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Of friend you want -- a friend
that knows a lot of street
[bleep] a friend that knows

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that knows a lot of street
[bleep] a friend that knows
industry [bleep] you know?

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[bleep] a friend that knows
industry [bleep] you know?
But I'm the friend, that

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industry [bleep] you know?
But I'm the friend, that
"keep your ass out of trouble"

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but I'm the friend, that
"keep your ass out of trouble"
kind of friend.

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"keep your ass out of trouble"
kind of friend.
I think there's a perception of

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kind of friend.
I think there's a perception of
people that you see that you

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I think there's a perception of
people that you see that you
have no idea who the [bleep]

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people that you see that you
have no idea who the [bleep]
they really are.

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Have no idea who the [bleep]
they really are.
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they really are.
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I was born in the bronx.
At 6 months old,
my mom moved me back to jamaica,

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at 6 months old,
my mom moved me back to jamaica,
and then she moved us back

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my mom moved me back to jamaica,
and then she moved us back
to the u.S. When I was 7.

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And then she moved us back
to the u.S. When I was 7.
So I pretty much didn't really

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to the u.S. When I was 7.
So I pretty much didn't really
understand living in the states.

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So I pretty much didn't really
understand living in the states.
What I knew was life in jamaica.

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Understand living in the states.
What I knew was life in jamaica.
No shoes, no shirt,

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what I knew was life in jamaica.
No shoes, no shirt,
just running around playing

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no shoes, no shirt,
just running around playing
with the, you know, family dog.

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Just running around playing
with the, you know, family dog.
So when I got to america,

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with the, you know, family dog.
So when I got to america,
I had to wear shoes,

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so when I got to america,
I had to wear shoes,
I had to wear a coat,

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I had to wear shoes,
I had to wear a coat,
I had to wear gloves, scarf.

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I had to wear a coat,
I had to wear gloves, scarf.
So, for me, that was

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I had to wear gloves, scarf.
So, for me, that was
a culture shock.

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So, for me, that was
a culture shock.
Adapting to the american kids

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a culture shock.
Adapting to the american kids
was tough because I had

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adapting to the american kids
was tough because I had
come here during the '70s.

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Was tough because I had
come here during the '70s.
I had an unkempt afro,

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come here during the '70s.
I had an unkempt afro,
I had a heavy jamaican accent,

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I had an unkempt afro,
I had a heavy jamaican accent,
and the kids teased me

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I had a heavy jamaican accent,
and the kids teased me
every single day,

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and the kids teased me
every single day,
but that's when fight club

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every single day,
but that's when fight club
started.

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But that's when fight club
started.
So from that point on,

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started.
So from that point on,
I think pretty much

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so from that point on,
I think pretty much
every day of my life in america,

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I think pretty much
every day of my life in america,
I was fighting for my life.

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Every day of my life in america,
I was fighting for my life.
I pretty much got in a fight

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I was fighting for my life.
I pretty much got in a fight
every day

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I pretty much got in a fight
every day
because of how I looked,

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every day
because of how I looked,
how I spoke,

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because of how I looked,
how I spoke,
how we dressed, 'cause

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how I spoke,
how we dressed, 'cause
we basically wore hand-me-downs.

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How we dressed, 'cause
we basically wore hand-me-downs.
I mean, we don't have

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we basically wore hand-me-downs.
I mean, we don't have
winter coats in jamaica.

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I mean, we don't have
winter coats in jamaica.
You don't need that.

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Winter coats in jamaica.
You don't need that.
So, for me, I got teased for

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you don't need that.
So, for me, I got teased for
everything -- the way I looked,

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so, for me, I got teased for
everything -- the way I looked,
you know, the way we spoke,

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everything -- the way I looked,
you know, the way we spoke,
like, everybody else said,

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you know, the way we spoke,
like, everybody else said,
"three," I said, "tree."

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like, everybody else said,
"three," I said, "tree."
there was not a day

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"three," I said, "tree."
there was not a day
that I didn't want to go back

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there was not a day
that I didn't want to go back
to jamaica, you know?

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That I didn't want to go back
to jamaica, you know?
And then got to the point

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to jamaica, you know?
And then got to the point
where I just --

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and then got to the point
where I just --
I got tired of being picked on.

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Where I just --
I got tired of being picked on.
So I started -- you know,

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I got tired of being picked on.
So I started -- you know,
I started fighting.

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So I started -- you know,
I started fighting.
So, for me, I had

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I started fighting.
So, for me, I had
seven siblings,

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so, for me, I had
seven siblings,
so I was in the middle.

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Seven siblings,
so I was in the middle.
So I was either fighting

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so I was in the middle.
So I was either fighting
with my big brother or

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so I was either fighting
with my big brother or
I was fighting with my little

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with my big brother or
I was fighting with my little
sister and my little brother.

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I was fighting with my little
sister and my little brother.
So, for me,

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sister and my little brother.
So, for me,
I was very strong, you know,

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so, for me,
I was very strong, you know,
'cause I'm always fighting them,

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I was very strong, you know,
'cause I'm always fighting them,
and then to go out on the street

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'cause I'm always fighting them,
and then to go out on the street
and then get

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and then to go out on the street
and then get
in another fight again,

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and then get
in another fight again,
so I became very good

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in another fight again,
so I became very good
at fighting, you know,

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so I became very good
at fighting, you know,
to the point where my mom said,

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at fighting, you know,
to the point where my mom said,
you know, "I'm taking you to

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to the point where my mom said,
you know, "I'm taking you to
martial arts."

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you know, "I'm taking you to
martial arts."
I knew how to street fight,

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martial arts."
I knew how to street fight,
and then now I knew the

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I knew how to street fight,
and then now I knew the
discipline of martial arts, so

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and then now I knew the
discipline of martial arts, so
it was, like, very good for me.

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Discipline of martial arts, so
it was, like, very good for me.
I hate to say it,

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it was, like, very good for me.
I hate to say it,
but I hurt a lot of people

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I hate to say it,
but I hurt a lot of people
with martial arts and just being

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but I hurt a lot of people
with martial arts and just being
able to street fight.

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With martial arts and just being
able to street fight.
I broke noses, I broke glasses,

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able to street fight.
I broke noses, I broke glasses,
I broke, you know, arms at times

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I broke noses, I broke glasses,
I broke, you know, arms at times
that I actually even,

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I broke, you know, arms at times
that I actually even,
you know, gave somebody

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that I actually even,
you know, gave somebody
a black eye, bloody nose,

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you know, gave somebody
a black eye, bloody nose,
busted lip, I've knocked out

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a black eye, bloody nose,
busted lip, I've knocked out
teeth.

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Busted lip, I've knocked out
teeth.
This is all at 9, 10 years old,

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teeth.
This is all at 9, 10 years old,
I was doing all this,

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this is all at 9, 10 years old,
I was doing all this,
so I thought I was going to

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I was doing all this,
so I thought I was going to
grow up

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so I thought I was going to
grow up
to be a boxer of some sort.

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Grow up
to be a boxer of some sort.
As a kid,

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to be a boxer of some sort.
As a kid,
I just was very strong.

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As a kid,
I just was very strong.
You know, I sometimes fought

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I just was very strong.
You know, I sometimes fought
kids that were twice my size,

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you know, I sometimes fought
kids that were twice my size,
you know?

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Kids that were twice my size,
you know?
When I made friends,

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you know?
When I made friends,
I made friends

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when I made friends,
I made friends
with other caribbean kids,

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I made friends
with other caribbean kids,
I made friends with

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with other caribbean kids,
I made friends with
puerto rican, you know,

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I made friends with
puerto rican, you know,
dominicans, just, like,

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puerto rican, you know,
dominicans, just, like,
'cause we were all --

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dominicans, just, like,
'cause we were all --
they called us coconuts.

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'cause we were all --
they called us coconuts.
So, for us, you know,

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they called us coconuts.
So, for us, you know,
we had to stick together.

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So, for us, you know,
we had to stick together.
Anyone that was picked on,

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we had to stick together.
Anyone that was picked on,
you know, for their ethnicity

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anyone that was picked on,
you know, for their ethnicity
or where they came from,

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you know, for their ethnicity
or where they came from,
I pretty much was friends

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or where they came from,
I pretty much was friends
with them.

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I pretty much was friends
with them.
My parents are

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with them.
My parents are
two of the hardest-working

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my parents are
two of the hardest-working
people that I know.

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Two of the hardest-working
people that I know.
You know,

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people that I know.
You know,
they were very strict with us.

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You know,
they were very strict with us.
They wanted the best for us.

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They were very strict with us.
They wanted the best for us.
You know, that's why we left

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they wanted the best for us.
You know, that's why we left
jamaica, because, politically,

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you know, that's why we left
jamaica, because, politically,
jlp and pnp, those are

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jamaica, because, politically,
jlp and pnp, those are
the different political parties,

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jlp and pnp, those are
the different political parties,
like we have democrats

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the different political parties,
like we have democrats
and republicans here in america.

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Like we have democrats
and republicans here in america.
They were pretty much like that,

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and republicans here in america.
They were pretty much like that,
but the movement was so much

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they were pretty much like that,
but the movement was so much
more different, more violent

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but the movement was so much
more different, more violent
than people could understand.

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More different, more violent
than people could understand.
I mean, jamaica can be

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than people could understand.
I mean, jamaica can be
a violent place.

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I mean, jamaica can be
a violent place.
I mean, it's such a small island

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a violent place.
I mean, it's such a small island
that produces such good music

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I mean, it's such a small island
that produces such good music
and such, you know,

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that produces such good music
and such, you know,
bad things at the same time,

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and such, you know,
bad things at the same time,
if you can understand

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bad things at the same time,
if you can understand
what I mean.

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If you can understand
what I mean.
But, you know, those two parties

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what I mean.
But, you know, those two parties
were fighting in jamaica,

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but, you know, those two parties
were fighting in jamaica,
and it got really bad.

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Were fighting in jamaica,
and it got really bad.
So my parents

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and it got really bad.
So my parents
decided that it was best

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so my parents
decided that it was best
for all of us to leave.

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Decided that it was best
for all of us to leave.
I was the only one in the family

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for all of us to leave.
I was the only one in the family
with american passport.

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I was the only one in the family
with american passport.
So, for me,

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with american passport.
So, for me,
they sent me off first,

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so, for me,
they sent me off first,
so I left the rest

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they sent me off first,
so I left the rest
of my siblings behind,

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so I left the rest
of my siblings behind,
and then it was maybe a year

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of my siblings behind,
and then it was maybe a year
before the whole family

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and then it was maybe a year
before the whole family
was in the states

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before the whole family
was in the states
and together 'cause we had

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was in the states
and together 'cause we had
to apply for the visas,

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and together 'cause we had
to apply for the visas,
and back then it was tough.

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To apply for the visas,
and back then it was tough.
So my parents just, you know,

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and back then it was tough.
So my parents just, you know,
they got to america,

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so my parents just, you know,
they got to america,
took odd jobs, and, again, you

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they got to america,
took odd jobs, and, again, you
know, our speech,

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took odd jobs, and, again, you
know, our speech,
you know, the way that

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know, our speech,
you know, the way that
we say things wasn't

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you know, the way that
we say things wasn't
quite clear to people.

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We say things wasn't
quite clear to people.
People didn't

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quite clear to people.
People didn't
understand our language,

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people didn't
understand our language,
which is like a patois,

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understand our language,
which is like a patois,
which is broken english.

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Which is like a patois,
which is broken english.
So, you know, it was tough for

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which is broken english.
So, you know, it was tough for
my parents to really find jobs.

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So, you know, it was tough for
my parents to really find jobs.
I mean, my mom was

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my parents to really find jobs.
I mean, my mom was
a cleaning lady at a hotel,

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I mean, my mom was
a cleaning lady at a hotel,
and then a nurse's aide.

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A cleaning lady at a hotel,
and then a nurse's aide.
She did many different things.

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And then a nurse's aide.
She did many different things.
My mother was a model

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she did many different things.
My mother was a model
at one point.

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My mother was a model
at one point.
She was also miss jamaica.

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At one point.
She was also miss jamaica.
So it was -- you know,

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she was also miss jamaica.
So it was -- you know,
I guess it was deemed that I was

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so it was -- you know,
I guess it was deemed that I was
supposed to be doing something

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I guess it was deemed that I was
supposed to be doing something
and, you know, being pretty,

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supposed to be doing something
and, you know, being pretty,
I guess -- they called me

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and, you know, being pretty,
I guess -- they called me
pretty boy, and, you know,

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I guess -- they called me
pretty boy, and, you know,
people are rough.

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Pretty boy, and, you know,
people are rough.
Kids are rough with names.

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People are rough.
Kids are rough with names.
They call you

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kids are rough with names.
They call you
all kind of things.

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They call you
all kind of things.
So I've been pretty much

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all kind of things.
So I've been pretty much
called everything.

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So I've been pretty much
called everything.
I've been called a mother[bleep]

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called everything.
I've been called a mother[bleep]
you know, a pretty mother[bleep]

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I've been called a mother[bleep]
you know, a pretty mother[bleep]
all kinds of different things,

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you know, a pretty mother[bleep]
all kinds of different things,
you know, so it's normal.

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All kinds of different things,
you know, so it's normal.
I didn't start embracing

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you know, so it's normal.
I didn't start embracing
my pretty until,

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I didn't start embracing
my pretty until,
like, I'd probably say,

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my pretty until,
like, I'd probably say,
maybe not even

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like, I'd probably say,
maybe not even
till I got into modeling.

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Maybe not even
till I got into modeling.
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till I got into modeling.
I think before,
like, when I was 13 years old,

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I think before,
like, when I was 13 years old,
my mom would put me

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like, when I was 13 years old,
my mom would put me
in fashion shows,

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my mom would put me
in fashion shows,
and I would do the fashion shows

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in fashion shows,
and I would do the fashion shows
in the local malls

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and I would do the fashion shows
in the local malls
and stuff like that.

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In the local malls
and stuff like that.
But, for me, I was always

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and stuff like that.
But, for me, I was always
like -- you know, always outside

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but, for me, I was always
like -- you know, always outside
playing soccer,

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like -- you know, always outside
playing soccer,
football, baseball, you know,

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playing soccer,
football, baseball, you know,
bmx bike, skateboarding.

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Football, baseball, you know,
bmx bike, skateboarding.
And, you know, I would go do

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bmx bike, skateboarding.
And, you know, I would go do
these things, and, you know,

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and, you know, I would go do
these things, and, you know,
she had me doing photo shoots

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these things, and, you know,
she had me doing photo shoots
and all of that stuff.

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She had me doing photo shoots
and all of that stuff.
For school, I started working

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and all of that stuff.
For school, I started working
out, you know, 'cause I wanted

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for school, I started working
out, you know, 'cause I wanted
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Out, you know, 'cause I wanted
to play football.
So I went from maybe 145 pounds

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to play football.
So I went from maybe 145 pounds
my freshman year and maybe 5'9"

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so I went from maybe 145 pounds
my freshman year and maybe 5'9"
to 6'1" 195 pounds my senior

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my freshman year and maybe 5'9"
to 6'1" 195 pounds my senior
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to 6'1" 195 pounds my senior
year, so, you know,
I started getting muscles,

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year, so, you know,
I started getting muscles,
and my body started changing,

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I started getting muscles,
and my body started changing,
my voice got deeper,

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and my body started changing,
my voice got deeper,
and I started getting

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my voice got deeper,
and I started getting
all the attraction from

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and I started getting
all the attraction from
the different girls in school,

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all the attraction from
the different girls in school,
so I think pretty much

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the different girls in school,
so I think pretty much
11th grade high school

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so I think pretty much
11th grade high school
is when I started embracing it,

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11th grade high school
is when I started embracing it,
you know, I started

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is when I started embracing it,
you know, I started
to get my hair cut often,

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you know, I started
to get my hair cut often,
and I was in the barber shop

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to get my hair cut often,
and I was in the barber shop
almost every Saturday, and then,

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and I was in the barber shop
almost every Saturday, and then,
you know, just everywhere

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almost every Saturday, and then,
you know, just everywhere
I went in new york city,

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you know, just everywhere
I went in new york city,
people would ask me,

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I went in new york city,
people would ask me,
"are you a model?"

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people would ask me,
"are you a model?"
you know, I was in

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"are you a model?"
you know, I was in
washington square park one day,

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you know, I was in
washington square park one day,
and the editors

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washington square park one day,
and the editors
for<i> source</i> magazine saw me,

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and the editors
for<i> source</i> magazine saw me,
and they -- you know,

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for<i> source</i> magazine saw me,
and they -- you know,
it was a guy and a girl.

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And they -- you know,
it was a guy and a girl.
They approached me.

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It was a guy and a girl.
They approached me.
They said, "hey,

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they approached me.
They said, "hey,
you ever thought

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they said, "hey,
you ever thought
about modeling?"

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you ever thought
about modeling?"
and then I was just like,

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about modeling?"
and then I was just like,
"oh, here we go."

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and then I was just like,
"oh, here we go."
you know, I thought they were,

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"oh, here we go."
you know, I thought they were,
like, some freak couple that

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you know, I thought they were,
like, some freak couple that
wanted to do some crazy porn or

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like, some freak couple that
wanted to do some crazy porn or
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Wanted to do some crazy porn or
whatever.
They just gave me

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whatever.
They just gave me
a business card,

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they just gave me
a business card,
I looked at it, and I said,

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a business card,
I looked at it, and I said,
"you know what?

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I looked at it, and I said,
"you know what?
I'll check it out, see what's

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"you know what?
I'll check it out, see what's
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I'll check it out, see what's
up."
my uncle pushed me on

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up."
my uncle pushed me on
and was like,

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my uncle pushed me on
and was like,
"yo, you should do it."

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and was like,
"yo, you should do it."
so the next day, which was

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"yo, you should do it."
so the next day, which was
the Friday that I met them,

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so the next day, which was
the Friday that I met them,
we ended up shooting

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the Friday that I met them,
we ended up shooting
on a Saturday, and I worked

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we ended up shooting
on a Saturday, and I worked
with this girl who's an actress

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on a Saturday, and I worked
with this girl who's an actress
by the name of n'bushe wright.

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With this girl who's an actress
by the name of n'bushe wright.
She was my love interest

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by the name of n'bushe wright.
She was my love interest
in the photo shoot.

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She was my love interest
in the photo shoot.
I got to talking to her,

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in the photo shoot.
I got to talking to her,
and she was like, "yo,

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I got to talking to her,
and she was like, "yo,
you should really try acting."

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and she was like, "yo,
you should really try acting."
later on, you know,

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you should really try acting."
later on, you know,
people started calling

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later on, you know,
people started calling
<i> the source</i> magazine, was like,

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people started calling
<i> the source</i> magazine, was like,
"yo, who's that kid in that ad

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<i> the source</i> magazine, was like,
"yo, who's that kid in that ad
with -- you know, in the layout

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"yo, who's that kid in that ad
with -- you know, in the layout
that you had with the n'bushe?"

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with -- you know, in the layout
that you had with the n'bushe?"
and then, you know,

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that you had with the n'bushe?"
and then, you know,
people started calling me.

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And then, you know,
people started calling me.
I remember even...

