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- * MTV *

- Previously on "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta"...

- Got all my stuff and was like,

it doesn't look good for Grace.

On October the 31st, my world just came crashing down.

I was fighting for my life.

[groans]

God literally gave me a second chance.

- Giving y'all some pictures of your significant other,

because I know they piss you off enough to make

you want to [bleep] them up.

- Oh, god, wait.

- Excuse me.

- Erica, let's smash [bleep].

- Ooh! Ooh! Ahh!

- Yeah!

- She filed for divorce.

I was texting and flirting and doing all that [bleep].

- So you never hit nothing; you were just texting and talking.

- It-- it was the person that it was.

- Diamond?

- Yeah.

- You were just in a person's DM that you used to date.

You can't even go do what you gotta do and come home.

- You trying to make me look bad?

Go ahead. That [bleep] won't work.

That [bleep] ain't gonna work on me.

[funky music]

- * This is the life *

- * It's the life that I'm living *

- * This is the life *

- * It's the life that I chose *

* This is the life *

* It's the life that I'm living *

* This is the life *

* Made my way to the top, there ain't no stopping *

- * Brag so much 'cause I am so much *

* [indistinct] *

* You ain't talkin' about me *

* You ain't talkin' about much *

* I stay on call, but it ain't no bluff *

- You ready to help me pack?

Are you helping?

Weather in LA is a little cold.

We need furs.

* [indistinct] *

- Erica, I need you to give it to me on this camera.

- You ain't said nothing but a thing.

- * When I hit the block, even all my haters watch *

* I run from nobody *

* Don't talk if you don't know about me *

- I'm the rock star rep.

Sold-out arenas everywhere I go,

and I'm able to be myself now.

You know what I'm saying?

Do everything that I been wanting to do,

but I'm doing it freely.

[rapping indistinctly]

And after my fight with Bam, I'm still torn up.

But all this stuff helping me, you know what I'm saying?

Being on stage, being booked-- it just made me feel better.

Love y'all. Love y'all.

I be feeling like as a wife

you should always make your husband feel like he that guy.

I wasn't getting it from Bam.

And I mean, you gotta come from somewhere else.

* *

What's going on?

- You're looking good, buck.

- Thank you. - We gotta get some drinks.

You know what I'm saying? - Yes.

* *

[Helena's "Tootsie Pop"]

* *

- * Treat my body like a candy shop *

* Pick your poison, different flavors for the choosing *

* Yeah, I got a lot *

* You can't explain it till you hit the spot *

* He gone licky licky till he hit the center

* Like a Tootsie Pop *

- Shekinah?

- Is it Spice?

- You know it's me.

I'm gonna open the gate.

- It's your girl Shekinah.

And I've been blowing Spice up for weeks,

and she's finally picked up to see me.

- You can come in.

- Oh, I can come in?

I don't know why Spice is so angry with me,

because she haven't been picking up.

She's been ignoring me.

Oh, my.

This is beautiful.

You have nice floors.

- Thank you.

- So what's up?

- Nothing.

- Well, you acting like a bitch.

- Excuse me?

- Yeah, you acting like a little bitch.

- Shekinah, I'm just coming out of the hospital.

- I know. - And that's how you greet me?

- How I greet you?

How you greet me?

- Yeah, I'm not out of the woods yet.

I still have an open wound that I

have to go back to the hospital

to clean every other day.

By the end of the day, I still have

a long journey ahead of me when it comes down to my health.

- Can you show me around your house?

- Oh, I'm not showing you around nowhere.

I wanted somebody to show me around the hospital,

and you wasn't there.

So you can show yourself.

- Give me a hug so we can talk.

Hey, Grace.

How you doing, girl?

- I'm doing better now, Shekinah.

- You are?

- Much better.

- I'm happy you're doing better.

It's good to see you.

- I wish you were there from the start,

not just at the end of it.

- [sighs] They didn't want me there, Spice.

- They-- who didn't want you there?

- Superwoman didn't want me there, girl.

Mena never gave me the address, baby.

I called her, and she never gave me the address.

- So you're telling me Mena gave everyone else

the address except for you. - You said--

- Even Karlie came, and I wasn't even talking to her.

- Well, that's the reason I wasn't there.

- What do you mean? What are you talking about?

- That's the reason I got locked out of everything.

Karlie and Mena are best friends now.

If Karlie was there, it makes all the sense

in the world, because I don't [bleep] with Karlie like that.

You know, I got pissed with Mena trying

to keep me from coming to the DR,

because I thought Mena was my friend.

Hey, girl. How you doing?

- Hey, mama.

How you doing?

- It's cute for Spice.

But now, I really feel like the reason

Mena told me not to come was because of Karlie Redd.

Me and Karlie Redd have not been seeing eye to eye.

Somebody don't want to [bleep] with you.

- Yeah! - It's OK.

- Totally.

- How you gonna learn how--

- You're absolutely right.

- Oh, really?

You didn't come because you feel

like Mena didn't give you any information, and that was it?

- I couldn't find nobody to give information.

- Mena know damn well I wasn't friends

with Karlie at the time, and she gave Karlie information

to come see me in the DR, so why would she keep

information from Shekinah?

