02x08 - Under Construction

[bunniefuu]

So, Gat, how stressful is it

being a Black man in the music industry?

sh*t.

Super stressful, man.

I mean, personally, I feel like

we all got to unlearn this, uh,

toxic masculinity
that's been passed down to us

through this, uh, g-generational
trauma, you know?

You know, add that with
the pressures of this industry,

it could push you to do some sh*t.

So is that what inspired
your new single,

which is doing well, by the
way, congratulations on that.

Thank you, man. I appreciate that, G.

sh*t, honestly, writing
this song saved my life.

You know, after losing one friend,

almost losing another,

I just really felt like
a, a responsibility

to promote this mental health sh*t.

What makes you put
Reina Reign on that song?

- f*ck you mean? Why not?
- Whoa, whoa...

Look, I'm just sayin', man,
th-that right there is the problem.

Look, if we actually came together,

stop focusing on our differences,

you gon' see we got a lot more in common

than we have in uncommon.

Is there anything else
you want to say to the people?

Go get help. I mean, this
message is for, for everybody.

n*gg*s, females, uh, theys, thems.

Just, all y'all just stop.
Get some help.

I'm sorry, man. Just give me a second.

Um... [SNIFFLES]

Hey, Pardi.

- Boom, what up, fool?
- What's up, bro?

- How are you, baby?
- I'm good. I'm good.

Hey, you already know,

- it's the man who needs no introduction.
- Aw, man.

- He's worked with Kanye.
- Stop it.

- He's worked with Cardi.
- Stop it.

- Hey.
- He's worked with Meg.

It is so nice to meet you.

- Oh, my God.
- Likewise, likewise.

You've written all my favorite songs.

- PARDISON FONTAINE: Stop.
- It's a pleasure to meet you, for real.

No, likewise. The pleasure's mine.

Look, I've been hearing
nothing but great things

from both of y'all.
You know what I'm sayin'?

Buzzing around the city and whatnot.

- Bzzz.
- PARDISON: Yeah.

You got the girls lookin' good.

Grab a seat. Let's get comfortable.

- SHAWNA: Alright, cool.
- MIA: Okay.

[SHAWNA GIGGLES]

Let's get to it.

So Pardi is a dude that you go to
when you need a hit.

And right now,
Shawna and Mia are, like, a hit away

from taking over, so.

- Facts.
- PARDISON: I'm hip

to y'all movement and whatnot.

My process, though,

I like to really tap in with the artists

that I'm working with.

I like to get to know y'all, you know,

pick y'all brain a little bit.

So, um, tell me about yourselves.

What's going on in y'all world?

[HEAVY SIGH]

Too much. Where do I start?

Um, me and my baby daddy,

Lamont, he our producer.

Um, he did both our songs.

Um, first, we started out beefing,

like, boom, boom, boom, like, real bad.

Then we started working together.

Then we finally started
co-parenting, like, for real, for real.

Then he started f*cking with
this bitch that we both know.

- Nah.
- MIA: So then I started f*cking

with a n*gga that we both know.

And you know, I really don't remember
who started it first,

- but... yeah.
- Yeah.

Like classic chicken
and the egg situation.

You know? Who came first?

Chickens.

PARDISON: Uh, let me get this right.

Y'all was over there mixing up, like,

the business and the
pleasure and y'all just,

y'all splitting more than just
the publishing at that crib.

- MIA: Money. [CHUCKLES]
- PARDISON: Oh.

[ALL LAUGHING]

Oh, my God.

But you know what? f*ck these n*gg*s.

Okay? I'm betting on me, okay?

- SHAWNA: Mm. Mm!
- MIA: And I'm here with Pardison Fontaine.

- Who is Lamont?
- Uh, that's a fact.

We definitely gon' get y'all a hit.

What about you? What's
going on in your world?

- Me?
- Yeah.

- Me?
- Yeah, you.

I guess I'm the only one left.

Yeah. What's going on in Scam Town?

- Scam Town?
- FRANCOIS: Yeah.

- Oh, she's a scammer?
- Yeah.

Yeah. Tell him. Yeah.

You know what? Honestly,
the song shouldn't be about me.

f*ck my life for r... Yeah, just...

Let's talk about so...
anything else, please.

FRANCOIS: Yeah, like,

right now, we're working on this

anti-hero campaign.

- We're gonna get 'em mugshots.
- PARDISON: Mm.

FRANCOIS: We think we're
gonna do, like, a smash-and-grab

and then leak the security footage.

You know, get a lot
of looks off the sh*t.

We had that idea?

FRANCOIS: Yeah. I forgot to tell you.

I don't think that's the
type of smash-and-grab

people really want to see them do.

Sound like you got your
work cut out for you, dawg.

I ain't gon' hold you.

But listen, let me play some music.

I feel like it'll be perfect for y'all.

Okay.

