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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06.540 --> 00:00:09.109 Anthony: It's a lot of misunderstanding 2 00:00:09.109 --> 00:00:11.311 what goes on with what we do. 3 00:00:11.311 --> 00:00:20.621 ♪♪♪ 4 00:00:20.621 --> 00:00:23.824 Anybody that needs to judge us needs to know us, 5 00:00:23.824 --> 00:00:27.427 needs to know where we're coming from. 6 00:00:27.427 --> 00:00:29.396 You know, a lot of these guys are working 7 00:00:29.396 --> 00:00:31.765 for major hospitals and corporations, 8 00:00:31.765 --> 00:00:35.936 and, you know, doing major things in their life, 9 00:00:35.936 --> 00:00:37.971 so we're not just some kids on the street. 10 00:00:37.971 --> 00:00:39.740 - I have two businesses of my own. 11 00:00:39.740 --> 00:00:43.911 I am the CEO of my own nonprofit organization. 12 00:00:43.911 --> 00:00:46.914 - I'm a teacher, and so I'm a little worried about this. 13 00:00:46.914 --> 00:00:50.050 If they knew I did what I do now or someone found out, 14 00:00:50.050 --> 00:00:52.552 I might lose my job. But I'm like, 15 00:00:52.552 --> 00:00:54.688 I went to school, and I got two degrees, 16 00:00:54.688 --> 00:00:56.323 and I can go somewhere else. 17 00:00:56.323 --> 00:00:58.625 - All the members of our teams have corporate jobs. 18 00:00:58.625 --> 00:01:00.494 They go to work, everyday normal lives, 19 00:01:00.494 --> 00:01:02.129 just like everybody else. 20 00:01:02.129 --> 00:01:05.565 - However, when the music plays, when the beat drops... 21 00:01:06.733 --> 00:01:08.335 my mission is to take over the world. 22 00:01:08.335 --> 00:01:12.039 [ Electronic hip-hop plays ] 23 00:01:12.039 --> 00:01:14.708 Dominique Young Unique: ♪ Don't make me throw it down ♪ 24 00:01:14.708 --> 00:01:16.977 ♪ Da down Da down ♪ 25 00:01:16.977 --> 00:01:21.481 ♪ D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-down ♪ 26 00:01:21.481 --> 00:01:25.919 ♪ D-d-d-d-d-d-d- d-d-d-d-down ♪ 27 00:01:25.919 --> 00:01:30.390 ♪♪♪ 28 00:01:30.390 --> 00:01:32.092 ♪ Put me on this song Now you give me da da business ♪ 29 00:01:32.092 --> 00:01:33.727 ♪ Now these ... ask me who I is ♪ 30 00:01:33.727 --> 00:01:35.629 ♪ Tell them none of their business ♪ 31 00:01:35.629 --> 00:01:37.998 ♪ Then I bend it over, then I let them kiss the Assquake ♪ 32 00:01:37.998 --> 00:01:39.766 ♪ I'm a freak, little ... ♪ 33 00:01:39.766 --> 00:01:41.001 ♪ You gonna count down with me, baby ♪ 34 00:01:42.703 --> 00:01:44.738 ♪ I'm finna set it off ♪ 35 00:01:46.707 --> 00:01:49.977 ♪ All the way, all the way down, down, down ♪ 36 00:01:51.478 --> 00:01:53.914 [ Laughing ] 37 00:01:55.816 --> 00:01:59.586 [ Indistinct conversation ] 38 00:01:59.586 --> 00:02:00.988 [fingers snapping ] 39 00:02:00.988 --> 00:02:04.224 - Ah! Hey! 40 00:02:04.224 --> 00:02:05.225 Come on. Come on. 41 00:02:05.225 --> 00:02:08.228 Uh! Ah! Ah! 42 00:02:08.228 --> 00:02:10.030 Ah! Ah! 43 00:02:10.030 --> 00:02:11.865 Uh! Ah! 44 00:02:11.865 --> 00:02:12.899 Ah! 45 00:02:17.204 --> 00:02:19.306 - My name is Anthony. 46 00:02:19.306 --> 00:02:21.775 I'm originally from Atlanta. 47 00:02:22.609 --> 00:02:25.512 I've been here all my life, all my schooling. 48 00:02:27.347 --> 00:02:29.383 I grew up in the hood, you know. 49 00:02:30.250 --> 00:02:34.087 But I grew up in a single-family home 50 00:02:34.087 --> 00:02:35.922 where my mom made sure 51 00:02:35.922 --> 00:02:38.592 I had something to do in the summertime. 52 00:02:40.027 --> 00:02:43.263 I always had a love for music. I grew up around it. 53 00:02:43.263 --> 00:02:44.798 And from the beginning of time, 54 00:02:44.798 --> 00:02:48.035 I knew dance was a part of who I was. 55 00:02:48.935 --> 00:02:52.672 I tried the whole thing of doing what they say boys should do. 56 00:02:52.672 --> 00:02:58.945 And once I got to realize that, um, you know, 57 00:02:58.945 --> 00:03:02.082 that, uh, hey, it is who I am. 58 00:03:02.082 --> 00:03:04.818 The Lord's gonna love me for who I am. 59 00:03:04.818 --> 00:03:06.787 I know that I was born this way. 60 00:03:06.787 --> 00:03:08.622 From the beginning of time 61 00:03:08.622 --> 00:03:10.223 when I seen Lynda Carter playing Wonder Woman, 62 00:03:10.223 --> 00:03:13.060 I knew that's who I wanted to be instead of Superman. 63 00:03:14.027 --> 00:03:16.463 ♪♪♪ 64 00:03:16.463 --> 00:03:22.736 Marching band and all of that was just second nature for me. 65 00:03:22.736 --> 00:03:25.739 It was like a pageantry of everything. 66 00:03:25.739 --> 00:03:27.307 When I would look at the girls dance, 67 00:03:27.307 --> 00:03:29.409 and it was just like, "Wow." 68 00:03:29.409 --> 00:03:32.212 So, you know, I was having these feelings on the inside, 69 00:03:32.212 --> 00:03:34.715 and I wanted to pick that up, and I wanted to do that, 70 00:03:34.715 --> 00:03:37.117 but I couldn't do it. 71 00:03:37.117 --> 00:03:39.352 Marching in a band was an experience 72 00:03:39.352 --> 00:03:41.154 that I would never change. 73 00:03:41.888 --> 00:03:45.792 The whole atmosphere of being in a marching band. 74 00:03:45.792 --> 00:03:48.395 And that's where a lot of this comes from. 75 00:03:48.395 --> 00:03:54.668 [ Drums beating in rhythm ] 76 00:03:55.702 --> 00:04:02.075 ♪♪♪ 77 00:04:04.778 --> 00:04:06.813 [ Cheering ] 78 00:04:06.813 --> 00:04:08.081 - My name is Tiara Lewis. 79 00:04:08.081 --> 00:04:09.950 - My name is Jewelle Ashanti Smith. 80 00:04:09.950 --> 00:04:11.685 - And my name is Morgan Jackson. 81 00:04:11.685 --> 00:04:13.420 - I am a Prancing J-Sette. 82 00:04:13.420 --> 00:04:14.621 - I'm a Prancing J-Sette. 83 00:04:14.621 --> 00:04:15.755 - And I am a Prancing J-Sette. 84 00:04:15.755 --> 00:04:17.190 - From Jackson State University. 85 00:04:18.425 --> 00:04:20.727 - Smith: The ideal image of a Prancing J-Sette 86 00:04:20.727 --> 00:04:22.362 is the prettified females. 87 00:04:22.362 --> 00:04:24.498 They're talented. They're beautiful. They're smart. 88 00:04:24.498 --> 00:04:27.434 It's what every girl wants to be and what every boy wants. 89 00:04:27.434 --> 00:04:28.969 ♪♪♪ 90 00:04:28.969 --> 00:04:30.770 - Anthony: They are the premier team 91 00:04:30.770 --> 00:04:32.939 of HBCU dance teams. 92 00:04:32.939 --> 00:04:35.175 That particular team was the team 93 00:04:35.175 --> 00:04:38.178 that everybody decided to mimic at that time 94 00:04:38.178 --> 00:04:40.747 because they were the girls that did the things 95 00:04:40.747 --> 00:04:42.482 that nobody else done. 96 00:04:42.482 --> 00:04:44.084 - Jackson: You're on that field 97 00:04:44.084 --> 00:04:45.886 and you're executing all these stunts 98 00:04:45.886 --> 00:04:48.355 and cohesive movements there 99 00:04:48.355 --> 00:04:50.457 and everyone goes, "Whoo! Ah!" 100 00:04:50.457 --> 00:04:52.392 ♪♪♪ 101 00:04:52.392 --> 00:04:55.295 The Prancing J-Settes are known for bucking. 102 00:04:55.295 --> 00:04:58.965 - It's kind of like-- You know how a horse go like that? 103 00:04:58.965 --> 00:05:02.569 That's what a buck is. That's a buck. That's a buck. 104 00:05:02.569 --> 00:05:04.171 - We're the only team, I would say, 105 00:05:04.171 --> 00:05:08.308 that does bucking with class and style and form. 106 00:05:08.308 --> 00:05:11.611 - Lewis: Bucking has always been in our choreography. 107 00:05:11.611 --> 00:05:17.484 But it wasn't as hard-core and edgy as we put it now. 108 00:05:17.484 --> 00:05:19.085 - Like you wanted to buck 109 00:05:19.085 --> 00:05:21.154 where people can see across the field. 110 00:05:21.154 --> 00:05:24.724 So it became bigger and more dynamic. 111 00:05:24.724 --> 00:05:26.393 - Anthony: You can feel the power. 112 00:05:26.393 --> 00:05:28.762 You can feel the wind if you're sitting next to someone. 113 00:05:28.762 --> 00:05:30.664 Like, "Wow. I just almost got slapped." 114 00:05:30.664 --> 00:05:32.499 - Jackson: This actually should be a sport, 115 00:05:32.499 --> 00:05:34.568 to be honest with you, because we throw our bodies 116 00:05:34.568 --> 00:05:36.236 in so many different positions 117 00:05:36.236 --> 00:05:39.005 that you'd be like, "How you do that? Wait. Hmm?" 118 00:05:39.005 --> 00:05:40.807 - Flash: They're also graceful. 119 00:05:40.807 --> 00:05:43.210 And, you know, it depends on, like, the category. 120 00:05:43.210 --> 00:05:45.178 When it's time for field, you're gonna get stunts, 121 00:05:45.178 --> 00:05:47.480 you're gonna get shows, you're gonna get agilities, flips. 122 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:49.683 Cartwheels. Oh, my God. 123 00:05:49.683 --> 00:05:51.585 And then when it's time for slow, 124 00:05:51.585 --> 00:05:55.922 it's gonna be quick, sassy, and sexy, you know? 125 00:05:55.922 --> 00:05:57.824 So I could do whatever type of movements I want. 126 00:05:57.824 --> 00:05:59.793 I could be feminine. I could be masculine 127 00:05:59.793 --> 00:06:02.195 whenever I wanted to be. It was no-- 128 00:06:02.195 --> 00:06:04.598 Like with hip-hop, I can only do this, 129 00:06:04.598 --> 00:06:06.499 or jazz, I can only do this. 130 00:06:06.499 --> 00:06:10.303 No, I can put all of it together. We're bucking. 131 00:06:10.303 --> 00:06:12.005 - Anthony: You have to understand. 132 00:06:12.005 --> 00:06:14.474 We're sitting there with an instrument on. 133 00:06:14.474 --> 00:06:16.509 And we are seeing these girls standing in front of us, 134 00:06:16.509 --> 00:06:19.713 and they are poised, and they're sitting there and they're ready, 135 00:06:19.713 --> 00:06:22.015 and we like-- [ bleep ] 136 00:06:24.451 --> 00:06:26.253 You see Miss Rachel? 137 00:06:28.221 --> 00:06:31.491 Do you see her standing over there like a stallion? 138 00:06:31.491 --> 00:06:33.560 You hear me? 139 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:37.897 And to see them get to do what we know we couldn't do. 140 00:06:37.897 --> 00:06:39.366 I was having these feelings 141 00:06:39.366 --> 00:06:41.001 like I was the only person in the world. 142 00:06:41.001 --> 00:06:42.502 Like, "Lord, why me? 143 00:06:42.502 --> 00:06:44.437 Why am I the only person that's feeling like this? 144 00:06:44.437 --> 00:06:48.775 You know? I know this is not the way I was supposed to feel." 145 00:06:51.611 --> 00:06:53.146 I went to the club one night, 146 00:06:53.146 --> 00:06:55.782 and I seen guys that were in school with me. 147 00:06:55.782 --> 00:06:57.183 I went to the youth center, 148 00:06:57.183 --> 00:06:59.052 which is Morehouse, Clark, Spelman. 149 00:06:59.052 --> 00:07:01.087 And I was like, "Wow. I'm not the only one." 150 00:07:01.087 --> 00:07:04.357 Guys that were in the school, they would go to the club 151 00:07:04.357 --> 00:07:06.493 and they would mimic what they would see that Saturday 152 00:07:06.493 --> 00:07:08.061 at the game. 153 00:07:08.061 --> 00:07:10.263 - [house music playing] - So Saturday night, 154 00:07:10.263 --> 00:07:11.932 they would battle each other. 155 00:07:11.932 --> 00:07:13.833 ♪♪♪ 156 00:07:13.833 --> 00:07:16.036 At that time, everything was underground. 157 00:07:16.036 --> 00:07:17.837 You know, it was done out of respect. 158 00:07:17.837 --> 00:07:20.073 We wouldn't go to a game and do it at a game 159 00:07:20.073 --> 00:07:21.474 out of respect for the girls. 160 00:07:21.474 --> 00:07:24.844 ♪♪♪ 161 00:07:24.844 --> 00:07:27.881 I probably was, like, 18, 19. 162 00:07:27.881 --> 00:07:31.084 And going to where I could go and be me 163 00:07:31.084 --> 00:07:33.687 was going to a house club like Traxx. 164 00:07:35.221 --> 00:07:36.956 This is it. This was the club. 165 00:07:36.956 --> 00:07:38.825 The parking lot. 166 00:07:38.825 --> 00:07:40.660 - Second level. - Uh-huh. 167 00:07:40.660 --> 00:07:42.128 - This is where it all went down. 168 00:07:42.128 --> 00:07:43.763 - For real? - Dance floor and all. Yeah. 169 00:07:43.763 --> 00:07:45.265 - Wow. - Yeah. 170 00:07:45.265 --> 00:07:47.033 - Where was the dance floor? - Right here. 171 00:07:47.033 --> 00:07:49.569 - Dance floor here? - Here. Stage right there. 172 00:07:49.569 --> 00:07:51.171 - Uh-huh. 173 00:07:51.171 --> 00:07:52.605 - Steps right there with this white van. 174 00:07:52.605 --> 00:07:54.007 -Uh-huh. 175 00:07:54.007 --> 00:07:55.041 - Go up the steps to the second level. 176 00:07:55.041 --> 00:07:56.509 - Uh-huh. - Yeah. 177 00:07:56.509 --> 00:07:58.044 - And it went down. - And it went down. 178 00:07:58.044 --> 00:08:00.180 - Wow. - At 306 Luckie Street. 179 00:08:00.180 --> 00:08:01.147 - Man. 180 00:08:01.147 --> 00:08:03.483 - This was amazing. 181 00:08:03.483 --> 00:08:06.219 Looks like some of the dance floor is still here. 182 00:08:09.889 --> 00:08:12.225 [ Jamal laughs ] 183 00:08:12.225 --> 00:08:15.161 - Anthony: It's gone, but the memory still lasts on. 184 00:08:15.161 --> 00:08:17.697 - Crystal Waters: ♪ It's 12 past midnight ♪ 185 00:08:17.697 --> 00:08:19.399 ♪ Don't close your eyes ♪ 186 00:08:19.399 --> 00:08:23.203 ♪ Your soul's half alive and I'll be by your side ♪ 187 00:08:23.203 --> 00:08:27.974 - We've been catering to the LBG crowd here in Atlanta 188 00:08:27.974 --> 00:08:29.809 since the early '80s. 189 00:08:29.809 --> 00:08:31.111 - ♪ You'll have to share ♪ 190 00:08:31.111 --> 00:08:32.746 ♪ I want your love ♪ 191 00:08:32.746 --> 00:08:34.848 - Bucking, from the beginning, 192 00:08:34.848 --> 00:08:38.718 we saw these guys acting very feminine. 193 00:08:38.718 --> 00:08:40.754 - [ Camera shutter clicking ] - They had leotards. 194 00:08:40.754 --> 00:08:43.757 They had fringe. They had sequins. 195 00:08:43.757 --> 00:08:46.893 We were like, "Whoa." [ Laughs ] 196 00:08:46.893 --> 00:08:48.628 What happened? 197 00:08:48.628 --> 00:08:51.731 - They had that little area downstairs in the back room, 198 00:08:51.731 --> 00:08:53.600 kind of couple of steps down, 199 00:08:53.600 --> 00:08:55.301 where they did all the dancing and stuff. 