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[Phor] Nina and my son
are moving to Atlanta
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and I've been dreading this day,
I ain't gonna lie.
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- So what about your pops?
Where he at?
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- He's in New York.
You wanna come
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for emotional support?
- Hey, look,
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more than emotional support.
[Draya laughing]
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- If he acting bad...
- Security.
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- ...we might just
have to smash him.
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- Oh, my God.
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- They're not your friends.
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They're your employees
and you've gotta hold that.
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Otherwise they're gonna keep
stepping over you.
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- So I've gotta be
the bad guy.
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- So you can spend
the time with your kids.
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[Ashley] They way you've been
making me feel like
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what I'm doing is not as
important as what you're doing.
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- How?
What the [bleep] you doing?
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- That doesn't matter!
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I just wanna know that you
believe in me and mean it!
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Don, don't make me look like
I'm not doing anything!
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If you believe me--
- How?
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If that's what the [bleep]
y'all feel, cool.
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- ♪ There's no more
ordinary lifestyle ♪
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♪♪
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♪ We livin' for the moment
talkin' right now ♪
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♪ Chi-Town,
Chi-Town, Chi-Town ♪
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♪ Chi-Town, Chi-Town,
Chi-Town ♪
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♪ We livin' for the moment
talkin' right now ♪♪
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♪♪
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- ♪ I been, I been king-like
since royals had cake ♪
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♪ Man, I been, I been dope-like
blowing smoke out the gate ♪
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♪ Man I been, I been top shelf
since champagne... ♪♪
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- I love New York!
What's up, brother?
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How's it going, baby?
Hey, let me know
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where the ladies at,
you know what I'm saying?
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All right, baby,
I love ya.
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Hey, I love New York, man.
Ain't nobody shot at me yet.
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- That's the Empire State
Building behind you.
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- Where's the Empire State?
- Right there, behind us.
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- This, like,
my third time in New York.
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So I'm really trying to
soak it up this time.
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But I'm really out here
to support Draya.
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You know, she's going out there
to see her family.
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Like, I know she need a friend.
You know what I'm saying?
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I know she would
be there for me.
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[horn honking]
How you feeling?
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- I'm happy to be home.
- Okay.
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- I mean, I haven' been back
since before the pandemic,
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so it's been awhile.
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I am finally home,
and I'm a New Yorker
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through and through,
straight from the Bronx.
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This is where I started
my tattoo journey,
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so it's crazy to think
that my extended unknown family
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have lived by the entire time.
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And I'm just finding out that
my father and my siblings,
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they were there too.
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- Is you still meeting
with Anastasia?
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- Yes.
While we're in New York,
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Anastasia put together
a dinner for me
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to meet my aunt,
my cousins,
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and a couple of my uncles,
and I am nervous.
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She also set up for me to meet
my dad in a couple of days
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for the very first time,
because, honestly,
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that's a get-together that you
have to do one-on-one.
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I think we're here,
I think we're here.
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♪♪
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- [Prince grunting]
- All right, we are here.
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- You know what I'm saying?
- You're excited.
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- ♪ Hey ♪
♪ Here we go, here we go ♪
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♪ We don't play, we don't play
It's about that time, time ♪
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♪ Get out of my way,
get out of my way ♪♪
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[Don]
That was good-ass fun, though.
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- Yeah, man.
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- Good-ass work.
- Always need that.
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- This the one place,
like, I'm in control.
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- Oh, I feel you?
- Like, I'm me.
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Like, I'm in control
of my hard work.
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You know what I'm saying?
- Yeah, for sure.
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- You ever been,
like, woke up some days
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where you feel like
you blessed but kind of like,
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"Ugh, man, I'm still just
irritated, not happy"?
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- Not thankful?
- Yeah-- no, I'm thankful,
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I'm more than thankful, but...
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you could be thankful and not
satisfied at the same time.
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- Mm-hmm.
- I'm still in that place
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where I just feel
a little worn thin because
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I'm trying to find the balance
between accomplishing my goals
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along with keeping
everybody else happy,
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satisfied, feeling supported.
- Sure.
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- I think I was
having this conversation
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with Ashley the other day.
- Mmm.
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- I'm fine with
sacrifice, I'm fine--
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I'm fine with putting
everything on my back
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for you to do
what you've gotta do.
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Hey, chase your dreams.
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I'm gonna do what
I've gotta do on the side,
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but, like, I ain't gonna
take away from you
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to get my [bleep] done type ,
[bleep]you get what I'm saying?
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It's just that while
doing that, I--
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You can't be coming at me about
the most minute [bleep],
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because it's like, "Are you not
seeing the bigger pictures
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of the sacrifices while
I'm trying to be there for you?"
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- They only see what
you're not doing.
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- Yeah.
You've gotta recharge me
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so I keep doing what I'm doing
and keep us above water.
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When I talk about recharging
as a man, I'm simply saying,
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"Showing more appreciation
towards me.
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"Taking the time
to actually notice
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how hard I'm working to
make sure that we're good."
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And so all I'm asking for her is
just to wind down a little bit
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on how much pressure
she's putting on me daily.
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I feel like she constantly
makes me feel like
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I'm not doing enough.
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I'm not in a "[bleep] it" mode,
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but I'm more in
a place of acceptance.
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- I was just gonna say that.
- Where I'm kind of like,
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"You know what? I've gotta
still do what I've gotta do,
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"because I've gotta still
hit certain points,
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"and I'm hoping that you
grow along that journey with me
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so that we ca-- you can
experience it with me."
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People grow-- grow with us
or they not.
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- Yeah--
- That's what I'm learning.
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- No, I-- I-- I feel that.
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- After our fight last week,
I asked Ashley
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to join me in one
of my therapy sessions.
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I needed us to be able to talk
in a controlled setting.
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You know,
this actually has to happen
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for the health of our family
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and because we actually
genuinely love each other.
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- I'm dealing with that
right now with Nina.
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- How did the move go?
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- Better than I expected.
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I know this may have
not been ideal, but also...
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we were making the best out of
it, you know what I mean?
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- Right, right, right.
- So let's move like parents,
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bro, you know what I'm saying?
For our son. That's it.
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- I mean, that's--
that's common sense.
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- It was hard for me to watch
my son leave me like that.
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I definitely feel like
a part of me is missing.
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But it does make me feel better
about moving to Dallas,
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knowing that they'll
be safe in ATL.
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And it's official now that
I'm moving to Dallas full-time.
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I'm excited to see where
this journey takes me.
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I mean, I wanna get along with--
I wanna make this [bleep]
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smooth as possible.
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As long as she knows
that I'm still on her side,
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like, I'm still on her team,
you know what I mean?
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- Yeah, it's so-- but
I mean, honestly, bro, it's a--
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[bleep], it's a level of trying
to get there, but, uh...
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- It's gonna be a process.
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- You know, I'm proud of my
brother for being able
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to recognize, with his maturity,
that the hard decision
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was the right decision.
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Let's go get something
to eat, though.
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- Hell, yeah.
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- Cold.
- [bleep].
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- I'll tell you,
that Dallas move
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don't sound like a bad trip
to get into--
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- Come on, man,
come on, man.
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♪♪
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- ♪ We've got our
whole lives ahead ♪
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♪ We've got a million things
in our head ♪
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♪ When we are alone
we can do wonders ♪
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♪ But we doing better
when we with each other ♪♪
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[Prince] You sure that
don't say "marijuana"?
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[Draya]
- It's a drink.
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Mamajuana.
- No-- yeah,
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draw an "R" on that "M."
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[Draya chuckling]
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- We have a lot
to celebrate, right?
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- I'm saying, though, you know
what I'm saying?
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- You're in New York.
- Yeah.
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- I'm about to meet the fam-fam.
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- I'm saying, though, I'm gonna
just sit right here, all right?
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- Emotional support.
- If I see something,
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I'm gonna say something.
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I feel like you'll be all right.
- Yeah, it should be good.
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[Draya] I've only
spoke to Anastasia,
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so this will be the first time
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that I'll actually
be speaking to these people.
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Getting to know them can mean
having a whole new family
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that I've never had before.
And I'm not gonna lie,
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I'm really grateful
that Prince is here
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because his presence is making
this a lot easier on me.
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So you've never been
to the Statue of Liberty,
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Empire State Building?
- Like, inside of her?
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- Don't say that out loud.
[Draya laughing]
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- But I'm saying, like--
- Nah, come on.
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- Hey!
- Hey!
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- What's up?
- Hi!
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- How are you?
- I'm good. How are you?
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- You remember Prince, right?
- I'm good.
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- Hi, Prince.
How are you doing?
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- What's up, girl?
I like that shirt and pants.
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- Thank you, thank you.
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Had to get the streetwear
look a little bit.
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- I like how, like, we're all
matching, though, low-key.
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We need a-- we need a picture,
we need a picture.
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So, only expecting
you today?
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- I don't wanna lie...
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but really it's--
it's-- it's just me.
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Me is all I've got for you.
I'm sorry.
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It's--
- What-- okay.
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♪♪
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Why didn't I-- like, did they
give you an explanation?
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'Cause last we spoke,
everybody--
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- No explanation.
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Just flopping,
just constant flopping.
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- You coming here as
a family representative
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because I only have
a relationship with you.
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You know what I'm saying?
- It's embarrassing,
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though, regardless.
Like, you're grown,
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and I know
that you've got your own,
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and I know that, but it is
embarrassing to have
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no one show up for you.
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- I wish I could say
I was surprised
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but a lifetime
of bull[bleep] and excuses
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really prepared me
for this moment.
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- I ain't gonna lie, I feel
for Draya, this is cold.
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Clearly, her family
don't know who she is.
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You know, how great
of an artist she is
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or how great
of a person she is.
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- I put myself out on the line,
been vulnerable enough
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to come and meet up with
a bunch of strangers
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that I don't [bleep] know.
- [Anastasia] Exactly.
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- But, like,
is this the family dynamic?
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Is this what the [bleep]
this family is about?
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Because I'm gonna keep
it real with you,
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if this is what it is,
I don't want no part.
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- They all know you're
on the show, right?
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So everyone's so excite-- it's--
it's [bleep] embarrassing.
