1 00:00:00,212 --> 00:00:01,693 Previously on Empire... 2 00:00:01,744 --> 00:00:04,014 LUCIOUS: Well, the police think they got a witness with Bunkie's murder. 3 00:00:04,048 --> 00:00:06,574 I want to find out who it is. Can you get on that? 4 00:00:06,694 --> 00:00:09,029 Yes, sir. LUCIOUS: Kidd Fo-Fo signed 5 00:00:09,063 --> 00:00:10,630 with Billy Beretti. He is my enemy. 6 00:00:10,665 --> 00:00:13,467 Go after him. 7 00:00:13,501 --> 00:00:14,534 DOCTOR: You've got ALS. 8 00:00:14,569 --> 00:00:15,736 There's no cure for that. 9 00:00:15,770 --> 00:00:16,636 Just want to have sex with me now 'cause 10 00:00:16,671 --> 00:00:18,672 I'm a celebrity and all, huh? 11 00:00:18,706 --> 00:00:20,574 I want to keep them together. 12 00:00:20,608 --> 00:00:22,342 - What am I to you? - My mama. 13 00:00:22,377 --> 00:00:24,077 I don't understand you! 14 00:00:24,112 --> 00:00:25,412 You don't have to understand me. 15 00:00:25,446 --> 00:00:27,247 My obedience is no longer for sale. 16 00:00:27,281 --> 00:00:29,116 MICHAEL: You sure you want to give everything up? 17 00:00:29,150 --> 00:00:31,618 I'm going after his empire. I'm gonna take it. 18 00:00:34,500 --> 00:00:36,233 I'm gonna ask you one more time: 19 00:00:36,353 --> 00:00:37,981 what do you want? 20 00:00:38,101 --> 00:00:39,935 I just told you. We could shoot a music video, 21 00:00:39,970 --> 00:00:42,471 pop some bottles, get some pretty girls, 22 00:00:42,505 --> 00:00:43,873 and then we can get some gigs. 23 00:00:43,907 --> 00:00:44,940 You want to run Empire one day? 24 00:00:44,975 --> 00:00:46,809 'Cause that's not gonna cut it. 25 00:00:46,843 --> 00:00:48,711 At least I got songs. 26 00:00:48,745 --> 00:00:51,547 Jamal doesn't have any new songs. 27 00:00:51,581 --> 00:00:52,882 He's so busy complaining 28 00:00:52,916 --> 00:00:54,783 about how life sucks living in Bushwick 29 00:00:54,818 --> 00:00:56,218 'cause he cut himself off. 30 00:00:56,253 --> 00:00:57,686 Look, I'm not talking about Jamal. 31 00:00:57,721 --> 00:00:59,655 I'm asking you, what do you want?! 32 00:00:59,689 --> 00:01:00,923 ANIKA: Lucious, let's just 33 00:01:00,957 --> 00:01:01,991 think about pushing back the release date 34 00:01:02,025 --> 00:01:03,459 for the album, so... 35 00:01:03,493 --> 00:01:04,660 No, no, we're not pushing 36 00:01:04,694 --> 00:01:05,694 back the release date. 37 00:01:05,729 --> 00:01:06,896 His album drops 38 00:01:06,930 --> 00:01:08,597 the day that Empire goes public. 39 00:01:08,632 --> 00:01:10,466 Why are you riding everybody so hard? 40 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:11,867 Okay, let me explain to y'all 41 00:01:11,902 --> 00:01:13,469 what I want. I want... 42 00:01:13,503 --> 00:01:14,737 COOKIE: Let me tell you what I want. 43 00:01:14,771 --> 00:01:15,738 What I want 44 00:01:15,772 --> 00:01:17,239 is a better office, 45 00:01:17,274 --> 00:01:19,408 not a broom closet on the 13th floor, 46 00:01:19,442 --> 00:01:20,843 next to Accounting. 47 00:01:20,877 --> 00:01:22,845 And I would also like to have 48 00:01:22,879 --> 00:01:25,948 full benefits for my trusty assistant here. 49 00:01:25,982 --> 00:01:27,616 BECKY: Sir, there's nothing I can do. 50 00:01:27,651 --> 00:01:31,253 Homegirl gave HR a dead person's social security number. 51 00:01:31,288 --> 00:01:32,922 Uh, sorry, but I don't do taxes. 52 00:01:32,956 --> 00:01:34,657 Look, Cookie, I will work on 53 00:01:34,691 --> 00:01:36,458 getting you a better office, 54 00:01:36,493 --> 00:01:37,826 but right now I need you to leave mine 55 00:01:37,861 --> 00:01:39,028 so I can do my job. 56 00:01:39,062 --> 00:01:40,596 Yeah, 'cause your little Mally Mal, 57 00:01:40,630 --> 00:01:42,031 he need all the help he can get right now. 58 00:01:42,065 --> 00:01:43,799 You know what? 59 00:01:43,833 --> 00:01:47,036 You need to stop rapping like you're from the streets 60 00:01:47,070 --> 00:01:48,771 'cause you're not 'bout that life. 61 00:01:48,805 --> 00:01:51,674 You want to know why 62 00:01:51,708 --> 00:01:53,042 "No Apologies" was so good? 63 00:01:53,076 --> 00:01:54,877 It was the best thing you ever did 64 00:01:54,911 --> 00:01:56,979 because it was about Bunkie, 65 00:01:57,013 --> 00:01:59,315 and that was real for you. 66 00:01:59,349 --> 00:02:00,649 You rapped from here. 67 00:02:00,684 --> 00:02:02,451 Stay there. 68 00:02:02,485 --> 00:02:03,819 (laughs quietly) 69 00:02:05,355 --> 00:02:07,022 Where's your office, boo boo kitty? 70 00:02:07,057 --> 00:02:09,458 You know what? You need to just put me on in her office. 71 00:02:09,492 --> 00:02:11,060 I know what Hakeem needs. 72 00:02:11,094 --> 00:02:12,962 And it's not some 73 00:02:12,996 --> 00:02:15,698 debutante with a bougie ear 74 00:02:15,732 --> 00:02:18,567 who doesn't want to disturb her pearls. 75 00:02:18,602 --> 00:02:20,436 What I want 76 00:02:20,470 --> 00:02:21,837 is for everyone 77 00:02:21,871 --> 00:02:24,506 to be talking about Empire 78 00:02:24,541 --> 00:02:26,075 until this IPO is launched. 79 00:02:26,109 --> 00:02:27,710 What I want is everyone talking 80 00:02:27,744 --> 00:02:28,844 about Hakeem. 81 00:02:28,878 --> 00:02:30,412 What I want most of all 82 00:02:30,447 --> 00:02:32,448 is for you to put Donkey Kong in a barrel 83 00:02:32,482 --> 00:02:33,983 and get the hell out of my office. 84 00:02:34,017 --> 00:02:35,918 (clears throat) 85 00:02:35,952 --> 00:02:37,653 ♪ ♪ 86 00:02:37,687 --> 00:02:40,389 You stole those from down the hallway, didn't you? 87 00:02:40,423 --> 00:02:42,725 I didn't steal a damn thing. 88 00:02:42,759 --> 00:02:44,426 I produced this album. 89 00:02:45,629 --> 00:02:47,596 I produced all those albums. 90 00:02:47,631 --> 00:02:49,465 Well, you were good. 91 00:02:49,499 --> 00:02:51,367 Yes. 92 00:02:51,401 --> 00:02:54,403 I'm the best producer Lucious Lyon's ever had. 93 00:02:54,437 --> 00:02:56,639 And I'm about to make him remember how... 94 00:02:56,673 --> 00:02:57,740 Hey. 95 00:02:57,774 --> 00:02:59,041 Hey, girl. 96 00:02:59,075 --> 00:03:00,442 This is the office they gave you? 97 00:03:00,477 --> 00:03:01,744 Uh, it's temporary. 98 00:03:01,778 --> 00:03:02,878 That's wrong. 99 00:03:02,912 --> 00:03:04,880 What you want, Tiana? 100 00:03:04,914 --> 00:03:06,949 I was wondering if you could listen to my new demo. 101 00:03:06,983 --> 00:03:09,351 If you're not busy... 102 00:03:09,386 --> 00:03:12,021 Porsha, get her something to drink. 103 00:03:12,055 --> 00:03:14,023 - Have a seat. - Okay. Thanks. 104 00:03:17,961 --> 00:03:19,728 So, uh... 105 00:03:19,763 --> 00:03:22,231 (clears throat) 106 00:03:22,265 --> 00:03:25,000 Uh... why do you want me to hear your song? 107 00:03:25,035 --> 00:03:27,236 Well, it needs something 108 00:03:27,270 --> 00:03:29,204 and I just can't figure out what it is. 109 00:03:29,239 --> 00:03:31,740 Why didn't you ask Anika what it needs? 110 00:03:31,775 --> 00:03:33,108 She's a suit. 111 00:03:33,143 --> 00:03:36,645 And that song you pulled for Jamal was dope. 112 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:38,714 Is he, like, your only client, 113 00:03:38,748 --> 00:03:39,848 or are you working with other people, too? 114 00:03:39,883 --> 00:03:41,784 Tiana, sweetheart, 115 00:03:41,818 --> 00:03:43,886 I own half this company. 116 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:46,055 And I will be moving out of 117 00:03:46,089 --> 00:03:47,656 this little hellhole soon. 118 00:03:47,691 --> 00:03:49,024 Soon as 119 00:03:49,059 --> 00:03:52,561 Lucious can remember that I'm the one 120 00:03:52,595 --> 00:03:55,864 who deserves to be across that hall from him. 121 00:03:55,899 --> 00:03:57,666 Let me hear this song. 122 00:03:57,701 --> 00:03:58,934 Yeah. It's called "Keep It Movin'." 123 00:03:58,968 --> 00:04:00,736 The hook is good, 124 00:04:00,770 --> 00:04:03,005 but it needs something. You'll see. 125 00:04:03,039 --> 00:04:05,341 (driving dance beat begins) 126 00:04:09,980 --> 00:04:11,880 ♪ I'm so dangerous ♪ 127 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,089 ♪ Listen to me, here we go ♪ 128 00:04:20,123 --> 00:04:21,790 ♪ I got a body like a weapon ♪ 129 00:04:21,825 --> 00:04:24,093 ♪ It goes bang, bang, bang, bang... ♪ 130 00:04:24,127 --> 00:04:25,894 I need you in the studio, 131 00:04:25,929 --> 00:04:27,963 making new music. 132 00:04:27,998 --> 00:04:29,064 All right, I'm on it. 133 00:04:29,099 --> 00:04:31,133 - No, right now. - Right now? 134 00:04:31,167 --> 00:04:33,936 I got passes to Titan's show in Brooklyn. 