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Detective Monroe, this is Detective Davis.

I know you are en route.

Hey, when you and Williams arrive, just be aware.

This looks like a high profile murder,

and someone did a cleanup job.

The whole place wreaks of cleaning products.

Oh, and the housekeeper,

she's the one who called it in.

So, we're questioning her now.

- Fancy, fancy.

- Yes, most definitely.

- Hmm.

Kareen Carter.

AKA K-Dubb.

Young rapper from 7th Street Entertainment.

It's the second one of these in the past few weeks.

- Oh, second one.

Now, you know, two or more.

That's definitely a trend.

- Ron Romeo Jackson, slit throat.

Yeah, that appeared to be a robbery, too.

- Look, same MO.

- Same label. - Mm-hmm.

- See this?

7th Street?

This is not a killing.

This right here is a message.

- If these two are related,

we're gonna have a street war on our hands.

Most definitely.

Yeah, you know, you came in highly recommended

by my good friend Tamia.

- Well, it's an honor to be so highly recommended,

especially to someone like yourself, Blue Ice.

Just call me Brandon.

You know, Blue Ice is a stage name that I use sparingly.

- Okay, Brandon.

That's different.

You know, most rappers cringe when we use their government.

- Yeah.

And that's probably because a lotta rappers

got stuff to hide.

See, me, I'm just an artist.

And probably two square to even be

in this business in the first place.

- Well, I'll make note of what to call you then.

- I mean, 'cause I'm looking

and not only are y'all selling houses,

but y'all selling whole lifestyles.

- Exactly.

And you deserve an investment property

that's going to match that lifestyle you're building.

- Tamia always told me that investment properties

will be very lucrative for me.

You know, and I trust her guidance.

Yeah, she's spot on.

- Yeah.

And even more so because she's

not associated with the label.

You know, she neutral.

- Yeah, no strings attached.

- That's where a lotta artists go wrong.

They trust people on the inside.

- Sometimes they can be your worst enemy.

- The worst.

I mean, this music business,

it gets crazy sometimes.

You never know how much time you got left

in the game of life,

so why not spend it wisely, right?

Right.

- Hold a minute, this is my manager.

I gotta take this.

- Oh, okay.

Yo.

Uh-huh.

Hip hop rising star Kareen K-Dubb Carter

found dead in his luxury home last night.

He is the second rapper

from the 7th Street Entertainment label

to come up dead in the past two weeks.

Police have ruled it a homicide.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- So I just met with Brandon and he's pretty cool.

- Yeah, he is.

- But we had to reschedule

'cause he just had to leave suddenly.

- Oh. Did he say why?

- His manager called him,

said it was urgent, and then he left.

- Oh.

- Uh, hey, I, I gotta go,

so I will, I'll just see you later, okay?

- Sounds good.

- Tamia, are you okay?

- Yeah, um, I'm good.

Um, I'll, I'll see you later.

- Okay.

Only one to go before we take back our legacy.

- Jada, baby girl.

- I've tried to visit you for a year now.

Ever since I found out.

Why did you, why did you decline my visits?

- Charlene asked me to.

Said it was best.

- Best for who?

That woman has been lying to me my entire life.

I am 25 years old and I have no idea who I am.

Like, I have so many questions.

- I know, baby girl.

I know.

- Why did you give me away?

Did you wanna just erase me from your life?

- What? No, no, Jada.

I was trying to protect you.

You were supposed to be dead in a chalk outline,

but you survived.

And I know you feel some type of way

about Charlene and James not telling you the truth,

but I asked them to protect you at all cost.

- To protect me from my truth?

And why now?

I mean, I, I was fine living my life of lies.

- I was up for parole a few weeks ago and it got denied.

- They see you as a monster.

- Did you see what they did to your mother, hm?

Now, in those moments, yeah.

Yeah, I was a monster.

And I don't regret it for one second.

- No, um, I, I, I haven't seen pictures

of her from that day.

I don't want to. - Good.

- But Charlene did show me pictures

of her when she found out she was pregnant with me.

- Yeah.

Look, uh, someone from the past knows you're alive.

Jada, they wanna finish what they started.

- I don't, I don't, I don't understand.

- Baby girl, it's kill or be killed.

I love you.

- I love you too, Dad.

I, I don't know if, if I can finish what I started.

You can and you will.

Monroe, what are you doing?

I'm doing my job.

- So how's the 7th Street investigation going?

- We're just getting started with it.

Well, what is it to you?

- Charlene, these string of 7th Street murders

didn't just happened by chance.

And like I told you a few weeks ago,

I'm on to something,

and I'm on to you.

- Lawrence, internal affairs.

Internal affairs ain't nothing but a desk job for snitches.

So why don't you just go on back to your desk

and do your desk job?

- Mm, I'd be a little nicer to me if I was you.

Mm, not a chance in hell.

- You know, the ironic thing is

the two 7th Street rappers

are the sons of the two 7th Street exec

that was murdered by Legend Rollins 25 years ago.

- Is that so?

- You the lead detective on this case.

That should've been the first note in your little notepad.

- Oh, please.

What is this all about, Tucker?

- Is that a rhetorical question, Detective?

- Is it?

- Know this.

I've been turning over stones in this case.

I got a break a few weeks ago.

- Oh, really?

And what was that?

- Baby girl Rollins.

She didn't die.

She lived, Detective.

Please leave your message.

- Jada, sweetheart, we need to talk.

Baby, it's really important.

