The Breakfast Club - Wes Moore Interview and more

Episode Date: June 24, 2020

Today on the show we had author, social entrepreneur, television producer, and veteran Wes Moore call in where they spoke about fighting poverty, budget priority, systemic change and his new book. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to an Arizona Church who believed they had a cure to killing the Corona Virus and Angela helped some listeners out during "Ask Yee". Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory. Oh my God.

What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. We need help! That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast

Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay.

Have grace with yourself. You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. It's on your radio right now. Do you know how to pop that coochie for a girl? There you go. It's the world's most dangerous morning show.

Got the cameras, I'm out of here. I agree. What kind of show is this? My son listens to this show. The Breakfast Club. With DJ Envy. The captain of this bitch. With Angela Yee, the only one who can keep these guys in check.

With Charlamagne Tha God. I'm a lovable asshole. And this is The Breakfast Club, bitches! Good morning, Angela Yee. Good morning, DJ Envy. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. Guess what day it is.

Guess what day it is. Pump day? Ah. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha. And good morning, Toronto. Six, six, six, six, six, six, fix, fix, fix, fix, fix, fix. Come on, guys. What's happening? We almost there, baby.

We almost there. Made a little work with it. How y'all feeling? Good, we good. Everybody good? Yeah, we good. We good. Everything is okay.

It's okay to be somewhere between O and K, okay? That's why I've been a lot this month. Somewhere between O and K. But through all of that, I'm still blessed black and highly favored, though. There you go. There you go. Well, hopefully you guys are feeling okay out there. Wes Moore will be joining us today.

Now, Wes Moore is the CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation. He's an author, entrepreneur. He has a lot of titles under his belt. So we'll be kicking it with Wes a little bit later. Military Veterans. Got a new book out called Five Days, The Fiery Reckoning of America. Mm-hmm. So Fiery Reckoning of an American City.

That's what it is. Okay. Yes. So we'll be kicking it with Wes. And now you got front page news. Yee, what are we talking about? Yeah, you know, yesterday was elections. I actually went out and voted yesterday.

So shout out to everybody who went and voted in the states where they were offering that. I know we were talking about Kentucky. Everybody was watching there because they were talking about how many polls they were making the voting process more difficult for people. So we'll talk about keeping the polls open. Yes, and what actually happened there. Okay. All right. Yesterday I was out hugging trees.

I'm a tree hugger now because my sacred purpose coach, salute to Yachty, she told me to go out in the yard and put both my hands on some trees and put my forehead to the trees and, you know, download all the information that the ancestors want to give me from the roots. And I just want to salute all the tree huggers out there. I never judged y'all, never laughed at y'all. I just would hear, oh, tree hugger. And, you know, think a certain type of person, I guess,

like a hippie type. But now I totally understand why y'all hug trees. Drop one of Clues bombs for tree huggers. Yeah. I always thought that was just a phrase. I didn't know people literally hug trees. I thought they just call it that. No, I'd be out there hugging the trees. I'd be waiting for my neighbors

to call the police. So when you're out there, right, and you're grabbing that wood and you're pushing that wood, pulling that wood close to your body, what are you thinking? Well, first of all, you don't push or pull a tree. Trees have been there for years, okay, unless you're pushing that wood, pulling that wood close to your body, what are you thinking? Well, first of all, you don't push or pull a tree. Trees have been there for years, okay, unless you're the incredible hawker. I don't think there's no pushing or pulling of trees.

You got to pull it towards you when you hug that wood. What's on your mind? No, you don't. It's very grounding. You know, it brings you back to center in a real, real way. You go out there and you can do your breathing exercises and you can say a prayer. Like, it really, really does bring you back to center. So salute to all the tree. You go out there and you can do your breathing exercises and you can say a prayer. Like, it really, really does bring you back to center.

So, salute to all the tree huggers out there. I have joined you. I'm proud to be a tree hugger. How long do you hold that wood for? For however long I feel. It's like meditation.

It's like, um, it's like, like I said, I go out there and I pray and I meditate and I do breathing exercises for however long I choose to be out there. When I feel myself coming back to center,

then I fall back off the tree. Don't be on the wood too long, man. It's a good thing. You should try it. Okay. Well, just don't be holding the wood too long. Let it be free a little bit. Envy. Envy. You have to remember you're married. I know you haven't seen me in months, but we're both married.

You can't be flirting with me. What are you talking about? You said you were hugging the wood. I'm asking questions. I'm just curious. What does Toronto think? About what? So what?

That's right. And there's something that rhymes with six that you could scream out right now. It's just up to you. I ain't seen you in this video about Drake either. I haven't seen you in this video about Drake. This is how you sound this morning. I'm going to take you to the resources. Don't you do it. Don This is how you sound this morning. I'm going to take you to human resources. Don't you do it.

Don't you flirt with me this morning. I'm just asking about you grabbing the wood. Is there human resources when we work from home? I'm not sure. All right. Well, we'll be back. Front page news is next. I'm DJ Envy.

That's Angelique. And we got the wood hugger. It's the breakfast club. It's the breakfast club. Good morning. Tree hugger. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club.

Let's get in some front page news. Where we starting, Yee? Well, let's start with elections. Yesterday, as you know, voters have been facing long lines, fewer in-person polling locations because of safety protocols due to the coronavirus pandemic. One place people were keeping an eye on was Kentucky, and there were some issues. They said some voters were stuck in Louisville waiting to park their cars

outside the Kentucky Exposition Center, causing them to miss a deadline to get in line when the polls closed at 6 p.m. The center was the only site open in Louisville and Jefferson County because of coronavirus. So video showed voters locked outside. Some of them were pounding on the glass windows, hoping to be let in. Shortly after that, they did manage to secure a court order that opened the doors and extended the poll hours to 6.30 p.m. so that people could actually have access to go inside and vote. So Kentucky is one of several states that also expanded access to absentee voting. Officials expected a record turnout

of over 1 million people voting in the primary, so they won't have full results until June 30th because of all of that. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. I was going to say, the fact that social media was speaking on what was happening in Kentucky more than mainstream media is nuts to me. Like the blatant voter suppression in a place that Mitch McConnell represents, the same Mitch McConnell that has blocked two election security bills.

Dems need to be honest about how tough it's going to be to win in November because of voter suppression, because of voter depression, people not being enthused about Biden, and possible Russian interference. Like John Stewart said yesterday when he was here, based off that line in his movie Irresistible, you can't win a battle if you're not honest about what you're up against. Period. All right, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, there were three Democratic primary challenges for her in New York, and she did blow everybody out. So she's still in.

So we'll see what happens. Go ahead, AOC. Drop on a clues bomb for AOC, damn it. One of the good ones. One of the good ones. Now, meanwhile, Donald Trump was talking about voter suppression. Yes. Well, he was talking about what he thinks will be happening with the Democrats. He believes we'll be rigging the election. Here's what he had to say yesterday. The Democrats are also trying to rig the election by sending out tens of millions of mail-in ballots using the China virus as the excuse for allowing people not to go to the polls. I was watching CNN last night,

and Don Lemon was showing this segment about how Donald Trump has done absentee ballots before Mike Pence, his wife, Jared Kushner, like so many people in his administration, William Barr. They all did mail in ballots before. So I don't know what the problem is now. Yeah, ironically enough, he was in Arizona where he was speaking yesterday, where, by the way, there's been a huge spike in coronavirus cases. And Arizona, the county that he was in, actually has already voted by mail and has done that for years. The vast majority of voters there actually have for years already voted by mail. So this is nothing new. All right. In addition to that, Donald Trump talked about monuments coming down. But the radical left, they hate our history, they hate our values, and they hate everything we prize as Americans, and we're right. Because our country didn't grow great with them, it grew great with you and your thought

process and your ideology. The left-wing mob is trying to demolish our heritage so they can replace it with a new repressive regime that they alone control. He's crazy. Jesus Christ. Yes, we hate racism. Yes, we hate slavery. Yes, we hate segregation. History is racism. It's bigotry. It's hate.

And let's be clear. We built this country, black people. If you had 260 years of free labor, okay, if you had 260 years of free labor, okay, if you had 260 years of free labor and you didn't get anything for it, or you gave 260 years of free labor and you didn't get anything for it, you would hate the history of this country as well. And for him to say that we want to replace it with another oppressive regime,

what's more oppressive than white supremacy? What has been more oppressive than America? He wants to preserve that, so. Jesus. All right, well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your Front Page News. Goodness gracious. Hey, and that John C. Calhoun statue is coming down in Charleston, South Carolina right now, the 843. Drop on the clues bombs for the 843.

They voted on it yesterday, and they are taking it down right now. And white supremacists are losing their minds. Salute to my guy, Mayor Tecklenburg. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this.

It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition.

Why can't I trade my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that?

Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey guys, I'm Kate Max.

You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast, Post Run High, is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once we've hit the pavement together. You know that rush of endorphins you feel after a great workout? Thank you. High. It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams

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

You're trying your best and you're gonna figure out the rhythm of this thing alicia keys like you've never heard her before listen to on purpose with jay shetty on the iheart radio app apple podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts this is your time to get it off your chest whether you're mad i hear from you on the breakfast club so if you're man or flesh. Say it with your chest. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, let it out. Hello, who's this? Nicole.

Hey, Nicole. Get it off your chest. Good morning, Nicole. Hey, Charlamagne. Hey, Envy. Hey. All right, so I'm mad because I'm a college graduate, and I'm also a veteran, and I'm upset because I can't secure a home loan

because I got outstanding student loan balances, and they don't want to give me the money for the house that I want. And I still work for the government, and I started time in the military, and they still don't want to give me the money. You know why I hate that? I hate that. I feel like veteran shit. I'm also like y'all, the first college graduate in my family,

and this is what, you know, I did the right thing. I got a degree. And I started a facility. And I'm still continuing education. And I still can't get the loan that I need. What's your credit? What's your credit? How do you treat our veterans?

