The Breakfast Club - Wu Tang Series ( Shameik Moore and Wu Tang Cast Interview)

Episode Date: September 5, 2019

Today on the Breakfast Club we had Shameik Moore and the rest of the cast from "Wu-Tang: An American Saga" stop by. We all got a first listen of Shameik's song "Ride the Beat", even our interns got to share their thoughts on the song. Also, talking to the cast of the series and RZA we found out more about the significance of the role and and why people need to know about Wu Tang and more. Moreover, Donkey of the Day was given to an LA Man who was charged in the disappearance of his girlfriend after he openly rapped about it.  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.

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You are out of control. I can't even Hot Seat. You're alive. You're alive. You're not live? You are out of control. I can't even deal with you. Y'all are so petty. Why are y'all so petty? The world's most dangerous morning show. DJ Envy.

Captain of this bitch. Angela Yee. I stay in everybody's business, but in a good way. Charlamagne Tha God. The ruler rubbing you the wrong way. The Breakfast Club. Made for everybody. Good morning, USA! 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, 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, 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, Charlamagne Tha God. Peace to the planet. It's Thursday. Angel Yee is still out. She's in San Tropez. Yeah, she's in San Tropez.

Last night, Chaka Khan, Chaka Khan, let me rock you, Chaka Khan. I was performing for Magic Johnson's birthday. Oh. And she's out there for that. So she took some pictures. I seen her with Magic and with Chaka Khan. So she's out there living her best life. Yeah, I got a text last night from a sweaty-looking,

it was a picture, and it was a sweaty-looking Angel Lee and another person. And it was Gayle King, actually. And they was hanging out. Yes. She was like, look who it is. That's right. So to the homie Gayle King.

Angel didn't send me that picture. Gayle King sent me it. Gayle sent it to you, yeah. That's the homie. They're out there living it up, living it up, living it up. You know I'm part of the Illumin Gayle King. She's out there living it up. Angela didn't send me that picture. Gayle King sent me that. Yeah, I sent it to you. Yeah. That's the homie. They're out there living it up. Living it up. Living it up.

Living it up. You know I'm part of the Illuminati, so. Yeah. So you get the messages every time somebody's moving around. You know.

Gotta take that off, baby. Now, shout out to 2 Chainz. 2 Chainz. 2 Chainz. He took the off about 10 years ago. Oh, my goodness. Now, 2 Chainz,

you know I'm having my big car show this Saturday, so 2 Chainz sent me his car that was on the cover of his album, the Trap House car, all pink. I didn't know that the car actually doesn't run. So when they delivered it last night, I was like, I just drive it up the driveway. And he was like, no, you can't drive it up the driveway.

So last night at 1 o'clock in the morning, we had to push the pink car, and it's an old car. It's a Chevy Caprice. It must be like an 80-something, so it's like real metal, real heavy. It took us about an hour to push that sucker up that hill. And everybody was sleeping, so nobody could help. It was just me, the tow truck driver, and we had to push that up that damn hill.

That's crazy that that car don't work. 2 Chainz need to renew his Illuminati membership. Well, it's just there for aesthetics, you know, because people can come take pictures on it. You can sit on it. You can actually take pictures. That's what we have for the car show because a lot of times people want to take pictures of the car, sit on it, or touch it, and that's the perfect car for it. So,

shout to 2 Chainz for that. That's why I'm tired as a mother because I was dealing with that last night. That's light work. Yeah, but it'll be good. So, car show this Saturday, so I can't wait to see you guys. Is it sold out yet? Well, it can't sell out. Why?

It can't sell out because the way a car show works is there is no cap number because people come in and out of car shows. So it's not like it's a minimum of 10,000 people. People come in and out, so the building, you can just keep selling tickets, which is a great thing. Got you. Okay. So it'll be pretty cool.

Now, today on the show, we have a couple of guests joining us. That's right, because yesterday on Hulu, it was Wu-Tang Wednesdays. I guess that's what they're doing on Hulu. Yes. They premiered Wu-Tang and American Saga, the TV show. That's right. That's right. So we have some of the cast this morning.

Right. We have Shameik Moore, who plays Raekwon in the Wu-Tang series. Also, Erica Alexander. And Shameik was also in Into the Spider-Verse. He was also in Dope. He was also in The Get Down on Netflix, in case you don't know who he is. Also. He thinks you know who he is, though.

Well, we'll talk to him. He's great fun. Also, Erica Alexander will be joining us. Drop on the Clues Bonser Queen, Erica Alexander. I love Erica Alexander, man. She's just, she's a light. Yeah, she is. You might know her from The Cosby Show, but she also plays RZA's mom.

You said from The Cosby Show? Yeah, in Living Single. Yeah, Living Single more so than The Cosby Show. I mean, Pam on The Cosby Show, of course, but come on. Maxine Shaw, attorney at law? Classic. Now, also, Ashton Sanders, he'll be here as well. He plays the RZA.

Yes. And then the real RZA will be joining us today as well. Bobby Digital. Bobby Digital. The architect of the whole thing thing. That's right. And tonight is back! We're back!

The NFL. The NFL's back tonight. Wow. The season kicks off. What, you're not going to watch? I sure am. All right, so you're going to sell out soon? I'm just supporting Jay-Z.

I know what Jay-Z has to do. I'm not even supporting Jay. I'm playing football. I'm going to tell you. Well, the Packers will be playing the Bears. We'll tell you what time. All right, so let's get the show cracking. Front page news is next.

Angel E is still not here. I don't know what we're talking about. I'm sure we'll talk about something about Dorian, Hurricane Dorian, and some other stuff. All right, breakfast time. Good morning. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired?

Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country. I planted the flag. I just kind of looked out of like, this is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy.

There are 55 gallons of water for 500 pounds of concrete. Everybody's doing it. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Laudonia. I'm. I am King Ernest Emmanuel. I am the Queen of Ladonia. I'm Jackson I, King of Capraburg. I am the Supreme Leader of the Grand Republic of Mentonia. Be part of a great colonial tradition. Why can't I trade my country? My forefathers did that themselves. What could go wrong? No country willingly gives up their territory. I was making a rocket with a black powder, you know, with explosive warhead. Oh, my God.

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

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Let's get some front page news. Start off with sports. The NFL season kicks off tonight on NBC at 820. The Packers take on the Chicago Bears, and that game will be played out in Chicago. I definitely was going to boycott the NFL if the Dallas Cowboys hadn't re-signed Ezekiel Elliott. But now that Ezekiel's back in the fold

for, I think, what, six years, $90 million? I'm all in, baby. My goodness. Now, also, Hurricane Dorian. It seems like there are 20 deaths related to that in the Bahamas. Of course, there's going to be more fatalities, but that's what they discovered so far. It's now on the coast of South Carolina. They're saying

more than 115,000 people are without power this morning. They're saying if you live on the coast, you're expected to get 15 to 20 inches of rain. And they're saying find shelter because it's going to be a nasty one. Yeah, salute to the crib. South Carolina, I heard downtown Charleston is flooding. But that's pretty routine when things like this happen. But salute to South Carolina.

Also, Disney is donating more than a million dollars to Bahamas for Dorian Relief. Their donation has been led by the Disney Cruise Line. I was actually on that cruise line two weeks ago, no, about a month ago, and ProStyle's on that cruise right now. Yeah, I mean, any of those cruise ships should be donating money to the Bahamas, as much money as they make off the Bahamas. Right. You know what I mean?

That's one of the destinations where they take people on their cruises. So they should definitely be anteing up those cruise lines. Norwegian and who else they got? Why is Norwegian the only one I know? There's Royal Caribbean. Royal Caribbean. Carnival. Carnival, yep. And then the Disney cruise line.

Now, a landlord called a cop on a tenant who didn't want to pay his rent. You know why? Because he was playing dead. He played dead and said, I'm not paying my rent. So the landlord called the police, and the guy actually had a warrant. He had an outstanding warrant and got his ass arrested anyway. I hate people who don't think long-term. You know what I'm saying?

I'm the type of person, I write down short-term goals, long-term goals. I have short-term plans, long-term plans. That's a short-term plan. Because how long do you plan to play dead, sir? I don't know. Unless you're planning on moving in a month, you know what I'm saying? So you play dead, you save up that little September month of rent to help you move to the next place.

To get out. Unless you're doing that, I don't get it. Because if you're playing dead and you're planning to stay there for a while, that's just stupid. Now, lastly, a New Jersey man scammed dozens of women out of more than $2 million. He was posing as a U.S. service member. He was stationed overseas, and

what he would do is he would get women to send him money, and he said he would send them back gold bars from the Middle East. And he never sent the gold bars back. Hey, ladies, that was replying to him. You better off replying to them emails you be getting from them Nigerians all the goddamn time.

Well, he was working with Nigerians. Of course. Of course he was. And he scammed victims out of more than $2.1 million. He's facing 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Drop one of Clues Bonfoy, my beautiful Nigerian people. All right, the best scammers in the business. All right?

They don't sit around and wait for reparations. They take them theyself. My goodness. All right? All right. My guys. And that's front page news. Now, get it off your chest.

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Wake up, wake up. Wake your ass up. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? This is Johnny from Houston, Texas. Man, I want to have a question. I want to know why you're in car clubs

and you don't even know how to change a damn tire. Well, Johnny, I'm not in a car club. That's one. I own a bunch of cars that I love. Johnny, let me ask you a question. Johnny, what do you love, sir? Do you have a home? Oh, yeah, I do.

You love your house? Oh, yeah. How do you love your house and you don't know how to you love, sir? Do you have a home? Oh, yeah, I do. You love your house? Oh, yeah. How do you love your house and you don't know how to build it, sir? I ain't no Bob the Builder, but he got me there. I don't know anything about cars. I just love cars.

I can purchase them. That's a false equivalency. The equivalency would be if he didn't know how to do anything around his house to help fix it up. Like put a doorknob in. Change a lock. I don't know how to put the windshield wiper fluid in my car.

What? What? What about the blinker fluid? Blinker fluid? Blinker need fluid? See, you don't even know. Blinker don't need no damn fluid. What are you calling for?

I'm like, why would the blinker need fluid? Hey, Charlamagne, I look forward to your little yo-yo-yo-yo-yos every morning, man. Well, thank you. You're easy to please. I like your type. All right, man. That's all I got to say. Thank you. Have a blessed day, sir. Okay. All right. Thank you, man. Well, thank you. You're easy to please. I like your type. All right, man. That's all I got to say. Thank you.

