People are shocked by DMX’s sudden death.
After DMX passes away, Kirk’s close friend plans a ride event where those with motorcycles will ride together in the rapper’s honor. Safaree comes too so he can also get some time away from Erica.
Renni Rucci is an up-and-coming rapper from South Carolina. She found a lot of success with Tiki Tok. As a single mother, she has to travel a lot to do shows and make money for her children. Foogiano is her boyfriend and he’s also a rapper. Right now, he’s serving five years in prison.
Omeretta clashes with her sister as they discuss their mother. Even though the song hurt her mother’s feelings, Omeretta doesn’t regret making a track about their dysfunctional relationship. As far as Omeretta is concerned, their mother put a man before them. And this made life hard for her.
Family issues need to be resolved.
Sierra wants to fix her relationships with her younger sisters. Things have gotten really bad since Sierra fired one of her younger sisters while she was a makeup artist in Sierra’s salon. The family text message group has also been a mess. And Sierra was sent threatening messages. Regardless of how sour things have gotten, Sierra wants to fix it.
Kirk reveals that he has an older son named Christopher. He had the child years before meeting Rasheeda. With Christoper living in New York, Kirk hasn’t seen Christopher in years. So he’s hoping to change that while he’s in New York. Chris has also struggled with substance abuse.
Omeretta clashes with her mother again when her mother denies putting a man before her children. For Omeretta, she feels like she’s being gaslit. And she can’t move forward until her mother validates her experience and apologizes.
Amid his problems with Erica, Safaree’s mom holds him accountable.
Safaree catches up with his mother while he’s in New York. He tells her about the baby on the way and how things have gotten so bad with Erica. His mother calls him out about that controversial tweet about regretting marriage. And she tells him he has to stop shutting down on people when he’s angry. It’s important to her that he tries to work on their marriage.
Christopher is happy to see Kirk. He says they haven’t seen each other since Christopher was 12. He feels his daughters saved his life and Kirk is happy to see his grandchildren. In a green screen interview, Kirk says he wants to always be there for his son. And he’s going to support him any way he can so that he doesn’t relapse.
Things are too far gone for Sierra and her siblings.
Sierra’s conversation with her sisters doesn’t go well. In fact, she accuses the one who used to work at her hair salon of being jealous. Sierra thinks her sisters were spoiled because they grew up in the suburbs while she grew up in the projects. So Sierra feels as if she had to work harder to get the things she wanted in life. After the siblings nearly come to blows, Sierra’s sisters leave with their mother.
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