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People started calling me.
I remember even...
Reached out to me,

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I remember even...
Reached out to me,
you know, at one point,

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reached out to me,
you know, at one point,
and then I ended up doing

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you know, at one point,
and then I ended up doing
some stuff at the javits center.

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And then I ended up doing
some stuff at the javits center.
There were others before me,

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some stuff at the javits center.
There were others before me,
but the title of supermodel

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there were others before me,
but the title of supermodel
didn't hit me

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but the title of supermodel
didn't hit me
until, you know,

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didn't hit me
until, you know,
maybe one year into my career

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until, you know,
maybe one year into my career
where I was like, you know,

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maybe one year into my career
where I was like, you know,
here I am, a kid from

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where I was like, you know,
here I am, a kid from
the bronx/jamaica,

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here I am, a kid from
the bronx/jamaica,
you know, kind of a street kid,

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the bronx/jamaica,
you know, kind of a street kid,
you know, never been around

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you know, kind of a street kid,
you know, never been around
high fashion.

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You know, never been around
high fashion.
I'm, like, standing

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high fashion.
I'm, like, standing
in the presence of, you know,

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I'm, like, standing
in the presence of, you know,
linda evangelista,

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in the presence of, you know,
linda evangelista,
naomi campbell, kate moss,

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linda evangelista,
naomi campbell, kate moss,
you know, cindy crawford.

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Naomi campbell, kate moss,
you know, cindy crawford.
I remember one time walking into

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you know, cindy crawford.
I remember one time walking into
indochine and seeing

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I remember one time walking into
indochine and seeing
cindy crawford.

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Indochine and seeing
cindy crawford.
It was like, "wow, how you

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cindy crawford.
It was like, "wow, how you
doing?"

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it was like, "wow, how you
doing?"
you know? And she was like,

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doing?"
you know? And she was like,
"hi, tyson."

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you know? And she was like,
"hi, tyson."
I was like, "you know my name."

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"hi, tyson."
I was like, "you know my name."
she's like,

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I was like, "you know my name."
she's like,
"everybody knows your name."

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she's like,
"everybody knows your name."
I mean, for me,

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"everybody knows your name."
I mean, for me,
it was just different.

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I mean, for me,
it was just different.
It was a whole different world,

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it was just different.
It was a whole different world,
like a world

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it was a whole different world,
like a world
that I never knew about.

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Like a world
that I never knew about.
And then, you know,

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that I never knew about.
And then, you know,
I was being invited

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and then, you know,
I was being invited
to all these great parties

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I was being invited
to all these great parties
with all these great,

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to all these great parties
with all these great,
different fashion designers.

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With all these great,
different fashion designers.
I remember one time

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different fashion designers.
I remember one time
running into jean paul gaultier,

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I remember one time
running into jean paul gaultier,
and he was just, like,

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running into jean paul gaultier,
and he was just, like,
so mad at me because I took

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and he was just, like,
so mad at me because I took
the ralph lauren contract,

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so mad at me because I took
the ralph lauren contract,
and, you know,

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the ralph lauren contract,
and, you know,
jean paul gaultier was mad

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and, you know,
jean paul gaultier was mad
because he was like,

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jean paul gaultier was mad
because he was like,
"I wanted you to be my muse.

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Because he was like,
"I wanted you to be my muse.
I wanted to, you know,

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"I wanted you to be my muse.
I wanted to, you know,
work with you," and stuff.

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I wanted to, you know,
work with you," and stuff.
And, you know, a lot of people

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work with you," and stuff.
And, you know, a lot of people
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and, you know, a lot of people
in fashion
were very upset that I had taken

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in fashion
were very upset that I had taken
that contract so fast

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were very upset that I had taken
that contract so fast
because I'd only been

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that contract so fast
because I'd only been
in the industry maybe 9 months

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because I'd only been
in the industry maybe 9 months
to 12 months.

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In the industry maybe 9 months
to 12 months.
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to 12 months.
In that industry,
things take a time to hit,

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in that industry,
things take a time to hit,
and I kind of took off

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things take a time to hit,
and I kind of took off
pretty fast.

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And I kind of took off
pretty fast.
I think I took off -- my career

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pretty fast.
I think I took off -- my career
took off faster than anyone

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I think I took off -- my career
took off faster than anyone
else's in the history of

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took off faster than anyone
else's in the history of
fashion.

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Else's in the history of
fashion.
You being in a ralph lauren ad,

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fashion.
You being in a ralph lauren ad,
you're in<i> vanity fair,</i>

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you being in a ralph lauren ad,
you're in<i> vanity fair,</i>
you're in<i> gq,</i> you're pretty much

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you're in<i> vanity fair,</i>
you're in<i> gq,</i> you're pretty much
everywhere, you know,

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you're in<i> gq,</i> you're pretty much
everywhere, you know,
and he put a lot of money

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everywhere, you know,
and he put a lot of money
into the advertisement

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and he put a lot of money
into the advertisement
to be on billboards, posters.

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Into the advertisement
to be on billboards, posters.
I mean, I was on sunset, and I

364
00:09:55,862 --> 00:09:57,429
to be on billboards, posters.
I mean, I was on sunset, and I
had never even been to sunset,

365
00:09:57,431 --> 00:09:57,963
I mean, I was on sunset, and I
had never even been to sunset,
you know?

366
00:09:57,965 --> 00:09:59,464
Had never even been to sunset,
you know?
I'd never been to l.A. Before,

367
00:09:59,466 --> 00:10:00,298
you know?
I'd never been to l.A. Before,
you know?

368
00:10:00,300 --> 00:10:02,000
I'd never been to l.A. Before,
you know?
So, for me, it was just crazy

369
00:10:02,002 --> 00:10:03,468
you know?
So, for me, it was just crazy
that I was everywhere.

370
00:10:03,470 --> 00:10:05,003
So, for me, it was just crazy
that I was everywhere.
And it was not just here

371
00:10:05,005 --> 00:10:05,837
that I was everywhere.
And it was not just here
in america.

372
00:10:05,839 --> 00:10:07,005
And it was not just here
in america.
It was worldwide.

373
00:10:07,007 --> 00:10:08,173
In america.
It was worldwide.
I mean, you had billboards in

374
00:10:08,175 --> 00:10:09,307
it was worldwide.
I mean, you had billboards in
china, you had billboards in

375
00:10:09,309 --> 00:10:11,443
I mean, you had billboards in
china, you had billboards in
russia, you know, England,

376
00:10:11,445 --> 00:10:11,943
china, you had billboards in
russia, you know, England,
everywhere.

377
00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:13,411
Russia, you know, England,
everywhere.
It was life-changing,

378
00:10:13,413 --> 00:10:14,446
everywhere.
It was life-changing,
and it got to a point

379
00:10:14,448 --> 00:10:15,914
it was life-changing,
and it got to a point
where it was scary, you know,

380
00:10:15,916 --> 00:10:18,516
and it got to a point
where it was scary, you know,
because the same kids

381
00:10:18,518 --> 00:10:19,985
where it was scary, you know,
because the same kids
that I grew up with

382
00:10:19,987 --> 00:10:22,554
because the same kids
that I grew up with
were not the same kids anymore.

383
00:10:22,556 --> 00:10:24,155
That I grew up with
were not the same kids anymore.
The jealousy, the envy,

384
00:10:24,157 --> 00:10:25,824
were not the same kids anymore.
The jealousy, the envy,
and, "I want to cut your face"

385
00:10:25,826 --> 00:10:27,125
the jealousy, the envy,
and, "I want to cut your face"
kind of stuff started,

386
00:10:27,127 --> 00:10:30,629
and, "I want to cut your face"
kind of stuff started,
but those who knew me was like,

387
00:10:30,631 --> 00:10:31,863
kind of stuff started,
but those who knew me was like,
"you got that kid mixed up.

388
00:10:31,865 --> 00:10:33,031
But those who knew me was like,
"you got that kid mixed up.
He might be a pretty boy,

389
00:10:33,033 --> 00:10:33,632
"you got that kid mixed up.
He might be a pretty boy,
but he's not soft, though."

390
00:10:37,536 --> 00:10:46,411
>> beckford: The shower posse
was a jamaican cartel
that came to america and pretty

391
00:10:46,413 --> 00:10:48,747
was a jamaican cartel
that came to america and pretty
much terrorized america

392
00:10:48,749 --> 00:10:52,250
that came to america and pretty
much terrorized america
and brought cocaine and ak-47s,

393
00:10:52,252 --> 00:10:54,219
much terrorized america
and brought cocaine and ak-47s,
and so I was about 17

394
00:10:54,221 --> 00:10:56,354
and brought cocaine and ak-47s,
and so I was about 17
when I was running with them,

395
00:10:56,356 --> 00:10:57,589
and so I was about 17
when I was running with them,
and it wasn't like

396
00:10:57,591 --> 00:10:59,858
when I was running with them,
and it wasn't like
I went looking for them.

397
00:10:59,860 --> 00:11:01,192
And it wasn't like
I went looking for them.
You know, you being a jamaican

398
00:11:01,194 --> 00:11:02,427
I went looking for them.
You know, you being a jamaican
that's already kind of set up

399
00:11:02,429 --> 00:11:03,561
you know, you being a jamaican
that's already kind of set up
in america,

400
00:11:03,563 --> 00:11:05,897
that's already kind of set up
in america,
they kind of cling on to you.

401
00:11:05,899 --> 00:11:07,399
In america,
they kind of cling on to you.
So they came around

402
00:11:07,401 --> 00:11:08,700
they kind of cling on to you.
So they came around
my family and myself

403
00:11:08,702 --> 00:11:10,669
so they came around
my family and myself
and, you know, it started

404
00:11:10,671 --> 00:11:12,303
my family and myself
and, you know, it started
with just running errands, like,

405
00:11:12,305 --> 00:11:13,304
and, you know, it started
with just running errands, like,
you know, "take this one here

406
00:11:13,306 --> 00:11:14,773
with just running errands, like,
you know, "take this one here
to go buy some clothes,"

407
00:11:14,775 --> 00:11:16,041
you know, "take this one here
to go buy some clothes,"
because, you know, again,

408
00:11:16,043 --> 00:11:16,908
to go buy some clothes,"
because, you know, again,
coming from jamaica,

409
00:11:16,910 --> 00:11:19,177
because, you know, again,
coming from jamaica,
you have on a marina

410
00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:21,279
coming from jamaica,
you have on a marina
and, you know, flip-flops,

411
00:11:21,281 --> 00:11:22,547
you have on a marina
and, you know, flip-flops,
meaning you have on a tank top

412
00:11:22,549 --> 00:11:23,815
and, you know, flip-flops,
meaning you have on a tank top
and flip-flops, you know?

413
00:11:23,817 --> 00:11:25,016
Meaning you have on a tank top
and flip-flops, you know?
It started with that,

414
00:11:25,018 --> 00:11:26,051
and flip-flops, you know?
It started with that,
and then, you know, I'd have to

415
00:11:26,053 --> 00:11:27,652
it started with that,
and then, you know, I'd have to
pick up one guy and then one guy

416
00:11:27,654 --> 00:11:29,120
and then, you know, I'd have to
pick up one guy and then one guy
might have, like, a bag with

417
00:11:29,122 --> 00:11:30,955
pick up one guy and then one guy
might have, like, a bag with
him, and then next thing you

418
00:11:30,957 --> 00:11:33,658
might have, like, a bag with
him, and then next thing you
know, I'm fixing ak-47s

419
00:11:33,660 --> 00:11:35,160
him, and then next thing you
know, I'm fixing ak-47s
and hiding, you know,

420
00:11:35,162 --> 00:11:37,495
know, I'm fixing ak-47s
and hiding, you know,
kilos of cocaine in the freezer.

421
00:11:37,497 --> 00:11:39,264
And hiding, you know,
kilos of cocaine in the freezer.
And this is all at 16, 17.

422
00:11:39,266 --> 00:11:39,898
Kilos of cocaine in the freezer.
And this is all at 16, 17.
I'm playing

423
00:11:39,900 --> 00:11:41,433
and this is all at 16, 17.
I'm playing
high-school football.

424
00:11:41,435 --> 00:11:42,667
I'm playing
high-school football.
You know, I'm being chased

425
00:11:42,669 --> 00:11:44,402
high-school football.
You know, I'm being chased
by the cheerleaders,

426
00:11:44,404 --> 00:11:47,205
you know, I'm being chased
by the cheerleaders,
but I had a dual life.

427
00:11:47,207 --> 00:11:48,473
By the cheerleaders,
but I had a dual life.
I would notice that in the

428
00:11:48,475 --> 00:11:49,441
but I had a dual life.
I would notice that in the
daytimes when I'm coming home

429
00:11:49,443 --> 00:11:51,176
I would notice that in the
daytimes when I'm coming home
from school, I'm being trailed

430
00:11:51,178 --> 00:11:52,577
daytimes when I'm coming home
from school, I'm being trailed
by an fbi car.

431
00:11:52,579 --> 00:11:53,278
From school, I'm being trailed
by an fbi car.
I was kind of hip

432
00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:55,213
by an fbi car.
I was kind of hip
to what was going on.

433
00:11:55,215 --> 00:11:57,415
I was kind of hip
to what was going on.
I mean, they had me on wiretaps,

434
00:11:57,417 --> 00:11:59,818
to what was going on.
I mean, they had me on wiretaps,
but things on the wiretaps,

435
00:11:59,820 --> 00:12:00,618
I mean, they had me on wiretaps,
but things on the wiretaps,
I was smart enough to know

436
00:12:00,620 --> 00:12:02,087
but things on the wiretaps,
I was smart enough to know
not to talk on the phone, like,

437
00:12:02,089 --> 00:12:02,754
I was smart enough to know
not to talk on the phone, like,
you know,

438
00:12:02,756 --> 00:12:03,388
not to talk on the phone, like,
you know,
things I would talk about.

439
00:12:03,390 --> 00:12:04,055
You know,
things I would talk about.
Like, "yeah,

440
00:12:04,057 --> 00:12:05,457
things I would talk about.
Like, "yeah,
I saw this girl at school,

441
00:12:05,459 --> 00:12:07,192
like, "yeah,
I saw this girl at school,
and, you know,

442
00:12:07,194 --> 00:12:08,126
I saw this girl at school,
and, you know,
she's preeing me

443
00:12:08,128 --> 00:12:09,260
and, you know,
she's preeing me
and, you know --" "preeing me"

444
00:12:09,262 --> 00:12:10,528
she's preeing me
and, you know --" "preeing me"
mean she's checking me out, so

445
00:12:10,530 --> 00:12:12,297
and, you know --" "preeing me"
mean she's checking me out, so
there'd be a lot of

446
00:12:12,299 --> 00:12:13,431
mean she's checking me out, so
there'd be a lot of
conversations like that but

447
00:12:13,433 --> 00:12:16,568
there'd be a lot of
conversations like that but
never, like, "oh, I fixed biga's

448
00:12:16,570 --> 00:12:18,803
conversations like that but
never, like, "oh, I fixed biga's
ak because he's got to go, you

449
00:12:18,805 --> 00:12:20,972
never, like, "oh, I fixed biga's
ak because he's got to go, you
know, drive by somewhere."

450
00:12:20,974 --> 00:12:21,706
ak because he's got to go, you
know, drive by somewhere."
mechanically,

451
00:12:21,708 --> 00:12:22,574
know, drive by somewhere."
mechanically,
I knew how to do everything.

452
00:12:22,576 --> 00:12:24,442
Mechanically,
I knew how to do everything.
At probably 9 years old,

453
00:12:24,444 --> 00:12:25,643
I knew how to do everything.
At probably 9 years old,
I learned how to

454
00:12:25,645 --> 00:12:26,945
at probably 9 years old,
I learned how to
take apart a 1911

455
00:12:26,947 --> 00:12:27,946
I learned how to
take apart a 1911
and put it back together

456
00:12:27,948 --> 00:12:29,147
take apart a 1911
and put it back together
in the dark.

457
00:12:29,149 --> 00:12:31,116
And put it back together
in the dark.
So, you know, I thought

458
00:12:31,118 --> 00:12:32,050
in the dark.
So, you know, I thought
I was going to the military,

459
00:12:32,052 --> 00:12:34,152
so, you know, I thought
I was going to the military,
but I was guerilla

460
00:12:34,154 --> 00:12:35,587
I was going to the military,
but I was guerilla
street warfare.

461
00:12:35,589 --> 00:12:36,621
But I was guerilla
street warfare.
My job was just make sure

462
00:12:36,623 --> 00:12:37,956
street warfare.
My job was just make sure
the guns were running right.

463
00:12:37,958 --> 00:12:40,792
My job was just make sure
the guns were running right.
So that was my run

464
00:12:40,794 --> 00:12:41,893
the guns were running right.
So that was my run
with the shower posse,

465
00:12:41,895 --> 00:12:43,828
so that was my run
with the shower posse,
and then when the indictments

466
00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:47,198
with the shower posse,
and then when the indictments
came, you know, I was the

467
00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:48,733
and then when the indictments
came, you know, I was the
youngest one on the list.

468
00:12:48,735 --> 00:12:50,735
Came, you know, I was the
youngest one on the list.
I was a coconspirator.

469
00:12:50,737 --> 00:12:53,104
Youngest one on the list.
I was a coconspirator.
So I was about to be indicted.

470
00:12:53,106 --> 00:12:55,140
I was a coconspirator.
So I was about to be indicted.
Pretty much, the fbi took

471
00:12:55,142 --> 00:12:59,944
so I was about to be indicted.
Pretty much, the fbi took
down -- took down 90% of us.

472
00:12:59,946 --> 00:13:00,979
Pretty much, the fbi took
down -- took down 90% of us.
Some of us, they didn't have

473
00:13:00,981 --> 00:13:01,713
down -- took down 90% of us.
Some of us, they didn't have
enough evidence,

474
00:13:01,715 --> 00:13:04,282
some of us, they didn't have
enough evidence,
myself speaking.

475
00:13:04,284 --> 00:13:05,750
Enough evidence,
myself speaking.
Some of the phone taps that I

476
00:13:05,752 --> 00:13:07,418
myself speaking.
Some of the phone taps that I
read when the lawyers

477
00:13:07,420 --> 00:13:08,586
some of the phone taps that I
read when the lawyers
put the paperwork in front of me

478
00:13:08,588 --> 00:13:11,990
read when the lawyers
put the paperwork in front of me
were only 400 pages of

479
00:13:11,992 --> 00:13:12,957
put the paperwork in front of me
were only 400 pages of
talking about girls,

480
00:13:12,959 --> 00:13:13,992
were only 400 pages of
talking about girls,
air jordans,

481
00:13:13,994 --> 00:13:15,860
talking about girls,
air jordans,
and never anything about

482
00:13:15,862 --> 00:13:17,829
air jordans,
and never anything about
what it is I was doing.

483
00:13:17,831 --> 00:13:18,696
And never anything about
what it is I was doing.
You know, I remember one day

484
00:13:18,698 --> 00:13:20,732
what it is I was doing.
You know, I remember one day
coming home from school,

485
00:13:20,734 --> 00:13:21,466
you know, I remember one day
coming home from school,
I had to go

486
00:13:21,468 --> 00:13:22,567
coming home from school,
I had to go
by one of the stash houses,

487
00:13:22,569 --> 00:13:23,668
I had to go
by one of the stash houses,
which was a couple blocks

488
00:13:23,670 --> 00:13:24,369
by one of the stash houses,
which was a couple blocks
from my house.

