ALEXANDRA ALL ANDY ANDYS_FATHER ANGEL CARLOTTA CASSIE COTTON CROWD DANCE_TEAM DEREK FAN FANS FELLAS JAHIL JAX LADIES LENA MARIELA MARTIN_LUTHER_KING MAURICE MISS_BRUCE MISS_RUBY NAKISHA NATALIE NOAH SHORTY_KOOL SIMONE STAR STUDENT STUDENTS STUDENT_2 TAMMY TATTOO_ARTIST TV COTTON Previously on Star. CARLOTTA You married Angel? JAHIL Is this true? ANDY So she's not gay. ALEXANDRA Are you kidding me? STAR You need to stop. MISS RUBY How long has this been happening? DEREK Since the showcase. MISS RUBY I'm gonna get you a new therapist. CARLOTTA Did you sleep here? ALEXANDRA Yeah. In the RV with Noah. MAURICE Andy and Angel, you're starting the tour with Midtown's top song. ANDY Looks like we're winning. STAR How are those two idiots on top? LENA I fought for Sound House to back this tour. I fought for you, Noah. But, ultimately, my company sees you as a risk. CARLOTTA The girls are hyped-up about landing an A-list promoter. MAURICE They want to meet with the talent to get a feel for them. CARLOTTA I don't care what Sound House says. Charles has got to be impressed with this crowd. MAURICE It was all your idea. MISS BRUCE I'm sorry, but we got about one more hour before we open. NAKISHA I'm actually looking for someone. My son's father, Arnold. COTTON Arnold's not here no more. COTTON I can't believe you convinced me to do this. STAR COTTON I'm drunk. Are you drunk? STAR Hey. So, I want a big ass star. So, my name is Star. COTTON Yeah, bitch, you drunk. STAR COTTON I'm a daddy. STAR Hey, bro. Focus on sketching stars or something. TATTOO ARTIST Yeah. COTTON What am I gonna tell my mom? STAR You're not gonna tell her. COTTON I'm not ready for this. STAR Girl, life don't care what we're ready for. It just keep coming at us, and we got to roll with it. COTTON Tuck and roll. Tuck and roll. STAR Tuck and roll. TATTOO ARTIST Y'all want some whiskey? STAR We don't look drunk enough to you? TATTOO ARTIST I'm just saying. Most people scream when this needle hits. STAR Nah, we're not most people. ANDY Listen, there's people that you don't even know about that I study. Troy Carter, Irving Azoff. These people. ANDYS FATHER The point is you have been lying to us the whole time. ANDY I haven't been lying to you. I'm still in the internship program. I'm just- I'm just switching my focus. I want to be an artist and an executive. You can end up like Dr. Dre, you can end up like Jay-Z, you know. All these people. ANDYS FATHER I never understood why-why they call him doctor? I mean, does he have a PhD? ANDY Are you serious? ANDY'S MOTHER Sweetie, oh, we love you. You know that. We want you to be happy, but. ANDY Well, then support my decision, Mom. ANDYS FATHER Oh, so, we-we're supposed to keep letting you live at home, paying your car note, while you chase the spotlight, right? That's not what we paid for, Andy. ANDY And what did you pay for? Just because you adopted me when no one else would. I'm your puppet now? ANDYS FATHER You are supposed to take every advantage that we gave you, despite. ANDY Despite what? Being black? ANDYS FATHER I didn't say that, Andy. ANDY You never actually say it. ANDYS FATHER If you want to continue chasing your dream, we're gonna support you. Hmm? Just as long as you hang on to the internship. ANDY You don't think I can make it as an artist. ANDYS FATHER MAURICE Yes, sir. CARLOTTA Would you put the phone down so I can finish cutting your hair, man? MAURICE Baby, this is business. Charles Floyd is pissed that we lost that deal with Sound House. Now, this regional tour better bank in some real bread. CARLOTTA Well, hey, you said the promoter can get us there, right? And Charles Floyd can kiss my ass. Nobody should treat his daughter the way he did. MAURICE Well, Natalie will handle it. We go way back. CARLOTTA Natalie? MAURICE The regional promoter. CASSIE Hey, hey, hey. Cassie is in the building, honey. MISS BRUCE Ooh. Behold old classy Cassie. CASSIE Mmm. Mm. MISS BRUCE Man, what's going on with you and this new look? CASSIE