1 00:00:01,334 --> 00:00:04,137 ROBYN: I serve as an equalizer. 2 00:00:01,334 --> 00:00:04,137 (yelling) 3 00:00:04,204 --> 00:00:05,572 I'm the one you call 4 00:00:05,638 --> 00:00:06,740 when you can't call 911. 5 00:00:06,806 --> 00:00:07,774 Previously on The Equalizer... 6 00:00:07,841 --> 00:00:08,675 Federal agents! 7 00:00:08,742 --> 00:00:10,043 Don't move! 8 00:00:10,110 --> 00:00:11,244 AGENT: Harry "Keys" Keshegian, 9 00:00:11,311 --> 00:00:13,213 you're under arrest for espionage. 10 00:00:13,279 --> 00:00:15,215 I want to know who owns this place. 11 00:00:15,281 --> 00:00:17,117 You don't normally need help with stuff like that. 12 00:00:17,183 --> 00:00:18,485 My computer's down. 13 00:00:18,551 --> 00:00:20,286 I have a close friend 14 00:00:20,353 --> 00:00:20,987 who I can't help. 15 00:00:21,054 --> 00:00:23,423 Trust yourself. You can do it. 16 00:00:23,490 --> 00:00:25,625 ROBYN: Please tell me you have a miracle up your sleeve, 17 00:00:25,692 --> 00:00:28,061 because I'm all out. 18 00:00:28,128 --> 00:00:29,362 MEL: They're releasing him. 19 00:00:29,429 --> 00:00:32,399 I heard it was the president who intervened. 20 00:00:32,465 --> 00:00:34,267 BISHOP: Well, don't get too excited. There are conditions. 21 00:00:34,334 --> 00:00:37,370 Harry can never touch a computer again. 22 00:00:38,638 --> 00:00:41,040 (grunting) 23 00:00:41,107 --> 00:00:42,475 (groans, grunts) 24 00:00:42,542 --> 00:00:44,411 (panting, grunting) 25 00:00:42,542 --> 00:00:44,411 (footsteps approaching) 26 00:00:47,781 --> 00:00:49,349 No. 27 00:00:49,416 --> 00:00:51,384 No! Please, no! 28 00:00:51,451 --> 00:00:52,285 (grunts) 29 00:00:52,352 --> 00:00:54,387 ♪ ♪ 30 00:00:57,323 --> 00:00:58,658 (birds chirping) 31 00:00:58,725 --> 00:00:59,659 DELILAH: Psychology. 32 00:00:59,726 --> 00:01:01,628 Maybe. Economics. 33 00:01:01,694 --> 00:01:03,797 No. Art history. 34 00:01:03,863 --> 00:01:05,632 You'd like that one, Aunt Vi. 35 00:01:03,863 --> 00:01:05,632 Yeah. 36 00:01:05,698 --> 00:01:09,102 I have one elective I can take next semester. (sighs) 37 00:01:09,169 --> 00:01:10,470 Woodshop might be cool? 38 00:01:10,537 --> 00:01:12,305 We could use a birdhouse. 39 00:01:12,372 --> 00:01:14,274 What does your college counselor have to say? 40 00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:16,276 Take a class that'll make me look like an interesting 41 00:01:16,342 --> 00:01:17,677 and well-rounded candidate. 42 00:01:17,744 --> 00:01:19,379 But, I don't know, 43 00:01:19,446 --> 00:01:21,514 that's if I even want to go to college. 44 00:01:22,882 --> 00:01:25,185 I mean, a degree isn't the only path to success. 45 00:01:25,251 --> 00:01:28,121 Look at Steve Jobs, Anna Wintour, 46 00:01:28,188 --> 00:01:29,289 Daymond John-- 47 00:01:29,355 --> 00:01:30,723 none of them graduated college. 48 00:01:31,357 --> 00:01:33,326 And none of them live under this roof. 49 00:01:33,393 --> 00:01:34,794 (chuckles softly) Morning, Mom. 50 00:01:34,861 --> 00:01:36,663 Dee, you were always so excited 51 00:01:36,729 --> 00:01:37,764 about going to college. 52 00:01:37,831 --> 00:01:40,099 I know. Well, maybe I'm just... 53 00:01:40,166 --> 00:01:42,235 exploring different perspectives. 54 00:01:42,302 --> 00:01:44,404 Yeah, well, from my perspective, 55 00:01:44,471 --> 00:01:45,839 you're going to college. 56 00:01:45,905 --> 00:01:47,307 Okay, we still have a couple years 57 00:01:47,373 --> 00:01:49,809 before I'm old... 58 00:01:47,373 --> 00:01:49,809 You leave for college, yes. 59 00:01:50,677 --> 00:01:51,811 Okay. 60 00:01:51,878 --> 00:01:54,447 I got to go meet Tiffany. 61 00:01:54,514 --> 00:01:55,849 A bunch of us are going skating at Wolman's. 62 00:01:55,915 --> 00:01:57,717 But I love you. 63 00:01:57,784 --> 00:01:58,718 Bye. 64 00:01:58,785 --> 00:01:59,886 Bye. 65 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:01,421 (door closes) 66 00:01:59,953 --> 00:02:01,421 Where do you think 67 00:02:01,488 --> 00:02:03,356 that's coming from? 68 00:02:01,488 --> 00:02:03,356 (chuckles) 69 00:02:03,423 --> 00:02:05,725 Sometimes I think she just says things to see how we'll react. 70 00:02:05,792 --> 00:02:07,794 I swear, man. 71 00:02:07,861 --> 00:02:10,263 I got to skate out of here, too, Aunt Vi. 72 00:02:10,330 --> 00:02:13,132 All right. Right behind you. 73 00:02:14,868 --> 00:02:16,803 Look at you. 74 00:02:16,870 --> 00:02:18,638 Mm-hmm. 75 00:02:18,705 --> 00:02:19,906 Upstairs, 76 00:02:19,973 --> 00:02:22,642 in the light of day. 77 00:02:22,709 --> 00:02:24,344 How's it feel? 78 00:02:24,410 --> 00:02:26,246 I think it'd feel a little better if the, uh, FBI hadn't 79 00:02:26,312 --> 00:02:28,281 repossessed my safe space and banned me 80 00:02:28,348 --> 00:02:30,750 from doing the only thing which gives my life meaning. 81 00:02:30,817 --> 00:02:32,285 At least you're not in prison, babe. 82 00:02:32,352 --> 00:02:34,888 And you don't have to pretend to be dead. 83 00:02:34,954 --> 00:02:36,456 Like you wanted. 84 00:02:36,523 --> 00:02:38,191 I know, I know. (stammers) Don't get me wrong-- 85 00:02:38,258 --> 00:02:41,461 it is amazing being out in the world again. 86 00:02:41,528 --> 00:02:42,929 Except for those electric scooters. 87 00:02:42,996 --> 00:02:44,931 Who authorized those death traps? 88 00:02:45,932 --> 00:02:49,569 But what's the point of gaining the world if it means 89 00:02:49,636 --> 00:02:51,471 losing your place in it? 90 00:02:51,538 --> 00:02:53,573 We'll find your place. 91 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:54,841 I promise. 92 00:02:54,908 --> 00:02:55,942 Yeah. 93 00:02:54,908 --> 00:02:55,942 But that's not 94 00:02:56,009 --> 00:02:57,911 why we called. We got a message 95 00:02:57,977 --> 00:03:00,213 from Deidre Blickman. 96 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:02,382 The wife of the rapper, Dilemma? 97 00:03:02,448 --> 00:03:03,550 That's the one. 98 00:03:03,616 --> 00:03:06,753 The guy gunned down his rival, Dre Bids, in cold blood 99 00:03:06,819 --> 00:03:08,922 as part of a rap beef. 100 00:03:08,988 --> 00:03:10,590 Yeah, I know who he is. 101 00:03:10,657 --> 00:03:11,691 What does the wife want? 102 00:03:11,758 --> 00:03:13,326 She says he didn't do it. 103 00:03:13,393 --> 00:03:14,694 Well, I thought he confessed. 104 00:03:14,761 --> 00:03:17,497 He did. But she says she has proof that it wasn't him. 105 00:03:17,564 --> 00:03:19,632 What's the proof? 106 00:03:20,266 --> 00:03:23,870 ♪ I might've heard it was a .38 behind the door ♪ 107 00:03:23,937 --> 00:03:26,639 ♪ The time of death when he left the Earth, 9:04 ♪ 108 00:03:26,706 --> 00:03:29,943 ♪ And now his rival in the game is sitting in a cell ♪ 109 00:03:30,009 --> 00:03:34,247 ♪ And plus the one who spit the shells is living in hell. ♪ 110 00:03:34,314 --> 00:03:35,715 The exact time he died. 111 00:03:35,782 --> 00:03:37,450 Shot by a .38? 112 00:03:37,517 --> 00:03:39,619 Those details were never released publicly. 113 00:03:39,686 --> 00:03:41,688 This song is a confession. 114 00:03:41,754 --> 00:03:45,491 So you think whoever recorded this track killed Dre Bids, 115 00:03:45,558 --> 00:03:46,292 not your husband. 116 00:03:46,359 --> 00:03:48,261 I never believed Greg's confession. 117 00:03:48,328 --> 00:03:49,696 Now I know I was right. 118 00:03:49,762 --> 00:03:50,730 Who's the artist? 119 00:03:50,797 --> 00:03:52,332 He goes by the name Sid Slay. 120 00:03:52,398 --> 00:03:54,267 The track dropped on SoundCloud just about a month ago. 121 00:03:54,334 --> 00:03:56,803 We tried to find him, but his account's anonymous. 122 00:03:56,869 --> 00:03:59,372 What does your husband have to say about this? 123 00:03:59,439 --> 00:04:00,740 Told me to leave it alone. 124 00:04:00,807 --> 00:04:02,508 But we've been married a long time. 125 00:04:02,575 --> 00:04:03,376 I know 126 00:04:03,443 --> 00:04:04,844 when he's keeping something from me. 127 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:07,313 My dad's not a murderer. 128 00:04:08,214 --> 00:04:11,351 I'm not sure if you take cases from people like me, 129 00:04:11,417 --> 00:04:12,819 but I don't know where to turn. 130 00:04:12,885 --> 00:04:15,021 Something's not right. 131 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:17,657 I just need someone who can tell me the truth. 132 00:04:17,724 --> 00:04:19,926 (chuckles) Come on, Ma. We know the truth. 133 00:04:19,993 --> 00:04:21,661 He did it. 134 00:04:19,993 --> 00:04:21,661 Shut up! 135 00:04:21,728 --> 00:04:23,396 Watch your mouth, Daoud. 136 00:04:23,463 --> 00:04:24,998 Just speaking the truth, Ma. 137 00:04:25,064 --> 00:04:26,933 Shotta Boys jumped me. 138 00:04:27,000 --> 00:04:28,334 Dad set it right. 139 00:04:28,401 --> 00:04:29,135 Daoud, 140 00:04:29,202 --> 00:04:30,637 take your brother to his art class 141 00:04:30,703 --> 00:04:31,838 and pick him up after. 142 00:04:31,904 --> 00:04:33,406 Yo, you can't just call him an Uber? 143 00:04:33,473 --> 00:04:34,507 I got somewhere to be. 144 00:04:34,574 --> 00:04:37,543 Take your brother to his class. 145 00:04:37,610 --> 00:04:38,678 Now. 146 00:04:39,846 --> 00:04:41,414 Get your stuff, Nasir. 147 00:04:47,053 --> 00:04:48,021 Bye, Ma. 148 00:04:48,087 --> 00:04:49,288 It was nice meeting you. 149 00:04:49,355 --> 00:04:50,390 (door closes) 150 00:04:50,456 --> 00:04:52,625 (sighs) You have to forgive Daoud. 151 00:04:52,692 --> 00:04:54,627 All his life, he wanted to be like his father. 152 00:04:54,694 --> 00:04:56,496 Started rapping when he was eight years old. 153 00:04:56,562 --> 00:04:59,766 He's been in so much pain ever since his dad went to prison. 154 00:04:59,832 --> 00:05:01,334 He became hard. 155 00:05:01,401 --> 00:05:03,069 Started running the streets. 