something, though.
Starting point is 00:27:54 Yeah, I wouldn't want to be a singer either if my mother was Diana Ross. Because, you know, the bar is set so high. Absolutely. You know what I mean? And Tracee Ellis Ross, she actually achieved great success just going her own lane through acting. Right, but she can sing, so that's pretty dope though, that she's doing it now.
Starting point is 00:28:12 Alright, LeVar Ball has announced that Big Baller Brand is relaunching back and better than ever. If you see his post, it says Big Baller Brand is back. The wait is over. 10% discount on every item. You all knew it was just a matter of time. We are just getting started. Thank you to our Big Baller Brand is back. The wait is over. 10% discount on every item. You all knew it was just a matter of time. We are just getting started. Thank you
Starting point is 00:28:27 to our Big Baller Brand fans for your support. Drop on the clues, my fellow ball ball. Why y'all laughing at me? What y'all hating on that man for? I think it's going to do well. You got to think his son is in New Orleans, balling. His next son is going to be top three. Top three in the draft.
Starting point is 00:28:43 They saying number one. I don't know why y'all, first of all, I don't know why y'all laughing at a person that's starting a business. Who's laughing? Steve, the cameraman.
Starting point is 00:28:50 Oh, I was like, who is laughing? Yeah, so I just want to simply say that sometimes, you know, I would rather, you know, execute and fail
Starting point is 00:28:58 than fail to execute. How many people in this room that were laughing have even started a business? I don't know who is, I said just Steve. John Moss put his hand up. John Moss started a business? I don't know who it was. So just Steve. John Moss put his hand up. John Moss.
Starting point is 00:29:06 He has started a business. Okay, good job. No, but I think that company's going to do very well. Well, just FYI, if you look on the website, you can see LiAngelo and LaVar on the homepage. And there's 48 new items that are being offered. So if you want to do that, there's women's clothing on there. There's also a youth line as well. There's t-shirts for kids that say I will be a big baller
Starting point is 00:29:26 when I grow up. I'm definitely buying me some. I bought some slides last time they had the big baller brand stuff out there because I support black business. Alright and there's a festival called Lovers and Friends coming to LA and there was some drama behind this but apparently this festival is created by Snoop and the producers
Starting point is 00:29:42 of Coachella, Lovers and Friends and it has a stacked lineup. Lauryn Hill, Usher, Ludacris, Lil Jon, TLC, Jhene Aiko, Summer Walker, Meg Thee Stallion, Sean Paul, Nelly T, Payne, Brandi, Monica, SWV, Ja Rule, Fat Joe, so many people,
Starting point is 00:29:57 Foxy, Trina, Eve, Genuine, Twista, Cameron. This is going to be crazy. Amory, Tweet, Mario, 112. And only thing is that there were some people that were on this that said that they're not really on the show. For instance, Mason Twista both denied
Starting point is 00:30:10 they were taking part, but then Twista doubled back and said, locked and loaded, playing all the hits you dig. After first saying he knew nothing of it. Lil' Kim said the same thing. Lil' Kim, yes, said the same thing, but sources inside her camp say she is on board and she will be there.
Starting point is 00:30:24 There was some miscommunication. Yeah, she reposted and is on board and she will be there. There was some miscommunication. Yeah, she reposted and said, yeah, I will be there. Right. So apparently, I guess maybe, you know, management might not tell the artists what's happening. And then they see this and they had no idea. Who knows? But it is happening. So we'll see.
Starting point is 00:30:38 I'm happy for Snoop too. At first people were saying like, is this like the Fyre Festival? But now we have more details. No, I'm happy for Snoop too. Whatever I can do to support Uncle Snoop, he got it. All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. All right.
Starting point is 00:30:50 Thank you, Miss Yee. Now, front page news when we come back, what are we talking about? Yes, we are going to talk about Andrew Yang. What's he doing now that he's dropped out of the presidential race? We'll tell you he's got a job already. All right. We'll get into that next. Keep it locked.
Starting point is 00:31:01 It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get some front page news. Where we starting with Yee? Well, yesterday was the debate, the Democratic debate in Las Vegas. Of course, everybody was coming for Bloomberg. This was his first time on the stage. Some of the things that were discussed about him, they were talking about him spending all that money and hiding behind his TV ads, according
Starting point is 00:31:27 to Klobuchar. Joe Biden talked about him opposing Obamacare. Bernie Sanders attacked his support for stop and frisk policing. And Pete Buttigieg called him a billionaire who thinks that money ought to be the root of all power. In addition to that barrage, Amy Klobuchar and Buttigieg had a back and forth about her forgetting the name of the president of Mexico. Here's what happened. I don't think that that momentary forgetfulness actually reflects what I know about Mexico and how much I care about it.
Starting point is 00:31:59 And I first want to say greetings to President López Obrador. But you're staking your candidacy on your Washington experience. You're on the committee that oversees border security. You're on the committee that does trade. You're literally part of the committee that's overseeing these things. And we're not able to speak to literally the first thing about the politics of the country to ourselves. Are you trying to say that I'm dumb? See, it don't get no more white woman than that.
Starting point is 00:32:27 Amy Klobuchar is what happens when a white woman gets three infinity stones. Like, she straight up put words in Mayor Pete's mouth. I've seen that kind of energy before. You walk by a white woman minding your business. Did you just whistle at me? Next thing you know, you're getting attacked by a bunch of white men beating up.
Starting point is 00:32:41 You know what I mean? Like, no, that was terrible. Why would she do that? She went too far. Well, Elizabeth Warren came to her defense and said, it's not right. I understand she forgot a name.
Starting point is 00:32:49 It happens. It happens to everyone on this stage. What's not right? And then Joe Biden said, I'm the only one who knows this man and met with him
Starting point is 00:32:56 referring to Mexico's president. But you didn't say his name, Joe. Okay? He probably couldn't remember his name either in that moment. He, oh yeah, he didn't. Amy Klobuchar definitely reminded me of Pete of why he would never be attracted to a woman on that stage last night.
Starting point is 00:33:08 All right, the NFL is reportedly considering adding two more playoff teams as part of the new CBA. They're saying that they could do that, and I guess, what's the reason for that? They've been talking about this for quite some time. They said add two more teams, one from each conference, to postseason play starting next season. So would that be no wild card? It would still be a wild card, but they'll just add one more. They'll add one more from the NFC, one more from the AFC.
Starting point is 00:33:35 So just another week of playing? Is that what they're pretty much saying? Bringing some more money? That would be like the wild, wild card. The wilder card, would you call it? I guess that's just another week of football. Wild, wild card. The 17-game regular season. That could work. Wild, wild card. The wilder card. What do you call it? I guess it's another week of football. Wild, wild card. 17 game regular season.
Starting point is 00:33:45 Ooh, that could work. Wild, wild card. You know what I mean? All right. Andrew Yang has a new job now that he's no longer in this Democratic race for president. And now he is joining CNN as a political commentator. What'd you guys think? I saw him last night.
Starting point is 00:34:00 I think that's a genius move. Andrew Yang has a great social media following. Every time he's on TV, he seems to trend. And he's got a POV that people like. I think it's a great,. Andrew Yang has a great social media following. Every time he's on TV, he seems to trend. And he's got a POV that people like. I think it's a great, great choice from CNN's part. Well, he tweeted out, I'm excited to join CNN to help shed light on the election and the candidates' experiences. Learned a lot these past months, and I'm glad to contribute to the public discussion. I think that'll add a lot.
Starting point is 00:34:20 All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Front Page News. All right. Thank you, Ms. Yee. Now, when we come back, we have a legend and OG that's going to be joining us. It's Throwback Thursday and we have Charlie Wilson here. The OG.
Starting point is 00:34:32 OG, lead singer of the Gap Band. He's done songs with Snoop, with Kanye, with so many different people. He has a new single out right now with Bruno Mars. Bruno Mars produced it. So we're going to kick it with Charlie Wilson. All right. Don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.
Starting point is 00:34:46 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.
Starting point is 00:34:58 I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel.
Starting point is 00:35:09 I am the Queen of Ladonia. 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. Why can't I trade my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory.
Starting point is 00:35:24 I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help. We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going.