My credit card is a 785. And I worked hard to get it there. And that still don't even matter. Okay. I got you. I hate that. I hate how they treat our veterans. Our veterans should get, you know, free room and board.

Our veterans shouldn't have to pay any taxes. You know what I mean? And y'all should get a stipend. And y'all should get a stipend every month. Is this your first time buying a home? Is this your first home? Yeah. Oh, yeah.

Now, we got you. How many? Well, yeah, I'm going to put you on hold. My guy, Matt, does mortgages. He's been able to make miracles happen, especially if you're a first-time homebuyer and you're a veteran. There's so many different programs right now where they'll give you down payments for your home, and they'll also give you closing costs. So there's a bunch of different programs.

You hold on, and I'll give you his number. Matt, the mortgage guy, is his name, all right? All right, thank you. All right. Hello, who's this? It's Vlad from California. How y'all doing? Hey, what's up, bro? Did you say your name, all right? All right, thank you. All right. Hello, who's this? It's Fly from California. How y'all doing? Hey, what's up, bro?

What's your name, King? Fly. What's up, King? How you doing, bro? I was calling because the interview that you had yesterday with Jon Stewart, honestly, I think it was one of the best interviews that you have had at the Breakfast Club, period. From the range of topics that you have like had at the breakfast club period uh from the range of topics that you

discuss just the discourse between two people is something that we need to see right that was like one of the best interviews that you all have ever had um thank you brother we appreciate that um something charlamagne that you said during that interview was that something that the democrats have a problem with doing is our messaging and getting that across to the people and like defund the police, right? It's a triggering, it's a triggering, triggering word. What do y'all think about saying like refund the people instead of defund the police? Because we're asking for a reinvestment in our communities.

Correct. And maybe that helped get people in the door a little bit safer. What do y'all think about that? You said refund the people? It's going to be a trigger for people. But it has to do with the police department. So I think, you know, that is really the focal point of it.

The financing for the police departments. I was thinking that slogan gets the people inside the door and then when you explain to them how you refund the people, now you talk about how we're divesting funds from police departments, putting that in the mental health services, so on and so forth. Yeah, I read a good article that Michael Harriet wrote about Tim Scott. And, you know, he was saying that he likes the Republican police reform bill a little bit better than Democratic bill. But it's actually the same bill. But Tim Scott just has Tim Scott just has a different messaging. You know, he's still. Yeah. Yeah. So he's still talking about the funding the police.

He's just messaging it in a different way. Yeah. So maybe you should have like a prison abolitionist, like come in like a police abolitionist come and explain what it is. Like same dialogue that you guys are having and really like let people know, like, hey, it's not going to be lawlessness. We'll have a system. It's just a reimagining of public safety and restorative justice in our prison instead of, you know, punishment. OK. Well, thank you for checking in, brother. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club.

Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country.

I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water, 500 your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There's 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel.

I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson the First, King of Kaperburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I create my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making

a rocket with a black powder and all this explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. And we're losing daylight fast.

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

It's where we take the conversation beyond the run and get into the heart of it all. It's lighthearted, pretty crazy, and very fun. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. As a kid, I really do remember having these dreams and visions, but you just don't know what is going to come for you. Alicia Keys opens up about conquering doubt, learning to trust herself, and leaning into her dreams. I think a lot of times we are built to doubt the possibilities for ourselves.

For self-preservation and protection, it was literally that step by step. And so I discovered that that is how we get where we're going. This increment of small, determined moments. Alicia shares her wisdom on growth, gratitude, and the power of love. I forgive myself. It's okay. Like grace. Have grace with yourself.

You're trying your best. And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Wake up, wake up. Wake your ass up. This is your time to get it off your chest.

Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Hey, good morning. Hi, DJ. Hi, DJ Envy. Good morning. This is Cheryl Collins from Columbus, Ohio. Hey, Cheryl, get it off your chest.

By way of Akron. Okay. What's up? Get it off your chest. Yeah, this is my first time calling. And I wanted to call and tell Charlamagne he need to go sit in the corner. I've been wanting to call him ever since I was working, but I knew I wasn't going to be able to get in, and he need to go somewhere and sit down. Why?

Why you want him to sit down? Why I want him to sit down? He want to ask Jon Stewart, you should have seen what my grandmother had to wear as a t-shirt. My grandmother was Tommy Lou Weems. He should see what she had to wear as a t-shirt. My grandmother was Tom and Lou Weems. He should see what she had to wear. I don't give a f*** about what F... I ain't talking...

I'm talking for real. I ain't talking like my niece taught me how to talk. My favorite niece. Her name is T.C. Tamara Collins. I still don't know what you're talking about, baby. What you talking about? What shirt? Who is this?

Charlamagne? Charlamagne, you go find out somewhere. Go to timeout. Why? I need to know what I did wrong. You full of s***. Whoa. You got that right. Okay, what the hell?

You gonna ask Jon Stewart what his mother had to wear. You should have seen what my grandmother's shirt, what she had to wear, you should have seen what my grandmother's shirt, what she had to wear. Talk about... I didn't ask any Jon Stewart what his mama was wearing. What is she talking about? He sure did, mama. Go ahead. Get on his butt. Go ahead. Tell him to sit in the corner.

Now we don't know what this woman's dealing with. Angela Yee, you know, many years ago, Angela, many years ago, Michelle Kay tried to tell y'all what was going on out there in the street. And Kevin Gates then tried to tell you when he's talking about people eating booty and s***. Okay.

Okay. How you doing, my love? You good? Let us know. I'm glad Amanda Seals is going to put whatever she's going to do on TV. She's hosting the BET Awards this weekend. Steph, I ain't talking to you, Charlotte, man. Go sit yourself down.

You on time out. She's talking about when Jon Stewart was talking about the shirt his mom wore in regards to him being called sexist. Is that what you was talking about, Mama? Yes. Jon Stewart was not talking about wearing no goddamn shirt. He said, I think, something about a fish and a bicycle. That's what she's talking about. Yes, he did.

That's right. I don't know what you're talking about. I don't. My mother had to wear. My grandmother had to wear. In Akron, Ohio. During the riots. All this s***.

I done forgot. Wait a minute, Charlamagne. Shut up. One time after. All this s***. It's in the corner. I seen these kids crying in the street. All that brought back my memory.

I'm trying to get a COVID-19 test, and they give me the f***ing runaround. And I know the system. Where you from, mama? Where you live at? Where you live at? I'm from Akron, Ohio, by the way, at Columbus. I'm going to call LeBron, and I'm going to have LeBron send you a COVID-19 test. Shut the f*** up.

You can't curse. I'm here in Solomon. That's the only thing he understands is cursing. You got to say it. You're right. Shut the f*** up. Shut the f*** up. You got to be aggressive with me.

You hold on, all right? I'm saying nothing. Can we get your number so that way we can see if we can find a place that's doing the free COVID testing for you in Akron. Can we do that? I think LeBron James is doing them today at 4 o'clock. I love you, though. Get it off your chest.

By the way, I don't remember Jon Stewart talking about his damn shirt. I remember Jon Stewart saying he was from a single mother and he had a bunch of men working for him. How did his mama's shirt get into this? I need a man like a fish needs a bicycle. Yeah. What that got to do with me, though? Nothing. I don't know. But he was saying that his mom wore fish needs a bicycle. Yeah. What that got to do with me, though? Nothing. I don't know.

But he was saying that his mom wore that T-shirt. Yeah. But that's the shirt she's talking about. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We got rumors on the way, Yee. Yes, let's talk about Bubba Wallace. Now, he is responding to the FBI's findings

that that noose in his garage was there since 2019. It was there that long? He didn't see it? I'll tell you what's going on. My goodness. All right. We'll talk about that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk D.O., Hugh Gleeson. Listen up. It's just in. Oh, my God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk D.L. Hughley. Listen up. It's just in. The Rumor Report. With Angela Yee. It's The Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club.

Well, we told you about D.L. Hughley. He was performing in Nashville and he collapsed on stage. Later on, he revealed that he did have coronavirus. He got tested. Well, now his son, Kyle Hughley, has revealed that he also has tested. He got tested. Well, now his son, Kyle Hughley, has revealed that he also has tested positive for COVID-19. Listen to this.

I regret to inform everybody that I have tested positive for COVID. I'm asymptomatic so far, which is good. So is my dad. You know, we're both asymptomatic. My mother tested twice. Both times came back negative. So that's good.

All right. Well, it makes sense. I mean, as you know, they were together. Of course. And it does work with him. So that's the risk that's associated with that. Salute to the Hughley men. That sucks.

But glad y'all brothers are asymptomatic and wishing y'all a speedy recovery. DL will be back on his feet soon. Yeah, and I wonder what you said. How long did he have it? Did he have it for seven days already or did he get it a day ago? Like, how long? You know, I'm always curious. That's what I was saying.

It's just like, what if you've had coronavirus for 12 days already? Do you still have to quarantine for another 14, and you only got to quarantine for two? I don't know. All I know is DL Hughley will be back out there spreading the laughs and the information soon, and we'd much rather that than him out here spreading coronavirus. Yeah, and I don't think there's any way to know exactly when you got it either.

And for some people, it lasts longer than others. Some people have it for like a couple of months, you know, so it's hard to say. All right, now Eminem has brought Royce the Five Nine on, and he's going to be actually the director of community engagement and social justice initiatives for the Marshall Mathers Foundation. Eminem said, I'm super excited about not just donating money but launching new initiatives.