Have a blessed day, sir. Okay. All right. Thank you, Johnny. Johnny graduated at 21. They wouldn't let him leave until he was 21. Hello, who's this? Hey, my name is Will.

Good morning, y'all. How y'all doing? Good morning, Will. Get it off your chest. Man, this is very serious, man. I know y'all probably think I'm playing and everything, but I got a GoFundMe going on right now, man. My wife broke my Xbox, dog.

And, man, I play the game. I'm 26 years old. I play the game. That's my only peace of mind. And my wife broke my game, bro. I need it. You think I'm going to donate money to your Xbox when there are people that are

dying and suffering from Hurricane Dorian? You think I'm going to donate money to your Xbox? Yeah, if you got to raise money for an Xbox at 28 years old, you don't even deserve your wife's vagina, you bum-ass. He's 52, bro. He's definitely 52. I thought you said he's 28. I'm going to be honest with you. You a bum-ass Negro, bro. You should be able

to buy your own Xbox. You should be honest with you. You a bum-ass Negro, bro. You should be able to buy your own Xbox. Man. You should be ashamed of yourself. I hate you, bro. You should. I hate you, bro. I can't believe you like to play video games as much as you playing yourself right now. Yeah.

Hey, look. Follow me on Facebook, man. Wow. No. I can't. I can't. I can't. He didn't even have an Xbox.

Hello, who's this? Oh, man. Yo. What's up, Envy? Hey, what's up, Trav? Hey, happy, happy, happy birthday to you, brother. Thank you, sir. Yeah, you're definitely welcome.

It was good, Charlamagne. What up, sis? How you? I'm doing good, doing good. How you living? Seeing you up here with your little light-skinned piece of trade the other day. Oh. Really?

Yeah, your little light-skinned piece of trade the other day. Oh. Really? You had your little light-skinned piece of trade. Okay, Trav. You like them light bright, Trav. First of all, I have no light. First of all, my friend, my strict friend. All right. Hey, edit all this out, Charlamagne. Don't be doing that.

Okay, now, what'd you call for, Trav? I'm a little jealous, but go ahead. No, he just pissed me off for even doing that show. Listen, Chris Paul. Drop one of the clues for Chris Paul. I just became a Chris Paul fan yesterday. Why? Because he put up a bunch of pictures naked?

Oh, my goodness. Did you see them ass cheeks, Charlamagne? Them things look stronger than Obama's relationship. I mean, I'm not going to front it. It did make his at name on Instagram, CP3, sound a little crazy. CP. Did you scroll through all three pictures or you just saw the one? I didn't scroll through CPP.

I didn't scroll. Yes, I didn't see the pictures. I don't know what you're talking about, bro. You ain't got to lie to me. You seen the pictures. I didn't see no damn pictures. I mean, I saw the first one he posted, but I didn't scroll through them. You know the funny thing now that you're saying it?

I was working all day yesterday. I seen a picture of Snoop naked. I'm like, why is Snoop got a picture of naked? Like he's photoshopped, but I guess that came from Chris Paul. Yeah, and the funny thing about that naked issue ESPN does, I guess we forget that it comes out the same time every year, so all of a sudden he's like, why are you posting nudes? Um, Emi.

Yes, sir. I'm gonna see you this Saturday, old man, at your car show. You coming through? Make sure y'all come out. Make sure y'all come support. Emmy. Yes, sir. I'm going to see you this Saturday, old man, at your car show. You coming through? Make sure y'all come out. Make sure y'all come support. All right. That's crazy. Travel will be out there putting bananas and tailpipes in all the cars. Stop it, man.

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. It's your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. You better have the same energy.

We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club. Hello, who's this? This is Mark. Hey, Mark. Mark? Yeah. M-A-R-K. No, M-A-R-Q.

Oh, what's up, Mark? What's up? All right, get it off your chest. I was just calling to talk about how Malik Yoba came out as liking trans women. Okay. Yeah, I think Chris Brown next. Man, shut up, man. Yo, it's 6-something in the morning, and that's what's on your mind about who's sleeping with who?

Why do you care? What'd you say? Why do you care about who's sleeping with who at 6-something in the morning? I don't care. I'm just saying, I mean, if Malik Yoba has to come out, Chris Brown needs to come out. He's seeing some girl who look like she used to be a man. Hey, y'all are crazy. Where you calling from? Mark, are you a man or a woman?

I'm a woman. If you don't believe me, she's in Snoop. I don't care. Do you have a job? Do you have a job? Well, I want him to leave women alone so he can stop being alone. So they can stop, you know, ruining all over him. We can know

what he really like. He might like it all. He might be greedy. Mark, can you leave Chris Brown alone, please? Why do you care who he likes?

Huh? Why do you care who he likes? Oh, my God. Because he wants to put down black women and call them frogs, but he's dating women

who look like men. That's why I care. But what if those women are black? They're not black. All of them Asian. I don't even know why I'm entertaining this conversation with you. I'm not having this hypothetical conversation with you.

Maybe he just likes Asian women. What's wrong with that? You don't know what that man like. There's nothing wrong with that, but don't put down black women when you're dating women who look like men. By the way, this is why you can't believe nothing you read on social media. This is why you can't believe nothing on YouTube. This is what I read on social media. This is what he posts on social media and the girls we've seen him with.

You calling up here saying that that man likes transgender women, transsexual women. You have no reason to say that. He's been with that look like man. Yes, he's about to come out the closet. He's 30 years old. He's having a little midlife crisis. Tattooed a shoe on his face.

Nike shoe on his face. Some women have strong jaws, ma. They got strong faces, strong features. He won't clear up the rumor if his boo is pregnant or not. Yo, it's 6 o'clock in the morning, yo. Go have some breakfast. Why are you so worried about other people? Have you had some breakfast yet?

Well, y'all do rumor. I'm calling in about the rumor. There's no rumor. You made this up. We do no rumors. There's do rumor. I'm calling in about the rumor. There's no rumor. You made this up. We do no rumor. There's no rumor. It's not six in the morning for me if I just got off of work, is it? Mark, you made this up. Good night. No, I didn't make

it up. Yes, you did. And stop labeling people early in the morning when you don't know what, you ain't got no reason to label them. I'll just tell them to come out the closet. Oh my God. Yo, people are crazy this morning, man. Everybody need a hug. Hello, who's this? What's up, DJ Envy? Hey, what's your name, bro? Charlamagne.

Hey, man. It's your boy, Gary, with Convict the Conversation. What's good, my boy? What's up, Gary? How you doing? Cool. Man, I just knew you was going to call out my podcast yesterday for some of your favorite podcasts, Charlamagne.

You hurt my feelings, bro. I was naming podcasts yesterday? Yeah, that you listen to on the radio. Oh, you said you wanted to see the TI's podcast. Oh, you want me to lie and say I don't want you to lie. That's why I mess with you. I don't want you to lie, bruh. Oh. Yeah, I listened to the read. We dodged a mean bullet down here

with that hurricane, bruh. Congratulations. Yes, sir. Hey, did you hear about the lady that broke the four kids' legs in Florida? Nope. Yeah, the white girl at the daycare. She broke four separate kids' legs. Really? Man, don't tell me that.

We'll Google that story now. Yeah, boy. Don't tell me that. That gives me anxiety when I be dropping my kids off at the daycare. Yeah, don't tell me that when I got my four-year-old just starting preschool. You know what I'm saying? The way my anxiety's set up, I don't need to hear stuff like that. Not me either, but thanks, Gary.

Hello, who's this? Yo, it's Kevin. Kevin, why you whispering, bro? You know why I'm saying? The way my anxiety's set up, I don't need to hear stuff like that. Not me either, but thanks, Gary. Hello, who's this? Yo, it's Kevin. Kevin, why you whispering, bro? You know why he whispering. Now I'm in the gym right now. Okay. All right. No, no, no, no, no.

So I'm going to talk to Charlamagne because I got a beef with you. You at the gym right now working out and you got a beef with Charlamagne? I don't know if I want any of your beef. What man did you see in there that made you think of Charlamagne bro Well it's just me in the gym Shut up Envy But um Charlamagne you are such a tough critic When it comes to the

When talking about these bars man I was listening to I just started listening to Rhapsody And I'm like yo she's dope But I listened to the Sojourner record And I'm like, yo, J. Cole is ripping this. I never said he didn't. I just said Rhapsody versus Better. Yeah, but why does it always have to be somebody watching J. Cole?

Like, why can't it just be a dope record? Like, honestly, do you think J. Cole is overrated? No, I don't think J. Cole is overrated. I think J. Cole is dope. I just think Rhapsody's better. And you think Pusha T in that Come to Home record, you think he didn't do the best on that either?

I've heard Pusha T spit sharper bars. I mean, the record is a good record, though, but I'm just talking about as far as Pusha T's lyrical content and what we're used to him doing nowadays. I thought he could have had some sharper bars on him. Do your second set, bro. Do my second set.

All right, but I love y'all, man. I'm happy I got to. This is my second time. I thought we were about to have a little debate. What you doing in the gym right now, bro? What exercise? I mean, I was on the bench first, but I jumped off the top of y'all. So I can focus on the conversation.

What was your bench pressing, bro? 135. It's light, man. I'm touching on the conversation. What was your bench pressing, bro? 135. It's light, man. I'm touching it right now. 135? I warm up with 225. I warm up with 225, King. No, little ass.

All right, well, let's get in the gym then. I'll show you better than I can tell you. All right, well, I ain't coming to New York. 135, that's the bar in 245. You know my son warms up to that. You should be ashamed of yourself. Come on, man. I'm about to go.

Man, don't make me go ahead and overwork myself. The bar will fall on his neck now messing with us, man. 135. Have a good one, bro. My God. All right, man. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, you can hit us up at any time. My God. All right, man. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051.

If you need to vent, you can hit us up at any time. Now, we got rumors on the way. We'll give you an update on Kevin Hart's Don't Move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's about time. What's going on?

Rumor report. Rumor report. This is the rumor report. Talk to him. With Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. Now, Kevin Hart, it came out that he suffered three spinal fractures, and is still in a lot of pain. They're saying he's still in intense pain.

They're saying he will make a full recovery. It's going to take a little time, but they're saying he's doing pretty good. Oh, I mean, his back is going to definitely hurt when it rains for the rest of his life. You know what I'm saying? He's 40 years old, so it's not going to heal exactly the same. But, I mean, with some therapy and stuff, he'll be all right. Yeah, they have surgery on two vertebraes. Yeah.

