My name is Keith Mabry.
Spike (off camera): And who is that on your left?
This is my companion. Her name is Teenie.
She’s such a good girl.
(chuckle) Yeah.
Passenger: Does she always ride with you?
Yeah I've been riding with my dog since day one.
Spike (off camera): From the get go?
From the get go, as soon as I got my everything signed and ready,
let's go Teenie.
Spike (off camera): Teenie rides shotgun?
Rides shotgun, all day.
But the 'ooh's and the 'aah's,
she jumps right back there...
Spike (off camera): She just jumps in the back?
She jumps in the back and she lays right next to them
just like what she's doing right now.
Just so that she can get this all day.
People often have a better attitude
once they see that the dog is in the car.
The tone in they voice change.
How did she get name Teenie?
I named her that because her mom’s name was Tiny.
Spike (off camera): What was her father’s name?
Spike, actually, to be honest with you.
Spike (off camera): Whoa whoa whoa, her father’s name was named Spike? Named after who?
Gimme five.
Good girl.
If I’m not working,
I'm playing basketball.
I started playing basketball at like,
13, 12 years old.
And I used to play on the crates.
Used to tie the shoe string on the crates.
That's when I was introduced to basketball.
It got me popular.
Then I got a nickname,
because when I was young, I had the braids,
I was like light skinned,
so everybody called me Kris Kross.
It matched the way I looked,
and it matched the way I played.
So that was my name.
Uber’s been a wonderful experience,
and I'm happy to go to work.
I don't mind.
Spike (off camera): Why are you happy?
Just the fact that there's no stress.
There's never been a day where I woke up and be like,
ah, I gotta to to work.
Just working when you want to.
You turn on your app,
you get the chirp,
directs you to that person,
where they’re going, it’s already there.
It’s just that easy.
I get to work with my dog every day.
Spike (off camera): Teenie. She's lookin' at me. Teenie.
Say what's up.
Say hi.
Spike (off camera): That’s the side eye, huh?
(Laughter)
Yeah, I like the freedom of it because
you're your own boss.
I can sleep as long as I want,
and I can get up, and I can make
more money than what I used to make in a day.
It's up to you,
how much you want to work.
It's a life changer.
I grew up in Bed-Stuy.
Spike (off camera): Bed-Stuy what?
Bed-Stuy, do or die.
Right here in the Republic of Brooklyn.
I had a rough childhood.
Rough childhood.
My mom passed away when I was 9.
My dad passed away when I was 14.
In and out of foster care.
I lived in Tompkins Houses, living with my grandmother.
Spike (off camera): Tompkins!
Tompkins.
Spike (off camera): Projects.
Those were the hardest projects back in the day.
Spike (off camera): More than Marcy?
More than Marcy.
Spike (off camera): More than the Pink Houses?
More than the Pink Houses.
But, things like that just kept me strong, kept me positive.
You know, growing up in Bed-Stuy,
you see a lot of people not doing very good.
My dad used to always be like, you see those people right there?
If y'all don't go to school,
you're gonna end up just like them.
To me, Brooklyn, is making it from the bottom,
and working your way to the top.
The home of the hustlers.
I'm hustling with Uber,
you know, making an honest living.
I used to be a hustler in Madison Square Garden.
I used to hustle coke and crack.
Coca-Cola and Cracker Jacks.
(Laughter)
Graduated high school,
got me a job at Madison Square Garden.
The mecca.
Spike (off camera): Would you say, 'beer here!" What would you say?
Ice cold beer!
Get your beer here!
So, working at the Garden,
seeing everything for free.
Live events, you know, Knick games,
Ranger games, concerts,
boxing, matches.
And it was a great experience,
because I've always seen it on TV,
but I never saw it really like, live like that.
While I was working at the Garden,
I had a unique style.
I was always dressed in colorful,
similar to the guy in She's Gotta Have It.
Spike (off camera): Mars or Greer?
Mars.
That was me in my 20s.
That whole character.
When people watch that show on Netflix,
they say, 'Yo, Keith, that was you, yo.'
The long hair, the glasses, the colorful,
that was all me.
Greer's who I am now.
(Laughter)
Spike (off camera): Whoa, wait. You were Mars, but now you're Greer?
It's the truth.
When I got into high school,
Allen Iverson became my favorite player.
Spike (off camera): The Answer?
The Answer.
My favorite player now is Steph Curry.
Before anybody ever really knew
who this kid really was.
I think it was the NCAA tournament,
and I see this tiny little dude,
he’s throwing it up.
(Swish sound)
Going around, picks, throwing it up.
(Swish sound)
I'm like, yes, I hope the Knicks get this kid,
I've been watching him. Everybody always
comparing me to him as far as looks.
So, Don Nelson had the seventh pick, we had the eighth pick.
So he took Stephan Curry.
And we wound up with Jordan Hill.
Damn.
I like to drive around my old neighborhoods.
I like to drive around Bed-Stuy.
I like to drive around Williamsburg.
I like to drive around Bushwick.
Right now live in Coney Island.
Spike (off camera): CI?
CI.
That's where the ballers ball.
They take basketball
extremely serious in Coney Island.
Spike (off camera): Born ready.
Born ready.
Lance Stephenson.
Spike (off camera): The Marbury family.
You got Stephon Marbury,
you got Isaiah Whitehead,
you got Sebastian Telfair.
They all went to Abraham Lincoln High School.
That school's been known for winning
championship after championship after championship.
Spike (off camera): And who else went to Abraham Lincoln High School?
Spike (off camera): Who else was a real splitter?
Jesus Shuttlesworth.
Spike (off camera): Jesus Shuttlesworth! (Laughter)
Spike (off camera): Jesus!
Jesus.
And occasionally,
I play on that court that you film...
Spike (off camera); Near The Garden
Yup.
Yeah, when I get older and I retire,
I wanna start, like, a
doggie day care.
Taking care of animals,
other people's animals, while they go to work.
I just wanna be around that unconditional dog love.
Just coming up as a kid,
every time I see a dog, I'll play with it,
ooh, there's a dog.
But, now that I'm on my own,
I can have whatever I want now,
I'm definitely going to get into
the animal business.
That's my future plan.
I don't know what else to say.
Spike (off camera): Cool. Cut!