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FULL SHOW: Tamar Braxton’s Near-Death Scare, Dawn Staley on Knicks Interview, Coco Gauff on Taylor Townsend Incident + Jaime Harrison & Miles Minnick Interview
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This is an iHeart podcast. It's Morgan Wood from the Black Information Network urging you to consider your source. Does your opinion come from truth or what you're being fed? Imagine being a black student activist in America with Israeli and Arab heritage. That's Tamer Masouddin. He's being told his reality is a lie, but he tirelessly shows up and speaks out in the unending fight against propaganda. The that attempts to erase him and his story. Don't allow it to close your mind. Follow Ima Sudin on Instagram. Because truth matters. Hi, my name is Enya Umanzor. And I'm Drew Phillips. And we run a podcast called Emergency Intercom. If you're a crime junkie and you love crimes, we're not the podcast for you, but if you have unmedicated adhd. Oh, my God. Perfect. Perfect. And want to hear people with mental illness psychobabble. Yes. Yes. Then Emergency Intercom's the podcast for you. Open your free iHeartradio app, search emergency Intercom and listen now. I'm Bob Crawford, host of American History Hotline, a different type of podcast. You, the listener, ask the questions. Did George Washington really cut down a cherry tree? Were JFK and Marilyn Monroe having an affair? And I find the answers. I'm so glad you asked me this question. This is such a ridiculous story. You can listen to American History Hotline on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. If you're looking for another heavy podcast about trauma, the saying it this is for the ones who had to survive and still show up as brilliant, loud, soft and whole. The. The unwanted sorority is where black women, femmes and gender expansive survivors of sexual violence rewrite the rules on healing, support and what happens after. And I'm your host and co president of this organization, Dr. Lea Tritate. Listen to the unwanted sorority. New episodes every Thursday on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. 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. Good morning, Jess. Hilarious. Good morning, Charlamane. God, how are you? I am blessed, Black and highly favored. Peace to the planet. It's Friday. How y' all feeling out there? I feel blessed. Black and highly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. What did you do last night? I went to sleep. What you did? First of all, don't you look at me like that. Guilty Okay. I had you out here popping in for a goon. Hey, yo. I saw Chris walking around here yesterday dressed like he going to work out. Is it Chris? You going to work out? He said, nah, not today. Yeah, we did go to the gym after. Yeah, I had to film something, but he. He went with me to film because I handled you for. Why would I ask you what you did last night? You was like, nothing. Because that was. That's like. I went to sleep. Like you had an alibi already. Who? You kill everybody? No. Okay. What you doing? You look nice this morning. No, I don't. I do. All right. Thank you. I hate when somebody can't take a compliment. Never mind. You look ugly. Thank you. I appreciate you. Welcome. Listen, today on the show we have a Christian based artist who has a new album that I can't pronounce. But, Jess, you probably can because you have Mexican via Dorosa. Yes, it is out today. His name is Miles Minick. All right? Miles is very dope. You've heard Miles mentioned up here a couple of times by a couple of other artists. But he will be here this morning to talk about his new album which is out today. And former chair of the Democratic National Committee, my South Carolina brethren, Jamie Harrison will be here this morning as well. Nice, nice, nice. Yeah, so we'll be talking to them. So I guess we got a great show for you today. Yeah, donkey today. So. Wait, wait, wait. So he Christian based, but he's Spanish? He a Spanish Christian? I don't know, Jess. We'll find out this morning. We can ask him what his ethnicity is. I have no idea. Okay. I just know he dope. He dope. My man DJ Head put me on the Miles a while ago. I just think he dope. He got an album coming out, you know, I mean, he makes spiritual slaps. Nice. You know what I'm saying? So he from the west coast. So he make those records that slap, but they Christian bass, you know. Okay. Yeah. He got a joint album with Lecrae as well. Okay. Yeah. So we'll be talking to him this morning. But we got donkey today and it's actually the people's donkey this morning. So you can call in 1-800-585-1051. And give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid. And I think we're ready to get the show started. Yes. Michael Jackson birthday would have been a day. Really? Yes. Start the show with some Michael then. Come on, pull up some Michael. Yes, pull up some Michael right now. Pull up off the wall. Let's start. Let's start the show off with off the Wall. It's off the wall in there, please. Michael Jackson. He would have been. I don't even know. Damn. Come here. That's actually a rapper. I'm going to hr. That felt good. He really genuinely looks scared. Like you were so fearful just now. He grabbed your little nipple. Come on. What we got for Michael Jackson? It's a shame that a black radio station took so long to pull up. Michael Jackson. You know it's Michael Jackson. Okay. All right, we got Mimi Brown coming up next with front page. Dude, let's get into Michael Jackson off the Wall. Today is his birthday and he'd have been an age. Yes. The U.S. opens in New York City, so traffic is stupid. I know, it's crazy. The parking lots are crazy. The U.S. open is not this morning. No, but the parking lots. Cuz all the hotels are jam packed. I couldn't even get get in my parking lot. You don't have to have an excuse for being late. I never give one. I'm just telling the truth. Yo, you don't care. I'm just giving the truth. Michael Jackson would have been 67 today, by the way. I thought he was 65, but either way he would have been in his 60s. They been in his 60s. Let's get into some front page news. What did the Cowboys do, man? I don't want to talk about it. What did the Cowboys do? I don't want to talk about nothing. Michael Parsons, he seems like a very popular player. Popular? He's the best defensive player in the league. He's a generational talent and you guys had him. I don't want to talk. Why did you guys trade him? What? What had happened was Jerry Jones needs to be impeached and removed from office. Oh, my God. Impeached and removed from office. He was traded to the packers from the Cowboys. What did you guys get for? Nothing. Two first round picks and a defensive tackle who hasn't been that good in the last few years. And the Green Bay packers are going to be good. So the first round picks are probably going to be, you know, late round. Defund the Cowboys, man. Defund the Cowboys. I love it. Tape all that. Hey, Mimi. Hey, good morning. How y' all feeling? Mimi? I'm feeling amazing now that I know the Cowboys are going to be even more trash than they were last year. Yeah, Both of us will be at the bottom of the NFC East. You like the bottom? What's up? Philadelphia Eagles. Washington Redskins going to dominate that. That Division. Yes. Here we go. All right, y'. All. So we're off with the latest on that deadly school shooting in Minneapolis. So two children, of course, sadly lost their lives and 18 others were injured after gunfire erupted on Wednesday at a Catholic school. Now we're learning more about a possible motive. As police say notoriety may have been what the shooter was seeking. As they say he was obsessed with other past mass shooters. Authorities say, quote, he had a deranged fascination with other past mass shooters and left behind hundreds of pages of writings expressing hate, hate toward almost every group imaginable. In a press conference yesterday, Police Chief Brian o' Hara gave an update on the investigation. Let's listen. Those who remain hospitalized need all of our support as we continue to pray for a speedy recovery for all of our victims. During the processing of the scene at annunciation church yesterday, three shotgun shells were recovered along with approximately 116 rifle rounds. One live round was recovered from a handgun that appears to have malfunctioned as the shooter attempted to use it and became stuck in the chamber. I'll never understand why somebody says they want notoriety but then kill themselves. Like what notoriety do you see? Like just kill yourself. In the Star, there are no mass. There are no mass shooters that are superstars. Nobody's remembered for the right reasons. When you're a mass shooter, it'd be bad we hardly remember your name. It doesn't lead to any money, doesn't lead to any fame, no type of note. What do you mean notoriety? Straight to hell. Yeah. And that's why the police chief also asked that people don't report his name. Just because if that's what he was seeking. So all the injured victims, they are expected to survive. But as I mentioned earlier, two children ages 8 and 10 were killed. 10 year old Harper Moy, whose family described her as a bright, joyful and deeply loved 10 year old whose laughter, kindness and spirit touched everyone she knew. And then there was 8 year old Fletcher Merkel, who was one of four children in the Merkel family. Two of his siblings were also in the church when he was shot and killed. They were not hurt or injured in the attack, but his father, Jesse Merkel, is reminding everyone to hold your loved ones close. Let's listen to what he had to say at the press conference yesterday. As our family and the Annunciation community grieve and try to make sense of such a senseless act of violence, please remember Fletcher for the person he was and not the act that ended his life. Give your kids an extra hug and kiss Today, we love you, Fletcher. You always be. What's so sad about that? You know, when a man says, remember, Fletcher, for who he was, the young man didn't even get a chance to be somebody. Right? Yeah. You know what I mean? He said. I mean, in his family, that's their child, but we didn't get a chance to know who this young man was, even get a chance at life. And, you know, the crazy thing is with, with the shooter. Right. If he had all this stuff that they found so simple, I wonder why nobody else around him seen any of this. Right. Exactly. If he was so into this so much, why did nobody around him, loved ones, family, friends, see this and say, you know what? This is wrong. This ain't right. Something's going to happen, you know? Yeah, for sure. You know? And in the wake of the shooting, the community, of course, is gathering for multiple vigils. More are planned, and fundraisers for the victims have been staged, started. And so while families continue to grieve in Minneapolis, there's also significant news coming out of Washington today. President Trump has made a controversial appointment that could have a major impact on how future elections are run. The Trump administration has appointed Heather Honey, a conservative activist who promoted false claims about the 2020 election, to a senior role at the Department of Homeland Security. Now, Honey will serve as deputy assistant secretary for election integrity in the Office of Strategy Policy, and a position that was created under Trump that did not exist under the Biden administration. So in this role, she'll help oversee policies tied to voter databases, cybersecurity, and responses to potential foreign interference in US Elections. Honey, who runs a investigation and consulting firm in Pennsylvania. She became a central figure in promoting conspiracy theories about voter fraud, including one that Trump cited before the January 6 Capitol attack. She also previously worked on efforts to change Georgia's election rules in Trump's favor. Now, critics are pointing out that she has no prior experience running elections or working in election law. And some state officials say they've spent hundreds of hours responding to her public records requests and correcting inaccurate claims she's made about voting systems. Trump. Trump's allies, however, they are calling this move wonderful, incredible news, and saying it's a win for election integrity. However, experts warning that putting someone who can spread election misinformation in a role with access to sensitive voter data could raise serious security concerns and weaken confidence in the system ahead of the 2026 midterms. If you think these folks are conceding power in 26 and 28, you are bugging. If you think we are having free and fair elections in 2016? 28. You are bugging. They are leaving nothing to chance between all the redistricting and the appointments. Like Heather, honey, they are attempting to fix this fight, and it's really just that simple. All right, well, that is front page news now, Mimi. We'll see you next hour. All right, coming up, we'll talk about online shopping and tell you what you need to know before something goes into effect to affect your wallet and everybody else. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, phone lines are wide open again. 800-585-1051 is the breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. This is your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're a man dead or blessed. 800-585-1051. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. Hello? Who's this? What's going on, man? It's Dan from Philly, man. Damn. From Philly. What up? Get it off your chest. Hey, man, first of all, good morning, DJ Envy. Come on. Charlamagne, Jess Lauren. Peace, gang. Good morning. Hey, hey, look, big shout out, my cancer brother. And I know you good friends with my cousin Rachel, but look, man, I wish. I want to send a shout out to Kerry Jones, man. I don't. Listen, man, I hope he lives a long life. Could you stop? I'm with you, brother. I'm with you. Could you stop? I wish he lives a long, long life, man. Like, could you stop, please? Single handedly. Like, listen, if you need a shoulder to pry on, it's not mine. It's gonna be DJ Envy. Not mine. Not mine. Salute to Jerry Jones. Cowboys defund the Cowboys. And peace. Jerry Jones. Hey, look, Jerry just care about money. I hope. I hope Jerry lives to 150. And you know what? You're right. And I don't want to talk about this and see you trying to make me talk about it. But you're right. All he cares about is money. That's why we need to stop giving it to him. If the Cowboys stop being the number one franchise in the world, Jerry Jones, or step down. Oh, you're going there. Hello? Who's this? What's up, Tario? What's up, brother? What's up? Shut up, man. What's up, Jess? Good morning. All right, listen. Hey, Envy, do you know what time it is? Do you know what season it is? It's Virgos, man. We on top right now. Talk that talk. We always on top, man. Definitely tops. Just not going with that shot, man. We ain't with that. You know what I'm saying? We changed the weather, but we ain't doing none of that. It's when we fall back on that. It's fall. So no, I'm gonna get down like that. But anyway. Yes, sir. Happy birthday. I might not get in next week, but I want to tell you happy early birthday. You're on the third, I'm on the fourth. You know how we do it. Duvall County, Jacksonville, Florida. We have Rios tonight, dj, Hollywood, Shane, all white party. And we going out the whole month. Enjoy your birthday, brother. All right. You'll be good, brother. Y' all. Love y'. All. Happy early born day, brother. You too, brother. All right. Thank you, Charlotte, man. All right. Hello, who's this? Yo, this Chris. Chris, what's up? Get it off your chest. Hey, man, I want to talk to Charlemagne, man. I listened to the brilliant idiots when he said Future. He'll put Future in number four. What's the problem? I agree. I agree with everything Future. I'll put him in the top three. But the only thing I don't like is Future. Gotta stop that toxic Future this and that. He's in his 40s now. I mean, I want to see the evolved Future. You know, Jeezy just did the orchestra band got a full guy. Like, why Future can't do that. You right. You're not wrong. And what we talking about is, you know, I've always said, you know, they talk about the big three. Kendrick and Drake and Cole. I said that it always should have been a fantastic four the last 15 years. And future should have been there. You actually can put. Like you said, you can debate. Future might be big three. Yeah, but he gotta, he gotta evolve, man. That, that, that, that toxic trying to be. He not little baby. He not thug like you in your 40s now. I wanna see the. The grow up Future like how you grew up. You know what I'm saying? You mental health now. And you got books and things like that. You know what I'm saying? That's right. You right. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need the vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. It's a new day. This is your time to get it off your chest. Wake. Wake up. Whether you're mad or blessed, it's time to get up and get something. Call up now. 800-585-1051. We wanna hear from you on the breakfast. Hello? Who's this? Hey, good morning. This is James calling from North Carolina. Hey, James, what's happening? Nothing much, man. How y' all feeling? Blessed. Black and Holly fit. Cool beans. Hey, I had a question for you, Envy. Back in the 90s, when DMX and Jay Z went at it at the pool hall, was you there, Bro, I ain't that old. Yes, you are. You are absolutely that old. You gotta stop this in the 90s. You're gonna be 48 next year. Yes. In the 90s. Yes. I wasn't even able to go into a club in the 90s. What are you talking about, man? In the 90s, we was in our 20th. She was 22. I was 21. 90. 95. I just went to college. You was old enough to get in the club. No, 8. I was 17. 18. College. 95. 19. 96. 97. I was 20. My point is, you were that old. You just might have been the young boy, but you was that old. And this was. This was at the pool hall. It wasn't at a club. It was at a pool. Exactly. He. No, I wasn't there, man. Cut it out at six. Six. Okay. I was not in the club with Bow Wow. I was not there, sir. Okay, I'm just checking, man. But do you have. Do you have reminisce about Keep Rock? See us moving on on the. On the list? Yeah, I got you. We hear that this morning. I'll throw it in the mix. Thank you. Appreciate it, bro. Oh, this. Oh, this the homie from North Carolina, that request office. He want to sound the black. Yeah, I got you. Yeah, I got you. All right. Appreciate it. All right, brother talking about he not that old. Memphis Bleak. 47. Memphis Bleak. Was there dragon about 45, 46? Dragon was there. Bleak was probably. Why would he be there with Clue? Was probably. Clue was there, but Bleak was probably not there. Hello? Who's this? Hey, good morning. This is Mike. Mike, what up? Get it off your chest. Mike, what's going on? Yeah, I was calling the event about. Just did a very interesting comment earlier in the week about many religions but one. Satan. I want to comment on that. Yeah, that's when I asked if she was smoking. I remember that one, man. Go ahead, y'. All. Well, the first one. That's what I was gonna say. That's one of the questions you ask when you're high, like, yes, sir. But I think that's interesting because that is kind of true, but it kind of shows that the double does is kind of Trying to deceive people, you know, coming to God. But I think the content is more so good versus evil. Because there's a lot of religions where you want to do good and evil is considered what saying this. But it's just an encouragement to, you know, for people to follow Christ. That's what I believe in, you know. Thank you. I appreciate that. And I also want to shout you out. I saw you coming to Baltimore, finally coming to you. So may I get some tickets and maybe we can do the Baltimore 2 stuff together? Oh, this. Okay. All right. Now I got you. Eddie, get his information. I'm gonna give you two tickets. I don't want you coming to show by yourself. So, yeah, I'm gonna get you a pair of tickets for the Baltimore show. I got you. Then we can do the two step together, brother. Just let me know which show you want to come to. We're gonna put you on hold and get your information. I appreciate it. Thank you. I like how you just told me nothing. Hold on. Whatever he said. You ain't no friends. If you want to come to the just show to do the Baltimore two step. You're lonely. Don't do that. Don't do that in Baltimore. Make sure you get your tickets. Jessalariusofficial.com I will be in Baltimore the first weekend in September, September 5th through the 7th. Baltimore Comedy Factory. Get your tickets. Baltimore. All right. And everybody, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. We got the latest Lauren coming up. We do. Now we know what happened to Tamar Braxton. Remember she said she woke up in a pool of blood, teeth missing. Yeah. Didn't know what happened to him. We gonna get into some things, girl. Now, look, listen. We're gonna get into all the missing things, all right? We'll get into that. Next is the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Good morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get to the latest with Lauren. Lauren becoming a free fan. She gets into somebody that knows somebody. She gets the details. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything. She'd be having the latest on the Latest with Lauren LaRosa. Sometimes you have details. Sometimes she have a little bit everything. Well, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. Alrighty, guys. So Tamar Braxton, who let us know, like, a few weeks ago that she almost died. She woke up in a pool of blood, has finally, finally explained what happened. She teamed up with a team of doctors to best explain it. Let's take a listen to Tamar's doctor. Dr. Amira. Hi, my name is Dr. Amira Ogunlea and I am a cosmetic dentist out of Miami, Florida. I was recently contacted by Tamar Braxton's team who reported a very traumatic injury. She woke up in a pool full of blood, saw many fractured teeth on her floor. She flew to me immediately. Within 24 hours, upon evaluation, I confirmed that she did in fact have several fractured teeth. She even had an evulsed tooth, which is a tooth that's come completely out of the socket. She also appeared to have a fractured septum. We were able to perform immediate oral surgery on her and we were able to stabilize her for now as she continues to heal. As far as the cause, the medical team ruled out seizure, ruled out stroke, and the only thing left that it could possibly be is somnambulism, which is sleepwalking. Yeah. So, I mean, now we know that. But here's the thing with this. A lot of people, even with this video, still don't believe that this is real. They still don't believe that this is the thing that actually happened to Tamar. They believe that it is a publicity stunt. Why would she care? Yeah, why would she care what people think? If they're saying it was sleepwalking, it was sleepwalking. She got to argue with. But. But the thing is, the night before it happened and she woke up and she posted it on her story. That's the thing. Like, wait, what you mean at the night after it happened? Oh, the night after, yeah, after. After she woke up and took to the story just to give us little bits and pieces. She know what the Internet does. Like, she knows that. I mean, I know she, to every point, she don't gotta care or. Or, yeah, you know, care about what people think. But if you go and do that and give us bits and pieces of something that serious, if you give people room to speculate, they gonna speculate. But she didn't know at first, right? Because she just said it happened and she didn't know. She went to the doctor. They ruled out stroke. They ruled out. Why is this your first thing to do then? If you don't know what happened to you, why is it not finding out what happened to you? Why is it alerting us? 2025, that's what people do. Have you tell everybody the story, but then tell everybody, you know, please respect my privacy at this time. It's like, no, the Internet gonna run and create every room where they can't, because it's not yet. It's not no more. Once you let us know, I will say I have no reason not to believe her. But one thing we have to start telling our doctors about is those edibles we taking. Now, I'm not saying Tamars will take it edible. She don't even know. I'm not saying she is. I'm just telling us. Folks born in the 1900s, you doing anything more than 10 milligrams, you're gonna wake up out the bed, sleep, moonwalking, talking about you kicking your leg up there. You know what I'm saying? Okay, well, Tamar also posted to her story. She posted a photo and she said, I can't run or chew, but I look like I can't. So she is in the can't run or chew, but she running and chewing. Why running and chewing? I'm assuming, though, because of her injuries. Because, I mean, her teeth first. Is she getting her teeth together and maybe she's not as messed up. Yeah, she just letting people know she can't run her. True. But she looked like she can. Like, basically, I ain't the best right now, but I'm holding it together like I am. By the way, even this, this is. You're giving us all this information for people to talk about. Yeah. You throw a mad log on this fire. Yeah. And then that ain't the only fire. Because what's going on with her and Mendeezi? I seen something. Yes. And that's why I was so mad when I even seen it. Looks like it looked like a trailer to a reality show or a music video, but it's like, you never know what's real or what's fake. Like, why are we. What's happening? Because if you know everything that's going on in love and hip hop, right. With Yandy and D.C. and the like, then this comes out. Yes. Now what? So basically, she says that Mendici's is her friend. And when she posted that she capitalized friend, it was a visual that she dropped. And she says in the comment, I mean in the caption, this is the moment y' all have been waiting for. My real life Heartbreak album, story and movie starring my friend in all caps. Medici's. Her new EP, Heartbreak Retrograde, will be available 9 19. And she posted this in the midst of people trying to figure out what was happening to her. She almost died as well. Yeah. So people, I think that what Charlamagne. She did almost die. That's what she just said it. That's which, that's how she said it. That's how I read it. She says, when DC is her friend and this is just all, you know, a visual movie that goes with a project that she's dropping. But to your point, just, there were people that felt like the timing of the promotion of that was just off because the last thing we had heard from her prior to that was you almost died, y'. All. I woke up in a pool of blood. So people are like, wait, what? Hold on. Yeah. Yes. But yeah, they're marketing, marketing and marketing. So you don't believe her? I, I, I'm not saying I don't believe that she woke up in the pool of blood. We obviously just heard a doctor say, you know, you know, corroborate that story or whatever. But the thing is the, the whole messiness with the marriage that's happening on Love and Hip Hop. You should explain that a bit for people who don't know. So if you don't know, you're not watching Loving Hip Hop. You should Love and Hip Hop Atlanta. I've been watching that for years, since the beginning. And Yandy and Mendisi is, I guess it's trouble in, in paradise or whatever. And they, they're beefing with Kirk and Rasheeda and, and Yandy's thing is she, she never confirmed that Mendisi was cheating with old girl from the Instagram dm. Well, yeah. What? Yeah, in fact, Yandy said that she was in the dm and then, you know, the stepson was in the dm and then, you know, there was the alleged trip to London that they said. So there's a lot. There was a rumor that Yandy was cheating. There's something special about folks who come through without being asked. Like your coworker surprising you with your favorite coffee just because. 