1 00:00:04,756 --> 00:00:06,174          me and Preme, man.          2 00:00:06,215 --> 00:00:09,969         [indistinct chatter]         3 00:00:10,011 --> 00:00:12,180    'Cause people don't understand                me and Preme.            4 00:00:12,221 --> 00:00:14,140             They want to.            5 00:00:14,182 --> 00:00:17,560             dramatic music          6 00:00:17,602 --> 00:00:21,064         Preme is--that's family.                  It's my brother.          7 00:00:21,105 --> 00:00:22,398              I told Preme,            8 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:23,566    "You ain't gotta sell no drugs,  9 00:00:23,608 --> 00:00:25,443          you ain't gotta do                    anything illegal,          10 00:00:25,485 --> 00:00:26,569       and let's just have fun."      11 00:00:26,611 --> 00:00:27,945                Right.                12 00:00:27,987 --> 00:00:29,655      You could be vice president                of Murder Inc.            13 00:00:32,784 --> 00:00:34,577    Anybody that's in the streets,    14 00:00:34,619 --> 00:00:37,080      the offer that I gave Preme             is taking the offer.         15 00:00:37,121 --> 00:00:38,956      He getting a six-figure check,  16 00:00:38,998 --> 00:00:40,625         they running around with           Murder Inc., with the artist,    17 00:00:40,666 --> 00:00:41,584          they ain't gotta worry                 about going to jail,        18 00:00:41,626 --> 00:00:43,252           niggas killing them,        19 00:00:43,294 --> 00:00:45,213            they taking it.           20 00:00:45,254 --> 00:00:48,591      And Preme came back to me,                 like, two days.           21 00:00:48,633 --> 00:00:51,344          First thing he said               was how much he loved me.      22 00:00:51,385 --> 00:00:53,096  He's like, "Gotti, ain't no one          cared for me like this,"       23 00:00:53,137 --> 00:00:54,472       you know what I'm saying?      24 00:00:54,514 --> 00:00:56,724     He said, "I want you to know              I love you, nigga.          25 00:00:56,766 --> 00:00:58,851           Like, you my man.                     You my brother.           26 00:00:58,893 --> 00:01:02,188              We together                till the fucking casket drops."  27 00:01:02,230 --> 00:01:04,524           And after he said                 all of that good shit,        28 00:01:04,565 --> 00:01:06,400    "But I can't accept the offer."  29 00:01:06,442 --> 00:01:07,902                I said,                     "What you talking about?       30 00:01:07,944 --> 00:01:09,278                 Why?"                31 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:12,865       "Yo, I won't be Preme...       32 00:01:12,907 --> 00:01:15,284       if I'm the vice president                 of Murder Inc.            33 00:01:15,326 --> 00:01:17,578            I can't be Preme."         34 00:01:17,620 --> 00:01:19,455         I said, "Yo, but what if                  you go to jail?"          35 00:01:19,497 --> 00:01:21,958         And that nigga said,               "Nigga, if I go to jail,       36 00:01:21,999 --> 00:01:23,793          I'm Preme in jail."         37 00:01:23,835 --> 00:01:25,294      "Yo, what if you get killed?"    38 00:01:25,336 --> 00:01:30,091        "My tombstone will read            Kenneth 'Supreme' McGriff."     39 00:01:30,133 --> 00:01:31,634          He said, "The only way                I ain't gonna be Preme       40 00:01:31,676 --> 00:01:34,137          is if I take a job                     under my man."            41 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,807       That level of commitment                   to who he is,            42 00:01:37,849 --> 00:01:39,809        niggas don't have that.       43 00:01:39,851 --> 00:01:42,812            soft piano music         44 00:01:42,854 --> 00:01:47,733                                    45 00:02:46,083 --> 00:02:49,545            [phone buzzing]           46 00:02:51,589 --> 00:02:52,882           [automated voice]                 This call will be recorded     47 00:02:52,924 --> 00:02:55,218        and subject to monitoring                    at any time.            48 00:02:55,259 --> 00:02:57,303       You may begin speaking now.     49 00:02:57,345 --> 00:02:58,721      [Supreme]   When I came home,     50 00:02:58,763 --> 00:03:01,224         really, the whole thing                 for me is really...         51 00:03:07,772 --> 00:03:11,859      [Robert]   When McGriff went             to jail in the late '80s,      52 00:03:11,901 --> 00:03:14,570       we convinced the prosecution                   to let him             53 00:03:14,612 --> 00:03:17,323         plead to a 12-year plea,      54 00:03:17,365 --> 00:03:19,367           but we got credit                    for all the time           55 00:03:19,408 --> 00:03:20,910             he had served                     on the State case,          56 00:03:20,952 --> 00:03:23,663          so he only wound up                  serving four years.         57 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:27,333           They were crazed,                  the agents went nuts         58 00:03:27,375 --> 00:03:31,003             over the fact                 that he got out so quickly.     59 00:03:31,045 --> 00:03:32,755             And they saw him                       on the street.           60 00:03:32,797 --> 00:03:34,423             "What's he doing                      on the street?"           61 00:03:34,465 --> 00:03:36,259       [distant sirens wailing]       62 00:03:36,300 --> 00:03:39,929     [Supreme]   I was in transition            to complete legitimacy.       63 00:03:39,971 --> 00:03:42,265         But the streets changed                   when I got home           64 00:03:42,306 --> 00:03:44,475       and a lot of the leadership                 was not present           65 00:03:44,517 --> 00:03:46,894      that was present in the '80s.    66 00:03:46,936 --> 00:03:49,397     Preme was so highly regarded.    67 00:03:49,438 --> 00:03:51,607       I don't know if you know,               but when you wanted         68 00:03:51,649 --> 00:03:54,110           to tell the truth             and I was talking to somebody,    69 00:03:54,151 --> 00:03:56,696     we would say "Word to Preme."    70 00:03:56,737 --> 00:03:59,073     Like, he was, like, this God.    71 00:03:59,115 --> 00:04:02,868               And so now,                     when you get to see him,      72 00:04:02,910 --> 00:04:06,580              it's like,                 "Yo, that's Preme right there."  73 00:04:06,622 --> 00:04:09,375         And everybody's like,                   "Where? Where?"           74 00:04:09,417 --> 00:04:11,669            It's like, "Oh,                  yo, that's really him."       75 00:04:13,337 --> 00:04:17,133          [Nas]   This is a man                 who's a notorious boss.       76 00:04:17,174 --> 00:04:19,760         So how do you handle                     coming home?             77 00:04:19,802 --> 00:04:21,637         There might be beefs.        78 00:04:21,679 --> 00:04:24,140        People don't trust you.               People scared of you.        79 00:04:24,181 --> 00:04:26,225          They might not want              to talk business with you.      80 00:04:26,267 --> 00:04:30,771        At the '90s, you know,           everybody started to, you know,  81 00:04:30,813 --> 00:04:32,815           look at rap like                 there's a whole new wave       82 00:04:32,857 --> 00:04:35,484      of young rappers coming up.     83 00:04:35,526 --> 00:04:39,155        When you saw the Ja Rules            and the Lost Boyz and Onyx,     84 00:04:39,196 --> 00:04:42,491        so many that just came out                in the '90s alone.         85 00:04:42,533 --> 00:04:44,827          I think it was so new.       86 00:04:44,869 --> 00:04:47,788        It was just bigger than          anything anybody thought about.  87 00:04:47,830 --> 00:04:50,333       And Irv was a perfect person    88 00:04:50,374 --> 00:04:53,669         to try to help Preme                   change his life.           89 00:04:53,711 --> 00:04:57,131          Turn this up, baby.               Let 'em feel it out here.      90 00:04:57,173 --> 00:05:00,593             I am Irv Gotti,                     and I do everything         91 00:05:00,634 --> 00:05:02,094      from the rooter to the tooter.  92 00:05:02,136 --> 00:05:04,472          I go in the studio.                  I make the record.          93 00:05:04,513 --> 00:05:07,475         I work with the artists.                I direct the video.         94 00:05:07,516 --> 00:05:10,227          When I drop "I'm Real"                 or "Always on Time"         95 00:05:10,269 --> 00:05:12,188               or "Foolish"                      or "Ain't it Funny"         96 00:05:12,229 --> 00:05:14,565        or all of these number one              records that I've had,       97 00:05:14,607 --> 00:05:16,984       they're undeniable hits.       98 00:05:17,026 --> 00:05:20,321       [Ashanti]    Baby, I'm not            always there when you call     99 00:05:20,363 --> 00:05:22,948         But I'm always on time      100 00:05:22,990 --> 00:05:25,493          And I gave you my all,                      my all               101 00:05:25,534 --> 00:05:27,495           Now baby, be mine         102 00:05:27,536 --> 00:05:31,374            Funny thing is,                Irv wasn't from Southside.      103 00:05:31,415 --> 00:05:35,461           Irv was from Hollis.        104 00:05:35,503 --> 00:05:37,713            Before the music,               he used to come on this side.    105 00:05:37,755 --> 00:05:40,716              He used to be                     reclaiming everything.       106 00:05:40,758 --> 00:05:43,052         He started out doing              little things for Russell.      107 00:05:45,096 --> 00:05:46,722          He's got in his mind,                   this is how music          108 00:05:46,764 --> 00:05:48,391       is supposed to be set up.      109 00:05:48,432 --> 00:05:49,892            And he did it.            110 00:05:51,769 --> 00:05:53,354     [Prince]   Preme's relationship             with Irv was more like       111 00:05:53,396 --> 00:05:55,564          that of a big brother.       112 00:05:55,606 --> 00:05:57,566           In fact, he told me                    that he liked Irv          113 00:05:57,608 --> 00:05:59,276             because he liked                   how he treated his mom       114 00:05:59,318 --> 00:06:01,946       and the rest of his siblings              and stuff like that.        115 00:06:01,987 --> 00:06:04,865             pensive music           116 00:06:04,907 --> 00:06:06,784                                    117 00:06:06,826 --> 00:06:09,995    [Robert]   I don't think McGriff              had a lot of money.         118 00:06:10,037 --> 00:06:12,540                And he saw                    the entertainment business     119 00:06:12,581 --> 00:06:16,335            as his pathway                     to not only wealth,         120 00:06:16,377 --> 00:06:18,295             but position.            121 00:06:20,631 --> 00:06:24,427    [Bill]   But Irv had no business          being attached with Supreme.    122 00:06:24,468 --> 00:06:26,929       As a producer, he should              have been at least one,       123 00:06:26,971 --> 00:06:29,265     maybe two steps away from it.    124 00:06:29,306 --> 00:06:32,893                                    125 00:06:32,935 --> 00:06:34,103     [Irv]   They don't understand,                      like,                126 00:06:34,145 --> 00:06:36,564              how a gangster                     like Preme could be,        127 00:06:36,605 --> 00:06:39,859               honestly,                 just a really good, great dude.  128 00:06:39,900 --> 00:06:41,402             They only see                     the gangster side.          129 00:06:41,444 --> 00:06:43,946        They only see the bad.        130 00:06:43,988 --> 00:06:45,030     [Nas] When did you meet him?     131 00:06:45,072 --> 00:06:46,365          [Irv] I met Supreme         132 00:06:46,407 --> 00:06:49,034           and me and Preme                    became me and Preme         133 00:06:49,076 --> 00:06:51,620             on the set of                 the Cash Money Click video,     134 00:06:51,662 --> 00:06:53,622         which was, like, '94.        135 00:06:53,664 --> 00:06:56,292         Don't risk it, Ja Rule's          known for making heads split   136 00:06:56,333 --> 00:06:57,543            Fully-loaded clip,                     usin' wax...            137 00:06:57,585 --> 00:06:58,544           [Nas]   Y'all were                    hanging out every day?       138 00:06:58,586 --> 00:06:59,712           [Irv] Every day.           139 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:01,755       He was at a halfway house                     at MDC.               140 00:07:01,797 --> 00:07:03,340          -He just came home.            -[Irv] So we would pick him up    141 00:07:03,382 --> 00:07:05,843     from Brooklyn and we would go    142 00:07:05,885 --> 00:07:08,554          back to the block,                 be on--and Guy Brewer,        143 00:07:08,596 --> 00:07:11,015        just laughing, joking,                   in Baisley, 40,           144 00:07:11,056 --> 00:07:13,184          wherever we was at,               go get something to eat,       145 00:07:13,225 --> 00:07:15,478     and just having a good time.     146 00:07:15,519 --> 00:07:16,854          You gotta understand,        147 00:07:16,896 --> 00:07:18,564            Preme was with me                     before Murder Inc.         148 00:07:18,606 --> 00:07:19,982       This is Cash Money Click.      149 00:07:20,024 --> 00:07:21,484             [Irv] Right,                   I'm not getting no money.      150 00:07:21,525 --> 00:07:24,320           So Preme watched                  the growth of his man.        151 00:07:24,361 --> 00:07:27,573      So when I got to the level         I'm making $20 million a year.    152 00:07:27,615 --> 00:07:28,866             I love Preme.            153 00:07:28,908 --> 00:07:32,453       He watched everything go.      154 00:07:32,495 --> 00:07:36,332        I was DJ Irv and producing               and making records.         155 00:07:36,373 --> 00:07:38,751           I got a label deal.         156 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:42,588          I had the label deal.                 