The Breakfast Club - VOTE VOTE VOTE

Episode Date: November 3, 2020

Today on the show we had a lot of people call in today such as Tezlyn Figaro, Stacey Abrams, Jamie Harrison, Ed Gordon with all of them having one common statement and that is to VOTE today on electio...n day! Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Starting point is 00:03:01 Good morning, Angelique. Peace to the planet, it's Friday! And we are in Miami. We are broadcasting live from crazy-ass Florida with all the crazy-ass meridians in Miami, live from the Miami Soul Cafe. Good morning, Florida. What's happening?
Starting point is 00:03:16 Yes, I can't wait to see how it goes down. Now, DJ Envy, unfortunately, can't be here with us. He has his big car show happening actually tomorrow in New Jersey, so. What do I got to do with today and us being in Florida? Well, he has a. We're trying to get people to come out here and vote early.
Starting point is 00:03:31 This was actually kind of kind of last minute and he has a lot of people shipping cars and doing stuff and work that he has to handle. So he couldn't make it. He could be here for four hours and fly right back.
Starting point is 00:03:40 That's what he's doing, right? Yes, we are here. Okay. We're holding it down, though. You know, he's here in spirit. But we are in Miami. We are in Florida.? Yes, we are here. Okay. We're holding it down, though. You know he's here in spirit. But we are in Miami. We are in Florida. You know, elections are November 6th.
Starting point is 00:03:50 Absolutely. So we want to make sure that people get out and vote. And there are a lot of things that happened last night that we're going to discuss this morning. And we have a lot of special guests coming through that's going to be here today with us. As a matter of fact, we have a special host filling in for Envy today. Yes, we got it. Since our Bage brother couldn't be here, we had to go get our Bage sister. Angela Rye is here to fill in for Envy today. Yes, we got it. Since our beige brother couldn't be here, we had to go get our beige sister. Angela Rye is here to fill in for DJ Envy all morning.
Starting point is 00:04:10 She's over there getting makeup. You already got your face beat, Yee? Yeah, I got it extremely early this morning. Why you got to get your face beat for radio? You do. Oh, I don't. You look like you do. Well, thank you.
Starting point is 00:04:18 Thank you, Dr. Sandy. Yeah. Go for the poos bombs for my dermatologist. Look at you. Dr. Sandy. Fancy beauty. This is all natural right here, baby. Now, I just want to say Angela's already upset.
Starting point is 00:04:28 Why? Because they confused her for a white person this morning. Hey, man. Well, she's in Miami. She should get a tan. Okay? All right? That's what should happen.
Starting point is 00:04:37 Right. So we don't know. Do we know everybody that's going to show up this morning yet? I'm sure there's going to be some surprises for everybody. But you know we are in Florida. I'll let Angela Rye run that down. This is important for elections, so you never know what's going to happen.
Starting point is 00:04:50 And we got breakfast, courtesy of Miami Soul Cafe, all morning long. But I think that, you know, we got to see your voter stickers. They give voter stickers when you vote early? Huh?
Starting point is 00:05:01 Do they? How do you know, Eugene? You sure they do? Okay. Why wouldn't he know? And we got a lot of our listeners out here. Shout out to everybody who's out here with us. M-I-A-O Cafe.
Starting point is 00:05:11 M-I-A-O. They got here before us, and we're going to have food for y'all. Okay, somebody has just shook one book outside. I see a couple of those. Thank you very much. Did y'all buy those or y'all stole them? Damn. How are you going to stereotype people like that?
Starting point is 00:05:24 That's not stereotyping. It's Florida. Florida crazy. You stereotyping Florida. No, I'm not stereotyping. I'm telling you that all the craziest people in America come from the Bronx and all of Florida. And we are in the midst of Florida right now. Now, what you got coming up in front page news?
Starting point is 00:05:39 We are going to talk about some things that Donald Trump said yesterday about immigrants. And it is going to make you feel very upset. He's actually encouraging people to be more violent, and we'll tell you exactly what that is. All right, we got all that and more coming up. We broadcast it live from the 305, the Miami Soul Cafe in Miami Gardens. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Hello?
Starting point is 00:06:00 Hey. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, and our special guest, co-host, Angela Rye. It's only Rye. We broadcast live from Miami Soul Cafe in Miami Gardens, Angela Yee. Now, last break when we started the show, and I asked the people out there, did they buy my book or did they steal it? You told me I was stereotyping.
Starting point is 00:06:22 Yes, you were. At the record show, the first book I signed had a big-ass barcode on it. And I said, you got this from the library? And he said, it ain't going back. Okay? I'm dropping the clues bombs
Starting point is 00:06:31 for Marcus, goddammit. All right? It ain't a stereotype if it's true. But I do love the fact that he goes to the library on the brighter side of things. I don't care.
Starting point is 00:06:38 If you're going to steal something, steal books. Mine has silver lining. Mine has silver lining. If you're going to steal something, steal books. Shout out to Florida. I just posted yesterday
Starting point is 00:06:44 encouraging people to go to their local libraries. And I'm so glad that you're going to steal something, steal books. I just posted yesterday encouraging people to go to their local libraries and I'm so glad that Marcus is going to the local libraries. I have no problem with that. If you're going to steal, steal books. No, I'm going to need him to take that book back though. I signed it already. Personalize it. Well, then there's that. So now you've actually defaced the library. Damn. Now that's a crime.
Starting point is 00:06:59 I'm part of the crime, right? Yes, you are. Alright, it's front page news. What are we talking about? Well, let's talk about Donald Trump last night and what he had to say about what can happen to you if you are trying to cross the border and you actually throw a rock. Anybody throwing stones, rocks like they did to Mexico
Starting point is 00:07:15 and the Mexican military, Mexican police, where they badly hurt police and soldiers of Mexico, we will consider that a firearm because there's not much difference. We will consider that the maximum that we can consider that because they're throwing rocks viciously and violently. We're not going to put up with that. We're going to consider it.
Starting point is 00:07:34 I told him, consider it a rifle. Now, imagine getting hit with a rock, right? And by the way, he was saying that this happened with the Mexican police, but nobody was injured. Nobody went to the hospital. It was two that this happened with the Mexican police. But nobody was injured. Nobody went to the hospital. It was two people, I think, two police officers. And there's a lot of women and children trying to cross the border as well. So you have the right now, according to Donald Trump, to shoot them with a rifle. Well, let the record show, David did kill Goliath with a rock.
Starting point is 00:07:57 So Donald Trump must have been reading this Bible. If he thinks that a rock and a rifle are the equivalent of a rifle. Yeah, nice fictional story. That's how you're going to go with that? I'm just saying. I mean, I do believe in the Bible and I do believe the symbolism is that you can overcome great bullies
Starting point is 00:08:10 like Donald Trump. Yeah, but not in 2018. No, but I'm just saying that the idea that because you have a rock, he treats it as a rifle, but we can't get an assault weapon ban in this country. We can't get a more stricter background check to prevent people from having weapons that shouldn't have them.
Starting point is 00:08:29 But he wants to treat a rock as a rifle. That's real interesting. And imagine you could even just say somebody tried to throw a rock at you, even if they didn't. And that's your reason for shooting and killing them. Which we know they'll do. Now, he's also, of course, as we know, talking about the 14th Amendment and trying to actually get rid of that and make sure that if you're born here in the United States, you no longer will be a citizen, even if your parents, you know, normally if your parents aren't citizens, you're born here, you are a citizen. But now he wants to get rid of that.
Starting point is 00:08:56 Here's what he had to say. As we speak, the Democrat Party is openly encouraging millions of illegal aliens to break our laws, violate our borders, and bankrupt our country, and they want to sign them up for free health care, free welfare, free education, and of course the right to vote. Hundreds of thousands of children born to illegal immigrants are made automatic citizens of the United States every year because of this crazy, lunatic policy that we can end. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, Angela, but he can't change that, can he? He cannot overturn the 14th Amendment because he went out and made a crazy stump speech
Starting point is 00:09:38 that actually takes two-thirds of Congress or something they call a constitutional convention, which means that all of the 50 states get together and decide whether or not an amendment should be repealed. So, you know, it's going to take it would take a whole lot more than Donald Trump coming up with his Breitbart talking points. Well, don't let the distractions become your focus, people. OK, vote. All right. Vote now.
Starting point is 00:10:00 Vote on November 6th. That's why we're here in Miami at Miami Soul Cafe right now. We are encouraging people to vote early. Right. We're here at the Miami Soul Cafe. We got breakfast for y'all. Old school Black Panther style. For free 99. I did say Black Panther. That's alright. I know, but I thought about
Starting point is 00:10:15 Wakanda when I said it. No, that's okay. Black Panther party is what you're saying. There you go. And we're also encouraging people to return their library books while we do what you do with the library. Please don't steal. I already signed Marcus's book. All right. Marcus stole that from the library. He good.
Starting point is 00:10:28 Now, when we come back, what are we doing? Are we taking calls or are we taking people live? We're taking calls. All right. Call us up. 1-800-585-1051. And you can actually get it off your chest this morning. Tell us why you're mad or tell us why you're blessed.
Starting point is 00:10:40 It's The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. Let's go. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad're blessed. It's The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. Let's go. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed. Say it with your chest. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, let it out.
Starting point is 00:10:55 All right, it is time for us to get it off our chest. So what's your name and tell us what you want to get off your chest. My name is Chad from Hillhead Island, South Carolina. Chad representing that SC all day. Yee-yee! We out, Chip. Yes, sir. 843 all day.
Starting point is 00:11:09 Yes, sir. I'm blessed. I'm blessed. I'm going through divorce. Whoa. Came along. And you look bad young. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:11:15 I'm 32, bro. You know what I'm saying? No black, no crack. But I'm blessed. Going through divorce. You know what I'm saying? I'm reading books. Getting my life together.
Starting point is 00:11:24 There you go. And I'm moving on to up and up. I'm just blessed to be here. How long was you married? Nine years, bro. Oh, man. Yeah. You cheated?
Starting point is 00:11:30 Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. I ain't cheat. Just grew apart? Just grew apart, man. Damn. Just grew apart. But it's all good, though. Are you guys having an amicable divorce?
Starting point is 00:11:37 Kind of, sort of. I mean, all I can do is focus on being the best I can be, do the best for my kids, and keep it pushing. You don't look like you want to get divorced, man. Oh, yeah. I definitely want to get divorced. Oh, you definitely want to get divorced. Oh, you definitely want to get divorced.
Starting point is 00:11:46 Oh, okay, all right. Well, I ain't going to hold you then. I ain't going to hold you up. You know what I'm saying? God's got a plan for you. Exactly. Exactly, but I'm blessed, though.