135 00:04:33,970 --> 00:04:35,771 All the thots gonna be there. 136 00:04:35,805 --> 00:04:37,106 It's good for promotion. 137 00:04:37,140 --> 00:04:39,575 So you dig Titan, huh? 138 00:04:39,609 --> 00:04:41,010 Love it. 139 00:04:41,044 --> 00:04:43,912 Yeah, I think he's dope. 140 00:04:43,947 --> 00:04:45,914 Well, at least let me check out the passes, 141 00:04:45,949 --> 00:04:47,182 make sure they're all-access. 142 00:04:47,217 --> 00:04:48,784 Oh, they're good. 143 00:04:48,818 --> 00:04:50,753 Got four. 144 00:04:50,787 --> 00:04:51,887 You know? 145 00:04:54,024 --> 00:04:56,125 You want to know why Titan is so dope? 146 00:04:56,159 --> 00:04:57,626 Why? 147 00:04:57,660 --> 00:04:59,928 He's always recording something new. 148 00:04:59,963 --> 00:05:01,163 He's always on tour. 149 00:05:01,197 --> 00:05:02,598 I mean, 150 00:05:02,632 --> 00:05:04,066 I hear rumors that 151 00:05:04,100 --> 00:05:05,934 the boy don't even sleep. 152 00:05:05,969 --> 00:05:09,104 He's the baddest rapper in the game, 153 00:05:09,139 --> 00:05:11,807 and I wish he was at Empire. 154 00:05:11,841 --> 00:05:13,776 Hey, Becky. 155 00:05:13,810 --> 00:05:15,544 Yes, sir? 156 00:05:15,578 --> 00:05:17,146 Ven aquí, mi amor. 157 00:05:20,717 --> 00:05:22,284 Yes? 158 00:05:24,854 --> 00:05:25,988 Happy birthday. 159 00:05:26,022 --> 00:05:27,623 Dad, that's not cool. 160 00:05:27,657 --> 00:05:30,059 My birthday's a month away... (gasps) 161 00:05:30,093 --> 00:05:32,194 Oh, my God! Oh, yes! 162 00:05:32,228 --> 00:05:33,662 I love Titan! 163 00:05:33,696 --> 00:05:34,830 Oh, my God, thank you! 164 00:05:36,399 --> 00:05:37,933 - LUCIOUS: You'd better get going. - Okay. 165 00:05:37,967 --> 00:05:39,868 That's cold, Dad. 166 00:05:39,903 --> 00:05:41,303 That's foul. 167 00:05:41,337 --> 00:05:44,540 This race between you and Jamal? 168 00:05:47,010 --> 00:05:49,845 It's yours to lose. 169 00:05:49,879 --> 00:05:52,014 Prove to me 170 00:05:52,048 --> 00:05:54,249 that you as bad as Titan. 171 00:05:54,284 --> 00:05:55,884 That's all I want. 172 00:05:56,325 --> 00:06:04,258 Sync & corrections by honeybunny www.addic7ed.com 173 00:06:05,762 --> 00:06:08,030 (hard bass line pounding) ANNOUNCER: And now, 174 00:06:08,064 --> 00:06:11,800 Creedmoor Entertainment presents 175 00:06:11,835 --> 00:06:14,136 multiple Grammy Award winner, 176 00:06:14,170 --> 00:06:18,173 Rapper of the Year, Titan! 177 00:06:18,208 --> 00:06:20,576 Becky, there's your man! I love you, Titan! 178 00:06:20,610 --> 00:06:22,144 ♪ Give me all that, you be all right ♪ 179 00:06:22,178 --> 00:06:23,212 ♪ Better not talk back 'cause I work hard ♪ 180 00:06:23,246 --> 00:06:25,681 ♪ Just so I can play hard ♪ 181 00:06:25,715 --> 00:06:27,216 ♪ But if you work a lil harder ♪ 182 00:06:27,250 --> 00:06:28,851 ♪ You can play even harder ♪ 183 00:06:28,885 --> 00:06:31,053 ♪ So I be on my hustle... hard ♪ 184 00:06:31,087 --> 00:06:32,221 ♪ Hustle... hard ♪ 185 00:06:32,255 --> 00:06:33,956 ♪ Hustle... hard ♪ 186 00:06:33,990 --> 00:06:35,157 ♪ Oh, my God, I work hard ♪ 187 00:06:35,191 --> 00:06:37,059 Ladies, you need to hold it right there. 188 00:06:37,093 --> 00:06:39,027 All-access, boo boo. 189 00:06:39,062 --> 00:06:41,029 Yes. All-access, coming through. 190 00:06:41,064 --> 00:06:42,431 I cannot wait to meet him. 191 00:06:43,399 --> 00:06:44,900 Excuse you. 192 00:06:44,934 --> 00:06:46,001 Hold up, fool. 193 00:06:46,035 --> 00:06:46,935 Man, get off me. 194 00:06:46,970 --> 00:06:48,203 Do I know you? 195 00:06:48,238 --> 00:06:49,171 MAN: You don't remember me? 196 00:06:49,205 --> 00:06:50,672 Should I remember you? 197 00:06:50,707 --> 00:06:52,341 Yeah. I'm the one who lit it up. 198 00:06:52,375 --> 00:06:53,942 What you gonna do, huh? 199 00:06:58,081 --> 00:06:59,381 (gunshots) 200 00:06:59,415 --> 00:07:00,816 (shrieking) 201 00:07:00,850 --> 00:07:02,084 Back up. Everybody back... 202 00:07:02,118 --> 00:07:04,186 Get down. 203 00:07:05,421 --> 00:07:06,755 Get off me! 204 00:07:06,789 --> 00:07:09,024 LUCIOUS: I can't believe Titan 205 00:07:09,058 --> 00:07:11,226 is still locked up. 206 00:07:11,261 --> 00:07:12,794 He's making headlines. They're calling him 207 00:07:12,829 --> 00:07:14,196 the savior of hip-hop. 208 00:07:14,230 --> 00:07:18,000 And I hear his contract renewal's stalled. 209 00:07:18,034 --> 00:07:20,168 I think your old partner-- 210 00:07:20,203 --> 00:07:22,738 - that scumbag Beretti... - Damn it. 211 00:07:22,772 --> 00:07:24,773 ...is using his arrest as leverage, 212 00:07:24,807 --> 00:07:26,975 trying to undercut his deal. 213 00:07:28,344 --> 00:07:30,212 You hear me talking to you? 214 00:07:30,246 --> 00:07:32,147 What's up? What you doing? 215 00:07:35,985 --> 00:07:38,086 I can't... 216 00:07:38,121 --> 00:07:40,255 I can't make it stop. 217 00:07:40,290 --> 00:07:42,190 What'd the doctor say? 218 00:07:42,225 --> 00:07:44,126 Doctor said it's serious. 219 00:07:49,966 --> 00:07:51,867 Serious? 220 00:07:51,901 --> 00:07:53,936 How? 221 00:07:53,970 --> 00:07:56,238 Lucious. 222 00:08:00,043 --> 00:08:01,977 I have ALS. 223 00:08:08,785 --> 00:08:10,686 They're not giving me much time. 224 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:12,688 They said I got, like, three years at best. 225 00:08:18,962 --> 00:08:19,962 Stop. 226 00:08:23,967 --> 00:08:26,535 (water runs) 227 00:08:40,316 --> 00:08:42,951 COOKIE: There are gonna be some changes around here. 228 00:08:42,986 --> 00:08:45,921 In addition to me managing Jamal... 229 00:08:45,955 --> 00:08:48,256 - Sorry I'm late. - Good morning. 230 00:08:48,291 --> 00:08:50,826 What are you doing here? This is a closed status meeting. 231 00:08:50,860 --> 00:08:54,129 Yeah, and speaking of status, I was just about to inform 232 00:08:54,163 --> 00:08:55,897 the A&R department 233 00:08:55,932 --> 00:08:58,367 that, as of this morning, in addition to handling 234 00:08:58,401 --> 00:09:01,069 and managing Jamal, I'm also handling 235 00:09:01,104 --> 00:09:02,237 this label's fiercest 236 00:09:02,271 --> 00:09:04,773 young female artist. 237 00:09:04,807 --> 00:09:09,478 - Awesome news, right? - Are you out of your mind? 238 00:09:09,512 --> 00:09:11,046 - I thought you'd be cool. - So from now on 239 00:09:11,080 --> 00:09:14,383 I handle and approve all things Tiana. 240 00:09:14,417 --> 00:09:17,552 Performances, appearances, recordings-- 241 00:09:17,587 --> 00:09:20,389 everything down to her nail gel color. 242 00:09:20,423 --> 00:09:22,724 - Y'all clear on that? - We'll discuss this later. 243 00:09:22,759 --> 00:09:24,526 No, there's nothing to discuss, sweetheart. 244 00:09:24,560 --> 00:09:28,363 - Why don't you go to the studio? I'll catch up. - All right. 245 00:09:28,398 --> 00:09:31,600 With your fierce self. Y'all wait to see what I do with her. 246 00:09:33,236 --> 00:09:35,303 Are we gonna have some problems? 247 00:09:35,338 --> 00:09:38,607 (scoffs) Cookie... 248 00:09:38,641 --> 00:09:40,742 I don't have time for this right now. 249 00:09:40,777 --> 00:09:42,611 I have to run a meeting. If you want to stay, 250 00:09:42,645 --> 00:09:45,414 you stay. I don't care what you do. 251 00:09:45,448 --> 00:09:48,350 Okay, well, then I will stay. 252 00:09:48,384 --> 00:09:49,985 Good morning, everyone. 253 00:09:50,019 --> 00:09:52,888 Um, first order of business. 254 00:09:52,922 --> 00:09:54,990 Kidd Fo-Fo-- we don't have him anymore. 255 00:09:55,024 --> 00:09:56,858 No, good riddance. 256 00:09:56,893 --> 00:09:58,960 Did y'all a favor, as far as I'm concerned. 257 00:09:58,995 --> 00:10:00,228 As I said, Kidd Fo-Fo-- 258 00:10:00,263 --> 00:10:02,898 he's not on our roster. 259 00:10:02,932 --> 00:10:05,901 So: who do we have, who can we get, 260 00:10:05,935 --> 00:10:09,237 who's making noise, who's filling up the hip-hop blogs? 261 00:10:09,272 --> 00:10:11,373 Titan, basically. 262 00:10:11,407 --> 00:10:12,941 Nobody else exists. He's 263 00:10:12,975 --> 00:10:14,309 making a fortune for Creedmoor. 264 00:10:14,343 --> 00:10:16,178 Outselling every genre. 265 00:10:16,212 --> 00:10:18,580 Yeah, but we don't have Titan, so we need somebody else. 266 00:10:18,614 --> 00:10:21,383 Y-Y'all don't understand the difference between the real deal 267 00:10:21,417 --> 00:10:24,419 and a poser. Get some authenticity up in here. 268 00:10:24,454 --> 00:10:27,089 We need somebody like Titan. 269 00:10:27,123 --> 00:10:28,323 I don't want 270 00:10:28,357 --> 00:10:30,092 someone like Titan. 271 00:10:30,126 --> 00:10:33,662 The Empire wants Titan. 