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Q: All right, everybody. Settle down, settle down.

Desiree, them earrings is too damn big.

They look like saucers hanging from your ears, all right?

Little bit of housekeeping here today.

First and foremost, any customers

coming into the store that need to use the bathroom

need to meet a minimal rental threshold, okay?

You talking 'bout my Tinder dude

that came in here the other day?

Bingo. You cracked the code.

He was gonna buy something.

Man: ...Travis Scott concert...

And he can hear you.Okay, so hang up.

Man: That your trippin' boss?

What --[ Scoffs ] I know, right?

[ Chuckles ] Okay, I'm-a call you later.

[ Clears throat ] Today, please.

[ Sighs ] I got to go.

Somebody's upset that Tinder didn't work for them.

Uh, excuse you, but I don't have Tinder.

Oh, I saw your little picture,

and don't nobody want to do an RTO shirt

with a matching RTO belt with the matching RTO pants

and shoes and the earrings, standing in front of RTO.

Uh, I didn't take that picture.

Simon's little ugly ass took that picture, okay?

Matter of fact, where are they?

♪♪

♪♪

♪ I got angels runnin' away ♪

♪ I got demons huntin' me ♪

♪ I know Pac was 25 ♪

♪ I know Jesus 33 ♪

♪ I tell Death to keep a distance ♪

♪ I think he obsessed with me ♪

♪ I say, "God, that's a woman" ♪

All right. Ah!

Uh-huh. That's my special blend.

Yeah. Made that from scratch.

Popcorn! Two for a dollar.

All right. Ooh, that's a dollar.

Uh, 'ey! Two for a dollar right here.

You got 39 other reasons to buy other stuff.

Simon: Lookit here.

This fool done set up a table, and he got gloves?

This boy might be genius. I mean, God damn.

I can't believe I didn't think of that.

That's a nice little hustle.

Dude, he's selling popcorn.

Get your tongue out his butt.

No. The hustle is this dude

found the only theater in the city of Chicago

where he can sell street popcorn out front.

That's what Wall Street guys call "the unfair advantage."

Well-done, Gino.

♪ Popcorn, two for a dollar ♪

Yo, this exoplanet WASP-39b.

These niggas ain't right.

♪ I was born on the South Side ♪♪ South Side ♪

♪ I was raised on the South Side ♪♪ South Side ♪

♪ Everybody stick together like we in a line ♪

♪ 'Cause it ain't no side like the South Side ♪

♪ On the South Side ♪

♪ South Side! ♪

On behalf of Shaw, we thank you for your contribution.

Everything's running smooth.

Like butter. [ Laughs ]You trying to be funny?

No, sir.

[ Knock on door ]

I-I don't -- I don't expect nobody.

Simon: Mr. Gino Ernestine.

Officers?

We're from RTO, and, according to our records,

you're in possession of one of our microwaves.

I ain't got no microwave.

Then how'd you make that, then?

On the oven.

Show me.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'll show you.

Come on. Come on in.

Makes for -- Boil. There you go right there.

Hold that for me right there.

Um...

[ Laughs ] What am I thinking?

They go down here. Mmm!

Mm-mm-mm.

Wrong.

That's how I did that, and then...

Appreciate you right there.

Mm-hmm. Ooh!

Hot. [ Laughs ]

It's not ready yet, though.

Corn! I ain't even thinking -- corn.

Let me get my corn.

It's Y2K corn.

That's crazy. That was a good year.

Man, call Turner and Goodnight.

I'm already on it.Who -- Who's that?

They cops. No! No, no, no!

Yeah. Hey, hey.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry! False alarm, false alarm. 1 out of 12.

Hey, hey, look. Brother, hey, look.

Look at the picture -- Frederick Douglass.

Look at that. You see that?

He said, "There ain't no reason

for a reasonable black man to get unreasonable."

Did he say that?He said a lot of stuff.

Now, you want the microwave?

It's downstairs. I'll go get the microwave.

Yeah. Microwave.

