01x01 - Let's Make History

[bunniefuu]

[background chatter]

[dramatic chord]

[dramatic music]

[cheers and applause]

Are we ready to see
SWV and Xscape tonight?

[cheers and applause]

We wanna thank you
for bringing everybody together

to make this show possible.

Amen.
all: Amen.

[laughter]

Two iconic groups
coming together?

Oh, my goodness.

We can make huge history.

30 seconds till showtime.

The road gettin' here
up to this point...

it's been a messy ride.

[percussive music]

Y'all are [indistinct.]
We are the headliners.

I sold 30 million records, b*tch.

- They're not budging either.
- Just won't be no show then.

This is gettin' on
my mother.....ing nerves.

Now, sisters is actin' up.

So is you and your 13
entourage...

that's your family now?
- Yes, they treat me

better than you!
You gone be broke again.

Are we done?

I bet you wondering
how we got here.

Hmph.

Let me take you all the way
back to the beginning.

When Xscape got together,
we were in high school.

♪ Boy, I can't wait...

We were all from
College Park,

and it's not easy to
make it outta College Park.

We would sing at church
and stuff like that.

I knew that we had, like,
real raw talent.

♪ Take off your shoes
and relax your feet... ♪

The moment we signed
to So So Def,

Xscape put out
three bangin' albums

that all went platinum-plus, baby.

♪ Oh, who can I run to...

With fame comes egos, jealousies,

and the great-granddaddy
of 'em all,

divatudes.

You set up our third album

to get your solo deal.

- I set...
- Yes, you did.

We broke up in 1999.

Give it up for SWV!

[cheers and applause]

Three girls
from the Bronx and Brooklyn...

it don't get
no better than that.

Sisters With Voices.

- We in the house.
- Word up.

We signed to RCA in 1991.

We were a overnight success.

It was crazy.

When I couldn't go to
the supermarket

with the food stamps,
that's when I knew.

♪ You're the one

♪ You're the one for me

SWV has released
five albums in total,

two platinum.

We sold 30 million records worldwide.

♪ I will be right here

The beginning.

[laughing]

They hated me.
I hated them.

Wanna do a lot more
writing and producing

on the next album.

Coko's ego became
the fourth member.

Well, she decided
she wanted to go solo.

SWV dissolved!

When we broke up in 1998,

it was a tough time.

That's all I knew.
I only knew Taj and Coko,

somebody on my left,
somebody on my right.

When Coko decided
she wanted to do it again,

I was available,
LeLee was available.

We came back together.

♪ If you want me for
my love... ♪

Once we started doing shows,

it was like one after
the other.

It kept coming,
and we realized

we're better together
than apart.

Xscape!

In 2017, somebody tried
to steal our life story

without our knowledge.

Of course, we could not
let that happen,

and that's how the
communication started back.

And... voila.

We were back together.

We headlined our own
30-city tour.

It was sold out,
every arena.

And then we had an offer
to do a "Verzuz"

against SWV.

Put your hands together...

Xscape, SWV!

If you ask me
who won the battle,

yeah, we won.

Thank y'all. Be real!

The fans...they loved it.

Social media exploded.

Now, can the fans
expect to see a tour?

Hmm. Possibly.

SWV and Xscape
on stage together... again?

What could possibly go wrong?

Every.....ing thing!

[laughing]

[R]

♪ I just seem them
legs and ♪

♪ Hips and

♪ Body, body

♪ I'm just gonna give 'em,
give 'em, give 'em ♪

♪ All I got

♪ I plan on
keeping him around ♪

♪ And I like the way...
[laughing]

How cute!
Look at you!

Oh, I messed it up.
I messed it up.

Ah...

♪ Give it all I got,
oh yeah ♪

[music stops]
- Okay.

I was thinking about
remixing it

and just putting it out.

I'm tired a keeping
all these damn songs

on my hard drive.
- You and me both.

Me and Kandi, you know,
we're very close.

We're just like sisters.
We fuss, we fight.

Not physically fight...
well, we did have

a little altercation,
but it wasn't like a real deal.

I got Kandi and Tiny songs
on here too, so...

Oh, lord.

But we maintain, you know,
our friendship.

We've done a lotta
incredible things together...

the Grammys and writing
for some of

the biggest artists,
so we're sisters.

[jazzy R]

Hey!

♪

- ♪ Home late
- ♪ Tonight...

Hey!

Go to
check that sh... out.

- Ah! Ha ha!
- Come on.

Take me there,
take me there right now.

What we doing?
What am I hearing?

What am I hearing?
- This is the old

Kandi and Tiny song.

- ♪ Hey
- ♪ Hey-ey-ey

Come on, we got to
check that sh... right now.

[overlapping chatter]

Okay. You don't know
what you doin'.

- I don't know what...
- You gotta stop this sh...

- What I'm doing!
- Till you get a engineer.

[laughter]

V!
- Hey, girl.

Where you goin', gal?
You came to see us?

