The Breakfast Club - Van Lathan and Chloe Bailey Interview

Episode Date: May 2, 2022

Today on the show we had friend to the room Van Lathan stop by and discuss his growth, grief, mindset evolution, weight loss, and more while promoting his new book "Fat Crazy and Tired". Also we had Charlamagne's cousin, Chloe Bailey stop by and they discussed her highly anticipated album, loving the work she does and more. Lastly, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to a East Bernard High School for their discriminatory hair policy on braids.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Well, Angel E's having some problems connecting. What up, Charlamagne? Peace to the planet. It's Monday. Yes, it's Monday. Good morning. We back. Start of another work week.

How y'all feeling out there? How was your weekend? What's happening? Oh, man, I'm out in Florida right now. As soon as the show's over, I'm on my way back. Of course, I'm on my book tour, so I had to make some stops On the book tour And Killer Touch, who was a friend to the room

He threw his first party In like three, four years So, you know, everything is getting back open And, you know, Florida's been open So he had a successful party over the weekend So I stopped over to support him And now I'm on my way back, last night I was at this place Called The Office in Florida.

So shout out to everybody that joined me at The Office. And I'll be on my way back soon. What about you, Charlemagne? Oh, man, I had a nice, great weekend doing exactly what I love to do, which is absolutely nothing. Okay? I was at home on club couch, all right, watching basketball games and catching up on my TV.

So life is good. Playing with the kids, you know. Not really playing with the kids, but getting played with. You know, when you got kids that are a certain age, and they're like six years old, three years old, you as the father, you're the toy. Yes, you are. Okay?

Maybe bending your fingers all kind of way and pulling on you like you're not even a human. Doing flips on you, all types of things. Jumping on your back, but I love it. I would trade that for the world. Oh, man. And you know, when you do the things like put them on top of your head or you pick them up and swing them around. Like, Daddy, do that again. He's like, baby, Daddy, oh.

I'm tired. You got to do it for all of them. Oh, Lord. Well, I only got to do it for the two because I got a seven-month-old. Yeah, I got eight, seven, and five. So you got to do it for the two because I got a seven-month-old. Yeah, I got eight, seven, and five. So you got to do it three times. So whatever you do once, you got to do it three times.

And that's a workout with finished self. Yes, it is. Okay. And even if you just finish working out, they don't understand that. All right? I'm exhausted already. No. But that's what I get.

No, no. But it's a good thing, man. It makes you feel good. Oh, I love it. Shout out to all our parents out there. We salute you this morning. Absolutely. And we got great guests here this morning, man. It makes you feel good. Shout out to all our parents out there. We salute you this morning. Absolutely. And we got great guests here this morning, too.

An author. He used to be on TMZ. He has his own podcast. Van Lathan will be joining us this morning. Yes, he's got a new book out called Fat, Crazy, and Tired. And also. He'll be here to talk about his book, Fat, Crazy, and Tired. Charlamagne's cousin will be joining us.

My cousin will be back here. That's right. Chloe Bailey will be joining us. We'll chop it up here. That's right. Chloe Bailey will be joining us. We'll chop it up with her. Yeah, they're having that big Halloween function in May. Yes. What's that thing called? The Met Gala. Yes. She's in time for the Met Gala. Okay.

Are you going? Eh, shut up. I'm just asking. Think they ever invite my black ass to the Met Gala? Nope. Nope. Not at all. And guess who don't care? You. Exactly. Like me. But them tickets are expensive. And guess who don't care? You. Exactly. Like me. But them tickets are expensive. They say them tables are like $30,000 a seat or something like that.

I'm cool on that. For a table, it's like 100 grand. Hey, God bless. God bless us. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking. We got front page news coming up. We'll tell you about your NBA scores and hopefully we'll get you connected. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get some front page news. Now, over the weekend, NBA, Milwaukee Bucks beat the Celtics 1-1-89. The Warriors beat the Grizzlies 1-17, 1-16. Yeah, the Celtics and Bucks series, I don't think that's going to be as entertaining as I thought it would be. I was thinking it was going to be a seven-game series, but Celtics have no answer for Giannis.

They can't stop Giannis. And if they can't find an answer for Giannis, I don't think it'll be a long series. Not even Giannis. Brooke Lopez, too. It just seems like he just grabbed everything that come off the rim. Everything. Yeah, but Giannis, he's just too. It just seems like he just grabbed everything that come off the rim. Everything. Yeah, but Giannis, he's just unstoppable, damn near, on offense. He is.

He is. Hey, Grizzlies and Warriors, that was a great game, too. Great game. Came out to the last basket. Yeah, I don't think Grizzlies have enough offense for the Golden State Warriors, honestly. And, you know, you can't kick Draymond Green out of every game. So I don't know how close those games are going to be once Draymond

is on the floor for a whole game. So, we'll see. Alright. Well, over the weekend was the White House Correspondent Dinner. Did you see anything about it, Charlamagne? I had people over the house, so I was watching it, but, like, not really watching it. Plus, I just was, you know, sitting there thinking, what the hell we got to celebrate right now?

Why everybody laughing over $1,000 dinner plates at a time like this? I did see Fat Joe there. I thought that was dope that Fat Joe went to the correspondent dinner. Yes, I saw Fat Joe there. Now, we have audio. You ain't supposed to do front page news, so we don't know what this audio is. I believe it's

Biden at the dinner. Is that what it is, Red? Yes, Red said yes. All right, well, let's listen to it. The industry is changing significantly, but it matters. The truth matters. American democracy is not a reality show. It's not a reality show. It's reality itself. And the reality is that we are a great country. Our future is bright. It's not guaranteed because democracy is never guaranteed. It has to be earned. It has to be defended. It has to be protected.

You've heard me say many times there's not a damn thing this country can do when we stand united and do it together. And I know we can do anything we want to do. Yeah, so I'm still trying to figure out who was here and he was shaking though. Did he ever figure out who was here and he was shaking though did he ever

talk about who's here and he was shaking i don't know man i enjoyed uh some of what i saw at the white house correspondents dinner but once again what the hell we got to celebrate like what's funny inflation through the roof folks trying to figure out how to keep gas in their tank food on their plate you know um so many campaign promises haven't been kept like what we got to celebrate well he does joke on uh fox news i told my grandkids and people did just they could stay up late and watch this show tonight tonight we come here and answer a very important question in everybody's mind why in hell are we still doing this i know there i know there are questions about whether we should gather here tonight

because of covid well we're here to show the country that we're getting through this pandemic. Plus, everyone had to prove they were fully vaccinated and boosted. So if you're at home watching this and you're wondering how to do that, just contact your favorite Fox News reporter. They're all here, vaccinated and boosted. All of them. Okay. All right. He also talks about his approval rating. Thank you, Steve, for that introduction and a special thanks to the 42 percent of you actually applauded.

I'm really excited to be here tonight with the only group of Americans with a lower approval rating than I have. This is the first time the president attended this dinner in six years. It's understandable. We had a horrible plague followed by two years of COVID. Just imagine if my predecessor came to this dinner this year.

Now that would really have been a real coup if that occurred. Laugh now, cry after the midterms when they lose the House and the Senate. You hear me, Democrats? Laugh now, cry after the midterms when y'all lose the House and the Senate. Now, I know a lot of people spoke that the person whose hand he was trying to shake. Man, shut up, man. That's front page news.

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Hello, who's this? Here. What's up, Angie? What's up, Trav? Hey. Hey, Trav. Hey, boo. Sir.

Peace, Trav. What up, sis? Guess what Hey, boo. Sir. Peace, Trav. What up, sis? Guess what I'm starting today at 8 o'clock. What? What's that? My new job. What you working at? You got your job? Yay! Yeah, I got it. I passed the P. Remember what I was telling you last week? I passed the P test. Let's not ruin it. How'd you do

that? I work at Pico, the electric company. No, I said how'd you do that? I work at Pico, the electric company. No, I said, how'd you pass the test? You know, God. All right. That's crazy that you still got to take a P test in Pennsylvania when it's legal right next door in Jersey. So actually in Pennsylvania,

they have stopped the P test in Pennsylvania, but since I work for the electric company, they deal with gas. If you deal with natural resource gas, then you have to still take a P test. Pennsylvania, but since I work for the electric company, they deal with gas. If you deal with natural resource gas, then you have to still take a pee test. Oh, okay. Wow. Wow.

Fair enough. So you did it the right way? You did it the legal way? He's not going to tell you on the air. Yes, he did it the right way. Well, I'm glad you got a job, Trav, because that last time you called up here talking about you had your EBT card

over your Metro card. Boy, that was a different level of struggle. You hear me? They'll be bringing up my old days. That was the old days. That was like a week ago, Trav, but okay. That's an old Trav. All right, y'all.

All right. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning. This is Jermaine out of Atlanta, y'all. I'm from Bombay, Baca. What's going on? Peace, K. What up?

Get it off your chest. Envy, Envy, I had a quick question for you, man. I know you got the car show coming to Atlanta. Yes, sir. Are you doing your book out here as well? Yeah, we're actually doing a book signing at every car show that we're doing. So we got like a little, we made it look like a bookstore in the actual car show. Me and the wife will be in there signing autographs and we have books at the show okay um just wanted to ask when you come to atlanta if we could be a part of your vip

suite for your guests or whatever give beverages of our delicious vodka if you don't mind sir yeah you know what we don't we don't really sell outside liquor and the reason being is a family event sometimes but if we could um do something with the venue, yeah, we could set it up. We'll see what we can do. All right, cool, cool. I appreciate it. Just had to shoot my shot, bro. All right, enough said.

All right, let's make it happen. All right, brother. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. And, yes, we're going to be in Houston June 19th, which is Father's Day weekend, and July 9th in Atlanta for the car show. So if you haven't got your tickets, it's to drive your dream tickets. But get it off your chest.