Look, I know these past few weeks

have really been a, a lot to handle and understand,

but I really need to protect you now, baby.

Please call me.

- Oh, Mom, I can't believe he's really gone.

I know.

I can't either.

I mean, when you spend your life with a person,

and then they're no longer here.

It's...

- I know it's, I know it's hard for you, Mom,

but I'm, I'm here for you too, okay?

- I know, baby. I know you are.

And I'm here for you too, okay?

'Cause, you know, I'm not the only one that lost him.

- But it was a, a beautiful and nice

and, and private and intimate service,

and I'm sure that he would've loved it.

- Yes, it was.

'Cause Lord knows, you know your dad.

He was as private as can be.

- Yeah.

Hey, but he, he did serve on the police force

for over 40 years.

I mean, I'm sure they would've done something nice for him.

- Oh, yeah, I'm sure they would have.

But, then again, they knew James Monroe too.

They knew that that man always kept his family

and his work totally separate.

I'm gonna go collect his memorial flag tomorrow.

- Okay.

And I'll, I'll hang it above the mantle for you, okay?

- Thank you.

Welcome.

- Listen, Jay. - Mm?

- I want you to know that your father loved you so much.

- I know that.

And he knows that I,

that I loved him very much too.

- Yeah.

I hate cancer.

- Sure you all heard about K-Dubb by now.

- Yeah.

But Rolio got taken out.

We chalked it up too.

He was a show off.

Maybe somebody wanted what he had

and they caught up with him.

- And now we're down two.

In a matter of what? Weeks.

- Yeah.

History seems to keep repeating itself.

That's why we need our eyes and our ears in these streets.

People searching high and low.

Ice, I want somebody with you at all times.

- Nah, man, I'm good.

You know I don't run around with no entourages, bro.

- I know.

You stay in your square lane.

But I know more about your past than you do.

So take heed to what I say.

- And like I said, Big Money,

I don't run around with no entourage.

I'm good, man.

- Big Rolio, Big Dubb, and your pops.

We all knew what it was if either of us fell victim

to these streets.

We take care of each other's family.

Whether you like it or not, hm?

Two got caught slipping.

Now we know it wasn't no accident.

- Ah, look, I'll phone pops.

- Yeah, you do that.

Make sure you stay on point.

- No disrespect, Big Money.

I know you came up in the sandbox with all our pops, nah.

But like I said before,

I don't run around with no crew.

I'm good.

- We wanted you about here.

Parents didn't teach y'all nothing

about money management, boy.

- Hey, partner.

How's that red velvet cake treating you?

- Better than this investigation.

- Uh, listen.

I know that you were looking for a more positive outcome

from the parole hearing.

Listen, I don't want you to give up, okay?

Don't lose hope.

Maybe the appeal outcome will be different.

- I gave up hope a long time ago, Charlene.

He took the law into his own hands

and revenge to a whole 'nother level.

- What do you have?

- Ah, thought you'd never ask.

Check this out.

7th Street rappers, right? - Mm-hmm.

- Both had the same financial wealth advisor.

And most recently bought property from the same realtor.

- Anything else?

- Nah. No.

Okay, they're on the same record label.

That's not uncommon.

Look, you're about to hit your 25-year service mark, right?

Yeah.

- What am I about to hit?

40.

- 40 years of service on the force, okay?

So, you see, I've been down this road of false hope before.

So this is just a case of they're on the same record label

and they keep their money in the same circle.

That's it.

- So let's find out what the circle knows, Charlene.

- How about let me go do some digging

and you go finish celebrating your birthday.

- Yeah, I'll celebrate my birthday

when we solve these murders.

- You know, today mark's a year that James died.

- Yeah.

Yeah.

It was on my birthday,

so it's hard to forget.

I know you don't like no one

to ask you how you're doing and all,

so I try to respect that,

but how are you doing?

I'm a lonely widow

who has a daughter that hates my guts.

- You were always very private about Jada.

I mean, I've known you what,

25 years and seen her a handful of times.

- Well, you know, James-

- Yep, we know, we know.

Kept his work life and private life separate.

We respect him for that.

Mm.

- Charlene, kids, they, they tend to forgive

more than they forget.

She's not gonna hate your guts forever.

- Hey, uh, you know how I've gotten on your case

over the years about settling down and having some kids?

- Yeah.

Well, although I'm bruised.

Having a family, it was worth it.

In fact, it's unmatched.

- Hey, you.

I was just thinking about you.

- Were you?

- I was.

I texted you this morning.

I told you happy birthday,

but I got no response, sir.

Yeah, I was on the scene all morning.

- Mm-hmm, I figured.

- But thank you for thinking of me.

I was going to, uh,

head over to the strip club in a little bit,

celebrate the last few hours of my birthday.

- Mm-hmm, I figured you'd do that too.

'Cause you did the same thing last year,

which means we've been doing this for about a good year now.

- One year? - Mm-hmm.

- And over this past year,

I've been doing a lotta thinking.

You know, seeing you at the club on a regular basis,

it, it makes my nights go by faster.

You know, us sneaking off to have our little conversations.

- I've enjoyed it too.

- You know, I've been picking up a lotta hours at the bar,

and not the club.

It's hitting my pockets heavy too,

but it's cool 'cause I feel better.

- So I'll see you at the bar in-

- About a hour.

- I'll be there in 58 minutes, walk you in.

Make sure you clock in on time.

- Okay, Mr. Detective,

I like the sound of that.

- Sincere.

- Yeah?

- Thanks for thinking of me on my birthday.