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- Yeah, but [bleep] the cameras,
it's not about--
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- Yes, exactly--
- This is real-life [bleep],
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this is my life,
like I told you,
235
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I choose to put
my life on a TV show
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and-- and-- and share
my experience with people.
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I ain't never told none of y'all
that y'all have to do that.
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None of y'all.
And I told y'all,
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if y'all felt uncomfortable
with doing this [bleep]
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on national television,
I would be okay
241
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with coming to meet
y'all privately.
242
00:09:03,928 --> 00:09:06,264
But everybody was
like, "No, it's okay.
243
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We think this is awesome."
244
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Come on, man, this [bleep]
is [bleep] crazy.
245
00:09:09,667 --> 00:09:12,070
Like, I just found my family,
my whole other
246
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half of my family.
- Exactly.
247
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- A whole part of me
that I didn't even know
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I would ever find.
249
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- It's like part of me
feels like it's my fault
250
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'cause I don't really--
I really don't
251
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bang with some people, you know?
252
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But it's just the people that
had my hopes up too.
253
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Like, if y'all was really,
like, okay with this, like--
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- All they'd have to do is say,
"Look, we-- we good,"
255
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or, "We're not gonna be able
to make it" from the gate
256
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and don't get my hopes up,
and I would've been
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all right,
I would've been okay.
258
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I'm gonna just--
I'm gonna take a minute, though.
259
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I'll be right back.
[Draya clearing throat]
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- You good?
261
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- Yeah, I'll be right back.
- I'll-- I'll be back.
262
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Don't go nowhere.
263
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- I just really can't believe
that these people have
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known about me my entire life,
265
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and nobody thought to reach out
or look me up.
266
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I mean,
how cold can you be?
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My dad has one chance
to get this right.
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If my father doesn't show up
in a couple of days,
269
00:10:04,956 --> 00:10:07,492
I think I'm not gonna
give him another chance
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to disappoint me.
271
00:10:09,093 --> 00:10:11,562
- Hey, even though this some
real [bleep], though,
272
00:10:11,562 --> 00:10:13,665
ain't nobody's
family perfect, though.
273
00:10:13,665 --> 00:10:15,633
You know what I'm saying?
- Bro, you ain't
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gotta have a perfect family,
275
00:10:16,935 --> 00:10:18,369
but you've gotta
at least have a family
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that show the [bleep] up.
Like, you know when
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I first heard about my father
was at my mother's funeral.
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A man came up to me and was
like, "I know your father",
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at my mother's funeral, bro.
280
00:10:26,811 --> 00:10:28,413
Why would you wanna put
somebody through that?
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Just leave me the [bleep] alone?
- Here's my thing--
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if you say you're done,
right, be done.
283
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Don't be done
for no other reason
284
00:10:38,823 --> 00:10:41,592
but for you wanting to be done
with the [bleep].
285
00:10:41,592 --> 00:10:43,361
- Yeah, I don't want
that in my life.
286
00:10:43,361 --> 00:10:45,830
I don't.
287
00:10:45,830 --> 00:10:48,666
- Just don't think about
it too much.
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00:10:52,403 --> 00:10:53,604
[all cheering]
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[Tatti]
Oh, welcome to Black Ink!
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- What a surprise!
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00:10:57,942 --> 00:11:01,112
- Look, booths filled,
booths empty.
292
00:11:01,112 --> 00:11:02,981
I've gotta pay for these
[bleep] empty booths.
293
00:11:02,981 --> 00:11:07,018
I figured the goal of 9MAG
is to be the top tier.
294
00:11:07,018 --> 00:11:08,219
But at the end of the day,
295
00:11:08,219 --> 00:11:09,754
everybody could
leave this [bleep]
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00:11:09,754 --> 00:11:11,389
and I could just make it
all about business.
297
00:11:11,389 --> 00:11:15,126
- Relationships tend to fail
because of unmet expectations.
298
00:11:15,126 --> 00:11:16,828
- If we don't find that
place to meet,
299
00:11:16,828 --> 00:11:18,062
where it's like she's gonna
go this way,
300
00:11:18,062 --> 00:11:19,530
I'm gonna just
keep going that way.
301
00:11:19,530 --> 00:11:24,535
- Your language is giving me
separation options.
302
00:11:24,535 --> 00:11:26,104
- Yeah.
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- ♪ Chi-Town,
Chi-Town, Chi-Town ♪♪
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♪♪
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- ♪ I'm gonna
stay into the grind ♪
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00:11:36,942 --> 00:11:38,643
♪ But I grind harder ♪
307
00:11:38,643 --> 00:11:41,313
♪ Not that you don't shine
but I shine harder ♪
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00:11:41,313 --> 00:11:44,149
♪ All with this ambition
that we... ♪♪
309
00:11:44,149 --> 00:11:46,151
- After last night's disaster
with my family,
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00:11:46,151 --> 00:11:48,153
I need something
to lift my spirits.
311
00:11:48,153 --> 00:11:51,289
I need something
really New York.
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00:11:51,289 --> 00:11:53,091
[bowl dinging]
- [Young Bae] What is this?
313
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- It's a singing bowl, but
you're doing it the wrong way.
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[Tatti laughing]
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00:11:58,330 --> 00:12:00,098
- You're gonna do it?
I'll go ahead and do it.
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00:12:00,098 --> 00:12:02,401
Watch, look.
Hold on.
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00:12:02,401 --> 00:12:03,835
[bowl dinging]
318
00:12:03,835 --> 00:12:05,203
Look, look, look...
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00:12:05,203 --> 00:12:07,606
[all cheering]
- Oh, welcome to Black Ink!
320
00:12:07,606 --> 00:12:11,610
[bowl dinging]
321
00:12:11,610 --> 00:12:13,612
What a surprise!
322
00:12:13,612 --> 00:12:16,014
- This is my first time being
in one of y'all's shops.
323
00:12:16,014 --> 00:12:18,850
This is nice.
- Yes, welcome to Brooklyn.
324
00:12:18,850 --> 00:12:20,252
- What you gonna be
doing out here?
325
00:12:20,252 --> 00:12:21,787
Change of scenery
for a second?
326
00:12:21,787 --> 00:12:23,422
- Just a little while.
- Word.
327
00:12:23,422 --> 00:12:25,290
[bleep] call on the phone,
you'll be, "Man, I'm gone."
328
00:12:25,290 --> 00:12:27,058
I let the [bleep]
know I'm out of town.
329
00:12:27,058 --> 00:12:29,928
I'm out of town, I'm gone.
You know, I-- kind of tense
330
00:12:29,928 --> 00:12:31,263
or whatever the [bleep]
you calling me for.
331
00:12:31,263 --> 00:12:33,298
Leave me the [bleep] alone.
- What?
332
00:12:33,298 --> 00:12:34,900
- What the [bleep]
did you just say?
333
00:12:34,900 --> 00:12:37,002
- You don't listen,
[bleep]?
334
00:12:37,002 --> 00:12:40,005
Basically, [bleep]'s
calling my phone, right,
335
00:12:40,005 --> 00:12:41,907
and I told him,
"I'm OT."
336
00:12:41,907 --> 00:12:43,208
OT, that's "out of town."
337
00:12:43,208 --> 00:12:45,410
New York just don't get me.
338
00:12:45,410 --> 00:12:47,345
Like, I don't understand
what the [bleep] I've gotta do.
339
00:12:47,345 --> 00:12:49,314
I've gotta talk like
I'm from Brooklyn?
340
00:12:49,314 --> 00:12:52,818
"Hey, I'm walking here!
What you wanna do?"
341
00:12:52,818 --> 00:12:54,186
- Who called who?
You called who?
342
00:12:54,186 --> 00:12:56,021
- If a [bleep] calls me--
one of the guys.
343
00:12:56,021 --> 00:12:57,923
- Spydey, you know
Draya from the Bronx?
344
00:12:57,923 --> 00:12:59,224
- Yeah, fact.
- How crazy is it that
345
00:12:59,224 --> 00:13:00,425
we're seeing her in Brooklyn?
346
00:13:00,425 --> 00:13:02,861
- First of all,
they came from Chicago,
347
00:13:02,861 --> 00:13:05,163
so that's even crazier--
- She from Iraq.
348
00:13:05,163 --> 00:13:06,731
- I'm not gonna lie,
I was totally confused.
349
00:13:06,731 --> 00:13:08,900
The whole time he's like,
"So tell me about the city."
350
00:13:08,900 --> 00:13:11,369
I'm like, "Well, you know,
we've got Queens,
351
00:13:11,369 --> 00:13:13,805
we've got Jersey, we've got
Harlem, but we've got Brooklyn."
352
00:13:13,805 --> 00:13:15,373
Bronx girls don't
go to Brooklyn, though.
353
00:13:15,373 --> 00:13:16,975
- Visiting New York and visiting
Brooklyn is like visiting
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00:13:16,975 --> 00:13:18,643
two different states.
- Why is it different?
355
00:13:18,643 --> 00:13:20,312
- Why is it different?
There's a million things.
356
00:13:20,312 --> 00:13:22,347
- 'Cause they're across
the water [bleep] or what?
357
00:13:22,347 --> 00:13:25,350
- First of all, first of all--
no, bull[bleep].
358
00:13:25,350 --> 00:13:27,018
- Ow!
- Ow!
359
00:13:27,018 --> 00:13:28,653
- When I used
to be on the committee
360
00:13:28,653 --> 00:13:30,689
for talking [bleep], I used to--
[Young Bae] Oh, my God, shut up!
361
00:13:30,689 --> 00:13:32,390
- A'ight, you don't
wanna hear that, all right.
362
00:13:32,390 --> 00:13:35,861
But-- you ain't show him nothing
since you get out here?
363
00:13:35,861 --> 00:13:37,696
Show all the new rats
and stuff there?
364
00:13:37,696 --> 00:13:40,165
- Not yet. See, I've gotta
get a rental first because--
365
00:13:40,165 --> 00:13:41,466
can I be honest with you?
366
00:13:41,466 --> 00:13:43,034
I never got down
on that train [bleep].
367
00:13:43,034 --> 00:13:45,270
For some reason, I could
never read the map
368
00:13:45,270 --> 00:13:46,905
and I [bleep] around
and end up in Brooklyn.