Starting point is 00:11:53 You know what I'm saying? I could be doing a lot of other things, but I'm here. There you go, Chad. You're a good place to be to be getting a divorce. Miami is the spot
Starting point is 00:12:00 when you get a divorce. Oh, my God, you're the worst. Yeah, I hear that. What's up, my brother? What's going on, family? Get it off your chest. Tell us why you're mad. Tell us why you're blessed. I'm mad because Charlamagne Tha God didn't give me enough love from 843 in the building.
Starting point is 00:12:12 843 all day. What's happening? What's up with all these South Carolina people? Charleston, you already know. The low country. We're Seattle. A lot of low country folk is in Miami. I'm starting to think Charleston is the reason y'all making Florida so crazy. You already know it. We here. What else you got on? You want to get off your chest, brother?
Starting point is 00:12:27 Man, I ain't got too much to get off my chest, man, but number love, man. You got a beard bonnet? A what, buddy? A beard bonnet. Yeah. You cover your beard when you sleep? Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. This is going to get smashed up on the side. That's it.
Starting point is 00:12:41 I can grow a full beard if I want to. You crazy. I just don't want to because it'll be great. I ain't ready to show the brain yet. Don't even worry about it. Don't even worry about it.
Starting point is 00:12:50 They still love you. I know. I'm going to let it flourish when I turn 42. I'm going to let the full gray beard go. 42? Nah, just let it happen now.
Starting point is 00:12:56 Let it happen now. Did you vote already, though? Did I vote? Yeah. Nah, I ain't vote. What? I ain't vote. Are you registered to vote?
Starting point is 00:13:03 Nah, I'm registered to vote. Lord have mercy. This ain't starting off too well. Y' vote. Are you registered to vote? Nah, I'm registered to vote. Lord have mercy. This ain't starting off too well. Y'all know we're here because we're trying to get people to go vote early. Okay, the election is on the 6th. We want y'all to go out and vote early because of voter suppression and all kinds of stuff. Well, why aren't you voting? I can't vote.
Starting point is 00:13:19 Oh, see, there you go. So you over here. So would Amendment 4 help you? Do you know what it is? Nah. It's restoration of voting rights to people who may have been. So would Amendment 4 help you? Do you know what it is? No. Restoration of voting rights to people who may have been formerly incarcerated. Would that help you?
Starting point is 00:13:30 Unless you're a murderer. Nah, I ain't no murderer now. Nah. My brother ain't coming for all that. He coming for the breakfast. Well, hopefully, if that would impact you, we hope that that would make you vote next. Yeah, I'm going to look into that since you said that. Yeah, definitely. For sure.
Starting point is 00:13:40 That's amazing. All right. But listen, we're here in Miami at Miami Soul Cafe and Miami Gardens. We're out here because we want to get people to go out and vote early. When we come back, at some point we need Angela Rice to explain why voting early is such an important thing to do. But we're still in the middle of Get It Off Your Chest. So, you know. And we are in Florida.
Starting point is 00:14:00 You can explain why Donald Trump seems to be so intimidated of Andrew Gillum. Oh, yes. We can ask Andrew that. intimidated of Andrew Gillum. Oh, yes. Yes. We can ask Andrew that. He's coming on today. Oh, he is? Yeah. We're right next door.
Starting point is 00:14:11 We're right next door to his headquarters. Yes, and not too far from an early voting location. All right. It's The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. Get it. Pick up the mother-mother phone and dial. This is your time to get it off your chest.
Starting point is 00:14:25 Whether you're mad or blessed. Say it with your chest. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So you better have the same energy. It's The Breakfast Club. Who just on the phone? This is Keith from the DYT Dayton, Ohio. What's up, Charlemagne?
Starting point is 00:14:38 DYT, what's happening? Say what up to Angela Yee and Angela Rye. Hey, good morning, Angela Yee and Angela Rye. How y'all doing? Angela squared in the building this morning. Yeah. Check this out. I want to get this off my chest.
Starting point is 00:14:48 Donald Trump want to get all of the immigrants out of here and stop immigrants from coming here. He need to start at home. His wife is here on an illegal visa. She's here on a visa that's for a Pulitzer Prize winner or a Nobel Peace Prize winner. And she was only a model slash stripper when he got her here. So she should be getting out of here, and the kids should be getting out of here. I should be rounding them up first. That is a fact.
Starting point is 00:15:12 But don't be focused on the distractions though. That's all distractions to keep us from focusing on what we should be focusing on, which is voting. It seems like he's really trying to rile up his base right now. Every vote counts. That's right. That's why we in Miami right now giving away free breakfast, trying to get these crazy Floridians to go vote early.
Starting point is 00:15:29 Thank you for calling, my brother. Get it off your chest. It's the Breakfast Club. Who this? Naomi. Hey, Naomi. How are you this morning? I'm good.
Starting point is 00:15:36 How you doing? Get it off your chest. What you want to vent about? So my girlfriend just broke up with me because whatever we had going on wasn't for her anymore. Y'all was lesbians yeah so what good observation which y'all don't got going on anymore oh my god y'all was y'all was arguing too much of course no everything was going fine like we were there for a whole year with a relationship for two months but on her part i felt like her
Starting point is 00:16:04 actions were showing that she was afraid of being with me, but her words were showing like, oh yeah, you know, I don't want to be with you for whatever reason, and that just showed me nothing but fear because apparently I'm not what she was normally looking for. You show your jaw game, you show your jaw game, you show your jaw game, just not trash, ma?
Starting point is 00:16:20 Oh no, my jaw game is great. Listen, this is what I want you to do. Why does it come down to that? I want you to put your hand up in the air and make it into the shape of a V, right? And put the V right in front of your face. Remember how Spock used to do on Star Trek? You know what the V stands for? Huh?
Starting point is 00:16:37 Vote! All right? That's what the V stands for. Vote! Oh, my God, that's amazing. And that's what we're doing on November 6th, and that's what we're here in Miami encouraging people to do early. Okay?
Starting point is 00:16:48 You are an idiot. All right. She's over here dealing with a relationship, and all you can tell her is to vote. It's Friday, man. Anybody think about no relationships on no Friday? What's up, queen, baby? What's up?
Starting point is 00:16:58 Now, you representing fam, you. Of course, the best HBCU. I'm mad Envy not here, so I could tell him about it, but it's okay. I got to unite because, you know, we got HBCUs, millennials, period. We got to get out and vote. It's very important. Andrew Gillum is a great candidate. My personal opinion, he's a great candidate.
Starting point is 00:17:17 He's going to do a great job. So I really feel like everybody needs to get out and vote. It's important. Like, our vote matters. Angela Rye, I love you. Thank you. As far as for millennials, we really look up to you, and you are a voice for us and our people. So keep doing what you're doing.
Starting point is 00:17:32 Charlamagne, you're just crazy, but you still help us, and you still support us, and you still make sure we get up. Oh, yeah, that's that Florida Miami baby. Point blank, period. Free JT. Free JT. That's McGraw. Yeah, yeah. I represent, represent it. Yes, and thank you, too, period. Free JT. Oh, yeah, free JT. That's McGraw. Yeah, yeah. Represent, represent it.
Starting point is 00:17:46 Yes, and thank you too, Angela. You are very supportive as well. So I just wanted to get that off my chest because it's very important. And I hope this gets played. Hey, we appreciate you. She ready. She real ready. Go get some breakfast.
Starting point is 00:17:58 I got from that vote for Andrew Gillum and free JT. That's all. That's called multitasking, God damn it. And Charlamagne's crazy. We know that already. All right. All right. Well, that multitasking, God damn it. And Charlamagne's crazy. We know that already. All right. All right. Well, that was Get It Off Your Chest.
Starting point is 00:18:09 Now, you know we got rumors on the way. We are talking about voting. And guess who else is talking about voting? Oprah Winfrey. She's an independent, and we'll tell you what she has to say as she was actually campaigning for Stacey Abrams. And we got a couple of guests coming next. I'll name a couple of them real quick, Angela Ross. Sure.
Starting point is 00:18:24 We have Desmond Meade who will be here discussing Amendment 4. He's the executive director of the Florida Restoration of Rights Coalition. Mayor Andrew Gillum who's running for governor
Starting point is 00:18:32 and Sabrina Fulton from the Trayvon Martin Foundation and of course also the slain young man's mother. That's right. We broadcast it live from the Miami Soul Cafe
Starting point is 00:18:41 in the Miami Gardens. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. it's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee. We got Angela Rye in here, guest co-hosting for DJ Envy.
Starting point is 00:18:56 We're live from the Miami Soul Cafe in Miami, Florida. Miami, make some noise! Hey! We about to get into Angela Yee's rumor report. Go. Go. What was that? Rumor report.
Starting point is 00:19:11 Rumor report. This is the rumor report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Yes, Oprah Winfrey was out with Stacey Abrams, and she wants to encourage everybody to vote. What I learned, though, is that she's an independent and that she actually has in the past voted Republican, right? And so here's what Oprah had to say. For all those who paved the way that we might have the right to vote, and for anybody here who has an ancestor who didn't have the right to vote and you are choosing not to vote wherever you are in
Starting point is 00:19:46 this state, in this country, you are dishonoring your family. You are disrespecting and disregarding their legacy. Their suffering and their dreams when you don't vote. All your ancestors.
Starting point is 00:20:02 Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, every single one of them. While she was there for Stacey Abrams, she's not telling people what party you have to vote for. She's just saying get out and vote, which is really important. That's what we're here for in Miami right now. Yeah, that's exactly what we're trying to do. I mean, you know what we're doing. Encouraging people to vote early.
Starting point is 00:20:18 Yeah. All right, now you'll be excited about this. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, they have an announcement to make because I know y'all want to see them team up again. Here's what they had to say about Bad Boys for Life. It's official. It's official. It's official, baby. It's official.
Starting point is 00:20:32 Bad Boys 3, it's happening. It's official. It's official. I'm telling you. Y'all, that's it. No more. Y'all can't handle no more of that. There's going to be a lot of CBC oil on that set.
Starting point is 00:20:45 All them old joints. And they're going to be still trying to run around and do stunts. That movie's only going to work if they play to their age. That's two 50-year-old cops that probably can't do what they used to do, but they're a lot smarter and a lot wiser in the way that they bring people down. They seem like they might have kept themselves together well, though. Yeah. I will give it to them for that. Bad Boys for Life, you got to have Diddy
Starting point is 00:21:05 in there somewhere. No, you don't. Stop it. That's a combined age of 300 once you're at Diddy. That's not you need to watch it. And we need Will Smith
Starting point is 00:21:13 to jump on Lil Duval's Smile Bitch. Okay, that's the collaboration I'm waiting for. I don't think he's going to after you just talked about his joints. Will, no, he 50.
Starting point is 00:21:19 Okay, now let's talk about another one of your favorites, Post Malone. Trash. Post Malone has a collaboration with Crocs, and as soon as they put it out, it's sold out already. They mayonnaise colored. Collab with Crocs.