272 00:10:35,131 --> 00:10:36,198 Bring him here. 273 00:10:36,232 --> 00:10:38,033 Ms. Calhoun, can I 274 00:10:38,067 --> 00:10:40,302 see you for a second? 275 00:10:40,336 --> 00:10:44,106 Don't worry about it. I'll take it from here. 276 00:10:44,140 --> 00:10:47,008 So, how do we go about getting Titan? 277 00:10:47,043 --> 00:10:50,045 Now you know why I've been so hard on you. 278 00:10:50,079 --> 00:10:52,981 And been pushing Hakeem so hard. 279 00:10:53,015 --> 00:10:55,584 I need my successor positioned 280 00:10:55,618 --> 00:10:58,420 and I need our company to be stronger than it's ever been. 281 00:10:58,454 --> 00:11:01,957 I need you to be stronger. 282 00:11:01,991 --> 00:11:05,093 What does Titan have to do with this? 283 00:11:05,128 --> 00:11:06,962 You heard them in the A&R meeting-- he's... 284 00:11:06,996 --> 00:11:09,531 the most authentic artist since Tupac. 285 00:11:09,565 --> 00:11:11,166 They're not talking about Empire. 286 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:12,501 They're talking about him. 287 00:11:12,535 --> 00:11:14,002 I know what I'm saying, baby. 288 00:11:14,036 --> 00:11:15,537 He's with Creedmoor. 289 00:11:15,571 --> 00:11:19,074 Well, that's our added bonus. 290 00:11:19,108 --> 00:11:21,243 Because if we poach him from Creedmoor... 291 00:11:21,277 --> 00:11:22,611 That's a bullet 292 00:11:22,645 --> 00:11:24,246 to Beretti's head. 293 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:26,915 You're right. 294 00:11:26,949 --> 00:11:29,084 That's brilliant. 295 00:11:29,118 --> 00:11:30,419 Okay. 296 00:11:30,453 --> 00:11:32,154 I'll sign him. 297 00:11:32,188 --> 00:11:34,289 No, no, no. I told Vernon to handle this. 298 00:11:34,323 --> 00:11:37,125 Um, he's involved in some gang beef, 299 00:11:37,160 --> 00:11:39,294 and it's just dangerous. 300 00:11:39,328 --> 00:11:42,063 Lucious, stop treating me like I'm some damn baby doll. 301 00:11:42,098 --> 00:11:43,832 Nobody's treating you like a baby. I'm treating you 302 00:11:43,866 --> 00:11:45,033 - like you're my... - Yo, what's this I hear about 303 00:11:45,067 --> 00:11:46,227 you trying to steal an artist 304 00:11:46,235 --> 00:11:47,869 from a competing label? 305 00:11:47,904 --> 00:11:50,105 You watch your tone in my office. 306 00:11:50,139 --> 00:11:53,375 Everyone... steals artists. 307 00:11:53,409 --> 00:11:55,143 Yeah, it's a part of the game, baby. 308 00:11:55,178 --> 00:11:57,379 Not right before a public stock offering. 309 00:11:57,413 --> 00:12:00,949 I'm obliged to caution against unsavory business practices. 310 00:12:00,983 --> 00:12:02,903 Mr. Menchel's right, Dad. Poaching a jailed thug? 311 00:12:02,919 --> 00:12:04,619 It just sends the wrong message. 312 00:12:04,654 --> 00:12:08,356 I tried to tell you cats this is a potentially great PR move. 313 00:12:08,391 --> 00:12:10,425 Truth is we're not poaching him. 314 00:12:10,460 --> 00:12:12,360 We are saving his life. 315 00:12:12,395 --> 00:12:15,330 To me, it looks like payback for Beretti stealing Kidd Fo-Fo. 316 00:12:15,364 --> 00:12:16,932 He didn't steal Kidd Fo-Fo. 317 00:12:16,966 --> 00:12:18,700 Lucious dropped him 'cause he's wack. 318 00:12:18,734 --> 00:12:20,068 Because he was too controversial. 319 00:12:20,103 --> 00:12:21,603 No, because he wasn't good enough. 320 00:12:21,637 --> 00:12:23,872 Look, Titan's 321 00:12:23,906 --> 00:12:27,008 narrative is real. He needs to be here. 322 00:12:27,043 --> 00:12:29,244 Beretti is gonna come back at us... hard. 323 00:12:29,278 --> 00:12:30,412 So? Let him. 324 00:12:30,446 --> 00:12:32,380 It's about time we kicked 325 00:12:32,415 --> 00:12:34,216 that fake-ass pimp to the curb. 326 00:12:34,250 --> 00:12:36,685 And Beretti, the last thing 327 00:12:36,719 --> 00:12:39,554 he's expecting us to do is to hit back. 328 00:12:39,589 --> 00:12:42,591 He thinks we're gonna play nice since we're launching the IPO. 329 00:12:42,625 --> 00:12:45,594 Vernon, when does Titan get out? 330 00:12:45,628 --> 00:12:46,628 That boy ain't getting out. 331 00:12:46,662 --> 00:12:48,630 He's on a no-bail hold. 332 00:12:48,664 --> 00:12:50,765 Previous gun charge. Lawyers ain't doing jack. 333 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:53,401 And his face is all over magazines and Web sites. 334 00:12:53,436 --> 00:12:55,537 And Beretti is still making money. 335 00:12:55,571 --> 00:12:58,940 I will go to BCC. 336 00:12:58,975 --> 00:13:01,042 (laughs) Andre, can you check 337 00:13:01,077 --> 00:13:03,912 with your contact at the mayor's office and see 338 00:13:03,946 --> 00:13:05,413 if she can get me a private meeting? 339 00:13:05,448 --> 00:13:06,448 VERNON: No, baby girl, you ain't going nowhere. 340 00:13:06,482 --> 00:13:08,083 These cats are real. 341 00:13:08,117 --> 00:13:09,484 And you can't handle that. (laughs) 342 00:13:09,519 --> 00:13:11,720 This is the dumbest thing I ever heard. 343 00:13:11,754 --> 00:13:14,456 Lucious, you really gonna send this bougie debutante 344 00:13:14,490 --> 00:13:16,458 to the county jail? 345 00:13:16,492 --> 00:13:18,493 Man, are you stupid? 346 00:13:18,528 --> 00:13:19,628 VERNON: Ain't nobody gonna touch Titan when 347 00:13:19,662 --> 00:13:21,129 he's in Brooklyn Correctional. 348 00:13:21,164 --> 00:13:23,098 He shot Cashville's top drug dealer. 349 00:13:23,132 --> 00:13:25,433 These cats are fighting over territory. 350 00:13:25,468 --> 00:13:26,735 They want revenge. 351 00:13:26,769 --> 00:13:28,003 LUCIOUS: Vernon, 352 00:13:28,037 --> 00:13:29,704 I need you to set up a meeting 353 00:13:29,739 --> 00:13:33,108 for Anika and Titan's manager 354 00:13:33,142 --> 00:13:35,977 where she can slide him an offer somewhere in their hood. 355 00:13:36,012 --> 00:13:37,546 I'll go with her to make sure she's safe. 356 00:13:37,580 --> 00:13:40,015 And, Cookie, you're gonna stay out of this. 357 00:13:40,049 --> 00:13:41,783 You know I can handle this, Lucious. 358 00:13:41,818 --> 00:13:43,485 What you need to handle is your client. 359 00:13:43,519 --> 00:13:45,053 I hear he's having a little trouble 360 00:13:45,087 --> 00:13:46,888 since he's been waving his little rainbow flag 361 00:13:46,889 --> 00:13:50,091 around, telling everybody he doesn't need my money. 362 00:13:56,613 --> 00:13:58,314 I know y'all hungry. 363 00:13:58,348 --> 00:14:00,955 I figured your gas hadn't been turned on yet. 364 00:14:01,075 --> 00:14:02,228 - Hi, sweetheart. - Thank you, Cookie. 365 00:14:02,333 --> 00:14:03,742 You're so sweet. 366 00:14:04,503 --> 00:14:07,938 In the whole apartment ain't enough plugs. 367 00:14:07,972 --> 00:14:09,339 I have to get a power strip. 368 00:14:09,374 --> 00:14:11,942 Well, here, buy some. Here. 369 00:14:11,976 --> 00:14:13,410 And while you're at it, get some things 370 00:14:13,444 --> 00:14:15,112 and fix this place up. 371 00:14:15,146 --> 00:14:17,347 I know how y'all divas like to decorate. 372 00:14:17,382 --> 00:14:19,516 Please get that out of my face. That's Lucious' money. 373 00:14:19,550 --> 00:14:22,052 Suit yourself. 374 00:14:22,086 --> 00:14:23,253 All right, Jamal, you're hungry. Come have some pizza. 375 00:14:23,287 --> 00:14:25,489 - Do you want a slice, Cookie? - Uh-uh. 376 00:14:25,523 --> 00:14:27,124 You know, this place ain't half as bad 377 00:14:27,158 --> 00:14:30,060 as where we lived in Philly. 378 00:14:30,094 --> 00:14:32,429 But me and your daddy still made some number-one hits 379 00:14:32,463 --> 00:14:34,064 in there, we sure did. 380 00:14:34,098 --> 00:14:36,466 Shooting rats in between takes and all. 381 00:14:36,501 --> 00:14:38,402 (laughs) 382 00:14:38,436 --> 00:14:40,203 So, what you got? 383 00:14:40,238 --> 00:14:42,672 My songs ain't ready yet. 384 00:14:42,707 --> 00:14:44,941 - They ain't. - Mal, don't you play me. 385 00:14:44,976 --> 00:14:46,710 Now, I'm trying to build something for us. 386 00:14:46,744 --> 00:14:49,780 I'm managing Tiana now, and I'm going after 387 00:14:49,814 --> 00:14:51,748 somebody else, baby, somebody big. 388 00:14:51,783 --> 00:14:55,118 Somebody who knows how to fight for what they believe in. 389 00:14:55,153 --> 00:14:56,520 Well, I'm happy for you. 390 00:14:56,554 --> 00:14:58,055 And I hope you get everything that you want. 391 00:14:58,089 --> 00:14:59,089 Mal, you're the one who wanted 392 00:14:59,123 --> 00:15:00,691 to make your own music, okay? 393 00:15:00,725 --> 00:15:02,559 That's fine, but we don't have time 394 00:15:02,593 --> 00:15:04,761 for you to be having some mental artsy... 395 00:15:04,796 --> 00:15:07,597 block brain fart, whatever you having! 