369
00:13:46,905 --> 00:13:48,406
- Hold on, you're from
New York,
370
00:13:48,406 --> 00:13:49,975
you don't know how
to take the train?
371
00:13:49,975 --> 00:13:52,177
- Bro...
I mean, you've gotta be ready
372
00:13:52,177 --> 00:13:53,879
for anything if you're gonna
ride the New York subway.
373
00:13:53,879 --> 00:13:56,848
I think Spyder might be
Prince's best bet
374
00:13:56,848 --> 00:13:58,850
for getting that
full New York experience--
375
00:13:58,850 --> 00:14:01,253
the nitty-gritty, how to get on
the train, all the spots--
376
00:14:01,253 --> 00:14:02,654
'cause I've been gone
for a while.
377
00:14:02,654 --> 00:14:04,122
- So were-- were--
all y'all gonna be inking
378
00:14:04,122 --> 00:14:05,757
while y'all out here?
- I plan to.
379
00:14:05,757 --> 00:14:07,526
I've got hella clients out here.
- [Prince] I brought my [bleep].
380
00:14:07,526 --> 00:14:09,327
- [Spyder] Oh, word?
- I bring my [bleep] everywhere.
381
00:14:09,327 --> 00:14:11,997
- Hell, yeah, that's like
a [bleep] American Express.
382
00:14:11,997 --> 00:14:14,065
[Spyder laughing]
383
00:14:14,065 --> 00:14:15,867
Never leave home without it.
384
00:14:15,867 --> 00:14:17,168
[Tatti]
Let me show you the shop.
385
00:14:17,168 --> 00:14:18,503
Let me give you a little
tour of the shop.
386
00:14:18,503 --> 00:14:20,338
- Yeah, hell, yeah.
- So this is the lounge.
387
00:14:20,338 --> 00:14:23,775
Okay, that's the VIP chair
you just rose from.
388
00:14:23,775 --> 00:14:25,644
So that's good, okay.
389
00:14:25,644 --> 00:14:27,245
Here we have our--
you know, our merchandise
390
00:14:27,245 --> 00:14:29,180
and our front desk
or whatever.
391
00:14:29,180 --> 00:14:30,949
- Let me get a hat.
392
00:14:30,949 --> 00:14:32,183
- Where you wanna set up?
393
00:14:32,183 --> 00:14:33,952
- Yeah, so we've got
six stations.
394
00:14:33,952 --> 00:14:36,121
- We get to pick?
395
00:14:36,121 --> 00:14:38,223
- You could pick one of
the first two stations.
396
00:14:38,223 --> 00:14:40,492
- I think you should sit right
here, you should sit right here.
397
00:14:40,492 --> 00:14:42,327
- Prince and I have been
through the wringer
398
00:14:42,327 --> 00:14:43,862
on the Chicago tattoo scene.
399
00:14:43,862 --> 00:14:46,631
First at 2nd City
and then onto 9MAG.
400
00:14:46,631 --> 00:14:49,301
And through it all, we've just
become so much closer.
401
00:14:49,301 --> 00:14:52,704
So, obviously, I'm gonna
enlist Prince to be the yin
402
00:14:52,704 --> 00:14:54,739
to my yang and collaborate
with me on this piece.
403
00:14:54,739 --> 00:14:57,642
- ♪ Let's go we ready for
anything given whoo ♪
404
00:14:57,642 --> 00:14:59,311
♪ I'm talking buried
equipment whoo ♪
405
00:14:59,311 --> 00:15:00,845
♪ You know it's
time to go get it ♪
406
00:15:00,845 --> 00:15:03,081
♪ You never did listen
we very explicit ♪
407
00:15:03,081 --> 00:15:05,283
- This is my first tattoo
in New York
408
00:15:05,283 --> 00:15:07,953
and I'm doing it with my friend.
She from New York.
409
00:15:07,953 --> 00:15:09,521
It's all good.
410
00:15:09,521 --> 00:15:11,289
- ♪ We're ready at all times
it's a go ♪
411
00:15:11,289 --> 00:15:12,757
♪ That's where my mind is ♪
412
00:15:12,757 --> 00:15:14,793
♪ I got my both eyes
on the goal ♪
413
00:15:14,793 --> 00:15:16,127
♪ That's where you find it ♪
414
00:15:16,127 --> 00:15:18,330
- I have to say, I love
the camaraderie between
415
00:15:18,330 --> 00:15:19,664
the shops and the artists.
416
00:15:19,664 --> 00:15:21,833
The fact that the Brooklyn shop
is giving Prince
417
00:15:21,833 --> 00:15:24,502
and I a place to work
is pretty cool.
418
00:15:24,502 --> 00:15:26,838
- ♪ We ready at
all times its a go ♪
419
00:15:26,838 --> 00:15:29,074
♪ It's time that we ride ♪♪
420
00:15:29,074 --> 00:15:30,241
- You ready to go take
a look at it.
421
00:15:30,241 --> 00:15:32,310
All right, let's do it.
422
00:15:33,445 --> 00:15:35,714
- Ooh!
423
00:15:35,714 --> 00:15:38,383
Nah, it's fire!
424
00:15:38,383 --> 00:15:40,485
Okay!
[Prince laughing]
425
00:15:40,485 --> 00:15:42,954
- Did we do that,
did we do that?
426
00:15:42,954 --> 00:15:45,123
- That [bleep] decent.
427
00:15:45,123 --> 00:15:46,558
That's dope.
You're gonna be able
428
00:15:46,558 --> 00:15:48,393
to show that off all the time.
- Thank you.
429
00:15:48,393 --> 00:15:50,629
- For sure. Group hug.
- You're welcome.
430
00:15:50,629 --> 00:15:52,864
Oh, yeah.
431
00:15:52,864 --> 00:15:55,033
Boom.
432
00:15:55,033 --> 00:15:56,101
♪♪
433
00:15:56,101 --> 00:15:59,004
- Oh, see, I would...
434
00:15:59,004 --> 00:16:01,106
[both laughing]
- [Draya] We did that.
435
00:16:01,106 --> 00:16:04,042
- ♪ Right here right now ♪
436
00:16:04,042 --> 00:16:06,811
♪ So hard
you never come down ♪
437
00:16:06,811 --> 00:16:09,147
♪ You're never going home ♪
438
00:16:09,147 --> 00:16:13,184
♪ You're never
going home ♪♪
439
00:16:13,184 --> 00:16:14,486
[woman]
We ready to do this?
440
00:16:14,486 --> 00:16:16,621
- [Ashley] Mm-hmm.
- How are you doing?
441
00:16:16,621 --> 00:16:20,325
- Uh, you know, good.
- Good. Tired but...
442
00:16:20,325 --> 00:16:23,495
I was fine when Don suggested
that we should go to therapy.
443
00:16:23,495 --> 00:16:25,397
I think that there's things that
we needed to talk about
444
00:16:25,397 --> 00:16:28,800
and get off our chests,
but this is Don's therapist.
445
00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,269
So I definitely hope that things
are not just one-sided.
446
00:16:31,269 --> 00:16:34,472
- All right, so the first thing
that I wanna say is this--
447
00:16:34,472 --> 00:16:38,443
relationships tend to fail
because of unmet expectation.
448
00:16:38,443 --> 00:16:42,113
What are some unmet expectations
that still exist
449
00:16:42,113 --> 00:16:44,182
in your relationship
right now?
450
00:16:44,182 --> 00:16:45,917
Ashley, we'll start with you.
451
00:16:45,917 --> 00:16:48,920
- Um... communication.
452
00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:52,223
Um, sometimes it kind of make me
feel like number two,
453
00:16:52,223 --> 00:16:54,292
and it doesn't make me
feel like a priority.
454
00:16:54,292 --> 00:16:57,128
- When you are triggered
to feel like number two,
455
00:16:57,128 --> 00:16:58,596
what does that do to you?
456
00:16:58,596 --> 00:17:01,166
- I'm not gonna lie,
I-I kinda go off.
457
00:17:01,166 --> 00:17:02,901
- Okay.
- Yeah, I kind of go off
458
00:17:02,901 --> 00:17:04,536
and it become
a big argument.
459
00:17:04,536 --> 00:17:06,304
I have a way with words
sometimes,
460
00:17:06,304 --> 00:17:09,274
so sometimes my tone and
my words can get out of hand.
461
00:17:09,274 --> 00:17:11,676
He is the same as well.
- All righty.
462
00:17:11,676 --> 00:17:14,946
Don, what about you?
What expectations are not being
463
00:17:14,946 --> 00:17:17,816
met in this relationship that
you wish were happening?
464
00:17:17,816 --> 00:17:20,552
- I think for me
my expectations keep changing.
465
00:17:20,552 --> 00:17:23,021
Not to, like, right now.
Like, if we don't really find,
466
00:17:23,021 --> 00:17:26,424
like, a real middle place,
it's like whatever changes
467
00:17:26,424 --> 00:17:28,660
or growth is gonna be
changes that's apart.
468
00:17:28,660 --> 00:17:30,662
If we don't find that
place to meet,
469
00:17:30,662 --> 00:17:32,130
where it's like
she's gonna go this way,
470
00:17:32,130 --> 00:17:33,598
I'm gonna just keep
going that way.
471
00:17:33,598 --> 00:17:36,568
- I keep hearing in your
language that you're using,
472
00:17:36,568 --> 00:17:40,472
it is giving me
separation options.
473
00:17:40,472 --> 00:17:42,640
- Yes, that's what it's
giving me, and this
474
00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:44,909
is new to me as well,
that's why I'm like--
475
00:17:44,909 --> 00:17:46,745
- You keep saying everything's--
- It is because--
476
00:17:46,745 --> 00:17:48,179
- Because these are my--
477
00:17:48,179 --> 00:17:50,381
- No, these are not,
no, these are not.
478
00:17:50,381 --> 00:17:51,916
- You get offended
every time I say--
479
00:17:51,916 --> 00:17:54,085
- No, today you're sounding like
you're, like, over it.
480
00:17:54,085 --> 00:17:55,553
That's what you're
sounding like.
