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FULL SHOW: The Breakfast Club Reacts To J. Cole's 'The Fall Off’ + DaBaby, Pastor Michael Todd & Natalie Todd Interview
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Generated Assets is an interactive analysis tool. Output is for informational purposes only and is not an investment recommendation or advice. Complete Disclosures available at public.comdisclosures wake you up. Wake that ass up. Program your alarm to power 105.1 on iheartradio. 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. Jeff Solaris. Wake that ass up. Charlamagne, the Garden. Peace to the planet is Friday. How y' all feel out there? I feel blessed. Black and highly favored. Happy to be here another day to serve our beautiful listeners. Good morning, Jess. Hilarious. I absolutely love your sweatshirt. And you know that already. Absolutely know. That's why I got it. That's where you got it? Yes. This is the same Harriet Suman picture that's hanging up in his house as soon as you walk in the foyer. It's bigger than anything in this house. So. Yeah. And then the back. Look at the back. Okay. What brand is that? You know? No, one of my fans made it for me. That's hard. In honor of Black History Month. Black History Month. Really, really dope. You ask Little Du Cing, too. Who? Harriet Tubman. Harry Tman. Yeah. You know, she from Baltimore. I know that. Yeah. She's from Baltimore. Oh, no, I didn't know that. Didn't know. Did I know that? I don't know. I didn't know that. I know. I never thought about where Harry told me it was from. Yep. Tell B that so we can tell the people. Yes, it is Black History Month. Salute to everybody. Of course. You know, this weekend at American Dream Mall, I'm doing our family reunion. It's a free event all weekend long. Well, I should say 11am on Saturday to 7pm there's gonna be a host of things. There's gonna be panels, there's gonna be discussions, performances. We're gonna be double Dutching it. The Double Dutch crew bringing teaching kids how to do double Dutch. They're gonna be doing expungement. So teaching people how to get things off of their. Oh, that's cool. Their record. Well, you can't do that on your own. You gotta. Yeah, it's panels. Different panels. It's different panels where they're gonna be talking, helping people. There's gonna be an HBCU panel talking about HBCU schools. Fetty Wap is gonna be talking about being in the industry with a disability and how that has affected him. Zeddi Will is gonna be. Of course, he's a young kid. He's. He's doing amazing out there. He's gonna be talking about how he went from the stream of life to an artist. And I think what you're doing is amazing. But will you be explaining why, as a Dominican, you're doing this during Black History Month when it is also Dominican Heritage Month as well? Why aren't you doing anything for your people? Oh, it is. I'm not Dominican. I am black. So it's a free event. So come on out. It's 11 to 7. I got some. Some dance classes, some. Some black owned dance schools. They'll be dancing. My kids will actually be dancing. So if you wanted to see this, the. You know the snippet I posted online, they'll be doing the full dance. There's gon fun, man. It's gonna be a. A huge family reunion. Black owned ven. They gonna be doing bacheta. What's it called? Redata. Bachata. Bachata. No, Brooklyn is doing Tina Turner and London is doing the young lady. The. The young black girl that spoke. I did the poem at Joe Biden's inauguration. I can't think of her name. Can't think of the young lady's name, but she did a poem. And my daughter does a dance too, and she could piece to that. That. That poem. So it's gonna be a lot of fun. This cultural appropriation is crazy, but you need to put up your 23andMe African ancestry results before you start. Yo shit. Because this don't even feel right. Okay, I'm not mad. I'm not talking to you. I'm not talking to you now. Today on the show from the Carolinas, the baby will be joining us. 704baby has a new album called Be More Grateful. We'll talk to the baby ain't going on tour. Y' all make some noise. Oh, my God. Come on. It's too early in the show for the audience. They made noise. People listening in the car. I didn't know you wanted the room to make noise. Yeah, because I'm excited. I'm excited to see him back on the stage. Yes. That's my guy, man. Salute to the baby and Pastor Michael Todd and Natalie Todd will be joining us. You know the movie Relationship Goals that Method man and Kelly Rowland star a Star in is based off Pastor Todd's book that's Relationship Goals, how to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex. So he'll be here to talk about that also. Furthermore, I want to tell y', all, don't call up here with no J. Cole reviews. That album came out five hours ago and 41 minutes long, so ain't no way you can't dive into it. You can't dive into it. No, you. It's just too soon. I woke up this morning. Nyla, go text me. You listening? I look at the time. It was 12:04. What make you think your UNC is up at 1204 listening to J. Or any rap music? Like how this. How dare you disrespect me? Like, yeah, I drove. I drove in listening to it, and I couldn't get past. It was eight songs. Eight, nine songs. Because you don't have much time, you know? I mean. Well, it's 12. The first track is 12 songs. 12 songs. The first 12. I listened to the first one. But I don't want to hear no reviews. I'm not giving no reviews. How can you give a review and you only heard half the project? Yeah, I'm sure. Trav, that calls. I'm sure he heard it. I'm sure he heard it four or five times. Absolutely. I don't want to hear them either, because they still got a little. Never mind. Stop it. Stop it. I started to say a word. I couldn't even think of a pleasant word to say. Well, don't think it. We're gonna play something off the album right now. This is who the F is. You all right? Here it is right now. He samples Mob Deep. Drop a gym. Drop a gem. Yes, he does. The Breakfast Club. Good morning. Front page news is next. Morning, everybody Is DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy we are the Breakfast Club. That was off of J. Cole's four. Once again, no calling here with no reviews. That album just came out five hours ago, and it's an hour and 41 minutes. I only got to listen to disc one. I don't want to hear none of y' all reviews yet because y' all ain't even. Give it a chance to sit. Okay, Give me. Give it a weekend. They're so excited down here. Give it a weekend, man, before you jump out the window with your reviews. Okay, well, let's get in some front page news this Sunday Super Bowl Sunday. All right. The game is at 6:30. Seahawks versus the Patriots. 6:30 is game time, Eastern time. They're playing in Levi's Stadium on the west coast in the Bay Area. So we'll see who y' all got. Who you got? Who you got? Patriots, Charlotte. I don't give a damn. It's another year. My Cowboys not in it. I could care less. You should be used to it by now. I got Bad Bunny. That's who I got. Go ahead, Bad Bunny Patriots. That Bunny gonna win the Super Bowl. That's the real. That's the real battle. Bad Bunny versus Ice. Yeah, that's gonna be the real battle. Who gonna win that battle? Who gonna win that? Mimi, what's up? Mimi, good morning. I have a Seahawks. It's close to Alaska, So Seattle, Alaska. There's nothing close to Alaska. So is that the team that everybody in Alaska likes? Like they all go for the Seahawks because. Exactly. The team and everybody. Yep. So we'll see what happens. Go Seahawks. How are you, Mimi? Mimi. Mimi's been in Minnesota all week, on the ground, doing investigative journalism. Boots on the ground in Minnesota? What happened there, Mimi? Yes, I have been on the ground in Minnesota all week long. I spoke to a lot of different people. But this morning we're going to play some of the interviews from some of the people that I spoke to, including Attorney General Keith Ellison. I sat down with him one on one. He's also running for reelection. We went to a few polling places, and so I want to play you some of what we spoke about. I spent the last several days, as I said, with him, and I began by asking him about the pressure this operation is placing on the city. I'm talking about Operation Metro Surge and how it's stretching resources and forcing local agencies to respond in ways they weren't prepared for. Let's listen to that answer. They're costing our state money. They're hurting our economy. And so I sued over this. If you take Camp Pam Bondi's letter, she wrote a letter to our governor saying, turn over these items, including your voter information, and maybe things can go back, the chaos can end. And we're like, okay, so this is what this is all about. I am in litigation with the Department of Justice on every item she demanded from us. Basically, what the federal government is saying, what they cannot get through a court, what they're not legally entitled to receive from a court, they're just gonna stick a gun in our face and say, hand it over. Damn. That's what's going on. And I know your listeners are like, oh, come on, Keith, you're being dramatic. No, they're not just dropping one gun in our face. They're dropping 3500 guns in our face. So I say to anybody across America, they may not be gangster in your neighborhood right now, but they will be because Trump and them gave them in the big ugly bill this summer, $75 billion plus another 10 with no guardrails. Yeah, but no gar worlds. And so also from there, we talked about accountability, specifically whether the state has any legal pathway to pursue action after the death of Renee Good and Alex Preddy. I know a lot of people have been asking, what can the state do? And he wanted you guys to know it's limited. But here's what he had to say. I think the federal government is engaged in a cover up, and I don't say that lightly. So if you talk about the Renee Good matter, they refused the state investigators access to the scene. They thereby trampled the scene and undermined it. Then they took possession of things like bullet casings, the gun and the car. The president, vice president, and the Secretary of Homeland Security exonerate Jonathan Ross and call the victim a domestic terrorists. What can you conclude other than they do not want anyone, including the state, to get to the truth? Look, as a prosecutor, I'm not at liberty to say everything that we're doing, but I can tell your audience this. There is no statute of limitations on murder. Number two, there is no absolute immunity for federal agents who commit crimes in a state. State authorities can prosecute anyone who commits a crime in the state, including federal authorities. So, so basically, when, when they, when they get back in power at a federal level, there will be consequences and repercussions. Pretty much that's exactly what he's saying. And we also went over broader concerns, whether the administration's actions are crossing constitutional lines, the freedom of press, and what ordinary people can do if they believe that those freedoms are under pressure. Let's listen to that. If he doesn't, if they don't have to deal with rule of law and they don't have to deal with elections and they don't have to deal with the Constitution and Trump doesn't have to deal with any court system or Congress. And this is what we call dictatorship, authoritarianism. And I, and I'm a little worried that we're not quite coming to grips with what it is that we're facing. And even if we do accept that's what we're facing, we need to, we need to be much more aggressive in countering that. And how do we do that, though? Well, I think the Free Independent Media Breakfast Club is very important. You can't do anything about that, which you don't know anything about. And so, you know, you guys over there at Breakfast Club doing a great service by just making sure people know what's happening. So that is critical. That's why all of us gotta be real nervous about what happened to Don Lemon and to Georgia Ford. And which is why, Mimi, I gotta tell you, I think it took a lot of guts for you to come to Minnesota, walk around, ask people some questions, you know, you're a threat. Because Trump wants everybody to believe that Minnesota is just full of bad people doing bad things. It is the federal government that has created unsafe circumstances in Minnesota. Attorney General Keith Ellison speaking. Quite. Plane drop on the clue, Ellison. I love that. Like, yeah, I know exactly what we're facing. It is authoritarian strategy. You know, it is. It is leaning heavy on fascism, but I just feel like we should be doing more except talking about it. You know what I mean? More like what, though? I don't know. That's my point. You did. That's what I asked him. You know, he's. He's. He said, get out the message. And he also said, of course, protest peacefully and, you know, and keep telling people what's going on until, you know, basically those powers switched. But he said they are collecting evidence. They are doing what they can do from the state point of view. And, you know, the time will come. He said they haven't forgotten. They're still. No matter what people think, they're still. Still doing their own investigation. So. All right, great job. Mimi. Yes, Mimi, did you text more. Did you text Jess when you got home? You know, she's very concerned. Okay, we have more at seven. We also, we're going to hear from Georgia Ford and Dr. Nakima Levy Armstrong. She was the organizer of that church protest. We'll talk about that in the next hour. All right, everybody else, get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need to vent, the number again is 1-800-585-105. No J. Cole reviews. The album just came out. Five hours, two hours long. I bet you, Travis, the first person. I bet you, Trav, is the first person on the line. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. This is your time to get it off your chest, Whether you're mad or blessed. I hate the way that you walk, the way that you talk. I hate the way that you dress everything with me is blessed. Call up next. 800-585-1051. Not just me. I'm with the culture feeling. Hello? Who's this? It's Tisha from Texas. Happy Friday. I'm reading something Tisha says you bought a portable bidet. Yes, I did, and it has changed my life. Like, I love a regular bidet, but the portable one gets all in the front and the crevice. It's just great. Hold on. School me on that. Now carry it with you. Like, how does that work? Yeah, I got it on Amazon. And you unpack it and, you know, it has a couple of little gadgets you put together. USB charge. The key is warm water. Oh, my God. So you got to put your own water in it? Yes, yes. So, you know, like, if you're traveling and you're at a hotel or whatever, that may not have one, or if you're at home in a bathroom, one of your mini bathrooms that you may have that may not have one, you just kind of, you know, unscrew the bottom, put the warm water in there, and it has two buttons. One is like a regular one, and the other one is a high button. I'm not gonna lie. I might. I might do that. Because, you know, when I be here at work, man, and I use the bathroom here, I'll be feeling so poor, you know? Yeah. Okay. Well, this is ideal for you. What? That's because you take all your clothes off once you use a bidet. Like, it's hard to go back after you got the. That's right. You cannot go back. It's like, the best thing. But you gotta carry that with you all day long. I don't care. It's worth it. Because I want to. But it's compact. It's not big at all. Right. It probably comes in a. I don't know about that. No, I'm. I'm telling you, it's. It's real envy. If you try it, you'll be like, t shirt from Texas was right, man. Let me ask you a question. So the. The. The. The. The. The part that shoots water up your butt, right? You got to put it on the toilet seat or do you hold? Nah. You thinking about something I'm looking at? Are you. You talking about like, the little Travel Portable bidets, right? Yes. Portable. Yes, the Travel Portable bidet. I'm looking at it now. I think I might do that. How do you shoot it up? Like. So what, do you set it up so it shoots up in your Butt. It's a button envy. You put it. It's two pieces. You put it together. You put the water in there. You put it together, and there's a button, and you can tilt. Tilt it. It's like handheld, like a wand almost. Yeah. It's like, you know when you're playing basketball, when they squirt the Gatorade. Yeah. It's like, that expensive. But it has been a game changer. And for women that. It's that time of month, and you're like, not at home. It'll get everything for you. I literally was about to ask you, how much was it? It's cheap. $10. Yeah. They got one that target for 26. Okay. Yeah. Okay. I'm telling y', all, I love y'. All. And you know what? It's gonna be 80 degrees here today. So jealous. She in Texas. Texas. Dallas. Yes. Okay, bye. Next year. I'm trying to do it this year, but it's difficult to get. Yes. I want you to come. Indy, we need you here. Yeah, I'm trying to. I'll figure it out. Me and Baby gonna figure it out. Who the hell is Baby? DJ Baby. Baby calling June Baby. No, man. Baby the dj. Hello? Who's this? Y' all just show up in the Bronx. Sean from the Bronx. You heard? What's up? Good morning. All right. Good morning. Good morning. I know what I'm gonna say. A lot of people are not gonna like, okay. But I'm being honest, all right? People being mad at ice, it's crazy to me. I think it's crazy that we got people out here really fighting for illegals to be in our country. And I know they all not bad. I get that. But there are some here that. I mean, bottom line is, if you're not here illegally, you're not supposed to be here. So the fact that, oh, Snow Biden was letting anybody just come and dance across. They was literally on video, like, celebrating coming into this country illegally. I think that that's crazy to me. So anybody who's fighting for illegal, I will never understand their mind frame because they're coming into our neighborhood. They're taking our charges. I don't know what people think. I can speak from experience. They're coming and taking our charge. They're coming in our state. So a lot of people that's defending them, they engage in communities on homes and houses and places where they're not dealing with these illegals. But I'm sorry. I support ice. I hope they support as many as they can, because it's crazy how they came into this country. Can I offer. No. I know it's not a popular opinion, but I don't understand how anybody support that. Can I offer a different perspective? Okay. I don't think that's the conversation. I think that we all know we need border security. People do need to be in this country legally. But I think the problem that folks are having with ICE is when you see ICE doing unconstitutional things. When you see ice, you know, killing people like Alicia Good in the street or Alex Purdy in the street or, you know, coming into your house without a warrant, I think that is what people are concerned about. I don't think people are concerned about, you know, actual border security and removing illegals from this country, the actual criminals. I don't think people have a problem with that. Well, take it a step further, Sean. How many friends do you have that are from Caribbean descent or Spanish descent? A lot. A lot of those friends. A lot. And you know what? My little friends, nine times out of 10, their parents weren't born here in the country, in America. You know that, right? I mean, I ain't gonna lie. One of my closest friends at work, he came from Cuba illegally. He went to Guantanamo and all that. So I had a heart for them. I grew up with people that I'm from here, don't get me wrong. Mexicans and people from, I don't know, Africa, they don't even care. They don't care. If you're not born here, they grab you. So some of your friends that you grew up with, some of your friends, parents ISIS grabbing anybody that wasn't born in this country, sir. But they get checked and then they found to be okay, then that's fine. Why are we fighting people? In my opinion, they're fighting for our country. Once again, y' all missing the whole point. We just don't want law enforcement violating our civil liberties. That's what that is like. We want ICE to do their job. Yes. We need border security. We want people to be in this country legally. We just don't want law enforcement enforcement violating our constitutional rights. All right, when we get it off your chest. Now let's get to the latest with Laura. Chicken Little ball horn leghorn. What did you ask for when you walked in? I'm just curious. No, I just was there for a wash, a touch up, and a curl. And Q was like. And Q said, you know what? Jermaine Jackson, shut up. That's what Q said. Let's. He said, let's try some styles. You Never do styles. I was like, I really don't. I like it. And then he started. I was like, not really sure. And I was like, we'll give it a day and we'll just see. I texted him at 6:13 and said, I don't think this is the one. I like it though. I'm gonna tell you why I don't like it. Because your energy gives Chicken Little. You always act like the sky is falling, so why not have a cockadoodle handle? I like it. I like it. Just don't roll the window down when you drive it, cuz it's going to fly right off. No, this is not. The tracks that are in here are in here, baby. They ain't going nowhere. They giving that big baby the boxer. Remember? He was just here this week. That's like a lace front. This is my hair with hair in between with anything. She said I'm gonna give her some Chicken Little and some Jermaine Jackson. I like it. Please stop. No, he said. What did he say? It's giving Monica. I feel like he said something. Halle Berry said something about Halle Berry. Mimi, why you bracing yourself? Because I feel like I need to jump in, but I'm. I'm through the computer. Oh, I thought it was my hair. What you think, Mimi? No, Mimi like it. What do you think, Mimi? I love it. Thank you. Thank you, sis. I appreciate it. I love it too. Anything you love, I don't like. I don't. I don't love it. I don't like it. What we going to report on? Not spend the whole day about my hair. We got two segments today. Came in here like this. I don't like it. Okay. I don't like it. All right. On the day that Jermaine dropped the album called Fall off, he just said, you know what? Give me until 7am Is Jermaine all right? We got the ladies with Laura coming up. What we talking about? Yeah, we gonna talk about jcole as much as we can. Y' all got through the whole project. No, I heard y this morning. No, only for a s. Every time you turn around, I just be want to sing. I'm leaving. I'm gonna be Michael, you. Cool? Yeah. I'm not dumbing myself down. I'm being myself. I'm the home girl that knows a little bit about everything and everything. Little brown girls look at you and go to be like you. Take me through that. Take me through there. She going the latest with Take Me through there on the Breakfast Club. Ll talk to me. Okay. Y' all. So the falloff is here. So this is JCOLE's eighth album. It's supposed to be his last. And he keeps, you know, letting us know that. And to be honest with y', all, I mean, okay, I know you ain't got no JCOLE review. That album is an hour and 41 minutes talking. I am three songs short of listening to the fool, but I do feel like this is something to listen to a couple times before you can do, like, an accurate review. Absolutely. But so far, my first thought in getting through that far is I understand why he doesn't want to be a part of this stuff anymore. Right. Because I. I feel like. So J. Cole, when he dropped the track list, he. Because he's been writing letters to the fans explaining certain things. Yeah. So in the letter that he wrote when he dropped the track list, he talks about how some of these songs are older and, like, he had, like, this whole wall of, like, magazines. Right. And he talks about his hip hop inspirations and, like, 50 Cent, Eminem, Common, RZA, like, all these people, Right. All people who never ran from a rap before. But in the, in the. On the project, he starts out on disc 29 notes, I heard. I think it was. You say you got through this 29, right? The first disc. That's the first one. Yes. On the first disc, he's like. You can tell. It's like younger him. And he. He's growing up through things, but he's idolizing so much stuff. And by the time I get that, I thought that he was just paying homage to Fayetteville. I actually love that he leaned into Fayetteville. Yes. He's speaking from a now perspective. Yes and no. Because he goes back into times where, like, he's in the clubs hollering at girls and, like, just different things. He's at let outs, like, things that he wouldn't be now, but also him visiting now, too, as jcole. And kind of the irony of, I was here and I wanted to do all this stuff, and now I'm back, and the way that you guys look at me and the things that I thought I was going to be able to do, I can't even really fully achieve it, but it's just like, it's just like the heroes that I looked up to. So I grabbed some songs that I, I, I felt like were worth, you know, at least playing on the, on the radio. But I do think you have to listen to this a few times. But I get it. If I was JCole, I would leave Y' all alone too Think pieces with no thought. Because the album came out at midnight. I didn't get what you got for me. Everybody forgot that he went back to Fayetteville, and some of the things that he's seen that gave him inspiration, it's just not there anymore. But he was talking as a now that's what I got from it. And then he talks about different situations, like, you know, how people switched up on him. Like the letter that. You know, which is like the. The one love letter from Nas where three of his peoples is writing him notes, and he's talking about the. You know, how people changed up on him and how people are still in this corner. So that's how I took it as. Yeah. What's that one song? That's that song. Bunch of road Blues. He's like, I'm riding through the streets I grew up in. Yeah. Now. But I think I. I think again, I think everything is open for interpretation. I definitely think you got to listen to this a couple times. But there's also. So I have. Let's listen to Bombs in the Ville. I. I just. I love how he leaned in the Fville though. Yeah. Project. Because I just heard. Heard the first disc and I haven't heard it at all. It's a lot. And even though you listen, you have to go behind. And that one seems like he's talking to his younger self, saying he didn't make mistakes. Look at these kids. These kids appro. That you are doing well. That's what that seemed like. He FaceTimed his younger self in that song to have a conversation with himself. And. And even in that song, I feel like. And this is why I talked about the younger him. I feel like there was something that I think he thought he would cure by becoming like this big rapper. And at times it feels like he has done. And at times it feels like he hasn't. I want to. It's a music video. No, he says it. He says that he FaceTimed himself. I want to get in before we have to wrap up the 39 intro. So this is the song that starts off the second half of the project. I know one thing. I want to know who the rapper is in Fayetteville. That be dissing Cole. Because our first listen, Cole had a lot of smoke for him. And I know whoever that is got something ready to go right now. Because Cole said he wanted to fade and everything. Yeah. Like, leave your gun at home. It's Poor thing. Is it Poor thing. I don't remember. Yeah. He's called. Whoever it is, he calls him a punk. B. He. Yeah, he going in. But yes, it's definitely something that you have to take a couple listens to. So yes, we don't need more. That comes from pieces with no thought. They've already started reviews, everybody. He's spitting though. Can't. You can't take the fact that that boy can spit. That boy get. You talked about his beat selection. How did you feel about so far, what you've heard about the beat selection here? I like some of it, but some of it I still feel like. Say what you said. I'm saying I like some of it, but still I still feel like Cole needs A and R guidance sometimes. Like everybody had a R guidance, Jay Z had a R guidance. Biggie had A and R guidance. Like sometimes what you like, like the people might not like. And that's why I like Cole's freestyles because it's overbeast. That's out. And I can enjoy the beats and enjoy the lyricism. He tried though. He tried a lot with like, you know, samples and leaning back into other. He tried. That's why I like who the F is you? Yeah. He sampled Mob, Deep, Drop A Gym. Yeah. But I will say this, I don't have no opinion, man. This album is an hour and 41 minutes only. Listen to the first disc or whatever you call it. I don't know what you call them now. The first part of the project, part one. It's two hours. The album came out at midnight. How everybody got so many reviews and so, so many Deeper down fans was up at 11. Oh no. They were ready. Yes. We gotta wrap up. But in the next hour we are gonna. We're gonna get into some family things because the Glorilla family drama is continuing and her sister has sat down with TMZ and she says they need $2500. Oh, there's no update on gun three. What's her name? Oh, we're gonna get there too. There was a whole press conference yesterday that I sat here for an hour and watch. We are definitely gonna get to as well. Eat more ch. You need to back up from that mic and just stop spitting. I don't know. Jesus Christ. All right, this the breakfast time. Good morning. Morning everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Let's get in some front page news now. This Sunday is Super Bowl Sunday. The game is at 6:30 Eastern Time. The Seattle Seahawks versus the Patriots. I want the Patriots to win. I mean It's east coast thing. I just, you know, I, I don't care who wins, but I think the Seahawks are going to, to win. The Seahawks are just a much better team. I don't believe in. Drake may like that, but you know, I'm also a hater. Yes, you are. You know. Yes, you are. So listen, I want y' all to know, I told y' all last hour, Mimi Brown was actually in Minnesota, boots on the ground, you know, talking to people like Attorney General Keith Ellison. And you also spoke to Georgia Ford, right, Mimi? I did. I did. I spoke with Georgia Ford. She was arrested as part of that protest as a journalist. She was covering the event. She went to the protest as a journalist and I wanted to speak to her about it. You know, she's an independent journalist and she says that what happened to her is a growing attack on the free press. Now fort she's an Emmy award winning reporter. She's based in the Twin Cities. 