1 00:00:01,931 --> 00:00:05,586 You couldn't even give me the satisfaction of being pissed! You had to go and catch cancer! 2 00:00:05,586 --> 00:00:07,000 Eric: Before we messed it all up, 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:08,034 we had something good and pure. 4 00:00:08,034 --> 00:00:09,724 Naomi: He wasn't ready to be a dad. 5 00:00:09,724 --> 00:00:12,931 I gave my true self to an audience for the first time. 6 00:00:12,931 --> 00:00:15,448 Our first solo show in 20 years. 7 00:00:15,448 --> 00:00:16,586 Let's get it, girls. 8 00:00:17,551 --> 00:00:20,103 ♪ Gimme what I need and I'll be your nasty girl ♪ 9 00:00:20,103 --> 00:00:21,482 ♪ Your nasty girl 10 00:00:21,482 --> 00:00:23,827 Naomi: "It all started -- restarted -- innocently enough, 11 00:00:23,827 --> 00:00:27,344 with an epic return at the 2021 BET Awards. 12 00:00:27,344 --> 00:00:29,793 Then, it fell in a hole. Literally." 13 00:00:29,793 --> 00:00:30,965 [ Both scream ] 14 00:00:30,965 --> 00:00:31,896 Oh. 15 00:00:31,896 --> 00:00:32,965 You good? 16 00:00:32,965 --> 00:00:35,758 -Girl. -Should we call an ambulance? 17 00:00:35,758 --> 00:00:38,206 "Fortunately, an ambulance wasn't needed. 18 00:00:38,206 --> 00:00:41,655 Unfortunately, the whole debacle was simply the amuse-bouche 19 00:00:41,655 --> 00:00:44,068 in an endless tasting menu of embarrassment." 20 00:00:44,068 --> 00:00:45,793 Told you that hole was a bad idea. 21 00:00:45,793 --> 00:00:48,551 "After a few lifeless renditions of the group's classic hits, 22 00:00:48,551 --> 00:00:50,241 Jill Da Thrill simply..." 23 00:00:50,241 --> 00:00:52,344 I forgot my lyrics, yo. 24 00:00:52,344 --> 00:00:55,241 "Then the audience was hit with an unplanned intermission 25 00:00:55,241 --> 00:00:57,000 that lasted seven minutes." 26 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,965 [ Audience booing ] ♪ You are my sunshine, my only sunshine ♪ 27 00:00:59,965 --> 00:01:03,172 ♪ You make me happy when skies are gray ♪ 28 00:01:03,172 --> 00:01:05,448 James is a Gremlin when he doesn't sleep. 29 00:01:05,448 --> 00:01:07,000 "If it was just a bad performance, 30 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,793 the group could be forgiven." 31 00:01:08,793 --> 00:01:12,793 Wait, this dude's name is actually Lando Sarkesian? 32 00:01:12,793 --> 00:01:14,482 I can't. Ugh. 33 00:01:14,482 --> 00:01:18,103 "But the underlying problem is America's unending appetite 34 00:01:18,103 --> 00:01:20,413 for nostalgia acts, stuck in time. 35 00:01:20,413 --> 00:01:22,068 They don't grow, because they can't. 36 00:01:22,068 --> 00:01:23,206 In the case of the Nasty Bitches, 37 00:01:23,206 --> 00:01:25,379 we find a group of middle-aged women 38 00:01:25,379 --> 00:01:27,758 rapping about money, sex, drugs, and other frivolities 39 00:01:27,758 --> 00:01:29,896 that, while immature in 1999, 40 00:01:29,896 --> 00:01:32,310 feel downright dishonest in 2021." 41 00:01:32,310 --> 00:01:33,551 I know a hitman. 42 00:01:33,551 --> 00:01:35,758 "If seeing out-of-touch rappers is your thing, 43 00:01:35,758 --> 00:01:37,758 please queue up for the next Nasty Bitches show, 44 00:01:37,758 --> 00:01:40,482 with the Spin Doctors, at your county fair." Oh. 45 00:01:40,482 --> 00:01:43,655 How the hell do we come back from this? 46 00:01:43,655 --> 00:01:46,655 ♪ Last night took an L, but tonight I bounce back, boy ♪ 47 00:01:46,655 --> 00:01:47,862 Can we talk about something 48 00:01:47,862 --> 00:01:49,034 other than how much we suck for a minute? 49 00:01:49,034 --> 00:01:51,068 I need to stop shaking with rage. 50 00:01:51,068 --> 00:01:53,551 Jeff's memory came back. 51 00:01:53,551 --> 00:01:54,862 He feels terrible and all, 52 00:01:54,862 --> 00:01:57,172 but I can't stand to be in the same room as him. 53 00:01:57,172 --> 00:01:58,206 You need to talk to him. 54 00:01:58,206 --> 00:01:59,689 I'm sure you've got questions. 55 00:01:59,689 --> 00:02:02,172 Of course. "Why? What went wrong? 56 00:02:02,172 --> 00:02:03,344 What did I do wrong?" 57 00:02:03,344 --> 00:02:04,689 You didn't do anything. 58 00:02:04,689 --> 00:02:06,379 Listen, from a man's perspective -- 59 00:02:06,379 --> 00:02:07,517 All: Shut up. 60 00:02:07,517 --> 00:02:08,827 After Lando Sarkesian, 61 00:02:08,827 --> 00:02:11,034 men are on mute for the rest of the day. 62 00:02:11,034 --> 00:02:13,000 You call that divorce attorney yet? 63 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:15,448 You might not go through with it, but you have to be prepared. 64 00:02:15,448 --> 00:02:17,275 Women don't prepare for divorce like men. 65 00:02:17,275 --> 00:02:18,655 I cussed out a priest. 66 00:02:18,655 --> 00:02:20,275 Tina and I are good, though. 67 00:02:20,275 --> 00:02:22,275 I'm embracing this next chapter. 68 00:02:22,275 --> 00:02:24,241 I agreed to do an interview with Outmagazine. 69 00:02:24,241 --> 00:02:26,000 Oh, Jill, that's great. Really. 70 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:27,793 Jojo's flying in today for an audition 71 00:02:27,793 --> 00:02:29,172 with the Hellman School of Music. 72 00:02:29,172 --> 00:02:31,103 And I'm nervous. I mean, not for her. 73 00:02:31,103 --> 00:02:33,551 It's just that we have a lot we need to talk about. 74 00:02:33,551 --> 00:02:34,793 Mm. 75 00:02:34,793 --> 00:02:36,862 Well, that review reeked of misogyny. 76 00:02:36,862 --> 00:02:38,310 [ Chuckles ] Misogynoir. 77 00:02:38,310 --> 00:02:39,965 Sexism. Racism. 78 00:02:39,965 --> 00:02:42,000 But it wasn't wrong. We sucked. 79 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:45,034 Just saying. We were feeling ourselves after the BET Awards, 80 00:02:45,034 --> 00:02:47,482 and we hopped back onstage with no preparation. 81 00:02:47,482 --> 00:02:49,000 What did we expect? 82 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:51,000 So, we book another show, crush it. 83 00:02:52,448 --> 00:02:53,724 Together: Speak! 84 00:02:53,724 --> 00:02:55,172 I called around. 85 00:02:55,172 --> 00:02:57,206 We'd be lucky to open up for Chuck E. Cheese. 86 00:02:57,206 --> 00:03:00,655 His band. The creepy robot things. 87 00:03:00,655 --> 00:03:01,724 Did they have a name? 88 00:03:01,724 --> 00:03:03,275 Oh. Are we done, yo? 89 00:03:03,275 --> 00:03:05,620 Yo, I gave up a solo deal for us, 90 00:03:05,620 --> 00:03:06,862 and the only way I regret it 91 00:03:06,862 --> 00:03:08,965 is if we throw in the towel over Lando Sarkesian. 92 00:03:08,965 --> 00:03:12,137 Munch's Make Believe Band. That's the name. 93 00:03:12,137 --> 00:03:14,310 Uh, Chuck E.'s band. 94 00:03:14,310 --> 00:03:15,931 New music. Yep. 95 00:03:15,931 --> 00:03:17,655 What? We need new music. 96 00:03:17,655 --> 00:03:19,379 We need a refresh if we're gonna pop. 97 00:03:19,379 --> 00:03:21,000 Yep. 98 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,000 We need to represent who we are now. 99 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:27,103 We need to fly the flag for real, grown-up women 100 00:03:27,103 --> 00:03:28,551 who have been through real life. 101 00:03:28,551 --> 00:03:30,724 Oh. Amen. 102 00:03:30,724 --> 00:03:33,689 So, yo, you got a beat, or what? 103 00:03:33,689 --> 00:03:34,827 [ Hip-hop music playing] 104 00:03:34,827 --> 00:03:36,793 -Whoa! -Whoo! 105 00:03:36,793 --> 00:03:38,310 Like that. Uh-huh? 106 00:03:38,310 --> 00:03:39,482 That's bananas. 107 00:03:39,482 --> 00:03:40,793 Yeah, it was gonna go on Muffin's album, 108 00:03:40,793 --> 00:03:42,068 but it was a little too hardcore. 109 00:03:42,068 --> 00:03:44,206 Mnh-mnh. Nah. Next. 110 00:03:44,206 --> 00:03:45,862 You don't like that? Mnh-mnh. 111 00:03:45,862 --> 00:03:48,275 -But are we hardcore? -We're Nasty Bitches. 112 00:03:48,275 --> 00:03:50,758 Jill: I mean, but are we? Anymore? Honestly? 113 00:03:50,758 --> 00:03:53,517 I-I think the name is starting to feel a little disingenuous, 114 00:03:53,517 --> 00:03:54,758 like a lot of my lyrics. 115 00:03:54,758 --> 00:03:55,827 We're trying to make a comeback, 116 00:03:55,827 --> 00:03:57,000 and you want to change the name of the group? 117 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,172 That's bad business. 118 00:03:58,172 --> 00:04:00,068 We were ahead of our time, like N.W.A. 119 00:04:00,068 --> 00:04:01,241 The name is subversive. 120 00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:02,896 In '99, that's what they called us. 121 00:04:02,896 --> 00:04:04,172 We took it, we owned it. 122 00:04:04,172 --> 00:04:05,965 '99? Of today. 123 00:04:05,965 --> 00:04:07,482 I mean, Hillary -- nasty. 124 00:04:07,482 --> 00:04:08,793 AOC -- a bitch. 125 00:04:08,793 --> 00:04:10,206 Kamala -- Take your pick. 126 00:04:10,206 --> 00:04:11,896 I mean, our name is a statement. 127 00:04:11,896 --> 00:04:12,965 It's iconic. 128 00:04:12,965 --> 00:04:15,034 Listen, it's enough people out there 129 00:04:15,034 --> 00:04:16,379 calling Black women bitches. 130 00:04:16,379 --> 00:04:17,655 Do we have to, too? Mm. 131 00:04:17,655 --> 00:04:19,103 Man, y'all are trippin'. 132 00:04:19,103 --> 00:04:20,586 You want to switch our whole steeze up 133 00:04:20,586 --> 00:04:22,827 just because Valeria tiptoed her ass into a hole? 134 00:04:22,827 --> 00:04:24,137 Man, play the next beat. 135 00:04:24,137 --> 00:04:25,241 A'ight. 136 00:04:25,241 --> 00:04:26,793 This one right here is a banger. 