The Breakfast Club - Wale interview and more

Episode Date: June 18, 2018

Monday 6/18 - Today on the show we had Wale stopped by where he spoke about racial ambiguity, his new album and more. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to media executive Steve Bannon for his comments he made about Martin Luther King being proud of Donald Trump. Also, after a video clip surfaced of Jada Pinkett Smith saying that she is okay with her husband taking vacations with his ex wife, we opened up the phone lines to see if any of our listeners would be okay with it. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing thing alicia keys like you've never heard her before listen to on purpose with jay shetty on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts the world's most dangerous morning show the breakfast club man what the hell is this man i'm glad they put y'all together y'all are like a mega force y'all just took over every The Breakfast Club. This guy. Good morning, USA! Charlemagne. Beast of the Planet. It's Monday. Yes, it's Monday.

Oh, a very eventful weekend, man. Drop one of Clues Bomb's for rappers over 40. All right? And the reason we need to drop Clues Bomb's for rappers over 40 is because I'm hearing all of this rumbling about how this may be one of the most classic months in hip hop ever. Oh, so much music being released. You got Pusha T. Pusha T over 40.

Nas over 40. Kanye over 40. And then you have Jay-Z and Beyonce with a little sneaky album. That's what I'm saying. Okay, so drop one of Clues Bombs for rappers over 40. Alright? Delivering heavy this month. Okay? If you don't

know, if you live under a rock, Jay-Z and Beyonce released a little sneaky album over the weekend. If you don't know, because you don't got a title. Because you still refuse to download a title because you want Apple instead. You know, title sounds way better. Right, right, right. And it's black owned.

Right. So what do you think of the album so far? I love it. But, you know, I've been on Roc Nation payroll. You want everybody. You get a lot of money. You want, let me think. You want Cardi B payroll.

Cardi B payroll. Good music. You want good music payroll. And now Roc Nation. We're now Roc Nation. Wow. That's why you ain't wearing all them Rock Nation hats and stuff, man. Drop on the Clues Bond family.

You're making a lot of money. I love the album. I was actually getting ready for the MTV Movie Awards on Saturday, because that comes on tonight. But they tape Saturday. I'm presenting at those tonight. So I was getting ready, and then I just came from the gym. And I don't even know what made me.

I think it was a group chat. Matter of fact, my man Cass, Luke the Cass, Cass hit me in the group chat like, yo, Jay-Z and Beyonce got an album. I was like, what? So I immediately went with the title and pulled up Everything Is Love, and then that ruined my life for the next hour because I had to sit there and really take that in. Right.

You know what I'm saying? I couldn't just turn that on and then start doing other stuff. I had to sit down for a moment, put the headphones in, and really absorb that album. And I think they delivered, personally. Album is dope to me. Adult contemporary hip-hop. Heard it at least four times. Yes, it makes you want to be a better father,

better husband, and create more jobs for your people. That's what it made me feel like. I felt energized. Then I got drunk that night and listened to it some more and felt even better. What's your favorite record so far? Um, see, it's different vibes.

Okay. Like, sometimes I like Ape-ish. Ape, okay. Sometimes, you know, it's different messages. Like, I like Friends. I love Friends. And what he says about Friends. I love Nice. I like Nice. I love 713. I love The Black Effect. Drop him a clue for The Black Effect. I love Love Happy. I love Summer, I like nice. I love 713. 713 is dope. I love the black effect. Drop on a clue bomb for the black effect.

I love happy. I love summer, especially being that it's 93 degrees today, baby, in New York City. There's different things that I enjoy. Yes. And how was your Father's Day? Father's Day? What did I do for Father's Day? That was yesterday.

Okay. Boom. Saturday night. I was in L.A. That has nothing to do with Saturday. It was Sunday. I know, but I got real drunk. Oh, my goodness.

I got real drunk, and then I left from where I was at, backA. That has nothing to do with Saturday. It was Sunday. I know, but I got real drunk. Oh my goodness. I got real drunk and then I left from where I was at, back to the hotel, took a shower, jumped on the plane, slept for five hours, landed, came home and was on the couch all day. Father's Day ain't about nothing, man. All Father's Day is, only thing you can get for Father's Day is what you want for dinner. That's it. Which is really a normal question a couple times throughout the

week anyway. So all I got was what I wanted for dinner last night, which was just some barbecue chicken, some sweet mashed potatoes, and some green spring beans. I don't know why I say green spring beans, as if they come in another color, but you know what I mean. Yeah. You know what? Mine was the same.

You know, it was kind of just what you wanted for dinner. Did nothing. When pops came over, we barbecued a little bit, and I got what I wanted for dinner. That's it. I got a nine-year and a two-year. I got a couple of homemade cards. You know what I'm saying?

I got a homemade tie this year. Like, it was a paper tie. It wasn't even a real tie. I got, like, a paper tie. That's crazy. Why? For what reason? Look, man, my daughter, she's almost two.

They made it at her school. It's a thought that counts, man. That's what it was. It was a thought that counts. She was so excited to give it to me. I said, I don't know where I'm going to put it, but hey, thank you, baby. Truth be told, though, there is no gift that you can receive on Father's Day that is good because the greatest gift is being a father.

Absolutely. If you're an actual father and taking care of your kids. I personally don't know any deadbeats. I don't got no deadbeats in my circle. All my people either take care of their kids or want to take care of the kids but baby mama won't allow them to. Me the same. I just had a good time just hanging with the kids, man, and we jumped in the pool.

We just had a good time over the weekend. I was good. So let's get the show cracking. Front page news. Ah, man, let's start off with, let me see where we want to go. You don't even know. Yeah, I do know. We just had a good time over the weekend. Happy. I was good. So let's get the show cracking. Front page news. Ah, man, let's start off with, let me see where we want to go. You don't even know. Yeah, I do know. We just walked in. Let's talk about this art festival.

22 people shot. What? I'll tell you about that. And Do-Rag Fest. What? Yeah, Do-Rag Fest. You should have combined those two stories. 22 people shot at Do-Rag Fest.

Well, that didn't happen like that. See, that's why y'all can't be profiling. My goodness. Right there. We'll tell you about it when we that's why y'all can't be profiling. My goodness. Right there. We'll tell you about it when we come back. And Wale gonna be here this morning. And Wale will be joining us this morning. Well, if you haven't heard the Jay and Beyonce album, maybe you don't have title.

Let's play some Cuts this morning. Which one you gonna play right now? Let's play 8-ish. Okay. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. You have title? You heard the album?

I think it's out on Apple now. They said this morning, too, but I'd rather you download title. I said no to the Super Bowl. You need me. I don't need you. Tell the Grammys. F that 0 for 8. Okay? I'm Chief Keith meets Rafiki. Who been lying king to you?

I love it, man. I love it. Owning who you are. Being comfortable who you are. Not seeking validation from white people. I love it! Well, we'll talk about it more in the rumors, but right now let's get in some front page news. Do-rag-fest! You excited? I don't even know what that is. Alright right, now, do-rag fest is a festival

that they had out in North Carolina over the weekend. Now, it was all about everything. Do-rags, guys in do-rags, babies in do-rags, women matching do-rags, women matching in man in do-rags, and they even had a wave contest to see whose waves were better. This was out in Charlotte.

I was about to say, first of all, salute to Charlotte, the Queen City, one of my favorite places in all of America. But I would like to say that if you had do-rag fest and you ain't got no waves, you are trash. There's absolutely no reason

for you to be wearing do-rags if you don't have waves underneath them. Well, it was, it had complete with art, a fashion show, and of course, a liquor sponsor.

So it was the first annual do-rag fest. Yeah, do-rags are not that popping of a fashion accessory to not, to be wearing just to wear. You gotta have waves underneath them. Like, if I come in here with a do-rag fest. Yeah, do-rags are not that popping of a fashion accessory to be wearing just to wear. You gotta have waves underneath them.

Like, if I come in here with a do-rag on, y'all should call the police on me. Yeah, you're gonna look stupid. Okay, I'm clearly up to no good. I'm bald-headed,

I ain't got no hair, but does anybody know the point of do-rag fest? No, but they had it out in Charlotte. They call it the Met Gala of do-rags. Nah, B.

Yeah, that's what they call it. Nah, just call it the do-rag fest. Ain't got nothing to do with no Met Gala. Why Met Gala got to be your bar? I don't know. Stop it.

Now, another festival happened in Trenton, New Jersey. This one, 22 people, including a teenager, were injured. Now, they believe it was gang-related. One person was killed, and that was actually one of the shooters. They believe two people got into an altercation, had something to do with gangs, and they just started firing. Were the gangs fighting over at an art festival? I don't know. Were they mad about what colors were being used?

Too much blue in a painting? Too much red in another painting? What y'all fighting over, bro, at an art festival? I don't know. They're saying police have been trying to shut down the festival, but they had no luck and 22 people were injured. Now, 22 people injured? I'd rather that than 22 people killed.

Did anybody die? Just the shooter. One of the shooters. Oh, that's good, then. That's how it's supposed to be. That's how it's supposed to be in every mass shooting like that. No innocent person gets killed, okay?

You have some injuries, all right? It could have been worse, but the shooter should always die. All right, and that's front page news. Now, today is Go Fishing Day or International Panic Day or International Sushi Day. Every day for me is International Panic Day. I have anxiety. We know.

Yes. All right. Now, when we come back, get it off your chest. 800-585-1050. I do want to get something off my chest, though, because I walked in here this morning and, you know, you was having a conversation with our guy, Drom. Drom is our boy. Drop on the clues bombs for yourself, Drom. Oh, yeah, we can do this. Yes, yes.

Okay, Drom is Puerto Rican. Well, yeah, he is Puerto Rican. You said to Drom, I just overheard you say, Drom, you went to Pride this weekend? I said, did you DJ Pride? No, you didn't say DJ. You said, did you go to Pride this weekend? And I go, oh, shoot. I go, Drom, you gay?

And then you act like that was so offensive. No, Pride. Well, Drom didn't act offended, but you acted like you can't be asking nobody that. I'm like, why not? Well, Pride is a celebration they have in New York City where they have a huge parade. They have it all over the country. Oh, they do? It's National Pride Month, sir.

Oh, I didn't know that. Yes. Well, I was talking about the one in New York City, which is the big one. And I asked Drom if he went because I know he was DJing. And he was like, no, it's actually next week, next week, MV. And then you go, Drom, are you gay? You gay? What'd you say? I'm not gay for the record.

