The Breakfast Club - What Do You Want Out of a President

Episode Date: May 5, 2020

Today on the show we opened up the phone lines to see what our listeners would want out of a President, once a caller called up explaining exactly what he needs from the next President during "Get it Off Your Chest" Moreover, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to a family that went a little too hard in standing up for their loved one, after shooting a security guard in the head because he told the daughter that she needs to wear a mask. 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 income? There you go. It's the world's most dangerous morning show.

Got the cameras, I'm out of here. I'm not in Greece. What kind of show is this? Let's not listen 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 Charlemagne 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. It's Taco Tuesday.

Cinco de Mayo. Taco Tuesday on a Cinco de Mayo. That's right. You guys just don't want to get up for a revolt, huh? You guys don't want to be on a revolt anymore? I'm trying, but for some reason it keeps saying my password is wrong. Good lord. I'm trying it right now.

Hold on, Revolt. Give me one second. Let me set. Well, you know what? Hold on. I'll set up. You got my voice for now. I forgot all about revolt.

I hope you guys are off revolt today. I'm like, I'm here on revolt by myself. But okay. I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Revolt. I literally forgot. Today is Cinco de Mayo. Cinco de Mayo on a

Taco Tuesday. Today's my friend Natina's birthday. Happy birthday Natina. Cinco de Mayo. I was going to do that a little later because she's sleeping. I know that. You said what? And coronavirus. You know what I mean? We got everything we like on a Taco Tuesday, right? On Cinco de Mayo. We got tacos.

We got Corona. Okay, if we can somehow get tequila in this, we're going to be on. My goodness. Well, today would have been a big day. Today would have been a big day out there. I mean, Cinco de Mayo on taco Tuesday. I mean, all the bars would have been popping. DJs would have been working. Everything would have been nice.

But no, that's all right. I mean, listen, it still can be though, right? If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. There's plenty of soft taco kits still at the grocery stores. Okay? Plenty of hard taco kits at the grocery stores, too. You can make some quesadillas at the crib. You know what I mean?

You know where to buy the tequila at. What do I call it? Quesadillas. Who cares? You know where to buy the Corona's at. You know what I'm saying? Who cares? You know what we're eating.

How about fajitas? Want to correct that too? But there's plenty of things that you could be doing on Taco Tuesday. That's right. Plenty of things we could be doing on Taco Tuesday. It is Taco Tuesday. So get out there and enjoy. Make some tacos with your family today if you can,

if you're quarantined with your family. Absolutely. I guess you're right. I guess it's the way that you look at it. I mean, for myself, I know the clubs that have been popping. It had been tacos all over the place. DJs that have been working. Everybody.

Bouncers would have been working. Bartenders would have been working. Everybody would have been working. There's a lot of people that look forward to this holiday because they make a lot of money on this holiday, though. But what can you do? I've got time to sit around and scratch what we don't have. Man, we've got to be thankful for what we do have. We all woke up

this morning, right? Your limbs are working, you're breathing, you know, you got your family and loved ones around you. Make the most of it. You gotta make tacos. Come on. Bet your amigos having fun somewhere right now. They just released a joint called Taco Tuesday.

I don't know why I heard that before. I heard that record. I heard that record. I heard that already. I couldn't believe it was real. Yeah, no, they definitely, it's called Taco Tuesday. I'm going to play it maybe in the mix or maybe in the morning sometime. I don't know. We should be playing that every hour on the hour. Taco Tuesday?

Cinco de Mayo and it's Taco Tuesday. It can't get any better. It really can't get any better when it comes to marketing this holiday. All right, I'm going to send it to our producer right now so he can put this on right now. It's clean already so you ain't got to worry about it not being clean. Now we got front page news. What are we talking about in front page news? Yes, we're going to

talk about Joe Biden and he has put out this Lift Every Voice plan for African Americans. Oh really? So we'll tell you what's in it. Oh wow, That's amazing. Why do you sound so shocked and surprised? You said it was coming out yesterday. They've been working on it for quite a while now.

I'm not shocked. Okay. I'm not shocked at all, actually. I'm glad that they did. I'm glad that they are actually listening to the voices of the people. Okay. All right. Well, I sent over Taco Tuesday.

We ain't going to get it on now, but we'll get it on after the front page news. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Where are we starting with, Yee?

Well, Joe Biden's campaign has unveiled the Lift Every Voice plan for African-Americans. It's a new agenda that just got unveiled yesterday and he's calling for the Justice Department to prioritize prosecuting hate crimes for a $900 million initiative to fight gun violence, better access to federal relief funds for African Americans struggling due to coronavirus. The plan calls for more funding for the

Small Business Administration to allow the agency to better support these small-owned businesses. Also, Joe Biden plans to invest $1 billion per year in juvenile justice reform. He proposes tripling Title I funding, creating a new tax credit of up to $15,000 for families buying their first home, making public colleges and universities tuition-free for students with family incomes below $125,000, amongst other things. So it's all dealing with racial disparities within the economy, education, health care, criminal justice, voting rights, and environmental justice.

Did y'all read it? Yeah. I haven't read it yet. I did read it. It's 22 pages long. Robin from Baller Alert actually interviewed Joe Biden yesterday, and here's what he had to say about small businesses. The only way to build wealth in the African-American community is you have to invest in the success of African-American businesses and entrepreneurs. First and foremost, if I were president right now, I'd make sure economic relief, because of COVID-19, reaches African-American businesses that need it the most.

In addition, I'd double the funding for the state small business credit initiative. By the way, all the data shows that the success rate is equally as good as any other community. Yeah, if you say you want to advance the economic mobility of black people and close the racial wealth and income gap by investing in black workers or small businesses and communities. Great. You say you want to expand black homeownership and wealth building. Great. But we also have to remember you can't small business homeownership your way out of poverty because most folks don't have the capital for either or. So, you know, promising black folks that they'll rise via black capitalism through small businesses, education and homeownership. That isn't all our all our realities. So, you know, promising black folks that they'll rise via black capitalism through small businesses, education, and home ownership.

That isn't all our realities. So it's solid, you know, for those who already have a little something, but I still think he's missing out on directly implementing things that will impact black communities immediately. But I was... And I think education is important also, and that's something that they also

discuss. Well, we do exaggerate the return on investment of education. Let's be honest in our community. Like, come on. Oh, it's just period. It sounded like a blanket statement. It didn't seem like, maybe it's just me. Maybe I didn't, I mean, I didn't read it yet.

Yeah, it just seemed, everything seemed like a blanket statement from what I've heard. I haven't read it yet, but it just seemed like, yeah, we need to put more money in the African-American community because we need to support African-American businesses because African-American businesses, da, da, da, da. But everybody's been saying that, but how? Does he say how he's going to support and how he's going to put more money in? Envy, you're very correct. That was my initial thoughts. My initial thoughts was it's more of the same old, same old. You know, they write these proposals

and they identify the problems using the word African-American. Then they hit you with a lot of rising tide, lift all boats policies. But it's some okay things in there. It's just some things I don't understand, like, you know, the proposal for a $900 million eight-year grant program to fight gun violence in cities across the U.S. I don't even know what that means. Like, how does that reduce gun violence? I would rather figure out ways to directly put that $900 million in the hands of the

people, you know what I mean? Create opportunities for them. That's how you reduce gun violence. Everything seems like a blanket statement. Maybe it's just me. I how you reduce gun violence. So everything seems like a blanket statement. Maybe it's just me. I didn't see it, but it definitely seems like a blanket statement. Well, I mean, there's funding that goes to schools with a high percentage of low-income students, and then there's supporting education

beyond high school, which is community college, HBCUs, and making sure that local colleges are free if you make under a certain amount of money. And according to Simone Sanders, she said this plan reflects many months of work and feedback from local elected officials, activists, organizations, practitioners, policy experts, strategists and young people. This is a living document and we look forward to continued engagement around this plan. So I think you have a plan and then you still continue to build on that plan.

It's a negotiation now. I mean, even just when you mentioned the canceling of the debt, like that's kind of half-hearted saying only those who went to public colleges are eligible. If I think it's like if you make less than $125,000 a year, something like that, like if you're going to get rid of student loan debt, get rid of all of it. Shouldn't matter if you went to public or private school. But listen, the moral of the story is always remember you get what you demand. You encourage what you tolerate. Don't let anyone tell you that you shouldn't demand something

for your vote. So I'm glad that something is on the table and it's a negotiation now. That's all. Simple as that. It's a negotiation now. It's good that he put a black agenda forward. I'm still hoping to see a black woman as his running mate and he already committed to putting a black woman on the Supreme Court. So I mean, those are

some initial steps in the right direction. All right. Well, that is your front page news. Get it off your chest. Eight hundred five eight five one oh five one. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. The number is eight hundred five eight five one oh five one. Hit us up now. Phone lines are wide open. 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's 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. The Waikana tried my country. My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong?

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 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.

This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. So you better have the same energy. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? Yeah, this is Jaleel. Jaleel, what's up? Get it off your chest, bro.

Jaleel, what's happening, King? Peace, King. We're good with you, man. I hit you on the DM, Sean. I just wanted to say one of the things I was talking about with Joe Biden. Yeah, it do sound like blanket statement. But at the same time, another way that we could combat that is through literacy. And a lot of statistics still show if our boys and our girls in our community Man, my brother.

I'm glad you said that. I have something that I'm going to be implementing soon that combats exactly that. Like, directly. I've been reading the same statistics you've been reading about how low the literacy rate is amongst black and brown people in America, man. And you know, I'm an author, so I got

some things coming that's going to directly impact that. I think so. I'm Mr. Underscore Social Vibe on so. I'm Mr. Underscore Social Vibe on Instagram. I DM'd you. Man, we need to link up. I got some great stuff. I got a book company. We doing children's books

with music. I can see y'all download the music, listen to it, share it with your kids. PZK. Promise Land Global Kids. What is it? Mr. Underscore what? Mr. Underscore what? Mr. Underscore Social Vibe. Social Vibe.