I didn't have a name.        157 00:07:42,630 --> 00:07:45,674        So I'm sitting watching           Arts and Entertainment, A&E.     158 00:07:45,716 --> 00:07:47,510            Gangster Week.            159 00:07:47,551 --> 00:07:49,845        Lucky Luciano, John Gotti,     160 00:07:49,887 --> 00:07:52,139         Benny Siegel, Al Capone.      161 00:07:52,181 --> 00:07:55,184           And sure enough,                    on today's episode,         162 00:07:55,226 --> 00:07:57,269       we focus on Albert Anastasia    163 00:07:57,311 --> 00:08:00,439            and the notorious                   Murder, Incorporated.        164 00:08:00,481 --> 00:08:03,275            And "Murder, Inc."                   came across the TV,         165 00:08:03,317 --> 00:08:05,736            and then it got                   riddled with bullets.        166 00:08:05,778 --> 00:08:07,112        And then they was like,       167 00:08:07,154 --> 00:08:11,075        "They was the notorious                 contract hitmen."          168 00:08:11,116 --> 00:08:13,869              [screaming]             169 00:08:13,911 --> 00:08:16,497         I'm like--literally,                   I'm in my fucking          170 00:08:16,539 --> 00:08:19,542      little two-bedroom bullshit             apartment screaming,         171 00:08:19,583 --> 00:08:20,876              "I'm a hitman!           172 00:08:20,918 --> 00:08:22,711      I want to make contract hits!    173 00:08:22,753 --> 00:08:24,171           This is Murder Inc!         174 00:08:24,213 --> 00:08:26,715                My artist                     will be called murderers!"     175 00:08:26,757 --> 00:08:28,676      First person I call, Rule.      176 00:08:28,717 --> 00:08:30,219            "Yo, Murder Inc!"          177 00:08:30,261 --> 00:08:31,845      He's like, "Ooh, that's hot."    178 00:08:31,887 --> 00:08:33,806          Second person, HOV.         179 00:08:33,847 --> 00:08:36,475           "Nigga, Murder Inc!                  What--what you think?"       180 00:08:36,517 --> 00:08:38,227                He's like,                       "Nigga, that's hot."        181 00:08:38,269 --> 00:08:40,854            Once I heard it                    from Rule and HOV,          182 00:08:40,896 --> 00:08:43,607             no one is gonna                 talk me off this ledge now.     183 00:08:45,442 --> 00:08:47,570        I didn't know years later,     184 00:08:47,611 --> 00:08:49,947            I'd be in court                     explaining this.           185 00:08:52,366 --> 00:08:56,370             Murder, Inc.                   was a loose confederation      186 00:08:56,412 --> 00:08:59,498    of Jewish and Italian gangsters  187 00:08:59,540 --> 00:09:02,710             from Brownsville                   and East New York who,       188 00:09:02,751 --> 00:09:04,336         as you might suspect                   from their name,           189 00:09:04,378 --> 00:09:06,005        killed a lot of people.       190 00:09:06,046 --> 00:09:09,383         It was hitmen for hire,                     essentially.            191 00:09:09,425 --> 00:09:11,802          If you look at labels                   like Murder Inc.,          192 00:09:11,844 --> 00:09:13,971          you realize how potent       193 00:09:14,013 --> 00:09:17,391      the gangster myth remained.     194 00:09:17,433 --> 00:09:21,854    Organized crime in New York is       always about ethnic succession.  195 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:24,315             So, you know,                  the Irish had their day.       196 00:09:24,356 --> 00:09:29,028        The Jews had their day.                   The Italians.            197 00:09:29,069 --> 00:09:31,280            Now it was time               for another kind of gangster.    198 00:09:31,322 --> 00:09:33,407       energetic hip-hop plays      199 00:09:33,449 --> 00:09:34,575              Holla, holla           200 00:09:34,617 --> 00:09:35,701       All my niggas that's ready   201 00:09:35,743 --> 00:09:37,202        To get dollars, dollars      202 00:09:37,244 --> 00:09:38,287               Bitches know                     who could get 'em          203 00:09:38,329 --> 00:09:40,039        A little hotter, hotter      204 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,249         Come on, if you rolling             with me, follow, follow       205 00:09:42,291 --> 00:09:43,959               It's Murda            206 00:09:44,001 --> 00:09:45,586            [Irv]   I thought                      I was invincible.          207 00:09:45,628 --> 00:09:47,212            We getting money,                   we got the biggest hit       208 00:09:47,254 --> 00:09:48,756           number one records.         209 00:09:48,797 --> 00:09:50,799         Thanks--first of all,                I want to thank God.         210 00:09:50,841 --> 00:09:53,135        I want to thank my dog,                    Irv Gotti.              211 00:09:53,177 --> 00:09:54,970          [Irv]   We were J-Lo,                  we were--we getting--        212 00:09:55,012 --> 00:09:57,306               I'm making,                   like, 20, 25 million a year.    213 00:09:57,348 --> 00:09:59,141               Ashanti.               214 00:09:59,183 --> 00:10:01,769       [Ashanti]   You know, being             a new artist's first album     215 00:10:01,810 --> 00:10:03,979       and, you know, garnering            that much success and love      216 00:10:04,021 --> 00:10:06,148    and having your crew, you know,  217 00:10:06,190 --> 00:10:08,275          it was an amazing,                   amazing experience.         218 00:10:08,317 --> 00:10:10,736             I gotta thank                     the radio stations          219 00:10:10,778 --> 00:10:12,071      for giving us all the play.     220 00:10:12,112 --> 00:10:15,491      Definitely my family. Ja...     221 00:10:15,532 --> 00:10:16,992              The chemistry,                      just being with--          222 00:10:17,034 --> 00:10:19,787          the Long Island Queens               thing was just a thing.       223 00:10:19,828 --> 00:10:21,288      It was kind of just, like,      224 00:10:21,330 --> 00:10:24,667           an organic energy                     that happened.            225 00:10:24,708 --> 00:10:26,669            I just felt home.          226 00:10:26,710 --> 00:10:29,004               I was, like,                   the girl from Long Island      227 00:10:29,046 --> 00:10:30,964         amongst all the wolves,                you know what I mean?        228 00:10:31,006 --> 00:10:32,383               [Ja Rule]                      Holla, holla, come on       229 00:10:32,424 --> 00:10:34,343         If you rolling with me,                  follow, follow           230 00:10:34,385 --> 00:10:36,845               It's Murda            231 00:10:36,887 --> 00:10:39,056       [Ashanti]   He was built up                to be this big, bad,        232 00:10:39,098 --> 00:10:40,849          you know, Supreme.          233 00:10:40,891 --> 00:10:42,976               You know,                  like, the perception was like    234 00:10:43,018 --> 00:10:45,229      the big bad wolf, you know?     235 00:10:45,270 --> 00:10:48,649      And then when you meet him,          you said, "Oh, hey, Preme."     236 00:10:48,691 --> 00:10:50,818           You know, he got               the light eyes and the waves.    237 00:10:50,859 --> 00:10:52,611               [laughs]               238 00:10:52,653 --> 00:10:55,614      You know, and I'm like, why is          everybody scared of him?      239 00:10:55,656 --> 00:10:56,782       Like, you know what I mean?     240 00:10:56,824 --> 00:10:58,992      And I just remember him being    241 00:10:59,034 --> 00:11:01,453    super supportive, super funny.    242 00:11:01,495 --> 00:11:05,374    You know, he definitely always        made me feel like I was safe.    243 00:11:05,416 --> 00:11:07,876      You know, like, little sis,             you know what I mean?        244 00:11:07,918 --> 00:11:11,547    So it was weird because I knew         a lot of people feared him,     245 00:11:11,588 --> 00:11:13,382    I knew what the perception was,  246 00:11:13,424 --> 00:11:16,552      but around me, he was just          Preme, you know what I mean?     247 00:11:16,593 --> 00:11:19,388         And I guess that was,             like, the yin and the yang,     248 00:11:19,430 --> 00:11:20,889          like, the balance.          249 00:11:20,931 --> 00:11:25,686           [fire crackling]           250 00:11:25,728 --> 00:11:27,396          [Robert]   When I was                      with McGriff,            251 00:11:27,438 --> 00:11:29,773            we had a very good                      relationship.            252 00:11:29,815 --> 00:11:33,068       And I would call him out       253 00:11:33,110 --> 00:11:36,405            on his foibles.           254 00:11:36,447 --> 00:11:39,575       But I think to the public      255 00:11:39,616 --> 00:11:42,077        and even to the people                     who were up             256 00:11:42,119 --> 00:11:45,247       in Murder Inc.'s offices       257 00:11:45,289 --> 00:11:49,293    who look at Kenny walk through          as though he were a god.       258 00:11:49,334 --> 00:11:51,086          He was still around         259 00:11:51,128 --> 00:11:54,923    when a lot of kings were buried  260 00:11:54,965 --> 00:11:57,217          in the penitentiary                    or the ground.            261 00:11:57,259 --> 00:12:00,179     He's the last of those guys.     262 00:12:00,220 --> 00:12:02,431              somber music           263 00:12:02,473 --> 00:12:05,225        It felt like he was really           trying to be humble about it    264 00:12:05,267 --> 00:12:07,060          and just really learn                   this new industry.         265 00:12:07,102 --> 00:12:11,023      That's how it seemed to me.              He seemed genuine.          266 00:12:11,064 --> 00:12:13,942       [Robert]   Kenny sponsored                    and protected            267 00:12:13,984 --> 00:12:17,029              so many people                     in the rap business,        268 00:12:17,070 --> 00:12:19,948        from Jay in his early days     269 00:12:19,990 --> 00:12:22,868        and others along the way.      270 00:12:22,910 --> 00:12:25,871           Ja Rule, the Gottis.        271 00:12:25,913 --> 00:12:28,791       Kenny would ride on buses                with some of them          272 00:12:28,832 --> 00:12:31,043        when they would go from       273 00:12:31,084 --> 00:12:34,004         location to location                     and perform.             274 00:12:34,046 --> 00:12:37,633        To let everybody know,           he was there to protect them.     275 00:12:37,674 --> 00:12:41,178    And they then incorporated him            and the Supreme Team         276 00:12:41,220 --> 00:12:42,971          into their lyrics.          277 00:12:43,013 --> 00:12:45,724         50 Cent's "Ghetto Qur'an             (Forgive Me)" playing        278 00:12:57,319 --> 00:12:59,822      [Bill]   This is around '99,                       2000.                279 00:12:59,863 --> 00:13:01,657     I took interest in the case.     280 00:13:01,698 --> 00:13:04,743    I started to look at the lyrics             50 Cent wrote,            281 00:13:04,785 --> 00:13:07,120             and the first                 interesting thing he wrote      282 00:13:07,162 --> 00:13:09,164           was that Supreme                    was the businessman         283 00:13:09,206 --> 00:13:10,666      and Prince was the killer.      284 00:13:10,707 --> 00:13:13,961         Apparently, that was               a no-no in the community.      285 00:13:14,002 --> 00:13:16,755    Exposing bad guys in your song             without, you know,          286 00:13:16,797 --> 00:13:18,674        them getting some kind                 of benefit from it          287 00:13:18,715 --> 00:13:20,300    was not the right thing to do.    288 00:13:20,342 --> 00:13:23,178         I wanna take hip-hop                 to being--like, back.        289 00:13:23,220 --> 00:13:25,472      Like, back to when we were           a little more competitive.      290 00:13:25,514 --> 00:13:26,974        Now, it's to the point                  where the artists          291 00:13:27,015 --> 00:13:28,851            is even scared                   to say your name, like.       292 00:13:28,892 --> 00:13:30,853       [Nas]   You know, with 50,                 the "Ghetto Qur'an",        293 00:13:30,894 --> 00:13:34,022         it's like, "Oh, wow,                 he's from out there."        294 00:13:34,064 --> 00:13:37,693    So, you know, he can really get      more in depth with the story.    295 00:13:37,734 --> 00:13:40,195      You know, people look at it                and go, "Well,            296 00:13:40,237 --> 00:13:42,030          he wasn't supposed                 to say that about me,"        297 00:13:42,072 --> 00:13:43,657      like, you know what I mean?     298 00:13:43,699 --> 00:13:46,535        And I was like, "Damn.        299 00:13:46,577 --> 00:13:49,162       You know, you gotta leave         something out for speculation.    300 00:13:49,204 --> 00:13:53,542     You can't"--and he tried to,         but, you know, he gave it up.    301 00:13:53,584 --> 00:13:55,002      And that's why it's called                "Ghetto Qur'an."           302 00:13:55,043 --> 00:13:57,170       But, you know, of course,      303 00:13:57,212 --> 00:13:58,922         some things started,               you know what I'm saying,      304 00:13:58,964 --> 00:14:01,508      'cause a lot is being said                in these records.          305 00:14:01,550 --> 00:14:04,469             dramatic music          306 00:14:04,511 --> 00:14:06,346                                    307 00:14:06,388 --> 00:14:08,265           [Bill]   There came                   a point in time where        308 00:14:08,307 --> 00:14:10,684            McGriff decided                  that 50 Cent had to go.       309 00:14:12,853 --> 00:14:17,232      And so he drove around looking         for 50 in various places.      310 00:14:18,275 --> 00:14:21,403           Another Supreme Team                associate had found out       311 00:14:21,445 --> 00:14:24,573       that 50 Cent was gonna be           at his grandmother's house.     