Phone lines are wide open. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. I'm darling. I'm darling. Hey, what you doing, man? I'm darling.

I'm calling you. This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning. This is Ray from Detroit. How you doing this morning, everybody?

Peace, K. Morning, Ray. Peace to you all. Peace, peace. First of all, DJ Andy, you're one of my major DJ inspirations from back in the mid-case. I just want to say peace to you. God bless you, your family, your book. I got to go get that joint.

I heard it's amazing, brother. Thank you, brother. I appreciate that, man. I appreciate the support and love, man. Yeah, absolutely, man. Bless it to you also, Charlamagne. I got to say thank you, man, for just you and your platform. The things that you have done has been just truly just unbelievable.

You actually had one of my college friends from hometown. I'm originally from Gary, Indiana. You have one of my college friends, Ian Dunlap, the master investor. Yeah, man. That's my guy. Love Ian. Man, that is my dude, man. This cat used to cut me up back in the dorm.

We grew up. We started at IU, at Indiana University. So that's one of my friends. And for you to have him on your platform. The things that it has created for him is just unbelievable. It is nonstop for him now. Nah, Ian is brilliant, and his stock tips are brilliant. Oh, man, he's a sharp cat.

Always been. Always been. So I got to thank you for that. Just to have him on that platform just really did amazing things, even more for him. gotta thank you for that just to have him on that platform just really did amazing things even more uh for him uh so thank you for that and last but not least me uh you know you're you're so dope it is awesome the things i'm here what you're doing here in detroit uh and which is uh let me because i i gotta thank god for my family my friends my my two sons and also my lady who is here from Detroit.

And she's one of the best insurance agents that I have to make sure I shout her out. And I want to make sure I let you know because I know how you are serious about the Black Girl Magic. Oh, yeah, absolutely. I'm in Detroit right now for this NAACP event. So I heard. Yeah, I heard on the radio. Absolutely.

Yeah, she is one of the best insurance agents I've ever known to actually have her business right here in Detroit. And I want to make sure I let her know that I'm going to let you know that she is just amazing. I want to shout her information out if that's all right. Please do. Man, look, she is Crystal Robertson, a state farm agent. So she's definitely a good neighbor right there on seven miles right near the livinoy uh the shopping district area uh please check her out everybody she is on crystal serves motown.com that's crystal serves motown.com and she is absolutely amazing you can follow her

on instagram as well and i really appreciate you all just accepting my call and thank you all for you your platform and the things you have done over the years. And God is going to continue to bless you all. Thank you, brother. Every morning as I listen to you. Appreciate you, K. Thank you. Shout out to Krista.

I just Googled her. She has five stars and 41 Google reviews. There you go. Shout out to State Farm, too, man. Do terrific work. And also the General, too. General Insurance as well. All right.

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now we got rumors also the general, too. General insurance as well. All right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. Now we got rumors on the way. Yes. And Joe Button, why was he trending over the weekend? We'll tell you what he had to say on social media that had both Tahiri and Evelyn Lozada responding. All right. We'll get into that next.

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Talk to them. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. All right. Well, Joe Button on his podcast spoke about the Megan Thee Stallion versus Tory Lanez issues. And Megan Thee Stallion sitting down with Gayle King. Here's what he had to say. There is a such thing as victim bullying. Example of what Iad johnson ocho cinco's ex-wife he's in a whole new relationship he's married he's he's whatever he is he's happy they happy she's happy for years any chance anytime his name came up she popped up it had nothing to do with her but she

popped up and said hey he did this it didn't matter the uh rehabilitation he'd done it didn't matter the changes that he's made the apologies both public and private yo dog for the next seven eight nine ten years every time i do something positive you're gonna pop up with this victim story and you are the victim so i don't take that away but that's bullying all right uh take but he also criticized meg the stallion for speaking with gail king instead of a hip-hop outlet he said there are too many hip-hop outlets go to somebody who understands all of this is keeping up with all of this and can provide some type of pushback if you're trying to come off organic well eve, Evelyn Lozada went and responded. What did you think about the victim bullying

and what he said? Well, she is a victim and she's allowed to express whatever she wants to feel. If she feels triggered every time he says something and wants to respond to that, she has every right to do that. What happened, happened.

If that's what she needs to do i'm okay with it yeah you're not a bully if you were a victim if somebody did you wrong you could speak on it as much as possible yeah i don't think that's a term you can't be a victim and a bully if if every time you know something triggers you you mention it or you talk about it i don't but i mean hey i could be wrong all right well evelyn lazadaada did respond to what Joe Button had to say and here's what she had to say if you're going to use your platform to discuss domestic violence or bring up somebody's domestic violence incident I think that you need to be compassionate about all of the people that this has affected I think you also need to know and understand that this could be very

triggering. If we're going to have these conversations, we need to have real conversations like how do we heal from this? Use your platform for good, not to make light of something that is very, very serious. I just had to say something because I'm not going to allow someone to control my story and my narrative. Now in the shade room, Evelyn also posted with that clip, you should have used yourself as an example

and kept us the F out of it, F-O-H. And Joe Button responded. He said, we were discussing reactive abuse, not seemingly comparing situations, prayers to everyone involved. And then she said, my life matters. So I spoke up domestic violence survivor. I'm going to keep screaming to the heavens, no matter what another abuser has to say about my past abusive relationship. And then Tahiri also chimed in and said, let's not forget at Joe button. Should, uh, the real to Harry post hers. And to Harry said the biggest effing nerves on earth. This is so wrong. So unfair, but yet he

still continues having a mic. And then she also addressed Evan Lizada on her Instagram as well. She said, I am so sorry. Nobody should ever have to go through this over a repost of Evan Lizada's photos. She said, I'm shaking. He fractured my rib and punched me in my face. I don't have pictures, but I'm sure his other exes do. So that definitely started a lot of people having conversations and feeling triggered by those comments. All right. And Playboi Carti, his concert was shut down after fans rushed the stage and broke the barricade while he was only two songs in. This was at West Hollywood Smokers Club Festival, and they had to just shut it down. Kid Cudi, 2 Chainz, Wale, Joey Badass, A$AP Rocky, Rico Nasty, Wiz Khalifa, Chief Keef, all on the bill.

But not everybody made it through their set time without disturbances. As we told you, Playboy Cardi, they had to cut his microphone and a team member was sent out to address the audience and ask them to calm down so that Playboy Cardi could resume his work. They asked them to step back. They said there were no injuries sustained.

Nobody was arrested. But they said everybody just had to make sure everything was good. And yes, so everybody got to calm down. It did look dangerous. Did they finish the show? Some people got to perform. Some people didn't.

But again, you know, seeing what could potentially happen, making sure there's no injuries. That's the most important thing. They did say Rihanna was back there hanging out and dancing backstage as well during the Smokers Club Festival. All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. All right, thank you, Miss Yee.

Now we got front page news. What are we talking about? Yes, they are trying to find an accused murder suspect as well as the corrections officer who was last seen with him when they left the local jail. We'll tell you what happened in Alabama. All right, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Come on.

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We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. The Bucks beat the Celtics 101-89. The Warriors beat the Grizzlies 117-116. Hey, you know what, too? Salute to Shakur Stevenson, too, man. He had a great win Saturday night against Oscar Valdez. Unanimous decision, okay? Valdez never had a chance, so salute to Shakur Stevenson, too, man. He had a great win Saturday night against Oscar Valdez. Unanimous decision, okay?

Valdez never had a chance, so salute to Shakur Stevenson. He won it in ones. Even though we knew he was winning in ones, he really showed Saturday. He won it in ones. So dropping the clues bombs for Shakur Stevenson. Absolutely. And tonight, the 76ers take on the Heat at 730, and the Mavericks take on the Sims at 10.

Oh, poor Philly, man. Oh my god. No Joel Embiid. Joel Embiid out indefinitely. I guess this will be the last round for the Sixers. If Joel Embiid can't play. Yeezy? Yes. So yesterday

U.S. Marshals offered a $10,000 reward and that is for information to help catch the Alabama inmate who vanished. He vanished with a corrections officer as she was transporting him to court for an appointment that never even existed. Casey White is 38 years old. He was arrested in 2020. He was charged with two counts of capital murder. Authorities said he was a murder for hire in a case that went cold for nearly five years. Now, indications are that Vicki White,

who was the corrections officer for and she worked there, by the way, for 25 years, assisted in the escape. But they don't know whether she did so willingly or if he forced her to do so. There has been a manhunt launched for the two of them, and they both have the same last name, Vicki White and Casey Cole White, but they are not related. The escaped inmate is believed to be a serious threat to the corrections officer and to the public. So they are asking for any help in that situation. That's a scary thing. Now, they're also trying to investigate whether the two of them had a prior relationship.

The sheriff's office realized that he was missing and that the corrections officer was missing when she wasn't answering her phone and calls went straight to voicemail. So they said every employee in the office is shocked right now. And a woman in Maryland returned home from vacation to find a couple laying in her bed and property worth tens of thousands of dollars missing. We saw this on social media. Here's what happened. Not only were they in my home, everything in my home was gone except for my bed because he details how he loves my bed so much. And I'm like, who are you? He says my name. He like, you didn't pay your rent. I'm like, what are you talking about? I paid my rent. All right. So she came home from vacation. This was in Greenbelt, Maryland. Her front door was damaged.

Her possessions were cleared out of the apartment, and she found a couple laying on her bed together, a black male adult and a white female. That was the only piece of furniture left in the home. Yes, Envy? So she paid the rent, and they just took everything out? He said that she didn't pay the rent, and she's like, what are you talking about?