Okay, Drom. He's not. But that's not a question you ask somebody. Why is that not a question you ask? If we're in a room having a conversation and you say to Drom did you go to Pride? And I'm like, oh, shoot, I didn't know Drom was gay, so I go, Drom, you gay? That's not, I just don't think, you know, you just don't ask somebody if they're

gay or not. I think in that context, it's like asking somebody their ethnicity. I asked you if you were Puerto Rican once, right, Drom? And nobody got upset? So you think you can just ask whatever, whatever you feel. We in the room amongst each other. You ask the man if you went to Pride. I want to know, yo, you gay? I just want to know.

So, you took a finger in the butt this week? See, that don't even make no sense. You just said we could just ask questions. I'm just asking a question. It was Father's Day. I know you like it, so I'm just asking. That was very beige. That was very beige. You didn't say that happened to me before. It was Father's Day.

That was an act of red-boned randomness. That's what you like this weekend. That was an act of red-boned randomness. All right, well, 800-585-1051. Do you think it's cool for Charlamagne to ask our co-worker if he's gay or not? In context, you asking him that he go to Pride this weekend. Okay, in context.

800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Xavier the Rapper. Xavier the Rapper. Now, if you just joined us, me and our coworker were minding our business,

having a little conversation. I asked him if he went to Pride this weekend because I know he's a DJ and he DJs for the station. Charlamagne just jumped out the blue and asks, are you gay? No, that's not what happened. What happened was Envy just randomly turned to our guy, Drom, who's our boy, and said,

did you go to Pride this weekend? Random question. So I go, oh, Drom, you gay? He ain't say nothing about no DJing. We had DJ talk last week. So what do you think? You think it's inappropriate, bro? No, I don't think it is at all.

I did that before in my job. I'm a rapper out of Utah right now, but I asked my coworker if he was gay. He was like, nah. So I don't think it is at all. I ask people that all the time. I don't really care sometimes. So I don't think it's rude at all.

Yeah, I just want to know. To me, it's like asking somebody's ethnicity. No, it's not. Yes, it is. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Wayne calling from Georgia.

Wayne, you think it's cool to ask Charlamagne to ask if the guy was gay, if Dramos was gay? I think it's inappropriate, but in context, I think it was okay.

It's just inappropriate to ask what's your sexual preference of what he was doing within the conversation, he was saying, hey, I didn't know that was your... It's inappropriate if you ask, but the way Charlamagne asked, it was okay. Yeah, it's all in context. No, it's not, man.

We was having a conversation. You turned to the man and said, did you go to Pride this weekend? So me, in an almost, oh, wow, Drum, I didn't know you was gay. I said, Drum, are you gay? He asked him if he was gay. Right, but if that's something that he didn't want to talk about. You know, in an almost, oh wow, Drum, I didn't know you was gay. I said, Drum, are you gay? He asked him if he was gay. Right, but if that's something that he didn't want to talk about. You know, he could be in the closet. Well, that's your fault for turning to him and yelling out to the room. Did you go to Pride this weekend? I was talking about DJing, because he said

he was DJing in Pride. Hello, who's this? Yo, yo, yo, this is Trey. What's good, Envy? Trey, what's up, man? You think it was inappropriate for Charlamagne to ask that? Hey, man, I ain't gonna say it was inappropriate, because it was Charlamagne. But did y'all even see him before he just popped up and asked that question? He popped up like the mailman on Don't Be A Menace.

Like, hey, Drum, you know what I'm saying? You went to Pride and he just popped up out of nowhere. Drum, you good? That's exactly how it happened. He just popped up in the building because I know y'all be saying he be late. Like, he just popped up in the building on the conversation. And you know what? That's exactly what it was.

I was talking to Drum. Charlamagne walked in just at the the conversation. And you know what? That's exactly what it was. I was talking to Drum. Charlamagne walked in just at the buzzer. And he didn't hear the whole story. Just like, are you gay? You got to expect it. You got to expect it from him on a Monday morning. No disrespect, Charlamagne. You know we care a lot of brothers.

It's all good. But you got to expect it from the country boys in the morning. It's all good, man. I'll take y'all platform too, yo. 1,400 and green. That new single, Been Around The Way, did 4,000 in a week, yo, just because y'all platform be able to shout them out. Oh, salute to you, my brother. Salute. Nicole!

Good morning. Good morning. Good morning, Nicole. Finally, a woman. Now, Charlamagne just asking, are you gay? Is that alright? No, that's out of context, Nicole. The context was Envy said to Drom, did you go to Pride this weekend? So then I go, oh, Drom, you gay? No, you said, are you gay?

Right, but if he's in the closet. He could be in the closet right now. I don't really want to tell nobody. Nicole, was I being inappropriate? Love you guys to death, but you probably shouldn't have asked him that. I don't agree. Maybe you could have worded it differently, even though I know you're ruthless. Probably could have asked differently.

Maybe did you go to support it? Or, you know, that's like me saying, hey, I'm going to a 70s party. Well, how old are you? There's certain questions, you know, that's like me saying, hey, I'm going to a 70s party. Well, how old are you? There's certain questions, you know, you don't ask. But if he's your homie and your friend, I guess you should be able to ask straight forward. But, you know. By the way, if you're going to a 70s party, no need to ask how old you are. We know you're old.

You said 70s now. Now you said 90s. I'd be like, all right, that's different. What you know about the 90s? But 70s, that means you old. 805-805-1051. Charlamagne just asking a coworker, are you gay? No, that's not what happened.

What happened was Envy said to Drom, our coworker, did you go to Pride this weekend? And I go, oh, Drom, you gay? Right. I didn't know you. You shouldn't have asked. You was in our conversation. You see, if you was on time or early, I should say,

you would have known I was talking about DJing. I don't know. You just turned into a man after you go to Pride this weekend. I'm like, oh, shoot, because you know I've been dying for a gay to be in this building. I need me a gay man working on this show. I told y'all that already. I don't want just any gay man. I want me a little Uzi type. Not saying a little Uzi gay. I just want that level of sassiness. Can we just keep that clip?

I need me a gay man in my life. Like a little Uzi type. Can we just keep that little clip? Thank you. We got it. Alright, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Yo. Trav, what's up, Trav? What's up, Envy? Good morning.

How was your weekend, brother? It was good. It went great. It went great. It went great. Sure. It was good. It was good.

That's good. What's up, Charlamagne? Trav, what up, sis? Can I ask you a question? Are you gay? I'm listening. Now, Trav, is he inappropriate for asking this man that? Yeah, it's inappropriate.

I mean, it's like, why do you feel like you needed to know that? Why would you even ask that man that? Because Envy turned to him, Trav, because I don't want you to take this out of context. Envy turned to Drom and said, Drom, did you go to Pride this weekend? And so I go, oh, Drom, you gay? That's in context. Now, mind you, he's a DJ. Y'all may not even know he's probably a DJ.

Andy didn't say nothing about DJing. We've been talking about it for a week straight that he had to DJ Pride. So I was like, oh, did you DJ Pride this week? Or did you go to Pride? He was like, no, it's next week. Is Drom that bearded angel that's sitting next to you? That is that bearded angel. That's him, Trav.

That is that bearded angel that's sitting next to him. Trav, bearded angel. That's him, Trav. That is that bearded angel that's sitting next to him. Trav, you want to ask him if he's gay? Go ahead, Trav. It comes from you. It's a little different. Go ahead, Trav. I'm not asking that man that. Just ask him what he's planning to do with that beard later on tonight.

Goodbye. Bye, Trav. Hello, who's this? What's up, DJ Envy? This is Rico, Charlamagne, Metro. We in here. 803, what's this? What's up, DJ Envy? This is Rico, Charlamagne, Metro. We in here. 803, what's happening? Rico, is it inappropriate to ask a man if he's gay, man?

I feel like if the man ain't showing no signs of his man doing what he's supposed to do as a man, man, ain't no talk about being gay, man. Ain't none of that. If I'm in here with my lady and we doing what we need to do, if I might ask him, I may want you to lick my nipples. I may want you to do something like that because I enjoy it. That has nothing to do with me. When you mean something like that, you mean put a tongue in your butt,

little finger in your butt? What? Ain't none of that going down. You know, I draw the line. And any butt play, ain't no touching the butt, grabbing the butt, finging the butt, licking the butt, none of that. We're going to keep everything on the front of the body. What?

We're going to stay there, you know. I'm going to do what I need to do to you, baby, and you ain't touching my butt. But you like a tongue on the nipple, though. I don't know how we got here this morning. I ain't going front. I like a little tongue on the nipple. You know, I feel like my lady does a very good job at that.

803 Metro, we out here. Columbia, South Carolina. All right, bro. To everybody that listens to us on High 1039. Thank you, brother. How did that even get here? I don't know how we got there, okay? But everybody that listens to us on Hot 1039. Thank you, brother. How did that end? I don't know how we got there, okay? But I need everybody to have this in context.

Envy turned to our boy, Drom, and said, did you go to Pride this weekend? My next response was, oh, Drom, are you gay? Okay? I didn't just rant. I do think it's inappropriate, and it's none of your business, just to walk up to people and be like, oh, you asked about their sexuality. But in this case, it was in context. But you didn't get your nipple licked this weekend.

I didn't, actually. Hello, who's this? This is Mr. Wilson out in Ashburn, Virginia. What's up, man? Hey, Mr. Wilson. We talking about Charlemagne asking this man if he was gay. Was that inappropriate, bro? Not at all.

It was in context. It was natural progression of the conversation. That man hollering about pride. I walked in. I done asked him to. He just made a preference. You walk in, that man talking about some doggone frauds. I'm like, you bait.

You're taking that to progression, man. My goodness. Thank you. You guys are too much, man. I love Breakfast Club listeners. I love y'all. Y'all are the reason I come to work every day. You hear me?

My goodness. All right. That was get it off your chest. Now, when we come back, Tekashi69, he might be in trouble for that Chief Keef shoot. We'll tell you all about it. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Alright, morning everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Jewel Santana. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk. Jewel Santana. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip.

The rumor report. Gossip. Gossip. With Angela Yee. It's the rumor report. The Breakfast Club. What happened with Jewel? Well, it looks like Jewel Santana will be allowed to make money while he's, I guess, under house arrest.

A judge allowed him to go on tour for a little bit. As they should. That's his job. Rapping is his career. He can go on the first three dates. He has to have an electronic ankle bracelet. And he has to be accompanied by his mom. That is the only way they're going to allow him to go on those first three shows.