[HIP-HOP b*at PLAYING]

♪ Unh, unh, unh, unh ♪

♪ Oh, that's yo' n*gga?
Well, I'm f*cking him ♪

♪ Don't worry 'bout it, sis,
you'll have him back ♪

♪ When I'm done with him ♪

♪ Unh, call me a lot of names ♪

- ♪ When he in this p*ssy ♪
- ♪ He do, bitch ♪

♪ But trust me, regular,
I ain't one of them, unh ♪

♪ I be where the bag at ♪

♪ What's the best way to reach me? ♪

♪ I said Cash App ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm b*mb ♪

♪ And the p*ssy top of the line ♪

♪ He ain't talkin' 'bout no money ♪

♪ Bae, I'm pressing decline ♪

- ♪ I'm out here working ♪
- ♪ Yep ♪

♪ All this body that I'm serving ♪

♪ B-B-W, a bad bitch ♪

- ♪ Working, working ♪
- ♪ Working, working ♪

SHAWNA: Oh, my God, I think
that's the one. That's our single.

That's like our "f*ck n*gga Free"

our "Bodak Yellow," our f*cking "Munch."

- MIA: Mm!
- [SHAWNA LAUGHS]

Yes, we finna k*ll these hoes.

For real.

Ooh, and I'm finna be
in my mugshot like...

[MIA GROWLS]

I'm not doing nothing
Francois talkin' 'bout.

I'm not selling Black
criminality for streams. No.

I'm not debasing myself for attention

like f*ckin' Gat did.

If I see that n*gga crying
in one more interview...

For real.
And using what happened to Lord AK

for attention is sickening.

- Like, it's f*ckin' nasty.
- Mm-hmm.

Courtney was talking 'bout it too.

They say they're tryin'
to push his album up.

- Of course.
- They also said

they was trying to make
our song the single.

[IN HIGH-PITCHED VOICE]
Wow! That's so cool.

[NORMAL VOICE] That's amazing.

- Mm-hmm.
- Congratu...

Congratulations!

Mia!

Whoa!

- I'm so happy for you. I really...
- Yep.

I was hoping that would happen.

Girl! We finna blow up,
like, for real, for real.

And I told you you should've came.

But you wanted to escapade
with prison bae, so.

- Yeah.
- When he going in?

In two days.

Damn. What, so you gon' hold him down?

[SHAWNA LAUGHS]

You gonna get his name
tatted on your neck?

Yeah, I'ma get it right here
in Old English font.

[LAUGHS]

[HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

ALEX: Okay, here is
what Red Bull is offering.

A true partnership
as you develop your brand.

Full creative control.

And you get to own your own masters.

What?

This is what I've been looking for.

CHASTITY: And they everywhere.

Sports, live events.

- Of course drinks.
- SHAWNA: Mm-hmm.

Man, y'all gon' have access to all that.

Ooh, I'm trying to trademark
my Carol City Ice Tea.

- [SHAWNA CHUCKLES]
- It's half Red Bull...

- Yeah.
- half VSOP

with a splash of sweet tea.

Just a splash, 'cause the
hoes gotta get f*cked up.

- [ALL LAUGH]
- Okay, I've never had that, but I like it.

So, um...

how big is the bag?

You know, how much we talking?

Well, I'm gonna regroup my team,

and I'ma get back at you with specifics.

So you can't give us, like, a range?

Like, a, a ballpark.

We like long game. Right?

So we want to establish
a strong foundation

right out the gate.

Our plan is to invest
heavily into your vision.

So, for instance, we love the stuff
you did with that producer Lamont.

- [MIA CHOKES]
- ALEX: We have some ideas

about doing an EP with him.

[SHAWNA CLEARS THROAT]

But, you know, it's, uh...

We know that
your main audience is women.

- Mm-hmm.
- So we're gonna market to them.

Come on, you been
sayin' f*ck these n*gg*s.

And we been talking
about female empowerment.

Shawna and Mia taking over
the male-dominated rap game.

ALEX: Mm-hmm.

Yeah, we've been talking
about female empowerment?

- CHASTITY: Yep.
- Yeah, you?

- You've been talkin' about it?
- Mm. Mm-hmm.

Okay. What's female empowerment to you?

You know, like everything
female-focused.

- SHAWNA: Yeah. Mm.
- Female manager, female A&R,

engineers, transpo,
everything. Security.

I just think that females
should take over the game

and just be dominant.
We should all come as one.

Okay. When do you think we're
gonna hear back from the label?

We have lunch tomorrow,
so I'm gonna push for an answer.

- SHAWNA: Mm-hmm.
- And probably get back to you

with an offer by next week.

- Okay.
- CHASTITY: Well, Alex,

I'ma discuss it with the girls

- and, uh, we'll be in touch.
- SHAWNA: Mm-hmm.

Well, ladies, it was a pleasure,

and I look forward
to keep talking to you.

It was amazing. Thank
you. Thank you, Alex.

- Thank you so much.
- ALEX: You're so welcome.

["BEST THING [BOUNCE MIX]"
by Inayah ft. Big Freedia playing]

[GLASSES CLINK]

♪ I thought ♪

♪ I found love ♪

♪ But you ain't sh*t... ♪

ROBYN: Did you order decorations?

MIA: I ordered 'em on Amazon Prime.

ROBYN: What about the balloons?

Did you need me to get her balloons?

[SIGHS] Uh, Lamont supposed to get 'em.

Does Lamont know that you
got to order the balloons

and pick the balloons up?

I hope so.

Well, y'all should
probably talk about it.

Well, we divided everything up,
so we ain't got to talk.

Hey, we're almost done setting up.

I just need your card and we'll
come back and get it at 5:00.

