- Last time on Star...
- I did hear that you conned
your way into a job at Gravity.
Is it true you used the sex tape
- to kick off your solo career?
- No.
- I did not cheat on you.
- Really, Derek?
Are you gonna tell her about us?
What do you think
is gonna happen if
I let her know I'm a
criminal informant?
Then you shouldn't
have been caught
with the Bankhead Crew.
I've brought in a new headliner
who is loud and
very controversial.
Lil Dini?
"Noah, who has been inspiring
your love songs you've
been putting out?"
We made a beautiful baby.
I can't bring Kayla back.
- You still don't trust me?
- It's cool. I've been living
- out this bag my whole life.
- I'm-a look suspect
trying to clean all of this cash
when you know I'm
trying to go legit.
We got a rat problem.
I was trying to figure out
what happened to my father.
Trust me.
- What the hell?
- ♪ For the love of the city ♪
♪ ... 12 and the cops ♪
♪ They wanna see me in the cage,
I'd rather see me in a Wraith ♪
♪ I'm motivation on the Gram,
I'm going live on these... ♪
Damn it.
♪ Who love the streets?
Meek, Meek ♪
♪ Who dropping heat? ♪
♪ Meek, Meek, who
locked the city up? ♪
♪ Pull up in that Bentley truck,
rest of them... see? Meek ♪
♪ Who dropping... through the worst?
Meek ♪
♪ Who really dropping that fire?
Meek ♪
♪ Back on the water, they
listen when I speak ♪
♪ Who got the key to the streets?
Meek ♪
♪ They was screaming,
"Free Meek" ♪
♪ Now Meek free, judge
tryna hold me ♪
♪ 'Member back when I
was dead broke... ♪
_
Thank you for breakfast, baby.
It was nice.
Well, you know me,
I'm always looking
forward to dessert. Mm.
Well, dessert gonna
have to wait,
- 'cause I got to get back to the club.
- Mm-hmm.
- Ma'am.
- Thank you.
How is our pest
problem coming along?
Have you found the leak?
Uh, my eyes and ears are out.
The boys know to contact
me if anything is suspect.
- Good.
- Congratulations, McPherson.
I'm Kenneth Anderson,
one of the chairs
of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce.
It's good to meet you.
I got to say, I'm grateful
an organization as
prestigious as yours
is taking the time
to honor my work.
Well, we're thrilled
with the businesses
you've been establishing
throughout the city.
I look forward to seeing you
and that lovely wife of
yours at the gala tomorrow.
You got it.
Cassie.
Cassie!
You being honored?
- It's nothing.
- And I thought you said it was over
with you and that wife of yours.
And now you taking
this bitch to a gala?
You got no idea what
you're talking about.
Actions speak louder
than words, okay?
And all you've ever shown
me is that I'm nothing
but the soles of
your damn shoes.
And they ain't even designer.
That enough action for you?
Well, damn.
Oh, my God.
♪ I bring me ♪
♪ Get mine, 'bout
mine, go hard ♪
♪ Looking for another like me ♪
♪ Boy, stop ♪
♪ I bring me ♪
♪ Whose love is the tightest? ♪
♪ Whose kiss is the nicest? ♪
♪ Me ♪
♪ Whose touch is the rightest? ♪
♪ Me ♪
♪ I bring me ♪
♪ I bring, I bring me. ♪
Baby, what are you doing?
Really?
- I'm getting food.
- That's food?
- Ten candy bars is food?
- Yep.
Say something about my weight.
I dare you.
This is not good for the baby.
Don't put that back.
I will fight you in this store.
Okay, we'll do three.
Okay? Compromise.
Don't matter what I eat, anyway.
These hips grow by
the inch every day.
And I love every inch. Okay?
Where are we gonna put
all this baby stuff?
Think I'll put the crib
in my room at Carlotta's.
Why are you so against
moving in with me?
You do know we're
having a baby, right?
Ma'am, I'm telling you, there
are no funds left on this card.
No, there should be
still money on there.
I just got my WIC on Thursday.
It's okay, Mommy.
We can put it back.
No, it's okay, baby, I got it.
Can you try it again
or something, please?
Thank you so much.
You didn't have to do that.
That's okay.
- Here you go, baby.
- Thank you.
Star, where are you going?
Star? Yo.
- What's wrong?
- Do you see that?
What?
That's why I'm not
moving in with you,
because that's my biggest fear
is having to depend
on somebody else.