At this point, my trust with everybody is super low,

and I don't know what to think.

Shekinah, do you have any idea what I've been through?

My whole body was poisoned.

The sepsis was eating away my skin.

I was in the hospital at my lowest point.

That's when I needed you, not now when

I just bought a house and move and, like,

getting back to my good life.

- It hurts me right now to know

that I wasn't able to help Spice.

I wish I'd never listened to Mena,

and I wish I would have took my ass on out there,

because I really don't know what I would have did

if something happened to her.

It would have broke me.

I am so sorry, Spice.

I never want you to believe that in your heart

that I was not there for you.

I was praying for you.

I look up to you.

I [bleep] with you, like-- and I thank God

that you are a friend of mine.

So can you forgive me?

[gentle music]

* *

- The truth is, it's not easy to get

Shekinah to stop talking.

So the fact that she stopped talking and start listening,

that was just a big plus for me,

because this is the Shekinah that I know.

I can forgive you.

- Thank you.

And I'm sorry you had to go through it.

- I feel better that I've told you the truth.

- I'm gonna hug you hard.

I'm sorry you had to go through this, I promise.

Nobody deserve to go through this.

- I've been through a lot, friend.

- I'm happy you better.

I thank God for saving you, too.

[sniffs]

- I just really needed to see you.

- OK.

- * OBB *

* I am the realist *

* What else would you call it? *

* They been in they feelings, if I'm being honest *

* I been no chill, I'm just weighing the options *

* You know that I finish whatever I start *

* I'm shooting the street *

* I got the drop on all of the ops *

* I swear I ain't missing the target, I promise *

- Hey, how you doing?

- How you doing? - I'm great.

Thanks for coming.

How are you going?

Tonight is an epic night-- my album listening party.

And I'm so excited about letting everybody hear it.

And I invited a lot of friends, so let's turn up.

[upbeat funky music]

- * Independent woman, know your all, hon *

* You don't need a man, but he still blow your phone up *

* Outside, got to get the dough up *

* I ain't even tripping, we could mix and make some more *

- I want anything but some Hennessy, please.

Please, though. - OK.

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

Oh, yeah. You--

- I know that's right. - Oh, yeah, you a thinker.

- I know that's right. Come on now.

- You a thinker. - You look good.

- You are so fake.

- Ah, you look amazing.

- You just fake.

- What, you don't want me on you?

- I am Amy Luciani, recording artist, singer, rapper,

songwriter, YouTube star.

I own several businesses.

I pride myself on just being real.

I am here to support my good friend Khaotic.

- You don't want me on you?

- Are you going to give me a drink?

Princess treatment, remember. - Sure. Go ahead.

Let me watch it all the way to the bar.

Come on. Oh.

Oh, hold on.

I want to take you over here to meet Momma Dee.

Come on. Hey, Momma Dee!

How you doing? I'm doing great.

- I'm good. How are you?

How you doing?

- Amy right here.

- Amy.

- Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

- Take a seat, Amy.

- I was about to say, am I getting princess treatment?

- I'm pulling the chair out for you.

- It better be for me. - You are gorgeous.

- Baby, you picking the wrong girl magic.

- Girl, you got you a bad one now.

- Oh, no, that ain't-- that ain't mine.

That's my dawg. That's my bestie.

- We have been friends for years.

We are very flirtatious.

Now, we have not crossed the major line,

but it's one of those things that's complicated.

- I'm going to tell you a secret, though.

Back in my pimpin' days, it used to be women that would

put a pimp in a Cadillac.

And there were some that would put you in a Bentley.

You that Bentley bitch. - Mm.

So I know Momma Dee is an OG in Atlanta and in these ATL

streets, but girl, you must didn't do your research

on who you talking to.

If anybody pimpin', it would be me,

and this would be my little ho.

- Momma Dee, where Scrappy at?

- I don't know.

- Why is he always late?

Make sure he all right.

- Yeah, but I've been, like, worried about, you know,

what him and the Bam is going through.

And it ain't none of my business,

because he a grown-ass man. - Right.

- Has he done bad [bleep] to her?

I'm sure he has.

I'm sure he has.

- But bad [bleep] go both ways now, Mama.

- Yeah. Uh-huh.

And that's why y'all wearing the belt evenly.

And really, I wish the best for both of them,

because their [bleep] is toxic.

- In the past, I've tried to, you know,

attack Bam from here and from there,

but I've been trying to, like, you know what?

That's their business; I don't even [bleep] care.

I really damn don't.

So I have just decided to leave the Bam alone.

I love Bam as a human being, but I don't like the bitch.

- When-- when you come to-- to grips with what you dealing

with and, you know, he's been able

to confide in-- in Diamond and that she got her issues--

she was talking about a week ago

she said she was waiting on her period.

And I'm like, what? It's a lie.

It's too much, it's too much, it's too much.

- Wait, so is Diamond pregnant?

[tense music]

- Coming up on "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta"...

- Eric, he mentally abuses me.

I'm planning to escape.

- Oh, shoot. - This hurts!

- Try to walk with me.

- You some real bull[bleep].

- I got this.

- We talked about this [bleep].