Starting point is 00:36:04 That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real, inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Starting point is 00:36:49 As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love.
Starting point is 00:37:32 I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best and you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.
Starting point is 00:37:57 A whole legend. God damn it. Charlie Wilson. That's right. Welcome, sir. Uncle Charlie's here. Thank you, man. Uncle Charlie.
Starting point is 00:38:03 What's up, my brother? God damn it. Man, I hope I look good. A whole legend. Thank you, man. Uncle Charlie. What's up, my brother? God damn it. Man, I hope I look good. A whole legend. Thank you, man. Not a quarter, not a half. A whole legend. A whole legend.
Starting point is 00:38:10 Yeah. I'm still whole. I've been through a lot of shit. I can't believe I'm still put together. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's been rough through my life, but I'm good. Man, I can't wait till I... I hope I look as good as you when I'm...
Starting point is 00:38:22 What you, 67? 67. Yeah, man. God damn, Charlie. This last week I turned... Happy birthday as good as you when I'm what you 67. Yeah, man Last week I turned happy birthday You know If you just you know, if you start getting ball, just sprinkle some of that s*** on there. Be done with it.
Starting point is 00:38:46 Sprinkle what? Give us the secret. What you sprinkling on there? Topics, if you need it. Topics, Mickey? Man, you can make a new hairline. I might get out in front right now with sprinkling something on your hair. Oh, no, I don't want that.
Starting point is 00:38:54 No, no, no. Emby got that. I definitely don't want that. Mine is real. No, it's not. It's natural. All berries and juices. Berries and juices.
Starting point is 00:39:01 There you go. It's transplanted from the back of his head to the back. Now, how do you have so much energy at 67? I've seen you perform in Bermuda. Aruba. It was Aruba. Aruba. And you killed it. And I was like, how does he still have all that energy? Man, I didn't get a chance to finish doing what I was doing when I was
Starting point is 00:39:15 in my 30s, and I was just pissed off about that for so many years, and so I don't know how to perform one way, and that's just that way. What do you mean you say you didn't get to finish? Well, I mean, You know, everything just turned sour and so I didn't get a chance to really finish and get where I was trying to go at that time. And so when I
Starting point is 00:39:32 asked God for what I needed and what I wanted in life, when he gave me the opportunity to go get that again, I just went hard. I've just been going hard ever since. And everybody's like, how in the hell are you doing what you're doing? It's because I'm ready to do it the right way this time. Was it bad business deals?
Starting point is 00:39:50 Man, I was just high. You was high. You was f***ing drugged. I was drugged out. Thugged out everything you want to say. I ended up sleeping under parked cars and parked trucks. And when I got up, asked God, can I get me, send me somebody to help me get out here. And I was going, went to a liquor store. But when I get me, send me somebody to help me get out here. And I was going,
Starting point is 00:40:06 went to a liquor store. But when I came out, I seen my cousin. And we used to get high together. But she was your color. And she was yellow. She was your color. But when we was getting high, her skin was black patchy marks everywhere.
Starting point is 00:40:21 Yeah, that discoloration. Yeah, so, you know. No, for real. That used to happen to me when I used to drink a lot. Yeah. Get themy marks everywhere. Yeah, that discoloration. Yeah, so you know. No, for real. That used to happen to me when I used to drink a lot. Yeah. Get them dog marks everywhere. So when I seen her, she was high yell. I said, damn, cuz, get me hit. She's like, cuz. I saw them tears rolling.
Starting point is 00:40:36 I said, what's wrong with you? She said, you dying. I said, no, I'm not. I didn't weigh about 115 pounds. Yes, you are, cuz. You gotta come on out of this. I was like, come on, cuz. What you talking about? I said, you look good. I've been sober for three years. I said, three years? It's been that long?
Starting point is 00:40:52 She said, where you been? I said, I've been out here. Where was your family at that time? Your brothers? Your parents? You just were... My mom, they lived in Oklahoma, so I was in Los Angeles on the streets. But, you know, you don't want to go on the mama with that, man. You know, so I was in Los Angeles on the streets. But, you know, you don't want to go on the mama with that, man.
Starting point is 00:41:08 You know, you're a crackhead. You got to do it yourself. And so when I saw her, she said, I've been sober for three years. She said, let me just take you to the rehab where I went, and I'm teaching out there. So I promised I would let her do it, and I've been sober ever since. That was God sending an angel to the church. That's 25 years ago. Wow.
Starting point is 00:41:30 With no relapses and none of that, no turnarounds. Was it the industry that turned you out? Because I always heard a rumor that Total Experience Records used to pay their artists in cocaine. That's what I used to hear. They used to pay their artists in cocaine. No, he didn't do that. But it could have been a better situation for me.
Starting point is 00:41:49 But I handed my situation over to basically like family members. Taking care of everybody else before you take care of yourself. Yeah. And so I was left with nothing. Man. So that took you into like a depression maybe? Well, yeah. I mean, you know, and in the streets, you know, it was always gangsters, pimps, and dope dealers.
Starting point is 00:42:08 And so they all just took care of whatever I needed. They would just give it to me. Because everybody knew you. Yeah, so it wasn't like I spent all my money on it. Because I never had to spend no money on no drugs. You know, it just ended up taking me out the game, period. Damn. But you was a crackhead crackhead.
Starting point is 00:42:22 Oh, man. I snorted, but after a while, man, I had a hole in my nose. Wow. Damn. Really? You burned a hole in your nose? Oh, yeah. That's when the **** was good.
Starting point is 00:42:31 That was their raw and cut ****. So when they chopping their bag up, it was just a hunk. Yeah. Goodness gracious. There you go. They used to make you sing for it or nothing? I ain't doing that kind of work. What do you think I am?
Starting point is 00:42:44 I'm just saying, you're not in here. No, I ain't doing that. You think he's catered? Hell no, I ain't finna do that. No, man. Come on, do one of them hoo-wees for me, mother******. Hoo-wee. You want me to do this?
Starting point is 00:42:54 You know what I'm saying? No, I ain't do that ****. But it was like, where you been, Charlie? I would always say, I've been in the studio all night, man. He said, come on in here, man. Take a shower or something. You don't look that good. Here, I got some **** on the table in there for you.
Starting point is 00:43:06 Go take a shower and then leave when you want to. Just lock the door. And it'd be like that. Man. But I was sleeping on the side of the building, behind the bushes, or sleeping under the U-Haul trucks that was in the parking lot. What about your old music industry friends? They didn't...
Starting point is 00:43:20 Man, come on, man. Nobody want to **** with you when you're looking like that. What about your brothers? Because they were in the group with you in the Gap Band. Let's go back. Let's tell the history of Charlie Wilson. People who don't know. I'm sure there's some youngins that might not know.
Starting point is 00:43:33 Legendary group, the Gap Band. Now, how did you get your start in the music industry? And for people that don't know who Charlie Wilson is, let's talk about that. Well, first of all, I was a young buck. Me and my friends, we played music. So before teenage years, we had a band. And we called ourselves the GT, Carver GTs or something like that. We were young, about 12 years old.
Starting point is 00:43:52 So we used to play in the YMCA on Wednesdays for the classmates. And like about after a month, it was just like, it was more teachers than students. Because see, we played like grown people. We was 12 years old. Right. And so I became first name basis with the teachers. And so, you know, women, you know what happened after that.
Starting point is 00:44:11 You know, I'm 12. That female teacher's probably about 22. I'm already living a grown life sort of like. You knocking off the teachers at that age? That's sick. Come on, man. I mean, listen, that's called, we know that, we know now that's molestation. Yeah, that's what it is. But, man. I mean, listen, that's called, we know now that's molestation. Yeah, that's what it is.
Starting point is 00:44:26 But back then... I mean, you didn't know. You didn't know the thing that was going to be that, you know, whatever. Started for me at eight years old
Starting point is 00:44:33 with a 20-something-year-old one. Yeah, I mean, it's like, you know, I was hanging out with grown people, though. What's the teacher's name? Let's meet Tua real quick. What's her name?