Well, I got me some new business opportunities. CARLOTTA Oh, Lord. Don't tell me nothing. I don't want to have to testify against you in court. CASSIE Hello to you, too, Lottie. Ooh. Does, uh, black McDreamy got a name? CARLOTTA Yeah, it's Maurice. And that's my man, so back it up. CASSIE Okay. Maurice. CARLOTTA Mm-hmm. Why are you cheesin'? MAURICE Yo, she's funny. CASSIE Thank you. CARLOTTA Mm-hmm. MAURICE But she ain't got nothing on you, boo. CARLOTTA Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. MAURICE Thanks for the line up. CARLOTTA You're welcome. MAURICE I got to go and introduce Natalie to the artists. CARLOTTA Okay. Keep an eye on the girls for me, will you? MAURICE Yeah. I'm good? CARLOTTA Yeah, you're good. MAURICE All right, baby. CARLOTTA Okay. MAURICE All right, y'all be good. MISS BRUCE All right. MISS BRUCE Girl. ALEXANDRA Time to wake up, rap star. Good morning. This is how you make your love songs? With your shirt unbuttoned like this. Abs all out. NOAH Yes, yes. This is how I do it, all right. I am trying to get it in. Got heat off of this DJ Khaled record. Um. I need to finish this album. I wrote, like, seven songs last night. ALEXANDRA That's so good. NOAH Yes, it is. Thank you. ALEXANDRA Now eat. NOAH You got me food? What? ALEXANDRA Just a little somethin' somethin'. NOAH What's this? Oh, snap. Hold up, man. Let me post how good my bae is. Hold up. She's so sweet. ALEXANDRA Bae? NOAH You don't like bae? ALEXANDRA No. NOAH You know Star ain't mad. She's cool with us. Come on, tell me what's going on. ALEXANDRA Uh, she's family. And I've been making a lot of mistakes lately. NOAH Wait, am I a mistake? ALEXANDRA I didn't say that. NOAH It feels like it, though. ALEXANDRA I'm happy. Okay? NOAH Good. Give me some kisses, with your fine ass. ALEXANDRA NOAH Yeah. Bring it in. Mmm. ANGEL Now, you got to calm down, man. Okay? You're not the only one with messed up parents. ANDY My parents are white. Have you seen me? ANGEL Yeah. ANDY I'm the only black person that they know. Do you know how that feels? ANGEL So, what, you're telling me you grew up with no black culture whatsoever? ANDY I listened to music. Natalie Cole, Sammy Davis Jr., James Brown. These are the people that I learned my culture from. ANGEL Who's Sammy Davis Jr.? ANDY Are you kidding me right now? SIMONE Hey. ANDY Where's mine? SIMONE I ain't you wife. ANDY Well, you're barely his. ANGEL Oh, my God. ANDY That looks like lust and depression. ANGEL Who's Samuel Davis Jr.? CASSIE No favors. I want my money. All of it. Two hundred thou. No. And my momma don't need to know. All right. Peace. ANDY Don't worry. I know not to repeat what I just heard. CASSIE You are smart and cute. Who the hell is you? ANDY I'm Andy. CASSIE So, what do you do? ANDY I'm trying to be a singer over at Midtown. CASSIE Well, maybe we should get a drink. Maybe you can sing me something. ANDY I'm sorry, ma'am. CASSIE Did you just call me "Ma'am?" ANDY You’re too thirsty. CASSIE But are you hungry? MAURICE All right, guys. ALL MAURICE Guys. Thank you. Meet Natalie Knight. CEO of Knight Universe. She's a top promoter in the southeast. ALEXANDRA Natalie. NATALIE Nice to meet you guys. Yes? SIMONE You're really pretty. NATALIE Thank you. ANDY So we lost Sound House and we got her? NATALIE What you got is someone who knows how to break artists to new audiences. You guys have Atlanta on lock, right? STAR They love us. NATALIE That's great. But, see, for where you want to go it's gonna require so much more. ALEXANDRA Like what? NATALIE I got you guys a gig performing at Tallahassee A & M U. STAR Oh, cool. I know the U's for university. What's the A & M for? ANDY Tallahassee Agricultural & Mechanical University is only the most important and historical black college in the country. NATALIE Very good. STAR I'm sorry, I don't memorize the acronyms for colleges for fun. ANDY I mean, you slept with enough black dudes. You could be alumni. NATALIE So, the plan is I'll get with your management, set