1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:02,960 Speaker 1: Don't are just the best of what y'all doing. This platform, 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: the reach y'all hat that you earned, make space for 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: somebody like me. You guys have a direct line to 4 00:00:07,960 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: the coaches. Oh my god, I don't want. All I 5 00:00:13,800 --> 00:00:16,760 Speaker 1: do is read about the breakfast Club every morning. Good 6 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 1: you guys are trending every you know, I dragged my 7 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: house out of that. I'm like, uh, what happened to 8 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 1: the breakfast Club to that? Good morning? USC? Hey, damn, 9 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:38,840 Speaker 1: good morning. It is Thursday. Good morning, good morning, good morning, 10 00:00:38,880 --> 00:00:40,839 Speaker 1: good morning. How are you guys feeling? One more day 11 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:44,760 Speaker 1: to the weekend, one more day to the weekend? Crazy? 12 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,480 Speaker 1: I am tired. How are you feeling? Um? I feel okay, 13 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:51,040 Speaker 1: I'm feeling a little better. Yes, you was beat? Yeah? 14 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: I think I just was exhausted. I've been doing too much. 15 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: So yesterday, so um, you know, shout out to my wife. 16 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: You know, we have a book coming out April nineteenth. 17 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:02,040 Speaker 1: So we're planning and we're setting up a book tour. So, 18 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:04,839 Speaker 1: like I said yesterday, we're traveling to city to city. 19 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: We're going to the mom and pop bookstores, we're going 20 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 1: to the major bookstores. We just want to meet and 21 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: see the people. It's a relationship book. We break down 22 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 1: everything that we've been through, hopefully to help people out 23 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: there that's you know, maybe going through similar problems, similar situations, 24 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 1: don't know how to figure it out, and we just 25 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: try to, you know, tell our story and we're just 26 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: honest and truthful. So it's it's gonna be some some 27 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:26,800 Speaker 1: crime moments in that book, but it's uh, it was 28 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: therapy to me and my wife because we were able 29 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: to talk a lot of things out from the beginning 30 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: of our relationships and I was pretty cool. So we 31 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,240 Speaker 1: were setting that up. So yesterday, you know, I'm into 32 00:01:35,280 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 1: real estate, so I have a property that's about an 33 00:01:38,440 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: hour away and I went to go check and I 34 00:01:41,319 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 1: left my laptop there. Now, yes, no, so my laptop 35 00:01:46,240 --> 00:01:48,560 Speaker 1: is my everything. So that's where I take no matter what. 36 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 1: When I get out the car and take my laptop, 37 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: that's my life. Like, that's how I make my money. 38 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: That's how I DJ. No no nudes, but just how 39 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 1: I DJ. So I left the I left yesterday and 40 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 1: I remembered that I left laptop there. So last night 41 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: I drove back to the property to go get my laptop. 42 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: But they did work on the house. So I was 43 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 1: so impressed with the work that they did in the 44 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:09,200 Speaker 1: house on FaceTime and my wife saying, look, I go 45 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: back home. I left the laptop again. What is wrong 46 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: with you? Envy? So I had to get up at 47 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 1: three o'clock this morning to drive back to the property 48 00:02:15,760 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: this morning to go get the damn laptop. You are 49 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 1: really did see? I am. I am a blonde. I 50 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,320 Speaker 1: am very did see this morning. All right, don't blonde shame, 51 00:02:23,560 --> 00:02:26,720 Speaker 1: don't blonde shame. All right, Well, we got a great 52 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: show for you today. We have damnson Dress joining us 53 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,240 Speaker 1: this morning. And yes, that's from the amazing show Snowfall. 54 00:02:33,280 --> 00:02:36,239 Speaker 1: That show is so great. I love man And it's 55 00:02:36,240 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: crazy because you know, the new season started. They did 56 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 1: like two episodes back to back, and I had to 57 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 1: really like go back because I was trying to remember. 58 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: It feels like it's so long in between all these shows. Yeah, 59 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:49,560 Speaker 1: that you gotta like recall what happened. I've heard so 60 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:52,120 Speaker 1: many good things about Snowfall. I just haven't dove into it. 61 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:54,399 Speaker 1: I haven't seen yet. I just haven't had time rest 62 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 1: season five. You had time to watch The Bachelor, I do, 63 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: but I fall asleep on a bachelor. That's well, that's 64 00:03:00,320 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 1: my wife's show. So you can fall asleep on it's 65 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: like you know, you know, can watch a little bit, 66 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 1: like I haven't seen Euphoria. What, No, I haven't seen that, 67 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,600 Speaker 1: the Tindless swind Little what's that thing? I haven't seen. 68 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: I've only seen like three episodes of that, Like I've 69 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: been behind behind So but yeah, he stop it, but damnson, 70 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,639 Speaker 1: it just would be joining us and also Erica Alexander 71 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: and Rebecca Howard. They have a new podcast called Finding 72 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: to Mika that focuses on a disappearance and the disappearance 73 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,799 Speaker 1: and murder of Tamika Hudson Houston, Houston. Yeah, so we'll 74 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: be kicking in with them in a little bit as well. 75 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:35,080 Speaker 1: So a pact show. And let's get the show cracking 76 00:03:35,080 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: front page news. What we're talking about. Yes, uh, let's 77 00:03:37,840 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: start it off with I mean, you know what we're 78 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: talking about Ukraine and Russia and now there is a 79 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: bounty on the head of Ladimir Putin. Will tell you 80 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,360 Speaker 1: who plays that bounty? Oh my goodness, all right, we'll 81 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:51,240 Speaker 1: get into that next. It's the Breakfast Club. Good morning, 82 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:56,280 Speaker 1: good morning, everybody is DJ Envy Angela yee, Charlomagne the 83 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:01,760 Speaker 1: guy we are to breakfast clublet's getting some front page news, 84 00:04:01,760 --> 00:04:03,880 Speaker 1: some new news. What we're starting, all right, Well, let's 85 00:04:03,880 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: start with the Russian businessman. He has put a one 86 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,440 Speaker 1: million dollar bounty on Vladimir Putin's head. Now, what does 87 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: that mean? Not that he went from killed, but he 88 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: went him arrested as a war criminal. So this investor 89 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: is um saying that he promises to pay one million 90 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 1: dollars to the officer or officers who, complying with their 91 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 1: constitutional duty, arrest Putin as a war criminal under Russian 92 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:26,960 Speaker 1: and international laws. Now, the man who says this is 93 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 1: a crypto investor. His name is Alex Konaikin. I can't 94 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 1: even pronounce his last name, kona Anikin, and he posted 95 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 1: it on Facebook. He said Putin had violated the Russian 96 00:04:37,200 --> 00:04:41,320 Speaker 1: constitution by eliminating free elections and murdering his opponent. He said, 97 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: as an ethnic Russian and a Russian citizen, I see 98 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 1: it as my moral duty to facilitate the denazification of Russia. 99 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 1: I will continue my assistance to Ukraine and its heroic 100 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:55,039 Speaker 1: efforts to withstand the onslaught of Putin's order, so so 101 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,159 Speaker 1: he doesn't want him killed, he just wants to He 102 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:00,240 Speaker 1: went to arrest as a war criminal. Okay, now let's 103 00:05:00,279 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: give you guys some updates. There's another round of talks 104 00:05:03,200 --> 00:05:06,080 Speaker 1: that would be taking place today between both delegations for 105 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,120 Speaker 1: Ukraine and for Russia. They said the first round on 106 00:05:09,200 --> 00:05:12,920 Speaker 1: Monday lasted five hours. Now the mayor of the southern 107 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:16,159 Speaker 1: city of Kashan indicated that they had fallen on Wednesday. 108 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: They said, Ukrainian forces has left, so Russian forces have 109 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 1: taken over. And this follows several days of heavy fighting. 110 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:29,599 Speaker 1: A Western intelligence report indicated that Chinese officials in the 111 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: meantime in early February requested that senior Russian officials wait 112 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:36,640 Speaker 1: until after the Beijian Winter Olympics had finished before they 113 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 1: started that invasion of Ukraine. So apparently they knew, but 114 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: they were like, let's just wait till after the Olympics 115 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 1: for you got before you guys do this. Yeah, My 116 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:47,000 Speaker 1: only thing is my question is this. You know they 117 00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:49,800 Speaker 1: have those conversations. What are they having conversations about? Right, 118 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:51,960 Speaker 1: if I'm Ukraine, what is they to talk about? Why 119 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 1: are you invading my country? Well, you're still wanting to 120 00:05:54,520 --> 00:05:57,160 Speaker 1: see if there is any way to get a ceasefire, 121 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 1: and no matter what, you still would like that. Yeah, absolutely, 122 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 1: you have to come to the table to try to 123 00:06:02,920 --> 00:06:06,039 Speaker 1: see if you can make that happen. In the United 124 00:06:06,080 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: States and every country you're still hoping that it happens. 125 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:10,520 Speaker 1: What do you give up if you're Ukraine, Like what 126 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:12,240 Speaker 1: conversation do you have? And it's not like you'd be like, oh, 127 00:06:12,279 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 1: I'll give you this if you just stopped shooting at me, 128 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: Like what do you have, Like, stop shooting at me, 129 00:06:17,080 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: stop stop dropping bombs at me. You're killing innocent people, 130 00:06:19,440 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 1: Like well, I don't I don't understand what these conversations. 131 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: I don't know how they're helping. Now one million people 132 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: have left Ukraine in just a week, according to the UN. 133 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 1: I did see on the news some people that were 134 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:34,480 Speaker 1: protesting when the Russian military were coming in. They were 135 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,880 Speaker 1: standing there and they were chanting and yelling and they 136 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:40,039 Speaker 1: didn't have any weapons or anything on them. So eventually 137 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: the Russians did go past them, but they were standing 138 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 1: outside protesting saying that they didn't have any weapons, but 139 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: you know, asking them to please leave, and obviously that 140 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,760 Speaker 1: didn't work. Now, the US House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved 141 00:06:53,760 --> 00:06:58,400 Speaker 1: a bipartisan resolution Wednesday. That resolution expresses support for the 142 00:06:58,440 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 1: people of Ukraine. There were only three people who voted 143 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: against the resolution. They were all Republicans. One of them 144 00:07:05,240 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: said on Twitter that they said, talk to me when 145 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 1: our border is secure. Another person says that he thought 146 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: the resolution was overly broad and that targeting Russia's economy 147 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 1: could backfire and cause further economic stress for low income Americans. 148 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: And the third person argued that the US has no 149 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: moral obligation to help either side in the conflict. So 150 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: those are the three people who voted. The vote was 151 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 1: almost unanimous, four hundred and twenty six to three in 152 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:36,080 Speaker 1: order to support Ukraine. Now, seven Russian banks have been 153 00:07:36,120 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: removed from the Swift network. We told you guys about 154 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 1: that earlier. Those are the banks that are now not 155 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: going to be able to send money, and you know, economically, 156 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 1: that's where everybody's hitting them right now with all these 157 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:51,720 Speaker 1: different sanctions. So we'll keep you updated again on what's 158 00:07:51,760 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: going on in Ukraine and Russia as things keep on happening, 159 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 1: and that is your front page news. They are saying 160 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: these latest sanctions will in the law term really affect 161 00:08:01,440 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: Russia as people are figuring out ways to get around 162 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:06,560 Speaker 1: the oil and gas issue that we're having now with 163 00:08:06,560 --> 00:08:10,480 Speaker 1: the shortage around the world from all these sanctions against Russia. Yeah, 164 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: they're saying gas prices are going to be one hundred 165 00:08:12,280 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: and nineteen dollars a barrel, So people like, what does 166 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: that mean? Just think about it. Last year it was 167 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 1: around eighty eight dollars a barrel, ninety dollars a barrel. 168 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:21,880 Speaker 1: So the fact that it's going to one nineteen, meaning 169 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 1: gas prices will probably shoot over five dollars, which is 170 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,239 Speaker 1: going to be very, very very very difficult. Very people 171 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,520 Speaker 1: will be scrambling to try to find alternative supplies. But 172 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: in the long term, do you really want to have 173 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,360 Speaker 1: to rely on Russia for gas and oil? So now 174 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: everybody has to figure out something alternative. Yeah, they're pushing 175 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 1: electric and I know for some people looking at electric cars, 176 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 1: because I've been looking at electric cars the last couple 177 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: of days. I know right now, for myself, Tesla looks 178 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: good because Tesla has so many charging stations where you 179 00:08:47,080 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 1: can actually charge, and they have the fast charges, a 180 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:50,560 Speaker 1: lot of them are free, and I know a lot 181 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 1: of these other manufacturers they have electric cars, but you 182 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 1: gotta pay to charge your car, so it's kind of 183 00:08:54,800 --> 00:08:57,559 Speaker 1: like getting gas. So just do your homework. I'd rather 184 00:08:57,600 --> 00:09:00,240 Speaker 1: has an electric car. He's so happy. What kind of car? Yes, 185 00:09:00,240 --> 00:09:02,160 Speaker 1: at BMW, I gotta figure it out. I just got 186 00:09:02,160 --> 00:09:04,400 Speaker 1: to ask some more questions about it. But anyway, get 187 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:06,839 Speaker 1: it off your chest. Eight undred five eight five one 188 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: on five one. If you need to vent phone lines 189 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,120 Speaker 1: a wide open again eight hundred five eight five one 190 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: on five one. It's the breakfast Club, Go morning, the 191 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:22,719 Speaker 1: breakfast Club. I'm telling, I'm telling what call of you 192 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 1: if this is your time to get it off your chest, 193 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,959 Speaker 1: whether you're mad or blessed. Eight hundred five eight five 194 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: one five one. We want to hear from you on 195 00:09:29,800 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: the breakfast Club. Hello, who's this about? Every yo? Travel? 