Original subtitles

PREVIOUSLY ON LOVE & HIP-HOP:

ATLANTA...

I WANT TO BE IN LOVE.

I WANT TO BE A ONE-WOMAN GUY.

I KNOW I COULD BE.

I HAD A TALK WITH MALCOLM.

HE SUGGESTED THAT I NEEDED TO

STAY HOT, AND BENZINO'S

A LITTLE COLD.

THEY NEED TO GET YOU A HIT

MOTHER[bleep] RECORD, 'CAUSE

IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE SO

MOTHER[bleep] HOT YOURSELF

EITHER.

D-LO IS MY HUSBAND AND MY

MANAGER.

WE GOT TO LOOK AT

THAT PICTURE.

WHY DON'T WE EVEN CONSIDER

MAYBE YOU STEPPING DOWN A

LITTLE BIT AND ALLOWING ME TO

EXPLORE SOME OPTIONS ON

MANAGEMENT?

IF THAT'S GONNA BRING MY

FRIEND BACK, THAT'S GONNA BRING

THE PERSON THAT I LOVE BACK, I'M

DOWN FOR THAT.

WHAT'S SUSTAINING Y'ALL

RELATIONSHIP RIGHT NOW?

BABY MAMA, BABY DADDY.

YOU DON'T DEAL WITH HER AT

ALL, AS FAR AS WITH THE

RELATIONSHIP.

I CAN'T DO IT.

SHE DON'T KNOW ABOUT...

[laughs] NOTHIN'.

NOTHIN'?

[laughter]

JOSELINE THREATENED

BABY MAMA.

WHY WOULD SHE BE FLIPPIN'

OUT, LIKE, FOR WHAT?

ARE Y'ALL STILL [bleep] AROUND?

OCCASIONALLY, I TAKE

A DIP BACK.

SO I'M SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE

THAT YOU'RE NOT GONNA SLEEP WITH

HER AGAIN?

I'M NOT DOIN' NO OTHER WOMEN.

* THIS IS THE LIFE

♪ THIS IS THE LIFE

* YEAH

* THIS IS THE LIFE

♪ THIS IS THE LIFE

* 'SUP ♪

* THIS IS THE LIFE

♪ THIS IS THE LIFE

* HUH

* THIS IS THE LIFE

♪ THIS IS THE LIFE

* HUH

♪ THERE AIN'T NOTHING LIKE ♪

♪ HIP-HOP MUSIC

♪ MUSIC

* THIS IS THE LIFE

♪ THIS IS THE LIFE

SO AFTER THE THERAPY SESSION,

I JUST WANTED TO SEE MIMI HAPPY.

AND I WANTED TO SPEND SOME TIME

WITH HER AND THE BABY, SO I

SUGGESTED A LITTLE, YOU KNOW,

QUALITY TIME IN THE PARK

SO MIMI AND I CAN SORT OVER

THINGS AND WE COULD FIX THIS.

YOU LIKE THE BUBBLES, BABY?

YEAH.

ISN'T THIS BEAUTIFUL?

I LOVE THE FAMILY OUTING.

IF I COULD GET YOU AROUND

SOMETIMES, IT'D BE GREAT.

I WANT TO MAKE EVERY STEP I

CAN, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE WE

GET ON THE RIGHT TRACK

RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK DR. JEFF HAD A LOT

TO DO WITH WHERE MY MENTAL GAME

IS RIGHT NOW.

STEVIE MAY THINK HE MADE A

BREAKTHROUGH WITH DR. JEFF,

SITTING THERE AT THERAPY AND,

"YES," AND, "I REALIZE," AND ALL

THIS, THAT, AND THE THIRD.

BUT GUESS WHAT.

TOMORROW IT'LL BE BACK TO THE

SAME OLD BULL[bleep].

HE NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE

CANNOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES

AGAIN.

I KNOW WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER A

LONG TIME, AND I DON'T WANT YOU

TO THINK OR GET SO COMFORTABLE

THAT YOU THINK I AM SO COOL

THAT ANYTHING GOES.

I'M NOT THAT COOL.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT ANYTHING

GOES.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REBUILD

SOME TRUST WITH ME.

I MEAN, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU

APOLOGIZE AND YOU'RE SORRY AND

NO MORE, NO MORE.

BUT THE TRUST IS JUST...

DEMOLISHED.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

CONSIDERING WHAT HAS HAPPENED

BETWEEN YOU GUYS, FOR ME TO

RIGHT NOW SAY, "OKAY, YOU GUYS

CAN JUST BE MANAGER AND--AND

CLIENT"?

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

I CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE MIMI

IS COMING FROM.

YOU KNOW, SHE DOESN'T TRUST ME.

I'VE LIED TO HER OVER

AND OVER AGAIN.

NOBODY'S PERFECT.

I'M NOT.

SHOW ME A PERFECT MAN, AND I'LL

SHOW YOU A LIAR.

I KNOW WHAT MY ISSUES ARE, YOU

KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

I'M JUST SPEAKING FOR ME,

KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

EVERYBODY GOT THEIR OWN

PERSONAL VIETNAMS,

RIGHT?

CORRECT.

AND TO MAKE THE WHOLE

SITUATION EXPLODE WAS MY LIES.

AND I DON'T WANT TO BE A LIAR

ANYMORE.

I WANT US ALL TO SIT DOWN

IN COUNSELING SO WE ALL COULD

BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER.

WHAT?

I WANT US ALL--

ALL THREE OF US?

YES.

FOR WHAT?

I BELIEVE THAT'S THE BEST WAY

TO SORT OUT WHAT IT IS.

I'M IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH

STEVIE, NOT JOSELINE.

SO WHY THE [bleep] WOULD I HAVE

JOSELINE AT MY THERAPY SESSION?

FOR WHAT?

PLEASE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL

ABOUT THAT.

COME ON.

ALL RIGHT.

I HAD TO THINK ABOUT GOING TO

COUNSELING TOO.

NO, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM

WITH GOING TO COUNSELING.

I HAVE A PROBLEM GOING TO

COUNSELING WITH YOU AND HER.

IT'S ALL MY FAULT, SO CAN I

FIX IT?

PLEASE?

I'LL THINK ABOUT IT, STEVIE.

THE LAST TIME I SAW JOSELINE,

SHE WAS TOTALLY AGAINST US

WORKING TOGETHER.

SO I WAS THE BIGGER PERSON.

I CALLED HER UP TO COOL DOWN

THE TENSION.

'CAUSE HOW WE GONNA MAKE GOOD

MUSIC IF WE FIGHTIN'

ALL THE TIME?

HOW'S IT GOING?

WHAT'S UP?

SO LET ME JUST GET STRAIGHT

TO THE POINT.

I BROUGHT YOU HERE TODAY

'CAUSE EVERY TIME WE MEET,

YOU ALWAYS COMIN' AT ME ON SOME

RAH-RAH [bleep].

HOW IS THAT?

YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE

TENSION IN THE AIR.

SO I BROUGHT YOU HERE TODAY SO

WE CAN CLEAR THE AIR.

HOW WE GONNA DO THAT?

WE GON' BE WORKING TOGETHER,

OBVIOUSLY.

ARE WE?

I MEAN, IF MANAGEMENT LIKES

IT, THEN...

MANAGEMENT LIKE IT.

YOU KNOW HOW THE INDUSTRY

WORKS?

OKAY, WELL, YOUR MANAGER

CAN'T AGREE WITH MY MANAGER IF

HE'S NO LONGER MY MANAGER.

STEVIE'S NOT MANAGING YOU?

HE'S STILL MANAGING ME, OF

COURSE, BUT I'M DOING MORE

THINGS FOR MYSELF.

SO YOU STILL WANT TO WORK

WITH HIM AS A PRODUCER

FOR OUR SONG?

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO A SONG

WITH ME, BECAUSE YOU COULD JUST

WORK WITH STEVIE.

YOU CAN CALL HIM.

WHAT'S THE CHANGE OF HEART?

