FULL SHOW: Pusha T Says Def Jam Tried To Censor Kendrick, Diddy’s Ex-Assistant Cross-Examined — Should Puff Testify? + Candace Parker & Eric Swalwell Interviews

Summary

Podcast Summary: The Breakfast Club – "FULL SHOW: Pusha T Says Def Jam Tried To Censor Kendrick, Diddy’s Ex-Assistant Cross-Examined — Should Puff Testify? + Candace Parker & Eric Swalwell Interviews"

Release Date: June 3, 2025

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Introduction

The episode begins with light-hearted banter among the hosts—DJ Envy, Jess Hilarious, Charlamagne Tha God, and Morgan. They share personal anecdotes and prepare listeners for the day's discussions, setting an engaging and vibrant tone for the show.

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Front Page News

Boulder, Colorado Attack

The hosts address a tragic incident in Boulder, Colorado, where Muhammad Sabri Solomon executed an attack that was allegedly planned over a year. DJ Envy highlights the severity of the event and its impact on the community.

DJ Envy ([06:33]): "The FBI says Muhammad Sabri Solomon planned the attack in Boulder on Sunday for over a year."

White House Response & Immigration Status

The discussion shifts to the White House's emphasis on Solomon's immigration status, pointing out concerns over illegal immigration and its potential links to terrorism.

Caroline Levitt ([07:08]): “Any individual, especially illegal criminals, who engage in acts of terrorism will be held accountable under this president.”

Governor Jared Polis's Remarks

Colorado Governor Jared Polis provides reassurance, stating there’s no evidence of a broader conspiracy behind the attack and expressing confidence in the legal proceedings.

Governor Jared Polis ([08:14]): “I'm confident he'll be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”

Broader Implications & Discussions

The hosts delve into the accessibility of dangerous information online and the deep-seated issues of bigotry and prejudice that fuel such attacks.

Morgan ([08:56]): “Shouldn't we be cutting some of these off things off online where people just can't get access to it that fast?”

Charlamagne Tha God ([09:51]): “...this is why this is just who some people in this world are.”

They emphasize the need for societal change to combat racism and bigotry, invoking Martin Luther King Jr.'s philosophy.

Charlamagne Tha God ([10:31]): “An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

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Interview: Candace Parker

Introduction & Book Insights

The hosts warmly welcome Candace Parker, a renowned WNBA champion and Olympic gold medalist, to discuss her new book, "The Can Do Mindset." They explore the inspiration behind her work, focusing on resilience and following one's passions.

Candace Parker ([41:13]): “From the time I was little, my mom... she'd always be like, can do. And it just became my mantra and it became my voice in my head.”

Balancing Motherhood & Career

Candace shares her journey of balancing a demanding sports career with motherhood, highlighting the challenges and rewards of both roles.

Candace Parker ([44:42]): “Motherhood is a journey that is the greatest gift, gives you the most rewarding feeling. But it's also the hardest job that you can have.”

Identity Post-Retirement

She discusses the struggle of redefining her identity after retiring from professional basketball, emphasizing the importance of personal growth beyond sports.

Candace Parker ([47:12]): “Writing this has helped me better understand who I want to be, who I commit to be, but also, like, giving myself grace through those moments.”

Gender Dynamics in Sports

Candace addresses societal expectations and the stereotypes women athletes face, advocating for breaking these molds to embrace competitiveness.

Candace Parker ([43:30]): “...people always try to put you in a box... until we break that mold in society where it's like, okay for us to be fierce competitors.”

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Interview: Congressman Eric Swalwell

Political Journey & Alignment

Congressman Eric Swalwell discusses his transition from a Republican upbringing to aligning with the Democratic Party, driven by his commitment to opportunity and justice.

Congressman Eric Swalwell ([88:31]): “I started looking at different political parties, and I thought, well, Democrats believe in kind of a free market approach... Republicans, I saw, was like a free for all approach.”

Democratic Strategy & Messaging

He elaborates on the Democratic Party's strategies, emphasizing the need for aspirational messaging and effectively addressing key issues like healthcare and immigration.

Congressman Eric Swalwell ([93:14]): “I want us to be more aspirational, put more housing in America so that you increase the inventory and you increase the ability of people, you know, as I said, to have skin in the ownership game.”

Challenges & Future Goals

Swalwell critiques the Democratic Party’s handling of certain policies and outlines goals for future elections, focusing on strengthening policies related to border security and criminal justice reform.

Congressman Eric Swalwell ([90:25]): “I think the biggest thing the Democrats got wrong in the last election was immigration and public safety.”

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Other Segments

Donkey of the Day

A humorous segment where the hosts appoint a "Donkey of the Day," highlighting light-hearted mock awards to public figures. For instance, the acting head of FEMA was humorously critiqued for his lack of preparedness.

Charlamagne Tha God ([75:49]): “Donkey of the Day for Tuesday, June 3rd goes to the acting head of FEMA, David Richardson.”

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Conclusion

The Breakfast Club wraps up the episode with final thoughts on maintaining positivity and protecting one's peace amidst societal challenges. The hosts encourage listeners to speak out against injustices and focus on personal resilience.

Charlamagne Tha God ([100:31]): “Some situations will test your patience and try to make you overreact, overthink, and respond to things that don't deserve your life force... Protect your peace.”

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Notable Quotes with Timestamps

1. Caroline Levitt, White House Press Secretary:

   “Any individual, especially illegal criminals, who engage in acts of terrorism will be held accountable under this president.” ([07:08])

2. Governor Jared Polis:

   “I'm confident he'll be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.” ([08:14])

3. Candace Parker:

   “From the time I was little, my mom... she'd always be like, can do. And it just became my mantra and it became my voice in my head.” ([41:13])

4. Martin Luther King Jr. (quoted by Charlamagne):

   “An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” ([10:31])

5. Congressman Eric Swalwell:

   “I think the biggest thing the Democrats got wrong in the last election was immigration and public safety.” ([90:25])

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Transcript

[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Jess Hilarious]

They're expanding their empire, launching a music.

[DJ Envy]

Label, and even hitting the 1995 Source Awards. Oh, and did I mention Lamar is back. BMF is where drama, hustle and hip hop collide. The drama, top tier, the stakes higher than ever. This is the season everyone's going to be talking about.

[Jess Hilarious]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Morgan]

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, usa. Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.

[Morgan]

Jess. Hilarious. Good morning, Charlemagne the guy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace to the planet. It's Tuesday. Good morning. How y' all feel out there? I feel blessed, black and highly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. What's happening? Yes.

[Morgan]

Good morning. What up, Jess? How you feeling?

[DJ Envy]

Good morning. I feel good. How y' all doing?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Blessed, black and highly favored. This is the greatest show on earth. Fifteen years and running. Drop on the clues bomb for us. Damn it. Just because. What's happening?

[Morgan]

Salute to everybody that purchased the puppy. These puppies is kicking my ass.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I just want to let you know.

[Morgan]

I bet usually I would get up at about 4:30, 4:15 this morning. I had to get up at 3:30, walk downstairs and it was a crate full of poop.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Boy. That was a random shout out to everybody out there who's purchased the puppy. Yeah, because I thought you about to say from some place in general that.

[Morgan]

Puppy life is different because it's just like.

[DJ Envy]

And then you got two.

[Morgan]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Ain't like you got one, you got two and you gotta train them.

[Morgan]

I took the dog to the vet and the vet was like, why would you get two? Why?

[DJ Envy]

Why?

[Morgan]

She was like, it doesn't make sense. We get one train, one, and then you get another one.

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Morgan]

I was like, it just made sense. I wanted sisters. I wanted like together. She was like, that was dumb. And now I realized what it means.

[DJ Envy]

The vet must be black.

[Morgan]

Oh my. The vet was white.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you can always get somebody to do your dog the way did did Kid Cudi's dog. What?

[DJ Envy]

Oh, lock him in the bathroom.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That dog seemed to get in line, didn't he lock him in the bathroom?

[Morgan]

No, we never heard from the dog.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, we never heard from the dog again. Oh, really? Yeah.

[Morgan]

But these two Dobermans are kicking my ass. But I'm enjoying it though, so. But just to let you know, you gotta walk each individual dog by himself.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, you can't walk them together.

[Morgan]

No. Cause she said wanna overpower the other one. So I have to walk one, then bring it back in and then walk the other one and then bring him back in.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think she meant that them two dogs will overpower your old ass. That's what she was trying to tell you in a nice way.

[Morgan]

Maybe that too. And I called my daughter and my son this morning. I'm like, I thought y' all were gonna help, like with the dog.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely not.

[Morgan]

My son says, dad, I gotta go to the gym at 12. 12 noon.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's 4 in the morning. That's why he look the way he do and you look the way you do. Right?

[DJ Envy]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Two.

[DJ Envy]

Shit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Drop one of clues. Bonds for the man of the house. Big logo. We used to call him Lil. That's Big Logie, man. Oh my goodness. And you need to start respecting his authoritai and calling him Big Logie too. Oh, my goodness.

[Morgan]

Well, let's get the show cracking. Candice Parker will be joining us this morning, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She's got a new book, the Can Do Mindset. How to cultivate resilience. Follow your heart and fight for your passions. It.

[Morgan]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Candace, you know, three time WNBA champion, two time Olympic gold medalist. Yes. Candace is a big deal.

[Morgan]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And at. Congressman Eric Swalwell.

[Morgan]

Swalwell. Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Will be joining us.

[Morgan]

Representative for California.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right. So he'll be here to talk to us about all the going. Goings on in the world of politics.

[Morgan]

Yeah. What's happening?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, we a perfect balance of ratchetness and righteousness on this show.

[Morgan]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're gonna learn something and you're gonna be entertained.

[Morgan]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And you're gonna get pissed off. Yes. Okay. We take you to all the range of emotions.

[Morgan]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jesus.

[Morgan]

All right, well, let's get this.

[DJ Envy]

Still trying to know. Hush.

[Morgan]

But.

[DJ Envy]

Because I'm still trying to recover.

[Morgan]

From what?

[DJ Envy]

From Chris.

[Morgan]

Yo, we got a lot of good DMs from the National. I don't know if it's the national, but the down syndrome, different agencies and this, that and the other.

[DJ Envy]

They're checking on me.

[Morgan]

No, they were saying that that was positive. The fact that we let that young man or I don't know how old he is, Let that brother come up here and rap and let him know. Talk to you. That like they were.

[DJ Envy]

Did they see the striptease? Did they see the dance? Did they?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah. Nobody cares about you. Right?

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They weren't calling to check on me.

[DJ Envy]

Or apologize to me. They called to say. Oh, all the positivity.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

By the way, Big Chris wasn't up here cuz he got down syndrome. Big Chris was up here cuz he's entertaining.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And Big Chris be with Ricky Smiley. And if you've ever heard Ricky Smiley and Big Chris together, you know Big Chris is just an entertaining person. Correct. You ain't. Can't just come up here because you got down syndrome.

[Morgan]

No, no, no. Said that ain't gonna get you in the door by.

[DJ Envy]

Something else gotta be happening.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's crazy.

[Morgan]

But all the blogs and all the places that represent a lot of kids that have down syndrome. We're very exc. Fact that we had Big Chris up here. We let him express himself, we let him rap and we let him talk. And they were just so excited about it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I enjoyed Big Chris dropping a clue. I always enjoyed Big Chris. I was happy to even see. That's why Ricky bought him up here. Yes. Because last time Ricky was here, we was talking about Big Chris.

[Morgan]

Yeah, that's right.

[DJ Envy]

Nice.

[Morgan]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. I'm okay though, y' all. Thank you so much.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, sure.

[Morgan]

Okay. All right. All right. Well, let's get the show cracking. Front page news. When we come back is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy, Jess, Hilar, Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news. What's up, Morgan?

[DJ Envy]

Hey, y' all. Hey.

[Jess Hilarious]

How y' all feeling?

[DJ Envy]

Good.

[Jess Hilarious]

Okay. We love to hear that. First on Front page. More updates on this attack out of Boulder, Colorado. Now, the FBI says Muhammad Sabri Solomon planned the attack in Boulder on Sunday for over a year. In court documents, Solomon said he researched on YouTube how to make Molotov cocktails.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jesus Christ.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yeah, he's a husband and a father of five and he allegedly planned or said that he had planned the attack for one year but waited until his daughter graduated to carry it out. Now documents claim he also said he wanted to kill all Zionist people and wish they were all dead. Now, meanwhile, the White House is pointing out the immigration status of the suspect. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt noted that the Egyptian man overstayed his tourist visa. And the Trump administration is taking a look, a hard look at these types of attacks, saying they should never happen. Let's take a listen to White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt.

[DJ Envy]

Any individual, especially illegal criminals, who engage in acts of terrorism will be held.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Accountable under this president. This terrorist came into our country under the previous administration, Joe Biden's administration foolishly.

[DJ Envy]

Gave him a tourist visa and that.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Allowed him to unlawfully remain in our country.

