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[Jack] Meech left Atlanta.
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He knew the heat was on.
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That's when everything changed.
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We left houses,
cars, everything,
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and we moved to Miami.
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[tense music plays]
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[Stephen] Everything was built
on loyalty.
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One wrong person in the wrong
place can sink a whole ship.
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[Rand] Omari starts talking
about Meech
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and his organization
and laid it all out.
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[Bryant] Once the squeeze
was put on Doc Marshall
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about this car fraud case,
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he said, "Hey, I know
some bigger fish."
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[Wayne]
They in the house gambling,
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and the feds got there.
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Terry and numerous
other people were arrested.
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[Scott] Demetrius tried living
relatively quietly in Texas,
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but it was too late
at that point.
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[Latarra]
You knew that it was really
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no coming back from this.
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They're not gonna play nice.
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[dramatic hip-hop music plays]
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[Meech] E-everybody move
like brothers.
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[echoing] Like brothers.
Like brothers.
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♪ ♪
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Everybody's shining
like new money.
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[echoing] New money.
New money. New money.
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♪ ♪
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It ain't no other crew
like this in the world,
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and never will be another.
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[echoing]
Never will be another.
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Never will be another.
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♪ ♪
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[ominous music plays]
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[Cavario] The BMF story
is one of rags...
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...to riches...
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to wretchedness.
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The American dream
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and nightmare at the same time.
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♪ ♪
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You don't have the guts
to be what you want to be.
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Say good night to the bad guy.
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[Scott] For someone
that idolized Tony Montana
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and patterned
some of his empire
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in theScarface mold,
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Meech wasn't going to go out
Scarface style.
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Say hello to my little friend!
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Ah!
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[Scott] In fact, his arrest
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in suburban Texas
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was incredibly low profile.
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He went without any drama
or histrionics.
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[tense music plays]
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♪ ♪
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[Latarra]
When they picked Meech up,
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it was a reality check,
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because you knew
that it was real.
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It's, like, really
no coming back from this.
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They weren't
gonna let him out.
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[Lucille]
To receive a phone call
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that your child has gone
to jail,
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those are phone calls
you don't wanna get--
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you don't ever wanna get,
you know?
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I said, "I don't care
what it costs.
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"Get him out right away.
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Fast as possible."
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[tense music plays]
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[Drew] I got a phone call
that Demetrius was locked up
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in Texas on possession of
a firearm by a convicted felon.
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I went to Texas and prepared
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to try to get him out on bond.
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I went to the court there
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and was looking
at the evidence,
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and I remember thinking,
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"This is a bullshit search."
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They went into a house
that he was renting
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and went into the safe
and found this gun.
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This is, like, clearly
an illegal search.
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Like, what's going on here?
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We were in the midst
of that battle,
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trying to get him out
in Texas,
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when I found out that he
was indicted in Detroit.
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It was a 42-defendant
indictment,
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and then reality struck me
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that Texas
was a pretextual arrest
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to just get their arms
around him
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and have him in once place,
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and then announcing
an indictment.
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[Jack] We were trying
to get Meech in custody,
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and don't let him know
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about this big indictment
that's about to come down.
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[Wayne] When Meech and Terry
got arrested, guess what.
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We all finna get pinched.
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I already knew what was coming.
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[reporter] Five members
of the cocaine organization
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known as
the Black Mafia Family
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were picked up today
in metro Atlanta.
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[Chad] I see it on the news,
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the indictments.
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I'm like, "Shit,
I don't know what to do,
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'cause I know they finna
come get me."
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[ominous music plays]
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[reporter] Three search
warrants were also executed
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in metro Atlanta.
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[Clifford] I felt
what any person would feel.
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Nerves, fear, anxiety.
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A rash of emotions.
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[reporter] Those with Atlanta
ties were charged in indictmens
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either in Orlando or Detroit.
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[Clifford]
You just heard on the news,
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doors being kicked in,
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people being arrested,
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30-plus people indictment,
50-plus people indictments.
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[Wayne] After Meech
and Terry got arrested,
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I was on the run
for four months.
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That shit was horrible, man.
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You hear the neighbor across
the street or the dog bark.
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[dog barking]
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You hear the door shut.