396 00:15:07,632 --> 00:15:09,766 I'm not. 397 00:15:11,302 --> 00:15:13,236 I'm not! 398 00:15:13,271 --> 00:15:14,538 Okay, well, listen. 399 00:15:14,572 --> 00:15:16,740 I need you to get to work, baby, okay? 400 00:15:16,774 --> 00:15:19,810 I need you to make me some music, okay? 401 00:15:19,844 --> 00:15:21,345 Now, pull yourself together! (claps) 402 00:15:25,350 --> 00:15:27,250 - Man, you'd better get off my couch doing that. - Wow, come on. 403 00:15:27,285 --> 00:15:29,219 You got a $2 million apartment for that. 404 00:15:29,253 --> 00:15:31,321 - This is business. - In case you haven't noticed, 405 00:15:31,356 --> 00:15:32,789 it ain't bad for business. 406 00:15:32,824 --> 00:15:34,658 There's a gazillion tribute pages. 407 00:15:34,692 --> 00:15:37,475 - We're known as TaKeem. - Well, TaKeem, 408 00:15:37,485 --> 00:15:39,396 we need you guys to find 409 00:15:39,430 --> 00:15:42,199 a duet to record together. 410 00:15:42,233 --> 00:15:44,234 Because I just closed a deal with the Teen Choice Awards. 411 00:15:44,268 --> 00:15:47,404 - What? - They have agreed that they want to shoot 412 00:15:47,438 --> 00:15:50,607 the Nomination Announcement Concert at Laviticus. 413 00:15:50,641 --> 00:15:53,110 As you can imagine, 414 00:15:53,144 --> 00:15:55,879 the hottest talent is gonna be there. 415 00:15:55,913 --> 00:15:59,316 And we want the both of you to be representing Empire. 416 00:15:59,350 --> 00:16:00,917 That's genius. (chuckles) 417 00:16:00,952 --> 00:16:03,391 I'm not watering my music down for no tweens. 418 00:16:03,724 --> 00:16:05,769 Can't be afraid of mass appeal, son. 419 00:16:05,955 --> 00:16:08,125 - _ - If you hook these little white kids early, 420 00:16:08,159 --> 00:16:09,726 - you've got 'em loyal for life. - You really think 421 00:16:09,761 --> 00:16:11,294 - I'm afraid of something, Dad? - If you're not prolific, 422 00:16:11,329 --> 00:16:13,830 Jamal's gonna catch up to you. 423 00:16:13,865 --> 00:16:15,298 Jamal would never do a teen show. 424 00:16:15,333 --> 00:16:18,438 - That's why he'll never be as big as you. - Exactly. 425 00:16:18,439 --> 00:16:19,336 (chimes) _ 426 00:16:19,370 --> 00:16:21,638 Cookie's down, so let's get crackin'. 427 00:16:21,673 --> 00:16:22,873 Oh, you ran it by Cookie? 428 00:16:22,907 --> 00:16:25,142 Of course I did. She's my manager. 429 00:16:25,176 --> 00:16:26,576 Dad, I tried to talk her out of it, 430 00:16:26,611 --> 00:16:29,246 - but you know how... - Let me tell you something, TaKeem. 431 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:32,382 I have worked very hard on my relationships 432 00:16:32,417 --> 00:16:34,785 in order to get this done for you. 433 00:16:34,819 --> 00:16:37,854 And I am not gonna be having Cookie messing this up. 434 00:16:37,889 --> 00:16:40,524 - She's not. She's stoked about it. - Okay. Well, 435 00:16:40,558 --> 00:16:43,927 what exactly did Cookie promise you when you signed with her? 436 00:16:43,961 --> 00:16:45,929 To do the same thing she's doing for Jamal-- 437 00:16:45,963 --> 00:16:48,632 protect the music and make me a star. 438 00:16:48,666 --> 00:16:50,200 The same thing 439 00:16:50,234 --> 00:16:52,336 she did for you back in the day, right? 440 00:16:52,370 --> 00:16:54,304 Touché. 441 00:16:54,339 --> 00:16:55,839 (chuckles) 442 00:17:03,748 --> 00:17:05,615 As-salaam alaikum, my sister. 443 00:17:05,650 --> 00:17:07,117 Wa alaikum as-salaam. 444 00:17:07,151 --> 00:17:09,686 Um, I need to speak to Sister Fatima 445 00:17:09,721 --> 00:17:11,855 regarding her son, Titan. 446 00:17:14,892 --> 00:17:17,694 I know your story, Sister. Very well. 447 00:17:17,729 --> 00:17:19,229 I've followed you. 448 00:17:19,263 --> 00:17:21,531 They rip our families apart, 449 00:17:21,566 --> 00:17:24,635 and they lock up our strongest, trying to keep us weak, 450 00:17:24,669 --> 00:17:26,303 killing us at the root. 451 00:17:26,337 --> 00:17:29,706 I missed my babies so much. Thank you. 452 00:17:29,741 --> 00:17:32,109 Some, uh, Nation sisters led prayer in lockup. 453 00:17:32,143 --> 00:17:35,879 Yeah, they helped me keep my spirit intact. 454 00:17:35,913 --> 00:17:37,781 You must be happy to be back home. 455 00:17:37,815 --> 00:17:39,750 (chuckles) 456 00:17:39,784 --> 00:17:43,420 I'm back, but I ain't home. 457 00:17:43,454 --> 00:17:47,357 I fall asleep now just as lonely as I was on that cot. 458 00:17:47,392 --> 00:17:49,359 All those years, 459 00:17:49,394 --> 00:17:53,463 the thought of me holding my own again gave me so much peace. 460 00:17:53,498 --> 00:17:55,432 (chuckles) 461 00:17:55,466 --> 00:17:57,234 But here I am. 462 00:17:57,268 --> 00:17:59,703 My husband left me. 463 00:17:59,737 --> 00:18:02,806 My oldest is too ashamed. 464 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,475 My youngest don't even remember. 465 00:18:05,510 --> 00:18:07,511 FATIMA: I feel your pain, Sister. 466 00:18:07,545 --> 00:18:09,513 You gave up your best years for them kids, 467 00:18:09,547 --> 00:18:11,515 and now you have to beg their forgiveness 468 00:18:11,549 --> 00:18:14,418 for the sacrifice you made? It's not fair. 469 00:18:14,452 --> 00:18:17,521 But it's called being a mother, ain't it? 470 00:18:17,555 --> 00:18:20,457 Yes, indeedy. 471 00:18:20,491 --> 00:18:22,326 Is Titan your only? 472 00:18:22,360 --> 00:18:25,295 FATIMA: (chuckles) He's the provider. The youngest. 473 00:18:25,330 --> 00:18:27,431 You know, I tell people 474 00:18:27,465 --> 00:18:29,833 Allah saved the best for last. 475 00:18:29,867 --> 00:18:31,535 Yeah, my youngest is talented, too. 476 00:18:31,569 --> 00:18:33,503 Strong-willed. 477 00:18:33,538 --> 00:18:36,373 I fear for him. 478 00:18:36,407 --> 00:18:37,808 My son protected himself. 479 00:18:37,842 --> 00:18:39,743 That animal that he shot 480 00:18:39,777 --> 00:18:42,679 burned down our community center the night before. 481 00:18:42,714 --> 00:18:44,881 Titan went there every day after school. 482 00:18:44,916 --> 00:18:46,350 He learned music at that center. 483 00:18:46,384 --> 00:18:48,919 Kept him off the streets. 484 00:18:48,953 --> 00:18:51,855 You-you raised a good son. 485 00:18:51,889 --> 00:18:54,758 But from seeing his videos, 486 00:18:54,792 --> 00:18:57,694 he ain't following the Nation anymore, is he? 487 00:18:57,729 --> 00:18:58,929 Billy Beretti lured him. 488 00:18:58,963 --> 00:19:01,665 If he had stayed with the Nation, 489 00:19:01,699 --> 00:19:03,600 he wouldn't be in jail. 490 00:19:03,635 --> 00:19:05,402 Look, Sister, 491 00:19:05,436 --> 00:19:09,373 Lucious Lyon's got an army of lawyers and he wants to help. 492 00:19:12,442 --> 00:19:14,419 LUCIOUS: I didn't write this. VERNON: Of course you didn't write it. 493 00:19:14,421 --> 00:19:16,354 - Legal wrote it. - We sound smart 494 00:19:16,355 --> 00:19:18,140 - as wack. - BECKY: Lucious only has 495 00:19:18,141 --> 00:19:20,117 - five minutes. Okay? - I'm amazed by these. 496 00:19:20,151 --> 00:19:22,886 Ah, Detective Walker. Good to see you. 497 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,622 - Thanks for squeezing me in, Mr. Lyon. - I understand 498 00:19:25,657 --> 00:19:27,190 - you found Bunkie's car. - Uh, yeah. 499 00:19:27,225 --> 00:19:28,925 We found trace evidence in the vehicle, 500 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:31,962 so I'm obliged to ask you all some questions. 501 00:19:31,996 --> 00:19:33,864 How often 502 00:19:33,898 --> 00:19:36,433 - did you travel in his car? - Well, as... 503 00:19:36,467 --> 00:19:39,503 Maybe a couple times a week, whenever we needed to talk. 504 00:19:39,537 --> 00:19:42,739 - We all rode in his car. - Yeah, that's what I figured, but, um, 505 00:19:42,774 --> 00:19:45,776 we think Bunkie was shot around 9:30 on the 12th. 506 00:19:45,810 --> 00:19:47,344 Do you recall 507 00:19:47,378 --> 00:19:48,779 where you were at that time? 508 00:19:57,722 --> 00:20:00,590 I probably have to check with Becky, but I'm... 509 00:20:00,625 --> 00:20:02,292 sure I was home. 510 00:20:05,863 --> 00:20:07,464 You were at home? 511 00:20:07,498 --> 00:20:08,765 Yeah. 512 00:20:08,800 --> 00:20:09,967 Alone? 513 00:20:10,001 --> 00:20:12,703 I have 15 maids. (chuckles) 514 00:20:12,737 --> 00:20:14,604 (chuckles) Big place. 