137 00:04:26,793 --> 00:04:28,172 [ Hip-hop music playing] 138 00:04:28,172 --> 00:04:29,241 Wait for it. 139 00:04:29,241 --> 00:04:30,586 Ooh! Wait for it. 140 00:04:30,586 --> 00:04:31,758 Ooh. [ Hums ] 141 00:04:31,758 --> 00:04:33,586 Play with it. [ Chuckles ] 142 00:04:33,586 --> 00:04:36,379 I'm sorry, but this doesn't feel right, either. 143 00:04:36,379 --> 00:04:38,655 Goodness. This is not how we work. 144 00:04:38,655 --> 00:04:41,379 I pick the beat, then I lay out a general concept, 145 00:04:41,379 --> 00:04:44,137 write some stuff, and then, boom, we're off to the races. 146 00:04:44,137 --> 00:04:45,551 Nah, chick, that was before. 147 00:04:45,551 --> 00:04:47,034 Excuse me? 148 00:04:47,034 --> 00:04:49,241 Listen, we're trying to figure out what we sound like now. 149 00:04:49,241 --> 00:04:50,724 We all need to be a part of that. 150 00:04:50,724 --> 00:04:52,517 We all need a voice. No, we need a hit, 151 00:04:52,517 --> 00:04:54,000 which means I need to do my thing. 152 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:55,965 I mean, you and Jill wrote some great stuff back in the day, 153 00:04:55,965 --> 00:04:57,413 but I wrote everything for Valeria. 154 00:04:57,413 --> 00:04:59,379 That doesn't mean I can't. Child, sit down. 155 00:04:59,379 --> 00:05:00,827 Listen, the only reason why I didn't write 156 00:05:00,827 --> 00:05:02,034 every one of my verses 157 00:05:02,034 --> 00:05:03,931 is because I was too busy having a good time. 158 00:05:03,931 --> 00:05:05,724 [ Chuckles ] I didn't have an egomaniacal need 159 00:05:05,724 --> 00:05:07,206 to be the Mozart of hip-hop. 160 00:05:07,206 --> 00:05:09,275 Wait, so my ego is the reason why we had hits? 161 00:05:09,275 --> 00:05:11,655 Okay, look, I think what Bree is saying -- 162 00:05:11,655 --> 00:05:14,241 Is that I'm every bit just as dope a lyricist as you. 163 00:05:14,241 --> 00:05:15,793 That wasn't what I thought she was saying. 164 00:05:15,793 --> 00:05:17,724 I'm-a let you walk that back before you get hurt. 165 00:05:17,724 --> 00:05:19,172 Uh, I ain't scared of you. 166 00:05:19,172 --> 00:05:21,000 Please, girl. You don't want none of this, okay? 167 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,413 I don't just beat bitches. I ruin careers. 168 00:05:23,413 --> 00:05:24,482 Ask Foxy. 169 00:05:24,482 --> 00:05:26,689 Okay. Let's do it. Let's battle. 170 00:05:26,689 --> 00:05:28,586 If I win, though, we do it a new way. 171 00:05:28,586 --> 00:05:30,379 We all go off, write our own verses, 172 00:05:30,379 --> 00:05:32,000 and each voice gets heard. 173 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:34,413 If you win, we'll bow down. 174 00:05:34,413 --> 00:05:35,793 Okay, okay, okay. 175 00:05:35,793 --> 00:05:39,206 If y'all are gonna do this, just keep it clean, okay? 176 00:05:39,206 --> 00:05:41,068 We're friends. Friends? 177 00:05:41,068 --> 00:05:42,965 No, this is hip-hop, alright? 178 00:05:42,965 --> 00:05:44,448 [ Hip-hop music plays ] 179 00:05:44,448 --> 00:05:45,724 ♪ This ain't Milli Vanilli ♪ 180 00:05:45,724 --> 00:05:47,034 ♪ You think we your puppets ♪ 181 00:05:47,034 --> 00:05:48,275 ♪ That's the difference 182 00:05:48,275 --> 00:05:49,586 ♪ We tryin' to have our own voice heard ♪ 183 00:05:49,586 --> 00:05:50,724 ♪ But you ain't listenin' 184 00:05:50,724 --> 00:05:52,103 ♪ You so high on your pedestal ♪ 185 00:05:52,103 --> 00:05:54,310 ♪ Thinkin' you got control of what you let us do ♪ 186 00:05:54,310 --> 00:05:55,793 ♪ My pen is equally incredible ♪ 187 00:05:55,793 --> 00:05:57,344 -Okay. -Okay. 188 00:05:57,344 --> 00:05:59,275 ♪ I ain't just looks, I'm not your pretty little ornament ♪ 189 00:05:59,275 --> 00:06:01,689 ♪ It's like Miyagi versus Daniel in the tournament ♪ 190 00:06:01,689 --> 00:06:04,482 ♪ Supposed to be a Queens thing, but you made it difficult ♪ 191 00:06:04,482 --> 00:06:07,482 ♪ Supposed to be a team thing, not you individual ♪ 192 00:06:07,482 --> 00:06:09,689 ♪ So maybe go and get your own deal ♪ 193 00:06:09,689 --> 00:06:11,793 ♪ Nobody wanna walk in your shoes, baby ♪ 194 00:06:11,793 --> 00:06:13,103 ♪ We got our own heels 195 00:06:13,103 --> 00:06:14,862 Yes! Yeah! ♪ Uh-huh 196 00:06:14,862 --> 00:06:16,896 ♪ Unh, ay, yo, first off, Brianna ♪ 197 00:06:16,896 --> 00:06:18,379 ♪ You not on my level ever 198 00:06:18,379 --> 00:06:19,827 ♪ Better go tuck dem kids in ♪ 199 00:06:19,827 --> 00:06:21,241 ♪ And tell 'em why Daddy left 'em ♪ 200 00:06:21,241 --> 00:06:23,931 ♪ Tell 'em no fairy tales or no happily ever after ♪ 201 00:06:23,931 --> 00:06:25,206 ♪ Tell your daughter her mother ♪ 202 00:06:25,206 --> 00:06:27,034 ♪ Was more a stripper than rapper ♪ Ouch! 203 00:06:27,034 --> 00:06:28,379 ♪ Hey, quiet down and shape up ♪ 204 00:06:28,379 --> 00:06:30,034 ♪ You always second place up in this race ♪ 205 00:06:30,034 --> 00:06:32,310 ♪ But show that model face without the makeup ♪ 206 00:06:32,310 --> 00:06:35,068 ♪ You gave new meaning to "Around the Way Girl" ♪ 207 00:06:35,068 --> 00:06:37,724 ♪ "Nasty" meant lyrics, not spread your legs to the world ♪ 208 00:06:37,724 --> 00:06:40,310 -Oh! Okay. -O-Okay. Okay. 209 00:06:40,310 --> 00:06:41,379 Valeria: Whoo! 210 00:06:41,379 --> 00:06:43,827 You take that. You got that one. 211 00:06:43,827 --> 00:06:45,620 Eric, gimme something I can bop to. 212 00:06:45,620 --> 00:06:47,724 [ Hip-hop music playing ] 213 00:06:47,724 --> 00:06:48,827 ♪ Unh 214 00:06:48,827 --> 00:06:50,344 ♪ Oh, you wanna take it there ♪ 215 00:06:50,344 --> 00:06:51,655 ♪ Gloves off, no playin' fair ♪ 216 00:06:51,655 --> 00:06:53,310 ♪ Who's your baby daddy, when you met him? ♪ 217 00:06:53,310 --> 00:06:54,793 ♪ Come on, name the year 218 00:06:54,793 --> 00:06:57,275 ♪ You too busy shadowboxing in the mirror to be a mom ♪ 219 00:06:57,275 --> 00:06:58,517 ♪ I could give you pointers 220 00:06:58,517 --> 00:07:00,379 ♪ But you prolly still would get it wrong ♪ 221 00:07:00,379 --> 00:07:01,655 ♪ You just got a complex 222 00:07:01,655 --> 00:07:03,137 ♪ Everything's a context 223 00:07:03,137 --> 00:07:06,068 ♪ Napoleon, more like dynamite, with your bomb threats ♪ 224 00:07:06,068 --> 00:07:08,827 ♪ I am not the same little Brianna in that prom dress ♪ 225 00:07:08,827 --> 00:07:10,586 ♪ Who caught you rockin' more than just a mic ♪ 226 00:07:10,586 --> 00:07:11,827 ♪ Up in the projects 227 00:07:11,827 --> 00:07:13,379 ♪ My mirror on the wall, huh ♪ 228 00:07:13,379 --> 00:07:14,655 ♪ Say I'm Michael Jackson, babe ♪ 229 00:07:14,655 --> 00:07:15,965 ♪ Your mirror off the wall 230 00:07:15,965 --> 00:07:17,689 ♪ Ugly attitude breakin' glass ♪ 231 00:07:17,689 --> 00:07:19,655 ♪ You just wanna whine and complain ♪ 232 00:07:19,655 --> 00:07:21,172 ♪ Drinking wine like a wino 233 00:07:21,172 --> 00:07:23,655 ♪ I'm just tryin' to shine, endin' mine on a high note ♪ 234 00:07:23,655 --> 00:07:24,965 ♪ Every rapper's sex toy 235 00:07:24,965 --> 00:07:26,448 ♪ You decide to show up now? ♪ 236 00:07:26,448 --> 00:07:29,275 ♪ Bitin' my style so you could act like you the golden child ♪ 237 00:07:29,275 --> 00:07:30,586 ♪ Always late for interviews ♪ 238 00:07:30,586 --> 00:07:32,275 ♪ Too busy up in the dude ♪ 239 00:07:32,275 --> 00:07:33,517 ♪ Now you wanna write your rhymes ♪ 240 00:07:33,517 --> 00:07:35,034 ♪ Before, money was it for you ♪ 241 00:07:35,034 --> 00:07:37,448 ♪ If you wasn't pretty, everybody'd be dissin' you ♪ 242 00:07:37,448 --> 00:07:39,137 Wow! Wow! Really? ♪ Nobody's missin' you 243 00:07:39,137 --> 00:07:40,344 ♪ Not a visionary 244 00:07:40,344 --> 00:07:42,310 ♪ Nothin' that you say we wanna listen to ♪ 245 00:07:42,310 --> 00:07:44,275 ♪ You gotta be lyrical to spit the truth ♪ 246 00:07:44,275 --> 00:07:45,586 ♪ And I can count the years 247 00:07:45,586 --> 00:07:47,241 ♪ I couldn't even get you in the booth ♪ 248 00:07:47,241 --> 00:07:48,758 Blah! Eee! Wow. Okay. 249 00:07:48,758 --> 00:07:51,206 -Ooh! -Low blows, low blows. 250 00:07:51,206 --> 00:07:54,344 Mm, you got that one. Okay. 251 00:07:54,344 --> 00:07:56,586 Hey, yo, next one takes the whole thing. 252 00:07:56,586 --> 00:07:58,482 You know what I want. 253 00:07:58,482 --> 00:08:00,137 Let's go. 254 00:08:00,137 --> 00:08:01,931 [ Hip-hop music playing ] ♪ Ay, yo, first off, Bree 255 00:08:01,931 --> 00:08:03,344 ♪ You a mini version of me 256 00:08:03,344 --> 00:08:06,034 ♪ And second of all, Jill ain't got the skills to be ill ♪ 257 00:08:06,034 --> 00:08:08,137 ♪ So me writin' your rhymes is the much better design ♪ 258 00:08:08,137 --> 00:08:09,241 ♪ I started this group 259 00:08:09,241 --> 00:08:10,862 ♪ I coulda left your ass behind ♪ 260 00:08:10,862 --> 00:08:13,310 ♪ But my pen hit the pad, it's only top of the charts ♪ 261 00:08:13,310 --> 00:08:14,482 ♪ And now, just like your marriage ♪ 262 00:08:14,482 --> 00:08:16,000 ♪ You want us to fall apart ♪ Wow! 263 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,206 ♪ It's jealousy, and I can't even say it any clearer ♪ 264 00:08:18,206 --> 00:08:20,034 ♪ You spendin' too much time in the mirror ♪ 265 00:08:20,034 --> 00:08:21,793 ♪ You're tryin' to be the mommy or a don ♪ 266 00:08:21,793 --> 00:08:23,206 ♪ You a copy and a fraud 267 00:08:23,206 --> 00:08:25,517 ♪ You Johnny, I'll be Bobby, my new edition is strong ♪ 268 00:08:25,517 --> 00:08:27,965 ♪ So, run along, Tyra, we can't bank on you ♪ 269 00:08:27,965 --> 00:08:30,413 ♪ And a leader, we can't put that rank on you ♪ 270 00:08:30,413 --> 00:08:32,000 ♪ Unh Ay, yo, stop the beat. 271 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:33,482 I'm-a go off