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Previously on Empire...
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You had a mild heart attack.
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Mom heard what happened.
She wants to see you.
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Poundcake, I will find your baby girl,
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- and I will bring her here.
- You let Eddie into Empire,
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and he's about to steal it
from under you.
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Eddie saw something in me,
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and he promised that
if I just stay focused,
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that he'd get me here.
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We've been testing some
of our 20 For 20 releases,
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and it's not what your fans
expect or want from you.
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I want to be your partner,
in business and in life.
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- Good morning, beautiful.
- Oh, good morning. What is this?
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A little breakfast for my love.
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That's good. Yeah.
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Excusez-moi. Pardonne-moi.
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Are you almost ready to go, boss?
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- Yeah, I got to grab something.
- Okay.
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What's up with Poundcake's
daughter? You found anything?
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Oh, her name is Maya. She's 19.
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She got adopted by some
white people living upstate.
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And she's, uh, currently
studying at NYU.
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- Classical ballet.
- Are you sure you got the right girl?
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Are you really doubting my
investigating skills? Really?
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I mean, I can send someone
around if you want...
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No. I'm gonna go myself.
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Keep your lips zipped,
do not tell him,
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'cause I don't want him
worried about me.
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So, what, you're just gonna
roll up on her?
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That's a big bomb to drop, mama.
Not everyone likes surprises.
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Poundcake is dying. Okay?
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I don't have time to tiptoe
around this ballerina.
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Hey. What are you doing
next to my wife's bed?
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Come on, boss, I was just
checking out the duvet. -Duvet.
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Rest.
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Why you walking all through
my house like that, man?
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I'm looking for the bathroom, man.
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You got 15 rooms here. My bad.
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I was just, you know,
looking to get us going.
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What we need to be doing
is looking for a way
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to get Eddie Barker up out of there.
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I mean, I don't care whether
he's bleeding or screaming,
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- I want him out.
- We don't want to tell Cookie about...
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No. It ain't none of her business.
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I'm taking care of this.
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I don't want her heart getting
all messed up from it.
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You got it, boss.
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Your standard exit papers,
Mr. Big Shot.
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Sign on pages two and six
and initial page four.
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- Then go away.
- What's this all about?
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This is about your betrayal, Eddie.
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I mean, if you needed money, why
didn't you just come and ask?
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With all due respect, Lu,
what I lost, you don't have.
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But the Patel deal would've made
both of us rich.
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If you let me move forward
with that, we could fix this.
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Listen, the only reason that
I'm letting you walk out of here
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on two legs is because
we've got history.
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And if I don't sign these?
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Well, then, I'll have
a conversation with the SEC
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about your insider trading scam.
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My insider trading scam?
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No, brother, come on.
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My ex-wives invested in Empire
on their own.
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And nobody, nobody is gonna believe
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that I can control those women.
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I'd love to sit and chat,
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but I have a dinner with my
favorite board member, Edna.
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She has a little thing for me.
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I hope, uh, you enjoy
the offices while you still can.
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Got to find me one like this.
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He's a smug one, ain't he?
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Guess we got to handle this
a different way, huh, boss?
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Eddie Barker is an infidel
inside of our temple.
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Dad, but this is Uncle Eddie, man.
That's crazy.
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No, it ain't. He brainwashed Tiana.
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That's why she turned down
my proposal.
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Yeah, man, that's why
she turned you down.
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Look, this chubalump
used shell companies
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to gobble up Empire stock,
then he tried
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to sell Empire right
from underneath your parents.
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- Okay, but why would he do that?
- Because he lost
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all of his money,
then he lost his mind,
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and now it's time that he loses
his position here.
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- What's the plan?
- Well, the plan
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is to get him out
as quietly as possible
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without creating a ruckus
with the board.
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Don't tell your mama about this.
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She's resting.
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Lucious, we got to get
to Laviticus. Something's up.
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Jeté. Temps levé.
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No, Ana.
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Please step aside. Maya.
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Come. Show her what I mean.
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Five, six, seven, eight, and...
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Okay, okay.
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Maya, your birth mother
really wants to meet you,
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and her name is Poundcake.
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Poundcake.
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I was her cellmate.
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So how's it going in here, Cook?
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- Good.
- I have a surprise for you
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and I don't want you
to blow a gasket, okay?
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Okay.
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How are you?
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Mama reached out.
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What?
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We talked to her, me and Candace.
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What the hell for?
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She's our mom.
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Oh. No. She lost that right
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when she cheated on Daddy
and walked out on us.
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We were babies.
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No, no. That is not how it happened.
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He threatened to kill her.
You know that, right?
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And told her that
she could not even come back
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- or reach out to us.
- She's lying. She's lying.
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And Daddy is rolling over in his grave
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'cause you two simple bitches
believed it.
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Y'all fell for that? Get out of here.
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Well, she heard you was locked
up, and she wants to see you.
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Eh, not gonna happen.
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Well, Mama's here.
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C.O.? I'm ready to go.
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- Requesting escort.
- Loretha.
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Loretha.
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Hey.
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Hello.
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You were really good up there.
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The best one. You should be the lead.
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Why aren't you?
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Uh, my instructor said they'd have to
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redo the lighting for my skin tone,
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and that doesn't work
for the other girls, so...
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Let me tell you something, sweetheart.
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It takes a whole lot of light
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to make cheap glass shine
like a diamond.
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You're already a diamond, sis,
no matter the light.
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Don't you ever forget that.
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Oh.
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I'm Cookie Lyon.
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Oh, my God. Right.
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From Empire.
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Oh, my God. You manage Tiana, right?
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- Among others.
- How crazy.
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Uh, what-what are you doing here?
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I came to see you.
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Uh, me? Why-why me?
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Well, someone like you.
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Uh, we're holding auditions
for dancers.
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Uh, for Tiana's video.
For her latest single.
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Oh, my God.
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- Wh... You want me...?
- Mm-hmm.
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Oh, my God.
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- That would be so amazing.
- It would be amazing
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if you could say more
than "Oh, my God."
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Sorry.
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Don't worry about it, sweetheart.
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Just be at Empire tomorrow, 2:00 p.m.
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Oh, my God.
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Oh, my God.
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Did I tell you
you look beautiful tonight?
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No. Thank you.
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Lucious. Lyon boys.
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Excuse me. Excuse me.
Excuse me a second.
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Excuse me. Watch yourself.
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Why wasn't Mr. Lyon invited
to wh-whatever this is?
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Oh, wait a second. I'm sorry.
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- Oh.
- There's a...
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Tiana's here. Everybody!
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Everybody. Shh. Tiana's here.
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Shh.
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Surprise!
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As of one hour ago,
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Tiana has done what no other
artist in the history
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of Empire has ever done before.
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Her single simultaneously
went to number one
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on both the R&B and Pop charts.
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And no offense, not even our Lyon boys
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have achieved that feat.
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- Not yet.
- Ah.
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Another Empire first:
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Tory Ash's new album
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has hit number one
on the new R&B charts.
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Here's to
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many other record-breaking moments.
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- Cheers.
- Cheers.
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- Thank you.
- You're amazing.
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Tiana! Tiana! Tiana!
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Tiana! Tiana!
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Tiana!
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♪ You like the way I move,
and, boy, I know you want it ♪
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♪ You got a lot to prove,
you better jump up on it ♪
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♪ You know what I can do,
no time for sleeping on it ♪
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♪ I'm-a leave it open ♪
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♪ And see what you gon' do
right there ♪
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♪ You say you want control,
but can you handle me? ♪
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♪ We can go fast or slow,
might have you on your knees ♪
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♪ I want to see you ♪
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♪ Work hard for me, baby ♪
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♪ Uh, sweat ♪
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♪ Sweat ♪
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♪ Sweat ♪
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♪ Sweat ♪
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♪ Oh, sweat... ♪
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Thanks for bringing in Eddie.
He's a genius.
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I'm having dinner with him later.
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Why don't I float the idea
of him staying?
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We don't want him going anywhere.
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Now, here's every single artist
on 20 For 20.
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Here's the particular stages
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where their albums are right now.
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And here's that punk Eddie Barker.
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He's got completed albums.
He's got number one hits.
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Look at where you guys are,
Hakeem, Jamal.
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Y'all are pumping out zeroes
when right now I need y'all
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to be pumping out hits
with the name Lyon on them.
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Dad, I'm ready to drop my single
right now. It's fire.
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Okay, well, then get with marketing,
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let them know that this needs
to debut at number one.
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- Okay.
- Where are you?
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Dad, you-you do know
that you benched me, right?
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Well, consider yourself
back in the game,
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and don't tell me you spent
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- all this time crying.
- Nah, hell no.
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I've been working my ass off.
And the stuff is really good.