481
00:17:55,553 --> 00:17:58,556
- Well, I sound like I'm over--
- Yes, you are, you are.
482
00:17:58,556 --> 00:18:00,391
- Okay, again...
- You're sounding like
483
00:18:00,391 --> 00:18:01,793
you're over it.
- This is why I shut down
484
00:18:01,793 --> 00:18:04,329
when we talk.
- I don't know what Don thinks
485
00:18:04,329 --> 00:18:06,197
that he has been
communicating with me,
486
00:18:06,197 --> 00:18:07,832
but he ain't never said
none of this [bleep].
487
00:18:07,832 --> 00:18:09,968
I mean, I love Don,
but I'm not gonna sit here
488
00:18:09,968 --> 00:18:12,303
and let him talk to me like this
and expect for me
489
00:18:12,303 --> 00:18:14,239
to still wanna
be with him after all of this.
490
00:18:14,239 --> 00:18:16,374
If this is something
that he feels,
491
00:18:16,374 --> 00:18:17,876
then we need to definitely
talk about it
492
00:18:17,876 --> 00:18:20,378
because it feels as if
he don't want this anymore.
493
00:18:20,378 --> 00:18:23,515
He has been becoming more
and more distant towards me.
494
00:18:23,515 --> 00:18:25,984
Um, I feel like
he pushes me away.
495
00:18:25,984 --> 00:18:29,420
To me, I feel like that's one
of our biggest disconnects.
496
00:18:29,420 --> 00:18:32,090
- I do feel like we're
emotionally disconnected.
497
00:18:32,090 --> 00:18:34,559
I told her, overall,
I don't feel like
498
00:18:34,559 --> 00:18:38,196
anything she does is directly
connected to me.
499
00:18:38,196 --> 00:18:40,632
I think she does
what she do for the crib,
500
00:18:40,632 --> 00:18:42,167
she does what she do
for the boys,
501
00:18:42,167 --> 00:18:44,402
but when it comes to me,
I don't feel like
502
00:18:44,402 --> 00:18:46,671
there's any direct effort
and to what it needs
503
00:18:46,671 --> 00:18:48,973
to be done for me
as a wife to her husband.
504
00:18:48,973 --> 00:18:53,645
- As a wife and his friend
and the mother of his kids,
505
00:18:53,645 --> 00:18:56,481
I do make sure that
I look after him,
506
00:18:56,481 --> 00:18:58,716
our household and our kids.
- I feel like
507
00:18:58,716 --> 00:19:00,351
you look out for the kids.
- Okay.
508
00:19:00,351 --> 00:19:01,986
- I feel like
you're a great mom.
509
00:19:01,986 --> 00:19:04,656
I keep telling you, you keep
putting the criteria together
510
00:19:04,656 --> 00:19:06,157
of your check-- your own
checkoff box
511
00:19:06,157 --> 00:19:07,892
of what you feel as a wife,
512
00:19:07,892 --> 00:19:10,061
but I keep telling you that's
not meeting my same box.
513
00:19:10,061 --> 00:19:11,296
- Right, 'cause you're solo
514
00:19:11,296 --> 00:19:12,664
and you're not meeting
my box as well.
515
00:19:12,664 --> 00:19:14,465
- That's what we come
into agreements of.
516
00:19:14,465 --> 00:19:15,934
- Okay.
517
00:19:15,934 --> 00:19:18,736
- What I heard you say is,
"You're not a good wife."
518
00:19:18,736 --> 00:19:22,874
That came out
of your mouth, Don.
519
00:19:22,874 --> 00:19:23,875
- Yeah.
520
00:19:27,201 --> 00:19:28,836
- ♪ Chi-Town,
Chi-Town, Chi-Town ♪♪
521
00:19:28,836 --> 00:19:30,871
- So you said--
what I heard you say is,
522
00:19:30,871 --> 00:19:32,272
"You're not a good wife."
523
00:19:32,272 --> 00:19:35,776
That came out
of your mouth, Don.
524
00:19:35,776 --> 00:19:37,111
- Yeah.
525
00:19:37,111 --> 00:19:39,213
- Okay, I want you to stop
and pause on that.
526
00:19:39,213 --> 00:19:41,348
- Whoo-wee!
527
00:19:41,348 --> 00:19:44,351
I think I need
to excuse myself.
528
00:19:44,351 --> 00:19:45,886
Can't believe what
I'm hearing.
529
00:19:45,886 --> 00:19:47,521
I can't believe
all this that I'm hearing
530
00:19:47,521 --> 00:19:49,423
from Don right now, like...
531
00:19:49,423 --> 00:19:51,158
I know me and him
have issues,
532
00:19:51,158 --> 00:19:53,260
but you saying all these things
533
00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:55,929
that you never
said to me before?
534
00:19:55,929 --> 00:19:57,531
Oh, this is [bleep] up.
535
00:19:57,531 --> 00:20:00,501
A man that feels like his wife
is not a good wife--
536
00:20:00,501 --> 00:20:02,569
why waste your time?
537
00:20:02,569 --> 00:20:04,405
Why is we even
wasting our time?
538
00:20:04,405 --> 00:20:07,107
This is the very, very
first time today I heard--
539
00:20:07,107 --> 00:20:08,142
- On my grandmother...
540
00:20:08,142 --> 00:20:09,777
- Don, you have never told me
541
00:20:09,777 --> 00:20:12,246
that I was not a good wife.
I ain't never that damn crazy
542
00:20:12,246 --> 00:20:15,382
to sit here and let anybody tell
me "Oh, you're not a good wife."
543
00:20:15,382 --> 00:20:16,717
- Crazy?
- And I'm just sitting here...
544
00:20:16,717 --> 00:20:18,519
- That makes you crazy.
- I'm just sitting here
545
00:20:18,519 --> 00:20:21,688
prancing around, um, being cool
with him, okay, but you're--
546
00:20:21,688 --> 00:20:23,724
That's the point.
Now you're changing it up.
547
00:20:23,724 --> 00:20:25,392
- That's what you do.
- So if that's how you feel,
548
00:20:25,392 --> 00:20:26,927
you shoulda told me
that [bleep] at home.
549
00:20:26,927 --> 00:20:28,495
- I been told you this before.
- You have not told me
550
00:20:28,495 --> 00:20:30,464
that at home,
'cause if you did...
551
00:20:30,464 --> 00:20:32,800
- And this is what you do...
- Don, okay.
552
00:20:32,800 --> 00:20:35,068
- How you never wanna
hear what I say?
553
00:20:35,068 --> 00:20:38,739
When I say it, you get overly
defensive because I'm being
554
00:20:38,739 --> 00:20:41,642
open about it because change
needs to happen or we're not
555
00:20:41,642 --> 00:20:43,844
gonna be together, and when--
- Yes, but the biggest thing,
556
00:20:43,844 --> 00:20:45,546
you shoulda told me this.
- You acting like...
557
00:20:45,546 --> 00:20:47,815
- I say this all the time!
- You do not.
558
00:20:47,815 --> 00:20:49,983
- So let me talk to y'all.
Let me talk to y'all.
559
00:20:49,983 --> 00:20:52,453
- Don't pretend like you do.
- Don, Don, Don, look at me.
560
00:20:52,453 --> 00:20:55,856
- Every [bleep] time, bro.
- Don? Don?
561
00:20:55,856 --> 00:20:57,691
- Acting like
I don't talk to you.
562
00:20:57,691 --> 00:20:59,526
- You think I'm gonna sit here
and let you tell me I'm not
563
00:20:59,526 --> 00:21:01,161
a good wife, and I'm gon'
still be cool with you?
564
00:21:01,161 --> 00:21:02,596
- I did, you won't
let me tell you.
565
00:21:02,596 --> 00:21:03,764
- No, you don't...
- You don't let me tell you.
566
00:21:03,764 --> 00:21:05,165
- If you woulda told me that,
567
00:21:05,165 --> 00:21:06,567
we wouldn't even
be here right now!
568
00:21:06,567 --> 00:21:08,469
- You lying', bro.
- Don? I need you
569
00:21:08,469 --> 00:21:10,504
to bring yourself back...
- Yo, she lyin', bro.
570
00:21:10,504 --> 00:21:11,839
- Just look at me,
look at me.
571
00:21:11,839 --> 00:21:13,474
- 'Cause she know she lyin'.
- I'm not lying!
572
00:21:13,474 --> 00:21:15,242
- I need you to regulate.
I need you to regulate.
573
00:21:15,242 --> 00:21:17,611
Bring your eyes to me.
Look at me.
574
00:21:17,611 --> 00:21:19,413
Bring yourself back.
There we go.
575
00:21:19,413 --> 00:21:20,981
♪♪
576
00:21:20,981 --> 00:21:23,984
The reason why I let you all
even do this,
577
00:21:23,984 --> 00:21:28,889
is because the only time
you all began to share
578
00:21:28,889 --> 00:21:32,559
your deepest truth
is when you're in a rage.
579
00:21:32,559 --> 00:21:35,496
And when you're sharing
your deepest truth,
580
00:21:35,496 --> 00:21:38,465
you can't hear.
And if the only way
581
00:21:38,465 --> 00:21:41,068
you can tell your deepest
truth to each other
582
00:21:41,068 --> 00:21:45,172
is through that,
y'all don't know each other.
583
00:21:45,172 --> 00:21:48,141
[Ashley] Don definitely need
to work on certain things.
584
00:21:48,141 --> 00:21:49,776
He doesn't communicate well.
585
00:21:49,776 --> 00:21:53,247
But that does not classify him
in my eyes as a bad husband.
586
00:21:53,247 --> 00:21:56,116
After everything, you say
that I'm not a good wife?
587
00:21:56,116 --> 00:21:58,485
Well, if I'm not a good wife,
why the hell you with me?
588
00:21:58,485 --> 00:22:00,654
And if you woulda told me that
in the past,
589
00:22:00,654 --> 00:22:02,489
we wouldn't even made it
here to therapy.
590
00:22:02,489 --> 00:22:04,958
- So what is the goal here then?
591
00:22:04,958 --> 00:22:06,994
Just to keep existing?
592
00:22:06,994 --> 00:22:10,464
Why are you here?
