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Speaker 1:
[00:03] Program your alarm to Power 105.1 on iHeartRadio.

Speaker 2:
[00:37] It was a couple of games last night, it was playoff games. Cavaliers won last night, the Timberwolves, and the Knicks were up by 12 with like eight minutes left.

Speaker 3:
[00:45] Oh yeah, the Knicks just collapsed.

Speaker 2:
[00:46] Oh, they lost. What did they?

Speaker 3:
[00:48] Salute to ATL, salute to Atlanta. I mean, the Knicks just completely collapsed.

Speaker 2:
[00:51] Collapsed horribly. It was bad.

Speaker 4:
[00:53] Was it a good game, though?

Speaker 2:
[00:54] No, we lost.

Speaker 4:
[00:55] I know, but y'all lost in the last eight minutes, y'all. You said, I'm saying, before that, was it a good game?

Speaker 1:
[01:00] We was up by 12, it was a good game.

Speaker 2:
[01:02] It was a good game. I'm just mad that we lost.

Speaker 3:
[01:03] Atlanta won, dropping the Clues Bombs for Atlanta.

Speaker 2:
[01:05] Why?

Speaker 3:
[01:06] I don't have no dog in this fight. All right, so Atlanta won, we're on the radio in Atlanta.

Speaker 4:
[01:11] You don't have a baseball?

Speaker 3:
[01:12] And we'll be in Atlanta this Saturday for the Black Effect Podcast Festival. All right.

Speaker 4:
[01:15] You don't have a favorite basketball team, John?

Speaker 3:
[01:17] No. I grew up rooting for the Hornets a little bit, but no, I've always liked individual players. I don't like teams and basketball.

Speaker 2:
[01:25] So do the New York Nats.

Speaker 3:
[01:25] Except for Lady Gamecocks in South Carolina. But professional, no.

Speaker 2:
[01:30] We lost one. We'll be back, though. All right. That's what's up.

Speaker 3:
[01:33] I mean, I ain't got no choice but to be back. This is game three. Game three. That doesn't mean y'all gonna win.

Speaker 2:
[01:36] We gonna win. We winning.

Speaker 3:
[01:37] It's gonna be in Atlanta at State Farm's Arena. That's all right.

Speaker 2:
[01:39] We'll win that one. All right.

Speaker 4:
[01:40] Well, you lost it. You lost your ring and you got it.

Speaker 2:
[01:42] Yeah, I found it back. I rubbed it in my face. I found my ring.

Speaker 3:
[01:45] Somebody got a ring because the Knicks won't get one.

Speaker 2:
[01:47] Yo, shut up.

Speaker 3:
[01:49] Because the Knicks ain't getting one. It's good that you found yours.

Speaker 2:
[01:52] All right. So good. Let's get the show cracking. Donnell Rawlings will be joining us.

Speaker 3:
[01:55] Never heard of him.

Speaker 2:
[01:57] Never heard of him. He's performing at the City Widering. No? On the 24th and 25th?

Speaker 5:
[02:02] No?

Speaker 4:
[02:02] Yes. He got four shows this weekend.

Speaker 2:
[02:03] Four shows this weekend.

Speaker 4:
[02:04] Seven and nine on both nights.

Speaker 5:
[02:05] That's right.

Speaker 2:
[02:06] So we'll be chopping it up with Donnell Rawlings. They're definitely not sold out.

Speaker 4:
[02:09] They are.

Speaker 2:
[02:10] No?

Speaker 4:
[02:11] They are.

Speaker 2:
[02:12] Gary Owens would have sold out fast.

Speaker 4:
[02:13] I know. He would have sold out months ago.

Speaker 2:
[02:15] But stop.

Speaker 4:
[02:15] Just leave it alone.

Speaker 2:
[02:16] All right. Well, we'll be kicking it with Donnell Rawlings. We got front page news when we come back, guys. So don't go anywhere. A lot to break down. Where's OVO? I don't know. He's hyped about Drake.

Speaker 4:
[02:24] You see him today?

Speaker 3:
[02:25] I love Kalani. But do we got to start the show with Kalani?

Speaker 6:
[02:27] We ain't got nothing.

Speaker 4:
[02:28] OVO is on the first flight to Toronto.

Speaker 3:
[02:30] Nothing from Atlanta. Atlanta won last night.

Speaker 2:
[02:33] How about Drake? Because Drake-

Speaker 4:
[02:35] I be on it all night, man. I be on it. We ain't got it.

Speaker 3:
[02:38] Kryptonite. I like that. But let's see if we got Kryptonite in there. We definitely, Drake, there's going to be enough Drake played when Iceman dropped, I'm sure. Okay. Unless the radio is in on it too, and the radio-

Speaker 7:
[02:49] The radio decides how to play Drake. Yeah, Kryptonite.

Speaker 3:
[02:51] He did name the radio stations in the lawsuits.

Speaker 2:
[02:53] KR, and he spoke Kryptonite with a K. KR, no? You got it?

Speaker 8:
[02:56] Kryptonite not in there.

Speaker 3:
[02:58] Pull up TI and let them know. Because I got to set the tone. I got to start the show right. I love Kalani. Kalani going to play four more times before the day. There you go. Drop on the cruise bomb, TI man. Salute to Atlanta. We'll see you Saturday at the fourth annual Black Effect Podcast Festival. Congratulations on your win last night against the Knicks.

Speaker 2:
[03:16] Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Like we said earlier, if you're just joining us in some quick sports, the Knicks lost last night. The Hawks beat them 107-106 after being up by 12 with like 10 minutes left. But we'll be back game three. Cavaliers beat the Raptors 115-105 and the Timberwolves beat the Nuggets 119-114.

Speaker 3:
[03:38] Salute to everybody who listens to us on 96.1 to beat in Atlanta, man.

Speaker 2:
[03:41] All right.

Speaker 3:
[03:42] They're happy this morning.

Speaker 2:
[03:43] I said it three times. Okay.

Speaker 3:
[03:45] Don't get mad at me because your nicks lost.

Speaker 2:
[03:46] Hello, Mimi.

Speaker 9:
[03:48] Good morning, Envy, Jess, Charlamagne. How y'all doing this morning?

Speaker 3:
[03:51] Peace, Mimi Brown.

Speaker 2:
[03:52] What's your team of preference in Alaska, Mimi? I'm just…

Speaker 4:
[03:54] They do not have a team. They have hockey.

Speaker 9:
[03:56] We don't have a team. I know. But the Seahawks.

Speaker 4:
[03:59] Oh, the Seahawks. Oh, that's close to Alaska?

Speaker 9:
[04:04] Seattle's like basically our next neighbor.

Speaker 2:
[04:07] The Supersonics.

Speaker 9:
[04:08] Supersonics. There you go. We're talking NBA, not football.

Speaker 2:
[04:12] Yeah, football, Seahawks, yeah.

Speaker 9:
[04:14] Why are you looking at me? Okay.

Speaker 2:
[04:16] Because she said Seahawks. I'm like, that's a football team.

Speaker 9:
[04:18] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 2:
[04:18] All right. Go ahead.

Speaker 9:
[04:20] That's okay. That's okay. All right. So we start this morning in Virginia where voters, they are headed to the polls this morning in a decision that could affect control of Congress. So on the ballot, whether to redraw congressional maps now instead of waiting for the next census cycle. So if voters say yes, it could help Democrats win more seats in the House as control of Congress. It hangs in the balance. And this isn't just about Virginia Democrats. They're also looking at new maps to counter potential Republican gains in states like Texas and Missouri, where mid-cycle redistricting could give GOP more pickup opportunities. And ahead of today's vote, President Obama is making one final pitch to voters in the state. Let's listen.

Speaker 10:
[05:02] By voting yes, you have a chance to do something important. Not just for the Commonwealth, but for our entire country. By voting yes, you can push back against the Republicans trying to give themselves an unfair advantage in the midterms. By voting yes, you can take a temporary step to level the playing field.

Speaker 9:
[05:23] Well, on the other side of that, President Trump is making his last-minute push, urging Virginians to vote no. Speaking on a call with House Speaker Mike Johnson, Trump called the measure a, quote, power grab, warning that it could give Democrats a major advantage in Congress. And one thing to note this morning, even if voters do approve this, it may not be the final word. The state Supreme Court in Virginia, they are already reviewing this plan, meaning that today's results could still be challenged. And of course, the stakes are high. I think each side spent about $100 million into this fight, making this one of the biggest political battles in the state right now. So something to watch there. And as we watch that play out, the United States Justice Department is now suing 29 states and Washington, DC over voter record. So the federal government is demanding access to voter rolls, election data. We've been talking about this, including some actual ballots. So in Michigan, this includes a request for nearly 865,000 actual ballots from Detroit's 2024 election. State officials say there's no widespread evidence of fraud there, and they're claiming this is just a phishing expedition. They're also warning that if they turn over any of these ballots, it could be disruptive, especially with another election coming up. But the administration says this is all about election integrity and making sure that voters are listed accurately and are only eligible voters are voting. Let's listen to Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon.

Speaker 8:
[06:53] I've requested the voter rolls from all states in the District of Columbia. About a third of the states have voluntarily complied with us or reached settlements with us. I'm suing 29 states and the District of Columbia for their refusal to give us the voter rolls to which the Attorney General or the Acting Attorney General is entitled under the Civil Rights Act of 1960. We're doing that to make sure that states are in compliance. And guess what? States are not in compliance, even those ones who want to. And we've referred approximately 25,000 people with no citizenship records to Homeland Security to look at, dig into that further and see the extent to which people voted.

Speaker 9:
[07:37] And so that's what they're looking for. They're looking for to see if actual citizens are voting. And voter rights groups are pointing out that that's less than 1%. So if you have 60 million voters and you have 25,000 who may have voted because their citizenship was questionable at the time, that's less than 1% and they are also calling it a phishing expedition.

Speaker 3:
[07:59] And it shouldn't be federal overreach for state elections, right?

Speaker 9:
[08:03] Well there shouldn't be. There shouldn't be. But that's what we have. And some red states, though, are voluntarily turning over their voter roles. And so I think that's what she was speaking to. And some of the other states that she's suing are not. They're fighting back and saying, you know, this is controlled by the state and we want to keep it that way. And turning now to another legal showdown, this one involving the FBI director. So Cash Patel, he is suing the Atlantic for $250 million, accusing the magazine of publishing false and damaging claims about him. So the lawsuit was just filed yesterday. He calls the report a defamatory hit piece. And at the center of it, there's an article alleging that Patel drinks excessively and he has unexplained absences from work. And at one point he believed that he had been fired and basically crashed out after being locked out of an FBI system. He's calling the story a lie and he's vowing to fight it in court. This is him earlier this week on Fox News.

Speaker 11:
[09:00] We have to fight back against the fake news. It's one of the many things that President Trump is so successful at in leading out on because no one is attacked as baselessly as he is and as much as he is. And our leaders that get attacked under his brilliant leadership must do the same. And I won't tolerate their attacks on me because they are indirect attacks on the men and women of the FBI that we've cleaned up. And this historic, prolific year of crime reduction across the board, and if the fake news mafia wants to ring their drumbeats as loud as they can, they're never going to stop me from completing the mission that President Trump asked me to do, which is safeguarding America, and we're doing it better than ever before.

Speaker 3:
[09:37] Now, I've been following this case all weekend because defamation suits are always so interesting because it's hard for public figures to sue for defamation. When I heard the Atlantic say they are standing by the reporting, I wonder how they can be so sure what they are saying is true. What makes them stand by their report?

Speaker 9:
[10:00] They talked to current and former officials which claim that he has been unreachable in critical moments and there were concerns raised internally that have impacted FBI operations and decision-making. They apparently have been talking to people inside the FBI, and they are standing by their sources and their witnesses' account of him being visibly intoxicated at times.

Speaker 2:
[10:20] I was going to say, how do you say somebody is drunk and been drinking a lot? You would have to have that have to be documented.

Speaker 3:
[10:25] Yeah, I'm not saying it's not true. I'm just saying when somebody makes a definitive stand and says, I'm standing by my reporting, how do you know what you've been told is true?

Speaker 9:
[10:34] Yeah, well, they said they have multiple sources in different settings, so much so even when I talked about that crash out, they said that he went absolutely crazy. It happened to be like a clerical error, like a glitch. They were updating the computers, but he crashed out, said he was going to turn on Trump and all these other things. So apparently, a lot of people have been concerned enough that it has raised national security concerns among officials with his public intoxication. That's what they're saying.

Speaker 4:
[11:03] $250 million is crazy. That's a lot of money, a lot of money.

Speaker 3:
[11:08] They said there was a login glitch and he thought he was fired. That's so hilarious to me because that happens all the time at this building. People will walk in and their card won't work for some reason. They're like, oh my God, it's a day to day?

Speaker 9:
[11:22] All right. That's when they say he crashed out. So we'll continue to watch that lawsuit and see where that goes. Coming up at seven, billions of dollars are being paid from tariffs. But the big question is, will that affect you? Will you get any of that money back? We're going to talk about it in the next hour.

Speaker 2:
[11:36] All right. Everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-105-1 is The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Speaker 1:
[11:45] 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 block.

Speaker 2:
[11:51] Hello, who's this?

Speaker 12:
[11:53] You. What's up, y'all?

Speaker 2:
[11:54] What's up, Trev?

Speaker 4:
[11:55] Good morning, Trev.

Speaker 12:
[11:56] Dad, chilling, chilling. Jess.

Speaker 4:
[11:58] Yes, boo.

Speaker 12:
[11:59] I watched From yesterday.

Speaker 4:
[12:01] Oh, my God. The first episode, yes.

Speaker 12:
[12:03] All I'm going to say is, like, when the season ended last season, I was left with questions. And now they introduced a new storyline that made me have more questions.

Speaker 4:
[12:11] Right. I got more questions, too. You know, we got to see it through because this is our show. But, like, I'm a little it's a horror series called From on MGM Plus. And it's good. It's been a long time. It's like three seasons. Now we on we on season four. We had to we had to wait a year to get it. Oh, what? Two years, right? What was it? No one? Yeah, two years. Yeah, like two years. They get it.

Speaker 12:
[12:32] Yeah.

Speaker 4:
[12:32] But I know Boyd Boyd is going through it, yo. I know he is just as confused as we are.

Speaker 12:
[12:37] They definitely going through it. But let me just say to y'all real quick, right? I'm going to rub a little bit of feathers this morning. Probably right. God has done a lot of things in my life, right? He has worked miracles. He has done some miraculous things in my life. And I saw this podcast of this gay boy in there saying that God delivered him from being gay. God is not delivering you from being gay. He is not worried about you being gay. He ain't stopping you from being gay. All you doing is suppressing your feelings. You will always like men. Have you seen the men out here? Jess, Star, have you seen the men out here?