156 00:05:03,636 --> 00:05:05,738 Trying to take up the mantle? 157 00:05:05,805 --> 00:05:07,440 My husband's gangsta image sold a lot of records, 158 00:05:07,507 --> 00:05:08,775 but that's not who he is. 159 00:05:08,841 --> 00:05:10,410 Is that so? 160 00:05:10,476 --> 00:05:11,844 Because from what I read, even before the murder, 161 00:05:11,911 --> 00:05:14,047 things were getting violent between the two crews. 162 00:05:14,113 --> 00:05:15,915 Joke is... 163 00:05:15,982 --> 00:05:20,420 whole damn beef started out as a PR stunt to sell tracks. 164 00:05:20,486 --> 00:05:21,688 It just got so out of hand, 165 00:05:21,754 --> 00:05:23,923 with them trying to be what they rapped about. 166 00:05:23,990 --> 00:05:27,060 Last year, Dre Bids' gang, the Shotta Boys, 167 00:05:27,126 --> 00:05:31,064 beat Daoud up so badly he had to be hospitalized. 168 00:05:31,130 --> 00:05:34,367 My husband's crew wanted revenge, but... 169 00:05:34,434 --> 00:05:37,770 he saw what the music was doing. 170 00:05:37,837 --> 00:05:41,374 He just wanted to be done with the violence. 171 00:05:42,008 --> 00:05:44,477 That's how I know it wasn't him. 172 00:05:44,544 --> 00:05:46,379 If your husband is innocent, 173 00:05:46,446 --> 00:05:48,448 he confessed for a reason. 174 00:05:48,514 --> 00:05:50,383 He must be covering for something. 175 00:05:50,450 --> 00:05:52,452 I know what you're thinking, 176 00:05:52,518 --> 00:05:53,820 but Nasir was home with me 177 00:05:53,886 --> 00:05:56,956 and Daoud and his boys were at Club Cypher. 178 00:05:57,023 --> 00:05:58,691 If Greg's covering, 179 00:05:58,758 --> 00:06:00,760 it's for someone else-- 180 00:06:00,827 --> 00:06:02,562 this Sid Slay-- 181 00:06:02,628 --> 00:06:04,564 and I need to know why. 182 00:06:06,733 --> 00:06:07,834 Your client's right. 183 00:06:07,900 --> 00:06:10,503 Those details about the murder were never made public. 184 00:06:10,570 --> 00:06:12,572 So how'd they wind up in that SoundCloud track? 185 00:06:12,638 --> 00:06:14,507 Does it matter? Dilemma confessed. 186 00:06:14,574 --> 00:06:16,109 It matters if he isn't the real killer. 187 00:06:16,175 --> 00:06:18,911 I thought we were all about the truth. 188 00:06:16,175 --> 00:06:18,911 You want the truth? 189 00:06:18,978 --> 00:06:21,514 How about the toll their beef has taken on the community? 190 00:06:21,581 --> 00:06:23,116 How about the ten-year-old girl who got killed 191 00:06:23,182 --> 00:06:24,984 in the crossfire of a shoot-out 192 00:06:25,051 --> 00:06:26,419 between Shotta Boys and B-Set, 193 00:06:26,486 --> 00:06:28,988 all because Dilemma killed Dre Bids? 194 00:06:29,055 --> 00:06:30,123 And what if he didn't? 195 00:06:30,189 --> 00:06:31,424 Imagine what that would change. 196 00:06:31,491 --> 00:06:33,126 Why confess if he didn't do it? 197 00:06:33,192 --> 00:06:34,527 That's what I want to ask him. 198 00:06:34,594 --> 00:06:35,995 You think you can arrange a visit? 199 00:06:36,062 --> 00:06:37,130 I can. 200 00:06:37,196 --> 00:06:38,464 But I'm coming along. 201 00:06:38,531 --> 00:06:39,799 I'll meet you there. 202 00:06:39,866 --> 00:06:42,735 In the meantime, I'll track down this Sid Slay, 203 00:06:42,802 --> 00:06:46,405 find out how he has details only the real killer could know. 204 00:06:47,774 --> 00:06:50,076 Okay, so you want me to trace the IP 205 00:06:50,143 --> 00:06:51,611 of whoever it is that dropped that track? 206 00:06:51,677 --> 00:06:53,613 I would love to. Oh! Wait, that's right-- 207 00:06:53,679 --> 00:06:56,449 the FBI forbade me from ever using a computer again. 208 00:06:56,516 --> 00:06:58,718 (grunts) Rob, if anyone were to see me... 209 00:06:58,785 --> 00:07:00,620 You can't touch a computer, but Mel can. 210 00:07:00,686 --> 00:07:02,488 Why don't you walk her through it? That's technically legal. 211 00:07:02,555 --> 00:07:04,891 Yeah. Legal, uh, yeah. 212 00:07:04,957 --> 00:07:06,492 Uh, a good idea? Eh. 213 00:07:06,559 --> 00:07:08,060 I mean, you want us to stay married, right? 214 00:07:08,127 --> 00:07:11,464 I mean, between her control issues and my control issues... 215 00:07:11,531 --> 00:07:12,899 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 216 00:07:12,965 --> 00:07:14,467 We would murder each other. 217 00:07:14,534 --> 00:07:15,868 Can you at least try? 218 00:07:16,636 --> 00:07:19,939 I guess it's got to be better than being completely useless. 219 00:07:20,006 --> 00:07:22,208 Um, want to give it a shot? 220 00:07:24,777 --> 00:07:25,845 Uh, yeah. 221 00:07:27,079 --> 00:07:28,047 I'll go get the laptop. 222 00:07:28,114 --> 00:07:29,615 Yep. 223 00:07:32,652 --> 00:07:34,654 ♪ I saw my opportunity ♪ 224 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:36,189 ♪ So, yeah, I took my shot ♪ 225 00:07:36,255 --> 00:07:37,523 ♪ They probably say it's hate ♪ 226 00:07:37,590 --> 00:07:39,125 ♪ But I just couldn't wait ♪ 227 00:07:39,192 --> 00:07:42,962 ♪ Yeah, it was me who pulled the trigger on that .38. ♪ 228 00:07:43,029 --> 00:07:44,163 That ain't nothing. 229 00:07:44,230 --> 00:07:46,999 Just some fraud looking for street cred. 230 00:07:47,066 --> 00:07:50,937 That fraud is confessing to a murder you're serving time for. 231 00:07:51,003 --> 00:07:53,172 With details only someone at the scene would have. 232 00:07:53,239 --> 00:07:55,208 Like cops don't talk? 233 00:07:55,274 --> 00:07:57,677 That same talk can hit the streets. 234 00:07:57,743 --> 00:08:00,813 And you're sure no one else was there that night? 235 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:01,948 Just me. 236 00:08:02,014 --> 00:08:04,584 Not your boys? Not your crew? 237 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:07,053 You just walked up to Dre Bids and shot him? 238 00:08:07,119 --> 00:08:08,788 That's right. 239 00:08:08,855 --> 00:08:12,491 Yeah? And how'd you know he was gonna be there that night? 240 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:14,994 Guard! 241 00:08:15,061 --> 00:08:16,729 DANTE: You know what's happening 242 00:08:16,796 --> 00:08:17,997 out there? 243 00:08:18,064 --> 00:08:19,632 Shotta Boys sending hitters, 244 00:08:19,699 --> 00:08:20,900 B-Set doing the same, 245 00:08:20,967 --> 00:08:22,969 all because they think you killed Dre Bids. 246 00:08:23,035 --> 00:08:24,537 But if you didn't do it... 247 00:08:24,604 --> 00:08:26,606 We're done here. 248 00:08:27,907 --> 00:08:29,075 GUARD: Let's go. 249 00:08:29,709 --> 00:08:31,978 If you knew what was best for you, 250 00:08:32,044 --> 00:08:33,813 you would leave this alone. 251 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:35,915 (lock buzzes) 252 00:08:37,717 --> 00:08:39,619 DANTE: He's hiding something. No doubt. 253 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:43,122 I'll take a look at the case files, 254 00:08:43,189 --> 00:08:45,124 see if anything got overlooked. 255 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:47,026 I'll talk to the players involved. 256 00:08:47,093 --> 00:08:48,928 Hey. Be careful. 257 00:08:48,995 --> 00:08:51,564 A lot of bodies between Shotta Boys and B-Set. 258 00:08:51,631 --> 00:08:52,899 They don't mess around. 259 00:08:52,965 --> 00:08:54,800 Neither do I. 260 00:08:55,401 --> 00:08:58,137 But thanks for the concern. 261 00:08:58,204 --> 00:09:00,006 (lock buzzes, latch clicks) 262 00:09:00,973 --> 00:09:02,742 ♪ ♪ 263 00:09:14,954 --> 00:09:16,722 (dialing) 264 00:09:19,225 --> 00:09:21,060 Cops are back. 265 00:09:21,127 --> 00:09:22,261 Asking questions, 266 00:09:22,328 --> 00:09:24,830 digging into that thing. 267 00:09:25,665 --> 00:09:27,300 You know what to do. 268 00:09:27,366 --> 00:09:30,036 ♪ ♪ 269 00:09:36,876 --> 00:09:39,679 (keys clacking) 270 00:09:36,876 --> 00:09:39,679 (mutters) 271 00:09:39,745 --> 00:09:42,048 Oh, you don't have to hit Search every time. 272 00:09:42,114 --> 00:09:44,083 You know what? You want to do it? 273 00:09:44,150 --> 00:09:46,052 Oh, wait, you can't. So... 274 00:09:46,118 --> 00:09:48,688 stop hovering. 275 00:09:46,118 --> 00:09:48,688 Wow. Way to kick a man when he's down. 276 00:09:48,754 --> 00:09:49,889 Well, you're... 277 00:09:48,754 --> 00:09:49,889 (phone rings) 278 00:09:51,257 --> 00:09:52,758 (clears throat) Hey, Rob. 279 00:09:52,825 --> 00:09:53,993 How'd it go with Dilemma? 280 00:09:54,060 --> 00:09:55,795 He was uncooperative, to say the least. 281 00:09:55,861 --> 00:09:58,631 Uncooperative, huh? That must be really frustrating. 282 00:09:58,698 --> 00:10:00,032 I have the Feds on speed dial. 283 00:10:00,099 --> 00:10:00,866 I do. 284 00:10:00,099 --> 00:10:00,866 Okay. 285 00:10:00,933 --> 00:10:02,868 How 'bout you kill each other later? 286 00:10:02,935 --> 00:10:04,670 Any luck IDing our artist? 287 00:10:04,737 --> 00:10:05,938 Yeah, so this Sid Slay 288 00:10:06,005 --> 00:10:07,606 may have implicated himself in murder, 289 00:10:07,673 --> 00:10:09,275 but he was smart enough to, uh, use a VPN while doing it. 290 00:10:09,342 --> 00:10:12,244 So now we're analyzing the recording itself, 291 00:10:12,311 --> 00:10:13,679 pulling apart the tracks 292 00:10:13,746 --> 00:10:14,981 and looking for anything distinctive. 293 00:10:15,047 --> 00:10:16,649 How's that going? 294 00:10:15,047 --> 00:10:16,649 HARRY: Uh, you know, 295 00:10:16,716 --> 00:10:17,850 it's a pretty sparse track, but he's got 296 00:10:17,917 --> 00:10:19,652 lots and lots of layers of effects 297 00:10:19,719 --> 00:10:21,253 on his vocals. 298 00:10:19,719 --> 00:10:21,253 Probably to disguise it. 299 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,323 That's what I would do if I was trying to get away with murder. 300 00:10:24,957 --> 00:10:27,360 Speaking of murder, did Dante send the case files? 