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Not just me, I'm with the culture feeling. Hello? Who's this? This is T. T, what's up? Get it off your chest. Yeah, I wanna. I will. First, I wanna say good morning, DJ Envy, Charlemagne and Jeff. Good morning. The reason why I'm calling because I met a girl at the Walmart gas station last Friday. I helped her with a windshield wiper, but I never got to get her name and phone number. What city you calling from? Chattanooga. Okay, you gotta give out some more details, like what she looked like when she was driving. You know, maybe put your Instagram out there so she can remember. She. She was driving a gray Challenger with black stripes. I know. She was a travel nerd. Okay, yeah, don't sound too promising for you, brother. Put your Instagram out there. Maybe she reached out to you. Okay, my Instagram is OJ Cash. OJ Cash. All right, OJ Cash. Wow, that's Cash with a K. She was fine like that. She was fine like that. Damn. You forgot to get the damn number. She was so. He was too nervous. He ain't forget. He was nervous. What she look like? Is it 5, 3? 220? Huh? What? What's a 5, 3, 2. What is that? Height and weight, man. Oh, my goodness. Yeah, I say about five, three. I don't know about no. 220. 180. I'll give 180. Yeah, I know she was Big. Oh, man, I know she was big. How you like him? That's his type right there. Hello? Who's this? Yo, what's up, brother? Get off your chest. Ah, no, man, I just wanted to say good morning to everybody. How y' all doing? Morning. Less black and highly favored brother. No, this is my first time call. I've been listening for years, man. I was like, I'm gonna go ahead. This car. I'm just getting out, doing an overnight shift. Appreciate you, man. You work at. I work at a wireless warehouse. Okay. All right, well, be safe out there, brother. Thank you for calling. Have a great day. I want to shout out to my Voopa queen, my fiance Tia, my whole Hawkins family, my daughters, Cyan, Sierra, Tiana, and my son Kyrie. All right, brother. Hello? Who's this? Hi, this is Kathy. Hey, Kathy. Kathy. Get it off your chest. Yes, I want to know why these grown ass men like to play games. What happened? Who stood you up? Nobody stood me up, but it's been happening over and over where many claim they want to be in a relationship and they're ready to settle down. Then you get into a relationship, all they want to do is play a game. So once again, who stood you up, man? What happened? So who you talking about? You talking about somebody in particular? This happened to a homegirl? Yes. Oh, okay, sure. Yeah. You gonna call up early in the morning to speak up for your homegirl, huh? What happened? Tell us what happened to her. Friends do. What's his name knocking. So what happened? So they got together and he claimed he wants to settle down, he want to marry her. Then all of a sudden, he's not ready for it right now. It's too much going on. Did she let him hit? She let him hit, of course. Oh, okay. Well, listen, man, let that man, you know, go back home to his family, man. Stop disturbing that man and his family's peace. He's disturbing her, if anything. Well, you should have known. You know, you probably knew he had a family from the start, or maybe he lied to you, but either or let that man go back home with his family. I'm sorry you going through that, Mama. It's not her. Okay. Thank you. All right, Mama. I would say I'm a prayer for you, but I'm not. Because you ain't had no business sleeping with that lady husband. Hello? Hello? Who's this? Hey, good morning, DJ Envy. This is Tamika, Y', all, resident stud. What's up, y'? All? What's going on? Um, I just wanted to call you Guys. And get off my chest that I'm changing my schedule, and I ain't gonna be able to holla at y' all no more. How you gonna do that to us? Why are you changing your schedule? Well, you know, they getting rid of the third shift, so, you know, I'm gonna go work on the second because I can't mess with that first shift. They be snitching too much. Maybe snitching on you too much? Yeah, they be snitching on everybody, not just me. You gonna get a little bit more sleep, though? Yes. Oh, yeah. And I'm be able to rub on my baby at night. Hey, overnight in a bed. So that's the greatest thing about it. Shout out to my girl for being beautiful. I love that that's happening for you. Go ahead, go off. You know, I'm an old. You know, I'm. This is my birthday month, so I'll be turning 43 this month. Okay. So I'm just going to celebrate my birthday and my girl taking me to go see Bernard Duran tonight. So we gonna have some fun. Okay. Well, enjoy. And we speak to you soon. You better call us before your last day. Imma try to. Imma try to. But shout out to y'. All. I love y'. All. And y' all have a beautiful day, y'. All. You too, now. Get it off your chest. 800. 5, 8, 5. 10, 5 1. If you need the event, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. The Breakfast Club. Ray. Ray. Ray. Yo, Charlemagne. Envy. What up? Are we live? This is your time to get it off your chest. I got an indoor pool, a outdoor pool. We want to hear from you on the Breakfast Club. We can get on the phone right now. He'll tell you what it is. We live. Hello? Who's this? This is Darshell. Good morning, DJ Envy. Good morning, Jess. Good morning, Charlamagne. How y' all doing? Good morning. Get it off your chest. I just want to raise awareness to domestic violence. I was just recently shot four times by my ex boyfriend. I'm from Detroit. Dang. Sorry to hear that. Lord have mercy. Yeah. I had my ex boyfriend for six years when a guy put his hands on you one time. Just leave him alone. Just leave him alone. Cause it's only gonna get worse. I am sorry to hear that. I'm sorry that you had to go through that. Absolutely. And due to. Due to the gunshots, like. He shot me four times. I was. I lost my hand. Cause he tried to shoot me in my head. So I just also want to ask if anybody want to donate to my cash app? Cause I need a prosthetic hand now because he tried to shoot me in my head, and I lost my hand. So if anybody want to donate my cash app, it's only me. 920. Only me. 922. Okay. Yes. It's to you, Queen. All right, thank y'. All. Have a good day. You too, now. Damn. Hello? Who's this? Hi. Good morning. Good morning. What's your name? My name is Tina. Tina from Where? Charleston, South Carolina. 843. What's happening? Get it off your chest. Tina, what's up? Hey, good morning, everybody. I just want to talk about these sassy men that we have on this earth right now. These sassy men. Yes. These men want to be babied. I just got out of a relationship with a guy, and he was saying I wasn't babying him enough. He also wanted me to come in and clean, cook. I also drive a truck, so I'm driving a truck from, like, 13 to 14 hours a day. And he drives a truck as well. But I don't understand why he feels like he gets to come home, play his PlayStation while I cook, clean, wash clothes, and still cater to this baby. Grown ass, man. I'm sorry for saying that, but these aren't the same men that were back in the day. Like how my dad and my mom came up or, you know, our aunties and uncles came up. They don't want to do no work. They want to complain. They want to be baby. They want to be the woman while we have to be the man. What's going on with that? Have you. Have you tried to put a finger in his bunky yet? Whoa. Oh. That's how you really test the level of sassiness. Now you got, I don't know, on a scale of one, the saucy Santana. How sassy is he? You know, you got to test it. She didn't say she has it. Have you? I mean, if I had to try it, I'd probably say probably. I might as well go back and dip and be like, hey, let's get some closure real quick. And, you know, and let me just see how that plays out. Yeah. Check, check. I made the mistake. Yeah, check. Check his oil and then come back to us. You know what I'm saying? Check his oil. Check his oil and then get back. Right, Right. Gentlemen, can I have your book, please? Can I have a copy? Of course. I'll definitely send you one. I'm gonna Put you on hold, Eddie. Don't keep my people from the 8.3 on hold. Hold on. Okay. Get it off your chest. 800-585-1051. If you need the vent, hit us up now. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne. Tha guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got some special guests in the building. Yes, Indeed. We got 803 fresh, home team, and young guy here in. What's up? Welcome, fellas. How y' all feeling? Where them fans at? They bought them. Now, if you don't know 803 Fresh, of course, they got the record right now. That's if you've been out and about, especially in the south, especially hbcu. Boots on the Ground is their song. Yeah. Congratulations. Boy, is that song moving, man. Thank you, brother. Appreciate that. When did the song actually come out? December 24th. That was, like, my Christmas gift to everybody. Now. Charlamagne alive. That's all been out for three years. I'm like, Charlemagne. No, it has. I was talking about just the whole line dance movement from South Carol, like, you know what I'm saying? It's definitely been going on more than three years. It just started picking up more in, like, the past year and a half. Something like that. Absolutely. Yeah. People don't really get to see the line dance, especially on the east coast as much, but when I. When I DJ everywhere, you get to see it. And I remember I was in Charlotte, and a girl came up to me, was like, can you play the Boots on the Ground? I had no idea what she's talking about. I thought it was a Mob Deep song. I was like, is that a MOBB Deep? Boots on the Ground. I had no idea. It's out to Louis V. Louis V was like, yeah, I'm gonna send it to you right now. Send it to me. And then when I played it, I seen the. It went up. They went up, the fans moving. I said, whoa. You know what's crazy? It's craz as it sounds, the current political climate kind of boosted the record, too, because I remember people started posting saying, you know, we ain't tripping off what this administration is doing. Black people are finding joy learning new line dances. And it would always be Boots on the Ground with the fans. Yep. It took everybody, like, everybody's mind away from, like, the, you know, the current, you know, stuff that's going on, man. So for me, it's like, the unity in it. That's what makes it more appealing. For me, you know, you got the, you got the two year old, you got the 82 year old, you got the grandmamas aunties. That's what makes it more genuine. The dope thing about it was a lot of the line dance songs a lot older. Yeah, like you talking 20 years older. Like when you go to a family reunion or wedding or a hbcu, it's always the wobble wobble. It's always slide before I let go. Then you play the Beyonce version. And this is something fresh and new. So let's start from the beginning. For people that don't know, yo, who is 803fresh, where are you from and how did you get into this, this thing called the music industry? What's going on, everybody? 