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Yeah, well as long as
it's not some of that
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off-brand Jamal junk.
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Oh, so now my stuff is just junk?
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Dad, you the one that always said
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put your heart and soul
into music, yeah?
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Listen, son, I don't have time
to sit here swaddling you.
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I need you to get
in the studio and produce
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that on-brand Jamal stuff.
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Oh, so, the same old stuff?
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But that's what I'm talking about.
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I can't go backwards.
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So just count me out of the 20 For 20.
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Thanks for meeting with me, Reverend.
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Hmm. I'm glad you reached out.
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So, how did your confession go?
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Father's utterly incapable
of forgiveness.
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What's new?
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Well, no father is perfect.
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Save that for the Father above.
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Lucious is messed up,
and he passed it on to me.
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In my opinion,
you can't fix your father.
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But you can fix yourself.
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The difference between you and Lucious
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is that you want
to do the right thing.
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Encourage that part of yourself.
252
00:12:28,962 --> 00:12:31,564
I don't know where to start.
253
00:12:31,565 --> 00:12:33,732
You already started.
254
00:12:33,733 --> 00:12:35,768
You confessed.
255
00:12:35,769 --> 00:12:38,304
You were sincere in your regret,
256
00:12:38,305 --> 00:12:41,774
so be sincere in your apologies
to those you've hurt.
257
00:12:41,775 --> 00:12:43,876
Come on.
258
00:12:48,982 --> 00:12:50,649
You know what's so ridiculous, too,
259
00:12:50,650 --> 00:12:52,418
is that these days, my father
wouldn't know originality
260
00:12:52,419 --> 00:12:53,919
if it kicked him in the damn head.
261
00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:55,087
Well, it's not like
Eddie's any better.
262
00:12:55,088 --> 00:12:56,956
He's trying to turn me into
some R&B diva.
263
00:12:56,957 --> 00:12:59,859
Okay, but nobody cares
about genres anymore.
264
00:12:59,860 --> 00:13:02,261
- They just want good music.
- What about our music?
265
00:13:02,262 --> 00:13:04,330
You really think that Empire's
just not gonna release it?
266
00:13:04,331 --> 00:13:06,966
No, I know that they're not.
267
00:13:06,967 --> 00:13:09,568
But why does that have to stop
us? You know what I'm saying?
268
00:13:09,569 --> 00:13:11,437
Why can't we release it
under a different name?
269
00:13:11,438 --> 00:13:13,505
- What do you mean?
- Meaning don't put our names on it,
270
00:13:13,506 --> 00:13:15,407
don't put our pictures on it,
'cause then that way
271
00:13:15,408 --> 00:13:16,842
it could actually be about the music.
272
00:13:16,843 --> 00:13:18,811
Kind of like a Daft Punk,
Gorillaz vibe?
273
00:13:18,812 --> 00:13:20,145
- See, now you feeling me.
- Okay.
274
00:13:20,146 --> 00:13:22,281
Look, we could even, I don't know,
275
00:13:22,282 --> 00:13:24,083
add some other dope musicians.
276
00:13:24,084 --> 00:13:25,184
- Like, start a band?
- No.
277
00:13:25,185 --> 00:13:26,752
Better than a band. Like, a, um...
278
00:13:26,753 --> 00:13:28,687
like, a collective.
You know what I'm saying?
279
00:13:28,688 --> 00:13:31,657
We bounce off of each other.
We-we feed each other's ideas.
280
00:13:31,658 --> 00:13:34,293
- Yeah, I dig that.
- Look. Watch this artist.
281
00:13:34,294 --> 00:13:36,362
I've been trying to work
with him for a minute.
282
00:13:36,363 --> 00:13:38,163
♪ I was above 'em,
no bluffin', if, ands or buts ♪
283
00:13:38,164 --> 00:13:39,531
♪ And ain't no time for a discussion ♪
284
00:13:39,532 --> 00:13:40,833
♪ The governments can't be trusted ♪
285
00:13:40,834 --> 00:13:42,167
♪ The streets about to erupt ♪
286
00:13:42,168 --> 00:13:44,169
♪ In flames, insanity, sufferin' ♪
287
00:13:44,170 --> 00:13:45,504
♪ Alhamdulillah above me ♪
288
00:13:45,505 --> 00:13:46,939
♪ The only one that can judge me ♪
289
00:13:46,940 --> 00:13:48,460
♪ I'm wonderin' where the love be... ♪
290
00:13:49,542 --> 00:13:51,443
See? And Becky tried
to sign him last year,
291
00:13:51,444 --> 00:13:53,479
but because he's smart, he passed.
292
00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,682
Because he's a real, raw,
authentic artist.
293
00:13:56,683 --> 00:13:58,050
Imagine what we could create
with someone like that
294
00:13:58,051 --> 00:14:00,052
- on our team.
- Yeah, it would be incredible.
295
00:14:00,053 --> 00:14:01,220
But you know that there's no way
296
00:14:01,221 --> 00:14:02,721
that Empire's gonna let us do that.
297
00:14:02,722 --> 00:14:05,157
Okay, well, you know we don't
have to tell them anything.
298
00:14:05,158 --> 00:14:09,762
Well, I have no problem with that.
299
00:14:09,763 --> 00:14:12,331
Shoot, man, it smells like
someone died in here.
300
00:14:12,332 --> 00:14:13,832
It does.
301
00:14:13,833 --> 00:14:15,534
What the hell is this?
302
00:14:15,535 --> 00:14:17,403
A bangin'-ass basement.
303
00:14:17,404 --> 00:14:19,179
All right, how the hell
is this gonna help me
304
00:14:19,180 --> 00:14:20,581
land a number one single?
305
00:14:20,582 --> 00:14:22,649
Didn't your moms and pops
hook up back in the day
306
00:14:22,650 --> 00:14:24,885
- at a Philly basement party?
- Yeah. So?
307
00:14:24,886 --> 00:14:26,920
It was one of Lucious's
first performances
308
00:14:26,921 --> 00:14:29,656
before he blew up, man;
it was legendary.
309
00:14:29,657 --> 00:14:31,692
If your folks
never hooked up that night,
310
00:14:31,693 --> 00:14:33,694
you might not have been born, bro.
311
00:14:33,695 --> 00:14:34,995
You know you sound high as hell, bro?
312
00:14:34,996 --> 00:14:38,065
Come on, man. Can't you see it?
313
00:14:38,066 --> 00:14:40,667
The year is 1991, all right?
314
00:14:40,668 --> 00:14:42,803
Speakers in every corner.
315
00:14:42,804 --> 00:14:45,038
A big platform stage
with a old-school booth
316
00:14:45,039 --> 00:14:46,473
you can rock, Chicken.
317
00:14:46,474 --> 00:14:48,709
The party of the year, man, hosted by
318
00:14:48,710 --> 00:14:52,079
the one and only
Hakeem "The Dream" Lyon,
319
00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,181
launching his new banger.
320
00:14:55,750 --> 00:14:58,585
Keep it a hundred, you do sound
high as hell, Blake.
321
00:14:58,586 --> 00:15:01,822
It's actually not a bad idea.
322
00:15:01,823 --> 00:15:04,124
- Dre, what are you doing here?
- Becky told me where you were.
323
00:15:04,125 --> 00:15:06,793
I'm just here to help.
324
00:15:09,197 --> 00:15:12,733
Listen...
325
00:15:12,734 --> 00:15:16,436
I know you feel
some kind of way about me.
326
00:15:16,437 --> 00:15:18,338
I let everything that was wrong
327
00:15:18,339 --> 00:15:20,707
push everything that was right
out of my head.
328
00:15:20,708 --> 00:15:22,576
And that won't happen again,
I promise you.
329
00:15:22,577 --> 00:15:26,413
I want to be your big brother,
if you'll let me.
330
00:15:26,414 --> 00:15:28,749
All I care about
is being number one right now.
331
00:15:28,750 --> 00:15:32,719
If we put this whole party
up on Empire XStream,
332
00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,689
every subscriber that clicks
on it will get a free download.
333
00:15:35,690 --> 00:15:37,858
Now, those count as sales, Hakeem.
334
00:15:37,859 --> 00:15:39,559
Your numbers will go up.
335
00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:41,161
You're practically guaranteed
to knock Tiana
336
00:15:41,162 --> 00:15:43,029
out of the number one spot.
337
00:15:49,237 --> 00:15:52,039
I guess we throwing
a basement party, then, y'all.
338
00:15:56,611 --> 00:15:59,579
I hope you'll extend
your stay at Empire.
339
00:15:59,580 --> 00:16:02,582
I have such an affinity
for you, Edward.
340
00:16:02,583 --> 00:16:04,618
Please, Edna. It's-it's Eddie.