[Jess Hilarious]

She went on to say this person should have been deported a long time ago. And of course, President Trump said the attack will not be tolerated in the United States of America. And he added that the suspect came in through Biden, quote, ridiculous open border policy and he, quote, must be, he must go out under Trump policy. Now, meanwhile, Governor, Colorado Governor Jared Polis, he spoke yesterday in Denver saying there doesn't appear to be an extended conspiracy involving the Boulder fire attack suspect and he's confident the suspect will have his day in court. Let's take a listen to Colorado Governor Jared Polis in his comments.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

At this point, we have no reason.

[DJ Envy]

Or information that there was any type of extended conspiracy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Although that investigation continues, I'm confident he'll.

[DJ Envy]

Be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

[Jess Hilarious]

Of course, the suspect, Muhammad Sabri Solomon, as mentioned before, is accused of using a makeshift flamethrower and Molotov cocktails in Sunday's attack which seriously injured eight people. He's already been charged with a federal hate crime. And the 45, as mentioned before as well, the 45 year old Egyptian man was in the US illegally.

[Morgan]

Let me ask you guys a question. When it comes to a lot of this, I know this is a small part of the problem, but the fact that people can actually google some of these things like Google how to make a Mazda, a cocktail, whatever you call it, or Google how to make a ghost gun, or Google how to make a bomb. Shouldn't we be cutting some of these off things off online where people just can't get access to it that fast?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, it's true.

[Jess Hilarious]

And then to your point, as you were saying previous, in previous days about how they're going to moving forward, some students will be vetted on social media. I'm sure that could be a thing as well. It's like what have you been looking up, what have you been googling, what have you been researching? And so maybe that could, you know, add to essentially that vetting process.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But you know, people who want to kill you, people who want to harm you, they're going to find a way. And you know, this is a sad, sad situation. And Henry, I don't know how to combat this level of bigotry. I don't know how to combat this level of prejudice. If I did as a black person, I would have made it stop a long time ago.

[Morgan]

Just make it a little more difficult though, the fact that you can Google how to make a bomb and it'll give you step by step.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, but I'm talking about the bigotry and the prejudice and the racism and the anti Semitism that fuels people to do these type of things. I don't know how to make that stop. Like I said, if I was as a black person, I would have made this stop a long time ago for us. Right. And this is why this is just who some people in this world are.

[Morgan]

Sad.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's just, it just is very, very sad.

[Jess Hilarious]

Very deep rooted. But I will keep you guys posted as to what happens with that story. That's U.S. front page news for 6am at 7am stick around. We're still talking about Trump's so called big beautiful bill and we're still on the topic for whatever reason of Joe Biden's mental health decline. So we'll about that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know why we're still on that topic? Because we're on that topic because the Trump administration is here because of that mental decline. And I also want to say this is why whenever you see bigotry or you see prejudice or you see racism or anti Semitism of any kind, you should speak out against it. Martin Luther King Jr. Said, An injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

[Morgan]

That's right. All right, clock it. Well, thank you. We'll see you next time, Morgan. All right, 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.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, the Breakfast Club. I'm d. I'm dialing.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Hey, what you doing, man?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I'm dialing.

[Morgan]

I'm calling you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

This is your time to get it.

[Morgan]

Off your chest, whether you're mad or blessed.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Morgan]

Hello? Who's this?

[DJ Envy]

This is Darsha. Good morning, DJ Envy. Good morning, Jess. Good morning, Charlamagne. How y' all doing?

[Morgan]

Michelle. Good morning. Get it off your chest.

[DJ Envy]

I just want to raise awareness to domestic violence. I was just recently shot four times by my ex boyfriend. I'm from Detroit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Dang. Sorry to hear that. Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

My ex boyfriend for six years.

[Morgan]

When.

[DJ Envy]

When a guy put his hands on you one time. Just leave him alone. Just leave him alone, because it's only gonna get worse.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I am sorry to hear that. I'm sorry that you had to go through that.

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely. And due to. Due to the gunshots, like, he shot me four times. I was. I lost my hand because he tried to shoot me in my head. So I just also want to ask if anybody want to donate to my cash app because I need a prosthetic hand now. Because he tried to sue me in my. Shoot me in my head, and I was. I lost my hand. So if anybody want to donate, my cash app is only me, 922.

[Morgan]

Only me, 922.

[Flavor P]

Okay.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. It's to you, queen. Alrighty.

[DJ Envy]

Thank y' all. Have a good day.

[Morgan]

You too, now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello?

[Morgan]

Who's this?

[DJ Envy]

Hi. Good morning.

[Morgan]

Good morning. What's your name?

[DJ Envy]

My name is Tina.

[Morgan]

Tina from Where?

[DJ Envy]

Charleston, South Carolina.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

843. What's happening?

[Morgan]

Get it off your chest. Tina, what's up?

[DJ Envy]

Hey, good morning, everybody. I just want to talk about these sassy men that we have on this earth right now.

[Morgan]

These sassy men.

[DJ Envy]

Very. Yes. These men want to be babied. I just got out of relationship with a guy, and he was saying I wasn't babying him enough. He also wanted me to come in and clean, cook. I also drive a truck, so I drive a truck from like, 13 to 14 hours a day, and he drives a truck as well, but I don't understand why he feels like he gets to come home, play his PlayStation while I cook, clean, wash clothes, and still cater to this baby grown ass man. I'm sorry for saying that, but these aren't the same men that were back in the day. Like how my dad and my mom came up, or, you know, our aunties and uncles came up. They don't want to do no work. They want to complain. They want to be baby. They want to be the woman while we have to be the man. What's going on with that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Have you. Have you tried to put a finger in his boonkie yet?

[Morgan]

Whoa.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's how you really test the level of sassiness. Now you got. I don't know, on a scale of one to saucy Santana, how sassy is he? You know, you got to test it.

[Morgan]

She didn't say she has it. Have you?

[DJ Envy]

I mean, if I had to try it, I'd probably say probably. I might as well go back and dip and be like, hey, let me just. Just get some closure real quick and let me just see how that plays out. Yeah, check I made the mistake.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, check. Check his oil and then come back to us. You know what I'm saying?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Check his.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Check his oil and then get back.

[DJ Envy]

Right?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Right.

[DJ Envy]

Gentlemen, can I have your book, please? Can I have a copy?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Of course. I'm. I'll definitely send you one. I'mma put you on hold. Eddie. Don't keep my people from the 8.3 on hold.

[Morgan]

Hold on.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Morgan]

Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Morgan]

It's a new day.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

This is your time to get it off your chest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wait. Wake up. Whether you're mad or blessed, it's time to get up and get something. Call up now.

[Morgan]

800-585-1051.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club.

[Morgan]

Hello? Who's this?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's going on? It's Pete.

[Morgan]

What's up, brother? Get it off your chest. Take us off Bluetooth, too, Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's mental health month. It's men's mental health month now. Last week. Last month was mental health month. This. This month is men' mental health month.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So now, Envy. I got a question for you.

[Morgan]

Yes, sir.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why are you playing Chris Brown 6:00 clock in the morning? Yeah, bro. I don't want to be thinking about who's getting my residuals at 6 o'.

[Morgan]

Clock in the morning when I'm working, I don't.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I can only imagine how many dudes get up for work. I drive trucks. I'm out and about with y' all in the morning. The first thing I got to hear is residuals. But I can only imagine how many brothers wake up in the morning motivated for work, and you just stress them out automatically. I be feeling the same way. I don't know why we play so much slow music in the morning. People are trying to get up and get active.

[Morgan]

We tell you all the time, we don't pick the music. We don't pick the music for the show. I only pick the music for my mix. But what would you rather hear brother.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bro, bro say that? Matter of fact, I got another bone to pick with you, right? Yo, every time you play Kendrick Lamar, Kendrick Mar. Right early in the morning or anytime during your show, during that intro, I'd be ready for you to drop some Rich Boy. What's your beef with Rich Boy?

[Morgan]

That's the original sample. But I told you, I don't pick the songs for the actual show. I just do it for my mix.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're a liar. You play the saw. You whatever. He cut it up throughout your mix and, you know, throw it on there, switch it up.

[Morgan]

I be playing Rich Boy in the mix. They totally two different tempos. Rich boy is 81, and that was 70, but I'll still be playing it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He talk about that intro that they.

[Morgan]

Slow it up so much.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What's up, J? I A say what's up to J.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning. You gonna blow that horn for me?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hold on. I got you.

[DJ Envy]

Period.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Thank you. Yo, y' all have a good one. I appreciate you have a good one, brother. They just giving out CDL nowadays, huh? Everybody got cdl. Now they're giving them out.

[DJ Envy]

Hey, hey, yo, what if these are really good drivers calling him?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just giving them something you had to work for. We had three people call up here in a row. I mean, we are a big show.

[DJ Envy]

I mean, like.

[Morgan]

Yeah.

[DJ Envy]

And then, like, a lot of those. A lot of them listen to us because they on the road.

[Morgan]

A lot of them on the road right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Morgan]

Salute to all the truck drivers. Hello.

[DJ Envy]

Giving out equipment.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hello.

[DJ Envy]

Peace.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Blessings of palace. Love, everybody.

[DJ Envy]

Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Peace. King. Yeah, My call, man. Because I want to talk about Russia, man. I think there's a few things that should be known concerning Russia that. That they don't teach us in school. So I make it quick.

[DJ Envy]

So pathetic.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm waiting on you. Yeah, we waiting on you, sir.

[Morgan]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right. So this is Don Alejandro. I'm from North Carolina. Now, first thing, number one, Ethiopia was the only country in Africa that wasn't colonized. Russia helped them.

[DJ Envy]

How?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because emperor Mendelek II of Ethiopia in the 1800s, he saw how Japan had kept their country updated so that they could keep up with the western countries. And for Ramon Elect II wanted the same for Ethiopia. It was Russia that sent people to help them start with their educational system and their health care system. And they sent some generals also for their military strategy. And it's because of that that they were able to defeat the Roman invader or the Pope during around the Berlin conference. Russia also helped the slaves gain their freedom.

[DJ Envy]

How?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Because French wanted to send soldiers over here to fight with the Confederacy. Russia had sent Russian fleets over here.

[DJ Envy]

They was over.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

They was in the Atlantic Ocean by New York and it was in the Pacific Ocean by San Francisco. The key France were coming over here. I just feel like that is some good information for us to know. Hey, yo, get off Russia's. Thank you for the history lesson though. He's glazing Russia crazy this morning. I'm just a non biased person, bro. I'm one of the most non biased people that you would meet. I appreciate the history lesson, but the Russian glazed. You rooted for Ivan Drago to kill Rocky, didn't you? You probably cheered. Hey, hey, Charlemagne. Hey, Charlemagne. I tried to leave this one out, right? But a year and a half, Vladimir Putin did show us that Jesus was black. He said he dropped the mic on that. Okay, I don't need Vladimir Putin to tell me Jesus was black. I knew that already. The Russia glazing was crazy this morning. Jesus.

[Morgan]

All right, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. What's up, Lauren?

[DJ Envy]

Good morning.

[Morgan]

How was court yesterday?

[DJ Envy]

Court was. Court was. It was aggressive.

[Morgan]

Okay, what do you have on today? It looks like you're like a crazy asylum type of.

[DJ Envy]

This is Rick Owens.

[Morgan]

What? Rick Owens?

[DJ Envy]

Yes. Rick Owens like a starter looks like Gordon Gartrell.

[Morgan]

Yo. She don't know where Gordon Garrett do.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Look like Gordon Garrell.

[Morgan]

She don't know where to go. She gotta google it. She look like she googling.

[DJ Envy]

I know the brand.

[Morgan]

Cosby Show.

[DJ Envy]

You ever see that episode of the Cosby show where Theo made his own shirt for prom? Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She said I know the brand.

[DJ Envy]

No, this is not. This is not that. This is. This is Rick Owens.

[Morgan]

Okay?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got Rick Owens at home. I want some Rick Owens. We got Rick Owens at home.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, no, baby. I wish this was made in the home. Little pricey.

[Morgan]

We got the latest coming up. What we talking about?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, we do. So Pusha T sat down with GQ and spill all the beans. He said Def Jam tried to censor him. Well, censor Kendrick Lamar on the clip's new album, and he was not going to do it. So eventually they.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, all right.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. It's a lot.

[Morgan]

All right, we'll get to it next. We'll get to it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Next.

[Morgan]

It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Morning, everybody.

[Morgan]

It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[DJ Envy]

Lauren be coming a straight back.

[Morgan]

She gets him from somebody that knows somebody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Somebody gets the details.

[DJ Envy]

I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She be having latest on this.

[Morgan]

The.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything. Well, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. Talk to me.

[DJ Envy]

Okay, y' all. So let's get into this Pusha T clips conversation. So Pusha T and his brother Malice sat down with gq and they had a conversation about everything where music is now and the fact that, you know, they have their first album coming out. It's been 15 years, but one of the biggest questions that a lot of people had is why has it taken so long? And according, according to Pusha T, he says that Def Jam tried to censor Kendrick Lamar's verse on a song that they have on the album. And eventually it turned into a back and forth of censor it take the song off. And then from there it went to them eventually dropping clips and Pusha T solo and then them moving on.