803 fresh. The kid live in the building, man. Listen, I'm from a small town in South Carolina called Wagner, South Carolina. One stop sign, one stop light we all share the same dog Monster bigger than Wagner yeah, yeah, yeah. Monster bigger than Wagner, man. But started off in the church, man. Humble beginners, man. Started off in the church, man, Singing in the choir or whatever, you know, like the product of sun and live away from it, you know, I went out and I started venturing into like more genres. I tapped into pop, I tapped into R and B, I rapped a little bit. And then I, I found Southern soul. Well, really, Southern soul found me, man. Been doing it about a year and a half now, man. And it actually saved my life, man. So explain to the people what Southern soul is. Southern soul is a mixture. It has a, like a fine undertone mixture of gospel, blues, soul, all like mixed together, meandered together, man. It's only based in the south, but when you hear it, it's like feel good music. When you hear it, it's like that music that touch your bones, you know, It's a beautiful thing. You just gotta be in one of the, like one of the events to actually feel it. It changes the environment totally. You're saying we advocate for good time, we advocate for unity in that. And so that's why I, I chose to piggyback on that genre the most now. Yeah, you said it saved your life. How, what were you into before? You know, with, with being in the rap culture. You say you have to, you know, adapt to that, you know, that rap environment. When I came to Southern soul, I, you know, I was battling some stuff, you know what I'm saying? And it pulled me out of that because of the good feeling that it had. You're saying make for Me then my mama was. She was able to be proud of, you know, when I'm rapping, she don't want to hear nothing. She couldn't halfway understand some of the stuff. So when she first, when she heard my very first southern soul song that I dropped, called All Night Long, man, and I got that first confirmation from him. I already knew then that this was the genre for me, you know what I mean? Do you remember the first record that, that made you say, oh, like the one that touched your soul. What Southern soul record touched your soul? Shouts out to King George, man. He's from down my way as well, man. He definitely kicked the door down for us, man. Keep on rolling is like one of those that, you know, really, really, really punched me. And it gave me like some inspiration, bro. You know, one of those brothers, I mean, he from South Carolina. I'm saying he kicked the door like wide open for us. And when I heard that song, I'm saying I automatically knew that this was the type of genre that I wanted to be in. Were you surprised how fast this record caught on? Of course. I mean, cause it's everywhere and you know, and people are learning to dance quickly. When did you realize how big the record was? Man, I woke up one morning, I checked my Tick tock. I mean, I had so many notifications on Tick Tock and ig you're saying, I thought somebody had died. So when I checked it or whatever, I seen the video. The video was in a spot down my way called S Bar. It's a mecca for like the line that's you saying. So I seen that and it was like maybe 20 videos. I went to sleep and I woke up, it was like 500 videos. I knew at that point right then that it was. I might have a little something. And over the course of time now, what being what, three months for almost four months, man, it is past me. So right now I'm playing catch up to the song. Everybody have been trying to put a face with the music. So here I am. Good morning. I feel like that's what in sleuth the King George. I feel like that's what he hasn't done yet. He hasn't put a face to his music. Cuz everybody listens to, you know, at least down south, you see people play a lot of King George music and he a young dude, he only like what, 30 something years old, right? Yeah, bro, they jo about 30 something. 30. Yeah. But I'm saying I feel like he hasn't done that yet. I wonder why I don't know. I mean, timing is everything, especially for me. I mean, look how long I've been doing music. I've been doing music for over 20 years. As far as Southern soul. I dropped five songs before Boots on the Ground, and then it picked up, you know, So, I mean, timing is everything. So y'. All. Y' all definitely stay tuned. Y' all gonna see a lot more of him and a lot more of the Southern soul front coming. When I noticed it got big was when I seen kids doing it. You know, from old people to kids, it was. Everybody got their kids doing it, and it's. It's feel good. It's like music that you had the family reunion and stuff like that. Did anybody try to, like, reach out about signing you or anything like that? Lord Merc, IG been blowing up. I ain't gonna lie. Crazy. It's definitely been crazy, man. But, you know, we started this company. Shouts out to Snake Eyes Music Group, man, we started this company, you know, from the bottom up. You know, we came with a vision. It was just a vision. And I think that we've done more in a year than a lot of folks have done in, like, five, seven years. Are you. Are you assigned to a major or. No, you're doing everything independent. We are independent. Oh, so you get everything that you eat? Yeah. I'm proud of us, man. I ain't gonna lie. I'm proud of us. You know, we all learn from each other. You're saying as we move, we learn, we grow. And shouts out to young guy, man, you know, that's why I brought him. He's one of the united fronts that we stand with as far as Southern soul. They accepted me with open arms, man. And they had been doing it, you know, prior to me, but they showed me the roles that definitely wouldn't stand your own game, and I can appreciate that, man. So everything independent. So we gonna. I'm gonna entertain something, but just not right now. How long have you been young guy? Young guy? Man, I've been young guys for a long time. 30 years. That was crazy. You know what I'm saying? Like I told, we just talk. I said, I'm change my name to Uncle Guy in a minute, man. That would be crazy, cuz folks see me, they'll say, you know, you. You a rapper? I'm like, nah. Then. Then they. They. I get on stage and I'm singing some souls, and they be like, damn, you know, I ain't expect that. But, yeah, I. I kind of kept my name back from the younger day when I was rapping, man, so I can. When I. I jumped into music, my story kind of, you know, similar to his. You know, I've been. I've been rolling in the Southern soul game probably about two and a half years now, and power social media. I had a record that, you know, I was singing in the garage and posted it and changed my life, you know what I'm saying? Instantly. So, yeah, man, so I kind of. I was tapped in on the rap side just like him, man. Came up in the church, you know what I'm saying? Tried different things as far as just me physically doing music, man. I stepped away from music almost 14 years. So when I finally just made up my mind, hey, I'm finna get back in the studio, get it rolling, you know what I'm saying? Professionally. Record me a song, sit down, and that. That record, you know what I'm saying? Two record later. Hey, I was driving trucks, man. I ain't drove a truck in almost a year and a half now, man. So how'd y' all connect? Man? We. We met a couple, come up about two years ago. Yeah, I think my very first show. I've been Natchez, I think. Yeah, Natchez, Mississippi, man. My first show. Kind of nervous, you saying. Me personally, you know, I just thought it was. So bro came. He hollered at me, you saying. He gave me that little pep talk or whatever you're saying. I shrugged my shoulders. Now I didn't. He came to me like, man, like, young guy, man, what up? What I. Because I was kind of moving pretty good then, you know what I'm saying? I had a record that was. That was keeping me busy. And he was like, man, what. What I got to do Advice can you give me? I'm like, man, you know, keep grinding, bro. You're gonna get that one, and you gonna know you got. So when I heard that boost on the ground, I called him. I said, you getting ready to be a rich, you know what I'm saying? I knew it from the first 10 seconds. 10 seconds of the song. I was like, man, this. This finna go crazy now. I just see, you know, look on social media, Shaq dancing to it. You got. Yeah, like, man, that is crazy. You know what I'm saying? So it's. It's a blessing. And, man, I just. I'm proud of my brother, and we just trying to keep it going. What inspired Boots on the Ground, though? Like. Like when you sat down and said, you heard that beat and you're like, this is what I want to write about, man. I tell the story all the time, man. Listen, I had a show in Phoenix City. It was in the back of the van, whatever. I had a chance to experience my first trail ride. Went to trail ride. You're saying a couple of ladies had fans or whatever was hot. So I, you know, they got fans. So I got a chance to go to my second trail ride, and I ain't seen no fans. So I posed the question, where the fans at? You know what I'm saying? So. But boost on the ground. Boost on the ground is already aligned. That terminology you're saying. So you know when they say boost on the ground, you know, everybody have a party, we just touched down type of deal. So I just really merged the two ideas and it became a good marriage. What's the trail ride for the people who don't know? Listen, man, trail rise is, you know, ATVs, horses. You're saying that line dancing, it's a whole, like, combination of all. It's definitely a culture. It's not really just an event. And that's why I feel like Southern soul and line dancing is a perfect mixture, you know, I mean, it's a great marriage. You know, it piggybacks off of one, piggybacks off of the other. And if you ever caught that trail right now, and man, I promise you, you'll have a good time. You might get a little dusty, but, yeah, I promise you, you're gonna have a good time. Now, every time you make a song, is it a line song now or no? Okay, see, that's one thing I didn't want to get caught in. I didn't want to get caught in, you know, just being the line dance. The line dance guy at the boot. At the boot. So, you know, and I've been thinking about you saying names for like a EP or album, whatever you're saying. And I really wanted to be versatility because I wanted to show them on all skills. I got different skills music. Yeah, but you could do it like, remember how Jermaine Dupree did back in the day? He like, he had the. All the. What was it called it? The Beat All Stars, where it was just one album, just doing all the up tempo. You talking about like the, like Shorty Swing My Way. He had a whole album of that and then he had a whole album. Different ways of doing things. So you could do that like a anthem like that. Because your HBCU is going to be crazy this week. Spring flings, homecomings, all that. They should start booking you now to try to get the cheapest prices possible. Man, I got like schedule crazy. Yeah, that's lit. Yeah, that's what's up, man. Blessing, man. Definitely. I know you don't want to just fall. Hey, what up y'? All? It's DJ Envy. The first few months of 2025 have been quite a year. Work deadlines, group chats you can't escape, and your weird cousin's latest overshare. It's a lot, but here's some good news. You don't have to bring that stress into your car. The all new Nissan Murano is your piece on wheels thanks to its available features. Imagine sliding into the relaxing, massaging seats that feel like they were made to melt your tensions. Take in the skyline views that let sunlight pour in and watch as your day brightens. I have a special playlist that always gets me right. And with the Bose premium sound system, you too can vibe like you're at your own private concert. 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Yeah, Cub. But like. But none since then. And it's like, it's. It's kind of hard to. To do like, you know what I mean? So for you to just come up with one and just do it just off of what you felt, you got to do that more like. I. I'm tired of that. I tell people, like, to me, I feel like my opinion, I feel like Lion Dance is like the new disco. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? It's a big thing in the black culture that. You know what I'm saying? We just trying to shine light on because you got. You got people who y', all, you know, y' all from the city, man. It'll make people from the city, man. I'm gonna go get me some boots. They're gonna buy me a van, cowboy hat. It's just. It's a culture that they shine a light on so people can experience. So it's just lying dances. It's been around for a while, but like, you know, it's ain't got bigger, man. They got Salem, South Carolina to be 7, 000 people out there. Yeah. African music, too. African music has it. Has it as well. They got African lines, they got line dances. Like Jerusalem is a line dance. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. That's the ill thing though. The artist, like, it's not like you created the dance. No, you see, that's. That's the sweetest thing about it too. You said, oh, you didn't create the dance. No, I didn't. They choose it. They choose it whether it's going to be. You said a lot of dance to it or not. You know what I'm saying? So when they seen it on Tick Tock, it was like four or five dances, different dances to it, you're saying. I reposted one shouts out to Trey Little. When I posted it, everybody took on. You're saying to that one. Because it was real easy. It wasn't tamiya ish, you know, to me, it got by. I'm still confused with that. You know what I mean? That's a line dance. Yeah, it's a line dance. But they do a line dance. That's a line dance. I ain't gonna lie. It's like the cursive of line dancing. You feel me? I get so confused. Yeah. With that one, you gotta be. You're a pro for that one. Yeah, yeah. That's definitely not intermediate anyway, so you had to learn your own dance. Basically. Yeah. And I can't dance with him. So you just picked that one and was like, this is the one we go rocking with. Cause if 20 people said different dances, that's why I said. And everybody being sync, the people chose it, man. Boots on the Ground was not intended to be a line, that song. It was just blessed to be that way. Even with the fan. Bang bang, like with the fan. That's just something that you do when you hot, you know? And I didn't know that fans, like the fans were like a Big part of the, you know, the. The trail rising until I made the song with it. And now he's like, you know, 10, 20 different songs with fans. Now you're saying. So it definitely is a part, like a big important part of the culture. So I. I think I just revived it. That's why not the church fan, I'm sure fan too. They use the church. I think the. The sales on church fans is at an all time high right now. Yeah. Damn church fans. You know, Amazon, when I. When I first came up with. With the song or whatever, they was just cracking fans. If you go on Amazon right now, they Boots on the Ground fans. You got Louis Vuitton got fans. But that's when I knew y' all was getting. I was like, oh, they out of here now fast, you're saying, so it definitely has been impactful to the culture, man. I'm just proud to be a part of it. Yeah, they gonna be waiting forever for them Teemu fans, I tell you that. Yeah, yeah. About a thousand out there right now. But anyway, everybody gonna be waiting for new music. Do you got more after Boots on the Ground? Let me tell you something. I got so much music, I'm saying, and I got music like before. I got a, you know, a previous catalog. I got five songs that I dropped. Like I said, I've only been in a year and a half now. I mean, but as far as the catalog, man, I got a widespread catalog that's getting ready to come. It was just the. The timing we was waiting on, you know what I mean? So I think it's the perfect time for everybody to see me. And, you know what I got to offer. Versatility is coming. What's the toughest challenge about being an artist from South Carolina? The weight that's on my back, you're saying, because not only do I stay, I mean, yeah, boosting the ground is for me, but I stand with a lot of weight that I'm carrying as far as, like, Southern soul as a whole. Because, see, this is what my main part is. And I ain't gonna lie. This is the reason why I came here. You said this morning, I want to make Southern soul that main genre. You know, it's been, you know, sublime. Like, it's been, like, undertone for so long. And, you know, that chitlin circuit has been going on. Like, you got greats that came through that Chitlin Circuit, like Tyrone Day, that's Marvel Seeds, James Brown, there's Muddy Waters. All these guys would come under that chitlin Circuit man. And it hasn't really had a. A catalyst for it has been brought to the front. So I take myself to be a martyr in that. He said, I want to be able to display it as being a main genre and showing that, you know, we come with a united front. I got Shamika, Joe Quill out there. You're saying, grown, grown ass woman. I got Frank Johnson out there. You can hate on me. I got young guy right here, you know what I'm saying? Like, take heed. These are all very impactful songs to the culture. And when I bring my boots on the ground, I want to bring them as well. So that's probably like, like the biggest thing as far as, like, you know, I'm carrying that weight and I want to be a good advocate for them, but, you know, you got to get yourself all the way through the door first, you know what I'm saying? Like, that's. That's why I think a lot of people falter a little bit because they want to represent for the whole state and they want to bring everybody with them. And usually all those people end up weighing them down before you get to where you need to be. I think that with. With me, how I present myself, how I carry myself, I carry myself as, you know, hey, he's a strong front by himself. You know, it's just. I want to be a good representation representative for him, you know, it's not that I'm. I'm pulling them up. You're saying the way that I walk, my character is what it puts it out there. Like, oh, oh, I like him. Let me see what they got going on, you know what I'm saying? I let my walk. You're saying, speak for them. I mean, it's South Carolina having a moment right now. You got trapped, Dicky. Yeah, man. Shout out to trap, man. You know, Black Zach. Yeah, man. Little balls. Rest in peace, speaker knockers. Like, it's a lot of people doing it, but I. I really love what the Southern soul is doing because that's a whole different genre. And we. And we call it the chitlin circuit. But really what I call it is the heart and soul of black America. Definitely, bro. Like. Like that's what all the majority of black people in America are in the South. Don't advocate for violence, man. We advocate for unity. Like, good timing, you know what I'm saying? You just got to pay attention to a lot of this music, man, and it's like real life relatable stuff, bro. It ain't you know, fabricated, you know what I'm saying? It's real life relatable things. And I think that's why people gravitate, like towards it a little bit more. Because I'm able to. You're saying, oh, yeah, I'm going through that right now. You know what I mean? So I think that's why everybody's been gravitating towards. But it's definitely a movement, man. Well, tell them where to follow you. 803 Fresh. It'll be press the kid liability. Y' all can follow me on all streaming platform everywhere, man. Just type in 803fresh. You say you can get my music from Apple Music, Spotify, your local bootleg, man. Flea market. You can get it from everywhere. I definitely appreciate y'. All. Listen, man. Charlemagne, I appreciate you, man. Listen, always love for the home team. Yeah, that's right. You definitely putting South Carolina on the map as well. What you're doing. DJ Envy, man. Appreciate you. You said just Larry. I definitely appreciate you. Thank you. Ty, you pretty young guy, Young up guy, man. Follow me on all platform, man. Young guy. I'm pretty much the same on everything. Check me out on all music streaming platforms. Like, hey, we got a lot coming, man. 20, 25. We're gonna finish it out next year. Gonna be even bigger, man. I'm representing Mississippi, man, South Carolina. We're just all trying to put it together, man. Absolutely. Alrighty, guys, it's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. If y' all talking about it, you know we talking about it. It's topic time. Call 800-585-1051 to join into the discussion with the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlamagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Now, if you're just joining us during. Get it off your chest. A gentleman called in and said he was having a problem with his relationship and this was bothering him. So let's listen everything. I just want to get this off a chest. I can't say this to my girl, so I'm gonna just say it to y'. All. I hate my girl dogs. Okay. I don't know how okay to all the dog people out there. I don't know how y' all deal with dogs running all around your house and dog everywhere, but this about to make me say, hey, I can't do this no more. But I had a dream about poisoning them dogs last night. Did you and your wife have a conversation? Did you tell her how you feel? Yeah, we had one a few months ago. And that turned into a big old argument. So I. I ain't trying to go there no more. So we're asking 800-585-1051. What's your relationship pet peeve? Let's start with you, Jess, all right? When you don't have no father and your mother is way too involved in your business, cuz then it leaks over into our business. When he want to take you on a date, but ask you where you want to go? Excuse me? If you want to take me on a date, plan the date. I don't like a that be like, where you want to go, where you think we should go. We think we should go. Now I know where you think we should go. Like, plan the date. Learn me. You know what I like. If you know, I like to eat steak, where you gonna take me? Not out back, but where you gonna take me? You know what I'm saying? I don't like that. Well, he can't just been waiting on somebody. Y' all should have did couples therapy. No man can fix the mother problem if they can tight with their mom. They can't fix that. No, no, no, no, no. And then women sometimes if I take you to a restaurant, then you'd be like, why we go to this restaurant? Why we not go to restaurants? So they asked, so what. What are you feeling for today, babe? No, no, no, no. It's a date. It's all in the place. Take the initiative to be like, you know what? I'm gonna take her here, you know, and the reason why I say, you know, no Outback Steakhouse. I'm not talking about, like, the price of it and, you know, the. The tier that it's on. I'm talking about because it has steak in the name. Just because it got steak in the name. Don't. Don't do that. Outback Steakhouse. Don't do that. You are hard to please, though, Jesse. You. You don't like nothing. I mean, you don't eat nothing, so it's kind of hard to go anywhere and enjoy myself. Okay, okay with you, but no, no, it's about the dad. Like, it starts with the day if you're dead already, like, not in your life, that. That puts you closer to your mother. Then your mother feel like she's dating you, so she got to be in your relationships. I would none of it. Okay, so. But no, no, I'm not talking about Chris. Not talking about you, babe. Who you talking about then? People like, people like dating people. This is just. You asked me pet Peeves in a relationship just in the past. I don't have no pet. I mean, I don't have these problems now. Okay, well, mine is lateness. My wife is always late. I'm talking to you again. Like you said, you want to talk about Chris? I'm talking to you, Gil. Hope you talking again. Oh, you're right. My wife is always late, like, to the point where I have to lie about the time. So if you have a party at 9, I gotta tell her the party's at 8, and we still gonna get there at 9:30, 10 o'. Clock. It is what it is. But the problem I have is she be late. And then when I'm downstairs watching the tv, waiting on her, she's like, come on, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go. Now I'm waiting on you. Now I'm waiting on you. That's how I go. I hate that. That's how I go. So you always on time? Oh, yeah, I'm always on time. So you're not black. What's your. What's your domain? Not answering the phone. You know, my wife and I have different phone habits. Like, my phone is usually on me or near me, so I'm quick to answer if I want to answer for the person. But she doesn't walk around with her phone on her. But my thing is, that's cool when everybody is home. Like when I'm home and all the kids home. Don't none of us need to really be near our phones because even the parents know the house phone and stuff like that. But when everybody isn't home, keep your phone on you. Because you never know when I'm calling and why I'm calling. So keep your phone on you. So not answering the phone, that's my pet peeve. All right, well, let's go to the phone lines. Hello? Who's this? Yes, sir. Good morning. Breakfast Club is J A from Indy. J A. J A from Indy. What's up, brother? What's your pet peeve in a relationship? Two of them, man. One of them is a woman that doesn't have a relationship. I hate to sound like corny, but a relationship with God? And the second was gonna sound kind of vain. And I can't stand a woman that don't work out. She gotta be active. Okay, well, you don't sound. Just. Just for the record, you don't sound corny wanting a woman that has a relationship with God. That's not corny at All. Yeah, that's a good. That's a good one. But it sounds cliche, though. It sounds cliche to say, but, like, it's so imperative that you have a relationship. But just as important, I need her acting because I can't be looking halfway deep. She a big body. Ah, you don't want no big bags. All right. No big back. All right? Thank you, J. A. God damn. What if she. What if she see? That's what she need to be praying to God to lose that weight. Yeah. You don't believe in God tied in together. You know what I'm saying? Hello? Who's this? Maya. Hey, Maya. Good morning. What's a pet peeve in a relationship for you? I've been with my husband for 10 years today, and he slobbers and snores really bad. Oh, baby. And I'm a light sleeper. Like, I can hear a pin drop. Like, he literally holds me up from sleeping sometimes. Like, he comes to bed, like, two, three o' clock in the morning. Most of the time because he's up playing the game. But once he comes to bed, it's like, I can't. I can't go back to sleep. Damn. What the hell? Why the hell either one of y' all ain't got no jobs y' all gotta get up for in the morning? Why he get to go to bed at 3 o' clock in the morning? What? What's up, baby? We do. We. We work opposite schedules. Cause our kids aren't in daycare. Okay, so what's the schedule? I'm dating. Got you. Okay. I feel bad, you know, because, you know, snoring is a lot of times. You can't fix that because. Yeah, sometimes medical problem. Medical problem. That he don't do that on purpose, Man. Listen, I ain't never seen nobody snore laying on their belly like this. This is crazy. Dang. Yeah. You don't nudge him, you know, push him to say he wake up a little bit. Yes, I do. All night. I'm kicking, I'm hitting. I'm like. And she said slobber, too. You'll probably stank. Pillows, Price, man. Yay. Yeah. Why don't you get some, like, earplugs or something? Word. And we got five kids together, and all five of them kids robber. It's crazy. Oh, yeah. You gotta lead that family, baby. You gotta lead the whole family. It's like. Nah, nah, nah. I'm joking, boo. So thank you, mama. For better or for worse, though, boo. You said it, Sir. That's right. 