200 00:08:55.301 --> 00:08:57.103 So we went back there, and there they were, 201 00:08:57.103 --> 00:08:59.005 doing their rounds and, you know, tearing it up. 202 00:08:59.005 --> 00:09:01.775 And I was like, "What is this?!" 203 00:09:01.775 --> 00:09:03.276 I was like, "This is awesome." 204 00:09:03.276 --> 00:09:04.978 And we spent the rest of the night back there. 205 00:09:04.978 --> 00:09:07.981 - Jamal: Big Tony was really the spearhead 206 00:09:07.981 --> 00:09:09.616 of all this happening. 207 00:09:09.616 --> 00:09:12.719 He was really the one that kept everyone together 208 00:09:12.719 --> 00:09:16.322 and recruited guys and showed them the moves. 209 00:09:16.322 --> 00:09:18.925 I mean, everyone wanted to work with him. 210 00:09:18.925 --> 00:09:23.730 ♪♪♪ 211 00:09:23.730 --> 00:09:26.065 - Anthony: I had another guy that I didn't know 212 00:09:26.065 --> 00:09:28.168 that was from Mississippi. He was in the club. 213 00:09:28.168 --> 00:09:29.903 We decided to dance against one another. 214 00:09:29.903 --> 00:09:33.807 Decided nobody was gonna win, so let's join forces. 215 00:09:33.807 --> 00:09:37.544 So that was the first beginning of an organized team. 216 00:09:37.544 --> 00:09:39.179 [ Laughing ] 217 00:09:39.179 --> 00:09:46.386 [ Indistinct conversation ] 218 00:09:51.958 --> 00:09:53.393 - Anthony: Let's get down to business, guys. 219 00:09:53.393 --> 00:09:55.295 - What's up? - So we're getting ready 220 00:09:55.295 --> 00:09:57.163 to get dressed for the night. 221 00:09:57.163 --> 00:09:59.466 Everybody got their shoes? 222 00:09:59.466 --> 00:10:00.400 - Check. - Yes. 223 00:10:00.400 --> 00:10:01.968 - Do everybody have their shoes? 224 00:10:01.968 --> 00:10:03.503 - All: Yes! 225 00:10:03.503 --> 00:10:06.473 - Thank you, Jesus. That's all I asked you. 226 00:10:06.473 --> 00:10:08.341 We love dance. This is what we do. 227 00:10:08.341 --> 00:10:12.612 So we created a community amongst ourselves. 228 00:10:12.612 --> 00:10:16.249 And we created teams to, you know-- to have that outlet 229 00:10:16.249 --> 00:10:18.918 where we can communicate and we can go to the games 230 00:10:18.918 --> 00:10:22.889 and have a good time and still, you know, be who we are. 231 00:10:22.889 --> 00:10:27.927 [ Indistinct conversation ] 232 00:10:27.927 --> 00:10:29.496 - Child, what we wearing tonight? 233 00:10:29.496 --> 00:10:31.130 - This right here. 234 00:10:31.130 --> 00:10:34.100 - Okay. So what kind of bottom? - Baseball pants. 235 00:10:34.100 --> 00:10:35.969 - It's a baseball jersey. - What color? 236 00:10:35.969 --> 00:10:38.037 - You ever seen baseball pants? - I have. But what color? 237 00:10:38.037 --> 00:10:41.374 - White with a green stripe, like baseball players. Duh. 238 00:10:41.374 --> 00:10:43.176 - Anthony: I'm from the old school, 239 00:10:43.176 --> 00:10:48.248 where we don't feel that we have to have the leotards 240 00:10:48.248 --> 00:10:51.050 and the lashes and the makeup. 241 00:10:51.050 --> 00:10:52.552 Child, look at my eyebrows. 242 00:10:52.552 --> 00:10:54.254 I think they need to be snatched. 243 00:10:54.254 --> 00:10:55.588 - Who gonna do 'em? - You. 244 00:10:55.588 --> 00:10:57.190 - Child, bye. 245 00:10:57.190 --> 00:10:59.359 - So what a minute. We supposed to wear white socks? 246 00:10:59.359 --> 00:11:01.327 - Yeah. - Yes. 247 00:11:01.327 --> 00:11:03.796 - Have no fear, co-captain is here. 248 00:11:03.796 --> 00:11:05.131 - Is here. 249 00:11:05.899 --> 00:11:08.434 - Anthony: Even what we do, we get the backlash from it. 250 00:11:08.434 --> 00:11:12.171 So we have to be able to accept what comes along 251 00:11:12.171 --> 00:11:14.774 with what you decide to do. 252 00:11:14.774 --> 00:11:17.911 - Father, thank you for allowing us all come together 253 00:11:17.911 --> 00:11:19.546 on this evening, 254 00:11:19.546 --> 00:11:22.115 even though some of us have to work in the morning. 255 00:11:22.115 --> 00:11:26.486 We pray and wish this buck goes very, very well. 256 00:11:26.486 --> 00:11:29.022 In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 257 00:11:29.022 --> 00:11:30.123 - All: Amen. 258 00:11:30.123 --> 00:11:31.958 - J-Phi! - J-Phi! 259 00:11:31.958 --> 00:11:33.927 - Phi Phi! - [ Laughing ] 260 00:11:33.927 --> 00:11:35.461 - You're such a saint. 261 00:11:35.461 --> 00:11:37.196 - Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go. 262 00:11:37.196 --> 00:11:38.898 [ Indistinct conversation ] 263 00:11:38.898 --> 00:11:41.100 - All right, we'll see you there. We'll see you there. 264 00:11:49.709 --> 00:11:51.978 When we walk through the door 265 00:11:51.978 --> 00:11:53.680 you're gonna prepare. 266 00:11:53.680 --> 00:11:55.748 We are like soldiers. 267 00:11:55.748 --> 00:11:57.350 You are looking to do your best. 268 00:11:57.350 --> 00:12:00.587 - ♪♪♪ - Man: You guys on one aisle. 269 00:12:00.587 --> 00:12:03.723 - Anthony: The feeling in going into battle is to slay. 270 00:12:03.723 --> 00:12:05.091 I wanna slay you. 271 00:12:05.091 --> 00:12:12.031 - ♪♪♪ - [ Crowd cheering ] 272 00:12:51.704 --> 00:12:53.740 - When you're on the floor, everybody's your rival. 273 00:12:53.740 --> 00:12:55.575 Friends. Everybody. 274 00:12:55.575 --> 00:12:59.545 ♪♪♪ 275 00:13:01.848 --> 00:13:09.389 ♪♪♪ 276 00:13:09.389 --> 00:13:11.991 - There is a lot of strategy that goes into bucking. 277 00:13:11.991 --> 00:13:13.559 When you're going against a team-- 278 00:13:13.559 --> 00:13:15.728 Like, there are some teams that are acrobatic, 279 00:13:15.728 --> 00:13:17.730 and there are some teams that are not as acrobatic. 280 00:13:17.730 --> 00:13:20.566 We are one of those teams that is not as acrobatic, 281 00:13:20.566 --> 00:13:24.003 so we have to have certain counts of our own 282 00:13:24.003 --> 00:13:25.738 with our own type of flavor. 283 00:13:25.738 --> 00:13:27.840 So you have to know exactly when to throw those counts. 284 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:30.410 You have to know exactly when to throw your heavy hitters 285 00:13:30.410 --> 00:13:31.978 and when to scale back a little bit. 286 00:13:31.978 --> 00:13:34.981 ♪♪♪ 287 00:13:34.981 --> 00:13:38.051 - To see somebody like, "What this big [ bleep ] finna do?" 288 00:13:38.051 --> 00:13:44.991 ♪♪♪ 289 00:13:44.991 --> 00:13:48.227 I did it to you. Now, what you gonna come back with? 290 00:13:48.227 --> 00:13:51.030 ♪♪♪ 291 00:13:51.030 --> 00:13:52.632 It may sound kind of cocky, 292 00:13:52.632 --> 00:13:54.367 and you gonna get your stuff together, 293 00:13:54.367 --> 00:13:55.768 you know that we didn't come to play with you. 294 00:13:55.768 --> 00:13:57.737 Deejay: 295 00:14:02.041 --> 00:14:04.277 - Anthony: A lot of times when we're in the club, 296 00:14:04.277 --> 00:14:05.978 they ask us sometimes, over the microphone, 297 00:14:05.978 --> 00:14:08.681 would we please let the dance floor be open 298 00:14:08.681 --> 00:14:10.717 for the patrons that are there. 299 00:14:10.717 --> 00:14:14.921 And sometimes if we don't apply, they will turn the music off 300 00:14:14.921 --> 00:14:17.990 - and we have to leave. - Patron: Whoo! 301 00:14:17.990 --> 00:14:20.193 - Anthony: With the size that-- the space that we had, 302 00:14:20.193 --> 00:14:21.694 y'all did good. 303 00:14:21.694 --> 00:14:23.496 But the deejay-- We have to respect the deejay. 304 00:14:23.496 --> 00:14:26.499 He gave us our props, and we got on out the way. 305 00:14:26.499 --> 00:14:28.034 So we did what he asked us to do. 306 00:14:28.034 --> 00:14:30.269 - Well, can we get one drill in for the streets? 307 00:14:30.269 --> 00:14:32.038 - Anthony: One drill for the streets. 308 00:14:32.038 --> 00:14:34.640 - [ Indistinct conversation ] - Right here. Crank that B. 309 00:14:34.640 --> 00:14:37.043 - All right. One, two, three. 310 00:14:37.043 --> 00:14:38.544 - All: Phi Phi! 311 00:14:38.544 --> 00:14:43.649 [ House music playing ] 312 00:14:45.551 --> 00:14:47.120 - Come on. Come through. 313 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:50.923 ♪♪♪ 314 00:14:50.923 --> 00:14:52.191 [ Indistinct conversation ] 315 00:14:52.191 --> 00:14:53.893 - Come on with it. 316 00:14:53.893 --> 00:14:55.828 Here we go. Yah! 317 00:14:55.828 --> 00:14:57.063 Ah! 318 00:14:57.063 --> 00:14:59.031 - ♪♪♪ - [ Horn honks ] 319 00:14:59.031 --> 00:15:02.034 ♪♪♪ 320 00:15:02.034 --> 00:15:03.302 - Get it up! Get it up! 321 00:15:03.302 --> 00:15:04.303 ♪♪♪ 322 00:15:04.303 --> 00:15:05.772 Ha! 323 00:15:10.276 --> 00:15:11.811 Ha! 324 00:15:11.811 --> 00:15:16.349 - ♪♪♪ - [ Indistinct conversation ] 325 00:15:19.218 --> 00:15:21.287 - Dance! - Come on! Give me this! 326 00:15:21.287 --> 00:15:24.724 Let's go, goddamn it! Let's go! 327 00:15:24.724 --> 00:15:26.159 -Ooh. - [ Horns honking ] 328 00:15:26.159 --> 00:15:27.527 - Aah! 329 00:15:27.527 --> 00:15:30.630 [ Indistinct conversation ] 330 00:15:32.398 --> 00:15:40.506 ♪♪♪ 331 00:15:40.506 --> 00:15:44.110 - Well, some people-- I'm gonna keep it real. 332 00:15:44.110 --> 00:15:47.013 You know, a lot of African-American people, 333 00:15:47.013 --> 00:15:49.448 they just have the knack to pick up dancing. 334 00:15:49.448 --> 00:15:52.618 ♪♪♪ 335 00:15:52.618 --> 00:15:54.654 So some people don't need trained dancing, 336 00:15:54.654 --> 00:15:57.790 but if you are trained, it makes it a little bit easier, 337 00:15:57.790 --> 00:16:00.059 but you still have to adjust to the style. 338 00:16:00.059 --> 00:16:10.002 [ House music playing ] 339 00:16:10.002 --> 00:16:12.438 - Lavar: With each song, you have a different feel. 340 00:16:12.438 --> 00:16:15.308 You don't just buck to every song. 341 00:16:15.308 --> 00:16:17.610 If I'm gonna play a Chris Brown song, 342 00:16:17.610 --> 00:16:19.478 sometimes I wanna feel sexy. 343 00:16:19.478 --> 00:16:21.414 When you're thinking of something 344 00:16:21.414 --> 00:16:23.249 that you will buck to-- 345 00:16:23.249 --> 00:16:27.720 Like if you do that-- Kind of like just feeling it. 346 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:30.890 - Yeah. - You feel like actually moving. 347 00:16:30.890 --> 00:16:32.825 But when you're feeling Stingettish, 348 00:16:32.825 --> 00:16:36.495 you're feeling real sexy, you're going to, like... 349 00:16:36.495 --> 00:16:38.831 I'm gonna touch myself. I'm gonna feel it. 350 00:16:38.831 --> 00:16:43.669 - You can't be so close-minded to one style. 351 00:16:43.669 --> 00:16:46.706 And the reason's because-- If you guys, like, have ever had 352 00:16:46.706 --> 00:16:48.674 the opportunity to go to a J-Sette competition-- 353 00:16:48.674 --> 00:16:52.712 If we are a team that, you know, only focused on house counts, 354 00:16:52.712 --> 00:16:55.982 which is like fast music, beats that they play in the club-- 355 00:16:55.982 --> 00:16:58.017 If we only focused on that, then when they play something-- 356 00:16:58.017 --> 00:17:00.219 When they play a hip-hop beat, we don't got no hip-hop counts. 357 00:17:00.219 --> 00:17:02.321 We can't do no house counts on hip-hop counts. 358 00:17:02.321 --> 00:17:03.756 Or if they play, like, a sexy song-- 359 00:17:03.756 --> 00:17:05.825 If they're playing "Body Party" by Ciara, 360 00:17:05.825 --> 00:17:09.729 we can't buck off "Body Party." You know? It's not gonna work. 361 00:17:09.729 --> 00:17:13.232 So you just ultimately have to be well-rounded, you know, 362 00:17:13.232 --> 00:17:15.134 in your-- in your style of dancing. 363 00:17:15.134 --> 00:17:19.205 We're like basic ballet and jazz dance, you know. 364 00:17:19.205 --> 00:17:22.008 Your jazz fingers and stuff. People are gonna have that. 365 00:17:22.008 --> 00:17:25.611 You know, that's just the base of everything. 366 00:17:25.611 --> 00:17:27.780 So I might stand like this, 367 00:17:27.780 --> 00:17:30.049 but you better make sure your fingers are right. 368 00:17:30.049 --> 00:17:31.684 Or I might be here. 369 00:17:31.684 --> 00:17:33.653 You better make sure your jazz hands are straight. 370 00:17:33.653 --> 00:17:35.655 You better have blades. You know? 371 00:17:35.655 --> 00:17:38.925 There's, like, small things that every squad looks at. 372 00:17:38.925 --> 00:17:41.861 If you don't see it, it's not together. 373 00:17:41.861 --> 00:17:43.996 It's all about the form. - Yeah. 374 00:17:43.996 --> 00:17:45.531 - Anthony: You have to know when to dance hard 375 00:17:45.531 --> 00:17:47.300 or when to slack up, you know. 376 00:17:47.300 --> 00:17:50.469 And it's not a competition when you're on a team. 377 00:17:50.469 --> 00:17:51.938 You have to be unified. 378 00:17:51.938 --> 00:17:53.873 - [ Fingers snapping ] - Five, six... 379 00:17:53.873 --> 00:17:56.075 - Anthony: With this right here, you have to be able 380 00:17:56.075 --> 00:17:57.610 to pick up choreography. 381 00:17:57.610 --> 00:18:01.414 You have to be able to follow the leader. 382 00:18:01.414 --> 00:18:04.083 - One and two, three and four. 383 00:18:04.083 --> 00:18:05.551 - Anthony: You have to have those things 384 00:18:05.551 --> 00:18:08.254 or the team won't survive. 385 00:18:08.254 --> 00:18:10.656 - One and two, three and four. 386 00:18:10.656 --> 00:18:14.393 - Stop. You, baby, you got to see what he's doing. 387 00:18:14.393 --> 00:18:16.362 You can't just-- I know you're new, 388 00:18:16.362 --> 00:18:18.564 but we-- we in full load. 389 00:18:18.564 --> 00:18:20.166 I can't have you slowing everybody else down. 390 00:18:20.166 --> 00:18:21.867 If so, I'm gonna have to pull you out of line. 391 00:18:21.867 --> 00:18:23.502 - Let's try it again. - Okay. 392 00:18:23.502 --> 00:18:25.204 - Six. 393 00:18:25.204 --> 00:18:27.106 Five, six, seven, eight. 