489
00:13:24,371 --> 00:13:26,070
Which was a couple blocks
from my house.
I went, had on my backpack,

490
00:13:26,072 --> 00:13:27,772
from my house.
I went, had on my backpack,
and went in the house.

491
00:13:27,774 --> 00:13:30,275
I went, had on my backpack,
and went in the house.
Was in the house for maybe

492
00:13:30,277 --> 00:13:31,976
and went in the house.
Was in the house for maybe
15 minutes.

493
00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:35,046
Was in the house for maybe
15 minutes.
I had to adjust an ak.

494
00:13:35,048 --> 00:13:37,015
15 minutes.
I had to adjust an ak.
I went in, I fixed it.

495
00:13:37,017 --> 00:13:37,782
I had to adjust an ak.
I went in, I fixed it.
Something was wrong with the

496
00:13:37,784 --> 00:13:38,616
I went in, I fixed it.
Something was wrong with the
bolt carrier,

497
00:13:38,618 --> 00:13:40,351
something was wrong with the
bolt carrier,
so I fixed the bolt carrier,

498
00:13:40,353 --> 00:13:42,020
bolt carrier,
so I fixed the bolt carrier,
and then, at the time,

499
00:13:42,022 --> 00:13:42,854
so I fixed the bolt carrier,
and then, at the time,
I wasn't even thinking.

500
00:13:42,856 --> 00:13:44,055
And then, at the time,
I wasn't even thinking.
It was my bare hands I did it

501
00:13:44,057 --> 00:13:44,889
I wasn't even thinking.
It was my bare hands I did it
with.

502
00:13:44,891 --> 00:13:46,558
It was my bare hands I did it
with.
You know, my fingerprints

503
00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:48,426
with.
You know, my fingerprints
are on the internals,

504
00:13:48,428 --> 00:13:51,196
you know, my fingerprints
are on the internals,
and I didn't think about it.

505
00:13:51,198 --> 00:13:52,864
Are on the internals,
and I didn't think about it.
There was a knock on the door

506
00:13:52,866 --> 00:13:56,301
and I didn't think about it.
There was a knock on the door
like a serious...

507
00:13:56,303 --> 00:13:59,137
There was a knock on the door
like a serious...
We stuck the ak under the couch.

508
00:13:59,139 --> 00:14:00,171
Like a serious...
We stuck the ak under the couch.
There's about three keys of

509
00:14:00,173 --> 00:14:04,475
we stuck the ak under the couch.
There's about three keys of
coke, and I mean pure, uncut,

510
00:14:04,477 --> 00:14:05,910
there's about three keys of
coke, and I mean pure, uncut,
ready to go to the street.

511
00:14:05,912 --> 00:14:08,146
Coke, and I mean pure, uncut,
ready to go to the street.
Back then, keys were going for

512
00:14:08,148 --> 00:14:10,048
ready to go to the street.
Back then, keys were going for
maybe around $10,500,

513
00:14:10,050 --> 00:14:11,783
back then, keys were going for
maybe around $10,500,
so it's about $30,000

514
00:14:11,785 --> 00:14:13,651
maybe around $10,500,
so it's about $30,000
worth of coke in the freezer

515
00:14:13,653 --> 00:14:15,420
so it's about $30,000
worth of coke in the freezer
and wherever else in the house

516
00:14:15,422 --> 00:14:16,287
worth of coke in the freezer
and wherever else in the house
the rest of the coke was,

517
00:14:16,289 --> 00:14:17,021
and wherever else in the house
the rest of the coke was,
I don't know.

518
00:14:17,023 --> 00:14:19,624
The rest of the coke was,
I don't know.
So you have two other jamaicans,

519
00:14:19,626 --> 00:14:21,059
I don't know.
So you have two other jamaicans,
nervous.

520
00:14:21,061 --> 00:14:22,126
So you have two other jamaicans,
nervous.
They're sitting on the couch.

521
00:14:22,128 --> 00:14:22,894
Nervous.
They're sitting on the couch.
They're sitting on top

522
00:14:22,896 --> 00:14:23,728
they're sitting on the couch.
They're sitting on top
of the ak.

523
00:14:23,730 --> 00:14:24,729
They're sitting on top
of the ak.
I go to the door.

524
00:14:24,731 --> 00:14:26,197
Of the ak.
I go to the door.
I open the door.

525
00:14:26,199 --> 00:14:28,933
I go to the door.
I open the door.
Three cops come in, guns drawn.

526
00:14:28,935 --> 00:14:30,268
I open the door.
Three cops come in, guns drawn.
"everybody, get on the floor."

527
00:14:30,270 --> 00:14:33,204
three cops come in, guns drawn.
"everybody, get on the floor."
okay, we get on the floor.

528
00:14:33,206 --> 00:14:34,372
"everybody, get on the floor."
okay, we get on the floor.
They check us.

529
00:14:34,374 --> 00:14:35,273
Okay, we get on the floor.
They check us.
We're clean.

530
00:14:35,275 --> 00:14:38,142
They check us.
We're clean.
They sit us on the couch

531
00:14:38,144 --> 00:14:39,577
we're clean.
They sit us on the couch
with the ak

532
00:14:39,579 --> 00:14:41,512
they sit us on the couch
with the ak
with my fingerprints on it,

533
00:14:41,514 --> 00:14:42,647
with the ak
with my fingerprints on it,
and it's locked

534
00:14:42,649 --> 00:14:45,416
with my fingerprints on it,
and it's locked
and loaded, ready to go.

535
00:14:45,418 --> 00:14:47,652
And it's locked
and loaded, ready to go.
So they come in, ask us a bunch

536
00:14:47,654 --> 00:14:48,519
and loaded, ready to go.
So they come in, ask us a bunch
of questions.

537
00:14:48,521 --> 00:14:49,287
So they come in, ask us a bunch
of questions.
They're like, "yo, what are you

538
00:14:49,289 --> 00:14:50,421
of questions.
They're like, "yo, what are you
doing?"

539
00:14:50,423 --> 00:14:50,989
they're like, "yo, what are you
doing?"
I said, "nothing.

540
00:14:50,991 --> 00:14:51,990
Doing?"
I said, "nothing.
I just came by to see my

541
00:14:51,992 --> 00:14:53,691
I said, "nothing.
I just came by to see my
friends," you know?

542
00:14:53,693 --> 00:14:54,392
I just came by to see my
friends," you know?
So, like,

543
00:14:54,394 --> 00:14:55,126
friends," you know?
So, like,
"where you go to school?"

544
00:14:55,128 --> 00:14:56,094
so, like,
"where you go to school?"
ask me all the questions,

545
00:14:56,096 --> 00:14:56,628
"where you go to school?"
ask me all the questions,
everything.

546
00:14:56,630 --> 00:14:57,328
Ask me all the questions,
everything.
They were like, "that's a very

547
00:14:57,330 --> 00:14:58,229
everything.
They were like, "that's a very
nice high school.

548
00:14:58,231 --> 00:14:59,264
They were like, "that's a very
nice high school.
What are you doing over here?

549
00:14:59,266 --> 00:14:59,998
Nice high school.
What are you doing over here?
What are you doing with these

550
00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:00,498
what are you doing over here?
What are you doing with these
two?"

551
00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:02,100
what are you doing with these
two?"
I mean, "what do you mean?

552
00:15:02,102 --> 00:15:03,201
Two?"
I mean, "what do you mean?
You know, we're all

553
00:15:03,203 --> 00:15:03,668
I mean, "what do you mean?
You know, we're all
from jamaica.

554
00:15:03,670 --> 00:15:04,168
You know, we're all
from jamaica.
We're jamaicans.

555
00:15:04,170 --> 00:15:05,136
From jamaica.
We're jamaicans.
So we just -- you know,

556
00:15:05,138 --> 00:15:06,938
we're jamaicans.
So we just -- you know,
we in here talking football,"

557
00:15:06,940 --> 00:15:08,940
so we just -- you know,
we in here talking football,"
soccer to them.

558
00:15:08,942 --> 00:15:09,407
We in here talking football,"
soccer to them.
Said, "alright."

559
00:15:09,409 --> 00:15:10,808
soccer to them.
Said, "alright."
so they search all over the

560
00:15:10,810 --> 00:15:12,143
said, "alright."
so they search all over the
house.

561
00:15:12,145 --> 00:15:14,979
So they search all over the
house.
You know, while two guys kept us

562
00:15:14,981 --> 00:15:17,081
house.
You know, while two guys kept us
on the couch, you know, we're

563
00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:18,850
you know, while two guys kept us
on the couch, you know, we're
sitting on the ak.

564
00:15:18,852 --> 00:15:21,286
On the couch, you know, we're
sitting on the ak.
So not once did they think, "eh,

565
00:15:21,288 --> 00:15:23,121
sitting on the ak.
So not once did they think, "eh,
let's go in the freezer."

566
00:15:23,123 --> 00:15:23,855
so not once did they think, "eh,
let's go in the freezer."
dummies.

567
00:15:23,857 --> 00:15:25,790
Let's go in the freezer."
dummies.
Cocaine needs to stay cold,

568
00:15:25,792 --> 00:15:27,292
dummies.
Cocaine needs to stay cold,
stupids.

569
00:15:27,294 --> 00:15:30,061
Cocaine needs to stay cold,
stupids.
So they they give us back

570
00:15:30,063 --> 00:15:32,797
stupids.
So they they give us back
our ids, they leave the house,

571
00:15:32,799 --> 00:15:34,399
so they they give us back
our ids, they leave the house,
and like 10 minutes later,

572
00:15:34,401 --> 00:15:35,300
our ids, they leave the house,
and like 10 minutes later,
I left the house,

573
00:15:35,302 --> 00:15:37,035
and like 10 minutes later,
I left the house,
and I just was like, "wow.

574
00:15:37,037 --> 00:15:38,803
I left the house,
and I just was like, "wow.
I just dodged a bullet."

575
00:15:38,805 --> 00:15:40,171
and I just was like, "wow.
I just dodged a bullet."
I want to tell you about some of

576
00:15:40,173 --> 00:15:41,572
I just dodged a bullet."
I want to tell you about some of
the things that I did

577
00:15:41,574 --> 00:15:42,740
I want to tell you about some of
the things that I did
that I didn't appreciate.

578
00:15:42,742 --> 00:15:44,175
The things that I did
that I didn't appreciate.
I remember

579
00:15:44,177 --> 00:15:46,277
that I didn't appreciate.
I remember
I was robbing drug dealers.

580
00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:47,912
I remember
I was robbing drug dealers.
So I was probably about 18,

581
00:15:47,914 --> 00:15:49,414
I was robbing drug dealers.
So I was probably about 18,
19.

582
00:15:49,416 --> 00:15:51,316
So I was probably about 18,
19.
I had beat the shower posse

583
00:15:51,318 --> 00:15:52,784
19.
I had beat the shower posse
case.

584
00:15:52,786 --> 00:15:53,785
I had beat the shower posse
case.
They didn't have anything on me,

585
00:15:53,787 --> 00:15:55,286
case.
They didn't have anything on me,
but I knew I was being watched

586
00:15:55,288 --> 00:15:56,487
they didn't have anything on me,
but I knew I was being watched
for a little while.

587
00:15:56,489 --> 00:15:58,690
But I knew I was being watched
for a little while.
So I got out of the area

588
00:15:58,692 --> 00:16:00,959
for a little while.
So I got out of the area
that I was in upstate new york

589
00:16:00,961 --> 00:16:01,559
so I got out of the area
that I was in upstate new york
when I was running

590
00:16:01,561 --> 00:16:03,161
that I was in upstate new york
when I was running
with the shower.

591
00:16:03,163 --> 00:16:04,729
When I was running
with the shower.
So I got to new york,

592
00:16:04,731 --> 00:16:06,097
with the shower.
So I got to new york,
and, you know, I'm back

593
00:16:06,099 --> 00:16:07,498
so I got to new york,
and, you know, I'm back
in the city again

594
00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:09,767
and, you know, I'm back
in the city again
and we decided to

595
00:16:09,769 --> 00:16:10,835
in the city again
and we decided to
start robbing drug dealers

596
00:16:10,837 --> 00:16:12,403
and we decided to
start robbing drug dealers
'cause, one, they don't call the

597
00:16:12,405 --> 00:16:14,272
start robbing drug dealers
'cause, one, they don't call the
police, two, they got cash on

598
00:16:14,274 --> 00:16:15,640
'cause, one, they don't call the
police, two, they got cash on
hand, and, three,

599
00:16:15,642 --> 00:16:16,741
police, two, they got cash on
hand, and, three,
they're bad people.

600
00:16:16,743 --> 00:16:17,742
Hand, and, three,
they're bad people.
So we were like, "...It.

601
00:16:17,744 --> 00:16:18,843
They're bad people.
So we were like, "...It.
Let's rob them."

602
00:16:18,845 --> 00:16:20,411
so we were like, "...It.
Let's rob them."
so one time

603
00:16:20,413 --> 00:16:21,512
let's rob them."
so one time
we kick in this house

604
00:16:21,514 --> 00:16:23,147
so one time
we kick in this house
that we had been under

605
00:16:23,149 --> 00:16:25,049
we kick in this house
that we had been under
surveillance for about a week.

606
00:16:25,051 --> 00:16:26,084
That we had been under
surveillance for about a week.
So we kick in.

607
00:16:26,086 --> 00:16:27,652
Surveillance for about a week.
So we kick in.
It's three of us -- me, my

608
00:16:27,654 --> 00:16:31,255
so we kick in.
It's three of us -- me, my
brother, and my cousin's

609
00:16:31,257 --> 00:16:32,256
it's three of us -- me, my
brother, and my cousin's
husband.

610
00:16:32,258 --> 00:16:33,791
Brother, and my cousin's
husband.
So we're in there.

611
00:16:33,793 --> 00:16:35,626
Husband.
So we're in there.
Got everybody tied up.

612
00:16:35,628 --> 00:16:37,195
So we're in there.
Got everybody tied up.
Used just regular cord, you

613
00:16:37,197 --> 00:16:37,929
got everybody tied up.
Used just regular cord, you
know?

614
00:16:37,931 --> 00:16:40,131
Used just regular cord, you
know?
Got everybody facedown.

615
00:16:40,133 --> 00:16:42,000
Know?
Got everybody facedown.
I hear this baby

616
00:16:42,002 --> 00:16:44,669
got everybody facedown.
I hear this baby
crying in the back room.

617
00:16:44,671 --> 00:16:46,504
I hear this baby
crying in the back room.
And when we had come in,

618
00:16:46,506 --> 00:16:48,840
crying in the back room.
And when we had come in,
it was two men and a woman.

619
00:16:48,842 --> 00:16:50,375
And when we had come in,
it was two men and a woman.
She was smoking crack.

620
00:16:50,377 --> 00:16:52,610
It was two men and a woman.
She was smoking crack.
So the baby is crying.

621
00:16:52,612 --> 00:16:54,612
She was smoking crack.
So the baby is crying.
So I have my gun in my hand,

622
00:16:54,614 --> 00:16:56,848
so the baby is crying.
So I have my gun in my hand,
and I put my gun in my waist.

623
00:16:56,850 --> 00:16:57,749
So I have my gun in my hand,
and I put my gun in my waist.
And I say to the lady,

624
00:16:57,751 --> 00:16:59,650
and I put my gun in my waist.
And I say to the lady,
'cause I got a mask on, I said,

625
00:16:59,652 --> 00:17:00,551
and I say to the lady,
'cause I got a mask on, I said,
"is there a baby in this [bleep]

626
00:17:00,553 --> 00:17:01,386
'cause I got a mask on, I said,
"is there a baby in this [bleep]
house?"

627
00:17:01,388 --> 00:17:03,621
"is there a baby in this [bleep]
house?"
and she's like, "yeah.

628
00:17:03,623 --> 00:17:05,757
House?"
and she's like, "yeah.
It's my kid."

629
00:17:05,759 --> 00:17:06,858
and she's like, "yeah.
It's my kid."
and she's probably,

630
00:17:06,860 --> 00:17:08,226
it's my kid."
and she's probably,
you know, hungry.

631
00:17:08,228 --> 00:17:09,260
And she's probably,
you know, hungry.
I said, "you're in here [bleep]

632
00:17:09,262 --> 00:17:11,596
you know, hungry.
I said, "you're in here [bleep]
smoking crack with a baby."

633
00:17:11,598 --> 00:17:13,331
I said, "you're in here [bleep]
smoking crack with a baby."
so I started to get

634
00:17:13,333 --> 00:17:14,132
smoking crack with a baby."
so I started to get
really emotional

635
00:17:14,134 --> 00:17:15,933
so I started to get
really emotional
'cause it pissed me off.

636
00:17:15,935 --> 00:17:18,236
Really emotional
'cause it pissed me off.
So I went and got the baby

637
00:17:18,238 --> 00:17:19,303
'cause it pissed me off.
So I went and got the baby
and I'm holding her and I'm

638
00:17:19,305 --> 00:17:20,872
so I went and got the baby
and I'm holding her and I'm
kind of, like,

639
00:17:20,874 --> 00:17:21,606
and I'm holding her and I'm
kind of, like,
getting her quiet,

640
00:17:21,608 --> 00:17:22,673
kind of, like,
getting her quiet,
and the guys are getting the

641
00:17:22,675 --> 00:17:23,841
getting her quiet,
and the guys are getting the
money, putting it in the bag,

642
00:17:23,843 --> 00:17:25,143
and the guys are getting the
money, putting it in the bag,
doing whatever they're doing.

643
00:17:25,145 --> 00:17:27,311
Money, putting it in the bag,
doing whatever they're doing.
So I sit the lady up.

644
00:17:27,313 --> 00:17:29,847
Doing whatever they're doing.
So I sit the lady up.
She's tied up.

645
00:17:29,849 --> 00:17:31,249
So I sit the lady up.
She's tied up.
So I cut her loose, and I said,

646
00:17:31,251 --> 00:17:31,883
she's tied up.
So I cut her loose, and I said,
"you're not going to do

647
00:17:31,885 --> 00:17:32,850
so I cut her loose, and I said,
"you're not going to do
anything stupid, are you?"

648
00:17:32,852 --> 00:17:33,951
"you're not going to do
anything stupid, are you?"
she said, "no."

649
00:17:33,953 --> 00:17:35,453
anything stupid, are you?"
she said, "no."
so I handed her back the baby

650
00:17:35,455 --> 00:17:38,689
she said, "no."
so I handed her back the baby
and I said, "look, don't make me

651
00:17:38,691 --> 00:17:41,159
so I handed her back the baby
and I said, "look, don't make me
ever come back here

652
00:17:41,161 --> 00:17:42,627
and I said, "look, don't make me
ever come back here
and you're smoking and

653
00:17:42,629 --> 00:17:44,562
ever come back here
and you're smoking and
you got this baby in this house,

654
00:17:44,564 --> 00:17:45,430
and you're smoking and
you got this baby in this house,
'cause I will kill you,

655
00:17:45,432 --> 00:17:46,364
you got this baby in this house,
'cause I will kill you,
and I will take the baby away

656
00:17:46,366 --> 00:17:47,031
'cause I will kill you,
and I will take the baby away
from you."