196 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 1: If I tell you? How many people are really upset 197 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: that you always get through Like they're like, how does 198 00:09:40,040 --> 00:09:43,079 Speaker 1: travel always? We get tagged in posts like how does 199 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:45,600 Speaker 1: this happen? Oh? Trust you want to tell me? They'd 200 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,240 Speaker 1: be all of my DM's like, oh, you need to 201 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,199 Speaker 1: get a job. And at the mind that didn't used 202 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 1: to bother me because I used to have a job, 203 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:54,800 Speaker 1: like for nine years now you're like, I don't think 204 00:09:54,840 --> 00:09:57,840 Speaker 1: a little bit. You know I lost my job. Now 205 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: I'll be thinking a little bit. Yeah you I have 206 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: a while ago. I love my job in December. Ye, 207 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,719 Speaker 1: not a while ago. I ain't been jobbing for a while. Okay, 208 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:08,760 Speaker 1: you need to get a job. Track, go get a job. 209 00:10:09,200 --> 00:10:12,560 Speaker 1: Feel like a long time okay. But God's gods still 210 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:14,480 Speaker 1: been blessed with me because I got food stamp. I'm 211 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:18,239 Speaker 1: on unappointment. God is still blessing. Well he do it. 212 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 1: But now if you got an opportunity, Hey, I'm all here. 213 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: I'm all here. I know that's right. I'm calling because listen. Actually, 214 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:29,679 Speaker 1: ye I normal way to ask you for something, and 215 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:31,680 Speaker 1: I would ask you like to have your help and 216 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: and envy if I'm actually just finished the project that 217 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:36,480 Speaker 1: I'm doing. I've been working on for the last year, 218 00:10:36,920 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: and I have six sentences three am peace. If you 219 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:43,199 Speaker 1: guys could help me with my project? What's your project? Um, 220 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 1: it's a little ep and as well as one of 221 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: you guys like to narrate something for me. And I 222 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: literally had the six sentences written out and it's only 223 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 1: six sentences. Oh my god, I like that you always 224 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:56,520 Speaker 1: have an easy ask now it's blind Beauty on the project. Yes, yeah, okay, 225 00:10:56,559 --> 00:10:58,400 Speaker 1: then yes I'll do it. I don't. I don't know. 226 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:00,839 Speaker 1: We'll help me. I don't know because I'm charging a 227 00:11:00,880 --> 00:11:03,840 Speaker 1: little more. After I did the Queen Naja project. You know, 228 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: my my course went up a little bit. I didn't 229 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 1: see you in there. I was definitely in there. Mine 230 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: is non profitt and I'm not trying to no money. 231 00:11:10,559 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 1: I'm just joking. We got you, man, we got you. 232 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: Let me see n I didn't see you in there. 233 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:22,840 Speaker 1: I started open, Sure, I start, I started, I start 234 00:11:22,880 --> 00:11:25,400 Speaker 1: the video off for no short on. Hello, who's this? 235 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:27,679 Speaker 1: This is Jasmine from the Bronx. But I now live 236 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: in Maryland. Jasmine from the Bronx and lives in Maryland. 237 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: What I get it off your chest? Okay? I got 238 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:34,439 Speaker 1: to get off my chest. So I was gonna um. 239 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 1: I had talked with a friend. I was gonna go 240 00:11:36,360 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: to New York to watch my god's son, to watch 241 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 1: her son. But I um so that she could go 242 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:43,679 Speaker 1: on a trip on Mother's Day. But I decided to 243 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 1: change my mind and I told her, like, look, I'm 244 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 1: going through stuff mentally. I can't I can't go to 245 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: New York, I can't watch him. So long story short, 246 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:54,160 Speaker 1: we basically got into a disagreement about it, and she said, 247 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:56,160 Speaker 1: well I won't. I don't want you watching my son 248 00:11:56,480 --> 00:11:59,560 Speaker 1: and you have mental health problems, and that really likes 249 00:12:00,040 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 1: it just made me realize, like what is it, Like 250 00:12:02,920 --> 00:12:04,640 Speaker 1: I've watched him before and I have, you know, a 251 00:12:04,679 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: mental health condition, Like why is it that if I 252 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,319 Speaker 1: changed my mind like all of a sudden, I can't 253 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: watch him because I have mental health problems. So I 254 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: just I don't know, Like I had to get off 255 00:12:13,679 --> 00:12:16,600 Speaker 1: my chest because I'm like, it did stigma like do people? 256 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 1: So like if you're going through stuff and you're trying 257 00:12:18,840 --> 00:12:22,160 Speaker 1: to like you know, you know, manage your mental health, 258 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:24,480 Speaker 1: like you can't baby fit, Like what is that about? Well, 259 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:26,640 Speaker 1: I'm sure she was probably upset because it was Mother's Day, 260 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 1: so she probably made plans in the arrange. Yeah, she 261 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: planned the traps. She probably planned the trip or a 262 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 1: date or whatever it was, and then you canceled on 263 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 1: her last minute. So she's probably upset and you know, 264 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:36,120 Speaker 1: hurt people, hurt people. She probably tried to throw a 265 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,680 Speaker 1: stab at you to you know, to dig at you back. Yeah, 266 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 1: and I can understand that and I and I do 267 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:43,520 Speaker 1: understand that concept. But I also feel like this, like 268 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: I'm a person that she knows my heart, like I 269 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: always look out for my gods and when I can, 270 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying, Like I always put I 271 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,280 Speaker 1: put a lot of people first. And now that I'm 272 00:12:52,320 --> 00:12:54,760 Speaker 1: not putting people first and I'm finally putting myself first, 273 00:12:54,800 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 1: it's a problem. Well that's gonna happen. And she I 274 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:58,880 Speaker 1: mean it's you know, she had a problem that you 275 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:00,719 Speaker 1: know that you you you still then you did her 276 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:03,800 Speaker 1: dirty and you feel a way. So but aside from 277 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: all of that, take care of yourself, you know, take 278 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: care take care of yourself. I mean, that's your child, 279 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,839 Speaker 1: and she cann make whatever decisions that she wants to make. 280 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,680 Speaker 1: But as far as you really take care of yourself, yeah, 281 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:17,280 Speaker 1: that's what I'm working on. I'm just trying to take 282 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:20,520 Speaker 1: care of myself. And you know, I appreciate y'all things 283 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 1: for y'all a rights and hopefully, like I said, like 284 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 1: we got to end this stigma with mental health and 285 00:13:25,640 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 1: you know, just children in general, because it's okay to 286 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 1: go to stuff and be able to pull back and 287 00:13:31,240 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 1: say ya, I got to focus on me, you know, 288 00:13:33,280 --> 00:13:35,640 Speaker 1: and and hopefully I will be able to watch him again. 289 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 1: Like you know, I love my GUIDs, like I want 290 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: to be able to baby sin and stuff. But I'm 291 00:13:39,760 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: going to do a lot light now. So I just 292 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: hope my friend is understanding and we'll see what happened. Yeah, 293 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: focus on you, like you said, continue to do that. 294 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 1: Put yourself first. You've identified you know that you have 295 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: some things you gotta deal with, and so worry about 296 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,120 Speaker 1: that right now and deal with that. Get it off 297 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,679 Speaker 1: your chests eight hundred five eight five one oh five one. 298 00:13:57,720 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 1: If you need to vent, hit us up now. It's 299 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 1: the Breakfast Club. Good morning, the Breakfast Club. This is 300 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:11,640 Speaker 1: your time to get it off your chest. Whether you're man, 301 00:14:11,840 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: get from you on the breakfast class. You got something 302 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:17,920 Speaker 1: on your mind? Hello, who's this? What's going on? It's 303 00:14:17,920 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: your boy, Chris, Chris without get it off you okay, 304 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 1: real quick. I just want to make sure that everybody 305 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: knows there's the opportunity for young African American men to 306 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 1: get a scholarship to attend HBCUs. You guys are familiar 307 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: with me as as in Sam b g as Okay, 308 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: So I'm like all my young African American men attending 309 00:14:39,720 --> 00:14:43,640 Speaker 1: HBCUs to go there as as in Sam b as 310 00:14:43,720 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: in Victor g as in god As Foundation, got bored 311 00:14:48,880 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: and get with me? Okay, So all right, anybody wants 312 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,280 Speaker 1: to donate, please also donate. You'll be in the best 313 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 1: of company like Uncle Charlotte. You there yet? Uncle Charlotte, 314 00:14:58,720 --> 00:15:02,440 Speaker 1: he's not here today. He would he would not be 315 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 1: there when y'all actually quit me? Do you know we 316 00:15:06,520 --> 00:15:10,000 Speaker 1: all are? Hampton graduate? Shout out to DJ envy Um. 317 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: So check it out once again, Angela, I know you 318 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:17,360 Speaker 1: got to computer right there at v AS Foundation dot org. Indeed, 319 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:19,240 Speaker 1: oh dare you hung up on it? I didn't hang 320 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: up on him, Hampton, but definitely check him out and 321 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:25,920 Speaker 1: see if they're given scholarships and you need help. Definitely 322 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,960 Speaker 1: heat up his organization and I'm definitely gonna donate to 323 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 1: the organization if they're giving out scholarships to two brothers 324 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: who need it. Hello, who's this? This is duly Man. 325 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: I'm glad that you answered. What's up? What's that? Getting 326 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,880 Speaker 1: off your chests? Getting love my chairs? I think I'm 327 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,560 Speaker 1: my love and my best friend that I had, You know, 328 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: I had talked about like us pursuing three years ago, 329 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: and then I jumped into a relationship. But I love 330 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: the guy too, but I'm just sim in love with him. 331 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: I'm loving the best friend. I might have to make 332 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: this choice, and I am going through like like I 333 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:03,200 Speaker 1: guess the spiritually in a hard time. You know, I'm 334 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,880 Speaker 1: getting hard. But did you just say you're in love 335 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:08,200 Speaker 1: with somebody else and with your best friend? You have 336 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 1: a boyfriend? Turn your radio down. I do have. I 337 00:16:11,880 --> 00:16:14,560 Speaker 1: do have a boyfriend end of three years, a great 338 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 1: guard and right before I started eating him, you know, 339 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,480 Speaker 1: my boy my best friend, had been a feelings and 340 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 1: uh you know, it's always been in back of my 341 00:16:25,280 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 1: mind and like right now since I've been focusing on myself, 342 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,440 Speaker 1: like stepping back, and I'm just still guilty, you know, 343 00:16:30,560 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: like you should well you shouldn't feel guilty. But if 344 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: you're not happy in your relationship, I mean, oh your 345 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,560 Speaker 1: love with both, I mean I feel you can be 346 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:44,120 Speaker 1: like you just did. And I don't know, and I 347 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 1: don't know what to do in this situation, but I 348 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 1: know that focusing on myself, I guess we wos like 349 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:54,800 Speaker 1: you focusing on other people too. I am and maybe 350 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:58,000 Speaker 1: taking a step back or hell said, wow, but are 351 00:16:58,000 --> 00:17:00,280 Speaker 1: you in love? Are you? And lust? I needs because 352 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:02,160 Speaker 1: they like the lost just like there's so much more 353 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:04,119 Speaker 1: to a connection, you know, like there's so much more 354 00:17:04,119 --> 00:17:07,440 Speaker 1: to intimacy. And that's what like I've they've been there 355 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 1: to the hardest times, you know, like twenty twenty harder 356 00:17:10,280 --> 00:17:12,879 Speaker 1: and everyone you know, like God bless everybody, like everyone 357 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:16,640 Speaker 1: that's gotten some hardships like since. But you know, now 358 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 1: I'm focusing on myself. And it's like I totally flashed 359 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:22,840 Speaker 1: on this guy, like started dating some one the next 360 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,840 Speaker 1: day and then let me ask you this, does he 361 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 1: love you back? Your best friend? He does? And it's 362 00:17:27,600 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 1: just scary though he's a player, he's my best friend, 363 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 1: I know. Have I seen him you know? But have 364 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:36,680 Speaker 1: you been sleeping with him already? No? If I hold 365 00:17:36,720 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 1: off on And that's okay, And that's what I respect to. 366 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,320 Speaker 1: You know, I've been I've been asking it from post 367 00:17:43,320 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, man had sex, So I mean, why don't 368 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 1: you just date him both? Just start dating to tell 369 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:49,640 Speaker 1: your boyfriend that you just want to date other people 370 00:17:49,640 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 1: at him date other people and didn't feel it out 371 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,199 Speaker 1: that it might not be your best friend anymore. If 372 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:55,359 Speaker 1: you know he's a player and you guys start dating 373 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 1: and you start cheating on your man with him. I 374 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:01,280 Speaker 1: didn't say cheat, I said open relation, ship, don't cheat. 375 00:18:01,440 --> 00:18:04,080 Speaker 1: Have the conversation, to have the conversation, have a real 376 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 1: conversation and see where it goes. Okay, you might end 377 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:11,560 Speaker 1: up alone, you might have That's what I need. Yeah, maybe, yeah, 378 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:13,160 Speaker 1: but just be honest so that way you ain't gonna 379 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,480 Speaker 1: be hiding and running around and doing stuff that's foul. 380 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:18,480 Speaker 1: So just be honest and you Lets have a blessed morning, 381 00:18:19,240 --> 00:18:21,400 Speaker 1: good luck, Thank you. I don't think it's gonna work 382 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:23,560 Speaker 1: out too good for her. Get it off your chests. 383 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:25,840 Speaker 1: Eight hundred five five, one oh five one. We got 384 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:29,120 Speaker 1: rooms on the way. Yeah, since we're talking relationships, Kim 385 00:18:29,240 --> 00:18:32,479 Speaker 1: Kardashian is illegally single. We'll tell you all about it, 386 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 1: all right, we'll get into that next. It's the Breakfast Club. 387 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:46,080 Speaker 1: Good morning, the breakfast Club. Listen, Oh my gosh, report guys, 388 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: it's breakfast Club. Well this morning on CBS Mornings, you'll 389 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: get to hear Melinda open Melinda Gates opening up about 390 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:58,879 Speaker 1: what led to her divorce from Bill Gates. Now. She 391 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,239 Speaker 1: sat down with Gil King and she talked about her 392 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 1: whole healing journey. Did you have moments where you were 393 00:19:05,520 --> 00:19:07,679 Speaker 1: just so angry? Did you have moments that you were 394 00:19:07,760 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: just in such pain? Well, I think it's really important 395 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: to say. Look, I had a lot of tears for 396 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:14,920 Speaker 1: many days. I mean days where I'm literally laying on 397 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 1: the floor in the carpet, you know, this close to me, 398 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: thinking how can this be? How can I get up? 399 00:19:20,760 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 1: That's part of the grieving process. You're grieving a loss 400 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: of something you thought you had and thought you had 401 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:29,600 Speaker 1: for your lifetime. And at the end of the day, though, 402 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,880 Speaker 1: I started on this journey of healing and I feel 403 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: like I'm starting to get to the other side. I'm 404 00:19:35,240 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 1: actually really excited about what's to come and life I 405 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: had for me. They were married for twenty seven years, 406 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: and they announced their split in May. They released a 407 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:45,399 Speaker 1: joint statement that said, we no longer believe we can 408 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 1: grow together as a couple in this next phase of 409 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 1: our lives. If you guys recall he had an affair 410 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:54,760 Speaker 1: with a staffer twenty years ago, which was confirmed by 411 00:19:55,480 --> 00:19:58,760 Speaker 1: a spokesperson for him last May as well. Here's what 412 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: Lilinda Gates said about trust. After the news came out, 413 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,080 Speaker 1: it was revealed that Bill Gates admitted that he had 414 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:08,240 Speaker 1: had an affair in the marriage. And at that time, 415 00:20:08,359 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: did you think we're going to work through this? How 416 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:14,199 Speaker 1: did you handle something like that? Well? I certainly believe 417 00:20:14,440 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 1: in forgiveness, so I thought we had worked through some 418 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:22,239 Speaker 1: of that. It wasn't one moment or one specific thing 419 00:20:22,320 --> 00:20:25,360 Speaker 1: that happened. There just came a point in time where 420 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 1: there was enough there that I realized just wasn't healthy 421 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: and I couldn't trust what we had. So she forgave that. 422 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: But it was other things that got it to that point. Yeah, 423 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:38,399 Speaker 1: And I'm sure we'll hear some of those things in 424 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:40,760 Speaker 1: that interview this morning. She still worked. She's worth two 425 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:42,919 Speaker 1: point full a billion, by the way, But I mean, 426 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 1: I'm sure that's difficult. You start with somebody twenty years 427 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,920 Speaker 1: and twenty seven years, and gaining that trust back is 428 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 1: one of the most difficult things trying to, you know, 429 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:56,639 Speaker 1: because it's everything, and you disrespect or you cheat, or 430 00:20:56,800 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: you you're not honest with You're everything, and then it's 431 00:21:00,040 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: hard to get that back. All right. Well, Kim Kardashian 432 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 1: is legally single, So congratulations to her. We know that's 433 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 1: what she wanted. The judge was like, whoa, Yes, she 434 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,159 Speaker 1: has been granted her motion seeking the legal status, and 435 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:21,359 Speaker 1: they said the case had stalled for several months but 436 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: there was a lot of progress and he also finalized. 