341
00:16:04,619 --> 00:16:06,953
- Of course.
- Giselle?
342
00:16:06,954 --> 00:16:10,123
- Oh.
- What are you doing here?
343
00:16:10,124 --> 00:16:12,159
Your receptionist
said to meet you here.
344
00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:13,727
Uh, must be a scheduling mix-up.
345
00:16:13,728 --> 00:16:15,262
Oh.
346
00:16:15,263 --> 00:16:19,733
Edna, this is my ex-wife, Giselle.
347
00:16:19,734 --> 00:16:21,968
Giselle, this is Edna.
348
00:16:21,969 --> 00:16:24,838
- Hello.
- Nice to meet you.
349
00:16:24,839 --> 00:16:26,106
See you later.
350
00:16:26,107 --> 00:16:28,341
- Talk soon? Okay.
- Talk later.
351
00:16:28,342 --> 00:16:31,011
Edward Cornelius Damn Barker.
352
00:16:31,012 --> 00:16:33,580
Expensive champagne
won't make up for what you did.
353
00:16:33,581 --> 00:16:35,148
I want my money.
354
00:16:35,149 --> 00:16:36,917
Celeste, not now, all right? Not now.
355
00:16:39,687 --> 00:16:41,555
And what's this slut doing here?
356
00:16:41,556 --> 00:16:43,690
Oh, that's real classy, Celeste.
357
00:16:43,691 --> 00:16:44,958
You want to know about class?
358
00:16:44,959 --> 00:16:47,994
Why are both y'all thirsty sluts here?
359
00:16:47,995 --> 00:16:49,129
Oh, hell no!
360
00:16:49,130 --> 00:16:51,431
- Monique?
- Eddie Barker.
361
00:16:51,432 --> 00:16:52,866
- Mm-hmm.
- Unless we're all here
362
00:16:52,867 --> 00:16:55,001
to discuss why you lost all our money,
363
00:16:55,002 --> 00:16:56,636
I am not trying to be in the company
364
00:16:56,637 --> 00:16:59,606
of your past, present
or future foolishness.
365
00:16:59,607 --> 00:17:00,941
Oh, n-no.
366
00:17:00,942 --> 00:17:02,876
We're not in a relationship.
367
00:17:02,877 --> 00:17:04,277
Unless...
368
00:17:04,278 --> 00:17:06,213
- Eddie?
- Obviously you're not together.
369
00:17:06,214 --> 00:17:08,482
Look around you, sweetie.
370
00:17:08,483 --> 00:17:10,250
One of these ladies doesn't belong
371
00:17:10,251 --> 00:17:12,319
- with the others.
- Really?
372
00:17:12,320 --> 00:17:14,321
I'll just see myself out.
373
00:17:14,322 --> 00:17:18,058
Uh, Edna. Edna. Uh...
374
00:17:18,059 --> 00:17:20,127
I'd like you to stay.
375
00:17:20,128 --> 00:17:22,162
This is just a big misunderstanding.
376
00:17:22,163 --> 00:17:25,499
Yes, a colossal
misunderstanding, Mr. Barker.
377
00:17:25,500 --> 00:17:28,568
Now that Lucious is back,
you should take this opportunity
378
00:17:28,569 --> 00:17:30,937
to focus on your personal affairs.
379
00:17:32,707 --> 00:17:34,341
Good night.
380
00:17:34,342 --> 00:17:36,343
- I'll call you later.
- You can try.
381
00:17:36,344 --> 00:17:38,078
♪ It's just something
you gon' learn, too ♪
382
00:17:38,079 --> 00:17:40,514
♪ It's your turn for me to be
the one you turn to... ♪
383
00:17:40,515 --> 00:17:42,349
Compliments of the boss.
384
00:17:42,350 --> 00:17:44,684
Boss?
385
00:17:49,090 --> 00:17:51,925
Wow.
386
00:17:53,394 --> 00:17:55,395
It's on.
387
00:18:04,431 --> 00:18:06,432
Those bitches ruined everything.
388
00:18:06,433 --> 00:18:08,667
Edna was a key ally.
Now that pasty heifer
389
00:18:08,668 --> 00:18:10,202
won't even return my phone calls.
390
00:18:10,203 --> 00:18:12,051
It was hard enough
for you to pull off a coup
391
00:18:12,052 --> 00:18:13,722
behind Lucious's back;
how are you gonna do it
392
00:18:13,723 --> 00:18:15,123
when he's looking right at you?
393
00:18:15,124 --> 00:18:18,093
- By making a new ally.
- What are you talking about?
394
00:18:18,094 --> 00:18:20,195
Over there.
395
00:18:22,398 --> 00:18:24,399
All right.
396
00:18:24,400 --> 00:18:26,568
No, no.
397
00:18:26,569 --> 00:18:30,272
Handle your business,
and I'll be right over there.
398
00:18:30,273 --> 00:18:32,374
What? Nothing for good luck?
399
00:18:35,144 --> 00:18:37,395
Back in the day,
I never would've pegged you
400
00:18:37,396 --> 00:18:39,964
as someone who'd have a seat
at the table.
401
00:18:39,965 --> 00:18:44,468
You were always so impulsive,
quick to pull the trigger
402
00:18:44,469 --> 00:18:48,005
without even being sure that
the gun was loaded.
403
00:18:51,443 --> 00:18:53,844
Is that why you convinced
Lucious to drop me
404
00:18:53,845 --> 00:18:55,613
all those years ago?
405
00:18:55,614 --> 00:18:57,682
And I'd like to right that wrong.
406
00:18:57,683 --> 00:19:00,384
I gave Lucious the tools
to be able to create an empire.
407
00:19:00,385 --> 00:19:02,420
I'd like to do the same for you.
408
00:19:02,421 --> 00:19:06,224
And my, uh, 25% stake
409
00:19:06,225 --> 00:19:08,659
has nothing to do
with your generous offer?
410
00:19:08,660 --> 00:19:11,662
We're too big to be hustling
somebody else's dream.
411
00:19:11,663 --> 00:19:13,297
I'm listening.
412
00:19:13,298 --> 00:19:15,299
Lucious always wanted to roll solo.
413
00:19:15,300 --> 00:19:18,135
He's never gonna value anybody else
414
00:19:18,136 --> 00:19:20,004
more than he values himself.
415
00:19:20,005 --> 00:19:24,108
But I value what you do.
416
00:19:24,109 --> 00:19:26,911
I'm gonna make a pitch to the board
417
00:19:26,912 --> 00:19:28,846
to expand my role here.
418
00:19:28,847 --> 00:19:31,716
You want to be on top?
419
00:19:31,717 --> 00:19:34,318
Back me up.
420
00:19:37,990 --> 00:19:40,558
Come on, man.
421
00:19:43,695 --> 00:19:45,663
Where's that impulse?
422
00:19:47,599 --> 00:19:50,468
Is the gun loaded?
423
00:19:52,404 --> 00:19:54,605
Always, my brother.
424
00:19:58,977 --> 00:20:01,379
- Okay.
- All right, then.
425
00:20:01,380 --> 00:20:03,814
We got a lot of things
we're gonna be doing together.
426
00:20:03,815 --> 00:20:05,483
- We'll have some fun.
- I'll tell you what.
427
00:20:05,484 --> 00:20:07,485
Come by the studio later.
428
00:20:07,486 --> 00:20:09,253
- Mm-hmm?
- I got this new white boy.
429
00:20:09,254 --> 00:20:13,591
I think you can help
make us both rich.
430
00:20:13,592 --> 00:20:15,059
Don't worry.
431
00:20:15,060 --> 00:20:17,028
Gonna have your tattoos.
Just try not to move.
432
00:20:17,029 --> 00:20:18,195
All right.
433
00:20:18,196 --> 00:20:19,597
Design book's on the table, sir.
434
00:20:19,598 --> 00:20:21,532
Pick a tattoo. Be with you in a sec.
435
00:20:21,533 --> 00:20:24,178
Oh, no, no.
We just, uh, we actually want
436
00:20:24,179 --> 00:20:26,413
- a bit of your time to talk.
- Time's money.
437
00:20:26,414 --> 00:20:29,450
Which one's talking,
which one's getting a tattoo?
438
00:20:31,386 --> 00:20:32,786
I mean...
439
00:20:32,787 --> 00:20:34,488
It's about the collective.
440
00:20:34,489 --> 00:20:37,024
You know what I'm saying?
441
00:20:37,025 --> 00:20:39,426
Look, I... do not
play well with others.
442
00:20:39,427 --> 00:20:41,095
See, that's the thing is
443
00:20:41,096 --> 00:20:43,697
the band that we're
creating is not about egos.
444
00:20:43,698 --> 00:20:45,899
Yeah, it's just about the music.
