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Previously on "Love and Hip Hop: Atlanta..."

[Pooh] I just heard that you have an engagement party.

And I was wondering why I wasn't invited.

In the past, when I brought my relationships around you,

you were so touchy-feely.

But you [bleep] Hiram, so what's the difference?

You a liar!

Put [bleep] in my [bleep].

Bitch, I'll beat the [bleep] outta here.

Put your [bleep] in my [bleep]

like you did, bitch.

[Momma Dee] It's my birthday!

[cheers and applause]

But at the same mother[bleep] time,

what we not gonna do is stage a coup.

So, stay tuned.

You know, the Bam is getting ready to deliver.

They're staying with me.

And her mom, CeCe, she's staying with me, too.

CeCe? Yeah, CeCe.

[Spice] What the [bleep] is wrong with my look.

[Tokyo] You know I go through the same thing.

You know how many labels and [bleep] feel like

I need to lose 100 pounds?

There's always mother[bleep] who wanna come

and cookie-cutter you.

Hey. Well, well, well.

How you doing? I'm doing all right.

Oh!

You sure you're my sister, man? Yes.

I thought your dad was dead,

and it turns out he was alive.

I got two boys. They call me Daddy.

I ain't never said that to nobody.

When exactly did you find out he was alive and kicking?

So, I didn't tell you.

Okay, I'm sorry! What the [bleep]?

You ain't even [bleep] sorry at all.

I just did the [bleep] best I could [bleep] do.

♪♪

♪ This is the life, this is the life ♪

♪ This is the life, this is the life ♪

♪ This is the life, this is the life ♪

♪ This is the life, this is the life ♪

♪ This is the life, this is the life ♪

♪ Ain't nothing like hip-hop music ♪

♪ Hip-hop music ♪

♪ This is the life, this is the life ♪

♪ This is the life ♪♪

♪♪

[Scrapp] Ha!

What's up, King King!

Ohh...

[Scrapp] To be able to hold King, that was the best feeling.

When I had to tell King I was going away,

I'll never forget that day.

Daddy got in a little bit of trouble.

Daddy gotta go somewhere where the babies can't come.

Daddy, I want... stay here.

Daddy would love to stay here with you.

I don't wanna be nowhere else.

They making Daddy go away.

[Scrapp] I'll never do that again,

'cause I know what it feel like not to have Pops around.

And I definitely won't let my son grow up that way.

Watching my son grow up behind the glass,

that was the hardest part about doing time.

God damn, girl! You look--

Let me see, let me see, turn around, turn around.

Okay, o-- cut it out, now you doing too much. Mmm!

[Tiarra] In the three years that Scrapp been away,

King went with his aunt to visit his father regularly.

I personally never visited Scrapp while he was in prison,

because when he got locked up, we was at a rough spot.

I'm not 'bout to be running up and down the road

going to visit you while you're locked up.

Come on. This is my sister's house right here.

What you been doing, push-ups? A lot of 'em.

Damn! A lot of 'em.

Scrapp and I wasn't together when he first got locked up.

But his absence has only made my heart grow fonder.

Can I have a hug, man? I miss you so much.

[kissing noises] Mm!

You been taking care of your mommy? Yes.

Man, you getting too big for me.

I can sit here? You can sit there, you can sit there.

Can I sit on your sister's couch?

Yeah, my sister's couch.

Are you sure this is your sister's couch?

You're being a little condescending.

[Tiarra] Lord, I hope that this lady

really is one of Scrapp's family members for real,

because I need all of his ladies to fall back.

Why haven't I met this sister before?

'Cause I just met her.

My Pops, I met him for the first time in 30 years.

You think I'm lying?

I mean... You gotta use-- go to the bathroom?

Go to the bathroom, baby boy.

The bathroom right there.

Uh, right there to-- right there.

So, just seeing everything that you saw locked up,

that don't make you, like,

wanna be back in the house with your...

I don't think me and you can co-habitate immediately when I come home.

We gotta get a feel for one another.

I mean, but I-- I can look at you

coming out the shower-- I just wanna look at you.

[Tiarra] Scrapp is like halfway home right now,

and I'm excited because I miss him.

He's a good father and he's a good man deep down.

I wanna, like, keep smiling.

So, you should have a welcome home party.

All right, now, I know you like

to do parties at the Flame and all that,

but we can't do none of that.

It's a limited thing. Why?

My mom house, my sister house,

only places I can be at.

House party.

Yep, it's going down. Come on.

This party Tiarra throwing me, it can't be no wild rendezvous

where she keep trying to push up on me.

The concept of me and her,

I really ain't feeling right now.

She's kinda crazy.

Actually, she's a lot of crazy.

And the only "together" we got right now is co-parents.

Welcome home, Scrapp!

I don't-- I don't drink no more.

Well, I have something you could drink.