That lady can't even
provide for her own kid,
and that kid was me.
But it's not you anymore.
And it won't be for our kid.
When are you gonna wake up
- and realize that you have it good?
- You know what?
- It's okay. No, listen to me.
- Listen to me.
We're not from the same place.
You don't understand.
Star, where are you going?
You have to talk to
me at some point.
I know what I saw.
That bottle service girl,
or whatever she was,
was all up on you
as if you didn't
have a girlfriend.
Or maybe she liked what she saw
on the sex tape, I don't know.
- It is not like that at all.
- Then tell me what that is.
Explain why she was
hugged up on you,
whispering in your ear.
Alex, can you just please
trust me with this one?
Just tell me why, after
all we've been through.
I'm-a head out.
Derek.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
All right, look,
we might as well get the
awkwardness over with.
Megan and I worked things out.
Look, whatever y'all got
going on I'm cool with
as long it don't
interfere with our work.
- Mm.
- I came to talk about business.
- All right.
- We're two months out
from the Rhythm and Bells Fest,
and we got to get the fans
hyped about Karma Sound,
which is why I'm paying
for this studio time.
- But you slippin'.
- Slippin'?
You ain't brought me a
hit since we started.
Man, hits don't come overnight.
Have you checked your
downloads lately?
Your songs are pedestrian.
I could get the same
sound from YouTube.
Man, you must got me confused
with some other artist
you playing with. All right?
My plaques and my Grammys
speak for themselves.
Oh, I get it.
It's hard having staying power.
One minute, they think
you got the goods.
The next, they done with you.
That's funny, 'cause I never had
an issue with staying power.
In fact, I've been told I
stay a little too long.
All I'm saying is you need
to step your game up.
'Cause there's always
somebody out there
that wants it just as bad.
So what?
That supposed to be
some kind of thr*at?
Like I said...
we talking business.
_
_
- You're late.
- And you nasty,
sitting here with your
damn feet on this table.
You ain't got no home training?
Just to be clear, none
of us work for you.
We hardly respect you.
- We're just here for Carlotta.
- We are strictly here
to make sure Carlotta's
R&B Fest doesn't t*nk.
Yeah, and to watch
your little chest
heave when you get mad.
See, look at it.
- Can we get serious for a second?
- Let's.
Now, we're at the homestretch,
and the social media presence
for the Rhythm and Bells
Festival needs to increase.
The ticket holders need to
know the lay of the festival
so they can maximize
their experience,
and that's where our new
social media strategist,
Chloe David, comes in.
Chloe, ladies.
Ladies, Chloe.
So you go waste money
on little plastic hos
when I got the perfect
little Twitter fingers here.
Do you have three
million followers?
Or just the fingers?
You social slut.
I didn't think so.
Chloe will be here all
day filming Noah.
Gravity Media needs
to start engaging
with its fans more directly.
Excuse me.
I hope you're ready for
a music experience
like no other with the
Rhythm and Bells Festival.
Now, we have several stages
featuring Gravity Media artists
that you know and love, but
the main stage will showcase
Noah Brooks like you've
never seen him before.
He'll be performing his hits
and his soon-to-be-classic
new album.
You don't want to miss it.
Stay tuned.
- Perfect.
- Cool.
Yo, that was corny.
And you didn't even
mention Take 3.
Yeah, he did.
He called us "Gravity artists."
Okay, so we're gonna
be on the small stage
while Noah's on the main one?
You didn't hear what I said?
You know, I think them little
tight-ass shirts you wear
and them little juices and
berries you throw in your head
done made your brain
stop circulating.
You know damn good and well
Carlotta created this festival
to showcase these girls'
album, not Noah's.
Noah don't have a hit out.
We got "Madonna" in heavy
rotation right now.
He's the comeback kid.
That's promotable.
Bitch, go like a post.
You're not gonna do this to us.
Carlotta wouldn't let you.
Look, Mateo hired me to handle
this thing as I see fit.
This is how I see it.
Thanks for the heads up, Don.
I'll look into it.
I'll get back to you.
Why the hell you not
returning my calls?
You just gonna throw this
diamond up in my face
and just go ghost on a bitch?
I got bigger problems than that.
If you want me to marry you,
you can't keep me hidden.
I'm going to that gala.
Cassie.
You see, my contact...
is telling me that Karma
is way too hot right now.
What are you talking about?
You remember that
rat problem we had
that you were
supposed to handle?
It ain't handled.