394 00:18:27.106 --> 00:18:30.009 - Anthony: To be a great leader, you still have to realize 395 00:18:30.009 --> 00:18:32.078 that you have to change with time 396 00:18:32.078 --> 00:18:35.581 and that you have to also be able to take creative criticism 397 00:18:35.581 --> 00:18:37.316 and continue to grow in your craft. 398 00:18:37.316 --> 00:18:39.018 - Two, three, four. 399 00:18:39.018 --> 00:18:42.722 - I'm not understanding. You just learned this yesterday. 400 00:18:42.722 --> 00:18:44.390 Why are you not doing it today? 401 00:18:44.390 --> 00:18:46.158 Dance in your space. 402 00:18:46.158 --> 00:18:47.593 You're all over there in the fireplace. 403 00:18:47.593 --> 00:18:49.462 What are you, wood? 404 00:18:49.462 --> 00:18:51.931 Damn. Come on. Let's go. 405 00:18:51.931 --> 00:18:53.733 Anthony: What a lot of people don't realize 406 00:18:53.733 --> 00:18:56.869 about gay individuals is-- 407 00:18:56.869 --> 00:18:59.538 Like, some families may not accept that person, 408 00:18:59.538 --> 00:19:01.674 so we become that family, and I think 409 00:19:01.674 --> 00:19:05.311 that's where a lot of the head-butting comes along. 410 00:19:05.311 --> 00:19:07.613 - Your feet on two. Two. 411 00:19:08.848 --> 00:19:10.916 - Anthony: These guys are like brothers to me. 412 00:19:10.916 --> 00:19:13.953 We have our fights just like anybody else. 413 00:19:14.787 --> 00:19:18.524 We go through breakups. 414 00:19:18.524 --> 00:19:20.760 Somebody in our family... 415 00:19:22.495 --> 00:19:24.964 maybe not accepting who we are. 416 00:19:26.999 --> 00:19:28.100 Um... 417 00:19:29.435 --> 00:19:31.003 You know, we are there for each other. 418 00:19:32.271 --> 00:19:34.073 God knows we love each other. 419 00:19:34.073 --> 00:19:36.008 [ Laughter ] 420 00:19:55.594 --> 00:19:58.998 - You late for work? - Napoleon: No, not late. 421 00:19:58.998 --> 00:20:00.700 Got like 20 minutes to get up 422 00:20:00.700 --> 00:20:03.169 and then get dressed and do all this stuff 423 00:20:03.169 --> 00:20:04.737 and then be out the door, 424 00:20:04.737 --> 00:20:07.206 so I always move at a pretty fast pace. 425 00:20:08.474 --> 00:20:10.142 - I think you're late. - Huh? 426 00:20:10.142 --> 00:20:12.745 - I think you're late. - I'm not late. I'm not late. 427 00:20:14.413 --> 00:20:15.948 My name is Lynell Goodwin. 428 00:20:15.948 --> 00:20:19.218 I am also known as Napoleon. 429 00:20:19.218 --> 00:20:21.654 Authentic Atlanta native. 430 00:20:21.654 --> 00:20:24.824 I teach on an elementary school level, 431 00:20:24.824 --> 00:20:27.059 and then I teach on a high school level. 432 00:20:27.059 --> 00:20:32.765 And then I also am the CEO of my own nonprofit organization, 433 00:20:32.765 --> 00:20:34.800 Which is a music advocacy group. 434 00:20:34.800 --> 00:20:38.204 So I do a lot of things for a living. 435 00:20:39.572 --> 00:20:41.974 Today, for example, I woke up at 5:00. 436 00:20:41.974 --> 00:20:44.443 I went to my first job. Got off at 3:00. 437 00:20:44.443 --> 00:20:46.245 Had to be at the next job at 4:00 438 00:20:46.245 --> 00:20:48.080 to practice with the band from 4:00 to 6:00. 439 00:20:48.080 --> 00:20:50.182 After I practiced with the band from 4:00 to 6:00, 440 00:20:50.182 --> 00:20:52.852 we have a football game, which will last undoubtedly 441 00:20:52.852 --> 00:20:54.854 until 10:30. At that point, 442 00:20:54.854 --> 00:20:57.189 then I will have to travel back home, get in uniform 443 00:20:57.189 --> 00:21:01.260 and go out to this event that's going to happen tomorrow night. 444 00:21:01.260 --> 00:21:04.396 So that is just a peek into how hard it is 445 00:21:04.396 --> 00:21:07.900 to juggle everything, to keep everything in a perspective, 446 00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:10.102 to keep your priorities straight as well. 447 00:21:10.102 --> 00:21:11.437 Because as much as I love bucking, 448 00:21:11.437 --> 00:21:12.905 as much as I love doing it, 449 00:21:12.905 --> 00:21:15.508 I have to make sure I'm dedicating 100% 450 00:21:15.508 --> 00:21:17.443 to those kids that I'm teaching. 451 00:21:17.443 --> 00:21:19.345 You know? Because they deserve it the most. 452 00:21:19.345 --> 00:21:21.013 Another form of bullying 453 00:21:21.013 --> 00:21:23.449 that's becoming really, really big nowadays, 454 00:21:23.449 --> 00:21:25.084 it's called cyberbullying. 455 00:21:25.084 --> 00:21:27.119 You saw a little bit of it here. 456 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:29.155 I love kids. I work hard for kids. 457 00:21:29.155 --> 00:21:31.757 That's what my whole life is pretty much centered around. 458 00:21:31.757 --> 00:21:33.526 What I notice coming out of school 459 00:21:33.526 --> 00:21:38.264 is that everybody is competing to impress the next person. 460 00:21:38.264 --> 00:21:40.366 You know? That's what they dedicate their lives for. 461 00:21:40.366 --> 00:21:42.968 It's almost like people are living for other people. 462 00:21:42.968 --> 00:21:45.771 What do I tell them? I say, "You're not cool 463 00:21:45.771 --> 00:21:50.176 unless you're okay with being lame." 464 00:21:50.176 --> 00:21:52.378 As they stop trying to live for other people, 465 00:21:52.378 --> 00:21:54.847 release your inhibitions. Do what it is 466 00:21:54.847 --> 00:21:57.016 that makes you laugh or makes you happy or whatnot. 467 00:21:57.016 --> 00:21:59.852 And until you're comfortable doing that, 468 00:21:59.852 --> 00:22:01.887 that's when you're actually going to be cool. 469 00:22:01.887 --> 00:22:03.622 I think there's a misconception 470 00:22:03.622 --> 00:22:06.926 that because we choose to do something that is unpopular, 471 00:22:06.926 --> 00:22:08.327 that is mainstream, 472 00:22:08.327 --> 00:22:12.231 that we're, you know, not fit, I guess, 473 00:22:12.231 --> 00:22:15.968 to do certain things in mainstream, and more-- 474 00:22:15.968 --> 00:22:18.704 I guess what I'm talking about is a specific event. 475 00:22:18.704 --> 00:22:19.939 I was called to the principal's office 476 00:22:19.939 --> 00:22:22.641 at my job like last year some time 477 00:22:22.641 --> 00:22:24.276 because a parent had googled my name 478 00:22:24.276 --> 00:22:28.147 and found an image of me in uniform. 479 00:22:28.147 --> 00:22:29.982 And it wasn't even a feminine uniform 480 00:22:29.982 --> 00:22:31.750 'cause, you know, I don't really do the feminine uniforms. 481 00:22:31.750 --> 00:22:34.854 And the principal was just like, "You know, there are parents 482 00:22:34.854 --> 00:22:37.690 who, you know, have an issue with this." 483 00:22:37.690 --> 00:22:39.291 Yada, yada, yada. 484 00:22:39.291 --> 00:22:41.193 Well, just because I dance doesn't mean I'm unfit 485 00:22:41.193 --> 00:22:44.997 to give your kids opportunities, you know, 486 00:22:44.997 --> 00:22:48.367 and guide your kids on a path in life 487 00:22:48.367 --> 00:22:51.036 and give them different opportunities through music 488 00:22:51.036 --> 00:22:53.205 that they would not have ever gotten, you know. 489 00:22:53.205 --> 00:22:55.841 Because I work hard for kids. 490 00:22:56.909 --> 00:22:58.844 Just because there are people that do things 491 00:22:58.844 --> 00:23:00.779 that you might not have done, 492 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:02.815 that doesn't mean that we're bad people 493 00:23:02.815 --> 00:23:05.050 or that we have any malicious intent 494 00:23:05.050 --> 00:23:08.587 towards, you know, the students or anybody else, 495 00:23:08.587 --> 00:23:09.622 you know, in society. 496 00:23:09.622 --> 00:23:11.123 We're just having fun 497 00:23:11.123 --> 00:23:13.993 and doing what we do and, you know, loving it. 498 00:23:13.993 --> 00:23:19.231 [ Drums beating in rhythm ] 499 00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:31.143 ♪♪♪ 500 00:23:31.143 --> 00:23:37.816 [ Fingers snapping in rhythm ] 501 00:23:39.218 --> 00:23:41.520 The stigma that comes with J-Setting-- 502 00:23:41.520 --> 00:23:43.889 Which one? It's so many different stigmas 503 00:23:43.889 --> 00:23:45.457 that come with J-Setting. 504 00:23:45.457 --> 00:23:47.860 First, there's-- that all J-Setters are feminine, 505 00:23:47.860 --> 00:23:50.729 that all J-Setters wish they were girls. 506 00:23:50.729 --> 00:23:53.499 - You're a bottom. That's the first thing you're gonna get. 507 00:23:53.499 --> 00:23:56.001 You're a bottom. You're extremely feminine. 508 00:23:56.001 --> 00:23:58.170 And, you know, you don't know how to conduct yourself. 509 00:23:58.170 --> 00:24:00.205 You're too involved in the gay life. 510 00:24:00.205 --> 00:24:04.877 - J-Setters all are just flamboyant, feminine. 511 00:24:04.877 --> 00:24:07.179 They don't do nothing else. They just go in the club and twirl. 512 00:24:07.179 --> 00:24:09.782 - They might assume that since when I dance, 513 00:24:09.782 --> 00:24:11.450 I'm in makeup and shorts and bras, 514 00:24:11.450 --> 00:24:13.452 that I'm gonna live my day-to-day life that way, 515 00:24:13.452 --> 00:24:14.720 and it's not the case. 516 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:16.822 - As you can see, I'm not feminine. 517 00:24:16.822 --> 00:24:21.126 You know, and a lot of people in the community are not feminine. 518 00:24:21.126 --> 00:24:22.761 We just so happen to be bold enough 519 00:24:22.761 --> 00:24:25.230 to do what the hell-- what we wanna do. Excuse me. 520 00:24:25.230 --> 00:24:30.502 What we wanna do without being scared of somebody judging us, 521 00:24:30.502 --> 00:24:31.904 so to speak. 522 00:24:31.904 --> 00:24:33.138 - "A man is supposed to be a man, 523 00:24:33.138 --> 00:24:34.440 and he's supposed to do this." 524 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:36.141 I feel like 525 00:24:36.141 --> 00:24:38.510 times have changed so much that I don't have to conform 526 00:24:38.510 --> 00:24:41.547 or put myself in a box and say, "Well, me, as a man, 527 00:24:41.547 --> 00:24:42.915 I have to do this, and I have to do that." 528 00:24:42.915 --> 00:24:44.350 I'm gonna do what I wanna do. 529 00:24:44.350 --> 00:24:46.385 - But I know there's plenty of people-- 530 00:24:46.385 --> 00:24:48.687 Some of my friends, they'll be like, 531 00:24:48.687 --> 00:24:50.222 "Okay, I can't go to practice today 532 00:24:50.222 --> 00:24:52.458 because my boyfriend don't like me doing this" 533 00:24:52.458 --> 00:24:53.926 and stuff like that. That happens. 534 00:24:53.926 --> 00:24:55.661 I don't have time for that. 535 00:24:55.661 --> 00:24:57.329 You know, I have one life to live, 536 00:24:57.329 --> 00:25:00.833 and I'm all about doing what I feel is real for me. 537 00:25:03.602 --> 00:25:05.838 [ Laughs ] 538 00:25:05.838 --> 00:25:09.074 [ Fingers snapping in rhythm ] 539 00:25:09.074 --> 00:25:12.378 [ Train whistle blowing ] 540 00:25:16.749 --> 00:25:18.150 -Anthony: So let me ask you this. 541 00:25:18.150 --> 00:25:19.918 What brought you to the organization? 542 00:25:19.918 --> 00:25:21.887 - Who-- - What brought me to Atlanta... 543 00:25:21.887 --> 00:25:24.323 - Anthony: When he first came, I didn't care for Mike. 544 00:25:24.323 --> 00:25:27.559 You know, he was quiet. He was kind of reserved. 545 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:29.995 And that kind of scared me. You know, they say, you know, 546 00:25:29.995 --> 00:25:31.296 "Quiet people get to you." 547 00:25:31.296 --> 00:25:32.898 But you was like dry turkey. 548 00:25:32.898 --> 00:25:35.000 I couldn't get a feel of you. 549 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:36.835 It was like, "Hey, Mike." "Hey." 550 00:25:36.835 --> 00:25:40.105 I'm like, "This [ bleep ]-- Who she think she is?" 551 00:25:40.105 --> 00:25:41.440 - I ain't gonna say I didn't like him 552 00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:43.242 like he said he didn't like me. 553 00:25:43.242 --> 00:25:45.310 I had heard about y'all, and then I heard about you. 554 00:25:45.310 --> 00:25:48.380 "This big dude up there, he be dancing." Uhh, uhh, uhh. 555 00:25:48.380 --> 00:25:50.182 - That's what the girl was saying in Texas about me? 556 00:25:50.182 --> 00:25:52.117 -Well, child. - Mm-hmm. 557 00:25:53.285 --> 00:25:55.020 -Eh. - I was amazed 558 00:25:55.020 --> 00:25:56.588 because he was a big dude 559 00:25:56.588 --> 00:25:59.258 doing stuff that I've never seen a big dude do. 560 00:25:59.258 --> 00:26:01.960 - But I didn't like your outspokenness. 561 00:26:01.960 --> 00:26:04.096 - What was outspoken about me, Mike? 562 00:26:04.096 --> 00:26:07.766 - Like you be so raw, uncut. Even sexual stuff. 563 00:26:07.766 --> 00:26:09.735 - Ooh! - "Did he just say that?" 564 00:26:09.735 --> 00:26:12.471 - I'm not afraid to be myself when I'm around Michael. 565 00:26:12.471 --> 00:26:16.275 Especially since I don't talk to my family about my sexuality. 566 00:26:16.275 --> 00:26:19.711 I think it was just something that out of respect for me 567 00:26:19.711 --> 00:26:23.715 and me out of respect for them that I never spoke about it 568 00:26:23.715 --> 00:26:26.585 to them, but I don't feel like I should have to 569 00:26:26.585 --> 00:26:28.220 because we're a family, 570 00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:30.856 and they love me unconditionally for who I am. 571 00:26:30.856 --> 00:26:32.558 I mean, ain't nobody mom's stupid. 572 00:26:32.558 --> 00:26:37.162 You around your baby all this time and not know... 573 00:26:37.162 --> 00:26:39.097 It never have came a time 574 00:26:39.097 --> 00:26:41.200 when my family have asked anything about me. 575 00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:43.035 But I am who I am. 576 00:26:43.035 --> 00:26:45.704 You know, I don't go around and be the whole flamboyant thing, 577 00:26:45.704 --> 00:26:49.241 but I'm gonna be me, and I know I have that in me, 578 00:26:49.241 --> 00:26:51.276 and they love me for who I am. 579 00:26:51.276 --> 00:26:54.379 I felt for the longest that I was by myself. 