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That this is sometimes the first thing someone sees when we make a post or a reel is how our hair is styled. You talk about the important role hairstylists play in our communities, the pressure to always look put together and how breaking up with perfection can actually free us. Plus, if you're someone who gets anxious about flying, don't miss session 418 with Dr. Angela Neil Barnett, where we dive into managing flight anxiety. Listen to therapy for Black Girls on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast, because her friend leaked that. But we never. She never confirmed whether Mendici was cheating or not. He don't care to clear it up. And then the video drops that he would not clear it up. And then that. That video dropped in the midst of us trying to figure out if Tamar is okay or not. So y' all see how, like, the storm created and people are like, wait, what is happening right now? So that's where. That's where a lot of it is coming from. A bunch of clownish. Like, I. It's like, come on. You never know what's real. You never know what's fake. Like, I don't know is. I don't. I don't like none of it. All right, guys, I understand. All right, you got it. Charlamagne? No, I started minding my business a minute. About a minute and a half ago. At least two minutes ago. Well, glad that Tamar is doing okay. We just all were just a bit confused for a bit, but I'm glad she's doing okay. All right, well, that is the latest with Laura. Now when we come back, we got front page news, so don't go anywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Wake up. Wake up. You're locked into the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. So quick, sports. We talked about it earlier, but it's only right to talk about it again. Mika Parsons. His name is not Mika. What's the name? Micah. Micah Parsons. He used to be on the Cowboys. What happened? I don't want to talk about it. He was traded to the Packers. And what y' all get out of it? I don't talk about it. All right. He got two first draft picks, but the packers are gonna be pretty good, so they're gonna be. I don't want to talk about it. I don't talk cowboy business with people who don't love and appreciate the Cowboys. But I will say that when we have these tough conversations, they're not tough. No, these are tough conversations. Jerry Jones needs to be in Houston, removed from office. We needed to defund the Cowboys. It's a damn shame that they got this amazing documentary on Netflix. One of the best sports documentaries I ever seen. You know, I'm watching it and I'm like, damn, I gotta let my daughter watch this. So she understands why her father loves the Cowboys so much. Because I really have no reason to over the last 30 years, we got this amazing documentary out and he goes and does something stupid like this. I think it's great. And I've seen you hug him. I see, you know, say bars. I see I gave each other a nice hug. Yeah. And I was telling him he need to get this it right. And you know what he said to me? He goes, look here, man. You know, we zig sometimes we zig when we supposed to zag. And I'm like, look at us yesterday zigging again. I don't know. Is that me? I don't know. I just know yesterday we were zigging. We did a whole bunch of zigging. Getting rid of Michael Parsons is zigging, Jerry. But you were pelvis to pelvis with that white man as well. Let you know. I wasn't pelvis to pelvis. Y' all was zigging together. Y' all was zigging together. What's up, Mimi? What's up, y'? All? All right, so Governor Gavin Newsom of California is continuing to turn up the heat on President Trump. This time, he's pushing back on Trump's decision to send National Guard troops and federal agents to Democratic led cities, accusing the President of hypocrisy and overreach. So at a press conference on Thursday, Newsom announced the expansion of California's crime suppression program. But he also used the moment to criticize Trump's approach, arguing that the President is targeting blue cities while overlooking higher murder rates in Republican controlled states. Let's listen to what he said. Just consider Speaker Johnson's state and district. Just look at the murder rate that's nearly four times higher than California in Louisiana, Ms. Speaker Johnson 4x higher. I'm just offering again, you've not seen this on Fox News, so President may not be familiar with these facts. Of course, Mississippi leads the nation as the number one murder state in America. I imagine this in particular may resonate with the President. United States. Perhaps the President could deploy the National Guard in every corner of Mississippi. The murder rate's out of control there. Carnage. Woodnote St. Louis murder rate is 190% larger than Oakland. I can go on. We could talk about the carnage in Arkansas. Again, one of the top 10 murder rates states in America. Yeah. So he recently just went on and explained that their red states are their, their murder rates per capita is larger than a lot of the blue states. And so as we know, Trump sent federal agents in the national guard to Washington, D.C. louisiana, and it seems like Chicago may be next, citing violent crime as a justification, but. But data shows that crime in those cities has declined in recent years. However, the White House is defending Trump's deployment, saying the president is focusing on upholding law and order and claimed his strategy is already working in Washington, D.C. i like everything that Gavin Newsom is doing in regards to how he's combating Trump, how he's choosing to push back on Trump. But when I hear him report things like that, all I think to myself is none of y' all have truly made any real investments into any of these towns and these cities to truly reduce crime. Crime would be going down everywhere if people actually made the proper investments in these poor and disenfranchised communities. If they gave people, you know, job training programs, proper mental health services, you know, trade schools, you just give people opportunity and something to do. Crime will go down everywhere. And that's not a party thing. That's just a common sense, you know, knowing. Knowing what people need. Think. Absolutely. Absolutely. So shifting gears just a little bit. So if you shop online for clothes, gadgets, and other small items from overseas, get ready for shipping delays, canceled orders, and higher prices. So Starting today, the US will end the nearly 100 year de minimis rule that allowed items under $800 to entry. Enter the country, Enter the country tax free. So under the Trump administration's new policy, foreign sellers and postal services will now have to collect and pay tariffs before shipping goods to the US and many of them say they can't or won't comply. So as a result, several countries, including Germany, France, Australia, India, Japan, Mexico and the UK I believe there are about 29 altogether, are pausing and stopping US bound shipments. This. Yeah, this is going to affect you if you order from platforms like Etsy, ebay, Sheen, Timu. Those platforms are now warning shoppers to expect disruptions. And some have already stopped taking U S orders. All the messy visions just selling and people ain't gonna get them till Christmas. Please. Because they're not coming from neither one of them countries. So shut up. You should have said Lauren wigs because she get her wigs from over, over, out. Out the country. No, she don't. Portia got her a nice supply of go naked hair. But anyway, no. Is China on that list? China's on the list now. Now what? Now? Now what? Now? No, because I got. I gotta re up. I gotta restock. Damn. Okay, Yeah, a lot of the stuff that is, it's gonna hit hard because they said that 92% of all U. S cargo last year came from those countries and that totaled like 1.3 billion packages. But we do know that shipping costs may be going up, but they chance to bring in some extra cash. A lot of it. That's because the Powerball jackpot has climbed to nearly $1 billion. That's what I'm talking about. Are already surging. So the Powerball is surged to $950 million after no one matched all six numbers on Wednesday night. So this is the sixth largest jackpot ever, the biggest prize in more than a year. So if you haven't got your ticket yet, the next drawing is tomorrow, Saturday. If you choose the lump sum, you're going to get about $429 million to make it work. Yep. Powerball tickets are sold in 45 states, plus Washington, DC, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. So with nearly a billion dollars on the line, are y' all getting your tickets? What you mean? One thing about unplay every. I play every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Faithfully so in Powerball still affordable. Powerball did not go up in price like the Mega Millions. The Mega Millions went up to $5. That's just ridiculous. Powerball is still $2. Okay, you see, you see this right here? This is a win. Come on now. This is the. No, no, this. I won actually $4. I won like this. I won $4 all the time. I actually won $100 recently. I went $4. $4 winner right here. I appreciate that. $4. Listen to these. Somebody in New York won on Wednesday. They won a million dollars. Really? Like five numbers or something like that. You get it? Yeah. Someone. Someone in New York won. So d. Well, salute to them, man. 45. 47. That's right. I want my $4. All right. Thank you, Mimi. All right. Yeah. That's your front page news. I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me on Social @mimi Brown TV. And for more news coverage, of course, follow the Black Information Network or Download the free iHeartRadio app and visit bin news dot com. Thank you, Mimi. All right, when we come back, former chair of the Democratic National Committee, the dnc, will be joining us, Jamie Harrison. So we're gonna talk to him next. Yes. And also 1-800-585-1051. You could call me right now. Today is Friday. We do the people's donkey. You could call up here, everybody the credit they deserve for being stupid. That's right. 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. Lon LaRosa is here as well, we got a special guest in the building. He's at our table. He's at our table. He's an attorney. He's a politician, and he is the former chair of the dnc. Yes. Dnc. Ladies and gentlemen, we have Jamie Harrison. Welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all so much for having me. How are you, my South Carolina brethren? Man, I'm good. I'm good. You know, I'm not traveling as much. I'm, like, shuttling the kids back and forth from soccer practice and swimming lessons and violin lessons and all that other stuff. Now I can just be a dad. And then I got my podcast stuff, so, you know, it's different, but it's good to be able to be at home with my kids and my wife and. And, you know, of course, my blood pressure still goes up when all those. I see all this crazy that's happening. I was gonna say, how do politicians adjust when you make that transition? Like, do you ever fully just relax? It's a hard adjustment. It really is, because you. When you are in the mix all the time and in the storm, like, all, you know is how to deal with, like, buckling down for that. And so when you get a time where it's sort of peaceful, you don't know what to do with yourself. Right. And so you get online and you start seeing things, and it starts stirring you up, and you just get a little unhinged. And so I'm just happy that I got this, you know, podcast and all this other stuff that I'm doing is it gives me an outlet to get some of that out, because otherwise, I mean, I just. I'd be bouncing off the walls. Is this what you saw yourself doing after being former DNC chair? You know, Charlie, I didn't know what the hell I wanted to do. I mean, I had hoped that Kamala Harris would have won. And she say, jamie, why don't you go be ambassador over there? I don't know, some. You know, some island. Yeah. Somewhere. And, you know, my wife and I can relax and invite y' all over, you know, come down to the ambassador's residence in the Bahamas, and we. But I. I don't know. I didn't know what I wanted to do. And I think I'm at one of those. I'll be 50 next year. I'm at one of those midlife. Not a crisis, but a crossroads. And, you know, you're just trying to figure out what I'm gonna do with the next phase of my life. And the one thing I Sound like a Democrat. Oh, no, it's like the whole party. Yeah, you're right. It is a whole party. But, you know, the one thing I do know is. And this is the. You know, it's like 10 toes down on it. I see where the country's going, and I see so many reflections of what we grew up in in South Carolina. And I just know that I am not going to allow my sons to grow up in a world like my grandparents grew up. So I got to figure out what it is that I have to do in order to prevent that from happening. Because more, little by little, every day, we see something new. But that's my one commitment that I know that I am definitely set on. We gotta figure out ways for this to be better, because right now, it's scary. So the chair of the dnc, what was your position? What was your job? Well, the chair of the DNC is very different when you have the White House, and when you don't have the White House, break it down. So the Democratic National Committee is in. In essence, it's the organization, a national organization for the Democratic party. We got 57 states and territories that all have state Democratic parties. And they all work with me now. I'm not their boss. It's sort of a partnership, a collaboration. And what we really do is we're the infrastructure for the party. So the people who knock on doors, the people who make phone calls, the volunteers, making sure that resources are on the ground to do those type of things. And when you have the White House, what you become is, in essence, an extension of the White House political team. I get my instructions from the White House on what to do. Now, Ken Martin, who's a new DNC chair, he doesn't have a boss, right? Because there's nobody in the White House. When you have the White House, the president is the head of the party. When you don't have the White House, it