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Do you want to live in the one where the facts are up for debate, where they can be manipulated? Do you want to live in a world where we are disillusioned? Can I ask a question? Maybe are people coming to her aid in regards to, like, legal fees? Because I think about stuff like that because when you get arrested with a public figure like Don Lemon, like, you know, he gets a lot of the attention and a lot of people tend to want to help him. That's true. Don got money, you know what I'm saying? I don't know Georgia Ford's financial situation, but I know she ain't got bread like Don. Yeah, I think, you know, she's a mother, she's an independent journalist. And I know she has, she has a, a link on her Instagram, I believe, where you can donate just to her independent journalism. I'm pretty sure you can go there and also donate to her, her fund to raise money for her legal fees. I believe everybody who is involved in this, you know, need that, needs that extra help right now. They're facing some really, really serious charges. And then going back to what she said, she was arguing that if the press had not been inside that church, that we wouldn't even know what was happening or what had happened, you know, and so it's it, the two do go hand in hand. As a journalist, you know, you, you do have your First Amendment right. And so, so that was her argument. So whichever one you align with, that will play out in court. But there is a First Amendment right. And that is what her argument is, what Don Lemon's argument is. And we already know what the Trump administration and their take is on that. And another person that we were able to sit down with While In Minneapolis was Dr. Nakima Levy Armstrong. And she is the civil rights attorney and the organizer behind the protests at city's church. Church. That's the one that led to the multiple arrests that Georgia was just speaking of right now. So as of right now, there have been at least nine arrested. I also spoke with another protester at the church. I will not say her name because she has not been arrested yet. But she said that she expects that to come any day now. But we met in a private location for safety reasons. Dr. Armstrong said that she's been receiving all kinds of death threats and different attacks. Yeah. On her life. And so she said what's happening, though, in Minnesota right now is bigger than one protest. I asked her why she believes that ICE is in Minnesota in the first place and what she thinks is driving this federal presence. Let's listen to that. Well, I think that they're here in part because we're ground zero. Right. From God's perspective. And knowing that in all of these years, we have built up the ability to resist, to fight. We're one of the most well organized communities in the country. So that's the spiritual aspect of it. And we are the last line of defense before this country is thrown into complete authoritarianism and fascism. On a practical level, we're here because Governor Walts ran as Kamala Harris running mate when she ran for president, and he was vice president. He called Republicans weird. He called out the Trump administration, and he did a lot of tough talking on the campaign trail. So I believe that this is in part retaliation for our governor stepping out and seeking a position of higher office and having to contend directly with Donald Trump. And J.D. van I also believe the fact that Donald Trump and Ilhan Omar have sparred many times over the years, and he's made it clear that he thinks she's garbage. He's called the Somali community garbage. And so there was a per. A perfect storm. Yeah. And so she talked a lot about, you know, just Minneapolis or Minnesota itself just being a place that they're primed for organ organizing because we saw what happened with George Floyd. But she also brought up something that I didn't know or that it clicked when she said it about the Dred Scott case. We can take it all the way back there. And a lot of the, you know, Philando Castile and the was Dante Wright. He like, just, they have been doing this for a long time. And so. So she makes the case about not only are they fighting ice, but they're also fighting civil rights. And so let's listen to that. We're the first city in the country that has been able to center civil rights and racial justice as a connection to this issue regarding ice. And we said, as black organizers, had the governor listened and arrested the ICE agent who killed Renee Good, Alex Perdi might still be alive. Had they listened and started holding ICE agents accountable when they violated Minnesota law and arrested them, investigated them, Alex Preddy might still be alive. We held press conferences as black organizers, saying, this is what the governor can do, this is what the sheriff can do, this is what the mayor can do, this is what the Minneapolis police chief can do, this is what the attorney general can do, this is what the county attorney can do. Do they all have power for people? They can send officers to arrest ICE agents who violate Minnesota law. I know they know who killed Alicia Good. And I guess they know who killed Alex Purdy because they put them on administrative leave, but they never put their. Put their names out. Right. They never put the name out. So we know who killed Alicia Good. It's been widely reported. Right. Jonathan Ross. We know who killed him. We also know that he's been moved outside of Minnesota. At first he was. He went active duty someplace else, but then I think now he's on administrative leave. The names for who killed Alex Preddy, we do know it's two guys. There have been some circulation on social media, but I don't think that anyone has come out and, you know, confirmed. Yeah. So it's. It's irresponsible to say it because I don't think that we actually know that those are the two people. But nevertheless, you know, Dr. A.m. chongchi made, you know, a point that had they investigated them, perhaps, you know, pretty may still be alive. I did reach out to the mayor's office. I did reach out to the governor's office, but I did not hear back. But I, you know, she. Those were her points of view and points that she wanted to make. And I finally. I asked her lastly about that AI altered image that was posted by the White House. That's something that Georgia Ford also spoke to. And she wanted people to know that not only was that unacceptable, that that should be also a warning for other people. Let's listen to that. And so our families came to pick us up, up from the jail. And then when I got home, that's when I saw. Or when I got to a friend's house, because I didn't go home right away. That's when I saw the doctored AI image of me. And so The White House, the highest office in the land, did that to me as a black woman, simply because I stood up for justice in our humanity. And they lied to the public through this photo. They manipulated what really happened. Happen. So if you can't believe an image from the White House, what can you believe? Yeah. So she maintains that at the church protest, it was a peaceful protest, and that church leaders and officials, though, they say that it crossed the line, and she's currently fighting those charges. And again, she does also have a GoFundMe if you do want to donate to her legal fund. And, yeah, so that is my coverage of. Of Minneapolis. Great job, Mimi. Thank you. And it's Renee Good. I kept saying Alicia good because I got a friend. Her name. Alicia Good. But how did you feel, Mimi, when you was. You know, you had to go meet that young. That. That young woman in, like, private. Cause she didn't want to meet publicly. Were you. Were you scared? I'm not gonna lie. It was. It was very, very scary. But you know what it reminded me of? You know, what our civil rights leaders probably had to go through back in the day to organize. You know what I mean? And all the things it just. It felt like. I'll tell you what, being in Minneapolis, I understand. I understand. Because it's not just black people. It's also white people. It's also. There's a Hmong community, which is Southeast Asian. You know, they are all just coming together. They are making sure that their neighbors are taken care of. And they said to me, it's like, we don't bring the fight, but if you bring it to us, we will fight you back. Right? And so they are. They're out. They're protesting at the Whipple building every single day. They see ice, they are blowing whistles. They're alerting their neighbors, and they're just doing everything to make sure that they keep their community safe. And so I get it now. I get why Renee Goode was out there, and I get why Alex Preddy was out there. I. Wow. Great job, Mimi. Great investigative journalism. Yes, thank you, Mimi. Thank you. Well, that's your front page news. I'm Mimi Brown. Follow me at Mimi Brown tv. For more stories, follow the Black Information Network, Download the free iHeartRadio app or visit bin news dot com. All right, when we come back, the baby will be joining us. We gonna kick it with the baby. His new album, be More Grateful, is out today. Now, Charlotte, what you want to do for donkey today? Oh, you know, every Friday, we do the People's Don't Donkey. So you can call right now 1-800-585-1051, and you can give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid, okay? Or you can go to the iHeartRadio app and go to the Talk Back feature and leave a message as well. But it's the people's Donkey, so whoever you want to give the biggest. He hard to call right now. All right, we'll go. All right. And the baby will be up next is the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Lola Rose is here as well. Well, we got a special guest in the building is out right now. Be more grateful, ladies and gentlemen. The baby. The baby. What's up, man? It's always a pleasure. I'm blessed, man. I'm in a season of gratitude. I'm way more grateful. I just want. You know, I like what I just saw, by the way. Come on, now. Come on, man. Come on, man. Look, I ain't even about to get started. Don't let Charlie do that. Like, 17 minutes in to get started. I ain't gonna get started, man. Well, how are you feeling? How's everything, man? I'm blessed, bro. I'm blessed. You know what I'm saying? And I feel like, you know, the way I'm feeling is showing. It's reflected in the project I just dropped, you know what I'm saying? I'm in a season of gratitude. I'm in a great place, bro. You know what I'm saying? If we go back and just, you know, we revisit the conversations the. The last few times we done met, like, you would see it, you know what I'm saying? Like, I'm just. I'm in a great space, and, you know, was there a particular moment that made you realize you wasn't being grateful enough or you just. Oh, it was a moment that lasted about four years, you feel me? So, you know, but it's beautiful to get on the other side of that, man. It's beautiful. You know what I'm saying? So that's where I'm at with it right now. It wasn't no particular moment. Like, it wasn't no pivotal. It was several. Several, you know what I'm saying? Moments that I could identify as that. But, you know, it take time. It's all a part of just, you know, know, life itself, you know what I'm saying? And growth. You know, you got to. You got to stand across the street from yourself. Sometimes. And look at what's going on. Stand across the street, see how big your house really is. Yeah. With the mind frame for this album. Right. Listening to the album. The one thing I always say about the baby is I don't think people respect you as a lyricist. As you. As they should. Right? Yeah. They got me up listening to the album. Jesus Christ. Cussing up a storm now. Listening to the album, man. You, you. I mean, I. I love to hear you spitting. I love the. I love the songs as a dj because I love to play the records in the club. Yeah. But I love when you, when you rapping. Rapping. That reminds me back in the day when we used to go to Charlotte and see you out there passing out CDs. It remind me back to that the baby. Was that intentional? It rocked. It was super intentional, you know what I'm saying? I ain't, I ain't shy. Shy away from it. I won't even say shy away from it. Cause I ain't never been, you know, I ain't never been shy about getting in front of a microphone and just rapping. Like, I actually love doing that. But I ain't dumb it down or try to, you know, let me make a hit or satisfy you get what I'm saying? A particular audience. Like, it was real important to me with this project to like, make sure that I. I wanted to re. Establish, you know what I'm saying, my audience, you get what I'm saying? And like, you know, it was real important that this. Checked all the boxes and really showed you, you know what I'm saying? Like, what I could do and really put this on display. Because before you know how to make a club record, I make a banger. I know how to do that. I know how to market them. I know how to blow it up. I know how to do all that. But that's something everybody can do. You get what I'm saying? Like, when it comes to just that raw talent, that raw lyricism, like getting in front of a microphone, just rapping, not all them extra instruments in the beat. Open that bitch up and let me just give me a blank canvas and let me paint. Like, I definitely, like, I know, I understand. Like, I'm one of the best in this right now at doing this. So I ain't shy away from it. I made sure I got like eight, nine records on there. I almost made a full blown, what they call them, conscious album, you get what I'm saying? But I'm like, nah. Like nah. Still, you know, it's layers to me. You know what I'm saying? I'm like an onion. It's layers to me. So I'm like, I gotta make sure, you know, I. I showcase each and every last one of them. And you got a few of them, you got a few bounce, that is. Then you got records like Mike Check. Yeah, those. Like, when you went off on that, were you more excited to do those kind of records? Records, I was, because the other ones, I mean, I haven't been