1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:00:24,285 --> 00:00:26,983 [dramatic music] 4 00:00:44,914 --> 00:00:46,655 - [Galaxciii] I learned so much about myself, 5 00:00:46,785 --> 00:00:49,658 so much about what I wanted and who I wanted to be. 6 00:00:51,703 --> 00:00:54,793 That is the best part of dancing. 7 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:58,449 You just feel so powerful and it is empowering. 8 00:01:02,192 --> 00:01:04,325 - [Yasmine] I am all work mode. 9 00:01:04,455 --> 00:01:07,937 As soon as I hit that building, it's all work mode. 10 00:01:09,330 --> 00:01:13,203 I'm not Yasmine anymore, I'm Ruby, and Ruby, 11 00:01:13,334 --> 00:01:17,207 she's whatever she needs to be to get the bag 12 00:01:17,338 --> 00:01:20,732 at the end of the day. [money rustling] 13 00:01:23,344 --> 00:01:25,259 - [Robi] I would say that I'm the default 14 00:01:25,389 --> 00:01:27,478 when you think of a stripper, 15 00:01:27,609 --> 00:01:29,001 I feel like I'm everyone's type. 16 00:01:31,526 --> 00:01:33,136 I started making so much more money 17 00:01:33,267 --> 00:01:35,269 when I stopped putting pressure on myself. 18 00:01:35,399 --> 00:01:39,490 I try not to care about how much I make in a night, 19 00:01:39,621 --> 00:01:42,406 but $5,000, that's a great night. 20 00:01:42,537 --> 00:01:46,671 [money rustling] [audience applauding] 21 00:01:46,802 --> 00:01:48,978 - [Spinnin Shae] When I dancing up on the pole in the air, 22 00:01:49,109 --> 00:01:52,460 doing anything, I'm really just within myself, 23 00:01:52,590 --> 00:01:53,722 within my body. 24 00:01:54,244 --> 00:01:55,637 I could forget about everything else 25 00:01:55,767 --> 00:01:57,334 that's going on in the world. 26 00:02:00,468 --> 00:02:04,341 - [Brooklyn] Pole dancing is definitely an art. 27 00:02:05,516 --> 00:02:07,562 I'm really an entertainer. 28 00:02:07,692 --> 00:02:10,391 I go in with the mindset that I just want to entertain 29 00:02:10,478 --> 00:02:13,045 from women to men. 30 00:02:14,264 --> 00:02:17,441 Ultimately, I'm trying to sell a fantasy at work. 31 00:02:18,747 --> 00:02:23,273 Being able to walk into a place and leave with $10,000 32 00:02:24,231 --> 00:02:26,798 within five to eight hours, 33 00:02:26,929 --> 00:02:29,323 only in this type of business does that happen. 34 00:02:29,453 --> 00:02:31,499 [keys rattling] [vehicle beeping] 35 00:02:31,586 --> 00:02:34,328 [vehicle droning] 36 00:02:34,458 --> 00:02:36,504 - [September Reign] Now that we're in a pandemic 37 00:02:36,591 --> 00:02:40,290 and get to find extra areas of revenue, 38 00:02:40,377 --> 00:02:45,687 and one of my forms of revenue is filming content at home. 39 00:02:46,731 --> 00:02:48,516 So, I got to bring the club home with me, 40 00:02:48,646 --> 00:02:50,692 which was fucking awesome. 41 00:02:50,779 --> 00:02:53,173 'Cause then I'm in control of everything. 42 00:02:53,303 --> 00:02:56,828 [dramatic music continues] 43 00:03:02,182 --> 00:03:07,012 [placid music] [traffic droning] 44 00:03:09,624 --> 00:03:11,539 - Vegas is a city, of course, 45 00:03:11,626 --> 00:03:14,106 but I wouldn't even call it a metropolis, 46 00:03:14,237 --> 00:03:16,718 I would call it a fantasy land in the middle of the desert. 47 00:03:16,848 --> 00:03:19,851 [aircraft droning] 48 00:03:26,162 --> 00:03:29,513 There's something about the feeling you get in the city 49 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,212 where everything is larger than life, 50 00:03:32,342 --> 00:03:36,607 it's covered in lights, everything is the biggest, the best. 51 00:03:38,130 --> 00:03:40,655 The whole city of Vegas is designed 52 00:03:40,785 --> 00:03:42,613 around entertainment, and strippers 53 00:03:42,744 --> 00:03:44,920 are part of that entertainment. 54 00:03:47,227 --> 00:03:50,752 There's around 20,000 strippers that live in Vegas, 55 00:03:50,839 --> 00:03:54,321 and that's insane, that's larger than some cities. 56 00:03:54,408 --> 00:03:58,847 [laughs] 20,000 strippers. [crickets chirping] 57 00:03:58,977 --> 00:04:02,546 [birds chirping] - I am born and raised 58 00:04:02,677 --> 00:04:04,374 in Las Vegas, Nevada. 59 00:04:04,505 --> 00:04:08,335 It's really not all glitz and glam. 60 00:04:08,422 --> 00:04:11,207 People are still dying on our streets every day, 61 00:04:11,294 --> 00:04:14,906 just like anywhere else. [siren ringing] 62 00:04:17,648 --> 00:04:21,217 Growing up, my mom worked two to three jobs 63 00:04:21,348 --> 00:04:23,915 at all times to support me and my brothers. 64 00:04:24,046 --> 00:04:28,616 So I just had a sense of responsibility instilled 65 00:04:28,746 --> 00:04:30,487 in me from a young age. 66 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:38,016 I kept myself occupied by taking AP and honors classes. 67 00:04:39,061 --> 00:04:41,324 I did whatever sport I could do. 68 00:04:41,455 --> 00:04:46,460 I participated in clubs, on top of being a part of sports. 69 00:04:47,809 --> 00:04:52,074 I did get scholarships, over $76,000 worth of scholarships, 70 00:04:54,250 --> 00:04:56,557 over three schools. 71 00:04:59,386 --> 00:05:04,434 - Growing up, my dad did a lot of show business work. 72 00:05:05,609 --> 00:05:07,916 He also was in the circus for much of my life. 73 00:05:08,046 --> 00:05:12,529 [upbeat music] [audience cheering] 74 00:05:12,616 --> 00:05:15,619 Growing up, my dad was in a unicycle troupe 75 00:05:15,706 --> 00:05:17,534 called The King Charles Troupe. 76 00:05:17,621 --> 00:05:20,885 It consisted of all my uncles, they rode unicycles. 77 00:05:24,106 --> 00:05:26,326 My early memories of my dad were very good. 78 00:05:26,456 --> 00:05:29,241 We grew up around some exciting stuff, 79 00:05:29,329 --> 00:05:31,766 some stuff that most kids don't ever get to see. 80 00:05:36,118 --> 00:05:38,599 It trickled down to all of his kids as well. 81 00:05:38,729 --> 00:05:41,428 So, we all know how to ride the unicycle. 82 00:05:53,614 --> 00:05:56,138 - By the time I could remember it, 83 00:05:56,268 --> 00:05:59,228 I think maybe I was three or four. 84 00:05:59,359 --> 00:06:00,360 [placid music] Modeling was always something 85 00:06:00,490 --> 00:06:02,013 that was already there. 86 00:06:02,144 --> 00:06:06,366 My mom had me in baby modeling things, 87 00:06:06,496 --> 00:06:08,063 and I just remember taking pictures. 88 00:06:08,193 --> 00:06:12,415 We would have little mini photo shoots outside 89 00:06:12,546 --> 00:06:15,853 and take pictures, I would dance around the living room, 90 00:06:15,984 --> 00:06:18,639 get dressed up in all of her scarves and hats. 91 00:06:20,205 --> 00:06:21,990 Every kid wants to fit in. 92 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:23,557 I don't think there's a single kid 93 00:06:23,687 --> 00:06:25,472 that doesn't wanna fit in. 94 00:06:25,602 --> 00:06:29,258 I wasn't the popular kid, I was kinda shy. 95 00:06:30,302 --> 00:06:31,739 Certain people wouldn't hang out with me 96 00:06:31,869 --> 00:06:33,567 because I wasn't hood enough. 97 00:06:33,697 --> 00:06:36,134 And then certain people wouldn't hang out with me 98 00:06:36,221 --> 00:06:38,310 because I was of color. 99 00:06:38,441 --> 00:06:43,228 So I kinda just stayed focused on my world, 100 00:06:43,315 --> 00:06:46,101 and my artistic world, and my creative world. 101 00:06:46,231 --> 00:06:49,060 And that worked for me. [birds chirping] 102 00:06:49,147 --> 00:06:53,891 [upbeat music] [clothes rustling] 103 00:06:56,024 --> 00:06:58,069 [birds chirping] - My teenage years 104 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,377 were really rough, I was on my own most of the time. 105 00:07:01,464 --> 00:07:05,860 Middle school hit, and I had just gotten out of foster care. 106 00:07:05,990 --> 00:07:09,254 I kinda grew up in the hood to where I got beat up a lot. 107 00:07:09,385 --> 00:07:11,692 I had to learn how to fight on my own. 108 00:07:11,822 --> 00:07:14,477 [chattering] 109 00:07:14,564 --> 00:07:16,044 Fighting for myself physically, 110 00:07:16,174 --> 00:07:17,785 but also mentally fighting for myself. 111 00:07:18,525 --> 00:07:23,007 I was really depressed, I was really socially just confused. 112 00:07:23,878 --> 00:07:25,009 Give it to me. - [Boy] Get up. 113 00:07:25,532 --> 00:07:25,619 - [Girl] That's it, come on, get up. 114 00:07:26,054 --> 00:07:28,012 [chattering] 115 00:07:31,276 --> 00:07:35,150 - I just wanted to be wanted by somebody. 116 00:07:35,280 --> 00:07:37,021 I just didn't know how to be me. 117 00:07:37,108 --> 00:07:42,113 [upbeat music] [traffic droning] 118 00:07:45,682 --> 00:07:47,510 - I actually used to joke when I was younger 119 00:07:47,641 --> 00:07:51,949 that I would make a bomb ass stripper, and I am [laughs]. 120 00:07:52,080 --> 00:07:54,604 [upbeat music] 121 00:08:01,655 --> 00:08:03,526 I had a really good childhood. 122 00:08:03,613 --> 00:08:06,094 My parents put me into dance, did ballet, 123 00:08:06,224 --> 00:08:08,531 contemporary, tap, jazz, hip hop. 124 00:08:08,618 --> 00:08:13,405 When I was seven, I got onto the dance company at my studio. 125 00:08:15,059 --> 00:08:17,061 When I got into high school, 126 00:08:17,148 --> 00:08:18,802 I was on the dance company there. 127 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:23,067 I traveled, I competed and performed everywhere I could. 128 00:08:25,766 --> 00:08:28,246 [placid music] 129 00:08:32,337 --> 00:08:33,600 - I actually learned how to swim 130 00:08:33,730 --> 00:08:35,602 before I learned how to walk. 131 00:08:40,215 --> 00:08:44,785 I was one of the best swimmers in my town, in my county. 132 00:08:44,872 --> 00:08:46,700 And so, it made me feel really important. 133 00:08:46,787 --> 00:08:51,226 It made me feel like it could be a way out of the life 134 00:08:51,356 --> 00:08:53,184 that I was living at home. 135 00:08:55,839 --> 00:08:58,494 And so, I had it in my mind from a really young age 136 00:08:58,625 --> 00:09:01,236 that this is something that could take me to college 137 00:09:01,366 --> 00:09:05,240 or this is something that could really help me in life. 138 00:09:05,370 --> 00:09:08,156 And I liked feeling like I was good at something. 139 00:09:08,243 --> 00:09:09,157 [timer beeping] [upbeat music] 140 00:09:09,244 --> 00:09:12,290 [water splashing] 141 00:09:12,421 --> 00:09:14,597 But I wound up getting a full ride scholarship 142 00:09:14,728 --> 00:09:16,556 to UC Santa Cruz. 143 00:09:18,166 --> 00:09:20,690 I was the first person on my mom's side of my family 144 00:09:20,821 --> 00:09:22,083 that went to college. 145 00:09:22,649 --> 00:09:23,911 And so, there was a pressure to graduate. 146 00:09:24,999 --> 00:09:27,697 [upbeat music] 147 00:09:39,361 --> 00:09:43,017 [Galaxciii laughing] 148 00:09:43,104 --> 00:09:45,889 - My sister, Angel, inspired me a lot when she took me 149 00:09:45,976 --> 00:09:50,154 to my first bachelor party. [upbeat music] 150 00:09:50,285 --> 00:09:54,724 I think I was 16 and it was crazy, it was fun, it was lit. 151 00:09:58,380 --> 00:10:00,643 My sister had been a dancer for a while. 152 00:10:00,774 --> 00:10:02,514 She started dancing when she turned 18. 153 00:10:02,645 --> 00:10:05,996 She's the one who really opened up that world for me. 154 00:10:07,084 --> 00:10:09,826 I was just so inspired, she did so amazing. 155 00:10:09,957 --> 00:10:11,306 She was so good at the pole. 156 00:10:11,436 --> 00:10:16,224 And my biggest dream was to learn pole tricks. 157 00:10:17,181 --> 00:10:18,661 That's when it all started. 158 00:10:18,748 --> 00:10:23,013 And I knew at that time, okay, when I'm of age, 159 00:10:23,144 --> 00:10:24,885 this is what I'm gonna do, I'm gonna find a club. 160 00:10:25,059 --> 00:10:27,975 I'm gonna go dance one day. ♪ Better cut this shit. ♪ 161 00:10:28,105 --> 00:10:30,455 One day, I said, "Okay, let's do it." 162 00:10:30,586 --> 00:10:32,544 I bought my ticket, I left my mom. 163 00:10:32,675 --> 00:10:35,330 I left all that bullshit behind, 164 00:10:35,417 --> 00:10:37,724 and went to Vegas, and never looked back. 165 00:10:37,854 --> 00:10:42,380 ♪ Everybody go ♪ [upbeat music] 166 00:10:42,511 --> 00:10:43,991 - So, when I started dancing, 167 00:10:44,121 --> 00:10:48,909 it brought back that feeling of competition, 168 00:10:50,606 --> 00:10:54,262 you're competing for money and praise on the tip rail. 169 00:10:55,306 --> 00:11:00,050 And it made me feel alive again. 170 00:11:00,181 --> 00:11:03,663 [locker rattling] It brings you that feeling 171 00:11:03,793 --> 00:11:07,101 like you're about to go do a gymnastics competition 172 00:11:07,231 --> 00:11:10,017 and there's a stadium full of people watching, 173 00:11:10,147 --> 00:11:11,540 and you have to perform. 