That's what, I'm-a go get it.Thank you.

That went easier than I expected.

Yeah. Yeah.

It actually did. Yeah.

Hey, man, what do you think about this picture?

You look like Faith Evans.

Aw, I knew I had the brightness too high.

Oh, what's it for?

Actually, man, it's great news.

I'm the new moderator of stellargazer.net,

my favorite online astronomy forum.

I could take it for you right now.

Really? Would you? Yeah, yeah.

I'm pretty good with this, though, 'cause I took a class.I appreciate that, man.

All right. Actually, you know what?

Um, come over here by the light, man. Right here?

You want a light source behind you at all times.

Be better here? Yeah.

Okay. Much better.

It's a little dark. Can you open up the window?

A little light, just a little bit?

Okay. Open right here?

Mm. Quick question, man.

Why is Gino running down the street?

♪ Da, da! ♪

Gino!

♪♪

♪ Ooh, oh, ah, me ♪

♪ Ooh, oh, ah, me ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, oh, oh, ah ♪

♪ Can you feel it? ♪

♪♪

You get the back, I'll get the front.

♪♪

Hey, hey, hey!

Hey, Turner, we're on the 63rd Street bus,

h-headed southwest or northeast.

Either one, I think.

Help, we need help.

♪♪

Got you!

Oh, my bad. My bad.

That's a nice printer.

♪♪

Yeah.

♪♪

It's over, Gino.

This is bullshit!

Only reason I'm using this thing 'cause I'm --

I'm making popcorn to sell.Yeah, yeah, yeah.

We know -- at the movie theaters.

Business is good. Man, life is hard, man.

Y'all know how it is out here.

Look, my aunt, she's sick, man.

She -- She got to get keloid surgery.

I got bills, too, joe.

You want to go bill for bill? We can go bill for bill all day.

I got to get all my back teeth replaced.

They crooked. I got a ridiculous cable bill.

Cut the cord, man.I'm not ready to do that yet.

All my hair fell out at the top. I can't take this hat off.

Hey, all I know -- one of y'all owe me 50 cent.

Y'all from RTO? Man, fuck y'all.

I agree!

Fuck them!I hate RTO, too!

I'm forced to be here!They gonna get me!

They gonna get all of us!

Aah!

Come on!

Aah!

Thanks, y'all. I appreciate, y'all.

He's a perp, okay? Shh. Damn.

What you got here? What you got for me?

What you got for me, huh? Thanks, guys.

Man, can't you guys do anything without us?

Take it easy, spaz.What you call me?

Called you a spaz, spaz. Let's go.

Hey, tell your brother there's gonna be action.

No problem.Hey, hey, hey, hey!

What? Eat a dick, Carl Winslow.

Got him!You like that?

I did, I did.Whose side are you on?

The law, playboy.

And mine.

Hey.

What's this?

Uh, car 541 to dispatch.

Mariah: Go ahead, 541.

Hey, Mariah. It's Zinobia.

Girl, you still got your real-estate license?

Sure do.

Yeah.

I like you.

♪ Yup, yup, I dip, I dab ♪

♪ I diggity-dodge the jab ♪

♪ While wiggily-liggily-loadin' up the cart with popcorn bags ♪

♪ We got popcorn for a dollar! ♪

♪ Extra for some butter ♪

♪ We got popcorn for a dollar ♪

Ha ha! Coming for you, Warren Buffet...

one kernel at a time.

$9,000. $9,500.

That's as low as I go.

But I ain't seen the inside yet.

My listing was very clear -- sight unseen,

building comes as is, where is.

Where is?!

I'm sorry, does this move?You take a check?

This building moves?Nah. Venmo.

One second, sir.

Mm-hmm.Are you really about to buy a building

that we just saw off the street right now?

Yes. Seriously? In the hood?

Yes. Come on.

In this neighborhood? Yes.

[ Stammers ] Uh, Vice Lords.

Gangster Disciples. New Crips.

Profit. Old Crips.

Profit. Kings of the Bloods.