there, done it. Everybody know I can, you know, I can make them shake some ass. Everybody know I can turn the party up. But them other ones, I was definitely. I was super excited to really do them and, you know, and really, I want to leave my peaches after they hit it. You know what I'm saying? I wanna. I want to come to New York and the New York, like, boy, like, you get what I'm saying? Like, I won't. I want that. You know what I'm saying? I won't because I'm getting that. That type of, you know, they like, the. The. Is really the real lyricist. Yeah, I ain't tripping on that. But, you know, they give me my flowers. They give me my flowers. You get what I'm saying? But, like, it's up to me. Like, I'm my. My way of doing more, like, disruptive, like, I kick doors down. Like, I blitz you get what I'm saying? So the same way I did that with the. With the energy and the other type of music, like, I never, you know, I never gave myself like a. A run where I like, just boom. Like just really, like just whoop they ass. Yeah, yeah. With that. With that lyricism. And that's what I'm on. You know what I mean? Like you said, you want. When you come to New York, you want the New York to be like New York. Everywhere, though. Envy. He listened to this and he was happy about those. Those more conscious records on him. 100, you know, so 100 now with the evolution. I always feel like when people evolve and try to do what's right, I feel like they get tested more. Do you feel that, like, with you, that that happens? Happens? No. I mean, I. Not just lyricist. I'm just me. Just. Yeah, yeah, yeah. N. I get. I got all my tests early and passed them. I graduated early. When it come to that type, I don't, you know. Yeah, I. Leave me alone. That's fine. Please leave me alone. Thank you. Thank you too, bro. Please just keep doing it. And I'm Watching the video, like the most recent. Somebody call you out? And I'm like. And I'm. And I'm saying I'm screaming to the my phone. I'm like, please don't do it. Please, please. But I was like, I wonder if that happens more often. Like people test him because he's a nicer. Like that was like the first time and that's why it kind of threw me off. And you know, if you watch the video and I wasn't on no serious type time. Like I wasn't. It's really the security guards that worked for the Spectrum Center. It was. It was leaving the Hornets game. Yeah, Hornets game or whatever. But he like got his hands on my. Like. Like he holding me back so it make it look like I'm. You know what I'm saying? But I wasn't tripping. I just wanted to look the in the eyes. Who said I'm. Let me take. I don't. That's why I don't like wearing shades too. I just started wearing shades. I only like the Prada ones. Probably I need to send me some for that. I only like the Prada ones. You know what I'm saying? But I had to just take them off. Like who the said cuz you right here at the end of the day. So I just wanted to look at them and just. You know what I'm saying? And. But by the time I took the shades off and turned around and told him like, bro, watch out. I'm not. I'm not the security guard, you know, and looked up at me. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm like, man just wanted your attention. Yeah, that's that young that trolls these. These little be doing. But see a lot of them, they ain't even. Like he don't even know. Like. Cause he even po. Like he posted it. But like he don't know. Like. Like, you know like when that type of would have got you a different reaction from me. Like he was probably in like middle school somewhere or some. So he probably don't know. He may know the way he apologized real quick. But it's like he don't know. Like, okay, he posted. Posted it. I didn't already. Boom. Clicked on this. Tick tock. You in Charlotte. I know what school. I know exactly where you at. If I want to come do something to you, make somebody do something to you. It's like, bro, it's so. It's nothing to it. You get what I'm saying? But you know, that's like, little troll, you know what I mean? Like, I wouldn't even post the little. Don't even know to take the part of the video out where he got scared and apologized. I'm like, this look, green as hell. He just happy that I even gave him a moment. You feel me? Me. And it's like, you know, like, that. That's a prime example of, like, you know, with. With growth and. And just understanding, like, what's going on. Like, I'm way more, you know, calculated when it come to, like, how I respond to, like. Like, that I won't eat. You got to be close enough to me for me to even. You know what I'm saying? Like, I wouldn't get that. No, I wouldn't get that. Even if he wasn't. If he would have been, you know, the way we can cross paths, like, I wouldn't. I know a threat when I see a threat. Do. Do you feel like the culture allows black men room for redemption? Are they just demand apologies, man, just like. Just like everything else back in the day, we got to go get this. You know what I'm saying? Like, you know, the culture gonna allow what you. What. What you get up out of it at the end of the day, you know, they ain't allow us to do none of this. We had to go do this. Everybody in here, you know what I'm saying? It ain't just. It would never just know, huh? You know, and it's. And everybody hadn't been battle tested within whatever lane that they in. You get what I'm saying? Like, that's what's gonna come with it. So. So, you know, I'm really not only, like, in a season of gratitude, but, like. Well, I guess it took me to be in a season of accountability prior to that. That's kind of like more so where I was last time I came to see y', all. You know what I'm saying? I feel like that come first, you know, just identifying, you know, what mistakes you made and how you could have did it better. And then, you know, you gotta make the adjustments, move accordingly, and when you get on the other side of it, okay, then you get to. You get to be, like, where I'm at with it right now in this headspace. So, you know, I don't. I don't really feel entitled for. For nobody to take it easy on me. The culture, the business, none of that, you know? And. And when you do, you know, just to put up on game, like, when you do, you know, fall into, like, that Sense of entitlement or feeling like I'm owe you something. You ain't doing nothing but distracting yourself from what it is you're supposed to do out here. Coming off of your four year hiatus. Would you say making this album was more therapeutic? A thousand percent. A thousand percent. Especially when I, you know, when I do it the way I did it, like I can, I can say making music is therapeutic, period. You know, certain music make you feel good, but once that song go off, okay, it's back to reality. It don't hit it. You know, they can talk to anybody that's going through whatever. It don't matter what is, you know, everybody feeling different at every single moment of the day. It's a song on this, on this damn track list for everybody in this world. You get what I'm saying? Saying they don't got nothing. They got everything that, you know, they got everything and they, and they happy and they feel good. They got everything and ain't at peace with themselves. There's something on there for everybody. So it wasn't. I wanted to make sure that it wasn't only therapeutic for me, but therapeutic for the listeners, you know what I'm saying? Like some, that really, really, you know, tap into them emotions and something to make you feel some type of way. Like, that's what I'm on. You mentioned therapy. I think it was in. What about me? Are you active doing therapy or that? So I did it. I'm. I'm finishing up my documentary. It should end up coming out this year. That's gonna be like Must See TV too. It's gonna be like a Docker series. It's gonna be multiple, like parts of it. But I went the way that I approached it. Like I sat down and did. And did therapy. I started my. This is. I hadn't did therapy at all last time I saw y'. All. I had. I never in my life, you know what I'm saying? And I've. I filmed it. It. I filmed it. So I got, I filmed it for a week straight. I did therapy. I did five therapy sessions, I believe, all of them like two to three hours long, you know what I'm saying? But I didn't meet the therapist or nothing. Like, I, I found the good one. I got recommendations. I found the good one or whatever. I had the, the camera crew go in, set the lighting up. I had my peoples talk to him after that. I didn't even know who this was when I walked in the room to come do it, because I wanted to Be organic. Like, I'm not doing this to. I had already handled all the, you know, like, sign off on me being able to use your voice and document all that type, because I don't. I wanted the. That part out the way, you know what I'm saying? The business part, legal part, whatever you call it, you know, because they really not even allowed to do that. You see what I'm saying? Like, by law, they not allowed to do that unless, you know what I'm saying, Like, giving permission to do it over there. So he was big on that. Like, nah, you gotta. Hell nah. Like, you gotta say that you okay with this happening because it's, you know, it's against, like, you know the rules and come with his profession. But when I walked in, I didn't even know who he was. So I'm getting ready to go talk to Cameron. Like, I had to tell him, but I wish he told me which one was the therapist. Then I go over, I greet him, we sat down, got straight to it. Charlemagne, I know you real big in the mental health space by the third day. And it. He ain't talk about no music till like the last day, you know what I'm saying? By the third day, man, this had me on camera crying. Man. I'm on that crying for like 20 minutes straight. Yeah. Ain't never, you know, cuz I'm. Even when it come to like, you know, what was the brain breakthrough? Oh, man, it. It really. It piled up on me. I ain't gonna lie, like. Cause he, like, he know. He know what he doing. I recommend it to. To anybody, you know what I'm saying? Like, I can't even. Like, he, he. Bro, he. He rocked me to sleep and he figured me out, bro. I can't lie. Like, I don't. Because you know me, like, from interrogations and all, I'd have been questioned by homicide detectives, everything. Like, I didn't, you know, like, like, like, and. And didn't even lawyer up, you know what I'm saying? In certain situations, I answer one thing wrong. Like, I wouldn't have never been able to sit right here ever, you know what I'm saying? Like, so I. When it come to, like, okay, somebody being intentional with. With talking to me and like, trying to get something out of me. Like, I kind of. I feel like I'm. I'm better or I'm more equipped to navigate through this type of, you know what I'm saying? Than. Than most people, you know what I'm saying? Like, I ain't Just gonna sit there. I kind of know. Okay, okay, this. Why this asking me this or whatever. Unless I got, you know, respect for more. Like, when I sit down with y', all, I don't sit down like that. Like, I ain't thinking, okay, what this? What's her angle? What's his angle? What's his angle? When you talking to me, I just talk, you know what I'm saying? Cause I got respect for y'. All. I feel like y' all got respect for me in my mind, you know what I'm saying? So it's different. But with certain. Like everybody else, though, it's like I'm kind of, you know, I'm gonna control the conversation, like, you know what I'm saying? More than anything. And nah, he. He talking about. He's asking. I've never been. I asked before. You get what I'm saying? So I'm. When that. When the had me that third day when a. And. And then I'm crying and still talking, I'm like, what the going on? I'm like, what type of is this? And he's still. While I'm crying, just still sitting there. It's okay. Instead of asking me, I'm like, what the in there? You know, like, my partner, this is working on a documentary with me. Like, he. He a part of my in house production team or whatever. When I got done and got up, he and. And walked back around. Like, the curtains that we had in there, where we had all the production set up at and the monitors, all that. And is recording the audio, listening to the audio, all that. Them couldn't even look at me like that because they hearing my story. Like, they didn't heard, you know, days and day, like, without him, they're hearing. They never even knew about me. And he's known me for 10 years, 15 years by now. I come around the corner and he like, bro, just go ahead and go home, bro. I'm gonna wrap everything up. Just. I'm like, you crying too? N. For real. Like, so that's. That's gonna be. And that adding that component to it. Right, right. Adding like the making, like. Cause it really done turned into a mental health piece. You get what I'm saying? But it also got all that other violence, you know what I'm saying? Controversy, all this. That make. That make must see tv, you get what I'm saying? The messy this and that. It got the money, it got the glitter, the gold. It got the struggle, it got the success. But it's all the skeleton of it, the meat and potatoes of it is mental health. You know what I'm saying? It's a healing piece to it. Absolutely. The title of it, it should have told me it to therapist. I'm glad you had like some time just to be still the last four years though. Cuz I think you always had a lot of, you know, trauma that you never got to process. You know, the stuff before you even got in the game. Right. And I think people always forget that, that moment when you, you got the number one record in the country. You get a call that your pop's no longer here. Exactly. Man, you still got to just keep, Got to keep going. And that's what I did. And, and the song I got out is. It's this I'm got going on. It's fun, this packing. The mail is gone. So I got the whole world turned. Yeah, okay, cool, cool. I I that the hustle and just the, the schedule being so busy and the type of year I had. 2019, that allowed me to cope with that. I get the carry the name, you know what I'm saying? For my pops, I made my second album, Kurt, you know what I'm saying? In honor of them or whatever, that go number one. I'm doing all the, I'm checking all the boxes BET Award. I grew up on that. That was my Grammy, you get what I'm saying? Best new artist. All this. I'm breaking all these records doing all this, right? Then I go with Rockstar and he The coast number one record. Billboard Hot 100, number one for like eight weeks straight. But I can't move around and keep myself busy or whatever. But this is. Okay, another. This is highest as you can go as an artist, you get what I'm saying? I got the top streaming song in the world. My brother commits suicide, you get what I'm saying? So it was never, you know, coming in. It was already, you know, that I probably needed to heal from or whatever. Yeah. And then, you know, lost my pops, then my brother, you get what I'm saying? And, and