Oh my god.
Is Eli OK?
Are you OK?
'Cause I ain't OK.
Yo, yo, what's up everybody?
This is "Da Brat Game."
And I am your host, darling, the B to the R to the A to the T.
And we're getting ready to get into this week's episode.
We're going through the ups, the downs, and the in between.
OK, you ready?
I'm ready.
Let me see that list.
Number five, reinvention.
This week is about style.
So it's really important that you
reinvent yourself without changing
who you really are inside.
So you kind of got to meet yourself and your audience
who loves you in the middle.
I think Tyler has a very good sense of style already.
She knows who she is.
But I would have really liked to see
her switch it up more to make me say, wow, oh my god,
is that Tyler?
Tyler has a conservative style.
It looks older than 16.
What she needs to do is find her young
and have a little bit of fun.
OK, Eli, you came out that thing looking like a star-boy.
You had the little slits in your eyebrows.
You got your hair done right.
You look good.
I'm proud of you.
You definitely step to where you got to go.
So I got a whole lot of style.
But I wanted to see Sire really switch it up.
He's the one, to me, that will go all out
and die like half of his head green
and half blonde or something.
He kind of looked the same to me.
You have this confidence.
But then when it comes to like some of this,
you're not really in 100%.
You have to lock into something.
Nya walked into the photo shoot with so much confidence.
This new hair and the pigtails.
I felt like, oh wow, is this a different artist?
Thank you! You did something different.
You took a risk, and I really appreciated.
It I'm proud of you.
So Nya was able to keep her signature
poof and her authenticity.
She was able to change clothes and switch
her style up a little bit.
And that got her to win.
Nya seems like she might be the closest to have
her own style in the place.
Because she has this Afro poof thing going on that
I haven't really seen.
And that's reinvention.
Number four, magazine covers.
I will be judging each person's look and your picture.
Whoever stands out will get a feature in pop star magazine.
I don't think these kids realize
how lucky they are to be able to get on the cover of a magazine.
And they haven't even put out a song yet.
It's crazy.
I need to get to that pop star magazine.
Their face is going to be on a magazine cover.
People are going to be walking past it in stores.
All you're going to see is their face, their face, their face.
A lot of people are going to see that photo.
So you better make it good one.
Number three, taking notes.
Well you got to be able to take notes
and especially be able to take constructive criticism.
Everybody needs a little help in the style department.
Sire needs no stylist.
The boy be clean.
What? What?
Sire felt like he didn't need to take
April's advice because he feel like his style is already lit.
And he don't need nobody to tell him what to do.
You wrong.
So when he showed up, April wasn't too impressed with what
he brought to the table.
Neither was I.
I'm really not convinced that he knows who he is.
Everyone has a grill.
Everyone has piercings.
Everyone has blond hair.
I think it's a good look.
But is it Sire?
I'm not sure.
And Eli acknowledged that his style was pretty simple.
I saw on your faces you looked a little stressed.
Most of my life, I've been plain.
But I'm like trying to get more in style.
So he took what April said to heart and changed it up.
You really took great notes.
You could really see the difference.
And he felt better.
This was the Eli that I really wanted to, you know,
represent for the world.
You can never learn too much.
And there's always somebody somewhere
that know more than you do.
Your mentors might not always be right.
And you know yourself best.
But you have to be open to other opinions.
Number two, da spat, Eli versus Nya.
I'm about to rip him a whole new butt-hole.
She cut him deep.
Then I come out disguised to take
his diabetic brother and put needles
in his eyes like [inaudible].
Eli Triplett, you a meth baby.
So I wouldn't be surprised if you act a little crazy.
I should take your mamma's meth pipe
and shove it down your throat.
Then leave you there to die, since you
think Nya Kasan a joke.
Oh my god, it was horrible.
I was speechless for Eli and his dad.
Lines were crossed.
I kind of knew she was going to kill him.
I felt like she was going to get him.
But I did not know she was going to ho below the belt like that.
I kind of feel bad.
But if I have to battle for that feature, I'm going to battle.
I had to do what I had to do.
Finally, a real battle.
See, nothing's off limits in a rap battle.
Too far is too good.
A battle is a battle.
And you can say anything.
You can hit below the belt. You're supposed to.
That's how you win battles.
But that don't mean it's not going to make me sad.
Number one, da chat, Eli.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
Man, Eli, you kept a real strong face.
And I know it's probably hard for you to do that.
Because you were like hurting inside,
because that was a deep cut.
But moving forward, that's a good thing.
And that's going to help you in your career, that you keep calm
and not let things get to you.
Because it's just a battle.
You know, that hurt that you feel
from what Nya said, use that as your fuel for this week,
next week, and beyond.
So you can try to get that contract and that chain.
And you can be a part of this So So Def family, baby.
But I'm proud of you, for real.
You did great.
I want to prove that I have what it takes.
I don't know about you, but I'm ready some time
to recover from that battle.
It was nasty.
I'm going to see y'all next time,
though, on "Da Brat Game."