593
00:22:10,464 --> 00:22:12,499
Do you want this
relationship?
594
00:22:14,701 --> 00:22:16,803
- I don't even feel like he even
love me no more, like...
595
00:22:16,803 --> 00:22:18,872
- Do you love him?
- Yes, I do.
596
00:22:18,872 --> 00:22:21,141
- Do you want
this relationship?
597
00:22:21,141 --> 00:22:24,111
- Yes, I do.
598
00:22:24,111 --> 00:22:27,047
- I do.
599
00:22:27,047 --> 00:22:29,716
- ♪ Get your mind right money
that is my type ♪
600
00:22:29,716 --> 00:22:31,318
♪ Money y'all don't
grind right ♪
601
00:22:31,318 --> 00:22:33,120
♪ Hungry for the limelight ♪
602
00:22:33,120 --> 00:22:36,189
♪ Get it, unh, get it, unh,
get it, unh, get it, unh ♪
603
00:22:36,189 --> 00:22:38,592
♪ I had to...
Get it, unh, get it, unh ♪
604
00:22:38,592 --> 00:22:41,929
♪ Get it, unh, get it, unh
get it, unh, get it, unh ♪
605
00:22:41,929 --> 00:22:43,463
♪ Get it, unh, get it, unh ♪
- Yeerr!
606
00:22:43,463 --> 00:22:45,399
Yeah!
- What the word?
607
00:22:45,399 --> 00:22:46,967
- What's good?!
608
00:22:46,967 --> 00:22:48,802
So today is the day that me
and my man Prince is going
609
00:22:48,802 --> 00:22:51,939
on a tour of Brooklyn, you know,
the one that the tourist vans
610
00:22:51,939 --> 00:22:53,807
and the trucks
don't get to show you.
611
00:22:53,807 --> 00:22:56,076
There's a lot of dope amazing
Black-owned businesses
612
00:22:56,076 --> 00:22:58,045
out here, and I'ma show him
a few of them.
613
00:22:58,045 --> 00:23:00,681
- [Prince] This a real bar?
- So that's the...
614
00:23:00,681 --> 00:23:03,483
- That's the pawn shop, you get
a shot with your purchase.
615
00:23:03,483 --> 00:23:04,751
- What?!
- ...Bottles up there.
616
00:23:04,751 --> 00:23:07,754
- Ooh! Y'all get down.
- [laughing]
617
00:23:07,754 --> 00:23:09,957
Listen, baby, in Brooklyn,
you can't spell hospitality
618
00:23:09,957 --> 00:23:11,525
without Hennessy.
619
00:23:11,525 --> 00:23:13,827
It's how we get down in
Brooklyn, baby, you heard?
620
00:23:13,827 --> 00:23:16,563
Spread love the Brooklyn way,
we were talking about that.
621
00:23:16,563 --> 00:23:19,032
- I thought that was just in
a song, y'all for real.
622
00:23:19,032 --> 00:23:21,034
I appreciate him showing me
around the city today,
623
00:23:21,034 --> 00:23:23,136
I ain't gonna lie.
I was really
624
00:23:23,136 --> 00:23:24,638
out here with Draya,
but he was, like,
625
00:23:24,638 --> 00:23:26,607
"Look I'ma show you
around Brooklyn."
626
00:23:26,607 --> 00:23:28,976
- More wealth,
health and freedom.
627
00:23:28,976 --> 00:23:30,143
- Let's go.
628
00:23:30,143 --> 00:23:31,778
♪♪
629
00:23:31,778 --> 00:23:34,147
- Ugh, I feel like I got, ugh,
feel the head coming up.
630
00:23:34,147 --> 00:23:36,750
- ♪ Can I kick it,
yes, you can ♪
631
00:23:36,750 --> 00:23:46,927
♪ Can I kick it,
yes, you can ♪
632
00:23:41,655 --> 00:23:46,927
♪ Can I kick it,
yes, you can ♪
633
00:23:44,057 --> 00:23:46,927
♪ Can I kick it,
yes, you can ♪
634
00:23:46,927 --> 00:23:50,197
- We got brown stew oxtail.
We got curry oxtail.
635
00:23:50,197 --> 00:23:51,565
[laughing]
636
00:23:51,565 --> 00:23:53,934
We got jerk chicken,
black truffle alfredo.
637
00:23:53,934 --> 00:23:55,836
[choir sings]
638
00:23:55,836 --> 00:23:57,738
- I'm not even gonna lie.
Once I took a bite
639
00:23:57,738 --> 00:24:01,341
of that pizza, boy, that [bleep]
was hitting, boy, goddamn!
640
00:24:01,341 --> 00:24:03,076
- ♪ I'm a studio conveyor ♪
641
00:24:03,076 --> 00:24:05,112
♪ Mr. Dinkins, would you
please be my mayor? ♪
642
00:24:05,112 --> 00:24:07,748
♪ You'll be doing us
a really big favor ♪
643
00:24:07,748 --> 00:24:13,220
♪ It don't stop,
here it come, y'all ♪
644
00:24:13,220 --> 00:24:14,688
- This my city now,
I love it to death.
645
00:24:14,688 --> 00:24:17,157
It is what it is.
- Thank you, bro.
646
00:24:17,157 --> 00:24:19,059
I don't know, if I was
looking hungry or not...
647
00:24:19,059 --> 00:24:20,293
[Spyder laughing]
648
00:24:20,293 --> 00:24:21,895
But that [bleep] was fire.
When you decide
649
00:24:21,895 --> 00:24:24,998
to come to the Raq,
pay you back.
650
00:24:24,998 --> 00:24:26,600
- One day I could definitely
come out there.
651
00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,036
Maybe do some work.
Get some [bleep] done.
652
00:24:29,036 --> 00:24:32,105
- You need to tat.
That [bleep] be going crazy.
653
00:24:32,105 --> 00:24:34,074
- That [bleep] a'ight too.
You know what I mean?
654
00:24:34,074 --> 00:24:36,777
- You funny as hell.
- You enjoying Brookie?
655
00:24:36,777 --> 00:24:38,845
- Brookie!
[laughing]
656
00:24:40,881 --> 00:24:42,349
[chatter]
657
00:24:42,349 --> 00:24:44,685
I stopped by Puma's shop today
just to pick his brain
658
00:24:44,685 --> 00:24:46,186
on opening up a shop.
659
00:24:46,186 --> 00:24:48,488
- Well, I mean, you are part
of our brand already.
660
00:24:48,488 --> 00:24:51,892
- I don't want Ryan to like,
feel like I'm competition.
661
00:24:51,892 --> 00:24:53,794
- You want his support.
- Exactly.
662
00:24:56,134 --> 00:24:58,169
- ♪ Chi-Town,
Chi-Town, Chi-Town ♪
663
00:24:58,169 --> 00:25:00,372
♪♪
664
00:25:00,372 --> 00:25:05,377
[singing throughout]
665
00:25:05,377 --> 00:25:08,613
♪♪
666
00:25:08,613 --> 00:25:10,482
♪ To the top, to the top... ♪
667
00:25:10,482 --> 00:25:13,651
[music slows and stops]
668
00:25:18,923 --> 00:25:20,959
[knocking]
669
00:25:20,959 --> 00:25:22,627
- Yo.
- What's going on?
670
00:25:22,627 --> 00:25:25,463
- What up, though?
- Nothing.
671
00:25:25,463 --> 00:25:27,399
Coming in to check on you.
672
00:25:27,399 --> 00:25:29,801
- It's quiet.
- It is quiet.
673
00:25:29,801 --> 00:25:31,669
Ain't nobody here today.
674
00:25:31,669 --> 00:25:33,772
It just-- it's just one
of them days, you know?
675
00:25:33,772 --> 00:25:37,509
Right?
Gon' be bussin' later.
676
00:25:37,509 --> 00:25:39,411
- It ain't look like that.
677
00:25:39,411 --> 00:25:42,480
- Not right now.
- Not today.
678
00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:46,317
Not last week.
Not yesterday.
679
00:25:46,317 --> 00:25:48,086
I been peepin' and noticing
680
00:25:48,086 --> 00:25:51,089
a bad trend around the shop,
you know, people
681
00:25:51,089 --> 00:25:53,825
either coming in late
or not showing up at all.
682
00:25:53,825 --> 00:25:55,493
You know, not keeping schedule.
683
00:25:55,493 --> 00:25:59,297
As a owner and as a leader,
this becomes very stressful.
684
00:25:59,297 --> 00:26:01,766
When you have no artists
and no tattoos being done,
685
00:26:01,766 --> 00:26:03,368
you got no revenue
for the shop.
686
00:26:03,368 --> 00:26:05,537
- It's about to pick up.
It's about to be hot outside.
687
00:26:05,537 --> 00:26:06,838
- It can pick up.
- Mm-hmm.
688
00:26:06,838 --> 00:26:08,773
- If 20 people come
in here right now,
689
00:26:08,773 --> 00:26:10,642
I wouldn't be surprised.
- Mm-hmm.
690
00:26:10,642 --> 00:26:14,979
- Do I have 20 artists?
- Yeah, that's true.
691
00:26:14,979 --> 00:26:18,249
- Look, booths built.
Booths empty.
692
00:26:18,249 --> 00:26:20,852
I'm literally sitting here
paying bills.
693
00:26:20,852 --> 00:26:22,787
I gotta pay for these
[bleep] empty booths.
694
00:26:22,787 --> 00:26:24,389
So...
You know what I mean?
695
00:26:24,389 --> 00:26:28,927
If nobody's here, you know,
I'm paying for the [bleep].
696
00:26:28,927 --> 00:26:30,094
- Right.
697
00:26:30,094 --> 00:26:31,796
- I won't do
that [bleep] forever.
698
00:26:31,796 --> 00:26:36,067
Because these bills aren't
paid so they're behind.
699
00:26:36,067 --> 00:26:39,571
If nobody does [bleep] in here,
who does it fall on?
700
00:26:39,571 --> 00:26:41,139
Exactly.
- So you feel like people
701
00:26:41,139 --> 00:26:43,641
are taking advantage
of you here.
702
00:26:43,641 --> 00:26:45,310
[Ryan sighs]
703
00:26:45,310 --> 00:26:47,412
- I don't feel like they're
taking advantage of me.