312 00:14:24,615 --> 00:14:27,576          So Kenneth McGriff                and Rob Lyons went over.       313 00:14:27,618 --> 00:14:30,829       [distant sirens wailing]       314 00:14:30,871 --> 00:14:32,915          [person]   May 24th,                     the car pulled up.         315 00:14:32,956 --> 00:14:34,750           A guy got out of the              passenger seat of that car,     316 00:14:34,791 --> 00:14:35,709         came around behind it...      317 00:14:35,751 --> 00:14:37,586               [gunfire]              318 00:14:37,628 --> 00:14:41,340           ...and shot through                     the actual car.           319 00:14:41,381 --> 00:14:43,091       [Bill]   And Rob apparently      320 00:14:43,133 --> 00:14:44,426             was the shooter                       in this incident          321 00:14:44,468 --> 00:14:47,054       and shot 50 Cent nine times.    322 00:14:47,095 --> 00:14:49,431              -[gunshot]                        -[sirens wailing]          323 00:14:49,473 --> 00:14:51,892     [Oprah] Did you ever find out                 who did it?             324 00:14:51,934 --> 00:14:53,727        Yeah, I knew who did it                  shortly after.            325 00:14:53,769 --> 00:14:54,895            -[Oprah] Yeah?                           -Yeah.                326 00:14:54,937 --> 00:14:56,438        And they are now where?       327 00:14:56,480 --> 00:14:59,358              Oh, the guy                 who actually shot me is dead.    328 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:02,069       And the guy who pays him                 got life in jail.          329 00:15:02,110 --> 00:15:03,278          -Got life in jail.                         -Yeah.                330 00:15:03,320 --> 00:15:04,446             [Oprah] Yeah.            331 00:15:11,370 --> 00:15:12,788           Even the difference                       that we had,            332 00:15:12,829 --> 00:15:14,873      or whatever situations we had,  333 00:15:14,915 --> 00:15:17,501        he knows why that happened                and where it's at.         334 00:15:17,542 --> 00:15:19,086                 He knows                      I was straight shooting,      335 00:15:19,127 --> 00:15:21,129        you know what I'm saying,                    out of fear.            336 00:15:21,171 --> 00:15:23,465       And we had many discussions     337 00:15:23,507 --> 00:15:24,967           before that incident                      took place,             338 00:15:25,008 --> 00:15:25,801              so he knows...           339 00:15:28,261 --> 00:15:29,304           [Corey chuckles]           340 00:15:29,346 --> 00:15:30,889        Yeah, I love Fif, man.        341 00:15:30,931 --> 00:15:34,977          He plays this thing                 all the way up, man.         342 00:15:35,018 --> 00:15:36,895             50's a hustler.           343 00:15:36,937 --> 00:15:39,231            He definitely was               in the streets selling drugs,    344 00:15:39,272 --> 00:15:41,441              carrying guns,                   sticking the people up.       345 00:15:41,483 --> 00:15:44,403      And then he caught this thing          where he could say, "Look,"     346 00:15:44,444 --> 00:15:47,322         F the Supreme Team,                 and it worked for him.        347 00:15:47,364 --> 00:15:49,908        And he won't let it go.       348 00:15:49,950 --> 00:15:52,119    But it's part of his niche now.  349 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,496          He can't even think                 about letting it go.         350 00:15:54,538 --> 00:15:57,499        He's made so much money                 talking about it.          351 00:15:57,541 --> 00:15:58,959      Where were you shot? Where?     352 00:15:59,001 --> 00:16:00,919            Right in front                 of my grandmother's house.      353 00:16:00,961 --> 00:16:02,462           [Kate and Julie]                  But where on your body?       354 00:16:02,504 --> 00:16:05,132              [laughter]              355 00:16:05,173 --> 00:16:07,009          [Corey]   Preme gotta                 disrespect his gangster.      356 00:16:07,050 --> 00:16:08,927      He just doing it in a rap way.  357 00:16:08,969 --> 00:16:10,470    If they was in a room together,  358 00:16:10,512 --> 00:16:12,139             I don't think                    they'd have a fight.         359 00:16:12,180 --> 00:16:14,474     Preme would probably be like,       "Yo, man, what are you doing?"    360 00:16:14,516 --> 00:16:15,976           And he'd be like,                 "Yo, I'm making money."       361 00:16:16,018 --> 00:16:17,769         I truly believe that.        362 00:16:17,811 --> 00:16:19,312      [Prince]   I don't even know                    what feeling            363 00:16:19,354 --> 00:16:20,981          my homie actually had                       about it.              364 00:16:21,023 --> 00:16:23,650        I know that--what he tried                      to do.               365 00:16:23,692 --> 00:16:26,194        I said, man, I don't even            want to see people beefing.     366 00:16:26,236 --> 00:16:27,821           I don't want to see                    that type of shit.         367 00:16:27,863 --> 00:16:29,656           They getting money,                    they getting paid,         368 00:16:29,698 --> 00:16:31,366        you know what I'm saying,           they doing what they gotta do,  369 00:16:31,408 --> 00:16:32,367                  and...               370 00:16:35,746 --> 00:16:39,124             pensive music           371 00:16:39,166 --> 00:16:42,502     [Bill]   So when McGriff became            friendly with Irv Gotti,      372 00:16:42,544 --> 00:16:46,048                 I think                       Irv really was enamored       373 00:16:46,089 --> 00:16:49,551       with the legend of Supreme.     374 00:16:49,593 --> 00:16:54,389     It was one of the first times        I ever saw a record producer     375 00:16:54,431 --> 00:16:58,560     with the bad guys as opposed            to the artist himself.        376 00:16:58,602 --> 00:17:02,314      Irv Gotti thought he was--              maybe his association        377 00:17:02,355 --> 00:17:05,650    with Supreme made him a bigger,        tougher guy than he was.       378 00:17:05,692 --> 00:17:08,111           [Supreme]   It was                      this one detective         379 00:17:08,153 --> 00:17:10,155         named William Courtney.       380 00:17:10,197 --> 00:17:12,365                 This guy                      was like a groupie, man.      381 00:17:12,407 --> 00:17:14,367           He likes big names,                     but I know that           382 00:17:14,409 --> 00:17:15,744           he was fixated on...        383 00:17:21,124 --> 00:17:24,419            While I was doing                   my first federal bid,        384 00:17:24,461 --> 00:17:26,463       I decided when I went home,     385 00:17:26,505 --> 00:17:28,840        I would bring to fruition                     my vision              386 00:17:28,882 --> 00:17:32,177        of turning Donald Goines'                 novels into films.         387 00:17:32,219 --> 00:17:35,097             hip-hop music           388 00:17:35,138 --> 00:17:37,516                                    389 00:17:37,557 --> 00:17:40,227    Nobody kills cops in this town           and gets away with it.        390 00:17:40,268 --> 00:17:41,269                This is                     on and pop in the night.       391 00:17:41,311 --> 00:17:43,105                 Yeah.                392 00:17:43,146 --> 00:17:44,189     [Kenyatta]   You see, if niggas           plan like this more often,     393 00:17:44,231 --> 00:17:45,649      we all be in better shape.      394 00:17:47,901 --> 00:17:50,362           Guys like McGriff              and a lot of guys in prison,     395 00:17:50,403 --> 00:17:51,947      they read just a few books.     396 00:17:51,988 --> 00:17:53,573        They all read Sun Tzu,        397 00:17:53,615 --> 00:17:55,534        they all read Machiavelli,     398 00:17:55,575 --> 00:17:57,452            and they all read                       Donald Goines.           399 00:18:00,038 --> 00:18:03,625     And so it was McGriff's dream           while he sat in prison        400 00:18:03,667 --> 00:18:05,544         was to turn that book                     Crime Partners           401 00:18:05,585 --> 00:18:08,630             into a film,                   and that was his agenda.       402 00:18:08,672 --> 00:18:10,632       I see you got big plans,                     Kenyatta.              403 00:18:10,674 --> 00:18:13,009      But my biggest plan of all      404 00:18:13,051 --> 00:18:16,346    is death to white, racist cops.  405 00:18:16,388 --> 00:18:18,306         What was interesting                about the movie, it's--       406 00:18:18,348 --> 00:18:20,517       one, it's, I think, three         out of ten on Rotten Tomatoes.    407 00:18:23,019 --> 00:18:25,438      But one thing of interest is,    408 00:18:25,480 --> 00:18:29,609        it was largely financed               by credit card fraud,        409 00:18:29,651 --> 00:18:31,403        drug trafficking loans.       410 00:18:31,444 --> 00:18:32,904           -[Kenyatta] Rick.                       -[Rick] Yo.             411 00:18:32,946 --> 00:18:34,489          Count this for me.          412 00:18:34,531 --> 00:18:35,949          [Nas]   For clarity,                   what's   Crime Partners?       413 00:18:35,991 --> 00:18:37,617        [Irv]   Crime Partners   is             the movie that Preme made      414 00:18:37,659 --> 00:18:38,994        that he funded himself,       415 00:18:39,035 --> 00:18:41,329         and it wasn't just me                that gave him money.         416 00:18:41,371 --> 00:18:43,331        Darrin from Ruff Ryders                  gave him money,           417 00:18:43,373 --> 00:18:45,500        and HOV gave him money.       418 00:18:45,542 --> 00:18:48,587      All legitimate, real shit.      419 00:18:49,129 --> 00:18:51,673    [Prince]   He got into the making             of   Crime Partners          420 00:18:51,715 --> 00:18:53,258         doing legitimate stuff.       421 00:18:53,300 --> 00:18:55,135          Man, I was just--I was                just excited about it.       422 00:18:55,177 --> 00:18:56,761          It didn't surprise me                 because he always had        423 00:18:56,803 --> 00:18:58,680        an entrepreneurial spirit,                      right?               424 00:18:58,722 --> 00:19:02,684        It didn't surprise me that           he would try to make a turn.    425 00:19:02,726 --> 00:19:05,270    [Bill]   It seems that every guy           in the narcotics business,     426 00:19:05,312 --> 00:19:07,564          when they get out,                  if their organization        427 00:19:07,606 --> 00:19:10,275           is strong enough,              they step right back into it.    428 00:19:10,317 --> 00:19:12,152           And I think that was                the case where McGriff,       429 00:19:12,194 --> 00:19:14,404         when he came out, he had            those three or four key guys    430 00:19:14,446 --> 00:19:18,658             like Black Jus,                    Nathan May, Baby Wise.       431 00:19:18,700 --> 00:19:20,368        These were all guys that--     432 00:19:20,410 --> 00:19:22,537          you know, that kind of                 believed in Supreme,        433 00:19:22,579 --> 00:19:26,208             and he was still                 their charismatic leader.      434 00:19:28,543 --> 00:19:31,880         Supreme was certainly                a multi-kilo dealer,         435 00:19:31,922 --> 00:19:34,466      and I think a large portion                 of that money            436 00:19:34,507 --> 00:19:37,719      went to finance this film,              which was his dream.         437 00:19:39,804 --> 00:19:43,433    [DJ]   Because Preme is involved           in it, it has to be drugs.     438 00:19:43,475 --> 00:19:44,768     Had nothing to do with drugs.    439 00:19:44,809 --> 00:19:47,145         It had nothing to do                with money laundering.        440 00:19:47,187 --> 00:19:49,814             It had to do                      with pure business.         441 00:19:52,609 --> 00:19:55,237        [Gary]   He wanted to be                      a director.             442 00:19:55,278 --> 00:19:57,572       One time we were on the--               we were at a mall,          443 00:19:57,614 --> 00:19:59,532             and they had                     the director's chair,        444 00:19:59,574 --> 00:20:03,078    and he went and he--and he went         and sat in that chair.        445 00:20:03,119 --> 00:20:06,081         And you could see it            in his eyes, had this passion,    446 00:20:06,122 --> 00:20:08,625       'cause that was something          that he always wanted to do.     447 00:20:12,045 --> 00:20:16,007       [Irv] Crime Partners   made                    $4 million.             448 00:20:16,049 --> 00:20:18,593      I had him a million-dollar                soundtrack deal.           449 00:20:18,635 --> 00:20:21,096     That's $5 million he bags up.    450 00:20:21,137 --> 00:20:23,431             He does it all.                    He's off and running.        451 00:20:23,473 --> 00:20:25,892             The Black man                 is gonna have his day yet.      452 00:20:25,934 --> 00:20:27,269          Especially with you                   leading 'em, dog.          453 00:20:27,310 --> 00:20:28,311             That's right.            454 00:20:28,353 --> 00:20:29,771          [person]   And Preme,         455 00:20:29,813 --> 00:20:31,481            he did a great job                   with preparing that.        456 00:20:31,523 --> 00:20:34,109       He had Snoop Dogg in there,             Ice-T, he had them all.       457 00:20:34,150 --> 00:20:35,235          -Preme had a plan.                       -You know?              458 00:20:35,277 --> 00:20:37,237      So he had a plan, you know?     459 00:20:37,279 --> 00:20:38,780            -He had a plan.                     -Preme had a plan          460 00:20:38,822 --> 00:20:40,115    and he was working on his plan.  461 00:20:40,156 --> 00:20:41,408                 Yeah,                     he was working on his plan.     462 00:20:41,449 --> 00:20:42,617            He was working                      on these changes.          463 00:20:42,659 --> 00:20:43,618                 -Yes.                        -He was working on--         464 00:20:43,660 --> 00:20:44,911      he was in transition stages     465 00:20:44,953 --> 00:20:46,579      to whatever they, you know,     466 00:20:46,621 --> 00:20:48,456      perceived him as out here.      467 00:20:48,498 --> 00:20:51,126            He was changing                    whatever reputation         468 00:20:51,167 --> 00:20:53,503        these people gave him,            and he was doing it greatly,     469 00:20:53,545 --> 00:20:55,714       and they didn't allow him                   to do that.             470 00:20:55,755 --> 00:20:58,466             pensive music           471 00:20:58,508 --> 00:21:00,302                                    472 00:21:00,343 --> 00:21:03,305       [Bill]   There came a point             where we knew that there--     473 00:21:03,346 --> 00:21:05,932           that McGriff had                 some type of involvement       474 00:21:05,974 --> 00:21:08,643         in a double homicide                in Baltimore, Maryland.       475 00:21:11,354 --> 00:21:13,231                Some guys                       he'd been working with       476 00:21:13,273 --> 00:21:15,066       had a beef over some drugs,     477 00:21:15,108 --> 00:21:18,653        so Baltimore County Police            found out that the victim      478 00:21:18,695 --> 00:21:21,072       was living in this apartment                 in the complex           479 00:21:21,114 --> 00:21:23,825            where it happened,              and they did a search warrant.  480 00:21:23,867 --> 00:21:26,161         They found some effects       481 00:21:26,202 --> 00:21:28,204            belonging to a guy                     named Lee Tuten.          482 00:21:29,873 --> 00:21:32,834              There was also                   a pistol training course      483 00:21:32,876 --> 00:21:35,170          completion certificate              under the name Lee Tuten.      484 00:21:35,211 --> 00:21:36,921    And there was also a videotape.  485 00:21:39,382 --> 00:21:42,802      So as I was viewing this tape,              I realized that           486 00:21:42,844 --> 00:21:45,722        the tape contained a scene     487 00:21:45,764 --> 00:21:48,350         of a woman filming a car      488 00:21:48,391 --> 00:21:51,394      that's idling in the Queens             section of New York.         489 00:21:51,436 --> 00:21:56,191     And she's on the phone giving          directions to a hit team.      490 00:21:56,232 --> 00:21:59,694             And just moments                before the hit team sets up,    491 00:21:59,736 --> 00:22:00,862           the videotape ends.         492 00:22:03,573 --> 00:22:06,659    So my partner, Tony Castiglia,         was able to piece together      493 00:22:06,701 --> 00:22:09,204        some background noise,                which was a TV show,         494 00:22:09,245 --> 00:22:13,875     and establish the exact time           that the video was made.       495 00:22:13,917 --> 00:22:16,711      And that was the exact time         that E-Money Bags was killed.    496 00:22:20,090 --> 00:22:23,551           E-Money Bags was                 a Brooklyn, Queens dude.       497 00:22:23,593 --> 00:22:25,553          Repped Queens hard.         498 00:22:25,595 --> 00:22:29,349    He was a get-to-it type of guy.  499 00:22:29,391 --> 00:22:31,226          A no-nonsense guy.          500 00:22:31,267 --> 00:22:33,561          Cool guy. Fun guy.          501 00:22:33,603 --> 00:22:36,898        He was doing his thing,            I was doing my music thing.     502 00:22:36,940 --> 00:22:39,275        And we was hanging out,              like, almost every day.       503 00:22:39,317 --> 00:22:41,903                                    504 00:22:41,945 --> 00:22:44,447       [Bill]   He became involved              in some kind of car deal      505 00:22:44,489 --> 00:22:47,033               with McGriff                   and a guy from New Jersey.     506 00:22:47,075 --> 00:22:48,410      And somewhere along the line,    507 00:22:48,451 --> 00:22:51,037                 he lost                       a decent amount of cash.      508 00:22:51,079 --> 00:22:53,039        And he came to McGriff                  and he wanted him          509 00:22:53,081 --> 00:22:54,791         to make things right.        510 00:22:54,833 --> 00:22:56,918       McGriff refused to do so.      511 00:22:56,960 --> 00:22:59,129          They end up getting            in a shootout with each other,    512 00:22:59,170 --> 00:23:01,965     and McGriff's right-hand man,            Black Jus, gets shot.        513 00:23:03,967 --> 00:23:07,762      And en route to the hospital,            he bleeds out and dies.       514 00:23:07,804 --> 00:23:10,765                                    515 00:23:10,807 --> 00:23:12,934       At that point, Supreme knows                this is gonna be          516 00:23:12,976 --> 00:23:15,186           an ongoing problem,                 and these guys gotta go.      517 00:23:18,106 --> 00:23:21,025          [Irv]   E-Money Bags                     killed Black Jus.          518 00:23:21,067 --> 00:23:23,611          You're not killing                    someone as close           519 00:23:23,653 --> 00:23:27,031         as Black Jus to Preme        520 00:23:27,073 --> 00:23:30,201     and think you gonna be good.     521 00:23:30,243 --> 00:23:33,121                  No.                 522 00:23:33,163 --> 00:23:35,081          [Bill]   So they were                 foolish enough to leave       523 00:23:35,123 --> 00:23:38,126          this memorialized tape                 behind in the scene,        524 00:23:38,168 --> 00:23:41,087        and we got a real break                    on the case             525 00:23:41,129 --> 00:23:44,466           when a detective              from Manhattan North Narcotics    526 00:23:44,507 --> 00:23:47,594           arrested McGriff                  buying some marijuana.        527 00:23:47,635 --> 00:23:50,263       So he ran around my biz.                He got pulled over.         528 00:23:50,305 --> 00:23:53,433                He had,                     like, 25,000 cash, right?      529 00:23:53,475 --> 00:23:54,476              And a gun.              530 00:23:54,517 --> 00:23:56,811        So the police go, "Yo,        531 00:23:56,853 --> 00:23:58,605          you just--you know,                   you got 25,000."           532 00:23:58,646 --> 00:24:00,940     He said, "Yeah, you catching          me on a light day, nigga."      533 00:24:00,982 --> 00:24:03,109              [chuckles]                  I'm like, what are you doing?    534 00:24:03,151 --> 00:24:06,571       And then he gives him--                 I gave him a card,          535 00:24:06,613 --> 00:24:08,198          like vice president                    of Murder Inc.            536 00:24:08,239 --> 00:24:09,782          He gave him a card.         537 00:24:09,824 --> 00:24:12,785         And he had the alias             Lee Tuten in his possession,     538 00:24:12,827 --> 00:24:15,580           which we matched                  to the gun certificate        539 00:24:15,622 --> 00:24:17,832           and other effects                 that were in the house.       540 00:24:17,874 --> 00:24:20,585    So, you know, that kind of put    541 00:24:20,627 --> 00:24:22,295            a lot of things                     together for us,           542 00:24:22,337 --> 00:24:25,340        and it was very helpful               in the investigation.        543 00:24:25,381 --> 00:24:27,675         DJ was like, "Nigga,             why'd you fucking tell him?"     544 00:24:27,717 --> 00:24:29,677           And it's like...                         [laughs]               545 00:24:29,719 --> 00:24:32,347      ..yeah, so there was a lot             of things in hindsight        546 00:24:32,388 --> 00:24:34,182        that they're like, "Yo,           you shouldn't have done that.    547 00:24:34,224 --> 00:24:37,018          You put the energy                     on Murder Inc.            548 00:24:37,060 --> 00:24:40,021           You wasn't moving                   like a record exec.         549 00:24:40,063 --> 00:24:42,607            You was moving                    like a drug dealer."         550 00:24:42,649 --> 00:24:43,983              [reporter]                       Federal investigators        551 00:24:44,025 --> 00:24:45,360           in the New York City                   Police Department          552 00:24:45,401 --> 00:24:47,362       raided the Manhattan offices                 of Murder Inc,           553 00:24:47,403 --> 00:24:49,322      which is in the same building               as Def Jam Records         554 00:24:49,364 --> 00:24:50,532             and its parent,                       Universal Music.          555 00:24:50,573 --> 00:24:52,033        So what's it all about?       556 00:24:52,075 --> 00:24:53,326      Well, according to a story                in the   LA Times,           557 00:24:53,368 --> 00:24:55,495          the FBI is looking               into an alleged connection      558 00:24:55,537 --> 00:24:58,206      between Irv and a convicted               Queens drug lord           559 00:24:58,248 --> 00:25:00,333        named Kenneth McGriff,                    aka Supreme.             560 00:25:00,375 --> 00:25:02,835              [reporter]                   Today's indictment does indeed  561 00:25:02,877 --> 00:25:06,005           tell a simple story                  of a crime partnership       562 00:25:06,047 --> 00:25:08,675                that dealt                      in three commodities.        563 00:25:08,716 --> 00:25:12,428              Drugs, murder,                    and money laundering.        564 00:25:12,470 --> 00:25:14,556     [reporter]   Investigators say               the laundered money         565 00:25:14,597 --> 00:25:17,850        financed a direct-to-video           movie called   Crime Partners.    566 00:25:17,892 --> 00:25:20,395            McGriff was listed                  as executive producer        567 00:25:20,436 --> 00:25:23,022       and the opening paid homage                 to an associate           568 00:25:23,064 --> 00:25:25,400               whose murder                   McGriff allegedly avenged      569 00:25:25,441 --> 00:25:28,361            by the killing of               aspiring rapper E-Money Bags.    570 00:25:28,403 --> 00:25:29,904            The Gotti brothers                      were released            571 00:25:29,946 --> 00:25:31,864         on $1 million bond each.      572 00:25:31,906 --> 00:25:35,410        I am no way in shape--             in any way, shape, or form      573 00:25:35,451 --> 00:25:39,372      have I done anything wrong             except make great music       574 00:25:39,414 --> 00:25:41,583     that the people seem to love.    575 00:25:41,624 --> 00:25:45,003            And that's all                     that I'm guilty of.         576 00:25:45,044 --> 00:25:48,590     [Ashanti]   When that happened,             it's a scary feeling.        577 00:25:48,631 --> 00:25:50,592      And there were so many rumors    578 00:25:50,633 --> 00:25:54,762    and so many stories and, um...    579 00:25:54,804 --> 00:25:56,639             it was tough.            580 00:25:56,681 --> 00:25:58,850    [reporter]   Lawyers expect this          trial to last about a month,    581 00:25:58,891 --> 00:26:00,727        and if they're convicted,                the Lorenzo brothers        582 00:26:00,768 --> 00:26:03,104         each face up to 20 years                     in prison              583 00:26:03,146 --> 00:26:06,441            and the forfeiture                 of millions of dollars.       584 00:26:06,482 --> 00:26:08,026    [Nas]   But Irv ain't give a fuck  585 00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:11,487      because his expression was          the music and entertainment,     586 00:26:11,529 --> 00:26:13,323       you know what I'm saying,                nothing illegal.           587 00:26:16,451 --> 00:26:18,786      [Irv]   They knew their case               with me was bullshit.        588 00:26:18,828 --> 00:26:21,289        The government offered me                   a sweet deal.            589 00:26:21,331 --> 00:26:25,001          I was facing 20 years.             They offered me six months.     590 00:26:25,043 --> 00:26:26,544                I said,                    "Explain money laundering."     591 00:26:26,586 --> 00:26:29,130           They said, "Well,                   money laundering is         592 00:26:29,172 --> 00:26:32,300          Supreme giving you              a bag of drug-dealing money,     593 00:26:32,342 --> 00:26:34,302        and you write a check."       594 00:26:34,344 --> 00:26:36,888        So me giving him 50,000                for   Crime Partners          595 00:26:36,929 --> 00:26:39,432            was the whole--                 they thought he gave me.       596 00:26:39,474 --> 00:26:41,893            I said, "Well,               Preme never gave me no money."    597 00:26:41,934 --> 00:26:43,478           They said, "Well,              that's not money laundering."    598 00:26:43,519 --> 00:26:45,605                I said,                    "So I could give him money      599 00:26:45,647 --> 00:26:47,982         and it's not--I'm not              doing nothing unlawful."       600 00:26:48,024 --> 00:26:49,442             They said no.            601 00:26:49,484 --> 00:26:51,486      They said he would have to              have given you money         602 00:26:51,527 --> 00:26:53,237       for you--for that check.       603 00:26:53,279 --> 00:26:54,906                I said,                    "Well, that didn't happen."     604 00:26:54,947 --> 00:26:57,158          My lawyer was like,                "Irv, think about this.       605 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,911     It's 20 years you're facing.     606 00:26:59,952 --> 00:27:02,163    This is giving you six months."  607 00:27:04,707 --> 00:27:05,917          I said right there                    at that meeting,           608 00:27:05,958 --> 00:27:08,002     I thought about it for, like,                  a minute.              609 00:27:08,044 --> 00:27:09,420           I said, "I ain't                   fucking my man over.         610 00:27:09,462 --> 00:27:10,546          Fuck them niggas."          611 00:27:10,588 --> 00:27:12,256       And I faced the 20 years.      612 00:27:12,298 --> 00:27:15,593              somber music           613 00:27:15,635 --> 00:27:17,720      [Nas]   What was the verdict                and how did you feel        614 00:27:17,762 --> 00:27:19,597          when it was announced?       615 00:27:19,639 --> 00:27:22,058              [chuckles]              616 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:23,518     I don't wish that on nobody.     617 00:27:23,559 --> 00:27:26,521            It is the most                    nerve-racking thing,         618 00:27:26,562 --> 00:27:27,605       and you know the balance.      