Frenemies (2013–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - Text, Lies & Murder - full transcript

Narrator:
A RISING RAP STAR BONDS

WITH A QUINTESSENTIAL
GIRL NEXT DOOR.

SOMETIMES THE OPPOSITES
IN FRIENDSHIPS ATTRACT.

Narrator:
THEY BECOME FAST FRIENDS,

LIVING IN THE FAST LANE.

[ CORK POPS ]Woman: WHOO!

Narrator: UNTIL ONE DAY,

BROKEN TRUST AND BETRAYAL

BRING THE PARTY
TO A CRASHING HALT.

SHE FELT LIKE SHE HAD BEEN USED,
LIED TO, DISRESPECTED.

SHE FELT VIOLATED.



Narrator:
AND WANTS REVENGE.

Bryant:
IT WAS UNBELIEVABLE.

HOW COULD ONE FRIEND
DO THAT TO ANOTHER?

[ GUNSHOT ]

Narrator:
KEEP YOUR FRIENDS CLOSE...

AND YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.

CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

REMINISCE SMITH,
ALSO KNOWN AS REMY,

GROWS UP IN HOUSING PROJECTS
IN QUEENS, NEW YORK,

BUT OFTEN STAYS WITH HER
GRANDMOTHER IN THE BRONX.

HER LIFE IS UNSTABLE.

SHE HAD A TOUGH CHILDHOOD.

SHE GREW UP AROUND DRUGS.

SHE'S ESTRANGED
FROM HER STEPFATHER.



Narrator: WHILE REMY
IS STILL A TEENAGER,

HER MOTHER OFTEN LEAVES HER

TO CARE FOR HER BROTHERS
AND SISTERS.

THEN, WHEN REMY IS 13,
HER MOM IS INCARCERATED.

SHE WAS FORCED TO BE AN ADULT
AND A PARENT, REALLY,

LONG BEFORE ANYBODY SHOULD BE.

Raysor: SHE WAS HOMELESS,
SHE SLEPT ON THE STREET,

SHE'S BEEN IN SHELTERS.

Miss Jones:
WHEN YOU GROW UP WITHOUT
SOLID PARENTS IN THE HOME,

AND YOU'RE CONSTANTLY FIGHTING
AND HARD-EDGED,

THAT JUST BECOMES A PART
OF YOUR PERSONALITY.

Narrator: LONELY AND STRUGGLING
TO SURVIVE,

REMY'S ONLY ESCAPE
IS WRITING POETRY.

REMY WROTE GREAT POETRY.

THAT'S WHAT INSPIRED HER TO TURN
THE POETRY INTO ACTUAL RAP.

[ Rapping ]
♪ THEY DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL

♪ THEY ALWAYS LOOKING
IN MY FACE ♪

♪ ACTING LIKE IT AIN'T
WHAT IT IS ♪

Narrator:
AN ASPIRING ARTIST,

SHE COMPETES
IN LOCAL RAP CONTESTS

AGAINST OTHER BUDDING TALENT.

♪ EVERYWHERE WE GO,
WE RAP LIKE WE GETTING JACKED ♪

Bryant: AND IN THAT TIGHT
BRONX COMMUNITY,

THE WORK THAT SHE'S DOING
IS STARTING TO BECOME KNOWN.

Narrator:
WITH DREAMS OF STARDOM,

REMY IS FINDING HER WAY
IN THE MUSIC WORLD.

BUT AT 18, SHE FACES
YET ANOTHER CHALLENGE.

SINGLE AND BARELY
MAKING ENDS MEET,

REMY FINDS HERSELF PREGNANT.

Miss Jones:
REMY WAS A YOUNG MOM,

AND PART OF HER PUSH AND DESIRE

TO BE HUGE WAS SO THAT SHE COULD
TAKE CARE OF HER FAMILY.

Narrator: AND SHE DOESN'T LET
MOTHERHOOD STOP HER CAREER.

IN FACT,
OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS,

REMY'S REPUTATION GROWS AS A
QUICK-WITTED AND COCKY LYRICIST,

CATCHING THE ATTENTION
OF THE WELL-KNOWN HIP-HOP GROUP,

THE TERROR SQUAD.

SHE BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE
MEMBER OF THE TERROR SQUAD.

Bryant:
SHE'S HIT THE BIG TIME.

THIS LITTLE GIRL FROM
THE PROJECTS HAS MADE IT.

Narrator: THE 23-YEAR-OLD'S
DRIVE IS PAYING OFF.

IN 2005, SHE WINS A BET AWARD,

AND IS ALSO NOMINATED
FOR A GRAMMY

FOR TERROR SQUAD'S HIT SONG,
"LEAN BACK."