[clearing throat] [laughing]

♪♪

[Shekinah] This is a lot of lifting. I'll got to the back.

I heard you used to get it from the back.

Baby, I'm getting ready to throw me a party

to celebrate the collaboration of me and the Crayon Case.

Man, I'm coming out with my own collection

called Tokiana.

What's next? Um...

My cosmetic collection is a total representation of me.

It's so fun and colorful,

and I'm just-- I'm so excited.

I like this!

The golden highlight, bitch.

I need some highlights. Highlight me, baby.

I like it when they put it on my titties.

It make me feel like my titties got bigger.

Oh, well you can! [laughing]

You know what I'm saying?

Hey! Hey!

Thank you so much for coming to DJ at my party. What's up, girl?

Of course, thank you so much for having me.

Girl, you know I had to have you come through

and do this [bleep] for real.

Yes. So, you ready to go hard?

You know, I wore the perfect pants.

Yes. Yes, you did.

I remember when I first came to Atlanta, you was spinning my [bleep].

So you know, I had to get you to come back to work and bless me.

That's right, the Mack is back.

And I've definitely changed since the last time you saw me.

Excuse me?

Can I meet you for a second?

Listen, I don't talk to the help.

[screaming]

But I grew up, I ditched the braces,

and I'm a mom now.

And you're also looking at the hottest

up-and-coming DJ in the "A."

But anyway, who coming to the party?

Me, and some other people, Sierra.

No Karlie or nothing, right?

Why do you put it out there like that?

I haven't heard from Karlie in, like, years.

Back in the day, me and Karlie, we were friends.

We hosted parties together, we flew out of town together.

And then she went silent on me,

and it made me feel like all these years

our friendship was for nothing.

She was just a social-climbing-ass bitch.

You need to let that Karlie [bleep] go, boo.

You got a whole baby and a dude.

Look how good you look after a baby.

Yeah, trying.

How you lose the weight?

I wanna know what you know.

I wanna know what you doing. What you did?

You had a rib removed, didn't it?

No. 'Cause they say they doing it now.

I'm thinking about getting mine removed. I'm scared of that.

For real, I might need to get, like, four removed.

No, no, I got--

no, you ain't gotta get no ribs removed.

You just gotta eat your vegetables.

I love to eat.

I like food better than I like [bleep].

You could say, "You wanna [bleep]

or do you want a steak?" I want the steak.

So, you wanna lose weight because of your health?

I wanna lose weight because of my health.

I'm 4'11", there's no way in hell

I'm supposed to be like 190 pounds.

I don't have high blood pressure,

high cholesterol, diabetes, nothing.

So, like, I kinda wanna beat it to the punch.

So look, are y'all gonna come to the gym?

Yeah. Yeah, we got to, baby, 'cause this neck gotta go.

No [bleep]. [laughter]

But look, we ain't got that much time.

I got to go. All right.

I'll see y'all in a minute. I'll see you in a minute.

All right, babe.

♪♪

Me and my beautiful pregnant wife, Bam,

pssh, we living good.

I mean, until I got in the car accident

and crushed my foot.

What happened was, I was kicking it down in Miami.

Now see, I wasn't buzzed or nothing like that.

But your boy sure as hell was tired

and passed the hell out.

[woman] Me and my friend saw somebody crash!

[911 operator] We already have the police on the way, okay?

Then your boy woke up in ICU with a broke foot

and with my wife Bam right there by my side.

And 'cause I've been hopping around on one leg,

and we sitting around here waiting on Bam to pop,

we had to come kick it with Ma Dukes.

Thank you.

Bam's mama, CeCe, done flew all the way down to the "A" from LA,

and now she living with me and Bam

at Momma Dee house too.

Oh my God. Do you need some help?

[CeCe] Can you put some ice in this pitcher?

Yes, I can put some ice in the pitcher. [grunts]

[Momma Dee] I love that the kids are living with me,

but I been tolerating this bitch, CeCe.

Dee, what is this? Corn.

What kind of corn? What is that, um...

You cooking [bleep] and you don't know

what the hell you putting in it?

[Dee] The former Momma Dee would've snapped on this bitch.

But since I'm grown,

I can keep my illicit thoughts to myself.

So, we have fried chicken, which I did.

Ain't nobody ask me how I was feeling,

how my foot feeling, you know what I'm saying?

Okay, I'm so sorry. How's your foot?

My foot is healing very well.

That's because your mother-in-law

is always soaking it

and making sure that it's okay

when your mama ain't nowhere around.

What? What?

[Scrappy] Man, I'm so proud of Ma Dukes right now

by the way she treating CeCe and all.

I know it was a big-ass compromise giving up her whole house,

letting everybody stay there and stuff.

I think Ma Dukes is actually turning over a new leaf.

She might be different, Jack!

So, but can I say grace? Yeah, sure.