Speaker 3:
[13:13] Why are you mad at that man if he changed his diet? That man don't want to eat meat no more. He don't got to eat meat no more?

Speaker 12:
[13:18] Listen, God is not delivering nobody.

Speaker 4:
[13:21] You don't think so?

Speaker 3:
[13:22] He got a bigger chance for his faith. But you can't say that, Trav. You can't. God's ministry for him might be different than it is for you.

Speaker 12:
[13:30] He got a bigger chance for his faith to be worried about the meat he eat.

Speaker 2:
[13:34] If you just keep eating that meat, Trav, don't worry about other people's meat.

Speaker 3:
[13:37] And let that man live in his faith the way he want to live in his faith.

Speaker 12:
[13:40] He's still gay, y'all. Don't let none of these churchwomen marry him. He's still gay.

Speaker 4:
[13:45] Well, look, how about you... If you can prove it and not believe it, you should test it. You should jump in his DM and see if he's a blage.

Speaker 12:
[13:52] Nah, he's one of the church queens. I don't do church queens.

Speaker 4:
[13:55] Oh, you don't do the church queens.

Speaker 3:
[13:56] I just don't understand how Trav... I don't understand how Trav can say God has worked so many different ways in his life, but then tell somebody else how God is working in it.

Speaker 12:
[14:04] He stopped you from being gay and he ain't going to.

Speaker 3:
[14:07] Let that man believe what he want to believe.

Speaker 2:
[14:09] Bye, Trav.

Speaker 3:
[14:11] Bye. Why do you sound like the devil this morning?

Speaker 2:
[14:13] Get it off your chest, 800-585-1051. If you need to hit us up now, it's The Breakfast Club.

Speaker 1:
[14:18] Good morning. This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on The Breakfast Club.

Speaker 2:
[14:33] Hello, who's this?

Speaker 12:
[14:34] Hey, this is Mark Garrett, man. From 334 in the house, man. The Truth Tank on all social media platforms. What's up, Mark?

Speaker 3:
[14:42] How you doing, player?

Speaker 12:
[14:43] What's happening? Man, I'm doing good, man. Listen, I've been going to your park. I asked for a $6.56. Forget it, man.

Speaker 3:
[14:51] Man, thank you, man.

Speaker 12:
[14:51] And my wife, we love it. Listen, it's around our anniversary. It's our fifth year anniversary this year, man. But I can't never get the tickets to the meet and greet and sell out faster than Jay-Z ticket, man.

Speaker 3:
[15:03] I don't understand it either. The meet and greets sell out faster than everything, every time. But it's all good.

Speaker 12:
[15:09] I tell you, man, I'm just trying to get some, man. I wouldn't mind meeting you. I got your books on Audible. Envy, I'm going to download yours. Okay. And Jess, I'm waiting on yours, man. I appreciate y'all.

Speaker 3:
[15:21] I'm going to make sure I find you this Saturday, man. You said you're from the 334. That's Alabama, right?

Speaker 12:
[15:26] Yeah, that's Alabama, man. Yeah, Auburn, Alabama.

Speaker 2:
[15:30] You can find him from his voice.

Speaker 12:
[15:31] Atlanta ain't nothing but a hot one and a hat.

Speaker 3:
[15:33] Mark, I'm going to make sure I find you Saturday, man. You know, I'm going to be walking around, man. I'm going to make sure I find you, brother.

Speaker 12:
[15:39] Okay, that's cool, man, because my wife is in mental health. She's getting ready to take a licensure in June, and she's an APAC counselor. And, man, I'm just so proud of her, man. She got her master's. She's finna get ready to get her doctorate. Shout out to Fantasia Brown, Gary, man. I love you, girl. I'm married to a future doctor.

Speaker 3:
[15:57] That's right. We need more black mental health professionals. So I'm glad she's getting her license in June, man. And I'll see y'all this Saturday at the Black Effect Podcast Festival. And ATL, shorty, make sure you go get your tickets, blackeffect.com/podcastfestival right now.

Speaker 13:
[16:10] Hello.

Speaker 2:
[16:10] Who's this?

Speaker 13:
[16:11] Hi, it's Shanaeja.

Speaker 2:
[16:13] Hey, Shanaeja. Get it off your chest.

Speaker 13:
[16:15] So I called in last week for my birthday, and you guys were telling me happy birthday. And then I saw Jess at the concert on Saturday, and she saw me too. My friend was like, it's her birthday, and she wants the picture. And Jess was like, happy birthday. I'm too busy, bye. Wow.

Speaker 4:
[16:29] I did not say happy birthday. I'm too busy, bye.

Speaker 3:
[16:31] That's not like her. You wouldn't even take a picture for her birthday if you didn't like her.

Speaker 4:
[16:37] I had to go. I remember exactly who she is. Tyrese. That was when Tyrese was like, if you're a day one Tyrese fan, everybody run up to the front. You can literally see the stampede of people. Me and my husband got the hell up out of there. Happy birthday. But I cannot take a picture right now. I did not say I'm too busy, bye. I was not trying to get trampled.

Speaker 13:
[16:54] You look real good. You look like a trampled baby.

Speaker 14:
[16:57] You were taking a nice little video. You were looking good, girl.

Speaker 4:
[16:59] Thank you, baby. But happy birthday. I'm glad that you came and enjoyed the show.

Speaker 14:
[17:04] Thank you.

Speaker 13:
[17:04] Thank you. It was good seeing you.

Speaker 4:
[17:06] Good seeing you. Damn, Jess. Nah, yo. Tyrese, he's just like a badass kid. He like, all right, bye. All right, bye. Come up to the front right now. They're wrapping me up. But tell them, leave Tyrese alone. And everybody was saying it. Like, yo, he had grown ass men running up there, stiff arming bitches, like everything. Them girls was grabbing them flowers out there, out of his hands and all that. It was a lot. I had to leave.

Speaker 2:
[17:29] Well, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We got the latest from Lauren coming up. What we took on, Lauren?

Speaker 15:
[17:34] Yes, we are so close to having a release date for Iceman. But boy, do we have to do a lot to get it. We're going to talk about it. The people that have been waiting for Iceman.

Speaker 3:
[17:45] You one of them?

Speaker 15:
[17:46] Yeah, I want to hear it.

Speaker 3:
[17:47] You want to hear it? Well, take your ass to Toronto and go chop up that ice.

Speaker 15:
[17:50] Stop talking so much. We're going to talk about it.

Speaker 3:
[17:51] Go there with the ice picking a hot cold.

Speaker 15:
[17:52] You don't want to hear Iceman?

Speaker 3:
[17:54] I don't care.

Speaker 4:
[17:55] We are all. We are right there.

Speaker 15:
[17:59] Envy, you woke up this morning excited.

Speaker 2:
[18:01] I didn't wake up excited, but I do want to hear it. I do want to hear Iceman. I'm not flying to Toronto, though. But we'll talk about it when we come back.

Speaker 4:
[18:07] All of this day he's doing is making me want to hear it. I'm like, all right, there's got to be some fire. He ready to drop some ice.

Speaker 2:
[18:14] We'll get to that next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Speaker 15:
[18:24] I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everything.

Speaker 4:
[18:28] The little brown girls look at you and go, I want to be like you.

Speaker 1:
[18:34] The latest with Lauren O'Rourke. On The Breakfast Club. Hello, Kobe. Talk to me.

Speaker 15:
[18:41] All righty, y'all. So Drake has been teasing us with the Iceman album for over a year now at this point. But he's finally given the fans with it, right? It doesn't feel like a year. It feels like longer than that. But he's finally given the fans what they want, kind of. So yesterday, Drake posted a photo to his Instagram of him standing in front of a bunch of ice blocks. Remember, I told you guys that there was this like ice block scene in downtown Toronto that was a video shoot was happening at and Drake was seen there. So literally, that photo is him on that set. And in the caption, he says, release date inside. And then he put the address, 81 Bond Street, downtown Toronto. So this is the parking lot of the Bond Hotel in the middle of the downtown. So of course, fans flocked.

Speaker 2:
[19:21] I think it's genius.

Speaker 15:
[19:22] Oh my God. When I say you got the streamers out there, you got just fans who are excited. People were probably confused and don't know why they're by standing on top of these ice blocks. But there were signs out there that said that it was not safe for you to be touching the ice and, you know, cause it can melt or whatever, anytime, whatever. But people were out there doing it anyway. I saw videos of people like trying to start fires on top of the ice. They have flamethrowers. They have sledgehammers, you know, they're literally trying to, cause within, yeah, within the ice block is the release date. So people are trying to get to the release date.

Speaker 4:
[19:51] Oh, that's so cool.

Speaker 2:
[19:54] It gives the promo that he needs. And I heard allegedly Drake's security is going crazy because people are on ice. They can slip, fall, hurt themselves.

Speaker 4:
[20:02] Oh yeah.

Speaker 2:
[20:02] And that could be possibly.

Speaker 3:
[20:03] I'm sure you're not liable for that. What do you mean? I doubt it.

Speaker 15:
[20:06] I saw signs, I saw signs out there that were warning people to like not get close and not get on the ice and stuff like that. And people were doing it anyways. I don't know what he would be liable for. But I thought it was smart too, because you bring people. I was literally like causing the commotion that a rollout is supposed to cause, right?

Speaker 3:
[20:22] It's definitely good promo. And also, it's a rollout.

Speaker 4:
[20:25] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[20:26] People don't do rollouts anymore. They don't do promo anymore. They don't do stunts anymore. So it's good.

Speaker 4:
[20:31] Yeah. Did they end up breaking it down?

Speaker 15:
[20:33] It's a lot of ice. You're not going to get through a lot.

Speaker 2:
[20:36] They're going to break it down to Friday.

Speaker 15:
[20:37] They're going to be there for some time. There have been reports. I saw Complex, the report, trying to figure out when the ice will break. And according to Chat GPT and Complex, they're looking at six to ten days. They're basing it off of the weather in Toronto, how desperate people are to get through it. So within that time, hopefully, if it's even like what if they go through all this and it's not even really there?

Speaker 2:
[20:56] Now, I will.

Speaker 15:
[20:56] And this is just the tease.

Speaker 2:
[20:57] Our official Drake Glazer is saying that he's thinking that it should be noted by Drake Lover, OEOD writer.

Speaker 3:
[21:04] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[21:05] He's saying by Friday, he said he was going to go there and go, like, breathe on it to get it.

Speaker 3:
[21:10] He want to suck on Drake any way he can. Any way he can open his mouth and blow on Drake, he down to do it. That is what that sounded like. If you said that, Eli, I should come in and slap you.

Speaker 15:
[21:19] Yeah. And there were also photos of Drake and his son Adonis. They were shooting another music video and Adonis is supposed to, it's rumored to be in that music video. There was like a video of him sitting in like a Toronto police car or a photo of him sitting in a police car. So Iceman is on the way. We just don't know the date yet, but we're almost there once they get through all those blocks of ice. Yeah, so in other news, the celebrities were out last night. So there were a few movie premieres that went down. So over in LA, I'm sorry, here in New York, you had the Devil Wears Potter premiere that went down, which we're always excited to see the cast together.

Speaker 4:
[21:52] Did you go?

Speaker 15:
[21:52] I did not go.

Speaker 4:
[21:53] You were talking about going.

Speaker 15:
[21:55] I'm going to go see the movie for sure, but I didn't go to the premiere last night. But Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Heidi Klum, Winnie Harlow on the carpet as well, too. I think people were just always excited to see them together.

Speaker 2:
[22:07] People are super excited about that movie, huh?

Speaker 15:
[22:09] Yes.

Speaker 13:
[22:09] What do you mean?

Speaker 4:
[22:11] Your wife don't like the first one?

Speaker 2:
[22:12] I mean, she did, but she wasn't talking about it like these women are like that.

Speaker 15:
[22:17] I asked you if I could do a watch party for it at American Dream. Remember, I was like, you're on the movie. That's because we're excited.

Speaker 3:
[22:24] What was the first Devil Wears Prada about?

Speaker 15:
[22:26] The first Devil Wears Prada was about Anne Hathaway going and working for Meryl Streep. It's about working in fashion. So you go work at this magazine and you think it's all glamorous, and then you go through AT double hockey sticks because your boss is crazy. You can say hell. Okay. You go through hell because your boss is crazy, and you're just trying to figure it out. But eventually, she becomes the girl that couldn't figure it out to the girl that is dominating the industry and she becomes Meryl Streep like her lifeline.

Speaker 3:
[22:48] What's so relatable about it though? Because I mean, there's no black women in the case.

Speaker 15:
[22:50] I worked in fashion forever. So when I moved to New York-

Speaker 3:
[22:53] In Bel-O-Well?

Speaker 15:
[22:53] No. I did a project with all stars in the second season. Check IMDb. I was in the industry and really trying to- At one point, you try to emulate what you see in these movies. So you do think going into magazines is going to be amazing. I worked at the Cosmo Fashion Closet, and it was giving the worst product. You have your editor-in-chief who gives Meryl Streep. You have the fashion editors who give a lot of the other people in the movie. I think it's just a feel-good fashion film. Girls love to get dressed up. That's it.

Speaker 4:
[23:24] The girls love Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep.

Speaker 15:
[23:27] Yes. But in other news, over in LA., talking about fairy tales, the Michael Jackson premiere went down. I was watching both premieres. When I tell you, it wasn't a lot of celebrities. There were people and names, of course, and celebrities at the Devil Wears Prada one. But Michael Jackson's premiere took over the timeline. I'm just going to list some of the celebrities that were there. I do have some photos of the people who actually dressed up. You had Bobby Brown and his wife. She was dressed up in the MJ theme. You had Usher, who wore the socks. He didn't do the full situation but he did the socks with the shoes. You had Smokey Robinson and his wife, Martin Lawrence, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Allen Iverson, who pulled up with a Michael Jackson t-shirt on, Tyrese Wallet. Wallet was in full MJ attire. He even did the poses on the carpet. There were so many people there but one of the things that we learned on the carpet, remember there had been rumors that like Janet Jackson might not be participating in the movie whatsoever, right? Latoya Jackson was talking about how amazing the movie is and talking about the fact that Janet isn't a part of it. Let's take a listen.

Speaker 16:
[24:32] What did you think when they came to you and said we want to do a biopic about Michael?

Speaker 17:
[24:36] I said this is wonderful. Just make sure it's true to life. And it was good. It was great. And it is. I have to tell you that Jafar was absolutely fabulous. I'm sure you've seen the movie and you know how wonderful he is, how we all forget and think that we're watching Mike. And it's like, oh, I forgot this is Jafar. So he really delivered. He did a fabulous job.

