Beyond the Pole (2018–2019): Season 1, Episode 2 - A Little Stormy In the Mix - full transcript
Angel Kake's niece considers following in her footsteps and stripping. While Ling Ling has a breakdown about her living situation and seeks advice from her friend recording artist Lyfe ...
- Previously on Beyond the Pole.
- Put your mother
fucking eyes on your lip
and watch your mouth.
- There's probably some bitches
fighting in a strip
club right now.
- You can't just be a bitch,
you have to consider
yourself that bitch.
- Everyone thinks that
dancers make a lot of money.
- Girl we walk in
there some nights,
you gonna pay $100
for your hair,
$45 for your makeup,
you're whole outfit is $100
and you still don't walk
out the club breaking even.
- I'm not going if I'm
not making at least 400,
I feel like I'm kinda
like being insulted,
because I'm really
degrading myself.
- I have a company
called Barcode Solutions.
I train girls on how
to be bottle girls.
- I want you to meet some,
like the other girls as well.
- Okay, that sounds fun.
- You know, we are all
trying to get outta here.
- You're not focused
on your cosmetic line,
that's why it's not flourishing.
- I'm ready to hang my shoes up.
- How're you?
- Hi baby.
I'm so glad you came.
- Yes, thank you for having me.
- No, no, no, no, no,
thank you for coming.
So you ready to
learn some stuff?
- I am.
- Okay, we're gonna
finish setting up
and then we're gonna
get ready for class,
but I'm just so excited
that you're here.
- Okay, thank you.
- All that beauty just
brightened up the whole space.
- Awe.
I went to Tia's Barcode,
you know, class just to see,
really how she operates.
- So we're gonna
pass out packages
for you guys to look over.
- Okay.
Wait wait wait wait, one second.
- } You're Welcome.
My name is Rashida.
- Okay my name is Tiara,
but you know, everyone
calls me Tia Becca.
Thank you ladies for coming
to Barcode Solutions,
our complete service
training course.
I promise you gonna learn a lot.
You gonna learn how
to make your money
and how to hustle these niggas.
Naw, I'm just playing,
that's not the goal.
Customer service is the goal.
We're gonna go over a few laws.
You know, as shallow
as it may seems,
but your look is everything.
- Your appearance.
- You're appearance, and
then preserving yourself.
Because this is a um, industry
that if you drink too much,
you don't get enough
sleep, you smoke
and those late hours,
it will tear you down.
So, we're gonna go
over drink recipes.
We're gonna go up the
proper procedures on
how to set up a VIP and
how to fit your tables.
We gonna show you how
to do all of that,
cause it's a hustle.
The best personality win,
it aint always about
the biggest booty,
it aint always about
the best lace front,
it's about the best personality
and the finesse game.
Okay, so, we're
gonna let Rashida,
she's gonna um, go first.
- We're gonna go into
the bar aspect of things.
Um, give you a little time
just to read over the contracts.
So everybody has a
clear understanding
about what the class is about.
- Can I talk to
you for a second?
- I've done bar, you know
bottle service before
and I really wanted to know,
okay, well she's being
doing this for years.
You know, I only did
it for a few years.
I really wanted to see how
she's keeping up with it.
- So I've been wanting
to talk to you.
- Okay, tell me more.
- Since the Derek Blank event.
How you been?
- Uh, I've been good, yourself?
- Oh, perfect.
I can't even complain.
- But how did you like
the Derek Blanks event?
- I was like, Oh my god I really
didn't get to speak to him
like I really wanted to.
- You a dancer, you
know how to finesse.
- That's true.
- You know how to finesse,
like that was your
finessing moment.
- You should've just
pushed me a little harder
- I really wanted to.
- Like, Mm go!
- Even though I don't
know you as well,
and don't even take
offense to this.
My opinion, the red hair,
and the red eyebrows
is not even you.
You have this timeless beauty
that Derek Blanks and
others will look for.
- Dying to try and
change my hair color.
But everybody's like no,
keep it red, keep it red.
And I'm just like no I want
to change it back to natural.
So when she told me about it,
I just went ahead and decided,
you know what that
was my little push.
- It's something
about your spirit
that don't even fit in there.
- Everybody always
tells me that,
they're like dude,
you're a model.
You should not be here dancing
or doing bottle service.
I did it for five
years, you know I went..
- You did bottle
service for five years?
- Mhm.
- What made you go
back to the pole.
- Well, for one,
I left the state that I was
doing bottle service in.
And coming to Atlanta,
I didn't know anybody.
And every time I
went and applied
it was really hard for me.
So I just had to
stick with dancing
until a club did accept me.
It was,
one of them last
minute solutions.
I lost my business, I had
a hair business out here.
And my investor had to
pull out last minute
because he was also
my spouse at the time.
I found out he was married.
And yanked my whole
business, it went down hill.
- The wife yanked it?
- Yeah she was like either
you take out the money,
or I'm leaving you.
And he was like,
yeah I'm not leaving.
Um, you know lost
all the fancy cars,
lost a big condo,
lost everything.
And I was like, yo,
like I can't do this
I'm at rock bottom, you
know, I'm homeless now.
- And you got a kid.
- I mean yeah, I have
no cars, no nothing.
I'm doing rental cars.
Um, you know I'm
staying out of AirBnB
back and fourth.
- Awe that's tough.
- And I was like..
- With your child?
- Mhm.
And so I was like
this is something
that I have no choice but to do.
I'm like, I need the fast
money and I need it now.
- Its hard to come
back from that.
Like its kinda like this
is lane you gotta stay in,
and you can't really
get out that lane.
You got it.
You got it.
Whether you wanna do bottle
girl, and then do your modeling.
You got it.
You're smile is awesome
and then there's something
about in this industry.
Be tough about your money,
but keep your energy pure.
- My strategy is
okay, I wanna get in, dance,
I'm gonna stack up my money
and get out.
I live by two things.
I say don't touch me
and don't touch my money.
- Okay so, I-you got it.
We gotta get back to the class.
Cause I'm finna show you
some of this finesse game.
- After seeing Ling
Ling on the pole
I decided to invite um,
Dime and Angel Kakes
to a pole class.
- I told somebody,
I'm like hey, no pole,
but I can shake this ass though.
- Today I'm really excited
about going to pole class
with LeaLea.
I'm wanting to get a
chance to talk with her
and know her a little more.
She seemed really fun.
Hey!
- Hey honey, honey!
Let me look at you!
Good to see you.
Angel, this is Dime.
Dime, this is Angel.
- I don't know how good
I'm gonna be on the pole.
I'm not like a pole worker,
I'm more of a
twerker, or a prancer.
so have you guys taken
pole classes before?
- Uh uh.
I'm scared of..
- No I didn't.
I'm gonna try my hardest
to get up though.
- I'm scared of
heights though, y'all.
I aint never..
- That is not that high, LeaLea.
- All my poles are attached
to two legs and a chair.
- My name is Ms. Dime
and as everyone always said
I was a perfect 10.
So I just went with Ms. Dime.
I got started dancing
because my father told me
if I was gonna be in his house
I had to follow his rules
and I didn't wanna
follow his rules.
So, I went out, I started
living a fast life,
I was introduced
into the dance game
and ever since then the
rest has been history.
I have been dancing maybe
10 years on and off.
I'm actually a college graduate.
I have 2 college degrees,
I have a masters degree in
business operations management
with a major in,
as my undergraduate degree
is in criminal justice.
I work two different jobs
and I live a double life.
So, a lot of things
that are gonna come out,
they're going to be
very shocked that I do.
- Hey ladies.
Welcome to Chemistry.
- Hey girl.
I'm Love.
Um, I'm glad to have
you ladies here today.
Who's taken pole before?
- I took it before.
- Even though you've never had
a pole class before,
that does not mean you're
not gonna walk outta here
and know how to do at
least three perfect tricks.
I wanna see what
your strengths are.
- Can we work the
pole with our ass?
- Absolutely, absolutely
- That's the strongest
part of my body
- And I have something
just for that.
I'm gonna have you start,
because I just feel,
I just feel like there's
something in there
that needs to come out.
And so, just stay there, okay?
- Okay.
- So you watch me.
We're gonna take our
hands up really high
and then we're gonna
bring our legs here, mhm?
Uh huh, there you go.
Twist your thighs in.
Twist those, no
keep it straight.
- Uh uh, I ain't gonna do that.
- You got it, you got-
- The ass is too heavy y'all.
- No, that's even better.
- This was actually
my first time
taking a pole dance class.
I mean I have a pole at
home, I do it on my own,
but this is my first
time actually going
to a class for an instructor.
- Walk it back, walk it back,
keep walking it back.
- Oh my god.
- Now bend those knees in.
Bend it in.
Take it out, bring it out.
Oh damn.
- Oh my god.
- Now bring it back up.
- Woo!
- Girl bye,
- My hand is hurting
holding that ass up.
- I knew you had it in you.
- Angel, go try it.
- Come on, you got this.
- My friend, you got this.
Them thighs tight.
- Put that hand up underneath,
right in the middle.
Slide down on it, bring it up.
- Now see, that look
easy right there.
That look easier right there.
- Okay, well you try it.
- I'll try it,
but it definitely,
it look easier
than tryna lift all
this at one time.
Hello, Honey did you miss me?
Um, I actually think Dime
is doing a lot better
than I expected.
Um, and Angel Kakes and I,
we both just look
like we're beginners,
but we gettin' there.
- Act like you're gonna go,
Ya!
So you're going to
go a little bit past
the first foot, yeah
and then whip it straight,
whip it straight.
- Pole dancing class
was really hard for me.
First thing, I don't like,
like merry go rounds,
or like swings, or anything
that goes circular motion.
So I really was scared off,
like oh my gosh, are they gonna
have to call the ambulance?
- Straighten out that leg,
whip it from behind,
whip it in a straight circle.
That's going backwards,
I need you to go forwards.
- That's going
backwards, come on.
Don't be lazy, get
up, lets do this.
Okay.
- Love is like nice,
but she's mean,
bossy bitch.
She's like uh uh,
don't like that,
that's not sexy, get outta here.
- No.
This, wrap around the pole.
- Okay.
- Cause you swung that out
and this ones straight,
there it goes.
- And then we're like this.
- Yes you slide it down.
- And we're like this, and..
- Then you bring it on up.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, good job.
- That's hard on my back.
- Are you, um,
I'm gonna need you to um,
come up and do this because
I haven't got a chance.
- I am not skilled on the pole.
I'm one of the dancer's
that's all cute.
So, I'll just grab the
pole and walk around.
I'm more of a twerker, I can't
really work the pole tricks.
But I mean, if you show me
how to do it, I can do it.
- Here, here.
And the more you lean back,
the faster you gonna go.
So we go here,
whip it.
Bam!
Bam!
That's about as close.
- To all those girls
who are pole dancers,
I take my hat off to you,
but not, it's not for me.
- Five, six, seven, eight.
One, two, three,
uh huh, there we go.
To the floor, to the floor,
to the floor, to the floor.
Bring that leg up, thank you.
