01x01 - Sweet Life

[bunniefuu]

[DREAMY MUSIC PLAYING]

South LA breeds excellence.

[LAUGHTER]

And we are the proof.

♪ ♪

♪ Last time that I checked ♪

♪ It was five chains
on my neck ♪

♪ It was no smut on my rep ♪

- Plane just got here.
- ♪ Last time that I checked ♪

♪ I was selling zone
in the set ♪

♪ Make a quarter mill,
no sweat ♪

♪ Las time that I checked ♪

♪ I'm the street's voice
out west ♪

♪ Legendary
self-made progress ♪

♪ Last time that I checked ♪

Crazy, the Wood.

Say life is sweet.

I just wanna be rich with
y'all,

you know what I'm saying?

Some of us grew up together

and others are new friend.

But we're all at
the quarter-life mark

on the edge of the rest
of our lives,

creating our own
sweet life status.

♪ ♪

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

We gotta make
these right moves,

get down to business.

It's grind time,
like, foot on the gas.

- King of Ladera, brother.
- King of Ladera?

That's me.

There's some bosses,
there's some soon-to-be bosses.

We're all building legacies.

You sent him a car?

I'm happy to be here, b*tch.

But to level up,
we have to grow up,

which means staying true
to ourselves,

stepping out on faith,

and knowing who
and what to hold onto.

I got your back.

I'm so inspired
by your mind, b*tch.

My friends...

are like family.

We're always there
for each other, but...

we also hold each other
accountable.

He disrespected you, right?

Like, what are you gonna
do about it?

- Don't do that.
- Don't tell me what to do!

I'm speaking!
How the f*ck can I finish?

That's really mean.

As we find ourselves,

we're still trying to figure
out who we want around us.

We either build
with our friends

and become the person
we're supposed to be...

If I can't bring the people
I love into a room

and trust that you guys can
have disagreements,

are we even friends?

Or we let them go.

♪ ♪

[BLXST'S "g*ng SLIDE"]

♪ It was a midnight
g*ng slide ♪

♪ I had to pull up,
get right ♪

♪ A stick and move
on the westside ♪

♪ 'Cause you know you
give me the best high, ayy ♪

♪ It was a midnight
g*ng slide ♪

♪ I had to pull up,
get right ♪

♪ Stick and move
on the westside ♪

♪ 'Cause you know you
give me the best high, ayy ♪

♪ ♪

♪ My life revolve
around palm trees ♪

♪ Yo, my life revolve
around palm trees ♪

- Yo!
- [LAUGHING]

- [SQUEALS]
- My boy.

Yeah!
[LAUGHING]

Let's go.

- How are you?
- I'm good.

- Ty, I'm sorry, Ty.
How are you doing?

Gerhardt is so big.

They've never been
on the sand before.

You know,
our little quarantine pups.

I feel you, bro, we don't got
this in Chicago either, bro.

We're about to do trap yoga.

sh*t, I could be
your trap yoga partner.

What's up?
You feel me, babe?

[LAUGHTER]

Is the trap thing,
like, a LA thing?

Like, the trap yoga,
trap brunch.

I feel like Black people
just throw "trap"

in front of everything,
you know, just to...

- Yeah.
- To Black it up.

I'm really just trying
to explore what LA

really has to offer
outside of partying.

She told me you throw events,
so I'm trying to...

- Yeah!
- I'm trying to see.

Potentially
this could be integrated

into future events
for my clients.

Being an event planner,

I'm always down
to try new things

for my clients and for myself.

And I think it's
super important for me

to continuously be tapped in
to what's happening in LA

and bring that life
to my events.

I'ma let them
get to the trappin'.

Actually, uh, take a walk.

- Take a lap.
- All righty.

- Have fun!
- All right, lover.

- Yeah, take them.
- [SMOOCHES]

- Oh, y'all are so cute!
Oh, my God!

- Y'all cute, y'all cute.
- Come on.

The trap, the trap!

Amanda, this is,
like, your first boo.

- Trap dog walking!
- Hell you mean?

- Trap dog walking, right?
[LAUGHTER]

It's been going really good,
actually.

How's you and Jaylenn going?

- He's crazy.
- Yeah.

But I think I'm also
equally crazy,

but in a different way.

I think you've met
your match, if you ask me.

- This is my first...
serious-serious relationship.

Like for real, for real.

You knew my other
relationship in high school.

I was crying every day.

Girl, so let's go.
You're gonna love it.

Girl, I can't believe you
got me doing this.

[CHILL BEAT]

Walk on the beach, they said.

- It won't be chilly.
- [LAUGHING]

♪ ♪

- Hello.
Welcome, welcome, welcome.

We are ready to get started.

I am so excited
to have you guys here.

If you don't know me already,
my name is Britteny.