top. [ Record scratches ] 272 00:08:33,482 --> 00:08:34,724 ♪ It's called growth and maturity ♪ 273 00:08:34,724 --> 00:08:35,862 ♪ You stuck in the past 274 00:08:35,862 --> 00:08:37,344 ♪ An insecure, scared little girl ♪ 275 00:08:37,344 --> 00:08:38,344 ♪ Now I'm spankin' that ass 276 00:08:38,344 --> 00:08:39,517 ♪ This is a wake-up call 277 00:08:39,517 --> 00:08:41,103 ♪ We ain't here to go tit for tat ♪ 278 00:08:41,103 --> 00:08:42,413 ♪ Nasty Bitches isn't our image ♪ 279 00:08:42,413 --> 00:08:43,931 ♪ We no longer livin' like that ♪ 280 00:08:43,931 --> 00:08:45,413 ♪ But I get it, you did it to sell records ♪ 281 00:08:45,413 --> 00:08:46,724 ♪ Now the gimmick is done 282 00:08:46,724 --> 00:08:48,275 ♪ Pullin' the wool over people and critics ♪ 283 00:08:48,275 --> 00:08:50,103 ♪ Like Xplicit's the only lyrical one ♪ 284 00:08:50,103 --> 00:08:51,448 ♪ We 'bout to rewrite our own stories ♪ 285 00:08:51,448 --> 00:08:52,724 ♪ And make the narrative change ♪ 286 00:08:52,724 --> 00:08:54,206 ♪ To show the whole world we real queens ♪ 287 00:08:54,206 --> 00:08:55,758 ♪ Not embarrassed and ashamed ♪ 288 00:08:55,758 --> 00:08:57,896 ♪ My marriage has nothin' to do with the stardom and fame ♪ 289 00:08:57,896 --> 00:08:59,517 ♪ I honor the pain and use it to be the goddess ♪ 290 00:08:59,517 --> 00:09:00,689 ♪ And slaughter the game 291 00:09:00,689 --> 00:09:01,793 ♪ A artist whose gold ain't tarnished ♪ 292 00:09:01,793 --> 00:09:03,137 ♪ I'm polished and heavy 293 00:09:03,137 --> 00:09:04,655 ♪ My knowledge is deadly, lyrically a problem ♪ 294 00:09:04,655 --> 00:09:05,827 ♪ I'll demolish your petty 295 00:09:05,827 --> 00:09:06,931 ♪ The lesson you taught me was win ♪ 296 00:09:06,931 --> 00:09:08,517 ♪ And I'm-a win for the crew ♪ 297 00:09:08,517 --> 00:09:10,827 ♪ To teach you the lesson that everything ain't all about you ♪ 298 00:09:10,827 --> 00:09:13,241 [ Both cheering ] 299 00:09:13,241 --> 00:09:16,482 Y'all think y'all can reinvent y'all selves without me? 300 00:09:16,482 --> 00:09:17,965 Good luck. 301 00:09:17,965 --> 00:09:19,241 [ Scoffs ] 302 00:09:20,379 --> 00:09:22,206 Why you got to be like that? 303 00:09:22,206 --> 00:09:24,551 Brianna: Because she be like that. 304 00:09:24,551 --> 00:09:26,586 ♪♪ 305 00:09:31,448 --> 00:09:34,241 ♪♪ 306 00:09:34,241 --> 00:09:35,827 Brianna: [ Thinking ] ♪ Superwoman, I was everything♪ 307 00:09:35,827 --> 00:09:37,034 ♪ Cape with the wedding ring♪ 308 00:09:37,034 --> 00:09:38,655 Jeff: [ Groans ] 309 00:09:38,655 --> 00:09:40,482 Ohh. Brianna: How's your head? 310 00:09:40,482 --> 00:09:42,793 Oh, my brains feel like they're about to spill out 311 00:09:42,793 --> 00:09:45,103 all over the floor. That'd be cool. 312 00:09:46,620 --> 00:09:48,551 You know, we -- we could get a home nurse. 313 00:09:48,551 --> 00:09:50,586 And add more medical debt to pay off for your cheatin' ass? 314 00:09:50,586 --> 00:09:51,793 No. 315 00:09:51,793 --> 00:09:55,206 I should have never told you my memory came back. 316 00:09:55,206 --> 00:09:56,620 Thank you. 317 00:09:56,620 --> 00:09:58,241 Hey, y-you know what? 318 00:09:58,241 --> 00:10:00,689 Baby, y-you got to take time off from this. 319 00:10:00,689 --> 00:10:03,241 I want you to go and maybe -- maybe get your nails done 320 00:10:03,241 --> 00:10:04,758 or a massage, something. 321 00:10:04,758 --> 00:10:06,965 I'll be alright for a few hours. Seriously. 322 00:10:06,965 --> 00:10:09,689 Just go and do whatever it is that you've been putting off. 323 00:10:09,689 --> 00:10:12,896 ♪♪ 324 00:10:12,896 --> 00:10:15,655 Which leads to questions of child abandonment. 325 00:10:15,655 --> 00:10:17,517 I'm not abandoning my kids. 326 00:10:17,517 --> 00:10:18,758 It's the standard custody argument 327 00:10:18,758 --> 00:10:20,482 against touring musicians. 328 00:10:20,482 --> 00:10:23,965 Look, if Jeff is anything, he's a good dad. 329 00:10:23,965 --> 00:10:26,068 We'll figure all that out. 330 00:10:26,068 --> 00:10:28,034 Everyone who steps foot into my office 331 00:10:28,034 --> 00:10:29,655 wants to believe they're not going to war. 332 00:10:29,655 --> 00:10:30,655 But you are. 333 00:10:30,655 --> 00:10:32,172 You are going to war. 334 00:10:32,172 --> 00:10:34,448 How many times have you said that? 335 00:10:34,448 --> 00:10:37,034 Hundreds. And almost no one listens. 336 00:10:37,034 --> 00:10:39,137 Bottom line -- divorce is terrible, 337 00:10:39,137 --> 00:10:42,862 so you better be damn sure you can't reconcile this marriage. 338 00:10:42,862 --> 00:10:45,827 ♪♪ 339 00:10:45,827 --> 00:10:47,896 What the hell are you doing here? 340 00:10:47,896 --> 00:10:49,482 I got the same phone call you did. 341 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:50,827 Please, continue. 342 00:10:50,827 --> 00:10:54,827 We have some questions about the vocabulary 343 00:10:54,827 --> 00:10:56,482 that she's learning at home. 344 00:10:56,482 --> 00:10:58,793 Okay. A-And what vocabulary would that be? 345 00:10:58,793 --> 00:11:00,448 Jeff. No, no, no. I'm serious. 346 00:11:00,448 --> 00:11:02,655 The "B" word, of course. 347 00:11:02,655 --> 00:11:04,344 Right. Okay. 348 00:11:04,344 --> 00:11:06,172 Listen, um, hmm... 349 00:11:06,172 --> 00:11:09,310 You know, I don't know, uh, what kind of weak-ass, 350 00:11:09,310 --> 00:11:10,827 like, Captain & Tennille crap -- I-- 351 00:11:10,827 --> 00:11:12,896 No, I got it -- crap that Spotify 352 00:11:12,896 --> 00:11:14,827 is playing for you, Principal, but my wife 353 00:11:14,827 --> 00:11:17,551 was a multiple-platinum recording artist at one point, 354 00:11:17,551 --> 00:11:20,620 so this necklace is not just a recognition 355 00:11:20,620 --> 00:11:23,275 of her vibrant and -- and trailblazing work, 356 00:11:23,275 --> 00:11:26,448 but it's an homage to her group's tireless effort 357 00:11:26,448 --> 00:11:29,137 to rob a misogynistic slur of its power 358 00:11:29,137 --> 00:11:31,034 by turning it back on every listener. 359 00:11:31,034 --> 00:11:33,758 Every deejay, every radio executive, 360 00:11:33,758 --> 00:11:35,689 every journalist in the, uh, you know, 361 00:11:35,689 --> 00:11:39,206 entire patriarchal structure of the music industry 362 00:11:39,206 --> 00:11:43,724 that felt that, uh, a word like "ho" or "slut" or "bitch" 363 00:11:43,724 --> 00:11:46,413 could be used to put a woman in her so-called place. 364 00:11:46,413 --> 00:11:49,379 So when I see my daughter growing up in a world 365 00:11:49,379 --> 00:11:51,793 where she already knows that she has the freedom 366 00:11:51,793 --> 00:11:54,310 to see that word and to own that word 367 00:11:54,310 --> 00:11:57,000 and then not give one single thought 368 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,931 of ever letting that word define her, 369 00:11:58,931 --> 00:12:00,689 it saddens me deeply to realize 370 00:12:00,689 --> 00:12:03,620 that this school is failing to uphold the ideals 371 00:12:03,620 --> 00:12:06,103 of progressive education and the diversity of opinion 372 00:12:06,103 --> 00:12:07,896 that it claims to champion. 373 00:12:07,896 --> 00:12:10,379 That necklace is art. 374 00:12:10,379 --> 00:12:13,827 And my wife's work is art. 375 00:12:13,827 --> 00:12:16,103 And if you value what you say you do, 376 00:12:16,103 --> 00:12:19,517 we shouldn't have a problem here. 377 00:12:19,517 --> 00:12:20,689 [ School bell rings ] 378 00:12:20,689 --> 00:12:23,103 Brianna: That was pretty dope. 379 00:12:23,103 --> 00:12:24,586 It was all true. 380 00:12:24,586 --> 00:12:26,137 I'm just -- I'm really glad that, you know, 381 00:12:26,137 --> 00:12:28,620 you're -- you're back to doing what you love. 382 00:12:30,103 --> 00:12:31,448 I want to show you something. 383 00:12:31,448 --> 00:12:33,517 Now, come on. You can trust me. 384 00:12:33,517 --> 00:12:35,310 Okay, you know what? I probably shouldn't have said that, 385 00:12:35,310 --> 00:12:39,379 but I promise -- It'll be worth it. 386 00:12:39,379 --> 00:12:41,551 What is that? Just -- Just... 387 00:12:41,551 --> 00:12:44,482 This was one of our very first casks, right when we opened. 388 00:12:44,482 --> 00:12:47,620 Could you read the date on this bourbon, please? 389 00:12:47,620 --> 00:12:49,586 Our wedding day? 390 00:12:49,586 --> 00:12:51,241 Mm-hmm. 391 00:12:51,241 --> 00:12:54,793 I was gonna wait 'til our 20th anniversary, but life is short. 392 00:12:55,655 --> 00:12:58,034 [ Laughs ] Are you sure you're okay to drink? 393 00:12:58,034 --> 00:12:59,620 Yeah. Well, no. 394 00:12:59,620 --> 00:13:03,034 I -- Look, I don't know, but we needed this right now. 395 00:13:03,034 --> 00:13:04,551 Baby, I'm sorry, okay? 396 00:13:04,551 --> 00:13:06,103 I-I-I can't say it enough. 397 00:13:06,103 --> 00:13:08,241 I will never stop saying it. 398 00:13:08,241 --> 00:13:10,103 Look, I just want to drink and enjoy the fact 399 00:13:10,103 --> 00:13:11,655 that I don't have the overwhelming urge 400 00:13:11,655 --> 00:13:13,931 to stick my finger into your eyeball. 401 00:13:13,931 --> 00:13:15,275 Please don't do that, okay? 402 00:13:15,275 --> 00:13:16,379 Because your nails are sharp, 403 00:13:16,379 --> 00:13:18,413 and there's a lot of bacteria under there. 404 00:13:18,413 --> 00:13:21,103 A-And not just yours specifically, but everyone's. 405 00:13:21,103 --> 00:13:22,517 [ Both laugh ] 406 00:13:22,517 --> 00:13:24,000 I'm just playing. 407 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,206 Oh, I missed that laugh. 