704
00:26:47,412 --> 00:26:49,714
I feel like I haven't
laid the law down
705
00:26:49,714 --> 00:26:52,484
completely as I
thought I should.
706
00:26:52,484 --> 00:26:54,118
- Mmm. Okay.
- You know?
707
00:26:54,118 --> 00:26:56,488
Some changes will be made that
everybody's not gonna like.
708
00:26:56,488 --> 00:27:01,159
It's not like I, uh, I resent
my artists for not showing up.
709
00:27:01,159 --> 00:27:03,294
It's just the fact that
I'm disappointed in them.
710
00:27:03,294 --> 00:27:07,131
I figured the goal of 9MAG
is to be the top tier.
711
00:27:07,131 --> 00:27:09,434
And at the end of the day,
everybody could leave this
712
00:27:09,434 --> 00:27:11,503
[bleep] and I could just
make it all about business.
713
00:27:11,503 --> 00:27:14,239
Maybe you have these bills
to yourself one day.
714
00:27:14,239 --> 00:27:16,708
- Oh, nice, I'm looking
forward to it.
715
00:27:16,708 --> 00:27:18,409
So do you actually
have a plan in place
716
00:27:18,409 --> 00:27:20,512
for your artists
not showing up?
717
00:27:20,512 --> 00:27:22,180
- I have one in place.
- Okay.
718
00:27:22,180 --> 00:27:24,249
- I was just, you know...
- When are you gonna enforce it?
719
00:27:24,249 --> 00:27:25,917
- Since they don't
expect anything,
720
00:27:25,917 --> 00:27:28,019
I guess it'll be
when they least expect it.
721
00:27:28,019 --> 00:27:31,022
- Well, I know who
I'm apprenticing under
722
00:27:31,022 --> 00:27:33,157
is in New York right now.
723
00:27:33,157 --> 00:27:35,760
- I haven't been seeing you
around a lot without her.
724
00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:37,395
- Draya was in New York.
You know that.
725
00:27:37,395 --> 00:27:39,163
- I thought we just had
mixed schedules, but...
726
00:27:39,163 --> 00:27:42,667
- Yeah, yeah, yeah, she's never
met her father in person.
727
00:27:42,667 --> 00:27:45,203
- Y'all say like, what...
What pops?
728
00:27:45,203 --> 00:27:47,906
Is it really her daddy?
- I... yeah.
729
00:27:47,906 --> 00:27:50,575
It's really her father.
I'm just, like,
730
00:27:50,575 --> 00:27:55,046
where does this leave me?
I'm her apprentice.
731
00:27:55,046 --> 00:27:56,614
- You our apprentice now.
732
00:27:56,614 --> 00:27:58,850
- I'm 9MAG's apprentice.
733
00:27:58,850 --> 00:28:00,752
- If she don't come back.
734
00:28:04,522 --> 00:28:06,624
♪♪
735
00:28:06,624 --> 00:28:10,628
- ♪ Yes allow it ♪
736
00:28:10,628 --> 00:28:15,567
♪ Time to celebrate ♪
737
00:28:12,997 --> 00:28:15,567
♪ Time to celebrate ♪
738
00:28:15,567 --> 00:28:17,268
- What's up, yo?
- Ay...
739
00:28:17,268 --> 00:28:19,637
[chatter]
740
00:28:19,637 --> 00:28:22,941
[lively chatter]
741
00:28:22,941 --> 00:28:25,777
- Yeah, man...
- This where the magic happens?
742
00:28:25,777 --> 00:28:28,947
- My Chicago cousin,
welcome to Art 2 Ink
743
00:28:28,947 --> 00:28:30,715
and all that, you know
what I'm saying?
744
00:28:30,715 --> 00:28:32,350
How's your time
in New York been, man?
745
00:28:32,350 --> 00:28:34,452
- Ay, I ain't gon' lie.
This man, he get down.
746
00:28:34,452 --> 00:28:36,020
He showed me some [bleep].
747
00:28:36,020 --> 00:28:37,622
- Let me give y'all
a tour and [bleep], man.
748
00:28:37,622 --> 00:28:39,123
- This looking a'ight!
749
00:28:39,123 --> 00:28:40,792
- I stopped by Puma's shop today
750
00:28:40,792 --> 00:28:42,093
just to pick his brain
751
00:28:42,093 --> 00:28:43,328
on opening up a shop.
752
00:28:43,328 --> 00:28:45,964
I been tattooing
for about seven years.
753
00:28:45,964 --> 00:28:48,933
My little brother, Johnny's been
piercing for about five.
754
00:28:48,933 --> 00:28:51,536
- What's up, y'all?
- This is Johnny.
755
00:28:51,536 --> 00:28:53,538
- I know you
look familiar.
756
00:28:53,538 --> 00:28:56,207
- This is Prince's brother.
- I met him last year.
757
00:28:56,207 --> 00:29:00,078
- And it's always been a dream
for us to have our own space.
758
00:29:00,078 --> 00:29:01,913
- You know, I've always been
into gallant work
759
00:29:01,913 --> 00:29:05,049
and, you know, really
displaying the kid's art.
760
00:29:05,049 --> 00:29:06,618
- I never stopped dreaming.
761
00:29:06,618 --> 00:29:08,052
Like, I just been
building on it.
762
00:29:08,052 --> 00:29:09,854
You know, just waiting
for the right time.
763
00:29:09,854 --> 00:29:11,789
Like, it's always
been something
764
00:29:11,789 --> 00:29:13,191
that I knew
that I was gonna do.
765
00:29:13,191 --> 00:29:15,026
I been talking to Johnny.
766
00:29:15,026 --> 00:29:17,428
He been asking like,
what's next for me and him?
767
00:29:17,428 --> 00:29:19,197
- Yeah.
- Been putting his little thing
768
00:29:19,197 --> 00:29:20,898
at that spot that he got.
- Mm-hmm.
769
00:29:20,898 --> 00:29:22,467
- In the neighborhood.
We probably could
770
00:29:22,467 --> 00:29:25,503
make some business of it.
- Well, you gotta have a start.
771
00:29:25,503 --> 00:29:27,305
- You know,
Puma's a little different.
772
00:29:27,305 --> 00:29:31,843
He's opened up a shop that's
outside of the Black Ink brand.
773
00:29:31,843 --> 00:29:33,945
So it's something that
I wanna do.
774
00:29:33,945 --> 00:29:34,946
- Got the [bleep] crown.
775
00:29:34,946 --> 00:29:36,881
- A denim crown?
776
00:29:36,881 --> 00:29:37,949
- My name, my name
Prince, brother.
777
00:29:37,949 --> 00:29:39,717
Let me get that.
- Go ahead.
778
00:29:39,717 --> 00:29:41,886
- You know what I'm saying?
I'm just a regular dude
779
00:29:41,886 --> 00:29:43,187
from the streets.
I'm just trying to be
780
00:29:43,187 --> 00:29:45,256
a businessman,
so I'ma have to talk
781
00:29:45,256 --> 00:29:47,058
to somebody who know
what the hell they doing.
782
00:29:47,058 --> 00:29:48,760
- Where Art 2 Ink
even came from?
783
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,628
Six/seven years, I didn't even
know it was popping that long.
784
00:29:50,628 --> 00:29:53,364
- I mean, well, Art 2 Ink,
when me and Ceasar
785
00:29:53,364 --> 00:29:56,501
had our fall-out, at the end
of the day, I had to figure out
786
00:29:56,501 --> 00:29:58,670
how to feed my kids, you know
what I'm saying, like...
787
00:29:58,670 --> 00:30:00,371
- How did bro feel about it?
- Well, he didn't
788
00:30:00,371 --> 00:30:03,841
like it at first,
but after we
789
00:30:03,841 --> 00:30:06,010
got clear and got back
on the same terms,
790
00:30:06,010 --> 00:30:09,113
he's been here a few times,
and he likes this place.
791
00:30:09,113 --> 00:30:11,949
Being a shop owner
792
00:30:11,949 --> 00:30:13,584
is different
than being an artist.
793
00:30:13,584 --> 00:30:15,486
- That's what I'm saying.
I really don't know how to--
794
00:30:15,486 --> 00:30:18,256
Like, I'm thinking about opening
my own [bleep] with my brother,
795
00:30:18,256 --> 00:30:22,560
like, I just wanna know, like,
what I'm getting myself into.
796
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:26,064
- Well, I mean, you are
part of a brand already.
797
00:30:26,064 --> 00:30:29,200
So it's about communicating
with the bigger brand
798
00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:31,035
that you're with-- that
you're about to make the...
799
00:30:31,035 --> 00:30:32,537
- Never even really even
thought about that.
800
00:30:32,537 --> 00:30:34,539
- 'Cause you don't wanna...
- Ruffle no feathers.
801
00:30:34,539 --> 00:30:39,444
- You don't wanna just leave out
of 9MAG without saying nothing
802
00:30:39,444 --> 00:30:42,980
because then you'll have
everybody mad at you and angry.
803
00:30:42,980 --> 00:30:44,782
You want people to be able
to be supportive of you.
804
00:30:44,782 --> 00:30:48,386
'Cause the things that you don't
know you're gonna need help.
805
00:30:48,386 --> 00:30:51,789
- I don't want Ryan to like,
feel like I'm competition.
806
00:30:51,789 --> 00:30:53,725
- You want support.
- Exactly.
807
00:30:53,725 --> 00:30:57,562
- I got this like heavy weight
on my shoulders about just,
808
00:30:57,562 --> 00:31:01,165
you know, how people would
feel about me opening a shop.
809
00:31:01,165 --> 00:31:03,468
Like, Ryan, just working
at 9MAG, I'm just
810
00:31:03,468 --> 00:31:06,337
trying to find a way where
I can be loyal to 9MAG
811
00:31:06,337 --> 00:31:09,807
and still be loyal
to my own, like, dreams.
812
00:31:09,807 --> 00:31:11,409
- What's holding you
back the most?
813
00:31:11,409 --> 00:31:15,580
What would you say is like
making you a little hesitant?
814
00:31:15,580 --> 00:31:17,682
- I been in a lot
of [bleep] up situations.