REMY IS ON TOP OF THE WORLD.

ONE NIGHT IN DECEMBER, 2006,

25-YEAR-OLD REMY GOES TO
A NEW YORK CITY NIGHT CLUB

WITH HER FRIEND CRYSTAL.

HI, REMY. HOW ARE YOU?

THERE, SHE MEETS
MAKEDA BARNES-JOSEPH,

WHO IS OUT CELEBRATING
HER 23rd BIRTHDAY.

Bryant: CRYSTAL BRINGS REMY
TO THE PARTY

BECAUSE SHE THINKS THAT REMY
AND MAKEDA MIGHT HIT IT OFF.

Narrator:
MAKEDA IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZES

THE GRAMMY-NOMINATED RAPPER.

Bryant:
OF COURSE SHE'S EXCITED.

REMY MA IS RIGHT THERE
AT HER PARTY.

THIS IS SOMEONE
SHE'S LISTENED TO.

SHE KNOWS THIS RAP STAR.

Narrator: BUT THE TWO WOMEN
COULDN'T BE MORE DIFFERENT.

MAKEDA ALSO HAILS
FROM THE BRONX,

BUT FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE TRACKS REMY GREW UP IN.

SHE IS FROM A STABLE HOME
WITH LOVING PARENTS.

MAKEDA WAS THE NUMBER 1 CHILD
IN THE FAMILY.

SHE GOT A LOT
OF WHAT SHE WANTED.

Narrator: SHE'S MAGNETIC,
POPULAR THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL,

WITH NO SHORTAGE OF FRIENDS.

MAKEDA IS ATTRACTIVE,
A VERY BUBBLY PERSONALITY.

Narrator:
SHE'S ALSO HARDWORKING

AND GRADUATES FROM COLLEGE
WITH A DEGREE IN MARKETING.

HER FAMILY WAS VERY PROUD
OF HER,

THAT SHE HAD GRADUATED.

Narrator:
DESPITE THEIR DIFFERENCES,

REMY AND MAKEDA START
TO HANG OUT REGULARLY.

Bryant: AS MAKEDA AND REMY ARE
GETTING TO KNOW ONE ANOTHER --

THEY LIKE THE SAME KINDS
OF MUSIC,

THEY LIKE THE SAME KINDS
OF CLUBS --

TURNS OUT, A FEW YEARS AGO,

THEY BOTH DATED THE SAME GUY
AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

SO THEY HAVE A LOT OF THINGS
IN COMMON.

Narrator: BUT NEITHER GIRL COULD
PREDICT THEIR BUDDING FRIENDSHIP

WOULD SOON BE SPLIT APART
BY VIOLENCE.

AS TIME GOES BY, REMY BECOMES
MORE COMFORTABLE WITH MAKEDA.

WITH HER, SHE DOESN'T HAVE
TO BE REMY, THE BIG STAR.

THEY TALKED ABOUT ANYTHING,
EVERYTHING.

THEY LIKED EACH OTHER.

THEY WERE BEGINNING TO BOND.

THEY GO TO BARBECUES,
THEY GO SHOPPING,

THEY GO GET A MANI-PEDI.

THEY'RE DOING
REGULAR GIRL THINGS,

AND REMY LIKES THAT.

Miss Jones:
REMY ALWAYS CAME OFF

AS BEING HARD AND COARSE
AND ROUGH,

BUT THERE WAS A SOFT SIDE
OF REMY AS WELL,

THAT CARED ABOUT PEOPLE,

THAT WANTED TO BE LOVED
AND WANTED TO BE FEMININE.

Narrator: MAKEDA MARVELS
OVER REMY'S BOLD EXTERIOR

AND LIKES THAT
IT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

FROM HER OWN
GIRL-NEXT-DOOR PERSONA.

SOMETIMES THE OPPOSITES
IN FRIENDSHIPS ATTRACT.

Narrator:
REMY'S RAP-STAR LIFE

IS FILLED WITH GLITZ
AND GLAMOUR,

AND SHE OFTEN INCLUDES MAKEDA
AND CRYSTAL,

THE GIRL WHO INTRODUCED THEM,
WHEN ATTENDING INDUSTRY INVENTS.

THEY LIKE THE EXCITEMENT,

THE RAP GAME,
THE BOTTLE-POPPING.

[ CORK POPS ]WHOO!

Bryant: NOT TOO LONG AGO,
SHE WAS THE UNWED TEEN MOM.

INSIDE, SHE'S GOT TO BE
JUST EXPLODING

WITH THE FEAR AND INSECURITY

THAT COMES WITH THAT KIND
OF RAPID SUCCESS,

BUT ON THE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW,
SHE'S THE QUEEN.