Do you know anything about the distressed real-estate market?

No. Okay, do you own four buildings

in this same price range that are already turning a profit?

No, no.

Okay, so maybe you should take your "Dungeons & Dragons" breath

back to the car and let me do what I do.

You don't have to talk to me --

[ Laughs ] Hey, that's funny. I like her.

She got you on that one, Carl Winslow.

You know what? I guess family don't matter!

[ Laughs ] It's hot in here!

Okay, I'm sending it, Robert.

[ Cellphone chimes ]

Nice doing with business with you.

Yes! Ah!

Yes.

[ Humming ]

[ Door creaks ]Right.

Ooh! Two units.

Yes! Rental property.

Pass go, ho. Monopoly, motherfucker.

Boom. This looks like Baltic Avenue.

Hater.

Disgusting. One of the blue ones at least.

Ventnor Avenue or...Hi! Good morning.

[ Laughs ] Coon cops.Unh-unh.

No. We're just cops, alright?

You cops on my property.

Ain't no black teenagers to murder in here,

so y'all got to go.

You're not gonna impugn the integrity of CPD.

Okay. Um... Actually, I'm your new landlord.

We didn't shoot those kids. Wait. Let me go back.

I am Zinobia Turner.

I just bought this property from Robert, so you are actually...

For some reason....on my property.

Thank you.

Okay. I think it's a bad idea, too.

This place is clearly haunted.

Ghost of Lou Rawls.

Hey, Chicago shield.Mm, yeah.

I wouldn't touch that.I moved in in '93.

Yeah, I see.

Have a seat?

Aw, we straight.

'93.

What a good year to move in, right before gentrification.

Well, gentrification is, uh, not a bad thing.

White people move in, and they raise their kids,

and that raises the prices.Speaking of raising prices,

Robert didn't give me any paperwork.

What do you pay in rent?I don't pay rent.

Uh-oh. Oh, you and Robert got an agreement or...?

You asking if I was giving Big Jim and the twins a bath?

No, why would I ask that?Big Jim and the twins a -- [ Gasps ]

Oh, my God. That's disgusting.

I knew I shouldn't have invited you in here.

You got them sneaky, looking-around eyes.

No, I don't.Zinobia?

Little bit. Yeah, you do.

What, your parents just said, "Fuck it"?

Unh-unh, my granny gave me that name,

and I don't play by my granny.

I know your granny, and she was a ho just like you.

Ohh! Oh, ho, ho.

Ooh! Ooh! Oh, no, bitch, I get it.

I don't pay rent.No, no, no, I get it.

See, you think these hands don't work on your ass?

Unh-unh. I can't even spell rent.

Say about my granny again!

Okay, alright. Chill out, everybody.

This is not the WWE.

You little legal-pad-colored heifer.

I am the Dorothy Loreen Brown,

the maverick of the Chicago civil-rights movement.

Really?

I paid all my dues in the '60s, and I am all paid up.

Now that Gino's out of the way,

we ain't letting that hustle go to waste.

We got strawberry and caramel,

matcha green tea, Lawry's --

one of my favorite -- and the classic extra salt.

Exquisite. Ha ha. I got kids.

I know 20 different ways to make popcorn and --

Oh, shit. This place is haunted.

We must've blew a fuse.

Fuck. Let's go check that.

Wait.

The circuit breaker just reset itself?

That's very weird. Check it.

Gonna use less microwaves.

Maybe this will stop me from blowing it again.

That's a genius idea.

Stop that one.

Okay. Or not.

This is fucking frustrating.

Hey. What you doing here?

What you mean what I'm doing here?

I'm downstairs cutting hair. What you doing here?

Using the microwaves.

For what?It don't matter.

All that barber shit's blowing a fuse.

Why don't you go out of here for a half an hour

and let us finish up?Wait, wait, wait, wait.

So you want me to destroy my business

so you can make some funky-ass popcorn?

Kindly. [ Chuckles ] You know something?

