FULL SHOW: DJ Mustard Speaks On KDot's Halftime Performance, Drake, Another Diddy Accuser Speaks Out, 50 Cent Trolls Big Meech AGAIN + More

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club – FULL SHOW: DJ Mustard Speaks On KDot's Halftime Performance, Drake, Another Diddy Accuser Speaks Out, 50 Cent Trolls Big Meech AGAIN + More

Release Date: February 11, 2025

Introduction

In this action-packed episode of The Breakfast Club, hosted by Charlamagne Tha God, DJ Envy, and Jess Hilarious, the trio delves into a myriad of hot-button topics spanning the realms of music, politics, legal battles, and pop culture. From dissecting Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance to navigating the latest developments in political corruption cases, the hosts leave no stone unturned. Additionally, the episode features a special interview with Tamika Mallory, discussing her newly released memoir, I Live to Tell a Story: A Memoir of Love, Legacy, and Resilience.

Front Page News

Timestamp: [05:20]

Lauren kicks off the Front Page News segment by addressing the escalating tensions between Hamas and Israel, highlighting the suspension of a planned hostage release due to alleged violations by Israel. Charlamagne offers his perspective:

“As far as I'm concerned, if all of the hostages aren't returned By Saturday at 12:00, I think it's an appropriate time. I would say cancel it and all bets are off and let hell break out.” ([06:21])

The discussion shifts to President Trump's stance on the situation, where he threatens to call for an end to the ceasefire if hostages aren't released promptly. Charlamagne critically analyzes Trump's approach, suggesting it undermines peace efforts and jeopardizes the safety of the hostages.

New York City Corruption Case

Timestamp: [08:04]

Lauren reports that the Department of Justice is set to drop a federal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Acting Deputy Attorney General Emma Emil Beauvais directed the dismissal, marking the first prosecution of a sitting NYC mayor to be dropped. Charlamagne speculates on the implications:

“I didn't know the charges are going to be dropped. I thought that, you know, Trump would probably pardon him after.” ([09:11])

He further comments on the perceived favoritism within the judicial system, emphasizing the challenges ordinary individuals face compared to high-profile figures.

Aviation Accident in Scottsdale

Timestamp: [27:12]

A tragic aviation accident in Scottsdale, Arizona, involving two business jets—one owned by Motley Crue's Vince Neil's girlfriend—is covered. The incident resulted from a collapsed landing gear, leading to one fatality and injuries to others. Charlamagne provides a detailed account of the events:

“At 14:39, a Learjet aircraft on its arrival from Austin veered off the Runway and collided with another jet, a Gulfstream 200 aircraft that was parked.” ([27:56])

FBI Director Nomination Controversy

Timestamp: [28:22]

The nomination of Cash Patel to be the FBI Director becomes a contentious topic. California Senator Alex Padilla raises concerns about Patel's ability to lead the FBI independently, citing his opposition to universal background checks and support for civilian ownership of machine guns. Charlamagne questions Patel's suitability, especially in light of allegations tied to a Russian film company promoting conspiracy theories:

“The public deserves to see trusted leaders in the most important positions. So it's in that context that makes the nomination and potential confirmation of Cash Patel even more alarming.” ([32:48])

Super Bowl Halftime Performances and Reactions

Timestamp: [20:43]

The episode extensively discusses Kendrick Lamar's Super Bowl halftime performance, noting a significant spike in streaming numbers following the event. Jess Hilarious highlights Kendrick's commercial success post-performance:

“Kendrick Lamar streamed for his 2024 song Not Like Us actually soared to 430% on Spotify.” ([21:14])

DJ Mustard's reaction to Kendrick's mention of a lawsuit during his performance is also examined, showcasing the interconnectedness of music and personal disputes within the industry.

Celebrity Legal Battles

Timestamp: [68:58]

The hosts delve into the ongoing saga between 50 Cent and Big Meech. Big Meech finally addresses allegations of snitching, while 50 Cent responds humorously yet pointedly to the accusations:

“I never folded, never told, never will death before dishonor.” ([68:58])

The back-and-forth continues, with discussions on the implications for their upcoming events and public images.

Diddy Faces New Lawsuit

Timestamp: [70:43]

A new lawsuit alleges that Diddy (Sean Combs) committed sexual assault, specifically oral rape, against a street performer. The accuser, referred to as John Doe, claims that after a one-night stand, Diddy spiked his drink, leading to non-consensual sexual activities. Charlamagne expresses skepticism and frustration over the allegations:

“But y'all got periods. How do y'all stop them? You can't.” ([75:58])

The segment underscores the complexity of allegations and the challenges in discerning truth amidst public figures' legal issues.

Interview with Tamika Mallory

Timestamp: [37:35]

The highlight of the episode is an in-depth interview with Tamika Mallory, who discusses her memoir, I Live to Tell a Story. She shares personal experiences, including overcoming pill addiction and her involvement in the Women's March. Charlamagne and Tamika explore the distinctions between her previous book, State of Emergency, and her memoir:

Charlamagne: “What's the difference in mindsets when it comes to a memoir? ‘Cause I Live to Tell a Story’ is a memoir. ‘State of Emergency’ wasn't a memoir.” ([39:02])

Tamika emphasizes the therapeutic and empowering aspects of sharing her story, aiming to inspire others facing similar struggles:

“I went through all of that, and I'm still here, you know? And, you know, when I first contacted Jason Williams, the NBA All Star, he let me do that for two times. By the third call, he was like, sis, I already know what it is.” ([40:33])

Kanye West's Super Bowl Ad Controversy

Timestamp: [94:27]

Kanye West's controversial Super Bowl ad promoting his brand Yeezy sparks outrage after featuring a swastika symbol, leading Shopify to disable the website. The hosts debate the implications of such actions by influential figures:

Charlamagne remarks on Kanye's exhausting attempts to gain attention, highlighting the negative impact of his actions on his legacy and public perception.

Positive Note and Black History Month

Timestamp: [107:12]

Concluding the episode on an uplifting note, Charlamagne shares a powerful quote from Cornel West:

“Cornel West once said, if you can't lead the people, you can't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.” ([107:19])

Tamika Mallory adds significance to Black History Month by recounting the origins and resilience embodied in celebrations like Easter, Juneteenth, and Kwanzaa, emphasizing their roots in the struggle for freedom and community solidarity.

Conclusion

This episode of The Breakfast Club masterfully intertwines pressing news topics with cultural commentary and personal narratives. From geopolitical tensions and legal controversies to celebratory discussions on Black History Month and personal triumphs, the hosts provide a comprehensive and engaging overview of the current landscape. Tamika Mallory's heartfelt interview adds depth and inspiration, encouraging listeners to reflect on their own journeys of resilience and reinvention.

Notable Quotes for Reference:

• Charlamagne on Hostage Exchange: “If they're not returned by Saturday at 12:00, all hell is gonna break out.” ([06:21])

• Tamika on Her Memoir: “This book is tough... But I live to tell the story.” ([43:56])

• Cornel West's Quote: “If you can't lead the people, you can't love the people.” ([107:12])

• Charlamagne on Corporate Structures: “It's not a judicial system for regular mother efforts like us.” ([09:36])

This comprehensive summary encapsulates the dynamic and multifaceted nature of the episode, offering insights and key takeaways for both regular listeners and newcomers alike.

Transcript

[DJ Envy]

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Morgan]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, us.

[Tamika Mallory]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.

[Jess Hilarious]

Hey.

[Morgan]

Good morning, Jess.

[Just Hilarious]

Hilarious.

[Morgan]

Good morning, Charlemagne the guy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace to the planet. It's Tuesday. Good morning. You know, just your friendly neighborhood, nationally syndicated morning show. You know, I'm sure that it's local morning shows that sound better.

[Tamika Mallory]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay. Salute to all of y'all.

[Morgan]

Yes, that is right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Trust me, it ain't. It ain't what it appears to be.

[Morgan]

Okay, well, come on.

[Tamika Mallory]

This is a live show, so.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right.

[Tamika Mallory]

Things happen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah. Don't get them started. Yeah. I mean, yeah. Nobody cares.

[Morgan]

Whatever.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, Jess.

[Morgan]

How are you?

[Tamika Mallory]

I'm good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Welcome back.

[Tamika Mallory]

Thank you.

[Morgan]

How is New Orleans?

[Tamika Mallory]

New Orleans is crazy. It was. It was crazy, huh?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You went to the game?

[Tamika Mallory]

No, I did not go to the game. Did you eat all. Every day I was down there. Did you go to morrows from the 6th? From the 6th to the 10th? Yes, I ate at Morrow's. I ate at Mondays because you got another restaurant Mondays. I ate at. At Yo. A lot of different places, but it was good. It was lit. Yo, let me tell you something. New Orleans, that's where everybody decided to cheat at or something.

[Morgan]

Really?

[Tamika Mallory]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Why you said that?

[Tamika Mallory]

And I'm telling you, man, people were saying me, and they was with their little side chicks. And I'm like, yeah, I did report.

[Jess Hilarious]

That you had a girlfriend.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who that is. You know what I mean?

[Tamika Mallory]

I'm talking about eyes dilated. They see me, I'm like, look, I ain't knowing that.

[Morgan]

Oh, so when people see you, they running the other way.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, listen, ducking. Would you down there with who you were supposed to be?

[Tamika Mallory]

Listen to? Absolutely. Don't play with me.

[Morgan]

But.

[Tamika Mallory]

But the side chicks love jessaluri, so they want to come and speak and all that. And then. No, don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Don't talk to her because she do just with the message.

[Morgan]

That's right.

[Tamika Mallory]

You should have seen some of these faces.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. I saw something you posted in your story the other day. I was like, what the hell that mean? Hold on, let me see if I can find it.

[Morgan]

What was that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let me see if I can find it.

[Tamika Mallory]

I was coming at somebody saying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because I know you said something about. You said something about cheating. When you see your side, dude. Yeah. You posted Beyonce meme and you was like, when I see both my dudes in public.

[Tamika Mallory]

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Hey, yo, that's funny. That was just a funny meme that I had posted.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just making sure you look refreshed this morning. Oh. To be out here raising a newborn.

[Tamika Mallory]

Absolutely. Thank you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You look high, though.

[Tamika Mallory]

I am high.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Amir Questlove]

All right. Not you look high.

[Morgan]

Just a little bit. All right, well, Tamika Mallory will be joining us this morning. She has a new book, I Live to Tell a Story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. Her new book, I Live to Tell a Story, A Memoir of Love, Legacy and Resilience, is out today via Black Privilege, Simon and Schuster Publishing, and she will be here to talk all about it. Her last book was State of Emergency. That was more of a guide to help us get through that particular time that we were in 2020. 2021. But this book is actually her memoir, so we'll be talking all about it.

[Tamika Mallory]

Is she related to Sherri Shepherd?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know. I don't think so.

[Morgan]

Where you get that from?

[Tamika Mallory]

They favor.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You think so?

[Tamika Mallory]

The comedian.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let me look. Sherry. Yeah.

[Tamika Mallory]

Like that could be like our little sister. Like Tamika could be our little sister. I don't think they favor to me.

[Morgan]

I don't think they're related.

[Tamika Mallory]

Interesting. I don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't think so.

[Morgan]

All right, well, let's get the show cracking. We got front page news. A lot to discuss in Front page news. And then get it off your chest, please. You can start getting on the phone lines right now, 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, if you need to get some things off your chest, you can call us up right now. But Front page news is next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. Good morning, Morgan.

[Lauren]

Envy, Charlamagne and Jess. How y'all feeling?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good, blessed, black and highly favorite. What up, Morgan?

[Lauren]

I love it. I love to hear that. Okay, so the latest on front page news is there's yet another aviation accident. Before I get into that, let's check in with the Trump administration. So Hamas is suspending a planned hostage release for this weekend after it claimed Israel is not following the terms of their cease fire agreement. A Hamas official said there have been numerous violations which they said include delaying the return of displaced Palestinians to northern Gaza, not allowing supplies to enter the strip, and gunfire in various parts of the region. Now, the militant group said because of this, the hostage exchange that set for Saturday is postponed until further notice. Now, Israel said the development is a complete violation of the cease fire and hostage deal that they struck before. Now, yesterday afternoon, President Trump spoke from the Oval Office saying he would call for an end to the cease fire deal if Israel and Hamas. Between Israel and Hamas, if every Israeli hostage is not released from Gaza on Saturday. Let's hear more from President Trump.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

As far as I'm concerned, if all of the hostages aren't returned By Saturday at 12:00, I think it's an appropriate time. I would say cancel it and all bets are off and let hell break out. I'd say they ought to be returned by 12 o'clock on Saturday. And if they're not returned, all of them not in drips and drabs, not 2 and 1 and 3 and 4 and 2. Saturday at 12 o'clock. And after that I would say all hell is gonna break out.