Speaker 16:
[24:59] Have you started consulting on the sequel or the third movie?

Speaker 17:
[25:02] I'm not sure if there's going to be a sequel. That's up to the producers.

Speaker 9:
[25:06] I hear there might be.

Speaker 17:
[25:07] We don't know. So, no, I haven't been in contact yet.

Speaker 16:
[25:10] So did you miss not having jatted in the movie?

Speaker 17:
[25:13] I was trying to convince her.

Speaker 16:
[25:15] You try to convince her and say, let's do it.

Speaker 17:
[25:17] Well, she was asked and she kindly declined. So you have to respect your wishes.

Speaker 15:
[25:24] Yeah. And a lot of people are talking about how, like, when they went to see the movie at the premieres, like it doesn't even feel like you're watching a movie because Jafar is so good. It feels like you're just watching a Michael Jackson concert. Like so many people are saying that. Candy Burz was, she attended a private screening that Missy Elliott did. Lionsgate did a whole movie theater run out for Missy. Candy Burz went and she said the same thing. Let's take a listen.

Speaker 18:
[25:47] Missy did a day where she invited her family and friends to do a private movie screening of the Michael Jackson movie. I felt like I was at a concert the whole time. The movie was amazing. Even my son Ace, he was watching it and he was like, Mom, I want to be like Michael Jackson when I get older. Like the music, the performance, the way that the crowd was going for it. I guess, you know, Ace was super impressed. But the thing that I thought was so cool was, I believe it's Michael Jackson's nephew who plays him in this movie. And when I tell you he deserves an award because I thought, and not that I thought, I knew it wasn't him, but I felt like I was watching Michael Jackson. That's how good he was. It was wonderful.

Speaker 3:
[26:33] I can't wait to see it. Because I just want to know if they capture the magnitude of Michael Jackson. Because if you didn't live it, you have no idea that Michael Jackson was the most famous person of all time. Like Michael Jackson, I can't even describe the level of celebrity that Michael Jackson was. Like we have never seen anything like that.

Speaker 4:
[26:53] And we will never see it again.

Speaker 3:
[26:55] We will probably never see it ever again.

Speaker 2:
[26:57] Lauren calls me this morning, like now I see what y'all unks be talking about when you're saying Michael Jackson is so big.

Speaker 15:
[27:02] Like no, I didn't say so big because I know Michael Jackson is big. No that's not what I said. He tried to play me on the phone. I said I understand the impact of his celebrity now.

Speaker 2:
[27:11] Morning everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get back to some front page news. Last night in sports, horrible night for my New York Knicks fans, man. We were up 12 in like 9 minutes, 10 minutes left and we lost, lost by one. The Hawks beat the Knicks last night, 107-106.

Speaker 3:
[27:28] What's good to everybody who listens to us on 96.1, the beat in Atlanta. They're happy this morning. Okay, could you be happy for some of our listeners and stop thinking about yourself all the damn time?

Speaker 2:
[27:35] Don't do that. The Cavaliers beat the Raptors, 115-105 and the Timberwolves beat the Nuggets, 119-114. What's up, Mimi?

Speaker 9:
[27:43] Good morning, Envy, Jess, Charlamagne, how y'all doing this morning? Good morning. All right, so we start this hour with billions of dollars on the line and whether any of it could make its way back to you. So two months ago, the Supreme Court of the United States, they ruled that the Trump administration illegally imposed those tariffs after collecting about $166 million dollars, or billion dollars, excuse me. Now the government is being forced to pay that money back and to do so, US. Customs and Border Protections, they've launched a new refund portal allowing importers to apply and get that money back with interest. But the reality is not everyone qualified. So if you're a small business, you could still be left out, especially if those tariff costs were passed down through suppliers. Here's one small business owner breaking down how this is hitting her small business.

Speaker 19:
[28:32] I started to calculate it and I'm up over $30,000 at this time. My tariffs were passed through to me by the actual importers. Of course, if one reads the rules of how to get a refund, you have to be an importer of record. You have to demonstrate that you actually brought a product into the United States.

Speaker 3:
[28:54] When they say paying back billions, trust and believe, they're not talking about anyone who actually needs it.

Speaker 2:
[28:59] Yeah, because at first I was thinking, what if you just buy goods? If you buy goods and they put tariffs on it, can you get the money from that too, right? For people that's buying a car or if they're on sheen or whatever the tariffs that shot up, can they get that money back? But you're saying no.

Speaker 9:
[29:11] No, you can't. Experts say that only bigger companies, like maybe those vendors, will benefit the most. But even those people will still be waiting six to nine months to see that money. Right now, more than 56,000 importers, they've already started the process. But again, for everyday people, if you paid higher prices, like most of us, we paid higher prices for goods, we are not expected to get our money back. Although some companies like UPS, Costco, they say they do plan to issue refunds to customers who paid those extra costs. But not all companies are making that pledge. And so some consumers, some customers, are already suing companies to try and get those refunds.

Speaker 3:
[29:50] Yeah, I don't even know why they're even spending it like that. The government is starting to pay back billions and you think that's going in people's pockets. No, that's going to retailers. Like Walmart is getting 10.2 billion, Target is getting 2.2 billion, Nike is getting a billion dollars back, Kohl's is getting a refund, the Gap, Macy's. You not, Jamal, are you Tonya, okay?

Speaker 2:
[30:13] But, will those places that you named, Nike or Target or Walmart, will they be reducing their prices back because they got that money back?

Speaker 3:
[30:20] No, for what?

Speaker 9:
[30:22] That's the right thing to do. Thank you. That's the right thing to do. That is the right thing to do. But a lot of companies say that they can't make that, they can't say at the time if they're going to do that, which clearly means no. But think about, you know, small businesses, people who are just, you know, mom and pop shops, they're not going to get their money back either. So it's just, it's a mess, right? But remember, last week, we were talking about fees, we were talking about, you know, when we check out, like, I think we were specifically talking about Live Nation and Ticketmaster and all the fees that were added on to that, right? So, well, now there's another development with that, and this one could mean money back for some consumers. So Live Nation, they are paying 10 million to settle claims that it misled fans about those tickets. So if you've ever clicked on a ticket thinking it was one price only to see it jump at checkout, that's exactly what this case is about. So investigators say for years, the full cost wasn't shown up front, with added fees popping up at the very end, making it harder to, you know, stick to your budget or whatever you, money you had planned to spend. So they say that the company, they also use pressure tactics. So you've seen those countdown clocks at the end, meaning, you know, hurry up and make your purchase or get out. They said that those were intimidation tactics used to rush people into buying. And so now $8.9 million could go back to customers, and this is only in the Washington DC area where the case was filed with details on how to claim that money coming soon. But moving forward, Live Nation says it will now start showing the full price, including fees earlier in the process, a change that is going to affect ticket buyers nationwide. So if you're in DC, perhaps you have a little bit of money coming back. And speaking of costs at checkout, here's something that a lot of people are talking about this morning, the change in tipping culture. So a new study shows that more people say they feel pressured to tip and it's starting to change how much they actually give. So if you've ever been at a restaurant grabbing takeout, picking up coffee, even at a self-serve spot, and they flip that payment screen around and those tips come up at 18%, 20%. Many people say tipping doesn't feel optional anymore. They feel pressured. Have you guys ever experienced that when you go?

Speaker 2:
[32:33] Absolutely, positively. I mean, a lot of times the tip is already involved in the meal or in your ticket already, in your bill. And that pisses me off because if I don't like what the server is doing, right? If the server is not catering to my table, not refilling my drinks, I should be able to say, no, I'm not tipping you this amount. I want to tip you this amount. And the fact that it's already there pisses me off.

Speaker 4:
[32:53] Well, I've never been to a restaurant where the gratuity was already added and they weren't giving good service. Usually, those are the restaurants where they insure good service when they already know their tip is built in.

Speaker 3:
[33:04] That's true. And also, too, on top of that, if gratuity is already included, but I think the person is really, really good, I'll add more. I enjoy tipping, to be honest with you.

Speaker 9:
[33:16] Yeah. Well, about 60% of people say they are feeling pressured or compelled to tip. Like, if you go to the Starbucks or whatever, they say that tipping used to be tied to service, but now it's tied to that payment screen that most people have to push in order to check out nowadays. So about 44% of Americans say they're tipping less, and 80% say the tipping culture has gotten out of control. Just because you're tipping, just because you're buying something, you're no longer tipping just because of service.

Speaker 3:
[33:46] But I will say, though, everybody should act their way. So if you got a little extra to give, do it. But those people, if you're going to certain places frequently, they remember that. You may not think they're paying attention when you're pressing that 10%, 15%, or 20%, but they absolutely are. And they remember that. Yes, they do.

Speaker 4:
[34:04] Yeah, but I wonder where that came from, because it just came out of nowhere. I feel like for the past few years, Subway or Smoothie King or Tropical Cafe, things that, places that don't involve you sitting down and you have a server that's going back to the kitchen to come back like.

Speaker 3:
[34:20] But they're making your sandwich at Subway.

Speaker 4:
[34:22] Yeah, I get it. They've been doing that for years. And they didn't have a tipping process until like, 10, well, five, six years ago, something like that. I mean, I guess it was a problem, but it's like, yeah, like why? Why it got to be everywhere?

Speaker 2:
[34:36] Well, let me ask you a question.

Speaker 4:
[34:37] I don't feel pressure to do it. It's just like, why is it here?

Speaker 2:
[34:39] If you tip the Subway person, why don't you tip the McDonald's person? They make your burgers. Yeah, but there's no tipping option in McDonald's.

Speaker 4:
[34:46] They don't, but that's what we're saying. Like it's starting to be in like regular fast food restaurants. Why?

Speaker 9:
[34:54] That's the point, Jess. You're absolutely right. And that's why a lot of people say that they're fed up because they just, they can't go in and just get something. They're feeling pressured at that moment. Not only because the cashier is looking you in your face, like, you know, what you're about to do. And so they're just saying that it's just becoming a lot. But on the flip side, that pullback is starting to hit workers who rely on those tips because, you know, a lot of people just aren't tipping anymore because they feel that they are being forced to do so.

Speaker 3:
[35:19] I tell you, once again, though, those people remember that. And it's like, it'd be those times when you walk in and they already know what you want. They'll connect with you first, let you cut the line. It'd be, look, them tips go a long way when you frequent places a lot.

Speaker 9:
[35:34] That's a good point, too. All right, y'all, well, that's your front page news. I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me at mimibrowntv for more stories. Follow The Black Information Network.

Speaker 2:
[35:42] Thank you, Mimi. Thank you.

Speaker 9:
[35:43] Thank you.

Speaker 2:
[35:44] All right, now, when we come back, comedian Donnell Rawlings will be joining us. We'll kick it with him next. Don't go anywhere. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Law and the Rose is here, as well.

Speaker 3:
[35:58] Yep.

Speaker 2:
[35:58] We got a special guest in the building.

Speaker 3:
[36:00] And he's late. And what's crazy is he smelled like so much weed. So I know the only reason he was late. The only reason he was late is because he was down to the smoking. I can't about nobody in the room time.

Speaker 7:
[36:10] Can I say this?

Speaker 3:
[36:11] I can't about nobody in the room time just down there smoking weed.

Speaker 7:
[36:15] I want to say this. You're 100% absolutely right. You have snitch culture in you.

Speaker 3:
[36:19] You wouldn't do that to any of the white shows.

Speaker 7:
[36:21] Yes, I do.

Speaker 3:
[36:22] I smoke on the show.

Speaker 7:
[36:23] No, you wouldn't. You're not going to race me.

Speaker 2:
[36:25] He just did TV and I bet you wasn't late for them.

Speaker 7:
[36:26] You're not going to race me.

Speaker 3:
[36:28] I like your hoodie.

Speaker 7:
[36:29] Thank you.

Speaker 4:
[36:29] I love it as well.

Speaker 3:
[36:30] It's really nice. It's got Muhammad Ali as a butterfly. Listen, first of all, you got one for me? Don't say you got one for me, son.

Speaker 4:
[36:37] I couldn't wait for you to get it.

Speaker 3:
[36:38] If you got one for me, I apologize for coming in.

Speaker 4:
[36:40] Thank you, Donnell.

Speaker 3:
[36:45] Just a lie, you got a Harriet Tubman hoodie.

Speaker 2:
[36:48] Well, Donnell is the owner of that city winery. On the 24th and 25th at City Winery. There's still tickets available.

Speaker 3:
[36:58] Of course, there's still tickets available.

Speaker 2:
[37:00] Gary Owen sold out immediately.

Speaker 3:
[37:07] Why would you buy tickets to see Donnell Rawlings? Why would anybody buy tickets to see Donnell Rawlings?

Speaker 7:
[37:16] Yo.

Speaker 3:
[37:17] Yo.

Speaker 7:
[37:17] Congratulations Gary Owens. You're doing a great job. You're funny. You're a funny guy.

Speaker 3:
[37:23] Oh, I forgot Gary can't help but be talking crazy about you.

Speaker 7:
[37:25] You know that he's talking shit about me? Yes. But listen, you're doing great. Gary, congratulations on your wedding. You're doing great.

Speaker 3:
[37:31] Why do you think Gary talked crazy about you? Why do you have that effect on other communities?

Speaker 7:
[37:36] You know why I think so? You know why I think Gary was talking shit about me? Why? Because you called me and said Gary was talking shit about me. You did. You texted me. What? This is what you said. What's up with you and Gary?

Speaker 3:
[37:49] First of all, how could I have a tone in a text? I wouldn't have whistled with you and Gary. How did you get that from a text?

Speaker 7:
[37:57] You know why? Because I know you and I know you're a smart ass. You're a foolish. You're an asshole. So whenever you text me, it's with an asshole too.

Speaker 3:
[38:04] Well, if I did do that, can I say what you replied back?

Speaker 2:
[38:07] What did he say?

Speaker 3:
[38:09] Can I say what you replied back? Here's the thing. Remember when Karras once said, I keep a dish record for any rapper, just in case? That's Donnell with other comedians. So as soon as I text him and say, yo, why Gary was up here talking crazy about you, son?

Speaker 2:
[38:24] What did he say? What did he reply with?

Speaker 3:
[38:26] Donnell just went off.

Speaker 7:
[38:38] Let me tell you stories, son. This sent me up. Yo, I went crazy, son. He sent me the little clip. But you should have known. I should have known what?

Speaker 2:
[38:47] I think that this play with you all the time.

Speaker 4:
[38:48] Yeah, anytime you see it.

Speaker 7:
[38:50] I don't know, for some reason, it felt sincere this time, right?

Speaker 1:
[38:53] Because he sent the clip.

Speaker 15:
[38:54] Yeah, because he sent the clip.