You ain't got nothing up under control.

- I see. Yes. - OK, OK, whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Stop, stop, stop. - You gotta let go.

- Right.

- I'm on boss time, and that boss time

does not involve petty bull[bleep]

unless you want it to.

* My way to the top, there ain't no stopping *

* My way to the top, there ain't no stopping *

[tense music]

- My son, Scrappy, he's been able to confide in Diamond

and that she got her issues.

She talking about a week ago she said

she was waiting on her period.

And I'm like, what? It's like--

it's too much, it's too much, it's too much.

* *

- Wait, so is Diamond pregnant?

- If it come, it comes.

If it don't, it don't, right?

- Like, what the [bleep]?

Hold on, Momma Dee, like, how you doing?

I'm all right.

You all right too?

You can't be all right talking about Diamond.

What the [bleep], Diamond pregnant?

You could have told us at a later notice,

because this ain't the time for that.

So I'ma just lead myself in the direction

of the bar or something. - Yeah.

- You starting to drink or something?

- I'm going to stay sober.

- Because-- come on.

You're going to lead me to the bar,

so I could look back at it.

- So everybody knows, if you know your "Hip Hop" history,

that Diamond and Scrappy were a big thing.

But the news about her coming back

or him going back or circling back and spinning the block

I personally think is inappropriate.

You got a whole wife, so I'm not with it.

- Y'all, boy.

- You always late, bro.

- No, no, no, it wasn't my fault.

I had them kids, man, them kids, bro.

[indistinct].

- You got a pass. You got a pass.

- OK, you know how I am about my baby.

- [shouts] - What?

[bleep].

[both shouting]

- Since the last time people seen me,

I've been going back and forth between Atlanta and Miami.

Atlanta was starting to feel very heavy on me,

with, like, the divorce.

Just wanted a new, fresh start.

But hey, I'm here to support my brother.

- What y'all talking about?

- Yo. - Rastaman.

- Hey, you got a lot of good-looking women in here.

- You can't look at other girls.

- I mean, listen, man.

Man, Safaree going through a divorce, man,

so I don't even know why buddy trying

to check me like that, man.

And plus, he was doing stuff, you know what I'm saying,

bringing other girls around and stuff,

like, while he was married.

- Is that Safaree?

- Wait, that's not Erica.

- He in her with his new girl, and I supposed to be that girl.

- What you talking about, bruh? You can't say nothing to me.

I got to know something.

Man, it seems like you and Erica

been around each other more. What's happening?

- We're at a good space, at a good page.

This past, like, year, we hated each other.

That [bleep] ain't cool, because when I think about it,

I'm like, damn, we was beefing.

But like, yo, look at what you gave me,

two of the most beautiful things

a man could want or ask for--

a boy and a girl.

Maybe we may not be right for each other,

but no matter what, we're still a family

because we got kids together.

The relationship between me and Erica

has definitely changed, because, you know,

last go around, me and her, we couldn't even speak,

couldn't see each other or nothing like that.

But now I feel like we're definitely

in a better place and space where we're

able to be around each other.

- Erica, where did you come from?

You know Amy?

- Get up and give me a hug.

Give me some love, man.

- You trying to act fake, and I'm standing here.

- He's so fake. - You smell good.

- I always I smell good.

- How you doing. You know, - Get out.

- I'm Amy. - Hi. Nice to meet you, Amy.

- You look so good. - Thank you, thank you.

I don't know how you deal with him.

I don't know much about Amy.

You know, I haven't met her, but I do know

she's an up-and-coming rapper out here,

so I'm excited to talk to her.

And if you know Khaotic and you can take

his humor and his big-ass personality, then [bleep],

we can roll, we can all have a good time.

- OK.

What y'all drinking again?

- Give me a Lemon Drop and a shot of Casamigos.

- And a double Patron.

Princess treatment.

Snap, snap.

- Snap, snap.

Come on, y'all. Let me get the waitress.

Excuse me. Excuse me.

- I'm so glad to meet you, because I've been loving

your consistency, though. - Thank you.

- I've been watching just everything you're working on.

Be motivation for people like me and the other girls.

- Yeah.

- I feel like women in hip-hop is--

we're in this weird space where we're not

supporting each other.

It's almost like there only can be one girl winning.

- I mean, of course, in my head, I'm the top bitch.

- And-- and I am.

- But I'll never just be fighting for y'all to know

that I'm the top bitch. - And I've been fighting.

I done-- I done been dealing with bitches.

- You lose it. You lose it. - Stealing records.

- Wait, somebody stole your record?

- Bitch, now, are you familiar with Renni Rucci?

- Yeah. - You familiar, OK.

I haven't met her personally.

I landed in a situation with her

where I was in a situation where I was writing

for artists. - OK.

- So I wrote and recorded this song.

Fast-forward months later, I heard no line.

I was like, those lyrics sound very familiar.

Let me tell you why Renni Rucci is a thief.

I wrote a song called "Walk-through,"

and next thing you know, a fan sends me a screen recording

of Renni Rucci performing my song, my lyrics, my thoughts,

and anybody knows in this industry that when you write

a record and it's being performed

and it's getting millions of views

on YouTube or streaming that is

a check that is just constant.