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You can't sleep.
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Man, you always think
it's the feds.
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And I'm drinking
like a motherfucker.
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I'm just a fucking man.
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I got to try to keep
some courage up here.
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[siren wailing]
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[tense music plays]
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[indistinct yelling]
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You're seeing many
of your homeboys going to jail,
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you understand,
and that's the hurtful part,
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watching, you know, dudes
get swept off the street.
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I was like, damn, man,
this shit crazy.
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One night, there was, like,
four, five cars behind us.
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Like, they following me.
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Man, by the time I got
to the light,
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the DEA came from everywhere.
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I was like,
damn, they got my ass.
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[tense music plays]
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[Rand] At that point, there was
nothing I wanted to do less
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than listen
to 150,000 phone calls.
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And plus, every phone call
we--we took,
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I had to send a letter
to everybody
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that was not a defendant
and letting them know
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that we'd captured their voice
on a phone call.
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And that was something like--
like, 2,000 letters.
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[Jack] I don't know anybody
who worked
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more long hours than I did.
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I did not have a family.
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You know,
I was married to the job,
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and I-I don't recommend that.
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It's not something
to be proud of.
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[tense music plays]
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Demetrius made it
very, very clear
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that he wanted me
to be his lawyer,
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both in Texas and in Detroit.
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In Detroit, they had unveiled
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this incredibly
detailed indictment,
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and Demetrius was charged
with his brother
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and then 40 other people.
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The allegations were complex.
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Terry had already
been denied bond.
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They were keeping him
in custody
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because of the magnitude
of the case,
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and I was trying
to get Demetrius out on bond,
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but we just couldn't satisfy
the court's conditions
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to get him out.
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Demetrius and Terry
were staring down the barrel
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of a major CCE
that was brought against them.
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[Frank] In layman's terms,
if you're a leader
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of an organization
under which you have
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five or more members
that you're directing
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who distribute more
than 150 kilos of drugs,
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you can face
up to life in prison.
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In this case,
the only two CCE defendants
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were the Flenory brothers.
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[Scott] But the case
against Demetrius
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wasn't nearly as strong
as it was against Terry.
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[Jack] On the wire,
Terry was talking about Meech
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causing trouble
for the whole family,
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and at the same time,
Terry's conversation
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is being intercepted
by the DEA.
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[Drew] A really big issue
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was whether or not
they were able
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to identify Demetrius' voice
on phone calls.
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I had put together
a rock-solid team.
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I mean, we were working
just nonstop
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on the United States of America
versus Demetrius Flenory.
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Potential consequences
were a life imprisonment.
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[Drew] When the evidence
started rolling in,
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we get 14,000 pages.
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We thought it was the end
of the world.
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But in those 14,000 pages,
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so much of the evidence
was about lifestyle.
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[all] I'm rich, bitch!
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-[DJ] Aye!
-[rapper] Yeah!
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[hip-hop music plays]
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[Drew] The shocking lifestyle
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of Demetrius Flenory.
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There's no pictures of him
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around cocaine.
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There's no pictures
of him standing there
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that deal with cocaine.
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The only pictures
of Demetrius Flenory
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are at cool-ass parties,
at clubs,
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directing videos,
being with famous people.
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So the evidence was that
he threw really wild parties.
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[soft music plays]
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[Jack] Now, Meech and Terry
were going to make
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a determination,
whether they wanna
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fight the case or go to trial
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or plead guilty and cooperate
and take even less of a hit.
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The whole focus
was to go to trial.
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That's all we were
working towards.
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[Scott] Meech thought
whatever the feds
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were gonna bring against him,
he had a chance
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of beating the case at trial.
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But the task force zeroed in
on Doc Marshall.
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[tense music plays]
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He was viewed
by law enforcement
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as a weak link.
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He did not have a street
or a gangbanger mentality,
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so they saw that
as a pressure point.
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[Frank]
The Flenory brothers sensed
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that Doc Marshall
was gonna cooperate.
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You know, they understood
the whole money side
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of this investigation.
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They sensed that he could
take the witness stand
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one day against 'em.
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[Scott] Doc Marshall was
the only one that was
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doing business with both
Terry and Demetrius,
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was handling
all of their financial affairs,
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and laundering
all of their money.