Yeah, we need to right now anyway.

♪ Amazing ♪

♪ Grace ♪

♪ How sweet ♪

♪ The sound ♪

Mom, when you wanna say grace, you wanna say grace.

This is really fixing to be

my grandson's grandmother.

[Momma Dee] She don't approve by the way I say grace.

She don't approve of me at all, but that's okay.

I'll try to live by example... Heh!

But, bitch, you're testing me, CeCe.

Y'all just need to learn how to coexist.

In the ending, it's all about family.

Yes.

♪♪

[woman] Coming up...

So it would be okay with you

if I'm out there twerking somewhere?

That don't got nothing to do with you.

It has a lot to do with my grandchild.

[on phone] Hey, this is Officer Barlow

down at the transitional center.

May I speak to Robinson, please?

This is him speaking.

Just making sure you're where you're supposed to be.

[knocking on door]

What's best for you is for you to leave!

Tokyo... Oh, no, no, you gotta keep

your mother[bleep] out of my face.

Tokyo, Tokyo, I'm telling you--

You better keep your mother[bleep]--

♪♪

[Tokyo] Baby, the checks is cashing and the cameras is flashing.

My cosmetic collection, Tokiana,

is really out here lit

at this event that I put together.

Thank you to everybody for coming out.

Taking a bow, I wanna say it one time

for black owned businesses.

[cheering and applause] Okay?

[laughing]

Let's turn this party up, though.

I'm Che Mack, we in the building.

♪♪

I remember when I first-- Like, when you first

started coming to me for makeup and how you just pushed me, like,

to be a better makeup artist, like--Yeah.

Hello, gals.

Hey! Hi!

What the hell are you doing here?

I made it. Congratulations.

I've known Tokyo Vanity for a few years now.

We linked up when she was in L.A.

a few years back, and we formed a sisterhood.

This is my sister Sierra.

Hi. Hello! Nice to meet you.

This is my sister Moniece. She's from L.A.

Where the [bleep] is AB?

Who? AB, AD, or...

We're not together. That's crazy.

It's no secret that things between

my ex-girlfriend and I were rocky.

We're not even good for each other at this point.

What is it feels like to me

is that you don't want to be here.

This relationship is toxic.

You can't face the [bleep]. No, I'm fine.

No, that's you, that you can't handle.

And I don't wanna be with you.

And I don't wanna be with you either.

I couldn't take anymore,

so it was time to redirect my focus.

It's all about me, Kam, of course,

and now more than ever, my music.

Baby, what's going on?

Nothing. Working.

Girl, [bleep] all that music and all that.

We email tracks back and forth. Stop playing.

You talking to somebody who do music. I'm not a rookie.

Tell her. What's going on?

I am.

So is this new person that you met down here

in Atlanta, is it a girl or a guy?

A guy. Ooh!

But technically I am still single.

But we need to know who this guy is in Atlanta, honey.

Who it is? Joc?

I wanna see what is what first

before I say anything.

[Tokyo] My girl says she got a whole boo in Atlanta,

and, bitch, on top of it, it's a whole man.

They say once you get [bleep]

your opinion change quick, bitch, I don't know.

Yeah, I don't know where this one is gonna go,

but we'll see.

♪♪

[Scrappy] I'm grateful that Ma Duke letting us come stay over here

and stuff like that, but what's getting to me for real for real

is all these personalities, bruh.

Here, you guys. Oh, man!

Mama brought you what she could find in there.

Thank you. Okay.

Now, with your mom, I don't know what she going through.

Finna be a new grandmother.

I mean, Mama, that's her business.

That how she is.

So it would be okay with you

if I'm out there twerking somewhere really?

But that's just not your--

She been like that forever.

Yeah. I-- I would want her to calm down.

But, yeah, like, that don't got nothing to do with you.

It has a lot to do with my grandchild.

Okay, well... [exhales]

I'm about to go lay down.

And Mommy will come and rub your back when you get situated.

I don't-- I just need to go away from y'all.

I don't need a back rub or nothing.

My mom just has an opinion about everything.

But don't bring that to other people's home.

And this is exactly why I told her

to stay put until I got my own place.

I don't know why she being so distant.

She ain't being distant. She just-- You know, like,

she do that to me all the time.

But that's my baby. But I think it's just

normal pregnancy type stuff that she's going through.

No, that's not normal. I loved my child.

But she don't understand how I feel

about what your mama is doing.

Well, you do know y'all got some mama issues.

[cell phone ringing] But the other stuff is in the part,

and she finna to be a mama,

so she need to know that there ain't no perfect mamas.

Hold on. This later.

Hello.

Hey. Hey, Ma.

What you doing?

Why you calling me on the phone? You could've just came in.

Because I want to know

is Thunder Thighs sill in the house?

She still here. She killing.