then. Okay, soon as the world opened back up from that, you got the whole cancel culture. It ain't never been a season for me, you know, it took. Yeah, it took that whole four years. I ain't even realize it was four years since I dropped the album until I really put it out and seen the date on this one. And the date I say, damn, four years. Like, that's crazy. Yeah. Your fans knew? Yeah. Nah, for sure they knew. They like what you doing, you know? What I'm saying, shout out to them for not letting me settle with like how I approached it. They ain't never let me come play the small game, but. But I had to find my love for this again and, you know, and figure it out. Like, when I do something, I like to do it. I like to put my heart into it. And I just wasn't in a space, you know, My heart wasn't full enough to empty it out into, you know what I'm saying? What got you back though? Cause on paper though, you said you didn't even want to make music no more. Yeah, yeah. And then I said, I'll be damn. I let them make me soft. Be damn. I let them make me quit them devils. Still can't stand the way I stand in here and make these hits. Really. I mean, more than anything, my kids, you know what I'm saying? Cause you know, while I'm. While I'm looking at myself, knowing. Knowing I can be so much better, they still looking at me like I'm the best thing in the world, you know what I'm saying? So I, I credit it all to my kids, man, My family, my youngest, my nephew, all them. To them, I'm. I'm a. I'm a walking superhero, you know what I'm saying? In real life form, you know? And I look at them the same way, like they, they, they amazing, you know what I'm saying? Every last one of them, like, they amazing in their own way. And I ain't just saying it because. Cause they. My kids like people who they. Not their kids like other people. Like, see, like the way my kids is set up and they like, damn, like they mind blowing, you know what I'm saying? I love you too. No, for sure. I love them too. Like, that's my whole world right there. My kids is. They don't play by me and they don't mind. Let no goddamn not play by me now. Clear this was that text to Kanye? Yeah, for sure. I named the song Clear this what we naming it. When I did it, my engineer, I said, clear. Clear that. That's what we name it. You get what I'm saying? And I kind of put, you know, I kind of challenged them to. I asked him to clear it in the song, you know what I'm saying? But ain't gonna have no choice with Kanye. Clear this. Like I, I manifested it. I spoke into existence, you know what I'm saying? He cleared that I didn't. He cleared that I wasn't even when I Do symbols. I try not to even like fall in love. I don't like to get married to the idea of even having it on a project because I know how this going. I hate falling in love with a song. And it's around. Can't get cleared. Cause I know that's one of them. I know that's a classic like, you know what I'm saying? I know that's Kanye, like era. For real, for real. Like, you know what I'm saying? I was listening to that. I don't know, I was probably what, in high school or something, you know what I'm saying? None of like I said it yet. When this dropped. It was in ninth grade. I was probably in like ninth grade when that dropped. So. Nah. Shouts out to him. He cleared that. Y' all had a good relationship though. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I with Brett, one of the most, you know, artistically like that, man. A whole nother animal, bruh. Man, a genius. You know what I'm saying? Some of the wildest you ever seen while being with Kanye in the studio. You know, I seen some wild. Somebody was texting. Why that music was playing, man. Damn. Oh, he was. You asshole. Now I got caught in the game. What's wrong with you? That flashed the out. He did, bro. He flashed the. Tonight, kick off the Winter Olympics in style with the opening ceremony from Italy featuring a special performance by Mariah Carey. Celebrate the greatest athletes from around the globe as they come together to go for gold. Lipsy for sensational. The opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. Ilya Malinu redefining this sport tonight at 8 Eastern, 7 Central on NBC. And Peacock, you know what's wild? We can video chat from space, order groceries just by talking out loud and men have like 17 options for hair loss alone. 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I just I don't know what the hell he made do. I ain't. I ain't with no robe. No, not you. While in the studio while he was listening. Oh no, ain't nobody had no robe on in the studio. Not when I was there. Nah nah. Ain't nobody have on the road. Not when I was there. I don't roll. I don't. I just heard a rope. Yeah. Nah, nah, not while I was there. He makes wet robes, man. But that man, you know, he on a whole nother level when it come to, you know, creativity and just, it's admirable, you know what I'm saying? Like, he got so many different things in one room and you know, he feed off of him but like, just like everything else that come with a lot. So, you know, hopefully he, he, you know, get back to where he, where he need to be, you know what I'm saying? So, so who's this album for, right? Is it for the fans, the critics? Are you the critics? It ain't for them, it's for everybody. I ain't gonna lie. Like, it's, you know, it's for everybody. But for, for me and the fans more than anything, like, you know what I'm saying, For the fans more than anything. I gave the album to myself prior to, to releasing this, you know what I'm saying? So it's for the audience. Like I'm real big right now, all the way around the board. Like, not even just with the music, like, even with what I do. Like press wise, everything, like I've been like, nah, ain't doing that, ain't doing that. Like I'm doing. I only want to do is really connecting like to the audience. Like I'm back on that, like the importance of really connecting to the audience. Because at the end of the day, like, that's what, that's what got them. Get the, you know what I'm saying? Get the ball moving. Like that's what it's about at the end of the day. Anything can go any type of way as long as you connected with your audience. So I'm real big on making sure I don't get in the space to where, you know, I leave room between me and the. That really matter the most. My music really impact who it's for, who lives are changed, you know what I'm saying? So it's, it's a thousand percent, you know what I'm saying, for the audience. And it feel great to myself, by the way. So I take that too. And the critics, yeah, y' all got it too, you know what I'm saying? It's not gonna stop though. I'm on what I was on when I came in. I'm really ready to the bomb again. But yeah, you care about having hits or having peace of mind. Peace of mind now and then the hit's gonna come if I Got peace of mind, the hits coming. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Like, just like a record like pop, that thing, like, that's like the last one I recorded on the album. I really already had the album done, but it needed one of them. Like, it needed that, you know what I'm saying? Like, I was looking for one of them, but I wasn't trying to force it, you know? And, like, even on that record, like, I ain't. Like, I could have approached it several different ways, you know what I'm saying? And I found myself just on some, like, just letting that flow. She got the world in her hands. I'm just vibing, you know what I'm saying? I ain't even. I ain't doing nothing. Nothing too crazy, nothing too major. And that's how. That's how the hits come. You get what I'm saying? Just organic. When you just, you know, when you allow it to happen, you know what I'm saying? When I was listening to the project, I'm listening and I'm hearing you go through these songs, and I'm like, now tell me if I'm wrong. You're speaking to somebody. Whoever this girl is, she been holding you down through a lot of, like, you're trying to figure it out. I'm speaking to you. I'm speaking to whoever the listening to that. That's why you block speaking. Nah, like, I got. Like you got. And remember this, you know, I ain't made a project in four years, and then even I've been putting out, it's more, you know, I'm making a song for a certain reason. Okay, let me make this. Hit this gonna. You know, this. Okay, people into this type right now. Whatever. Okay, boom. Let me do this. That. Let me go get the money. Let me do this. This is. This is like half a decade of energy and experiences and, you know what I'm saying? Storytelling and all this. So, you know, it's really more than anything. Like, it's teaching you how to love me. It's teaching you how to deal with a like me. Like, that's what it is. You know, I seen somebody comment on that. When I posted that particular song this morning, I posted a clip of it where I'm just rapping it live and mother's like, like, their perspective. Like, it was a great take on what the song was. It wasn't even something I would have came up with on my own because I'm just making music at the end of the day. Day. But, yeah, they like this Is kind of like a, you know, a guidebook on. On you, like, teaching somebody, like, how to love you and type of man you is and, you know, and. And how to. You know what I'm saying? How to keep your mind at peace and. And what's important to you and. And how you would like to keep their mind at peace. So it's. Overall, you know, it's as much. It's for whoever it connect with, you know, I ain't. I ain't writing no love letter to nobody in Pacific. Yeah, well, there we have. Appreciate you for joining us, bro. Appreciate y' all having me, bro. Every time. It's always a pleasure to be in the room with y', all, you know, I mean, whether it's here, there, everywhere. It's the Breakfast Club. It's the baby. That's right. Well, let's get right to the latest with Lauren. Lauren becoming a straight fan. She gets them from somebody that knows somebody. She gets the details. I'm the homegirl that knows a little bit about everything. She be having the latest on the latest with Lauren Laroque. Sometimes you have facts. Sometimes you have details. Sometimes you have a little bit of everything. Well, it's the latest brought to you by top dog law on the Breakfast Club. Are you gonna sue whoever gave you that haircut? I don't think you should. I love it. Top dog Love is the best in the business, so we'll figure that out later, but let's get to this. Shut up. I do, too. Let. Thank you. Let's get to the latest. So yesterday, y', all, the family be beefing up here about the haircuts, but gorilla and her sister, y', all, they took over the Internet for the last 48 hours. Hey, so Glorilla's sister, Scarface woods, is calling gorilla out, and she's saying that Glorilla does not provide for her family the right way. She actually sat down with TMZ yesterday to talk more about this. Let's take a listen to Glorilla's sister with tmz. Why does she owe it to you? To support you and to support the family beyond what she wants to do. It's her money, right? Because don't go on no interview. Dudes talk about our struggle. You want to do that? That's not right. You don't sit here and talk about struggles here and struggle with. You are. It's not one sibling. You got nine other siblings. She got for money, Jeopardy. She got plenty of other. Yeah, other than Memphis. She getting money, too. I Got two siblings staying down there in Atlanta with her that she treat them like housemates. Y' all keep on making. Painting this picture like she's just a good person, an upright person. Person. She's not. Let's say she has $2 million. How much of that does she owe to you and the rest of the family? Of that 2 million, she can get all but, like 2500 a piece. How much? 2500. What. What kind of math is this? What kind of math is this? Oh, my God. So this was, like, in the middle of the. Of the. Of. Of the. The back and forth. Her sister is. I mean, I. She is a character, for sure. Glorilla had actually posted in response to some of the earlier videos that her sister had posted. And she posted a screenshot from her mom. And the text message says, thank you so very much. Really didn't want to ask because you already do so much for us. I thank you so very much for all that you do. I don't take it for granted at all. I love and appreciate you. Her mom basically telling her, thank you for doing so much for me. Because her sister's claiming that, you know, the house, all the things that we've seen didn't actually happen, happen. Now, their back and forth has, you know, definitely sparked some viral moments. I grabbed some more audio of Gorilla's sister. Let's take a listen to one of the. The funny moments of Scar Scarface. You know how embarrassing it is to be at the club that's closer that glow, sir. And I walk outside to a Malibu. Y' all don't know how embarrassing that is. I gotta sit here and flies like, yeah, this is my other car, y' all. Know what I'm saying? The other one in the garage and Cordova in the. Yeah. She ain't obligated. She ain't obligated. I was so damn hungry, I damn near a roach. She ain't obligated a roach. Here's the thing. When you have someone in your family or someone that's close to you in a position, find a way to bring value to the situation. You know what I'm saying? Instead of, you know, begging her for stuff, tell her what it is you would like to do in her world. You know what I mean? I don't know. Be an assistant. Do hair. Like, be a driver. I don't figure something out, Sty, and I. I feel like it's a lot of them. So I think if there. If there was something that glow felt like could be done or maybe she's even tried. We don't know all of the ends of this either. Like, you know, I don't think from what I've seen and how I've seen glow talk about her family. From what I've actually seen, I've seen her with her family. Like, if different places when she posts different places, I thought that things were good and she was doing what she needed to do. She could make that decision herself, though, like, hey, go do this, go do that. And she hasn't. So there's an obvious reason why. Oh, creative business. But let me ask you two guys here, because you both have siblings, do you have that same problem in your family where siblings feel like it's old to them, like it should happen for them? No, I don't. No. I love my little brother to death, but I tell him all the time, don't nobody owe you nothing, including me. Now, other family members. Yes. And I've even created jobs like you said. A driver. My God, sister, she was my driver before, you know, because she wasn't just begging me for money. She was like, yo, can you put me in position to make something? Is there anything I can do for you? Can I help? Can I be your assistant? Or, you know, know. So I provided that. I mean, I created a job of a driver like years ago for her to do that, you know, but yeah, I. I've had family members and even friends who