The Breakfast Club - Toxic Energy (Ingrid Best Interview)

Episode Date: August 31, 2021

Today on the show we had Ingrid Best who spoke about what empowers women in business, Combs Enterprises, new ventures and more. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to a man so desperate to get his woman back that he kidnapped her just to pretend to save her;some donkey's you just can't make up. Moreover, we ended up opening up the phone lines to see if any of our. listeners did anything desperate and toxic to get their partner back based off the "Donkey of the Day". Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Yes, it's Tuesday. What's happening? How's everybody feel this morning? What's going on? Much better. I'm blessed black and highly favored. What do you mean much better? What was wrong?

I don't know. I just had a long few days. I had my opening at my coffee shop Friday. Saturday, I had Angela Yee day. Then I flew out to Fort Lauderdale. I did an interview with Kodak Black. And then now I'm finally back. Young Kodak.

Young Yak. Yes, ma'am. And now I'm back. I know he's a yes man. Yes, ma'am. He actually didn't. You don't got no manners? No, I didn't say that.

He just didn't use that particular phrase. Oh, he didn't do the yes ma'am? Yeah. But yes, he was very polite. No, Kodak is a good person, I believe. He's just young, man. Young people make mistakes, as we all did when we were young. Absolutely.

And imagine having access to all of that money and all of those resources and everything else at that age. You know, since he was 17, he hasn't been out of jail for one consecutive year. Like, he's been in and out, in and out. Really? Since he was 17 and before that juvie and all kinds of you know you got to think about all the trauma that people go through and the guards beating him up in jail and everything that happened but he's going to get uh really in depth about a lot of those things and that's why i've committed my life to healing helping helping you know people in general here but especially young black men because if we don't break them generational

curses who will absolutely, there's some parts in there that I felt like, oh man, you might want to cry. Man, we've been passing trauma off as culture for so damn long but this is the first generation I feel that has the luxury of actually healing. So we'll be okay. But yes, it was a whirlwind

of days for me and then the Breakfast Club went viral yesterday but we'll talk about that later. The Breakfast Club went viral for what? Envy. What did Envy do? Envy calling Kanye a clown like 30 times yesterday.

Oh, I sent Kanye what's healing energy. I'm sending him healing energy. Yeah, I sent him healing energy. But I'm sure, you don't mind adjusting that, right? Envy later? Sure.

Okay. I had a zillion and one conversations with a zillion and one people yesterday. What more is there to say after you call somebody a client? Here's the thing, and I said Kanye West healing energy. People, his team. I had a zillion and one conversations yesterday.

But you can't ever have the real conversation because what that is, what your statements were rooted in, we would never be able to share because it's not our story to tell. Correct. You know what I mean? So if people knew, if people knew, they would understand why you said what you said. But I choose to send him healing energy. Correct. You know what I mean? If people knew they would understand why you said what you said. But I choose to send him

healing energy. Okay. Yeah, the people that were involved hit me. I got so many calls yesterday from older artists, newer artists, athletes, actors, people in the industry, Ye's team, a whole bunch of people. We'll talk about it a little bit. But like you said, it's something that, you know, it's not

my story to tell. It's not my story to tell. It's not your story to tell. We just know and I know how it makes me feel. But we'll talk about it a little bit later. I'll tell it. You'll tell it? You'll tell it? Rumor report.

You can tell it. It's a rumor report. It's going to come out when it comes out. I'm sure it'll come out. People will understand from there. Now we got some special guests joining us today. Who we got? Last week I us today. Who we got? Last week I was out.

You guys interview Ingrid Best? Oh, man. Please tell people who Ingrid Best is. Okay, so Ingrid Best is a very dear friend of mine, but she is the executive vice president for Combs Enterprises. That's Diddy's Enterprises. And she runs the Deleon and Ciroc, and they just launched this really incredible campaign celebrating black business owners.

It actually just launched yesterday. So she's going to come up here and talk about how she's gotten into the position that she has and the team that she's created of all black women. I missed it. I was out of town. Ingrid's the best. She's very, very. That's her last name.

Best. No pun intended. No pun intended. And these conversations are great because everybody always wants to do things in front of the camera and be, you know, all out for people to see. Ingrid's one of those people who makes things happen behind the scenes. For a long time. Even before running Combs Entertainment.

So can't wait for you guys to hear that. But let's get the show cracking. Front page news. What are we talking about? Well, the last U.S. military planes have left Afghanistan. So that is America's longest war, 20 years. And we'll tell you what that's like and what Joe Biden had to say. He also is going to be speaking today about that.

All right. We'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's every time. As much as we play this record, I still don't know the words. Me neither. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Where we starting, Yee? Well, the last U.S. military planes have left Afghanistan. And here is General Frank McKenzie, who is the commander of U.S. Central Command, speaking at the Pentagon about not getting everyone out, even though the last planes have left. Look, there's a lot of heartbreak associated with this departure.

We did not get everybody out that we wanted to get out. But I think if we'd stayed another 10 days, Louie, we wouldn't have gotten everybody out that we wanted to get out. And there still would have been people who would have been disappointed with that. It's a tough situation. But I want to emphasize again that simply because we have left, that doesn't mean the opportunities for both Americans that are in Afghanistan that want to leave and Afghans who want to leave, they will not be denied that opportunity. I think our Department of State is going to work that very hard in the days and weeks ahead. I hope they really got everybody out.

I pray nobody missed those flights. Well, they said there's a small number of Americans under 200, and they said it's likely a number that's closer to 100 Americans who remain in Afghanistan and want to leave. Why are they still there? I thought they had to be out by the 31st. I mean, they were trying to get everybody out. I don't know why there's still some people that haven't been able to get there. They said the last five flights didn't even have any U.S. citizens on there. Let me find out America Book Spirit Airlines flights. All right. In addition to that, he also talked about the threat of terror. Now, how high is that? The terror threat is going to be very high. But I think what we'll do is we will work with the Taliban and work with the next

governor of Afghanistan, Afghanistan, whatever his characterization is going to be in order to ensure that our citizens are protected and that they have an opportunity to leave. As you know, we still hold a variety of significant leverage over whatever future government exists in Kabul. And I have no doubt that the Department of State will fully exercise that leverage. Do you have any confidence in their ability to secure the city right now, the Taliban? I think they're going to be challenged to secure the city. Yeah, I'm on high alert, you know, the next couple of weeks because it's the 20th anniversary of 9-11 and America is very vulnerable right now. You just never know if they wanted to do something. This would be a good opportunity for them.

Right. And video from Kabul Airport does show that they were celebrating. The Taliban was celebrating and saying this victory belongs to us all and congratulating the people of Afghanistan. So they're looking at this as a victory, a war that lasted almost 20 years. I mean, it is. The ops is gone. The ops fled the scene. So he said they're going to actually talk to the leader of the Taliban? Well, they said they have to engage. And so it's no way around engaging to have to deal with them. And, you know, ISIS-K, like the the Taliban is saying that they're not the way that they

used to be, the draconian measures that they used to take. But a lot of people are on high alert that things are going to revert back to what it used to be like before, because it's supposed to be a lot more moderate now. But ISIS-K is not supposedly part of the Taliban. It's a terror group. Oh, for the record, that's what Trump was doing and he got flack for it. All right. Well, that is negotiating with him trying to make a deal. Front page news. All right. Get it off your chest.

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Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tried my country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong?

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This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. or wherever you get your podcasts. I want to shout out to y'all and appreciate everything that y'all do. I'm on my way to work right now. Y'all definitely help everybody get through their day. And I just wanted to shout out my black queen, my fiancee, Amber. Hey. Yeah, man. She's got her YouTube page. Amber B. A-M-B-R-B. Home decor.

Home decoration and lifestyle. Y'all go check that out. We're getting married in April. And yeah, I just wanted to shout her out, man. Everybody have a blessed day. Well, congratulations to you and your queen, man. Shout out to Amber, your black queen. Yeah, most definitely.

I appreciate y'all, man. Y'all have a good one. You too now, bro. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning, Envy. Good morning, Charlamagne. Good morning, Angela. Rick.

Hey, Rick. What's going on? Hey, Angela, I want to apologize. I didn't get to come to EJ. I got caught up working on the crib. Rick. Hey, Rick. What's going on? Hey, Angela. I want to apologize. I didn't get to come to EZ. I got caught up working on the crib. Okay. So I want to apologize for not coming. Rick, I want to bust you up on that stage with Mello, with Trav.

I saw iPhone Sim was there. Oh, my God. I know. I'm going to shout all of them out. But I agree with Envy, man. Envy. I don't like Kaya either, man. I got a lot of flack for not being like a Kaya in his music, but I think he's a clown too, man. I think he's the most overrated person in hip hop.

No, he's not. No, he's definitely, he's not overrated as an artist now. He's a great artist. He's a great artist. I just don't like some of the things he does outside of music, and I'll explain a little bit more later, but. I think his body of work, as much as people want to compare it to other bodies of work,

it doesn't stand up, man. Yo, Rick, now you bugging. Kanye does a lot of wild antics, but those first five albums, actually first six albums are classic. No, first six. The first two. Bro, let's break it down then.

Late registration. Yeah, college drop break it down then. Late registration. Yeah, college dropout. Late registration. Graduation. And maybe 808. My beautiful dark twisted fantasy? Everything else is trash. You're out of your mind.

My beautiful dark twisted fantasy was the best album from 2010 to 2020. Stop. The album of the decade, rap-wise. No way. How could it be a best rap album? Guys, this is subjective. This is how Kony feels. My beautiful dog.

This is how Kony feels, and this is how you feel. Listen, it's a lot of things we can debate about. Kanye was, his music isn't one of them, guys. He's not a lyricist. No, he's definitely not a lyricist. He's not a lyricist, but he makes great bodies of work. Like, Kanye, you can't talk negative about Kanye's music. Kanye delivers each and every child.

No, Yeezus was trash. Yeezus was definitely trash. So you can say this first thing that I was doing. Yeezus is trash. His last two albums was trash. Yeezus was one of the six. I'm talking about college dropout, late registration, graduation. Yeah, graduation.