515 00:20:14,639 --> 00:20:16,873 (whistling) 516 00:20:16,908 --> 00:20:18,642 ♪ The drama, the drama ♪ 517 00:20:18,676 --> 00:20:20,410 ♪ The babies, the mamas ♪ 518 00:20:20,445 --> 00:20:22,946 ♪ Maybe you promised ♪ ♪ But you were dishonest ♪ 519 00:20:22,981 --> 00:20:24,881 ♪ You got some trip in your stride ♪ 520 00:20:24,916 --> 00:20:27,884 ♪ There's only one pimp in this ride ♪ 521 00:20:27,919 --> 00:20:31,655 ♪ Hop out the car if that is what you wanna do ♪ 522 00:20:31,689 --> 00:20:34,424 ♪ Drop the drama-thon ♪ ♪ Do what you gonna do ♪ 523 00:20:34,459 --> 00:20:36,660 ♪ I'm round that corner, when through we can rendezvous ♪ 524 00:20:36,694 --> 00:20:39,329 ♪ Make Daddy proud of you ♪ ♪ Boo ♪ 525 00:20:39,364 --> 00:20:41,632 ♪ And so you walk ♪ (siren wailing) 526 00:20:41,666 --> 00:20:43,634 (whistling) 527 00:20:43,668 --> 00:20:45,569 ♪ And so you... ♪ 528 00:20:47,805 --> 00:20:48,772 Daddy, what's going on? 529 00:20:48,806 --> 00:20:50,707 Sit tight, Andre. 530 00:20:50,742 --> 00:20:52,909 Just be cool. 531 00:20:52,944 --> 00:20:55,612 I'll be right back. 532 00:20:55,647 --> 00:20:56,747 Officer? 533 00:20:56,781 --> 00:20:59,349 (chuckles) My father wasn't alone. 534 00:21:01,019 --> 00:21:03,387 LUCIOUS: Is there a problem? 535 00:21:03,421 --> 00:21:05,555 OFFICER: We just need to take a quick look around. 536 00:21:06,490 --> 00:21:09,031 - Is that your boy? - That's my son Andre. 537 00:21:09,032 --> 00:21:09,033 OFFICER: How you doing, Andre? 538 00:21:09,060 --> 00:21:10,794 Yeah, we were together at his house watching the, uh, 539 00:21:10,828 --> 00:21:13,463 Mayweather fight. 540 00:21:13,498 --> 00:21:15,332 If you can call that a fight. (chuckles) 541 00:21:15,366 --> 00:21:18,201 (indistinct police transmission) 542 00:21:21,005 --> 00:21:25,008 (shattering sounds) 543 00:21:25,043 --> 00:21:26,977 I had one too many. I spent the night in the guest room. 544 00:21:27,011 --> 00:21:29,946 (chuckles) I was there. 545 00:21:35,486 --> 00:21:37,587 You okay? 546 00:21:37,622 --> 00:21:39,222 Yes. 547 00:21:40,992 --> 00:21:42,826 Are you? 548 00:21:49,667 --> 00:21:50,901 All right. 549 00:22:01,946 --> 00:22:03,680 I understand that you're more than Titan's managers. 550 00:22:03,715 --> 00:22:04,848 You're blood cousins? 551 00:22:04,882 --> 00:22:06,683 We grew up with him. 552 00:22:06,718 --> 00:22:08,018 Over in Marcy. 553 00:22:08,052 --> 00:22:09,820 Your beats inspired us, man. 554 00:22:09,854 --> 00:22:11,021 Bueno. 555 00:22:11,055 --> 00:22:12,789 - For real, bro. - Appreciate that. 556 00:22:12,824 --> 00:22:14,958 Titan used to copy all your rhymes when we was kids. 557 00:22:14,993 --> 00:22:16,860 That's how he got started. 558 00:22:16,894 --> 00:22:18,895 Which is exactly why he should be with Empire. 559 00:22:22,533 --> 00:22:24,968 Hey, look, um, yo, fellas, want something to drink? 560 00:22:25,003 --> 00:22:27,037 Um, two black and rums. 561 00:22:27,071 --> 00:22:29,039 - Can I get a Scotch? - You take care of this. 562 00:22:31,242 --> 00:22:33,710 You know, in case you were unaware, 563 00:22:33,745 --> 00:22:36,780 I am the head of A&R for this company. 564 00:22:36,814 --> 00:22:38,682 Not his assistant. 565 00:22:38,716 --> 00:22:40,684 My bad. 566 00:22:40,718 --> 00:22:43,587 BRICK: Look, baby girl, bottom line-- 567 00:22:43,621 --> 00:22:45,589 Beretti got muscle over at BC-squared. 568 00:22:45,623 --> 00:22:47,958 We ain't talked to Titan since the night he got locked up. 569 00:22:47,992 --> 00:22:50,027 Oh, yeah, it's deep. 570 00:22:50,061 --> 00:22:51,128 Our boy shot a Cashville gangster. 571 00:22:51,162 --> 00:22:52,095 (tires squeal) 572 00:22:52,130 --> 00:22:53,730 Get down, they're clapping! 573 00:22:53,765 --> 00:22:55,285 (automatic weapon fires, Anika screams) 574 00:22:57,001 --> 00:22:59,269 Stay down! Stay down! 575 00:23:01,339 --> 00:23:03,140 I can't have you around these people. 576 00:23:03,174 --> 00:23:05,142 Baby, I got this, okay? 577 00:23:05,176 --> 00:23:06,543 I'll find another way... 578 00:23:06,577 --> 00:23:07,844 No, I will find another way. 579 00:23:07,879 --> 00:23:08,779 You stay out of it. 580 00:23:10,520 --> 00:23:12,121 Well, I went to see Titan's mother. 581 00:23:12,155 --> 00:23:13,489 Did you? 582 00:23:13,523 --> 00:23:14,490 Yeah, she's serious, Lucious. 583 00:23:14,524 --> 00:23:17,126 I mean, bean pie, prayer rug, 584 00:23:17,160 --> 00:23:19,862 covered hair, all of that, serious. 585 00:23:19,896 --> 00:23:22,120 She raised Titan in the Nation of Islam. 586 00:23:22,240 --> 00:23:25,267 Titan is a part of the Fruit? 587 00:23:25,302 --> 00:23:26,669 Yeah, that's what I'm telling you. 588 00:23:26,703 --> 00:23:29,238 (sighs) 589 00:23:29,272 --> 00:23:31,373 Nothing but racist views. 590 00:23:31,408 --> 00:23:32,541 And? 591 00:23:32,576 --> 00:23:34,677 So is America. 592 00:23:34,711 --> 00:23:37,179 Every day, I worry about my sons, don't you? 593 00:23:37,214 --> 00:23:39,148 I know how bad you wanted Titan, 594 00:23:39,182 --> 00:23:41,417 but they're gonna break his ass in prison. 595 00:23:41,451 --> 00:23:45,287 You lose your soul when you feel like the world's forgotten you. 596 00:23:45,322 --> 00:23:47,356 I never forgot about you. 597 00:23:49,192 --> 00:23:50,492 Couldn't. 598 00:23:50,527 --> 00:23:53,295 I did some things that I had to do 599 00:23:53,330 --> 00:23:55,331 in order to make sure that when you got out, 600 00:23:55,365 --> 00:23:57,066 you would have all of this stuff. 601 00:23:57,100 --> 00:23:59,668 "This stuff," meaning this material stuff? 602 00:24:01,171 --> 00:24:02,571 You just stopped coming. 603 00:24:02,606 --> 00:24:06,075 No calls, no letter, no explanation, 604 00:24:06,109 --> 00:24:09,311 just left me twisting in the wind. 605 00:24:11,147 --> 00:24:13,015 (chuckles) 606 00:24:13,049 --> 00:24:14,383 Remember our first Christmas? 607 00:24:14,417 --> 00:24:16,385 (chuckles) 608 00:24:16,419 --> 00:24:18,487 It was cold. 609 00:24:18,521 --> 00:24:21,023 We didn't have nothing, we didn't need anything. 610 00:24:21,057 --> 00:24:22,658 You wrote me a song. 611 00:24:22,692 --> 00:24:25,094 (chuckles) You tried to get me to steal a Christmas tree. 612 00:24:25,128 --> 00:24:26,195 Yeah, and you punked out. 613 00:24:26,229 --> 00:24:27,296 (chuckles) 614 00:24:27,330 --> 00:24:29,298 I made inroads. 615 00:24:29,332 --> 00:24:31,934 I'm-a go back and talk to Titan's mother. 616 00:24:31,968 --> 00:24:34,536 I think I can get her to see the light. 617 00:24:36,606 --> 00:24:38,274 But getting in bed with Titan means 618 00:24:38,308 --> 00:24:40,042 inviting the Nation back into your life. 619 00:24:40,076 --> 00:24:41,377 Doesn't matter. 620 00:24:41,411 --> 00:24:44,213 I mean, this is business, it's not personal. 621 00:24:44,247 --> 00:24:46,215 The Nation killed your father. 622 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,054 Just let me know if you want me to go talk to his mother. 623 00:24:54,557 --> 00:24:56,725 You know, I never forgot about you. 624 00:24:57,994 --> 00:25:00,963 Keep telling yourself that, Lucious. 625 00:25:05,435 --> 00:25:07,569 ♪ Every time I show her my maneuver ♪ 626 00:25:07,604 --> 00:25:09,772 ♪ She brag about the way I give it to her ♪ 627 00:25:09,806 --> 00:25:13,008 ♪ Uh, I do it sort of like a ruler ♪ 628 00:25:13,043 --> 00:25:14,009 ♪ That's a cutie ♪ 629 00:25:14,044 --> 00:25:15,044 ♪ E-Executor, oh! ♪ 630 00:25:15,078 --> 00:25:15,978 Stop, stop. 631 00:25:17,213 --> 00:25:19,415 You're doing it too hard. 632 00:25:19,449 --> 00:25:21,450 It's a G-rated song. 633 00:25:21,484 --> 00:25:23,319 I had to put intense stuff on it. 634 00:25:23,353 --> 00:25:25,955 Look, you have to be romantic. 635 00:25:25,989 --> 00:25:27,990 You have to be seductive now. 636 00:25:31,494 --> 00:25:33,529 (door opens) 637 00:25:33,563 --> 00:25:36,465 Look, I don't care how you feel about your mother. 638 00:25:36,499 --> 00:25:38,634 She knows music. 639 00:25:38,668 --> 00:25:40,035 So you're gonna rerecord this. 640 00:25:40,070 --> 00:25:41,437 You're gonna go to her house, 641 00:25:41,471 --> 00:25:43,372 Tiana will be waiting for you there. 642 00:25:43,406 --> 00:25:45,307 You'll listen to it together, 643 00:25:45,342 --> 00:25:47,343 and when Cookie signs off, we'll go to mix. 644 00:25:48,645 --> 00:25:50,112 You got to be kidding me. 645 00:25:50,146 --> 00:25:52,648 Hakeem, I can't make you love your mother, 646 00:25:52,682 --> 00:25:55,184 but you will respect her. 647 00:25:55,218 --> 00:25:57,119 Because she's lived through a hell 648 00:25:57,153 --> 00:25:59,121 that you have to understand 649 00:25:59,155 --> 00:26:01,190 if your music is ever gonna elevate 650 00:26:01,224 --> 00:26:02,658 to the place of poetry 651 00:26:02,692 --> 00:26:05,494 where it resonates in the hearts of its listeners. 