The Breakfast Club - What Does "Urban" Mean to You

Episode Date: June 8, 2020

Today on the show we opened up the phone lines to see what our listeners thought about the word "urban" and what it stands for in the music industry when it was announced that Republic Records were not usign the word anymore and want others to do the same. Also, Charlamagne gave "Donkey of the Day" to Roger Goodell for failing to mention Kaepernick after issuing a statement about NFL protest. Also, we had men from the "Black Man's Survival Guide" where they spoke about their experience with police and more. 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. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show, Civic Cipher. That's right. We discuss social issues, especially those that affect black and brown people, but in a way that informs and empowers all people.

We discuss everything from prejudice to politics to police violence, and we try to give you the tools to create positive change in your home, workplace, and social circle. We're going to learn how to become better allies to each other. So join us each Saturday for Civic Cipher on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. DJ Envy, Angela Yee, and Charlamagne Tha God. Wake that ass up. The Breffa Club is on. I'm Phillip Blass. I'm talking to the Breffa Club this morning. The Breakfast Club is on. Right here. I am Phillip Blass. I'm talking to the Breakfast Club this morning.

Okay, okay, okay. I love coming here. I'm never not going to come here. You guys are good to me. I'm a turn. I'm always going to be good to y'all. For a lot of people in the hip-hop generation, the Breakfast Club is where people get their information

on the topics, on the artists, and everything like that. In that aspect, radio is still important. The Breakfast Club. When my name come up, respect it. Oh, man. Try this again. Let's try this again. My bad.

My bad. Start it from the top. What's going on? From the top. What's going on? Top. Good morning, USA and Toronto! Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo,

yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo! Good morning, Angela Yee., yo, yo, yo. Good morning, Angela Yee. Good morning, DJ Envy. Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. It's Monday. Y'all still ain't got my six drop?

Where the six drop at, drum? No six, six, six, six, six, six. No. Still ain't put that in? No, maybe we'll do it. No. Maybe we'll go to Christmas. Yeah, maybe, maybe, six, six. No. Still ain't put that in? No, maybe I'm doing it. No. Maybe it's about Christmas. Yeah, maybe, maybe.

Thanksgiving, possibly. Well, good morning, everybody. It's Monday, back to the work week. Yes, I'm sick of it. I need to be back in the studio. I'm tired of being quarantined at home, doing it from the Zoom. I want to be back in the studio. I'm not going to lie to you.

Well, today is phase one in New York City for people returning to businesses, construction businesses. I think you can do pickup at non-essential businesses. You can pick things up. But they said we probably won't move into phase two until next month. Yeah, they're saying 400,000 employees returning to work today in New York. So that's exciting. That's beautiful. That's good. So I wonder if that adds on to the 2.5 that they said went back to work, I guess, sometime in May.

Yeah. I wonder if that adds on to it. That's good. I'm happy. Drop on the clues bombs for everybody going back to work. Glad you got a job. God is good. Yeah, they're allowing the graduations too.

150 people allowed in New York State beginning on June 26th. So they moved it up a little bit. So only for outdoor graduations, 150 people allowed. So the class of 2020 will get to graduate hopefully sooner than later. So shout to the class of 2020. Me, too. That really hurt my heart because those kids, like, you know, I didn't march because I graduated in night school. But I know those kids work hard.

And that's something that they always going to remember, right? And by the way, a lot of them probably ain't going to never graduate from college. So that might be the only time they can do that little, you know, dance to that pomp and circumstance. So I'm glad that they've figured out a way to do socially distanced outdoor graduations. Congrats to those kids. I'm glad, too. And not just college, you know, high school and, you know, kids graduating kindergarten and going to first grade,

like all those big moments, you know what I mean? Parents are always taping. You have that for life. So I'm glad that students will start to be able to graduate because my daughter definitely didn't think she was going to be able to walk, but now it looks like she's going to, so that is great. And them caps and gowns are not cheap, people, okay? And you buy those early in the year, don't you?

No, you actually buy them. No, uh-uh. I had to purchase them about a month ago, two months ago. But I already had a backup plan. I went to my house and got my cap and gown from my mama. And I was just going to, you know, alter it a little so my daughter can walk across the aisle. You still have yours? I don't know.

My mother has everything that I've ever did. Everything. You know what, when I graduated, it was pouring, raining. And so everybody had like nice outfits they had planned to wear. So instead, everybody just put on sneakers. It was like pouring that day. I remember that. I couldn't wait to get it over with. I used to sit outside in the pouring rain.

I was the first person in my family to graduate and go to college. So it was big for my family. So my mom, I mean, she framed the diploma. I think she might even frame the cap and gown and had to take it down and give it to me. Like it, that was really, really a big moment for my family. So they were very excited. I don't care if it was raining, if it was snowing, they were going to keep that. So anyway, let's get the show cracking. Front page news, what we talking about? Well, let's talk about defunding the police. Protesters are calling for that to happen.

In some situations, it looks like it will. What does that even mean? All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy.

We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Where we start. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has now said the league was wrong for not listening to players who were fighting for racial equality and encourage people to peacefully protest. Here's a video that was released. We, the National Football League, condemn racism and the systematic oppression of black people. We, the National Football League, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest. We, the National Football League, believe Black lives

matter. I personally protest with you and want to be part of the much-needed change in this country. So it's okay to kneel? Now Donald Trump responded on Twitter, could it be even remotely possible that in Roger Goodell's rather interesting statement of peace and reconciliation, he was intimating that it would now be okay for the players to kneel or not to stand for the national anthem, thereby disrespecting our country and our flag. Here's more of what Roger Goodell had to say. Without black players, there would be no National Football League. And the protests around the country are emblematic of the centuries of silence, inequality, and oppression of black players, coaches, fans, and staff. We are listening. I am listening.

And I will be reaching out to players who have raised their voices and others on how we can improve and go forward for a better and more united NFL family. People were wondering if he was going to in particular mention Colin Kaepernick's name, which he did not. But they

are saying the NFL will reportedly not run a workout like last year, but there are increased hopes around the league that he could get signed. Well, the first player he has to reach out to is Colin Kaepernick if he said he's reaching out to players. You know, if he doesn't do that, that's a half-assed apology. You got to personally apologize to Colin Kaepernick. You also have to admit that, you know, Kaep was blackballed,

and if it wasn't a strategic, intentional blackball, when they noticed no owner was attempting to sign him, nobody at the top intervened to say that's wrong to make sure he plays. But all these corporations are full of it. Don't scream Black Lives Matter if you don't have any black people on your board. You know what I mean? NFL got three black coaches, zero black owners. All you corporations are full of it, releasing all these I love black people promos

and I love black people tweets and memes, but that isn't reflected in your business every day. This is about black lives marketing at this point. If you really care about black lives, show and prove through actions and deeds. Let me see what your board look like. You know what I'm saying? Let me see what your black hires look like in senior positions. Let me see if the black people in that company are making just as much as the white people in that company. If they're performing, you know, at the same rate or better. Let me see that. Other than that, it's garbage. Yeah, I see a lot of companies calling out their companies as well where they work.

Now, the Minneapolis City Council has announced plans to disband their police department. The nine council members, they form a veto-proof majority. They committed to defunding the department and moving toward a community-based public safety model during a rally. According to local reports, they said it is clear that our system of policing is not keeping our community safe. Our efforts at incremental reform have failed, period. It's our commitment to end policing as we know it and recreate systems of public safety that actually help keep us safe. So they plan to begin voting on legislation targeting the department as well. A lot of protesters are calling to defund the police. So what does that actually mean? Well, what that means is instead of funding a police

department, a lot of that budget will be invested in the community, especially marginalized ones where much of the policing occurs. They want to reallocate some, but not all funds away from police departments to social services. And they also want to implement reforms like police trainings and body cameras and change that people really want so that communities can actually feel safer. So they said it's a spectrum of different things that can happen, and those funds can go towards mental health, domestic violence, homelessness, among other things. Yeah, I think it's great. You know, instead of funding the police department, yes, put most of the city budgets back into the communities,

especially the marginalized black ones. You know what I'm saying? You know, we don't never get that kind of funding. Invest in the schools, the hospitals, housing, food in the hood. Invest in those social services for mental health. If you provide folks in the hood with a better quality of life, provide them with better quality opportunities,

guess what will happen? Crime will go down. And when crime goes down, policing goes down, which means interactions with police go down, which means police killings go down. It's a really simple concept, people. Put your money in the hood. It's not hard.

We've been telling you this for years. All right. Well, that is front page news. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up right now. Maybe you had a bad weekend, a horrible weekend, or maybe your weekend was great and you feel blessed.

Call us up right now, 800-585-1051. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired, depressed, a little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Kaperburg.

I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I trade my own country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh my God. What is that? Bullets. Bullets. We need help! We 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 iHeart

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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. What's up, y'all? This is Questlove, and I'm here to tell you about a new podcast I've been working on with the Story Pirates and John Glickman called Historical Records.

It's a family-friendly podcast. Yeah, you heard that right. A podcast for all ages. One you can listen to and enjoy with your kids starting on September 27th. I'm going to toss it over to the host of Historical Records, Nimany, to tell you all about it. Make sure you check it out. Hey y'all, Nimany here. I'm the host of a brand new history podcast for kids and families called Historical Records. Historical Records brings history to life through hip-hop. Each episode is about a different, inspiring figure from history. Like this one about Claudette Colvin, a 15-year-old girl in Alabama who refused to give up her seat on the city bus nine whole months before Rosa Parks did the same thing.

Check it. Get the kids in your life excited about history by tuning in to Historical Records. Because in order to make history, you have to make some noise. Listen to Historical Records on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. This is your time to get it off your chest. I'm telling, I'm telling Hey, what you doing, man? I'm telling, I'm calling, 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? Yo, this is Dre Dre, what up? Hey, Dre How y'all doing this morning? Another day of charity I'm blessed, black, and highly favored, sir What's up, Dre. How y'all doing this morning? Another day of care. Bless black and highly favored, sir.