Listen, graduation, 808 and Heartbreak, My Beautiful Dog, Twisted Fantasy. Those five. I meant the five. late registration graduation yeah graduation listen graduation 808 and all breaks my beautiful dog twisted fantasy those five I meant the five those five

nah the life of Pablo the life of Pablo banging too bro and the watch the throne album bro like stop man don't do this man don't do this alright Rick

we gonna have to agree or disagree. Rick, you personally just don't like Kanye, I guess. Let's not be ridiculous, guys. Angela, this is an argument I have in the barbershop all the time. It's a ridiculous argument, sir. Are there ever people on your side? No, there ain't, man. This is a ridiculous argument.

Like, we can argue about Kanye's antics. We can argue about how he treats people. We can argue all that type of stuff, but you can't argue that musically. Come on, bro. He's one of the greatest to ever do it. I can't. You know what it is? He tells you.

Kanye got something, bro. He tells you that everybody buys it. It's trash. No, I got ears. All right. Thank you, Rick. Goodness gracious. Kanye's first five albums are classic, guys.

The College Dropout, Late Registration, Graduation, 808 Heartbreak, My Beautiful Dog, Twisted Fantasy. Like, guys. The college dropout, late registration, graduation, 808 Heartbreak's my beautiful dark twisted fantasy. Like, stop. Come on. 800-585-1051. If you want to vent, you can hit us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Baby. I'm darling. I'm darling. Hey, what you doing, man? I'm darling. I'm calling you. This is your time to get it off your chest.

Whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? This is Nikki, caller from Florida. Hey, Nikki, good morning. Get it off your chest. Good morning, good morning.

Dr. McKelvey, Ms. Yee. Peace, queen. How are you? Okay, I am good. Minus my call today. Envy, I had to call up here like you owe me child support, baby. Uh-oh. I owe you child support?

I don't even know you. I called up here like you owe me child support. Let's talk about yesterday. Uh-oh. Here we go. I understand how you feel about Kanye, all right? But I had a whole discussion on YouTube with a couple of y'all followers, letting them know. I don't know what y'all were expecting out of this Kanye album. Kanye is in the street.

He ain't doing IG models. He's been right. Excuse me. See, God, I got to quote you. You said that you appreciate rappers in their age that rap about real life stuff. Yes. This man was depressed. This man was depressed. This man was broken.

This man chose to express his grief through his musical masterpiece. I love the album, and I'm a huge Kanye fan. I'm 4'11", but I'm 6'8 for Kanye. All day. I mean, that's why music is subjective. I'm not mad at you. And music made you feel a way because you could relate to it. Exactly.

And I feel like DJ Envy, okay? Your job as a DJ, you gotta let the music speak. I understand that you got beats. And as a Kanye fan, I do not agree with everything my man does. But that album, I feel like that album was his vulnerability. We saw him go through all this stuff with Donda dying and just dialing out in the media. I think you should give it a chance don't call the man a clown this is him showing his emotions about his mom

come on man you gotta give it a chance i was ready to fight you at your car show down in my you could you could come see me we could have a conversation but i i don't i don't think kanye's music is clownish i just think him as a person what he does behind the scenes is clownish I never I never disrespect that man's music. I mean, I actually love Kanye's music So it has nothing to do with Kanye as an artist. It has to do with Kanye as a person But listen, that's like saying black my daughter loves Kodak. Okay, y'all were just talking about him I'm not a huge Kodak fan a lot of stuff the stuff he do, I can't agree with. My daughter loves his music. Girl, that's fine.

But I understand that Kodak does make good music, regardless of his antics. You got to let the music be. You got to give it a chance. Don't shelf it just because you don't agree with him as a person. I've listened to the whole album. And listen, just personally, I think the album is kind of lackluster. He got some joints on there I really like, though. Like, I love the joint

with Kanye and West Side. I love the joint with the Lox and J Electronica. I love the joint with Roddy Ricch. But I mean, it just, I don't know.

It's an hour and 40-something minutes is a long time. To me, a good album is... To my own point, yeah, it is. It is. Come on, get an album.

If you like, like, six or seven songs on this album, I feel like that makes it a good album. To me. Not when the hour is an hour and 40 minutes, she. Yeah, album, I feel like that makes it a good album. To me. Not when the hour's an hour and 40 minutes, she. Yeah, but I do feel like there's six really, really great songs on there.

And then there's some that I could listen to. And then there's a few I don't like. Yeah, I just think he should have shortened it. 12 songs? There's a great album within that hour and 48 minutes. And I heard that yesterday, and I completely agree. Because I'm not going to lie, I was like an hour and 40 minutes minutes but what do i expect relisting the shows stuff was changing up features but dj envy you had me at work boiling i was like i went home boiling i was like oh god but that's

what happened but but but that's what happens when people don't know the whole story and it's not our story to tell and i'm gonna listen and i'm listen. When it comes out that May, you know, I may be able to say, OK, you know what, DJ Envy, I get it. 110. You know, I still think it's a good album. But I don't think you should just shelve it because of the type of person that you are. I didn't say I was going to shelve the album.

I didn't say I was going to listen to it. I don't control the music on the radio. So I don't control any of that. You listen in your car. You at home with Logan and them. Oh, you are at home with Logan. You can't make me listen to what I want to listen to in my car. Play it right now.

You can't make me listen to what I want to play in my car, what I want to play when I work out. But Logan is home. You know what? We're going to get little Logan to slam his ass and make him listen to the album. That's what we're going to do. Logan, slam your daddy and put the earbuds in part ear buds in his ear. Okay, my goodness. Don't get Logan jump

Get it off your chest. Eight hundred five eight five one. Oh five one. We got rooms on the way Yes, and either booty gang is back Okay What? Left side. We'll talk about it in the room. Why you say that and look at me? Goodness gracious. I did not look at you. Yes, you did. He definitely did. You're kinky, man. Absolutely that. Oh, my goodness. Mouth open and everything.

If you've been married or been with your woman for a certain time, how long you been with your woman? 26 years. You definitely ate some booty. That's not what the booty gang is about today. Oh, I don't know. See, he's jumping the gun. You don't know what he's talking about.

Hey, man. Think about the reverse it. I've been told y'all. Flip it and reverse it. We'll talk about it. All right. It's the reverse it. I've been told y'all. Flip it and reverse it. We'll talk about it. All right. Breakfast Club, good morning. The Breakfast Club.

It's about time. What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is the Rumor Report. Talk to them. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. All right.

Well, first, let's talk about our show, Drink Champs. We love that show. That's right. And Trick Daddy was recently on, and he discussed the topic. And we all know him from the Eat a Booty gang, and I feel like this has been said before, but he's very blatant about the fact that he likes to... Eat the booty.

Okay. No, not he likes to do that. It gets done to him. All right. Listen to this conversation. So it's the eat a booty game. I'm building a franchise up now. Now I'm getting the women

to support the eat a booty game. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Tell my talk. Wait, wait, who is it? Wait, wait, wait. When you say women to support the eat booty game, you're saying women

is eating the booty? Yeah, women eating the booty. Wait, what? Yeah. I don't know what to make you don't have your legs in the air though it depends how many times is trick gonna go by for the same thing every time he says this y'all act like it's the first time i don't know why people still shame this for you i don't get it either and i feel like both of y'all have said the same thing up here, too.

So has Tank. So has a bunch of other people. Like, y'all got to stop king-shaming people for what they like to do in the bedroom. Number one, he's being funny. And number two, it can absolutely be described as getting... Can you say that? No, you cannot say that. It can be described as that.

As the same thing you said, yes. Yeah, we say eat the poom-poom. So, you know. Right. It's all the same. What else could you call it? I really have no idea. Slurper booty?

So you like get your legs in the air too? Like that? I've never done that. But I mean, it doesn't matter. That's my business in the bedroom. You know what I mean? But y'all got to stop king shaming people for stuff like that. And why do y'all act like this is the first time, every time Trick Daddy says it?

I don't know. He said this a million times. He said this a zillion times. He has. We had topics about it before. I know we have. Do you guys shave the hair on your butt or nothing like that? Like back there?

As you manscape? That sounds human resources, but yes, I do. What, shaving? You asking about my... Because I'm thinking about as you guys are getting... What do you mean how? That's the question. How?

I guess this is the shaver. He puts his leg up. You put it in the crack of your butt? Yes! All right. You put it in the crack of your butt? Yes! All right. You put a vibrating thing. A vibrating oblong shaver. After Manscaped.

You know Manscaped? You know, to be clear, Charlamagne didn't start Manscaping until The Breakfast Club. That is not true. Yes, it is. Because you said you didn't before. No, I started Manscaping when we were doing MTV's Guy Code. Because the first episode of MTV's Guy Code was about manscaping. I never had heard of such a thing.

But wasn't this during also while you were on The Breakfast Club? Because we had a whole conversation about it and you had said you never did it. It was all MTV's Guy Code. But you do remember you said you didn't use to manscape. Yeah, but it had nothing to do with Breakfast Club. Right. That was literally the first episode of MTV's Guy Code 10 years ago. Okay.

Well, yes, I manscaped. Yeah, as you should. All right, now Drake has went to Instagram to unveil some more certified lover boy merch. Now, y'all saw that picture that he had of all the little emojis of the pregnant women, and people were confused about what that is. So what that is, and it was explained, is basically well, I don't think that's the cover

art, but they're saying the pregnant it's not the cover. They said the pregnant emojis are a way for saying that the album is nine months late. Who is they? Who said this? So that is according to OBO Sound. Well, Elliot Wilson confirmed that it's the album cover. Yeah, they said it was the album cover yesterday.

And DJ Academics actually spoke to Drake, and Drake said it's the album cover. Do I think it's the actual album cover? Probably not. But it gets the people talking. Not to mention, who gives a damn about album covers anymore? I was thinking the same thing. Nobody ever looks at an album cover and is like, that's how you just listen to the album. It's not the 90s, early 2000s.

Donda has no cover. Literally, it's nothing a it's just a black box people thought it was clever what but yes i don't know if this is the cover art or not but they're saying that this could be you know just because the album was nine months uh late so he's pregnant or it could be as elliot wilson said the cover and know, like you said, DJ Academic said he asked Drake, and Drake said that, yes, this really is the cover. It wouldn't be the last time Drake did a basic-ass cover. I mean, if you're reading this too late, it was a basic-ass cover, but then that became, like, a hit meme.