800-585-1051. We're asking what's a pet peeve in your relationship? Let's discuss. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. We got a special guest in the building who refuses to stop. Ladies and gentlemen, Kevin Hart. Welcome back, brother. He just won't sit down. How you feeling? Good morning. How you feeling yourself? Feeling good, man. Life is great. No complaints, man. Here to talk about more, which means great is happening. Still moving, still tracking, still working, still doing the same thing, but bigger. Talk to us about this new two part documentary. You got number one on the call number on the call sheet. Congratulations. Shouts out to Jamie Foxx, man. This is a Jamie Foxx idea that he came to me with at Heartbeat. And, you know, it was a concept about being number one on the call sheet and the good and bad of it, right? He's like, you know, a lot of people experience it, but it doesn't do the same for everyone, you know, and whether it's the ego, whether it's the money, whether it's the idea of the money, whether it's the thought of my career is now about to be, and it doesn't become like there's so many different concepts attached to it. I thought it was a great idea, man. You know, Fox is a brilliant mind. And I said to make it real, like, we gotta go out and, you know, of course, tap into all our relationships. So it started off as just the idea for men. Like, we were heavy on the men's side, and then we were like, yo, it's dope if you have it to where, you know, there's a male version. And then we go and we tap into a female version as well and really just expand the conversation of success or lack thereof. And it's. It's dope to hear all these people talk about it. So I think people are gonna be blown away by hearing the good and the bad. Like, everybody doesn't with the concept of it, you know, or being number one on the. Cause everybody doesn't with. When did you become number one on the call sheet? And what does it mean to be that I've been number one for a while? Like, I love it. I love it. Like, I don't. I don't want to make it very clear. I. I love it now. You never left the road. Why is the road so important to you? Because you control it. You own it. There's nothing and you do small venues, you do big venues. Like nothing better than stand up comedy. There's no job better than the job of live entertainment, live audience, your fans, your connection, your relationship. It doesn't die if you treat it like a plant and you forever water it. The plant is never going to die. Right. Like so if it can grow and you have good seasons, bad seasons, it's always going to be there and those fans are just going to ride with you forever. So I'm very adamant on staying true to stand up comedy. Nothing takes the place of stand up comedy. I don't give what I'm doing the level that I'm doing at. I will go and do comedy clubs. I will come to New York for months on a time and just do a run of pop ups. That's my muse, that's my stress reliever. So did you hear Damon Wayne say that he would never do stand up anymore because he was like, people are too sensitive. No, he said people are stupid. Well, yeah, basically he, you know, he says anything. People get offended too fast and it's like, it's just not worth the distress. I understand. I don't see it the same way because I don't have that level of give a. I don't want to do the thing that I love to do because I'm caring so much about what everybody else is thinking about what I'm doing. Like, I don't. I think he meant that on, you know how Dwayne's used to be like they no limit, like you talk about anything. But now that since the new trend is being offended and a lot of people are just, you know, it is what it is though, like those communities, I mean, Dame is Dame. Dame is a legend. Like if Dame wanted to go on stage and around. Dame can do what he wants when he wants. The idea of people being upset or triggered, if you're thinking about that like then you're going down a crazy spiral. I'm not doing comedy and thinking about the thought of what you think about what I'm saying. I have the things I want to talk about. I know the direction I want to go in. I'm not here to offend. I'm not here to aggravate or piss people off. I'm here to do my craft. Have you apologized yet to Delaware State University? For what? When you went to hbcu, you don't let it go. Come on. Let it be known. Where did you go, sis? She didn't. Here's your spot. I thought I was trying to Delaware State University. There you go. What do you mean? I know where? Delaware State Community College. That's just a bunch of on campus. Delaware State. Shout out, Delaware State. Don't do that. Why would I. Sean Jackson said you were sorry, Huh? I mean, first of all, it is all right, but it's like, smart people there, too. What you mean? What you talking about? Hello. State knows I have no ill will towards them. I love you guys. But it was a funny bit. There's a lot of out there. You guys, animated show out. Lil Kim. Yes. Talks about your life growing up. Yes. What made you want to do that animation style, you know, crazy. This has been a. This is a crazy development, man. This is, I want to say, like seven to eight years in the making before we could actually, like, do it properly. Shouts out to Scott Mills over there at bet, man, for understanding, like, my world of want and allowing me to do it the way I wanted to do it. You know, it's an adult animation. And I wanted to, like, flip the story of the conversation attached to the hood. Right? Like, everybody talks about the hood from one point of view. You know, the hood is the hood and people, like, the hood is up. It's so bad. Just a bunch of. In the neighborhood. Yeah. Like, and I think that there's a. There's a positive side to it. You know, there's a role that everybody plays in the hood, especially when it comes to kids, families. Like, everybody's a part of the village. Everybody's raising everybody's child. Everybody is aware. Everybody's in the know. Everybody's trying their best to service and eat. A good and even bad is happening. You know, when people find out there is an energy attached to trying to solve it and make it better. And this is a way of just flipping the conversation on the hood upside down. So it's about me, my upbringing, being in the hood, but having such a high level of love for the hood, for my family and for all the people around it. And Jesse Larry is in it, keeping her away from Breakfast Club. Come on. Okay, just. Just don't listen to that. I don't. Yeah. That's ridiculous. First of all, thank you. I want to make something very clear. Say, like, Kev, thank you for giving people a job. People earn them job. Like, I'm not giving. Thank you anything. I'm not out, like, hey, here, Jess, here's a gift. Like, that's just. That's her team. That's people working and saying, hey, this is a good thing to possibly put Jess up for the process, I mean, you could say no. But when people are talented and earning things on their own, it's happening the way it's supposed to be. I'm not in the space of no, of everything and I'm handpicking people and doing like that will mean that I'm, I mean the time in a day to do that and do it and do it and do it. And that means that the people around me aren't doing what the they're supposed to do. So it's your job to like properly package and put people in places to make these projects good. And it's my job to see it at the end stage of going, wow, this is a great cast. These are great personnel, great roles. I like this, I like this configuration. But Jess is earning it. Thank you. And you know, you do take the time to pour into the next generation. You know, Drewski was up here and Drewski said that, that you gave him and Kai Sonat a bunch of movies to watch and told them, get your stu. Whatever your stupid asses is doing right now. Watch these movies. Yeah. And prepare for the next level. That's right. I like what the younger generation is doing. It's crazy. I'm saying it like I'm, I'm really am a part of like a time of old. How old are you now? 45. Damn. Well, it doesn't look it. I did that for DOT Team, you know, that older generation of like how we approach the business, how we approach the craft. Right. Like, and I think it's dope as to see this new generation navigate differently. Like the comedians of today did not go and work at it the same way that we did. Like they're, they're breaking new ground, finding ways to be the personalities first and then get to the stage after. And the way that they're engaging with their audience and the way the audience is responding to them, I think it's dope as and being a fan of it, I feel like it's my job now to figure out ways to like grab this personnel when and where I can and you know, try to push them forward with Kai Andrewski. Kai is such a monster, man. I told him, I said, look man, I want to show you guys ways to like give your audience more and ways to do more. So I came up with like, with some dope ass ideas, concepts for us to rock in together but stay true to the space of what they're doing. So Drew Ski, I know he came and he was like telling you guys about the movie. I Don't want to tell y' all what it is, but it's a big. It's a big idea that we're working now. But I was like, to do it, you guys got to educate yourself on things in this space. So it wasn't homework. I was like, understand production. Understand how movies are made. Understand the look and feel. I want you to be a part of the process so you can understand the process. And after you do this with me, go do it yourself. Go do it and figure out ways to, you know, do it with the other people that you're around. We're still kicking him with Kevin Hart. Juicy said you actually set him up in that stream with that little kid. He was a fat boy. He said it was you that actually set him up. That's. That's what I mean. You did, though. You did start it off. He said you started because you're the og. They follow your lead. First of all, what you need to understand is where the cameras are at all times. What I said, the. Drew Ski was in his ear. I said something in his ear. Okay? Nobody really knows what I said. He knows what I said. And then he took the liberty of going and saying very harsh things, by the way, you know, things that shouldn't be. We've seen you walk right out. Like, you see. I mean, I don't want to be around that. Okay. I've seen a lot of people get in fights. I've seen what it's about to happen. I go, I shouldn't be here. Right? I shouldn't be here. They about to start shooting. Yeah, right. By the way, he's got the gun. I see it. I' ma leave right now. Yeah, yeah. So I just exited the room because I think. I think at the time, I had to go to the bathroom, actually. And then a lot of stuff, from what I was told. From what I was told, the kids start crying and stuff like that. He wasn't even around. I came back and I was like, what's going on? Right at that time, I'm the adult in the room trying to calm down, right? Like, hey, man, what's happening? And I think all the cameras caught me saying that, which is good for me, legally, so I was never attached. Drew Ski said he felt like he could make those jokes because he's fat. And y' all were teasing him all day about being fat. Oh, Juski, first of all, calling people fat is. That's aggressive. Well, you saw the Big Dank interview. I just wanna. I just wanna say that's It's Drew Ski. Big. Yes. Is he a little bigger? Yeah. Right. Does he have problems breathing when he walks up steps? Yeah, of course. Of course. But. But you know, that little kid, I think, is on his way to a healthy lifestyle. Yeah. Yeah. You gotta support that. Right? The little kid. Kid. Because he was talking. I think the little kid was talking about exercising and stuff. Yeah. Which is good. And I'm always glad to just be on the positive side of conversation. That's what I'm about. That's right. You know, I'm a beacon of light, joy. Kevin, at. Sure. At the level of success that you are. Being an actor, do you still have to audition for roles or. Absolutely not. Okay. What are you talking about? Because Martin Lawrence said. He had said that. He does. Well, I know. I think Martin said he had to. He pitches. He still got a pitch project. Oh, pitch that. Yeah, that makes sense. Yeah. If he's pitching things, I mean, am I. Am I really pitching things? I think I'm pitching ideas to my team. I'm more in the business of creating the things that I think best service my want in my. My direction in the business. Like, when you think about the dramas, you think about all the things that I've done this