You expect. They said it'll be several weeks, if not months. And you know what I don't like? I seen this yesterday, too. I don't like the fact that when you call 911, they release your 911 call. That just bothers me. I don't see the point of it, but they only do it to celebrities, right? I mean, they can get anybody's call.

High-profile cases. They can get anybody's call. But they only do it for high-profile cases. And I wonder, do they get paid for that? I wonder when they release it to TMZ, does somebody get a check for that? Because TMZ pays for audio and video and stuff like that. Yeah, I heard Kevin Hart's call, I guess, some woman called. I don't know who it was,

called from the house, and it's just disturbing that they get that much information and they had the guy calling from the accident scene. You know, it's just, they get too much information. I just want to know what's the reasoning. Like, I mean, it might be a reason for it. I don't know. I just want to know why they released that publicly.

Why did they choose to do that? I don't know either. I just don't like it. It bothers me. Now, also, Dwayne Johnson, he steps in for Kevin Hart as Kelly Clarkson's show guest. Now, Dwayne Johnson

was on his honeymoon, but left his honeymoon early to be, I guess, the host on the Kelly Clarkson show. I don't get that either, but hey. That's his guy. Yeah, but he's on vacation. I mean, that wasn't a show. He was a guest. Yeah, I wouldn't have came off vacation to fill in for nobody.

Dwayne Johnson said, The Rock said, when my son Kevin Hart goes down with an injury, his big daddy steps in. Don't call me your son just because I'm smaller than you, my G. We're two both grown-ass men. I don't like that. Call me son because I shine like one, but don't call me son just simply because you are ten times bigger than me.

He says, I did leave my honeymoon early and now me and Kelly are new best friends. Tune in Monday. We had the best time. Don't call the grown man your son just because he's smaller than you. That's like a Marshall. I'd like to say shorty. He's six foot six.

Shorty. All right. I'm five six. Five nine, actually. You're about five six. Five nine. Yeah, five six. Five nine.

All right. Now, we got to rest in peace to LaShawn Daniels. Now, he's a Grammy-winning songwriter. He's written songs like The Boy Is Mine, You Rock My World for Michael Jackson, It's Not Right, It Is Okay, Whitney Houston, Telephone by Beyonce, I'm trying to think, a bunch of others, Say My Name, Destiny's Child. I don't know the brother, but rest in peace to him. How'd he die?

In a car accident. Yikes. He died in a car accident. He was doing, I believe, a music conference in North Carolina. A lot of people were posting about him. I never met the brother, but it seemed like he touched a lot of people, so I just wanted to say rest in peace to him. And see what he's saying?

When you just report a story like Kevin Hart, and you see how bad that car looked in that accident he's in, you see how lucky he is to be alive. Right. Because his brother, LaShawn Daniels, I don't believe in luck, but, you know, it wasn't in the cards for him. Yeah, and he passed away at age 41. See what I'm saying?

That's my age. Rest in peace to that brother, man. Absolutely. Lord have mercy. And lastly, this might make you happy, Oprah Winfrey. She's launching Wellness, an arena tour, where she's going to be talking about her motivational spirit on the road. She's going to be talking to different people about wellness

and getting in shape and mental health and a bunch of other different things. Her tour starts on March, no, ends on March 7th, but she's going to be hitting San Francisco, Atlanta, Dallas, Charlotte, North Carolina, Brooklyn, and Minnesota. I'm all for that. Dropping the clues, Bumf, over and over. Anybody that's out here trying to elevate the conversation of mental health and eradicate

the stigma around mental health and, you know, elevating the conversation about mindfulness, I'm all for it. Now, she's going to be donating a million dollars from her tour proceeds to her benefit, WWGood, and that's going to help bringing fresh food, healthy food, to unserved communities. Donate a million dollars to who?

Oh, you said that organization. Mm-hmm. Okay. Yep, so, and that's it. That is your rumor report. Angeli is not here. Look, that's all you're getting, okay? That's crazy, though.

What? What? No, I'm just, I don't know. It's just crazy. What? I'm just sitting here thinking about Kevin Hart sitting up, laid up somewhere, trying to recover from surgery. Meanwhile, on social media, they're still accusing this man of being homophobic

because of the episode of the shop we did on HBO. And it's just the irony of Kevin Hart being called homophobic when you are laying around with a broke back. You're good. What? You're good. What? You're good.

You're good. You're good. Yeah, I gotta give it to you. You're pretty good, bro. What? You're pretty good. I don't know what you're talking about. You're pretty good.

All right, well, when we come back, we got front page news. We'll give you information about Dorian, Hurricane Dorian. And we got to tell you about this guy that's scamming women. All right. Two million dollars. We'll tell you about it. I bet you he's Nigerian, connected with some Nigerians.

We'll talk about it. It's not a stereotype if it's true. We'll talk about it when we come back. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed?

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And you're going to figure out the rhythm of this thing. Alicia Keys, like you've never heard her before. Listen to On Purpose with Jay Shetty on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. What's happening? Podcast. I smell cologne. Yeah. I just had a deal. I'm on. Yeah. Yeah. I go out. Yeah. Yeah.

What's happening? Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get some front page news. Now, Angela Yee is out in San Tropez. Living it up with Magic Johnson. That's right.

It's Magic Johnson's birthday. Gayle King sent me a picture yesterday of her and Angelia. I don't know where the hell they was at. They look like they was having a good old time. Yes, they were. I seen Chaka Khan performing. I seen a bunch of people performing. They were doing Electric Slide.

They were having a good old time. There you go. Angelia out there with her demo. You stupid. Now, let's get into front page news. Now, in NFL football, the season kicks off tonight on NBC at 820. The Packers take on the Chicago Bears in Chicago. You watching?

Oh, okay. Now it all makes sense. What's that? Because they're doing the, uh, that's why they're doing the Impact Change concert there today, I guess, because it's the NFL opener. So Meek Mill, Rhapsody, Meghan Trainor, and they're all performing there today. It's a free concert in Grant Park. That's right.

And then Rock Nation and Impact Change. I guess you say Impact Change. Impact Change is giving $400,000 to the Better Boys Foundation and the Crushers Club. Okay. And both those organizations

are designed to help at-risk youth with alternatives to gang violence, if I'm not mistaken. Okay. Yeah, and they'll be doing events like that

and making donations like that in every NFL city. So that makes sense. So first day, Jay-Z already is involved with giving $400,000 to kids who need it. Two organizations in Chicago. Okay. Yes.

All right, all right. Absolutely. All right. Well, we got to talk about Hurricane Dorian now. The death toll rises to 20 in the Bahamas. It has now hit the coast of South Carolina. It seems like 115,000 people are without power in South Carolina and Georgia this morning. They're saying expect 15 to 20 inches of rain, and they're telling people to take shelter.

Soot to everybody in South Carolina. I ain't check on none of my family. I mean, they ain't hit me. I think I did hit my mom and be like, yo, you good? Your moms is there. Your pops is there. Your family's there. Sisters, brothers.

You got to understand, that's a generation that went through Hurricane Hugo. I went through Hurricane Hugo. The Category 5s, when you start seeing those two, was it a two? I think it's about two. Yeah, they're not tripping off that. They, you know, board up the house and keep it moving. Now, Disney is donating more than a million dollars to Bahamas for Dorian Relief. As they should.

Disney what? This is coming from the Disney Cruise Line. As they should. Because all those cruise ships go through the Caribbean. They go through the Bahamas all the time. Absolutely. I was there, what, about three, four They go through the Bahamas all the time. Absolutely. I was there, what, about three, four weeks ago? Shout out to DJ Pro Style.

He's there now. So that's a good thing. Tyler Perry also said he'll donate. He hasn't said what he's going to donate, but he definitely said he's going to help the Bahamas. And lastly, a New Jersey man scammed women out of $2 million on dating sites. Now, he scammed more than $2 million.

He told them to send money, and he would be sending back gold bars. I'm not mad at him. I don't think he did anything illegal. What do you mean? Because if I ask you for something, if I say, yo, send me some money, I'm going to send you some gold bars. There ain't no contract. You know what I'm saying?

So I'm not committing to anything other than sending you some gold bars. If you want to send me that money, that's really your dumb ass. But he never sent the gold bars. It don't matter. Why would you send somebody money for gold bars? Because they said they had the hookup on gold bars. If you want to send me that money, that's really your dumb ass. But he never sent the gold bars. It don't matter. Why would you send somebody money for gold bars? Because they said they had to hook up on gold bars. Man, please. I don't even know what that means. Well, he's facing a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison

and a $250,000 fine if convicted. Well, drop on the clues for him. Clues bomb for him being a number one finesser. Okay? How can you really be mad at this person? If somebody's stupid, that's literally like telling people you want to sell them the Brooklyn Bridge. Like, why do you, like, that's stupid to fall for something like that. No, but somebody can ship you gold bars.

They can't ship you the Brooklyn Bridge, bro. You might as well respond to the emails you get from Nigerians, okay? If you're going to be sending out money to people for gold bars. Well, it's not that bad of a scam if you think about it, right? Think about it. He scammed $2.1 million, right? His fine is only $250,000. So he didn about it. He scammed $2.1 million, right? His fine is only $250,000. So he didn't make

boy, about 1.7. I'm going to close bonds for the number one finesse of me. He didn't make 1.7. They got a picture of him? Let me see what he look like. Hey, you got the money phone in his ear. That's what I'm talking about. That's what I'm talking about right there.

Okay. If you think about it, they're not going to give him the maximum. Hey, another picture with the money phone. This time he got his money in a bag. They're not going to give him the maximum sentence. Living his life. They're not going to give him the maximum sentence. So even if he got to sit for three, four years, when he come out, he got 1.7. That man ain't put a gun to nobody.

He ain't robbed nobody. He simply said, look, I'm going to give you some gold bars. You send me this money. How we know he wasn't going to send the gold bars? How you know he was shipping just a little late? My goodness. We don't know. All right.

Dropping a clues box for that young man again. What's his name? He got no name? Let me find his name. Ruben Sarpong. Man, you don't know who he was scamming. He might have just been scamming old white men. He's 35 years old.

If that's the case, that's reparations, god damn it. He said he was scamming women, dozens of women. Oh. Were they white? I don't know. Context matters. I don't know. Context matters. I don't know. All right.