Starting point is 00:44:41 No. So how did the Gap Band get created? So I was That band that we had We got a little old We started playing Happy Hours Two years later
Starting point is 00:44:51 We were about 14 or 15 And then the place is packed And so this band was across the street My oldest brother was in that band And they was like Man who's across the street? They said your little brother over there man He over there turning it out
Starting point is 00:45:02 And so he's like Man you need to get out of this band. And I was like, no, I don't. He said, yes, you do. I'm going to tell
Starting point is 00:45:08 mama you in here then. I'm going to tell mama you in here playing. He said, you over at Dino's house, you know,
Starting point is 00:45:15 sleeping, you know, staying all night with each other on the weekends. I was like, hey. I said,
Starting point is 00:45:19 yeah, we back and forth with mama's over his house, back at our house. He said, no, you've been playing here because I've been hearing about it. He said, no, you've been playing here, because I've been hearing
Starting point is 00:45:26 about it. I said, anyway, long story short, after we got to high school, I decided, you know, he was like, man, you got to get out this band, man. Come get in this band while I'm in. I was like, and we was getting ready to graduate. We were trying to figure out what college we was going to. Everybody was going to different colleges, and I said, okay.
Starting point is 00:45:41 His band was already called The Gap Band? It wasn't The Gap Band at that time, but it was like, we ended up calling it that. The Greenwood, Archer, and Pine Street Band. Alright, we got more with Charlie Wilson when we come back. He's an OG, a legend in the game. He has a new single out right now, and we're going to talk to him some more when we come back. It's The Breakfast
Starting point is 00:45:58 Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with OG legend Charlie Wilson. You might know him from the group The Gap Band. Charlamagne? I was going to ask you what's the cultural significance of the group name The Gap Band. I was going to ask you what does that mean?
Starting point is 00:46:15 Greenwood, Archer, and Pine Street Band. And that's what it was. Greenwood was where Black Wall Street was. All rich black people, multimillionaires, had their own bus companies, had their own grocery stores, had their own black owned banks. That's right. Everything there. And then the white man came and blew it all up. Burned it up.
Starting point is 00:46:37 Because this black dude and this white chick was having sex, going with each other. But that was really just in the 20s. And they was in the same building, they come down the elevator together and open up on that ground floor and all them white people was there, so she come out screaming. You rate me? Well, she just come out screaming, so they just grabbed him and dragged him, so,
Starting point is 00:46:56 cause they like, you know you ain't supposed to be in no elevator with no white woman. So they couldn't say that they had been doing anything, so they just beat him and then they started burning things. And then they started, the police was knocking on doors, and if black people answered the door, they'd shoot them, kill them, yeah. So they're trying to wipe out all of North Tulsa.
Starting point is 00:47:14 That's such an important story that I feel like still hasn't been told the right way. I think people need to see that. They kind of flirted with it in the HBO show, The Watchmen. But it's like, yo, people need to see that, because black people have built these great communities but they've been snatched away from us. Absolutely. The white community was really mad
Starting point is 00:47:31 at this black community because they had everything, didn't need anything, they didn't have to come out of that community for nothing. And they was mad because the black people wouldn't go and work for them anymore because they had it all. nothing. And they was mad because the black people wouldn't go and work for them anymore.
Starting point is 00:47:47 They had it all. Is that story told in Tulsa a lot? Because I always wondered what was taught to kids growing up in Tulsa to teach them the importance of having their own. Basically, it was not supposed to be talked about at all. So the people, the blacks that lived long said, don't ever bring that up. Ever.
Starting point is 00:48:04 Because if the white police officers, if you said bring that up. Ever. Because if the white police officers, if you said, tell me what happened, and if they started talking about what happened, then they'd just kill them. Wow. Yeah. What has kept the Gabban from being seen as one of the upper echelon groups in R&D, you think? You're a product of
Starting point is 00:48:19 your environment, your association with people. See, if you, let me just say this, if you're a known pimp, or if you're a known drug dealer, and you go get these kids over here, and you're trying to promote them, then nobody's going to hardly mess with you. Or if you're gangbanging, nobody want to be bothered with that. So,
Starting point is 00:48:36 probably not going to push you over here with it. It's going to be like, no, I don't want to have nothing to do with that. This dude's crazy. Never know what he's going to do. So, we just, we did it the best way we could do. Do you know how big
Starting point is 00:48:47 We Can Make It Alright was for DJ? Oh, yeah. You know, that was my wedding song. Really? Yeah. We Can Make It Alright.
Starting point is 00:48:54 The acapella. Yeah. We've had a shout of trouble. Many more than others. Well, who else told me that?
Starting point is 00:49:06 With a little love and understanding. Woo! We can climb, climb in the mountains. But as long as it's you and me, girl. Man, that's God, man. There is nothing he can do. That's not God. That's the absence of God.
Starting point is 00:49:22 When you sing, that's God. That's God. First night we kiss. That's the absence of God. When you sing, that's God. That's God. First night we kiss. That's my guy. I knew it would work forever. I'm about to call my wife right now. No, no, he really will, too. Next thing you know.
Starting point is 00:49:35 Damn. How many times do people call you to do private singing things for Valentine's and stuff? Oh, man. They call a lot, but they don't have enough. They don't have enough. They don't have enough money. No, they don't have enough. So we just kindly just turn them down. My manager over there, he don't have enough. They don't have enough. They don't have enough money. No, they don't have enough. So we just kindly
Starting point is 00:49:45 just turn them down. Basically, my manager over there, he don't say, you don't have enough money. He say, I'm sorry, we're busy right now.
Starting point is 00:49:52 We can't do it. There's got to be at least one person that paid Charlie Wilson to come sing for him. Oh, yeah. I mean, I did go. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:49:58 I've done it. Who? Magic. I played for Magic Johnson. Yeah. I played for the Kardashians. Chris. Chris Jenner. Michael Jordan. Just played for the Kardashians. Chris. Chris Jenner.
Starting point is 00:50:06 Michael Jordan. Just at the house. No, no. He had his function. Yeah. But you know, Magic Johnson is a big fan. I'm a big fan. Michael Jordan is a big fan.
Starting point is 00:50:17 I'm a big fan of his. And so it was like, it's different. Right. I was in the car. They parked in front of a store. And two chicks got up. My wife was in the car. They parked in front of the store. And two chicks got up. My wife was in the store. And I was playing one of my songs I had been working on.
Starting point is 00:50:31 And it had just came out. So I was listening to that to see if how I can remix it. I was just listening in the car. So she got up. She said, she opened up the door and let her sister out. And she closed up. She looked over there. And I turned the music up.
Starting point is 00:50:43 She said, hey, who are you? Why are you playing that so many times? I said, I'm trying to make sure I learn my lyrics. Yeah, right. Like you some damn
Starting point is 00:50:52 Charlie Wilson. You ain't no goddamn Charlie Wilson. Wow. So, I said, no. I said,
Starting point is 00:51:01 I am. I am, but she said, man, you know what? She said, well, where your wife at? I said, she in there. She's like, yeah, no. I said, I am. I am. But she said, man, you know what? She said, well, where your wife at? I said, she in there.
Starting point is 00:51:07 She said, yeah, right. And then her sister came out screaming with my wife. And I said, that my wife here? And she said, yes, she's still screaming. And then she said, I'm getting married. My daddy got the money. Trust me. I just got you to play for my wedding.
Starting point is 00:51:24 But at that time, I was like, you know what? I'm not going to turn into the damn wedding singer, that's for sure. You ain't do it. You do it, boy. Mitch for something or something like that. You got the money. Yeah. That's what I'm saying.
Starting point is 00:51:36 You didn't do it. You got the money, huh? You didn't do it. Man, I wrote it down. And by that time, my manager done booked some shows. And we booked by then. Yeah. How do you decide who you want to work with?
Starting point is 00:51:49 Because a lot of these artists now want to work with Charlie Wilson so badly. Obviously, you know, you and Bruno Mars, Tyler, the creator. Yes. We know you have a great relationship with Snoop. But how do you decide? Because I'm sure there's artists that are doing really well, putting up those numbers,
Starting point is 00:52:01 but it has to go on brand with what it is that you do too. They call, I've seen a few of is that you do, too. They called. I seen a few of them at the Grammy Awards. I was getting up at the same time, the superstar rapper and his superstar wife. He's like, damn, I'm standing in front of Charlie Wilson. God damn, man. Can I get some of that?