408 00:13:26,206 --> 00:13:29,517 Listen, I-I know it's not now, but I go to bed every night 409 00:13:29,517 --> 00:13:31,655 just hoping that you can forgive me, 410 00:13:31,655 --> 00:13:33,931 that we can get back to being us. 411 00:13:33,931 --> 00:13:37,103 ♪♪ 412 00:13:37,103 --> 00:13:38,448 [ Cellphone buzzing ] Your mistress? 413 00:13:38,448 --> 00:13:40,137 You got to be kidding me! 414 00:13:40,137 --> 00:13:41,931 [ Hand pounds ] 415 00:13:41,931 --> 00:13:44,034 I can't stop this girl from calling. 416 00:13:44,034 --> 00:13:45,586 Have you spoken to her since? No! 417 00:13:45,586 --> 00:13:48,758 I didn't remember who she was until two days ago. 418 00:13:48,758 --> 00:13:50,172 I'll never know if that's true. 419 00:13:50,172 --> 00:13:51,275 Now, why would I lie about that? 420 00:13:51,275 --> 00:13:52,413 Okay. I get it. 421 00:13:52,413 --> 00:13:53,862 I totally get why I would lie about it. 422 00:13:53,862 --> 00:13:54,896 I'm just -- Please. 423 00:13:54,896 --> 00:13:56,413 Hey, can we just please -- 424 00:13:56,413 --> 00:13:58,034 Baby, can we just talk, okay? 425 00:13:58,034 --> 00:14:00,655 Hey. You tell me what I need to do 426 00:14:00,655 --> 00:14:01,931 so that I can make this right. 427 00:14:01,931 --> 00:14:03,344 Okay. Okay. You want to talk? 428 00:14:03,344 --> 00:14:04,413 Yes, I do. Let's talk. 429 00:14:04,413 --> 00:14:05,517 Please. 430 00:14:05,517 --> 00:14:07,620 I went to see a divorce lawyer today. 431 00:14:07,620 --> 00:14:09,000 What? 432 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:10,103 What -- You -- 433 00:14:10,103 --> 00:14:11,620 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 434 00:14:11,620 --> 00:14:13,034 And what'd you talk about? 435 00:14:13,034 --> 00:14:14,241 [ Scoffs ] What did we -- 436 00:14:14,241 --> 00:14:16,310 Horology, French bulldogs, absinthe. 437 00:14:16,310 --> 00:14:18,068 What do you think we talked about? 438 00:14:18,068 --> 00:14:20,379 You're divorcing me? 439 00:14:20,379 --> 00:14:23,344 Hey, hey, baby, we -- we -- we got a family. 440 00:14:23,344 --> 00:14:24,931 Do not. 441 00:14:27,103 --> 00:14:28,896 Don't use those kids as a weapon, 442 00:14:28,896 --> 00:14:29,965 'cause you weren't thinking about them 443 00:14:29,965 --> 00:14:31,172 when you were having sex 444 00:14:31,172 --> 00:14:33,034 with your one-eighth Peruvian student. 445 00:14:33,034 --> 00:14:34,931 How long? 446 00:14:34,931 --> 00:14:36,344 Was she the only one? 447 00:14:36,344 --> 00:14:37,310 What does it matter? 448 00:14:37,310 --> 00:14:38,344 Answer! 449 00:14:38,344 --> 00:14:39,965 Yes. Okay? 450 00:14:39,965 --> 00:14:41,206 And three or four months. 451 00:14:41,206 --> 00:14:42,896 And it didn't mean anything to me. 452 00:14:42,896 --> 00:14:44,758 It was stupid. I love you. 453 00:14:44,758 --> 00:14:46,896 And I love our family. 454 00:14:46,896 --> 00:14:48,206 We sacrificed too much, babe -- 455 00:14:48,206 --> 00:14:49,724 Uh, we? 456 00:14:49,724 --> 00:14:52,068 [ Scoffs ] 457 00:14:52,068 --> 00:14:55,689 I gave up my life for this family, 458 00:14:55,689 --> 00:14:57,724 my education for this family, 459 00:14:57,724 --> 00:14:59,241 and any sense of who I am 460 00:14:59,241 --> 00:15:02,068 and why I was put on this earth, for you. 461 00:15:02,068 --> 00:15:04,344 I had dreams outside of this house. 462 00:15:04,344 --> 00:15:07,758 I'm smarter than you, bruh. That's facts. 463 00:15:07,758 --> 00:15:09,586 I wanted to be a professor, too. 464 00:15:09,586 --> 00:15:12,172 But instead, I stroked your back, 465 00:15:12,172 --> 00:15:15,000 nursed these kids to prop you up. 466 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:18,206 That'ssacrifice! 467 00:15:18,206 --> 00:15:22,620 ♪♪ 468 00:15:22,620 --> 00:15:25,586 Baby, listen, okay? What can I do? 469 00:15:25,586 --> 00:15:29,137 Just -- Just -- Just tell me what it is that I can do, okay? 470 00:15:29,137 --> 00:15:31,206 Because if there's something I can do, I will do it, 471 00:15:31,206 --> 00:15:33,034 because I need you. 472 00:15:33,034 --> 00:15:35,931 I know I don't deserve you, but I need you. 473 00:15:35,931 --> 00:15:37,517 I know the choice I want you to make, 474 00:15:37,517 --> 00:15:39,517 but I'll respect whatever it is that you choose. 475 00:15:39,517 --> 00:15:41,000 But it's the not knowing, Bree. 476 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:43,827 The not knowing is killing me. 477 00:15:43,827 --> 00:15:45,965 So, what do you want to do? 478 00:15:45,965 --> 00:15:48,034 Hmm? Can you forgive me? 479 00:15:48,034 --> 00:15:49,551 Or are we done? 480 00:15:49,551 --> 00:15:58,000 ♪♪ 481 00:15:58,000 --> 00:15:59,344 I don't know. 482 00:16:08,172 --> 00:16:09,896 You got to understand, when I was coming up in hip-hop, you were never gonna get a male audience 483 00:16:09,896 --> 00:16:12,413 if you didn't look like someone they'd want to get with. 484 00:16:12,413 --> 00:16:14,896 I mean, it would've been career suicide if I had come out. 485 00:16:14,896 --> 00:16:16,517 I'm sure your religious upbringing 486 00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:18,137 didn't help with your sexuality. 487 00:16:18,137 --> 00:16:20,827 Oh. My father's a deacon. 488 00:16:20,827 --> 00:16:22,965 Bad enough I was rappin' in booty shorts. 489 00:16:22,965 --> 00:16:24,793 I remember those. 490 00:16:24,793 --> 00:16:27,310 Was religion the reason you married a man? 491 00:16:27,310 --> 00:16:28,896 Darren? 492 00:16:28,896 --> 00:16:30,379 [ Exhales sharply ] 493 00:16:30,379 --> 00:16:31,896 Um, I'm sorry. 494 00:16:31,896 --> 00:16:34,965 Um, I didn't know we were gonna talk about him. Oh. I-- 495 00:16:34,965 --> 00:16:36,517 If you're not comfortable, we -- 496 00:16:36,517 --> 00:16:39,241 He's...innocent in all of this. 497 00:16:39,241 --> 00:16:41,068 I'd rather leave him out of it. 498 00:16:41,068 --> 00:16:43,137 That's totally fair. And noble of you. 499 00:16:43,137 --> 00:16:46,689 So, what would you say is your coming-out story? 500 00:16:46,689 --> 00:16:50,344 America watched it live onstage at the BET Awards. 501 00:16:50,344 --> 00:16:52,275 That was the first time you ever came out? 502 00:16:52,275 --> 00:16:53,517 What, to anyone? 503 00:16:53,517 --> 00:16:55,344 Well, I mean, my girlfriend, Tina, 504 00:16:55,344 --> 00:16:56,689 and -- and the group. Mm. 505 00:16:56,689 --> 00:16:57,896 You have a girlfriend? 506 00:16:57,896 --> 00:17:00,379 Yes. What's that face? 507 00:17:00,379 --> 00:17:02,793 Nothing. I just think a lot of our readers 508 00:17:02,793 --> 00:17:05,172 will be very sad to hear that, 509 00:17:05,172 --> 00:17:09,000 and incredibly jealous of this...Tina. 510 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:10,620 Well, she's great. 511 00:17:10,620 --> 00:17:12,310 Well, just one last question -- 512 00:17:12,310 --> 00:17:15,206 How does it feel to be thehottest lesbian 513 00:17:15,206 --> 00:17:16,275 in the world right now? 514 00:17:16,275 --> 00:17:18,034 Didn't know that. [ Chuckles ] 515 00:17:18,034 --> 00:17:21,551 Um, I'm -- I'm just trying to be me. 516 00:17:21,551 --> 00:17:23,931 [ Recorder clicks ] 517 00:17:23,931 --> 00:17:26,448 Listen, this goes against everything 518 00:17:26,448 --> 00:17:27,655 I learned at J-school, 519 00:17:27,655 --> 00:17:29,172 but I'm going out with some friends tonight 520 00:17:29,172 --> 00:17:31,172 I think you'd really hit it off with. 521 00:17:31,172 --> 00:17:33,620 Off the record. I promise. 522 00:17:33,620 --> 00:17:34,793 [ Chuckles ] 523 00:17:34,793 --> 00:17:36,275 Mara: A baby celesbian. 524 00:17:36,275 --> 00:17:37,482 Alicia, what do you get for that? 525 00:17:37,482 --> 00:17:39,448 A solid-gold toaster with diamond dials? 526 00:17:39,448 --> 00:17:41,827 Jill was simply brave enough to share her story with me. 527 00:17:41,827 --> 00:17:43,413 Patti: See? She comes on all innocent, 528 00:17:43,413 --> 00:17:45,000 and then slides in and breaks our hearts. 529 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,103 What? She's not so innocent. 530 00:17:47,103 --> 00:17:49,310 You two dated? [ Laughter ] 531 00:17:49,310 --> 00:17:51,517 Honey, we've all dated. 532 00:17:51,517 --> 00:17:54,758 Probably 85% of the women in this bar have dated. 533 00:17:54,758 --> 00:17:56,586 But you did say you've never been 534 00:17:56,586 --> 00:17:58,172 to a bar like this before, correct? 535 00:17:58,172 --> 00:17:59,206 Never. 536 00:17:59,206 --> 00:18:00,655 Like, never a gay bar 537 00:18:00,655 --> 00:18:02,103 or never a gay bar this good? 538 00:18:02,103 --> 00:18:03,310 Mara, be nice. 539 00:18:03,310 --> 00:18:04,827 It's cool. 540 00:18:04,827 --> 00:18:06,482 I've never been to a gay anything. 541 00:18:06,482 --> 00:18:07,551 [ Laughter ] 542 00:18:07,551 --> 00:18:08,620 Mara: We have to keep her. 543 00:18:08,620 --> 00:18:10,344 We'll be the only pack of Gold Star Lesbians 544 00:18:10,344 --> 00:18:11,827 with a Catholic rapper celesbian. 545 00:18:11,827 --> 00:18:14,517 Sweetie, we're gonna set you up with some Audre Lorde, 546 00:18:14,517 --> 00:18:16,758 get you an appointment at Sally Hershberger -- 547 00:18:16,758 --> 00:18:18,586 Make sure you don't become a pillow princess 548 00:18:18,586 --> 00:18:19,586 right out the gate. 549 00:18:19,586 --> 00:18:21,000 A pillow... 550 00:18:22,241 --> 00:18:23,482 Oh. 551 00:18:23,482 --> 00:18:25,137 [ Laughter ] 552 00:18:25,137 --> 00:18:27,448 We just want to be sure you give as good as you get, sweetie. 