- I think I'm doing okay,
but my legs are killing
me, and my arms, hoo!
- Oh that.
- Is that as nasty as it gets?
- Is it, no.
- That's not even.
Y'all playing.
- We tried.
- Y'all playing, y'all playing.
- We was tryna get straight
to the twerking part.
And since we couldn't get
our big asses up the pole,
we did what we do best,
we started twerkin'.
Slingin' ass.
- You guys are the bomb.
- Thank you, thank you.
- The pole class gave me a
new found respect for it.
I absolutely realized
that you work every
muscle in your body trying
to get on that pole.
So, I have a whole
new found respect for
girls who work the pole.
- LeaLea, you a squirter?
- Very much so.
- Damn, my pussy aint
hittin' on nothin'.
- No it's called g-spot,
it's called nobody aint
hittin' your g-spot,
- Everybody does the,
some people just run,
it's like a gush.
- That's what I just
said, that's what mine do.
- But if you wanted
to like spray,
you gonna have to push.
Use them muscles and push.
- But it's a whole
different game,
it's like you gotta
go until you can't,
until you actually
fuckin' gotta pee.
- Yeah.
- But I always pee
before I have sex.
- Yeah, I mean me too.
It's just not really less there
when you're having to pee.
It just feels like
you gotta pee.
- But I'm saying if I
empty out my bladder,
that's probably why I
don't have that urge.
- No, but my bladder is
empty before I have sex too,
because to make sure
I'm not pissing on it.
- I don't give a fuck
about pissing on him.
If he wanted me to piss-
- I mean, that's me
into that freaky shit.
You know, we can R.
Kelly in a minute now.
- I'mma try to squirt,
cause my shit just be, it
be like
- Take off your stuff.
- Hey you guys.
- Hey Elijah.
- How was your day?
- Good.
You see Baby, did
you tell her hi?
- Hi Baby.
- I really sacrificed
a lot this year
with my son.
We have a real strict routine.
- You can go play your game
and then we're gonna
work on homework.
Like no time to
myself of course.
- So how's everything
been going?
- Pretty good, I'm just
trying to get some money.
- Your job isn't
making enough money,
or what's going on with that?
- It's just not consistent.
So I'm really just been looking
and I just came from Chicago.
- Elijah came to move with
me about a year or two ago.
Somehow, some kind of way Elijah
liked the idea of dancing.
I guess I must have
rubbed off on her,
so she decided to
sneak off and go dance.
I mean, I didn't
want you to go dance,
but I wish you would've told me
so I coulda helped
you at least find
somewhere good to work at and
make you a few more dollars.
But, what, how was that?
- Oh no, that's not for me.
The money like, on TV is like,
all the money, but when you
get there its really hard.
- Remember I was telling you.
- Yes.
- Even though it looks like,
you know, glitz and glam in
reality it's a lot, right?
- It's not like that.
- It's not all what
it's cracked up to be.
Like, you see all this stuff
that I have to go through.
Are you really ready for that,
because what you could
do is go to school,
you live here for free,
take advantage of that.
Because you're gonna end
off back at the same place.
How did you even feel,
like when you were
dancing, like was it-
- I feel like I
needed to get a drink,
and if you don't get a drink
then you're not
going to feel like-
- Comfortable.
- Yeah, you're not
gonna feel comfortable
and you're not
gonna wanna do it.
- And not get turnt up.
- Right.
And yeah, so.
- Oh no.
Awe, poor baby.
In a way, Elijah not
making money dancing,
it was kinda like I told you so.
So I'm glad that it
didn't work for her
because she's not even
built to be a dancer.
I'm like working on a
whole bunch of stuff,
and so, you could
be my assistant.
- Really?
- I think you'll,
I thin it'll work better for
you than the dancing thing
and then-
- I do think that.
- And you can still stay here.
We could just set up some goals.
You know, I'm still working on
the dresses, the Angel Kake.
But I'm gonna really
need your help,
cause you're going to help me,
you know, grow my business.
So the more money I make,
the more money you make.
- So I don't have to dance.
- No.
Like, let's focus on you.
I just am glad
that it didn't work
and that like, now she can maybe
take some more advice from me.
JACE.
- YEAH.
- Come on it's
time for homework.
- Okay.
- Did you get, you
got everything?
- Yeah.
- Hello.
Okay, well Angel,
I'm about to go.
- We're gonna set
up a meeting now,
we on a team, we got
some plans going.
I need your help.
- Okay, bye you guys.
- Love you Elijah.
Alright, let me see how
your behavior was today.
Oh, you got a happy face.
I'm so proud of you,
you're doing really
good this year.
You make Mommy so proud.
I've decided to keep
Jace back this year.
He has a IEP, or basically
he's in special ed.
I was in special ed
as a child myself.
I just felt like it was a,
a need that I would not
allow him to move forward
until he learned how to read.
And I'm like dedicating
all my time to him.
Don't look at mine,
don't be trying to
look at the paper.
Jace's dad isn't
involved in his life.
Street life is hard to give up,
just like a dancers
life is hard to give up.
Perfect!
He's, like shown so
much improvement.
Much more of a happier kid.
He loves school and I hope
he starts to love reading.
You me very proud.
- So I got a text saying that
you're not gonna be
able to do the show,
you're gonna move, or
something like that.
So tell me a little bit about
what's going on with you.
- I've kinda just
been place to place.
I'm dealing with my living
situation right now.
You know, I came to set
and you know, I had
to talk to the EP
you know, I didn't
know what to do.
I felt like I had
hit rock bottom.
Dom and Alana went into a room
and they ended up
stealing money from me.
You know, it was $200 but still.
- But it was yours.
- Yeah, it was mine.
- I get it.
- You know, people are
going in and out of my room
when I'm not there.
And you know, I just
didn't feel safe.
- Some of our producers
came to me and told me
LingLing was saying that she
may have to quit the show
and that I really
needed to talk to her.
I decided that we should capture
what was going to happen,
because in this moment I don't
know what she's going to do.
- The people I rented
from is hounding me at.
They're like you're either
gonna pay us some more money,
or y'all get the fuck out.
- Right.
- And that's why I'm like,
okay well, I'm not paying
y'all no more money.
- Well you can
potentially go back home
and they could have
the doors locked
and you can't get in
to get your stuff.
Everyday I'm nervous
to walk up the stairs
and see like, is there a notice,
is the locks changed.
Just to feel that,
you know, that all my
stuff could be gone.
Everything that I
work so hard for,
you know, a place that I lay
my head at to give me peace.
Right now my financial
is at a halt,
like a complete halt.
I don't have permit,
I can't go dance.
I'm not about to go escort,
I'm not about to go sell drugs,
I'm not about to go do a
bunch of stuff that's gonna
you know, put me
already in more jeopardy
than I already am at right now.
At this point if I
can't find somewhere
to lay my head at night,
I'm gonna have to go.
So, it's just like I'm trying.
You know when you feel
like you have no hope
and you feel like
you're alone too,
you feel like you're
at the bottom.
And that's what I felt.
I felt like there
was nothing more
that could be wrong
with my situation.
I don't know at
this point anymore.
It's like every time that I get
one good step into something
it's something negative
that comes into play.
I don't know how I'm
gonna overcome that,
I really don't.
You know, I have
tried to stick it out,
to be here.
And y'all seen I'm here.
You know, I was
like I can't do it.
I don't have much as it is.
- I know this is difficult.
And I commend you
for coming back
and even trying you
know, to do the show.
The more layers you
tell us about yourself,
it's like, there's no
where else to go but up.
- But what is, what
is the difference
between me telling you
and me telling a
bunch of other people.
Everybody just says, oh boo hoo,
sorry that sucks, it's tough,
all you can do is go up.
But what are anybody
doing to help?
Nothing, but they
sit back and watch.
Cause I'm like this
show is so much for me.
This show tells me
you know, who I am
and my struggle and my fight.
But at the same time I'm like
I gotta have stability,
I gotta have a
roof over my head.
- Sometimes you just,
you know, if you have
somebody in another state
that's willing to open
their doors to you
and give you a helping hand
where you can catch up
and get on your feet.
Sometimes you have to do that
and we have to respect that.
- Trust me, I know.
- It's unfortunate, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry that you had
to go through this.
I sympathize, cause you know,
everybody's going
through something.
So I know what it feels like.
- It's not really that
I lost all my hope.
It was that I felt
that I was alone in it.
- Lyfe just text me and
he's on his way here.
I know that he's
a friend of yours,
does he know what's going on?
Lets just proceed as normal
with you as a cast.
Sometimes you just have to let
whatever's happening
in that moment run its course.
You can't step in and intervene.
And as much as you
wanna try to help them,
you have to just kind
of let them talk to you
and talk themselves
through what is happening.
Someone once told me
it's all temporary
and it really is.
You know, it was pouring on us
and now all of a
sudden the sun is out
and I think that's
a sign for you
that, you know,
it's not over.
There's hope.
- I can't give up just yet.
Even though I was
saying it out loud,
out my mouth I was
like okay I'm done.
But in my heart I was like
okay let me try
and still at least,
let me try and talk to
this one more place,
let me try and do this
one more last thing.
- It's a new beginning.
Cause we're not
giving up on you yet,
we're not.
Alright.
- Yoga has changed Jace's life.
He's understanding how to
like, ground himself.
I always say to him,
like, abundance attracts me
and we always repeat
these positive phrases
so that he can understand.
Like, use your mind,
become one with yourself.
If I could teach him
those small things
as a young boy,
um, I think it will keep
him out of lots of trouble.
I like for my son to be as
much of a boy as possible.
Um, because I am the
mom and dad right now.
And I think a lot of
men don't do yoga,
but I think it will
really help them
channel into their inner self.
You know, figure
out some things,
think about some
things, get grounded.
- So Lyfe was supposed to
meet me with me already.
You know, to talk to me
a little bit more about
what's going on with my son.
But, with me having a breakdown
and everything that was going on
right then and there.
I didn't know how to hold it in.
So, I kinda just spoke
what was more on my mind,
what was more right
then and there
that was happening.
You know, things that I
couldn't control right then.
Thank you for coming.
I really, really needed
to clear my mind and talk.
- You acted like there
was a fire somewhere, man.
You gotta talk to me, man.
- So much is going on.
You know, I just came from
losing everything I owned
to getting back the
little bit that I do got
and I'm afraid, you know,
that once again its going
to be all taken from me
and it wasn't
because of my choice.
My relationship with Lyfe,
he's been there for me
through the good times,
the bad times.
You can never really put a
title on somebody that's pure
and that's good to you.
Well, the people that, the place
that I'm renting from right now,
they're hounding me for
the money for this month,
for this months rent.
But I looked up the rent
amount for that unit
and it's over two grand
and I'm paying you guys $1200,
who's paying the
rest of the amount
because I know damn
well their not.
It's just eventually
gonna end up in eviction.
- You know, we been
friends for a little while
and I been listening to,
you know, the
stuff that you been
through for these
last couple months.
I usually try to make
it a point to not
pull somebody out a situation
that God prepared for 'em,
because that's where
your blessings is at.