What's up, brother? That's wonderful. I just want to call and get off my chest. I want to say all this love to the black community and to the world. Everybody have a great day this morning. Start your weekend off. All this love. Thank you, guys.

That was nice and positive. All righty, brother. Hello, who's this? Hey, this is Bill from North Carolina. Get it off your chest, bro. I had an incident go down this weekend with my family. My son, I live in Raleigh. My son lives in Greensboro.

He's been up there protesting and everything. And what happened was my sister-in-law decided to send my son a video of the Candace Owens rant. And she thought that she needed to send a message. But she never gave us an explanation. And my son tried to explain to them, I'm black. My wife's Italian. So for whatever reason, she sent him that video thinking that that was going to have him look at things differently. And kind of divided our family because of that. So he kind of

agreed with Candace Owen or? No, hell to the no. Okay, I'm just confused. Oh, they just didn't know why she would send that with no context. Yeah, that's the whole thing. We don't know why she sent it. You can't just send that video. First tell me if you agree with it or disagree with it. That's what you do.

When you send it to them, you're like, hey man, look at this foolishness or hey, what do you think about this? Something. No. No. Nothing. She just sent it to them. And then my son had to kind of explain things to her. But between her and her boyfriend, they tried to kind of shed light on the issue.

And he was trying to let them know that you can't tell me how things are going. How things should be when you're not in my shoes. You're not black. You don't have to worry about getting pulled over by the police and having monetary things taken from you by the police for no reason for being black. And it was a back and forth and it got my wife so upset that my wife was on her way to Connecticut to fight her sister and her boyfriend. And her mother had to talk her off the ledge because we do believe these conversations are tough for people right now, because especially when you don't agree with each other. Yeah, but the thing is, Ang, is my wife and I have been together for 30 years. So, you know what I'm saying?

It's like for her, for this, for this to happen, we don't have a problem talking about it because we understand because I'm black. My kids are black. They're biracial, but in society's eyes, they're black. So they who have white children don't understand the things that our children have to go through on a daily basis. When my kids leave the house, the one thing I do tell them to do, I say, be safe, and I love you. Absolutely. God forbid if something should happen to my kids while they're out and about,

at least I know that's the last thing that I say to them, is that be safe and I love you. Mm-hmm. And like you said, it is a tough time, and it is a tough thing to talk about, but for some people, I don't have a problem talking about it. Right. No, I feel you.

It could feel really repetitive, too, because it's like we're having these conversations right now with so many people who don't understand. I could easily do some research themselves and find out. And it gets a little frustrating. Exactly. And that's what my mother-in-law did because my mother-in-law is an educator. So what she did was once she found out about it, she was pissed off. And her question was the same as mine was what was the reason for sending it so she did some research on candace owens and she sent myself my wife my son my sister-in-law she sent us an email that she found a write-up

about candace owens and what she's about and a lot of it a lot of it i didn't know and she she like i said she's an educator an english educator and she dug deep and she found it and she sent it to us. And she's very upset with her daughter for doing that. Right. And she still hasn't had the conversation with her about why she did it. Well, I hope y'all get it together and I hope that she understands how, you know, irresponsible that was. Yeah, thanks for checking in, brother. Get it off your chest.

800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Let's go. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed.

Say it with your chest. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. So if you got something on your mind, let it out. Hello, who's this? This is Dee. I'm calling from Jacksonville. Hey, Dee, get it off your chest. Jacksonville, Florida. What? This is Dee. I'm calling from Jacksonville. Hey, Dee, get it off your chest. Jacksonville, Florida.

What's happening, Dee? Well, I was just listening to what you were saying earlier about them disbanding Minneapolis Police Department and allocating funds into the hood. They're not going to do that nationwide because poverty and crime is a million-billion-dollar business. They don't want it to stop. They want it to keep going. It's a vicious cycle that's been going on for years. And to stop it, to solve the problem, they don't want the problem to be solved because it's going to take money out of their pockets.

Well, that's why local elections are important and who represents you is important too because the reason this is happening in Minneapolis is because of the local council members. This whole moment that we're in is to get America to change its business model. We all know what America's business model is. That's white supremacy. So we have to dismantle this mechanism

of white supremacy. So I'm not mad at the idea of defunding the police at all. I'm not mad at it either, but there's so many people who are sleep. There's so many people like, I'm not gonna join in on the

keeping the money with black business. I'm still gonna go eat at McDonald's. I'm still gonna go eat at Chick-fil-A. Like, I've listened to some of my, I won't even say friends, I'll say associates Say that

Like they don't They don't care They're not trying to Help the change They're gonna keep Adding on to the problem Because they don't think It really affects them

And even if it does affect them It's like they really don't care It don't affect them enough For them to try to Help the change You know how I tell people Those type of people Shot them You ain't got time for that They really don't care. It don't affect them enough for them to try to help the change. D, you know how I tell those type of people? Shot them.

You ain't got time for that. We leaving. We trying to get the hell up out of here, okay? We out. You either coming with us or you're not. You want to stay here and be a slave, stay here and be a slave, but you're not going to hold us up, okay? You're not going to slow us down.

Thank you, mama. Hello, who's this? Yo, this Shark. Calling out of Charlotte. What's up, bro? Get it off your chest. 704, Queen City. Yeah, I got two things.

First, let's talk about that Chick-fil-A thing. They're not backing this movement. But also, last week this guy called about the accountability of the police officers having to register like we have to do with our license. I think we need to talk about that subject because we need to push it. And y'all have that platform to kind of put that out there. But we need to really put these police accountable because they don't need seven times to finally kill somebody or 20 times to finally kill somebody.

They need to be held accountable. And that's the only thing you can't make change is accountability. Absolutely. That's it. Simple as that. You get what you demand, you encourage what you tolerate. That's right. That's right. That's right. Well, get it off your chest.

800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up. Now, we got rumors on the way? Well, yes. Let's talk about some companies who are being called out right now for their policies and things that they're saying online and what's actually going on within their businesses. We'll give you a couple of examples. All right. We'll get into that next.

Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Michael B. Jordan. Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip. The Rumor Report. Gossip. Gossip. With Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report. The Breakfast Club. Yes, so Michael B. Jordan, he had showed up to protest with the people in Los Angeles, and he talked about some of his very memorable movie roles.

Just think about it. Just Mercy, Black Panther, Fruitvale Station. And he discusses his role in Just Mercy. He said, I learned his tactics. I learned his mentality. And then he goes on to talk about the ways in which his own production team prioritizes inclusion. Here's what he had to say. We're in the heart of Hollywood right now.

One of the world's most powerful industries. And I'm an active member of that. I'm dedicated to my production coming to an inclusion writer. But it has to go beyond that. So to the brands that support me, to all the productions, to the studios, to all the businesses and partnerships that I have, if you have any financial ties to police, we have to relook at our business. We have to stop hiring police. We have to cut off their support.

That's why I'm committing to hiring private security at all private events. Michael B is right. You know what I'm saying? If you have a voice at your company, you got some type of juice at your company. If you got some leverage with these companies you're working with, you gotta make sure that they are all about inclusion.

To be honest with you, you should have been doing this before this moment, but better late than never. Right, and here's something else that people are getting called out about. Now, Adidas actually posted the word racism crossed out on their Instagram page. And then they said, take action. Things won't change unless we create that change. Well, unfortunately, there was a lot of backlash from their very own employees. Now, one person, Julia Bond, who's black and works as an assistant designer at Adidas,

sent out a letter to Adidas' leadership that she shared. And she said that Adidas' response is shameful. And she said they have consistent complacency in taking active steps against a racist work environment. Apparently, there's a lot of conversations from employees about things that are going on in their workplace, a lot of complaints that are often disregarded and a lot of frustration. She said crossing out the word racism does not negate its reality.

Rather, it makes you feel comfortable knowing that it's gone unless you are actively working and instilling practices against it. You uphold the very thing you claim to admonish. So she called on Adidas to issue a public apology for the racism and discrimination they have openly enabled and perpetuated across the brand. So that's right. Apparently, a lot of people have been talking about it there. All these corporations are full of it. Don't scream Black Lives Matter if you don't have a lot of black hires. All you corporations are full of it. If you're releasing these, I love black people tweets and let's dismantle white supremacy memes and videos. It's a fad. Well, your business doesn't reflect that. It's a fad.

It seems like a fad. It looks good to people so that people are doing it, but they have to really do it. Yeah, and that's how you make it not a fad by actually putting people in those positions in your company, black people. Don't let Black Lives Matter turn to Black Lives Marketing for some of these corporations. Well, and Adidas spokesperson is now saying they're going to have an all-employee meeting this week to discuss the topic and share an action plan. They said, we recognize that we have not done enough

and we are dedicated to doing more. We are close to finalizing our commitments to ensure our people, most importantly, our black employees are heard, supported, and involved in solutions. The action plan is simple. Hire more black people. How many black people work at your place of business?

How many black people have senior roles in your company? How many black people have senior roles in your company? How many black people on your board? What does your black representation look like? Is Kanye West on the board at Adidas? He should be. He's got a billion-dollar company that he built over there with Yeezy. He gave them a lot of cultural relevance over the last few years. Is Kanye West on the board at Adidas?

I don't know. I feel like if black people make up 13% of the population, we should have 13% representation in all industries via equity, ownership, or involvement. Do you have black people at your company who are outperforming the white people, but the white people still make more money than the black people? Why is that? Huh?

Let's talk about it if we're going to talk about it. Now, Reebok has also ended their partnership with CrossFit after their CEO made some insensitive remarks. Greg Glassman is the CEO of CrossFit on Twitter. Now, they said our partnership with CrossFit HQ comes to an end later this year. Recently, we have been in discussions regarding a new agreement. However, in light of recent events, we have made the decision to end our partnership with CrossFit. We will fulfill our remaining contractual obligations in 2020. We owe this to the CrossFit Games competitors, Games competitors and the community.