Let me give Q a call 'cause I think he would love to know

that you guys are here making all this popcorn and stuff.

Look at this, you using all the microwaves, too?

And you plan on selling those?

You can't sell microwaves that always smell

like shit been in there cooking.

This is insane!

Wait, but it's okay. We'll call Q real quick.

Hey, ain't no need for that. Ain't no need for that.

You know what Frederick Douglass said?

"There's no reason for a reasonable black man

to be unreasonable."

What I'm gonna do is I'm gonna take the initiative,

and I'm gonna grab this, and I'm-a go over to Chase's house

and pop popcorn, 'cause the reason

I want to do that is because we don't need this static.

Um, can you help us kindly by just getting the door?

Do you mind? I'd appreciate that.

So you leaving?Yeah, right now.

You gonna go to Chase?Yeah, we can.

Alright, man. You know something?

I appreciate that 'cause I thought we was gonna

have to do a back-and-forth.

You started quoting Frederick Douglass,

stuff Frederick Douglass never even said,

and I'm like, "Okay, that's gonna get weird."

But I see this. Y'all listening to me.

You know you ain't supposed to be here, so you get it.

So I'm-a get this door for you, okay?

Appreciate that, man.Alright, man.

It's all good. You know what I'm saying?

Hey! Hey, man.

Fuck this bitch. What you doing?

Hey! Open the door!

Hey, this is business. It's not personal.

What you mean it ain't personal? You just pushed me out the door!

That's very personal.

When you put your hands on somebody

and shove them, that's personal.

One hand is personal.

Two hands is business. I learned it in business school.

You didn't go to no damn business school.

You don't know about Frederick Douglass.

You don't know about business. You don't know anything!

Why did you hang out with this dude?

He's an idiot.

Man, I got to get this money.

I'm so sorry.

Well, if you were sorry, you'd unlock the door.

I feel really bad, though.

How would you reach your arm out and not help me?

That's weird.Hey, K.

Hey! It's cold out here.

All I got is a barber smock.

I got clients downstairs -- like two kids and one adult.

You gonna leave that kid down there with his haircut half cut?

He's gonna taunted by the school.

He's gonna be disgusting, and it's gonna be your conscience.

Popcorn, popcorn! Cheaper than inside.

My good man, you look like you want popcorn at a fair price.

Step right up. Aw, come on!

Hey, man, get your lady some popcorn.

All this cheese and butter will make her heart flutter.

That's ridiculous. Only $1.

Hope to talk to your cousin.

Back up, man, unless you about to make a purchase.

Whoa. Hey.

This is how you boys like to spend your evenings, huh?

It's better than whatever you're d-- Wait.

You on a date or something? Looking all cute.

[ Laughs ] Hey, any minute now.

Got a couple of thoty hotties spinnin'

ever since I posted my new three-piece-suit pic.

Man, you don't get no thoties with a three-piece suit.

Quick question. Yeah.

Y'all work with Gino?

Uh, we under new management.

Oh. Okay. [ Laughs ]

Hey, man.

That's like the 10th person done asked us if we know Gino.

Mmm.

The guava?

Brisket? Together?

I let the flavors tell me what they want to do.

[ Cellphone chimes ]Oh! I got a match!

And she cute as hell.Bull.

Hey, how long do it take to drive to Charlotte?

Man, joe, we made $180!

And somebody even gave me 30 bitcoin.

Popcorn is boomin'.

K.

Hey, man. What's wrong?

Nah, man, it's just Stellar Gazer

is being all weird right now.

Aw. What happened?

I put my picture up,

and the people on the site are being mad uncivil.

I tried to have a discussion about Proxima b...

Mm-hmm....and the first comment that came was,

"Shut up, you stupid fat planet nigga"

[ Laughs ] I'm glad you think that's funny, bro.

Ah! Fuck them space racists.

That ain't right.

Hey, them space racists are my people.

I'm your people.

The only racists I mess with

are Lincoln, Jackson, and Washington.

And you should, too.Just give me my cut, man.