And you're about to do
trap yoga with Trap Yoga Bae.

Now I want you
to bust it wide open

until your feet are standing
on either side of your mat.

Begin to bend your knees.

Now, when you bust down,
many of you are gonna realize,

oh, sh*t, you bust it open
just a little bit too wide.

You can go ahead and just
step your feet inside the mat.

The next thing we're gonna do,
friends,

something you don't get
a chance to do often,

you're gonna
bend over backwards

for yourself, for once.

You're gonna tilt that a*s up,
so you're just lifting

your butt up towards the sky.

The knees become straight.

On the inhale, we come forward.

Downward facing dog,
AKA, my favorite pose

for the freak h*s.

Now, this is where
we get turnt up.

We're gonna add a shake.
We're gonna add a shimmy.

We're gonna
b-b-b-bounce that a*s

and take up space.

♪ Lil' waist, fat a*s,
b*tch, tap in ♪

♪ Tap, tap, tap in ♪

♪ Icy from my head to
my fingers to my toenails ♪

- Oh!
- ♪ This ain't goin' on sale ♪

♪ All these h*s busy, baby,
I do not do friends well ♪

♪ Lotta n*gg*s p*ssy but
I promised that I won't tell ♪

♪ Hmm, now what's
my favorite word? ♪

- It's a dance!
- ♪ b*tch gon' smile ♪

♪ But I know
she don't like me ♪

♪ Two hundred for a verse ♪

♪ b*tch, I'm way too pricey ♪

♪ f*ck around
and bring back hyphy ♪

♪ Lil' waist, fat a*s,
b*tch, tap in ♪

♪ Tap, tap, tap in ♪

Ayy, ayy, ayy.

- How is she doin' this?
- OMG.

DJ, tell your daddy I said...

- hi.
- What's up.

This was trap yoga,
and you did that sh*t.

And namaste.

[JAZZY BIG BAND MUSIC]

♪ ♪

- Our favorite couple.
Bae goals!

♪ Baby ♪

♪ ♪

- These are for you.
- My favorite!

I can't remember
when's the last time

we went on an actual date.

[LAUGHTER]

- Wow.
- We've just been at home,

like, the entire time.

I mean, to be fair, COVID.

I think since, like,
last year for our anniversary?

- Eight years.
- Dang.

Has it really been
that long already?

Yeah.

sh*t, I've known you
since, like, what?

Sophomore year of high school?

Sophomore year
of high school.

We're not even gonna go there.

We're not even gonna
go that far back.

'Cause we're two
completely different people.

You don't want me
to bring back...

You had the 'fro?
[LAUGHTER]

I mean, I got a
better version of it now.

- So you don't got to.
- Yeah, you had the 'fro.

Didn't you have the braces too?
[LAUGHS]

- Date over.
Date over.

I thought you was really cute
back then as well.

You were way
out of my league.

- I hope you know that.
- I saw the potential.

You're still
out of my league,

to be completely honest.

You saw potential in me?

I already knew, I was like,

mm, that's the one.

You manifested
the hell out of that.

Everything I say,
it just happens.

- So we gonna be millionaires?
- Yes!

- I'ma drive a Porsche?
- Yes.

- Other manifestations?
- You know what else?

[ELONGATING]
Our wedding!

- [ELONGATING]
Eventually!

I feel like it's time,
you know.

I don't wanna get
to that ten-year mark,

and he's still living
with his parents, like,

I'm ready for that next step.

How much longer can I wait?

Like, time is ticking.

[MUSTARD'S "BALLIN'"]

♪ I put the new Forgis
on the Jeep ♪

♪ I trap until the bloody
bottoms is underneath ♪

♪ 'Cause all my [...]
got it out the streets ♪

♪ I keep a hundred racks
inside my jeans ♪

Hey, what's going on,
Captain?

What's coming in today?

Today we got
the ramen chenille.

Okay. Yup.

All right, bro.
I'll talk to you soon.

Why'd I have to wake you up
this morning, Tre?

What time did you go to bed
yesterday, actually?

I went to bed at, like, 3:30.

Talkin' on the phone
with girls, or what?

- I was doing my work.
- Working on what?

- Anatomy.
- Oh, anatomy?

- Yes.
- [LAUGHING]

Studying the human body?

[BOTH LAUGHING]

I own a brand called Hypland.

I started the brand when
I was 13 years old.

And it really is just
my creative expression.

I love anime
and streetwear and fashion.

And Hypland is really
the embodiment

of all my interests.

What up, boy?
How are you?

How are you?

- Jor, is that you?
- You said what, Mama?

- Are you talking to me?
- Yeah.

I work with my mom, and
she's the COO of my company.

- What up?
- What's up?

Nothin'.
My mom is hard as hell on me.