I love the way that Lil Nas X actually hijacked that cover for his own, too. And he put a bunch of emojis of pregnant men. All right, now,ke has also shared some new images of certified lover boy and nike the collab that they have in the uh with together something other than me has got to give that's what one of the shirts said one says should have said you love me today because tomorrow is a new day one says i don't miss let alone miss you the hell some t-shirts it's a lot of writing a lot of words on there. But yes, they managed to fit it all in.

You got to at least wear a double XL to fit all the words in. All right, now J.R. Smith is sharing his college journey and everybody's really excited for him. And so he posted on social media, English is my first language, but these papers though. Joined a study group for my African American studies class on Groupie, and my classmates don't think it's me. Finished my English homework.

Dope short story about a little girl with six brothers and seeking parents' approval. Dope reading. First tutoring session in the books. I really like Mrs. Burke. Extremely helpful. So he said, I hated school growing up, and I knew this would be a challenge, but that's not going to discourage me one second. You have to be able to buckle down and lock into new journeys and challenges coming in your life.

Observe, learn, and adapt. I'm happy for J.R. Smith. So he's at North Carolina A&T. And I saw somebody posted a picture like, I can't believe that J.R. Smith is in my class, in my 8 a.m. class. That's good. I mean, I wish that I took advantage of a lot of the classes that were in college. When I was in college, I was just trying to get out. Well, y'all wish you did.

I wish I had took advantage of a lot of the stuff that I should have, whether it's accounting classes and finance classes, things that I had to figure out later on. I wish I had took advantage of it. I just respect the fact that he's not afraid to continue to still grow and learn and try new things because he's a multi-millionaire. He don't have to go back to school.

But the fact that he wants to make himself better, I respect it. Drop on the clues, Bonser, J.R. Smith, damn it. My favorite college class I think that I ever took was screenwriting. And I did photography in college. So it was fun. You can take classes that you really care about and that interest you and learn more. Yeah, I mean, you know, as a doctorate, as a person with a doctorate degree, you know, I spent a lot of time in the classroom.

What classroom? You know what I mean? What classroom did you spend time in? Don't worry about that. What's your doctorate in? Doctorate. And that is your rumor report. He booty gang.

He the booty gang doctor. I'm still a doctor. You are. You are. You are. Okay. We got front page news next. What are we talking about? Yes, and let's talk about about 1.1 million customers still don't have power in Louisiana.

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on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Where we starting, Yee? Well, let's start in Louisiana.

Hurricane Ida has left catastrophic damage. We already told you guys that one person was confirmed to have been killed. Well, now they said there's a second storm-related death that was reported following Hurricane Ida. The first is a tree that fell on someone. The next one is a man who drowned after attempting to drive his vehicle through flood water. They said right now his age is unknown. I know a lot of people are trying to locate their loved ones as these rescue efforts are continuing. About 1.1 million customers still do not have power in Louisiana. They said electricity is practically non-existent for most people. They're saying some of these

outages could last more than three weeks, by the way. So that's really, imagine having to go three weeks. They said three hospitals across the state have already been evacuated, with the fourth hospital in the process of being evacuated. And according to the governor, there's also 18 water system outages impacting more than over 300,000 people and 14 boil water advisories that impacts more than 329,000 people across Louisiana. That's horrible. That's got to suck in 2021. I mean, I went through something like that in the 80s with Hurricane Hugo in Charleston,

South Carolina. But to have to experience that in 2021, like that should not be the case for anybody to be without power for three weeks. Right. And Joe Biden has addressed the damage caused by Hurricane Ida. And he is offering federal support to the states who are impacted. Here's what he had to say. And we've deployed more than 200 generators and we already moved into the region. They've been moved in ahead of time. And the administrator, Griswell, and her team at FEMA is working getting more of those into the area. And we're in close contact with local electric providers to see what they need.

They're all private providers. We don't control that, but we're doing all we can to minimize the amount of time it's going to take to get power back up for everyone in the region. They said they've moved more than 200 generators into the region, and they're working to send in more. I actually talked to some people that are in Louisiana right now, how difficult it is to even try to get gas, to be able to drive anywhere from a gas station, how hot it is, and there's no power, so you don't have air conditioning, you don't have lights, so people are trying to figure out. People don't want to leave either if you're there right now.

I know some people are trying to stay, but it's a difficult situation. I wonder how they can prevent those things from happening because you look at other neighborhoods. Of course, I live in Jersey, and I just remember 10 years ago there was areas that used to flood all the time during the rain. There used to be problems all the time, and they fixed it. They fixed the structure to make sure it didn't happen again, and I wonder why they don't do that in certain areas that flood all the time, like New Orleans, Louisiana.

I think Jersey flooding is a little different than Louisiana flooding. Louisiana flooding is a lot more intense, a lot more water, a lot more higher. Can't they figure out how? It's not like it's a surprise. They know what's going to happen. They evacuate people. So wouldn't they be able to install something in the infrastructure to make sure it doesn't happen again? Maybe it's just me.

I don't know. I'm just asking. Yeah, this has been an ongoing issue there. And even, yeah, they're trying to move these generators there now for people to be able to have power. I saw a man got attacked by an alligator. That's wild. In the water from the floods after hurricane ida all right now um two people are dead and 10 are injured after a mississippi highway washed away by heavy rain

the incident occurred on highway 26 in george county and the washout they said was likely related to the rain from hurricane ida as well more than 58 000 people in mississippi remain without power due to the storm. All right. And South African researchers are keeping an eye on yet another new coronavirus variant. They're saying this one is called C12. It's popped up across South Africa and seven other countries in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. They're not sure whether its constellation of mutations will make it more dangerous, but they said it has changes that have given other variants increased transmissibility

and also the ability to evade the immune system's response to some degree. So they're saying that more mutations doesn't have to mean more danger. Some mutations can weaken a virus, but we'll see what happens. They're keeping an eye on this new variant. Why does all of this sound like the Marvel Universe? I mean, mutations and variants and all types of stuff. Where are the Avengers when we need them? My God.

Is the Avengers the vaccine? I don't know. The vaccinators? Just imagine all these things happening at once, right? We have, yeah, it's just a lot. It's not like the Book of Revelation to me. That is your front page news. I don't know what everybody else is doing, but you better find some healing and get right with God.

Absolutely. I haven't found answers anyplace else. It's been crazy. It's between COVID and the storms and all that. It's just been crazy. My family just got back this morning, and they were supposed to be back on Saturday morning because the storms held them, and they were stuck. You better get to know God if you don't know him. All right.

Now, when we come back, we got a special guest joining us this morning. We have Ingrid Best joining us. Yes, she is the executive vice president and the global head of marketing for Combs Enterprises. That's right. We're going to kick it when we come back, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. That's right. We're going to kick it with her when we come back, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. She is the executive vice president of Combs Enterprises. Ladies and gentlemen, Ingrid Best. And we've talked about you on this show before when Dean Nice was here.

And he was saying how supportive you've been of him as far as what he's been doing during the pandemic with DJing and everything. And actually even though you work for a brand, telling him don't just take a check to take a check. Yeah, you gotta do what you're passionate about. So me and

Derek definitely connect on that level. D-Nice, excuse me. And let me tell you, in the pandemic, I was like, D, let me sponsor your club quarantine. I got a check for you. And he was like, I'm doing this from my heart. Wow. So, yeah. And he did. And look what's happened for him.

The money's coming, right? Absolutely. Because he's doing it from his heart. What do you like to drink to? He like to drink. Let me send you a bottle over, D damn but let's talk about Ingrid for a second because not only is she my friend we first connected really like on business and to me she is one of my favorite people whenever I need advice on something or how to negotiate a deal she's the person I go to so I want to talk about how you got to where you are because I know that there's a lot

of younger people who are watching who are like one day I want to be an executive like Ingrid is and how did she get to that point and you work in the spirits industry and you've been there in this industry for so long and it might seem like just fun going to parties having drinks but there's so much more that happens behind the scenes so let's start with um you started out at a young age and you had a promotions company yeah I started out actually doing street promotions. I worked for all the major record labels. I actually was on the Bad Boys street team. You went from the street team to being an executive?

Yeah, yeah. Were you part of those legendary campaigns like the Big Mac? Mm-hmm. All that stuff. And when you think about a lot of like the experiential agencies and activations now, that came from a lot of street promotion guerrilla marketing and they just kind of took our sauce and and tried to make it their own so a lot of what i do today comes from a lot of those early learnings from my street promotion

days very lost art by the way yeah very much so and it's a story that needs to be told but yeah i've been in the business for 20 years i I started as an ambassador. I launched a little small brand for a really big company. And that's where I found myself falling in love with this industry. But the turning point for me in terms of my spirits career was really around the time that Puff made the deal with Ciroc, right? Because it was the first time that we got to see black and brown people got to see someone, you know, that had a seat at the table. He got a seat at the table for us. And that was really what kind of put the fire under me. I'm like, you know what, this is a real, this is a career. You know, there's something here. And when I started, there was, there were no black and brown people that I saw anyway. I mean, for me, it was the receptionist and maybe an assistant. But in terms of management

level, making decisions, there just weren't people that look like us. So from my very early start, I was like, you know, I'm a mix this up and I'm a change. And so that's one of the things I've been committed to doing is making sure that black and brown people have representation in the spirits industry, which is why me and Diddy connect the way that we do, right? Because that's always been his ambition as well. Now, before you landed there, let's talk about your path in the spirits business, because you worked for Bacardi, right? Was that your first?

No. So I've been in the game almost 20 years. I started out launching a brand for Diageo. And then I went on to work for Diageo for five or six years. I then was recruited by LVMH. Now for Diageo, for people who don't know what Diageo is, they also are the company that explain how Diageo works, just for people who don't know.

Yep. So full circle moment for me. I started at Diageo and now I'm managing Diddy's partnership with Diageo. So Diageo is our partner now on Ciroc and De Leon. I worked with them for five years. They're the biggest supplier in the world. They own most of the brands that people are enjoying at bars and at home. I then went on to work for, I got recruited by LVMH for the Moet Hennessy division.