But what doesn't change is our commitment and dedication to CrossFitters. Now, apparently what happened was there was a post from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. There was a tweet that said racism and discrimination are critical public health issues that demand an urgent response wherever they occur. And Glassman responded it's floyd 19 so a lot of people called them out on it and after that happened reebok has now cut ties with cross or reebok needs to get reebok needs to get back in business with rosé perfect time to bring back ross fit well they never had a ross fit but perfect time to launch ross fit okay with rosé bring back rosé to Reebok.

Remember, Reebok had the S.Dot Carters and the G-Unit sneakers also. Back in the day, yes. Early, early on. All right. I remember Rick Ross moonwalking in a pair of Reebok pumps, too. Swiss Beasts, they did a deal with Swiss Beasts, too. Yep, Swiss had a deal as a head over there designer. All right, Snoop Dogg is going to vote for the first time in 2020. Now, he called into Big Boy's

neighborhood to discuss the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests, and he said that it'll be his first time voting. Listen to this. I ain't never voted a day in my life, but this year I think I'm going to get out and vote because I can't stand to see this parking office one more year. You got a vocal voice

for the voters. Like, you can get people that'll go out and vote because Snoop Dogg said so. But also for many years, they had me brainwashed thinking that you couldn't vote because you had a criminal record. I didn't know that my record has been expunged. So I can vote better late than never. I felt the same way in 2008 when I voted for the first time ever for President Barack Obama. I didn't know I could vote because of my felonies, but I was mistaken. And I went out there and voted for the first time ever for President Barack Obama. I didn't know I could vote because of my felonies, but I was mistaken. And I went out there and voted for the first time for President Obama.

The sad part about that whole situation is poor Snoop is losing his voter virginity to Joe Biden. I lost my voter virginity to President Barack Obama. But you got to lose your voter virginity to Joe Biden? Hey, anything there to help get Donald Trump out of office. That's what he said. That's exactly what he said. Yep. Hey, please don't let Trump pop your virgin voter cherry. Okay, please. All right. I'm Angela Yee. And that is your rumor report. All right. When we come back, we got front page news. What are we talking about? Yes, we are going to be giving you guys updates on what's happening with openings and also George Floyd services in Houston. Today, there is a public viewing and tomorrow a funeral service.

So we'll give you some details. All right. We'll get into that next. Keep it locked. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God.

We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Where are we starting, Yee? Well, today is Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree murder of George Floyd. He's going to be having his first court appearance today, so I just want to point that out. So we keep an eye out for what's going to happen there. Now, today, George Floyd will be remembered in Houston before being taken to his final resting place in Perlin. So today is a memorial in Houston and only 500

people will be allowed in the church at any given time during the visitation. So it's a public viewing from noon to 6pm and it will be at the Fountain of Praise Church in Houston. Then tomorrow he'll be taken to his final resting place just to give you an update. Now 500 people will be socially

distanced at a time and mourners will be asked to wear face coverings and gloves. So the public will have to enter from two sides of the church in separate socially distanced lines, and after viewing, exit the church, and then you will not be allowed to return to the lobby to leave. No bags will be allowed either, so you have to go through a metal detector,

and your temperature will be checked before you can even get in. Rest in peace to George Floyd. He's getting the hero send-off. This is his second memorial? Because the third is tomorrow, right? I think the third is in Houston tomorrow. So this is second one today. Yes, and they'll be streaming that, by the way, on KHOU.com.

So if you're at home and you want to watch the viewing and the funeral service, you can also stream that and watch it. All right. Now, the mayor in Washington, Muriel Bowser, has formally endorsed Black Lives Matter Plaza downtown. And it's just steps away from the White House in Washington, D.C. So here is what she had to say. What we commissioned was the Black Lives Matter mural. And it's become a centering point, a place for healing, strategizing, but also redress, which is a right in America where citizens from all over the country come to their nation's capital to deliver grievances at the footstep of the people's house.

Dropping the clues bombs for me at Bowser. That was dope. That's my kind of petty right there. Now he lives at Black Lives Matter Plaza. Yeah. Yep. That's his address. That's my kind of petty right there.

Salute to you, Matt Bowser. I like that. All right. And Republican Senator Mitt Romney marched in D.C. at a protest after the death of George Floyd. Now, here is what Mitt Romney had to say about participating in that demonstration to make sure people know what's really good. We need a voice against racism. We need many voices against racism and against brutality. We need to stand up and say that black lives matter.

I like how Mitt Romney set that up too. He posted a picture of his father actually protesting during the Civil Rights era. I guess he's trying to say like father like son. So I like the way he put that in context. Yeah, he posted a picture of his dad and said, this is my father, George Romney, participating in the Civil Rights March in Detroit in the suburbs during

the late 1960s. Force alone will not eliminate riots. We must eliminate the problems from which they stem. I love it. I enjoy seeing that. I want to give you all some good news too along with this. There's a teenager, and I like this story. This was in Buffalo, New York, Antonio Gwynn Jr.

He saw the damage from protests in his hometown, and he went and got a broom, got some trash bags, and he started cleaning the streets all by himself. He started at 2 a.m. on Monday. He did not stop cleaning for 10 hours. Then a group of neighbors arrived later that morning. They wanted to start clearing out the damage and they found that he had basically done most of the work. He's an 18-year-old high school senior. He told CNN he saw on the local news that the Bailey Avenue in Buffalo was covered in glass and garbage. People needed to use that street to get

to work in the morning. And he single-handedly pretty much did everything. Now, Matt Black is a person who saw Antonio Gwynn Jr.'s story on the news, and he decided that he was going to give him his prize 2004 red Mustang convertible. So he gave him that car because I guess they looked at his page and saw he was asking for advice on buying a car and things like that. And then a local businessman actually gave him a year of free auto insurance as well through his insurance agency. So this high schooler went out and did a good deed. And then a lot of people chipped in to do something positive for him.

Well, that's why when you do things for people or just do things in general, you do them and not expect anything in return. You just go out there and do it. You never know how the universe is going to bless you. He just got his karma back instantly, clearly. Mm-hmm. All right. And Colin Powell, Donald Trump is upset that Colin Powell will be voting for Biden. Now, he went ahead and said, Colin Powell, a real stiff who was very responsible for getting us into the disastrous Middle East war, has just announced he will be voting

for another stiff, sleepy Joe Biden. Didn't Powell say that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction? They didn't, but off we went to war. That's what he said on Twitter after Colin Powell appeared on CNN and said that he was going to be voting for Biden. According to Colin Powell, he said, we have a constitution and we have to follow that constitution and the president has drifted away from it on State of the Union.

Yeah, I was watching that yesterday. That's not a shock, though. I mean, Colin Powell voted for Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. So, I mean, it's not a shock. And the problem with Trump, man, and why you can't count Trump out is simple. We don't know how he won in 2016. 2016, it was the same thing. Low approval rating amongst people, low approval rating amongst other GOP officials.

Every poll saying Trump didn't stand a chance. And then on Election Day, he became the goddamn president. Allowed me to reintroduce myself. Okay, that's why I keep saying Joe Biden has to go out there and beat him because Trump isn't just going to lose. And how does Joe Biden beat Trump? By doing what all of the world is doing right now, leaning the blackness.

Okay, if Biden would have listened to us months ago, he would have been ahead of the curve, ahead of the black curve. All right? A long time ago. He's still got time to catch up, though. And that's why I say like with representatives, I don't it's not really about whether you're a Democrat or a Republican. If I support somebody and I like their policies, I support them. So that's how it should be. Some people might say Colin Powell is a Republican, but he's supporting Joe Biden. And that's great. You vote your interest.

You vote what you think is best for the country. Simple as that. It's not about personality. It's about policy. Simple. It's not about individuals. It's about interests. Simple. All right. Well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your front page news. All right. When we come back, Republic Records, they banned the term urban within the label and they are encouraging the music industry to follow suit. So, you know, Republic Records is the home of Drake, Ariana Grande, and a host of others. The Weeknd, Taylor Swift. 800-585-1051.

They might need to ban the word urban. I ain't hearing one black number. The term urban. What do you guys feel about the term urban? That is the question. Let's talk about it. Do you think the term urban should be banned? You know feel about the term urban? That is the question. Let's talk about it. Do you think the term urban should be banned? You know I hate the term urban.

But why do you hate it? I hate the term urban because it makes me feel like they're just afraid to say black. I've always said that, by the way. I've never liked that word. I'm on record saying that. And the reason I never liked the word urban is because what I just said, I always felt like it was their way of avoiding the word black. I like to hear the word black. I would like to hear black adult

contemporary music. Mike Kizer is the head of black music at Atlanta Records. The Breakfast Club is a black radio show. Well, one and a half in Dominican. And I like when people refer to me as a black radio personality,

not an urban radio personality. Even white artists make black music. They make black music. They'll give somebody like Ed Sheeran, they'll say he's one of the most important urban artists, but he's not black. But does he make urban music, black music? Do you call it black music?

So when you have an artist like, let's say, a Pokes Malone or Eminem, do you say they make black music? Pokes Malone. Pokes Malone. What part of the world are you watching this weekend, sir? You said Pokes. I know let's say, a Post Malone or Eminem, do you say they make black music? What's Post Malone? Post Malone. What part of the world are you watching this weekend, sir? You said Post. I know what I heard. Post Malone.

I said Post Malone. I said, so artists like Post Malone or Eminem, do they make black music? Yes, they make black music. Duh. I'm just asking. What do you mean? But then when we do country music or do we do pop music, do we do, you know, do we do white music? We're making country music.

Lil Nas X made a country song. White music. Yes.'re making country music. Lil Nas X made a country song. White music. Yes. I'm just asking. Lil Nas X made a country music song. Do we need a white music category? No, I'm just asking. It's different with, I guess, hip hop, right?

Because hip hop has an actual term. So when somebody is rapping, you know what to call that. When somebody's doing country music, you know what to call that. But when something is labeled urban, like why is that an urban radio show? No, let's call me a black radio show. Why am I an urban radio personality? Call me a black radio personality. It just always feels like urban is just their way of avoiding saying that beautiful, magical word, black.