Daddy, look what Mommy got me!

[MIA SIGHS]

MIA: Anything for my birthday girl.

- [SEAGULLS CAWING]
- [DOGS BARKING]

I bet you can't jump higher
than Daddy, though.

- MELISSA: I bet I can!
- Your card was declined.

- LAMONT: No, you can't.
- Tried to run it a couple times.

You sure? I mean, I know
I got money on there.

I bought a cake, decorations, gas.

[GASPS] f*ck. It was the gas.

Do you have another way to pay?

Otherwise, I gotta take it down.

But my baby in there.

- Can someone else cover it?
- It's her birthday.

What-what-what's going on?
What's the problem? What's the problem?

I got that bounce house for Melissa

and I don't got the money on my card.

What? Well, ho-hold on.

Look, I got it. Go ahead and use that.

- Thank you, Mom.
- It's alright.

It's my grandbaby birthday.

- [MIA SIGHS]
- It'll be my gift to her.

Ma'am, your card declined, too.

Well, I don't know
what to tell you, Mia.

Ain't nobody tell you
to have a birthday party

at the beginning of the month.

- [MIA SIGHS]
- Should I take it down?

[LAMONT AND MELISSA CHATTERING]

Lamont.

- LAMONT: Go higher. You got it!
- [MELISSA LAUGHING]

- LAMONT: I got you. Go!
- Lamont!

What?

I ain't got the money
for the Moon Bounce.

- My card...
- What?

I ain't got the money
for the Moon Bounce.

LAMONT: Uh-huh.

Can you help me pay for it?

Yeah. I got you.

My baby daddy got it.

["11:11" BY LIL KAYLA PLAYING]

♪ Thought I had me
a real n*gga, that was cap ♪

♪ Yesterday's n*gga,
he is not today's n*gga ♪

♪ If you coming, come correct, n*gga ♪

♪ Have that pay wit' you
I don't want no... ♪

I got so much sh*t to get rid of.

SHAWNA: Mm.

I don't know what I'ma do without you.

I'm gonna miss you.

I'ma miss you, too.

[ROOSTER CROWS]

[MAURICE SIGHS]

You know, you should come
to my fam's thing later.

Your going-away party?

Are you sure that you want me there?

Stanley hates me.

I don't give a f*ck.
Yeah, I want you there.

That would really mean a lot to me.

I-I did tell Mia that I would go

to Melissa's birthday party later, so.

- [MAURICE GROANS]
- I...

I can go to both. I can do both.

Put your arm back around me.
I can do both.

You sure?

You're not gon' be, like,

too busy recording with superstars

or signing deals or some sh*t like that?

[CHUCKLES] No.

But I do really hope we get this deal.

It's good. It's no antics and gimmicks.

It's really just about the craft.

Mia don't really f*ck
with the vision yet though.

I have to convince her
it's the best thing for us.

[EXHALES FORCEFULLY]

I mean, is it best for y'all

or best for you?

What's the difference?

[MAURICE CHUCKLES] Alright.

I'm finna go jump
in the shower right quick.

- Okay.
- I'll see you in a bit.

[ROOSTER CROWS]

[PHONE RINGING]

Oh, sh*t.

- [ANSWERS CALL]
- [SHAWNA AND MIA'S SONG PLAYING ON PHONE]

♪ Oh, that's yo' n*gga?
Well, I'm f*cking him ♪

n*gga. What? [CHUCKLING]

That sounds f*cking amazing!

♪ Call me a lot of names
when he in this p*ssy ♪

Yo, what?

[LAUGHS] See, I f*cking told you.

- Bruh.
- Pardi is the truth.

This sh*t is a game changer.

Please, can you send me that track?

- Yeah.
- Yeah, I got to get it

to Mia and Chastity.

- Chastity?
- Yeah.

- For what?
- Yeah, she got us a meeting at Red Bull.

They're really,
really excited to hear it.

Might give us an offer.

An offer for what, some wings?

No. They want to offer us a deal.

They talking about
full creative control.

- Like, real collaboration.
- [TURNS OFF SONG]

They're about female
empowerment over there.

I'm gonna be honest with you.

You take that deal...

- there's no Pardi record.
- [CHUCKLING SCOFF]

You 'bout to hold
that sh*t hostage, n*gga?

Be f*ckin' for real, Francois.

I'm saying y'all need
to trust in the plan

that I laid out for y'all!

Chastity is not a f*cking part

of that g*dd*mn plan, Shawna!

Like, this ain't the f*ckin'
little leagues anymore.

- I know.
- Y'all need real management.

- I know.
- Real sh*t.

Okay, n*gga.

[SHAWNA SIGHS]

Either I send this Pardi track

to Tunji right now,
or y'all go with Chastity

and her f*cking Red Bull plan
or whatever the f*ck.

Talk to Mia and figure
this sh*t out because...

- Okay.
- Bye.

[CALL ENDS]

["FROM CROSS DA WAY" BY GLOSS UP
AND ICEWEAR VEZZO PLAYING]

♪ I'm from 'cross the way
woke up like a boss today ♪

[KIDS SHOUTING]

♪ I just might buy my man
a house today ♪

♪ I been in my sack ♪

♪ I'm feelin' just like
Santa Claus today ♪

♪ I can't wait to catch them
ho-ho-hoes who ran... ♪

[SHAWNA SIGHS]

Hey, girl, you didn't have
to bring a gift.