Why his mom? I guess they feel his mom is, I don't know, a great guardian. I don't know. But he has to go on tour with his mom. Hold on. Jules is a grown-ass man. Why does he need a parent, a legal guardian to be with him? I don't know, but he has to go on tour with his mom. Hold on. Juelz is a grown-ass man. Why does he need a parent, a legal guardian to be with him? I don't understand this.

Well, his mother, for him to go on tour and to go make money, his mom has to accompany him. And I need to know where Juelz Santana is going on tour at. Juelz Santana has not put out no music in a long time. Dipset's actually on tour. Oh, Dipset's going on tour. Dipset's going on tour. So he's allowed to do the first three dates,

and then after that, they have to go back to court. And if there's no problems and no situations, then the judge will allow him to finish the tour. That should never be a problem when it comes to the judicial system. Rappers rap.

That's how they make their money. They make their money going out on tour, performing. They should be allowed to always go on tour. Right. Under supervision

but I don't think it should be your mom but whatever. His mother has to accompany him on all trips. If he drives instead of flies they have to go together. So, I mean, hey,

I'm going to have that. What if Mama don't want to go? She ain't got no choice. Jesus Christ. Mama, you got to come with me. Now, Takashi69 is under investigation. Now, that's who needs supervision. And the Chief Keef is shooting.

That's who needs their mama with them at all times. Now, if you haven't heard, Takashi, they allege that maybe him or some of his crew shot at Chief Keef outside the W Hotel in Times Square.

6ix9ine says he was in L.A. at the time of the shooting, but they believe that he might have ordered the hit. So cops are checking surveillance cameras and seeing who was part of it and if they were part of Tekashi's team. Now, Tekashi denied any involvement, said it had nothing to do with him. He wasn't even in town at the time. You know, it's amazing how, you know, every time I have a conversation with 6ix9ine, people always say I'm wishing bad on 6ix9ine. No, I'm not wishing bad on 6ix9ine. I'm just telling you that two plus two equals four.

And the certain energy that you put out that will always come back to you. Always. And lastly, Rich the Kid. He was hospitalized after getting robbed and beat up in a home evasion. Now, he was attacked and robbed in Los Angeles. They believe he was at his girlfriend Tori Briggs' crib.

True to Tori. Two masked men entered the house demanding cash and jewelry. We're told Rich tried to fight him off, and they pretty much beat him up. Beat him up badly. I heard about that story a couple times this weekend. They said it was a high-rise in downtown L.A. How do you just get up to a high rise in downtown L.A.?

Well, that's the thing. They believe people have been saying that maybe Tory Briggs set him up. But why, though? Tory got her own money. Why does Tory have to set Rich the Kid up? I don't know. Well, Tory Briggs actually spoke about it, and she said she didn't set him up.

Okay. Drum. Still a little flustered. Tory Briggs did not set me up. I forgot what he was saying. Well, that was Rich the Kid saying it. That did not sound like Tory. Drum's still a little flustered because I Briggs did not set me up. I forgot what he was saying. Well, that was Rich the Kid saying it. That did not sound like Tory. I'm still a little flustered because I asked him if he was gay earlier.

Yeah, right. Well, here's Tory Briggs saying that she denied having anything to do with it. It disappoints me to see that, like, if they post some s***, it's like, oh, her eye ain't big enough and she set this s*** up. I'm disappointed because I ain't set nobody up. Because at the end of the day, if I asked Rich for it, he would have gave it to me because that's how much he f***ed with me. And I believe that. It ain't tricking if she's worth it. The looks of Tory Briggs' Instagram, if I'm a young rapper,

she's definitely worth it. You're stupid. I don't see why Tory, what reason Tory would have to set Rich the Kid up. Like motive means something, right? Like Tory got her own money. You know what I mean? I don't see why she would have to need to set Rich the Kid up. Like, I don't get it. Not for some jewelry, but...

It don't sound right to me. Hopefully. I just hope Rich the Kid, you know, he heals better and he's got to be very careful. The last, what, couple of weeks, he got step two in Philly. Lil Uzi, the sassy savage Lil Uzi Preston. He's going to be going back and forth on social media. He's just got to be careful out there.

It ain't worth it, man. Everybody has to be careful out there. When you got a profile, when you got a high profile and people know you're making some money and you're walking around with a whole bunch of jewelry on, you should always be careful. Okay? You never know who's who. You never know who's trying to line you up. He did say that he didn't think it was Tori.

He did say, yeah, he did say that. And I don't think it was Tori either. I mean, you can't put anything past anybody, but that don't seem like her character. You know, I just think everybody's too tough now. Like, everybody wants to be tough. Everybody wants to be hard. I'm soft. I'm calling the police.

911, what's your emergency? Him. Everybody likes to be hard. No doubt. That's all you heard? Now I turn to Drama and ask Drama, did he go to Pride this weekend? Drama, never mind.

All right. Well, that is your rumor report. When we come back, Wale will be joining us. My guy, Wale, man. Always a pleasure when Wale pulls up. All right. We'll kick it with Wale when we come back. You got his new single?

Yeah, we're going to play it. Okay. All right, so don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club.

We got a special guest in the building. Yes, sir. Wale. Angela, you look different today. I'm just in my hair different. New record deal, new money, new bags. What made you want to finally get up out the Atlantic situation, man? I just thought it was time.

I think they're moving in a different direction, and I also think that they're very good at their job, but I think that they specialize in a specific demographic or sub-genre, if you will. Is it Warner Brothers the same thing, though? Not really. I mean, I have a unique situation. Okay. I'll spare you guys the details and all that, but it's a lot different.

And plus, I want to get into other things outside of music, so they allow me to do that. And I think I need it I need to do it because when I have time away from the studio I don't know what to do with myself so are they paying for a therapist for my brother? you guys are my therapy y'all know the drill

you guys are my therapy man is it still with Ross? yeah absolutely hopefully we still get the self-made joint done. You know, Meek is busy on Obama. He was doing his press run. So, and you know, Ross been touring and getting ready for Port of Miami too. So I believe both of them will be dropping pretty soon.

Why'd you stay with Ross? Why'd you stay with Maybach Music? Because you could have. I mean. When the deal was done, you could have left. It was, you could have. I mean, it was in my heart to stay. Ross is a very good businessman, you know what I'm saying? And he's been a mentor, you know, as well as Jay for years for me. And it just wasn't the time to do that, you know what I'm saying?

And we just lost Black Bo. And it was just, that joint, it really hurt me real bad. But it also let me, it made me think like, I gotta be here. Like, this is where I gotta be at. You know what I'm saying?

I think we all got something to prove in a way or two. You know what I'm saying? And all of us make, man, if you hear what Meek been making,

bro, it's, we would like to. I'm so proud. I'm proud. I'm happy that you're talking about prison reform. Now I'm like, can I have proud. I'm happy that you're talking about prison reform. Now I'm like, can I have some bars?

That's the already thing, too. Okay. There's still Meek bars in there. I'm just saying, like, the stuff he's saying is, like, stuff that people need to hear. Like, you know, especially the kids that look up to him like that. So he hasn't lost a step? Not even.

He's gained a couple. I feel like you gained a couple steps this year, too, man. I don't know if it's the new deal or what, but it definitely has been a new energy with Wale all year. You're doing some of the best rapping of your life right now. I think it's the topics that I'm touching on. I never felt super comfortable saying some of the things in my previous situation for whatever reason.

I just knew i couldn't do certain things or certain things wasn't really understood like the album about nothing i don't think really anybody understood it but you know what i'm saying it's like okay i guess and you know salad like a song like salary cap like i probably got a little bit of you know blowback from that jump you know what i'm saying but now like i'm i'm just free i'm totally like yo you want to rap about you you know, what you feel? You know what I'm saying? What's going on outside?

By all means, do it. What still bothers you about this industry? Sometimes, you know, I'll go on social media and I'll see you spazzing or blackening or upset about something.

What still bothers you? Not like you used to, though. Still does a little bit. I don't think so, bro. Hey, not like you used to. I don't think no more than you. I think I do it worse than both of y'all at this point.

I think Charlamagne does it worse than both of us. But you do it in real life now, too. Nah. Not really. You did it once with Desus and Mero. There's two people that I'm not going to mention right now. I saw it.

You put a bar about it. What made you want to spaz on Desus and Mero? You know, I was, I prayed on it. Do you feel that their brand isn't strong? I prayed on it, you know. And, you know, I said, you know, what would Wale do? What would Wale do? You know, some people say, well, which Wale? Which circa, what, gifted Wale?

Maybe he had a spatter too. Maybe have a bit of a moan, as they say in Europe. So I thought about it. I said, well, you know, Wale, would he respond on social media? Would Wale run up in the office and, you know, wild out? So I said, I want that Wale. And it just kind of went wild out.

You could have called me. I could have walked you through it, talked you through it, maybe meditated about it. You know, it's an unfortunate situation and I don't want to see you spazz like that. It inspired a bar though. It inspired a bar for you?

Yeah, it inspired a bar. It didn't go at, it was a bar because it's pop culture reference. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Bitter, disrespectful, and envious. I didn't think it was you dissing anybody. Of course it wasn't. I never diss you. You're my guy.

No, I didn't think that was you. You're my guy. I didn't think that was you. You said on negotiations that you burned bridges that you can't repair. Now, there used to be a point where Wiley used to be like, yo, how do I fix this? How do I fix that? Are you really like, f*** it? I mean, I'm as f***ed as I've been in a long... Like, it's like this, dawg. Like, I've seen people

change, you know what I'm saying? A therapist asked me if I was offended. Like seen people change you know what i'm saying a therapist asked me if i was offended like oh you know um things is different for you now i'm like no i think it's cute i think it's wonderful i applaud everybody that for not believing in me or for acting funny i applaud it because the taste of this humble pie that i'm cooking right now is going to be the feast of a lifetime a lot of this is going to get this humble pie you know'm cooking right now is going to be the feast of a lifetime. A lot of niggas is going to get this humble pie. You know what I'm saying? Everybody that was like, oh, no, I know what I got cooked up.

And I know who I done wrote for. I know how to write music. I'm not going to lose that. Things is different right now. I got a real staff of people that believe in me. Do you think that your daughter has softened you a lot? Yeah, of course. Yeah, for sure, for course. Yeah, for sure.