You know what I'm saying?
You never judge
some by how it look,
cause it's always the opposite.
But with all that said,
I don't want you think that
I just didn't wanna help you,
I just didn't wanna pull
you out the situation.
But, I think I got a solution
to your problem though.
- It was shocking.
Like I was not expecting to
hear that out of his mouth.
You know it was like,
how do I react?
Like I really just wanna know
details, details, details.
- The situation I
wanna propose to you
is just this right here.
I'm building a house
right now, right?
The house is almost
done being built.
It's like a month
away from being done.
I was actually going
to hire somebody
to come and like wait,
house sit over there
while I'm moving around.
So, the reason why that I say
this might be a
good exchange for us
is because I'm not
pulling you outta nothing.
Like this is something that
you actually gotta go work.
Like there's shit that need
to be cleaned over there.
And then, when I do move in,
you know my other
crib that's me.
So I'm gonna AirBnB that guy.
So, what you could do is
you could be part of the AirBnb.
You could go in like
as a house helper,
as a house keeper
or whatever it is.
Then you don't gotta worry
about no gig for a while,
you dig what I'm saying?
You better move around,
take care of your situations
and you just be apart of that
and I'll pay you to do that.
You dig what I'm saying?
- Mhm.
- And then I think like as
an advanced payment on that
I think I'mma just
write you a cheque,
you dig what I'm saying?
It's not a hand out,
it's an advance payment on
what I want you to do for me.
You dig?
- I appreciate it.
- Does that work for you though?
- I mean, I feel
like once you get
everything in order
you can give me the
exact what you want,
you know what I mean.
Rather than just
trying to wing it.
I'd rather like to know.
- You gotta stop that
too, you know that?
- What?
- Cause god will give
you blessings sometimes
and your ass will by like,
we'll see what it is.
- No I just want you to
give me the direct thing
that you need.
- Move the dog
like under the bed.
My nigga, like you gotta again,
like everything that
you've ever asked for
was already on the
fucking way, man.
All you gotta do
is stay conscious.
- Thinking, thinking, thinking.
I always try and
think for the future
and unfortunately, you know,
sometimes that's
not good for me.
But that's just
how my brain work.
Now I wanna be prepared for
having to go through the worst,
or going through the best.
- Have anything that
you planned ever went
exactly according to
plan in your life, ever?
- I know.
- Ever, one time?
In my life it never has.
- I learned that
too but its like
you got no choice but to
trying and give a little bit,
you know, try and plan a
little bit for your future.
- No you don't.
See, that's the remarkable
thing about humans
is where they always fuck up.
You think that you
have to plan something
and you put all
these stipulations
on something that you've
already asked for.
All you gotta do is sit back
and wait on him to deliver it.
You can't ask for it again,
plan how he gonna
give it to you.
- I had no thought that it
was gonna happen for me.
I really thought
I hit rock bottom
and that I was gonna
have to leave the state.
- I feel you, man.
But either way,
at least you got some
time to figure it out
without worrying about getting
put out another spot, right?
Aiight?
- Thank you.
- I gotta get back
to these kids, man.
- Yes, yes.
- Love seeing you.
Call me later on.
You look great,
outstanding, aiight?
- Thank you.
Thank you again.
- Hey.
- Hey La'Bri, how you doing?
- I'm good, how you doin'?
You look really good!
- So do you.
So, how you doin' you alright?
- I'm okay, I look a mess girl,
waitin' on makeup
to get here now.
She in traffic.
- Awesome, awesome.
So you ready for wine mixer?
- Yes.
I can't wait, I told all
the ladies about you.
Everyone's super excited
to meet the infamous
coach Stormy.
- Awesome, who you bringin'?
How many it's gonna be?
How many girls?
- Um, I know LeaLea
told me she's coming,
Angel tell me she's coming,
Laina is supposed to be coming,
and LingLing.
So maybe like four
or five of us.
I also invited Ms. Dime, so.
Probably about
four or five girls.
- Let me know exactly
so I can have some food
and you know, cocktails
and stuff, okay?
- Alright. See ya later.
- But guys don't do
four play no more,
so you do need it.
- Shit.
They gonna eat this ass.
Let me tell you something.
- I aint gonna say nothing,
he aint gotta eat the ass.
- I don't like it,
but I do like my ass eaten.
- No I aint gonna sit all day.
You aint gotta eat this ass
cause I know this is a big ass
and I'm not tryna kill nobody.
- No, I needa know that
you willing to suffocate
behind eatin' this ass.
- But the question
is do men kiss you
after you suck they dick?
- I'm not a cancer,
I'm not a cancer.
- Man, if I suck this mans dick
and he decide he don't
wanna kiss me back,
I'm-
no, you gonna get this.
- My niggas be
kissing me while they,
shh, this shit has
changed lives, baby.
Hey sis, hey, you hear me?
I want a nigga to hold
his leg and be, mm.
- No, I'mma do
the basic package,
I don't need,
I put the upgrades
on later in life.
But right now I need
the basic package
because I'm too busy.
- That sound like you
like some old niggas.
- Come here girl!
- Today I'm actually
having a mixer at my home,
actually my AirBnB,
but I paid for it,
so it's my home.
And you know La'Bri is
inviting some of the girls
that she wants me to
connect with, to work with
for next year
to just help them
have an incredible,
obviously, journey.
- Hey.
- Hi.
- You look so pretty.
- Thank you, you too.
- So, introduce me
to your friends.
- Ladies, this is coach Stormy.
This is the reason why
we're all here tonight.
The energy in the room
when Stormy met the girls,
hoo, you could cut
it with a knife.
It was tension in there,
most definitely.
- Alight, well I wanna know,
tell me your names,
what y'all do?
What y'all plan to do?
- Uh, hi, my name is Dime.
Um, I plan on starting a
non-profit organization
for young teens and wigs
for cancer patients.
- Okay, that's what's up.
- I am LingLing,
nice to meet you.
For me, I model full time.
So I'm tryna take
it off, you know.
- I thought you was kinda cute.
- Awe thank you, thank you.
- Good to see you again.
- Hi.
- I forgot your name though.
- Laina.
Everybody knows what I do
at La'Bri cosmetics.
- I'm working on
my first storefront
here in Atlanta.
So I'm gonna open up this week.
Um, located not too far from
here on Marietta street.
So I'm really excited all
you ladies need to stop by.
- A suite doing what?
- Selling my products.
And I'm gonna have a makeup
artist in there applying them.
- Good for you, about damn time.
- Right.
I knew you was gonna
say something like that.
- What made you want
to do a wig company
for cancer patients?
- Well, I work at the hospital.
- So you don't dance no more?
- Well, I do every now and then.
When I need to go bust a move.
- So you work at the hospital
and you dance?
- And I teach.
- With three jobs, that's
for three people, girl.
You need to donate
two of them back.
- Uh uh, I aint donating
until I get where I need to be
my, all my student
loans paid off
and my daughter
tuition paid off.
I don't feel like
Stormy provided
any information whatsoever.
Like, I still don't know
what the hell she does.
- On my way to this
mixer with La'Bri
that she invited us to.
I'm really just excited,
I mean, me, I'm
the type of person
that I'm always ears open,
mind open for whatever
type of knowledge
someone can offer me.
And then especially because
she's a black female.
I'm definitely interested
to see what she has to say.
Sound like I walked
in on some real good.
- Good to see you again,
you look cute and your
waist is too little.
- Damn y'all thank y'all.
- Lady in red.
- Hey sis.
- I'm sorry I was late,
hey, hey everybody.
- Why you late?
- Honey, this traffic.
Y'all know I live all
the way in the country.
- You got yo man.
- Yes my man.
- Why he put that on your neck?
- Yeah Brie.
- You let him do that?
Why, girl that's
for little children.
- He be wanting people to know
that I'm taken.
- To make it known, put
a ring on your finger
and they'll know real well.
- Oh it's coming
real soon, real soon.
- Don't let no little boy
suck on your neck no more.
- Okay.
- You a grown woman.
A hickey on the neck,
passion mark on the
neck is not cute.
Grown women don't walk around,
bosses don't walk around,
women of God don't walk around
with passion marks
on their necks.
So I automatically knew
that whoever this
dude she was dating
was extremely
childish, you know.
And she thought it was cute.
If you wanna put a
mark on me, nigga,
get me a ring.
What you been doing?
- Really, I have been
trying to dig more into
um,
I don't even really
know what to call it.
- Girl, cause you aint
been doing no digging.
Don't know what you
been digging into.
- I don't know what to call it,
but I don't really know what
the name of it would be.
But I want to-
- So how you was diggin'?
- I know what I'm trying to do,
I just don't know what the
professional name would be called
but I'm trying to-
- So you've been digging for
what it is in your mind first,
then you gonna start
digging for real.
- No actually-
- How you gonna tell me
you researching something
but you don't know
what your researching.
So, now that's, again, my
time is very important.
So you not about to waste
my time and play with me.
So just because of the mere fact
that you couldn't even tell me
what you was researching,
that furthermore validates
that you play too much
and I'm not about to
waste my time with you.
- When I mean I'm
like digging in it
economical growth is more about
how we produce
goods and services,
you know, within
our own community,
keeping it within
our own community.
So, in order for me to be able
to teach somebody else that,
I need to learn more about that.
It's kinda like how.
- So you think economic growth
is about growing
fruits and vegetables?
- No, its, I didn't say that.
I said goods and services.
- No I was asking.
- I said goods and services.
- What have you been
reading to learn it?
- Well I have this book
called Black Economics.
- Girl, you sound
real crazy right now,
you know that, right?
- I don't think
that sounds crazy.
- You need to read real stuff
about application and principal.
- I don't need them.
- You have to understand
wealth philosophies
and wealth principals before
you can ever get wealth.
- But don't we supposed
to learn knowledge
about it first.
- Yeah, but girl I'm not
gonna argue with you,
do what you doin'.
- I didn't even think
we were arguing,
I thought we were just
having a discussion.
- No, I don't like to
debate with people.
And I know what's
true, when I say it
I don't just speak
for my health.
I speak because I
wanna help people.
- So the disconnect came in,
one, when she cut me off
and then I tried to change the
subject to get back on point.
And then it also came in when
I'm trying to get
her to listen to me
and it's like, no, you
just need to listen to me.
- Um, you're a wealth coach.
So what do you specialize in?
- Teach people how to
make money from home.
- Okay.
So what is exactly do you do?
- I'm in a company called
Total Life Changes.
- Okay.
- We are,
health and wellness,
multi-level marketing
and that's one of
the things that I do.
- Okay.
So how could you help us,
as far as the things
that we're trying to do.
- I just wanna help
y'all with principals
and philosophies
and how to think.
My goal is not to hurt y'all,
not to take from y'all
cause I used to be you.
But to show you how
there's a better way.
- When you mean, used to be me.
- I used to be a dancer too.
- Oh, okay.
- The reality is that I
have a soft spot for dancers
because I started
at the age of 16
and I actually danced
for about three years.