My goals are simple, providing privilege for the underprivileged and Royce the 5'9 said, I'm honored to team up with Eminem to do so. Marshall Mathers Foundation. So that's dope. They're going to be reaching new goals together. They actually donated to the

Change for Change initiative that we do in the first year to the Justice League. How much did he donate? $250,000, right? Yeah, $250,000. $100,000? I thought it was $250,000. I thought it was $100,000. No, no, no. It was $100,000. It was $100,000.

I mean, we appreciate hundred. No, no, no. It was a hundred. It was a hundred. Oh, it was? Okay. I mean, we appreciate it. A hundred two fifty. Nice sizable donation. Absolutely. All right. Bill Cosby has been granted an appeal in his sex assault conviction. And so what that means is the court will look into Cosby challenging testimony from women who accused him of plying them with quaaludes before

sexually assaulting them. Judges will determine whether the jury should have heard from the women, many of whom Bill Cosby said it was more than 15 years ago and the women's testimony wasn't the same as the sexual misconduct that he was convicted of and that he was never criminally charged in those instances. So the court has agreed that he can object to the county district attorneys going back on what he said, which was a promise to Cosby that he wouldn't be prosecuted if he spoke truthfully in a deposition. If you remember, there was a deposition. It was supposed to be sealed. He spoke truthfully, but they did reveal some of that. So now as he's serving this three to 10 year sentence, he'll be able to have an appeal. I'm shocked Bill Cosby is still alive.

I'm not going to lie to you. What do you mean? I didn't think he would last in prison. I really didn't. I mean, he's 80-something years old. He's legally blind. I didn't think he would last. I'm going to be honest with you.

I'm shocked. Well, Bill Cosby's spokesman said, as we have all stated, the false conviction of Bill Cosby is so much bigger than him. It's about the destruction of all black people and people of color in America. Alright. I don't know about that. I wouldn't go that

far. Yeah, I don't know about that. Now, Bubba Wallace, we've been talking about this whole situation with the noose that was found in the garage at NASCAR, his garage. Well, according to the FBI, they are saying that that noose was present since 2019. They said no federal charges would be pursued.

Nobody could have known Mr. Wallace would be assigned to garage number four last week. The FBI learned the garage number four where it was found was assigned to Bubba Wallace last week. The noose found in that garage was in that garage as early as October 2019. So I saw a lot of people were calling him, were calling Bubba Wallace Bubba Smollett as far as referring to him as Jesse Smollett with the noose situation. And here is what Bubba Wallace has to say about the FBI investigation. I've been racing all my life. We've raced out of hundreds of garages that never had garage pools like that.

So people that want to call a garage pool and put out old videos and photos of knots being as their evidence, go ahead. But from the evidence that we have, it's a straight up noose. My thing is, how racist is NASCAR that nobody noticed the noose? Ain't that kind of weird? How normal is it? How normal is a noose that it was up there so long and nobody noticed it?

Whether or not it was targeted at Bubba, but that noose is just decoration at NASCAR? I guess like you just, like you just, what you supposed to do when you get under the noose, just decoration at NASCAR? I guess like you just, what are you supposed to do? When you get under the noose, you're supposed to kiss? What's the thing at Christmas? What's the thing at Christmas? Mistletoe. Mistletoe? Is a noose the NASCAR mistletoe?

When two racers get up under that noose, they're supposed to kiss? The hell? And people were trying to say it was a garage pull, and like Bubba Wilds just said, it's not a garage pull. Everybody's been calling it a noose. The FBI called it a noose. It is what it is. So whether it was in 2019 or whenever, it was a noose.

Even if it was a garage pull, why is the garage pull tied in the form of a noose? And why is that okay? That's how you know it ain't no black people at NASCAR. Because you're talking about people having blind spots. People walk by that thing over and over and over again and never thought nothing of it. It take the black man to be like, hey, that's the news. That's crazy. That's why diversity matters.

All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Now, when we come back, we got front page news. What are we talking about, Yeezy? Yes. And we are going to be talking about Donald Trump.

He gave a speech in Arizona yesterday. We'll tell you some of the things that he had to say. All right. We'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Car. I said the car. Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. What the hell are you callingagne Tha God, who you are, the breakfast. The hell are you calling me a car? The hell are you thinking about this morning? You want to ride me? What movie is that?

You want to ride me, sir? Somebody just texted me about it if I was having a car show. And when I read it, it said Charlamagne, and I looked and it said car. So I said Charlamagne Tha Car. So why didn't you say Carlamagne? Yeah. Why Charlamagne Tha Car? That's just the way it came out.

What kind of car would I be to you, sir? No, tell me what kind of car would I be to you? Let me think. Let me think. You? I think you would be a Cadillac Black Escalade. That's what I think. Oh, classic, sweet.

That's nice. Okay. Smooth ride. I like how you feel about me, Envy. My goodness. Anyway, let's get in some front page news. Save that for Valentine's Day, bro. Go ahead, Gia.

I know it's awkward. You there? Okay. All right. Yeah, in Kentucky, voting did happen yesterday in the primaries. A lot of people were looking to see what would happen in Kentucky because they reduce the number of polling places from thirty seven hundred to fewer than two hundred. And there were just one. There's just one polling place in each of the state's two largest cities because of a massive shortage of poll workers. And by the way, I do want to thank all the people who worked yesterday. I was I went and voted yesterday in Brooklyn and I did go in and I thanked everybody who was in

there working because I know everybody's there's a lot going on with coronavirus. So it's nice to see people putting in that work and being pleasant to everyone and making sure they direct people in the right way. So that led to concerns of a suppressed black vote. And a lot of people were talking about that. They said in Lexington, the lines were about an hour long during midday and they actually had to end up extending voting as well in Kentucky because a lot of people couldn't get in. A judge did extend voting by 30 minutes, which allowed more than 100 people who are waiting outside the expo center in

Louisville to actually be able to get in and finish the voting process. Some people said that it was smooth, though. Some people said it only took them 10 to 15 minutes. Other people ended up waiting over an hour. So a lot of people were paying attention to what would happen there. In the meantime, Donald Trump was in Arizona, and he actually talked about how he feels like the Democrats could be rigging the election. The Democrats are also trying to rig the election

by sending out tens of millions of mail-in ballots using the China virus as the excuse for allowing people not to go to the polls. You know, I don't care what y'all think of Donald Trump. I don't care what your polls say. Polls said the same thing in 2016, and Trump still won. And it's things like that. That's the reason why.

Voter suppression. And what do you think is going to happen in November? Voter suppression, possible interference from other countries, voter depression because people aren't enthused about the candidates, and low voter turnout always favors Republicans. I'm just trying to figure out why this wasn't a bigger deal yesterday. They cut the polling sites in Kentucky. They locked people out.

Which was crazy, yeah. He's distracting you by telling you Democrats are going to rig the election, Why this wasn't a bigger deal yesterday. They cut the polling sites in Kentucky. They locked people out. He's distracting you by telling you Democrats are going to rig the election, and they are blatantly doing it. Like right under your nose. Why wasn't this all over the news yesterday? I saw it more on social media than anywhere. Now, another thing that Donald Trump talked about during his speech in Phoenix was these monuments coming down.

You know, he has a problem with targeting statues and monuments that have honored past presidents and the Confederacy across the country. Here's what he had to say. But the radical left, they hate our history, they hate our values, and they hate everything we prize as Americans, and we're right. Yes, we do. Because our country didn't grow great with them. It grew great with you.

And your thought process. And your ideology. The left-wing mob is trying to demolish our heritage so they can replace it with a new repressive regime that they alone control. I don't consider myself left in any direction, but I do hate racism. And yes, I hate slavery. And yes, I hate segregation.

And I hate your history of racism and bigotry and your history of hate. And let's be clear, black people built this country, okay? 260 years of free labor. All right? Let's be clear about that. As a matter of fact, white people, you should hate the history also because right now, you should be the ones that should be ashamed of what happened in the past and hate that history as well. It shouldn't even be just us saying we hate that history. Yeah, we do hate it.

That's right. I'm surprised he just says what he wants to say and he does not care. I'm so surprised. When a person shows you who they are, believe them. But nobody else believes them. When you call them a racist, they be like, no, he's not. That's a lie. You should see people in my comments.

They definitely believe everything. A lot of people on his side. And a lot of black people on his side be like, yeah, yeah. They believe anything. All right. Now, a police officer involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky, has been fired. This is more than three months after Breonna Taylor was killed. Detective Brett Hankinson was informed in a letter that was signed by the police chief that his employment with the department is terminated and that is effective immediately.

That letter was dated on June 23rd, and they did post the letter on Twitter. That's not justice. That's hardly enough. That man needs to be arrested and brought up on murder charges. Now which individual was this? Is this one of the officers that kicked in the door or is this the one that signed off on a warrant? Which one was this? Do we know?

He's one of the ones that actually shot. Yes. Some of the rounds that he fired was the ones that actually shot. Yes. Some of the rounds that he fired was the ones that hit Breonna Taylor. You know, she was shot eight times. And some of the rounds went into an apartment next door, endangering the three lives in that apartment as well. So according to the mayor, they did terminate proceedings last week, and they said that he violated standard operating procedure

when his actions displayed an extreme indifference to the value of human life when he fired 10 rounds into Breonna Taylor's apartment. Yeah, we need that full story. I was going to say, we need the person that signed off on the warrant, that gave the wrong address, the person that they had the guy in custody that they were looking for already that still gave the okay to go into that apartment. We need all of them. All those people were really reckless. An attorney for Brianna Taylor's family said that this is just one step, though. We're still waiting for the other officers to be held accountable

and for additional charges to be filed, but it is a step in the right direction. Yeah, I think once after they fire these police officers and they don't have that protection of the blue wall anymore, you know, they should be charged. They should be charged like anybody else would be charged with a murder. That's it. Yeah, it's crazy. So they do the no-knock warrant, which was an issue right now, right?