174 00:11:13,237 --> 00:11:15,675 Literally, the second they called my name on stage, 175 00:11:15,805 --> 00:11:17,285 it was go time. 176 00:11:17,415 --> 00:11:18,982 - [Announcer] Miss September Reign. 177 00:11:27,164 --> 00:11:29,950 [upbeat music] [heels clicking] 178 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:31,473 - When I was 18, 179 00:11:32,039 --> 00:11:33,475 when I first started thinking about dancing, 180 00:11:33,605 --> 00:11:35,477 I was with my daughter's dad at the time. 181 00:11:35,607 --> 00:11:39,481 And I asked him, "What should I do?" 182 00:11:39,611 --> 00:11:40,700 He got me a pole. 183 00:11:41,526 --> 00:11:43,528 And we put it up in our one bedroom weekly. 184 00:11:43,615 --> 00:11:48,229 And I practiced and practiced and practiced for weeks, 185 00:11:50,013 --> 00:11:52,755 for months before I was able to build the courage 186 00:11:52,886 --> 00:11:54,452 to go into my first club. 187 00:11:54,583 --> 00:11:57,891 So by the time I went into my first club, 188 00:11:58,021 --> 00:11:59,936 I already knew what I was doing. 189 00:12:00,067 --> 00:12:03,853 And it's because I thought that that's how it was, 190 00:12:03,984 --> 00:12:06,334 that everybody knew what they were doing, 191 00:12:06,464 --> 00:12:09,816 and boy, was I wrong. [upbeat music] 192 00:12:15,125 --> 00:12:17,911 - I didn't know pole tricks, I didn't know anything. 193 00:12:18,041 --> 00:12:20,435 I just knew that I knew how to dance 194 00:12:20,565 --> 00:12:22,742 and I was going to make it [laughs]. 195 00:12:22,829 --> 00:12:27,703 [Galaxciii yelling] [chattering] 196 00:12:29,313 --> 00:12:32,142 My first night dancing, I made $200 197 00:12:32,273 --> 00:12:36,190 and I was doped [laughs], I was so excited. 198 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:37,974 [upbeat music] - When I first started 199 00:12:38,105 --> 00:12:41,108 making money, it was coming really quick because, 200 00:12:41,238 --> 00:12:44,415 like I said, I knew how to pole dance already. 201 00:12:44,546 --> 00:12:46,287 And that was my thing. 202 00:12:46,417 --> 00:12:51,945 [audience cheering] [upbeat music] 203 00:12:53,294 --> 00:12:57,602 I realized very quickly that my body talks to my customers. 204 00:13:00,257 --> 00:13:02,129 I learned that that was my moneymaker. 205 00:13:06,698 --> 00:13:09,701 The money was flying, it was coming in really quick. 206 00:13:09,832 --> 00:13:13,357 My first $1,000 I think I made on my second or third night. 207 00:13:13,488 --> 00:13:16,534 [money rustling] 208 00:13:17,622 --> 00:13:20,103 So, I knew I was just destined for Vegas. 209 00:13:21,061 --> 00:13:24,281 [vehicle droning] 210 00:13:25,587 --> 00:13:28,720 - I was in five AP classes my senior year of high school, 211 00:13:28,851 --> 00:13:31,158 and the AP tests were expensive, 212 00:13:31,245 --> 00:13:34,509 and I needed to get a job to pay for them. 213 00:13:34,639 --> 00:13:36,163 [upbeat music] So I started dancing 214 00:13:36,293 --> 00:13:41,081 when I was 17 at a bar in my town. 215 00:13:42,604 --> 00:13:43,605 They asked me if I was 18, I said, yes, 216 00:13:44,432 --> 00:13:46,347 they didn't check ID, so it wound up working out. 217 00:13:46,477 --> 00:13:50,090 And it opened me up to a lot of experiences performing 218 00:13:50,177 --> 00:13:52,353 that I probably wouldn't have gotten otherwise. 219 00:13:52,483 --> 00:13:56,357 I was spitting fire, I was dancing on bars. 220 00:13:56,487 --> 00:13:58,838 I was learning the basics of pole dancing. 221 00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:06,454 My second year of college, 222 00:14:06,584 --> 00:14:09,761 I started dancing at a very small club. 223 00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:13,853 It was a pretty tight knit group of girls. 224 00:14:13,983 --> 00:14:16,464 It was the first time I had a group of girlfriends 225 00:14:16,594 --> 00:14:19,641 that I really could be myself with. 226 00:14:22,774 --> 00:14:26,691 [women laughing] - As far as the girls 227 00:14:26,822 --> 00:14:30,304 in the strip club, don't trust those bitches, 228 00:14:30,434 --> 00:14:32,436 do not trust those bitches. 229 00:14:32,567 --> 00:14:35,091 I'm not your friend, she's not your friend. 230 00:14:35,222 --> 00:14:37,093 We're all here for one reason, 231 00:14:37,224 --> 00:14:41,010 one reason only, it's crabs in a bucket. 232 00:14:41,141 --> 00:14:44,361 [upbeat music] 233 00:14:44,492 --> 00:14:45,536 Bitches are sneaky. 234 00:14:47,625 --> 00:14:50,280 [upbeat music] 235 00:14:53,370 --> 00:14:55,677 It wasn't too hard to transition 236 00:14:55,807 --> 00:14:59,463 from my cheer dance background to stripping. 237 00:14:59,594 --> 00:15:02,205 If anything, it made it easier. 238 00:15:02,292 --> 00:15:03,772 I was already flexible, 239 00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:06,383 I had already knew how to hold my weight, 240 00:15:06,470 --> 00:15:07,950 and I was already strong, 241 00:15:08,081 --> 00:15:11,519 so climbing the pole was extremely easy. 242 00:15:15,088 --> 00:15:16,872 I've been stripping ever since. 243 00:15:19,831 --> 00:15:21,572 - Growing up having this love for dance, 244 00:15:21,703 --> 00:15:25,098 I was always open to the idea of going into striping. 245 00:15:31,321 --> 00:15:34,150 And so, finally I met my friend 246 00:15:34,846 --> 00:15:37,110 who was a stripper at the time. 247 00:15:37,197 --> 00:15:40,417 And honestly, she got me to the club the next night. 248 00:15:42,419 --> 00:15:44,117 I just needed somebody 249 00:15:44,856 --> 00:15:46,467 to kind of kick my ass through the door and kind of help me, 250 00:15:46,597 --> 00:15:49,600 guide me through it. [upbeat music] 251 00:15:53,126 --> 00:15:55,867 I wasn't particularly nervous about the dancing 252 00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:58,827 in front of people or taking my clothes off 253 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:01,786 in front of people, I was very comfortable in myself. 254 00:16:01,917 --> 00:16:05,616 I was more nervous about this whole unknown industry 255 00:16:05,703 --> 00:16:07,575 that was so looked down upon 256 00:16:07,705 --> 00:16:10,926 and kind of being uninsured of what I was stepping into. 257 00:16:23,939 --> 00:16:26,637 [upbeat music] 258 00:16:30,163 --> 00:16:31,773 - When I'm dancing, 259 00:16:31,903 --> 00:16:35,516 it's like I'm in a whole different space. 260 00:16:35,646 --> 00:16:37,344 It's like I'm in a whole different body. 261 00:16:37,474 --> 00:16:39,999 [upbeat music] 262 00:16:43,828 --> 00:16:45,743 Most of my clientele are women. 263 00:16:45,830 --> 00:16:50,444 They love the fact that I go up there and express myself, 264 00:16:50,531 --> 00:16:54,274 express through my body and art because it's not easy. 265 00:16:54,404 --> 00:16:56,841 And most women really appreciate that. 266 00:16:56,972 --> 00:16:59,844 Now, men, you have to work a little bit more, 267 00:16:59,975 --> 00:17:02,586 but they appreciate the art as well too. 268 00:17:10,464 --> 00:17:12,770 - Dancing is super therapeutic 269 00:17:12,901 --> 00:17:16,818 and you're able to move your body to tell a story. 270 00:17:16,948 --> 00:17:18,646 And whether that story is a sad story, 271 00:17:18,776 --> 00:17:21,040 a happy story, a sexy story, 272 00:17:21,170 --> 00:17:22,998 it's your story that you get to tell. 273 00:17:23,085 --> 00:17:27,394 And that's one thing that's really beautiful about it. 274 00:17:27,524 --> 00:17:32,573 And you just get lost in the music. 275 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:35,532 And I just let go and I move. 276 00:17:35,619 --> 00:17:37,795 I don't choreograph my dances 277 00:17:37,926 --> 00:17:40,189 and when I'm done, I feel great. 278 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,713 [upbeat music] 279 00:17:58,860 --> 00:18:00,427 [hand thumping] - [Announcer] Give it up 280 00:18:01,123 --> 00:18:05,432 for 2021 Heartbreaker of the year, this is Galaxciii. 281 00:18:06,563 --> 00:18:09,175 [upbeat music] 282 00:18:11,916 --> 00:18:14,484 - I love to be aggressive on stage. 283 00:18:14,615 --> 00:18:16,660 I love to have a good fucking time. 284 00:18:18,009 --> 00:18:22,188 That is the best part of dancing, and it is empowering. 285 00:18:28,759 --> 00:18:32,328 - Dance is a part of the performing arts. 286 00:18:32,459 --> 00:18:34,548 Pole dancing is an art. 287 00:18:37,507 --> 00:18:39,335 My dancing speaks for me. 288 00:18:48,692 --> 00:18:53,480 It's never about anyone else, it's always about me. 289 00:18:53,610 --> 00:18:56,526 Even though I'm performing, I'm performing for myself. 290 00:19:00,269 --> 00:19:02,489 - When I do a dope pole trick 291 00:19:02,619 --> 00:19:05,361 and all of a sudden I see money rain down on me, 292 00:19:05,492 --> 00:19:08,190 it's fucking dope. 293 00:19:09,365 --> 00:19:12,194 That move that I have been practicing for years 294 00:19:12,325 --> 00:19:14,718 or working on for months, 295 00:19:14,849 --> 00:19:16,938 all of that hard work was worth it. 296 00:19:33,998 --> 00:19:37,872 - Movement really helps to kind of loosen up my body 297 00:19:38,002 --> 00:19:41,571 and I'm able to just really be at peace with myself. 298 00:19:48,578 --> 00:19:49,536 - [Announcer] Here we go, ladies and gentlemen, 299 00:19:49,666 --> 00:19:51,146 get those singles ready, 300 00:19:51,277 --> 00:19:53,148 we've got Sin City's favorite California girl 301 00:19:53,235 --> 00:19:55,324 coming up right here on the stage, let's welcome Robi. 302 00:19:55,455 --> 00:19:58,501 - I feel like I move like water on stage. 303 00:19:58,632 --> 00:20:00,808 [upbeat music] 304 00:20:01,939 --> 00:20:03,811 It's like a seductive tease. 305 00:20:03,941 --> 00:20:06,596 I can take thousands of dollars from a guy 306 00:20:06,727 --> 00:20:08,642 and not even mention sex. 307 00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:11,732 It's not how everyone hustles, 308 00:20:11,819 --> 00:20:13,864 but that hustle works very well for me. 309 00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:19,827 - Whether you're a boob man or an ass man, 310 00:20:19,957 --> 00:20:21,698 one of the things that everybody loves 311 00:20:21,829 --> 00:20:25,398 from men to women is twerking. 312 00:20:25,572 --> 00:20:27,182 ♪ If you wanna touch my piece, just caution ♪ 313 00:20:27,269 --> 00:20:29,010 ♪ Caution, caution, caution, caution ♪ 314 00:20:29,184 --> 00:20:31,534 ♪ Caution, caution, caution, caution, caution ♪ 315 00:20:31,708 --> 00:20:34,015 ♪ Caution, caution, caution, caution, caution ♪ 316 00:20:34,189 --> 00:20:36,365 ♪ Caution, caution, caution, caution, caution ♪ 317 00:20:36,452 --> 00:20:38,411 ♪ Caution, caution, caution, caution, caution ♪ 318 00:20:38,585 --> 00:20:41,414 [upbeat music] ♪ Stop that ♪ 319 00:20:41,544 --> 00:20:45,505 The way that I can move my body, it makes it look so good, 320 00:20:45,635 --> 00:20:49,422 and most women want to do it and men wanna see it. 321 00:20:49,552 --> 00:20:53,991 So, when you're dancing for somebody, it feels good. 322 00:20:54,122 --> 00:20:57,647 It's just something that I believe everybody loves. 323 00:20:57,734 --> 00:20:59,170 ♪ I hear 'em chattin' the noise move ♪ 324 00:20:59,649 --> 00:21:01,390 ♪ To quick can't stop for the talking ♪ 325 00:21:01,477 --> 00:21:02,913 ♪ I hear 'em chat with the boys' man ♪ 326 00:21:03,087 --> 00:21:05,176 ♪ So tough but men keep walking ♪ 327 00:21:05,351 --> 00:21:06,700 ♪ Dress to sharp with the poise ♪ 328 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:08,963 ♪ White girls love to tell me I'm awesome ♪ 329 00:21:09,137 --> 00:21:10,443 ♪ Hot like fire on the pan ♪ 330 00:21:11,139 --> 00:21:12,401 ♪ If you wanna touch my piece, just caution ♪ 331 00:21:12,488 --> 00:21:13,924 ♪ Beg please get on your knees ♪ 332 00:21:14,447 --> 00:21:15,448 ♪ Came from the jungle up in the trees ♪ 333 00:21:16,100 --> 00:21:16,840 ♪ I got a few tricks up in the sleeve ♪ 334 00:21:17,624 --> 00:21:18,973 - Stripping, there's a very fine line. 335 00:21:19,103 --> 00:21:21,758 The line is, I never take my panties off. 336 00:21:21,889 --> 00:21:23,891 We are not gonna have sex no matter what. 337 00:21:23,978 --> 00:21:26,894 And so, I think knowing that that boundary 338 00:21:27,024 --> 00:21:29,636 is there makes me so much more comfortable 339 00:21:29,766 --> 00:21:32,595 just being free and being hyper-sexual, 340 00:21:32,726 --> 00:21:35,076 because it is a role that I get to step into 341 00:21:35,206 --> 00:21:37,600 and I do enjoy the acting part of it. 342 00:21:37,774 --> 00:21:39,341 ♪ Tell me I'm awesome ♪ 343 00:21:39,515 --> 00:21:40,821 ♪ Hot like fire on the pan ♪ 344 00:21:41,604 --> 00:21:42,388 ♪ If you wanna touch piece, just caution ♪ 345 00:21:42,475 --> 00:21:44,955 [upbeat music] 346 00:21:47,001 --> 00:21:52,528 [heels clicking] [chattering] 347 00:21:53,790 --> 00:21:57,794 - The VIP room is really tricky because in stripping, 348 00:21:59,579 --> 00:22:01,537 there are a lotta unspoken rules, 349 00:22:01,668 --> 00:22:06,020 and it varies on each club and it varies on each girl. 350 00:22:11,068 --> 00:22:15,029 But you are there by yourself and you are half naked 351 00:22:15,116 --> 00:22:16,465 and you're with a guy that's already, 352 00:22:16,596 --> 00:22:19,381 or a girl, that's already lusting for you. 353 00:22:19,512 --> 00:22:23,211 So depending on the club and what each club will allow 354 00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:27,302 and depending on each girl and what each girl will allow, 355 00:22:28,564 --> 00:22:33,003 some stuff can happen. [September Reign moaning] 356 00:22:36,180 --> 00:22:38,792 [sensual music] 357 00:22:43,144 --> 00:22:45,712 - Doing VIP is way more intimate. 