I started working across the portfolio, wine, spirits, both, and champagne, and then worked on the Hennessy team. So when you've seen all that work where Hennessy really revitalized itself, that was the team that I worked on. And then I worked on Belvedere, tried to help them get their act together. And then I got recruited,

actually from Jay's team at Roc Nation, to come and oversee the joint venture for Bacardi and Jay on Ducey. So Bacardi is the parent company for Ducey? Yes. Bacardi is the parent company for Ducey in partnership with Jay. They co-own it. And I basically oversaw all the marketing for Ducey. And then I got a call from Diddy and the team at Combs Enterprise. And, you know, again, a full circle moment. You know, when I think back to how I started my career, he was very much so. His deal with Ciroc was so influential because I was like, finally, we got a piece of this thing. And so for me, it really is a full circle moment. And so now

I'm the head of marketing for Combs Enterprise. We oversee Ciroc and DeLeon. And we're looking at other brands to increase and grow our portfolio. And it's an incredible opportunity. Can we talk about that for a second? Because people love to act like Diddy don't really own some of that Ciroc and DeLeon. But he has ownership in it. Yeah, for sure. For Ciroc, listen, it was a mastermind, you know, marketing partnership that he put together. And all over the world, if you say Ciroc, what people say is Diddy. And so there's no denying the connectivity and the fact that he absolutely is the anchor for that brand. And then with Deleon, again, he predicted the intersection between culture and tequila. No one really understood

what was going to happen in that category the way that he did. And he's a black man that owns a tequila. And his partner is Diageo. And it's big business. A lot of people don't realize,

but the Spears business, which is why you see so many people jumping in it, is very big business. He's on that list of top hip-hop artists every year. I saw you posted a picture of your team that you have, which is all black women, which is unheard of

in the spirits industry. Yeah, yeah. We are the only team that looks like us. I have seven black women marketers that are incredible. They're the best and the best. We can go toe-to-toe with anybody. So I'm kind of calling out the brand. They are what make me great and uh both of the brands are growing double digits it's no accident because these

women just get it right and they're hard working and we look like the consumer we're talking to we know I spotted the versus battles yeah yeah we did we you know and again that was another prediction on on Diddy's behalf where he was like, make that happen. I'm like, done. Because he knew that that was just going to be such a big moment in culture. And it has proven to be. And we've been at the center of that. All right, we have more with Ingrid Best when we come back. So don't move.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with Ingrid Best. She's the Executive Vice President and Global Head of marketing for Spirits & Combs Enterprises. We have Ingrid Best here.

Ye. Did you face racism during this whole ascent to where you are now? A lot. Yeah. Part of why this position was so attractive to me was because I knew that I would be in a situation to go back and grab a lot of those young women that have been through situations like myself where you're not getting the appropriate titles, you're not being offered the appropriate packages, you're being asked to wait in the same positions much longer than your white counterparts.

And it's obvious, like the treatment is obvious, and it's traumatizing, right? I think obviously the George Floyd moment and the moment with Black Lives Matter made companies realize that they were under the microscope. So you're starting to see them appoint folks, you know, kind of as figureheads because they have to. They're like, OK, we need a head of diversity and inclusion. Yeah. And I don't care how we get the win. Let's get the win. Let's get the win. But it's also got to continue. It can't be just right now while we're under the microscope, we're going to do this, and then we'll move away from it later. And it can't just be surface either.

It can't be surface. And so I would say for those companies, I'm probably, you know, they keep an eye on me because I'm so vocal about it. I'm like, let's talk about it. There is racism in this industry like there's racism in all industries, right? I think the difference here is that your consumer is black and brown. And so you got to do the right thing, right? And we all have to demand that they do the right thing.

So it's good to see some of my peers that are finally getting positioned in the right places. And, you know, my thing is like you got a seat, go get everybody else and get them a seat, right? Like that's our responsibility. And so that's what I've done with the seven women that work for me. And they are incredible. You know, on a personal note, you also have a son.

Yes. And you had your son pretty early. And you also had to work, though. And working in nightlife and working in spirits is a very time-consuming job. It also requires travel. It requires you being out late. How is that balanced for you? Yeah, you know what? Listen, I'm a teenage mom. I have my son at 18 years old.

The first thing I want to say is to all you teenage moms, there's nothing you cannot do. So for me, it was like the very, very early on, I was like, OK, I have this mouth to feed. I have to figure this thing out. And so he certainly has been my reason. And it wasn't easy. It was my community. Thank God for, you know, his father and his father's family and my mom and my family and like your tribe. And I knew early on without my tribe, I wasn't going to really be able to balance like the love that I had for being an adult professional and a career person, but the responsibility that I had for being an adult professional and a career person, but the responsibility that I had to being a parent. Did I read somewhere that Sway was one of your early mentors?

Yeah, Sway is absolutely one of my early mentors. Yeah, I'm from the Bay. Was it radio? Yeah, yeah. So I interned for Sway. Wow. And, you know, my street promotions career was because of Sway. So Sway had a street promotions company.

I interned for him. I fell in love with it. I was really good with it. He kind of moved on, and that was really how we stepped in. I was like, yo, I'm going to take all your accounts if you're okay with that. If you're moving on, I'm going to take them. But, yeah, I absolutely owe my connection to entertainment, my passion for it to Sway. And I tell him that as often as I can.

I wish more young people now were doing internships. Without my internship, there's a lot of things that I just wouldn't have been exposed to. And Diddy talks about that. He was the intern that was like, I'm willing to do anything to figure it out. And I think there's just so much value in interning and having people that you can look back. When I think back this way, I'm like, man, what would my life have been if I hadn't have met him?

If I didn't intern? Remember, I had a kid. I started as an intern, too. The problem now is that they make it too complicated to be an intern. Yeah. You got to be in school. I didn't go to college, you know what I mean? Yeah. So what about those kids from the hood who just got drive or just

got talent like they just need an opportunity right like where they gonna get that from right and that was me yeah i don't think nobody sets the tone like like black women i really truly honestly feel like that and i think that when you especially as a black man when you see a crew of black women the first thing you think is home. You think of your mom, you think of your grandma, you know, your sisters, whatever. I just think nobody sets the tone like black women. Black women are incredible. We're super passionate.

We are nurturing. So the other thing is that we take time to be human. We're not just employees. We're not robots. We very much so, you know, the Zooms with my team, it's a moment, you know, sometimes we pray, sometimes somebody's having a hard time, they may cry, but I'm going to tell you one thing, they're going to bang out an incredible marketing plan. And I think, you know, companies that have us at the helm, they see the difference.

You know, we putting up the numbers. We're making change. We have a beautiful way of recruiting, right, and influencing. People want to work with us and for us. And it goes a long way, and you see it in your business. I'm super proud of the work that I see black women doing, especially the black women in leadership. And we look out for each other.

Speaking of which, you have this Black Excellence campaign that's going on with entrepreneurship and businesses. So I want to make sure that we talk about that. And that's for Ciroc. And I'm involved in that as well. You are. And thank you so much. So we launched a campaign in the middle of the pandemic called Ciroc Stands.

And it's really our opportunity to look. Everyone knows that Ciroc is a brand that's about fun and celebration. We're also a brand that's anchored in doing the right thing and being a voice. Right. And it was important for us to make sure that people understand that you could have fun. You know, you can be a part of culture, but you can also be anchored in something. So we launched Rock Stands last year. We're kicking it off again this month. And we purposely kicked it off towards the latter part of August because it's focused around black businesses. And so the assumption is, oh, they're doing this program for Black Business Month. And we're like, no, we're doing programs for black businesses 365 days a year.

We're working with you to interview some of those businesses and highlight some of those businesses. It was important to work with you because you are pioneering, you know, your entrepreneurial journey as a Black business owner. And it's inspiring people, right? And so there's a connection there. So Ciroc Stands, you know, is just launching an initiative around Black businesses. We're highlighting three businesses in New York, three businesses that happen to be owned by black women, which we're really excited about. We work with some mentors to identify some of those businesses as well. Natina's a mentor, by the way, and Thea up here. Natina's a mentor. Thea's a mentor. Y'all didn't invent none of these people, huh?

We just handed out gigs. And Thea's our boss up here. Yeah, but we identify folks that we thought could really help us pick some really dope black businesses. So, again, it's our opportunity. And these business owners get to be on billboards, which they're all so excited about. When I spoke to them, that's the one thing that they're like, Ciroc is paying for you to be on a billboard for your business. That's a big deal.

Yeah, we are doing, obviously, above above and beyond that investing, making sure that these businesses, you know, are profiled. Right. But then we're also working with companies that can also help, you know, other black businesses benefit from some of the things that we're doing. This is none of my business. I'm just asking because you're so dope and I'm sure you're paid well. But, you know, you help build up so many of these brands. At some point, somebody got to say, well, hey, Miss Ingrid, would you like some equity and some ownership as well? I love that. I'm actually glad you brought that up. My goal and what I will eventually do is own my own brand.

And that's something that Diddy and I have talked about. He's super supportive of it. I'm working on some things that have been passionate and near and dear to me. And he's like, look, when you when the time comes, we're going to make it happen. And so ultimately, my thing is like you take all these experiences and and then you say, I know how to do this. I'm a master at this. And then what is it that I'm passionate about? And so that's what eventually I think my path is going to lead to. Absolutely. Yeah. And Diddy is super supportive of it. And ultimately, like for him, he's like, that's the pinnacle.

Right here. I came in. I did this marketing partnership. I then I own this tequila. You know, I've had this legacy of having black women in leadership. And now I can actually also help someone kick off their dream. All right. Well, Ingrid, I appreciate you so much for coming through.

Thank you, guys. Ingrid Best. Make sure and tell people where they can find you because I know after this, you're going to have a ton of questions. If you want them to find you. You can find me on Instagram, Miss underscore I Best. You can find me on LinkedIn under my name, Ingrid Best. Listen, I love mentoring folks.

I'm only one person. So my team a lot of times is like, you can't take on another mentee. But it goes back to your point. It shouldn't be so difficult to get guidance. That's right. If you're somebody that's eager, you want to learn, you want to intern, there should be people that are available to you that you don't have to go through this vigorous process.

That's right. So you could reach out to me. I try to read every DM, every message on LinkedIn. I really do. And yeah, that's where you can find me. And you never know who's going to end up being who. Right. So that person that you showed love to back in the day, they the biggest s***. Right. And y'all got a great relationship. Right. Right. And that's always been something that I hold dear. It's like, you don't know where people are going to land and listen the young people the young women that work for me i am making sure that they're going to be better they are going to be the young women that when i'm a bit older i'm going to like you going crazy you know and so

and i'm excited about that so it's good to be here i appreciate y'all thank you for coming yeah i'm glad you came it's got it listen ingrid is not like i'm like you got to do some interviews she's like uh i'm like okay but it's fun to be on this side like i said i you know you know how many artists i was on the other side you know of of the glass looking in and like yeah they're doing a great job so this is fun i didn't have any nerves either i thought i would i was like well when you launch your brand you got to come back oh i will and you work with diddy how you got nerves and you work with Diddy? I know, right? As unpredictable as he is.