580 00:26:54.379 --> 00:26:56.281 Because growing up in an area that I grew up in, 581 00:26:56.281 --> 00:26:59.818 either you was in the closet or you was flamboyant. 582 00:26:59.818 --> 00:27:01.987 And you didn't wanna be the person to be picked on. 583 00:27:01.987 --> 00:27:03.689 You know, sometimes I will pick fights 584 00:27:03.689 --> 00:27:06.592 just to say I wanted them to think, you know, he's crazy. 585 00:27:06.592 --> 00:27:08.827 'Cause, you know, crazy will keep people off of you. 586 00:27:08.827 --> 00:27:12.030 In reality, I was scared. I was a scared child. 587 00:27:12.030 --> 00:27:14.266 If you hadn't been down that road, 588 00:27:14.266 --> 00:27:16.001 you can't tell me how bumpy it is. 589 00:27:16.001 --> 00:27:20.138 So you can never understand where a person had never had 590 00:27:20.138 --> 00:27:21.573 has to go through 591 00:27:21.573 --> 00:27:23.775 and what people have to do to survive. 592 00:27:23.775 --> 00:27:28.714 Michael Jackson came in in 2006 as team captain 593 00:27:28.714 --> 00:27:30.282 to fill in for me, 594 00:27:30.282 --> 00:27:33.986 due to the fact that I had been still going through 595 00:27:33.986 --> 00:27:35.954 some trying times, so... 596 00:27:35.954 --> 00:27:37.823 ♪♪♪ 597 00:27:37.823 --> 00:27:41.660 I stopped being active with my team around 2003. 598 00:27:43.095 --> 00:27:45.564 It was one late night... 599 00:27:46.498 --> 00:27:48.467 coming from a friend's house... 600 00:27:49.501 --> 00:27:53.038 and decided that I wanted to go to the store. 601 00:27:55.107 --> 00:27:58.277 Got to the parking lot and got out of my car. 602 00:27:58.277 --> 00:28:00.212 - [ Car alarm chirps ] - And as I proceeded 603 00:28:00.212 --> 00:28:01.580 to go into the store 604 00:28:01.580 --> 00:28:03.982 I can hear footsteps running up on me. 605 00:28:03.982 --> 00:28:05.951 Da-da-da-da-da-da. 606 00:28:06.919 --> 00:28:09.187 And as I looked, 607 00:28:09.187 --> 00:28:11.423 I can see this dude coming at me, 608 00:28:11.423 --> 00:28:14.092 saying, you know, [ bleep ] "Give me your keys." 609 00:28:15.260 --> 00:28:17.062 And I was thinking like, 610 00:28:17.062 --> 00:28:20.365 "You must be out your rabbit-ass mind." You know. 611 00:28:21.867 --> 00:28:23.669 He swung at me. He missed. 612 00:28:23.669 --> 00:28:26.738 And I turned around, and when I hit him, he fell. 613 00:28:26.738 --> 00:28:30.042 So I was like, "I'm finna beat your ass." 614 00:28:30.042 --> 00:28:32.444 Once I went to hit him a second time, 615 00:28:32.444 --> 00:28:36.448 he lift up his shirt, and I can see the handle of a gun. 616 00:28:36.448 --> 00:28:38.650 And I was like, "Oh, [ bleep ], he got a gun." 617 00:28:40.452 --> 00:28:42.454 At that point, he shot. 618 00:28:44.590 --> 00:28:47.225 The second time he shot, all I felt was like fire 619 00:28:47.225 --> 00:28:49.461 just going through my leg. 620 00:28:50.329 --> 00:28:52.497 The third time I heard the shot, 621 00:28:52.497 --> 00:28:54.766 my hand was, like, full of blood. 622 00:28:54.766 --> 00:28:56.668 And he proceeded to run. 623 00:29:01.273 --> 00:29:02.507 [ Siren chirps ] 624 00:29:09.081 --> 00:29:13.151 That was a major changing point for me 625 00:29:13.151 --> 00:29:14.853 as far as my faith, 626 00:29:14.853 --> 00:29:18.957 as far as thinking why me. 627 00:29:18.957 --> 00:29:21.526 You know, I hadn't done anything to anybody. 628 00:29:32.504 --> 00:29:34.740 It still kind of hurt today, you know, 629 00:29:34.740 --> 00:29:38.143 just to think about it, that you got people out there 630 00:29:38.143 --> 00:29:40.746 that are willing to take your life. 631 00:29:40.746 --> 00:29:53.492 ♪♪♪ 632 00:29:53.492 --> 00:29:56.461 You know, it was just like-- 633 00:29:56.461 --> 00:30:00.799 Dance is like my first love of something to do, you know. 634 00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:04.169 Now can I dance again? You know, be able to do 635 00:30:04.169 --> 00:30:06.972 what brings joy to me, you know. 636 00:30:06.972 --> 00:30:08.974 Can I even walk again? 637 00:30:09.741 --> 00:30:12.711 There's a point when I didn't even wanna be here. 638 00:30:12.711 --> 00:30:18.717 ♪♪♪ 639 00:30:18.717 --> 00:30:19.718 [ Exhales ] 640 00:30:21.520 --> 00:30:24.623 But there's a strong-- a stronger power. 641 00:30:27.392 --> 00:30:29.628 And you can get through it. 642 00:30:31.930 --> 00:30:33.999 ♪♪♪ 643 00:30:33.999 --> 00:30:35.967 I had to give it to God. 644 00:30:35.967 --> 00:30:38.670 I had to let him make the decision, you know, 645 00:30:38.670 --> 00:30:41.473 and put it in his hands and just trust in him 646 00:30:41.473 --> 00:30:44.509 that he would guide me to the right situation. 647 00:30:48.814 --> 00:30:52.417 And God has been good to me, you know. 648 00:30:52.417 --> 00:30:56.388 110%. You know. 649 00:30:56.388 --> 00:30:59.891 And I learned to not question him about anything. 650 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:03.295 'Cause he may not be there exactly when you want him, 651 00:31:03.295 --> 00:31:05.397 but he'll be there on time. 652 00:31:26.685 --> 00:31:30.155 - Anthony: Oh, guys, wait, wait, wait. 653 00:31:30.155 --> 00:31:31.757 The trophies over there. 654 00:31:31.757 --> 00:31:33.425 Y'all gonna have to take those trophies off of that desk. 655 00:31:33.425 --> 00:31:35.127 That's the HIV table. [ Groans ] 656 00:31:35.994 --> 00:31:37.963 - J-Phi members, I need for y'all to help me 657 00:31:37.963 --> 00:31:40.966 'cause y'all just standing. I'm not just talking to you. 658 00:31:40.966 --> 00:31:42.701 I'm talking to anybody that's standing around. 659 00:31:42.701 --> 00:31:46.538 - Y'all know I get real-- - Calm down, Ma. 660 00:31:46.538 --> 00:31:48.406 - Anthony: Every morning I wake up I'm just grateful 661 00:31:48.406 --> 00:31:51.409 to see another day that I hadn't seen before 662 00:31:51.409 --> 00:31:53.779 and thank the Lord for being able 663 00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:55.947 to instill in me and my organization 664 00:31:55.947 --> 00:31:57.449 to give back to a community 665 00:31:57.449 --> 00:32:00.619 that sometimes I feel is misled, you know, 666 00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:03.488 in a lot of different ways, from the way that people portray us. 667 00:32:03.488 --> 00:32:06.558 We're trying to take our craft in a different level. 668 00:32:06.558 --> 00:32:09.194 Tell it from a positive aspect. 669 00:32:09.194 --> 00:32:11.630 Instead of somebody just looking at us and boys in drag. 670 00:32:11.630 --> 00:32:14.499 The way they see it. So we're gonna make it right. 671 00:32:14.499 --> 00:32:16.334 - [ Indistinct conversation ] - January, 672 00:32:16.334 --> 00:32:18.837 and this particular holiday, means a lot to us 673 00:32:18.837 --> 00:32:21.439 because of what Dr. King stood for. 674 00:32:21.439 --> 00:32:22.808 [ Crowd singing ] 675 00:32:22.808 --> 00:32:24.476 What he fought for for nonviolence 676 00:32:24.476 --> 00:32:26.044 and for people to have the rights 677 00:32:26.044 --> 00:32:27.479 to do what they wanna do, 678 00:32:27.479 --> 00:32:28.914 even though he was fighting for voting 679 00:32:28.914 --> 00:32:30.715 and for black people to be able to have 680 00:32:30.715 --> 00:32:33.318 the same equality of life as whites. 681 00:32:33.318 --> 00:32:34.986 - Crowd: ♪ Freedom ♪ 682 00:32:34.986 --> 00:32:37.656 - Today it's different situations but the same thing. 683 00:32:37.656 --> 00:32:39.891 - Crowd: We will never live in fear! 684 00:32:39.891 --> 00:32:41.893 - The competition was called Live the Dream. 685 00:32:41.893 --> 00:32:45.831 Because we can live the dream that he wanted us to have, 686 00:32:45.831 --> 00:32:48.800 when he spoke about having all these different rights 687 00:32:48.800 --> 00:32:50.535 and different things for people to be able 688 00:32:50.535 --> 00:32:52.838 to do what they wanna do. 689 00:32:52.838 --> 00:32:56.208 Okay, let me go greet my judges. 690 00:33:07.152 --> 00:33:09.888 I have all-female judging panel, 691 00:33:09.888 --> 00:33:13.058 which all of the ladies are from HBCU bands, 692 00:33:13.058 --> 00:33:17.195 and they are very particular about the way you do things. 693 00:33:17.195 --> 00:33:20.398 If you're gonna portray it, do it the correct way. 694 00:33:30.976 --> 00:33:32.644 - You're welcome. - From the bottom of my heart. 695 00:33:32.644 --> 00:33:34.713 - Thank you. - I don't wanna cry. 696 00:33:34.713 --> 00:33:36.047 - Ohh! 697 00:33:36.047 --> 00:33:38.083 - Having these ladies judge my competition, 698 00:33:38.083 --> 00:33:39.651 it means the world to me. 699 00:33:39.651 --> 00:33:43.021 Having to do what they did gives me inspiration 700 00:33:43.021 --> 00:33:44.789 to wanna do what I do now. 701 00:33:44.789 --> 00:33:47.792 Thank you, guys, for coming out to the Fourth Annual 702 00:33:47.792 --> 00:33:49.394 Live the Dream competition 703 00:33:49.394 --> 00:33:53.298 This is Phi Phi's 23rd-year anniversary 704 00:33:53.298 --> 00:33:56.268 that we'll be celebrating, so give it up for my guys. 705 00:33:56.268 --> 00:33:58.136 - Woman: Whoo-hoo! 706 00:33:58.136 --> 00:34:02.073 - Uh, I wanna say, you know, 707 00:34:02.073 --> 00:34:04.776 MLK is much more than what we're here for. 708 00:34:04.776 --> 00:34:08.813 There's a meaning into everything that we do. 709 00:34:08.813 --> 00:34:11.583 And giving back to the community with a clothing drive. 710 00:34:11.583 --> 00:34:14.252 There's a HIV table. Thank you, Andre. 711 00:34:14.252 --> 00:34:17.155 He's over there if you need condoms or anything. 712 00:34:17.155 --> 00:34:20.125 Better know your status than not to know it at all 713 00:34:20.125 --> 00:34:21.426 and it's too late. 714 00:34:21.426 --> 00:34:22.961 So with that being said, 715 00:34:22.961 --> 00:34:24.663 we're gonna get the first category started. 716 00:34:24.663 --> 00:34:26.498 - Napoleon: All right, all right, all right. 717 00:34:26.498 --> 00:34:29.234 We're gonna go ahead and get it started with Intros and Exits. 718 00:34:29.234 --> 00:34:31.536 So this is the opportunity where the teams get to come in 719 00:34:31.536 --> 00:34:34.339 as if they're marching into the stadium for the first time. 720 00:34:34.339 --> 00:34:35.974 [ Cheering ] 721 00:34:35.974 --> 00:34:38.443 - Anthony: Today consists of five categories. 722 00:34:38.443 --> 00:34:42.447 We base it majority off of historically black colleges 723 00:34:42.447 --> 00:34:46.217 and universities marching band styles. 724 00:34:46.217 --> 00:34:48.353 Like when you see a band come in, 725 00:34:48.353 --> 00:34:50.055 you see the girls giving the pageantry 726 00:34:50.055 --> 00:34:52.891 of how they bring it in in their own way. 727 00:34:52.891 --> 00:34:54.526 So that's Intros and Exits. Bring it in 728 00:34:54.526 --> 00:34:56.027 like you would come into a stadium 729 00:34:56.027 --> 00:34:59.064 and if you was leaving a stadium. 730 00:34:59.064 --> 00:35:07.906 ♪♪♪ 731 00:35:07.906 --> 00:35:09.975 [ Cheering ] 732 00:35:09.975 --> 00:35:11.576 - Well, being the only white guy, 733 00:35:11.576 --> 00:35:13.278 I get a lot of attention from everybody. 734 00:35:13.278 --> 00:35:16.047 A lot of people get shocked when they see me dance. 735 00:35:16.047 --> 00:35:19.084 They really can't believe that I have the rhythm and the moves 736 00:35:19.084 --> 00:35:21.653 and that I'm able to keep up, but I got it. 737 00:35:21.653 --> 00:35:25.056 - ♪♪♪ - [ applause ] 738 00:35:25.056 --> 00:35:28.893 Napoleon: All right, give it up for Most Wanted. Yeah. 739 00:35:28.893 --> 00:35:44.242 [ Drums beating in rhythm ] 740 00:35:44.242 --> 00:35:48.113 [ Cheering and whistling ] 741 00:35:49.514 --> 00:35:50.682 - Yeah! 742 00:35:50.682 --> 00:35:54.652 ♪♪♪ 743 00:35:54.652 --> 00:35:58.656 [ Cheering ] 744 00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:04.629 [ Cheering ] 745 00:36:08.867 --> 00:36:10.702 - Yeah! 746 00:36:10.702 --> 00:36:14.305 ♪♪♪ 747 00:36:14.305 --> 00:36:17.509 - Man: Ohh! 748 00:36:17.509 --> 00:36:21.946 ♪♪♪ 749 00:36:21.946 --> 00:36:23.314 [ Cheering ] 750 00:36:23.314 --> 00:36:26.951 ♪♪♪ 751 00:36:26.951 --> 00:36:28.119 - Man: Ohh! 752 00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:30.522 ♪♪♪ 753 00:36:30.522 --> 00:36:32.057 [ applause ] 754 00:36:32.057 --> 00:36:34.692 - Napoleon: Tip, tip, tip, tip, tip on out. 755 00:36:34.692 --> 00:36:38.430 [ Laughs ] 756 00:36:38.430 --> 00:36:41.232 [ Indistinct conversation ] 757 00:36:41.232 --> 00:36:42.834 [ Screams ] 758 00:36:42.834 --> 00:36:45.537 [ Audience laughing ] 759 00:36:45.537 --> 00:36:48.306 [ Indistinct conversation ] 760 00:36:48.306 --> 00:36:50.975 Napoleon: 761 00:36:55.046 --> 00:36:56.848 - We're just gonna do a little impromptu thing. 762 00:36:56.848 --> 00:36:59.084 Is there anyone in the audience that would like 763 00:36:59.084 --> 00:37:03.021 to come up and tell us what do MLK Weekend stands for you? 764 00:37:03.021 --> 00:37:08.293 - Well, um, MLK Weekend is very special for me 765 00:37:08.293 --> 00:37:12.530 because last year was my first competition ever. 766 00:37:12.530 --> 00:37:15.333 [ House music playing ] 767 00:37:15.333 --> 00:37:18.903 - My name is Johnny Borders III, so I am a third. 768 00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:23.975 When I'm bucking, I almost feel the chemistry 769 00:37:23.975 --> 00:37:26.010 and the connection with everyone 770 00:37:26.010 --> 00:37:28.246 because it's such a repetitious style. 