Red Lobster's having lobster days,

and I just want to go eat my feelings.

Invest, K!

Invest your money!

Screw you and Warren Buffet.

Right now, I just want weed and shrimp.

♪♪

♪♪

Hey, Ms. Dorothy.

What you want?

So, I looked you up, and you got a real legacy,

and I know that my life is better

because of your hard work.

I'm sorry.

Truce? Merciful King.

Yeah. Uh, let me see.

Oh.

So, did you really know Medgar Evers?

[ Chuckles ] He used to borrow my ointment.

That's crazy!

I can't believe I never heard of you.

That's 'cause I'm not Rosa Parks.

Mm. Shoot.

Somebody ask me to get up my seat?

He gonna have to square up.

Ha! I know that's right, girl.

People tell me I got an attitude problem.

Girl, people complain about my attitude, too.

You know what? That's alright.

That just means we don't take shit.

You know what? I like that.

You becoming my favorite civil-rights icon.

So, where you from?76th and Damen.

Damn! And you still alive?

Girl, I don't know how, but I'm here.

I came through.

Good for you. Thank you.

Oh, and I have good news.

I think I found a compromise for us.

What you mean?

So, if you look in the bottom of this bucket,

you will find a Section 8 form, and you'll definitely qualify,

and I could help you if you want.

I'm a living legend, and you want me on welfare?

Oh, no, I'm sorry.I hope your man beat you.

Why would you say something like that?

Or is it your woman?

You eat coochie?You know what?

See, that...

You could never be my favorite civil-rights icon,

'cause it's Coretta Scott King.

She is a genius.

She's beloved. She is a queen.

Fuck Coretta Scott King.

Now, you may know her as King, but I just know her as "Retta."

Always thought she was so funny.

Well, the bitch never made me laugh once.

Say one more motherfucking thing about Coretta Scott King.

I will bust in broad daylight. Bitch, I don't give a fuck.

The bitch wasn't funny.

[ Dog barking in distance ]

I'm-a call the sheriff tomorrow,

and he's gonna come here and evict you.

I'll be ready!

♪♪

[ Cellphone keyboard clicking ]

Part of me appreciates you coming over here

and talk to me about this,

but I cannot fuck with a civil-rights icon.

Even gangsters got limits.

She used to fuck with Jesse Jackson.

She is somebody.

Okay, stop. Enough.

I get it. And you know what?

I didn't ask you to beat up no old-ass lady, Shaw.

But you thought about it?You know what?

Just focus on the damn tea.

♪ Skip-a-dee-dee, bop, a-pop, pop, pop ♪

♪ Skip-a-dee-dee, bop, a-pop, pop, pop ♪

♪ Skip-a-dee-dee ♪♪ About to pop this money ♪

♪ About to pop this... money ♪

Bishop. [ Sighs ]

People always trying to tell people stuff.

Look, I tell you this.

If you gonna bowl with me and tell me about bowling,

you better be bowling on my level, you know what I mean?

And I'm on the next level of bowling.

Hey, Joe, where the hell our microwaves?

[ Chuckles ] Great question.

Where the hell are your microwaves?

Uh-huh.I'll tell you.

I sold 'em.Impossible!

Ain't no way you could've done all that.

[ Chuckles ] Oh, no, brothers.

Very possible. That's right.

I'm the best salesman in this building.

But you know what gave me a little more motivation?

Some idiot decided to shove me out the store.

That's right. Two-hand shove.

"Business shove." You remember what you said.

We can go to Chase. Got me by the short hairs!

Pop your corny ass out of here.

How 'bout you do that? Idiots.

[ Microwave beeps ][ Chuckles ] Alright.

Who want a hot towel? [ Laughs ]

Ah.

ALL: We won't pay! Go away!

Civil-rights movement times three.

We won't pay! Go away!

You got a problem, kid.Shut up!

We won't pay! Go away!

We won't pay! Go away!

Hey, that's enough.We won't pay!

Go away!I said that's enough.