358 00:22:45,842 --> 00:22:51,413 It's hands-on, you have to really get in there a little bit. 359 00:22:52,719 --> 00:22:55,069 I'm good, slap my ass, do whatever you wanna do, rub me. 360 00:22:55,199 --> 00:22:56,505 - Okay, all right. 361 00:22:58,289 --> 00:22:59,943 - [Brooklyn] You gotta get what you pay for. 362 00:23:00,074 --> 00:23:03,338 [hands slapping] - All right. 363 00:23:03,425 --> 00:23:07,211 - I like the VIP because I'm a very sexual person. 364 00:23:07,342 --> 00:23:11,868 So when I'm back there, I'm trying to give my all. 365 00:23:11,999 --> 00:23:16,960 [sensual music] [hand slapping] 366 00:23:23,445 --> 00:23:26,709 [cork popping] - Cheers. 367 00:23:28,407 --> 00:23:29,582 Don't be scared to touch. 368 00:23:34,978 --> 00:23:37,503 Will you smack that? [hand slapping] 369 00:23:37,633 --> 00:23:38,852 I'll be in the back with people, 370 00:23:39,374 --> 00:23:40,941 and I will be telling them what to do. 371 00:23:41,071 --> 00:23:44,031 I'll be moving their hands onto my body. 372 00:23:44,161 --> 00:23:47,121 I will be repositioning them, 373 00:23:47,251 --> 00:23:49,384 and they can just sit back and enjoy the ride. 374 00:23:49,515 --> 00:23:53,475 And that's not something that these men are used to. 375 00:23:53,606 --> 00:23:55,172 And so, they want that feeling more. 376 00:23:55,825 --> 00:23:58,437 And so, that's when we go back for the second hour, 377 00:23:58,567 --> 00:24:00,439 and that's we get the next bottle. 378 00:24:05,226 --> 00:24:07,663 - I definitely believe stripping is sex work. 379 00:24:09,273 --> 00:24:11,972 Some clubs that I've danced at are fully nude, 380 00:24:12,059 --> 00:24:16,019 so that in itself would be sex work. 381 00:24:16,150 --> 00:24:20,067 You're getting enjoyment and pleasure from my nude body. 382 00:24:20,154 --> 00:24:22,765 [sensual music] 383 00:24:26,508 --> 00:24:29,685 [money rustling] 384 00:24:29,816 --> 00:24:34,690 - I average 2,000 to $2,500 a night, four nights a week. 385 00:24:36,562 --> 00:24:41,480 [money rustling] [cupboard rattling] 386 00:24:43,743 --> 00:24:48,661 [upbeat music] ♪ Yeah, oh, let's go ♪ 387 00:24:50,097 --> 00:24:51,228 - When my money bag is nice and full, 388 00:24:51,751 --> 00:24:54,188 it's honestly such a comforting feeling. 389 00:24:54,362 --> 00:24:56,669 ♪ Feel like I'm at the tippy top of my game ♪ 390 00:24:56,843 --> 00:24:58,497 ♪ Looking down at the rafters ♪ 391 00:24:59,193 --> 00:25:01,804 ♪ I had to son these boys, can't leave 'em bastards ♪ 392 00:25:01,978 --> 00:25:04,894 ♪ A lotta dudes just some undercover actors ♪ 393 00:25:05,068 --> 00:25:06,505 ♪ I don't fall for it ♪ 394 00:25:07,114 --> 00:25:08,245 - The best night I ever had, I made over $10,000, 395 00:25:08,332 --> 00:25:12,685 and we stayed in the VIP room from 11:00 p.m. 396 00:25:12,815 --> 00:25:15,383 until 2:00 p.m. the next day. 397 00:25:15,514 --> 00:25:18,081 And I charged over $1,000 an hour. 398 00:25:18,212 --> 00:25:19,692 So you can do the maths on that [laughs]. 399 00:25:19,866 --> 00:25:21,737 ♪ It really shouldn't be no arguments ♪ 400 00:25:21,911 --> 00:25:23,347 ♪ 'Cause you're now viewing the greatest of all time ♪ 401 00:25:23,478 --> 00:25:26,046 Physically holding a large amount of cash 402 00:25:26,176 --> 00:25:29,919 just makes me feel successful, 403 00:25:30,050 --> 00:25:31,834 like I have mastered my craft. 404 00:25:32,008 --> 00:25:34,184 ♪ Everybody watch out 'cause the bomb is lit ♪ 405 00:25:34,271 --> 00:25:39,233 ♪ I got that confidence, that's right ♪ 406 00:25:39,886 --> 00:25:41,627 ♪ Confidence, yeah ♪ 407 00:25:41,757 --> 00:25:46,370 - The first time I made $3,000, it just made me go harder. 408 00:25:47,328 --> 00:25:49,939 That first 3,000 turned into 5,000. 409 00:25:50,070 --> 00:25:54,074 The first time you hit big, it's like an adrenaline rush. 410 00:25:54,204 --> 00:25:56,859 Like [sighs], you feel like wonder woman, 411 00:25:56,946 --> 00:25:58,731 like you could do anything now [laughs]. 412 00:25:58,905 --> 00:26:00,341 ♪ Confidence, yeah ♪ 413 00:26:00,471 --> 00:26:03,736 Every $1,000 that I make is a badge of honor. 414 00:26:04,824 --> 00:26:06,434 I'm a thousandaire, I'm proud [laughs]. 415 00:26:08,175 --> 00:26:10,917 - There were times where I was making two, 416 00:26:11,047 --> 00:26:13,267 three grand a night easy, 417 00:26:13,397 --> 00:26:15,051 I would make that in like two hours. 418 00:26:15,138 --> 00:26:19,926 ♪ Confidence, yeah ♪ [money rustling] 419 00:26:24,191 --> 00:26:25,845 - [Spinnin Shae] You have some hits, you have some misses. 420 00:26:25,932 --> 00:26:27,629 That's just how it goes. 421 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,197 That's how the hustle is. 422 00:26:30,327 --> 00:26:32,199 You just gotta appreciate those times 423 00:26:32,329 --> 00:26:35,028 when it's really, really, really good 424 00:26:35,115 --> 00:26:38,292 and just prepare for when it's really not. 425 00:26:38,422 --> 00:26:40,076 [placid music] [crickets chirping] 426 00:26:40,207 --> 00:26:42,035 - [Announcer] Take a live look at the Las Vegas Strip 427 00:26:42,165 --> 00:26:45,473 this morning, just hours after a statewide shelter in place 428 00:26:45,604 --> 00:26:47,475 was declared by Nevada's governor. 429 00:26:47,606 --> 00:26:48,694 - [Announcer] We're going to be looking 430 00:26:49,216 --> 00:26:51,522 at a very different Las Vegas Strip. 431 00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:53,133 - [Announcer] The business shut down 432 00:26:54,047 --> 00:26:55,178 will affect one of the biggest tourist spots in the country. 433 00:26:55,265 --> 00:26:56,310 [placid music] 434 00:26:56,919 --> 00:26:59,269 - [Yasmine] Corona virus fucked up the game. 435 00:27:00,923 --> 00:27:02,533 It put a stop to everything. 436 00:27:04,100 --> 00:27:05,972 - [Brooklyn] March 15th was the last day any dancer 437 00:27:06,102 --> 00:27:07,626 would step foot on a stage. 438 00:27:11,064 --> 00:27:13,240 - [Yasmine] Here in Las Vegas, 439 00:27:13,370 --> 00:27:15,459 our strip clubs took the hardest hit. 440 00:27:15,590 --> 00:27:18,506 We're not essential businesses at all. 441 00:27:22,466 --> 00:27:24,468 - All the clubs got shut down 442 00:27:24,555 --> 00:27:28,429 and every dancer like myself had to figure out 443 00:27:28,516 --> 00:27:30,213 what the fuck we were gonna do. 444 00:27:35,001 --> 00:27:36,437 So when the pandemic hit 445 00:27:36,567 --> 00:27:39,179 and all these stimulus packages came, 446 00:27:39,309 --> 00:27:40,920 they weren't coming for us. 447 00:27:41,050 --> 00:27:44,227 You couldn't work in an explicit environment. 448 00:27:44,314 --> 00:27:46,795 And stripping, even though it's not sex, 449 00:27:46,926 --> 00:27:51,626 is an explicit environment. [placid music] 450 00:27:51,757 --> 00:27:53,759 - Strippers have to adapt very quickly 451 00:27:53,889 --> 00:27:56,936 and learn to pivot when needed. 452 00:27:57,066 --> 00:27:59,678 That skill I think translated very well 453 00:27:59,808 --> 00:28:01,027 when everything got shut down 454 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,333 and you didn't have a club to go to anymore. 455 00:28:03,464 --> 00:28:06,119 [placid music] And we had to figure out 456 00:28:06,249 --> 00:28:09,513 how can we do the same kind of interaction and performance 457 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,778 and entertainment in an online platform. 458 00:28:14,083 --> 00:28:17,870 And using those skills, we found ways to make that work. 459 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:20,524 [placid music] 460 00:28:24,137 --> 00:28:26,530 - I'm a real hustler, I'm a real trapper. 461 00:28:26,661 --> 00:28:29,359 I'll always have more than one source of income. 462 00:28:33,363 --> 00:28:35,496 I have downloaded Streamates. 463 00:28:35,626 --> 00:28:38,673 It's a streaming app for sex workers. 464 00:28:38,804 --> 00:28:40,762 It's webcam modeling. 465 00:28:40,893 --> 00:28:43,634 You don't have to show anything 466 00:28:43,765 --> 00:28:45,898 if you don't wanna show you anything, it's all up to you. 467 00:28:46,028 --> 00:28:48,378 [laughs] Oh, that's what you're saying [laughs]. 468 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:55,690 Here we go. 469 00:28:56,256 --> 00:29:00,173 I started streaming, within the first 72 hours of streaming, 470 00:29:01,087 --> 00:29:03,393 I had already made $500. [placid music] 471 00:29:06,135 --> 00:29:08,485 [lid clicking] They didn't really care 472 00:29:08,616 --> 00:29:11,662 too much to if I was naked or not. 473 00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:14,796 They liked me for my conversation, my awkwardness. 474 00:29:18,452 --> 00:29:22,848 I'm making waffles, strawberry, or not strawberry [laughs]. 475 00:29:22,978 --> 00:29:25,589 Banana and peanut butter waffles. 476 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,243 I'm just trying to get the gains. 477 00:29:33,423 --> 00:29:36,426 - How about I do this for you, right here? 478 00:29:38,341 --> 00:29:40,561 Give you my Valentine's Day gift [laughs]. 479 00:29:40,691 --> 00:29:43,259 [placid music] 480 00:29:50,266 --> 00:29:53,443 I literally bring the club in my bedroom. 481 00:29:56,446 --> 00:29:59,101 [hand slapping] 482 00:30:03,497 --> 00:30:06,979 And I've now taken that toward social media 483 00:30:07,109 --> 00:30:08,894 and my online presence. 484 00:30:09,024 --> 00:30:13,507 And because I got introduced to taking the club home 485 00:30:14,943 --> 00:30:16,902 and doing webcam and live shows, 486 00:30:16,989 --> 00:30:19,034 and it opened up a door for fans 487 00:30:19,165 --> 00:30:20,775 that were all around the world. 488 00:30:30,002 --> 00:30:32,569 [light clicking] 489 00:30:34,658 --> 00:30:36,138 - I think it's really cool 490 00:30:36,225 --> 00:30:39,489 to make my space my own private club. 491 00:30:46,975 --> 00:30:51,850 To able to create that from home on your phone online, 492 00:30:53,460 --> 00:30:57,072 and it's more of a personal one-on-one experience 493 00:30:57,203 --> 00:30:58,682 with other people. 494 00:31:00,032 --> 00:31:02,382 Overall, I love to dance and I love doing it for myself, 495 00:31:04,123 --> 00:31:07,213 but there's a lot of me that loves doing it 496 00:31:07,343 --> 00:31:08,649 more for other people. 497 00:31:08,779 --> 00:31:11,217 [upbeat music] 498 00:31:20,356 --> 00:31:21,792 - Having a pole in my house 499 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,143 has definitely helped me out a lot. 500 00:31:24,273 --> 00:31:26,406 When I'm at home, I just like to kind 501 00:31:26,536 --> 00:31:31,977 of really focus on dancing for me 502 00:31:33,282 --> 00:31:34,675 'cause it's different dancing on stage for other people, 503 00:31:34,805 --> 00:31:36,372 and then there's dancing for yourself. 504 00:31:36,459 --> 00:31:38,505 You need to dance for yourself 505 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:42,204 'cause then you really start to appreciate it. 506 00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,713 - [Yasmine] My vibe when I dance is real mellow, 507 00:32:12,843 --> 00:32:16,325 and I have the lights as low as I want. 508 00:32:16,456 --> 00:32:19,502 I play my slow songs back to back. 509 00:32:19,633 --> 00:32:22,375 And I really vibe out in here. 510 00:32:22,505 --> 00:32:24,377 And that's what's so important to me. 511 00:32:24,507 --> 00:32:26,422 That's what keeps the energy going. 512 00:32:39,783 --> 00:32:41,307 - Yes, you guys, perfect. 