771 00:37:28.246 --> 00:37:31.316 You really, really can feel your team. 772 00:37:31.316 --> 00:37:35.787 We kind of build a brotherhood and sisterhood behind it. 773 00:37:37.589 --> 00:37:40.225 I was born in Pontiac, Michigan. 774 00:37:40.225 --> 00:37:42.827 We kind of don't perform as much in Michigan 775 00:37:42.827 --> 00:37:46.064 because the gay community, 776 00:37:46.064 --> 00:37:48.766 they're not as welcoming to it. 777 00:37:50.401 --> 00:37:52.837 A couple of times I have bawled my eyes out, 778 00:37:52.837 --> 00:37:56.674 you know, from different conversations with my team. 779 00:37:56.674 --> 00:37:59.644 I'm just sitting there feeling helpless. 780 00:37:59.644 --> 00:38:03.681 And this is why I push now because I want us to get big, 781 00:38:03.681 --> 00:38:06.284 and I want to take everyone out of here. 782 00:38:06.284 --> 00:38:10.288 I know that what I'm doing, I'm gonna pull you in. 783 00:38:10.288 --> 00:38:12.357 I'm gonna make you stand and watch me, 784 00:38:12.357 --> 00:38:15.493 and my team is gonna make you stand and watch us. 785 00:38:15.493 --> 00:38:18.296 - All right, thank you, Johnny. Thank you again, Johnny. 786 00:38:18.296 --> 00:38:20.799 And we do appreciate it. I'm gonna turn it over to Flash. 787 00:38:20.799 --> 00:38:23.234 We're getting ready to go into the next category. 788 00:38:26.104 --> 00:38:27.438 - Crowd: Yeah! 789 00:38:28.573 --> 00:38:31.442 - Y'all ready for the next category? Say, "Yeah!" 790 00:38:31.442 --> 00:38:33.244 - Crowd: Yeah! 791 00:38:33.244 --> 00:38:35.180 - Anthony: 792 00:38:37.615 --> 00:38:40.351 House is, you know, whatever you can do in the stands. 793 00:38:40.351 --> 00:38:42.854 So if you can't split in the stands or if you can't kick 794 00:38:42.854 --> 00:38:44.689 or flip in the stands, you don't do it 795 00:38:44.689 --> 00:38:46.824 in this portion of the competition. 796 00:38:46.824 --> 00:38:48.726 That's the third category. 797 00:38:48.726 --> 00:38:51.963 [ House music playing ] 798 00:39:01.472 --> 00:39:02.507 - Yeah! 799 00:39:02.507 --> 00:39:06.177 ♪♪♪ 800 00:39:30.501 --> 00:39:32.136 [ no audible dialogue ] 801 00:39:33.938 --> 00:39:38.376 [ Crowd whooping ] 802 00:39:46.951 --> 00:39:49.320 Napoleon: Tip, tip, tip, tip, tip on out. 803 00:40:02.066 --> 00:40:03.968 - Around Labor Day, we had a member 804 00:40:03.968 --> 00:40:09.774 that passed unexpectedly to cancer. 805 00:40:11.009 --> 00:40:13.645 And we had literally spoken with him, like, the week-- 806 00:40:13.645 --> 00:40:15.847 maybe a couple of days before, and he was supposed 807 00:40:15.847 --> 00:40:17.548 to come to the competition. 808 00:40:17.548 --> 00:40:19.884 And at the end of the night, we found out he had passed 809 00:40:19.884 --> 00:40:21.986 that same day. 810 00:40:21.986 --> 00:40:24.289 - Anthony: From day one, from the first one, 811 00:40:24.289 --> 00:40:26.658 first person to be there for the new kids, 812 00:40:26.658 --> 00:40:28.326 the current line, to cheer them on. 813 00:40:28.326 --> 00:40:30.495 You know, I love him being a helping hand 814 00:40:30.495 --> 00:40:34.499 in whichever way it was, financially, emotionally. 815 00:40:34.499 --> 00:40:37.802 There's not a day that go by that we don't think about him. 816 00:40:37.802 --> 00:40:39.737 So... Yeah. 817 00:40:41.472 --> 00:40:45.677 - I put together a little show to give people an idea 818 00:40:45.677 --> 00:40:47.812 of some of the people we lost. 819 00:40:47.812 --> 00:40:49.380 Basically to let people know 820 00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:51.349 that express themselves while people are here. 821 00:40:51.349 --> 00:40:53.518 Like, it was some things that I didn't get to tell my mom 822 00:40:53.518 --> 00:40:57.822 when she passed because she passed unexpectedly 823 00:40:57.822 --> 00:40:59.457 when I got the call. 824 00:40:59.457 --> 00:41:02.794 So most of the words that you see are my words. 825 00:41:02.794 --> 00:41:06.731 Um, I mean, it's how I feel, but I think it's universal 826 00:41:06.731 --> 00:41:09.200 'cause I think everybody feel the way that I feel. 827 00:41:10.668 --> 00:41:13.771 - Anthony: Within 23 years, we lost five other members. 828 00:41:14.906 --> 00:41:16.441 [ Sighs ] 829 00:41:16.441 --> 00:41:20.878 And I just feel that it's only right for us 830 00:41:20.878 --> 00:41:25.984 to-- to honor these guys, you know. 831 00:41:30.455 --> 00:41:36.361 [ House music playing ] 832 00:41:52.543 --> 00:41:58.683 ♪♪♪ 833 00:41:58.683 --> 00:42:02.320 [ Crowd whooping ] 834 00:42:10.762 --> 00:42:12.530 - Whoo-hoo! 835 00:42:13.931 --> 00:42:16.000 [ Man laughs ] 836 00:42:18.136 --> 00:42:20.204 - Y'all give a round of applause for J-Phi. 837 00:42:20.204 --> 00:42:22.507 - Phi-Phi. -[ Cheers and applause ] 838 00:42:22.507 --> 00:42:25.443 Y'all can do better than that. Give a round of applause now. 839 00:42:25.443 --> 00:42:27.812 - Anthony: I really think Dr. King would be pleased 840 00:42:27.812 --> 00:42:29.647 with the progress that we have made 841 00:42:29.647 --> 00:42:33.384 in the things that we're doing, along with the outside work 842 00:42:33.384 --> 00:42:35.720 that goes along with this competition. 843 00:42:35.720 --> 00:42:39.290 I think he would see that part to be justice. 844 00:42:39.290 --> 00:42:42.226 And from our heart. We do it from the heart. 845 00:42:42.226 --> 00:42:44.062 - [ applause ] - As my husband, 846 00:42:44.062 --> 00:42:46.731 Martin Luther King, Jr., said, 847 00:42:46.731 --> 00:42:49.567 "I have fought too long and hard 848 00:42:49.567 --> 00:42:53.738 against segregated public accommodations 849 00:42:53.738 --> 00:42:57.508 to end up segregating my moral concerns." 850 00:42:57.508 --> 00:43:02.914 - Man: Whoo! - [ Cheers and applause ] 851 00:43:02.914 --> 00:43:06.517 "Justice is indivisible." 852 00:43:08.586 --> 00:43:12.657 - Anthony: This winter was one of the coldest winters 853 00:43:12.657 --> 00:43:14.358 that I have experienced. 854 00:43:14.358 --> 00:43:16.861 We had six degrees weather, 855 00:43:16.861 --> 00:43:20.131 and I was like, "God, Atlanta don't get that cold." 856 00:43:20.131 --> 00:43:23.034 You know, and I was thinking, 857 00:43:23.034 --> 00:43:26.137 as I was trying to stay warm in my own house, 858 00:43:26.137 --> 00:43:29.240 that somebody's homeless and don't have blankets 859 00:43:29.240 --> 00:43:34.312 and don't have coats and things to keep them warm. 860 00:43:34.312 --> 00:43:36.681 And we're fortunate enough to be able to have that 861 00:43:36.681 --> 00:43:40.918 and that somebody can use things that we don't even wear anymore. 862 00:43:40.918 --> 00:43:43.488 So for Phi Phi, it was kind of like, 863 00:43:43.488 --> 00:43:45.623 "Hey, guys, we need to do a clothing drive. 864 00:43:45.623 --> 00:43:48.125 We're more than just dance. We need to give back 865 00:43:48.125 --> 00:43:50.294 to people that need it." 866 00:43:50.294 --> 00:43:53.197 Anybody can just do one thing and stick to that 867 00:43:53.197 --> 00:43:55.766 and not have a purpose with what you do. 868 00:43:55.766 --> 00:43:59.437 And you have to have a purpose in life for something. 869 00:43:59.437 --> 00:44:01.439 And giving back is one of 'em. 870 00:44:09.447 --> 00:44:13.317 - [ Indistinct conversation ] - [ Laughter ] 871 00:44:13.317 --> 00:44:14.852 - Anthony: Thank, everybody, for coming, by the way. 872 00:44:14.852 --> 00:44:16.921 [ Indistinct conversation ] 873 00:44:16.921 --> 00:44:18.623 Good food. 874 00:44:18.623 --> 00:44:20.525 Y'all done got all the cheese out the macaroni? 875 00:44:20.525 --> 00:44:22.493 - No. - I'm gonna sit at the table. 876 00:44:22.493 --> 00:44:24.529 I want some potato salad on here. 877 00:44:24.529 --> 00:44:26.597 You can keep that fish. I don't know who cooked that. 878 00:44:26.597 --> 00:44:28.699 - I did. - Anthony: Mm. I may be big, 879 00:44:28.699 --> 00:44:31.369 but I'm picky about what I put in my mouth. 880 00:44:31.369 --> 00:44:33.871 - Tony just said something about putting something in his mouth. 881 00:44:33.871 --> 00:44:36.140 - We ain't gonna stop him from putting something in his mouth. 882 00:44:36.140 --> 00:44:37.808 [ Laughs ] 883 00:44:37.808 --> 00:44:39.844 - This is the portion of the captain's dinner 884 00:44:39.844 --> 00:44:43.481 where we kind of sit around and just have open discussion. 885 00:44:43.481 --> 00:44:45.383 Any issue at all. 886 00:44:45.383 --> 00:44:48.386 It could be big girls not wearing enough clothes. 887 00:44:48.386 --> 00:44:51.122 Just lay it out there. Just come on. Lay it out there. 888 00:44:51.956 --> 00:44:53.224 - Oh, okay. 889 00:44:55.192 --> 00:44:57.428 - Napoleon: Absolutely not. - My thing is this, 890 00:44:57.428 --> 00:45:03.000 if I'm gonna allow somebody of a bigger proportion on my team, 891 00:45:03.000 --> 00:45:05.169 then we have to dress accordingly 892 00:45:05.169 --> 00:45:08.005 for my whole team to look as one. 893 00:45:08.005 --> 00:45:09.874 Now, when you put on a two-piece 894 00:45:09.874 --> 00:45:12.343 and you look like a Michelin tire-- 895 00:45:12.343 --> 00:45:13.844 and I'm one of the biggest [ bleep ] out there-- 896 00:45:13.844 --> 00:45:15.479 I'm just gonna go on and put it out there-- 897 00:45:15.479 --> 00:45:18.049 - Napoleon: Really? - I'm not-- But-- 898 00:45:18.049 --> 00:45:19.584 Blushing baby. 899 00:45:19.584 --> 00:45:21.786 [ Laughter ] 900 00:45:21.786 --> 00:45:23.921 But I just think that there should be a standard. 901 00:45:23.921 --> 00:45:26.624 Just like with a collegiate line. They have body cuts. 902 00:45:26.624 --> 00:45:30.962 If you are too small, if you're not gonna fit that Nancy boot, 903 00:45:30.962 --> 00:45:33.164 if you're gonna wear French cuts 904 00:45:33.164 --> 00:45:35.032 and there's nothing French about your cut-- 905 00:45:35.032 --> 00:45:36.400 - Hello. 906 00:45:36.400 --> 00:45:37.802 - You're not gonna make the line. 907 00:45:37.802 --> 00:45:39.303 It is what it is. 908 00:45:39.303 --> 00:45:41.138 But the fact of the matter is 909 00:45:41.138 --> 00:45:42.573 we all have different body shapes. 910 00:45:42.573 --> 00:45:45.176 And we have to be aware of what we do. 911 00:45:45.176 --> 00:45:46.711 - Like, for real. No, for real. 912 00:45:46.711 --> 00:45:49.547 I don't wanna be shown up on the same thing 913 00:45:49.547 --> 00:45:51.415 where the mayor is apologizing to their city 914 00:45:51.415 --> 00:45:54.485 for these folks J-Setting in Santa Claus jackets 915 00:45:54.485 --> 00:45:58.155 and belly button rings for Christmas. I'm sorry. 916 00:45:58.155 --> 00:45:59.490 - Female news anchor: ...Christmas parade 917 00:45:59.490 --> 00:46:01.392 was all over social media today. 918 00:46:01.392 --> 00:46:03.828 It wasn't the Santa float that had people talking. 919 00:46:03.828 --> 00:46:06.731 One dance act left some parade goers 920 00:46:06.731 --> 00:46:08.666 and even the dancers themselves in shock. 921 00:46:08.666 --> 00:46:11.135 - The very last thing at the parade 922 00:46:11.135 --> 00:46:14.372 was a group of men dressed as women 923 00:46:14.372 --> 00:46:16.574 gyrating their hips 924 00:46:16.574 --> 00:46:20.277 and moving around in very suggestive, inappropriate ways 925 00:46:20.277 --> 00:46:22.880 in front of hundreds of children. 926 00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:25.650 They should've notified the people of Semmes 927 00:46:25.650 --> 00:46:28.586 so that we had a choice whether we wanted our child 928 00:46:28.586 --> 00:46:30.221 to attend and see something like that. 929 00:46:30.221 --> 00:46:31.722 - That's a good question, though. 930 00:46:31.722 --> 00:46:33.591 How do we feel as a community about that? 931 00:46:33.591 --> 00:46:35.626 Because if we're trying to advance this-- 932 00:46:35.626 --> 00:46:37.795 Like, darling, y'all aren't getting us good publicity. 933 00:46:37.795 --> 00:46:39.797 They're talking dog [ bleep ] about y'all. 934 00:46:39.797 --> 00:46:42.533 They are picking at you. I watched that white woman say, 935 00:46:42.533 --> 00:46:44.602 "If I would've known my daughter 936 00:46:44.602 --> 00:46:47.204 was going to see female impersonators, 937 00:46:47.204 --> 00:46:48.739 we wouldn't have gone. I am appalled." 938 00:46:48.739 --> 00:46:51.642 - And not just-- I was outraged and appalled. 939 00:46:55.479 --> 00:46:57.581 - 'Cause I think it's not our environment. 940 00:46:57.581 --> 00:46:59.950 You can't force-feed and make people accept it, 941 00:46:59.950 --> 00:47:01.452 especially children. 942 00:47:01.452 --> 00:47:03.888 - I'm not gonna go to the community parade 943 00:47:03.888 --> 00:47:05.289 with my belly out. 944 00:47:05.289 --> 00:47:07.258 You know that's wrong. 945 00:47:09.160 --> 00:47:10.695 - A Christmas parade. - For a religion 946 00:47:10.695 --> 00:47:12.897 that is vocal against homosexuality. 947 00:47:12.897 --> 00:47:14.665 So you know... 948 00:47:14.665 --> 00:47:16.867 - Anthony: It never have been a moment that I didn't think 949 00:47:16.867 --> 00:47:18.602 that I should be doing it, 950 00:47:18.602 --> 00:47:21.572 but I knew the places that I would do it and would not do it. 951 00:47:21.572 --> 00:47:24.108 We've been doing it underground for so long 952 00:47:24.108 --> 00:47:27.745 because we know society really gonna look at us the wrong way. 953 00:47:27.745 --> 00:47:30.548 You know, and they're not gonna accept us for what we are. 954 00:47:30.548 --> 00:47:33.050 You're in a small town in Alabama 955 00:47:33.050 --> 00:47:34.819 where these people probably don't like black people 956 00:47:34.819 --> 00:47:36.554 first and foremost, 957 00:47:36.554 --> 00:47:39.056 and then you're gonna bring your ass down through there. 