It's just residual income.

So it's very personal for me.

I reached out to Renni, and I'm like,

you know, I know how they play the game.

- Yeah. - I know it.

I'm in it.

But here, respectfully, says hey, "I'm Amy.

How you doing? I'm Amy Luciani, this is what's going on."

- So you didn't come with no rah-rah [bleep]?

- Oh, no, never.

Woman to woman, I'm trying to--

I'm trying to get you on a one-on-one

with me to let you know I wrote that.

- So what happened?

- A turn-up.

I was very nice and respectful when

I DM'ed her with all the facts that proved it was my record.

She, of course, having pride and wanting

to be the "bitch" at the time,

responded in a very disrespectful way.

It was very catty, it was very petty, and she goes off,

and she blocks me.

Girl, get the [bleep] on.

- I can't even say I understand her side,

because it's like you can't prove.

You didn't have to come like that.

- Sometimes the weird moments just be

like a conversation to be had.

- You know what I'm saying?

- And I feel like that's where I'm at with it.

Like I said, I'm on boss time.

And that boss time does not involve petty bull[bleep]

unless you want it to.

- OK.

- Come on, now, leave it alone.

- Cuckoo, cuckoo. Cuckoo, cuckoo.

- Oh, hey, how you doing?

- Hey, baby. - How you doing?

- Fine. - You good?

- Pull up a seat!

- Why you sitting over there by yourself?

- Let me get my--

- Things ain't been real right with me and my mom,

but, you know, it's way better than last year.

I'm still trying to keep a distance with Momma Deuce,

because Momma Deuce done caused all kind of problem and drama

and trouble with me and Bam.

I don't need no more of that, so the less

Momma Deuce know is the better.

[upbeat funky music]

* *

- Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo,

what up?

I want to thank everybody here for coming tonight

to my album listening party.

We got an album. It's called "The Provider,"

because I'm a provider for all the beautiful ladies here.

This album is going to prevent you from getting played

by Safaree, prevent you from getting played by Scrappy

and every other man out here that's

playing with it to the left.

- But I ain't that guy, you dig what I'm saying?

I'm not him.

If anybody's a player, it's the man on that mic right now.

- Go get this princess treatment featuring

Shekinah on the right.

Now run that [bleep].

[upbeat funky music]

* *

- I love it.

And I'm not just saying it because I think he cute.

I really am enjoying it.

It's nothing but vibes.

- * Better treat her like a princess *

* Better treat her like a queen *

- This record and music he's currently

putting out is like a feel-good vibe for the women.

- I'm happy for him, man, because he's been

making music for years, man.

And I feel like he just found his niche

and he just finna blow.

- * Princess dreaming *

* She could have what she want *

* I'm gonna give her what she want *

- Hey, I appreciate all y'all for taking

the time out of y'all life to join me

and hive up up with me.

I love y'all.

* Just around the glow *

[Bambi's "Shining']

- * Show you how to talk privacy *

* I ain't lying *

- * Check my throwback.

* Bitch, I been popping *

* Check your whole facts.

* Bitch, you been bopping *

* That's my twin, yeah.

Bitch, we've been rocking *

* Stitched together like Issey Mikyake *

* I don't want to talk if ain't about--

- I'm in LA to shoot a video to my single, "Shining."

And it's just really a vibe.

I just have so much going on right now between Scrappy

and this divorce.

We just moved out of this house,

and that's been really tough.

So I found a house for me and my kids,

and it's very comfortable.

And, you know, I'm just doing what moms do,

making it happen.

- OK.

So, like, how do you feel about rapping?

- I think this is just more beauty shots than, like,

for the hood.

* Teach you how to talk privacy *

- Yeah.

- So I'm here in LA.

I'm here to support my friend Bambi.

She asked me to be a feature in her music video.

- The spotlight looks good.

- Oh, that's cute.

- And I couldn't say no, for one, because that's my sister,

and for two, I always wanted to be in a video, so I'm here.

- Yeah.

Perfect.

Head up a little bit.

Yeah, perfect.

Perfect. That was great.

- All right.

- I'm going to get Sierra for y'all.

Drayka, I'm going to need you to touch me up in, like,

a few seconds, but I'm going--

- You need a touch-up? - Yes, just a quick little--

- You look so pretty.

- Thank you.

- I feel like you came here just, like, revamped for real.

Don't be mad at me.

- What do you mean?

- Paris just keeps texting.

I got to go back to Atlanta. - What do you mean?

Why?

- So this morning, my phone was just ringing off the chain,

so I answered the phone, and it's Paris,

and she's like, "Mom, I'm tired of Eric.

"Him and Paris got into it.

"This man is weird.

"I've been holding my tongue.

"I don't like him.

He's saying stuff-- you need to get your grown-ass kids."

And it was just, like, a lot.

When I first got with Eric, everything was so perfect.

I want this moment to last forever.

- It will.

- I am engaged.

- Is there a date yet?

- It's 1/23/23.

But as things started to happen and life started to life,

I realized that we really didn't know each other.

And everything just started going down the drain.

But she was at my mama's house, so she

came home to get ready for school,

and her room was, like, destroyed.

