The Breakfast Club

Angela Yee Responds To Lil Kim Calling Her Out For Old Nicki Minaj Beef Post

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Derek White / Getty Lil Kim and Nicki Minaj‘s beef is dated as a dry-aged steak so when Angela Yee brought up the old drama on her Facebook page last week, Lil Kim wasn’t feeling The Breakfast Club co-host bringing up old sh*t. Taking to social media to air out Yee for the post, Kim publicly wondered, “Why are we bringing this up, This interview is how many years ago? Like really Angela Yee??? This sh*t is WACK, but go viral.” Related Stories Interestingly enough, Yee says she didn’t post it and during the 11th Anniversary show of The Breakfast Club, she addressed the situation saying it was her team who runs her Facebook page that posted the old news, not her. “I definitely contacted them because I didn’t know what was going on,” Yee told DJ Envy. “So I ...

9 Things We Learned from Ed Sheeran on The Breakfast Club

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Power 105 / Power 105 It feels like the last time we heard from Ed Sheeran he was playing a guitar in the forest and was lucky enough to avoid the vengeance of one Arya Starks in the final season of Game of Thrones. Since then he’s still been making good music back in modern times and now the UK artist is back on the charts with his latest album, = (Equals), and has come to the States to promote his fifth successful studio project. Sitting down with Angela Yee, DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God, Ed gets into many different aspects of his life thus far including dealing with COVID-19, quitting some destructive habits, and getting hate in his hometown due to his success. Here are the 9 things we learned from Ed Sheeran on The Breakfast Club. Like millions of ...

11 Things We Learned From Young Thug on ‘The Breakfast Club’

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Power 105 / Power 105 After all these years in the music game, Young Thug finally made his The Breakfast Club debut and though he at one point threatened Charlamagne Tha God with bodily harm, the two men have gotten past that and sat down for quite an insightful interview. With DJ Envy gone for the day, C Tha God and Angela Yee had the honors of getting all their questions off and answered while Thug was in town to promote his latest album, Punk. Talking about all the rumors about him to why he hated Lyor Cohen early in his career, Young Thug opens up as much as he could during the hour-long interview. Here are the 11 things we learned from Young Thug on The Breakfast Club. Related Stories Young Thug refutes rumors that he walked around with tampons to co...

Charlamagne Tha God Critiques Kanye West’s ‘Donda’ Album

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Robin L Marshall / Getty Since the Sunday drop of Kanye’s highly anticipated album, Donda, many users on social media have been praising Yeezus for his damn near two hour long album as it has its fair share of slaps on it. DJ Envy for one isn’t interested in partaking in the love fest and won’t even listen to the album as he’s soured on Kanye West in recent years going so far as to call him a “circus clown with the stupid jacket and big shoes.” But his The Breakfast Club co-hosts Angela Yee and Charlamagne Tha God have taken in the album in its entirety and while they do like the project, The God called it “lackluster” and like many of us they felt it was a tad bit too long. “I think if you scale the project down to like 12, 13 records, it can be a great ...

10 Things We Learned from The LOX on The Breakfast Club

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Power 105 / Revolt The LOX’s recent landslide win during their Verzuz with Dip Set have made them the darlings of Hip-Hop once again and there here for every second of it. Taking victory laps around New York City, The Lox checked into The Breakfast Club to continue their award tour and chopped it up with your favorite morning trio, Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God, and DJ Envy. Revisiting the events of last week’s Verzuz battle, Jadakiss, Styles P and Sheek Louch talked about things we didn’t notice on stage, refutes some rumors that begun after the Verzuz battle, and spoke about other experiences they’ve had over their decades in the rap game. Here are the 10 things we learned from The Lox on The Breakfast Club. Styles P said he accidentally broke the bea...

Nick Cannon Explains His N’Credible Seed-Spreading Ways During Breakfast Club Interview

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhtoosByBeanz83 Nick Cannon further explains his seed-spreading ways. The Wild ‘N Out creator and host has been extremely busy making babies this year. The N’Credible babymaker has been the talk of social media for fathering 4 children alone this year, recently, he welcomed twins Zion and Zillion with DJ Abby De La Rosa bringing his total up to seven. Cannon also has 9-year-old twins Moroccan Scott Cannon and Monroe Cannon with his ex-wife Mariah Carey, a son Golden, and daughter, Powerful, with model Brittany Bell plus a son Zen with Alyssa Scott. Cannon sat down with The Breakfast Club, and of course, you know Charlamagne Tha God had to ask the mogul about having children with seven different women and didn’t bite his tongue. He lashed...

