01x08 - The King of Detroit

[bunniefuu]

-[Darius] Hey, let her go!
-[Nicole] Help, help!

He just walked up
and started stabbing Darius,

and I don't got no idea why.

It's a crime
to lie to a police officer.

[dramatic hip-hop plays]

[g*nf*re]

[Pat] These the biggest
earners in my stable.

Nice to meet y'all, man.

Ruffle his feathers...

nothing else.

[Jay Mo] Damn, I guess
Christmas came early.

[Lopez] Autopsy report confirms

Jay Mo d*ed of a single
g*nsh*t to the head.

This here? Also done.

There was a nurse present
at Terry's second surgery.

I have reason to believe
the surgeon made a mistake.

We might have to adjust
our re-up schedule.

I'm not giving you
an extension.

Look, this chick's special,
a'ight?

Dead that sh*t
right here, right now.

You k*ll Meech.

- Talk!
- I been workin' for Lamar.

I want you to get out the game.

It's time to choose, Tee.

I said officer down!

[doctor]
Detective Lopez sustained

a massive brain hemorrhage
from head trauma.

I'm sorry. He didn't make it.

[chill hip-hop plays]

[Older Meech]
Ain't nothing like

when the weather first breaks
in the D.

Everybody be out kickin' it,
doing their thing

without a care in the world.

Michigan weather,
like life, is unpredictable.

Wait five minutes and
the temperature will change.

But the one thing that should
never change is loyalty.

♪ ♪

[distant chatter]

-[Kato] What happen to you?
- I'll be fine whenever

you do what the f*ck I said.

Security on Meech is
gonna be light tomorrow

when he meets his new plug

at the repair shop
on High Street.

[laughs] Man, you think
I'm f*cking stupid?

Ain't no way
that bitch-ass n*gga

gonna be coppin' sh*t
without no sh**t.

Man, I saw his brother.

Meech ain't trusting
nobody these days,

especially not around no plug.

How the f*ck you know that?

'Cause I'm f*cking his boy.
Come on, now.

It's easier to k*ll a bee
with honey than vinegar

when you got that good-good.

Man, this better
not be no okie-doke.

I'ma scope the security inside

to make it easier for you
to take his ass out,

unless you worried about
doing it in your condition.

[chuckles]

[grunts]

[Lamar] Just keep me posted.

♪ ♪

[car door slams]

[engine turns over]

[suspenseful music plays]

♪ ♪

[engine revs]

[siren wailing]

f*ck. f*ck!

♪ ♪

[distant chatter]

[bystander]
It's the police!

[Three-D] Keep your hands
on the steering wheel

and don't f*cking move.

Young man,

I need you to step out
the vehicle slowly, okay?

What's the problem, Officer?

- I wasn't speeding.
- It doesn't matter.

Keep your f*ckin' hands
where we can see 'em, okay?

[cop] When I open the door,
step out of the vehicle.

Come on.

[B-Mickie] This some bullshit.

I'm so tired of Ms. Khem's ass

giving us
all this f*cking homework.

Bro, who you telling?

Oh, sh*t, check it out.

[hip-hop music playing]

Yo, they k*lling it.

♪ ♪

Oh, damn.

Okay.

♪ ♪

[Terry] Hey, check out
the moves...

♪ ♪

Terry Flenory,
you need to come with us.

[Terry] Yo, what the hell
is this about?

[students oohing]

- Just go with them, Terry.
-[Terry] Hey, yo, what the--

yo, I ain't even do sh*t.

[students oohing]

Everyone, back to class.
Back to class.

Man, quit playin' and go get me
another piece of chicken.

You know
my mama don't like nobody

pickin' in her food
when she cooking.

You know
she ain't gon' say nothing

if you tell her it's for me.

You know Josie loves me.

I'm glad you think
somebody in this house do.

Your mama love me,
your daddy...

- Mm-hmm.
- Everybody.

[Lori giggles]

-[tires screeching]
-[voices yelling]

[engine revs]

[Lori] What's goin on, Meech?

Man, what the f*ck
y'all doing, man?

You're under arrest,
m*therf*cker!

Hey, get your hands off of him!
What the hell?

-[Meech] That's some bullshit.
- What the f*ck is goin' on?

Get the f*ck off me, man.

Man, get off of him!
This some bullshit.

I'm reporting this.

[somber music plays]

[Meech] What the f*ck
is this about, Bryant?

Consequences, m*therf*cker.

Get his ass outta here.

-[detective] Let's go.
- What?

Man, you got me
f*cked up, n*gga.

Really? At my mama house?

Get your ass in the house.
Now.

[sniffles]

[Older Meech]
I've learned a lot of things

in my life,

but the biggest lesson is

loyalty ain't a choice.

It's a lifestyle.

And that sh*t
don't come cheap.