652 00:26:05,528 --> 00:26:07,596 Like your boy, Titan? 653 00:26:09,265 --> 00:26:11,133 Yeah, like Titan. 654 00:26:19,709 --> 00:26:23,278 Hey, Mal, heard you found a rat hole to live in. 655 00:26:23,313 --> 00:26:24,346 (chuckles) 656 00:26:24,381 --> 00:26:26,382 Yeah, it's disgusting. 657 00:26:26,416 --> 00:26:27,983 It's noisy as hell. 658 00:26:28,018 --> 00:26:29,618 Finding it hard to work there, huh? 659 00:26:29,653 --> 00:26:30,686 Impossible. 660 00:26:32,289 --> 00:26:34,623 Well, you know nothing's changed for me, man. 661 00:26:34,658 --> 00:26:37,226 You could have your old place back, my support back, 662 00:26:37,260 --> 00:26:40,129 whatever you need; I still believe in your talent. 663 00:26:40,163 --> 00:26:42,064 No, I don't need your charity, so here. 664 00:26:43,300 --> 00:26:45,267 I didn't expect to get paid 665 00:26:45,302 --> 00:26:47,369 for helping out Hakeem at Laviticus. 666 00:26:47,404 --> 00:26:48,437 He needed me, 667 00:26:48,471 --> 00:26:49,605 so I helped him. 668 00:26:49,639 --> 00:26:51,573 No charge, no strings. 669 00:26:51,608 --> 00:26:52,975 You're on the roster. 670 00:26:54,878 --> 00:26:56,578 You get paid like everybody else. 671 00:26:56,613 --> 00:26:58,280 I'm no one's sideman. 672 00:26:58,315 --> 00:26:59,548 It's worth more than you got. 673 00:26:59,582 --> 00:27:00,683 I'm not gonna get paid for something 674 00:27:00,717 --> 00:27:01,884 I didn't create myself. 675 00:27:03,653 --> 00:27:07,589 You're disobeying the very first rule of music, son. 676 00:27:07,624 --> 00:27:10,092 Always take the money. 677 00:27:15,198 --> 00:27:17,433 You know, nothing's changed for me, 678 00:27:17,467 --> 00:27:19,635 either. 679 00:27:19,669 --> 00:27:21,537 I believe in my talent. It's mine. 680 00:27:23,303 --> 00:27:24,974 It's worth much more than you got. 681 00:27:30,714 --> 00:27:33,215 ♪ ♪ 682 00:27:40,690 --> 00:27:43,792 ♪ ♪ 683 00:27:53,147 --> 00:27:55,371 Just heard from my boy over at BCC. 684 00:27:55,405 --> 00:27:56,572 Uh-huh. 685 00:27:56,606 --> 00:27:58,374 Titan's in solitary. 686 00:27:58,408 --> 00:27:59,842 Can't nobody touch him. 687 00:27:59,876 --> 00:28:02,211 It's good for him. He needs to be protected. 688 00:28:02,245 --> 00:28:04,713 But I changed my mind. I ain't going after him. 689 00:28:04,748 --> 00:28:06,515 Why? 'Cause of the drive-by? 690 00:28:06,549 --> 00:28:08,250 No. Hell, no. 691 00:28:08,284 --> 00:28:11,887 Uh, Cookie said that she was talking to his mama, and 692 00:28:11,921 --> 00:28:14,690 he's heavily involved with the Fruit of Islam. 693 00:28:14,724 --> 00:28:16,592 - The Nation? - Mm-hmm. 694 00:28:16,626 --> 00:28:18,127 Baby, you like fruit? 695 00:28:18,161 --> 00:28:20,429 Look, son, all I'm saying is, stay on Hakeem. 696 00:28:20,463 --> 00:28:21,630 He's got the goods. 697 00:28:21,665 --> 00:28:23,232 He can compete 698 00:28:23,266 --> 00:28:25,634 with any of these clowns out here, including Titan. 699 00:28:25,669 --> 00:28:27,269 He ain't ready. 700 00:28:27,304 --> 00:28:28,737 Listen, you definitely don't need 701 00:28:28,772 --> 00:28:29,872 to be messing with Beretti. 702 00:28:29,906 --> 00:28:31,573 I'm messing with this right now. 703 00:28:31,608 --> 00:28:33,609 It's bad timing. 704 00:28:33,643 --> 00:28:36,845 Speaking of the devil... 705 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:38,514 Is that Beretti? 706 00:28:38,548 --> 00:28:40,249 (Lucious laughs) 707 00:28:40,283 --> 00:28:41,717 Hey, no, no, no. 708 00:28:41,751 --> 00:28:43,252 Jay, let him in. Let him in. 709 00:28:43,286 --> 00:28:44,586 Him and his girlfriend. 710 00:28:44,621 --> 00:28:46,555 Is that you plus one? 711 00:28:46,589 --> 00:28:49,024 ♪ ♪ 712 00:28:56,619 --> 00:28:58,315 It's been a long time. 713 00:29:02,864 --> 00:29:05,799 - So, your big mama helped raise you? - Yeah. 714 00:29:05,834 --> 00:29:07,434 Big Mama was real strict. 715 00:29:07,469 --> 00:29:09,503 It explains the good head on your shoulders. 716 00:29:09,538 --> 00:29:12,039 I always wanted to raise a daughter. 717 00:29:12,073 --> 00:29:14,108 Hakeem's really lucky to have you back. 718 00:29:14,142 --> 00:29:17,878 I was about your age when I met Lucious. 719 00:29:17,913 --> 00:29:18,445 Really? 720 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:20,080 Mm-hmm. 721 00:29:20,115 --> 00:29:22,349 He was freestyling down on the corner of 23rd. 722 00:29:22,384 --> 00:29:25,052 - Uh-huh. - I started doing the Wop. 723 00:29:25,086 --> 00:29:26,821 You don't even know what that is. 724 00:29:26,855 --> 00:29:28,189 He tried to outdance me, girl. 725 00:29:28,223 --> 00:29:30,090 Next thing I know, we got three sons. 726 00:29:30,125 --> 00:29:32,493 (both laugh) 727 00:29:32,527 --> 00:29:35,162 Where is Hakeem? 728 00:29:35,197 --> 00:29:37,264 He's always been late. 729 00:29:37,299 --> 00:29:38,999 Let's eat these dumplings before they turn. 730 00:29:39,034 --> 00:29:42,169 Okay. 731 00:29:42,204 --> 00:29:45,239 I have tried to find it in my heart to forgive you. 732 00:29:45,273 --> 00:29:47,775 To forgive me? 733 00:29:49,544 --> 00:29:53,547 You were the one that broke the trust between us. 734 00:29:53,582 --> 00:29:57,384 - That's why I left you. That's the whole story. - No, the whole story 735 00:29:57,419 --> 00:30:00,054 is without me, you'd still be selling CDs out of the trunk 736 00:30:00,088 --> 00:30:03,090 of your car. The whole story is, without me, 737 00:30:03,125 --> 00:30:06,126 you don't have the maid to look after your sons. 738 00:30:06,161 --> 00:30:07,761 You don't get into the studio. 739 00:30:07,796 --> 00:30:09,363 You don't have me shape the album. 740 00:30:09,397 --> 00:30:10,931 Did you write 741 00:30:10,966 --> 00:30:12,566 one lyric on that album? 742 00:30:12,601 --> 00:30:15,002 No. Or play a single note? Was it you 743 00:30:15,036 --> 00:30:18,506 that performed it all around this planet and made it famous? 744 00:30:18,540 --> 00:30:21,976 No, but you saw fit to put your name on my words 745 00:30:22,010 --> 00:30:23,010 without even consulting me. 746 00:30:23,044 --> 00:30:24,945 You know how I found out? 747 00:30:24,980 --> 00:30:28,382 I was looking at the cover of my CD and read the credits. 748 00:30:28,416 --> 00:30:30,284 You're not an artist, Bill. 749 00:30:30,318 --> 00:30:32,219 I don't care how many 750 00:30:32,254 --> 00:30:34,188 artists you steal from 751 00:30:34,222 --> 00:30:36,390 by putting your name on their credits. 752 00:30:36,424 --> 00:30:40,094 You will never be an artist. 753 00:30:48,570 --> 00:30:50,271 (laughs) 754 00:30:50,305 --> 00:30:52,840 Let me ask you something. 755 00:30:52,874 --> 00:30:55,509 Being a designer... Mm. 756 00:30:55,544 --> 00:30:57,378 When you're out there doing your thing, 757 00:30:57,412 --> 00:30:59,380 do people try to put you in a box? 758 00:30:59,414 --> 00:31:01,549 Especially when you're bringing your new game. 759 00:31:01,583 --> 00:31:03,284 People are threatened. 760 00:31:03,318 --> 00:31:04,685 The more talent you have, 761 00:31:04,719 --> 00:31:07,054 the more they're gonna keep you in a box. 762 00:31:07,089 --> 00:31:08,956 That's exactly what they're trying to do. 763 00:31:08,990 --> 00:31:11,926 Everybody want me to be what they want me to be. 764 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:13,794 It's not gonna happen. 765 00:31:13,829 --> 00:31:16,063 There's a book I'm gonna give to you. 766 00:31:16,098 --> 00:31:17,598 Yeah? 767 00:31:17,632 --> 00:31:19,300 I read it when the industry tried 768 00:31:19,334 --> 00:31:21,569 to savage my 2009 spring collection, 769 00:31:21,603 --> 00:31:23,904 and it changed everything for me. 770 00:31:23,939 --> 00:31:27,074 It's called 48 Laws of Power. 771 00:31:27,109 --> 00:31:28,509 Hey. 772 00:31:28,543 --> 00:31:30,611 You're such a douche bag. 773 00:31:30,645 --> 00:31:33,114 Your mother went through a lot trying to make us dinner. 774 00:31:41,223 --> 00:31:42,923 I can't believe you gave that little girl 775 00:31:42,958 --> 00:31:44,525 the keys to your apartment, Hakeem. 776 00:31:44,559 --> 00:31:46,594 Amateur mistake. 777 00:31:46,628 --> 00:31:48,662 I'll make you a deal, Bill. 778 00:31:48,697 --> 00:31:51,499 If you promise not to exploit Titan, 779 00:31:51,533 --> 00:31:52,967 I won't steal him from you. 780 00:31:53,001 --> 00:31:54,735 You're a powerful man, Bill. 781 00:31:54,770 --> 00:31:57,571 You can use your power to help him get out of prison 782 00:31:57,606 --> 00:31:59,573 instead of letting him twist in the wind 783 00:31:59,608 --> 00:32:02,143 while you capitalize off of his, um... 784 00:32:02,177 --> 00:32:03,411 Misfortune. 