[Morgan]

Well, it hasn't been 15 years because of that. It was 15 years because the one brother gave up rap at one time and allowed us to do Christian rap.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Morgan]

And now they got back together doing that.

[DJ Envy]

But, I mean, they dropped. They dropped a press release over the summer and over the summer when they dropped the press release and they remember, they teased the song at the LB fashion show. People thought that it was gonna be like a lot sooner than right now than today. So that's what I'm referring to. But so what happened was when that press release dropped, a lot of people realized that there was no mention of Def Jam, which was a thing because clips, their whole deal with Def Jam was new. It happened over like the last, like year or so. So we were like, what is going on? And instead of. They actually attributed the distribution and the marketing to Jay Z's Roc Nation. So in the GQ article, Pusha T talks about, you know, they were really excited. They went to Def Jam. They were proud. They thought that, you know what I mean? Like, everything was moving how it was supposed to move. And then Def Jam heard the song Chains and Whips, which is the song that Kendrick Lamar is on, and they weren't. They weren't going for it. Specifically. There was an attorney with Def Jam, and they are claiming that this attorney is the person who said, okay, we have to censor the song. And then it was the person who said, well, what if we just removed the song altogether? And then came back and said, okay, let's move away from the clips. Let's drop the clips. So Pusha T's like, well, that was dumb.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The issue is, you know, why they censoring. I'm sure, I'm sure. I'm sure Def Jam wanted to censor Kendrick because they're in the middle of this lawsuit with Drake.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I guarantee it has something to do with that law.

[Morgan]

Of course.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. So according to Pusha T, the lawyer's name was Steve Gawley. And he says that their. What he believes is their issue was that, you know, you. You got two of Drake's biggest, like, arch enemies, right, who were on this song, and they're UMGs in the middle of. Or Def Jam. They're in the middle of this lawsuit. So they're like, no, we can't. Like, we don't want any more fire. Let's just sit back. And Pusha T's like, well, basically, that has nothing to do with us. So, yeah, so they're like, well, we'll just drop the clips. And then Pusha T is like, well, the issue is I'm still here as a solo artist, so if you gonna let clips go, let me go as well, too. And it got to the point where that's what they did.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So Def Jam should be ashamed of themselves. Okay, record label censoring artist. What happened to my freedom of speech?

[Morgan]

Russ Russell Simmons would never. When he was president. Jay Z would never. When he was president. Leo Co. Leo Cohen would never. When he was president. Kevin Lyles would never. Like, like he said, that's freedom of speech. Allow him to say what he wants to say. That makes no sense at all.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I mean, I agree, but.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Morgan]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Lauren LaRosa]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[DJ Envy]

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[Charlamagne Tha God]

I call that adult contemporary hip hop. Like, artists that, you know are just timeless and classic. Def Jam is supposed to represent a timeless classic label. That's the type of project they should be 100% behind.

[Morgan]

Well, that was the origin of Def Jam the Streets.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[Morgan]

When you see artists like, we can go back from Jay Z to Jee.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To.

[Morgan]

The clips, like, that's the origin of Def Jam. That's what built Def Jam, you know, I mean, that's what's. That's. That's why this is really, really weird.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I agree. And I also think, too, I think it's certain artists that you can kind of play around with like this. I don't think. I don't think. Okay, Yeah. I don't think that it was smart for them to even approach them directly, indirectly, whatever, with something like this. As if they're not. They're going to care and they're going.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

To be quiet about just bad press.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

For a label that doesn't need it.

[DJ Envy]

Not right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, exactly. Just bad press for no reason.

[DJ Envy]

Not right now at all. Well, I did grab one of the photos, and for. For the listeners, please go take a look at the GQ interview because they look so good in. In their photo shoot. They're all black and they have a ton of different photos. And in the interview, they're actually in a sprinter with the writer of the article trying to just find food. And they're just having a conversation about music and where music is now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And they've aged very well, not just as artists, but as humans. Like, you know, when you get to a certain age, that's what you look At I don't care about your designer, I don't care about your cars, your jewelry. What do you look like? Is your skin clear? Eyes wife, are you mentally and physically in shape? That's what I like.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I agree.

[Morgan]

And they always been like that. They always been on their workout regimen. They always been on their eating good food regimen. And they're all about family. So that's the main purpose of the clips.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to the clips. I also appreciated Malice's perspective when he was talking about how you don't have to address everything.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And how artists feel the need to talk back to today fans. And he was like, you know, you talk about you can see people's egos taking over and folks never learn to sit down. And he said, you can rise above that eternally if you are at peace with yourself.

[Morgan]

They playing out. They playing out. If you. You don't know them and you know, hopefully they'll come up here. They plan out everything. They plan out the next five years of where they want to be with fashion and music and their investments. They plan out everything. They are very like, they are very methodical when they come to the way that they think about things.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I know. And one of the other things too that. Well, first of all, I thought that that was a good take from Alice because he's the type, he just sits back. He doesn't really get involved in anything whatsoever. But even in this article, he's talking a lot more about he. He talks about like he. He feels like he's watched the engine leave rap where like he left and he took a step away, he came back and things are exactly where they are. But they also talk about whether this new collaboration with Roc Nation means we're going to get more Pusha T Jay Z music. And Pusha T doesn't confirm anything directly, but he does say we made history a couple times with a smirk talking about, you know, their. Their songs that they have already.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I would love to hear a whole verse on the new Clips album. That would be the cherry on top. I don't need it, but I would.

[Morgan]

Love to hear whole always comes through for them. So I'm. I'm. I'm assum assuming that I'm sure you'll get a whole verse on there. I would hope so.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Yep. Well, make sure you guys go check out that GQ article. That is it for the first album come out. Oh, sorry, the article. The album comes out July 11th. It's called Let God Sort them out and right now they have their single. You have their single?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Play it right now, damn it.

[Morgan]

I'm sure it's not on in the system.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We don't have Ace and Trumpetson.

[Morgan]

No, we don't have in the system.

[DJ Envy]

We played it during. Didn't we play it during past talks?

[Morgan]

Yeah, we did.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. So we should have it somewhere in the system.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But yeah, Nyla got it.

[Morgan]

No, Nyla got it. They only played a thing of it. I could put. I'll say send it in. I'll send it over.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. They'd be like, yo, how this a dj? He ain't got nothing in the queue.

[Morgan]

It's not my system. I got it in. Serato, this is not. You better stop cuz people really think I pick the music up here?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The way you glaze the clips this morning and you don't have their music.

[Morgan]

Clips is my homies. But I, I, when we come back, that's on me.

[DJ Envy]

I should have reminded you.

[Morgan]

I'll send it over. It's the break.

[DJ Envy]

Very methodical and articulate in the way they be.

[Morgan]

That's my home.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He didn't glaze, but he bought the baby oil in the room.

[Morgan]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[DJ Envy]

He had. He just didn't.

[Morgan]

You know what's so crazy?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You show some people some.

[Morgan]

All of a sudden you clazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was showing love. You was glazing. I'm learning.

[DJ Envy]

Bringing the baby oil in the room is obvious. Allegedly. That's a crime too.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[DJ Envy]

Bringing the baby oil in the room. You are complicit. And V, you better say you didn't do that.

[Morgan]

What the hell are you talking about?

[DJ Envy]

She been in court. Don't bring no baby oil. No rooms. Want to be a part of no enterprise.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay, listen, do this. Let's play a OG clips record.

[Morgan]

We got to pull that up now too. You know it take long with these old computers.

[DJ Envy]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right, we try. It's loading.

[Morgan]

Keep talking. We don't have 21 seconds.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

20 more seconds. 20 more seconds to what? The player clip. Who birthday is it? J?

[DJ Envy]

I always thought they. Dave East. Happy birthday to Dave east. And Jill Biden.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Jill Biden.

[Morgan]

Jill Biden.

[DJ Envy]

And yeah, Anderson Cooper too. Happy birthday. That's a nice little mashup. It took us everywhere.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Very well rounded.

[DJ Envy]

Education.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

His.

[Morgan]

I'm good. It's Eclipse Classic. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Front page news is next.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just glaze, you're checking out the Breakfast Club.

[Morgan]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now let's get back to some front page news. What's up?

[DJ Envy]

Oh, hey.

[Jess Hilarious]

I'm like, oh, that's me. I usually like when you say hi to me. Good morning. I appreciate it. Waiting for the toss.

[DJ Envy]

My bad, y' all. So, yeah, as mentioned in the last.

[Jess Hilarious]

Hour, the topic of former President Joe Biden's mental health is still a topic. Former vice President, or excuse me, former President Bill Clinton is defending former President Joe Biden when it comes to claims regarding the decline of his mental health while he was in office and running for reelection. Now, Clinton made the comments, speaking to CBS Sunday morning. Let's take a listen to what he had to say about former President Joe Biden's mental health.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I thought he was a good president. The only concern I thought he had to deal with was could anybody do that job until they were 86? And we'd had several long talks, I had never seen him and walked away thinking he can't do this anymore. He was always on top of his brief. I saw President Biden not very long ago and I thought he was in good shape.

[Jess Hilarious]

So what are your thoughts there? Clinton was actually on the show promoting his new book, the First Gentleman.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I think Bill Clinton is holding the party line. And, you know, we don't need anybody that's continuing to hold the party line to the detriment of the country because that's what happened with President Biden. People held the party line so much to the detriment of the country because if President Trump was the threat that everybody said he was going to be, then they should have governed like a threat and they should have been doing things to ensure that threat doesn't get back into power. And running Joe Biden, keeping him in that position would definitely, definitely, definitely, definitely, definitely didn't ensure that Trump wasn't gonna get back in that position of power.

[Morgan]

But the sad thing about it is we said it right? We've seen it. And we got ish for people saying that that's not true. This, that and the other, that's not happening. But we all seen it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We ain't never met him. I ain't never met the man. So you mean to tell me that those of us who never met the man saw it, but people that used to see him on the regular didn't see it? Cut it out.

[Jess Hilarious]

Well, I think it's just a matter of what you saw and where you might have saw it because I was around and very heavily involved with the Biden administration and covering the vitamin. I had been around him during the time where people were saying he was, he was on his mental decline. And I will say from a personal perspective that he was just old. It wasn't giving that he wasn't sharp. He just was old. And that was just my. And that was just, you know, you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Know, the contradiction that Bill Clinton said in that interview, because I watched that whole interview this weekend. He said that, he said that. But then he turned around and said, but, you know, I did question if he could do that job until he was in 86.

[Jess Hilarious]

Yes, he was saying that anybody could do the job until they were 86 because Biden was the oldest person to do it. I mean, that's what I'm saying.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But he's the person. He's the guy. Yeah, you can't just say anybody. He was the guy that was closer.

[Morgan]

To 86 and nobody was attacking him. I think if, if you had a family member that, that had dementia's mother had dementia, you've seen signs from that Joe Biden had that I seen G's mom had.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Right.

[Morgan]

I seen those same type of signs. So that's worried me. And if you voted with somebody, you have questions. And the fact that I feel like they were lying, you know, concerns me a lot.

[Jess Hilarious]

Of course, the concern for sure was legitimate, but, you know, whether or not, you know, what was going on. But where I'm standing right now is trying to figure out why is it still a topic of conversation. But you're saying it is because we are where we are right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So I think it's a topic of conversation because you should learn from history and you know, they just put out the book the Original Sin. But based off Bill Clinton's logic, if that's the case, then we should never discuss what any president does after they are no longer no longer president. We shouldn't discuss Barack Obama's legacy. We shouldn't discuss Clinton's legacy. We shouldn't discuss George Bush legacy. Based off what Clinton is saying, once a person is out of office, we shouldn't be talking about them no more. Come on, man. This is when Democrats sound ridiculous to us. This is when politicians sound ridiculous to us because they're so busy trying to hold the party line that they sound foolish.

[Jess Hilarious]

Tell them how you really feel. All right, well, moving on. In other news, House minority leader, also a Democrat, Hakeem Jeffries, is among lawmakers raising alarms over President Trump's so called one big beautiful, beautiful bill act now. Jeffries was in attendance at a rally in Brooklyn on Sunday alongside New York Governor Kathy Hochul to detail concerns about what will happen if the US Senate passes the act. Let's take a listen to Hakeem Jeffries.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

You know, the GOP tax scam is.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Not one big beautiful bill. It's one big ugly bill that will hurt everyday Americans, hurt everyday New Yorkers. And it's designed to reward their billionaire donors like Elon Musk.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Musk.

[Jess Hilarious]

So Jefferies also warned and others warned that it would impact federal funding to Medicaid, causing many of those to lose health insurance. Now, Trump has said that cuts are targeting waste and fraud and abuse. And the U.S. senate is expected to take up the bill this week. They are officially back in session today. Now, New York Governor Kathy Hochul also heavily criticized the Trump administration and Republican lawmakers over a number of issues. She says the Republican led plan to to make steep cuts to Medicaid is taking from the poor and giving to the rich. And a reversed. What's the, the I'm sorry, a reverse. What is it not Peter Pan who does, who takes from the rich and give to the poor?