I FEEL LIKE I WORK BETTER

WITHOUT STEVIE ON TOP OF MY

BACK, YOU KNOW?

FOR US, BEING PERSONALLY

TOGETHER, I DON'T THINK IT'S

GONNA WORK.

WOW.

I'M SHOCKED.

I DON'T NEED STEVIE AT ALL,

AND I'M GONNA MAKE IT

NO MATTER WHAT.

SO IF KARLIE WANT TO GO WORK

WITH HIM, BE MY GUEST.

NOW THAT YOU'RE TELLING ME

ALL THIS, YOU HAVE TO ADMIT

I WAS RIGHT.

RIGHT ABOUT WHAT?

YOU MESSIN' WITH STEVIE J.

BUT YOU WASN'T RIGHT,

BECAUSE I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING

IN FRONT OF YOU FOR YOU TO THINK

THAT I WAS DATING STEVIE.

YOU JUST ASSUMED.

YOU DIDN'T SEE US DO ANYTHING.

ALL I KNOW IS,

AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WERE

MESSING WITH STEVIE.

WHY WAS YOU SO WORRIED ABOUT

ME MESSING WITH STEVIE ANYWAY?

YOU MUST WANT TO MESS WITH HIM.

TELL ME.

NO, WHY WOULD I [bleep] WITH

STEVIE WHEN--GUESS WHO I

[bleep] WITH.

I DON'T KNOW, AND I DON'T

CARE.

BENZINO.

YOU MESS WITH BENZINO?

WHEN Y'ALL STARTED MESSING

AROUND?

WE MET AT THE STUDIO.

YOU LOOK LIKE YOU IN LOVE.

THEM LASHES WENT LIKE THIS.

KARLIE, GIRL, MM.

WHAT HAPPENED?

Y'ALL MET AT THE STUDIO

AND WHAT?

WELL, I LOOK LIKE YOU WHEN

YOU WERE CRAZY OVER STEVIE.

NO, NO, I NEVER DID THAT.

OH, WHAT?

YOU DID WORSE.

PLEASE.

THIS AIN'T ABOUT ME.

THIS IS ABOUT YOU.

YOU WOULD TURN THE TABLE

UPSIDE DOWN FOR STEVIE.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT ME.

THIS IS ABOUT YOU AND BENZINO.

SO WHAT WENT ON?

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HIM?

YOU KNOW, THAT'S LIKE MY

BROTHER 'CAUSE OF STEVIE,

YOU KNOW.

I LOVE HIM.

YOU KNOW, BUT JUST MAKE SURE YOU

DO HIM RIGHT...

OR YOU GONNA HAVE A PROBLEM.

OH, MAKE SURE HE DO ME RIGHT.

OH, HE GONNA DO YOU RIGHT,

'CAUSE HE'S A MAN.

JUST BE HAPPY FOR ME.

I'M HAPPY FOR HIM.

BE HAPPY FOR ME TOO.

I CAN'T BE THAT HAPPY FOR YOU

YET, 'CAUSE I GOT TO SEE WHERE

WE GOING WITH THIS 'CAUSE I'M

STILL MAD AT YOUR ASS.

I KNOW SHE'S, LIKE, REAL FAKE

AND PHONY.

AND SHE'S FROM L.A.

THEY ALL FAKE AND PHONY.

THEY ALWAYS PUTTIN' ON

THAT FRONT.

[whimpering]

"MY NAME IS KARLIE."

BITCH, SHUT UP.

YOU'RE FROM THE HOOD.

BUT I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD GIVE

HER A CHANCE, BECAUSE MAYBE SHE

JUST HAVE TO BE THAT WAY 'CAUSE

EVERYBODY MADE HER THAT WAY.

I CAN STILL BE MAD AT YOU,

BUT I DON'T HOLD GRUDGES.

WHAT HAPPENED HAPPENED,

AND NOW WE'RE HERE, SO...

YOU'RE RIGHT.

OKAY.

* SHE STUPID FINE

♪ SHE A VAMPIRE

♪ I THINK SHE READ MINDS

BOW. BOW.

♪ RED BOTTLE

♪ HIGH HEELS

♪ DON'T MATCH HER BAGS ♪

* ALL SHE WANT IS BAGS

♪ RED BOTTLE, HIGH HEELS

* DON'T MATCH THE BAG ♪

OKAY.

HI, RASHEEDA.

SO SCRAP CALLED ME TO COME TO

THE STUDIO AND LISTEN TO THIS

TRACK THAT HE WANT ME TO

COLLAB ON AND PERFORM AT HIS

MIX TAPE RELEASE.

AND I WALK IN, AND I SEE SHAY.

AND I'M LIKE, "OKAY, I'VE SEEN

SHAY AROUND.

I KNOW HER FROM THE INDUSTRY."

BUT I'M LOOKIN', LIKE,

"WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT'S SHE DOING UP IN HERE?"

HE WAS JUST TELLING ME YOU

SUPPOSED TO BE ON THIS SONG.

WHOO!

THE SINGLE.

THAT'S WHAT I CAME FOR.

I CAME TO LISTEN.

THIS IS MADE FOR RASHEEDA.

YOU FEEL ME?

THIS IS MADE FOR RASHEEDA?

THE QUEEN'S NOT EASY.

YOU GONNA REPRESENT

FOR THE LADIES?

OH, THAT'S ALL I DO.

I ALREADY KNOW SHE IS.

[indistinct]

WELL, I DON'T WANT TO

INTERRUPT Y'ALL.

I'M GONNA LET Y'ALL DO

WHAT Y'ALL DO.

ALL RIGHT.

TALK TO YOU LATER. BYE.

both: MWAH!

ALL DAY.

SERIOUSLY, SCRAP?

YOU JUST BROKE UP WITH ERICA,

AND YOU DONE MOVED ON TO THE

NEXT CHICK

AND YOU KNOW I GET DOWN WITH

ERICA?

COME ON, NOW.

YOU KNOW I'MA GIVE IT TO YOU

STRAIGHT.

WHAT'S UP WITH...

ALL THAT?

OH, SHAY?

Y-YEAH.

OH, NO, SHE--YOU KNOW,

THAT'S THE HOMEY, BUT, YOU KNOW.

THAT'S THE HOMEY.

THAT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN A

HOMEY, THOUGH.

I KNOW, BUT I AIN'T TRYING TO

MAKE IT GO NOWHERE FAST, YOU

KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

LIKE, IF IT HAPPEN, IT HAPPEN.

IF IT DON'T, I'M COOL.

EITHER WAY, 'CAUSE I AIN'T

TRYING TO JUMP BACK IN

ANYTHING.

YOU KNOW I TALK TO ERICA.

WHAT'S SHE TALKING ABOUT?

SHE WAS REAL UPSET,

LIKE, CRYING AND...

I AIN'T NEVER SEEN ERICA

SHED NO TEAR.

ME NEITHER.

REALLY?

I SEEN A HURT FEMALE

STRAIGHT UP AND DOWN.

LIKE, I WAS LOOKING AT HER LIKE,

"YO, I'M FIXIN' TO CRY TOO,

DAMN IT."

I'VE NEVER SEEN THE TEARS,

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

THAT WOULD MAKE IT REAL, IF I

SEEN THE TEARS.

LIKE, WOW, SHE CARE,

NOT ALL THE, "OH, OKAY.

EVERYTHING COOL.

I'M COOL WITH THAT."

WELL, WHATEVER, YOU FEEL ME?

'CAUSE ERICA IS HARD.

ERICA REAL HARD.

YOU GOT TO UNDERSTAND

ONE THING, THOUGH.

WHAT'S THAT?

THAT DOOR--YOU CAN'T KEEP

WALKING THROUGH THAT DOOR, THEN

WALKING OUT THAT DOOR AND

WALKING IN AND WALKING OUT.

IF YOU GONNA BE DONE WITH

HER, YOU NEED TO BE DONE,

DONE, DONE WITH HER.

LIKE, YOU CAN'T BE LIKE, "HEY,

BABE, HEY, LET'S DO THIS."