series, like, that's been me. So true story. I was like, I wanna. I wanna kill somebody on camera. I think it'd be dope. And I want him found a guy that created Narcos. And I was like, yo, it'd be dope as if we can collab and talk. But we developed it, and then I was like, okay, this is great. Let's go and take this out. Like, that's developing it and then going to sell it. Fight Night. That was me, Will Packer, and Will telling me he had the rights and us saying, hey, to do it. This can be dope as. But let's do it this way and put the right people in it. So, like, the creative side of. From start to finish is where I'm playing it now. But, like, auditioning. I'm not really auditioning. I think people, if they have a project, they're like, oh, Kevin would be good for this. And I'm getting those calls. Hey, we want you to do. And then I got a decision of if I want to do it or not. Like, for instance, the upside. That's still one of my favorite movies. You and Bryan Cranston, they already saw you for that role. They said, we want to do the remake. And we see you and Bryan Cranston doing this. Are you Interested. And that was genius. Absolutely. And Nicole Kidman. I was like, absolutely, hands down. But it's, It's. It's coming out and having desk. Not saying I wouldn't audition. You would. No, no. He would. I'm trying to clean it up. I was trying to clean it up. I was trying to. I know y' all got cameras here. I just wanted to look in and make it just look like I'm willing to do right. What about, like, social media backlash? Because everybody, for whatever reason, was highly upset when you hosted NBA All Star Weekend, or there was a sector. A section of the Internet that was acting like they were, you know, you know what. What is. What energy do you give that I'm a partner to the NBA. Like, understand what that means. I'm not. I'm not coming on to be Kevin Hart and have funny moments to the NBA. The NBA has been a servicing aid to my career for over 15 years. Like, you go back and you'll look at how much I've been on NBA, TNT, and All Star Weekend, celebrity weekends, all these events like this, you're not looking. It's. It's almost host adjacent. Right? Like, the personalities that we lean on because we're familiar with family and we know how they work. That's what that is. So the All Star. I'm not going to the All Star Game to try to create a big moment for me. I'm there because the energy of the All Star Game comes with Chuck, Ernie, Kenny, myself, Shaq. Like, we've been doing this for years. Like, just talking and playing with one another, bantering on camera. That's not an easy thing to do. They make it look easy. They make it look great. That's not an easy thing to do. Especially between you and Shaq. Yeah, that's very easy. That's not an easy thing to do. Like that K chemistry, that rapport. It comes from, like, having a real understanding for how TV works. So you can't just throw new things in there because it gets weird. People don't understand the times. People don't understand the cuts. How much time you got to go cut back to the game. They're trying to do so much new. They're trying to discover it. So why. They're trying to figure it out. Here's personalities that we can lean on so at least we don't have dead space or dull moments on camera. That's what that is. So when you understand the technicality behind it, then you. You understand my involvement. I don't. I don't feed into that hey, what up y'? All? It's DJ Envy. The first few months of 2025 have been quite a year. Work deadlines, group chats you can't escape, and your weird cousin's latest overshare. It's a lot, but here's some good news. You don't have to bring that stress into your car. The all new Nissan Murano is your piece on wheels thanks to its available features. Imagine sliding into the relaxing massaging seats that feel like they were made to melt your attention. Take in the skyline views that let sunlight pour in and watch as your day brightens. I have a special playlist that always gets me right. And with the Bose Premium sound system, you too can vibe like you're at your own private concert. 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Oh, yeah, yeah. That wasn't scripted, right? I wasn't scripted. I bet it was. It was a moment when. Honestly, be real. I couldn't do nothing about it. They got a cut, right? This is. You know, this is before I put a little size on. Not to say that I could do something to Shaq, but I didn't, you know, it was a very frail version of me. And, you know, it was. This is when Shaq was, like. When they were, like, just talking about Shaq being a Cop. And he really was a cop. We thought it would be funny as Shaq pulled me over on Real Husbands of Hollywood. And, you know, like, Shaq is, like, basically about to arrest me. You know, everybody can't improv. Say what he did. That's great. They kept rolling. They knew. Kept. Now you don't even have to say this. We're not even going to discuss. For people who haven't seen it realize this is a great show you should watch. It's a great show, but it's online. Yeah. But what we're not going to do is make it seem like something that it was. So. So what he. What he did was he grabbed me when I got out the car, and he just tried to get a little physical. Right. He was like, pat you down. Yeah, but it's like. Like, everybody doesn't improv the same comedy. Comedy is an art. Like, you ever see comedians when they try to, like, improv, or some of them go too far or they don't know when to stop? Be like, hey, man, we got to end the scene. Like, you can't go over there, like, oh, yeah, with your mama. And you're like, well, you can't bring up moms, because we don't know who our moms are in this scene. It's like, I just googled it. Yeah, boy. Then it says, hashtag, pause of the week. Hey, yo. Nah, Shaq, you straight by Lady Kevin Hart. You literally took that man to pound town, did it? Well, this is. This is. What you're doing is ridiculous. That's actually. That's actually nuts. Nuts. Nah, that's nuts. That's nuts. He grabbed me. He grabbed me, throws me over the car. Over the car. And he starts. So I'm like, I remember. Turned you around, bent you over face. And let me tell you what I could tell. Charlemagne is. Charlemagne is a pervert. Like, he's a nasty man. Like, in this brief time, I just found out a lot about him by the way he starts describing stuff. You're a very graphic nasty man. Yes, I just told you. I'm just describing what Shaq did to you. He grabbed me, and he throws me over the car. He's like, you don't know what I can do. He. He starts humping me. I remember Ralph that rest of the episode, and I remember I looked at Ralph. I'm like, hey, did y'. All. Did y'. All. Is it pink pages? Did something happen? Right? And they was like. They were like, all right. Nobody wanted to say Shaq. They was like, all right, we got it. So let's just move on. We just. We just moved on. Did y' all talk about it after? No, we didn't even address it. We. I was like, man, just like. Everybody just shut up. I tried to get you again off all weekend. Shut up. Did you get triggered a little bit? I saw you. He was creeping up behind you. That's a very young. I'm. I'm older and I'm. I'm in a much more controlling state in my. In my life where I, you know, I would say something to Shaq, you know, don't do that. No, you gotta stop it. Right? Like a firm. Stop that. Right? But in that moment, that was Shaq trying to be funny. That's my. That's my. Shouts out to the big dummy himself. We're still kicking it with Kevin Hart. Charlemagne. I want to go back to number one on the call sheet because Sterling K. Brown did an interview where he said that people wanted to put him number one in the call sheets, but he was superstitious about it because he'd been successful enough not being number one, so he was okay with being number two. What do you think of that? I don't. I don't mind that, you know, I mean, as somebody that's been there, when. When you're there and you've. You've experienced whatever the conversation attached to it is, is. It's not the same level of important, right? Like, it's. It's not important. Like, I was joking around earlier about the idea of number one of the call sheet, but it's not that important to me. I don't. I don't give a. I don't care about top billing. I don't need my name to be first. I don't need my name to be the biggest. When they first put the movie or the TV show out, like, if that's more important to you, I'm like, all right, let him get it. So when you and the Rock do a movie, who's number one on the call sheet? I let. I let him get it. But he's DJs. And actual. Damn. Yeah, he's an ass. You let him get it. I'm joking. Yeah. No dj, by the way, he trumps me every time. What do you mean? It's not even a conversation. I don't even. I don't even bring it up. No, you're number one on this one. What is it? Cuz the box office numbers, like, how do they. I think he deserves to be number one. When we do the project. He's a international superstar. Not to say that I don't have international success, but I don't think that. That we're equal in that regard. I think that his movies have performed and done crazy business internationally. And when we do projects that we want to appeal to the world, you should be first. I'm coming in and I'm on that train with you. I'm adding value to it, but I'm not bumped by you being first. We put an amazing cast together to help us get those audiences when we do, but I don't feel any type way about that. I think he deserves it it and you should have it. Congratulations too, man. You got it was announced that Heartbeat isn't working with the Faces. Yes. Heartbeat is to be the official cultural curator to provide entertainment and live experiences for fans in the Indianapolis community. Yes. First of all, what does that look like? It's a opportunity for our company. Right. Like you're. Our company is a creative engine for any resource that allows us to be right like, we are a business. So our business thrives when we can implement ourselves in places to create or elevate a brand, a company, an entity, an activation, whether it be live entertainment, storytelling, etc. Indiana with the Pacers and the Fever have an attraction coming. I think they have an all Star coming up, but it's more about. They're like, look, we're looking for ways to expand and elevate what we've done. They spent a lot of money on a new facility. They have a team that's thriving, a younger team. The Fever are thriving with star power, et cetera. So they're like, how do we elevate? How can we better tell our story? And I'm like, that's what we do. I'm looking to be a better partner for the NBA. How do we better tell stories for your brand? How do we better promote and market you? How can we amplify or activate differently? Like, these are words in the business that companies desperately want to hear from potential partners. Will Heartbeat call Mike Epps to do. Absolutely. I told him like that when he was there. I said, knowing Kev, he's gonna call you to do something. Absolutely. I mean, me and Mike's relationship now is. He says, y' all good. It's. We're. We're 10 times back. It took a long time to get to where we are now. But I'm. I'm happy at the. The road of like, dumb because it got us to a place of real grown man and we're not, we're not doing the dumb, like, tweets and no more like, Mike, call me, I'm calling you. And we, we talk. So, you know, when I did, Mike was the first one we got on the phone. We had a conversation. And me and Mike are, are very much on the same page. And I think, you know, a lot of the disconnect was from assumption. That's the realization that came about. But I have no ill will, no beef towards anybody. Damn sure not Mike. And you know, right now the priority between me and Mike are figuring out the thing that we're going to do together. And you know, I told Mike, like, it's a, it's a real thing. Like we've haven't done it because of this disconnect in our relationship. We've never been on screen together. We did Real Husbands together in the beginning. Mike did an episode and that's the only time where we've ever jousted on camera. And I was like, at this point in our career, like, we're, we're not nobody but ourselves. So, you know, how do we make it work? And he's like, yeah, Kev, how do we make it work? And it's a, a, it's a mutual understanding. And I think now having that as a priority, his fans will be happy. My fans, I think, will be happy. And I think it'd be dope for the culture when we do it. Yeah. Where is that version of Harlem Nights for this era? It's hard, it's hard to happen because the idea of it being just one is what people can't let go of. What you mean? Like, there doesn't have to be just one star. The Harlem Knights wasn't just one star. That's why I worked. Right? That's why it worked. Richard didn't give a about Eddie. Eddie didn't