[Morgan]

Robin Hood.

[Jess Hilarious]

Thank you. And a reverse Robin Hood type of situation. She says she can't promise that all of her hospitals will stay open in New York. So this is going to impact New Yorkers if this bill to cut Medicaid becomes law. Let's take a listen to New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

[DJ Envy]

This is a letter level of attack that is unforeseeable, but it has to be stopped. What they're proposing is basically reverse Robin Hood. They're taking from the poor to give to the rich and people need to rebel against that.

[Jess Hilarious]

If we lose $3 billion for hospitals.

[DJ Envy]

I can't say we're going to be able to keep all of my hospitals open. I cannot say that right now.

[Lauren LaRosa]

They have to back up off.

[Jess Hilarious]

So Hokul also went on to say that it's hard to protect people from disease if Covid vaccines are no longer being recommended for healthy children and pregnant women, as just stated by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And she also says she'll stand up for immigrant rights when testifying at a House oversight committee in about a week. So as mentioned, that big beautiful bill is now being taken up in the Senate. After the Senate vote, House lawmakers will have a chance to approve changes to the bill. And like I said before, Congress is officially back in session today. So I will keep you posted at as to what happens with that. I had one more story. I'm not going to get too much into it. I'll just say that updates and improvements at Newark, New Jersey's Newark Liberty Airport are underway. And it does appear that things are moving in a positive direction per transportation secretary Sean Duffy, who was there this earlier this week. So it looks like one of the runways has been that was shut down for maintenance has reopened. So it looks like things are moving in a positive direction for Newark Liberty Airport, but that's pretty much it. That's your front page news. Follow me on socials at Morgan Media and for more news coverage, follow at Black Information Network. Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit us at B I n. Com. Thank y' all.

[Morgan]

Alrighty. Thank you, Morgan.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

All right.

[Morgan]

When we come back, three time WNBA champion, two time Olympic gold medalist, and she has a new book, the Can Do Mindset. Candace Parker will be joining us and we're going to talk to her next. So don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building. Yes indeed, the legend, Candace Parker.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Welcome.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Thanks for having me, y' all.

[Morgan]

How you feeling?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Nice being in the room. Goodness, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Nice having you. You know, you're one of those people, like, you know, people always say, like, who would you ever want to interview? And you, you really be like, oh, I don't know, because you can't really think of nobody. But then when you see you see you on the schedule, you're like, oh, Candace Parker. I'd love to have a conversation with Candace Parker. I appreciate it. I really enjoyed your book. The Can Do Mindset. How to cultivate resilience, follow your heart and fight for your passions. Can you break down why you called it the can do mindset?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah, growing up, nickname can, short for Candace. You know that. But my mom, I grew up with two older brothers, 8 and 11 years older than me. And, and fast forward, my oldest brother played 10 years professionally, played alongside LeBron for years. My middle brother became a doctor. And so I just saw these enormous role models that were doing so many great things and I think sometimes I doubted myself. And so my mom, from the time I was little, 2, 3 years old, she'd always see the doubt in my eye and she'd always be like, can do. And it just became my mantra and it became my voice in my head. And I mean, it took me through high school knocking down game winning free throws to, to shoot, even now. And so then it became an acronym for community authenticity, Navigating negativity loving the dash, which is the journey in between, and seizing and creating opportunity.

[Morgan]

Well, congratulations. On August 25th, your jersey will be retired. Well deserved.

[Lauren LaRosa]

How does that feel to go back home to Chicago? I grew up in Naperville, and I grew up a Chicago Bulls fan. I mean, they won six championships in the 90s when I was living there, and so it became synonymous with winning. So to go back, back and play basketball in front of the people that first saw me pick up a ball, and then to win a championship in front of the people that first saw me play basketball, I don't think. I mean, that was super special. I couldn't have written it any better. And, you know, I think first, you dream of a championship being up in the rafters, and second, you dream of your jersey as well.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know, I think it was in the authenticity section of the book you were talking about, you know, being competitive, right. And how people don't let women be competitive the way that the men are. So when you see, and I know you get this all the time, when you see the Caitlyn angel rivalry or whatever you want to call it, isn't that just women being competitive?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I think it's women being competitive, but honestly, I think that the more visibility you get, the more scrutiny you're going to get. I mean, that's just nature. As women, I think society always tries to put you in a box. So as athletes, we fit outside that box. You're either too muscular, you're not competitive enough, but then we. You show competitive nature. It's not ladylike. So whatever you do as a woman, I feel like until we break that mold in society where it's like, okay for us to be fierce competitors, I think you're always going to have a different narrative. And so, yeah, I look at it like it's competitive and it's two people going at it. And sometimes I think it's overblown. Sometimes I think that, like, you're making a basketball play and then there's 15 angles from different cameras that try to, you know, make it something it's not. So I don't know. I'm just excited where women's sports is in general right now because people are talking about it, people know the names, people are following the brands, and a lot of it has to do with the visibility of it. Women's sports has always been there. It's just a matter of people tuning in and paying attention. And I think organization, broadcasters, all that, giving it a chance to succeed, not putting it head to head up against NFL, not putting it head to head up against Finals or MLB or whatever. And so I think now we're seeing more women's basketball and because of that, I think that's why it's grown.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The reason I ask, you know, watch a lot of women's basketball and I've been watching Angels since college. So since even that Caitlyn incident, I've seen her and Aaliyah Thomas have a little kerfuffle. Like she's always getting into it with somebody. But it's not the same reaction from people, people. It's just, to me it's just like women out there playing ball, they're being.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Competitive and I think ball players know that. But now you're getting the casual fans that don't understand that type of basketball. So I think it's a competitive nature. Now. Are there things that cross the line? Yes. Are there comments and you know, discussions behind things that cross the line? 100%. And I think, you know, we have to get that under control. But to me, I think half the time it's more competitive than anything.

[Morgan]

But it's rivalry as well. I remember, you know, Reggie Miller with the choke sign. We, you know, we still want action with him regardless. It's still things that's going to make the press push it a little more.

[Lauren LaRosa]

By the way. I'm sorry, man. I'm sorry about what happened.

[Morgan]

I know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Yeah. It's okay though.

[Morgan]

Can I see, say maybe next year?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Listen, I'm a Bulls fan, so you know where we're at.

[Morgan]

Y' all been up at it.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Listen, what is it saying if you're not first or last? So technically no, we weren't even in the playoffs, so it's okay.

[Morgan]

You know, I want to ask, you know, you dominated the, the wnba, broadcaster, mom, author, which was the most difficult journey.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Motherhood is a journey that is the greatest gift, gives you the most rewarding feeling. But it's also the hardest job that you can have. You think you have it figured out and then you have another kid or you think you have it figured out and there's another stage of life. I have a 16 year old daughter, a 3 year old son and a 1 year old son and they are all different and they have all taught me so many different lessons, lessons and I'm just super grateful for not only what I'm able to bring to the table and what I teach them, but the lessons they've taught me. Like they have humbled me so many times. They have checked me so many times. They have Made me look myself in the mirror and ask myself, am I doing what I'm asking them to do? And so I think motherhood is one of those things where I'm just so grateful for it. I'm so grateful for my daughter and what, you know, us being able to kind of go through my career and grow up together and fumble and bump and live across the water and all of those things. And then I'm super grateful to be able to now take a moment with my sons and be able to have a different type of perspective in motherhood and parenthood.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What part of your personality do you think was misunderstood the most during your playing career and this book helped you to, like, I guess, reclaim the narrative?

[Lauren LaRosa]

What's so crazy to me is I think when you're going through just trying to figure stuff. Stuff out, you're just trying to figure out, like, that's what you're trying to do, but you're going through life trying to, like, mask it. And for so many parts of my life, during some of my greatest triumphs, winning championships, winning MVPs, I was going through struggles behind the scenes within motherhood and balancing that within relationships, within, you know, trying to figure out how to be authentic in who I am. And I think the person that I became in that process and who I was for my teammates wasn't always great. It wasn't always who I. I was. And so I think through writing this book, it has helped me better understand who I want to be, who I commit to be, but also, like, giving myself grace through those moments. Because I think sometimes we show up and we feel like we have to be this at work, but we're still not ourselves, and the people around us know that. And then they start treating us like those people that we aren't. And then it just snowballs out of control. So I think who I am, people may have had a different idea, you know what I mean? And I wasn't always proud of the way that I treated my teammates or how I showed up to work every day. But sometimes when you're just trying to show up and you're trying to make it, you know, that's the best that you can do. So I think I kind of, like went through that and processed that in writing this book.

[Morgan]

What was the most difficult thing you had to write in the book? The one difficult thing? It was like you thought about, maybe I should take out, or you cried or it was that hard.

[Lauren LaRosa]

It's really difficult to tell stories, stories that need to be told that aren't going to paint certain people and in a. In a positive light. And I think I struggle with that because I like to take the blame. I like to take the onus on myself in games and losses and missed shots and whatever. I like to say that I've always had a part in whatever happens. And so writing this, it's trying to figure out how do you tell these stories and how do you tell it where it's. It's your story to tell, whereas you're not telling somebody else's story. Because I was very conscious of that. So. So just kind of talking about, like, my parents divorce and talking about leaving the Sparks, the LA Sparks and deciding to go to Chicago, talking about my wife and then also, like, near and dear to my heart, like Coach Summit, my coach in college passed away in 2016. And kind of navigating that and what to share, what's intimate that I need to keep with myself, to myself and what can I share and what I have her blessing and she hearing.

[Morgan]

We're still kicking it with Candace Parker. Charlamagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Has your greatness ever made you feel isolated? Like, people only saw Candace Parker the player, but not Candace Parker the person?

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, what's so crazy? You know, in basketball, there's like a finite time, right? The ball is going to eventually stop bouncing, you know, Father time. I mean, LeBron has kind of proven that's not the case, but for most of us, but it's like your identity becomes the game. Like, you keep the main thing. The main thing that's been my gift my whole life. Basketball has been the main thing. I gave up prom. Like, left prom to go to basketball, lived abroad to play basketball. But it's like when you retire, your identity of the who and the what is separated. And you realize, like, the people that really saw you for who you are versus what you did. And so I think that was the biggest struggle for me is like, everybody has that mourning, that death after you retire. I mean, I love basketball. It was my first love. And so I think, I think, yeah, like, separating my identity from that. And I was very conscious of trying to show people, like, I am a history buff. I love to travel, I'm a foodie, I love wine, tequila, connoisseur, like, all of those things. I'm so much more than just basketball. And so having that separation, I know it's like, huge for athletes. It is a struggle, like talking to people that have retired and have gone and walked that path, because it is. It is a death a little bit.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Tell Me, who else can you grieved?

[Lauren LaRosa]

My family, honestly, my wife, I'll say my brother as well. My oldest brother went through this and he seamlessly transitioned. I planned the transition ahead of time. You know, I started commentating, gosh, way back in 2015, 2016, I started transitioning. I started doing more business and paying attention and wanting to be at the table and in meetings and things like that. So the transition occurred before it officially, officially, the ball officially stopped bouncing. But boy, there were days where I'd wake up and it's just like you miss that feeling of walking in and 18, 000 people are screaming your name and like the, the feeling of like your family's identity is that like they plan their summers around when my games were or, or trips or. You've been doing this since a kid, you've been doing it. And it's crazy because you realize, although I don't like attention, that's not what I play basketball before it's an event, you go play, everybody watches you play.

[Morgan]

The attention your parents give you, it is.

[Lauren LaRosa]

And then afterwards everybody's like, where are we going to eat? You go eat. Then it's like, you know, and it's like you don't realize how much of that is a part of your life. And so for me, I think that was the hardest thing. But like I said, I have my family. We had my son last year and he just was like, he had the ability to make me stop and realize like that's where I was supposed to. Supposed to be. I've always been 15 million different places. And so I think honestly my son Hart made me really appreciate retirement because I got to enjoy all the little things.

[Morgan]

But jealous is not the right word. But do you ever get jealous or feel away when you look at the way MW NBA players are treated now and when you guys played, I just remember like two, three years ago, I was on a plane flying from Atlanta and there was some players from the Atlanta, they were in the back of the plane and they couldn't get first class seats and they were riding and they were struggling and they, you know, even said envy, talk about this on the radio. But now when you see. And they starting to fly private and they start to make a little more money, they start making endorsements. Do you ever feel a way like.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Damn, you got to feel. You got to feel a little bit of that?