I did pay my rent. So the suspects are still on the run. So she's like, what are you talking about? I did pay my rent. So the suspects are still on the run. So basically they broke in, made up some story, and she caught them in the house. And they stole belongings worth almost $50,000. Wow. Can you imagine you come home

and there's a couple laying in your bed? If they're still in the crib, they shouldn't be on the loose. I know where they had they lay in my in my bed she ain't calling the police right away they left oh yeah she called the police but they were gone and they're still on the run they're not still oh so they wasn't supposed to be there i thought the way the story was described i thought they got kicked out of the house and they moved a new couple in so these were just squatters squatters yep yes she came on vacation Yes. She came home on vacation. They cleared everything out. Alright, now a woman in Alabama,

Jacqueline Summerbeard, she was an employee of the state public health department, was attacked as she was following up on a report of an attack by those same dogs. She was killed by the dogs too in the northwestern part of Alabama. She was responding to that call and she was pronounced dead on Friday.

They said they believed she was trying to contact the dog's owner. They identified the dog's owner as Brandy Dowdy when the dogs killed her. They reported that she was a 58-year-old environmental supervisor, a longtime employee of the public health department. She was following up on an incident earlier in the weekend where the dogs attacked a woman who was walking. That woman remains hospitalized in Mississippi. When officers arrived on the scene, they said several dogs started attacking the residents. One of them sustained minor injuries and some of the dogs

had to be euthanized immediately. Dowdy has been charged with manslaughter and is being held without bail according to public records. Really sad situation. Daddy has been charged with manslaughter and is being held without bail, according to public records. Really sad situation. You're doing your job, going to investigate, and then she ended up getting killed by those dogs. Absolutely.

Rest in peace to Jacqueline Summerbeard and our condolences to her family. All right, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Front Page News. All right, now when we come back, Van Lathan will be joining us. He has a new book out. What's the name of the book?

Fat, Crazy, and Tired. Tales from the Trenches of Transformation. All right. And we'll talk to him when we come back. So don't move. It's the breakfast. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max.

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What up, what up, what up? Tales from the Trenches of Transformation. What's up, my brother? I'm good, man. How y'all doing this morning? Well, since you've been here last, you're not with TMZ. Right. You signed a deal with The Ringer.

Yes. Won an Oscar. Yes. Now you have a new book, Fat Kray. I have a new book. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Man. Yeah.

I mean, I know this because you're my guy, but just for the people, what made you feel like it was time for you to exit from TMZ? Well, two things. Number one, they exited me. We should be But you was going to leave anyway. So this is the situation with that. I get fired from TMZ. Just put it out there in October. But

as you know, I was already gone basically because I didn't renew my deal. I didn't renew my contract. So why would they fire you if they knew you weren't coming back and not just let you leave? That's why they would fire me. So after the Kanye thing happens, happens right like we have a couple meetings with a couple people and I remember I had a conversation one time with Harvey I remember telling him I was like I don't see myself having my own television show and then coming back and working at TMZ and

still being at TMZ in the days right and he was like huh whatever and then the next time I just straight up straight up told him I was like I'm not resigning with TMZ okay the days, right? And he was like, huh, whatever. And then the next time I just straight up told him, I was like, I'm not re-signing with TMZ. Like when this is up, think about it. After this, I'm coming off, my profile is up. I have all of these other opportunities. And you just want to grow and be able to do more things. And so I said, I'm not re-signing.

So they knew that. And coming down to the end of it, things were just so tense between him. They set you up. They set you up. They set you up. They put you in a position to where you had to defend yourself against a white man at TMZ. And then they fired you for it. Well, whatever. But what I saw, but what ended up happening is the way it went to me me and Mike who's still a friend of mine me and Mike have

a situation where we're going back and forth on the show so I go over to Mike probably something I shouldn't have done come up behind him I'll say look I don't appreciate being

talked to like that blah blah blah you know how I am whatever say something I leave right Charles is laughing at first

then Charles says Van go home that's the last time I was ever in TMZ so I leave, right? Charles is laughing at first. Then Charles says, Van, go home. That's the last time I was ever in TMZ. So I leave and I go home. And they hit me up like, yo, well, you put your hands on his shoulders. So you got to go. You're out. I'm like, all right, cool.

We both know that it was coming to the end of the line anyway. And it's on camera. It's not like people didn't see it. Yeah, people saw it. And people can make up their own minds about whether or not you think I'm a violent, crazy, ignorant n***a but it's right there for you. So then that Saturday

my co-workers throw me a going away party because they didn't get a chance to say goodbye. The guy who I was in the altercation with, Mike, is at the going away party. You want that fade. That wasn't an altercation. It wasn't an altercation at all. They're calling it an altercation. It wasn't an altercation. It wasn't an altercation at all. They're calling it an altercation.

It was not an altercation. It wasn't an altercation. Maybe the white people. So anyway, they told me it was going away party. Monday, I get a call from the people at Page Six, and they say, hey, we're running this in Page Six. We're going to talk about the fact that you were dismissed, right? The whole nine.

The article comes out, and it looks good for me. I think that embarrassed them. I had nothing to do with the Page six article. You know what? I want you to talk about triggers, right? Because we're talking about triggers and being traumatized. Talk about what led to you telling him, don't talk about that. Okay, so this is what happened. That morning, there's a story

and the story has to do with Ellen DeGeneres being friends with George Bush and why it's cool that Michelle Obama was friendly with George Bush. Listen, if you have fuzzy feelings about George Bush and if you have fuzzy feelings about him and you want to be cool with him, he's a painter now, whatever, that's fine. I'll never feel that way ever about George Bush ever. I'm from South Louisiana and I watched a hurricane come through and devastate my community and devastate my relatives and family members. And the president just didn't care.

And I told people at TMZ, I'm like, when y'all do this topic, I do not want to be on it. And they continue to ask me over and over and over again. Harvey wasn't there. So they need a van to make TV. So I'm like, I'll do it. So I'm already emotional about it. And I'm on this. And it'm like, I'll do it. So I'm already emotional about it and I'm on this and it feels like I'm being played with.

And so feeling the way that I felt after, I went over and I was just like, yo, I didn't fucking appreciate that. Now what I was trying to do was rather than scream across the office, I didn't want to let the moment pass without saying anything because I never want to do that.

If I feel uncomfortable in the moment, I always want to meet that moment right then saying anything because I never want to do that if I feel uncomfortable in the moment I always want to meet that moment right then what I was trying to do was walk over and whisper in his ear like yo didn't appreciate it blah blah blah blah blah and then leave and that got turned into van attack to Mike the day after the pay six article

comes another article from pay six comes with a still like from one image of the whole thing and them talking about the fact that i got physical it was the office striking back at me and this is the part where the uncomfortability sets in or the the resentment for me sets in never in my life while i ever ever distanced myself from how important my time at tmz was for me people have all kinds of of opinions about the platform and they're not wrong but all i can say ever, ever distanced myself from how important my time at TMZ was for me. People have all kinds of opinions about the platform and they're not wrong.

But all I can say is that for me, it was a place where I was given an opportunity to grow, given an opportunity to learn. That's where people first got to know me. They know that I am not who they painted me as when they came back. I've been there nine years. There's no one in that office that would have ever thought that I would have done anything or attacked anyone or anything like that. And for me, when the gang got that dirty,

I was like, but that was important. I'll tell you why. God, divinity, the universe, whatever, did not want me to leave that situation without the feeling of having been on the other side of the headline like that like for nine years i had been right there complicit and a part of all types of headlines that affected people's lives i did my best i swear to god i did my best to report things that were unsaid by members of the community and things that were

Misunderstood the best that I could while I was there with what I was given in the freedom I was giving the voice that I had but the reality of situation was There's a slant there's and there's always a slant in the slant is towards the sensational and the slant is oftentimes towards the negative because the reality Is that that's what people consume and like to consume the most of. So for me, in order to leave there and be a better version of myself and be a happier version of myself and more successful, I had to be a headline. I talk about it in the book.

By the end, Harvey and I were having, like we were really going back and forth a lot because of his Trump support and because of the years and years and years of me having to be the dude that people come to whenever the organization will f*** something up. So I don't think

that TMZ or organizations like it I don't think that they hate black culture. I just don't think that they care about the sensitivities. So I'll give you an example of something. So Lil Dicky y'all know Lil Dicky right? He had that song Yeah so the K word song right and this whole narrative in the office was if people say the n word in the music then we should be able to say the n word when we're

singing the songs harvey would always argue i don't see how you can stop people from saying it when it's in the music music music and other people in the office will say that and I will go back and forth and that was a big thing. I said, okay have somebody ask Lil Dicky and I would never in my life want to use a racial slur. I don't care what Lil Dicky calls himself in the song I'm never going to use that because I know

how those words can hurt and kill. But I had them ask the question, well since Lil Dicky is saying the K word Lil Dicky's Jewish. Lil Dicky's Jewish. Yeah. Since a Jewish guy is saying the K word in his music, then does he think that other people that rap his music should be able to say it too? Because this is the logic that I'm getting from the top, right?

They ask that question and I'm pitching it in the video and Harvey gets super pissed off at the question. And I'm like, oh, so you do understand. You just don't give a when it's my culture. And I remember all around the office is like, man, are you arguing to say the K word? I'm like, no, that's not what I'm saying here. I was like, do y'all be arguing to say? No, I'm not arguing to say the K word. I don't want to say it at all.

So you mean to tell me that y'all be arguing to say the N word? I thought we were doing this logical thought experiment. It does slap in those records, though. It's better, bro. When you're fitting up. It does. And by the way, I understand the n***a contradiction. I understand.

I'm not stupid. All right, we got more with Van Late than when we come back. It's Thea contradiction. I understand. Like, I'm not stupid. All right, we got more with Van Lathan when we come back. 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 Van Lathan.

Charlamagne? You want an Oscar? Uh-huh. Talk about it. Oh, yeah. To this stranger. Shout out Joey Badass, y'all. I love Joey Badass.

I thought he did such a great job. What a good actor. Yeah. Joey Badass, Andrew Howard, Zaria, Martin Desmond Rowe, co-directed, written by Trayvon Free, Nick May, younger brother of Ava DuVernay. Everybody needs someone like this.