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[Jack]
There's no way they could beat
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the money laundering charges.
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Meech and Terry had to account
for all these years
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where they never paid a dime
in income taxes,
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and they're obviously
spending money
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left, right, and center.
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So there's evidence
of money laundering
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all over the place, and, uh,
that--that hurt them.
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[Scott] In March of 2006,
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Doc signed
a cooperation agreement
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and handed over
all of his financial documents
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tied to the Black Mafia Family
organization.
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What was going on
with the BMF drug money
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and how it was being washed
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and where it was ending up.
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Now you could make
a very strong conspiracy case
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against both Flenory brothers
and get convictions.
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The next step
was the government
258
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aggressively went after
Demetrius' father.
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[somber music plays]
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Going back to 1990,
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the very first house
the Flenory brothers purchased
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down in the Atlanta area
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was put in the name
of the dad.
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So Charles Flenory was charged
with money laundering.
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They aggressively went after
Demetrius' sister-in-law
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and his nephew.
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They indicted them.
They charged them.
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And Demetrius and Terry
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just couldn't watch
family members go down.
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♪ ♪
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[Scott] The day the trial
was supposed to start,
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Demetrius and Terry requested
a face-to-face conversation
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for the first time
in almost two years.
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But Terry and Demetrius began
screaming at each other.
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Everyone in the courtroom
could hear
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what was going on
at that meeting.
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I was sitting next to some
DEA agents and FBI agents,
278
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and they were slapping
high fives.
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They were like, "This is it,
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"Terry's gonna flip on him,
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"and we're gonna be able
to put Demetrius away
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for the rest of his life."
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[Scott]
Both brothers did the math,
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and they knew
that they could take a plea,
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which would give them
30 years in prison,
286
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or they could roll the dice
at trial
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and risk being convicted
288
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and put in prison
for the rest of their lives.
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[Lucille] They tried
to turn Terry on Meech,
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and I believe vice versa,
291
00:14:38,834 --> 00:14:41,619
but it's my belief
that Terry and Demetrius
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will not turn on each other.
293
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Demetrius and Terry, no matter
how divided they seem to be,
294
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they still have that bond
and that love for one another,
295
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and they'll carry that to
the grave with 'em, you know?
296
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[Drew]
Demetrius communicated to me
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that he and his brother
had made a decision
298
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to enter a plea.
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As a father, as a brother,
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I understood the decision
to enter the plea,
301
00:15:10,735 --> 00:15:14,174
but as a trial attorney,
I was dressed for the prom,
302
00:15:14,304 --> 00:15:16,828
but I didn't go to the prom.
303
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[dramatic music plays]
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♪ ♪
305
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I was there.
Courtroom was kind of quiet.
306
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It was very few people
that knew him there.
307
00:15:29,189 --> 00:15:31,060
Everybody's there
for all the good shit,
308
00:15:31,191 --> 00:15:33,236
but when it comes time
to get sentenced,
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wasn't a damn soul there.
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[Drew]
When they went to the podium,
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they both got 30 years.
312
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[dramatic music plays]
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♪ ♪
314
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[Nicole]
It was hard hearing 30 years,
315
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'cause you had both of them
taken away,
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and, um...
317
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...it was difficult.
318
00:16:03,832 --> 00:16:07,531
[Lucille] That was
a hard pill to swallow,
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but I told them,
320
00:16:09,881 --> 00:16:12,754
"You gotta remember
what I always taught you.
321
00:16:12,884 --> 00:16:15,800
"You gotta stay prayerful,
and you gotta stay strong,
322
00:16:15,931 --> 00:16:18,238
no matter what."
323
00:16:18,368 --> 00:16:20,022
[Stephen]
Meech took it on the chin.
324
00:16:20,109 --> 00:16:21,937
Most people would buckle
and cry.
325
00:16:22,024 --> 00:16:23,634
Like, he took that shit--
like, I'm--
326
00:16:23,765 --> 00:16:25,071
way he looked at it was,
327
00:16:25,158 --> 00:16:26,159
"I got a out date.
I'm coming home."