up some events before the concert. Then we'll put together an after party with one of the hottest DJs in the city and make you guys look real good. NOAH So, th-this is what my career's come to? I'm doing colleges now. NATALIE Because if you are on the team, that means you have to take a hit for them. And the rest of you need to establish a fanbase, with the college kids on this campus. Landing the college audience is key to your careers. It's gonna be a true indicator of success. I need to see if you guys have what it takes. ANDY Oh, we got what it takes. And you better believe when me and Angel hit that stage, there's gonna be panties flying everywhere. STAR If they can see your tiny ass from the audience. NOAH That’s what I’m saying. ANDY Wow. Maybe if you moved them tig o' bities out the way, somebody can see something. Did you save up your money to get those done? NATALIE Whatever act gets the most heat on the campus, you could be the next big thing. You never know what could happen in a weekend. MAURICE All right. Y'all are done. NATALIE It was nice meeting all of you. NOAH Pleasure. STAR Isn’t he adorable? NATALIE Tough crowd. MAURICE Yeah. Look, I hope you're right about this. This whole tour is on my shoulders. NATALIE Whoa. Stop whining. This is why I broke up with your ass. I got this. COTTON Hey. Uh, uh, come in. You- Can I get you anything? NAKISHA Nah, I'm good. So, what, you Arnold's girlfriend or something? 'Cause I'm not trying to get with him. I just want him to meet his son. COTTON You always did have a mouth on you, Kish. NAKISHA Who are you? COTTON I'm Arnold. NAKISHA Look, I am not in a mood for games, Miss. So, where is he? COTTON He's here. NAKISHA What the hell did you go and do to yourself, Arnold? COTTON How are you just gonna pop up here and drop this on me and not even have the decency to tell me his name? NAKISHA Jaden. And he wants to meet his father. Not whatever you are. NOAH Got it? Thank you. Ah, Ms. Carlotta. Just the woman I was looking for. So, what time are we rolling out to Tallahassee tomorrow? CARLOTTA I hear you think this is beneath you. NOAH No. CARLOTTA It's not. It's a smart move. 500 a.m., we out. NOAH No, I-I get it. I get it. "Teamwork makes the dream work." CARLOTTA Right. NOAH All right? Just let me know what Natalie's trying to pay me. I need three. All right? I'm trying to get some equipment so I can record on the road. CARLOTTA All right, I got you. NOAH Please. NOAH You know, you've been grinding pretty steady lately. When am I gonna hear something? NOAH Well, you get that money up, and we can kind of have a conversation. CARLOTTA I'm gonna get that money up, so you better have that music ready. NOAH I got you. It's fire, too. It's like blazing fire. CARLOTTA Give me something to work with. I'm ready. NOAH What's up man? JAHIL Hey, so. Uh, what's this I hear about, uh, some college gig in Tallahassee? CARLOTTA Oh, the promoter thinks it'll be good for exposure. What, you're just hearing about it? JAHIL What? Nah, I've been knowing about it. Yeah, I just- I've been taking care of some stuff. CARLOTTA Mm-mmm. You slipping, Jahil. You're getting too old for this, huh? JAHIL Pfft. You ain't so young yourself. CARLOTTA Mm-hmm. JAHIL You could still get it, though. CARLOTTA Don't. Don't. Don't even. JAHIL Right back at you. MARIELA Here we go. Here we go. Aw. I'm so proud of you. Don't look at me like that. DEREK Why not? MARIELA Because. DEREK 'Cause what? MARIELA 'Caus MISS RUBY This what I'm paying for now? DEREK What happened to knocking? You used to knock when Alex was here. MISS RUBY Alex was your girlfriend. This one here is supposed to be helping you walk. Not get your freak on. MARIELA You know what? I'm- I'm gonna go. MISS RUBY Yeah, you do that. DEREK Uh, we're gonna do dinner still, right? MARIELA Yeah. MISS RUBY Dinner? DEREK Yes, dinner. For all the extra PT work. MISS RUBY Oh, what is she, Mexican? DEREK And what if she is? Grandma, what's wrong with you? I thought you