958 00:47:39.056 --> 00:47:40.691 You could've wore a jogging suit. 959 00:47:40.691 --> 00:47:42.326 - I'm also one of those ones, 960 00:47:42.326 --> 00:47:43.994 yeah, I'm right here in a six-inch pump 961 00:47:43.994 --> 00:47:45.696 and doing what I want to do. 962 00:47:45.696 --> 00:47:49.100 But my father, me and him have not had that conversation. 963 00:47:49.100 --> 00:47:50.701 He would be highly pissed. 964 00:47:50.701 --> 00:47:54.238 It would be the one 6'2" [ bleep ], 287 pounds 965 00:47:54.238 --> 00:47:56.207 to approach you at the football game 966 00:47:56.207 --> 00:47:57.842 going "I got my kids here. 967 00:47:57.842 --> 00:48:00.177 You need to take your ass somewhere else." 968 00:48:01.679 --> 00:48:05.883 [ Laughter ] 969 00:48:05.883 --> 00:48:08.352 Okay? Pumpin'. 970 00:48:08.352 --> 00:48:11.222 - With children. - But I'm not butt naked. 971 00:48:11.222 --> 00:48:12.757 - Parents. - But I'm not butt naked. 972 00:48:12.757 --> 00:48:15.392 - Babies. That's still inappropriate, is it not? 973 00:48:15.392 --> 00:48:17.461 - I don't-- Prince been in heels for yours. 974 00:48:17.461 --> 00:48:19.363 Prince been in heels for years. 975 00:48:19.363 --> 00:48:21.432 Don't play with me. Don't play with me. 976 00:48:21.432 --> 00:48:23.200 Hell, nah. Don't play with me. 977 00:48:23.200 --> 00:48:24.769 - Did I get her? 978 00:48:24.769 --> 00:48:26.437 - Prince been in heels for years, baby. 979 00:48:26.437 --> 00:48:28.539 - Don't play with me. - Yeah, she has. 980 00:48:28.539 --> 00:48:30.941 - Everybody gonna see some stuff in their lifetime 981 00:48:30.941 --> 00:48:32.543 their parents ain't gonna want them to see. 982 00:48:32.543 --> 00:48:34.111 But this is real life. It's reality. 983 00:48:34.111 --> 00:48:35.980 I don't personally feel like it's nothing wrong 984 00:48:35.980 --> 00:48:37.748 with you explaining to your child, "This a gay man. 985 00:48:37.748 --> 00:48:39.784 He out here and doing this." That's how I feel. 986 00:48:39.784 --> 00:48:41.886 I'm a firm believer in you represent yourself. 987 00:48:41.886 --> 00:48:45.156 You know? What you do, it reflects you. 988 00:48:45.156 --> 00:48:48.592 So I think a lot of the masculine people feel like, 989 00:48:48.592 --> 00:48:50.494 okay, you gay and you do this, so what you do, 990 00:48:50.494 --> 00:48:52.563 everybody gonna think 'cause I'm gay, that's how I am. 991 00:48:52.563 --> 00:48:54.632 And I think it's just a personal issue, 992 00:48:54.632 --> 00:48:56.567 and people just have to get over it, you know. 993 00:48:56.567 --> 00:48:57.968 It's to each's own. 994 00:48:57.968 --> 00:49:00.638 I don't feel like it's a problem with that. 995 00:49:00.638 --> 00:49:02.373 Because it's life, you learn, you grow up. 996 00:49:02.373 --> 00:49:05.776 - It's not your place to say what you feel 997 00:49:05.776 --> 00:49:08.446 that parent should do with who they made. 998 00:49:08.446 --> 00:49:10.714 They put that sperm in that egg, baby, not you. 999 00:49:10.714 --> 00:49:12.983 And they have the right to go to a family venue, 1000 00:49:12.983 --> 00:49:16.520 like a football game, and not to have to tell their children 1001 00:49:16.520 --> 00:49:18.355 if they're not ready. 1002 00:49:18.355 --> 00:49:20.191 - That's the thing about us, though. 1003 00:49:20.191 --> 00:49:23.227 We look for every reason or excuse 1004 00:49:23.227 --> 00:49:26.664 to point blame or point the finger at somebody else 1005 00:49:26.664 --> 00:49:29.567 as to why we can't get further. 1006 00:49:29.567 --> 00:49:31.602 But yet, we won't reach out 1007 00:49:31.602 --> 00:49:34.104 and expose ourselves to try and get there. 1008 00:49:34.104 --> 00:49:36.841 It's like, "I do this, but don't tell nobody I do this." 1009 00:49:36.841 --> 00:49:39.610 - Anthony: Right. - So how you gonna advance? 1010 00:49:41.779 --> 00:49:44.448 - It's taboo. Something that people are afraid to talk about. 1011 00:49:44.448 --> 00:49:46.317 Some people are afraid to be seen doing 1012 00:49:46.317 --> 00:49:49.620 or to share with their friends or anybody out in public. 1013 00:49:49.620 --> 00:49:54.091 A lot of the boys are young, and they are afraid. 1014 00:49:54.091 --> 00:49:56.193 They're in school. Some of their parents don't know about them. 1015 00:49:56.193 --> 00:49:58.529 So to know that you're out at the club in booty shorts 1016 00:49:58.529 --> 00:50:01.632 and sequins and lashes and all that other stuff 1017 00:50:01.632 --> 00:50:03.934 that, you know, "we" do, 1018 00:50:03.934 --> 00:50:06.337 it's something that people don't wanna be seen. 1019 00:50:06.337 --> 00:50:08.706 Everybody not ready to take the risk. 1020 00:50:08.706 --> 00:50:10.541 - During a football game back in Savannah, 1021 00:50:10.541 --> 00:50:12.643 I was dancing in a little circle 1022 00:50:12.643 --> 00:50:15.045 with a couple of other guys from different schools, 1023 00:50:15.045 --> 00:50:16.914 and people started throwing bottles at us. 1024 00:50:16.914 --> 00:50:21.619 But it made me feel like, "Well, gosh, is it that bad?" 1025 00:50:21.619 --> 00:50:23.921 We're out here dancing to band music, 1026 00:50:23.921 --> 00:50:25.789 and you feel like you wanna throw glasses at us. 1027 00:50:25.789 --> 00:50:28.092 - I was worried about this. I was worried about that. 1028 00:50:28.092 --> 00:50:30.861 I was worried about all these other different factors 1029 00:50:30.861 --> 00:50:32.096 or whatnot. 1030 00:50:32.096 --> 00:50:33.898 And then as we got older, it transitioned 1031 00:50:33.898 --> 00:50:36.767 into a threat to our professional lives as well. 1032 00:50:36.767 --> 00:50:40.437 I just want fades out. Temp out. Temp fade. 1033 00:50:40.437 --> 00:50:43.274 Myself, personally, I'm an educator. 1034 00:50:43.274 --> 00:50:45.976 There are several people who buck, 1035 00:50:45.976 --> 00:50:49.046 who are in the education system, who are teachers, 1036 00:50:49.046 --> 00:50:51.715 who have some of the same fears that I do. 1037 00:50:51.715 --> 00:50:54.685 Every time somebody used to text me or send me a text message, 1038 00:50:54.685 --> 00:50:57.821 "I saw you," exclamation point, my heart would drop. 1039 00:50:57.821 --> 00:51:01.191 They see me, you know, on social media, dancing. 1040 00:51:01.191 --> 00:51:05.829 You know, so there is that fear that, you know, it's your time. 1041 00:51:05.829 --> 00:51:09.233 Every single time we step out on that floor, it's a risk. 1042 00:51:09.233 --> 00:51:11.302 But it's like as soon as they see something 1043 00:51:11.302 --> 00:51:14.371 they don't agree with, they want you out of there. 1044 00:51:14.371 --> 00:51:17.041 And I want people to be more open-minded, you know. 1045 00:51:17.041 --> 00:51:20.110 - It's still under construction. Where the hell are the lights? 1046 00:51:20.110 --> 00:51:23.614 So this is where the summer's gonna be for SRDC. 1047 00:51:23.614 --> 00:51:25.549 - It's very important to me 1048 00:51:25.549 --> 00:51:27.751 to be able to start my own business 1049 00:51:27.751 --> 00:51:30.788 so I can live how I wanna live, just in general, 1050 00:51:30.788 --> 00:51:32.523 with everything that I do. 1051 00:51:34.191 --> 00:51:38.195 Just renting it out for producers, movie producers, 1052 00:51:38.195 --> 00:51:41.865 people who wanna do photo shoots or music videos. 1053 00:51:41.865 --> 00:51:43.867 - If I had my own business, 1054 00:51:43.867 --> 00:51:47.771 I would make it to where everyone was accepted. 1055 00:51:47.771 --> 00:51:50.641 I don't like to think or say that I had struggles 1056 00:51:50.641 --> 00:51:52.443 'cause I'm the kind of person-- 1057 00:51:52.443 --> 00:51:55.679 Either you take it or leave it, which is it is what you get. 1058 00:51:55.679 --> 00:52:00.117 I don't let people get close to me at my job. 1059 00:52:00.117 --> 00:52:04.154 And it's not so more of me not trusting them 1060 00:52:04.154 --> 00:52:07.725 or letting them know all of my business. 1061 00:52:07.725 --> 00:52:10.828 The fact is, it's none of their business. 1062 00:52:10.828 --> 00:52:13.530 But ultimately, I would love to be able 1063 00:52:13.530 --> 00:52:16.667 to have my own dance line. 1064 00:52:16.667 --> 00:52:18.769 There will be no need to keep secrets 1065 00:52:18.769 --> 00:52:22.673 because I feel that everybody is entitled to be able 1066 00:52:22.673 --> 00:52:25.409 to learn this type of art form. 1067 00:52:25.409 --> 00:52:29.046 Yeah! Y'all feel it? 1068 00:52:29.046 --> 00:52:31.448 - I think at home is what helped me the most 1069 00:52:31.448 --> 00:52:33.117 because I was able to be myself. 1070 00:52:33.117 --> 00:52:35.619 I ain't have to pretend, so when I left out the house, 1071 00:52:35.619 --> 00:52:37.755 that's when I had to deal with it. 1072 00:52:37.755 --> 00:52:39.623 'Cause I was confused. "What are y'all talking about? 1073 00:52:39.623 --> 00:52:42.626 This what I do at home, you know." 1074 00:52:43.594 --> 00:52:48.332 ♪♪♪ 1075 00:52:48.332 --> 00:52:51.402 Uh! Ah! Ah! 1076 00:52:51.402 --> 00:52:54.004 Ah! Ah! Uh! 1077 00:52:54.004 --> 00:52:55.906 Ah! Ah! 1078 00:52:59.843 --> 00:53:03.547 - Okay. Attributes. I believe this is my favorite part. 1079 00:53:03.547 --> 00:53:05.082 Passion-- Whatever it is, 1080 00:53:05.082 --> 00:53:06.784 you must have passion for what you're doing. 1081 00:53:06.784 --> 00:53:09.219 Live, breathe, and eat, sleep your mission. 1082 00:53:09.219 --> 00:53:10.788 Growing up, we grew up in Atlanta 1083 00:53:10.788 --> 00:53:12.322 on the west side of town. 1084 00:53:12.322 --> 00:53:14.291 Real close-knit family. 1085 00:53:14.291 --> 00:53:16.527 Just, you know, typical. 1086 00:53:16.527 --> 00:53:18.162 So it was me and my sister, Valencia, 1087 00:53:18.162 --> 00:53:19.997 and my brother, Greg. All three of us 1088 00:53:19.997 --> 00:53:22.299 grew up with my grandmother, so she was Mom to us. 1089 00:53:22.299 --> 00:53:24.368 - Grandmother: 1090 00:53:24.368 --> 00:53:26.036 - We didn't have the best, 1091 00:53:26.036 --> 00:53:29.306 but we had, you know, what was necessary to survive. 1092 00:53:29.306 --> 00:53:31.975 She taught us how to just take care of our stuff 1093 00:53:31.975 --> 00:53:33.710 and make the best out of it. 1094 00:53:33.710 --> 00:53:36.547 - And this is some fried chicken. 1095 00:53:55.933 --> 00:53:58.736 - The biggest thing I could say I could appreciate about her 1096 00:53:58.736 --> 00:54:00.471 is not being judgmental. 1097 00:54:00.471 --> 00:54:04.475 You know, I never heard her ever say, "You gay." 1098 00:54:04.475 --> 00:54:05.876 I never heard of that. 1099 00:54:05.876 --> 00:54:07.678 And, you know, in my mind, 1100 00:54:07.678 --> 00:54:11.849 I thought, "She didn't 'cause she don't know." But she knew. 1101 00:54:11.849 --> 00:54:14.751 I'm gonna stop back by so I can get this plate, for real. 1102 00:54:14.751 --> 00:54:16.487 We were kind of like the favorites of the family, 1103 00:54:16.487 --> 00:54:19.389 just because we were different and we were striving 1104 00:54:19.389 --> 00:54:22.059 for better than what our family was known for. 1105 00:54:22.059 --> 00:54:25.629 A lot of the men in our family went to jail, went into prison. 1106 00:54:25.629 --> 00:54:28.432 Me and my brother were expected to do more 1107 00:54:28.432 --> 00:54:31.568 and not go down that same path. 1108 00:54:31.568 --> 00:54:32.936 - Get the dozen eggs out. 1109 00:54:32.936 --> 00:54:34.571 - My mom, of course, she was in prison 1110 00:54:34.571 --> 00:54:36.607 for, like, half of my life. 1111 00:54:36.607 --> 00:54:39.676 - You come in here. You ain't-- You don't eat eggs. 1112 00:54:39.676 --> 00:54:41.311 - Yeah. - Okay then. 1113 00:54:41.311 --> 00:54:43.280 Ain't nobody eating but me or Junior. 1114 00:54:43.280 --> 00:54:44.715 - I'm insured. 1115 00:54:44.715 --> 00:54:45.916 - Me and you the only ones eating eggs. 1116 00:54:45.916 --> 00:54:47.951 - My birth name is Angela Body, 1117 00:54:47.951 --> 00:54:49.586 as in your body, my body, 1118 00:54:49.586 --> 00:54:51.288 but my street name is Little Man. 1119 00:54:51.288 --> 00:54:53.657 Little Man I got when I got locked up 1120 00:54:53.657 --> 00:54:56.260 'cause I looked like a little man walking through the yard. 1121 00:54:56.260 --> 00:54:58.862 They said, "Hold up. Stop that little man right there." 1122 00:54:58.862 --> 00:55:01.732 - How many more minutes on this, Mama? 'Cause I'm hungry. 1123 00:55:01.732 --> 00:55:03.700 - Angela: Flash was born in Baldwin County 1124 00:55:03.700 --> 00:55:06.470 'cause I had him in prison. 1125 00:55:06.470 --> 00:55:08.338 I was selling drugs. 1126 00:55:08.338 --> 00:55:12.009 Marijuana. Weed. Crack. 1127 00:55:17.347 --> 00:55:18.582 Poosh! 1128 00:55:24.988 --> 00:55:26.890 [ Angela shouting ] 1129 00:55:26.890 --> 00:55:29.226 Come and get it. He about to faint. 1130 00:55:29.226 --> 00:55:32.329 - Just grab it with your hand. - It's too hot. 1131 00:55:32.329 --> 00:55:34.898 - Bam. Ghetto style, baby. 1132 00:55:34.898 --> 00:55:37.234 - Angela: Y'all don't let this food get cold. 1133 00:55:37.234 --> 00:55:40.504 - We were all-- My mom's gay. I'm gay. My sister gay. 1134 00:55:40.504 --> 00:55:43.040 My brother gay. We were weird. 1135 00:55:46.176 --> 00:55:48.111 I understood that I came from her, 1136 00:55:48.111 --> 00:55:51.682 but it didn't affect me too much mentally and emotionally 1137 00:55:51.682 --> 00:55:53.217 till I got older, till I understand. 1138 00:55:53.217 --> 00:55:55.519 Like, "Hey, well, maybe if you was around, 1139 00:55:55.519 --> 00:55:57.921 some days would've been a little bit different." 1140 00:55:57.921 --> 00:55:59.723 Asaad: I'm gonna be able to handle all that, so yeah. 1141 00:55:59.723 --> 00:56:01.725 - Angela: I know this morning. - Yeah, 'cause I'm hungry. 