437 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 1: The judge also finalized dropping West from her name, so 438 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: she is back to Kim Kardashian no longer Kim Kardashian West. Yeah. 439 00:21:34,119 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 1: I mean, well, I definitely pray for them. I mean, 440 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: this is what she wanted. Hopefully they both get the 441 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,919 Speaker 1: healing that they need. But on another note, a Kanye 442 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,880 Speaker 1: West documentaries are amazing. Yeah, we'll talk about that more too. 443 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 1: I see. Kanye was also hanging out with Tristan Thompson. 444 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,359 Speaker 1: The two of them were dining at the Satay in 445 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 1: Miami Beach with a few other dinner guests as well, 446 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:59,359 Speaker 1: and that's an interesting hook up. Wouldn't be surprised if 447 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 1: he was trying to hit Yeah what amber Rose again too, 448 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 1: So we shall see. But he also released a music 449 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:10,480 Speaker 1: video that was targeting Pete Davidson after his marriage was dissolved, 450 00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 1: and that is for that song Easy of Course that 451 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:16,359 Speaker 1: he has. Uh if you guys, recall this is the 452 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: song my life was never easy it is. It was 453 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:40,719 Speaker 1: just because no love showed the shrug. This is by 454 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: the way. Well. He ended the video with two slides 455 00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,480 Speaker 1: that said everyone lived happily ever after except skeet you 456 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,439 Speaker 1: know who, and then he said, just kidding, He's fine. 457 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,600 Speaker 1: And so I don't understand why Kanye is so mad 458 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 1: at that. I was about to say, skeet at Pete Davidson. 459 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 1: They're not friends. They didn't grow up with each other. 460 00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 1: Also in the video, there's a depiction of him bearing 461 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 1: a cartoon man that resembles Pete Davidson alive. I don't 462 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 1: know why he's so mad with Pete. Like Pete, he's 463 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:13,000 Speaker 1: a man. He doesn't know you. He doesn't owe you anything. 464 00:23:13,040 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 1: You're having problems with your wife's ex wife now ex wife. 465 00:23:16,680 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 1: Him and your ex wife got together, and what he 466 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: doesn't owe you anything. He doesn't owe you loyalty. He's 467 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:22,680 Speaker 1: not your friend to grow with you. Yeah, you know. 468 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,159 Speaker 1: A source told Entertainment Tonight that Pete Davidson isn't bothered 469 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: by Kanye's attacks on him. He said, Pete finds Kanye's 470 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:31,760 Speaker 1: lyrics and interviews about him funny and entertaining. He's super 471 00:23:31,880 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: chill about the situation and doesn't take it too personally, 472 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,439 Speaker 1: but he hates that Kim has to deal with the drama. 473 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:43,119 Speaker 1: All right, well, that is your front page news, I 474 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 1: mean your rumor reports. All right, you're right, we got 475 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:47,439 Speaker 1: front page news. Next, what we're talking about. We are 476 00:23:47,520 --> 00:23:49,920 Speaker 1: going to talk about the guy who was on the 477 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 1: subway smearing feces on that woman. He was arrested and 478 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:56,359 Speaker 1: he's back on the streets already. We'll tell you what happened. 479 00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,240 Speaker 1: All right, we'll get into that next. It's the breakfast club. 480 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:02,359 Speaker 1: Good morning, so breakfast Your morning's will never be the same. 481 00:24:03,200 --> 00:24:05,199 Speaker 1: Have you ever wanted to own a piece of breakfast 482 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: club history, then this is your chance. Breakfast Club NFTs 483 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 1: are almost here exclusively with one of the Green platform. 484 00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: If you've been curious about NFTs, this is the perfect 485 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:17,119 Speaker 1: way to start your collection, so don't wait. Hit up 486 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,159 Speaker 1: one of dot com today for most morning. Everybody is 487 00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:23,320 Speaker 1: DJ Envy Angela, Ye, Charlomagne, the guy we are to 488 00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: breakfast club. Let's get in some front page news where 489 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 1: we're starting you, Well, the guy who semeared his own 490 00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:33,760 Speaker 1: feces on a woman's face. Was freed without bail yesterday 491 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 1: and he was actually before a judge for the second 492 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:41,359 Speaker 1: time in two days, this time on charges that he 493 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:43,600 Speaker 1: spat on a Jewish man and chased him down to 494 00:24:43,640 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 1: Brooklyn Street screaming come here, you f and ju I'm 495 00:24:46,160 --> 00:24:49,119 Speaker 1: going to kill you. According to a criminal complaint, they 496 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:53,919 Speaker 1: said that happened September ninth in Crown Heights. So again 497 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 1: last week in the Bronx, he was accused of rubbing 498 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,080 Speaker 1: his excrement in a woman's face. He's now t to 499 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:03,160 Speaker 1: the second degree aggravated harassment as a hate crime, disorderly 500 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:06,480 Speaker 1: conduct in two counts of menacing, including one as a 501 00:25:06,560 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: hate crime, but they could not set bail on any 502 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:12,320 Speaker 1: of those charges because of the state's new bail reform 503 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,520 Speaker 1: laws that nix the cash option for many charges. So 504 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 1: for that reason, Frank A broke up a broke while 505 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 1: was released. Yeah, and as they have to fix that, 506 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: and I get it. There's you know, people get arrested 507 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 1: and they can't afford bailing, and you know, and that's 508 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,400 Speaker 1: what they did it for. But then there's a loophole 509 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:34,359 Speaker 1: like this gentleman has been arrested forty four times, right, 510 00:25:34,440 --> 00:25:36,760 Speaker 1: he has a felony. He had a felony charge. He 511 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: continues to do this, but because of this new bail, 512 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:41,399 Speaker 1: he can get arrested and come right back out. So 513 00:25:41,560 --> 00:25:44,000 Speaker 1: when does it stop? And at first he spit on somebody, 514 00:25:44,040 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 1: then he smared pooping somebody's face. What's next? Do you 515 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:49,200 Speaker 1: have to wait till somebody gets cut, somebody gets hurt 516 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:52,040 Speaker 1: dies before they say, okay, well maybe we should keep 517 00:25:52,080 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 1: him because they that's not right. Yeah, forty four times 518 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:56,680 Speaker 1: for forty sometimes that's not right. And I'm sure he 519 00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,880 Speaker 1: feels like he can do whatever he wants with no repercussions. Came, 520 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:02,840 Speaker 1: yeah he can. He spanned pooping somebody's face and got 521 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 1: released the next day. Then he's spitting somebody's face and 522 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 1: chasing down the block and got released next day. Like 523 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:12,360 Speaker 1: that's not even the next day, the same day, all right? Now, 524 00:26:12,640 --> 00:26:15,800 Speaker 1: a series of unseen sketches by Doctor SEUs will be 525 00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 1: edited by an inclusive group of writers and artists from 526 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: quote diverse racial backgrounds before they are published for the 527 00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:26,639 Speaker 1: first time. And some people are upset there, accusing this 528 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:32,440 Speaker 1: of being wokewashing, and so Doctor Seus's enterprises, which is 529 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:36,120 Speaker 1: a company founded by the family of Doctor SEUs well 530 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,119 Speaker 1: as putting this together. So this sketches will serve as 531 00:26:39,160 --> 00:26:40,800 Speaker 1: the basis for a new line of books that will 532 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,640 Speaker 1: be written and illustrated by that group, and it also 533 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:46,879 Speaker 1: follows his recent cancelation after six of his books his 534 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 1: kid's books were yank from publication because of alleged racist imagery. 535 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: Did you read Doctor Seuss books growing up? Of course 536 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:58,880 Speaker 1: I think every kid did. M I think every kid did. Yeah. 537 00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,600 Speaker 1: I remember the cat in the hat and green eggs 538 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 1: in here. That's only too. I always remember the cat 539 00:27:04,840 --> 00:27:06,160 Speaker 1: in hand and green eggs in him, and that's crazy. 540 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:07,680 Speaker 1: That's that's what I read to my kids. You know. 541 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,880 Speaker 1: That's what I read to my kids. Same difference, all right, 542 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 1: So um, you know they actually President Joe Biden did 543 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:18,000 Speaker 1: remove mentions of Doctor SEUs from the read across America 544 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:20,840 Speaker 1: day and he is one of the world's most popular 545 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 1: children's authors, but his books have come under fire and 546 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:27,800 Speaker 1: reaching years for how they portray several minority groups. For instance, 547 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 1: If I Ran the Zoo has depicted Africans as pot 548 00:27:31,720 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: bellied and thick lift, as one biography of SEUs puts it, 549 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,040 Speaker 1: and so That book was first published in nineteen fifty 550 00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,800 Speaker 1: and it also described Asian characters as helpers who all 551 00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,639 Speaker 1: wear their eyes at a slant from countries no one 552 00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,360 Speaker 1: can spell. Yeah, I mean, it's it's so crazy. These 553 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 1: are what we've been teaching our kids, reading to our 554 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:51,159 Speaker 1: kids with this underlying racism in ite. But we just 555 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:52,959 Speaker 1: need to create more and we need to push our 556 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:55,840 Speaker 1: own I mean, there's a lot of minority books that's 557 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,280 Speaker 1: written for kids, and we just gotta push them all. 558 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 1: We just got to get them more out there. Uh. 559 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,440 Speaker 1: And I know sometimes they sent at up here to 560 00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:03,879 Speaker 1: our kids and I read them to my kids all 561 00:28:03,880 --> 00:28:05,439 Speaker 1: the time. But we just have to make those popular, 562 00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 1: make those as big as Doctor Seus's books were, you know, man, 563 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: I was. You know, I was at the New York 564 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:15,000 Speaker 1: Public Library UM two days ago and there is when 565 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 1: I tell you, the books they hadn't there. And there 566 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:18,359 Speaker 1: was also a Black History months, so I know they 567 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,720 Speaker 1: were highlighting a lot of those. I was in the 568 00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:23,560 Speaker 1: I was in the teen center and then also for 569 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:26,280 Speaker 1: the younger kids, and there are some incredible books that 570 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,439 Speaker 1: I wish I would have had. You know, growing up, 571 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,480 Speaker 1: they had Miles Davis book. They actually have a book 572 00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: about Michael B. Jordan as well. Really, but there's so 573 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 1: many books. And for one of my friends who just 574 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:38,120 Speaker 1: had a kid, I just sent her a whole bunch 575 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,560 Speaker 1: of books. One of them is about Michelle Obama. It's 576 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,280 Speaker 1: just amazing, like the diversity, and we have to support 577 00:28:44,360 --> 00:28:48,200 Speaker 1: that too. Yeah, and we just gotta those role models encouraging. 578 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 1: And what I'm seeing on television and whether it's Nickelodeon, 579 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: whether it's the Disney Channel, what my kids watch, it 580 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: is working. The other day. A couple of days ago, 581 00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,640 Speaker 1: I should say, my five year old Brooklyn, I hear 582 00:28:58,680 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 1: her talking to our brother who's seven, and they were 583 00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:04,720 Speaker 1: talking about Black History Month, and you know, they were talking. 584 00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:06,440 Speaker 1: He was trying to explain to her what Black History 585 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 1: Month was, and I'm listening because I'm like, this is 586 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:09,880 Speaker 1: so cute to me. So she comes in the room 587 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 1: and she was like, mine, what's Black History Month? So 588 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,720 Speaker 1: my wife explains, and you know, and all of a sudden, 589 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: she goes, yeah, I'm black, and then she just runs 590 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:19,800 Speaker 1: out and then she starts telling everybody what Black History 591 00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,400 Speaker 1: Month is. So they are seeing it on Nickelodeon, they're 592 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 1: seeing it on Disney World, Disney Channel, and it's it's 593 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,400 Speaker 1: encouraging to learn more about their history, which is great 594 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: because if we just explain it, they'd be like, yeah, 595 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,000 Speaker 1: mom and dad. But the fact that it's on their 596 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 1: favorite cartoons and they're breaking it down and they're explaining 597 00:29:35,840 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 1: it and they are giving moments that is wonderful. So 598 00:29:38,640 --> 00:29:41,760 Speaker 1: shout to whoever's doing that in Nickelodeon and Disney Channel. 599 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 1: I love what you guys are doing. Yeah, I'm looking 600 00:29:43,680 --> 00:29:45,960 Speaker 1: some of these books a fist for Joe Lewis and me, 601 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: Memphis Martin and The Mountaintop and these are kids books 602 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: out to be wells, you know, above the rim. Just 603 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,960 Speaker 1: all these different books that you can see that highlight 604 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 1: a lot of us. It's really dope. All right, Well 605 00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:01,880 Speaker 1: that is your front page news, all right. When we 606 00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: come back, Damnson it will be joining us. You know, 607 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,880 Speaker 1: he's an actor. You might know him from Snowfall. Recently 608 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,120 Speaker 1: he was on the Red Carpet and not him, but 609 00:30:09,240 --> 00:30:12,800 Speaker 1: Denzel Washington was on the Red Carpet and the interview Ebbony. 