445
00:20:45,900 --> 00:20:48,569
And with you on the mic
with your raw, visceral,
446
00:20:48,570 --> 00:20:51,872
conscious lyrics,
I really do think that we could
447
00:20:51,873 --> 00:20:53,474
make music history.
448
00:20:53,475 --> 00:20:56,777
Let me tell you something
about history, bruh.
449
00:20:56,778 --> 00:20:58,312
It's written by the victors.
450
00:20:58,313 --> 00:21:00,314
And I don't see no victory by signing
451
00:21:00,315 --> 00:21:01,815
with a privileged cat
from hip-hop royalty
452
00:21:01,816 --> 00:21:04,084
trying to be down with the people.
453
00:21:04,085 --> 00:21:05,886
Feel me?
454
00:21:05,887 --> 00:21:07,287
Let me tell you something, bruh.
455
00:21:07,288 --> 00:21:10,157
You obviously don't know
where my family comes from,
456
00:21:10,158 --> 00:21:12,259
and you probably don't even listen
457
00:21:12,260 --> 00:21:14,194
- to my music, so...
- Okay, yeah.
458
00:21:14,195 --> 00:21:15,996
Real talk. I don't need a collective
459
00:21:15,997 --> 00:21:18,432
or a Lyon to get my message across.
460
00:21:19,534 --> 00:21:21,468
May I focus?
461
00:21:21,469 --> 00:21:23,337
Ow.
462
00:21:23,338 --> 00:21:25,172
That'll be $200.
463
00:21:25,173 --> 00:21:28,108
Pay cash or card?
464
00:21:29,511 --> 00:21:31,678
♪ You been craving my touch ♪
465
00:21:31,679 --> 00:21:32,913
♪ Ain't no use tryin' to hide it ♪
466
00:21:32,914 --> 00:21:34,181
♪ Wantin' me like a drug ♪
467
00:21:34,182 --> 00:21:35,783
♪ I promise you gon' like it ♪
468
00:21:35,784 --> 00:21:37,317
♪ I'm-a leave it open ♪
469
00:21:37,318 --> 00:21:39,119
♪ And see what you gon' do
right there ♪
470
00:21:39,120 --> 00:21:41,822
♪ You say you want control,
but can you handle me? ♪
471
00:21:41,823 --> 00:21:45,359
♪ We can go fast or slow,
might have you on your knees ♪
472
00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:48,362
♪ I want to see you work hard ♪
473
00:21:48,363 --> 00:21:50,631
♪ For me, baby ♪
474
00:21:50,632 --> 00:21:53,534
♪ Uh, sweat ♪
475
00:21:53,535 --> 00:21:55,969
♪ Sweat ♪
476
00:21:55,970 --> 00:21:59,139
♪ Sweat ♪
477
00:21:59,974 --> 00:22:04,035
- ♪ Sweat, uh ♪
- ♪ Sweat ♪
478
00:22:04,036 --> 00:22:05,546
♪ Sweat, till it's
drippin' off your body ♪
479
00:22:05,547 --> 00:22:07,714
♪ Like a faucet, uh, sweat till... ♪
480
00:22:10,919 --> 00:22:14,354
Oh, my God. I-I...
481
00:22:14,355 --> 00:22:17,458
I am, like, your biggest fan.
482
00:22:17,459 --> 00:22:19,193
My name's Maya.
483
00:22:19,194 --> 00:22:21,829
Is this the new choreographer
that Eddie just approved?
484
00:22:21,830 --> 00:22:23,664
How old are you, 13?
485
00:22:23,665 --> 00:22:25,833
Uh, Eddie's not the CEO.
486
00:22:25,834 --> 00:22:28,569
I invited Maya here
from NYU to audition.
487
00:22:28,570 --> 00:22:31,371
NYU? Cookie, I'm number one
488
00:22:31,372 --> 00:22:33,173
on the Pop and the R&B charts.
489
00:22:33,174 --> 00:22:34,708
And the best that you can offer me is
490
00:22:34,709 --> 00:22:36,410
- some amateur from...
- Uh, hey, hey, uh!
491
00:22:36,411 --> 00:22:38,645
Mm-mmm. Hold your tongue.
492
00:22:38,646 --> 00:22:41,482
Maya, why don't you take
a break, sweetheart?
493
00:22:41,483 --> 00:22:44,251
Very impressive.
You like a little Misty, girl.
494
00:22:44,252 --> 00:22:46,520
Yes!
495
00:22:49,624 --> 00:22:52,893
Now, I know Eddie
has you feeling like a big star.
496
00:22:52,894 --> 00:22:56,163
I get it, and I'm very proud
of you, Tiana.
497
00:22:56,164 --> 00:22:58,098
But that doesn't give you
the right to walk around
498
00:22:58,099 --> 00:23:00,367
and act like a big bitch.
499
00:23:00,368 --> 00:23:02,803
I'm the only big bitch
around here, sweetie.
500
00:23:02,804 --> 00:23:04,838
And let's not forget who made you.
501
00:23:04,839 --> 00:23:07,508
'Cause I would hate
to have to unmake you.
502
00:23:07,509 --> 00:23:10,744
Now, you come in here
and you disrupt something
503
00:23:10,745 --> 00:23:14,481
I got going on again, and I will
wipe your ass off the charts!
504
00:23:14,482 --> 00:23:18,118
Give a damn what number you are.
505
00:23:18,119 --> 00:23:19,887
Maya.
506
00:23:19,888 --> 00:23:21,889
- Maya, slow down.
- I must've had "fool"
507
00:23:21,890 --> 00:23:24,124
written across my forehead
to think I was good enough
508
00:23:24,125 --> 00:23:26,293
- to work with Tiana.
- Listen to me.
509
00:23:26,294 --> 00:23:28,529
You are nobody's fool, okay?
510
00:23:28,530 --> 00:23:30,197
You are a gifted, talented woman
511
00:23:30,198 --> 00:23:32,065
who's gonna make her mother
very proud.
512
00:23:32,066 --> 00:23:35,335
My mom is proud of me. She's the
one that encouraged me to dance.
513
00:23:35,336 --> 00:23:37,838
I mean your birth mother.
514
00:23:37,839 --> 00:23:39,740
How do you know I'm adopted?
515
00:23:39,741 --> 00:23:42,142
I know your real mom.
516
00:23:42,143 --> 00:23:45,412
My real m... mom?
517
00:23:45,413 --> 00:23:48,949
- I was in prison with her.
- You mean the crackhead killer?
518
00:23:48,950 --> 00:23:52,419
She's not a killer.
She... That was self-defense.
519
00:23:52,420 --> 00:23:55,088
And she didn't...
she didn't do drugs, okay?
520
00:23:55,089 --> 00:23:57,687
She-she may have dealt drugs
521
00:23:57,688 --> 00:23:59,856
to get money so that she can try
522
00:23:59,857 --> 00:24:02,225
and find you, because you
were stolen from her, Maya.
523
00:24:02,226 --> 00:24:04,261
She really wants to meet you.
524
00:24:04,262 --> 00:24:08,265
Okay? And I promised her
that I would find you.
525
00:24:08,266 --> 00:24:10,500
She loves you so much.
526
00:24:10,501 --> 00:24:12,669
No.
527
00:24:12,670 --> 00:24:14,437
She's dying.
528
00:24:14,438 --> 00:24:16,640
No, she's dead.
She was dead to me the moment
529
00:24:16,641 --> 00:24:18,241
- that she decided to give me up.
- You don't...
530
00:24:18,242 --> 00:24:19,676
No, please just stay away from me.
531
00:24:19,677 --> 00:24:21,444
'Cause I don't want to hear from you
532
00:24:21,445 --> 00:24:24,247
or that woman in lockup ever.
533
00:24:29,921 --> 00:24:33,089
So, you got to get locked up
534
00:24:33,090 --> 00:24:35,525
before I can see you, huh?
535
00:24:35,526 --> 00:24:37,460
I don't have nothing
to say to you, lady.
536
00:24:37,461 --> 00:24:40,897
Okay. I'll do the talking.
537
00:24:42,466 --> 00:24:44,301
- Can I smoke in here?
- Yeah, sure.
538
00:24:44,302 --> 00:24:47,204
Why don't you go out by the pool
or the tennis courts?
539
00:24:47,205 --> 00:24:49,739
The hell you think you are?
540
00:24:51,642 --> 00:24:55,111
I'm in a place where
I never expected to see you.
541
00:24:55,112 --> 00:24:58,882
Of my three girls,
542
00:24:58,883 --> 00:25:00,383
you most remind me of myself.
543
00:25:00,384 --> 00:25:02,452
Please don't insult me.