Starting point is 00:21:30 Aren't they mayonnaise colored? Gee, be honest. Post Malone's Crocs are mayonnaise colored. It's an all-over print. They're white with an all-over print on them. Well, look. I mean, the shoes came out. Now, listen, Crocs has had some interesting shoes.
Starting point is 00:21:42 Angela Rye, have you ever worn Crocs? No, never. I don't know if you guys saw the Balenciaga ones they had. I would never. I saw them actually when I was in Neiman Marcus. Have you worn Crocs? Never in my life. But I will tell you, I've interviewed Bill Cosby once in my life,
Starting point is 00:21:55 and he had on Crocs in that interview. Well, then that should tell you we shouldn't wear Crocs. Yikes. I had on Crocs on, I don't, because Crocs was in my Iron Man suit. They came in the shoes. They had Crocs in the Iron Man shoes. So you were wearing Crocs, basically, is what you're saying. Yes.
Starting point is 00:22:09 All right, good. That's all we needed to know. But they weren't the mayonnaise-colored ones from Post Malone. And also, don't forget, in theaters today is the movie Body. Hey! Yes, hey. Now, that's playing in theaters now, bodymovie.com for more information. But you know it's about a rap battle.
Starting point is 00:22:22 An accidental rap battle superstar is supposed to be very funny, very brutal. I know you saw it, Charlamagne. I'm actually in it, and I'm a consultant producer. But, you know, that's the little stuff. I just threw it to you so you could say that. That's the small stuff. And it's also executive produced by Eminem. All right.
Starting point is 00:22:37 I'm Angela Yee, and that's your Rumor Report. Yes, and we are down here in Miami at the Miami Soul Cafe. We are down here encouraging people to vote early. And I'm not going to tell you who to vote for, but I will say next hour we will be talking to Mr. Andrew Gillum, who's sitting here with us right now. Morning, everybody. Hello, Governor Gillum.
Starting point is 00:22:55 How are you, sir? I'm working on that. We got four more days, man. Bring it home. Make some noise for Governor Gillum. Speak it into existence. Speak it into existence. Speak it.
Starting point is 00:23:04 And we'll be talking to him. We'll be talking to him in just a Gillum. Speaking into existence. Speaking into existence. Speak it. And we'll be talking to him. We'll be talking to him in just a few minutes. He's been quite a target on Twitter for somebody with Twitter fingers. We'll talk about that. No bully.
Starting point is 00:23:12 It's the Breakfast Club. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, DJ Envy is not here, but we got another
Starting point is 00:23:20 beige replacement. Her name is Angela Rye. Call me beige one more time. I'm sorry. Call me beige one more time. We don sorry. Call me beige one more time. We don't like this color. There go the beige rage right there.
Starting point is 00:23:27 See what I'm saying? But we are in Florida. We are in Miami. Shout out to Miami Soul Cafe. And now we got Andrew Gillum. Hold on. You got to introduce him right. Governor.
Starting point is 00:23:36 The future governor of Florida. Of the great state of Florida. Mr. Andrew Gillum. Let's get it done, y'all. Let's get it done. If we vote, we win. First of all, how are you feeling, my brother?
Starting point is 00:23:45 I feel good, man. How are your spirits? Are you eating? No. Not like I should, but it's okay. We'll eat when we win. Okay. And we'll sleep when we win.
Starting point is 00:23:53 But we're right now four days out from learning the results. I was going to say election day, but the truth is election day is today. Okay. We're trying to move as many voters as we can to the polls right now. The polls are open 7 a.m. all across the state of Florida. Duval County showed out yesterday. They surpassed their total
Starting point is 00:24:13 votes for African Americans compared to 2014, but we're not done yet. Trump's in the state on Saturday. He's trying to gin up all the haters, and we're trying to make sure we motivate folks to get out there and vote for their future, vote for themselves. We can't win if we don't vote.
Starting point is 00:24:30 I see they have this initiative here. The 5,000 Role Models of Excellence. They're actually bringing some senior high school students, more than 1,000, voting for the first time. Taking them to the polls. They have buses and everything. Angela Rye was putting me on the game. Why is it so important to vote early?
Starting point is 00:24:46 Why is it? well I mean Angela's got compelling reasons but I'll say I mean we never know what will happen on election day if there is an issue with your registration if you have to cure something on your vote if you go early you can learn that absentee ballots those that were rejected you can learn that early
Starting point is 00:25:03 and be able to cure the issue before Election Day. If you go on Election Day and you have an issue, you'll have to vote what we call a challenge ballot. Challenge ballots don't always get counted. And if they do, it's oftentimes in a recount scenario. But if the election is a blow away, then your vote won't register for weeks later. So the opportunity to get out and to vote early is something we all have to take advantage of. I ran into this older couple. I was telling everybody in the church to go vote.
Starting point is 00:25:30 She said, I don't vote early. They may not count my vote. I'm saying, man, that's exactly why you vote early is to make sure that your vote gets counted. Now, Donald Trump has been calling you out. Do you think all publicity is good publicity? Does it help or hurt when he calls you out? I mean, I don't think
Starting point is 00:25:45 he is consequential at all as far as I'm concerned. But, you know, he's doing what he's doing because he's speaking to their base. Gotcha. But, you know,
Starting point is 00:25:52 I think all of us know. Well, he's not just scared. The president's weak. And he's performing as all weak people do by bullying. Andrew Gillum won all the smoke.
Starting point is 00:26:01 Drop on the clues bombs for Andrew Gillum. It seems like he's really targeting you. Yeah, he likes you. Right. It's like for some reason he has a real issue with Jesse, which shows us how scared he really is. There's some obvious reasons. But more than anything, this president is the second home.
Starting point is 00:26:16 Y'all got rid of him in New York. So he spent some vacations here in Florida. And he's also terrified. If Florida goes the way of Democrats for the first time in 24 years is just is history. But also, if this man wants to be reelected, he will have to come through us. And I think more than anything, this is self-motivated interest that if he wants to hold on to Florida, he cannot lose this race, especially to his clone, Ron DeSantis. So you're like a threat to his legacy, basically. Well, I don't know that he'll have a legacy, but a threat, you know, might be one.
Starting point is 00:26:51 And just playing to his base, like, oh, you have a choice between a Harvard, Yale, educated, like, what difference does that make? Shout out to FAMU. First of all, Harvard and Yale should take their degrees back. Did y'all see this man debate? He is not ready for primetime. Not at all. But I will tell you I'm a proud graduate of the
Starting point is 00:27:07 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University founded October 3rd, 1887. One of the best institutions in the land. I asked the president to Google it. He seemed unaware of who we are. What if you would have graduated from Trump University?
Starting point is 00:27:23 Well, we wouldn't have a degree. No degree. We wouldn't have a degree. No degree. We wouldn't have a degree. A degree, sure. No, but it feels good. Andrew, so one of the things that I think is important since you brought up FAMU,
Starting point is 00:27:36 you have a big rally coming up Monday night. You have a headliner. Who's your headliner? P. Diddy. Oh, shoot. For everybody who's in Tallahassee, get ready. On Monday night, we are doing a midnight rally to get folks ready, juiced up to go to the polls.
Starting point is 00:27:53 Juiced up with Sirocco. With the motivation that you need to vote. But show up. We're going to be on the campus of FAMU. Yes. So for all our students, all folks in the community from from surrounding areas there's no better way to enter election day than with a party ready to go so I think that's incredible you also we're sitting here talking about early voting that is the reason why they came down breakfast
Starting point is 00:28:21 came down to be a part of pushing folks to early vote. But on Charlemagne's page yesterday, he posted a video from my BET special, which talks about our vote, our power. Nice. And the pushback in the comments was about voting. My vote doesn't matter. And my heart was like breaking. So what do you say to the young person?
Starting point is 00:28:41 Like, if you could have this moment to just level with them. We know they're listening in a breakfast club. What do you say to folks about the importance and the power of their vote? Yeah, I mean, so first of all, I know we all get really motivated around national elections, presidentials, you know, President Obama, so on and so forth. But the truth is, if you live in the state of Florida and you're worried about getting access to health insurance, you need Medicaid expanded. Our governor refused to do that. If he had done it, over 800,000 people in our state would get access to that. If you're worried about whether or not you can start a business in this state and have the
Starting point is 00:29:12 ability to do a business with the government, an $89 billion budget, a state that is the 11th largest economy in the world, it matters who the governor is. If you're concerned about rights restoration. Now, we got Amendment 4 on the ballot, but outside of Amendment 4, it is the governor in the cabinet that votes to restore individual rights to vote. And we learned in a report that under this governor, Rick Scott, 90 percent of the people who got their rights restored were Republicans. So there was systematic efforts to disenfranchise Democrats. That's not why that system exists. If you're worried about education in the state of Florida,
Starting point is 00:29:52 making sure your kids get access to a good quality education, which I think all of us want for our kids, then it matters that teachers are paid a wage that they can live on. In the state of Florida, the average salary for teachers is the 45th lowest out of all 50 states. 45th lowest. President Obama tried to send us... And their job is one of the hardest, most important jobs. That's exactly right. I couldn't agree with you more. But we treat them like they're nothing. Yet these are the people responsible for shaping, molding, inspiring the minds of our most precious gifts, our children. So it matters. And guess who has the say in that?
Starting point is 00:30:24 A governor who passes a budget, who signs a budget And guess who has the say in that? A governor who passes a budget, who signs a budget into law and has the ability to line out and veto parts of the budget. If you're worried about real criminal justice reform, because in the state of Florida, 60% of people that are sitting in jails in my state are there not because they've been found guilty of a crime. They're there because they couldn't pay the money bail system. We literally have two systems of justice, the one that people can afford and the one that they can't. And for those folks who say, you know, why should I care? Well, it costs
Starting point is 00:30:50 you about $680 million a year for just that 60% of folks who are sitting in jail alone. And a lot of people complain about things, but they don't do anything to make any type of changes. So if you want to make some change, you have to get out and vote. We have more with Governor Gillum. We're working on it.
Starting point is 00:31:05 The future governor of Florida, Andrew Gillum. We're going to talk to him some more when we come back. It's the world's most dangerous morning. Show the Breakfast Club. The Breakfast Club. It's the world's most dangerous morning. Show the Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee.
Starting point is 00:31:19 We got Angela Rye filling in for DJ Envy. And we're down here in Florida at the Miami Soul Cafe. Thank you, sir. We're down here in Florida. You're a lot prettier than Envy. Thank you, sir. We're down here in Miami at the Miami Soul Cafe. And we got the future governor of Florida, Andrew Gillum. He's here. What's up, everybody? We're here encouraging people to go out there and vote early.