301 00:10:27,426 --> 00:10:29,228 Yeah, he did. 302 00:10:27,426 --> 00:10:29,228 (keys clacking) 303 00:10:29,295 --> 00:10:30,363 You just hit Comman... 304 00:10:30,429 --> 00:10:32,365 (sighs) 305 00:10:32,431 --> 00:10:33,733 Andre Smith, 306 00:10:33,799 --> 00:10:36,102 better known as the rap artist Dre Bids. 307 00:10:36,168 --> 00:10:39,238 He was shot outside his recording studio three times. 308 00:10:39,305 --> 00:10:41,207 The only eyewitness 309 00:10:41,273 --> 00:10:43,209 was Cordell Marshall, a rapper known as Brawlah. 310 00:10:43,275 --> 00:10:46,746 The report says that Brawlah was a protégé of Dre Bids. 311 00:10:46,812 --> 00:10:47,980 Seems friendly. 312 00:10:48,047 --> 00:10:48,914 So, this Brawlah 313 00:10:48,981 --> 00:10:50,349 actually witnessed the shooting? 314 00:10:50,416 --> 00:10:52,184 He arrived to find the body, 315 00:10:52,251 --> 00:10:54,820 and he told his boys that he saw Dilemma fleeing the scene. 316 00:10:54,887 --> 00:10:57,156 And the gun recovered was registered to Dilemma. 317 00:10:57,223 --> 00:10:58,391 I don't know, Rob. 318 00:10:58,457 --> 00:11:00,259 I mean, it was Dilemma's gun. 319 00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:01,694 He confessed. 320 00:11:01,761 --> 00:11:03,129 Are you sure it's not him? 321 00:11:01,761 --> 00:11:03,129 ROBYN: No. 322 00:11:03,195 --> 00:11:05,398 But there's more to it than folks are letting on. 323 00:11:05,464 --> 00:11:08,100 Where can I find Brawlah? 324 00:11:08,167 --> 00:11:09,935 ♪ ♪ 325 00:11:10,002 --> 00:11:12,304 (echoing): ♪ Brawlah ♪ 326 00:11:12,371 --> 00:11:13,906 ♪ Come down ♪ 327 00:11:13,973 --> 00:11:15,708 ♪ Coming thru with a Black Mac in a mask ♪ 328 00:11:15,775 --> 00:11:17,009 ♪ Who could it be? ♪ 329 00:11:17,076 --> 00:11:18,277 ♪ Heard the brawlers making movies ♪ 330 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:20,012 ♪ Here's a clip from me ♪ 331 00:11:20,079 --> 00:11:22,681 ♪ Young Daoud forgot to bathe, washed up in a club ♪ 332 00:11:22,748 --> 00:11:26,118 ♪ Shotta Boys, we the realest, all the rest is a dub ♪ 333 00:11:26,185 --> 00:11:27,420 Hey, yo, cut. 334 00:11:26,185 --> 00:11:27,420 ♪ Getting money, what's that about? ♪ 335 00:11:27,486 --> 00:11:28,854 Cut. 336 00:11:28,921 --> 00:11:30,423 Can we try this again? 337 00:11:28,921 --> 00:11:30,423 (bell rings) 338 00:11:30,489 --> 00:11:31,424 A.D.: Okay, everybody, reset. 339 00:11:30,489 --> 00:11:31,424 BRAWLAH: Sorry, guys. 340 00:11:31,490 --> 00:11:32,425 Hi, can I help you? 341 00:11:32,491 --> 00:11:34,693 Uh, yes. I'm Sandra Wright. 342 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:36,328 From Beat Muse podcast. 343 00:11:36,395 --> 00:11:38,297 I'm here to interview Brawlah. 344 00:11:38,364 --> 00:11:40,099 It's for our piece on the one-year anniversary 345 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:41,000 of Dre Bids' death. 346 00:11:41,067 --> 00:11:43,235 I'm sorry. You're not on the schedule. 347 00:11:43,302 --> 00:11:44,770 I should be. 348 00:11:44,837 --> 00:11:46,405 Uh... (sighs) Either we do this now 349 00:11:46,472 --> 00:11:48,140 or we produce it without him. 350 00:11:48,207 --> 00:11:50,276 All I know is I wouldn't want to be the person who tells him 351 00:11:50,342 --> 00:11:54,046 he wasn't included in the big tribute to his mentor. 352 00:11:54,113 --> 00:11:55,748 (exhales) 353 00:11:56,615 --> 00:11:58,250 BRAWLAH: He was the best to ever do it. 354 00:11:58,317 --> 00:12:00,986 And when Dre Bids took me under his wing, it was like... 355 00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:03,022 being drafted into the NBA. 356 00:12:03,089 --> 00:12:05,091 I know his death must have been painful for you. 357 00:12:05,157 --> 00:12:08,060 But can you take me through that night? 358 00:12:08,127 --> 00:12:09,929 I got a text from him earlier. 359 00:12:10,529 --> 00:12:11,831 He thought something might be poppin' off 360 00:12:11,897 --> 00:12:13,065 at the studio that night. 361 00:12:13,132 --> 00:12:14,800 But by the time I got there, I... 362 00:12:14,867 --> 00:12:17,036 I couldn't believe it. 363 00:12:18,104 --> 00:12:20,239 My man's lying dead on the ground. 364 00:12:20,306 --> 00:12:22,274 And Dilemma? 365 00:12:26,178 --> 00:12:28,881 It ain't snitching if the man already confessed. 366 00:12:30,149 --> 00:12:32,084 He was peeling off just as I rolled up. 367 00:12:32,151 --> 00:12:35,087 So you actually saw him or just his car? 368 00:12:35,154 --> 00:12:36,956 Who else would it be in his whip? 369 00:12:38,958 --> 00:12:40,893 What's the deal with all of these questions? 370 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:42,328 Ain't you here about his music? 371 00:12:42,394 --> 00:12:45,965 Yeah, but this new confession track by Sid Slay 372 00:12:46,031 --> 00:12:47,867 made it seem like he was there, too. 373 00:12:47,933 --> 00:12:51,103 Look, I don't know nothin' about a Sid Slay. 374 00:12:51,170 --> 00:12:54,039 All I know is I got Dre's text, left Cypher 375 00:12:54,106 --> 00:12:55,107 and found him dead. 376 00:12:55,174 --> 00:12:56,475 And had I seen his text sooner, 377 00:12:56,542 --> 00:12:57,810 it'd be Dilemma in the dirt. 378 00:12:57,877 --> 00:12:59,512 You were at Cypher Club that night? 379 00:12:59,578 --> 00:13:01,013 What I said. 380 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:03,115 Anything go down that night? Any conflict? 381 00:13:03,182 --> 00:13:04,950 Nah, we were celebrating. 382 00:13:05,017 --> 00:13:06,819 My man just came home from a ten-year bid. 383 00:13:06,886 --> 00:13:07,920 It was all love. 384 00:13:07,987 --> 00:13:09,955 What about Daoud Blickman? 385 00:13:10,022 --> 00:13:11,423 Did you see him there that night? 386 00:13:11,490 --> 00:13:12,992 Dilemma's son? 387 00:13:13,592 --> 00:13:15,528 Hell nah, his punk ass wasn't there. 388 00:13:15,594 --> 00:13:17,530 Shotta Boys had the spot on lock. 389 00:13:17,596 --> 00:13:19,899 If Daoud or anybody else repping B-Set 390 00:13:19,965 --> 00:13:21,033 would've showed up that night, 391 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:23,502 they'd've left in a body bag. 392 00:13:24,136 --> 00:13:27,873 So Daoud lied about where he was the night of the murder? 393 00:13:27,940 --> 00:13:29,175 You don't think... 394 00:13:29,241 --> 00:13:30,843 He's someone Dilemma would want to protect. 395 00:13:30,910 --> 00:13:32,411 And the kid's got motive. 396 00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:33,879 You think he's Sid Slay. 397 00:13:33,946 --> 00:13:35,814 It'd explain why the voice is disguised. 398 00:13:35,881 --> 00:13:37,883 But if his father is covering for him, 399 00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:39,285 why would he risk putting it out there? 400 00:13:39,351 --> 00:13:41,153 I mean, what does he have to gain? 401 00:13:41,220 --> 00:13:43,088 I'm on my way to find out now. 402 00:13:43,155 --> 00:13:45,157 How's it going analyzing that track? 403 00:13:45,224 --> 00:13:47,159 Mm, nothing yet. 404 00:13:47,226 --> 00:13:48,427 But you know how they say 405 00:13:48,494 --> 00:13:50,095 married people shouldn't work together 406 00:13:50,162 --> 00:13:51,997 if they want to stay married? 407 00:13:52,064 --> 00:13:53,966 Yeah, we have, uh... 408 00:13:54,633 --> 00:13:57,269 ...made a few adjustments. 409 00:13:57,336 --> 00:13:58,437 You look nervous. 410 00:13:58,504 --> 00:13:59,939 You want to stop? 411 00:14:00,005 --> 00:14:01,840 Just don't get caught. 412 00:14:03,108 --> 00:14:05,211 DELILAH: (giggles) No. Stop. No. 413 00:14:03,108 --> 00:14:05,211 CAMERON: Uh-uh. (laughs) 414 00:14:05,277 --> 00:14:07,580 No. No. Stop. 415 00:14:05,277 --> 00:14:07,580 No. (chuckles) 416 00:14:07,646 --> 00:14:09,181 Do it again. You'll live to regret it. 417 00:14:09,248 --> 00:14:10,316 Oh, so you want to throw hands, huh? 418 00:14:10,382 --> 00:14:12,384 Yeah, I do. (chuckles) 419 00:14:10,382 --> 00:14:12,384 Oh. 420 00:14:12,451 --> 00:14:14,119 (chuckling) 421 00:14:14,186 --> 00:14:15,221 Hey. 422 00:14:15,921 --> 00:14:16,589 You're back. 423 00:14:16,655 --> 00:14:18,991 Aunt Vi, you're... here. 424 00:14:19,058 --> 00:14:21,293 Yes. I got back early. 425 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:22,461 Who's your friend? 426 00:14:22,528 --> 00:14:23,929 Um... 427 00:14:24,563 --> 00:14:26,599 Aunt Vi, this is Cameron. 428 00:14:26,665 --> 00:14:29,335 But he has to get home, so... 429 00:14:29,401 --> 00:14:30,903 Oh, nonsense. Cameron... 430 00:14:31,470 --> 00:14:32,605 ...why don't you come on in for a bit. 431 00:14:32,671 --> 00:14:34,139 I just ordered a pizza. 432 00:14:34,206 --> 00:14:37,910 A'ight. Yeah, that sounds cool. Thanks. 433 00:14:42,014 --> 00:14:43,916 So... 434 00:14:43,983 --> 00:14:46,051 you go to Dee's school? 435 00:14:46,118 --> 00:14:48,120 Nah, to Jefferson. In the Bronx. 436 00:14:48,187 --> 00:14:49,888 So then how'd you two meet? 437 00:14:49,955 --> 00:14:50,990 Uh, through Tiffany. 438 00:14:51,056 --> 00:14:52,625 Yeah, she's my cousin. 439 00:14:51,056 --> 00:14:52,625 Oh. 440 00:14:52,691 --> 00:14:54,326 That's nice. 441 00:14:54,393 --> 00:14:55,494 So, 442 00:14:55,561 --> 00:14:56,629 are you a sophomore, too? 443 00:14:56,695 --> 00:14:58,197 Junior, actually. 444 00:14:58,264 --> 00:15:00,532 So you must be starting to think about colleges. 445 00:15:00,599 --> 00:15:01,967 Oh, nah. 446 00:15:02,034 --> 00:15:03,902 Not going to college. 447 00:15:04,470 --> 00:15:05,638 (gulps) Really? 448 00:15:05,704 --> 00:15:07,273 And why is that? 449 00:15:07,339 --> 00:15:09,642 Well, I just believe it's not worth going into debt for. 450 00:15:09,708 --> 00:15:11,443 I got other plans. 