610 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 1: She asked, you know, you know, what do you know 611 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: about Damnson? And he didn't had no clue, and it 612 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: went viral. But he will talk about that, addressed all that, 613 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 1: and we'll talk about Snowfall. I just the breakfast club, 614 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: Go Morning, the breakfast clubs DJ Envy Angela Ye, Charlomagne, 615 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 1: the guy. We are the breakfast club. We got a 616 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 1: special guest in the building. You know him from Snowfall 617 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:36,920 Speaker 1: and a host of other things. His birthday is one 618 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:41,160 Speaker 1: day before mine. He's a fellow Virgo Damnson. Its welcome 619 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: something welcome, Sir damn Son. I didn't know. I didn't 620 00:30:47,360 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 1: know your birthday was the first September, your day before. 621 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 1: Oh thud, okay, okay. Buddy of mine is the third 622 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:58,120 Speaker 1: two actually, the show runner of Snowfall, Dave and Buzz 623 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,360 Speaker 1: is the best. You know. Absolutely they had as on 624 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 1: New Yes, there you go. Now. The first thing you 625 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,520 Speaker 1: said was I love New York because I love Jamaican culture. Yeah. 626 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:08,000 Speaker 1: What do you love so much about Jamaican culture? What 627 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:11,400 Speaker 1: what do you love? Obviously the food? Dirt, chicken. Yeah, 628 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 1: I'm an out guy. You both, Yeah, oxtail. Actually, I 629 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,360 Speaker 1: like to dabble one both. I like to steal food 630 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:21,720 Speaker 1: from whoever I'm eating with um plantains, do you guys 631 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:25,400 Speaker 1: say plantain? Or planting. I say planting. I feel like 632 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 1: that's the right way to say it. Was saying it wrong. 633 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,400 Speaker 1: You had to switch through all different types of ways. 634 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:34,320 Speaker 1: It's different kinds of ways to say things. So oh yeah, yeah, 635 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:37,840 Speaker 1: that's that's part of my life, impersonating people. You don't 636 00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 1: have amazing Jamaican restaurants in London or in LA where 637 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 1: your shoot? No, nah, that's no, man, not at all 638 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 1: out here. I like missus lilies, missies. Um actually wrote, 639 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:51,440 Speaker 1: actually wrote on a gramyasells like, oh where could I go? 640 00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 1: People said, um, footprints? Yes, Like, first of all, the 641 00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: best Caribbean food is in Berklen. We got foot prans, 642 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 1: we got Wade, we got Caribbean social we have this 643 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 1: is New York. We have girl. Yes, number one one called. 644 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,360 Speaker 1: But I'm going to try all of it today. That's impossible. 645 00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 1: I saw you talking about how John Singleton told you 646 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 1: to stay humble though amongst everything different people. I don't 647 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 1: know the first time we actually met you. You were 648 00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,840 Speaker 1: up here with John Singleton. Yeah he don't remember you though, 649 00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:33,240 Speaker 1: And remember it's like this is the first time. No, no, no. 650 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:38,560 Speaker 1: There's a couple of asking guys in a dss. Yes. 651 00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,320 Speaker 1: How has that been for you though, because obviously Snowfall 652 00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 1: is such a huge show. You guys are in the 653 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,640 Speaker 1: fifth season. We've watched Franklin grow up and he has 654 00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:48,239 Speaker 1: got a lot of big things happening. But in real 655 00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 1: life you've grown up to and your star has grown 656 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:54,440 Speaker 1: up as well. Yeah. Yeah. It's a testament to John Singleton. 657 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,320 Speaker 1: You know. He really believed in me. And although I 658 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 1: a thought for the role, like crazy audition like nine times, 659 00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 1: you know, he took me to South Central, opened up 660 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:06,040 Speaker 1: the car door and said, if you survive, you got 661 00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: the role. And I was like walking around, had to 662 00:33:09,760 --> 00:33:15,720 Speaker 1: be in character central, bring that experience, man. So I 663 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 1: get to John Singleton's office and I think I'm gonna 664 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 1: read the I'm gonna audition, right, It's like like audition 665 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 1: number eight or something like that. And then he's like, yeah, no, 666 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:26,600 Speaker 1: we're not gonna read anything. We're just gonna take a 667 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:30,560 Speaker 1: walk someone walking around and he's like, don't break character. 668 00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 1: And he's introducing me to people, and you know, Singleton 669 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 1: was like god in his community. Like people will be 670 00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:40,080 Speaker 1: like yo, John, you know, and then they'd come up 671 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,400 Speaker 1: to me talking to me. They're like Yo, what's up, 672 00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:45,880 Speaker 1: little homie. I'm like, yeah, what's up? So I'm just 673 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,680 Speaker 1: pretending like that I'm from there. Um. And then his 674 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:52,000 Speaker 1: mom came and you know, I'm British. So I'm saying 675 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,400 Speaker 1: a bunch of British stuff in an American accent. But 676 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:56,440 Speaker 1: he didn't know you were British, right, Oh no, he knew, 677 00:33:57,120 --> 00:33:59,280 Speaker 1: like he wanted to make What kind of British stuff 678 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,480 Speaker 1: were you saying? Like you guys say like elevator? I 679 00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 1: say lyft? You know you guys say Ben. You guys 680 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:09,920 Speaker 1: say trash or say Ben exactly. So I'm talking in 681 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:12,960 Speaker 1: an American accident. And his mom comes like, oh, how 682 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:15,160 Speaker 1: lovely your hair looks today. I'm just gonna go over 683 00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,239 Speaker 1: there and throw something in the bend. And she looks 684 00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:21,160 Speaker 1: over John and she's like, John, he ain't from here, huh. 685 00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:26,440 Speaker 1: I was like, man, Mom just took this und central. 686 00:34:26,800 --> 00:34:28,520 Speaker 1: I was scared. Man. I was with John. You know 687 00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 1: it was my big brother. You know, that was my 688 00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 1: big brother. Now I'm miss him greatly. But as far 689 00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:36,080 Speaker 1: as I get in this, in this industry and on 690 00:34:36,160 --> 00:34:40,479 Speaker 1: this journey, I'm always gonna on a singleton for being 691 00:34:40,560 --> 00:34:43,400 Speaker 1: my foundation. Well, let's talk about the new season. So 692 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 1: you're also producing. Yeah, on the new season. How did 693 00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,239 Speaker 1: that come about? I forced them to take give me 694 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,840 Speaker 1: in for de secret no. Um. You know, when you 695 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:54,080 Speaker 1: when you've been doing this show for so long, you 696 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:57,400 Speaker 1: you pick up different traits at the same time, you 697 00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:02,200 Speaker 1: want to be challenged. And my circles um are so 698 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:07,880 Speaker 1: bossy today that they inspire me to want to be 699 00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,960 Speaker 1: more of a leader. That's the truth. It's like if 700 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 1: you hang around with certain types of people having certain 701 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 1: types of conversations and they're like, yo, bro, you should 702 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:19,360 Speaker 1: go in, and then you ask, and they're like, okay, 703 00:35:20,239 --> 00:35:22,120 Speaker 1: you know, I've been watching the a doc you know, 704 00:35:22,239 --> 00:35:25,520 Speaker 1: and Hove is like, you know, clothes mouths don't get fit, 705 00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:28,959 Speaker 1: you know, Like it's true. You know, asking you shall 706 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,640 Speaker 1: receive and and I asked and they gave it to me. 707 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,840 Speaker 1: And you know, above all things, I'm not I'm not 708 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,040 Speaker 1: saying my level of producing is at the level of 709 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:42,080 Speaker 1: my acting ability. My acting ability is quite horrible. I'm 710 00:35:42,120 --> 00:35:45,800 Speaker 1: just saying. I'm saying I'm being a sponge and I'm 711 00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:49,960 Speaker 1: being given an opportunity to learn so that I could 712 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:53,040 Speaker 1: use my platform and my brand to create more opportunities. 713 00:35:53,200 --> 00:35:57,399 Speaker 1: Now you play a crack cocaine dealer, right, Um, how 714 00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:02,120 Speaker 1: difficult was that learning that? Because you're young so crack 715 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,759 Speaker 1: it really affected me and ye our age were growing 716 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: up a kids. We would see crack pipes everywhere. We 717 00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:11,799 Speaker 1: would see crack crack pipes and crack viles all over 718 00:36:11,840 --> 00:36:14,399 Speaker 1: the place in Brooklyn. Not all over the place, no, queen, 719 00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:16,480 Speaker 1: It was all over the place. It was very very big, 720 00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:18,800 Speaker 1: very very affective. I got family members affected by it 721 00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:21,640 Speaker 1: and all that. So how did you prepare for learning 722 00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:25,040 Speaker 1: that role? Wow? Well, I'm from Peckham in London, which 723 00:36:25,160 --> 00:36:29,840 Speaker 1: is the South Central equivalent in my opinion. Um, single 724 00:36:30,560 --> 00:36:35,680 Speaker 1: you know, single parents, you know, broken homes, that's in jail. Um, 725 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,840 Speaker 1: police brutality, racism and drugs. You know, drugs was a 726 00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:44,360 Speaker 1: major factor of my upbringing. On my community. Everyone around 727 00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:55,080 Speaker 1: me was involved, So drugs at all. Um, so everybody 728 00:36:58,640 --> 00:37:04,480 Speaker 1: so they went, have you ever know? You haven't but 729 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:09,440 Speaker 1: no drugs retired police officer, So there was no drugs 730 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:11,840 Speaker 1: ever coming in my crib. Okay, okay, he would have 731 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:16,960 Speaker 1: been on you. Yeah. So so so basically I just 732 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,720 Speaker 1: just preparing for the role was interesting. There's so much history, 733 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:24,719 Speaker 1: you know, on this drug. And the thing I love 734 00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:27,440 Speaker 1: about the show, particularly season five, is I'm not sure 735 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,560 Speaker 1: if you guys are aware about the lem Bias case. 736 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:31,239 Speaker 1: I was just reading about that because I didn't know 737 00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:33,480 Speaker 1: it was a real person. Oh yeah, yeah. So he 738 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,759 Speaker 1: was a basketballer in Maryland University in nine eighty six 739 00:37:37,360 --> 00:37:44,200 Speaker 1: and essentially his unfortunate overdose created a snowball effect in 740 00:37:44,320 --> 00:37:47,960 Speaker 1: America with the Clinton administration is basically how Clinton even 741 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:53,560 Speaker 1: became president in the first place. And they introduced mandatory minimums, right, 742 00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,959 Speaker 1: so all these mandatory laws of you know them getting 743 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:58,880 Speaker 1: caught with it like a gram of a graham of 744 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:02,000 Speaker 1: crack was this same as one hundred grams of cocaine. 745 00:38:02,400 --> 00:38:05,360 Speaker 1: And what that essentially did was it broke up the 746 00:38:05,480 --> 00:38:08,680 Speaker 1: African American household and that's why so many fathers were 747 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:10,400 Speaker 1: gone and that's why we see what we see today. 748 00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:15,520 Speaker 1: And the show season five starts with that correlating to 749 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:19,160 Speaker 1: Franklin having there in one hundred million dollars. Now I'm 750 00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:23,160 Speaker 1: living the high life. Beautiful place to live, the penthouse. 751 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:27,000 Speaker 1: Jerome and Louis are on horses. Leon's like a Franklin 752 00:38:27,080 --> 00:38:32,040 Speaker 1: and his own right and my girlfriend exactly loyal. So 753 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:36,160 Speaker 1: you're seeing him enjoying this lifestyle like so many people 754 00:38:36,200 --> 00:38:38,840 Speaker 1: in the eighties did. But then you're seeing the demise 755 00:38:38,960 --> 00:38:41,879 Speaker 1: of a community. You're seeing people like one the Bell 756 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:46,200 Speaker 1: trying to find a sense of redemption after everything that 757 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:50,520 Speaker 1: she's been through from being addicted to this drug. Singleton 758 00:38:50,600 --> 00:38:54,319 Speaker 1: would say, you know that black people will have been 759 00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,479 Speaker 1: affected in many ways, but crack cocaine was the only 760 00:38:57,560 --> 00:39:03,040 Speaker 1: thing that made black mothers leave their children. Wow, So 761 00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:05,080 Speaker 1: that it's a deep thing, man. All Right. We got 762 00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,919 Speaker 1: more with Dampson in dress from Snowfall. When we come back. 763 00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:11,920 Speaker 1: It's the Breakfast Club the morning putting. Everybody is DJ Envy, 764 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:15,040 Speaker 1: Angela Yee, Charlomagne the guy we all to Breakfast Club, 765 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:17,080 Speaker 1: but still kicking it with Damson Idriss, you know him 766 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:21,040 Speaker 1: from Snowfall. Ye. Now, Franklin's trying to go legit, and 767 00:39:21,160 --> 00:39:22,920 Speaker 1: we know how hard that is to do, especially when 768 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:24,560 Speaker 1: you have so many things in your past that are 769 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,200 Speaker 1: always going to be catching up to you and having 770 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:29,239 Speaker 1: a baby on the way too. That's a big deal 771 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,520 Speaker 1: because you have to do anything you can at all 772 00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:33,840 Speaker 1: means possible to make sure that you take care of 773 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,440 Speaker 1: this child that's on the way. You've made a commitment 774 00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,960 Speaker 1: to do that with your girlfriend. I was thinking about 775 00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:41,759 Speaker 1: this for some reason. I don't really trust her, and 776 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:45,080 Speaker 1: I know we're only a few episodes in. He has 777 00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:48,840 Speaker 1: bad experiences. Yeah yeah, and so for that reason, I'm like, 778 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:52,960 Speaker 1: what is about to happen? Wow? So my backstory with 779 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:57,279 Speaker 1: very Nice's character is essentially this. You remember in season three, 780 00:39:57,480 --> 00:39:59,160 Speaker 1: Franklin kind of took the most of these out of 781 00:39:59,239 --> 00:40:03,200 Speaker 1: that house. Um. He basically kind of corned this old 782 00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,360 Speaker 1: couple out of their Bookstoreum. So he was taken to 783 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:10,640 Speaker 1: court and the person that was their representative was very unique, 784 00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:13,120 Speaker 1: and they won that case, and he kind of fell 785 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:15,640 Speaker 1: for her and kind of hired her on his team 786 00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,680 Speaker 1: and wanted to build with her. Something led to another 787 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:22,040 Speaker 1: and then boomed. Now they're together. You know, the show 788 00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:26,120 Speaker 1: is this drug trade is a tricky thing. Um, loyalty 789 00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:29,200 Speaker 1: could could go so quickly when your life is on 790 00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:31,080 Speaker 1: the line, and your life really is on the line. 791 00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:35,040 Speaker 1: Twenty four seven, So um yeah, stick with the show man, 792 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:37,120 Speaker 1: That's all I can say. Don't trust it. I don't 793 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:42,600 Speaker 1: know what it is like. Yeah, she's yeah, Keith watching Okay, 794 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:44,879 Speaker 1: so I might be onto something, you might be onto 795 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,400 Speaker 1: something you might not, but you're a producer, so you 796 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:51,080 Speaker 1: should be able to know what's about to happen. I've 797 00:40:51,120 --> 00:40:53,240 Speaker 1: seen all. All I can say is I've seen all episodes. 798 00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:58,680 Speaker 1: And then you killed your friend. Yeah. I felt like, okay, 799 00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,800 Speaker 1: White rab right, I feel like that wasn't necessary. But 800 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:06,120 Speaker 1: why do you think it wasn't necessary because people don't 801 00:41:06,120 --> 00:41:08,359 Speaker 1: agree with you? I mean, okay, he was a little 802 00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:11,800 Speaker 1: sloppy and he was telling your business. He told that 803 00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:15,360 Speaker 1: about the CIA. Yeah, yeah, but he could have. I 804 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:17,239 Speaker 1: don't know. That's your friend from like when you were young. 