Somebody that can help you take a vision and take an idea and take a plan and put it into action. Great brother, loving it. So Trayvon has an idea, he throws an idea out to us, and I look at him, and this is what I actually learned.

Pop culture is actually art plus timing. So what Trayvon says, the idea, which is a you know, a young man that's reliving the same interaction with police over and over again,

Groundhog's Day style, he's like, this was the first thing we should make after the pandemic. I go, gotta go now. Number one,

the moment demanded the art with what happened with George, Brianna, and Ahmaud Arbery. Number two, our goal was to win the Oscar

from the jump. I understood that it was gonna be a sparse year because there weren't going to be as many productions because people couldn't get up. So Oscars do matter to you because some people will say the accolades, the awards shouldn't matter. Not a matter to me. The question is, is it important if it matters to you? That just means it's something that can push your career forward. Right? I wouldn't hang my hat on the fact that the movie won an Oscar. What I would hang my hat on is the fact that we had an idea and we had a vision and a goal and we hit our mark. And now you got the book, Fat, Crazy, and Tired, Tales from the Trenches of Transformation. What motivated you to write this book?

Well. And why was it necessary now? Speaking of timing. Yeah, well, the book is necessary now for me because I'm in a space to where I'm still trying to feel comfortable with me. One of the biggest accomplishments in my life was losing 170

pounds, right? Tell people how big you were at one point. I was about 370. And so, I've been a lot... Wax out there, wax goes. So a lot of people are looking at me right now and they're like, you know, well, man, you've gained some weight. And I have. Right. I gained some weight during the pandemic I think the book was important for me because so much of my life was focused around the fact that I had been able to lose this way and like change my life and during the pandemic I took my body and I took

what I was going through as a personal failure that my anxiety crept back in my depression crept back in I was really down and the book is about coming to terms with the reasons why i am the way that i am so that i can live inside of myself no matter what case and i'm in i did get a chance to read the excerpt we didn't get the book ahead of time yeah um where you talk about your father and him dying and how you felt like you wanted to be like brett farve yeah in that moment when brett farve played but his father had just died the day before and he still had like an amazing game and then you had to realize that you don't have to cope and face things that way and so once you come to that realization how did things change for you i think my thing was i learned to love my father more when i stopped trying to be him he just would

have picked up the pieces and moved on. And I'm not a pick up the pieces and move on type of guy. I'm a, I need some space type of guy. And I had to recognize that in myself. Nothing wrong with that, though. You know what I mean? That's a former self kid. Yeah, like I'm driving across the river

from Baton Rouge to Meringuin, Louisiana. I'm going to put my dad in a box and put him in the ground forever. It's a peculiar feeling when the parent dies it's like it's weird it's someone that's known you for every second of your life that you feel like has every answer to every question and then they're just

gone and now for the next portion of your life you have to speak to the wind and I'm coming to terms with this while I'm driving my boy and I'm thinking Brett Favre got up and he threw for all of them yards go do this go do this. Go do this. People are saying, yo, what was his favorite this? I'm calling it out. Did he have

a favorite hat? I'm like, yeah. I keep going. I'm thinking to myself, just go. Just answer the questions. Now I'm the man. I'm the only one that has enough money to pay for this. I'm the only one that knew enough about him to do all this. Now I have to be here. I look around and I look at my Uncle Craig,

and he looks exactly like my dad. My Uncle Craig comes in, and I look at him. My Uncle Craig is standing there. I'm like, I need a minute. I walk out. It's a hot, humid Louisiana day. The wind is blowing. I'm looking at the field, and I just sit there.

And I say, God, please help me, God. Like, help me. Like, help me. And the next thing I felt was my homeboy Ian, his hand was on my shoulder and I'm standing. I'm like, I don't think I can go back in. And they're like, let's just finish it. And I never saw him.

I never looked at him. I never, they're like, do you want to see him? Couldn't see him. Last time I saw my father alive in the flesh was 2019. And if I'd have known that that was the last time I would have saw him, I think it would have been a lot different. A lot of things I would have said to him. And the thing you're talking about with Brett Favre, you know,

a lot of times, man, staying busy is a response to trauma. Yeah. My way of grieving was to leave everybody and just go drive down the levee. It was just tough, and I'm really not out of it, and it's still something that I'm kind of learning to deal with right now. Talk to your dad every day. Talk to him every day. I got yesterday, again in New York,

and I remember my dad used to always talk about the Empire State Building. He'd be like, taller than the Empire State Building. I'm like, yo, you want to go and about the Empire State Building. He'd be like, taller than the Empire State Building. And I'm like, yo, you want to go and see the Empire State Building? And he'd be like, no. I see it on TV. I'm driving around yesterday doing stuff, and I pass by the Empire State Building. And I'm like, there it is, Dad. Yeah.

You know, I wonder, because you were speaking in past tense when you was fat back in the day. But you said you gained some weight. Sure. Do you think that that helped you while you was writing the book this time? Because you really were back into that space of being fat, crazy, and tight. Yeah, I think it did. I think that the pandemic for me stopped. It took my distractions away like everyone else.

And what took my distractions away, it made me sit in who I really am. And who I really am doesn't really have anything to do with like how I come off in that way. Like right now I'm heavier, but like I'm super active. I box every morning. That's why, you know, one of these days I'm gonna get wax and ring, beat the out of him. I run, I do all of these things. I just look different. So the question is while I'm in this space, by the way, I'm losing this way. I can't do this. Like I can't sit on a plane and do this whole thing, but I have to become okay with myself again again and i never did that when i was 370 pounds i never took the time to be like okay van you're okay like you're you're an okay person it means you're you're fine but you just don't like the fact that you can't perform in the way that you look so just

change that i said no this version of me is bad. And because this version of me is bad, I'm only going to be good when I change it. I'm good either way. It's not about how I look. It's about how I feel. And so like getting to the point in life where you feel good about yourself, there should not be a number on the scale around that. There shouldn't be a body fat percentage around that.

There shouldn't be a dollar amount around that. Like the pandemic taught me to prioritize peace over everything else peace is the thing that's the most important all right we got more with van latham when we come back it's the breakfast club good morning morning everybody it's dj nv angela yee charlamagne the guy we are the breakfast club we're still kicking it with van latham charlamagne so that's where you got the trenches of transformation from? The trenches of transformation is like, yeah, how do we change? I tell a story in the book about when I really realized I had a food addiction. I had worked a shift at Best Buy.

And whenever I would leave the shift at Best Buy, I would go to Bennigan's. Because I was lonely. What is Bennigan's? It's a restaurant. Bennigan's is like an Irish pub. Bennigan's had these big ass chicken fingers. And so I would go there and get the chicken tenders. And I would get loaded mashed potatoes and fries. And I would have this little chicken fingers. And so I would go there and get the chicken tenders and I would get loaded mashed potatoes

and fries. And I would have this little trick I would do when I would go there. I would act like I got a call from you or from you while I was waiting for it. Oh, you want a chocolate cake with the Alamode icing and all of that stuff? Like, oh, that's what you want? Cool. Because they got one. I can bring it.

You want a chocolate shake too? Damn, where are you going in? And then I would add that to the order, but it was really for me. Right? And the people knew that I did this all the time. They knew that every time I come there. This was how much I was addicted to food. I had to have it or else I didn't feel good.

I'm at Best Buy working one time and I look across the parking lot and I'm like, Jesus Christ, what happens now? I feel this overwhelming sense of disappointment and I cry. You're a sick a**. And I feel this overwhelming sense of disappointment.

And I cry. You're a sick. Why? You see? I knew he was going to laugh. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. I knew for sure that he would laugh. That is hilarious.

Like, you're a sick. Oh, man. You're sick. I'm sick're sick. Oh, man. You're sick. I'm sick? Yeah. Me? Man, I'm so sorry that that happened. What? Thank you.

Thank you. No, I want to know where you went to eat, because I know you went to get something to eat. You ain't cried too long. I did. So I left and went to McDonald's. So I'm sitting there. So I'm sitting there. So I'm sitting there.

I'm sitting there. Now, this is a good order. I'll tell you what the McDonald's is. You told me this order before. It's a good order. The power meal. I'm sitting there, and I'm looking. And you know one of those moments like in the movies where you look at yourself, and

you're like, you need help. And I'm trying to text. I'm like, God damn. I'm up. I'm crying over some binnacles. I laugh. All of those moments in my life where I'm like, yo, this is really happening. I laugh. So I drive. I go. All of those moments in my life where I'm like, yo, this is really happening. Like, I laugh.

So I drive. I go to McDonald's. Number four, supersize. 20-piece McNuggets. Two apple pies with the drink. We good. The double quarter pounder? The double quarter pounder.

And that went on for a little while until one day, literally one day, I was just like, fuck it. And I started it. And then that year, I lost 140 pounds. You just said, I got a diet now. I was in California, and I'm just walking around. I ordered these pants from The Gap. One of the producers at my job got them instead of me,

and I saw him hold the pants up. The pants were like a 52, 54-inch waist or something like that. Michael Jordan size. Yeah. And so I walked around to the gym. I started going to the gym. At first I could only do 30 minutes. Now, even at this size right now, I box seven, eight, nine rounds.

I'm good. What was something you gained personally from writing the book? I think I gained an understanding of just how complicated everything is. Writing the book was hard because you had to put everything together. I think we are really careening down the path of trying to simplify society and it's not simple. It's over. We're there already. Like, it is not black and white.