513 00:32:46,225 --> 00:32:47,791 The online classes made it so that people 514 00:32:47,922 --> 00:32:50,664 could from all over can take classes 515 00:32:50,794 --> 00:32:51,882 from me like they've been doing. 516 00:32:52,405 --> 00:32:54,102 I've had people the way in the U.K., 517 00:32:54,233 --> 00:32:56,800 in Australia, in other rural areas 518 00:32:56,931 --> 00:33:00,804 that aren't able to attend in-person classes. 519 00:33:01,501 --> 00:33:05,592 Nice. - And it forced you 520 00:33:05,722 --> 00:33:09,509 to have to take your brand seriously, 521 00:33:09,639 --> 00:33:13,904 because it's not a short game anymore of dancing, 522 00:33:14,035 --> 00:33:16,690 getting all this guy's money and you never see them again. 523 00:33:16,820 --> 00:33:19,301 You're gonna see them again 'cause you're online, 524 00:33:19,432 --> 00:33:22,739 and word of mouth online travels like that, 525 00:33:22,870 --> 00:33:25,612 and you can lose your fan base, and then where's your money? 526 00:33:26,961 --> 00:33:28,615 [placid music] - [Photographer] I want you 527 00:33:29,442 --> 00:33:32,619 to grab the rail a little bit, that's perfect, there you go. 528 00:33:34,751 --> 00:33:38,016 - My name now means a lot more to me 529 00:33:38,146 --> 00:33:40,540 and my brand that I'm trying to produce 530 00:33:40,670 --> 00:33:42,324 means a lot more to me. 531 00:33:42,411 --> 00:33:46,676 So, I really try very hard to portray the person I am. 532 00:33:52,073 --> 00:33:53,335 I'm really good at makeup, 533 00:33:53,727 --> 00:33:55,207 obviously, like duh, but [laughs]. 534 00:34:00,081 --> 00:34:02,910 And I'm not scared to show anybody my bad side, 535 00:34:03,041 --> 00:34:05,304 and I'm not scared to show anybody my goofy side, 536 00:34:06,783 --> 00:34:10,396 and how I've gotten from point A to point Z. 537 00:34:10,526 --> 00:34:12,833 Social media is a great way 538 00:34:12,963 --> 00:34:15,053 for everybody to see how I'm progressing, 539 00:34:15,183 --> 00:34:18,839 because there's a lot of levels to this shit. 540 00:34:18,969 --> 00:34:24,279 [siren ringing] - [Photographer] One, two. 541 00:34:25,324 --> 00:34:27,195 [camera clicking] One more, one more. 542 00:34:27,282 --> 00:34:31,504 - So, I obtained and made sure I maintained photo-shoots 543 00:34:31,591 --> 00:34:36,378 and constantly trying to be active on my social media 544 00:34:36,509 --> 00:34:38,337 to promote myself, that's all we have. 545 00:34:47,781 --> 00:34:51,132 It's a fantasy ultimately that I'm trying to sell 546 00:34:51,219 --> 00:34:52,786 and that I do sell. 547 00:34:52,916 --> 00:34:55,615 So I wanna be something totally different, 548 00:34:55,745 --> 00:34:59,184 something exclusive, something 549 00:34:59,314 --> 00:35:00,750 that they're fantasizing about. 550 00:35:03,753 --> 00:35:07,844 So, I rely heavily on Instagram. 551 00:35:07,931 --> 00:35:11,631 My first Instagram that I was promoting myself on 552 00:35:11,718 --> 00:35:15,896 had around 87,000 people or followers. 553 00:35:16,026 --> 00:35:19,813 And that page, I made so much money. 554 00:35:26,211 --> 00:35:27,734 - So, at the start of the pandemic, 555 00:35:27,864 --> 00:35:30,780 I was in Santa Cruz for my birthday, 556 00:35:30,867 --> 00:35:33,566 the weekend that everything got shut down. 557 00:35:33,696 --> 00:35:36,612 So, I was in California for a while, 558 00:35:36,743 --> 00:35:38,571 working at the beach lifeguarding. 559 00:35:38,701 --> 00:35:39,833 They needed a lot of help. 560 00:35:39,963 --> 00:35:41,748 We were facing beach closures. 561 00:35:41,878 --> 00:35:45,578 We were doing 70 hour weeks during a pandemic. 562 00:35:45,665 --> 00:35:49,669 - Union 93's 14 John NN3, 108, good morning. 563 00:35:49,799 --> 00:35:51,584 - [Dispatcher] Good work, good morning. 564 00:35:51,671 --> 00:35:52,976 - Copy, we'll be in route. 565 00:35:53,107 --> 00:35:55,283 It was really high stress. 566 00:35:55,414 --> 00:35:58,504 On top of listening to the 911 scanner all day, 567 00:36:00,201 --> 00:36:01,550 hearing about how there's no beds at the hospital 568 00:36:01,681 --> 00:36:02,986 every 10 minutes. [siren ringing] 569 00:36:03,465 --> 00:36:06,947 Northern 14th John, entering [mumbles]. 570 00:36:07,077 --> 00:36:10,037 [radio beeping] 571 00:36:10,124 --> 00:36:11,865 We're just gonna wait until Harbor gets here, 572 00:36:11,995 --> 00:36:13,519 and then you're gonna get on the Harbor boat 573 00:36:13,606 --> 00:36:15,129 and help them with this. 574 00:36:15,260 --> 00:36:16,304 Then we're all gonna go back to the Harbor. 575 00:36:16,435 --> 00:36:17,697 - Sounds good. - Yeah. 576 00:36:18,393 --> 00:36:20,787 You guys get a free jet ski ride today [laughs]. 577 00:36:20,917 --> 00:36:23,006 [jet ski droning] There were so many 578 00:36:23,137 --> 00:36:26,271 more deaths, there were so many more drownings. 579 00:36:26,401 --> 00:36:31,014 It was a lot. [upbeat music] 580 00:36:31,101 --> 00:36:32,407 I love lifeguarding. 581 00:36:33,060 --> 00:36:36,498 I love being able to take control of a situation 582 00:36:36,585 --> 00:36:39,632 where I might be the only person in control. 583 00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:44,811 [jet ski droning] One hand. 584 00:36:49,163 --> 00:36:50,295 I would lifeguard full-time 585 00:36:50,817 --> 00:36:54,908 if it made sense financially for me. 586 00:36:55,038 --> 00:36:59,086 But I have to be making money, I have to pay bills. 587 00:36:59,739 --> 00:37:01,306 My parents are getting older. 588 00:37:01,393 --> 00:37:04,047 I have to be able to support them. 589 00:37:04,134 --> 00:37:07,399 And I think I have an underlying fear 590 00:37:07,529 --> 00:37:09,270 of being really poor again. 591 00:37:09,357 --> 00:37:12,708 And I'm really willing to do whatever it takes 592 00:37:12,839 --> 00:37:14,449 to make sure that that never happens. 593 00:37:14,536 --> 00:37:17,887 But it is stressful at times, for sure. 594 00:37:19,846 --> 00:37:21,717 [upbeat music] - Before COVID, 595 00:37:21,804 --> 00:37:23,458 things were good, but I feel 596 00:37:23,589 --> 00:37:25,678 like I actually started making a lot more money 597 00:37:25,808 --> 00:37:27,767 when COVID hit than I did before. 598 00:37:31,205 --> 00:37:33,642 There was nowhere to work, there was nothing you could do, 599 00:37:33,773 --> 00:37:36,558 but you had to make it work, so you made stuff happen. 600 00:37:36,689 --> 00:37:38,081 I made stuff happen. 601 00:37:38,212 --> 00:37:40,649 Going to the bars, and finding clients, 602 00:37:40,780 --> 00:37:43,391 and throwing parties together, throwing events together. 603 00:37:46,307 --> 00:37:48,657 My hustle just turned on, 604 00:37:48,788 --> 00:37:53,227 when everything shut down, my instincts shined. 605 00:37:54,924 --> 00:37:57,449 When you grip with both legs and you just kinda hang. 606 00:37:58,885 --> 00:38:01,279 - [Student] Oh, like a side bar to it. 607 00:38:01,409 --> 00:38:03,063 - [Galaxciii] Mm-hmm, can you do that? 608 00:38:03,193 --> 00:38:04,369 I can teach you that. 609 00:38:05,674 --> 00:38:08,938 During COVID, I actually did start doing pole classes. 610 00:38:10,113 --> 00:38:12,899 Obviously, it was another source of income. 611 00:38:15,641 --> 00:38:20,559 Legs up, hold your grip, boom, hold, split, yeah. 612 00:38:25,781 --> 00:38:26,913 And that was another way. 613 00:38:27,043 --> 00:38:28,610 And also meeting other girls 614 00:38:28,697 --> 00:38:32,135 that are down to perform at events, at gigs. 615 00:38:32,266 --> 00:38:36,183 You just gotta kind of find where your strengths are. 616 00:38:36,314 --> 00:38:40,840 And my strength is just hustling. 617 00:38:40,970 --> 00:38:42,450 Hustle was within my blood. 618 00:38:42,581 --> 00:38:44,974 [upbeat music] 619 00:38:56,072 --> 00:39:00,207 - Okay, good job. 620 00:39:01,295 --> 00:39:03,515 I have my own pole company, Tricks By Yas. 621 00:39:03,645 --> 00:39:06,431 I do women's sessions, private one-on-ones. 622 00:39:07,867 --> 00:39:08,955 So, that's fine. 623 00:39:09,521 --> 00:39:12,698 That is my second stream of income. 624 00:39:12,785 --> 00:39:17,224 I would say I've had at least 100 girls 625 00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:21,924 over the past 14 months that have hit me up. 626 00:39:22,055 --> 00:39:24,492 'Cause that way, you'll have more control. 627 00:39:24,623 --> 00:39:26,973 Pole dancing I'm forever progressing at. 628 00:39:27,103 --> 00:39:29,149 I always want to meet people 629 00:39:29,236 --> 00:39:33,893 who do teach professional pole dance classes 630 00:39:34,023 --> 00:39:35,982 because I don't have that background. 631 00:39:36,112 --> 00:39:37,723 I never took a pole class. 632 00:39:37,853 --> 00:39:39,986 It's always good to keep learning. 633 00:39:40,116 --> 00:39:41,335 No matter what you're doing, 634 00:39:41,727 --> 00:39:42,815 it's always good to keep learning. 635 00:39:43,598 --> 00:39:45,731 You can always know more, you can always improve. 636 00:39:45,861 --> 00:39:48,429 [upbeat music] 637 00:39:55,828 --> 00:39:58,134 - In the pandemic, I started doing Onlyfans 638 00:39:58,221 --> 00:40:00,136 because a second source of income, 639 00:40:00,267 --> 00:40:02,008 they cut our pay at life guarding. 640 00:40:02,138 --> 00:40:05,098 And I was very lucky that my stripper friends 641 00:40:05,228 --> 00:40:08,101 are also doing Onlyfans. 642 00:40:08,231 --> 00:40:11,278 And Jesse helped me so much. 643 00:40:12,366 --> 00:40:14,847 She said, "You have to make your Onlyfans, 644 00:40:14,977 --> 00:40:16,588 "you have to make your online platform, 645 00:40:16,718 --> 00:40:19,242 "a safe space for you." 646 00:40:19,373 --> 00:40:23,812 And if I'm making it reflect me, 647 00:40:23,899 --> 00:40:27,250 then it's gonna be so much easier to put work into it, 648 00:40:27,381 --> 00:40:31,385 and to spend the time editing videos, and networking. 649 00:40:31,516 --> 00:40:33,909 [upbeat music] 650 00:40:38,392 --> 00:40:41,264 So my mornings start with a cup of coffee, 651 00:40:41,395 --> 00:40:43,571 and sitting on my couch, and catching up 652 00:40:43,658 --> 00:40:46,879 with all of the social media from the night before, 653 00:40:47,009 --> 00:40:48,489 seeing how my Onlyfans did, 654 00:40:49,142 --> 00:40:50,883 how much money did I make while I was sleeping. 655 00:40:55,061 --> 00:40:57,716 [placid music] 656 00:41:06,115 --> 00:41:09,902 - So my mom was a single mom, so she worked a lot. 657 00:41:09,989 --> 00:41:11,860 So, I just wanted to help take care of the family 658 00:41:11,991 --> 00:41:14,428 and help provide for my mom. 659 00:41:14,515 --> 00:41:19,477 And I remember seeing a ad on Craigslist for modeling, 660 00:41:20,478 --> 00:41:22,131 and it was advertised as teen glamor. 661 00:41:24,003 --> 00:41:28,007 At 16 $600 a day for two days, that's a lot. 662 00:41:28,137 --> 00:41:31,097 So that kind of drove me to do it. 663 00:41:33,447 --> 00:41:36,319 I definitely ended up thinking I 664 00:41:36,450 --> 00:41:40,019 was gonna be taking pictures with just a bra and panty. 665 00:41:40,149 --> 00:41:41,934 And I ended up being naked 666 00:41:42,064 --> 00:41:44,240 with a shear sheet, covering me. 667 00:41:46,329 --> 00:41:50,943 The makeup I think for me was more shocking now 668 00:41:51,030 --> 00:41:52,771 than it was at the time. 669 00:41:52,858 --> 00:41:55,295 I should have known better. 670 00:41:56,992 --> 00:42:00,692 We're half naked and were under the age of 18. 671 00:42:00,822 --> 00:42:02,389 When you're 15, 16, 672 00:42:02,476 --> 00:42:04,957 you don't think about the consequences of the choices 673 00:42:05,087 --> 00:42:07,829 that you make and how those will play a part 674 00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:09,309 of your future life. 675 00:42:09,918 --> 00:42:12,399 So, to take that two seconds of time to say, hey, 676 00:42:12,530 --> 00:42:15,402 is this something I'm really prepared for? 677 00:42:15,489 --> 00:42:17,622 Is this something I really can handle? 678 00:42:19,319 --> 00:42:21,190 And understanding that once you get in it, 679 00:42:21,321 --> 00:42:26,500 you can't go back, it might change the path 680 00:42:27,457 --> 00:42:29,198 that the younger me would have took. 681 00:42:30,417 --> 00:42:34,552 [lawnmower rattling] - So my mom was a single mom. 682 00:42:36,249 --> 00:42:39,469 We were pretty poor, but she did a really good job 683 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:41,602 of not making it feel that way. 684 00:42:41,689 --> 00:42:45,998 We were still able to prioritize fun on the weekends. 685 00:42:46,128 --> 00:42:50,959 [lawnmower rattling] [Robi yelling] 686 00:42:52,047 --> 00:42:53,396 Instead of doing Christmas 687 00:42:54,223 --> 00:42:55,224 where we have lots of presents and stuff like that, 688 00:42:55,355 --> 00:42:58,358 we would focus on experiences instead. 