But you know it's with love,
though; I feel like

she's the one person
I can trust

and she's got my back and
my best interests always.

What's going on?
You still working on royalties?

Just working on... well,

now I'm looking
at these payroll reports.

You know I like to
keep our sh*t linked.

- Yeah, hold on.
Let me see these messages...

Well, f*ck, I got work to do.

I mean, I need your undivided.

[LAUGHS]

♪ When I'm lyin'
on my back ♪

♪ I'm in beast mode ♪

♪ You be lyin' on the track
and we both know ♪

♪ I ain't lyin', what the
f*ck, that's a no-no ♪

♪ When I'm lyin' on my back,
I'm in beast mode ♪

- So you lookin' good.
- Thank you!

I see you with the 'fit,
my young G.

You already know, young Bri.

- Thank you for picking me up.
I'm stressed.

I'm ready to get high as f*ck.

What you stressed about?

I'm workin' 12-hour shifts

for this hospital system.

I work for them in their, like,
case management department.

And it's just crazy right now.

And...

[LAUGHING]
I cannot with that.

I'm just really tryna figure
out what really wanna do,

because my degree
is in psychology,

and I am not using it at all.

- What's your angle?
- I don't even know, for real.

I just want to do something,
like, more creative.

- I don't wanna work for anyone.
- I feel that.

That's, like, your vibe
right now, for real.

Music management,
my artist, Griff.

He's finally getting that
notoriety, you know?

- It's up.
- It's up, man.

It's up ugly right now too.

I can't with that.

All right, Mr. Duct Tape.

So after you up though,
what kind of car you getting?

A Tesla.

That's what I'm
lookin' at right now.

- Like the kind Jordan has?
With the doors?

It's okay.
My homey's on the come up.

You feel me?
He's coming up.

- Look at you, being helpful.
- This is getting on my nerves.

I'm so grateful
that P'jae picked me up.

But, like, honestly, bro.

Just, like, get industrial
duct tape next time.

Or... or just take
that whole b*tch off.

[HIP-HOP MUSIC]

♪ I'm cowa, cowabunga ♪

Kofi!

- What's the word, y'all?
- What's goin' on?

I'm stressed, for real.

- All right, I got you.
I got you.

♪ Yeah, I think
I'm up to something ♪

♪ Like cowa, cowa, cowa, cowa
cowabunga ♪

♪ I'm in Okinawa
in a sauna ♪

You can see hella trichomes
encrusted all around.

You'll see, like, the orange
and the purple a little bit.

I see a little bit of purple,
but I feel like,

since I moved to LA,
like, I really haven't seen,

like, purple weed.

You ain't been going
to the right places, then.

- What you mean?
- Sorry, Tylynn's calling me.

- Hey, b*tch.
- What you doing?

- Nothin'.
Chillin'.

I called you because...

Did you see my text
about my party?

Yeah, I did.

What's happening, Ty?

- Umm.
Hey!

- What's up, Ty?
- I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.
I'm with P'jae and Kofi.

- Wow.
You and P'jae hangin' out.

- No, yeah.
- Interesting.

Yeah, say that.

I feel like I don't
see y'all together too often.

- We just coolin'.
- Interesting.

You said
something 'bout a party?

Man, you ain't hear
about the party?

- What, you knew about it?
- Jerrold told me.

Wait, are you
having a whole party?

Am I the last one to find out?

- No, you're not the last.
You're second to last, boo.

- I'm still trippin'.
How Jerrold and Kofi know,

but I didn't know?

Girl, anyways...

That's crazy.

- P'jae.
- [BUZZES LIPS]

- P'jae.
You are cordially invited

to my post-inaugy party.

- Ayy, ayy.
- "Black is Back."

- "Black is Back."
- You need to dress fire.

We're celebrating
Black excellence.

- And it's gonna be a vibe.
- All right, good.

That's all I wanted.
That's all I wanted.

- That's all I wanted.
- P'jae.

Moving forward,
I'll make sure you always have

an invitation
coming directly from me.

- That's love.
I appreciate that.

- All right, bro.
- 'Cause, you know,

I don't wanna have
to turn up on you again.

- [BUZZES LIPS]
- But yeah, and I mean,

I'm kinda trying
to turn up on you

'cause you hangin' out
with my girl Bri.

Y'all are doing
too much right now.

Mm.

- See you for girls night out.
- Okay.

- Bye.
- Bye.

♪ Playboy, b*tch,
I feel like Hugh Hef ♪

♪ Better come and get 'em now,
I got two left ♪

When you look good,
you feel good.

When you feel good,
you work good.

So we out here, man.

♪ Last thing they wanna
see is ♪

♪ Young n*gg*s gettin' money ♪

♪ So run it up
on they dumb a*s ♪

♪ Last thing they wanna see
is young n*gg*s ♪

♪ Gettin' money ♪

♪ So count it up
on they hatin' a*s ♪

♪ '97 masterpiece,
I got no limit ♪

♪ You wanna go in that window,
bro, go in it ♪

Yo!