451 00:15:11,510 --> 00:15:12,478 Oh, I see. 452 00:15:12,544 --> 00:15:14,613 You're a-- you're a pragmatist. 453 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:16,248 (chuckles) 454 00:15:16,315 --> 00:15:19,251 Well, college is a luxury that most of us can't afford. 455 00:15:19,318 --> 00:15:21,387 And that's why people in my position, we... 456 00:15:21,453 --> 00:15:23,355 we create other options for ourselves. 457 00:15:23,422 --> 00:15:26,292 You know, Cameron, I'm all for options, but... 458 00:15:26,358 --> 00:15:28,394 I think a degree can be very helpful, 459 00:15:28,460 --> 00:15:31,463 especially for those of us who aren't starting out on a... 460 00:15:31,530 --> 00:15:33,198 on a level playing field. 461 00:15:33,265 --> 00:15:36,001 Well, Cameron's a straight A student. 462 00:15:36,068 --> 00:15:38,203 I mean, it doesn't take money to be smart. 463 00:15:38,837 --> 00:15:40,306 Growing up in the hood, it never stopped 464 00:15:40,372 --> 00:15:42,675 my parents from exposing me to everything, 465 00:15:42,741 --> 00:15:44,943 from politics to poetry. 466 00:15:45,010 --> 00:15:46,679 And those high tuitions, 467 00:15:46,745 --> 00:15:48,113 they're there for a reason. 468 00:15:48,180 --> 00:15:49,982 It's to keep people like me away. 469 00:15:50,049 --> 00:15:52,284 So why should I go broke for the privilege 470 00:15:52,351 --> 00:15:54,953 of being somewhere that I'm not even wanted? 471 00:15:58,390 --> 00:15:59,992 ♪ All them lies you be spittin' ♪ 472 00:16:00,059 --> 00:16:02,161 ♪ All I see is hypocrisy ♪ 473 00:16:02,227 --> 00:16:03,562 ♪ Brawlah, you just a opp ♪ 474 00:16:03,629 --> 00:16:05,297 ♪ I murk every opp I see ♪ 475 00:16:05,364 --> 00:16:07,666 ♪ Hatin' on Dah because you'll never be hot as me ♪ 476 00:16:07,733 --> 00:16:11,303 ♪ Superstar family, you're witnessing a monopoly ♪ 477 00:16:11,370 --> 00:16:13,405 ♪ Come on, come on. ♪ 478 00:16:13,472 --> 00:16:15,307 (music stops) 479 00:16:15,374 --> 00:16:16,709 Hey, yo, 480 00:16:16,775 --> 00:16:18,243 let me get a minute. 481 00:16:18,310 --> 00:16:19,912 All right, dude. 482 00:16:18,310 --> 00:16:19,912 Mm-hmm. 483 00:16:25,784 --> 00:16:28,187 (door closes) 484 00:16:28,654 --> 00:16:30,122 Look, 485 00:16:30,189 --> 00:16:32,725 all due respect, whatever you think you need, 486 00:16:32,791 --> 00:16:34,460 my moms is wasting her time. 487 00:16:34,526 --> 00:16:35,561 Is that right? 488 00:16:35,627 --> 00:16:37,996 Why did you tell your mom you were at Club Cypher 489 00:16:38,063 --> 00:16:39,732 the night Dre Bids was killed? 490 00:16:39,798 --> 00:16:41,367 Because I was. 491 00:16:41,433 --> 00:16:42,334 Really? 492 00:16:42,401 --> 00:16:45,104 So how was the Shotta Boys homecoming party? 493 00:16:46,572 --> 00:16:48,073 You know what I think? 494 00:16:48,140 --> 00:16:50,275 After Shottas jumped you, you wanted some payback. 495 00:16:50,342 --> 00:16:52,111 But Gangsta Jr. got sloppy, 496 00:16:52,177 --> 00:16:54,480 and Daddy had to come clean up after him. 497 00:16:52,177 --> 00:16:54,480 It ain't like that. 498 00:16:54,546 --> 00:16:56,548 Got some other reason you'd lie to your mom? 499 00:16:57,416 --> 00:16:59,752 All right, you want to know where I was? 500 00:16:59,818 --> 00:17:01,186 I was here, recording. 501 00:17:01,253 --> 00:17:02,421 Now, you can check the booking records. 502 00:17:02,488 --> 00:17:04,022 Well, why would you lie about that? 503 00:17:04,089 --> 00:17:05,457 Because my pops would've flipped. 504 00:17:05,524 --> 00:17:07,159 With all the heat between B-Set and Shotta Boys, 505 00:17:07,226 --> 00:17:08,794 he told me I couldn't record anymore. 506 00:17:09,361 --> 00:17:11,530 Because you were making diss tracks. 507 00:17:11,597 --> 00:17:13,332 Like the one you're making right now. 508 00:17:13,399 --> 00:17:16,101 Said with the crews warring, it was too dangerous. 509 00:17:16,168 --> 00:17:18,470 When I found out what he did for me, 510 00:17:18,537 --> 00:17:21,206 I didn't want to disrespect him on top of it. 511 00:17:21,273 --> 00:17:23,375 After the Shotta Boys messed me up, 512 00:17:23,442 --> 00:17:26,545 when I woke up in the hospital, 513 00:17:26,612 --> 00:17:28,680 my pops was there, 514 00:17:28,747 --> 00:17:30,482 crying. 515 00:17:31,116 --> 00:17:33,585 I ain't never seen him like that. 516 00:17:35,354 --> 00:17:37,790 He said it was his fault. 517 00:17:37,856 --> 00:17:40,392 He swore to put an end to it. 518 00:17:40,459 --> 00:17:42,795 Two weeks later, Dre Bids was dead. 519 00:17:43,395 --> 00:17:46,265 My pops is in jail because I got caught slippin'. 520 00:17:46,331 --> 00:17:47,699 He's in jail because of me. 521 00:17:47,766 --> 00:17:49,201 Did he tell you that? 522 00:17:49,268 --> 00:17:50,602 Nah, but I know. 523 00:17:50,669 --> 00:17:51,703 You sure? 524 00:17:51,770 --> 00:17:53,539 Because gunning down Dre Bids 525 00:17:53,605 --> 00:17:56,341 in front of his own recording studio... Why? 526 00:17:56,408 --> 00:17:58,377 The whole thing, it just sounds... 527 00:17:58,444 --> 00:17:59,645 clumsy. 528 00:17:59,711 --> 00:18:03,148 I think your father is hiding something. 529 00:18:03,215 --> 00:18:05,284 From all of us. 530 00:18:05,350 --> 00:18:08,620 And this Sid Slay has something to do with it. 531 00:18:10,689 --> 00:18:12,357 I got to get back to it. 532 00:18:12,424 --> 00:18:13,692 Yo, Terry! 533 00:18:13,759 --> 00:18:15,494 TERRY: Sup? 534 00:18:19,431 --> 00:18:20,732 ROBYN: Hey, Dante. Got something? 535 00:18:20,799 --> 00:18:22,301 You could say that. 536 00:18:22,367 --> 00:18:24,269 I was looking at witness statements. 537 00:18:24,336 --> 00:18:26,472 The night Dre Bids was shot, there was a janitor 538 00:18:26,538 --> 00:18:29,107 working at the recording studio earlier that night. 539 00:18:29,174 --> 00:18:30,175 He witness the shooting? 540 00:18:30,242 --> 00:18:31,577 He left before it happened, 541 00:18:31,643 --> 00:18:33,579 but I just re-interviewed him. 542 00:18:33,645 --> 00:18:36,715 He says Dilemma wasn't the only one there that night. 543 00:18:36,782 --> 00:18:38,250 As the janitor was leaving, 544 00:18:38,317 --> 00:18:40,252 someone else was heading into the studio, 545 00:18:40,319 --> 00:18:42,554 only ten minutes before Dre Bids' murder. 546 00:18:42,621 --> 00:18:43,755 He recognize 'em? 547 00:18:43,822 --> 00:18:45,724 He ID'd Jacob Styles, 548 00:18:45,791 --> 00:18:47,192 head of Trigger Beat Records. 549 00:18:47,259 --> 00:18:48,460 Label mogul. 550 00:18:48,527 --> 00:18:50,462 Trigger Beat? That's Dilemma's label. 551 00:18:50,529 --> 00:18:51,864 If Styles was there that night, 552 00:18:51,930 --> 00:18:53,465 how come we're just finding out? 553 00:18:53,532 --> 00:18:55,701 When I leaned on him, he got nervous, confessed. 554 00:18:55,767 --> 00:18:58,470 Someone paid him 25 Gs not to mention it. 555 00:18:58,537 --> 00:19:00,772 Now, why would someone do that? 556 00:19:01,373 --> 00:19:03,342 MEL: 557 00:19:01,373 --> 00:19:03,342 Is risking arrest 558 00:19:01,373 --> 00:19:03,342 and hiding 559 00:19:03,408 --> 00:19:05,277 in the dark like a cockroach really better 560 00:19:05,344 --> 00:19:07,279 than patiently telling me what to do? 561 00:19:07,346 --> 00:19:09,248 Yes. A hundred times yes. 562 00:19:09,314 --> 00:19:11,416 Just don't let anybody see me. 563 00:19:11,483 --> 00:19:13,785 (sighs) I feel like a 12-year-old sneaking a cigarette. 564 00:19:13,852 --> 00:19:16,421 (phone rings) 565 00:19:13,852 --> 00:19:16,421 With a life sentence if I'm caught. 566 00:19:16,488 --> 00:19:18,190 Hey, Rob. 567 00:19:18,257 --> 00:19:19,625 Oh. Hey. 568 00:19:19,691 --> 00:19:20,859 Hey. 569 00:19:20,926 --> 00:19:23,395 Hey, were you able to access Jacob Styles' financial records? 570 00:19:23,462 --> 00:19:25,564 The answer's yes, in spite of the subpar Wi-Fi 571 00:19:25,631 --> 00:19:26,398 in this gin joint. 572 00:19:26,465 --> 00:19:27,866 People come here to drink, not to... 573 00:19:27,933 --> 00:19:28,901 (stammering) 574 00:19:28,967 --> 00:19:29,935 (clears throat) 575 00:19:28,967 --> 00:19:29,935 Sorry. 576 00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:32,337 That's all right. So, um, yes, 577 00:19:32,404 --> 00:19:34,306 this guy Styles, he likes to drop a lot of quiche 578 00:19:34,373 --> 00:19:36,441 in fancy restaurants, uh, strip joints. 579 00:19:36,508 --> 00:19:38,777 So, nothing unusual for a record label exec. 580 00:19:38,844 --> 00:19:40,345 What about the 25 K? 581 00:19:40,412 --> 00:19:42,247 Pretty sure it came from Styles. 582 00:19:42,314 --> 00:19:43,448 He took out that much cash 583 00:19:43,515 --> 00:19:44,716 right before the janitor got his bribe. 584 00:19:44,783 --> 00:19:46,451 But, listen, I-I'm onto something else. 585 00:19:46,518 --> 00:19:49,354 Styles has been receiving regular money transfers 586 00:19:49,421 --> 00:19:51,657 from an account belonging to Dilemma. 587 00:19:51,723 --> 00:19:52,658 That's not unusual. 588 00:19:52,724 --> 00:19:54,893 Some artists have to pay back record labels 589 00:19:54,960 --> 00:19:56,428 for advances on their projects. 590 00:19:56,495 --> 00:19:58,664 Yeah, but this is going to Styles' personal account, 591 00:19:58,730 --> 00:19:59,331 not the label's. 592 00:19:59,398 --> 00:20:01,433 And it began ten months ago, 593 00:20:01,500 --> 00:20:02,834 right after Dilemma got locked up. 594 00:20:02,901 --> 00:20:05,737 So, payments to a guy who was secretly there 595 00:20:05,804 --> 00:20:07,205 at the scene of the murder? 596 00:20:07,272 --> 00:20:08,674 Now, that is unusual. 597 00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:10,309 Right? 