[Charlie] ♪ I got everything
On the line ♪

♪ I'm out here
I'm on the grind ♪

♪ Trying to get mine ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ A n*gga move the weight ♪

♪ Trying to get the cake ♪

♪ I'm in and out of state ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ Too many n*gg*s fake ♪

♪ It's hard to tell a snake ♪

♪ One more flip
And I'm straight ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ I don't go hand to hand ♪

♪ It go gram after gram ♪

♪ Yeah, holla at me, man ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ Too many n*gg*s fake ♪

♪ It's hard to tell a snake ♪

♪ One more flip
And I'm straight ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

[50 Cent]
♪ The D's ain't that good ♪

♪ These n*gg*s is ratting ♪

♪ They tell them
What's going on ♪

♪ That's how they know
What's happening ♪

♪ I'm riding
With the top down ♪

♪ Trunk full of yola ♪

♪ Ghetto pharmaceutical ♪

♪ I move that Coca-Cola ♪

♪ Thousand grams of pure ♪

♪ Though I f*ck
With the weirdos ♪

♪ They snort away the pain ♪

♪ Bang their dope
In their vein ♪

♪ Shorty crying
Christmas ain't coming ♪

♪ Her pop's locked up ♪

♪ When it hurts the worst ♪

♪ Your ace find out
She knocked up ♪

♪ Welfare ain't an option ♪

♪ When the Feds
Come knocking ♪

♪ It's all f*cked up
So wish me luck ♪

[Charlie] ♪ At least
You could wish me luck ♪

♪ A n*gga move the weight ♪

♪ Trying to get the cake ♪

♪ I'm in and out of state ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ Too many n*gg*s fake ♪

♪ It's hard to tell a snake ♪

♪ One more flip
And I'm straight ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ I don't go hand to hand ♪

♪ It go gram after gram ♪

♪ Yeah, holla at me, man ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ Too many n*gg*s fake ♪

♪ It's hard to tell a snake ♪

♪ One more flip
And I'm straight ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ Wish me luck ♪

♪ At least you could
Wish me luck ♪

♪ Oh, yeah, wish me luck ♪

♪ Wish me luck ♪

♪ All you got to do
Is wish me luck, yeah ♪

[overlapping chatter]

[Meech] We gotta be in here
because of that f*ckin' cop

- Kato dropped.
-[Terry] Where the f*ck

- she's at anyway?
-[Meech] Hell if I know.

-Maybe she ran.
- Kato didn't run.

Of course
Wet d*ck Willie over here

is gonna say
some dumb sh*t like that.

n*gga, I ought to f*ck you up

for saying some
slick sh*t like that.

Both of y'all shut the f*ck up.

And chill out, man. God damn.

All I'm saying is, every time

somethin' f*cked up goes down,

this bitch Kato
just happens to be around.

[Meech] Yeah, I get that.

But if she wasn't here
yesterday, n*gga,

I would have been done.

Look, what the f*ck
do we really know

about this bitch anyway?

[buzzer]

[metallic clattering]

[Meech]
sh*t. We know she ain't run.

But we still need to figure out
how to get outta this sh*t.

When the hook rolled,

we dumped all our sh*t
on the ground

so it was just laying
on the Rec Center

for anybody to take.

You know what?

I ain't been given
my phone call yet.

[singer] ♪ Nobody's gonna take
My sign, yo ♪

♪ Nobody's gonna change
My mind, yo ♪

♪ Nobody's gonna take
My neck ♪

♪ 'Cause you know what time
it is ho ♪

♪ Nobody's gonna take
My sign, yo ♪

♪ Nobody's gonna change
My mind, yo ♪

♪ Nobody's gonna take
My neck ♪

♪ 'Cause you know
What time it is ♪

♪ I'm your hopes and dreams
Your crease in your seams ♪

♪ I hold it together
In the highest esteem ♪

♪ 'Cause I reign supreme... ♪

[siren wailing]

♪ Had it figured out
Ever since I was a teen ♪

♪ You just don't like
How the ladies react ♪

♪ In fact, when you see
How they move ♪

♪ You take it back ♪

♪ They schemin' and grindin'
They just dancing ♪

♪ And in your head, yo...♪

Sucka-ass cops.

[singer] ♪ Real Gs move
Like the wind ♪

♪ You can change
The whole mood ♪

♪ By the record you spin ♪

[ahem]

[Meech] Damn, baby.

Why you ain't come arrest me?

You know
I woulda came with you.

Is that right?

One of my officers got k*lled
chasing someone in your crew.

I'm sorry. I don't know
what you talkin' 'bout though.

Now I see
where your little sister

gets her bullshit from.

Yeah, Nicole
sat in that very seat

and lied to my face
about who k*lled Darius Grills.

His m*rder led to the crackdown
which got my officer whacked.

But despite all of the sh*t
you got away with,

baby sis is wrapped up
in the m*rder of a cop.

You might need a step stool,
hard as you reachin'.

Let's try this.

If I don't get a name,

I'll throw Nicole
back in the hot seat.

Maybe lock her up
as a material witness

and press charges
against your mom.

How long you think it'll be

before either of their asses
cr*ck like an egg?

Take care, Meech.
I'll see you soon.

[Meech] Oh, yeah?
When is that?

Oh, real soon.

My people found the nurse
we were talking about,

and she gave her deposition.

Nurse Alicia Green smelled
alcohol on the surgeon's breath

during Terry's second surgery.

I went to the hospital
and threatened to go public...

And they offered
another settlement?

Mm-hmm.

[exhales]

$230,000?

After fees,

you'll be in the neighborhood
of $150,000.

Oh, my goodness.
Oh, my goodness, Charles.

[Karen] This is as good
as an offer

we'll get
without going to trial.