HEY, MAN, YOU HEARD OF

SHAWTY LO?

I'M DONE, DONE, MAN.

I'M DONE, DONE.

I AIN'T TRYIN' TO HEAR IT,

'CAUSE I KNOW YOU.

I'M DONE, DONE.

NO, I'M DONE, DONE.

I AIN'T TRYIN' TO HEAR THAT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I NEED YOU TO

DO, THOUGH?

GET ON THIS MOTHER[bleep] SONG.

OKAY.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GOT

TO, YOU KNOW, STRAIGHTEN IT OUT

WITH YOUR PEOPLE.

THE SITUATION THAT HAPPENED

THE OTHER DAY, I DON'T WANT THAT

TO HAPPEN EVER AGAIN.

I GO TO THE STUDIO TO TALK TO

SCRAPPY ABOUT THE SONG, AND HE

IS IN THERE WITH A GIRL.

I MEAN, THEY KISSED

AND EVERYTHING.

RIGHT THERE.

GOT YOU.

GET INTO IT.

* YOU WANT A LITTLE FUN

♪ LOOK OUT 'CAUSE HERE I COME ♪

GOT YOU.

NICE. CHIN UP MORE.

VERY NICE.

WORK THAT, KARLIE REDD.

TODAY I'M HOOKING UP KARLIE WITH

A FEATURE FOR HIP HOP WEEKLY.

APPARENTLY, HER LABEL'S BEEN

MAKING A LOT OF NOISE ABOUT HER

DATIN' ME.

GETTIN' ALL STEAMY.

I JUST WANT KARLIE AND HER

LABEL TO REALIZE THAT I AM GOOD

FOR HER CAREER.

'CAUSE IF YOU ASK ME, SHE LOOKED

GOOD NEXT TO Z.

THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS

FOR ME.

LOOKS GOOD.

REALLY?

YEAH, I'M SAYIN'.

I MEAN, THINGS ARE POPPIN', YOU

KNOW,

EVEN WITH THAT VINCE MEETING.

THAT WAS CRAZY.

THAT WAS...

YEAH, HE LIKES YOUR STUFF TOO.

REALLY?

YEAH.

OH, MY GOD.

I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

RIGHT?

I'M SO APPRECIATIVE OF WHAT

BENZINO'S DOING FOR ME,

FOR MY CAREER.

YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR A MAN TO

ACTUALLY HELP A WOMAN WITH HER

CAREER 100%.

I'M LOVING THIS RIGHT NOW.

MOVING FORWARD, THOUGH, IT'S

IMPORTANT THAT WE GOT TO,

YOU KNOW, STRAIGHTEN IT OUT WITH

YOUR PEOPLE,

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

'CAUSE THAT'S STILL ON MY MIND.

THE SITUATION THAT HAPPENED

THE OTHER DAY, I DON'T WANT THAT

TO HAPPEN EVER AGAIN.

IF IT'S A SITUATION WHERE,

LIKE, THEY KEEP SAYING,

"YEAH, ZINO'S A BAD LOOK AND

ZINO..."

BUT, YOU KNOW, ZINO BRINGIN'

VINCE HERBERT TO THE TABLE.

THAT WAS BIG.

ZINO DOIN' PHOTO SHOOTS.

OF COURSE.

I HOPE THEY LOOKIN' AT THAT

LIKE, "DUDE'S FOR REAL."

YOU ARE DEFINITELY STEPPIN'

UP TO THE PLATE, AND I CAN'T--

HOW AM I NOT GONNA

ACKNOWLEDGE THAT?

SO THE NEXT CONVERSATION

YOU HAVE IS GONNA BE...

ZINO'S IN MY LIFE.

SO HERE I WAS THINKING THAT I

WAS GONNA GET SIDELINED BY

KARLIE'S CAREER.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

I MEAN, KARLIE IS A GREAT,

GREAT, GREAT GIRL.

I'M NOT GONNA LOSE HER TO

ANYTHING.

YOU ARE THE PIECES

TO MY PUZZLE.

WELL, IT SEEM LIKE I'M ONE OF

THE PIECES TO YOUR PUZZLE.

YOU GOT A LOT OF PIECES.

BUT NO. YOU--

I GOT THIS FOR YOU,

BECAUSE MY PUZZLE'S NOT COMPLETE

WITHOUT YOU.

WOW, THAT'S HOT.

YEAH. SO I WEAR...

THAT'S CRAZY.

I AM, BABY.

COME HERE, MAMA.

LET ME SEE THAT.

SO I WEAR THIS PART, AND YOU

WEAR THAT PART.

THANKS, BABY.

I'M ROCKIN' IT.

THANK YOU.

NO, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COME HERE.

TONIGHT I'M GOING TO PERFORM

WITH MY BOY SCRAPPY.

WE DID A SONG THAT TURNED OUT

REALLY HOT.

I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY GONNA

LIKE IT.

AND MY GIRLS IS THERE

REPRESENTIN'.

BUT THE ONLY THING THAT'S

MISSING IS MY BABY KIRK.

HEY.

WHAT'S UP, LADIES?

HOTNESS IS GOIN' ON.

CAN YOU MAKE ROOM FOR

K.MICHELLE'S ASS, PLEASE,

AND THEN ME, ME, ME?

THIS IS ALL A LITTLE

CONTRAPMENT, YOU KNOW?

[bleep], WHATEVER.

WHERE KIRK AT?

MY BOY, WHERE HE AT?

HE AIN'T HERE TONIGHT.

WHERE IS HE AT?

GIRLS, HE'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.

BUT I'MA SAY IT LIKE THIS.

IT'S SO HARD WHEN YOU WORK

TOGETHER, WHEN YOU HUSBAND AND

WIFE, WHEN YOU TRYING TO

BUILD SOMETHING.

IT'S JUST SO MUCH, YOU KNOW?

I KNOW.

OKAY?

WE NOT MARRIED...

BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.

Y'ALL ACT LIKE IT.

NERVE-RACKING.

YES, YOU DO.

OH, [bleep].

BUT I'M SO GLAD Y'ALL

ARE HERE.

WE HERE.

SUPPORT, HONEY.

SUPPORT.

BUT YOU GOOD.

I JUST WANT TO KILL IT.

I WANT TO STAY FOCUSED AND JUST

DEAL WITH PROBLEMS OF LIFE

LATER.

I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO TALK

ABOUT KIRK AND I'S SITUATION

RIGHT NOW.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

THE BEST THING FOR ME TO DO IS

JUST CHANGE THE SUBJECT.

AND IN THE MIDST OF THAT, IT'S

SOMETHING I NEED TO LET THE

GIRLS KNOW.

SO I GO TO THE STUDIO TO TALK TO

SCRAPPY ABOUT THE SONG, AND HE

IS IN THERE WITH A GIRL.

AND HE LIKE, "OH,

THIS MY HOMEY."

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

SO I WAS LIKE, "OKAY."

SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW

WHAT'S GOING ON.

OH, HE DONE ALREADY MOVED ON

TO THE NEXT HOT POCKET.

I MEAN, HE SAY IT'S HIS

FRIEND.

OKAY, HE SAID IT WAS HIS

FRIEND, BUT WHAT DID YOU SEE?

YOU KNOW, FRIENDS DON'T

INTERACT THE WAY THEY INTERACT.

WHAT?

HE SLAPPED HER ON THE BOOTY?

I MEAN, THEY KISSED AND

EVERYTHING.

HAVE YOU TALKED TO ERICA?

I HAVEN'T TALKED TO HER.

ONE THING ABOUT ME IS, I'M REAL

FUNNY ABOUT JUMPIN' AND GOING

AND TELLING SOMEBODY SOMETHING

ABOUT THEIR RELATIONSHIP.

NO, NOT EVEN TELLING.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

BECAUSE SHE MAY KNOW ABOUT IT,

BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO

CHECK ON HER.

WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?

HEY, GIRL.

HOW ARE YOU?

I'M GOOD.

HOW YOU DOIN', RASHEEDA?