- Get out the tire. [LAUGHS]
- I can't. Hold on.

[LAUGHING]

I'm not gonna lie,
that was kinda funny.

All right.
Anyway, what's up, bro?

- Where's P'jae at, bro?
- I don't know, bro.

I mean,
P'jae ain't even really...

You know,
he new to the Wood anyway.

He's not getting
an invite again, though.

- For sure not.
He late as hell.

You can't come to the gym
if you're gonna be this late.

Do you know
who's all going Saturday?

I think Tylynn was inviting

all her friends,
like Bri and Amanda.

- Don't really know Amanda.
I know... of course I know Bri.

- Of course you know Bri.
- Yeah, I know Bri.

What happened with
you and Bri?

- Nothin' really, bro.
I still love Bri to this day.

I mean, Bri is fire.
She's for sure my type.

But I tried to date her
for, like, a second.

And then, I don't even
know what happened with that.

You know, I feel like
there's still this, like,

underlying, like...

If I get some tequila in me,

and Bri is there, like,

I might like... hey, Bri.

You know what I'm saying
kind of thing.

- Ah, look who it is.
- Yo!

- Look who it is.
- Come on, bro.

My bad, fellas.

Social distance, bro.

- Okay, okay.
- [LAUGHING]

Are you gonna
have a seat on the tire?

- Yeah, bro.
Six feet.

The newest member of
the 'Wood is P'jae for sure.

I feel like
that's Jerrold's friend.

He got his foot in the door.

Gotta test him, you know.

Like, we really gotta
jump P'jae in the Wood

if he really wanna
be in the Wood.

I see you with
the Hypland on, though.

Hey, man, bro,
we all trying to be great.

- You know what I'm sayin'?
- What else you be doing?

Me and Bri went
to go see Kofi.

- Oh, you and Bri?
- Yeah.

You were just
hangin' out with Bri?

Yeah...
Why y'all actin' like that?

You were just
hangin' out with Bri?

You know, it's a little...

What's wrong with me
hanging out with Bri?

- Nothin'.
- I don't know, bro, you know,

you was hanging out with one
of her other friends before.

Becky is someone that
I dated in the past.

And she's actually one of
Bri's best friends too.

I didn't know you and Bri
knew each other like that, bro.

Now it seem like
a little love triangle.

You kicked it with Becky.

Whatever happened there,
happened.

And then you kicked it
with Becky.

And then you kicked it
with Bri.

- I love Bri.
- Oh!

It's a problem, and, like,
that's not an unknown secret.

- Love?
Love is a strong word.

I didn't know he loved Bri.
Like, so, I'm just tryna do me.

I'm single-single.
Very, very single.

- I was just curious, bro.
Y'all friends, all right.

- Let's work out.
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER]

[R&B MUSIC]

♪ Can't say sh*t about you ♪

[INDISTINCT VOCALIZATIONS]

♪ Ooh ♪

- Jerrold!
- What's good?

- Hi.
It's pretty out today.

Yeah, the sun is
beatin' on my eyes.

I picked the wrong day
to wear contacts.

I've known Jerrold
since I was in high school.

And it's crazy, 'cause
we were the kids

who were known to throw
the best parties.

Remember when you threw
that party in Westchester?

- Yeah.
- My mom dropped me off there.

- And that sh*t was ratchet.
- Wow, you were there?

- Yes, I was there.
- I didn't even know

- you were there.
- I was at the bar.

- That's crazy.
- Yes.

Obviously every time
I invited you somewhere,

it was like, bring Cheryl.

- Yeah.
- Like, you know?

And I knew her as
your girlfriend, but I was...

Now when I look back I'm like,
why wasn't I, like,

trying to, like, pull her
to get drinks with me inside.

Like, I literally
don't know Cheryl.

And I've known her
for eight years!

- Yeah.
- I'ma get her.

We're gonna be homeys.

Invite her to girls' day out

and just, you know, vibe.

I think that
that'll be really cool.

I know how great it is
spending time with her...

I mean, f*ck,
I did it for eight years.

Shouldn't you be thinking

about moving in at this point?

I don't know.

Like, I'm thinking about
moving in with her now.

But, like, right now,

I stay with my parents.
I'm saving money.

I go to Cheryl's apartment

three, four, five days
out the week,

and it's cool because,
you know, I can always leave.

Mm-hmm.

I don't want to
do the wrong thing,

say the wrong thing,
and it just be, like,

it blows up our whole house.

You and Cheryl's foundation
is super strong.

It's really strong
for it to be eight years.

Like, it has to
take a lot to break that.

