'The Breakfast Club' Recap: Fat Joe, Fab 5 Freddy Celebrate Hip Hop 50
Don’t Call Me White Girl stopped by to co-host for part of the week, and she quickly fit in with Charlamagne tha God and DJ Envy. On Monday, the morning crew welcomed hip-hop legend Fab 5 Freddy. In light of Hip-Hop 50, the former Yo! MTV Raps host discussed his feelings about the evolution of the genre.
“Hip-hop has continually amazed me with the different turns and evolutions that have happened within it. Some of the things that I’ve hoped for have come to light. I remember in the early days, when it was just, ‘Throw your hands in the air, and wave ‘em like you just don't care!’” he explained. “I’d say it was pretty much a party, uplifting kinda vibe and that was cool, and then I said, ‘Man, if somebody can figure out how to say something that was socially relevant, I knew that would elevate us, and that was ‘The Message.’ It really articulated how a lot of people were living in New York, and other hoods, and everybody got the memo that we could now throw our hands in the air and have a party, but we could also talk about our realities in these streets.”
Bobby Lytes posed an interesting quandary for Tuesday. The Love and Hip-Hop Miami star called out shady friends who unfollowed him without letting him know. He said that if you’re supposed to be cool in real life, you should tell him that you’re unfollowing him because he won’t be following a so-called friend who isn’t following him back. From there, DJ Envy, Charlemagne tha God and Don’t Call Me White Girl asked viewers: Would something like that on social media put your real-life friendship in question?
Michael Jackson’s birthday was the talk of Hump Day. Paris Jackson got backlash for not wishing her late father a happy birthday. She needed to explain that he hated celebrating his birthday and never acknowledged it when he was alive. She knows her dad and doesn’t have to be performative with her love for him on social media. She shouldn’t have even dignified that type of negativity with a response.
Finally, Fat Joe helped the crew wind down the week with more celebration of hip-hop. He recently came off performing at a Hip-Hop 50 Celebration concert at Yankee Stadium. He grew up five minutes away from Yankee Stadium and reflected on how it was a surreal experience and what an amazing feeling it is to be alive and to have come so far.