Swizz Beatz Explains Why New DMX Album Didn’t Include Pop Smoke

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty DMX‘s posthumous album, Exodus, is receiving praise from fans and critics. However, there were many raised eyebrows when a Pop Smoke feature long touted to be part of the album was nowhere to be found upon release. Swizz Beatz explained what happened during a recent visit to The Breakfast Club. Apparently, X approved every song on the album before his untimely passing. But at the last minute, Swizz says he was not able to use the Pop Smoke verse. “He was on the album,” explained Swizz. “But they used the verse. That’s when I put Moneybagg Yo on the track. We was excited for it, but then when we heard that we couldn’t use it I was like, Damn. Moneybagg Yo, I got a good relationship with him and he turned it around quickly. I almost had...

6 Things We Learned From Chris Rock on ‘The Breakfast Club’

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Brooke Palmer / Lionsgate Chris Rock’s one of the last real Kings of Comedy alive in the game, but with the recent release of his first horror film, Spiral: The Book of Saw, Rock has entered an entirely new genre that most fans weren’t expecting he’d do. Earlier this week the triple OG comedian from Brooklyn virtually checked into The Breakfast Club to talk about his sudden career move and why he decided it was time to make a drastic change in his normal routine. With Charlamagne Tha God M.I.A. for this one, Angela Yee and DJ Envy have the honors of interviewing Chris and get into why he took on the Saw franchise, what made him get into tattoos, and where cancel culture has led the comedy genre as of late (nowhere good to be honest). Here are the 6 things...

7 Things We Learned from Jim Jones on The Breakfast Club

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Power 105 / The Breakfast Club Jim Jones is one of the most inspirational success stories in Hip-Hop having gone from Cam’ron’s hype man to rapper to entrepreneur. From investing in the marijuana business to creating his own crypto currency, Capo has been on his business grizzly while continuing to drop new music with Harry Fraud. Looking to make dough on everything from Charlamange’s book to the interview itself, Jones is a man on a money mission and he’s willing to impart his knowledge on listeners interested in flipping whatever they can online. Today the Dip Set capo sat down with Charlamagne Tha God while Angela Yee and DJ Envy zoomed in and opened up about his business ventures, Fred The Godson encouraging him to chase the rap bag and helping put Su...

The Breakfast Club Denies Paying Tekashi 6ix9ine $500K For Interview

HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @JustInMyView / R1 Digital Just when you thought there was no one left for Tekashi 6ix9ine to snitch on, the rainbow haired Hip-Hop pariah done went and roped The Breakfast Club into his ever-expanding web of alleged tattle-tellin.’ Yesterday The Breakfast Club addressed the rumor that Tekashi had spread in which he stated that the popular morning show had actually paid him to lock down an interview with him at the height of his popularity a few years back. Apparently the Henry Hill of Hip-Hop told Bobby Shmurda that The Breakfast Club coughed up a cool $500,000 to get that 2018 interview and even gets royalties from it’s views on YouTube. We’re not sure when this rumor even became a topic of discussion but Charlamagne and DJ Envy decided it was time...

10 Things We Learned from Fredo Bang on The Breakfast Club

Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Fredo Bang’s been in the rap game for a few years now, and though he’s still looking for his true breakout record in the game, he’s made quite the name for himself in the South plus certain circles and is now looking to ride that buzz from coast to coast. Earlier this week, the Baton Rouge rapper swung by The Breakfast Club in his Southernplayalistic steez to talk about music, religion, and porn. Seriously. Answering all questions thrown at him by Angela Yee, DJ Envy, and Charlamagne Tha God, Fredo obviously doesn’t have a problem living his life as an open book and isn’t scared to be judged by fans and listeners regardless of how “embarrassing” something might seem. Gotta respect that. Here are the 10 things we learned from Fredo Bang. Though Boosie Badazz is ...

10 Things We Learned from Joyner Lucas on The Breakfast Club

Source: The Breakfast Club / Power 105 Real Hip-Hoppers have been aware of Joyner Lucas’ lyrical expertise for quite some time now. Alhough he continues to fly under the radar for the most part, the Boston MC isn’t stressing the lack of recognition he’s getting and taking it all in stride. With two 2020 albums under his belt in Evolution and ADHD Joyner Lucas’ been making some good noise and has decided to finally give a rare interview to none other than your favorite morning trio, The Breakfast Club. For damn near one hour the “I’m Not A Racist” opened up on everything from the roots of his beef with Logic to getting death threats for working with Ashanti?! Wtf?! So sit back and read up on the 10 Things We Learned from Joyner Lucas on The Breakfast Club. Joyner says he stopped doing ...