You know the vibes. All right, brother. Hello, who's this? Yo, Big Chocolate the Toast Sucker. How we doing, y'all? Oh, Lord. What's up, bro? Get it off your chest, man. Two things, Envy.

Yeah, one, I want to wish my mom a happy birthday. Mom, I love you. And she likes the show, and she don't care that I'm a great toe sucker. And two, I also want to see Tekashi69 in a video with Cardi B and her bouncing booty. So what do you think about that, Sausage Biter? Oh, my gosh. I don't sit around and think about things like that, sir. I like Cardi B, but I have not thought about Tekashi69 in any way, shape, or form.

I'm a grown-ass man. 41 years old. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Kim. Hey, Kim. Get it off your chest, Kim. What's happening, Kim? Hey. Hey, BJMD. Hey, Charlamagne. Hey, Angelini. Hey. He's Kim.

Okay, so I just wanted to get off my chest that yesterday I had a situation with my baby dad. And he and I have been working on our relationship to get stronger. And it was a situation where his friend was, like, involved because she was in the car, in the vehicle with us. And she just made a comment to me where he kind of compared us or said out loud, like, y'all are kind of similar in a joking way. And she was like, well, there is no comparison. So don't compare me to her

and kind of got real rude in that situation. It just made me feel uncomfortable, which I know I should have spoke up for myself, but he did correct the situation once I got out of the car. But she has nothing to do with what she and I have going on and us taking care of our daughter. And I just feel like she is real rude and disrespectful.

Yeah, you know, never let other people's energy affect what you have going on. That's not his fault that she said that. And you can't let her affect you that way because that was her intention. And you ain't gonna swing on her. A lot of times people intentionally try to say and do nasty things and you have to let it

slide because you know that's what they want and the best thing you can do is not react. Unless you feel like swinging on her. Right, but why didn't I catch it in that moment? Like, yo, she's being rude to me. Let me really say something and speak up for myself. I was all kind of mad at myself. Like, I shouldn't

have spoke up, but. No. You too. Listen, yeah, when you got a lot of things going on and, you know, you're blessed and, you know, you're not stressing about nothing, sometimes you miss stuff like that. You be like, was he trying to play me? Or was she trying to play me?

You catch it later. But who cares? Let them die in their own misery. Well, that's true. Thank you. That's all, bro. Well, have a good one. All righty, mama. 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. I'm telling. I'm telling. Hey, what you doing, man? I'm telling. I'm calling you. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed.

800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? It's Rick from Brooklyn. I ain't talk to you guys a minute. Good morning, Andrew. What's up, Rick? Hey, Rick.

Rick, what's happening, King? I wanted to talk about Joe Biden's proposed black agenda, quote, unquote, right? Yes, sir. MB said earlier that it sounded like a blanket statement. It's going to be a blanket statement because these people don't know our problem. To be honest, a lot of these people, they're just watching from the outside. They don't know what it is to go through what we go through. We need more black participation from the people that are in our culture that know where we're coming from. And I think that's what happens a lot of times in our politics is we get to a certain level in our political system, but we don't get to that.

We don't get as involved. We don't get right down to the nitty gritty of things. And we leave our agenda to other people that don't understand what we're going through. So they always give us blank statements because we don't participate as much as we should. Yeah, Rick, you're absolutely right. I mean, they did talk to, you know, various groups of black people. But, you know, black people are not monolithic. So, yes, I do.

It should be a lot of, when you say lift every voice, if that's going to be the name of your proposal, you really do have to talk to a bunch of different voices. But doesn't that even sound very stereotypical black to say lift every voice? They're just giving you the generics of what you know, like what they think is going to be something that you're familiar with. They don't know our individual. Well, Rick, what are some things that you would like to see if they consulted with you?

If they consulted with me, right? I used to work in a public school system as an after-school coach, and I think that's where a lot of our disconnects happened because kids, the educational system varies from school to school and district to district. All kids are not given the same opportunities based on where you live.

You could go to Astoria, Queens and find kids that are getting way more educational tools than kids that live in the Bronx or that live in Brooklyn. And I used to see that all the time. And how can that be for schools and they're all in the Bronx or that live in Brooklyn. And I used to see that all the time. And how can that be for schools and they're all in the same board of ed system?

Like, how can you have different sources for different schools? My son's school is a Title I school. I'm my son's Title I representative for the Science and Medicine School in Brooklyn. And they get $3,000 to spend for a year. $3,000 for a school for Title I?

Are you kidding me? So that's ridiculous. Did you read what they said about those particular schools and everything and Title I funding and all of that? Did you read that part of it? Angela, if you increase Title I by 50%... No, I'm just asking because I'm looking at it right now. I know.

So what does it say? It says eliminate the funding gap between white and non-white districts and rich and poor districts in order to give teachers a raise and expand STEM curriculum. An underserved school district is an estimated $23 billion annual funding gap between white and non-white school districts today. Biden will work to close this gap by nearly tripling Title I funding. The federal program funding schools with a high percentage of students

from low-income families. This new funding will first be used to ensure teacherspling Title I funding, the federal program funding schools with a high percentage of students from low-income families. This new funding will first be used to ensure teachers at Title I schools are paid competitively, three- and four-year-olds have access to preschool, and districts provide access to rigorous coursework, including computer science and other STEM subjects across other schools, not just a few.

What do you think, Rick? I heard that. Even if you triple Title I, for my son's school, it would be $15,000 depending on the neighborhood. Come on. And what is competitively when you're talking about teachers?

That's a blanket statement in itself. Yeah. There's no rich teachers. So this is a proposal, right? And what happens when you propose and people negotiate and you lose and you get it? That's right. Sometimes you don't, right?

So I'm just saying that I didn't really want to call this to be all adamant about this stuff, but it is, it is, it is, um, rank and statement that if we don't participate in our own process, that we're going to lose out all the time. We don't participate. We're not in there on council meetings. We're not in there on the basic local level for voting. And we're not putting people on council meetings. We're not in there on the basic local level for voting, and we're not putting people

that look like us in power. So we're always going to get the short end of the stick when it comes to it. I agree with you on that, and I definitely agree, and I say that all the time, that people can't just complain. They also have to participate and make sure their voices are heard. I want to say one more thing before I leave. I'm a utility worker here in New York City. I'm heading

into work right now. I want to give a shout out to all my people that are coming in and keeping the lights on in New York City, especially the people that work at Connors. All right. Thank you, Rick. Thank you, Rick. And, you know, Rick is absolutely right. It is a negotiation now. So, you know, I would encourage, you know, every organization out there, you know, black organization like, yo, put your own demands on the table. You know, I mean, these people are definitely listening, you know, and a lot of these people you can you can get at via social media but even still just make your demands public because it is it is a negotiation 800-585-1051 if you need to vent you can hit us up now we got rumors on the way yes and let's talk about the last dance

apparently it was very difficult to get some insight from kobe bryant we'll tell you what the director had to say about the Michael Jordan documentary. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. 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 Laudonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. 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, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We still have the off-road portion to go. Listen to Escape from Zakistan.

And we're losing daylight fast. That's Escape from Z-A-Q-istan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, guys. I'm Kate Max. You might know me from my popular online series, The Running Interview Show, where I run with celebrities, athletes, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run 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. 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 French Montana. She's sp to the rumors. Let's talk French Montana. It's time. She's spilling the tea. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee on the Breakfast Club. French Montana. He was on with Big Boy and he was talking about an artist who was the quote

most difficult. Now to be clear French didn't say that Kodak was necessarily difficult but that it was very strange. Listen to this. Definitely Kodak. Really? What that Kodak was necessarily difficult, but that it was very strange. Listen to this. Definitely Kodak. Really? What made Kodak? No, not difficult. My younger boy was just, you know, you know about that life, you know what I'm saying? And it was just, me and him didn't have like one conversation when we shot the video. Like I just looked at him and he growled at me, like, I'm like, yo, that's my dog, man. Shout out to him.

You know, we was getting lit. We was drinking. We was this and that. So, you know, he's just, he lived that rock star life. Kodak from Florida, that's how he communicates. He probably said a million different things with that growl. You just got to understand the language. You know what I'm saying?

That's all. Yeah. And in other news, Rosie O'Donnell talks about Bill Cosby sexually harassing one of her producers. She was on Watch What Happens Live, and she said she was not surprised by all of these accusations against Bill Cosby that started in the fall of 2014 because she had actually witnessed his behavior toward a female producer on her syndicated talk show. Here's what she said. She was assigned to do his mystery guest. He was there as the mystery guest. So in the room, the green room, the producer goes in and she's talking and saying to Bill Cosby, you know, she's not going to know

that it's you. And he said, all she has to do is put her hand right here. And he put his hand near his penis and she'll know it's me. She started to cry and got up and left. Then our producer, who was an African-American man, the executive producer, he went in and had a big discussion with Bill Cosby about what's appropriate and what's not. And then they didn't tell me about it until after the show. Now, Rosie O'Donnell also said she was later prevented from bringing it up on The View, even as Cosby was being accused by more than 60 women. So for some reason, she wasn't able to discuss that, I guess. I don't know why they wouldn't let her bring that up.

Yeah, she should have been able to talk about what she wanted to talk about. Was it a topic of conversation, though? You got to see what the topic of conversation that day. Well, maybe they were talking about the allegations against Bill Cosby that were piling in, and that was before he was arrested, charged and convicted, because she was on The View from 2006 to 2007. And then again, from 2014 to 2015. So I'm sure that would have been an opportunity to discuss it.