544
00:25:02,453 --> 00:25:04,588
Why are you even here?
545
00:25:04,589 --> 00:25:07,290
Because if I was there with you girls,
546
00:25:07,291 --> 00:25:08,658
you would not be in here.
547
00:25:08,659 --> 00:25:11,828
Uh, please don't flatter yourself.
548
00:25:11,829 --> 00:25:14,230
Loretha, sit your narrow ass down!
549
00:25:18,769 --> 00:25:21,204
I'm not finished.
550
00:25:27,695 --> 00:25:29,496
♪ Plus, we getting money round here ♪
551
00:25:29,497 --> 00:25:31,965
♪ And they love the way
them Lambo doors in the air ♪
552
00:25:31,966 --> 00:25:33,166
♪ Them baddies leaving with us ♪
553
00:25:33,167 --> 00:25:34,334
♪ Leave them haters over there... ♪
554
00:25:34,335 --> 00:25:36,169
Where's this new white boy?
555
00:25:36,170 --> 00:25:38,372
Let's see if he lives up to your hype.
556
00:25:38,373 --> 00:25:40,006
♪ Plus, we getting money
around here... ♪
557
00:25:44,011 --> 00:25:47,848
You didn't think twice
about chucking your man here.
558
00:25:47,849 --> 00:25:50,817
Ain't no telling how fast
you'd get rid of my ass.
559
00:25:52,353 --> 00:25:54,421
Me and L ain't white on rice.
560
00:25:54,422 --> 00:25:56,256
But like my Hillary vote,
561
00:25:56,257 --> 00:25:59,292
I'm just siding with the devil I know.
562
00:26:01,596 --> 00:26:03,864
You know she lost, right?
563
00:26:05,767 --> 00:26:07,434
Well, in that case, Eddie,
564
00:26:07,435 --> 00:26:09,903
you and Hillary
got a whole lot in common.
565
00:26:09,904 --> 00:26:12,939
Knowing that the lesser man
thinks he won?
566
00:26:12,940 --> 00:26:15,242
Maybe so.
567
00:26:15,243 --> 00:26:17,377
That wasn't about loyalty, you know?
568
00:26:17,378 --> 00:26:20,213
That was self-interest.
569
00:26:20,214 --> 00:26:22,382
Eddie, you wouldn't know loyalty
570
00:26:22,383 --> 00:26:25,619
if it smacked you right
in the middle of your face.
571
00:26:25,620 --> 00:26:27,921
Brother, we have...
572
00:26:27,922 --> 00:26:31,458
very distinct definitions
of that word.
573
00:26:31,459 --> 00:26:35,228
You may be loyal to your own,
but what you really are
574
00:26:35,229 --> 00:26:37,130
is lethal.
575
00:26:37,131 --> 00:26:39,132
Poison.
576
00:26:39,133 --> 00:26:42,969
Everything you touch
corrupts and dies around you.
577
00:26:42,970 --> 00:26:45,105
And if you needed any more proof
578
00:26:45,106 --> 00:26:48,608
of just how toxic you really are,
579
00:26:48,609 --> 00:26:50,010
look no further than Cookie.
580
00:26:50,011 --> 00:26:53,647
The woman nearly died because of you.
581
00:26:57,585 --> 00:26:59,886
You're pushing me, Eddie.
582
00:26:59,887 --> 00:27:02,656
And you of all people know...
583
00:27:02,657 --> 00:27:06,293
how lethal I can be.
584
00:27:06,294 --> 00:27:08,528
Of course I do.
585
00:27:08,529 --> 00:27:11,064
I taught you.
586
00:27:11,065 --> 00:27:13,099
But...
587
00:27:13,100 --> 00:27:17,571
it's just as dangerous
to push me around.
588
00:27:19,941 --> 00:27:21,942
We ain't done.
589
00:27:21,943 --> 00:27:23,844
Come on.
590
00:27:23,845 --> 00:27:25,912
Not even close.
591
00:27:31,385 --> 00:27:32,953
♪ Hey, Dirty... ♪
592
00:27:32,954 --> 00:27:34,654
It's a basement, but there's
a lot of things to shoot.
593
00:27:34,655 --> 00:27:36,056
Some colors and those cups right here.
594
00:27:36,057 --> 00:27:37,524
- Got it.
- Take advantage of that.
595
00:27:37,525 --> 00:27:39,526
Film Hakeem.
It's his single release party.
596
00:27:39,527 --> 00:27:42,496
What up? Stay tuned, baby.
597
00:27:42,497 --> 00:27:44,331
Hakeem, I love you!
598
00:27:44,332 --> 00:27:46,333
Thank you all for coming.
599
00:27:46,334 --> 00:27:48,335
Chicken.
600
00:27:48,336 --> 00:27:50,103
Jamal said he would be here.
601
00:27:50,104 --> 00:27:51,538
- He late.
- I haven't seen him.
602
00:27:51,539 --> 00:27:53,540
Meanwhile, Sir-Talk-A-Lot right here
603
00:27:53,541 --> 00:27:55,442
hasn't paid the venue owners,
so now they're threatening
604
00:27:55,443 --> 00:27:57,811
- to pull the plug on this whole thing.
- What?
605
00:27:57,812 --> 00:28:00,013
Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Don't worry about it, Hakeem.
606
00:28:00,014 --> 00:28:01,581
I'll handle it.
607
00:28:01,582 --> 00:28:03,183
- Why don't you show me who to pay.
- All right.
608
00:28:03,184 --> 00:28:06,686
- Yeah, show him who to pay.
- All right. It's okay.
609
00:28:06,687 --> 00:28:08,321
Jamal Lyon!
610
00:28:08,322 --> 00:28:10,357
Jamal Lyon, over here!
611
00:28:10,358 --> 00:28:12,058
Jamal Lyon!
612
00:28:12,059 --> 00:28:15,061
I'm sorry. I got you.
All right? I'm sorry.
613
00:28:15,062 --> 00:28:17,697
Can we get a photo
with the three brothers?
614
00:28:17,698 --> 00:28:20,300
- Uh, sure.
- All three of you.
615
00:28:22,236 --> 00:28:24,404
Listen, after this,
can we, uh, can we talk?
616
00:28:24,405 --> 00:28:25,572
- Nah.
- ♪ Hey, Dirty ♪
617
00:28:25,573 --> 00:28:27,674
♪ Sing it ♪
618
00:28:27,675 --> 00:28:29,676
- ♪ Baby, I got your money ♪
- ♪ Sing it, girls ♪
619
00:28:29,677 --> 00:28:31,745
- ♪ Don't you worry, I said hey ♪
- ♪ Just shake it right... ♪
620
00:28:31,746 --> 00:28:33,647
Y'all, please give it up
for my little brother,
621
00:28:33,648 --> 00:28:35,682
Hakeem Lyon, performing his first
622
00:28:35,683 --> 00:28:39,085
20 For 20 single, "Rock the Party"!
623
00:28:44,926 --> 00:28:47,594
♪ Uh, you know what's up
when I pull up ♪
624
00:28:47,595 --> 00:28:49,996
♪ Everybody watching,
all the girls running back ♪
625
00:28:49,997 --> 00:28:51,097
♪ I'm picking through my options ♪
626
00:28:51,098 --> 00:28:52,232
♪ Gettin' cake ♪
627
00:28:52,233 --> 00:28:53,934
♪ Like I'm playin' Shopkins ♪
628
00:28:53,935 --> 00:28:55,435
♪ Green faces like I'm The Mask ♪
629
00:28:55,436 --> 00:28:58,071
♪ Somebody stop me,
fresh fade, black shades ♪
630
00:28:58,072 --> 00:28:59,539
♪ I'm kind of a big deal ♪
631
00:28:59,540 --> 00:29:00,874
♪ In the club
looking for a third piece ♪
632
00:29:00,875 --> 00:29:02,876
♪ Big wheel, all this liquor in me ♪
633
00:29:02,877 --> 00:29:04,644
♪ Kinda hard for me to sit still ♪
634
00:29:04,645 --> 00:29:06,146
♪ D'Angelo wit' the flow ♪
635
00:29:06,147 --> 00:29:08,248
♪ Tell me, how does it feel?
How it feel? ♪
636
00:29:08,249 --> 00:29:10,283
♪ You know Hakeem, I rock the party ♪
637
00:29:10,284 --> 00:29:11,751
♪ You know Hakeem ♪
638
00:29:11,752 --> 00:29:13,053
♪ Rock the party! ♪
639
00:29:13,054 --> 00:29:15,722
♪ You know Hakeem, I rock the party ♪
640
00:29:15,723 --> 00:29:19,192
♪ Girl, back it up,
work your body... ♪
641
00:29:19,193 --> 00:29:21,294
Girl, you said this was
a '90s basement jam,
642
00:29:21,295 --> 00:29:23,063
not no Hakeem release party.