If I've been with someone
for eight years,

I wanna live in your skin.

I wanna live in your mind,
rent free.

I just wanna be a part of you.

You're not about to f*ck
some sh*t up, so it's like,

stop playing games
and take that next step!

That's easier said
than done, though.

I know.

I just don't feel
like I'm ready yet.

[ROLLER SKATES ROLLING]

- Oh.
- All right.

- Okay.
- It's a whole group of 'em.

- Oh!
That's a lot of skaters.

Ah, don't, don't...
Don't fall.

♪ Only got time
for the kings of my choice ♪

- Okay.
- Are they listening to music?

If that's not the most, like,
LA... it's like a silent... oh!

Oh!

- [LAUGHING]
- ♪ I got that energy, yeah ♪

- I'm not looking back.
Like, what the fu...

[LAUGHING]

- Why did that just happen?
- I don't know.

[JUCEE FROOT'S "WRISTWORK"]

♪ I count cheese,
I count dough ♪

♪ You want the D,
but I want his throat ♪

- She f*ck'.
- ♪ Some like a God ♪

- ♪ I know I'm the GOAT ♪
- Girl's day.

♪ I give 'em a dose ♪

♪ If you gotta bust down,
make your wrist work ♪

♪ 50,000 on my shirt,
what's your b*tch worth? ♪

♪ If you gotta bust down,
make your wrist work ♪

- How are you, boo?
- Girl.

I am just so happy to be
out the house and cute.

- You look b*mb.
You look like a little Barbie.

- [SQUEALING] Thank you!
Thank you!

I really love me
some rooftops.

I know.

[ALL SHRIEKING HAPPILY
AND CHATTERING]

- Wow!
- Okay!

- Hey, boo!
- Hey, boo.

- You look good.
- Thank you!

Ty keeps pressin'

that she just wants
to get to know Cheryl,

and I get that, but, like,

why did you have to invite her
to my girls' night?

Now I have to censor myself
because, like,

anything I say
can and will be used against me

in the court of f*cking Jerrold
and the Wood.

Ty, I'm feelin'
the pony with the earrings.

- It's giving, like, a '90s...
- Like a... just boss.

You know Lil' Kim
in the all red?

- Yes.
- That's what it's giving me.

I feel like I, like,

opened a hair salon
in the '90s.

I'm like the rich, poppin'...
Again, like Auntie.

- With the rings, yeah.
It's giving.

So thank you guys
for inviting me, you know.

Ty invited you,
but I'm so happy you came.

Damn,
you didn't want me to come?

- We just don't hang out.
- Oh, no, no, no.

I'm dead.

- Can I get a napkin?
- Of course you can, yeah.

Can I get, like,
some chaser?

Um, maybe, like, a cranberry?

- Sure.
- Thank you.

So can you kind of explain

how you linked up with P'jae?

- Look at me. I'm ready.
Like, let's hear it.

Y'all are not
allowed to interrogate me.

- I'm being ganged up on.
- Well, we wanna know!

No, but seriously,
we're just hanging out, y'all.

- [LAUGHTER]
- She gets so frickin' awkward.

'Cause you guys are
interrogating me.

Okay, okay, okay, okay.

Okay, so tell me what's
going on with your love life,

because I don't have one.

My love life is just,
you know,

like, we're getting
to know each other,

learn how we communicate,
mood swings, all that.

How long
were you and Jay together

before you guys moved in?

- A year and a half.
- Damn.

I'm not one
to compare relationships,

but they've been together
a short amount of time,

already moved in together,

and here me and Jerrold are,

been together for eight years,

and he still hasn't
moved in yet.

I'm the only one
who has a shot,

so I'm gonna cheers
to being single,

'cause all you b*tches
are wifed the f*ck up.

- Girl, it's okay.
- And I'm here alone.

- But it's okay.
- I mean, not completely alone,

because you hung out
with P'jae, so let's elaborate.

- You're doing a lot again.
You got me f*cked up.

Why you keep squarin' up
on me?

This is, like, your third time.

Because y'all got me
f*cked up

asking me about P'jae
when he's really my friend,

and y'all all...
Not all, I'm sorry.

But you, b*tch,
know I'm traumatized.

- Okay. Okay.
- You know I'm traumatized.

You know I'm working
on healing, b*tch.

Wait,
why are you traumatized?

So, like, I was with this guy
when I was 17.

He was my boyfriend from
when I was, like, 17 to 23.

- Okay.
- That's a hard time.

You know, it was like, I felt
like we grew up together.

This n*gga was cheating on me
the entire time.

Like...
I hate n*gg*s.

Exactly.

So, okay, I need to get
the f*ck away.

- This is how you got here?
- Yes. I'm still in Michigan.

- Oh, wow.
- My first three months

of living here, like,
he thought I was

still in Michigan, like,
living with my grandpa.