And in this case,
I don't wanna chance that.

So would you like
to accept the settlement?

[both] Yes.

Yes, we would.
Of course we would.

Great.
I'll just need the two of you

and Terry to sign these papers,

and we'll move
this process along.

I-I'd just like to apologize

and, um, say thank you.

You're very welcome.

[soft music plays]

[all laughing and shouting]

[laughter]

[Dink] Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,

one-time had us
on some bullshit!

[Hoop]
They know. They know it.

That's why they had
to let our asses go.

And we stepping out this bitch
on some straight up

mafioso-type sh*t.
You feel me?

[Three-D]
Why are we letting 'em go?

[Mars] Because we didn't bust
any of them with dr*gs

and got nothing for the DA

to make a case
on Lopez's m*rder.

[Three-D] Then why did we
pull them off the street?

[Mars] Because one
of our own was k*lled.

Like watching
a shitty-ass toilet overflow.

[Three-D]
Thanks for the visual.

[Mars] I don't want
any of these assholes

moving so much as a nickel bag

without us
raining down on them.

That entire area
stays on lockdown

until one of them
comes forward.

Dublin, Hall, I want you
on the Rec Center.

[Hall] You got it.

Okay. So what am I doing?

I'm still not sure what side
of the field you're playing.

So until further notice,
you're on desk duty.

[soft dramatic music plays]

♪ ♪

I need you to come with me.

♪ ♪

[hip-hop music plays]

[Meech] So what you tell
the po-po?

sh*t.

Told 'em
I didn't know what the hell

they was talking about.

[sighs]
But I'ma be real.

It was hard as hell lookin'
at them photos of that cop.

I still can't believe
he's dead.

sh*t, don't trip.
You did the right thing.

Thanks.

Thanks for saying that.

Hey, how you get wrapped up
in this life anyway?

[exhales, huffs]

Man, me and my moms
used to get into it

all the damn time

to where I ended up
moving from Tennessee

to stay with my pops
when I was 12 years old.

He used to hustle everything.

I'm talking 'bout scripps
and auto parts.

So I used to just chill

with him and his boys
in the basement,

soaking up knowledge and sh*t.

You know, my best friend
Roly and I,

we used to drive
all the way to the Eastside

and go check out Maserati Rick
and his crew at the carwash

- to peep game.
- Damn, my pops and them

used to always
talk about that spot.

[Meech] sh*t, we used to be
over there all the time.

sh*t, I probably knew
your pops.

What's his name?

Cliff. Clifford Forday.

But everybody
used to call him C-Luv.

[chuckles]

That's what's up.

Who he used to run with,
the Delray Boyz?

Nah, it was the BKs, I think.
Somethin' like that.

Now that's a blast
from the past.

[laughs]
It should be.

sh*t, a g*ng of Black dudes
calling themselves

the Black K*llers?

-[laughs]
- What?

Man.

You a good soldier, Kato.

You work hard

and you got a good head
on your shoulders.

Thanks.

That means a lot
coming from you.

[phone rings]

What up, doe?

sh*t, I'm on my way.

Just got a hit on Lamar.

He holed up in a spot
on Joy Road.

[engine turns over]

I would say
that this is hurting me

more than it's hurting you,
but...[laughs] I'd be lying.

[laughs]

Okay. Almost there.

- Almost there.
-[groans]

Almost there. Almost there.

f*ck! Ow!
Just hurry the f*ck up.

[Alvin] So what,
you want me to hurry up

and do a f*cked up job?

Or do you want me to take
my time and get it right?

Relax. It's almost done.

See? Hard part is over.

[Lamar panting]

That wasn't bad.

Dawg, ain't you supposed
to cover these people

with sheets or something?

Man, that's gonna block
my eye candy.

You see the titties
on that bitch?

God damn, that's my baby
right there.

You f*ckin' sick
in the head.

[Alvin laughs]

You ain't got no pain meds
or something?

[laughs]
Pain med--

Do--do it look like
anybody here'd need pain--

Raise your hand
if you need pain medicine.

[laughing]
Raise your--

raise your hand
if you need pain medicine.

Looks good, though.

All right, now get
the f*ck out of here.

[Lamar grunting]

Oh, yeah, and one more thing.

[Hoop] Get his ass a lollipop.

- Hell nah.
- Man, get out of here.

Hey, yo, bro,
we was rollin' over to Rouge

and we saw the Thunderbird
Lamar been whipping around in.

[Kato]
What happened to his other car?

Look like he ditched
that sh*t with the devil

f*cking an angel ornament.

He in there,
'cause there's blood

all in this muh'fucker, man.

sh*t, let's go get
this m*therf*cker then.

[Dink]
No, let's get this n*gga.

[Old Meech] Music in Detroit
was different.

And I ain't just talkin'
about Motown and Eminem.

DJs like the Wizard and Mojo
were always putting us up

on new, eclectic sh*t
to ride on...

like this.

[Cindy] ♪ Turn your watch ♪

♪ Turn your watch back ♪

♪ About a hundred
Thousand years ♪

[Alvin] Ow, think I need to get
comfy before we get it in.

Let me--ooh, that is a
m*therf*cking areola!

Now, what the f*ck type
of freaky-ass sh*t is this?