It's affecting my business,
which, in turn, affects
my reputation.
And guess what. I
don't like that.
So you mad at me for that?
I never wanted to run
money through that club.
That was for your punk ass.
You're a sloppy bitch.
Did you just call me a bitch?
Really?
Get your damn hands off me.
Fix it.
Let me go, Xander.
Now answer my other question.
Will you marry me?
Yeah.
Maurice is literally only
concerned about Noah
and his own come-up.
This isn't what Carlotta
envisioned at all.
If we get lost on
that small stage,
our album gets lost, our
solo careers get lost.
We gave up way too much
for this album to flop.
Look, y'all done with
this pity party?
Ain't nobody ever
gave Take 3 nothing,
and ain't about to start now.
If y'all want that
stage, then take it.
Okay, but how do we do that?
Bitch, I motivate, I don't strategize.
Figure it out.
Alex, what about
your docuseries?
No. I'm not doing
that anymore, so...
Okay. Chloe.
Hmm?
She prides herself on
getting exclusives, right?
So, we give her one before
Maurice gets a chance.
We just got to drive
her attention to us.
- Yup.
- Maybe by, like,
a track that she can
break or something.
Yeah, and if she gets the
audience hyped about us,
Maurice has to give
us that main stage.
- There she is.
- Act natural.
Hey, Chloe? Can I holler
at you for a sec?
Alex Crane.
It's been a minute.
Yeah, since my dad's Christmas
party a few years back.
You know, I'm still
such a huge fan of his.
When's he coming out
with new music?
He's on a little
hiatus right now.
But me and my girls
are in the studio.
We'd love for you to come
in and take a listen.
Maybe even drop an exclusive
on your site or something.
Who knows?
You girls get me
something hot, I'm in.
Sorry about the "bitch" earlier.
Maurice really brings
out the worst in me.
- Just...
- Okay.
How much longer do I have
to keep this from her?
Look, we know the
Bankhead Crew is
doing something
out of that club,
and one of them hurt
your grandmother.
Don't lose your focus.
Well, can you tell me something?
You got any leads?
This surface-level patrolling...
it isn't working anymore.
I need to know the ins
and outs of that club
before the brass shelves
the case on us.
Then they shelve the case,
and then what happens
to my grandma?
I know how much
this means to you,
so we got to work smart
and fast, all right?
Find a way to get closer
to the action, okay?
Okay.
- Hey, yo, boss?
- Yeah.
You needed to see me?
I do. Look, we may have
a leak in the building,
so I need you to find it and
plug it real quick, you got it?
- Yeah. I got you.
- Cass?
- Yo. Hey.
- Uh, did I catch you at a bad time?
Nah. You know Mike-Mike.
Bruh. I seen him around.
Look, I just came to holla
at you about getting a job.
Ah, we not hiring, Mr.
Neighborhood Watch. I'm sorry.
Now, you know I wouldn't ask
if I didn't really need it,
but we a little late
on the mortgage.
I'm back on my feet now. I'm
just trying to pitch in
- with Grandma.
- Mm-hmm.
Yo, boss, we might need
some extra manpower
in the storage.
He look like he can
lift up a box or two.
All right. Well, come on by
later, and we'll set you up.
- Perfect.
- All right, later.
Yo, Cass, you're not
gonna regret it, okay?
I know. But, D,
just know I'm doing this
for your granny, okay?
What goes on in my
club stays in my club.
I got you.
Okay, look, we
need to figure out
what it's going to
take to impress Chloe.
All right, well,
what about this?
Can you play it back?
♪ You and me, you and me ♪
♪ Can't you see, baby, I
got what you need, so ♪
♪ Bet on me, bet on me... ♪
That's all I got so far, but...
All right.
It's cool, but I feel like
it's more of the same.
I feel like we need something
with more edge this time.
We just did "Yellow Tape."
What do you mean, "more edge"?
Yeah, but that was a diss track.
I mean, like, a real song.
Don't you feel like
we've done this?
So we need to go in a
different direction.
These are the songs that
got us on the radio.
These are the songs that got
us on Rhythm and Bells, so...
Yeah, but people are
waiting on this.
Let's give 'em something new.
Okay, well, then
let's do a ballad.
Never mind.
Why are you getting so offended?
- Come on, guys.
- All right.
I feel like none of us are
really on the same page.
- Nope.
- So, let's take a minute.
I got an appointment to go to.
I'll be back.
- Okay.
- Bye.