Speaker 7:
[38:56] So listen, the clip, right? And the clip just, this clip just says, here's Gary Owen said, down there raw, and I was like, that too, right? I was going crazy. I didn't know it went off, so I ain't gonna lie, I slid it Gary DL.

Speaker 10:
[39:12] He said it.

Speaker 7:
[39:12] He said, I slid it as DM.

Speaker 10:
[39:14] What did you say?

Speaker 7:
[39:14] I said, I don't know what I said. I said, I said something like, yeah, I think I said. I said, damn, I gotta go.

Speaker 15:
[39:23] You can open the DM.

Speaker 3:
[39:24] Open the DM, Donnell, read the DM. All I know is Gary. You are, what's wrong with that? We all old.

Speaker 2:
[39:31] Well, first of all, this is what Charlamagne sent them.

Speaker 3:
[39:33] Garbage.

Speaker 10:
[39:34] Very high rated.

Speaker 2:
[39:34] How about Donnell Rawlings?

Speaker 16:
[39:36] Oh, Donnell's garbage.

Speaker 10:
[39:37] His whole career is garbage.

Speaker 3:
[39:39] There's nothing without Dave Chappelle.

Speaker 10:
[39:40] Dave, you wore a Dave Chappelle necklace on your show.

Speaker 3:
[39:43] Where's the R? Oh, I ain't even sent all that. I ended it after he ain't nothing without Dave Chappelle.

Speaker 2:
[39:52] Yeah, so Donnell slid into Gary Owen's DMs.

Speaker 7:
[39:56] I didn't slide into his DMs. I went to it.

Speaker 3:
[39:58] By the way, the DMs didn't last long. Donnell did a preemptive strike on the timeline.

Speaker 7:
[40:04] Let me say this. I did not slide into his DMs.

Speaker 15:
[40:10] He said the first message was at 1:48 p.m. Donnell said...

Speaker 7:
[40:13] You ain't got to do the times.

Speaker 15:
[40:14] No, because it's two. He said one day comedians will go on platforms to be funny and not talk about other comedians. You are a very successful comedian and have found your lane and fan base. I guess that's not enough. Wish you the best. You've been invited to multiple cookouts, but please don't bring your potato salad.

Speaker 7:
[40:31] Did he respond?

Speaker 3:
[40:32] No.

Speaker 15:
[40:36] So then, no, no, no.

Speaker 7:
[40:43] I want to commentate.

Speaker 3:
[40:46] Your mic is right here.

Speaker 7:
[40:58] What I'm trying to say is, in the tone of that text, you can see I'm working on my mental health.

Speaker 3:
[41:02] No, you're not.

Speaker 7:
[41:03] This is the way that text, it don't really sound like me. It sound like somebody's hostage of me.

Speaker 4:
[41:09] He's a hostage of you.

Speaker 7:
[41:10] That's not true. I'm like, say something nice about this.

Speaker 3:
[41:12] You know what Donnell said to me? Donnell said, he's a hack. He's a honky.

Speaker 15:
[41:16] He's a honky who hacks.

Speaker 7:
[41:19] A honky hack.

Speaker 20:
[41:22] I did not say a honky hack.

Speaker 7:
[41:25] I did not call him a honky.

Speaker 15:
[41:27] So Gary didn't respond at 1:48 p.m. so Donnell wrote him again at 4:19 p.m. Damn. If you ever feel the need to talk about me or have an issue with me, you can always pick up the phone and send this number. He said, I was man enough to call you and not call you out. I know it's easy to create click bait then talk me into man. Also, if you have time, you can Google me. Check our resume before and after Chappelle. I'm sure this will be a screenshot and the topic for your next podcast.

Speaker 3:
[41:51] What time was that?

Speaker 15:
[41:53] Let me tell you why Donnell is a mad man.

Speaker 7:
[41:58] Listen, give people time to say, damn, that was deep.

Speaker 3:
[42:02] No, because here's the thing. What time was that?

Speaker 15:
[42:05] That was 4.19.

Speaker 3:
[42:07] The first one was 1:48 p.m. Gary texted me at 2:04 p.m. and said, you must have told Donnell because he's already commenting on my page. Donnell, you was commenting on his page and sending him a comment.

Speaker 7:
[42:19] I had to pull up on him.

Speaker 15:
[42:21] You need to go back to your therapist because that's a lie.

Speaker 4:
[42:23] No, he said he was garbage. So yeah.

Speaker 7:
[42:26] Y'all, this one. Okay, let me say it.

Speaker 3:
[42:30] You called him a honky hack.

Speaker 7:
[42:31] No, no, no, no. This one y'all don't understand. As a comedian, like every situation got a word like the n-word, the f-word or whatever. For comedy, the c-word is the worst word you could say.

Speaker 3:
[42:43] Chappelle?

Speaker 20:
[42:45] No, yo.

Speaker 3:
[42:48] What is the word?

Speaker 11:
[42:49] What you mean by the word?

Speaker 4:
[42:50] No, no, no. Come back, yo.

Speaker 20:
[42:51] Please.

Speaker 3:
[42:53] No, yo.

Speaker 15:
[42:53] The word corny.

Speaker 5:
[42:54] Corny is a bad word. Corny.

Speaker 7:
[42:56] Because corny dismiss everything you did, everything you put into it. And don't go on stage not to be funny.

Speaker 15:
[43:01] That happened to me.

Speaker 7:
[43:02] Corny is a very bad, very...

Speaker 4:
[43:04] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[43:04] It's fighting with you. He called you garbage.

Speaker 4:
[43:07] Yeah, yeah.

Speaker 7:
[43:09] And you know what's that? Corny. I'll just put it... I'll just say it like this. And this is the most honest thing I could say. And this is when you identify yourself as a hater to me. And I don't care what nobody say. Any n***a that ever says that I'm trash or I'm corny on stage has identified himself as 100% a hater or I probably f***ed this girl or something. That's like... I know I can't... You see me perform, and when you see me perform, what happened?

Speaker 3:
[43:39] I be saying, Donnell, it's the best.

Speaker 7:
[43:41] What do I do?

Speaker 3:
[43:43] What was that?

Speaker 7:
[43:57] Yo, I speak of EJ. Yo, EJ is, EJ is, EJ is, he is eating and leaving no crumbs.

Speaker 21:
[44:24] Okay, I know that's right, Donnell.

Speaker 7:
[44:26] Yo, EJ, okay, yo, EJ, EJ be like, Yo, EJ, EJ be like, EJ, I said, yo, I don't even give a **** about bags. Yo, that **** be like this, he be like this, She's for lunch, she's for lunch.

Speaker 4:
[44:45] She's got a bag for every meal, yo.

Speaker 7:
[44:47] He'll be like, she'll be like, he'll be like, somebody will be like. That's how you is.

Speaker 3:
[44:55] They will be like, they will be like, man.

Speaker 7:
[44:58] He'll be like this, he'll be like this. She's for the morning, she's good. Like if you want it, you can have it.

Speaker 20:
[45:08] Don't play with EJ.

Speaker 3:
[45:11] Just because you ain't everybody a cup of tea, that's okay Donnell. That don't mean you're not funny.

Speaker 7:
[45:14] That's a different term.

Speaker 2:
[45:15] You are funny.

Speaker 7:
[45:16] That's a different term.

Speaker 2:
[45:16] You are funny.

Speaker 7:
[45:17] Now, you know what? You hear what you said? What? Listen how you are, you're learning to be a better communicator with me. You said not your cup of tea. That's different from saying trash. Not your cup of tea is a better way of communicating. I don't know if you noticed through my text lately, I've been working on myself.

Speaker 3:
[45:31] I can tell you've been going to therapy.

Speaker 7:
[45:33] I'm trying to heal. And this is the most important thing that my therapist said to me. He said, Donnell, react however you want to react, but be authentic. Be your true authentic self. And that resonated with me. And I'll tell you why it resonated with me. Because some years ago, y'all know you like me talking. I'm talking to you. I love it.

Speaker 2:
[45:57] Go.

Speaker 7:
[45:57] Won't you be quiet and listen? I am. You know I'm going to forget what I was saying, You said a couple of years ago.

Speaker 2:
[46:06] A couple of years ago.

Speaker 3:
[46:07] You went to therapy.

Speaker 2:
[46:07] You went to therapy. Be your authentic self.

Speaker 7:
[46:10] Oh, I had beef with somebody. I know y'all saying that's every year. It was a rapper or whatever. I don't need to bring it up.

Speaker 3:
[46:17] You had beef with a rapper? A rapper?

Speaker 7:
[46:18] I've never heard of that.

Speaker 3:
[46:19] You had beef with a rapper? I remember Donnell Rawlings having no beef with a rapper.

Speaker 7:
[46:22] Who's that, Lauren?

Speaker 3:
[46:23] Who had beef with you?

Speaker 7:
[46:24] Let me tell a story, please. I'm sorry. Please.

Speaker 3:
[46:28] Sometimes you'll be having people in your head.

Speaker 7:
[46:30] Please, Jess. Yes. And I called you, I said, don't let this happen to me.

Speaker 4:
[46:34] I know, but I can't.

Speaker 7:
[46:35] They're bullying me.

Speaker 8:
[46:36] They're animals.

Speaker 3:
[46:37] We want to talk about.

Speaker 7:
[46:39] I said, don't let these s*** distract me.

Speaker 2:
[46:42] All right, back to it. You had beef with a rapper.

Speaker 7:
[46:44] Right. And then what I wanted to say was, and I had made a response video, right? Got my n***a together and s***.

Speaker 3:
[46:53] How did it respond?

Speaker 4:
[46:53] It got your n***a together.

Speaker 3:
[46:58] It came at you, bro.

Speaker 7:
[46:59] We responded with videos. Yeah, my man produced this s***.

Speaker 4:
[47:03] Right.

Speaker 7:
[47:03] Right. So, and then when they say, all right, D, go. And that's just what I said. This is the first thing I said in my mouth. I said, f*** you, n***a. Keep my name out your mouth. F*** that. And that's not my authentic self.

Speaker 6:
[47:14] Yeah.

Speaker 7:
[47:14] You know what I'm saying?

Speaker 6:
[47:15] Yeah.

Speaker 4:
[47:15] You don't have to get that vulgar.

Speaker 7:
[47:17] You don't have to get that vulgar. But you know what I do? This is how I respond to it.

Speaker 3:
[47:20] You called Gary Owen a honky hat. That is you.

Speaker 7:
[47:22] I said...

Speaker 3:
[47:23] A hack of a honky something.

Speaker 7:
[47:24] I said, black culture has been good to Gary. That's what I said. That is not what you said. Your translation could be whatever you translated. What I'm not going to do, and I promise myself, I'm not going to get into a debate with you with no purpose and no reason.

Speaker 4:
[47:41] Yeah, you have to ignore him.

Speaker 7:
[47:41] I'm not f***ing with you.

Speaker 3:
[47:42] What would our relationship be if we didn't have debates with no purpose and no reason? Jesus. I listen to you vent, Donnell. I pick up the phone.

Speaker 4:
[47:52] And then he laughs.

Speaker 3:
[47:52] I listen to you vent often.

Speaker 4:
[47:55] Then he laughs at you.

Speaker 3:
[47:57] I Google.

Speaker 7:
[47:58] He laughed with me. This f***er is sinister.

Speaker 3:
[48:02] He had no people, no rapper.

Speaker 15:
[48:03] I saw you get the Nicki Minaj fans hurt your feelings. What rapper you talking about?

Speaker 7:
[48:07] Ain't nobody hurt my feelings. The Barbz. Ain't nobody hurt my feelings.

Speaker 3:
[48:12] Yes, they did. You told me that they hurt your feelings, man.

Speaker 7:
[48:18] I did not say they hurt my feelings.

Speaker 3:
[48:20] You told me that you thought they was calling you gay because of the unicorn emoji.

Speaker 7:
[48:23] I said the Barbz is not to be f***ed with. That's what I said. I said the Barbz is not to be f***ed with, right? Because they got mad at me. You know why they got mad at me? I was on one late night show, and they had Nicki Minaj and Cardi B. And I said the problem Nicki Minaj got with Cardi B is Cardi B taking a shine. And the Barbz bitches went crazy. They was on my page for like two weeks, and they started putting unicorns on my s***. They be hitting with unicorns and bulls eyes. I'm like get these f***ers. So I didn't have a problem with them. But what I noticed is that they calmed down for a while. And then they-

Speaker 3:
[48:59] Is that the rapper you thought you had beef with?

Speaker 7:
[49:01] I know I had beef with. I don't think it's important to say the name. Anyway, the beef was missing. When I say no, I mean no.

Speaker 4:
[49:06] It's the man. It's not a woman.

Speaker 15:
[49:07] I see something when you were here, you were talking about Kanye saying you don't have no friends.

Speaker 7:
[49:10] Oh, my God. Kanye didn't say, Kanye didn't have no friends either.

Speaker 15:
[49:23] That's crazy.

Speaker 7:
[49:24] Kanye said I had no friends?

Speaker 15:
[49:27] Listen, this is all I see. I can't listen to her.

Speaker 7:
[49:29] You believe everything you see on the internet?

Speaker 3:
[49:31] I'm just asking.

Speaker 7:
[49:32] Everything I'm seeing.

Speaker 3:
[49:33] Yes, she does.

Speaker 2:
[49:35] What's up with this tweet? You said, I haven't crashed out in a minute thanks to my therapist. I still think I need time to heal. Breakfast Club Trauma is real. I speak with the...

Speaker 7:
[49:43] You know what that means? You know what the f**k it means? You know what it means? You ain't got to keep talking. I can tell you exactly what the f**k it means. What does it mean? It's called Breakfast Club Trauma. When you come up here and something happens that you didn't expect and you got to think about it for a very long time. Yeah. And y'all create, y'all create trauma.

Speaker 3:
[49:59] That's not true.

Speaker 7:
[49:59] It is.

Speaker 4:
[50:00] I know. No matter what, it hurts you and it follows you wherever you go. So why do you keep coming back?

Speaker 7:
[50:04] It's not for you. It's for the people. It's for these people right here. Because they really love y but the people that's come to see me at City Winery and then see me in Boston May the 8th, it's for those people. You know what it's for? No, you want to know? No, no, no. Let me have an opportunity to say what I want to say. I'm not going to ask you a question. Yes you will.

Speaker 3:
[50:20] You can't help it. The question I'm going to ask you, you can't help but answer it. Ask. You can't help but ask. Dave Chappelle recently said that he might be interested in bringing back the Chappelle Show. What does Donnell Rawlings, a pillar of that show, think about that? A brick in the foundation of that show. Think about that. Because I actually feel like he cannot bring it back unless he got the whole crew including you and Neil Brennan.