Y'all been here workin'.

Kandi and I were great friends
before Xscape started.

Tiny and I was too.
I brought them to my sister.

We all hung out.
We had a good time.

We got in trouble together.

And now we have a business
and makin' money together.

Don't you got some snacks
in here, girl?

'Cause I'm hungry.

Kandi got snacks.
She keeps snacks.

We are not goin' there.
This a whole new season.

No.

She had said
some real foul things about me

that was not true.

Had Jermaine not been
sleepin' with Kandi,

the group might not
have broken up.

That's what she like to do.

She slept with
the whole So So Def.

She slept with his daddy.

She just like to sleep around.
That's what she do.

We mended things

after we got back together.

What was that...
five years ago?

We gon' keep movin'
forward, okay?

- Treat yourself.
- Thank you.

What is goin' on with Tocha?

Where she at?
- I mean, as far as, like,

my sister, we haven't
talked since Vegas.

- The text.
- Y'all saw the text.

Y'all saw how we was
goin' back and forth.

I sent the text sayin'...
- And I was dyin'

when I was reading the text!
[laughing]

We had the show in Vegas.

Tamika and Kandi got locked
outta their

dressing trailer...whatever.

We were locked out of

our dressing room
for a whole hour.

Tocha and Tiny could get
in their trailer just fine.

They changed their clothes.

Tocha, she just is like...
pff.

Deuces. And got the hell on
and left us where we were.

I don't understand
what was so deep

about the text, though.

She feels like Tamika
body shamed her in the text.

- How?
- How?

Tamika said,
"If you had a a*s to kiss."

Tiny bear,

it was a figure a speech.

It was no thought in it.
That's not body shamin'.

"Everyone who left without
making sure we were good

can kiss my A."

Here comes Tocha!

"Kiss my A? Make sure
you know what sayin'

when you tell a person
to keep walkin'."

Tamika says,
"If you had an a*s to kiss."

[laughing]

Hell, no.

Well, she ain't have
much a*s to kiss.

[laughter]

Did you feel I was
body shamin' her? Really.

I don't think you would, no,
and especially not your sister.

But I think
that's how she took it.

Tocha...

no, she doesn't have the big
bubble booty, but, you know,

she ain't really had
no surgery or nothin'.

So maybe she feel
some kinda way about it...

I don't know.

It's just...it's just crazy.

Then whatever happened
in Vegas was very minor.

She has to make the decision

on if she just wanna
stay in that place

or she wanna move forward.

We could really probably
go on tour again

and k*ll, right?

Because, like, think about it.

It was so much talk about us
when we did that "Verzuz"

with SWV.
- Yeah.

I just feel like
all of this stuff

they got goin' on
is petty to me.

Like, we have this idea

that we're trying to make
happen with SWV.

...that want
a Xscape/SWV tour

starting in Ontario, California

at the Toyota Arena.

So that's 43 guaranteed shows.

Just for the purpose
of our group

being successful,
can y'all please work this out?

Girl, you can call your sister,
do something.

'Cause I don't wanna
say too much.

'Cause you know in a minute,
they'll be back tight

and then mad at me again.

[laughter]

That's my cue.
I'm gone.

I'll see y'all later.

[upbeat music]

♪

♪ Where did you go

♪ You're telling me

♪ That you love me

♪

♪ But don't you know

♪ That you belong to

♪ Another girl who loves you

♪ Hey, you are so fine

♪ So fine, so fine

♪ You blow my mind,
things you do ♪

♪ With the things you do
to me... ♪

If somebody
woulda told me

that at 52 years old,

I'd still be singing
the same songs today...

I woulda believed them.

'Cause SWV's music
is the b*mb.

♪ Ooh yeah

♪ I don't know what
I'm gonna do ♪

At this stage
in our career,

SWV probably do between

50 and 100 shows a year.

♪ I will be with you...

We go everywhere
from the U.S.,

Asia, Australia, South Africa.

They don't speak English,
but they know our songs.

It's such a huge blessing.

♪ I'm so into you

Tourin' now compared to
tourin' in the '90s

is like night and day.

I used to be able
to drop it like it was hot.

[upbeat music]

[music warps, stops]

Till I tore my knee,

so now I just stand
like it's hot

and move harder
than I used to,

but I can't go low.
[laughing]

♪ I'm so into you

- Whoo!
- A quick water break.

- All right.
- Awesome.

Sounding awesome.
sounding awesome.

Sounding awesome.
- Don't break my nails now.

[laughter]

Um, so...

I was thinking with our 30th
anniversary coming up

and Xscape's 30th anniversary
coming up next year,

obviously, we did "Verzuz"
together,

and you k*lled it.
- Yeah.

Ha ha!
[coughing]

Maybe we join up forces,

the possibility
of an integrated show.

It all ties together.

So I reached out
to their management,

had a preliminary conversation.

They seem open to it.

Wanted to get
your thoughts on it.

It sounds good to me.