Yes. So according to Bill Cosby's team, though, they are just saying these are false allegations about Mr. Cosby in order to gain attention for themselves. And it's another attempt for a well-known celebrity like Rosie O'Donnell to create that false allegation. But the view probably didn't want the legal problems, though. Because, I mean, if you make an accusation like that and you don't have anything to back it up,

I mean, he could sue. Well, she could. That's probably what it... You could say allegedly if that really happened. She tried to bring it up. If you're there firsthand and witnessed that and that happened, you know, that's what I experienced. But that's still your word versus his word. And you're on a platform that can be held liable for that.

It's not like you're saying that on your social media. It's just you that's going to deal with that view in ABC. So I can understand. All right. Now let's talk about 50 Cent. He did an interview with The Guardian. He talked about his beef with Oprah. He explained why it all went down.

He said during his rise to stardom, he was trying to solidify himself by going on Oprah. It would have meant a lot for him. He said she was completely against everything that was in my music, so she ain't never going to have me on that show. I'm never going to reach that platform, which is confirmation of you being a huge success. So I just said, okay, if we can't be friends, then at least let's be enemies. So that's when he started going on her, fully going at her fan base. He even named one of

his dogs, Oprah. Now, at some point, the two of them did settle their differences and they were able to become cool. But he also, you know, he said, when asked if he ever agreed with her views, did you hear what i said they are misogynistic but the world is not under the same circumstances are you going to tell a painter what to paint i'm an artist why am i limited to what you feel should be said and film and television they will show art imitates life are you not aware of those situations uh taking place so first of all explain oprah no first of all naming your dog oprah that is love okay that is the That is the utmost love for somebody to name your animal after them. And number two, I wonder what Oprah's thoughts about hip-hop are now.

Has anybody ever asked Oprah that lately? Has her thoughts on hip-hop changed? That's a good question. I don't know. Right, and he does make the point. He said, the truth is all things come from your experience. I got shot nine times, and I wrote music about it. Everyone writes something that can connect in a big way based on a painful

moment. So you're saying we're not supposed to articulate or write it the way we experienced. That's a good point. Yeah. And hip hop is lying to itself. If we say that we at one point weren't very misogynistic and very sexist and very chauvinistic in the music.

Yes. The music was disrespectful to the women. Go back and listen to some of that stuff now. You'll be like, God damn. If you don't cringe, then you haven't grown. All right, and Aray J says that Princess Love won't let him see their kids until he quarantines. He tells Page Six, I'm lonely right now.

I don't want to quarantine by myself. I keep telling Princess, but she says, if I see one person over there with you, you got to start over. So I really have to lock myself in because I really miss my kids. And she spotted one of his Instagram posts. He was posing less than six feet from short film director Antonio Ward. So she made him start his quarantine over.

She said, I got to put in seven days alone. And I'm good with the seven, but she really wants me to do 14. So it's hard to look at the 13 days left. Drop one of Clues bombs for Princess Love, God damn it. That's right. If Ray J don't want to social distance properly, then he's going to have to quarantine. I don't have a problem with

that at all, okay? What the hell's wrong with you, Ray J? And then funny enough, he even sent pictures of himself depressed in a bathtub. Ray J, ain't none of them Negroes you around worth being away from your family during this quarantine. All of that can wait. You ain't got Zoom, Ray J?

Huh? You don't got to meet none of these people face to face. One of my friends has kids, right? She's actually married, but they're separated. And her husband went on a date with somebody. And she's like, nope, you got to wait 14 days. You cannot see the kids. You got to protect the family.

Goddamn right. And that is,, nope, you got to wait 14 days. You cannot see the kids. You got to protect the family. Yeah. That's damn right. And that is, I think, very. No, I'm saying California reopening, what, this week, next week? Parts of California reopening next week. So I wonder how that, I wonder, did that change things? No, it is. Governor Gavin Newsom said that yesterday.

They reopening, they moving to phase two of reopening California. I think either later this week or early next week. Really? Yeah, man. We didn't even get to all that in front page news and what's happening with all that, but we'll get to that in a minute. All right. I guess that's your rumor report.

When we come back, front page news, don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ, MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Where we starting, will you?

Well, let's start with California. Yesterday they announced their first tentative steps to reopen from lockdown. They're giving retail stores a green light to open this week with restrictions. According to the governor, he said this is an optimistic day as we see a little bit of a ray of sunshine.

He said he's able to loosen the sweeping restrictions that he imposed March 19th because of testing for Californians. The virus had ramped up more than 25,000 people a day and reports of new cases of coronavirus were no longer surging. So under the governor's new orders, which will take effect on Friday, if new cases of coronavirus continue to rise only slightly or flatten, most retail businesses can reopen with social distancing modifications, and those modifications will be spelled out on Thursday. All right, in Missouri, they've seen a record number of new coronavirus cases as the state did reopen. They had the highest number of new cases in one day yesterday. That's the same day that the state reopened for some businesses. And so they saw an increase of 368 cases, the most since the pandemic hit, and six more deaths due to the illness.

In Louisiana, they reported the lowest number of coronavirus deaths over the last three days, according to the governor. There were 22 new deaths in the state yesterday. That's the lowest number in one day in over a month. Retail stores in Arizona will be opening Friday with strict physical distancing. They'll allow all retail stores to do in-person business again by the end of the week. And they're saying the number of new coronavirus cases is declining, so they feel that businesses can reopen safely. In Mississippi, the governor is allowing outdoor

gatherings of up to 20 people and also dining in restaurants subject to strict guidelines that servers wear masks. There's no more than 50% capacity in the restaurants. They said hopefully that will help with overcrowding in grocery stores. And in Kentucky, they're starting the second phase of reopening health care. They'll be reopening that tomorrow. That will include outpatient gastrointestinal procedures, radiology procedures, diagnostic non-urgent cardiac procedures, outpatient orthopedic procedures, outpatient ophthalmological procedures, outpatient ear, nose and throat procedures and outpatient dental procedures. And restaurants in Kansas are now open as safer at home order expires. So the plan

is to cautiously and gradually reopen our state. Phase two will be bars and clubs reopening at 50% and that's going to start no sooner than May 18th. And in phase three, no sooner than June 1st, there'll be reopening schools and non-essential travel resuming. I'm so confused by all of this because when you're watching, you know, the news or you're reading the news, you see that they say there's going to be 3,000 daily deaths from coronavirus, I think, starting in June. So it's like if all of these deaths are happening, why is everything reopening? Like I'm confused about what's going on right now.

They've doubled their last estimate as far as how many deaths will be in the United States. They said the new model projects 134,000 deaths, and that is because of loosening social distancing rules and increased mobility. So it does seem very confusing. Yeah, I think everybody should look at states that opened up the last week and see how it's going for them first before we just start opening up all these states. You know Atlanta jumped out the window

and opened up. So let's see what happens with Atlanta first for the first week. Let's see if the cases went up. Let's see what's going on. And then we can kind of modify what we want to do from there. But not just, let's open up and see what's going on. I don't know. Yeah, I don't know if a week is long enough though, though. Because I mean, even when you see, like, Atlanta open up

and then they say, oh, they have a thousand new cases, it might have just been some folks who just got access to tests. You know what I'm saying? That's what I said. After a week, you should be able to see because, you know, it's, you start seeing people getting sick and hopefully, you know, people will have symptoms. So I guess you would start to see, you know, but I would give it some time. Not just, hey,

everybody open up. Beaches open. Parks open. Have a good time. It's so confusing. Like, you can't tell me that, not just, hey, everybody open up. Beaches open, parks open. Have a good time. It's so confusing. You can't tell me that the daily estimates for deaths are going up, but then you're just reopening everything. It ain't confusing for me. I'm staying in my ass in the house. Yeah, I'm going to stay home too.

I'm going to figure this out. I'll let y'all. I'm watching, seeing what y'all doing out there. I see you, boy. Remember when somebody shot y'all? I see you. I see you. All. Remember when somebody shot y'all? I see you. I see you. All right, and Joe Biden's campaign

has unveiled the Lift Every Voice plan for African Americans. According to the plan, they said, this is something that has driven his entire campaign.

He launched his campaign talking about some of the hate that we saw out in Charlottesville. He'll make clear that hate has no safe harbor. It's a $900 million initiative to fight gun violence and better access to federal relief funds for African-Americans struggling due to the coronavirus, prioritizing prosecuting hate crimes. According to this plan, he would also call for more funding for the Small Business Administration to allow the agency to better support African-American-owned small businesses,

more federal contracting opportunities for African-American-owned businesses, investing a billion dollars per year in juvenile justice reform, also tripling Title I funding, creating a new tax credit of up to $15,000 for families buying their first home, making public colleges and universities tuition-free for students with family incomes below one hundred and twenty five thousand dollars and ensuring that political appointees, including the president's cabinet, look like the country they serve and ensure that our federal workforce is representative of the demographics of our country.

Those are some of the things that are in that plan. You know, I have a lot of thoughts on it. You know, my initial thoughts are it's more of the same old same old, you know, like they write these proposals and, you know, they identify the problems using the word African American, then they start talking these rising tide, lift all boats policies but there's some okay things

in there. I think the best thing said about that proposal, I think came from, I think Simone Sanders said it it's a living document right? So therefore it's negotiable you know what said it. It's a living document, right? So therefore, it's negotiable. You know what I mean? It's a lot of things that should be added on to it. It's a lot of things in there that are weak.

The criminal justice reform part is very weak, especially for someone who wrote the 94 crime bill. And the economic plan in there is cool, I think, for black people who already got a little money. You know what I mean? So it's a lot of different things in there I think could be better. I think the canceling debt is half-hearted, especially saying only those

who went to public colleges are eligible. And what is it? If you make less than $125,000 a year, like if you're going to get rid of student loan debt, get rid of it all. Like student loan debt is like $1.7 trillion. We just seen them give that out over the past couple of weeks like it's nothing.