100%. For sure. It also, like, it steps up, like, mentally, like, what I need for myself. I'm very protective of her. And I do go through a lot. And I know sometimes if I'm going through a lot, I won't even bring that energy around her. I won't go. I won't go. Like, I don won't even bring that energy around her. I won't go. I won't go.

Like, I don't want to transfer that energy to her. Like, if I'm feeling, like, really, really in a bad place, I'm not going to pick her up and be around. I'm not trying to bestow that. That's why I feel like, you know, her mother does a great job because, like, sometimes I'm not there. Like, I'm getting better, but, like, them days that I can't, like, I know I'm not trying to put, she's too young, she's too pure.

Like, I don't want to put that in her area. I don't want nobody with bad energy around her. You dating anybody right now? Nah, I'm single. I'm single. And I ain't mingling, though. No special lady? Nah.

I tried dating a couple times. Like, it's just be, like, hard. That shit is hard, bro. It's always, I deal with enough people. It might be hard for them, too, because they don be like, that's hard, bro. It's always, I deal with enough people not being able to do it. It might be hard for them too because they don't know

what side of Wale. Yeah, Wale. My brother, my brother. You got seven boyfriends. You can be exhausted, man. I can imagine. Yeah, for sure. This is,

this is common knowledge. You don't know which one you're going to get. But all of them, all of them got a great heart, like in a good spirit. You don't know which one you're going to get. But all of them got a great heart, like, and a good spirit. You know what I'm saying? And you don't trust people either. I don't trust nobody. I can imagine you not trusting a woman.

Yeah, but I think my pride at this point right now, my pride won't let a woman know how much I don't trust. You know what I'm saying? I feel like every man is more insecure than they will admit. So when you start feeling that way, what do you do? Like, do you just zone out? Do you say, I'm going to be by myself?

I fall back. Do you go to the studio? I fall back. The thing about dating right now is like, it's two different types of women. Like, one is going to, like, get to know you. Want to get to know you. And, you know, the other one is going to just flat out interview you. And I like, I like, Charlie, like, you know how Charlamagne, Angela Yee, or,

and he's like, why are you, why, why? So what makes you want to start? You know what? It makes me want to stop. You don't want her to talk to Wiley to rap, but you want her to talk to Wiley in person. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying?

Like, it's just like, but another thing is I'm attracted to creativity, though. I can't be cool yet, and, you know, we don't have a type of balance, but I'm just like, it's like creativity, that shit excites me. Like, I want to be, I like the girl who wake up at 4 o'clock in the morning with an idea and write that down. That's great to me. Like, I want to know, like, what did you do creative today? What did you do?

Show me what you did creative today. That is cool. Like, cause you know, that, that's like a, that's an intangible. That's like most ain't really,

you know, looking for, especially in this era when everything is like microwave and booty shots and all that other stuff. I'm not knocking in nobody, but I'm just saying as far as I go, I like you. Not for me.

You got a long checklist, like chili. You just, what? I just said creativity. far as I go, I like you. Not for me. You got a long checklist like chili. You just... What? I just said creativity. Yeah, creativity. You wanted to be trustworthy. That's everybody. Don't try to make me like, well, she has to have a pulse.

She has to breathe. It's a long checklist, bro. You're asking for a lot. Alright, we got more with Wale. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Wale is in the building. Charlamagne sees a therapist every Friday at 3 o'clock. Where you at? Friday at 3. Put me on, man. You never thought about seeing a therapist?

I have. And you stopped? Man, I'm going to be quitting. Put me on, man. Now, you never thought about seeing a therapist? I have. And you stopped? Man, I'm just going to be quitting. It's like, no. No, but listen, true. That's real. I always wonder who does my therapist talk to?

My thing is like, if you quit, then what was this all about? Your therapist quit you? No, I'm just saying. That's amazing if you got your therapist to quit while you're at it.

Yeah, I said that's crazy. That says a lot about you, bro. Nah, man. I ain't as complicated. See, I ain't as complicated as making it. Yeah, I said that's crazy. That says a lot about you, bro. Nah, man, I ain't as complicated. See, I ain't as complicated as making it. Nah, man. I think it's healthy to, especially in the entertainment business. Because essentially we are our own

bosses for real. We don't have a and it's all over the place. Like people ask me what I'm doing tomorrow and I start sweating. Cause I don't know. I don't know what I'm doing tomorrow. And don't you hate this one in the club? Like, yo, what you doing July 42nd? Or when they try to do business with me, like, direct.

I'm like, I don't even know how to add fractions, bro. Just talk to my manager. Like, we not doing this. I don't. And all of that stuff gives me, like, that's the heebie-jeebie shit right there. That's real. You got a manager, right? I got a manager.

I got an assistant. And that's pretty much it. But youeebie shit right there. That's real. You got a manager, right? I got a manager. I got an assistant. And that's pretty much it. But you need those two people to help organize your life. You'll go crazy without it. So you can keep the creative. Let them handle the business part. You keep the creative. But I do like to be hands-on with business just because I want to learn that stuff.

And, like, as we all build our own little enterprises and empower other people, I think it's good to know the business. I think so, man. Not dates, not when you're going to be in July 30th. Not that kind of stuff. Charlamagne doesn't really have any empathy, though. I feel like he just be telling his no and just be like,

yo, Charlamagne, you trying to make some money doing... Nah, I'm good. Nah, beloved. Nah. But you know why, though? Because I don't want to go No. But you know why though? Because I don't want to go crazy. But you don't know. Some opportunities

is good opportunities. Another artist was like, bro, you don't have to be doing these shows. I'm like, I don't really move off money. Me neither.

I don't want to leave the house. I don't want to leave the house. 100%. Time is your only real currency, man. I want to be with my family. Time is your only real currency. Look at you. You should be an author. You should be an author.

Let's talk about the false prophet. This guy is crazy. I didn't understand that. J. Cole comes out, clearly gives you a verse, gives Kanye a verse. I got a homie, he a rapper, and he want to win bad. He want the fame, the acclaim, the respect that's been had by all the legends. So every time I see him, he stressing. Talking about, it don't fuck with him.

It's depressing. And I know he's so bitter, he can't see his own blessings. Goddamn looking. You too blind to see you got fans looking. We saw y'all together that day of the game. I mean, I've spoken to you about it, but people haven't really heard. What was your thought process when all of that was happening? Man, the time is ticking.

The clock is ticking. The clock. I mean, I ain't going, what, going to go to it and respond? Yeah. I woke up to like 45 text messages, new ones. And then I said, hey, tell the engineer to go to the studio. Went to the gym. Sat in the sauna for a little bit.

Went in the studio. Wrote what I had to write. And the next day, listened to it in the morning. mixed it, put it out, and then drove to North Carolina and went to go see him. But y'all really friends, though. Yeah. There wasn't no dissing involved. So why couldn't he just have that conversation with you over the phone?

Maybe the shock. Maybe he wanted to get it to me another way. And he said, Cole always tells me I don't listen. I think sometimes he don't listen But that's what makes Us so close It's very raw And uncut You know what I'm saying

So what was that conversation After you drove To North Carolina To go to the game It was on the radio He heard it And He was like

Bro This shit's so dope It's dope He was like Man cause you know We didn't know How you was going to take it I was like

Oh I'm not Motherfucker Charles Manson He didn't know How you was going to take it. I was like, oh, I'm not motherfucking Charles Manson. He didn't know how you was going to take it, but he still put it out anyway. Yeah, I mean, it's rap, bro. Like, that's, we got close. Man, we came up together, bro. Like, it ain't, you know. And I'm glad, like, looking back on it, I'm glad we did it that way, dog. We just showed a whole lot of youngins.

You know what? You could be enemies, best friends, or all that, but you could still be, you could settle it like gentlemen. He ain't say nothing derogatory. The only thing I was disappointed in a little bit was the fact that sometimes some of the stuff come

from personal conversations, like one-on-one. That was the only part, but that's just a little bit of ego, probably. Yeah, I mean, he didn't say nothing that I know me and you've had conversations about. You know what I'm saying? Because I always say, I feel like, yo, Wale, you got a great space out here

that I think you don't appreciate enough. You got a fan base. A call, yeah. People respect you as a lyricist. When you feel like it, you give a record, make a record for radio, that goes. But do you think that like, you give a record, make a record for radio, that goes. But do you think that, like, like, great people in our time, like, you don't think

they get frustrated? Like, you don't think they, you know what I'm saying? Like, you don't think, like, you know, that's like even Braun, like, man, he want to leave now. Like, is it bad? Like, you know what I'm saying? He's frustrated. Like, you want to do, you know you could do better or you know the outcome could be better. That's all. I understand what you're saying. So it's just like, you know, any artist, any artist that, because like, again, it's not a lick for me.

It's not a lick. So I want to, I'm all the way into it. So it's like, sometimes you just want more for yourself. But you're going to always be around. I tell you that all the time. Like all these guys that's getting these licks. Yeah, no, I'm great. Year, two, nine.

I mean, I've since learned. You know what I'm saying? But I'm, you know, I'm cool. I'm cool. I'm in a great space right now. I'm super creative right now. You're almost a decade in now, right? Almost.

Almost. Yeah. What would make you happy if you say, I know you always feel like you're underrated. I bet everybody does. You more, though.

And I understand why, too, because I tell a lot of people don't necessarily. No, no, I really do. Tell us more. I mean, I think that people don't necessarily respect your craft as they should. So what would make you happy?

Is there a number? You've had a watch like that. It's fake. You want it? Yeah, I want it. It's not fake. Would an Apple deal make you happy? Would you like to be in that system?

Where they can just push the button? An actual Apple would make me happy. I'm hungry. Does anybody have any apples in here? Okay. That's when you know you signed to a major label again. What? You can ask for an apple, a random apple,

in the middle of an interview. I could have done it without a label, I think. I think I could have got an apple. I hope I could have. But what would make you happy? What would make you happy? I'm happy now. I can see that.

I can honestly, truly see Wale is genuinely happy right now. THC would make me a little happier. But that has nothing to do with happy now. I can see that. I can honestly, truly see Wale is genuinely happy right now. THC would make me a little happier. But that has nothing to do with right now. But, like, I'm in a good place. Are you going to talk about using drugs on this album? We see Meek Mill has been talking about his battles with drugs and substance abuse and things like that. I think we just got to listen to the album. Self-promotion.