Starting point is 00:52:20 You know, just like a verse or a hook. I was like, yeah, man. It don't matter. You and your wife can come on. We can do it. But I can't oblige everybody, you know, because I'm so busy. You're talking about Jay-Z and Beyonce, right? You're trying to guess, and I ain't going to tell you that.
Starting point is 00:52:36 You're talking about superstar rapping and superstar way. There's a bunch of them out there. I was going to go with Kanye. Oh, Kanye, maybe? There's a bunch of them. I've always worked with Kanye, but I'm just saying it could be. Yeah, you know what I'm saying? I wouldn't have said. I would always worked with Kanye, but I'm just saying, it could be, yeah. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:52:45 I wouldn't ever say it. I would love to work with Offset and Cardi B. Don't play. Offset, Cardi, make that happen now. Come on now. Yeah, so it's...
Starting point is 00:52:54 Cardi got an album coming out soon. She sure does. Yeah. Yeah. I got one coming out soon, too. Your album, there we go. You know what I'm saying?
Starting point is 00:53:03 I know you probably had that little problem doing what you do when sometimes you try to go on the road with somebody what I'm saying? I know you probably had that little problem doing what you do when sometimes you try to go on the road with somebody. I treat you right, give you the number
Starting point is 00:53:09 you're looking for. You know what I'm saying? Because me and you are going to set the building on fire. All right, we got more with Charlie Wilson when we come back.
Starting point is 00:53:17 Now, if you don't know about Charlie Wilson, you might know some of his classic records. So we're going to do a mini mix. All right? It's going to be some records
Starting point is 00:53:24 that you heard and be like, oh, that was Charlie Wilson? Yes, that's what we're going to do right now mix. All right? It's going to be some records that you heard and be like, oh, that was Charlie Wilson? Yes, that's what we're going to do right now. Your favorite Charlie Wilson joins us at the Breakfast Club. Good morning. That was a Charlie Wilson mini mix. The OG, the legend is here for Throwback Thursday. Charlie Wilson's in the building.
Starting point is 00:53:36 Charlamagne? Didn't Snoop almost make you relapse one time? I heard a story about that. He was in the studio smoking weed. No, no, I wasn't a weed smoker anyway. Snoop Dogg couldn't make me relapse. It was your wife that was like, we ain't doing that. He was in the studio smoking weed. No, no. I wasn't a weed smoker anyway. Snoop Dogg couldn't make me relapse. It was your wife that was like, we ain't doing that. I wanted to do some work with Snoop. It was the first
Starting point is 00:53:49 time I had seen him since he said he saw me. And she put an A before S. Anything. So a Snoop. A Snoop? A Snoop. So they was all smoking. Tupac. Everybody was in there smoking. And so Snoop came and man, they was like fired up. She's like,
Starting point is 00:54:06 Snoop, I'm sorry. Could you put that out? He was like, excuse me? She said, you gotta put that out. My husband can't come in there with you smoking out. He said, what? She said, I'm gonna take him home then.
Starting point is 00:54:22 He said, no, no, no, no. That's okay. She said, he's clean and sober. That must have been like my first year or second year. You should have seen him putting it out, man. He said, man, y'all can put that shit out. I don't care coming in here if y'all put that shit out. So everybody put it out. I went in there and did the songs.
Starting point is 00:54:37 What year was this? 96, 97. Tupac wasn't there in 97, man. 96? Yeah, he died in 96, late 96. Yeah, wasn't there in 97, then. 96? Yeah, he died in 96, late 96. Yeah, 96. It was somewhere in there.
Starting point is 00:54:49 Yeah. And did you know she was doing that or did she just... No, she didn't care if I knew or not. She just straight tell him. She tell all them gangsters and all them
Starting point is 00:54:56 death row gangsters and that. Y'all got to put that out. I'm not going to let him come in here. So they was like, oh, the old world. One time I went to Snoop's house and I made him
Starting point is 00:55:05 stop smoking for a year. Really? Yeah, remember he said he quit smoking? I took him into his own kitchen and had a conversation with him that he didn't like and then he just sit there and just said, with them frowns a little bit, I said, you gotta stop, man. You gotta stop. He said, for real? I was like, hey, man.
Starting point is 00:55:22 You got a wife in there and you got them little ones in there, you gotta stop. And so he's like, okay. So he was like, hey, man, got a wife in there, and you got them little ones in there, you got to stop. And so he's like, okay. So he went up, got in there, come back with a box, shoe box. He had something in there, dumped it in the trash can. Damn. And dumped it. I said, go get the rest of it.
Starting point is 00:55:38 He went in there and got some other ones, dumped it. And so I said, I know you got something here, but that's okay. I just want you to throw it all away. So I went home, and a week later, I talked to his wife, and she said, I know you got something here, but that's okay. I just want you to throw it all away. So I went home, and a week later, I talked to his wife, and she said, Uncle Charlie, what'd you say to Snoop? I said, why? He ain't smoked nothing since you left.
Starting point is 00:55:56 As a matter of fact, he's throwing everything out. And he lasted about a year. What did you say to him? What did you say to him to make him stop? Well, I just basically was just saying, hey, man, you know, you got family. Family's more important than this shit right here, you know. And so we just got to just put a curve on it and let's just go and do the right thing. You know, I'm doing the right thing.
Starting point is 00:56:12 You should do the right thing. Let's just do it and take care of family, take care of your life, take care of your health. You know, write some great music and let's just go. And he says, that sounds good to me. And that's what he did. You got Kanye to turn to God, too, right? I heard that you told Kanye to turn to God first. Man, I have been talking to him for so long about just life and God and the self.
Starting point is 00:56:31 Because everybody used to look at me like, because, man, I go testify. I testify on my shows. That's right. And get to shouting right there. After that, have 18,000 people shouting with me. You know, and then go right in the outstand and after that or something. But, you know, you got to But you got to pass it on. Some people are having problems and you know it.
Starting point is 00:56:49 So you think you're the reason Kanye turned to God in that way? Well, I'm not going to claim that, but you know what I'm saying? I used to talk to him a lot about that. I got to talk to all of my superstar nephews, I call them. It's like, hey, man, come on, we got to do this right thing. And, you know, I said, you know me. I don't care nothing about this thing you got going up in here.
Starting point is 00:57:09 Don't nobody take this picture. Don't nobody, you know, I brought, I got my phone. I got my phone. Hell, I ain't finna put my phone nowhere. You don't know how to use that phone. The flip up? Stop.
Starting point is 00:57:22 What's wrong about that? The Captain Kirk flipper? That's what I got. They said, there ain't no smart phone. I said, it's a smart... What the fuck's going on? It's okay, I'm good, Charlie. I was the smart one with the phone, so we're good.
Starting point is 00:57:40 I love the way you talk about your wife. You said that you weren't even living until you met her? You just was existing? Man, I was existing. I met her in the rehab. When I got to that rehab, I was in bad shape. So I had a little something in my pocket. I was trying to hit it for a week.
Starting point is 00:57:54 Then she knocked on the door. I said, how you doing, ma'am? She's like, you need to participate more in these classes. You know, you falling asleep now. She said, I know why you're falling asleep, because you're detoxing. Your body's detoxing. But you got to participate. You got to find these tools for the rest of your life.
Starting point is 00:58:09 So she said, what you going to do when you get out of here? Then I broke down. I was like, I don't have nowhere to go. And she said, well, you don't have, what do you mean you don't have nowhere to go? I said, I don't have nowhere to go. I'm homeless. She was like, homeless? You don't have nowhere?
Starting point is 00:58:21 I said, no, man. So she said, Wednesday, I'm going to take you to look for you a place to live. So Wednesday came and she got me a pass. I got in her car and she took me for a place and it was three car garage, house upstairs, downstairs, I think four or five bedrooms
Starting point is 00:58:38 or something like that. Next day we went and she found the furniture and filled the whole place up with furniture. How'd you pay for this house? Hold on, man. I ain't got a dime. So she put the furniture in and I said, okay, what about the car? She was like, I ain't giving you no car because, you know, your subcar is going to take you to the drug house, the dope house, the liquor store.