give a about Richard. The two biggest comedians, minus the bull. The only person that was missing that should have been in that Cosby in some degree. Right. A showing of him. But they had Red Fox, Robin Harris. Like if you go and you look at the names, Del Reese, like you, you look at the names and the people in Harlem Nights, you looked at a conglomerate cast of hard hitting comics of color killer. We don't have that today. And even when it comes to like the younger comics, man, I, I, it's been a few of like D.C. young Fly has countless scripts that he has and he's trying to get all of us like in this generation, but egos and, and what's she gonna be getting and who gonna be the main character up? I ain't working with her or how he. You know what I mean? So the problem with the, with the younger generation of comics, man, I made money so fast. Good money, not a little money. They made money so fast. So it's definitely the idea of doing that for that I. Dude, I'm over here getting. It's like the idea, come here now. I mean, just, just, yeah, just made money. Still making money, right? Like, just understands that road money. That road money is a different type of money. These comics or new comics influencers turn com are making real money. So until you get to a point where you understand the money isn't going to drive your next stage of success, if your next stage of success or want for success is attached to IP projects, whatever, you cannot do it by yourself. You gotta tap in. That's what people are afraid to do and they're afraid to do it, especially in our culture because we feel like there can only be one. And that younger mindset in this business today is a cash driven mind. The money will come. Come. I'm telling you, the money will come. The ideas don't. The relationships and the partnerships don't. You know, that's the difference. I mean, I don't understand Lil Kev. I'm excited about it. Adult animation BET plus once again, shouts out to BET shouts out to my amazing team at Heartbeat Man. This is a piece of IP that I worked on for a long time. And to have it finally come to light is dope. As it's funny, as is raw, it's edgy. It's a true testament to my mom and dad who aren't here. So rip to the hearts upstairs and maybe down. So you know, my dad, they say it could be, I don't know. I don't know. So, you know, just in the middle, my dad shouts out to pops, wherever you are. Yeah, I know. I don't know what side this is. You don't want to assume. I don't want to assume. I don't want to assume. I don't say. If God ever comes, close the door. My dad might have been on the outside, but it's a testament to them, so I can't wait for you guys to enjoy it. BET plus Watch it. Lock it in. Number one on the call sheet. Shout out to Fox. Lock it in. I'm done. All right. It's the Breakfast Club. It's Kevin. The Florida man attacked an ATM for a very strange reason. It gave him too much money. Florida man is arrested after deputies say he rigged the door to his home in an attempt to electrocute his pregnant wife. Police arrested an Orlando man for tucking a flamingo. The Breakfast Club donkey of the day with Charlemagne. The guy. I don't know why y' all keep letting him get y' all like this. It ain't. It ain't. It ain't me. Duvall is them. Okay, Florida donkey of the day goes to a young woman named Akina Sampson. Okay? Akina is a 31 year old woman from St. Petersburg, Florida who works at one of the greatest institutions of all time, McDonald's. Okay? I am not about to sit here and do a commercial for McDonald's, okay? You can say what you want about McDonald's, but they have been around since 1940. It has 36,000 restaurants in over 100 countries and they serve 69 million customers daily. Dropping the clues bombs at McDonald's. If that's not an institution, I don't know what is. Okay? Super size me ain't stop nothing. At some point, we have all had a love affair with McDonald's. Okay? My go to was the two cheeseburger meal with an orange drink. And I'm old enough to remember when it was 299, 314/tax. What was your go to, Jess? The same thing. The two cheeseburger meal, 3.4 cents. What about you, baby? Mine was the same, but it was 3.24 in New York, $3.24. Okay. McDonald's was the place that we would all hang out after the football games. Drop on the clues bombs for the Berkeley stacks. Monks Corner, South Carolina all day. I have a lot of love and great memories connected to McDonald's. And there was nothing like, you know, having a homie working at Mickey D's because they would always bless you with free food. That's what it was, a blessing. Okay? That's what it was, a blessing. All right? But Akina Sampson didn't have that giving spirit. Okay? Akina is clearly not the homie you want working at McDonald's. If you're looking to get something free, no. Okay? Akina is there to protect McDonald's at all cost. All right? See, a 17 year old customer got choked out by Akina after she stepped behind the counter to take some ranch dipping sauce after not being helped by employees. Now, we have all been at a fast food restaurant and been frustrated by the service, but that doesn't mean you can take matters into your own hands and go behind the counter. And do their job for them. Okay? This little entitled ass teenager took they ass behind the counter to get some ranch dipping sauce. And Akina, according to police reports, grabbed her arm when the team tried to break free. Akina allegedly grabbed her by the neck and took the girl to the ground. Sounds to me like the Big Show's finishing move. Remember that showstopper chokeslam Big show used to do? That's what seemed like happened in this situation. Now, I know what you're thinking. How many ranch packets did the victim secure? Well, the police reports does not reveal that information. But it did reveal that the victim had visible injuries to her neck and left elbow. The incident was also captured on video. Akina was charged with child abuse. Now you're probably saying to yourself, damn, Akina, did you have to do all that for some McDonald's ranch sauce? I don't know if McDonald's ranch sauce slaps. I've never had it. Anybody ever had McDonald's ranch? Yes, it slaps. Definitely slaps. Okay, okay. Now if it was Polynesian sauce, chick fil a sauce, we probably could understand. But McDonald's ranch, I'm not sure. Just says it slaps. I'll take her word for it. But it's not about what the team did that got her choke slammed. It's the principle. As much as I have to give Akina this hee haw because there is a part of me. I mean, as much as I have to give Akina this hee haw, there is a part of me that's like purr. That's it. What is it? Purr. What is it? Purr. What is purr? Purr. Purr. Mm. What's that? That's. That's just Clockett. Like that's the T. Okay. He wants to be a woman so bad. Yes, honey, someone has to teach these y n's a lesson. Okay? Where. Where was this 17 year old's home training? There is cause and effect. The 17 year old was the cause and effect Is Akina choke slamming her and being arrested and charged with child abuse. And now she's about to lose her job at McDonald's. Okay, she is clearly missing her calling as nightclub security. But I digress. Look, Customer Service 101. If a customer breaches protocol, especially a minor, throw hot fry grease on them. No. The appropriate response is to call management. Our security. Our security. Okay? Don't resort to physical violence because McDonald's wouldn't frontline for you like that. And you should never under any circumstance risk your job, freedom and a Young person's safety over a condiment. I know, I know. That 17 year old was risking it all too, but day 17, you 31, you should know better. Now, once again, you got a child abuse charge which is gonna look nasty on your record. And you lost your job at Ronald McDonald's. How house this situation makes the ice cream machine always being broken seem like good customer service. Please give Akina Sampson the biggest he haw. McDonald's ain't dying for you, bro. Yeah, that's a lot. That's extra. Just call the police. I will. I will say this though. A lot of people that work at fast food jobs take their job way too serious. Yeah, definitely. If I want an extra packet of ketchup, please give me an extra packet of ketchup. I agree. You know, if I say, hey, can I have extra ketchup? Ketchup. That doesn't mean one packet. Give me four or five if I ask for an additional, you know, sweet and sour sauce. Yeah, give me one or two. Give me two, three. I'm telling you, you know, I mean, I used to give them packets away like testers on the corner. Yeah, because it's not. It's just hoarding. Them ketchup packets probably sit there for months at a time. Just take it, take it too serious. If I want my, my fries to overflow, right. The fried container, you know, like give me a little extra. And it's not coming out of our money. Isn't like we not buying as employees, like we're not buying the sauce bosses out of. Out of our money. So it's crazy. Be a cheerful giver when you work at these fast food establishments. I'm just saying you look like Jennifer Lewis. Thank you. Yes. On American Idol. That's when she. That when. That's before she started. You know what just told me off? She told me I look like a broke transgender. I did not say. I did not say you like a broke transgender, cuz I don't know how the Brooklyns look. That's what you said. As opposed to the rich. That's what you said to me. No, I said you look like an old ass trans woman. That's what I said. Same difference. Look like you was marching in the 60s. That's what it looks like. That's what that wig is giving right now. Well, did you know what you had to go through in the 60s? If you had dogs sicked on you and hoses sprayed on you and marching in 100 degree weather, you would look like this too. You think your Wig supposed to look prim and proper while you marching. I just said it just look like you Dominicans don't know how to struggle. Dominicans do not know how people struggle. Don't let them know. Tyler probably gonna cast you tonight if he see this wig on you. All right, I'm mean tomorrow. Tomorrow morning. What is he gonna cash you tomorrow afternoon? Sorry. What is wrong with y'? All? All right. Thank you for that donkey of the day. He looked just like a. When I said, excuse me, he gonna. What? Why tonight? Like, why tonight? Why I gotta be doing castings at night? I am a late crazy. Yeah. How dare you. Oh, my God. You will talk to me during regular office hours. Charlamagne want to be a woman so bad. All right, now we're all part woman. 50%. It took 50 woman, 50 man to make us. Oh, so it's woman and you? Yes. This wig really has him feeling himself. All right, all right, guys, can we focus? Can we focus? Classroom, can we focus? Okay, okay. All right. What in the. The tree are you talking about? That is crazy. I wish I could see his wig, cuz a lot of y. Like, what are y' all laughing about? He has a wig right now that looks like he's an old lady in church. That's exactly what it looks like. That just finished frying some fried chicken and just ready for. Where did the wig come from? Tell the whole context. It came from a wig store. Nope. Lauren. Lauren's stylist, her wig maker went to go buy you away from the store cuz she said you are not worth the bundle. So for everything that y' all are saying about my wig this morning is exactly what y' all should be saying to her. But y' all leave me on this island all to myself. All right. The Breakfast Club. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Jess. Hilarious. Charlemagne. The guy. We are the breakfast club. Lauren LaRosa, filling in for Jess. We got a special guest in the building. A legend. God damn it. The brother Mike. I'm serious, Mike. I don't want them introducing you no more. If they ain't putting legend on your mother name. Well, we got the legend. Mike Epps. How old you gotta get to be a legend? Social Security age. Yeah. You gotta be in the. Yeah, I'm getting there. I don't think it's about age. I think it's about what you've done in the game. What you've done. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks, man. I appreciate. I appreciate the, you know, compliment. And Mike Epps, he always supported us early On. He actually did our first skit with the Breakfast Club. You remember that skit? The first skit. That was. The first skit was with you. And you did that for us. That's big. And he used to put money in my pocket. Cause you used to do the April Fool. He used to always get me to host it at the Garden. Yeah, man. So. Yeah, man. And it feel good to be able to. You know what I mean, Turn on the young comics. Put them on. Because I was once one at one time. I mean, my. I used to be standing on the stage trying to get on, open up for Steve Harvey and D.L. hughley. So they used to hate on you? No. Okay. No, no, no, no, no, no. They. They never hated on homie. But you could tell, though, you know, when you're an older comic or you're an older artist and somebody new, come on. You know, it take time for them to be like, okay, this dude is cool, you know, Or I can work with him because, you know, you don't know how a person gonna turn out. So I. I shouldn't even have said hate because sometimes I think that people don't realize how much of a fraternity comedy is, and they want to see you earn your dues before they. You know, they do. If they share stage with you, you. That's right. Yeah, but nowadays it's different, man. You know, artists are getting. They just do a little quicker than we did. We had to really work for that. We had to go hit them stages and. And now they got the social media thing, which is good and bad. Because you're getting opportunities. Premature. Yeah. Of you working for it. So it could be tricky. Do you respect that? Or you. You feel like they should get their. Their dues first to hit them clubs? Well, I respect the fact that they. It's still a hustle. Right. I mean, to be able to be on the Internet, I still ain't figured that out. I still ain't figured out how to really get the money off the Internet. Like these young. Like they on Snapchat and all this, I really haven't figured it out, but I respect that. Cause that's the new hustle. But like I said, when it's. When it's time for you to get an opportunity and show, improve, you ain't really been in the gym. It's kind of like you got muscles, but they didn't come from the gym. Now, do you like going out on tour with so many comedians? Well, you know what, Envy? I'm hosting this tour, so these Are all young comics that's coming up. Duvall ain't young. Duvall and young. Hell no. He didn't start with me, though. No, he didn't. He's young to me. Okay. Because he, you know, he came up after me. But for the most part, all of them are young comics that's trying to get to the next level, which is film and television and whatever that is. But I. Yeah, it's cool, man. You know, I'm secure with myself and I'm secure with my comedy act. I go on tour with anybody. I think me and Jess were talking about this before, and I was telling her, like. Like the way that, like, even with Martin, he brings her on his, like, you know, different stages. I think that two way street that you're talking about is really important because they're teaching you while you're teaching them. Right. Especially because, like, I feel like sometimes comedians who come up the way you come up when they shut out, like the Jess Hilariouses, the Desi Banks or whatever, you get so behind the times that you. It. It just doesn't come off well a lot of times. And I think for you guys and what you do, you're trying to figure out social media. Yeah. If it doesn't come off well, then fans kind of start to look at you a little differently. You got to battle so many different things because there you go. Yeah. It's what's here right now. So the fact that you're getting that is important on Instagram, like, you can't get around that because you. Bro. Yeah. Who are you talking to? So you brought up. You said. No, but listen, when you said Duvall wasn't young, I looked it up. I thought he was way younger. He's 47. You know, Duval was younger. I thought Duvall was, like, not too. I thought he was like, maybe 40. He gives young energy. But I'm. I just think that it's dope to see people embracing it because they be hating. Like, a lot of the old heads be hating. And it's crazy because what a. You throwing that old head around, that word around a lot. What's wrong with that? Why are people upset about being called older? That's a good. 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That's right. He looked out for Red Fox, gave him money. Yeah. So, yeah. Hell yeah. Now let's get messy. What you want to ask me? Oh, how you not got some. Kevin Hart signed on to be the entertainment is all for the paces and fever. You are from Indiana. Super famous from Indiana. Right. And then built a whole community in Indiana. Yeah. How did that make you feel that they didn't call you for that. Well, you know what? I thought about it. I was the ambassador for the men's All Star in Indiana. This past All Star, Kev should have called me if he was in Indianapolis, because I, I. I definitely called him when I was in Philly, but he didn't answer the phone. I wanted to call him and say, hey, man, I'm downtown at the Eagles game. Because I was. We had a show in. In Philly, and I was calling him to tell him, man, I'm downtown Philly. Boy, they going crazy at the parade. But, you know, everybody got their different. Different things about how they feel, man. You know who goes to Indiana. I'm still trying to figure out who the want to go there and do something in Indiana other than myself. I'm the only fan they got outside. Outside of. Outside of India, outside of what they fans are in that city. You know, hey, man, it's. It's politics. And then. And a lot of times, people that are not in a business, like people are not in comedy, people are not in the rap game that run entities. They don't know, right? They think me and Kevin sitting in the backyard drinking iced tea together. You know what I'm saying? So you really can't get upset about it, but it's enough for everybody, man. You know what I mean? Kev, he put. He put on. He put on enough young comics and people. So, yeah, I didn't get slighted about that, man. It's cool. So y' all talking, though, the fact that you called him and he was in Philly. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We. We. Me and Kevin talk, man. And again, man, I'm. Everything I do now, I put an age on it, you know what I mean? So I think about it, and I'm like, no. Nope, you too old. Nope, you too old. Nope, you too are too old to talk. Too old to be broke. I'm too old for all of that. You know what I mean? You just get to a point in your age where you just, hey, man, I'm just trying to get what I can get out of it. And. And, you know, but knowing Kevin, I know he gonna reach out for you to do something when he put that together. Oh, yeah, well. Well, that's what I'm saying. We. I was just on the phone with him, telling him that that's what we got to do. The white boys do it. They don't. You already look up autumn. White boys be together, together, doing movies and television together. Why we can't do it. That's right. I got in the business through Ice Cube. I didn't get in the business through. And white people like who they like. And I'm not. You know, I'm not really like that dude that they like. Ah. Cause you can't rub on my head and pat me on the ass and all. I don't play none of that, so. And I think they figured that out. Okay. This is. We can't do that with. Not gonna do it with them. So, you know. Hey, but you've had a great career. I mean, the Upshaws is killing what they only. What, Fifth season? Fifth season. Fifth season. Come on. I swear by that show they love. I appreciate it. And that came from my idea. That came from an idea that's about my hometown and loosely based on my life, you know? So I can't complain. I'm grateful. I'm happy. I ain't got no beef with nobody. I'm just trying to continue to live on and do what I do. We're still kicking it with Mike Epps now. Mike Epps, how many kids do you have? Seven. Hey, you had to think about it. The ones you. You said all the ones you click, not the ones don't. Do you think you got some kids out there you don't know? I hope not. You hope not? I hope not. You ain't that kind of guy. You. I'm glad you know that. You ain't that kind of guy, but you're not either. Don't let him throw. I'm not now. Okay, she has a nap time player. What you talking about? But I. But back in the day. Sh. Look, I couldn't keep my pants up. The way. All the way. All the smoke went. Just focus over here. I'm trying to keep you in good graces. Yes, yes. So don't. Don't lean into what he said. Don't lean over there. You can talk about your old days. Old days. Yeah, they old days. They old days. Slanging it like a pistol. Slanging it, man. But you know what, though? Hey, man, if you can survive anything and be there to talk about it, it's cash money. That's right. I agree. I don't care what it is. If you survived it and you standing there talking about it, it's cash money. That's why we listen to Magic Johnson so heavy now. That's right. That's right. That man lived the life. Johnson. Yeah. Yeah, boy. And you'll forget. Sometimes you forget that he got hiv. Yeah. You see what I'm saying? Some of the women probably do, too. They probably, like, they not forget that. Y' all are crazy. Now you got a young child, too. Yeah. So how. How is being a old head? Because we all heads raising that young child, man. I love it. They giving me life. Life. I got a son 4 years old, and I got a daughter 5, and they give me life. And I ain't no old type dude. I can get up and run right now, fast as I want to and do whatever I want to do. So why you look at me when you said that? You looked at me when you said that. What? Which part? That you're not no old dude. No old type dude. Because you call me older. I meant it by, like, iconic legend aging. Like you have that. You have it. You know what I mean? Like, you got the. I didn't mean it like. But think about it, though. M. You only. You 54, right? You got a five year old. What? How old you say? A four year old. So think about that. Steve Harvey, 68. Yeah. Eddie Murphy and his 60. They look good. That's what I'm saying. How much life we got to live? Arsenio, 69. I think that's right over here, too. I didn't mean it that way. I mean, that's why she's single. She how old her wig look, Mike? She ain't got no wig on. Thank you. I appreciate it. It's grown from the scalp. You hate her. Yeah, he just happy because his face surgery is new, so he's still giving one color on the face. He don't get no surgery. That's what he leaning into. What the did I just walk into? Talk about her old wig and his old face. That's what I'm about to walk into. Yeah. All three of y', all, man. I'll say. I love that interview. That was my best interview y' all ever did. It was only 27. I love that interview. It was so hilarious. All three of y'. All. Don't say my name no more. Yeah, man, I loved it, man. But right now, I'm on this tour right now. Shout out. Shout out to BMN Entertainment. You done with the mess? Because I did have some other questions you better ask. You got about a couple minutes left. You gotta know, so shoot. Okay, so I mentioned all the smoke. You had to come out with the apology after sitting on all the smoking. You talked about learning how to finally get to his wife. Yeah. When you sat down all those. All the smoke podcasts with Matt Barnes, you said that you were. You wanted to get to a point where you were treating women 100 right or something like that. And I think people took it the wrong way because you've been with your wife for a while, Right. I saw y' all at the NAACP Image Awards. Looked amazing. But does that even come back up in conversation in your relationship? Or how does she handle you being able to joke like you just did about things now that that has happened? No, my wife's a grown ass woman. She the truth. She don't pay attention to none of that. Petty. She's not petty. She ain't. She ain't no little girl. So, yeah, she can decipher when I'm saying something that. That I might not have meant the right way or whatever. She know when I'm talking, when I'm, you know, she know me. So I didn't say nothing to really offend nobody, you know, but it is the truth. It take men a long time to get that together. Together. That's right. Oh, I know every woman that's with a man, it's got to be a little bit more patient than we are with them, because it takes a while. Takes a while for a man to, you know, get her together. It's. I mean, we. We got. We fighting up against so much temptation. It's like, damn. It's like, woo. You got to be a certain kind of guy to. To really survive and navigate through the world. Charlamagne was just talking about Whoopi Goldberg the other day. Is that who he wants? She looked good at the Oscar. She did look good. Good. You know, cuz when she on the View, she look a little. Little fluffy, but she look. Her skin was right. Skin was right, you know, body look right. Giving OG A compliment. That's. That's it. Got nothing to do with nothing. Yeah, well, let me find out. But this tour that I'm on. Yeah, cuz, I. This is what I came to promote this tour. I came to promote this man, because we got some young bad comedians. And if you in a city and you ain't seen this tour, I mean, probably a lot of y' all probably seen Wilding out, you know, them little. It's all right. Wilding out, you know, don't shot at wilding Out. I'm just saying they do a tour, but y' all do a tour with Cannon and them. They doing a tour, but we do it. This tour right here is. This is the best young comics coming up in the