805 00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,360 Speaker 1: Franklin is in a different place now. You know, he 806 00:41:20,560 --> 00:41:23,920 Speaker 1: knows what's important. What's important, it's his family and the 807 00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:26,080 Speaker 1: baby has on the way. And I think a lot 808 00:41:26,120 --> 00:41:29,359 Speaker 1: of people could relate to that making horrible decisions, killing 809 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,600 Speaker 1: your best friend. Maybe he's gonna bring down the horse 810 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:34,920 Speaker 1: down the empire. Yeah, he would have, he would he 811 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:36,360 Speaker 1: would have brought down. And I was gonna ask. You 812 00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:38,320 Speaker 1: know a lot of times, in real life and not 813 00:41:38,440 --> 00:41:41,839 Speaker 1: in just movies, you see these drug dealers they make 814 00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,960 Speaker 1: enough where they can get out, but they can never 815 00:41:44,120 --> 00:41:46,520 Speaker 1: get out. Yeah, yeah, is that what's gonna happen to 816 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:49,640 Speaker 1: this character? Like, just never get out because you always 817 00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:51,279 Speaker 1: want to see you want to see the you know, 818 00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:52,839 Speaker 1: what they do to the community. You see the money 819 00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:54,120 Speaker 1: that they make, but you kind of want to see 820 00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:56,839 Speaker 1: them ride off from that white horse. But yeah, it's 821 00:41:56,880 --> 00:42:00,439 Speaker 1: never that white horse. That's the game, man, that's the game. 822 00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:03,160 Speaker 1: And that's what we're trying to preach to these kids. 823 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:06,520 Speaker 1: It's not preach, but just let them know, man, it's 824 00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,600 Speaker 1: not worth it. It really isn't worth it. That's that's 825 00:42:09,600 --> 00:42:12,400 Speaker 1: what this show's teaching me. You know, as if you 826 00:42:12,520 --> 00:42:16,080 Speaker 1: really look at this season, as much money as Franklin makes, 827 00:42:16,160 --> 00:42:18,640 Speaker 1: he's not happy. But what's the point doing something if 828 00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:21,440 Speaker 1: you know, I act because it makes me happy. Correct 829 00:42:21,480 --> 00:42:23,080 Speaker 1: If it didn't make me happy, I wouldn't do it. 830 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:27,400 Speaker 1: So I think that's hopefully what I hope happens with Franklin, 831 00:42:27,480 --> 00:42:29,839 Speaker 1: as there's a redemptive quality to him. You know, he's 832 00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:33,400 Speaker 1: done some horrible things. I'm hoping by the end of it, 833 00:42:33,560 --> 00:42:37,279 Speaker 1: he realizes that it wasn't worth it, and hopefully he 834 00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,359 Speaker 1: can redeem himself in some way. I was gonna ask 835 00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:42,360 Speaker 1: when it comes to American movies, and you know sometimes 836 00:42:42,440 --> 00:42:44,759 Speaker 1: people feel that, you know, actors that don't live in 837 00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:47,600 Speaker 1: America and they take these parts that it's a problem. 838 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:49,239 Speaker 1: I know when it just elbow comes up in some 839 00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:52,080 Speaker 1: past it was like, well, he's not America or yourself. 840 00:42:52,160 --> 00:42:55,040 Speaker 1: Do you have a what are your thoughts on those things? Man? 841 00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:58,920 Speaker 1: I think it's a beautiful conversation because I think it's 842 00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:02,320 Speaker 1: going to push us full and you can't help but 843 00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:06,040 Speaker 1: acknowledge when a group of people feel the type of way. 844 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:11,239 Speaker 1: So it's just about listening. Really. I will say, I'm 845 00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:14,120 Speaker 1: an actor and I make believe for a living. So 846 00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:17,040 Speaker 1: the very concept of my job is to pretend to 847 00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:19,879 Speaker 1: be something else. Um well, I do want to see though, 848 00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:22,480 Speaker 1: I want to see more people working in America in 849 00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:24,400 Speaker 1: the UK. You know, I saw Tessa Thompson playing a 850 00:43:24,440 --> 00:43:27,320 Speaker 1: Britain in the past and that was fire. Denzel just 851 00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:31,600 Speaker 1: did Tragedy of My Beth and there's examples of people 852 00:43:31,640 --> 00:43:33,600 Speaker 1: working in the past. So viol is about to do 853 00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,400 Speaker 1: a woman king for us where it could play the idiot. 854 00:43:36,400 --> 00:43:39,400 Speaker 1: I mean the Denzel played a Britain for Queen and Country. 855 00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:42,560 Speaker 1: You know, acting is about transformation. I feel like acting, 856 00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:46,080 Speaker 1: who does the best job doesn't matter who you are. 857 00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:48,520 Speaker 1: Like people get caught up in you know, let's say 858 00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:51,440 Speaker 1: you have to pay a handicap person and somebody might say, well, 859 00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:54,000 Speaker 1: there's handicap actors out there that could take that position. 860 00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:56,560 Speaker 1: But in my thing is who does the best job 861 00:43:56,680 --> 00:44:00,680 Speaker 1: at the part. If they're from Britain, if they're from Africa, 862 00:44:00,719 --> 00:44:02,719 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter whoever does the best jot because you're acting. 863 00:44:02,760 --> 00:44:05,279 Speaker 1: It's a part. Yeah, you know, yeah, yeah, and you 864 00:44:05,360 --> 00:44:08,359 Speaker 1: know it's a story. At the end of the day, 865 00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:11,120 Speaker 1: the most important thing is that the story is being told. 866 00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:15,319 Speaker 1: Representation is very key. I'm not saying representation isn't key, 867 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:18,719 Speaker 1: it's very key. But we must realize that so much 868 00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:22,520 Speaker 1: goes into making movies. This is the movie business. It's 869 00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:26,200 Speaker 1: not the movie play. You have to make money, you know. 870 00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:30,319 Speaker 1: And and what's happening now is we're giving people opportunities 871 00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:34,200 Speaker 1: so that they can raise their platform. So say you 872 00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:36,719 Speaker 1: are a handicap actor or transject the actor or whatever, 873 00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:39,080 Speaker 1: you're able to raise your platform so that you can 874 00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:41,200 Speaker 1: be in a position to green light movies in the future. 875 00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:43,640 Speaker 1: That's what we're working at today in the industry, which 876 00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:47,040 Speaker 1: I think is brilliant, but right now, if a movie's 877 00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:49,920 Speaker 1: ready and a movie's ready to go now and you 878 00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:54,000 Speaker 1: want to cast someone and John and for Majors isn't available, 879 00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:57,160 Speaker 1: and the Keith Stanfield isn't available, and those guys have 880 00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:00,200 Speaker 1: green light power, but this brit actor or this an 881 00:45:00,239 --> 00:45:02,600 Speaker 1: actor has green light power too, and they could get 882 00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:05,200 Speaker 1: bombs on the seat you're gonna cost that person. That's 883 00:45:05,200 --> 00:45:08,160 Speaker 1: how That's how it works. At the top. I like 884 00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:12,560 Speaker 1: to say, we're playing at the NBA level of acting. 885 00:45:12,680 --> 00:45:16,759 Speaker 1: You know, no shade too, you know, smaller projects, but 886 00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:19,799 Speaker 1: when it gets up there, the field and the net 887 00:45:19,960 --> 00:45:22,320 Speaker 1: is a lot wider and people are from different places. 888 00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:24,919 Speaker 1: It's the same in sports. You know, that's like saying 889 00:45:25,000 --> 00:45:28,520 Speaker 1: Jannas shouldn't be playing right because he's He's not. Like 890 00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,520 Speaker 1: it's you know, at that level, and you need to 891 00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:33,319 Speaker 1: work to get to that level. You know, you need 892 00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:35,200 Speaker 1: to put in the ten thousand hours, and so many 893 00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:39,040 Speaker 1: actors have. And what I'm realizing is, you know, it's 894 00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:43,280 Speaker 1: the arrow is being thrown at actors who have found success, 895 00:45:43,480 --> 00:45:45,399 Speaker 1: But the reason they found success because they've been working 896 00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:47,640 Speaker 1: for so long absolutely behind it, and you know that 897 00:45:47,719 --> 00:45:50,080 Speaker 1: they're finally at a place where they're able to benefit 898 00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:54,319 Speaker 1: from it. But with me personally, UM, I'm just here 899 00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:56,320 Speaker 1: to to to do what makes me happy and to 900 00:45:56,400 --> 00:45:58,879 Speaker 1: me my mom, I'm proud man and I've done those things. 901 00:45:59,280 --> 00:46:03,400 Speaker 1: Everything else a bonus. UM. I always tell people, you know, 902 00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:05,680 Speaker 1: if you if you don't want to watch the Suckers, 903 00:46:05,840 --> 00:46:08,200 Speaker 1: you know, buy tickets for another show. You know, it's 904 00:46:08,239 --> 00:46:12,880 Speaker 1: no shade. There's millions of people who love what I do. Um, 905 00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:16,200 Speaker 1: there's millions of people who this is a small thing. 906 00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:18,640 Speaker 1: But you know, this guy's in jail who hit me. 907 00:46:18,680 --> 00:46:21,040 Speaker 1: I'm like, yo, bro, you got me through my sentence. 908 00:46:21,680 --> 00:46:23,600 Speaker 1: I'm supposed to stop what I'm doing, which is why 909 00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:27,200 Speaker 1: you do it. It's exactly why I do it. All right. 910 00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:29,600 Speaker 1: We got more with Damson Dress when we come back, 911 00:46:29,600 --> 00:46:31,839 Speaker 1: you know from Snowfall. And don't forget, Charlomagne's out today. 912 00:46:31,840 --> 00:46:33,200 Speaker 1: So if you want to give donkey to day to 913 00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:35,920 Speaker 1: somebody eight hundred five eight five one oh five one, 914 00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:38,000 Speaker 1: call us up right now. It's a breakfast club. Good 915 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:41,800 Speaker 1: morning e j Envy Angela Yee. Charlomagne the guy. We 916 00:46:41,880 --> 00:46:44,520 Speaker 1: are the breakfast club, still kicking it with Damson address 917 00:46:44,560 --> 00:46:47,279 Speaker 1: you know him from Snowfall? Ye, I used still take 918 00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:51,680 Speaker 1: a piano lestands who So let's let's break this down. 919 00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:53,640 Speaker 1: Where were you taking pan? Where do we see him 920 00:46:53,640 --> 00:46:59,800 Speaker 1: playing piano? I don't know, Juliard, No, no playing piano. You. 921 00:47:00,800 --> 00:47:02,399 Speaker 1: I'm just asking. I said you would take a piano 922 00:47:02,480 --> 00:47:05,960 Speaker 1: lessons or something like that. Oh damn, I did see 923 00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:07,840 Speaker 1: a video of it. Looked like you were good with 924 00:47:07,920 --> 00:47:13,040 Speaker 1: your hands. Oh my lord, wow, I don't know. No, no, 925 00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:20,239 Speaker 1: no no, um me and me and that I'm not 926 00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:24,480 Speaker 1: no no me and that that that queen. Um are 927 00:47:24,600 --> 00:47:29,080 Speaker 1: just friends. Um. She's a great don't you guys? Were 928 00:47:29,120 --> 00:47:31,399 Speaker 1: I was asking about the piano lessons? Yeah, yeah, yeah, 929 00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:34,640 Speaker 1: she's a great piano player. And and I didn't know 930 00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:37,120 Speaker 1: she could play piano. I didn't even think the world knew. 931 00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:39,320 Speaker 1: So I was like, oh, this is cool moment I 932 00:47:39,400 --> 00:47:42,520 Speaker 1: just posted. But like people ask question, like, you know, 933 00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:44,319 Speaker 1: I don't know if angel you could play the piano, 934 00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:47,480 Speaker 1: because I'm not her actually to learn. I don't know 935 00:47:47,520 --> 00:47:49,520 Speaker 1: if Taylor, who's over here, I producer knows, you know, 936 00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:50,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if she could play a piano. So, 937 00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:53,440 Speaker 1: you know, how did you get to Sweetie's house to 938 00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:56,239 Speaker 1: see that she can actually play the piano. So she's 939 00:47:56,239 --> 00:48:00,000 Speaker 1: a huge Snowfall fan, right, And that day we were 940 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,200 Speaker 1: were at lunch, I think, talking about how we could 941 00:48:02,239 --> 00:48:05,320 Speaker 1: collaborate because we actually wanted to get before. No, it 942 00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:10,239 Speaker 1: wasn't a days and talking about collaborator. Guys and girls 943 00:48:10,280 --> 00:48:12,880 Speaker 1: could be friends. Yeah, absolutely, yeah, I agree with you. 944 00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:16,640 Speaker 1: That's exactly what me and and DR we were friends. Okay, 945 00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:18,440 Speaker 1: all right, so go ahead. So y'all you're on a 946 00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:24,320 Speaker 1: day eating oh my god, eating lunch. Yeah. But so 947 00:48:24,520 --> 00:48:28,440 Speaker 1: we're having lunch, um, and then uh, she wanted to 948 00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:32,560 Speaker 1: show me her new place because I love CB two 949 00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:35,040 Speaker 1: and I was going to give us some ideas about 950 00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:38,600 Speaker 1: furniture and all. And then boom we went and then 951 00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:40,000 Speaker 1: she was playing piano. That's it. I was in it 952 00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:43,279 Speaker 1: for like five minutes, and I dipped out, like she's 953 00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:45,719 Speaker 1: a friend, she's a friend of mine. That I mean. 954 00:48:45,800 --> 00:48:47,160 Speaker 1: Of course, you guys knew that was going to make 955 00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:50,520 Speaker 1: the Internet go crazy though, yeah, like also like they 956 00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:54,000 Speaker 1: would be such a cute couple, those people cute couple. 957 00:48:55,200 --> 00:48:57,080 Speaker 1: But she she yeah she's but you were in a 958 00:48:57,120 --> 00:49:00,400 Speaker 1: long term relationship prior to that, right, Yeah, yeah, what 959 00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:07,360 Speaker 1: happened with that? Oh boy, this is whoa, Oh my god, 960 00:49:08,239 --> 00:49:14,919 Speaker 1: this is what um. Um, we're still really close, really 961 00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:17,560 Speaker 1: good friends. Um. I was with her for for a 962 00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:19,280 Speaker 1: very long time. I met her when I was eighteen 963 00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:22,480 Speaker 1: years old. Um. Who knows, man, who knows what could 964 00:49:22,480 --> 00:49:24,600 Speaker 1: happen in the future. You know, she's very much still 965 00:49:24,640 --> 00:49:28,640 Speaker 1: in my life. We talked like every single day. It's 966 00:49:28,640 --> 00:49:33,719 Speaker 1: so funny. You know, people struggle to um keep relationships 967 00:49:33,760 --> 00:49:36,560 Speaker 1: with their exes. But I am at a place in 968 00:49:36,640 --> 00:49:40,160 Speaker 1: my life now where I everyone I meet, I want 969 00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:43,440 Speaker 1: them to be in my life forever because I realized 970 00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:46,720 Speaker 1: so many people are coming into my life, taking my energy, 971 00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:51,399 Speaker 1: hearing my dreams, hearing my stories, and then they're gone 972 00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:54,320 Speaker 1: and now they're telling that to the wall. Um. So 973 00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:55,800 Speaker 1: I want people to stay in my life so I 974 00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:58,640 Speaker 1: can keep that loyalty. And I made that decision with her, 975 00:49:58,920 --> 00:50:01,399 Speaker 1: you know, and I know that's a woman that I'm 976 00:50:01,440 --> 00:50:05,160 Speaker 1: gonna know I'm forever. So regardless of what happens in 977 00:50:05,239 --> 00:50:08,600 Speaker 1: my love life, every relationship just has to deal with that. 978 00:50:08,800 --> 00:50:11,800 Speaker 1: Did she call you and say, hey, oh word, sweeties, 979 00:50:11,840 --> 00:50:14,439 Speaker 1: piano dot dot dot did you get that text? Yeah? 980 00:50:16,600 --> 00:50:20,480 Speaker 1: But like like, we know that's she's she's cool. She's 981 00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:23,839 Speaker 1: an amazing woman. She's cool, she understands. You also talked 982 00:50:23,840 --> 00:50:26,960 Speaker 1: about that Denzel is your idol as far as acting. 983 00:50:27,239 --> 00:50:29,560 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, so when you see I don't I don't, 984 00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:31,239 Speaker 1: I don't mess up the young lady's name. But when 985 00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:34,080 Speaker 1: you see a young lady interview in Denzel and she 986 00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:36,920 Speaker 1: mentioned your name and he didn't know who you were, 987 00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:39,080 Speaker 1: break that down when you've seen it and how you 988 00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:41,040 Speaker 1: felt like you watch the TV be like, oh, Denzel 989 00:50:41,280 --> 00:50:42,920 Speaker 1: and he was like, who that is? And then he 990 00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:45,439 Speaker 1: asked the white guy guy, Oh, I don't. I don't 991 00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:48,040 Speaker 1: know who that is. No, it was it was insane. 