Yeah. Never has been. There are no absolutes. Yeah. And really, to be honest with you, more than anything, if I'm not trying to like protect myself, writing a book helped me,

it's helping me process my father's death. Actually doing the book and then doing the audio book, it helped me revisit some of those things and deal with them. So that's been very, very and you know just get my feelings out and being able to contextualize this moment in my life put a pin in it and just kind of move on well healing's not linear and they all you know grief is something that's gonna always come and go throughout the rest of your life right you know that yeah of course i'm just what i'm ready for is to say

this is where i'm at now. We got more movies. We got more stuff. We got Higher Learning with Rachel Lindsay, Van Lathan. We got The Ring Reverse. We got all of these things that we're doing. So many different things that I'm into right now.

And I just wanted to get my thoughts on my life up to this point. And really the lives of the people in my community, you know? My last question, you, you know, for years people say, oh, that's the black guy from TMZ. Yeah. So how would you define Van Latham right now? Oh, good.

Uh, certainly, well, I still get the black guy from TMZ all the time, despite it, but, um, I don't know. I don't think I have an answer. I would love to have something, but I don't think I'm really into defining myself as much as i am into enjoying the peaceful times that i can get in and doing better what i would like to be right now is has nothing to do with who i am professionally when i was still playing ball a lot i always wanted to dunk off two feet you jump off two feet you can jump up and do crazy in the

air you can take hits boom both really athletic guys jump off two feet i never forget this guy named uh graham mitchell who's a fitness guy in la i love we're in the gym i see these guys doing these crazy dunks off two feet i'm doing it off one and i can't stay in the air as long as them i get up i come down like i can't do all that stuff i remember asking them and i was like uh yo if i start training with you can you make me as good of a two footed jumper as him can you make me a great two footed jumper I'll never forget the answer they gave me he said no I can't

he said I can make you a better two footed jumper it's not about good or great because those are subjective it's about better and that's me trying to do better Van Lathan Jr. fat, crazy, and tired. Tales from the trenches of transformation.

Yep. My guy Van Lathan. Make sure y'all go out and get the book, man. Follow Van on Instagram, Twitter, at Van Lathan. Check out the Higher Learning Podcast with Rachel, Lindsay, and Hip Hop Homicides coming in September. Homicide.

Homicides. Oh my God. Know what I said. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired, depressed, a little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag.

I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg.

I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tribe owned country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a racket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh, my God.

What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run run high is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Well, that's when the real magic happens. So if you love hearing real inspiring stories from the people you know, follow, and admire, join me every week for Post Run High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves. For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself.

It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Hey, everyone. I'm Madison Packer, a pro hockey veteran going on my 10th season in New York. And I'm Anya Packer, a former pro hockey player and now a full Madison Packer stan. Anya and I met through hockey, and now we're married and moms to two awesome toddlers. And on our new podcast, Moms Who Puck, we're opening up about the chaos of our daily lives between the juggle of being athletes, raising children, and all the messiness in between. We're also turning to fellow athletes and beyond to learn about their parenthood journeys and collect valuable advice,

like FIFA World Cup winner Ashlyn Harris. I wish my village would have prepared me for how hard motherhood was going to be. And Peloton instructor and Ratchet Mom Club founder, Kirsten Ferguson. And I remember going in there a hot mess. So listen to Moms Who Puck, a production of iHeart Women's Sports and Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment on the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Presented by Elf Beauty, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese investigative journalist who on October 16th, 2017, was murdered.

There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate. My name is Manuel Delia. I am one of the hosts of Crooks Everywhere, a podcast that unhurts the plot to murder a one-woman Wikileaks. Daphne exposed the culture of crime and corruption that were turning her beloved country into a mafia state. And she paid the ultimate price. Listen to Crooks Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. coming in September. It's the Breakfast Club. Peace. It's time. She's spilling the tea. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee

on the Breakfast Club. All right. Well, the baby is facing criminal charges and that is from a man who says that he suffered for trying to stop his entourage from shooting a music video

on his property. So according to Gary Pagar, he said he had serious injuries. And here's the story. They said the baby and his team rented a mansion in L.A. that Pagar manages. Pagar said he was there. He was told it was going to be a vacation place for the baby and his friends. He told them it was a guest limit, no more than 12. And the baby's management team allegedly agreed to that rental agreement. Well, he said that he paid a visit and realized they were shooting a music video with an entire film crew, a ton of other people around, upwards of 40 people, he says. He tried to shut the whole thing down by talking to the baby,

and that's when he claims he was attacked by somebody in the crew. Part of that was caught on video. He said the baby ordered the guy off of him, but then allegedly sucker punched him in the face, knocking out his tooth. It looks like he went to the authorities after this, and now they have, I guess, decided to charge him with felony battery. Now the baby has defended himself, and he said, y'all keep believing these type of people and helping them assassinate my character.

Y'all might as well get a rope and help him hang my black ass on a tree. And he had a TikTok video showing somebody who appears to be a pay guard outside of a home who was irate. And it's unclear what the timeline of the clip is. But allegedly, he did call him the N-word using a racial slur. And I guess he's saying that it was some type of altercation. So we'll just have to stay tuned to see what happens with the baby. All right. And Shaquille O'Neal, is he going vegan?

It doesn't look like it, but it looks like he does enjoy some healthier food nowadays. He was talking to comedian Rip Michaels at Slutty Vegan in Atlanta on Urban Eats and Treats. You switching over to vegan, is it a diet thing that you're doing now? It's not that I'm switching over to vegan. My friend Shaka introduced me to this place and it's healthy. And the way she cooks it,

you know, for example, I like cheeseburgers, right? Got it. But the way she cooks it, like I can eat healthy, but still feel like I'm eating bad again whenever I want to cheat I come over here and cheat it's like for me diet is chicken salad steak and fish but I'm a burger guy so when I gotta get that

burger taste I gotta look at a burger grab a burger always come to Slutty Vegan yeah I think people just love Slutty Vegan's food I don't think they even care that it's vegetarian I mean I'm sure of course there. Yeah, I think people just love slutty vegan food. I don't think they even care that it's vegetarian. I mean, I'm sure there's, of course, there's some people that, of course, they go there because it's vegan,

but a lot of people just like the taste of the food. And shout out to Rip Michaels, too. That's Rip Michaels' show. He has a show on the LOL Network where he talks to, he takes people to some of their favorite restaurants. I know I was on there. Nick Cannon, Shaq, and a host of others.

So shout out to Rip Michaels, man. Urban Eatin' Chicks. Dion Cole, Tamar Braxton, Bill Bellamy. shack and a host of others so shout out to rip michaels man urban dean calls tamar braxton bill bellamy yeah a lot of people but yeah shout out to him and shout out to slutty vegan you know they opened one in brooklyn as well and then uh she has an amazing bar also in atlanta too so uh she's doing great work and her food is absolutely delicious all right now jaylen rose did an interview with GQ magazine and spoke for the first time about his divorce from Molly Karam. Now, they both announced they were divorcing in December and he initially filed for divorce in April of that year. He said, in my personal relationship, it was laughable to me to see Molly and I mutually part ways, be in accord about why

we're parting ways and still see people speculating on why he said not only speculating in particular saying it was because her and Stephen A Smith had a relationship and like unequivocally I'm not here to speak for what he does in his personal life or what she does in her personal life I got love for both of them we still 100 I would just say that for people who thought we parted ways because they have a relationship, then I got some swampland in Detroit to sell you for top dollar. That is not why we split. Right, so things just didn't work. He said they're on the same accord of why it didn't work.

And it's not that. He said it was a reach. People saying that the three of them were in the middle of some type of situation. He said that's why none of us have spoken on it. He said, people would say Jalen's a sucker. Stephen A. snatched his wife, and he up there working with him. Or look at Molly. She was talking to Jalen yesterday.

Now she kicking it with da-da-da. That ain't happening. Yeah, they said they're broken up. It's over, right? Mm-hmm. It's over. Divorced. Mm-hmm. All right, Megan Thee Stallion and Netflix are developing a comedy series that's going to be loosely

based on her life. She signed a first look deal with Netflix to create and executive produce her own shows. And in a new interview with Deadline, the head of comedy for Netflix, Tracy Pocosta, revealed that they are developing that. They said it's very early stages. She came in. She pitched something loosely based on her life growing up. And we got very excited about it.

We think she's special. Interesting. So something to stay tuned for. She also got the key to the city in a Megan Thee Stallion day, by the way, in Houston. So shout out to her for that. Yeah, drop on a Clues bomb for Megan Thee Stallion. Getting the key to the city of Houston.

And another big news, Pusha T got his first career number one album for It's Almost Dry. Score one for the dinosaurs. Drop on the clues bombs for Pusha T, damn it. Very well deserved. Yes. 55,000 is what they were saying between streams and pure sales.

So congratulations to him for his first ever number one album. Also, they have projections for next first ever number one album. Also, they have projections for next week for Future's album. I never, well, this week, I Never Liked You. And according to those reports, they're saying he's going to sell between 175,000 to 200,000 units. So they said it will be the biggest debut of the year, over 60 million streams day one. And that's why longevity is the key.

When you look at somebody like Pusha T, Pusha T's been around since 1996. Just getting his first number one as an album now, but he's been making a great living. He's known as one of the best to ever do it, and he's been doing it for 20 plus years. Look at somebody like Future. He's been doing it well over a decade. I don't even know what number album this is for Future.

I don't know either. But he's about to have another number one album. And if I'm not mistaken But he's about to have another number one album. Okay, and if I'm not mistaken, Future's like tied for fifth most number one albums by any rapper ever. The moral of the story is longevity is the key. It's cool to be hot for the moment, but you know, no. You hot for a decade or better,

two decades or better, that's what you want, kids. Okay? Yeah, and you got to start somewhere, obviously. Right? Get hot now and keep it going so that's how you get longevity now p valley star tyler lapley and his girlfriend miracle watts are expecting their first child together they met on the set of the show so congratulations

according to sources at the jasmine brand they're saying that she is allegedly pregnant and the couple are gonna have their first child he already has two kids age four and one from a previous relationship and this will be her first child. He already has two kids, age four and one from a previous relationship. And this will be her first child. All right. I'm Angela Yee. And that is your rumor reports. All right.