- You hear about K-Dubb?

- Yeah, uh, that was, that was pretty tragic.

- Yeah, it was.

It's Brandon.

Hi. - Hey.

Please tell me that your busy schedule allows you

to get out for a little bit tonight.

- Well, it depends on what's going on tonight.

Yeah, I'll be at the studio.

Um, I had to lay the track down

and I kinda wanted you to hear it.

Okay.

What?

You meeting him for business or?

- Yeah.

Yeah, you know I'm always on my business grind.

Mm-hmm.

Right, but you're not always smiling like that

when you're on your business grind.

Okay, well, when the money's right.

Okay, when the money's right.

Look, I just want you to be mindful

of what you're actually doing.

7th Street is no joke.

They're really from the streets, Jada.

I know.

- Okay? Do you know?

- I do. - Okay.

- Look, I'll catch you later, all right?

Love you. - Mm-hmm.

- Bye. - Love you too.

Bye.

Tamia.

Hi, sweetheart I hope all is well.

And thanks always for checking on me.

I want you to know that I get all of your voicemails

and I'm doing well.

I, um, I miss James.

I miss him a lot,

but I'm managing.

And, of course, I miss Jada.

But, again, I'm, I'm managing.

Listen, anyways, your name,

your name came up associated

with the 7th Street rappers.

Can you gimme a call back soon?

Talk to you later.

Listen, Jay. - Mm-hmm.

- I'm gonna tell you something.

And I'm gonna tell you this

because your father wanted me to,

but not until he was no longer here,

because he couldn't bear looking you in your eyes.

♪ You hit my light on a weekday ♪

♪ Talkin' about ♪

♪ Uber outside but it's lights ♪

♪ You buzz me in through the side door ♪

♪ Girlfriend, you are ♪

♪ Take your boxes on the floor ♪

♪ You say you have be discarded ♪

♪ Don't you care ♪

♪ Don't need to look for more ♪

- Hi, just let me know what you need.

Well, can I get you another one,

one on the house?

- I don't think I should have another drink,

but, uh, I'll take another one.

- Okay.

Can I ask you a question?

- Absolutely.

- Why have you never asked me what my real name is?

I mean, we've been doing this for, like,

a good year now, right?

- 'Cause I already know your name, Sincere

- Matt.

- Okay. Okay.

Um, what's your name, my love?

- Oh, no, no, by all means,

I don't wanna feel like I forced you.

- Okay. - I don't wanna

feel like that. - Mm-hmm.

- No, but, seriously, Matt, I like you.

Like, really, really like you.

I'm trying to, like, get into the other side of the world.

You know, like, settle down.

Tucker.

Your regular? - The usual.

Sincere, I ain't seen you in the strip club lately.

You ain't been missin' out on this heavy spender?

- Hey!

Don't disrespect the lady.

- So what you find on the Daniel Rollins case?

The man, the myth, the legend.

I noticed some electronic files recently opened

with your initial.

- Nothing, man.

- So why you digging in the crate?

- True detective work.

Something you know nothin' about.

- You keep doing that Detective work, Detective,

and I'll find something on you, too.

- Yeah, good luck with that one, my boy.

I'm as clean as they come.

- I'm internal affairs,

in case it slipped your memory.

They all say they squeaky clean until they're not.

- Yeah.

Yeah, we all know who you are.

You're the one who can't do real detective work,

so you look for snitches on the team

to snitch on the team.

Okay.

Charlene been accessing those archives.

Y'all up to something with this 7th Street case.

James Monroe, he was a dirty cop.

He was on 7th Street payroll.

And I'm pretty sure his wife followed suit.

- The man is dead.

Let him arrest peacefully.

- This Rollins case been closed for 25 years.

Three music execs slaughtered like pigs.

Mm.

- But Legend was only charged for one.

Mm.

- He could be comin' home soon.

- Uh, that case, that predates me,

so I don't know anything about it.

- Your partner sure does.

She a dirty cop just like her husband.

It took me 25 years to get this far,

and I ain't gonna stop till Charlene get what she deserves.

And Legend...

I'll make sure he never see the light of day.

- Hey, Matt!

Tucker, I think it's time for you to go.

You've had way too many to drink.

- Not like your toy cop boyfriend.

- Still talking.

Still talking. - Matt!

- Sincere, you watch your back.

He come from family of murderers.

Jada.

Now, I know you won't return my calls

and you won't answer the door when I show up.

Now it's been a year, Jay.

It's time. Please talk to me.

I really need you to call me.

It could be a matter of life or death.

♪ Hey, hey ♪

♪ still gate open ♪

♪ Whole crew broke, still achin' ♪

♪ Learn math from a real play ♪

♪ Flip weight, still fake ♪

♪ Court date, it's my bad pay ♪

♪ First pay in the lunch day ♪

♪ Mom pray, I just laugh back at her ♪

- Hi.

- All right, sneaking in here all quiet.

What you think, you a spy or somethin'?

- Maybe I am one.

Wow.

Let me ask you something.

Outta all the careers in the world,

what made you choose real estate?

- I'm in it for the escape plan.

- Mm, is that right?

Yeah.

- Okay.

- Do you, do you ever think about just,

you know, leaving all this?

- Mm, every day, Miss Laroy, every day.

- You know I'm here for you, Mom.

You can tell me anything.

- I know.

25 years ago,

there was a woman,

she was an up and coming singer.

She was robbed and brutally murdered in her home.

And she was seven months pregnant at the time.

- Oh, my God.