657
00:17:47,033 --> 00:17:49,901
and I will take the baby away
from you."
so after that, you know,

658
00:17:49,903 --> 00:17:51,969
from you."
so after that, you know,
we leave, we got the money,

659
00:17:51,971 --> 00:17:54,005
so after that, you know,
we leave, we got the money,
and we're driving home.

660
00:17:54,007 --> 00:17:55,039
We leave, we got the money,
and we're driving home.
And I just said,

661
00:17:55,041 --> 00:17:56,707
and we're driving home.
And I just said,
"I can't do this anymore.

662
00:17:56,709 --> 00:17:58,609
And I just said,
"I can't do this anymore.
It's not for me."

663
00:17:58,611 --> 00:18:07,452
"I can't do this anymore.
It's not for me."
♪

664
00:18:07,454 --> 00:18:10,054
it's not for me."
♪
that's the last...

665
00:18:10,056 --> 00:18:15,159
♪
that's the last...
Last crack house I ever robbed.

666
00:18:15,161 --> 00:18:17,628
That's the last...
Last crack house I ever robbed.
I swore never to do it again,

667
00:18:17,630 --> 00:18:21,833
last crack house I ever robbed.
I swore never to do it again,
never to do crime,

668
00:18:21,835 --> 00:18:22,233
I swore never to do it again,
never to do crime,
and I never did.

669
00:18:31,243 --> 00:18:32,443
>> beckford: Well, my mom kind

670
00:18:32,578 --> 00:18:34,245
of knew what was going on,

671
00:18:34,379 --> 00:18:36,514
you know, at one point

672
00:18:36,648 --> 00:18:38,216
'cause my older brother

673
00:18:38,350 --> 00:18:38,649
was killed in '92.

674
00:18:41,420 --> 00:18:45,456
And, you know, I don't know
if it was retaliation
from a lot of the dirt

675
00:18:45,458 --> 00:18:46,557
if it was retaliation
from a lot of the dirt
that we did or whatever,

676
00:18:46,559 --> 00:18:49,327
from a lot of the dirt
that we did or whatever,
but she kind of knew, like,

677
00:18:49,329 --> 00:18:51,362
that we did or whatever,
but she kind of knew, like,
you know -- she was working

678
00:18:51,364 --> 00:18:52,897
but she kind of knew, like,
you know -- she was working
so many jobs and stuff

679
00:18:52,899 --> 00:18:54,866
you know -- she was working
so many jobs and stuff
and trying to keep us

680
00:18:54,868 --> 00:18:56,767
so many jobs and stuff
and trying to keep us
all in line to the point where,

681
00:18:56,769 --> 00:18:58,436
and trying to keep us
all in line to the point where,
you know, she kicked

682
00:18:58,438 --> 00:19:00,538
all in line to the point where,
you know, she kicked
my older sister out 'cause she

683
00:19:00,540 --> 00:19:01,372
you know, she kicked
my older sister out 'cause she
didn't want to listen,

684
00:19:01,374 --> 00:19:02,740
my older sister out 'cause she
didn't want to listen,
she kicked my older brother out,

685
00:19:02,742 --> 00:19:03,908
didn't want to listen,
she kicked my older brother out,
and then eventually I got kicked

686
00:19:03,910 --> 00:19:05,209
she kicked my older brother out,
and then eventually I got kicked
out of, you know, my house when

687
00:19:05,211 --> 00:19:07,044
and then eventually I got kicked
out of, you know, my house when
I was 17.

688
00:19:07,046 --> 00:19:09,413
Out of, you know, my house when
I was 17.
And, you know,

689
00:19:09,415 --> 00:19:11,115
I was 17.
And, you know,
I had my own apartment,

690
00:19:11,117 --> 00:19:11,682
and, you know,
I had my own apartment,
you know, in high school.

691
00:19:17,656 --> 00:19:21,025
>> beckford: The way that I met
bethann hardison, who was my
manager for pretty much

692
00:19:21,027 --> 00:19:23,528
bethann hardison, who was my
manager for pretty much
30 years, I had saw her son,

693
00:19:23,530 --> 00:19:25,463
manager for pretty much
30 years, I had saw her son,
kadeem hardison, on a show

694
00:19:25,465 --> 00:19:27,999
30 years, I had saw her son,
kadeem hardison, on a show
called "the arsenio hall show."

695
00:19:28,001 --> 00:19:29,967
kadeem hardison, on a show
called "the arsenio hall show."
so we saw the shows, like,

696
00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:31,435
called "the arsenio hall show."
so we saw the shows, like,
maybe a Thursday night or so.

697
00:19:31,437 --> 00:19:33,271
So we saw the shows, like,
maybe a Thursday night or so.
He talked about his mom having,

698
00:19:33,273 --> 00:19:35,273
maybe a Thursday night or so.
He talked about his mom having,
you know, this multiracial

699
00:19:35,275 --> 00:19:38,476
he talked about his mom having,
you know, this multiracial
cultural modeling agency,

700
00:19:38,478 --> 00:19:40,578
you know, this multiracial
cultural modeling agency,
you know, and how her

701
00:19:40,580 --> 00:19:43,481
cultural modeling agency,
you know, and how her
small agency of 120-plus kids

702
00:19:43,483 --> 00:19:46,751
you know, and how her
small agency of 120-plus kids
went against the fords, the

703
00:19:46,753 --> 00:19:49,020
small agency of 120-plus kids
went against the fords, the
imgs, you know, all the big

704
00:19:49,022 --> 00:19:51,122
went against the fords, the
imgs, you know, all the big
agencies, and, you know,

705
00:19:51,124 --> 00:19:52,990
imgs, you know, all the big
agencies, and, you know,
she had some of the top kids

706
00:19:52,992 --> 00:19:54,659
agencies, and, you know,
she had some of the top kids
in most of the ads that you saw

707
00:19:54,661 --> 00:19:56,093
she had some of the top kids
in most of the ads that you saw
back in the '90s,

708
00:19:56,095 --> 00:19:56,994
in most of the ads that you saw
back in the '90s,
from calvin klein

709
00:19:56,996 --> 00:19:58,763
back in the '90s,
from calvin klein
all the way down to,

710
00:19:58,765 --> 00:20:01,032
from calvin klein
all the way down to,
you know, the gap.

711
00:20:01,034 --> 00:20:03,501
All the way down to,
you know, the gap.
So one day I walked --

712
00:20:03,503 --> 00:20:04,869
you know, the gap.
So one day I walked --
I made an appointment to go in

713
00:20:04,871 --> 00:20:07,805
so one day I walked --
I made an appointment to go in
there, a friend of mine and me.

714
00:20:07,807 --> 00:20:08,973
I made an appointment to go in
there, a friend of mine and me.
I went in.

715
00:20:08,975 --> 00:20:11,008
There, a friend of mine and me.
I went in.
She came down the stairs,

716
00:20:11,010 --> 00:20:12,210
I went in.
She came down the stairs,
and I see this lady with these

717
00:20:12,212 --> 00:20:14,745
she came down the stairs,
and I see this lady with these
long dreads at the time,

718
00:20:14,747 --> 00:20:16,113
and I see this lady with these
long dreads at the time,
and, you know,

719
00:20:16,115 --> 00:20:18,049
long dreads at the time,
and, you know,
very smooth, elegant.

720
00:20:18,051 --> 00:20:18,950
And, you know,
very smooth, elegant.
You know, she comes over,

721
00:20:18,952 --> 00:20:20,851
very smooth, elegant.
You know, she comes over,
she starts talking to me,

722
00:20:20,853 --> 00:20:22,653
you know, she comes over,
she starts talking to me,
and she asks me, you know,

723
00:20:22,655 --> 00:20:24,822
she starts talking to me,
and she asks me, you know,
where I'm from, about my life.

724
00:20:24,824 --> 00:20:26,958
And she asks me, you know,
where I'm from, about my life.
So she said, you know,

725
00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,527
where I'm from, about my life.
So she said, you know,
"what do you want to be?"

726
00:20:29,529 --> 00:20:31,095
so she said, you know,
"what do you want to be?"
I said, "I want to be a tv

727
00:20:31,097 --> 00:20:34,632
"what do you want to be?"
I said, "I want to be a tv
producer, director, actor."

728
00:20:34,634 --> 00:20:36,000
I said, "I want to be a tv
producer, director, actor."
she said, "you never

729
00:20:36,002 --> 00:20:37,435
producer, director, actor."
she said, "you never
once mentioned modeling."

730
00:20:37,437 --> 00:20:38,135
she said, "you never
once mentioned modeling."
I said, "no, I don't

731
00:20:38,137 --> 00:20:38,970
once mentioned modeling."
I said, "no, I don't
really want to do that.

732
00:20:38,972 --> 00:20:40,771
I said, "no, I don't
really want to do that.
I just know how to do it.

733
00:20:40,773 --> 00:20:41,539
Really want to do that.
I just know how to do it.
And if people are going

734
00:20:41,541 --> 00:20:43,107
I just know how to do it.
And if people are going
to pay me to do it, why not?

735
00:20:43,109 --> 00:20:44,275
And if people are going
to pay me to do it, why not?
It's easy money."

736
00:20:44,277 --> 00:20:45,710
to pay me to do it, why not?
It's easy money."
I said, "anybody can stand there

737
00:20:45,712 --> 00:20:46,944
it's easy money."
I said, "anybody can stand there
in shirt and pants

738
00:20:46,946 --> 00:20:48,379
I said, "anybody can stand there
in shirt and pants
and sell sexy."

739
00:20:48,381 --> 00:20:49,747
in shirt and pants
and sell sexy."
I said, "I do that all the time,

740
00:20:49,749 --> 00:20:50,948
and sell sexy."
I said, "I do that all the time,
walking, you know,

741
00:20:50,950 --> 00:20:52,316
I said, "I do that all the time,
walking, you know,
the streets of new york."

742
00:20:52,318 --> 00:20:53,751
walking, you know,
the streets of new york."
so she laughed and she said,

743
00:20:53,753 --> 00:20:55,753
the streets of new york."
so she laughed and she said,
"okay, I'm going to try it out.

744
00:20:55,755 --> 00:20:57,221
So she laughed and she said,
"okay, I'm going to try it out.
We're going to do this."

745
00:20:57,223 --> 00:20:58,889
"okay, I'm going to try it out.
We're going to do this."
so it was pretty much

746
00:20:58,891 --> 00:20:59,857
we're going to do this."
so it was pretty much
that was it.

747
00:20:59,859 --> 00:21:01,859
So it was pretty much
that was it.
The way that I was discovered

748
00:21:01,861 --> 00:21:04,595
that was it.
The way that I was discovered
by ralph lauren was I was sent

749
00:21:04,597 --> 00:21:06,831
the way that I was discovered
by ralph lauren was I was sent
to see a photographer

750
00:21:06,833 --> 00:21:08,199
by ralph lauren was I was sent
to see a photographer
by the name of bruce weber.

751
00:21:08,201 --> 00:21:10,167
To see a photographer
by the name of bruce weber.
This was, like, maybe two months

752
00:21:10,169 --> 00:21:13,070
by the name of bruce weber.
This was, like, maybe two months
into me signing with bethann.

753
00:21:13,072 --> 00:21:14,872
This was, like, maybe two months
into me signing with bethann.
I went to his studio.

754
00:21:14,874 --> 00:21:16,540
Into me signing with bethann.
I went to his studio.
We met. We talked.

755
00:21:16,542 --> 00:21:18,242
I went to his studio.
We met. We talked.
He took two polaroids of me,

756
00:21:18,244 --> 00:21:19,410
we met. We talked.
He took two polaroids of me,
asked me about my life,

757
00:21:19,412 --> 00:21:20,511
he took two polaroids of me,
asked me about my life,
where I came from.

758
00:21:20,513 --> 00:21:21,379
Asked me about my life,
where I came from.
So he just said, "look, you

759
00:21:21,381 --> 00:21:22,747
where I came from.
So he just said, "look, you
know, I got a friend named ralph

760
00:21:22,749 --> 00:21:23,547
so he just said, "look, you
know, I got a friend named ralph
that I want to send these

761
00:21:23,549 --> 00:21:24,649
know, I got a friend named ralph
that I want to send these
pictures to."

762
00:21:24,651 --> 00:21:25,716
that I want to send these
pictures to."
you know, I didn't think

763
00:21:25,718 --> 00:21:26,651
pictures to."
you know, I didn't think
anything of it.

764
00:21:26,653 --> 00:21:28,185
You know, I didn't think
anything of it.
So met him, shook his head,

765
00:21:28,187 --> 00:21:28,953
anything of it.
So met him, shook his head,
left.

766
00:21:28,955 --> 00:21:30,221
So met him, shook his head,
left.
Couple weeks later,

767
00:21:30,223 --> 00:21:31,689
left.
Couple weeks later,
I got called into a casting

768
00:21:31,691 --> 00:21:33,157
couple weeks later,
I got called into a casting
for ralph lauren.

769
00:21:33,159 --> 00:21:34,659
I got called into a casting
for ralph lauren.
I went in.

770
00:21:34,661 --> 00:21:36,727
For ralph lauren.
I went in.
I saw a lady by the name of

771
00:21:36,729 --> 00:21:39,597
I went in.
I saw a lady by the name of
buffy and carter,

772
00:21:39,599 --> 00:21:43,434
I saw a lady by the name of
buffy and carter,
and they looked at me and said,

773
00:21:43,436 --> 00:21:45,169
buffy and carter,
and they looked at me and said,
"look, you're not right for

774
00:21:45,171 --> 00:21:46,170
and they looked at me and said,
"look, you're not right for
this.

775
00:21:46,172 --> 00:21:48,239
"look, you're not right for
this.
So, you know, maybe come back

776
00:21:48,241 --> 00:21:48,806
this.
So, you know, maybe come back
next week.

777
00:21:48,808 --> 00:21:50,875
So, you know, maybe come back
next week.
We're doing this thing called

778
00:21:50,877 --> 00:21:52,610
next week.
We're doing this thing called
polo sport."

779
00:21:52,612 --> 00:21:54,178
we're doing this thing called
polo sport."
I said, "okay, no problem."

780
00:21:54,180 --> 00:21:55,079
polo sport."
I said, "okay, no problem."
so I went back

781
00:21:55,081 --> 00:21:56,847
I said, "okay, no problem."
so I went back
the following week.

782
00:21:56,849 --> 00:21:58,015
So I went back
the following week.
They had me put on this tank

783
00:21:58,017 --> 00:22:00,451
the following week.
They had me put on this tank
top that said "polo sport,"

784
00:22:00,453 --> 00:22:03,087
they had me put on this tank
top that said "polo sport,"
and at the time, you know,

785
00:22:03,089 --> 00:22:03,954
top that said "polo sport,"
and at the time, you know,
I never heard of it.

786
00:22:03,956 --> 00:22:05,156
And at the time, you know,
I never heard of it.
It was, you know -- and I grew

787
00:22:05,158 --> 00:22:06,924
I never heard of it.
It was, you know -- and I grew
up wearing polo.

788
00:22:06,926 --> 00:22:07,958
It was, you know -- and I grew
up wearing polo.
So they said,

789
00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:09,060
up wearing polo.
So they said,
"could you wait two minutes?"

790
00:22:09,062 --> 00:22:10,227
so they said,
"could you wait two minutes?"
I said, "yeah, sure."

791
00:22:10,229 --> 00:22:11,529
"could you wait two minutes?"
I said, "yeah, sure."
so they took a polaroid of me.

792
00:22:11,531 --> 00:22:12,663
I said, "yeah, sure."
so they took a polaroid of me.
I got dressed.

793
00:22:12,665 --> 00:22:13,531
So they took a polaroid of me.
I got dressed.
They went upstairs.

794
00:22:13,533 --> 00:22:14,332
I got dressed.
They went upstairs.
They said, "we're going to go

795
00:22:14,334 --> 00:22:15,666
they went upstairs.
They said, "we're going to go
show ralph."

796
00:22:15,668 --> 00:22:17,168
they said, "we're going to go
show ralph."
and, again, didn't think of it.

797
00:22:17,170 --> 00:22:18,035
Show ralph."
and, again, didn't think of it.
I just thought it was like

798
00:22:18,037 --> 00:22:19,737
and, again, didn't think of it.
I just thought it was like
an employee named ralph.

799
00:22:19,739 --> 00:22:20,905
I just thought it was like
an employee named ralph.
Didn't think it was

800
00:22:20,907 --> 00:22:23,040
an employee named ralph.
Didn't think it was
<i> the</i> ralph lauren.

801
00:22:23,042 --> 00:22:24,208
Didn't think it was
<i> the</i> ralph lauren.
They come back downstairs,

802
00:22:24,210 --> 00:22:25,042
<i> the</i> ralph lauren.
They come back downstairs,
and they're like, you know,

803
00:22:25,044 --> 00:22:27,345
they come back downstairs,
and they're like, you know,
giddy like schoolgirls,

804
00:22:27,347 --> 00:22:29,046
and they're like, you know,
giddy like schoolgirls,
and they're like, "okay,

805
00:22:29,048 --> 00:22:30,014
giddy like schoolgirls,
and they're like, "okay,
nice to meet you.

806
00:22:30,016 --> 00:22:31,082
And they're like, "okay,
nice to meet you.
You know, we'll be in touch."

807
00:22:31,084 --> 00:22:32,283
nice to meet you.
You know, we'll be in touch."
you know, the same thing that a

808
00:22:32,285 --> 00:22:34,518
you know, we'll be in touch."
you know, the same thing that a
lot of casting directors say.

809
00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:35,453
You know, the same thing that a
lot of casting directors say.
So I leave.

810
00:22:35,455 --> 00:22:36,787
Lot of casting directors say.
So I leave.
I'm walking up and down, like,

811
00:22:36,789 --> 00:22:38,656
so I leave.
I'm walking up and down, like,
fifth avenue.

812
00:22:38,658 --> 00:22:40,257
I'm walking up and down, like,
fifth avenue.
This is maybe 45 minutes

813
00:22:40,259 --> 00:22:41,525
fifth avenue.
This is maybe 45 minutes
to an hour later.

814
00:22:41,527 --> 00:22:42,860
This is maybe 45 minutes
to an hour later.
Phone rings.

815
00:22:42,862 --> 00:22:44,195
To an hour later.
Phone rings.
And I had a, you know,

816
00:22:44,197 --> 00:22:45,963
phone rings.
And I had a, you know,
startech throwaway.

817
00:22:45,965 --> 00:22:47,565
And I had a, you know,
startech throwaway.
The phone rings. I pick it up.

818
00:22:47,567 --> 00:22:49,567
Startech throwaway.
The phone rings. I pick it up.
It's my booker,

819
00:22:49,569 --> 00:22:51,035
the phone rings. I pick it up.
It's my booker,
and he says, "where are you?"