Starting point is 00:31:36 And, you know, last break, Angela Rye was talking about people in my comments and how they seem to be discouraged about the whole voting process. And I think a lot of black people are discouraged because they feel like they've been loyal to Democrats for so long. But that love and loyalty hasn't been reciprocated. How are you going to change that narrative? First of all, I'm not here to carry the banner saying that they ought to vote for every Democrat. I know I am a Democrat, but the truth is people ought to vote for their interests. Who's out there delivering on the issues that you care about?
Starting point is 00:32:03 We were talking about some of the issues that show up at a state level and why people ought to care about who their governor is and my state stand your ground has been a serious issue you got you know artists who have boycotted coming to the state of Florida until that law is is off the books Trayvon Martin Marquis McLaughlin folks day in and day out in our state that are impacted by this law, which seems to create the opportunity for open season on our young men and our young black men to be specific. Well, we need a governor who's going to stand up to the NRA. This piece of legislation has been written by them. It is now well ensconced in the law of the state of Florida.
Starting point is 00:32:41 Well, look, I've got the bruises to prove that I'm prepared to stand up to the NRA. They drug me through court for two years, all because in my city we said you can't shoot guns in a city park. They came to me saying we've got to repeal that. We said no, and they took us to court. I had to find my own personal lawyer. I had to pay my own personal fines. I had to be responsible for reimbursing the attorney's fees of the opposing party up to $100,000, subject to removal from office at the discretion of the governor.
Starting point is 00:33:05 This is the law in the state of Florida. If you want a governor who's prepared to stand up, I'm the only candidate between me and Mr. DeSantis prepared to stand up. And the proof is we beat him. We beat them at the circuit court. We beat them at the appellate court. And I said, I'll see you in the Supreme Court if you want to take it there. We cannot complain.
Starting point is 00:33:21 Your tweets, your Snapchats, your Facebook comments, none of that matters if you are not prepared to get out and let your vote be your voice. And I get it. I know that folks have gone out and they haven't seen their issues addressed. But part of that is our fault. The fact that you would elect somebody and then send them off to do great things on your behalf without being there to back them up, show up, call your legislators, come and rally with us. Look, democracy is not a spectator sport. You don't get to throw your vote out and then back away. You got to actually be present in the process. Power sees nothing without a demand. And the best way to make good on that demand is to be able to tell an elected official you have
Starting point is 00:33:59 the power to put them in office, but you also have the power to take them out of office. Like Angela Rye was saying, you can't hire somebody to work for you and do a job and then not follow up and make sure they're actually doing their job. That's right. That's a good point. I think that's a good point. That was my point, actually. That's crazy.
Starting point is 00:34:13 I just complimented my point. Anyway, I mean, it's like, that's a good point. I did say that. You also will have the opportunity when elected governor to appoint three Supreme Court justices. That's another big part of why people should get out and vote. For sure. What are the types of qualities you're looking at for? Well, it goes without saying we won't qualify, you know, judges.
Starting point is 00:34:37 But I'll also tell you we want a judiciary that reflects the diversity of the people of the state of Florida. And while the Supreme Court is a shiny object, we get three appointments there. Importantly, the governor also appoints judges below that. The governor has hundreds of appointments at various boards, commission levels, all these kinds of things that are the nitty-gritty nuance of governing that a lot of us take our eyes off of, but it's where the power is. It's where the decisions get made. As I was always told, if you're not at the table, you're on the menu. Right? So let's get off the menu. And when we have a governor that respects all of our communities
Starting point is 00:35:15 and a governor who's willing to make appointments that reflect the rich diversity of this state, then that means something. That starts to show up in your everyday life. It's not on the front pages, but I'm telling you, that's where the decisions are made. That's where it happens. You got the you got the big homie coming to help you rally today, right? President Obama. Yeah. I mean, they go. What advice do you get from him? Well, I'll tell you, the president, first of all, is a valued asset within, you know, within our culture right now, within society in an age where Donald Trump is literally running around trying to terrify Americans about each other based off the color of our skin or the language we speak. Or say that if someone throws a rock, you can
Starting point is 00:35:56 have the right to shoot them at the border. Absolutely. Well, he's also told us if he shoots somebody in the middle of Times Square, you know, he gets away without, you know, without any repercussions. So, you know, this president is extreme. We need a Barack Obama in this day and age to remind us that all is not lost, that, you know, this is still America. And this is still a place where if you're willing to work hard, if you show up, if you engage in the process, you can achieve the outcome that you want. That's what this get out and vote effort is about. If we show up, we win. Have you given you want. That's what this get out and vote effort is about. If we show up, we win. Have they given you any advice on your campaign?
Starting point is 00:36:28 Well, I mean, specifically, the president has opened up a number of resources on our behalf, a number of donors that's been hard for us to get, opened up resourcing for us in this race. I'm proud to say that we've raised the most amount of money of any Democratic nominee for governor in the history of the state. We topped $52 million raised in two months' time. That's an incredible feat. Now, again, this is coming from the candidate who raised the least amount of money in the primary. We raised $6 million compared to my opponent's combined $90 million. But honestly, the money didn't talk.
Starting point is 00:37:02 The people spoke. They showed up. They voted. So resourcing aside, what will decide this election are people up showing up voting and voting like their lives depend on it. Has Oprah's can't reach out to you at all? No, but I'd love to get Oprah in the state. But I have to tell you, as much as we embrace these celebrities and high profile individuals, it's so much more important that everyday people get out there and vote. It's the one thing that makes your vote as equal to the President of the United States,
Starting point is 00:37:30 Oprah, Barack Obama, we all get one vote. Did you think about it a little bit, though? He's like, why Oprah going to Georgia and she ain't show me no love? No, man. No, I didn't. She got a private jet. Georgia right there. No, no. Stacey is my sister. She needs everything she can get. I'm proud of her. All right.
Starting point is 00:37:45 Well, when you both are, we're going to have a big old party. Yeah. Andrew, can we hold you for a little bit longer? Yeah. All right. We're going to hold Andrew for a little bit longer, and we'll be back. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Yep, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:37:57 Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, DJ Envy is out, but Angela Rye is in. And we got the future governor of Florida, Andrew Gillum here. Make some noise for him. What's up, everybody? What's up? What's up? What's up? So Envy really hates fam, huh?
Starting point is 00:38:09 He's such a hamper. He didn't want to come down. No, no, no. I just got to defend my brother Envy. He has a big car show that he's been planning. But it's tomorrow. It's tomorrow. Oh, so he could have spared the day.
Starting point is 00:38:20 He's planning it all himself. All right. Good luck, Envy. He has a lot of people flying in. A car is coming. So he couldn't make it. We down here getting people to go out and vote early. Save democracy. For the next governor of Florida.
Starting point is 00:38:30 We are trying to save democracy. The car show ain't a good enough excuse not to be here. But it is his event. So shout out to Andy. We love you, man. We love the H-U too. He already sent his love this morning. Like, you know, tell Andrew Gillum I said what's up.
Starting point is 00:38:39 No, he didn't. Yes, he did. That's all a lie. All that's a lie. He did for real. Yeah, he really did. He did. Andrew, what are some things that you feel like you'll be doing directly for the African-American community if you get elected governor?
Starting point is 00:38:48 Yeah, I mean, one of the first protests I ever participated in as a student of FAM was against Jeb Bush when he, through executive order, got rid of affirmative action and higher education and state contracting. The percentage of black students at UF dropped precipitously. The president has worked, the university has worked over time to restore that. The number of people, minority businesses doing business with the government dropped off. When this governor came into power, Rick Scott, we had a vendor list. Folks that you could call, companies, businesses, that kind of thing, who could do immediate work for the government. Over 170 businesses were on that list. This governor came in through executive order, reduced it to seven.
Starting point is 00:39:30 Seven of his friends, his colleagues, the people who support his vision, and those became the people who began to do business in our state. And so if we want a governor who's going to open up the ability for people, regardless of what they look like, the size of their businesses, so long as they're qualified, prepared to do the work, we want to be able to get them to come in and do work with the government. And so what does that mean for people of color? It means that I've got a goal of making sure that the diversity of this state is reflected in the buying and the spending power of the state of Florida. An $89 billion budget, $200 billion in investments, investment portfolio.
Starting point is 00:40:09 That means there's a lot of spending, buying power, ability for folks to open up businesses in the state and get access to low-interest loans here in the state of Florida. Expanding Medicaid. Our community will be significantly impacted by it. One in five Floridian right now is going to emergency rooms to get access to health care. And if you think, well, I got employee-based insurance, it doesn't matter to me, it does matter to you. Because when your premiums are increasing year over year, they're increasing because
Starting point is 00:40:34 you're paying for folks to get access to health care in the emergency room, the most expensive, least efficient form of care. That will translate into savings for everyday Floridians and certainly for our communities. Now, can I ask you about your mental state right now? Just because I can't imagine the level of racism and hate that you have to deal with. This has to be larger than anything you've ever had
Starting point is 00:40:56 to deal with before, just from what we've been seeing with Donald Trump inciting people to hate. So what has that been like? And his opponent monkeyed up when he started. He called him Andrew at every debate. He would not call him Mayor Gillum, Mr. Gillum, like repeatedly Andrew. Well, it's not what they call you, right? It's what you answer to.
Starting point is 00:41:13 And what I've answered to. I can tell you was raised around black women. Weenat and his dog will holler. Yeah, man. Well, my grandmother also said never ever wrestle with pigs because you both get dirty in the pig life. Donald Trump is the ultimate in that regard. My opponent, Ron DeSantis, is the ultimate. But I hear your question sincerely.
Starting point is 00:41:31 And I tell you, first of all, I come from a strong praying family. My grandmother used to anoint my head daily with oil, right? Olive oil, sometimes cooking oil, whatever was the greasiest thing, you know, she could get her hand on. Is that how your hair grew back? Come on, man. You got a bald spot a couple weeks ago, but it's still there. Why are you hating on people's hair so much? Take your hat off.
Starting point is 00:41:51 Let's see your hairline. No. Beijing, man. It was good. It's like, what hairline? What hairline? I'm seeing the president today, man. I got to do what I got to do.
Starting point is 00:41:59 Most people lose hair during an election. Yours is growing. That's how I know you got baby. I'm losing weight, that's for sure. He's got hair in these. You know, but the truth is, this has been an incredible journey. I couldn't make it to this point were it not for my wife, my mother, my mother-in-law, my siblings, my brothers who's here in the room with me. We've got an amazing prayer circle around us.
Starting point is 00:42:22 There are these women who three times a week get on a prayer call. I've never joined the call, but I can tell you in moments where I should be losing it all, a sense of calm comes over and, you know, I'm able to stay present in that. I know that that is nothing but, you know, his presence. And so at a very, very high spiritual level, because you can't deal with this stuff in the regular, right? This is not regular. This is not regular for me to be from where I'm from on this stage competing for the third largest state in America, the swingiest of swing states that exist of the 50, and try to deal with this at a basic humane level.