[Lauren]

What are your thoughts on that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, I don't know what the ceasefire agreement is, but I'm sure Trump would, Trump would rather give Israel the green light to wipe Gaza out. Like Trump already told you, he wants to take over the region and displace all the Palestinians. So that don't sound like, you know, they looking for peace. Also, if they go in and, you know, wipe out the Gaza script, won't they be hurting the hostages too? Absolutely.

[Lauren]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[Lauren]

Yeah, absolutely. So in a recent interview with Fox News, Brett Baier, Trump said Palestinians wouldn't be welcomed back to the Gaza Strip if they, if the US Decided to take over the region because the conditions aren't livable. And he also called it a demolition site. He believes that he could strike a deal with neighboring nations to take in displaced Palestinians. Neighboring nations like Egypt and Jordan. Let's hear more from President Trump on Gaza.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, they wouldn't because they're going to have much better housing. Much better. In other words, I'm talking about building a permanent, permanent place for them. If they have to return now, it will be years before you could ever. It's not habitable. It will be years before it could happen. I think I could make a deal with Jordan. I think I could make a deal with Egypt. You know, we give them billions and billions of dollars a year.

[Lauren]

Now the president, he's not wrong about that. We did. The US does provide Jordan and Egypt with billions of dollars in humanitarian aid. But he does believe he could strike a deal with those nations and other or other Arab nations. But so far they've pushed back, saying the plan would be a violation of international law. Some Republicans say believe this plan is far fetched. But Trump will be meeting with the King of Jordan at the White House today. So we will see how that develops. And in political news relative to New York, the Department of justice is set to drop a federal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. That's according to a memo sent by Acting Deputy Attorney General Emma Emil Beauvais that instructed the Acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District to dismiss the charges as soon as is practical. Charges were brought against Adams last year and what was was the first prosecution of a sitting mayor in New York City history. So let's continue to watch out and see what happens to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. We knew that this was probably coming, but as he has aligned himself with the new administration, it seems as though that appears to be working in his favor.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, I didn't know the charges are going to be dropped. I thought that, you know, Trump would probably pardon him after.

[Lauren]

Yeah, but, you know, after the fact.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, but the mayor did tell top officials not to criticize President Trump and not to interfere with immigration enforcement. So I guess being on the side of Donald Trump has his privileges for somebody like Mayor Adams.

[Morgan]

Yeah, but the crazy thing is, is when you look at the judicial system in the last, what, 10 days, 15 days, there is none. Nobody gives an F. Like, people do whatever they want to do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's not true.

[Morgan]

What are you talking about? He just pardoned all these people. He didn't even go through the judicial process. What?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's definitely a judicial system for regular mother efforts like us.

[Amir Questlove]

Touche.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not for those individuals. What are you talking about?

[Morgan]

But that is wild.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Your ass ain't getting no pardon. Your ass ain't going to get your char. You're right.

[Morgan]

But, but, but it's crazy because if you align yourself with Trump or you have some political phrase, you don't even got to go to court. You can. You can do a crime and just. I, I guess maybe it has and we just haven't seen it in our face like this, but now it's in our face where it's just like, middle fingers up. Eff it. It is what it is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

On both sides, though.

[Morgan]

Yep.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Literally on both sides.

[Morgan]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm still thinking about that. Guys, a scripting. I, I really would like to talk to somebody way smarter than me about that, because I don't know how any of those things work, but if you decided to give Israel the green light to wipe out the Gaza script, like, because he said all hell would break loose on, what, 12 noon Saturday?

[Lauren]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If you would be. If you did that, you'd be taking out the hostages, too, right? Like, if you want the hostages to be returned safely, doesn't that defeat the whole purpose to have them just go wipe out the Gaza script?

[Morgan]

So almost like, if I can't have them, you can't have me, but I have no idea. But that's what it sounds like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't get that.

[Morgan]

All right, well, that is front page news. Thank you, Morgan.

[Lauren]

All right, talk to y'all at seven.

[Morgan]

Everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open. Again, 800-585-1051. Call us up right now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Wake up, wake up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're mad or blessed, we want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Morgan]

Hello? Who's this?

[DJ Envy]

What's up, Envy?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is Marcus, man.

[Morgan]

Marcus. What's up? Where you calling from, brother?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm calling for a rape from North Carolina.

[Morgan]

What's up, brother? Get it off your chest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No doubt. How you doing, Envy?

[Morgan]

I'm good.

[DJ Envy]

All right, I'm calling.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I want to holl at my man Charlemagne the ferry, man. I'm right here, sir. How your mama doing? Charlamagne.

[Tamika Mallory]

Charlamagne, man, you can't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can't go a week. You can't. Nah, he ain't the guy. He the fairy, bro. Okay, Anything else? You can't go a week without saying no gay stuff, bro. I bet.

[DJ Envy]

A week.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I ain't say nothing gay all week.

[Tamika Mallory]

Oh, that's why you a fairy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I ain't say nothing. You can't be the God, bro. Way you be talking, bro. You sound like a fairy, bro. You can't beat me up, man. Come on, man. You. You 160, bro. You're a little dude. You can't. Big eyebrows. How about you look like more chestnut. You look. You look more like. What my man name? RuPaul. RuPaul out the dress. Charlamagne.

[Morgan]

I never heard that one that was gay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You still can't beat me up.

[DJ Envy]

No more.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Chestnut. No more chestnut.

[DJ Envy]

RuPaul.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

RuPaul. Is there. Is there anything else you'd like to say about my attractive features? Because you notice a lot of them, man. I know you can't go a week without saying nothing about big stick to bubblegum. I know that.

[Morgan]

Bye, Marcus.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y'all have a good day. I love y'all. I love y'all, man. Tighten up, man. You just said you love me. You want to tighten loose.

[Tamika Mallory]

He like, no, I'm done with this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello?

[Morgan]

Who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is Mike from Louisiana. Baby. What's up?

[Morgan]

What's up, Mike? What's happening, man?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I want to get it on my chest. Leave Lauren Law.

[Tamika Mallory]

She got a.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man. It's bleaching. Oh, that's a damn lie. Well, you know. Leave her alone, bro. She do got a few prospects for Friday, though. She acting like she don't, but she got a few. And yesterday she said, yeah, it's a marathon as far as Valentine's Day is concerned. And you know from what I. Come on now. From what I've Been told a lot of participants in the marathon want to know what place they in, what place I'm in. Lord, I just want to know. She's not in here. I don't know. What's your name? Tell us your name. Mike.

[Morgan]

From Louisiana.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, she don't know you for real.

[Morgan]

Goodbye, Mike.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shut up, man. You crazy, Mike. Trying to get in the race? Yes, sir.

[Morgan]

Goodbye, Mike. Hello? Who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hey, good morning. This is James calling from North Carolina.

[Morgan]

What's up, James? Get it off your chest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Over the weekend, man, I checked out that documentary on Luther Vandross. I didn't realize how much that that man's music played a part of my young life. I mean, banger after banger after banger. That man was really talented.

[Morgan]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What kind of. I never heard nobody say anything. I didn't know it was ever a question of whether or not Luther Vandross was talented. No, no, no, not that far. I mean, I know he's undoubted that he's talented, but, you know, I didn't realize how much his music played a part in my life when I was growing up. I mean, my parents always played his stuff, man. And I always loved his music. But looking back at it, I was like, man, that man, he had some bangers. He got too much. Never too much here and now dance with my father. He got not a home.

[Morgan]

So many records.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, too many. Yeah, man. And on top of that, I never realized he didn't have a significant other. He never had a significant other. Well, I'm sure he did. It's just that. You didn't. Yeah. You didn't know who the person was?

[Morgan]

Well, yeah. You didn't know who he was.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, he kept it close to the chest then, because. Wow.

[Tamika Mallory]

You know who he was? He was gay. It's so funny. What about people?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, I mean, they talk about it in the doctor. That's why I said it. Well, he mentions. He mentioned in the doc that he doesn't. He doesn't want to put his sexuality out there.

[Tamika Mallory]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

By the way, I agree. It don't matter. I don't know when we got to this point in our society where we got to know what everybody doing in their bedroom. It don't matter. Like, you know, Luther Vandross. Music gonna slap regardless.

[Morgan]

That's right.

[Tamika Mallory]

Slap that ass.

[Morgan]

Have a good one, James.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Never too much. Gonna slap regardless of if he talking about, you know, penis, vagina, Jesus. You know, whatever it is, get it off your chest.

[Morgan]

800-585-1051, if you need the event, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is your time to get it off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed. So you better have the same energy. We wanna hear from you on the break.

[Morgan]

Hello?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who's this? Hey, good morning, Envy. How you doing? This is Wayne in Los Angeles. Good morning.

[Morgan]

What's up, Wayne? Get it off your chest, brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, sir. First Emmy. I just want to say the outstanding job that you guys do is just go. I just don't have the words for it, but outstanding. And I just want to say Trump is headed towards being a full dictator now because this man is starting ignoring federal judges orders and Vance is, you know, running porn for him. And once that starts, it won't be no turning back from this dictatorship that this man is trying to go into. And it's really time for us, the people, the remaining people to get out and protest, boycott, whatever we got to do peacefully. Peacefully. And I emphasize that peacefully, to make sure this man doesn't overturn this democracy that people like myself fall for. And even I'm sure people in you guys family fought for too. So I just want to say, you know, y'all are doing outstanding. Josh Charlamagne, that's my main man, just the hilarious. She's my beautiful queen. And all the queens that come on that promote the news and everything, I really enjoy y'all. God bless y'all. Oh, yeah. Jess, your beautiful baby. A thousand kisses for her. Y'all have a good one. Appreciate you, brother. You know, he's not wrong at all. Like, you know, I was watching yesterday, our speaker, Mike Johnson declined to say whether President Donald Trump and his administration should comply with court rules. You know, so when you got an administration being sued on multiple fronts because Trump's dismissing federal employees and you know, he's free, he's freezing a certain funds appropriated by Congress. They're saying they don't have to, they don't know whether they have to comply with court rulings. That lets you know all you need to know right there.

[Morgan]

Hello. Who's this year?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, Envy?

[Morgan]

Hey, what's up, Trav?

[Tamika Mallory]

What's that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Chilling, chilling. What's going on? Jess is going on or Lauren, I don't know who there.

[Tamika Mallory]

It's me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, what's up, Jeff?

[Tamika Mallory]

What's up?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How you doing, baby? What's up, Char? Peace, sis. What's the word? I got a question for y'all.

[Morgan]

Yes, I've been coming up there for.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like what About a good seven years now. And I never got none of the gay accommodation that apparently y'all giving out there at the Breakfast Club. And I need to know what the gay accommodations are, what the benefits are of being gay and coming up to the Breakfast Club. Can y'all please let me know? Because I've been coming up there for a while now. Well, we got a different chair for gay people. For. Is this a chair that got like this. It's like a built in dildo. So when you sit on it, but you got to press the button. If you don't press the button, it won't shoot up. If you don't press the button, it stays. Why have I never been offered these tears? I mean, you never. I don't know. You never asked for it.

[Amir Questlove]

You shy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Matter of fact, I'm gonna say you. I don't know. You didn't really say it yesterday. Char kind of just put you in there. But men can't, like, men can actually be born gay. Ask me how I know.

[Morgan]

How do you know?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because I'm a gay man that was born gay. I do think. I do think people are born gay. He did. I believe I've never been attracted to a woman at all. Like, when it comes to, like, sexually attraction, like, at all. Like, I can't even get direction.

[Morgan]

All right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I believe people are born gay. I don't disagree with that.

[Tamika Mallory]

Yeah, I said I don't think everybody is born gay. I, I, everybody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No. Oh, some men can be turned out. Yeah, some men can definitely be turned out, period.

[Morgan]

You got a story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, I want to tell our story. I want to tell our story. Charlemagne. I'm not. First of all, first of all, first of all, I would be doing the turning out. That's number one. Okay? You could never turn me out. Okay. All right, let's be clear about that.

[Morgan]

Didn't Marcus just call this morning and say enough.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, Trav is actually gay, so we're having a conversation. I'm just letting Trav know he couldn't turn me out. All right. I would turn him out.

[Morgan]

Bye, Trav.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello, Trav.

[Morgan]

Oh, Mac is yelling. Hey, yo.

[Tamika Mallory]

Like, how do you out gay? A gay. That is so funny.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But it is true, though. Like, I do believe people are born gay. But then I do believe that some people probably make a choice, like, you know, depending on the circumstance.

[Tamika Mallory]

Not probably. Definitely did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. You've heard about people being gay for pay in prison. Oh, my God. I wasn't talking in prison. Sometimes they make the choice for you. Right?

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm just saying.

[Morgan]

Yeah, all right, well, get it off your chest. We got just. With the mess coming up.

[Tamika Mallory]

Yes. Kendrick streams going up and all people can think about is his shape and his jeans.