Yeah, no. You got to be, you got to definitely be strong to work with that brother. He's a good brother. We have a lot of fun. A lot of love parties. He's a lot of fun. A lot of love parties. A lot of club love. A lot of Ciroc. A lot of Desleon. But, yeah, it's been good to be here with y'all. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you so much. It's Ingrid Best. It's The Breakfast Club. She's spilling the tea. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, let's talk Kanye's 10th studio album, Donda. Over 60 million streams in the U.S. on Apple Music in the first 24 hours. It set a 2021 record for the streaming service. over 60 million streams in the US on Apple Music in the first 24 hours. It set a 2021 record for the streaming service, and it was the third highest total ever in that span.

It also was number one and tapped a record 152 countries on Apple Music's album charts in its first 24 hours, and it occupied 19 of the top 20 spots on its daily top 100 global songs chart so so all the hype worked all the anticipation worked all the listening parties and the pushbacks and everything else worked on spotify got more than 94 million worldwide streams the second most all time ever for spotify so congratulations to him now there was a lot of drama, as you know. And one of the things that happened was Soulja Boy was upset that he was removed from the album. The verse that he did was cut from remote control. Here's Soulja Boy talking about Kanye, who didn't even tell him that he didn't put his verse on the album. It was just more of a thing to where explaining it to my fans so they're not in the dark about the whole situation.

He blamed it on Universal. You saw that tweet. That's cow. All the reasons he said that. Why you ain't say that before the album come out? You wait till I express myself on social media, and then you made an excuse. I don't give a damn if he mad. I don't care how he feel. Hey, man, you could have called me. Before everything, you could have called me and said,

Draco, this the reason why you didn't make the album. TMZ always catches up with soldier boy somehow now he also posted he did the same ish on robocop when amber rose was in the studio years ago i hate working with this dude he needs help seriously and then he called him uh vagina well that's why you called him lame he said he thought he could be the president. He said, yo, goofy ass down somewhere. That's why I hope don't F. Well, I think he meant to write F with you, but he said F you. You don't have no right to this penis no more. I don't like your behavior. All right.

But look, then he also said, don't call my phone no more, weird ass. And that's why Kim left your bipolar ass. That's not cool. That's right, miss. And't the brother healing energy, man? And then he put Call Me at Kim Kardashian. He playing too much. And he also put up his verse from Remote Control. I didn't know how the industry works.

Do you have to give people phone calls when you remove them from records? Do you let them know? I mean, I think it's proper etiquette if you record a verse with somebody. But I will say this. A lot of artists don't know if they made an album or not until it comes out. And that's the truth, right? Like, you might do a verse with somebody. But I will say this, a lot of artists don't know if they made an album or not until it comes out. And that's the truth, right? Like, you might do a verse for somebody, you don't know,

and then we've had artists up here all the time who are like, I recorded 100 songs, I only put 12 on the album. You know, and sometimes... Yeah, but if they put out a version of a song that you were on and you're not on it, I think it's only right to have a conversation,

I think. I would think so. I mean, I can't say. I don't know he did share their text messages back and forth you know it'd be nice but it doesn't always happen and that's just the truth i'm sure that there's a ton of artists who did verses that didn't make it onto the album right and you don't know till it comes out just send them healing energy soldier boy that's all all right now 21 Savage is speaking on owning his masters,

and he said he makes more money off album sales than touring. I had a platinum album before I signed my deal. You had a platinum album, independent. You owned your publishing and everything. Yes, I own my masters. Okay. Every song you ever heard. No hard everything.

I own it. A lot. My split, I got a 70-30 split with my label. I get 70, they get 30. I make more money off my album sales than I do off touring. That's him on a million dollars worth of game at Gilly and Wallo. Flu to my guys, Will and Wallo and Gilly. Y'all going to stop back in like 21 Savage and got good sense either.

Okay, drop on the Clues Bound to 21 Savage. Yeah, but he's always said that he was independent at first and he made tons of money. And that deal was amazing. All right. Now, Offset, in the meantime, was at NASDAQ headquarters in Times Square. And he was celebrating Reservoir Media going public. It's an independent music publishing company. It's the first of its kind to do an IPO.

And the first female-led music company to go public as well, thanks to the leadership from its founder and CEO. Offset's involvement is because the Migos catalog is under Reservoir Media, under that umbrella. So he claims he's partners with the company. And he actually rang the bell

at NASDAQ. So congratulations to him. And I saw Cardi B was there supporting Hermione. And Reservoir Media posted this morning, Reservoir wearing the NASDAQ opening bell in celebration

of our recent IPO. It is both exciting and humbling to take this next step in Reservoir's journey. We look forward to all the opportunities this creates as we deepen our commitment to investing in entertainment. So congratulations to them. All right. Now, TI's daughter, Deja Harris, she was talking about not liking her hair texture. And I saw a lot of people commenting and a lot of back and forth about it. This is on Friday. She opened up about her struggles and how she didn't like her texture she said I hate to say it slash admitted but I'm so sad that I

have my dad's hair texture sad because it's so much to deal with manage sad because I feel like it just doesn't fit me nor is this texture one that's appreciated or uplifted as much as the other textures and then she said anytime I see someone with type 4 hair, I always compliment them because I know how it feels to genuinely not like your hair slash texture. I never want anyone to feel like that. It looks so bomb on other people, but me, yeah, no.

So a lot of people did come to her defense and feel like they could relate and understand that. And some people felt like, you know, they criticized her for opening up about her hair. She's saying that she's focusing on positive comments rather than the negative ones. But she said, I'm actually focusing on the uplifting positive comments as opposed to the negative. The tweet was only about myself, but I was open about how I feel because I know others might possibly be able to relate.

And some of them did. Damn. Listen, I feel her, though, because, you know, my whole life growing up, I used to hate my hair texture. That's why I've been doing this natural hair journey to try to get my curls back. It was just a lot to deal with. It would always be like you wash it,

and then your hair, when it's curly, it gets all knotty real fast. They didn't have a lot of hair products to be able to use for you to be able to deal with your hair. Now there's a ton of products on the market, which is great. People celebrate natural hair. But it is. And sometimes certain hair textures are just a lot more difficult to even try to deal with, like to style and maintain.

And that's why, you know, I got three daughters. Like I tell my daughters all the time, I love your hair. I love your crown. Like I love when my wife takes their braids out and they got the big afros running around the house. Plus, there's a lot of children's books out there that celebrate the beauty of black hair nowadays. You got, like, my big natural hair by, oh, what's her name?

I think it's CJ Baker. But we didn't have that coming up. We got it now. Cold Bull loves her curly hair. No, I'm saying it's great now, but I can understand, and a lot of women can understand the struggles

that we've had to go through with our hair. That's why even having certain products in these stores now on the shelves and accessible to people is so important. Hair Love by Matthew Cherry. Sleuth and Matthew Cherry. There's a lot of books out there that reinforce the beauty of black hair. If you got daughters like

I do, I would encourage you to buy them all. Alright,, Regina Hall is going to be joining Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg in a new Netflix comedy, Me Time. So Night School, the writer John Hamburg,

who wrote Night School, was going to write and direct the picture with him also. He's also going to be producing it alongside Kevin Hart and Brian Smiley

for Heartbeat Productions. So they announced all of this on social media. All right. I'm Angela Yee and that is your Rumor Reports. All right, thank you, Miss Yee. And let me shout out to everybody that called me yesterday. Oh, wait, yeah, we got to get into that,

because we didn't even do that when we were talking about you. We talked about Kanye's Donda album and how well it did, and you had some issues with Kanye. You called him a clown several times. Yeah, I called him a clown, and I still stand by that, and I still mean that. Send him healing energy. No, I mean, I do, but I still think he's a clown. You called him a clown and I still stand by that and I still mean that in them healing energy no I mean I do but I still think he's a clown you can send a clown healing energy um what's so funny no so when it comes to so many people call me artists athletes Oh geez newer artists younger

artists Kanye's team and asked me why I felt that way and I explained to them why I felt that way and you know they to them why I felt that way. And they asked me, well, why do you think that the people that I named, which was Pusha T, John Monopoly, Free, and Boo, were like that too? Because I felt like I said, I feel like you enable him to do it. Like you don't stop him from doing the wild out stuff behind the scenes that I think is really disrespectful and he should be humbled. And they told me that that's a lie. It was like, that is not true.

It was like when you're dealing with somebody that has emotional problems and bipolar and things like that, you can't necessarily control them. It's uncontrollable. You do what you can to make sure that things are all right. And they try to stay in there as a brother, but they said, yeah,

they agree some of the things that he does is foul, but they said they can't control that man. And I call them clowns as well. And I called Pusha T yesterday. I called Free yesterday. And I spoke to Boo yesterday for a while. And I spoke to them.

And we had a great conversation. And they told me what they're trying to do to help that situation. So to those brothers, yes, I get it. And me calling y'all a clown was foul.

But I still think Kanye is a clown for the things that he do. If you ever have to deal with somebody who's bipolar and not taking their medication, it is not an easy thing to do. If you love them, you try to help and be around,

but it is hard to control a person. I just want to know, how do you explain to your wife that you was on the phone with somebody named Boo for hours? Because as soon as she says, who you on the phone with, and you say Boo, do you have to explain that this is his name? Boo is always in the middle of something. Remember he broke up your fight, Charlamagne? What fight I had?

You and Busta. Me and Busta ain't had no fight. Why do we lie like this on the radio? Me and Busta did not have a fight. There's a picture of it online. So I did have a fight. I'm in Boo with dancing. You and Boo with dancing?

There's a picture of it online. How you tell your wife that? Me and Boo with dancing. I was dancing with Boo. So shout out to Boo and shout out to Free. I didn't speak to Free. Me and Free just yelled at each other. But shout out to all them individuals

that were able to tell me their side. And I tell them when I make a mistake, I say it. But I still think what Kanye does and his steady on his clothes. You ain't gonna throw your Yeezys away, though. No, I still like the Yeezys. Oh, my God.