1142 00:56:01.725 --> 00:56:04.127 I think me and you the only one that can tear it up in here. 1143 00:56:04.127 --> 00:56:05.996 - I've become so desensitized 1144 00:56:05.996 --> 00:56:08.031 because I was so emotional growing up, 1145 00:56:08.031 --> 00:56:10.601 dealing and soaking all that stuff in. 1146 00:56:10.601 --> 00:56:12.569 It's been people who've hurt me. 1147 00:56:12.569 --> 00:56:15.439 Even when my mom first moved in, she stole something from me. 1148 00:56:15.439 --> 00:56:19.176 And I was more focused on the situation at hand 1149 00:56:19.176 --> 00:56:22.379 than her stealing-- the meaning, the detail of the situation-- 1150 00:56:22.379 --> 00:56:25.048 to get some clarity and to get that fixed. 1151 00:56:25.048 --> 00:56:27.985 - Back in the days, I really didn't have support 1152 00:56:27.985 --> 00:56:30.354 'cause I was on drugs real bad. 1153 00:56:30.354 --> 00:56:33.790 That crack was my pimp, my ho, my family, you know. 1154 00:56:33.790 --> 00:56:35.425 It didn't matter. 1155 00:56:35.425 --> 00:56:38.128 But when I got with my sons, they came at me and said, 1156 00:56:38.128 --> 00:56:40.230 "Mom, we don't like you like that." 1157 00:56:40.230 --> 00:56:43.700 And I took myself a look in my mirror, and I told them, "Okay. 1158 00:56:43.700 --> 00:56:48.372 Y'all gave me the support to keep my mind off things, 1159 00:56:48.372 --> 00:56:50.507 had me something to do every day." 1160 00:56:50.507 --> 00:56:54.578 - The reality of the situation is that it's happened, 1161 00:56:54.578 --> 00:56:58.615 and I can't do anything but keep moving forward with my life. 1162 00:56:58.615 --> 00:57:01.685 What's going on? What's going on? Welcome to the show. 1163 00:57:01.685 --> 00:57:02.686 Welcome to Buck Radio. 1164 00:57:02.686 --> 00:57:04.588 I started Buck Radio 1165 00:57:04.588 --> 00:57:07.691 simply because I felt like I had a voice. 1166 00:57:07.691 --> 00:57:10.460 And I still do. And I wanna speak to the community. 1167 00:57:10.460 --> 00:57:12.829 But without further ado... 1168 00:57:12.829 --> 00:57:15.999 I felt like if I created a radio show to keep everybody informed, 1169 00:57:15.999 --> 00:57:17.501 then while I got their attention, 1170 00:57:17.501 --> 00:57:19.369 let me bring up the issues in the community. 1171 00:57:19.369 --> 00:57:21.038 First of all... 1172 00:57:21.038 --> 00:57:24.374 We actually have some very, very deep conversations 1173 00:57:24.374 --> 00:57:27.377 about marriage, STD prevention, all that stuff. 1174 00:57:27.377 --> 00:57:29.179 We try to enlighten the community 1175 00:57:29.179 --> 00:57:31.214 instead of talking about negative stuff all the time. 1176 00:57:31.214 --> 00:57:35.719 - So with that being said, you guys have a great night. 1177 00:57:35.719 --> 00:57:37.187 And we're gonna end this all 1178 00:57:37.187 --> 00:57:39.222 with the traditional "Get Ready" 1179 00:57:39.222 --> 00:57:41.425 by Jackson State University. 1180 00:57:43.026 --> 00:57:45.629 - I don't know when, but Atlanta has become 1181 00:57:45.629 --> 00:57:49.399 like gay mecca or gay, like, Hollywood or something. 1182 00:57:49.399 --> 00:57:50.567 Everybody flocks here. 1183 00:57:50.567 --> 00:57:56.973 ♪♪♪ 1184 00:57:56.973 --> 00:58:00.210 The Temptations: ♪ I never met a girl who makes me feel ♪ 1185 00:58:00.210 --> 00:58:03.714 ♪ The way that you do You're all right ♪ 1186 00:58:03.714 --> 00:58:07.384 ♪ Whenever I'm asked who makes my dreams real ♪ 1187 00:58:07.384 --> 00:58:10.654 ♪ I say that you do You're outta sight ♪ 1188 00:58:10.654 --> 00:58:13.890 - It's an amazing weekend because so many people come here 1189 00:58:13.890 --> 00:58:15.525 from everywhere. 1190 00:58:15.525 --> 00:58:18.895 - Louisiana. Alabama. Mississippi. Texas. 1191 00:58:18.895 --> 00:58:21.031 And they're coming, if not to even dance, 1192 00:58:21.031 --> 00:58:24.935 just to be in the mix of the big celebration. 1193 00:58:26.503 --> 00:58:29.206 We don't go to the park just because it's open. 1194 00:58:29.206 --> 00:58:31.174 It's just like a feast. 1195 00:58:31.174 --> 00:58:33.176 You know, everybody got camera phones. Everybody got this-- 1196 00:58:33.176 --> 00:58:36.380 So, I mean, we have a lot to lose. 1197 00:58:36.380 --> 00:58:38.982 - ♪ Get ready 'cause here I come ♪ 1198 00:58:38.982 --> 00:58:42.119 ♪ If you wanna play hide-and-seek with love ♪ 1199 00:58:42.119 --> 00:58:46.123 ♪ Let me remind you it's all right ♪ 1200 00:58:46.123 --> 00:58:49.826 ♪ The lovin' you're gonna miss and the time... ♪ 1201 00:58:49.826 --> 00:58:53.029 [ Indistinct conversation ] 1202 00:58:53.029 --> 00:58:55.265 - To be here. 1203 00:58:55.265 --> 00:58:58.034 Yes, in the room with all these people. 1204 00:58:58.034 --> 00:58:59.536 [ Laughing ] 1205 00:58:59.536 --> 00:59:02.773 My first time seeing him was at Traxx. 1206 00:59:02.773 --> 00:59:04.574 And he had a cheerleading outfit on. 1207 00:59:04.574 --> 00:59:06.109 And I said, "Who is that big guy 1208 00:59:06.109 --> 00:59:07.978 with this cheerleading outfit on?" 1209 00:59:07.978 --> 00:59:09.713 Throwing his legs up, and I was like, 1210 00:59:09.713 --> 00:59:12.115 "I got to get to know that one right there." 1211 00:59:12.115 --> 00:59:14.384 - He used to sit there and wait for them to come out 1212 00:59:14.384 --> 00:59:16.186 and just sit there for hours, watching them, 1213 00:59:16.186 --> 00:59:18.955 wondering how they do that. 1214 00:59:18.955 --> 00:59:21.491 For hours and hours and hours and hours. 1215 00:59:21.491 --> 00:59:25.595 And this one right here could tear everybody up. 1216 00:59:25.595 --> 00:59:26.930 Everybody. 1217 00:59:26.930 --> 00:59:28.932 - You know, he is fabulous and bold. 1218 00:59:28.932 --> 00:59:31.234 To know him is to love him, you know. 1219 00:59:31.234 --> 00:59:32.903 - I have a great biological family, 1220 00:59:32.903 --> 00:59:35.005 but I have an extended family 1221 00:59:35.005 --> 00:59:37.207 that loves me unconditionally. 1222 00:59:37.207 --> 00:59:39.409 The rest of these guys, these guys right here, 1223 00:59:39.409 --> 00:59:41.344 these are my folks, these are my people. 1224 00:59:41.344 --> 00:59:43.380 And I want all y'all to know that I love y'all dearly. 1225 00:59:43.380 --> 00:59:46.716 - We love you, too. - We love you, too, Tony. 1226 00:59:46.716 --> 00:59:49.119 - Even though we fuss and fight, but I love them. 1227 00:59:49.119 --> 00:59:51.488 - That's right. 1228 00:59:51.488 --> 00:59:54.458 - ♪ And I'm bringing you a love that's true ♪ 1229 00:59:54.458 --> 00:59:58.995 ♪ So get ready So get ready ♪ 1230 00:59:58.995 --> 01:00:01.465 ♪ I'm gonna try to make you love me too ♪ 1231 01:00:01.465 --> 01:00:04.868 ♪ So get ready So get ready ♪ 1232 01:00:04.868 --> 01:00:06.136 ♪ 'Cause here I come ♪ 1233 01:00:06.136 --> 01:00:08.505 ♪ Get ready 'cause here I come ♪ 1234 01:00:08.505 --> 01:00:10.173 ♪ I'm on my way ♪ 1235 01:00:10.173 --> 01:00:14.511 [ Indistinct conversation ] 1236 01:00:14.511 --> 01:00:16.746 - I still think it's sad that y'all not dancing. 1237 01:00:16.746 --> 01:00:18.782 - Anthony: We're not saying that we're not dancing. 1238 01:00:18.782 --> 01:00:20.550 - What we're saying is-- - You just said y'all wasn't. 1239 01:00:20.550 --> 01:00:23.320 - No, we said-- - You said that as a whole 1240 01:00:23.320 --> 01:00:25.789 - that y'all wasn't dancing. - Jermaine. 1241 01:00:25.789 --> 01:00:27.057 - When? 1242 01:00:27.057 --> 01:00:28.592 - Jermaine. - This weekend. 1243 01:00:28.592 --> 01:00:32.629 - He said y'all didn't say that. - Yeah, we did. 1244 01:00:32.629 --> 01:00:36.166 - I said yeah, collectively, as a whole y'all not dancing. 1245 01:00:36.166 --> 01:00:38.935 - No, I'm not talking about that either. 1246 01:00:44.307 --> 01:00:46.009 - I got something up my sleeve. 1247 01:00:46.009 --> 01:00:47.911 - That's what I'm talking about. 1248 01:00:47.911 --> 01:00:50.413 - Anthony: 1249 01:00:50.413 --> 01:00:53.116 - [ Doorbell rings ] - Who is that at the door? 1250 01:00:55.986 --> 01:00:58.288 Hey, who's late? 1251 01:01:00.390 --> 01:01:03.393 - Y'all did that triple threat, she would see. 1252 01:01:03.393 --> 01:01:06.496 - Anthony: Labor Day, we got second place. 1253 01:01:06.496 --> 01:01:09.332 We lost by seven points. You know. 1254 01:01:09.332 --> 01:01:15.171 So I instilled into my kids win, lose, or draw, 1255 01:01:15.171 --> 01:01:16.973 say "nice job." 1256 01:01:16.973 --> 01:01:18.942 I don't care what you feeling, because the feelings 1257 01:01:18.942 --> 01:01:20.210 are raw at times. 1258 01:01:20.210 --> 01:01:22.312 We are in competition, you know. 1259 01:01:22.312 --> 01:01:24.147 But always be humble. 1260 01:01:24.147 --> 01:01:26.216 - So when is the next one? 1261 01:01:26.216 --> 01:01:28.652 - It may be in April. Maybe The Big Buck. 1262 01:01:28.652 --> 01:01:31.288 - If it's big, I wanna go big or go home. 1263 01:01:31.288 --> 01:01:33.590 - Okay. - And if it's big... 1264 01:01:42.999 --> 01:01:47.537 - We come from old school where I can be tired, dog tired, 1265 01:01:47.537 --> 01:01:50.273 and feel like I am not gonna be able to walk out of this club. 1266 01:01:50.273 --> 01:01:53.209 But you're not gonna come in my face and outdo me 1267 01:01:53.209 --> 01:01:54.544 or outshine me. 1268 01:01:54.544 --> 01:02:03.153 ♪♪♪ 1269 01:02:03.153 --> 01:02:04.654 - I'm excited about The Big Buck 1270 01:02:04.654 --> 01:02:07.724 because we never compete for anything. 1271 01:02:07.724 --> 01:02:09.259 And for us to compete, 1272 01:02:09.259 --> 01:02:10.994 everybody's already excited to see us 1273 01:02:10.994 --> 01:02:14.631 and just wondering what we're gonna pull out of the bag. 1274 01:02:14.631 --> 01:02:17.400 But on the flip side of it, it's draining. 1275 01:02:17.400 --> 01:02:20.637 It's non-stop rehearsing, rehearsing, rehearsing. 1276 01:02:21.738 --> 01:02:23.206 - Anthony: Everything is not given to you 1277 01:02:23.206 --> 01:02:24.874 on a silver platter. 1278 01:02:24.874 --> 01:02:27.410 You have to know on any given day, anybody can be-- 1279 01:02:27.410 --> 01:02:30.146 I don't underestimate anyone. 1280 01:02:30.146 --> 01:02:32.015 The one that you underestimate, 1281 01:02:32.015 --> 01:02:33.650 the one that you don't worry about, 1282 01:02:33.650 --> 01:02:36.620 will be the one that will come and snuff your ass. 1283 01:02:36.620 --> 01:02:40.790 And that's why I always say that my biggest competition 1284 01:02:40.790 --> 01:02:42.959 is my team within itself. 1285 01:02:42.959 --> 01:02:46.296 I can't worry about what the next team's doing. 1286 01:02:49.866 --> 01:02:52.469 [ Indistinct conversation ] 1287 01:03:06.883 --> 01:03:09.519 - One and two and three. 1288 01:03:09.519 --> 01:03:12.555 - I'm actually really excited about the team for The Big Buck 1289 01:03:12.555 --> 01:03:15.191 because I'm hearing a couple of rumors about who's doing it. 1290 01:03:15.191 --> 01:03:18.995 And it's making me excited because I respect these teams. 1291 01:03:18.995 --> 01:03:24.067 And I've never went against some of them in a competition. 1292 01:03:24.067 --> 01:03:26.069 And so I'm really, really excited 1293 01:03:26.069 --> 01:03:28.538 to see what everyone has to show. 1294 01:03:28.538 --> 01:03:30.106 I know with me and my team, 1295 01:03:30.106 --> 01:03:31.741 we really don't focus on winning. 1296 01:03:31.741 --> 01:03:34.377 We really focus on really performing, 1297 01:03:34.377 --> 01:03:37.714 giving people a reason why we are here. 1298 01:03:37.714 --> 01:03:40.350 We're gonna make you guys feel somethng. 1299 01:03:40.350 --> 01:03:42.452 And so that's what we're focused on. 1300 01:03:42.452 --> 01:03:44.220 If we win from it, hey. 1301 01:03:44.220 --> 01:03:49.559 But if we don't, I know that you guys are gonna love it, so... 1302 01:03:49.559 --> 01:03:51.594 - Anthony: It's like a puzzle. 1303 01:03:51.594 --> 01:03:54.364 You have to realize who's strong where. 1304 01:03:54.364 --> 01:03:57.333 You know, it's like an illusion. 1305 01:03:57.333 --> 01:03:59.302 I'm giving you a show. 1306 01:03:59.302 --> 01:04:02.072 And it's the greatest thing you will ever see. 1307 01:04:22.325 --> 01:04:23.893 - We have a festive weekend. 1308 01:04:23.893 --> 01:04:26.362 We have the First Annual Big Buck. 1309 01:04:26.362 --> 01:04:29.065 - Anthony: Five, six, seven, eight. 1310 01:04:29.065 --> 01:04:32.502 One, two, three, four, five, 1311 01:04:32.502 --> 01:04:34.571 six, seven, eight. 1312 01:04:34.571 --> 01:04:39.776 My concern is making sure that the material is up to par 1313 01:04:39.776 --> 01:04:45.281 to compete on that level with A-1 teams. 1314 01:04:45.281 --> 01:04:50.854 - Our biggest competition would be Sundari. 1315 01:04:50.854 --> 01:04:53.256 Only because they beat us at the last competition. 1316 01:04:53.256 --> 01:04:57.560 They have some strong points. We have some strong points. 1317 01:04:57.560 --> 01:05:00.163 And going off what they did at the last competition, 1318 01:05:00.163 --> 01:05:01.765 it could go either way. 1319 01:05:01.765 --> 01:05:03.700 - Five, six, seven, eight. - [ Fingers snapping ] 1320 01:05:03.700 --> 01:05:06.369 - One and two and three and four 1321 01:05:06.369 --> 01:05:08.738 and five and six, seven, eight. 1322 01:05:08.738 --> 01:05:11.574 - I have every single person that's been on Sundari. 1323 01:05:11.574 --> 01:05:13.877 A lot of times, not everyone can do it. 1324 01:05:13.877 --> 01:05:16.980 But for The Big Buck, this is such a big performance. 1325 01:05:16.980 --> 01:05:18.548 It's every last person. 1326 01:05:18.548 --> 01:05:20.917 - Sundari is coming to a Buck near you! 1327 01:05:20.917 --> 01:05:25.622 Sundari is coming to a Buck near you! Ha ha! 1328 01:05:25.622 --> 01:05:30.393 - Anthony: It is very stressful. It is very time-consuming. 