[Lauren LaRosa]

Like, I don't want them to have to go through what we went through. But I also know that Cheryl Miller, who never got to step foot in the WNBA didn't want me to not have a league to playing. Do you know what I mean? And so I think like, yes, sometimes. Would it have made. Would I scored more points if we had a private flight waiting for. Would I have made more? Would I have made more like school performances? If I could get back the night of the game and been able to sleep and rest and recover, would I probably had a lot fewer injuries, 100%. But I feel like I'm proud because I know my, my name will be mentioned in, in the conversation of those that made it possible to today. Like, made the things possible today. I remember flying commercial in premium plus in a middle seat next to Sylvia Fouls, going to play them in the game five of the WNBA Finals. We, we like wrestled over the armrest. I won, but like they won the game, but I won the armrest battle. And I remember thinking like, this isn't how it's supposed to be. But now on the other side, I want to, I want to ownership like, I want to own a team. Like, I want to be a part of that in making it better as well. So I can't count another woman's pocket. I don't want to. I've done well myself and the ability to take care of my family and have all the opportunities I have today because of the Cheryl Millers and the Nancy Liebermans and Shamiko Hosklaws and all those that came before me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you think the world has truly reckoned with how different your career would be if you were a man with the exact same theme town?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I talk about it a lot.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah.

[Lauren LaRosa]

McDonald's All American 2004, Dwight Howard and myself, we were the number one players. I was woman's, he was men's. And I actually there's a blurb in the book where him and I went to prom when I was in high school. And our trajectories were so different after that day. And I was angry. I remember being angry because, like inside my house, my mom and dad, you can do and be anything. And you know at that point you couldn't have nil money. So I'm watching, you know, my quotes be on shirts sold. I'm watching everybody in Knoxville wearing my Journey jersey. And I'm wearing I'm eating Papa John.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Morgan]

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[DJ Envy]

Of the podcast Betrayal Police Lieutenant Joel Kern used his badge to fool everyone, most of all, his wife, Caroline.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He texted, I've ruined our lives. You're going to want to divorce me.

[DJ Envy]

Caroline's husband was living another life behind the scenes. He betrayed his oath to his family and to his community. She said, you left bruises, pulled her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hair, that type of thing.

[DJ Envy]

No. How far would Joel go to cover up what he'd done?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're unable to keep track of all your lies. And quite frankly, I could question how many other women may bring forward allegations in the future.

[DJ Envy]

This season of Betrayal investigates one officer's decades of deception. Lies that left those closest to him questioning everything they thought they knew. Listen to betrayal on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Before games, because the school can't even pay for my meal because it was illegal at the. The time. And so in the. In the book, I talk about kind of like, I was really upset because, yes, he's 6 10, big, strong, but he had this league laid out that was already growing, that had already been through the growing pains of what I was about to go through. And then I just was like, my left hand is better than his. And so I was mad because I was like, you know, he has this league to go develop and use his name and image and likeness, and I have to wait four years, go abroad and. And compete in a league that, you know, was, geez, 20 years young.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Wow.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow. Another part of the book I love. You know, it was interesting to read about how you came to grow to love your wife. Right? And it had me thinking, what? Because you did like, guys, so have you thinking, like, what else about yourself did you realize? This is. This just isn't me.

[Lauren LaRosa]

What's so interesting is I think I've spent my entire life standing. Standing out. And somehow in that process, sometimes I did things just to stand out and not really listen to myself and who I wanted to be. And that's kind of opposite of what I've always tried to live by. And for a long time, I. It took my daughter really being like, are you happy? You know, for me to really look myself in the mirror and say, am I just going through the motions? I always grew up envisioning myself with a Princess Charming. Always. I never in a million years, when I do those little trashy magazine things, I would always talk about Prince Charming. And it's crazy because sometimes life hands you things and packages that you least anticipate it coming in. And that's what happened with my Wife. I mean, she's my best friend, and she's been there through the ups and downs. And I think it was about, like, her and I both being like, wait a minute. Like, are we allowing other people's jobs judgments to dictate the next 30 or 40 years? Like, I'm gonna allow my Instagram followers to really determine who I say good morning to and who I say good night to every single night. And I had to take a step back because I really don't care what people think. But then I really did. And so it was kind of just like that evaluation and looking myself in the mirror.

[Morgan]

When did you realize?

[Lauren LaRosa]

When I didn't fight it. I would say we were at a museum. I'm a big, like, nerd. I love, like, all types of museums. And it was her mind. Like, it was her knowledge and, like, just her ability to carry a conversation. And my brother said something when. When her and I got married, my brother said something that really stuck out to me, and he said, you know, Candace needs somebody that's strong enough to put her in her place, but soft enough where she feels vulnerable and an ability to, like, kind of, like, lay her head on her shoulder and be that vulnerable person. And when I realized I was doing that, you know, she would say stuff and I wouldn't have any response. And at first, some of my friends were like, hold on, who is she? Like, you know what I mean? Because that's not normally what happens. And then the same thing where I would confess things that were bothering me or have issues and be comfortable enough to share, I think that's. That's when I noticed we're still kicking.

[Morgan]

It with Candace Parker, Xwnba player, two time Olympic gold medalist, and her new book, the Can Do Mindset, is out right now. Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Did the people in your life know how difficult it was for you to keep, I guess, her a secret? Because, I mean, like, in the book, you. I mean, I gotta confront. I got frustrated when you was talking about how you wanted to tell your brother, but you didn't tell your brother. I'm like, just tell him. He loves you. You know? But did they know? Are they gonna read this book and realize for the first time, like, damn, I didn't know it was that serious.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I've been on the other side of it where I've been the person that has been like, everybody knows. Just say it. Just tell them. But I think everybody comes to grips with it at a different time. I know we live in a world that has Pride Month and has all of these things. But it is scary because you are put in another category. You know, I'm already in two, so now I'm going to be put in a third. And with someone that isn't black, she's Russian and white. And so you wrote that in the book. I mean, I think it's one of those things where it's like, what am I getting myself in. Into? And I know my family is going to love me. My brother was amazing throughout the entire process. My family was great, but my wife's parents didn't talk to her for almost a year.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, like, we had family members that we have separated ourselves from because in. In front with my family and with my kids, this is the standard. Like, this is how we're going to be treated. And so we couldn't go through this process ourselves and help others go through it, so we had to do it ourselves, ourselves, be okay with it, be strong enough, and then, you know, go forward with it. Can't. You can't rush it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The sexuality part was one aspect of it, but you also talked about the race aspect of it. Like you really cared what Dr. Umar thought that much.

[Lauren LaRosa]

No, but it's a different dynamic when you walk it. You know what I mean? Like, first of all, like, even with our kids, it's like, you know, they have a black mom and a white mom, and, you know, it's like navigating the. The race element and the conversations. We've grown up in two completely different countries, so having those conversations, like, she's not coming from a place of understanding through experience. And so, like, even so we're confident and we're cool within our household, but it's like you don't understand the other noise that could mess that up, if that makes sense.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Have there ever been a time where you dimmed your light to make others feel comfortable? Especially in rooms full of men?

[Lauren LaRosa]

You know, it's so funny. I was sitting. I was sitting on the shop, and it was with Draymond Green. Bron was there, Mav was there. And they were like, you know, people don't understand what it's like to be a black man and be the only one in the meeting. And I was looking around, like, what? Y' all really just said that, like, read the room.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You know what I mean?

[Lauren LaRosa]

So I think sometimes you have to pick your battles a little bit. As a teammate, my job is to make those around me better. So. Same thing when you're sitting at these tables. Like, the point isn't to make People feel stupid or feel small. The point is to make them understand the need for different voices at the table. And I would say diversity of thought. I've sat at so many tables and been the only. I'm comfortable, but I'm tired of being the only. When I went into TNT as the. The only female on that, that set, a lot of people think, hey, I want you. You know, you, you. You trying to be one of the guys. Like, no, I'm trying to be one of the players. That's it. So treat me as such. The way I see the game is way different than Shaq. Shaq, throw the ball down low. Barbecue chicken Shaq. Other people have to do moves. We just can't. Yes, but like, the way he played was just so dominant that he doesn't understand that people have to do stuff to score. He's like, just throw it down there and score. And it's like, cat can't do that. He's not. You know what I mean? I'm not. I'm not saying, but Cat can't do that. D. Wade and I, we can't do that. We have to do moves and use the mental aspect and element of it. But I feel like the value that is brought to the table if you had 15 Shaqs, what you know, as analysts. But he brings value to the equation because he was so dominant, and it gives you a bird's eye view of, like, dominance. And so I just think anytime you have different people at the table, you're going to bring different perspectives. Like, why not? And so it just drives me crazy. I watch first take. I like Stephen A. Smith. He's super knowledgeable about the game. But like, the people that comment under my posts about how I'm a woman, I never played in the NBA and I should shut the F up. And. But they are like, Stephen A. Smith has the bible for the NBA. And it's like, he hasn't played either, but it's just because, you know, he's a man. Man. And so I just am continuing to fight that stigma. I'm open for the challenge. I'm up for it. Grew up with two older brothers. All we did was make fun of each other. So I'm. I'm game. I can speak that language, but it's just having the opportunity to, like, separate myself. Like, don't like me as an analyst, but don't not like me because I'm a woman. That's my thing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is there a WNBA teammate you didn't appreciate in the moment, but now you realize that person was vital to your growth.

[Lauren LaRosa]

That's a really, really, really great question. I would say I appreciated her in the moment, but I don't think I appreciated her enough in the moment. I would say definitely Delisha Milton Jones. I think she's someone that was in the league for such a long time. She had such an amazing career longevity, won championships with the Sparks, played different roles, played key roles, came off the bench like she did it all. And so I think she genuinely wanted me to succeed. And, you know, I was a rookie when she was there and, you know, we got in some brawls alongside. She beat me up in practice, coming off screens, and it was like all that was tough love because she loved me.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And, you know, you talk about a lot of things in the book, but what's something you haven't forgiven yourself for yet, even if nobody else knows about it?

[Lauren LaRosa]

I would say I struggled for a long time in the closing seconds of games, mentally.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I did because the results didn't work out for me. I talk about that a lot in this book, about how naive I was. My rookie year, we lost by a last second shot. Nine years later, I was still losing by last second shots. And I felt myself in those moments tense up. When prior, I would relish in those moments. Like, I would be. I'd want the ball, and I would find myself shying away from those moments because I had conceded to the fact that it was just not going to work out. And it took my brother. It took me finally realizing how to relinquish results and just live in the process. The dash, right, Enjoying the journey. It took a Kobe Bryant text message to me that was like, it's better the hard way. You don't die with bullets in the chamber, right? Like, you go down shooting. It was that text message and just the support from my family and friends that allowed me to win the championship. And it came down to the closing moments. And in those moments, I just played. And it could have not worked out. It could have worked out, but I just. Since that time when I lose, I'm not in bed for four or five days. Like, I'm going to commit to the process. I'm going to commit to the grand grind. I'm gonna honestly try to stay at that, like, even. Even killed mentality. And that's in life as well. And I wholeheartedly believe things will work out the way that they need to.

[Morgan]

All right, Candace Parker, ladies and gentlemen.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Can do mindset out right now. Go get it.

[Morgan]

Thank you so much. We Appreciate you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

I appreciate you.

[Morgan]

All right, when the season starts back up, check in on us. Come on up here. We'd love to talk to you.

[Lauren LaRosa]

Say less.

[Morgan]

And WNBA seasoned up right now, so come talk to us. It's Candace Parker. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Didn't the trucker tell you stop playing that record so much? And you didn't have the nuke clips record. This is disgusting.

[Morgan]

First of all, I have to say this again. I do not pick the records that play.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Why is your name DJ Envy?

[Morgan]

I only play the records in the mix, so that's in my serato. My serato is not connected to this right now.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You do a mix?

[Morgan]

Nine o' clock I do a mix.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Really?

[Morgan]

I'm telling you, this guy's playing with me.

[DJ Envy]

Because you are a dj, everybody think you're responsible for every single song we.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Play during the show. True though.

[Morgan]

They sent me clips record nine times this morning because he said I didn't have it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

He said I didn't have it. I have it. Let's see if it plays after this. Then let's go play after what? The latest with Lauren.

[Morgan]

Oh my goodness.

[DJ Envy]

Oh, wait, I thought you dropping the energy coming the street.

[Morgan]

She gets him from somebody that knows somebody some details.

[DJ Envy]

I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She be having the latest on the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes she have facts, sometimes she have details. Sometimes she have a little bit of everything. What's the latest on the Breakfast Club?

[Flavor P]

Talk to me.