I know you broke too.

Okay. Uh, I talked to Francois,

and he told me that if we
go with the Red Bull deal,

he's gonna take the Pardi record
and he's going to take our EP.

- Damn. What?
- Yeah.

Why he want us to get rid
of Chastity so bad?

Like, why he hate her so much?

I don't know. It's a dumb
ultimatum to give us.

It's not even fair.

Look, I like the Red Bull deal.

I like Alex. I want to work with her.

We was in the meeting,
and I felt really seen,

I felt really heard.

Like, she really understands
what we're trying to do.

I don't want to do that
to Chastity either.

But if we get rid of that Pardi record,

they gon' have to come with a budget.

- Yeah.
- An advance or something.

Okay? Every time I kept
asking her about some money,

she kept talking
about female empowerment.

[SHAWNA CHUCKLES]

sh*t, they just tried to take down
my baby bounce house.

With the babies in it?

Yeah. Okay. We got to call Chastity.

- Yeah.
- Come on.

[PHONE RINGBACK TONE]

CHASTITY: [ON PHONE] What the f*ck?

Grimy-ass n*gga, man. [SCOFFS]

This n*gga been threatened
by me since day one.

I don't think that's it.

Man, he just want to control y'all.

Man, I don't trust nothin'
that n*gga say.

You see how he did y'all on tour?

Promising y'all a bunch of sh*t

and never delivering? [SCOFFS]

I mean, true,

but we still don't know

what the Red Bull deal talking 'bout.

I mean, can you find out?

- Can you hit Alex?
- Man, Alex?

She out with clients all day

- and then she's leaving tomorrow.
- [MIA MUTTERING]

- Let me figure it out.
- [PHONE BEEPS, CALL ENDS]

["DON'T PLAY WITH IT"
BY LOLA BROOKE PLAYING]

[LINE RINGING]

ALEX: [ON VOICEMAIL] Hey,
you've reached Alex. Sorry to...

[LINE RINGING]

♪ I just wanna rough neck
n*gga on the tongue ♪

- [ON VOICEMAIL] Hey, you've reached Alex.
- [HONKING HORN]

♪ Ask me if I'm finished,
"Nah, bitch, I just begun" ♪

[ENGINE STARTS]

♪ ...just for fun, are you dumb? ♪

[KIDS LAUGHING]

Y'all stop running.
Where y'all mamas at?

CHILD: Polo! [GIGGLES]

Oh.

Girl, the minions is on the way.

I had to pay $75 per minion.

They be expensive.

- MIA: I know.
- ALEESIA: Wait. Ho-Hold on.

Is that her?

[ALEESIA GASPS]

SHAWNA: She got on fake Rick Owen boots.

- What is she doing?
- Look at Mr. Family Man.

[KIDS CHATTERING]

Yeah. Showed her ass.

D-Did she bring dessert?

Why the f*ck would
this bitch bring dessert

to my daughter party?

You know what? He doing the most.

Yeah. He think he done leveled up.

Leveled up? You think she a level up?

SHAWNA: Mm-mm.

I'm just, I'm just saying
that's probably what he thinking

- or whatever she think...
- MIA: But I'm saying,

why you say she a level up? Like...

- NELLY: I'm just...
- 'Cause she bought some f*cking cake pops?

- No, we got cake. I...
- MIA: 'Cause she light skin?

'Cause she got some followers?

- NELLY: I could... Light-skin...
- ALEESIA: You know what?

She may have some followers,
but you got fans, bitch.

And we can pop her ass if y'all want to.

Mm-hmm.

I ain't did that sh*t since high school.

- [SHAWNA LAUGHS]
- MELISSA: Mommy!

SHAWNA: Uh-oh.

What's wrong?

Why is Lulu here?

- Exactly.
- That's what I'm sayin'.

That's the same question we had.

Go ask your daddy.

[CHUCKLES] Make sure you say it loud.

- Don't make her...
- Ask your daddy.

Ooh, look at, look at it.

- Why is Lulu here?
- LAMONT: Hey!

ALEESIA: Oh.

NELLY: Go do you, girl.

LAMONT: Be nice.

Where you buy them that?

I made them. I'm Tiffany.

- Okay. Hello.
- TIFFANY: Hi.

Robyn.

Hey, Mia.

I didn't know you ate cake.

I mean, you usually passing out

them little raisin boxes to the kids.

[CHUCKLES] Yeah, uh, you remembered.

Hmm.

Well, the cake pops are actually vegan.

Melissa asked me to make them.
They're strawberry shortcake flavored.

Strawberry shortcake's my favorite.

She copied me.

- No, I didn't.
- ROBYN: Hmm.

Damn. That's good.

- [SOFTLY] Mom.
- Oh, I'm sorry.

Well, um, stick around
for the entertainment.

I got you.

Melissa just 'gon stay over there?

Zo, you can't pick up your phone?

The f*ck you doing?

[PAPER RIPS]

It's instructions, bro.

Take care of the plants and sh*t.

Zo, everybody at the
crib waiting for you.

- Come on.
- I'm not trying,

I'm not trying to do that sh*t, bro.

It's your party, Zo.