1329 01:05:30.393 --> 01:05:32.529 We are definitely gonna make it work 1330 01:05:32.529 --> 01:05:34.030 and make it do what it do. 1331 01:05:34.030 --> 01:05:36.432 You know, there's no ifs, ands, buts about it. 1332 01:05:36.432 --> 01:05:38.501 It's gonna get done. 1333 01:05:38.501 --> 01:05:40.637 Payback is a [ bleep ]. 1334 01:06:02.392 --> 01:06:04.561 [ Cheering ] 1335 01:06:04.561 --> 01:06:07.297 - We just wanna say that we never thought 1336 01:06:07.297 --> 01:06:08.765 that this would come so far. 1337 01:06:08.765 --> 01:06:13.069 Just the sacrifice of being shunned away 1338 01:06:13.069 --> 01:06:15.371 from different clubs where you couldn't dance. 1339 01:06:15.371 --> 01:06:17.407 - Thank you, Lord, for bringing us together. 1340 01:06:17.407 --> 01:06:19.242 - And we gave you that opportunity 1341 01:06:19.242 --> 01:06:21.110 because we were welcomed to all. 1342 01:06:21.110 --> 01:06:23.213 - Let this show be strong. Let it be together. 1343 01:06:23.213 --> 01:06:26.482 - And we just wanna thank everybody for their support 1344 01:06:26.482 --> 01:06:28.084 here in the city of Atlanta. 1345 01:06:28.084 --> 01:06:31.254 [ applause ] 1346 01:06:31.254 --> 01:06:32.789 - Man: Phi Phi. 1347 01:06:32.789 --> 01:06:35.491 - One, two, three. - Phi Phi! 1348 01:06:35.491 --> 01:06:38.695 - Let the show begin. - [ Cheering ] 1349 01:06:38.695 --> 01:06:41.798 - The first category of the evening, round one, 1350 01:06:41.798 --> 01:06:46.069 Entrance, Field Show, and Exit. 1351 01:06:46.069 --> 01:06:56.279 ♪♪♪ 1352 01:07:25.108 --> 01:07:26.876 [ Applause, whistles ] 1353 01:07:26.876 --> 01:07:31.014 All right, introducing, all the way from Atlanta, Georgia, 1354 01:07:31.014 --> 01:07:35.018 give a round of applause, y'all, for the legendary Phi Phi. 1355 01:07:35.018 --> 01:07:37.086 [ Cheering ] 1356 01:07:37.086 --> 01:07:42.225 ♪♪♪ 1357 01:07:42.225 --> 01:07:44.594 - Man: Phi Phi! Phi Phi! 1358 01:07:44.594 --> 01:07:49.933 ♪♪♪ 1359 01:07:58.007 --> 01:08:01.344 [ Cheering ] 1360 01:08:04.981 --> 01:08:09.052 [ Cheering ] 1361 01:08:15.291 --> 01:08:19.095 [ Cheering ] 1362 01:08:22.665 --> 01:08:27.804 [ Cheering, whistling ] 1363 01:08:39.449 --> 01:08:42.518 [ Crowd whooping ] 1364 01:08:45.822 --> 01:08:47.724 - Y'all ready for the next team? 1365 01:08:47.724 --> 01:08:51.995 Y'all ready to see Sundari come out here and rip the floor? 1366 01:08:51.995 --> 01:08:53.463 [ Laughs ] 1367 01:08:53.463 --> 01:08:57.734 - ♪ She in love with the Phi Phi ♪ [ Laughs ] 1368 01:08:57.734 --> 01:08:59.769 All right, without further ado, 1369 01:08:59.769 --> 01:09:02.271 let's go ahead and give a warm round of applause 1370 01:09:02.271 --> 01:09:05.975 to our next team, coming all the way from Detroit, Michigan. 1371 01:09:05.975 --> 01:09:10.380 Ooh, that was a drive. Y'all give it up for Sundari. 1372 01:09:10.380 --> 01:09:12.982 [ Cheering ] 1373 01:09:12.982 --> 01:09:22.959 ♪♪♪ 1374 01:09:48.317 --> 01:09:49.819 [ Crowd murmuring ] 1375 01:10:01.631 --> 01:10:02.999 -Yeah! - All right, 1376 01:10:02.999 --> 01:10:05.568 - give it up for Sundari. - Man: Whoo! 1377 01:10:16.646 --> 01:10:20.616 - Our next round will be hip-hop. 1378 01:10:24.620 --> 01:10:30.893 [ Hip-hop playing ] 1379 01:10:52.448 --> 01:10:55.985 ♪♪♪ 1380 01:10:59.055 --> 01:11:01.557 - Crowd: Whoa! 1381 01:11:01.557 --> 01:11:09.232 ♪♪♪ 1382 01:11:12.135 --> 01:11:13.202 - Whoo! 1383 01:11:29.352 --> 01:11:38.728 ♪♪♪ 1384 01:11:42.465 --> 01:11:44.800 [ No audible dialogue ] 1385 01:11:44.800 --> 01:11:53.109 ♪♪♪ 1386 01:12:32.682 --> 01:12:34.584 - Man: Work, brothers! 1387 01:12:40.523 --> 01:12:50.032 ♪♪♪ 1388 01:12:56.706 --> 01:13:01.310 - Crowd: Ohh! 1389 01:13:49.825 --> 01:13:54.196 [ Cheers and applause ] 1390 01:14:07.209 --> 01:14:10.012 - He was trying to talk to you. 1391 01:14:10.012 --> 01:14:12.315 Well, bring your ass over here. 1392 01:14:13.849 --> 01:14:15.217 [ bleep ] 1393 01:14:16.085 --> 01:14:19.155 - That's from dancing hard. 1394 01:14:23.993 --> 01:14:26.329 - I'm trying to keep calm. 1395 01:14:26.329 --> 01:14:29.865 I feel like everyone is really bringing their A-game. 1396 01:14:29.865 --> 01:14:31.767 - Anthony: So far, my team's done everything 1397 01:14:31.767 --> 01:14:33.202 that we planned to do, 1398 01:14:33.202 --> 01:14:35.071 from the first and second round. 1399 01:14:38.374 --> 01:14:39.408 [ bleep ] 1400 01:14:40.910 --> 01:14:43.012 - We got one more round to go. 1401 01:14:43.012 --> 01:14:45.047 You know, just trying to keep 'em-- 1402 01:14:45.047 --> 01:14:47.350 keep their energy up, keep the endurance up. 1403 01:14:59.161 --> 01:15:01.330 - House is our thing. 1404 01:15:04.133 --> 01:15:05.968 - Emcee: 1405 01:15:09.372 --> 01:15:12.675 All right. Three rounds of house. 1406 01:15:12.675 --> 01:15:15.511 The same as that way. Pump it up, deejay. 1407 01:15:15.511 --> 01:15:17.446 The same as that way as the hip-hop round. 1408 01:15:17.446 --> 01:15:21.884 Three rounds. And then we'll be done. 1409 01:15:21.884 --> 01:15:26.188 First, B-A-N-J-I. 1410 01:15:26.188 --> 01:15:28.023 - Woman: Come on, babes. - Pump it up, deejay. 1411 01:15:28.023 --> 01:15:33.028 [ House music playing ] 1412 01:15:57.553 --> 01:16:05.861 ♪♪♪ 1413 01:16:27.983 --> 01:16:39.762 ♪♪♪ 1414 01:16:39.762 --> 01:16:41.230 [ Cheering ] 1415 01:16:57.680 --> 01:17:07.990 ♪♪♪ 1416 01:17:12.628 --> 01:17:20.035 ♪♪♪ 1417 01:17:23.038 --> 01:17:25.307 [ Cheering ] 1418 01:17:56.171 --> 01:18:04.213 ♪♪♪ 1419 01:18:32.541 --> 01:18:41.050 ♪♪♪ 1420 01:19:03.072 --> 01:19:04.139 - [ applause ] - Emcee: Tip, tip, tip, 1421 01:19:04.139 --> 01:19:06.208 tip, tip on out. 1422 01:19:06.208 --> 01:19:08.644 -[whistling] - Y'all make some noise. 1423 01:19:09.511 --> 01:19:11.447 All right, why don't all teams go to the back. 1424 01:19:11.447 --> 01:19:15.551 And then we'll be up to announce 1425 01:19:15.551 --> 01:19:20.489 the winners of the First Annual Big Buck. 1426 01:19:24.526 --> 01:19:26.462 - Everybody brought something different to the table, 1427 01:19:26.462 --> 01:19:28.897 so it's gonna be kind of up to the judges at this point. 1428 01:19:28.897 --> 01:19:31.400 [ No audible dialogue ] 1429 01:19:32.868 --> 01:19:35.204 - Honestly, I think that it 1430 01:19:35.204 --> 01:19:38.273 probably is out of us and Phi Phi. 1431 01:19:38.273 --> 01:19:40.976 I can't really say anything bad about them. 1432 01:19:40.976 --> 01:19:42.378 It was good. 1433 01:19:42.378 --> 01:19:44.113 - Each team that performed today, 1434 01:19:44.113 --> 01:19:47.282 you can tell that they really have passion for dance. 1435 01:19:47.282 --> 01:19:50.085 And it was so interesting to see them battle 1436 01:19:50.085 --> 01:19:52.087 because it's like non-stop. 1437 01:19:52.087 --> 01:19:54.023 I'm used to 8 and 16 counts. 1438 01:19:54.023 --> 01:19:56.959 These were 32 and 48 counts, so I wasn't used to it, 1439 01:19:56.959 --> 01:19:58.560 and I'm like, "That's bucking." 1440 01:19:58.560 --> 01:20:00.896 - Emcee: So without further ado, let's just go ahead 1441 01:20:00.896 --> 01:19:32.968 and get to what really matters. 1442 01:19:32.968 --> 01:19:34.670 Who won? 1443 01:20:07.369 --> 01:20:09.438 - It was very close, y'all. It was three points away. 1444 01:20:17.012 --> 01:20:20.282 Okay, the winner is... 1445 01:20:20.282 --> 01:20:23.118 I'm nervous. Let me walk towards the door. 1446 01:20:25.087 --> 01:20:28.424 - The legendary Phi Phi! - [ Cheering ] 1447 01:20:28.424 --> 01:20:31.493 Clap it up. Clap it up, ladies and gentlemen. 1448 01:20:33.195 --> 01:20:34.430 - Man: Phi Phi! 1449 01:20:36.331 --> 01:20:40.736 - Big Tony. Come on up here, girl. 1450 01:20:40.736 --> 01:20:42.771 [ applause ] 1451 01:20:42.771 --> 01:20:44.540 - The icon. 1452 01:20:46.408 --> 01:20:48.877 - Congratulations to everybody that came out 1453 01:20:48.877 --> 01:20:53.182 and traveled from Michigan, from Texas, from Alabama, 1454 01:20:53.182 --> 01:20:55.851 to the people that are here in Atlanta. 1455 01:20:55.851 --> 01:20:59.722 These teams do so much for this community. 1456 01:20:59.722 --> 01:21:04.193 They stand up when other people tell us that we can't do it. 1457 01:21:04.193 --> 01:21:06.395 And I'm so proud of all of y'all. 1458 01:21:06.395 --> 01:21:07.930 Thank you, guys, for everything, 1459 01:21:07.930 --> 01:21:10.532 even the teams that are sitting in the audience. 1460 01:21:10.532 --> 01:21:14.203 Uh, it's been a long time coming. 1461 01:21:20.676 --> 01:21:24.947 I feel like if this community is gonna stay strong 1462 01:21:24.947 --> 01:21:26.915 and keep pushing on, 1463 01:21:26.915 --> 01:21:31.053 it's gonna take a plethora of people, not just one person, 1464 01:21:31.053 --> 01:21:33.989 because, you know, a fire from a torch can be put out. 1465 01:21:33.989 --> 01:21:36.859 But a true fire will always, always burn. 1466 01:21:36.859 --> 01:21:39.161 And the love of dance is what it is. 1467 01:21:39.161 --> 01:21:42.231 It burns in my heart. It burns in my chest to dance. 1468 01:21:42.231 --> 01:21:44.833 And a lot of them have the same thing. 1469 01:21:44.833 --> 01:21:50.105 - When you see these guys, you see professionalism. 1470 01:21:50.105 --> 01:21:53.976 And you're like, okay, this is here at the club, 1471 01:21:53.976 --> 01:21:57.079 but these guys look like they should be in Las Vegas, 1472 01:21:57.079 --> 01:22:00.616 like they should be on anyone's stage performing 1473 01:22:00.616 --> 01:22:03.652 and to crowds that appreciate them 1474 01:22:03.652 --> 01:22:06.889 because they're really doing something that's amazing 1475 01:22:06.889 --> 01:22:09.558 that we can't do, and they're in unison, 1476 01:22:09.558 --> 01:22:11.960 and it's like, where have they been rehearsing, 1477 01:22:11.960 --> 01:22:14.630 and how can they be so good? 1478 01:22:22.771 --> 01:22:24.773 - Anthony: We're not hurting anyone. 1479 01:22:24.773 --> 01:22:28.043 We're doing what makes us feel good and what makes us thrive. 1480 01:22:28.043 --> 01:22:31.613 And we are part of this earth and this creation 1481 01:22:31.613 --> 01:22:37.119 that the Lord has put upon us to give us this talent. 1482 01:22:37.119 --> 01:22:38.720 When you see a band come in, 1483 01:22:38.720 --> 01:22:40.956 you see the girls giving the pageantry 1484 01:22:40.956 --> 01:22:44.226 of how they bring it in in their own way. 1485 01:22:44.226 --> 01:22:49.264 Just the synchronization of 12 people doing the same thing 1486 01:22:49.264 --> 01:22:52.668 and looking as one, like, "Oh, my God. That was amazing." 1487 01:22:52.668 --> 01:22:54.136 You know. 1488 01:22:54.136 --> 01:22:56.839 Dancing is a high for me. 1489 01:22:56.839 --> 01:22:58.941 So to see anything that you have created 1490 01:22:58.941 --> 01:23:00.776 or anything that you have a part of 1491 01:23:00.776 --> 01:23:05.247 and to see people on the outside enjoy what you do, 1492 01:23:05.247 --> 01:23:07.516 it's like a feeling like none other. 1493 01:23:12.688 --> 01:23:18.861 [ Drums beating in rhythm ] 1494 01:24:11.647 --> 01:24:17.553 [ Indistinct conversation ] 1495 01:24:24.092 --> 01:24:28.764 ♪♪♪ 1496 01:24:30.699 --> 01:24:32.301 RuPaul: ♪ Guess who's back in the house ♪ 1497 01:24:32.301 --> 01:24:33.769 ♪ Heels click-clackin' about ♪ 1498 01:24:33.769 --> 01:24:35.571 ♪ Fine, fresh, feminine, style to 11 ♪ 1499 01:24:35.571 --> 01:24:37.205 ♪ I'm divine, so heavenly Gentlemen sweatin' ♪ 1500 01:24:37.205 --> 01:24:39.041 ♪ It's dimes across the board, no doubt ♪ 1501 01:24:39.041 --> 01:24:41.143 ♪ Body like wow+ ... 'bout to end this drought ♪ 1502 01:24:41.143 --> 01:24:43.245 ♪ Titties so plentiful, fish queen Jezebel ♪ 1503 01:24:43.245 --> 01:24:44.980 ♪ Should be criminal ♪ 1504 01:24:44.980 --> 01:24:46.782 ♪ Don't make sense for a ... to be this endowed ♪ 1505 01:24:46.782 --> 01:24:48.650 ♪ North to the south What is that sound? ♪ 1506 01:24:48.650 --> 01:24:50.185 ♪ Watch me drop, drop, drop it to the ground ♪ 1507 01:24:50.185 --> 01:24:52.087 ♪ Wait for the four Drop to the floor ♪ 1508 01:24:52.087 --> 01:24:54.456 ♪ Add up the 10's to get the score ♪ 1509 01:24:54.456 --> 01:24:56.792 ♪ I been that ... Yes, I love that drama ♪ 1510 01:24:56.792 --> 01:24:58.460 ♪ Fishy, feminine, up-and-comer ♪ 1511 01:24:58.460 --> 01:25:00.028 ♪ From the Clintons to the Obamas ♪ 1512 01:25:00.028 --> 01:25:02.731 ♪ I keeps it tight Now they call me Mother ♪ 1513 01:25:02.731 --> 01:25:04.466 ♪ I been that ... Yes, I love that drama ♪ 1514 01:25:04.466 --> 01:25:06.168 ♪ Fishy, feminine, up-and-comer ♪ 1515 01:25:06.168 --> 01:25:08.036 ♪ From the Clintons to the Obamas ♪ 1516 01:25:08.036 --> 01:25:09.571 ♪ I keeps it tight Now they call ♪ 1517 01:25:09.571 --> 01:25:11.440 ♪ Call, call, call, call ♪ 1518 01:25:11.440 --> 01:25:13.475 ♪ Me, me, me, me ♪ 1519 01:25:13.475 --> 01:25:15.444 ♪ Mother, Mother, Mother ♪ 1520 01:25:17.179 --> 01:25:19.247 ♪ Na-na-na-na-na-na Brrat-at-at ♪ 1521 01:25:19.247 --> 01:25:22.517 ♪ Na-na-na-na-na-now Giggity-giggity, how ♪ 1522 01:25:22.517 --> 01:25:24.853 ♪ Brrat, get back Ba-pa-da-pa-pa-pow ♪ 1523 01:25:24.853 --> 01:25:26.722 ♪ A cunty hunty, a cunty hunty A hunty ♪ 1524 01:25:26.722 --> 01:25:28.557 ♪ But I count my money I count my money ♪ 1525 01:25:28.557 --> 01:25:30.359 ♪ With a brat-brat, knick to the knick the knick-knack ♪ 1526 01:25:30.359 --> 01:25:32.461 ♪ I'm back with the freaky money Click-clack, ow ♪ 1527 01:25:32.461 --> 01:25:34.696 ♪ Na-na-na-na-na Brrat-at-at ♪ 1528 01:25:34.696 --> 01:25:37.933 ♪ Na-na-na-na-now Giggity-giggity, how ♪ 1529 01:25:37.933 --> 00:00:00.000 Captioned by Los Angeles Distribution and Broadcasting, Inc. 118980

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