Like, Eric went through all her [bleep], girl.

- No, freakin' way. - Went in her purse.

- What? - Yes.

Went in her purses, went through all her clothes, girl.

So she was like, "Get the [bleep]

out with your weird ass."

So I'm like, I got to get home.

With Eric, I started noticing things of him

just being jealous first.

And I swear I tried to cater to his feelings,

but it's just, like, never enough with him,

and I'm in a [bleep] up situation.

My kids hate this man.

He's driving me up a wall.

We fuss every [bleep] day.

Like, I'm literally going through so much [bleep].

He, like, really mentally abuses me, I swear to god.

He's very insecure, he's very possessive, he's very jealous.

Like, he don't want me to spend time with my kids like that.

And then on top of that, his mouth,

he don't mind calling me bitches and hos.

- Oh, no. See, that's rough.

- In front of my kids, he be like, [bleep] my [bleep].

- Oh, my goodness.

I can't believe-- I'm like really at a loss for words

right now.

Like, this is a lot.

- And then on top of that, it's some more.

- Girl, what?

- Girl, me and Eric went and got married.

[tense music]

* *

So now I got to try to get out of this [bleep].

- I mean, Sierra had been planning this wedding.

You know, we've been talking about wedding

gowns and bridesmaids dresses.

And then this bitch just dropped the bomb

that she's already married.

And I'm just like...

I feel like I'm living in the twilight zone right now.

- How long y'all been married?

- Oh, girl, it's been a few months now.

Bam, I swear to god--

- So you got yourself into a big situation,

because this ain't finna be, like, a regular breakup.

- I'm planning to escape.

Like, I'm planning to move out, and he don't know about it.

- Oh, shoot.

- Honestly, I'm tired of hiding this [bleep].

When I got married to Eric, I kept it a secret,

because a lot of me felt that it was all wrong.

I was like, this is not what we supposed to be doing.

But I feel like Eric was all I had at the time.

And as soon as it happened, that's when [bleep]

just started getting real bad.

And I'm tired of it.

I can't take any more of it.

I got to get the [bleep] away from this guy.

He is really like a wolf in sheep's clothing.

- Coming up on "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta"...

- You ain't got no business out here telling me

what the [bleep] to do. - Yes the [bleep] I do.

- I've got to push myself.

- So is you pushing yourself back

to the [bleep] hospital or what?

- I don't get no love in this house.

All you do is worry about your businesses,

your kids, and your family.

- You don't make me feel loved.

- I'm uncomfortable in my own house.

- * Made my way to the top, there ain't no stopping *

- * Crazy *

* I'm giving princess treatment *

* She can have what she wants *

- * Made my way to the top, there ain't no stopping *

- * Yeah, they in trouble *

* Wasn't ready for what they did *

* Can pop your bubble *

* Thought you were the hottest around *

* I left you in the rubble *

- I feel super excited to go back to dance class.

- The queen is back. - The queen is back!

Whoo-hoo! - Let me help you.

- * You can't stop me *

- I've been feeling a lot better recently,

and it's just time for me to get back to work

and get back in a Spice mode.

So right now I'm going to have my first dance rehearsal,

because I'm preparing for my show that's

coming up in the Cayman Island,

and it's only a few weeks away.

This is my walk back into my real world, you know,

what I'm used to.

So this is like one of the happiest days.

- Hey, baby.

- Wanwan.

- What's up, sexy?

- You look sexy.

- Come on, you know I look sexy.

Hey, friend. - This is Angel.

- How are you? - Hey.

- Angel, this is Mooney. - Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

- My dance instructor, choreographer.

- Yes.

How you feeling, baby?

- I just want to get back on the stage.

Mooney is one of the biggest and best

choreographer in Atlanta.

And even though Mooney know about my health situation,

him also know the kind of performer I am.

So hopefully Mooney can come up with, like,

an idea that gives that Spice flavor,

but it still keeps me safe.

- Let me tell you what my concern is.

- OK.

- Me the queen of dance for a reason.

I don't want to come back out and be like, "Guys,

I'm so sorry, I've been sick."

- I got something for you.

- You think so?

- Baby steps, baby steps.

- Put the waist right on.

I got something for you.

- Don't listen to her.

So Angel is like my best friend.

She's also one of the person that rushed to the ER

when she heard about my scare ordeals.

So I just feel like she's just overprotective.

And I'll be honest, I'm a risk taker when

it comes down to performance.

There's nothing that I will not do to please

my fans and my besties.

But the truth is, I'm not 100% confident, like, in my health

and where I am.

So I just want to take baby steps,

you know, to get back there.

- Let me see how far you can wind down.

Here we go. Let me see.

Take it down.

Let me see. - Oh, [bleep]!

- Ooh, right. Uh-uh.

- I can't even wind. - Uh-oh.

So here we go. Just do this.

So give me, like, a bop first.

We got to see your limitations.

See your limitations. - This hurts!

- Try to walk with me.

- This some real bull[bleep].

- I got this.

- We talked about this [bleep].

He ain't got nothing up under control.

- I love Spice, and I'm mad as hell I was not there for her

in the DR, but I'm damn sure going

to be here for her in Atlanta.