Yo, this is a motherfuckin'
mortuary, n*gga,

so have some f*cking respect.

n*gga, you sick m*therf*cker,
talking about respecting--

you f*ckin' dead bodies
in here!

- Wha--
- We looking for Lamar.

Well, this is Coco.
This is Tanya.

I'm Alvin, and I don't know
who Lamar is.

Check every casket and room
in this toe-tag bash

till we find his ass.

If that n*gga in here,

you gonna be laying right next
to that dead-ass bitch.

[Fred]
♪ They laid down the law ♪

[The B-52s'
"Mesopotamia" playing]

♪ ♪

♪ In Mesopotamia ♪

♪ ♪

- Hey, baby.
- Hey.

[Lucille]
You dropped somethin'.

What's this?

Pastor Swift suggests I think
about starting a car service.

Now you taking advice from him?

You know I've been talkin'
about this for a minute now.

Babe, this money is Terry's.
It's not ours.

And that's if he decides
to accept the settlement.

He don't deserve it.

After what him and his brother
put us through?

Baby, what's for us
will be for us.

And whatever Terry decides
to do with that money,

that's on him.

We gon' be fine.

[soft music plays]

♪ ♪

And that right there
is dominos, bro!

[all speaking at once]

Hey, yo, yo, yo,
hold up, hold up.

I been thinking 'bout names
for the crew.

What y'all think
about the Mafia Family?

Ooh, sh*t. That's fresh.
Y'know, that's how we roll.

-[Sockie] Right.
- Tight like a family.

Except we ain't Italian though.

- We Black, m*therf*ckers.
-[laughter]

So?

Ain't no Black Italians around
this m*therf*cker nowhere?

- Dawg, stop while you ahead.
-[Sockie] A'ight.

-[overlapping chatter]
-[Sockie] Both y'all. 15.

I know your fat ass
ain't talkin',

wearin' that baby powder
and sh*t.

What took y'all so long?

[Meech] Somebody called
with a bead on Lamar.

But he was on some Casper sh*t
for real.

[Terry] Man, f*ck Lamar.

We need to concentrate
on moving these damn bags.

Yo, Capone and Gotti,
come help me count this.

[Hoop] You ain't
my damn boss.

[Sockie] Man, it's all good.

♪ ♪

You know, time's running out.

We got two days
to re-up, n*gga.

sh*t, we might
just have to bounce.

How the Eastside looking?

[B-Mickie] Gravy,
if we find a spot.

But there is a local crew
that roams the area.

It's better to deal with them
than one-time, n*gga.

Yeah, but they probably
not finna to just roll over

without no funk sh*t.

Yeah, well,
that's what I'm counting on.

[Karen] Terry, here's
your settlement check.

The money will be held
in a trust for Terry

until he turns 18.

He can't spend it before then.

I'm--I'm sorry.

I just wanna make sure
I'm hearing this correctly.

You're saying that nobody
in the family

has access to the money?

Parents can invest the money

with permission
from the surrogate's court.

Wait, wait, wait, hold up.

So a doctor messes up my sight,

and the money
that I was awarded,

I can't do anything with

without the permission
of a judge or my parents?

Like, how the hell
is that fair?

[scoffs]
It's not.

It's a mess the man is trying
to pull to keep us in the dark.

If y'all wanna spend money,
come to an agreement.

I can help you get permission
from the judge.

This some bullshit.

[whispers] Charles...

Mrs. Flenory, this is
actually a nice settlement

your family can use
for years to come.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

-[bell jingles]
-[upbeat music playing]

[DJ] Yo, what's up, Detroit?

This is your main man
DJ Big 10

turning up
your afternoon drive on WJLB.

I hope everybody out there
is enjoying this weather

-on this beautiful...
- You supposed

to buy something first.

I'm tryin' to buy
$50 worth of cr*ck.

n*gga, not from us.

Gotta buy some sh*t
'fore we serve you.

[Kato] Come on. You know that.

[hip-hop music plays]

♪ ♪

[Meech] You said there was
a local crew out here.

You know who supplies 'em?

[Dink] No.

Neither do I.

But we damn sure
about to find out.

♪ If you came to party,
If you came to play ♪

♪ Watch me rock the mic
Every single day ♪

♪ If you came to party,
If you came to play ♪

♪ Watch me sock the mic
In every single way ♪

Showtime.

♪ G-g-get down ♪

♪ Get-get-get down ♪

♪ ♪

Y'all two ugly m*therf*ckers
must not be from 'round here,

so I'ma only say this once.

Y'all get the f*ck out my hood.

- See, we got a simple n*gga.
-[snickers]

Hey, look,
we don't take orders, n*gga.

We give 'em.

You heard this box-fade-wearin'
m*therf*cker, man?

Sound like
somebody else disagrees.

Yo, yo, what the f*ck
is going on, man?

You must not know
who you f*ckin' with.

And I don't give a f*ck.

A'ight, everybody
calm they happy asses down.

My man, let me holla
at you real quick.

Boy, if you don't get the f*ck
out my face, man...

Why don't you take me
to your boss?

sh*t, you're looking at him,

you Billy Dee-lookin'
m*therf*cker.

sh*t, I doubt that.

It's clear you carrying weight,

so if you the boss,
you ain't that damn smart.

Smart enough.

Yo. Ain't no disrespect.