689 00:42:58,488 --> 00:43:00,142 It's not Christmas eve. - [Robi's Mom] Oh, okay. 690 00:43:00,273 --> 00:43:02,275 I thought that was Santa at the doors or something. 691 00:43:02,405 --> 00:43:04,016 - And around middle school and high school, 692 00:43:04,146 --> 00:43:05,974 my mom and me stopped getting along. 693 00:43:06,105 --> 00:43:08,716 We would fight almost every day. 694 00:43:08,847 --> 00:43:11,197 Sometimes it would get pretty bad. 695 00:43:11,327 --> 00:43:14,069 The cops came to our house quite a few times. 696 00:43:14,200 --> 00:43:18,857 She was really strict and that made me rebellious. 697 00:43:18,987 --> 00:43:23,862 [birds chirping] [seeds rattling] 698 00:43:25,646 --> 00:43:28,431 - [Robi's Mom] Come in, you don't go around 699 00:43:28,562 --> 00:43:30,651 like that with the camera, you just turn it off, 700 00:43:30,782 --> 00:43:32,653 and then you leave it. 701 00:43:32,784 --> 00:43:34,220 Are you off? - No, I'm waiting 702 00:43:34,350 --> 00:43:37,049 for you to put it in. [hay thumping] 703 00:43:37,179 --> 00:43:39,834 I thought it was her problem. 704 00:43:39,965 --> 00:43:44,186 I thought that she is just out to get me. 705 00:43:44,273 --> 00:43:46,275 And I didn't realize 706 00:43:46,406 --> 00:43:49,496 that she has her own mental health issues. 707 00:43:49,627 --> 00:43:53,805 And so, I think if I could tell my younger self anything, 708 00:43:53,892 --> 00:43:58,810 it would be to just be a little bit more understanding. 709 00:44:00,072 --> 00:44:03,249 There's things that you might not know about her story, 710 00:44:03,379 --> 00:44:04,946 about anyone's story, really 711 00:44:05,077 --> 00:44:08,384 that impact how they interact with people. 712 00:44:14,390 --> 00:44:16,915 - Growing up, I kind of always have struggled a little bit 713 00:44:17,002 --> 00:44:20,048 with anxiety and depression. 714 00:44:20,179 --> 00:44:23,748 Get very nervous just going outside, anywhere in public. 715 00:44:23,835 --> 00:44:25,010 [placid music] 716 00:44:25,619 --> 00:44:26,707 I don't like going to the gas station. 717 00:44:27,926 --> 00:44:29,014 I don't like going to the grocery store, I literally can't. 718 00:44:29,144 --> 00:44:31,538 I will literally go sit in my car, 719 00:44:31,625 --> 00:44:34,019 freak the fuck out and be like, [laughs] no, 720 00:44:34,149 --> 00:44:35,716 and I've even done that with clubs. 721 00:44:36,499 --> 00:44:38,327 I've literally driven up to a club, sat there in my car, 722 00:44:38,458 --> 00:44:41,635 and I was like, fuck that, and drove away 723 00:44:41,766 --> 00:44:44,290 because I was just kind of so anxious 724 00:44:44,377 --> 00:44:47,293 and just could not get myself to step out of the car, 725 00:44:47,423 --> 00:44:49,991 I had to really leave to calm down. 726 00:44:50,122 --> 00:44:51,906 And I've even been working in the club 727 00:44:52,037 --> 00:44:53,647 and ended up having to go home 728 00:44:53,734 --> 00:44:56,345 just because it was affecting me that much. 729 00:44:56,476 --> 00:44:59,871 [placid music] 730 00:45:00,001 --> 00:45:03,048 If I could talk to myself when I was younger, 731 00:45:03,178 --> 00:45:07,574 15, still in high school, still trying to figure stuff out, 732 00:45:07,661 --> 00:45:09,184 is that even though you're lost, 733 00:45:09,315 --> 00:45:11,578 you're going to figure it on out. 734 00:45:11,665 --> 00:45:14,450 And even though people look at you differently, 735 00:45:14,581 --> 00:45:16,365 you are going to find somewhere where you fit in, 736 00:45:16,496 --> 00:45:18,541 you are going to find a community. 737 00:45:18,672 --> 00:45:21,196 [placid music] 738 00:45:25,070 --> 00:45:26,724 [placid music] - When we moved to Vegas 739 00:45:26,854 --> 00:45:28,247 after my grandmother died, 740 00:45:28,334 --> 00:45:30,684 I started taking on a different role 741 00:45:30,771 --> 00:45:32,686 as the parent, a second mom. 742 00:45:32,817 --> 00:45:35,123 We had to come to Vegas from New York, 743 00:45:35,254 --> 00:45:38,474 and it was just a really rough time. 744 00:45:38,561 --> 00:45:41,390 My dad started falling apart. 745 00:45:41,477 --> 00:45:44,785 I started realizing that things were getting really bad 746 00:45:44,916 --> 00:45:49,355 around 12 or 13, we would go without lights, water, food. 747 00:45:49,485 --> 00:45:51,966 I had to make sure that my brothers 748 00:45:52,097 --> 00:45:54,099 and sisters made it to school, 749 00:45:54,229 --> 00:45:57,363 all while trying to get myself ready for school. 750 00:45:57,493 --> 00:46:00,801 And I would miss most of my schooling, 751 00:46:00,932 --> 00:46:04,544 making sure that all of the babies made it to school first. 752 00:46:05,806 --> 00:46:09,027 Most would think where was your mom at during all of this, 753 00:46:09,157 --> 00:46:10,768 how could she let that stuff go on, 754 00:46:10,898 --> 00:46:14,293 but ultimately, they were doing drugs together. 755 00:46:14,423 --> 00:46:16,686 So she was weakened anyway. 756 00:46:16,817 --> 00:46:20,212 It was a lot more struggles than happiness. 757 00:46:21,300 --> 00:46:23,606 If I could say anything to my dad right now, 758 00:46:23,737 --> 00:46:26,348 it would be that I'm happy 759 00:46:26,479 --> 00:46:29,656 that we did go through what we went through, 760 00:46:29,787 --> 00:46:34,226 but it was really tough on me being the oldest. 761 00:46:35,793 --> 00:46:38,534 Excuse me [laughs]. [placid music] 762 00:46:49,458 --> 00:46:52,157 I'm just happy that God made it me 763 00:46:52,287 --> 00:46:53,985 to go through it with them, 764 00:46:54,115 --> 00:46:58,163 because there's no telling where we would be 765 00:46:58,293 --> 00:46:59,468 if it wasn't me. 766 00:47:01,731 --> 00:47:02,602 - [Brooklyn's Daughter] Fuzzy hair [yells]. 767 00:47:02,732 --> 00:47:03,472 - Thanks [grunts]. 768 00:47:07,476 --> 00:47:12,481 [birds chirping] [upbeat music] 769 00:47:15,354 --> 00:47:20,315 - My drug use and alcohol abuse started probably at 14. 770 00:47:24,276 --> 00:47:26,191 - [Man] Go Mandy, go Mandy, go, yeah, ooh. 771 00:47:32,414 --> 00:47:37,593 - Pills, coke, Molly, meth, alcohol. 772 00:47:38,856 --> 00:47:41,510 I would chug liquor like it was nobody's business. 773 00:47:41,641 --> 00:47:43,904 I would chug liquor like it was water. 774 00:47:44,949 --> 00:47:46,559 [bottle smashing] The people I had met, 775 00:47:46,689 --> 00:47:48,735 again they were six years older than me, 776 00:47:48,866 --> 00:47:53,522 we would ride around all night, all day, all night, 777 00:47:53,653 --> 00:47:56,917 all day, they would sell, I would sell for them. 778 00:47:58,092 --> 00:48:01,313 We would do coke all night, we would do acid all day, 779 00:48:01,400 --> 00:48:03,489 pop Molly, pop E, I would blink 780 00:48:03,619 --> 00:48:05,447 and it would be a month had gone by 781 00:48:05,534 --> 00:48:07,710 and I had no idea what had just happened. 782 00:48:09,582 --> 00:48:15,109 [wood thumping] I have been hospitalized 783 00:48:16,328 --> 00:48:19,287 three times from overdosing. - [Man] Come on, Mandy. 784 00:48:19,374 --> 00:48:23,726 - [Woman] Whoa, Mandy, yes, Mandy, oh, smack that ass. 785 00:48:27,905 --> 00:48:30,385 - Since I was a young kid hanging out with the big kids, 786 00:48:30,516 --> 00:48:33,388 I just wanted to flaunt, I just wanted to brag 787 00:48:33,519 --> 00:48:35,303 about the things I was doing. 788 00:48:35,390 --> 00:48:38,089 I just felt the need to post it. 789 00:48:38,219 --> 00:48:41,396 And also if I was selling it for other people 790 00:48:41,527 --> 00:48:43,703 in order for me to have a place to stay, 791 00:48:43,833 --> 00:48:45,792 that's what I would do. [placid music] 792 00:48:45,923 --> 00:48:48,664 Almost every second of it, I would document. 793 00:48:48,751 --> 00:48:51,972 I would post all the crazy college parties I was going to. 794 00:48:52,103 --> 00:48:54,279 At first it was, people were like, whoa, 795 00:48:54,409 --> 00:48:56,542 this girl's life is so exciting. 796 00:48:56,672 --> 00:49:00,285 And then, it started getting down to, wow, 797 00:49:00,415 --> 00:49:02,896 you've lost a lot of weight, are you okay? 798 00:49:04,593 --> 00:49:07,901 I had moved to Vegas and I weighed 100 pounds. 799 00:49:08,032 --> 00:49:10,904 My priorities were still fucked up. 800 00:49:11,035 --> 00:49:13,951 But as I started progressing, 801 00:49:14,081 --> 00:49:16,214 I started dropping a lot of people. 802 00:49:16,344 --> 00:49:17,911 I stopped hanging out with a lot of people. 803 00:49:18,042 --> 00:49:20,305 I stopped partying, I stopped drinking. 804 00:49:20,435 --> 00:49:21,959 So I quit drinking. 805 00:49:23,264 --> 00:49:25,310 I am two months sober now. 806 00:49:26,789 --> 00:49:31,011 No drugs, no drinking. [cart rattling] 807 00:49:31,098 --> 00:49:35,189 Being sober, I feel like I appreciate myself so much more. 808 00:49:36,843 --> 00:49:40,629 The advice that I would give to my teenage self 809 00:49:43,067 --> 00:49:44,633 would be don't change anything, 810 00:49:45,765 --> 00:49:47,201 because if I didn't go through 811 00:49:47,332 --> 00:49:49,812 what I went through as a teenager, 812 00:49:49,943 --> 00:49:51,510 I would be going through it right now. 813 00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:56,645 [upbeat music] [plastic rustling] 814 00:50:08,788 --> 00:50:10,355 - But I kind of fumbled my bag a bit 815 00:50:10,485 --> 00:50:12,922 and I lost my scholarship 816 00:50:13,010 --> 00:50:16,361 because I wasn't able to maintain the GPA required 817 00:50:16,491 --> 00:50:17,710 for that scholarship. 818 00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:21,409 It took a really big toll on me. 819 00:50:23,411 --> 00:50:26,240 [placid music] Depression is a motherfucker. 820 00:50:26,371 --> 00:50:27,850 It doesn't get easier, 821 00:50:27,981 --> 00:50:30,940 and I don't think it will ever go away. 822 00:50:32,290 --> 00:50:34,379 No one's talking about depression. 823 00:50:34,509 --> 00:50:38,992 So it's only enabling the feeling that okay, 824 00:50:39,123 --> 00:50:40,254 black people don't get depressed. 825 00:50:40,385 --> 00:50:41,560 This is a real thing. 826 00:50:42,126 --> 00:50:43,301 Black people are not allowed to be depressed. 827 00:50:43,823 --> 00:50:46,478 We can't, we just deal with it, we gotta deal with it. 828 00:50:46,608 --> 00:50:49,611 And since I was in that depression, 829 00:50:49,742 --> 00:50:52,049 I started thinking about everything. 830 00:50:52,179 --> 00:50:56,662 I was like, well, dang, you should be 831 00:50:56,792 --> 00:50:58,794 on your way to graduation right now, 832 00:50:58,925 --> 00:51:02,494 but you fucked up your scholarship for what? 833 00:51:02,624 --> 00:51:04,626 You're a fuck up, that's how I felt. 834 00:51:04,757 --> 00:51:08,587 You're undeserving of anything, you're undeserving of life. 835 00:51:08,717 --> 00:51:10,719 And I took it upon myself 836 00:51:10,850 --> 00:51:15,028 to take every prescription medication, 837 00:51:15,115 --> 00:51:18,814 I overdosed on 30 plus pills. 838 00:51:20,425 --> 00:51:24,864 The person who found me was my boyfriend at the time. 839 00:51:24,994 --> 00:51:26,213 And had he not came, 840 00:51:26,866 --> 00:51:28,346 I probably wouldn't be sitting in this chair, 841 00:51:28,476 --> 00:51:30,478 saying this story today because I was 842 00:51:30,609 --> 00:51:33,525 on life support for three days, 843 00:51:33,655 --> 00:51:37,050 and just waking up, that's nothing, 844 00:51:37,181 --> 00:51:42,099 but God, depression does not belong to a race. 845 00:51:43,752 --> 00:51:45,580 It comes for everybody 846 00:51:45,711 --> 00:51:47,756 and it comes in many different ways. 847 00:51:51,717 --> 00:51:54,415 Suicide is definitely not the answer. 848 00:51:54,546 --> 00:51:57,070 [upbeat music] 849 00:52:05,948 --> 00:52:08,734 [birds chirping] 850 00:52:08,864 --> 00:52:13,565 - Bow slightly, three, two. [camera snapping] 851 00:52:13,695 --> 00:52:15,175 Shit. [placid music] 852 00:52:15,741 --> 00:52:19,484 - I am fortunate that I have a partner in my life. 853 00:52:21,964 --> 00:52:27,274 My partner is a photographer. [camera snapping] 854 00:52:28,449 --> 00:52:29,885 We have a lot of fun together, we laugh a lot. 855 00:52:29,972 --> 00:52:33,019 [laughs] I cannot laugh, okay [laughs]. 856 00:52:40,331 --> 00:52:43,290 Shut up [laughs]. [birds chirping] 857 00:52:46,989 --> 00:52:48,339 We're both competitive. 858 00:52:49,818 --> 00:52:51,864 We also clash because of that, 859 00:52:51,994 --> 00:52:56,608 because he's a power dude and I'm a power woman. 