Speaker 7:
[50:47] I think it's a good and a bad idea in the same idea. Elaborate. The good of it, let me say it-

Speaker 3:
[50:52] I told you you were going to answer it.

Speaker 7:
[50:54] The good of it, in the most comedically intellectual way I could say, the good of it is that the show is very nostalgic for whatever anybody wants to say about it. Then for people to always talk about me and just hold my career to only be in the Chappelle show, 33 years in this business, that was two years of my life. But in those two years, something happened that just made history. Something happened. You've had shows come on before that show, something just the time period, the way people connected with it, how people used to go home to watch it, it just hit the culture. And as much as I think I'm riding the wave in the Dave and Ashley Larry whatever, I can't get away with making history. I can't run from it. And the reason why you have other people on the show, it doesn't apply to them that much because they weren't as much of a role on the show as like me, Charlie and Dave was. And Neil. And Neil. 100%. Yeah, 100%. So like people, I've said this before, people think I supposed to get mad of the history I created. Like what we did is what we want to do. I haven't stopped doing anything since then. That was history. And if you make history, sometimes it's not a good idea to tamper with it.

Speaker 4:
[52:03] Why do you think the Chappelle Show reboot is a bad idea?

Speaker 7:
[52:06] The bad idea is that people will be so critical of the effort that you're going to lose. I don't know if people understand that because it's some people that, yeah, I want to see it. There's people like this, there's no way. Told you, that ain't, how are you going to do it? With so and so, Charlie's not there. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It's a whole bunch of reasons why just leave it as it is. You know, but the thing for me, and I kind of understand what they were saying. I'm around them a lot. And it's like, sometimes we'll have moments where we say what if. Like I'll hang out with him in this spot at the shack. It'll just be me and him, right? And I remember one time, I said, yo D, if I wanted to do some skits, would you do it with me? I was like, what are you smoking? What I'm doing with him? Hell yeah, let's go. What do you think? Let me finish. You have to let him finish. And the reason why, this is the part that I can appreciate. Like for the last three years, I'm doing election or something to do with politics, Dave goes on the show, right? Because he's like the voice of whatever's going on in that time. And just a little cameos that we do, and the way people respond to it, I'm like, damn, what if? Because we did- SNL? SNL. You know, like, not in no competition. Like my honest opinion, I can't see if even the thought of it coming back, I couldn't see it as every week you're going to tune into it. It's too much work. You know what I mean? It's too much work to produce a show with 16 hours a day. And then you got this and make money anytime you want. So the idea-

Speaker 3:
[53:33] You do? Not in much a day, but yeah.

Speaker 7:
[53:35] Well, clearly. You know, but-

Speaker 3:
[53:37] How long did it take y'all to do one season?

Speaker 7:
[53:40] We probably did it in three months. Oh, okay. But it's not just that. It's not like a comedy show. You just pop up and it's over. It's not that. You got to invest into the performance, the writing, the editing.

Speaker 4:
[53:50] It's a whole bunch of things that-

Speaker 7:
[53:52] Make-ups, all that. That's why I don't think it would be a good idea to do a series. Now, if a current- A movie? What about this? I think- Now, me. Not speaking on behalf of Dave, but where I can see-

Speaker 3:
[54:03] You've always said that, though. I've always heard you. You've always said you would like for y'all to do a Chappelle Show movie.

Speaker 7:
[54:07] Yeah. I mean-

Speaker 3:
[54:08] I've always heard you say that.

Speaker 7:
[54:09] Oh, one. I like a one-off. Just something that says, this is it. You know what I mean? Like, this is it. And I'm ending it on my terms or whatever because as successful as that show was, Dave really never got a chance to say goodbye to his own show. You know what I'm saying? It was just like- And then everybody know how that worked out. Dave went away for a while. Came back and he pulled a move that just can't do. This is why these when they be talking about, why is he the goat? And they be saying, he's not my type of funny. And they be like, well, now he's so politically awoke. I'm like, this just, he did it. Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[54:49] What do you think about Eddie Murphy? When he said that he wants Eddie Murphy to do the Charlie Murphy part, what do you think about that?

Speaker 7:
[55:00] I don't, what I tell you now, that sounds like a dream. Because I don't know what will happen. And we're not gonna put that on here.

Speaker 3:
[55:09] Well, he said Eddie brought it up. He said Eddie is the one who told him.

Speaker 7:
[55:12] That's what he said?

Speaker 3:
[55:13] Yeah, you didn't hear his case? He said Eddie told him, yo, you should do a Chappelle Show movie or something. And so then Dave said, Dave said on the stage, he said, hey yo, if I do that, you gotta do the Charlie Murphy part.

Speaker 2:
[55:23] He's not lying, he really said that too.

Speaker 3:
[55:24] Yeah, at the Empire.

Speaker 2:
[55:25] No, he really said it.

Speaker 4:
[55:26] He said it at the Empire Awards.

Speaker 7:
[55:27] No, the reason why I asked that because I know that story and I wasn't supposed to say nothing.

Speaker 3:
[55:32] He said it probably already.

Speaker 7:
[55:34] That's what I'm trying to say, I didn't see the same. That's what I'm saying. Can I ask you this?

Speaker 3:
[55:39] Now, now. What would that look like though? Would it be Charlie, would it be Eddie portraying Charlie or just Eddie doing his own true Hollywood story?

Speaker 7:
[55:46] I don't know, but that would be amazing. No, I'm telling you the truth.

Speaker 3:
[55:50] I've heard all of this stuff before.

Speaker 7:
[55:52] So why are you asking me questions? Then let me, I'm saying how I want to answer questions. You're gonna just tell me how to answer questions. I don't need no credit.

Speaker 3:
[56:00] Calm down.

Speaker 7:
[56:02] I didn't come here, Envy, I didn't come here.

Speaker 3:
[56:05] You didn't come here to what?

Speaker 4:
[56:06] Get some love, to get some flowers?

Speaker 7:
[56:08] Jess, he can't even handle it.

Speaker 3:
[56:10] He can't even handle love, he can't even handle it.

Speaker 7:
[56:12] I didn't come here to argue.

Speaker 3:
[56:13] Donnell Rawlings, Neil Brennan, Charlie Murphy are very instrumental in Chappelle Show success. Those four created the Chappelle Show. A lot of those great ideas, a lot of these ideas that you're hearing about now.

Speaker 7:
[56:25] You know another thing I created, I just want to say this, I created Donnell Lam, but go ahead.

Speaker 4:
[56:28] Yes, you did.

Speaker 7:
[56:29] Go ahead, what'd you say, Del?

Speaker 3:
[56:31] Everything I just said.

Speaker 7:
[56:33] Yes, it was part of culture. Yeah. Yes, the dynamic duo or the dream team.

Speaker 3:
[56:36] But what would Eddie look like on the show?

Speaker 7:
[56:38] I mean, Eddie would look like Eddie. I think it would be for Eddie got so, his chops is so nice. He can do.

Speaker 3:
[56:46] He's f***ed up. That's why we just, that's why I better just f*** on.

Speaker 7:
[56:48] You know what your problem is?

Speaker 15:
[56:49] He can't even handle it.

Speaker 3:
[56:51] Any type of love.

Speaker 4:
[56:52] You don't even give him time.

Speaker 7:
[56:54] Thank you. What do you don't give me?

Speaker 4:
[56:55] He doesn't give you time.

Speaker 7:
[56:56] Time. No time. Let me tell you something.

Speaker 3:
[56:59] Time to what?

Speaker 7:
[57:00] Time to do whatever I want to do with it.

Speaker 15:
[57:02] Well, just do it now and finish it.

Speaker 7:
[57:03] Ain't nobody even talking to you.

Speaker 15:
[57:04] Well, first of all, I'm trying to get you to give me the answer.

Speaker 7:
[57:06] Ain't nobody even talking to you. I was having with you over here quiet.

Speaker 15:
[57:10] I've been quiet.

Speaker 7:
[57:11] See, this is a good problem I be having. And Dr. Umar be getting mad at me about this.

Speaker 15:
[57:15] What?

Speaker 7:
[57:16] I just gave you a whole HBC sweater.

Speaker 15:
[57:19] HBCU.

Speaker 7:
[57:20] HBCU, because I know you're HBCU, bitch, right?

Speaker 17:
[57:31] In the most positive sorority way you can say it, I admit you're in the trick daddy way.

Speaker 7:
[57:36] I admit you're in the trick daddy way.

Speaker 2:
[57:41] Ladies and gentlemen, Donnell Rawlings.

Speaker 7:
[57:44] Memorial Day weekend.

Speaker 2:
[57:45] Oh, nice.

Speaker 7:
[57:46] I'm going to sell it. This is what it is. Donnell Len bridges the gap between the young and the old to make memories for a lifetime. Go to donnellrawlings.com for more information. Period. Period.

Speaker 2:
[58:02] All right, ladies and gentlemen, Donnell Rawlings.

Speaker 7:
[58:03] Period.

Speaker 2:
[58:04] 424, 425E is at CityWiner. What?

Speaker 10:
[58:11] No, no, no, Shawn and me.

Speaker 7:
[58:15] You get a, you get a, you get a, and you get a.

Speaker 2:
[58:20] This is for Breakfast Club, good morning. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

Speaker 15:
[58:26] Yeah, I'm not dumbing myself down, I'm being myself.

Speaker 9:
[58:30] The source is monster.

Speaker 15:
[58:32] I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything and everything.

Speaker 1:
[58:41] The latest with Lauren O'Neill. On The Breakfast Club.

Speaker 15:
[58:49] All right, y'all. So this is where we're going to get into white people's business a little bit. So Coachella went down over the last two weekends, as you guys know, and a part of Coachella, of course, is all the costuming and the big surprises. So Madonna was there. She was a surprise guest, and there were some issues.

Speaker 2:
[59:07] It says she sounded horrible too.

Speaker 15:
[59:09] It was supposed to be like her big return back to the big stages and all the things, but I mean, look, if that's what you saw.

Speaker 2:
[59:14] That's what I heard.

Speaker 15:
[59:15] That's what you heard.

Speaker 4:
[59:15] Imagine her return in UMS. Oh my God.

Speaker 15:
[59:18] Well, the real, not the real, but the other conversation that came out of Madonna being at Coachella was the fact that there were some pieces, some clothing and some jewelry that were stolen. Now, Madonna is saying, and she posted to her Instagram saying this, that these pieces of clothing are not just clothes and jewelry, these are like archive costume pieces that she's used, you know, that she performs in. You know, when she performed on the stage with Sabrina Carpenter, I guess things were left in like a cart that was there near the stage with her team and things were taken from there. So she posted and said, I'm hoping and praying that some kind soul will find these items and reach out to my team. She says that she's offering a reward for their safe return. They're particularly special to the singer because she wore the same boots corset jacket during her Coachella performance 20 years ago. This was her big return back to the stage. So it was a full circle moment. It mean a lot, but now she has some things missing. And I did see some reports that cops don't believe that she was targeted, that they think people just picked something up from the festival grounds. But she did file a police report, I'm assuming, because she would have to do insurances and things of that nature. So there's that. And then also Coachella was fined. We talked about Justin Bieber's set. They were fined $44,000 for Justin Bieber and another artist's set because they went over a few minutes.

Speaker 4:
[60:30] Oh damn, they don't play that.

Speaker 15:
[60:32] No, I mean, just something quick though. But yeah. In other news, American Idol. So American Idol, they are doing something a bit different. They are asking for Taylor Swift fans to come to the front. So they have their final contestants who will be participating. And the rules around the challenge they'll be doing is that they have to sing all Taylor Swift songs.

Speaker 2:
[60:57] So they're doing a Taylor Swift night for American Idol?

Speaker 15:
[60:59] Yes, and I know that y'all are not the biggest Swifties, so I don't know how much y'all.

Speaker 2:
[61:02] Nah, I love this song. I love Baby.

Speaker 4:
[61:05] Baby, baby. That's Justin Bieber.

Speaker 3:
[61:06] That's Justin Bieber, you big dumbass. You big baby dumbass. That's what happens when you get on Netflix and you try to relate to white people for no god damn reason instead of just being yourself.

Speaker 9:
[61:16] I love this song. Come on, let me do it.

Speaker 16:
[61:19] I'm the baby, I'm the baby, baby, baby, baby, baby.

Speaker 15:
[61:22] Yeah, Envy, that was probably worse than me trying to name all the members of the blue team.

Speaker 3:
[61:26] That was just so dumb for no reason.

Speaker 15:
[61:28] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[61:29] I don't know why people can't be themselves. You want to be relatable so bad.

Speaker 2:
[61:33] You want to be relatable?

Speaker 9:
[61:34] Who you being relatable to?

Speaker 3:
[61:36] You being relatable to? You. That's why I was trying to be relatable.

Speaker 2:
[61:40] All right.

Speaker 4:
[61:40] That's crazy.

Speaker 15:
[61:41] Now go away.

Speaker 4:
[61:41] What happened?

Speaker 15:
[61:42] Yeah. So basically what is going to go down is they have the top seven contestants. They'll choose an actual Taylor Swift song. Nikki Glaser will be the judge, who is a Swiftie. And it will be the first night entirely dedicated to Taylor Swift's music of the show's 24th season. So, yeah, people are celebrating that. I know she's like planning her wedding right now. And, you know, I saw that they were out in her and her boo thing. Travis Cosby were out in New York. So, yeah, just a celebration of Taylor Swift.

Speaker 4:
[62:08] That's a lot of white people.

Speaker 15:
[62:10] Y'all don't even care.

Speaker 4:
[62:11] They literally never done that. You know, so cool.

Speaker 15:
[62:14] Yes.

Speaker 4:
[62:14] That's really nice.

Speaker 15:
[62:16] Now, another small update, shifting gears. Not white people news are bringing it back to us. So, we talked a bit about Ice Spice. I know Charlamagne gave Viya. Viya, how do you say her name, Donkey of the Day?

Speaker 3:
[62:27] Listen, when you say bringing it back doesn't, then you say Ice Spice. What is Ice Spice exactly? Correct me.

Speaker 15:
[62:31] Isn't Ice Spice black? She's mixed with black, right?

Speaker 3:
[62:33] I have no idea. What is Ice Spice?

Speaker 15:
[62:35] I don't know.

Speaker 3:
[62:36] You said it so confidently. I'm just asking.

Speaker 15:
[62:38] I thought so.

Speaker 3:
[62:39] She looks a little miscellaneous.

Speaker 15:
[62:41] Her mom is, I think she's, I'm about to look it up.

Speaker 3:
[62:45] I think she's Latino. I look miscellaneous in the face.

Speaker 4:
[62:47] Yeah, a little bit now that she's saying.