THIS IS SHAY,

SCRAPPY'S FRIEND.

FRIEND.

WHEN SHAY WALKED IN WITH

SCRAPPY, I JUST WAS LOOKING

AROUND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE

CANDID CAMERA.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.

I WAS LIKE, "UH-UH, THIS IS NOT

GOING DOWN."

I FELT SOME KIND OF WAY.

YOU FIXIN' TO GO SIT DOWN?

I'LL TALK TO Y'ALL SOON.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I FEEL SOME TYPE OF WAY.

MY WHOLE LEFT LEG IS DOING THE

ELVIS PRESLEY.

I FEEL SOME TYPE OF WAY.

Y'ALL COME AT ME REAL.

DO I SAY SOMETHING TO ERICA,

OR DO I SAY...

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO HER?

THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO

FIGURE OUT.

IF MIMI WAS IN MY HOUSE AND

I DONE WALKED IN AND I SAW SOME

STUFF THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE, I

WOULD HOPE THAT Y'ALL SAY, "K,

I'MA TELL YOU SOMETHING.

THAT BOO THAT YOU CALLIN' YOUR

BOO OR THE EX-BOO IS BANGIN'

ANOTHER BOO."

ERICA CAN TRY TO BE AS TOUGH AS

SHE WANTS TO, BUT I KNOW WHEN

SHE'S HURT.

SO I KNOW IT'S ONLY RIGHT FOR ME

TO TALK TO HER AND JUST KEEP IT

100, 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT REAL

FRIENDS DO.

* SHE STUPID FINE

♪ SHE LIKE CLOTHES

♪ BUT REALLY LITTLE BAGS

* GET THAT MONEY

♪ GET THAT MONEY

♪ IF YOU AIN'T GOT THEM LICKS ♪

♪ [bleep]

* HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY

LAST NIGHT, I WENT TO

SCRAPPY'S MIX TAPE EVENT, AND

HE WAS THERE WITH A WOMAN.

THAT THREE-WAY COUNSELING

SESSION IS NOT GONNA WORK.

AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS

ASININE.

BUT NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT,

LET'S GO,

'CAUSE EVERYTHING IS GONNA

COME OUT.

IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAD

SOME ALONE TIME WITH ARIANE.

AND WITH ALL THIS STUFF GOING ON

WITH STEVIE, I JUST REALLY

NEEDED SOMEONE I COULD VENT TO.

SO HOW YOU FEELING?

IT'S BEEN SO MUCH GOING ON,

ARIANE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO DEAL

WITH MY ISSUES.

I HAVEN'T CALLED YOU AND TOLD...

WHAT IS IT?

STEVIE AND I

ARE NOW GOING TO COUNSELING.

I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST GONNA

BE A WRAP, BECAUSE THE LAST TIME

THAT WE SPOKE, YOU WERE PACKING

UP ALL HIS [bleep],

AND HE WAS OUT.

I MEAN, FOR EVA'S SAKE, I

SUGGESTED WE NEED TO SIT DOWN

AND TALK TO SOMEBODY.

IT'S LIKE A NEVER-ENDING

STORY.

SO WE WENT TO OUR COUNSELING

SESSION.

OF COURSE, JOSELINE CAME UP.

BUT NOW STEVIE WANTS TO BRING

HER INTO THE COUNSELING WITH US.

HE'S REALLY THINKING HE'S IN

A THREE-WAY RELATIONSHIP.

HE'S SAYING HE WANTS TO DO

THIS BECAUSE HE'S GONNA

CONTINUE TO WORK WITH HER

AND HE WANTS ME TO FEEL

COMFORTABLE WITH HIM

WORKING WITH HER.

BUT DO YOU THINK YOU'LL EVER

FEEL COMFORTABLE, THOUGH?

NO. NEVER.

EXACTLY.

NEVER.

THE WHOLE POINT OF ME ARGUING,

FUSSING, AND FIGHTING IS TO KEEP

OUR FAMILY TOGETHER.

I HAVE A DAUGHTER.

LIKE, I WAS RAISED IN A

HOUSEHOLD WITH JUST ONE PARENT.

I DIDN'T WANT THAT FOR HER.

THAT IS MY DRIVE BEHIND ME

TRYING TO KEEP THIS THING GOING.

SO IF IT WASN'T FOR EVA BEING IN

THE SITUATION, THERE ABSOLUTELY

WOULD BE NO ME AND STEVIE.

YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT.

WHAT IS SHE SAYING?

OH, SHE CALLED ME

AND TOLD ME, "I KNOW YOU GUYS

HAVE A FAMILY.

I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN

TOGETHER A LONG TIME.

BUT I'M NOT GONNA STOP [bleep]

HIM, 'CAUSE HE GOT

GOOD [bleep]."

SHE SAID THAT TO YOU?

DAMN!

I JUST WANT HER TO BE DONE WITH

HIM ALREADY.

EVEN IF HE GETS RID OF THIS

BITCH, IT'LL JUST BE ANOTHER ONE

IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS,

'CAUSE STEVIE CAN'T BE TRUSTED.

THAT THREE-WAY COUNSELING

SESSION IS NOT GONNA WORK.

MM.

LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IT

WILL DO.

IT WILL GET EVERYTHING

ON THE TABLE.

AT FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS

ASININE.

BUT NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT,

LET'S GO,

'CAUSE EVERYTHING'S

GONNA COME OUT.

OOH, I KNOW SHE IS GONNA

GO IN THERE AND TEAR THAT

[bleep] DOWN.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD.

AFTER SEEING SCRAPPY COME

INTO HIS MIX TAPE PARTY WITH

SHAY, I KNEW I HAD TO SAY

SOMETHING TO ERICA.

HOW YOU DOIN', BABE?

GOOD, AND YOU?

YOU LOOK PRETTY.

IT'S NOT EASY TO SEE YOUR EX

WITH ANOTHER WOMAN.

BUT YOU GOT TO DEAL WITH IT,

FACE IT, AND YOU GOT TO MOVE ON.

SO I HAD TO TALK TO YOU, AND I

WANTED TO COME AND BRING UP

SOMETHING TO YOU, BECAUSE I FEEL

LIKE IT'S THE BEST WAY TO DO IT,

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

NOT ON THE PHONE.

YEAH.

NOT THROUGH "HE SAID, SHE

SAID" WHAT THE SITUATION IS.

ONE-ON-ONE.

LAST NIGHT, I WENT TO

SCRAPPY'S MIX TAPE EVENT, AND HE

WAS THERE WITH A WOMAN.

HER NAME'S SHAY.

AND WHAT I WANTED TO DO, I

WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW

WHAT TO SAY.

LIKE, FOR REAL?

AGAIN?

LITTLE DO I KNOW, HE'S JUST BACK

TO HIS OLD HABITS.

NOTHING REALLY HAS CHANGED.

I GUESS I JUST WANTED IT SO

MUCH, I THOUGHT I WAS SEEING

SOMETHING.

I REALLY WASN'T SEEING ANYTHING.

I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH SCRAPPY

FOR YEARS.

HE CANNOT BE BY HISSELF.

OKAY.

PERIOD.

HE'LL MEET A BITCH AT THE GAS

STATION, AND THEY BUDDY-BUDDY

LIKE--IT'S ALL FOR SHOW.

AND IN A COUPLE OF WINKS, YOU'LL

SEE HIM WITH SOMEBODY ELSE.

THAT'S JUST HOW HE ROCKS.

THAT'S HOW HE ROLLS.

YES, I'M HURT.

YES, YOU KNOW, I'M DISAPPOINTED

IN HIM.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,

YOU NOT HURTIN' ME.

YOU HURTIN' YOURSELF,

'CAUSE YOU--YOU TAXIN'.

"I JUST WANT TO KICK IT WITH

YOU," THIS, THAT.

LIKE, YOU BLOWIN' ME UP.

SO IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO

DO, THEN COOL, BECAUSE AT THE

END OF THE DAY, I'M NOT GONNA

BE HURT IN THE LONG RUN.