So I know what it feels like
to be an exotic dancer,
to be a stripper,
to be in a club.
So I have a soft spot
to help these women
to create an exit strategy,
because I used to be them.
- I want to get out of
the entire lifestyle
without going back.
Even though I went to school
and I have college degrees
and I have this.
I honestly don't
wanna work for anyone.
So, I'm here to absorb
whatever information it is
that you're gonna give.
- I mean it's a process.
You know, most of us, obviously,
in that world,
we're used to fast money.
But it's a process.
You have to unlearn
certain things.
The only one thing
or maybe two things
that I will say that
you should take with you
from the life of being
an exotic dancer,
a stripper, or whatever
title people wanna put on it
is your hustle and your heart.
Because a lot of
times we think we know
what we don't know.
But, listen I'm not tryna
force myself on nobody.
If you don't wanna receive
the information, hey.
I learned that it doesn't matter
if you don't like a person.
If a person has
something to give you
and their willing to
freely give it to you.
Don't let your attitude
get in the way.
- I don't think we're
not trying to receive
the information, it
was like you were kinda
trying to shoot down
what I was already doing.
- That's the problem,
why do women feel that way?
Why are women so quick to
think that somebody else
trying to chew them down.
- It's the way that
it's delivered,
it's the way that
it's delivered.
So it's kinda like
you're looking down,
and like you're saying
your better than.
- No, no, no that's
a self esteem issue
that you have.
- No.
- How you perceive stuff
is a self esteem
issue that you have.
- That's how it's coming off.
- No, no, no,
I'm not gonna debate
with the truth.
The truth never needs
to be debated, never.
I've made millions of dollars
and coached over 12 people
to millionaire status,
I'm not about to
debate with you, you
or nobody.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa,
this is feeling a
little tense over here.
- That's the thing,
when you have to-
- Yeah I'm not doing this,
we're not doing this, Brie.
I'm not doing this,
we not doing this.
- She was a bit
aggressive in her approach
because she wasn't
willing to listen.
- I felt like she was
kinda, attacking you.
- Right.
Like, you don't know
what I been doin'.
If you ask me and I tell you
and the first thing you said
because you aint
been doing nothing.
Now, you put me in the defense.
Because how are you
here to help me?
- Exactly.
- If your first thing
is to tear me down.
- And you're speaking for us
that are still tryna come up.
- Y'all got your own
party over there,
y'all don't like me
no more, y'all mad?
- No, we don't have-
- You was all talk,
conversation away having girl.
- No, dogs get mad.
- Say, you got a real
slick mouth, you know that?
- I know, I know.
- You really do.
I'mma ask God, how old are you?
- I know, I know.
- You need to be
delivered from that mouth.
So what these two young
ladies are not going to do
was come to my house, my mixer,
disrespect me and talk about me?
That's not gonna happen.
Not on my domain.
I'm talking to her first of all.
- First of all, I'm feeling
the vibe too from everything.
- The vibe?
I didn't even say
nothing to you, baby.
- I spoke up, I spoke up,
but I spoke up and I said
the tension was in here
and I could see that you're
giving off an attitude.
- I'm not tryna debate with you.
- We're not here to argue.
- Nobody is saying that.
- Y'all gonna have to
go in a few minutes.
- You're talking to me like
I'm a child to you.
You talk and treat somebody
how you wanna be treated.
This is really irritating me.
- You're little negative
friends right here,
we not about to do this.
- How are we negative,
how are we negative?
Because we feel like as
soon as I came in here
and said, the
first thing I said,
I said I'm doing this-
- But why you standing up?
Have a seat.
- Because I want to stand up
and I want to talk.
- Baby, don't worry bout it.
Let me get me
something to drink.
- Do I got to go?
LeaLea and Stormy argument
went from zero to 100
really, really quick.
- Because you not
about my house.
- People reflect
what you give off.
- And go ahead,
you wanna say something
so bad, baby, go ahead.
Cause you so cute, go ahead,
you wanna say something
so bad, go ahead.
- I already spoke and I'm not
gonna waste my breath on you.
- Okay, baby.
Get your friends outta my house.
- It aint even your
house, it's an AirBnB.
Girl, bye.
- When she was asking
everybody to leave
because I was on my
way out the door anyway
cause I'm just one
of those people,
I don't like my
peace to be disturbed
and I definitely didn't
want to portray that image
that black women
couldn't stand in a room
and empower each other.
So I was gonna remove
myself from the situation.
- You so angry for
no, and you are so-
- I am not angry.
- You give me black power
though, like for real, your hair.
That waist is
little for real too.
That's cause no sugar.
- I'm ready to go.
- That's not sugar,
that waist is no sugar.
- That waist is no sugar.
I'm not eatin' just
because of that waist,
no more sugar for me.
- Girl, bye.
I'm about to get
my bag for real,
and y'all can take
this mic off of me.
I'm like, finna to go.
- Oh you mad in real life?
- Like, I'm like for real.
Cause I don't like
people to paint me
like I'm a negative person.
- Oh yeah, y'all may not
wanna do this with her then,
cause it's not gonna work.
- No, we just don't need
to do it with you anymore.
Because see, you
don't wanna listen.
- Girl, listen, I'm not
about to do this with you.
- Okay, but you keep talking.
- I'm not about to
do this with you.
- But you keep talking.
So if you not gonna do it
with me then stop talking.
- Cause apparently you
very unhappy with yourself.
Girl, I don't kiss ass
and I don't do it anymore
and I have no need
to do it with you.
Girl, get outta here, man.
John, Mr. Warton come in here,
come in here, John before I
turn into a nigga on this girl.
- See, you aint gotta
turn into no nigga.
You aint gotta
turn into no nigga,
cause you probably
already there.
Aint gotta turn into nothing
that you already are.
- I guess it's a part
of my personality
I choose to suppress.
- Okay, well then just-
- That's why I stay
away from people like you.
- We aint gotta turn into shit.
- I know me, I know me.
I suppress this part
of my personality.
But people like you make
me go nigga, for real.
People like you
make me go nigga.
- Next on Beyond the Pole.
- Listen, reality show people,
I will fuck me a mother
fucker up, believe that.
- Let her go.
- You won't even be able
to go to work no more.
- It was just two strong
personalities butting heads.
- So I want you to
be a good example
of how I mopped your
ass across the floor.
Girl, don't play
with me, little girl.
- Does your family know?
- Yeah, all my, all my
sisters have danced before.
- Girl, my daddy would kill
me if he found out I dance.
- Are you finding yourself
trying to beef yourself up
on Instagram and social
media just to keep up?
- No.
- No, I don't feel
like I'm tryna keep up,
I feel like to me,
social media is
marketing and promotion.
- I do feel like LeaLea
kind of dominated
the whole conversation.
It's like, she forgot that
it was a whole row of us
that had to answer
the questions.
If you wanted your
own interview,
you coulda came by yourself.
- This is not
making sense to me.
You was going through
something in your life
and you dropped the ball, man.
- Whoa!
- She don't even
know the situation,
but she is really talking stuff,
talking bad about you.
- As soon as I walk out the room
then everybody wants
to talk about LeaLea,
when I'm in the room
everybody's quiet as fuck.
Like, I don't like that.
- Do you face any opposition,
cause you know,
you're teaching these people
and people don't like
constructive criticism,
some do and some don't.
- Um, I'm experiencing
some resistance.
- Oh, really?
- I don't call it opposition,
cause I'm not gonna
fight with you.
Cause you the one that need me.
So, no opposition to
me seem like a fight.
So I'm not fighting anyone
who really should be humble
and accept the
opportunity to be rescued,
or supported
through your process.
So, it's a little difficult,
it's challenging,
because, you know,
women in the club,
they're very confident.
You know, that's a
part of our costume,
- Absolutely.
- that's a part of what we
gotta wear everyday, you know.
- Some people can receive
it and some people cannot,
but then there's also
a soft side to you
and I'm sure you can imagine
when the ones who
are not receiving it
you go a little-
- A lot of people,
it's hard for them to receive
it because I look like them,
I still look like them.
And so it's like, who
do you think you are?
And so if they can't get
past what I look like,
- And where you are.
- and if they can't get,
it's not gonna work.
And so what works for me is
having that pit bul
in a skirt attitude.
- Cause you do.
- I'm not the little
teacup Yorkie type girl.
That doesn't work for me.
When I was that girl,
I was in the club broke,
hoping somebody would
dance me tonight.
- Right.
- And so that does not work
for me as the coach that I am.
I have to be that aggressive,
that straight in your face,
that, listen, that bold,
that's just who I am.
- Lets see, what brings
you into the world
of adult entertainment?
- Basically, getting
out in the world
doing what I wanted to do.
You know, daddy said
go right, you go left.
- Absolutely.
- So, I got caught
up in the club, like.
- You got caught up.
- Yeah.
- So you pretty much started
at a what, fairly young age?
- I think I was maybe about 20.
Because I remember my
21st birthday at the club.
- At the club.
- I had a shit load of
money, it was, it was,
I thought I was rich.
Shit.
- So are you originally
from Atalanta, or no?
- No, I'm originally
from Miami, Florida,
born and raised.
- I can understand that
and you said you started at 20.
Atlanta is like Miami,
in the sense that the club life,
the adult entertainment
life is so huge, you know.
- But I actually
like Atlanta better,
We don't work as hard.
- Really?
- Mm mm.
Miami, you work really hard.
- Awe.
- But up here they just
throw the money, I like that
- Well, big ups to the ATL.
- Yes, I can appreciate that.
- By all means.
- Don't make me work too
hard, my damn feet hurt.
- I'm not gonna say secrets,
but you're very private
about what you do
and I guess you can
say a double life.
- Yeah.
- That we're living.
Talk to me a little
bit more about that.
- So, I been living
this double life
ever since I can remember.
You know, working in the club,
feeling like my family's
gonna disown me,
they're not gonna
love me, they can't.
Cause my family is military,
nine to five, corporate people.
Nobody in my family is in
this type of lifestyle,
you know what I'm saying?
- So this double
of life is going on
like, right now, strong?
- Yes.
- Oh my gosh.
So, what about when
this show comes out?
- Well, my dad, he
doesn't really watch TV.
He's not into the social media.
It would have to take a real bum
to tell my father what
I'm doing, a real bum.
- What are you gonna say
when the people on
your job find out.
I know you have this
don't care attitude,
but there's still a level of,
you know, ah, to you that.
- Well, the people at my job,
um, as far as the hospital,
nobody's gonna say
anything to me because,
I'm the type of person at work,
I always stay to myself anyway.
So, I don't think nobody would
even feel comfortable enough
to even come to approach me
because I'm always to myself.
I have this look like
don't speak to me.
I'm at work, I'm coming
to do my job, that's it.
- A very unapproachable look.
- Right.
And then at the school,
I mean, I don't think nobody
would really say anything
at the school
because we're always
in our own areas.
I don't sit at the tables.
- And then I guess,
is somebody gonna have
the balls to come to you
and say wow, I didn't
know you were a dancer?
- And I'm gonna be like,
oh wow, you didn't?