815
00:31:17,682 --> 00:31:19,617
You know what I'm saying?
Like you said.
816
00:31:19,617 --> 00:31:21,252
Like when I thought
one thing was gonna happen,
817
00:31:21,252 --> 00:31:22,687
there's some whole
other [bleep] happen.
818
00:31:22,687 --> 00:31:23,988
- I been there.
- You feel me?
819
00:31:23,988 --> 00:31:25,523
I gotta try to make
this [bleep] clap.
820
00:31:25,523 --> 00:31:27,625
I gotta make it work.
- I'll tell you this [bleep].
821
00:31:27,625 --> 00:31:30,995
Don't start setting up the table
until the food cooked.
822
00:31:33,164 --> 00:31:34,632
- You get what I'm saying?
- You know what they say?
823
00:31:34,632 --> 00:31:36,667
Don't count your eggs
before the chickens hatch.
824
00:31:36,667 --> 00:31:38,169
- Right.
825
00:31:38,169 --> 00:31:39,504
- I don't know, that's just
some old [bleep]
826
00:31:39,504 --> 00:31:41,672
[bleep] that people say.
- It sounds smart.
827
00:31:41,672 --> 00:31:43,541
- Well, okay.
- It sounds smart as [bleep].
828
00:31:43,541 --> 00:31:44,809
You know what I mean?
829
00:31:44,809 --> 00:31:46,511
- You can still be part
of the 9MAG family.
830
00:31:46,511 --> 00:31:48,846
Still be there, help out,
do what you gotta do.
831
00:31:48,846 --> 00:31:51,082
But you can still
create your own.
832
00:31:51,082 --> 00:31:53,751
- 9.5MAG.
833
00:31:53,751 --> 00:31:56,320
[laughing]
- 10, 10MAG curve.
834
00:31:56,320 --> 00:31:57,789
- 9MAG curve.
- 9MAG...
835
00:31:57,789 --> 00:31:59,891
- 9MAG bumping...
- Bumping!
836
00:31:59,891 --> 00:32:01,826
[laughing]
837
00:32:01,826 --> 00:32:03,694
- That is it.
- Oh, [bleep].
838
00:32:03,694 --> 00:32:06,731
- 9MAG bumping.
- Buckets.
839
00:32:06,731 --> 00:32:08,266
- There you go.
[laughing]
840
00:32:08,266 --> 00:32:10,735
That's the one.
- Word up!
841
00:32:10,735 --> 00:32:12,703
Y'all funny as hell, bro.
842
00:32:12,703 --> 00:32:15,206
- Y'all hungry?
- Yes, sir.
843
00:32:15,206 --> 00:32:16,574
- There's so many different...
844
00:32:16,574 --> 00:32:18,376
- Get the crown, B.
- I don't forget that.
845
00:32:18,376 --> 00:32:20,878
You know what I'm saying?
- I hope they take Link card.
846
00:32:20,878 --> 00:32:23,881
♪♪
847
00:32:23,881 --> 00:32:25,850
- I talked to 'Stasia and she...
- Right.
848
00:32:25,850 --> 00:32:27,518
- She showed me
the pictures and...
849
00:32:27,518 --> 00:32:29,353
They were in foster homes
and you found them
850
00:32:29,353 --> 00:32:32,890
and you fought for them,
and you didn't fight for me.
851
00:32:32,890 --> 00:32:34,759
- I couldn't find you.
I swear.
852
00:32:34,759 --> 00:32:36,227
- Did you even look?
853
00:32:36,227 --> 00:32:39,000
- ♪ Chi-Town,
Chi-Town, Chi-Town ♪
854
00:32:40,134 --> 00:32:42,303
- ♪ Chi-Town,
Chi-Town, Chi-Town ♪
855
00:32:42,303 --> 00:32:44,205
- ♪ We going all the way up ♪
856
00:32:44,205 --> 00:32:49,210
♪ All the way up,
all the way up ♪
857
00:32:52,446 --> 00:32:55,049
- Right now,
I am just having like
858
00:32:55,049 --> 00:32:57,785
a whirlwind of emotions.
859
00:32:57,785 --> 00:33:00,388
I'm really about to meet
my father for the first time.
860
00:33:00,388 --> 00:33:04,392
I've played this moment over in
my head a thousands times.
861
00:33:04,392 --> 00:33:07,795
And I still have no idea
what I'm gonna say to him,
862
00:33:07,795 --> 00:33:10,231
if he even decides to show up.
863
00:33:14,635 --> 00:33:16,804
- Hi, Draya.
864
00:33:16,804 --> 00:33:19,707
This is for you.
865
00:33:19,707 --> 00:33:21,242
[sniffles]
866
00:33:29,550 --> 00:33:31,018
These are for you.
867
00:33:34,789 --> 00:33:36,957
How are you?
868
00:33:36,957 --> 00:33:40,594
Oh, man, I...
869
00:33:40,594 --> 00:33:42,196
You are so beautiful.
870
00:33:48,936 --> 00:33:50,838
Wow.
871
00:33:50,838 --> 00:33:53,207
Um...
872
00:33:53,207 --> 00:33:54,708
I don't--
- I guess like in my head
873
00:33:54,708 --> 00:33:56,076
I just...
874
00:33:56,076 --> 00:33:59,246
I played it over
so many times
875
00:33:59,246 --> 00:34:01,282
of like what I would say and...
876
00:34:03,651 --> 00:34:06,754
- I told Anastasia,
I don't know if she told you,
877
00:34:06,754 --> 00:34:10,391
but we had a big fight
with the family because
878
00:34:10,391 --> 00:34:14,195
I told her that
they was not gonna show up.
879
00:34:14,195 --> 00:34:17,431
I know them.
I know how they are.
880
00:34:17,431 --> 00:34:19,834
They don't even like me,
to tell you the truth.
881
00:34:19,834 --> 00:34:22,002
- I just felt like they really
let me down, you know.
882
00:34:22,002 --> 00:34:24,305
- Right.
- Like, I'm not asking for much.
883
00:34:24,305 --> 00:34:26,140
Like, I just wanted
to connect with them.
884
00:34:26,140 --> 00:34:27,374
- Exactly.
885
00:34:29,477 --> 00:34:31,178
- I don't hate you.
- Mm-hmm.
886
00:34:31,178 --> 00:34:32,980
- Like, I don't.
I wouldn't be here.
887
00:34:32,980 --> 00:34:34,548
- No, I know that. I know.
- You know what I'm saying?
888
00:34:34,548 --> 00:34:38,052
So I have, I have to be grateful
on some level
889
00:34:38,052 --> 00:34:40,221
for you giving me life.
- Mm-hmm.
890
00:34:40,221 --> 00:34:41,789
- You and my mother
giving me life.
891
00:34:41,789 --> 00:34:45,059
Like when you got out of jail,
like how did you guys
892
00:34:45,059 --> 00:34:46,760
just completely
fall out of touch?
893
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:48,762
If you guys were planning
on getting married...
894
00:34:48,762 --> 00:34:50,798
- We fell out of touch
when I got arrested that day.
895
00:34:50,798 --> 00:34:54,235
- So how old was I when
you got out of jail?
896
00:34:54,235 --> 00:34:56,270
- You was three years old.
897
00:34:56,270 --> 00:34:58,606
- At no point
did you think, like,
898
00:34:58,606 --> 00:35:01,041
let me connect with her
in some sort of way?
899
00:35:01,041 --> 00:35:04,879
Let me reach out to her mom.
So why weren't you ever there?
900
00:35:04,879 --> 00:35:08,082
- Because there was-- okay.
I'm telling you,
901
00:35:08,082 --> 00:35:09,617
I didn't know where
you was at, Draya.
902
00:35:09,617 --> 00:35:11,285
- An address.
How could you miss it?
903
00:35:11,285 --> 00:35:12,987
Like, I don't think,
I don't...
904
00:35:12,987 --> 00:35:14,288
- I'm telling you...
- I just...
905
00:35:14,288 --> 00:35:15,823
So you think
you tried hard enough?
906
00:35:15,823 --> 00:35:18,058
Do you feel in your heart
you tried hard enough?
907
00:35:18,058 --> 00:35:19,760
- Yes, I did, I did,
honestly, I did.
908
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,429
I mean, there was no,
no Facebook at that time.
909
00:35:22,429 --> 00:35:25,032
No nothing.
- Sure there wasn't Facebook.
910
00:35:25,032 --> 00:35:26,600
when I was three years old
911
00:35:26,600 --> 00:35:28,736
But it's been 30 years,
and I really feel like
912
00:35:28,736 --> 00:35:31,171
that's just a bull[bleep]
ass excuse.
913
00:35:31,171 --> 00:35:32,840
The fact that he won't
take accountability
914
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:36,944
shows me how
toxic and immature he is.
915
00:35:36,944 --> 00:35:41,048
And that he would rather somehow
be a victim in this than
916
00:35:41,048 --> 00:35:43,884
acknowledge the fact that
the only victim here was me.
917
00:35:43,884 --> 00:35:45,586
Something like--
Then no, no.
918
00:35:45,586 --> 00:35:48,656
There's too many people
that knew about me.
919
00:35:48,656 --> 00:35:51,926
And knew-- everybody knew
except for me.
920
00:35:51,926 --> 00:35:54,428
♪♪
921
00:35:57,134 --> 00:35:59,069
- ♪ Chi-Town,
Chi-Town, Chi-Town ♪
922
00:35:59,069 --> 00:36:03,474
- There's too many people that
knew about me and knew...
923
00:36:03,474 --> 00:36:05,242
Everybody knew except for me.
924
00:36:05,242 --> 00:36:06,744
- And no one
told me anything.
925
00:36:06,744 --> 00:36:09,780
I did the little bit
of bit that I did.
926
00:36:09,780 --> 00:36:11,582
And I came home,
and I'm telling you.
927
00:36:11,582 --> 00:36:15,319
I knew that your grandfather
lived behind
928
00:36:15,319 --> 00:36:18,222
Mount St. Michaels,
that's a Catholic school.
929
00:36:18,222 --> 00:36:20,157
- It's a huge landmark...
I was there
930
00:36:20,157 --> 00:36:22,192
till I was 14 years old.