- Yeah, her name was Lori Rollins

and her husband's name is Legend.

And back then, he was a rapper on the same label

that she was on.

The father you know, James Monroe-

- Wait, um...

What, what do you mean the father I know?

- James Monroe was flirting on the wrong side of the law.

He was on payroll under some thugs

that owned that same record label.

- Mom, you're, you're starting to scare me.

Uh...

- Listen, the baby survived.

But nobody knew that.

Well, except for James, Legend,

myself and a few others.

You see, because of the nature of that crime,

we were able to conceal the baby's birth and identity.

- Can you, can you just tell me

what it is that you're trying to say?

- Listen, Legend loved and he adored his wife so much

and they were so looking forward

to having their first child.

But those label execs,

they saw different.

They wanted to get rid of Lori,

because she was threatening to leave

because they weren't doing right by her financials.

- Okay, so, like, inside money people?

- Exactly.

And see, Legend, Legend wasn't gonna show no mercy

to anybody connected to her murder.

So to protect his baby,

that's when he went to James.

And he asked if I would care for that baby

as if it was my own.

- Um...

What are you, um, what are you saying?

- I covered some stuff up. - Mm-mm.

- I did it protect you, baby.

- No. No.

- Jada.

♪ Stars sing like lullabies ♪

♪ Just see number, never eyes ♪

♪ Trust got me a hundred lies ♪

♪ Love got me a hundred tries ♪

♪ Cave in the crack in the pavement ♪

♪ Crown made of rust still stainless steal ♪

♪ Hate in the eye but they're brainless ♪

♪ I'm build from the pain that's famous ♪

- Jada.

Jada.

- Uh, I am, um, I'm so sorry, I...

Phew. Yeah.

- You all right?

- Yeah.

- You know, for somebody so young,

you carry a lifetime of thoughts on your mind.

I can see it all on your face.

Well, but anyway, uh,

this is my weekend to get my daughter.

You know, we go crazy at my house.

We turn up, we, we blow off rocket.

Build crazy Lego towers and we go crazy.

Okay?

- I mean, I would really like it if you could join us,

if you want to.

- You know, I think that's gonna depend

on what your favorite candy is.

I see what you're trying to do.

- Okay, well, then you better get it right.

- Well, this might be before your time,

so don't judge me. - Okay.

- But I'm gonna have to go with the OG Abba

- Zaba? - Come on now.

Taffy with the peanut butter, all that.

Come on now.

- They, they don't make 'em like they used to, though.

Man. - My pops used to keep

a drawer full of those when I was a kid.

- Oh my gosh, so did my...

- Wait, your dad did it too?

You okay?

- Um, I think I'm gonna go, okay?

- Already?

- I'm only gonna come over this weekend

if we talk about moving forward

with an investment property, all right?

- My bad.

And I'll be sure to keep it mostly business.

- Thank you.

- Well, at least let walk you out.

- Okay.

- Look, I, um, I didn't mean to offend you or anything.

But it's something about you

that I just can't seem to shake.

So if I'm being honest,

I am looking forward to seeing you this weekend.

- I'll see you soon.

- Okay.

Drive safe. - Thank you.

- You know it had you join the police force

for a reason, right?

- Yep.

Stay outta trouble.

Stay outta these streets.

- Wrong.

If I was concerned with you solely staying out the streets,

I wouldn't have had you change your last name

to mom's maiden name.

Man, I really wish you woulda stayed in the military,

far away from here.

- Man, my time was up there, man.

That, that wasn't for me.

- I get it.

It's a trip how late

in life Mom and Pops had us, huh?

Yeah, I was a, a miracle baby.

According to Mom, the least.

- You were.

You were.

You ever heard the story of how they met?

- Nah.

- Pop said she was the absolute love of his life.

Mom used to come down south from Cali,

played the juke joints.

And Pops, he played in the house bands.

He would always see her and said,

"There was something about her."

He knew she was the one.

But they both had their own lives and responsibilities

that they couldn't leave behind.

Then by chance, later on life,

they crossed paths again.

Life came full circle and they became a family.

- That's wild, man.

I, I never knew that story.

- When you find that person in life who's meant to be,

and then when they're no longer here,

you don't wanna be here.

Yeah, I get that.

Pops, he was a different man when Mom died, man.

It's like he lost the life in his eyes.

- And then there no lights left in him.

- So, with Lori and the baby gone, this-

- The love of my life is gone,

but I still have loved ones here.

Look, don't reach out, don't call.

The next time I see you, God willing,

my time will have been served and I'll be a free man.

- Wait.

Hey, there hasn't been a trial,

a conviction, a sentencing.

You, you're talking like it's over.

- Have you seen those crime scene photos?

Man, I had no mercy on those 7th Street marks.

If they ask, "Do I have any remorse,"

I'll ask if they saw the crime scene photos

of my dead pregnant wife.

- Monroe.

Hey, partner.

Listen, I picked up some Peach Street barbecue.

- Ah, for two, I take it?

Now you know I wouldn't dare

leave you off the list for some barbecue.

Hey, my partner.

Oh, listen, um, I'm gonna pop up

on the financial advisor and that realtor after lunch.

You know, it's closer to me on my side of town,

so why don't you save me an extra trip back to the station.

- Now why would I ever inconvenience you?

Rookie.

I'll see you in a few.

See ya.

- Bye.

- Okay.

Okay, Jada, we need to talk.

Your mom's wanting to meet with me.

Your mom's wanting to meet with me.

She wants to talk about...

Okay.