feel like they're friends all the time. They're not your real friends. If that's the case. I've never had friends today. But I think the question is, like, how much is too much? Like, when is it because you want to help your family, but at a certain point it's okay to say no. And yeah, like this shouldn't happen. My family, I don't have no family members that would ever do anything like this. Oh, and by the way, when I see stuff like fact that you are showing me exactly why glow don't have you around. That's what I'm saying. I would have made that decision a long time ago. I think she. I mean, this is a lot. So, yeah, there's a lot going on with that still. And if that Malibu run good, baby driving to the wheels fall off. You hear me? Yeah. You want 2500. So you burning bridges, getting online, throwing your sister under the bus for 2500. And also too, she was confusing me because, you know, I've been around Gloria a couple times. When I interviewed her, her with my out of Context series, she had her brother with her and her brother. Her brother was like, y. I read your books when I was in. I know people that have been in the studio with her that said that she's brought her siblings before, too. So it might not be all her siblings. Just might be just that. Want to get on it on social media and black put you on blast. We know. We know who our people are. That's what I'm saying. Yeah. You know, like, she almost never. Roach. Well, as we wrap up, you know, speaking of things on the Internet, 50 Cent dropped a new Door Dash commercial yesterday. That is very entertaining. Let's take a listen. It's come to my attention that everyone's calling me a troll. Some said even the king of trolls. First of all, I'm flattered, but I'm done with all that. I would never do a deal with Doordash and quite literally deliver beef when millions of people are watching. I mean, who would do something like that? Delivering quality beef is more of an art than science. Don't want to be too obvious. It's all about timing, and I'm always on time. Oh, let's sell combs. What a coincidence. No matter what kind of beef you have going on this weekend, remember, Doordash delivers. And you know what goes great with beef? A bottle of this beautiful Branson cognac aged four years or 50 months. Who's keeping count? Oh, man, four years, 50 months. The cocoa Puffs. Yeah, I don't do beef because you know my cholesterol, so I take stats. Cholesterol. Okay. I don't know what word you said. I like chicken. All right. Bless your heart. All right. Yeah. And then I didn't even get to get the. The Gunthery update in here for you. There was a press conference yesterday. Y' all keep putting it in that lady name. I know. Guthrie. Guthrie. But yesterday. Yesterday in the press conference, they told us some details that I did cover in the latest with Lauren, the rose of the podcast, thanks to Top Dog. I might need y' all Top Dog Law. Because I have someone in here here that I know there's some way I'm sleeping today. She look like the whole farm. We are getting out of the segment right now. Leghorn, okay? The University of South Carolina mascot, okay? Any accident, big or small, called Top Dog Loud. I think I'm about to call them today because for sure. No, no. You. You what? Me what? Hen and her. Okay, that's what this is. This morning. He got a chill, yo. Oh, my God. This is over. Why are we so happy? You know What? Today? I think we should po. Cuz people don't know what we're talking about and I don't think it's fair. Netflix, if you're listening. So you can see my hair. She's still so pretty. I like it. Thank you, J. I like it. You ain't say that. I can't. I can't believe I love it all my hair. You didn't be like. But you still look so gorgeous. I can't believe anything you said. I would never say that. I can't believe everything. Like. Like, you know, forget it. That donkey today. What we doing? Four after the hour, man. It's the people's donkey. Because it's Friday. So you can call up right now and give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid. 1-800-585-1051. It's the world's most dangerous morning show to breakfast. Before we go, we're gonna get on another J. Cole joint. What's the J. Cole joint? Where he speaks like he's Biggie and pop. What if we have. What if. No, we don't have what? We have some clips. Well, I thought we had the whole what if I. We. We'll get on. On JCO Records all morning long. It's the Breakfast Club. It's your time to nominate a donkey of your own. Remember now, that is how they choose. Call in now. 800-585-1051. Donkey today for Friday, February 6th. Man, you know what we do on Fridays? It is the people's donkey. So you can call in right now and give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid. 1-800-585-1051. Who's this? You said die. How d like the computer, Odell? What's happening, Dale? Who you want to get a biggest heaw to all and envy get extra one. Dang. Okay. Why? Cuz y' all had a gas up saying that. Hi. The new director for the music. And it's the same music over and over. I'm tired of hearing that. Fold your clothes. I get it. Leon Thomas Ch. Y' all should do like. Like every day do some different kind of music. Well, we. We try here at the Breakfast Club. You are correct. Sim is the new music director. I don't think that she has her hands on the music yet. But what do you. What do you want to hear? Let me. Let me give you a request. What you want to hear, brother? I called that two days ago to hear some bon music. You turned it spicy. Oh, that's you. You said Some boy music. What's bon? That's what he just said. He called bouillon cuz he's Dominican and he's if he know what it is, he told me dm. DM him some songs. He ain't check them dms. You did my stuff? Don't be his day. So you DM Envy some bouillon? Hey, yo, what you mean? I just asked a question. That's why I don't like to call up here and talk to you. All right. I'mma ask Envy about the buon man. See what he can do for you. Yeah, man. Yeah, I want him to give you some bouillon, man. Good morning. Who's this? Hi, this is Jamie. I'm calling in from Philly. Hey, Jamie from Philly, who you want to get a biggest hee haw to? So I'm giving the biggest he haw to Netflix for removing the Michelle Obama's documentary becoming from the adults list to the kids list. And they also removed the ranking after the masses started streaming this movie, this documentary, the same weekend that our current first lady documentary came out. Now, hold on now. And I'm not defending Netflix, you know, even though we're on Netflix, what I saw was Michelle Obama's becoming surges on Netflix. And yesterday when I turned Netflix on to check and make sure Breakfast Club content was out there, they had the Michelle Obama becoming thing going across my screen. Yeah, but we. So we began streaming her documentary last weekend and it went ranked from number eight and then it went up to number six. And then the next day it was removed and it was placed in the kids section as top ranked number four. Then once you tried to type in the name of the movie title in the search bar, it wasn't coming up at all. So we began calling Netflix by the masses to report this change. And we're waiting for them to put it back in the top 10 ranking. The only thing that Netflix did was just put it in the most watched category. It's no longer ranked. Gotcha. Yeah, we had it in the top six. So there's a hashtag right now on all of the socials for hashtag cancel Netflix. They have until 7pm tonight to put her back into the top 10 ranking before the masses begin to cancel. Yeah, I think, once again, I think that y' all might be overreacting because I saw that the documentary rose 13,000% in views. And like I said, when I turned on my Netflix yesterday, they had a big, you know how they be having the movies floating across the screen and the TV shows flying across, floating across the screen. They have Michelle Obama floating across my screen yesterday. Right. But was she ranked? Did she have a rank? Oh, I didn't even look. I didn't have a number. Yeah, I didn't look for the ranking. I didn't. She doesn't. Yeah, she. They just have her up there as the most watched, but she no longer has a ranking. Guys, not the top 10 RA. Well, listen, keep doing whatever it is y' all doing, but Michelle Obama movie is definitely. Has definitely surged on Netflix. Killing in the readings. Good morning. Who's this? Hey, this Chris. This Chris. Chris. I want to get a D to myself because I got tried to work because I ain't put. I ain't put gas in my tire. Me. I ain't put gas in my car. I had to put. I had to put. I. I'm sorry. I had to put it in my tire. And I was late to work and I got fired when I was supposed to do it last night. Oh, see, I was already ready. I was. I was like, you know what? You do deserve donkey today for putting gas in your tire. I don't know why you would do that. But you know what, though? Something like a flat tire, you can't do anything about that. I was gonna say that was a rookie mistake, but it's really not, cuz those are like those things that happen in the morning that you can't even account for, you know? Yeah, and I was going. I was going to do it last night, but I forgot. I didn't. I. I didn't. Oh, I didn't do it. But so, you know, you needed air and you're tired, but you decided not to do it last night. Yes. Oh, rookie mistake, bro. Yes. You deserve the biggest hit you need. Yeah, I get that. I get the big donkey. Give me the. Give me the roomy ma donkey. Hee haw. Hee haw. You stupid mother. Are you dumb? Yeah, that. That was a big. That's a rookie mistake. You know, if you need gas or something done the night before, you gotta do it if you work early in the morning, man. Man. Yeah, I know. I know. That was. That was a dumb mistake. So give me the Remy Ma one. I don't want the record. I want the Remy Ma one, you stupid mother. That's right. Have a great day, sir. All right. Good morning. Who's this? Good morning, brother Charl, man. This is your boy, Mr. Show Money out of Rosel, New Jersey. What up, Mr. Show Money? We want to get a biggest Seahawk I'm call. I'm calling on these big ass callers that be complaining about regulars getting. If you don't want to get up in the morning and put the work in to get on the line and get past envy and get on the Breakfast Club, say your piece. That's on you, my matana screen is. Oh, I'm tired of all these people calling. Shut your ass up. Get up, put the work in. Get on the phone. Dial and start dialing. Calling and do what you gotta do. Sometimes I gotta call 70 times before I get through. But guess what? Replica is my family. I want to get through. I want to holler so I get. Put that work in. We appreciate you, Mr. Show Money. That's right. Bitching cause you can't get through. We appreciate you. I'm here, sir. Sugar cookie right here. See you ain't called my man yet, by the way. Put that out there, bro. I'm working all of the merch done, bro. I'm going through Alibaba first history month. Doing the Guatemala thing. You're doing your. You know, you got all this going on. You ain't caught my man. Y. Put that out. But you know I got love for you. I got love for you, brother. I love them yellow boys. God damn. Show money. That sounded crazy. Like, that made me uncomfortable, you know what I'm saying? Saying if you going to flirt, like, be a little bit more, you know, gentle with it, you know, I mean, I love him. Yellow boy. Yeah, that sound all right, man. That is the donkey of the day. We do it the people's donkey, every Friday. You can call 1-800-585-1051 and give somebody the credit they deserve for being stupid. All right, now, when we come back, we have Pastor Michael Todd and Pastor Natalie Todd joining us. We'll talk to them next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. What do you. Everybody is DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club, long of Rose is here as well. We got some special guests in the building. Yes, indeed. New movie out relationship goals. We have Pastor Michael and Pastor Natalie Todd in the building. Good morning. What's going on, family? Y' all good today? How y' all feeling? Congratulations. Hey, thank you, man. This is a awesome moment, a crazy moment. A. A moment that I didn't know was gonna happen, but God did. And so to be here last night, we went to Times Square and saw a billboard of relationship goals. Wild. Like, wild in the middle of the street. And matter of fact, the book came out during the Pandemic. The first time we did an interview was in 2020 when couldn't tour couldn't do nothing. The book came out and went number one New York Times bestseller for 13 weeks. Congratulations. And six years later, now it's a movie starring Kelly Rowland. We got one third of Destiny's Children, 1/9 of Wu Tang Clan, and partnered with my brother Devon Franklin. So we're just excited to be in this moment right now. Congratulations couple. Yeah, y' all so beautiful. Thank you. Like you said, it started as a book. What made this story feel necessary to tell in film form right now? Well, the truth of the matter, it started as a sermon series. I was just trying to help people around me, man. People are dealing with a lot of toxic relationships, a lot of hurt and pain around relationships. A lot of people escaping in relationships that they don't even want to be with those people. But it's a good time for just a moment to get their mind off of what's really going on. And so I was like, man, how can we help? So I just did it as something to help. Relationship. Yeah. What'd you say? The sermon series started because of our relationship? Yeah. Honestly, our good friends was like, you need to do a series about relationships. Because we've been together since we were 15 years old. We've went through a lot. I mean, if you can imagine being with somebody through their evolution from a 14 year old boy all the way to a grown man, there's a lot of evolution that happens in there that you have to let go and allow them to grow, myself included. But he did do more wrong than I did. Sorry, big guy, what did you do, Natalie? He lost his mind when he was 14. 