553 00:18:27,448 --> 00:18:29,793 Because you're gonna be able to get anything you want. 554 00:18:29,793 --> 00:18:31,896 And I want to dance. 555 00:18:31,896 --> 00:18:33,551 Jill's gonna help me get laid tonight. 556 00:18:33,551 --> 00:18:37,620 [ Laughter, indistinct chatter ] 557 00:18:37,620 --> 00:18:39,241 ♪ You make me feel 558 00:18:39,241 --> 00:18:41,137 ♪ So good, so good 559 00:18:41,137 --> 00:18:43,724 ♪ That's just the way you make me feel ♪ 560 00:18:43,724 --> 00:18:45,551 ♪ So, so, so, so 561 00:18:45,551 --> 00:18:48,310 ♪ That's just the way you make me feel ♪♪ 562 00:18:48,310 --> 00:18:49,965 Jill: [ Thinking ] ♪ I was born to the pulpit♪ 563 00:18:49,965 --> 00:18:51,137 ♪ Then became a prisoner♪ 564 00:18:51,137 --> 00:18:53,000 [ Ringtone plays ] 565 00:18:55,896 --> 00:18:57,827 [ Ringtone stops ] 566 00:18:57,827 --> 00:19:00,310 ♪ ...to the pulpit, then became a prisoner♪ 567 00:19:00,310 --> 00:19:02,551 ♪ Now break the shackles and become my own minister♪ 568 00:19:02,551 --> 00:19:04,724 ♪ In my church, sometimes vodka's the holy water♪ 569 00:19:04,724 --> 00:19:07,586 [ Cellphone chiming ] 570 00:19:07,586 --> 00:19:11,896 ♪♪ 571 00:19:11,896 --> 00:19:13,551 [ Texting ] 572 00:19:15,034 --> 00:19:16,344 [ Cellphone whooshes ] 573 00:19:16,344 --> 00:19:23,551 ♪♪ 574 00:19:23,551 --> 00:19:25,482 [ Soft piano music plays ] 575 00:19:25,482 --> 00:19:28,586 ♪♪ 576 00:19:28,586 --> 00:19:30,793 Hey. Where is everybody? 577 00:19:30,793 --> 00:19:32,275 Oh, they canceled last minute. 578 00:19:32,275 --> 00:19:33,862 Something you should know about hip lesbians -- 579 00:19:33,862 --> 00:19:36,068 not the most reliable. 580 00:19:36,068 --> 00:19:37,655 So what does that say about you? 581 00:19:37,655 --> 00:19:40,275 Ah. Well, you're the baby gay, and I asked you out, 582 00:19:40,275 --> 00:19:42,620 so I have to make sure you have an okay time. 583 00:19:42,620 --> 00:19:43,827 Not asked you out-out. 584 00:19:43,827 --> 00:19:45,551 Just out in a group thing 585 00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:48,275 that happened to be just me and, uh... 586 00:19:48,275 --> 00:19:50,103 [ Chuckles ] Am I digging a hole here? 587 00:19:50,103 --> 00:19:52,448 Because, uh, you're definitely not saying anything. 588 00:19:52,448 --> 00:19:53,517 I'm definitely still talking. 589 00:19:53,517 --> 00:19:55,172 It's fine. I'm good. 590 00:19:55,172 --> 00:19:57,034 The baby gay is good. 591 00:19:57,034 --> 00:19:58,344 Don't worry. 592 00:19:58,344 --> 00:19:59,896 Well, I have some suggestions, 593 00:19:59,896 --> 00:20:02,551 if you're not sure what you want. 594 00:20:02,551 --> 00:20:03,827 Um... 595 00:20:03,827 --> 00:20:06,206 Full disclosure -- I, uh, dated the chef. 596 00:20:06,206 --> 00:20:09,206 ♪♪ 597 00:20:09,206 --> 00:20:12,620 I mean, the only reason I would come back 598 00:20:12,620 --> 00:20:14,620 to a place my ex worked 599 00:20:14,620 --> 00:20:17,793 would be if I was trying to show off someone new. 600 00:20:17,793 --> 00:20:19,034 Me too. 601 00:20:21,620 --> 00:20:24,620 Full disclosure -- 602 00:20:24,620 --> 00:20:28,000 I'm happy we're the only ones here. 603 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,137 [ Breathes deeply ] 604 00:20:30,137 --> 00:20:31,310 Um... 605 00:20:31,310 --> 00:20:32,758 [ Gasps ] 606 00:20:34,620 --> 00:20:36,034 Um... Mm. 607 00:20:36,034 --> 00:20:38,137 Uh, um, full... 608 00:20:38,137 --> 00:20:40,068 Okay, full disclosure -- 609 00:20:40,068 --> 00:20:41,620 Everything that happens between us 610 00:20:41,620 --> 00:20:44,965 is off the record, remember? 611 00:20:44,965 --> 00:20:49,137 Um, I-I have to go to the bathroom. 612 00:20:49,137 --> 00:20:50,655 It's down the hall, to the left. 613 00:20:50,655 --> 00:20:53,448 ♪ Got that look in her eye like "yeah" ♪ 614 00:20:53,448 --> 00:20:55,206 ♪ Feelin' like... 615 00:20:55,206 --> 00:20:58,827 ♪♪ 616 00:20:58,827 --> 00:21:00,965 Jill: Nothing's wrong. 617 00:21:00,965 --> 00:21:03,482 I just wanted to say I miss you. I miss home. 618 00:21:03,482 --> 00:21:04,965 Then come home. 619 00:21:06,310 --> 00:21:07,724 Soon. 620 00:21:07,724 --> 00:21:08,758 [ Knock on door ] 621 00:21:08,758 --> 00:21:10,103 Who's that? 622 00:21:10,103 --> 00:21:11,620 [ Sighs ] 623 00:21:14,103 --> 00:21:16,172 ♪♪ 624 00:21:16,172 --> 00:21:17,413 ♪ Oh-oh, oh-oh-oh 625 00:21:17,413 --> 00:21:19,517 Just...room service. 626 00:21:24,344 --> 00:21:25,517 [ Door opens ] 627 00:21:26,379 --> 00:21:28,448 So, you want to tell me about Jojo's dad? 628 00:21:28,448 --> 00:21:29,827 [ Sighs ] 629 00:21:32,103 --> 00:21:33,379 Welcome to L.A. 630 00:21:33,379 --> 00:21:34,862 How was your first plane ride? 631 00:21:34,862 --> 00:21:37,344 Five hours of a screaming baby next to me. 632 00:21:37,344 --> 00:21:39,620 I'm just happy I'm here. 633 00:21:39,620 --> 00:21:41,724 We got to hustle if we're gonna make it to Hellman on time. 634 00:21:41,724 --> 00:21:42,793 You nervous? 635 00:21:42,793 --> 00:21:44,620 I got this. [ Chuckles ] 636 00:21:44,620 --> 00:21:45,793 [ Classical music plays ] 637 00:21:45,793 --> 00:21:47,551 Brickenhoff: Quite an achievement. 638 00:21:47,551 --> 00:21:50,379 Hellman is one of the most esteemed music institutions 639 00:21:50,379 --> 00:21:52,000 in the world. 640 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:53,655 Pinch me if you see one of us, okay? 641 00:21:53,655 --> 00:21:54,689 But be warned. 642 00:21:54,689 --> 00:21:56,034 Jojo: Don't look at the walls. 643 00:21:56,034 --> 00:21:58,206 This is highly competitive. 644 00:21:58,206 --> 00:22:01,482 You will likely not see these people again. 645 00:22:01,482 --> 00:22:03,931 We definitely not in Atlanta. 646 00:22:03,931 --> 00:22:06,310 See, this is how rich people stay thin. 647 00:22:06,310 --> 00:22:07,862 Gimme. 648 00:22:07,862 --> 00:22:10,275 Go introduce yourself. 649 00:22:10,275 --> 00:22:11,551 Finley Rutherford. 650 00:22:11,551 --> 00:22:12,586 Jojo. 651 00:22:12,586 --> 00:22:14,344 Uh, what's your discipline? 652 00:22:14,344 --> 00:22:15,482 Discipline? 653 00:22:15,482 --> 00:22:17,344 What instrument do you play? Piano. 654 00:22:17,344 --> 00:22:18,655 What's your conservatory? 655 00:22:18,655 --> 00:22:20,241 Grandma's living room? 656 00:22:20,241 --> 00:22:21,586 -Miss? -Yeah? 657 00:22:21,586 --> 00:22:23,241 I'd love a gin martini when you get a chance. 658 00:22:23,241 --> 00:22:24,793 Do you want to die? 659 00:22:24,793 --> 00:22:27,586 Cone of silence -- My dad did say that the audition song 660 00:22:27,586 --> 00:22:30,448 is Bach's "Prelude & Fugue Number 2 in C minor." 661 00:22:30,448 --> 00:22:31,620 From memory? 662 00:22:31,620 --> 00:22:33,068 Grandma didn't teach you that one, Jojo? 663 00:22:33,068 --> 00:22:34,068 [ Chuckles ] 664 00:22:34,068 --> 00:22:36,241 Everything cool over here? 665 00:22:36,241 --> 00:22:37,931 Are you serious?! This is your mom?! 666 00:22:37,931 --> 00:22:40,413 Look, okay, yes, I am Xplicit Lyrics, 667 00:22:40,413 --> 00:22:42,620 but I'm here as a very proud mom. 668 00:22:42,620 --> 00:22:44,241 Xplicit what? 669 00:22:44,241 --> 00:22:46,344 No, you're the lady that J.Lo crushed 670 00:22:46,344 --> 00:22:47,655 when she fell in that hole. 671 00:22:47,655 --> 00:22:49,931 She ain't J.Lo, okay? 672 00:22:49,931 --> 00:22:51,068 [ Chuckles ] 673 00:22:51,068 --> 00:22:52,448 Jojo: I should go practice. 674 00:22:52,448 --> 00:22:54,896 What? Good luck tomorrow. 675 00:22:54,896 --> 00:22:57,310 ♪♪ 676 00:22:57,310 --> 00:23:02,448 [ Bach's "Prelude & Fugue Number 2 in C minor" playing ] 677 00:23:02,448 --> 00:23:04,206 [ Music stops ] 678 00:23:04,206 --> 00:23:06,000 [ Fingers crack ] 679 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:07,724 [ Door opens ] 680 00:23:07,724 --> 00:23:10,689 [ Bach's "Prelude & Fugue Number 2 in C minor" playing ] 681 00:23:10,689 --> 00:23:12,586 [ Music stops ] 682 00:23:12,586 --> 00:23:14,068 What? 683 00:23:14,068 --> 00:23:15,482 Of all the pieces they could have picked, 684 00:23:15,482 --> 00:23:16,793 they chose this one. 685 00:23:16,793 --> 00:23:18,241 Oh, you got this. 686 00:23:18,241 --> 00:23:20,413 You're every bit as talented as those other kids. 687 00:23:20,413 --> 00:23:22,689 They went to elite prep schools. 688 00:23:22,689 --> 00:23:24,137 Don't compare yourself to them. 689 00:23:24,137 --> 00:23:26,758 That is literally the point of competition. 690 00:23:26,758 --> 00:23:29,448 They have connections. They've been on planes. 691 00:23:29,448 --> 00:23:31,827 They got new shoes that aren't their grandmother's. 692 00:23:31,827 --> 00:23:35,241 They don't have 15 pair of clean J's like you do, okay? 693 00:23:35,241 --> 00:23:37,551 I can't wear Jordans here. 694 00:23:37,551 --> 00:23:39,137 Come on, Jojo. You really gonna let 695 00:23:39,137 --> 00:23:41,758 a bunch of snotty jackasses get in your head? 696 00:23:41,758 --> 00:23:43,206 I didn't raise you that way. 697 00:23:45,172 --> 00:23:47,862 You're here, supporting me for once. 698 00:23:47,862 --> 00:23:50,275 Can we not turn that into you being Michelle Obama? 699 00:23:50,275 --> 00:23:52,655 Why you always got to take shots? 700 00:23:52,655 --> 00:23:54,655 I can't believe I thought I could do this. 701 00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,965 Jojo... 702 00:23:57,965 --> 00:23:59,206 you can't give up. 703 00:23:59,206 --> 00:24:00,896 Didn't you just give up on a solo career? 