Okay.

Jada, we need to talk.

Your mom, she's, she's been wanting to meet with me

and I haven't responded to her yet,

but she said the detectives have been wanting

to question us about the murders.

The 7th Street murders.

Okay.

Jada, your mom wants to talk to me.

She's...

No.

Let's talk about the murders.

We're a part of.

Clearly, we're part of the murders.

And, okay.

Okay.

Okay, Jada, we need to talk.

Um, your mom, she's been reaching out to me

and I haven't responded to her yet,

but she said detectives have been coming around

wanting to question us about the murders,

the 7th Street murders.

And, Jada, I regret telling you everything that I knew.

We're in danger now.

- All right.

- So, uh, how did that birthday evening end?

It was actually cool,

until your boy Tucker showed up.

- Oh, pfft, no.

Oh my.

If there's anybody that I can't stand

on this planet the most,

it's definitely Tucker.

- Yeah, he definitely gets very disrespectful.

Exactly.

Man.

- Hey, Matt.

- Yeah?

- I have something I need to tell you.

- Okay.

Seems pretty serious.

- It is, Matt.

But I need you to let me say everything I need to say

before you decide to chime in.

Okay, promise me.

- Okay.

- You know last year.

Last year was the hardest time of my life.

You know, when you, when you lose the love of your life,

it's like there's just no life left.

James was one of many officers

on 7th Street Entertainment's payroll.

Now wait a minute.

James was a good man.

He just got a little caught up,

you know, got, he got a little greedy, to put it bluntly.

Just got in to deep.

Think it all started with the miscarriages.

It just kept happening back to back to back.

And he just became so embarrassed

because we were not gonna be able to start a family.

I watched him.

I watched him fall into this shell,

and then he just started keeping

everything completely private.

- Where's this going, Charlene?

- I just, I felt like I owed him something over the years.

And then when Lori was murdered,

James helped 7th Street cover it up.

And then he- - What?

- He asked me to help cover it up.

- What? - I felt I owed him so much.

- What? - So without any questions,

I just did it.

- What? - But-

Matt. - No.

No. - Matt.

- You don't say my name.

You don't say my name.

Are you hearing yourself right now?

Are you hearing this?

This sounds crazy.

- Do you understand that this has been weighing

on me for years.

Matt, come on now.

You gotta understand.

Matt, I'm sorry.

I feel I owed it to him.

- Detective Monroe, you have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be used against you

in a court of law.

If you cannot afford an attorney,

one will be appointed to you by the state.

Lori's baby didn't die.

- What are you talking about?

- Lori and Legend's baby survived that night.

She's alive. - No.

- Yes. - No.

I saw the death certificate.

No.

No, you're not gonna sit here and tell me-

- James' connections ran deep.

We were able to conceal it.

- What are you talking about right now?

What are you telling me?

- I'm telling you that Jada,

Jada is your niece.

- Baby bro, it's been a long time.

- I respected your boundaries.

Didn't come visit.

Didn't reach out.

Yeah, but you had CO's check on me, huh?

- You're my big brother, man.

I was never not gonna have CO's check on you.

- I think I can, uh, guess what this visit is all about.

Look, man, I, uh, I never wanted it to unfold like this.

All I knew was someone murdered one of my loved ones.

And I was gonna do any and everything

to protect you and Jada.

- I stood face to face with her a few times.

My niece.

Your daughter.

You coulda told me.

- If they woulda known the baby survived,

she wouldn't be here.

If they knew you were my brother

who came back from the military,

you wouldn't be here.

- I didn't need you to keep me safe.

I needed my family.

She needed our family.

- Yeah, I, I know, I know.

- Look, I know you got these CO's on your payroll,

so this is what's gonna happen.

You, you're gonna tell me everything,

and I mean everything.

There's two new 7th Street murders.

Something's telling me you're behind this,

pulling the strings.

- So, Charlene's been poking her head around, I see.

- Yep, that she has.

And I've just been putting her off.

But you know how your mom is, so.

- Okay, don't call her my mom.

All right, you know that that's not my biological mom.

- Okay, but it is the only mom that you know.

- Look, I told you everything because you're my best friend

and because I care about you,

not so that you could come throw it in my face.

- Okay, Jada, I wasn't trying-

- Just don't, please.

- No, I will.

Because, because like you,

you're the only true family that I have.

- I just-

- What?

Jada?

Jada, talk to me.

Uh, we, we are talking about me and you

being associated with a string of murders.

Of murders, Jada.

And now I'm involved.

So, respectfully, I need you to tell me everything.

And I mean everything that you've done.

- I haven't done anything.

- You were a millionaire before you graduated college.

You're extremely smart, calculated, strategic.

- Okay.

- "Okay"?

And now you're asking me for my specific referrals.

Rolio and K-Dubb.

Brandon.

When have you ever asked me for referrals?

- Okay, you know what?

I think that you've been crunching numbers

for way too long, all right?

So just stop overthinking this.

- You...

Jada?

- How ya doin'? Welcome in.

Look that over and let me know if you need anything.

If you need drinks or anything like that,

just let me know, okay?

I'll be right back.

You ladies good?

- Yes. - Yes.

- Right.

Matt, are you hiding something from me?

Look, I like you,

but if you're lying to me,

you better lie good.

- Hmm.

I love your, um, four strands of hair.

- Yep.

Laugh it up.

And I fired my barber right after that hair cut too.

- Oh, Malika.

That's cute,

- Yeah.

That's my baby girl.

She just turned four. - Oh.

