The Breakfast Club FULL SHOW: Kanye West Pens Open Apology to Black & Jewish Communities, Cardi B Headed to the Super Bowl
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Jan 26, 2026 Listener calls pour in about the Minneapolis shooting and protests. Heated debate over federal agents, accountability, and policing. Coverage of a massive winter storm, power outages, and grocery panic. Music world drama and Super Bowl celebrity attendance make headlines. A public apology tied to mental health also sparks conversation.
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Authoritarianism Controls Reality
- Charlamagne warns that authoritarian regimes control behavior by redefining reality and flooding the public with false narratives.
- He argues the government's spin on the Minneapolis shooting is an exercise in dictating perception rather than reporting facts.
Minneapolis Shooting Spurs Protests And Policy Fight
- Mimi Brown reports Minneapolis residents protesting after federal agents shot and killed Alex Peretti during an immigration operation.
- She notes conflicting official claims about whether Peretti was armed and the case moving to Congress over DHS funding and reforms.
Multiple Paths Can Break A Record
- Radio markets and different audience channels shaped how artists broke; Jim Jones' remix helped Kid Cudi's song dominate New York radio even as mixtapes fueled other markets.
- The hosts conclude both grassroots mixtape traction and radio pushes can be true simultaneously across audiences.