15. No, no, no. It was like 18, 19. Oh, 20. Yeah. Oh, yeah, 21. No, I just. Basically we break because I, I was. It was super. I mean, when you're 15 years old, you can't do nothing but be in love. But then ask your mom and them for a ride. So you know what I'm saying? So we're going through the motion. Starts getting more serious as I'm graduating high school, about to go to college, and she's like, yo, what are we doing? And I was like. And most women mature way faster than men, you know. So we was kind of talking about marriage and I was like, I don't have a credit score. So I, I was like, hold on, hold on. Let's take a pause. And I just wanted to take a break for a second just to figure out who I was, what I wanted to do all that other stuff. Well, when I took a break, I seen cheeks and. And. And people, and I got distracted. Listen, you ain't got to explain to the question. You already know. And so what ended up happening was I didn't want to be with any of those people, though. Yeah, I wanted to be with her, but I didn't have discipline in my life. I didn't have structure. I didn't have character. I didn't have integrity. We did have mentors. We didn't have any of that. And so it was like. So both of us got with other people. We hurt each other. We did a whole bunch of stuff. And then we realized, like, yo had to try to win me back. What does that happen when you break up with someone and then all of a sudden, the other guy comes in and he's, like, kind of feeling, like, those little voids? It caught me in a weak moment, you know? And he was the complete opposite of what Mike was. Complete opposite. And actually, Mike actually was whack. That wasn't good. That is very godly. No, that is godly. In the moment, though, it felt like this is what I was waiting for. I just wish he could have done it. And then someone else is there, seeming like a prize, you know what I'm saying? And it feels like, okay, that might be the answer. And they kind of swoop in. I feel like, honestly, if you have a guy that doesn't have the best intentions, they pick up on that, like, hero kind of thing in the moment and, you know, and kind of play down the other dude. And I would never. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. That relationship wasn't a response to just the trauma of, you know, not being with Mike no more. Absolutely. That's what I mean. Like, if you've been a woman and you've, like, had a man cheat on you or leave you or whatever, like, there is definite hurt. There is definite, you know, you're, you know, comparing yourself and judging yourself on the other girl. If you find out who that is. And all those, like, natural things, just being human, you feel. So if you get someone else to come in and feeling like they're feeling that void, which is actually not a place for a man to feel at all. It's me. But at the time, you know, I'm. I'm young, so. And there's no. I had. We had nobody that was, like, another adult who had went further in relationships and had a healthy relationship to speak into that with. Yeah. There was no place for me to bounce off the thoughts. So we had to figure all this out on our own. And it was honestly 10 years of him putting drops back of trust into the bucket. Because you lose it in buckets, that trust is gone, but it's built back in drops. And that is a hard concept to get when you're 20 something years old or whatever. Especially as a man. It's like, you know, you get that thing. A lot of people quit and a lot of people quit. Yeah, you don't need my codes if you, if you trust me, like you don't need my codes, you don't need my, like you're insecure, blah blah blah. That's dumb. Cuz I messed up and I had to be the person to do the work on the inside of me. And so I had a revelation and God really challenged me to become the man that I wanted my daughters to marry. Yeah. And that. 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Better Picks Sports just got better was my wakeup call. Like, it's like, what type of man would you want your daughters to marry? And I tried to become that. We didn't have kids at the time, but I knew one day we would. And so I started doing all the things and his genuine relationship with God. Yeah. And I actually shut myself in the room and I was like, lord, I'm not coming out this room until you give me an answer. And this is. Swear to Jesus, this was. I have never experienced this since then to this degree. He literally like felt it in my like soul. Like, he's going to change. He's going to honor you. He's going to treat you like a rare jewel. And the crazy thing is once we got back together years later, he literally said those words to me and I was like, you are. This is just wild. So relationship goes is y' all story. Yeah, so. So the movie is not our story, but it's got a lot of the book. It's a rendition. It's a lot of. Yeah, it's a lot of things that happen to us in relationship because everybody deals with this, right? In some way or another. No matter who you are, what language you speak, it doesn't matter. Everybody is meant for love, is meant for connection, is meant to be together with somebody and you're trying to find that person. Person But a lot of people won't do the work that it takes because it doesn't just click in like Legos. And that's what I had to see before I came back, before I entertained anything. I had to see that the work was actually happening. And I had to know. I think the biggest guide was knowing that that work that he was doing or the changing how he was, how he was evolving wasn't solely because of me, because I'm human. I'm going to mess up. I'm not going to hit every mark that, you know, a man would want me to have. And so when I knew that his measuring gauge was higher than me, that gave me a lot of security to know that, like, at the end of the day, I know I can pray to God. And that's going to switch that whole man up, because his heart is actually devoted to him, you know? You know, past. I saw your. I saw your reply to Drewy skit about mega church passes, and you said it was hilarious, but it was a distraction from what you should really be on. Focusing. Focused on. Yeah. Can you expound on it? The craziest thing is people don't realize that our word for the year, which usually we always have one at the beginning of the year, was forward. And that was before the thing even happened. Forward. And so if you can imagine what you would give advice to someone and that you're trying to encourage them in hard times to move forward, what are words that you would say? So what are we encouraging our congregation about? The word that we are saying is the word for the year. That's what he was addressing and through. And so some of the things that was said was like he was talking about our word for the year, and it wasn't no reply. Believe me, in our real life, like I said. Well, you brought up the photo and you mentioned the Roll Royce. I think so. So what ended up happening? Yeah, we're not acting like we didn't hear it. We don't go around the anything. I get what you're saying. Yeah, we're. We're going through it. And so my church is a church all over the world. I don't. We're in Tulsa, Oklahoma, but we literally have members of our church all over the world. So if something happens with the extent that that happened, I'm. I'm going to let them know that we're. Hey, I'm. We good. You framed it as a parody of a broader critique of misplaced priorities within. Completely. And so I think that there was some Truth in it holistically, which every. Any person that goes to church and lives in church. We've been making jokes like this for years. Ain't nothing new or whatever, but there is. There is definite truth. But the link to me was something that I was a little taken back by because we have done things in our ministry intentionally to not be in that. We don't have an offering time at our church. And, you know, we don't pass buckets. You won't have. You don't. You won't hype our ministry or yourself up or whatever. But for me, y', all, there is so much money our church has given in, like I said, the top of the year, word of the year. And then we also give statistics for the year prior to the church so they know, like, finances, where we gave to, how much, how many salvations, all this stuff. And even in our local news, don't nobody come to say, like, your ministry has given over $36 million away to other ministries and other organizations. Don't nobody come and cover like you gave. How much did we give to the survivors of the. We bought every survivor of the living, living Tulsa race massacre. We gave them $200,000, which would have been the medium age of their house that got burnt down. And we gave. But ain't nobody covering that. Yeah, well, more than Tulsa. The city hasn't done anything. So. So again, wow. Again, we have, me and Natalie, been pastors 11 years. In 11 years, our church was started in the hood of Tulsa and we didn't have anything. And God blessed us to help people. And my burden was that we are going to give back to the community. And if you check the records, we have given away over $36 million in 11 years. And he ain't. He ain't going to say. I only said it because she. He. He. I know. And you ain't gonna say, you know that we personally hire auditors to come to come audit us, because excellence is not just what you see, it's how you handle business behind this. Because we know what spots. Like, that's right. You. Like, he ain't gonna say it, but I will. Like, like we are in the spotlight. We ain't dumb. Like, auditors come. And when I tell you, our friends and the people that we hired, they ain't playing no games, you know what I'm saying? Like. Like things was tight and right. We had to even change how we gave because it. If we're giving houses just away to the. To the widow or, you know, there's a way you got to go about that in a way you can't or whatever for good things, you know? And we had to learn that the hard way. We had to learn that there was a way to give. Because in the beginning of our ministry, when we started the Bible says to bless the orphans and the widows. We. We bought people houses, like $250,000 house, like this woman. And. And then we found out, hey, there's dealing with big. Dealing with big money. There's a way the IRS wants you to do that, to give money away. So I say all that today. All that to say is that I wasn't offended by the Druski thing. Because you could only be offended when it applies to you. Yeah. And so I thought it was hilarious when I saw it. I was actually off of social media the whole time. I've been on a 21 day prayer and fasting, and I actually. So I didn't even know what was going on. And people told me, like, you good? I was like, good. What are you talking about? But at the same time, let's put two and two together, y'. All. People are gonna tell him what is going on. So they say, like, oh, you say you went in social media. Well, you said it's like there's other human beings in the world that can tell you what's happening. But I do think there are broader conversations that have to be had, not just in the church, but outside the church of the way that we do things. And I think that at the end of the day, critique with the right heart makes everybody better. Yeah. And so in my mind, like, if there's anything that I can be better at, I'm, again, the whole journey is progression, not perfection. I'm gonna get better the next time we come up here. We're gonna be better than we was this time. And so that consistency in him is what made me stay. And I tell people his consistency is what I thank him for the most. Hold on now. Don't start up here. Your consistency to change and to be better for me and our kids and for the people that you lead. That is what makes me proud to stand next to you no matter what. Like, because our real life, I tell you all the time, is amazing, is blessed, is actual goals. Those are the things that people actually do aspire at the end of their lives. All these great men and women, one of the number one things they say on their deathbed is, I wish I would have put more time into my marriage and my children. And I told him I told him, I said, said, that's not going to be our story. It's not going to be our story. And that is the number one thing that he prayed before he came, became a pastor with all these older saints around him, when he was about to get. He prayed that he would not lose his family. That was it. And I never will. Well, let's. Let's close this out on a prayer. Relationship Goals available right now on Prime Video. Pastor Michael, Pastor Natalie, not Todd. Let's land this on a prayer, please. Okay, so let me say this before I pray. They made relationship goals number six on Amazon prime in 2014, four hours. I heard you overheaded number one. So I. I hope it's from your mouth to God's ears. Hey, hey, y'. All, if we want to keep getting good, positive, positive, hopeful, black stories told, we gotta support. They don't care nothing about opinions. They care about numbers. Yes. And so if. Even if y' all have a watch party, I just want to say, on the Breakfast Club, everybody streaming on their phone, too, like, turn it down. Numbers. It's all about numbers. I mean, we got to be smart, y', all, because this is not a step just for us or Devon Franklin or ke. This is a step for all of us to be able to make impact in big ways and so grateful for that. And this is what we're going to do. We're going to pray that everybody wins in relationship. So, God, me and Natalie, we come here with Charlemagne, Lauren, DJ Envy, Father God, and Jess, and we're asking that you would make all of us better in relationship. God, I'm asking that every marriage, every single season, every situationship, everything, Father God, that is hurting or hard right now, I thank you that you would speak into it and bring hope, life, and transformation today. Father, for the person who feels lonely, I thank you that you would be a comforter. Father, for the person who feels forgotten, I thank you, Father, that you're sending right relationships into their life. And, God, for the time, first person who's in a relationship and they don't know if it needs to end or not, would you send them confirmation? God, I thank you that you would use this platform to bring people ultimately closer to you, because you should be everybody's number one relationship goal. Bless this station, bless these people, bless all of their families. And I thank you, Father God, for all you're doing in our lives. In Jesus name we pray. Amen. Good morning. Hey. It's time for Pastor Oaks. And Rose. Hey, girl. Study Brewster. What is Study Brewster study Brewster is showing that dress real fly. I don't know what she talking about. First of all, don't hate on my 85 south tour jacket. You know, I was fire salute to my guys 85 south show. So. Okay, but let's get into the music. As you know, today is the day that the fall off dropped. So we're gonna start with Cole's two six. It's cool. Yes. I only heard the first disc, but that was on the first one. I know. That's the intro. Yeah, that was intro. That was the first one. Is that the first intro? The second song? That's the second song. How you like J. Cole album? I know you're a J. Cole stand. Listen to the whole thing. You can't. There's no way you can have a review. That album is an hour and 41 minutes. I didn't get the chance to listen to the full thing because I was. But I did like play first verses, go to the next. Play first versus go to the next. So out of just me skimming While I was DJing, I did like that record Safety Safety. I like the burning blue when he's driving down burning something road something with Tim. But this is exactly why you don't do reviews. When an album comes out at midnight and it's two hours long, everybody relax and I will. It's