She kicking it, chilling it.

I'm finna go to the store and get some real food,

'cause there ain't nothing in there for my kids to eat.

She said she gonna go to the store and get us something to eat.

You know what I'm saying?

Oh, really? Okay, so I'll let you finish.

I'll be in there in just a moment.

Here we go with that bull[bleep].

It's about to [bleep] crank up, bitch.

I have succumb to my bedroom

'cause I can't tolerate the little nagging

and the little catch-22s.

All day, every day CeCe just nags!

I just need Thunder Thighs to walk correctly

and get the hell out of my house.

Now...

What you up to, Ma?Nothing.

Calling me on the phone.

I don't wanna be in the same room with her.

Like, I would never live in somebody else's house

and talk about them, but you ain't got a pot to piss in.

Well... No.

You don't pick your family. You just learn to love 'em.

You know what I'm saying? And that's what I'm trying to tell you.

She is family, whether you like it or not.

You and CeCe need to spend some time together. You know what I'm saying?

I need you to have some conversation, some dialect.

Open up a dialect, uh-- Dialogue.

Dialogue.

I'm going to try.

Do something, you know what I'm saying, to make it work out.

I pray for you, Ma, 'cause you need it.

I know it. Pray for me, Lord.

Pray for my deliverance.

♪♪

[Tokyo] Sit like this. I can pull your hands.

Okay, no, no, no! [grunts]

I always wanted to get a little healthier.

You know, tone this ass up.

Besides, Che Mack lost 30 pounds at this place.

It won't tarnish my brand too much

if I slim down a little bit.

[Che Mack] Girl, we gonna work you out today.

I even left my glasses at home and everything.

For real?Yeah.

Y'all picked the right place. What's up, y'all?

Hey! What's up?

[Sierra] Shekinah called me the other day

and invited me to work out with her and the girls.

Ever since I lost 60 pounds about three years ago,

I've been feeling great, and I wanna encourage my girls

to lose some weight, too.

Hey, how you doing? What's up?

Nice to meet you. I'm Tokyo. Jason. Mr. Two Weeks Out.

Hi, my name is Shekinah Jo.

Nice to met you. Likewise.

What's up, man? What's up, huh?

So what's good? So, Two Weeks Out,

she told me in two weeks you can have me fine.

I get you in shape in two weeks.

So you tricked the [bleep] out of me.

Right! [Jason laughing]

Don't try to work me out too much

'cause I'll run away from your ass. No, no, no!

You gonna love it, though.

So let me tell y'all what we got real quick.

Right here, slams. Boom, boom, boom.

Okay. Then we gonna come right here.

It's getting our knees up. Boom, boom.

The next one is slam ball.

You just slam the ball down. Boom!

That good to me. Oh, yeah, that's--

That's me right there. So-- Now that's you for real.

Last but not least, we're on this hurdle.

We're just pushing it down to that pole.

Once we get to the pole, we just push it back.

After 40 seconds, y'all will rotate.

So, you mean to tell me

I'm supposed to bounce the [bleep] balls,

jump over this bull[bleep],

throw some ropes, and push some [bleep] down the aisle?

I got better [bleep] to be doing.

[Jason] Ready, set, exercise.

[Shekinah] Ooh!

Yep... Good.

Let's work! Keep going, keep going!

Let's go, Shekinah Jo!

Let me alone, y'all!

Relax. Rotate!

[Tokyo] I know these hoes mean well, but, bitch,

we need to take baby steps.

[bleep] getting intense in here.

This man talking about two weeks,

but y'all need about two months, two years.

[Jason] There you go, there you go.

Keep them legs up.

Ahh! I don't want it! Almost there.

[Che] You're doing go, Tok.

Rotate, rotate, rotate!

Bitch, I told y'all I need two years.

I'm over it. I'm gone.

[Jason] Oh, she put my man to work, hold up!

She done put my dawg to work over here!

Good job, tight work!

Hold! Take a break. Y'all got a minute break.

We gonna crank it back up. [Tokyo] That's enough.

Enough is enough.

I love y'all, but I'm finna go.

[overlapping chatter]

That's enough. That's enough.

[Jason] But y'all gonna take a break?

No, I think it's good that we're together.

How y'all feel? We tired! What the [bleep] you think?

That was one set. We got one more to go.

Do y'all understand how serious this is?

I'm done, bitch, bye! Whew!

Let's get serious. You need to get serious.

Girl, get your [bleep] hand outta my face.

Look, come on, let's go. We got [bleep] to do.

I do got [bleep] to do. That's why I finna go.

[Sierra] We've had previous workout sessions before,

and I know if somebody is not gonna be stern enough

to be on her, Tokyo is gonna play.

Like, now that I know that this weight loss journey

is serious for Tokyo, I feel like I need to be on her ass.

This little one right here got to go.