[DJ Envy]

I say dang, you ain't got my intro either. So yesterday in court, witness Mia, who was the former personal assistant of Diddy that alleged that she was raped three. Three times. She talked about in court, but more than three times. And that she was like physically assaulted at work and all of these things was on the stand. Brian Steele, young thug's attorney, was doing her crime cross, which is where you know, he's questioning her for Diddy from Diddy's side of it, right? Complete pitbull. When I tell you he went at her like straight at her. He. He called her, you know, sexual assault claims, a me too money grab. He told her she was a liar while on the stand to the point where the judge had to stop the back and forth questioning and they had to have a sidebar conversation. They came back and was like, listen, the way that you are having a conversation with her, it is, it's. It's hostile. Like it's too much too aggressive. Ye and your tone and it's it's humiliating. And it like they. The judge gave him a talking to, he came back and still was on his best BS though. Like I'm not gonna lie. Like I said 100. Everything was being objective but he still kept going. And it looked like it helped or it hurt. At first I thought it was hurting because she's up there talking about she can't remember certain things when it comes to her sexual assault or she doesn't know why she kept reaching back out to Diddy via text and different things after she was no longer an employee with him and after she received a sett after they decided to go split ways as an employee because of mental health. Like she was blaming a lot of things on mental health. Not blaming, but she was referring to her mental health and her conditions and not really understanding herself why she was still in such a hold. And I'm like, oh, he's being so aggressive. But then I'm watching it and I'm like, wait, if all you got is like her account of things because there's no text messages or no emails, there's no anything written where she's telling a friend about the. The alleged events. Not even just sexual assault, but like having to get on a boat and paddle away from Diddy and in the water at one point. Hell was they. At last week she talked about that like having to get on. It wasn't a boat. She said it was like a. What's those little boards? Like a canoe?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

A paddle.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, something paddle board. She said she had to get on a paddle board at one point to get away from him during like one of his like alleged like crazy. Yeah.

[Morgan]

Parties or something.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. And then the Prince party incident. The. That alleged incident when Diddy came out and was trying to drag her and Cassie back into the party. Cuz he was mad she was there. The. Brian still was like, so all of these things happen, right? These big events. There's no photo, there's no video. And you used to document everything for Diddy. You didn't text a friend, you never emailed anybody. We have. There's nothing written in solid but. And I'm like, okay, so now you just got to hang on what she's saying. And it's like, do you believe her or not? But she's very timid. And Brian Steele was like, nope, that's a lie. Nope, that's a lie. And I'm like, well if I'm a juror now you got to believe him or her. And he is bringing these things around full Circle. So I, I think. Not even think I have a friend that was actually in the court because I was in the overflow room in the actual court where you could see the jurors who said that the jurors were reacting to the questioning, the line of questioning, like openly reacting like they would, you know, when she couldn't answer certain questions, it's like, okay, wait, like they're not saying it, but you can see in facial inspections and things like that that they, they were like, oh, wow, okay, what's happening? Because that's how we all felt in the overflow room. Like, wow, Brian still is destroying her right now. So I thought it was kind of a feeling effective. But up next on the stand, you have a video expert who's gonna talk about that video from the Intercontinental Hotel. Because Diddy's team is saying that that video was like sped up. You have, you know, a witness, Jane Doe, who's also going to speak to some allegations as well. But at this point, again, I really think that it's time for Diddy's team to like the. The government, the rest, Diddy's team to come up and bring their witnesses on.

[Morgan]

Because do we know who did these witnesses are?

[Lauren LaRosa]

No.

[DJ Envy]

And I've been trying to out figure, figure that out. Who, how, who's gonna get on that stand because that they said if Diddy's gonna get on the stand, they have not said he should.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think Diddy should get on the stand and Diddy should be the defense's number one witness. Diddy should get on the stand and basically throw himself at the mercy of the court. He should be as. He should just be honest about everything that has happened in his life from, from. From day one. They should, they should basically just lay out a bio for Diddy from the time he lost his father to losing his best friends like Wolf and, you know, Biggie and Kim Porter and Andre. Just lay it all. I just lay out a. A story of trauma and sadness and how he turned the drugs.

[Morgan]

Be honest about this alcohol.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Be honest about the alcohol, everything. He should just get on the stand and just lay it all out. Just lay. Just throw yourself on the mercy of the court. Well, face down, ass up.

[DJ Envy]

That was coming out. I was like, come on, bring it on. Well, yeah, spread it him and just.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. I'm not even joking. He should, he should be spreading. He should be the, the star witness for the defense and he should just go out there and just throw himself on the mercy of the court. Talk about all the tragedy all the trauma he's been through, how he had to turn to drugs and alcohol and everything else. And he was wild.

[DJ Envy]

Well, he gonna do something because they bringing in so much difference of. Homegirl even brought up R. Kelly. She said she had it. I saw that. I saw something. It was crazy. After talking about, you know, she. Because she allegedly, she had been raped and all these things. And Brian Stills like, wait, but all these years later, you're texting Diddy, talking about you had a dream about R. Kelly, that she was in an elevator and he saved you from R. Kelly. Allegedly. Why would you text someone who you're saying raped you about saving you from another person? And it's like, probably like, I mean, never even meet you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

How you save you from me? It was a dream.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, it was a dream. It was a dream. But there are psychologists who've been breaking this down and said that's like. Like, you know, that can be like her innermost thoughts. And I don't know. Okay, It's a lot. But real quick as we wrap up, I know we envy we got the Clips record now.

[Morgan]

Yes, I have. I always have the Clips record. I always have.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, I had to double check. We talked about earlier in the last hour of the latest the Clip sat down with GQ magazine and talked about, you know, a ton of different things. We didn't mention all the Kanye stuff that they spoke about. And Pusha T seemed really heartbroken in the article, talking about splitting ways with Kanye and. And where they are now and saying that they good. It's like not gonna. It ain't there for him no more. You don't even look at Kanye as a man. But I say all that to say, please go read that article. And now we have the music.

[Morgan]

I always had the Clips record. It was in my serato. Just wasn't in the state.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Shut up and play it so we can have time to hear it. No Donkey of the day.

[Morgan]

Before we do, we got to tease doggy. Who you giving your donkey to before?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

After the hour, we need the acting head of FEMA to come to the front of the congregation. We'd like to have a word with him, not play the new clips right now.

[Morgan]

We'll play top of the hour, then we'll play it and then donkey.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay.

[Morgan]

It's Breakfast local morning.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. Wake up, wake up.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're locked into the Breakfast Club. That Clips album can't come quick enough, man.

[Morgan]

That record's so disgusting, man.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I love that record. My God. Crazy. I just want to go pretend to Sell some dope right now.

[DJ Envy]

Pretend.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Where can I go right now?

[Morgan]

Jesus, that record is so tough.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I wrote that too, by the way.

[Morgan]

Okay, Pat, where that talk that is?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, you wrote that? Yeah, yeah.

[Morgan]

Let's get to the donkey. Today's guy's a kid.

[DJ Envy]

Your execution on the donkey of the.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Day is something to behold.

[DJ Envy]

He gave me Donkey of the Day and I deserve the.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

People need to know.

[DJ Envy]

Well, you need to tell them.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I am.

[DJ Envy]

You have the voice.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Tell them.

[Morgan]

Tell.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's time for Donkey of the Day.

[Jess Hilarious]

It's a read. But you're so good at it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You trying to be a fake ass. Charlamagne. There only one Char.

[DJ Envy]

Damn, Char. Who you giving dun today to?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now that is crazy of clips. Make you just want to get dressed up and go sell some coke. You want to put on a nice three piece tailored suit and just find some cocaine yourself. What's wrong with you, man? Right? Donkey Today for Tuesday, June 3rd goes to the acting head of FEMA, David Richardson. What is FEMA? The Federal Emergency Management Agency. Their primary goal. What are they here for? Is to coordinate the federal government's response to disasters and emergencies, both natural and man made. What is a natural dispute? Disaster. Earthquakes, floods, hurricanes. Any catastrophic event caused by natural force. Okay? Tornadoes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis. There are multiple natural disasters that we can all point to. Now, David Richardson was recently appointed acting administrator of fema and he has no prior experience managing natural disasters. By the way, I don't care what anyone says. People being in leadership roles like this with no prior experience are way worse than what you call a DEI hire. Okay, you can't tell. Tell me DEI highest have no qualifications, but then turn around and hire people with no qualifications. Now, why is David Richardson getting donkey today? Envy. Have you ever heard of hurricane season?

[Morgan]

Yes, of course.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just hilarious. Have you ever heard of hurricane season?

[DJ Envy]

Absolutely.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Of course you have. It started on June 1st and ends November 30th. I am from Moncks Corner, South Carolina. I lived through Hurricane Hugo, 1989. Okay? I was 11 or 12 years old. So I know all about a hurricane season. Well, if I know about hurricane seasons and Envy and Jess know about hurricane seasons, why doesn't the acting head of fema, David Richardson. What are you talking about, Uncle Charlotte? Well, let's go to CBS News for the report, please. Multiple sources say staff at FEMA were left surprised when the agency's new acting head said he didn't know the US Had a hurricane season. David Richardson reportedly made the comments during a briefing Monday. A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson says it was made in jest, but some staffers are concerned since Richardson has no prior experience managing natural disasters. The acting administrator for FEMA just found out that America has a hurricane season. Wait until he finds out that water is wet and the sky is blue. Okay, can you imagine if the head of NASA set out year last loud, wait, we go to space. These are the same people rebelling against DEI because the people they feel are hired through DEI are unqualified. They don't believe your identity should be the reason you get hired for a job. And I agree. But that should also apply to old white males as well, because damn it, from Pete Hegseth to David Richardson, we just keep getting examples of mediocre, unqualified white males. Okay, David Richardson, the acting head of FEMA just ran found out this country has a hurricane season. That's like the Surgeon General saying, wait, people have organs? Yes, there are some seasons we just know. Pumpkin spice lattes in the fall, egg dog and coquito during the holidays. Hurricanes now. Okay, this isn't some random guy on YouTube. This isn't a podcaster. This isn't some essay standing outside of Home Depot. This is the head of fema. Okay, this man is supposed to be the one warning us to brace for impact. Not every asking, wait, we have a hurricane season. We are doomed, Doomed, doomed, doomed, I tell you. You know what else David Richardson did in this meeting? According to cnn, he announced that FEMA will not release an updated disaster plan for this hurricane season as previously promised. Instead, FEMA will largely default back to its operating procedure from last year. Though the agency enters this hurricane season in turmoil with a dramatically smaller world workforce. What could go wrong? Just our luck. It will be the worst hurricane season in years. I pray not. I pray, pray, pray not. But some life lessons we must learn the hard way. And oh, this big beautiful country we call America is gonna learn. Now, I can see Maggie in the comments right now saying, charlamagne, you idiot, he was joking. Well, as I just said, he is considering reverting FEMA back to last year's hurricane plan and cutting back on training. So the only joke joke here will probably be the agency's preparation for a natural disaster. Okay, they are really just planning to recycle last year's plan. Female FEMA officials. Hurricane training this year consisted of Control plus C, Control plus V. Okay, America, I am completely flabbergasted. As long as David Richardson is the head of fema, FEMA should stand for Forget every major alert. Don't even Worry about the Category four that might be brewing in the Atlantic. Let it sneak up on us, okay? FEMA should stand for potential. Get expectations, make assumptions. Since David Richardson just assumed that we didn't have a hurricane season. America, if the head of FEMA doesn't know we have a hurricane season, we are doomed. Okay? Way before Avengers Doomsday gets here. I read a quote once, and the quote was, when you're willing to do what you're unqualified to do, that's what qualifies you. I must say, I disagree. Okay? Certain positions, certain jobs, you just have to simply be qualified for. You have to be simply qualified to do. And if you don't know that there is a hurricane season, then you are not qualified. Please give the acting head of fema, David Richardson, the biggest Hee haw. God forbid. I hope you don't have a natural desire pastor in this country anytime soon. Because if we do, y' all gonna realize that FEMA stands for Fix Everything My Ass. Okay?

[DJ Envy]

Damn.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

What?

[DJ Envy]

Fix Everything My Ass.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You want to be FEMA now, don't you?

[Morgan]

Nope.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Now you want to be female When I wear it. When I put it like that. You want to be fema? You. Please tell me your ass broke, Charlemagne.

[Morgan]

What is he talking about?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I'm gonna try. I'm gonna do my best to fix it. I got a tool. I got a tool.

[Morgan]

I got a tool to fix. Did that lady call this morning? Said minute, two seconds.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Happy pride, right?

[Flavor P]

Shut up.

[Morgan]

You, You. You be quiet, please. Yeah, you be quiet. Happy pride. All right, thank you. Celebrating for that donkey of the day.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[Morgan]

Let me reset for a second. Reset, reset, reset, reset. Happy birthday to my daughter. She's 12 years old today. She's on her way to school. So happy birthday.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Ly Day. How you say happy? How you say happy Born Day in Dominican, right?

[DJ Envy]

Is it what that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes. No, that's a Merry Christmas, ain't it?

[DJ Envy]

Oh, yeah. Feliz.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Morgan]

All right. Happy birthday, baby. All right, when we come back, Congressman Eric Swalwell will be joining us. He's a representative for California's 14th congressional district, and we're going to talk to him next. And don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Good morning, the Breakfast Club.

[Morgan]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, indeed.

[Morgan]

Congressman Eric Swalwell. Welcome.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Hey, thanks for having me on.

[Morgan]

How you feeling today?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

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[Morgan]

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[Jess Hilarious]

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[Flavor P]

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[DJ Envy]

Of the podcast Betrayal. Police Lieutenant Joel Kern used his badge to fool everyone. Everyone. Most of all his wife, Caroline.

[Lauren LaRosa]

He texted, I've ruined our lives. You're going to want to divorce me.