Bro, please stop calling that sh*t
a f*cking party, bruh.

[STANLEY SIGHS]

Look.

I know this sh*t a lot,

but it's all for the family.

[MAURICE SCOFFS]

Everybody just want
to see you before you go.

[MAURICE CRIES]

[CRYING] I feel like I
let everybody down, bruh.

Listen to me. No, you didn't, bro.

My n*gga, I just hope
I made the right decision, bro.

Like...

[CRYING]

Hey, man.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

- [DOGS BARKING]
- [PEOPLE CHATTERING]

[RAPPING OVER PHONE] ♪ Damn,
I don't know why I'm living like this ♪

♪ Revenge and grief got me
aiming at my likeness ♪

Lord AK loves his music.

I mean, he loves his fans.
He loves performing his music.

I mean, that was actually
one of the last things

he did before he... before, you know.

[REINA RAPPING ON PHONE]

[SHAWNA SCOFFS]

REINA: ♪ I don't know
if I can make it past this ♪

♪ Bad bitch, still be on my sad bitch ♪

♪ Sometimes I don't want to move ♪

♪ I spend hours on my mattress ♪

SHAWNA: What?

REINA: ♪ I don't know if
I can make it past this ♪

♪ I don't know ♪

Enough. Alright? Enough.

There is a man in a hospital right now

fighting for his life. Your friend.

And instead of being with him,
you are over here

making songs and videos
for clout, n*gga?

Yes, Gat, I'm talking about you.

Now all of a sudden
you care about mental health?

You care about the people?

I watched you kick
so many Black women out of a green room.

You are one of the most toxic n*gg*s

I have ever met in my life.

You literally assaulted me!

You don't care about Lord AK!

You didn't care that he was tired.

You didn't care that he was grieving.

You didn't. You're a leech.

You are a part of the problem.

'Cause I was there. I was, I was
with Lord AK when it happened.

ALEESIA: What Shawna doing on the phone?

Talking to the Average Girl Clique?

[LAUGHS] Do she even got friends?

MIA: I don't know.

I'm mad, and I don't even know why.

It's 'cause it's his
first new girlfriend.

So, it catch you off guard
when it happened, right?

Kinda knock you off
your sh*t a little bit.

When you remember

that you didn't want
that n*gga, [SCOFFS]

you can really feel sorry for the bitch.

ALEESIA: Girl,
I don't feel sorry for her.

Wait till she find out all that n*gga do

is smoke weed and make beats.

Zoë Kravitz's ass is out of there, okay?

She ain't sticking around. Hmm.

I mean, they wouldn't have no songs

if it wasn't for them weed
and beats, so.

ALEESIA: Girl, shut your ass up.

We worked so well together.

We was just becoming friends.

Y'all can still be there for each other.

Y'all do work real well together.

Girl, okay! [CHUCKLING SCOFF]

Y'all love to rewrite history.

I want you... Look at me.

I want you to remember
how that n*gga played

your ass when you was pregnant.

Okay? Uh-huh.

He would pop up,
then disappear for a week,

talking about he in the studio.

How many years ago was that, Mia? Huh?

Exactly. Okay.
He's still doin' the same sh*t.

He ain't changed.

Okay. That was so long ago.
Girl, give him some credit.

I ain't giving him sh*t. Okay?

[KIDS CHATTERING]

ALEESIA: Now, what Courtney doing?

Call him and see
if he going to Art Basel.

Girl, we need some tickets.

Girl, please stop talking
about these n*gg*s!

I know what?

Y'all better stop talking like that
around these kids.

Yes, ma'am.

["HOT BOY" BY NARDO WICK PLAYING]

♪ Ha, I'm a hot boy ♪

♪ Drive all my cars like it's urgent ♪

♪ I'm a hot boy, don't get too
close 'cause I might burn you ♪

♪ I'm a hot boy ♪

♪ But I put ice on all my b*tches ♪

Alex? Kirk?

ALEX: Chastity? What are you doing here?

I thought I told you
I was busy with a client.

Oh, I'm here all the time.

You know, meetings, lunches, dinners.

And I was actually
leaving now, and I'm like,

"Is that Kirk?" [LAUGHS]

"Let me go chop it up
with Kirk real quick."

I was actually wondering
if we can discuss

the offer that's on the table.

I know if you want something done,

you got to go straight to the source.

I didn't realize it was
a party of three.

- I'm sorry.
- ALEX: No, it's not.

[WHISPERING] I'm so sorry.

Hey, look, on some real sh*t,

I'm just trying to give you the
best chance at working with us.

Between me and you,
we got another offer,

and it's one of the kinds
that's hard to say no to.

And the girls are excited,

but I think Red Bull is
the best opportunity for them.

If we can make this swift
and make the deal undeniable,

I can make this happen.

I hear that.

Alex has been sharing with me,

and I do have some reservations.

Breaking a new act is a huge expense.

And these are really specific
needs we're talking...

But you get a higher reward.

Female artists have
the most loyal fan base,

the gays and the girls.

If ain't nobody else booking you,

the girls and gays are gonna
have you booked somewhere.

She one of 'em. She know!

- [LAUGHS]
- [KIRK CHUCKLES]

Look, it's about seven
or eight Prides a year,

and they love Red Bull.

sh*t. There go your money right there.