820
00:22:51,037 --> 00:22:52,937
it's my booker,
and he says, "where are you?"
I said, "I'm still, you know,

821
00:22:52,939 --> 00:22:54,705
and he says, "where are you?"
I said, "I'm still, you know,
on fifth avenue, close to

822
00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:56,974
I said, "I'm still, you know,
on fifth avenue, close to
650 madison, ralph lauren."

823
00:22:56,976 --> 00:23:00,544
on fifth avenue, close to
650 madison, ralph lauren."
he says, okay, you just booked

824
00:23:00,546 --> 00:23:04,048
650 madison, ralph lauren."
he says, okay, you just booked
the ralph lauren campaign."

825
00:23:04,050 --> 00:23:05,116
he says, okay, you just booked
the ralph lauren campaign."
I said, "no way."

826
00:23:05,118 --> 00:23:06,050
the ralph lauren campaign."
I said, "no way."
"really."

827
00:23:06,052 --> 00:23:07,885
I said, "no way."
"really."
and, I mean, I was excited.

828
00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:09,353
"really."
and, I mean, I was excited.
Just nothing big like

829
00:23:09,355 --> 00:23:10,955
and, I mean, I was excited.
Just nothing big like
that ever happened for me.

830
00:23:10,957 --> 00:23:13,224
Just nothing big like
that ever happened for me.
So, you know, that's pretty much

831
00:23:13,226 --> 00:23:14,992
that ever happened for me.
So, you know, that's pretty much
how I got into the family.

832
00:23:14,994 --> 00:23:17,461
So, you know, that's pretty much
how I got into the family.
And then

833
00:23:17,463 --> 00:23:18,562
how I got into the family.
And then
the first day that I saw

834
00:23:18,564 --> 00:23:21,332
and then
the first day that I saw
the ralph lauren ad that I shot,

835
00:23:21,334 --> 00:23:22,933
the first day that I saw
the ralph lauren ad that I shot,
we shot it in squaw valley.

836
00:23:22,935 --> 00:23:25,069
The ralph lauren ad that I shot,
we shot it in squaw valley.
It was so many different people,

837
00:23:25,071 --> 00:23:27,104
we shot it in squaw valley.
It was so many different people,
you know, of different races.

838
00:23:27,106 --> 00:23:27,772
It was so many different people,
you know, of different races.
We're all standing

839
00:23:27,774 --> 00:23:29,240
you know, of different races.
We're all standing
on a mountain, you know,

840
00:23:29,242 --> 00:23:31,409
we're all standing
on a mountain, you know,
and I'm wearing this bright red

841
00:23:31,411 --> 00:23:33,144
on a mountain, you know,
and I'm wearing this bright red
usa sweatshirt.

842
00:23:33,146 --> 00:23:33,978
And I'm wearing this bright red
usa sweatshirt.
You know, there was kind of like

843
00:23:33,980 --> 00:23:35,246
usa sweatshirt.
You know, there was kind of like
a buzz going on.

844
00:23:35,248 --> 00:23:36,280
You know, there was kind of like
a buzz going on.
There was this new magazine

845
00:23:36,282 --> 00:23:38,616
a buzz going on.
There was this new magazine
out called<i> vibe</i> magazine.

846
00:23:38,618 --> 00:23:39,917
There was this new magazine
out called<i> vibe</i> magazine.
Everybody was, like, looking at

847
00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:40,384
out called<i> vibe</i> magazine.
Everybody was, like, looking at
it.

848
00:23:40,386 --> 00:23:42,052
Everybody was, like, looking at
it.
People are talking about it.

849
00:23:42,054 --> 00:23:42,953
It.
People are talking about it.
And then, you know,

850
00:23:42,955 --> 00:23:44,321
people are talking about it.
And then, you know,
people are looking at me

851
00:23:44,323 --> 00:23:45,489
and then, you know,
people are looking at me
and I'm looking like,

852
00:23:45,491 --> 00:23:46,290
people are looking at me
and I'm looking like,
you know, "what's going on?

853
00:23:46,292 --> 00:23:47,324
And I'm looking like,
you know, "what's going on?
Why is everybody looking at me?"

854
00:23:47,326 --> 00:23:47,858
you know, "what's going on?
Why is everybody looking at me?"
so I'm hanging out

855
00:23:47,860 --> 00:23:48,993
why is everybody looking at me?"
so I'm hanging out
with my friends,

856
00:23:48,995 --> 00:23:50,795
so I'm hanging out
with my friends,
and somebody walks up to me

857
00:23:50,797 --> 00:23:53,063
with my friends,
and somebody walks up to me
and says, "hey, you the guy

858
00:23:53,065 --> 00:23:54,698
and somebody walks up to me
and says, "hey, you the guy
in the polo ads?"

859
00:23:54,700 --> 00:23:55,433
and says, "hey, you the guy
in the polo ads?"
I was like,

860
00:23:55,435 --> 00:23:56,567
in the polo ads?"
I was like,
"what are you talking about?"

861
00:23:56,569 --> 00:23:57,501
I was like,
"what are you talking about?"
no idea what they're talking

862
00:23:57,503 --> 00:23:58,369
"what are you talking about?"
no idea what they're talking
about.

863
00:23:58,371 --> 00:24:00,237
No idea what they're talking
about.
So he says -- he has the<i> vibe</i>

864
00:24:00,239 --> 00:24:02,239
about.
So he says -- he has the<i> vibe</i>
magazine, and he opens it up,

865
00:24:02,241 --> 00:24:04,642
so he says -- he has the<i> vibe</i>
magazine, and he opens it up,
and it's like a full-on spread,

866
00:24:04,644 --> 00:24:05,543
magazine, and he opens it up,
and it's like a full-on spread,
you know?

867
00:24:05,545 --> 00:24:07,445
And it's like a full-on spread,
you know?
You got these five guys

868
00:24:07,447 --> 00:24:09,313
you know?
You got these five guys
standing on top of the mountain,

869
00:24:09,315 --> 00:24:10,481
you got these five guys
standing on top of the mountain,
and then there I am,

870
00:24:10,483 --> 00:24:12,650
standing on top of the mountain,
and then there I am,
and then you turn the next page,

871
00:24:12,652 --> 00:24:14,518
and then there I am,
and then you turn the next page,
and it's just one page of me

872
00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:17,621
and then you turn the next page,
and it's just one page of me
in this usa sweatshirt.

873
00:24:17,623 --> 00:24:19,590
And it's just one page of me
in this usa sweatshirt.
And, I mean, like,

874
00:24:19,592 --> 00:24:20,891
in this usa sweatshirt.
And, I mean, like,
my mouth dropped.

875
00:24:20,893 --> 00:24:22,259
And, I mean, like,
my mouth dropped.
Then it was in<i> gq,</i>

876
00:24:22,261 --> 00:24:23,928
my mouth dropped.
Then it was in<i> gq,</i>
it was everywhere.

877
00:24:23,930 --> 00:24:24,929
Then it was in<i> gq,</i>
it was everywhere.
And then they decided to do

878
00:24:24,931 --> 00:24:26,397
it was everywhere.
And then they decided to do
a poster.

879
00:24:26,399 --> 00:24:28,199
And then they decided to do
a poster.
That changed my life.

880
00:24:28,201 --> 00:24:30,568
A poster.
That changed my life.
Now, I went from, you know,

881
00:24:30,570 --> 00:24:33,170
that changed my life.
Now, I went from, you know,
street kid to kind of,

882
00:24:33,172 --> 00:24:35,573
now, I went from, you know,
street kid to kind of,
like, fashion superstar,

883
00:24:35,575 --> 00:24:38,642
street kid to kind of,
like, fashion superstar,
kind of, like, hitless.

884
00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:39,643
Like, fashion superstar,
kind of, like, hitless.
Why I say that?

885
00:24:39,645 --> 00:24:41,645
Kind of, like, hitless.
Why I say that?
Because now there was a target

886
00:24:41,647 --> 00:24:42,246
why I say that?
Because now there was a target
on me.

887
00:24:42,248 --> 00:24:45,783
Because now there was a target
on me.
By 24, I was a millionaire,

888
00:24:45,785 --> 00:24:46,984
on me.
By 24, I was a millionaire,
you know, working for ralph.

889
00:24:46,986 --> 00:24:48,252
By 24, I was a millionaire,
you know, working for ralph.
I started with him

890
00:24:48,254 --> 00:24:49,987
you know, working for ralph.
I started with him
when I was 22, 21.

891
00:24:49,989 --> 00:24:52,089
I started with him
when I was 22, 21.
So I booked, like, these amazing

892
00:24:52,091 --> 00:24:54,592
when I was 22, 21.
So I booked, like, these amazing
sprite commercials, you know,

893
00:24:54,594 --> 00:24:57,895
so I booked, like, these amazing
sprite commercials, you know,
and ford car commercials, like,

894
00:24:57,897 --> 00:24:59,864
sprite commercials, you know,
and ford car commercials, like,
I was bringing in the money.

895
00:24:59,866 --> 00:25:02,132
And ford car commercials, like,
I was bringing in the money.
Had a check from sprite

896
00:25:02,134 --> 00:25:04,802
I was bringing in the money.
Had a check from sprite
for $100,000.

897
00:25:04,804 --> 00:25:07,137
Had a check from sprite
for $100,000.
A contract pretty much like

898
00:25:07,139 --> 00:25:10,574
for $100,000.
A contract pretty much like
the ralph lauren contract I had,

899
00:25:10,576 --> 00:25:11,976
a contract pretty much like
the ralph lauren contract I had,
365 days.

900
00:25:11,978 --> 00:25:14,612
The ralph lauren contract I had,
365 days.
So sometimes some people do

901
00:25:14,614 --> 00:25:16,614
365 days.
So sometimes some people do
one year, sometimes two years.

902
00:25:16,616 --> 00:25:18,048
So sometimes some people do
one year, sometimes two years.
So in that contract,

903
00:25:18,050 --> 00:25:19,583
one year, sometimes two years.
So in that contract,
I am contracted to work

904
00:25:19,585 --> 00:25:22,353
so in that contract,
I am contracted to work
40 to 45 days,

905
00:25:22,355 --> 00:25:25,723
I am contracted to work
40 to 45 days,
meaning that

906
00:25:25,725 --> 00:25:28,225
40 to 45 days,
meaning that
a photo shoot is one day

907
00:25:28,227 --> 00:25:30,127
meaning that
a photo shoot is one day
traveling to the photo shoot

908
00:25:30,129 --> 00:25:31,395
a photo shoot is one day
traveling to the photo shoot
is a half a day,

909
00:25:31,397 --> 00:25:33,898
traveling to the photo shoot
is a half a day,
so round trip is one full day.

910
00:25:33,900 --> 00:25:36,133
Is a half a day,
so round trip is one full day.
A fitting is a half a day.

911
00:25:36,135 --> 00:25:38,102
So round trip is one full day.
A fitting is a half a day.
So those are dates that are

912
00:25:38,104 --> 00:25:39,537
a fitting is a half a day.
So those are dates that are
taken off of the contract.

913
00:25:39,539 --> 00:25:41,705
So those are dates that are
taken off of the contract.
So if I do a photo shoot

914
00:25:41,707 --> 00:25:43,173
taken off of the contract.
So if I do a photo shoot
for a week,

915
00:25:43,175 --> 00:25:44,542
so if I do a photo shoot
for a week,
that's seven days off of it,

916
00:25:44,544 --> 00:25:46,210
for a week,
that's seven days off of it,
plus the flying and,

917
00:25:46,212 --> 00:25:49,713
that's seven days off of it,
plus the flying and,
you know, the fittings.

918
00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:51,849
Plus the flying and,
you know, the fittings.
I think I got $360,000, my first

919
00:25:51,851 --> 00:25:53,017
you know, the fittings.
I think I got $360,000, my first
contract.

920
00:25:53,019 --> 00:25:54,218
I think I got $360,000, my first
contract.
It got to the point where I was

921
00:25:54,220 --> 00:25:56,020
contract.
It got to the point where I was
there -- when I left there,

922
00:25:56,022 --> 00:26:02,326
it got to the point where I was
there -- when I left there,
I was making $1.3 million,

923
00:26:02,328 --> 00:26:03,494
there -- when I left there,
I was making $1.3 million,
you know, 'cause

924
00:26:03,496 --> 00:26:04,562
I was making $1.3 million,
you know, 'cause
every year it increased,

925
00:26:04,564 --> 00:26:05,896
you know, 'cause
every year it increased,
it came back,

926
00:26:05,898 --> 00:26:07,665
every year it increased,
it came back,
and bethann was shocked.

927
00:26:07,667 --> 00:26:10,434
It came back,
and bethann was shocked.
I mean, we doubled up -- '94,

928
00:26:10,436 --> 00:26:11,602
and bethann was shocked.
I mean, we doubled up -- '94,
we were, like, way over

929
00:26:11,604 --> 00:26:12,069
I mean, we doubled up -- '94,
we were, like, way over
half a million easy.

930
00:26:17,342 --> 00:26:21,745
>> beckford: I used to hang out
with all these artists from
atlanta.

931
00:26:21,747 --> 00:26:23,113
With all these artists from
atlanta.
Dated this girl named chilli

932
00:26:23,115 --> 00:26:24,848
atlanta.
Dated this girl named chilli
from tlc for a minute.

933
00:26:24,850 --> 00:26:25,849
Dated this girl named chilli
from tlc for a minute.
I met this guy named

934
00:26:25,851 --> 00:26:27,918
from tlc for a minute.
I met this guy named
bille woodruff and then

935
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:29,687
I met this guy named
bille woodruff and then
toni braxton.

936
00:26:29,689 --> 00:26:32,389
Bille woodruff and then
toni braxton.
So bille woodruff was an a&r

937
00:26:32,391 --> 00:26:33,657
toni braxton.
So bille woodruff was an a&r
at the label.

938
00:26:33,659 --> 00:26:36,727
So bille woodruff was an a&r
at the label.
He then became a video director.

939
00:26:36,729 --> 00:26:38,262
At the label.
He then became a video director.
So he had this incredible idea

940
00:26:38,264 --> 00:26:40,431
he then became a video director.
So he had this incredible idea
about this song

941
00:26:40,433 --> 00:26:41,699
so he had this incredible idea
about this song
that toni braxton had done

942
00:26:41,701 --> 00:26:44,001
about this song
that toni braxton had done
called "un-break my heart."

943
00:26:44,003 --> 00:26:46,503
that toni braxton had done
called "un-break my heart."
so in the song, it's about her

944
00:26:46,505 --> 00:26:48,672
called "un-break my heart."
so in the song, it's about her
falling in love with this guy

945
00:26:48,674 --> 00:26:50,374
so in the song, it's about her
falling in love with this guy
and him having some kind of

946
00:26:50,376 --> 00:26:52,710
falling in love with this guy
and him having some kind of
tragedy that took his life,

947
00:26:52,712 --> 00:26:55,245
and him having some kind of
tragedy that took his life,
and, you know, she wants to go

948
00:26:55,247 --> 00:26:57,548
tragedy that took his life,
and, you know, she wants to go
back and unbreak her heart.

949
00:26:57,550 --> 00:26:59,049
And, you know, she wants to go
back and unbreak her heart.
So bille had shot me

950
00:26:59,051 --> 00:27:00,417
back and unbreak her heart.
So bille had shot me
this concept because he knew

951
00:27:00,419 --> 00:27:02,052
so bille had shot me
this concept because he knew
I rode motorcycles.

952
00:27:02,054 --> 00:27:03,621
This concept because he knew
I rode motorcycles.
He's like, "look, you're

953
00:27:03,623 --> 00:27:04,722
I rode motorcycles.
He's like, "look, you're
going to be in this video.

954
00:27:04,724 --> 00:27:05,889
He's like, "look, you're
going to be in this video.
You guys have this amazing

955
00:27:05,891 --> 00:27:06,557
going to be in this video.
You guys have this amazing
house.

956
00:27:06,559 --> 00:27:08,993
You guys have this amazing
house.
You're madly in love.

957
00:27:08,995 --> 00:27:10,260
House.
You're madly in love.
You leave one day

958
00:27:10,262 --> 00:27:12,896
you're madly in love.
You leave one day
to go somewhere,

959
00:27:12,898 --> 00:27:14,865
you leave one day
to go somewhere,
and you kiss her goodbye,

960
00:27:14,867 --> 00:27:15,633
to go somewhere,
and you kiss her goodbye,
and that's the last time

961
00:27:15,635 --> 00:27:16,400
and you kiss her goodbye,
and that's the last time
you ever see her.

962
00:27:16,402 --> 00:27:17,668
And that's the last time
you ever see her.
You get hit by a car,

963
00:27:17,670 --> 00:27:18,669
you ever see her.
You get hit by a car,
and you die."

964
00:27:18,671 --> 00:27:19,737
you get hit by a car,
and you die."
and he's like, "yo,

965
00:27:19,739 --> 00:27:21,105
and you die."
and he's like, "yo,
it's like a mini movie,

966
00:27:21,107 --> 00:27:23,173
and he's like, "yo,
it's like a mini movie,
and I need you to do the part."

967
00:27:23,175 --> 00:27:24,541
it's like a mini movie,
and I need you to do the part."
so at the time, I think toni

968
00:27:24,543 --> 00:27:27,711
and I need you to do the part."
so at the time, I think toni
was dating bryce wilson,

969
00:27:27,713 --> 00:27:29,246
so at the time, I think toni
was dating bryce wilson,
who was a guy that I knew.

970
00:27:29,248 --> 00:27:30,981
Was dating bryce wilson,
who was a guy that I knew.
So bille was like, "look,

971
00:27:30,983 --> 00:27:32,416
who was a guy that I knew.
So bille was like, "look,
you guys got to go on a date.

972
00:27:32,418 --> 00:27:33,450
So bille was like, "look,
you guys got to go on a date.
You got to get to know each

973
00:27:33,452 --> 00:27:34,418
you guys got to go on a date.
You got to get to know each
other 'cause you got to seem

974
00:27:34,420 --> 00:27:35,953
you got to get to know each
other 'cause you got to seem
like you're really in love."

975
00:27:35,955 --> 00:27:37,121
other 'cause you got to seem
like you're really in love."
toni comes and picks me up.

976
00:27:37,123 --> 00:27:39,323
Like you're really in love."
toni comes and picks me up.
So we go to dinner, then we go

977
00:27:39,325 --> 00:27:42,259
toni comes and picks me up.
So we go to dinner, then we go
up the coast, pch.

978
00:27:42,261 --> 00:27:43,527
So we go to dinner, then we go
up the coast, pch.
So we get out of the car.

979
00:27:43,529 --> 00:27:44,628
Up the coast, pch.
So we get out of the car.
We stop at this one spot

980
00:27:44,630 --> 00:27:45,362
so we get out of the car.
We stop at this one spot
that she loves,

981
00:27:45,364 --> 00:27:46,130
we stop at this one spot
that she loves,
and she's like,

982
00:27:46,132 --> 00:27:47,131
that she loves,
and she's like,
"ah, this is my favorite spot."