Man, that little girl

knows she's my world.

She spends about 75% of the year with her mom in California.

And I'm really doing my best to fix that.

- Mm. - Well, she's the reason

behind all my smart money moves.

- Dad, you said we could do the rockets.

- We can, and we will, sweetheart.

But I have somebody I want you to meet first, okay?

Malika, this is Miss Jada.

She's gonna be the boss

behind all your investment properties.

- Hi, Miss Jada.

Hey there, Malika.

I hear that you like rockets, huh?

- Yeah, they go up so fast that nobody can catch 'em.

- That's my baby.

- Done.

That's you, that's me,

and that's Miss Jada.

Oh, wait, are you calling me a pig?

Yes.

You know I'm gonna get you for that.

- No you're not. - Yeah.

- You ever been this happy before, Ms. Realtor?

- Huh, it depends on the day.

- I'm talking about today.

This one.

- No.

No, I've never been this happy before.

Hey, do you mind if I, um,

if I go and make myself a glass of wine?

- Wine?

You know, I always took you for a whiskey drinker.

- Okay, no, that's only on Tuesdays.

Here I come, I'll pour you one.

- Okay. - Come on, sweetheart.

Let's go inside.

You ever notice how quiet

make certain people uncomfortable?

It's like they don't know what to do with themselves.

- Kinda like some people just don't deserve quiet.

- Mm-hmm.

I get that.

Confession?

- Tell me.

- I don't think I'm really cut out for all this music stuff.

- Really?

Why do you say that?

- I mean, because the real me,

I'm good with my hands.

I like to build things, wood mostly.

You know, my grandfather and even his father,

they both were carpenters.

I mean, don't get me wrong,

the music stuff is cool and all, but fame.

Fame is a mouth that never really gets full.

- Mm.

- Believe it or not,

I just want to live a simple life.

You know, me and my baby girl.

No handshakes and definitely no contracts that bite back.

Let's sit down.

You okay? - Oh, my God.

Yeah. Yeah.

- You were sleeping good.

- Hmm.

You were too, I thought

- Hmm, I was.

Until Malika woke up from her nap with a stomach ache.

- Oh.

- Mm.

- Um, I think I should probably go.

- Oh, man, already?

"Already"?

Like, five, six hours later, already?

Yeah, I guess you could have spent

the entire day with us.

- It was nice, though.

- Yeah? - You know,

spending time with you is, it's easy.

- Yeah.

I feel the same exact way.

So what's your plans for this upcoming week?

- Showings and open houses all week.

- Hmm.

Straight back to business, huh?

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Uh ♪

♪ Two mugs on the table ♪

♪ Steam dancing in the quiet, aye ♪

♪ You trace shapes in the sugar ♪

♪ Like you're spelling out a prayer ♪

♪ You say you gotta get going ♪

♪ But your keys stay by the door ♪

♪ We talk circles about nothing ♪

♪ Just to stay a little more ♪

♪ Call the front desk ♪

♪ Say we're staying late ♪

♪ They check out love ♪

♪ Ain't in no haze ♪

♪ Wrapped in this room like a song on replay ♪

♪ If the world's outside, they can wait ♪

♪ They can wait ♪

♪ They check out love ♪

♪ Keep the curtains drawn ♪

♪ Stand on in until fear's all gone ♪

♪ Every minute that they say we can't stay, baby ♪

♪ We steal it anyway ♪

♪ We steal it anyway ♪

♪ Phone face down on the nightstand ♪

♪ Have a friendly text you never seen ♪

♪ And you laugh low at my worst jokes ♪

♪ Like I'm still your favorite friend ♪

♪ The sun sneaks under the blackout ♪

♪ Casting gold in your hair ♪

♪ If this was all that we ever had ♪

♪ Tell me, would it be enough right here ♪

♪ Call the front desk ♪

♪ Say we're staying late ♪

♪ They check out love ♪

♪ Ain't in no haze ♪

♪ Trapped in this room like a song on replay ♪

♪ If the world's outside ♪

♪ It can wait, it can wait ♪

♪ They check out love ♪

♪ Keep the curtains drawn ♪

♪ Stand on in until the jobs are gone ♪

♪ Every minute that they say we can't stay, baby ♪

♪ We steal it anyway ♪

♪ We steal it anyway ♪

♪ We've been rushing through our days ♪

♪ Talking in between the lines ♪

♪ But here your heart is loud ♪

♪ And everything else falls behind ♪

- You've been unresponsive.

- This one's hard.

- It don't matter.

It's bloodline.

Same hands that cast our pain, right?

- Well, Br-Brandon is not like them, okay?

He, he doesn't even want this life.

- That's what they all say,

until the money calls.

- He has a kid.

- So did Lori.

Look, they, uh, denied my parole again.

They ain't gonna let me outta here.

They believe I'm a, I'm a monster.

- You're not a monster.

Okay, you are not the monster.

The ones who did this to, to my mom.

Those are the monsters.

- He's the last of the legacy.

We're doing this so we can keep ours goin'.

You understand?

- Jada, right?

- Yeah.

- Word is you sell all them square footage.

- I sell lifestyle, privacy,

and that's worth more than square footage.

- You ever worry about who's watching from out there?

- Honestly, I worry more about who's watching from in here.

- If I like what I see,

I'll send my people the paperwork.

You know how 7th Street do.

You had several of us recently.

- And I'll make sure every I is dotted.

- You're a real one or are you just playing with him?

- With who?

- I'll be in touch.