328
00:16:26,289 --> 00:16:28,726
[dramatic music plays]
329
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♪ ♪
330
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[Troy] Some point, I think,
331
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a part of him was relieved.
332
00:16:34,732 --> 00:16:36,473
He was tired.
333
00:16:36,604 --> 00:16:37,779
All the runnin'.
334
00:16:37,909 --> 00:16:39,650
I think he was able to just...
335
00:16:39,737 --> 00:16:42,175
[exhales]
...take a deep breath.
336
00:16:42,305 --> 00:16:43,959
But it hurt.
337
00:16:44,090 --> 00:16:46,657
I'll be 58
before I see him again.
338
00:16:46,788 --> 00:16:49,182
People don't deserve
a 30-year sentence
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00:16:49,312 --> 00:16:50,531
for a drug crime.
340
00:16:50,661 --> 00:16:52,011
The day I walked out of prison
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00:16:52,141 --> 00:16:54,491
after 32 years, 7 months,
342
00:16:54,622 --> 00:16:57,016
I chose to wear
a "Free Big Meech" T-shirt,
343
00:16:57,146 --> 00:16:59,453
because I thought
what was being done to him
344
00:16:59,583 --> 00:17:01,324
was a violation of his rights.
345
00:17:01,411 --> 00:17:03,805
I didn't think
he deserved 30 years.
346
00:17:03,935 --> 00:17:06,590
I didn't think
Terry deserved 30 years.
347
00:17:06,721 --> 00:17:08,288
I couldn't wear two shirts.
348
00:17:10,029 --> 00:17:11,813
Meech and Terry
both got 30 years.
349
00:17:11,943 --> 00:17:15,338
Maybe it was considered harsh.
I wasn't shocked by it.
350
00:17:15,469 --> 00:17:18,907
Eventually, pretty much
everybody was prosecuted,
351
00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:20,865
and most were guilty pleas.
352
00:17:20,996 --> 00:17:22,693
The BMF played the game
and they lost,
353
00:17:22,824 --> 00:17:24,826
and we played it better
and we won.
354
00:17:24,956 --> 00:17:26,523
The world was not BMF's
after all.
355
00:17:26,610 --> 00:17:27,829
[chuckles]
356
00:17:27,959 --> 00:17:30,092
[hip-hop music plays]
357
00:17:30,223 --> 00:17:33,226
[Rick] Drug businesses are run
like Fortune 500 companies
358
00:17:33,356 --> 00:17:35,706
if you run 'em
on a certain level.
359
00:17:35,837 --> 00:17:39,058
We come from the street,
but we're just as smart.
360
00:17:39,188 --> 00:17:42,626
We can still do the same things
that CEOs do.
361
00:17:42,757 --> 00:17:46,369
We just didn't have
that opportunity.
362
00:17:46,500 --> 00:17:50,982
Meech doesn't deserve 27 years
in prison for a drug crime.
363
00:17:51,113 --> 00:17:54,421
Non-violent offenders
don't deserve that many years.
364
00:17:56,031 --> 00:17:58,816
[tense music plays]
365
00:17:58,947 --> 00:18:02,472
[Drew] The war on drugs
was a direct affront
366
00:18:02,603 --> 00:18:03,821
to the Black community.
367
00:18:03,952 --> 00:18:05,475
[indistinct chatter]
368
00:18:05,606 --> 00:18:07,303
It was disproportionately used
369
00:18:07,434 --> 00:18:10,524
to investigate
and to prosecute.
370
00:18:10,654 --> 00:18:13,353
There's clearly
a racial component.
371
00:18:14,441 --> 00:18:15,964
The people that are
getting brought down
372
00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:17,922
on the racketeering statutes
are white and Italian,
373
00:18:18,053 --> 00:18:20,142
so they'll get the max
of 20 years,
374
00:18:20,273 --> 00:18:22,449
but most of the people
that are being brought down
375
00:18:22,579 --> 00:18:26,322
on a CCE are African American,
376
00:18:26,453 --> 00:18:28,498
and the punishment
for guys like Meech and Terry
377
00:18:28,585 --> 00:18:31,414
is considerably harsher.
378
00:18:31,501 --> 00:18:33,373
[T.I.] When Meech
got locked up, that shit
379
00:18:33,503 --> 00:18:36,332
felt like that dark cloud
was over the entire city.