They do have the Breonna's Law where they're outlawing the no-knock warrants. But it's crazy that this is something that still the police officer, one of them finally just got fired. And mind you, this is over three months ago that this happened. So, you know, but, and shout out to Tamika Mallory because she's definitely a person who's been working really closely

with Breonna Taylor's family and with Breonna Taylor's attorneys to make sure that there is justice. And that's what happens when you lift your voices and you lift up the people who have these instances that they want to share and people may not have known all the details and you can see some movement now we just need more movement and we need to make

sure we keep on following up with these stories all right yeah they're having a rally tomorrow at the state capitol building uh 700 capitol avenue in frankfurt kentucky at 11 a.m until freedom is having it they got a free buses available for us. Come for a serve and you can join Brianna's family, attorney Ben Crump, Lonita Baker, Tamika Mallory, and other celebrities and concerned citizens. They'll be there tomorrow at 11 a.m. at the State Capitol Building, 700 Capitol Avenue in Frankfort, Kentucky. Justice for Brianna Taylor.

All right. Well, that is your front page news. Now, when we come back back westmore will be joining us westmore is the ceo of robin hood foundation he's an author he's also an army vet and we're gonna kick it with him all right so don't move it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club pj nv angela yee charlamagne the guy are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest on the Zoom right now on the line. The brother Wes Moore. Welcome, brother.

What's going on, y'all? It's good to see you. Good to see you. It's blessed to be with you. It really is. Thank you. Man, Wes got a lot of hyphens. He's the CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation.

He's a best-selling author. He's a combat veteran. He's a social entrepreneur. He's a social entrepreneur. He's an author. What else, Wes? What are we missing? I'm a fan of the Breakfast Club. That's where I am.

All right. That's where I am. He's got a new book out today. Honestly, I believe deeply in the fact that y'all are using your voices and the way y'all are using them. You know what I'm saying? So it means a lot to be on here right now because I think right now we have a situation

where we are being hit from so many sides and people don't even realize it. And so our ability to be able to speak out and speak up and be true to ourselves and be true to our history and our culture and our DNA matters. So this means a lot. Now break down the Robin Hood Foundation, if you can, because a lot of people donate to the Robin Hood Foundation,

and they want to make sure that their money's going to the place that they expect it to go. So break that down for a little bit. Yeah, so Robin Hood is actually 32 years old, and it really started with a focus on poverty. And the founders, when they first started off, they said, we think the markets are going to hard this is back in 1988 but they said but you know who this is really gonna see who this is gonna really hit hard it's people who are already living in poverty and so how exactly can

we come up with a way of finding and supporting good organizations that are doing really good work to address poverty every way that it shows itself because you know one thing I you know believe in is when people say, well, is poverty about education or is it about housing or is it about health? The answer is yes. Like, you know, for those who are experiencing poverty, it shows itself in every way. It shows itself in the water you drink. It shows itself in the air you breathe, in the schools you attend, in the way you're policed. It shows itself in every single way.

And so the ability to be able to then focus and say, okay, how then do we attack this issue with every means that we have to us? It becomes real. And I mean, I think about, you know, the fact that even prior, even prior to COVID-19 and the impact of COVID-19 were crazy on our community. But even prior to that, half of, just take New York as an example, half of all New Yorkers were in poverty for at least a year over the past four years. Half the city. And so when people think this is some isolated thing, or when people come up with

this ridiculous excuse of, well, people in poverty should just work harder or get a job. How about the fact that 23% of people who have lost their job due to COVID-19 were living in poverty should just work harder or get a job. How about the fact that 23% of people who have lost their job due to COVID-19 were living in poverty before COVID-19. So this is a working poor. People who are working, in some cases, multiple jobs and still not above the poverty line. And so really the way we try to attack it is, you know, not just through philanthropy and, you know, we're one of the largest foundations in the country, one of the largest poverty fighting organizations in the country. When it comes to absolute dollars giving out, we work with over 300 organizations in New York City alone, or community organizations.

But at the same time, also understanding that, you know, we're dealing with systems that have to be completely upended. There's actually a quote on my desk from Dr. King and it says philanthropy is commendable but the philanthropist can never forget the economic injustice that makes philanthropy necessary and that's just how it works. We have to dismantle

this mechanism of white supremacy and systemic racism and that's why I really appreciate what you're doing man you, I got introduced to Wes. Somebody, John Sykes, actually said, you have to meet Wes Moore. He could be president of the United States of America one day. John, John, John's my guy.

John's my guy. But I'm telling you, but for Charla, you're right. People, like, we have to understand that, and this is what gets back to me about even when we're talking about every aspect. But take policing, for example. I'm not interested in having a good Apple, bad Apple conversation about policing. I'm not. Because we're talking about systems. And as long as we understand that, as long as we understand the fact that there are structural elements that have to be taken out, then I think then we're having a real conversation.

And people look at, and, you know think then we're having a real conversation. And people look at, and you talk about this element of race, and one of the frustrating things, I think people fall into this conversation about race, like race and racism is an individual act, right? Like if I don't say the N-word or I don't wear a hood, so therefore I'm not racist. Racism is a system. It's a system that allows, it's a system that allows for a black college graduate to have the same earning power and earning potential as a white high school dropout. That's a fact. That's data. That is statistics. It's the fact that allows for a black woman who has breast cancer to have a 42% higher likely, higher probability of dying from breast cancer than a white woman. That is a fact. That's data.

And so racism isn't an individual act. And I think when people just personalize it like that, that's where we run into troubles. It's a system that has been built in and baked in. And the only way we're then going to be able to upend it is to be as deliberate about the deconstruction of it as our country has been about the construction of it right like you talk about the police system in your new book and it's interesting because a police officer could go and want to be a great police officer and have all the right intentions for joining the police force but at the end of the day you are working within a system that is just not put together right right now that's exactly right

and if you if you take a look at just at just freddie gray's life and so and so first of all i'll add a bit of context where freddie gray for those who might not remember um was uh it was a 25 year old african-american man who in baltimore city uh and by the way, Charlamagne, Baltimore doesn't have the best accent around. You are correct, Wes. But it was a 25-year-old African-American man in Baltimore who actually he made eye contact with police and he ran. Now, let me be clear about that. He made eye contact with police and he ran. Now, let me be clear about that. He made eye contact with police. That's important because that's only something that's probable cause in certain neighborhoods.

In so-called high crime neighborhoods, if you run from the police, that's all you have to do to be in the wrong. And so they chased him and they can chase you and detain you simply by making eye contact in a certain neighborhood. Right. And so here's a young man who made eye contact with police. He ran. He was arrested. An hour after he was arrested, he was in a coma. A week after he was placed in a coma, he died. And so there's two weeks of protests in Baltimore of people demanding

accountability and action, saying we need to know what's going on. And then there were all people protesting until one night. was actually night of this funeral the night of his home going that that night wasn't as peaceful and then that's when Maryland Baltimore was called in a big emergency National Guard was called in and that was the that was the upright that took place around the death of Freddie Gray but it's important to you know but you bring up a really important point, because, you know, when we're talking about policing in that scenario, policing in that circumstance,

the fact that they had legal jurisdiction to chase Freddie for making eye contact because he happened to live in a, quote, unquote, high-crime area, that's not a good apple, bad apple conversation. That's a system. That's a law. The fact that even when everything happened, the fact that years after this all happened.

And if you look at the two years in Baltimore alone before Freddie Gray, for Baltimoreans, we also know the names Chris Brown and Anthony Anderson and Tyrone West. All people who were in similar situations as Freddie Gray, who just in the two years prior to Freddie Gray, all died at the hands of police or on police custody. And we also know this. If you take all those names, Anthony Anderson, Chris Brown, Tyrone West, Freddie Gray, not a single person has been convicted of a crime. Right.

But we just have lives lost and no accountability for it. That becomes, that's not about the individual player alone. That's a system that we've got to address. All right, we got more with Wes Moore. When we come back, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Everybody, it's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with CEO of Robin Hood Foundation, Wes Moore. Now, Charlamagne? Wes, what do we do to change the system of policing? Because I'm watching them do all of these symbolic things like cancel cops and cancel live PD and take police officers out of video games. And I'm like, look, I'm all for defunding the police. I'm not for abolishing the police. No, I'm in the same boat.

I'm not for abolishing the police. No. I'm in the same boat. I'm not for abolishing the police either, but I do know what I'm for abolishing is I'm for abolishing police brutality. I'm for abolishing racial profiling. I'm for abolishing the hyper-militarization of police and why we have police that are basically dressed up as stormtroopers and are using the same equipment that I use in Afghanistan and why we have police for are basically dressed up as stormtroopers and are using the same equipment that I use in Afghanistan and why we have why we have police for using the same gear that I was

using at a time of war. And that's not the job of the police. Right. The job of the military was actually to go out and actively use offensive measures to fight and win our nation's wars. The job of police is to protect and to serve. It's a different mission. So why are we using the same mechanics and the same machinery for a different mission does not make sense to me. You know, and I think, you know, to your point, I think you're absolutely right, Charlemagne, where it's every budget is a moral document. If any of you right now, if you show me how you spend your money every month, I could probably make a pretty educated guess as to what you find to be important. Well, think about the fact in New York City, you know, for every dollar that we spend on NYPD in New York City, youth development gets 11 cents. For every dollar that the NYPD gets, the health and mental hygiene gets 31 cents. In Baltimore City right now, for our health department, they get about a $41 million budget in Baltimore City. The police department of Baltimore City, it's $509 million.