704 00:24:00,896 --> 00:24:02,310 I don't have to explain my choices to you. 705 00:24:02,310 --> 00:24:05,206 You've never explained anyof your choices to me. 706 00:24:05,206 --> 00:24:06,931 Like who my dad is. 707 00:24:06,931 --> 00:24:10,275 This never happens to me. I never get nervous. 708 00:24:10,275 --> 00:24:13,689 But, you know, you're also usually nothere. 709 00:24:13,689 --> 00:24:15,758 Well, I definitely don't want to screw you up 710 00:24:15,758 --> 00:24:17,103 more than I have. 711 00:24:18,310 --> 00:24:20,137 Good luck. 712 00:24:20,137 --> 00:24:21,931 ♪♪ 713 00:24:21,931 --> 00:24:23,310 Naomi: [ Thinking ] ♪ Your heartbeat♪ 714 00:24:23,310 --> 00:24:24,620 ♪ Is like the first verse that I wrote♪ 715 00:24:24,620 --> 00:24:26,000 ♪ The birth of a GOAT♪ 716 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:27,896 ♪ I look at you for purpose and hope♪ 717 00:24:29,758 --> 00:24:30,965 [ Sighs ] 718 00:24:36,448 --> 00:24:37,793 [ Engine starts ] 719 00:24:41,551 --> 00:24:46,206 [ "C.R.E.A.M."/"As Long as I've Got You" playing ] 720 00:24:46,206 --> 00:24:50,068 ♪♪ 721 00:24:50,068 --> 00:24:51,275 That's dope. 722 00:24:51,275 --> 00:24:52,448 [ Music stops ] Jojo: [ Sighs ] 723 00:24:52,448 --> 00:24:53,965 I can't play this. 724 00:24:55,206 --> 00:24:56,310 [ Door closes ] 725 00:24:56,310 --> 00:24:57,517 You came back. 726 00:24:57,517 --> 00:24:59,413 I did. 727 00:24:59,413 --> 00:25:01,517 Look, I'm nervous before every show. 728 00:25:01,517 --> 00:25:03,379 Rituals help me. 729 00:25:03,379 --> 00:25:06,275 Every place I play, I got a place I eat. 730 00:25:06,275 --> 00:25:09,034 So, let me share my L.A. ritual with you -- 731 00:25:09,034 --> 00:25:12,172 tacos from El Matador. 732 00:25:12,172 --> 00:25:13,413 I'm starving. 733 00:25:16,068 --> 00:25:17,551 Ah. 734 00:25:26,965 --> 00:25:28,103 Oh, my God. 735 00:25:28,103 --> 00:25:29,206 Mm-hmm. 736 00:25:29,206 --> 00:25:30,724 So good. 737 00:25:30,724 --> 00:25:34,689 When I went to Nashville, I couldn't find a Black person. 738 00:25:34,689 --> 00:25:36,965 Or a good place to get my hair done. 739 00:25:36,965 --> 00:25:38,379 Or real hip-hop. 740 00:25:38,379 --> 00:25:40,034 Atlanta is special. 741 00:25:40,034 --> 00:25:42,344 Different than everywhere else. 742 00:25:42,344 --> 00:25:44,103 And, baby, you were right -- 743 00:25:44,103 --> 00:25:46,586 You're not like those other kids. 744 00:25:46,586 --> 00:25:48,517 And as Black women, 745 00:25:48,517 --> 00:25:52,137 the world tries to make us feel like different means worse. 746 00:25:52,137 --> 00:25:55,137 I mean, it's harder being us, yes, 747 00:25:55,137 --> 00:25:57,689 but it breeds something special. 748 00:25:57,689 --> 00:26:00,068 It breeds magic. 749 00:26:00,068 --> 00:26:02,517 And they're scared of it because they don't have it. 750 00:26:02,517 --> 00:26:04,034 But they want it. 751 00:26:04,034 --> 00:26:06,689 And, Jojo, that's what you got to show 'em. 752 00:26:06,689 --> 00:26:08,275 Your magic. 753 00:26:08,275 --> 00:26:10,655 But you also got to feel crazy fresh 754 00:26:10,655 --> 00:26:12,827 when you slay tomorrow. 755 00:26:15,448 --> 00:26:17,448 ♪ New shoes 756 00:26:17,448 --> 00:26:19,482 [ Both chuckle ] 757 00:26:23,344 --> 00:26:24,344 [ Chuckles ] 758 00:26:24,344 --> 00:26:26,000 Thank you. 759 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,379 Do you, baby. 760 00:26:27,379 --> 00:26:31,172 Show them what Black girls from Atlanta are all about. 761 00:26:31,172 --> 00:26:34,000 Number 23. Next, please. 762 00:26:37,862 --> 00:26:39,344 [ Softly ] Jojo. 763 00:26:50,206 --> 00:26:52,827 [ Bach's "Prelude & Fugue Number 2 in C minor" playing ] 764 00:26:52,827 --> 00:27:00,965 ♪♪ 765 00:27:00,965 --> 00:27:09,275 ♪♪ 766 00:27:09,275 --> 00:27:14,310 [ "C.R.E.A.M."/"As Long as I've Got You" playing ] 767 00:27:14,310 --> 00:27:16,862 [ Indistinct whispering ] 768 00:27:16,862 --> 00:27:19,689 ♪♪ 769 00:27:19,689 --> 00:27:21,793 [ "Crush on You" plays ] 770 00:27:21,793 --> 00:27:30,482 ♪♪ 771 00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:33,034 [ "Bodak Yellow" plays ] 772 00:27:33,034 --> 00:27:41,310 ♪♪ 773 00:27:41,310 --> 00:27:49,689 ♪♪ 774 00:27:49,689 --> 00:27:51,724 [ "Nasty Girl" plays ] 775 00:27:51,724 --> 00:27:59,551 ♪♪ 776 00:27:59,551 --> 00:28:02,000 ♪ Now you know you wanna be with a nasty girl ♪ 777 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,310 ♪ Know you wanna spend time in my nasty world ♪ 778 00:28:04,310 --> 00:28:07,000 ♪ Gimme what I need, and I'll be your nasty girl ♪ 779 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:08,068 ♪ Your nasty girl 780 00:28:08,068 --> 00:28:09,551 ♪ Y-Your nasty girl 781 00:28:09,551 --> 00:28:12,206 Yes, Jojo! 782 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,724 Y'all ain't gonna clap for my daughter? 783 00:28:16,724 --> 00:28:19,413 That was unbelievable, baby. 784 00:28:19,413 --> 00:28:21,551 Not just unbelievable. 785 00:28:21,551 --> 00:28:22,655 I'm in! 786 00:28:22,655 --> 00:28:24,103 What?! [ Chuckles ] 787 00:28:24,103 --> 00:28:27,379 Yes, my girl! Yes! 788 00:28:27,379 --> 00:28:28,758 Thank you. 789 00:28:28,758 --> 00:28:30,344 For the tacos. 790 00:28:30,344 --> 00:28:31,482 For the advice. 791 00:28:31,482 --> 00:28:32,724 For these J's. 792 00:28:32,724 --> 00:28:34,931 Yes. You did that. 793 00:28:34,931 --> 00:28:36,344 I'm so proud. 794 00:28:36,344 --> 00:28:38,931 [ Chuckles ] 795 00:28:38,931 --> 00:28:41,413 Yo, I like that you're trying, 796 00:28:41,413 --> 00:28:44,275 and I like where we're going, 797 00:28:44,275 --> 00:28:48,586 but...I know you say you don't remember. 798 00:28:48,586 --> 00:28:50,517 Like, you're not keeping a secret from me. 799 00:28:50,517 --> 00:28:53,103 You actually don't know. 800 00:28:53,103 --> 00:28:54,551 What is it, Jojo? 801 00:28:54,551 --> 00:28:58,758 I need any information you have so I can look for myself. 802 00:28:58,758 --> 00:29:01,275 I need to know who my dad is. 803 00:29:01,275 --> 00:29:05,000 ♪♪ 804 00:29:09,758 --> 00:29:11,206 [ Tires squeal ] 805 00:29:11,206 --> 00:29:13,965 To what do I owe the honor? 806 00:29:13,965 --> 00:29:15,206 I can't write. 807 00:29:15,206 --> 00:29:16,724 But I can't be wrong either. 808 00:29:16,724 --> 00:29:19,310 So I couldn't tell Naomi that I didn't want to write my verse, 809 00:29:19,310 --> 00:29:22,310 so I'm here asking for help so I can have a verse 810 00:29:22,310 --> 00:29:24,931 and also prove Naomi wrong, which is always awesome. 811 00:29:24,931 --> 00:29:26,379 You can write. 812 00:29:26,379 --> 00:29:30,551 I have stage presence, star power, but I don't got bars. 813 00:29:30,551 --> 00:29:33,310 I sell the steak, Papi. I don't kill the cow. 814 00:29:33,310 --> 00:29:35,068 If we don't pop in this comeback, 815 00:29:35,068 --> 00:29:38,655 I am gonna be hosting "Celebrity Wipeout" with Chuck E. Cheese. 816 00:29:38,655 --> 00:29:40,517 Listen, you are a great producer. 817 00:29:40,517 --> 00:29:43,344 You have helped so many artists find their voices. 818 00:29:43,344 --> 00:29:44,344 I'm here. 819 00:29:44,344 --> 00:29:45,620 Help me. 820 00:29:45,620 --> 00:29:46,931 Okay. 821 00:29:46,931 --> 00:29:48,379 I need one thing. 822 00:29:48,379 --> 00:29:50,379 I say this to all my artists. 823 00:29:50,379 --> 00:29:54,034 First, I need you to admit that you have something to say, 824 00:29:54,034 --> 00:29:56,517 that you have a voice, whether you know it or not. 825 00:29:56,517 --> 00:29:59,241 I have a voice. I have something to say. 826 00:29:59,241 --> 00:30:00,896 Leggo. 827 00:30:00,896 --> 00:30:03,275 Valeria: ♪ I'm a real queen, boys feed me grapes♪ 828 00:30:03,275 --> 00:30:06,172 ♪ Keep me laced, all I got is millionairess taste♪ 829 00:30:06,172 --> 00:30:08,517 It's all just old. 830 00:30:08,517 --> 00:30:10,206 Where did you find this? 831 00:30:10,206 --> 00:30:13,172 I got everything you guys ever recorded. 832 00:30:13,172 --> 00:30:15,034 All the verses y'all had flown in 833 00:30:15,034 --> 00:30:17,482 because you couldn't be in the studio together. 834 00:30:17,482 --> 00:30:19,241 Never listened to it. 835 00:30:19,241 --> 00:30:20,896 Thought it might help you catch your swagger. 836 00:30:20,896 --> 00:30:23,344 I'm catching nothing. 837 00:30:23,344 --> 00:30:25,758 Come on. 838 00:30:25,758 --> 00:30:27,206 Let's get outta here. 839 00:30:27,206 --> 00:30:29,310 Go get something to eat, clear our minds, 840 00:30:29,310 --> 00:30:31,551 come back, refocus. 841 00:30:32,793 --> 00:30:35,172 Wait, am I dressed right? 842 00:30:35,172 --> 00:30:37,241 Where we're going, nobody gives a crap. 843 00:30:37,241 --> 00:30:38,551 Trust. 844 00:30:38,551 --> 00:30:39,793 Valeria: I didn't even know 845 00:30:39,793 --> 00:30:41,482 they had a Puerto Rican restaurant in L.A. 846 00:30:41,482 --> 00:30:43,379 Mm. It's amazing what you find 847 00:30:43,379 --> 00:30:44,724 when you leave Mulholland Drive. 848 00:30:44,724 --> 00:30:47,931 And this? This is good. 849 00:30:47,931 --> 00:30:49,448 I come here a lot. 850 00:30:49,448 --> 00:30:51,620 Reminds me of the place we used to go to in Queens. 851 00:30:51,620 --> 00:30:53,620 The Freakin' Rican! 852 00:30:53,620 --> 00:30:55,827 This is the best thing I've ever had in my life. 853 00:30:55,827 --> 00:30:57,931 I haven't had a carb in 10 months. 854 00:30:57,931 --> 00:30:59,517 Tastes like home. Thank you. 855 00:30:59,517 --> 00:31:01,103 You ever miss it? 856 00:31:01,103 --> 00:31:02,896 What? Queens? 