is very diffuse. It's broken down. And so what you do at the DNC is you build the infrastructure for the next campaigns, the next elections that take place, like the door knockers, whether you're going to do. The party hasn't done registration really the way that it needs to. But all of those things that you see on campaigns, that's what the DNC does. And it works with his other sister committees, the dccc, which is the Congressional Campaign Committee, the dscc, which is the Senate Campaign Committee. So you don't control the whole thing. You just get a slice of the pie and you just Try to focus your energy on building up that infrastructure. So there was always rumor that the DNC were the ones that. That, you know, quote unquote, picked who they wanted to be. And that's. That's a bunch of baloney. Stop it, Jamie. That's not. Oh, yo, man. But that's what they say. They pick somebody who feels the president. You can tell the truth. Well, I am telling the truth. Tell me, with the power I have to pick, if I'm the DNC chair, what. What power do I have? The pick, like people say. Well, you could have told Joe Biden to not run. Like, seriously. Yeah. Yeah. You could have said that. I could have. Nobody was against him during that time. I could have. Have. And do you think he would have listened? This is the most powerful. No, no, to your point. He did listen. Somebody did listen to him. He did listen to somebody, finally. No, I think so. Everybody should have told him earlier, I guess. I think ultimately what the president saw was that this fight is actually tearing the party apart, and I don't want that to be on me. Stop it, Jamie. No, I'm not. You're not beholden to them no more? No, it's not about being beholden to them. That man was too old. Everybody knew he was too old. Charlie. He should have been a transitional president from the beginning. Charlamagne, I. I get all of that. But you know what? Somebody should have stepped up. If people thought that Joe Biden was too old, then some real people should have stepped up and said, you know what? I'm going to run. But then they get the interchange. Y' all kick him out. Look, is Dean Phillips serious? It don't matter. No, no, no, Jamie, you're acting like that is. You're acting like that is the normal process of things. Yes, Just challenge the sitting president. President. No. You know, y' all crucify. You know, y' all crucify people for that. Well, this is it. What you telling me? You saying, well, that's not the normal. And you're saying, is it normal for the DNC chair to say, Mr. President, you need to sit down? Yes. And that's not normal. No, no, it is not. If George Clooney can say it, if Charlemagne, the guy can say it. If all these people who are not in politics can say it. But y'. All. Jake Tapper book. I read the book, said President Biden walked up to you, shook your hand. That's a bunch of. That's a bunch of bull. I don't believe that, Jamie. But why don't you believe me? I don't know what happened. He said that Jake Tapping, Alex Thompson wrote in their book Original Sin that Biden shook DNC chair at the time, Jamie Harrison's hand, and didn't recognize who he was. I said that it's because it was. Every time that Joe Biden. See, Joe Biden always related me to Jim Clyburn. Right? So every time he thought she was Jim Clyburn. No, no, come. I walk right into that. You're gonna be clipped. I walk right into. No, but every time, because, you know, Joe and Jim have really close relationship now. They trust each other and all. And so every time he's gonna be like, how's Jim doing? And you know, every single time. That's the. That's his lead. All question, how. How's Jim doing? And you tell Jim he needs to give me a call every single time. And so it's Prep was present by Noel. Yes. I mean, he was damn old, but when you take a look at it, Charlemagne, when you look at what this man was trying to do, I'd rather take an old Joe Biden on a respirator right now than a goddamn Donald Trump right now who's destroying this country. That type of rhetoric is exactly why y' all lost. What I mean by that is America shouldn't have to choose between a Donald Trump. Well, then people need to step. I shouldn't have to choose between authoritarian regime, authoritarian strategies, and an old man on the respirator. Charlamagne. You can't win something if you don't have somebody to get in the contest to run against. And if Joe Biden would have said, hey, I'm gonna be a transitional president. I'm only gonna be here for four years, that would have gave you, as DNC chair, the party, a whole lot of time. But he didn't. Right. And so in the end of the day, Joe Biden decided to run. Nobody decided of significance decided to challenge him. So therefore, that is the horse that you have to ride. We're still kicking it with Jamie Harrison, former chair of the D. See, Charlemagne. Do you put any blame on the Democratic Party? Because there clearly was a lot of people who saw decline and decided not to say anything. But if they would have maybe rang the alarm, then maybe other people would have been like, you know what? I am going to run. I don't know about that, to be quite honest. Charlemagne. I mean, the reason why you elect the president is to get done. Right? And if you take a look, objectively speaking, you Take a look at all that Joe Biden got done legislatively. And you compare it, compare it to Ronald Reagan, you can compare it to George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton. There has not been a president that got more done legislatively than any president since Lyndon Baines Johnson. I agree with you, but getting things done don't win campaigns, sadly. But that's why you send somebody to Washington D.C. to get stuff done for you to do stuff for your community, to move things forward. And we see the contrast now of somebody who doesn't get things done or gets things done that actually hurts people. Like, like, why send a young person. You know, Jim Carbon, I remember once when I was a young staffer in his office and he said, I was bitching about, you know, some of these older people just need to sit down and let some of these young folks stand up. And he said to me, he was very quiet. He listened to me just rant and read and he pushed back in his chair and he said, Jim, let me ask you a question. Question. Which Would you prefer an old Thurgood Marshall or a young Clarence Thomas? And I sat there and I thought about it and I said, okay, I see what you, he said, you know, yes, age is important, but it's also about your values. It's about who you are, what you will fight for, who you will fight for. And so that's a part of the package. Yes, Joe Biden was old, I get that. But we also know that this man was committed to certain things to make things better for folks. Folks. Did he do it perfectly? No, we don't, none of us do anything perfectly. Right. There's nobody that has walked this earth that is perfect but the Son of God and he, and hopefully he'll come back again sometime soon. I wouldn't waste my time. Well, well, I hate the old conversation because it just wasn't, he just wasn't just the fact because we, we know a lot of people at an 80 year old. Yeah. On point. He just felt like he wasn't on point. It felt like my, my rest in peace to my mother in law. I feel like he had early signs of dementia. She had, so the signs that I seen with her were the signs that I was seeing with him. Forgetting names, shaking people's hands that weren't there. It just seemed a little bit. And it had nothing to do with old. Had to, had to do with the fact that I just didn't think he was 100%. I, I, I mean listen, if somebody, I agree, but you took it no, no, no. It's somebody who interacted with the president a lot in 2024, and he did some of the mannerisms that old people do, but in terms of, like, his mental acuity and his sharpness, he knew it all. And you better, like, if he asks you a question, you better know the answer to it. Right? And so, like, seeing the, The, The. The frame that was built around and then seeing the reality of my interactions, my personal interactions with him that I, you know, it was not always the same. Right? It's. It's. It. It wasn't. And so that's part of my frustration is like, guys, I understand that this guy in person, perfect. But you know what? We also have a vice president. So in the end of the day, if he can't. If he can't perform, you got a vice president that is there who can. I don't. To me, it wasn't anything his age had definitely played a part in it. But it's the fact that Democrats suck at messaging and all the good things that somebody like the Biden administration did. Y' all didn't know how to message, and y' all just suck at campaigning. And I think that y' all about to make the same mistake because you're still on some we good, they bad stuff. Stuff. Clearly, America don't care about that. Well, listen, what I think we have to do on the messaging side, one of the things, the problem that Democrats have, and I say this as a party, and I said this as a party chair, is that we send people to Washington, D.C. who want to get stuff done, who are policy wonks. Many of them are really policy nerds. Right. All they want to do is they want to go to D.C. they want to write their bills, they want to get something passed. And solving the issue that people in their communities are dealing with, with the Republicans are reversed. They want to go to Washington, D.C. to have power. Either power to block something or power to. Or power to move things forward. And they know that they don't need to be versed in all of these policies and all that. And so they just focus on the politics of it. Whereas Democrats don't like to focus on the politics. They just like to focus on the policy. But that's not always good because you also need the politics part. Like, you got to be able to sell what you've been able to do. One of the things I tried to get the president or people in the administration do is. Yeah, I said, Mr. President, and I said this on this flight that we took we were down in Charleston, visit Mother Emanuel and then flew to Dallas. Is that when he pooped his pants? Allegedly, man. I don't know what the hell you talking about. I'm serious. I'm serious. They said that the last time he visited Mother Emmanuel and me, he pooped his pants. Charlamagne. You, you saying something that literally. I am not even joking. That's, that's crazy. That's some crazy. Oh, wow. That's some crazy talk, because I, I was again with the president all day. We even went to what's his soul food restaurant that we went to. Animals. Yeah, I know. Yeah, that's what I'm telling. I'm not even joking. I heard that. They said last time he was there, he said he pooped his pants. They said he was taking so long to come out. So local law enforcement was asking the Secret Service, what's going on? And somebody in Secret Service said, look, president just. He shot it. So many headlines asking did. They're trying to figure out, did he poop his pants? Man, that's crazy. Easy, I'm just, I'm not, I'm not spreading no gossip. This is not a secret. No, well, I, I, I, I never heard of. No, no, exactly. Y' all are crazy. Y' all are absolutely crazy as hell. Just crazy. Let me get to my story, man. Hell, what was I trying to say anyway before Charlotte, man, ended pooping the pants. Why you lying about something, man? Something. You told the administration to do something on the flight. So. So, because part of it is about selling what you do. And I told the President because as I went across the country, people weren't connected. We pass all this stuff, but people weren't connected to the stuff that we actually pass, like the student loan stuff. There are a lot of people who qualify for the all of the student loan relief, but they didn't know how to get it right. And so I said, well, Mr. President, why don't. And I said, the DNC can actually do this. We can open up, we can call them Biden empowerment centers all across the country where people could come in and say, I'm trying to get some of that Biden student loan money. I'm trying to figure out how to do a small business. $20,000 at small business grants, but I don't know how to, how to, how to get that money. I'm trying to do something in terms of the broadband and all that other stuff. And I said, you can have these all across the country so that people are now then connected to the resources that you are actually bringing, bringing into the community. Because part of the problem is that people didn't know how to get it right. You had the money there, but can't. People can't access it. He was like, oh, that's a great idea. That's a great idea. I thought it was going to move forward. I thought that we would do something about it. But the one thing that. And I'm writing about this now in my book, the one problem that you have is, like, if these ideas don't come from certain people that are in the sort of universes around the president or the vice president, then they never see the light of day. They never. They never crystallize. And that is part of the fundamental problems that we have right now within our party is that we got to break through some of these things. You've got these gatekeepers who want all of the power, all of the control, all of the influence, and don't want other voices to come break in to say, you know, we're not doing this right. We need to talk to these people. We need to bring these people into the room. And so that's part of my big frustration as DNC chair. It was that, you know, there are a lot of things that we want to do, a lot of bells that we were ringing very early on about this group, this group, that group. But the president or the vice president never actually really heard them because the gatekeepers kept that information from them. We're still kicking it with Jamie Harrison, former chair of the dnc. What do you feel he's not being truthful about? Cause you said you don't feel like he was being truthful. What do you think he's not being truthful about the condition that they know President Biden was in? No, man. Sean, I just fund me. You can ask anybody. You can ask my wife. Why? I just fundamentally disagree with that. It wasn't just about the age. It's not just about that. No, but there's a lot of things, right? Like, there's a perception that the DNC is too tied to corporate. Donors and specialists come, and that's too. Okay, tell me. Pull the records. Pull the receipts. DNC or Democrats? No, you said the dnc. What you said is Democrat. You said the dnc. No, I didn't. I said Democrats. The dnc. Roll the tape. I don't know what he said. I think he said y'. All. You said the dnc. Democrats. Okay. No, because you're saying that the DNC is corporate. So let me ask the question. Question again. There's a perception that Democrat politicians are too tied to corporate donors and special interests. Yeah. So how can the party claim to fight for working people while taking so much money? Well, there, there are some Democrats in Congress who do take corporate PAC dollars like they do. And in part of their fundraising that happens. But. But when it, like, I can't control what individual members do. Right. But in the end of the day, you know, if these people are still passing health care and passing. They're not fighting for tax cuts for these wealthy corporations and all that, they're actually trying to increase the taxes on some of these folks. It's kind of hard to say. It's Morgan Wood from the Black Information Network urging you to seek truth. Find it in art that speaks in ways words can't. The 8 project from Tomyr Peretz raises awareness of the plight of hostages still held in Gaza. It tells truths propaganda cannot erase. It fosters healing despite the hate Tomer continues to create. See the work at the Eight Project on Instagram or@the8project.org because truth matters. I'm Hunter, host of Hunting for Answers on the Black Effect Podcast Network. Join me every weekday as I share bite sized stories of missing and murdered black women in Grand Girls in America. 