I'm just statin' facts.

Now, what would
your real boss say

if he found out
that I tried to offer him

a better price
and purer weight,

but you f*cked it up?

Where would that put
your ass at, huh?

[jazzy hip-hop plays]

[all talking at once]

- Yes, sir!
- Oh!

[all speaking at once]

Y'all know each other?

Yeah, I know 'em.

[Saint] Man, f*ck them
light-skin n*gg*s.

Man, shut up, Saint. Meech!

Terry, baby. What's up?
What's going on?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
I want you to meet Tracy.

Y'all gettin' in on the action?

[Terry]
Well, damn, give me a minute.

Let me check
the lay of the land first.

[player] Hey, man, you
talking all this sh*t.

Man, pick up them dice.
Roll them dice, bro.

For what n*gga?

I'm gon' keep
cracking your head

like I been doing all night.

[laughter]

Let's do this, all right? 20.

No, matter of fact,
make it 40 on 6-8.

-[player] Ooh.
- You got that?

Double up.

- Damn.
- Oh, sh*t.

I ain't gonna be
stupid like y'all.

Come on, Ponytail. I got a 5.

You can bet that sh*t.

Ooh, crazy no more.

See y'all n*gg*s getting
a little money.

[laughter]

God damn! See, that's why--

- Yeah.
- It's your fault!

[player] Yeah, baby.

That what I'm talking 'bout.
That what I'm talking 'bout.

Yeah, man. Yeah, yeah.

-[overlapping chatter]
- You know what I'm saying?

[Boom]
Hey Meech, let me rap at you.

♪ ♪

Man, I hate sitting down

and chopping it up
after a loss.

Wins and losses
are part of this.

You gon' get both if you keep
f*cking around in this game.

You know, me and Tee
walked away from Pat

'cause we was tired of losing.

Yeah.

Yeah, I heard about that.

So is that why you been
roaming around town

f*ckin' up my business?

Look, we actually trying
to do the opposite, n*gga.

What's that?

We trying to bring you
more business.

[laughs]

n*gga, do I look like
I need some more business?

[laughing] Come on, man.

I like the fact
that you even had the audacity

to try to even make this play.

sh*t, that's the only way
you get ahead.

And trust me when I tell you,
me and Tee,

we gon' do exactly
what we tell you we gon' do.

Yeah, I know.

I can see it in your eyes.

[R&B plays]

Stay the f*ck out my lane.

Hey, Boom, you ever heard
of an old head named C-Luv?

Used to roll with the BKs?

Oh, yeah.
That crazy m*therf*cker?

[scoffs] But yeah,
that n*gga wasn't no BK.

He was with the Delray Boyz.

Lamar Silas used to roll
with them too?

Hell yeah.
Both they crazy asses.

Cool.

Hey, remember
what I said, Meech.

[knock at door]

I'm tired as hell.

[B-Mickie] Yeah, Meech got us
all grindin' like crazy.

You think he's onto us?

Nah, I woulda
heard about that.

I was nervous as hell
when he said, "Come with me."

I thought you sold me out.

[B-Mickie] Hmm. Is that right?

Wha--I mean, y'all go way back.

I don't know.

[B-Mickie] Look,
Meech is like fam, a'ight?

But he can't make me
feel like you do.

[Kato chuckles]

[slow R&B plays]

[sighs]

What are we gonna do
about Lamar?

We missed our sh*t yesterday,
and it's not like

I'm tryin' to call this n*gga
again and set up another meet.

Let's use the one
you still got.

I mean, you told him
Meech is meeting up

with a plug tonight, right?

Yeah, but I made
that sh*t up on the fly.

Lamar don't know that.

So--so we just play
like we still on?

Hell yeah.

Then I'll show up
to the meeting

instead of Meech.

k*ll his ass. Simple.

[Kato] Mm.

Mmm.

You...

are a very...

smart boy.

Mm.
[small laugh]

♪ ♪

[B-Mickie]
I got it all worked out. Trust.

Uh, uh.

But don't miss or get
picked up by the cops again,

all right,
'cause he'll k*ll my ass.

Tell that m*therf*cker
to meet you at Visger Bar

for a celebratory drink
after he kills Meech.

That way, if anything
goes down, Lamar'll show up.

But you already got
the drop on him.

Look, don't trip, a'ight?

I'll page your ass
as soon as I k*ll

that crazy-ass m*therf*cker.

[Kato] Yeah?

[singer] ♪ It's a masquerade ♪

♪ ♪

♪ It's a masquerade ♪

♪ ♪

I wanna show y'all something.

Jay Freedman lives here.
He owns a car service.

Sometimes I drive for him
on the weekend.

Charles, we talked about this.

We talked about us
using the settlement money.

This would be for Terry.

Now why doesn't this man
have his own office?

Jay's wife got sick last year,

so he began working from home.

Now he's selling this business
so he can devote all his time

to taking care of her,
and business ain't bad.

He makes about $85 a day after
paying for the driver and gas.

Oh, wow.

That's, like--that's 600 a week
with just four cars.

That man's clearing
- close to 125
- K annually.

People gon'
always need a ride, son.

That's what makes this
a solid business investment.

So you're trying
to bring me in on this?

Like I said, the goal
is to give this to you.