[Morgan]

His shape and what?

[Tamika Mallory]

Yes, them Levi's. The bell bottoms that he had on, he was very much given. But that's all people worried about. And this man stream's going crazy and all that.

[Morgan]

All right, well, we'll get to that next dope move. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Gaborth. The Breakfast Club.

[Morgan]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to Jess with the mess.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

On the Breakfast Club.

[Tamika Mallory]

Kendrick's so good in them jeans. In my. In my opinion, he looked good. The glutes was. You know, you got to see how he worked out. The glutes was tight and everything. And I had the same Levi's. I had them, the bell bottom Levi's. They was fire.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, his are actually Celine, but damn. But. But the glutes, they do.

[Tamika Mallory]

That's why when he turned around, I thought it was Levi's. But yeah, it's crazy. He looked the same in them, though.

[Jess Hilarious]

You saw the shape.

[Tamika Mallory]

Well, the.

[Jess Hilarious]

The shape and the glutes have helped him a lot because Kendrick Lamar streamed for his 2024 song Not Like Us actually Sword to 430% on Spotify.

[Amir Questlove]

The Glutes helped him out with that.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh yeah, girl, you know the body, when the body be body. And they do what it's supposed to do. You know how to go. And this was all. This all happened hours after his halftime performance at the super bowl, which is not uncommon. This happens with all the artists that take the super bowl stage. It's such a big stage. That's why they do it. The nine other songs he performed as a part of his 13 minute set reached into the double digits for 175% total gain. And this is according to data that was provided by the streaming service on Monday according to Spotify. Now that's great for him, but there have been people still reacting. Good, bad, indifferent performance.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

To the performance. DJ Mustard actually sat down. Not sat down, but he called into Big Boy in LA the day after the super bowl performance and talked about the fact that DJ Mustard meant. I'm sorry, the fact that Kendrick Lamar mentioned the lawsuit on the stage. Let's take a listen to audio too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

When I was actually watching it last night and I told the neighborhood, I.

[Morgan]

Said, you probably get a dun dun dun dun.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And that's it. It. So when I saw that part coming, when he said about, you know, he want to do it, but you know, paraphrasing, they like, I thought that's. I thought that was it. I actually never heard that. I actually never heard that part either. I mean, I heard the part, but I never heard him say that. And I was like, ah, okay. That's all right. So you good, man. He's just really good. You didn't know I was joking with him that like in the. In like in like the middle of the week. And I just would send him a voice note like, oh, no, you really.

[Jess Hilarious]

About to do it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So you hadn't heard that they love to sue Park. No, no, no. He didn't say no. So I didn't know he. He was doing his own thing. Did you catch that live the same way that we caught it live? Yeah, I think the whole everybody's production, everybody. That was just something. Yeah. I don't know. You think Drake would double down on being a sucker ass or loser by suing the NFL? I don't think he would do that.

[Morgan]

I don't think he's through the NFL.

[Jess Hilarious]

He did release a statement before the super bowl at Universal. He didn't come out in the NFL.

[Amir Questlove]

I don't know.

[Jess Hilarious]

At this point, I think everybody is like fair game. He basically said that they not backing down. They don care that the. The song's about to go to the Super Bowl. Like they gonna keep doing what they doing because they have proof of what they're alleging. But I feel like at this point, since he didn't already did any people already on them? Anybody for a game?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wonder how many legal letters they sent to NFL just trying to get the NFL to stop Kendrick from doing that song beforehand, though. I know he did. I know they did.

[Morgan]

You don't think they would have put that out? What the super. The NFL would have put that out. That, you know?

[Jess Hilarious]

No, because there were reports of that. We talked about that like a minute ago and like nothing surfaced from it. But Mustard actually talked about Drake too. Because big boy wanted to know, you know, how does he move forward? Let's take a listen to audio 1.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man with everything through the battle, the five Grammy nominations, as you said, man, sweep Super Bowl.

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What does what. And I know you can't speak for him. What the hell does Drake do after all this?

[Just Hilarious]

Yeah, I don't know, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I actually don't think about what he could do. I have no idea. I kind of try to stay aligned with just Pure. Like just being pure and being on the right side of things and not doing no tactics and gimmicks. I've. I've learned to. Not the tactics, the things that you do just to get attention. You don't need to do that. Just make music, man, and make good music. You'll be fine. Hey, man. So I don't know. I don't know what it is.

[Jess Hilarious]

Now. There are some people who.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I ain't got no damn owl on my shirt. Don't be asking me what this man need to do for strategy.

[Tamika Mallory]

Right?

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, a lot of people were saying that the super bowl performance was horrible. We already talked about that. But Nick Young sat down with Gilbert.

[Tamika Mallory]

Arenas, and that's so stupid that somebody could say that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Horrible is a reach.

[Jess Hilarious]

Gilbert Arenas had a whole. I mean, Gilbert Arenas. I'm sorry. Nick Young had a whole different take. Let's take a listen to audio 5.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Number one in the rap game from overall, like, the best ever. The best ever. Wow. And I'm glad he's out of California. It was tough to say. Cause I didn't like to put people over Tupac, but I think after that performance, Kendrick is like.

[DJ Envy]

You put Kendrick over Tupac after the super bowl halftime.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't wanna. Don't say it like that. But I'm saying Kendrick is the best. We subtly.

[Morgan]

You subtly say no.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Say it how you say it how.

[Morgan]

You want to say it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Introduce. No, say it how you. It happened.

[Morgan]

Ken Lamar is the greatest rapper ever.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It was a 80 point. It was a 81. That was 81 last night. Nothing controversial about what he.

[Tamika Mallory]

Nick always sound like he over Tupac.

[Jess Hilarious]

I wasn't here when Tupac was here, but so you over Tupac, first of.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All, calm down, Ms. Extreme, okay? Cuz that's what y'all like to do. Jump the extremes. I'm saying that there's nothing controversial about what he said because Kendrick is absolutely in the conversation. Whatever conversation you want to have, whoever you want to debate him against, he's absolutely in the conversation. I don't care if it's Jay, Pac, Biggie, whoever you think is the greatest Kendrick is in the conversation.

[Morgan]

I'd be so surprised when everybody has these opinions, because everybody can have their own opinion, right? Nick Young is not the top of the top when it comes to opinions. It's kind of like what that skit with Chappelle says. Something happened. Like, what did Ja Rule think? It's like everybody has an opinion. Nick Young might look at it one way. Somebody else might look at it. But.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, but Kendrick is in the conversation.

[Morgan]

He is definitely in the conversation.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

There's no debate here. Absolutely nothing controversial about what he said. If you're arguing about Kendrick Lamar being the greatest rapper of all time, that's fine. That is a fair conversation.

[Morgan]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He is 100 in the conversation.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, the conversation was had. Now the conversation went from that to Ken Thicke because that is what they're calling Kendrick now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ken Thick.

[Jess Hilarious]

Ken Thick. Them silly. I'm trying to tell you. Them Celine jeans and hit every.

[Amir Questlove]

Every.

[Morgan]

Look at me a little jealous now.

[Jess Hilarious]

I know.

[Morgan]

Look at him a little jealous now, I'm sure.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm trying to figure out where did that come from.

[Morgan]

Uncle think was over there.

[Jess Hilarious]

I know you saw him in them jeans.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Got them gay ass OVO fan pages doing that.

[Jess Hilarious]

Baby, I saw that headline on essence. I seen it on some of the fat like the Ls. I see.

[Morgan]

I Jess with the mess. Thank you, Jess. Thank you, Laura. Now, when we come back, we got front page news and then Tamika Mallory will be joining us. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get back in some front page news. What's up, Morgan?

[Lauren]

Man, aviation is going crazy. We don't know what's going on over here. We got an accident over here, accidents over there, accidents everywhere. And it's just a sad thing that's happening. Okay, so an unfortunate aviation accident happened yesterday in Scottsdale, Arizona. This time, officials say a collapsed landing gear is the apparent cause of a deadly plane crash in Scottsdale Airport near Phoenix. Now, one of the jets involved belonged to Motley Crew lead singer Vince Neil. Airport spokesperson Kelly Keister says the crash involved two business jets and she believes the accidents is the result of the equipment failure. Scottsdale fire department spokesperson Dave Folio says one person was killed in the crash and he detailed the scene. Let's hear more from those officials.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

At 14:39, a Learjet aircraft on its arrival from Austin veered off the Runway and collided with another jet, a Gulfstream 200 aircraft that was parked. It appears that the left main gear failed upon landing, resulting in the accident. We had five patients we treated. One was a fatality. We had two immediates that were transported to local trauma centers. We had one delayed patient and then.

[Lauren]

One patient that refused treatment. So Scottsdale or tmz reports rather that the Motley Crew lead singer Vince Neil, he was not on the plane. However, his girlfriend was and she is currently in the hospital with broken ribs recovering. Scottsdale Airport is just a few minutes from where the PGA's Waste Management Phoenix Open was held over the weekend as well. So you know, the calls are just too, too close. Switching gears back to D.C. senators are set to vote on the nomination of Cash Patel to be the FBI Director. Now, Democrats were able to delay the nomination, citing plan to shut down the agency's headquarters and reopen it as a museum of the, quote, deep state. Now California Senator Alex Padilla, he's raised questions and concerns about Cash Patel's ability to lead the FBI independently from the President. You know FBI is supposed to be independent from that of the president. Now Padilla slammed Patel's opposition to universal background checks for guns and his support for civilian ownership of machine guns. Let's hear more from Callous points Senator.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Alex Padilla in times of chaos, the.

[Morgan]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Morgan]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

From Amir Questlove Thompson, the Academy Award winning director of Summer of Soul. Don't miss the new Hulu original documentary three Sly Lives AKA the Burden of Black Genius Dance to the Music Everyday People Family Affair. You know Sly Stone's music, but do you know his story? With his groundbreaking band Flyin the Family Stone, Fly Stone made some of the most enduring pop music of his or any era. This new film captures the rise, reign and subsequent fade out of one of pop music's most influential artists, but also shines a light on how black artists in America navigate the unseen burden that comes with their success. Questlove tells an empathetic human story about the cost of jeans. Genius Reframing the way we all engage with pop culture. Featuring interviews with Andre 3000, Q Tip, Chaka Khan and more. Sly Lives aka the Burden of Black Genius premieres February 13 screaming on Hulu.

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Public deserves to see trusted leaders in the most important positions. So it's in that context that makes the nomination and potential confirmation of cash potential Patel even more alarming. That's the kind of judgment you want at the FBI? I don't think so.

[Lauren]

So the Washington Post reported over the weekend that Patel was paid last year by a Russian film company that pushes both conspiracy theories and anti western views. Yeah, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, I mean, do you really want to confirm somebody who has an enemies list like I don't know if y'all know Cash Patel got an enemy list. He got a roster of more than 60 individuals accused of being a part of the deep state. Like, I don't think that's the a person you want to put in. Somebody who's just in with an enemies list.

[Lauren]

Yeah, absolutely. And, you know, like you said, being able to actually work independent from the president, being able to actually work independent and, you know, the whole point is justice. So. But this comes at the same time. Tulsi Gabbard is a step closer, closer to becoming the Director of National Intelligence. She cleared a majority hurdle on Monday night when the US Senate voted along party lines to advance her nomination. The final vote to confirm her, the fourth form former Hawaii congresswoman is expected to be held later tonight or early on Wednesday. Elsewhere, the protester who was running around with the Palestinian and Sudanese flags during Kendrick Lamar's super bowl halftime show. He will not face any charges. No criminal charges anyways. New Orleans police said in a statement he was ejected from Caesar's Superdome by security, but he was not arrested. The man was a part of the performance and apparently hid the flag under, under his clothing. Police say since he was, he was allowed on the field. They did not press charges of trespassing. The NFL has already handed down a lifetime ban for all stadiums and events. So he can't attend a concert. He can't go to a game off for protests.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But he didn't sneak on the field though, right? No, he was a part of, yeah.

[Morgan]

He was part of the performance.

[Lauren]

He was a part of the performance and snuck the, the, the, the protesting materials under his clothes.

[Morgan]

So he had to practice all. He had to practice everything with Kendrick for weeks.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He went rogue.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Lauren]

Yes, he did. Yes, he did. Speaking of The Super Bowl 60 is already, we already looking forward to 60. Super Bowl 60 is coming to Northern California at Levi Stadium in the Bay Area. Now. San Francisco 49ers owner Jet York was in New Orleans to accept the hosting duties. This will be the second time the game will be at the venue in Santa Clara. The sporting event looks to bring a significant economic boost to the region. In 2020 16, the region saw a $240 million surge in sales tax revenue. And speaking of money on, you mentioned this to me a little bit off air envy. President Trump, he's directing the US treasury to stop minting new pennies. So Trump wrote in a post on Sunday night on Truth Social that the country has for too long, far too long minted pennies, which he says literally cost us more than 2 cents. It does supposedly cost about 3. A little bit over 3 cents to make one penny. So the US Mint reported a loss of over $85 million for the 2024 fiscal year on over 3 billion pennies it produced.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So does Donald Trump like anything, bro.