So if you're going to get rid of student loan debt, get rid of student loan debt for you're going to get student loan debt for everybody. Yeah, I don't know if that student loan debt, it says making public colleges and universities tuition free. So I don't know if that means just moving forward. If you're going to school, it doesn't necessarily say that's canceling previous debt. So I'm not sure about that one. Well, let's open up the phone lines. Let's open up the phone lines.

800-585-1051. You know, people always say, well, you know, we need to, we need something from these candidates. We're not just going to give our vote away. So we're asking, what would you ask for the candidate? What do you need? What do you want? No, no, no. Black agenda. Not just what everybody wants. This isn't a question for

everybody. I'm sorry to all our white listeners, but this is a black agenda question. Some Latino listeners as well. Latinos want things as well. Latinos too. I love the Latinos too, but we're talking about black right now. This is a black agenda question. Some Latino listeners as well. Latinos want things as well. It's Latinos too. I love the Latinos too, but we're talking about black right now. This is a black agenda. Are we talking about black or are we talking about just an agenda, though, of what they want?

There are Afro-Latinos out there also. Right now we're talking about a black agenda. Well, this is an African-American agenda. This is for African-American businesses, entrepreneurs, education. Can we have a moment? Can we have a for us, by us segment? Well, Rick called this morning, all right? Now, Rick said, you know, there's something that he wanted. He said, Rick who? He called there and get it off your chest.

His name was Rick and this is what he said he wanted. If they consulted with me, right? I used to work in the public school system as an after school coach and I think that's where a lot of it disconnects happen, because kids, the educational system varies from school to school and district to district. All kids are not given the same opportunities based on where you live. You could go to Astoria, Queens and find kids that

are getting way more educational tools than kids that live in the Bronx or that live in Brooklyn. How can that be for schools and they're all in the same Board of Ed system? Alright, let's open up the phone lines. What would you ask? What do you want? Call us up right now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with the Breakfast Club. Talk about it. Morning everybody, it's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Talk about it. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we were talking about Joe Biden, and he released his black agenda yesterday.

Lift every voice. Lift every voice. Yes, plan for black America. All right, and we were asking 805-85-1051, what would you ask for Joe Biden? I said what I've heard so far seems like more of a blanket statement. But we would ask, what would you ask? I mean, some of the things that he said, in my opinion, just seem like, yes, we need to, you know, help the school system in low poverty areas.

We need better education. We need more money for real. It just seemed like a blanket statement. That's me. But I haven't gone through everything. But that is true. We do need that. Yeah, we've needed money for real. It just seemed like a blanket statement. That's me. But I haven't gone through everything. But that is true. We do need that. Yeah, we know we needed that for years. But how do we get done? Exactly. Yeah. But you but you know, when you promise black folks that they will rise via black capitalism through small business education and homeownership, you just got to understand that's not all of our reality. Like the U.S. is not driven through small business economy.

And we exaggerate the return on investment on education and homeownership is not the only pathway to wealth. So it's solid for those who already have a little something. But I still think, you know, he's missing out on directly implementing things that will impact, you know, black communities immediately. That's why. Well, would you like to start? You want to start with what we would do? Well, I want to say a couple of things about that, because I do feel like small business ownership is a big deal for our community, especially for African-American women. And there's been a lot of research that shows that black women are the ones that are opening businesses at a way greater rate than any other group of people. Right. And that's been going on for a couple of years now. But we get the least amount of capital to open those businesses. So I do think that that is important. While some businesses might get over $100,000, black women get about $20,000 for every $100,000 that another

business might get. So I do think we are, as black women, opening up these businesses, these small businesses, but not getting the access to the same capital. So that's important to me in particular, and to a lot of black women I know. Also, when it comes to education, I always feel like education is the base of everything, you know, just to make sure that there's afterschool programs, make sure that there's no disparity in the education system.

And so that is something that definitely for centuries has had to be worked on. So I think what are the solid plans to be able to do that? So those are some of the things that I feel are important. And as far as home ownership, it's not really necessarily just about wealth because wealth isn't as important to everybody. It's not like I need to be wealthy, but it is about being confident and comfortable. And I know that people feel a lot more comfortable. I know before I owned a home, I was very nervous about how am I going to ever be

able to retire comfortably? How can I feel comfortable knowing that, okay, you know, I'm 65 years old now. I don't want to have to work for the rest of my life to pay rent somewhere. So I do feel like home ownership is important. Being able to pass down a house to your next generation is important so that you can actually have a foot up on everybody else and not have to worry about those things. So those are things that we do need to see some solid plans. Yeah, you're right on a lot of those points. And you know, you know, it's good that if people want to, if they want to expand black home ownership and wealth building that's great but you know you just got to remember you can't small business home ownership your way out of poverty because most folks don't have the capital for any of that you know what i'm saying so so it's like even if so that's what that would

be one of my things right like even though home ownership is not the only way to build wealth i would like to see more generational wealth created through home ownership but you got to provide down payment assistance. You got to get black folks banked and recognized by credit scoring companies. You got to enforce fair lending laws. You got to reduce forecloses and evictions, and you got to increase the supply of affordable housing.

Right? Envy you in the real estate game. You provide a lot of affordable housing for people, right? Absolutely. That's what you got to do. And also I'm going to tell you what I would want to do. I would want a lot of money. I'm talking about hundreds of billions of dollars invested in hoods all across America. Now we'll go to improvements, public schools, hospitals and housing, because environment, environment to me automatically improves kids' mental and emotional health and gives them something positive to do. And I love the idea of a universal basic income, because when I seee biden has a 900 million dollar eight-year grant program to fight gun violence i'm like bruh just find a way to put that money into the hands

of the people create opportunities for them that's how you'll reduce gun violence right that's what i think personally well see for myself i would definitely uh standard policy as far as lending meaning it doesn't matter what your background is, what you do. If your credit score is a certain amount of money and you can prove that you make this amount of money, you should be able to get lending. You should be able to get loans. A lot of times they don't allow us to get these loans depending on when we live. We need to cut that out immediately. That should have been cut out a long time ago.

Also, taxing. They tax a lot of people I don't feel like should be taxed as high. And when I say that, I mean if you're a first-time person in your family that's really making money, right? And I guess you could call it legacy. If you're a legacy person, your family's been making millions for a long time, so that money stays in your family. And like you said, you could pass down that wealth. You could pass down that house. But if you're a first-time person that's just starting to make money and not a millionaire, it doesn't even have to be a millionaire.

It could be a couple hundred thousand years. You shouldn't be taxed like the next person be taxed because how could I possibly create generational wealth if you tax me just like you're taxing a man that's been making $20 million a year for all his life? I'll never catch up. We're so far behind. You have to give our community a break. You're always reparations.

And when it comes to education, we need to make it easier for us to get money. There's so many people that hit me and so many students that can't go to school because of $1,000 or can't go to school because of $2,000 or can't go to school because $700 because they can't get that money.

And I love what you said about small businesses, but the problem with small businesses, we need to create some type of committee or some type of, I don't even know what you would call it,, but the problem with small businesses, we need to create some type of committee or some type of, of, of, of, I don't know. I don't even know what you would call it, but yes, you're right. Get the capital, lend the money. That's, that's great. But that's not the problem. The problem is we have to teach. We need somebody there to say, I'm going to help you and show you how to do it. Everything that I've done in real estate, nobody taught me. I had to teach myself everything when it came to business. I didn't know I had to teach myself

and I got bumps and bruises. There was nobody to be like, Hey, my dad didn't know. So he didn't say, Hey son, this is how you do it. We have to be able to, yeah, giving the money is great, but you just can't give somebody a hundred thousand dollars to go. You got to say, okay, here's a hundred thousand dollars. Let me show you how to do a business plan. Let me show you how to do this business. And that's why I'm very in support of funding the small business Administration, just because I've worked with them here in New York and they have free classes.

You pay for that with your tax dollars. And I learned how to do a lot of things that I learned how to do by having access to that. And they did this whole black entrepreneurship campaign last year. And we do need to expand that because it also teaches you how to get contracts with the federal government. And that's how a lot of companies have gotten wealthy, because these small companies have managed to get these contracts from the government. And then they've grown into hundreds of millions of dollars worth of money. And these are things I didn't know about until I started taking these free courses. And so people need to know about these courses, have access to them because they do teach you how to do everything that you need to do to start a business. So if you're a small business owner, I think it is important to know

you have access to that. And just to build on what you said about schooling, that's another thing I would implement. I would implement some type of free trade school, right? It has to be something for folks who don't want to go to traditional college. And when you learn a trade, when you learn to do something with your hands, you can immediately start making money.

But also you can start rebuilding your own hoods immediately. You know what I mean? And I think that's something that should be in prisons, making prisons actual correctional facilities and giving them a skill they can actually use to make money when they come home. When we come back, we'll take some calls, 800-585-1051. And shout out to Mayor Ross Barack. I was talking to him the other day.

And what he wants to do is get a lot of these minority business owners to make the city have to buy from them. Like, you know, like the city has so many different schools and buildings that use toilet paper. They should be buying from a black person that makes toilet paper, like have these businesses where they know they will be straight for the rest of their life, not just say, OK, we're going to give it to this company and this company makes millions of dollars. No, give it to the people that are in the community. If there's somebody in Newark that makes toilet paper, we have to buy it from them.

If there's somebody in the community that makes paper for schools, we have to buy it from them. We have to keep that money in our community circulating in our community. That's why I'm talking about getting contracts with the government. That's exactly why that's important. 800-585-1051. What would you ask

for? Let's open up the phone lines. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. I know it now. I know it now. I know it now. I know it now. I know it now.

They can't all be in here with that. Call me. And your opinion to The Breakfast Club topic. Come on. 800-585-1051. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club.

Now, if you just joined us, we're asking, what would you ask Joe Biden for? All right. Now, Joe Biden released his Lift Every Voice. I hate that title, by the way. The plan for black America. The plan for his black agenda. You might as well call it Lift Every Slaveship.