It's a win-win, Kirk.

We are not afraid to work hard.

We've been doing it,

and we're gonna continue to do so.

Look how far we got with just us.

Imagine what we can do
with a little bit of help.

MIA: Melissa!

Look what I got you, baby.

Introducing the minions!

Hey! I heard it was somebody birthday!

- [GUESTS CHEERING]
- It's my birthday!

[UPBEAT HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ Hit him in the head
when you pull out the stick ♪

♪ Hit him in the head when
you pull out the stick ♪

♪ Hit him in the head
when you pull out the stick ♪

♪ Ra, ra, ra, ra, now ♪

Oh, wait a minute, though.
We need to get this.

♪ Pull out the stick,
pull out the stick ♪

♪ Pull out the stick,
pull out the stick ♪

MIA: Go, baby. Go, baby.

♪ Ride with your boy,
ride with your boy ♪

♪ Ride with your boy,
ride with your boy ♪

♪ Let's slide on the boy,
slide on that... ♪

Ooh! Mama baby. Mama baby.

Mama baby. That's mine.

When you are at your highest moment,

that's when the Devil come for you.

That's why I ain't gon' let
this one bottom feeder

get me too much out my character.

But, ladies and gentlemen, I just...

I just want to let the record reflect.

Now this "artist" or "rapper,"

or w-whatever she want to call herself,

she was nothing more than a groupie,

an obsessed fan
who was all up in AK's face

every time I saw her.

Now she's saying she was
the last one in the room

with AK, right?

So why don't we ask her what happened?

I mean, you sayin' you was
the last one to talk to him?

What did you say
to make AK do what he did?

I ain't saying she pushed him
to it, but, uh...

- [SHAWNA GASPS]
- GAT: what you think?

Get low with a squat. Ah, ah, ah!

- Ooh.
- Alright.

MIA: Ooh. Go baby. Go baby.

MINION: Alright, who wanna
battle? Who wanna battle?

I want battle Lulu.

- NELLY: Ooh.
- ALEESIA: She called you out.

- You heard her.
- TIFFANY: Go, baby!

♪ Pull out the stick,
pull out the stick ♪

You better eat her up.
Get in there, Melissa.

Eat her up. Eat her up. You better eat.

[ALL CHEERING]

Ah! Okay!

Oh!

[CHEERING CONTINUES]

It's over.

- [HIP-HOP MUSIC CONTINUES]
- [CHEERING CONTINUES]

You not the only one
who can do TikTok, Boo.

♪ Hit him in the head
when you pull out the stick ♪

- MIA: Mm. Mm. Yeah.
- LAMONT: Come on.

Eat her up. Eat her up!

- [SLAP SMACKS]
- Ooh!

- Ow!
- [GASPS]

- LULU: [CRYING] My eye.
- Baby?

LULU: It hurts.

[GASPS] I didn't mean to do that.

- TIFFANY: You okay?
- MELISSA: It was a accident!

- LULU: [CRYING]: My eye.
- How did she get hit?

- Uh, it, it can't be that bad. Lemme see.
- I didn't mean to.

- Ooh, damn!
- I didn't mean to.

- MIA: Shh.
- I'ma go get some ice.

LAMONT: Come here. Hey. Hey, hey.

- Why you do that?
- MELISSA: It was by accident.

Lamont.

MINION: Hey, who
wanna do a twerk contest?

- I'll do it.
- MINION: Alright.

I'll do it. Oh, let me get my...

MINION: Yeah! Ugh!

- Come on. Uh-huh.
- NELLY: Lemme show y'all a debut!

- NELLY: Show y'all...
- MINION: Uh-huh. Wait.

NELLY: Ugh! Get 'em,
ugh! Uh-huh, ugh! Yeah...

[PHONE RINGING]

- [SIGHS] Hey.
- [LAUGHING] Yo!

Shawna, you are a f*cking genius.

This is the sh*t that I'm talking about.

This is how you make a moment.

n*gga, no, I just...

I got sick of this n*gga lying.

Hey, Shawna, who cares, okay?

n*gg*s are emotional right now.

It's the perfect time
to capitalize off this sh*t.

[LAUGHS] You say some crazy sh*t,

- make n*gg*s mad...
- No.

make some content off that sh*t.

- No. No.
- It's the cycle. You're up.

I'm not trying to start nothing up.

I'm just speaking the truth.

Hey, yo. Look at what I just sent you.

[PHONE CHIMES]

SHAWNA: Rico Nasty?

- [GASPS] Is that Flo Milli?
- Yep.

I'ma let you watch that, but, Shawna,

don't miss this moment.

- Alright. Peace.
- [PHONE BEEPS, CALL ENDS]

I'm glad somebody
finally saying some sh*t,

'cause Gat's whole story
was just weird to me.

Like, he been a cornball.

[CHUCKLES] Yes.

MAN: [OVER PHONE] You talkin' 'bout Gat?

Man, he stay coked out at the function.

[SHAWNA LAUGHS]

We gotta keep showing people

the type of people
that these n*gg*s are.

I'm telling you, the truth
always gon' come to light.

Y'all swear, y'all care
about women so much

until we speak up.

Shawna, f*ck these n*gg*s for real.

Air all they asses out.

Bitch, this is what
I'm talking 'bout. Y...