785 00:32:03,445 --> 00:32:05,212 Yeah, his misfortune. 786 00:32:05,247 --> 00:32:08,049 I'm not here to negotiate. 787 00:32:08,083 --> 00:32:09,483 What the hell are you here for? 788 00:32:09,518 --> 00:32:11,185 Give me my music back? 789 00:32:11,219 --> 00:32:13,287 Only when I stop making money from 'em. 790 00:32:13,321 --> 00:32:15,356 Good for you. 791 00:32:15,390 --> 00:32:19,360 I'm here to tell you not to go public. 792 00:32:19,394 --> 00:32:21,062 I'm here to tell you: 793 00:32:21,096 --> 00:32:23,297 cancel your IPO. 794 00:32:23,331 --> 00:32:25,433 Or what? 795 00:32:25,467 --> 00:32:26,701 BILLY: If you go through with it, 796 00:32:26,735 --> 00:32:29,904 I will dig up the dirt of your past 797 00:32:29,938 --> 00:32:34,341 and bury your Empire and everyone in it. 798 00:32:37,045 --> 00:32:40,548 And I think I'm gonna change the name of this place. 799 00:32:40,582 --> 00:32:42,516 I'm gonna call it Cookie's. 800 00:32:44,152 --> 00:32:46,253 VERNON: Get your ass out of here, Beretti. 801 00:32:46,288 --> 00:32:47,621 Bye, Bill. 802 00:32:50,258 --> 00:32:52,193 (laughing) 803 00:32:53,495 --> 00:32:55,563 I've changed my mind. 804 00:32:55,597 --> 00:32:59,066 I'm gonna go visit Titan in the prison tomorrow. 805 00:32:59,101 --> 00:33:02,236 I'm about to decimate Beretti's ass. 806 00:33:05,665 --> 00:33:07,299 Ew! Get it. 807 00:33:07,333 --> 00:33:09,268 Tiana gonna go ape when she see me. 808 00:33:09,302 --> 00:33:11,170 I ain't even gonna make it through sound check. 809 00:33:11,204 --> 00:33:12,805 Yeah, but you got to go to sound check, Hakeem. 810 00:33:12,839 --> 00:33:13,839 You've got to be professional. 811 00:33:13,873 --> 00:33:15,641 (groans) If Tiana pops off 812 00:33:15,675 --> 00:33:17,309 and acts crazy and messes things up, then that's 813 00:33:17,343 --> 00:33:19,344 her problem with her dumb ass. 814 00:33:19,379 --> 00:33:21,480 Dad can't blame you for nothing. 815 00:33:21,514 --> 00:33:24,516 - (metallic tapping) - I guess. 816 00:33:24,551 --> 00:33:27,704 - What's that? - Just the stupid bad pipes. 817 00:33:28,121 --> 00:33:29,955 Man, I swear, when they take a shower, 818 00:33:29,989 --> 00:33:31,690 it sounds even worse. 819 00:33:31,725 --> 00:33:35,361 - Bet you want to move back now, huh? - Hell, no. 820 00:33:35,395 --> 00:33:38,397 (muffled talking, rhythmic thumping) Hey, uh, listen. 821 00:33:38,431 --> 00:33:41,433 - You hear that? -I know they're not doing what I think they're doing. 822 00:33:41,468 --> 00:33:44,670 I can't tell whether he's fighting her or banging her. 823 00:33:44,704 --> 00:33:47,473 (screeching Spanish-like gibberish) 824 00:33:47,507 --> 00:33:49,742 Man, you stupid. 825 00:33:49,776 --> 00:33:50,943 (muffled moaning, thumping continue) 826 00:33:50,977 --> 00:33:53,078 Yo, you should make a song out of that. 827 00:33:55,448 --> 00:33:56,582 ♪ Uh, uh, uh ♪ 828 00:33:56,616 --> 00:33:57,983 ♪ Hey... ♪ 829 00:33:58,818 --> 00:34:00,753 Get to sound check, fool. 830 00:34:00,787 --> 00:34:02,354 And don't embarrass yourself. 831 00:34:02,389 --> 00:34:05,157 All right, I'm-a holler at you. 832 00:34:09,496 --> 00:34:10,562 Ha... There he is. 833 00:34:10,597 --> 00:34:11,864 I got this. 834 00:34:11,898 --> 00:34:14,666 Yeah, you get him, 'cause I'll kill him. 835 00:34:14,701 --> 00:34:16,502 You're late. 836 00:34:16,536 --> 00:34:18,404 Look, I'm here, ain't I? 837 00:34:18,438 --> 00:34:20,939 - We can talk about Camilla later. - Come here. 838 00:34:23,543 --> 00:34:26,879 Don't you dare blow this-- I worked too hard, Hakeem. 839 00:34:26,913 --> 00:34:28,681 Look, I'm sorry about Camilla. 840 00:34:28,715 --> 00:34:31,917 Sometimes I can get a little wild. You know that. 841 00:34:31,951 --> 00:34:34,353 - It don't mean nothing. - Whatever. I'm cool with that. 842 00:34:34,387 --> 00:34:36,588 What I'm not cool with is you dissing your mother, 843 00:34:36,623 --> 00:34:38,857 - then showing up to our sound check late. - So you're saying... 844 00:34:38,892 --> 00:34:42,394 - it's cool if I see that girl? - I'm saying 845 00:34:42,429 --> 00:34:45,397 let's get it really tight and bring this house down. 846 00:34:45,432 --> 00:34:46,665 MAN: Yo, give me my money. 847 00:34:46,700 --> 00:34:47,966 Give me my money! 848 00:34:48,001 --> 00:34:49,702 WOMAN: You can keep your money! 849 00:34:49,736 --> 00:34:52,705 (distorted, echoing): ♪ You can keep your money... ♪ 850 00:34:53,907 --> 00:34:55,908 (indistinct chatter in distance) 851 00:35:01,948 --> 00:35:03,949 (car alarm blaring) 852 00:35:03,983 --> 00:35:05,884 (woman shouting indistinctly) 853 00:35:05,919 --> 00:35:07,986 (dog barking in distance) 854 00:35:08,021 --> 00:35:11,023 Give me my money. Yo, you owe me. Pay up. 855 00:35:11,057 --> 00:35:12,691 Huh? You owe me five dollars. 856 00:35:12,726 --> 00:35:13,959 (alarm stops) 857 00:35:15,929 --> 00:35:17,663 ♪ Dollar... ♪ 858 00:35:18,798 --> 00:35:20,632 (car alarm blaring) 859 00:35:20,667 --> 00:35:22,935 ♪ Dollar, dollar bill, y'all... ♪ 860 00:35:25,672 --> 00:35:27,506 ♪ Dollar, dollar bill, y'all... ♪ 861 00:35:27,540 --> 00:35:29,007 (chain strikes) 862 00:35:29,042 --> 00:35:31,610 ♪ Da, da, da-da-da-da-da-da ♪ 863 00:35:31,644 --> 00:35:34,780 ♪ Da-da-da-da-da ♪ (man shouts indistinctly) 864 00:35:34,814 --> 00:35:36,849 (sirens wailing in distance) ♪ It's time ♪ 865 00:35:36,883 --> 00:35:39,852 ♪ To be a man now ♪ 866 00:35:39,886 --> 00:35:42,421 (distorted, echoing): ♪ You can keep ya money ♪ 867 00:35:42,455 --> 00:35:44,590 (mid-tempo percussive beat) 868 00:35:45,625 --> 00:35:47,092 ♪ ♪ 869 00:35:47,127 --> 00:35:49,795 ♪ Everybody lookin' for somethin' ♪ 870 00:35:49,829 --> 00:35:52,931 ♪ You can keep ya money... ♪ 871 00:35:52,966 --> 00:35:54,833 WOMAN: From Club Laviticus in New York City, 872 00:35:54,868 --> 00:35:58,604 the Teen Choice Awards Nominations Concert Live! 873 00:35:58,638 --> 00:36:00,572 ♪ ♪ 874 00:36:00,607 --> 00:36:02,007 HAKEEM: ♪ Hakeem ♪ 875 00:36:03,043 --> 00:36:05,544 ♪ I'm so dangerous ♪ 876 00:36:05,578 --> 00:36:08,113 ♪ Tiana ♪ 877 00:36:09,582 --> 00:36:10,783 ♪ Empire ♪ 878 00:36:10,817 --> 00:36:11,984 ♪ Listen to me ♪ 879 00:36:12,018 --> 00:36:13,419 ♪ Here we go ♪ 880 00:36:13,453 --> 00:36:15,387 ♪ I got a body like a weapon ♪ 881 00:36:15,422 --> 00:36:17,923 ♪ It goes bang, bang, bang, bang, bang ♪ 882 00:36:17,957 --> 00:36:19,491 ♪ And every time that we're together ♪ 883 00:36:19,526 --> 00:36:21,126 ♪ What's up, baby? ♪ ♪ I drive you insane ♪ 884 00:36:21,161 --> 00:36:23,429 ♪ Insane, got me in ya hand ♪ 885 00:36:23,463 --> 00:36:25,931 ♪ Whatcha gonna do wit' it? Know I need a man ♪ 886 00:36:25,965 --> 00:36:27,332 ♪ That can aim, let's get it ♪ 887 00:36:27,367 --> 00:36:29,068 ♪ Get a lil trigga-happy, Daddy ♪ 888 00:36:29,102 --> 00:36:30,969 ♪ Get a lil trigga-happy, Daddy ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ 889 00:36:31,004 --> 00:36:33,405 HAKEEM: ♪ Every time I show her my maneuver ♪ 890 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,441 ♪ She brag about the way I give it to her ♪ 891 00:36:35,475 --> 00:36:36,575 ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ I do it ♪ 892 00:36:36,609 --> 00:36:37,743 ♪ Sorta like a Ruger ♪ 893 00:36:37,777 --> 00:36:39,778 ♪ That's a cutie e-executor ♪ 894 00:36:39,813 --> 00:36:41,480 ♪ And I don't even got a license ♪ 895 00:36:41,514 --> 00:36:43,482 ♪ But it don't matter 'cause we keep it private ♪ 896 00:36:43,516 --> 00:36:44,983 ♪ Ah... ♪ ♪ Every time I ♪ 897 00:36:45,018 --> 00:36:46,485 ♪ Ez'ee wide it, she can light it ♪ 898 00:36:46,519 --> 00:36:48,187 ♪ She's excited, and I'm excited ♪ 899 00:36:48,221 --> 00:36:50,289 TIANA: ♪ But I don't got time for love ♪ 900 00:36:50,323 --> 00:36:51,990 - ♪ Don't got time for love ♪ - Rock, Tiana! 