[Tamika Mallory]

That'S so crazy.

[Morgan]

But if the penny cost 3.7 to make, I get. Why are we still making the penny? It costs more than the penny's worth. That don't make no sense.

[Tamika Mallory]

Yeah, yep.

[Lauren]

Well, you're.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're right about that.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's like.

[Tamika Mallory]

But then.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, that don't make no sense to me though, because that means that all of the coins pro what their worth is. Well, the price. If the penny cost more, I'm sure the nickel and quarters cost more to make too.

[Morgan]

I don't think so.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You think the nickel only cost. You think the nickel cost less than 5?

[Morgan]

If the penny cost 3.7, what does the nickel cost? What, 4.2 cents? I don't know. We don't know.

[Tamika Mallory]

What's it made out of? Like what is it? What is the penny? Copper. What is it?

[Lauren]

Yeah, the penny is copper.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, wow.

[Tamika Mallory]

Cuz they made out of different things. It depends on what, you know, what the.

[Lauren]

How much does it cost?

[Morgan]

Yeah, you're right. Because the nickel cost 13.8 cents. So I guess you're right. So yeah, it doesn't make sense.

[Tamika Mallory]

Dang.

[Lauren]

So all those people who have all those jars of change and all of that, you know, I don't know. You buy as well starts.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's why it don't make no sense. You phase out the penny. I was reading this out, going to seeing and you phase out the penny. It says you need to make more nickels and the nickel costs.

[Morgan]

It don't make sense.

[Lauren]

Damn if it don't make sense, don't make the money then, huh? All right, so that's your front page news. Some work. It would follow me on social at Morgan Media for more news coverage, follow at Black Information Network. Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit [e-mail] Y'all have an amazing day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace, Morgan.

[Morgan]

Thank you, Morgan. Now when we come back, Tameka Mallory will be joining us. Her new book, I Live to Tell the Story. A memoir of love, legacy and resilience. She'll be joining us next, so don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Come on. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious Charlamagne the guy. We are the breakfast club.

[Tamika Mallory]

Lon.

[Morgan]

LaRosa filling in for Jess. And we got a special guest in the building.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, indeed.

[Morgan]

Our new book is out right now. I Live to Tell. A memoir of love, legacy, and resilience. Ladies and gentlemen, Tameka Mallory.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Welcome back.

[Amir Questlove]

What's going on, family?

[Morgan]

How you feeling?

[Amir Questlove]

It's good to see y'all.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm good.

[Amir Questlove]

I'm feeling excited. Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Another book Today. Today came out today. I love to tell the story. Her memoir. Yes.

[Amir Questlove]

And thank you, my brother. Thank you. Because, you know, Charlamagne and I, as family, made some decisions about my book deal. I called him to say, hey, I don't know. Am I supposed to. It was during the summer. No, it was 2021. I don't know. Anyway, it was 2020. Right. Because the book was released in 2021. So, you know, I called him to be like, hey, they offering me a lot of money, but there's a lot of people offering me different deals. What should I do? So he's like, well, you know, I have a new imprint, and, you know, if you want to be my first book, I'm down to do a deal with you. And I was like, I didn't even need to hear the rest of it. I just said yes, and. And I'm excited. I'm glad that I did. I had a lot of creative control here. I will text you and say, they're not listening to me. Tell them something. You know, but it worked out. The whole team has put a lot of love and energy in these both books, but this one right here is real special to me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's the difference in mindsets when it comes to a memoir? Cause I live to tell the story as a memoir. State of Emergency wasn't a memoir. What's the difference between the two?

[Amir Questlove]

Yeah, State of Emergency was more so my theory of change for America. It was really a prescription for what I think we need to do as a country, and especially how people can be not just allies of ours, but really accomplices, like, throw down with us, get yourself in trouble if you really stand with black people. But this book is a prescription for me. And hopefully what comes out of it is that somebody else will read the book and say, wow, I've had some of the same challenges, or I was thinking of going down the same path, but I see something different that I can do. And I know there's a lot of people out here, especially young girls, who need somebody to tell them that their mistakes are not the end of life, you know, because everybody gonna tell you, oh, you. You Know, you too fast, you too loud, you talk too much. That's what. That's the black girl experience, I'm sure. You know, we talk all the time. But I think what you now see is that people pay me to talk, right? So I went from being told that I needed to be quiet to people saying, hey, speak up, you know, and speak up for me. So I'm hoping that it translates in that way. And in fact, a lot of people got pre copies and, you know, all the things that happens in the publishing world. And I've already been hearing from people, and I'm on my third tour date pre release. Well, now release. But the folks who are meeting me and saying, hey, you touched me in so many ways just because you. You were honest about things we try to hide. That has been really powerful.

[Morgan]

I was gonna ask, why the memoir now? Some people will say it's still too early for a memoir. Some people will say, you know, a memoir is a period piece of time in your life. So why now?

[Amir Questlove]

Yeah, you know what? I'm at the. Hopefully, like, a little less than halfway point, right? About 50. You think you kinda at the halfway point of life. I'm 44. Obviously, people saw that in me that there was a story. And when I first sat and wrote a outline, an outline of what would be in the book, I didn't believe on page one that there was a story. I was like, this is whatever. But by the time we finished the outline and went over it together, I said, oh, my God, like, this is a real powerful story. And I'm at the point in my life where I can actually walk with this book and tell the story for myself versus being elderly, you know, and kind of unable to even remember some of the things that happened. And, you know, but obviously a big part of this book is that I ended up going to rehab for the pill addiction, which we've talked about on this show before. And I think that that marks a really important time that kind of like bookends the story, you know, from me, starting as a little girl. I tell you all about that. Cause who knew, coming from the projects in Harlem, that I was going to end up on stages in front of millions of people, and that folks would be listening to me as a leader. No one ever instilled that. I mean, my parents may have told me that, but the world didn't say, little black girl from the projects can become this. It just, you know, wasn't a thing. So that's a. That's a first part. But then there's like, there's challenges that come with influence and what some people consider to be celebrity, even though I don't really use that in reference to myself, but some people feel that way. There's challenges that come with all of that. And ending up in that place, that dark of being in rehab is something that I knew I had to tell. And I don't want it to be, like, mixed into a early story. I really wanted it to be like, you and me, we on this journey together right now. When I said it here on the Breakfast Club, people started reaching out to me that, you know. Cause we are. You're in the world, so you understand. But there are a lot of people that you would think, whoa, lot of people did what I did. Cause when I first contacted Jason Williams, the NBA All Star, you know, he is in the healing space after all the things we know he went through. When I first contacted him, I was kinda like, hey, my friend is going through something. What can you tell me? He let me do that for two times. Two, three calls. By the third call, he was like, sis, I already know what it is. It's all good. Like, you need to get together, basically. And I started getting those calls and some people who were real honest and I said, oh, hold up, this is serious. Because these is not. It wasn't people who look cracked out on the street. This was folk who had big jobs, they sitting in big positions, and they were like, I am so proud of you that you were brave to speak about it. And, you know, I know somebody who might be also dealing. Pill addiction is real. You know what I mean? Pill addiction is real because it's silent. You don't smell it like alcohol. You don't see people looking like they're high, but they're taking pills to numb themselves. All different types of. And when I started to see how many people have the same experience, I knew it was time for me to release this story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, another part of the book that I love is when you talk about, you know, what happened with the Women's March and, you know, not. Not just what happened with you. I wonder if people are going to read that, especially women that were involved and said, man, she wasn't just ringing the alarm for herself. She was ringing the alarm for how they're trying to break us up. Yeah, that was such an amazing movement.

[Amir Questlove]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I feel like they broke up rather fast.

[Tamika Mallory]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Was that a hard chapter?

[Amir Questlove]

Yeah. Well, the Women's March part is really difficult for me even to talk about, just because first of all, it still exists. And there are people there who were a part of breaking up the Women's March. Right. So, yeah, it's hard to write about that. Our experience. There is something that, yes, it was amazing, incredible. I'm glad I did it, even knowing what I know I would do it again, because we made history that can't be taken away from us or duplicated. And it has not been.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't know it was still around.

[Amir Questlove]

It is. It does exist. I mean, they actually just had something that was, you know, good. You know, I'm glad that they're continuing our work, because we certainly were the trailblazers. We started it. The list that is, you know, that. That they use the social media, all of that we created that those are people who started following us. And it's not about just replacing individuals. It's also, in my judgment, about that the. The people who were there were or ordained, if you will, to be there.

[Jess Hilarious]

Right.

[Amir Questlove]

Like, it was the place put us, and it was for a reason. And so there's a history that exists that at times it can be painful to have to relive and then also to kind of see people act like they were the first ones at the gate. You know what I mean? And so. But. But at the same time, I will say that I know there are some incredible women that are in the Women's March today, Black women who've taken over the space, and they're making sure that the Women's March continues to be welcoming to black women. And so, you know, I'm happy to see that work continue.

[Morgan]

All right, we have more with Tameka Mallory when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy Jess. Hilarious Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Tha God.

[Morgan]

We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren laros is hanging out with us today, and we're still kicking it with Tameka Mallory. Her new book, I Live to Tell a Story, is out today. Lauren.

[Jess Hilarious]

So I know the target conversation comes up when I think about this, right? And you were pushing the boycott target when a DEI stuff happened. And then, like Tabitha Brown, there's people saying, don't boycott. Support the black brands so that they don't erase the black brands out of there. I know you get pushback for your take, but I know you also listen to it as well to try and figure out how to move forward. What's the answer to all of that? Because you're strongly on one side. You got other people on the other side. Like, is there ever really an answer to that, like, what do we really do?

[Amir Questlove]

Well, first of all, people gonna do whatever they gonna do. So let's just be clear about that. We're never gonna be in a situation where 100% of anybody of any group says we're all gonna do the same thing. And I also wanna say publicly that I love and appreciate Tabitha Brown. Right. I watch all the time, you know, I, I see people in my comment section like, oh, Tabitha ain't going. Like, we not doing that. Right. Like, I'm supportive of her. I purchased products from her offline. I support her, Love the sister. And it's not just her. There's a bunch of, A bunch of things.

[Jess Hilarious]

Target as well.

[Amir Questlove]

Absolutely. Lit. Lit bar. Who I just learned of.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Rucker Roots.

[Amir Questlove]

Yeah. So it's, it's so many people I want to get in trouble for, for that. So all these businesses are important and I think that we do need to support. Your presence is also a part of your boycott, right? It's also a part of your protest, if you will, that when you walk through the door of a business, a building, anywhere you go, if people see your face, that's. That also is a sign of support. So a part of our withdrawal is that we shouldn't even be showing up in spaces where people are saying they don't want. And I am very careful not to continuously say DEI because that takes away the power of the meaning. Diversity, equity and inclusion are what we're talking about. And so if somebody says, I've decided that I'm rolling back the diversity, equity and inclusion, what are we talking about? There's no reason for me to even give you my, my money. I just, I don't see a reason to shop in your stores. And to be a consumer, that helps you to raise your bottom line.

[Morgan]

I guess people will question it. Like, how do you decide which business to start? Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Because, you know, you could say Target, but like you said Walmart, people still get their packages on Amazon, right? People are still on Facebook all day long. They're still on Instagram all day. So I guess people were saying, like, how do you pick and choose which way to go?

[Amir Questlove]

So I have a perfect answer for you for that. It comes from the people. It comes from the bottom up. You have to be able to listen to people. So I'll give you an example in my comment section. There are black women in there who are saying, Target hit different. It feels different to them. Right? They go, People say, what about Meta? Well, when I open my phone for Meta, I don't See my bank account dwindling. It just doesn't resonate the same way. It's not to say Meta is not problematic, but people do not see the bottom line of their bank account impacted by their getting on social media. I think we need to use Target as a starting point, as has been said. N. Turner. Let's give her the honorable Nina Turner. Hopefully she'll be up here soon.

[Jess Hilarious]

Her.

[Amir Questlove]

And of course, Jamal Bryant has the Target fast. Um, these. These two individuals are looking at where we are and how do we start? And now we can take that and say, oh, and just so you know. Cause I just saw Disney World. I think yesterday they announced that they're rolling back their DEI practices. So now what do we do about that? We can continue to move people. And you're also talking about folks who've never, ever boycotted anything. They've been the best consumers. You are now having to retrain people's minds to know that you're not gonna die if you don't go to Target. There's other places that have your makeup wipe removers, or your dog food. You know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think what you said about the confusion part is very true. Right. Because even when it comes to things like Nike. Yeah. Okay. Kyrie Irving, you know, is no longer with Nike. But then they have people like LeBron James. Of course, they have people like Colin Kaepernick. Right.