Yeah! Yes.

Ugh!

Mia!

All I'm gonna say is this:

You'd better take what's yours.

Don't you let nobody come
up in here and show you out.

Mia, Mia, Mia, Mia. You
have to look at the sh*t. Mia.

That's it. Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Did y'all see y'all out on the blogs?

I'm talking "Baller Alert."
"Shade Room."

- You know what that mean?
- What? What? What?

[RAPPING] ♪ That's a
new batch of n*gg*s ♪

ALEESIA/NELLY: ♪ Ay, ay ♪

♪ That's a new batch of n*gg*s ♪

Mia, Mia, Mia. Francois just said to me

that we have to drop
the Pardi track tonight.

- It's not even a question.
- Oh, sh*t.

For real.

Oh, wait, Chastity.

- Go crazy. Yeah, f*ck it up.
- NELLY: Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh!

Look, I thought about it,
and we can't do it.

Chastity been there since the beginning.

- [SHAWNA SIGHS]
- Before n*gg*s was promising us sh*t,

like, she was holding us down.

ALEESIA: Okay. Go
crazy. f*ck it up, friend.

What's the point of winning
if you ain't doing it

with your people?

[ALEESIA AND NELLY LAUGHING]

But Francois is my people, too.

[CARS HONKING]

Chastity.

[ALEX SCOFFS]

What the f*ck is your problem?

Do you know how embarrassing that was?

- This is my job.
- Look.

This sh*t is important to me.

I needed to make a move.

So I just went to the person
who I know can make sh*t happen.

Are you insane?

Chastity, I had the whole
company on board and excited

about working with Mia and
Shawna in less than a month.

And then you made me look like an idiot.

You completely undermine me.

Clearly, you and I work differently.

I don't think this is gon' work...

professionally or otherwise.

Man, do what you gotta do.

[SHAWNA GIGGLES]

- Lulu alright?
- LAMONT: Yep.

Tiff just in there icing her eye.

What's up with you instigating fights

between Melissa and her friends?

- I didn't
- Mia, that's what you been doing.

Okay, I did not do that.
Why would I do that?

Look, I don't want
to fight with you, okay?

I just want to have a good relationship.

I mean, we work good together.

And I miss you.

[LAMONT SNORTS]

[LAUGHS]

You miss me, big dawg?

Yes, I miss you.

I forgot to tell you. Red Bull...

they want to do a deal with us,

and they want to make you
a producer in the deal.

You get paid, and we can work together.

[SMACKS LIPS]

Congratulations but I'm good.

Lamont, this is a record deal.

Like a real record deal.

I would rather just get it on my own.

- Lamont...
- For real.

I've played so many
of your games already.

We not kids no more.

This sh*t, all that ghetto...

f*ck, I ain't with that.
That's not for me.

But good luck with
whatever you got going on.

Bye, Mia.

SHAWNA: Mia, Francois just texted.

What should I say?

[CAR DOOR CLOSES]

[PHONE LINE RINGING]

[DOG BARKING]

SHAWNA: [ON VOICEMAIL]
You've reached the voicemail box

of Shawna Clark.

Please leave me a message,
and I will get back to...

[MAURICE SIGHS]

[PHONE CHIMES]

[CHAIR SCRAPES]

[KEYS CLINK]

SHAWNA: [ON VIDEO] Enough.
You are over here making songs

and videos for clout, n*gga?

- Yes, Gat, I'm talking about you.
- [NOTIFICATION CHIMES]

Now all of a sudden you
care about mental health?

You care about the people?
I watched you...

["SLIDESHOW" BY AMINDI PLAYING]

♪ He saying he love me ♪

♪ I said say it wit ur chest ♪

♪ When I'm on the top ♪

♪ He tell me, "Mindi you da best" ♪

♪ I know ♪

♪ Got my gram in his head all the time ♪

♪ Slideshow ♪

♪ Love me, I said,
say it wit his chest ♪

♪ When I'm on the top ♪

♪ He tell me, "Mindi you da best" ♪

♪ You da best ♪

- What's up?
- MIA: What's up, girl?

- Hi.
- What's up?

Hi.

[SHAWNA CLEARS THROAT]

[SIGHS]

I connected with the SVP of Red Bull

and it took some finessing.

Might even burn a bridge,
but the deal is on the way.

- What?
- And I negotiated the biggest advance

that they ever gave any new artist.

Um, Chastity, that sounds am-amazing,

but we've been talking, and we decided

to keep working with Francois.

Are y'all serious right now?

CHASTITY: Nah.

Mia, I even had them
work something out for Lamont.

So he in, and everything is good.

Lamont said he wanna get it on his own.

And so do I.

MIA: Look, Titties, we, we love you,

and we appreciate

you getting us to this point, but...

we gotta do what's best
for us right now.

SHAWNA: Yes. [SIGHS]

Look, at first, the Red Bull
deal seemed amazing for us,

but, man, what's the point

of making music if nobody gon' hear it?

So we just think
that going with Francois

is gonna give us more attention.

I'm sorry.

You s... You sorry.

Do y'all have any idea

how much I sacrificed for y'all?

That n*gga just ghosted y'all.

Not me.

I've been here.

Y'all told me to go get it,
and I got it.

And I made y'all a priority
over my own sh*t.

Over everybody.