[DJ Envy]

Caroline's husband was living another life behind the scenes. He betrayed his oath to his family and to his community. She said you left bruises, pulled her.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Hair, that type of thing.

[DJ Envy]

No. How far would Joel go to cover. Cover up what he'd done?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're unable to keep track of all your lies, and quite frankly, I question how many other women may bring forward allegations in the future.

[DJ Envy]

This season of Betrayal investigates one officer's decades of deception. Lies that left those closest to him questioning everything they thought they knew. Listen to betrayal on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Good, good.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You got such an interesting story. Cause you're a Democrat.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Out of California.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Were raised. Your parents were Republican.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So you were a Republican at one point. What made you switch sides, so to speak?

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

They would tell you, they would blame college. I was the first to go to college. And so they're like, oh, he got brainwashed by those college liberal professors. But no, the truth is my. My dad was a cop. My mom worked a number of odd jobs. She made wedding cakes, did ceramics. Ran like, a very large, probably unlicensed daycare facility with me and my little brothers. And I was the first one to be able to kind of get out. And when I left, the town I grew up in was called Dublin, and everyone around us called it scrubbling. I started to realize that, I think very much resented that. It felt like there were, like, two paths of opportunity in America, like, certainly in my community, which was like, if your parents knew someone or they had, like, means or they had connections, like, you could go and try and be anything. And if they. They didn't, then you had to, like, work your ass off probably twice as hard as anyone else. And so I started looking at, like, different political parties, and I thought, well, Democrats believe in kind of a free market approach, which is like, when we're at our best. I think that if you work hard, no matter who you are, you should do better and be and dream bigger. And Republicans, I saw, was like a free for all approach. But, yeah, my parents are still Republicans today. I have three little brothers. They don't talk about it that much, but I'm pretty sure I Know who they voted for. And I married a girl from Southern Indiana who grew up in the same town as the Pences. Her mom was the Pence family dentist until she retired last year. So I have to go on Fox News if any, anyone in my family is going to see me on tv.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Was it a particular moment or situation that made you be like, I don't, I don't lean towards conservative anymore.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

It was in the Bush presence residency, you know, seeing a lot of people that I grew up with go off, you know, to Iraq and feeling like it was bull, like what they were being told, and that it was really more just a power grab and an oil grab and it wasn't about the reasons that they were being told. I think that was kind of, that completed for me the transformation, but it was really more about opportunity because as I said, like, I grew up in a very, like, working class, class home and the towns that were around us were very wealthy. And so because I played competitive soccer, I got to see in our town didn't have a competitive soccer team. So I played in, in like, the wealthier towns teams. And I got to see, like, what the richer kids thought of the poorer kids by playing on their teams. And honestly, it was a little bit of just like resenting that they were able to take shortcuts and people who worked hard, like, they just, they had to do it twice as hard. And I thought, well, one party actually, actually thinks if we all have about the same opportunity. And then you're defined by how hard you work, not by who you know. And I thought the Democratic Party embodied that more than the Republican Party.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You think we'll ever get back to centrist politics ever again?

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

I hope so. I mean, I, I was also, you know, I came of age when Bill Clinton was president and I thought, you know, he was very good at trying to find, like, what's possible. And I see myself as wanting to do this job, you know, to solve problems and be in the solution business. And today it feels very like just zero sum. Like whoever wins, the other side says that this is it. And that actually goes back. You know, you had the search and destroy under Bill Clinton when they wanted to do anything over a sex scandal to destroy the guy. And then George Bush comes in. And I would say Democrats are probably guilty of saying, like, this is, you know, the most existential threat to our country. You know, we're going to lose our country if George Bush is reelected. And then Obama comes in and you get like this birtherism bull. And then when the real threat came in, Donald Trump, I think most Americans are like, okay, that's just what you.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Guys say every time.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

That's just what you say. So when the real threat was there, we probably didn't appreciate it.

[Morgan]

I want to ask, what do you think the biggest thing the Democrats got wrong in the last election?

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Immigration and public safety. 40% of my constituents were born outside the United States. That's probably one of the largest, like groups of immigrant communities you'll find in America. And we also happen to be today because we've embraced immigration, one of the wealthiest districts now in America. So there's a straight line between having people who left everything showed resilience, created something and like the wealth they can create in their community. Right. So when you have like legal immigration channels, there's no end. But the American people, they're not going to let you solve the workforce crisis in agriculture, in hospitality, in restaurants, food and beverage. They're not going to let you attack that until they see security at the border and the perception that the border was out of control and the reality that the border was out of control was a problem. So I think if we had just doubled down and said, yeah, we want border security, we want, if people are going to make asylum claims, we're going to, you know, put resources there to adjudicate those claims as quickly as possible. But if it's seen that all you have to do is just come to the United States or like cross an insecure border and then you can have access to resources, people aren't going to want to hear your plan to have a million people come here and work on the jobs that really need to be filled. And so I think we just weren't seen strong enough on that issue. And then on Law and Order, I think we rightfully fought for criminal justice reform. Rightfully. But we were too much identified as like a defund the police party. And I think you can have both. People want safety in their community. They also don't want like the wrong person going to jail or people going to chill for petty. But they want to feel safe in the community. And we weren't perceived as a party that was going to keep you safe.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I think Democrats miss people though, because when you talk about home ownership.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And small businesses, that's literally like a middle class thing. Like, like, you know, you know how hard it is to be able to afford a home. Like some people I'm talking about are just for folks who want to find an apartment that's not $3,000 a month. You know, they just want to have a couple of meals on the, on the table, you know, throughout the day for their kids. Like this, that, like, we never speak to that. It feels like we always talk to the middle class.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And above that, but we never talk to who's Lord.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

But I want us to be aspirational. And I think a weakness of the Democratic Party is my parents would tell you when people told them that as Republicans, they were voting against their interests because we lived in 13 different, different houses, I went to 11 different schools before I graduated high school. And people would say, well, you're Republican and you're voting for Republicans. The Democrats are the ones that are going to protect people in your economic class. And my parents, my mom would say, my interest is not being poor. And so she saw the Republican Party as talking to her as we are aspirational for you. And I think Democrats, at our best. Yes, I want us to have more inventory in housing so that the cost of, of housing comes down. And in California, frankly, a lot of the laws in California get in the way of builders and developers bringing more inventory, you know, on stock so that you can have more affordable housing. Yes, I want that for people. Just basic housing. Yes, that. That is a need. But I want people to aspire for owner, for ownership. Because I think when you own like a piece of America, like that fulfills the American promise that if you work hard, like, you can own something. And for most Americans, the greatest source of wealth is their home. But more and more Americans, especially my generation, homeownership is out of reach. Believe it or not, I'm still paying off student loan debt. I've got about $80,000 in student loan debt today. And many people like me who chase that dream of being the first to go to college, they're just in the quicksand of student loan debt. And they think that the American promise is bull because they don't own a piece of it. So I want us to be more aspirational, put more housing in America so that you increase the inventory and you increase the ability of people, you know, as I said, to have skin in the ownership game.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But how do we get those poor and disenfranchised people to even get to a mindset of aspirational, because right now they're just trying to survive.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Yeah, it starts in school and it's going to get worse with AI so what we're seeing right now with AI is that you're going to have people who learn the skills of AI and They will do better for themselves because they know it. And then you're going to have a whole generation of people who never even had it in their classroom.

[Morgan]

We still have Congressman Eric Swalwell in the building. Now I wanted to ask, we look at Donald Trump and Donald Trump has been signing executive orders pardoning his people, his core, to the people in the public. Looks like he looks out for his own. Yeah, the Democrats don't look out, look like they look out for their own. Talk about that a little bit. Because somebody who sees that says, well, why am I messing with Biden? Where Biden wouldn't pardon his best friend. He would pardon his son. Wouldn't pardon his best friend. With Donald Trump apparting anybody that rides.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

For him, we definitely pardon a lot of his best friends. Yeah, he wouldn't pardon Maryland.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

I think the issue is Democrats are weak with power.

[Morgan]

Say it again, I ain't hear you.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Democrats are weak when we have power. So we had the White House, the House and the Senate and not a mom in America would say that her kid was safe for at school.

[Morgan]

Right?

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Right. So I have three little kids, my two oldest, they do mass shooter drills. They're eight and they're six. And so they would look at Democrats and say, wait, we gave you that Holy trinity, White House, Senate, House. And y' all couldn't pass background checks or an assault weapons ban and you let what like the filibuster get in the way of it. So if Democrats and Republicans, by the way, they, they will lean in with thin power and pass unpopular positions. So if we were as strong with power to pass popular positions, imagine how people would perceive us. Almost 80% of gun owning Republicans believe in background checks and we couldn't even get that done. So I think the next president and the next Democratic majority has to flex when we have power.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I was reading the Wall Street Journal yesterday and they asked a question about David Hogg. We had David Hogg couple weeks ago and the question was is David Hogg Democrats worst nightmare or their savior?

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

I'm on David's board and I was on his board when he founded it. I've known him since Parkland because that's the issue I care the most about. Look, David's not wrong that the question is not are you far left or center left? It's will you bring old tactics or new tactics?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I agree.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

And if, if you're not up to bring new tactics to take on with what's happening, then these times are revealing who should lead and who should leave.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I Agree. Why should we ever trust the Democratic Party after they lied to us so long about President Biden? And I'm big on this because I just read the original sentence. I'm just like, I don't, I don't see. I think that Democrats have tried every strategy except for two things, honesty and courage.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Yeah, well, there's a lot of people who are courageous right now in the Democratic Party. Our bread and butter issue, our dance with the one that brought you is health care. People have always trusted us on health care. That's our issue. From President Johnson to President Obama to when Donald Trump tried to take it away. That's how we won the House in 2018. And now this reconciliation bill is going to take 14 million people off their health care. We're not only going to protect health care because I think protecting health care is not enough. We need to invest in cures, are firing cancer doctors. So we have a real clean contrast. We're forgetting cures, they're for cancer. Right. Like, so, like, that's why you should Trust us because 40% of Americans are going to get a phone call from a doctor to say, I'm sorry you have cancer. And so you're going to, if it doesn't come to you, it's going to come to someone, you know. And so you want the party that believes in your health care and that you have a right to fight it and not go broke. And I think we have a chance to do that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Do you think? Well, I know Democrats do have a messaging problem because it's almost like Democrats love facts and figures, but Republicans talk to people's gut their emotion. When will y' all learn to hit back emotionally?

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

We think messaging is winning a Harvard Law School moot court competition. And I think messaging is winning a gut check at the bar or the bus stop. And so it means just speaking plainly. And when you see the other side elect a 35, four count felon, you should probably see yourself as liberated to just say what you believe and not be so polished and scripted and try and project what you think a politician should sound like. Because people can call bull and they're calling bull. And so I hope what you're seeing now is more and more of my colleagues liberated. Can it produce some cringe moments? Yes, but the other part of this is to always be on, because if you're not always on, you're going to get defined. And, and this happened to us in the last election on issues that we weren't talking about that much, but they would define and exaggerate. And then we found ourselves on defense because we were too scripted and we were too cautious.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is there anything Democrats can do to stop the GOP mega blow?

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Yes. Continue to go to Republican districts and put pressure on. I'm getting 700 to 1,000 people in these districts when I go and do town halls. And that downward pressure. We only need to flip three of them in the House when it. If it comes back again, same thing in the Senate. And we have Senate seats that we did not think were in play, that are going to be in play. Not just North Carolina, but also Florida, Iowa. I mean, look at the senator of Iowa. Two weeks ago, you would not have said that Iowa was going to be a threat. And then the senator of Iowa went out and said, well, who cares if we're cutting Medicaid? We're all going to die anyway. So, like, going to those states, doing these town halls, bringing out not just Democrats, but Republicans and independents, that works. And it's also an organizing tool, a muscle for us, you know, to exercise so that we're ready to flex it at the midterms next November issue.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Democrats who support this bill be shamed.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

No, Democrats should support this bill.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, yeah.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Do not support this bill.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Is this. This is the same bill that Chuck Schumer said he wanted to support, right? No, no, that was the spending bill.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

That was the spending bill. Yeah. And that's going to come back up in September. I hope we learned our lesson from what happened in March that we should not be helping these guys get well, because as I said, they're firing cancer doctors. That's what. When you fund their government, you're funding a government that is firing cancer.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Are they really cutting Medicaid? Yes, they say they're not.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

I mean, they say a lot of that they're actually doing.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I mean, we don't read the bills.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Yeah, no, they're really cutting.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

It's really in it. They want to cut Medicaid.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

Yes, it will. It will kick 14 million people off Medicaid.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

14 million people.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Wow.

[Morgan]

Congressman Eric's Falwell. Thank you so much for joining us this morning. And don't be a stranger.

[Congressman Eric Swalwell]

And I'll be back.

[Morgan]

All right. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody.

[Morgan]

It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren.

[DJ Envy]

Lauren becoming a straight thing.

[Morgan]

She gets them from somebody that knows somebody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Details.

[DJ Envy]

I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

She Be having the latest on the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details, sometimes she have a little bit everything. Well, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club.