619 00:27:27,647 --> 00:27:29,357           If they come back                     and say guilty,           620 00:27:29,399 --> 00:27:31,943             you doing 20.            621 00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:33,027          "The jury has reached                      a verdict."             622 00:27:33,069 --> 00:27:35,530          I'm like, "Oh, shit."        623 00:27:35,571 --> 00:27:37,281        And I'm just sitting there               looking at the jury         624 00:27:37,323 --> 00:27:39,367      like, "What did y'all do?"      625 00:27:39,409 --> 00:27:40,535             "Not guilty."            626 00:27:40,576 --> 00:27:42,870      [imitates gavel hammering]      627 00:27:42,912 --> 00:27:44,789           It was like a movie.                 The courtroom erupted.       628 00:27:44,831 --> 00:27:47,875           The "Order, order!"                      All that shit.           629 00:27:47,917 --> 00:27:50,002      And me and my brother hugged,    630 00:27:50,044 --> 00:27:54,298      and it was just a ill feeling.  631 00:27:54,340 --> 00:27:57,135       You know, and they got Preme               on two homicides,          632 00:27:57,176 --> 00:28:00,388        but they didn't get him                on no drug-dealing.         633 00:28:00,430 --> 00:28:02,306    They didn't even mention that.    634 00:28:02,348 --> 00:28:04,809          So in a way, that--                 like, it helped him.         635 00:28:04,851 --> 00:28:07,228      By me doing what I did and          beating them, it helped him,     636 00:28:07,270 --> 00:28:10,356        but I couldn't help him                with the homicides.         637 00:28:10,398 --> 00:28:12,108                 Yeah.                638 00:28:12,150 --> 00:28:14,235      [Prince]   Yeah, I was paying              attention to all that        639 00:28:14,277 --> 00:28:17,238            Murder Inc. stuff,               and I was rooting for them.     640 00:28:17,280 --> 00:28:19,282       I thought that if they went                to trial together,         641 00:28:19,323 --> 00:28:20,867         that they would all win       642 00:28:20,908 --> 00:28:22,326          because he could have                  rode they coattails,        643 00:28:22,368 --> 00:28:24,078         but being the man he is,                   he didn't want           644 00:28:24,120 --> 00:28:25,955           no spillover effect                   on the street life.         645 00:28:25,997 --> 00:28:28,124           Irv and them lawyers                     actually moved           646 00:28:28,166 --> 00:28:29,709         for the separate trial,                   and they got it,          647 00:28:29,751 --> 00:28:32,211       but he made that suggestion                 to Irv and Chris          648 00:28:32,253 --> 00:28:34,005        that, "Man, let's separate                these trials, man,         649 00:28:34,046 --> 00:28:35,423        'cause I don't want to get               the spillover effect        650 00:28:35,465 --> 00:28:37,592            from my past life                  into your present life."      651 00:28:39,469 --> 00:28:43,431        [beeping and vibrating]       652 00:28:43,473 --> 00:28:45,767       So we had been monitoring      653 00:28:45,808 --> 00:28:47,602       McGriff's two-way pager,       654 00:28:47,643 --> 00:28:51,105    and we saw that he was actually           outside of Houston          655 00:28:51,147 --> 00:28:52,857       at a federal correctional                    facility               656 00:28:52,899 --> 00:28:55,401               visiting                      Gerald "Prince" Miller.       657 00:28:55,443 --> 00:28:58,279             So a crew of us                from the U.S. Marshals Service  658 00:28:58,321 --> 00:29:01,073            jumped on a plane                and we head down to Houston.    659 00:29:01,115 --> 00:29:02,950     [Prince]   Well, when he first                 came to see me,           660 00:29:02,992 --> 00:29:05,036            he came to see me                     in the limousine,          661 00:29:05,077 --> 00:29:06,871         and he let me know that,                  "Hey, man, damn,          662 00:29:06,913 --> 00:29:10,208              this might be                    my last time seeing you.      663 00:29:10,249 --> 00:29:11,250          Know what I'm saying?"                    I said, "Why?"           664 00:29:11,292 --> 00:29:12,251                 He said,                       "Man, I'm hearing that       665 00:29:12,293 --> 00:29:13,294       they might be trying to come    666 00:29:13,336 --> 00:29:14,712          get me or something."        667 00:29:14,754 --> 00:29:18,049             I was devastated                   when I found that out.       668 00:29:18,090 --> 00:29:21,010         As we got to Houston             and we found out that McGriff    669 00:29:21,052 --> 00:29:23,596             just took off                  and headed over to Miami       670 00:29:23,638 --> 00:29:25,765             and had checked                     into the Loews Hotel        671 00:29:25,807 --> 00:29:27,600             in Miami Beach.           672 00:29:29,852 --> 00:29:31,813          We jumped on a plane,        673 00:29:31,854 --> 00:29:33,189      and about two or three o'clock              in the morning,           674 00:29:33,231 --> 00:29:35,900         we knocked on the door,       675 00:29:35,942 --> 00:29:37,401         put the pass key in,         676 00:29:37,443 --> 00:29:41,781       and found McGriff in bed            with a woman--young woman.      677 00:29:41,823 --> 00:29:44,575            He surrendered,                   you know, peacefully.        678 00:29:44,617 --> 00:29:47,078     She was kind of raising hell,             screaming, yelling,         679 00:29:47,119 --> 00:29:49,580     and he told her to calm down,       they're just doing their jobs.    680 00:29:49,622 --> 00:29:51,499        You know, I was shocked                at how calm he was.         681 00:29:51,541 --> 00:29:53,793         He didn't--you know,                 he didn't get angry.         682 00:29:53,835 --> 00:29:57,505       He didn't get raised up.       683 00:29:57,547 --> 00:29:59,757        When we dropped him off           at the correctional facility,    684 00:29:59,799 --> 00:30:01,926            he just smiled                      and said goodbye.          685 00:30:01,968 --> 00:30:03,511     He knew something was coming.    686 00:30:03,553 --> 00:30:05,471     He knew the case was coming.     687 00:30:05,513 --> 00:30:09,183       But yeah, I mean, he was            a gentleman gangster to us,     688 00:30:09,225 --> 00:30:11,352                 so...                689 00:30:11,394 --> 00:30:14,856            Girl, your stare,                     those eyes, I            690 00:30:14,897 --> 00:30:17,149             Love it when you                    look at me, baby          691 00:30:17,191 --> 00:30:20,069      [Ashanti]   So the last time                  that I saw Preme          692 00:30:20,111 --> 00:30:23,364     was at the "Mesmerize" video.    693 00:30:23,406 --> 00:30:25,199        Me and Ja were shooting                "Mesmerize" in LA,          694 00:30:25,241 --> 00:30:27,159    and it was at a real carnival.    695 00:30:27,201 --> 00:30:28,703        Like, it was a real fair.      696 00:30:28,744 --> 00:30:31,581      So it was, like, Ferris wheels              and bumper cars           697 00:30:31,622 --> 00:30:33,875      and, you know, stuffed animals          where you throw the ball      698 00:30:33,916 --> 00:30:35,209           and all that stuff.         699 00:30:35,251 --> 00:30:36,711                So it was,                      like, such a dope day.       700 00:30:36,752 --> 00:30:38,170         So many people came out.      701 00:30:38,212 --> 00:30:40,548        Super positive energy.        702 00:30:40,590 --> 00:30:43,050               And then                    everything kind of shifted      703 00:30:43,092 --> 00:30:44,760        because this was, like,       704 00:30:44,802 --> 00:30:47,555      the last time that we were             gonna see Preme before,       705 00:30:47,597 --> 00:30:49,390      you know, the trial started                and everything.           706 00:30:49,432 --> 00:30:53,561          So it's just crazy                   how life can change         707 00:30:53,603 --> 00:30:55,938       in an instant, you know?       708 00:30:55,980 --> 00:30:58,024          And that's a fact.          709 00:30:58,065 --> 00:31:01,027              tense music            710 00:31:01,068 --> 00:31:04,238                                    711 00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:07,825     [Irv]   So there was this huge             writer for the   LA Times.      712 00:31:07,867 --> 00:31:10,745         The writer calls me,                    gets my number,           713 00:31:10,786 --> 00:31:12,330              says, "Yo,                 I want you--I want to tell you    714 00:31:12,371 --> 00:31:14,206        what this is all about.       715 00:31:14,248 --> 00:31:16,751                This is                     all about Edward Byrne."       716 00:31:16,792 --> 00:31:18,669     [person]   As far as Ed Byrne,              I would never condone        717 00:31:18,711 --> 00:31:19,921        such a detrimental act...      718 00:31:19,962 --> 00:31:21,255         [Irv]   I said, "What?"        719 00:31:21,297 --> 00:31:22,757            I said I ain't got                      nothing to do            720 00:31:22,798 --> 00:31:24,175            with Edward Byrne,               and I said Preme ain't have     721 00:31:24,216 --> 00:31:25,593              nothing to do                       with Edward Byrne.         722 00:31:25,635 --> 00:31:27,053            He said "Correct,                    but Preme was a part        723 00:31:27,094 --> 00:31:29,805              of the fucking                      drug dealer crew."         724 00:31:29,847 --> 00:31:33,267          Calli, Fat Cat, Tommy.       725 00:31:33,309 --> 00:31:35,770         Everybody who is around                    or associated            726 00:31:35,811 --> 00:31:38,314            with that killing                      of Edward Byrne.          727 00:31:38,356 --> 00:31:42,777    He says, "The government is not       gonna let them walk away."      728 00:31:42,818 --> 00:31:45,821      And he says, "You--because          you're saying and screaming,     729 00:31:45,863 --> 00:31:47,782           this is your man                     and you love him,          730 00:31:47,823 --> 00:31:49,992      you're catching the hell."      731 00:31:50,034 --> 00:31:53,120     So when you look at the case,                they bled me.            732 00:31:53,162 --> 00:31:55,665        They froze my accounts           and they bled all of the money.  733 00:31:55,706 --> 00:31:57,083           I was penniless.           734 00:31:57,124 --> 00:31:59,794            I was actually                   2 million in the hole.        735 00:31:59,835 --> 00:32:03,255       So even though I found--               got found not guilty,        736 00:32:03,297 --> 00:32:06,300           they already won                 'cause they bled me dry.       737 00:32:06,342 --> 00:32:09,136       So now Preme has to face                 a double homicide          738 00:32:09,178 --> 00:32:11,472       with a fucking legal aid.      739 00:32:12,682 --> 00:32:14,475     [Supreme]   If you get assigned               a public defender,         740 00:32:14,517 --> 00:32:17,144            you might as well                    just kill yourself.         741 00:32:17,186 --> 00:32:20,064       My lawyer's been practicing              law for over 40 years        742 00:32:20,106 --> 00:32:23,067            and has never won                      a federal trial,          743 00:32:23,109 --> 00:32:24,986          not even a hung jury.        744 00:32:25,027 --> 00:32:26,487           So why am I to think        745 00:32:26,529 --> 00:32:28,406        that I even stand a chance                  with this guy?           746 00:32:28,447 --> 00:32:30,324              A drug lord                     with ties to hip-hop         747 00:32:30,366 --> 00:32:32,785       and Hollywood was spared              the death penalty today       748 00:32:32,827 --> 00:32:34,161          by a Brooklyn jury.         749 00:32:34,203 --> 00:32:36,497               46-year-old                    Kenneth "Supreme" McGriff      750 00:32:36,539 --> 00:32:39,291      was instead sentenced to life            in prison without parole      751 00:32:39,333 --> 00:32:41,335            for orchestrating                      the 2001 murders          752 00:32:41,377 --> 00:32:44,964       of Eric "E-Money Bags" Smith              and Troy Singleton.         753 00:32:46,924 --> 00:32:49,343    [Prince]   Oh, man, it hurted me               when he got life.          754 00:32:49,385 --> 00:32:51,053           When he came back--               when he came back to prison,    755 00:32:51,095 --> 00:32:52,847          it was a shame because       756 00:32:52,888 --> 00:32:54,724         I just didn't want that            for him, know what I'm saying?  757 00:32:54,765 --> 00:32:57,727        And I know when I get out,               I ain't coming back.        758 00:32:57,768 --> 00:33:00,062            I'm saying I ain't                   even gonna jaywalk.         759 00:33:02,940 --> 00:33:06,152         [Bing]   I was so sick.               I was so heartbroken, bro.     760 00:33:06,193 --> 00:33:07,987       How you finally got in with          the Murder Inc. and all them,    761 00:33:08,029 --> 00:33:10,364             and then even                    Irv and all of them,         762 00:33:10,406 --> 00:33:12,533        and we legit never get            to Supreme, like--I be like,     763 00:33:12,575 --> 00:33:14,952             "Oh, we rich.                  We made it. We're good."       764 00:33:14,994 --> 00:33:16,495        I'm about to come home                  in a couple more,          765 00:33:16,537 --> 00:33:18,164     three more years or whatever,             like, I'm thinking,         766 00:33:18,205 --> 00:33:19,540      "Now, come on, we're good,                  we're liv"--             767 00:33:19,582 --> 00:33:21,333       I'm talking to him on the          phone, Irv's talking to him,     768 00:33:21,375 --> 00:33:23,502            DV's talking--                  everybody's on the phone.      769 00:33:23,544 --> 00:33:25,129               I'm like,                   "Oh, we good. We in there.      