[Jess Hilarious]

Asia Wilson, too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, people like Asia Wilson. I'm talking about LeBron. And Colin in particular is because they do different levels of activism. So people feel like they still want to support that or, you know, even with the Target thing. Yes. If there's a grassroots movement and people are saying, hey, I want to boycott Target, Cool. But what about when they look at this whole other list and they do ask. They will continue to ask that question. They'll continue to say, well, you're still using Amazon, you're still going to Walmart. You know, you're still on Meta.

[Amir Questlove]

Yeah. But I'll say this. If you boycott your shoes, shoes, your shirt, your pants, your T shirt, your underwear, all at the same time, you walk around naked, people not gonna do that. That's not realistic. And I don't think that we should set unrealistic goals for ourselves and our movement. It's already hard enough to get people just to let the algorithm, or for the algorithm to push the message that there is even a Target fast or a Target boycott. That's. That's like, not easy to do. You actually gotta hit the streets, knock on Doors and talk to people directly, which we are beginning to do. So I just wanna say for people who are listening, who keep calling me, telling me, well, did you talk to this person and that person? Because they still have a program and they still are committed to some of these things. The question that I have for you is, when is Target gonna come out and talk about it?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. I never understood why any of those corporations announced any of this publicly, to be honest with you.

[Amir Questlove]

Right. You could have changed it and we wouldn't have even known. Right. Like they haven't done it. Well, that's the reason why.

[Jess Hilarious]

Why they.

[Amir Questlove]

They publicly said it is because they want to be down with the good old boys. They want to be in the oligarchy. Huh.

[Jess Hilarious]

A lot of it is investors, too. Like with Disney, what you were talking about, their investors are government contracts on.

[Amir Questlove]

Them, asking them, asking them to do it. And so you bring up a really powerful point. Their investors want them to change their programs. They want them to stop the initiative, dei, diversity, equity and inclusion. That means people who spend money with them have made a decision. They don't want something. So why is it that black folks don't have the mindset that we're investors as well? We're investors and in fact, we have the right to be offended and we have the right to say, you know what, Target, don't even worry about. John. John them. We gonna get you first. And you run to these meetings and these, these golf tournaments and all of that and tell people when they ask you, oh, Billy Bob, how. How's your numbers? We having some problems. Black people ain't feeling us right now. I don't know if I made the right decision.

[Lauren]

That's.

[Amir Questlove]

That's the goal. And yes, I know, Charlemagne, you're right. People are gonna say, why not this one and that one? You should do that. I don't wear a bunch of stuff. I don't shop in a bunch of places. I've been in Walmart in years. That's what I'm doing. You should do that. Anybody who feels like. And nobody stops anybody from saying, I'm now leading. I think you should lead the Walmart, Amazon and Meta boycott. Since you keep asking, you keep you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm not.

[Amir Questlove]

You should, since you keep asking, because.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I know I'm not getting off Meta.

[Amir Questlove]

Okay, well, that's fine.

[Morgan]

But let me ask you.

[Amir Questlove]

Well, we supposed to be on fan base.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And. And I kind of believe. And see, that's the other thing, right?

[Amir Questlove]

We supposed to be on fan base.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I was going to say that too. Like, you know, somebody. I'm not going to say who, but I was arguing with somebody Friday, right? You was on a three way with him, right?

[Amir Questlove]

Every day. Why we can't say who it is?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, it was rolling. It's rolling. And me and Roland was arguing, and Roland was saying, well, I gotta. I gotta be able to get my messaging out. That's why I'm staying on Meta. And I was like, well, we could organize a mass exodus from these.

[Amir Questlove]

But he is one. But he is. But you can't. You can't. You have to say that. And I'm an investor. You're an investor in fan base. We have to say that Roland has been one of the most consistent voices supporting Isaac and Isaac Hayes and trying to get people to go to fan base. And every time I open the app, there goes Roland. His face is there. So he is doing it. But you know what? It's okay. Guess what? They use us all the time. So why all of a sudden do we have to be the. The purist that if we gonna boycott one thing, we gotta do everything? You know what? It's a million people on my page on Instagram, and people get the message. I have thousands of people that's on there talking. So you know what? I'm gonna use your platform to boycott. Boycott your homeboy. That's what I'm gonna do for now. You shut me down, then I'll go somewhere else.

[Jess Hilarious]

This felt as loud as it did, like, during the pandemic when it was like the push of, like, black businesses or whatever. I felt like it was so loud and like, everybody was passing around these lists or whatever. I don't think that it's like that.

[Morgan]

All right, we got more with Tamika Mallory when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious Charlamagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lauren Laros is hanging with us as well. We're still kicking it with Tamika Mallory. Her book, I Live to Tell a Story, is out right now. Now, on Friday, we had 19 keys here, and I looked through the comments, and I guess he said something you didn't like. What sparked the nerve? A and B, you talked about Stokely and King and how two different people look at things two different ways. And they said that, you know, when they had their differences, they were able to speak behind the scenes and then come out in public and still fight for the same fight. So, one, what sparked the nerve? And two, how come y'all haven't talked behind the scenes and had that conversation where it doesn't look like you guys are going at each other.

[Amir Questlove]

So to be clear, number one one, I have talked to 19 keys, and that's my brother, and he and I do disagree on different things, but I was mad at him. My comment in the.

[Morgan]

Charlemagne.

[Amir Questlove]

Yes, at Charlemagne. My comment in the. On your page, on the Breakfast Club page wasn't so much about 19 keys, although I still think it's important for us to lift up the work of our institutions because we know what they have done and how important they have been. And again, again, the reason why we had black Wall streets and the Rosewoods and other places that were burned down by the government and white vigilantes is because black institutions exist and existed at that time. And people that came out of those traditions worked to create, sustain these types of economic chambers, if you will, like a black Wall Street. So that's important. I'm a defender of black institutions because I come out of one and I know the power of what they've been able. I know that when people's lights are turned off, sometimes the only place you could go to is to a black church or to the National Action Network. Those are real things happening every day. We got theories and ideas and things that probably will and can work if we all work together. But we also have people who need food right now. They need to be able to go somewhere and say, hey, the landlord's trying to kick me out. Will you come and show up over here and fight this white man or this whoever man that's trying to put me out of nose? Black institutions do that work every single day. So I'm always very protective about that. But the person that I'm really talking about when I say I was pissed off is this one right here. And the reason why is because Charlamagne asked several questions which I think is, what about ism? What about Amazon? What about this place? What about that place? After I had already told him in the text message three days before that, why I don't believe that there. It's a good strategy to try to boycott everything at once. And he. He didn't say what I said as a response. So what he did was basically leave people with an open freaking answer, open question to something that I already told you, even if you don't agree. I'm not saying you gotta agree, but you can at least say, but you know what? I did speak to Tamika Mallory and she said XYZ thing, and he is now saying he didn't know about Nina and them. I did not know that. So I. Maybe I'm not as upset with you as I was about that, but I feel like it's too serious of a time for us to have conversations that just leave people confused when there are answers. So to me, it would have been better to have Nina or Jamal didn't know Cool or me call in on the phone and talk about the boycott and get those points straight and have the discussion rather than have people walk away like, yeah, man, come on. They playing themselves. They not trying to get off meta. They not trying to do. When we actually have an answer for why Target is the first place that we're deciding to. To Target. Pun intended.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I guess I wasn't trying to make it specific about any one person because there was so many people talking about boycotting.

[Amir Questlove]

Yeah, well, that's.

[Jess Hilarious]

That.

[Amir Questlove]

That's your answer. You just said it. The reason why Target is the target is because so many people are ready to boycott Target. That's the answer. That's why.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This conversation. I get it.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm not completely separate. I guess it's not separate from all of this because I'm sitting here listening to you talk. And then I know in the book, you talk about a lot of personal stuff, and I'm like, when do you take time to deal with your own personal stuff? Because you. I mean, so I. I really asked you that because you deal with some heavy stuff in the book. Like, I know for the first time, you talked about the trauma you went through as a child with sexual abuse as a child for the first time ever. And I'm like, I wonder what made her decide to put that out there. Because she got all these people coming at her about everything else. You've been connected. Like, it's just the woman's march stuff. And, like, there's been a lot. And then you put that out there, and I'm sure you had to deal with that again when putting it in the book.

[Amir Questlove]

Well, here's the answer. I live to tell the story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Amir Questlove]

I went through all of that, and I'm still here, you know? And I'm sure some of it was meant to take me out, right? But look at me. And so, yeah, taking care of myself looked like writing it down, and I didn't. My parents are reading my book right now. Well, they're finished. I gave it to them two weeks early when I first received the book, and it was hard to put that book in their hands. I had already told them mom and dad and my sister who thinks she's my mother but she kind of is.

[Morgan]

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[Amir Questlove]

I got them on a phone call because I wrote a particular chapter. And when I finished, I cried so hard. Not because of what was. It was some shame, but it was also because I was like, I cannot turn this in. I cannot let my parents have to relive this. And it was about a time when I almost was by several guys because I went somewhere I wasn't supposed to be. And knowing that I tell that story, which is hard enough, I think, for my father to deal with, but for me to say that I left that apartment and went straight home. And that he was sitting in the house and I didn't even tell him what happened. I broke down so bad. I was like, oh, my God, I cannot put this in this book. But then. So when I put the book in their hands, I was like, oh, my God, just don't read it. Just put it up as art. Like, don't read it. And sure enough, I came home one day and my sister was like, I need to talk to you. This book is a lot. She was like, I'm going through something. Our parents are suffering with what's in here that my father said to her. And he hasn't said anything to me to this day. To this day. My mother done told me off about two things. Cause that's what she do. That's my girl. My sister was like, I don't know if you should have told these stories, but my father has not said one word. I mean, he speaks to me every day. That's my dad. That's my guy. He's my publicist. He went and picked up the Bandits for the tour. Like, that's my guy. But he hasn't said anything about how he feels. However, he told my sister that it was real hard for him to get through reading, that some of this was happening and he couldn't do anything about it. So this book is tough.

[Morgan]

Well, pick up the book.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I live to tell the story. Where we at tonight? Where we at tonight?

[Amir Questlove]

So tonight we are going. First of all, are we telling people that? Cause if they show up, they can't get in. It's a private event. But Charlamagne is having a party for me. But on Thursday, they can join me at the New York Public library on the 13th. Thursday I'll be there in conversation with our public advocate, Jumani Williams. I need to have him up here again soon because he's got a lot to say, especially about the mayor. But that's another thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What time is that?

[Amir Questlove]

And that's at 6 o'clock on Thursday the 13th. And also the moderator of that conversation is gonna be the executive director of editorial at Ebony magazine. So it's actually gonna be really dope. A lot of people have signed up. It's at the New York public library on 5th Avenue. And if you go to Tamikad Mallory.com Todd Tour Tamekad Mallory.com backslash tour. You can see where I am all over the country and make sure that they participate in what we got going on. What I live to tell a story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Out right now in bookstores everywhere. Go get you a copy. All right.

[Morgan]

Well, it's the Breakfast Club. It's Tamika Mallory. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to Jess with the mess.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The news is real.

[Tamika Mallory]

Whether it's Jessica Robin Moore. Jess the do no lines don't do.

[Amir Questlove]

She don't spare nobody Worldwide.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

J Worldwide on the Breakfast Club. She's a culture shooter. She was able to get y'all to.

[Tamika Mallory]

See something and understand something that nobody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Could get you to see. It's time to set it off.

[Tamika Mallory]

Cardi B. Uncle was deported.

[Jess Hilarious]

According to Cardi B. Yes. Cardi B. Got online and talked about her experience at the super bowl and then talked about her uncle. Let's take a listen get mad today.

[Tamika Mallory]

Because you know Donald Trump and he was at the super bowl and they was giving us a hard time. Oh my gosh, the Secret Service was not playing in that stadium.

[Jess Hilarious]

They stopped all the little carts and.

[Tamika Mallory]

Cause Trump was there. Now I like him lesser. Now I like him lesser because we had to come to nothing else to my shoe. Now I don't really like him. Now he going to have to bring my uncle, grandma uncle to come back cuz my uncle got deported. Now she playing on cuz you know how Cody be trolling. She be playing sometimes.

[Amir Questlove]

I don't know.

[Jess Hilarious]

Cuz after that she went into talking about periods and how you stop them for Valentine's Day. So I don't know how concerned she is about her uncle. I don't know how concerned she is about her uncle.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's good if advice. How do you stop preparing for Valentine's Day?

[Jess Hilarious]

She said you got to PayPal her 500 before she tell you because she tired of helping us bees for free.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, okay.

[Tamika Mallory]

She be helping us.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's what she said.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But y'all got periods. How do y'all stop them? You can't.