I could drive until
you get the proper license,

and your mom could quit working
at the restaurant and help out.

You'd be in the black
after a year.

If we could get another car,

this place would
practically pay for itself.

Terry, this could be
your way out

for you and your family.

This could be a win-win
for us all.

Black folks rarely
have businesses

to pass down to they kids.

I know I ain't got
nothing for y'all.

This would be an opportunity
for you

to do that for Terry Jr.

[pager beeps]

[soft music plays]

Yeah, I hear you, Pops, I do,

but I just--I need time
to think about all this.

♪ ♪

All right. All right.

[singer]
♪ It's the 40-deuce though ♪

♪ You're in love
With the streets ♪

♪ But the streets don't
Love you back ♪

Duke. Hey, Duke.
What's cracking?

What up, doe?
I just fixed your speaker.

And put in that stash spot
you asked about.

Oh, yeah?

- Hop in. Lemme show you.
- A'ight.

[B-Mickie] Yo.

Yo. What up, doe?

n*gga, Duke just gamed me
on some next-level stash.

Oh, Duke did what Duke does,
huh?

- Hell yeah.
- That's what's up.

Broke up 'ol girl or something?

Hell yeah,
I been did that sh*t.

[Meech] Oh, yeah?

- That's what's up.
- Yeah.

Hey, you consider her loyal?

Yeah, she straight.

So you trust her
with your life?

How 'bout mine? Or Terry's?

- Yeah.
- My bad, dawg.

This whole Lamar sh*t
has got me on one right now.

I'm re-evaluating everything.

But loyalty can never
be taken for granted.

I already know.

I appreciate you,
dawg, for real.

I appreciate you.

Everything you've been doin'
with us, man.

If I could get these fools
to be as half as loyal as you,

[scoffs] yo, we'd already be
running this f*cking city.

Look, I need
to tell you something.

Kato's been working with Lamar.

I already knew.

I had to check the loyalty
around me and my brother.

What?

What the hell you was gon' do
if I ain't told you?

Look, she came to me

because she don't wanna f*ck
with Lamar no more.

But Kato wasn't going down
like that,

so we came up with a plan
to pop Lamar's ass

at the repair shop
on High Street.

That crunchy-ass
Black m*therf*cker is crazy,

but he ain't no g*dd*mn fool.

He woulda have seen
that sh*t a mile away.

Unless we want him to.

So what'd you find out
about ol' girl?

She straight.

What about your boy Lamar?

Still got a bounty on his head.

I heard you got that
settlement, Terry Flenory.

[chuckles]

Did Mom and Pops
try to convince you

to put that sh*t
to college or some sh*t?

Nah, not at all.

Yeah, right, n*gga.

So look, what you think
about BMF?

[Terry]
The hell that stands for?

Big Meech Flenory, n*gga?

Hell nah, n*gga.

You think
I'm conceited or something?

Don't answer that.

BMF stands
for Black Mafia Family, fool.

And it represents
everything we about, Tee.

sh*t, we Black,

our crew is structured
like the mafia,

and we all a family.

A'ight.
Yeah, I mean, it's a'ight.

Nah, that sh*t is dope as f*ck.

- I ain't gonna lie.
- Yeah, you know it.

That sh*t is dope.

Hey, yo, we k*lled it
running out of the store.

Yeah, and I made
a little deal with Saint

promising five keys of his own
to smooth sh*t out.

n*gga, that's all our sh*t.

[Meech] I know, Tee.

sh*t, we could always cop more.

Look, if you don't wanna do it,

take me to Big L,
and I'ma do it myself.

No. No. Ain't sh*t happening.

You see, that's the difference
between us.

You always asking
for permission

instead of just taking
what's rightfully yours.

n*gg*s would still be slaves
or riding

in the back of the bus
f*cking with a n*gga like you.

If we piss this lady off...

We not, a'ight?
Just bring me with you.

I promise I'm gonna get us
double the work we had.

God damn. All right. Fine.

[welder crackling]

Man, this bitch done set me up.

[jazzy music plays]

♪ ♪

You tried to play me.
Get your m*therf*cking ass up.

C'mon. Let's go.

- Get your f*cking hands off me.
- Cause a scene if you want.

I will smoke you and everybody
else in this bitch.

Lamar, let me explain.

You tried to lure me there
so your boyfriend

could pop my ass, huh?

No. No, Lamar--

You think I'm f*cking stupid?

[Meech] I know you are,
Black m*therf*cker.

[tense music plays]

You think
we actually give a f*ck

about a rat bitch
workin' for you?

[g*n cocks]

♪ ♪

I'm sorry, Kay.

Man, ain't this a bitch?
n*gga used you to get to me.

[laughs]

♪ ♪

[g*nsh*t]

[screaming]

♪ ♪

[gasping]

[Meech]
Look at me, m*therf*cker.

[coughing]

Did you sh**t
my f*cking brother?

Don't even matter, n*gga.
You already dead.

I'ma watch your ass suffer.

[breathing heavily]

[somber music plays]

♪ ♪

[Kato] I love you.

[g*nsh*t]

[woman sobs]

[Kato gasping]

[sobbing]

I love you too, boo.

[g*nsh*t]

[sirens wailing]

Yo, B. B, we gotta go. Now!

[B-Mickie] I f*cked up, Meech.