Well, that is your front page news. When we come back, Shameik Moore will be joining us. He's an actor. He plays Ray Kwan in the new Wu-Tang series. What other movies he's been in, Sean? He was in The Get Down on Netflix. He played Shailen Fantastic. What else was Shameik in?

He was in the Spider-Man movie, Into the Multiverse. Dope. He was in Dope. All right. So we'll kick it with him when we come back. All right, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Good morning. Like a locksmith, I got the keys. Like a locksmith, I got the keys. Pull up, make out, leave. Pull up, make out. I got water like overseas. Try a bottle like NBA. Try a bottle like MVP. I got money like you envy me. I was a gang, I was a mob. What was you thinking? Remember them days when that was hard and been thinking?

I put a four in a 20 ounce and been drinking. What was you thinking? Why you tweaking? Come around with that rah-rah We leave you dead on the cement What the game? We ain't playing fair Matter of fact, we don't play at all OG was in the air But we about to run So we smoke it all Putting on the front But we about to fall We don't kill them dead

We don't kill them all Might spend a ten When I'm in the mall I was on a bin With it in my drawer Hit that smoke and I'm blacking Hit that smoke and I black out If you run, blow his back down

I was gone, but I'm back down He's gone for a while But I never back down In the school, I was trapping In the down, I was gonna but I'm back down But I never back down in the school I was trapped in the school you was class I got one like overseas Drive by like NBA Drive by like MVP I got one like MVP The Breakfast Club. And I'm gonna tell you why it's a big deal cuz I'm 41 years old And Wu Tang provided the soundtrack to my life only built for Cuban links one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time So did you listen to any Wu Tang before this? role When I was filming cutthroat cities how I met RZA and we shared an agent and he made me listen to Wu Tang

but when I listened to 36 chambers for the first time I was kind of like When I was hearing like the interludes and stuff it took me out of it. I'll break your balls and cut your neck. The Wu-Tang torture shit? Yeah, I mean, it was crazy. But now I have the appetite for it, because I get it more. Now, why Raekwon's part? Why Raekwon as the character? Did you try out for that

specifically, or? No, I don't audition no more. Okay, shop me. Okay. Get a little matching jean suit and now you don't audition no more. You know what I'm saying? This is a,

you know, icing on the cake right here. There you go. You know what I mean? I think I met RZA and then I impressed him because I showed him

a color he didn't think I had. And when Raekwon met me, I think he was scared. He might have been like, oh, this guy seemed nice right here.

I don't know if he could. He didn't think he was gritty and grimy. I don't think he thought that I could be gritty and grimy, but you know. I haven't seen it yet, so like Ray is a little short, a little chubby. Did they try to make it true to life physically? Yeah, I put on a fat suit. It wasn't too fat.

It wasn't a fat suit. No, it was a fat suit. Ray ain't fat now. He wasn't fat in the docu, in the movie, though. Yeah, I mean, no, I'm like early fat. It wasn't a fat suit. No, it was a fat suit. Ray ain't fat now. You wasn't fat in the docu, in the movie though? Yeah, I mean, no, I'm like early fat. Like, it's not like him now. You know what I'm saying? It's like, you know, and it grows over the whole season.

So he gets bigger? Yeah, he gets bigger. Over the season. In season two, I'm gonna be bigger. You know what I'm saying? Now, is there a lot that you learned by taping this this Cause there's a lot Even watching the first episode I learned so much And I thought I was

Wu-Tang fanatic Oh you saw it Yeah Oh Well then I don't have to Tell you that I killed it Right No what you think

He's feeling it I don't have to tell you I killed it I mean did you like it Tell me The first episode I thought was dope I mean it was a lot

That I didn't necessarily know Like pretty much Raekwon tried to kill Ghostface You know what I mean He just gave it away Spoiler alert Spoiler alert Damn lot that I didn't necessarily know. Like, pretty much Raekwon tried to kill Ghostface, you know what I mean? He just gave it away. Spoiler alert. Spoiler alert. Damn, sorry. I definitely didn't know that. Ghostface is my favorite rapper of all time. That's what I'm saying. The fact that they got so close after

what happened was just like, wow. That's what makes it special. It makes it very special. Was it hard to get in character and play that scene where you're shooting at people and you being a grimy New York drug dealer? I think the most difficult part was being convincing with the lingo. Hey, yo, son, it's Shaw right in the building, you know what I mean? Like, I don't really talk like that.

That's pretty good. That's pretty good. That's the beauty of acting. That's the beauty of acting. You know what I mean? It's like it's because I can't sell his voice just by talking because his voice is different than mine. So I have to get into it.

It's how he, yo, yo, son. Yo, son, you got to talk like this, yo. Word. Word is what, you know what I mean? Like, that's, yeah. When you say you don't audition no more, what does that mean? Because I be hearing stories,

and I don't know how true it is, but even big superstar actors like Denzel still got to audition sometimes. Really? I mean, I don't know if that's true. I don't think Denzel wants to audition. I don't see him in an audition at any point. But for me, it's just because when I do the on tape thing,

it never works out. But when it does work out is when I'm in front of a camera and it's like camera action. I'm in like the outfit. Because when I, like for instance with Dope, when I went, when I did the self tape audition, I mean, they liked it. They had me come out.

But it was really the in-person thing, the second round that really got me in there. Same thing with the Get Down, you know. But for instance, coming to America, you know, Kenya Barris was involved. And then there was a different director at first. And it was Kenya went to Spider-Man, to the Spider-Verse premiere. He was like, yo, you want to be in Coming to America, play Eddie's son? I was like, yeah. Left it alone for like eight months.

It came back around. They changed the director. The director wanted me to audition. I'm like, I'm not finna audition. You know what I'm saying? I talked to them. My manager's like, no, you gotta audition. I'm like, I'm not finna audition.

I auditioned. That's kind of bougie, bro. No, I'm not. It's so many different scenarios, though. It's not even bougie. It's just like. I don't think you're at that level where you can just say, f*** an audition yet. I'm at a level where

I can say that I want to choose wisely what roles that I put energy into because I'm not just doing the acting thing and it's not... I just have bigger goals. If I was just trying to make the most movies, do every movie that's coming my

way, accept every offer, then that's a different scenario. You're exactly right. But it's not even that. I feel like I'm too big. You know what I mean? I'm feeling confident today. You know what I'm saying? It's that outfit. You dress like Lil Nas X. You got the boots on. Lil Nas X? Oh, you tried it. Come on, man.

I'm in the cowboy boot. Get those boots. Hey, yo, this is Saint. You're gonna take your horse to the hotel? Is that on GZL? Is that on GZL? Nah. That's not the one. Nah, that's going to look like this when he put on boots now.

Come on, man. Yeah. You got to show respect. Now, did you get the part for Coming to America? Nah, that's what I'm saying. You just did an audition. Like, so every audition that I do. He said you did audition for that.

I ended up auditioning because the director switched up. Got you. That's when it didn't go through and I was like, yo, I feel like I wasted two weeks of my time on that. Now, wait a minute. That could be a humbling experience, though.

Because you probably thought you was, I'm the man. I got this. You did the role and you were like, they don't want you. I think they chose Jermaine Fowler, right?

Yeah. I mean, I'm not even sure who that is, but congratulations to him because, you know what I'm saying? Oh, Jermaine. No disrespect. Look, you got coming to America, and I didn't.

Come on. He had a sitcom on CBS, too. I didn't watch it. Yeah. He used to be on Guy Cole with me back in the day. Funny, funny dude. Word. So he deserves the opportunity.

Congratulations. Yep. He was in, what else he was in? He was in that movie where everybody was turning into horses. Doesn't sound like one I'd watch. You know what I mean? I can't remember the name of the movie into horses. Doesn't sound like one I'd watch. The Bootsy College Bootsy. You know what I mean? Bootsy in that movie.

I can't remember the name of it right now. Y'all like Sabine. Tessa Thompson was in it. I didn't see that one either, bro. I can't remember the name of it. That's what Amber Rose was in? Man, shut up. She was in the movie with him.

Anyway. Since you were portraying a brotherhood in the Wu-Tang film, did you become a brotherhood with the other actors on set? Everybody was coming to set like their characters. So, you know, everybody was feeling themselves. Everybody was in their chamber

the way RZA said. And where did y'all tape? Did y'all tape in Staten Island the whole thing? Staten Island. We had one scene in Brooklyn in the studio. But yo,

Joey Badass is playing Inspector Deck. Dave East is playing Method Man. Ashton Sanders is playing RZA. I'm playing Ray Kwan. It's a very, I think it's an interesting scenario. Did y'all get to collaborate

on any music? Nah, nobody really, nobody looking at me like that yet. You feel me? It's all good. I understand the reality. But as soon as the thing switched, you know everybody

gonna be hitting me. So it's all good. So you didn't get to contribute to any of the music either? Nah. So you want to be respected as a musician more so than acting? Not more so,

just as well. I just don't know if there's been a Denzel and a Michael Jackson in the same body. People that act and do music, there's a long list of people, but they're more music than acting to me, or more acting than music to me. And most actors are

mad corny when they do music. But with me, I just want to, my desire is to kind of just let the art speak for itself and not do all this that I'm doing right now

to be honest. I'm talking. I'm talking. I'm talking. But the visuals and dropping music and just like, oh, s***,

I did not expect that from Shaw. It's exactly what I want. All right, we got more with Shamik, more of the actor. When we come back, he plays Raekwon in the new Wu-Tang series. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne the guy. We are The Breakfast Club. We're kicking it with Shameik Moore. He plays Raekwon in the Wu-Tang series. Charlamagne? I saw TMZ get on you because they ran up on you and you didn't know the members of the Wu-Tang Clan.

Yeah. No, I mean, I knew most of them. Most of them. I knew most of them. Not the ones I didn't meet. Capadonna, what was it, U-God. What can you say them now? Okay, let's try.

All right. Raekwon, Method Man, Ghostface, RZA, U-Guard, Capadonna, ODB. See, I'm from a different era. I'm from the era where we say the RZA, the GZA, Old Dirty Bastard, Inspector Deck, U-Guard, Rayquan the Chef, Ghostface Killer, and HOD, man. That's how we remember it. I should start doing it like that.

But I pretty much said most of them just now. GZA is the one I missed. Well, I'm tired of talking to you. But you got some music dropping? I do have some music dropping. But we remastered the song we played last time, Ride the Beat. It's still the first single. And the mixtape is coming in like a month.