857 00:31:02,896 --> 00:31:04,034 Queens. 858 00:31:04,034 --> 00:31:05,896 And us, in Queens. 859 00:31:05,896 --> 00:31:08,344 Only look forward, Papi. 860 00:31:08,344 --> 00:31:10,758 You for real? 861 00:31:10,758 --> 00:31:13,172 Or is that just a defense thing? 862 00:31:13,172 --> 00:31:14,862 You know me. 863 00:31:14,862 --> 00:31:17,482 My mother left me at a shelter on Metropolitan Avenue 864 00:31:17,482 --> 00:31:20,931 in a diaper and a onesie with the Puerto Rican flag on it. 865 00:31:20,931 --> 00:31:23,965 Whoever left me, all they left me was this -- 866 00:31:23,965 --> 00:31:26,241 this food, this culture. 867 00:31:26,241 --> 00:31:29,586 Whoever left me wanted me to know I'm Borinqueña. 868 00:31:29,586 --> 00:31:31,413 She wanted me to be proud of that. 869 00:31:31,413 --> 00:31:33,655 Are you? Proud? 870 00:31:33,655 --> 00:31:36,689 When I'm in a place like this. 871 00:31:36,689 --> 00:31:39,827 But I'm not reminded of who I am every day out here. 872 00:31:39,827 --> 00:31:41,344 I wear my hair straight. 873 00:31:41,344 --> 00:31:43,379 White boys love me. 874 00:31:43,379 --> 00:31:45,655 Black men -- Y'all need to chill. 875 00:31:45,655 --> 00:31:47,068 [ Chuckles ] Here we go. 876 00:31:47,068 --> 00:31:48,724 I'm a celebrity -- kinda. 877 00:31:48,724 --> 00:31:50,103 I'm welcome wherever, 878 00:31:50,103 --> 00:31:52,689 but celebrated nowhere in L.A. 879 00:31:52,689 --> 00:31:54,724 I get why you brought me here. 880 00:31:54,724 --> 00:31:55,931 Maybe you're right. 881 00:31:55,931 --> 00:31:57,965 Maybe I've been hustling so long, 882 00:31:57,965 --> 00:31:59,862 I forgot where I came from. 883 00:32:01,551 --> 00:32:04,827 But I don't look back, really. 884 00:32:04,827 --> 00:32:06,793 And I don't do regret. 885 00:32:08,482 --> 00:32:10,137 I still don't believe you. 886 00:32:10,137 --> 00:32:13,137 [ "Right On" plays] 887 00:32:13,137 --> 00:32:15,758 Mmmm... 888 00:32:15,758 --> 00:32:18,344 I haven't heard this song in forever! 889 00:32:19,482 --> 00:32:21,448 When's the last time you danced? 890 00:32:21,448 --> 00:32:22,482 Huh? 891 00:32:22,482 --> 00:32:26,206 [ Music continues ] 892 00:32:26,206 --> 00:32:33,000 ♪♪ 893 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:34,655 Okay, I miss it! 894 00:32:34,655 --> 00:32:35,655 What? 895 00:32:35,655 --> 00:32:37,137 I miss Queens! 896 00:32:37,137 --> 00:32:38,379 What? 897 00:32:38,379 --> 00:32:40,482 [ Loudly ] I miss Queens! 898 00:32:40,482 --> 00:32:41,965 Louder! 899 00:32:41,965 --> 00:32:43,689 I miss Queens!! 900 00:32:43,689 --> 00:32:45,896 [ Chuckles ] 901 00:32:45,896 --> 00:32:48,275 That, I believe. 902 00:32:48,275 --> 00:32:54,724 ♪♪ 903 00:32:54,724 --> 00:32:56,068 [ Car alarm chirps ] 904 00:32:59,241 --> 00:33:00,827 Where do you think you're going? 905 00:33:00,827 --> 00:33:02,413 Thought you could just take me to dinner, 906 00:33:02,413 --> 00:33:05,586 drive me down memory lane, and I'd just let you hit? 907 00:33:05,586 --> 00:33:07,482 It ain't like that. The night's still young. 908 00:33:07,482 --> 00:33:09,103 Time to put in work. 909 00:33:09,103 --> 00:33:11,551 Yo, Swizz flew in this beat for us. 910 00:33:11,551 --> 00:33:13,275 You got this. 911 00:33:13,275 --> 00:33:15,068 Alright, just you and me here. 912 00:33:15,068 --> 00:33:17,620 Tell me how you feel. Tell me who you are. 913 00:33:17,620 --> 00:33:20,379 Let's show the world what Valeria Mendez is all about. 914 00:33:20,379 --> 00:33:22,103 No regrets. 915 00:33:22,103 --> 00:33:25,586 [ Hip-hop music playing] 916 00:33:25,586 --> 00:33:29,620 ♪♪ 917 00:33:29,620 --> 00:33:31,448 ♪ Oh, oh, oh♪ 918 00:33:31,448 --> 00:33:33,758 ♪ Ay, oh, oh, oh♪ 919 00:33:33,758 --> 00:33:36,172 ♪ Ay, oh, oh, oh♪ 920 00:33:36,172 --> 00:33:37,620 ♪ Ay♪ 921 00:33:37,620 --> 00:33:38,827 That's it. 922 00:33:38,827 --> 00:33:40,137 [ No audio ] 923 00:33:40,137 --> 00:33:43,241 ♪♪ 924 00:33:43,241 --> 00:33:44,931 That's what I'm talking about! 925 00:33:44,931 --> 00:33:46,482 That's what's up! 926 00:33:46,482 --> 00:33:49,000 That's the V I know. [ Clapping ] 927 00:33:51,827 --> 00:33:53,000 [ Sighs ] 928 00:33:54,655 --> 00:33:58,724 ♪♪ 929 00:33:58,724 --> 00:34:00,655 We shouldn't. 930 00:34:00,655 --> 00:34:03,620 I promised myself that I would never do this again with you. I can't -- Yeah. 931 00:34:03,620 --> 00:34:06,034 I get it. 932 00:34:06,034 --> 00:34:07,206 Do you ever wonder? 933 00:34:07,206 --> 00:34:09,413 No. Ido. 934 00:34:09,413 --> 00:34:12,965 Sometimes, uh, it could have been different between -- I -- 935 00:34:12,965 --> 00:34:14,896 I don't care. I... 936 00:34:14,896 --> 00:34:15,965 I don't believe you. 937 00:34:15,965 --> 00:34:17,620 Believe what you want. 938 00:34:17,620 --> 00:34:18,793 Alright, but for what it's worth, 939 00:34:18,793 --> 00:34:20,620 I think you would've made a great mother. 940 00:34:20,620 --> 00:34:24,344 ♪♪ 941 00:34:24,344 --> 00:34:26,862 I didn't want to be a mother. 942 00:34:26,862 --> 00:34:28,413 I wanted a career. 943 00:34:28,413 --> 00:34:31,103 So I did what I did. 944 00:34:31,103 --> 00:34:32,793 And I don't regret it. 945 00:34:32,793 --> 00:34:34,793 I've never once regretted it. 946 00:34:34,793 --> 00:34:35,965 What about us? 947 00:34:35,965 --> 00:34:37,896 Are you really asking me that? 948 00:34:37,896 --> 00:34:40,827 For, like, a real reason? 949 00:34:40,827 --> 00:34:43,172 Or just because we danced and ate some mofongo 950 00:34:43,172 --> 00:34:45,137 and you're feeling nostalgic? 951 00:34:47,827 --> 00:34:50,172 Only look forward, right? 952 00:34:50,172 --> 00:34:58,965 ♪♪ 953 00:35:08,655 --> 00:35:14,620 ♪ And I am haunted by my youth ♪ Oh, but my joy of today 954 00:35:14,620 --> 00:35:19,482 ♪ Is that we can all be proud to say ♪ 955 00:35:19,482 --> 00:35:21,137 ♪ To be young... 956 00:35:21,137 --> 00:35:22,551 Get in here. 957 00:35:22,551 --> 00:35:25,620 ♪ ...gifted, and Black 958 00:35:25,620 --> 00:35:27,172 ♪ Is where it's at 959 00:35:27,172 --> 00:35:28,551 [ Chuckling ] 960 00:35:28,551 --> 00:35:31,275 ♪ Is where it's at 961 00:35:31,275 --> 00:35:35,103 ♪ Is where it's at 962 00:35:35,103 --> 00:35:36,344 You ready to do the thing? 963 00:35:36,344 --> 00:35:38,620 [ Hip-hop music playing] 964 00:35:38,620 --> 00:35:41,724 ♪ Yeah, love is a marvelous crime, and I'm happy to sin ♪ 965 00:35:41,724 --> 00:35:43,896 ♪ Look at life in the eyes of God and imagine it's him ♪ 966 00:35:43,896 --> 00:35:46,482 ♪ Walk on the clouds, jump over the moon, be a star ♪ 967 00:35:46,482 --> 00:35:48,655 ♪ So proud of my creation, how beautiful you are ♪ 968 00:35:48,655 --> 00:35:51,137 ♪ If the earth shifts, know it's just your first kicks in me ♪ 969 00:35:51,137 --> 00:35:53,551 ♪ And tears in my eyes is the joy that it gives me ♪ 970 00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:55,551 ♪ Your heartbeat is like the first verse that I wrote ♪ 971 00:35:55,551 --> 00:35:56,793 ♪ The birth of a GOAT 972 00:35:56,793 --> 00:35:58,620 ♪ I look at you for purpose and hope ♪ 973 00:35:58,620 --> 00:36:00,517 I'm just getting to know you. 974 00:36:00,517 --> 00:36:03,344 Just give me some time, and then I promise 975 00:36:03,344 --> 00:36:05,137 I will try and help you find your father. 976 00:36:05,137 --> 00:36:07,344 ♪ All the secrets of the past, let 'em burn into ash ♪ 977 00:36:07,344 --> 00:36:09,862 ♪ And every bad memory, I'm-a turn into cash ♪ 978 00:36:09,862 --> 00:36:12,137 ♪ Love is a set of emotions, yeah, you changed my life ♪ 979 00:36:12,137 --> 00:36:14,517 ♪ Sober and a better mom, yeah, you changed me twice ♪ 980 00:36:14,517 --> 00:36:15,965 ♪ A broken home couldn't break me ♪ 981 00:36:15,965 --> 00:36:18,206 ♪ Money, happiness on the surface shortchanged me ♪ 982 00:36:18,206 --> 00:36:19,620 ♪ You thought it woulda changed me ♪ 983 00:36:19,620 --> 00:36:21,931 ♪ Pretty girl, insecure, no mirror could save me ♪ 984 00:36:21,931 --> 00:36:23,172 ♪ Now I'm with a bunch of queens ♪ 985 00:36:23,172 --> 00:36:24,586 ♪ Look at what it made me 986 00:36:24,586 --> 00:36:26,620 ♪ I often thought I was lost and just an orphan ♪ 987 00:36:26,620 --> 00:36:28,551 ♪ I tried to floss my problems away ♪ 988 00:36:28,551 --> 00:36:30,068 ♪ Lookin' for real love, like Mary J. ♪ 989 00:36:30,068 --> 00:36:31,448 ♪ This my life Whoo! 990 00:36:31,448 --> 00:36:33,586 ♪ Now I got a whole lot to say, adjust my mic ♪ 991 00:36:33,586 --> 00:36:35,655 ♪ From feelin' alone and bein' out on my own ♪ 992 00:36:35,655 --> 00:36:36,862 ♪ Still want the money and fame ♪ 993 00:36:36,862 --> 00:36:38,103 ♪ We ballin' outta control 994 00:36:38,103 --> 00:36:39,413 ♪ And it's a new lease on life 995 00:36:39,413 --> 00:36:40,931 ♪ It's queens to the death 996 00:36:40,931 --> 00:36:43,103 ♪ It's queens on my right, and it's queens on my left ♪ 997 00:36:43,103 --> 00:36:44,379 ♪ I'm tryin' to be the best 998 00:36:44,379 --> 00:36:46,344 ♪ Give my mother my regards, no regrets ♪ 999 00:36:46,344 --> 00:36:48,068 ♪ I am just everything I was meant ♪ 1000 00:36:48,068 --> 00:36:50,413 ♪ It's four crowns now, and I wear mine proudly ♪ 1001 00:36:50,413 --> 00:36:53,000 ♪ Lost for so long, but I'm glad that I found me ♪ 1002 00:36:53,000 --> 00:36:54,793 ♪ Faded pictures in a broken glass ♪ 1003 00:36:54,793 --> 00:36:56,379 ♪ Superwoman, I was everything 1004 00:36:56,379 --> 00:36:57,758 ♪ Cape with the wedding ring 1005 00:36:57,758 --> 00:36:59,896 ♪ Dates with the lingerie, dinner with my ass out ♪ 1006 00:36:59,896 --> 00:37:02,517 ♪ Never had to ask twice, sex 'til you passed out ♪ 1007 00:37:02,517 --> 00:37:04,206 ♪ And I woulda gave you new thrills ♪ 1008 00:37:04,206 --> 00:37:07,137 ♪ Somebody's sleepin' in my bed on repeat playing Dru Hill ♪ 1009 00:37:07,137 --> 00:37:09,241 ♪ I hate to bust Shorty bubble, but we vowed ♪ 1010 00:37:09,241 --> 00:37:11,620 ♪ For better or for worse, forever over hurt ♪ 1011 00:37:11,620 --> 00:37:14,206 ♪ My ring is on the nightstand while I'm at the nightclub ♪ 1012 00:37:14,206 --> 00:37:16,586 ♪ Just as a reminder of what a good wife was ♪ That's right. 