Like, Jesus Christ. Lifary boys, come on, bro. Like, it could have been I have a dream. I mean, it was either or. It could have been I have a dream. It was either or.

I have a dream for you, Negroes. Let's go to the phone lines. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Walt. Walt, what's going on, brother? Hey, Bray, what's going on? Good morning, everybody. I just want to say I love y'all.

I thank you, Angela Yee, and thank you for having me. Real quick, I just want to say two things and get about your way. The two things that I would like to see from Biden is, and it basically involves specificity on how he's going to invest $900 million over the next eight years in stopping gun violence. I mean, like, honestly, like, something I would like to see is, and I've studied this, you know, like, I went to school and I actually studied criminology, and I've actually been to prison myself. So my thing is, if you want to talk about stopping gun violence,

the only thing that has been proven to drop crime all across the board is by creating opportunity. Police don't stop crime. They ask more jobs. Prisons don't stop crime. None of that stuff stops crime. So an idea that I think would be great in that $900 million investment is expanded after-school programs from kindergarten all the way to high school that are specifically focused on things that help out life skills, you know, like teach kids how to be barbers, cosmetologists, audio engineers,

you know, like whatever the case may be, but specifically targeted at schools that have overwhelming minority populations and poor students. So that's one thing I would like to see targeted after school programs. The second thing is, if you're going to talk about mass incarceration, a big driver of that is technical parole and probation violations. That thing has to be completely wiped out,

and parole and probation should not get in the way of you having a job or being able to do things. Like, what sense does it make if you've got to see a parole officer two times a week at 12 o'clock? But you've got to have a job. Right. Absolutely. Thank you, though.

Okay, I like those plans. Thank you. Hello, who's this? This is Lee from Augusta, Georgia. Hey, Lee, what's going on? We're talking about if you could ask Joe Biden for something, what would you ask him for? I'd ask Joe Biden that if you're a felon,

if you haven't been in trouble in 10 years, you should be able to get your arrest expunged. Depending on the crime, though. I agree with you, depending on the crime. Absolutely, I agree with you. But if you're a pedophile, you've got to stay on your record. Yeah, but those drug charges, stuff like that. Drug charges, stuff like that can go.

But if you're a pedophile. And your behavior that can go. But if you're a pedophile. And your behavior after that. Yeah, if you're a pedophile. Okay, nonviolent, non-pedophile. Okay, nonviolent, non-sexual. I mean, some nonviolent as well. I mean, the first charge I ever had was assaulting Braddy with intent to kill her. All I was doing was sitting in the backseat mind of my business while my guy was bucking off.

You know what I'm saying? It's been 20 years. Can I get that off my record? Jesus. Yeah, I agree with you. That's why I said certain. It depends on what you did. But 800-585-1051, we're asking, what would you ask for Joe Biden?

And you know one thing that I thought was very, very important for me growing up, and I'm from Jamaica, Queens, was after-school programs. There were so many different things I can do as a kid after school, whether it was baseball, whether it was basketball, whether it was football, whether it was all these different things and times has changed. You know, people, you know, kids are making millions off of video games. They make millions off of coding. They're making millions off of all these different things.

We have to start implementing these things in these schools and making it fun for the communities and not just the schools, but community leaders. Like when I had these things, it wasn't, I didn't go to no community school. It was the, they gave money to the community leaders. Like my dad was a coach for basketball. Uh, Mr. Jones was a coach for something else. This one, like it was the money stayed in the community and everybody was involved. That's, that's why I said, I want a hundred billion dollar investment in the hoods all across America. Like the, the talking about home ownership, the small businesses, all of that is great. But I'm just talking about for the regular everyday person who don't have the capital for that. Let's take hundreds of billions of dollars

and invest them in hoods all across America that go to the public schools, that go to the after school programs, that go to make the hospitals better, that go to make the housing better. Like that just builds up the community. 800-585-1051. Hey, we're asking, what would you ask from Joe Biden? Call us now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you just joined us, we're asking, what would you ask

from Joe Biden? Yesterday, he released his Black Agenda. And we're asking, if you could ask for one thing or two things, what would you ask from him? Let's go to the phone lines. Hello, who's this? Good morning. It's Chanel. Hey, Chanel. What are you calling from? I'm calling from uptown and I just don't believe

in the federal government. I really don't. I just feel like, first of all, I agree with Charlamagne more. I'm feeling you, Yeet, but we have gentrification, so buying property is...

I make a good salary. So buying property is hard when you have gentrification. I want to know how can they build it up now, but not build it in the trailer parks. So we need to stop that. Okay? My kids go to school on the Upper West Side, and I was picking them up from school

one day. I was eavesdropping on these little white kids. They were repeating. They were talking about politics, repeating what their parents were saying. They don't give a damn about what's going on in our community. They're just looking at what's going on. Well, they're looking at how to stay in power. They're not trying to fix what's going on in our community because the reality is it's not their reality. Right.

It's hard to open up small businesses because of gentrification. You know, I'm in my I'm in my 30s. And, you know, being born in the 80s, you heard go to school, get an education, get a good job, say no to drugs, did that. But yet, none of my peers are able to reach that because times have changed. We don't run off of small mom and pop shops anymore. So what do we really do? And I don't have faith in the federal government. I do have faith in our local government. But the reality is, it's not

their reality. It's not their problem. And it's a lot of hearsay. You're right. And you know what you said was perfect, spot on. Even like a time like this, right, with the coronavirus, it's hurting our community, it's hurting everybody. But not, I wouldn't say everybody. There's a lot of people out there, like you said,

gentrification, right now that are coming up. And I'm going to tell you why, right? I still buy properties, right? And And before when I was buying properties, it was I would have to battle against somebody. Now there is no battle. Cash is king. You can go buy all these properties. Might have had a value of a million dollars. People are picking them up for five hundred thousand, six hundred thousand. Of course, the value is going to shoot back up. And when it does, those people will be rich. Those people have even more money. Even talk about the stock market.

You know, some of these stocks were going for $80, $90, dropped to $10. People were just buying ish loads of stock. And when this is over and them airline stocks go back up and Disney goes back up and Boeing goes back up and all these stocks go back up, who's going to have the money? Because our community could barely afford to buy toilet paper. I will say, though, Warren Buffett let go of all his U.S. airline stock yesterday, who's going to have the money? Because our community could barely afford to buy toilet paper. I will say though, Warren Buffett let go

of all his USA Airlines stock yesterday though. I just want to throw that out there. I'm an educator. I'm an educator. I teach in a high needs district. When my kids started going to school,

my son is about to be 13 next month. So back, you know, when he was in kindergarten, I had to choose a school and I live borderline, you know, Upper West Side, Harlem. I had to decide, do I want to send my child to a school in Harlem? Knowing the disparities that those type of districts face, I want to send them to a better district where he's not going to see people like him, unfortunately.

And I had to choose his education because just working in the education system and seeing what's going on, the fact that high schools are now broken down and smaller schools. Like, we're in New York City. We have, we are not, when you compare, you cannot compare to any other city. And that's why I say we can't always look at the federal. We've got to look at the local. And we shouldn't have small schools in New York City. It's hurting the kids. And the parents don't know that. The money that they pump into, you know, administration at schools,

if a principal is making $200,000, $1,000, if you have four principals in a school, that's already a million dollars already. That's a waste. Thank you for calling. Thank you for calling, ma'am. We really appreciate it. and good luck with everything out there too and I do want to say that I also think things can be

done simultaneously it doesn't have to be one or the other I do think the education is very important that is one of the most important things and the foundation of everything but at the same time I do feel like we do need plans for small businesses and we do need plans to make sure people can become first time homeowners and all of those things can happen at the same time and we do need plans to make sure people can become first-time homeowners. And all of those things can happen at this moment.

And we do need plans to make sure that the police brutality is, you know, non-existent in our community. And we do need plans to make sure that if you are going to prevent people from going to jail, just to start with, you know, forget. And also reform, but let's just make sure people don't go to jail. It's all a work in progress. I'm glad that Biden put this on the table. It's a negotiation, though.

We have a long way to go. But, you know, you just got to remember, you can't small business home ownership your way out of poverty because most folks don't have the capital for either or. So stuff like this is good for folks who have a little something, but promising just every black person that they will rise via black capitalism through small businesses education and home ownership that's just simply not all of our reality so it's solid

for those of us who already have a little something but i still think he's missing out on directly implementing things that will impact black communities immediately right and i just want to say last thing you know when you talk about education a lot of the talks about education is bs all right bull and i'm tell you why. Because the curriculum hasn't changed. You're teaching kids about pie. What is the last time you used pie, Charlamagne? I want some pie right now, but I'm on a diet. I can't wait. Give me some sweet potato pie.

We got to teach these kids how to be entrepreneurs and not be worker bees. That's what we have to start doing, man. We exaggerate the return on investment in regards to education a lot. Let's just be real. And that's why I feel like, yes, education is the foundation. But like you said, TC's kids to be entrepreneurs.

At the same time, you also have to make sure you invest in people who are trying to start businesses. But I also think that when we talk about education, we talk about education from the standpoint of schooling, right? Education is what you're talking about. And if you're, like, going to learn about real estate. Yes. Going to learn about how to invest the stock market.

You know what I mean? Yeah, go learn coding. Like it's different ways to get an education. That's why I think trade school is important. Trade school is education. Learn how to do something with your hands. You can immediately get out there in the workforce and make money, and you can rebuild your own communities at the same time.

And somebody can teach you how to start a small business. And if you know how to do air conditions, you can start your own air condition company. Or you can start your own electrician company. It's a lot of different ways to get this money. Everything goes hand in hand in hand. But we got rumors on the way. Yes, let's talk about Tory Lanez. We know he's been very successful

with his quarantine radio. We'll tell you how they're raising money. And then we'll also tell you about some type of altercation that went down with Tory Lanez involving a couple of women you've heard of. All right, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Yes, so the director for The Last Dance said it was difficult interviewing Kobe Bryant for the docuseries. He said the interview was one of the shorter ones that he conducted. He had about 25 minutes.