So you're still pushing Ride the Beat? That's been a while. Well, mixtape is coming in like a month. So you're still pushing Ride the Beat? That's been a while. Well, I haven't really been pushing it, to be honest. I just kind of like put it out on here.

The last time you came here, you were trying to teach Charlamagne a dance? No, I think he was just a little jealous of my moves or something like that. I got moves, B. But listen,

are you inspired by people like Ella Mai and Lizzo? And the reason I say that is because they had records that they pushed for a while. I think the song that just went number one for Lizzo, she's been pushing for two years, if I'm not mistaken. I mean, you see, I don't have the team. Everybody that believes in me believes in the acting side. So I'm pretty much pushing myself and financing myself to get to that point.

That's got to suck. I mean, it feels like it's my battle. But when I accomplish it, you know what I mean? I'm just going to look at everybody and be like, I know it's all good. You are appreciating your blessing right now, though, right? Because I don't want you to be one of those people that's overlooking the fact that you are having a successful acting career. You know what I'm saying?

Like, don't overlook that because you want to be a popping music artist. Right. I'm thankful for sure. I'm thankful and I'm humbled by the experiences that I have. But music artist. Right. I'm thankful. For sure. I'm thankful and I'm humbled by the experiences that I have. But I do have goals and I'm still hungry. You know? As you should. Absolutely. I ain't where I need to be

yet where I'm going to be like, I think I'm going to chill and I'm good and all that. Right now I'm just like, these don't even see me yet. You know what I mean? You feel that way? Definitely. I don't feel that way because I mean, I love to get down I loved you a shallow fantastic. I love dope I've seen you in the street like oh Good in this Wu Tang series. He said good you don't think I killed it From the first episode you did good, but I didn't see you win. Damn, he downplaying it. I didn't see the whole thing. Hey, man.

No, don't lie to me. I'm talking about the episode one. Shemek, I'm going to tell you something. You did good. Nobody going to give you props after they see this interview. They're going to be like, you know, we got to take the young boy down a notch. I'm just telling you. That's what they're going to do.

And people on social media are natural haters anyway. So they're going to be like, I'm not going to give it up for him. The negativity spreads faster than the positivity. If y'all find something negative to say about my to be like, I'm not going to give it up for him. The negativity spreads faster than the positivity. That is true. If y'all find something negative to say about my performance of someone that I'm not, that was doing his thing

before I was born, type it on up, leave comments on this, send it to your friends, do all of that. Do all of that. Are you confident in your performance?

Obviously. That's all that matters. Yeah, I'm confident. When's the last time you got into a fight? Oh, I fight every day. I'm a boxer. Okay. I'm not a professional. Yeah, I'm confident. When's the last time you got into a fight? Oh, I fight every day. I'm a boxer. Okay.

I'm not a professional boxer, but I spar professional. You spar and train. Yeah. Why'd you ask that question? Because he talks so much s***. I'm like, somebody's going to test him one day. He's not talking s***. He's just confident.

I like it, but I like that talk. That's good. So he's like, yo, somebody's going to check and see if his chin is right. You feel me? Jazz, does this turn you on when you hear the young boy talking like this? Jazz is a young intern. That's what I'm asking. I don't know.

Does that turn you on? Okay. She said not really. Yeah, she said not really. Oh, that's okay. Does it turn you on, Charlamagne? How do I feel? I feel like I'm a happy person.

I'm thankful to be alive. I have a premiere going on tonight. There you go. Wu-Tang on Hulu. RZA just walked in the building. There you go. Wu-Tang on Hulu. RZA just walked in the building. There you go. Word. All right.

All right. Well, listen. Why didn't you do your interview with RZA and everybody else? Why don't he just, you know, come on in right now. We can take you. You know what I'm saying? Support the black brother. Hey, look.

Most of my projects were in New York. Yeah. Right. Spider-Man, The Get Down, and Wu-Tang at this point. So, and the next one, Pretenders. All New York. I feel like, you know,

New York should show me a little love. Just a little love. What do you want New York to do for you, Shamik? Hey, we can start at the Breakfast Club and y'all can play

right at the beat. Nah. Listen. See, y'all see this? Y'all see this? This is what I'm talking about. Shamik didn't want to do his interview with RZA and the rest of the cast.

Shamik was like, I want my own interview. His own green room. Own everything. Yeah. Trying to build Shamik Moore right now. There you go. Listen, I have no problem with the confidence that Shamik Moore has. Somebody got to be confident.

All right, well, let's play a snippet of his joint. A snippet? A snippet. Wow. Exactly. Exactly. You see how y'all doing, man? It's all good.

Watch. When that's number one in the country, me? It's all good. Watch. When that's number one in the country, I'm going to come right on back. Now, let's play this joint. Let's play this joint. Introduce your joint, man. Yo, this is Ride the B off the new mixtape, Worth the Risk. All right, man. It's the Breakfast Club.

You should take calls on it and see if people like it or not. Yo, dead ass, I want to know. I want to know what people think about this. Really? I genuinely want to know what people think about this. Hold on. Let's bring some of the interns in and play it now. These are some honest people here watching me.

I expect honesty. Tell Sim and Taylor to come here. These are some honest black women. I expect honesty. Just me and you. Me and you. Just me and you, me and you, just me and you, me and you, it's time for you to toot up your bumper and not your nose. Toot up your bumper, not your nose. We're in alignment.

She's dancing alone oh I'm sliding behind it now why would you bite it don't be a break girl it's all in the timing ride the beat ride the beat won't you ride with me

I can spot a freak hide and seek you can't lie to me no I'm aligning ride the V with you look how she watch how she brought her back

I can spot every kind and see you can't lie to me no look how she watch how she brought her back ride the V with you. Look how she, watch out, she broke her lock. We're body to body, I'm loving your body, girl.

Your ass bounce around like it ain't got nobody, girl. I'm just saying that That I wanna feel more Can I feel more? You throwin' that ass like you ain't got nobody, girl I'm just saying that That I wanna feel more Can I feel more? Cause you throwin' that ass like you ain't got nobody, girl

I would like to Try to beat with you Look how she Watch how she brought her back I can spot every kind And see you can't lie to me, no Look how she Watch how she brought her back

That was Shameek Moore's single, Ride the Beat. Alright, so we have some people that work up here that we're going to ask how they like it. So the first person we're going to ask is Jasmine. So Jasmine, what did you think? My honest opinion, the song is amazing, but looking at you and hearing you, I don't see that vibe. I see, like, if I gave maybe somebody from the Caribbean,

and I don't know if you are from there. He's Jamaican. Oh, he is Jamaican. I didn't know. So, you know, when he talks, and his aura doesn't give me a Caribbean vibe. What does it give you, Old Town Road? What does it give you? Yeah, he really, really, really trying it today.

It gives me like a New York, Brooklyn vibe. So, you know, but again, I'm from New Orleans, so they do do West Indie music up here, but it is a good song. Brooklyn got the Caribbean vibe? Yeah, yeah, of course. But he's from Atlanta. Sam, what you think, Sam?

Sam. Okay, my honest opinion, I think that your voice is like a little too light for the beat. I would like either double it or just go harder next time. Okay.

But it's a vibe. How you feel, Shamique? You like this? You can take this? Yeah, I can take it. All right. You know what I'm saying? Come on, Stace.

What you think? Stace is a DJ, by the way. Oh, God. She's a DJ. She is. I like it. Afro beats is, well, it sounds Afro beat-ish. It's in, so it's like slow dancing music, too.

I think it'll be good in the club. Okay. Yeah, it is. It is. And Taylor, you said you like it. I could grind to it, yeah. Grind to it? Okay, Taylor.

You could grind to it. You don't know what I mean, though. No, we don't. What does that mean? Grind to it. As in, like, Stacey just what I mean, though. No, we don't. What does that mean, grind to it? As in like Stacey just said, it's slow where it's a good vibe to get close to the guy. That's it. Slow wine grind.

All right, Shameik, so you got, I guess, two or two. Yeah, it might have been the speakers, or maybe you didn't get enough of a vibe, but I appreciate the feedback, the honest feedback. Okay. Well, we appreciate you, Shameik, for joining us. I want you to blow as a musician. You know why? Because you want to blow as a musician.

Thank you. I appreciate it. I think I want everybody to accomplish their dreams. I just want the opportunity. That's all. If you don't like it after you hear it, then that's one thing. But I want the opportunity for it to be played and in front of you. But again, you know, asking for it is never how it works, you know?

But we're going to play it loud for the people so they can get their opinion. I think it would be very entertaining to watch Amik Moore as a big superstar. I think it would be very entertaining to watch him because he'd be so goddamn bougie and so arrogant. Arrogant? Oh, yes. You would be the guy to say, I need all green M&Ms. No, no, no. I don't eat M&Ms.

Oh. Yeah, I'm pescatarian. I'm pescatarian. Fish. Well, I need all green M&M's. No, no, no. I don't eat M&M's. Oh. Yeah, I'm pescatarian. I'm pescatarian. Fish. Well, I go to church, too. Yeah. What? Okay.

What do you say? To me, more. It's the Breakfast Club, Gamal. Morning, everybody. It's DJ MV, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Listen, you can go to my Instagram. I just posted a picture of Shameik Moore,

who plays Ray Kwan on Wu-Tang on Hulu. And please leave a comment about what do you think of his record, Ride the Beat. But please add him. Don't just, you know, tell me. Add him. His at name is in my Instagram. It's at Shameek Moore.

I don't know if I... Did we give our opinion on the record? No, we didn't. Oh, I'm not giving it now. Not giving it now? What's your opinion on the record? I don't talk behind people's back. Well, you'll hear it. You'll hear it. Nope. That means you didn't like it, because if you liked it, then you would say, I like it. I didn't dislike it. It just

was there. But you said you're giving your opinion. Oh, you asked me. It was just there. It wasn't bad. I didn't dislike it. It just was there. But you said you're giving your opinion. Oh, you asked me. It was just there. It wasn't bad. It wasn't good either though. It was just there. You know when he came two years ago he played the same record. Really? Yes. Did the same dance. He did that same dance with the pop and lock. How you don't be telling me stuff like this?

You know my memory bad. I don't be remembering this stuff. I told you. I told you that record's like three years old. But I didn't know we played it before. We sure did. Oh my God. Remember he did the pop and lock thing? Remember he did the... And you tried to pop and lock with him? Oh, yeah. Well, you got to stop riding that beat, Shamik.