It's over, Ms. Dorothy.

You win. I'm not evicting you.

I don't believe you, bitch. I don't care.

Look, I'm just gonna overcharge for the other unit.

You guys even got a protest permit?

You have a penis?

Hey, watch your mouth.

And yes, I do.

[ Scoffs ] Yes, my new tenants are here.

Who you got moving in here now, the crack epidemic?

No, just some grad students, and can y'all please

get out of here before they come over here?

I'm not leaving!

This is a free country thanks to me!

Hey.

Hi.You guys Henry and Rachel?

Yes, you must be Zinobia. Yes.

I love that name.ALL: We won't pay!

Go away!That's -- Yeah.

We won't pay! Go away!And you're...

This is --Not important.

We won't pay! Go away!Not important. No.

This is literally like 10 minutes from campus.

ALL: We won't pay! Go away! Ooh.

ALL: We won't pay! Go away! Um... what is, uh...

What's that about?We won't pay! Go away!

Oh. That -- Just some Black Lives Matter, you know?

ALL: We won't pay! Go away! Nice.

Yeah. Oh. That's really cool.

Oh! Hey! Oh, my gosh! So sorry!

Wow. Gosh.Oh, I love dogs. I love dogs.

Hey, you old guy.Blacky! No!

Blacky?

Oh. We...

We did not name him that.

No. No.He's a rescue.

Oh. So...

Yeah, I know it's the worst. Right?

Well, if y'all gonna be staying in this neighborhood,

you might want to go ahead and change that name.

For sure.Okay. Yeah, yeah.

I knew it! You trying to gentrify my shit!

Calm down, Ms. Brown.

You cannot just come do here and do anything you want!

[ All scream ]Blacky!

Run, girls! They sic the dogs on us!

Down, Blacky! No! Down, Blacky! Down!

The trainer said use a stern voice.

[ Deep voice ] Down, Blacky! No!

They got out the hoses! Stand strong! No!

Down!We will not be moved!

Ms. Dorothy about to win an Oscar.

Henry: Down, Blacky!She is really putting on a show.

[ Dog barks ]

Oh. Yeah, looks like it's working.

Oh, come on, now. Look on the bright side.

At least you own a terrible building.

♪♪

Hurry up, K. Hey! Ho.

There's some popcorn to sell. Hey, how you guys doing?

There's a lot -- lot of dreadlocks coming my way.

Um, hey, um, just wondering what - -what are you --

what are you guys doing here, if you don't mind me asking?

Looks like they're selling popcorn.

Your guy's observant.

Well, hey, we don't want no smoke.

We'll just go to another corner.I wouldn't do that.

This is Shaw's territory.

And that other corner...Come on!

...is still Shaw's territory.

[ Chuckles ] Uh-huh.

Gino had our permission to run the business here.

Y'all don't.

But we do appreciate the re-up.

Mmm! Tuscan pineapple?

You innovate.

Look, man, Frederick Douglass said, "There's no reason --"

Y'all need to leave.Come on, man.

Let's go.You want the box?

Keep the box.

"Where there is no struggle, there is no progress."

"Fred" said that.

Controversy on the South Side yesterday,

where some witnesses say an officer used

Jim Crow tactics against a group of community heroes.

♪ I was born on the South Side ♪♪ South Side ♪

♪ I was raised on the South Side ♪♪ South Side ♪

♪ Good days on the South Side ♪♪ South Side ♪

♪ Got paid on the South Side ♪♪ South Side ♪

♪ Went to church on the South Side ♪♪ South Side ♪

♪ Went to work on the South Side ♪♪ South Side ♪

♪ Whole family from the South Side ♪♪ South Side ♪

♪ Couldn't wait to go outside on the South Side ♪

♪ South Side! ♪♪ South Side ♪

♪ South Side! ♪♪ South Side ♪

♪ South Side! ♪

♪ South Side ♪♪ South Side! ♪

♪ I was born on the South Side ♪♪ South Side ♪

♪ I was raised on the South Side ♪