I never seen you tip me,
so how would you know?
- Oh, see, look at you.
There you go.
That famous Dime mouthpiece.
- Yes.
- Put your mother
fucking eyes on your lip
and watch your mouth.
- There's probably some bitches
fighting in a strip
club right now.
- You can't just be a bitch,
you have to consider
yourself that bitch.
- Everyone thinks that
dancers make a lot of money.
- Girl we walk in
there some nights,
you gonna pay $100
for your hair,
$45 for your makeup,
you're whole outfit is $100
and you still don't walk
out the club breaking even.
- I'm not going if I'm
not making at least 400,
I feel like I'm kinda
like being insulted,
because I'm really
degrading myself.
- I have a company
called Barcode Solutions.
I train girls on how
to be bottle girls.
- I want you to meet some,
like the other girls as well.
- Okay, that sounds fun.
- You know, we are all
trying to get outta here.
- You're not focused
on your cosmetic line,
that's why it's not flourishing.
- I'm ready to hang my shoes up.
- How're you?
- Hi baby.
I'm so glad you came.
- Yes, thank you for having me.
- No, no, no, no, no,
thank you for coming.
So you ready to
learn some stuff?
- I am.
- Okay, we're gonna
finish setting up
and then we're gonna
get ready for class,
but I'm just so excited
that you're here.
- Okay, thank you.
- All that beauty just
brightened up the whole space.
- Awe.
I went to Tia's Barcode,
you know, class just to see,
really how she operates.
- So we're gonna
pass out packages
for you guys to look over.
- Okay.
Wait wait wait wait, one second.
- } You're Welcome.
My name is Rashida.
- Okay my name is Tiara,
but you know, everyone
calls me Tia Becca.
Thank you ladies for coming
to Barcode Solutions,
our complete service
training course.
I promise you gonna learn a lot.
You gonna learn how
to make your money
and how to hustle these niggas.
Naw, I'm just playing,
that's not the goal.
Customer service is the goal.
We're gonna go over a few laws.
You know, as shallow
as it may seems,
but your look is everything.
- Your appearance.
- You're appearance, and
then preserving yourself.
Because this is a um, industry
that if you drink too much,
you don't get enough
sleep, you smoke
and those late hours,
it will tear you down.
So, we're gonna go
over drink recipes.
We're gonna go up the
proper procedures on
how to set up a VIP and
how to fit your tables.
We gonna show you how
to do all of that,
cause it's a hustle.
The best personality win,
it aint always about
the biggest booty,
it aint always about
the best lace front,
it's about the best personality
and the finesse game.
Okay, so, we're
gonna let Rashida,
she's gonna um, go first.
- We're gonna go into
the bar aspect of things.
Um, give you a little time
just to read over the contracts.
So everybody has a
clear understanding
about what the class is about.
- Can I talk to
you for a second?
- I've done bar, you know
bottle service before
and I really wanted to know,
okay, well she's being
doing this for years.
You know, I only did
it for a few years.
I really wanted to see how
she's keeping up with it.
- So I've been wanting
to talk to you.
- Okay, tell me more.
- Since the Derek Blank event.
How you been?
- Uh, I've been good, yourself?
- Oh, perfect.
I can't even complain.
- But how did you like
the Derek Blanks event?
- I was like, Oh my god I really
didn't get to speak to him
like I really wanted to.
- You a dancer, you
know how to finesse.
- That's true.
- You know how to finesse,
like that was your
finessing moment.
- You should've just
pushed me a little harder
- I really wanted to.
- Like, Mm go!
- Even though I don't
know you as well,
and don't even take
offense to this.
My opinion, the red hair,
and the red eyebrows
is not even you.
You have this timeless beauty
that Derek Blanks and
others will look for.
- Dying to try and
change my hair color.
But everybody's like no,
keep it red, keep it red.
And I'm just like no I want
to change it back to natural.
So when she told me about it,
I just went ahead and decided,
you know what that
was my little push.
- It's something
about your spirit
that don't even fit in there.
- Everybody always
tells me that,
they're like dude,
you're a model.
You should not be here dancing
or doing bottle service.
I did it for five
years, you know I went..
- You did bottle
service for five years?
- Mhm.
- What made you go
back to the pole.
- Well, for one,
I left the state that I was
doing bottle service in.
And coming to Atlanta,
I didn't know anybody.
And every time I
went and applied
it was really hard for me.
So I just had to
stick with dancing
until a club did accept me.
It was,
one of them last
minute solutions.
I lost my business, I had
a hair business out here.
And my investor had to
pull out last minute
because he was also
my spouse at the time.
I found out he was married.
And yanked my whole
business, it went down hill.
- The wife yanked it?
- Yeah she was like either
you take out the money,
or I'm leaving you.
And he was like,
yeah I'm not leaving.
Um, you know lost
all the fancy cars,
lost a big condo,
lost everything.
And I was like, yo,
like I can't do this
I'm at rock bottom, you
know, I'm homeless now.
- And you got a kid.
- I mean yeah, I have
no cars, no nothing.
I'm doing rental cars.
Um, you know I'm
staying out of AirBnB
back and fourth.
- Awe that's tough.
- And I was like..
- With your child?
- Mhm.
And so I was like
this is something
that I have no choice but to do.
I'm like, I need the fast
money and I need it now.
- Its hard to come
back from that.
Like its kinda like this
is lane you gotta stay in,
and you can't really
get out that lane.
You got it.
You got it.
Whether you wanna do bottle
girl, and then do your modeling.
You got it.
You're smile is awesome
and then there's something
about in this industry.
Be tough about your money,
but keep your energy pure.
- My strategy is
okay, I wanna get in, dance,
I'm gonna stack up my money
and get out.
I live by two things.
I say don't touch me
and don't touch my money.
- Okay so, I-you got it.
We gotta get back to the class.
Cause I'm finna show you
some of this finesse game.
- After seeing Ling
Ling on the pole
I decided to invite um,
Dime and Angel Kakes
to a pole class.
- I told somebody,
I'm like hey, no pole,
but I can shake this ass though.
- Today I'm really excited
about going to pole class
with LeaLea.
I'm wanting to get a
chance to talk with her
and know her a little more.
She seemed really fun.
Hey!
- Hey honey, honey!
Let me look at you!
Good to see you.
Angel, this is Dime.
Dime, this is Angel.
- I don't know how good
I'm gonna be on the pole.
I'm not like a pole worker,
I'm more of a
twerker, or a prancer.
so have you guys taken
pole classes before?
- Uh uh.
I'm scared of..
- No I didn't.
I'm gonna try my hardest
to get up though.
- I'm scared of
heights though, y'all.
I aint never..
- That is not that high, LeaLea.
- All my poles are attached
to two legs and a chair.
- My name is Ms. Dime
and as everyone always said
I was a perfect 10.
So I just went with Ms. Dime.
I got started dancing
because my father told me
if I was gonna be in his house
I had to follow his rules
and I didn't wanna
follow his rules.
So, I went out, I started
living a fast life,
I was introduced
into the dance game
and ever since then the
rest has been history.
I have been dancing maybe
10 years on and off.
I'm actually a college graduate.
I have 2 college degrees,
I have a masters degree in
business operations management
with a major in,
as my undergraduate degree
is in criminal justice.
I work two different jobs
and I live a double life.
So, a lot of things
that are gonna come out,
they're going to be
very shocked that I do.
- Hey ladies.
Welcome to Chemistry.
- Hey girl.
I'm Love.
Um, I'm glad to have
you ladies here today.
Who's taken pole before?
- I took it before.
- Even though you've never had
a pole class before,
that does not mean you're
not gonna walk outta here
and know how to do at
least three perfect tricks.
I wanna see what
your strengths are.
- Can we work the
pole with our ass?
- Absolutely, absolutely
- That's the strongest
part of my body
- And I have something
just for that.
I'm gonna have you start,
because I just feel,
I just feel like there's
something in there
that needs to come out.
And so, just stay there, okay?
- Okay.
- So you watch me.
We're gonna take our
hands up really high
and then we're gonna
bring our legs here, mhm?
Uh huh, there you go.
Twist your thighs in.
Twist those, no
keep it straight.
- Uh uh, I ain't gonna do that.
- You got it, you got-
- The ass is too heavy y'all.
- No, that's even better.
- This was actually
my first time
taking a pole dance class.
I mean I have a pole at
home, I do it on my own,
but this is my first
time actually going
to a class for an instructor.
- Walk it back, walk it back,
keep walking it back.
- Oh my god.
- Now bend those knees in.
Bend it in.
Take it out, bring it out.
Oh damn.
- Oh my god.
- Now bring it back up.
- Woo!
- Girl bye,
- My hand is hurting
holding that ass up.
- I knew you had it in you.
- Angel, go try it.
- Come on, you got this.
- My friend, you got this.
Them thighs tight.
- Put that hand up underneath,
right in the middle.
Slide down on it, bring it up.
- Now see, that look
easy right there.
That look easier right there.
- Okay, well you try it.
- I'll try it,
but it definitely,
it look easier
than tryna lift all
this at one time.
Hello, Honey did you miss me?
Um, I actually think Dime
is doing a lot better
than I expected.
Um, and Angel Kakes and I,
we both just look
like we're beginners,
but we gettin' there.
- Act like you're gonna go,
Ya!
So you're going to
go a little bit past
the first foot, yeah
and then whip it straight,
whip it straight.
- Pole dancing class
was really hard for me.
First thing, I don't like,
like merry go rounds,
or like swings, or anything
that goes circular motion.
So I really was scared off,
like oh my gosh, are they gonna
have to call the ambulance?
- Straighten out that leg,
whip it from behind,
whip it in a straight circle.
That's going backwards,
I need you to go forwards.
- That's going
backwards, come on.
Don't be lazy, get
up, lets do this.
Okay.
- Love is like nice,
but she's mean,
bossy bitch.
She's like uh uh,
don't like that,
that's not sexy, get outta here.
- No.
This, wrap around the pole.
- Okay.
- Cause you swung that out
and this ones straight,
there it goes.
- And then we're like this.
- Yes you slide it down.
- And we're like this, and..
- Then you bring it on up.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, good job.
- That's hard on my back.
- Are you, um,
I'm gonna need you to um,
come up and do this because
I haven't got a chance.
- I am not skilled on the pole.
I'm one of the dancer's
that's all cute.
So, I'll just grab the
pole and walk around.
I'm more of a twerker, I can't
really work the pole tricks.
But I mean, if you show me
how to do it, I can do it.
- Here, here.
And the more you lean back,
the faster you gonna go.
So we go here,
whip it.
Bam!
Bam!
That's about as close.
- To all those girls
who are pole dancers,
I take my hat off to you,
but not, it's not for me.
- Five, six, seven, eight.
One, two, three,
uh huh, there we go.
To the floor, to the floor,
to the floor, to the floor.
Bring that leg up, thank you.
- I think I'm doing okay,
but my legs are killing
me, and my arms, hoo!
- Oh that.
- Is that as nasty as it gets?
- Is it, no.