Alex?
Alex?
- Yeah.
- Are you okay?
Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.
Um... look, just take a five.
I'm gonna keep working
on this track.
Okay.
People have been all over
my new music, all right?
And-and my new stuff... it's
gonna be fire at the festival.
But you still don't have a hit.
You gonna deliver
at the festival?
- Don't I always deliver?
- Not always.
Once you left the Turn Up Tour
for rehab, folks got to
wondering about you.
People say you're
the comeback kid,
but how many lives you got?
Look, I'm-a deliver, all right?
Trust me.
I'll let the people know.
Yeah, you do that.
Excuse me.
So you just gonna ignore me?
You haven't replied to my DMs.
Who are you?
I got to remind you about
the time on the tour?
It was good, right?
So good that you gave me
- the damn clap.
- What?
- And that's gonna cost your pretty ass.
- Hold up. Hold up. Hold up. Hold up.
I've never met you
a day in my life.
Really?
'Cause these photos
say otherwise.
- Hey...
- Look,
I need 20 thou by tomorrow,
or I'm going public.
Oh, and by the way,
your tongue skills
could use some work.
Bad form.
I swear on everything, I'm good,
all right? I-I was wasted,
but I got tested every three months.
She lying, man!
Look, the truth
don't even matter.
Once she goes public,
the brand is tarnished.
Last thing we need two
months out of the R&B Fest.
What is you talking
about right now?
Just pay the bitch.
No!
This is extortion.
As his lawyer, I say
that we call her bluff,
get the authorities in on this.
See, you sound like you
thinking as his woman,
not his lawyer.
Your little plan is gonna
make this a trending topic.
And your boy buckles under pressure.
He's fragile.
Stand up. I'll show you how
fragile I am right now.
You know you don't
want this in your head
while you're working
on your album.
Noah, it's your call.
If we pay her, she's just
gonna keep coming back.
But whatever you decide,
I can make it work.
I'm going with my
lawyer on this.
Hi, baby.
Hey.
Oh, no. What could you
possibly be mad about now?
I'm telling you, every
day it's something.
We're trying to get this music
right for Carlotta's R&B Fest,
and Alex is acting
like a super-producer
who can't take input
from anybody,
because her solo career
don't depend on this.
It's practically her birthright.
But for me, I'm all
this baby has.
Why do you keep
saying it like that?
Saying what like what?
Saying it like it's all you
and I'm not a part of this.
How did you get that
from what I just said?
I don't understand you.
Are you listening at all?
I am listening. Am I lying?
You won't move in with me,
and you never want
to talk about it.
Yo, I'm not having this
conversation with you again.
Like, I'm so done
with you, Star.
Why can't you just acknowledge
that this is my baby, too?
I will be at every single
doctor's appointment,
every birthday and
parent-teacher conference.
But you and I?
We're done.
Hey, bro. Brown on the
left, white on the right.
You know, when I holla'd at
Cassie about getting a job here,
I thought I'd be doing
something a little different.
Bro, you got to sweat
to make cheese, man.
Yeah, I know, man, but, look,
I'm trying to help
my family out.
I'm trying to be
down with Bankhead.
I'm trying to make
some real dough.
All right.
Holla at my boys. I'll
get back with you.
Now, remember,
I got to look like a
wife, not a sidepiece.
♪ ♪
♪ What up? ♪
♪ Breathe ♪
♪ Can finally breathe ♪
♪ Now that it's just you and I ♪
♪ We can finally do this right ♪
♪ We're free ♪
♪ We're finally free ♪
♪ We don't have
nothing to hide ♪
♪ It's really
different this time ♪
♪ I've been patient ♪
♪ Wasn't sure we would make it ♪
♪ But I stood right
there, waiting ♪
♪ Holding on to a maybe ♪
♪ You got me floating ♪
♪ Finally know where
we're going ♪
♪ In the end, it was worth it ♪
♪ 'Cause this feels perfect ♪
♪ You're all I need ♪
♪ Yeah, you're all I want ♪
♪ Here is my heart ♪
- ♪ Here it is ♪ - ♪
Here is my love ♪
♪ My soul ♪
♪ You're all I need ♪
♪ Yes, you are,
you're all I want ♪
♪ No matter how long that
it took us to get here ♪
♪ You're all I need ♪
♪ You're all I need,
you're all I need... ♪
Gorgeous.
Simply gorgeous.
Thank you, baby.
You know I want to look badass
on your arm when that
camera pops off.