I'm down.
- Yeah, I'm down.

What you think, Lee?

I mean, I think
it's a dope idea

if it can actually happen.

Whenever it comes to touring,

that is an opportunity

for us to sell out
all the shows

and make a crazy
amount of money.

I hope it actually can happen.

I'm excited
to see us as women

get out here and do it,
you know.

The guys do it all the time.
- Yeah.

So I feel like
we can do it too.

Doesn't it seem like
we about to walk into a mess?

[laughter]

Coming up...

It's difficult
when I perform

the same time
I have a family member

who I perform with.

Ain't nobody steal
your money, girl.

- Y'all didn't steal my money?
- Girl, you ain't got

no money to steal.
- Y'all didn't steal my money?

I got evidence.
You wanna go to jail now?

'Cause you can still
go to jail.

♪ My lifestyle poppin',
bottom to the top ♪

♪ Worries I be droppin'

♪ You will never top them...

You won't allow...you want...

Nope.

You see I got
Michael-type moves.

I still play like Mike.

That's crazy.
I know you used to think

you could beat us, though,
when we was younger.

No, I didn't used to think.
I did beat y'all.

I don't remember that part.

- 'Cause it's about confidence.
- Right.

- Okay. Confidence.
- It's about...

- Short!
- Oh, my fault, hold on.

Your mother threw me off.

- I threw you off?
- It was them short-shorts,

baby.
- Oh, listen, I can't...

This is not basketball attire.

- This is...it is.
- First of all,

- It's hot outside.
- You the cheerleader?

I'm cheerleader
for what we are.

That's what I been...
- Okay, check this out.

My whole life
since I been here.

Hey, you know,
I was the player

that come out and be like,
"Look at that chilly

right there,"
and I sh**t a air ball.

You is a distraction.
- Oh, man.

Hold on, that's how he got
here in the first place.

All right, cool.
[chatter]

- [laughing]
- It always feels good

when I'm at home in my
comfort zone, in the nest.

Short!

Ha ha!
- Aw, Danny, no!

Let's go, rock on the block.

Rocky and I...
it's been 27 years

that the two of us
have been together.

We were introduced,
as a matter of fact, by Kandi.

We met on tour.

Rocky was in the business

of the music industry.

He actually started out...
I don't even wanna say this.

Should I say this?
Well, he started out

with R. Kelly.

I know it's hot out here,
you guys.

Y'all want something
to drink?

- Yeah, yeah.
- What you got?

I'ma do the shake.

I did break up
with my boyfriend,

but I will say this...
Rocky actually approached him

in rehearsal one day

and he was like,
"I'm not sleeping with her,

"but I want her to be my girl.

You can leave rehearsal now,
'cause she's gonna be my girl."

All right, Ma,
check it out.

You hit this shot right now,
we gon' win.

- I can't hit the shot.
- Three seconds on the clock!

Three, two, one...

We goin' in!

[all whooping]

The first shot!

My son, Jamon, he keeps me
all the way together.

He is the light of my life.

He graduated from the
University of Buffalo.

He played basketball with
the University of Buffalo

as their point guard,

so we're just hoping that,
you know,

something great
comes from that.

Should we have said
the prayer over the juice?

- No.
- What?

Because we are celebratin'
the fact

that, in the last five years...

is it five or six years

you hadn't been home?
- Six years.

- Yeah, six years.
- It's been a while.

Yeah, you been living
on your own

in the life of luxury,
thanks to me... and your mom.

See how he take
all the credit.

And your mom...
after all these years,

to see him grow up to be
a good young man like that.

I always made time
for my son.

It didn't matter
what I was doing.

At some point I felt like

it's time for me to take

a back seat
to this music thing

and make sure my son
was raised in the way

that I felt like
he needed to be raised.

- I thought you did a good job.
- I did a good job.

I did a good job.
You did too.

I was gon' say, if you
ain't gon' give me my credit,

I gon' take it back.
- I'm always giving you credit.

What you got goin' on, Ma?
Besides these shakes.

'Cause these is fire.
What you got goin' on?

Thank you, baby.
What don't I have goin' on?

- Everything.
- Everything yo' daddy

put on my plate.
- Everything.

♪ I got some good things

♪ Goin' on

There's an idea of Xscape
and SWV

gettin' together on stage.

It's big, you know.

We're talking about
two major groups

who've been in the industry
for years.

So this is a big deal.

I have to be, um...

balanced, you know.

Your dad knows this about me.

If it throws me off at all,
then I can't do it.

It's difficult
when I perform

at the same time
I have a family member

who I perform with.

You know, we haven't even
had a conversation

since the Lovers Friends
concert in Vegas.

How can I perform
with my sister

when we're not even speaking?

So there's a lot of uncertainty.

If there's any negativity,
I don't want it.

♪

♪ Do do do do do
up in here ♪

♪ Grind more up lately

♪ Uh uh, makin' money
scat for me ♪

♪ Do do do do do
do do do do do... ♪

You're such a amazing,

amazing baby boy.
- Yeah.