983
00:27:47,133 --> 00:27:48,632
and she's like,
"ah, this is my favorite spot."
so we're sitting on the hood

984
00:27:48,634 --> 00:27:50,401
"ah, this is my favorite spot."
so we're sitting on the hood
of the car and she's like,

985
00:27:50,403 --> 00:27:51,368
so we're sitting on the hood
of the car and she's like,
"you know, this song is really

986
00:27:51,370 --> 00:27:52,736
of the car and she's like,
"you know, this song is really
from my heart,"

987
00:27:52,738 --> 00:27:53,837
"you know, this song is really
from my heart,"
you know, almost to the point

988
00:27:53,839 --> 00:27:55,639
from my heart,"
you know, almost to the point
where we almost kiss.

989
00:27:55,641 --> 00:27:56,840
You know, almost to the point
where we almost kiss.
But she's got a boyfriend, so I

990
00:27:56,842 --> 00:27:57,841
where we almost kiss.
But she's got a boyfriend, so I
got to behave.

991
00:27:57,843 --> 00:27:59,777
But she's got a boyfriend, so I
got to behave.
So I know that, come the video,

992
00:27:59,779 --> 00:28:01,345
got to behave.
So I know that, come the video,
I got to do all these things

993
00:28:01,347 --> 00:28:02,146
so I know that, come the video,
I got to do all these things
in the video.

994
00:28:02,148 --> 00:28:03,580
I got to do all these things
in the video.
So the video came, and, you

995
00:28:03,582 --> 00:28:06,483
in the video.
So the video came, and, you
know, when it came out on bet,

996
00:28:06,485 --> 00:28:07,551
so the video came, and, you
know, when it came out on bet,
it was just crazy.

997
00:28:07,553 --> 00:28:09,119
Know, when it came out on bet,
it was just crazy.
The song just catapulted

998
00:28:09,121 --> 00:28:10,921
it was just crazy.
The song just catapulted
to #1, and it was

999
00:28:10,923 --> 00:28:12,923
the song just catapulted
to #1, and it was
on the billboard charts forever.

1000
00:28:12,925 --> 00:28:13,757
To #1, and it was
on the billboard charts forever.
And, I mean, there was nowhere

1001
00:28:13,759 --> 00:28:15,626
on the billboard charts forever.
And, I mean, there was nowhere
I could go that people didn't

1002
00:28:15,628 --> 00:28:17,494
and, I mean, there was nowhere
I could go that people didn't
know me from the polo ads,

1003
00:28:17,496 --> 00:28:20,164
I could go that people didn't
know me from the polo ads,
so this now pushed me into --

1004
00:28:20,166 --> 00:28:21,699
know me from the polo ads,
so this now pushed me into --
I mean, can't get

1005
00:28:21,701 --> 00:28:23,133
so this now pushed me into --
I mean, can't get
no higher than supermodel.

1006
00:28:23,135 --> 00:28:24,201
I mean, can't get
no higher than supermodel.
I was already that before

1007
00:28:24,203 --> 00:28:25,736
no higher than supermodel.
I was already that before
I got to the video.

1008
00:28:25,738 --> 00:28:27,171
I was already that before
I got to the video.
So it just catapulted me

1009
00:28:27,173 --> 00:28:29,273
I got to the video.
So it just catapulted me
into pop-culture stardom.

1010
00:28:29,275 --> 00:28:30,441
So it just catapulted me
into pop-culture stardom.
Had to get out of new york

1011
00:28:30,443 --> 00:28:31,709
into pop-culture stardom.
Had to get out of new york
for a while, so I moved to l.A.

1012
00:28:31,711 --> 00:28:33,277
Had to get out of new york
for a while, so I moved to l.A.
For a little bit.

1013
00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:33,944
For a while, so I moved to l.A.
For a little bit.
I don't know

1014
00:28:33,946 --> 00:28:34,912
for a little bit.
I don't know
if that was a good idea

1015
00:28:34,914 --> 00:28:36,914
I don't know
if that was a good idea
'cause then I had gang bangers,

1016
00:28:36,916 --> 00:28:37,781
if that was a good idea
'cause then I had gang bangers,
crips and bloods

1017
00:28:37,783 --> 00:28:39,016
'cause then I had gang bangers,
crips and bloods
being friends with me.

1018
00:28:39,018 --> 00:28:39,883
Crips and bloods
being friends with me.
Not that I have a problem

1019
00:28:39,885 --> 00:28:40,818
being friends with me.
Not that I have a problem
with any of those guys,

1020
00:28:40,820 --> 00:28:42,553
not that I have a problem
with any of those guys,
but, you know, it just was --

1021
00:28:42,555 --> 00:28:44,254
with any of those guys,
but, you know, it just was --
it was different, man.

1022
00:28:44,256 --> 00:28:45,255
But, you know, it just was --
it was different, man.
I mean,

1023
00:28:45,257 --> 00:28:47,925
it was different, man.
I mean,
from hells angels to crips,

1024
00:28:47,927 --> 00:28:50,027
I mean,
from hells angels to crips,
bloods, and to, you know, the

1025
00:28:50,029 --> 00:28:52,629
from hells angels to crips,
bloods, and to, you know, the
most famous people in the world,

1026
00:28:52,631 --> 00:28:55,132
bloods, and to, you know, the
most famous people in the world,
I balanced this life

1027
00:28:55,134 --> 00:28:57,768
most famous people in the world,
I balanced this life
that some people probably, like,

1028
00:28:57,770 --> 00:28:59,002
I balanced this life
that some people probably, like,
you know, scorsese, would want

1029
00:28:59,004 --> 00:29:00,337
that some people probably, like,
you know, scorsese, would want
to make a movie of this

1030
00:29:00,339 --> 00:29:01,905
you know, scorsese, would want
to make a movie of this
because it was that crazy

1031
00:29:01,907 --> 00:29:03,774
to make a movie of this
because it was that crazy
when people on instagram

1032
00:29:03,776 --> 00:29:05,375
because it was that crazy
when people on instagram
and people threaten me

1033
00:29:05,377 --> 00:29:06,710
when people on instagram
and people threaten me
on the street,

1034
00:29:06,712 --> 00:29:09,213
and people threaten me
on the street,
I laugh because

1035
00:29:09,215 --> 00:29:10,214
on the street,
I laugh because
there's nothing that you

1036
00:29:10,216 --> 00:29:12,282
I laugh because
there's nothing that you
can say or do to me

1037
00:29:12,284 --> 00:29:14,351
there's nothing that you
can say or do to me
that I haven't been through.

1038
00:29:14,353 --> 00:29:15,252
Can say or do to me
that I haven't been through.
You know?

1039
00:29:15,254 --> 00:29:15,953
That I haven't been through.
You know?
I've been shot at

1040
00:29:15,955 --> 00:29:17,287
you know?
I've been shot at
so many times.

1041
00:29:17,289 --> 00:29:18,856
I've been shot at
so many times.
Bullets do a wizzle

1042
00:29:18,858 --> 00:29:20,758
so many times.
Bullets do a wizzle
when they go by you, to the

1043
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,393
bullets do a wizzle
when they go by you, to the
point where I felt the heat from

1044
00:29:23,395 --> 00:29:26,330
when they go by you, to the
point where I felt the heat from
it, you know, and literally have

1045
00:29:26,332 --> 00:29:28,031
point where I felt the heat from
it, you know, and literally have
had them gone underneath my

1046
00:29:28,033 --> 00:29:31,101
it, you know, and literally have
had them gone underneath my
shirt, passed my head,

1047
00:29:31,103 --> 00:29:32,703
had them gone underneath my
shirt, passed my head,
and I was calm.

1048
00:29:32,705 --> 00:29:33,604
Shirt, passed my head,
and I was calm.
The worst thing you can do is

1049
00:29:33,606 --> 00:29:34,271
and I was calm.
The worst thing you can do is
panic in that kind of situation.

1050
00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:48,352
>> beckford: 2005.
It's early morning.
I'm driving on one of the

1051
00:29:48,354 --> 00:29:49,753
it's early morning.
I'm driving on one of the
jersey turnpikes.

1052
00:29:49,755 --> 00:29:53,524
I'm driving on one of the
jersey turnpikes.
I'm in a brand-new red

1053
00:29:53,526 --> 00:29:54,992
jersey turnpikes.
I'm in a brand-new red
dodge viper truck.

1054
00:29:54,994 --> 00:29:57,361
I'm in a brand-new red
dodge viper truck.
Truck goes into a death spin

1055
00:29:57,363 --> 00:30:00,264
dodge viper truck.
Truck goes into a death spin
from driving down the street,

1056
00:30:00,266 --> 00:30:03,200
truck goes into a death spin
from driving down the street,
and it spins around a few times,

1057
00:30:03,202 --> 00:30:07,204
from driving down the street,
and it spins around a few times,
and then it lands specifically

1058
00:30:07,206 --> 00:30:08,972
and it spins around a few times,
and then it lands specifically
into a telephone pole,

1059
00:30:08,974 --> 00:30:11,308
and then it lands specifically
into a telephone pole,
which the truck wraps around.

1060
00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:12,943
Into a telephone pole,
which the truck wraps around.
Get knocked unconscious

1061
00:30:12,945 --> 00:30:15,813
which the truck wraps around.
Get knocked unconscious
because of the steering wheel.

1062
00:30:15,815 --> 00:30:16,814
Get knocked unconscious
because of the steering wheel.
So when I come to,

1063
00:30:16,816 --> 00:30:18,182
because of the steering wheel.
So when I come to,
I fall back in the seat

1064
00:30:18,184 --> 00:30:19,583
so when I come to,
I fall back in the seat
and I look and I see

1065
00:30:19,585 --> 00:30:21,285
I fall back in the seat
and I look and I see
the fuel line's going up.

1066
00:30:21,287 --> 00:30:22,653
And I look and I see
the fuel line's going up.
Then I see a spark.

1067
00:30:22,655 --> 00:30:24,021
The fuel line's going up.
Then I see a spark.
And I'm like, "oh [bleep]

1068
00:30:24,023 --> 00:30:25,489
then I see a spark.
And I'm like, "oh [bleep]
this is not good."

1069
00:30:25,491 --> 00:30:26,423
and I'm like, "oh [bleep]
this is not good."
so the flames start

1070
00:30:26,425 --> 00:30:28,492
this is not good."
so the flames start
to get higher.

1071
00:30:28,494 --> 00:30:30,527
So the flames start
to get higher.
The truck starts to get hot.

1072
00:30:30,529 --> 00:30:32,696
To get higher.
The truck starts to get hot.
I'm in and out of consciousness.

1073
00:30:32,698 --> 00:30:33,630
The truck starts to get hot.
I'm in and out of consciousness.
My nose is broken,

1074
00:30:33,632 --> 00:30:35,966
I'm in and out of consciousness.
My nose is broken,
my eye socket is shattered,

1075
00:30:35,968 --> 00:30:38,035
my nose is broken,
my eye socket is shattered,
and there's just -- I look down.

1076
00:30:38,037 --> 00:30:40,103
My eye socket is shattered,
and there's just -- I look down.
My shirt's covered with blood.

1077
00:30:40,105 --> 00:30:41,572
And there's just -- I look down.
My shirt's covered with blood.
Look down to see that I'm still

1078
00:30:41,574 --> 00:30:43,507
my shirt's covered with blood.
Look down to see that I'm still
stuck in the seatbelt.

1079
00:30:43,509 --> 00:30:46,743
Look down to see that I'm still
stuck in the seatbelt.
So the brakes locked up.

1080
00:30:46,745 --> 00:30:48,111
Stuck in the seatbelt.
So the brakes locked up.
I'm fighting to

1081
00:30:48,113 --> 00:30:49,580
so the brakes locked up.
I'm fighting to
undo the seatbelt.

1082
00:30:49,582 --> 00:30:51,849
I'm fighting to
undo the seatbelt.
Finally, I get it done.

1083
00:30:51,851 --> 00:30:53,317
Undo the seatbelt.
Finally, I get it done.
Push the door of the truck.

1084
00:30:53,319 --> 00:30:55,185
Finally, I get it done.
Push the door of the truck.
I notice that the truck is up in

1085
00:30:55,187 --> 00:30:57,120
push the door of the truck.
I notice that the truck is up in
the air, and I have to fall

1086
00:30:57,122 --> 00:30:58,021
I notice that the truck is up in
the air, and I have to fall
down.

1087
00:30:58,023 --> 00:31:00,390
The air, and I have to fall
down.
I fall out of the truck

1088
00:31:00,392 --> 00:31:03,293
down.
I fall out of the truck
and I get up and I crawl away

1089
00:31:03,295 --> 00:31:05,195
I fall out of the truck
and I get up and I crawl away
and I get up to be able to run,

1090
00:31:05,197 --> 00:31:05,963
and I get up and I crawl away
and I get up to be able to run,
and then the next thing

1091
00:31:05,965 --> 00:31:07,264
and I get up to be able to run,
and then the next thing
you know, the truck explodes

1092
00:31:07,266 --> 00:31:10,100
and then the next thing
you know, the truck explodes
like out of some "fall guy,"

1093
00:31:10,102 --> 00:31:12,002
you know, the truck explodes
like out of some "fall guy,"
colt seavers kind of movie,

1094
00:31:12,004 --> 00:31:16,440
like out of some "fall guy,"
colt seavers kind of movie,
and it was just like, you know,

1095
00:31:16,442 --> 00:31:18,542
colt seavers kind of movie,
and it was just like, you know,
life had flashed by me.

1096
00:31:18,544 --> 00:31:20,177
And it was just like, you know,
life had flashed by me.
And then ambulance came, cops

1097
00:31:20,179 --> 00:31:23,380
life had flashed by me.
And then ambulance came, cops
came, took me to the hospital,

1098
00:31:23,382 --> 00:31:24,581
and then ambulance came, cops
came, took me to the hospital,
you know,

1099
00:31:24,583 --> 00:31:27,150
came, took me to the hospital,
you know,
and then paparazzi found out.

1100
00:31:27,152 --> 00:31:28,452
You know,
and then paparazzi found out.
So they were in droves

1101
00:31:28,454 --> 00:31:30,787
and then paparazzi found out.
So they were in droves
out front of the hotel.

1102
00:31:30,789 --> 00:31:33,557
So they were in droves
out front of the hotel.
Story was I was dead.

1103
00:31:33,559 --> 00:31:34,291
Out front of the hotel.
Story was I was dead.
Yeah.

1104
00:31:34,293 --> 00:31:36,126
Story was I was dead.
Yeah.
Somebody took a picture

1105
00:31:36,128 --> 00:31:36,927
yeah.
Somebody took a picture
after they had

1106
00:31:36,929 --> 00:31:38,462
somebody took a picture
after they had
just stitched my face up,

1107
00:31:38,464 --> 00:31:40,130
after they had
just stitched my face up,
and I was just laying there

1108
00:31:40,132 --> 00:31:41,131
just stitched my face up,
and I was just laying there
and, obviously, the sheet

1109
00:31:41,133 --> 00:31:42,299
and I was just laying there
and, obviously, the sheet
was all the way up here,

1110
00:31:42,301 --> 00:31:44,067
and, obviously, the sheet
was all the way up here,
so it definite-- the picture

1111
00:31:44,069 --> 00:31:46,169
was all the way up here,
so it definite-- the picture
definitely look like I was dead.

1112
00:31:46,171 --> 00:31:47,738
So it definite-- the picture
definitely look like I was dead.
So, yeah, paper came out

1113
00:31:47,740 --> 00:31:49,673
definitely look like I was dead.
So, yeah, paper came out
at the time that I had died in a

1114
00:31:49,675 --> 00:31:54,177
so, yeah, paper came out
at the time that I had died in a
in a furious fireball of an

1115
00:31:54,179 --> 00:31:56,446
at the time that I had died in a
in a furious fireball of an
accident, you know?

1116
00:31:56,448 --> 00:31:58,582
In a furious fireball of an
accident, you know?
It was me and my stepdad.

1117
00:31:58,584 --> 00:31:59,750
Accident, you know?
It was me and my stepdad.
He had come to the hospital.

1118
00:31:59,752 --> 00:32:00,951
It was me and my stepdad.
He had come to the hospital.
This is all in one day.

1119
00:32:00,953 --> 00:32:04,021
He had come to the hospital.
This is all in one day.
I'm high on all kind of drugs.

1120
00:32:04,023 --> 00:32:05,856
This is all in one day.
I'm high on all kind of drugs.
And I say to the doctor, I said,

1121
00:32:05,858 --> 00:32:07,291
I'm high on all kind of drugs.
And I say to the doctor, I said,
"I got to get out of here."

1122
00:32:07,293 --> 00:32:08,859
and I say to the doctor, I said,
"I got to get out of here."
I said, "I'm not dead.

1123
00:32:08,861 --> 00:32:11,361
"I got to get out of here."
I said, "I'm not dead.
I can't let people think that."

1124
00:32:11,363 --> 00:32:12,496
I said, "I'm not dead.
I can't let people think that."
I said, "there's a lot of people

1125
00:32:12,498 --> 00:32:13,997
I can't let people think that."
I said, "there's a lot of people
that care about me."

1126
00:32:13,999 --> 00:32:15,966
I said, "there's a lot of people
that care about me."
so we snuck out the back door

1127
00:32:15,968 --> 00:32:18,168
that care about me."
so we snuck out the back door
of the hospital.

1128
00:32:18,170 --> 00:32:19,202
So we snuck out the back door
of the hospital.
But what I did learn

1129
00:32:19,204 --> 00:32:20,137
of the hospital.
But what I did learn
from that accident

1130
00:32:20,139 --> 00:32:22,039
but what I did learn
from that accident
is I'm not immortal

1131
00:32:22,041 --> 00:32:23,407
from that accident
is I'm not immortal
in any sense of the word.

1132
00:32:23,409 --> 00:32:25,075
Is I'm not immortal
in any sense of the word.
I just -- I always thought

1133
00:32:25,077 --> 00:32:26,576
in any sense of the word.
I just -- I always thought
nothing could happen to me,

1134
00:32:26,578 --> 00:32:27,311
I just -- I always thought
nothing could happen to me,
you know, 'cause I've been in

1135
00:32:27,313 --> 00:32:29,279
nothing could happen to me,
you know, 'cause I've been in
motorcycle accidents, I've been

1136
00:32:29,281 --> 00:32:31,214
you know, 'cause I've been in
motorcycle accidents, I've been
stabbed, I've been shot --

1137
00:32:31,216 --> 00:32:32,449
motorcycle accidents, I've been
stabbed, I've been shot --
I've been shot at, not shot,

1138
00:32:32,451 --> 00:32:33,583
stabbed, I've been shot --
I've been shot at, not shot,
but, yeah,

1139
00:32:33,585 --> 00:32:35,819
I've been shot at, not shot,
but, yeah,
I just never thought that,

1140
00:32:35,821 --> 00:32:37,054
but, yeah,
I just never thought that,
you know, I was going to

1141
00:32:37,056 --> 00:32:38,322
I just never thought that,
you know, I was going to
go out with a car accident,

1142
00:32:38,324 --> 00:32:40,424
you know, I was going to
go out with a car accident,
but [bleep] man,

1143
00:32:40,426 --> 00:32:42,392
go out with a car accident,
but [bleep] man,
I was [bleep] close.