So you can't talk to me about where prioritization lies. And the fact that actually what's happening is we're having the police department take on a collection of other things that they should not be responsible for. And then we end up putting a lot more money into the back end because we're not putting money into the front end on things. In this country right now, child poverty costs this country over a trillion dollars a year. But instead, we think about budgetary allocations and we just continue giving more assets and capital to kinetic and military and police functions. It doesn't make sense. It is short-sighted. And it's something when we're talking about policing reform, we have to deal with things like structures like the elimination of no-knock warrants, the elimination of chokeholds. All those things are real. All those

things are important. But it is, to your point, Charlemagne, it's also about how we talk about budgeting and how is budgeting then reflecting our prioritization and what we're hoping for from the community. Let me ask you a question, but how do we see that? Because, you know, my whole thing with the police department and where all this money is going, we never see where the money is going. That's right, and you know what's crazy about it?

It's your money. It isn't like this is some shadow operation that's going on. Yes, it's our taxpayers' money. Your money. Absolutely. So the idea of being able to add transparency,

and when I say transparency, to your point, it's not just saying, okay, we're going to give $509 million to the Baltimore City Police Department. It's I want to see line items. Yes. I want to see exactly where that money is going. I want to see the toilet paper that you're buying for the precincts. I want to see all that. I want to see where the money is going. You can to see the toilet paper that you're buying for the precincts. I want to see all that. I want to see

where the money is going. You can't just say you're spending... It's public dollars. Yes. It's public dollars. And there is no reason why there shouldn't be a public accountability for public dollars. And aside from all of that, I feel like the third part of that is also accountability, right? When these

police officers commit crimes against civilians, they should be held accountable for them. And they haven't been. And like to your point in Baltimore, with the numerous cases that you can bring up, there is no firing. There's no there's no accountability. There's no jail time. There's no charges. So do you feel like that's changing now as things are being brought to light?

Do you feel at least if finally there'll be some legislation? I'm very hopeful because we are watching things that are being proposed, not just on local levels, but also on the federal level. We're looking at things like the pushback of qualified immunity. And so qualified immunity is the idea that there is a certain level of immunity that law enforcement has that most other individuals just don't have, right? There's this level of introduction of civilian review board and things that are going to be really important. The fact is, right now, the way the process works is it's who investigates police interactions and potential police brutality cases? The police. And so how the heck can you have people who are policing people who are then also part of units?

And so how do we do things like introduce a civilian review board and that kind of thing? Can we talk about your book, Five Days Also? Right. You have this new book. Let's discuss the eight different people that you actually have in this book and the eight different points of view that you're bringing into play. Yeah, thank you. And yeah, I mean, I'm, you know, one of the things I noticed when I was going through, and this was really a process that I was going through myself, where right after everything happened with Freddie Gray, and I remember attending his funeral. And it was the first funeral I've ever attended in my life where I didn't know the person while they were alive. And it was one of these things because his funeral was almost like a, it was a thing in Baltimore. Everybody was out. And I remember looking around the chapel and just thinking to myself, are any of us, me included, are any of us prepared to do what it actually takes to truly bring justice to this young man? And when we say justice, it's not even

just the accountability for, you know, for what happened in his death. The fact that here's a 25 year old young man who makes eye contact with police and loses his life a week later after being in a coma for a week. But it's also the fact that here was a young man who was born underweight, premature, addicted to heroin. His mother battled addiction for much of her life. She never made it to high school. She lived in poverty her entire life. When he finally was able to gain enough weight, him and his twin sister, Frederica, they left the hospital and they moved into a housing project over in West Baltimore, in North Cary Street. That housing, that house that they lived in, that and 400 other homes were named in a civil lawsuit in 2009 because of the endemic levels of lead inside of that house.

So the CDC indicates that if you have five microbes of lead in every deciliter of blood, you will be cognitively impaired for the rest of your life. Freddie Gray had 36. And so he was a young man who was born underweight, addicted to heroin, lead poisoned. And by that time in his life, he's two years old. Wow.

What shot did Freddie have? What shot did Freddie have? This argument about people just need to work harder, how hard did Freddie have to work? But honestly, I found myself sitting there with a sense of my own personal complicity because I left Freddie Gray's funeral and then I had to fly to Boston to go give a speech on poverty. And I knew that

part of it was because the work I was doing, but then part of it was because they were going to use my story as like, it's a celebration. It's a look at what he did. And when you look at a life like Freddie, it's just not true. And it's a lie that we continue to tell ourselves and so what i wanted to do with this story was first ground us in the reality of what we're talking about we're talking about the history of systemic racism we're talking about the history of tolerable poverty the fact that we we accept levels of poverty in our society where we are we are making a devil's deal where we're asking ourselves just how much pain are we willing to accept in other people

as long as it doesn't impact us. Everybody go out there and grab Wes's new book, Five Days, The Fiery Reckoning of an American City by my man Wes Moore. Wes, don't be a stranger. We need your voice over the next several months, man, leading up to this election for sure. Absolutely. Amen. Need y'all voice, man. God bless y'all for sure. Absolutely. Amen. Need y'all, boys.

Man, God bless y'all for real, seriously. God bless you. God bless you too, brother. Thank you. Appreciate you, King. It's Wes Moore. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, guys. Good morning. Yo, what's happening? Hey, listen, salute to everybody in the 843, man. Charleston, South Carolina.

I'm so happy that the John C. Calhoun statue is coming down. I'm about to post a video of it coming down this morning just to piss off the white supremacists that follow me. Let me go post that real quick. Did you see the officers out in Ohio? They was called the police on these five black boys for playing in the street. And the police pulled up. And it was like, I don't know why they called the police on these five black boys for playing in the street and the police pulled up and it was like, I don't know why they called the police we played in the street as kids, matter of fact

let's play a game and they played football with the kids Did y'all see that video? I thought that was dope and the reason I thought that was dope I remember being a kid and playing basketball in the park and sometimes the local police officers would pull up and they'd shoot with us and they'd play basketball with us and that's what you need, you can tell those cops are from the community.

They understand what's going on. And instead of, you know, telling them, telling the boys to get out the street or this, they was like, no, let's play. Let's play a game of football. And they play with the kids. And that's what we need more of. Opposed to making the street. I thought that was I thought that was dope, man. Yeah, I keep saying when they talk about a community policing initiatives, I think that they should have people from the community, encourage people from the community to go into law enforcement and pay them an extra financial incentive for coming back to police in their own neighborhoods. Yeah, I think that's that's that would be a dope idea. But what?

Absolutely. I'm a tree hugger. You really into that? I know. I really, I really. Let me ask you ager. You really into that wood today, brother. I know. I really am a tree hugger. So let me ask you a question, and it's not no joke. I don't want to talk to you about my hugging trees. And you grab the wood, right?

And you pull in the wood or whatever you do. What do you think about? You know, when I first moved back to New Jersey, right, I moved into this apartment complex in Teaneck. Was that Teaneck or Hackensack? It was Hackensack. The woman that was working at the front desk, she said, Charlemagne, you need to watch Envy.

And I thought she was about to tell me, you know, Envy is a shysty dude. He's a snake. She was like, you need to watch him because he be over here with this guy that's about your height and he's bald-headed and he's funny sounds coming from the room. And I was like, really? that's about your height and he's bald headed and he's funny sounds coming from the room. Okay.

And I was like, really? And she said, yeah. Now the dude was my man, Sean. People do sometimes

mistake me and Sean. So basically she was trying to tell me that you possibly could be Envy's type. That's what she was trying to tell me. That was 2010.

Now 2020, he's talking to me about Hugging Wood. I don't know what to tell y'all people. First of all, Lo Short is my brother. He had a apartment in Hack hugging wood. I don't know what to tell y'all people. First of all, Losord is my brother. He had a apartment in Hackensack, so I wouldn't visit him. There was no strange

noise, but you just said you grabbed the wood. I'm just curious to what you think about when you split me a hole in that wood. I told you that when I want to get grounded and come back to center, I go out and I put my hands on trees, and I put my forehead to trees, and I pray on the trees, and I pray on the trees and I meditate

to the trees. Okay. All right. That's what my sacred purpose coach told me to do. Okay. That's what I do to keep my mental health in check. Do you wear socks and shoes when you hug the tree and grab the wood? Hell no.

No. I want my feet to be in the ground. I want to get back grounded. Okay. Get back to center. I'm just kidding. Hey, don't be knocking my healing process. I'm not knocking your healing. I'm just want to, I want to get back grounded. Get back to center. I'm just kidding. Don't be knocking my healing process.

I'm not knocking your healing. I want to learn. You hug wood and I want to know what it does for you. What's the benefits? How it makes you feel? You're just talking about you want to be in the center. I'm just asking. Everybody knows you know how to hug wood. How you got all them cars? What? How you got all them cars?

How you got all them cars in me. We know you like to hog board. You got rumors on the way? This guy's crazy. We're talking rumors right now. We've been talking rumors for the past three minutes. Dude, we'll be talking about apologies. Jimmy Kimmel and T.I. What do those two guys have in common?

They're apologizing. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Jimmy Kimmel. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Well, Jimmy Kimmel, as you know, he's taking a vacation and he did come back from his vacation to apologize for wearing blackface in man show sketches that resurfaced. Now, if you guys remember, this is the Karl Malone impersonation that he did.