TRUST AND BELIEVE, IT'S NOT

GONNA BE ME.

IT'S GONNA BE YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

'CAUSE YOU GONNA HAVE TO

CRAWL AND MAKE YOUR WAY BACK

SOMEHOW, SOMEWAY.

YOU GONNA HAVE TO MAKE YOUR

WAY BACK.

SCRAPPY NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT HE

WANTS, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN IN

AND OUT NOT ONLY MY LIFE BUT

YOUR DAUGHTER'S LIFE.

SO I CAN'T JUST OPEN UP MY HEART

AND JUST BE ALL IN A

RELATIONSHIP.

YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY SHOW ME

THAT YOU REALLY LOVE ME AND YOU

REALLY WANT YOUR FAMILY.

REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE DO TO

YOU, NOTHING IS MORE PAINFUL

THAN TO FACE THE REALITY OF,

"I MIGHT NOT HAVE A FAMILY."

I CAN HONESTLY SAY, THAT'S

WHAT HURTS ME THE MOST, WHEN

MY LITTLE GIRL IS QUESTIONING

THAT WHOLE SITUATION.

SHE'S SO YOUNG, SHE CAN'T SEE

WHY YOU CAN'T JUST COME OVER

THERE, YOU KNOW, WHY YOU CAN'T

JUST BE WITH ME AND DADDY, WHY

YOU CAN'T JUST GO HERE WITH ME

AND DADDY.

AND SHE'S SEVEN.

SEVEN, K.

THEN YOU DON'T WANT TO BASH

HER DADDY.

ALL THIS--AND I NEVER WILL.

I DON'T HAVE TO.

'CAUSE YOU BASHIN' YOURSELF.

SHE'S GONNA SEE THAT.

SHE'S GONNA UNDERSTAND IT LATER

ON IN LIFE.

WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO TO

MAKE SURE THAT LITTLE GIRL IS

GOOD, YOU GOT TO DO IT.

MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY NINE

YEARS AGO, AND HER LAST WISH WAS

FOR ME TO SPREAD HER ASHES OVER

A BODY OF WATER.

AND AFTER THE LAST SESSION WITH

DR. JEFF, I REALIZED THAT I HAVE

TO TAKE CARE OF THIS TO HEAL

MYSELF AND MOVE FORWARD.

SO I'M GOING TO DO THAT TODAY

WITH ARIANE AND MY BROTHER

KWESI SO WE CAN RESPECT HER LAST

WISHES TOGETHER.

MY MOTHER WAS A VERY LOVING

WOMAN BUT A VERY SELFISH WOMAN.

SHE WANTED TO FIND HERSELF,

BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY.

WHOEVER SHE HAD TO SACRIFICE IN

THE PROCESS, SHE DID.

AT 13, SHE JUST KIND OF GAVE ME

UP, AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD TO GO.

I'VE BEEN ON MY OWN EVER SINCE.

I WENT TO COUNSELING THE OTHER

DAY WITH STEVIE.

AND WE TOUCHED BACK ON MY

CHILDHOOD, UPBRINGING.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW THAT WHEN

MOMMY JOINED THE RELIGION,

YOU AND I WERE SEPARATED FOR

ABOUT TEN YEARS.

RIGHT.

AND I WANT TO JUST PUT THIS

BEHIND ME AND MOVE FORWARD.

I JUST THINK IT WAS TIME THAT,

YOU KNOW, I GOT THIS DONE.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.

YEAH.

SO I'M JUST GLAD THAT YOU'RE

HERE AND YOU CAN HELP ME

WITH THE SITUATION.

IT'S PERFECT FOR ME TO BE

HERE WITH YOU ON THIS.

AND I THANK YOU FOR COMING.

I HELD MY MOTHER'S HAND WHEN SHE

TOOK HER LAST BREATH.

AND SHE COULDN'T JUST SAY,

"I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY."

SHE COULDN'T DO THAT.

SHE MADE A LOT OF WRONG

DECISIONS.

BUT I HAD TO FORGIVE HER.

IF I DID NOT FORGIVE HER,

I WOULD BE THE MOST EVIL,

HATEFUL, RESENTFUL PERSON

IN THIS WORLD.

AND I DIDN'T WANT TO BE

THAT PERSON.

I HAD TO FORGIVE HER.

WE RECOGNIZE THE SPIRIT OF

OUR MOTHER, KNOWN AS GLORIA EVA

SIMMONS JAMES.

WE GIVE THANKS AND PRAISES FOR

HER GUARDIAN ANGELS THAT WATCH

OVER HER.

WE GIVE THANKS AND PRAISES FOR

THIS DAY AS WE CELEBRATE HER

AND HONOR HER AND ALLOW HER TO

CONTINUE TO MOVE UPWARDS

IN A POSITIVE WAY IN THE

ANCESTOR WORLD.

[sighs]

I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW,

MOMMY, THAT I FORGIVE YOU,

THAT I LOVE YOU, AND THAT

I'M GONNA BE OKAY.

AND I KNOW YOU LOVE ME.

AND THIS IS A LONG TIME OVERDUE,

AND EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY.

I FEEL THAT.

[peaceful guitar music]

♪

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

I WASN'T EXPECTING THIS, MAN.

I GOT GOOSE BUMPS.

WOW.

THAT'S SOME SICK-ASS [bleep]

RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE NOT ACKNOWLEDGING

THE PART THAT YOU'RE PLAYING

IN THIS.

SHE'S DIRTY.

SHE'S STINKIN'.

SHE WANT TO COME UP FOR AIR.

GODDAMN!

THINGS HAVE BEEN REALLY

HEATING UP BETWEEN ME AND

KARLIE, AND I THINK I PROVED

THAT I CAN BE AN ASSET

TO HER CAREER.

SHE GOT ME A LITTLE PIECE OF

JEWELRY, SO I JUST WANTED TO

REPAY THE GESTURE.

SO I CALLED UP MY MAN DAVE THE

JEWELER, TOLD DAVE TO MEET ME AT

THE CIGAR SHOP, YOU KNOW WHAT

I'M SAYING, CHECK OUT SOME

PIECES.

ALL RIGHT, BENZINO,

HOW'S IT GOING?

HOW'S EVERYTHING?

EVERYTHING IS GREAT.

GOOD, MAN, GOOD.

BROUGHT SOME EYE CANDY

FOR YOU.

NICE.

* NOW GET YOUR ASS

♪ UP OFF THE WALL

♪ SO EVERYONE CAN SEE

♪ NOW, YOU MIGHT CUT A RUG

♪ AT THE LOCAL CLUB

♪ BUT YOU AIN'T GOT NOTHING ♪

♪ ON ME

♪ NOW GO, LITTLE MAMA

♪ SHAKE IT FAST

♪ YOU KNOW THE DOG

♪ NEED A PIECE OF THAT CAT

♪ AND I DONE BEEN

♪ AROUND THE WORLD

♪ WITH THE FINEST OF GIRLS

THERE'S A SPECIAL WOMAN IN

YOUR LIFE?

MAN.

YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, YOU

KNOW, KARLIE REALLY MAKES ME

FEEL COMPLETE.

I THINK SHE'S REALLY SPECIAL.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, USUALLY I

DON'T GO INTO SOMETHING SO FAST.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS JUST,

LIKE, MAN.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

IT JUST BLEW ME AWAY, SO

I THINK, AT THIS POINT, I JUST

WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW HER HOW

MUCH I MEANT TO HER,

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

PICK HER UP A LITTLE SOMETHING.

WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

IT'S PANDORA'S BOX, HUH?

WHOA.

MAN.

* YEAH, IT'S SIMPLE ♪

♪ IT'S EASY ♪

♪ SOMETHING YOU CAN GROOVE ON

♪ GOT TO HAVE IT

I WASN'T EXPECTING THIS, MAN,

BUT...

MAN, THIS IS...

I GOT GOOSE BUMPS.

I WENT AND TALKED TO DEB

WITHOUT KIRK.

AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU,

HE WASN'T FEELING THAT [bleep]

AT ALL.

BUT HE DID DECIDE TO GO IN WITH

ME AND HIM TOGETHER AND GO

TALK TO HER.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS IS GONNA

TURN OUT EITHER, BUT I'M HOPING

FOR THE BEST.

HI.

HI, WHAT'S UP, LADY?

HOW ARE YOU?

IT REALLY HURT MY FEELINGS

THAT RASHEEDA WENT BEHIND

MY BACK.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I

FEEL LIKE IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT

THE BUSINESS, AND I GOT TO BE A

PROFESSIONAL.

SO I'M WILLING TO SIT DOWN WITH

DEB TO SEE WHAT SHE CAN DO FOR

RASHEEDA AND HER CAREER.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING THE

MEETING TOGETHER, FOR EVERYBODY

TO KNOW EACH OTHER AND SEE IF WE

CAN MAKE SOMETHING WORK.

OKAY, SO BEFORE I EVEN RUN MY

MOUTH, KIRK, WHAT DID YOU FEEL

ABOUT THAT?

I DIDN'T FEEL THE IDEA OF HER

COMING, MEETING WITHOUT LETTING

ME KNOW.

THAT'S A PROBLEM.

'CAUSE SHE'S NOT ABLE TO MAKE

HER OWN DECISIONS.

IT AIN'T ABOUT HER MAKING HER

OWN DECISION NEITHER.

IT'S ABOUT, AT THE END OF THE

DAY, I'M YOUR PARTNER.

THAT'S TRUE.

YOU'RE MY WIFE, SO

BUSINESS-WISE, SHE GOT TO

LET ME KNOW.

RASHEEDA AND I HAVE ALWAYS DONE

BUSINESS TOGETHER.

WE'VE ALWAYS AGREED TOGETHER.

WE NEVER DONE NOTHING BEHIND

EACH OTHER'S BACK.

AND AS I GET IN THE MEETING, I'M

ALREADY JUST LOOKING, LIKE,

"OKAY, RASHEEDA HAS SOMEHOW

ALREADY MADE UP HER MIND."

SO I'M REALLY SITTING HERE LIKE,

"WHAT AM I EVEN DOING HERE?"

I HAPPEN TO THINK RASHEEDA'S

A VERY TALENTED PERSON.

BUT I'VE JUST NEVER SEEN HER

GET ANYWHERE.

I'VE WATCHED HER CLIMB, AND I'VE

WATCHED HER DECLINE.

AND SHE KEPT GOING DOWN.

IN THE TALKING, THERE WAS A

COMMON DENOMINATOR, AND D-LO

HAPPENED TO BE THE COMMON

DENOMINATOR BETWEEN EACH LABEL

THAT WAS DONE.

SO WHAT MADE EVERYBODY ELSE

WRONG AND D-LO NOT?

FIRST OFF, RASHEEDA SELLS

MORE RECORDS TODAY THAN SHE'S

EVER SOLD IN HER ENTIRE CAREER.

SO FOR RASHEEDA TO BE HERE FROM

'90 TO 2012 AND BE ONE OF THE

HOTTEST UNDERGROUND FEMALE

RAPPERS IN THE GAME, D-LO IS

THE REASON WHY RASHEEDA SITS

HERE TODAY.

THAT'S SOME SICK-ASS [bleep]

RIGHT NOW.

YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS.

YOU'RE NOT ACKNOWLEDGING

THE PART THAT YOU'RE PLAYING

IN THIS.

REALLY.

'CAUSE YOU MAKIN' IT SEEM

LIKE EVERYBODY GOT A PROBLEM

BUT YOU.

GODDAMN, I'D HAVE GOT KICKED IN

MY ASS 100 TIMES.

I DON'T MIND SAYING--

I'D HAVE DONE A WHOLE BUNCH

OF STUFF.

I DON'T SIT THERE AND KEEP

TALKING ABOUT IT.

I'M NOT A PROUD MAN TO SAY

IT'S NONE OF MY FAULT.

I DON'T CARE.

I'M COOL WITH THAT.

SWEETHEART, THIS AIN'T ABOUT

FAULT.

THIS IS ABOUT GROWTH.

IT'S ABOUT MOVING FORWARD.

IT'S ABOUT COMING

FROM UNDER THE GROUND.

SHE'S DIRTY.

SHE'S STINKIN'.

SHE WANT TO COME UP FOR AIR.

GODDAMN!

I'M THE ARCHENEMY.

EVERYBODY IS JUST GOING IN ON ME

AND WHAT I HAVEN'T DONE,

AND, "YOU THIS,

AND YOU THE REASON"--

I'M FEELING LIKE, "YO.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I DO FOR HER?

ARE YOU SERIOUS?"

EMOTIONALLY, IT KIND OF HURT MY

FEELINGS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WOMEN GONNA

BE WOMEN.

LISTEN, KIRK.

YOU KNOW DAMN WELL IT'S TIME FOR

US TO SEPARATE SOME [bleep].

YOU KNOW IT'S TIME FOR US TO

MAKE SOME OTHER [bleep] HAPPEN

IN ORDER FOR US TO GO WHERE WE

NEED TO GO.

WE NEED TO GET FOCUSED.

WE NEED TO LET BUSINESS BE

BUSINESS AND LET PERSONAL--

'CAUSE THAT [bleep] IS AFFECTING

US IN A LOT OF WAYS THAT IT

SHOULD NOT BE RIGHT NOW.

THAT'S THE REALITY OF

WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND I'M GONNA LEAVE THAT DOOR

AGAIN OPEN FOR YOU, RASHEEDA.

YOU KNOW, AND THEN STILL THEN,

I WOULD STILL LIKE TO GO IN THE

STUDIO AND STILL LIKE TO SEE

WHAT'S THERE.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GO IN

WITHOUT KIRK.

TIME IS TICKING, AND IT'S

TIME FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD IN

THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I MEAN, WHAT WE NEED TO DO?

I WANT YOUR SUPPORT.

THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU, BABY.

I WASN'T REALLY PAYING ANY MIND.

STEVIE.

YES.

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

SO AS I'M LEAVING THE

MEETING, I'M FEELING LIKE, "WOW.

I JUST GOT OFF TRIAL FOR TRYING

TO JUST CHECK OUT DEB, MAKING

SURE SHE WAS IN RASHEEDA

BEST INTERESTS."

AND I'M FEELING LIKE THIS AIN'T

THE RASHEEDA I KNOW.

AND IT REALLY GOT ME

KIND OF BOTHERED.

I DON'T THINK THAT WENT TOO

WELL FOR ME.

JUST LETTING YOU KNOW.

IT DIDN'T GO WELL

TO ME NEITHER,

BUT WHY DO YOU SAY YOU, THOUGH?

I FEEL LIKE YOU WAS JUST

SITTING THERE WHILE I'M BEING

ACCUSED OF BEING A PERSON THAT'S

STANDING IN THE WAY OF YOUR

CAREER, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE

HERE BECAUSE OF THE EFFORT

THAT WAS PUT FORTH,

THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

IT FELT LIKE YOU WAS JUST--

THEY DIDN'T MEAN NOTHING.

AND TO THEM,

I'M THE [bleep]-UP PERSON.

I UNDERSTAND

WHERE YOU COMING FROM.

I FEEL THAT, AND YOU KNOW WHAT?

I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WHOLE

SITUATION FOR US IS DIFFICULT.

I DON'T HAVE TO SIT HERE AND

DEFEND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

IT'S ABOUT TRYING TO

MOVE FORWARD.

YOU HAVE TAKEN ME HERE.

NOW LET'S PASS THE BATON, AND

LET'S RUN THIS RACE.

WE'VE BEEN RIDING FOR A LONG

TIME TOGETHER.

YEAH, TOGETHER

FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.

EXACTLY. GUESS WHAT.

THAT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE.

I MEAN, WHAT WE NEED TO DO?

I'M SITTING HERE SAYING...