992 00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:50,680 Speaker 1: I saw I was at home. Um on my phone, 993 00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:59,040 Speaker 1: she's at your house. Wow, at my house? Okay yea, 994 00:50:59,280 --> 00:51:03,600 Speaker 1: so my house by myself, by myself. Yeah, by myself, 995 00:51:03,760 --> 00:51:06,120 Speaker 1: and my phone's like blowing up and it's like a 996 00:51:07,080 --> 00:51:09,319 Speaker 1: bunch of articles and stuff like that, and people are 997 00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:12,200 Speaker 1: calling me and I was like yo. Then I was 998 00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:13,960 Speaker 1: like talking about you. I'm like, oh my god, this 999 00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:18,239 Speaker 1: is crazy. Like so then, um, yeah, that he didn't 1000 00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:23,120 Speaker 1: know who I was, he couldn't address. But that was 1001 00:51:23,200 --> 00:51:26,439 Speaker 1: funny though. That was funny. But hey, man, like it's 1002 00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:29,719 Speaker 1: a new day. You know, Um, it's a new day, 1003 00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:33,759 Speaker 1: and you know you could bash uh, you know, get 1004 00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:37,040 Speaker 1: a notoriety through social media. I'm not gonna lie, like, 1005 00:51:37,160 --> 00:51:40,279 Speaker 1: there's a lot of my kind of existence has been 1006 00:51:40,360 --> 00:51:44,239 Speaker 1: on that through my work and just through just being me. Um. 1007 00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:49,759 Speaker 1: And some people from the past still don't respect that. Um, 1008 00:51:50,520 --> 00:51:52,520 Speaker 1: But look what social media has done for so many 1009 00:51:52,560 --> 00:51:56,480 Speaker 1: people today. We have to start moving in the direction 1010 00:51:56,560 --> 00:51:59,720 Speaker 1: of the future. But above all things and all of that, noise, 1011 00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:05,319 Speaker 1: Denzel Washington is my idol. He's like a god to me, UM, 1012 00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:08,040 Speaker 1: and I will never have anything bad to ever say 1013 00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:11,000 Speaker 1: about him. Did you ever get up with him after that? 1014 00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:12,759 Speaker 1: Did you ever speak? Because I'm sure people tried. I'm 1015 00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:14,480 Speaker 1: sure people try to put your again. I'm sure there's 1016 00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:16,880 Speaker 1: people like he knows that you know there was Like, no, 1017 00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:19,600 Speaker 1: I'm not I haven't seen him, but I like to 1018 00:52:19,680 --> 00:52:22,640 Speaker 1: fantasize that he's at home watching snowfall. Let me find 1019 00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:26,040 Speaker 1: oh that boy good. Yeah, because of how much people 1020 00:52:26,040 --> 00:52:27,680 Speaker 1: talked about it, I'm sure it made him feel like, damn, 1021 00:52:27,680 --> 00:52:30,000 Speaker 1: I should know who he is, hopefully because it was 1022 00:52:30,120 --> 00:52:33,840 Speaker 1: it was crazy. I will say though. You know, to journalists, 1023 00:52:34,120 --> 00:52:37,280 Speaker 1: when you present a new actor or a new musician 1024 00:52:37,360 --> 00:52:41,320 Speaker 1: or someone you like, like to some of these these giants, 1025 00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:44,680 Speaker 1: please present them in the right way. She presented me 1026 00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:47,080 Speaker 1: like I will all day. I'm in my living room 1027 00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:52,160 Speaker 1: topless like so he's like, social media is cute, but 1028 00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:57,440 Speaker 1: do the work I'm like been doing, but for just 1029 00:52:57,719 --> 00:52:59,480 Speaker 1: just to you know, so he knows. I remember when 1030 00:52:59,480 --> 00:53:02,080 Speaker 1: a little way we're never asking a little Wayne about 1031 00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:04,120 Speaker 1: new artists. A little with Wayne was like, I don't 1032 00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:05,839 Speaker 1: know who that is, and people are getting on him 1033 00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:07,480 Speaker 1: like he's one of the biggest artsts. Little Wyne was like, yo, 1034 00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:09,799 Speaker 1: I'm in my own bubble. Yeah, in my own world yea. 1035 00:53:10,120 --> 00:53:11,560 Speaker 1: And people got on him and it could be the 1036 00:53:11,600 --> 00:53:13,320 Speaker 1: same thing. He could be in his own world. And 1037 00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:14,880 Speaker 1: like you said, he doesn't know, but I'm sure he 1038 00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:16,880 Speaker 1: knows that. I'm sure after this he did his homework. 1039 00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:19,960 Speaker 1: He had to. Yeah, man, I would hope so. And 1040 00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:23,920 Speaker 1: like I said, man, he he is just fantastic. You know. 1041 00:53:24,040 --> 00:53:28,920 Speaker 1: He's a great example of class, good taste, prestige. Uh. 1042 00:53:29,000 --> 00:53:35,000 Speaker 1: And that's the that's the essence before never met him. 1043 00:53:35,360 --> 00:53:37,279 Speaker 1: Know what's next for you? What is it? What is 1044 00:53:37,400 --> 00:53:40,279 Speaker 1: some roles that you want to do. Wow, it's something 1045 00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:41,920 Speaker 1: that you like, I would love to do that role. Like, 1046 00:53:42,000 --> 00:53:44,799 Speaker 1: that's my dream role? Is it an action figure? Something music? 1047 00:53:46,280 --> 00:53:48,879 Speaker 1: I love playing real people, so I'd love to play 1048 00:53:49,400 --> 00:53:56,160 Speaker 1: Eddie Murphy, h Sidney Poitier fellow cut Um. I'm actually 1049 00:53:56,719 --> 00:53:58,759 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't know. I allowed to say, 1050 00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:02,719 Speaker 1: do you know who rich Pool is? Yeah? Yeah, I'm 1051 00:54:02,719 --> 00:54:06,200 Speaker 1: about to play Richpool, really really rich Paul the Agent. Yeah, 1052 00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:11,680 Speaker 1: I know who. He has a show something about him 1053 00:54:11,680 --> 00:54:13,480 Speaker 1: coming out or it's in something where Rich Paul is 1054 00:54:13,480 --> 00:54:17,080 Speaker 1: a character. No, does he No? I'm asking you it's 1055 00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:22,799 Speaker 1: something where he's does he No, don't. I don't think 1056 00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:24,919 Speaker 1: he has a show coming out. But he's a really 1057 00:54:24,960 --> 00:54:28,480 Speaker 1: good friend of mine. And there's people behind this window 1058 00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:31,680 Speaker 1: like why did you say that? But he called me. 1059 00:54:31,760 --> 00:54:34,399 Speaker 1: He was like, tell the world, and I think we should. 1060 00:54:34,440 --> 00:54:39,800 Speaker 1: It's time we start cherishing black moguls and rich is 1061 00:54:39,880 --> 00:54:43,680 Speaker 1: someone that people need to know. This guy has completely 1062 00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:47,440 Speaker 1: changed the game. I'm happy and fortunate to call him 1063 00:54:47,480 --> 00:54:50,040 Speaker 1: a big brother and I can't wait to honor his story. 1064 00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:52,640 Speaker 1: That's great. He actually right here approached Lebron in the 1065 00:54:52,680 --> 00:54:57,759 Speaker 1: airport selling Jersey history and that's how they met each other. Yeah. Yeah, 1066 00:54:57,840 --> 00:55:00,720 Speaker 1: and he's like and then he's as a black sports agent, 1067 00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:03,160 Speaker 1: he gets looked at in a completely different way of 1068 00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:05,000 Speaker 1: the white sports agents were so angry that he was 1069 00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:09,239 Speaker 1: able to come in and get like the biggest NBA player. Yeah. Story, 1070 00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:12,719 Speaker 1: it's gonna be amazing, man, And you should start telling 1071 00:55:12,719 --> 00:55:15,759 Speaker 1: the stories now while they were alive. And I just 1072 00:55:15,840 --> 00:55:17,840 Speaker 1: hate sometimes when we wait till somebody passes away to 1073 00:55:17,920 --> 00:55:19,520 Speaker 1: tell that story. Yeah, like you want to give him 1074 00:55:19,520 --> 00:55:21,840 Speaker 1: their flowers now, and what he's done for how he's changed, 1075 00:55:21,840 --> 00:55:24,040 Speaker 1: like you said, the NBA and the sports agencies is 1076 00:55:24,080 --> 00:55:26,960 Speaker 1: just really amazing. Yeah. Yeah. Remember they had to make 1077 00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:29,279 Speaker 1: it so that you had to be um like a 1078 00:55:29,360 --> 00:55:33,279 Speaker 1: certain amount of classes. Yeah yeah, yeah, you need because 1079 00:55:33,320 --> 00:55:35,160 Speaker 1: and it was really based on him. Yeah. And with 1080 00:55:35,320 --> 00:55:38,040 Speaker 1: him to have the power, he had completely transformed the game. 1081 00:55:38,560 --> 00:55:41,320 Speaker 1: And it's funny. I was at the Super Bowl. I 1082 00:55:41,440 --> 00:55:45,800 Speaker 1: was jumping from sweet to sweet um oh yeah. And 1083 00:55:46,600 --> 00:55:50,279 Speaker 1: I was with him Kevin and Brawn too, And you know, 1084 00:55:50,360 --> 00:55:53,719 Speaker 1: I'm just completely inspired by those people. Like I say, 1085 00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:56,360 Speaker 1: I'm fortunate to be in some really good circles. Man, 1086 00:55:56,360 --> 00:55:59,160 Speaker 1: I'm learning, but Damns has to leave me. Oh man, 1087 00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:00,920 Speaker 1: all right. I would try to get a couple of 1088 00:56:00,960 --> 00:56:03,359 Speaker 1: spoilers out of you, but I know you're really good though. 1089 00:56:03,600 --> 00:56:05,719 Speaker 1: But I think I did well. But we appreciate you 1090 00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:09,120 Speaker 1: for joining us. Brother. Now we really do yes with everything. Man. 1091 00:56:09,360 --> 00:56:11,399 Speaker 1: I love the fact that you're producing. I can't wait 1092 00:56:11,440 --> 00:56:14,120 Speaker 1: to see what else you have coming up, just because 1093 00:56:14,719 --> 00:56:16,640 Speaker 1: we met you so like a few years ago, and 1094 00:56:16,680 --> 00:56:18,400 Speaker 1: I think it's just amazing to see where you are 1095 00:56:18,480 --> 00:56:20,160 Speaker 1: and where the show is now and a large part 1096 00:56:20,239 --> 00:56:22,799 Speaker 1: of that is because of you. Oh man. That means 1097 00:56:22,840 --> 00:56:24,560 Speaker 1: so much. Man, thank you, thank you so much for 1098 00:56:24,640 --> 00:56:27,239 Speaker 1: having me. Well, it's Damson in dress, It's the Breakfast Club. 1099 00:56:27,520 --> 00:56:36,480 Speaker 1: Good morning, Whoa. This is the Rule of Report with 1100 00:56:36,719 --> 00:56:45,879 Speaker 1: Angela ye Well. Laverne Cox co hosted the e Red 1101 00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:48,600 Speaker 1: Carpet ahead of the SAG Awards that happened on Sunday, 1102 00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:52,759 Speaker 1: and people were upset about this question that she asked 1103 00:56:52,840 --> 00:56:55,120 Speaker 1: Jada Pinkett Smith and Will Smith on the Red carpet, 1104 00:56:55,680 --> 00:56:57,839 Speaker 1: Thank you for all the years of joy you've brought ass. 1105 00:56:58,120 --> 00:57:00,800 Speaker 1: Thank you. We can't wait for our red table talk 1106 00:57:00,920 --> 00:57:09,799 Speaker 1: and more more entanglements. No, my entanglements, No, my entanglements. Now, 1107 00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:12,279 Speaker 1: people were saying that it was tacky that you would 1108 00:57:12,280 --> 00:57:14,440 Speaker 1: ask that on the red carpet and say that to 1109 00:57:14,600 --> 00:57:18,160 Speaker 1: them and tell that type of joke. And here's how 1110 00:57:18,200 --> 00:57:21,280 Speaker 1: she responded on her Instagram Live. So I've been thinking 1111 00:57:21,320 --> 00:57:23,480 Speaker 1: about it, and I've been you know, I'm like, Okay, 1112 00:57:23,720 --> 00:57:27,840 Speaker 1: let's if no one is above, no one is above critique. 1113 00:57:28,040 --> 00:57:31,120 Speaker 1: I like to hold myself accountable. So the thing is 1114 00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:34,080 Speaker 1: for me. I love red table talk. I love red 1115 00:57:34,120 --> 00:57:37,800 Speaker 1: table talking. I love what the Smiths have done with 1116 00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:41,360 Speaker 1: red table talk. And I think my error is that 1117 00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:44,640 Speaker 1: I had so many things I wanted to say to 1118 00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:46,960 Speaker 1: the Smiths and we didn't have time. There was some 1119 00:57:47,040 --> 00:57:48,959 Speaker 1: probably someone in my ear, saying we needed to wrap 1120 00:57:49,320 --> 00:57:52,040 Speaker 1: you know. My intent was not to mock or make 1121 00:57:52,160 --> 00:57:55,160 Speaker 1: fun of but obviously I understand there's a difference between 1122 00:57:55,160 --> 00:58:00,360 Speaker 1: intent and impact. There's nothing but love, though, So she said, 1123 00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:02,520 Speaker 1: it's not an apology. She said, if the Smiths need 1124 00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:05,040 Speaker 1: an apology for me, I'll do it privately. I mean, 1125 00:58:05,120 --> 00:58:08,400 Speaker 1: I love I love this. I love when celebrities interview 1126 00:58:08,440 --> 00:58:10,920 Speaker 1: celebrities and they get into this. But what Laverne, why 1127 00:58:10,920 --> 00:58:12,960 Speaker 1: do you love that hey, because what she did wasn't wrong. 1128 00:58:13,400 --> 00:58:16,000 Speaker 1: Like she is an interviewing and something popped up and 1129 00:58:16,080 --> 00:58:17,560 Speaker 1: she can talk about it, she can make about it, 1130 00:58:17,560 --> 00:58:20,240 Speaker 1: a joke about it. But Laverne Cox also has to 1131 00:58:20,360 --> 00:58:22,280 Speaker 1: understand when people do the same to her. She has 1132 00:58:22,280 --> 00:58:24,560 Speaker 1: to understand where it comes from as well. But I 1133 00:58:24,560 --> 00:58:26,120 Speaker 1: don't see a problem with it she did. I mean 1134 00:58:26,160 --> 00:58:28,120 Speaker 1: it was funny, it got viral. Is nothing wrong with it. 1135 00:58:28,240 --> 00:58:31,800 Speaker 1: But we don't know if they were offended by it 1136 00:58:31,880 --> 00:58:33,600 Speaker 1: or not. But I would say Red Carpet is different 1137 00:58:33,680 --> 00:58:35,640 Speaker 1: from other interviews because it is supposed to be all 1138 00:58:35,760 --> 00:58:38,000 Speaker 1: like fun and upbeat as people are going to celebrate. 1139 00:58:38,040 --> 00:58:40,680 Speaker 1: They always tell you they don't be negative or don't 1140 00:58:40,720 --> 00:58:43,680 Speaker 1: do anything you know on the Red carpet that could 1141 00:58:43,960 --> 00:58:46,320 Speaker 1: kind of mess up the move. Correct. Yeah, the questions 1142 00:58:46,360 --> 00:58:47,880 Speaker 1: I asked we asked here at the breakfast love is 1143 00:58:47,880 --> 00:58:50,160 Speaker 1: not the same questions you do sit down interview. It's 1144 00:58:50,160 --> 00:58:53,040 Speaker 1: definitely different than being on the Red Carpet. But as 1145 00:58:53,080 --> 00:58:55,320 Speaker 1: a celebrity, when you go to do these interviews, sometimes 1146 00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:57,400 Speaker 1: you never know what somebody's gonna say. And you got accepted. 1147 00:58:57,480 --> 00:58:59,040 Speaker 1: You you know, this is your life. You put your 1148 00:58:59,080 --> 00:59:01,200 Speaker 1: life out there, so people the right to ask the joke, 1149 00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:04,000 Speaker 1: to make a funny it doesn't matter. Yeah, but red 1150 00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:06,720 Speaker 1: carpet etiquette is just different than other things. It's quick 1151 00:59:07,040 --> 00:59:10,280 Speaker 1: and it's fun, are all right? Mary J. Blige is 1152 00:59:10,480 --> 00:59:15,800 Speaker 1: executive producing Real Love and to Real Love inspired Lifetime movie, 1153 00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:18,880 Speaker 1: So I am so excited for that. So as we 1154 00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:21,400 Speaker 1: all know, Real Love was a song from nineteen ninety two, 1155 00:59:21,480 --> 00:59:23,200 Speaker 1: Can you believe it was that long ago? From the 1156 00:59:23,320 --> 00:59:25,800 Speaker 1: What's the four? One one album? One of my favorite 1157 00:59:25,840 --> 00:59:29,280 Speaker 1: songs and according to the Lifetime, the project is a 1158 00:59:29,320 --> 00:59:32,600 Speaker 1: coming of age romantic drama where Kendrick sets off on 1159 00:59:32,680 --> 00:59:34,560 Speaker 1: her own for the first time to a college and 1160 00:59:34,680 --> 00:59:37,600 Speaker 1: upstate New York, determined to focus on her studies, but 1161 00:59:37,720 --> 00:59:40,720 Speaker 1: when she meets her film class partner Ben, she tries 1162 00:59:40,760 --> 00:59:48,080 Speaker 1: her hardest despite disapproving parents' financial hardship and competition for 1163 00:59:48,200 --> 00:59:51,040 Speaker 1: the top spot in class. Can Dre and Ben find 1164 00:59:51,120 --> 00:59:54,560 Speaker 1: themselves falling hard for each other? All right? Ultimately learned 1165 00:59:54,600 --> 00:59:59,240 Speaker 1: the meaning of real Love. I can't wait to see 1166 00:59:59,280 --> 01:00:01,200 Speaker 1: it and shout out to our girl, A Shanna. She's 1167 01:00:01,280 --> 01:00:04,280 Speaker 1: one of the producers for it too. Shout to a Shanna. 1168 01:00:04,320 --> 01:00:06,680 Speaker 1: Shanna gets busy. He Shanna hit me the other day. Up, Shana, 1169 01:00:07,040 --> 01:00:09,600 Speaker 1: did you hit your heart? No deserve it? Now she 1170 01:00:09,680 --> 01:00:12,320 Speaker 1: needed all my kids to do something for Nickelodeon, and 1171 01:00:12,440 --> 01:00:14,520 Speaker 1: she was reaching out to make sure that they were straight. 1172 01:00:14,600 --> 01:00:17,120 Speaker 1: So shout to Shanna and Natina. All right, well that 1173 01:00:17,480 --> 01:00:21,360 Speaker 1: is your rumor reports, all right. Now up next, Donkey 1174 01:00:21,520 --> 01:00:23,400 Speaker 1: of the Day. Charlemagne is out. So if you want 1175 01:00:23,400 --> 01:00:25,880 Speaker 1: to give somebody Donkey of the Day eight five eight 1176 01:00:25,960 --> 01:00:27,560 Speaker 1: five one oh five one, you can give him Donkey 1177 01:00:27,640 --> 01:00:29,640 Speaker 1: the Day up next to the b Everybody saying we 1178 01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:33,160 Speaker 1: deserve it. I don't know why are we deserving all right? 1179 01:00:33,200 --> 01:00:36,120 Speaker 1: It's the breakfast club, God morning, the breakfast club. Your 1180 01:00:36,200 --> 01:00:40,040 Speaker 1: mornings will never be the same as the largest black 1181 01:00:40,120 --> 01:00:43,000 Speaker 1: owned bank. One United Bank knows you. They have your 1182 01:00:43,040 --> 01:00:46,760 Speaker 1: back with two day early pay, unapologetically black deezer debit 1183 01:00:46,800 --> 01:00:49,880 Speaker 1: cards with no monthly fee and a highly rated mobile app. 1184 01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:52,720 Speaker 1: Joined one United Bank at one United dot com today 1185 01:00:52,760 --> 01:00:56,520 Speaker 1: and spread duels. Don't be out here acting like a donkey. 1186 01:00:58,920 --> 01:01:01,600 Speaker 1: It's time for Donkey the Day. I'm a big boy. 1187 01:01:01,640 --> 01:01:03,200 Speaker 1: I could take it if you feel I deserve it. 1188 01:01:03,280 --> 01:01:05,120 Speaker 1: Ain't no big deal, I know. Charlotte MANI guys go 1189 01:01:05,200 --> 01:01:07,560 Speaker 1: out and funny sleep. You gotta say something you may 1190 01:01:07,600 --> 01:01:10,080 Speaker 1: not agree with doesn't mean I need we're getting that donkey, 1191 01:01:10,160 --> 01:01:13,480 Speaker 1: that donkey that don't don't don't don't donkey other day 1192 01:01:13,600 --> 01:01:17,520 Speaker 1: right there, the breakfast club bitches, you can call me 1193 01:01:17,640 --> 01:01:21,320 Speaker 1: the donkey of the day, but like I mean, no harm. Hello, 1194 01:01:21,440 --> 01:01:25,760 Speaker 1: who's this this? Leturally? How are yo? Hey? Leslie? Good morning? 1195 01:01:26,200 --> 01:01:30,000 Speaker 1: Who's yes, ma'am? Well, I'm sorry, but I want to 1196 01:01:30,040 --> 01:01:33,280 Speaker 1: give the Breakfast Club the donkey of the day. Well, 1197 01:01:33,360 --> 01:01:35,200 Speaker 1: yea gave us a donkey of the day. What we 1198 01:01:35,320 --> 01:01:38,720 Speaker 1: do because y'all try to sift that family up that 1199 01:01:38,880 --> 01:01:42,040 Speaker 1: five thousand dollars for that change for change. Oh see, 1200 01:01:42,120 --> 01:01:43,840 Speaker 1: this is the thing I've seen that yesterday. I had 1201 01:01:43,880 --> 01:01:45,680 Speaker 1: no idea what they'll talk about. So I guess they 1202 01:01:45,720 --> 01:01:47,960 Speaker 1: don't change for change. Let me explain how change for change. 1203 01:01:48,560 --> 01:01:50,520 Speaker 1: I'll take the donkey. I mean, I'll work for the station, 1204 01:01:50,800 --> 01:01:53,040 Speaker 1: so we'll do the change for change. So change for change. 1205 01:01:53,640 --> 01:01:56,240 Speaker 1: People call up and they ask, you know, they submit 1206 01:01:56,320 --> 01:01:58,360 Speaker 1: why they want, you know, why they need help. And 1207 01:01:58,520 --> 01:02:01,320 Speaker 1: then the people not the Recklace Club, people that work 1208 01:02:01,400 --> 01:02:04,160 Speaker 1: here at my heart, they go through each one and 1209 01:02:04,240 --> 01:02:06,080 Speaker 1: they find out the different people that they want to 1210 01:02:06,120 --> 01:02:08,640 Speaker 1: give money to it. I believe that guy was picking 1211 01:02:08,880 --> 01:02:12,520 Speaker 1: was chose to give five thousand dollars correct, yes, right, 1212 01:02:12,640 --> 01:02:14,760 Speaker 1: And I guess he was chosen and he never got 1213 01:02:14,840 --> 01:02:19,480 Speaker 1: his five thousand dollars. You was mitche to edge, I know, 1214 01:02:19,600 --> 01:02:21,280 Speaker 1: but I don't know what happened. I'm hearing this, yeah, 1215 01:02:21,360 --> 01:02:24,040 Speaker 1: so yeah, no, I don't know. I'll take a deep 1216 01:02:24,080 --> 01:02:26,400 Speaker 1: dive and find out where that man's five thousand dollars is. 1217 01:02:27,280 --> 01:02:31,200 Speaker 1: He got it? Oh so I don't because he had 1218 01:02:31,240 --> 01:02:36,280 Speaker 1: to get the news station on, y'all. That's why that's crazy. 1219 01:02:36,360 --> 01:02:39,840 Speaker 1: But you know, well, that's embarrassing. Had nothing to do 1220 01:02:39,880 --> 01:02:43,000 Speaker 1: with it. It's very embarrassing. But I'm glad he did 1221 01:02:43,080 --> 01:02:45,040 Speaker 1: get that. We don't even touch that money. We don't 1222 01:02:45,040 --> 01:02:46,480 Speaker 1: even touch it's not like we get the money that 1223 01:02:46,520 --> 01:02:50,600 Speaker 1: we break it down. No, that goals corporate. But I 1224 01:02:50,720 --> 01:02:52,880 Speaker 1: love y'all anywhere. I listened to y'all every morning that 1225 01:02:54,160 --> 01:02:56,000 Speaker 1: somebody hit me yester. I had no idea what they 1226 01:02:56,040 --> 01:02:58,720 Speaker 1: were talking about. Listen. All I know is and he 1227 01:02:58,800 --> 01:03:00,840 Speaker 1: probably bought a house with that somewhere. You know, we 1228 01:03:00,920 --> 01:03:04,680 Speaker 1: didn't get that money. Google it, so look up. Everybody 1229 01:03:04,840 --> 01:03:10,400 Speaker 1: was like, yo, I flip that money. Hello? Who's this? Hello? Hey? 1230 01:03:10,480 --> 01:03:13,320 Speaker 1: Good morning? Who's this? Good morning? Yes, I'm calling me. 1231 01:03:13,400 --> 01:03:16,040 Speaker 1: Give donkey to day? Yes man, who you wanna give 1232 01:03:16,080 --> 01:03:19,480 Speaker 1: donkey today too? Unfortunately, Envy, I gotta give donkey to 1233 01:03:19,560 --> 01:03:23,480 Speaker 1: to day to you? And give Louie? Why why is 1234 01:03:23,520 --> 01:03:29,800 Speaker 1: it louiyee biggie? Who's lou yee? Little? Okay, okay, why 1235 01:03:29,800 --> 01:03:32,960 Speaker 1: do you wanna give us donkey? Mama? Okay, I'm sorry, Angela, 1236 01:03:33,080 --> 01:03:35,480 Speaker 1: I'm gonna go for you. I love you guys. First off, 1237 01:03:35,600 --> 01:03:37,160 Speaker 1: let me get that out there. I would listen to 1238 01:03:37,240 --> 01:03:40,680 Speaker 1: you every day. But Angela white boy rob had to 1239 01:03:40,960 --> 01:03:46,880 Speaker 1: go one um now for you are heartless, so you 1240 01:03:46,960 --> 01:03:52,000 Speaker 1: would kill your friend from childhood childhood friend, the boy 1241 01:03:52,160 --> 01:03:59,080 Speaker 1: turned into a cracking but he's selling crack. Do whatever 1242 01:03:59,200 --> 01:04:01,760 Speaker 1: he was doing. He was ahead, he was a fiend, 1243 01:04:01,960 --> 01:04:06,560 Speaker 1: but black. Imagine Franklin out here heading up the largest 1244 01:04:06,640 --> 01:04:09,400 Speaker 1: crack cocaine distribution, and you're gonna kill your friend for 1245 01:04:09,440 --> 01:04:12,000 Speaker 1: getting hooked on the same stuff you're selling because he's 1246 01:04:12,040 --> 01:04:15,640 Speaker 1: gonna bring us down. He's gonna bring us down. He's 1247 01:04:15,680 --> 01:04:18,680 Speaker 1: got to go because he's gonna choose that over me. 1248 01:04:19,360 --> 01:04:21,880 Speaker 1: Let me tell you something. You are hurtless and ruthless. 