What's up baby?
I still need to know the whole story now.
I'm upset I wasn't included.
I was fed up. I'm like, "I gotta marry her.
I don't want nobody with my baby."
So, when we came here for a business meeting,
we called the Elvis impersonator.
We did rush to the altar, but the decision,
it wasn't really that spontaneous.
Over these years, we've just grown closer as friends.
You look nice.
Thank you baby. How are you feeling?
Just trying to make sure my voice is straight. You know?
It means the world to me just to know that,
we came from just being best friends, then we dated,
and then you didn't take me serious, what I was doing.
That's very inaccurate.
I didn't take us seriously.
Hello, thank you.
All right, I apologize for that. Okay.
Through all the years of friendship,
me and Faith eventually took our chance at romance,
and we had some ups and downs in our relationship.
So, what are you telling me?
I'm telling you that I'm going to pray for you,
and I hope that everything works out.
-Are you closing the door on us? -Yes.
That's the cool thing about being friends first.
The foundation is strong,
and Faith has always looked past the Stevie J persona.
It's been months since I left Atlanta,
and the old Stevie J. behind.
What do you got?
This used to be your favorite snack.
-Not no more. -No more (bleep) Ho Ho's.
Tonight isn't my first red carpet,
but it's the first time that I have my wife,
the lovely Faith Evans Jordan on my arm.
I have the pleasure of presenting her
with the lady of soul award.
Although, Faith has made me a committed husband,
and a changed man,
I can never forget about the people I left in the A.
I didn't get a chance to tell Mimi or Eva
about me getting married and moving to LA,
but the good guy always does right for his girls.
I love me some Tokyo. I'm now so happy that we're friends
and that she forgave me for our cultural differences.
I didn't know that there was anything as body shaming.
I accept your apology because you are a good woman.
That's great.
Me and Tokyo have been good friends ever since.
And to be honest, I really learned from that experience.
Right now, I need to focus on more positive things
like good friendship, my career, and definitely my kids.
I'm so glad I got to catch another one of your shows.
How are you feeling?
I feel good. I feel good.
-You look good, damn good. -Thank you.
You're like a little Jamaican disco ball.
Spice. What's up baby, you good?
What's up? Hi. Meet my friend, Tokyo.
Hi! Nice to meet you. I'm Tokyo, nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
Can I sit here. Thank you baby.
This is Vawn. He's an artist development for (bleep).
Yep. Yep. Yep.
I was watching your performance tonight.
It was pretty good.
Yes!
I think it was amazing.
Yeah? Not amazing yet.
What do you mean not amazing?
You have the potential of being super big in my eyes,
but you just gotta make sure
that you do the work on another level.
Even though I'm winning everywhere else in the world,
I really don't think I've clicked here in America
just yet.
I'm still performing in smaller venues
and night clubs here in the states.
I mean, I think I've really got the attention that I want,
and that's why I invited
Vawn here tonight, just to give me some feedback,
so I can put together a team, and to maximize my success.
I know you from Dance Hall, and all the things you did,
but America may not know.
This is an international artist.
She is an international artist,
but you want your friend to be the biggest artist, right?
Yes.
I want to compare you to (bleep) level.
Let's think there mentally, like this is what I want to be.
We don't have (bleep) money.
You don't need (bleep) money.
What do you need me to do on the stage?
You want to see Spice all over in some glittery?
No.
You want to see me coming out under the floor?
Everything that you've done so far
to be super successful internationally,
you have to just swipe all that away,
and start from the beginning.
Why the (bleep) so?
Somethings that work in Jamaica may not work here.
I love the look,
but maybe you want to take your look to another level.
My look. What the (bleep) is wrong with my look?
This is not what we want to do.
Now, I'm getting upset.
I'm really not feeling how you're making my friend feel.
I don't want to argue.
This is not the first time I've heard some vague criticism
from someone in the music industry before.
After all of this hard work that I have been putting in,
now I'm being told that we need to start over,
back from scratch, because we need a new look.
I'm tired of being told that I'm not good enough.
I thought you were like an artist developer?
No, no. Come on. He is artist development.
-I am. -He's an artist crusher.
He's about to develop his out. Bye.
I'm cool. Gotta go.
Hey listen, I'm respectful.
-Have a great day. -You can delete my number.
I understand its love.
You want to come to America and try to look like (bleep)
Try to look like that.
What the (bleep) is wrong with my look?
You know I go through the same thing.
You know how many labels and (bleep)
tell me I need to lose 100 pounds?
There's always mother (bleep)
who want to come and cookie cutter you.
(bleep) that. Right now, I'm taking control of my own team.
I'm not changing nothing to please nobody.