What y'all doin'?

I'm just gonna tell you
like this.

Now, I am a pina colada connoisseur.

I don't like pineapples, Mama.

Oh, my God.

Gimme a measuring cup.

When I'm not in
performance mode,

I'm in straight mommy
wife mode.

Okay. Pineapple juice.

I have seven kids.

And Heiress.

Here you go, babe.
- I do ice cream.

Four of them are like
grown and out of the way.

So that is a relief.

Mix, mix, mix!

Yeah!
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh!

Do the thing you learned!

I just love being
with my kids and my family.

But it's a job
tryin' to balance

bein' a mom, having a career,
and having a husband...

especially having a career
and a husband.

♪ They don't really really
want me, want me to win ♪

Tip and I have been
together for 21 years,

and it's been...
it's been a job.

It's been a real job.

Tell me, what's up, Pops?

What's up, man.
How was the first date?

It was a'ight.

Kinda.

My husband's used to

having me there,

and so when I'm working,
he's like,

"What you workin' for?"

It's like, I'm working
because I like to work,

and I have some talent,

and, um, I get money.

Here, Pooh Pooh, just taste it.

Taste it.
- It scares me.

Heiress, why?

I-I taste it?

- Just a little.
- Taste it.

Just a little.
Tip it.

It not that bad.

See? Dang.

Ten outta ten.

Ten...thank you, Pooh!
That's what I'm talkin' about.

♪ Just kick it

Coming up...

I wanna see a production,

Taj and Kandi on the stage together,

and then you see Coko
comin' up out the ground.

I'm not excited.

♪ What you knowin' about
what I do ♪

♪ 'Cause I do it so great

- You want breakfast, babe?
- No, I'm good.

- All right.
- You ready?

Yes. I have to have
my coffee.

Thank you.
[kisses]

You're welcome, my baby.

I love kissing my name
right here.

My husband is the sexy,

handsome, loveable

teddy bear, Darnell.

You gon' make money
from pancakes?

We have three beautiful daughters.

O'Shun is the oldest,

Niyah, and princess Armani.

So where you headed to next?

I'm goin' to Las Vegas.

Vegas? Ah ha.

My husband does
executive protection

for New Edition
and a lotta other artists.

You know what they say...

"What happens in Vegas
stay in Vegas"...that's a lie.

- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.

Oh, yeah, I'ma tell you
everything that happen

in Vegas.
- You better tell me

everything that happen.
- I'm usin' the bathroom

right now, baby!
Oh, the water's runnin'.

We have a Kevin Costner,
Whitney Houston

"Bodyguard" type of
relationship, you know.

That's how we met.

I was doing a production
with Tyler Perry,

and he was Tyler Perry's
Executive Protector.

We became
the best of friends.

It was nothing sexual,

'cause we never
looked at each other like that

until the one day I was like,
"I think I love him."

You my crush.
- Mm-hmm.

[both laughing]

I went to his house.
I went into the bathroom.

Came out, and all I had on
was my thongs and my bra.

[laughing]

And he looked...he was looking
like, "What are you doin'?"

And I was like, okay, you're
sayin' "What you doing?"

but your friend is saying,
"Hello!"

[laughing]

What you gon' do
for the rest of the day?

I have a meeting with
SWV and my group.

You know, there's been talks
about us don' some stuff,

so we gon' see.

You know, I get the chance
to see them at the summit,

see my sister.

You know she and I haven't
even spoken since.

Mm.

What is goin' on with Tocha.
Where she at?

I mean, as far as, like,
my sister,

we haven't talked since Vegas.

I hate having personal
go into our business.

I know it's aggravating.

It is very aggravating.

I just don't want that
to spill over

into, like, us talking
about business.

Because, honey,

we closer to 50
than we are 30.

And ain't nobody gon' be
singing "My Little Secret"

at 60.
- Mm.

♪ All my Black,
all my Black ♪

♪ All my Black queens
stand up, holler at 'em ♪

♪ And I recognize
I'm a Black queen ♪

♪ I won't settle for less
'cause I'm a Black queen ♪

♪ I'ma keep being strong,
I'm a Black queen ♪

♪ I'm a Black queen,
I'm a Black queen ♪

- Hi!
- Hi!

- How are you?
- I'm good!

- Welcome.
- I'm Taj.

Nice to meet you.

You look beautiful.
- Thank you.

So we're just setting
the table,

getting ready for...
- Oh, it looks very nice.

An amazing dinner party.

Awesome sauce!

[mellow hip-hop music]

♪

- Hi!
- Baby girl!

Yeah!

Love this hair!
- Don't you look gorgeous

as usual.
- Thank you, you too.

Welcome to my, uh,
humble establishment.

[indistinct]

- Yeah, just...
- Yeah. Ha ha!

I think this collaboration

with Xscape and SWV

would be magical.

I gotta do everything I can
to make this happen.