Okay? Black, black, black, bliggity, black, black, black. Let's talk about it. Open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. What do you think? What's your opinion? Call us now. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Pull out your phone. Call in right now. Call me. Add your opinion to The Breakfast Club topic.

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Now, if you just joined us, we're talking about the term urban. Now, what happened with Republic Records, Chi? So, basically, they put out a statement, and they said that they are not going to be using the word urban. They're actually burning, banning it from the company Verbiage. And they said, we encourage the rest of the music industry to follow suit as it is important to shape the future of what we want it to look like and not adhere to the outdated structures of the past. And just so you guys know, that term urban dates back to DJ Frankie Cracker. He's a black New York radio DJ from back in the mid 70s. And he coined the phrase urban contemporary and they later shortened it to urban.

And so they said the term didn't carry negative connotations at that time. But a lot of people argue it has evolved to symbolize lumping music by black artists into one category and to one category and marginalizing black musicians. The only black man with a suntan, Frankie Crocker. I encourage all radio personalities to go Google some old Frankie Crocker on YouTube. Drop on the clues bombs with Frankie Crocker. Rest in peace to the legend, Frankie Crocker. I don't like the word urban. Urban to me is their way of not saying black. It feels like erasure. It feels like marginalization. When I hear the word in meetings or just, you know, conversation, I always

tell the person to just say Black. Like, why are you afraid to say Black? It rolls off your tongue so well. Black, Black, Black, Black, Black. Okay, I like when they say The Breakfast Club is a Black radio show. Charlamagne Tha God is a Black radio personality. I like when you hear somebody's the president of Black

something at a company. I like that word. I hate the word urban. What do you think, E? See, it's difficult because I never really thought so much about it. Like, I feel like from the point of view of some artists who I know, right, who just because you're black, they

term you and put you in black music. So even if you're, say, alternative rock music, they'll still say you're black music. So even if you're, say, alternative rock music, they'll still say you're black music and then they won't play you on certain stations that might be a format because I feel like they do that to fit a certain format so that they can play you on certain stations.

And I think the whole thing is confusing because I also feel like nowadays with streaming services and people having so many different tastes and wanting to listen to different genres, I don't know, It's hard to say. Does it matter if you, you know what I'm saying? Like if you're a black artist,

does that mean automatically that you're lumped into black music? So the whole thing is confusing to me. Go ahead. No, I'm saying he's absolutely right. But what you just explained is systemic racism, because if I'm a black artist and I make a country song that actually happened with little Nas X,

they didn't want to put little Nas X on the charts for whatever reason. Why not? He made a country record. You know what I'm saying? If I'm a black rock group and I make a rock song, then put me on the rock charts. You know what I mean? The fact that you're keeping me off of that and want to lump me into, you know, or put me into urban is just because I'm black. That within itself is systemic racism. And then I look at Adele and I look at Ed Sheeran. I never had a problem with the term urban. I never really thought about it. And I've been going to the label since I've been 16 picking up records.

But I do know when an artist is signed, that they kind of put you into what category your music, I guess, defines. Like if you're a rapper, they put you usually in the urban department. If you're a pop artist, they put you in rhythmic section or a pop section. Or if you're a country artist, they put you usually in the urban department. If you're a pop artist, they put you in rhythmic section or a pop section. Or if you're a country artist, they put you in the country section. And it's not the country section, it's what they work. So the country section

works the country charts and the country radio stations. And the urban department works the urban radio. And they work the clubs. And they work the urban DJs. That's how I thought it was categorized. I never had a problem with, well, urban means this. I just never did.

I guess me being from New York and New York considered so urban, I grew up on the word. So it never, it never, that kind of. It wasn't offensive to you. No, it wasn't offensive to me. It's never been offensive to me. Right, because then Post Malone, is he. Definitely not Dominican.

Is Post Malone then, if they get rid of urban music, is he categorized as black music now? Or Justin Bieber? He makes hip-hop, you know what I'm saying? Like, they made, and Justin admitted this weekend that, you know, he makes black music, he's appropriated black culture. And just to play white devil's

advocate, they do do that to black artists as well, because there was times when Rihanna didn't get played on quote quote unquote, urban radio. Because they said she was making pop records, you know. Correct. I remember there was a time where she had to transition and she started making pop records. But then she would also do something for black radio as well. That's right.

And Beyonce, I feel like is the same. You know, she's also a pop artist. Because pop just means popular. Exactly. Which black music is, by the way a pop artist because pop just means popular. Exactly. Which black music is, by the way, which is the most popular art form. We need to get rid of all. How about we get rid of all of them? No category.

Get rid of urban. Let's get a pop. Let's just make music. But you got to call it because, you know, it's different people work different parts. So it's like, you know, some people work. You need categories. You know, different stations. Yeah, you do need categories because that's how you define where some people work... You need categories. You do need categories

because that's how you define where you're working. You know what I mean? Some people will work at the hip-hop stations and they'll never work pop or they'll never work country. They'll never cross over. You have people that's designed to do certain areas so you don't have everybody doing everything. Well, Envy, you're talking

from a very old school perspective because don't nobody do no goddamn work no more. Records work themselves. No, they still do work. They show up after the fact. No, they still do work. They show up after the fact. They show up after a record has already popped off on the internet

like, hi, my name is. That's not true. In some cases they do, but a lot of cases they do work on records and they do play records. When was the last time a record got worked? Seriously, when was the last time a record got worked? Yeah, after they pop in online. What normally happens is

they see a little buzz and then the label does get behind it once you've created some buzz and then they're the ones that make it go top ten. Absolutely. They work records. They play records. They have music meetings every week where they play new artists and new records that they're trying to push. Is that right or wrong? Right. They do respond to what people

are saying online and then try to take it over the top. Like they say, okay, we can see this has the potential to be a top 10 record. Okay. Record labels just need two people now. That's all. Just two people now? Two people. Two people working from Zoom. Working home from Zoom. We can save a lot of money, okay? All right.

Goodness gracious. Everybody in the label is about to lose their job. Thanks, y'all. Hello, who's this? Good morning. This is Ken. Hey, good morning. What do you think about the term urban? I think it's just everybody in the label is about to lose their job. Thanks, Charlamagne. Hello, who's this? Good morning. This is Ken. Hey, good morning. What do you think about the term urban? I think it's just the politically correct way to say black, like Charlamagne said. So I don't see a point. It's not a big deal to me.

But also, before you guys let me go, I would like to submit an entry for donkey of the day. Okay. Talk to me. Who you got? I want to volunteer Terry Crews' tribute. Oh, my God. Yes, saying that defeating white supremacy

is somehow encouraging black supremacy. And I just feel like he's the millstone of Candace Owens. What is wrong with him? He just be saying and then be mad

that people get offended and like he don't get it. Thank you, Mama. He's crazy. 800-585-1051. We're talking the term urban. We'll take your calls when we come back, and we'll find out if Charlamagne is going to give Terry Crews donkey

the day later on. All right, it's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. I ain't no way, man. I like men. I like men. I like men. I like men.

That Kuno can deal with that. Call me. And your opinions to the Breakfast Club top. 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 talking about the term urban. Now, Republic Records, which is home to Drake, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, and a host of others, they're banning the term urban. Now, Republic Records, which is home to Drake, Ariana Grande, The Weeknd, a host of others, they're banning the term urban. So we're just asking, what are your thoughts? Hello, who's this?

Hello. It's Shadi from Jersey. Hey, what's up, bro? From Jersey. How are you doing this morning? Peace and power, man. Shout out to all of y'all. I love what y'all do. I love y'all keeping people conscious,

you know, making the attempt to anyway. I know not everybody, you know, catches on, but the work y'all do, I appreciate you. Well, thank you so much, Bubba. We're talking the term urban. What are your thoughts? It's a word. And I feel like, you know, words throughout time as we evolve, as our understanding evolves, words, you know, take on different meanings.

Gay used to mean happy, and it kind of still does. But you say, gay man, are you gay? So that's the definition to that question nowadays. But I feel like, you know. Gay still means happy, though. It does, but if I say gay, gay still means happy. You said if you said what? I said, Charlemagne, are you gay?

You know, if I ask you, are you gay, you're not going to say, you know. That's a good I said Charlemagne, are you gay? You know, if I ask you, are you gay, you're not going to say, you know. That's a good point. Charlemagne, are you gay? I would reply, I would reply, I'm married, sir. So wait, I'm confused. How did we get from gay, urban music? Are you gay or married? Are you gay or married?

You know what I'm saying? Oh, my God. But I think the definition of the term urban in school, urban meant city. Rural meant out in the country. And suburban meant somewhere in between. But now I feel like it depends on the context. You know what I'm saying? If I'm writing a script or a play and I've got to set the setting,

I'm going to say, okay, it's in the urban setting. So you automatically know it's in the city. But if you've got white folks or I won't say, okay, it's an urban setting, so you automatically know it's in the city. But if, you know, you got, you know, white folks, you know, or, you know, I won't say white folks, prejudiced folks standing around, you know, having a conversation. Oh, this is the urban style, you know what I'm saying? Then that may be, you know, a loaded word. You know, it depends. I think it depends on the content.

You know what I'm saying? I mean, so, I mean, that's my view, man. Just like the word, just like the word Christian, you know what I'm saying? Just like the word black, you know? I mean, you know, it takes on different meanings throughout time. But you just talk about intent. What is your intent when you use it? What is the intent?

Exactly. Okay. Well, thank you, brother. Hello, who's this? This is Matt. Matt, what's up, bro? I'm good. I'm good.

How about yourself, man? Good morning to everybody, you know? I think a lot of black people don't want to be black, so we don't want everything urban to be renamed black because it wouldn't represent. Ooh. I like that take you got right there, sir. Thank you.