were supposed to be staying over at Bo's tonight. Can't you go back over there or something? MISS RUBY This is my house. I come back from Bo's when I damn well please. Hmm. Fine. Go ahead. Guess I'll have to put up with his snoring. DEREK When I find my hustle, I'm getting the hell up out of here. I promise. I know you're tired of seeing me. I'm tired of seeing you, too. Good night. MISS RUBY You ungrateful bastard. Do that. Yeah. CARLOTTA I mean, to finally work with a female promoter. NATALIE CARLOTTA It wasn't like that for me back with Mixed Harmony. NATALIE Ah, well, it's still a boy's game. CARLOTTA Maurice says good things about you. NATALIE Mo's got to say that. I know all of his dirt. CARLOTTA So. About Noah doing a walk-through tonight. What kind of number you have in mind? NATALIE Zero. Shorty Black is the hottest DJ off Florida. So, if he likes your artists, he'll get them played in the clubs and in all the colleges in the state. CARLOTTA I understand Noah is still on a comeback, but he's still got a name that pulls in the audience. NATALIE And yet, Sound House passed on him. I mean Isn't that why I'm here? CARLOTTA I'm not letting my artist do a walk-through for less than 5K. And I'll be sure to let Maurice know you're trying to play us. NATALIE Okay, first of all, no one is trying to play you. Maurice knows that I keep my budgets tight. I hire students to work the campus shows, and I don't pay artists big ass fees. And just so you know, bringing up his name is not gonna help you. I mean, unless you guys have something going on. CARLOTTA I don't need Maurice to fight my battles. I just need you to live up to the rep that he gave you. NATALIE Okay. Fine. Noah will get his money. And you can tell Maurice that I came correct, 'cause I know he goes after women that he works with. It's good, ain't it? See you on the tour. SIMONE You ever thought about going to college? STAR You're not going to college? SIMONE I never said I was. STAR All right. SIMONE I was just asking. STAR You're not going. ALEXANDRA Hey. Carlotta didn't feel like picking me up from Noah's in the morning, so I'm staying here. SIMONE Look, can we get to the part where you're like, "It just happened." And then you're like, "It doesn't matter. We need to focus on the group." ALEXANDRA Funny. STAR I hate you. SIMONE Or we could talk about, like, me doing it with Angel. ALEXANDRA Doing what? STAR Doing it with Angel? SIMONE Just, uh. Sex. Okay? STAR You can't have sex with him. You just met him. ALEXANDRA SIMONE Girl, I'm married. ALEXANDRA That's true. She's married. STAR Oh, what, so 'cause I'm a whore I don't get to have an opinion about my little sister? SIMONE No. No, no, no. You a- You a ho. ALL CARLOTTA We got a long day tomorrow. Y'all better shut it down soon. We got to get down there and get ahead of the game. ALEXANDRA Wait, Andy and Angel are already in Tallahassee. STAR What are you talking about? SIMONE What? ALEXANDRA Look at this. ANDY We down here at Tally. Hey, ho! CROWD ANDY Yeah! We're about to show you who the real artists that run Midtown are. You know, forget old man Noah, forget Take 3. FANS Yeah! / Boo! ALEXANDRA They're already at it. And, of course, throwing shade. STAR We need to get to Florida. ALEXANDRA Right now. STAR Wow. Finally got into college, guys. Feels good. DANCE TEAM STAR Steppers! SIMONE We should watch this. STAR Oh, my God! DANCE TEAM D, Phi T. D, Phi T. D, Phi T. Full stop! We came here to show you how we break this ish on down. To the ground. Show. Tighten up! ? If you want some, come and get some ? ? If you want some, come and get some ? ? Delta Phi, Delta Phi ? STAR That girl right there, she's so good. DANCE TEAM ALEXANDRA Yes! Girls! STAR ALEXANDRA I would totally go to a sorority for that. SIMONE Star. Isn't that your friend? ALEXANDRA Oh. Oh, my God, he's so fine and he's taking his shirt off. STAR ALEXANDRA I can't even look at him. Go. STAR No, don't make me do that. ALEXANDRA Go. STAR Why do you do this to me? Ugh. What are you doing here? JAX Not happy to see me? Maurice said he needed a roadie. I, uh, I needed the money. But I was hoping this would give me a chance to maybe take you out again. Maybe not drunk. And we could talk. STAR Normally I would find somewhere inside to take you and nail you to one of the walls and make your head spin around like the little girl from The Exorcist, but I don't have time for that right now. 