I still like them. So they're not clown shoes. Which ones? Which ones? Some of them are clown shoes. So they're not clown shoes? Which ones? Which ones? Some of them are clown shoes. Some of them are clown shoes. The runners is good money. The runners is good money.

The other ones is clown shoes. Oh, y'all tickle me so much. Tickle you? I'm sending everybody healing energy, man. All right. All right, but who you giving me a dog catcher? I didn't tell you yet? You said tickle me.

Well, it's a guy out there that's fighting to get his girl back. We'll discuss for after the hour. We all been there before, too. Not like this. All right. Not like this. We'll get to it next. It's The Breakfast Club.

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of the day. Did you see?, donkey, donkey? Bunch of... That's time for the donkey of the day. That's pretty funny. Charlamagne the devil? Possibly. The Breakfast Club.

Yeah, donkey of the day for Monday, August 31st. Last day of the month goes to Rodney William Metzger. Rodney is 36 years old and he was recently sentenced to 25 years in prison. Oh, he admitted to 14 charges, including but not limited to kidnapping, assault,

threatening with a handgun, all types of stuff. Why, oh why, did Rodney do this? Who did Rodney do this to? Well, before we get into that, let me just say that I once heard someone

say, sometimes you have to fake a suicide to get your girl back. When I heard that, I understood where the person was coming from because I, too, have felt like I wanted to make a permanent decision based off temporary feelings. Back in the day when my now wife broke up with me, I don't know if I really wanted to complete suicide. I just know that I felt like the sky was falling and I wanted

my woman back and I felt like making her feel sorry for me would work. I know, I know. Toxic as hell. Alright, thank God for therapy, growth, and healing. Thank you God. Thank you God. Well, this guy Rodney Metzen, he definitely needs some healing, okay? And he's no different. Alright, see Rodney

in an attempt to gain sympathy from his ex-wife he jumped out the window because first he faked the cancer diagnosis see i don't play like that all right you turn out to be what you pretend to be i'm not playing about having no cancer okay well according to sheriff's office uh sheriff's office investigators that plan didn't work aka his wife didn't give a damn okay ex-wife probably heard the news and said, I'm going to send him healing energy and kept her day moving. So Rodney devised another plan, this one even more diabolical than the first. See, Rodney Metzler decided to devise a plan to kidnap and save his ex-wife in a bid to win her back.

Listen to what I just said. Rodney Metzler devised a plan to kidnap and save his ex-wife in a way to win her back now back on january 1st of this year i guess rodney's ex-wife was on some new year new me energy and when rodney tried to get back with her she denied him so rodney came up with this plan to kidnap and save his ex-wife in a bid to win her back. But not just to kidnap her. All right. He wanted to kidnap her and save her.

Okay. Just like a man. Right. Ladies want to be both the problem and the solution. When the reality is when you toxic like Rodney, you just the problem. But I'm not judging. I'm sending him healing energy. Okay. Listen to this story.

Rodney broke into his ex-wife's house wearing a mask and displaying a gun when he spoke he disguised his voice all right he hit her with the butt of the gun tried to scramble her two times he zip tied her hands assaulted her placed the pillowcase over her head and dragged her to the deck and told her if she moved from the deck she would be shot then rodney went to change his clothes and came back to his ex-wife's house trying to be hero and called the police now rodney metz couldn't have denied this if he tried evidence in the case was substantial okay cherokee county sheriffs found the handgun in metz's apartment oh boy as well as zip ties that matched the ones found on his ex-wife. Investigators also saw Rodney on surveillance video carrying a package of zip ties out of a local Lowe's.

Rodney's cell phone and laptop search history revealed to investigators that he searched such topics as how long before you starve to death, how to change the sound of your voice, and how long it takes to choke someone unconscious. I couldn't make this up if I tried. Now, granted, that how long before you starve to death is what most men who lose their wives Google because they can't cook and a man cannot live off Chick-fil-A alone. All right.

Now, D.A. Rachel Ash, who prosecuted the case, said Rodney Metzer is a master manipulator. I believe that is an understatement. And it's also very interesting to me that men will figure out all these ways to get our women back when we lose them But the one thing we need to do and we are together. It's just act right It's really not that difficult. Just simply act right when you together which said lady and maybe y'all still be together now I know certain circumstances lead you to do certain things But that woman's intuition at some point kicked in and she realized,

I got to get away from this human Rodney before his trauma kills the both of us. And guess what you did, Rodney? Prove her right. Okay, your ex-wife was absolutely correct in leaving your ass because you, my friend, are a sociopath. Now, Rodney Mitchler has been sentenced

by Judge Anthony Baker to 70 years, okay, with the first 25 years to be served in confinement and the remaining 45 to be served on probation. Let me tell you something, man. When you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, then it's meant to be. All right? It's yours. Nope. But also, when you love something, let it go.

And if you have to come up with criminal plans to get said thing back, remember the first part. Let it go and let it stay going. Please let Remy Ma give Rodney Metzer the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw, hee-haw. You stupid mother******, you dumb. Mm, mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm. Wow.

I ain't gonna lie, I mean. Nope. No. You ain't never ever get your bitch back We go all out to get her back but don't go all out to keep her

when we together You right That's ridiculous Okay Just do right while you're with her and you won't have to put yourself in these

type of situations This is extreme though I mean come on You think Yeah I think it's extremely extreme Come on man Now you gotta live

25 years in prison, driving yourself crazy over that woman who's going to be out here living her best life. She's probably like, thank God. Thank God. Lord have mercy. All right. Well, 800-585-1051. What's the craziest thing you've done to try to get your woman back?

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Break it down. 800-585-1051. The Breakfast Club. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club. Let's talk about it. Morning, everybody. It's D.J. and V. Angela Yee.

Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we're talking about Charlamagne's donkey of the day. Who'd you give donkey to, Charlamagne? Rodney Metz is this guy from Georgia who first he faked cancer, a cancer diagnosis to get his ex-wife back. When that didn't work, he devised a plan to kidnap and save her. So he kidnapped her, then left the house, came back dressed in some other clothes and

called the police and untied her and stuff like he was the hero. And how much time he got? 70 years, 25 in prison, 45 on probation. Goodness gracious. All right. So we're asking, what's the craziest thing you've done to get your girl back or to try to get your girl back? I mean, just fake suicide, regular. Yeah, I mean, that wasn't a fake suicide.

I just said, I'm going to kill myself if you're not with me or something like that. Something along those lines. Now, what about for you, Yee? What's the craziest thing a guy has done to you? I actually had to get a restraining order. This guy used to, my ex-boyfriend used to stalk me all the time. I would come home, he'd be waiting outside the house. As soon as I walked up, he'd be waiting outside my job.

It was like everywhere I went. So I ended up having to get a restraining order. And we had to go to court. Then he tried to sit next to me in court. I think one of the craziest thing is I think I called my wife's mother. Yeah, I called my wife's mother. I called my wife's brother before to try to talk to them. I thought that was wild.

That's not really wild. I'll tell you one thing. Saying you're going to commit suicide thing. Don't try that with a woman that's healed and whole. Because a woman that's healed and whole is going woman that's healed and whole is gonna tell you i wish you healing energy i wish you healing energy and that don't have nothing to do with me don't put that on me correct and boy that right there it'll it'll i mean it'll bring you back to reality i've been there i write about it in the book that comes out next year how i felt what got me to the lowest point where i didn't want to be here anymore

and i take it serious so when people ever say that they want to commit suicide I take it extremely serious because you don't know what they're dealing with. You just never know. And that's why I said during Donkey of the Day that my homeboy once said, you know, sometimes you got to fake suicide to get your girl back. And, you know, I don't know if it's a fake because you really do feel like that when you're in that position. You really do feel like if I can't be with this woman, I would rather not be here. Now, that is a... I was way, way younger when this happened, and, you know, I had a lot of healing that I

needed to do on my own, but yes, you do get to that point where you feel that way. Yeah. Alright, well, let's go to the phone lines. Hello, who's this? Uh, it's G Money. Hey, G Money, good morning. Good morning, how y'all doing? Doing well, doing well. What's the craziest thing you did to try to get your girl back? You slashed his tires.

Why you treating her new boyfriend like one of his side chicks? Did you get her back? Oh, wow. So the slashing tires thing worked, huh? Well, I don't recommend that. Did you get her back? Oh, wow. So the slashing ties thing worked, huh? Well, I don't recommend that. Yeah. All right, brother.

All right. No, we can't leave it at that. I need to know how you got this girl back. I know it wasn't the slashing ties. Yeah, it was. Like, I scared her off. I came back and I could have gotten back together. I can't believe you scared her off, too.

Exactly. She stuck around? Well, she knew I was crazy, so. Oh, hell no. Give me this woman's location, man. You stupid, man. Thank you, brother. Hello, who's this?

Blink twice if you need help, young lady, please. What's going on? What's the craziest thing you did to get your girl back, bro? So stupid, man. Fell through a table. A glass table. Why would you fall through a glass table, bro? wanted her attention you want a sympathy that's what you try to get sympathy you already know about so how did you fall did you just fall straight back or did you run and

jump into it no i just kind of fell straight back like she had pushed me you know what i mean what are you acting like you fainted. Yeah. So were you injured? No. Thank God I wasn't. You'd be like, I'll die without you. Did it work? Watch. You just fall out.

Yeah. It worked? No, it didn't work, man. Yeah. Damn it, man. And you had to buy her a new table. Buy her a new table. And you broke the table. Man, look at her.

I'll never put a stone like that ever again. Please don't, yeah. 800-585-1051. We're asking, what's the craziest thing you did to get your girl back? Call us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Is your country falling apart?

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The Breakfast Club. Now if you just joined us, we're asking what's the craziest thing you've done to get your girl back? Hello, who's this? This is Debra. How y'all doing? What's up Debra? How you doing Debra? I'm good. Oh my goodness, I can't believe I'm actually on here. So Debra, what's the craziest thing you did

to get your girl back? The craziest thing I ever did to get my guy back is... Sorry. Was I walked from my city to his city. I live in Michigan, and I was in Detroit at the time. He was in Novi. Y'all can Google that.

Detroit to what? To Novi. To Novi. That's far. That's like a 40-minute drive. It's not a 40-minute drive. It's like a 20-minute drive. But I made it to like the end, like the beginning of Novi. Now, wait. Why did you walk?