So I'm getting aggravated, because Spice

do not need to have a setback.

She want to shake that ass, but the doctor

say you got to heal.

So which one is more important?

- You know goddam well she ain't got no mother[bleep]

knees that's moving this fast.

- Ooh.

OK, so I see.

- OK, OK, whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Yeah, stop, stop, stop. I see.

Stop. Right. Right.

See?

Uh-uh.

- Baby steps! - Baby steps.

I was trying to tip--

- I didn't know that it would take so much out of my body.

- You are not a so-called mother[bleep] friend.

- Uh-uh, uh-uh, uh-uh.

- And this mother[bleep] ain't got

no business in here doing a clap,

clap, clap, clap [bleep].

- What your problem?

- My problem is you ain't got no business out

here doing all that [bleep].

- And my problem is you ain't got

no business out here telling me what the [bleep] to do.

- Yes the [bleep] do. - I'm an artist.

- I got all the mother[bleep]--

- I'm an artist.

I gotta get back to being a [bleep] artist.

- I got all the mother[bleep]-- - What are you talking about?

How dare Shekinah come in here trying to tell me what to do.

I don't need you talk for me, Shekinah.

I can talk for myself.

One thing for sure and two things for certain,

I don't want ain't no mother[bleep]

person going to play with me and my craft

and what I can do.

I was in the hospital for two months.

I couldn't even walk around.

Now that I'm able to walk around and get back

into myself, I've got to push myself

to go back to being myself.

[indistinct].

What you want from me?

- So is you pushing yourself back

to the mother[bleep] hospital

to have a goddamn setback or what?

- That's what we don't want.

- Because at the end of the day--no, you let me talk.

Let me say something, get you [bleep] straight fact.

You just got out of the hospital last week, poo.

- Rehearse with Shekinah and Angel.

I will see you at the next class.

I'm going to leave them in this rehearsal.

It's too much for me.

I'm going to come back next week.

- We ain't no goddamn dancers.

- Go train that one to dance.

Maybe when you train her to dance, you can sign them on.

- Coming up on "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta..."

- There's supposed to be a baby on the way.

Diamond is pregnant. - Wow.

- You know her and Scrappy was a thing-thing.

- You done went and got you some [bleep]...

- This [bleep] ain't going nowhere.

- Flunky-ass bitch with no kids,

because I'm not that bitch.

- * Made my way to the top, there ain't no stopping *

- * Made my way to the top, there ain't no stopping *

[dramatic music]

- * Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah *

* Run it, run it, run it, run it, run it, run it *

* Keep it on the honey *

* Run it, run it, run it, run it *

* Run it, run it *

* *

- * Call my bitch, don't beat my face *

Send that bill that [bleep] don't pay.

* Send it now for the [bleep] don't play *

* Back outside, it's a good-ass day *

* Ass too fat, but [bleep] don't touch it *

* Big-ass check, but you still ain't [bleep] *

- Yeah!

- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - What's up? What's up?

- I have been rehearsing nonstop

for my big performances at South by Southwest.

I hit it off with Erica Banks really

good at Khaotic's event.

So I'm like, you know what? I should invite her

to my rehearsal, be able to get a little opinion

from another female artist.

You know what I'm getting ready for.

- The mother[bleep] South by Southwest, bitch.

- This is my first time going to South by Southwest.

- It's my first one!

- How? Texas?

- Well, you know what? The pandemic.

- OK, OK.

- When I first had busted, I was supposed to go,

but world shut down, bitch.

Never got to go. So this my first one.

- Are you nervous?

- Honestly, I am, because I ain't

never did South by Southwest. - OK.

- But I'm not nervous, because I have done a show in Austin

before, and the people there are so sweet.

- They show you up? - Oh, they support.

They don't even have to know you. Like...

- I'm glad to hear that,

because my music has kind of been

slowed down, because I was getting this personal

and this business.

Then the business ended up stretching for, like,

two years.

I have not performed.

- When was the last time you performed?

- A year ago. - You're kidding!

- I am so serious.

And that's making me kind of be more like, ah,

this is my first time!

- No, no, no, you can't think like that.

You got to go in there like--

- Yeah, yeah.

And I'm going to play the whole show,

because that's what I'm doing.

I'm putting on a show.

I've been rapping for a minute, but I feel like

this is like my first year on my breakout artist, like...

- Yeah. - I got something to prove,

and I just feel like it's time.

South by Southwest is a huge, huge platform

for artists to be discovered.

I'm super excited.

I'm hoping that out of this, I can

connect with all the big DJs, producers,

label execs, the A&Rs.

I have to make this perfect.

- So what's going on?

Why you ain't performed in so long?

- It's been so much personal, personal [bleep] is going on.

I'm dealing with some family drama between me

and my sisters, girl.

If you mix the business with the personal,

it's all downhill.

My sisters, their mentality is, "Mom,

"you always worry about Amy, everything's

"about Amy, Amy, Amy.

We got businesses."

- I hate to say it, but I just got to keep it real.

- Mm-mm.

- You don't have to deal with your family.

If anything starts slowing me down with my music

or my career, I get rid of it.