I don't like, I don't like, you know, trailers oftentimes can ruin a movie. So I ain't going to go with the trailer right now. It's way too soon. I'm recording a lot. So I really don't know the direction I'm going in. But there's, you know, there's certain people that I'm trying to link with and play stuff and talk about the culture that we're in, the place that we're in right now. The thing that I've noticed that makes it crazy is that the world is changing so fast.

So fast as far as the industry goes, that how can you write an album for a release three months later? Like, I'm talking about this black man that they shot down in the streets. You know what I'm saying? Three months later it's probably like five, eight more that they're going to do that to.

So it's like it changes so fast. Like we so numb. We so numb to everything. Like all the school shootings. It's like so much more than it's ever been. Everything's disposable. But you're so numb to it because it's like, oh, yeah. It's just like pray for such and such.

Today, tomorrow's pray for another city. Like it's just like, we so numb. So, like, how do you touch a people that are becoming so numb? How? Giving them your POV. It's almost like you got to be a news reporter. What does Wale think about what happened? From a musical standpoint, it takes a lot of time to make, like, great music.

Like, giving my pov gonna be different in three months yeah you know what i'm saying and that's the frustrating part about music but on the flip you can you know technically you could probably put an album out on on on social media and if you're not if you don't care about like you know distributors and all of that but we live in an ever-changing world right now bro like this joint is changing fast. You know what I'm saying? From what we like to how we like, how we consume things to what the narrative that the media is giving you.

Trump's complexion. You know what I'm saying? The way he might be gone in three weeks. Three months. Three weeks. The whole world could be different in three months. You know what I'm saying? I like how Ye did it as far as lock in for, you know, 20 days and knock all them albums out. It seems like listening to

Nas or listening to Pusha or listening to his album, it seems like... Shout out to Pusha and Nas, man. It feels like they're talking about what's happening now. That's a beauty of, you know, technology. But sometimes you gotta have a certain level, what the kids say, clout? To make the moving of, you know, technology. But sometimes you got to have a certain level, what the kids say, clout?

To make the moving pieces, you know, there's a lot of moving pieces when you're making an album. How do you think people would have received you if you would have said you love Donald Trump? Shot dead. Post a picture with a MAGA hat on. Shot dead, bye. Shot dead, bye.

No, shot. Where I live. Shot. All right, we got more with Wale when we come back. Let's get into his single. It's called Black Bonnie. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Yeah. That was Black Bonnie, the boy Wale. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Wale is in the building. Charlamagne? I don't even know if you really said this.

I just saw the headline. You said that your dark skin has been holding you is in the building. Charlamagne? I don't even know if you really said this. I just saw the headline. You said that your dark skin has been holding you back in the rap game. Racial ambiguity helps in anything in America. That's just what it is. Probably except for maybe

sports. But racial ambiguity helps at some level. You know what I'm saying? I'm just saying it's just like racial ambiguity just helps. Like a logic. Even in acting. You can play Italian, Greek, this, that. You're black, you're what?

Black, Jamaican, African, what? Maybe. You know what I'm saying? It's just racial ambiguity just helps. And it could be for a lot of reasons. It could be because I'm a West Indian. No, I'm a Middle Eastern with curly hair and when I cut it, I look like Drake.

I relate. You know what I'm saying? I'm biracial. I look like this guy, whatever. I'm white. I relate to some of him, what he's saying. Like, it's not, I ain't mean it like, oh, I'm like, okay, the world is racist.

I'm just saying like racial ambiguity helps a lot. It's a benefit, I think. You don't think so? Yeah, I do. I remember when you replied to False Prophets, you said something about biracial something, so to speak. Do you think that helps the guy? I don't know if I can respond to that question unless you get the lyrics right.

I'm putting up Groundhog Day right now. Wale does something crazy. I'm just putting up the lyrics of Groundhog Day. That's all. All his search is Wale does crazy stuff. Damn, dog. I'm just pulling up the lyrics of Groundhog Day. Oh, man.

I want you to weigh in on this, Bob. Not to cause a situation, but what side of my biracial friends call me they n***a. Yeah. Forget it. Yeah. And then what happens after that? What'd I say after that?

He didn't look that far. I don't remember. Does it say? Does it say? No, of course not. Exactly. I got to take that out of context. Exactly.

Say it again. Not to cause a situation, but what side of my biracial friends call me they n***a? Forget it. I'm jive tripping. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I said, you know what? I'm bugging. The next line was, I'm Josh.

What am I? Do you think being biracial helps Cole and Drake? I don't know. I don't know. Probably not. They make great music. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. They make phenomenal music.

You make great music. Here we go. Won't get me. Won't do it. I'm going to do it. But you make great music, too. I don't think your music is more superior than yours. DMV, what's up, DMV?

Shout out all to DMV. He kept yapping. He was like, you make great music. That music not more superior than yours. No, I won't get me. Hey, I got a great single out called Black Bonnie. You know what I'm saying? I'm sorry.

I'm sorry I can't do nothing to make this. I'm sorry I can't do nothing to make this young I'm sorry I can't do nothing to make this young go crazy. No, no, I don't want you. I don't want to go viral today. You've been saying a lot of jewels, though. I do like the line when you say, these niggas screaming their shit, they weak, but they entertaining.

Don't ever confuse being great with being famous. I actually had to tweet that. Because I really feel like this generation loves the motherfucking cloud chase. They don't want to be great. They want attention. Yeah, I think it's a detriment to the youth.

You aspire, you'd rather aspire to go viral and hit 100,000 likes than doing something. You know what I'm saying? Doing something that can be forever. Or learning a craft. You'd rather do something wild, like embarrass your mother, or just do

something you're going to regret in a couple years for instant gratification. And they say millennials, we like instant gratification. I like it. I mean, like, that's why I used to put out so much music so quickly, like, if I felt I wasn't getting, but, like, you gotta look past that. Do you care about instant gratification now? Because, I mean, when you put out D.E.P. I think we all do.

In some way, form, or fashion, we care. We all do care about instant gratification. You know, especially in art, man, or fashion, we care. We all do care about instant gratification. You know, especially in art, man, because it's so subjective. Like, you want to know, like, I'm sure. Does that mess with your creative process? No. Nope. Because I make too much, because if I feel like

I'm doing it, I'll just be like, nah. So if you put out your music and nobody tweets you, like, yo, this hard, you're not going to feel a way? Well, I mean, it's not, instant gratification doesn't just solely come from Twitter. Like, it could come from anybody. It can come from somebody's opinion that I really respect. It could come from, like, one of y'all.

Even though y'all don't hit me unless some bad s*** happens. I hit you all the time. What? I don't just hit you when bad s*** happens. Who said that? Oh, I thought that's what you just said. No, I didn't say that. Oh, okay, okay, okay. It's a trip.

Wale need to go smoke, man. When the album dropping? Do album dates matter anymore? Not at all. I actually think expectations hurt you. Yeah, just go. Your album date matters more. It's about creating hysteria around that gentleman.

100%. It's bad and good, though. It keeps everybody... It's about creating hysteria around that gentleman. 100%. It's bad and good, though. It keeps everybody... It's just different. But, I mean, they have done some albums with traditional roll-offs that have been extremely successful because of said traditional roll-off. Which one? Not recently.

There's been some. I just can't think of them right now. But there's been a lot. Some people have... What's a good roll-off? How long? Like three months? Two months?

I like that. The old-fashioned, three to six months was a rollout. They got to release a hit. I'm dropping at midnight. Yeah. Like, you know what I'm saying? Some people could do that. I think Beyonce set that tone.

And I think no expectation is the best expectation because you don't give people time to hate. Oh, yeah. Now them thinkpins is going to fly. Them thinkpins is going to fly. I'm like, what type of iPod you got, my G? Like, you heard the album in 15 minutes. That's what I'm saying. And you heard it, oh, you broke it down that fast.

Oh, I saw a dude last night say that the new Nas album was probably his best album since it was written. I'm like, shut the f*** up. Yeah, that was crazy. How? Where? That was only 30 minutes after you heard it, though. It was written down for 22 years. Like, what are you talking about?

That was crazy. Noah from whoever you from. I don't know where Noah from. Complex, Def Jam. It sounded a little crazy. I mean, like, of course. The new Nas, crazy, though. It is crazy.

I just thought about that. You work for Def Jam. My ears still hurt. The speakers was loud. No, listen. Nas is one of my top speakers. We don't know yet is your question. Yeah.

I heard it twice, too, and I was still like, I like it. You heard it twice? That's like two more times you heard my last jump. My jump has been out for like four months. Charlton Nas. You're from Queens, though. That's a Queens thing. Yeah, I'm from Queens.

Oh, now you're going to use the geographical reasons? You know Charlemagne is West African? Yeah. From like the Sierra Leone? Yes, sir. I watch y'all little program. I'll be watching y'all little program. Hey, Slim, can y'all get Roseanne on here?

Let's get her sweating like a mother. She'll never come over. She'll never come over. She'll be like, oh my God, it's black people everywhere. Just put like a bunch of white kids in here. And then as soon as y'all start rolling, y'all just walk in and jump. All y'all like, that **** might get Roseanne. You walk in the room with Roseanne and do this, she's going to have a heart attack.

Where's my ambience? Oh, man. She like, my ambience make everybody the same color, man. Y'all should get Roseanne on here. That'd be dope. Or Donald Trump. You know they trying to get the black vote, man. You said it, though.

White America's fear is intelligent. Man, where Donald Trump. You know they trying to get the black vote, man. You said it though. White America's fear is intelligent. Man, we're smelling it. I'm trying to tell you. I'm trying to tell you, man. They don't want us to be, they ain't want us to read at one point.

100%. Get your black ass on the back of the bus and if you have a book, you're going to jail. Now it's black people at really leading the world.

Man, y'all better be woke, man. Stay woke, man. Not the fake woke because some of y'all need to go back to sleep. Yeah, you'reall better be woke, man. Stay woke, man. Not the fake woke, because some of y'all need to go back to sleep. Yeah, you're tired. You need some rest. So we don't know what now I'm dropping. Are you intimidated by blackness over here? No. I'm West African, too. I know.

You some, some, you know. You supposed to know tribe. You are not supposed to be sitting here saying something, something, something. I don't know nothing about I'm Yoruba. That's my tribe. That's why I'm, that's gay. You know what I'm Yoruba. That's my tribe. That's gay. You know what I'm saying? Undo state, undo town.

You know what I'm saying? Suruleri. My family's all over Nigeria. Really. So I know my tribe. Y'all go to Ancestry.com and find out that y'all really African for real. I woke up today. I woke up when I was born.