Thank you, Missy Charlemagne. Who are you giving that down? Man, four after the hour. I need this high school in Texas, East Bernard high school to come to the front of the congregation. I can't believe it's 2022 and we still having conversations about hair,

hair. We'll discuss for after the hour all right we'll get to that next it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club your mornings will never be the same what up y'all it's dj envy make the switch to the general insurance and you could save over 500 on your car insurance imagine what you could do with that money right call 800 general or visit the general.com the. The General Auto Insurance Services, Inc. An insurance agency, Nashville, Tennessee. Some restrictions apply.

This is America. There is no question that there are problems in this country between police and community. Yes, you are a donkey. The latest on that police killing of a black man. Now to new developments in the deadly spa shooting rampage. And yesterday was a really bad day for him, and this is what he did. And so we are in a state of emergency. Okay, white supremacist violence is and always has been the number one threat to our society.

But I'm also very proud that my wife is white. The Breakfast Club, bitches! Alright, Sean Bean, please tell me, why was I your donkey of the day? How are we starting off Monday? Donkey of the day for Monday, May 2nd goes to East Bernard High School in East Bernard, Texas, and the whole East Bernard Independent School District. Now, I understand rules are rules, okay, and every single corporation and school has different policies. And if you want to work in these corporations, if you want to attend these schools, you have to follow their rules and adhere to their policies.

I get it. But that doesn't mean we can't also challenge those rules and policies. And that's what we are doing this morning to East Bernard High School, because they have a dress code policy. And that dress code policy states that braided hair are cornrows will not be allowed. OK, there's a term for that rule. And that term is natural hair discrimination. Okay. Race-based hair discrimination. Everybody knows hair discrimination is rooted in systemic racism. Okay.

Policies that prohibit natural hairstyles like Afros, braids, dreadlocks. They've been used to justify removing black grown folks from their employment and removing black kids from classrooms. Okay. I mean, it is literally the criminalization of black hair and it makes black people feel like they have to conform to perms. Okay. Straightening their hand,

doing whatever they have to do to not face consequences for rocking their natural hair. So basically it's like a cast system for your hair. All right. You know, instead of leaning into your natural God given black natural look, you know, that can lead to firings and removals from schools.

So you end up conforming and lean into Eurocentric beauty standards. OK. All right. And that's what East Bernard, Texas, is currently doing. Are making a young 17 year old Dari Williams have to decide about. OK. Drop one of Clues bombs for Dari Williams. He's just a young black man taking life one ghetto day at a time. He's doing his best out here to figure this life thing out. And he moved from Cincinnati, Ohio to East Bernard, Texas. And now because of the school's discriminatory hair policy, because it is discriminatory, it's preventing him from doing things he loves to do, like running track.

And if he's not running track, he won't be noticed by scouts for college scholarships. They won't even let him go to classes until he gets rid of his hair. Let's go to NBC2 for the report, please. Derry Williams says his hair gives him pride. Without my hair, I wouldn't be the person that I am today. The 17-year-old wants to be a veterinarian, runs track two, and hopes for a scholarship, but he fears that won't happen. He's homeschooled, has been since his family moved to East Bernard from Ohio in February. Mom Desiree Bullock says she tried to enroll him in East Bernard High School, but when she was given the dress code, she learned... The boys cannot have hair past their ears.

And I explained to her that my son had locks in his hair. And she was like, oh, well, he's going to have to cut those. East Bernard ISD student handbook outlines its dress code and hair policy, which also forbids, quote, braided hair or twisted rose strands. Bullock says she eventually reached the superintendent in hopes of getting a religious exemption. She got back with me and she said, your religious exemption form will not be granted. It could not be granted at this time. In a statement to KPRC2, East Bernard's superintendent of schools said in part,

East Bernard ISD has not denied enrollment to the individual involved in this situation as no enrollment or registration documents have been filed. But Bullock says she didn't enroll him because of the policy. My veterinarian can't wear dreadlocks? Dreadlocks? What does Whoopi Goldberg think about this, huh? What about Ava DuVernay?

This is why the Crown Act needed to be passed in all 50 states. If you don't know what the Crown Act is, it stands for creating a respectful and open world for natural hair. And it's a bill that will ban race-based hair discrimination in employment. And for those participating in federally assisted programs, housing programs, and public accommodations.

I'm assuming it would impact schools too. It passed the House last month, but of course has to be approved by the Senate, okay, before it's sent to the president's desk. But it's 2022 and we talking about hair? Hair? No, we're not talking about hair. We're talking about systemic racism.

And this is just another example of how this system keeps their foot on black people's necks. Let's not get it effed up. Okay, I don't care how many Kardashians you see with cornrows. When you hear a company say you can't have braids, cornrows, locks, those rules are for black people. Okay, and I know what you're thinking. Well, why doesn't he just cut his hair?

My rebuttal to that would be, why does he have to? Okay, what does hair have to do with your level of brilliance? What does hair have to do with your level of athletic ability? What does hair have to do with your behavior? Okay. East Bernard High School. Why do you care about an individual's hair at all? Okay. Now, the only way this is a fair policy is if it's hair and beauty standards for white people in that school handbook. Okay. If it's not, then this is nonsense. All right. Would this school have told Albert Einstein his hair was violating some type of hair policy? All right. Albert Einstein, one of the most brilliant minds ever who gave us the theory

of relativity, would they have kicked him out of school because his hair violated some type of hair policy? And if you don't think these rules are rooted in any type of discrimination, then simply Google the case of Beverly Jenkins, okay? She was an employee for Blue Cross, all right? Worked for Blue Cross for three years, and then she started wearing her hair naturally in an afro. When it came time for her to get a promotion, Beverly Jenkins was denied and told she could never represent hair naturally in an Afro. When it came time for her to get a promotion,

Beverly Jenkins was denied and told she could never represent Blue Cross with an Afro. Beverly Jenkins sued for discrimination using the Civil Rights Act of 1964. And Beverly Jenkins won. Drop on the clues box for Beverly Jenkins. Gandhi once said, our ability to reach unity and diversity will be the beauty and the test of our civilization. Well, I don't know when Gandhi said that, but I know he's been dead for about 75 years. So clearly he said that a long, long, long time ago. And we still are a long way from having any unity and diversity.

So whatever test Gandhi was talking about, we have filled that with flying colors. OK, please let Remy Ma give East Bernard High School the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw. Hee-haw. You stupid mother******. You dumb. Come on, man. All right.

Let the man walk at his graduation. Okay? Let him run track. With his hair. Come on. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today. Mm-hmm.

Up next, Chloe Bailey will be joining us. Now, Charlamagne says and swears that's his cousin. I don't say and swear anything, okay? This is a known fact, all right? She brought it to my attention a long time ago. Her mom, her mom and Haley and her father. What's their names? Her father, Doug.

What's her mom's name? I don't know her mother's name. That's your aunt. That is not my aunt. What are you talking about? Oh, no, that's don't know her mother's name that's your aunt that is not my aunt what are you talking about oh no that's not your aunt yeah that would be your aunt that would not be my aunt

no it's not you can have second and third cousins and fourth cousins what are you talking about your first cousins are the ones that you got aunts and uncles by

oh so she's your third or fourth cousin we are I don't know what number it is but yes somewhere along the line we are what number it is. But, yes. Somewhere along the line, we're cousins. All right.

From St. Stephen, South Carolina to Mount's Corner, South Carolina. Somewhere along the way, we're cousins. Well, Chloe Bailey will be joining us 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. Young superstar. And an alleged cousin. That's not an alleged cousin, that's my cousin. That's cousin Chloe. Chloe, Kelly's here. Welcome. Hi, good to see you guys.

How are you feeling? How are you doing? I'm feeling really good. I'm happy to be here. I'm so happy to see you again and you guys. So I'm good. I'm here in New York City. So just working and grinding and everything. You're here for the Met? Yeah, here for the Met. So that'll be really nice. Now we were talking off air. I was asking you, how long does it take you to get dressed for that?

For that, it takes me like three, four hours. Like, you know, I'm always really late to getting dressed. So for that, I have to like be on the structured diamond clock because i just when do you lay your outfit out you know the day before school we used to lay our outfit out before i'm sure like how do you put your outfit out yeah so i have my first fitting tonight actually and that'll be really fun like i've seen a picture of it i can't wait to try it on i hope it like fits me right i think it will so i have two fittings for it now who do you go to the met with because the Met is when you look at it sometimes a little bougie foo foo. She she yeah

So who do you kick it with in the Met? Oh, okay So the last time I went to met my sister and I went and I was really really nervous I didn't know what to expect But when we got in the room, it was like really chill and I think it's because none of us can like bring a plus-one So we all just have to mingle and talk and everything. So it was really fun. I had the best time because usually when I go out places, I kind of get a little nervous, but the Met, I had the best time.

But you had your sister last time. Yes. So now you've got to go by yourself. Oh, yeah. So there's no date for the Met? No, just me, just me. So I've got to step out of my comfort zone, but it'll be fun. So what table do they put you on?

Do they tell you? Oh, yeah. You're the designer, right? Yeah, I have a designated table. I'll be there with some my comfort zone, but it'll be fun. So what table do they put you on? Do they tell you what you want to design? Yeah, I have a designated table. I'll be there with some of my friends, so I'm happy. Okay. When you're navigating your way through this industry, it's clearly easier to do it with your sister, right? Yes, absolutely. So do you like doing the solo thing?

And I wonder, does she like doing the solo thing? It's definitely interesting. It's a whole other level of fighting for yourself and believing in yourself. Because not everything's going to be a high moment. So when you have those times when you're struggling, usually we lean on each other and be like, Oh girl, we got this. We'll pick each other up. Now it's like, I have to really solely believe in myself. So that's a little more scarier.