Shug, you not-- I'm not what, Sierra?

You gotta run so you gotta--

No, I don't gotta do nothing!

You need to shut your ass up!

So you-- And now I'm finna leave, bitch.

[bleep] you.

So now she ain't gonna work out.

[woman] Coming up...

I put you out of my [bleep] palace.

You a disgrace. Here is your [bleep]

Motel 6 back there room card.

Bitch, give that to your husband.

He might need a [bleep] room.

♪♪

I'm really disappointed that Tokyo could not hang

a whole workout class,

but I'll check in on her later.

Today, I'm heading to Cleveland Ave

to visit my friend from back in the day, Akbar V.

We met at my old Glam Shop on the Westside,

which is a lot like were Akbar grew up--

a lot of guns, drugs, and crimes.

♪ Getting your bag ♪

♪ Getting your bag, [bleep] good as I had ♪

♪ Fly ass [bleep] out of Diego ♪

♪ He cut the check whenever I say so ♪

♪ Getting your bag ♪

[Akbar] Akbar V is here to represent

the realest hood in the "A," baby.

Things are so real where I'm from, even I was a victim.

Getting shot in the head in 2017.

But I'm strong and resilient.

I began putting my pain in my music

back when I was seven years old.

And that's how I'm getting out the hood, man.

The press said I'm the new voice of Atlanta,

and the streets are vouching for me.

♪ Loving my style, my sense game wild ♪

♪ Sunnin' these bitches like I'm birthin' my child ♪

♪ Bad bitch, you wish you [bleep] right now ♪

♪ If I say so, she'll [bleep] him right now ♪

Hey, sis! What's up? You look cute.

I'm shooting the video called "Choices"

off my fourth album.

I don't have the biggest budget,

but I wanted to keep this video shoot

real as possible and show off my roots.

Girl, look at you, bitch. You done got the mink on and all that Chanel, bitch.

You new money around this mother[bleep]. You know how I do.

What you got going on?

I just dropped the [bleep] "Cold Summer,"

but you know this video right here is gonna be [bleep].

It's "Choices."

And I hope you making some better choices.

What you mean? 'Cause you know been--

You know you got your little ways

and you be doing some crazy [bleep].

I know Akbar come from a rough place,

but she got her own edges that she needs to smooth out.

Like when she picks a fight for no reason,

like she did with Tommie a while back.

Hey, Tommie I greeted you with mother[bleep] warm arms.

I don't know what the [bleep] with y'all hoes flying in my city

thinking y'all about that life.

Bitch, you flew here, I grew here!

I really pray that Akbar can get herself together

and move out of the hood

just so she can give her kids a better life.

Can we have some good energy?

Let's talk. Let's talk about this.

Listen, I'm in-between places.

My life is goddamn in the shambles.

I'm trying to get off of Cleveland Avenue.

Bitch, there's a lot going on with me.

Please, please, get out. That's what I'm gonna focus on.

My career and getting my son as my first thought.

Please-- So Dorribian is back with you now?

No, he's not with me yet,

but that's why I'm trying to get this paper up.

[Akbar] I have five beautiful children,

and they all are living with different relatives

till I figure out how the hell I'm gonna provide for them.

So I'm taking baby steps to get my oldest son first.

I'm so happy that his grandma came along

and helped me with him, but even at the age of 12 years old,

he is learning trying to be an unruly kid,

and I will not let my son go down the same path that I did.

I just gotta get me some money real fast,

you know, to get my baby, and, like, I don't care,

like, what it takes, what I gotta do.

You know I'm a hustler first.

Well, you know, I'm here.

I support, I believe in you.

Thank you. I have always believed in you

from when you was in the back of the shop

rapping, waiting to get your eyebrows done.

You know what I'm saying? Yeah.

Girl, you remember all that?Yeah!

We've got great memories together. Yeah.

Well, you doing good. Thank you.

Your smile looking good. You glowing. Yeah.

So I feel good. Thank you. Thank you, you too.

Well, bitch, I gotta get this bag up, you know?

And let's do it. Exactly.

Let's go.

♪♪

This is him speaking.

You ain't even gotta do that. I'm gonna be here.

All right, no problem.

[knocking on door]

[Scrapp] While I'm on my home pass,

I still gotta be by that phone

'cause the halfway house will call at any given time.

But I'm still extremely blessed.

Even though I can't go to the fun,

fun still come to me.

[man] Coming up...

I need your tank top.

I'll take it off. Can you take it off?

I'll give it to you. You sent me the last one.

But your mom didn't send me another one.

You don't want people talking about you fighting

more than they talk about your music.

Everything I learned, the streets taught me.

♪♪

[knocking on door]

Ahh, little booty!

I'm excited. Excited to see me?

Mmm. How you doing?

[Scrapp] In the past year since I've been incarcerated,

Moniece has been a good friend of mine.