So, like, you just
kinda ghosted him?

Like, just stopped answering
his calls?

Yeah, blocked his number,
which is, like,

not uncommon for me.

Like, I love to block a number.

But I'm still kind of...
Kinda talkin' to him, though.

So you're talking to him
through, like, DM or something?

Uh, I unblocked his number
'cause I'm toxic as well.

I unblock him...
Very toxic.

I unblock him. He thinks...
Accountability.

So when I finally told him
I lived in LA,

b*tch, he moved here.

- What?
- Why? For why?

- For me.
- He's toxic.

- Oh, that's toxic.
So he moves to LA.

He moved to LA, was living
with me and my roommate, Amber,

Wait, what the f*ck?

Still texting b*tches.

I went through
his, like, Apple Watch.

You know it's real
when you gotta go through

- the damn Watch.
- The Watch!

He told this b*tch
he was gonna fly her out.

And I'm like, to...
To what house?

- That's what I said!
I'm like, what house

are you flying
this b*tch out to?

Like, what house?
'Cause not my house.

So, yeah, we don't f*ck around.

I'm just genuinely traumatized.

So like, I feel like
I'm generalizing

that, like,
ain't-sh*t-a*s n*gga

to any guy
that I'm speaking to.

So how do you feel
about, like, Jordan?

- [LAUGHING]
Jordan.

- She laughed.
That's a damn shame.

- No, you know what was crazy?
Jordan was really sweet.

He was, but it was Rebecca.

I didn't know that Becky
and Jordan were doing anything

until after Becky told me.

- Yeah.
- Like, I didn't know that.

And I just feel like,
lowkey, like,

Jordan should have,
like, stated that.

You feel me, like...
Now, y'all know

he wasn't finna say sh*t.

But it's just like,
you linked with me

when I was with Rebecca,
so it's just like,

why didn't you say that then?

I just really wish

that Jordan would've,
like, let me know

that him and Rebecca
already had a history.

Because, like,
in no f*cking world

do I want my friend's
sloppy seconds.

Like, I need
fresh-baked n*gg*s, period.

Loyalty, loyalty, loyalty.

- Exactly.
Like, that's my b*tch.

That means you're
a good friend, though.

- You a real-a*s b*tch.
- Cheers to y'all.

- Got me f*cked up.
- Y'all got me f*cked up!

Who invited this b*tch,
because it was not me!

♪ Do that sh*t,
I don't respond to texts ♪

♪ Till the bank
clear the check ♪

♪ n*gg*s think I love 'em
but I really love the net ♪

♪ I-I-I don't respond
to texts ♪

♪ Till the bank
clear the check ♪

♪ n*gg*s think I love 'em
but I really love the net ♪

♪ Do it ♪

So how's the single life
been treating you?

- So tried Hinge.
But that was just...

- How was that?
- It's weird.

- I feel like...
- Would not recommend.

- Instagram is my dating app.
Like...

- [LAUGHS]
In your DMs?

- In the DMs.
Yeah, for real.

[SIGHS]

This feels great.

Do you ever miss home?

Um, I don't miss Michigan.

I just miss my family.
You know?

- Okay, same.
Like, I miss, like,

going to my grandpa's house,
like...

- Yes.
- Hanging out with my mom.

- But, like, Kalamazoo, though?
- No.

I just would never wanna
move back.

- No.
- Ever, and, like, when I was,

like, on Instagram
watching you live,

like, your best life in LA,
I'm like,

okay, I need to come.

Like, sis is thriving. Like...

I'm so proud of you
for making that move.

- Girl, me too, honestly.
- I was really happy.

So I hung out with P'jae
the other day, though.

- Mm-hmm.
- We just, like, smoked.

We went to go see Kofi at work.

I just wanted to, like, tell
you that before, like, you...

'cause we all hang out
with the same people.

And I just didn't want,
like, someone to be like,

"Oh, well, Bri and P'jae"...

No, I for sure know

you wouldn't do that again.

After the whole Jordan debacle,

why would you ever do that?

What happened
with you and P'jae?

Like, P'jae kept
coming up to me,

like, when we were
all together,

Like, I... when I tell you I was
trying to avoid this man...

- Mm-hmm.
- 'Cause I knew that I had

done something with his friend
that I was, like...

You and Jordan were,
like, talking for a second.

Yeah, like, I did like Jordan

and we were talking
for just a little second.

So I did try to avoid it,

but I just feel like
the inevitable happened.

'Cause P'jae was cool,
you know?

I definitely
should have told him

about Jordan and I,

but I feel like
during that time in my life,

there was so much going on.

Do you like P'jae, though?

I like him.

I really didn't know that
Rebecca actually liked P'jae!

And, like, I already have
my own drama with Jordan.