Yeah, they wouldn't appreciate that. So they want to keep it mainly political, and they think it'll be something that'll be worse more than good. So, yeah. Yeah, so urban, urban is a politically correct word, so they don't have to say black, and it's a word that makes everybody who isn't comfortable with their blackness feel comfortable.

Well, not just the blackness, but everything that urban stands for isn't something that all black people don't stand for. Like, nice. Oh, you mean, okay. I get what you're saying. Like, do you think Urban comes with ghetto is what you're saying? Yeah, it's been applied too closely to that. And a lot of people don't even want the hood to exist. We want all black people to live outside of the hood.

Most people do. Are we going to rename Urban Outfitters? Black Outfitters will be fired. I get what you're saying. I guess growing up in New York, I mean, we always considered New York City urban, so it was never a thing of anything else.

If certain styles that you just looked at as urban, you know, when I don't know. As a matter of fact, if you lived in the suburbs growing up, we felt like you was corny. You know what I'm saying? Like, oh, that's suburban. All those suburban kids. Urban was actually cool.

Yeah. I don't know. It's, it's, it's, hmm. I don't know. I guess me being from New York City, I just never had a problem with the term. Yeah, I agree with that. I think here it was always like urban was cool, hip. Suburban was like follow. You know what I'm saying?

Like the way you looked at it, like, oh, he's suburban anyway. He don't know, you know. There were certain things that was urban culture. Like, you know, do rags was like the urban, it was urban culture. The way we wore our pants. Not the way we wore our pants. The way we tied our sneakers. That was all urban.

That was our urban culture. You know, the fact that we laced it a certain way and run the MC World, their kicks a certain way and the way we wore our jerseys. That's black culture though. Why we say urban? Nobody grew up in the hood saying urban. We didn't grow up in the hood saying, yo, that's urban. That's urban. We didn't say it loud. I'm urban and proud.

We never said urban culture or we never said black culture either. We never just said. But we definitely made fun of kids. We definitely made fun of kids on the suburbs though. I never said the way I wear my I never said the way I wear my I never said the way I wear my pants is the black way. I just wore it because that's where I was from. No, no, no. Time out, Envy. You're a liar.

I'm going to tell you why. How? You know, good and well, at some point in your life, you heard people in the hood say, oh, he's talking like a white boy. Oh, he's dressing like a white boy. So if you're saying that, what are you dressing like? Clearly you're making the distinction. But nobody ever said you're dressing like a white boy so if you're if you're saying that what are you dressing like clearly you're making the distinction but nobody ever said you're dressing like a that's like black culture nobody ever said that we just that's what we were from but that's what we know we we did it because that's what we say black power we say black pride correct you know what i mean like we were we were very we all we were of the when we had the malcolm x hats and the african

medallions, we were very into it. Remember Black Bart Simpson t-shirts? Absolutely. Come on now. All I heard was Charlton call you a liar. Yeah, that's what I said. Because I didn't say I wear my clothes the black way.

A liar. It was just New York was considered urban, and that's what it was. We didn't take it for anything. We didn't take it as disrespect. It wasn't offensive.'s just that's just where we were from envy is definitely urban that's our new name me and envy are burton urban from now on okay urban i'm burton urban burton urban all right jamos how you say urban in in spanish man Urbano Urbano N-V is Urbano DJ Urbano Yes

That is his new name DJ Urbano That's your new name From that one I'm never calling you N-V-L-O You ain't even saying it right It's Urbano

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Urbano DJ Urbano My goodness We got rumors on the way Ye Yes and You know Urbano. Urbano. Urbano. DJ Urbano. My goodness. We got rumors on the way, Yee? Yes, and, you know, let's talk about Lil Wayne. And he talks about his relationship with police officers. After some comments that he made, he doubles down and he gives his views on the police. All right, we'll get into that next.

It's not very Urbano. Keep it locked. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. We are The Breakfast Club. I want to shout out to all the protesters out there, man, that's been on those front lines, that's been marching, that's been putting up with everything from more police brutality

to tear gas to getting shot with rubber bullets to the anti-protesters, people screaming at them, spitting on them, and just a lot of stuff that's been happening to them while they're just trying to get out there and just peacefully protest i just want to salute and shout out to them over the over the weekend now i want to salute um until freedom you know they had they had a couple marches this weekend in new york and we have to say big happy born day salute to one of our fearless leaders out here in these streets queen Queen Tamika Mallory. Drop one of the clues, Bob. Absolutely. Happy birthday, Tamika Mallory. Tamika Mallory turned 40 today.

Still looking like she's 23. Yep. I don't know how she looks so stress-free with all the BS that she got to deal with on a daily basis, but salute to Tamika Mallory, man. Absolutely. Send her nothing but positive energy, love, and light. Happy birthday to Tamika Mallory. Actually, yesterday

there was a Zoom call that she put together, her and Linda Sarsour alongside Alicia Keys and Rhapsody. And this was for a birthday celebration for Breonna Taylor. And Breonna Taylor's mother was on and her cousins and her sister and best friends and everything. So it was organizing to get some action because those police officers that killed her have not been charged still. So it was just a way to give out more information. And we're going to be spreading that information starting today.

But there were a lot of great people on the call, a lot of great suggestions. Cardi B was on it. Tracee Ellis Ross was on there. Yandy, Mona Scott Young, Ellen DeGeneres was on there. So I look forward to hearing more of that because I feel like for Breonna Taylor, her family has still not gotten answers. They haven't gotten justice. And we don't want this to be something

that just gets swept under the rug. And today for her birthday, she's asking everybody to donate to Untel Freedom. Go ahead. Untelfreedom.com. She's saying, please donate $4, $40, $400. She turns 40 today. So she's saying for her birthday,4, $40, $400. She turns 40 today, so she's saying for her birthday,

donate what you can to the cause. And that's our Cash App. The Cash App is Untell Freedom, and the Venmo is at Untell Freedom. That's Venmo, right? I don't do Venmo. I do Cash App. Yes, yes, go donate to our people, man. Love Tameka.

Love her. She is one of our great black fearless leaders out here in the streets, and we talk about protecting people at all costs. No, Tamika Mallory absolutely must be protected at all costs. Don't get hurt fooling around with Tamika Mallory, okay? Drop on the clues bombs for Tamika Mallory. All right, well, we got rumors on the way. What are we talking about? Yes, we are going to be talking about Lil Wayne and some comments that he has tried to clear up.

So let's see if you have more understanding. All right, we'll get into that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. This is The Rumor Report with Angela Yee. Rumor has it. On The Breakfast Club. So listen up.

Well, Terry Crews tweeted out, Defeating white supremacy without white people creates black supremacy. Equality is the truth. Like it or not, we are all in this together. So naturally, I know I happened to see that as soon as he posted it and everybody went in. I knew that was going to happen immediately because it just doesn't seem to make much sense. It doesn't. I still don't even understand what he was trying to say.

And once I read the tweet twice and don't get it, I keep it moving. I don't even understand what he was trying to say. And once I read the tweet twice and don't get it, I keep it moving. I don't even understand what he was trying to say. Yeah, I don't understand either. Godfrey, the comedian, said, I love you as a friend, brother, Terry, but I disagree with you 100%. No such thing as black supremacy. That is a tactic that racist whites use to counteract our rebellion to their horrific treatment of us. It's called gaslighting. Black pride isn't anti-white.

Terry Crews responded, I agree. I'm not discussing white people here. There are gatekeepers of blackness within our own community who decide who's black and who's not. I have often been called out for not being black enough. How can that be? And then Tyler James Williams said,

I'm not trying to call you out, Terry Crews. You know us all love always, but we're rightfully angry right now and fed up with anyone not with our cause wholeheartedly. I don't want to see that energy pointed your way or diverted from the cause. And Terry Crews responded, I understand, Tyler. I was not saying black supremacy exists because it doesn't. I am saying if both black and whites don't continue to work together,

bad attitudes and resentments can create a dangerous self-righteousness. That's all. Then he goes on to say any black person who calls me a coon or an Uncle Tom for promoting equality is a black supremacist because they have determined who's black and who is not. And see, that's where his problem lies. His problem lies with the black people who are calling him coon and Uncle Tom.

So therefore, he's mad at them. So it sounds like he's going against the whole movement of blackness that's happening right now in America. And guess what? You know why it's happening? Because we are God's chosen people. This is divine. God has given America a chance to do right by black people. Get out the way, Terry.

Sometimes when people do things like that, do you even pay him any attention? Like, he's had history of going against the grain and going against our own people. The grain. It is. He goes against the grain.

He goes against our own people all the time. And it's like it's not surprising to me. Like when he went against Gabrielle Union, like he does this. So it's not like it's kind of like, whatever, Terry Crews. But I can't appreciate the people who are friends with him who actually called him out on it to try to explain it to him. Because if you are cool with somebody in real life and he posts something like that publicly, then you try to explain to your friend what the problem is with his statements. All right. Now, another person who has received backlash is Lil Wayne. And he was explaining his issues and his relationship with the police because he has made controversial

comments in the past and not blaming all police for being bad. So here's what he had to say. I think when we see these situations, I think we also have to understand that we have to, we have to get very specific. We have to stop placing the blame on the whole, the whole force and the whole, everybody of such a certain, certain race, everybody with a badge, and we have to actually get into who that person is. And if we want to place the blame on anybody, it should be ourselves. We're not doing more than what we think we're doing. All right, so he had this experience personally with a police officer, and here's more of what Lil Wayne had to say to explain his take

and what he was trying to say when he was saying that we want to place the blame on anybody. It should be ourselves for not doing more than what we think we're doing. My life was saved when I was young. Shot myself. I was saved by a white cop, Uncle Bob. So you have to understand from death, or you have to understand the way I view police, period. There was a bunch of black cops jumped over me

when they saw me at that door laying on the floor with that hole in my chest. He refused to. No, Weezy, I highly disagree. You got to put it on the whole system. Why? Because one bad apple spoils a bunch, and one good apple doesn't make a bunch of rotten apples better.