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In terms of it can tell how old you are, your marital status, where you're from, your spiritual belief. But I think with social media there's like a hyper fixation and observation of our hair, right? That this is sometimes the first thing someone sees when we make a post or a reel is how our hair is styled or we talk about the important role hairstylists play in our community, the pressure to always look put together, and how breaking up with perfection can actually free us. Plus, if you're someone who gets anxious about flying, don't miss session 418 with Dr. Angela Neal Barnett, where we dive into managing flight anxiety. Listen to therapy for black Girls on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcast. Hi, everyone, it's Janae, AKA Cheekies from Cheekies and Chill Podcast. And I'm launching an all new mini podcast series called Sincerely Janae. Sure, I'm a singer, author, businesswoman, and podcaster, but at the end of the day, I am human, and that's why I'm sharing my ups and downs with you guys. Hi, guys. I was sitting here recording episodes of Dear Cheekies and Cheekies and Chill, and I just had to take a time out and purge my thoughts and feelings here on Sincerely Janae because I've been so emotional lately, you guys. Whether I'm in my feels, I've just had a breakthrough with my therapist, or I've just had a really deep conversation with my siblings, or I'm in glam getting ready for an award show, I'm sharing my most intimate thoughts with you on the podcast. You guys know I always keep it real with you guys, but this time, I'm taking it to the next level. Listen to Cheekies and chill on the iHeartRadio and app, Apple Podcast or wherever you get your podcasts. These people aren't fighting for their constituents, man. Right. So, again, like, I can only control what I can control within my sphere. Right. I know what the DNC did and what I tried to push the DNC to do in my time, which is focus on working people, focusing on people like my grandparents, focusing on people like my aunts and my uncles and my cousins and nieces and nephews in South Carolina, trying to make life better for them. That's. That's the party that. That I was happy and proud to be the chair of. Okay, can I ask you this question? Yeah. Was there a private deal between the DNC and the Harris campaign that you would cover $20 million in her bills? No. So. So basically, and I saw Shane's newspaper article. So, looking at the finances for. There are some joint finances between the DNC and a presidential campaign. When they come together, they create what? A joint fundraising committee. So there's things. Bills that they share. Right. So some polling, some advertising, some. Some things so that they can jointly fundraise money. And that's I know that your, your folks are going to get a little eyes glazed. That is because they form a joint fundraising committee because that allows them to raise more money collectively than they could as individuals. Right. It allows in the DNC to go to some of it. It's the donors who can write a million dollar check. Right. And then they send that money to the dnc. It's corporate donors. No. Okay. They're individuals, folks. That. So individuals can write million dollar checks? Yes. Okay. Individuals can write million dollar checks because the, the way that the finance laws. And that's something that we really need to take a look at, but the way the finance laws work is there's a certain amount that they can give to the dnc. There's a certain amount they. They can give to every state park party. And all of that money is collective. And then we can use that money on behalf of the presidential candidate. So it's a joint fundraising committee. So that means in. Sometimes they're joint fundraising expenses that come out of it, so expenses that we share. So coming off of Kamala's race, there were some things, some outstanding bills that we still had that were joint bills together between the DNC and the Commerce race. And our agreement was to pay the remaining of some of those bills. Was it 20 million? No, when I left, it was about 5. So now I can't speak about any other. Other whatever, but when I left, it was about $5 million, which in, in the grand scheme of things, $5 million is a lot for us as individuals. But in this campaign universe, do you think we need to get corporate dollars? Yes. Okay. I do believe. I do believe that we need mass. And we would have done that had we passed the John Lewis and all the other bills that Democrats voted unanimously for in the House. But we couldn't get it past the Senate because of filibuster, because of Manchin and Sinema. So I do believe that. Listen, I raised $132 million when I ran for USM. I mean, when I think about how much money that is and what that could have done in South Carolina, that's sinful, that amount of money. $132 million. I think we need to cap the amount that we. We use in our election. No other country on the face of this planet spends as much money in campaigns as we do. Is the DNC beholden to billionaires too much or just wealthy people in general? No. I mean, because there's no. There's no working class person writing a million dollars. No, no. But the bulk of the money that the DNC raises is from folks who, giving five and ten dollars, like the sheer volume, about probably about 30% of the DNC's money that it gets, it comes from major dollars donors, right? People who can write 25,000 above the number of people who can write a million dollar check. Maybe it's 100, 200 people. Like it's not, it's not a lot. And those people basically, you know, I've met with many of our large donors. They're not asking for anything policy wise because the DNC is not a policy arm. Like, we don't write policy in the dnc. The money that we use goes into the infrastructure structure of the party. And so many of those folks don't have any type of ask other than when. And we don't want to see Republicans take over. If Democrats lose again in 2026 or 2028, should the party completely rethink its leadership structure, even the role of the DNC itself. I mean, I. Charlemagne. I mean, in the history of this country, you went. The DNC, I think is 170 years old. You don't win elections. You don't lose elections. I mean, winning elections and losing election, didn't something new that happened. Right. Different though. You got some, you got to admit, this is different. I mean, Donald Trump is different. Right. The question is, once Trump's gone, does it go back to the way that it has gone, to the past? I don't, I mean, that's a big question. I don't know that. But one of the things I tell folks is, yes, there's an urgency of the moment, but like, you can't freak out about like all, you know, all hell's gone loose in terms of like the parties and how they operate. Right. I do think there's some fundamental changes that need to happen. I think, you know, when I go back to the dnc, part of what I want to do is put some reforms in to separate out to give the DNC a wall between a presidential campaign in the DNC or President and the dnc. Because I think the DNC has to focus more not just on the White House, but on the entirety of the party. And I don't think we do that when we have the White House. And I just want to ask you to be clear. So you said the DNC has never taken corporate dollars in the past? No, the dnc. I mean, I don't know if there is some. No corporate PAC money. There may be some corporate PAC money. No, you said it Wasn't. No, no, no. But you said that the DNC was controlled by corporate pack money. If. If there is corporate PAC money, it's probably less than 5% of the money that. No dark money influence. No, but what. What do you mean? Like, you. You throwing out buzzwords, But I don't know what you. How you mean. I'm just asking a simple question. No, they haven't taken any corporate PAC money. Look, DNC has taken corporate PAC money in the past. I mean, all of the parties have taken correct money. But when you look at me, they're not controlled. They're not controlled by. By that. Right. Because if it's a small percentage, I mean, like, yeah, I can give you a dollar. That doesn't mean you're gonna do what I told you for if. For that dollar, because I know you're getting paid a whole lot more. Right. Gotcha. Yeah. Well, if you want more of this, you can check out his new podcast at our table. At our table. And. And also check out Jamie Harrison's documentary in the Bubble that I executive produced. Yes, you did. Salute to Emily. Emily's in the building. Emily. Harold, it was a pleasure. Jamie, don't be a stranger. No, I would love to come back and when the book comes out, please do. But in Charlemagne, I do. I would love to have you, as my South Carolina homeboy, be a guest on. At our table. Let me ask you the questions. I'd love to do it. I enjoyed your conversation with Hunter Biden. No, it was good. It was really good. And it was good to get Hunter unfiltered. And he had a lot to say. A lot to say. And I think he's a. You know, he's a good guy. He just. Yeah. And. And maybe. I don't. I don't know if it's just. Look, I had. I have family members who've had drug addiction issues and problems. Right. And they're very honest. And they're very honest. They're very honest. What I'm saying. What. Just say it, Jamie. No, no, no. I'm just saying honest. Oh, man. Jesus Christ. It's Jamie. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Salute to the Indiana Fever, man. Well, first of all, salute to Jamie Harrison for pulling up former DNC chair, but salute to the Indiana Fever. They sent us some amazing collaboration. They got with a Stranger Things. They did. Yeah. And they sent us all custom jerseys. The Indiana Fever look like. Mine is number 11, period. Mine is number 11. It says, see the God on the back. Yes. And I watched Indiana Fever. You know what I'm saying? You know, Caitlyn Clark plays for the Fever, but also, you know, South Carolina games, Hancock's Alumni, Boston plays for the Indiana Fever. Salute to Olivia West. She was the one that actually did that when I was out in Indiana for the NASCAR race. Wow. I actually played in the game on one. On one. Actually, me and Bubba played her both. Bubba Sparks. Bubba. Bubba Wallace. We played. Me and Bubba Wallace played her. It was two on one. And she won. Of course. She won. Of course. Yeah. So she sent. She said she was going to send some jerseys up here. So salute to Olivia west and salute to the Indiana Fever for sending those jerseys. Appreciate you. She sent one for Lauren and it come with hair under the arms Already. Already. Yours comes with silks, baby. So you can try and reach our room, baby. Let's get into the latest. We got a lot of sports. Come on. She gets them from somebody that knows somebody. She gets the details. I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything. She be having the latest on the latest with Lauren. Lorraine, Sometimes you have facts, sometimes you have details. Sometimes she has a little bit of everything. Well, it's the latest on the Breakfast Club. Well, speaking of sports and women in sports, you guys know that Taylor Townsend, tennis player and Yelena Ostempeco, I definitely said her last name wrong. Got into it on the court at the US Open the other day, and Taylor Townsend was called uneducated and classless by Yelena. So I have confirmed that currently the US Open is trying to figure out whether or not fines will be given here. Can you do a fine for trash talking? I mean, it was foul. Totally foul and totally wrong. I'm just curious. I don't know all the, all the, like, the definite what can. What cannot happen. What I was told exactly is that no fine has been assessed at this point. Shorty was talking crazy. She was. I mean, she lost. Yeah. But she's been fine before. Back in 2022, she was fine after a loss. She threw a racket at a chair and know she had to pay some money for that. So you know that. But let me tell y' all something, because also yesterday, Coco Golf won in her. Her second match. And it was a tough match for her because Coco G. Has had a lot of eyes on her. She recently switched coaches. There's just been a lot of pressure on her. So she broke down during the match and then after she got emotional, too, talking about just getting through it. There has been a lot of. And you know Maybe because I went this year, I feel I'm seeing it up close and personal. There's been a lot of black girl magic, brown girl, grinding energy at the US Open this year. The old girl chose the wrong year to get on the field and call black women uneducated, not classy. All the things. It's been like that for the last couple of years. I mean, I know that there's been like that since Serena Williams. Williams. What you mean? People coming at them for being. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Black girl magic. And the HBCU has been like that for the last couple years. I know that. Yeah. I did not know that. And I talked about that on the podcast. The Latest with Lauren LaRosa, too. Like, I want more people to get there, because it felt so good. But she chose the wrong. She chose the wrong. So yesterday, Coco Golf talked a bit about, you know, what her experience was on the court. I told y', all, she got a bit emotional, but she also showed love to Taylor Townsend. Let's take a listen. Yeah. No, I saw what happened at the end of the match, and obviously I'm close with Taylor, and I. I can tell you, well, the first two things that happened. Taylor always has warmed up at the net since juniors. I played her in a challenger, like, when I was 14, and that's what she did. And it's not against the rules. And then same thing with the LET core. Even though it's something that. That some people do, but she had a winner afterwards. And, you know, it's not. You know, it's not against the rules either. I mean, I know what was said after the match. I think it was a heat of the moment thing. And I think Yelena was probably feeling emotions after she lost. I do think that that shouldn't have been said. Knowing Taylor personally, she's the opposite of that. She's one of the nicest people that I ever met. So, yeah, I really hate to see that. You know, maybe this is some. Some of the first people hearing who Taylor Townsend is. And I don't want that to be the main focus of who she is. Cause she's a. She's a mom. She's a great friend. She's a talented tennis player. I'm gonna be honest with you. I don't even know no white tennis players no more. All the tennis players I know are black. Kawisha Parks, the Naomi Osaka, the Sloane Stevens, Taylor Townsend, Coco Goff. Yeah, but just say her name so people know. Taylor Townsend. Taylor Townsend. Taylor Towns. I want People to know her name. Not the young lady name. Who said that. The ignorant ish. We support Taylor. Yeah. And what I love about Taylor, too, is, first of all, she's definitely the wrong one to have done all this with because she ain't running from nothing. Not ducking from Chicago. She posted on her Instagram. Right. A photo of her at that. During that match. And the song, she put the knuck a few buck instrumental. And then it said, bta. Can we say that we're here? Yes. Yeah. She said belt to ass. Right? Right. People in the comments was like, dang, Never gonna have an HBCU day again at the US Open. Because people were. The crowd was going so crazy for her. She leaned into the energy. She wasn't running away from it whatsoever. Serena Williams laid that foundation. When Serena Williams crippled Crypt walk. Crypt walked. After. After. At a tennis match, she laid the foundation for all of this. Okay. Yes. And love it. And Venus was there this year as well, too. Yeah. How did you do? Did she win? I'm not for sure if she won or not. I know that she did her second one within one of her second matches. She wore all white to salute. To salute the 75 years of, you know, breaking barriers and all the things. But I don't know if she won that match or not, because it should be more HBCU days. I mean, they're getting a lot of eyes, a lot of attention. It's a lot of love. It's really. They do it every year. I DJ'd I last year, the year before. They have the bands come out and the bands be rocking, playing. And it's. I think Hampton did it, like, two years ago. So it's. I enjoy it every time I go, yeah. HBCU date is only. It was only one day. It was one day. You were right. They can't have it more. Yes. Than one day. Well, yes. Hopefully they will. We'll find out what happens if there's fines or if there's not. To answer your question, yes, Venus did win. Okay. Yeah. She. Venus wins a U.S. open during playing in the Women's Duck Rebels. Okay. Then we had. Don't. Thirteen hours ago. Okay. New Dawn Staley. Right fast. Okay, so real quick, more women's sports. Dawn Staley talks about potentially almost taking a wnba. Wnba, NBA job with the Knicks. Let's take a listen. I interviewed for the Knicks. It was the same interview that everybody else that was in their candidate pool, same thing, went in. I. I thought I did pretty well. I was well prepared for the Interview. If the Knicks would have offered me the job, I would have had to do it. Not just for me. It's for women just to break open that. And it's the New York Knicks and I'm from Philly, but it's the freaking New York Knicks. Yes. Would I take any NBA job? No. I will say this. The NBA has to be ready for a female head coach. You can't just interview somebody and say we're going to hire her. I would have loved that for Don. I would have loved it too. But I'm so glad that it didn't happen because that means she'll still be in South Carolina with us Gamecocks for another year. You know what I mean? I would have loved that for her, though. Okay. I would have loved it for New York. I thought, I thought it would have been dope. It would have broke barriers. She's a dope history. Oh, I would have loved it. We'd had to put it put out Uncommon Favor too immediately, period. Make sure you go get Don Staley's New York Times bestselling book Uncommon Favor, available everywhere. Books are sold right now. I need to get one more audio in. Because she talked about why they weren't ready for her and she's happy that it didn't happen because they weren't ready. Let's take a listen. I think I probably lost a job job by asking this question or I had a series of questions that I asked them. One was, I said, has the New York Knicks organization in its history ever had what you're looking for? They wanted a team. They wanted inclusiveness with management and the coaches and every wanted to feel like a team of, you know, a closely knit franchise. And the answer was really no. If you don't hire anybody different, how are you going to get. Get that? And then my other question was, if you hired me as the first female coach, how would it impact your daily job? Because it would. Because you're going to be asked questions that you don't have to be asked if you hire a male coach. There's going to be the media, there's going to be all this stuff that you're going to have to deal with that you, you didn't have to deal with and you don't have to deal with when you, when you hire a male. And then I, I felt, I felt the energy change after that. So I shot myself in the, in the foot by being a Leah, being inquisitive, asking all this darn questions. No, you did not. Okay. You did exactly what God wanted you to do, Don. And God wanted you to still be in South Carolina with the Gamecocks. Cuz we got another national championship to win this year. And speaking of South Carolina, this Monday at noon, myself and the Black Effect Podcast network are sponsoring a free day at the International African American Museum In Charleston, S.C. a mission is absolutely, absolutely free. Free, free. So I want everybody to pull up, gather your elders, gather your kids and come join us this Labor Day at the International African American Museum in Charlton, South Carolina at noon, 14 Wharf Side Street. Admission is free until they close on Monday. Love it. All right, that is the latest with Lauren. Now this is my last thing. No, we gotta go. I just want to say we gotta go. Venus Williams win was the first time she won a women's double since 2014 without Serena. It was a historic win because I wanted to make sure I said that. Yes, go ahead. I'm done. I promise. Go ahead. And we go. That is. That is ladies with Laura. Yes, it is. Thank you. Why she couldn't doing that you. Oh, who. What? You hate black men. Oh, you hate everybody. Oh my God. That was a terrible comeback. Okay, well, you hate everybody. See, that was horrible, man. Leave me alone. Don't tell me. Stop. You stop. Leave me alone. Donkey of the day is up next. If you want to give somebody donkey Charlemagne, open up the phone lines. On Friday, 800-585-1051 is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Wake up, wake up. You're locked into the Breakfast Club. It's your time to nominate a donkey of your own. Remember now, that's is how they choose. Call in now. 800-585-1051 don't get today for Friday, August 29th is the People's Donkey. Donkey. This is where we allow people to call in and give folks the credit they deserve for being stupid. So good morning. Who's this? So, man, it's Rashawn. Rashawn. Who you want to get the biggest donkey to? I mean, who you want to get the biggest he haw to this morning? To my job, the dispatch of my job. Whoever's making these routes, man, they killing me, man. What's the name? What's your job? I suppose this company, I ain't gonna put it out there because, you know, I need my job. But they need to fix the dispatcher, man. They gotta figure that out, man. They gotta driving crazy. Well, thank you for calling, brother. I'm going get him to Ducky today. All right? Yes, sir. Good morning. Who's this? This Is Karen. Hey, Karen. Who you want to give the biggest he haw to this morning? Oh, boy. Troy Taylor, Cincinnati, man. Damn. Who is Troy Taylor? What's up? Why you want to give him the biggest hee haw he? It says he was accused of felonious assault after allegedly having sex without disclosing his HIV positive status. Oh, yeah. He's 34 years old. This is 34. Oh, this is a public star. Yeah. Okay. Oh, you got to do the article. Okay. Okay. Yeah. Oh, I thought you were just calling up here to put somebody on blast. Like, you know, you went to the doctor and got a bad result. Yeah, another. Another one says, no, no. Yeah, no, you need to go to jail. Is he in prison now or jail? He. He has been arrested. He was arrested by Coleraine Township. Well, you guys see an article? Yes, he's been arrested. Yeah, he's arrested like you said. Call him in town. Should pick them up. Yep. That is a very well deserving he haw man. Thank you for calling. Good morning. Who's this? What's up, Breakfast club? Is J A from Indy. J A from Indy. Who you want to get the biggest he haul to J a. I'm giving Dr. The data has been men. The who has been men? You know, men could always talk about their past. I was just listening to David justice the other day talking about if I had to stay, me and Halle would still be married. I don't like men that talk about who they were because those dudes are wax. Oh, I get you. You're talking about the damn homie in high school, you with the man homies. But I mean, that is part of his life, though. He was married to Holly. I mean, you know. Yeah, but he was finessing us. We'd still be married if I was mature. Bro, we ain't trying to hear all that. David. What you got going on now? So I don't like as in men. Oh, I thought he said they would have still been together. She knew how to cook a clean. I messed that story up. He said that too, but he was like, if I was mature enough, we'd still be married. She would have dropped him eventually. I just don't like men to be flexing about. Why you mad at that man saying that if he would have done the work and he'd have been more mature, they probably would have still been together. That's probably true. This is his donkey. Let him give it. That is true. You're right. Thank you. Not taking my homie Charlemagne. And I could give it to Jerry. Jones. But I'm not. I'm just gonna ride to the man that has been. Yeah, let's not talk about that. But Jerry Jones is a has been man, too, though. God damn. Good morning. Who's this? This is Cairo from Facebook. How you doing? Peace. Cairo, who you want to get the biggest he haw to? Yeah, I gotta give it to everybody. The whole Breakfast Club crew. Crew, but especially DJ Envy. Wow. Let me tell you why. Okay, so Monday, Tuesday, I forget which one you did the donkey. You. You. It was for the Beef Bandit. All right, so. Yes, the Beef Bandit, the way y'. All. He had all that meat in his pants. Yeah, yeah. The way y' all all handled this situation was crazy, first of all. But DJ Envy made this slurp sound in the microphone. Listen. He made this slurp sound. I had my volume all the way up. That was crazy, Envy. But I don't understand why you upset that Envy likes to hear stories about men with a lot of meat in their pants. Like, why is that a problem for you? That's. That's not. Facts caught me off guard. I was on the way to work. I had my volume up. His mouth was watering. Uncomfortable. It made you uncomfortable that Envy was hungry? I don't get it. That explain it, though. That's. Look was me. I don't know why people get mad when gay. I understand it. I'm not gay. Charlemagne is gay. If I'm gay, Charlotte, gay. I'm not gay. You are gay. I know one thing. You ain't straight. That road got a little crooked. Yeah, your road is crooked, too. Thank you for calling, sir. Good, let's take one more. Good morning. Who's this? Hey, what's going on? This is Jimmy from the bx. Jimmy from the bx. You know, the craziest people in America, coming from the Bronx and all of. Jimmy. Absolutely, absolutely. But we got a heart. Listen, Charlemagne talks about accountability, and I gotta hold myself accountable. Okay, so you're giving yourself the biggest he hu. I'm giving it to myself, my brother. Okay, let's. Let's talk about it. All right? I was hanging out a couple weeks out in Brooklyn. Had a couple drinks, went down, pay my fare on the subway. I wanted for the HR platform. I took out my vape, I took a couple pulls. Next you know, the police show up. Yo, let me get your. Your license. You know, give me your summons. I'm like, my man, listen, I don't mind, you know, know summons, but you can at least give me a warning. He was like, Nah, you know, there's gonna make me on the train. Make a long story short, there's some YM's on the train. They're like, oh, gee, you're gonna take that from them? Yo, Charmaine, I went off on the cousin. Yo, you cuz, that's my D from the back. I was wilding. So you let the young. You let the. The Y ends gas you up. You your big girl, your big age. Let them young boys put your peer pressure you. You peer pressure me. You saw what I mean? But I called myself the next day and I was like, yo, I was wrong. So I apologize for, you know, for going off on the cuffs. That was it. I was just saying, like I said, I paid my fit. You got guys jumping the train, hop in the train. And you want to pull a little money for vaping. Did you get arrested? Did you get a ticket? Anything not to get arrested. You lucky I just got a summons. It was a ticket. You lucky them cops ain't beat your ass in front of them Y N's and all they was. Guess what? All they was gonna do is record you while you getting your black socks beaten. Beaten off you. Damn. Absolutely. But I had to hold myself accountable. And you know, the NYPD officer, you know, I apologize. That's my bad. Thank you for calling me. All right, Come on, man. You can't. You can't be a o and letting the Y peer pressure you into doing stupid stuff, man. Come on, brothers. But we do that every Friday. It's the people's donkey. You can call in and give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid. Also, you can go to the. The iHeartRadio app, tap Breakfast Club, and use the Talk Back feature as well. All right, when we come back, Miles Minick will be joining us. He's a Christian based artist. He has a new album via Doso, out now. And we're going to talk to him next. 