- Hello there.
- Hey, TT.

I wanna set up like
a little brunch

where we can all sit down

and talk about puttin'
this show together,

this collaboration between
Xscape and SWV.

Yeah. You just let me know
where to show up.

Xscape is one of our

favorite groups.

We met them in the '90s.

They'd come out I believe
two years after us.

So we've always been like

the bigger sisters.

Oh, look who we have here!

Come on in here, girl.

Look at you,
lookin' all cute.

Back when SWV had broken up,

I went down to Atlanta
to record some demos

to try and do my own project.

Kandi and Tiny
were actually in the studio.

They helped me write
those songs.

We've always had such a fun,
good, funny relationship.

♪

[overlapping chatter]

- Damn!
- Where you goin'?

Hello, hello, hello.

- Hi, beautiful!
- Hey.

Lookin' all Miss America-ish

and whatnot.
- Oh, girl. Hey, hey.

- What's up? How you doin'?
- Hey.

Tocha and I
are like oil and water.

[laughter, chatter]

I'm very used to

the cold shoulder.

When we first met, I remember
saying to your sister one time,

"I don't think your sister
like me."

This my first time
ever hearing this.

We just don't connect.

Like, we don't really speak
outside of the group.

- You wanna hug your sister?
- Yeah, I do.

- Okay.
- Always.

What's up, diva?

Hey, y'all.

Okay, baby!

Y'all came out here
ready, boy!

Look at you!
- Hey.

Hi, beautiful.
Good to see you.

Hey, girl, hi. So everybody...
where we sitting?

You can sit over
next to your sister.

[dramatic chord]

Don't you look cute.

Thank you.

[tense music]

Good lord,
I wasn't expecting

a welcoming mat, but this
was like a slam in the face.

I feel like we on
a game show right now.

Hi!

[overlapping greetings]

[laughter]

Hi! I was not rushin'...
- How you doing?

To get here.
Hey, beautiful.

- You say you weren't?
- Aah!

You was not gonna
rush again?

I know that's right.

Oh, gosh.
- Okay!

[wolf whistle]

I love your shirt.
Yes!

She didn't come to fight.

So now that I've waited
all day

for everybody to get here,

we can talk about the idea
of all of us getting together

to do this tour.

I think it's a good idea.

So do we need to find
somebody to produce a show

that we all can do together,

an "idea" of what
we're trying to do?

- Um... we know a few people.
- You wanna use one band?

Well, yeah, 'cause it would
have to be one band

if we're gonna all do this together.

Everything has to be one.

The dancers have to be one.
- One DJ.

One DJ? Uh-uh.

Do we do like a intimate show

like...
- Oh, yeah.

We can get like some
smaller set pieces,

maybe like a turnabout
stage or something

that you can like twist?
- So more like a up close

and personal with SWV
and Xscape.

I wanna see a production.

So it won't be like

this person do a song,
this person do a song.

You don't know
who's gon' do a song.

You may see Taj and Kandi
on the stage together,

and then you see Coko
comin' up out the ground.

Oh, my gosh,
it would be a dream to do

a collaboration with SWV.

Full-fledged production.
- Yes.

I loved listening to them
growin' up.

I remember the first time
I heard Taj sing, Lee,

the second album...
"Use Your Heart."

♪ Just a second

♪ I look at
my watch's dial... ♪

Me and my sister,
we would listen to the album

and then when Taj part came in,
it was like...[gasps]

"That's Taj! Oh, my God,
she sound good!

She sound so good!"

♪ I close my eyes
and I smile... ♪

Is a part she say,
♪ If you got the time

♪ And I got the time

I was like,
you gotta sing, girl!

It's like...

like coming in and out

with the lights...
- Sound like you done been

thinkin' about this.
- Yeah, I been thinkin'

about it,
I been thinkin' about it.

Hmm?

- No, I'm cool.
- Yeah. You sure?

I just have reservations.
I'm good, though.

Reservations about...

I'm not excited.

[dramatic musical sting]

We got a lotta internal issues
that we gotta deal with.

[tense music]

I wanna see a production.

You don't know
who's gon' do a song.

You may see Taj and Kandi
on the stage together,

and then you see Coko
comin' up out the ground.

Full-fledged production.
- Yes.

Sound like you done been
thinkin' about this.

Yeah, I been thinkin' about
it, I been thinkin' about it.

Hmm?

- No, I'm cool.
- Yeah.

You sure?
- I just have reservations.

I'm good, though.
- Reservations about...

I'm not excited.

We got a lotta internal issues
that we gotta deal with.

♪

Why? Because your sister
called you out

for exactly what happened?

We were locked out of
our dressing room

for a whole hour.
My sister went and left.

What are you upset about?

She said that you left her.

And that's exactly
what you did.

Look, sisters,
like I understand

that y'all have internal issues,

but the bigger picture is
y'all are still together.

So whatever y'all
are goin' through,

it can't be that bad that
y'all can't work it out.