1013 00:37:16,586 --> 00:37:18,896 ♪ Lookin' at the back door while I'm at the front one ♪ That's right. 1014 00:37:18,896 --> 00:37:21,068 ♪ A happy life's here, the question is, do you want one? ♪ 1015 00:37:21,068 --> 00:37:23,620 ♪ Adam and Eve ate the apple, I was raised in the rotten one ♪ 1016 00:37:23,620 --> 00:37:26,034 ♪ "Sister Act 2," I was saved, but I'm not a nun ♪ 1017 00:37:26,034 --> 00:37:28,137 ♪ Hell got my ankles while heaven's holdin' my wrists ♪ 1018 00:37:28,137 --> 00:37:30,517 ♪ If they both pullin' on me, my decision is split ♪ 1019 00:37:30,517 --> 00:37:31,620 ♪ I was born to the pulpit 1020 00:37:31,620 --> 00:37:33,206 ♪ Then became a prisoner 1021 00:37:33,206 --> 00:37:35,551 ♪ Now I break the shackles and become my own minister ♪ 1022 00:37:35,551 --> 00:37:37,758 ♪ In my church, sometimes vodka's the holy water ♪ 1023 00:37:37,758 --> 00:37:39,379 ♪ The offering plate's got millions ♪ 1024 00:37:39,379 --> 00:37:40,862 ♪ I'm no longer preacher's daughter ♪ 1025 00:37:40,862 --> 00:37:42,482 ♪ Sodom and Gomorrah, pick your poison ♪ 1026 00:37:42,482 --> 00:37:44,862 ♪ You livin' in the land of the sinners, makin' the choices ♪ 1027 00:37:44,862 --> 00:37:47,344 ♪ The queer revolution raisin' our proud voices ♪ 1028 00:37:47,344 --> 00:37:49,689 ♪ And heaven only knows how the rest gonna go ♪ 1029 00:37:49,689 --> 00:37:50,793 ♪ All the money in the world 1030 00:37:50,793 --> 00:37:52,068 ♪ My girls gonna run dat 1031 00:37:52,068 --> 00:37:53,310 ♪ The household and the boardroom ♪ 1032 00:37:53,310 --> 00:37:54,448 ♪ My girls gonna run dat 1033 00:37:54,448 --> 00:37:55,896 ♪ Tell the men to bow down now 1034 00:37:55,896 --> 00:37:57,000 ♪ My girls gonna run dat 1035 00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:58,137 ♪ The kingdom and the crown now ♪ 1036 00:37:58,137 --> 00:37:59,586 ♪ My girls gonna run dat 1037 00:37:59,586 --> 00:38:01,931 ♪ Ay, you getting money, put your hands in the air now ♪ 1038 00:38:01,931 --> 00:38:04,206 ♪ You independent, put your hands in the air now ♪ 1039 00:38:04,206 --> 00:38:06,724 ♪ You a good woman, hands in the air now ♪ 1040 00:38:06,724 --> 00:38:09,034 ♪ You want it all, put your hands in the air now ♪ 1041 00:38:09,034 --> 00:38:10,103 Yay! 1042 00:38:10,103 --> 00:38:11,206 Together: ♪ Hands in the air now 1043 00:38:11,206 --> 00:38:12,586 ♪ Na-na-na-na 1044 00:38:12,586 --> 00:38:13,793 ♪ Hands in the air now ♪ My girls gonna run dat 1045 00:38:13,793 --> 00:38:15,931 I love that! You better bring the thing. 1046 00:38:15,931 --> 00:38:17,655 That's gonna murder radio. 1047 00:38:17,655 --> 00:38:19,448 Yo, it don't matter if it does. 1048 00:38:19,448 --> 00:38:21,724 We did it. 1049 00:38:21,724 --> 00:38:22,689 Queens. 1050 00:38:22,689 --> 00:38:24,413 Wait, what? 1051 00:38:24,413 --> 00:38:26,344 We not Nasty Bitches. 1052 00:38:26,344 --> 00:38:27,931 We're Queens. 1053 00:38:27,931 --> 00:38:29,379 Right? Queens. That's it. 1054 00:38:29,379 --> 00:38:31,758 -Yes. -Queens forever! 1055 00:38:31,758 --> 00:38:33,620 -Whoo! -Whoo! 1056 00:38:33,620 --> 00:38:35,448 Eric: The ladies are back, yo. 1057 00:38:35,448 --> 00:38:36,931 And, yeah, they switched their name up, 1058 00:38:36,931 --> 00:38:38,862 but I got mountains of old, unreleased Nasty Bitches verses 1059 00:38:38,862 --> 00:38:41,689 we could put out as, like, a retro album. 1060 00:38:44,068 --> 00:38:45,689 Going through it right now. 1061 00:38:45,689 --> 00:38:47,931 I'll hit you up tomorrow, boy. 1062 00:38:51,793 --> 00:38:53,965 [ Hip-hop music playing] 1063 00:38:55,103 --> 00:38:56,344 Naomi: ♪ My songs like therapy♪ 1064 00:38:56,344 --> 00:38:57,620 ♪ Every verse is a plight♪ 1065 00:38:57,620 --> 00:38:58,793 ♪ I've loved and I've lost some♪ 1066 00:38:58,793 --> 00:39:00,413 ♪ Ignored all the cautions♪ 1067 00:39:00,413 --> 00:39:02,793 ♪ Heart on my sleeve, but the sleeve is a short one♪ 1068 00:39:02,793 --> 00:39:05,137 ♪ I'm playing house wit' a man who ain't my spouse♪ 1069 00:39:05,137 --> 00:39:06,344 ♪ A life grows inside me ♪ 1070 00:39:06,344 --> 00:39:07,793 ♪ There isn't any doubt -- ♪ 1071 00:39:07,793 --> 00:39:08,931 ♪ I'm playing house wit' -- ♪ 1072 00:39:08,931 --> 00:39:10,172 ♪ A life grows inside me ♪ 1073 00:39:10,172 --> 00:39:11,517 ♪ There isn't any doubt -- ♪ 1074 00:39:11,517 --> 00:39:12,586 ♪ I'm playing house wit' -- ♪ 1075 00:39:12,586 --> 00:39:13,862 ♪ A life grows inside me ♪ 1076 00:39:13,862 --> 00:39:15,103 ♪ There isn't any doubt, but we --♪ 1077 00:39:15,103 --> 00:39:16,172 ♪ I'm playing house wit' -- ♪ 1078 00:39:16,172 --> 00:39:17,448 ♪ A life grows inside me ♪ 1079 00:39:17,448 --> 00:39:18,517 ♪ There isn't any doubt♪ 1080 00:39:18,517 --> 00:39:19,827 ♪ But we can't tell the world♪ 1081 00:39:19,827 --> 00:39:20,931 ♪ 'Cause his girl'll prolly leave♪ 1082 00:39:20,931 --> 00:39:23,517 Jojo is yours? 1083 00:39:23,517 --> 00:39:26,241 Naomi had your baby?! 1084 00:39:26,241 --> 00:39:30,034 ♪♪ 1085 00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:32,517 Man on television: ...the crew of a U.S. spy plane 1086 00:39:32,517 --> 00:39:34,862 after receiving a letter that the U.S. was very sorry 1087 00:39:34,862 --> 00:39:37,620 for the plane's unauthorized landing. 1088 00:39:37,620 --> 00:39:40,620 [ Sighs ] 1089 00:39:40,620 --> 00:39:42,103 I'm tired. 1090 00:39:42,103 --> 00:39:44,482 Really tired. 1091 00:39:44,482 --> 00:39:48,517 All I do anymore is think, worry, 1092 00:39:48,517 --> 00:39:51,448 stressed about what you did. 1093 00:39:51,448 --> 00:39:53,724 If I stay, I look pathetic. 1094 00:39:53,724 --> 00:39:57,724 If I leave, my life with my family changes forever. 1095 00:39:57,724 --> 00:39:58,896 I don't know. 1096 00:39:58,896 --> 00:40:02,827 I just know I'm tired of thinking. 1097 00:40:02,827 --> 00:40:04,758 I need a change. 1098 00:40:04,758 --> 00:40:07,137 And you were right. 1099 00:40:07,137 --> 00:40:09,068 I can't live like this. 1100 00:40:09,068 --> 00:40:12,551 So [Sighs] 1101 00:40:12,551 --> 00:40:14,689 I'm gonna let it go. 1102 00:40:14,689 --> 00:40:16,068 What you did. 1103 00:40:16,068 --> 00:40:18,172 I am gonna try and let it go 1104 00:40:18,172 --> 00:40:22,103 and see if you, me, and this family can move past it. 1105 00:40:22,103 --> 00:40:25,689 I can't make any promises. 1106 00:40:25,689 --> 00:40:28,827 I don't know if I can. I just... 1107 00:40:28,827 --> 00:40:30,379 [ Sighs ] 1108 00:40:30,379 --> 00:40:32,620 I'm gonna try. 1109 00:40:32,620 --> 00:40:34,724 I love you, Jeff, 1110 00:40:34,724 --> 00:40:37,586 and I love our family. 1111 00:40:39,517 --> 00:40:41,655 I'm willing to try. 1112 00:40:45,689 --> 00:40:49,517 Okay, so...? 1113 00:40:49,517 --> 00:40:50,965 [ Scoffs ] 1114 00:40:50,965 --> 00:40:52,793 Really? 1115 00:40:52,793 --> 00:40:55,241 You have nothing to say? 1116 00:40:55,241 --> 00:40:57,103 [ Scoffs ] 1117 00:40:57,103 --> 00:40:58,965 Are you kidding me?! Jeff! 1118 00:41:01,793 --> 00:41:03,000 Jeff! 1119 00:41:04,655 --> 00:41:06,034 [ Sighs ] 1120 00:41:06,034 --> 00:41:08,034 [ Remote clicks ] 1121 00:41:08,034 --> 00:41:09,482 Jeff? 1122 00:41:12,068 --> 00:41:13,551 Jeff? 1123 00:41:13,551 --> 00:41:21,931 ♪♪ 1124 00:41:21,931 --> 00:41:22,931 [ Gasps ] 1125 00:41:22,931 --> 00:41:24,344 Jeff. 1126 00:41:26,344 --> 00:41:32,448 ♪ She said I just want someone true ♪ 1127 00:41:32,448 --> 00:41:38,241 ♪ She said I just want someone to smoke with me, babe ♪ 1128 00:41:38,241 --> 00:41:40,965 ♪ And lay with me, babe 1129 00:41:40,965 --> 00:41:44,103 ♪ And laugh with me, babe 1130 00:41:44,103 --> 00:41:46,965 ♪ I just want the simple things ♪ 1131 00:41:46,965 --> 00:41:50,172 ♪ To smoke with me, babe 1132 00:41:50,172 --> 00:41:52,896 ♪ And laugh with me, baby 1133 00:41:52,896 --> 00:41:55,896 ♪ And lay with me, babe 1134 00:41:55,896 --> 00:41:59,000 ♪ 'Cause I just want the simple things ♪ 1135 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:02,172 ♪ And I just want you 1136 00:42:02,172 --> 00:42:05,482 ♪ Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 1137 00:42:05,482 --> 00:42:08,275 ♪ I want you 1138 00:42:08,275 --> 00:42:10,793 ♪ You 1139 00:42:10,793 --> 00:42:14,034 ♪ Smoke with me, baby 1140 00:42:14,034 --> 00:42:17,344 ♪ Lay with me baby, now 1141 00:42:17,344 --> 00:42:20,172 ♪ Laugh with me, baby, now 1142 00:42:20,172 --> 00:42:23,172 ♪ I just want the simple things ♪ 1143 00:42:23,172 --> 00:42:26,310 ♪ Smoke with me, baby 1144 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:29,103 ♪ Lay with me, baby, now 1145 00:42:29,103 --> 00:42:32,034 ♪ Laugh with me, baby 1146 00:42:32,034 --> 00:42:34,931 ♪ I just want the simple things ♪ 1147 00:42:34,931 --> 00:42:38,827 ♪ I just want you 1148 00:42:41,034 --> 00:42:43,448 ♪ I just want you 1149 00:42:43,448 --> 00:42:44,482 -- Captions by VITAC --