I don't need additional drama.

I'm gonna stay as far away
from this situation

as I possibly can.

Ugh.

- Our friend group.
- I know.

- What are we gonna do?
- Messy.

We could just, like,
leave this friend group.

Find a new one.
Just start fresh.

- We gotta bring Ty.
- Period.

[BOTH LAUGH]

So Tylynn's having this,
like, inauguration party.

And I really would love
for you to come with me.

- I got you.
- I'm sure Ty will be fine.

- Yes.
- And if she's not,

like, who cares, girl?

You brought Cheryl
to my girls' day.

- Period.
- Have you been

in the same room
with Jordan and P'jae?

No, not in a minute.

So this party's
gonna be interesting.

- It is, like...
- Do you feel like we should

- talk to them?
- I feel like I would love

to press Jordan, honestly.

Like, I would love to be,

like, in front of you,

like, why didn't you tell me?

- You know, to see, like...
- Period.

What his side of the story is

because I just feel like
it was a little shady

to just, like, try to f*ck
with two girls

who are, like,
in the same friend group.

- Period.
- I'm gonna have to get

drunk as f*ck, honestly,
before this

because I'm... I have anxiety
right now.

- Okay.
We'll take two shots.

- Three.
- Three.

- Please.
- All good.

Uh...

[DOM KENNEDY'S
"WHEN I COME AROUND"]

Nah.

Let me get y'all
a wave check too.

You know what I'm sayin'?
I got my do-rag on

crooked right now.

Check that out.
Mm.

That's all you get to see.
[LAUGHS]

- Ah, these t*tties!
Oh, my God!

What are you
looking forward to tonight?

- Embracing Blackness.
- Period.

[DOM KENNEDY'S
"WHEN I COME AROUND"]

♪ Yeah ♪

♪ Let me take you on a date,
date ♪

♪ We ain't gotta wait ♪

♪ Tell me if you got
an ex-n*gga in the way ♪

What's up, brother?

♪ I just wanna get
a little taste ♪

♪ And I see you keep your body
in shape ♪

- How are you?
Good to see you.

- How are you?
- ♪ Damn, you look good ♪

♪ Damn, you look good, girl,
and you look good ♪

- ♪ Need to stop ♪
- I like this, for real.

- It's fire.
- It's got the views.

- Got everything set up.
- OMG!

- Let me find out, Ty.
- Okay!

- Look at LA.
- Look at LA!

Like, every day when I wake up.

Look at LA bein' LA
doing LA sh*t.

Look at LA LA-ing.

- Tylynn, you always do it.
Every time.

- I had to.
- This is so beautiful.

Can I get a drink,
or, like, what?

Yeah, this is, like...
Let everybody

see the setup first,
'cause that's cute.

- Don't mess that up.
- Don't mess that up.

All right, all right.

"Black is Back" party
is in the Dons.

We're overlooking
View Park, Leimert Park.

This area is really
our Black Beverly Hills.

We're living Black success
right now.

P'jae!

Yay!

- Thank you for coming.
- Sup, Ty?

- You didn't come with Bri?
- No, no, no.

- I haven't talked to her today.
- Okay, good.

- I like your 'fit.
- Oh, yeah.

- See me chest out? Yeah.
- I know.

- You look fly!
- Where everybody at?

- Outside.
- They out there?

- Outside, yeah.
- All right.

- I'ma do all of 'em.
I'ma taste all of 'em.

- We did it, Joe.
We did it, Joe!

You're gonna be the next
president of the United States.

- [LAUGHTER]
- Ahh!

Oh, you brought the...

You brought the party favors.

[CHILL HIP-HOP]

♪ ♪

Relationship goals!

Bae goals, right here!
[CHEERING]

♪ 4C hair,
yeah, I'm getting laid ♪

- Mm.
- ♪ And I'm cute as f*ck ♪

- ♪ Yeah, I'm getting paid ♪
- Bri, yes!

♪ Skin bright and smooth,
look like marmalade ♪

[OOHING]

- Ooh!
- Period!

[LAUGHTER]

Girl, that's crazy!

Okay, so really why
I brought y'all here today,

the past year or so,

you guys have all
been taking strides

towards your own goals
and your own paths.

I love y'all.

Don't get lazy.

And keep doing
what y'all doing.

And cheers to that.
[AFFIRMATIVE MUTTERING]

This space is
the fountain of excellence.

Cheers.

Hi, everyone!

- What? Yo.
- Hey, y'all.

You didn't tell me
you were bringing someone.

- Hello.
- What's up, what's up?

[TENSE MUSIC]

- I still don't have a straw.
- [LAUGHS]

- Hi, P'jae.
- What's up, Bri?

- How you doin'?
- How are you?

I was not expecting
to see Becky at this party.

I ain't seen her in forever.