If she really love you as your sister,

she will understand it.

- I got to figure it out, though, ASAP.

- You gonna have to figure it out.

- Every family has its share of drama,

but dealing with my family, we are literally

like the Black Kardashians.

My mom manages me and all three of my sisters,

but recently, I have taken off in my career,

so right now I do take all the attention from mom,

which has caused a lot of drama.

And I'm just trying to figure out, like, how do I fix this?

Girl, speaking of the mess, mess, mess,

Khaotic's listening party, Momma Dee was fueling off some

[bleep] that was like, "Well, you know,

"um, it's supposed to be a baby on the way.

Diamond is pregnant."

- Wow.

- You know her and Scrappy was a thing-thing.

- She's saying the baby by him?

- She was insinuating.

- I can't believe that lady said that.

- This a whole married man, and this

is a huge allegation that you talking about.

- Mm.

So Amy just dropped a damn bomb on me.

I feel like Amy just should have kept that to herself.

Not even kept it to herself.

I feel like she should have kept it from me.

Yeah, it's a sticky situation.

- And I want no part! - I'm lost for words.

I want no part.

- I wish I didn't even hear it.

- That's really what I'm saying.

That's why I'm like--

[stutters] I don't-- yeah, that's crazy talk.

- I walked away from that table like,

why did I have to hear that?

- Look, if it is true, I feel like that's

going to explode and grow.

- Coming up on "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta"...

- Listen to me.

The focus should have been you fighting for your life.

What it turned into was everybody fighting.

- * Made my way to the top, there ain't no stopping *

* Made my way to the top, there ain't no stopping *

- * Wake up, I'm feeling blessed *

* All love, ain't got no stress *

* It's a new day *

* I'm feeling good, feeling great *

* I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive, I'm alive *

- So how are you feeling? You feeling pain?

You good?

- I'm getting there, I'm getting there.

I've had a lot of time to kind of cool off,

and I feel like I probably overreacted

at the dance studio.

And I'm still not happy about Angel as she

kind of trying to control me and tell me what to do.

But know that they're just concerned,

and they just truly love me.

It's not something to ruin a friendship over.

- You're healing still. - Yes.

- That's-- that's all I want you to recognize.

Seeing you in pain at rehearsal hurt me,

because, of course, you have to understand

the last time I seen you was not looking like this.

- I know.

- I was scared.

I thought you were gone.

Let me tell you something.

After what happened in DR, Shekinah and I,

we're not the friends you should be upset with.

- What do you mean?

- Listen to me.

The focus should have been you fighting for your life.

What it turned into was everybody fighting.

- Wow.

- It was a circus, a mess.

We were trying to maintain your privacy.

We didn't want everybody knowing

exactly where you were.

We didn't even know what was exactly wrong with you,

so we can't share it with the world.

But Meda was taking calls, and Meda

wanted to do a press release.

She needed to update social media.

- So you feel like it was because she

was taking the phone calls why everything

was out in the blogs?

- Who else knew that was talking to anybody?

- I don't want to believe that any of this

was leaking from Meda.

That's not the Meda that I know.

- You know I'm a Grammy member,

and I went and submitted you

for Best Reggae Album to the Grammys.

- You lying!

[laughter]

Meda, you're the best.

But Angel is one of my closest friends ever,

and I don't feel like she would lie to me.

And then Shekinah feel like Meda blocked her from coming,

because Carly was there. - What do you mean?

- Because you know Carly and Meda turned

best friend all of a sudden.

I don't know. Them just been best friend overnight.

So she kind of feels some kind of way.

Because Carly doesn't like Shekinah.

- Crazy.

- Now that I'm hearing Angel's side of the story,

make me wonder if what Shekinah was telling me could be true.

And I don't know if Carly could have gotten Meda

or she influenced me, that was I know for a fact

Carly ain't no good.

The fact that they're my two friends apart together now,

I feel like I'm just going to start kind of speculating

things a little bit different.

But no, no, she kind of said Carly an opportunist.

- I've never gotten that from Carly

the few times I've been around her.

- You know, but I feel like I've been a good friend to her.

She do some shady stuff.

Like, I found out that she went to Meda

to submit the song that I did with her for a Grammy.

I should never tell him about it.

And then last year when it was my birthday,

Carly claims she had this big birthday party.

- Oh, yeah.

- Come on, guys.

Give it up for the birthday girl!

[all cheering]

- Why when we get to Jamaica everybody,

"Oh, Carly complaining that, oh, I spent so much money

"on Spice's birthday.

I had to spend $35,000 for the bull."

- [screaming]

- You doing. Right! You doing it; you doing it!

- [indistinct].

Carly never asked if I should keep my party.

Like, yeah, use me for some hype thing or some blog.

I don't do that when it's your birthday,

so don't do that to me.

Fight people for Carly.

You know what I'm saying?

I go through so much because of Carly.

That's why I just haven't been speaking to her.

It's like me no want to see her.

- Right.

- Yes, Carly did come to DR, but going through my health

scare, I feel like it kind of really

made me put things into perspective.

I just need genuine people around me

who I know that I can trust.

And I don't feel like Carly's one of them.