643
00:29:23,064 --> 00:29:25,765
I'm not here for him.
I'm here to have fun.
644
00:29:25,766 --> 00:29:29,736
Plus, all of my people are here,
so why shouldn't I be here?
645
00:29:29,737 --> 00:29:32,839
♪ Okay, the turn up is real,
party in the hills... ♪
646
00:29:32,840 --> 00:29:34,708
Bitches.
647
00:29:34,709 --> 00:29:36,943
♪ Done deal, ride through the city ♪
648
00:29:36,944 --> 00:29:39,679
♪ Sun glisten off the wheels,
top off, sun roofin' ♪
649
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:41,948
♪ Like I'm Dr. Phil,
straight gorilla my flowin' ♪
650
00:29:41,949 --> 00:29:43,717
♪ Like you know I'm a animal ♪
651
00:29:43,718 --> 00:29:45,151
♪ Wordplay, intangible,
automatic, mechanical ♪
652
00:29:45,152 --> 00:29:46,987
♪ Lyrically I'm a cannibal ♪
653
00:29:46,988 --> 00:29:48,822
♪ Don't make me split
your cantaloupe ♪
654
00:29:48,823 --> 00:29:51,825
♪ Leave here wit' a centerfold,
bet I give her the antidote ♪
655
00:29:51,826 --> 00:29:54,661
♪ You know Hakeem, I rock the party ♪
656
00:29:54,662 --> 00:29:57,330
♪ You know Hakeem, I rock the party ♪
657
00:29:58,566 --> 00:29:59,699
♪ Rock the party! ♪
658
00:29:59,700 --> 00:30:01,434
♪ Girl, back it up ♪
659
00:30:01,435 --> 00:30:02,836
♪ Work your body ♪
660
00:30:02,837 --> 00:30:04,137
♪ That's how it be when I'm out ♪
661
00:30:04,138 --> 00:30:05,672
♪ Wit' my peeps and I got ♪
662
00:30:05,673 --> 00:30:07,440
♪ What it takes to rock the party ♪
663
00:30:07,441 --> 00:30:09,843
♪ Yeah, girl,
come back it up in my face... ♪
664
00:30:09,844 --> 00:30:11,544
Hey, man, what you doing?
665
00:30:11,545 --> 00:30:13,413
- ♪ Take it back to my place ♪
- ♪ Uh, yeah, uh ♪
666
00:30:13,414 --> 00:30:15,982
♪ It's the mythical,
analytical, not the typical ♪
667
00:30:15,983 --> 00:30:18,952
♪ Ice form in the physical,
rare biblical ♪
668
00:30:18,953 --> 00:30:21,788
♪ I don't play to lose,
no pity, y'all pitiful ♪
669
00:30:21,789 --> 00:30:24,591
♪ Get money, I don't snooze,
think rich, that's a ritual ♪
670
00:30:24,592 --> 00:30:26,226
♪ Cold wit' it,
yeah, I'm cold wit' it ♪
671
00:30:26,227 --> 00:30:28,261
♪ No control wit' it,
copper rims on the coupe ♪
672
00:30:28,262 --> 00:30:30,063
♪ Like I'm rollin' four pennies ♪
673
00:30:30,064 --> 00:30:32,365
♪ No, I'm not from Harlem,
but I'm tryin' to trot ♪
674
00:30:32,366 --> 00:30:34,034
♪ Around the globe wit' it,
jacket on ♪
675
00:30:34,035 --> 00:30:35,835
♪ This a cold business, uh. ♪
676
00:30:41,342 --> 00:30:42,809
So, you know you're not slick
677
00:30:42,810 --> 00:30:44,778
bringing me up to your set like that.
678
00:30:44,779 --> 00:30:46,680
Babe, I didn't even know
you'd be here.
679
00:30:46,681 --> 00:30:49,049
- But I'm glad you came.
- Mm-hmm.
680
00:30:49,050 --> 00:30:51,251
Don't you got a press
tour in the morning?
681
00:30:51,252 --> 00:30:53,653
Look, Eddie's not here, so...
682
00:30:53,654 --> 00:30:56,890
tonight I'm off the hook.
683
00:30:58,559 --> 00:31:00,393
♪ I often tell myself ♪
684
00:31:00,394 --> 00:31:04,731
♪ That we could be
more than just friends ♪
685
00:31:04,732 --> 00:31:08,101
♪ I know you think
that if we move too soon ♪
686
00:31:08,102 --> 00:31:09,869
♪ It would all end ♪
687
00:31:09,870 --> 00:31:12,172
♪ I live in misery ♪
688
00:31:12,173 --> 00:31:14,474
♪ When you're not around ♪
689
00:31:14,475 --> 00:31:17,277
♪ There'll be some lovemaking ♪
690
00:31:17,278 --> 00:31:19,913
♪ Heartbreaking, soul shaking ♪
691
00:31:19,914 --> 00:31:22,082
♪ Oh ♪
692
00:31:22,083 --> 00:31:26,052
♪ Lovemaking, heartbreaking,
soul shaking ♪
693
00:31:26,053 --> 00:31:28,688
♪ What's it gonna be? ♪
694
00:31:28,689 --> 00:31:31,057
- ♪ 'Cause I can't pretend ♪
- ♪ I can't pretend ♪
695
00:31:31,058 --> 00:31:33,226
♪ No ♪
696
00:31:33,227 --> 00:31:35,528
- ♪ Don't you want to be ♪
- ♪ Don't you want to be ♪
697
00:31:35,529 --> 00:31:37,530
♪ More than friends ♪
698
00:31:37,531 --> 00:31:39,332
♪ Hold me tight ♪
699
00:31:39,333 --> 00:31:41,501
♪ And don't let go ♪
700
00:31:41,502 --> 00:31:43,469
♪ Don't let go. ♪
701
00:31:48,779 --> 00:31:51,080
- ♪ I'm the lyrical gangster ♪
- ♪ Murderer ♪
702
00:31:51,081 --> 00:31:53,817
- ♪ Big up di crew ina di area ♪
- ♪ Murderer ♪
703
00:31:53,818 --> 00:31:55,718
- ♪ Still love you like that ♪
- ♪ Murderer... ♪
704
00:31:55,719 --> 00:31:56,853
Becky.
705
00:31:56,854 --> 00:31:58,354
- Yeah?
- You seen, um, Tory?
706
00:31:58,355 --> 00:32:00,757
Uh, she's in the bathroom.
Have you seen Tiana?
707
00:32:00,758 --> 00:32:02,692
She has a 5:00 a.m. call time.
708
00:32:02,693 --> 00:32:04,727
I mean, you know
she bounced with Hakeem.
709
00:32:07,298 --> 00:32:09,232
♪ Act like you know, Rico... ♪
710
00:32:09,233 --> 00:32:10,900
Oh, word?
711
00:32:10,901 --> 00:32:13,102
What's up, you coming to take shots
712
00:32:13,103 --> 00:32:14,938
at another member of hip-hop royalty?
713
00:32:14,939 --> 00:32:17,240
Nah. I listened to your music.
714
00:32:17,241 --> 00:32:18,608
I was moved, brother.
715
00:32:18,609 --> 00:32:20,343
Seems like you have something to say.
716
00:32:20,344 --> 00:32:22,645
I want to hear your message. For real.
717
00:32:22,646 --> 00:32:24,247
This time without prejudice.
718
00:32:25,216 --> 00:32:27,150
Thank you, man.
719
00:32:27,151 --> 00:32:29,919
Tory also threatened to blast my shop
720
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:32,121
on her social media
if I didn't show up tonight.
721
00:32:32,122 --> 00:32:35,291
I see. So she blackmailed
your ass. Okay.
722
00:32:35,292 --> 00:32:38,294
- I ain't mad at her.
- Good move.
723
00:32:38,295 --> 00:32:41,397
Welcome to the band, man.
724
00:32:41,398 --> 00:32:42,799
♪ Cash rules everything around me... ♪
725
00:32:42,800 --> 00:32:44,601
A'ight, baby. There you go.
726
00:32:44,602 --> 00:32:46,503
♪ Dollar, dollar bill, y'all... ♪
727
00:32:46,504 --> 00:32:48,605
Tory.
728
00:32:49,607 --> 00:32:50,907
- What the hell are you doing?
- Nothing.
729
00:32:50,908 --> 00:32:52,942
I'm just taking something
to take the edge off.
730
00:32:52,943 --> 00:32:54,511
How long you been using again?
What-what are you on?
731
00:32:54,512 --> 00:32:55,879
Eddie just gave me
something the other day
732
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:57,013
- so I could get through the show.