And at the time, Kobe was preoccupied as he was getting ready for a speech. He was about to give it the ESPY awards. And he said, you know, Kobe Bryant was not predictable in this interview. He said we were kind of circling each other for a while. They finally found a groove when they started talking about the 1998 All-Star game leading to Kobe revealing some insight on his interactions with Jordan. If you guys did not see the episode of The Last Dance where Kobe Bryant was on on Sunday, here is what that sounded like.

It was a rough couple years for me coming to the league because at the time the league was so much older. It's not as young as it is today. Michael provided a lot of guidance for me like i had a question about shooting this turnaround shot so i asked him about it you know he gave me a great detailed answer but on top of that he said if you ever need anything give me a call it's like my big brother you know i truly hate having discussions about who would win one-on-one and what you get from me is from him i don't get five championships here without him yeah i enjoyed that um i wanted to see more of i i want to just

know more about the relationship between kobe bryan and michael jordan even though you know michael was a big brother to him i just would like to know some of the game that you know he gave to kobe i mean we'll never be able able to hear from Kobe's side fully ever again, but I still would like to hear about, you know, just some of the things that he told Kobe coming up. Now, Jason Hayer said that also, the director, he said that in one part, Jordan refers to Bryant as that little Laker boy. And he said we would rewatch and rewatch these things

because someone in the footage could murmur something and you would run it back and realize you've struck gold. He said I knew we had footage of Kobe brushing shoulders with Michael at the beginning of the All-Star game and then playing each other on the floor but those little moments like him saying little Laker boy that's where the gold is. You really had to have your eyes and your ears open for a lot of stuff.

You know the Docs not even finished yet. Like episodes 9 and 10. I think 9 just got done. Well, they said that The Last Dance is officially headed to Netflix also. So that docuseries will be on Netflix. So while it's being co-produced by ESPN and Netflix under the terms of their agreement, only the Sports Network has had rights to air episodes in the U.S. until now. So they said The Last Dance will arrive on Netflix on July 19th. The series

won't be available on ESPN Plus until July of 2021. Alright, Kandi Burris and Nene Leakes. Seems like the two of them just can't seem to get along and The Real Housewives of Atlanta reunion is going to be airing this Sunday, May 10th. And here's a little trailer teaser for what's

going to be happening on this three-part reunion. Get into it, girls. When have you ever had a man on this show other than the one you and Deanie were f***ing at the same time? First of all, I will never forgive you for ever speaking on my channel. Do you see me? Do you hear what I am saying? I never followed what you said. I will miss the f*** you did. I'm embedded in your motherf***ing brain, bitch.

A.T.L. that came out. You see, yeah, that's how you rock. And you gonna keep knowing me. Bye. Cool. What happened? I don't see me anymore. I wish I would be sitting there yelling and screaming at somebody over goddamn Zoom. RV mix.

You know how stupid you look? You know how stupid they look in them little square boxes yelling and screaming at each other? I don't know. Come on, man. But listen, I do feel like I have to tune into this. I'm going to watch. Yeah. Oh, you'll be watching Rehearsals of Atlanta reunion?

Yep. Okay, good. Me too. All right. Tory Lanez has turned quarantine radio success into making sure that he has a fund for families who have been affected by coronavirus. Here's what he had to say. I'm launching the Toby Lane's Dream City Fund,

and basically we're going to basically be doing something to provide diapers and food for people that are unfortunately affected by this COVID-19 situation. So I just linked up with Amazon Music. We both came together. And we've reached the place for our first large goal and the first donation that we want. And together, me and Amazon Music, we're going to be donating 100,000 diapers to the Dream City Fund and to Dream Centers. Well, that's dope that he's doing something positive for the people. The Tory Lanez Dream City Fund. I can't think of too many artists that are doing this quarantine thing better than Tory Lanez Dream City Fund. I can't think of too many artists that are doing this quarantine thing

better than Tory Lanez. Tory Lanez is really doing this. Yes, he is, boy. Swizz and Timbaland, you know, with their verses. I think they... I don't count Swizz and Timbaland, though. I don't count them

because they're legends already. They're goats. You know what I'm saying? They've been had their feet kicked up. I'm talking about the guys who are still active and were probably like feeling a little anxiety

because they didn't know what they were going to do and they didn't have to tour. And I feel like Tori really showed people how to keep attention on you and how to make money. The two people I would say would be D-Nice and Tori Lanez. They have worked this quarantine thing to the T, boy. Definitely D-Nice. Definitely D-Nice. Well, D-Nice already, I mean, you know, he's not up and coming either. Yeah, but D-Nice started a whole wave.

He started a whole wave though. It wasn't all them DJs DJing like that before D-Nice on Instagram. And I feel like that Versus Battle started a whole new wave too because we weren't really seeing that previously in that case. Right? Yeah. I mean, yeah, but I don't I mean, I don't see where that's going to help

like everybody can't do the Vers versus battle is what I'm saying. Like Tory is creating a blueprint for other artists to follow. If this quarantine thing goes any, any, any longer, that's the difference. Well, I gave you the Tory Lanez good news.

Now, do you want to hear the crazy thing that happened? So apparently there was some type of altercation. Tory Lanez was leaving his building and Selena Powell approached him and started to harass him, according to a source. They said the two of them have a pretty bad history and she's got it out for Tory Lanez. You know who Selena Powell is, the one that I guess always exposes men. And she's the one that was exposing Snoop Dogg for saying that she was talking to him. And she did the same thing, I believe, with Offset in the past and a lot of people. Well, anyway, she approached him and I guess he was leaving his building with Kaylin

Garcia, Joe Button's ex. And then they got into an altercation. And now Selena Powell is posting pictures of herself badly bruised with back and neck pain because allegedly Kaylin attacked her. And when she tried to approach Tory Lanez outside of his building so that was all on TMZ just craziness like I don't know who's fighting right now during coronavirus and why are these people not social distancing why are they running into each other I haven't ran into anybody in a couple months right so there you go. Good news, bad news. Why is Tori around these kind of people? Where is Tori at that these people are? Tori Lane and Selena Powell live in the same building.

Tori, maybe you're not doing as good as I thought you were. Yeah, we need to get out of that building, Tori. Jesus Christ, Tori. Yeah. I thought she was doing a little better than that. Maybe it's just one of his places. Oh, okay. Nah, still, can't be in the building with her.

Nah. No way, okay. Nah, still. Can't be in the building with her. Nah. No way, Jose. No way. All right, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. All right, thank you, Miss Yee. Charlemagne. Yes, sir.

Who you giving that dog to? You know, it's a family out there, a family called the Teagues from Flint, Michigan. They need to come to the front of the congregation. Though I like the way they move as a family unit,

nah, we'll talk about it. Alright, 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 Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building on the phone line right now.

Miss Shanti Doss. Good morning. Good morning, Shanti. Hey, hey. Hey, Shanti. How are you Good morning, Shanti. Hey, hey. Hey, Shanti. How are you? Hey, Angela. You know, I'm doing okay. I live by myself, so the isolation is getting to me at times,

but I'm trying to follow all my directions that I give to everybody else to stay present and stay connected. But it gets to be a bit much at times. I live by myself, too, so I am enjoying some of the downtime, but then other times you're like, all right now. Girl, the other night I felt like,

you remember that movie that Tom Hanks was in, Castaway? I was like, call me. Yes. The Wilson. Bye. You know, it is Mental Health Awareness Month, Shanti. So who are you talking to?

So honestly, I'm talking to a lot of people in our underserved community, you know, just trying to reach out and talk to people on social media. But my friends and family, they kind of grew up with me. You know, a year ago, I lost my sister and I had actually, it just happened when I came on your show last year. But just the people that really know me and that love me and don't judge me. And if I'm having a moment, they'll talk me through it, you know? Now let's talk about Silence to Shame a little bit for me and don't judge me. And if I'm having a moment, they'll talk me through it, you know? Now let's talk about Silence to Shame a little bit for people that don't know. Let's explain what Silence to Shame is and let's go through that.

Silence to Shame is an education and awareness and advocacy organization. We exist to educate communities around mental health and wellness, especially communities of color. So we do community conversations, you know, thank you Charlamagne for always being a part of our talk. We have a podcast on Google Play, iTunes, and SoundCloud where we interview everyday people and celebrities and clinicians just to talk about things affecting our community from postpartum depression to post-traumatic slave disorder or just the PCSD that our kids experience in our urban communities. We also offer free mental health first aid training.

It's kind of like taking a CPR course, but it's an eight-hour course, which really gives people a general understanding of the different mental illnesses that exist and ways to de-escalate a crisis. So we do a lot for the community. We are a small but mighty organization, and we're just hoping that we continue to uplift our communities and get people to being okay with getting help if they need it. So I want to thank you guys, the Breakfast Club,

for just being a platform that people can share and talk about mental health openly because it's really helping a lot of people. And today is Silence the Shame Day, correct? It is. It's National Silence the Shame Day. A few years ago, I had a little idea to just make a flyer and see if anybody would post. And we got 90 million impressions.