Sometime at night, Karl Malone look up in sky and say, what the hell going on up there? UFO live on other planet, phone and home like E.T.? Call me, I'll read on TV about white people getting deducted by aliens, sticking all kind of hell up their a**, and that's a damn thing. Well, he did do that in blackface, and now he has put out a statement. He said, I have long been reluctant to address this as I knew doing so would be celebrated as a victory by those who equate apologies with weakness and cheer for leaders who use prejudice to divide us. That delay was a mistake. There is nothing more important to me than your respect. And I apologize to those who were genuinely hurt or offended by the makeup I

wore or the words that I spoke. He then went on to explain about his impression of Karl Malone, how it started when he was a personality on the radio in the late 90s. And then he moved into television with it, with the man show. He said, we hired makeup artists to make me look as much like Carmelone as possible. I never considered that this might be seen as anything other than an imitation of a fellow human being, one that had no more to do with Carl's skin color than it did his bulging muscles and bald head. So he did also acknowledge he did impersonate Snoop Dogg and Oprah. And he said they were similarly performed without malice.

He said, looking back, many of those sketches are embarrassing, and it is frustrating that these thoughtless moments have become a weapon used by some to diminish my criticisms of social and other injustices. So he did put out a full statement, if you want to read that. And he impersonated Snoop by saying the N-word too, right? But I mean, that's all he can do is apologize. I mean, I still think we need to have a larger conversation about cultural context and how things used to be in regards to the risk people used to take to entertain because that line about what was acceptable and not acceptable was non-existent. Everybody went too far back then. Which is true, which is true. Everybody went too far, but you know, as long as he understands that,

he apologized. And, you know, he's evolved as a person, hopefully. And we're talking about something that is, we're talking about something that has literally

changed in the last few years. And to not acknowledge that shift is irresponsible of all of us. And I'm sure he's grown since then. What else can you do

but apologize and learn from it? Right. Right. And there's nothing wrong with saying, look, that was wrong. And it is what it is. All right. Lena Waithe has called out the Hollywood Reporter and Variety for ignoring black shows. She was on the Late Late Show with James Corden, and she was specifically calling them out.

She said people that are hopefuls, all the black shows are like on the long shot list or a major threat. As far as TV Emmy nominees, she said, it's like, don't act like black TV is invisible. And so she's saying all those trade mag, uh, all those trade reporters on Hollywood reporter and variety, they ignore the insecure as the black AFs, the dare white peoples. And for so long, she said, they act like we don't even belong in the conversation. So that has been her experience. Alright, now T.I. has

apologized to his daughter and I know people are going to feel like, oh, this is old, this is old, but these episodes are now airing. T.I. and Tiny Friends and Family Hustle. And if you guys remember the whole vagina hymen conversation that he had publicly about his daughter and taking her to the doctor, well, Deja's mother actually appeared with T.I. and

they had a whole conversation. And the conversation was about, you know, why Deja's feelings were hurt. And, you know, it's a learning curve. And he did finally apologize. Here's what she had to say at first to T.I. about parenting their daughter. Whether she tells you yes or no, believe her. Because really, at the end of the day, whether or not her hymen is intact, it is not telling of whether or not she had sex. So if you tell the doctor to check her hymen and she's told you, I've not done anything. And her hymen was broken's told you i've not done anything and her hymen was broken and she was telling the truth now you coming down on her now tell her that she's lying now i understand that i understand okay i'm beginning to realize that damn i ain't know as much as i

thought i did and then she did help him understand how inappropriate that conversation was and how the double standard exists and you don't do that with your sons. Why would you do that to your daughter? Listen to this. She feels as though there is no trust in what she says. It's a bit misogynistic because do you do the same for your son? Man, listen. You would never do that.

I don't think that. Would you ever do that, sir? No, you would not. I think all of these things and double standards, when it comes to me being a dad, I was being educated. And also, I realized how inappropriate the conversation by Deja on the podcast may have been. And I hold myself accountable. I apologize to Deja. You know I love you.

You know I've always gone above and beyond to do any and everything possible to make you happy and to keep you protected. All right. But, you know, when you watch the episode, Deja's feelings were still really hurt. And she was having a hard time not answering the phone for him and all of that because it was something that was embarrassing to her. It was hurtful for her for many different reasons. So, you know, that is something that should be a learning experience for everyone. I remember we had this whole debate up here about, well, he's just being a good father. But I think being a good parent is also, you know, as far as for me being someone's daughter, knowing that your

daughter deserves her privacy, respect, and also you should believe her if she's telling you something, if you know she's a good girl. And Deja's always seemed like a good girl and if you trust her you could be you should be able to talk to her and ask her questions instead of worrying about what's happening with her body because women's bodies are very complicated I mean once again all you can do is learn from a situation and apologize okay I need to know who these folks are that get everything right all the time I was to say the same thing. He's a dad who's just trying to protect his daughter. He made some bad mistakes.

He made a bad mistake and, you know, he apologized and we have to learn from our lesson. You say this all the time. There is no instruction manual when it comes to kids. There's no instruction manual when it comes to daughters. We try to do our best and sometimes we make a wrong decision and a wrong move and we have to say, you know what, I'm sorry.

And just as human beings, perfect people aren't real, and real people aren't perfect. You're not going to always get it right. And I respect the education that, you know, that woman gave Tip. You can clearly see he got it. He admitted he's wrong. You apologize, and the best apology is changed behavior. What do you want from here, blood? Mind you, in that episode, he still didn't apologize directly to his daughter you know

so that was something too because yeah but she did look i mean if you watch the episode it's really sad she's like crying breaking down you know talking to other family members and she can't even really speak to her own father and he's still being a little bit stubborn about it because ye is tv they'll get to that in the next episode. It's not real life. They got to stretch it out for the storyline. That's the other bad thing about a situation like this. Your real life becomes people's entertainment. So now it's a storyline that plays out. Yeah, but that's what the good and the bad are.

Maybe she really felt that. I mean, I'm sure she really felt that way. I don't think she's, you know, over-exaggerating. But I think it is a... No, no, no, no, no. I can't let you switch my words up. You said he hadn't apologized yet. And I said, yeah, because it's TV.

I'm sure he'll get to that next episode. I'm sure he's already apologized, but they're stretching it out for TV. All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Now, Charlemagne, who are you giving that donkey to? There are two pastors in Arizona.

They are the pastors of a megachurch called Dream City Church. We need them to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with them, please. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hey, Charlemagne, say the game.

Don't get under the shade, Charlemagne. You are a donkey. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkey of the Day does not discriminate. I might not have the song of the day, but I got the donkey of the day. So if you ever feel I need to be a donkey, man, hit me with the heat. It's a breakfast club, bitches. Who's Donkey of the Day today?

Donkey of the Day for Wednesday, June 23rd goes to the pastors of an Arizona megachurch called Dream City Church. Okay, Dream City Church senior pastor Luke Barnett and Chief Operations Officer Brendan Zastrow are their names. And Dream City is the perfect name for that congregation because life is all about the buying and selling of dreams. You're either a hustler or a customer in the dream business. And churches are the best dream business, okay? And this church was holding an event featuring one of the biggest dream sellers in America. Today, Donald J. Trump. Now, it won't be the first time a dream is sold in a church, okay? The whole concept of religion is dream selling, and that's why these pastors were able to get this dream off, or should I say this lie off, okay?

Now, circulating online this week was a promo video that claims the church's air filtration system can kill 99.9% of COVID-19 within 10 minutes. Now, I watch Bishop T.D. Jakes every Sunday, and Potter House in Dallas be fairly empty. I also watch my man Monk's Corner, South Carolina's own Stephen Furtick, and Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, be fairly empty. Clearly in Arizona, they are farther along in phases, or they just don't care. So they are trying to get people back they just don't care so they are trying to get people back in those pews okay I guess prayer and faith and white Jesus isn't enough because in order to get folks comfortable with coming to Dream City they have to sell a dream

to the city that they have installed air filtration systems that kill 99.9 percent of COVID within 10 minutes let's go to Dream City Church's Facebook page to hear the promo please here at dream city church we're probably the first church in the nation to yeah we've uh we've installed clean air exp we have a local arizona company it was technology developed by some members of our church and we've installed these units and it kills 99.9 percent of covid within 10 minutes from independent testing it's the ionization it's ionization of of the air and it takes particulates out and covid cannot live in that environment so when you come into our auditorium 99 of covid is gone killed if it was there in the first place so you can know when you come here you'll be safe and protected

now look i'm not here to tell you what to believe if religion helps you get through your day if it gives you a better life great even though i am more of a spiritual person than a religious person i don't knock religion but you have to acknowledge the fact that if you can get people to believe that a white man turned water into wine with no grapes then you can make them believe anything all right right, that whole story of white Jesus turning water into wine, there was no mention of grapes. You need lots and lots of grapes. There was no mention of sugar, no wine yeast.

And was the water filtered? Because you need filtered water to make homemade wine. But nevertheless, I am not here to be a dream killer. If that's your bag, let me mind my business. But I'm just saying, I can tell you my air filter kills corona and you would believe me because, well, I told you white Jesus fed 5,000 people with five loaves of bread and two fishes and you believe that. I know, I know, miracles, okay, but 5,000 people got fed with five loaves of bread and two fishes? Come on now. Caterers, chefs, food and beverage workers,

talk to me. 5,000 people ate good off five loaves of bread and two fishes. I am not knocking you for what you believe. I just know that if you called a catering service and told them you had a party of 5,000 and Jesus told you, not Jesus, Jesus told you that he could feed them with five loaves of bread and two fishes, you would hang up on Jesus. That's all I'm saying. But if you believe that, then you would believe an air filter can kill coronavirus. I mean, it's literally so many miracles performed in the Bible, 80 in the Old Testament, 83 in the New Testament,

probably more in the LeBron James version. So why wouldn't I believe my pastor when he says the church has an air filter that kills coronavirus? And if the church has that, why are they not having them installed in every member of the congregation's house? Okay, that's what white Jesus would have done. He would have hooked up five air filters and said two prayers and 5,000 people would have been cured of coronavirus.