Don't even know if we cool.

First thought is,
is somebody out here to get me?

I just wanted to, you know,

like, get a gauge
on why you invited Becky.

It was just to, like,
show y'all b*tches

that, like,
I'm not f*cking with P'jae.

Mm.

How has it been seeing Jordan?

He looks cute tonight.

You like the little heart?

- It's beating?
- Yeah, it's very cute.

Do you have an attitude
that I brought Becky?

Um... was I surprised?

Was I confused?
Truth.

Um, yeah.

"Black is Back" is about

the progression
of Black people.

It's not a space
for you to act selfishly

and bring people
who are not invited.

Like, y'all can take
that somewhere else.

Not at my events.

Okay, you wanna go hang out
with other people or nah?

- I guess.
- I know, if we must.

- [SCOFFS]
If we must.

- I'm glad you came.
We need more girls.

This man is Mr. Everything
pretty much.

I'm hearin' he got
the marijuana game on lock.

He explained it to me, and I
still don't know what he does.

- [LAUGHS]
- I just say he Mr. Everything.

♪ ♪

- Hey, girl.
- How are you guys?

- How are you guys?
- You good?

- Yeah.
- You Gucci?

- How are we?
- How did you guys meet again?

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
To this day,

I think this sh*t is so crazy

how I met you
before everybody...

- And then, like...
- And then during,

you didn't tell us any of that.

Honestly, I feel like
this is, like, a good time

to have, like, that
communication now,

'cause everybody's kinda here.

We never really had, like...

- Yeah, like all three of us.
- All three of us.

It's been, like, here...

- [ALL TALKING AT ONCE]
- Say sorry to both of us.

- Look, look, look, I...
- Just say sorry.

No, no, no, no, no.

- Oh.
What's goin' on?

- Hi.
- Hey, P'jae.

What's up,
what's up, what's up?

Mr. Compton.

We're just talking about how

everybody met each other
and, like...

Oh, we goin' down
memory lane?

- Going down memory lane.
- He just, like, snuck in.

Okay, so I feel like,

we all never really had
this, like, conversation.

I feel like we've all had
our individual conversations,

but never really...
So tell us the story together

because, honestly, yeah,
it's always been separate.

So did you know me and Becky
were friends or no?

Prior to, like,
me trying to date you?

Mm-hmm.

- I-I-I did. I did.
- Don't lie.

- No, no, no, no.
I knew y'all were friends.

But it had happened
so long ago...

But I feel like
there was no, like,

bad blood or anything.

Of course I did
used to like you.

Let's just say it.

And so I did feel
a little type of way.

I knew we weren't
even like that,

so I never wanted to hold back

a potential,
you know, good thing.

I'm a f*cking
hopeless romantic,

I'm never gonna
hold anybody back.

So for sure, go for it.

So...

I mean, that's my truth.

Cheers to transparency
and awkward conversations.

That was good.

I'm so glad I had that
conversation with Becky.

I feel like there's
no more awkwardness.

I'm back in the game.

Hey, look.
It's all love over here.

You see it. You see it.
[LAUGHS]

Did you know
any of this was happening?

- I know now.
- I think I apologized,

but I don't know
if I did for real

'cause I could have
let you know...

I was just in a really
selfish place, honestly.

I don't think that I have to
be here for this conversation.

- Me neither.
You wanna take another shot?

- Yep.
I'ma let y'all hash that out.

Yeah, that did it for me.

- Is there a discussion?
- Where y'all goin'?

You guys did not...

- I'm looking for my phone.
- Really, Jordan?

She said,
I'm looking for my phone.

Okay, what are we...
Are you okay?

I'm fine.

[SOLEMN MUSIC]

[LAUGHTER]

♪ ♪

- Cheers, though.
- Hey, look.

We gotta look each other
in the eye.

Otherwise, you know,
that's bad luck.

I don't really know
what's going on.

Like, he's cute, but...

But yeah. I don't know.

[FRANK OCEAN'S "SWEET LIFE"]

♪ The best song wasn't
the single ♪

♪ But you weren't either ♪

Yo, I don't have pictures
with anyone.

Group photo, everyone!

You're so annoying.

Not cou... we're not...
I'm single!

Put me in the middle.

Put me in the middle
because I'm single.

Everybody's single.

One, two, three.

ALL: Black excellence!

♪ Sweet life,
sweet life, sweet life ♪

♪ ♪

- Hey, Mom.
- Hey, Mom, hey!

- Mom, I got my chest out.
Sorry.

I'm having a lollipop,

'cause I've had
too much to drink.

Damn.

See how big my t*tties...

- How fire is she?
- [INDISTINCT]

♪ You've had a landscaper
and a housekeeper ♪

♪ Since you were born ♪

♪ The sunshine always
kept you warm ♪