[Tamika Mallory]

No, you know, like what if that, if that was really a thing, nobody would have a period. Okay, you can't stop. No, some people stop thing where you get down. Yeah, but that's not like not healthy for you. Birth control was not healthy at all.

[Jess Hilarious]

I just let mind just do what it need to do.

[Tamika Mallory]

But yeah, so do I. But it used to be a thing where you could sit in the tub and the bleeding will stop for, for just for a minute.

[Jess Hilarious]

They tell you when you hit the.

[Tamika Mallory]

Water and then yeah, yeah, it stopped. But then it come right back.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, just know my brother, whoever you with, on Valentine's Day, a period don't stop nothing but a sentence.

[Morgan]

Correct.

[Tamika Mallory]

You know what I mean? Like, yeah, there plenty of people that run red lights.

[Morgan]

Lay a towel down if you need to.

[Tamika Mallory]

You know what I'm saying?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. It adds to the decor. That's why Valentine's Day is red.

[Tamika Mallory]

Hey, yo, no, that's not why it's red. Crazy stupid. Y'all know Valentine's Day. Y'all know the meaning, the real meaning behind Valentine's Day. But anyway, cuz we ain't going to get into that.

[Jess Hilarious]

What is it?

[Tamika Mallory]

The big massacre. Hella people was killed. So it actually does stand for blood, actually.

[Jess Hilarious]

Is that real?

[Morgan]

Yeah, yeah.

[Tamika Mallory]

Valentine's Day not about love.

[Jess Hilarious]

That's just black people be doing glad I'm not celebrating.

[Tamika Mallory]

Okay, you're definitely not glad to not be celebrating Valentine's Day.

[Jess Hilarious]

56.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Let's play along, y'all.

[Tamika Mallory]

Speaking of Valentine's Day, 50 Cent. What, girl?

[Morgan]

Oh, thank you.

[Jess Hilarious]

I did there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Jess Hilarious]

50 Cent, Big Meech. The back and forth. Big Meech has finally addressed the snitch allegations. Let's take a listen to Big Meech audio.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wasn't gonna address this because I'm.

[Just Hilarious]

Not trying to let nobody trick me off the streets. I never folded, never told, never will death before dishonor. Always with me. So I'm doing this for my loved ones. Ones and the support of my friends and family to come out to the Amaran Arena, February 13th.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes. So it wasn't much that he said, but. But he said something finally. So then y'all know 50. 50 hops online and he responds. Let's take a listen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not trying to let nobody trick me off the street. You trick cuff off the street.

[Just Hilarious]

I never folded. Never told.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You told Tammy to tell before the sign.

[Just Hilarious]

Always again. So I'm doing this for my loved ones and the support of my friends and family.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Y'all gonna be disappointed when Lil Baby don't show up, when Skill don't show up, when Fizzo don't show up, and all these mother don't show up.

[Just Hilarious]

I wasn't gonna address this.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Reading drops, man. Look at you reading this.

[Just Hilarious]

But I never fold. Never told, never will death before the sign. Always with me. So I'm doing this for my love, loved ones, and the support of my friends and family. Come out to the Amaranth Arena.

[DJ Envy]

He can't even go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He wants the house arrest.

[Jess Hilarious]

He can't even go now.

[Morgan]

50 is different.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. And so with 50 is talking about as far as, like, little baby and different people not showing up. So the welcome Home concert that Big Meech is having, there have been reports that some artists are pulling out because of all this back and forth and the allegations, but nothing confirmed yet. But, yeah. So the back and forth still continues. 50 is still posting as we speak right now. And then in other news, this is a hard left turn. There's a new Diddy lawsuit, and this time he is being sued for oral rape.

[Lauren]

What?

[Amir Questlove]

Yes, you can rape somebody orally.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shut up, bitch. What's your problem?

[Tamika Mallory]

Like, yo, you can't just, like, can.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We hear the story?

[Tamika Mallory]

Can't put a nigga in a headlock. Like, you can't put.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You.

[Tamika Mallory]

You can get out of. No. My God.

[Morgan]

It might have been the other way, though.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Can we hear the story.

[Tamika Mallory]

Please just go ahead. I just can't imagine.

[Jess Hilarious]

According to this new lawsuit, this was filed by attorney Busby Diddy had a one night stand with a street performer. And this guy is saying, he's alleging that he was raped. So he says that he met. It's a John Doe. He says that he met Diddy. And then after he met Diddy, Diddy orally raped him and sexually assaulted him anally after spiking his drink. In the lawsuit, he claims that he was singing and playing guitar on the street outside of a popular LA club in November of 2022. And he says a man claiming to be like a talent scout for Puff came up to him and invited him to one of the parties that Puff was having.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He must have been killing that guitar. He must have had a crowd going crazy outside.

[Jess Hilarious]

So the John Doe claims that he was then driven to a private home where Puff invited him to sit down, have a drink, talk about music and his aspirations in music. And he says that the conversation progressed as Diddy as he complimented Diddy's necklace that he had on. And then Diddy was like, oh, you want to see some more of my jewelry collection?

[Morgan]

Jesus.

[Jess Hilarious]

So the guy was like, ah, yo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That ain't funny, man.

[Jess Hilarious]

So the guy was like. Then Diddy took him to a private room. And the. The John Doe says that all of a sudden he started feeling drowsy, off balance and slightly like euphoric. And he said that all this happened only after one drink. But he says that the room didn't have any jewelry in it. And Diddy bluntly asks him, have you ever asked a S the D? Yes, Esther D before?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And have you ever eaten a Snickers? Yes.

[Jess Hilarious]

And then he claims that Diddy. Then he said, he said he told Diddy no. He answered the question. He told, did he know? And then Diddy responded, well, you should try it. And then he exposed. Diddy exposed himself after that. And then he says no.

[Tamika Mallory]

Like, he just was like, no, I haven't. And then. So you should try one.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And then put a yes or no answer.

[Jess Hilarious]

How do you answer that? Charlamagne. Tell us, nigga.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[Tamika Mallory]

Yeah, pew run. But why you. It started with the compliment of the. The necklace. Like, why you doing that?

[Amir Questlove]

Like, why you.

[Tamika Mallory]

Oh, I like your necklace. Like, why are you doing it? You don't. You don't supposed to do that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I got some more jewels for you to see.

[Tamika Mallory]

Yeah, like you don't. You. You don't supposed to be doing it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You want to see this Ch.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, the guy claims that Puff didn't force him to have oral. Oral sex. And he said that he was grabbing the guy's face and forcefully. You know, stuff.

[Tamika Mallory]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn. He was.

[Tamika Mallory]

He was performing the oral fellatio on Puff.

[Jess Hilarious]

Allegedly. Yeah, he said that Puff forced him to do that. He grabbed his head and forced him to do that. Now, what just happened over here?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He went crazy thinking about past times.

[Morgan]

I did not.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thinking about how he used to get those mixtapes back in the day.

[Jess Hilarious]

Then I heard you talking about Bad boy. Well, I want to say that, you know, Puff's team, Diddy's attorney is saying that, as they've said before, they. They can't respond to every lawsuit and every publicity stunt. But, you know, they have full confidence in the facts and integrity that will come out in the judicial process. So they're denying this. And the truth. They say the truth will prevail.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Whoever writing these stories about the men.

[Tamika Mallory]

John Doe.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He's a john. Whoever writing these stories about the men be writing some very entertaining stories. I'm sorry if these things have really happened to you, but these could be on tv.

[Morgan]

But how do you feel?

[Tamika Mallory]

The same.

[Morgan]

How do you see what's true or not? Anybody can make an allegation. It's just your word versus a lot of.

[Tamika Mallory]

They was in a restaurant drinking.

[Jess Hilarious]

No, he was outside of a venue, and he went back to the crib where did. He was having a party, and then he.

[Tamika Mallory]

Where was the drink taken at?

[Jess Hilarious]

The drink was, I guess, at the house at the party.

[Morgan]

Somebody else had to be at the party and see the guy.

[Jess Hilarious]

I was about to say there has to be witnesses because the guy also said he was raped from behind. And then when he woke up the next morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shut up, man.

[Jess Hilarious]

When he woke up the next morning, he was given an iv. So whoever gave an IV would know you.

[Tamika Mallory]

But that's what I'm saying. How do you know you was raped from behind if you was knocked out?

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm sure he said that there was pain and. Yeah. And. Yeah, we gotta.

[Tamika Mallory]

But that's rape from behind. It could have been.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't like how y'all be laughing at male rape. Yeah, y'all. Y'all don't take it seriously. Male rape.

[Tamika Mallory]

I just found out oral rape was a thing. I. I wasn't laughing.

[Morgan]

I was confused.

[Tamika Mallory]

I'm like, how do you do that?

[Morgan]

How do you know if you were raped from behind?

[Tamika Mallory]

I mean, like, if you was knocked out, you could have been on your back, legs open, loose, booty like there's.

[Morgan]

A way to do that.

[Tamika Mallory]

But that's from the top, not behind y'all.

[Jess Hilarious]

This man claims he woke up in pain. He suffered mental anguish, emotional torment, humiliation.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What happened to the guitar?

[Jess Hilarious]

We gotta. The guitar.

[Tamika Mallory]

Oh my God.

[Jess Hilarious]

We gotta wrap it up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Where's the guitar, man?

[Jess Hilarious]

It was wrapped up like this segment. Let's.

[Morgan]

Damn, I hate this place. All right, thank you for just with the mess.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That was street meat. You just took it off the street and took it. God. But people look crazy. Crazy, allegedly.

[Jess Hilarious]

They be telling you don't eat streak meat.

[Morgan]

All right, tell him, man. Who you giving your donkey to?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man 4 After the hour. We need a 29 year old Florida man named Jonathan Davis to come to the front of the congregation. We would like to have a word with him, please.

[Morgan]

All right, we'll get to that. Next is the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Your execution on the donkey of the day is something to behold.

[Amir Questlove]

He gave me donkey of the day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And I deserve the people need to know.

[Amir Questlove]

Well, you need to tell them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I am.

[Jess Hilarious]

You have the voice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Tell them. Tell. It's time for Donkey of the day.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's a read.

[Lauren]

But you're so good at it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You trying to be a fake ass.

[Amir Questlove]

Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Only one character. Charlemagne.

[Tamika Mallory]

Who you giving Dunkey of the day to now, man?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Sexy red donkey of the day for Tuesday, February 11th goes to a 29 year old Florida man named Jonathan Navis. Let me tell you something, man. The world is a strange place because I don't know if it's people's behavior that we should be concerned about or the context of their behavior. Let me explain. Jonathan Nevis was arrested after he was observed barking like a dog in a Georgia auto parts store. That's right. For more than a hour. Okay. This is what happens when you ask somebody where my dog's at. Alright? Don't ask that question if you don't want an answer. According to an incident report, the owner of an advanced auto parts store called to complain that Jonathan had been in the store and had been barking like a dog for an hour. Okay. Jonathan told police officers that he had no idea his barking was causing any issues. Now let's discuss this for a second. First of all, why did it take hour, A whole hour went by and a Growned ass man, 29 year old man, is walking around the store barking like a dog and Nobody says anything. 1 hour 60 minutes, 3, 600 seconds of non stop barking and nobody says anything. And at what point do you know? At what point do you. Who is not barking. Realize something is wrong, okay? I'm not playing with people. In 2025, if I'm out somewhere and someone starts randomly bark, that person and I will not be sharing space for 3,600 seconds a whole hour. I am calling the proper authorities immediately. I don't know if it's the police or animal control, but somebody is getting called. Now, this is where I'm also torn. Okay? I've watched a human bark for an hour. Envy, you have to. Okay, I've been around a human who randomly barks. Envy, you have to. That human went by the name of Earl Simmons.

[Morgan]

Oh, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

AKA dmx.

[Just Hilarious]

Drop.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now, you can drop one of clues. Bombs for dmx in peace to the dog. Now, listen to me. I use the word human to describe dmx, but DMX was a spirit. He was a spiritual being living a human existence. And this is what I mean when I say I don't know if it's people's behavior or the context of their behavior. Because in context, a person barking isn't concerning if we know why they barking. We knew our DMX was barking, okay? He was the dog. I never met a person like DMX in my life, or one on one. The reaction reality is he may not have been from this planet. He may have been dropped off here by extraterrestrials. So to see another human randomly barking in an advanced auto parts store, the first thing I'm gonna do, honestly, is think the person is related to dmx. You've got to be from the same place as DMX to be acting like that. And I'm not talking about Yonkers, okay? I'm talking about whatever Planet X came from. Actually, I want to give the folks an advanced auto parts. I want to give them a little grace. If I heard someone barking, I would think they was imitating dmx. We all did it at one point in our lives. I would think he was just doing his own remix of Rough Riders anthem or something, okay? Now, when they asked Jonathan where his ID was, he said in his car. When they went to search his car, they found a clear baggie containing syringes in the passenger seat. And a search revealed a bag full of a clear crystal substance that was later confirmed to be that cotton candy. Okay? That white crossed him. Cookies, commonly known as is meth. Navis also told police officers that the syringes contained blood. It's Florida, ladies and gentlemen. I don't know why people are just walking around with syringes of blood, but he was flesh in my flesh. Blood of my blood. Navis was arrested and remains in the Monroe County Detention center with a five thousand dollar bond. No word on if he's still barking. Please give Jonathan Davis the sweet sounds of the Hamilton donkey of the day. Of the day. If you're sitting around confused about that story, just understand. It's Florida, ladies and gentlemen. Don't try to, you know, don't try to rationalize it.