It's time to, you know, get off that horse. All right. Well, when we come back, we got your rumors. Lonzo Ball, he admits the BBB shoes were trash. We'll see. He did not. Well, we'll tell you about it when we come. That's the tease, man.

Angelique, I'm trying to tease. Make people be like, word? Did he really say that? Okay. So you're lying. All right. Well, he didn't say that. Well, yeah. Well, keep it locked. That's the tease, man. Angelique's name. I'm trying to tease. Make people be like, word, did he really say that? Okay, so you're lying. All right, well, he didn't say the, well, yeah, well,

keep it locked. Room's on the way. All right, I'm reading some of these reviews on Shameik Moore's song. What are they saying? Mel Donato 76 says, not feeling that song.

Funny Fat Kid from Indianapolis says, Envy won't be making no mini mix anytime soon. That guy. Abdis 23 says, it wasn't too bad. StylusSilk says, oh, Charlamagne humbled him so quick, but the song wasn't bad at all.

QT World says, I think Shamik's more song was okay, but his voice was not hard enough, and he sang too slow for the beat. It just didn't sound mastered. Curtis with AK says song is okay, but his attitude is, I can't say that word. Doofy, dookokie But not Dookie Like

That's a word Oh okay I got you I got you You could have just said ish That's all you could have said Alright well let's get to the rumor report Oh

What did I gotta say? Oh I gotta tease myself? Alright Oh Come on You know what I wanna hear right now He said it was gay

So what? Let's get to the damn rumors, man. She's spilling the tea. This is the Rumor Report with Angela Yee on The Breakfast Club. All right. Now, Lonzo Ball admits the BBB shoes were defective. Now, these shoes cost $500 per pair, and they were pretty much trash. The 0-2s I was playing in, they were not ready.

They weren't? Really? No one knows this, but Demo had a backpack, and he had extra, like, four pairs of shoes in there. So I had to switch them every quarter because they would just rip. I'm on the phone, like, this is when Alvin was running everything. I'm like, yo, I'm not playing in them shoes. Like, I don't care, bro. He's like, all right, just switch every brand next, every game. I'm like, all right, cool. Wow. Why'd you wear them? Just because you guys said, like, all right. Because they in them shoes. I don't care, bro. He's like, all right, just switch every brand next, every game.

I'm like, all right, cool. Wow. Why'd you wear them? Just because you guys said like, all right. Because they're my shoes. And you're like, I had a bad view of them. I would not let you do that to the BBB brand, DJ Envy. What you mean?

They fell apart. That is a black-on brand. So did a pair of Nikes last year on Zion Williamson. So what? Sometimes it happens. But his, Zion's happened once. This happened every quarter. No, he do said that.

He said they had to change them every quarter because they would rip. Didn't you hear what he just said? No, I did not. And I would not listen to such nonsense. Well, he doesn't even wear them. I got me some BBB slides. They're probably going to break as soon as you wear them later on today. All right.

Now, R. Kelly, he's out of solitary confinement. He's moved to general population. He said he's good in Chicago, but when he has to come to New York and he has to go to other places, he doesn't feel too safe. You can't pick and choose when you want to be in general population, nigga. Oh yeah, you don't want to be in general population in New York.

Well, he can't pick and choose. Or Minnesota. You gonna be in general pop, you gonna be in general pop wherever you go, sir. Nope. He says in Chi-town, he's got money. He said New York and Minnesota. He's good with being in the box. And he's right, but I don't think that you should be able to pick and choose. And lastly, Mac Miller's

alleged drug dealer has been charged for supplying the deadly pills. He's 28 years old. His name is Cameron. He believed that he sold Mac Miller to counterfeit oxycodone pills that killed him. He's been arrested, and we'll find out what happens. He's been held without bail, without bond.

He's set to be arranged on October 11th. I always feel like such a hypocrite when conversations about drug dealings occur. Why? Because I used to sell drugs. You know what I'm saying? But we know it's wrong. Correct. So it's like, yeah, he should

be in jail. He should be in jail, number one, for selling drugs because, you know, drugs ruin our community and they destroy families. And he should definitely be in jail for selling drugs that are killing people. Counterfeit drugs. Counterfeit drugs. Well, he should be in jail for selling drugs regardless. Yeah, it's all the time. He might not have known that they were counterfeit,

but the fact that he sold drugs, he should be in jail. Yeah, because whether or not you're, you know, Mac Miller died the way he died. I mean, at the end of the day, all drug dealers, when you're selling a certain type of drug, you are destroying communities and you are killing people regardless. So why didn't you think about that when you were doing this? Didn't know any better.

You live and you learn. That's all. You don't see the destruction you create into your community. You just think about the money that's going into your pocket. All right. All you just, you know, being a product of your environment and doing what everybody else is around you doing. That is true. Everybody, whatever I just said, you know what I meant to say.

I'm pretty sure y'all got the gist of what I was trying to say. We caught you. Yes. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. Now, who are you giving that donkey to? You know what's crazy, man? This is bad.

I don't even know how to tease it. Other than to say, join me for after the hour. Okay. That's all we're going to get? If you want to hear his story. No foreplay? Just going to tease us a little bit? You want me to tease you a little bit?

You want a little foreplay for me? Give us a little something. Just don't plow us. You want a little foreplay for me? I'm just saying you should give us a little foreplay. Lick the nipple or something. Just don't plow us. You want a little foreplay for me? I'm just saying you should give us a little foreplay. Lick the nipple or something. Just don't plow us. He said he was gay. So what? You know what?

You know what? You know what? I can't with you today, man. All right, donkey. The day's up next, man. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Is your country falling apart? Feeling tired? Depressed? A little bit revolutionary? Consider this. Start your own country.

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so if you ever feel i need to be a donkey man hit it with the heat it's a breakfast club bitches who's donkey of the day today well ed sharon donkey of the day for thursday sept September 5th, goes to a 27-year-old California man named Robert Anthony Camus. I think I'm pronouncing his last name right. I really don't know what's going on in the world anymore. You know, when I was a jit, that's a kid for you folks who are not from the South. When I was a jit, my grandmother used to say that she has never seen a time like this before.

And that was in the 90s. Now it's 2019 2019 and my grandma been dead since 2006 13 years later i can repeat her words with confidence i have never seen a time like this before people is out of their goddamn minds we are in a world where we are surrounded by a 360 degree circumference of crazy every day every single one of us is just trying to avoid crazy you know that's it if you can make it home every day having avoided any crazy then you have probably lived to see another day sadly that crazy is often too close to us could be a brother a sister parents close friends the cameraman at revolt and in the

case of amanda custer a boyfriend see according to the los angeles county sheriff's department amanda custer has been missing since late July, and a video surfaced online around the time Amanda disappeared. And according to the L.A. County Sheriff's Department, it showed Amanda's boyfriend, Robert, rapping. What was Robert rapping about? Let's go to CBS2 Los Angeles for the report, please. Well, we're inside this bar, the King Eddie Bar, and this is where Camus was standing when he did this rap version. And I guess the big question is, was it a confession?

In my own words, it was kill the and bury her in the dirt. Michael Moore said he was stunned by what it was listening to. Karaoke night at King Eddie Saloon just off Skid Row. row. Moore said this is videotape of the man mixing with the crowd at the bar after he finished rapping a song about how he had quote killed his girlfriend and buried her in the dirt. He mentioned something about the police and that he needed to close his mouth now and he walked off. A few hours later he said he saw that same man on television being led away in handcuffs. Detectives say they're aware of the rap song video, but have yet to get a copy. But they say that Robert Camus is definitely their suspect in the disappearance of his longtime girlfriend, Amanda Custer.

Welcome to the rest of our lives, people. I mean, this has been our lives for a long time now, but things are never changing. If you grew up in the 90s like I did, then you know the world that we live in has been altered forever. See, this is the era we live in where people kill people and then go rap about it during karaoke nights okay now i know what you might be thinking eminem made a living off rapping about killing and burying his girlfriend somewhere uh look no further than 97 bonnie and clyde for starters

but the difference between eminem and this guy is eminem never actually killed him he just rapped about it okay he just rapped about wanting to kill her if i have to explain the difference to you then you are probably one of those crazy people i'm trying to avoid now i know what else you're thinking what if this guy was at karaoke night rapping an eminem song maybe this is all some big misunderstanding yeah it might make sense if amanda custer wasn't the last scene when police responded to a possible domestic dispute at Robert's home. And if Robert didn't already face domestic violence charges because he was accused of battering his girlfriend,

strangling her and threatening her with a taser. And when the victim tried to get help at a house nearby, Robert allegedly chased her into the house and then beat up an elderly man who was trying to intervene. I wish that old elderly man would have had a shotgun and I wish that old man

would have put a hole through Robert the size of a gay porn star's butthole. All right, witnesses actually told police they say Robert, they saw Robert putting Custer's lifeless body in the back of a gray Toyota Prius and then driving away. Not to mention officials found evidence of the assault.

He said it was gay, so what? Not to mention officials found evidence of the assault. He couldn't move his bedroom and recovered blood from the sling. Okay, police also found blood in a digging tool in the cargo area of the car. So, yeah, about avoiding this crazy thing. I repeat, every single day of our lives, all we are trying to do is avoid crazy. But sadly, sometimes

crazy finds us. Please let Remy Magia, Robert Camus, the biggest hee-haw. Hee-haw! Hee-haw! You stupid mother f***er. You dumb. I would like everybody to know that was a very inappropriate time to laugh, but y'all did not see Envy's face when I said,

I wish that old man would have had a shotgun and I wish that old man would have put a hole through Robert's the size of a gay porn star's butthole. The way everybody in this room looked at each other was so stupid. You could describe a hole bigger than, you know, another way to describe a hole? I'm not going to lie.

My brain actually said Incredible Hulk's butthole. But I don't know if people watch Marvel like me. How do you know what the Incredible Hulk's butthole looks like? Because in Thor, the Dark World, I believe it was, they showed the Incredible Hulk's bare butt. Okay. All right. But you understand what I meant when I say Gabe, porn star's butthole. Shotgun blast.

Pow! See, what is wrong with y'all? What's wrong with y'all? Y'all play too much. I'm not playing with y'all, man. I'm taking my toys. I'm leaving the toy box. I'm going home.