game right now. How did it become like A staple tour. Like, I remember, it started a few years ago. Yeah, but like every year since y' all been doing it. So how did it become like a staple? Talk. Well, shout out to my man Blake, man, promoter out of Chicago. This young brother has been promoting for a long time. He does a great job. He started out before I started, before I came along. He had D Ray so many other shows in Chicago for New Year's Eve, and they were selling out sometime two and three shows, man, 10, 20,000 people. So when he put this tour together, you know, I came along. Like I said, man, we. Come on, man. You got Country Wayne, you got Lil Duvall, you got Corey Holcomb, you got Tony Roberts, you got Bubba Dub, man. It's Carlos Miller's Miller. Come on. Carlos Miller. Mojo, man. These. Tell me any young comics is better than these young dudes. These young dudes is. Oh, geez in there. Now, Corey's O.G. cory is old. But see, I don't think nobody's funnier than a lot of the og Like, Corey is one of the funniest stage in the world to me. Like, wrong. He don't give up. Yeah, he gonna say what he want to say, how he want to say it. He don't care. And. And that's the great thing. We. It's a nucleus of young dudes, and we throw in a couple old guys in there, but it's still a young, happy, hopping tour. You know what I'm saying? So. So this tour is good, man. We was in Brooklyn. They messed around and put us the day after the fight, so we didn't get the crowd. Last year, we did 10,000 people in Barclays, and this year we only did about 4,000. But, you know, the fight kind of messed us up. But this tour, and it was weird. It was on a Sunday. I didn't even know y' all was in town. We thought y' all were coming up here to promote show for next week, for next weekend. God damn. Cause I didn't even know. I didn't even know I was gonna go. But then I seen on Instagram, I always go to comedy shows. Yeah, he pop out my whole time. I'm the show. We're still kicking it with Mike Epps. Charlemagne, congrats to your daughter. Got accepted to New York University, the drama. NYU University. NYU University. Nyu. How'd that make you feel as a father? Oh, man, this is the thing. I didn't graduate from high school. I was a special ed student. And for my daughter to graduate and go to nyu. It's a compliment. Wow. You know, I had to give her mother props as well. Her mother did a great job with her. But my daughter is running around nyu and that's the same place I ran around doing comedy at, in the Village. Wow. I used to sit in that Washington park and with no money and watch people, and people watch. And now my daughter's running around that same area in college. So, man, I'm grateful. And I just thank God that, that I was able to raise a child, to be able to go get an education, you know, so. That's amazing. That's what it's about. It is. Cuz you was in special ed? Hell yeah. I, I had. I was in there for a semester cuz I failed a. A class. So I was in like. I mean, I failed a. A standardized test, but they had me in one math class that was special ed. It was just one with the special ed. But I wasn't in special ed. Special ed? No. You was in there. Yeah, I suppose you just said drop is crazy. Hey, man, if you was in there for 30 minutes, man, your ass was in there. I wasn't expecting people, but like, don't do that. You was outside with the folks. It's okay. No, I didn't. But special education is not about the short bus. See, a lot of people get it twisted. There are kids that are slow learners. They don't know how to learn as fast as other kids. That's how I was. I could read a whole book and tell you, you, they couldn't tell you what it was. But you got to give them kids a break too, because you look, look at Elon Musk. Yeah, this a dude. You could. Damn. You could tell he wasn't doing in the classroom, you know what I mean? But look who he is. Look where he's at. And not to big him up or to knock him down, but you got to give people a chance. You don't know what a kid going to turn out to be. That's right. And that's how I am. I mean, man, it's so hard to. I run into people who treated me like. And I still treat them like nice because I know they don't know. I'm like, okay, I'm gonna give you a break. Cause I know you didn't know I was gonna be somebody. And I'm gonna still treat you nice. Cause you didn't know. This is. We are the Ones tour, man. I'm your host, Mike eph, and we gonna be coming to every local city we going to. We'll be in. Let me help you. Let me help you. Let me help you. Detroit on the 7th. Come on. Detroit on the 8th. Come on. Fairfax on the 9th. Come on. March 14th. New Orleans, Louisiana. Let's go. 15th, Alabama. Y' all ain't got no weapons, man. Go get. Yeah, we got a website, but that just did. Is really gonna work. We got an Envy Shout out on that, man. You know what I'm saying? How long Breakfast Club been going, man? It'll be 15 years this year. 15, 16 years. Do you know the first time I met him, he was working with Wendy Williams. Yeah. How was that? Was he sitting on her lap or. He was sitting in the corner, quiet. Really? Yes. You was on the show, but you wasn't saying. He was on timeout that day. And then I looked up again and I. I seen. I seen you with. I'm like, this dude. That was the dude, this mother who got a show and he end up with a show. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know when they ask you, we had Jaques up here. Yeah, Jaques. He said, yo, you know, yo, what's wrong? Mike, man, Mike can't front. Mike ain't one of them people front. Mike on front for one second, then he catch himself, said. And I told him. I don't believe this. He said, you told him he was the next Marvin Gaye. Well, I. I told him. I said, jacques. I told him he could be. Why you lie to that man like that? Was it a lie? Yes. You said he a good. He can sing to you. He can sing. Marvin Gaye can sing. Absolutely. But you said he. You look at him like Marvin Gaye, like, he's like our generation's Marvin Gaye. I think people were like. I told him Mike was high, man. Mike was. Mike wanted to make you feel good that day. Hey, man, let me tell you something, man. It's probably some little girl out there that think this Marvin Gay. Sometimes you have to. Hey, man, I'm. I'm. I'm about empowering the youth. Yeah. Yeah. And I'll tell them that they can be the president, knowing damn well they can't. You ain't going to tell none of these little young comedians. They could be. They. They could be Richard Pryor. Yeah. I done told all of them. We appreciate you for joining us, brother. He didn't. Told him all, man. Thank you for being nice to me. I know y'. All. Mike Epps, Club Shay Shay coming this year. Club Shay Shay, huh? Nah, I ain't gonna do no club. Shay Shay. Cause I'm still trying to figure out why. I'm like, I told. And I told. I was like, I know y' all had to sit down. Shannon Sharp, y' all gotta bring some white men on here and grill them. You can't just grill black people. That ain't right. And I know we make money off clickbait, but Clickbait, them white folks, get some of your NFL players that you know was up, get them on his shop. Because Cat Williams, that he did, it was good, but it was bad. It was. It was. It was good. Cause we enjoyed it. But damn, man, he hurt them dudes feeling saying all that crazy. So we got. Man, we gotta. We gotta balance it out, man. Shannon Sharpe, if you're listening, we wanna see you interview some of them football players, some of them white football players that was in the NFL that was up just to balance it. I don't know race, but you can't just interview black men and let them pour out all they pain on television on these. These. On these podcasts, man. That's some bull, you know, because we more than just problems. We. We everything, man. We. We got talent, you know, we got families. We. We're entrepreneurs. We. All of that. So we have to keep shedding the light on the positive part of that. We already got enough negative light. We want a podcast. We want to start bringing people on the letter, even though, you know, people don't want to hear that. But, man, let's talk about some positive on these, you know, like Naptown Productions, Naptown production. You got Good American Family that come out on Hulu this Sunday. Good American Family. Yep. I produced a show, Good American Family with Ellen Pompeo, another Naptown production. Love, Ellen. Shout out to my team. Tc, my man Niles. Shout out to Big. Shout out to my wife, you know, because that's where it starts. You know, before you leave the house, you got to be all the way, right? So big shout out. Everybody should give my wife a prize because she's the one that's getting me to these TV shows and you know what I mean? But I was able to produce that show, man, and it's all white cast, based out of Indianapolis. If you haven't ever seen the. The. The movie the Dwarf, that's what it's about. About this young girl who played to be a. An adult, but she was really a kid and they adopted her. She was trying to kill him. But anyway, has Cuba approached you by last Friday? He called me the other day. Wow. Said we doing. Just finished the deal. Oh, wow. So we doing the last Friday, man. And big shout out to Q, man. That's another brother that has put so many brothers on, man. Yes, sir. And don't really get the props for it. You know, put me Chris Tucker, Bernie. I mean, name them. The dude gave dudes opportunities, and that's what I'm doing on the Upshaws, man. I got. I just had Scarface on the show. Acting. I had Petey Pablo on the show. I had so many comics on the show. And, you know, that's what we do. We turn. We. We turning on black men, putting black men in a position where they can feed their family and build legacies. Have you seen the script for Last Friday? I haven't seen the script, but I'm pretty sure it's good. And we're gonna bring in the new comics. We're gonna put the DC young flies and all of them in with the OGs. It's gonna be a good ass. Is Chris Tucker gonna be a part of it, too? You Chris. They gonna combine all the world. Hopefully we can get Chris Tucker. You know, we need to get Chris Tucker on that, because people still love Chris Tucker. He's still smokey. He laid it down. He positioned me to do it. So, Chris, if you listen to it, we need you, baby boy. Come on back. You know, when y' all start shooting. We don't know when we start shooting, but the deal done. The deal's done. And the upshots. Keep watching the upshot, man. Shout out to Wanda Sykes. Shout out to Kim Fields, the whole cast. I love them people, man. Unfortunately, this is our last season. But I thought it was seven. Nah, we did five seasons, you know, but that's personal choice. When I tell you, my grandma, they swear by the. They love the show. They love the upshot. Yes. Why last season? The show is changing. The kids are getting older. It's had its run. Sometimes those shows do that, man. You know, me and Tiffany Haddish have a show now. Okay. That we about to do together. Dope. That's like the Upshaws. It's gonna be about a bar like Cheers or Black Cheers. It's gonna be off the hood. Oh, dope. Dope. Yeah. Okay, so. So, man, we. We gonna keep the ball rolling. We're gonna keep some entertainment in your face, you know. That's right. And support everything Mike Gab's doing. Right? Yeah, That's. We didn't want to store. That's right. I'm gonna come to, like Three to tour date. So, you know, I didn't mean to call you. Yeah, come on. Yeah, come on. Nah, you ain't gonna take that serious. It's Mike Epps. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning. Morning, everybody. It's DJ Envy. Just hilarious. Charlemagne, the guy. We are the Breakfast Club hub. It's time for a positive note. What we got? But it's really simple, man, for everybody out there that's always on social media, you know, trying to curate the perfect image, putting a filter on everything. I just want to tell y', all, y' all be so worried about image. You need to clean up your spirit. Okay? Some of y' all need to clean up your spirit. Go do some damn work on yourself. I'm not out here, you know, pushing for therapy just because y' all need to go out here and find a therapist. Y' all need to find a spiritual leader. Y' all need to just really clean up your spirit because your spirit is disgusting and nasty. Have a blessed day, Breakfast Club. Ding Dong. Las culturistas calling from YouTube. You heard that, right. Las Culturistas now has its own YouTube channel. Check out full episodes. Iconic interviews, visual bits, and culture moments that'll change your life, all in stunning hd. So don't wait. Be sure to watch las colturistas on YouTube@YouTube.com lasculturistas Us. Ding dong. Las Culturista is calling from YouTube. YouTube. Welcome to Pretty Private with Ebon, the podcast where silence is broken and stories are set free. I'm E. 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