Starting point is 00:43:04 I have to move to another level which for me is a much more spiritual place uh i'm clearly reminded of why we're in this thing i'm reminded every day while we are running this race this brother i met yesterday in the heights this morning i see he's going online who knew he had rap skills has laid down a track i mean it blew me away talking about the issues I'm talking about. Saying this man's from the heights. We gotta be with him. He's gonna help us out. I love it. It reminds you
Starting point is 00:43:31 of what you're in this thing for. And so Donald Trump doesn't faze me. But speaking of this rap thing though, and making this moment so fist to ratchet as I will tend to do. You about to ask me if you want to pardon JT from the City Girls? I wasn't gonna do that but I'll let you do that. She's coming home. She's coming home soon.
Starting point is 00:43:46 But speaking of this, your campaign song is Walk It Like I Talk It. Migos. Although I got to say this on radio, I don't own no rights to nothing.
Starting point is 00:43:57 Migos don't sue us. There's a little lawsuit going on. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So, you know, we like it. It inspires me. Why?
Starting point is 00:44:04 Well, I mean, because I mean, I was asking a debate, you know, what song best describes you. I was like, I don't know, walk it like I talk it. I walk it like I talk it. I mean, I will never, ever, ever divorce myself from growing up to a mother who was a school bus driver, my dad who was a construction worker being the fifth of seven kids to my parents and the first to graduate from high school. I remember what it was like, you know, trying to go to the store and spend red and green and purple money.
Starting point is 00:44:27 It was known as food stamps then. Now they got a card. More dignified. So those experiences will shape how I will govern. It will always remind me of what this thing is about. I bet you Donald Trump gets so confused when he hears you bigging up the Migos. He probably thinks you're talking about Mexicans.
Starting point is 00:44:43 If they throw a rifle,, shoot them with a rifle. All right, well, we thank you so much for taking time. I know it's a really busy time, but everybody get out and vote. What can everybody do right now to keep fueling your campaign? Please, go vote. Right now, everything is about turnout. Everybody everywhere knows somebody in Florida. Call your cousin in them, your relative, your friend, your homeboy.
Starting point is 00:45:04 Check on them. Make sure that if they've got the right to vote, that they're exercising that right. And if they don't have the right to vote, call somebody up and say, vote for me. Amendment 4 is on the ballot. Vote in my stead. I can't vote, but vote my interest. Everybody has a role to play in this
Starting point is 00:45:17 thing. And you know what? We're going to collectively celebrate when we win. Well, I know, man. When I met you back in February, you know, thanks to Angela Ryan, we first had you on The Breakfast Club. I knew you were special then just as a human being. You're just a good dude. I appreciate that.
Starting point is 00:45:29 So, you know, our prayers are with you, man. And I want everybody to make some noise for the next governor of Florida, Andrew Gillum. Let's get it done. Walk it like I'm talking. Walk it like we're talking. With a baguette.
Starting point is 00:45:43 It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Hey, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Hey, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlemagne Tha God, Angela Yee, DJ Envy is not here. But we have Angela Rye filling in for him because we are in Miami. You know what Charlemagne Tha God always says? I always say that the craziest people come from the Bronx and all of Florida. So you might be from Florida.
Starting point is 00:46:03 Well, you know what's so funny? There's so many people from the low country, the 843, that I've been meeting this morning. But we had to come down to Florida to make sure Florida doesn't F this up, okay? Because the elections are next week. Why do you almost sound like Ron DeSantis? What you mean? Because he said he didn't want Florida to monkey this.
Starting point is 00:46:20 I didn't say monkey. I said F it up. All right. Be careful. I'm just saying. F it up would be voting for Rhonda Sanders. That's my point. I just want to make sure we're on the same page.
Starting point is 00:46:28 That's my point. Florida's a little crazy, so we just got to make sure they're down here doing the right thing. Well, in case you missed it, Governor, well, soon to be Governor Gillum, Mayor Gillum was just here, chopping it up with us about the importance of voting, certain things that he actually has on the bill for himself, when he becomes governor, what's most important, things that we should be paying attention to, issues, when you vote, what you should be looking for, right? Yes. And we have more people coming through this morning as well.
Starting point is 00:46:52 Yes, go ahead. Tell them, Rye. So, yeah, we have Sabrina Fulton coming up, who leads the Trayvon Martin Foundation. Many of you all will know her from, of course, the unfortunate death of her son Trayvon Martin and since then has used his death to fuel her activism. Has been engaged politically since then. Also
Starting point is 00:47:12 Desmond Meade who runs the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition will be discussing Amendment 4 which is also on the ballot this Tuesday and of course you all know early voting is happening right now. Please go out and early vote in any state that you're in where there's early voting. Please go do that.
Starting point is 00:47:27 Why is early voting so important, Angela? I think early voting is important for several reasons. Traditionally, black and brown voters, young people, old people have the most issues at the polls. If you live in a state where an ID is requested of you and you don't have an ID, there are challenges. Sometimes you don't have an ID, there are challenges. Sometimes you don't have your name matched. If you get married, right, and your name isn't the same as when you registered to vote, you can experience challenges. What people really need to know is that you can always request a provisional ballot legally. People also need to know that
Starting point is 00:47:59 if you're having any issues at the polls, we talked about this recently, there's a hotline called Election Protection that's existed for years, ran by lawyers. They'll tell you exactly what to do there. Do not leave no matter what. And make sure you call Election Protection at 866-OUR-VOTE. Or you can text them. You know, we're a texting generation now. We love to text.
Starting point is 00:48:18 Absolutely. Is there an app? Yeah, exactly. Is there an app for that? No, but there's a text message. You text Election Protection to 97779. So basically, Angela Rice saying, then people be cheating. And if you vote early, you can prevent them from cheating.
Starting point is 00:48:31 If you need to see somebody who cheated, you just look no further than that 2016 election. I still believe that one day we are going to find out just how much Russian influence that election. I will tell you all this, man. I believe in Andrew Gillum. I wish I could vote for Andrew Gillum. After seeing how he restored his hairline, there's no doubt. You know what? You're just so rude.
Starting point is 00:48:51 There's no doubt that he can restore. What about what he said about money bail? He said that a number of people sitting in jail right now are sitting there because they can't afford to pay their bail. That's true. And what he's going to do with that. We know that during the primary, Andrew staked his whole campaign on stand your ground. When Marquise McLaughlin was shot here, he went and did a sit-in in the governor's office like, I want you to issue an emergency stay on this law.
Starting point is 00:49:14 It is literally killing black men, taking us out. Listen, that's all light work for Andrew Gillum. Yeah. Okay. You know how I know that's light work? Because he filled in the gap that was his ball spot. You know where I got it. All right.
Starting point is 00:49:24 Anyway, we do have- I'm going to push you out this chair. We do have rumors on the way. We are going to talk about somebody who has said they are seriously considering a 2020 presidential run. I want to see what you think about this. I hope it's not a celebrity. It's definitely a celebrity.
Starting point is 00:49:38 I want to see if you would vote for this guy. Also, shout out to DJ Envy. He's not here with us, but he does have his car show, which is happening on Saturday. It's a huge deal for them. It's going to be like 5,000 people. It's going to be crazy. I'm going out there. I hope they all go vote. I absolutely hope so, too. They better be in order to vote. But a lot of kids are going out
Starting point is 00:49:55 as well. So I'll be out there, too, tomorrow, showing my support. But it's the first time he's put something this big together. So shout out to Envy. That's why he decided not to come down here and help us encourage people to vote early. Don't put that thought. Tell them why you mad.
Starting point is 00:50:08 It's a narrative out there. But this was kind of a last minute thing for us and the date kept switching. So he did want to come originally, but when we changed the date to Friday, he couldn't make it. Well, listen,
Starting point is 00:50:16 we're at the Miami Soul Cafe in Miami. We got free breakfast, old school Black Panther style, and we're encouraging people to go out there and vote early. So come on down to the Miami Soul Cafe.
Starting point is 00:50:25 I'm signing my books. I see people out here with copies of Black Privilege. They stole them from the library. Yes, drop on the clues bombs for Marcus, because Angela Lee said that I was stereotyping when I asked, did you buy the book or stole it? Marcus came in here with a book with a big-ass barcode on it, and I said, you got that from the library? He said, yep, but it ain't going back.
Starting point is 00:50:42 And I personalized it for him, so that's how I know it's not going back. So salute to you, Marcus. Hey, man, you got to read by any means necessary. Have you ever stole a book from the library? He said, yep, but it ain't going back. And I personalized it for him. So that's how I know it's not going back. So salute to you, Marcus. Hey, man, you got to read by any means necessary. Have you ever stole a book from the library? Hell yeah. I still, listen,
Starting point is 00:50:50 I still steal a little bit now. Like if I go into a gas station and it's like a XXL magazine or like a Vibe magazine, like something like that, like I don't buy the magazine. I'll just pick it up and walk out the store with it.
Starting point is 00:51:00 You do not do that. All the time. Okay, can you not do that anymore? But you know what makes me feel better? Can you believe he just said he does that? Yeah, but he want to talk about crazy people being from Florida. Right. You know the little coin things that be at the register when you donate a little change for some foundation?
Starting point is 00:51:15 I do that, so I feel like I'm paying it forward by doing that. All right, whatever makes you sleep at night. That is not. That's why you ain't got no hairline now, because you do stuff like that. That's karma. But guess what? I'm about to do an Andrew Gillum and Safari and Tory Lanez. Okay, enough.
Starting point is 00:51:27 And Tiger did real soon. That's how we know you sensitive about your hairline. I'm going to get me a hairline just for a season. That's all. I dare you to dry some of your hair. You don't deserve no hairline. Dry? Dry?
Starting point is 00:51:38 I dare you to dry some of your hair. You don't deserve no edges. You don't deserve it. God ain't going to give you no hairline. No, not the way he trolls people. You don't deserve no edges. That was a beautiful thing. You see my Instagram comment section? Like, the trolling begins with your boy,
Starting point is 00:51:52 okay? Okay, he loves it. Terrible. That was a beautiful word that Andrew Gillum delivered this morning when he said the grandma put the holy oil on his head. The anointing. The anointing. That's not how it works. You as Jehovah's Witness, so you don't know. You don't just pour it like this. You just put a little bit. He said his grandma put the cross on his head like that.
Starting point is 00:52:08 I thought his grandma rubbed it in the balls. Okay, keep going. I'm going to push you out. All right, let's get ready for rumors. It's the Breakfast Club. Yes. Hey, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, the Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee.