[Morgan]

It's Florida.

[Tamika Mallory]

What's his name?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jonathan Napoleon.

[Tamika Mallory]

But tell the truth though, if you somewhere for an hour and somebody just walking around barking, you gonna say something.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'ma been. I would have left already.

[Tamika Mallory]

Okay. Nothing to right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I want to DMX kids.

[Lauren]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I have no business right. In a store with a person barking for an hour.

[Morgan]

I might bark back just for.

[Tamika Mallory]

Come on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And then you gonna bite it. Right? Then you're gonna bite it.

[Tamika Mallory]

Because if you already walking around barking, you not wrapped you tight, son. You could be capable of anything. You can do anything. You can have anything in your po. Somebody say something, you stab them up, anything. So let him go ahead and have that established.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But that's my point. Why wait for an hour to call the police? I'm advanced. I'm calling immediately. That wasn't suspicious to you after the first 30 seconds? The first minute. That's all I'm saying.

[Tamika Mallory]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

All right. Well, thank you for that Donkey of the day. Now let's open up the phone lines. 800-585-1051. This is something that Stephen A. Smith and Charlemagne actually said yesterday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What we said.

[Morgan]

We were talking about Serena Williams dancing at Kendrick Lamar super bowl halftime performance. Stephen A. Smith said he would divorce Serena Williams for that cameo. No, you didn't say that part. But he said he would. He would divorce his wife because he says these are signs that say that you're not over your ex. Why would you have to be in that song going at your ex now? You said something.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I said something similar. What I said was, you know, why would she be on stage crip walking about her ex that she dated what, 10 plus years ago? And you were married 2011 with kids. I said if I was her husband, I'd give her a little pinch or something.

[Morgan]

Right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like why do you need to go do that?

[Morgan]

Right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So let's say all that divorce.

[Tamika Mallory]

That white man better not pinch her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That is true. Especially during Black history month.

[Morgan]

Hey, Eddie. 800-585-1051. The question is, do you agree with Stephen A. Smith that these are signs that you are not over your ex? And if you were married, would you be upset? Let's open up the phone lines and discuss again. 800-585-1051. We'll play the audio when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If y'all talking about it, you know we talking about it. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the Brain. Breakfast Club.

[Morgan]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. If you're just joining us, we're talking about something that Stephen A. Smith said about Serena Williams walking at Kendrick Lamar super bowl halftime show. This is what he said.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

If I'm married and my wife is going to join trolling her ex, go back to his ass because clearly, you know, you. You don't belong with me. What you worried about him for you with me.

[Morgan]

So we're taking your calls. 800-585-1051. Now, Jess, you feel what Jess?

[Tamika Mallory]

I feel like she was all right. I mean, I. I don't feel like I disagree with it at all. I feel like it is what it is. She was a part of the whole situation. She wanted to do it. She from la. It was a shot at Drake, whatever Dragon, Kendrick and Serena, whoever is a part of it too. Drag them.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I. I just, I feel like. Yeah, I don't mind you. You dragging your. But not taking a shot at your ex. Like you still have feelings or something that he says still bothered bothers you. Do it to any other song. Squabble up. Do it to TV off. Do it to. But it's gonna be all right. Do it before the show, after the show. But the song is insane. But just don't do it to that song like it feels like it bothers you.

[Tamika Mallory]

But the thing is Drake came at him too. Drake came at her husband. So why not go walk on his head, you know what I mean?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like I said, her husband is a groupie. But Serena already got her look back. Serena got her look back at the sb. She did the same thing. She threw a little shot at Drake and then she did her Crip walk to not like us. So, I mean, I guess just to do it again.

[Tamika Mallory]

Well, maybe she did it for the people in the back, cuz I didn't know she did that at the Espies. Espies are a little boring to me, so I didn't watch it. But to see her do that there I was up, you know, that was cool for me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I. I just felt like Kendrick Gave Drake way too much. That's all.

[Tamika Mallory]

You said that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Tamika Mallory]

I don't think so. I think it's drag getting season. Sometimes you got to pop out and show them.

[Morgan]

Okay. Hello. Who's this? T. Hey, T. What's your thoughts?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, so my thoughts on the Serena at the Super Bowl, I don't feel that she was doing it against Drake. When she won the championship in Wilmington.

[Jess Hilarious]

She did the Crip walk, and they.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Told her she was scared of. So I felt she was doing it.

[Tamika Mallory]

Yeah, it was something like that. They criticized against her.

[Just Hilarious]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It could have had a double meaning, but once again, y'all, we're not gonna sit here and act like he's. He said on the song, you better not speak on Serena. We know she's from Compton. She did the same thing at the. The S piece. Like, come on, cut it out, y'all.

[Morgan]

Thank you, Mama. Hello? Who's this? I thought she was done.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, we know why it was done. Like, we doing. We finding all. Trying to find all these deeper meanings. We know why it was done, y'all.

[Tamika Mallory]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Cut it out.

[Morgan]

Good morning, Mama. What's your thoughts?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I feel like this. Like, if it was a regular dude.

[Jess Hilarious]

Then it be like, I can't cuss. I'd be like, hold up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Like, what you doing?

[Jess Hilarious]

You still, you know, for this dude or whatever.

[Tamika Mallory]

But, like, be serious.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's Serena Williams.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We all know it's for entertainment.

[Tamika Mallory]

And.

[Jess Hilarious]

And, you know, he know what he signed up for. Messing with her.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Jess Hilarious]

I don't think it was disrespectful in.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A way, just because it's her.

[Jess Hilarious]

Like I said, it was a regular, average chick.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Be like, you still in my face. Yeah.

[Tamika Mallory]

You know, I'm just like, cool. You speak on me and my husband.

[Amir Questlove]

Yeah.

[Tamika Mallory]

Any opportunity, I get the Crip walk on your head. I'm gonna do it.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Exactly. Okay.

[Morgan]

Thank you, Mama. Now, why did he go. Why did she go with that? Why did Drake go with her husband?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I. I don't know.

[Tamika Mallory]

Cause he wanted to take a picture with her, Something like that. I think I seen Serena's husband wanted.

[Morgan]

To take a picture with Drake.

[Tamika Mallory]

Yeah, you still. Still Drake. And so Drake put. You know, he could have been a long time fan. He just ended up with the girl, you know? But, you know, it is what it is. Some people be in their feelings behind girls, y'all.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Just Hilarious]

Hello?

[Morgan]

Who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's happening? It's Colombo from Ohio.

[Morgan]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Morgan]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Morgan]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

My thoughts are Drake shouldn't have been Lil Bish and Serena wouldn't have been dancing on his grave. That was kind of funny. I didn't think it was Serena. My mama, see just said that's Serena. I said, no it ain't. That's just some dance dancer chick.

[Tamika Mallory]

Whole time. See, she looked good. She looked real good on Sunday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, buddy. And I ain't even a Serena fan. I'm more of a Venus. I'm more of a Venus lady or man. But she looked good. And if he would have handled his business, she would have never danced on his grave at the super bowl for the whole nation.

[Tamika Mallory]

Nice graveyard.

[Morgan]

What's the moral of the story?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The moral of the story is Serena wins, can do whatever she want.

[Tamika Mallory]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And if her husband ain't got a problem with it, I don't give a damn. I'm just asking where hypothetically having a conversation. And the hypothetical conversation is to me it's just a level of pettiness that you know, she don't need to be partaken in. That's all. She married with a couple of kids. Go out there and dance during squabble up or something. But like you in a way it's like, yo, why you? Why are you still antagonizing this dude, right? Your ex, like who cares?

[Morgan]

So let me ask a question. So who does Chris Brown have beef with anybody? Any artists we can remember?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know. And I also want to say one more thing.

[Morgan]

Would you dance on that part purses thing?

[Tamika Mallory]

Didn't he had beef with Drake too before like a Little brief situation.

[Morgan]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So if Drake was performing. Call Jeff.

[Tamika Mallory]

Quo.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No.

[Tamika Mallory]

Quo.

[Morgan]

I, Quavo, perform and say, yo, Jess, I need you to come in and walk on this song where I'm going at. Chris, would you do it?

[Amir Questlove]

No.

[Morgan]

Come on now.

[Tamika Mallory]

Because first of all, that's my accent. Then we, like, we're really, really good friends. I would never betray, like, my friend for Quavo. I'm sorry, I can't do it. I'm not. What was that question for?

[Morgan]

I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't even know what the hell you just asked. That was so dumb.

[Morgan]

I don't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Listen, also, too, when. When. When Serena Williams crypt walked in. 20 beat, who should be Sharif, whatever her name is. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Guess it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

In London. That was hard.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I'm saying?

[Tamika Mallory]

So secret walk there.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So Serena's always had a level of freedom that she's always expressed, you know, period. And that's why we love Serena Williams.

[Morgan]

All right, well, we adjusted the mess.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Especially excelling in a sport where black people, especially black women, don't normally excel in. Yeah. She's always been her true authentic self, whether it's wearing the black catsuit, whether it's wearing her hair the way she wants to wear it, whether it's walking like she's always had a level of freedom, period.

[Tamika Mallory]

And she earned it. Hello.

[Morgan]

She did. Yeah, we got just the mess coming up.

[Tamika Mallory]

Yeah. Yo, your home girl, Nancy Mace, remember, from the House of Representatives, the. The military man white lady from South Carolina. Yes. She's accusing her husband of sexual assault.

[Morgan]

Her husband?

[Tamika Mallory]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, her ex fiance.

[Tamika Mallory]

Ex fiance.

[Morgan]

Okay.

[Tamika Mallory]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

All right. Well, we'll talk about it when we come back. It's the Breakfast Club. Come on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The Breakfast Club.

[Morgan]

Morning, everybody. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to just with the mess.

[Tamika Mallory]

Don't do no lines.

[Amir Questlove]

She don't spare nobody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

On the Breakfast Club. She's a culture shooter. She was able to get y'all to.

[Tamika Mallory]

See something and understand something that nobody could get you to see.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's time to set it off.

[Tamika Mallory]

Lawrence will break down the story about Charlemagne homegirl Nancy Mace. The military school lady man. I mean, the military man school lady.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What is you talking about? Woman to graduate from a all male military school called the Citadel in South Carolina.

[Tamika Mallory]

There we go. So that's why I call her the military man school lady.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, I see what you did there. So Nancy Mace, she took the floor the Senate. I'm sorry. She took the Florida House of Representatives on Monday night. And she used it as an opportunity to let some people know some things that have been going on in her life that she says police are not helping her with. Let's take a listen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I found some photos of what appeared to be a teenager undressed in the kind of underwear a child would wear. To me, the facial expression of this young woman, young girl, teenager, looks scared and nervous. I saw another video of another woman who was unto dressed clearly on a camera, unaware she was being filmed. She was slender and she had long brown hair. I turned up the volume to hear if there was audio. I heard my voice. I zoomed in on the video, and that woman was me. My entire body was paralyzed and I couldn't move. Were my feet on the floor? Was I breathing? I have no idea. I could feel pain shooting out of my heart, out of my chest. Chest dropped straight down to the floor like I was in a nose dive. The pain running through my veins wouldn't stop. Time was suspended for a moment. This monster stole my body.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. And it was she. She went on for about an hour. And first of all, this is crazy, right? Like, imagine she said she's engaged to this guy. His name is Patrick Bond. He's a businessman. And the way she even started. They started having conversations about the phone was because somebody randomly sent her a text message. It was a screenshot of him, allegedly on a date dating app, right? And they're engaged. So she's like, oh, you know, politics is a crazy game. So she's like, I think that she thought it was like, fake and somebody was just trying to mess with her a little bit.

[Morgan]

And this is recent. This is. She found this out recent.

[Jess Hilarious]

So, no, that's another thing she just revealed this Monday night. But she said she's been going through this for the past year.

[Morgan]

Oh, wow.

[Tamika Mallory]

And nobody has helped her.