[DJ Envy]

Well, in case anybody was wondering, Vanessa Bryant is not pregnant. So Vanessa Bryant had to go to her Insta story and post to clear up rumors. There have been things, I guess, spreading online. I didn't even see the rumors. I just saw her post about it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I didn't see the rumors either.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. And I was actually confused. Confused because I saw the Insta story in real time when she posted it on her Insta story and I'm like, why is she posting that? She doesn't like it. Threw me off. But yeah, so she posted the meme of Rihanna where Rihanna's like swimming and she has the goggles on and she has a middle finger up. And the caption of the mean said, me protecting my peace, not pregnant and having a fun all summer. And then she posted another meme, another Rihanna meme that says, I'm not mean. I'm just not the one. So there was enough going around online that I assumed that she had to tell people that she is not pregnant. Please leave that lady alone.

[Morgan]

But Kobe passed away in 2020, right?

[DJ Envy]

Yes, but.

[Morgan]

So if she's dating or she's seeing somebody, that's her business. That's nobody business behind her family.

[DJ Envy]

Please leave her alone. Regardless of what she is doing, she should not have to say anything about anything at all. Like, she. Yes, well, she really didn't have to. She didn't have to. But I think it bothered her enough that she felt like she did. Especially because she's so protective over like Kobe's legacy and all these things.

[Morgan]

I think girls, of course.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. And her daughters.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And it's just by the way, your algorithm is not the world. Like, just because people are tweeting you something or sending you stuff don't mean that everybody saw it because I didn't. I need. That's the first time I'm hearing any of this.

[DJ Envy]

I figured it bothered her because she does not normally address things of that nature, but it bothered me to see her have to even speak on it.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But yes, she just getting big or something. That's. That. That's also the most insulting thing too. When people say that you pregnant and you're not pregnant, you know, you might. You might be bloated because you're paranoid. You might have gained a little way. Like, who can. You know?

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, people just be.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Be like, you pregnant and then the.

[DJ Envy]

And Then the Rihanna means. Cuz Rihanna is pregnant currently. And that's probably what, you know, people just live online and just speculate. Speculate stuff.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, you do got to be careful of that though because you know, sometimes even like, you know, I hear things up here. Cuz Taylor pregnant. She eight months. People like, yo, you big as a house.

[DJ Envy]

I know.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

And the person who sat in as big as a house.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah, no, that's not true.

[Morgan]

Okay, that's not true.

[DJ Envy]

He always bring in house stuff outside.

[Morgan]

Yes, he does.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's right.

[Morgan]

That's right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Crazy. You're right.

[Morgan]

He's wild.

[DJ Envy]

I thought Taylor. I told Taylor she looks amazing this morning. She's glowing. She is most definitely glowing. But I did hear the other comment. We was like, whoa. Why would you say that?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, you heard it?

[DJ Envy]

Yes, it was crazy.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, that actually happened.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. Yeah, it actually happened. It did actually happen this morning. Cuz I was wondering why you to a pregnant woman. Yeah, you big as a house. Yeah, yeah.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Who said it?

[DJ Envy]

We're not going to get into it.

[Jess Hilarious]

But it was the house.

[DJ Envy]

Me and me and yes, please, we are. We. We had already bigger up before all that happened because she did. She did look so glowy.

[Morgan]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

Okay. Beautiful. Okay. In other news, the short king reign might be over.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Never.

[Morgan]

What happened with sh.

[DJ Envy]

So this, this story is a couple days old, but people are still arguing about it. So I figured. Let's jump on into the argument. So Tinder, the dating app now has a feature, it's a height feature to help people date more intentionally. So a spokesperson for Tinder came out and talked about the fact that they, you know, they want to help their users be more intentional, especially navigating the algorithm on these dating apps. Because a lot of times, no matter, you know who you're responding to, what your preferences are, it's taking you to people that you don't want to date.

[Morgan]

You don't know the hype. You don't a lot of short men on Tinder. Go ahead, break it down.

[DJ Envy]

Well, yeah, so if you, you have a platinum level of Tinder, which costs 39.99amonth, you will get the option to select different heights that you want to date or not want to date.

[Morgan]

There's different levels on Tinder so you can get a better crop.

[DJ Envy]

Yes.

[Morgan]

So 39.99, you get better access to better people.

[DJ Envy]

30.

[Morgan]

That's wild.

[DJ Envy]

You just get more preferences so you already can do in your discovery area. And I actually made a Tinder account because I was trying to see what this was like.

[Morgan]

Sure you did.

[DJ Envy]

I just made it five seconds ago.

[Morgan]

Sure.

[DJ Envy]

Because they ask you so many different preferences. Like they gave you. When I. They asked me if I'm a man or a woman, I select women. They gave me, like, 10 different options of woman.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Then they give you, you, you, you. That's where you going now.

[DJ Envy]

No, they asked me my. Like, am I a man or a woman?

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Oh, I thought you said your preference and you said woman.

[DJ Envy]

All right, be quiet, okay? Because we going to get to you and your height of people. So then they give you the selection of heights.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You can go, how tall is your daddy?

[DJ Envy]

They can give you, like, six. Three. You could never. Yes. Big father.

[Morgan]

Not a little Gua nasty.

[DJ Envy]

All right, so then it goes from height to any height. So you can have taller or shorter. But, you know, people are seeing that this whole height thing and putting this preference in is heism and height supremacy. And I looked up heightism. Did you know that is a thing? High ism is the prejudice or discrimination against someone on the basis of their height. I did not know that these were real things. But the people are upset at Tinder.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Salute to all the short kings out there. Here's the thing, my brothers. When you a short king, just understand. You live longer than taller people. So all you got to do is wait it out. Because the tall people die. Shorter people live two to five years longer. All you gotta do is wait it out.

[Morgan]

Wait till 88 to find somebody.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Just wait it out.

[Morgan]

Don't let Shawna play with you.

[DJ Envy]

No, I just dispute that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

So you can look it up and realize that it's a scientific fact that short people live longer than taller people.

[DJ Envy]

That's crazy.

[Jess Hilarious]

Oh, wow.

[DJ Envy]

Because people get arthritis quicker, right? I was looking up the. The amount of short men who get denied on dating apps, and according to a study in 2014, 49% of women's dating ads specified that they were looking for men taller than them. Another study indicated that men between 5:2 and 5:4 have fewer sexual partners, suggesting a correlation between height and dating outcomes.

[Morgan]

Low men so depressed all the time, they got that.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

The women with wigs get denied.

[DJ Envy]

I definitely saw you reading with your finger. Thank you. Yeah, you know, there's nothing wrong with that. Whoa. All right. What? Charlemagne.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

No, I just asked. Chat. Gbt. I said it said. I asked, do women with bad wigs get denied on dating apps? It said, while wearing a wig shouldn't be a determining factor in dating apps, except a badly styled or poorly maintained wig could potentially negatively impact someone's dating profile continue on.

[DJ Envy]

Glad all your wig done been left your head. Okay, so the iHeartMedia Awards were announced today for. I'm sorry, the iHeartRadio music festival lineup was announced today. Let's cheer bomb something for that cheer.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Bomb.

[DJ Envy]

Cheer or bomb.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We know anything about this?

[DJ Envy]

No, I know about it. I have all the details right here. So this is taking place on September, September 19th and 20th at the T Mobile. T Mobile arena in Las Vegas. So this is a two day festival that is going to be hosted by Ryan Seacrest and it will include performances by Brian Adams, Ed Sheeran, Glorilla, Jelly roll, Lil Wayne, LL Cool J, Mariah Carey, Maroon 5, the Offspring and Tim McGraw.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That is a fantastic lineup. That is a fantastic lineup from our culture.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. I mean there's going to be.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

We got more than four. Glorilla, give me glow. LL give me. I'm talking about yes, LL but I'm talking about give me jelly. Ed Sheeran. Yeah, I'm all in.

[DJ Envy]

And I like Tim McGraw.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

That's cool. Who else you say?

[DJ Envy]

Tim McGraw, Jelly Roll, Ed Sheeran, Glorilla, Brian Adams, Justice, Lil Wayne, some of these people. I don't know. Mariah Carey. Mariah Carey, maroon 5.

[Morgan]

That's gonna be dope.

[DJ Envy]

Yes. Why is it justice for Lil Wayne? No, justice is a person. Oh.

[Morgan]

Just as an artist.

[DJ Envy]

Yeah. Justice is an artist. I don't know.

[Lauren LaRosa]

All right.

[DJ Envy]

I like it. I like it. Yes. And performances will again be streamed live on Hulu for the fans watching at home. Nice. And yeah. Tickets are also available to general public on AXS AXS.com beginning June 13th. Okay.

[Morgan]

All right.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I might go to that. I don't know how my feelings September but I feel like I might go to that.

[Morgan]

You didn't go last year.

[DJ Envy]

You went last year.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I don't know.

[DJ Envy]

Yes, in Vegas.

[Morgan]

No, you didn't go last year. I went by myself last year. The year before that we went.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

I really I'm be honest with you. I have. I really.

[Morgan]

He is the king of flaking. Like.

[DJ Envy]

No. Sometimes you will make it seem like you going and he'll agree to something and then later be like I gotta ask.

[Morgan]

I gotta to ask him.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

20.

[Morgan]

You sure you go with no. You sure?

[DJ Envy]

The week before you got line up a backup person cuz you know he just might not come. And if you really want to go.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

But my anxiety be set up sometime. I don't want to go and I reserve the right to not show up if I don't want to show up.

[Morgan]

Oh yeah. They said you went two years ago. You didn't go last year. Last year I went by myself. He went two years ago.

[DJ Envy]

But didn't y' all all go two years ago? Was it that? That was a. A block party. Okay, for those of you guys who decide you don't want to go in person in Vegas and get actual tickets, like, you know, a shop. Charlemagne, The I Heart Radio Music Festival does, like I said, will have a live stream available on Hulu for all the fans that want to watch at home.

[Morgan]

That is the latest.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yeah, right.

[DJ Envy]

You probably won't even watch it either.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Glorilla at Sharon, Jelly Roll ll, Tim McGraw, Justice Wayne.

[DJ Envy]

I need to see.

[Morgan]

All right, well, it's the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the mix.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

You're checking out the Breakfast Club.

[Morgan]

Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club now. Jess, it's time to rep a gay a day.

[DJ Envy]

I know y' all wondering who made that lovely intro. Listen, shout out to Taylor, but she not gay. The person who actually. The voice that you hear is gay. Shout out to Flavor P. Fever. I will be honoring Flavor P Fever today. She is a dope ass chef, artist and comedian and also a rapper out of East Atlanta. And she is responsible for that. I saw that June 1st on. On. On the. The beginning of Pride. Yo, I woke up and I. First thing I did was go on Instagram and I saw that video and she made that. All right. She also got other music as well. She goes by Chef Flavor P. That's her artist name. She has a song called Megastar last year. I know that I honored a lot of, like, gay celebrities or whatever, right? But it's good regular gays out there too. And she is one of the good regular gays. So shout out to Flavor P. Fever.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Okay?

[Morgan]

Flavor P. All right. And it is Pride month, so salute to everybody out there, the LGBTQ + community. Salute to Candace Parker for joining us this morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Man. Candice Parker's book is in stores right now. It's called the can do mindset. How to cultivate resilience, Follow your heart and fight your passions. Very interesting story, man. Very, very interesting story. I thoroughly enjoyed Candace Parker's book and.

[Morgan]

Also Congressman Eric Swalwell for joining us this morning.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Yes, man, listen, I like having the Democrats up here and just Republicans, politicians, period. Because I be wanting to know what the hell is going on in the government, you know, and sometimes when they can just not worry about representing their party and just explain things to us, I am all for that. So salute to Congressman Eric Swalwell.

[Morgan]

All right, and you got a positive note.

[Charlamagne Tha God]

Positive note is simple. Don't entertain negative energy. Okay? Some situations will test your patience and try to make you overreact, overthink, and respond to things that don't deserve your life force. Okay? Your attention is your power. Don't feed what doesn't add value to your life. Conserve your energy, protect your peace. Have a blessed day. Breakfast Club American Public University is the number one provider of education to our military and veterans in the country. They offer something truly unique. Special rates and grants for the entire family, making education affordable not just for those who serve, but also for their loved ones. If you have a military or veteran family member and are looking for affordable, high quality education, APU is the place for you. Visit Apu Apus Edu Military to learn more. That's Apu Apus Edu Military.

[DJ Envy]

If you're not watching BMF on Stars, you're seriously missing out from executive producer Curtis 50 Cent Jackson. The new season is coming, and Meech and Terry are leveling up. They're expanding their empire, launching a music label, and even hitting the 1995 Source Awards. Oh, and did I mention Lamar is back. BMF is where drama, hustle and hip hop collide. The drama top tier, the stakes higher than ever. This is the season everyone's going to be talking about.

[Jess Hilarious]

Don't miss the season premiere June 6th.

[DJ Envy]

Only on Starz and the Starz app. This is an iHeart podcast.