- That's not even.
Y'all playing.
- We tried.
- Y'all playing, y'all playing.
- We was tryna get straight
to the twerking part.
And since we couldn't get
our big asses up the pole,
we did what we do best,
we started twerkin'.
Slingin' ass.
- You guys are the bomb.
- Thank you, thank you.
- The pole class gave me a
new found respect for it.
I absolutely realized
that you work every
muscle in your body trying
to get on that pole.
So, I have a whole
new found respect for
girls who work the pole.
- LeaLea, you a squirter?
- Very much so.
- Damn, my pussy aint
hittin' on nothin'.
- No it's called g-spot,
it's called nobody aint
hittin' your g-spot,
- Everybody does the,
some people just run,
it's like a gush.
- That's what I just
said, that's what mine do.
- But if you wanted
to like spray,
you gonna have to push.
Use them muscles and push.
- But it's a whole
different game,
it's like you gotta
go until you can't,
until you actually
fuckin' gotta pee.
- Yeah.
- But I always pee
before I have sex.
- Yeah, I mean me too.
It's just not really less there
when you're having to pee.
It just feels like
you gotta pee.
- But I'm saying if I
empty out my bladder,
that's probably why I
don't have that urge.
- No, but my bladder is
empty before I have sex too,
because to make sure
I'm not pissing on it.
- I don't give a fuck
about pissing on him.
If he wanted me to piss-
- I mean, that's me
into that freaky shit.
You know, we can R.
Kelly in a minute now.
- I'mma try to squirt,
cause my shit just be, it
be like
- Take off your stuff.
- Hey you guys.
- Hey Elijah.
- How was your day?
- Good.
You see Baby, did
you tell her hi?
- Hi Baby.
- I really sacrificed
a lot this year
with my son.
We have a real strict routine.
- You can go play your game
and then we're gonna
work on homework.
Like no time to
myself of course.
- So how's everything
been going?
- Pretty good, I'm just
trying to get some money.
- Your job isn't
making enough money,
or what's going on with that?
- It's just not consistent.
So I'm really just been looking
and I just came from Chicago.
- Elijah came to move with
me about a year or two ago.
Somehow, some kind of way Elijah
liked the idea of dancing.
I guess I must have
rubbed off on her,
so she decided to
sneak off and go dance.
I mean, I didn't
want you to go dance,
but I wish you would've told me
so I coulda helped
you at least find
somewhere good to work at and
make you a few more dollars.
But, what, how was that?
- Oh no, that's not for me.
The money like, on TV is like,
all the money, but when you
get there its really hard.
- Remember I was telling you.
- Yes.
- Even though it looks like,
you know, glitz and glam in
reality it's a lot, right?
- It's not like that.
- It's not all what
it's cracked up to be.
Like, you see all this stuff
that I have to go through.
Are you really ready for that,
because what you could
do is go to school,
you live here for free,
take advantage of that.
Because you're gonna end
off back at the same place.
How did you even feel,
like when you were
dancing, like was it-
- I feel like I
needed to get a drink,
and if you don't get a drink
then you're not
going to feel like-
- Comfortable.
- Yeah, you're not
gonna feel comfortable
and you're not
gonna wanna do it.
- And not get turnt up.
- Right.
And yeah, so.
- Oh no.
Awe, poor baby.
In a way, Elijah not
making money dancing,
it was kinda like I told you so.
So I'm glad that it
didn't work for her
because she's not even
built to be a dancer.
I'm like working on a
whole bunch of stuff,
and so, you could
be my assistant.
- Really?
- I think you'll,
I thin it'll work better for
you than the dancing thing
and then-
- I do think that.
- And you can still stay here.
We could just set up some goals.
You know, I'm still working on
the dresses, the Angel Kake.
But I'm gonna really
need your help,
cause you're going to help me,
you know, grow my business.
So the more money I make,
the more money you make.
- So I don't have to dance.
- No.
Like, let's focus on you.
I just am glad
that it didn't work
and that like, now she can maybe
take some more advice from me.
JACE.
- YEAH.
- Come on it's
time for homework.
- Okay.
- Did you get, you
got everything?
- Yeah.
- Hello.
Okay, well Angel,
I'm about to go.
- We're gonna set
up a meeting now,
we on a team, we got
some plans going.
I need your help.
- Okay, bye you guys.
- Love you Elijah.
Alright, let me see how
your behavior was today.
Oh, you got a happy face.
I'm so proud of you,
you're doing really
good this year.
You make Mommy so proud.
I've decided to keep
Jace back this year.
He has a IEP, or basically
he's in special ed.
I was in special ed
as a child myself.
I just felt like it was a,
a need that I would not
allow him to move forward
until he learned how to read.
And I'm like dedicating
all my time to him.
Don't look at mine,
don't be trying to
look at the paper.
Jace's dad isn't
involved in his life.
Street life is hard to give up,
just like a dancers
life is hard to give up.
Perfect!
He's, like shown so
much improvement.
Much more of a happier kid.
He loves school and I hope
he starts to love reading.
You me very proud.
- So I got a text saying that
you're not gonna be
able to do the show,
you're gonna move, or
something like that.
So tell me a little bit about
what's going on with you.
- I've kinda just
been place to place.
I'm dealing with my living
situation right now.
You know, I came to set
and you know, I had
to talk to the EP
you know, I didn't
know what to do.
I felt like I had
hit rock bottom.
Dom and Alana went into a room
and they ended up
stealing money from me.
You know, it was $200 but still.
- But it was yours.
- Yeah, it was mine.
- I get it.
- You know, people are
going in and out of my room
when I'm not there.
And you know, I just
didn't feel safe.
- Some of our producers
came to me and told me
LingLing was saying that she
may have to quit the show
and that I really
needed to talk to her.
I decided that we should capture
what was going to happen,
because in this moment I don't
know what she's going to do.
- The people I rented
from is hounding me at.
They're like you're either
gonna pay us some more money,
or y'all get the fuck out.
- Right.
- And that's why I'm like,
okay well, I'm not paying
y'all no more money.
- Well you can
potentially go back home
and they could have
the doors locked
and you can't get in
to get your stuff.
Everyday I'm nervous
to walk up the stairs
and see like, is there a notice,
is the locks changed.
Just to feel that,
you know, that all my
stuff could be gone.
Everything that I
work so hard for,
you know, a place that I lay
my head at to give me peace.
Right now my financial
is at a halt,
like a complete halt.
I don't have permit,
I can't go dance.
I'm not about to go escort,
I'm not about to go sell drugs,
I'm not about to go do a
bunch of stuff that's gonna
you know, put me
already in more jeopardy
than I already am at right now.
At this point if I
can't find somewhere
to lay my head at night,
I'm gonna have to go.
So, it's just like I'm trying.
You know when you feel
like you have no hope
and you feel like
you're alone too,
you feel like you're
at the bottom.
And that's what I felt.
I felt like there
was nothing more
that could be wrong
with my situation.
I don't know at
this point anymore.
It's like every time that I get
one good step into something
it's something negative
that comes into play.
I don't know how I'm
gonna overcome that,
I really don't.
You know, I have
tried to stick it out,
to be here.
And y'all seen I'm here.
You know, I was
like I can't do it.
I don't have much as it is.
- I know this is difficult.
And I commend you
for coming back
and even trying you
know, to do the show.
The more layers you
tell us about yourself,
it's like, there's no
where else to go but up.
- But what is, what
is the difference
between me telling you
and me telling a
bunch of other people.
Everybody just says, oh boo hoo,
sorry that sucks, it's tough,
all you can do is go up.
But what are anybody
doing to help?
Nothing, but they
sit back and watch.
Cause I'm like this
show is so much for me.
This show tells me
you know, who I am
and my struggle and my fight.
But at the same time I'm like
I gotta have stability,
I gotta have a
roof over my head.
- Sometimes you just,
you know, if you have
somebody in another state
that's willing to open
their doors to you
and give you a helping hand
where you can catch up
and get on your feet.
Sometimes you have to do that
and we have to respect that.
- Trust me, I know.
- It's unfortunate, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry that you had
to go through this.
I sympathize, cause you know,
everybody's going
through something.
So I know what it feels like.
- It's not really that
I lost all my hope.
It was that I felt
that I was alone in it.
- Lyfe just text me and
he's on his way here.
I know that he's
a friend of yours,
does he know what's going on?
Lets just proceed as normal
with you as a cast.
Sometimes you just have to let
whatever's happening
in that moment run its course.
You can't step in and intervene.
And as much as you
wanna try to help them,
you have to just kind
of let them talk to you
and talk themselves
through what is happening.
Someone once told me
it's all temporary
and it really is.
You know, it was pouring on us
and now all of a
sudden the sun is out
and I think that's
a sign for you
that, you know,
it's not over.
There's hope.
- I can't give up just yet.
Even though I was
saying it out loud,
out my mouth I was
like okay I'm done.
But in my heart I was like
okay let me try
and still at least,
let me try and talk to
this one more place,
let me try and do this
one more last thing.
- It's a new beginning.
Cause we're not
giving up on you yet,
we're not.
Alright.
- Yoga has changed Jace's life.
He's understanding how to
like, ground himself.
I always say to him,
like, abundance attracts me
and we always repeat
these positive phrases
so that he can understand.
Like, use your mind,
become one with yourself.
If I could teach him
those small things
as a young boy,
um, I think it will keep
him out of lots of trouble.
I like for my son to be as
much of a boy as possible.
Um, because I am the
mom and dad right now.
And I think a lot of
men don't do yoga,
but I think it will
really help them
channel into their inner self.
You know, figure
out some things,
think about some
things, get grounded.
- So Lyfe was supposed to
meet me with me already.
You know, to talk to me
a little bit more about
what's going on with my son.
But, with me having a breakdown
and everything that was going on
right then and there.
I didn't know how to hold it in.
So, I kinda just spoke
what was more on my mind,
what was more right
then and there
that was happening.
You know, things that I
couldn't control right then.
Thank you for coming.
I really, really needed
to clear my mind and talk.
- You acted like there
was a fire somewhere, man.
You gotta talk to me, man.
- So much is going on.
You know, I just came from
losing everything I owned
to getting back the
little bit that I do got
and I'm afraid, you know,
that once again its going
to be all taken from me
and it wasn't
because of my choice.
My relationship with Lyfe,
he's been there for me
through the good times,
the bad times.
You can never really put a
title on somebody that's pure
and that's good to you.
Well, the people that, the place
that I'm renting from right now,
they're hounding me for
the money for this month,
for this months rent.
But I looked up the rent
amount for that unit
and it's over two grand
and I'm paying you guys $1200,
who's paying the
rest of the amount
because I know damn
well their not.
It's just eventually
gonna end up in eviction.
- You know, we been
friends for a little while
and I been listening to,
you know, the
stuff that you been
through for these
last couple months.
I usually try to make
it a point to not
pull somebody out a situation
that God prepared for 'em,
because that's where
your blessings is at.
You know what I'm saying?
You never judge
some by how it look,
cause it's always the opposite.