And so the National Day Register gave us our own day. So before y'all take these shots today, make sure y'all check out Silence the Shame. I see you're talking to Michelle Williams today, too, for Silence the Shame Day. Actually, I talked to Michelle yesterday. Today, I'm talking to Common and Swift Beat. Oh, wow. Okay. He talks a lot about mental health. And I want to talk to him specifically about some of the work that he's done in the prison

and how a lot of the inmates are not really getting the mental health support that they need. And then, of course, Swift Beat, with what he's been able to do with Versus, I think it has really added a much needed level of self-care for everybody because, you know, the anticipation of all the battles and, you know, we got Erica and Jill coming up. So everybody feel like, you know, they going to an event. You know, baby face. I was like, okay, let me

find a little outfit to rock for Teddy Rock. There you go. Got my endorphins going. It put me in a better mood. So we're going to top it up later today. Shanti, what kind of impact does coronavirus have on mental health and how has that driven your mission even more? So, you know, I think people are definitely more stressed out. They're more anxious. There's a heightened level, I think, of depression in our communities, especially when you talk about communities of

color, because so many of us in the African-American community, the Latino community, we're on the front lines, right? We're the mail carriers. We're the delivery drivers. We're the sanitation workers. And, you know, by not having the right EPP that's needed, we still got to go out and make the donuts for our families and for the communities. And so it's just making people a lot more stressed out, and I really don't think that we have um enough tools that

we're equipped with to process through this even just last week you know rest in peace to the doctor in new york that took her own life yeah actually does you know contracted with the duty it contracted the disease but also was on the front lines helping everybody else and it's just it's showing everybody that you know it's okay to get help if you need it. And shout out to New York because there is a helpline number, 844-863-9341. It's over 6,000 clinicians giving free telehealth services for mental health. So, you know, we just got to do what we can right now through COVID-19, but really be able to provide resources to our friends and family. That's why it's so important to educate ourselves because you might not have a mental illness, but you might have somebody else in your family that's affected by it or in your church community, you know, or in your circle of friends. So we have to learn as much as we can so we can empower one another.

How much have you been watching the news and how does that affect your mood? Because I know a lot of us are trying to keep updated. Things are changing daily and sometimes it can be a lot just to watch what's happening. Absolutely. So it's funny y'all say that. I definitely limit my news consumption. We do a lot of work with the American Psychiatric Association Foundation, and they release a report on workplace wellness and working from home.

And they talked about the importance of limiting your news consumption. Like for me, I try to wake up and check the national news. Because the local news to me is just depressing anyway, even pre-COVID-19. So I check the national news so I can get the facts, and then I take breaks. I may not tap into it until the afternoon or even the nightly news because it stresses me out even more. I want to stay informed because I want to know what's going on with state reopening, and you should want to know, but you have to make sure that you're watching your consumption

of not only the news but social media, right? Because I still, I find it crazy. Like, I was watching somebody's IG Live. You know, it was about music, but people were still trolling and being negative. I'm like, y'all people are out here dying. Like, y'all really want to know this about your faith? So that, I can't let that negativity into my spirit because it brings me way down.

So I encourage y'all to limit your social media and your news consumption. Absolutely. Do you think our leadership, like American leadership, has responded appropriately in ways to support people suffering from mental health during this pandemic? Because I don't know if the mental health aspect is being touched on as much as it should be. So I see it being touched on like in the news, but I haven't really heard a lot of our leaders. Like I want to come out and talk about it because pre COVID, you know, we were seeing a decline in the amount of resources and funding that states were getting. And so, you know, post COVID, you know,

people are definitely still going to be in trouble from a mental health perspective. So our leaders need to really understand the importance of them, and they've got to pour more money into the mental health space, which is why, you know, a small organization like Silence to Shame, I know we can't service everybody, but one of the reasons why we're raising money today is so that we can do more community conversations, we can do more mental health first aid training. We also want to donate a portion of the proceeds to free therapy

because you talk about people in rural communities. You know, yeah, you might be able to go into the hospital in a major city, but a lot of people in rural areas, you know, it's like one town store and, you know, 100 people and everybody know each other. But, like, those are the people who really are, like, suffering from a lack of mental health resources. And I really think our state representatives and our governors, like I said,

really need to do a better job of making sure that they have access to services. All right. Well, we have more. Hold on. Let's, let's come back and talk to us some more.

We have more with Shanti Doss. When we come back today is silence, the shame day. We're going to talk to him. We're going to find out when we, where we can donate and what is online that people can go to online to try to help themselves out. So don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are the Breakfast Club. We have Shanti Daz on the line right now. Today is Silence the Shame Day. It's a nonprofit organization that focuses on education and awareness around mental health. Now, Charlamagne, you just asked, where can people donate, right? Yeah, where can they donate to Silence to Shame? I know, but where can they, if they want to donate today? So if you guys want to donate, you can go and text the word silence to 707070, or you can go on our website, www.silenceofshame.com.

And it's important to note that we are a 501c3 so all donations are tax deductible. Okay, I'm definitely going to make a donation today and I want to ask you too, Shanti, do you think that this pandemic will have long-term effects on people's mental health? Yeah, I do. I really think that we're going to experience a lot of PTSD

from it. You know, again, like I was mentioning earlier, just people that are more stressed you know you really don't think about not only losing a loved one when we talk about grief and loss right think about the symbolic losses that people experience loss of physical connection loss of their jobs loss of financing i mean it's so many different things that you can talk about from a symbolic loss perspective and as as these, you know, states start reopening,

everybody might not get their job right away. Right? Or a lot of people are still in the hole. That $1,200 stimulus package, that barely covers rent for some people. What about food? It's going to be so much going on. People are going to be stressed to no end. But the good news is health is out there, but we got to pay attention

to it. I just think how heartbreaking it is, too. Like our friend Trav that calls every morning. His grandfather passed, but no one could go to the funeral. And that has to weigh on you when you think about people right now that have to deal with loss like that and see a loved one have a funeral but not be able to attend the funeral. Or you see in Brooklyn bodies outside of a funeral home and a U-Haul truck. And I'm glad you brought that up, Angela. We did a webinar. Silence to Shame has

been doing free webinars during COVID-19. And so there is one that we did on grief and loss, and we had a trauma expert, Dr. Ajita Robinson, who is a bad sister out of Maryland. I urge you guys to go to our Silence to Shame TV page on YouTube and check it out under grief and loss because hopefully, you know, you can find a lot of tips that can help you through it. But it's devastating. I even lost a cousin two weeks ago in Michigan, and, you know, they had to wait two weeks, and they're planning the service this weekend.

We'll all be able to watch it virtually. But the fact, you know, think about it in our communities, right? Like the funeral, even though it's a sad occasion, it's a celebration of life, right? Right. Absolutely. We can't do that. And so those types of experiences that we're going to be able to miss, it's definitely going to have an emotional aspect on our lives. And so we have to be more patient with one another. We have to provide one another grace. You know, We have to provide one another favor in this time because you really don't know what people are going through. I know we get on IG a lot and we talk about

you got to do this. You got to stay positive. You got to start a brand and you got to come out better than some people just barely waking up in the morning. Just trying to come out. Just trying to come out. Just want to come out period. What about parents? We think about a lot of adults losing jobs but for for kids, I mean, the fact that they have, you know, they can't see their friends.

They're not going to school. They're stuck in the route. A lot of them can't go outside. They can't go to the park. So how do we deal with kids during this time with their mental health? We need parents to understand how to talk to them. You know, kids aren't necessarily going to understand the bigger words like stress and anxiety and depression. But what you want to ask them is how you're feeling today. Or if they come to you and tell you that they have a stomach ache, that may be that they're anxious about

something or that they're sad about something. Or if they're withdrawn from you and not really wanting to come and eat dinner at the dinner table or participate, you know, whether you're doing Zoom, family, you know, virtual things or whatever, if that child is withdrawn, parents really need to understand that it might not just be that child being a brat or them being a typical teenager. They may actually be experiencing a lot of anxiety. Do you think it's necessary for schools to offer mental health services and include those conversations into the curriculum, especially after this global pandemic? Absolutely. Just last year, I was reading where the state of Florida and another state, they were starting to offer at least five hours of mandatory mental health education for students in grade six through K.

And I think that's very important. And I even think we need to find ways to, you know, talk to our kids in K-5 about their feelings. So, yes, absolutely. I hope, you know, we can make sure that, you know, we are voting for the right people, you know, to get in office in November that will understand the importance of emotional health and wellness. Because kids now, just like, you know, you have sex education or just like they take PE classes, they need education on mental health now. I agree. Well, thank you for joining us. Now, for people out there that want to donate, can you tell me how to donate one more time just in case they just joined us?

Yes, you can text SILENCE to 707070, or you can go to our website, silencethame.com. I also quickly want to let you guys know, so I created this new kind of marketing campaign for us, because y'all know I used to do marketing in the music business. So I created Dance to Donate, where a bunch of DJs, producers, and artists have been doing live sets, and we're going to be raising funds for Silence of Shame for the next two weeks.

So we already had DJ Trauma, and Brian Michael Cox from Dallas, Austin, jumped it off this weekend for us. Today on IG, Jermaine Dupree is doing a set from 4 to 6 p.m. And then we got DJ MOS from 6 to 8 p.m. And DJ Mars from 8 to 9

and a lot more. Evie, I saw you over the weekend. I came to your house party. Looked like y'all was up in the clubhouse. You was whining? You was whining, Boglan? I was whining. I was getting my, you know,

my little macchiato. Your pepper seed? But I, you know, would love to even have you do a set if you would. I'm in. We're calling all the DJs to help you dance to Donate. I'm in. Just let me know the time. I'll call you outside of this.

Just let me know the time, and I'm in. That would be dope. It's a lot of fun. So, y'all, make sure that you understand the importance of emotional health and wellness. Let's silence the shame in our communities. Our goal for 2020 is to raise a million dollars. We also are going to give some of the money to students of color because there is a really lack of conditions of color in our community. And not to say that you can't go to a therapist that doesn't look like you, but we found that oftentimes, you know, that could help people from a cultural competency perspective.

So we want to be able to find that as well. And hopefully one day partner up with Taraji Foundation because they're doing some amazing work as well. Yes. The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation. Salute to Tracy and Taraji. You Tracy, you Shanti and Tracy and Taraji are just three of my favorite people that I love to, you know, support in this space, man, because y'all really out here doing the work. I love you guys, too.