And you will.
Excuse me. Could you
give us a second?
- Sure thing.
- Thank you.
So... which one of
these necklaces
do you think go best?
I love this one.
- Why didn't you tell me about Cotton?
- What?
See, I already know
you're lying to me.
I've been with you
since we were 15.
I'm not lying. What are
you talking about?
Your niece has been
to the police.
You didn't think this was
something that I needed to know?
No, because she went to the
police for a family problem.
After she had already
been to our club.
So?
Now I got all this
pressure up in my head,
and she may be the damn reason.
Well, maybe you need
to go meditate,
because Cotton has
nothing to do with this.
Then who does, Cassie?
You can trust me that I
have Cotton under control.
Mm. I did.
And you can see where
that's gotten us.
No, babe. Look at me.
I'm working hard for this.
And I ain't gonna sit back and
let her throw away our future.
I got you.
Okay?
Now, go on about your business.
I trust you.
The main thing is
you're your own man,
- your own artist.
- Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
You make a lot of noise.
I'm trying to put you
on at the R&B Fest.
For sure, for sure.
Bruh, let me just, uh, let
me just think about this.
You need to clean up your image.
I can help.
Yeah. All right.
- Looks like you're a busy man.
- Hold up.
What the hell is he doing here?
Yeah, what you think this
is, Homeboy Records?
I'm in here getting real money.
Like I said, I'm
looking for hits.
- You know what it is.
- Yeah, yeah.
So this is what you doing.
You trying to bait me
to write some songs?
Oh, well, you need Lil Dini
to write you something?
Oh, no, I don't need nobody
- to do nothing for me.
- Yeah, wait.
- But I know one thing...
- When y'all are done,
you might want to take
a look at the TV.
Turns out sober
doesn't mean clean.
A woman has accused Noah Brooks
of giving her chlamydia.
The victim has provided
GNZ with pictures...
Noah!
The affair allegedly
took place...
So that's somebody
you want to be with?
What's up, Derek?
Meet Jamal.
Jamal here been with
us about, what...
What you say, big man?
Two years?
That about right.
We just found out Jamal
been skimming off the top.
It was just once. I
promise I'll never do...
Shut your ass up.
What you think we should
do about Jamal, Derek?
♪ ♪
All right, light skin.
I was just trying to see
if you have our back.
What y'all think?
Your boy almost made
me pull out my strap.
Hmm.
I got it.
I might have a job
for you around here.
I appreciate it.
Like I said, whatever
y'all need, I got you.
You proved yourself.
But you gonna have to be a
quick learner around here.
That's easy.
You keep busting your ass,
you keep your mouth shut,
your granny mortgage'll be
paid sooner than you think.
Cassie gonna be cool with that?
Yeah, if she was
calling the sh*ts.
But she ain't.
A woman has accused Noah Brooks
of giving her chlamydia...
I mean, Noah's contaminated meat
getting more attention
than y'all.
Busting our ass in the studio
and can't get half this press.
- Cotton.
- All over TV.
That is just...
I thought I made myself clear
that we don't snitch
in this family, bitch.
- Who...
- I'm talking to you.
- Bitch, you know I'm not a snitch.
- Okay.
And maybe if you
had less enemies,
you wouldn't be so paranoid.
- You know what?
- Cassie, back up off that girl.
Now, you gonna stop coming
for your family like this.
Y'all only see what y'all
want to see in me.
But I'm trying to protect us.
- From?
- The cops.
They've been sniffing
around Karma.
What you done got yourself
into now, Cassie?
I was helping a friend.
And would he happen to
be married with a child?
You're covering for
Xander again, ain't you?
Stay out of this, Bruce.
Why you can't leave
that man alone?
He never treated you right.
And we both know how he
used to b*at your ass.
Look, he had a hard life.
Girl, we all had a hard
life; that don't mean
you go around knocking
b*tches upside the head.
- He stopped that.
- Oh.
That's what we all say.
Look, keep his name
and my business
out of y'all's mouth, okay?
That girl on a roller coaster
ride she can't get off of.
It's a damn shame.
♪ We breaking news again,
Billboard abuse again ♪
♪ Messed up that album date,
we back up in this here. ♪
♪ Messed up that album date ♪
♪ We back up in this here. ♪
How much longer are
you gonna pretend
that everything's
okay when it's not?
Talk to me.
I think Derek is...
cheating on me.
What?
I saw him and a girl in
the footage that we got.