But with all that said,
I don't want you think that
I just didn't wanna help you,
I just didn't wanna pull
you out the situation.
But, I think I got a solution
to your problem though.
- It was shocking.
Like I was not expecting to
hear that out of his mouth.
You know it was like,
how do I react?
Like I really just wanna know
details, details, details.
- The situation I
wanna propose to you
is just this right here.
I'm building a house
right now, right?
The house is almost
done being built.
It's like a month
away from being done.
I was actually going
to hire somebody
to come and like wait,
house sit over there
while I'm moving around.
So, the reason why that I say
this might be a
good exchange for us
is because I'm not
pulling you outta nothing.
Like this is something that
you actually gotta go work.
Like there's shit that need
to be cleaned over there.
And then, when I do move in,
you know my other
crib that's me.
So I'm gonna AirBnB that guy.
So, what you could do is
you could be part of the AirBnb.
You could go in like
as a house helper,
as a house keeper
or whatever it is.
Then you don't gotta worry
about no gig for a while,
you dig what I'm saying?
You better move around,
take care of your situations
and you just be apart of that
and I'll pay you to do that.
You dig what I'm saying?
- Mhm.
- And then I think like as
an advanced payment on that
I think I'mma just
write you a cheque,
you dig what I'm saying?
It's not a hand out,
it's an advance payment on
what I want you to do for me.
You dig?
- I appreciate it.
- Does that work for you though?
- I mean, I feel
like once you get
everything in order
you can give me the
exact what you want,
you know what I mean.
Rather than just
trying to wing it.
I'd rather like to know.
- You gotta stop that
too, you know that?
- What?
- Cause god will give
you blessings sometimes
and your ass will by like,
we'll see what it is.
- No I just want you to
give me the direct thing
that you need.
- Move the dog
like under the bed.
My nigga, like you gotta again,
like everything that
you've ever asked for
was already on the
fucking way, man.
All you gotta do
is stay conscious.
- Thinking, thinking, thinking.
I always try and
think for the future
and unfortunately, you know,
sometimes that's
not good for me.
But that's just
how my brain work.
Now I wanna be prepared for
having to go through the worst,
or going through the best.
- Have anything that
you planned ever went
exactly according to
plan in your life, ever?
- I know.
- Ever, one time?
In my life it never has.
- I learned that
too but its like
you got no choice but to
trying and give a little bit,
you know, try and plan a
little bit for your future.
- No you don't.
See, that's the remarkable
thing about humans
is where they always fuck up.
You think that you
have to plan something
and you put all
these stipulations
on something that you've
already asked for.
All you gotta do is sit back
and wait on him to deliver it.
You can't ask for it again,
plan how he gonna
give it to you.
- I had no thought that it
was gonna happen for me.
I really thought
I hit rock bottom
and that I was gonna
have to leave the state.
- I feel you, man.
But either way,
at least you got some
time to figure it out
without worrying about getting
put out another spot, right?
Aiight?
- Thank you.
- I gotta get back
to these kids, man.
- Yes, yes.
- Love seeing you.
Call me later on.
You look great,
outstanding, aiight?
- Thank you.
Thank you again.
- Hey.
- Hey La'Bri, how you doing?
- I'm good, how you doin'?
You look really good!
- So do you.
So, how you doin' you alright?
- I'm okay, I look a mess girl,
waitin' on makeup
to get here now.
She in traffic.
- Awesome, awesome.
So you ready for wine mixer?
- Yes.
I can't wait, I told all
the ladies about you.
Everyone's super excited
to meet the infamous
coach Stormy.
- Awesome, who you bringin'?
How many it's gonna be?
How many girls?
- Um, I know LeaLea
told me she's coming,
Angel tell me she's coming,
Laina is supposed to be coming,
and LingLing.
So maybe like four
or five of us.
I also invited Ms. Dime, so.
Probably about
four or five girls.
- Let me know exactly
so I can have some food
and you know, cocktails
and stuff, okay?
- Alright. See ya later.
- But guys don't do
four play no more,
so you do need it.
- Shit.
They gonna eat this ass.
Let me tell you something.
- I aint gonna say nothing,
he aint gotta eat the ass.
- I don't like it,
but I do like my ass eaten.
- No I aint gonna sit all day.
You aint gotta eat this ass
cause I know this is a big ass
and I'm not tryna kill nobody.
- No, I needa know that
you willing to suffocate
behind eatin' this ass.
- But the question
is do men kiss you
after you suck they dick?
- I'm not a cancer,
I'm not a cancer.
- Man, if I suck this mans dick
and he decide he don't
wanna kiss me back,
I'm-
no, you gonna get this.
- My niggas be
kissing me while they,
shh, this shit has
changed lives, baby.
Hey sis, hey, you hear me?
I want a nigga to hold
his leg and be, mm.
- No, I'mma do
the basic package,
I don't need,
I put the upgrades
on later in life.
But right now I need
the basic package
because I'm too busy.
- That sound like you
like some old niggas.
- Come here girl!
- Today I'm actually
having a mixer at my home,
actually my AirBnB,
but I paid for it,
so it's my home.
And you know La'Bri is
inviting some of the girls
that she wants me to
connect with, to work with
for next year
to just help them
have an incredible,
obviously, journey.
- Hey.
- Hi.
- You look so pretty.
- Thank you, you too.
- So, introduce me
to your friends.
- Ladies, this is coach Stormy.
This is the reason why
we're all here tonight.
The energy in the room
when Stormy met the girls,
hoo, you could cut
it with a knife.
It was tension in there,
most definitely.
- Alight, well I wanna know,
tell me your names,
what y'all do?
What y'all plan to do?
- Uh, hi, my name is Dime.
Um, I plan on starting a
non-profit organization
for young teens and wigs
for cancer patients.
- Okay, that's what's up.
- I am LingLing,
nice to meet you.
For me, I model full time.
So I'm tryna take
it off, you know.
- I thought you was kinda cute.
- Awe thank you, thank you.
- Good to see you again.
- Hi.
- I forgot your name though.
- Laina.
Everybody knows what I do
at La'Bri cosmetics.
- I'm working on
my first storefront
here in Atlanta.
So I'm gonna open up this week.
Um, located not too far from
here on Marietta street.
So I'm really excited all
you ladies need to stop by.
- A suite doing what?
- Selling my products.
And I'm gonna have a makeup
artist in there applying them.
- Good for you, about damn time.
- Right.
I knew you was gonna
say something like that.
- What made you want
to do a wig company
for cancer patients?
- Well, I work at the hospital.
- So you don't dance no more?
- Well, I do every now and then.
When I need to go bust a move.
- So you work at the hospital
and you dance?
- And I teach.
- With three jobs, that's
for three people, girl.
You need to donate
two of them back.
- Uh uh, I aint donating
until I get where I need to be
my, all my student
loans paid off
and my daughter
tuition paid off.
I don't feel like
Stormy provided
any information whatsoever.
Like, I still don't know
what the hell she does.
- On my way to this
mixer with La'Bri
that she invited us to.
I'm really just excited,
I mean, me, I'm
the type of person
that I'm always ears open,
mind open for whatever
type of knowledge
someone can offer me.
And then especially because
she's a black female.
I'm definitely interested
to see what she has to say.
Sound like I walked
in on some real good.
- Good to see you again,
you look cute and your
waist is too little.
- Damn y'all thank y'all.
- Lady in red.
- Hey sis.
- I'm sorry I was late,
hey, hey everybody.
- Why you late?
- Honey, this traffic.
Y'all know I live all
the way in the country.
- You got yo man.
- Yes my man.
- Why he put that on your neck?
- Yeah Brie.
- You let him do that?
Why, girl that's
for little children.
- He be wanting people to know
that I'm taken.
- To make it known, put
a ring on your finger
and they'll know real well.
- Oh it's coming
real soon, real soon.
- Don't let no little boy
suck on your neck no more.
- Okay.
- You a grown woman.
A hickey on the neck,
passion mark on the
neck is not cute.
Grown women don't walk around,
bosses don't walk around,
women of God don't walk around
with passion marks
on their necks.
So I automatically knew
that whoever this
dude she was dating
was extremely
childish, you know.
And she thought it was cute.
If you wanna put a
mark on me, nigga,
get me a ring.
What you been doing?
- Really, I have been
trying to dig more into
um,
I don't even really
know what to call it.
- Girl, cause you aint
been doing no digging.
Don't know what you
been digging into.
- I don't know what to call it,
but I don't really know what
the name of it would be.
But I want to-
- So how you was diggin'?
- I know what I'm trying to do,
I just don't know what the
professional name would be called
but I'm trying to-
- So you've been digging for
what it is in your mind first,
then you gonna start
digging for real.
- No actually-
- How you gonna tell me
you researching something
but you don't know
what your researching.
So, now that's, again, my
time is very important.
So you not about to waste
my time and play with me.
So just because of the mere fact
that you couldn't even tell me
what you was researching,
that furthermore validates
that you play too much
and I'm not about to
waste my time with you.
- When I mean I'm
like digging in it
economical growth is more about
how we produce
goods and services,
you know, within
our own community,
keeping it within
our own community.
So, in order for me to be able
to teach somebody else that,
I need to learn more about that.
It's kinda like how.
- So you think economic growth
is about growing
fruits and vegetables?
- No, its, I didn't say that.
I said goods and services.
- No I was asking.
- I said goods and services.
- What have you been
reading to learn it?
- Well I have this book
called Black Economics.
- Girl, you sound
real crazy right now,
you know that, right?
- I don't think
that sounds crazy.
- You need to read real stuff
about application and principal.
- I don't need them.
- You have to understand
wealth philosophies
and wealth principals before
you can ever get wealth.
- But don't we supposed
to learn knowledge
about it first.
- Yeah, but girl I'm not
gonna argue with you,
do what you doin'.
- I didn't even think
we were arguing,
I thought we were just
having a discussion.
- No, I don't like to
debate with people.
And I know what's
true, when I say it
I don't just speak
for my health.
I speak because I
wanna help people.
- So the disconnect came in,
one, when she cut me off
and then I tried to change the
subject to get back on point.
And then it also came in when
I'm trying to get
her to listen to me
and it's like, no, you
just need to listen to me.
- Um, you're a wealth coach.
So what do you specialize in?
- Teach people how to
make money from home.
- Okay.
So what is exactly do you do?
- I'm in a company called
Total Life Changes.
- Okay.
- We are,
health and wellness,
multi-level marketing
and that's one of
the things that I do.
- Okay.
So how could you help us,
as far as the things
that we're trying to do.
- I just wanna help
y'all with principals
and philosophies
and how to think.
My goal is not to hurt y'all,
not to take from y'all
cause I used to be you.
But to show you how
there's a better way.
- When you mean, used to be me.
- I used to be a dancer too.
- Oh, okay.
- The reality is that I
have a soft spot for dancers
because I started
at the age of 16
and I actually danced
for about three years.
So I know what it feels like
to be an exotic dancer,
to be a stripper,
to be in a club.
So I have a soft spot
to help these women
to create an exit strategy,
because I used to be them.