It's not even about that.
It's about having peace

at the end of the day, and
it's also about communication.

- Okay...
- So but we haven't

been able to do that.
- We don't communicate either.

We just get on stage
and do what we do...

Yeah, but it's a lot more
to go along with that.

I promise you.

I don't wanna do anything

until my sister and I
have had a time to sit down

and really see what's goin' on
with us, you know.

Not speaking and being
in a meeting about business...

it's not cool with me.

We're a little older,
but can we offer some wisdom

that might help y'all
get through this?

Because this does not
look right.

Seeing the ego battles
and little conflict

between Xscape and whatever
they have goin' on

just makes me so grateful

that SWV has moved past stage.

Y'all are too important
to the culture

to be goin' through this.

We were doin' that
in our 20s.

We don't do it in the 50s.

Whatever it is that we need
to go through and talk about.

we're gonna deal with it,
we're gonna get through it,

and then our next step
is going on

some kind of tour
or working with the girls...

Everybody
may not feel that way.

I might not like feel like
I wanna go on tour.

We've been dealing with
a lotta drama

all our career,

with Kandi and Tocha, mainly.

If these things
can be rectified

and talked through and fixed...
- Tiny, that's not

gonna be fixed
within a matter of days.

No, but we not goin' nowhere
in a matter of days.

I'm just like,
can we get past this

so we can make some real money?

We should be workin'
until we die.

Tocha, do you even
want to resolve it?

You don't seem like
you want to.

No, that's not true.

The reason I'm saying that
is because I want to talk.

I think there's
a level in life

where we just need to
grow the [BLEEP] up.

- Yes.
- There's sh... that she

don't like about me and sh...
she don't like about me,

that same sh...
We all tolerate

something from each other.

If we take the personal
out of some of it,

we can get through...
- All of it.

The business, because
I think it's too personal.

I think it's too personal.
- Take the personal

out of all of it.
- Yeah.

With girls,
it's always some bullsh...

We have hiccups with our
boyfriends, our husbands,

but we give them
another chance.

- Yes, we do.
- And then when it comes to

what the world loves,
we always got...

"Ugh...I'm mad!" you know?
That's.....ed up.

And that's the sh...
that I don't get.

That's how you know
we need to grow up.

The fans are the reason
why we are here today.

- Yeah. I'm witchu.
- Yeah.

When are you guys
leaving for Africa?

- Tomorrow.
- Oh, tomorrow.

I just hope that Xscape

can figure out
their internal bullsh...

That way,
we can move forward.

Or not.

I know y'all can do it,
and I believe in y'all.

We'll figure it out.

Well, let's just eat.

You know Black people
get happy when we eat.

[laughter]

[mellow music]

♪

- Say cheese!
- Cheese.

We'll see you guys when
we get to Africa.

[laughter]
Peace.

We are flying to Johannesburg,

South Africa.

We made it!

I will tell everybody.

[laughter]

We're here in South Africa
to perform

for this 50th birthday

for this outrageously rich dude.

And I'm very, very happy
to say

that this is
a 6 1/2 figure job.

♪ Anything to make
this love go further ♪

♪ Hey, you're the one for me

With SWV, the show
is always gonna go on.

Whether we're speaking
or not,

we know what the fans expect,
so we do our job,

we have a great time,
and again,

it's a blessing to still
be able to do this

after all these years.

- Whoo!
- Whoo!

Coming up...

Four different egos.
Y'all wanna see a therapist?

Group therapy.
Come on, man.

- Y'all didn't steal my money?
- Girl, you ain't got

no money to steal.
- Y'all didn't steal my money?

I got evidence.
You wanna go to jail now?

'Cause you can still
go to jail.

[percussive music]

♪

♪ I just wanna be
next to you ♪

♪ Baby can I get next to you
- [giggling]

♪ I just wanna be
next to you ♪

♪ Baby, can I get
next to you? ♪

Oh, my goodness.

♪ Feel so fine
I'll risk it ♪

- Babe.
- What up, what up?

What you doing?

- I...
- You 'bout to cook?

Well, you know today
is pizza Friday.

Wait a minute.
We gon' make our own pizza?

Well, I was thinking
it'd be cute

to give the kids
something to do.

Oh, my goodness.
Todd is definitely

the boss in our relationship.

All right, so what
are we puttin' on this pizza?

What you got, you got toppings?
- Pizza?

- You gon' make pizza?
- Yes.

But, you know,
it's not like

he bosses me around,
but I do let him

take the lead on most things

That's a big pizza

for just four people.

- Yeah.
- Blaze, you did a great job.

Your pizza looks amazing!

So you don't put
the pizza in the oven okay?

So, babe, what you
got goin' on?

What I got goin' on
with what?

Did y'all have y'all
talk yet?

We did, but we definitely
gon' need another talk.

Because it's always
some drama involved.

Well, four chicks from the
'90s...what you expect?

You tryin' to be funny now?