I'm just curious. Why did you walk? Okay, first of all, I was 21. It was his birthday. And he was, ignoring me. He went out with all his workmates, and he was avoiding me. Like, he wouldn't answer them at all. I had planned everything.

So I think anger drove me to do that. Now, hold on. It says it's an eight-hour, 42-minute walk. That don't say that. Yes, it does. Detroit, Michigan, the know-by-Michigan says it's an eight-hour, 42-minute walk. It's 25 miles. She was mad.

She was walking fast. No, I was on the freeway. Well, not the freeway, but like this highway. And the police picked me up. Girl, I know you was not walking on the highway. So you finally got to this man all musky and stank and think he going to want you back? Yeah, he did want me back. Hey!

Years later. My goodness. That was a good workout. Well, thank you, Mama. Wait, can I say something, please? So it was like a march. You've said enough. I love y'all.

And I'm a young mother. I'm 30. I have a six-year-old. And I just put up a Rope Bunny account to get a down payment on a house that they accepted the offer. But I need help with the down payment, like really bad. So I want to know if I can just put up there. Yeah, go ahead. And maybe we'll do a walk for you.

Oh, my God. Thank you. She's serious. Phoenix, D.C. So that's P-H-O-E-N-I-X. Z as in Victor. c as in clemon that's my instagram my facebook

is phoenixclemon no s um and it's on gofundme I'm truly and honestly looking to get a down payment for my daughter

I'm gonna be honest with you I respect your hustle but I hate the fact that you went all out to get your man back by walking but to get money for a down payment, you just ready to go for me.

Oh, okay. Well, thank you, mama. We're just strong calves. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning. This is Kenny. Kenny, what's the craziest thing you did to get your significant other back? So every time I would pull up at a mall or at any kind of store,

I first noticed it when I was at the mall. My tires were slashed and the way I was, my flat plugs were missing. That didn't sound like he wanted you back. Every time I went to a mall. I don't understand. So that was him trying to get you back? Yeah. I don't understand.

You had to call him to fix it. He was working for a tow truck. He was working for a tow company. So I always had to call him or a mechanic, which the mechanic was his friend. Well, who was paying for this? You had to pay? No, he was paying. He took the spark plugs and then put them back on.

It was the same plugs. Did y'all get back together? So, yeah, we've been married four years. Oh, my gosh. All right, well, so that worked. Goodness gracious. Girl, is he a little crazy? Have you ever admitted to this? Yes, he has. I mean, once, so that worked. Goodness gracious. Girl, is he a little crazy? Has he ever admitted to this?

Yes, he has. I mean, once they marry, you could admit to it. You'd be like, well, you know what I did back in the day, because it's funny now. I might have called that a red flag. Do y'all have any issues now? No, actually. Well, listen, has he done anything to try to heal those toxic traits? Has he gone to therapy?

You know what I mean? Is he doing anything to heal? He has. He has gone to therapy. Okay, that's important. Well, doing anything to heal? He has. He has no therapy. Okay. That's important. Well, thank you, Mama. Have a good one. Love you guys. I just want to say, we don't encourage any of these activities. Nah, I mean, the thing is,

if you notice, a lot of these conversations are from when people were a lot younger. And when you were a lot younger and you had a fragile ego and you was toxic, yes, we did a lot of toxic things. Alright, now we got rumors on the way? Yes, R. Kelly will give you an update, what's going on in court. The first man

who was accused him of abuse is talking at the trial. Alright, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Tuesday morning, baby. Last day of the month. Tomorrow's the first. Hope you got money for your rent and your mortgages and your bills and all that other good stuff, okay? Shout out to all the Virgos out there, man.

Virgos! Drop a bomb for all the Virgos out there. Oh, man, you got a bomb day coming, right? That's right. This Friday. Yeah, you, my brother Wax. My daughter Paige. My little girl Shelby.

Your assistant. That is my daughter. Okay. But she's, she's white. That's right. And you have a, that's right.

I saw all these white people adopting little black babies. I went and got me a grown white one. I don't know if you want her calling you daddy. After you hear this, our Kelly trial information, you got to make everything. We're about to talk about this. All right.

Have mercy. Let's do it. Listen. It's just in. All the guys. The rumor report. Angela. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip. The Rumor Report. Gossip. Gossip.

With Angela. Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Well, this R. Kelly trial is continuing in Brooklyn. And yesterday, the first man who was actually accusing R. Kelly took the stand. He's going under the name Lewis. And so what he says happens is that he met R. Kelly at a McDonald's.

And he sexually assaulted him when he was 17 years old. He said R. Kelly invited him over to a music studio, but instead brought him to his house and actually performed oral sex on him. He said he was working the overnight shift back in 2006 at a suburb in Chicago. R. Kelly was 39 years old at the time. And according to quote Lewis, he said that, you know, they he invited him to come to his home in another suburb of Chicago. When he got there, they met in a detached garage where R. Kelly had exercise equipment and a boxing ring. Rather than in one of the studios that he had in the house, he asked me what I was willing to do for music. Now, Lewis said he would carry his bags and things like that.

But he said R. Kelly was unreceptive. Then he asked him if he had any fantasies and quoted R. Kelly as saying, you never had fantasies about men. I said, no, Lewis continued. And then he crawled down on his knees and proceeded to give me oral sex. He zipped my pants down and he started doing it. Now, he also said that he didn't have any type of reaction to the oral sex so I guess our Kelly stopped and he asked him to stop and then he said he swore Lewis to secrecy he said don't tell anyone we're brothers now he said he

continued to see our Kelly after that he wanted to be mentored for his music career when they asked him why he continued you know he said he just was really trying to make it in the music business. And he said on subsequent occasions, R. Kelly would record some of their encounters while he was sexually abusing him, and he asked that he call him Daddy. Other women have also testified that R. Kelly recorded their sexual encounters and demanded that they call him Daddy previously. He said as his relationship with him got stronger, he said, I was like a brother. I was his little brother.

And he tried to bribe another R. Kelly accuser so she wouldn't testify against him so just a lot of different things and then he also discussed an incident of non-consensual sex that involved another person he said r kelly snapped his fingers and a young lady came out from underneath a boxing ring and crawled over to him and started performing oral sex on both him and r kelly he said it was uncomfortable and he also said another time he passed performing oral sex on both him and R. Kelly. He said it was uncomfortable. And he also said another time he passed out from drinking at a party and he woke up alone with R. Kelly, unsure whether or not they had a sexual encounter. So this trial is continuing on.

We'll continue to give you updates as they're in court today as well. But an ongoing theme here. He had the women and now this first male sexual accuser who said he was groomed from the age of 17 calling him daddy recording these sexual encounters swearing people to secrecy

another woman says that R. Kelly assaulted her days after allegedly marrying Aaliyah in secret she said she was 17 at the time and you know she said R. Kelly

had two men approach her and her 19 year old friend after the show. And as the dressing room cleared out, he asked the girls to play a game of who could kiss it better. And then the girls kissed him before he unzipped her pants and had unprotected sexual intercourse with her. How is none of this on TV? I would think that, you know, for all the coverage that they've, you know, given R. Kelly and, you know, these things over the years, the court trial would be on television. Right.

I'm not sure why they haven't put it on TV, but we told you previously that a lot of people aren't allowed in the courtroom right now because of COVID and for whatever other reasons that they have. So it's just the jurors and the alternate jurors that are in there as well. All right. Now, another drama, Summer Walker and London on the Track have had a going back and forth on social media. That's really messy. And she has called him the ghetto baby daddy from hell.

She went on social media and said London calling and DMing everyone around me because he's blocked talking about if you care about summer, get that away from her. So if anything happens to me, it was him. Ghetto baby daddy from hell. I'd be minding my business and never call him unless it's about the well-being of my child. Here's what else she had to say. Y'all was terrorizing me for two years, bro. Cause I was with the, I gave him back. I tried as best as I could to keep him involved with his children's lives. Brought you here. Didn't even tell you. He didn't even tell you I was there. He was mad.

And we talked. I'm like, shorty, I had no problem with you. I want to be good. Let's, you know, our kids, they can grow up together. I can't wait till she, parents come over to the playground, blah, blah, blah. Nah, bitch, because you was my baby daddy. You still wanted to fight. I don't want to fight any of you hoes.

So she's talking about all the baby moms that she's had to deal with. And she also posted, I'd be trying so hard to mind my business. And she said, and come get this car. I don't want nothing from you. And this ish ain't even paid for. I like my cars paid off. Now, London on the track responded on social media. He said, it's goofy.

He said, ain't even funny. I really be trying to spare Shorty because I understand her mental health ain't where it needs to be. But the line gotta stop. Calling, DMing, who for what, post the current receipts. If it's accurate, don't lie. Plus my new woman ain't going for no ish like that. And then he said about the truck,

it's cute too. I'm gonna have somebody come get it tomorrow. Put the jewelry in the armrest. I don't want you to have nothing you don't want. I ain't gonna keep playing with you on this internet. You still making payments. This is just too messy. I don't want you to have nothing you don't want. I ain't going to keep playing with you on this internet. You're still making payments. This is just too messy. I don't know if we should even get into all of this. Send him healing energy. I'm sending this whole rumor report healing energy.

Yeah. It's a lot of drama. Jesus Christ. Alright, and now here's what else Summer Walker had to say to all of London on the Tracks' children's mothers. I get absolutely nothing for it from this. I was supposed to have my child be married like they said he would do and carry on with my career silently.

I have no problem with y'all, bro. Leave me alone, bro. I'm saying leave me alone, me alone, leave me alone. Oh, man. I'm sending them all healing energy. I hope so because really the most important thing is the children. And so right now it's really messy and I know everything is fresh, but hopefully they get to that space where they can co-parent peacefully

and not have to deal with this. Got one more ye to bring the vibe down? Anything else? I think that's it for now. Okay. Because, you know, time's up. I mean, Lord have mercy. Started off telling everybody happy birthday and celebrating life, and then I don't still

know where we went. Yeah, I don't know where we went to. Salute to Low-Key, too. Low-Key's born day is on September 3rd as well. September 3rd? Yes. Yeah. He's September 3rd.

He's 93. Danny Francis, my brother, September 3rd. Danny, yep, yep. The author, I can't think of his name, and that always comes up here, his birthday, September 3rd. What's his name? I can't remember his name. I don't know what author you're talking about.