I can't believe
I k*lled my baby.

She would've broke your heart
sooner or later.

Sometimes it's better
to just rip the Band-Aid off

and deal with the pain.

That's coming
from a m*therf*cker

who don't love nobody
but his g*dd*mn self.

Kato was the first girl
I loved.

And I burnt that sh*t
for your ass.

[Meech] B, we family.

And family do
whatever they gotta do

to protect one another.

[B-Mickie] Man, f*ck you.

[clock ticking]

Mama, how you doing?

Brian, I don't want you
driving like this.

Now, you go lay
on that couch, you hear me?

[B-Mickie]
A'ight, that's what I'll do.

Sorry for being here.

His girlfriend just
broke up with him.

That's why you turned my house
into a den of iniquity?

I was just passing through.

[soft dramatic music plays]

I notice your guards

aren't in front
of the house anymore.

Y'all don't have
nothing else to worry about.

What have you done, Demetrius?

[Meech] Protected our family.

Mama, this ain't your fault.

That don't make me
feel no better.

I don't know
who the hell you are anymore.

I'm still your first born.

I promise.

Yes, you are.

But you broke that seal
a long time ago.

♪ ♪

[boat horn blows]

[Meech]
What the f*ck is this place?

[Terry] This is where Big L
keep all her sh*t.

[Meech] Check this out.

Yo, Mee--Meech, c'mon.
Stop being like a little kid

in a candy store.
Put that sh*t down.

n*gga, I can't help it,
all right?

I'm geek. f*ck.

You don't even know
what happened last night.

[Terry] Last night?

Hell no. God damn!

That piece is from Japan's
Shigaraki Kilns

during the 19th century
Meiji period.

And it costs $250,000.

So unless you plan
on buying it,

I suggest you take your hands
off my merchandise

and get the hell out
of my gallery.

I don't do business
with you, Meech.

Not directly,
but my hands have been

on every f*cking dollar
in that bag

that my brother's
about to give to you,

so I think
that I'm connected enough

to tell you that our business
is expanding.

But we need more product.
Ten keys should suffice.

And we'd love
to continue expanding

our business together.

Get the f*ck outta here

before I splatter
your m*therf*cking ass

and make a new art piece
out of your blood.

Cool. I get the picture.

If you ever disrespect me
like that again,

your brother's blood won't be
the only one getting shed.

Everything Meech said
was the truth.

[Big L] I don't give a f*ck.

Ten keys is a big ask for a man

who was just asking for an
extension the last time we met.

Yeah, well,
we the top dogs of Southwest,

and now we branching off
to the North end

and the Eastside.

[Big L] Terry, are you sure
this is what you wanna do?

[sighs] Hell yeah.

Good.

That's exactly
what I needed to hear.

Carl will get you started.

Thanks.

There's no limit to where
this partnership can go,

provided you continue to value
the terms of our agreement.

♪ ♪

[somber music plays]

♪ ♪

[B-Mickie] Damn, girl.
You clean up well.

Nice teamwork.

All day, but that sh*t
ain't gon' last.

♪ ♪

Please help me take down Lamar.
Baby, we can do this together.

B, just you and me.

[siren wailing]

f*ck. sh*t.

[tense music plays]

♪ ♪

[car door slams]

[Bryant] Can you get
out the car, please?

What's the problem, Officer?

I said get out the f*ckin' car.

Now, close the door, n*gga.

Get used to this position.

Come on.

[Meech] Ooh, sh*t!

God damn, she actually
gave it to us?

Now, look, gather
the whole crew, n*gga.

We 'bout to go celebrate.
This is epic.

You just say this is epic?

Let's not get ahead
of ourselves, Meech.

We still got this whole Lamar
sh*t hanging over our heads.

He ain't seeing
no more birthdays thanks to me.

Are you happy
about that, Meech?

[Meech] Hell f*ck, yeah.
I'm happy about that sh*t.

And you should be trying
to party and celebrate with me

instead of trying to play

Darnell the f*cking Downer,
n*gga.

We done got everything
we coulda ever asked for.

Lamar's dead as f*ck.
n*gga, we just got ten keys.

We're on our way to becoming

the kings
of the m*therf*cking D.

Hey, look, I'm out.

You ain't about the rain
on my parade.

♪ ♪

[Charlie] What do you want
to talk to us about, son.

So I've been--I've been
thinking a lot about...

what you guys been saying about
everything that's been going on

and--yo, where you going?

Terry Jr. and I
are gonna go live

with my cousin in Pennsylvania
for a few months.

A few months?

What the hell
you talking about?

I gave you the opportunity
to make a choice,

but I didn't think
it'd take this long.

I didn't wanna rush
my decision, Wanda,

so I took my damn time.

Well, this is my answer, Terry.

Now I need to take
some time to think

and figure out
what I wanna do, okay?

- No, no, no.
-[Lucille] Terry.

[Terry] No, you ain't
taking my son.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Hey now.

You can't keep her
against her will.

f*ck that.

She can't take my son away
from me either, pops.

Hey, hey.

Come on, Lawanda.
I'll walk you out.

♪ ♪

[Terry] f*ck.

Don't worry.

It's all gonna work out, okay?

Ma, this is some bullshit.

[pager beeps]

Who you think this is?