770 00:33:25,171 --> 00:33:26,213         We ain't got nothing                    to worry about.           771 00:33:26,255 --> 00:33:27,339               We good."              772 00:33:27,381 --> 00:33:28,549     [Supreme]   I almost was dead.     773 00:33:28,591 --> 00:33:30,176         Although I was with Irv,      774 00:33:30,217 --> 00:33:32,303            I was always a guy                 that did his own thing.       775 00:33:32,344 --> 00:33:34,180        So I have my own project,      776 00:33:34,221 --> 00:33:36,348        I have my own soundtrack,                  my own business.          777 00:33:36,390 --> 00:33:37,808              I mean, like,                  I have my own film company,     778 00:33:37,850 --> 00:33:39,226       I have my own music company.    779 00:33:39,268 --> 00:33:40,728        So they would have been--      780 00:33:40,770 --> 00:33:42,229        everybody would have been                  straight, but...          781 00:33:44,774 --> 00:33:46,859           All of a sudden,                   out of nowhere, bam.         782 00:33:46,901 --> 00:33:49,070     What the fuck happened? What?    783 00:33:49,111 --> 00:33:51,030                  No!                 784 00:33:51,739 --> 00:33:54,283       They rocked me right there.              I'm like, "Oh, my God,       785 00:33:54,325 --> 00:33:56,494         we back to square one."       786 00:34:00,706 --> 00:34:02,541       [Supreme]   What I learned                    later on was,            787 00:34:02,583 --> 00:34:04,293              you can't plan                      to leave the game.         788 00:34:04,335 --> 00:34:05,628          You just gotta leave.        789 00:34:05,669 --> 00:34:07,254         You just gotta get out.       790 00:34:07,296 --> 00:34:08,631        You gotta say, "Know what?     791 00:34:08,672 --> 00:34:10,007               I don't care                     if I don't have enough       792 00:34:10,049 --> 00:34:11,592             and I don't care                if I gotta start over again.    793 00:34:11,634 --> 00:34:13,594          I don't care if I have            to grind from the bottom up."    794 00:34:13,636 --> 00:34:16,388       Wherever you're at in life,              you just gotta get out       795 00:34:16,430 --> 00:34:18,599           'cause if you try--                if you try to take steps,      796 00:34:18,641 --> 00:34:20,017         when you try to plan...       797 00:34:33,155 --> 00:34:37,618          I never understood,              as much as I thought I did,     798 00:34:37,660 --> 00:34:41,872       what it means for someone           to go to prison for a day.      799 00:34:41,914 --> 00:34:43,249               But I do.              800 00:34:43,290 --> 00:34:45,793              somber music           801 00:34:45,835 --> 00:34:50,172        And you cannot--you cannot              explain it to people.        802 00:34:50,214 --> 00:34:54,426      You cannot explain watching           people in a visiting room      803 00:34:54,468 --> 00:34:57,513        trying to hold the hand                of their loved one          804 00:34:57,555 --> 00:34:59,431      and not being able to hold      805 00:34:59,473 --> 00:35:01,934        their five-year-old son                   on their lap.            806 00:35:01,976 --> 00:35:04,645              You can't,                  until you see the kids crying    807 00:35:04,687 --> 00:35:09,483       when they have to leave,            appreciate what that means.     808 00:35:09,525 --> 00:35:10,776        [person]   Jail is tough.       809 00:35:10,818 --> 00:35:13,237         Couldn't have--I mean...      810 00:35:13,279 --> 00:35:14,989             it can be tough.          811 00:35:17,408 --> 00:35:19,326              [sniffles]              812 00:35:19,368 --> 00:35:21,996    [Prince]   The loss that you take        from the things that you do,    813 00:35:22,037 --> 00:35:24,498         you don't think about it               when you're doing it.        814 00:35:24,540 --> 00:35:27,501          But when you in here,                    it bothers you.           815 00:35:30,337 --> 00:35:34,842       I think that any sentence                above ten years,           816 00:35:34,884 --> 00:35:37,845          except in the most             extraordinary of circumstances,  817 00:35:37,887 --> 00:35:39,680             is too much.             818 00:35:39,722 --> 00:35:42,183    And ten years may be too much.    819 00:35:42,224 --> 00:35:46,645         It doesn't take long             for people who are in prison     820 00:35:46,687 --> 00:35:50,191             to appreciate            821 00:35:50,232 --> 00:35:53,861        what they are there for               and what they've done        822 00:35:53,903 --> 00:35:56,030    to their family and themselves.  823 00:35:56,071 --> 00:35:59,033         I mean, how much time                  is too much time?          824 00:36:00,242 --> 00:36:02,494        [Supreme]   When you talk                about regrets, I think       825 00:36:02,536 --> 00:36:05,039        if you don't have regrets,                 then that means           826 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,499       you'll make the same mistake            that you did once before      827 00:36:07,541 --> 00:36:09,543         and you'll do it again.       828 00:36:11,670 --> 00:36:14,131             At one point,            829 00:36:14,173 --> 00:36:16,342        and this is the truth,                     I didn't...             830 00:36:18,260 --> 00:36:20,763       ...like myself back then,                    you know?              831 00:36:20,804 --> 00:36:23,349       Because I know I--what I did    832 00:36:23,390 --> 00:36:26,894       to the community, you know?     833 00:36:26,936 --> 00:36:29,730            We definitely tore              the community down, you know,    834 00:36:29,772 --> 00:36:32,316           and we influenced                 the younger generation        835 00:36:32,358 --> 00:36:35,736         that it was all right                 what we was doing.          836 00:36:35,778 --> 00:36:38,572          You know, to this day,               I would say, basically,       837 00:36:38,614 --> 00:36:42,076           it's still messed up                     because of us.           838 00:36:42,117 --> 00:36:46,330                                    839 00:36:46,372 --> 00:36:48,040          [Gary]   We just knew                    we were hustling,          840 00:36:48,082 --> 00:36:50,042      but we figured in some cases,           people were getting high.      841 00:36:50,084 --> 00:36:51,835       You know, somebody need--      842 00:36:51,877 --> 00:36:53,212           they gonna get it                     from somebody.            843 00:36:53,254 --> 00:36:55,089           That was somewhat                    of our mentality.          844 00:36:55,130 --> 00:36:57,383        I'm not saying--again,                I'm not defending it.        845 00:36:57,424 --> 00:37:00,803        But in a lot of cases,             we had no idea of knowing,      846 00:37:00,844 --> 00:37:02,721               you know,                  the far-ranging implications     847 00:37:02,763 --> 00:37:05,599        and what they would do,            you know, to the community.     848 00:37:07,476 --> 00:37:09,395    [Green]   Did it impact my life?    849 00:37:09,436 --> 00:37:12,106             For that moment,                    it was like a rush.         850 00:37:12,147 --> 00:37:14,650         It was like a person                who was consuming drugs       851 00:37:14,692 --> 00:37:17,403      and feeling high and heavy                   and mighty,             852 00:37:17,444 --> 00:37:20,072       but that was short-term.       853 00:37:22,783 --> 00:37:24,201       [person]   In the long run,      854 00:37:24,243 --> 00:37:27,871        the end result is not good     855 00:37:27,913 --> 00:37:30,708       'cause no one wants to be      856 00:37:30,749 --> 00:37:33,002    in jail losing family members.    857 00:37:33,043 --> 00:37:34,295       You can't go to funerals.      858 00:37:34,336 --> 00:37:36,046    We just can't do none of that.    859 00:37:36,088 --> 00:37:37,464             You miss out                   on your children's life,       860 00:37:37,506 --> 00:37:40,634      and a lot of years in life            that they go without you.      861 00:37:40,676 --> 00:37:42,386          But when you choose                    a certain life,           862 00:37:42,428 --> 00:37:44,430        all that comes with it,       863 00:37:44,471 --> 00:37:47,057           it is what it is           864 00:37:47,099 --> 00:37:49,643       and you gotta accept it.       865 00:37:50,185 --> 00:37:52,313    [Prince]   Youth is a gift, man.             You can't squander it.       866 00:37:52,354 --> 00:37:53,981              You can't wait                      till you get older         867 00:37:54,023 --> 00:37:55,733        and then look back in time                     and say,              868 00:37:55,774 --> 00:37:57,151             "I should've did                      something else."          869 00:37:57,192 --> 00:37:59,069          You better start doing                 something else now.         870 00:37:59,111 --> 00:38:00,821        It's too late to look back                 and say, "Damn,           871 00:38:00,863 --> 00:38:02,448      I wish this" or "I wish that."  872 00:38:02,489 --> 00:38:04,074       You have to look forward now    873 00:38:04,116 --> 00:38:06,076               and you have                      to expand your mind.        874 00:38:06,118 --> 00:38:09,121            You have to change                    the reality of it.         875 00:38:09,163 --> 00:38:13,459                                    876 00:38:13,500 --> 00:38:16,211        [Tommy]   I was sentenced               to three life sentences       877 00:38:16,253 --> 00:38:19,548         without the possibility                      of parole.             878 00:38:19,590 --> 00:38:22,468           I did approximately                     25 years of time          879 00:38:22,509 --> 00:38:24,970      without counting any good time                or anything,            880 00:38:25,012 --> 00:38:29,641          and I was convicted             of super drug kingpin status     881 00:38:29,683 --> 00:38:33,604     running a criminal enterprise                   848-B.                882 00:38:33,645 --> 00:38:36,106             I felt obligated                   to help other people.        883 00:38:36,148 --> 00:38:38,484         When I was incarcerated,                   I learned that           884 00:38:38,525 --> 00:38:40,319     you have a higher percentage              of people in there          885 00:38:40,361 --> 00:38:43,364       that can't read or write               and that just really         886 00:38:43,405 --> 00:38:45,032     doesn't understand procedures    887 00:38:45,074 --> 00:38:47,368          or following rules                  and stuff like that.         888 00:38:47,409 --> 00:38:49,953     And what I did was, I looked            at some of these people       889 00:38:49,995 --> 00:38:51,997         as being my brothers                     and my sons.             890 00:38:52,039 --> 00:38:55,459              And even me                    being in that position,       891 00:38:55,501 --> 00:39:00,089    and it just made me feel like I     was obligated to assist people.  892 00:39:00,130 --> 00:39:02,466        I work as a paralegal now.     893 00:39:02,508 --> 00:39:04,802           I own my own company                    that started out          894 00:39:04,843 --> 00:39:06,178        with a paralegal service.      895 00:39:06,220 --> 00:39:08,389      We do research for individuals  896 00:39:08,430 --> 00:39:10,140             to help them                    find their transcripts,       897 00:39:10,182 --> 00:39:12,476             help them get                     their transcripts,          898 00:39:12,518 --> 00:39:15,104         help them find topics                    and subjects,            899 00:39:15,145 --> 00:39:18,190       and be aware of new laws                 that's coming out          900 00:39:18,232 --> 00:39:21,110           that might help them             or benefit them in their case.  901 00:39:21,151 --> 00:39:24,530              Gerald Miller,                       he contacted me.          902 00:39:24,571 --> 00:39:26,031          He heard about some                    of the success            903 00:39:26,073 --> 00:39:27,366     that we was having on some of    904 00:39:27,408 --> 00:39:29,451        the high profile cases                     and stuff.              905 00:39:29,493 --> 00:39:31,870             And he asked                   if we could help him out.      906 00:39:35,707 --> 00:39:37,751            [Aaron]   Hello?            907 00:39:37,793 --> 00:39:40,671    [Ken]   Hi, this is Ken Sebastian            from USP Allenwood.         908 00:39:40,712 --> 00:39:42,047            How are you today?         909 00:39:42,089 --> 00:39:43,424          -Good, how are you?                     -[Ken]   Good.             910 00:39:43,465 --> 00:39:44,800           Did you have a call                 for one of our inmates?       911 00:39:44,842 --> 00:39:47,052      -[Aaron] I did. Mr. Miller.                 -[Ken]   Okay.             912 00:39:47,094 --> 00:39:48,679         [Tommy]   I introduced                      Gerald Miller            913 00:39:48,720 --> 00:39:50,431           to Aaron Goldsmith.         914 00:39:50,472 --> 00:39:53,225        He's a person with a ear.      915 00:39:53,267 --> 00:39:55,936      A lot of attorneys don't like           to listen to guys like me.     916 00:39:55,978 --> 00:39:58,856       I'll give you an example.      917 00:39:58,897 --> 00:40:00,107      I had about five attorneys                   telling me              918 00:40:00,149 --> 00:40:01,525        I was wasting my time.        919 00:40:01,567 --> 00:40:03,735         I was taking too long               and I shouldn't do it.        920 00:40:03,777 --> 00:40:06,363     And you know what I could say           to those attorneys now?       921 00:40:06,405 --> 00:40:07,489        Look where I'm at now.        922 00:40:10,784 --> 00:40:12,786         [Aaron] Good, Gerald.                    How are you?             923 00:40:12,828 --> 00:40:13,954          [Prince]   I'm good.                       