She looked like his ex.
Look, I've never
seen a man more sure
of his love for somebody
than Derek is with you.
I would go to him.
You know, have a
real conversation.
Y'all have been
through way too much
not to fight for what y'all got.
Yeah.
Yeah. Thanks.
You need a hug?
- Come on.
- Why not?
Look, everything is locked
down, just like you said.
No, baby, I got you, I got you.
Okay?
I got to go.
Hey, Cassie.
Star, what the hell
are you doing here?
I just came to say what's up
to your shady-ass
business partner.
Well, he ain't here, so
you can see yourself out.
All right.
You know, normally I
wouldn't say nothing,
'cause I wouldn't care, but
since you're Carlotta's sister,
I thought I would tell you.
I've been you before.
Letting any man treat
me any kind of way.
Look, let me tell you something.
If you don't get your pregnant,
wobbly-looking ass the
hell up out of my office,
it's gonna be a problem.
You don't know nothing about
life, especially mine.
I got my ass b*at every day.
By America's golden boy.
You remember Hunter Morgan?
And I kept going back for
more, just like you.
Twinkle,
does it look like I'm some
type of victim to you?
- No.
- I am a boss bitch.
But what do you feel like?
♪ How could I have
loved you better? ♪
Walk away, Cassie.
There's something good
waiting on the other
side of that decision.
I promise that.
♪ Do anything you want me to. ♪
All right, so Mike-Mike said
Cassie doesn't know anything
about dr*gs going in
and out the club.
But I found falsified
liquor shipment receipts
- in her office.
- But that's all we need
to issue a warrant for
a raid then, right?
Exactly. And then we'll know
who's calling the sh*ts.
Hey, can we get
some privacy, bro?
My bad, light skin.
Hey, y'all might
want to go and get
y'all a room with all that.
Well, at least you don't
have to lie anymore.
Alex.
Alex, please!
Can you believe this mess?
I can. I tried to warn you.
Noah's still a boy.
Maurice, please don't do this.
Now is not the time.
Then when?
You can't even stand
to be around me.
Every time I look at
you, I see our daughter.
It's too painful.
I need to move on, and
you need to let me.
I understand.
Look, my bad for
exploding like that.
I realize I was
feeling triggered,
and I'm still trying
to get control of it.
It's okay.
I think we need to prove
those photos are fake.
How fast can you
set up with Chloe?
Um...
So, how much did she want?
Man, she tried to extort me.
All right? But thank God for
my lawyer, Megan Jetter.
We got proof. I don't
even know the girl.
Let me show you something.
We found the original photo
on her social media.
- Damn, I see it now.
- Yeah.
You know what I mean? See,
but just like my mama
would always say,
whatever's done in the dark
will come to light, but I'm
not gonna press charges.
No, I want to focus on my music.
Hey, Alex, how'd it go?
- Not now.
- What's wrong?
I'm-I'm fine.
Look, are you guys sure
you want to do this?
Yeah, well, I think it's the
only way that we can go viral
and get her attention.
Let's go in there and
make it believable.
- Okay.
- Show us those acting skills, sis.
- Don't pressure me.
- Let's do it.
Look, I really wish you would
stay in your damn lane
and stick to the vocals!
Oh, I would if I could,
but I'm dealing with
a control freak
who can't admit when the
songs aren't good enough.
- They're not good enough.
- Are you kidding me?
Why can't you just
leave her alone?
Why is it that you can stick
up for Alex but you can never
defend your own damn sister?
- I'm tired of it.
- Maybe because you're a bitch.
- Hey, hey.
- And you're not?
Well, it's great taking advice
from somebody who got
knocked up by a stranger.
You push everybody away that
wants to be close to you.
Noah.
You know that real well, right?
You know this whole situation
over here real well.
You can't hold on to nobody.
You can't hold on to me,
you can't hold on to Alex,
and Jackson will soon
figure that out.
Both of you are two
dysfunctional-ass b*tches.
I'm really glad that
this is our last album.
Well, that's the first honest
thing you've said, ever.
Oh, yeah?
Are you... Are you
recording right now?
Hey!
- What the hell?
- ♪ For the love of the city ♪
♪ All my... on the block ♪
♪ 12:00 o'clock, we
ain't wheeling... ♪
Damn it.
♪ They wanna see me in the cage,
I'd rather see me in a Wraith ♪
♪ I'm motivation on the 'Gram ♪
♪ I'm going live on these...
onstage ♪
♪ Who love the streets?