I knew I was African. We had to deal with being African before Wakanda was devolved. Wale, ladies and gentlemen. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This record still goes in a party, by the way. When's the last time you've been in a party?

Saturday. Oh, that's right. Yep, shut the hell up. That's your one-time-a-year party. I was about to say, you never go out to a party, by the way. When's the last time you've been in a party? Saturday. Oh, that's right. Yep, shut the hell up. That's your one time a year party. I was about to say, you never go out to a party or club. No, I just go to a different type of vibe, that's all. All right, let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Jay-Z, Beyonce's album.

This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Rumor has it. On The Breakfast Club. So listen up. Angela Yee is out, so is also holding down the rumors. Now, over the weekend, Jay-Z and Beyonce were performing. Of course, they're on the On The Run tour. And they were in London.

And then she just says, I have a special announcement. And then on the screen, it says, album out now. They released a secret album. Now, Charlamagne, you heard the album. Absolutely heard the album on Saturday. I love it, but I'm on Roc Nation's payroll, so you can't really take my opinion for anything, but I absolutely love the album. I think it's a dope

contemporary hip-hop. I love Nice. I love the Black Effect. I love Friends. Ape-ish, I like, too. Ape-ish is cool. Ape-ish might be my least favorite song on the album, but that's saying a lot. I like Ape-ish. Ape-ish is actually dope. Well, he addresses some things in this album. On Ape- album, but that's saying a lot. I like Apis. Because Apis is actually dope. Well, he addresses some things in this album.

On Apis, he talks about the Super Bowl. We have a clip about it. That's right. I don't need your white validation. Okay? I don't need validation from white people. I'm me. Now, also, people, I don't know if this is a shot at Drake,

but people say he took a shot at Drake. This is the record Boss. 100 million crib, 3 million watch. All facts, no cap, false. You not a boss, you got a boss. Getting jerked, that's hers. I take it personally. Rather work for the man than to work with me.

Just so they can pretend they on my level. That shit is irking to me. Pride always going for the fall. Almost certainly. It's disturbing what I gross. What I gross. Survey says you not even close. Not even close.

Everybody's bosses to the time to pay for the office. To them invoices separate the men from the boys. Over here we measure success by how many people successful next to you. Here we say you broke if everybody is broke except for you. Why do you think that's that Drake? He's casting a very wide net on that. That can apply to a whole lot of people. I guess they were saying because he has title and Drake decided to ride with Apple.

I don't know. Do you think Drake is the only person that would rather work with somebody else than work with Jay-Z? I'm just telling you. There's plenty of people that are doing that. I agree with you. Now, also, you got a chance to sit down with Kanye and you asked Kanye, you know, why was him and Jay feuding? And you talked

about Jay-Z missing his wedding. I was hurt about them not coming to the wedding. I understand they was going through some things, but if it's family, you know, you're not going to miss a wedding. Well, Jay-Z responds. I ain't going to nobody nothing. Me and my wife beefing.

I don't care if the house on fire. Dying, I ain't leaving. Tata take care of my kids. After he done griefing. Y'all don't understand that. We ain't meant to be friends. Well, Kanye, you got your answer. He got his answer. He knew that, though.

He said that he felt like they might have been going through that thing. And you got to understand that as a man. You done got caught cheating. You about to lose your wife. Everything. You about to lose everything. Sorry, sir.

We can't come to your wedding in front like everything is all good. Everything is not all good. And not even about that. I'm not leaving this house until we figure this out. Like, nah, I can't. No, I'm not going anywhere. He said, I don't care if the house is on fire. I'm with him.

I felt him. Nope. I'm not going nowhere. I'll take care of the kids after he's done grieving. Grieving, yes. Hey, man. You don't understand that if you're not a man. Yeah.

Everything shuts down. Everything shuts down. I'm sorry. You don't understand that if you're not a man. Yeah. Everything shuts down. Everything shuts down. I'm sorry. I can't go to your wedding. I'm sorry. In fact, when you get caught cheating, you usually burn the house down. Okay? The car got to get burned down.

Car got to get burned down. Okay? I got to destroy all evidence, even though I'm already caught. But it has nothing to do with nothing. All I'm saying is, you got to understand that situation. You got to take care of home first. Everything else is secondary. You have to.

You got to stay at home. And if you don't understand that, then... We not meant to be friends. We gotta take care of home first. Everything else is secondary. You have to. And if you don't understand that, then... We're not meant to be friends. We're not friends. I'm sorry. I'll send you a gift. Alright? I got the registry. I had enough of that talk. Alright. You got anxiety thinking about it. I just started beating.

Now let's Jay-Z and Beyonce go back and forth and talk about a little of him effing up a little bit as well. To get a bag, I had to sweater. Y'all can make up with a bag, I had to change the weather. Move the whole family west for this or whatever. In a glass house, still throwing stones. Cobra. Jesus, I'm watching the sun. Thank God for money, man.

Man? Jay-Z said he had to move the whole family west to get everything back together. He said we had to change the weather. East coast, you got to go live on the West Coast just to keep everything right with his family. Man, drop on the Clues Bomb for doing what you got to do. Keep your family together. You got to do what you got to do to make sure the family's good. Not mad at none of it.

And I love the album, by the way. And lastly, you know, everybody's been talking about Jay-Z has this secret child. He has a love child. He's hiding this child. I thought that was Drake. Well, they said Jay-Z did at one time as well. Jay-Z did have that rumor first, didn't he? He did.

They even had pictures of the little boy. The boy did kind of have the same. Well, anyway. But he answered this as well. Billie Jean in his prime. For the thousandth time, the kid ain't mine. Online, they call me dad, kiddingly. You're not supposed to take this dad thing, literally.

There you go. Well, Drake, you want to be Jay-Z? You got to take Jay-Z's old rumors that go along with them, okay? Drake's might be true, though, so. Allegedly. Allegedly. We'll see. But that's their album, of course.

If you haven't heard it, you should listen to it on Tidal right now. Pick it up. I've been listening to it all weekend long. A lot of music out, man. And the thing is, I hate the fact that they're making it seem like they put this album out despite Kanye. As if they gave a damn. As if they're not on tour right now. You know what I'm saying?

Right. The tour just started. Now is the best time for them to drop their joint album. And I don't understand why people can't enjoy all the music.

Like you can't listen to Nas and then go listen to J&B and then go back and listen to Pusha if you want to. Listen to Yeah if you want to. Listen to J-Rock. If you want to listen to J-Rock.

I actually listened to J-Rock this morning. Right. I was like, I don't know why people act like they can't enjoy all this good music out here. Enjoy all this good music and drop one of Clues bombs for 40-year-old rappers, you know, making this one of the best months in hip-hop history ever.

My goodness. Okay? All 40-plus-year-old rappers. Kanye, Nas, Pusha T. And Jay-Z. All right? All right. I just want to just throw away old people out to culture.

Okay. You wouldn't have a good month if it wasn't for them brothers. All right. All right? All right. I don't want to just throw away old people out the culture. Okay. You wouldn't have a good month if it wasn't for them brothers. All right. All right. All right. Well, that's your rumor report. Now, let's get to this donkey today. Who are you giving your donkey to?

Steve Bannon. We need him to come to the front of the conversation. Conversation? We need him to come to the first Monday. Leave me alone. We need him to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with him, okay? All right.

We'll get to that when we come back. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkey of the Day. I'm a Democrat, so being Donkey of the Day is a little bit of a mixed place.

So like a donkey. Keyhole. Donkey of the Day. The Breakfast Club, bitches. Now, I've been called a lot in my 23 years, but Donkey of the Day is a new one. Yes, Donkey of the Day for Monday, June 18th goes to former White House Steve... Hold on. You all right over there?

Had to burp. Goes to former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon. Now, this human jar of Hellman's Real Mayonnaise, white supremacist escrowed in there, Steve Bannon, was talking to ABC News Chief White House correspondent Jonathan Karl on this week. And he had this to say about the late, great Martin Luther King Jr. He said that Martin Luther King Jr. would be proud of what our celebrity and chief Donald Trump has done for African-Americans and Latino workers in America. Let's hear it.

I was talking specifically about Donald Trump and his policies. His economic nationalism doesn't care about your race, your religion, your ethnicity, your gender, your sexual preference. Here's what it cares about, that you're a citizen of the United States of America. We have all-time low unemployment among blacks in this country and 20-year low among Hispanics. The black working class and Hispanic working class are now getting the benefits, okay, of border security and economic action. That was the lead. Martin Luther King, I want to be honest, he would be proud of what Donald Trump has done

for black and Hispanic working class. Malarkey. Alright? Pure malarkey. Okay, this is just Charlemagne the guy talking. This is my opinion, but MLK Jr. wouldn't be proud of Donald Trump because Donald Trump wouldn't even like MLK Jr. if he was alive. Don't let these politicians fool you.

They love to whitewash Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and act like when he was alive, they weren't labeling him the most dangerous Negro alive. As if when he was alive, he wasn't public enemy number one. As if J. Edgar Hoover wasn't sending MLK Jr. letters telling him to kill himself. As if they didn't hate the fact that Martin Luther King Jr. didn't demand that America answer for her sins and live up to the promises of her founding, okay? In fact, if Martin Luther King Jr. was alive today,

Donald Trump would be slandering him with tweets every chance he got, okay? Martin Luther King Jr. would have been offended to hear Donald Trump refer to El Salvador, Haiti, and Africa as whole countries, okay? In fact, that's the kind of racism MLK Jr. was against, okay? You do know MLK Jr.

would have been on the front lines in Charlottesville, right, marching with Black Lives Matter activists against those tiki-torch-carrying, crack-ass crackers, okay? And these war-loving white supremacists would not have liked Martin Luther King Jr. speaking out against any wars or threats of going to war. Do you really think MLK Jr. would be proud that the Trump

administration directs Homeland Security officials to refer all cases of illegal entry into the U.S. for prosecution? Okay, and that policy is separating kids from their parents at the border and they are putting kids in cages while they wait on their parents. Do you think that Martin Luther King Jr. would be proud of that kind of inhumanity? Y'all really got Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. effed up, okay? If Donald Trump called NFL players sons of bitches for kneeling, then what would he have called the people who marched at Selma

or the Montgomery bus boycotts? If you ask me, the reason Martin Luther King Jr. got killed was because he was organizing the Poor People's Campaign, which is going to bring people together, okay, poor people of all races, okay, go do your Googles on that. Do you really think Martin Luther King Jr. wouldn't be in full support of NFL players kneeling to bring awareness to the injustices that black and brown people experience at the hands of the police? He would be down on his knees kneeling with them, encouraging them to kneel,

and more than likely organizing a protest against the NFL because of the way they blackballed Colin Kaepernick and now Eric Reid. I'm just saying, there's so many different reasons as to why MLK Jr. wouldn't be proud of Donald Trump, but it's also several different reasons why Donald Trump would hate MLK Jr. And don't let that human wart, okay, Steve Bannon, distract you from the fact, and yes, I think Steve Bannon looks on a lot

of levels like a hairy wart, okay, a wart with hair growing out, okay, a hairy wart in human form. If he ever committed a crime, and I had to describe him to police, that's exactly what I would say. He looks like a hairy wart that you have to put liquid nitrogens on to freeze off, okay?