a. It's a very lengthy lot of storytelling. It was a lot to try to digest. Just at the club, it's like, oh, this ain't the scene for it. But either way, you know, I'm having this album listening party at the Brooklyn Public Library for everybody who wants to listen so we can, you know, do a deeper dive and listen to the project, but more new music. I usually start with the R and B, but I was just excited so I got distracted. But Sasha Keeble dropped this fire ass record this week. It's called Healing Fire. I love it. You know I love those fire. Okay, good. Yes. And Ella May also dropped her project today. I didn't get a chance to listen to it. So I'm gonna highlight a record next week. But. But Brent F. Announced that he's going to be dropping his project next week on the 13th, and it's executive produced by Rafael Sadiq. Nuts Shout out to Brent F. That's my Maryland brother. Yes. Salute to the dmv. But he dropped one single off of it and it's called have to. That's Brent singing. He put like something on his voice, like the little he be doing that sometimes Get a girl. But I don't know. I don't know. This is executive produced by Rafael Sidi Week. Let's trust, you know, the legends in their good hands. And it's also. I ain't gotta trust nothing. Your boy J. Cole said he want to get in the studio with some of these legends so he can help them. You see, I ain't even listen to the album. Huh? I know y' all Crazy Game Listen album. It's the last song on the first disc. Exactly. Well, I told you I was DJing. I couldn't have storytelling to try to digest in the club. I'm not saying I have a problem with that record. I'm just saying I didn't know what the hell was going on. Well, he does that. He did that on his last project, Larger Than Life. So what is it like the divine feminine and sacred masculine? Like, what are you. What are you doing? I don't know if it's like that. I think it's probably more like when Cole does Kill Edward where he just uses a deeper voice effect on it. I don't know. I don't know. Let's have him on the Breakfast Club so we can find out. How about that? I also would like to say Chad Hugo is producing on that project as well. So I think that's cool. That's dope. But my last record is from Trap Dicky and Key Glock called Down South. Let's Go Trap. Let's Go Trap. I like that. That's Hawksville, South Carolina's oh, my guy Trapped Dicky. He got one that's been out for a couple weeks. That's dope. I like Key Glock. Salute to Trap Dicky. Damn. Well, if you guys like those records, make sure you guys follow me at nylastimone. N Y L A S Y M O N E E E On Instagram, check out certifiedvibe.com it's in my bio. I got a playlist with all these songs on there, plus more. We're currently doing, like, feature artists cover in the playlist, so Planet Gizza is doing it. Their album is also fire. We sprinkle up it into the playlist, but definitely check it out. And then tonight, I'll see you guys at the Brooklyn Public Library. Is it going to be a silent listening party? No. Why would it? Oh, you stupid. All right. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The mix is up next. It's Valentine's Day. What you doing? I know. It's. It's very. Things are very Expensive. And you might not have a lot of money. So we came up with this idea called the boo baskets. Now, the boo baskets are a bunch of small things in a basket that your spouse will love, right? Right. So let's just say I was getting one for, let's say, Charlemagne, right? No, I would get him, like, a. A fragrance, some cozy loungewear. No, thank you. Skin care good. You know, maybe a rose, something like that that's comfy for him. Some comfy socks, some candles, things like that. You know what I mean? I don't need you to do any of that. And you could do that for your boot as well. All right. And Maxis makes it easy to pull this together in one stop, whether it's fragrance, beauty, beauty, cozy layers, candles, accessories, even the basket itself. So you can build something meaningful right now without overthinking or waiting on shipping. You better be getting me something back, too. I'm gonna get you the same thing that I got you last year for Valentine's Day. What? Not a goddamn thing. Okay, Baham book. All right, now it's Black History Month. What we get into today? Listen, man. Salute to my guy, B. Dot. You know, every day during Black History Month, B Dot does a punch podcast called I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either, on the Black Effect Podcast network. And today he's going to tell you about the man who invented the color tv, and he didn't even have one or receive any compensation for it. Let's discuss the man who invented color tv didn't even own one. Welcome back know it alls, to another episode of the most anticipated podcast on the Black Effect Podcast network, especially in February, entitled I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. I'm your host, B Dot, and my cash app is B tv. If anybody's feeling generous. To kick off today's episode, we will start, as we always do, with three of the most useless facts you'll never need. Never, Not a day in life. Your first useless fact, Color televisions. They didn't become widespread until the 1960s, a full decade after the technology existed. Existed. Your second useless fact. The core technology that made color TV stable and affordable was invented decades earlier. And your third useless fact, the black man who helped make it possible couldn't even afford a color television himself. Speaking of color televisions, we just moved our son to his honors dorm because he finished his first semester with a 3.78 GPA. And you would think with a GPA that high that he would be smart. Smart at least I did. Until after unloading his car, we realized that he had laid his flat screen television in the bottom of his trunk and then packed his drawers and shoes and clothes and snacks on top of the television in the trunk. And of course, we had to go over three huge speed bumps to get to the honors dorm. Moral of the story is, Isaiah needs a new television. But my question to you is, do you know who made color TVs possible? Cause I didn't. I didn't know. Maybe you didn't know. I didn't know. Maybe you didn't know. I didn't know. Maybe you didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. I didn't know. All right, let's talk about color television. So when we think about it, we think about family rooms, Super Bowls, sitcoms, cartoons, culture. What we don't think about is the man who made it possible. Possible. Otis Frank Boykin. Otis Boykin. He was an electrical engineer and an inventor whose work on electrical resistors and signal control devices made television signals, especially color signals, stable, affordable, and reliable. Now, let me break it down to you like a five year old. Before Boykin's improvements, televisions was od expensive. Only the rich people had them. They were unstable. The signals was jumping all over the place. And of course, they were overheating. I mean, legit fire hazards in your living room. They was inconsistent in signal quality. Watching one of your favorite shows was like watching through a migraine. Color TV wasn't just about adding color. It needed precise control of electrical currents. You couldn't just paint the signal rainbow and call it a day. Boykin invented a wire precision resistor that improved signal clarity. It reduced interference clearance, it lowered production costs. And the best part, it didn't catch a damn house on fire. And that last one was very important. But the components he designed wasn't just for televisions. It was for radios, computers, pacemakers. Yeah, the thing to keep your heart beating. And military missile guidance systems. This man's work is keeping Meemaw alive and protecting the country. How we never knew his name. Now, here's the part that makes the episode hurt a little. Despite holding 26 patents and revolutionizing consumer electronics. Oh, this boy can never own the color tv. Not because he didn't believe in it, not because he didn't want one. But because the wealth that was generated from his inventions, he didn't see none of that money. His designs was licensed. His components were mass produced. Companies got rich. Rich. He got recognition late and not nearly enough compensation. See this is the other side of innovation in America. Black inventors build a future, but don't always get to live comfortably in it. And Carter G. Woodson warned us about this a hundred years ago. If you don't document who built what, somebody else will claim it. If you don't control the narrative, someone else will rewrite it. And if you don't own the means of production, you just produce something for someone else's means. So every time you watch a color screen, whether it's your tv, your phone, your tablet, that laptop you pretending to work on right now, just remember, a black man helped make that possible, even if he never got to sit back and enjoy themselves. And I didn't know. Maybe you didn't either. I didn't know. Now I gotta tell you about Macy's. Macy got a lot of new things that's going on on the new Coach bag. Right? Can go exactly with Lawrence here. Right, I can see it. The Coach bag. They got the little slouch. Boom. It looked like cheap leather. Damn. Now YSL got the Berry Crush fragrances, if that's what you're into. Now you can also get a heart shaped La Crusade. Yeah, that is the. The cooking stuff, right? My wife loves that. They also have like a heart rope frame necklace, like a little necklace. It's 10 karat gold, so it ain't crazy expensive. But there's dope things that you can get at Macy's. All right, so Macy's is the destination for getting everything you need for Valentine's Day. So get to your local Macy's this Valentine's Day. And of course, Valentine's day is on the 14th of February. Love's love. Now, Jess, you said you have a fact that absolutely we don't know. Absolutely. Did y' all know that the banana, the real banana fruit, went extinct between 1950 and 1960 60s? Yes, I did. Because of the Panama disease. Oh, my God. Yeah, that's what Sara did. Okay, okay. All right. But I'm just saying. I'm just saying a lot of people don't know this. Just because you know something or you know something does not mean the whole world knows it. Okay? Yes, it was a. The Panama disease was a fungus and it wiped out plantations of bananas. Oh, my God. Yes. And the crops were destroyed. That's why you never see monkeys with bananas no more. When the last time you seen a monkey with a banana in. It's been a while. It's been a while. White and racist. I could make a great joke right now, but I Won't. Wow. So the ones that y' all are eating, the bananas that y' all are eating, including this one, is genetically modified. They make these in a lab. I didn't know none of that, Jess. You just taught me that. Thank you so much. I don't know how you know. In Delaware, I read. What did you read? Like, what did you randomly read that? Told you about? I don't know, something you read up. It might have been on a Snapple bottle or something. No, no, no, no, no. Yes. We learned it in school. I didn't learn that. 1978. So 1960 was not that far. Oh, you saw it happen? Wow. No, I didn't see it happen. Oh, cuz you was born after. I know you ain't talking. Okay, first of all, did you know that hens. You know. You want to know some fun facts about hens? Tell me. Tell me. No, no, tell us. Tell us. I don't have time. Me, neither. Just thank you, cuz I. You welcome. Know that. All right, so when y' all eating them, just know that they not real. Now, I don't know how bad they are for you. I'll have that fact for you next week, but bananas are good for you, huh? Potassium. Yeah, potassium. But I'm just saying, they made in the lab, y'. All. Yeah, ban bananas. Yes. Scientists make bananas. They're genetically modified. These. This ain't from. This ain't from the tree. From trees in Jamaica, but not here. So damn dumb. What is you talking say in Jamaica, man? Yes, I've seen a banana tree in Jamaica, so we know that they not extinct over there. I'm not messing with. Don't. Don't argue. Don't argue. Now you see how you looking? They don't even know. I do know. I'm just like, what are you talking about? Okay, all right. It's Black History Month. You guys will be getting facts like the one justice gave you out at the American Dream Mall this weekend. Absolutely, positively free. Bring the family out. We're gonna be hosting a bunch of panels. Artists will be pulling up to speak. I know Fetty Wap is coming. Coming, Honey Baby. Who else? Zetty will. There's a bunch of different panels. We're gonna be talking to Fetty about being in the industry, having a disability. We're gonna be talking to Honey Baby, How She Came. We're gonna have a father's panel, an HBCU panel. We're gonna be teaching kids how to double Dutch performance. There's gonna be a lot going on at the moment. That's nice. I got a black dad's panel. Black dad's panel, all that. I love that. So we're gonna. Like I said, what panel? A black dad's panel. So you ain't on it. Y' all really gonna keep letting this Dominican do this, this and not say nothing. And he just get more egregious every day. You know what I'm saying? Every day. What are you doing as a Dominican, man? What are you doing? I'm not Dominican Heritage Month right now. Every day you add something black. So I'm going to be hosting. Lauren's going to be hosting with me. The first half of it. Black so hard, girl, he say it like you're not black. Exactly. We're going to be. We actually have these, these young kids that are going to be hosting the first part of it where they're going to be hosting their own panels about, you know, streaming and, and getting into the things that they're doing. So we're gonna have the young kids doing panels as well. It's gonna be. It's gonna be fun. So it's free. Bring the family out and there's gonna be a bunch of vendors out there that are black owned businesses that'd be selling some stuff. What? The station is also posting the event. I just want you to know that this photo of you is a little spicy. It looks horrible. I don't know why they picked that photo. It looks stupid. There's so many other photos that look a lot better. I know one thing. That hat you wearing in that photo, please bring for Lauren to wear tomorrow in case you don't get to see Q today. Damn. But I like it, though. I like the hairline. Oh, wow. Somebody just said something racist on the chat. A white person? Yeah. Probably say. Well, I mean, I'm not gonna see what he said. He just said, I just seen him. Never mind. All right, well, you got a positive note. I do, man. And it's Black History Month. So today's positive note. It comes from the great Martin Luther King Jr. Man. And Martin Luther King Jr. Once said, the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. Y' all have a great day. Breakfast Club. Wake you up. Wake that ass up. 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