Okay, that white man is something else, isn't he? That white man can make you believe in him more than you believe in yourself. And that's exactly how he designed it. OK, all I'm saying is if you can make people believe that Moses Rod turned into a serpent, if you can make people believe that Lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt, if you can make people believe a white man walked on water, then you can make them believe an air filter kills 99.9 percent of coronavirus. And for the record, Jeffrey Siegel,

a professor at the Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering at the University of Toronto, he said he's read the lab reports that the clean air EXP results are based on, and basically he said the devil, in this case the white devil, those two pastors are a liar, okay? He said aside from the unrealistic testing that was done for this filtration system, there's no filter or air cleaner in the world that could reduce risk in a crowded indoor environment. He said, filtration or air cleaning is not a good way of protecting people who are close to each other because fundamentally you have to get the droplets

that contain the virus to the air cleaner and remove them before they are inhaled or land on someone else and eventually end up in their respiratory system. Long story short, it's some BS. But Jeffrey also said, aside from the unrealistic testing, listen, you don't have to be realistic when you're in the church. The stories they make you believe about the church from the Bible are all unrealistic. And that's why when you have pastors who pray on people's need to believe like these two pastors did, religion goes from being something constructive to something destructive. In a statement to CBS News, Dream City Church said, The post about the filtration system was meant to inform the congregation.

We are doing everything we can to foster the cleanest, safest environment as we resume church services. A.K.A. we just trying to get people back in this church by any means necessary. A.K.A. this COVID done messed up the church's money and false prophets only care about profit. So we need this money to rain down like manna from the sky. This is why people don't trust religion. Guys like these pastors give great pastors a bad name and with that i say be careful who you trust the devil was watching was once an angel please let chelsea handler give pastor luke barnett and brendan zastro the biggest hee-haw hee-haw hee-haw

that is way too much dan maynard all right. Thank you for that donkey today, sir. Yep. Up next, Ask Yee. 800-585-1051. If you need relationship advice or any type of advice, call Yee right now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

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Hi, it's Tito from Brooklyn. How you doing, Yee? I just got to say I'm a big fan. I love you guys. I listen to you guys every day. I just have a question. I'm 25 years old, and I've been dating a couple of women, but it seems that the women I've been attracting only want one night stands or they already have a boyfriend.

I'm looking for a long term investment. And my friends tell me that I should stick with it because of my age. I should stick with women who already have kids. And I need to know, is there any advice you can give me on the dating game? Well, number one, where are you meeting these women? I try everywhere, you know. I just finished a college semester so I was dating a woman in college.

I tried Tinder, social media and I've been striking out, you know. I get the date but they're not looking for something. They're not looking for that type of commitment. Well, I'll tell you this, maybe you shouldn't sleep with people right away when you get the date, but they're not looking for something. They're not looking for that type of commitment. Well, I'll tell you this. Maybe you shouldn't sleep with people right away when you get the date.

Okay. If you're looking for something more long-term and, you know, you're upset about just having all these one-night stands, maybe the best thing to do is to go out and not try to go home with someone and actually have those phone conversations, FaceTime calls, real dates. Go out and don't sleep with them right away.

That way they're getting a chance to know you as well. Yeah. Another thing is I've also been told that I'm too cheesy on dates. Like sometimes I show up with flowers and I still hold doors for ladies because I keep it a little bit old school. I'm very respectable towards women. I think that's great. I think that sounds amazing.

You know what? Don't date people who are already in relationships. And no, you don't have to date people who have kids already. You have to go out with people who you like. And I think the best advice is, and I really strongly believe in this, when you go on dates with people, don't look at it as this is going to be my potential wife. Look at it as this is somebody that I could be friends with, that I could see myself hanging out with? And then that's the person that you should try to pursue. Okay.

Okay. Do you, do you know any like signs that shows like if a woman is not into a long-term relationship or like anything like that? Like, you know, any signals that I should know on like a day or if I, if I do get to know somebody and they get to know me, should I, is there any like warning signs or signals that said, hey, she might not be, you know. Well, I think communication is important. So if she's texting you throughout the day and calling you and paying attention and asking questions about what's going on in your life and if she has major decisions to make

or something happens, she comes to you for advice and vice versa, if that's the person you know you you can go to if she's available. If somebody is not responding to your messages and not returning your calls, then that's a sign that she's definitely not interested. And I think planning in advance, like if it's right now is Thursday, if you're like, hey, I wanted to see if, you know, Sunday I could make you brunch and we could, you know, do something like that. So I just think things like that where you're planning ahead, you guys are planning to spend time together. By the time your date is over, if you guys are already thinking about,

okay, where are we going next or what are we doing next? I think that's important. But if somebody just doesn't open up to you, if somebody is not asking questions and seeing how you're doing and they're not communicating with you throughout the day, then most likely they're not that interested. Because we get really excited when we like somebody when we first meet them. And sometimes we also do hold back because we don't want to seem too thirsty.

But if you hit her and she responds right away or, you know, she responds quickly, I think that's a good sign. Okay. Just to rephrase off of my other question, like I said, I'm 25 years old, so am I okay to look for women that don't have kids, or is it wrong that I shouldn't, or I should, or my age plays a difference? That is your

preference. If you prefer to be with somebody, you're still young, who doesn't have kids, because you don't want to have to deal with the father of the children or child, and you don't know what the situation is. And, you know, that's definitely your prerogative. But, you know, sometimes I think you have to be flexible on that because the very thing that you say you don't want is what you end up getting. And if that's who you end up with, then it is what it is.

But I definitely don't have a problem with you having a preference. Okay. That actually helps me. You are awesome. Just once again, I love you guys. I love Charlamagne. I think you keep it real.

DJ Evy, one of the best DJs I hear. And Yee, I listen to you guys every day. I love y'all. Thank you so much. Thank you. You should bring them some flowers.

Okay, I definitely will. Just give me an address. All right. Thank you, Tito. Thank you, brother. Ask Yee, 800-585-1051. If you need relationship advice or any type of advice, you can call Yee now.

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We're in the middle of Ask Yee. Hello, who's this? Hello, this is Kazvik. Hey, what's your question for Yee? So my question is, I'm dating this girl for the past four months, going on for five months. We have, like, a very strong communication with each other where we are open with each other and like if we feel any type of way about each other about anything

we are expressive with it so she's saying that this is someone that I see myself with I get it I've been child with and everything she has met the requirement that I required as you know when it comes

to like marriage or choosing the mother for my child and stuff like that. You love her. I wouldn't say I love her, but it's getting there. She meets the requirements, but you don't love her yet. You see this happening in the future. I'm not saying that I do

not love her, but love is a very strong word. I know it will get there, but I'm Jamaican and I do not love her, but love is a very strong word. I know it will get there, but I'm Jamaican, and I don't love that music. Okay. No, just when you said you could see yourself marrying someone and you can see them being the mother to your child, I would figure that means that you love her. But listen, I could say I see myself marrying her. What if things change?

If you understand what I mean. So anyway, she said before we move in together, if we have a plan in which we are planning on moving together, she said we have to get married before we could move in together. So I was thinking that that's like a recipe for disaster. But not moving in together until you get married? She wants us to get married before we move in together. Okay.

What do you think about that? I mean, if that's what her requirements are and what she's saying, because you guys can still date and be at each other's houses, that doesn't mean that you have to move in, so you still have separate residences. I'm sure you spend a lot of time together now, but if she's not comfortable

living with somebody unless you guys are married, then that's her prerogative. I mean, that's, yes, I accept that that's her prerogative and all that. But it's like, if you, there's some truism to this. Like, when you live with someone, right, that's like the best way of getting to know them because i could see you i could be good friends with you i could be a good family member with you i could have a good relationship with you but when we live together it could be so many different things that i didn't know about you which probably would say um that i wouldn't tolerate if you understand what i mean so living together is getting to know the person better. I mean, there's plenty of people who don't live together

before they get married, though. For some people, they want to wait until marriage for that because just like you find it hard to be in love or love someone, she might find it hard to commit to somebody on that level until they're committed on the level that she wants. And if that's her uh standard of what she wants to do then either you're with it or you're not but i just you know you can't make somebody do something that is against their own morals or what she wants to do i mean do you all

spend the night at each other's houses uh yeah we yeah we spend each other's hours and we you know we go to each other's house we probably spend two or three days and stuff like that. But the thing is, I'm kind of compromising a request. I said, okay, let's engage. Then what do you think about it? I said, let's engage. Okay, so you're saying that you, so basically you just want y'all to live together

and you will get engaged in order to make that happen. Yes. Okay, well make that happen? Yeah. Okay, well, that's a compromise. You can ask her that. You can say, okay, well, once we get engaged, I would want us to live together and see if she's open to that. I mean, I don't think there's anything wrong with being excited about actually getting married. And then after you get married, y'all move in together as part of that. Because some people feel like, I don't want to act like we're married and live together until we really are.