- Eddie gave you s...
733
00:32:57,014 --> 00:32:58,014
- Hey.
- Yeah. It's fine.
734
00:32:58,015 --> 00:32:59,182
- It's not a big deal.
- Listen,
735
00:32:59,183 --> 00:33:01,184
tomorrow we're going
to a meeting, Tory.
736
00:33:01,185 --> 00:33:03,820
Jamal, I'm a big girl. I don't
need you to be my sponsor, okay?
737
00:33:03,821 --> 00:33:05,822
♪ Rollin' with this one and that one ♪
738
00:33:05,823 --> 00:33:07,624
♪ Pullin' out gats for fun ♪
739
00:33:07,625 --> 00:33:09,158
♪ But it was just a dream ♪
740
00:33:09,159 --> 00:33:10,727
♪ For the teen, who was a fiend ♪
741
00:33:10,728 --> 00:33:12,462
♪ Started smokin' woolas at 16... ♪
742
00:33:12,463 --> 00:33:14,130
I really needed this tonight.
743
00:33:14,131 --> 00:33:16,266
♪ And doin' hits for high stakes ♪
744
00:33:16,267 --> 00:33:18,368
♪ Makin' my way on fire escapes ♪
745
00:33:18,369 --> 00:33:21,504
♪ No question I would speed
for cracks and weed... ♪
746
00:33:21,505 --> 00:33:25,074
Anybody thinking you need
a makeover to be number one,
747
00:33:25,075 --> 00:33:29,345
they don't know
how amazing you already are.
748
00:33:29,346 --> 00:33:31,681
Always will be in my eyes.
749
00:33:31,682 --> 00:33:33,816
I love you.
750
00:33:33,817 --> 00:33:36,286
♪ Figured out I went the wrong route ♪
751
00:33:36,287 --> 00:33:38,254
♪ So I got with a sick, tight clique ♪
752
00:33:38,255 --> 00:33:40,290
♪ And went all out ♪
753
00:33:40,291 --> 00:33:42,392
♪ Catchin' keys from 'cross
seas, rollin' in MPVs... ♪
754
00:33:42,393 --> 00:33:45,161
But I'm not gonna let Eddie
control you like some puppet.
755
00:33:47,197 --> 00:33:49,799
I'm nobody's puppet, okay?
756
00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:53,036
That's not what I meant.
757
00:33:53,037 --> 00:33:56,639
Look, you don't get to decide
or control who I work with.
758
00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:59,242
Eddie has done more for me
in six months
759
00:33:59,243 --> 00:34:02,078
than Empire's done for me
in three years.
760
00:34:03,981 --> 00:34:06,182
This was a mistake.
761
00:34:06,183 --> 00:34:09,385
No. This is real.
762
00:34:09,386 --> 00:34:11,120
Eddie told me
that you wasn't gonna be happy
763
00:34:11,121 --> 00:34:12,889
unless I was right up under you.
764
00:34:12,890 --> 00:34:14,691
And you know what?
765
00:34:14,692 --> 00:34:15,825
He was right.
766
00:34:19,129 --> 00:34:20,830
Tiana!
767
00:34:26,337 --> 00:34:28,705
'Sup?
768
00:34:32,042 --> 00:34:34,077
Whoa.
769
00:34:34,078 --> 00:34:36,779
Back at work.
How's the orphan hunting going?
770
00:34:36,780 --> 00:34:38,381
If you want to keep your balls intact,
771
00:34:38,382 --> 00:34:40,683
you didn't see me tonight, okay?
772
00:34:40,684 --> 00:34:42,318
So now you're threatening
my man parts over Orphan Black?
773
00:34:42,319 --> 00:34:44,287
You know, between you and
Lucious wanting to kill Eddie,
774
00:34:44,288 --> 00:34:45,622
y'all are just gonna give me a stroke.
775
00:34:45,623 --> 00:34:47,924
Hey, hey, hey, hey. Kill Eddie?
776
00:34:47,925 --> 00:34:49,892
The hell are you talking about?
777
00:35:02,773 --> 00:35:04,941
Thirsty told me about Eddie.
778
00:35:04,942 --> 00:35:07,443
So all that talk about us
being equal partners
779
00:35:07,444 --> 00:35:10,113
and you respecting me was just bull.
780
00:35:10,114 --> 00:35:11,881
Well, you lied about
your whereabouts all day.
781
00:35:11,882 --> 00:35:14,917
No, no, no.
I didn't lie to you, Lucious.
782
00:35:14,918 --> 00:35:17,253
I just didn't tell your nosy ass.
783
00:35:17,254 --> 00:35:18,655
Well, there's a distinction
without a difference
784
00:35:18,656 --> 00:35:20,423
if I've ever heard one.
785
00:35:20,424 --> 00:35:23,326
Well, you lied about everything
being okay with Eddie. Why?
786
00:35:23,327 --> 00:35:25,628
And don't give me
that heart attack bull.
787
00:35:25,629 --> 00:35:27,730
Are you mad 'cause I brought him in?
788
00:35:27,731 --> 00:35:30,199
No, and don't you ever think that.
789
00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:33,670
Everything that's gone wrong,
every bad thing that's happened,
790
00:35:33,671 --> 00:35:36,939
from Eddie to Claudia to Andre...
791
00:35:39,109 --> 00:35:42,145
All of that's my fault. I accept that.
792
00:35:42,146 --> 00:35:45,248
And some things
you-you can't change, but...
793
00:35:45,249 --> 00:35:47,950
I know how to fix Eddie.
794
00:35:47,951 --> 00:35:50,319
No. There's got to be
another way to get rid of Eddie.
795
00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:52,755
- Yeah, how?
- I don't know, Lucious.
796
00:35:52,756 --> 00:35:55,358
But we're gonna figure it out,
together.
797
00:36:05,991 --> 00:36:08,640
- Morning, Mr. Barker.
- Morning, Juanita.
798
00:36:15,810 --> 00:36:17,177
Cookie.
799
00:36:17,178 --> 00:36:18,712
Lu. What is this?
800
00:36:18,713 --> 00:36:20,381
Firing squad?
801
00:36:20,382 --> 00:36:22,950
It was going to be.
But we're family, right?
802
00:36:22,951 --> 00:36:25,352
- Have a seat.
- Family.
803
00:36:25,353 --> 00:36:27,288
Yeah, see, all that plotting
804
00:36:27,289 --> 00:36:30,724
and scheming you were doing,
I had to remind Lucious that,
805
00:36:30,725 --> 00:36:34,261
uh, you guys were like brothers
back in the day.
806
00:36:34,262 --> 00:36:36,697
I said have a seat.
807
00:36:36,698 --> 00:36:38,666
All right.
808
00:36:42,103 --> 00:36:44,138
Speaking of family,
809
00:36:44,139 --> 00:36:47,541
um, Hakeem's single just hit
number one on the charts.
810
00:36:47,542 --> 00:36:49,243
Wow. Hmm.
811
00:36:49,244 --> 00:36:51,645
Chalk one up for the Lyons,
against my two.
812
00:36:51,646 --> 00:36:53,948
I wonder how the board would feel
813
00:36:53,949 --> 00:36:55,950
if they found out
that your two was acquired
814
00:36:55,951 --> 00:36:59,720
by doping up a recovering addict.
815
00:36:59,721 --> 00:37:03,123
Tory? She was a wild card
way before I walked into Empire.
816
00:37:03,124 --> 00:37:04,725
But what about Tiana?
817
00:37:04,726 --> 00:37:07,561
I've seen single-handedly
how you bamboozled her.
818
00:37:07,562 --> 00:37:09,430
Once Lucious and I figured out
819
00:37:09,431 --> 00:37:12,433
what you were doing
with Tory and Tiana,
820
00:37:12,434 --> 00:37:13,901
well, we figured...
821
00:37:13,902 --> 00:37:15,402
there had to be others.
822
00:37:15,403 --> 00:37:17,638
So we did a little digging.
Ivy Montgomery.
823
00:37:17,639 --> 00:37:21,108
A promising young starlet,
before she signed with you.
824
00:37:21,109 --> 00:37:23,911
She couldn't keep up
with your pressures,
825
00:37:23,912 --> 00:37:25,412
and you pumped her full of drugs.
826
00:37:25,413 --> 00:37:27,681
Next thing you know,
she commits suicide,
827
00:37:27,682 --> 00:37:30,651
and she thought
you was family as well.
828
00:37:30,652 --> 00:37:32,486
These, uh...
829
00:37:32,487 --> 00:37:35,189
There was a settlement,
and these files were sealed.
830
00:37:35,190 --> 00:37:37,625
Oh. Well, your seal
just sprung a leak.