- Hmm.

Hi, welcome in.

Are you looking for an agent?

- I am today.

Jada Laroy, right?

- Yeah.

- You know, you remind me of a R&B singer

from back in the day.

Really?

Who?

- Lori Rollins.

She had that same lookin' eyes,

right before life got complicated.

You still working with 7th Street?

- I like working with the clients

who can afford what they want.

- Straight to the point.

I respect that.

You know what I like about real estate?

Enlighten me.

- You can always stage the place

to look like no one's ever bled in it.

Thank you for your time...

Jada Laroy.

- Hey, Brandon.

Um, it's, it's Jada.

Yeah, I'm, I'm sorry,

I got, I got held up at the office,

but I am on the way.

Okay, I'll see you soon.

Bye.

Are you good?

- Yeah, uh, just, just thinking.

It's a dangerous habit.

Did I ever tell you that I watched

my dad bleed out in the driveway?

No.

No, you never, you never told me that?

- Yeah, probably 'cause I don't talk about it much.

But I think I was like Malika's age,

probably a little older.

The police tried to say that it was a,

a robbery gone wrong.

But I knew better than that.

Pops knew too much.

I mean, he knew about the money, contracts.

Who was skimming what off the top.

And he would always say,

"Son, never sign anything that you can't sleep on."

- I'm so sorry.

- It's cool.

I used to tell myself that when I got on,

I would do my best to fix it.

You know, make it right.

Get revenge.

But revenge don't really fix pain.

It only feeds it.

It's like giving your plate to a monster

and wondering why you're still hungry.

That's enough of that, though.

Speakin' of hungry,

uh, you want a snack or something?

- Um, yeah, sure.

What do you have?

- You like bananas?

- Yeah, I do love bananas.

Thank you.

Do you ever think about leaving,

you know, the label, all of it?

Every day.

But honestly, um, it's the only way I know

how to flip the script fast.

You know, make enough money

to get full custody of my daughter.

It can buy some real safety.

What about you?

You ever think about leavin' the lifestyle?

Going somewhere to start over?

A place where nobody knows your name?

- Every day that I close on a house,

I, I imagine what it feels like

to just disappear through that front door.

- Mm.

- You wanna get that?

- Uh...

No, um, it can wait, mm-hmm.

- Yeah, you know, one of these days,

you finally gonna tell me

what's really been weighing on your chest.

- And one of these days,

you're gonna have more than five strands

of hair on your head.

- Bad joke.

I'm a little funny.

No, I want the banana.

- Okay.

Jada, we need to talk.

Your name and, and mine are attached

to some transfer trails that just don't feel right.

And, and then there's these investment wires.

They look like they were set up before any purchases.

Like the houses were just an excuse.

Look, if anything happens to me,

I'm sorry I didn't dig faster.

- You're always so deep in thought.

What caught your attention about me,

the first time you saw me in the strip club?

Who said you caught my attention?

- Boyba, you did.

- You know how many big booty girls in that strip club?

You was number what?

18, 19?

That's cap.

'Cause if that was the case,

why was you looking for me every night?

- It was something about the way you looked at me.

Your eyes, they, they told a story

that was interesting to me.

Brandy.

You've always eaten so fast.

I remember James used to say you were chasing your shadow.

- I did not come here to talk about my table manners.

- No you didn't.

You came because deep down you still trust me.

- Huh.

- Even though you hate that you do.

- I came because you said it's important,

"Life or death."

- And it is.

- What's that?

- Why don't you just consider it motherly advice?

You are not my mother.

- I raised you.

I bled for you.

I buried my soul so that you could live soft.

Now look at it.

Look at it, Jada.

- What is this?

- Reality.

You see, men like that,

men that belong to that label.

They don't get to take our secrets

to the grave on their terms.

- Brandon had nothing to do

with what happened 25 years ago.

- Brandon sits at the same table.

It's the same money and the same blood on the bills.

Do you think that internal affairs showing up

to your office was just a coincidence?

Huh?

And them rappers dropping one by one is just random?

- You are threatening a man who, who has a child.

- I was protecting mine.

I need you to cut all ties.

Just let it go, Jada.

Because if you don't,

the choice will be made for you.

- It was you.

- I, I went to Rolio's house that night

and I, I didn't do it because I, I couldn't.

Then I went to Caleb's house and I, I couldn't do it.

And I just assumed that Legend sent one

of his little soldiers to clean everything up,

but it was you.

- They were gonna come after you if we didn't go after them.

- So this was all an inside job and,

and Legend doesn't even know, does he?

- No.

He didn't know.

But I went to see him today.

Daniel Rollins, the man, the myth, the legend.

- Charlene.

To what do I owe this in person visit?

- What kind of father sends his own daughter

to drop bodies for him?

- The kind who believes in payback, the long way.

- And then you just leave Jada on the hook.

- Well, we got folks inside to make sure

that don't happen, right?

- You really don't know nothin' about her, do you?

She ain't nothing like you.

Well, not fully.

She does hold grudges,

but she doesn't avenge those grudges.

- What are you sayin'?

Jada is not a killer.

- It was you.

- Yeah, it was me,

because she couldn't do it.

- Well, that's good then.

Her hands are clean.

- My hands are clean too.

And since you will never ever be granted parole,

I guess that'll keep your hands clean too.

- You.

I see 7th Street finally got you on payroll, huh?

Well, the difference is, um, women.

Women will always be smarter.

Your boy, Big Money,

I bet you didn't know that he was into older women, did you?