Whenever I picked up that phone to call her, she always answered.

The crazy thing is my moms introduced us.

They met at an industry event,

and that's when Mom started playing cupid.

Mwah!

Ow! My boobs! Your boobs? My bad.

When Scrapp and I were introduced by K.K. via phone,

it didn't feel like set up.

Like, "I want you to be with my son."

And it wasn't until the relationship

with my ex-girlfriend was dead

that I even entertained the idea

of having something more than a friendship with Scrapp.

Ain't you glad we ain't gotta FaceTime no more?

It's just like-- You can like--

I'm touching you, like, you know what I'm saying?

And it's all tangible and all that.

I want it to be like all the time now. All the time?

[Scrapp] What's interesting about me and Moniece's relationship

is that we can sit on the phone for hours.

There's some type of bond, and it shows that

there's some type of interest there.

I'm almost finished. It's almost over with.

Like, really, really soon. How soon?

Couple weeks or something like that, like--

A couple weeks?

I just found out the other day

parole is on the table for me.

But it's only a hearing.

Even the potential of freedom is exciting.

You'll be here for a little while, right?

Yeah, and I'll be back and forth.

Okay, now-- now that's the part we need to get to.

Back and forth how often?

Back and forth as often as...

As? ...the producers that I'm working with here

need me here.

In a healthy marriage-- I don't think I might wanna say that, but...

In a healthy marriage, in a healthy union.

I like the way that sounds. Work doesn't come first.

No, okay, well, I'm willing to continue

to put in the effort, the time to continue to come down here.

But you've got the kid. You've got baby mama.

And my co-parenting is actually going pretty good.

What happens when they find out about me?

I also understand that the only reason

you would get grief about me is if

baby mama fell in love with you.

Just wanna drop that little dime in the bucket.

Okay. 'Cause I am a woman.

I can't help how other women feel about me, though.

Just like you can't help it. You understand?

One, I'm not chasing after Tiarra.

I don't care if she throwing herself at me.

And second, me and Mo don't even know

how far we taking this relationship.

The last thing I need is Moniece to be feeling

insecure about my son's mother.

Well, I'm excited that you're gonna get the hell out of jail.

I'm excited. Like super excited.

Like excited like... Like really excited.

Like show me excited, like... Like excited-- Like excited--

If was to get out tomorrow, like...

Like if you were to get out tomorrow you would...

Be doing what? Me!

[laughter]

So how you want me to pick you up? Take me upstairs?

I don't care how you pick me up, just pick me up.

By your waist and like-- How you want me-- No, 'cause we can go...

Any way that you're not gonna drop me.

Pick you up like that? Think I'm gonna drop you?

I need your tank top. I'll take it off.

Can you take it off? You sent me the last one.

But your mom didn't send me another one.

♪♪

♪ I don't need no practice ♪

[Akbar] I'm out here trying to search for me

a new apartment, but let's be clear.

I could never turn my back on my real friends.

My home will always be there,

but it's time to level up, baby,

for the sake of my kids.

♪ I'ma make it work, you're wasting time ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm already first, yeah ♪

♪ I don't need no practice ♪

♪♪

[Akbar] The fact of the matter is

my music career is still on the climb.

And who the hell know

when I'ma sign me a major deal, baby?

But my son could not wait that long,

so I had to reach out to a very, very important person.

Hey, girl.

What up?

How are you doing?

This very important person is my cousin.

You might know her as Kandi from Xscape.

Her mom would pick me up when we was kids

and I'd get away from the hood.

But as I got older and get shot in my head,

Kandi has been on my ass about my kids,

about my career, and she's not letting up, baby.

I call her the other day

and she agreed to loan me enough money

to secure apartment in a nice, safer town.

What's been up? [sighs]Life.

Oh, Lord.

So what do you got going on?

I'm about to go back on tour with Xscape,

with So So Def tour.

I always said that like

you was the reason that I did music.

You probably don't remember that.

I remember a long time ago

you was all coming off your tour,

and I was trying to sing, you like, "Nah, you can't sing."

I said that?

I will never forget it. I was a little girl.

And after that, I was just like...

I can't sing a lick, but I can rap my ass off.

So that's a good thing. So that works.

So what's been up?

I was in the hood all day. Mm-hmm.

Yeah.Making moves,

but doing the same [bleep]. [laughing]

I know, but I'm trying to be a better person,

for real. Really?

Yes, I'm tired of beating bitches up.

Oh, my God!

See, that's why we gotta stop

with beating bitches up.

They be trying me.

Even at home with family,

you'd be trying to fight.

Everything I learned, the streets taught me.

So when I rap and when I talk about the [bleep]

that I've been through, it's real.

Like I didn't want-- you know,

to be this person, just having kids

and going through [bleep] that I went through.

You know what I mean? Clearly.