598 00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:10,309 Um, babe... 599 00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:10,309 (door opens, loud chatter) 600 00:20:10,375 --> 00:20:11,944 ...it's getting crowded. Put your cigarette away. 601 00:20:12,010 --> 00:20:14,413 Hi! Come on in. 602 00:20:15,013 --> 00:20:17,683 Hey, Mike, would you mind keying me in? 603 00:20:17,749 --> 00:20:19,818 I left my card upstairs. 604 00:20:17,749 --> 00:20:19,818 Do I know you? 605 00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:21,219 Yolanda, from Marketing. 606 00:20:21,286 --> 00:20:22,554 Katey introduced us at my onboarding. 607 00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:25,557 Well, you were kind of busy with deliveries. 608 00:20:25,624 --> 00:20:28,827 Look, Mr. Styles sent me on a coffee run. 609 00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:32,331 I'm already ten minutes late, and you know how he gets. 610 00:20:32,397 --> 00:20:33,732 It's only my second week. 611 00:20:33,799 --> 00:20:35,267 I don't want to get fired. 612 00:20:35,334 --> 00:20:36,802 (sighs heavily) 613 00:20:38,303 --> 00:20:40,238 (phone ringing) 614 00:20:42,641 --> 00:20:43,675 Yeah? 615 00:20:43,742 --> 00:20:45,510 Yeah. Okay. 616 00:20:49,481 --> 00:20:51,383 Yeah, I know how Mr. Styles gets. 617 00:20:51,450 --> 00:20:53,619 Especially when you wannabes try to sneak in 618 00:20:53,685 --> 00:20:56,355 to give him your demos. Now beat it. 619 00:20:57,055 --> 00:20:59,524 I'll be back. 620 00:20:57,055 --> 00:20:59,524 I'll be here. 621 00:20:59,591 --> 00:21:01,627 Hit a wall with Styles. 622 00:21:01,693 --> 00:21:03,862 Looks like I'm gonna need your badge. 623 00:21:03,929 --> 00:21:05,397 Couldn't charm your way in? 624 00:21:05,464 --> 00:21:07,299 Well, not everybody is 625 00:21:07,366 --> 00:21:08,467 as easy a mark as you are. 626 00:21:08,533 --> 00:21:11,603 (motorcycle engine revving) 627 00:21:11,670 --> 00:21:12,704 (gunshots) 628 00:21:15,607 --> 00:21:17,809 Hey, what's happening? 629 00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:20,545 You okay? 630 00:21:18,210 --> 00:21:20,545 Yeah, I'm fine. 631 00:21:20,612 --> 00:21:21,747 But it looks like someone 632 00:21:21,813 --> 00:21:23,382 doesn't want me looking into this. 633 00:21:28,754 --> 00:21:29,921 Got here as quick as I could. You okay? 634 00:21:29,988 --> 00:21:32,724 (sighs) Aside from my bruised ego? 635 00:21:32,791 --> 00:21:34,459 You get a look at the rider? 636 00:21:34,526 --> 00:21:37,029 Black-clad leather. Five-nine. 637 00:21:37,095 --> 00:21:39,364 Nothing distinct. 638 00:21:39,431 --> 00:21:40,565 Right-handed, but he shot with his left 639 00:21:40,632 --> 00:21:42,768 because of the throttle. Nine millimeter. 640 00:21:42,834 --> 00:21:45,570 Bike was a modified Ducati 848. 641 00:21:45,637 --> 00:21:47,439 Black stealth finish, no plates. 642 00:21:47,506 --> 00:21:50,542 Next time, try to get a little more detail, will you? 643 00:21:51,576 --> 00:21:53,345 Question is, who's mad enough 644 00:21:53,412 --> 00:21:55,514 about you poking around to take a shot at you? 645 00:21:55,580 --> 00:21:57,349 One way to find out. 646 00:21:57,416 --> 00:22:00,719 I'm sorry, I honestly don't know what you're talking about. 647 00:22:00,786 --> 00:22:02,087 Oh, just like you have no idea why 648 00:22:02,154 --> 00:22:03,955 someone just shot at me outside your offices. 649 00:22:04,022 --> 00:22:05,624 What the hell is this all about? 650 00:22:05,691 --> 00:22:09,394 The murder of Andre "Dre Bids" Smith. 651 00:22:09,461 --> 00:22:11,530 NYPD's reopening the investigation, 652 00:22:11,596 --> 00:22:12,731 and for some reason, we don't seem 653 00:22:12,798 --> 00:22:14,566 to have your statement on file. 654 00:22:14,633 --> 00:22:16,935 Why would you if I wasn't there? 655 00:22:17,002 --> 00:22:20,405 You know, you can lie to me. It just pisses me off. 656 00:22:20,472 --> 00:22:21,940 You lie to him, 657 00:22:22,007 --> 00:22:24,743 it's obstruction. That's a crime. 658 00:22:24,810 --> 00:22:26,712 We have a witness placing you at the scene 659 00:22:26,778 --> 00:22:28,814 just before the murder. 660 00:22:26,778 --> 00:22:28,814 We also have evidence 661 00:22:28,880 --> 00:22:30,816 you paid the witness to keep his mouth shut. 662 00:22:30,882 --> 00:22:32,951 I think I should call my lawyer. 663 00:22:33,018 --> 00:22:36,588 If you killed Dre Bids, you definitely should. 664 00:22:36,655 --> 00:22:38,423 Of course, then I'll have to arrest you 665 00:22:38,490 --> 00:22:39,858 and perp-walk you out of here 666 00:22:39,925 --> 00:22:42,861 in time to be the lead on the 6:00 news. 667 00:22:42,928 --> 00:22:45,697 Or if you didn't, you can just tell the truth. 668 00:22:47,699 --> 00:22:50,035 Fine. I was there. 669 00:22:50,102 --> 00:22:52,838 But I had nothing to do with the shooting. 670 00:22:52,904 --> 00:22:56,875 I went there to try to talk some sense into Dilemma. 671 00:22:56,942 --> 00:22:59,678 He and Dre Bids were supposed to record a track that night. 672 00:22:59,745 --> 00:23:02,981 Dre Bids and Dilemma, together? 673 00:23:03,048 --> 00:23:06,151 It was a peace track. (chuckles softly) 674 00:23:06,218 --> 00:23:08,687 Dilemma told me he'd had enough. 675 00:23:08,754 --> 00:23:10,789 The beef was messing with his family. 676 00:23:10,856 --> 00:23:13,458 He and Dre Bids had come to a truce. 677 00:23:13,525 --> 00:23:15,694 But he wasn't thinking right. 678 00:23:15,761 --> 00:23:18,563 They had just jumped his kid. 679 00:23:18,630 --> 00:23:19,998 I didn't want him to do anything rash. 680 00:23:20,065 --> 00:23:22,167 Wait, you tried to talk him out of it? 681 00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:23,602 (laughs) 682 00:23:23,668 --> 00:23:25,003 Like it or not, 683 00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:26,171 violence sells. 684 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:27,973 He was making a fortune. 685 00:23:28,039 --> 00:23:29,040 We all were. 686 00:23:29,107 --> 00:23:30,675 It was career suicide. 687 00:23:30,742 --> 00:23:32,878 And why let some senseless killings here and there 688 00:23:32,944 --> 00:23:34,746 stop you from making a buck? 689 00:23:36,081 --> 00:23:37,682 What happened that night? 690 00:23:37,749 --> 00:23:41,086 Like I said, I was talking to Dilemma. 691 00:23:41,153 --> 00:23:42,821 Then shots rang out. 692 00:23:42,888 --> 00:23:44,489 You were with Dilemma when it happened? 693 00:23:44,556 --> 00:23:45,791 Upstairs in the studio. 694 00:23:45,857 --> 00:23:47,459 He ran down to see what was happening... 695 00:23:47,526 --> 00:23:50,162 And you? You got the hell out of there, didn't you? 696 00:23:50,228 --> 00:23:52,497 Couldn't afford to have your image sullied, 697 00:23:52,564 --> 00:23:53,632 so you paid to keep your name out of it. 698 00:23:53,698 --> 00:23:56,701 You knew Dilemma was innocent, 699 00:23:56,768 --> 00:23:58,637 and you still let him go down for it? 700 00:23:58,703 --> 00:24:00,105 He insisted. 701 00:24:00,172 --> 00:24:01,907 Why would he take the fall for something he didn't do? 702 00:24:01,973 --> 00:24:04,509 I asked. He said it was none of my concern. 703 00:24:04,576 --> 00:24:07,212 And he's been paying you to keep your mouth shut ever since. 704 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:09,648 (chuckles softly) That's business. 705 00:24:09,714 --> 00:24:12,517 Do you know how much him going away cost me? 706 00:24:12,584 --> 00:24:13,919 Tell me about this peace track. 707 00:24:13,985 --> 00:24:16,721 I think Dre Bids might've laid down a few verses 708 00:24:16,788 --> 00:24:17,756 the night before. 709 00:24:17,823 --> 00:24:19,591 I'm gonna need that master. 710 00:24:29,601 --> 00:24:31,536 (door opens) 711 00:24:31,603 --> 00:24:32,804 (door closes) 712 00:24:32,871 --> 00:24:35,040 If Dilemma didn't fire those shots, who did? 713 00:24:35,106 --> 00:24:37,242 Cops ran ballistics on the gun, right? 714 00:24:37,309 --> 00:24:38,643 Did they run DNA? 715 00:24:38,710 --> 00:24:40,245 They didn't need to. He confessed. 716 00:24:40,312 --> 00:24:42,547 And it's too late to do it now. 717 00:24:42,614 --> 00:24:43,949 During the rains last year, 718 00:24:44,015 --> 00:24:46,885 the facility where the case evidence was stored flooded. 719 00:24:46,952 --> 00:24:49,221 Some material was lost, some destroyed. 720 00:24:49,287 --> 00:24:51,156 This just keeps getting better and better. 721 00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:54,025 (phone buzzing) 722 00:24:55,193 --> 00:24:56,661 (beeps) 723 00:24:55,193 --> 00:24:56,661 Hey. 724 00:24:56,728 --> 00:24:57,762 Tell me you're making some progress 725 00:24:57,829 --> 00:24:58,897 on that SoundCloud track. 726 00:24:58,964 --> 00:25:00,665 Well, technically, I didn't, 727 00:25:00,732 --> 00:25:01,967 'cause it would've required, you know, 728 00:25:02,033 --> 00:25:03,535 borrowing some NSA software, 729 00:25:03,602 --> 00:25:05,103 which didn't really seem like the best idea right now. 730 00:25:05,170 --> 00:25:07,606 So I outsourced it to a hacker pal of mine. 731 00:25:07,672 --> 00:25:09,107 She pulled apart the audio and found this 732 00:25:09,174 --> 00:25:10,909 under one of the tracks. 733 00:25:09,174 --> 00:25:10,909 MAN: This is an announcement 734 00:25:10,976 --> 00:25:13,078 to students to show your Bulldog pride 735 00:25:13,144 --> 00:25:14,246 for spirit week. 736 00:25:14,312 --> 00:25:15,981 Spirit week? Like high school. 737 00:25:16,047 --> 00:25:18,116 Yep, and there are only two high schools 738 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:19,851 in the New York area with bulldogs as their mascots. 739 00:25:19,918 --> 00:25:21,920 And only one has a music lab. 740 00:25:21,987 --> 00:25:24,789 Uh, Washington-Hamilton High in Queens. 