1249 01:04:21,960 --> 01:04:26,720 Speaker 1: I'm giving you Donkey of the day. No, no, noake 1250 01:04:26,840 --> 01:04:30,800 Speaker 1: my donkey the next donkey DJ. I'm sorry I have 1251 01:04:30,880 --> 01:04:33,200 Speaker 1: to run with Charlomagne on it. That was some bag 1252 01:04:33,520 --> 01:04:37,480 Speaker 1: Boogie is talking about all. My dad's a police officer. 1253 01:04:37,880 --> 01:04:41,800 Speaker 1: I'm not around any of that drugs. No, I said, 1254 01:04:41,840 --> 01:04:44,160 Speaker 1: my dad's a police officer. I never sold drugs. I 1255 01:04:44,240 --> 01:04:47,440 Speaker 1: never sold little drugs. That's even better reason to sell drugs, 1256 01:04:47,720 --> 01:04:50,480 Speaker 1: you said, Go back to the take. You said, I 1257 01:04:50,680 --> 01:04:53,600 Speaker 1: was never really around on your back. That wasn't the point? 1258 01:04:53,800 --> 01:04:56,200 Speaker 1: Is my dad in the area I live in. My 1259 01:04:56,320 --> 01:04:58,480 Speaker 1: dad was one of the first black police offices in 1260 01:04:58,960 --> 01:05:01,560 Speaker 1: our neighborhood. We have a lot of credibility, yes, I 1261 01:05:01,680 --> 01:05:05,760 Speaker 1: know what. However, in our family, my dad didn't allow it. 1262 01:05:06,160 --> 01:05:09,560 Speaker 1: Thing went down, probably because he was a pretty police 1263 01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:13,240 Speaker 1: officer to make it right. But I probably a being 1264 01:05:13,320 --> 01:05:16,120 Speaker 1: the youngest, I probably saw more stuff than I was 1265 01:05:16,160 --> 01:05:19,360 Speaker 1: supposed to because my dad was I just wanted to 1266 01:05:19,440 --> 01:05:21,320 Speaker 1: put that out here. But I do love you guys, 1267 01:05:21,760 --> 01:05:23,959 Speaker 1: I love you too. Now I'm just saying my dad's 1268 01:05:23,960 --> 01:05:26,200 Speaker 1: a police officers. So my dad used to check my drawers, 1269 01:05:26,280 --> 01:05:29,320 Speaker 1: He used to check my under the bed, my cars. Well, 1270 01:05:29,360 --> 01:05:31,120 Speaker 1: you should have had a stash back to put it in. 1271 01:05:31,520 --> 01:05:34,360 Speaker 1: You would have got up your dad police. That's even 1272 01:05:34,400 --> 01:05:37,280 Speaker 1: a better reason you and your dad could You and 1273 01:05:37,360 --> 01:05:39,880 Speaker 1: your dad could have been just because nobody's coming to 1274 01:05:39,960 --> 01:05:42,280 Speaker 1: look over here, right, You could have been running it's 1275 01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:45,680 Speaker 1: with your dad and Queen's. My dad wasn't playing that. 1276 01:05:45,960 --> 01:05:47,320 Speaker 1: My dad would have locked me up if I was 1277 01:05:47,360 --> 01:05:52,080 Speaker 1: selling drugs. You could have been the kingpin, of course, 1278 01:05:52,320 --> 01:05:56,720 Speaker 1: of course, thank you so much. All right, all right, 1279 01:05:56,880 --> 01:06:00,840 Speaker 1: don't here today five one. I'm watching this seven or 1280 01:06:01,280 --> 01:06:05,080 Speaker 1: you bess you're calling I'm watching this seven on your side. WHOA. 1281 01:06:05,880 --> 01:06:07,480 Speaker 1: I'm glad he got his money, though they had nothing 1282 01:06:07,520 --> 01:06:09,080 Speaker 1: to do with me. They said they tried to contact 1283 01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:13,040 Speaker 1: him three times. M don't do to day both things. 1284 01:06:13,160 --> 01:06:15,520 Speaker 1: Eight hundred five eight five one on five one. When 1285 01:06:15,560 --> 01:06:18,720 Speaker 1: we come back, Erica Alexander and Rebecca Howard will be 1286 01:06:18,880 --> 01:06:21,160 Speaker 1: joining us. They have a new podcast, Finding Tamika to 1287 01:06:21,200 --> 01:06:23,479 Speaker 1: tell us all about it. It's The Breakfast Club. Good Morning, 1288 01:06:23,960 --> 01:06:31,200 Speaker 1: The Breakfast Club Morning. Everybody is DJ Envy Angela Yee 1289 01:06:31,400 --> 01:06:34,120 Speaker 1: Charlomagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. Usually we 1290 01:06:34,200 --> 01:06:36,520 Speaker 1: do ask ye here, but today we got some special 1291 01:06:36,600 --> 01:06:40,320 Speaker 1: guests joining us. We have Erica Alexander and Rebecca Howard. 1292 01:06:40,640 --> 01:06:43,520 Speaker 1: Now they have a new podcast called Finding to Mika out. 1293 01:06:43,680 --> 01:06:48,600 Speaker 1: Good morning ladies, Good morning, morning morning. What I love 1294 01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:50,640 Speaker 1: about Erica is that you're doing big things, but you 1295 01:06:50,720 --> 01:06:54,120 Speaker 1: came in and congratulate us and what we have going on. Absolutely, 1296 01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:56,600 Speaker 1: I'm trying to keep up with y'all setting the world 1297 01:06:56,640 --> 01:06:58,919 Speaker 1: on fire all the things that you've accomplished. But also 1298 01:06:59,040 --> 01:07:01,000 Speaker 1: you know, being in the Hall of Fame the radio, 1299 01:07:01,240 --> 01:07:03,000 Speaker 1: that's a big deal. And to have done it so 1300 01:07:03,160 --> 01:07:05,480 Speaker 1: young and keep doing things, especially for the community and 1301 01:07:05,840 --> 01:07:09,160 Speaker 1: all that you represent. I say thank you because it's 1302 01:07:09,240 --> 01:07:12,440 Speaker 1: really a phenomenal thing to watch. Thank you and us 1303 01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:21,160 Speaker 1: being young as subjective. You know, Hey, it's all good 1304 01:07:21,360 --> 01:07:23,320 Speaker 1: and you guys are healthy, so that's good. Well, y'all 1305 01:07:23,360 --> 01:07:27,120 Speaker 1: are here to talk finding Tamika. Yeah, what what is? 1306 01:07:27,160 --> 01:07:30,480 Speaker 1: What is Finding Tamika? When we have the great Rebecca 1307 01:07:30,520 --> 01:07:33,640 Speaker 1: Howard here and she'll tell you why Finding Tamika matters. 1308 01:07:33,680 --> 01:07:39,040 Speaker 1: But Finding Tamika is an audible original series produced by 1309 01:07:39,240 --> 01:07:42,600 Speaker 1: SBH Productions. That's you and Kevin Hart and Color Farm Media, 1310 01:07:42,680 --> 01:07:47,480 Speaker 1: that's me and Rebecca and David Persons, Ben Arnon and 1311 01:07:47,640 --> 01:07:54,320 Speaker 1: Molten Hearts, James T. Green. It's about Tamika Houston. Tamika 1312 01:07:54,360 --> 01:07:57,760 Speaker 1: Houston went missing in Spartanburg, South Carolina in two thousand 1313 01:07:57,800 --> 01:08:01,120 Speaker 1: and four. She was nearly twenty five years old. What's 1314 01:08:01,200 --> 01:08:03,720 Speaker 1: unique about her story is she became the poster child 1315 01:08:03,840 --> 01:08:08,400 Speaker 1: for what Gweneifel calls missing White Women's syndrome. Why because 1316 01:08:08,960 --> 01:08:12,040 Speaker 1: at the time, Rebecca Howard, who is her aunt and 1317 01:08:12,160 --> 01:08:15,000 Speaker 1: also has a background and skill set in publicity, could 1318 01:08:15,120 --> 01:08:17,960 Speaker 1: not get the national publicity that she deserved for her 1319 01:08:18,720 --> 01:08:22,560 Speaker 1: her niece, and she made stink about it. And she 1320 01:08:23,280 --> 01:08:26,040 Speaker 1: basically also the two women who started the Black and 1321 01:08:26,120 --> 01:08:30,320 Speaker 1: Missing Foundation, one of them came from Spartanburgh, and so 1322 01:08:30,720 --> 01:08:33,000 Speaker 1: she became not only the poster child, but I think 1323 01:08:33,080 --> 01:08:35,960 Speaker 1: the reason why things started to change on what the 1324 01:08:36,000 --> 01:08:38,600 Speaker 1: black community could do about it. Yeah, I readiness that 1325 01:08:38,760 --> 01:08:40,479 Speaker 1: and it was nuts to meet Rebecca and you can 1326 01:08:40,479 --> 01:08:42,599 Speaker 1: speak to it is that thirty percent of people missing 1327 01:08:42,960 --> 01:08:46,639 Speaker 1: are of color, and only seven percent received media coverage. Yeah, 1328 01:08:46,800 --> 01:08:49,040 Speaker 1: it's it's incredible. It's like if you were to just 1329 01:08:49,280 --> 01:08:52,640 Speaker 1: watch the coverage that we've seen over the years, you 1330 01:08:52,640 --> 01:08:55,880 Speaker 1: would think there was like an epidemic of missing, young, 1331 01:08:56,000 --> 01:09:00,040 Speaker 1: missing white women in this country. And I think a 1332 01:09:00,240 --> 01:09:05,000 Speaker 1: number of years, they, particularly the cable networks, they found 1333 01:09:05,000 --> 01:09:07,559 Speaker 1: a formula that worked and they saw when they covered 1334 01:09:07,680 --> 01:09:11,920 Speaker 1: these cases like a Natalie Holloway or Alaci Peterson, and 1335 01:09:12,040 --> 01:09:14,840 Speaker 1: we saw it really recently with Gabby Petito, when they 1336 01:09:14,880 --> 01:09:18,280 Speaker 1: covered these cases like they were soap operas with constant 1337 01:09:18,360 --> 01:09:21,400 Speaker 1: updates and little twists and turns, they saw, you know, 1338 01:09:21,800 --> 01:09:25,240 Speaker 1: people were engaging online, people were tuning into these stories. 1339 01:09:25,360 --> 01:09:26,920 Speaker 1: So that worked for them and they kept doing it, 1340 01:09:27,280 --> 01:09:30,880 Speaker 1: which is you know, I always say those women, their 1341 01:09:30,920 --> 01:09:33,040 Speaker 1: families miss them and love them just as much as 1342 01:09:33,080 --> 01:09:36,679 Speaker 1: I love Tamica. They certainly deserved their stories to be told, 1343 01:09:36,720 --> 01:09:38,840 Speaker 1: but not to the exclusion of my niece and other 1344 01:09:38,960 --> 01:09:42,280 Speaker 1: women and girls who looked like Tamica. And that's the 1345 01:09:42,479 --> 01:09:45,519 Speaker 1: roadblock that I, you know, ran into. And I think 1346 01:09:45,560 --> 01:09:48,120 Speaker 1: there was a naivete on my part where my beautiful 1347 01:09:48,200 --> 01:09:52,080 Speaker 1: niece went missing. And I knew that my background is 1348 01:09:52,120 --> 01:09:54,519 Speaker 1: in PR, I had the media contacts, I had the 1349 01:09:54,600 --> 01:09:58,000 Speaker 1: skill set, I knew what to do, but I was 1350 01:09:58,160 --> 01:10:01,479 Speaker 1: met with silence and I wasn't getting any phone calls back, 1351 01:10:01,600 --> 01:10:04,240 Speaker 1: Like I was shocked again. I think I was naive 1352 01:10:04,400 --> 01:10:06,479 Speaker 1: and thinking like, hey, I see these stories out here. 1353 01:10:06,720 --> 01:10:09,000 Speaker 1: Surely my nieces, you know, to mek a story is 1354 01:10:09,120 --> 01:10:12,320 Speaker 1: just as engaging and people will care. But they did not. 1355 01:10:13,000 --> 01:10:16,240 Speaker 1: And it really wasn't until you know, several months of me, 1356 01:10:16,680 --> 01:10:18,640 Speaker 1: you know, doing this and doing this, and I think 1357 01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:21,400 Speaker 1: the only responses that I was getting was from black media. 1358 01:10:21,720 --> 01:10:24,599 Speaker 1: You know, the time rustpar Mourning Show, and these are 1359 01:10:24,600 --> 01:10:29,280 Speaker 1: people because I had relationships without that Time Joiner, Black 1360 01:10:29,320 --> 01:10:32,920 Speaker 1: America Webb, you know, like they they were they were 1361 01:10:33,000 --> 01:10:36,400 Speaker 1: covering it. But beyond that, outside of our community, I 1362 01:10:36,439 --> 01:10:38,960 Speaker 1: couldn't get anything. But would the policing, because I always 1363 01:10:39,000 --> 01:10:40,800 Speaker 1: hear stories about had They're like, oh, well maybe she 1364 01:10:40,960 --> 01:10:43,920 Speaker 1: ran away or maybe this, Yeah right, I know that's 1365 01:10:44,080 --> 01:10:46,160 Speaker 1: that's very common that I think that happens a lot, 1366 01:10:46,200 --> 01:10:48,360 Speaker 1: particularly more so in the black community. I think that 1367 01:10:48,439 --> 01:10:53,920 Speaker 1: there is unfortunately with police oftentimes there is some sort 1368 01:10:53,960 --> 01:10:56,400 Speaker 1: of preconceived notion that they've you know, they may be 1369 01:10:56,479 --> 01:10:59,840 Speaker 1: involved in criminal activity or you know, certainly is like 1370 01:11:00,120 --> 01:11:03,000 Speaker 1: runaway problem. I would say, I think I was fortunate 1371 01:11:03,560 --> 01:11:09,360 Speaker 1: with the police in Spartanburg. After initially I would say 1372 01:11:09,439 --> 01:11:12,720 Speaker 1: maybe the first couple of phone calls, there was kind 1373 01:11:12,760 --> 01:11:16,200 Speaker 1: of that hesitancy. But I got on a plane. I 1374 01:11:16,280 --> 01:11:18,240 Speaker 1: live in Miami. I got in a plane, flew to 1375 01:11:18,760 --> 01:11:21,080 Speaker 1: South Carolina, and I went and sat in their office. 1376 01:11:21,080 --> 01:11:23,720 Speaker 1: I was like, I'm not leaving until I get a 1377 01:11:23,880 --> 01:11:27,880 Speaker 1: media release put out by you all. Because the media, 1378 01:11:27,960 --> 01:11:29,880 Speaker 1: even local media, didn't want to hear it from me. 1379 01:11:29,960 --> 01:11:31,679 Speaker 1: They wanted to make sure that it was an act 1380 01:11:31,720 --> 01:11:34,680 Speaker 1: of police investigation. So I was fortunate in that my 1381 01:11:34,960 --> 01:11:39,479 Speaker 1: persistence I think paid off. But also just I think 1382 01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:43,000 Speaker 1: I was blessed with investigators who were sympathetic to this 1383 01:11:43,120 --> 01:11:47,120 Speaker 1: case and did do right by us in Tamika, in 1384 01:11:47,200 --> 01:11:49,519 Speaker 1: our family. And that's not, I know, always the case. 1385 01:11:49,720 --> 01:11:51,760 Speaker 1: I know you said black media played a big role. 1386 01:11:51,800 --> 01:11:54,960 Speaker 1: I was reading that MSNBC's Tiffany Cross played a big 1387 01:11:55,080 --> 01:11:59,920 Speaker 1: role as well. It's wild because again, America's Most Wanted 1388 01:12:00,080 --> 01:12:03,320 Speaker 1: was one of my first targets, and I was writing, 1389 01:12:03,640 --> 01:12:05,120 Speaker 1: I wasn't even faxing this is about you know, this 1390 01:12:05,160 --> 01:12:07,040 Speaker 1: is two thousand and four, We're still using fax machines. 1391 01:12:07,080 --> 01:12:12,080 Speaker 1: I'm faxing not getting anywhere with the executive producer of 1392 01:12:12,120 --> 01:12:15,920 Speaker 1: the show. And somehow or another, I didn't know Tiffany, 1393 01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:19,240 Speaker 1: but it came across you know, her desk, and it 1394 01:12:19,360 --> 01:12:22,559 Speaker 1: resonated with her. Again. Tiffany will say, you know, Tamka, 1395 01:12:22,600 --> 01:12:23,840 Speaker 1: I look at her picture. She looks like me. She 1396 01:12:23,960 --> 01:12:25,720 Speaker 1: looks you know, she could be me. She could be 1397 01:12:25,800 --> 01:12:29,880 Speaker 1: one of my cousins. And that's another thing why representation 1398 01:12:29,920 --> 01:12:32,600 Speaker 1: and media is so important. And she told, you know, 1399 01:12:32,760 --> 01:12:36,040 Speaker 1: her producer, senior producer, Hey, this story matters. Let me 1400 01:12:36,160 --> 01:12:39,080 Speaker 1: do this story. Let me go to Spartanburg, let me, 1401 01:12:39,240 --> 01:12:42,200 Speaker 1: you know, tell tomka story. And she did. And you know, 1402 01:12:42,280 --> 01:12:44,880 Speaker 1: she was a young field producer at the time, and 1403 01:12:45,760 --> 01:12:49,360 Speaker 1: I really was thankful for her because actually getting Tamka's 1404 01:12:49,400 --> 01:12:53,320 Speaker 1: case on America's Most One it led to one of 1405 01:12:53,400 --> 01:12:55,320 Speaker 1: the biggest breaks that we had in the case. We 1406 01:12:55,400 --> 01:12:57,599 Speaker 1: got a phone call in from a young woman who 1407 01:12:57,640 --> 01:13:02,400 Speaker 1: happened to see it and she could describe the room 1408 01:13:02,439 --> 01:13:04,760 Speaker 1: in which to make it was was killed. Yeah, she 1409 01:13:04,920 --> 01:13:07,720 Speaker 1: was like put two and two together. She had you know, 1410 01:13:08,600 --> 01:13:12,000 Speaker 1: been in that space and she called to tell them 1411 01:13:12,080 --> 01:13:14,280 Speaker 1: that they had dressed it roll. Yeah, it wasn't like 1412 01:13:14,400 --> 01:13:18,120 Speaker 1: that at all. Really, yes, yeah, she's basically like, yeah, 1413 01:13:18,160 --> 01:13:23,599 Speaker 1: the way you looked out, yeah in the that series. 1414 01:13:23,640 --> 01:13:28,760 Speaker 1: She's also fifteen years old, so yeah yeah, why would 1415 01:13:28,800 --> 01:13:33,360 Speaker 1: she know? Yeah, So it matters. It's not just the face, 1416 01:13:33,640 --> 01:13:36,960 Speaker 1: it's not as loved ones of the missing. We just 1417 01:13:37,080 --> 01:13:38,920 Speaker 1: I don't want a tension on myself. I don't. You know. 1418 01:13:39,000 --> 01:13:42,400 Speaker 1: This is not anything that you'd wish on your worst enemy. 1419 01:13:42,560 --> 01:13:45,920 Speaker 1: But it matters because these not only do you get, 1420 01:13:46,040 --> 01:13:48,920 Speaker 1: you may get tips that we got. Um. It also 1421 01:13:49,000 --> 01:13:52,000 Speaker 1: puts pressure on the police who are investigating. If you 1422 01:13:52,160 --> 01:13:56,519 Speaker 1: have CNN, MSNBC calling, if you have national reporters calling 1423 01:13:56,600 --> 01:14:00,120 Speaker 1: you to ask where the where the status is on 1424 01:14:00,240 --> 01:14:03,400 Speaker 1: that case. Not only in the investigators. The investigators feel 1425 01:14:03,400 --> 01:14:05,560 Speaker 1: the pressure, but their bosses, you know, the chief of 1426 01:14:05,600 --> 01:14:08,360 Speaker 1: the police department. There is pressure put you know, brought 1427 01:14:08,400 --> 01:14:10,879 Speaker 1: to bear, and we've seen that recently in many cases. 1428 01:14:11,400 --> 01:14:13,240 Speaker 1: You know, when some media gets involved and there's you know, 1429 01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:17,640 Speaker 1: now with social media, if if if people care and 1430 01:14:18,200 --> 01:14:20,560 Speaker 1: they feel as though they have something greater to answer to, 1431 01:14:20,800 --> 01:14:23,320 Speaker 1: it matters. That's one of the reasons why social media 1432 01:14:23,400 --> 01:14:26,160 Speaker 1: has been a benefit. I would say it's level of 1433 01:14:26,200 --> 01:14:29,000 Speaker 1: the playing field. Somewhere. I do think so I didn't 1434 01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:31,080 Speaker 1: have that, you know, in two thousand and four, we weren't. 1435 01:14:31,280 --> 01:14:34,240 Speaker 1: We had none of that. But I absolutely agree. It's 1436 01:14:34,240 --> 01:14:37,200 Speaker 1: so much easier, I think, to kind of get traction, 1437 01:14:37,680 --> 01:14:41,240 Speaker 1: you know nowadays. Yeah, that stuff is kind of a 1438 01:14:41,320 --> 01:14:44,000 Speaker 1: narcotic you think about it. There are people who dig, 1439 01:14:44,439 --> 01:14:46,760 Speaker 1: you know, the blood and guts of this type of thing. 1440 01:14:47,280 --> 01:14:51,280 Speaker 1: But if you put a white, blonde face on it, 1441 01:14:51,400 --> 01:14:54,759 Speaker 1: especially young, like they did with John Bana Ramsey. Twenty 1442 01:14:54,880 --> 01:14:57,320 Speaker 1: years we've been dealing with that addiction to that little 1443 01:14:57,360 --> 01:15:01,320 Speaker 1: girl's death. But that's just a sympt of a larger problem, 1444 01:15:01,960 --> 01:15:05,040 Speaker 1: you know, the damns on distress and people who are vulnerable, 1445 01:15:05,080 --> 01:15:09,640 Speaker 1: the most vulnerable are not often portrayed as black or 1446 01:15:09,760 --> 01:15:11,920 Speaker 1: people of color, and you're seeing that with the indigenous people. 1447 01:15:12,680 --> 01:15:14,640 Speaker 1: That's a that's a huge issue. All Right. We got 1448 01:15:14,720 --> 01:15:17,760 Speaker 1: more with Erica Alexander and Rebecca Howard when we come back. 1449 01:15:17,880 --> 01:15:22,519 Speaker 1: Is the Breakfast Club, Good Morning Morning. Everybody is DJ Envy, 1450 01:15:22,720 --> 01:15:25,719 Speaker 1: Angela Yee, Charlomagne the guy. We are the Breakfast Club. 1451 01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:28,639 Speaker 1: We're still kicking it with Erica Alexander and Rebecca Howard. 1452 01:15:28,680 --> 01:15:31,639 Speaker 1: They have a new podcast called Finding Tamika. It focuses 1453 01:15:31,680 --> 01:15:34,960 Speaker 1: on the disappearance and murder of Tamika Houston. What are 1454 01:15:35,000 --> 01:15:40,240 Speaker 1: the positive emotions that a project like this does get 1455 01:15:40,320 --> 01:15:44,519 Speaker 1: to be on the Breakfast club and talk to a 1456 01:15:44,680 --> 01:15:47,640 Speaker 1: whole mess of people who this has probably happened to. 1457 01:15:48,520 --> 01:15:51,000 Speaker 1: And I know there's been a lot of talking projects 1458 01:15:51,360 --> 01:15:53,840 Speaker 1: lately about it, and I'm glad for it. There can't 1459 01:15:53,880 --> 01:15:55,680 Speaker 1: be enough of them. The truth is there are a 1460 01:15:55,720 --> 01:15:57,439 Speaker 1: lot of people out there suffering that don't know what 1461 01:15:57,600 --> 01:15:59,160 Speaker 1: to do, and they need to know that they're not 1462 01:15:59,240 --> 01:16:01,240 Speaker 1: only not alone. If there are ore foundations now and 1463 01:16:01,320 --> 01:16:03,640 Speaker 1: resources in place, and they're getting better at it, but 1464 01:16:03,720 --> 01:16:06,320 Speaker 1: we all need to support it. That's one thing to 1465 01:16:06,400 --> 01:16:08,680 Speaker 1: talk about. The other thing is it tells on us. 1466 01:16:08,760 --> 01:16:10,920 Speaker 1: It's a warning for us all. If we don't do 1467 01:16:11,000 --> 01:16:13,880 Speaker 1: anything about this, all of us, everyone that's not a 1468 01:16:13,920 --> 01:16:16,759 Speaker 1: white and black thing, that's not a gender thing, we're doomed. 