For the longest time, people used to always

be like, "Why you don't help your cousin?

Why you don't help your cousin?"

And I always felt like well, if she really want this,

she need to show that she want it.

And I feel personally like you've been showing

that you want it.Exactly.

I'm trying to be a better person,

a better mother, a better friend.

Like I wanna be better.

It's not like I just wanna be stuck

in this bull[bleep] forever.

Right. And I really appreciate you.

Ah, so...

I wanna see you win.

I already know.

Ever since I was a kid, I've been on my own

and always depended on myself.

So, to have someone to ride for me

like my big cousin Kandi, means everything to me,

for just always sticking with me through the hardest times

and giving me that apartment money

for my kids and me.

You don't want people talking about you fighting

more than they talk about your music.

Be humble... Yes.

This is a new beginning. Mm-hmm.

This is a new chapter. Right.

I'm gonna be one of the biggest names of all time.

Hollywood, here I come.

[both laughing]

[woman] Coming up...

Where I'm from is not a place

where you need to be in growing up,

so you gotta come on and stay.

Mm, I don't know.

You should know better not to [bleep] talk about me

when I put a roof over your head.

How could you do that? Dee--

You talk with a slit tongue.

♪♪

For the first time in many years,

I'm having my oldest son Dorribian come back and stay with me.

And it all thanks to my cousin Kandi.

She put down the security 'posit

for the first and last month rent, baby.

Cha-ching.

After Dorribian move in,

I'm making moves to get all my kids back.

But it's not gonna be easy, you know what I'm saying?

You like it? It's all right.

Whatcha mean, it's all right?

It's bookin'.

I know, but...

So, you know, like I'm from Cleveland Avenue.

Yes. And you know, like...

where I'm from is not a place

where you need to be in growing up.

You turned out okay.

You think so?Mm-hmm.

You remember Boo?Mm-hmm.

You know he was just at your game.

Yeah.

They just killed Big Boo.

He just died a couple days ago.

You know, so it's important

for me to just leave.

You know?Mm-hmm.

Because it ain't what I want-- want y'all at.

Like I don't want you there.

You know, I want you to be able to grow

and make something out yourself.

Do you see why I tell you the way I tell you

when I be trying to tell you stuff?

[sobbing] These streets don't love nobody, bruh.

Do you hear me?

You my child. I love you, boy.

Seriously.

[Akbar] I love where I'm from,

but my homeboy, Big Boo, was just murdered

and that really [bleep] with me.

I refuse to have any of my boys

to go to jail or die.

'Cause I'm gonna wake the city up about mine on everything.

Do you hear me? What you laughing at?

You think I'm crazy?

A little bit. A little bit?

I probably be crazy a little bit.

I'm your mama, though.

Everybody deserve to be crazy a little bit.

There's a lot of [bleep] going on out here.

Like everything just going wrong.

I'm sorry I ain't been in your life

like I should have been.

You know, like I can't rewrite my past.

I only can start here now

and just make a difference now in your life.

Mm-hmm.

You okay with that?

Yes.

♪♪

[Momma Dee] Lord, I have looked the other way.

I have turned even the other cheek.

But baby, Bambi's mom, CeCe,

she is testing me.

But you know what?

She made me really realize

that sometimes you can't turn the other cheek

to a peasant-ass person.

Hey, Dee.

Wassup? What's going on?

Momma Dee just gave me an address.

It's at a Motel 6.

I don't know what's up with this.

I invited you here

because we got a lot of issues.

We got a baby on the way.

And we do love our kids and we love our...

Most definitely.

But I have to clear the air because...

that's not how I was raised.

Like family, we don't get down like that and--

Get down like what, Dee?

And I'm glad you asked.

You been saying a lot of things about me.

It's like you started talking about me.

You a liar, Dee, 'cause what I don't do--

If you know me, you know I don't talk

behind nobody's back.

What you gonna do to me if I tell you

what I need to tell you? Okay, okay, but hold up.

But see, say what you gonna say

before I give a [bleep].

So, at the end of the day... But I don't give a [bleep] either.

You a liar! But you know you're lying!

You can't tell me nothin'

'cause you already talked enough, CeCe.

You should know better

not to [bleep] talk about me

when I put a roof over your head.

You-- We supposed to be in-laws, CeCe.

How could you do that? Dee--

You talk with a slit tongue.

You are so [bleep]. You are [bleep].

I don't trust you, either. I may be [bleep].

Since we can't agree to disagree...

I don't want nothing you got.

Okay, but-- okay, since you won't open it...

I put you out of my [bleep] palace.

You a disgrace.

Here's your [bleep] Motel 6 back there room card.

Bitch, give that to your husband.

He might need a [bleep] room.

Oh, you know what?

Even Ice Cube done left Compton, bitch.

They want to grow in life. Hey...