Those police officers are a part of the system of white supremacy, and until that system is dismantled, nothing is going to change. And Lil Wayne is also a freestyler. And when he's talking, he starts off, and it sounds like it's about to be a good point, and then it just goes somewhere else. And that's usually what I see when he goes on these long rants. When he said we need to blame ourselves, that's when I was—it didn't make any sense to me. Blame ourselves for what? For being abused?

But I will say what he did say was, and probably what he meant was all officers aren't bad and i've been hearing people say well you know they work for this this this yeah exactly but we encourage more and more african-american and more and more brothers to be police officers to to help and right is that what we do no no we encourage people to become an officer and stay in our community and do the right thing for our community isn't that what we do? Don't we encourage people to become an officer and stay in our community and do the right thing for our community? I don't know if people feel encouraged to be officers because people also look at you if you become a police officer. Like, you know, that's hard because we're taught not to trust the police officers. And we do need to encourage more of our people to become great police officers. And that's what I thought we were trying to do, encourage our people to become great officers and come back to our community where we know people and know how to talk to our community and know how to be in our

community. That's what I thought we were encouraging. Yeah, but you know what? That's good. But you got to get in there and actually try to dismantle that system of white supremacy, which a lot of them don't do because they go in and they automatically adopt that blue wall of silence. You know what I'm saying?

When things happen like, you know, big George Floyd, if you think that's wrong as a police officer, you should be able to speak out on that without fear of any repercussions from the unit that you're a part of. You know what I mean? Absolutely. Until they're not afraid to do that. To me, they just all part of a bad system. Because like I said, one bad apple spoils a bunch. But I have never seen one good apple make a bunch of rotten apples better. All right. Now, Serena Williams has been Alexis Ohanian, and you also know him as the co-founder and executive chairman of Reddit, is stepping down from the board. He wants to make the world better for his daughter, Olympia. Here's what he had to say and who he wants to replace him. Fifteen years ago, I co-founded Reddit as a place for people to find community and a sense of belonging.

I'm doing this for me, for my family, and for my country. I'm saying this as a father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks, what did you do? So I have resigned as a member of the Reddit board. I have urged them to fill my seat with a black candidate. And I will use future gains on my Reddit stock to serve the black community, chiefly to curb racial hate. And I'm starting with a pledge of $1 million to Colin Kaepernick's Know Your Rights camp. That's very honorable. Mm-hmm. Right.

His donation, his stepping down, his making sure that a black person is going to come in and be on that board in his place. All of these things are important steps. And other companies should be making sure that their diversity is front and center. Yep. That's what we're going to talk about in Donkey of the Day. I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. Well, who are you giving that donkey to? I need Roger Goodell to come to the front of the congregation because this is an opportunity to teach about what's going on out here in corporate America

and what we expect from corporate America moving forward. All right, we'll get into that next. Keep it locked. This is The Breakfast Club. Good morning. It's time for Donkey of the Day. Donkeys of the Day, ask John the Mayor. I'm a Democrat, so being Donkey of the Day is a little bit of a mixed play. So like a donkey, hee-haw, Donkey of the Day. Donkeys of the Day, ex-jungleman. I'm a Democrat, so being Donkey of the Day is a little bit of a mixed place.

So like a donkey. Keyhole. Donkey of the Day. The Breakfast Club, bitches. Now, I've been called a lot in my 23 years, but Donkey of the Day is a new one. Donkey of the Day for Monday, June 8th goes to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Now, if you look around the world, you have a bunch of white people who are going out of their way to prove that they love black people and not just black culture. All right.

Everybody wants to have conversations about ridding the world of systemic racism. Everyone wants to discuss creating a new system because we all know the system of white supremacy does not work for everybody. Look, I'm on record saying, you know, ain't no good gonna come to America until they do right by black people. Period. Poo. God has given America the opportunity to right his wrongs. God has given America the opportunity to reverse his bad karma. So I'm not upset at the white folks and white companies. I see tweeting and posting memes, doing videos like Roger Goodell did because Roger Goodell has the right idea, because one of the first ways to reverse bad karma is to write a letter or call those who you have wronged in the past.

So that's a good first step for Roger. Okay, I'm going to let you hear what Roger had to say, and then I'm going to use Roger Goodell as a moment to teach, because these white folks at these corporations need teaching. Let's hear it. We, the National Football League, condemn racism and the systematic oppression of Black people. We, the National Football League,

admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest. We, the National Football League, believe Black lives matter. I personally protest with you and want to be part of the much-needed change in this country. Without Black players, there would be no National Football League,

and the protests around the country are emblematic of the centuries of silence, inequality, and oppression of Black players, coaches, fans, and staff. We are listening. I am listening. And I will be reaching out to players who have raised their voices and others on how we can improve and go forward for a better and more united NFL family. Well, the first player he has to reach out to is Colin Kaepernick. If he doesn't do that, it's a half-assed apology. You have to personally apologize to Colin Kaepernick. You also have to admit that he was blackballed. And if it wasn't a strategic, intentional blackball, when they noticed no owners were attempting to sign him, nobody at the top intervene to say that's wrong. Make sure he plays, okay? I got a question for the NFL. How many black people on the board of directors at the NFL?

There's only one black GM in the NFL. The NFL got three black coaches, zero black owners, but players make up over 70% of the league. 70% of the league, but 0% of the ownership. If you want to dismantle white supremacy, you want to change systemic racism, how about dismantle that good old boy mentality in the NFL, Roger Goodell? Not to mention, I don't like people getting no light bulb moments in the NFL because Colin Kaepernick rarely talks.

But he talked at the beginning of this peaceful protest a few years ago and he told you exactly why he was protesting. So no way Roger Goodell or anyone else in the NFL could have missed that. Let's hear what Colin had to say for the millionth time, because I finally think y'all are listening. I mean, ultimately, it's to bring awareness and make people realize what's really going on in this country. There are a lot of things that are going on that are unjust. People aren't being held accountable for. And that's something that needs to change. That's something that this country stands for freedom, liberty, justice for all.

And it's not happening for all right now. When there's significant change, and I feel like that flag represents what it's not happening for all right now. When there's significant change and I feel like that flag represents what it's supposed to represent and this country is representing people the way that it's supposed to, I'll stand. There's a lot of things that need to change. One specifically is police brutality. There's people being murdered unjustly and not being held accountable. You know I have great respect for men and women that have fought for this country. I have family, I have friends that have gone and fought for this country and they fight

for freedom. They fight for the people. They fight for liberty and justice for everyone. And that's not happening. Simple, simple. And for the record, if you wonder why black people have a problem with patriotism, it's because we know the creeds in America don't fully relate to us. Freedom, justice, equality. that's not fully for black people. Liberty and justice for all? Nope, it's liberty and justice for white folks. We know that. So how can you expect us to feel patriotic when this country has shown us time and time again that the rules for white America don't apply to black America?

But I'm not here to talk about that right now. I want to talk about the NFL and all other corporations in this country. If you are a corporation screaming Black Lives Matter, screaming that you want to dismantle white supremacy, that you want to abolish systemic racism, well, then pop the hood. Let's see what's in this engine. Because if there's no black parts underneath that engine making that cargo, then you are a liar.

Okay? If your love for blackness isn't reflected in your place of business, then all these corporations are full of it. Okay. If you love, if your love for blackness isn't reflected in your place of business, then all these corporations are full of it. Okay. Your corporation is full of it. If your love of so-called blackness isn't reflected in your place of business. All right. Don't scream black lives matter. If you don't have a lot of black hires, okay. Using the hashtag black lives matter is great, but what type of black economic opportunities are you providing for black people we don't need i love black people tweets and memes and videos those are great they make us feel good but what about things that make us actually good okay i love seeing uh massive donations i want to see more massive donations from these corporations with

no strings attached all right i'm about all that from these corporations but if you have a corporation and you know damn well your business doesn't reflect the Black Lives Matter stuff you preaching, then shut the F up forever. OK, don't let Black Lives Matter turn to Black Lives Marketing for some of these corporations, because that's all it is. This is marketing and promo for so many of these companies. But we're not going to let y'all tweet and just walk away. We got questions. How many black people work at your place of business? How many black people have senior roles in your company? How many black people on your board? What does your black representation look like? I personally feel like if black people make up 13% of the population, we should have 13%

representation in all industries via equity, ownership, involvement. Do you have black people at your company who are outperforming the white people, but the white people still make more money than the black people? Why is that? Until that changes in these corporations, then guess what? Corporations, you are still practicing systemic racism.

Period. Poo. Please give these corporations and Roger Goodell the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw.e-haw. You can't even use the term unconscious bias no more. You can't use that term anymore because you are awake. You are conscious.

You are very aware of what's happening out here in these streets. And you want to change things? Simply look at your highest. Simple as that. White America. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today. Oh, yes, ma'am.

Thank you, brother. Yes, ma'am. Thank you, brother. What is that? What is that? Just trying to confuse you. That's all. You're doing a good job.

All right. When we come back, we have three brothers that are calling in. They're from the Black Man Survival Guide. We have Phil Agnew, Steve Pargett, and Tef. All right, we'll talk to them when we come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. On the phone lines right now, we got some brothers from The Black Man Survival Guide. We have Phil Agnew, Steve Pargett, and Tef. God damn it, we need that right now. Tell us what that is. The initiative is called Black Men Build.

Black Men Build is a place for black men to engage in the world as an organized force this year and moving forward. And so under the realization that black men face, we say a million ways to die in this this country from natural disease to unnatural disease. Right. The survival guide is what we're going to be hitting the streets with beginning next week and moving on. And we're officially launching on Monday. So can you tell us how the survival guide was was put together? I'm interested to hear just the whole process of it.