But let's get back to the matter at hand, all right? Steve Bannon does not know what the hell he's talking about, okay? Because truth is, if you loved MLK Jr., you would love the people who are carrying on his legacy, which would be the social justice warriors who fight for racial and economic liberation of our people. You don't love Black Lives Matter activists.

You don't love Colin Kaepernick and the people kneeling in the NFL to bring awareness to police brutality. So why would you love MLK Jr.? And why would MLK Jr. be proud that you don't love and respect the people who are the hairs to his legacy and what he stood for. Please tell that hairy, wart, white supremacist Steve to shut the F up forever, and please give Steve Bannon the biggest hee-haw. Alright. Well, thank you

for that donkey of the day. Let the record show I did that whole donkey with acid reflux. Because I just drank some freshly squeezed orange juice right before the mic went up. And I was over here suffering the whole time. TMI. You got it all up? Mm-mm.

Get it all up. Mm. Mm. Just throw it back. All right. You good? Yeah, I'm good. All right.

Now, shout out to Jada Pinkett Smith and shout out to Sway. She did an interview with Sway over the weekend, and she talked about something a little strange in my book. Let's hear it. You know, she's gone on vacations with Will without me, with Trey. You know what I mean? Because I feel as though Trey needs to feel that dynamic between his two parents. That's very important that he can feel that connection and feel, you know know where they do meet so that he can feel you

know that that parental connection while you're married with will they've been on vacation together yes they have they actually just came off of one so she was talking about Will Smith's ex and how Will Smith's ex and Will Smith and the child that they have together are able to go on vacation. See, that was the perfect time for Sway to start asking about all those swinging rumors that have been going on with Jada and Will for years. But we're not talking about that right now. I mean, because then it would make a lot more sense.

You know what I mean? But because, you know, if you're securing yours and y'all already doing that anyway, you know, you're going out with your ex-wife. You've already been in that pool with the mother of your child. You wouldn't care if he knocked that off every now and then, right? No. I'm not agreeing with you. All right.

All right. Well, let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. Ladies, fellas, would you let your girl, your man, your husband, your wife go on vacation with their ex that they have a baby with? Is that okay? That's his ex-wife or what? Not ex-wife.

That's his ex. Oh, okay. I have no dog in this fight. I've never been in this situation. All right, but let's say it does happen. I can't even hypothetically think like this. 800-585-1051. Would you let your man, your girl, your boyfriend,

your husband, your wife go on vacation with their ex that they have a baby with just to keep the family together, to let that family know how it feels like to be a quote-unquote whole family? My last name is Pinkett Smith, one of you knows Carter. I actually respect Jada having that kind of security. Would you have that type of security? No, 100%. Now we all going. I'm going.

Yeah, we can take a family vacation. We can take a family vacation. We all family. You know what I all going. I'm going. Yeah, we can take a family vacation. We can take a family vacation. We all family. You know what I'm saying? If we all family, we can all take a family vacation. We can all go, but you're not just going. But Will and Jada are both too busy people. So Jada might have been working or something while Will was on vacation with his ex-wife

and his son. You never know. All right. Well, 800-585-1051. Let us know what you think. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we were talking about Jada Pinkett Smith. She did an interview with Sway, and they were talking about Will's ex. Let's see what they had to say. You know, she's gone on vacations with Will without me, with Trey. You know what I mean?

Because I feel as though Trey needs to feel that dynamic between his two parents. That's very important that he can feel that connection and feel, you know, where they do meet. So that he can feel, you know, that parental connection. While you're married with Will, they've been on vacation together. Yes, they have. They actually just came off of one. So, Charlamagne, what do you think? Well, first of all, I want to drop on a clues bombs for Jada Pinkett Smith.

I am a Pinkett Smith. Winfrey knows Carter. I feel like I respect the fact that she's secure in hers enough and she trusts Will enough that he will go on this trip and do the right thing. Because I really don't think I have a problem with two parents co-parenting. Even if both of those parents have moved on and they're married to somebody else, I don't have a problem with them co-parenting and still doing things with the child. Right, that's cool. Vacation is a different step, though.

I mean, it's really not. Not if you trust your partner and you really feel like nothing is going on between these two and you feel like they're just going to go out and have fun with the child. I don't think there's anything wrong with that whatsoever. I really don't. Me personally, would I be for that? No. But I'm still dealing with a lot of my own insecurities.

My emotional intelligence is high, but sometimes I can get a little sensitive. I'm a cancer. I don't think I sensitive. You know what I'm saying? I'm a cancer. You know what I mean? I don't think I can deal with that. I'm with you. I like, yeah, I know what I'm supposed to say. I'm supposed to be like, sure, go ahead. Go on out. But y'all have a great time. Matter of fact, you know what? Just hit me when you hit me. Just bring me back a souvenir. Nah, B.

That's not how I feel. But they've been together a long time, bro. Will and Jada have been together a long time, and it's always been the rumors that they swing. Right. So, you know, you wouldn't give a damn if he went out with his ex-baby mama. If that was their relationship and they swang, yeah, that's cool, but I don't think I'm that secure, bro.

I'm just not. That's why I say I respect Jada's security level. Right. And the fact that she trusts Will that much. And I gotta see the baby mama. I don't know how she look. It depends how she look. You know what I'm saying? I gotta see how she look. Baby mama might not be popping. You right.

That could be a lot to do with it too. And that's part of it. Because think about it. If she not attractive. You ain't tripping. She ain't been working out lately. You ain't tripping. Hey, you have a good time.

I don't know what Will baby mama look like. You know what I'm saying? So that factors in it too. I thought about that. But that's just my superficial ass right now. Now think about it. Let's say Will Smith, baby mama. Let me see somebody Charlamagne likes.

Nicole Murphy. Nicole's all right. She's cool. Now she's just cool? Now would you let... Would it still be cool? I'm more of a Kelly Rowland type of person. Honestly, because I said Kelly Rowland.

But, you know, Kelly's married, so no need for us to have that conversation. You know what? I'm not messing with you. And I'm married, so no need for us to have that conversation. Just forget it. You know, that's why... I mean, I still consider Kelly Rowland the Godiva chocolate goddess, but... married, so no need for us to have that conversation. You know what? I'm not messing with you. And I'm married, so no need for us to have that conversation. Just forget it. You know, that's why, I mean, I still consider Kelly Rowland the Godiva chocolate goddess. Oh, right. Forget it.

I see what you're saying. Forget it. I see what you're saying. You messed up my scenario. By the way, if my baby mama looked like Kelly Rowland, she would not be my ex-baby mama. She would be my wife. Let's be clear about that. Okay?

All right. I'm not even playing this game with you, brother. Hello, who's this? Hello, this is Stacey. Hey, Stacey. Good morning. Good morning. Would you let your man go on vacation with his ex?

I definitely would. I think Jada's right that they need to have that dynamic between Trey by themselves. I definitely agree with that. I kind of agree with you. I mean, you know, the sensitive side of me, the insecure side, says hell no. Hell no. But the mature adult side that's been going to therapy and can deal with my insecurities says yes, I don't have a problem with that. I'm in the middle, bro.

I don't know. Thank you, mama. Hello, who's this? Hey, mama. Now, would you let your ex go on vacation with his baby mama? No, I wouldn't. I would have to be in that same hotel, same resort. I'd have to be close.

Then why? Why are you so insecure? You don't trust him? Well, I do trust him, but still, I mean. You insecure like all of us. I heard y'all, neither one of y'all would let y'all spouse go. So don't act like I'm just sideways. You insecure with us.

All right, we just asking. I'm just saying. So, no, I wouldn't feel comfortable with that. But I feel like in their case, that's a wife

and they seem to be working on their relationship for a long time. So, we don't know what they got going on. Damn. Thank you.

I don't think they swingers though. You don't? That's always been the rumor. I don't know. I don't think. That's the rumor though. Okay, thank you.

But like y'all said, the rumor is always better than the truth. Especially when it's more entertaining. Y'all have a good morning. I don't know. That's a rumor, though. Okay, thank you. But like y'all said, the rumor is always better than the truth. Especially when it's more entertaining. Y'all have a good morning. All right, two down, mama. 800-585-1051. Now, would you let your boyfriend, your girlfriend, your wife, your husband go on vacation without you with their ex because they have a baby together for the sake of the baby?

Would you? Call us now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we're talking Jada Pinkett Smith.

She did an interview with Sway, and she was talking about Will Smith's ex and them going on vacation without her. Let's listen. You know, she's gone on vacations with Will without me, with Trey. You know what I mean? Because I feel as though Trey needs to feel that dynamic between his two parents. That's very important that he can feel that connection

and feel, you know, where they do meet so that he can feel, you know, that parental connection. While you're married with Will, they've been on vacation together. Yes, they have. They actually just came off of one. I'll be honest, Will, they've been on vacation together. Yes, they have. They actually just came off of one. I'm going to be honest, man. I've been thinking about this. Okay.

I've been thinking about this, and I had to remove myself out of this situation and think if I was Jada and Will and how long we've been together, and if I had an ex-baby mama, I don't think I would have a problem with this, bro. And the reason I would not have a problem with this is because you do have to trust your significant other. You have to be secure, and you have to have the have to trust your significant other. You have to be secure. And you have to have the utmost confidence that your significant other would do the right thing. But the number one factor for me would be how did the ex-baby mama look? If the ex-baby mama is banging, then I don't know if I'd put my man in that position.

See, and I was thinking the same thing. Like, I trust my wife. Go. But now what happened if her ex is Michael B. Jordan? Or her ex is, what's his name? Shemar Moore or one of them brothers that's all chiseled up. One of them guys you think is sexy? Yes.