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. La Rosa is here. Yes, indeed. We got a special guest in the building. We have Miles Minick. Welcome. Did I say your last name right? You did. You did. Yes, sir. What's good, man? I'm blessed and highly flavored, man. Man, it's a blessing to be here for sure. Happy to have you, man. You got an album coming out called today. Well, August 29th, called V. How you pronounce it? Via De La Rosa. I was listening to it the best way to describe it is a bunch of spiritual slaps. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Or like, slaps for the song, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, yeah. Do you think there's a ceiling on how well a Christian based artist. Artists can do in mainstream. No. Okay. No, I don't. I think. I think we could take it as far as anybody else could take it, because at the end of the day, it's. It's us talking about our real life experiences. You know what I'm saying? And rap is all about being authentic to yourself. And so for me, I'm being true to me. Like, I'm a kid from Cali. I'm a kid that fell in love with Jesus. You know what I'm saying? And so I mix all of that into the music. I want to know when that happened. Was it. Was it already in you as a kid growing up, or did something happen that says, nah, I'm gonna shift my life to for this? No, it was definitely. It was not in me when I was a kid. Like, church was never, like, a mandatory thing in my household, you know what I'm saying? Like, the. The most that we would ever do when it came to God was like, pray for our food. You know what I'm saying? So for me, I'll never Forget, I was 16 years old in the middle of a smoking session. I was a huge pothead. My friend Dante was like, hey, bro, nothing wrong with that burning bush. No, it's from the earth, man. God made it to you and me, Miles. I feel you. But it had a stronghold on me back then, so. So, like, I'll never forget, my friend Dante was like, bro, we should go to church right now. When y' all were high, mid smoking session, you went there like, we. That sound like a hot dog. Please talk us through this. Yeah, yeah. He said we should go right now. I'm like, like, for what? He's like, nah, you don't understand. Was it on a Sunday? It was a Wednesday night, so it was meeting Bible study. Yeah, yeah, for the youth group. He's like, yo, it's all the high school girls is there. You know what I'm saying? It be lit, like, trust me. Let's go. And so they talked me into it. How old were you when you 16? I was 16. I was 16. All the high school. I just want to make sure. Now I know why you in the Jesus. And so we got there, but the youth group was closed that night. So we went into the main service with the adults, and me being the main One who didn't want to be there. I'm like, on the edge of my seat, like, actually, like, listening and, like, tapped in. And I had no, like, prior experience to church, so I don't know the rules of it or nothing, but I know, like, I felt something I never felt before. And then the pastor did an altar call at the end. Out of this packed church, I was the only one to go to the front. Tears in my eyes. I don't even know why I'm crying. And then he prayed for me. And I literally felt like God took away one high, gave me a new one. And then I started to investigate what that feeling was. And that led me here now. Wow. Gotta thank the wheat. That's God, man. The weed is from the earth. You and your man got high and he got a cold calling, and he led you right where you needed to be. He said, you gotta thank the weed. It led you right where you need to be. Dang. Hey, God could use whatever he want to use. You know what I'm saying? You know what I'm saying? He gave you a new eye. So what did you start seeing with the new eyes? Well, a new high. Oh, new hot. A new high. New eyes too, for sure. But like, like. Yeah, no, I'm just wondering because I know, like, a lot of. A lot of times people say, like when people get baptized, for instance, or at least in black churches, when you get baptized, it's. It's Morgan Wood from the Black Information Network. 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Whether I'm in my feels, I've just had a breakthrough with my therapist or I've just had a really deep conversation with my siblings, or I'm in glam getting ready for an award show. I'm sharing my most intimate thoughts with you on the podcast. You guys know I always keep it real with you guys, but this time I'm taking it to the next level. Listen to Cheekies and chill on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcast, or wherever you get your podcasts. Supposed to be, like, okay, now I'm like, I can start fresh and I've repented and all the things. So I was wondering if you had that feeling of like, like instantly, here's some things I'm going to let go. Or like, what was the renewed feeling? Yeah. Yeah. So it was definitely a Process for me to like, let go of the old ways, you know what I'm saying? Because I was like the party dude. Like I would gather all my friends from the school, like, let's go to this function, let's go to the UOP or whatever. And so I would try to be on that same road, but I'll never forget. Like, I'll have like 30 people with me walking to a party and then I'm. I'll walk slower and slower and just like, like go home. Yep. You know what I'm saying? And I try to stay out of the streets because I had had like my appetite slowly but surely started to change after that day for sure. What's the difference between a Christian based artist and a gospel artist? I guess it depends, like if you want to get into like, like the, the worship, like, like singing type of music. I would say the gospel genre versus the Christian or ccm, which is a contemporary Christian gospel is more so like black church and CCM is more like, you know, evangelical. The white church. You know what I mean? So like Kirk Franklin is like gospel elevation worship is like ccm, you know what I mean? And your music, are you trying to. Because not even your visuals as well. I saw the, the video you put up. We were doing hyphae forgot. Oh yeah. Are you trying to like, do you, do you want to reach people who are already Christians, already believers, or do you use. You mix the medicine with the can to bring in people that, that you want to deliver and bring to the word? Like, what's your focus? Yeah, yeah. So definitely, like, I definitely want to reach people that believe what I believe. But I would say my main focus right now is recent folks that, that don't necessarily believe what I believe. You know what I mean? And, and that's why like everything that on my Instagram right now is, is tailored towards reaching people who don't have the same experiences as me as, as far as God is concerned, but may have the same like street experiences as me or like fan of hip. Yeah, yeah, for sure. And I, I felt so bad feeling like this, but when I went to your Instagram, I was like, like, he doesn't give what people would think when they hear Christian artists or, or gospel based artists. Like, but I have in my church, I got homies in my church that are like they Jordans and sneaker lovers and all that stuff. You know what I mean? But I think people have like this idea of like what a young Christian leader or whatever should be like. But you were Complete opposite aesthetic, everything. Yeah, yeah, for sure, for sure. I mean, like, I don't want to be something I'm not. You know what I'm saying? I want to be unapologetically who God made me to be. You know what I'm saying? I grew up in a one parent household. I grew up doing drugs, selling drugs, my brother in jail right now. You know what I mean? It's like the. The culture I grew up in is. It's hard to extract that from my DNA. So it's just. You get what you get. I was gonna ask what's your family dynamic like? Because you said you didn't grow up with God in the house as much. Correct. So are they big, Big shout outs? Shout out to pops, man. Yeah. The OG Jeff Minick Sr. West Pittsburgh, California. He's my biggest fan, for sure. He doesn't necessarily live the life that I live. He's still the OG out there. He about 60 right now, but still like going to them clubs. Yeah. All in a club and free. My brother Jeffrey, I think he'll be out in a couple weeks actually. How long you been down? He been down for a few years. Oh, wow. A few years. Yeah, yeah. You know what I'm saying? So, yeah, God has been working on him too, in themselves, so. Looking forward to that. What you want to play off the album? Let's play the Method Man. All right. Let's play the method man featuring E40 and Lecrae, man from the west of the world. Let's get it. And the album is out today. The album is out right now? Right now. We're still kicking it with Miles Minick. His new album Via Delaroso is out now. Who was your influences coming out as a. As a Christian rapper? Who was somebody like, I like the way he does it. Lrae. L was for sure. For sure. He was the pioneer of this whole lane and even taking it to the mainstream, like winning four Grammys, being the first one of us from our lane to be on Breakfast Club to have a number one album in 2015, like what we talking about. So to see, like the music is incredible, for sure. But even like the branding, the movement, him having a label, him putting on other artists, and it was an easy example to follow for sure. Y' all going on tour together, right? Yes, sir. It's a global tour, I think I heard. Yes, sir. Wow. Well, he's actually starting the global run right now. He going to Europe, Australia, Africa. I'm just doing the North American run. Okay, okay, okay. But yeah, we doing 30 plus cities in America for sure. October 1st. Wow. How did y' all meet? How did you and l me? Super crazy story. And so back in 2014, 2015, he was doing his Anomaly tour. He came to the Bay Area area, and I was determined to meet him, but I didn't have meet and greet money, and so I snuck by his tour bus and I waited by his tour bus for hours to meet him after he came out. And when he came out, I shook his hand. I was like, lecrae, you don't know who I am, but one day I' ma work with you. I'm gonna travel the world with you. I'm gonna learn from you, and I'm gonna make the same amount of impact on the world as you, but take it to higher heights. He yells security. No. He was like, I believe with you, young brother. And then seven years after that, he reached out to me to do music, not even knowing I was me that did that, that day. Did he remember after I told. Yeah. At the end of our video shoot for our first song, I'm like, remember that kid back in the Bay who like, yeah, that was me. He like, you lied. Oh, that was you. Oh, my God. And then, like, all his wheels started turning. But that's. That's a God story, bro. You can't make that up. You said you. You want to do something with Kendrick. When you heard Kendrick Shout out LaCrae and D1, did that feel like you was getting closer? For sure. For sure. Separation. We almost there. Like, he definitely watched. Like, if you know D1 and Craze, I know you heard one of my songs came down. I know it. And then me and Craig dropped the collab project. I'm like, oh, yeah. Like, it's. It's a matter of time. Matter of time. Do you see yourself as more of a pastor with a beat or. Or an artist who just happens to reach oo? I don't consider myself a pastor with a beat. A pastor is a heavy title. A pastor or somebody like you shepherd a flock like you're there, like. Like checking in on people and walking them through, you know, life, which I. I do. I guess I pastor a few people on my team, right? But pastoring Glow Nation, that's. That's a lot. That's a lot to do. So I consider myself a man of God with. With. With slapping beats. You know what I'm saying? Telling my story and reaching the world for sure. It's crazy, cuz I consider not. I. I don't consider you A pastor. But I. I feel like when artists make music that is in the gospel realm, you are. You have followers the same way a pastor would. It's just a different type of church. Yeah, yeah, yeah, for sure, for sure. You know, it's crazy. Before this, I was actually a youth pastor in the Bay Area. And so