WELL, FIRST OF ALL,

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M SORRY IF YOU FELT I

WAS DOING YOU LIKE THAT.

THAT WASN'T MY INTENTION.

IF YOU FELT LIKE I WASN'T

AT THE FOREFRONT AND AT THE

DEFENSE, MY BAD.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?

I APOLOGIZE, BUT YES, I DO WANT

TO MOVE FORWARD.

BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE TIME IS

TICKING, AND IT'S TIME

FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD IN THE

RIGHT DIRECTION.

OKAY.

I WANT YOUR SUPPORT.

THAT'S ALL.

RASHEEDA KNOWS I'M ALL ABOUT

ACCELERATING HER CAREER,

HELPING HER GET TO THE

NEXT STEP.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I

FEEL LIKE, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE

DEB MANAGE YOU, GO AHEAD AND

HAVE DEB MANAGE YOU.

I HOPE YOU THE BEST.

LET'S JUST FIND PEACE IN THE

RELATIONSHIP.

LIKE, I CAME IN HERE WITH A

HEADS-UP LOOK, BUT I FEEL LIKE,

STILL, I'M LEAVING, AND YOU'RE

NOT HAPPY FROM THE RESULT.

BECAUSE IT'S DELICATE AND

IT'S, YOU KNOW, US AND WHAT WE

BUILT AND US BUSINESS--OUR

BUSINESS, OUR PERSONAL [bleep].

YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE STICKY.

IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE ROUGH.

IT'S ONLY OBVIOUS.

BUT LET'S MAKE SENSE

OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND

MOVE FORWARD.

LIKE I SAID, I'M DOWN.

DO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

ZINO.

WHAT'S UP, BABY?

WHAT'S UP, MAN?

COOLNESS.

CHILLIN', MAN.

I THINK IT'S GOING DOWN.

WHAT'S THAT?

I GOT MIMI AND JOSELINE

TO AGREE TO GO TO COUNSELING.

GET OUT.

WHOO.

NO.

YEAH, WITH DR. JEFF.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

I JUST--I BELIEVE IT'S TIME

THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHERE I'M

COMING FROM.

OKAY, SO WHY IN THE HELL

WOULD YOU WANT BOTH OF YOUR

CHICKS IN THE SAME ROOM

TOGETHER?

I KNOW WHY YOU'RE GOING.

BUT THEY'RE GOING THERE TO FIND

OUT WHICH ONE IS COMING OUT

THERE WITH STEVE AND WHICH ONE

IS GONNA GO APE [bleep].

'CAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY,

IT'S ABOUT WHO YOU CHOOSE.

AND THEY KNOW THAT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

SO WHAT DO YOU PLAN TO

ACCOMPLISH WHEN IT'S ALL SAID

AND DONE?

A WINNING TEAM.

I WANT EVERYBODY TO WIN, YEAH.

I MEAN, IF YOU COULD BE WITH

THEM BOTH AND YOU COULD PULL

THAT [bleep] OFF, YO...

ALI.

THE CHAMP IS HERE!

[laughter]

BUT IF YOU CAN'T, IT'LL GO

DOWN IN HISTORY AS ONE OF THE

MOST BUMBLING [bleep]-UPS YOU

PROBABLY EVER DID.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, I HAVE

MIMI ON THIS SIDE, AND I GOT

JOSELINE ON THIS SIDE.

WE WORK GREAT TOGETHER.

BUT IF EVERYBODY COULD JUST ZIP

IT AND LET ME CONTROL THE SHOW,

IT'D BE LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION.

ENOUGH ABOUT THAT.

WHAT ABOUT YOU AND KARLIE?

YOU KNOW, I WAS AT THE CIGAR

BAR THE OTHER DAY, YOU KNOW WHAT

I'M SAYING?

CALLED DAVE THE JEWELER MAN,

YOU KNOW.

JEWELER MAN?

I WENT AND COPPED THAT--

WENT AND COPPED SOME CABBAGE.

WENT AND COPPED THAT

RABBIT FOOD.

MM...

HEY!

I THINK--YOU KNOW WHAT I'M

SAYIN', I THINK I'M GONNA...

CRAZY.

HEY.

YEAH, I THINK IT'S--YOU KNOW.

YOU GOIN' IN?

KIND OF LOOKS THAT WAY.

I MEAN, DAMN,

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

YOU LOVE HER ENOUGH TO SPEND

THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WITH HER

FROM HERE GOING FORWARD FOREVER

AND EVER?

EVER, EVER?

I GOT THE RABBIT FOOD.

BUT YOU BEEN BUYING CARROTS

FOR A LONG TIME.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

BUT IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN IT'S ON

THIS FINGER.

SEE THAT FINGER RIGHT THERE?

NOT THAT FINGER, THIS FINGER.

THAT FINGER, YEAH, YEAH.

RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.

THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO DO THAT.

THEY WANT YOU TO DO THAT.

RIGHT THERE.

THEY LIKE A LITTLE BIT

OF BOTH.

OH, COME ON, MAN.

I USED TO BE LIKE SLEAZE-O,

PLAYING THE FIELD

JUST LIKE A MADMAN.

IT'S HARD TO BE MONOGAMOUS.

BUT AT THIS POINT, I'M READY TO

TAKE ON A CHALLENGE.

I'M READY TO BE A ONE-WOMAN MAN.

YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ELSE IS

GONNA BE A BLUR.

THINK WE CAN GET THIS THING TO

POP, MAN.

THAT'S MY GIRL, MAN.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF

I WANT MY THING...

COME ON, MAN.

YOU KNOW I'M RIDING WITH YOU.

SEE, I HAVE TO BE THERE TO CLEAN

UP THE MESS ANYWAY.

RIGHT, RIGHT.

KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW YOU GONNA BE THE

BEST MAN AT MY WEDDING,

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?

ABSOLUTELY.

TO THE END, BABY.

YOU'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE

ON A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER?

I JUST WANT...

I'M LIVING WITH HIM RIGHT

NOW, JOSELINE.

YOU GUYS LIVING TOGETHER?

YES, I'M IN THE HOUSE.

YES, I HAVE BEEN THERE.

SO BACK TO DR. JEFF AGAIN.

I ONLY AGREED TO THIS THERAPY

SESSION SO I COULD WATCH STEVIE

FALL APART IN FRONT OF MY EYES.

SURE, I WOULD LOVE FOR MY FAMILY

TO WORK OUT.

BUT I GOT THIS GUT FEELING THIS

DUDE IS STILL UP TO NO GOOD.

TELL ME WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

I KNOW WE'RE HERE FOR

A COUPLE OF REASONS, BUT I WANT

TO VERY QUICKLY SEE HOW YOU GUYS

HAVE BEEN.

THINGS HAVE BEEN GOOD.

MM-HMM.

GETTING BETTER.

WHERE DO YOU SEE SOME OF THE

IMPROVEMENTS?

I MEAN, IT'S THE...

both: COMMUNICATION.

IT'S BEEN A BIG HELP FOR ME,

YOU KNOW, AND I'M SURE IT'S BEEN

A BIG HELP FOR HER.

NOW THAT WE ARE AT THIS

POINT, THERE'S STILL ANOTHER

MAJOR ISSUE.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT...

JOSELINE.

I DO LOVE BOTH OF THEM, YOU KNOW

WHAT I'M SAYING?

BUT IT'S JUST LIKE, DO I

SUGARCOAT THE SITUATION, OR DO I

BRING THEM BOTH TO DR. JEFF AND,

YOU KNOW, PUT IT ALL

ON THE TABLE?

JOSELINE, YOUR...

MY ARTIST.

YOUR ARTIST...

MY FRIEND.

MY BUSINESS PARTNER.

SHE'S YOUR BUSINESS PARTNER,

OR I'M YOUR BUSINESS PARTNER?

SHE'S MY BUSINESS PARTNER

TOO.

SO WE'RE ALL BUSINESS

PARTNERS.

YEAH.

AND YOU WANT ME TO FEEL

COMFORTABLE WITH THIS SITUATION.