Starting point is 00:59:02 So I said, well, I can't be in here by myself, man. And she's like, I don't know what you're looking at me. So I said, well, I can't be in here by myself, man. And she's like, I don't know what you're looking at me for. I don't know you like that. I was like, well, it sure would be nice if you would stay here with me. You ain't say it like that. I did. I was kind of calm.
Starting point is 00:59:16 I, you know, I was trying to, I'm trying to sneak up on her. That's that old school deal. You sure you ain't singing to her? No, no, I hadn't sang yet. But she didn't even know who I am. She don't know nothing about no R&B music at that time anyway. So she paid for the house and the furniture? She bought it all. She paid for it all.
Starting point is 00:59:30 Long story short, I did talk her into staying there. She said, she kept saying, I don't know you like that. But anyway, one day I said, ma'am, I'm going to tell you something about me. If I leave out this house by myself going somewhere, only being in this rehab for only 28 days, I'm telling you now, I'm going to die out there. It won't be another chance for me. So she moved in with me. And she told me one day, she said, we'll be in here one year.
Starting point is 01:00:01 And I guarantee you, after this one year is up, you're going to buy your own house. I was like, s***, how's that? She said, you'll see, come on. We was in that house one year, and the spirit said, get in the car. We started driving. She said, where are you going? I was all up in Sand Canyon. This is where these big mansion houses is.
Starting point is 01:00:18 And she was like, why are you looking at these big houses like this? It's just me and you. Why do you want it? And I couldn't answer the question. I started driving again and found this neighborhood and the spirit told me to pull up in the house, the main house where they do the business. So I went in there
Starting point is 01:00:33 and the lady said, how y'all doing? Come on in. And I said, well, the spirit told me to come here. She said, okay, sit on down. I was looking around. I said, this is kind of nice, man. And so this couple came in. He said, yeah, can I relook? And the lady said, I'm kind of nice, man. And so this couple came in. He said, yeah, can I have a look? And the lady said, I'm sorry, y'all.
Starting point is 01:00:49 This house is sold. And then when they left, I said, why you didn't tell me it was sold? She said, you said the spirit told you to come here, right? She said, this is your house. Wow. And from there, we got the house and went to try to close. And my wife had a check, and they didn't accept it. So the lady came out. Charlie, where's your faith?
Starting point is 01:01:10 Here, take these keys. I'll pay that for you. And she paid it. What lady? The lady that was working at that place. Yeah, she paid it. And my wife said, I'll give you the money tomorrow, the next day, whatever it was. But she paid it, didn't know who I was, didn't know who my wife was.
Starting point is 01:01:27 But that was just God, the blessing of God just gave, put this woman in front of us. And we got that house, and I stayed there a few years. We decorated the backyard and the swimming pool. You got away with women, man. You was 12, you were teaching. You went to the rehab, ended up with a wife. Got a free house for a woman. Can't take you nowhere.
Starting point is 01:01:46 Charlie got to go, guys. What you mean Charlie got to go? He has to go. God damn. Well, introduce your record right now. Introduce the record. Let's play the record right now. My name is Charlie Wilson.
Starting point is 01:01:56 My new single is called Forever Valentine, produced by Bruno Mars, Stereotypes, and D-Mal. Man, you can't get no better than that. Come on. I know you do church at your show. I think you should leave us with a prayer. I think it's only right. Unless you want to sing a gospel song. Father, we thank you for another day. We thank you for your mercy and your grace.
Starting point is 01:02:18 We thank you for your son, Jesus Christ, who died for our sins on the cross. Father, I ask you to bless each soul in this room. Every person in this room, Father, we ask you to bless each soul in this room, every person in this room, Father. We ask you to continue to bless, touch them as they go, Father. Keep us all safe and sound as we travel. We thank you for the Breakfast Club and each person that's a part of this organization.
Starting point is 01:02:36 We love you, Lord, and we give you all the glory and all the praise and all the honor goes to you, Father. All these blessings we ask in Jesus' name be done. Thank God. Amen. Amen. Charlie Wilson. We're going to get us some free houses now.
Starting point is 01:02:46 That's right. That's right. And women everywhere we go. You're blessed and highly favored. You said it. Charlie Wilson. Amen. Y'all something else?
Starting point is 01:02:53 Y'all give me a start on something. Had me talking for an hour on one spot. We'll be right. Oh, baby. All right. All right, Gary. Charlie Wilson. We ain't here jamming.
Starting point is 01:03:03 I was stepping. All right. Anyway, morning, everybody. That is not stepping what you just did. I was stepping. All right. Anyway, morning, everybody. That is not stepping what you just did. I was doing my Detroit step. You did a shimmy. I'm going to learn that Detroit step. Whatever that Detroit playing step they be doing.
Starting point is 01:03:13 In the club. That's so fly, man. I got to learn that, man. Shout out to Jay Neely and my whole Detroit fam. I'm going to learn that for the next party. All right. Well, let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Dwyane Wade.
Starting point is 01:03:22 Somebody film that. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor report. Rumor report's get to the rumors. Let's talk Dwayne Wade. Somebody film this. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is the Rumor Report. Talk to them. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 01:03:33 Well, Dwayne Wade was on Watch What Happens Live, and a fan asked what he and Gabrielle Union learned about being transgender from the cast of Pose. Here is what Dwayne Wade said. The lesson that my wife and I learned is, first of all, we got information. We didn't have a lot of information and we reached out about pronouns. We wanted to make sure that we didn't get it wrong. So we reached out about the pronouns and making sure that we said the right things. Yeah, so you got to make sure because a lot of people aren't sure what to say. Even yesterday, obviously now she's identifying as a young lady.
Starting point is 01:04:08 So you want to make sure you say she. Correct. Because even though their daughter was born and identified at first as they identified her as a boy, now she's identifying as a girl. So you have to say she. Right. People were mad at me. Like, don't go, that's not a boy.
Starting point is 01:04:22 She, she. But that's what she identifies as. That's what Dwayne Wade says. My daughter, she. Gabrielle mad at me. Like, don't go like that. But that's what she identifies as. That's what Dwayne Wade says. My daughter, she Gabrielle Union. People have a problem with that. I mean, I respect those wishes. Absolutely. If she identifies as she and Dwayne Wade says that that's his daughter, that's what we call him. All right. Now, LeBron has announced his first children's book is called I Promise. It's part of a two book contract that he has with HarperCollins. He said, books have the ability to teach, inspire, and bring people together.
Starting point is 01:04:50 That's why these books and the opportunity to get children and parents reading together means so much to me. Most importantly, we wanted to make sure these stories are ones that every single kid can see themselves in. I Promise is powerful in that way, and I can't wait for people to read it. That's dope. You know how much I love reading
Starting point is 01:05:06 and I talk about it all the time. I'm an ambassador for the New York Public Library. And I was looking around my house. I actually had to get two new bookshelves because I have so many books at home. And I was like, this is amazing because books look like artwork to me. That's how many books I have in my house. I was going to ask, after you read the books, what do you do with them? You just put them on the shelf?
Starting point is 01:05:22 Yeah, put them on the shelf. Sometimes I give them away. We also have a library in the juice bar. I was in there yesterday. A lot of books read the books. What do you do with them? You just put them on the shelf? Yeah, put them on the shelf. Sometimes I give them away. We also have a library in the juice bar. I was in there yesterday. A lot of books in the juice bar. A lot of them are courtesy of you, Envy. I notice that a lot of them are missing at times, but that's fine.
Starting point is 01:05:37 I'm going to keep on replenishing the books. Alright, now the reboot of Making the Band is on the way and they have revealed the panel of judges. And guess who is going to be judges? Who? Diddy's sons, Quincy Brown, Christian, and Justin Combs, along with Laurieann Gibson.
Starting point is 01:05:52 So they're all going to be joining the franchise. That makes sense. I mean, they're younger. They know what's happening now, and Puff can find that young talent and make them stars. I think that makes sense. Well, that casting tour is going down now in Atlanta, February 28th to the 29th, Houston, March 2nd to the 8th,
Starting point is 01:06:08 Charlotte, March 13th to the 14th, and New York City, March 21st to the 22nd. And Diddy and all the judges will make appearances through that tour. Yeah, and it gives them money. That way they ain't got to ask daddy for money. You're getting paid. You ain't got to worry about me no more. Keep the money in the family.