- Y'all from the '90s, cuz.
- I don't know what it is,

but our group just
cannot get it together, okay?

We said, "Are you ready
to move forward?"

You said, "No."
- But you weren't either,

but nobody made you sign
a leave of minimum notice.

If y'all woulda said that,
I woulda never signed.

Whatchu wanna do?
Are you in or you out?

You weren't doin'
the third album

unless they allowed you
to do your solo project.

No. That was not
recording, Kandi.

Now Tamika and Tocha

aren't getting along.

I'm not excited
about goin' on tour.

We got a lotta internal issues
that we gotta deal with.

♪

That's a major issue,
'cause they're sisters.

Take your iPad too, okay?

- Okay.
- Take that with you.

See you later.

- [murmuring] See later.
- Bye-bye!

I think when we were younger,

Tamika did whatever she could
just to please Tocha.

You know what I mean?
- Mm.

So she was bein'
more of a yes-man.

Think about it...
before that last tour,

y'all hadn't performed
in like 20-something years.

- Right.
- So people wanna see y'all.

- Yeah.
- So...

gotta at least owe it
to y'all fans to...

you know what I mean,
you know, figure this sh... out.

I-I'm trying.

Four different personalities,
four different egos.

- [laughing]
- I dunno, cuz.

Y'all wanna see a therapist?
Group therapy!

- [laughing]
- Come on, man.

Let's feed these kids
so we can put 'em to bed.

- All right.
- Hey, Boogie.

It's pizza time!

Bring Blaze.
Ooh!

Uh-oh.

Luigi would be proud a me
right now!

[mellow R]

♪

[doorbell rings]

- Oh.
- Hey, Mama G!

- Hey, Tocha!
- You cute!

You look so cute!

- All right, Mama.
- Good to see you, baby.

- You too.
- Come on around.

- All right. What you cook?
- Well, you know what?

This was my off day.

Are you okay?
- I'm good.

Mama G. My mama.

My mother and I
are very close.

She is the matriarch
of the family.

'Cause after my dad left,
it was just her.

So a lotta times
on Father's Day,

I'll call her and say,
"Happy Father's Day"

because she's been
the mom and the dad.

I'm a big fan of communication.

Even in a marriage...
- Yeah.

- You have to communicate.
- Absolutely.

That's why I wanna talk
with you and Tamika today.

♪ Oh oh

♪

I have a little anxiety...
ain't gon' lie...

goin' over here.

My mom...

I love my mom.
Oh, my gosh, I love my mom.

But when it comes to
my sister,

it's a whole different story.

Tamika, I been hearing
little bits and pieces

of you and LaTocha confrontation

about a text?

If you don't mind, why
don't you just come by here

and we gonna sit down

and let her explain her feelings.

Mama, there's nothing
to explain.

'Cause you don't understand...
- All we need to do

is sit down
and have a conversation.

Jesus be with me.

[punchy music]

Tocha is definitely
my mom's favorite child.

It's been like that
since we were kids,

and I don't know why.

Hey.

Is this Tamika right here?

Hi, baby.

Hi, O'Shun!
Good to see you, darling.

- Oh, hey, boo.
- Hey, baby.

Look at her lookin'
like a rock star.

Her little short dress.

- Muah.
- Hello, Tamika.

Oh! And who you are?

You don't even know
these days.

- Nice to meet you.
- No, no.

Gimme a hug.

I'm your sister.
- Oh, we huggin' now.

What you mean,
"We huggin' now"?

We always hug.
- Okay.

Don't you look cute.

Thank you.

Okay, ladies,
I'm glad that y'all...

made it over here.
- Thank you, Mama G.

You're so welcome.
I'm tryin' to figure out...

What is really going on
with y'all?

Make me understand

why you wanted to send
a blast out

to everybody?

[soft, dramatic musical sting]

We were locked outta
our dressing room

for a whole hour.
My sister went and left.

I felt some kinda way

because if I'm paying you
to do a job,

and you leave before
the job is done,

then you need to be
reprimanded or whatever.

Tamika, it doesn't matter...

This how they left.
I'm sittin',

not even payin' attention.

We outside...mind you,
they was shootin'

while we was performing, okay?

I'm talkin'...
we a whole hour into

being locked outta
our dressing room.

I turned around,
here go Beyonce,

Tocha walkin'.
- Beyonce?

Tocha was walkin',
and the business manager

and the road manager,

they was walkin'
right behind her like this.

So by the time I turned around,

and I looked, that was like...

I said, "Oh, my sister."

I said, "Oh, my sister left."

- Okay, have a seat.
- And they didn't come back.

They didn't come back.
Y'all walked like y'all

was walkin'
with a mission, boo.

You need a Academy Award.

[dramatic music]

We a whole hour into

being locked outta
our dressing room.

I turned around...
here go Beyonce...

Tocha walkin'...
- Beyonce?

Tocha was walkin'.

I said, "Oh, my sister left."

Okay, have a seat.

And they didn't come back.
They didn't come back.