860 00:52:56,695 --> 00:52:58,827 Sometimes we're at odds. 861 00:52:58,958 --> 00:53:00,873 We can go all day about the stupid TV. 862 00:53:01,003 --> 00:53:03,528 You wanna know how much I disliked the TV, 863 00:53:03,658 --> 00:53:06,052 because I was happily on my way 864 00:53:06,183 --> 00:53:08,750 to go get the drill, remember? 865 00:53:08,837 --> 00:53:12,058 And then you came over and tried to rub up behind me, 866 00:53:12,189 --> 00:53:14,843 like, babe, can I go next door and buy the TV? 867 00:53:17,019 --> 00:53:19,021 And remember I brought the drill over there, 868 00:53:19,152 --> 00:53:22,982 and we've now been to three separate fucking Walmarts 869 00:53:23,983 --> 00:53:26,551 where the drill doesn't grab the bit. 870 00:53:26,681 --> 00:53:28,074 - So, that's you hate of my TV, 871 00:53:28,944 --> 00:53:30,032 it's got to do with the drill? - Yeah, your TV is, yeah. 872 00:53:30,119 --> 00:53:31,686 [placid music] Okay, so, we're gonna 873 00:53:31,817 --> 00:53:34,863 put that there, I don't want, babe, stop, no. 874 00:53:36,430 --> 00:53:38,171 - How much I'm putting [mumbles]. 875 00:53:38,302 --> 00:53:40,782 [upbeat music] 876 00:53:52,533 --> 00:53:55,362 [bottle squirting] [Galaxciii laughing] 877 00:53:55,493 --> 00:53:58,452 [upbeat music] 878 00:53:59,714 --> 00:54:02,761 - I love bonding with my sister, it's a lot of fun. 879 00:54:02,891 --> 00:54:05,024 It's great to know that she helps me 880 00:54:05,111 --> 00:54:06,460 in a lot of different areas, 881 00:54:06,547 --> 00:54:07,896 I help her in a lot of different. 882 00:54:09,463 --> 00:54:10,856 [cards thumping] Oh, yeah. 883 00:54:12,161 --> 00:54:15,904 We used to always play cards together actually before, 884 00:54:15,991 --> 00:54:17,166 even with our mom, we would play cards. 885 00:54:17,819 --> 00:54:20,344 So when she comes over and we get to do that, 886 00:54:20,474 --> 00:54:23,695 it's super cool. [cards thumping] 887 00:54:25,174 --> 00:54:27,568 - [Angel] Shit, wait, whoa. - Don't fuck around, 888 00:54:27,699 --> 00:54:32,617 I know what you've got. [Angel and Galaxciii laughing] 889 00:54:34,401 --> 00:54:37,404 - I thought you had a Jack, why did I think you had a Jack? 890 00:54:37,535 --> 00:54:38,579 - I don't know, you saw what I had too. 891 00:54:38,666 --> 00:54:43,236 - I did, stupid. [upbeat music] 892 00:54:46,326 --> 00:54:49,024 - Don't shoulder mount and Superman, if anything, 893 00:54:49,155 --> 00:54:53,290 shoulder mount, leg hang, grab, Superman. 894 00:54:53,420 --> 00:54:56,684 - Oh, okay, let's try that, let's try that, okay. 895 00:54:57,946 --> 00:54:59,208 - Leg hang. - Rob. 896 00:54:59,339 --> 00:55:01,167 - Up. - Bring it in, okay. 897 00:55:02,342 --> 00:55:03,909 - Up, grab. - Superman. 898 00:55:04,475 --> 00:55:05,650 - Superman, don't lock your feet, don't lock your feet. 899 00:55:05,780 --> 00:55:07,173 - See, and that is where I get stuck. 900 00:55:07,260 --> 00:55:09,654 - Point your toes, grab yourself up. 901 00:55:09,784 --> 00:55:12,613 - And that's where I get stuck. 902 00:55:12,700 --> 00:55:15,050 - She doesn't really do pole tricks that much anymore, 903 00:55:15,137 --> 00:55:17,401 but she's very experienced, so when she does, 904 00:55:17,531 --> 00:55:19,577 she's been doing this a lot longer than me. 905 00:55:19,707 --> 00:55:21,230 [upbeat music] So when she comes over, 906 00:55:21,970 --> 00:55:23,711 I like to teach her and show her the stuff that I know 907 00:55:23,842 --> 00:55:25,452 and the stuff that I've learned. 908 00:55:29,151 --> 00:55:31,415 It's really fun to be able to teach her those things 909 00:55:31,545 --> 00:55:34,983 because she is the reason why I do this in the first place. 910 00:55:51,522 --> 00:55:52,871 - [Angel] There you go. - That was really good. 911 00:55:53,001 --> 00:55:54,699 - [Angel] Did I do okay [laughs]? 912 00:55:54,786 --> 00:55:56,004 [upbeat music] - So, wait, okay, ready? 913 00:55:56,135 --> 00:55:58,137 Come on, three, two. 914 00:56:04,578 --> 00:56:08,190 I have a seven year old daughter, she's my pride and joy. 915 00:56:08,321 --> 00:56:12,891 She came in my 12th grade year of high school. 916 00:56:14,022 --> 00:56:16,329 I like that, hey. 917 00:56:19,288 --> 00:56:23,380 The importance of family to me is everything. 918 00:56:23,510 --> 00:56:27,514 [upbeat music] [bowl clinking] 919 00:56:27,645 --> 00:56:29,821 They're the only ones who know my struggle. 920 00:56:30,996 --> 00:56:32,432 Me and my brothers and sisters, 921 00:56:32,563 --> 00:56:35,000 we get together very frequently, 922 00:56:35,130 --> 00:56:36,784 whether it be dinner or going out. 923 00:56:36,915 --> 00:56:38,569 But one of our favorite things 924 00:56:38,656 --> 00:56:40,962 are just eating and vibing together. 925 00:56:41,093 --> 00:56:43,400 [chattering] 926 00:56:47,142 --> 00:56:49,841 It gives my daughter a chance to be around her family, 927 00:56:49,971 --> 00:56:52,452 her uncles who love her so much. 928 00:56:52,583 --> 00:56:54,193 And she loves them being around. 929 00:56:54,323 --> 00:56:57,588 So, they really give her a lotta love. 930 00:56:57,718 --> 00:57:01,069 They're everything to her. [chattering] 931 00:57:04,377 --> 00:57:07,119 Watching my brothers interact with my daughter 932 00:57:07,206 --> 00:57:09,730 just makes me so proud that I was able 933 00:57:09,861 --> 00:57:13,604 to one, bring up loving and caring men, 934 00:57:13,691 --> 00:57:16,258 and for two, it just makes me so happy 935 00:57:16,389 --> 00:57:19,653 to see that she's able to be a kid 936 00:57:19,784 --> 00:57:22,743 and she's able to have fun and smile and laugh. 937 00:57:26,704 --> 00:57:29,881 During this pandemic, it's really tough on me though. 938 00:57:30,011 --> 00:57:32,536 I'm sure any parent could understand 939 00:57:32,623 --> 00:57:35,974 what I'm going through with online school, 940 00:57:36,104 --> 00:57:39,804 it's the most tedious thing. 941 00:57:39,934 --> 00:57:42,720 10, so it's 10, 20? - [Brooklyn's Daughter] 30? 942 00:57:47,028 --> 00:57:51,076 - One, two, three, you have to look at the last number. 943 00:57:51,163 --> 00:57:53,078 So if all the first numbers are the same, 944 00:57:54,471 --> 00:57:55,907 look at the second number, good job. 945 00:57:56,037 --> 00:57:59,867 Having a seven year old try and sit down all day 946 00:57:59,998 --> 00:58:02,304 is the hardest job I've ever had in my life. 947 00:58:04,306 --> 00:58:06,657 [upbeat music] - Join the party. 948 00:58:08,397 --> 00:58:10,835 - When I say my dad is my best friend, 949 00:58:10,965 --> 00:58:14,012 I mean that my dad is my best friend. 950 00:58:15,796 --> 00:58:17,755 - Up to it, down to it. 951 00:58:17,842 --> 00:58:20,018 Fuck those that don't do it. 952 00:58:20,148 --> 00:58:23,021 We do it 'cause we used to, drink, 953 00:58:23,151 --> 00:58:25,719 mother fucker, drink, woo, woo. 954 00:58:27,025 --> 00:58:31,420 - We can sit with each other forever and not say anything 955 00:58:32,552 --> 00:58:35,163 or say everything and still have more to say. 956 00:58:36,817 --> 00:58:40,125 My dad is always surprising me. 957 00:58:40,255 --> 00:58:44,216 His stories, they go on and on and on. 958 00:58:44,346 --> 00:58:46,392 And they're so interesting. - I was getting ready 959 00:58:46,479 --> 00:58:48,699 to go on a new kids tour, and that's when they 960 00:58:48,829 --> 00:58:49,961 had just designed this shirts 961 00:58:50,527 --> 00:58:52,050 for the tour, you know what I mean? 962 00:58:52,180 --> 00:58:53,921 We selling t-shirts on the tour. 963 00:58:55,444 --> 00:58:57,838 [chattering] 964 00:58:58,839 --> 00:59:00,537 - I thought you knew. 965 00:59:00,624 --> 00:59:04,758 The relationship that I have with my little sister, 966 00:59:04,889 --> 00:59:09,502 I try to set the best example for her as her big sister. 967 00:59:09,633 --> 00:59:11,852 I try to be someone that she can confide in. 968 00:59:11,983 --> 00:59:15,508 I also try to be someone that she can have fun with. 969 00:59:15,595 --> 00:59:19,294 It's a crazy family, but we all take care of each other 970 00:59:19,425 --> 00:59:23,168 at the end of the day. [Yasmine and Sister laughing] 971 00:59:23,298 --> 00:59:25,953 [placid music] 972 00:59:26,954 --> 00:59:28,173 - So, I'm an only child. 973 00:59:28,913 --> 00:59:32,264 So, I have found myself placing a lot of value 974 00:59:32,351 --> 00:59:37,182 on my friendships and investing a lot of time 975 00:59:38,226 --> 00:59:39,750 and love into those friendships. 976 00:59:39,880 --> 00:59:41,708 [birds chirping] [camera snapping] 977 00:59:42,535 --> 00:59:45,364 Doing photo shoots with my friends who are also sex workers, 978 00:59:45,494 --> 00:59:49,020 is it's so different, the energy is different. 979 00:59:49,150 --> 00:59:50,978 Goldie makes me feel so sexy 980 00:59:51,109 --> 00:59:53,546 when I get in front of her camera, and it's always fun, 981 00:59:53,677 --> 00:59:57,245 and I never feel drained afterwards. 982 01:00:00,597 --> 01:00:05,079 Sometimes I need to be around people who understand, 983 01:00:08,126 --> 01:00:09,518 because maybe I'm having a problem 984 01:00:10,084 --> 01:00:13,261 that is so specific to how society views us. 985 01:00:20,399 --> 01:00:24,664 [door squeaking] - And stretch on out. 986 01:00:27,232 --> 01:00:30,061 [dramatic music] 987 01:00:37,459 --> 01:00:40,288 One thing that I love about stripping 988 01:00:40,419 --> 01:00:42,290 is the people it's allowed me to meet, 989 01:00:43,422 --> 01:00:44,336 like my friend Kevin. 990 01:01:04,312 --> 01:01:06,140 You can choose your support system 991 01:01:06,271 --> 01:01:08,577 through the friends that you have around you. 992 01:01:08,665 --> 01:01:13,539 And having somebody there while we're all struggling through 993 01:01:14,322 --> 01:01:15,715 what's going on in the world 994 01:01:16,324 --> 01:01:18,675 can really just make a whole lot of a difference. 995 01:01:18,849 --> 01:01:20,851 ♪ Try and take it from me, must be out your mind ♪ 996 01:01:21,025 --> 01:01:22,679 ♪ Don't do it ♪ 997 01:01:23,592 --> 01:01:25,290 ♪ Big time, big time, lotta slimes, lotta slimes, smokey ♪ 998 01:01:25,420 --> 01:01:28,032 We all really need is a support system. 999 01:01:28,162 --> 01:01:31,383 And some people have their families, some don't. 1000 01:01:31,557 --> 01:01:34,647 ♪ Try and take it from me ♪ 1001 01:01:34,734 --> 01:01:37,302 ♪ Taste my drip, riding in a spaceship ♪ 1002 01:01:37,476 --> 01:01:40,914 ♪ Worked five days straight, go to sleep on day six ♪ 1003 01:01:41,088 --> 01:01:44,309 ♪ She call me the doctor, got a lot of patients ♪ 1004 01:01:44,483 --> 01:01:46,703 ♪ Taste my drip, riding in a spaceship ♪ 1005 01:01:46,833 --> 01:01:49,357 [upbeat music] 1006 01:01:54,406 --> 01:01:58,192 - With adult entertainment, you are bare. 1007 01:01:59,541 --> 01:02:03,023 Once you take that outfit off, it is what you got working. 1008 01:02:03,154 --> 01:02:05,373 [laughs] And either it works or doesn't. 1009 01:02:06,940 --> 01:02:08,507 Getting my boobs for me 1010 01:02:08,637 --> 01:02:11,423 was the best investment I've ever made 1011 01:02:11,553 --> 01:02:15,514 because it improved my income dramatically. 1012 01:02:15,644 --> 01:02:18,865 And I don't think it was because of my boobs being big. 1013 01:02:18,996 --> 01:02:20,824 I think it was a confidence factor. 1014 01:02:20,954 --> 01:02:23,696 I think that when you are constantly under a microscope 1015 01:02:23,827 --> 01:02:25,263 and judging yourself, 1016 01:02:26,090 --> 01:02:28,005 when you do that little thing that makes you feel good, 1017 01:02:29,049 --> 01:02:30,572 it gives you that sense of inner confidence. 1018 01:02:30,703 --> 01:02:33,445 And that's what shows, that's what they're reading. 1019 01:02:33,575 --> 01:02:36,187 When you're in that environment, 1020 01:02:36,317 --> 01:02:38,276 they're feeling that energy. 1021 01:02:38,363 --> 01:02:43,063 Does this girl need my money or does she want my money? 1022 01:02:43,150 --> 01:02:45,979 And the girl that's hot, that's in control of herself, 1023 01:02:46,066 --> 01:02:48,852 oh, I want your money, but I don't need your money. 1024 01:02:48,982 --> 01:02:49,853 And that's sexy. 1025 01:02:52,638 --> 01:02:55,946 - I don't feel like bodies are some weird sexual thing 1026 01:02:56,076 --> 01:02:58,296 that you have to keep covered. 1027 01:02:58,426 --> 01:03:00,689 I just feel like it's just a body. 1028 01:03:00,820 --> 01:03:02,648 It's not that big of a deal. 1029 01:03:02,735 --> 01:03:08,001 And so, getting on stage and being half naked, 1030 01:03:09,350 --> 01:03:11,439 it just doesn't feel weird to me, it feels really natural. 