And thank you again for being on Yale Wellness, which is something else. You know, my marketing wheels were spinning, so I created an IG live show called Yale Wellness. And, Charlemagne, you were my first guest, and I've had everybody from Keisha Campbell to Dondre Whitfield. And as I mentioned, I'm talking to Swift Beats today in common. So you guys check out the Yale Wellness platform on my IG, excuse me, at ShantiDoss404. All right.

Well, thank you again for joining us, Shanti Doss. Appreciate you and all the work that you're doing. We're so grateful and thankful. Thank you so much. Thank you, Shanti. Thank you, Shanti. I love you all. Happy Salon Sane Day.

All right. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Rumor has it. On the Breakfast Club. So listen up.

Yes, y'all know Mother's Day is coming up on Sunday. I don't know what to do, by the way, for Mother's Day for my mom because normally I would take her out and give her a present and do all these things. And now I feel like maybe I should just give her some money because that's what people really kind of need right now. And I know she needs it too. Is that rude?

Oh, kind of. I'm going to do a drive-by. I'm going to just drive by my mom's house with the kids and everybody and beep the horn and maybe have some balloons. But I'm talking about a present. Nah, my mom's got to get a present when it's over. Yeah, I feel like, you know, you have so much time to think

that you should put a little bit more thought into that. Like, money is what you give somebody when you haven't put no thought into it. But she can't do really much of anything. I feel like it's also a hard time because it's hard to get things shipped out on time. I don't really necessarily... Normally, I would, like, take my mom shopping. I can't do that this year. I don't really necessarily, normally I would like take my mom shopping.

I can't do that this year. I could send her some money. I know she needs it too, just because people aren't working like that right now. So it's not an easy time. So I'm thinking maybe that's more thoughtful, just knowing that it's a financially hard time, but we'll see.

But Brandy is celebrating being a quote, baby mama. That's her song that she has out, her new single featuring Chance the Rapper. And she talks about being a boss. Here is a snippet in case you haven't heard the song. Baby mama. The whole world looking at me. Single mama.

It's something just for me. It's forever mama. Every day I pray this for my little mama. Baby mama. Baby mama You're holding me when you need some Pretending like you need somebody Yeah, yeah

I guess you didn't see Imagine me somebody Chance, the rapper You're not the only one That can take out trash That can make the cash That can make a laugh Sounds dated.

Sounds very, very dated. Sounds very, very dated. Like something that should have came out in the early 2000s. Like way too much going on in that record. Her daughter is 17 years old now. Isn't that amazing? Brandy's daughter is 17? Yes.

Why are you acting surprised about that? Like you wasn't grown as hell when she was on TV having that baby, man. I didn't. She was in her 20s then. Sheesh. Wow. Knock it off. I'm bugging. My daughter's 18. I'm bug know. You're in your 20s then. Geesh. Wow. Knock it off. I'm bugging.

My daughter's 18. I'm bugging. Like, what am I talking about? Yes. You got a grown kid your goddamn self. My daughter's 18. I got an 18, a 16, a 6, a 5, and a 3-year-old.

What am I saying? You're talking about damn. I know. Knock it off. That's what happens when you pretend to be young all the goddamn time. No, it's not even that.

You just, time flies. Like, I just thought about it. Like, I got an 18-year-old. What the hell? That's what happens when you're 57, isn't it? Speaking of daughters, Sasha and Malia Obama have given their first interview ever

in Michelle Obama's Becoming documentary. It only makes sense, right? So the two of them are going to chime in about their mother's accomplishments. I'm excited for her to be proud of what she's done because I think that's the most important thing for a human to do is be proud of themselves and they said that their mother is no longer facing

that same scrutiny. Being able to let all of that leave your mind creates so much space. So that's the first time they've ever spoken publicly and Becoming is actually going to premiere on Netflix tomorrow. So I'm sure you're excited to see that. I never thought about that. We've never seen Sasha and Malia speak and that's fine.

It's like they don't have to say a goddamn thing if they don't want to. Salute to both of them. How old are they now? 21 and 19. Damn! You don't know what a damn they are? I was about to. I was about to say, damn! My goodness.

All right. Nicolas Cage is going to be playing Tiger King in a TV series about Joe Exotic. He kind of looks like him. When I was looking online at what the two of them face, you know, side by side, according to Variety, it will be Nicolas Cage's first ever regular television role. It's going to be an eight part scripted TV series. So the story is going to center around Joe Exotic as an eccentric, exotic zookeeper in Oklahoma who fights to keep his park even at the risk of losing his sanity.

So it's based, of course, on the tiger. God damn. You're not going to let the documentary breathe? They're not even going to let the show breathe for a second before they jump into a scripted show? And why do I need a scripted show based off of an actual reality show? What is the point? I've seen everything already. How could a scripted show be better do I need a scripted show based off of an actual reality show? What is the point? I've seen everything already.

How could a scripted show be better? And how are they going to shoot it? It's Corona season. When are they going to get together and have a film crew and a production crew and all of that to shoot? Well, we don't know when they're going to shoot it. I guess he's just signed on. So maybe, you know, they'll start working on it later. But that's

what's happening. Okay, Zoe Kravitz tried to drop her famous last name. Obviously, she is the only child of Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet. And she recalled while she was talking to Dax Shepard on his Armchair Expert podcast, she tried to change her, well, get rid of her last name, just dump it, go by her first name and middle name, Zoe Isabella. She said, I kind of tried to do it, but it just didn't stick. People kept on forgetting. No one was responding to this idea. Then she said she mentioned it to her dad at one point and it made him feel a little sad.

So she decided it just wasn't working anyway and she didn't do it. Okay. You know, I just get it though. It's probably hard to just go around with that last name Kravitz and people asking about your mom and your dad. So she just kind of wanted to make it in that way. It didn't stick. All right. And Scott Dizek went to rehab. Now it's an interesting story because he entered this rehab facility and I guess they broke some type of non-disclosure agreement because next thing you know, it's already all over the news. Now they said he is planning to sue the rehab over a leaked photo. He said it's not because of any type of drinking or cocaine issues. He checked himself in just because of some issues that he's been dealing with.

So the photo that was taken inside the rehab facility, they said it is a violation. And he believes the photo was taken by a staff member and not a patient. And that could trigger criminal prosecution. Yeah, that's crazy. Doesn't the rehab have the same type of privacy rules and regulations that a hospital does. I would think. I thought so. Yeah, it should definitely do. That's why he's suing. Groupie ass worker.

Groupie ass worker about to cost him all kinds of money. He's trying to come to terms and deal with the pain that he's been silently suffering for many years because of the sudden death of his mother, followed by the death of his father three months later. So he checked himself into a rehab to try to work on those past traumas. Plenty of people go to rehab for mental health reasons, you know, and that's clearly grief that he's dealing from. So, yeah, you can't put a time frame on when somebody gets over that

because they may never get over it. So I'm glad that that man is going to get some healing. And you should see the hell out of that rehab. And that is your rumor report. All right. Thank you, Miss Yee. Now when we come back, let's get to the People's Choice Mix. Happy birthday, Chris Brown.

Today is Chris Brown's birthday. So let's get some Chris Brown joints on. And it's Natina's birthday. Happy birthday to my girl, Natina. It's a big one for her. We were actually supposed to be in Turks and Caicos this week. But obviously that trip is pushed back because of coronavirus. But happy birthday, Natina., but happy birthday, Natina.

Yeah, happy birthday, Natina, and we'll see you tomorrow. How old is Natina today, 51? She's 40, 40 club. Stop it. Oh, she hit 40 today? Yeah, she's 40, 40 club. Yes, it's a big birthday for her.

Drop one of the clues bombs for Natina. I thought Natina was way over 40. Stop it, man. Stop it. You ass, man. How you can't just say happy birthday and be nice? I am being nice I'm just making a statement

I thought she was way over 40 She's very mature for her age Happy birthday You a jerk Happy birthday Tina It's the breakfast club Good morning EJ, Envy, Angela Yee

Charlamagne Tha Guy We are the breakfast club Now we have to shout out To Shanti Doss For joining us this morning Salute to Shanti man Today is silence to shame day Make sure you go to

silencetoshame.com and, you know, donate to Silence to Shame. I gotta make my donation right now, but Silence to Shame is definitely an organization that I trust when it comes to helping to eradicate the stigma around mental health. And like she says, silence and the shame. So you can text silence to

707070 to donate to them today. So salute to Shanti Das. Absolutely. I'm a DJ for them, too. We got to set up a time to DJ for a DJ that they're doing to raise money. So I'm going to get on and DJing. But when we come back, we got the positive note.

Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Gow. We are the Breakfast Club. Good morning. And it is Cinco de Mayo, and it is Taco Tuesday,

but it's also the last day for the deadline for you to get that $500 economic impact payment per child, okay? So I know there's a lot of people who could use this money right now. Make sure you get this done today to get your payment in 2020. So if you did not file a tax return last year, and you have kids under 17, you have to act now to get that $ in 2020. So if you did not file a tax return last year and you have kids under 17, you have to act now to get that $500 per child. Go to irs.gov and enter your information

in the non-filer tool you have today to do it. Today is the last day. So don't pass up on that money if you're eligible. Absolutely. Go get that money, man. Go get that money. Now, let's get up out of here. Charlamagne, you got a positive note for the people.

Yes, man. I want to read y'all something out of my daily stoic book. Salute to my guy, Ryan Holiday. You know, I read these every morning. This is part of my affirmations that I read in the morning. And to Dave Lucenco de Mayo, it says, you are the project. Okay? Professionals don't have to justify spending time training or practicing their work.

It's what they do. And practice is how they get good at it. The raw materials vary from career to career, just as the locations and duration vary depending on the person and the profession. But the one constant is the working of those materials, the gradual improvements and proficiency.

According to the Stoics, your mind is the asset that must be worked on the most and understood the best. You are the project. Breakfast club, bitches! You all finished or you all done? 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. 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.