Starting point is 00:52:18 We got Angela Rye filling in for DJ Envy. How are you? I'm wonderful. Good morning. Good morning. Good morning. We got Angelina's rumor report coming right now. It's time. She's filling the tea.
Starting point is 00:52:31 This is the rumor report with Angelina Yee on The Breakfast Club. Well, as we are getting ready to find out who is going to be running for president in 2020, guess who said they are seriously considering running? That would be Akon. Nah, we cool. What? Love you, Akon, but nah, we cool. He said, I didn't want to just do it
Starting point is 00:52:49 because I feel like I want to continue doing what I'm doing and hope that builds me enough momentum for people to say, you know what, if you run, we'll support you. Nah. So he's possibly. Akon is a great brother. Drop one of the clues bombs for Akon. I love everything that he's doing, especially in Africa,
Starting point is 00:53:03 but we don't need no more celebrity and chiefs as the president of the United States of America. He said, I feel a lot more unsafe. I feel unempowered. Honestly, I feel it's going to be a fight. I feel like I should be always prepared for the unexpected. I feel very uncomfortable,
Starting point is 00:53:16 and I feel a lot of Americans do. Even some white Americans feel that way because they're watching backlash of his decisions. It's not what's happening now because it's clear it's creating a whole bunch of divide today. But I think tomorrow that impact is going to be so much more devastating. Where was he born? I don't know. That's a good question.
Starting point is 00:53:33 I used to live in Jersey. I know that. Breaking. So Eugene just yelled at me that he was born in Senegal. Here's the problem. In the United States, in order for you to be the president, you have to have been born in the United States. If you can remember when Trump was trying to act like Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States, in order for you to be the president, you have to have been born in the United States. If you can remember when Trump was trying to act like Barack Obama wasn't born in the United States. So, sorry, Akon. Nice try, but we got you. Yeah, we good on Akon.
Starting point is 00:53:54 I love Akon, but no, we don't need no more celebrity and chiefs. We cool on that. All right, now Kim Kardashian has had to apologize. And that's because of a word that she used. Now she dressed up as Pamela Anderson for Kendall Jenner's Halloween party, but guests kept trying to figure out what her costume was. They couldn't figure it out.
Starting point is 00:54:11 And in a video that she posted and deleted on her Instagram, she called those people the R word, as in retarded. Is that a bad word? Yes, it's a bad word. It's not politically correct. But that's what I'm saying. We've been using that word for so long. I think people just don't know what the politically correct term is now.
Starting point is 00:54:29 You're supposed to say, like, well, I was going to say you're supposed to say slow, but you're not supposed to say slow. You can say mentally challenged. Mentally challenged. You can say, I don't know. That's what I'm saying. You know that's not a, like, for instance, somebody added her, Kim Kardashian, using the R word on her IG story from yesterday. It's disgusting, and I really liked her.
Starting point is 00:54:49 Watched, followed, bought-ish, spent like three grand on her game. My brother is an angel sent from heaven, and if you use it generally, you use it all the time. Done. I'm sure she didn't mean it in that way. Mentally, you have to, yeah, but she probably didn't mean it, but mentally challenged. When you have a platform like that, you just have more responsibility. So let me ask you a question. What if it's the Special Olympics and they run in track?
Starting point is 00:55:08 Don't do it. Just I don't know where this is. Charlamagne, do you. Would you ever. Let me ask you this. Don't do it. Don't do it. Charlamagne, would you ever use that word on the radio?
Starting point is 00:55:17 What? Retarded? Mm-hmm. I'm sure that I have. But I mean, if when you know better, you do better. Right. So she should know better now. But she's apologized. She said,
Starting point is 00:55:26 I want to apologize for what I said in a recent video post that is inappropriate and insensitive to the special needs community. I try to learn from my mistakes and this is one of those times. Please know that my intention is always pure, and in this case it was a mistake. I'm sorry. That's what I'm saying. I haven't heard anybody here say the politically correct term.
Starting point is 00:55:42 I said mentally challenged. Is that it for sure? Yes. How about don't make fun of mentally challenged people and use that? No, no, no. She wasn't making fun of nobody. Yes, she was. She was saying the people that couldn't figure out what her costume was were. Yeah, but she wasn't pointing at mentally challenged kids and calling them that.
Starting point is 00:56:00 She was calling people who weren't mentally challenged. No, but that's exactly it. She's calling them that because they are just like. Right. So that's the problem. If you're likening somebody to not being able to complete a task to someone who actually has real mental challenges, that's the problem. Right. Just because you can't figure out my costume, now I got to say you have mental challenges?
Starting point is 00:56:18 Like, come on. Okay. And they say Akon was born in St. Louis, by the way. Why are you lying, G? I don't know. That's what DJ 33 and 3rd just showed me on Google. I don't know if that's true. Well, if he was born in St. Louis, by the way. Why are you lying, G? I don't know. That's what DJ 33 and 3rd just showed me on Google. I don't know if that's true. Well, if he was born in St. Louis. Okay, so he can't run for president.
Starting point is 00:56:30 Special needs. Was he born in Senegal or no? If he has a birth certificate from another country, then he could not run for the president. You're already asking for his birth certificate? Wow. I did just do that. I thought you was against Trump.
Starting point is 00:56:45 Wow. I am definitely against Trump. I'm not trying to be a birther, but I am trying to. It does say here, place of birth, St. Louis. I don't know. We don't know because Gene said he moved here when he was two months old. Look, all that matters is he went to Clark Atlanta University. Is that on here?
Starting point is 00:57:01 If you went to an agency, the rule is thrown out the window. Now you can run. All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee, the rule is thrown out the window. Now you can run. I love it. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Rumor Report. We got a lot more coming up this morning. That's right. As we are in Miami with special guest co-host Angela Rye. Yes, we're brought back.
Starting point is 00:57:15 We're talking about voting. We're talking about elections. And we're bringing in some people to educate y'all as well. And us. When we come back, we want to talk to... Sabrina Fulton from the Trayvon Martin Foundation. That's right. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 00:57:30 Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee, special guest co-host Angela Rye. We are broadcasting live from the Miami Soul Cafe in Miami Gardens, Florida, because we are down here encouraging people to go out there and vote early because the election is next week on November the 6th. And, you know, we're preempting Donkey today because we have a lot of special guests rolling through. And we have one here right now. Her name is Sabrina Fulton. Make some noise for Sabrina Fulton, y'all. Good morning, Sabrina.
Starting point is 00:57:59 How are you? Good morning. I'm doing good. Glad to be home. Did you get some grits in you? No, not yet. I'm waiting. I placed my order, though. She was like, just let me
Starting point is 00:58:07 know because we got to get our food. We appreciate you for coming out with us this morning and talking about the importance of voting. And we've been talking about early voting and all of that. So from your point of view, why do people need to get out and vote? They need to get out and vote because people fought, died, got arrested and everything. They have the right to vote.
Starting point is 00:58:24 So the least you can do is get out and vote. A lot of people don't think they vote matter. That's the only voice you have. People don't really listen to rallying in the street. They don't listen to signed petitions and things like that. They listen when you vote, and that's important. That's why it's so important because they're listening. Your vote is your voice.
Starting point is 00:58:42 We had Andrew Gilliam on earlier talking about stand your ground. You know he wants to repeal stand your ground if he's elected. When you think about the significance of the fact that that legislation is even on the books, I think it's been on the books in Florida since 2006, knowing that that was a key part of George Zimmerman's defense in killing Trayvon, how does that make you feel knowing that you may have a governor with that type of allyship there? Well, I have a lot of respect for the mayor Gillum because of his stance on stand your ground. And I really appreciate the support. You know, a lot of people won't speak out about stand your ground. They know it's not a good law, but they still won't speak out. At least he's speaking out amongst other things that I
Starting point is 00:59:29 support him with. You know, a lot of people need to be selfish about what they voting for. You know, you got to, yeah, you got, what's your interest? What's going to benefit you? And so I'm looking at what's going to benefit me when I look on the other side and I see what they're saying, it's not going to benefit me, anything that they're saying. So that's why it's so important, you know, and I don't support evil, you know. So Gillum represents good. He represents what's righteous. He represents for the people, and that's who I am. And so I just feel like it's important for people to get out and vote for Andrew Gillum.
Starting point is 01:00:00 What are some of your interests? Some of my interests is making sure that our teachers get paid. You know, they're not getting paid enough money. So that was one of the fields I was looking into before, but I was like, I wouldn't be able to feed my kids with what those, you know, what the teachers make. And so he's interested in increasing that, the salary for the teachers. He's interested in not only paying the teachers more money, but better education system in the public schools. You know, a lot of people can't afford to have their kids to go to private school. He's interested in affordable health care. He's interested in, I mean, it's just so many other things that he is in support of. You know, I'm not going to say that I'm 100 percent
Starting point is 01:00:42 in agreements, but I just can't think of anything right now that I don't agree with him on. You know, and it's not because he's a black man. He's an educated black man. And we need to look at that as well. And he's in touch with the needs of the people, too. I think sometimes certain people are running for office and they're so elite that certain things that affect us don't affect them. So they don't care about it. That's correct.
Starting point is 01:01:02 A lot of times people, you know, like I said, they need to be more selfish about what they vote for. Be selfish. Listen. Listen to the issues that Gillum has. Listen to the issues that other people have. And if they line up with your benefit, they line up with what you need to do and your thoughts and your beliefs, and that's who you need to vote for. What would you say to people who say things like, oh, voting doesn't matter. Our votes don't count? I would tell them, ask them if they need a ride to the poll, because they vote,
Starting point is 01:01:29 they vote absolutely counts. You know, people, people, we can't, we can't be still, you know, in that mindset. We got to change mindsets, and you got to believe that your vote does count. Every, even one vote, you can watch it, I know on on Tuesday I'm probably going to be up all night you know looking at the numbers as they come in but those numbers count and so if it's one vote whether it's 10 votes 100 votes we want our candidate to make sure that they get elected when you um when you lost Trayvon you really really leaned into activism and I'm so so grateful that we got close after that I hate the circumstances of course um but you have been such a true leader um to so many of us watching how you've handled this and you've taken your pain and that trauma and said I'm going
Starting point is 01:02:19 to use this to fuel and to motivate my actions and get people more involved. Talk about why that's so important to you, because it's not just voting to you, it's overall engagement in the process. I've been doing quite a bit. God, I'm so tired. I've been doing quite a bit, you know, traveling, you know, to different parts of the United States and even out of the country, you know, but it's important to, I just can't stop. I can't stop. It's just something within me. And I feel like when I'm doing something, it keeps me busy and it takes my mind off of my situation and what I'm going through. So a lot of times, you know, I tell myself I'm going to take a break, but I really don't take the break because something else comes up, something else comes up.