I have all that I can take from this woman.

Now it's time for her to scoot.

I have packed up her belongings,

and it's waiting for her in her room.

I hope she's happier now.

I know I am.

I'm not your puppet. I'm not your puppet.

Have you ever seen...

I finna to go right now, CeCe.

I'm going myself. I'm going myself! Walk away, Dee.

When have you ever... Walk away, Dee.

...seen an eagle [bleep] fly with a [bleep] bird?

I hope they leave the light on for you, bitch.

Do I look like I need a key, bitch?

I hope they leave the light on for you, bitch.

You better walk away.

[woman] Coming up...

But look what you eating.

'Cause that's what the [bleep] I want!

This is gonna turn into [bleep] sugar.

It's okay, Sierra. No!

It's okay. You need to lose weight.

♪♪

Hey! Wassup, sis?

What's going on?

If Tokyo want heart disease or diabetes, then fine.

But I know that's not what Tokyo want for herself.

You know why I'm over here,

'cause you stormed out of the gym.

And one of the whole reasons why we started this...

...was to help you.

No, I do not want that.

Tokyo's diet and health worry me because

I had my own health scare.

I was gonna have to take insulin at 25 years old

because I was obese and overweight.

I'm with Tokyo all the time, and I watch how she eat,

like all of these greasy foods and candies and sweets

and all of this crazy stuff.

I'm just saying there's better things to eat

than the things that Tokyo is eating.

And then what is this you eating?

It's pasta with broccoli in it

and chicken.

I've spent 24 years of my life

becoming accustomed and liking

the person I am just to get around

mother[bleep] in this industry,

mother[bleep] who are around me,

who wanna change me and change everything about me.

[Tokyo] My brand is body positivity

and loving what you look like whether you big, small,

short or tall.

And I'm not gonna be a hypocrite about it.

It's already a million people on Instagram

who don't like me for being big.

I don't need my friends telling me [bleep] that I already know.

I was fat when I woke up this morning.

I understand everything that you saying, Tokyo.

I'm not saying there's nothing wrong with being thick

or-- or heavy-set.

My thing is, I had a diabetes scare.

I lost over 60 pounds because they told me,

"If you don't change your life,

then you may not be here."

So I'm saying that you need to lose a little weight

to be more healthier.

Y'all wanna keep coming in here

and telling me what I need to do

and this and that.

And for you to come in here and think that you gonna

[bleep] insult me, you out your mother[bleep] mind.

But look what you eating.

'Cause that's what the [bleep] I want!

This is gonna turn into [bleep] sugar.

It's okay, Sierra. No!

It's okay. You need to lose weight.

I'm throwing this [bleep] away.

Like you need to throw-- You do that...

'Cause this [bleep] is gonna turn into mother[bleep] sugar.

It does not matter, Sierra![bleep].

It does not matter!

That is not good for you.

You eat a lot of [bleep] that's not good for you.

And I will... what's best for you

is for you to leave.

Tokyo, I will leave. Please, please.

But before I leave, I'm about to throw this [bleep] out.

You don't need to eat none of this. Please.

None of this, none of this bull[bleep].

'Cause it ain't nothing but some [bleep] bull[bleep].

And that's what pisses me off.

What needs to [bleep] piss you off

is the things that you choose to do.

It don't matter. Are you coming in here

trying to alter what I...

[overlapping shouting]

Tokyo... Tokyo... Sierra...

You need to keep your mother[bleep] outta my house!

Tokyo, I can't believe you, Tokyo!

I can't believe you!

Now, you get the [bleep] out!

Because I don't even wanna go there with you

'cause you know what's up with me.

Tokyo, Tokyo, I cannot believe you.

Bitch, get out.

[man] Next time on "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta"...

I decided to invite my ex, Joc,

to my engagement party.

Did he ever experience the Indian-style technique

you do with your feet?

Joc! Are you jealous?

You invited him to our engagement party?

Not important, but I see where you're coming from.

Mmm.

[phone vibrates] Hello?

Okay.

This is what I didn't wanna bring this kid into-- drama.

Where we are right now is not the best place.

You're friends with Tiarra?

Girl! Everybody want Scrapp.

She probably be having his ass

a goddamn welcome-home party.

[Tiarra] I have to guess.

[Scrapp]Okay.

Hey, what is this the key to?

[man] That's the key to the house?

It's a key to this, this,

and my house.

It's a little-- I'm about to step outside

for a quick second. I'll be right, right, right...

Where his ugly ass going?

You didn't tell me that Tiarra was throwing you

a welcome-home party.

What's her name? What the hell you got going on?

Moniece Slaughter.

Scrapp, you just love to hurt me.

I'm not hurting you.

I'm not that new.

I'm not that new.

[woman] Tiarra! Tiarra! Tiarra! Tiarra!

♪♪