Meek, Meek ♪
♪ Who dropping heat? ♪
♪ Meek, Meek, who
locked the city up? ♪
♪ Pull up in that Bentley truck,
rest of them... see? Meek ♪
♪ Who dropping... through the worst?
Meek ♪
♪ Who really dropping that fire?
Meek. ♪
Excuse me for a second, honey.
What the hell are
you doing here?
What you mean, what the
hell I'm doing here?
I said I was going to the gala.
You said you was gonna
be by yourself.
I know, I know. She decided
to come last second.
I'm sorry.
Do not make a scene.
The Feds raided the club.
What do they know?
Nothing, 'cause I got out
before they could talk to me.
And they're not gonna
have no evidence
of no money laundering,
because I'm not as
sloppy as you think.
It's not just cash, Cas.
I gave Mike-Mike
orders to go bigger.
I've been running dr*gs all
up and down the coast.
In my club?!
You know what, I should blow
your brains out right in front
- of your blonde bitch-ass wife.
- Cassie. Cassie. Shh.
You told me it was gonna be
a little money here
and there, and...
You don't understand.
You know how much going
legit meant to me.
It meant everything to me.
I know, and I am trying
to set things up for us.
For you and me.
For our life together so that
we would never have to worry.
I reached out to my lawyer
today to file for divorce.
I love you.
I do.
But they are going
to connect this
to every business that
I have my hand in.
Maybe... if you take the fall,
- I can get you...
- What?!
Hey.
Why am I here?
Show you my new place.
There's plenty of room
for our kid, right?
This is a joke.
Good luck with everything.
Jackson, I want you here, too.
I want all three of
us here, together.
I can't change the past.
Or the fact that all of
this happened so fast
and I don't know what I'm doing.
But I can try and make sure
that the future's better.
It's too late for that.
Don't walk away from me.
Like you've been doing
our entire relationship?
I'm trying to talk to you now.
Look, I don't know what
we're supposed to be,
but I know that we are
this baby's parents.
And I want this baby
to have a real family,
a functioning family with
a mom and a dad like...
Uncle Phil and Aunt
Viv or something.
You know we'll never be
Uncle Phil and Aunt Viv.
Of course we can't
be that great.
But we can try.
I don't know.
I don't have much in
this house, but...
This was your plan
the whole time.
You remember your routine?
I kinda forget; maybe
you can show me.
- Me? Oh, I'm too big.
- Mm.
- It's our song. It's gotta work.
- Ooh. Ooh.
Easy now. Easy now.
Don't want you to burst.
♪ Gotta be compatible... ♪
You're serious.
Okay.
♪ Girl, when I break you off ♪
♪ I promise that you
won't want to get off ♪
♪ If you're horny,
let's do it... ♪
_
Alex, before you say anything...
So, your grandma told
me where you were
and my dumb ass showed up
wanting to work things out.
It's not what you're thinking.
I think that we
got back together
without talking about why
we broke up the first time.
And I think that you're still
trying to give me payback
for what happened with Noah.
What are you talking about?
Is she the reason why you've
been hanging at the club?
- I can explain that.
- Then explain, Derek.
Please explain.
I can't right now.
Right.
You think I'm stupid.
No. Baby...
So go deal with your side
bitch, because I'm done.
Alex, I love you
more than anything.
You're lucky you're in the
clear, you know that?
Trust me, I ain't never
been more relieved
in my life.
Oh, my gosh, wait till
this interview drops
on these shady-ass bloggers.
So corny.
They all gonna look stupid.
- I can't wait, baby.
- Ah.
Yeah.
You should've given the bitch
the money when she told you.
All right, all right.
W-Whatever you need, bro, I...
Noah!
Hey.
Come on, man, come on,
d-don't hurt her, please.
Please, what-whatever
it is, we-we can...
Shut the hell up and
stay on the ground.
Or I'll blow your head off.
Alex.
What's wrong?
I was right.
I'm so sorry.
No, it's not your fault.
Simone, why are you crying?
I'm not crying, I just...
I... I just feel like Derek.
Wh-What are you talking about?
Because of me...
and Nina.
You and Nina?
We went viral.
It worked.
Look at this.
Why is it that you can
stick up for Alex,
but you can never defend
your own damn sister?
- I'm tired of it.
- Maybe because you're a bitch.
People love dirt, don't they?
"These girls going out, ♪ epic."
"I'm not missing T3's last
performance together.