Starting point is 01:03:06 And so, you know, we just came off the documentary, the Rest in Power documentary. We came to the station. We also did, you know, a book in 2017 was the book, and then this year was the documentary. So I've been busy with that. We run the foundation. It's out of here, out of Miami, Florida. And yesterday we just did a big youth event where we had kids to come out from, you know, Dayton and Broward schools. We talk about bullying.
Starting point is 01:03:35 We talk about gun violence. We talk about social media and mental health, you know, things that the kids need to talk about. And so that's what fuels me. That's what makes me keep going. And it's not just about the election period now. It's just about continuing to do your part. And I just feel like I have to do my part. Now, did you watch the documentary? Because I'm not going to front.
Starting point is 01:03:55 I couldn't watch it. I tried, and then I was like, man, I started getting overwhelmed. I don't want to keep making myself angry before I go to bed. No, no, no. This is what you have to do. You have to watch it in parts. It's a six-part series. So watch the first part and then just put it down for a minute and then go back to it.
Starting point is 01:04:12 It is hard to watch. It's hard for me to watch. It was hard for us to make. It was hard for us to, you know, do the book. All of those things was hard, but it's important. And we need to do it. You know, I fuss at my family. I had to fuss at them. I had
Starting point is 01:04:25 to fuss at, you know, even my mom, my sisters, my cousins and everything like that. You know, you got to watch it. You know, we took the time to go and spill out our heart because everybody was doing so many different things as it relates to Trayvon, but it wasn't the parents of, you know, and so Tracy and I decided, okay, this is what we're going to do. This is us. And I really commend the directors and producers and you know, Paramount Networks and everything for what
Starting point is 01:04:54 they did because they allowed us to like say what we wanted to say. We were able to just be ourselves and you'll see it when you really watch it. It really hits hard because we're really talking about what happened in our journey and what we went through and what we're continuing to go through. Well, I admire you so much and we appreciate you so much because I know it's not an easy thing to do, but we appreciate you giving of yourself. Yes. Thank you. Thank you for joining us this morning.
Starting point is 01:05:18 And for the record, who are you voting for next week? Andrew Gillum. I'm just trying to make sure. Did you vote early? Yes, I did. Hey, make some noise for Sabrina Fulton, y'all. Love you, sis. Thank you.
Starting point is 01:05:29 We'll be back with more of the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. And we got Desmond Meade coming up to talk about what, Angela Rye? He is talking about Amendment 4. Yes, it's The Breakfast Club. Hey, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee. Angela Rye is guest co-hosting. We are broadcasting live from the Miami Soul
Starting point is 01:05:45 Cafe in Miami. Miami, make some noise! Woo! That was Travis Scott's Sicko Mode. I love that record because that is the most responsible drug use I've ever heard someone say on a record. When Drake said a half a zan, that is a doctor prescribed amount
Starting point is 01:06:01 for a 13-hour flight. Drop one of Clues Bombs for Drake for responsible drug use. Now, we have a special guest in the building. Desmond Meade is here with us. Hey. Hey, how y'all doing? What's up, my brother? Now, Desmond Meade,
Starting point is 01:06:15 what exactly is the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition? I'm glad you asked. Florida Rights Restoration Coalition is a statewide organization in Florida that's ran and led by people who've had felony convictions. And so, and family members of people who've been caught up in the criminal justice system.
Starting point is 01:06:31 And so we've been like the leading voice for people with records. And we've been holding it down real hard in Florida for quite a few years now. What's your background, Jasmine Mead, that this was such an important mission for you? What crime did you commit? That's a great, no, that's a great story. Because right down the street from here, you know, I was, uh, in 2005, I was standing in front of railroad tracks waiting on the train to come so I can jump in front of it. At that time, I just got out of prison. I was homeless. I was hooked on crack and I didn't see
Starting point is 01:06:58 no light at the end of the tunnel. Um, but that train didn't come that day. Thank God. Thanks to God. And I ended up crossing those tracks and and I walked two blocks further to check myself into drug treatment. From drug treatment, I moved into a homeless shelter. And while living at the homeless shelter, I enrolled in Miami-Dade College. One thing led to another. Eventually, I got accepted in the FIU College of Law, and in May 2014, I graduated with a law degree. Now, how did you know you needed help? I love that story, though, by the way.
Starting point is 01:07:23 Can we just give it up for that? It's amazing. I want to dig into that a little bit more. The first sign of, you know, having a problem is denial. How did you know I have, I don't have, I have a problem and I want to get it fixed? You know, I've been knowing I had a problem for a minute, but the desire to get it fixed is a big thing. And sometimes a person have to hit rock bottom or something tragic have to happen in their lives. In my case, you know, it was when I was walking to those railroad tracks, my mind was fixated on a story I heard about two weeks prior about this dude that just killed himself by jumping in front of a train. So when I got to the tracks, I couldn't stop and I couldn't move.
Starting point is 01:07:59 And it was just that moment, you know. But then when I crossed the tracks, you know, I asked myself, if I would have died, how many people would come to my funeral? And the answer was zero. And even in the best-case scenario, with my picture on the front page of the Miami Herald, I only could think of four people that would come and maybe two would have shed a tear. And that bothered me because that made me question, what is my existence on this earth? That's real. You own a lip funeral.
Starting point is 01:08:25 For real, for real. And that's what I ended up doing because that same year, Rosa Parks passed. And they had a body laying in state in the return of the Capitol. And when I seen all those people that was like crying and just giving them mad respect, I just jumped up, started screaming at the TV. I was like, man, that's what I want. I want a poppy funeral. Yeah, I was planning my shit. And so I screaming at the TV. I was like, man, that's what I want. I want a poppy funeral. Yeah, I was planning my shit.
Starting point is 01:08:45 And so I was at my stuff. But for real, though. He said that was lit. That's what I said. I was planning that lit stuff. But, no, I actually ended up saying I'm going to have my funeral at Joe Robbie Stadium, you know, which is now Hard Rock. They changed the name so many times.
Starting point is 01:09:04 Wherever the Dolphins played, I was going to have my funeral. And that's what really just got me, you know, started doing the things that I do now. Whatever it takes, right? Absolutely. And Desmond, you know, you talked about your story and crossing those train tracks. You have Amendment 4 on the ballot,
Starting point is 01:09:20 and we're talking about what a way to help people cross the proverbial train track. It's about second chances. 1.4 million people can have their voting rights restored with this ballot initiative. Talk to us about that. Yeah, so, you know, I think that, first of all, let me tell you straight up unabashedly that this Amendment 4 is the biggest thing that's on the ballot in any ballot across the entire country. Really? Because what it's doing. Okay. across the entire country. Really? Because of what it's doing. When you talk about re-enfranchising 1.4 million people,
Starting point is 01:09:46 that's more people since the women's suffrage movement gave women the right to vote. Yeah. A lot of people have billed this as a continuation of the civil rights movement. Right? And this thing is historic. This thing, people never thought we'd get here, but we're here. And on top of that, it's led by people who are directly impacted. So even when you look at top of that it's led by people who are directly impacted so even like
Starting point is 01:10:05 when you look at and it's great because you look at what like voters doing in louisiana with amendment two you look what my brother is doing in ohio with amendment one and then with us a directly impacted person leading our own liberation you can't get any better than that you know and and it's real it's organic it It's been grassroots. Before anybody thought about running, we had no money, no backing. And we got all the way to the Supreme Court just on a pure will, pure dedication believing that when the debt is paid,
Starting point is 01:10:34 it's paid and it's time for folks to feel what it's like to be a citizen again. And the loss of voting rights definitely affects people of color disproportionately. We're going to come back and talk to you some more, Desmond Meade. We've got to go to break because this is live radio. We're going to come back and talk to you some more, Desmond Meade. We've got to go to break because this is live radio. We're going to come back and talk to Desmond Meade about Amendment 4 some more. It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 01:10:52 It's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela He. Angela Rye is guest co-hosting for DJ Envy. We've got Desmond Meade here. He's discussing Amendment 4, which is here to restore felon voting rights. Right. And we were just talking about how it disproportionately affects us. Yes.
Starting point is 01:11:09 So one out of every four African-American men in Florida can't vote because of a felony conviction. It is so hard. And so let me tell you, but there are a couple of things that's very important. We understand the impact that it has on the African-American community, and it diminishes our political voice. But it is not exclusively an African-American issue. Just like a tumor, you know what I'm saying? While it was originally intended to keep the newly freed slaves from voting, but if you leave a tumor unchecked, it's spread to the whole body.
Starting point is 01:11:37 And so now whites, Latinos, everybody is being impacted. As a matter of fact, African-American... Mostly poor people? Definitely poor people because a lot of poor people, they have to take these plea deals, which goes to the fact that over 75% of people who are convicted in Florida, and that's 170,000
Starting point is 01:11:54 people each year get convicted of a felony offense. Over 75% of those people never even get sentenced to prison. Wow. Never get sentenced to prison. So you're only talking about a small subsection of people who actually go to prison that are coming out. So there are people all over this state, in our homes, in our churches, in our pulpits, that got felony convictions that can't vote,
Starting point is 01:12:15 you know, even after they served their time 10, 20, 30 years ago. And Desmond, you talk about this, there's a public policy polling that recently came out that says 63 percent of voters in Florida support Amendment 4. Talk about the bipartisan support you have. Matter of fact, I could tell you right now that that's one of the most exciting things I love about this movement here is that because when you talk about voting felons in Florida, that is a toxic mix that even the experts say would never get anywhere. But look where we're at right now. We're four days away from voting on Amendment 4 and we're polling above 60%. And let me tell you something.
Starting point is 01:12:54 And we're doing it in the fashion that no one thought was possible by getting bipartisan support. And listen, what does this say about a movement when you can get ACLU to the Koch brothers, Christian Coalition to the Koch brothers, Christian Coalition to the AMEs, all agreeing on the same thing with no organized opposition? I mean, this thing is righteous, man. And I'm excited about it because here, in this time when there's so much division and fear and hatred in this country,
Starting point is 01:13:20 this is that one movement that's showing that, man, we could come together along the lines of humanity. This is a campaign about love and not fear of hate. This is a campaign about inclusion and not exclusion, and people are embracing it. And so I'm excited about it, and I'm excited about the fact that not only are we going to win, but we're going to be a shining example to the rest of the country about what we can accomplish when we can transcend partisan politics and racial anxiety. How would a felon disenfranchisement affect both political parties in Florida in the future? So this is what I tell people. When the police arrested me, he didn't ask me if I was Democrat or Republican. And when the judge sends me the time, he didn't ask me if
Starting point is 01:14:00 I was Democrat or Republican. I can tell you right now, I've traveled the state of Florida to 50,000 miles a year. I put on my car and I'm telling you, I run in the soul mint. We got bikers for Trump that's wearing Amendment 4 T-shirts. Wow. Because guess what? Everybody, man, when it comes to even like drug addiction or whatever, drugs don't see no Democrat or Republican. Jail is one thing that we can all agree sucks.