All right. Thank you for that donkey today. Did you do the hee-haw? Yeah, we did the hee-haw. Oh, you did the hee-haw. All right. Got me frazzled over here. When we come back, RZA, Erica, Alexander, and Ashton Sanders will be joining us absolutely the Wu Tang series

came out yesterday so we'll kick it with them about the series I seen the first episode yo so we'll talk to him when we come back all right so don't move it's the breakfast club good morning the breakfast club morning everybody it's DJ MV Angela Yee Charlamagne. We are The Breakfast Club. We got some special guests in the building. Yes, indeed. We have the cast of the Wu-Tang Hulu series. We have RZA. We have Erica Alexander. Hello. And we have Ashton Sanders. Welcome.

Good morning. Good morning. Thank you. I'm glad to be here. I guess we start with RZA. How did it feel recreating your own story? Wow. It feels good to continue the Wu legacy in this medium. You know, it feels good to continue the Wu legacy in this medium. You know what I mean?

So it just feels good. Are you involved for everything from casting to the whole shebang? Yeah, I'm what they call a showrunner. So me and my partner, Alex C., we're the two showrunners,

and that entails hiring directors and hiring, you know, casting it. I actually was reading 99-page budgets, making sure, you know what I mean, the money was going where it had to go to. So, yeah, it was a very, very unique job. Is it true, Erica, that you had to be vetted by RZA in all 10 of his siblings before you got to play the role?

You know what? That's what I was told. I mean, you know, listen, I play the mother. You play Mama. Mama, RZA, Bobby Diggs, I call him Bobby. And she was a very prodigious woman. She had 11 children. There's four represented in this series, and Zoli Griggs

and Elijah Martinez. Yep, and Justice. There's Ashton Sanders and Justice. But I heard that I had to pass the test, the smell test, of 11 true children. Which actually is, actually that's a beautiful thing. If they saw something in me that they recognize or something in their mother, then I thought, because I thought, you know, that's a heavy thing. What do I think?

And RZA came to me and she said, you know, Erica, she was the light. And I thought, wow, that's a great compliment. So all I'll do is just be me. And hope that she shines too. And I did a little thing to her. I said, listen, your children want to see you. They've gone to great lengths to bring you here. Just come.

Ooh, my two sisters who, if we would have chose the wrong person, dinner and Thanksgiving would never be the same, all right? But they actually really, really loved Erica and really helped me absorb it as well, you know what I mean? So anyway. And you picked Ashton to play you. How was that? Was that difficult? How did you find him?

Yeah, you know, this gentleman right here is a very talented young man, you know what I mean? And I was on a plane watching Equalizer 2. I saw it in the movie theaters first, right? But now, you know, we're getting close to casting it. And when the character he played, you know, he was drawing and he was having that confrontation between, is he going to be a drug dealer, be an artist? And his eyes, you know, I was like, wow. I remember having those eyes.

And Ashton came in and sat down with us. I don't know if we even talked about who he was going to be. I don't know if he knew I was examining him. We had a brief conversation about the show. Right. And then his eyes

and the spirit of what the young Bobby was going through you know what I mean that was the man. Ashley did you listen to a lot of Wu-Tang growing up or? I'm not gonna lie I knew of Wu-Tang growing up you know like you know if their hits

like Cream you know like Wu-Tang Clan ain't nothing to f*** with but outside of that you know this role definitely demanded that you understood the world in which like they really no, you know, this role definitely demanded that you understood the world in which, like, they really was in, you know, as individuals and as a group, and so,

you know, becoming RZA was something strategic. Why is that not a deal-breaker for you? Like, the young artist not knowing who Wu-Tang is? Shouldn't be, but why is it not? Well, I've been blessed with the opportunity to act and direct and write, right? So I can approach it with an artistic mind

and not a personal thing, you know what I mean? So it's like, you know, you look for the actor who can embody the character, you know, so you don't have to know anything about me. It's just like, you know, not to put myself on the spot, but I wasn't no cop, but I played a cop, an American gangster. You know what I mean? And so, and I never, as a kid, would dream that I'm going to play a cop

because that's the opposite of what I wanted to be. But when you kind of, you know, start absorbing characters and personalities, you know, that becomes an art and a craft. And I didn't think twice about where he was from. I was just like, can this kid absorb this character at the age he's going to be?

And could he deliver this spirit as Bobby, right? And when you get a chance to watch the show, and I hope everybody tuned in, I think the most beautiful thing about it is that the arc of where these episodes

have taken us is perfect for Ashton in all reality. Because he's questioning the things around him. And if you already know the answers, you may have a difficulty trying to come with the questions.

And I think already know the answers, you may have a difficulty trying to come with the questions. You know what I mean? And I think not knowing the answers, you know, helped, you know, the discovery as well along the path. Erica, you came up in the era of Wu-Tang. What did you know of Wu-Tang? What feeling did they give you? I knew Dollar Dollar Bill, y'all. I mean, I knew Joe Strong, I knew Method Man, I knew RZA. The thing is that when you're living

like you guys are right now, sometimes you miss things that are going on around you because you're also in the business as well. So you can feel like you're part of it, but then you realize, no, I missed it because I wasn't experiencing it the same way. So if you're on a show, whether it's Cosby Show or Living Single, that type of thing, it's taking all of your energy and creative time and you're sort of catching things after the fact. So I found that coming into this arena, I learned more about the era I'm supposed to be from than when I was there, which is kind of bizarre

because it felt a little alien to me. But then I realized, no, I was there, but I just didn't experience it the same way that kids on the street, because I had a job. The dope thing about it, though, which I love about it, it was there was no social media back then, no internet service like that back then.

We didn't have access to that. Very little access to cell phones. So when you see it, I lived it, but I didn't live that part of it. So, like, when I'm watching it, I'm sitting there, and I thought Raekwon and Ghostface were best friends from the start. I'm like, they were brothers.

I'm like, they didn't use it. That's how I looked at them. But then when you watch it, you be like, they really almost killed each other. I'm like, that's crazy. How did you—I didn't see the rest of the second episode. How did you get them cool? And this is real life. Well, in all reality, it's like Stapleton and Park Hill just had this, I mean,

the beef was from guys older than me. And these are projects in Staten Island for people that's listening. And yet, you know, Staten Island is still an isolated island. One thing that Staten Island did, though, I would say, is that when we left Staten Island right and we go to Brooklyn or we go to sensations in Jersey we did fight together if you go to the square and you got some Staten Islanders in there even though we from all different hoods we always fought together regardless but then back on the rock it's like yeah it's all enemies you know I mean so but

more importantly you know there was a common, you know what I mean? So, but more importantly, you know, there was a common denominator, you know what I mean, between me and the Rule Brothers. And that common denominator is something that helped meld that energy, you know what I mean? And, you know, not to give spoilers, but as you go through the show, you'll see some of that common denominator evolve and answer some of the questions like, you know, because that's one of the challenges that, you know, that Ashton has to face as Bobby, you know. My favorite, you know, one of my favorite scenes is in episode two, which comes up next,

when he's confronted by Shaw. Shaw's not really calling yet, right? And he's just like, yo, Bobby, where's my gun, son? Like, yo, Bobby, where's my gun, son? Like, yo, you let that Stapleton eat my food? Like, you know, and that kind of energy of friendship and then being pulled between, you know, what's going on with your friends

and what's going on with your brother or what's going on in the streets, that dynamic, I mean, that dynamic was strong then, but even that dynamic finds itself in the equation these days. Yeah, because it could be business or personal. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And you never know. Like, you know, sometimes, you know, you know how it is. You may

come with, the one thing about, you know, about coming from the hood or I may have a guy with me that's tight with me, but he ain't tight with you. You know what I mean? Now you see him, it's like, yo, but me and you tight. You know what I'm saying? I might not even know that, yo, son, two years ago,

that ain't in my man's pocket or something. You know what I mean? So all that kind of energy exists. All right, well, we got more with the RZA, Erica Alexander, and Ashton Sanders when we come back. I mean, RZA's here, so let's do a Wu-Tang mix. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

That was a Wu-Tang mini mix. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We're still kicking it with RZA, Erica, Alexander, and Ashton Sanders. The Wu-Tang series is out now. Charlamagne? Well, this is a question for you and Erica. Did y'all take y'all era for granted?

Because the 90s was so rich. You know what I mean? With talent. Did y'all take it for granted? When you live in it, right? Well, no. I mean, I'll just say, to me, the 90s were also full of crack. Full of, you know, violence.

I mean, people talk about New York. I didn't go. I mean, I went out to the theater, would go to BAM, do the play, get back on the subway and go back home. I didn't hang out like people hung out. People were getting shot. I remember those times as being really difficult. And so I don't have the nostalgia like that. The music brings back like maybe what happened and the fact that people were so creative. But if you really want to talk about it, it was also a very turbulent time. And frankly, I've survived. I mean, it was like being in a war zone.

A lot of it was awful. Yeah, that's why I never understood the Cosby Show, because that was like gentrified Brooklyn in the 90s. It was like, where was the crime at on the Cosby Show in Brooklyn? The Cosby Show made us look up to something, though, especially here in New York. Because, like you said, we walked outside, you seen the little crack things all over the floor.

Your parents, you know, trying to sweep and say, don't touch them, and you seen the needles. So when you looked at the Cosby Show, it was like, wow. But it was two different Brooklyns. You heard Biggie rapping about one Brooklyn, and Cosby was showing you something else. But there was, but you go down to Park Slope back in those days, or you go back to some of the, there was streets in Brooklyn, like Spike Lee's block, you know what I mean?

That people, you know, Marcellus is living there, people that had it, you know, because I remember I met a chick over there. I went to her neighbor, I said, yo, what the hell? Ten blocks away, it was, I almost got robbed, you know what I mean? Now, yo crib, I could come out here, fresh kicks on. You know, she looked healthy like her parents already had good food. You know what I mean? So the Cosby show, like he said, was a good example for us. Inspiration. You know, for us, you know, in the womb,

now, we was in the middle of the grot, and at the end of the day, at some point, we was the problem. You know what I mean? So, but yeah, but to answer your question i felt like i i maybe i missed a lot of it just by being you know swimming in the water then i didn't see what was swimming beside me now what's the relationship with well i know it was rocky at times but it seemed like this could have got everybody together because it was so many different stories and reliving the 90s and reliving when y'all were young on that

grind what's the relationship now with everybody? I mean, the relationship is peace, you know. You know, it's a brotherhood, so it's always, you know, like you said, the up and down. I think more so than ever, though, I think, you know, at such a mature age now, everybody is just letting everybody live their lane, you know what I mean?