1144
00:32:42,394 --> 00:32:44,461
But [bleep] man,
I was [bleep] close.
My relationship with

1145
00:32:44,463 --> 00:32:45,495
I was [bleep] close.
My relationship with
christopher wallace,

1146
00:32:45,497 --> 00:32:47,230
my relationship with
christopher wallace,
aka biggie smalls, was --

1147
00:32:47,232 --> 00:32:49,066
christopher wallace,
aka biggie smalls, was --
it was just cool, man.

1148
00:32:49,068 --> 00:32:51,401
Aka biggie smalls, was --
it was just cool, man.
We were just two

1149
00:32:51,403 --> 00:32:53,804
it was just cool, man.
We were just two
west indian kids, both being

1150
00:32:53,806 --> 00:32:55,939
we were just two
west indian kids, both being
from jamaica with jamaican,

1151
00:32:55,941 --> 00:32:57,941
west indian kids, both being
from jamaica with jamaican,
you know, parents just trying

1152
00:32:57,943 --> 00:32:59,576
from jamaica with jamaican,
you know, parents just trying
to make it in this world.

1153
00:32:59,578 --> 00:33:00,944
You know, parents just trying
to make it in this world.
And, you know,

1154
00:33:00,946 --> 00:33:02,245
to make it in this world.
And, you know,
chris was into music,

1155
00:33:02,247 --> 00:33:03,714
and, you know,
chris was into music,
I was into the modeling, and,

1156
00:33:03,716 --> 00:33:06,783
chris was into music,
I was into the modeling, and,
you know, he rocked polo, him

1157
00:33:06,785 --> 00:33:08,652
I was into the modeling, and,
you know, he rocked polo, him
and cease and the whole crew,

1158
00:33:08,654 --> 00:33:10,587
you know, he rocked polo, him
and cease and the whole crew,
you know, and we would just see

1159
00:33:10,589 --> 00:33:12,222
and cease and the whole crew,
you know, and we would just see
each other all over the town.

1160
00:33:12,224 --> 00:33:15,292
You know, and we would just see
each other all over the town.
And the great thing about him,

1161
00:33:15,294 --> 00:33:17,294
each other all over the town.
And the great thing about him,
we never talked about, "yo, I

1162
00:33:17,296 --> 00:33:18,895
and the great thing about him,
we never talked about, "yo, I
got this new album coming out."

1163
00:33:18,897 --> 00:33:20,230
we never talked about, "yo, I
got this new album coming out."
"oh, I got this new polo ad

1164
00:33:20,232 --> 00:33:20,764
got this new album coming out."
"oh, I got this new polo ad
coming out."

1165
00:33:20,766 --> 00:33:21,865
"oh, I got this new polo ad
coming out."
we just talked about regular

1166
00:33:21,867 --> 00:33:23,667
coming out."
we just talked about regular
stuff, real-life stuff,

1167
00:33:23,669 --> 00:33:26,870
we just talked about regular
stuff, real-life stuff,
you know, just being, you know,

1168
00:33:26,872 --> 00:33:28,105
stuff, real-life stuff,
you know, just being, you know,
kids who came from the street

1169
00:33:28,107 --> 00:33:29,039
you know, just being, you know,
kids who came from the street
who were just doing

1170
00:33:29,041 --> 00:33:30,374
kids who came from the street
who were just doing
better things,

1171
00:33:30,376 --> 00:33:32,042
who were just doing
better things,
whose moms were both jamaican,

1172
00:33:32,044 --> 00:33:34,144
better things,
whose moms were both jamaican,
and they worked hard for us.

1173
00:33:34,146 --> 00:33:36,413
Whose moms were both jamaican,
and they worked hard for us.
And I remember coming home

1174
00:33:36,415 --> 00:33:38,281
and they worked hard for us.
And I remember coming home
from howard homecoming

1175
00:33:38,283 --> 00:33:40,417
and I remember coming home
from howard homecoming
and it was on 95th

1176
00:33:40,419 --> 00:33:41,618
from howard homecoming
and it was on 95th
and 94th street.

1177
00:33:41,620 --> 00:33:43,954
And it was on 95th
and 94th street.
I pull up behind this trailer,

1178
00:33:43,956 --> 00:33:45,222
and 94th street.
I pull up behind this trailer,
'cause everywhere in new york

1179
00:33:45,224 --> 00:33:46,523
I pull up behind this trailer,
'cause everywhere in new york
during that era was somebody

1180
00:33:46,525 --> 00:33:48,158
'cause everywhere in new york
during that era was somebody
shooting a music video,

1181
00:33:48,160 --> 00:33:50,394
during that era was somebody
shooting a music video,
a movie, or something.

1182
00:33:50,396 --> 00:33:52,029
Shooting a music video,
a movie, or something.
So I hop out, you know,

1183
00:33:52,031 --> 00:33:53,530
a movie, or something.
So I hop out, you know,
I'm sitting there just talking

1184
00:33:53,532 --> 00:33:56,867
so I hop out, you know,
I'm sitting there just talking
and then, you know, big walks

1185
00:33:56,869 --> 00:33:59,503
I'm sitting there just talking
and then, you know, big walks
out of a trailer and he's like,

1186
00:33:59,505 --> 00:34:00,771
and then, you know, big walks
out of a trailer and he's like,
"yo, tys, what's up?"

1187
00:34:00,773 --> 00:34:02,939
out of a trailer and he's like,
"yo, tys, what's up?"
you know, in his, you know --

1188
00:34:02,941 --> 00:34:03,707
"yo, tys, what's up?"
you know, in his, you know --
in his voice.

1189
00:34:03,709 --> 00:34:05,342
You know, in his, you know --
in his voice.
And I'm like, "yo, what's good?"

1190
00:34:05,344 --> 00:34:06,410
in his voice.
And I'm like, "yo, what's good?"
and he was like, "yo,

1191
00:34:06,412 --> 00:34:08,211
and I'm like, "yo, what's good?"
and he was like, "yo,
I'm shooting this video.

1192
00:34:08,213 --> 00:34:09,613
And he was like, "yo,
I'm shooting this video.
I need you to be in it."

1193
00:34:09,615 --> 00:34:10,414
I'm shooting this video.
I need you to be in it."
he's like, "it's one more

1194
00:34:10,416 --> 00:34:11,148
I need you to be in it."
he's like, "it's one more
chance."

1195
00:34:11,150 --> 00:34:12,816
he's like, "it's one more
chance."
I said, "okay, I'mma go home,

1196
00:34:12,818 --> 00:34:14,785
chance."
I said, "okay, I'mma go home,
change, get fresh, come back."

1197
00:34:14,787 --> 00:34:15,986
I said, "okay, I'mma go home,
change, get fresh, come back."
you know, give myself fresh

1198
00:34:15,988 --> 00:34:17,120
change, get fresh, come back."
you know, give myself fresh
baldy, everything.

1199
00:34:17,122 --> 00:34:21,124
You know, give myself fresh
baldy, everything.
So I show up in a syracuse

1200
00:34:21,126 --> 00:34:24,027
baldy, everything.
So I show up in a syracuse
away jersey and big's like, "yo,

1201
00:34:24,029 --> 00:34:24,761
so I show up in a syracuse
away jersey and big's like, "yo,
come here, tys."

1202
00:34:24,763 --> 00:34:25,529
away jersey and big's like, "yo,
come here, tys."
he's like, "yo,

1203
00:34:25,531 --> 00:34:26,296
come here, tys."
he's like, "yo,
you need to sit on the couch,

1204
00:34:26,298 --> 00:34:27,431
he's like, "yo,
you need to sit on the couch,
'cause when the camera

1205
00:34:27,433 --> 00:34:28,432
you need to sit on the couch,
'cause when the camera
comes through, this is what's

1206
00:34:28,434 --> 00:34:29,766
'cause when the camera
comes through, this is what's
going to happen, this and that."

1207
00:34:29,768 --> 00:34:30,801
comes through, this is what's
going to happen, this and that."
I said, "alright, cool."

1208
00:34:30,803 --> 00:34:32,002
going to happen, this and that."
I said, "alright, cool."
he said I'mma sit you next to

1209
00:34:32,004 --> 00:34:33,270
I said, "alright, cool."
he said I'mma sit you next to
these two porn stars."

1210
00:34:33,272 --> 00:34:34,771
he said I'mma sit you next to
these two porn stars."
I was like, "alright, cool.

1211
00:34:34,773 --> 00:34:35,672
These two porn stars."
I was like, "alright, cool.
So he sits me next to these

1212
00:34:35,674 --> 00:34:36,540
I was like, "alright, cool.
So he sits me next to these
two porn stars."

1213
00:34:36,542 --> 00:34:37,974
so he sits me next to these
two porn stars."
so I get to talking to them.

1214
00:34:37,976 --> 00:34:38,675
Two porn stars."
so I get to talking to them.
The music video

1215
00:34:38,677 --> 00:34:39,876
so I get to talking to them.
The music video
was like an actual party.

1216
00:34:39,878 --> 00:34:42,112
The music video
was like an actual party.
So in between every cut,

1217
00:34:42,114 --> 00:34:43,213
was like an actual party.
So in between every cut,
they were just playing music,

1218
00:34:43,215 --> 00:34:44,915
so in between every cut,
they were just playing music,
and everybody was chilling.

1219
00:34:44,917 --> 00:34:45,949
They were just playing music,
and everybody was chilling.
You know, I think d-nice

1220
00:34:45,951 --> 00:34:48,452
and everybody was chilling.
You know, I think d-nice
was the deejay at the time.

1221
00:34:48,454 --> 00:34:49,953
You know, I think d-nice
was the deejay at the time.
Funny enough, the late, great

1222
00:34:49,955 --> 00:34:52,322
was the deejay at the time.
Funny enough, the late, great
heavy d was working the door.

1223
00:34:52,324 --> 00:34:54,091
Funny enough, the late, great
heavy d was working the door.
So he was like, "you come in.

1224
00:34:54,093 --> 00:34:55,258
Heavy d was working the door.
So he was like, "you come in.
You come in. You come in.

1225
00:34:55,260 --> 00:34:56,726
So he was like, "you come in.
You come in. You come in.
You can't come in."

1226
00:34:56,728 --> 00:34:57,494
you come in. You come in.
You can't come in."
once people started

1227
00:34:57,496 --> 00:34:58,628
you can't come in."
once people started
to find out about this party

1228
00:34:58,630 --> 00:34:59,563
once people started
to find out about this party
on 94th street,

1229
00:34:59,565 --> 00:35:00,931
to find out about this party
on 94th street,
everybody started to come,

1230
00:35:00,933 --> 00:35:02,332
on 94th street,
everybody started to come,
and then the whole bad boy

1231
00:35:02,334 --> 00:35:04,501
everybody started to come,
and then the whole bad boy
street team was on the street.

1232
00:35:04,503 --> 00:35:05,669
And then the whole bad boy
street team was on the street.
Puff was there.

1233
00:35:05,671 --> 00:35:06,470
Street team was on the street.
Puff was there.
Everybody's there.

1234
00:35:06,472 --> 00:35:07,571
Puff was there.
Everybody's there.
I mean, it was such a good time

1235
00:35:07,573 --> 00:35:08,772
everybody's there.
I mean, it was such a good time
in new york.

1236
00:35:08,774 --> 00:35:11,441
I mean, it was such a good time
in new york.
And then, you know,

1237
00:35:11,443 --> 00:35:14,444
in new york.
And then, you know,
history has it, he went to l.A.

1238
00:35:14,446 --> 00:35:16,213
And then, you know,
history has it, he went to l.A.
I thought it was too soon.

1239
00:35:16,215 --> 00:35:17,147
History has it, he went to l.A.
I thought it was too soon.
I mean, if I could've called

1240
00:35:17,149 --> 00:35:18,248
I thought it was too soon.
I mean, if I could've called
him and told him, "don't go,"

1241
00:35:18,250 --> 00:35:18,882
I mean, if I could've called
him and told him, "don't go,"
I would've called him

1242
00:35:18,884 --> 00:35:20,484
him and told him, "don't go,"
I would've called him
and told him, "don't go."

1243
00:35:20,486 --> 00:35:21,751
I would've called him
and told him, "don't go."
when I heard about it,

1244
00:35:21,753 --> 00:35:23,687
and told him, "don't go."
when I heard about it,
I was heartbroken, you know?

1245
00:35:23,689 --> 00:35:25,422
When I heard about it,
I was heartbroken, you know?
The fact that they haven't

1246
00:35:25,424 --> 00:35:28,558
I was heartbroken, you know?
The fact that they haven't
caught anybody yet kills me.

1247
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:29,826
The fact that they haven't
caught anybody yet kills me.
I mean, there's all kind of

1248
00:35:29,828 --> 00:35:33,029
caught anybody yet kills me.
I mean, there's all kind of
street rumors, you know, but

1249
00:35:33,031 --> 00:35:35,665
I mean, there's all kind of
street rumors, you know, but
nothing's in stone, you know?

1250
00:35:35,667 --> 00:35:37,300
Street rumors, you know, but
nothing's in stone, you know?
Nobody's talking.

1251
00:35:37,302 --> 00:35:38,268
Nothing's in stone, you know?
Nobody's talking.
And you understand.

1252
00:35:38,270 --> 00:35:40,470
Nobody's talking.
And you understand.
It's the code of the street.

1253
00:35:40,472 --> 00:35:42,973
And you understand.
It's the code of the street.
But when it's your friend,

1254
00:35:42,975 --> 00:35:45,408
it's the code of the street.
But when it's your friend,
it hurts, you know?

1255
00:35:45,410 --> 00:35:45,709
But when it's your friend,
it hurts, you know?
It hurts.

1256
00:35:52,383 --> 00:35:53,517
>> beckford: Well, the incident

1257
00:35:53,651 --> 00:35:55,952
with mr. Brown was mr. Brown

1258
00:35:56,087 --> 00:35:56,520
had lost his [bleep] mind.

1259
00:35:58,022 --> 00:36:03,059
He was doing drugs
and felt the need
to lash out at me 'cause I took

1260
00:36:03,061 --> 00:36:06,229
and felt the need
to lash out at me 'cause I took
a picture with miss karrueche at

1261
00:36:06,231 --> 00:36:08,365
to lash out at me 'cause I took
a picture with miss karrueche at
a party in vegas,

1262
00:36:08,367 --> 00:36:10,033
a picture with miss karrueche at
a party in vegas,
which was harmless.

1263
00:36:10,035 --> 00:36:11,201
A party in vegas,
which was harmless.
Then he wanted to get crazy.

1264
00:36:11,203 --> 00:36:12,903
Which was harmless.
Then he wanted to get crazy.
I'm like, "my man, you're an r&b

1265
00:36:12,905 --> 00:36:14,371
then he wanted to get crazy.
I'm like, "my man, you're an r&b
singer, okay?

1266
00:36:14,373 --> 00:36:17,774
I'm like, "my man, you're an r&b
singer, okay?
You are an r&b singer, okay?

1267
00:36:17,776 --> 00:36:19,876
Singer, okay?
You are an r&b singer, okay?
You dance really good,

1268
00:36:19,878 --> 00:36:21,945
you are an r&b singer, okay?
You dance really good,
and I'm from the street."

1269
00:36:21,947 --> 00:36:22,712
you dance really good,
and I'm from the street."
he said he's going to slap

1270
00:36:22,714 --> 00:36:24,281
and I'm from the street."
he said he's going to slap
my son, jordan,

1271
00:36:24,283 --> 00:36:26,049
he said he's going to slap
my son, jordan,
and he's going to [bleep] my

1272
00:36:26,051 --> 00:36:27,884
my son, jordan,
and he's going to [bleep] my
baby moms, April.

1273
00:36:27,886 --> 00:36:30,320
And he's going to [bleep] my
baby moms, April.
I don't take threats lightly.

1274
00:36:30,322 --> 00:36:32,122
Baby moms, April.
I don't take threats lightly.
So when he did that,

1275
00:36:32,124 --> 00:36:33,924
I don't take threats lightly.
So when he did that,
I responded.

1276
00:36:33,926 --> 00:36:34,858
So when he did that,
I responded.
"is there a problem?

1277
00:36:34,860 --> 00:36:35,959
I responded.
"is there a problem?
Do we need to meet

1278
00:36:35,961 --> 00:36:37,194
"is there a problem?
Do we need to meet
somewhere and talk about it?"

1279
00:36:37,196 --> 00:36:38,595
do we need to meet
somewhere and talk about it?"
I said, "look, you can

1280
00:36:38,597 --> 00:36:40,797
somewhere and talk about it?"
I said, "look, you can
bring all who you want to bring.

1281
00:36:40,799 --> 00:36:42,866
I said, "look, you can
bring all who you want to bring.
I'm going to come by myself,

1282
00:36:42,868 --> 00:36:43,433
bring all who you want to bring.
I'm going to come by myself,
but I'm going to bring

1283
00:36:43,435 --> 00:36:44,668
I'm going to come by myself,
but I'm going to bring
el diablo."

1284
00:36:44,670 --> 00:36:47,571
but I'm going to bring
el diablo."
el diablo is a draco

1285
00:36:47,573 --> 00:36:49,272
el diablo."
el diablo is a draco
that's painted red and it says

1286
00:36:49,274 --> 00:36:51,107
el diablo is a draco
that's painted red and it says
"el diablo" on the side.

1287
00:36:51,109 --> 00:36:52,909
That's painted red and it says
"el diablo" on the side.
That ended real quick.

1288
00:36:52,911 --> 00:36:54,344
"el diablo" on the side.
That ended real quick.
I try not to resort to violence

1289
00:36:54,346 --> 00:36:55,245
that ended real quick.
I try not to resort to violence
'cause that's not

1290
00:36:55,247 --> 00:36:56,346
I try not to resort to violence
'cause that's not
who I really am.

1291
00:36:56,348 --> 00:36:57,581
'cause that's not
who I really am.
I mean, I know how to get there

1292
00:36:57,583 --> 00:36:58,515
who I really am.
I mean, I know how to get there
when I got to get there,

1293
00:36:58,517 --> 00:36:59,783
I mean, I know how to get there
when I got to get there,
but it's kind of like

1294
00:36:59,785 --> 00:37:00,650
when I got to get there,
but it's kind of like
if I can walk away

1295
00:37:00,652 --> 00:37:01,251
but it's kind of like
if I can walk away
from something, I always do.

1296
00:37:06,724 --> 00:37:10,527
>> beckford: I never dated
tatyana ali.
I had a crush on tatyana ali,

1297
00:37:10,529 --> 00:37:11,294
tatyana ali.
I had a crush on tatyana ali,
but, you know,

1298
00:37:11,296 --> 00:37:13,363
I had a crush on tatyana ali,
but, you know,
we worked together on a movie,

1299
00:37:13,365 --> 00:37:15,031
but, you know,
we worked together on a movie,
and, you know, that was just --

1300
00:37:15,033 --> 00:37:16,499
we worked together on a movie,
and, you know, that was just --
she's like my sister.

1301
00:37:16,501 --> 00:37:17,234
And, you know, that was just --
she's like my sister.
I love her.

1302
00:37:17,236 --> 00:37:18,301
She's like my sister.
I love her.
I worked with her on a movie

1303
00:37:18,303 --> 00:37:19,903
I love her.
I worked with her on a movie
called -- an independent movie

1304
00:37:19,905 --> 00:37:21,404
I worked with her on a movie
called -- an independent movie
called "supermodel,"

1305
00:37:21,406 --> 00:37:23,173
called -- an independent movie
called "supermodel,"
and she was my assistant.