Starting point is 01:06:22 All right, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. All right, thank you, Miss Yee. You're welcome. When we come back, Charlemagne Donkey of the day. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Is your country falling apart?
Starting point is 01:06:33 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.
Starting point is 01:06:43 It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition.
Starting point is 01:06:59 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 warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help. We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max.
Starting point is 01:07:33 You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, 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.
Starting point is 01:08:15 It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments.
Starting point is 01:09:09 Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before.
Starting point is 01:09:24 Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkeys of the Day, I'm John LeMay. I'm a Democrat, so being Donkey of the Day is a little bit of a mix-up. So like a donkey, he hung.
Starting point is 01:09:44 Donkey of the Day. a little bit of a mix up. So like a donkey. Donkey of the day. The practice club, bitches. Now I've been called a lot in my 23 years, but donkey of the day is a new one. Donkey of the day for Thursday, February 20th goes to former three-time mayor Mike Bloomberg. I think this is Mike's second time getting it within the past week. But it's not just Mike Bloomberg today. It's whoever the hell his prep team was for last night's debate. If you have been paying attention over the past week, one, you know Mike Bloomberg was making his debut on the debate stage last night.
Starting point is 01:10:13 And you also know that every single Democrat on that stage was going to come at him, and rightfully so. Okay, Matt Bloomberg has a history of overseeing one of the most racist pieces of legislation in American history with stop and frisk. He also has a history of making wild comments about women, and he had to know that these shots were coming at him last night, but yet he wasn't prepared. Now, I know Mike Bloomberg has no problem dropping that bag. I would think he would hire the best debate prep team he could find, but clearly that wasn't the case because he got smoked on everything.
Starting point is 01:10:46 Alright? Now, we all know Mike Bloomberg is worth like $60 plus billion. So he clearly gets the bag, flips it, and tumbles it. But when it comes to the debate questions, he got the bag and fumbled it. Badly. Okay, Mike and his debate team, y'all know the stop and frisk question
Starting point is 01:11:01 was coming. And it's the best answer you could come up with. Let's hear it. If I go back and look at my time in office, the one thing that I'm really worried about, embarrassed about, was how it turned out with stop and frisk. When I got into office, I thought that my first responsibility was to give people the right to live. And we started, we adopted a policy which had been in place. What happened, however, was it got out of control. And when we discovered, I discovered that we were doing many, many, too many stop and frisks. We cut 95% of it out. The reason the stop and frisk change is because barack obama sent moderators to see what was going on when we sent them there to say this practice has to stop the mayor thought
Starting point is 01:11:53 it was a terrible idea we send them there the policy was abhorrent and it was in fact a violation of every right people have if i was mayor bloom okay, or if I was on his debate team, I would have said to him, when the question of stopping Frist comes up, just simply say, I messed up. In fact, I might have cursed and said, I effed up. Just like most of us on this stage have when it comes to legislation
Starting point is 01:12:17 that disproportionately discriminates against black and brown people. I messed up, it was wrong. And I will spend every dime I got trying to fix the damage I created. And you know nobody on this stage got more dimes than me. Then I would have pivoted to Joe Biden and said, I messed up with
Starting point is 01:12:31 stop and frisk the same way you messed up with the 94 crime bill. And then I would have turned to Bernie Sanders and said, you voted for that terrible policy called the 94 crime bill. Joe, can you admit the 94 crime bill was terrible and led to the mass incarceration of so many black and brown people all over America?
Starting point is 01:12:48 Then drop the mic and watch Biden look how you looked when Elizabeth Warren was checking your ass all night, Mike Bloomberg. Mike Bloomberg knew that they were going to come at him over his history of comments to women. And this is the answer he came up with. And oh, he got pressed by Elizabeth Warren so bad. Let's hear it.
Starting point is 01:13:04 Former employees have claimed that your company was a hostile workplace for women. When you were confronted about it, you admitted making sexually suggestive remarks, saying, quote, that's the way I grew up. I have no tolerance for the kind of behavior that the Me Too movement has exposed. And anybody that does anything wrong in our company, we investigate it, and if it's appropriate, they're gone that day. The mayor has to stand on his record. He has gotten some number of women to sign non-disclosure agreements, both for sexual harassment and for gender discrimination in the workplace. So, Mr. Mayor, are you willing to release all of those women from those non-disclosure
Starting point is 01:13:46 agreements so we can hear their side of the story? We have a very few non-disclosure agreements. How many? Let me finish. How many is that? None of them accused me of doing anything other than maybe they didn't like the joke I told. And let me just, and let me, yeah. He was accused of making inappropriate jokes, saying overly sexual things. I get it. Only thing you can do in that situation is apologize. And you had to know the women on that stage were going to slam you hard for that. And rightfully so.
Starting point is 01:14:20 No need to get defensive about it. Just state the facts. Apologize for what you feel you said wrong and keep it moving. But the problem I have is the hypocrisy from Democrats in regards to Bloomberg because we can't act like aides on Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign team didn't make accusations of sexism and sexual harassment against the campaign. Bernie's campaign manager even admitted that there had been a failure. And Bernie promised that the same thing wouldn't happen in 2020.
Starting point is 01:14:45 We can't act like as if Sanders' aides didn't request a meeting with Senator Sanders to discuss the issue of sexual violence and sexual harassment during the 2016 campaign. If you can hold Bloomberg accountable for what happens at his businesses, then hold Bernie accountable for what happened during his 2016 campaign. Bloomberg's prep team, why didn't you have him prepared with those clapbacks? The information is out there for anybody to find.
Starting point is 01:15:09 And Joe Biden, just last year, they were calling him Creepy Uncle Joe. We forgot about Lucy Flores and Amy Lappos and other women who accused Joe Biden of inappropriate behavior.
Starting point is 01:15:19 Remember all those stories last year, Joe Biden touching women inappropriately and invading their personal space? Why didn't Mike Bloomberg's team prepare him with all that smoke? You can't vilify me if you got the same dirt that I do. You ever heard that saying, don't judge me because I sin, because you
Starting point is 01:15:34 sin too? This, what you saw last night, is the political version of that. And that's why I hate politics, because of the hypocrisy and nobody is honest. If they were being honest, then all of them would put their BS on the table and address it all. But since Bloomberg isn't considered a real Democrat, they jump him for the same issues
Starting point is 01:15:49 that people on that stage are accused of. Look, I think everybody's history on everything is fair game, but the key word is fair. I want everybody to get pressed, and I want everyone to get questioned, and Mike Bloomberg had the lane to do that last night based off how he knew folks were going to come at him, and he failed. Mike,
Starting point is 01:16:08 fire your prep team. It's some folks on social media you can hire that's better than whoever you got now. Bloomberg could have talked about the 200 inner cities he's giving money to. He could have talked about his Greenwood Initiative, which is his black agenda to bring economic justice to black America. The guy's got a plan
Starting point is 01:16:23 to create a million new black homeowners, 100,000 new black-owned businesses in the next decade. He wants to invest $70 billion in the country's most, you know, poor and disenfranchised neighborhoods. But none of that came up because he's too busy defending himself against things his rivals on that stage are also accused of. The moral of the story is politics suck. And I don't know how the Democratic Party got here.
Starting point is 01:16:46 OK, the candidates after President Obama were supposed to get blacker, browner, younger and smarter. Instead, we got old white men on stage arguing about how many heart stints they have had over the years. The one area maybe the mayor Bloomberg and I share, you have two stents as well. 25 years ago. Please give Mike Bloomberg and whoever prepped him for the debates last night the biggest E-R. All right. Yes, indeed. Well, thank you for that dog here today. Uh-huh.
Starting point is 01:17:18 Up next is Ask Yee. 800-585-1051. If you need relationship advice or any type of advice, call Yee right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Come on. Need relationship advice? Need personal advice?
Starting point is 01:17:33 Just need real advice. Call up now for Ask Yee. Eat the bread. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. It's time for Ask Yee. Hello, who's this?
