Angela Yee is an American radio personality popularly known for hosting the nationally syndicated morning show The Breakfast Club along with DJ Envy and Charlamagne tha God.

Yee was born January 3, 1976, to a Chinese father and an Afro-Montserratian mother. She was raised in Flatbush, Brooklyn, in New York City. She attended Poly Prep in Brooklyn, entering through Prep for Prep.

She attended Wesleyan University, majoring in English and graduating in 1997 and later pursued employment in marketing and music after completing her studies.

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Her early career roles involved an internship with Wu-Tang Management to assist the CEO, Divine. Yee was lip-syncing the intro on the Wu-Tang Clan’s “Reunited” music video.

Her radio work involved hosting Lip Service and The Morning After with Angela Yee on Eminem’s radio station, Shade 45, at Sirius Satellite Radio.

She started her radio career at Sirius in 2005 as the co-host for The Cipha Sounds Effect. She became a full-timer after Cipha Sounds left Sirius in July 2008. The show was renamed the Shade 45 Morning Show Starring Angela Yee. Later, it changed to The Morning After with Angela Yee.

In December 2010, Yee left Shade 45 and began hosting The Breakfast Club on Power 105.1, alongside DJ Envy and Charlamagne tha God.

Weekends with the Breakfast Club was launched in March 2013 and was nationally syndicated in over 50 markets.

The Breakfast Club’s weekday show began national syndication in August 2013 and was featured in major American cities including New York City, Miami, Seattle, New Orleans, Houston, Detroit.

Lee announced the show’s end on Aug. 9. 2022.

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In 2019, Yee was bestowed with the Gracie Award, a national radio honor from the Alliance for Women in Media, for her work on The Breakfast Club.

In August 2020, Yee and her Breakfast Club co-hosts, DJ Envy and Charlamagne Tha God, were inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.