Speaker 15:
[62:51] Yeah, she looks a little mixed. Now you got me looking it up. Yeah, she is mixed. So she is black. Her dad is black and her mom is Dominican. So, okay.

Speaker 3:
[62:59] I guess you should be to the room because you're black and Envy is Dominican.

Speaker 2:
[63:01] I am not Dominican. We are both black.

Speaker 4:
[63:03] I'm telling people that too.

Speaker 2:
[63:04] I'm pissed off.

Speaker 4:
[63:05] So she's black and different black.

Speaker 3:
[63:06] This woman came up to me this weekend when I was out of town and she was like, hey, Envy is really Dominican. I said, yes, he is.

Speaker 2:
[63:11] Stop, man.

Speaker 3:
[63:12] I don't know why he don't claim.

Speaker 4:
[63:13] Why would you say that? Why would you even agree?

Speaker 2:
[63:15] Stop, man. Because people believe him.

Speaker 4:
[63:17] Yes. It's not hard to believe though.

Speaker 3:
[63:20] What you were saying about Envy people?

Speaker 15:
[63:21] What I was saying was, you know how her attorney Bradford Cohen, who I've been calling all week, hi, please answer the phone. He gave a statement to TMZ when the story first broke and he said that they had actually already reported this to LAPD and that they planned to take this to the furthest legal extent because she was assaulted by a woman in a McDonald's, right? So I've been reaching out to LAPD trying to figure out, okay, what will the charges be? Yesterday, I talked to someone, a spokesperson for LAPD, who said that they don't have any report. They weren't originally called to the scene and there's been no report filed that they have as of now. So I am going to just stay updated there because basically you can't file any charges if there's no report of anything right now. So just that little, basically that that wasn't true.

Speaker 2:
[64:03] So her friend didn't even call the police. So her friend didn't fight and she didn't call the police?

Speaker 15:
[64:07] That is the spokesperson for LAPD that I talked to yesterday said they were never called to the scene. Yeah. So that's the update that I have. And that's it for the latest episode.

Speaker 4:
[64:15] Well, who won the second fight? Remember?

Speaker 15:
[64:17] Oh, Ice Spice went back out? I mean, I don't know if there was a true winner, but Ice Spice was definitely out there. She was trying to have her fair one. There was a guy that jumped in. I don't know if that mattered. And the friend was trying to help.

Speaker 4:
[64:27] No, it matters to me because I wanted to know. I didn't know it was the second fight until it came about yesterday.

Speaker 15:
[64:33] Well, the first one wasn't even really a fight. She didn't really get a chance to defend herself.

Speaker 4:
[64:38] Hopefully, she dragged her. All right.

Speaker 2:
[64:40] Well, that's the latest one, Lauren. I would be so mad if my friend didn't fight and she didn't call the police.

Speaker 15:
[64:45] She tried, though. That just wasn't the first fight. She tried to break it up. They tried to jump on ice. She tried to break it up.

Speaker 2:
[64:50] Charlamagne, who are you giving your donkey to?

Speaker 3:
[64:52] Well, there's a web of sperm we have to untangle. We need a woman named Olivia Clendenin to come to the front of the congregation. We would like to have a word with her. You heard what I said, god damn it. Don't make me repeat myself.

Speaker 2:
[65:02] All right. We'll get to it next. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning.

Speaker 3:
[65:25] Don't get a day for Tuesday, April 21st. Go to Ohio woman named Olivia Clendenin. Now, Olivia was just sent us to serve between 16 and 20 years I was in prison after she was found guilty of attempted murder, two counts of felonious assault, and one count of illegal discharge at or into a habitation. Basically, she was busting her gun. Okay, where and why was she busting her gun? Well, let's go to Fox 19 now for the report, please.

Speaker 5:
[65:48] What happened that day didn't just end when the incident was over, it has stayed with me.

Speaker 22:
[65:52] Daniel Johnson speaking today in front of the court, loved ones and the woman who shot him on January 1st, 2025. Olivia Clendenin sentenced to 16 to 20 years in prison on Thursday for attempted murder. Johnson, an innocent bystander, sustained severe injuries after being hit in the stomach and almost died. Clendenin opened fire on a New Year's party after finding her husband and boyfriend were there together.

Speaker 21:
[66:15] She has not shown one bit of remorse or concern for the man she shot instead of the ones that she wanted to shoot.

Speaker 22:
[66:24] Prosecutors echoing the same remarks as well, playing a phone call between Clendenin and her mother from jail.

Speaker 17:
[66:30] I mean, you're ruining a young girl's life.

Speaker 14:
[66:32] How could you not be upset?

Speaker 7:
[66:35] You're ruining a young girl's life.

Speaker 1:
[66:36] How could you not be upset?

Speaker 10:
[66:38] That's her reaction to the verdict.

Speaker 5:
[66:41] Olivia has not shown any level of respect to myself or my family. I have not received an apology in any form or fashion.

Speaker 3:
[66:48] Where is Peter Guns when you need him? OK, this is something I would expect to see on an episode of Cheaters. You, Olivia, you got caught cheating. Your husband and your boyfriend were at the same party together shortly after they both learned earlier that evening that you were a family pack, that you were community property, that they were sharing you like two friends sharing a joint yesterday on 420. It's got to be a terrible feeling to realize that as a husband, you are the main account holder, but your wife's vagina has an extra member feature. Well, for whatever reason, Olivia decided to act like she was the victim. She decided to act like somebody did something wrong to her. You just heard the news reports. According to prosecutors, Olivia was in communication with both of the men on the evening of the incident, and then she allegedly went to the party and fired eight rounds with a.40 caliber handgun. I cannot stand when a person does you wrong, when a person is caught red-handed doing something foul to you, and then they act like they the victim. All of a sudden, they want to play crazy because they got caught. They want to deny. They want to attack. They want to reverse the roles of victim and offender, all to deflect accountability and cause confusion, okay? Dramatic outburst, which this was, a violent, dramatic outburst, intense rage, all to shift focus away from her actions. Meanwhile, a poor innocent bystander named Daniel Johnson was shot in the abdomen, okay, while he was just sitting on the front porch at the party. 29 years old minding his business, okay, he wasn't Olivia's boyfriend. He wasn't Olivia's husband. He ain't even hittin, he got hit. That man Daniel says he is still impacted by the shooting and suffers from chronic pain. I gotta read his quote, man. Listen to what he said. You heard him just talking about it. He said, I had been invited over and was sitting on the porch minding my business. The defendant was attempting to shoot at someone else and I was the one who ended up getting shot. In that moment, my life changed for reasons that have nothing to do with me. Poor Daniel was a victim of Olivia's narcissistic rage. Yes, when a narcissistic image is threatened, they respond with intense rage, tantrums, or irrational erratic behavior to try to gain control. And this poor man didn't have nothing to do with it. Okay, this man had nothing to do with her sexuality. I mean, he never penetrated. No sloppy toppy, how you gonna shoot me? And I never got none of that yum yum gum gum. Okay, I never received an Australian kiss and I got shot. All because this woman, Olivia, created a chaotic environment just to force the focus onto the drama rather than her nefarious actions. Okay, well, Olivia, you gonna spend the next 16 to 20 in prison, I'm shocked you didn't get more. Okay, all because you just couldn't be a G about the fact you wanted to be with more than one person. Okay, you are a variety seeking woman. And instead of being honest about that with your husband, you decided to lie and be deceitful and owe what an entangled sperm web we weave when we practice to deceive. Listen, it is wrong and immoral to seek to escape the consequences of one's actions. You did this to yourself. Now Jess, I'm sure you've been in a situation like this before. How would you have handled it?

Speaker 4:
[70:01] What are you talking about? You sure I've been in a relationship like this? I mean, a situation.

Speaker 3:
[70:05] Like, you know, just having a boyfriend and then maybe being with somebody else and then getting caught.

Speaker 4:
[70:08] Okay.

Speaker 3:
[70:10] How would you have handled it?

Speaker 4:
[70:11] I definitely wouldn't shoot nobody.

Speaker 3:
[70:13] Oh, I'm just asking.

Speaker 4:
[70:14] I wouldn't. No. I would get out of there and go to the third nigger.

Speaker 3:
[70:19] Oh my goodness. Please give Olivia Clinton the biggest he-ha. You want a yeast infection so bad.

Speaker 4:
[70:28] No, I don't. Like, no. First of all, if your husband and your... What? No. First of all, if you're effing more than one person, you have to use condoms. Like, why y'all still are we doing it? But I'm not gonna... If I go in a party and I see my husband and my boyfriend, which I'm not... She know my husband would never... But I'm saying, I see my husband and my boyfriend, it's other parties to go to.

Speaker 3:
[70:51] And what's even crazier, she knew that they was there because she was communicating. So she went there bringing the smoke. Wow.

Speaker 4:
[70:59] That's wild. She probably thought they was probably doing something to gaff her.

Speaker 3:
[71:02] 16 to 20?

Speaker 2:
[71:04] You know what an Australian kiss is, right?

Speaker 4:
[71:05] No, what is an Australian kiss? He did say that, but... What is an Australian kiss?

Speaker 2:
[71:09] It's a French kiss down under.

Speaker 3:
[71:12] You know what though? That is true, what you said. This generation, you just never know.

Speaker 4:
[71:15] You never know. Her husband and her boyfriend could have been very much enjoying each other.

Speaker 3:
[71:19] Her husband might have been like, let me see what it's all about. She out here creeping with you taking these chances. Exactly. Let me see what's up.

Speaker 4:
[71:24] And she probably, that's probably was the reason for the gun. First of all, what? I'm letting off. Chitty chitty bang bang. Because I didn't know that y'all were trying to bang bang.

Speaker 3:
[71:33] No, no, no, no. That's still not a justification. I'm just saying. I'm just saying that what you said makes sense in this era. We were having that conversation a little while ago because, you know, I had called some people dumb. And then Envy said, and they don't like girls. But I don't know what that had to do with anything. But I understood what you was trying to say.

Speaker 2:
[71:50] I knew what I meant.

Speaker 3:
[71:51] Yeah, I know what you meant.

Speaker 2:
[71:53] All right. Thank you for that Donkey of the Day.

Speaker 3:
[71:55] They weren't dumb because they don't like girls. I called them dumb for something else.

Speaker 4:
[71:58] Right.

Speaker 3:
[71:58] And then...

Speaker 2:
[71:59] I just said that they don't like girls.

Speaker 3:
[72:01] The question that they presented.

Speaker 4:
[72:03] Correct. All right.

Speaker 3:
[72:04] Now we got to tell them the question.

Speaker 4:
[72:05] I was going to say, I feel like we have to because this is crazy.

Speaker 3:
[72:07] Now we got to tell them. I wanted to do another topic, but now we got to tell them the question. And you got the Chris Brown instrumental playing.

Speaker 4:
[72:12] Exactly.

Speaker 3:
[72:13] Our producer Art walked in.

Speaker 2:
[72:15] That's right.

Speaker 3:
[72:15] Yes.

Speaker 2:
[72:16] And he showed us, I guess, something that was trending yesterday. It was like, why are guys going to the Chris Brown concert?

Speaker 3:
[72:21] I saw that meme come across my timeline and I scrolled past it fast because that stupid social media logic exists. Why are guys going to the Usher and Chris Brown concert? Because that's where all the women will be. That's how I think at a 47-year age, born in 1978, but then Envy, who was born in 1977, said maybe they don't like girls. And that made all the sense to me because of the generations.

Speaker 4:
[72:45] These days, absolutely.

Speaker 3:
[72:46] I was like, you know what? He's right. I'm looking at it from the perspective of, of course I'm going to the Usher and Chris Brown concert if I'm a guy because that's where all the women are. But Envy was like, but this generation don't like girls. So to them, that's a logical question. As a man, why would you be going to the Usher and Chris Brown concert? Number one, I can't like their music. Number two, there's going to be a lot of girls there. Number three, maybe this generation has a whole other.

Speaker 2:
[73:08] Married men, you bring your wife, date night, you know, smart thing to do.

Speaker 4:
[73:11] But it's also going to be a lot of dudes there too, looking for each other, period. What are you talking about?

Speaker 3:
[73:17] That didn't cross my mind.

Speaker 4:
[73:18] I'm saying, I'm further proving your point.

Speaker 2:
[73:21] I wasn't.

Speaker 4:
[73:22] A lot of guys don't like women these days, but that's where you're going to go to find both men and women.

Speaker 3:
[73:27] Well, let's open up the phone lines.

Speaker 2:
[73:29] All right, what's the question?

Speaker 3:
[73:30] The question is what the meme says, as a man.

Speaker 2:
[73:32] Why are you going to a Chris Brown and Usher show? That is the question. 800-585-105-1.

Speaker 3:
[73:37] I need y'all to know, that is not my question.

Speaker 2:
[73:39] No.

Speaker 3:
[73:40] Okay, I understand why you would go. Because you would go because there's a lot of women there. That's what I think. But maybe there's other reasons.

Speaker 4:
[73:47] And you can be a fan of their music. My husband loves both of those artists.

Speaker 2:
[73:53] Would he go by himself to go see them?

Speaker 4:
[73:55] But I'm just saying, he wouldn't go by himself.

Speaker 2:
[73:58] But maybe he's a fan.

Speaker 3:
[74:00] If Chris went by himself, they'd be asking him where to sit. If he went by himself. Wow. If Chris went by himself.

Speaker 2:
[74:04] Mexican usher?

Speaker 3:
[74:05] What are you talking about? I didn't say that. Why wouldn't he be a Mexican usher?

Speaker 2:
[74:10] Like ushering people to their seats.

Speaker 3:
[74:12] You know what? What's a Mexican usher? How you say yeah in Spanish? Come on, how you say yeah?

Speaker 21:
[74:15] See, see, see, see, see, see, see, see, see, see.

Speaker 2:
[74:21] You know what, it's the Breakfast Club Good Morning.

Speaker 1:
[74:27] It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join in to the discussion with The Breakfast Club.

Speaker 2:
[74:35] Morning, everybody! It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Now, if you're just joining us, we're talking about a meme that was kind of went viral. That was all over social media the last couple of days. And the question was, as a man, why are you going to the Chris Brown and Usher concert?

Speaker 3:
[74:51] I was born in 1978, so I saw that meme. And the first thing I thought was, I would be going to the Chris Brown and Usher concert if I was a man, because I know all the women are going to be there. And to me, that was just logic, right? But then, Envy, you brought up a good point. You said, well, a lot of this generation don't like girls. Correct.

Speaker 2:
[75:09] Right, and I see it all the time. When I DJ, I see guys dancing with each other, like guys being in a section with each other. In our generation-

Speaker 3:
[75:16] But you DJ in a gay party, so that makes sense.