Starting point is 01:17:46 This is Carmella. Hey, Carmella. Where you calling from? From Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Oh, from Wisconsin? Right, Milwaukee? Yes. All right.
Starting point is 01:17:54 What's your question for Yee? Okay, so basically, my husband and I were separated for like two years. And he had a baby, but we decided to work things out after that right okay so even though we're working it out do you want us to move in together back in together i don't think i want to move back in with him because uh so our state offers a lot of grants to buy a home and i'm buying a duplex well i'm in the process i didn't pick the house up or anything, but I want him to do the same thing. And I feel like until we are ready, ready to be back together, we should be in
Starting point is 01:18:29 separate households. But all of my friends are telling me I shouldn't do that. Well, listen, when it comes to what you think and what your friends think, you should go with your own gut instinct because I think one of the issues that we have a lot of times is our friends want to weigh in on things and tell us what they think we should do. A lot times you know what it is right you have your own instincts your
Starting point is 01:18:49 instincts are telling you don't get myself intertwined like this until I'm sure and we're 100% ready right because it's so hard when you guys have to separate and move back out again and so if what you need is to feel more security because clearly you know he has a whole nother baby outside the marriage. You guys were already separated. You're not 1000% back in yet. I think if you feel like I'm not ready, you're not ready. And that's just what it is.
Starting point is 01:19:14 Nobody can force that on you and nobody should tell you that you should be. I agree. You're right. So they can tell you what they want to do it, too. And I'm just kind of like, I don't think that's a good idea. I want him in his own house. Especially while he's trying to start bonding with the other kid. I kind of don't want to...
Starting point is 01:19:32 I want to be away from that right now. Yeah, you're not ready for that. And there's nothing wrong. You are not wrong. Yeah. Okay, thank you so much. No problem, Carmela. We got to trust ourselves sometimes.
Starting point is 01:19:44 Ask Yee. 800-585-1051. If you need relationship advice, call Yee right now. It's the Breakfast Club. Come on. Get some real advice with Angela Yee. It's Ask Yee. Morning, everybody.
Starting point is 01:19:59 It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Ask Yee. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is Dee calling from Atlanta, Georgia. What Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're in the middle of Ask Yee. Hello, who's this? Yo, this is D calling from Atlanta, Georgia. What's up, bro? What's your question for Yee? My question for Yee is, man, I got a woman, I mean, my wife, right?
Starting point is 01:20:14 And we out here working at a chicken plant, and you know how that goes. She have a male chicken plant. How does that go? How does that go? What do y'all do at the chicken plant? We just cut out chickens. Okay. And she got a dude that keeps checking them, and I check him.
Starting point is 01:20:29 You know, I'm trying to figure out how can I go about that without losing my job. Check a guy because he's checking your wife? Or taking your chicken. Yeah. What are you talking about, Envy? I don't know. Just butt out. Ask Yee.
Starting point is 01:20:38 All right. So does she like him? She told him to butt out, but I think it's a particularly strong going on, because she's been hiding her phone from me. Okay, so you think that your wife and this guy at your job that you both work at are communicating with each other, and she's hiding her phone from you. This is unusual behavior. Right.
Starting point is 01:20:59 Okay. Are you eating chicken right now, man? We can barely hear you. Well, okay, So there you go. Now, when you confronted your wife about this and asked her, what's her response? She stutters. Like Joe said, stuttering. And she's never acted like this before.
Starting point is 01:21:15 So your gut instinct is telling you there's something happening there. Exactly. So I just want to know how should I go about this. I thought 10 years would be something to live for, but 10 years can go down the drain if she's not acting right. Okay, well, number one, let's not jump out the window because we don't know that anything has happened, right? You just have a feeling. She's hiding her phone. She's nervous. Maybe she has a little crush on this guy also, and he has a crush on her, right? Right. But we don't know that that means it
Starting point is 01:21:43 has led to anything. Have you ever had a crush on anybody while you've been with your wife? Well, yeah. Up to here and up. Okay. And I think in relationships, when you've been with somebody a long time, maybe that does happen now. Whether or not you act on it or do anything is a whole nother story.
Starting point is 01:21:59 So is she giving you any indication that she doesn't want to be with you or that she might do something? Is she missing at periods of time? No, she'll go up in the room because normally, you know, we do it together. But now, lately, it's been very distant. All right. Well, I think it's important for you to keep those lines of communication open. And when I say that, it's not about accusing somebody.
Starting point is 01:22:21 You have to tell her how her behavior is making you feel. I would have a real heart-to-heart with her and say, look, we've been together for so long. I feel like I know you extremely well. And I've never had these feelings before. I don't know what it is, but something's off and it's not making me feel good about our relationship. So I just want you to feel like you can be open and honest with me. I love you. Whatever is going on, I just want to know so that we can figure out how we can work through this together. And see what she has to say about that. And tell her specifically what it is that she's doing that's bothering you. And how she can move forward to fix those things so that she'll be more comfortable.
Starting point is 01:23:00 And tell her that you don't really want her communicating with this guy at work. Tell her that it makes you feel uncomfortable. And because you guys are together, she should respect that. You've never asked her to do anything like that before, right? Right. And let her know that if she was in the same position, same situation, you would hope that she could come to you and express her feelings as well and see how she reacts to that.
Starting point is 01:23:19 All right. I really appreciate y'all. Okay. I wish y'all luck, man. You eat a lot of chicken? I do. I love KFC. All right. All I wish y'all luck, man. You eat a lot of chicken? I do. I love KFC. All right. All right. Well, thank you so much.
Starting point is 01:23:29 Good luck with that. I hope you guys work things out. All right, brother. All right. I haven't had KFC in a minute. Me too. I feel like there's not even as many KFCs around as there used to be. No, there's a lot of KFC, but I just prefer Chick-fil-A, I guess.
Starting point is 01:23:41 And you like Popeye's. And I like Popeye's, yep. All right. Have you ever flirted with another woman? No. Damn, never in the whole 20 years? Yeah, I mean, of course.
Starting point is 01:23:51 You just said no. I mean, not recently. I'm not your wife asking. You saw how fast he responded. That's how you know when a guy is lying. His instinct is just to deny, deny, deny.
Starting point is 01:24:00 Absolutely. That's it. Yes, but nah. I mean, I haven't in a long time. I mean, I have before. He stuttered It wasn't right Has Gia ever flirted
Starting point is 01:24:07 Flirting is flirting wrong Yes Like It's not right It depends on how far it is Like how can Sometimes it's just Innocent
Starting point is 01:24:15 Like what type of flirt I don't know I mean Like what Like you might Let's see Do a little too much giggling Or you know
Starting point is 01:24:23 You do the light touch On the arm All the little touch on the arm, all the little things that are like physical. All the stuff that Dramos does to me, I bought out. Touches me on my arm and giggles all the time. Now you're flirting with me right now. Stop flirting with me, Dramos. Okay, so yes. Yes. Alright.
Starting point is 01:24:38 See, what kind of laugh was that? I know Gia be tripping you up all the time. I don't do nothing wrong. You know you messed up. You know you messed up, right? Anyway, ask Gia. 800- you up all the time. I don't do nothing wrong. You know you messed up. Anyway, Ask Gia, 805-85-1051. You got rumors on the way? Yes. Let's talk about a possible billion-dollar deal that could be happening in the world of sports.
Starting point is 01:24:55 All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. She's spilling the tea. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, looks like Bob Arum might be talking about selling Top Ring. That is his company.
Starting point is 01:25:14 And you guys know he's one of boxing's most powerful men. He's 88 years old now. And he's talking about doing that. He's organized fights with Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather, Manny Pacquiao. And if he does manage to sell this, they said it would be the most high profile acquisition in combat sports, if not all sports, since the MMA firm UFC was sold for over $4 billion back in 2016. So some of the athletes they have under contract right now include Terrence Crawford, Tyson Fury, and they also have footage that they lease.
Starting point is 01:25:45 So that's footage of Muhammad Ali in his prime and other fight material as well. So they are looking to sell that. And they've been in talks with Hollywood talent agency Endeavor with the NASDAQ telecoms firm Liberty Global and OTT, the subscription streaming sports DAZN. OK, that could happen. That'd be dope. That'd be big. That's going to be billions of dollars. And they also did, I think, a seven year deal with ESPN as well. So all of that is happening.