380
00:18:36,463 --> 00:18:38,160
BMF was an era,
381
00:18:38,291 --> 00:18:41,032
a cultural phenomenon.
382
00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:43,600
Some shit that ain't never
been done before,
383
00:18:43,731 --> 00:18:45,515
shit that'll never
be done again.
384
00:18:45,646 --> 00:18:47,256
[cheers]
385
00:18:47,387 --> 00:18:50,346
We were the heartbeat
of this city
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00:18:50,433 --> 00:18:52,435
for a very long time...
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00:18:52,609 --> 00:18:54,133
♪ ♪
388
00:18:56,613 --> 00:18:58,528
...and it was dead.
389
00:18:58,659 --> 00:19:00,095
[tense music plays]
390
00:19:00,226 --> 00:19:03,185
Things in the city died down.
391
00:19:03,316 --> 00:19:06,232
Just wasn't the same.
392
00:19:06,319 --> 00:19:09,148
It affected a lot of people
economically
393
00:19:09,235 --> 00:19:10,410
when they weren't there.
394
00:19:10,540 --> 00:19:13,326
That shit stopped
a lot of action.
395
00:19:13,456 --> 00:19:17,025
I wouldn't close the book
on Black Mafia Family.
396
00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:19,636
Black Mafia Family
didn't influence culture.
397
00:19:19,767 --> 00:19:21,377
It became the culture.
398
00:19:21,551 --> 00:19:22,813
♪ Big stepper like Big Meech ♪
399
00:19:22,987 --> 00:19:23,814
♪ I think we BMF ♪
400
00:19:23,988 --> 00:19:25,251
♪ Free Big Meech ♪
401
00:19:25,338 --> 00:19:26,382
♪ Damn, I feel like Meech ♪
402
00:19:26,513 --> 00:19:28,471
[hip-hop music plays]
403
00:19:28,602 --> 00:19:30,430
[Troy] What drug dealer
do they constantly mention
404
00:19:30,517 --> 00:19:33,084
in all the rap songs?
405
00:19:33,215 --> 00:19:36,827
It's always,
"I think I'm Big Meech."
406
00:19:36,958 --> 00:19:40,179
[T.I.] BMF made
a significant enough impact
407
00:19:40,309 --> 00:19:43,878
to resonate
and withstand the test of time.
408
00:19:44,052 --> 00:19:47,186
♪ ♪
409
00:19:47,316 --> 00:19:51,668
[Rick] In 50 years,
kids will talk about BMF.
410
00:19:52,930 --> 00:19:55,759
They helped a lot of people
in the music industry.
411
00:19:55,890 --> 00:19:59,241
Like, some very influential
people today owe them
412
00:19:59,372 --> 00:20:00,938
a--a debt of gratitude.
413
00:20:01,069 --> 00:20:03,593
[all] BMF!
414
00:20:03,724 --> 00:20:07,902
BMF! BMF!
415
00:20:08,032 --> 00:20:11,079
[soft music plays]
416
00:20:11,166 --> 00:20:14,082
[Yolanda] The BMF legacy to me,
417
00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:16,519
I think it's bringing
families together.
418
00:20:16,650 --> 00:20:20,131
I mean, because so many people
that were around us,
419
00:20:20,262 --> 00:20:24,440
they didn't have moms, dads.
420
00:20:24,571 --> 00:20:27,095
When you came here,
you didn't have a house,
421
00:20:27,226 --> 00:20:31,142
but now you've provided
a house for your child,
422
00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:32,927
private school
for your children,
423
00:20:33,057 --> 00:20:34,233
courtesy of the mob.
424
00:20:35,886 --> 00:20:37,410
We're a family.
425
00:20:39,716 --> 00:20:41,631
[Clifford]
BMF was a brotherhood.
426
00:20:43,416 --> 00:20:47,202
We got along always,
from all walks of life.
427
00:20:47,289 --> 00:20:50,205
Crips, Bloods, GDs, Vice Lords,
428
00:20:50,336 --> 00:20:52,729
people from West Coast,
East Coast,
429
00:20:52,860 --> 00:20:55,428
Atlanta--you name it.