What's his name? Malcolm Gladwell. Malcolm Gladwell is 9-3? Yeah, 9-3 as well. All right, well, that is your rumor report. I'll wait for you. Is it? Yeah, September 3rd.

Shout out to all my very good brothers out there. All right. And sisters. And sisters. All right, now shout to Revolt. We'll see you guys tomorrow. Everybody else, the People's Choice Mix is up next.

800-585-1051. Shout to everybody in Detroit. Had an amazing time in Detroit. We're planning out Coachella, Detroit. I can't wait for you guys to come on out. Is August Alsina's birthday

September 3rd? Yes, August Alsina's birthday September 3rd as well. Yes. Forgot about August Alsina. Charlie Sheen. Why do you say yes like that, bro? No, because we always talk's birthday is September 3rd as well. Yes. Forgot about August Alcina. Charlie Sheen. Why do you say yes like that, bro? No, because we always talk about it.

I always say that's my brother. God damn. But I got to check on him. I haven't spoken to him in a minute. I ain't speak to August in a second either. I'm going to check him on August too. All right. Well, the mix is up next.

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You don't want to miss it, and you won't want to see it alone. Malignant, rated R in theaters and on HBO Max, September 10th. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. This young black woman owns a trucking business that is making millions. She talks about where she started from, how she got into the trucking business. Casey Cooper. She's the CEO of the Compass Circle. Welcome. Thank you. So for people that don't know

who Casey Cooper is, who is Casey Cooper and what is your business? So I'm Casey Cooper of the Compass Circle. Thank you for that intro. I started a trucking company about 16 years ago and kind of just kept failing forward. Got into heavy haul, wide loads, tall loads, heavy loads and government contracts. So I've been awarded almost six million dollars worth of government contracts in the last three years. And we teach women owned and minority companies how to get access to the same opportunities through government contracts or certifications so they can, you know, grow their business. Yeah, I'm a fan of MWBEs because I feel like a lot of people don't take advantage of them and apply for that certification. So can you talk about what that process is like and how you even knew about it?

I just really, you know, desire is one hell of a drug. Anything you want bad enough, you will do the research. So I was Googling, I was getting with my local procurement office. And kind of once you start getting into that industry and, you know, you start getting emails, you start getting invited to like all the happenings. WMB varies in different states, depending on, you know, what's going on. Of course, everybody's backed up right now, but they're going to want to see like two years of tax returns. They're going to want to see that you are a legitimate, viable business so you can get this certification to move forward.

Now, how did you get into trucking? You're from Virginia Beach. Mm-hmm. And what, 15 years ago in Virginia Beach when you started this company, Virginia Beach, I'm sure it wasn't about trucking.

Drugs were heavy in Virginia Beach at the time. Crime was heavy in Virginia Beach and partying was heavy in Virginia Beach. There was no Miami back then. We went to Virginia Beach to party. So how did you get into trucking?

So when I was 15, I had vending machines. And so I would be like 15, going to get my dollar bills and hitting them all. So I'm making like $400 or $500 a week. So how did you start the vending machines? At a 15-year-old, that's not what a 15-year-old does usually, typically. So how did you get into vending machines? How did you get this entrepreneur type of mind? I don't know.

Nobody in my family, my parents are working, middle class, retired people. I have no idea. I think it's just from people just telling, you know, like back then we, it was no Uber. It was no Lyft. So you had to like get case quarters and use the phone, white pages, pick me up. So I became very resourceful. Um, and I just, I got those vending machines. It was older gentlemen in my neighborhood. He was, he had like accounts at the airports and I convinced him to just rent me to back then i was 15 so it was quite some time ago right um but for 25 a month for two of them back then i was doing music really heavy so i put them in the studio i would go get my money and i was like set on i'm not going to be the one making this money that's how i'm going

to do it right so that was like my first taste i got about 25 and and I was like, yo, I'm going to get me a dump truck. I don't know where it came from. It just popped up in my mind. Just wanted a dump truck. Yeah. And I'm like, okay, I'm going to be a millionaire. I'm going to have this fleet. I'm going to do this.

And it just did not happen that way. I mean, I ended up a millionaire, but it took some time. So what happened with the business? So what was the bad part about the business? You got your first dump truck and then what happened? The first one was a piece of crap. It was $80,000. So the truck note was like $2,200.

Insurance was $600. At what age? I was like 25. So I'm spending $600 a week on fuel. It was just horrible. It was a piece of crap. It was actually a converted road tractor that somebody put a dump body on. So for anybody listening, don't do that.

Because road tractors are not made to go off-road like that. But my mom had co-signed for me. So my motivation was like, I can't let her. Let your mom's credit. Yeah, I can't do it. But I was up against a converted road tractor, so I ended up terminating the lease.

I had to pay like 20 grand to get out of it. And then I just kept buying trucks, buying trucks, buying trucks. Got my license, got my TwitCar, got my Escort and Pilot's license, and I just kept, I mean, I was like failing forward, but I kept going to the next steps what is escort you got to

break it down like three-year-olds I don't know what escort escort to some people like but what was oh yes please I'll come too far please so just like this building this building is a tall I don't know how many stories but it was a this was a job to pull together millions of dollars so I would bring in like the tall beams that actually hold the building up and so sometimes that stuff is so wide or so tall or so heavy that it's not safe during you know normal hours that slows down the traffic because the truck takes up two lanes and you got to take up the third yeah we have to keep it safe and sometimes i mean the stuff would

be so big we would have to carry it at night like shut down tunnels it was a whole production so i think the first time I got the first escort bill was like 11,000 for the week I was like oh no um who I need to talk to to get my license my dad got his license my boyfriend at the time got his license so we were just trying to save money but I ended up getting into so many other things so it was pretty cool now I want to get back to these government contracts because you said you've gotten six million dollars worth of government yeah worth of government contracts you know a lot of women are eligible and it gets a little shitey how things get done because i've heard of stories where like uh you know white

women are eligible for this right and so their husband or family member will sign up for something and then they'll get the certification with the woman in the family but that takes away from all so it's supposed to benefit black people and minorities. So can you talk about that whole process and how you managed to get six million, almost six million dollars worth of contracts? Yes. So same thing like I was saying earlier. I mean, I was just taking all the classes.

Everybody's local municipality or state has some kind of program. We had the small business administration. Yes. And I've taken classes there too. And I got my certification. Good job, girl. Okay. But if you don't use it you can't complain you know what I'm saying so even though we don't speak to each other in

that language like I'm not sitting here talking to you about an RFP and RFI we just we don't communicate that way um I think it's a little off-putting because culturally we're just not introduced to that and project management is not something that we're really reared on if our parents did have businesses they were working in the business. You didn't really see your pop sitting back calling all the shots. So same process. I mean, you just have to get in there, find out what your state has to offer, because it's going to vary. I probably have gotten over $40,000 worth of free things, business plans.

I'm talking about elaborate business plans, employee handbooks, like policies, procedures. Most of us are not walking around with that stuff, but that's what it takes to get to, you know, this apex level. But you have to just really tap into it. The government contracts are there.

My first one was about two months after I got registered in SAMS. I had no clue what I was doing, like no clue. I just knew that I had to get the paperwork together.

I just had to get it together and I would get a swing at some point. So you put a bid in? No. I just knew that I had to get the paperwork together. Right. I just had to get it together, and I would get a swing at some point. So you put a bid in? Is that how it works? No, I just register. So www.sam.gov is the federal government's, like, wheelhouse to register. So once you go in there and you register, which is absolutely free, then you're eligible to start looking at contracts, bidding on contracts,

so on and so forth. Now, I don't recommend, if you have no experience whatsoever, just start bidding. But I was already doing my trucking thing, so I was 10 years in by that point. You have a program where you teach people how to do it. Oh, yeah, all the time. Break that down.

So, I mean, there's so many certifications. There's one called the 8A, the letter, the number 8 and the letter A. I'm in that program. This is my fourth year. It's a developmental program for minorities who have disparities that allows you to actually bypass the bidding process. So my $5 million contract I got because of that certification. I would have never got that opportunity that easy without that certification. So, you know, you have total

small business, which most of us are total small business you have woman owned economically disadvantaged woman owned hub zone 8a there's a myriad of them you just have to pick the ones that apply to you and and make them work for you and all this information by the way is free right it's all free and you can go and do these classes those class well you pay for it with your tax dollars that's what i always say so you need to make sure you use these resources and here's the thing too angela so i'm from Virginia. That's where I got all of my training from. In this particular time and setting when I was going after all of these classes, you had to be making $250,000 a year to even get the free government classes. Wow.

So let's just say you make $7 an hour and you got a side business. You're able to scrape up $60,000 growth. You're not even eligible to take the class. Right. So systems are put in place for it to be systematic. Yeah, that makes no sense. It makes no sense. to scrape up you know 60,000 growth you're not even eligible to take the class right so systems are put in place for it to be systematic yeah that makes no sense it makes no sense so everybody has you know different opportunities and that's just one I mean it's you know you have YouTube people on clubhouse talking about government contracts 15 years ago people were not talking about

government contracts and nobody was talking about trucking period people get rich off of that oh I've done very well yeah like very well there's companies that can go from being a small company to being a multi-million dollar company. And then at that point, you have to decide. Because if you're making $30,000 a year, you don't really know what it's like to be in charge of $7 million. So each way, I thank God for now. Even now, I'm like, I don't want to grow my company to $100 million. That's not what I want to do. It's just a different level of responsibility.

Well, Casey, we appreciate you for joining us. Thank you. How can people find you and also learn about the classes and everything? Absolutely. So you guys can find me at The Compass Circle on Instagram, The Compass Circle on Facebook, and our website is www.thecompasscircle.com. All right. Well, thank you, Casey Cooper, for joining us.

And also, we got a shout out to Ingrid Best for stopping through this morning. Yes, that is my girl, Ingrid Best. She is the executive vice president and the global head of marketing for Combs Enterprises. So all of the Ciroc and Deleon activations that you see, Ciroc sponsoring the versus battles, all of that, that's Ingrid. Salute to Ingrid. All right. Well, it's time for a positive note. You got a positive note? The positive note is simply this, man. Well, first of all, I want to salutegrid. Alright, well it's time for Positive Note. You got a positive note? The positive note is simply this, man. Well, first of all, I want to

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