And the... [CHUCKLES]

And the things I had to do

so y'all can eat.

And I busted my ass

to bring something this big for us,

and... and y'all do this to me?

[SHAWNA SIGHS]

Alright then.

["SAID N DONE" BY 21 SAVAGE
AND METRO BOOMIN PLAYING]

[PHONE BUZZING]

♪ Who you gon' ride for?
Who you gon' slide for? ♪

♪ Who you down to die for? ♪

♪ I gave her my heart,
she was tellin' lies, though ♪

STANLEY: Ready to go?

♪ That sh*t turned my heart cold ♪

♪ I came from the bottom,
I didn't have a dime, bro ♪

♪ Apartments with the blinds, bro ♪

♪ Still got on my grind, though ♪

♪ I know my mama proud ♪

I never deleted 'em.

♪ This sh*t took some time, bro ♪

♪ Finally get my shine on ♪

[STANLEY CHUCKLES]

♪ Go to w*r about my dawgs ♪

♪ Yeah, the ones who
pick me up whenever I fall ♪

♪ All the pain I endured ♪

♪ Just to ball ♪

♪ I'd give this sh*t away ♪

♪ To be with y'all ♪

♪ Still in debt from all the
losses that I had to take ♪

♪ When you out here tryna evolve ♪

♪ They gon' call you fake ♪

♪ I can't turn my back on the
g*ng no matter what I make ♪

♪ I done took a lot of risks ♪

- [PHONE CLATTERS]
- ♪ To make sure n*gg*s ate ♪

♪ Superhero in my hood,
I don't need a cape ♪

♪ I be lost sometimes,
feelin' like I'm runnin' in place ♪

- [CAMERA SHUTTER SNAPS]
- ♪ It's all said and done ♪

OFFICER: Look straight ahead.

♪ Who you gon' ride for? ♪

♪ Who you gon' slide for? ♪

♪ Who you down to die for? ♪

♪ I gave her my heart ♪

♪ She was tellin' lies, though ♪

♪ Sleepin' with my guys, though ♪

♪ That sh*t turned my heart cold ♪

♪ I came from the bottom ♪

♪ I didn't have a dime, bro ♪

♪ Apartments with the blinds, bro ♪

♪ Still got on my grind, though ♪

♪ I know my mama proud,
everybody fine, bro ♪

♪ This sh*t took some time, bro ♪

- [INAUDIBLE DIALOGUE]
- ♪ Finally get my shine on ♪

♪ Metro, Metro... ♪

It's a devastating reality for women

and marginalized people
in our community.

There are predators and parasites

in our industry running rampant,

and I'm gonna expose all of them.

I think it's what Lord AK
would want me to do.

And make sure to check out
our new single, "BBW."

- SHAWNA: Yeah.
- "Bad Bitch Working"

["BBW - BAD BITCH WORKING"
BY SHAWNA AND MIA PLAYING]

♪ Oh, that's yo n*gga?
Well, I'm f*cking him ♪

♪ Don't worry about it, sis,
you'll have it back ♪

♪ When I'm done with him ♪

♪ Unh, call me a lot of names ♪

- ♪ When he in this p*ssy ♪
- ♪ He do bitch ♪

♪ But trust me, regular ♪

- ♪ I ain't one of them, uh ♪
- ♪ Woo, woo ♪

♪ I be where the bag at ♪

♪ What's the best way to reach you? ♪

♪ I say Cash App ♪

♪ 'Cause I'm b*mb ♪

♪ p*ssy top of the line ♪

♪ You ain't talkin' 'bout no money ♪

♪ Bae, I'm pressing decline ♪

♪ I'm out here workin' yeah ♪

♪ All this body that I'm servin' ♪

♪ I make a bathing suit nervous ♪

♪ I'm out here workin' ♪

♪ All this body that I'm servin' ♪

♪ B-B-W, a bad bitch workin' ♪

♪ You can say whatever you like ♪

♪ Say whatever you wish ♪

♪ But one thing you can’t say ♪

♪ Is I’m a regular bitch ♪

♪ 'Cause I’m workin' ♪

♪ Momma need that Birkin ♪

♪ That B-B-W, a bad bitch workin' ♪

♪ I said I'm hot, I'm ready ♪

♪ Come slurp me like spaghetti ♪

♪ This p*ssy is the prize ♪

♪ When we f*ck, it rain confetti ♪

♪ Said it's wide, heavy ♪

♪ Boy, I hope you dead it ♪

♪ When you f*ck me from the back ♪

♪ I bet you I can hold it steady ♪

♪ He could be Black he could be white ♪

♪ As long as all that money green ♪

♪ I still bust it wide open ♪

♪ Heels high like my self-esteem ♪

♪ And that Patek got ♪

♪ A pretty price tag on it ♪

♪ If you see me with the n*gga ♪

♪ Then you know he dropped a bag on it ♪

♪ Ooh, I might bust it open ♪

♪ For a couple Benjamins ♪

♪ Ya, he gon' spend it all ♪

♪ He see that thang jigglin' ♪

♪ Oh, them broke n*gg*s ♪

♪ In the section will finesse you ♪

♪ Ya, the boss is the one ♪

♪ The waiter bring the check to ♪

♪ Workin' ♪

♪ Yeah ♪

♪♪