1031 01:03:13,572 --> 01:03:16,009 I wouldn't get my nails done if I wasn't a stripper, 1032 01:03:16,140 --> 01:03:20,318 I wouldn't spend so much money on dyeing my hair. 1033 01:03:20,448 --> 01:03:23,060 I wouldn't be buying makeup. 1034 01:03:23,190 --> 01:03:25,802 I wouldn't be doing this stuff if I wasn't a stripper. 1035 01:03:25,932 --> 01:03:29,327 My day-to-day life, I don't wear makeup, I have a hard time, 1036 01:03:29,457 --> 01:03:31,242 I struggle with having long hair. 1037 01:03:31,329 --> 01:03:34,636 I think if I wasn't a stripper, I would've shaved my head 1038 01:03:34,767 --> 01:03:36,551 probably five years ago, 1039 01:03:36,682 --> 01:03:41,426 but it's something that I have to do to make money. 1040 01:03:43,428 --> 01:03:45,952 [door slamming] I am a luxury product. 1041 01:03:46,083 --> 01:03:51,001 So I have to spend time and money into being luxury. 1042 01:03:51,828 --> 01:03:54,439 [upbeat music] 1043 01:03:57,703 --> 01:04:00,967 I knew at a very young age that I always wanted boobs. 1044 01:04:01,098 --> 01:04:03,361 So it's something that I did for myself. 1045 01:04:03,448 --> 01:04:06,494 It has nothing to do with the strip club at all. 1046 01:04:06,625 --> 01:04:09,062 But I did go ahead after a few years 1047 01:04:09,193 --> 01:04:11,021 of working in a strip club, 1048 01:04:11,151 --> 01:04:15,416 get a breast augmentation and it made the money go up. 1049 01:04:18,158 --> 01:04:21,248 I started getting tattoos at a very young age, 1050 01:04:21,335 --> 01:04:23,947 which was a very bad decision. 1051 01:04:25,600 --> 01:04:29,604 All my tattoos were between the age of 15 and 19. 1052 01:04:29,691 --> 01:04:33,043 And I almost hate every single last one of them. 1053 01:04:40,224 --> 01:04:41,965 [upbeat music] - Confidence is everything. 1054 01:04:42,095 --> 01:04:43,923 If you don't have confidence, 1055 01:04:44,054 --> 01:04:48,580 you are going to get ate the fuck up in this industry, 1056 01:04:48,710 --> 01:04:51,278 not just by the girls, but by the customers, 1057 01:04:51,365 --> 01:04:53,585 and yourself especially. 1058 01:04:53,672 --> 01:04:56,109 These strip clubs out here in Las Vegas, 1059 01:04:56,240 --> 01:04:58,372 all you see is plastic. 1060 01:04:58,459 --> 01:05:00,548 And that's a reason why I do so well 1061 01:05:00,679 --> 01:05:04,944 is because I'm not plastic, I have real features on me. 1062 01:05:06,685 --> 01:05:07,816 Perfect. 1063 01:05:07,947 --> 01:05:09,340 And you can squeeze my breasts 1064 01:05:09,470 --> 01:05:11,081 and not think you're gonna pop it. 1065 01:05:13,953 --> 01:05:17,000 The majority of the women in there have their breasts done 1066 01:05:17,087 --> 01:05:21,352 and they have some type of ass implant or a hip sculpted, 1067 01:05:22,919 --> 01:05:25,922 or maybe a rib or two taken out, shit, I don't know. 1068 01:05:26,052 --> 01:05:27,358 They look good though [laughs]. 1069 01:05:33,842 --> 01:05:35,670 - I used to be a very depressed person. 1070 01:05:35,757 --> 01:05:36,889 I used to cut myself. 1071 01:05:37,542 --> 01:05:39,500 I used to do all types of crazy things. 1072 01:05:39,631 --> 01:05:43,200 And so, instead of harming myself, I'll go get a tattoo 1073 01:05:43,287 --> 01:05:45,767 if I really feel down. 1074 01:05:47,073 --> 01:05:50,816 And then the tattoo on my neck, it was on my 13th birthday. 1075 01:05:50,947 --> 01:05:54,298 I went to the hood, did it with a homemade tattoo gun. 1076 01:05:54,428 --> 01:05:56,343 It is my Zodiac sign. 1077 01:05:56,474 --> 01:05:58,780 No, it does not look like what it's supposed to look like. 1078 01:05:58,867 --> 01:06:01,609 [dramatic music] 1079 01:06:09,530 --> 01:06:12,620 - You can be your own biggest critic, honestly. 1080 01:06:14,318 --> 01:06:17,016 Sometimes I'm like, yes, I'm that bitch. 1081 01:06:17,147 --> 01:06:18,626 I look bomb, I look good. 1082 01:06:21,455 --> 01:06:24,197 My body really fluctuates a lot. 1083 01:06:24,328 --> 01:06:26,591 You're going to be thicker, you're going to be skinnier, 1084 01:06:26,678 --> 01:06:28,810 you're going to be stronger, you're going to be weaker. 1085 01:06:28,941 --> 01:06:31,248 All you can do when your body fluctuates 1086 01:06:31,378 --> 01:06:34,642 is just love it in every form it's in. 1087 01:06:56,664 --> 01:06:58,623 Another way that I love to express myself 1088 01:06:58,753 --> 01:07:01,060 is through my tattoos and body mods. 1089 01:07:02,670 --> 01:07:04,368 I started getting tattoos when I was younger. 1090 01:07:04,498 --> 01:07:05,760 My parents bought me my first one 1091 01:07:05,891 --> 01:07:07,240 when I was 16 for my birthday. 1092 01:07:10,243 --> 01:07:11,549 Just like the walls of my house, 1093 01:07:12,115 --> 01:07:13,594 I loved how I could take something the way 1094 01:07:14,204 --> 01:07:16,989 that I see the world and put it just right up on my body. 1095 01:07:18,338 --> 01:07:19,383 It's another way for me 1096 01:07:20,036 --> 01:07:22,777 to show what I'm about through piercing. 1097 01:07:22,908 --> 01:07:24,518 I do have my tongue split. 1098 01:07:32,831 --> 01:07:34,659 - [Camera Woman] Hi Ryan. [chattering] 1099 01:07:34,789 --> 01:07:37,792 [placid music] - I started playing hockey 1100 01:07:37,923 --> 01:07:40,839 when I was about five years old. 1101 01:07:40,969 --> 01:07:44,582 I liked being aggressive and pushing boys around. 1102 01:07:44,712 --> 01:07:46,236 It made me feel very powerful. 1103 01:07:46,366 --> 01:07:49,239 [skates thumping] 1104 01:07:53,417 --> 01:07:54,722 - [Man] Whoa, that was a shot. 1105 01:07:56,376 --> 01:07:58,204 - I really prioritize playtime. 1106 01:07:58,335 --> 01:08:01,729 I think playing just for the sake of play 1107 01:08:01,860 --> 01:08:04,210 is the best thing I can do for my mental health. 1108 01:08:04,297 --> 01:08:09,607 And so, being able to play hockey and get a workout in, 1109 01:08:10,477 --> 01:08:11,522 it's fantastic and it's so fun. 1110 01:08:14,264 --> 01:08:18,311 [match scraping] [upbeat music] 1111 01:08:18,398 --> 01:08:20,096 - When I light my sage, 1112 01:08:20,226 --> 01:08:22,663 It's the first thing that I do in the morning. 1113 01:08:22,794 --> 01:08:27,581 It gets rid of all the bad energies that's in the house. 1114 01:08:27,712 --> 01:08:30,323 [placid music] 1115 01:08:35,067 --> 01:08:39,289 I light my candles for peace and for protection. 1116 01:08:39,419 --> 01:08:43,119 It just helps me set the tone for my day. 1117 01:08:43,249 --> 01:08:45,512 If I don't do it, the whole day is out of whack. 1118 01:08:54,130 --> 01:08:57,872 - Anytime I can take a day off, get out the house, 1119 01:08:58,003 --> 01:09:01,615 be in the desert, hiking, fuck yeah, bring it on. 1120 01:09:03,313 --> 01:09:08,231 I try to keep a balance of being September 1121 01:09:10,363 --> 01:09:11,930 and being who I am at home. 1122 01:09:12,060 --> 01:09:13,975 And when you live in a city like this 1123 01:09:14,106 --> 01:09:15,629 that never fucking sleeps, 1124 01:09:15,760 --> 01:09:18,850 it is so hard to keep that balance. 1125 01:09:24,551 --> 01:09:27,946 [feet thumping] [birds chirping] 1126 01:09:28,076 --> 01:09:29,382 - [Recorder] All right, can you hear me? 1127 01:09:30,122 --> 01:09:30,775 - [Galaxciii] Yes. - [Recorder] All right, cool. 1128 01:09:31,515 --> 01:09:32,168 We're gonna run it from the top, okay? 1129 01:09:33,212 --> 01:09:34,082 - [Galaxciii] Okay. - [Recorder] You ready? 1130 01:09:34,213 --> 01:09:35,867 - Mm-hmm. [upbeat music] 1131 01:09:36,433 --> 01:09:40,785 Making music has been more of an eye opening experience 1132 01:09:42,134 --> 01:09:43,788 when I'm sober. 1133 01:09:43,962 --> 01:09:46,443 ♪ You wanna fuck with me now that I'm on ♪ 1134 01:09:46,530 --> 01:09:49,010 ♪ They were just dissing, now dissing my song ♪ 1135 01:09:49,185 --> 01:09:51,796 ♪ So you drink a 40 while I smoke my bong ♪ 1136 01:09:51,883 --> 01:09:53,928 ♪ Take chances no more I can't stand ♪ 1137 01:09:54,015 --> 01:09:56,931 ♪ People that lie to your face when they ran ♪ 1138 01:09:57,105 --> 01:09:59,543 ♪ They try to offend you just know that they can ♪ 1139 01:09:59,630 --> 01:10:02,546 ♪ Act like they don't like you but they is a fan ♪ 1140 01:10:02,676 --> 01:10:04,939 I am so much more clear headed. 1141 01:10:05,070 --> 01:10:07,203 I feel so much more inspired. 1142 01:10:07,333 --> 01:10:09,814 My whole entire life I was saying I've wrote poems, 1143 01:10:09,944 --> 01:10:13,470 and my vision is becoming a reality, 1144 01:10:13,557 --> 01:10:17,038 because now I can clearly see that vision. 1145 01:10:17,169 --> 01:10:22,087 I'm not drunk, I'm not high. [upbeat music] 1146 01:10:22,174 --> 01:10:23,567 He'll send me beats and I'll go through them, 1147 01:10:23,697 --> 01:10:26,091 choose ones that I feel most inspired by. 1148 01:10:26,222 --> 01:10:28,006 And then, I will just start writing from there. 1149 01:10:28,136 --> 01:10:30,661 Like this song right here, I love this beat. 1150 01:10:30,791 --> 01:10:33,098 I started writing to it the other day 1151 01:10:33,229 --> 01:10:36,275 and I just instantly just started going at it. 1152 01:10:36,406 --> 01:10:38,364 And then now to finish the song, 1153 01:10:38,495 --> 01:10:40,801 I'm finding some interesting words 1154 01:10:40,888 --> 01:10:43,630 to use just to make it music. 1155 01:10:43,761 --> 01:10:46,024 If I'm having a creative block, 1156 01:10:46,154 --> 01:10:48,766 I'll open up the dictionary, just randomly. 1157 01:10:48,896 --> 01:10:50,028 I'll find one of the words, 1158 01:10:50,768 --> 01:10:52,248 and then I'll use that to start a verse with, 1159 01:10:52,378 --> 01:10:55,686 I'll go to Google and I'll try to other meanings 1160 01:10:55,816 --> 01:10:57,340 or other words that match with that. 1161 01:10:57,470 --> 01:10:59,907 I'll go to the thesaurus, flip through that, 1162 01:11:00,038 --> 01:11:02,910 see if I can find something more creative in there. 1163 01:11:03,041 --> 01:11:06,087 And I just try to fact check what I'm writing, just in case. 1164 01:11:06,218 --> 01:11:08,699 You never know if someone's gonna fact check you. 1165 01:11:08,829 --> 01:11:10,483 So, I fact check myself first. 1166 01:11:10,657 --> 01:11:13,094 ♪ I can't believe where this life has got us ♪ 1167 01:11:13,269 --> 01:11:17,969 ♪ Didn't expect to have diamonds and dollaz ♪ 1168 01:11:19,362 --> 01:11:20,232 - [Recorder] That was a great take. 1169 01:11:20,363 --> 01:11:21,538 - Okay [laughs] yeah. 1170 01:11:21,668 --> 01:11:27,413 [upbeat music] [birds chirping] 1171 01:11:28,632 --> 01:11:30,721 - I changed my degree to computational mathematics. 1172 01:11:30,851 --> 01:11:32,026 Not because I was good at math, 1173 01:11:32,592 --> 01:11:34,638 but because it was interesting to me, 1174 01:11:34,725 --> 01:11:37,945 and I really like reading math books, 1175 01:11:38,076 --> 01:11:40,557 books about math in terms of the universe. 1176 01:11:40,687 --> 01:11:42,341 And so, I don't like reading fiction, 1177 01:11:42,428 --> 01:11:44,952 I don't like reading stories about stuff. 1178 01:11:47,433 --> 01:11:50,088 - My love of reading, it followed all the way 1179 01:11:50,218 --> 01:11:52,699 into adulthood, to say the least. 1180 01:11:52,830 --> 01:11:54,310 I read every day. 1181 01:11:54,440 --> 01:11:56,747 If I am not physically reading a book, 1182 01:11:56,877 --> 01:12:00,359 I'm listening to a book on Audible. 1183 01:12:00,490 --> 01:12:04,755 I've currently just finished reading "The Metamorphosis". 1184 01:12:04,885 --> 01:12:07,975 I've read that book for probably the fourth time. 1185 01:12:11,544 --> 01:12:13,894 - I learned how to code Python in college. 1186 01:12:14,025 --> 01:12:18,421 And I've been teaching myself web design out of college, 1187 01:12:19,726 --> 01:12:22,381 JavaScript, HTML with CSS. 1188 01:12:22,512 --> 01:12:24,775 It just feels like another way to use my skills 1189 01:12:24,905 --> 01:12:28,344 and kind of abstract them and apply them to new things. 1190 01:12:28,474 --> 01:12:32,435 Right now, I'm working on a website, just my website. 1191 01:12:33,653 --> 01:12:36,395 It's been really fun to make just from scratch. 1192 01:12:36,526 --> 01:12:39,659 [chess piece thumping] 1193 01:12:45,186 --> 01:12:49,321 Chess is a really a mathematical, logical game. 1194 01:12:49,452 --> 01:12:54,413 And [laughs] it's funny, I've actually started playing chess 1195 01:12:56,067 --> 01:12:58,156 with people from OnlyFans. 1196 01:12:58,286 --> 01:13:01,202 And if they lose, they have to pay me. 1197 01:13:01,333 --> 01:13:04,641 And if I lose, I send them a nude. 1198 01:13:04,771 --> 01:13:09,210 And I haven't lost yet. [upbeat music] 1199 01:13:12,083 --> 01:13:14,433 - I used to watch "Being Mary Jane" a lot. 1200 01:13:14,564 --> 01:13:18,655 And I kinda took from her when she would write her quotes 1201 01:13:18,785 --> 01:13:22,963 on a sticky note and place them on her room window. 