Meech or Terry?

Got 100 says Meech.

It's Ronald
m*therf*cking Reagan, n*gga.

Now can I f*cking leave?

No, not until
I get some answers.

[B-Mickie] Look, we been
through this, a'ight?

So what, some fool saw my car

leaving Visger Bar
and Grill last night?

That don't mean
I had anything to do

with Lamar getting capped.

[Bryant]
Pulled that from your car

in that bogus stash spot.

See, it don't matter
that we can't pin you

to Lamar Silas' m*rder.

Our ballistics
connected your g*n

to the murders
of Catherine Eda

and James Williams.

Never heard of 'em.

Jay-Mo.

Yeah, see, a funny,
thin n*gga like you,

oh, you gonna be
a hit in prison.

Or that g*n could get misplaced
on its way back evidence.

What type of game
you trying to run here?

Ain't no game. Man, I don't
give a f*ck about you.

I want Meech.

Help me get him,
or I'ma make sure

that you eat
both these charges.

Tick tock, n*gga.

Tick tock.

[heavy music]

God damn, n*gga, you hurting?

You eating street meat
instead of a Coney?

[Terry]
Yeah, I just left my lawyer's.

I was thirsty,
so I grabbed a pop.

[Meech]
Where the f*ck is everybody at?

[Terry]
I canceled the meeting.

A'ight, check this sh*t out.
Look at this sh*t, n*gga.

- Damn.
-[chuckles]

[Terry] BMF.

Yo, you really on your way

to becoming the King
of Detroit, Meech.

Man, f*ck the D, n*gga.
We takin' over the nation.

And then the whole
f*cking world.

- sh*t.
- Yeah.

[Terry] Yeah.
[sighs]

Yo, Meech.

What's up?

[Terry sighs]

What?

I'm out.

I'm gonna use
my settlement money

to invest in a family business.

Me and Pops are starting
a car service.

[laughs]

n*gga, what?

Why would you leave
something you good at

to do some sh*t you ain't
never done in your life?

Ha.

All right, f*ck it, man.

Guess this car sh*t
is the move then.

Duke just put a stash spot
in my whip, so sh*t.

I could have him lace
all the cars

- in your business to move sh*t.
- I'm not doing that.

I'm not doing
any of this sh*t anymore.

Yo, Lawanda's
pressuring you, bro?

This had nothin'
to do with her.

Nor you, for the matter.

This is about me

and what the f*ck I want
out of my life.

After everything
we've been through to get here,

you're doing this now?

Just tell me why.

I wanna use this settlement

to build a legacy
for our family.

And what your dumb ass
think we been doing?

Meech, I'm not gettin'
sh*t at or locked up anymore.

I'm not.

You my baby brother.

I know you better
than anybody else

in this f*cking world, man.

This car sh*t ain't gonna
hold you over, n*gga.

We hustlers.

And you love this money
as much as I do.

It's in our f*ckin' blood.

And we damn sure
the sh*t at it,

especially when we together.

Can't nobody f*ck with us.

I'm sorry, bro. I'm out.

How are you gon' bounce on me
and we still got Big L?

You know she ain't gonna
f*ck with me.

That's not my problem anymore.

Don't f*ckin' walk away
from me, Tee.

You gon' walk away
from your brother?

Don't f*ckin' walk
away from me!

What happened to
womb to the tomb, n*gga?

♪ ♪

[Older Meech]
They say blind loyalty

is an expression of love.

Lookin' back at it,

I was demanding blind loyalty
from my brother,

but I didn't care about
what he actually wanted

or needed.

Tee was starting to want out.

When he showed me,
I didn't wanna see it.

And when he told me,
I refused to hear him.

[funky music plays]

♪ ♪

Then he walked away
from the game,

which shoulda
given me pause,

but it didn't.

See, I had my eye set on being
the King of Detroit,

but I had no way of knowing
that my kingdom

would be way f*cking bigger
than my hometown.

Or that I'd have
a lot further to fall.

[door slams closed]

[singer] ♪ BMF ♪

-[record scratching]
-[Meech] f*ck you, n*gga.

[hip hop plays]

50 Boyz,
motherfuck-f*ck-fucker.

[record scratching]

[Meech] Think you can just
talk your way outta sh*t.

-Outta sh*t.
- w*r needs bodies.

Bo-bo-bodies bring cops.

[Terry] Yeah, I know that.

'Cause Lamar's silence
just TV.

f*ck you, n*gga.

-n*gga.
-[record scratching]

♪ ♪

Y'all makin' this n*gga
sound like the bogeyman

or some sh*t.

And the wolves...

-[record scratching]
-Comin' n*gga.

D-D-D-D-Demetrius.

-Demetrius!
- They're calling me too.

[Meech] W-we sell $50 bags
of cr*ck

-all day, all night.
-[record scratching]

f*ck you, n*gga.

[singer] ♪ BMF ♪

[record scratching]

n*gga, we slinging cr*ck.

♪ ♪

Okay, okay.
I see y'all over here

-holdin' it down.
-[record scratching]

Everybody gonna know
who the f*ck

-the 50 Boyz are.
-[Terry] Yeah, I know that.

-[record scratching]
-[Meech] f*ck the D, n*gga.

We takin' over the nation,

then the whole f*ckin' world.