You need a Academy Award.

That's all I got to say.

She just left?

- Yeah, she did.
- You felt some kinda way.

No, because I woulda
made sure she was good.

I didn't get that.
- I understand.

And my thing is, Mama,

when it comes down
to sisterhood,

I'm your sister...
you don't body shame people.

- Tamika.
- I body shamed you?

- Yeah.
- How did I body shame you?

They've all talked about
everybody's butts.

She feels like Tamika
body shamed her in the text.

- How?
- How?

Tamika said,
"If you had a a*s to kiss."

That's a figure a speech, boo.

Really?

It's not been easy for me

in this industry.

You know, I've always been
known as "the big girl."

There was a particular time
that we performed

in Boca Raton
I'll never forget.

And I sang my face off.

The manager came,
she was like,

"The big girl, she sounded
really, really good."

The compliment
went out the window.

It was like, oh, so...

did anybody tell her
my name was Tocha?

Tocha, Tamika,

it doesn't matter...
[overlapping chatter]

Tamika, it doesn't matter

- [sighs]
- None of that

is that important to me.

We family at the end
of the day.

We family now, a month later?

We always family, boo.
I can't do nothin' about that.

- Oh, yes, you can.
- You know what?

I'm gonna do something
about it in a few minutes.

You never hear
when she say something bad.

It's always what I say.

Wow. Wow.

I been doin' this
all my life.

What did she say
that was so bad?

What did Tocha say...
- She said we're family

and she can't help that.
You didn't just hear her

say that, Mama?

And that offended you?

It's like this all the time.
It's always two against one.

- Tamika, that is not true.
- It is, Mama, it is.

- I stand up for you.
- Mama, when have you ever...

I stand up for you
many times.

- Never against Tocha.
- What you wanna come

against me for?
- When you do things wrong,

Mama get quiet.
- What do I do?

When you stole my money,

Mama didn't say nothin'.

Girl, nobody steal
your money.

When you and Rocky
stole my money,

Mama didn't say nothin'.

Mama got quiet,
just like she quiet now.

Several years ago,

Tiny told me about
a new royalty

that we were all getting
for being in the group,

and I told her I hadn't
received my royalty checks.

Mama, don't do it.

So she did
some investigating

and found out that my checks

were being sent to my sister's.

And they had been cashed in my
sister's husband's account.

Over $30,000.

You didn't say nothin'!

You think that was fair?

Ain't nobody steal
your money, girl.

- Y'all didn't steal my money?
- Girl, you ain't got

no money to steal.
- Y'all didn't steal my money?

My best friend
was about to lock you up,

and I told her don't do it.
I gave her all the evidence.

Oh, wow, Mama.

You stole my money.

No. How could he
steal money from Tamika

is my question.

How?

Yes.

- You and Rocky...
- Please don't, please don't.

I got evidence.
You wanna go to jail now?

'Cause you can still
go to jail.

- Tamika, you wrong!
- Wow.

Y'all cut the cameras off,
or you can get outta my house.

- No, no, you wanna act?
- Cut the cameras off,

or you can get outta my house.

Oh, y'all gotta turn
the cameras off now?

- She need counseling!
- Wow.

- She need to calm down.
- Mama, you know

y'all ain't right.

[dynamic music]

One, two! We ready?
Let's go.

[whooping, chatter]

Nobody wants to imagine

their grandmother
in the missionary position.

[laughing]

Who did the little meat
trick?

- I bought it.
- Oh.

[music warps, stops]

I'm trying to hold on
to my youth.

That booty is on duty.

One, two, three...

SWV!

- What's our name?
- Xscape!

One night of SWV/Xscape
onstage together

doin' a hot-a*s collaboration.

Everybody put their hands in.

You not gon' put
your hand in?

Here we go.

- We are the headliners.
- We ain't gon' be

no sidekick.
- You can't expect 'em

to be a certain way with us

when they not even
"cool" with each other.

- Where's Tocha?
- She's not comin'.

I had a meeting today
for a record deal.

You can start it...
yeah, from the top.

[indistinct singing]

♪ Ain't nobody
do me like you do ♪

I don't get a chance
to see you a lot.

How're we gonna navigate this?

My mental health
was not the best

while I was in school.

I can't do it no more.

I sold 30 million records, b*tch.

[dramatic chords]

Her husband is always
in our business.

♪

And go grab the microphone
and remind them

of who the hell you are.

She's definitely
treating us like

she's Gladys Knight,
and we the Pips!

You know they stole
my money!

- Ain't nobody stole...
- Mama, you know they did!

They don't feel like
we're relevant right now.

We're speaking facts.

Ooh, girl.

Do you know
who you talkin' to?

- So where are we as sisters?
- Right there.

This some next level sh...

♪

If we can't agree on this,

there will be no SWV
and Xscape show.

Just keep your hands
to yourself.

Yeah. 'Cause I wanna keep
my TSA preaching.

[laughs]

[dramatic musical sting]