Over the past couple of months, there's been over a dozen black men, Black Men Build represents a wide group of us that are community organizers, artists, creatives, and people that are coming together to grapple with issues that are challenging black men today. And we started this project in the midst of COVID. So we began by putting together a guide for community safety while we're facing a global

health pandemic. While at the same time, we know that we're dealing with a number of different issues, including police violence. So the Black Men's Survival Guide is, you know, a lot of painstaking work by brothers that are coming together to put together something that could be really useful in this time, when we're not only facing a pandemic of health and economic, but also police violence. So what you're going to see when we put out this survival guide is a guide that talks about how we can be safe during COVID, but it also talks about our mental and spiritual wellness and community defense and safety. Because in times like right now, all that we have is us and our communities, and we're trying to get on one accord right now.

What do you think the building blocks are for the perfect plan to achieve unity and equality and prosperity for Black people in America? I think in our case, what we're trying to achieve is just a little bit of alignment. I think a lot of times why a lot of projects like this fail is because people let the brothers that put it together, that the people, Martin Luther King them or Malcolm X them, and you start to try to play a performative role, a theatrical role that doesn't serve the people nor yourself. So I think with us, what we're trying to do, we're not trying to come at it and say that we did all the alchemy and the political

science worthy of solving the equation. We're just saying that we're some black men who came together that are at least trying and we're inviting other black men across the plethora of identities from the Moors to the Hebrews, from the Flat Earthers to the

universe doesn't exist. It's hard to f*** with the flat earthers to the universe doesn't exist. It's hard to f*** with the flat earthers. I went through all that. We need all of us, though. We understand, man, that there's like so many different universes which in brothers coexist. And all too often, when we try to come together, our identity filibusts the plan. So we're just saying, hey, we want some alignment. Now, it shouldn't just be about survival, though, right?

It's a shame that we have to think about just surviving because it should be about thriving also. And I think it sucks that you have to teach kids now how to go out and even just be able to come back home. You know, that's the day and age that we live in. And some people don't understand that I was telling the story about a comedian, a stand-up comic who was talking about Dave Chappelle and how Dave Chappelle had to explain to a white woman in the audience about police brutality because some people just don't

understand it. You know, we interviewed Rush Limbaugh the other day, and he doesn't think that white supremacism exists. So what do you say about not just surviving, but also thriving? Do you think that we first have to start with just even being able to make it home? You know, I mean, first and foremost, I don't think anything that Rush Limbaugh says occupies any space in our mind, right? Because Rush Limbaugh has a particular purpose in the world. He occupies a space in the world that is about convincing the world that we gaslighting all of us, right? That what we experienced historically, what we experienced every day when we leave the house is not real. So it is said, Angela,

that we got to start with survival. But we are of the belief that when we start with an alignment, right, with an understanding of the current context and conditions that we're all living under, right, that no matter what you believe in the world, whether it's flat earth, whether you believe that we are the original man, which we are, but believe in the world, whether it's flat earth, whether you believe that we are the original man, which we are, but whatever your belief is, we all live in the country that says no matter what you believe in your head, what I see in my eyes on your skin is deadly. And so we wanted to start at a place where we say, yeah, it is survival, but we are getting on the same page so we can engage in the world as an organized force.

And right now, the Rush Limbaugh's, the white supremacists of the world, they benefit from us being scattered on the sidelines watching while the world is moving. Right. We're being used as pawns. Black men are being used as pawns. Right. Against ourselves, against our lovers, against our wives, against our communities. And so this is an insertion in the world that says, look, let's get on the same page about where we stand, right? About where we are. And then let's plot on how we move forward from here. How do we get on that same page? Well, real quick, the first thing we're sending out on, we've been sending it out for the whole week is our value statement, right? We believe that a core of any organization, whether it be NOI, whether it be a street organization, whether it be NOI, whether it be a street

organization, whether it be a church, is we start to agree on what our values are, right? And so we've been sending around that link. And right now we got over a thousand people, black men who have signed on to the values. And once you build that core of values, then you can move forward because at least there's a trust built that says, at least I know that this brother next to me sees the world and values the world in the way that I do. So we've been sending that out, and we want and encourage brothers to go to that link to be able to sign on to the value statement. That's a first step.

It's interesting what you say because, like, Donald Trump is trying to make a play for black men. Like, you know, he knows he doesn't have a shot with the Queens, but he's trying to make a play for black men. Like, you know, he knows he doesn't have a shot with the Queens, but he's trying to make a play for black men in November. Why do you think that, why do you think he's talking to black men specifically? Donald Trump has been, had a plan for black men for 20, 30 years. He's ingratiated himself in the hip hop culture. He puts forward a level of masculinity and gangsterism

that a lot of black men who grew up in America, they love that. They love the fact that he runs and he moves the way that he does. And not least of which, the Democratic Party has never offered a viable option for the black community. And so for me, what Donald Trump represents is somebody who has done a focus group on black men for 20, 30 years through TV, through music, through his public persona. And he believes that black men aren't critical thinkers enough. That's what it is. It's not that he respects black men. He believes that black men are foolhardy enough to believe that his personal persona is actually going to get them to vote against their self-interest, vote against black women, vote against the black community, vote against their

kids. And so I think that's the central thing. It's based on the fundamental belief that black men are fools and that all we care about is, all we care about is money. Right. And that's, and those are the things all we care about is braggadocio. And that's what he tries to represent. And so it's important for us to make sure that we are not used as pawns against ourselves and against our people like we have been. And not all of us is bad. That's, you know, we wouldn't be doing this if we thought that. But the fact is we have to engage in the world as

an organized force. We've got to unite in a way that we have not in a generation. Alright, we got more with Phil Agnew, Steve Parget, and Tef when we come back. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ, Envy, Angela Yee, Charget, and Teff, when we come back, 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. Now, we got some brothers from the Black Men's Survival Guide joining us this morning. Phil Agnew, Steve, Parget, and Teff Yee. What kind of conversations are you guys having behind the scenes when it comes to voting in the upcoming election? We got to do what we got to do. I'm going to steal something from my sister, Derricka Purnell, who is an incredible writer, a lawyer, comes out of Ferguson. This is the last dance. We got to do what we got to do this year. Our strategy as Black people for the next generation cannot afford to have four more years of Donald Trump running amok in our

country, right? On the other side, you have somebody who doesn't offer that much greater, but it's a different terrain. And we cannot continue to not think critically and say that these two people are the same. And you all, I think to a degree, at least Charlamagne, you know where I stand on the Democrats as well, right? But we also cannot fool ourselves, Angela, into believing that these two people present

the same terrain for us to operate on. And the candidate over on the other side, who I'm not going to say neither one of their names, but the candidate on the other side of the Republican candidate provides a different terrain for us to operate and for us to organize on. And it's the last dance. It's the last time that we're going to engage in an election nationally,

locally, statewide, if we're organized, that we're going to have to choose between that and that. Yeah, I think that we can't afford four more years of white supremacy. And I think that one of the candidates, one of the candidates, if pushed and if Black people make demands, would be willing to go in there and dismantle the mechanism of white supremacy. I think that voting is just one part of it. These are the conversations that we're having.

The voting is just one part of the political process. We know that it's not everything, but it's also not nothing. It's something that we have to use to prevent the worst of what's been seen by our people. And I think that what we see in the streets all around the country with protests happening in 50 states and 18 countries around the world right now is a representation of another piece of the fight that we have to do.

With all these people in the streets are creating a moment that not only with people that are risking and putting their bodies on the line and calling for police to be defunded and stopping jails from being built and being expanded right now. That it's creating a moment that, you know, organizers, regular people are being able to represent black people's identities and beliefs and demands in boardrooms, in the entertainment industry, in the creative world, in athletics. And all these different organizations are being forced to make statements that support

Black people. And I think that this is just a really impressive and important, and I'm so inspired by this moment that's happening because Black people are fighting in a lot of different ways right now. And we know that voting is one of those ways that we're going to fight. I feel like that's just what this moment represents, especially us coming together from different factions and different walks of life. We're coming to a point where we're saying, look, man,

like we understand that it takes some sophistication in order to move forward. And all too often when people do talk about voting, the conversation isn't sophisticated. So you have to think about voting as if it's just one peg of the wheel of what we need to do. But just because you vote doesn't mean that you're ultimately politicized, it just means that you went to vote. There's an entire process that you need to carry out after that in terms of even like managing your political identity and your thoughts about how you can move it through the United States of America. And a lot of people like to say that they stay out of politics,

especially like in the music industry and, you know, entertainment at large. And where I differ from my brother Steve when he said about the statements is that I enjoy seeing the statements, but we've been getting a lot of statements from a lot of these people for years, man. Backaches. And nothing has happened. So for me, it's really about the action it's really about i see black millionaires on television uh using the language of the movement

we'll tap in with the movement for real then you know what i'm saying last night my little cousin was shot in st louis uh an athlete by the name of darius houston was shot at a funeral in front of his mama so like when y'all What? So we really from the soil. You know what I'm saying? That pain is real. I had to wake up and get on camera to talk to y'all knowing that I really couldn't even pull myself together at this point. So for me, voting, whatever, man.

We're going to do what we got to do. It's a tool that we're going to use to march up the field. But once we get to a certain point in the field, we're going to pull out other tools. We got a lot of different things in the bag. And this is just the moment where we're at right now. We just want to engage in the process as an organized force. And then we can engage with some negotiations with them. Right. And I do agree with Charlemagne and what my brother Tev said. I think we do have a particular opportunity. If Joe Biden is smart, he knows

that he is one of the weakest Democratic candidates in recent memory. And he knows that he cannot continue to move in a way that continues to ostracize Black people and Black men, right? Absolutely not Black women. They already showed him that. And so we got to organize and we got to be there as an organized force. Wow. I like that. It's my type of conversation. Thank you for joining us this morning. Where can people find all this information online so they know how they can get in touch with you guys? So go to www.blackman.build.

You can grab the survival guide on Monday, but today, sign the pledge. Or you can go to Twitter or Instagram at Black Men Build and you'll find the website and the profile. Well, thank you, brothers, for joining us. Thank you.

Appreciate y'all for having us. Thank you. Thank you very, very much. Appreciate y'all for having us. Thank you. And thank you, Tef. I know it was a tough day for you to get up this morning, so we do appreciate you for that. Absolutely.