'Cause I'm on tour. And I need to focus. So, just stay out of my way today. CARLOTTA Natalie says Fridays on the quad is supposed to be lit, though. Let's try to meet as many students as we can. ALEXANDRA Wow. Two. Yeah, Miss C, I was hoping that we'd have more fans than this. CARLOTTA Don't worry about the ones who aren't here. Worry about the ones who are. TAMMY Hi! STAR Hey. STUDENT 2 Can we get a quick pic? STAR Yes, of course. TAMMY Oh, your song, "You Don't Know Me, Girl," that is my song. Oh my God! SIMONE Oh! TAMMY Your part is everything. SIMONE Well, Alex here was trying to make me sound good so. TAMMY Oh, you do produce, don't you? That's how you met fine ass Noah! Speaking of him, is he gonna be here? Like, he coming to the show? SIMONE Uh. ALEXANDRA You don't need to know. STUDENT That’s Noah! STUDENT 2 We have Noah Brooks in the house! STAR Uh What is he doing here? ALEXANDRA I don't know. TAMMY Excuse me. Noah. Noah.Hey. NOAH 'Sup. Whassup? TAMMY How you doing? NOAH What's up, how you doing? TAMMY Look at you, wearing the same colors as me. NOAH Is that right? Yeah. TAMMY Look, I know you saw my DM. NOAH Uh. TAMMY @TallahasseeTammy. NOAH I'm not sure. TAMMY You're not sure? So I need to remind you. NOAH Oh.oh you got to chill baby, you got to chill. STAR Hey, little bitch, move. CARLOTTA Oh, my God. NOAH Wait, what, Star. STAR You think I'm playing with you? ALEXANDRA You are coming over here. CARLOTTA Keep it classy. SIMONE Star. Please don't hit a student. ALEXANDRA What are you doing? NOAH I'm here to support my baby. ALEXANDRA Look. I just think you're stealing a lot of our shine right now and I think it's best if you go. NOAH I didn't have nothing to do with that, come on. Are you serious? ALEXANDRA Yes. NOAH All right. Good-bye. CASSIE I got a real good hand, yes. MISS BRUCE Cassie. CASSIE What? MISS BRUCE So you just gonna sit in the salon and play loud ass games? CASSIE Relax, Miss Bruce. Damn. MISS BRUCE Don't start no trouble. CASSIE Look, ladies, I'm gonna be right back, okay? Miss Bruce, life is got. I've got me a new hustle without my mama and you know what? I want you in on it. I got a connect on some quality pills, and I need somebody I can trust to help me move it out of the salon. MISS BRUCE Bitch, ain't no such thing as no 40-year-old rookie drug dealer. CASSIE Now, I thought you was ready to make some real money. I mean, ain't that what the butt shots was for? Come on. MISS BRUCE Look, I'm not about to risk this with Carlotta. I just got back on her good side. CASSIE MISS BRUCE Hoops are ridiculous. CASSIE Hey, niece. COTTON Hey, T. CASSIE You look so pretty. COTTON How are you? CASSIE Good. MISS BRUCE How did it go with your baby mama? COTTON What the. CASSIE Her who? COTTON Really? MISS BRUCE Oh, big dream said nothing about not telling your auntie. CASSIE When was you ever with a woman, Cot? COTTON Seven years ago. CASSIE So we got family out there? COTTON Yes, could you keep your voice down? CASSIE No. COTTON A son, and his mama's tripping so bad, I don't even know if I'm gonna be able to meet him. CASSIE What you mean? Girl, I will call one of our cousins right now and you gonna get to see your son tonight. COTTON No, please, could you just let me handle this for once? CASSIE You better handle it, Cotton. I mean it. Stop being a little bitch and man up. COTTON I ought to beat your ass. MISS BRUCE You gonna tell her to stop being a bitch and man up? CASSIE Damn. You right. MISS BRUCE So out of order. ANDY Oh, my God! You see all these beautiful black women over here? I definitely