And it's harder to do but i'm learning every day now they say the solo album is done is that true it is true i'm like i'm creating every day still to see if it's like missing that little thing but yet it's getting mixed right now and everything so so it's been turned into the label it hasn't been turned in it's like getting like the final mixes and you know features and all that good stuff so what's left are you dropping another single or are you just gonna yeah yeah that's you know i can't wait It's like getting the final mixes and features and all that good stuff. So what's left? Are you dropping another single or are you just going to release? Yeah, that's, you know, I can't wait for people to hear the whole body of work because

it's like so many different sounds and layers to me. And I feel like when you hear the full project, you'll understand me as an artist. But yeah, I'm probably going to drop a couple more songs before I drop the album. How does it feel to go out? And I don't know if you go out to the clubs much, but how does it feel if you do to hear your club work in the club you know yeah you have to work in the club how about what do you hear your club work in the club it's insane it's a really great feeling after treat me came out um i went to this club and shout out to sasha she performed it and i went out with her and I was like, wow, it sounds really good in here.

And even when Have Mercy first hit and I was in the clubs listening to it, I was really, really happy. Have Mercy is the one that be rocking the clubs, your clubs and all that. Yeah, yeah. And it's still going. So that makes me really happy. I'm excited to keep doing that and do it more. You know, in Treat Me, you say, treat me like I treat me. Yeah.

Is that something you demand just in a relationship or just with people, period? You know, I think just with people period I'm learning every day that I have to command respect and boss up it's something like my god mom's always telling me and it's really hard for me right now if I'm being honest because I'm 23 and I'm just like learning to command respect and attention where I when I walk into a room and to just have people respect me for who I am as a woman not what I look like but my mental and how I speak and everything like that so I've been wondering about the whole respect thing just in life right because we always say we want we need people to respect us but a person can't respect you if they don't respect themselves you know I don't think it has anything to do with us no you know it doesn't it doesn't and I think

what people give you is how they're feeling internally that's right so a lot of times too if i'm not feeling the best i have to like check myself inside like okay what's going on so i don't give that out to people you know what i mean and how was your mental because i know people comment on everything that you do it doesn't matter what you do so how do you do that do you read social media comments do you feed into that or yeah so i have an issue because sometimes i'll read it and then like i'll see that one thing and it just kind of drives me mad so i have to like stay away from it but of course because it's socials you're like okay i want to check in i want to see if people like the song i want to see if this so it's like a push and pull kind of thing

where i have i know i shouldn't keep looking at it but you know we're human so do you limit yourself do you say okay i'm only going to spend a disamounted time? Or do you just like... I try. I have the whole social media limit thing on my phone. And then I keep denying it. And it's like there's no point why I have the timer on. I always wonder with y'all generation, is social media the only gauge to see if something's successful?

Honestly, yeah. Like everything's so... Really? Everything's so reliant on numbers and analytics. And like it's cool. Because without social media i wouldn't be here but sometimes it also sucks the fun out of the art yeah you got haters you got people that see you living your best life see you doing your thing and just want to say

something negative it sucks it sucks and it's like a lot of times when it sucks is when you see people spewing lies and making up things about something that has nothing to do with you or who you are as a person that's when it's like oh you're just making that up just to say it are you are you still having problems speaking up for yourself no okay i mean i have like times where i have to like give myself a little pep talk and then i do it so it's like taking me a while but i'm learning it now like what's it what instance where you got to give yourself a pep talk? Just if something doesn't really sit right with me or if I wish it was another way or like going this way

and I know how I want it to be, I just kind of have to like speak out for it or like if I don't fight for myself, then no one else will, you know? So that's what I'm learning. Is it easy to do it with your parents, like with your dad and the last time your dad was a parent?

Is it easy to say, no, dad, this is what I want because that's still your dad. That's your dad. He's your baby dad was a parent? Is it easy to say, no, dad, this is what I want because that's still your dad. That's your dad. He's your baby. How do you do it with that? Yeah, so I love them and I am so grateful for them

and how I am as a young woman and it's like now I'm 23. I want to command on my own and do things on my own and that's where it'll feel really good where I'm not relying on family or parents

and I'm doing it as a grown young woman. Grown young woman grown young woman is your career still fun or is it starting to feel like work it's still fun if it wasn't fun I think I'd stop it like the creative part and the performing that's where I get my joy and my happiness and like where I also get my joy and happiness is when I prove people wrong every time and it's like yes I did it and it's like that's the best feeling

there's a lot of times where it's like damn I didn't know it would be this difficult I didn't know it would be this hard but it's like the good always outweighs the bad every time you want to play a record this morning? I do I would love to treat me I would love to alright we got more with Chloe Bailey when we come back don't move it's the breakfast club good morning ej envy angela yee charlamagne the guy we

are the breakfast club we're still kicking it with chloe bailey charlamagne and i recently uh you was talking about uh musicians not making a lot of money yeah and and like what changes do you think need to be made in the music industry i definitely think the cuts and the percentages we get and just how the whole thing kind of works. But because all of us musicians love what we do, we kind of just go with it. But, you know, it's a great branding tool. And then that's when you make money with the tours and all of the things like that. So it has its highs and lows. So that's with anything in any industry.

Break it down. You are a producer as well. So a producer is supposed to get half but then with your sister so you're supposed to get half and then you're supposed to get 25 and then she gets 25 but since it's your sister you have to split. Yeah in terms of publishing we always just split everything

because you know we're equally contributing when it comes to like me and my solo music just as a producer if I'm producing it because producers will get a fee up front for producing the track but if I'm producing it because producers will get a fee up front for producing the track but if i'm producing it i don't get that because i'm the artist so that's what that's all i was really explaining on the torel show with how that works but like if you go to another big producer someone else like they get a fee up front but if i'm producing

it myself i don't get that production fee per se and i thought yeah i didn't understand that they said if you're if you're in a group and you produce, you don't get paid as a producer? Yeah, but even as me as a solo artist, if I produce my own stuff, I don't get a production fee. Really? Mm-hmm.

That makes zero sense to me. Yeah, it's just how it works. So I'm just going to produce for... You're probably going to be a ghost producer. Yeah, I'm just going to produce... You have your godmother say she a producer.

Right. You pay her, she give you a cut back and then you, you know. Right, and then I'll just start producing for other artists. There you go. And easy, and then I'll fix it.

When did you realize the money was funny? Like, when when did it first hit you like wait a minute so i i have a love-hate relationship with money i love the things and the doors that it'll open and like how it makes you look on the outside and like people respect you based on how you look and so that's cool and everything but i hate like what it does and the problems it causes and the greed and all of that like i i hate it but when did you realize like the money was funny with the music industry is what i mean well i mean we always kind of knew that growing up like you'd hear stories about like the people who inspired us and like what to look out for and everything but i'm grateful that i'm in a good situation when it comes to that side and everything

i just think it's really important to be educated in that kind of way and you know i'm really grateful for b and parkwood because she's constantly motivating me to kind of be educated in the business so you know i kind of give all kudos to her and my god mom for that and like just kind of being smart and witty with when it comes to my stuff and like looking at and everything. Are you a spender? No, not really. All the fancy clothes and stuff, no. I love giving gifts. Sometimes it's harder for me to do it for myself,

so I'm not a crazy big spender. I am with food. Every day on Uber Eats and Postmates, I'm kind of going crazy. We have no problem running up in the label for you if they're not doing you. Oh, no, no. They're doing good. Not Parkwood, though. We run up in the label for you if they're not doing you oh no no not not not not not parkwood though we run up in the parent company not not parkwood no everything is good everything is good okay yeah okay now is chloe making the kind of music she wants to make i am okay i am absolutely and i can't wait for people to hear that album um you know with anything when you're kind of making music against the grain, you always have

pushback sometimes, but it's really exciting. And, you know, I can't wait for people to catch up to the music and enjoy it. And there's been a lot of times where I'm like doubting, like, is it okay? Is it maybe I should make this kind of music? So it's like, you know, but I'm like, let me just do what makes me happy. How hands on was Beyonce Beyonce during this project and did she do her verse yet? I love her because she lets me fly and do what I want when it comes to music and she'll give her

notes and certain things which I think is really dope and cool. Be honest, you hate Beyonce. You're tired of Beyonce. No, no, no. Honestly, that's what happens. I don't mind. I love her. I could talk about her all damn day. Did she do her verse shit, though? You didn't answer that yet.

That song, Been In. You heard it? No. Cousin? No, I haven't heard it. We know it exists, though. We know it exists? Does it exist?

I don't know. Cousin, does it exist? I don't know. I don't know. What would a budget for a Beyoncé, Khloe video look like right now? That's priceless. That's priceless. That's only in my wildest dreams.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Have you ever thought about the treatment? What it would look like? I think about treatments for a lot of things. Okay, okay. Where would you shoot it? Island? LA?

You know, I love the water. So, you know, I would shoot any video anywhere. Or would it be like a dance battle like a versus like you versus her like how would you think about it no I'm not qualified for that

still gotta get there but yeah I would love that one day that would be really cool I am glad that you said that you're still having fun

absolutely the one thing I see I see people on social media be like oh my god like she's she's always so happy like this that can't be real listen to that you know, she always comes off so media. I'm like, but that's her. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Does that bother you when you see people say that? Like sometimes, but not anymore. I'm like, I don't really care anymore. I just got to be myself. Because it's like if I change myself, then I'm doing exactly what they're claiming I'm doing. That's right. You know, now, before we go, last time you were saying you were having a problem dating. You was like, it's difficult for them to holler at you and talk to you. So how has it been now? Dating? Well, I'm single.