Bless you to your family, Tef. Appreciate you. I feel like the... Thank you very much. Love y'all. Love y'all. The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

The Breakfast Club. It's about time. What's going on? Rum rumor report this is the rumor report with angela yee on the breakfast club yes so youtube they had a virtual commencement ceremony and beyonce spoke the obama spoke it actually was supposed to be on june 6th but they moved that date in honor of george floyd's memorial, and then they moved it to June 7th. So that happened, their class of 2020. And here is what Beyonce had to say about the music industry and all the biases there. The entertainment business is still very sexist. And as a woman, I did not see enough female role models given the opportunity to do

what I knew I had to do, to run my label and management company, to direct my films and produce my tours. That meant ownership. Not enough black women had a seat at the table, so I had to go and chop down that wood and build my own table. Then I had to invite the best there was to have a seat. That meant hiring women, men, outsiders, underdogs, people that were overlooked and waiting to be seen. In addition, yes, she also talked about

the LGBTQ community. To all those who feel different, if you're a part of a group that's called other, a group that does not get the chance to be center stage. Build your own stage and make them see you. Your queerness is beautiful. Your blackness is beautiful. Your compassion, your understanding, your fight for people who may be different from you is beautiful. I hope you continue to go into the world and show them that you will never stop being yourself, that it's your time now. Make them see you. I am a Pinkett Smith, Winfrey Knowles Carter. Just thought I would say that.

Okay. And congratulations to Raymond Santana and Delicious. They actually got married over the weekend. You know Raymond Santana Jr. as one of the Central Park Five men who was exonerated. And the two of them have been dating for a while now, and it looks like they've finally gotten married. They said he had to put down a whole bunch of money

because they had to shut down the whole place in Georgia. And, you know, they were engaged for six months, and they had to make sure that no one else could come in there, whatever, whatever. But, you know, happy for them that they made it happen. Congrats to them. Congrats to Rami and the Delicious, man. Salute to y'all.

Wow, I didn't know they were getting married. Dope. Yes. Law & Order SVU, they said the upcoming episodes will cover coronavirus and George Floyd's murder. Now, they said there are ways we will find our way in to tell the story. Presumably, our cops will still be trying to do the right thing, but it's going to be harder for them. And they're going to understand why it's hard for them. They said that how coronavirus impacted New York City would be a topic of conversation

in the upcoming season. And they said, we can't make every episode about a bad cop. Olivia makes mistakes, but she's empathetic, which is what I think separates the cops in our television show from a lot of what we're seeing these days on our live streams. They've also brought on new writers to bring in new voices, fresh voices, different voices as well. Yeah, I did read that what film production is going to start TV and film production will start back in California on June 12th. I think I read. Yeah. So today opening the city or they opening things up immediately.

People need that. I just I just read that. I mean, I know you can still shoot in Atlanta and other places. Tyler Perry Studios open. So I don't mean I don't know where they're shooting that, but who knows? All right. Now, Carl Crawford has been ordered to stay away from his ex-girlfriend and also stay away from drinking. A Texas judge has ordered that after a woman who said he choked her and pointed his gun at her. That has happened, allegedly. And so now he has an order to submit to drug tests.

He has to stay in the Houston area. He can't access weapons, and he can't be anywhere around his alleged victim. So they're saying there's probable cause that suggests that alcohol was a factor in this offense. And the cops are saying after they arrested him that she's accusing him of assaulting her back in May. So they had been in a two and a half year relationship that recently ended. He told her he wanted to talk and come to her house. And she said once he arrived,

he brandished his gun and began walking toward her menacingly. All right. And I don't know if you guys had a chance to watch this. There was a lot of great things on television last night. And one of them was on ESPN, Be Like Water. Did y'all watch the ESPN 30 for 30 about Bruce Lee? I didn't see it.

No. They had a 30 for 30 about Bruce Lee? I didn't see it. No. They had a 30 for 30 about Bruce Lee? Yeah, it was on last night. Wow. I didn't see no promo for that. I watch ESPN every day. I don't remember seeing no promo. They sent us a screener for it like last month too. Wow. I gotta check that out. Yeah, so it's pretty amazing and RZA

actually did a song for it, a new song and a visual for that as well. So make sure you guys check that out. And RZA actually did a song for it, a new song and a visual for that as well. So make sure you guys check that out. And speaking of new songs, Tekashi69 has linked up with Akon for Locked Up Part 2. You guys remember that Akon had said that he planned to work with Tekashi once he came home. Well, he definitely has. And now there's pictures of the two of them in the studio together. And so it's going to be revised.

You can hear a little bit of that right here. Listen to this. A lot of people mad at Akon for that one. In particular, Tory Lanez. He says, so what y'all telling me is Akon gave the Locked Up remix sample to someone else and not me? I'm going back to bed, man. Yeah, he tried to clear the record for his mixtape and it seemed like it didn't happen. And then you saw Spectacular said, you should have just stole it, like grind on me and your body.

Why stop now? Well, he couldn't have stolen it. It was released. If it was released, he couldn't have stolen it. They had to get the clearances and everything if they released it on streaming services or not. So it couldn't have stolen it. It was released. If it was released, he couldn't have stolen it. They had to get the clearances and everything if they released it on streaming services or not. So it couldn't have been stolen. Tory Lanez responded to Spectacular and said, stole what? Actually, I bought the rights from whoever signed you and publishes your music.

But I guess you weren't a part of that conversation. Go stare in someone's eyes and rub on someone's thighs and leave me out of this one. Good night. And Spectacular responded, ever since you got that new hairline, you've been acting different. Last time I checked, I own my own masters. What type of bootleg business you running? You acting like Virgil, not keeping it to Virgil's.

You know, what really bothers me about that whole Akon situation is the fact that they were sitting so close to each other with no mask on. What happened to social distancing? Why aren't people caring about Corona? I don't know if you realize it. Nobody's really talking about Corona.

I don't even think a lot of people care anymore. Like, they've been part of these people. Yeah, I don't know. I honestly don't know. The clubs have been open in certain areas. The restaurants have been open. People have been together. Tories are like stage four.

Are we checking for fevers? Nobody cares anymore about transmissions. Is Corona still airborne? Does it still live on surfaces? What the hell happened to Corona? That you can just be sitting in the studio with somebody with no mask on, staring into each other's eyes and rubbing each other's thighs. That's the only part you heard.

You just wanted to say that part again. That's all you wanted to do was say that part again. They did not rub each other's thighs. That's what Charlam you heard. You just wanted to say that part again. That's all you wanted to do was say that part again. They did not rub each other's thighs. That's what Charlamagne wants. All right, well, I'm Angela Yee, and that is your rumor report. Coronavirus might be the only thing that really got canceled this year. People refuse to accept coronavirus. They are fed up with it.

It's over. Well, happy birthday to Kanye West. Today is Kanye West's birthday. So we're going to get on with Kanye West. We're going to start the mix off with a little yay. So let me know what you want to hear. I thought you were screaming out yay. I was like, you're really excited for his birthday.

No, I meant yay, like yay Kanye. Yay! You've been with your kids too much, bro. You've been with your kids too much. Yay! I'm going to tell you what gets me going. Goddamn Bluey. When Bluey comes on and they

start screaming, Mom! Dad! Bingo! Bluey! I thought he was shouting out Blue Ivy just now. You would think back that ass up if your butt came on when goddamn Bluey

dropped for them kids. That Bluey intro get them kids going. You hear me? Absolutely. Oh, my goodness. All right. Shout to Revolt. We'll see you tomorrow. Everybody else, the People's Choice mixes up next.

Let's start off with some yay. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, we got a shout out to Phil Agnew, Steve Pargett and Tef for calling in this morning. The black man survival guide.

Shout out to those brothers for checking in. For zooming in. And listen, I want to say too, man, Kentucky, what the hell is wrong with y'all Senator Rand Paul? Like Congress is trying to make lynching a federal crime and Rand Paul is holding it up. Like the bill is called the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act, but Senator Rand Paul and his objections have kept it from becoming law. Like, why is Rand Paul on the wrong side of history when it comes to lynching in 2020? Was that a pastime for his family or something?

Did his grandparents tell him stories about how lynchings used to be? So in memory of your grandparents, Yes, I saw Senator Kamala Harris and Cory Booker going in about that. That's ridiculous. Let's get this going. That shouldn't even be a discussion.

Yeah, I can't believe this is even something we have to discuss right now. I don't know. People are showing their true colors all across the board, man. So, Senator Rand Paul, we need you to shut the F up forever. Okay? Get your ass down somewhere. When we come back, we'll do the positive notes. So don't move.

It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. My body is DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Gow. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, Charlamagne, you got a positive note? Oh, wait. Before we do that, I just want to give one quick shout out to Michaela Cole. She has a new show on HBO that premiered last night.

It's called I May Destroy You. It came on right after Insecure. You know, next week is the last episode of Insecure for the season, which was very disappointing to me. But fortunately, we do have I May Destroy You. That'll be coming on Sunday nights as well. It's amazing. It's based on her own story.

If you saw Chewing Gum, then you know who Michaela Cole is. She's a great creator. So let's make sure we support her on that. The show is amazing. So if you haven't seen it, make sure you check it out. So I just wanted to make sure we shout that out. Yeah, the first episode came on last night. She said it came on last night like twice.

Right after Insecure. And you know what? I'm still mad at Yvonne Orji's character Molly on Insecure. She was even extra wacky last night in how she behaved. It was disgusting. I didn't watch Insecure last night. You know it's not real. I'm going to catch you today though. And I want to say happy born day to my family, Ashley James, man,

representing that 843 always. Okay, even though she don't live in the 843 no more, but happy born day to holiday, Ashley James. Now, the positive note is this. Destiny is not for comfort seekers. Destiny is for the daring and determined who are willing to endure some discomfort, delay gratification, and go where destiny leads. That's

a quote from the great Bishop T.D. Jakes. Breakfast club, bitches! Y'all finished or y'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. 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 Estan on the iHeartRadio

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