♪ R&BFest."
This is just what people
expect out of a girl group,
because it happens all the time.
People grow apart.
They're calling it
our goodbye album.
Y'all think it really is?
Y'all were ready to break up.
Only reason we're
sitting here right now
is 'cause we were trying
to help Miss Carlotta,
but we all got different
stuff we're trying to do.
We're different artists
with different dreams.
We did everything we said
we'd do when we got here.
Well, not everything.
We didn't win an ASA.
But I think Star's right.
Last album.
Well, let's do it right.
♪ Oh, Lord, takes so long ♪
♪ Hope it doesn't take
too long this time ♪
♪ 'Cause I need to be with you ♪
♪ I need to be with you, Lord ♪
♪ Today ♪
♪ Today, today ♪
♪ Today ♪
♪ Today, who are you, Lord? ♪
♪ Who are you, Lord? ♪
♪ Who are you, Lord? ♪
♪ Who are you, Lord? ♪
♪ We breaking news again,
Billboard abuse again ♪
♪ Messed up they album date,
we back up in this here ♪
♪ Star on a chain, car
dipped in candy paint ♪
♪ Fall off never ♪
♪ Boss up forever now ♪
♪ Come feel this excellence ♪
♪ This is the best it gets ♪
♪ We can't stop
them from whining ♪
♪ But they can't stop
us from shining ♪
♪ Got my life and my health,
my family is wealth ♪
♪ You would think
I got ten hands ♪
♪ The way I'm feeling myself ♪
- ♪ Today ♪ - ♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Don't need that darkness,
get it out my space ♪
- ♪ Ooh ♪ - ♪ Lace
up those shoes ♪
- ♪ We on this paper
chase ♪ - ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪
♪ There's something magic
'bout this moment ♪
♪ Let's go ahead and own it... ♪
Come on, Derek. Where are you?
♪ I wish I would spend my
time on a petty bitch ♪
♪ Who are you, Lord? ♪
♪ I wish I would let
'em take this energy ♪
♪ Who are you, Lord? ♪
♪ I wish I would spend my
time on a basic bitch ♪
- ♪ Who are you, Lord? ♪ - ♪ No,
I keep livin' up, livin' up... ♪
I know you're a damn cop, bitch.
♪ Livin' up this life,
keep on livin' up ♪
- ♪ Livin' up, livin' up this
life ♪ - ♪ Who are you, Lord? ♪
♪ Livin' up this life ♪
- ♪ Keep on livin' up this life
♪ - ♪ Who are you, Lord? ♪
♪ This is that flava talk,
this is that paper talk ♪
♪ This is that ride 'em to the
real and to the fakest talk ♪
♪ I'm the best you ever had ♪
♪ Call me your out ♪
♪ I came for the bag ♪
♪ I'm leaving with
the title, oh ♪
♪ I didn't come here to lose ♪
♪ You must got me confused ♪
♪ This carte blanche attitude ♪
♪ Do what I wanna do ♪
♪ I see you mad as hell ♪
♪ Go ahead and tell ♪
♪ But get used to it, 'cause
this future is female ♪
- ♪ Today ♪ - ♪ Ooh ♪
♪ Don't need that darkness,
get it out my space ♪
- ♪ Ooh ♪ - ♪ Lace
up those shoes ♪
♪ We on this spot to chase ♪
♪ Ooh, yeah ♪
♪ There's something magic
about this moment ♪
♪ Let's go ahead and own it ♪
- ♪ I wish I would let these haters
get to me ♪ - ♪ Who are you, Lord? ♪
♪ I wish I would spend my
time on a petty bitch ♪
♪ Who are you, Lord? ♪
♪ I wish I would let
'em take this energy ♪
♪ Who are you, Lord? ♪
♪ I wish I would spend my
time on a basic bitch ♪
- ♪ Who are you, Lord? ♪ - ♪ No,
I keep livin' up, savin' up ♪
- ♪ Slaving at this life ♪
- How can I help you?
- ♪ Keep on livin' up, livin' up ♪
- Ma'am.
♪ Livin' up this life ♪
♪ Keep on livin' up, livin'
up, livin' up this life... ♪
I'm here to turn myself in.
♪ Keep on livin' up this life. ♪
03x07 - Karma
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Set in Atlanta, "Star" revolves around three talented young singers who navigate the music business on their road to success.
Set in Atlanta, "Star" revolves around three talented young singers who navigate the music business on their road to success.