So dating, it's been interesting. It's been interesting to say the least, but it's cool because I'm like 23. Like when I was in high school, I was homeschooled. So I didn't really like date around or anything like that. So now I'm like figuring out what I like, I don't like what's acceptable what's not acceptable so that's like where I am do guys talk to you or because I see everybody's through snapchat like they want to send messages yeah snapchat or them like oh guys actually pick up the phone and trying to call or yeah so I'll get a lot of dms or like it'll happen a lot in person because I don't

really respond to dms they'll be like why aren't't you answering me? And I'm like, I'm focused on myself right now. But it's flattering. It's flattering. They had you link to Gunna. You saw Gunna up here blushing when he was up here? Yeah, I saw. I told him, though. I said, you can't play with that one.

Yeah, yeah. No, he's a good friend, and I'm happy with the music we did together, and that's what that was. Do we have a release date? Can we round round about time I don't have a release date but I do want to put out before Grammy deadline in September so hopefully soon okay yeah that'll be great whenever God wants to come out between that period it will be out so between now and September we'll be getting yes okay okay well Chloe Bailey we appreciate you for joining us.

Thank you. It's always a pleasure. Thank you. What y'all doing for Thanksgiving? Yeah, what we doing? You gonna make me some vegan Thanksgiving meal? I saw the beautiful house on... I saw that you showed your crib in LA. Yeah, yeah. That looks like a perfect place to have Thanksgiving dinner. That is a perfect place.

You gonna cook? No, I don't cook, but I'll order. I'll order in. That's what I'll do. You can't Uber Eats on I don't cook, but I order. I order in. That's what I do. You can't Uber Eats on Thanksgiving. I know, but we can get catering services. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. That'll be fly. No stress.

Easy. Okay, done. Don't invite that cousin. You know that one cousin you don't invite to your house? That's okay. That's him right there. I'll let him come through. It's Chloe Bailey.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Listen up. 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 yes Vanessa Bryant she narrated a touching tribute

to her daughter Gianna for her 16th birthday in partnership with Nike now Nike posted it was never about what she got from basketball it was never about what she got from basketball. It was always about what she gave back. Gigi gave inspiration to her teammates, her mentors, and the next generation.

Hashtag play Gigi's way. Hashtag Mamba Mamba Sita Sports. And here is what Vanessa Bryant had to say in this tribute. Dear Gianna, from the first time you imagined winning a WNBA championship, I knew one thing was real. You were special. You came from greatness, but it was never about what you inherited. It was about what you gave to others. When someone stands up for gender equality, I see you fighting alongside them.

And every time someone plays her hardest, I know that's you on the court. Love you always. Basketball. Man, that's beautiful. The sneakers are sold out too, by the way. And Lamar Odom got Kobe Bryant's face tattooed on his neck after he said he had vivid dreams about Kobe while he was in the Celebrity Big Brother house. He said, it's just his face. It's on my neck. When I was in the Celebrity Big Brother house, I dreamed of him four or five times. They were really vivid and easy to remember because he was talking to me in the dreams. He just looked back to me and said, lo, the afterlife ain't what people make it up to be. And I just kind of woke up. So he said he was stunned and shocked from those dreams,

but that it could mean a lot of things. It could have meant that he misses his people, misses his daughters, could have meant maybe his job wasn't finished yet. I woke up really emotional after that. Let's talk about Blac Chyna. Blac Chyna's jury is still deliberating whether the Kardashians are on the hook for actually making sure that her season didn't get a season two with Blac Chyna and Rob Kardashian. But Kim Kardashian did go ahead and win. They tossed out Black Chyna's defamation claim against Kim Kardashian. So that's a win for them. They said that Kim made no defamatory statements

against Black Chyna. So they just dropped a part of all her cases, right? Her suits. Yeah, she was asking for $40 million for that claim, but they're still deliberating about why the season two didn't happen, if it was because the Kardashian-Jenners were responsible or if it wasn't going to happen in the first place.

You know what's scary? That story you told about Lamar and Kobe. I don't want to have any memories of life in the afterlife. Wouldn't that make being dead like cruel and unusual punishment? Can you imagine still having a conscience of the life you lived after you passed? I mean, I just don't know what it's like.

I don't know if it's a positive thing. I mean, of course you don't know what it's like. Yeah, so I can't say that it's a bad thing. It sounds like a bad thing. To have a consciousness of your previous life while you passed away. Oh, my God.

Can you imagine? Because that could mean in the afterlife you're doing other things, too. You just have memories. And you're meeting with other people that are there as well. Who knows? All right. Now, they're saying that Pete Davidson may have gotten another tattoo. And what they're saying, this tattoo on his neck,

is of Kim Kardashian's kids' initials. So fans spotted that, they said, at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, where Kim and Pete Davidson were there together. And some people are saying that the tattoo appears to show the letters. And we've seen pictures of it. K-N-S-C-P. So they're saying that's for North St. Chicago and Psalm.

He's going to get on one knee soon then. I got to talk to my bro, bro Pete. Let me talk. I got to talk to Pete. He's going to get on one knee then. He's ready. Now Pete also addressed the Kanye West harassment at the Netflix is a joke fest and so at his stop on the festival

he spoke publicly about the situation. He actually made jokes about Kanye's behavior toward him including an incident where Kanye attempted to spread rumors that Pete Davidson had contracted AIDS. He said I had an AIDS scare this year and he said that he

went to his doctor for a checkup. That is true though. Yeah. Well, he went on to say, am I the only one who secretly hopes Kanye will go full Mrs. Doubtfire as far as trying to spend more time with his children by posing as a housekeeper in his ex-wife home.

So there's a few other things that he said. So you can see he's going to be taking this on the road and making jokes about his real life. As he should. Like, well, listen, when you're a comedian or anybody like that, like, your life is your content. Why wouldn't you do that? Mm-hmm. All right. Well, that is your rumor report.

All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Now, up next, we got the People's Choice Mix. Get your requests. And also, June 19th, Father's Day weekend, of course, we're doing our car show. Family Fun Day. So not only do we have the car show on celebrity cars, exotic cars, old school cars, but it's so much for kids, whether it's the Jumpies, Carnival Rise, the games and all that.

So get your tickets. That's June 19th and July 9th. We're in Atlanta. Let me know what you want to hear. Let's get to the mix. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Your mornings will never be the same. Our Audible pick of the day is Finding Tamika from Kevin Hart, myself, Charlemagne Tha God, and Queen Erica Alexander in Color Farm Media. This series focuses on missing black women and the system that ignores them. Sign up for a free 30-day Audible trial at audible.com. WWPR FMHD1 New York. And iHeart Radio Station. Everybody, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are The Breakfast Club. Now, shout out to Van Lathan for joining us. Salute to Van Lathan. Make sure you go grab my guy's book, man, Fat, Crazy, and Tired, Tales from the Trenches of Transformation. The what? Tales from the Trenches of Transformation. I don't know what words you just said, man

Your words all over the place That is not true Goodness gracious Alright, and also shout out to Chloe Bailey for joining us as well Salute to cousin Chloe Make sure you support her new single, Treat Me Alright And she said her album will be out before September

She said anytime between now Yeah, I see she's doing a summer album, right? She don't know yet. She just said she wants it to go out before the Grammys, so it could be nominated for a Grammy. That's right, because her goal is to win an EGOT. Correct. Yeah, but salute to Chloe and salute to Hailey

and salute to Doug and her mom, Courtney. Okay, now you got her mom's name. I had to think about it, but her mom's name is Courtney. But yes, salute to Courtney. All right. All right. And I just want to shout out to everybody in Detroit, the NAACP. I was here for the Fight for Freedom Fun Dinner.

You know, there's usually about 10,000 people at this dinner every year, but they scaled it back this year, so it was 5,000 people. But it's a huge thing. They said it's the biggest chapter for the NAACP here in Detroit. Oh, nice. All right, when we come back, we got the positive note and more, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Everybody, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Now, let me shout out to the ladies of Fox Soul, Cocktails with Queens. Gia and I will be on their show later on tonight. So definitely check them out.

Shout out to those women over there. That's a fun show. That ain't no play play show there now. You got to be on your P's and Q's, Envy. I ain't worried about Gia. I'm worried about you in a situation like that. Sir, I have my wife with me. I'm not concerned.

Salute to Vivica Fox and Selena Johnson, Lisa Rae. Who else is on that show? Claudia Jordan. Claudia. Oh, I see murder. My bad. See murder. I didn't know Claudia was on.

Claudia's on that show? She's been on that show for a long time now. I don't know if Claudia's on that show. Yes, she is. Yes, she is. With Lisa Rae? A thousand percent. Yes.

I know Claudia has a show on Fox Soul, but I didn't know it was with Vivica and Lisa Rae. Yes, she actually started that show, too, with them. Oh, okay. Well, yep, all I know is pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure, Envy. No pressure, sir. Envy, just nod your head and agree. That's it. Absolutely. That's what my wife stands for.

See, there you go. Yeah, absolutely. And when they start putting that pressure on you about not making, you know, your wife orgasm for 10 years, you stand in your truth. It is my truth. I ain't got to lie about it. I ain't got to lie about nothing. He wouldn't make that up.

Well, remember that, too, if they bring me up about you not making me c**k in 12 years. That's not true. What? What's not true? What you just said. What's not true? I can't speak on that. You made me orgasm in 12 years, Envy? You said that. So you made me orgasm in 12 years, Envy?

You said what? Have you made me orgasm in 12 years? Sir, we don't have that type of relationship. What are you talking about, sir? No, it's either a simple yes or no. Sir. It's a simple yes or no. I plead the fifth, sir. Wow. Okay. That'll get you a headline. Okay.

That'll get you a headline. When they ask you that question and you say I plead the fifth That's a headline You got a positive note I'm about to text Claudia right now The positive note is simply this It's an oldie but goodie Comes from Don Miguel Ruiz

You know I love Don Miguel Ruiz The four agreements I swear by it But one of the four agreements is Don't take anything personally Nothing others do is because of you What others say and do is because of you. What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream. When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won't be the victim of needless suffering.

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