1202 01:13:23,094 --> 01:13:25,183 Whenever I'm having a rough day 1203 01:13:25,313 --> 01:13:27,272 or even if I'm not having a rough day 1204 01:13:27,403 --> 01:13:29,709 and I just walk past and I stop, 1205 01:13:29,796 --> 01:13:32,451 and it's normally the first one that I look at 1206 01:13:32,582 --> 01:13:36,542 that has the most relevance to me for that time. 1207 01:13:36,673 --> 01:13:40,372 And it's just another way of humbling me 1208 01:13:40,459 --> 01:13:45,203 and just another comfort, coping mechanism for my anxiety. 1209 01:13:46,160 --> 01:13:48,641 [upbeat music] 1210 01:13:51,688 --> 01:13:53,690 - My favorite thing to do on my time off 1211 01:13:53,777 --> 01:13:55,169 is absolutely nothing. 1212 01:13:55,300 --> 01:13:58,085 The club itself is the party. 1213 01:13:58,172 --> 01:14:00,566 I need to recuperate from the night before. 1214 01:14:00,697 --> 01:14:04,570 So a lot of times, I prefer to just relax, 1215 01:14:04,657 --> 01:14:07,660 smoke some weed, allow my body to recuperate, 1216 01:14:07,747 --> 01:14:10,707 not really force it to do so much. 1217 01:14:10,837 --> 01:14:15,842 - Just sleep, that's the best thing is sleep. 1218 01:14:16,582 --> 01:14:18,932 [upbeat music] 1219 01:14:23,589 --> 01:14:27,985 Just being here with my daughter, ultimately being a mom, 1220 01:14:28,115 --> 01:14:30,770 it's everything that I live for. 1221 01:14:32,163 --> 01:14:35,601 I got her a puppy almost two years ago now, 1222 01:14:35,732 --> 01:14:38,082 and her name is Sugar. 1223 01:14:39,344 --> 01:14:41,738 She has a very big personality for such a little dog. 1224 01:14:41,868 --> 01:14:43,653 She thinks she's a pit bull. 1225 01:14:43,783 --> 01:14:46,003 I think Sugar helped my daughter a lot 1226 01:14:46,133 --> 01:14:48,135 with not feeling alone. 1227 01:14:49,789 --> 01:14:53,532 - My little babies, this right here is Arya. 1228 01:14:55,578 --> 01:14:58,319 I have three cats altogether. 1229 01:14:58,450 --> 01:15:01,322 I also have a snake and a gecko, 1230 01:15:02,628 --> 01:15:04,456 my little scaly babies [laughs]. 1231 01:15:05,631 --> 01:15:07,851 They definitely have helped me to stay grounded 1232 01:15:07,981 --> 01:15:12,116 and just kind of have something nice, and soft, 1233 01:15:12,246 --> 01:15:16,163 and so sweet to come home and cuddle up to. 1234 01:15:19,079 --> 01:15:21,125 [cat yelling] [cat thumping] 1235 01:15:21,255 --> 01:15:23,519 [cat mewing] 1236 01:15:24,781 --> 01:15:25,521 - Denali [whistles]. 1237 01:15:31,918 --> 01:15:35,139 Oh, well. [upbeat music] 1238 01:15:35,269 --> 01:15:37,576 Huskies are really human like. 1239 01:15:37,663 --> 01:15:40,971 They are almost like monkey status. 1240 01:15:41,101 --> 01:15:43,234 Denali played a huge role 1241 01:15:43,364 --> 01:15:45,802 with the pandemic and my support system, 1242 01:15:45,932 --> 01:15:48,631 because she's so human like, 1243 01:15:48,718 --> 01:15:52,199 that I almost felt like she heard me and she understood me. 1244 01:15:54,550 --> 01:15:57,465 I don't think I chose Denali, I think Denali chose me. 1245 01:16:01,382 --> 01:16:03,428 - So, I live with two boys [laughs]. 1246 01:16:04,342 --> 01:16:07,214 Where are they at, boys [laughs]? 1247 01:16:07,301 --> 01:16:09,652 They're brothers, I love them so much. 1248 01:16:09,739 --> 01:16:11,001 They bring me a lot of company, 1249 01:16:11,131 --> 01:16:12,263 they bring me a lot of joy, 1250 01:16:12,872 --> 01:16:14,395 and it's really nice having them around, 1251 01:16:14,526 --> 01:16:16,484 even though they fuck everything up [laughs]. 1252 01:16:16,615 --> 01:16:19,226 You're so dirty, I feel so bad. 1253 01:16:27,017 --> 01:16:28,975 [Yasmine yelling] - Blake, Blake, Blake, 1254 01:16:29,106 --> 01:16:33,937 Blake, Blakey, he is my puppy, he's six months. 1255 01:16:35,416 --> 01:16:38,028 Just looking at him and how happy he is, 1256 01:16:38,115 --> 01:16:41,248 it really makes my heart smile. 1257 01:16:46,906 --> 01:16:49,605 [Yasmine laughing] 1258 01:16:51,824 --> 01:16:56,699 - Bailey, shake, shake, nice to meet you. 1259 01:16:56,829 --> 01:16:58,701 We had horses when I was younger. 1260 01:16:58,831 --> 01:17:01,138 And the connection that I've had with Bailey 1261 01:17:01,268 --> 01:17:04,576 has been so special. [placid music] 1262 01:17:04,707 --> 01:17:05,577 Good girl. 1263 01:17:06,752 --> 01:17:09,276 We've kind of grown together. 1264 01:17:09,407 --> 01:17:11,191 We were both kids when I first got her 1265 01:17:11,322 --> 01:17:14,934 and we were both teenagers at the same time. 1266 01:17:15,065 --> 01:17:18,721 And we both have angsty, bitchy personalities. 1267 01:17:18,808 --> 01:17:21,462 [hooves thumping] [birds chirping] 1268 01:17:21,593 --> 01:17:22,812 We just grew up together. 1269 01:17:23,377 --> 01:17:26,206 And so we would be running down the beach, 1270 01:17:26,293 --> 01:17:29,427 bare back in bikinis, and we would go in the water, 1271 01:17:29,557 --> 01:17:31,385 and we would go swimming afterwards. 1272 01:17:31,516 --> 01:17:34,258 And she was enjoying every single minute of it. 1273 01:17:40,003 --> 01:17:45,138 Zoey. [placid music] 1274 01:18:01,067 --> 01:18:03,330 - [Brooklyn] I've never had stability growing up. 1275 01:18:05,028 --> 01:18:06,769 - [Realtor] So, we already talked about this prior 1276 01:18:06,899 --> 01:18:09,728 to coming here, but that's three bedrooms, two baths. 1277 01:18:09,859 --> 01:18:13,645 All right, so come on in, we have an open floor plan, 1278 01:18:13,776 --> 01:18:15,908 and then there is a next gen suite. 1279 01:18:16,039 --> 01:18:18,084 - [Brooklyn] It doesn't even look that big from outside. 1280 01:18:18,215 --> 01:18:20,304 - [Realtor] Yeah, I know, it's kind of a longer one. 1281 01:18:20,434 --> 01:18:21,653 I used to be in the industry, 1282 01:18:22,393 --> 01:18:24,003 I used to be a cocktail waitress at [mumbles]. 1283 01:18:24,090 --> 01:18:27,485 And so I know that your money is, it comes on the track, 1284 01:18:27,615 --> 01:18:29,617 it comes fast and it's in the bank. 1285 01:18:30,836 --> 01:18:33,404 So, what they can do is statements based loans. 1286 01:18:33,534 --> 01:18:35,536 So they're able to look at your bank statements 1287 01:18:35,667 --> 01:18:39,627 and determine what you make every day or monthly. 1288 01:18:40,628 --> 01:18:42,935 - I'm just trying to live my dream. 1289 01:18:43,066 --> 01:18:46,678 I'm trying to raise the best human that I possibly can 1290 01:18:46,809 --> 01:18:49,159 and make sure that my brothers and sisters 1291 01:18:49,289 --> 01:18:50,987 have somebody to look up to. 1292 01:18:53,206 --> 01:18:55,861 I'm just trying to do what I believe everybody 1293 01:18:55,948 --> 01:19:00,083 should be doing, and that's just living my best life. 1294 01:19:00,170 --> 01:19:05,088 I just want to live the rest of my life to the fullest 1295 01:19:06,742 --> 01:19:08,787 and embrace all my flaws, and all my struggles, 1296 01:19:08,918 --> 01:19:12,225 and everything that I went through because that's who I am. 1297 01:19:12,356 --> 01:19:15,141 [dramatic music] 1298 01:19:15,272 --> 01:19:17,622 - Everything was a choice for me. 1299 01:19:17,753 --> 01:19:22,670 It wasn't forced upon me and I happen to like being sexy, 1300 01:19:23,541 --> 01:19:25,021 and that's a choice. 1301 01:19:25,151 --> 01:19:27,980 So, not every girl wants to be a teacher. 1302 01:19:28,111 --> 01:19:31,592 Some women like to fucking take their clothes off 1303 01:19:31,723 --> 01:19:33,638 and make money, it's okay [laughs]. 1304 01:19:34,770 --> 01:19:37,207 ♪ Fucking must be out your mind, don't do it ♪ 1305 01:19:37,337 --> 01:19:39,644 - I really enjoy dancing. 1306 01:19:39,731 --> 01:19:43,256 I really enjoy being able to turn someone on so much. 1307 01:19:43,387 --> 01:19:47,391 And at the same time, I'm not into it at all. 1308 01:19:47,521 --> 01:19:49,262 [placid music] 1309 01:19:49,393 --> 01:19:52,657 Me, myself, I'm queer, I'm pretty asexual. 1310 01:19:52,788 --> 01:19:56,400 The intimacy that I have with my friends is enough for me. 1311 01:19:56,530 --> 01:19:58,794 I don't need romantic relationships. 1312 01:19:58,924 --> 01:20:03,320 I don't need sex in my life to be a complete person. 1313 01:20:03,450 --> 01:20:05,322 It's not something that I crave. 1314 01:20:05,452 --> 01:20:08,194 And so, I don't feel the sexual attraction 1315 01:20:08,325 --> 01:20:10,240 that they're feeling regardless. 1316 01:20:10,370 --> 01:20:12,633 And so, it keeps me focused. 1317 01:20:12,764 --> 01:20:14,287 And at the same time, it's kind of ironic. 1318 01:20:14,418 --> 01:20:15,419 It's kind of funny. 1319 01:20:18,901 --> 01:20:22,818 There's so many stigmas around dancing 1320 01:20:22,948 --> 01:20:27,561 and around being slutty that are hard to conceptualize 1321 01:20:28,911 --> 01:20:31,130 when you don't have sex, I guess. 1322 01:20:34,568 --> 01:20:37,136 - It's the world looks down on us like crazy. 1323 01:20:37,267 --> 01:20:41,445 We need just more places where we 1324 01:20:41,575 --> 01:20:43,839 could be ourselves unapologetically 1325 01:20:43,969 --> 01:20:47,930 and just be able to strive and be successful. 1326 01:20:49,192 --> 01:20:51,847 - Don't really match my house though, gaso, gaso. 1327 01:20:51,977 --> 01:20:53,936 [nails clicking] - [Salesperson] Thank you 1328 01:20:54,066 --> 01:20:56,852 so much, congratulations on your new place. 1329 01:20:56,982 --> 01:20:58,505 - [Galaxciii] Thank you, I appreciate it. 1330 01:21:00,420 --> 01:21:03,859 What it's like having my first place is amazing. 1331 01:21:03,989 --> 01:21:05,338 I feel so much more stable. 1332 01:21:05,425 --> 01:21:07,253 I feel so much more happy. 1333 01:21:07,340 --> 01:21:09,647 I feel so much more responsible. 1334 01:21:09,777 --> 01:21:14,434 [paper rustling] [placid music] 1335 01:21:16,175 --> 01:21:18,874 I have only started doing this, it's been what, 1336 01:21:19,004 --> 01:21:22,790 two, three months in the process of changing my diet, 1337 01:21:22,921 --> 01:21:27,578 changing my life, being sober, being clear headed, 1338 01:21:28,405 --> 01:21:29,145 and not partying. 1339 01:21:30,798 --> 01:21:32,452 It's all a work in progress. 1340 01:21:37,631 --> 01:21:40,983 [lid thumping] 1341 01:21:41,113 --> 01:21:44,377 - I've never really been the type to think too far 1342 01:21:44,508 --> 01:21:46,597 into the future. 1343 01:21:46,727 --> 01:21:50,079 I don't even know what I'm going to do tomorrow. 1344 01:21:50,209 --> 01:21:53,952 So, I just kinda take it day by day. 1345 01:21:54,083 --> 01:21:56,737 And I really try to live in the moment. 1346 01:21:58,478 --> 01:22:03,396 Always remember to keep yourself first. 1347 01:22:05,050 --> 01:22:06,965 Decision-making isn't easy, but it's necessary. 1348 01:22:07,096 --> 01:22:10,447 So, always try to make the best decision for you. 1349 01:22:10,577 --> 01:22:13,145 [upbeat music] 1350 01:22:14,625 --> 01:22:16,975 - So one thing about stripping, 1351 01:22:17,106 --> 01:22:19,412 I always say it has a shelf life. 1352 01:22:19,499 --> 01:22:21,501 Milk has an expiration date. 1353 01:22:21,632 --> 01:22:23,982 You gotta get out while you're still good, 1354 01:22:24,069 --> 01:22:24,940 before you expire. 1355 01:22:26,506 --> 01:22:30,293 You don't wanna be the girl that they threw you out. 1356 01:22:30,423 --> 01:22:33,818 [laughs] You definitely wanna be the girl that said, 1357 01:22:33,949 --> 01:22:36,908 okay, I'm done [laughs], you're welcome [laughs]. 1358 01:22:37,953 --> 01:22:39,998 [dramatic music] [crickets chirping] 1359 01:22:40,129 --> 01:22:42,696 [traffic droning] 1360 01:22:50,530 --> 01:22:52,010 - It's really cool to see 1361 01:22:52,141 --> 01:22:55,057 that some of the life is coming back into Vegas. 1362 01:22:55,144 --> 01:22:57,668 Some of the casinos are open. 1363 01:22:57,798 --> 01:22:59,017 Clubs are opening up. 1364 01:22:59,104 --> 01:23:00,497 People are out on the streets, 1365 01:23:00,584 --> 01:23:02,455 the streets aren't empty anymore. 1366 01:23:02,586 --> 01:23:05,719 There is a sense of hope that this city is resilient 1367 01:23:05,850 --> 01:23:09,158 and strong and that things will come back. 1368 01:23:09,288 --> 01:23:12,074 Vegas will be Vegas again. 1369 01:23:13,292 --> 01:23:17,340 It'll be full of people, packed clubs, all of that. 1370 01:23:17,470 --> 01:23:21,997 And a pandemic that's put the world to its knees 1371 01:23:23,389 --> 01:23:27,045 still can't get Vegas down. 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