430
00:20:55,558 --> 00:20:56,994
It was a melting pot
431
00:20:57,125 --> 00:20:59,345
of different personalities
and cultures.
432
00:21:00,998 --> 00:21:02,913
And we all got along.
433
00:21:06,090 --> 00:21:09,572
[pensive music plays]
434
00:21:09,703 --> 00:21:11,574
[Jimmy]
His new show is calledBMF.
435
00:21:11,705 --> 00:21:14,098
Please welcome
Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson.
436
00:21:14,229 --> 00:21:16,275
[cheers and applause]
437
00:21:16,449 --> 00:21:19,278
♪ ♪
438
00:21:20,931 --> 00:21:22,455
[Demetrius Jr.]
My dad called me one day
439
00:21:22,585 --> 00:21:25,545
and told me that he had
been talking to 50
440
00:21:25,632 --> 00:21:27,851
about doing, like, a BMF show.
441
00:21:29,592 --> 00:21:31,725
50 called me
and told me he wanted me
442
00:21:31,855 --> 00:21:33,901
to start doing acting classes,
and he was gonna pay for 'em.
443
00:21:33,988 --> 00:21:35,816
[director] Action!
444
00:21:36,686 --> 00:21:38,166
[Curtis]
This show is really my baby.
445
00:21:38,297 --> 00:21:40,342
Like, I put all
of the pieces together for it.
446
00:21:40,429 --> 00:21:42,518
[soft music plays]
447
00:21:42,649 --> 00:21:44,128
I looked at Lil Meech.
448
00:21:44,215 --> 00:21:45,478
He's the spitting image
of his daddy.
449
00:21:45,652 --> 00:21:47,610
♪ ♪
450
00:21:47,741 --> 00:21:49,830
If I didn't get him
when I got him
451
00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:53,747
and send him to acting school,
452
00:21:53,877 --> 00:21:57,664
he was gonna become Big Meech,
453
00:21:57,751 --> 00:21:59,622
the new version,
454
00:21:59,753 --> 00:22:02,930
'cause his only influence is,
he looks up to his dad.
455
00:22:04,627 --> 00:22:05,585
[T.I.]
He's gonna take the legacy
456
00:22:05,715 --> 00:22:08,501
that his father passed on,
457
00:22:08,631 --> 00:22:10,459
but without any
of the negativity.
458
00:22:12,156 --> 00:22:13,636
[Stephen] If I close my eyes
459
00:22:13,767 --> 00:22:15,986
and, like,
let the series play,
460
00:22:16,117 --> 00:22:18,728
I hear his dad.
461
00:22:18,815 --> 00:22:20,208
I'm really proud of him.
462
00:22:22,123 --> 00:22:24,734
[Curtis] One time,
Meech said on the phone,
463
00:22:24,865 --> 00:22:27,607
"I don't know if you--
if you thought about it,
464
00:22:27,737 --> 00:22:30,044
but you moved him
closer to me."
465
00:22:30,174 --> 00:22:32,655
[dramatic music plays]
466
00:22:32,786 --> 00:22:35,223
[Scott] You know, life
in the world of entertainment
467
00:22:35,354 --> 00:22:36,920
had never worked out
468
00:22:37,007 --> 00:22:39,793
for Charles "Pops" Flenory
or Big Meech.
469
00:22:39,923 --> 00:22:41,272
-This my mom right here.
-Oh, my God.
470
00:22:41,403 --> 00:22:42,926
[both] Hi.
471
00:22:43,013 --> 00:22:46,669
[Scott] But to see
Meech's son thriving
472
00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,411
will honor
his grandfather's legacy
473
00:22:49,542 --> 00:22:51,500
and his father's legacy,
474
00:22:51,631 --> 00:22:53,894
even if those legacies
were completely separate.
475
00:22:55,504 --> 00:22:56,462
[Curtis] Is there anything
you wanna say
476
00:22:56,592 --> 00:22:57,898
on behalf of the, uh, show?
477
00:23:00,944 --> 00:23:02,816
[Curtis] No, you already know,
huh, you already know.
478
00:23:02,946 --> 00:23:05,079
[Demetrius Jr.] I've never seen
my dad more happy
479
00:23:05,209 --> 00:23:06,646
since the show came out.