should've went to a HBCU. ANGEL Man, don't tell me your mad that your parents put you at Harvard, come on. ANDY I'm not mad, but you don't get this at Harvard. ANGEL Yo, what the? JAHIL Hey, how you guys doing? ANDY Not as good as Take 3's doing. Look at that. JAHIL Look, you want your music bumping at all the parties on the college circuit, right? ANDY Oh. ANGEL Andy! ANDY Hey, I'm gonna put our music on. Yo! I thought I was in Tallahassee at Tally A & M baby. STUDENTS ANDY Hey, y'all listen, I'm Andy. My brother over there, that's Angel, and we came down here to give you all the flyest y'all ever heard. Y'all coming to the show? STUDENTS Yes! ANDY Well, you'll see us tonight! STAR You and Alta Barge got two seconds to get out of here. I'm not playing anymore. ANDY Don't worry. I'll leave some fans for you. STAR You're really delusional. Nobody's worried about Ayana's leftover pet project, Andy. You steal our shine because you feel like you don't have any of your own. You're an intern. ANDY And you steal our culture because you have none of your own. STAR You're mad at me because you feel out of place and I feel comfortable. That's not my problem. Don't be mad at me because you don't know who you are. ANDYS FATHER That's not what we paid for, Andy. STAR Don't be mad at me because you don't know who you are. MARTIN LUTHER KING We are able to say to ourselves now that we do count. I want to say to everybody under the sound of my voice this afternoon that, you are somebody. Don't let anybody make you feel that you are nobody. You are somebody, you have dignity. You have worth. Don't be ashamed of yourself and don't be ashamed of your heritage. Don't be ashamed of your color. Don't be ashamed of your hair. I am black and beautiful and not ashamed to say it. CROWD MARIELA I didn't know you were such a good chef. DEREK Good. MISS RUBY Well. Mmm. Something smell good in here. DEREK Listen, until you. Honestly, I didn't think I was gonna be able to gain no strength, to be able to walk again. MARIELA Mm-hmm. DEREK Like, all my life has consisted of is doctors and lawyers and.me and Alex trying to, like, make the house fit for my wheelchair. Anyway, I just want to say thank you. MARIELA Well, you're welcome. TV Thelma, as the oldest children in the Everest household, I feel we should do something to lift Daddy's morale. MISS RUBY DEREK No more Mr. Bo's? What happened? MISS RUBY Oh, we had a fight. Some heifer called his cell. DEREK Well, I thought we was gonna have a little privacy tonight. MISS RUBY For what? You sitting over here talking about your ex ain't how you get some. No, sir. Look, look. He ain't over with that girl yet. That's all I got to say. Why don't y'all fix me a plate? CROWD SHORTY KOOL That was Andy and Angel, Tallahassee. It is with my distinct pleasure to introduce these three sexy ladies. I promise y'all they gonna be the next big thing, all right? Make some noise for Take 3. CROWD CROWD CARLOTTA You know what? This is on your cheap ass, using students to manage the sound. NATALIE Well, hold up, first of all, this has never happened on one of my shows before. Maybe you need to check your girls. Or is this about the fact that you're not the only one who's been with Maurice? CARLOTTA Don't nobody care what y'all used to do. Let me tell you something, lady. The only thing I need to do is what's best for my artists. And not you or anyone else is gonna get in the way of that. NATALIE JAX You always operate on ten? ALEXANDRA What are you doing? Hello? STAR I'm slashing his tires, what you think I'm doing? JAX I saw Andy backstage. He was talking to the sound guy. He messed your show up. ALEXANDRA Wait, what? SIMONE Are you serious? JAX Yeah. STAR He's the one that did that to us. SIMONE You got to be kidding. STAR I saw that little Keebler off backstage grinning. You mess with our sound, I'll mess with your car. ANDY bitch slash a tire. JAX Whoa. I'm the white trash, bro. I saw what you did. ANDY Yeah, you are white trash, get the