I don't have time for no fake friend who's

trying to ride my coattails.

- There are some people in our lives that are like family.

And you have some people that's around

for a season and a reason.

- * Made my way to the top, there ain't no stopping *

- * Made my way to the top, there ain't no stopping *

- * You know money ain't everything, yeah *

* You know money not everything *

* You know money ain't everything *

* Yeah, you know money not everything *

* You got to charge it to the game *

- What's up, Sie?

- What's up?

- Nothing much.

You got food for me?

- No, 'cause you bought this food for me.

You ain't buy you no food?

- No.

- Eric, you likes to [bleep] with me.

- I don't like to [bleep] with you.

I just know that you don't-- you pay me no mind.

- So I just got back from LA, and things

has been so tense in my house.

Yes, I still planning on moving,

but I have to be very strategic with Eric.

I can't let him know that I'm going to leave,

because he'll just do something vindictive.

- So it goes two ways.

It's not just always about you, and you always do that.

And that's why I be feeling the way I feel now.

I don't get no love in this house.

All you do is worry about your businesses,

your kids, and your family.

And I feel like when I first got with you,

it was different.

I'm not sure how things got out of hand in our relationship,

but all I want to do is get things right back on track.

All I want Sierra to do is show me the same love

that she shows her career and her family,

because I'm not feeling that right back.

- After our divorce, me and Mason's dad

decided that Mason would come with him

and Paris would come with me.

And I feel like you fell in love with the Sierra

with a grown adult child, because Paris

was 17 years old.

It was kind of just like me and you.

I feel like since Mason came and stayed with us,

you seeing how I'm really like in mommy mode.

And you got to understand that. - But see--

- You don't make me feel love.

- See, you keep going back to you.

- I feel like-- wait a minute. - Hold on.

I'm going to cut you off right there.

- Let me say--

- 'Cause you saying so much, and I'm going to stop you,

and then you could finish. If you knew Mason

was with his dad, it would have been right

if you would have set us down in the family and said,

"This is what it is,

Let's make sure everybody's comfortable."

You'd have laid it on the table.

You didn't do that.

So now I'm uncomfortable in my own house.

- Eric, he just likes to [bleep] with my kids.

Like, he do little [bleep] to get under their skin,

and he's very jealous of the bond that I have with my kids.

And what he doesn't understand is that my kids come first.

The reason why it's hard to adjust with Mason--

because he's heard you call me bitches and hos before.

You can't disrespect my son in front of my face

and then think you just going to come in the house

and just be like, "Oh, yeah, she's supposed to be kumbaya

between me and this son." - No, that's not true.

- No?

You just got a jealous streak.

You didn't want to be with nobody with kids.

- I didn't! I didn't!

- Did you want somebody with kids?

- No, I did not but I [bleep].

- --act like it too. - But I still--

I still--

- Your ass [bleep] act like it.

- I always wanted my next female

to have no children, because my first should be your first.

But because I loved her so much,

I feel like I compromised and I still proposed to her.

And I still tried.

And building with her and her children

was difficult, because they're already older.

Me adding my structure and just my lifestyle,

it kind of clashed.

So it never really worked the way it should have worked.

That's why I don't like to talk to you.

Because it gets nowhere.

- Don't-- you [bleep] act like it.

- This [bleep] ain't going nowhere.

- You should have went and got you some

some [bleep] flunky-ass bitch with no kids,

because I'm not that bitch.

I'm not that bitch. I'm not her.

- You don't [bleep]-- you don't listen.

You do what you want. - I'm not her.

- That's why this [bleep] is not going to work.

You do what you want. It didn't work before.

It's not working now.

You do the same [bleep] and get the same results.

- But I'm still going to be Sierra Renee [bleep] Gates,

a powerful, strong, Black woman who ain't going

to let no man try her.

So if you want--

- Gates is not even your last name.

That's your ex-husband's last name.

You didn't even drop that last name.

- You always trying to bring up my ex-husband and my exes.

- I'm not-- you said Sierra Renee Gates.

That's your ex-husband's last name, so you brought it up.

I ain't looking for [bleep].

You crazy.

That's why this [bleep] not going--

I do not want you to be somebody that you not.

That's dumb.

You just don't-- you do what the [bleep] you want to do.

That's why this [bleep] don't work.

[dramatic music]

* *

- Next time on "Love & Hip Hop Atlanta"...

- As a mom, it stresses me out

when I see my children at odds.

- It's just Amy has always been top priority.

She's always there in your ass crack.

- Ass crack? - Yes!

- Really? - Up your ass.

- I don't like to fail.

That's what is driving me crazy.

- You got to own it, Jessica.

- Are they going to let me [bleep] prove myself?

- What's your motivation?

- I just want the next half to be

sexually liberating and fun.

- I got the sexual, liberating, fun music.

It's a vibe.

- "Put It In Your Mouth"?

- [indistinct].

- Knock, knock. We're across the street.

- Just giving single white females.

- Right.

- You living next to me is a problem.

- Carly, stop! Why are you having this [indistinct].

- I'm begging you.

I really love you. - Stop. Carly, stop it.

When people cross me and [bleep] me up, that's it.