- I want to get out of
the entire lifestyle
without going back.
Even though I went to school
and I have college degrees
and I have this.
I honestly don't
wanna work for anyone.
So, I'm here to absorb
whatever information it is
that you're gonna give.
- I mean it's a process.
You know, most of us, obviously,
in that world,
we're used to fast money.
But it's a process.
You have to unlearn
certain things.
The only one thing
or maybe two things
that I will say that
you should take with you
from the life of being
an exotic dancer,
a stripper, or whatever
title people wanna put on it
is your hustle and your heart.
Because a lot of
times we think we know
what we don't know.
But, listen I'm not tryna
force myself on nobody.
If you don't wanna receive
the information, hey.
I learned that it doesn't matter
if you don't like a person.
If a person has
something to give you
and their willing to
freely give it to you.
Don't let your attitude
get in the way.
- I don't think we're
not trying to receive
the information, it
was like you were kinda
trying to shoot down
what I was already doing.
- That's the problem,
why do women feel that way?
Why are women so quick to
think that somebody else
trying to chew them down.
- It's the way that
it's delivered,
it's the way that
it's delivered.
So it's kinda like
you're looking down,
and like you're saying
your better than.
- No, no, no that's
a self esteem issue
that you have.
- No.
- How you perceive stuff
is a self esteem
issue that you have.
- That's how it's coming off.
- No, no, no,
I'm not gonna debate
with the truth.
The truth never needs
to be debated, never.
I've made millions of dollars
and coached over 12 people
to millionaire status,
I'm not about to
debate with you, you
or nobody.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa,
this is feeling a
little tense over here.
- That's the thing,
when you have to-
- Yeah I'm not doing this,
we're not doing this, Brie.
I'm not doing this,
we not doing this.
- She was a bit
aggressive in her approach
because she wasn't
willing to listen.
- I felt like she was
kinda, attacking you.
- Right.
Like, you don't know
what I been doin'.
If you ask me and I tell you
and the first thing you said
because you aint
been doing nothing.
Now, you put me in the defense.
Because how are you
here to help me?
- Exactly.
- If your first thing
is to tear me down.
- And you're speaking for us
that are still tryna come up.
- Y'all got your own
party over there,
y'all don't like me
no more, y'all mad?
- No, we don't have-
- You was all talk,
conversation away having girl.
- No, dogs get mad.
- Say, you got a real
slick mouth, you know that?
- I know, I know.
- You really do.
I'mma ask God, how old are you?
- I know, I know.
- You need to be
delivered from that mouth.
So what these two young
ladies are not going to do
was come to my house, my mixer,
disrespect me and talk about me?
That's not gonna happen.
Not on my domain.
I'm talking to her first of all.
- First of all, I'm feeling
the vibe too from everything.
- The vibe?
I didn't even say
nothing to you, baby.
- I spoke up, I spoke up,
but I spoke up and I said
the tension was in here
and I could see that you're
giving off an attitude.
- I'm not tryna debate with you.
- We're not here to argue.
- Nobody is saying that.
- Y'all gonna have to
go in a few minutes.
- You're talking to me like
I'm a child to you.
You talk and treat somebody
how you wanna be treated.
This is really irritating me.
- You're little negative
friends right here,
we not about to do this.
- How are we negative,
how are we negative?
Because we feel like as
soon as I came in here
and said, the
first thing I said,
I said I'm doing this-
- But why you standing up?
Have a seat.
- Because I want to stand up
and I want to talk.
- Baby, don't worry bout it.
Let me get me
something to drink.
- Do I got to go?
LeaLea and Stormy argument
went from zero to 100
really, really quick.
- Because you not
about my house.
- People reflect
what you give off.
- And go ahead,
you wanna say something
so bad, baby, go ahead.
Cause you so cute, go ahead,
you wanna say something
so bad, go ahead.
- I already spoke and I'm not
gonna waste my breath on you.
- Okay, baby.
Get your friends outta my house.
- It aint even your
house, it's an AirBnB.
Girl, bye.
- When she was asking
everybody to leave
because I was on my
way out the door anyway
cause I'm just one
of those people,
I don't like my
peace to be disturbed
and I definitely didn't
want to portray that image
that black women
couldn't stand in a room
and empower each other.
So I was gonna remove
myself from the situation.
- You so angry for
no, and you are so-
- I am not angry.
- You give me black power
though, like for real, your hair.
That waist is
little for real too.
That's cause no sugar.
- I'm ready to go.
- That's not sugar,
that waist is no sugar.
- That waist is no sugar.
I'm not eatin' just
because of that waist,
no more sugar for me.
- Girl, bye.
I'm about to get
my bag for real,
and y'all can take
this mic off of me.
I'm like, finna to go.
- Oh you mad in real life?
- Like, I'm like for real.
Cause I don't like
people to paint me
like I'm a negative person.
- Oh yeah, y'all may not
wanna do this with her then,
cause it's not gonna work.
- No, we just don't need
to do it with you anymore.
Because see, you
don't wanna listen.
- Girl, listen, I'm not
about to do this with you.
- Okay, but you keep talking.
- I'm not about to
do this with you.
- But you keep talking.
So if you not gonna do it
with me then stop talking.
- Cause apparently you
very unhappy with yourself.
Girl, I don't kiss ass
and I don't do it anymore
and I have no need
to do it with you.
Girl, get outta here, man.
John, Mr. Warton come in here,
come in here, John before I
turn into a nigga on this girl.
- See, you aint gotta
turn into no nigga.
You aint gotta
turn into no nigga,
cause you probably
already there.
Aint gotta turn into nothing
that you already are.
- I guess it's a part
of my personality
I choose to suppress.
- Okay, well then just-
- That's why I stay
away from people like you.
- We aint gotta turn into shit.
- I know me, I know me.
I suppress this part
of my personality.
But people like you make
me go nigga, for real.
People like you
make me go nigga.
- Next on Beyond the Pole.
- Listen, reality show people,
I will fuck me a mother
fucker up, believe that.
- Let her go.
- You won't even be able
to go to work no more.
- It was just two strong
personalities butting heads.
- So I want you to
be a good example
of how I mopped your
ass across the floor.
Girl, don't play
with me, little girl.
- Does your family know?
- Yeah, all my, all my
sisters have danced before.
- Girl, my daddy would kill
me if he found out I dance.
- Are you finding yourself
trying to beef yourself up
on Instagram and social
media just to keep up?
- No.
- No, I don't feel
like I'm tryna keep up,
I feel like to me,
social media is
marketing and promotion.
- I do feel like LeaLea
kind of dominated
the whole conversation.
It's like, she forgot that
it was a whole row of us
that had to answer
the questions.
If you wanted your
own interview,
you coulda came by yourself.
- This is not
making sense to me.
You was going through
something in your life
and you dropped the ball, man.
- Whoa!
- She don't even
know the situation,
but she is really talking stuff,
talking bad about you.
- As soon as I walk out the room
then everybody wants
to talk about LeaLea,
when I'm in the room
everybody's quiet as fuck.
Like, I don't like that.
- Do you face any opposition,
cause you know,
you're teaching these people
and people don't like
constructive criticism,
some do and some don't.
- Um, I'm experiencing
some resistance.
- Oh, really?
- I don't call it opposition,
cause I'm not gonna
fight with you.
Cause you the one that need me.
So, no opposition to
me seem like a fight.
So I'm not fighting anyone
who really should be humble
and accept the
opportunity to be rescued,
or supported
through your process.
So, it's a little difficult,
it's challenging,
because, you know,
women in the club,
they're very confident.
You know, that's a
part of our costume,
- Absolutely.
- that's a part of what we
gotta wear everyday, you know.
- Some people can receive
it and some people cannot,
but then there's also
a soft side to you
and I'm sure you can imagine
when the ones who
are not receiving it
you go a little-
- A lot of people,
it's hard for them to receive
it because I look like them,
I still look like them.
And so it's like, who
do you think you are?
And so if they can't get
past what I look like,
- And where you are.
- and if they can't get,
it's not gonna work.
And so what works for me is
having that pit bul
in a skirt attitude.
- Cause you do.
- I'm not the little
teacup Yorkie type girl.
That doesn't work for me.
When I was that girl,
I was in the club broke,
hoping somebody would
dance me tonight.
- Right.
- And so that does not work
for me as the coach that I am.
I have to be that aggressive,
that straight in your face,
that, listen, that bold,
that's just who I am.
- Lets see, what brings
you into the world
of adult entertainment?
- Basically, getting
out in the world
doing what I wanted to do.
You know, daddy said
go right, you go left.
- Absolutely.
- So, I got caught
up in the club, like.
- You got caught up.
- Yeah.
- So you pretty much started
at a what, fairly young age?
- I think I was maybe about 20.
Because I remember my
21st birthday at the club.
- At the club.
- I had a shit load of
money, it was, it was,
I thought I was rich.
Shit.
- So are you originally
from Atalanta, or no?
- No, I'm originally
from Miami, Florida,
born and raised.
- I can understand that
and you said you started at 20.
Atlanta is like Miami,
in the sense that the club life,
the adult entertainment
life is so huge, you know.
- But I actually
like Atlanta better,
We don't work as hard.
- Really?
- Mm mm.
Miami, you work really hard.
- Awe.
- But up here they just
throw the money, I like that
- Well, big ups to the ATL.
- Yes, I can appreciate that.
- By all means.
- Don't make me work too
hard, my damn feet hurt.
- I'm not gonna say secrets,
but you're very private
about what you do
and I guess you can
say a double life.
- Yeah.
- That we're living.
Talk to me a little
bit more about that.
- So, I been living
this double life
ever since I can remember.
You know, working in the club,
feeling like my family's
gonna disown me,
they're not gonna
love me, they can't.
Cause my family is military,
nine to five, corporate people.
Nobody in my family is in
this type of lifestyle,
you know what I'm saying?
- So this double
of life is going on
like, right now, strong?
- Yes.
- Oh my gosh.
So, what about when
this show comes out?
- Well, my dad, he
doesn't really watch TV.
He's not into the social media.
It would have to take a real bum
to tell my father what
I'm doing, a real bum.
- What are you gonna say
when the people on
your job find out.
I know you have this
don't care attitude,
but there's still a level of,
you know, ah, to you that.
- Well, the people at my job,
um, as far as the hospital,
nobody's gonna say
anything to me because,
I'm the type of person at work,
I always stay to myself anyway.
So, I don't think nobody would
even feel comfortable enough
to even come to approach me
because I'm always to myself.
I have this look like
don't speak to me.
I'm at work, I'm coming
to do my job, that's it.
- A very unapproachable look.
- Right.
And then at the school,
I mean, I don't think nobody
would really say anything
at the school
because we're always
in our own areas.
I don't sit at the tables.
- And then I guess,
is somebody gonna have
the balls to come to you
and say wow, I didn't
know you were a dancer?
- And I'm gonna be like,
oh wow, you didn't?
I never seen you tip me,
so how would you know?
- Oh, see, look at you.
There you go.
That famous Dime mouthpiece.
- Yes.