hell out of my way! JAX I saw what you did wrong. STAR Andy! I got it, I got it. What's up? JAX Whoa. ALL SIMONE Stop! ANGEL You'll let your sister wreck his car like that? SIMONE Bro, were you a part of this? ANGEL Of course I wasn't, okay. He went rogue. SIMONE Are you gonna make an excuse every time he does something psychotic and crazy? ANGEL You're gonna let your sister act like a bitch every time she does? SIMONE That is the last time you're gonna call my sister a bitch, you hear me? He's the one that started this, and if you can't see that, then we got an issue. ANGEL Simone! STAR Oh, you took pictures to send to your daddy? ANDY It's called insurance. Can you afford some? JAHIL Hey, hey, hey! Take it easy. ANDY You gonna slash my.damn tires! ANGEL Let's go, let's go. Come on, let's go. ANDY Her ass, who can't even afford one of my tires! STAR Get out of the way. JAX Really. You good? You happy now? STAR Almost. JAX There's two more over there. JAHIL You might be a good hairdresser but you're not a good manager. That's. CARLOTTA No-no-no, I don't wanna hear that, Jahil. I told you to nip this in the bud. JAHIL Don't even try to put it on my boys and don't act like you never s. CARLOTTA Don't put it on your boys? Your boys are adjust that. They're boys. JAHIL No, you know what? Don't try to blame me and don't try to act like you never. CARLOTTA You supposed to be making men. What's the matter? Jahil? JAHIL I'm all right. It's okay. CARLOTTA You back on that stuff? JAHIL No, I'm not, all right? Don't just.I'm clean, all right. I. CARLOTTA Tell me what you took. I'm calling an ambulance. JAHIL Put the damn phone down, okay? It's not drugs. It's my heart. CARLOTTA Your heart? JAHIL CARLOTTA Who else knows about this? JAHIL No one, all right. Don't say nothing to Cotton about it, all right? This is no big deal. Hey, man. MAURICE Carlotta, baby, we got to. CARLOTTA Don't baby me. You could've just told me. MAURICE So Natalie's right, you tripping over that. Carlotta, that was old. We can't ruin our relationship with Natalie. CARLOTTA Is that the only relationship you worried about? MAURICE Hey, stop tripping. We can't do this tour without her. We can't get Sound House without this tour. CARLOTTA You think I don't know that? Now I'm go in here and fix what's broke. 'Cause my artists can't get a bad rep. Check me again, and me and you gonna have a problem. NOAH Yo yo ladies make some noise. LADIES NOAH All the fellas make some noise. FELLAS NOAH All right, I want y'all to show some love for my favorite group. The best group out today. My baby girl's group, Take 3. SHORTY KOOL Yeah! CROWD SHORTY KOOL That's fly as dope. CARLOTTA That's how we do that. SHORTY KOOL That was dope. That was dope. Hey y'all, come in here, right, come in here. Yo, that's how we get down with Shorty Cool. We got Noah Brooks. We got Take 3. STAR What's up? NOAH Ah! FAN Hey, Noah! NOAH Give me a second FAN Get it. STAR Yo look. That's the same girl from yesterday. She's really on a mission. NOAH Whoa, whoa, whoa, no, no, no, you got to chill baby. TAMMY I know you like it. NOAH No, no, you got to chill. ALEXANDRA Hey, yo, what you need to do is fall back. NOAH Alex. TAMMY First of all, bitch, he ain't go no rein. ALEXANDRA I'm sorry, what did you just call me? STAR She just called you a bitch, that's what I heard. NOAH Star, come on. ALEXANDRA Well, you need to walk away, bitch. STAR Yup. ALEXANDRA Star, I got this. STUDENT 2 Tammy! STAR What? NOAH Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. TAMMY I should call the cops on your ass, bitch! STAR Call them from my phone. NOAH That was crazy, right? Fans. Come here. ALEXANDRA I don't like being embarrassed, Noah. NOAH What? What? That's a fan. I had no control in that. Come on. Stop tripping. ALEXANDRA No. NOAH What? Alex. MAURICE Andy, what you did was dirty and you know it. And you know not to mess with Star, she's mentally ill. ANDY She pushed me. MAURICE You not just an artist, you are an employee for