>> Oh, my god.
>> You by best friend?
>> You're my best friend.
No, you are my best friend.
We're doing this thing.
>> What is that?
>> That is a throw back, 2005,
"Get rich or die trying," 50
cent.
You --
>> We were babies.
>> -- Babies.
>> How cute.
>> Do you never watch yourself?
>> I don't.
>> Why?
>> Haven't seen the pilot.
>> Joy is like where did y'all
find that?
>> Oh, my god.
Okay.
All right.
>> What do you remember?
You're working together now for
life on ABC.
What do you remember about that
first time working together?
>> Okay.
I remember that -- what year was that?
>> 2005.
>> 2005?
>> Yeah.
>> Oh, my god.
That was like 15 years or
something.
>> Crazy.
>> Okay.
I don't remember anything.
I remember 50 just being so cool
and just really dope.
He still is.
>> Yeah.
>> Reunite together for this new
project that you're doing.
How did all that come about?
>> I mean, he's -- that was his
first acting role.
I was his first baby mama on
screen.
But to see him both grow and
blossom as actors and then for
him to be killing the game as a
producer creating amazing
content and things that's moving
culture in the way that it is is
really great.
To be working with him in this
capacity is just --
>> What he's doing with power
and Kourtney Kemp, not just
changing the representation on
the screen but also the people
behind the scenes moving the
needle towards better
representation, could you have
ever imagined the dude you were
in scenes with would be this guy
now?
>> Yeah.
>> Yeah?
>> I'm not surprised because
that's him.
>> I love it.
>> The new series "For life"
already had a lot of people
talking about it.
>> Good.
>> Oh yeah.
Tell people about it.
>> Our show "For life" is
inspired by a man wrongly
convict of a drug charge and
sentenced to life plus 70 years
in prison.
While he was there, he studied
law.
He became a prison rep helping
other inmates in their appeals
and acquittals and then
eventually appealed his
sentences and knocked them down.
Life, 70, and was acquitted and
is now practicing.
And his story is both
heartbreaking and triumphant.
And that's what's inspired our
show.
>> It's pretty unreal.
I've heard him talk about the
moment he was sentenced and the
prosecutor approaching the
bench, the judge's bench and
wanting to turn around to look
him in the face as he smiled as
he got his life sentence and
then 70 years on top of that.
>> On top of that.
>> These stories unfortunately
are not uncommon and we're
hearing more and more about them
every day.
What was it that you need to be
part of the story telling?
>> When I read the pilot, I
didn't even know it was based on
Isaac or a real person.
I just read a great story.
And I have loved ones who
formerly incarcerated and I know
what it was like for them as the
partners, as partners who are on
the outside and trying to
maintain that connection.
Taking down their planes,
trains, and automobiles to go
see their partner and the toll
it took on them.
So, I really connected to the
piece in a very real way, just
very organically and I knew it
was something I wanted to be a
part of.
When I found out about Isaac and
his story, I was like can I get
the job please?
>> Did you get a chance to meet
him?
>> Yeah, yeah.
Lovely, lovely man.
>> You are lovely.
Is your husband romantic.
She said, yeah.
But he makes you the greatest
what?
>> Banana pancakes.
>> Oh, come on.
>> And I don't even like pancakes.
I don't eat pancakes anywhere
else.
I only eat his pancakes.
And I -- I'm always like Yo,
these pancakes are better than
any -- he's like don't.
I'm like no, people need to
know.
People need to understand that
your pancakes are the best.
They don't get it.
>> And when a black girl claps
at you, you know it's really
serious.
>> ABC's "For life" airs
Tuesday.
>> Pancakes any time any place.
>> Congratulations.