741 00:25:24,856 --> 00:25:26,992 That's kind of a rough school. 742 00:25:27,058 --> 00:25:30,028 I could see B-Set and Shotta Boys crew going there. 743 00:25:30,095 --> 00:25:32,697 Well, I checked the sign-in records, and a student named... 744 00:25:32,764 --> 00:25:34,599 (indistinct chatter) 745 00:25:32,764 --> 00:25:34,599 Excuse me. 746 00:25:34,666 --> 00:25:36,134 (door closes) 747 00:25:36,201 --> 00:25:39,204 (sighs) A student named Sidney Rodgers 748 00:25:39,271 --> 00:25:40,605 had been there repeatedly. 749 00:25:40,672 --> 00:25:42,841 As in Sid Slay? 750 00:25:42,908 --> 00:25:44,743 Do you have an address? 751 00:25:44,809 --> 00:25:45,944 (buzzing) 752 00:25:46,011 --> 00:25:47,612 (siren wailing in distance) 753 00:25:47,679 --> 00:25:48,613 (rap song playing faintly) 754 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,315 Are you Sid Rodgers? 755 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:51,883 Who's asking? 756 00:25:51,950 --> 00:25:54,152 ♪ When I need them, they'll see me calling ♪ 757 00:25:54,219 --> 00:25:57,289 Are you the one who put the song "Truth Be Told" on SoundCloud? 758 00:25:57,355 --> 00:25:58,757 Lady, you in the wrong place. 759 00:25:58,823 --> 00:25:59,958 SID: Jadin, stop. 760 00:26:00,025 --> 00:26:01,760 I'm Sid. 761 00:26:01,826 --> 00:26:02,794 You're Sid Slay? 762 00:26:02,861 --> 00:26:04,029 How'd you find me? 763 00:26:04,095 --> 00:26:05,330 Are you a music producer? 764 00:26:05,397 --> 00:26:07,565 ♪ Rock the latest, life is like a gamble. ♪ 765 00:26:08,199 --> 00:26:10,635 I didn't know they were about a real murder. 766 00:26:10,702 --> 00:26:12,704 Those lyrics-- 767 00:26:12,771 --> 00:26:14,039 they're not mine. 768 00:26:14,873 --> 00:26:16,241 Whose are they? 769 00:26:16,308 --> 00:26:18,710 I don't know. 770 00:26:19,678 --> 00:26:20,812 About a month ago, 771 00:26:20,879 --> 00:26:22,781 I was in Washington Square Park. 772 00:26:22,847 --> 00:26:24,082 Crews meet there to battle, 773 00:26:24,149 --> 00:26:25,650 and newbies try to make a name. 774 00:26:25,717 --> 00:26:27,052 That's why you were there? 775 00:26:27,118 --> 00:26:28,186 I tried to spit, 776 00:26:28,253 --> 00:26:29,888 but they weren't trying to hear me. 777 00:26:29,955 --> 00:26:32,190 Later, the cops rolled through. 778 00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:33,325 When everybody bounced, 779 00:26:33,391 --> 00:26:34,859 someone left a notebook. 780 00:26:34,926 --> 00:26:37,195 The rhymes were dope as hell. 781 00:26:37,262 --> 00:26:39,664 So I laid it down over a track I made 782 00:26:39,731 --> 00:26:41,066 and dropped it on SoundCloud. 783 00:26:41,132 --> 00:26:43,201 And you disguised your voice? 784 00:26:43,268 --> 00:26:45,070 Ain't no one gonna take me serious as a girl. 785 00:26:46,137 --> 00:26:47,739 Female rappers these days, 786 00:26:47,806 --> 00:26:49,274 they lean into their sexuality. 787 00:26:49,341 --> 00:26:51,676 It's all anacondas 788 00:26:51,743 --> 00:26:52,911 and peaches. 789 00:26:52,978 --> 00:26:55,280 It's empowering, but not my thing. 790 00:26:55,347 --> 00:26:56,381 I'm more... 791 00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:57,816 Lauryn Hill. 792 00:26:57,882 --> 00:26:59,784 MC Lyte. 793 00:26:57,882 --> 00:26:59,784 Exactly. 794 00:26:59,851 --> 00:27:01,219 But I need to stand out. 795 00:27:01,286 --> 00:27:04,689 I figured maybe I can get some traction by being hard, 796 00:27:04,756 --> 00:27:05,991 like the guys. 797 00:27:06,057 --> 00:27:07,792 Sid, the best rappers 798 00:27:07,859 --> 00:27:10,895 are the ones who aren't trying to be anyone but themselves. 799 00:27:11,463 --> 00:27:12,697 But I tried that. 800 00:27:12,764 --> 00:27:13,965 No one was interested. 801 00:27:14,032 --> 00:27:15,367 So, keep practicing. 802 00:27:15,433 --> 00:27:16,801 You got skills. 803 00:27:16,868 --> 00:27:18,737 But you got to be authentic. 804 00:27:18,803 --> 00:27:20,805 Only you know what that means for you. 805 00:27:23,174 --> 00:27:25,110 You still got that notebook? 806 00:27:28,279 --> 00:27:29,981 (door opens) 807 00:27:32,784 --> 00:27:34,319 There wasn't a name in it. 808 00:27:35,320 --> 00:27:37,122 I checked. 809 00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:41,226 No need for a name. 810 00:27:41,993 --> 00:27:44,262 I know exactly whose book this is. 811 00:27:51,136 --> 00:27:52,670 It's your notebook, Nasir. 812 00:27:52,737 --> 00:27:56,441 I recognized the drawing from your other sketchbook. 813 00:28:00,912 --> 00:28:02,847 You wrote those rhymes? 814 00:28:04,315 --> 00:28:06,718 Nas, baby, why? 815 00:28:07,485 --> 00:28:09,821 Because he was there that night. 816 00:28:09,888 --> 00:28:12,090 It was you your dad was covering up for. 817 00:28:12,157 --> 00:28:14,893 No. He was home. 818 00:28:14,959 --> 00:28:17,262 No, Ma. I wasn't. 819 00:28:19,164 --> 00:28:21,099 Baby, what are you saying? 820 00:28:21,166 --> 00:28:22,467 You were here. 821 00:28:23,868 --> 00:28:25,370 I was. But... 822 00:28:25,437 --> 00:28:26,905 when you left to get your braids, 823 00:28:26,971 --> 00:28:28,173 I heard Dad's phone go off. 824 00:28:28,807 --> 00:28:31,443 He must've left it in a rush to get to the studio. 825 00:28:32,310 --> 00:28:33,745 It was a text 826 00:28:33,812 --> 00:28:36,347 saying that the studio session was a setup. 827 00:28:36,414 --> 00:28:38,883 Dre Bids was strapped and coming for him. 828 00:28:38,950 --> 00:28:40,318 Who sent the text? 829 00:28:41,186 --> 00:28:42,821 I don't know. 830 00:28:42,887 --> 00:28:46,391 But I couldn't reach Dad, and Daoud wasn't picking up. 831 00:28:46,458 --> 00:28:47,826 So... 832 00:28:47,892 --> 00:28:49,928 I grabbed Dad's gun. 833 00:28:50,728 --> 00:28:53,932 I only brought it to the studio so he could protect himself. 834 00:28:53,998 --> 00:28:55,467 When I got there, 835 00:28:55,533 --> 00:28:59,003 I saw Dre Bids pulling a piece from his trunk. 836 00:28:59,070 --> 00:29:01,272 (shudders) He saw me, and... 837 00:29:01,339 --> 00:29:05,477 and I didn't mean to, but I got scared and he... (sniffles) 838 00:29:07,078 --> 00:29:08,146 So I shot him. 839 00:29:08,213 --> 00:29:10,148 (sniffles) 840 00:29:10,215 --> 00:29:11,483 Twice. 841 00:29:10,215 --> 00:29:11,483 (Deidre sobs) 842 00:29:11,549 --> 00:29:13,785 Next thing I know, Dad grabbed the gun, 843 00:29:13,852 --> 00:29:16,121 wiped it down and pushed me into his car. (sniffles) 844 00:29:16,187 --> 00:29:19,457 Said it was his fault for beefing, but... (sniffles) 845 00:29:19,524 --> 00:29:22,293 ...it wasn't Dad's fault. 846 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:23,962 I'm the one who killed him. 847 00:29:24,028 --> 00:29:25,163 (crying): No. Oh, baby. 848 00:29:25,230 --> 00:29:27,432 (crying) 849 00:29:29,501 --> 00:29:31,069 Nasir... 850 00:29:31,136 --> 00:29:33,037 you said you shot him twice. 851 00:29:33,104 --> 00:29:34,105 Are you sure? 852 00:29:34,772 --> 00:29:37,142 I've replayed the details in my head for a year. 853 00:29:37,208 --> 00:29:38,176 Why? 854 00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:40,044 Because the coroner's report 855 00:29:40,111 --> 00:29:41,880 said that there were three shots. 856 00:29:42,847 --> 00:29:45,083 Two shots were from a distance. 857 00:29:45,150 --> 00:29:46,818 They weren't fatal. 858 00:29:46,885 --> 00:29:50,054 A third shot was from close range. 859 00:29:50,121 --> 00:29:51,189 To the heart. 860 00:29:51,256 --> 00:29:53,024 What are you saying? 861 00:29:53,658 --> 00:29:57,295 I don't think Nasir fired the shot that killed Dre Bids. 862 00:29:58,163 --> 00:29:59,097 You still have 863 00:29:59,164 --> 00:30:00,999 your husband's cell? 864 00:30:01,966 --> 00:30:04,869 (indistinct chatter) 865 00:30:05,870 --> 00:30:06,871 A year-old text? 866 00:30:06,938 --> 00:30:09,107 No one in Dilemma's circle recognized the number 867 00:30:09,174 --> 00:30:10,341 that sent that warning. 868 00:30:10,408 --> 00:30:11,543 Can you trace it? 869 00:30:11,609 --> 00:30:13,478 With my current lack of resources, 870 00:30:13,545 --> 00:30:16,047 I don't know. 871 00:30:13,545 --> 00:30:16,047 Didn't Brawlah say 872 00:30:16,114 --> 00:30:18,216 Dre Bids was worried something might be going down 873 00:30:18,283 --> 00:30:19,517 at the studio that night? 874 00:30:19,584 --> 00:30:21,553 You think Dre Bids got a warning text, too? 875 00:30:21,619 --> 00:30:25,223 Well, someone was trying to stir up trouble. 876 00:30:25,290 --> 00:30:30,028 Probably that same someone who sent that hitter at me today. 877 00:30:30,094 --> 00:30:31,362 I need you to find out who. 878 00:30:31,429 --> 00:30:32,463 It was a year ago. 879 00:30:32,530 --> 00:30:34,199 Uh, but I'll give it a shot. 880 00:30:34,265 --> 00:30:36,034 It may take a minute though. 881 00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:37,869 I'm gonna need some privacy. 882 00:30:37,936 --> 00:30:40,471 Call me if you find anything. 883 00:30:40,538 --> 00:30:42,140 ♪ You know what it is ♪ 884 00:30:42,207 --> 00:30:43,508 (chuckles) 885 00:30:43,575 --> 00:30:46,411 ♪ Top of the food chain, welcome to my... ♪ 886 00:30:46,477 --> 00:30:47,946 When did you become a Dilemma fan? 887 00:30:48,012 --> 00:30:49,113 I'm not. 888 00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:50,348 It's for a client. 889 00:30:50,415 --> 00:30:52,150 Oh. I love this song. 890 00:30:52,217 --> 00:30:53,585 Really? 891 00:30:53,651 --> 00:30:55,486 I didn't know you were into stuff like this. 892 00:30:55,553 --> 00:30:58,122 Yeah, it's hardcore, but the beat is fire. 893 00:30:58,189 --> 00:31:00,225 (chuckles) 894 00:30:58,189 --> 00:31:00,225 ♪ When you go down that road ♪ 895 00:31:00,291 --> 00:31:04,262 My friends and I vibe to Dilemma and Dre Bids all the time. 896 00:31:04,329 --> 00:31:06,064 It's crazy it all ended up in murder. 