Starting point is 01:14:26 And that's very dehumanizing. You do your time, and then you come out, and then it's like you're still not a citizen with the rights that a citizen of the United States would have. You're perpetually punished. And then you have, for instance, we got a guy that served our country, put his life on the line. He came back home and wrote a bad check and had to wait 30 years to get his rights restored. Whoa. Oh, my God. There's something that's just wrong with that.
Starting point is 01:14:45 When you pay your last car note or your last mortgage payment, you ain't looking for no bill coming in the mail. When a debt is paid, it's paid. People across the board, conservative, progressive, white, black, Latino, they can understand that. To seal a deal, every one of us
Starting point is 01:15:01 know what it is to want forgiveness. Because ain't nobody along to say I'll never want to be forgiven for anything I've ever done ever. And redemption. There you go. You can't beat that. That's right. You can't beat that. Well, Justin and me, we thank you so much for coming by and taking the time to sit down and talk to us on The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 01:15:17 Where can they find you? Listen, I need y'all. You can find me at Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. But most importantly, listen, I need y'all every single day from here on out, these last four days, to tell your listeners to vote for Amendment 4. Come out and vote. Vote yes. Get the deal.
Starting point is 01:15:31 Even if you can't vote, you can bring 10 to win. Bring 10 to win. And if you have a perfect life and you ain't never been in trouble, bring 4 for 4. Bring somebody out to go vote because this is our moment. Just like Eminem said, we got one shot. This is that opportunity that comes once in a lifetime. We can't afford to blow it.
Starting point is 01:15:50 This is about us for us. Let's show up at the polls and get this thing across the finish line. That's right. That's my man, Desmond Meade. We broadcast live from the Miami Soul Cafe, and these salmon croquettes are slamming. Yes, sir. We'll be back.
Starting point is 01:16:03 You spit on me again. Watch what happens. I spit on you. Yo. Yes, it's We'll be back. You said it on me again. Watch what happens. I've been on your mind. Yo. Yes, it's the world's most dangerous morning show, The Breakfast Club. Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee. DJ Envy is not here, but we have a nice beige replacement for him. Keep it up.
Starting point is 01:16:16 In the name of Angela Rye. We are broadcasted live from the Miami Soul Cafe in Miami Gardens, Florida. Miami 305. What's happening out there? Y'all can make more noise than that, damn Gardens, Florida. Miami 305. What's happening out there? Y'all can make more noise than that, damn it, darling. You know what it is? Y'all done had grits and eggs and pancakes. I know.
Starting point is 01:16:33 I need a nap. Now y'all tired. The food here is delicious. Shout out to everybody here at Miami Soul Cafe and to Royalty Cuisines for the cake. We got some special cakes as well. That's right. But right now it's time for Rumor Report. Listen up.
Starting point is 01:16:47 It's just in. All it got. Gossip. The Rumor Report. Gossip. With Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club.
Starting point is 01:16:55 Oh, well, let's get into some new music for today. Take Off, his album has landed. Drop on the Clues Bonds for Take Off. The Last Rocket. Take Off is the best lyricist in the Migos. I've been saying it for years. Also, Metro Booman put out a new album with Travis Scott, Young Thug on it, Gunna, and more. For the compilation album?
Starting point is 01:17:12 Yeah, I mean, he's a producer. So, you know, he actually, from what I'm hearing, it's called Not All Heroes Wear Capes. It's supposed to be a great album. I haven't had a chance to listen yet. I just saw a young lady who came out here earlier who looked just like Takeoff, by the way. Okay. Also, Swizzy, his Poison album is out as well.
Starting point is 01:17:32 So I don't know if you had a chance to hear Swizzy's album yet. No, I haven't. I listened to the first song on Takeoff album. I haven't gotten through the whole album yet. All right, and City Girls, their new album, Girl Code, is going to be coming out this month also. Just so you know, November 16th. I'm out here right now with my free JT shirt on right now, repping the City Girls in the
Starting point is 01:17:47 305. All right. And also out today is the movie Body. Heard about it. Yes. It's a battle rap movie. Yes. Directed by and created by Joseph Kahn, executive produced by Eminem and Charlamagne.
Starting point is 01:17:59 Yes. I'm in the movie. I play a character called Honey Grahams and I'm a consultant producer on the film. So that's out in the movie. I play a character called Honey Grams, and I'm a consultant producer on the film. So that's out in theaters everywhere now. I'm going to rent a theater next week somewhere and have my own screening for it. Are you going to buy food and popcorn and everything for everybody? I ain't doing all that now. I ain't doing all that.
Starting point is 01:18:13 Well, we're not coming to your screening. What you mean? You get to watch a free movie. That's the least you can do is buy your own popcorn. All right. And your own drink. Sneak it in. You got it.
Starting point is 01:18:20 No, I don't. All right. I'll tell you who do got it. Michael Jordan. He just made a multi-million dollar donation to At-Risk Children. That's the Friends of the Children nonprofit. So shout-out to Michael Jordan for that. He said, what stood out to me about Friends of the Children was that they employ and train their mentors
Starting point is 01:18:34 and that they commit to every child for 12 1⁄2 years. That dedication is important to me. My mentors believed in me and taught me the power of perseverance. I want youth and Friends of the Children to see they have that same potential. That's good. People always say Michael Jordan hasn't been charitable, especially historically, but he seems like he's making up for that now. Alright, and Pharrell is designing a collection for Chanel.
Starting point is 01:18:54 Angela, we gotta get up and how can we make this happen? I don't know. You wanna do a collab? Is that what you're saying? I just want some Chanel. Oh, okay. We're all in Florida. I'm sure y'all can find some boosters out here to go steal some Chanel for y'all. I thought you were trying to get us a deal where we could design some stuff. That's what I thought you were doing.
Starting point is 01:19:10 Oh, a little Angela Square. You got to keep your money on securing the bag. Yes. Angela Square collab? Yeah. I'm over here spending money. You make your money. I mean, that's what I thought we were doing.
Starting point is 01:19:18 All right, let's secure this bag. And also, Pete Davidson, he had some things to say on Saturday Night Live. And clearly Ariana Grande wasn't feeling his joke. Listen to the joke. Hi, I'm Jonah Hill and I'm hosting Saturday Night Live this week with musical guest Maggie Rogers. Hey Maggie, I'm Pete. Hey Pete. You want to get married?
Starting point is 01:19:39 No. 0 for 3. Drop on the clues box, Pete Davidson. Well, Ariana Grande was not feeling that joke. She posted and said, underneath it, she said, for somebody who claims to hate relevancy, you sure love clinging to it, huh? And then she said, thank you, next. So I'm not supposed to use my life as material.
Starting point is 01:19:56 I'm a comedian, okay? So, yes, I am 0 for 3 when it comes to being engaged and not getting married, so I can't use that as material for my jokes. Are you speaking in Pete Davidson's voice now? No, I'm saying she'll use it for songs. He definitely did. No, he just said, so I'm not supposed to. How many songs has Taylor Swift written about her exes?
Starting point is 01:20:13 You think Ariana Grande not going to write about this on her next album? But it makes it open for a clapback. She just clapped back. That's all. Yeah, she can respond, right? Absolutely. She was a little annoyed about it. I get why she's mad, but she has to expect that.
Starting point is 01:20:24 When you're a data entertainer, you have to expect that your life will be their content. And then he should have expected she's going to have something to say about it. Absolutely. All right, and Steph Curry is producing a movie about the Charleston church shooting. It's called Emmanuel, named after the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina. Well, not just Steph Curry. He's doing it with South Carolina native Viola Davis. Yes, he teamed up with Viola Davis.
Starting point is 01:20:43 So that should be a great one for us to all make sure we go out and support. Viola Davis is from South Carolina. Let's be clear on that, okay? Also, let's be clear on this. DJ Envy couldn't make it out here today. Why? And I told y'all because he has his car show that's happening tomorrow. It's a big deal.
Starting point is 01:20:57 He's been working on this for months right now, and he's doing it all by himself. So it's a lot of work for him. And we are actually hooking you up with a four-pack of tickets to the Drive Your Dreams Car Show that's presented by Lincoln Tech and DJ Envy. It's tomorrow, Saturday, November 3rd at the Meadowlands Expo Center. Over 100 cars, Ferraris, Bugattis, American Muscle, European, Japanese, and celebrity cars. I feel like I should Uber there because I don't want anybody to see my car next to all
Starting point is 01:21:21 these cars. I'm pulling up in the O2 Escalade with 397,000 miles on it. Everyone knows you don't have that Escalade, Charlemagne. That's not true. I still have it right now. Stop with this false narrative. But be calling 105 now at 1-800-585-1051 and you can win your way in as well. And listen, man, just salute to everybody who pulled up to us at the Miami Soul
Starting point is 01:21:37 Cafe here in Miami. We still got breakfast outside. We're giving away free breakfast. We've been giving away free breakfast all morning long and we're just here encouraging y'all to go out and vote early. Yes, thank you to Sabrina Fulton. Thank you to Desmond Meade. Thank you to Andrew Gillum. And we have a very special guest co-host.
Starting point is 01:21:54 Angela Rye. Thank you guys. This was good. Well, it's not over yet. We still got another hour. Yeah, it's the Breakfast Club. Hey Bo. Hey Matt. Can you believe we have a whole bunch of Wicked episodes coming up? Oh, I can't wait to share all of these amazing episodes with the readers, KDs, publicists, and finalists. That's right. We're talking all things behind bringing this iconic musical to the big screen.
Starting point is 01:22:15 And of course, we're taking you inside the world of this epic movie with all the exclusive details you won't hear anywhere else. It's Wicked in a way you've never heard before. Don't miss it. And be sure to go watch Wicked in theaters starting November 22nd. Listen to Lost Culture East just on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Starting point is 01:22:35 Hey y'all, Niminy here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Executive produced by Questlove, The Story Pirates, and John Glickman, Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Flash, slam, another one gone.
Starting point is 01:22:55 Bash, bam, another one gone. The crack of the bat and another one gone. The tip of the cap, there's another one gone. Each episode is about a different, inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.
Starting point is 01:23:15 Check it. And it began with me. Did you know, did you know? I wouldn't give up my seat. Nine months before Rosa It was called a moment Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history,
Starting point is 01:23:33 you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. The 2025 iHeart Podcast Awards are coming. This is the chance to nominate your podcast for the industry's biggest award. Submit your podcast for nomination now at iHeart.com slash podcast awards.
Starting point is 01:23:58 But hurry, submissions close on December 8th. Hey, you've been doing all that talking. It's time to get rewarded for it. Submit your podcast today at iHeart.com slash podcast awards. That's iHeart.com slash podcast awards.

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