- I never...
931
00:36:22,192 --> 00:36:24,428
I'm, I'm, I'm...
932
00:36:24,428 --> 00:36:25,462
[Draya] I'm not buying it.
933
00:36:25,462 --> 00:36:27,498
I feel like he coulda found me
934
00:36:27,498 --> 00:36:29,433
or he coulda at least
tried harder to.
935
00:36:29,433 --> 00:36:32,202
He moved on with his life
and started new families.
936
00:36:32,202 --> 00:36:34,605
And honestly,
937
00:36:34,605 --> 00:36:37,708
I can move on but I don't
know if I can forgive that.
938
00:36:37,708 --> 00:36:40,711
I just, I... I talked
to 'Stasia and...
939
00:36:40,711 --> 00:36:42,279
- Right.
- And she's showing me pictures.
940
00:36:42,279 --> 00:36:45,282
And all these family
moments that...
941
00:36:45,282 --> 00:36:47,818
Like you fought for them.
You, you, you...
942
00:36:47,818 --> 00:36:49,486
They were in foster homes
and you found them,
943
00:36:49,486 --> 00:36:52,356
and you fought for them,
and you didn't fight for me.
944
00:36:52,356 --> 00:36:54,625
- I did, I couldn't find you.
945
00:36:54,625 --> 00:36:56,827
I swear...
- Did you even look?
946
00:36:56,827 --> 00:36:59,496
- I did, I looked,
and I looked and I couldn't
947
00:36:59,496 --> 00:37:02,666
remember the house,
I tried.
948
00:37:02,666 --> 00:37:05,335
- It's a big white house
on the corner.
949
00:37:05,335 --> 00:37:06,703
- Exactly, exactly.
- How could you miss it?
950
00:37:06,703 --> 00:37:08,605
Like, I don't think--
I don't...
951
00:37:08,605 --> 00:37:10,040
- I'm telling you, I...
- I just, look.
952
00:37:10,040 --> 00:37:11,875
I don't want you to
sit here and make excuses.
953
00:37:11,875 --> 00:37:14,077
- No, I'm not making excuses.
I tried.
954
00:37:14,077 --> 00:37:18,849
There was no way for me to get
in contact with your mother.
955
00:37:18,849 --> 00:37:21,652
My mom and I,
we lived in that house
956
00:37:21,652 --> 00:37:24,721
for over 30 years,
so... she was there.
957
00:37:24,721 --> 00:37:26,390
[chuckling]
She was there.
958
00:37:26,390 --> 00:37:30,127
I think she was a lot easier
to find than he was.
959
00:37:30,127 --> 00:37:34,465
Even if she did know, seeing
his character and whatnot,
960
00:37:34,465 --> 00:37:36,366
I think she made
the best choice.
961
00:37:36,366 --> 00:37:39,770
I would love for us to
be able to heal from this
962
00:37:39,770 --> 00:37:42,506
and move forward, but I did not
take into accountability
963
00:37:42,506 --> 00:37:44,007
you're giving me excuses,
it's this, it's that.
964
00:37:44,007 --> 00:37:46,844
You coulda came looking for me.
You coulda found me.
965
00:37:46,844 --> 00:37:48,479
You could have found me.
966
00:37:48,479 --> 00:37:51,014
You could
have found me.
967
00:37:51,014 --> 00:37:53,417
But for whatever reason,
you didn't, and I'm not even
968
00:37:53,417 --> 00:37:56,086
here to judge you.
You [bleep] up.
969
00:37:56,086 --> 00:37:58,455
You know you [bleep] up.
970
00:38:00,624 --> 00:38:02,593
And that's all I want
so we can move forward.
971
00:38:02,593 --> 00:38:04,795
But you just giving me excuses
and that [bleep]
972
00:38:04,795 --> 00:38:07,631
is really just getting me mad,
it's getting me more mad.
973
00:38:07,631 --> 00:38:09,633
It's making me just
wanna be like [bleep] it.
974
00:38:11,535 --> 00:38:13,003
You still haven't said sorry.
You've given me
975
00:38:13,003 --> 00:38:15,372
every other excuse
other than just "I'm sorry."
976
00:38:15,372 --> 00:38:17,641
- Okay, you know what,
Andraya, honestly,
977
00:38:17,641 --> 00:38:19,843
from the bottom of my heart,
I am truly sorry.
978
00:38:23,447 --> 00:38:25,616
I shoulda grabbed
somebody by the hair
979
00:38:25,616 --> 00:38:27,451
and, and, and said listen.
- Yeah.
980
00:38:27,451 --> 00:38:29,586
Tell me where she's at.
Let's do this.
981
00:38:29,586 --> 00:38:31,388
Tell me right now.
I should have done that.
982
00:38:31,388 --> 00:38:34,124
- Yes, yes, like, [bleep], you
have two million
983
00:38:34,124 --> 00:38:36,927
of your dollars, fight for me,
like it was that.
984
00:38:36,927 --> 00:38:39,863
That's all I wanted, that, that.
- Exactly.
985
00:38:39,863 --> 00:38:42,599
Yeah, I know, I know,
and I didn't, and I didn't.
986
00:38:42,599 --> 00:38:44,368
- So...
- And I deserve everything
987
00:38:44,368 --> 00:38:46,203
you're giving me,
and I deserve it.
988
00:38:46,203 --> 00:38:48,372
- I can't promise anything.
989
00:38:48,372 --> 00:38:50,741
- No, that's cool.
I can respect that.
990
00:38:50,741 --> 00:38:53,577
- As far as respect goes,
as far as
991
00:38:53,577 --> 00:38:59,316
me actually like
loving you...
992
00:38:59,316 --> 00:39:02,052
as a father figure,
as, as just somebody
993
00:39:02,052 --> 00:39:03,954
in my life at all,
it's gonna take work.
994
00:39:03,954 --> 00:39:06,456
- I know.
- And I, you know, I don't...
995
00:39:06,456 --> 00:39:08,091
- I'm not asking...
- All we can do is see.
996
00:39:08,091 --> 00:39:12,829
- Exactly. But again, just,
you know, give me a shot, okay?
997
00:39:14,298 --> 00:39:16,667
Can I get a hug?
998
00:39:16,667 --> 00:39:18,569
All right, kiddo,
I love you, kiddo.
999
00:39:18,569 --> 00:39:22,706
I truly do, and again,
I'm so, so sorry, okay?
1000
00:39:22,706 --> 00:39:24,708
All right.
1001
00:39:24,708 --> 00:39:28,779
♪♪
1002
00:39:28,779 --> 00:39:30,714
- Thank you.
- You're welcome.
1003
00:39:30,714 --> 00:39:34,251
- He can apologize,
but he still hasn't really
1004
00:39:34,251 --> 00:39:36,853
taken accountability.
And even when I asked him
1005
00:39:36,853 --> 00:39:38,722
if he felt like he did
everything he could,
1006
00:39:38,722 --> 00:39:40,924
he looked me in my eye
and told me "yeah."
1007
00:39:40,924 --> 00:39:45,095
And that alone,
was a slap to the face.
1008
00:39:45,095 --> 00:39:46,463
That was a punch to the gut.
1009
00:39:46,463 --> 00:39:51,034
♪♪
1010
00:39:51,034 --> 00:39:53,637
- ♪ If it's just
for peace of mind ♪
1011
00:39:53,637 --> 00:39:56,373
♪ Or it's just
to make it right ♪
1012
00:39:56,373 --> 00:39:58,742
♪ I just need a minute ♪
1013
00:39:58,742 --> 00:40:02,346
- I think we can revisit this
maybe in a year or two,
1014
00:40:02,346 --> 00:40:05,115
like, try to meet up again.
But I just-- I know I can't be
1015
00:40:05,115 --> 00:40:07,985
in the same room with him 'cause
it's just gonna make me angry.
1016
00:40:07,985 --> 00:40:11,388
- ♪ It's a game
when none of us win ♪
1017
00:40:11,388 --> 00:40:13,890
♪ ...seem to make sense ♪
1018
00:40:13,890 --> 00:40:18,462
♪ I could find 100 reasons ♪
1019
00:40:18,462 --> 00:40:20,000
♪ I just need a minute ♪♪
1020
00:40:21,601 --> 00:40:23,603
- I don't even know
where to go from here.
1021
00:40:23,603 --> 00:40:25,171
This damn near feel
like separation.
1022
00:40:25,171 --> 00:40:27,307
- Just make sure before
I got out of here,
1023
00:40:27,307 --> 00:40:29,409
we had time to kinda catch up
before, you know,
1024
00:40:29,409 --> 00:40:30,977
I went my separate way.
1025
00:40:30,977 --> 00:40:34,147
- This how I was thinking.
My spot, and then your spot.
1026
00:40:34,147 --> 00:40:36,182
- There's a lot of work to be
done in this [bleep].
1027
00:40:36,182 --> 00:40:39,619
- Are you seriously
considering relocating?
1028
00:40:39,619 --> 00:40:41,020
- I know I gotta make a move.
1029
00:40:41,020 --> 00:40:42,722
♪♪
1030
00:40:44,591 --> 00:40:46,893
- [bleep] the show, bro.
We don't have to have a show.
1031
00:40:46,893 --> 00:40:48,695
- [bleep] I'm paying out of
[bleep] pocket
1032
00:40:48,695 --> 00:40:52,365
because [bleep] is not doing
they [bleep] all the way.
1033
00:40:52,365 --> 00:40:55,135
Did we not go around the world
and make people know that 9MAG
1034
00:40:55,135 --> 00:40:56,703
was about great art?
That's what we are
1035
00:40:56,703 --> 00:40:57,737
and that's what
we gon' continue to do
1036
00:40:57,737 --> 00:40:59,372
whether it's with or without TV.
1037
00:40:59,372 --> 00:41:01,608
I might not be able
to do this [bleep] no more.
1038
00:41:01,608 --> 00:41:04,911
I gotta take a step back
from everything.
1039
00:41:04,911 --> 00:41:07,113
♪♪
1040
00:41:08,867 --> 00:41:13,004
♪♪
1041
00:41:34,693 --> 00:41:36,895
♪ MTV ♪♪