And, you know, some people don't feel that way. So it just seems like you guys have a difference in opinion. I don't think either one is right or wrong. Yes, but I mean, it's like, I'm trying to protect her at the same time, but it's not like I'm planning on doing her dirty or anything of that sort. But it's like, I'm trying to open her mind or anything of that sort. But it's like I'm trying to open her mind to certain stuff,

especially when you're dealing with persons who are not really hoping to society. They're so closed into their family dynamics or their cultural background. So it's like most of the decisions they make is based on like, oh, I was raised. But at the same time, you have to look outside. You have to peep outside and see society for what it is. Even though that's what your family dynamic says or probably that's what your cultural background says, if you go out there, you're going to meet someone

who probably do not have the same. I'm not saying that you should throw everything that your family dynamics or your culture or your moral background says, but I'm just saying, like, be more open to reality and what it really is. Well, sir, as soon as you decide that you love her, then y'all can have that real conversation. Because you shouldn't want to be living with somebody until you can tell them that you love them and mean it.

I didn't say I didn't love her. You said that you're getting there. You're not there yet. Why don't you wait till you get there? Okay, then. That's, that's, that's, okay, that's fine. I mean, don't, I'm just, I'm just saying it feels like, you know, you said you guys have only been dating for four or five months. You can see this happening.

It doesn't even seem like you're at the point where you can be comfortable saying, I love her. I want to be with her. I want to spend the rest of my life with her. You're not even there yet. So maybe she, maybe but you're not, you just told me I said, do you love her? What was your answer? I said

it's getting there. I like her and everything I like like her. And everything, I like her. But if I say I love, love, love, for me to entirely love someone, I have to know you entirely. I don't know her entirely. I'm just saying, let me tell you something.

I wouldn't move in with somebody if they didn't love, love, love me. So take your time. I wouldn't put the pressure on this right now. There's nothing wrong with that. And I'm not saying that you're wrong for not feeling like you love, love, love her and that it's difficult for you. But why don't you work on getting to that point before you jump to the next point? But I mean, when you're moving to, as I previously mentioned, when you're moving with someone, it's kind of like intimately getting to know them.

I'd rather get to know you first before we move in together. And I don't think there's anything wrong with her position on that. I want to know that I love you first. Moving in together is a big deal for some people. Look, I can see getting engaged and then moving in together. I kind of feel the same way. I don't want to live with somebody if we're not getting married. So if that's how she feels, that's how she feels.

You feel differently. So you should have that conversation. And when you're ready to propose, then maybe that's when you move in together. Now, if things go terribly wrong, you could decide not to get married. But, you know, I just think that she probably wants that love, love, love first. But, you know, I do wish you the best of luck and have that conversation with her. I would say get engaged first and then start thinking about moving in together. Okay.

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Yes. And Stevie Wonder has spoken and he's talking about systemic racism, police brutality, voting, Juneteenth, all of those things. And we'll have that for you. All right. We'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's about time. What's going on? Rumor report. Rumor report. This is the rumor report. Talk to them. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Ocho Cinco is giving away $245,000 in stimulus checks, and he says he's doing that since Trump won't do it. So he posted a picture of the $245,000 that he has ready and he said he's doing it July 1st via Cash App and he's taking part in

this charitable giving because Trump wants to keep on playing games. That's dope. That's really dope. I love when private citizens take care of their own people, especially if you got the means to do it. Why not? That's what life is about. It's about being a service baby. All right. And Stevie Wonder is speaking out and he's talking about having an ending to

police brutality, systemic racism, and so much more. Here's what he had to say. If life can have an ending, all things can have an ending. Systemic racism can have an ending. Police brutality can have an ending. Economic repression of black and brown people can have an ending. A movement without action is a movement standing still. To those who say they care, move more than your mouth. Move your feet to the polls and use your hands to vote. Make your plan now to vote because right now there are forces trying to take your vote away. He's absolutely right. We gotta be intentional on ending it though.

We can't destroy a problem we didn't create but we can push for the destruction of it and the dismantling of white supremacy, systemic racism. It's inevitable that it will be abolished. God is giving America the chance to atone for its sins. Play with God if you want to. Watch what happens. You think the Thanos snap was something.

Okay. Okay. All right. Stevie Wonder also said he can see better than us. You know, it's a sad day when I can see better than your 2020 vision. The universe is watching us. Let's do something. Let's make a difference.

Well, Steve, the jig bent up on that. We've been though you could see, but we just don't be saying nothing. You know what I'm saying? We ain't going to blow your spot up. Salute to you. Remember when Stevie came and he played Happy Birthday for Hillary Clinton? I remember. Sure do.

How Stevie was telling people where to go. Stevie was telling his team, come this way. The door's right there. Opening the door for people. I'm like, what the hell? Like, when I saw Stevie look both ways before he crossed the street, I knew something was wrong. Shut up.

Shut up. I saw it. I saw it. He had his SUV with pot across the street. He looked both ways before he crossed the street, man. All right. Now, Ron Jeremy has been charged with three counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.

Now, the Los Angeles County District Attorney did announce yesterday that Ron Jeremy has been charged. And, you know, he's if he is convicted, he faces a possible maximum sentence of 90 years to life in state prison. He could also be required to register as a sex offender and that arraignment is going to be it was scheduled for yesterday. So we'll see what happens with that. But he is of course denying these accusations of sexual assault and rape in 2017. He denied it. And he hasn't responded since then.

And basically he's saying that he did not do any of these things and we'll see, you know, again, Ron Jeremy, Ron Jeremy? The porn star? Ron Jeremy, the adult film star. He said, I'm innocent of all charges. I can't wait to prove my innocence in court. All right, Black AF has been renewed for a second season. So congratulations to Kenya Barris. Congratulations to Rashida Jones.

They did get some backlash in their series because the cast is light-skinned. But Kenya Barris explained the family resembles his own. It's based on his own life. And a lot of the things in the show that people did not like is basically, and people that know him have said this is kind of what his life is like. So it's a take on that. Congrats to Kenya Barris. I didn't like the first season.

A lot of people did. I hope the second season is better than the first And do you really think Netflix Was not going to renew a show Called Black AF at a time like this I would have Dared them to not renew this show And see what would have happened

You don't renew Black AF at a time like this I know you didn't like it But I enjoyed the show And I do know people who kind of act like that in real life, so I just felt like, I do, I definitely do. Why do you hang around

such a-holes? I do know people, I know all different kinds of people, and it's not necessarily that you hang around them, but I know people that do certain things and you might think it's like, that was a little crazy, but we just know all different kinds of people. I mean, it is what it is.

I would have enjoyed the show if they'd have showed him and his wife going through a divorce and him trying to groove back. Because that would explain his curmudgeonous behavior. Wasn't it based on his wife or something? I don't,

yeah. And he's going through a divorce. So it would explain why he's so angry, why he's so mad. And then, you know, the whole chains and the young clothes that would have been the midlife crisis.

I don't know. I just think it was a, it was a better angle they could have took. Okay. All right. Well, I mean, you know,

it's his thing. I guess it represents him. It would explain why his kids are so mad at him, why his daughter's cursing him out because they're mad that he's leaving mommy. I just don't feel like they explained why his character is the way he is well. Well, that was season one, so maybe we'll get more in-depth in season two and see what's going on. But it is also a comedy, so they have some fun with certain things,

and some things I thought were really funny. All right, well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Now, the People's Choice mixes up next. Get your request in. Shout the revolt. We'll see you tomorrow. Everybody else, let's go. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hi. What's happening? I want to salute the 843, man. Last are, the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hi. What's happening? Hey, I want to salute the 843, man. Last night, Charleston City Council voted unanimously to take down that pigeon toilet

that is the John C. Calhoun statue from Marion Square, and they started the process this morning. I just posted a video on my Instagram page, C to God, C-T-H-A-G-O-D. But, yeah, salute to the 843. We got a long way to go, but it's a start. America has a long way to go, but it's a start. You know, Thanos said once that as long as there are those who remember what was, there will always be those who cannot accept what can be.

And I feel like those memorials and monuments are a constant reminder of what was and still is. And they have to go so we can accept what America advertises itself to be. So, yeah, salute to the 843 and everybody else taking down those memorials and monuments and statues of those slave defenders all around the country. All right. And also shout to Wes Moore for joining us this morning. Man, Wes Moore, that's my guy. He's got a great new book out called Five Days of the Fiery Reckoning of an American City. That's what it's called.

Okay. Make sure you pick that up. He's also the CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation. So shout to Wes Moore for checking in. All right. When we come back, we got the positive notes. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Hi. Hello. Hi. Hello. All right. Well, I learned something new today about

my brother Charlamagne. I didn't know that he enjoys to hug the wood. He likes to go outside and hug his trees outside. I didn't know that he likes to caress and pull the wood close to him, and he talks to the wood, and he hugs the wood, he puts his head on the wood. I didn't know that, and that's pretty dope, man. I'm saving all that for Valentine's Day. I'm going to edit that up nice.

I'm going to chop that up nice I'm going to chop that up nice Everything you just said I just want to say that My sacred purpose coach, her name is Yadi I have a sacred purpose coach That's in my circle I do that as well as therapy She told me to go put my hands on

Some trees Put my forehead against some trees Pray on the trees and pray to the trees, pray on the trees and meditate under the tree. And I've been doing that, and it's really been getting me back to center and grounding me in a real way. So, yes, salute to all the tree huggers out there. I am a proud tree hugger.

All right. Well, you have a positive note, tree hugger? Yeah, I do. Just kind of ties into everything I'm talking about because I always say invest in your mental wealth, but just know pain travels through family lines until someone is ready to heal it in themselves, okay? By going through the agony of healing,

you no longer pass the poison onto the generations that follow. It is incredibly important and sacred work, but you have to do the work. Breakfast club, bitches! You all finished or you all done? Yeah, I'm the only one that get the... Had enough of this country?

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