831
00:37:37,626 --> 00:37:41,228
That's the exact thing
that will sour your reputation
832
00:37:41,229 --> 00:37:42,496
with Empire's board.
833
00:37:42,497 --> 00:37:44,131
Oh, hell, any board.
834
00:37:46,468 --> 00:37:48,002
Remember these?
835
00:37:48,003 --> 00:37:51,605
Those are those same papers
I offered you the other day,
836
00:37:51,606 --> 00:37:55,009
just the severance package
was carved out of it.
837
00:37:55,010 --> 00:37:57,344
If you don't want the
truth to come out about this,
838
00:37:57,345 --> 00:38:00,547
then I suggest you sign this contract,
839
00:38:00,548 --> 00:38:03,684
and then stay the hell away
from Empire.
840
00:38:08,256 --> 00:38:10,691
Like I said...
841
00:38:10,692 --> 00:38:13,727
can't say no to Cookie.
842
00:38:22,370 --> 00:38:24,371
Can I get my jacket, please?
843
00:38:24,372 --> 00:38:26,173
Thank you.
844
00:38:44,059 --> 00:38:47,528
You ain't even got a ring.
845
00:38:49,931 --> 00:38:52,599
So you walked out on us for some zero
846
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:54,968
that was eventually
gonna dump your ass anyway.
847
00:38:54,969 --> 00:38:59,106
Yeah. I guess it beats
being a mother and a wife.
848
00:39:00,709 --> 00:39:03,177
So, how are your boys holding up
through all of this?
849
00:39:03,178 --> 00:39:04,912
Uh... you never worried about us,
850
00:39:04,913 --> 00:39:06,480
so don't worry about my babies.
851
00:39:06,481 --> 00:39:09,683
I have to, given the devil
you left them with.
852
00:39:09,684 --> 00:39:11,385
Any man that would... that would
sacrifice his woman...
853
00:39:11,386 --> 00:39:13,721
- No, no, no, no, no, no.
- ...to save his own ass ain't.
854
00:39:13,722 --> 00:39:15,522
- Don't come up in...
- nothing but a son of a bitch.
855
00:39:15,523 --> 00:39:17,858
Don't come up in here
talking trash about my husband.
856
00:39:17,859 --> 00:39:20,327
- Your husband?
- Your sisters told me
857
00:39:20,328 --> 00:39:22,362
that weak ass served you
divorce papers.
858
00:39:22,363 --> 00:39:24,531
You know what a weak ass is?
859
00:39:24,532 --> 00:39:27,868
The weakest person you can be
is a mother who abandons
860
00:39:27,869 --> 00:39:29,937
- her three daughters.
- You...
861
00:39:29,938 --> 00:39:31,405
You chose to protect
862
00:39:31,406 --> 00:39:33,607
that high yellow trash over your boys.
863
00:39:33,608 --> 00:39:35,275
- What?
- You know what? You are right.
864
00:39:35,276 --> 00:39:37,044
- We are not the same.
- Yeah, we are not.
865
00:39:37,045 --> 00:39:38,645
- We're not the same. I tried.
- We are nothing alike.
866
00:39:38,646 --> 00:39:39,880
I'm more like my father.
867
00:39:39,881 --> 00:39:41,749
You know what? You're killing Jamal,
868
00:39:41,750 --> 00:39:43,884
- Hakeem, you're killing Andre.
- I need you to shut up.
869
00:39:43,885 --> 00:39:45,619
- Why are you doing it? Why?
- I need you to shut...
870
00:39:45,620 --> 00:39:49,323
Shut up! Shut your ass up!
871
00:39:51,059 --> 00:39:53,894
So you think what you did was hard,
872
00:39:53,895 --> 00:39:57,731
and you think this is easy?! Huh?!
873
00:39:57,732 --> 00:40:01,001
I know what it's like
not to have your kids.
874
00:40:01,002 --> 00:40:04,438
It's a hole in your life, Loretha.
875
00:40:04,439 --> 00:40:07,307
And you know what it's like
to grow up without a mother.
876
00:40:07,308 --> 00:40:09,843
You don't want that for your boys.
877
00:40:09,844 --> 00:40:13,113
If there is anything,
anything you can do,
878
00:40:13,114 --> 00:40:17,317
or some deal you can cut
to get home, just do it.
879
00:40:17,318 --> 00:40:19,820
Don't let some man
keep you from your children
880
00:40:19,821 --> 00:40:22,022
- the way your daddy did to me.
- You don't get
881
00:40:22,023 --> 00:40:23,457
- to try to be my mother now.
- Listen.
882
00:40:23,458 --> 00:40:26,093
It's too late. You know what?
883
00:40:26,094 --> 00:40:28,095
Ju... Don't come back here.
884
00:40:28,096 --> 00:40:29,997
I don't ever want to see you again.
885
00:40:29,998 --> 00:40:32,933
Wait, wait. Don't you give up.
Don't give up, Loretha.
886
00:40:32,934 --> 00:40:35,102
I never did. I never will!
887
00:40:35,103 --> 00:40:36,703
You remember!
888
00:40:46,848 --> 00:40:48,816
Hey, you.
889
00:40:48,817 --> 00:40:50,350
I didn't mean to wake you.
890
00:40:50,351 --> 00:40:53,320
Nah, it's okay.
891
00:40:53,321 --> 00:40:55,088
Did you find her?
892
00:40:58,159 --> 00:40:59,793
I'm sorry.
893
00:41:02,330 --> 00:41:04,064
I knew it.
894
00:41:04,065 --> 00:41:05,966
I'm gonna keep looking for her, okay?
895
00:41:05,967 --> 00:41:08,969
- Poundcake, I promise.
- I'm never gonna be able
896
00:41:08,970 --> 00:41:12,206
- to tell her that I love her.
- No, no, no. Hush.
897
00:41:12,207 --> 00:41:14,842
What would you like
to say to her? Huh?
898
00:41:14,843 --> 00:41:17,811
Cookie, no, I don't... I don't know.
899
00:41:17,812 --> 00:41:19,813
Cook, I don't talk well.
900
00:41:19,814 --> 00:41:21,949
- I don't got...
- Okay. All right, all right.
901
00:41:21,950 --> 00:41:23,116
Okay, well...
902
00:41:26,454 --> 00:41:30,090
Tell me what you want to say.
I'll write it down.
903
00:41:30,091 --> 00:41:31,992
I'll help you, okay?
904
00:41:31,993 --> 00:41:35,229
So that you can
read it to her yourself.
905
00:41:35,230 --> 00:41:36,363
Mm.
906
00:41:39,968 --> 00:41:42,636
To my baby girl.
907
00:41:42,637 --> 00:41:45,672
I want you to know some things,
908
00:41:45,673 --> 00:41:48,976
so I'm gonna make a list.
909
00:41:51,880 --> 00:41:54,014
I invited you here
because we both know
910
00:41:54,015 --> 00:41:57,184
what it's like to be pulled
into the Lyon family,
911
00:41:57,185 --> 00:41:59,253
only to realize too late
912
00:41:59,254 --> 00:42:01,989
that they devour their own.
913
00:42:01,990 --> 00:42:04,057
Cigar?
914
00:42:08,796 --> 00:42:12,399
Cut the big speech, Eddie.
915
00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,335
I'm here because there's
a clause in my custody agreement
916
00:42:15,336 --> 00:42:19,106
that gives me control over
Bella's stake in the Empire.
917
00:42:19,107 --> 00:42:23,043
And you are here
because you want my help
918
00:42:23,044 --> 00:42:26,046
stealing the company from the Lyons.
919
00:42:27,815 --> 00:42:29,583
Well, I'm happy to join you,
920
00:42:29,584 --> 00:42:32,286
but I have one condition.
921
00:42:32,287 --> 00:42:35,889
Once we do...
922
00:42:35,890 --> 00:42:39,159
I'm gonna be CEO.
923
00:42:40,995 --> 00:42:44,264
I'm starting to get
what all the fuss is about you.
924
00:42:44,265 --> 00:42:46,233
Oh.
925
00:42:46,234 --> 00:42:48,101
Don't look at me like that, Eddie.
926
00:42:48,102 --> 00:42:50,504
This is just business.
927
00:42:50,505 --> 00:42:53,674
And I'm not interested in being
Mrs. Barker Number Four.
928
00:42:53,675 --> 00:42:56,310
You dig?
929
00:42:56,311 --> 00:42:57,978
Of course.
930
00:42:57,979 --> 00:43:00,147
So let's order my favorite rosé
931
00:43:00,148 --> 00:43:03,784
and, uh, talk strategy.
932
00:43:03,785 --> 00:43:05,819
Shall we?
933
00:43:05,820 --> 00:43:07,854
Let's.
934
00:43:12,878 --> 00:43:19,727
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