Starting point is 01:26:14 So imagine that. They own this whole huge fight library. He said they have maybe 10,000 great, great fights. And you can actually use those like if people want to use it in a movie, they have to lose it. Yeah, people always go back to those footage. So that would be amazing. They'll make a lot of money off of royalties and stuff.
Starting point is 01:26:28 You know what else too? They own a lot of real estate and all of that real estate that they own is debt-free, no mortgages or anything. They own multiple buildings outright in Vegas and they also own a gym near the Strip as well. So all of those things would be a big deal for whoever acquires top rank.
Starting point is 01:26:44 All right. Now let's discuss Joe Button. as well. So all of those things would be a big deal for whoever acquires Tom Rankin. Alright, now let's discuss Joe Button. Kalani was not happy with him critiquing her after her song that she did after she broke up with YG, the Valentine's Day shameful song. Now it all started with him talking about listening to the song
Starting point is 01:27:00 that Kalani and YG put out together on Valentine's Day called Conclusions. I feel like I've been hoodwinked. I hated it on the first listen and then by the second listen, I loved it. I was with this new image of YG being in love. So Kehlani put a record out
Starting point is 01:27:15 and the record is called Valentine's Day. She's shameful. She really wants us to know how much of a piece of YG is, but she's hiding behind the thin veil of I'm not telling you guys who I'm talking about. Somebody explain the woman's brain to me.
Starting point is 01:27:31 You was immature three days ago? Well, she posted, Joe Button is a joke. And then he said, we love you. It's jokes. Feel better. And she said, the amount of misinformation and lies and lameness in this episode about me and you use my face is, LOL, gotta love it. But I thought all R&B music
Starting point is 01:27:47 was based off of how you felt and not necessarily said, you know, who you were singing at when you go back and you listen to Mary J. Blige or Faith Evans or any other R&B singer. You don't know necessarily who they were talking about. You just know the emotion, I thought. Well, he then posted I'm about sick of you artists. Never a peep
Starting point is 01:28:03 through years of praise, but want to jump out of windows when you hear something you don't like. Newsflash, I'm about sick of you artists. Never a peep through years of praise. But I want to jump out of windows when you hear something you don't like. News flash, I am not friends with you. End words. Well, he knows that. He's an artist. He knows when people say nice stuff, it always just flies over your head. But when they say something nasty and disgusting, you want to bite back.
Starting point is 01:28:16 Okay, and let me just quote the great Erykah Badu. Keep in mind that I'm an artist. And I'm sensitive about my ish. Exactly. So keep that in mind. All right. Now, Joe Button is all over the place because he also has Tahereh and Sin Santana going through it over him. They're
Starting point is 01:28:31 both his exes at this point and people didn't like this confrontation between Tahereh and Sin. What does that mean? Everybody in relationship has exes and there's this one ex that. Being that her and Joe was together for so long. Joey and I still connect.
Starting point is 01:28:48 We have a history and we just vibe, right? Y'all just vibe. Oh, I don't have to lie to you, honey. I don't respect this as a woman. You have literally been in my shoes minus the obvious. And you still step into me with this energy. You look tired. Can't get the up.
Starting point is 01:29:05 I hate to see them two like that. I know both of them. They both good people. I just hate to see them two like that. I know both of them. They both good people. I just hate to see them going back and forth and arguing. Is it true that everybody has the ex? What you mean? Like that one ex, like Tahiri said, I'm the ex. I don't know.
Starting point is 01:29:18 Do you have the ex? No. Like, I don't even know what that means. Let me shut up. I ran into... Never mind, stop. You do not know. No, I don't even know what that means. Let me shut up. I ran into... Never mind, just stop. You do not know any of my exes. No, I know he's not the ex, because you... Never mind.
Starting point is 01:29:31 All right. I don't know what's going on here. But I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. I think we talked about that story on the air, but I just don't want to break it up. Oh. You know who I'm talking about then, huh? No. But, I don't think...
Starting point is 01:29:43 Have you ever met my ex-boyfriend? Look, I have guys that I dated. Okay, so... And then I huh? No. But, I don't think, have you ever met my ex-boyfriend? Look, I have guys that I dated. Okay, so. And then I have an ex. And that's somebody that I was with for like years. This was somebody
Starting point is 01:29:52 you dated then. Okay. It's not relevant. Poor guy, man. All right. Happy birthday, Riri. Let's get into the mix. Yes, let's do that.
Starting point is 01:30:03 We're going to start with some Riri. Revolt, we'll see you tomorrow. Hold on now. What Rihanna songs are about to happen in this mix? Because I know everybody wants to chime in and say their favorite Rihanna song. Well, hit me up right now. Add DJ.
Starting point is 01:30:14 What's your favorite? First of all. What's your favorite? I just want to see. Are you going to start with my favorite Rihanna song? What's your favorite? Oh, my God. So many.
Starting point is 01:30:22 Diamond. That's right. It's the breakfast. That's not my favorite. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ. Diamond, that's right. All right, it's the Breakfast Club. That's not my favorite. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. It's Black History Month, so what we doing?
Starting point is 01:30:34 Yes, Sidney Poitier, you know, he won an Academy Award for Best Actor. He was the first black actor to win that award and was also nominated a second time. So we just want to celebrate Sidney Poitier this morning. The Breakfast Club presents a new Black History Month legend. I remember being in Mississippi, not believing what I was told was possible for colored people at the time. I just didn't believe it. And so the fact that you have been able to become what you have become in life,
Starting point is 01:31:03 a part of that is that you didn't believe the dogma. You didn't believe what people said was possible for a black man. Well, from the very beginning, I didn't believe that. Yeah, that's what I mean. When I arrived in Florida, everywhere I turned, that's what was being said to me. But you see, before I got to Florida, I had had the opportunity through my mother and my dad to have set some kind of foundation as to who I was. And I was not what I was required to be in Florida. I was not that. I couldn't be that. I was taught that I had basic rights as a human being. I was taught that I was someone.
Starting point is 01:31:48 I knew we had no money. Still, I was taught that I was someone. We had no electricity and no running water. Still, I was taught that I was someone. I had very little education. A year and a half, in fact, was all the schooling I was exposed to. Still, I knew that I was someone. And that was another new Black History Month legend, courtesy of The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 01:32:14 All right, a legend. More than a legend. Mm-hmm. All right, well, when we come back, positive notes, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.
Starting point is 01:32:26 We are the Breakfast Club. Now, last night, Yee, I know you were out at your awards dinner. Yes, it's the American Foundation for the University of the West Indies, raising money for the scholarships for our students to go to the University of the West Indies. I know we like to go to these islands and frequent them, but let's make sure we contribute to the students who live there that actually want to attend university. So shout out to everybody who came out and donated, and of course to the students who were in attendance
Starting point is 01:32:51 to talk about how much these scholarships mean to them. All right, and Charlemagne, you're actually going to be playing out in the D, right? Yes, I'm headed to Detroit. I'm going to Detroit. I'm going to be spending the day in Detroit. I'm doing a little field trip in Detroit, man. Salute to WJLB.
Starting point is 01:33:10 I got with WJLB because, of course, we come on WJLB every morning. And I'll be at Inception. Inception is this mental health gym that, you know, myself and my man Bushman, we frequent, and, you know, they got float therapy and brain training and Magnusphere. It's just a great way to disconnect. If you're looking for stillness, if you're looking for a way to empty your brain, Inception definitely has it. So I'm doing a field trip, man.
Starting point is 01:33:35 I got 10 listeners that are going to meet me at Inception in Farmington, Michigan today. And, you know, we're just going to be still. All right. All right. You know, I always tell you all, invest in your mental health. This is my way of investing in people's mental health for them. So I'll see you all in a few. All right.
Starting point is 01:33:52 Well, enjoy the D. Now you got a positive note? Yes, I have a positive note, you kinky young beige man, you. All right. It's from Dr. Mae Jemison, who was the first African-American female astronaut. Dr. Mae Jemison said, never be limited by other people's limited imaginations. Breakfast club, bitches. Y'all finished or y'all done?
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