1306
00:37:23,175 --> 00:37:24,708
Called "supermodel,"
and she was my assistant.
I played the agent.

1307
00:37:24,710 --> 00:37:26,409
And she was my assistant.
I played the agent.
So it was fun working with her.

1308
00:37:26,411 --> 00:37:27,677
I played the agent.
So it was fun working with her.
You know, till this day,

1309
00:37:27,679 --> 00:37:28,845
so it was fun working with her.
You know, till this day,
I still, you know,

1310
00:37:28,847 --> 00:37:30,981
you know, till this day,
I still, you know,
talk to her on dm and, you know,

1311
00:37:30,983 --> 00:37:31,982
I still, you know,
talk to her on dm and, you know,
congratulate her 'cause,

1312
00:37:31,984 --> 00:37:33,383
talk to her on dm and, you know,
congratulate her 'cause,
you know, she's a mama now.

1313
00:37:33,385 --> 00:37:35,051
Congratulate her 'cause,
you know, she's a mama now.
Yes, tyson beckford has been in

1314
00:37:35,053 --> 00:37:35,585
you know, she's a mama now.
Yes, tyson beckford has been in
love.

1315
00:37:35,587 --> 00:37:37,454
Yes, tyson beckford has been in
love.
There's probably one woman in

1316
00:37:37,456 --> 00:37:39,356
love.
There's probably one woman in
the world that is my kryptonite,

1317
00:37:39,358 --> 00:37:41,091
there's probably one woman in
the world that is my kryptonite,
so I stay the [bleep] away from

1318
00:37:41,093 --> 00:37:41,524
the world that is my kryptonite,
so I stay the [bleep] away from
her ass.

1319
00:37:41,526 --> 00:37:43,460
So I stay the [bleep] away from
her ass.
So that's about it.

1320
00:37:43,462 --> 00:37:47,597
Her ass.
So that's about it.
Jordan, my son, and fatherhood.

1321
00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:50,000
So that's about it.
Jordan, my son, and fatherhood.
Jordan is, like -- he's an

1322
00:37:50,002 --> 00:37:51,167
jordan, my son, and fatherhood.
Jordan is, like -- he's an
artist.

1323
00:37:51,169 --> 00:37:52,669
Jordan is, like -- he's an
artist.
He can play the guitar.

1324
00:37:52,671 --> 00:37:55,171
Artist.
He can play the guitar.
He can play a little bit

1325
00:37:55,173 --> 00:37:57,641
he can play the guitar.
He can play a little bit
of piano, drums, whatever.

1326
00:37:57,643 --> 00:37:59,809
He can play a little bit
of piano, drums, whatever.
He's very musically inclined.

1327
00:37:59,811 --> 00:38:01,111
Of piano, drums, whatever.
He's very musically inclined.
Jordan started spending time

1328
00:38:01,113 --> 00:38:01,945
he's very musically inclined.
Jordan started spending time
with his grandfather

1329
00:38:01,947 --> 00:38:02,779
jordan started spending time
with his grandfather
and just learning

1330
00:38:02,781 --> 00:38:03,980
with his grandfather
and just learning
how to play instruments.

1331
00:38:03,982 --> 00:38:05,081
And just learning
how to play instruments.
He's a really good producer.

1332
00:38:05,083 --> 00:38:07,350
How to play instruments.
He's a really good producer.
He self-taught, learned

1333
00:38:07,352 --> 00:38:09,519
he's a really good producer.
He self-taught, learned
all of this when he was 13,

1334
00:38:09,521 --> 00:38:10,887
he self-taught, learned
all of this when he was 13,
and, you know, his godfather

1335
00:38:10,889 --> 00:38:12,055
all of this when he was 13,
and, you know, his godfather
is, like, snoop dogg

1336
00:38:12,057 --> 00:38:14,357
and, you know, his godfather
is, like, snoop dogg
and, you know, dr. Dre.

1337
00:38:14,359 --> 00:38:16,693
Is, like, snoop dogg
and, you know, dr. Dre.
He's just a fascinating kid,

1338
00:38:16,695 --> 00:38:17,894
and, you know, dr. Dre.
He's just a fascinating kid,
just talented.

1339
00:38:17,896 --> 00:38:20,430
He's just a fascinating kid,
just talented.
So he's in my modeling agency.

1340
00:38:20,432 --> 00:38:21,298
Just talented.
So he's in my modeling agency.
He's going to hate me for

1341
00:38:21,300 --> 00:38:23,667
so he's in my modeling agency.
He's going to hate me for
this, but I'mma tell the story.

1342
00:38:23,669 --> 00:38:26,036
He's going to hate me for
this, but I'mma tell the story.
So my man decides, you know,

1343
00:38:26,038 --> 00:38:27,704
this, but I'mma tell the story.
So my man decides, you know,
he's got long hair, you know,

1344
00:38:27,706 --> 00:38:29,372
so my man decides, you know,
he's got long hair, you know,
he's a good-looking kid, and he

1345
00:38:29,374 --> 00:38:31,474
he's got long hair, you know,
he's a good-looking kid, and he
decides to do his hair blond.

1346
00:38:31,476 --> 00:38:32,676
He's a good-looking kid, and he
decides to do his hair blond.
So the agency's like, "yo,

1347
00:38:32,678 --> 00:38:33,710
decides to do his hair blond.
So the agency's like, "yo,
what's up with your kid's hair?"

1348
00:38:33,712 --> 00:38:34,911
so the agency's like, "yo,
what's up with your kid's hair?"
I said, "I don't know.

1349
00:38:34,913 --> 00:38:35,745
What's up with your kid's hair?"
I said, "I don't know.
I don't know what he's doing."

1350
00:38:35,747 --> 00:38:36,946
I said, "I don't know.
I don't know what he's doing."
so then I call him the other day

1351
00:38:36,948 --> 00:38:38,381
I don't know what he's doing."
so then I call him the other day
and say, "you know --

1352
00:38:38,383 --> 00:38:39,316
so then I call him the other day
and say, "you know --
you know, a lot of people

1353
00:38:39,318 --> 00:38:40,116
and say, "you know --
you know, a lot of people
want to shoot you.

1354
00:38:40,118 --> 00:38:41,918
You know, a lot of people
want to shoot you.
You know, a lot of brands, you

1355
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,154
want to shoot you.
You know, a lot of brands, you
know, including rl is interested

1356
00:38:44,156 --> 00:38:46,156
you know, a lot of brands, you
know, including rl is interested
in seeing you again."

1357
00:38:46,158 --> 00:38:46,990
know, including rl is interested
in seeing you again."
he's like, "yo, dad,

1358
00:38:46,992 --> 00:38:47,957
in seeing you again."
he's like, "yo, dad,
check this out, yo.

1359
00:38:47,959 --> 00:38:50,560
He's like, "yo, dad,
check this out, yo.
I'mma dye my hair green.

1360
00:38:50,562 --> 00:38:53,463
Check this out, yo.
I'mma dye my hair green.
What you think about that?"

1361
00:38:53,465 --> 00:38:54,864
I'mma dye my hair green.
What you think about that?"
yo, I cringed.

1362
00:38:54,866 --> 00:38:56,633
What you think about that?"
yo, I cringed.
He's like, "yo, look, look, o.G,

1363
00:38:56,635 --> 00:38:58,101
yo, I cringed.
He's like, "yo, look, look, o.G,
or --" he calls me the goat.

1364
00:38:58,103 --> 00:38:59,502
He's like, "yo, look, look, o.G,
or --" he calls me the goat.
He says, "look, goat,

1365
00:38:59,504 --> 00:39:00,704
or --" he calls me the goat.
He says, "look, goat,
you got the clean cut

1366
00:39:00,706 --> 00:39:02,205
he says, "look, goat,
you got the clean cut
down pat.

1367
00:39:02,207 --> 00:39:05,508
You got the clean cut
down pat.
I got this look about myself."

1368
00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:06,643
down pat.
I got this look about myself."
and he's like, "yo, you know,

1369
00:39:06,645 --> 00:39:08,645
I got this look about myself."
and he's like, "yo, you know,
brands in europe want to see me.

1370
00:39:08,647 --> 00:39:09,379
And he's like, "yo, you know,
brands in europe want to see me.
You know,

1371
00:39:09,381 --> 00:39:10,780
brands in europe want to see me.
You know,
they want to see this look."

1372
00:39:10,782 --> 00:39:11,581
you know,
they want to see this look."
crazy kid,

1373
00:39:11,583 --> 00:39:13,049
they want to see this look."
crazy kid,
but that's how it is, man.

1374
00:39:13,051 --> 00:39:14,551
Crazy kid,
but that's how it is, man.
That's the relationship

1375
00:39:14,553 --> 00:39:15,685
but that's how it is, man.
That's the relationship
we got going on.

1376
00:39:15,687 --> 00:39:16,186
That's the relationship
we got going on.
So I'd be like,

1377
00:39:16,188 --> 00:39:17,654
we got going on.
So I'd be like,
"alright, I got to support you.

1378
00:39:17,656 --> 00:39:19,489
So I'd be like,
"alright, I got to support you.
You go and get green hair, okay?

1379
00:39:19,491 --> 00:39:20,557
"alright, I got to support you.
You go and get green hair, okay?
You went blond

1380
00:39:20,559 --> 00:39:22,225
you go and get green hair, okay?
You went blond
and black and whatever

1381
00:39:22,227 --> 00:39:23,693
you went blond
and black and whatever
color hair it was,

1382
00:39:23,695 --> 00:39:25,095
and black and whatever
color hair it was,
I got to support you."

1383
00:39:25,097 --> 00:39:26,363
color hair it was,
I got to support you."
but I keep reminding him.

1384
00:39:26,365 --> 00:39:27,297
I got to support you."
but I keep reminding him.
I said, you know, "when I was

1385
00:39:27,299 --> 00:39:29,132
but I keep reminding him.
I said, you know, "when I was
23, I was a millionaire.

1386
00:39:29,134 --> 00:39:30,400
I said, you know, "when I was
23, I was a millionaire.
You know, I was a millionaire at

1387
00:39:30,402 --> 00:39:30,867
23, I was a millionaire.
You know, I was a millionaire at
23.

1388
00:39:30,869 --> 00:39:32,135
You know, I was a millionaire at
23.
I just want to tell you that,

1389
00:39:32,137 --> 00:39:33,203
23.
I just want to tell you that,
you know, and, you know,

1390
00:39:33,205 --> 00:39:35,338
I just want to tell you that,
you know, and, you know,
I had my place at 17.

1391
00:39:35,340 --> 00:39:36,272
You know, and, you know,
I had my place at 17.
I wanted to tell you that.

1392
00:39:36,274 --> 00:39:37,574
I had my place at 17.
I wanted to tell you that.
You know, I know you got this

1393
00:39:37,576 --> 00:39:38,842
I wanted to tell you that.
You know, I know you got this
love relationship with your mom,

1394
00:39:38,844 --> 00:39:40,143
you know, I know you got this
love relationship with your mom,
but you need to get your mama's

1395
00:39:40,145 --> 00:39:41,344
love relationship with your mom,
but you need to get your mama's
house, my nigga.

1396
00:39:41,346 --> 00:39:43,113
But you need to get your mama's
house, my nigga.
Come on, now. Let's go."

1397
00:39:43,115 --> 00:39:44,914
house, my nigga.
Come on, now. Let's go."
so, you know, we just have this

1398
00:39:44,916 --> 00:39:46,549
come on, now. Let's go."
so, you know, we just have this
great father/son relationship.

1399
00:39:46,551 --> 00:39:48,151
So, you know, we just have this
great father/son relationship.
It's different.

1400
00:39:48,153 --> 00:39:49,386
Great father/son relationship.
It's different.
The future of tyson beckford

1401
00:39:49,388 --> 00:39:51,554
it's different.
The future of tyson beckford
is just -- it's constantly

1402
00:39:51,556 --> 00:39:53,790
the future of tyson beckford
is just -- it's constantly
developing 'cause now I'm doing

1403
00:39:53,792 --> 00:39:56,960
is just -- it's constantly
developing 'cause now I'm doing
producing, writing,

1404
00:39:56,962 --> 00:39:59,696
developing 'cause now I'm doing
producing, writing,
you know, I just, you know --

1405
00:39:59,698 --> 00:40:01,531
producing, writing,
you know, I just, you know --
I've got a great agency

1406
00:40:01,533 --> 00:40:02,966
you know, I just, you know --
I've got a great agency
that's really behind me.

1407
00:40:02,968 --> 00:40:04,300
I've got a great agency
that's really behind me.
I so happened to have a lot

1408
00:40:04,302 --> 00:40:05,702
that's really behind me.
I so happened to have a lot
of friends

1409
00:40:05,704 --> 00:40:07,303
I so happened to have a lot
of friends
that were in the streets who are

1410
00:40:07,305 --> 00:40:08,538
of friends
that were in the streets who are
no longer in the streets.

1411
00:40:08,540 --> 00:40:10,440
That were in the streets who are
no longer in the streets.
So my thing now I want

1412
00:40:10,442 --> 00:40:13,743
no longer in the streets.
So my thing now I want
to start producing their stories

1413
00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:15,545
so my thing now I want
to start producing their stories
because the crazy thing

1414
00:40:15,547 --> 00:40:17,781
to start producing their stories
because the crazy thing
about these stories,

1415
00:40:17,783 --> 00:40:19,916
because the crazy thing
about these stories,
they all intertwine.

1416
00:40:19,918 --> 00:40:21,050
About these stories,
they all intertwine.
There's a lot of these street

1417
00:40:21,052 --> 00:40:22,752
they all intertwine.
There's a lot of these street
guys that we all kind of,

1418
00:40:22,754 --> 00:40:23,787
there's a lot of these street
guys that we all kind of,
when we were growing up

1419
00:40:23,789 --> 00:40:25,255
guys that we all kind of,
when we were growing up
in the street, we all had the,

1420
00:40:25,257 --> 00:40:26,456
when we were growing up
in the street, we all had the,
you know,

1421
00:40:26,458 --> 00:40:28,224
in the street, we all had the,
you know,
interaction of stories.

1422
00:40:28,226 --> 00:40:30,693
You know,
interaction of stories.
I mean, you have like, you know,

1423
00:40:30,695 --> 00:40:32,362
interaction of stories.
I mean, you have like, you know,
haitian jack hanging out and

1424
00:40:32,364 --> 00:40:34,097
I mean, you have like, you know,
haitian jack hanging out and
going on dates with madonna,

1425
00:40:34,099 --> 00:40:35,231
haitian jack hanging out and
going on dates with madonna,
then he met another guy

1426
00:40:35,233 --> 00:40:37,000
going on dates with madonna,
then he met another guy
by the name of tupac, and when

1427
00:40:37,002 --> 00:40:38,902
then he met another guy
by the name of tupac, and when
all of that was going on,

1428
00:40:38,904 --> 00:40:41,971
by the name of tupac, and when
all of that was going on,
and we were all, like, in the

1429
00:40:41,973 --> 00:40:44,808
all of that was going on,
and we were all, like, in the
same room, life and street

1430
00:40:44,810 --> 00:40:45,675
and we were all, like, in the
same room, life and street
are two different things.

1431
00:40:45,677 --> 00:40:48,344
Same room, life and street
are two different things.
Industry and in the streets

1432
00:40:48,346 --> 00:40:50,613
are two different things.
Industry and in the streets
is two different things.

1433
00:40:50,615 --> 00:40:52,949
Industry and in the streets
is two different things.
Me, I'm just in the industry.

1434
00:40:52,951 --> 00:40:53,783
Is two different things.
Me, I'm just in the industry.
I am no longer

1435
00:40:53,785 --> 00:40:54,951
me, I'm just in the industry.
I am no longer
in the streets.

1436
00:40:54,953 --> 00:40:56,019
I am no longer
in the streets.
But the streets got love

1437
00:40:56,021 --> 00:40:56,486
in the streets.
But the streets got love
for me, though.

1438
00:40:56,488 --> 00:40:57,253
But the streets got love
for me, though.
I got to tell you that.

1439
00:40:57,255 --> 00:40:58,388
For me, though.
I got to tell you that.
The streets definitely -- any

1440
00:40:58,390 --> 00:41:00,256
I got to tell you that.
The streets definitely -- any
time, you know, I might get a

1441
00:41:00,258 --> 00:41:02,192
the streets definitely -- any
time, you know, I might get a
word or a kite from prison

1442
00:41:02,194 --> 00:41:03,960
time, you know, I might get a
word or a kite from prison
and somebody just bigging me up

1443
00:41:03,962 --> 00:41:05,428
word or a kite from prison
and somebody just bigging me up
for, you know, going

1444
00:41:05,430 --> 00:41:06,663
and somebody just bigging me up
for, you know, going
the straight-and-narrow path,

1445
00:41:06,665 --> 00:41:08,531
for, you know, going
the straight-and-narrow path,
which I try to tell brothers

1446
00:41:08,533 --> 00:41:10,400
the straight-and-narrow path,
which I try to tell brothers
in there, if they get out,

1447
00:41:10,402 --> 00:41:11,134
which I try to tell brothers
in there, if they get out,
you know, I would love

1448
00:41:11,136 --> 00:41:12,135
in there, if they get out,
you know, I would love
to offer them a job because

1449
00:41:12,137 --> 00:41:13,236
you know, I would love
to offer them a job because
a lot of guys come out of there

1450
00:41:13,238 --> 00:41:13,870
to offer them a job because
a lot of guys come out of there
and don't have nothing to do.

1451
00:41:15,439 --> 00:41:16,172
People don't trust them.

1452
00:41:16,307 --> 00:41:17,340
And, I mean, like, I know a guy

1453
00:41:17,475 --> 00:41:19,375
that, you know, you know,

1454
00:41:19,510 --> 00:41:20,743
could use some help like that.

1455
00:41:20,878 --> 00:41:21,644
So if I can,

1456
00:41:21,779 --> 00:41:23,413
I definitely help them.

1457
00:41:23,547 --> 00:41:24,214
You know, the worst

1458
00:41:24,348 --> 00:41:25,482
is to put money in their pocket.

1459
00:41:25,616 --> 00:41:26,950
That's not going to help them.

1460
00:41:27,084 --> 00:41:28,451
You got to give them some kind

1461
00:41:28,586 --> 00:41:31,020
of job, some kind of importance.

1462
00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:33,056
I mean, you'd be surprised

1463
00:41:33,190 --> 00:41:34,090
what a guy in prison

1464
00:41:34,225 --> 00:41:35,258
can come out of jail

1465
00:41:35,392 --> 00:41:36,659
and, you know, be able

1466
00:41:36,794 --> 00:41:38,828
to be a grip or lighting.

1467
00:41:38,963 --> 00:41:39,496
You know what I mean?

1468
00:41:39,630 --> 00:41:40,163
You got to just give them a

1469
00:41:40,297 --> 00:41:40,663
chance.

1470
00:41:40,798 --> 00:41:42,365
So I kind of want to do stuff

1471
00:41:42,500 --> 00:41:42,665
like that.