Mm-hmm, always has been, for years.

And let me tell you something else,

he's very loyal to the soil.

So that legacy label money is ours now.

- You were always gonna go after the three of 'em.

- You're absolutely right.

- Laundering it through real estate.

You used Jada from the beginning.

- Oh no.

Oh no.

I set her up for success from the beginning.

- You know, James always said he loved his wife,

but didn't trust her.

- My beloved James.

May he rest in hell.

He loved your wife.

But he never trusted that she would leave you for him.

- Wait, wait.

What? - Yeah.

Oh, I found out about that affair.

Oh, that man shoulda known better.

But I guess that's what love will do.

Oh, and I, I guess it's because she was just

so drop dead gorgeous.

Just irresistible.

- You didn't.

- No, I didn't do it.

He ordered that hit.

You see, I just took the most valuable asset.

- Jada.

- You have been playing with my life

ever since the day that you stole it.

- I saved your life.

I think that's a little different from stealing.

- You did not save me.

You didn't save me.

No, no, you, you set me up as bait.

Okay, you killed two men, Charlene.

- I killed those that were gonna come for you.

Them.

The same ones that ordered your mother's death.

They eat from the same table.

- Brandon doesn't.

- Oh, please, he's sitting on the same money,

same lawyers, same chains.

I keep telling you it's the same blood on the same bills.

Listen to me.

- You will not decide who lives for me or who dies for me.

Not anymore.

- Jay!

- No. - Jada!

Oh.

- Hey, hey, are, are you home?

- Hey.

Mm-hmm, so Malika finally just knocked out.

You okay?

Well, you sound like you just outran the apocalypse.

- Listen, listen, I, I, I'm about to come over,

but you do not let anybody in,

especially anybody from 7th Street, okay?

Okay, okay, I'll be there soon.

- Jada?

Jada?

What happened?

Just, just set the alarm, okay?

- You gonna tell me what's goin' on?

- Look.

Yeah, they're, they're coming for you.

They're, they're coming for both of you.

- Who is they, Jada?

- My father. His enemies.

Your label. The cops.

And the woman that raised me.

Okay, she killed Rolio.

She killed K-Dubb.

And then she made it seem like I did it

because, 'cause I was supposed to.

- You know what you're saying right now is insane.

- Yeah, well, well, so is a man serving 25 to life

for avenging the death of his pregnant wife.

And so is a detective laundering dirty label money

through her daughter's real estate empire.

And so is the label,

ordering a hit on a seven months pregnant R&B singer.

- Lori Rollins.

- Yeah.

I'm her daughter.

- Okay, but where do I fit in, in any of this?

- You're the last piece to the legacy.

Okay, you're the, you're the bloodline.

Legend, my father, thinks that killing you

finishes what he started.

Charlene thinks that killing you protects me.

And the label,

the label thinks that killing you keeps everybody quiet

and keeps legacy money in their possession.

- So I'm just a target with streaming numbers.

- No. Okay, you...

You are a father with a daughter that needs you.

Okay, so we are not gonna let you die for them.

- So what are we supposed to do, Jada?

- We're gonna stop letting them move us

like we're just pieces on a board.

We're gonna set the table.

- Whatever we do,

you know there's no going back to simple after this, right?

- There was never simple.

It was just lies with better staging.

- So let's make it loud enough so nobody can cover it up.

- You know, you had my heart

from the very first moment that I saw you, Matt.

- Brandy.

- This is so hard.

Tucker text me.

He told me everything.

He said you're protecting a murderer.

He says you're trying to blow up an investigation

that could get the people that I love killed.

He told me that you were gonna take me down with you.

- And you just believed him?

Look, Brandy, he's dirty.

- The question is, who's profitable dirty

and who's suicidal dirty?

Answer me this.

Do you know who's connected to those 7th Street murders?

- Yeah.

- My God.

Who?

- My family.

My brother, Legend.

The man serving life for a massacre.

And my niece.

- Wait, your niece?

- Jada Laroy.

- Realtor Jada?

- The label tried to erase her before she was even born.

Everybody's been lying to her.

Now she's stuck between my brother's revenge,

your boy Tucker's corruption,

and the Street's paranoia.

- Matt, why wouldn't you just turn her in?

- Because evil men killed her mother and never paid.

'Cause monsters put a hit on a pregnant woman

and went to church the next Sunday

like nothing ever happened.

Legend killed some of 'em, right?

They're all wrong.

I'm not gonna let this cycle swallow

the last innocent piece.

Look, you wanna shoot me?

Do it.

Tucker has one less person to look over his shoulder.

- So what are you gonna do now?

- We give internal affairs a front row seat.

Let everybody show their true colors.

- All right, we got the warrant to search the premises.

Now your job is just to observe the perimeter

and to keep your mouth shut, Tucker.

And I'll give you what you want.

- I already have what I want.

- So if this goes left...

- It's already going left.

Just tryin' to keep it from spinning off the map.

- Everyone, take it easy.

- Wait, we, we, we called you to protect us, from her.

- It's over, Monroe.

- It's over? - It's over.

- You think I don't know all that I've done.

All that I've become.

You see, I sleep with every face I slit to save your life.

- Yo, yo, yo, yo.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, what?

- Okay, this is officially way above my pay grade.

You got officers arresting officers?

- Ain't nobody getting arrested tonight.

- No! No, no, no!

She did those murders to keep me clean.

And in the process,

she got so dirty she forgot where the line was.

My whole life's been other people making choices for me.

I'm done with that.