480
00:23:06,776 --> 00:23:08,735
I'm doing what he always
wanted to do.
481
00:23:08,865 --> 00:23:12,347
I'm, like, turning
the business legitimate.
482
00:23:12,434 --> 00:23:13,914
I'm breaking the family curse.
483
00:23:14,044 --> 00:23:16,307
[soft music plays]
484
00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:20,486
Dad got locked up when I
was turning six years old.
485
00:23:20,616 --> 00:23:22,749
It definitely affected me
growing up.
486
00:23:22,879 --> 00:23:24,228
You know, just because
who doesn't want,
487
00:23:24,359 --> 00:23:26,230
you know,
their dad in their life?
488
00:23:26,361 --> 00:23:29,190
All my friends had
both their parents,
489
00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,149
and when we used
to have picture day or--
490
00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:33,890
or a day where your parents
supposed to come to school
491
00:23:34,021 --> 00:23:36,980
or even when your parents
pick you up after school,
492
00:23:37,111 --> 00:23:39,592
I used to feel just alone,
because all my friends
493
00:23:39,722 --> 00:23:41,332
had both their parents,
and I didn't.
494
00:23:41,463 --> 00:23:43,334
And I see how it hurt my mom--
495
00:23:43,465 --> 00:23:47,295
I used to see her cry at night
just 'cause she missed my dad.
496
00:23:47,426 --> 00:23:50,516
[Latarra] Ever since
Demetrius was incarcerated,
497
00:23:50,646 --> 00:23:54,781
my son and I, we would
visit him every three months.
498
00:23:54,911 --> 00:23:57,436
The good times
is when he were able
499
00:23:57,566 --> 00:23:59,220
to sit across from us.
500
00:23:59,307 --> 00:24:00,656
[sighs]
501
00:24:00,787 --> 00:24:03,006
And especially for my son,
502
00:24:03,137 --> 00:24:06,575
it was nice for him
just to embrace him.
503
00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:09,970
[indistinct chatter]
504
00:24:10,100 --> 00:24:11,014
[person] Is everybody ready?
505
00:24:31,165 --> 00:24:32,601
[person]
Give it up for little man.
506
00:24:32,732 --> 00:24:33,820
[person]
Big man in the green jersey.
507
00:24:36,213 --> 00:24:38,389
[Lucille]
I'm so proud of my grandson
508
00:24:38,520 --> 00:24:41,001
playing the part
of his father.
509
00:24:41,131 --> 00:24:45,875
It's educating him
into knowing about a life
510
00:24:46,006 --> 00:24:48,530
he doesn't have to live.
511
00:24:48,661 --> 00:24:51,838
[Yolanda] Meech is like,
"If my son never
512
00:24:51,968 --> 00:24:54,188
"has to go through anything
513
00:24:54,318 --> 00:24:57,234
"remotely near anything
that I've gone through,
514
00:24:57,321 --> 00:25:00,934
my life has been successful."
515
00:25:01,064 --> 00:25:03,502
I say it's pretty successful.
516
00:25:03,632 --> 00:25:07,723
You know, all our heroes always
die at the end of movies.
517
00:25:07,810 --> 00:25:09,420
Maybe this will be
a different ending.
518
00:25:09,551 --> 00:25:10,900
Maybe him and his son
will walk off into the sunset,
519
00:25:11,031 --> 00:25:14,425
you know, winners.
520
00:25:14,556 --> 00:25:16,819
That's what we praying for.
521
00:25:16,950 --> 00:25:20,344
It was only my hopes
that one day
522
00:25:20,475 --> 00:25:23,086
that I would be able
to live and see
523
00:25:23,173 --> 00:25:26,263
that you take the BMF initials
524
00:25:26,394 --> 00:25:30,180
and turn them around
from a negative to a positive.
525
00:25:30,311 --> 00:25:32,922
Now, that's my prayer.
That's my dream.
526
00:26:00,210 --> 00:26:01,995
[Meech laughs]
527
00:26:04,127 --> 00:26:06,956
[hip-hop music plays]
528
00:26:07,130 --> 00:26:09,959
♪ ♪
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