901 00:36:52,025 --> 00:36:54,860 ♪ Keep it movin', keep it movin' ♪ 902 00:36:54,894 --> 00:36:57,062 ♪ Keep it movin', keep it movin', 'cause I ♪ 903 00:36:57,097 --> 00:36:58,831 ♪ Don't got time for love ♪ 904 00:36:58,865 --> 00:37:00,766 ♪ I don't got time for love ♪ 905 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,135 ♪ I got no time ♪ ♪ Keep it movin', keep it movin' ♪ 906 00:37:03,169 --> 00:37:05,804 ♪ Uh-uh ♪ ♪ Keep it movin', keep it movin' ♪ 907 00:37:05,839 --> 00:37:08,173 ♪ Whoa... ♪ 908 00:37:08,208 --> 00:37:10,709 ♪ Keep it movin', here we go ♪ 909 00:37:10,744 --> 00:37:12,411 ♪ Keep it movin', here we go ♪ 910 00:37:12,445 --> 00:37:13,746 (rhythmic distortion of voices) 911 00:37:13,780 --> 00:37:15,681 ♪ I got a body like a weapon ♪ 912 00:37:15,715 --> 00:37:17,983 ♪ It goes bang, bang, bang, bang, bang ♪ 913 00:37:18,017 --> 00:37:19,685 ♪ And every time that we're together ♪ 914 00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:22,921 ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ I make ya say my name ♪ 915 00:37:22,956 --> 00:37:24,957 TIANA: ♪ Got me in your hand, whatcha gonna do wit' it ♪ 916 00:37:24,991 --> 00:37:26,959 ♪ Know I need a man that can aim, let's get it ♪ 917 00:37:26,993 --> 00:37:28,994 ♪ Let's get it ♪ ♪ Get a little trigga-happy, Daddy ♪ 918 00:37:29,028 --> 00:37:31,430 ♪ Hakeem ♪ ♪ Get a little trigga-happy, Daddy ♪ 919 00:37:31,464 --> 00:37:33,732 ♪ I just want to hit the bull's-eye once ♪ 920 00:37:33,767 --> 00:37:35,768 ♪ You just want to make me wait around for months ♪ 921 00:37:35,802 --> 00:37:39,605 ♪ You can go first, I can go second, but I ain't sweating ♪ 922 00:37:39,639 --> 00:37:42,041 ♪ For the record, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang ♪ 923 00:37:42,075 --> 00:37:44,977 ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ One more time, bang, bang, bang, bang. ♪ 924 00:37:45,011 --> 00:37:46,945 (elevator bell dings) 925 00:37:48,181 --> 00:37:49,615 Prison's closed. 926 00:37:49,649 --> 00:37:51,483 Nobody getting in here tonight. 927 00:37:53,953 --> 00:37:55,988 I'm here to see Titan. 928 00:37:56,022 --> 00:37:57,923 (panting): What? 929 00:37:57,957 --> 00:37:59,858 (laughs): Hey, y-you're my idol, man. 930 00:37:59,893 --> 00:38:01,093 Hey, um... 931 00:38:01,127 --> 00:38:02,528 uh, hold up, hold up. 932 00:38:02,562 --> 00:38:03,929 Dude, you are not gonna believe 933 00:38:03,963 --> 00:38:05,597 who just rocked up here, man-- Lucious 934 00:38:05,632 --> 00:38:08,333 - freakin' Lyon. - You can call me Lucious, Officer. 935 00:38:08,368 --> 00:38:11,070 Yes, sir. Mr. Lucious, sir, I, uh... 936 00:38:11,104 --> 00:38:13,605 I can escort you in, but, uh... 937 00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:14,907 only you, sir. 938 00:38:16,242 --> 00:38:18,877 It's cool. 939 00:38:18,912 --> 00:38:20,045 (door buzzes) 940 00:38:20,080 --> 00:38:21,747 This way. 941 00:38:21,781 --> 00:38:23,949 Officer. Officer. 942 00:38:25,517 --> 00:38:28,119 My mom always told me the music business wasn't nothing but the devil. 943 00:38:28,153 --> 00:38:30,187 Beretti was the devil. 944 00:38:31,459 --> 00:38:33,372 I see the devil in you. 945 00:38:33,492 --> 00:38:36,348 - You lost your soul a long time ago. - Yeah. 946 00:38:36,468 --> 00:38:38,070 Maybe. 947 00:38:38,319 --> 00:38:41,132 Maybe I lost my soul. 948 00:38:41,833 --> 00:38:45,891 But... I've lived through some hard times, man. 949 00:38:46,153 --> 00:38:47,663 You've seen a man die? 950 00:38:50,175 --> 00:38:51,775 You kill him? 951 00:38:54,112 --> 00:38:55,612 (exhales) 952 00:38:55,647 --> 00:38:58,382 If you stay with Beretti long enough... 953 00:39:01,052 --> 00:39:04,121 ...you'll sell your soul to him. 954 00:39:04,155 --> 00:39:05,556 After... 955 00:39:05,590 --> 00:39:08,959 he's robbed you and broken you... 956 00:39:08,993 --> 00:39:11,295 like he tried to do to me. 957 00:39:11,329 --> 00:39:12,496 He stole from you, too? 958 00:39:12,530 --> 00:39:14,565 Robbed me of millions. (laughs) 959 00:39:14,599 --> 00:39:17,868 So you want to use me to get back at him, right? 960 00:39:17,902 --> 00:39:20,003 I heard that beef you had with Cashville backstage 961 00:39:20,038 --> 00:39:21,805 was about him 962 00:39:21,840 --> 00:39:24,074 burning down your community center. 963 00:39:24,108 --> 00:39:26,410 I made some of my first demos there. 964 00:39:26,444 --> 00:39:28,445 That's what your mama said. 965 00:39:28,979 --> 00:39:31,046 One point seven. 966 00:39:31,081 --> 00:39:32,648 What? 967 00:39:32,682 --> 00:39:35,617 One point... 968 00:39:35,652 --> 00:39:37,553 seven million, right? 969 00:39:37,587 --> 00:39:41,490 That was the amount it'll cost to rebuild the center. 970 00:39:41,524 --> 00:39:45,504 I cut a check for that and your signing bonus this morning. 971 00:39:45,624 --> 00:39:48,597 - So you want to help the Nation? - No. Never. 972 00:39:48,631 --> 00:39:51,934 But it's your money-- you do with it as you choose. 973 00:39:51,968 --> 00:39:54,203 But if I was you, I would... 974 00:39:54,237 --> 00:39:57,473 rebuild the center and put a studio in there, 975 00:39:57,507 --> 00:39:59,475 naming it after myself... 976 00:39:59,509 --> 00:40:01,677 so I could protect my legacy. 977 00:40:01,711 --> 00:40:05,514 Start recording for Empire on this phone. 978 00:40:24,100 --> 00:40:27,036 ♪ ♪ 979 00:40:29,072 --> 00:40:30,806 Hakeem. 980 00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:32,841 Look, you were right 981 00:40:32,876 --> 00:40:34,510 about the song, okay? 982 00:40:34,544 --> 00:40:36,745 I said it so you won't have to. 983 00:40:36,780 --> 00:40:40,349 - Now, could I go take a leak? - Hey. 984 00:40:40,383 --> 00:40:42,985 I gave you that advice because I care. 985 00:40:43,019 --> 00:40:46,088 Look, I can't force a relationship between us, 986 00:40:46,122 --> 00:40:50,592 but... I think you do know I love you, don't you? 987 00:40:50,627 --> 00:40:51,960 Let me think. 988 00:40:51,995 --> 00:40:53,862 I don't. 989 00:40:53,897 --> 00:40:56,098 Uh... Hakeem. 990 00:40:56,132 --> 00:40:57,599 What?! 991 00:40:57,634 --> 00:41:01,837 I can't get back the 17 years we lost... 992 00:41:01,871 --> 00:41:04,406 but I'm here now. 993 00:41:07,711 --> 00:41:10,479 Too late. 994 00:41:13,650 --> 00:41:15,417 (sighs) 995 00:41:20,523 --> 00:41:22,157 ♪ Every time I show her my maneuver ♪ 996 00:41:22,192 --> 00:41:24,126 ♪ She brag about the way I give it to her ♪ 997 00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:25,995 ♪ Oh ♪ ♪ I do it sorta like a Ruger ♪ 998 00:41:26,029 --> 00:41:28,631 - ♪ That's a cutie e-executor ♪ - (chuckles): Look at him go. 999 00:41:28,665 --> 00:41:30,132 ♪ And I don't even got a license ♪ 1000 00:41:30,166 --> 00:41:33,669 BECKY: Titan-- he's got lyrics. Man, I told you he's a beast. 1001 00:41:33,703 --> 00:41:35,971 I knew if you slipped him that cell phone that he would sign with us. 1002 00:41:36,006 --> 00:41:37,606 It wasn't that easy. 1003 00:41:37,641 --> 00:41:39,041 But it was worth it, right? 1004 00:41:39,075 --> 00:41:41,477 Yeah. Good job. (chuckles) 1005 00:41:41,511 --> 00:41:43,512 Well... since it was 1006 00:41:43,546 --> 00:41:45,180 my idea... 1007 00:41:45,215 --> 00:41:47,950 how about you let me shadow you with him? 1008 00:41:47,984 --> 00:41:50,152 Learn from the best. 1009 00:41:50,186 --> 00:41:52,688 I don't see why not. 1010 00:41:52,722 --> 00:41:54,857 - Really? - Yeah. 1011 00:41:54,891 --> 00:41:56,291 - Did good. - Thanks. 1012 00:41:56,326 --> 00:41:58,594 TIANA: ♪ Keep it movin', here we go ♪ 1013 00:41:58,628 --> 00:42:00,829 ♪ Keep it movin', here we go ♪ 1014 00:42:00,864 --> 00:42:03,165 ♪ ♪ 1015 00:42:03,199 --> 00:42:05,200 Look at him. I lined up Titan for you, 1016 00:42:05,235 --> 00:42:08,771 and I whipped Hakeem and Tiana's duet into shape, and now all the blogs 1017 00:42:08,805 --> 00:42:13,175 - are talking about how your son is taking off like a rocket. - No, that is 1018 00:42:13,209 --> 00:42:15,711 your son, too. (laughs) 1019 00:42:15,745 --> 00:42:17,279 Oh, go! 1020 00:42:17,314 --> 00:42:19,214 Even though he acts like I'm not. 1021 00:42:19,249 --> 00:42:20,816 (sighs) 1022 00:42:20,850 --> 00:42:22,651 HAKEEM: ♪ I just want to hit the bull's-eye once... ♪ 1023 00:42:22,686 --> 00:42:24,687 I like his picture of you. 1024 00:42:24,721 --> 00:42:27,022 ♪ You can go first, I can go second... ♪ 1025 00:42:27,057 --> 00:42:30,626 But the headline should read: "The Cookie Strikes Back." 1026 00:42:30,660 --> 00:42:31,961 (song continues) 1027 00:42:31,995 --> 00:42:33,796 You know something? 1028 00:42:33,830 --> 00:42:36,865 You and I 1029 00:42:36,900 --> 00:42:39,868 always made a real good team. 1030 00:42:39,903 --> 00:42:41,503 You're damn right we did. 1031 00:42:43,039 --> 00:42:45,941 I make you better. 1032 00:42:45,976 --> 00:42:48,310 Don't forget that. 1033 00:42:48,345 --> 00:42:49,912 TIANA: ♪ Don't got time for love... ♪ 1034 00:42:49,946 --> 00:42:51,880 Thank you, baby. 1035 00:42:51,915 --> 00:42:53,415 Baby? 1036 00:42:54,918 --> 00:42:57,620 You might want to clear that with Anika. 1037 00:42:57,654 --> 00:43:02,389 - Okay, the baby mama. - Ha! Still crazy, Lucious.