1469 01:16:16,840 --> 01:16:21,320 Speaker 1: Because I believe great civilizations are. I think how you're 1470 01:16:21,400 --> 01:16:25,360 Speaker 1: judge is your ability to protect the most vulnerable, and 1471 01:16:25,600 --> 01:16:29,160 Speaker 1: that's often women and children, but that's also trans it's 1472 01:16:29,160 --> 01:16:32,160 Speaker 1: anybody that's vulnerable, and if you don't doesn't mean that 1473 01:16:32,240 --> 01:16:35,439 Speaker 1: you're just under distress. I think your demise and your 1474 01:16:35,479 --> 01:16:38,920 Speaker 1: destruction is near. If you cannot do that, then you 1475 01:16:39,000 --> 01:16:44,439 Speaker 1: cannot be a so called empire. How the project, which 1476 01:16:44,479 --> 01:16:47,400 Speaker 1: a positive emotion just brings out of you. One of 1477 01:16:47,439 --> 01:16:50,920 Speaker 1: the things we talk about in the series is to 1478 01:16:51,160 --> 01:16:54,920 Speaker 1: make us presence is still around, it's still felt, and 1479 01:16:56,880 --> 01:16:58,760 Speaker 1: it's very much that, you know the case. And I 1480 01:16:58,920 --> 01:17:03,120 Speaker 1: think through doing this it made me feel her again 1481 01:17:03,240 --> 01:17:05,759 Speaker 1: in a way that I don't think that I felt 1482 01:17:05,840 --> 01:17:08,800 Speaker 1: that presence probably from you know, around the time she 1483 01:17:09,120 --> 01:17:11,960 Speaker 1: was you know, when she was still missing. It was 1484 01:17:11,960 --> 01:17:15,080 Speaker 1: a fifteen month long period, and then she was very 1485 01:17:15,200 --> 01:17:19,160 Speaker 1: present shortly thereafter, like I became pregnant with twins, and 1486 01:17:19,240 --> 01:17:22,760 Speaker 1: she was very much like present then. So, but it 1487 01:17:22,840 --> 01:17:25,560 Speaker 1: had been very several years kind of since I felt that, 1488 01:17:26,240 --> 01:17:28,880 Speaker 1: and I felt it again and that felt good, you know, 1489 01:17:29,080 --> 01:17:32,439 Speaker 1: because I think over time, you know, memories start to 1490 01:17:32,520 --> 01:17:34,920 Speaker 1: fade a little bit, or it just becomes, you know, 1491 01:17:35,080 --> 01:17:38,720 Speaker 1: more and more distant when you lose someone like that. 1492 01:17:39,000 --> 01:17:41,760 Speaker 1: But it just felt good to have her kind of 1493 01:17:41,800 --> 01:17:45,120 Speaker 1: like around again. That's how Tamika is. She's very present 1494 01:17:45,720 --> 01:17:49,360 Speaker 1: and she kind of I feel like she straddles between 1495 01:17:49,439 --> 01:17:53,720 Speaker 1: these worlds and with messages with but she very much 1496 01:17:53,720 --> 01:17:56,639 Speaker 1: had her hand. I think on this project almost definitely 1497 01:17:56,960 --> 01:18:01,320 Speaker 1: that Unfortunately, that scared the living daylights out of me. Well, 1498 01:18:01,520 --> 01:18:04,240 Speaker 1: I'm listen, my father was a preacher. I'm not particularly 1499 01:18:04,320 --> 01:18:07,519 Speaker 1: religious myself, and very spiritual. I believe that there are 1500 01:18:07,560 --> 01:18:11,639 Speaker 1: many things you cannot explain, and after we did the interviews, 1501 01:18:12,160 --> 01:18:16,040 Speaker 1: I was frightened to death, not only with the overwhelming issue. Well, 1502 01:18:16,240 --> 01:18:18,599 Speaker 1: I wanted to be responsible toward the family, and when 1503 01:18:18,640 --> 01:18:20,800 Speaker 1: you really have empathy for somebody, you want to make 1504 01:18:20,800 --> 01:18:24,120 Speaker 1: sure you do it right. You don't you say all 1505 01:18:24,160 --> 01:18:26,639 Speaker 1: the whatever's happened, and you realize that you're stepping into 1506 01:18:26,680 --> 01:18:29,400 Speaker 1: something that's not just a bunch of interviews, and you're 1507 01:18:29,439 --> 01:18:33,400 Speaker 1: gathering things. You're now part of it, and you're accepting 1508 01:18:33,479 --> 01:18:37,479 Speaker 1: that burden. And to accept it means to also acknowledge that. 1509 01:18:37,640 --> 01:18:41,360 Speaker 1: I could feel the presence of Tamika still in this space. 1510 01:18:41,800 --> 01:18:44,800 Speaker 1: But I asked her. I said, look, you're probably here 1511 01:18:45,000 --> 01:18:47,920 Speaker 1: and that's fine. Please don't reveal any more of yourself 1512 01:18:47,960 --> 01:18:50,120 Speaker 1: to me, because I've got a job to do and 1513 01:18:50,280 --> 01:18:52,479 Speaker 1: I can't be overwhelmed with that. Because I'm a person 1514 01:18:52,640 --> 01:18:55,760 Speaker 1: who that will distract. And I was just telling her 1515 01:18:55,840 --> 01:18:58,200 Speaker 1: that I had a limit, and I think that we 1516 01:18:58,320 --> 01:19:02,120 Speaker 1: had a cool thing. I mean, yeah, I went and 1517 01:19:02,200 --> 01:19:05,800 Speaker 1: got some crystals. I called Reverend Barber. I said, Reverend Barber, 1518 01:19:05,840 --> 01:19:08,479 Speaker 1: I'm feeling a certain kind of way. He counseled me. 1519 01:19:08,800 --> 01:19:12,040 Speaker 1: He told me what he thought about this and how 1520 01:19:12,080 --> 01:19:15,000 Speaker 1: to handle it. And then James T. Green, who was 1521 01:19:15,640 --> 01:19:18,360 Speaker 1: the sound and executive producer on this and the co writer, 1522 01:19:18,920 --> 01:19:21,879 Speaker 1: he said sometimes he would feel Tamika's hands on his shoulder, 1523 01:19:22,760 --> 01:19:26,080 Speaker 1: just on his shoulder. He happened to have a cousin, Genisia, 1524 01:19:26,600 --> 01:19:30,040 Speaker 1: who passed away I wouldn't say passed away, disappeared, And 1525 01:19:30,160 --> 01:19:32,679 Speaker 1: so he was doing it for to say her name. 1526 01:19:33,280 --> 01:19:37,360 Speaker 1: But he said, Erica, I sometimes feel Tamika on my shoulder. 1527 01:19:37,560 --> 01:19:39,680 Speaker 1: But he was all right with that. I said, I 1528 01:19:40,680 --> 01:19:42,720 Speaker 1: know she could be there, but please don't put don't 1529 01:19:42,760 --> 01:19:47,280 Speaker 1: massage me. And I'm good, you know, And truly she 1530 01:19:47,560 --> 01:19:50,519 Speaker 1: was a ghost that was talking to these people and 1531 01:19:50,680 --> 01:19:54,000 Speaker 1: telling them things. Well, I would have to assume, Rebecca, 1532 01:19:54,120 --> 01:19:56,160 Speaker 1: she's done that for you as well. Like a lot 1533 01:19:56,200 --> 01:19:58,080 Speaker 1: of times, when you know you decided to pick up 1534 01:19:58,080 --> 01:20:00,240 Speaker 1: the phone to call certain people, you might have about 1535 01:20:00,240 --> 01:20:06,280 Speaker 1: the guiding forces. It's interesting because Tamika actually sometimes I 1536 01:20:06,360 --> 01:20:10,559 Speaker 1: don't know if some people are more receptive to receiving 1537 01:20:10,640 --> 01:20:13,800 Speaker 1: those types of messages because I feel things, but I 1538 01:20:13,880 --> 01:20:17,400 Speaker 1: think I'm very a rational like thinker, and I doubt 1539 01:20:17,479 --> 01:20:20,200 Speaker 1: it a lot. So i may hear something in my head, 1540 01:20:20,240 --> 01:20:23,479 Speaker 1: but I'm like, maybe that's me willing. You know, I'm 1541 01:20:23,520 --> 01:20:27,080 Speaker 1: trying to make a conversation happen, so I'm less inclined 1542 01:20:27,120 --> 01:20:30,120 Speaker 1: to believe that it's actually her. Tamika actually took and 1543 01:20:30,200 --> 01:20:35,280 Speaker 1: we talked about this in the series, took to getting 1544 01:20:35,360 --> 01:20:38,840 Speaker 1: messages through to a complete stranger, an older, retired woman 1545 01:20:39,360 --> 01:20:42,479 Speaker 1: in you know, South Carolina, never met her in her life. 1546 01:20:42,840 --> 01:20:46,040 Speaker 1: She started giving this woman messages not only for the 1547 01:20:46,120 --> 01:20:49,160 Speaker 1: police to help with the investigation, but eventually after we 1548 01:20:49,360 --> 01:20:54,400 Speaker 1: found Tamika, and you know, I think like the case 1549 01:20:54,520 --> 01:20:56,679 Speaker 1: was getting her murderer was getting ready to go to trial, 1550 01:20:57,080 --> 01:21:01,200 Speaker 1: she started giving me personal messages about my solve about 1551 01:21:01,320 --> 01:21:04,160 Speaker 1: you know, my pregnancy was a difficult pregnancy, and so forth. 1552 01:21:04,520 --> 01:21:07,960 Speaker 1: It messages that no one would have the you know, no, 1553 01:21:08,560 --> 01:21:10,760 Speaker 1: this woman was a stranger, had no reasons. Now, so 1554 01:21:10,880 --> 01:21:13,080 Speaker 1: I think she she'll get through to you the way 1555 01:21:13,160 --> 01:21:15,600 Speaker 1: that she can get through to you, so because it 1556 01:21:15,680 --> 01:21:18,400 Speaker 1: wasn't coming through directly, so you know if that makes sense. 1557 01:21:18,400 --> 01:21:24,360 Speaker 1: So it's interesting, Yeah, she did, and she had something 1558 01:21:24,439 --> 01:21:27,120 Speaker 1: more to say. It wasn't about the murder and the death. 1559 01:21:27,160 --> 01:21:29,439 Speaker 1: It was about her life, which is really what this is. 1560 01:21:29,880 --> 01:21:32,120 Speaker 1: And we don't see it as a celebration of just 1561 01:21:32,400 --> 01:21:35,080 Speaker 1: her life. We see it also as telling her story, 1562 01:21:35,320 --> 01:21:38,200 Speaker 1: the truth of who she was. She was a complicated individual, 1563 01:21:38,439 --> 01:21:42,320 Speaker 1: three dimensional with flaws and everything, as we all are. 1564 01:21:42,600 --> 01:21:45,080 Speaker 1: The thing is the problem is if you make a 1565 01:21:45,200 --> 01:21:47,559 Speaker 1: person three dimensional, they may not look for them because 1566 01:21:47,560 --> 01:21:49,920 Speaker 1: they'll say, well look if they deserve it, that type 1567 01:21:49,920 --> 01:21:51,600 Speaker 1: of thing. So you try to put them in the 1568 01:21:51,680 --> 01:21:53,519 Speaker 1: best like it's possible. You see, as black people and 1569 01:21:53,560 --> 01:21:55,719 Speaker 1: brown were always trying to find the best picture because 1570 01:21:55,720 --> 01:22:01,840 Speaker 1: they'll find the worst pictures of them. You have all 1571 01:22:01,920 --> 01:22:05,400 Speaker 1: that look she was, so we're always trying to navigate 1572 01:22:05,479 --> 01:22:08,200 Speaker 1: how we see and how we're portrayed. The thing is 1573 01:22:08,520 --> 01:22:12,960 Speaker 1: that she very clearly I felt, was like tell them everything, 1574 01:22:13,640 --> 01:22:16,120 Speaker 1: tell them as well as you can everything so on 1575 01:22:16,240 --> 01:22:19,200 Speaker 1: three dimensional, but I also can I think she wanted 1576 01:22:19,200 --> 01:22:23,479 Speaker 1: to speak to her responsibility and accountability and having gotten 1577 01:22:23,560 --> 01:22:26,840 Speaker 1: herself in that position, and I thought that was brave. 1578 01:22:27,080 --> 01:22:31,519 Speaker 1: Finding Tamika is available right now on Audible. It's narrated 1579 01:22:31,560 --> 01:22:33,800 Speaker 1: by the beautiful voice you've been hearing in here for 1580 01:22:33,800 --> 01:22:38,000 Speaker 1: the past forty minutes of Miss Erica Alexander Rebecca. Thank 1581 01:22:38,080 --> 01:22:41,000 Speaker 1: you for coming and just thank you for thank you 1582 01:22:41,120 --> 01:22:44,160 Speaker 1: so much, thank you for for not stopping the fight, 1583 01:22:44,360 --> 01:22:46,439 Speaker 1: thank you for continuing the fight. Thank you, thank you 1584 01:22:46,720 --> 01:22:50,320 Speaker 1: very much, thank you. It's the Breakfast Club. The Breakfast 1585 01:22:50,400 --> 01:22:59,680 Speaker 1: Club feel I hate you, I hate you, damn and 1586 01:22:59,800 --> 01:23:03,160 Speaker 1: me relaxed the song I Hate you heay, it just sounds, 1587 01:23:03,560 --> 01:23:07,599 Speaker 1: you know, aggressive. All right, morning, everybody is j mvy, 1588 01:23:07,720 --> 01:23:10,120 Speaker 1: Angela Ye Charlomagne the God. We all to Breakfast Club. 1589 01:23:10,200 --> 01:23:13,280 Speaker 1: Let's get to the rumors. Let's talk Candy. It's about 1590 01:23:20,120 --> 01:23:24,360 Speaker 1: Angela Yee on the Breakfast Club. Well, let's get ready 1591 01:23:24,439 --> 01:23:27,719 Speaker 1: for Candy Burrus's new show, Candy and the Gang, that's 1592 01:23:27,760 --> 01:23:30,640 Speaker 1: coming on this Sunday at nine pm Eastern. But in 1593 01:23:30,720 --> 01:23:34,080 Speaker 1: the meantime, she's been doing press around her new show, 1594 01:23:34,160 --> 01:23:36,280 Speaker 1: and she's been talking about the Real Housewives of Atlanta, 1595 01:23:36,360 --> 01:23:38,960 Speaker 1: of course, and she had hinted before that, she had 1596 01:23:39,040 --> 01:23:41,240 Speaker 1: issues with somebody in class with someone on the show. 1597 01:23:41,640 --> 01:23:43,960 Speaker 1: She didn't say who it was, but on Daily Blast Live, 1598 01:23:44,040 --> 01:23:46,920 Speaker 1: here's what she had to say. Marlow and I we 1599 01:23:47,120 --> 01:23:52,640 Speaker 1: had some real serious beef that happened this year. It 1600 01:23:52,800 --> 01:23:55,280 Speaker 1: was crazy. I wasn't expecting it because I was really 1601 01:23:55,360 --> 01:23:58,280 Speaker 1: one of the main people who were, you know, reading 1602 01:23:58,400 --> 01:24:01,200 Speaker 1: rooting for her to get her peach and I did 1603 01:24:01,240 --> 01:24:03,200 Speaker 1: not think that we would have that type of both 1604 01:24:03,320 --> 01:24:06,000 Speaker 1: falling out. But we weren't able to fix this. You know. 1605 01:24:06,080 --> 01:24:07,439 Speaker 1: I don't want to say, you know, it's not like 1606 01:24:07,600 --> 01:24:10,240 Speaker 1: we're still in a bad place, but at that time, 1607 01:24:11,120 --> 01:24:13,320 Speaker 1: I wasn't sure if we were going to come back 1608 01:24:13,400 --> 01:24:16,760 Speaker 1: from it, you know. All Right, something to look forward 1609 01:24:16,760 --> 01:24:20,560 Speaker 1: to on Real Housewives of Atlanta. Now, Jennifer Hudson is 1610 01:24:20,600 --> 01:24:23,479 Speaker 1: going to be hosting a daytime talk show on Fox stations, 1611 01:24:23,520 --> 01:24:26,320 Speaker 1: and that is going to start and fall of twenty 1612 01:24:26,479 --> 01:24:29,599 Speaker 1: twenty two. She said, I've experienced so much in my life. 1613 01:24:29,640 --> 01:24:31,600 Speaker 1: I've seen the highest of the highs, the lowest of 1614 01:24:31,640 --> 01:24:33,960 Speaker 1: the lows, and just about everything in between. But as 1615 01:24:34,040 --> 01:24:36,160 Speaker 1: my mother always told me, once you think you've seen 1616 01:24:36,200 --> 01:24:38,840 Speaker 1: it all, just keep on living. People from around the world. 1617 01:24:38,960 --> 01:24:40,639 Speaker 1: Have been a part of my journey from the beginning 1618 01:24:40,680 --> 01:24:42,920 Speaker 1: twenty years ago, and I'm so ready to join their 1619 01:24:43,040 --> 01:24:44,439 Speaker 1: journey as if we sit down and talk about the 1620 01:24:44,520 --> 01:24:48,120 Speaker 1: things and inspire and move us. All Okay, congratulations to huh. 1621 01:24:48,439 --> 01:24:50,960 Speaker 1: It first went into development last November, so it will 1622 01:24:51,040 --> 01:24:54,320 Speaker 1: debut not long after the Ellen Degenerous Show signs off 1623 01:24:54,760 --> 01:24:57,960 Speaker 1: in the spring. All right. BT has announced a Murder Inc. 1624 01:24:58,200 --> 01:25:01,880 Speaker 1: Documentary series. It's a five part television event called Murder Inc. 1625 01:25:02,320 --> 01:25:05,360 Speaker 1: And it will explore the untold tale of the rise, fall, 1626 01:25:05,840 --> 01:25:08,759 Speaker 1: and redemption of one of hip hop's most iconic labels 1627 01:25:08,800 --> 01:25:11,920 Speaker 1: and its founder and CEO, IRV Gotties. So that will 1628 01:25:11,960 --> 01:25:13,960 Speaker 1: premiere this summer. That's gonna be interesting. I mean, they 1629 01:25:14,040 --> 01:25:17,160 Speaker 1: got stories. I mean, if they get into it, you know, 1630 01:25:17,240 --> 01:25:20,000 Speaker 1: the court case, all the artists, how they broke their artists, 1631 01:25:20,040 --> 01:25:21,960 Speaker 1: all the stuff that ERVs produce. I mean, it's gonna 1632 01:25:21,960 --> 01:25:25,840 Speaker 1: be interesting. All right. Now, speaking of documentaries, they are 1633 01:25:26,040 --> 01:25:29,360 Speaker 1: going to be doing Gifted and Black and that is 1634 01:25:29,400 --> 01:25:32,160 Speaker 1: going to follow the journey of Verses, So get ready 1635 01:25:32,200 --> 01:25:35,800 Speaker 1: for that. Amazon Studios and Helm and Grab Productions and 1636 01:25:35,920 --> 01:25:39,080 Speaker 1: Good Trouble Studios are partnering for this feature left documentary, 1637 01:25:39,640 --> 01:25:43,759 Speaker 1: and as you know, Lena Waite is Helm and Grab Productions, 1638 01:25:43,800 --> 01:25:47,840 Speaker 1: so she'll be producing under that alongside Swizz and Timberland. 1639 01:25:48,080 --> 01:25:51,920 Speaker 1: Deserved they well deserved, all right. And Dame Dash is 1640 01:25:52,000 --> 01:25:54,720 Speaker 1: doing a paid in full sequel and that will be 1641 01:25:54,920 --> 01:25:59,000 Speaker 1: a franchise with multiple series. Also a documentary, also a 1642 01:25:59,160 --> 01:26:02,320 Speaker 1: car show. Here's what he had to say. Yeah, I'm 1643 01:26:02,400 --> 01:26:05,400 Speaker 1: casting the cars right now, you know, so I link 1644 01:26:05,479 --> 01:26:08,320 Speaker 1: you know, the BBS boys. They're actually running around the 1645 01:26:08,400 --> 01:26:13,840 Speaker 1: world selecting the best Ellis Paving full mobiles. And then 1646 01:26:13,920 --> 01:26:17,840 Speaker 1: I'm interviewing everybody from different perspectives, and mine is one 1647 01:26:17,880 --> 01:26:20,439 Speaker 1: of them because I was there, right, I mean, but 1648 01:26:20,640 --> 01:26:23,559 Speaker 1: you know there's Loose Simmons perspective from the lunch mob. 1649 01:26:24,560 --> 01:26:28,280 Speaker 1: We grew up together, we were close, paused, and then 1650 01:26:28,400 --> 01:26:32,479 Speaker 1: there's Jay Black's perspective, who was in my immediacool the 1651 01:26:32,600 --> 01:26:35,640 Speaker 1: best stout. But he was you know, Richard Lieutenant, so 1652 01:26:36,080 --> 01:26:38,000 Speaker 1: you know he was right there. Why do you have 1653 01:26:38,040 --> 01:26:40,280 Speaker 1: to pause when you say we were close? That's just day. 1654 01:26:40,360 --> 01:26:42,439 Speaker 1: That's just some hard thing, all right. But shout out 1655 01:26:42,479 --> 01:26:45,320 Speaker 1: to the Jasmine brand. Um, Jasmine actually did that interview 1656 01:26:45,439 --> 01:26:48,439 Speaker 1: exclusively on her site. She also has a baby now, 1657 01:26:48,600 --> 01:26:51,400 Speaker 1: So congrats on that, Jasmine. Congrats to huh. They shout 1658 01:26:51,479 --> 01:26:53,400 Speaker 1: to the BBS boys. BBS boys. They come to all 1659 01:26:53,479 --> 01:26:56,200 Speaker 1: my car shows. They're pretty big in that in that era, 1660 01:26:56,320 --> 01:26:59,120 Speaker 1: that eighty eight, that eighty to ninety era. Cause whether 1661 01:26:59,120 --> 01:27:03,200 Speaker 1: it's the BMW, Suzuki, Samurai's, the old Benzes, they're pretty 1662 01:27:03,240 --> 01:27:04,640 Speaker 1: big in an. I got a couple of calls that 1663 01:27:04,800 --> 01:27:06,840 Speaker 1: as well. So they always come to my show. Shout 1664 01:27:06,920 --> 01:27:10,559 Speaker 1: to them, Go ahead out, I'm a support all right. Now. 1665 01:27:10,640 --> 01:27:13,000 Speaker 1: The Wendy Williams Show has announced new guest hosts for 1666 01:27:13,160 --> 01:27:15,640 Speaker 1: the final season. It's coming to an end, as you know, 1667 01:27:15,720 --> 01:27:19,040 Speaker 1: after fourteen seasons on the air, so they're gonna air 1668 01:27:19,160 --> 01:27:22,679 Speaker 1: live shows with rotating guest hosts That will include Remy 1669 01:27:22,800 --> 01:27:27,560 Speaker 1: Ma Fat, Joe, Kim Whitley, Finesse, Mitchell, Carson Cresley, and 1670 01:27:27,760 --> 01:27:30,519 Speaker 1: Vivica A. Fox. All of them will trade off their 1671 01:27:30,600 --> 01:27:33,639 Speaker 1: hosting duties from Mark seventh through April first, and then 1672 01:27:33,720 --> 01:27:36,800 Speaker 1: Sherry Shephard is going to be replacing that time slot 1673 01:27:36,880 --> 01:27:40,200 Speaker 1: with her own talk show called Sherry Okay, and she'll 1674 01:27:40,240 --> 01:27:43,040 Speaker 1: also continue on as a guest host as well. Up 1675 01:27:43,120 --> 01:27:45,120 Speaker 1: next to the People's Choice makes get your requesting, it's 1676 01:27:45,120 --> 01:27:48,360 Speaker 1: the breakfast Club. Good morning, So Breakfast Club, your mornings 1677 01:27:48,360 --> 01:27:52,000 Speaker 1: will never be the same. Angela year here and the 1678 01:27:52,080 --> 01:27:55,200 Speaker 1: General Insurance has been saving people money for nearly sixty years. 1679 01:27:55,439 --> 01:27:58,479 Speaker 1: So if you want quality insurance, take a closer look 1680 01:27:58,520 --> 01:28:01,000 Speaker 1: at the General called eight on your General or visit 1681 01:28:01,040 --> 01:28:04,120 Speaker 1: the General dot com. The General Auto Insurance Services, Inc. 1682 01:28:04,160 --> 01:28:09,160 Speaker 1: An insurance agency Nashville, Tennessee. Some restrictions of the Breakfast Club. So, 1683 01:28:09,400 --> 01:28:12,880 Speaker 1: Angela Yee, somebody just brought in a dress, a red 1684 01:28:13,000 --> 01:28:15,800 Speaker 1: dress for Angela Yee with a note that says I 1685 01:28:15,920 --> 01:28:17,840 Speaker 1: want to see you in this later on. That is 1686 01:28:17,880 --> 01:28:20,120 Speaker 1: not what it says is going on? Yee? This is 1687 01:28:20,160 --> 01:28:26,480 Speaker 1: spicy up here. Who what's going on? Yee? I'm a bride'smaid. 1688 01:28:26,720 --> 01:28:29,960 Speaker 1: In notories, somebody saying you a bride? What is going Oh? 1689 01:28:30,120 --> 01:28:32,040 Speaker 1: You know what's funny? So she had her bridal shower 1690 01:28:32,160 --> 01:28:35,000 Speaker 1: the other day, and you know, I was reposting some 1691 01:28:35,160 --> 01:28:37,439 Speaker 1: of the stories and then one of my exits hit 1692 01:28:37,520 --> 01:28:40,320 Speaker 1: me like, you're getting married now? My junitory is wearing 1693 01:28:40,400 --> 01:28:43,439 Speaker 1: all white and she's gone on like it's clearly she's 1694 01:28:43,800 --> 01:28:46,800 Speaker 1: the bride to be And I was like, yeah, I am, 1695 01:28:47,120 --> 01:28:48,800 Speaker 1: and he was like, I hope I'm invited to the wedding. 1696 01:28:48,800 --> 01:28:51,439 Speaker 1: Imagine me inviting my ex that was my wedding. No, 1697 01:28:51,680 --> 01:28:54,120 Speaker 1: that would be foul. So so the dresses for your 1698 01:28:54,120 --> 01:28:55,720 Speaker 1: brides made. So why they sending the dress a pair? 1699 01:28:55,960 --> 01:28:58,080 Speaker 1: Because I don't like sending stuff to my home because 1700 01:28:58,120 --> 01:29:04,120 Speaker 1: people still Okay, I don't know if you get packages stolen, 1701 01:29:04,720 --> 01:29:07,360 Speaker 1: but you know they steal from me all the time. 1702 01:29:07,439 --> 01:29:11,000 Speaker 1: And my package would be sitting outside and I think, 1703 01:29:11,280 --> 01:29:13,519 Speaker 1: you know, I just come and take it. It makes sense. 1704 01:29:13,640 --> 01:29:15,080 Speaker 1: It would be cute to see a bunch of Brooklyn 1705 01:29:15,439 --> 01:29:18,040 Speaker 1: and I watch it Red Dress, and I watched it 1706 01:29:18,120 --> 01:29:21,840 Speaker 1: on camera. Goodness gracious? All right. Well, also shout out 1707 01:29:21,880 --> 01:29:24,280 Speaker 1: to damns It for joining us this morning from Snowfall. 1708 01:29:24,320 --> 01:29:27,080 Speaker 1: Of course. Yes, are you gonna watch the show? Finally? Yes? 1709 01:29:27,160 --> 01:29:29,240 Speaker 1: I am all right, Yes, I am. Do they have 1710 01:29:29,320 --> 01:29:33,160 Speaker 1: it on a plane. Everybody's DJ Envy Angela, Yee, Charlomagne, 1711 01:29:33,200 --> 01:29:36,200 Speaker 1: the guy we are the breakfast club? Now, um, you 1712 01:29:36,280 --> 01:29:39,320 Speaker 1: got a positive note? Yes, And for everybody out there 1713 01:29:39,600 --> 01:29:43,240 Speaker 1: who is cynical, who is negative? I want to quote 1714 01:29:43,280 --> 01:29:47,040 Speaker 1: the late great Biggie Smalls, damn writer, like the life 1715 01:29:47,080 --> 01:29:49,439 Speaker 1: I live because I went from negative to positive and 1716 01:29:49,520 --> 01:29:53,960 Speaker 1: it's all good. And if you don't know, now you know. 1717 01:29:54,960 --> 01:29:58,679 Speaker 1: So the power of positive thinking. Let's implement that right away. 1718 01:29:59,600 --> 01:30:03,320 Speaker 1: Change your thoughts, because your thoughts become things, breakfast club bits. 1719 01:30:03,840 --> 01:30:05,000 Speaker 1: You'll finish what y'all dune