Speaker 2:
[75:17] I do not DJ in a gay party. I don't have a problem with it. Money, money.

Speaker 4:
[75:20] Because the gay got the money, honey.

Speaker 2:
[75:22] It don't matter.

Speaker 3:
[75:23] What's the section in the gay club? VIPP?

Speaker 2:
[75:28] Table 69 is the one. But I would say that you would see guys and girls dancing together when I used to DJ. Now it's more split. You see girls in a section by themselves, and you see fellas in a section. It's the weirdest thing, but it ain't got nothing to do with it.

Speaker 3:
[75:39] It's not weird.

Speaker 2:
[75:40] Yes, it is.

Speaker 3:
[75:41] Why is it weird?

Speaker 4:
[75:42] Because it used to be intermingling. It used to be like the guys with the girls, even, you know, and that was with gay people and straight people. Everybody just used to congregate together.

Speaker 3:
[75:49] Correct.

Speaker 4:
[75:50] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[75:50] It's not weird. It's just different. Because you're used to seeing something else in a different era.

Speaker 2:
[75:55] Like people don't like to talk to each other. They don't like to dance with each other.

Speaker 4:
[75:57] Yes. Everybody be on their phones and little huddles. It's like, yo, y'all could have did this in the basement.

Speaker 3:
[76:01] Correct. So, like I said, to me, when I look at the meme, it was very cut and dry, right? To me, I was like, yo, you go to the Usher Chris Brown concert because you know all the girls are going to be there as a man. But it might be something different in this generation.

Speaker 4:
[76:13] But you could also be a fan of their music as a man.

Speaker 3:
[76:15] What do you mean?

Speaker 2:
[76:16] But if I'm a fan of their music, I'm not going by myself. Like, I'm taking my wife. Like, I'm not going to be, yo, Charlamagne, what you doing on Friday? Let's go see Usher.

Speaker 3:
[76:22] No, no. Not only are you taking your wife, if you're a fan of their music as a man, you might just be taking your boo. Yeah. Your boo might be another man. You know what I'm saying? We're in a different area.

Speaker 2:
[76:33] You're taking your boo to go see Usher and Chris Brown. Okay. But let's go to the phone lines. 800-585-1051. Who do we have on the line?

Speaker 12:
[76:43] This is Mr. BMD 2024. How you feeling, DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious?

Speaker 2:
[76:48] What's up, bro?

Speaker 8:
[76:49] What's up, shorty?

Speaker 3:
[76:50] Your name got too much going on, bro.

Speaker 8:
[76:52] Shut up.

Speaker 3:
[76:52] Mr. BMD 2024.

Speaker 12:
[76:54] Listen, Mr. BMD, it's answer brothers making dollars, Charlamagne. I got five books waiting for you, Charlamagne.

Speaker 8:
[76:59] Dang.

Speaker 12:
[77:00] I'm calling to say that I'm from Baltimore, Jess.

Speaker 6:
[77:02] I got videos of me and you.

Speaker 12:
[77:04] But I'm calling to say that- No, no.

Speaker 6:
[77:09] This is when she first started.

Speaker 12:
[77:10] Her little room, her room was in it. You feel me with this? Oh, okay. Her little man had a little puppy, Armand Domingue.

Speaker 13:
[77:18] Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Speaker 4:
[77:20] That's what's up.

Speaker 12:
[77:21] I'm ushering Chris Brown as a grown man, just for the women, you know, and to make sure that everybody has fun, man. Ushering Chris Brown, we grew up all for that.

Speaker 4:
[77:32] Hell, yeah. That was an era, man.

Speaker 3:
[77:34] The music is jamming and all the women are going to be there. That's why I couldn't even understand why that dude was trying to shame people with that meme. As a man, what would you be going to usher Chris Brown show for? Because all the women are going to be there.

Speaker 4:
[77:45] That's crazy.

Speaker 2:
[77:46] Hello, who's this?

Speaker 12:
[77:47] Mills from Brooklyn.

Speaker 2:
[77:48] Mills from Southern.

Speaker 3:
[77:49] Good morning.

Speaker 2:
[77:50] You know, we're talking about the ushering of a young man. I actually got through. Talk to us. What's your thoughts, brother?

Speaker 12:
[77:55] First of all, I want to start off by saying I'm a married man with four kids. My wife is coming with me to the concert. Word. I go to every concert, so it's nothing wrong with it.

Speaker 2:
[78:04] But I got a question though.

Speaker 12:
[78:05] What's the difference between us men going to the concert and men going to watch basketball games?

Speaker 2:
[78:10] By ourselves or without wives?

Speaker 12:
[78:12] Regardless of the fact, yeah, I mean by yourself or not. You think you're in a game and that's your man doing his job.

Speaker 3:
[78:16] I can tell you why, because when they hear ushering Chris Brown's music, they think love songs and romantic. And so they think we, they think for whatever reason, they think men don't have that side to them.

Speaker 12:
[78:26] I'm 36 years old and ushering Chris Brown and Trey Soe, they don't pay my way.

Speaker 2:
[78:33] You know what though, not to say-

Speaker 12:
[78:34] I mean, why not go watch that?

Speaker 2:
[78:35] You know what, you kind of right, I'm going to tell you why. Because when New Edition was performing in New Orleans, gear was with me and I went.

Speaker 4:
[78:43] You mean you was giving it up, singing every song?

Speaker 2:
[78:45] I did.

Speaker 4:
[78:46] Clutching your pearls.

Speaker 2:
[78:47] I did, because New Edition, they're dancing.

Speaker 4:
[78:50] Exactly. So I guess, yeah, I guess.

Speaker 3:
[78:52] If you like the music, you can go.

Speaker 4:
[78:54] That's right. It's not a big deal.

Speaker 3:
[78:56] It's not a big deal at all.

Speaker 12:
[78:58] When Chris Brown was in Madison Square Garden in Connecticut last year, I went both times by myself.

Speaker 4:
[79:05] Okay.

Speaker 3:
[79:05] Oh, that's what's up.

Speaker 4:
[79:08] It is.

Speaker 12:
[79:08] I went out and we get my tickets, he helped me get my hotel, but she already knew. But the concert is going up.

Speaker 2:
[79:14] You went and set you by yourself?

Speaker 12:
[79:16] Yes.

Speaker 4:
[79:17] He's a fan. He's a Chris Brown fan. And he's saying, if y'all can watch-

Speaker 12:
[79:21] I'm not saying I'm a fan. I'm too old to say I'm a fan.

Speaker 4:
[79:23] No, you're a fan. Yeah. Y'all want to go to basketball games and watch sweaty p***s in the hole and fall all on each other and all that?

Speaker 3:
[79:32] I'm going to ask you a question. And you know God watching you, but I also know black men don't cheat. Did your side chick meet you down there?

Speaker 4:
[79:39] Oh my God. Oh my God.

Speaker 12:
[79:40] I don't have no side chick. I'm not your side chick. I've been married for too long for that.

Speaker 3:
[79:43] Legend. You're a legend. You're a legend, my brother.

Speaker 2:
[79:47] Can I ask you a question? Why you want to take her with you?

Speaker 4:
[79:49] She had the kids. He said why your wife didn't go with you to Connecticut.

Speaker 12:
[79:52] Yeah. She went to a club game with me, but she don't like crowds and all that.

Speaker 3:
[79:57] I get it.

Speaker 4:
[79:58] Yeah, sure. You don't like crowds.

Speaker 2:
[80:00] That's not weird to you that your wife send you to the Usher concert?

Speaker 3:
[80:03] No, not if you want to go.

Speaker 2:
[80:05] By yourself?

Speaker 3:
[80:06] If he wanted to go, why can't he go by himself?

Speaker 2:
[80:08] Why? That don't feel weird to nobody.

Speaker 7:
[80:10] No, they don't.

Speaker 4:
[80:12] It's a little unusual, but it's like it's not.

Speaker 2:
[80:14] Why don't you have to go?

Speaker 4:
[80:16] Let's vote.

Speaker 3:
[80:16] She said she don't like crowds. She didn't want to go. There's nothing wrong with doing things by yourself. There's people that go to movies by themselves. They go eat food by themselves. They go to concerts by themselves.

Speaker 2:
[80:27] What's wrong with that? I'm just not going to concerts by myself. By myself? Who am I talking to before I'm singing?

Speaker 3:
[80:32] You're in there with 20,000 other people singing the same song, you dumb ass. I'm sick of you this morning. Stop the singing.

Speaker 4:
[80:37] Hey, yo.

Speaker 3:
[80:38] By yourself?

Speaker 4:
[80:39] Yeah.

Speaker 2:
[80:39] Would I go see Hove by myself?

Speaker 3:
[80:42] Yes. I definitely would.

Speaker 4:
[80:43] Yes, you would.

Speaker 2:
[80:45] Somebody got to come with me.

Speaker 3:
[80:46] Why? I don't know.

Speaker 4:
[80:47] It just makes the experience better. Did you like that song? Girl, I bet he's about to do this. You want to marry.

Speaker 3:
[80:53] Allow me to reintroduce myself.

Speaker 2:
[80:55] Now, if you're just joining us, we're asking 800-585-1051. As a man, they're asking, why are you going to the Chris Brown and Usher concert? Myself? I'm taking my wife. I'm taking my daughters. I'm taking my family because they want to see it.

Speaker 3:
[81:10] Whoever made that meme thought that they ate with that meme, but that meme is so corny. The reason it's so corny is because as soon as I saw that as a man, why would you be going to the Usher Chris Brown concert? Number one, I could like the music. Number two, that's where all the women are going to be at. But as you pointed out, Envy, there's a lot of people in this generation who don't like women. Correct. So to them, that meme might make sense.

Speaker 2:
[81:34] Right. We have Sasha on the line. Sasha, good morning.

Speaker 14:
[81:37] Good morning.

Speaker 2:
[81:38] How are you feeling Sasha?

Speaker 14:
[81:40] I feel very well. How about yourself?

Speaker 2:
[81:41] I'm good. Now, did you see the meme or you probably, I don't know if you've seen the meme or not. And they were asking as a man, why would you go to a Chris Brown and Usher concert? What are your thoughts on it?

Speaker 14:
[81:49] I think you could go for whatever reason. But what today's generation, the younger ones, you know, and let you say one of your 47, it's just so much go on with both of them. I just think they're going because one, all the girls are there and two, all the guys are there also. So I think like a tri-sexual, O, A, B, and C. They're going there to see what they can see, you know.

Speaker 3:
[82:18] You sound like our good friend Emma Greed. I thought you was about to say, actually, I think everyone should watch the concert from home. Okay. You won't enjoy the experience if you don't watch it from home.

Speaker 14:
[82:28] No, no, no. I think you should go there. And it's just everything's happening today with sexuality. So they're going to see. You have two gentlemen there that are both pretty woozy and wowsy. So...

Speaker 3:
[82:41] I think what you're simply saying is, if you like people and you like to socialize, Usher and Chris Brown Concert is a great place to be. Because if they come to your city, that's probably going to be the only thing moving in town that night.

Speaker 2:
[82:54] That's what she said. Hello, who's this?

Speaker 12:
[82:56] What's going on? It's Jake from Baltimore.

Speaker 2:
[82:58] Hey, Jake, what's up, man?

Speaker 1:
[82:59] Talk to us. What's your thoughts, brother?

Speaker 12:
[83:01] Yo, I'm definitely going to the concert, baby.

Speaker 1:
[83:03] Okay.

Speaker 12:
[83:04] Might go to Atlanta, might go to the one in New York, might go to the one in Houston, but I'm going to one of them concerts, man.

Speaker 3:
[83:09] You're going by yourself?

Speaker 12:
[83:11] Absolutely.

Speaker 3:
[83:12] I don't see a problem with it.

Speaker 1:
[83:13] But why?

Speaker 3:
[83:13] Yeah, there's going to be plenty of women there.

Speaker 12:
[83:15] What do you mean, why? Okay, I understand.

Speaker 19:
[83:16] Plenty of women are going to be there.

Speaker 12:
[83:17] I'm leaving here with something.

Speaker 3:
[83:19] That's what I say. Okay, I'm glad to know that there's still a lot of people who just had the same mindset I had. When I saw the meme, that's the first thing I thought. I want to be where all the women are. You remember I used to promote parties back in the day, right? You want a bunch of women at the party.

Speaker 2:
[83:32] You want more women than guys.

Speaker 3:
[83:34] That's why I used to let girls in free before 11. Let girls in free before 11. If you got a bunch of girls in there, the guys are going to pay whatever.

Speaker 2:
[83:40] They ain't paying whatever to see all them ladies. Absolutely. Hello, who's this?

Speaker 12:
[83:43] That's Lucky.

Speaker 2:
[83:44] Lucky, what's up? Talk to us, Lucky.

Speaker 12:
[83:46] Man, I will go to the Chris Brown concert by myself, but I have other stipulations of this situation because of my daughter and my wife is huge Chris Brown fan.

Speaker 3:
[84:00] What's the stipulations?

Speaker 12:
[84:01] I don't think Chris Brown is a friend, too, because, you know, he's from my era. I grew up watching him and everything, but yeah. Otherwise, I would just go to take my wife and my daughter, but just going by myself, I probably would go. But to save me a couple of dollars, I might as well take my ass to work, man.

Speaker 2:
[84:27] But I will say this, though, and I thought about it when I'm talking out loud, I thought about it, but New Edition was performing in New Orleans, bro. And me and my manager was out there working. I said, yo, I want to go see New Edition. And I went. And I didn't have my wife with me. And I didn't feel funny because I was singing all the songs. So I can't even say that.

Speaker 12:
[84:44] Yeah, that's true indeed. You know what I'm saying? I used to work at the same part.

Speaker 3:
[84:50] And I saw everybody come third.

Speaker 12:
[84:52] So if I didn't want to be there, I had to be there because I was working there. Right.

Speaker 2:
[84:56] I got you, brother. Thank you. What's the moral of the story? And by the way, Jess ran to the bathroom. She had a little diarrhea. She had a poop. Yep.

Speaker 3:
[85:02] The moral of the story is, man, stop trying to shame people for no goddamn reason. Asking dumb ass questions as a grown man. Why would you go to a Usher and Chris Brown concert? Actually asking that question says more about you than it does about the people who are one, secure enough to go by themselves as men if they want to, and two, going by themselves because they know all the ladies are going to be there. I want to know why your punk ass don't want to be where all the women at.

Speaker 2:
[85:27] That's right.

Speaker 3:
[85:27] How about that?

Speaker 2:
[85:28] All right. All right. Well, when we come back, we got the latest with Lauren. So don't go anywhere. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. She gets in from somebody that knows somebody.

Speaker 15:
[85:47] I know one girl that knows a little bit about everything.

