Sister Daniels, the grandmother of Bri's annoying classmate Curtis, tells Grandma about what happened to Bri. At church the next day, Bri agrees to sit with Grandma and Granddaddy. Bri isn't quite sure what to do with the finished product. Feeling alone and angry, Bri writes a song about the issues that black people face and the stereotypes that they're expected to play into. At the studio, just as Bri is ready to start, Pooh is called away to a drug deal. He tells Bri that everything is going to be okay.īri doesn't tell Jay that she's going to record a song. Trey, dressed for work at the local pizza place, drives up and forces Bri to come with him. Pooh and her best friend, Scrap, comfort Bri, and Pooh shares that Bri has an opportunity to record a song. When Bri and Jay get home, Bri angrily walks off to find Pooh. Rhodes, insists that Long and Tate’s attack wasn't racially motivated. Bri discovers in the office that Jay lost her job at their church, and the principal, Dr. Bri refuses-she has illicit candy to sell, as she's saving up to buy a pair of Timbs-and Long slams her to the ground. As Bri tries to go through security, the guards, Long and Tate, ask to search her backpack. This is a memory, and it's why Bri calls her mom “Jay” instead of “Mom.” In the morning, Bri feels excited: kids on the bus saw her rap battle video and her best friends, Sonny and Malik, congratulate her. That night, Bri has her recurring nightmare: Jay is addicted to crack and is leaving Bri and Bri's brother, Trey, with Grandma and Granddaddy. Milez insults Lawless, but Bri performs so well in the second and third rounds that she wins.

He's the son of Supreme, Lawless's old manager. When it's Bri's turn to rap, she goes up against a kid named Milez.

Bri thinks that she'd like to make her own name. They skip the line and the bouncers refer to Bri as “Li'l Law”-a reference to her dad, the famous rapper Lawless, who was murdered by the Crowns gang twelve years ago. Bri's Aunt Pooh, a member of the Garden Disciples gang, takes Bri to the Ring. At home, she finds her mom, Jay, serving 'Popkenchurch,' a conglomerate fast-food meal that means something bad happened. Bri doesn't receive the call until nearly an hour later. Sixteen-year-old Bri is barely able to concentrate on her ACT practice test: she's waiting for a call from DJ Hype, telling her she can participate in a rap battle in the Ring later.

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