So I've been in hollywood for about 13 years now i mean i write movies yo i direct movies that's what i do it's like that's my craft and so and so that's my job is to tell that part of the story you know i mean where where other brothers could be into you know whether they're making songs or still you know jill did this this whole science show but he he loves science and mathematics, and he goes to the schools, and he go to colleges and do speeches. And you go up there, and you see Gilda telling us about they're trying to turn light into liquid. Right?

You seen this liquid science thing he does? No. Yo, you check this out, yo. Yo, yo, it's deep. It's like 12 episodes on science hosted by the Gilda on Netflix. And my son watched it, and he was picking up wisdom. I did not see that. because he could roll with it How did you fly you feel risen when you see people who may not understand the legacy behind the logo just wearing it for?

Style I think I think that's good a good thing. I think it's a good thing. I think um, you know It's a compliment in all reality Now, you know if you don't know what it means, you know, learn about it. And now that there's material you can learn from, whether, you know, you want to listen to the music, if the music ain't your flavor, you know, the Mikes and Men documentary gives you a great painting. And if that ain't your flavor, now you can turn to Hulu and get Wu-Tang and American Saga.

All right, now, but can you guys name all the members of Wu-Tang? Both of you. Can y'all name them now? RZA, GZA, Raekwon, Ghostface, ODB, Inspector, RZA, we just said RZA. F***ing Method Man. You got it. F***ing Method Man.

You got it. We just said Method Man. And there's another Master, Master. Master Killer. Master Killer. Hey, one more. One more, one more. Come on, you got him.

Damn, who the f*** is he? I don't know. He's Chino. That's a trick question, though, because growing up, Capadonna wasn't one of the original nine. He wasn't. You know what I'm saying?

Capadonna, no, he wasn't. That's kind of what... You got to start on that, kid. Yeah. Okay. But you know how you... Tell them how you remember it, because we all remember it from Method Man.

I knew you would ask that. Method Man song. Method Man. The intro to Method Man should help you at all stops do it right fast for me shall we man there is it

it's just a old dirty bastard inspect the deck you guard ghost face killer and no I miss Ray Kwan Ray Kwan

Ray Kwan that's the old way you just always remember it what's something y'all learned about the Wu-Tang I'm gonna lose my black card this is good this is the last question That's the old way. You just always remember it. What's something y'all learned about the Wu-Tang? I'm going to lose my black card. That's the last question.

What's something y'all learned about Wu-Tang after accepting this role? Man, again, dude, I just have so much f***ing respect for these dudes. I listen to people like MF Doom, who are some of my favorite rappers. Definitely influenced by Wu-Tang. Yeah, exactly. And I'm listening to people like MF Doom, you know, who are some of my favorite rappers. Definitely influenced by Wu-Tang. Yeah, exactly. You know, and, like, I'm listening to people like him and having no idea, like, the influence that he's had from, like, from somebody like RZA, you know, who's changed, like, production, music production in, like, so many ways. I think that shit is sick. I think that also we also learned that all the verbal rhetoric was masking very vulnerable young men

who were struggling and fighting for their lives and i think that you can see that overall in just an american society that here we are talking about you know these street poets again there they get to be these superheroes and then you go look at their lives, and they are in a diaspora, and they are not supported, and they are homeless, and they're fighting each other, and yet for what? And then suddenly something turns on their mind and says the most powerful thing they had was their imagination. You say that all the time.

And then when they started to put it to use, then they tapped into something much more powerful. And that's actually a relief because sometimes you could look at things like, why are all these people getting up in the world? And they seem to be doing all this stuff. Well, ultimately, the thing that was most power to them

and really at their fingertips was the fact that they could recreate themselves. And I'm glad I got a chance to see who they were. Yeah. That's dope. Well, appreciate you guys for joining us, man. Thank you. I look forward to seeing the whole series.

I love the first one I've seen. Well, thank you guys so much. Thank you so much. It's always good to be here. Ashton Sanders and Miss Erica Alexander. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club.

Hello. Good morning. Hi. Hello. Good morning. Who are you talking to? Everybody. Good morning. Hi. Hello. Good morning. Who are you talking to? Everybody. Oh.

You too. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Good morning to you. Top of the morning to you. Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Kevin Hart.

Listen up. It's just in. All the gossip. Gossip. The rumor report. Gossip. Angela Yee. It's the rumor report. The Rumor Report. With Angela Yee. It's the Rumor Report.

The Breakfast Club. Now, Kevin Hart has suffered three spinal fractures and is still in intense pain. They said the surgery was a success and he should be back to normal in a couple of months. Salute to Kevin Hart. God bless that brother. Sitting up, laid up somewhere, trying to recover from surgery. Meanwhile, on social media, they're accusing this man of being homophobic. Okay?

Because of the episode of The Shop we did on HBO. And it's just the irony. I keep saying this, but the irony of Kevin Hart being called homophobic when he's laying around with a broke back is just kind of crazy. Mm-mm-mm. Yeah. Now, The Rock said, when my son Kevin Hart goes down with an injury, his big daddy steps in. I don't like that.

I did leave my honeymoon early, and now me and Kelly are new best friends. I don't like that. He's supposed to be hosting the Kelly Clarkson show. He's supposed to be a guest. I feel like The Rock is side-shaming with that, okay? And as a fellow, you know. Little man. 5'9".

Short guy. 175, 80-pound guy. My son. I don't like this guy that's huge calling me his son, especially when I got kids and got my own sons. I mean, I don't personally, but Kev does. I have daughters. But for him to say that, it's just I don't like that.

Why are you calling me your son just because you're bigger than me? I'm a grown-ass man just like you're a grown-ass man. Okay, little man. Now, boxer Adrian Broner, he's sued for $573,000 by a New York jeweler. Now, they're saying that he borrowed some jewelry and then came back and borrowed some more jewelry and never brought it back. He allegedly owes $573,000 to Vladdy's Diamonds. Okay.

I don't care. Okay. I really didn't even care about that one. Marcellus Wiley says Colin Kaepernick's protest was wrong. If I had to vote Kaepernick did right or did wrong, I would vote wrong because I'm into resources. I'm into monetizing. He's done tremendous, 2 million that I know of and probably millions more.

But then I watched J.J. Watt. Different cause, different reason. But in the Lions, guess what he raised? $41.6 million on record. No, no, no, don't do me like that. Don't do me like that. I'm not going black and white. I'm just going. When he had everyone either loving him or loving to hate him, you got him.

You Floyd Mayweather. You Money Mayweather. That's why he's the highest paid athlete because he's either loving him or loving to hate him. Polarizing. Kaepernick had that. And he's winning every award and he's on everything. And then he gets silent. I mean, yes, I do want Colin Kaepernick to speak more because whether he wants to be or not, he's a leader.

He hasn't really spoke that much. Yeah, and leaders lead by action or through speaking. You know, his initial actions showed that he wanted to raise awareness to police brutality and, you know, social injustice. But now it seems like he just wants to play football, which is kind of confusing because he also seems to be anti-NFL because he gets upset with anyone who wants to work with the NFL. So I feel like Colin, I feel like Colin should be in the league and I feel like he should be a part of all these social justice initiatives that the NFL is implementing and he should be speaking. Well, he's still working out. He worked out with Odell yesterday. They did ransom routes and things like that.

That's just wild to me, though. It's just wild that you get upset at people for watching the NFL. You get upset at people for working with the NFL, but you want to be a quarterback in the NFL, and that's not confusing to anyone. Yeah, it is. That's not a big change. Especially since we haven't heard him talk about it.

I don't. That's just a little weird to Especially since we haven't heard him talk about it. I don't. That's just a little weird to me. I don't get it. All right. Well, that is your rumor report. All right. People's Choice mixes up next. Revolt, we'll see you tomorrow.

Everybody else, hit us up. Get your request in. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, let me shout out to 2 Chainz, Offset, Pusha T.

All their cars have been delivered. Pusha T, no, 2 Chainz' car came last night at 1 in the morning. His pink trap house car. I didn't know that it doesn't run. So we had to push that car last night at 1 in the morning up the hill, but we got it up there. So now my house looks like a huge parking lot because we actually start putting the cars in on Friday.

So shout out to everybody. The car show is this Saturday. It's going to be amazing. Hopefully you get your tickets. We're going to have a lot of fun this Saturday. Get your tickets now. Now we got to shout the cast of the Wu-Tang series that stopped through today.

That's right. Wu-Tang is on Hulu right now. Every Wednesday they have new episodes. We had the RZA up here. We had the queen, Erica Alexander. I absolutely love Erica Alexander. Absolutely. She's been up here a couple times.

She's been up here a few times. She's a light. Welcome anytime. What's the brother name? The young brother, Austin Sanders? Ashton Sanders. Ashton Sanders and Shameik Moore. He plays the RZA and Shameik Moore plays Ray Korn, the chef.

Correct. Yes. People feel like Shameik Moore needs a humbling. I don't have a problem with his confidence. But one thing about life, it will humble you. It will. It will. So he's in for a few more rude awakenings.

But, you know, it's good to have that confidence. Absolutely. Yeah. All right. When we come back, we got you positive. Oh, listen. Also, I'm going to be in Brooklyn tonight, man. Powerhouse.

At Powerhouse Arena, 28 Adams Street at 7 p.m. with Dr. Jessica Clemons. You know, my book, Shook One, Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me. The paperback came out this week. So, you know, paperback copies are on sale

and we'll be out there having a conversation about one of my favorite subjects, mental health, with one of my favorite people to talk about mental health with, Dr. Jessica Clemons. So I'll see you tonight

at 7 p.m. Powerhouse Arena, 28 Adams Street in Brooklyn, New York if you're in the New York, New Jersey area. All Dr. Jessica Clemons. So I'll see you tonight at 7pm Powerhouse Arena, 28 Adams Street in Brooklyn, New York if you're in the New York, New Jersey area. Alright, get there early. And when we come back, we got the positive notes. So don't move. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning everybody.

It's DJ Envy, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha Guy. We are The Breakfast Club. Now you got a positive note for the people? Yeah, I just want to give some people some positive affirmations that they can take with them on this fine Thursday. I just want you to know that you are allowed to take up space. Your past is not a reflection

of your future. You are smart enough to make your own decisions, and you are in control of how you react to others. And most importantly, tell yourself that I choose peace. Peace. 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

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