I really, really started to get into, like, this kind of music when I was in a church, just trying to turn the YouTube youth up, you know what I mean? But now I just do it just for the rest of the world. But I'm doing the same thing I was doing before, just on a larger scale. So in a way, you're definitely correct. For sure. Do you call other hip hop secular music? No. Okay. What do you call it? I don't. I mean, when I'm talking to, like, my Christian audience, I do, because that's what they understand. But typically I say mainstream or general market artists. I don't want to, like, alienate and put that title on them, like, because secular means without God. God. And a lot of these artists aren't without God. They have them. They just have a different art form, expression. So how do you draw from mainstream hip hop and culture while still turning it into something that's like holy and redemptive? I mean, I'm with. I'm within it. You know, I'm saying I'm within the mainstream culture now, and I'm also within the church. And so when I'm making music, you get the best of both worlds. Worlds without me, without me compromising either. You know what I'm saying? Like, when you hear my music, it's on that level that you hear on the radio. And it's also something that the church could appreciate and slap. Like, I'm not breaking the, I guess the rules of. Of the church or disrespecting the Bible. I'm honoring the Bible and making stuff good enough to hear on a global level. You feel pressure at all, you know, because a lot of people, I'm sure, follow you, listen to you, because they feel like. Like your story is closer to theirs. Right. They came from a certain place, they did a certain thing. And, you know, people make mistakes. But then when people look at the church, sometimes they feel like a pastor acts like they're holier than thou and what they should do. And then, you know, when they pull the curtain back, it's like, this pastor just cheated on this one. Or this pastor just did this. This pastor did that. So does that give you any way of, like, any pressure with what you do in life outside of the music, personal, the way you walk, etc, I mean, with, with platform comes pressure for sure. And I definitely don't want to be the next person to temper somebody's faith by a certain mistake that I could fall into. But I mean, you know, we all have temptations and I got the same amount of temptation as any anybody else with a platform or anybody else, period. But what keeps me, what keeps me grounded with the right perspective is having the right ones around me with safeguards. Like my tour manager has my hotel key, all my, every member on my team has the passwords to my phone. Like, my team has my social media logins. Like, they know what's happening, they know what's up. Because I, I, I don't want to fall into that. So there is pressure, but I think it's healthy pressure. Were you, were you the first Christian act to be booked at Rolling Loud? For sure, for sure. So let me, let me, let me give the context to it. So there was a Christian rap set in Miami before my set. But, but that set was more like Sunday morning dj. I don't know why I'm drawing a blank. He's the official dj. Everyone allowed shout out to you, bro. He books like eight Christian rappers to come out during his set. So that happened. But as official, like, I'm going Rolling Loud, I'm going to book a Christian artist for a full set. Yes. Los Angeles, California. Yeah. In March. And that thing went crazy. Is it DJ 5 Venom. 5 Venoms. Yeah. Shout out to 5 inners, man. What role do you think Christian rap plays? My last question, what role do you think Christian rap plays in bringing, I guess, the church to the streets? Are, are you trying to bring the streets to the church? Like, what? I don't want to say all the Chris rap. This is your music in particular. Yeah, yeah, yeah. By. I think my music takes the church to the block. With the intention of bringing the block to the church. Yeah, for sure. Like, like when you hear my music, man, I'll be, I'll be driving around through la, through the bay. I'll be hearing my stuff through every neighborhood, bro. Like slapping in the truck. Stockton, Richmond. Like, it's reaching them, but with the intention for them to, to get closer to God. God. You know what I'm saying? So that's what it is for us. Yeah. I mean, it's almost impossible for you to be judgmental because of, because of how you. That's right. Got bought to God. Yeah. Smoking that weed. You know what I Mean, for sure. Like, I get it. Like, I understand people's struggles, people's stories. Like, I lived it. And a lot of my family is still living it. You know, I'm still in it in a lot of ways. And so, hey, love God and love people. Not just people. Well, Miles, we appreciate you for joining us. And the album is out today. The album is out right now, Via Dolorosa. But I'm not, so. That's right. It's mouth minute. It's the best. What does that mean anyway? Yeah, Vita Rosa. It translates to the pathway or the sorrowful road. It's literally the road that Jesus walked on when he's carrying his cross. Are you Mexican? I. I am ethnically ambiguous. You know what I'm saying? Shout out to my Mexicans. But I'm not Mexican. I'm half black, half white. Why you don't ever say Jesus Christ? Just because. Jesus Christo. Jesus Christo. I do, I do. Okay, yeah, yeah, we got, we got Jesus Christo hats and all of that popping off. But yeah, I see, I just realized that's Jesus testimony with the new. You see that? Realize that's Jesus on the cross. New York. That's all. Look, I'm. Look, give me your mail in address. I'm going send you a pack. Goes for sale somewhere people can get them. Christlikecollection.com and we got a pop up today in San Francisco. Let's get it. Word. Miles Minick. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Yay, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. It's time for Pastor Oaks. Yeah, dj, come spin now. Come spin. What's up, Nyla? What's up, guys? How you doing, Big Nyla? Nyla Simone. What's happening? Ah, nothing much. I just wanted to say really like this. The sweatsuit on. You really like your glasses. This is plain. Thank you. And this is messy vision. Nice salute to plains. Tell everybody. Get the messy visions very fast. Messy visionoutwear.com Natalie. Yes. Tell everybody why you spinning the ring? That's not Envy with the shameless plug. Go ahead, plug it in. All right, well, today I'm about to plug you guys with a few new joints. I want to start with this R B record from a new R B artist named Nali. She's from Brooklyn. She dropped a tape last week called I Love Nali, but it's, it's like Janae Equal type R. Oh, dope. Like, but this record's called All Day. That's hard. I like that. I like that little vibe. It gets better. The beat drops, but, you know, it feels like it could have been an intro for the Cosby Show. Yes. I'm screaming. I like it. Cool. All right. I love that. Okay, good. So definitely. Check out Noli. Her biggest record is actually the single called Crossfaded, but that's just my favorite one off of the tape. Next, I'm gonna go into this YG and Leon Thomas record. It's called Lovers and Friends. They actually did a music video for it, too. That's pretty fire. But I like. I like the bounce in this song. I like it, Leon. That's hard. Let me ask a question. If a man asks me that, though, how do you respond? If a man say, all we love is all we friends, what do y' all say? Oh, I. I just like the question off the rip. We love us all we friends. I love the question. What. If a man ask you that, what do you reply back? I'm not gonna lie. A guy has sent me the R. Kelly record. Homie, lover, friend. And I stopped talking to him. Homie, lover, friend. Oh, like you all three. Yeah. You don't like that. You don't like being this homie's lover in his friend? No. Because you wasn't. No. Just if you gotta ask a girl that, she probably just got you in her phone as best eater or something. You know what I'm saying? Probably. Yeah. Don't be putting no labels on me like that. We're dating or we're not. Ain't no homie lover, friend, personally. Tough tune, though. Tough tune, Leon. Yes, I love that. Okay, cool. Leon never missed for me. That's a fact. He's on a roll right now. So next I want to get into this Oswald Benjamin joint. He dropped the project about a month ago. I've been sitting with it. And this takes a village record. I really. I love the. The messaging in this record, but this one's my favorite. Like, I gotta hear it again. I gotta hear more of it. Yeah, I want to hear the whole song sounds sonic. Okay. Okay. Shout out to Osborne. And then my last New York. Yeah. Okay. Shout out to Oswald. And then my last record is, of course, off of Joey's new tape. Now, I didn't get to sit with the projects, so I don't really have any thoughts on the full album yet. But this super flea record I thought would be great for radio. Featuring Brie Steves. It's giving. I. I like it. Joey. Badass whole tape. Tough lonely at the top. I don't know why we still call them tapes, but yes, Joy. Badass. Whole project is super tough. Lonely. At the top. It gives. It's Daddy, it's not the day. It's Daddy, it's not the day. Right? Yeah. Salute to Joy. It's fire. Also, at first when I saw the COVID art, I was like, I don't understand this, like, cover art. But he did, like, a post yesterday explaining the COVID art and how it's like, abstract art. The eyes, like, are they blue eyes or is it looking at the sky? I think I'm doing a bad job paraphrasing it, but just read the caption because it's deeper than just what it looks like. Word. Well, my favorite one was the first two. With Nali. Yes. And Leon. Nali and Leon. Okay, cool. Gonna find them. Noted. I'm gonna send it to you. Thank you. And if you guys want to find those records as well, make sure you guys follow me on the gram at Nyla Simone on my website or on certifiedvibe.com. the playlist is right there, and all those songs you can hear are there. And then on my last note is next week, I got that event with static select the and 9th Wonder, and Rob Markman. Shout out to Rob. He's been having a crazy busy week, but we'll be in there for the eco and then also I'm going to be joining 85 south on tour. So, yeah, meet me in Detroit. I'll be in Detroit on the 6th, so I'm excited. Yeah, Big Nyla, not the little one. Yes. Salute to Joey Badass. All right, now when we come back, we got the People's Choice mix. We throw it back on a Friday. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. You're checking out the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ and V. Just hilarious Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. I want to salute to everybody out in Virginia. I'm gonna be in Virginia all weekend long. Salute to Pusha T family. Antonio. They do the cousins festival, and I'm gonna be out there for the cousins festival on Saturday. And then Friday, I'm gonna be hanging out with Jess at Juan's Mexican Cafe. Of course you will. Not just ain't gonna be there, but I will be at Juan. Trying to be at Juan's Mexican Cafe Friday night. And then Saturday, of course. Course it is the cousins festival out in the 757. So I can't wait to see y' all out in Virginia. That's right. Salute to Va. And I want to remind everybody, man, this Monday at noon, I have a gift for the low country. Charleston, South Carolina. If you are off on Monday, pull up to the International African American Museum in Charleston because it is free, okay? Starting at noon until they close, it will be free. All you have to do is show up. There's no catch. It's sponsored by myself and the Black Effect podcast. Next network. We're sponsoring a free day at the International African American Museum. Admission is free. Free, Free, free, free. So I want everybody to gather, your friends and family, go get a bunch of kids, whoever you want to bring, and come to the International African American Museum this Monday, Labor Day, starting at noon. Everybody gets in free. Courtesy of myself in the Black Effect podcast network. We got a salute to Jamie Harrison for joining us this morning. Salute to former chair of the Democratic National Committee, Jamie Harrison for pulling up. Make sure you check out his new podcast at our table. And go check out his documentary in the Bubble. Man, you know, Jamie ran for senator of South Carolina, and, you know, we documented the whole process, and I executive produced it. It's called in the Bubble. So go find that wherever they be screaming stuff. All right? And also, Miles a minute Christian, based off how you look at me like that, yo, that is so ghetto. But you produced it. What you mean? It is wherever you can scream stuff. Oh, my God. So it's on tv. It might be on tubing. Oh, my God. No, it might be on tubing. It's definitely on pbs. That I know. Nice. Yes. But you can also go to. In the book, you go to jamieharrisondocumentary.com to watch it as well. How about that? Go to jamieharrisondocumentary.com and also miles Minick for joining us, man. Salute to my guy, Miles Minick, man. His new album, how you say it? Via Dorosa, Via del Rosa. I like how you become the go to for all things Mexican, period. And get your Messy Vision at MessyVision. I wear com. The glasses that I'm wearing right now are called the Eltons. You can get those for 20% off using the promo code WAKEWA K E. I love you, Breakfast Club listeners. Y' all have driven my sales up. Okay? So I'm gonna restock soon. You may go on the website. You may see that a lot of them are out of stock. But that's thanks to y'. All. Thanks to y'. All. So depending on these turfs, we'll be restocking or we will not. But I love you guys. Make sure you visit the website Messy vision. I eyewear.com to pick out your glasses. And Baltimore next weekend. I'll be there for not two days, but three. Not four shows, but six. Just official dot com. Get your tickets. Me and Desi Alexander will be at Baltimore Comedy Factory. See y' all next weekend. Dummies. Charlamagne, you got positive note? I do. And it's simple, man. 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