897 00:31:06,130 --> 00:31:08,066 ♪ I used to specialize in putting one... ♪ 898 00:31:08,132 --> 00:31:09,500 (music stops) 899 00:31:08,132 --> 00:31:09,500 Yeah. 900 00:31:09,567 --> 00:31:11,636 It shouldn't have. 901 00:31:12,503 --> 00:31:14,973 But when you're frontin', 902 00:31:15,039 --> 00:31:16,975 sometimes you get caught up being 903 00:31:17,041 --> 00:31:19,043 who other people think you should be, 904 00:31:19,110 --> 00:31:21,079 not who you really are. 905 00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,015 (phone ringing) 906 00:31:24,082 --> 00:31:25,516 Is that the guy who impressed Aunt Vi? 907 00:31:25,583 --> 00:31:27,051 No. 908 00:31:25,583 --> 00:31:27,051 Let me say hey. 909 00:31:27,118 --> 00:31:29,187 No. Mom. No. 910 00:31:27,118 --> 00:31:29,187 Let me just speak to him real quick. 911 00:31:29,254 --> 00:31:30,955 Cameron! Hi! 912 00:31:29,254 --> 00:31:30,955 Hey. Stop. 913 00:31:31,022 --> 00:31:31,990 I'm the mother! 914 00:31:32,056 --> 00:31:34,993 Um. Sorry about my aunt grilling you earlier. 915 00:31:35,059 --> 00:31:36,928 I almost died when she invited you in. 916 00:31:36,995 --> 00:31:38,896 (chuckles) Nah, she's mad cool. 917 00:31:38,963 --> 00:31:41,466 And the free pizza? It was worth the questions. 918 00:31:45,703 --> 00:31:47,572 Hey, what's in your head? 919 00:31:48,706 --> 00:31:51,109 I'm just thinking about this whole 920 00:31:51,175 --> 00:31:52,277 college thing. 921 00:31:52,343 --> 00:31:54,012 Okay. 922 00:31:54,078 --> 00:31:55,179 What about it? 923 00:31:55,246 --> 00:31:56,447 For real? 924 00:31:56,514 --> 00:31:59,050 I actually think going is really important. 925 00:31:59,117 --> 00:32:02,153 A'ight. I mean, you should go if that's what you want. 926 00:32:03,154 --> 00:32:04,322 But... 927 00:32:04,389 --> 00:32:05,990 I don't know, I just... 928 00:32:06,057 --> 00:32:07,592 I wonder if you're frontin' like you don't want to go 929 00:32:07,659 --> 00:32:09,127 because you don't believe you can. 930 00:32:09,193 --> 00:32:10,561 Yo, what? 931 00:32:10,628 --> 00:32:12,430 First off, I don't front. 932 00:32:12,497 --> 00:32:14,165 But you're a straight A student. 933 00:32:14,232 --> 00:32:16,968 You could get into any school you wanted on a scholarship. 934 00:32:17,035 --> 00:32:18,936 Look, I get you grew up different, 935 00:32:19,003 --> 00:32:21,105 but just because you think college is the plan 936 00:32:21,172 --> 00:32:22,307 doesn't mean that I do. 937 00:32:22,373 --> 00:32:23,474 No, Cameron, I just meant that... 938 00:32:23,541 --> 00:32:25,043 I got to bounce. 939 00:32:25,109 --> 00:32:26,444 (beeping) 940 00:32:26,511 --> 00:32:28,212 Okay. 941 00:32:28,279 --> 00:32:29,514 ♪ And if you coming ♪ 942 00:32:29,580 --> 00:32:30,348 ♪ Calculating I... ♪ 943 00:32:29,580 --> 00:32:30,348 (phone buzzing) 944 00:32:30,415 --> 00:32:31,649 (music stops) 945 00:32:34,218 --> 00:32:35,153 What you got, Harry? 946 00:32:35,219 --> 00:32:36,521 Info on that warning text. 947 00:32:36,587 --> 00:32:38,156 Why do you sound like you're in a tunnel? 948 00:32:38,222 --> 00:32:39,524 Don't ask. Listen, 949 00:32:39,590 --> 00:32:41,426 the texts came from a burner phone, okay? 950 00:32:41,492 --> 00:32:42,627 It was only active for a month, 951 00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:44,262 but I was able to pull the records. 952 00:32:44,329 --> 00:32:47,231 And, look, a similar text was sent to Dre Bids that night. 953 00:32:47,298 --> 00:32:51,102 Someone was playing these two against each other. 954 00:32:51,169 --> 00:32:52,670 And because it was a burner phone, 955 00:32:52,737 --> 00:32:54,505 we have no way of finding out who sent the texts. 956 00:32:54,572 --> 00:32:56,507 Normally, yeah. But the same phone was used 957 00:32:56,574 --> 00:32:58,009 to text and call a slew of others. 958 00:32:58,076 --> 00:32:59,277 All young women-- a couple connected 959 00:32:59,344 --> 00:33:00,511 to Dre Bids' crew. 960 00:33:00,578 --> 00:33:02,080 A side piece burner. 961 00:33:02,146 --> 00:33:02,947 Oh, yeah. 962 00:33:03,014 --> 00:33:04,749 But there was one woman who was, uh, 963 00:33:04,816 --> 00:33:06,517 a little different from the others. 964 00:33:06,584 --> 00:33:08,286 A Mrs. Gladys Marshall. 965 00:33:08,353 --> 00:33:09,520 Marshall? 966 00:33:09,587 --> 00:33:13,124 As in Cordell "Brawlah" Marshall? 967 00:33:13,191 --> 00:33:16,260 Uh-huh. The genius used a burner to call his mom. 968 00:33:16,327 --> 00:33:18,062 I mean, there's definitely something Freudian 969 00:33:18,129 --> 00:33:18,796 about all this. 970 00:33:18,863 --> 00:33:21,699 So if Brawlah sent those texts, 971 00:33:21,766 --> 00:33:23,134 then he must've known 972 00:33:23,201 --> 00:33:26,270 that Dilemma and Dre Bids were gonna meet. 973 00:33:26,337 --> 00:33:28,606 He knew about the truce. 974 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:31,409 And he was trying to end it. 975 00:33:31,476 --> 00:33:33,211 ♪ I got a thousand-yard stare ♪ 976 00:33:33,277 --> 00:33:35,413 Hoo! (chuckles) 977 00:33:33,277 --> 00:33:35,413 ♪ It's plain to see that I will ♪ 978 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:37,415 ♪ Lift your spirit in the air ♪ 979 00:33:37,482 --> 00:33:39,717 ♪ Uh, that's anytime, anywhere ♪ 980 00:33:39,784 --> 00:33:41,419 ♪ Anywhere, just drop the addy ♪ 981 00:33:41,486 --> 00:33:42,687 ♪ And I'll get my grip ♪ 982 00:33:42,754 --> 00:33:44,555 ♪ And meet you there, uh ♪ 983 00:33:42,754 --> 00:33:44,555 (sighs) 984 00:33:44,622 --> 00:33:45,790 ♪ I got... ♪ 985 00:33:48,493 --> 00:33:51,062 I ain't got time for your BS podcast today. 986 00:33:51,129 --> 00:33:53,030 I'm not here for no damn podcast. 987 00:33:53,097 --> 00:33:54,298 But I guess you know that, 988 00:33:54,365 --> 00:33:56,100 since you sent your little motorcycle guy 989 00:33:56,167 --> 00:33:57,101 to gun me down. 990 00:33:57,168 --> 00:33:58,569 (laughs) 991 00:33:58,636 --> 00:34:00,638 Lady, you trippin'. 992 00:34:00,705 --> 00:34:03,074 You can drop the act. 993 00:34:03,141 --> 00:34:05,376 I know you sent texts to Dilemma and Dre Bids 994 00:34:05,443 --> 00:34:06,544 the night of the murder, 995 00:34:06,611 --> 00:34:08,212 setting them against each other. 996 00:34:08,279 --> 00:34:09,514 And why would I do that? 997 00:34:09,580 --> 00:34:11,682 Peace is a problem if your brand is beef. 998 00:34:11,749 --> 00:34:14,352 It would've been the end of your career. 999 00:34:14,419 --> 00:34:15,653 You wanted gunfire that night. 1000 00:34:15,720 --> 00:34:17,288 You needed to keep it going. 1001 00:34:17,355 --> 00:34:20,525 But when you saw Dre Bids on the ground, wounded, 1002 00:34:20,591 --> 00:34:21,759 you got scared. 1003 00:34:21,826 --> 00:34:23,661 I mean, if he survived, 1004 00:34:23,728 --> 00:34:25,596 he might ask questions. 1005 00:34:25,663 --> 00:34:27,265 But if he died... 1006 00:34:28,099 --> 00:34:30,668 ...then look who inherits his kingdom. 1007 00:34:31,302 --> 00:34:34,372 Everybody knows that Dilemma killed Dre Bids. 1008 00:34:34,439 --> 00:34:35,473 He confessed. 1009 00:34:35,540 --> 00:34:37,375 True. 1010 00:34:37,442 --> 00:34:40,077 But, thanks to me, 1011 00:34:40,144 --> 00:34:42,814 the gun just got retested for DNA. 1012 00:34:43,481 --> 00:34:45,750 And it came back with three matches. 1013 00:34:45,817 --> 00:34:47,618 One was Dilemma's. 1014 00:34:47,685 --> 00:34:49,220 One was his son's. And... 1015 00:34:51,155 --> 00:34:55,626 ...I'm sure if they were to run saliva on this blunt... 1016 00:34:56,260 --> 00:34:58,863 ...the third would match yours. 1017 00:35:02,667 --> 00:35:04,535 (sighs) 1018 00:35:04,602 --> 00:35:05,803 I guess I was right. 1019 00:35:05,870 --> 00:35:07,672 Doesn't matter if you dead. 1020 00:35:08,573 --> 00:35:10,374 One of 'em had to go. 1021 00:35:10,441 --> 00:35:13,144 Even if you had to shoot Dre Bids yourself. 1022 00:35:13,211 --> 00:35:14,345 Damn straight. 1023 00:35:14,412 --> 00:35:17,415 I'm supposed to fall off 'cause they went soft? 1024 00:35:17,482 --> 00:35:18,749 Give up what's mine? 1025 00:35:18,816 --> 00:35:20,384 I worked too hard for this, yo. 1026 00:35:20,451 --> 00:35:22,520 Ain't nobody taking it away. 1027 00:35:22,587 --> 00:35:24,188 Not Dre Bids. 1028 00:35:24,255 --> 00:35:25,389 Not Dilemma. 1029 00:35:25,456 --> 00:35:26,724 And not you. 1030 00:35:27,859 --> 00:35:29,594 DAOUD: That's where you wrong. 1031 00:35:31,395 --> 00:35:33,197 Because I'm here to end you. 1032 00:35:40,505 --> 00:35:42,673 Daoud, don't. I got this. 1033 00:35:42,740 --> 00:35:43,541 The hell you do. 1034 00:35:43,608 --> 00:35:44,609 Put the gun down. 1035 00:35:44,675 --> 00:35:46,310 Nah, Nasir told me everything. 1036 00:35:46,377 --> 00:35:48,713 How he shot Dre Bids twice but there was a third bullet. 1037 00:35:48,779 --> 00:35:50,882 You were first on the scene. 1038 00:35:50,948 --> 00:35:51,749 The witness. 1039 00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:53,684 I was gonna ask this fool what he saw, 1040 00:35:53,751 --> 00:35:55,553 but guess I don't need to anymore. 1041 00:35:55,620 --> 00:35:56,921 Daoud, please. 1042 00:35:56,988 --> 00:35:59,423 Yo, you been sweatin' me and my pops for years. 1043 00:35:59,490 --> 00:36:01,826 Now you got my little brother wrapped up in this mess? 1044 00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:04,161 Nah, this ends right now. 1045 00:36:04,228 --> 00:36:06,697 (laughs) You ain't about that life. 1046 00:36:06,764 --> 00:36:08,199 ROBYN: Daoud, listen. 