I'm fine, man.           924 00:40:13,996 --> 00:40:14,955              All right,                      just to let you know,        925 00:40:14,997 --> 00:40:16,623         Tommy's here with me.        926 00:40:16,665 --> 00:40:19,793         For me, as the attorney,            to have someone like Tommy,     927 00:40:19,835 --> 00:40:21,962            he's much more                     of an understanding         928 00:40:22,004 --> 00:40:24,465           of, "This is what                the guy's mentality is,"       929 00:40:24,506 --> 00:40:29,011         and marrying that to,            "This is what the rules are."    930 00:40:29,052 --> 00:40:30,512        [Prince]   Truth be told,                   when I look back          931 00:40:30,554 --> 00:40:32,431        at people like Mr. Walker,     932 00:40:32,473 --> 00:40:34,266             you know, Tommy,                    he's been out there,        933 00:40:34,308 --> 00:40:36,643      and then you got other people             and they're still out        934 00:40:36,685 --> 00:40:37,936               successfully                      with their families         935 00:40:37,978 --> 00:40:39,146       in the community doing good,    936 00:40:39,188 --> 00:40:41,148             and they all had                    life without parole.        937 00:40:41,190 --> 00:40:43,859             So it makes us--                  makes me--people like me      938 00:40:43,901 --> 00:40:45,777      feel proud that they doing it    939 00:40:45,819 --> 00:40:46,987            and they doing it                       the right way.           940 00:40:47,029 --> 00:40:48,363            You don't see them                       coming back.            941 00:40:48,405 --> 00:40:50,115           You don't see them--                 you see them recommit.       942 00:40:50,157 --> 00:40:52,159               So it shows                       that we can come out        943 00:40:52,201 --> 00:40:53,994            and live a decent,                 law-abiding way of life.      944 00:40:54,036 --> 00:40:55,746       So I'm just happy about it.     945 00:40:55,787 --> 00:40:58,999          I'm actually ecstatic                that I got you and Tommy      946 00:40:59,041 --> 00:41:01,793               on the case,                  so I really appreciate that.    947 00:41:01,835 --> 00:41:04,171      [reporter]   Powder cocaine,                  a drug of choice          948 00:41:04,213 --> 00:41:06,924           among mostly middle-                and upper-class abusers.      949 00:41:06,965 --> 00:41:10,511         Crack cocaine, a potent            crystal derivative of powder.    950 00:41:10,552 --> 00:41:13,931          A cheaper, faster high              for its mostly poor users.     951 00:41:13,972 --> 00:41:16,433        Chemically, the drugs are                virtually identical,        952 00:41:16,475 --> 00:41:18,101        but not in federal court.      953 00:41:18,143 --> 00:41:20,521      An arrest for 5 grams of crack  954 00:41:20,562 --> 00:41:23,690      brings a mandatory five years               in federal prison.         955 00:41:23,732 --> 00:41:26,610        But you get just the same                 five-year sentence         956 00:41:26,652 --> 00:41:30,197              for 500 grams                       of powder cocaine.         957 00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:32,032          [Aaron]   In America,                 the people have rights.       958 00:41:32,074 --> 00:41:35,202      The people--we pride ourselves           on freedom of speech.        959 00:41:35,244 --> 00:41:37,829            We pride ourselves                     on interaction,           960 00:41:37,871 --> 00:41:40,040            we pride ourselves                on the Democratic process.     961 00:41:40,082 --> 00:41:43,418      We are a beacon among nations               for these things.          962 00:41:43,460 --> 00:41:46,171          There is--that there's                a generation of people       963 00:41:46,213 --> 00:41:47,756          who got swallowed up,        964 00:41:47,798 --> 00:41:52,261          who went in as kids         965 00:41:52,302 --> 00:41:55,597           and got sentenced                   to a life in jail.          966 00:41:55,639 --> 00:41:57,849        And I'm not saying that          some of those people aren't bad  967 00:41:57,891 --> 00:41:59,768       and don't deserve to stay            in jail their whole life.      968 00:41:59,810 --> 00:42:01,395        There are some that do.       969 00:42:01,436 --> 00:42:03,730          But to take that on         970 00:42:03,772 --> 00:42:06,817           with a wide brush          971 00:42:06,858 --> 00:42:10,153       instead of being specific                is just not fair.          972 00:42:10,195 --> 00:42:12,656          I was in the House                   of Representatives          973 00:42:12,698 --> 00:42:16,368     when the War on Drug measure                  was passed              974 00:42:16,410 --> 00:42:18,328          30 years ago or so.         975 00:42:18,370 --> 00:42:22,207         It was at the advent                   of crack cocaine.          976 00:42:22,249 --> 00:42:24,084     It scared the hell out of us.    977 00:42:24,126 --> 00:42:27,713    The notion of a cheap narcotic,            highly addictive,          978 00:42:27,754 --> 00:42:32,009        destructive to mothers                   and their fetus           979 00:42:32,050 --> 00:42:35,596           led us to impose                  a sentencing disparity        980 00:42:35,637 --> 00:42:37,431             between crack                     and powder cocaine          981 00:42:37,472 --> 00:42:38,765        that was unprecedented.       982 00:42:38,807 --> 00:42:40,809            Our notion was                     to come down hard,          983 00:42:40,851 --> 00:42:42,603       make it clear that it was               a federal standard,         984 00:42:42,644 --> 00:42:44,313         impose that standard,        985 00:42:44,354 --> 00:42:47,232         and stop the advance                   of crack cocaine.          986 00:42:47,274 --> 00:42:49,192      We failed from the outset.      987 00:42:50,986 --> 00:42:55,240    [Aaron]   The major foundational              shifts that happened        988 00:42:55,282 --> 00:42:57,576      was, the Supreme Court decided  989 00:42:57,618 --> 00:43:01,913     the judge who's most familiar                with the case            990 00:43:01,955 --> 00:43:04,541      should have the discretion      991 00:43:04,583 --> 00:43:07,127         to say--to, you know,                   give a sentence           992 00:43:07,169 --> 00:43:09,421        that's higher or lower.       993 00:43:09,463 --> 00:43:12,299              It gives us                    a lot more opportunity        994 00:43:12,341 --> 00:43:16,053         as defense attorneys                   to argue factors           995 00:43:16,094 --> 00:43:18,138    about who they are as a person.  996 00:43:18,180 --> 00:43:19,640           So that helps a lot.        997 00:43:19,681 --> 00:43:21,308       And then the First Step Act                   is something            998 00:43:21,350 --> 00:43:24,311       that happened shortly after.    999 00:43:24,353 --> 00:43:26,480      One of the biggest reforms                   in decades              1000 00:43:26,521 --> 00:43:28,315      has just passed the senate.     1001 00:43:28,357 --> 00:43:29,316          In my opinion, too.         1002 00:43:29,358 --> 00:43:31,276    It's called the First Step Act.  1003 00:43:31,318 --> 00:43:33,987             It's a sweeping,               bipartisan bill that overhauls  1004 00:43:34,029 --> 00:43:36,573           parts of the Federal               Criminal Justice system...     1005 00:43:36,615 --> 00:43:38,492       [Nas]   Although Prince was               sentenced to multiple        1006 00:43:38,533 --> 00:43:41,036             life sentences,                    he was never convicted       1007 00:43:41,078 --> 00:43:43,955           of a violent crime,                 which makes him eligible      1008 00:43:43,997 --> 00:43:48,168            for early release                 under the First Step Act.      1009 00:43:48,210 --> 00:43:50,003        The number one criteria                   to look at is            1010 00:43:50,045 --> 00:43:51,880            whether or not                 you're a threat to society.     1011 00:43:51,922 --> 00:43:54,383         With the older guys,            what we try to do in the motion  1012 00:43:54,424 --> 00:43:58,011      is, we use the BLP own data         and statistics to show that,     1013 00:43:58,053 --> 00:44:00,597             for example,                  a person over 50 years old,     1014 00:44:00,639 --> 00:44:04,059    their chances to commit a crime            drop down to 10%.          1015 00:44:04,101 --> 00:44:06,395           And so we might say,                      for example,            1016 00:44:06,436 --> 00:44:09,231              Mr. Miller is                       50 years old now.          1017 00:44:09,272 --> 00:44:11,441                According                      to your own statistics,       1018 00:44:11,483 --> 00:44:13,860            that you're saying                 that he has a 10% chance      1019 00:44:13,902 --> 00:44:15,362         of coming back to jail.       1020 00:44:15,404 --> 00:44:18,365               So clearly,                  he's not a threat to society.    1021 00:44:18,407 --> 00:44:20,867      [Prince]   Under Section 4-4               of the First Step Act,       1022 00:44:20,909 --> 00:44:23,453              I'm requesting                      immediate release.         1023 00:44:23,495 --> 00:44:25,789        If the judge, God willing,                grants my motion,          1024 00:44:25,831 --> 00:44:27,207        I'll be able to come home      1025 00:44:27,249 --> 00:44:29,042              and it may be                     automatic right away.        1026 00:44:29,084 --> 00:44:31,294       So, you know, we're waiting             on a Supreme Court case,      1027 00:44:31,336 --> 00:44:33,714         and once that comes out,                   we're filing.            1028 00:44:33,755 --> 00:44:37,968     I think Gerald Miller stands            a very excellent chance       1029 00:44:38,009 --> 00:44:40,554         of being successful.         1030 00:44:40,595 --> 00:44:43,557        When you look at his story                   as a whole,             1031 00:44:43,598 --> 00:44:47,269       he's the nephew of Supreme.     1032 00:44:47,310 --> 00:44:49,730            And he's carrying                  a lot of Supreme weight       1033 00:44:49,771 --> 00:44:51,106           on his shoulders.          1034 00:44:51,148 --> 00:44:52,274    You understand what I'm saying?  1035 00:44:52,315 --> 00:44:55,110            That he has to                     be able to separate         1036 00:44:55,152 --> 00:44:59,030         that weight from Supreme                      and show              1037 00:44:59,072 --> 00:45:01,908          that he's entitled          1038 00:45:01,950 --> 00:45:03,952           or he should get                     a second chance,           1039 00:45:03,994 --> 00:45:06,621         that he made some of            the mistakes that Supreme made,  1040 00:45:06,663 --> 00:45:09,374         and that he's looking              to move on with his life.      1041 00:45:09,416 --> 00:45:13,795         Fat Cat was just granted           parole out of New York State.    1042 00:45:13,837 --> 00:45:15,797          That's something that                 he probably could use        1043 00:45:15,839 --> 00:45:18,008      to show or to compare to say,    1044 00:45:18,049 --> 00:45:21,344         "Here's an individual              that's similar situated.       1045 00:45:21,386 --> 00:45:23,013     Clearly, if he's not a danger    1046 00:45:23,054 --> 00:45:24,598         or he's not a threat                      to society,             1047 00:45:24,639 --> 00:45:27,184        how could I possibly be               a threat to society?"        1048 00:45:27,225 --> 00:45:28,769     [Prince]   All right, take it--           take care, Mr. Goldsmith.      1049 00:45:28,810 --> 00:45:30,103          Tommy, take care, man.       1050 00:45:30,145 --> 00:45:31,396         I'll be in touch, y'all.               -You too, brother.          1051 00:45:31,438 --> 00:45:32,564          All right, Gerald,                 we'll talk to you soon.       1052 00:45:32,606 --> 00:45:33,732     All right, then, talk to you.    1053 00:45:33,774 --> 00:45:34,941       -[Prince]   Okay, bye-bye.                     -Bye-bye.              1054 00:45:34,983 --> 00:45:37,611             pensive music           1055 00:45:37,652 --> 00:45:42,532                                    1056 00:45:50,332 --> 00:45:53,960         [Sylvia]   I am honored                to join you here tonight      1057 00:45:54,002 --> 00:45:56,630       on this auspicious occasion.    1058 00:45:56,671 --> 00:45:59,174       Tonight, we will swear in      1059 00:45:59,216 --> 00:46:04,221            the 110th mayor                    of our great city.          1060 00:46:04,262 --> 00:46:07,724       [Eric]   There's a subtext                    to my journey.           1061 00:46:07,766 --> 00:46:11,728            I was arrested                  in South Jamaica, Queens,      1062 00:46:11,770 --> 00:46:14,314    when I was coming from school,             where I was charged         1063 00:46:14,356 --> 00:46:18,527       with criminal trespassing          after going into an apartment    1064 00:46:18,568 --> 00:46:22,155           of a go-go dancer                    who owed us money          1065 00:46:22,197 --> 00:46:24,991        of my little small crew             I used to hang out with.       1066 00:46:25,033 --> 00:46:29,412    [Sylvia] A man whose dedication        and vision for this city       1067 00:46:29,454 --> 00:46:32,332     is steadfast and unwavering.     1068 00:46:32,374 --> 00:46:33,667      [Eric]   It says to a person      1069 00:46:33,708 --> 00:46:35,669              that's sitting                     in Rikers right now         1070 00:46:35,710 --> 00:46:37,921         that believe this is                 the end of the road,         1071 00:46:37,963 --> 00:46:39,631          "No, wait a minute,                  Eric was arrested."         