Speaker 3:
[85:50] She'll be having the latest on you.

Speaker 1:
[85:53] The latest with Lauren LaRosa.

Speaker 3:
[85:55] Sometimes she has facts, sometimes she have details, sometimes she have a little bit of everything. Well, it's the latest.

Speaker 1:
[85:59] Brought to you by Top Dog Law on The Breakfast Club.

Speaker 15:
[86:04] All righty, guys. So this actually just broke a few minutes ago. Rihanna and Baby Rocky are covering the cover of W Magazine. I mean, I told you guys a few days ago that this cover would be happening. And in this magazine, I didn't get a chance to read the cover article yet, so we'll bring it back in the latest tomorrow. But the tagline of it is letting us know a bit about what's happening. They mentioned that some of her friends and her collaborators and Aset Rocky, her lover. So Aset Rocky, SZA, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, they're all sharing stories about how Rihanna has trailblazed as an artist and she went from mogul to mom. So we got to meet baby Rocky on the cover.

Speaker 4:
[86:42] He's so chunky, cute.

Speaker 15:
[86:44] The magazine, yes.

Speaker 2:
[86:45] Funny, when you first said, Riri, I thought we got new music. I said, oh, we got some music.

Speaker 15:
[86:48] Well, I haven't read the article yet, but my source who told me that the article, I mean, that the cover was coming, did tell me that she discusses the new music in this article. So once I read it, it will come back in the latest tomorrow. Maybe there will be an update.

Speaker 3:
[86:59] I don't know why y'all keep bothering Rihanna about new music. She done made billions of dollars off of makeup and lingerie. I wouldn't give y'all no song just to critique over and over and compare it to what I did 10, 15 years ago.

Speaker 2:
[87:13] It's still in her blood, and I'm sure she wants to drop a single, hopefully.

Speaker 15:
[87:17] But I wouldn't be mad if we didn't get in. We just keep getting it through movies and stuff like we've been doing because she has a lot going on. So yes, speaking of Mariah Carey, in other news, Mariah Carey, she was caught out in New York by TMZ, and they talked to her about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Let's take a listen.

Speaker 20:
[87:33] Do you care about the Rock and Roll inductee thing? No. Mariah, what's your message to your fans that have been defending you for not being inducted? What do you say to your fans?

Speaker 13:
[87:43] I love my fans, always.

Speaker 12:
[87:45] Thank you so much, Queen.

Speaker 20:
[87:47] We're happy that it's not the biggest guilty, because you've already won a lot of awards.

Speaker 9:
[87:53] Yeah, who cares?

Speaker 20:
[87:54] Give it to somebody else.

Speaker 13:
[87:55] Fantastic.

Speaker 3:
[87:57] And the reality is, I was shocked that Mariah wasn't the first ballot Hall of Famer. But she'll get in. It's Mariah Carey, guys. She'll get in.

Speaker 2:
[88:07] And when did they just catch Mariah Carey?

Speaker 15:
[88:09] She was leaving out of a hotel. She was leaving out of the Peninsula Hotel in New York. And normally what happens is you get tips. Like whenever a big name celebrity is like that or somewhere, someone's going to call you if they know that that's what you do and say, hey, the celebrity's here.

Speaker 4:
[88:21] I love her attitude toward that because she don't need that validation of a star. You know what I'm saying? Although I am surprised that she didn't get in. I love how she said, give it to somebody else. Who cares? She knows who she is.

Speaker 3:
[88:30] She'll eventually get it. She will. It's Mariah Carey.

Speaker 15:
[88:33] Exactly. Well, in other news, speaking of big names, so we talked about Eddie Murphy being honored at the AFI, the American Film Institute Awards this week. One of the revelations that came out of that whole night was the fact that we might be getting another Shrek. Let's take a listen.

Speaker 6:
[88:49] This is a beautiful thing. All my kids are here and Mike Myers is over there and Shrek 5 is coming out very soon. And this is just a beautiful thing. It's great to be. I've been making movies for really long since I was 20 years old. I'm 65 now. So it's a long time. So great feeling. Beverly Hills Cop 5? Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. Beverly Hills Cop 5 in the immediate future. Shrek 5. And Donkey, the first Donkey movie doing a Donkey movie too. The Donkey is getting his own movie.

Speaker 3:
[89:20] Do you know how much money Eddie Murphy has made off playing a donkey?

Speaker 4:
[89:25] Absolutely.

Speaker 3:
[89:26] Yes. Because I think I'm correct on this. He receives a percentage of donkey related merchandise revenue.

Speaker 15:
[89:36] That's crazy.

Speaker 4:
[89:38] You know what I'm saying? Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[89:40] I think I remember hearing that before.

Speaker 15:
[89:42] Wow. I swept it up. It says that he earned at least $3 million for the first Shrek film and roughly $10 million for the sequel.

Speaker 3:
[89:50] That's just for voicing it.

Speaker 15:
[89:51] Yeah. That's just for voicing it. Not even for residuals. The residuals. Yeah. Yeah.

Speaker 4:
[89:56] Man, that is wild.

Speaker 2:
[89:58] I would love to see Beverly Hills Cop, though, too, but go ahead.

Speaker 3:
[90:00] No.

Speaker 2:
[90:01] Yes.

Speaker 3:
[90:01] There's one on Netflix now. It's a part four. You ain't even watched that one, did you? Nope.

Speaker 2:
[90:05] No.

Speaker 3:
[90:06] Exactly.

Speaker 20:
[90:07] Yes.

Speaker 3:
[90:08] Beverly Hills Cop four on Netflix.

Speaker 2:
[90:09] Oh, baby, I did see that on the plane. I did see it.

Speaker 3:
[90:12] It came out like two years ago.

Speaker 2:
[90:13] I did see it. It was his daughter, right? His daughter was a new thing?

Speaker 3:
[90:16] I didn't watch it. But no, you're right. It was with his daughter, but I didn't watch it.

Speaker 15:
[90:21] When Mike Meyers spoke at the award ceremony for Eddie Murphy, he talked about how Shrek, like that whole series, how they saved it. They said that Jeff Casenberg said that that movie saved Dreamworks. Like, that's how big it was for them.

Speaker 4:
[90:32] So, Shrek was a whole thing. That's why I'm excited that he even mentioned Shrek 5. Like, what? Everybody gonna be in the theaters for that. Just waiting for that.

Speaker 3:
[90:40] I love when you meet a woman that they say look like Shrek. You never heard anybody say that?

Speaker 4:
[90:44] Yes, absolutely. I've actually told a few women that they look like Shrek.

Speaker 3:
[90:46] Cause they do. Wow.

Speaker 4:
[90:47] Yeah.

Speaker 3:
[90:48] And it's hilarious. Wow.

Speaker 4:
[90:50] For real, all it is is looking like Fiona when she was a ogre. Man, that's what it is. You know, it's a few of them.

Speaker 2:
[90:56] How do you want a woman to take that? Like, oh, you look like Shrek.

Speaker 4:
[91:00] Yeah, because that's one of the greatest movies I've ever watched. They could say that.

Speaker 3:
[91:03] When they say she built like Shrek. That's a good one.

Speaker 4:
[91:07] That's a good one.

Speaker 15:
[91:08] It ain't got a bad thing, though.

Speaker 2:
[91:11] That you looking built like Shrek?

Speaker 15:
[91:12] Oh, no, you want to be built like a... Like a salient. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. Never mind. Sorry, y'all.

Speaker 2:
[91:19] Let's start calling you Shrek and see how you like it. Let her sit in her silence.

Speaker 15:
[91:23] It's okay.

Speaker 4:
[91:25] You don't feel good when it happens to somebody else.

Speaker 2:
[91:30] Who's the latest brought to you by?

Speaker 15:
[91:31] The latest is brought to you by Top Dog Law. Any accident, big or small, call Top Dog Law.

Speaker 2:
[91:36] All right. Now, let's get to the mix. Now, don't forget, this Saturday, we're going to be... The whole family is going to be out in Atlanta, the fourth annual Black Effect Podcast Festival. If you haven't got your tickets, get your tickets. Who's going to be doing some of their podcasts there, Charlamagne?

Speaker 3:
[91:48] Man, you got some of the best podcasts in the business. You got Norrie and DJ EFN with Drink Champs. You got Mona with the Don't Call Me White Girl podcast. You got Jeff Teague in the Club 520 podcast. You got my guy Deontay Kyle in Big Ice Cup Cat with the Grits and Eggs podcast. Carlos King is going to be there with the Reality, with the King podcast. And we have a Keep It Positive Sweetie with Crystal Renee Haslett and a Carisha Please with Young Miami Mashup. That's going to be happening on that stage. So go get your tickets, blackeffect.com/podcastfestival. And you know, we got the food trucks and we have the Black Effect Marketplace. And we got my man, Roger Carrouf. He's got the NASCAR Race Simulator is going to be out there. So we got a little something for everybody. So we'll see you this Saturday, April 25th in Atlanta, Georgia, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Pullman Yards. Go get your tickets, blackeffect.com/podcastfestival.

Speaker 15:
[92:39] I just ran into Mona in the mall the other day. She's really excited about it.

Speaker 3:
[92:41] What mall?

Speaker 15:
[92:42] Delaware Mall, Christiana Mall. What?

Speaker 2:
[92:44] You shopping for the Black Effect, huh?

Speaker 15:
[92:46] No, I want to go buy it at first of all. We're pulling that from a show room.

Speaker 3:
[92:53] Don't play where you come from now.

Speaker 15:
[92:55] I'm not getting it. I didn't get it from the... Delaware fit. If you're from the mall, you know there's not much there to shop at.

Speaker 4:
[93:00] But I told you, Sean, she was not shopping in the mall.

Speaker 3:
[93:03] She got the Delaware fit.

Speaker 4:
[93:04] She's got a rainbow, right?

Speaker 15:
[93:05] There's no rainbow in the Delaware mall. There's a shop Akira, but no shade. But no, that's not where the outfits come from. No, there's, shut up. We gotta go. I hate y'all. Shout out to Mona. She said she got some shows in Atlanta, too, this weekend. She lined up around the festival.

Speaker 3:
[93:21] salute to Mona. Man, don't call me white girl. Okay. By the way, the whole the whole Joe Button podcast is invited. I saw them talking about it on the Black Effect Podcast Festival, because Ian's gonna be on a panel. He's like Joe Button podcast adjacent, right? So he's gonna be on the panel. He's on the AI panel.

Speaker 15:
[93:36] Okay.

Speaker 3:
[93:36] So the whole podcast is in the whole podcast is invited.

Speaker 15:
[93:40] Maybe y'all get an exclusive out of that if everybody on the podcast comes. There might be a reunion of sorts.

Speaker 2:
[93:46] All right. It's The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne tha God. We are The Breakfast Club. Salute to Donnell Rawlings for joining us this morning.

Speaker 4:
[93:55] I love that. I love it.

Speaker 2:
[93:57] He's gonna be at City Winery on the 24th and 25th of New York City. And I'm sure he'll be hitting the city near you as well.

Speaker 3:
[94:02] Please, please sell out.

Speaker 4:
[94:03] Why is you saying, please sell out?

Speaker 3:
[94:05] Please go buy tickets to Donnell Rawlings' show, man. I need Donnell to sell out, man. Like, that's just like, no, no, no. What you mean?

Speaker 4:
[94:14] Don't ever be promoting somebody's stuff. Talk about please buy it.

Speaker 3:
[94:18] What's wrong with please?

Speaker 2:
[94:20] Well Gary Owen just commented on a post that we just posted. He said, honky hack is classic. He just wanted to put that out there because you called him a honky hack earlier today.

Speaker 4:
[94:30] And then he hashtagged garbage. That white boy is crazy man.

Speaker 2:
[94:38] So anyway, salute to Donnell Rawlings now. What are you doing this weekend Jess?

Speaker 4:
[94:43] I'm going to be in Newark, New Jersey at Rutgers University for Black Writers Weekend. That's 4 p.m. guys. So make sure you get your actually that is actually sold out. But April 30th is not sold out at Powerhouse Arena. The book launch for two, Deaf Dewey Parent is next Thursday, April 30th at 7 p.m. So make sure you get your tickets and be in the building. Then May 1st for Lauderdale, Florida, I will be at Lillian S. Wells Hall at the Parker at 7 p.m. So get your tickets at jesshilariousofficial.com.

Speaker 2:
[95:13] I want to salute to the New York Giants. I'm going to be DJing their draft party on Thursday.

Speaker 3:
[95:18] Tell it.

Speaker 2:
[95:19] The Giants are drafting a first round pick. No, it's not.

Speaker 3:
[95:23] It's a waste of time and a waste of a goddamn pick.

Speaker 2:
[95:26] And then Friday, I'm going to be in Pittsburgh for their draft party. I'm going to be there wearing my Giants jersey, by the way. And then Saturday, we're going to be in Atlanta for the Black Effect Podcast Festival.

Speaker 3:
[95:37] Yes, indeed. Yes, go get your tickets at blackeffect.com/podcastfestival. Back to the draft. Shout out to that poor soul who's going to get drafted by the New York Giants. I know it's your dream to be in the NFL, man. I'm sorry that your career is going to have to start with such a terrible franchise. No, it's not.

Speaker 2:
[95:53] It's an amazing franchise, way better than the Dallas Cowboys. And I can't wait to see everybody out there.

Speaker 3:
[95:57] You're not a better franchise than the Cowboys. We might suck as a team in recent years. But you're not a better franchise.

Speaker 2:
[96:03] You suck as a team, but we are looking great for next season. We got a lot of pieces that we look good for this season.

Speaker 3:
[96:08] What are the pieces? Name them.

Speaker 2:
[96:10] Skitter, what is it? Skitter Babies?

Speaker 3:
[96:13] I know him, he's from Detroit, he rap.

Speaker 2:
[96:15] Scatterboot, we got Scatterboot, we got Dart, we got the Neighbors of course. All these are not injured anymore.

Speaker 3:
[96:23] So we rocking.

Speaker 2:
[96:24] What?

Speaker 4:
[96:25] That's crazy.

Speaker 3:
[96:26] You don't even know the name of the name?

Speaker 2:
[96:27] That's what I do, Neighbors, they all not injured now. So we all playing now. They were all injured last season. We were good money this season. Okay.

Speaker 3:
[96:36] Name yours. I don't.

Speaker 2:
[96:39] Leave us with a positive note.

Speaker 3:
[96:40] The positive note is this, man, learning. Okay. The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you. Okay. Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world. Have a great day.

Speaker 7:
[96:52] Breakfast Club, bitches.

Speaker 5:
[96:53] You all finished or y'all done?

Speaker 1:
[96:58] Program your alarm to Power 105.1 on iHeart Radio.