this label. You making us all look bad. Now as far as that internship program, you're done. ANDY I had a lapse of judgment. I'm sorry. You know I need this job. My folks are gonna cut me off. STAR So then you'll have to fend for yourself for the first time in your life. ANDY Yo, man, will you shut up? STAR like the rest of us. MAURICE Hey, hey, hey! Look, you jeopardized the whole tour. ANDY I understand. MAURICE Now, no, you pull another stunt, I'll take you off that, too. STAR I'm not mentally ill, by the way. MAURICE Yeah, I know. When you feel threatened, you fight. I get it. Just be careful out there, Star. MISS RUBY The Mexican's back. MARIELA Hey. DEREK Don't come closer. MARIELA Okay. DEREK You ain't no rebound. Trust me. If you haven't noticed, my grandma is a little crazy. MARIELA No, she's not crazy, she's a crazy witch. DEREK MARIELA And I'm Colombian by the way! DEREK You're important to me, okay? And if I have to get another physical therapist, I will. MARIELA No. DEREK But I want you to be with me. MARIELA Uh. DEREK I said stay there. MARIELA Fine. DEREK Oh. MARIELA Can I lean forward now? DEREK Yeah. MISS RUBY Hello? Yes, yes this is his grandmother. No, we haven't heard anything about settling yet. How much? COTTON Thank you for coming back. NAKISHA Well, I still have questions. So what are you working with down there? COTTON What? NAKISHA I'm sorry, but I have to ask that if you're gonna be around my child. COTTON You mean that's our child. NAKISHA I just never thought having a baby daddy would be this complicated. COTTON Well, try being one. With double D's. NAKISHA I forgot how funny you were. COTTON Well, not everything about me has changed. NAKISHA You want to see a picture? COTTON Yes. NAKISHA Okay. COTTON He's beautiful. NAKISHA Yeah, he is. CARLOTTA Cot! Me and your father here like you asked. COTTON I got to tell y'all something. Meet the mother of your grandson. CARLOTTA What grandson? ANDY Maurice kicked me out of the internship today. My parents are gonna lose it when they find out. ANGEL You need a plan B. ANDY I need to find a way to get some money. 'Cause I ain't asking them for nothing. Simone. I'm.I'm sorry. SIMONE Look, if we're gonna do this whole marriage thing, you've got to understand I'm always gonna have my sister's back. You can't even begin to understand what we've been through. ANGEL Try me. I'm not gonna judge you. I'm not a saint, neither is my family, hey.have you seen Jahil? Right? SIMONE ANGEL I know she's your family. SIMONE Yeah, some day I'll tell you. ANGEL Well, I'll be here when you're ready. CASSIE Whoo. Get your ass in this car. NOAH If you still mad, then I might as well go get some work done. ALEXANDRA I'm more disappointed. This isn't what I imagined. NOAH What did you think it'd be? ALEXANDRA Not us going reality show ratchet with a groupie. I hated it when my mom did it. Look, I don't wanna date my dad. NOAH I'm not your dad. ALEXANDRA All right. NOAH I'm fire. You're ice. That's why we work. ALEXANDRA And you're corny, is what you are. NOAH Yeah, well kiss my corny lips. That's better. Mm. Look. You're the only woman for me. I mean that. TATTOO ARTIST We really should take a break before I finish. STAR It's cool. I don't mind the pain. Go for it. TATTOO ARTIST Who's Mary? STAR That's my mama's name. I never understood why she named me Star. Now I finally get it. She was a singer like me, but she died before she made it and...I think she just wanted me to be what she couldn't be. NATALIE Well, we've come a long way from getting Lucious's venti black coffees. MAURICE You remember what he used to say? NATALIE Uh. MAURICE You always remembered. NATALIE You know what I also remember? Everything you like. MAURICE Natalie, I'm seeing someone. NATALIE Yeah, yeah, I picked that up. MAURICE You know what, it's late. Let's talk about the tour tomorrow. NATALIE Okay. You know, I got big plans for this tour. I could get you everything you'd want. For Charles. With Midtown. I mean, you down?