1072 00:46:39,673 --> 00:46:42,926    Now every street hustler knows    1073 00:46:42,968 --> 00:46:45,595      that you don't have to stay                where you are.            1074 00:46:45,637 --> 00:46:47,639             Where you are                     is not who you are.         1075 00:46:47,681 --> 00:46:48,974              Mr. Mayor,                     would you please raise        1076 00:46:49,015 --> 00:46:52,018            your right hand                   and repeat after me?         1077 00:46:52,060 --> 00:46:53,478    [Eric]   You can go in the system  1078 00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:54,980       and use those same abilities    1079 00:46:55,021 --> 00:46:57,983          that you made to be                  a street corner CEO         1080 00:46:58,024 --> 00:46:59,901    to be a CEO in any way you are.  1081 00:46:59,943 --> 00:47:03,238             I'm the mayor                 of the most important city      1082 00:47:03,280 --> 00:47:06,324      in the most important country                 on the globe.            1083 00:47:06,366 --> 00:47:07,868            ...of the office.                 -[Sylvia]   Of the mayor        1084 00:47:07,909 --> 00:47:09,452         of the city of New York.      1085 00:47:09,494 --> 00:47:12,747          [Eric]   Of the mayor                 of the city of New York.      1086 00:47:12,789 --> 00:47:14,958           -So help me, God.                    -So help me, God.          1087 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:16,459           Congratulations.           1088 00:47:16,501 --> 00:47:19,963         [cheers and applause]        1089 00:47:20,005 --> 00:47:22,632                [Eric]                       Every street hustler alive     1090 00:47:22,674 --> 00:47:26,303              should see                  the possibilities right now.     1091 00:47:26,344 --> 00:47:29,222       [distant sirens wailing]       1092 00:47:35,937 --> 00:47:37,564     [Andrew]   There were two ways               of looking at things        1093 00:47:37,606 --> 00:47:40,650       that Martin Luther King had                 and Malcolm had.          1094 00:47:40,692 --> 00:47:43,862          Martin looked at it                as the American dream,        1095 00:47:43,904 --> 00:47:47,073            the possibilities                  of what America can be.       1096 00:47:47,115 --> 00:47:49,075           Malcolm looked at it               as the American nightmare,     1097 00:47:49,117 --> 00:47:53,079           the tragedy of being                   Black in America.          1098 00:47:53,121 --> 00:47:56,499               All of this,                     hip-hop, Supreme Team,       1099 00:47:56,541 --> 00:47:58,335          is the American story.       1100 00:47:58,376 --> 00:48:02,464          Whether it's the dream                of creating a dynasty,       1101 00:48:02,505 --> 00:48:04,549          whether it's the dream               of creating a business,       1102 00:48:04,591 --> 00:48:06,968        whether it's the dream              of taking that drug money      1103 00:48:07,010 --> 00:48:08,386     and doing something positive,    1104 00:48:08,428 --> 00:48:10,138     that's the American nightmare    1105 00:48:10,180 --> 00:48:11,973        and the American dream                  at the same time.          1106 00:48:14,392 --> 00:48:16,353        [Prince]   Me being able                to look back on my life       1107 00:48:16,394 --> 00:48:20,523         and to think about what               changed my views of life      1108 00:48:20,565 --> 00:48:25,111             allow me to find                my own redemption to change.    1109 00:48:25,153 --> 00:48:29,407       I got lost in selling drugs              and committing crimes,       1110 00:48:29,449 --> 00:48:32,744       and I had to come to prison                  to be awakened           1111 00:48:32,786 --> 00:48:34,788              to ask myself,                    "Damn, what happened?"       1112 00:48:36,790 --> 00:48:38,249          [Robert]   I believe                      that everything           1113 00:48:38,291 --> 00:48:40,585             that people from                those communities witnessed     1114 00:48:40,627 --> 00:48:43,588        over their lives impacted            the way they approach life.     1115 00:48:43,630 --> 00:48:47,050            And if Gerald was                  impacted by what he saw       1116 00:48:47,092 --> 00:48:48,301            as a young person,         1117 00:48:48,343 --> 00:48:51,304     I have no reason to doubt it.    1118 00:48:51,846 --> 00:48:53,807       [Prince]   I'm telling you,               a person does not want       1119 00:48:53,848 --> 00:48:56,101       to walk a mile in my shoes,     1120 00:48:56,142 --> 00:49:00,730      and they definitely don't want       to walk 32 years in my shoes.    1121 00:49:00,772 --> 00:49:03,441       People talk about that life              and they rap about it,       1122 00:49:03,483 --> 00:49:05,485          but this side of it...       1123 00:49:09,364 --> 00:49:13,118             pensive music           1124 00:49:13,159 --> 00:49:15,829        [Supreme]   My life story                  is about struggle,         1125 00:49:15,870 --> 00:49:19,416          suffering, resilience,                  and perseverance.          1126 00:49:19,457 --> 00:49:23,128         What people should take               from it is, the shortcut      1127 00:49:23,169 --> 00:49:26,881          is really the long way                  and the wrong way.         1128 00:49:26,923 --> 00:49:28,466        I think people should take              the long way, anyway.        1129 00:49:28,508 --> 00:49:31,177           There's more to see,                     more to learn.           1130 00:49:31,219 --> 00:49:33,513     [LL]   When I think about Preme         and everything that happened,    1131 00:49:33,555 --> 00:49:36,307            like, Preme is a--                  is a really smart guy,       1132 00:49:36,349 --> 00:49:40,437         and he's a--he always             struck me as a sincere guy.     1133 00:49:40,478 --> 00:49:42,856         I'm not saying that,                  you know, he wasn't         1134 00:49:42,897 --> 00:49:45,150          on a different side              of the line or any of that.     1135 00:49:45,191 --> 00:49:47,110        But one thing I can say                  about that guy,           1136 00:49:47,152 --> 00:49:48,528        he always looked at me                     in my eyes,             1137 00:49:48,570 --> 00:49:51,114       and I always felt a sense              of realness from him         1138 00:49:51,156 --> 00:49:53,491          and truth from him.         1139 00:49:53,533 --> 00:49:54,701       All I could tell you is that    1140 00:49:54,743 --> 00:49:56,870                those days                       were very inspiring.        1141 00:49:56,911 --> 00:49:58,705            It showed me a lot                 of what I wanted to be.       1142 00:49:58,747 --> 00:50:00,540      It didn't show me everything.    1143 00:50:00,582 --> 00:50:02,542        You know, I understand                 John D. Rockefeller         1144 00:50:02,584 --> 00:50:04,669           and I understand                   Andrew Carnegie and--        1145 00:50:04,711 --> 00:50:06,796          but there's a place                for all of that, right?       1146 00:50:06,838 --> 00:50:08,131    There's a place for Bill Gates,  1147 00:50:08,173 --> 00:50:09,716            there's a place                    for Warren Buffett,         1148 00:50:09,758 --> 00:50:13,011          and there's a place                    for these guys.           1149 00:50:13,053 --> 00:50:16,514     'Cause they brought something              to the table too.          1150 00:50:16,556 --> 00:50:18,558             When you talk                 about the Preme Team, man,      1151 00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:20,560         you're talking about             some real motherfuckers, man.    1152 00:50:20,602 --> 00:50:22,562       [person]   Guys like Preme               made it where like, "Yo,      1153 00:50:22,604 --> 00:50:24,189         that's those Queens cats                    right there.            1154 00:50:24,230 --> 00:50:25,732          They in the building."       1155 00:50:28,777 --> 00:50:30,445            [alarm buzzes]            1156 00:50:32,781 --> 00:50:34,783     [Prince]   I know why I'm here,    1157 00:50:34,824 --> 00:50:36,743          I know how I got here,                I know what caused me        1158 00:50:36,785 --> 00:50:38,912       to think the way that I did,    1159 00:50:38,953 --> 00:50:40,622          and I no longer think                  with a criminal mind        1160 00:50:40,663 --> 00:50:42,874       acquired character anymore.     1161 00:50:42,916 --> 00:50:45,126               soft music            1162 00:50:45,168 --> 00:50:48,755          If I'm given a chance                      to go home,             1163 00:50:48,797 --> 00:50:52,092         I will not be the person             who blows that opportunity     1164 00:50:52,133 --> 00:50:54,761            to be a productive                     individual, man.          1165 00:50:56,971 --> 00:50:58,640       You'll see me in a different            light 'cause you'll see       1166 00:50:58,681 --> 00:51:01,392       the things I would be doing              to help my community,        1167 00:51:01,434 --> 00:51:03,269           to help my society,                    to help my family,         1168 00:51:03,311 --> 00:51:05,063       and it'll all be legitimate.    1169 00:51:05,105 --> 00:51:06,731        What would they say then?      1170 00:51:06,773 --> 00:51:09,943          Oh, he still a member                  of the Supreme Team?        1171 00:51:09,984 --> 00:51:11,569            I know my freedom                     from incarceration         1172 00:51:11,611 --> 00:51:13,113        is not guaranteed, right?      1173 00:51:13,154 --> 00:51:15,573        But nonetheless, one day,              I hope that I'll be able      1174 00:51:15,615 --> 00:51:17,367          to show the community                   that I come from,          1175 00:51:17,408 --> 00:51:18,451          that my transformation                     is genuine,             1176 00:51:18,493 --> 00:51:21,204         that it's the real deal.      1177 00:51:21,246 --> 00:51:22,872       If my judge and God willing             give me the opportunity       1178 00:51:22,914 --> 00:51:24,457          to get a second chance                       in life,              1179 00:51:24,499 --> 00:51:26,209            I'm not gonna put                    my head in the sand.        1180 00:51:26,251 --> 00:51:28,169       I'm not fearful of anything.    1181 00:51:28,211 --> 00:51:29,963       The community wants me back,    1182 00:51:30,004 --> 00:51:32,757              I'm definitely                    coming back to Queens.       1183 00:51:32,799 --> 00:51:34,634                Your phone                      'bout to cut off, man.       1184 00:51:34,676 --> 00:51:37,137          [phone line beeps]          1185 00:51:37,178 --> 00:51:38,596             [Nas]    Uh              1186 00:51:38,638 --> 00:51:39,806             Yo, you believe                      when they say            1187 00:51:39,848 --> 00:51:41,474              We ain't shit,                      we can't grow?           1188 00:51:41,516 --> 00:51:43,476        All we are is dope dealers            and gangstas and hos?        1189 00:51:43,518 --> 00:51:44,811             And you believe                       when they be            1190 00:51:44,853 --> 00:51:46,312             Telling you lie                     all on the media          1191 00:51:46,354 --> 00:51:47,480           They make the world                      look crazy             1192 00:51:47,522 --> 00:51:49,023           To keep you inside        1193 00:51:49,065 --> 00:51:50,525           Why you listen when                the teachers at school       1194 00:51:50,567 --> 00:51:52,610         Know you a young single              parent out struggling        1195 00:51:52,652 --> 00:51:54,821          They think you a fool,            give your kids bad grades      1196 00:51:54,863 --> 00:51:56,489               And put them                     in dumber classes          1197 00:51:56,531 --> 00:51:58,658          Killing shorty future,           I wonder how do we last it?     1198 00:51:58,700 --> 00:52:01,494       Underground in they casket,              ancestors turning          1199 00:52:01,536 --> 00:52:03,621       I'm learning something every         day, there is no Lazarus      1200 00:52:03,663 --> 00:52:05,623              Words like God                    is Greek or Latin          1201 00:52:05,665 --> 00:52:07,250         So if you study Egypt       1202 00:52:07,292 --> 00:52:09,002           You'll see the truth               written by the masters       1203 00:52:09,043 --> 00:52:10,920          My niggas is chilling,              getting high, relaxing       1204 00:52:10,962 --> 00:52:12,672         Envisioning ownership       1205 00:52:12,714 --> 00:52:14,257            Yo, it can happen,                   what do we own?           1206 00:52:14,299 --> 00:52:15,842             Not enough land,                    not enough homes          1207 00:52:15,884 --> 00:52:18,178             Not enough banks               to give my brother a loan      1208 00:52:18,219 --> 00:52:20,013             What do we own?                  The skin on our backs        1209 00:52:20,054 --> 00:52:21,848            We rent and we ask                   for reparations           1210 00:52:21,890 --> 00:52:23,683       Then they hit us with tax     1211 00:52:23,725 --> 00:52:26,019         And insurance if we live           to be old, what about now?     1212 00:52:26,060 --> 00:52:28,479        So stop being controlled,                we Black zombies          1213 00:52:28,521 --> 00:52:30,315         Walking, talking dead       1214 00:52:30,356 --> 00:52:32,442             Though we think                       we're living            1215 00:52:32,483 --> 00:52:34,027             Black zombies           1216 00:52:34,068 --> 00:52:37,322            We just copy-cat,                  following the system        1217 00:52:37,363 --> 00:52:38,698             Black zombies           1218 00:52:38,740 --> 00:52:40,575                Wake up              1219 00:52:40,617 --> 00:52:43,828         Black zombies in a spell            for more than 400 years       1220 00:52:43,870 --> 00:52:45,413           Ghetto niggas won't                   have it no more           1221 00:52:45,455 --> 00:52:47,332          Can I get a witness?       1222 00:52:47,373 --> 00:52:49,375       Why listen to somebody else            tell you how to do it        1223 00:52:49,417 --> 00:52:50,919              When you could                     do it yourself?           1224 00:52:50,960 --> 00:52:52,837            It's all in you