[Jess Hilarious]

So she says that basically what happened after she got that text message, it got to the point where she was able to get to the phones. He allegedly, the ex fiance, had put one phone in the safe, got a new phone. And she was just watching them because she's like, why is he doing all of this? But she had begun uncovering things because she said she used to work in tech. So she was able to like, like, I guess, like track like metadata and just see kind of what he was doing or whatever. And she has these files, these photos, these videos. She said it's tons and tons of women and underage girls. She said that she actually reached out to one of the girls because she recognized Some of them, they're like her political colleagues, like daughters and stuff like that. She said she reached out to one of the girls, just letting her know, hey, I have this, and showing her. And then she said the girl didn't even remember that it happened was whatsoever. Now this is all alleged now she says over this past year, what happened was, is that she went to South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, who, you know, this is actually somebody that will be her opponent if she. If she runs for governor of South Carolina in 2026. But she says that she went there. She also says that she went to investigators who basically told her like the prosecutor's office said. They. They said that this was like false, right. Like about her coming to him and not getting help. But then investigators, she said that they threatened to lock her up as if she wasn't the victim. So she's been trying to figure this out for the past year. She said she had to leave her home. She had to tell her kids what happened because they had to just up and leave. It got to the point where it got physical between her and her ex fiance, she said. She says she has the marks to prove it. And now she just, she. She just basically wants to get attention to it because behind the scenes, she's been trying for a year to get some movement to get these, you know, people that she's a legend, has done all these. These things to these women off the streets and nothing has happened. So she took it to the. The House of Representative floor. And I, I just think it's crazy because to this is your fiance here? You know what I mean? And you find a video of yourself in your phone. She said she had a couple drinks one night and she can't remember to.

[Tamika Mallory]

See herself to see one of yourself on the video, which is crazy.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah. And. And it was to the point where she also alleged that, like in one of the videos of a woman allegedly being raped under a younger girl being raped, the girl's body was so lifeless because the girl had allegedly been drugged, that she thought that the girl was like, not alive, but she was. She had just allegedly been drugged. So she's saying it's really bad and she's uncovering this.

[Tamika Mallory]

So where is he at? There's nothing about him.

[Jess Hilarious]

So he. He's. Right now. He is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, they're investigating.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, they're investigating it, but he has categorically denied all of the claims. He says that he takes the matter seriously and will cooperate fully with any necessary legal process to clear his name. So just Got to work in politics.

[Tamika Mallory]

I know you said he a businessman, but, like, no, he's not a politician.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, that I saw. He was a businessman. But then he has these other colleagues, too, that. She's a legend. Is a part of this as well, too. Now, another. Just shifting gears again. We kind of been all over the place today. Kanye West. So you guys remember Kanye west had the. The website yeezy.com y he did the. The East. The Super Bowl Easter ad, the super bowl ad, rejecting or sending people to the website. On the website, he had this T shirt with the N, the Nazi symbol on it. Swastika. Yes. Now, people were really, really upset about this, as you can imagine. Imagine. But right now, if you go to yeezy.com, y'all can try it on your phones. I just did it. The website is disabled. So reports right now are that Shopify has actually disabled the store. I reached out to Shopify to try and figure out if they disabled it or if it was something done on his side. But you're not. You can't shop the website anymore. And then people were like, well, if the website was going to sell these Nazi, you know, pushing T shirts, why would the super bowl ad be approved? So TMZ actually found out that he pulled, like, the wool over the eyes of Fox when he purchased his Super Bowl Sunday ad, the 32nd spot, which Kanye says he shot on his iPhone. It shocked a lot of people because he just had went on that anti Semitic rant. And then the website dropped those T shirts. But sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ that Fox actually approved the ad Friday to air Sunday in three markets only, la, Philly, and Atlanta. So for some people that didn't see it.

[Morgan]

Yeah, I didn't see it.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, that's why. But the process was purely based on two things. The content of the ad and the website promoting Yeezy. They're told that the video of Kanye sitting in the dental chair said nothing else but over and over, like, whatever. Whatever. It was like the whatever was on the website wasn't there Friday. And it was nothing offensive there. It was just normal athletic wear. And then all the other stuff pops up. Yes. So at some point Sunday, he reduced the site and changed the items, and now the swastika shirt was on the website. So I'm not for sure, again, if Shopify has taken this down, but it does say disabled. If you visit the website right now, and I have reached out to figure. Figure out what? That. Who disabled what.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, I literally yawned during that story. Not because you didn't do a good job, but because Kanye is just exhausting. It's just tiring. Like it's just like at. At this point, you can't figure out nothing else to do to garner attention.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, he tried to comment on the super bowl too. He said that Kendrick did a good job. But then he said that they're using Kendrick to take down Drake, like how they took down R. Kelly. So, you know, that's a whole nother thing.

[Tamika Mallory]

I actually took himself down.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What are we talking about?

[Morgan]

R. Kelly definitely took himself down.

[Tamika Mallory]

I thought that was Kanye. Me and a lot of other people thought that was Kanye. That like during the super bowl halftime, Morgan told us this morning and that person was actually a part of the thing. I mean, I been figured out that it wasn't Kanye, but I thought that he had pulled some cuz he was one of his. His things and just went.

[Jess Hilarious]

He was being funny saying he was.

[Tamika Mallory]

Gonna pop up at the ran across. Yeah. And ran. I thought. I thought he did. Did that, but it wasn't.

[Jess Hilarious]

Can you imagine him running with them silver? The silver.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Absolutely.

[Morgan]

And who would buy them swastikas? T shirt?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

People who identify as Nazis.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah.

[Tamika Mallory]

And people who love Kanye and do everything. Like do everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But that's what's so dangerous because, you know, he does have influence over a lot of people. And what if it's a younger generation who don't even understand the history of. They just go to the T shirt line now they walking around with swastikas on.

[Jess Hilarious]

Especially a younger crowd who don't really even understand a lot of what I just said.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Jess Hilarious]

And it costs. It cost him $8 million, by the way, that the spot in the super bowl that he bought.

[Morgan]

But wrapping it up now, he allegedly made that back. Right? That's what he said.

[Jess Hilarious]

I guess. I don't know.

[Morgan]

All right, well that's just with the mess. All right, well, let's get to the mix. 800-585-1051. Get your request in now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. It's Black History Month. What we doing today, man?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to my guy, B. Dot. You know, every day during Black History Month, B Dot puts out a podcast on the Black Effect I heart radio podcast network called I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. And B Dot speaks on Easter today and how Hush harbors liberation anthems and even your fresh Easter fit are all Part of a legacy of resilience and rising up. Let's discuss.

[Tamika Mallory]

I didn't know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Maybe you didn't need. I didn't know.

[Tamika Mallory]

I didn't know.

[Jess Hilarious]

I didn't know.

[Just Hilarious]

But see, for our ancestors, Easter wasn't just about dressing up and being fresher than the Board of Health and hunting Easter eggs. Back in the day, Easter was like the original We Gon Be alright anthem. It was hope in the middle of chaos. Imagine being enslaved, working sunrise to sunset, but still holding on to the story of Jesus rising again. Now that's some real faith. It might be smaller than a mustang. It was a thought of if Jesus could roll that stone away. Come on, somebody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Huh?

[Just Hilarious]

Then we can roll this oppression off our backs too. Can I get an amen? And had you ever heard of Hush Harbors? Let me tell you about them. Hush Harbors were like the underground clubs of the enslavement period. Like them silent parties, but they didn't have no colorful headsets. And instead of the DJ dropping bangers, you had somebody in the corner whispering Swing Low, Sweet Chariot. Cause they had to keep it low key. Cause if massacre, it's a rap. So they'd head out to the woods, set up shop and worship in secret hush harbors. They'd even hang up wet blankets to keep the sound from traveling. Yeah, Soundproof in the woods. Now how innovative is that? They didn't need no Beats by Dre. Our ancestors invented noise cancellation desolation. But these Hush Harbors, they weren't just about worship. Oh, nah. They were about rebellion. See, they'd sing songs like Weed in the Water. Weed, which was basically the first gps. So that was code for hey, you. Harriet said meet about a river. And don't forget to pack light. These folks turn praise into power, hymns into hope. And today that same energy lives in every gospel choir and every preacher who makes you say. And we can't forget about the Easter Fit tradition. The pastels with the shoes to match. I wasn't capping about that, but that goes back to the enslavement periods as well. After emancipation, newly freed black folks will pull up to church in their finest fits. They wasn't just dressing for God. They were dressing to let the world know I'm free and I look good. That's why to this day, we don't play by them. Even Easter fits. Some folks be out here treating Easter like the Met Gala. Big hats, pastel suits. Had to put some armor all on them shoes because I could see my reflection in them. Jones, it's like a Runway show with a praise break in the middle. And no, Easter ain't the only holiday with roots in the struggle. We talked about Juneteenth in previous seasons. That's when we celebrate freedom 2. Two years after freedom was supposed to happen. Can you imagine being two years late to your. Your own free party? I like your job hitting you up and saying, hey, you got PTO that you didn't use back in 2023. Another holiday is Kwanzaa, where we honor African traditions and principles like unity and self determination. If Easter is the resurrection, Juneteenth is the graduation and then Kwanza is like the family reunion. It's all connected holidays rooted in freedom and resilience. So this year, when you're stepping clean and your Easter's best, remember, you're not just celebrating a holiday. You're honoring a legacy. You're carrying forward the spirit of those hush harbors, the fight for freedom and the hope that no matter how low we get, we always rise again. And I didn't know maybe you didn't either.

[Morgan]

All right, Happy Black History Month.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. And make sure you subscribe to the I didn't know. Maybe you didn't need the podcast on the Blackface iHeartRadio podcast podcast network, available everywhere. You listen to podcasts.

[Morgan]

All right, when we come back, we got the positive note and more. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now we gotta salute Tamika Mallory for stopping through. Her book is out right now. I live to tell the story.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. A memoir of love, legacy and resilience. This is her memoir. If you enjoyed State of Emergency, you will enjoy her memoir. Remember State of Emergency? She was more of a. A self help guide, a how to book on how to get through the times that we were in, you know, back in 2020, 2021. But this is her actual memoir, man, that just talks about the story of Tamika Mallory and how she became to be who she is, man. So make sure you go out there and get it available everywhere you buy books today. And it is out on my book imprint, Black Privilege Publishing with Simon and Schuster. And I want to tell y'all about a date Tamika's going to be at. At in New York City. If you're in New York City, she's going to be at Starvos. Starvos Neutrals. Somebody Latino come in here.

[Morgan]

That's not the name of it, but go ahead.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Well, it's the Foundation Library at the New York Public Library. Okay. And she'll be in conversation with Jumani Williams on Thursday at 6:30pm Eastern. Okay, so the New York Public Library, Thursday, 6:30pm Eastern. She will be in conversation with J. Williams. So go to Tamika D. Mallory.com Tour to learn more about that.

[Morgan]

All right, now you got a positive note.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I do have a. Oh, I'm sorry, Big Jess, you know, just getting all that money. Run them tour dates down. A hundred thousand dollars a show. What's up?

[Tamika Mallory]

Calm down. Okay, relax.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's a smoke. Is smoke if his tea is.

[Morgan]

No, come on.

[Tamika Mallory]

No, that is not what. Please relax. Because that's. I keep telling you sound like somebody old ass uncle. It's not that. Lauren came in and said if it smoke that smoke and then it's tea. I don't know. I don't know nothing neither. I don't know, but I never heard it. You want smoke? It's two different things. But this Friday for Valentine's Day, we have the extravaganza in D.C. make sure you get your tickets for that. It's a dinner, it's a party, live music. Me and my Nigerian people putting on this really, really nice upper Echelon event. We're all black. Get your tickets at ww.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[Tamika Mallory]

Upper Angeline.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, what I supposed to say that sounds luxurious? I'm there. Upper Anchalon.

[Tamika Mallory]

Upper Echelon. Upper Echelon. Echelon. Anyway, yes, Echelon. What else? But get your tickets, all right? Dress all black. Bring your wife, bring your husband, whatever y'all come out there. Dance will be live music, couples games, the host. We got some special guests, everything. Get your tickets@ftk, connect.com, connect the spell with a K. And then if you one of those people who call for tickets, 1-833-FTK line. Get your tickets. I'll see y'all Friday.

[Morgan]

All right. Charlie, got a positive note.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, the positive note, man. It comes from the great Cornell West. Cornell once said, if you can't lead the people. Cornell west once said, you can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people. So find somebody to serve today. Always be of service to others. Have have a blessed day. Breakfast Club from Amir Questlove Thompson, Academy Award winning director of Summer Soul. Don't miss the new Hulu original documentary, Sly Lives, AKA the Burden of Black Genius. Dance to the music. Everyday People. Family Affair. You know, Sly Stones music. But do youo Know His Story, featuring interviews with Andre 3000, Q Tip D'Angelo, Chaka Khan and more. Sly Lives, aka The Burden of Black Genius premieres from February 13, streaming on Hulu.

[Morgan]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Morgan]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Morgan]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Morgan]

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Com.