1047 00:36:08,266 --> 00:36:09,800 Do you think this is what your dad would want? 1048 00:36:09,867 --> 00:36:11,302 I ain't trying to hear all that! 1049 00:36:11,369 --> 00:36:13,304 He was willing to spend 25 years in prison 1050 00:36:13,371 --> 00:36:15,206 to keep your brother from this life. 1051 00:36:15,273 --> 00:36:17,875 Doesn't that mean something to you? 1052 00:36:17,942 --> 00:36:19,777 You think he would go through all that 1053 00:36:19,844 --> 00:36:21,812 just for you to switch places with him? 1054 00:36:21,879 --> 00:36:23,681 Someone's got to pay a price. 1055 00:36:23,748 --> 00:36:26,651 (sighs) Yeah, but not you. 1056 00:36:28,519 --> 00:36:30,354 (grunting) 1057 00:36:28,519 --> 00:36:30,354 (gunshot) 1058 00:36:33,291 --> 00:36:34,458 (exhales) 1059 00:36:34,525 --> 00:36:36,494 He's ruined enough lives. 1060 00:36:36,561 --> 00:36:38,329 You want him to ruin yours, too? 1061 00:36:47,305 --> 00:36:48,573 (chuckles) 1062 00:36:48,639 --> 00:36:49,840 You ain't got nothing. 1063 00:36:49,907 --> 00:36:51,509 When my lawyer's done, 1064 00:36:51,576 --> 00:36:53,578 that DNA won't mean jack. 1065 00:36:53,644 --> 00:36:55,379 Yeah, but your confession will. 1066 00:36:55,446 --> 00:36:57,214 Your mic's still open. 1067 00:36:57,281 --> 00:36:59,617 I got a feeling that's the last track you're gonna be recording 1068 00:36:59,684 --> 00:37:01,419 for a while. 1069 00:37:07,525 --> 00:37:08,926 VI: So... 1070 00:37:10,494 --> 00:37:11,629 ...what are we watching? 1071 00:37:11,696 --> 00:37:14,632 Action? Comedy? Psychological thriller? 1072 00:37:14,699 --> 00:37:16,000 It doesn't matter. 1073 00:37:18,436 --> 00:37:19,937 You sure you don't want to talk about it? 1074 00:37:20,004 --> 00:37:22,807 No. It's nothing, Aunt Vi. Really. 1075 00:37:22,873 --> 00:37:24,475 (phone buzzing) 1076 00:37:27,678 --> 00:37:29,347 Go on. 1077 00:37:29,413 --> 00:37:31,015 Take it. 1078 00:37:33,417 --> 00:37:34,452 (beeps) 1079 00:37:40,458 --> 00:37:42,994 All the drama in this house, who needs a movie? 1080 00:37:43,060 --> 00:37:44,662 CAMERON: Hey. What's good? 1081 00:37:44,729 --> 00:37:46,631 Not much. 1082 00:37:44,729 --> 00:37:46,631 Uh... 1083 00:37:46,697 --> 00:37:48,799 Look, about earlier... 1084 00:37:46,697 --> 00:37:48,799 I just wanted to see if... 1085 00:37:48,866 --> 00:37:50,568 Sorry, you go. 1086 00:37:48,866 --> 00:37:50,568 (chuckles) 1087 00:37:50,635 --> 00:37:51,936 I just wanted to see 1088 00:37:52,003 --> 00:37:53,537 if you was down to catch the new Jordan Peele movie 1089 00:37:53,604 --> 00:37:54,905 next weekend. 1090 00:37:56,374 --> 00:37:57,842 Uh... yeah. 1091 00:37:57,908 --> 00:37:59,877 Yeah, sure. That-That'd be great. 1092 00:37:59,944 --> 00:38:02,480 Well, I mean, we don't have to. 1093 00:38:02,546 --> 00:38:05,316 No, no. I-I just... 1094 00:38:05,383 --> 00:38:07,551 You know, honestly, I thought we were done. 1095 00:38:07,618 --> 00:38:08,853 (sighs) Yeah, look, 1096 00:38:08,919 --> 00:38:10,721 I'm sorry for tripping like that yesterday. 1097 00:38:10,788 --> 00:38:13,357 Uh, I was just... 1098 00:38:13,424 --> 00:38:15,860 Look, I respect that college matters to you. 1099 00:38:16,427 --> 00:38:19,830 I'm just hoping you can respect that it's not for me. 1100 00:38:19,897 --> 00:38:22,566 I'm not mad at you, though, for pushing back. 1101 00:38:22,633 --> 00:38:24,568 Well, good, 1102 00:38:24,635 --> 00:38:27,038 'cause I do that. 1103 00:38:27,104 --> 00:38:28,706 It's kind of who I am. 1104 00:38:28,773 --> 00:38:30,007 (chuckles) 1105 00:38:30,074 --> 00:38:32,043 That's what I like about you, Dee. 1106 00:38:32,109 --> 00:38:34,445 Most girls, they wouldn't even care. 1107 00:38:34,512 --> 00:38:36,814 Okay, and it helps that you fine, too. 1108 00:38:36,881 --> 00:38:38,816 (chuckles) Stop. 1109 00:38:38,883 --> 00:38:39,984 Okay, I got to go. 1110 00:38:40,051 --> 00:38:41,052 All right, I'm-a talk to you later. 1111 00:38:41,118 --> 00:38:42,586 Okay. Bye. (chuckles softly) 1112 00:38:42,653 --> 00:38:44,055 (beeps) 1113 00:38:44,121 --> 00:38:45,890 Yes! (chuckles) 1114 00:38:45,956 --> 00:38:49,360 Beefing on records, I provided for my family. 1115 00:38:49,427 --> 00:38:53,064 I never imagined the damage it could cause. 1116 00:38:53,130 --> 00:38:55,966 My son has a price to pay, and that's on me. 1117 00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,369 But us getting to this truth, 1118 00:38:58,436 --> 00:39:02,540 us being free from all of this... 1119 00:39:03,941 --> 00:39:06,377 ...we owe that to you. 1120 00:39:08,446 --> 00:39:09,980 Well, 1121 00:39:10,047 --> 00:39:13,484 your family can come back from this. 1122 00:39:13,551 --> 00:39:14,552 Stronger, 1123 00:39:14,618 --> 00:39:16,587 with a fresh start. 1124 00:39:17,221 --> 00:39:19,590 You got some work to do in the community, though. 1125 00:39:20,891 --> 00:39:22,493 To repair what you helped break. 1126 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:25,830 But the good thing is Daoud is already doing his part. 1127 00:39:25,896 --> 00:39:26,897 What do you mean? 1128 00:39:26,964 --> 00:39:29,500 He's in the studio right now, 1129 00:39:29,567 --> 00:39:33,370 finishing where you and Dre Bids left off. 1130 00:39:33,437 --> 00:39:35,740 ♪ ♪ 1131 00:39:35,806 --> 00:39:38,375 ♪ No more funerals or forever you rest ♪ 1132 00:39:38,442 --> 00:39:40,845 ♪ Let's put the guns down, no more mettle to test ♪ 1133 00:39:40,911 --> 00:39:43,481 ♪ You might not understand now, but nevertheless ♪ 1134 00:39:43,547 --> 00:39:45,850 ♪ It's a vicious cycle, how we be peddling death ♪ 1135 00:39:45,916 --> 00:39:49,019 ♪ The writing's on the wall and I can read, spawned by greed ♪ 1136 00:39:49,086 --> 00:39:51,422 ♪ It's genocide at breakneck speed ♪ 1137 00:39:51,489 --> 00:39:53,524 ♪ And we don't have to murder to succeed ♪ 1138 00:39:53,591 --> 00:39:57,027 ♪ It's all about mindset, let's change ours from lead to lead ♪ 1139 00:39:57,094 --> 00:39:59,597 ♪ Teach growth, not be still into debt ♪ 1140 00:39:59,663 --> 00:40:01,432 ♪ And, no, I'm not killing 'em yet ♪ 1141 00:40:01,499 --> 00:40:03,067 ♪ I was frontline... ♪ 1142 00:40:01,499 --> 00:40:03,067 Got to say, 1143 00:40:03,134 --> 00:40:04,869 I'm kind of feeling it. 1144 00:40:04,935 --> 00:40:06,570 (chuckles) 1145 00:40:06,637 --> 00:40:08,405 Well, the truth is, this track would still be locked away 1146 00:40:08,472 --> 00:40:10,074 if it wasn't for your help. 1147 00:40:11,609 --> 00:40:12,810 I know it wasn't easy. 1148 00:40:12,877 --> 00:40:14,011 MEL: Our pleasure. 1149 00:40:14,078 --> 00:40:15,146 It was a nightmare. 1150 00:40:14,078 --> 00:40:15,146 It's a nightmare. 1151 00:40:15,212 --> 00:40:16,514 Don't ever ask us to do that again. 1152 00:40:16,580 --> 00:40:17,948 (laughs) 1153 00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:22,419 Look, I know not being able to be seen 1154 00:40:22,486 --> 00:40:24,555 using a computer is not ideal. 1155 00:40:24,622 --> 00:40:25,990 It's more like impossible. 1156 00:40:24,622 --> 00:40:25,990 Untenable. 1157 00:40:26,056 --> 00:40:27,825 It's harrowing. 1158 00:40:26,056 --> 00:40:27,825 Bad for our relationship. 1159 00:40:27,892 --> 00:40:29,193 HARRY: Still, 1160 00:40:29,260 --> 00:40:31,695 it was really nice to be back in the saddle again. 1161 00:40:31,762 --> 00:40:33,831 What you need is your own spot. 1162 00:40:33,898 --> 00:40:35,132 Away from prying eyes. 1163 00:40:35,199 --> 00:40:37,101 Yeah. Because the city is full of those. 1164 00:40:37,168 --> 00:40:40,704 I may have managed to find a place you can use. 1165 00:40:40,771 --> 00:40:43,174 Seriously? Are you... 1166 00:40:43,240 --> 00:40:46,043 are you taunting me? Because d-don't taunt me. 1167 00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:48,445 I'm not taunting. 1168 00:40:48,512 --> 00:40:51,916 It's an area of condemned subway tunnel. 1169 00:40:53,617 --> 00:40:54,952 Right below the bar. 1170 00:40:55,019 --> 00:40:56,954 ♪ ♪ 1171 00:40:57,021 --> 00:40:59,190 (subway rattling in distance) 1172 00:40:59,256 --> 00:41:01,525 (chuckles) No. 1173 00:41:03,027 --> 00:41:04,862 How did you pull it off? 1174 00:41:04,929 --> 00:41:06,897 Me? Oh, no. 1175 00:41:06,964 --> 00:41:08,966 I had nothing to do with it. 1176 00:41:09,033 --> 00:41:11,569 Because this space no longer exists. 1177 00:41:11,635 --> 00:41:12,570 All evidence of it 1178 00:41:12,636 --> 00:41:14,839 has been erased from city records in a way that 1179 00:41:14,905 --> 00:41:18,008 cannot and will not ever be traced back to me. 1180 00:41:18,075 --> 00:41:19,777 And no one else knows about it, either-- 1181 00:41:19,844 --> 00:41:21,145 not the Feds or the military. 1182 00:41:21,212 --> 00:41:22,780 To their knowledge, this whole place 1183 00:41:22,847 --> 00:41:24,148 has been sealed off for good. 1184 00:41:24,215 --> 00:41:25,783 Okay, well, what about his digital footprint? 1185 00:41:25,850 --> 00:41:27,017 If anyone tracks him... 1186 00:41:25,850 --> 00:41:27,017 No. 1187 00:41:27,084 --> 00:41:29,186 We're gonna have to replace a few things. 1188 00:41:30,855 --> 00:41:32,790 Leech a different electric source. 1189 00:41:32,857 --> 00:41:36,193 Reroute a network junction box. 1190 00:41:36,260 --> 00:41:37,962 And no-no more stupid risks. 1191 00:41:38,028 --> 00:41:40,497 Right? If we can do all that, 1192 00:41:40,564 --> 00:41:42,900 we could be completely invisible. 1193 00:41:42,967 --> 00:41:45,135 The only difference is, now, 1194 00:41:45,202 --> 00:41:47,004 you can leave. 1195 00:41:49,974 --> 00:41:52,643 So, what do you think? 1196 00:41:57,114 --> 00:41:59,683 I think I got my life back. 1197 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:03,287 (chuckles)