HMM.

DID WE DO THAT AT

THE SAME TIME?

YEAH.

CAN WE DO THAT AGAIN?

all: HMM.

I CAN SEE RIGHT THROUGH

ALL OF THIS.

IT'S SO CLEAR AND APPARENT TO ME

THAT THOSE TWO ARE [bleep].

AND IF HE THINKS THIS IS ABOUT

TO BE SOME THREE-WAY [bleep],

HE'S CLEARLY MISTAKEN.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME

TELL YOU WHAT I'M SEEING.

TAKE A LOOK UNDER YOUR SHOE.

I THINK YOU JUST STEPPED INTO

SOME STUFF AGAIN, STEVIE.

AND I THINK YOU'RE TRYING TO

MOONWALK YOUR WAY OUT OF THIS.

YOU REALIZE THIS THING ABOUT...

[knock at door]

BUSINESS--HELLO.

HI.

HOW ARE YOU?

I'M GOOD.

YOU MUST BE JOSELINE.

YES, I AM. NICE TO MEET YOU.

I'M DR. JEFF.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

JOSELINE.

WHAT'S UP, BABE?

I DIDN'T KNOW WHY STEVIE

WANTED ME TO GO TO THIS

THERAPY SESSION.

LIKE, I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO

Y'ALL, LIKE.

I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD'VE BEEN

STEVIE AND MIMI, NOT JOSELINE.

WHAT THE [bleep] AM I

DOING THERE?

WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT

THE ARRANGEMENT THAT YOU AND

STEVIE HAVE.

WHAT IS YOUR KNOWLEDGE

AS TO THE ARRANGEMENT?

WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN STEVIE

AND I GOT TOGETHER, WE SPENT A

LOT OF TIME TOGETHER, LIKE,

LITERALLY THREE MONTHS

TOGETHER STRAIGHT.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT

MIMI AT ALL.

YOU DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING?

NO, I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT MIMI, NOT AT THE

BEGINNING.

TO ME, YOU WAS JUST, LIKE,

THE BABY MOM.

JOSELINE, IT'S INTERESTING,

BECAUSE YOU'RE A GOOD-LOOKING

WOMAN, AND SHE'S A GOOD-LOOKING

WOMAN, AND YOU KNOW STEVIE.

DID YOU REALLY THINK

THAT ALL SHE WAS

WAS JUST THE BABY MAMA?

WELL--

LET'S BE HONEST.

WHEN WE WAS AT THE STUDIO

THAT DAY AND SHE CAME IN,

I WAS RECORDING.

SO I DIDN'T REALLY--I WASN'T

REALLY PAYING ANY MIND TO--

THANK YOU, BABY.

I WASN'T REALLY PAYING ANY MIND

TO ANYTHING THAT SHE--

ARE YOU [bleep] SERIOUS?

SEEING STEVIE DAB

THE SWEAT OFF JOSELINE'S NOSE,

MY INSTANT REACTION WAS,

"ARE YOU [bleep] SERIOUS?

LIKE, YOU JUST BLATANTLY

DISRESPECTFUL.

LIKE, YOU JUST DON'T GIVE A

[bleep] AT ALL."

STEVIE.

YES.

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

HER NOSE WAS SWEATING.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S FUNNY.

HER NOSE ALWAYS SWEATS.

CRAZY.

STEVIE, I GOT TO CALL YOU OUT

ON THIS ONE, OKAY?

A'IGHT.

THERE'S A TERM IN PSYCHOLOGY

WE CALL PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE.

THAT WAS PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE?

PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE MEANS

THAT YOU HAVE, MAYBE, SOME ANGER

OR THERE'S SOMETHING YOU WANT TO

SAY OR DO AND YOU JUST CAN'T

COME OUT AND SAY OR DO IT,

SO YOU DO SOMETHING VERY PASSIVE

LIKE WIPING THE SWEAT OFF OF THE

TOP OF HER NOSE IN FRONT OF THE

WOMAN WHO YOU'RE TRYING TO

CONTINUE TO BUILD

A RELATIONSHIP WITH.

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?

I DIDN'T SEE NOTHING WRONG

WITH IT.

OF COURSE YOU DIDN'T.

AND THE FACT THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE

ANYTHING WRONG...

YOU'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE IN

A RELATIONSHIP WITH HER?

I JUST WANT...

I'M LIVING WITH HIM RIGHT

NOW, JOSELINE.

YOU GUYS LIVING TOGETHER?

YES, I'M IN THE HOUSE.

YES, I HAVE BEEN THERE.

BITCH.

WHY HAVEN'T YOU--

GET UP. GET UP. GET UP.

GET UP.

STEVIE CAN GO TO HELL,

FOR ALL I CARE.

TWO DAYS AGO, HE GONNA COME

KNOCKING ON MY DOOR, TALKING

ABOUT HE WANT TO HAVE SEX, BUT

DIDN'T YOU FORGET TO TELL ME

THAT YOU HAVE MIMI STAYING AT

YOUR HOUSE?

I'M GONNA BEAT YO' ASS.

I GOT HER. I GOT HER.

I GOT HER.

JOSELINE, JOSELINE.

LET GO OF ME.

[bleep] THAT BITCH.

CALM DOWN, JOSELINE.

MAN, LET GO OF ME!

LET GO OF ME.

JOSELINE.

NO.

JOSELINE. JOSELINE.

LET GO OF ME!

JOSELINE, JOSELINE, JOSELINE,

JOSELINE.

LET GO OF ME!

WHEN I SAW JOSELINE JUMP UP

AND WWF HIS ASS, WHAT WAS I

SUPPOSED TO DO?

I'MA JUST SCOOT ON OVER AND LET

YOU WHACK HIM.

GET HIM AGAIN.

GET HIM FOR ME.

AH!

NO. NO!

YES.

NO. LET GO OF ME!

OKAY, LET HER GO.

NO!

I DON'T GIVE A [bleep]

WHO IT IS!

COME HERE. COME ON.

ME AND YOU.

YUP.

DONE.

HEY!

IN MY PERFECT WORLD, I COULD

GET THEM TO WORK TOGETHER.

YOU WANT TO LOVE 'EM BOTH.

YEAH.

[bleep] DR. JEFF.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAD YOUR MIX

TAPE RELEASE PARTY.

THEY SAY YOU WALKED IN WITH A

GIRL BY THE NAME OF SHAY.

WE JUST FRIENDS.

HAVE YOU SLEPT WITH HER?

NO.

NEVER?

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

I THINK HE'S [bleep] LYING.

OH, I KNOW THAT HE'S LYING.

LIKE, YOU NOT FOOLIN' ME.

YOU FOOLIN' YOUR DAMN SELF.

RIGHT.

I HAD A LITTLE CONVERSATION

WITH ERICA, BUT I DON'T KNOW

IF I'M TRYING TO GO

DOWN THE ROAD.

HOW DO PLAYERS PLAY?

ALL DAY, EVERY DAY.

I'M STARTING TO SEE SOME

SIDES OF HIM.

I'M LIKE, "FOR REAL?"

THE PROBLEM IS THAT

YOU'RE ANGRY ALL THE TIME.

WE ALREADY GOT--

OH, THAT'S THE PROBLEM?

SO THIS IS THE WHOLE PROBLEM

BETWEEN ME AND YOU IS THAT I'M

ANGRY ALL THE TIME.

THAT'S ONE OF THE PROBLEMS.

I AM A WOMAN THAT LIVED

THROUGH THE VIOLENCE AGAINST ME.

I AM A SURVIVOR.

THE GUY SHE'S REFERRING TO

IS MARRIED TO ONE OF MY CLOSE,

CLOSE FRIENDS.

AND I DON'T REALLY WANT

TO TALK ABOUT IT.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST FEEL LIKE

MAYBE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING

THAT HE DID TO YOU.

NONE OF Y'ALL WAS THERE,

NONE OF Y'ALL!

THAT MAN BEAT MY ASS!

AND I HAD TO DEAL WITH IT!