No doubt. Yes, one of those guys that are sexy. One of them guys you think is sexy. No doubt. One of them guys that are sexy. Yeah. I don't. Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. I don't. Michael B. Jordan Yeah. Yeah. I don't. Michael B. Jordan is your wife's ex. You know why I would be so insecure about that situation?

Why? Because why you left this for me? Okay. You know what I'm saying? Like, why you left that for me? You know what I'm saying? I can't be that nice of a guy. I don't make you laugh that much.

Right. You know what I'm saying? Why? Why did you leave him for me? That's what would make me insecure about that whole situation. I mean, maybe. Because I would never. Maybe he left her.

Maybe. I would never be secure in our relationship because I would be wondering why you left him for me. Michael B. Jordan chilling there on the beach, shirt off. Nah. Your wife coming out with your kids. Okay, all right, enough. Take calls. All right.

Before I get upset. Hello, who's this? Sina. Hey, would you let your man go on vacation with his ex? No. Why not? I chose my man, but I don't choose what her intentions might be.

Will's son is 26 years old. I mean, what are they going to do on vacation this year that they haven't done in the past 25 years? They probably never would on vacation. That's the thing. And the fact that he is so old, you don't need to go. You don't need to go on vacation. Go on vacation by yourself. Hello, who's this? Yeah, my name's

Chloe. I'm calling in because I feel like on some for instance, some parents do need to sit down when their kids get of age, especially if they going to college or they got life plans that's going on. And they need to sit down and figure out what's going on with their kids. A lot of black parents don't communicate well

when it comes to parenting. So I wouldn't have an issue with my child's father. Me and him have great rapport. He got kids by other women. For me and him to sit down, have a drink, we can smoke, talk about our kids, figure out, you know, school plans, stuff that they involved in.

You know, it's bigger than just being sexual sometimes when you got kids. You got to see you're on that mindset. So sexual sometimes when you got kids. I agree. So let me ask you a question. Would you let your man go on vacation with his ex with their child without you? Right now, I really wish he would be able to go on a trip with his ex because he doesn't really get to see his daughter like that. Maybe they could sit down in a calm state and see how happy their daughter is to have them together. That's real.

You know, and things would be better if you could sit down and see your kids smile and know, like, my parents is cool. Because I didn't have that growing up. So I said, when I had kids, me and my kid's father ain't been together for five, six years now. But when he called my phone, I pick up. When he emailed me about his kid or some homework or some package, I'm emailing back. When his father-daughter dance, I'm communicating because he is just as important as I am to my daughter.

Okay. And we need to look beyond all this, oh, no, they might be having sex. He's not even attracted to me no more. You're right. All right. Well, thank you, Mama. You know, Detroit in the building, whatever. I'm in Charlotte.

Love you, Derek. What up, though? Hey, y'all. What up, though? What's the moral of the story, man? The moral of the story is I guess we have to stop being so insecure. Yeah, you're right. You know what I'm saying?

I respect the level of security that Jada Pinkett Smith is showing by allowing Will Smith to go on a date with her. Not a date, a vacation with his ex. Yeah. But I still got to see what his ex-baby mama look like, though. I got to see how much willpower Will Smith got. All right. All right. But Will seems like a highly enlightened individual.

Right. Like, if anybody can go out and have a good time with his ex-wife, it's Will Smith. But you know what, man? The more I think about it, as I get older and I get mature, I don't have those crazy urges like that. Because in a way, it's like when you go out of town by yourself. You're right. When I go out of town for the weekend by myself and my wife not around, there's plenty of opportunity to do some BS.

I'm just not with it right now. Right now you're not with it no more ever. I'm not with it no more ever. There you go. And Will Smith, about 10, 15 years. No, how old is Will Smith? How old is Will? He up there.

He about 10 years older than me? No, I wouldn't say 10. He about six, seven years older than you. No way. Yeah, Will Smith like 40. We'll got to be damn near 50. Is he? Yeah.

He's like 45, 46, 47. We'll got to be damn near 50. Is he? Yeah. Like 55, 46, 47. We'll got to be damn near 50 at least. So all I'm saying is, how old is he? 49. Oh, yeah, you're right. So he's- 10 years older. 10 years older than me.

So all I'm saying with Will Smith is, if he's tired at 49, or if I'm tired at 39, I know Will's tired at 49. All right. Exactly. That's all I'm saying. All right. Well, when we come back, we got rumors we got to tell you about Rich the Kid. He was Will Tye at 49. Exactly. That's all I'm saying. Alright, well, when we come back, we got rumors. We got to tell you about Rich the Kid. He was beat

up over the weekend. Joel Santana, he can go on tour, but only with his mom. We'll tell you about it when we come back at The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Oprah.

It's about time. What's going on? Rumor Report. Rumor Report. This is The Rumor Report. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Now, congratulations to Oprah, and I should say congratulations to Apple. Apple announced a

unique multi-year content partnership with Oprah Winfrey. Now, this doesn't affect OWN, but it looks like she's going to be putting more content on Apple. And you know what that means? No. More money. Oh, that definitely means more money. I wonder what kind of content.

I mean, I know she does her Super Soul podcast. That's on the podcast app that comes on your iPhone. Right. I wonder if they mean more content like that. I don't know, but she's going to be doing more deals, which means more money. I'm not mad at that. Now we got to congratulate Neo.

Neo and his wife welcome a baby boy. This is their second child together. So congratulations to Neo. The baby boy's name is Roman Alexander Raj Smith. Oh, by the way, Keith Sweat wants all the smoke with Neo. What'd he say? My OG, Keith Sweat, called me this weekend, and he wants all the smoke with Ne-Yo. He did not take kindly to those comments that Ne-Yo made here on The Breakfast Club last week.

Really? And he said he got a show with the young boy coming up. Really? So I'm just giving you the heads up, Ne-Yo. You know what I'm saying? Keith Sweat wants all the smoke. Like what kind of smoke? Like old man smoke?

Like fight smoke? Why y'all keep acting like Keith Sweat wants all the smoke. Like what kind of smoke? Like old man smoke? Like fight smoke? Why y'all keep acting like Keith Sweat ain't from the streets of Harlem? It ain't that kind of smoke. Keith Sweat just like I'm gonna bust his ass on that stage. Alright? They performed together in Chicago. I forgot the exact date. But also I think Nio's supposed to be on Keith Sweat's show.

Sweat Hotel. The legendary Sweat Hotel. I believe Nio's supposed to be on there this week. And I told Keith, well, you know what I'm saying? Go ahead and press Ne-Yo one time. You know, we'll play that here on The Breakfast Club. Absolutely. Absolutely. Salute to my guy, Ne-Yo.

But I told you. I told you. OG, you got to respect OG Keith Sweat. Now, also, congratulations to JD. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and he definitely deserves that. He's the second rapper to ever join this group. And the first would be Jay-Z.

Mm-hmm. 100%. All right, so congratulations to him. He's definitely well-deserved. And Joel Santana, he got a break with his upcoming charges. It looks like he can go on tour. Now, he's facing weapon charges. He has to wear an electronic ankle

bracelet now, but now the judge said she's going to let him go. He's going to go. He can do the first three shows, but he has to take his mom, and if the shows are good, no problems, then she'll let him finish the tour. I don't understand the mom part. I understand that he probably needs some supervision, but I don't understand why it's his mom. Like, Joel Santana

is a grown-ass man. He's not under the age of 18. Well, I mean, anything, I'm sure he's just happy to be able to go on the road and make some money. But I guess the judge is like, you're not gonna mess up with your mom there. You know, you might mess up with your friend. That's true. You might mess up with your wife. But you're not gonna mess up with Mom Dukes. That's true. So, shout out to Joel Santana,

and I'm happy that he is out to go get that bread. And I don't understand why it's always such a fight when you're a rapper to tell the courts that you need to go on the road to make money. I don't get it. Like, that's how people make their livelihood in the rap game. They go to tour. That should be respected.

I'm with you. And Rich the Kid, he was beat up and robbed over the weekend. He was at his girlfriend Tori Briggs' house. And they see somebody kicked in the door and robbed him and attacked him at gunpoint. He was sent to the hospital. He was beat down pretty bad. Tori Briggs looked like she was beat up a little bit. But people are saying maybe

Tori Briggs set him up. I don't believe that. I don't believe that at all. I know Tori Briggs. I don't put nothing past nobody. But Tori Briggs don't seem like that kind of person to me. And Tori got her own money. What could Tori get from Rich the Kid? I'm with you. Like Tori getting paid. And if Tori and Rich the Kid kicking it,

trust and believe, whatever Rich the Kid got, Tory Briggs got. All right? Because it ain't tricking if she's worth it. And I don't know if y'all ever seen Tory Briggs' Instagram, but if I was a little young rapper, you know what I'm saying, out here in these streets, Tory Briggs would definitely be worth a little bit of my check. My goodness.

Okay? My goodness. And lastly, surprise! Jay-Z and Beyonce put out a surprise album over the weekend. Now, they were on tour, and Beyonce was just like, I got something for y'all. And then on the screen, it says, album out now. All right, what do you think of the album? I think the album is amazing, but I'm on Roc Nation's payroll, so I could be biased.

But I think that it's an incredible album. I think it's adult contemporary hip-hop. It puts you in a mood. It's a feeling. A lot of music that comes out nowadays is good for the moment, but you can tell it's not going to hop. It puts you in a mood. It's a feeling. Right. A lot of music that comes out nowadays is good for the moment, but you can tell it's not going to stick to your ribs.

Like this one is going to be something that I'm listening to all summer. Like we're going on vacation next week and I already know this is going to be the soundtrack to my vacation. All right. Easily.

If you haven't heard it, make sure you go to Tidal and definitely listen to it. They talk about everything. They answer the questions about Kanye. They answer the questions about Kanye. They answer the questions allegedly about Drake, the Super Bowl, and all that. So definitely check it out. Matter of fact...

I just love the way that Jay-Z's adulting, man. I love the way that Beyonce is adulting. I love the way that they make familyhood and marriage look so dope. You know what I mean? Like, all it does is make me just want to be a better husband. You know, makes me want to be a better father, and makes me want to just create more jobs for my people. That's how I feel every time I listen to them.

Well, that is your rumor report. And we're going to start off the mix with a Hov and Beyonce joint. So just keep it locked. Revolt, we'll see you guys tomorrow. Everybody else that mixes up next, let me know what you want to hear. 800-585-1051 at DJ Envy. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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