SHE'S REMY MA,

AND SHE ENJOYS THIS WALK
DOWN THE RED CARPET.

Narrator: BUT IT SEEMS THE LINE
THAT ONCE DIVIDED

REMY'S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
PERSONAS IS BLURRING.

MAKEDA NOTICES REMY'S NEED
TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION,

AND AFTER A WHILE,
THE DRAMA IS CONSTANT,

EVEN WHEN IT'S JUST
HER AND THE GIRLS.

REMY'S PERSONALITY WAS BIG,
TO SAY THE LEAST.

Narrator: SO BIG, IT STARTS
TO GRATE ON MAKEDA'S NERVES.

Raysor: REMY, SHE HAD A CHIP
ON HER SHOULDER,

SO SOMETIMES SHE WOULD
TURN PEOPLE OFF.

Narrator:
BUT NO ONE COULD'VE IMAGINED

THAT SHARING THE SPOTLIGHT

WOULD LEAD TO
AN EXPLOSIVE CONFRONTATION.

IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE
HOW SOMEBODY'S ANGER

COULD TURN INTO SUCH A BETRAYAL.

IT WAS JUST A BAD
SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.

Narrator: REMY AND MAKEDA
ARE LIVING IT UP

ON THE NEW YORK CITY CLUB SCENE
AND AT MUSIC INDUSTRY PARTIES.

Miss Jones:
MAKEDA AND REMY HANGING OUT --

IT WAS JUST PARTY TIME.

Narrator: BUT SEVERAL MONTHS
INTO THEIR FRIENDSHIP,

THEIR GROUP OF FRIENDS ARE FED
UP WITH REMY'S RELENTLESS NEED

TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION.

SO THE GIRLS TAKE A ROAD TRIP
TO LAS VEGAS,

BUT DON'T INVITE REMY.

THEY JUST KIND OF FIGURED, YOU
KNOW, SHE'S TOO BUSY FOR US.

SHE'S GOT A LOT OF THINGS
GOING ON.

Narrator: BUT REMY GETS WIND
OF THEIR PLANS.

REMY FINDS OUT AND BASICALLY
CRASHES THE PARTY,

INVITES HERSELF AND FLIES
TO VEGAS TO JOIN THE GIRLS.

ONCE REMY GETS THERE,

IT'S REALLY A GREAT TIME
FOR ALL THE GIRLS.

THEY'RE HANGING OUT BY THE POOL,

THEY'RE, YOU KNOW,
GOING CLUBBING.

IT REALLY HELPS CEMENT THE BOND
OF THIS GROUP OF WOMEN,

ESPECIALLY MAKEDA AND REMY.

Narrator: BUT THE GOOD VIBES
WOULDN'T LAST VERY LONG.

THAT NIGHT,
WHILE IN A VEGAS NIGHT CLUB,

REMY SPOTS A RIVAL RAPPER,
GLORIA VELEZ.

SHE DOESN'T HESITATE
TO CONFRONT HER.

I HEARD YOU WAS
TALKING ABOUT ME.

YOU'RE JUST BUMPING YOUR GUMS
ALL OVER TOWN.

THERE WERE WORDS THAT WERE
EXCHANGED, ARGUMENTS.

WAIT, WAIT, WAIT,
SLOW DOWN.

Narrator: REMY KNOWS
SHE'S GOT A CAPTIVE AUDIENCE.

AND SUDDENLY...

GET CRAZY!

...PUNCHES HER IN THE FACE.

Raysor:
YOU CAN'T REALLY CROSS HER

OR SHE WILL REACT
IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

[BLEEP] Y'ALL.

Narrator:
MAKEDA IS SHOCKED

AT SEEING THIS SIDE
OF HER FRIEND,

BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THE PARTY.

THEY HEAD HOME THE NEXT DAY.

BACK IN NEW YORK,

THINGS ARE GOING BETTER
FOR REMY THAN EVER.

SHE HAS MONEY, FAME,
AND A NEW LOVE INTEREST.

HE IS ALSO AN UP-AND-COMING
RAPPER NAMED PAPOOSE.

THEY WERE BOTH
AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME.

Narrator: ONE NIGHT,

REMY CONFIDES IN MAKEDA THAT
SHE REALLY LIKES PAPOOSE

BUT ISN'T SURE
SHE CAN TRUST HIM.

AND I'M LIKE,
"WHERE YOU AT?"

MAKEDA TELLS REMY
IT'S ALL IN HER HEAD.

REMY BECAME ANGRY AT MAKEDA.

WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?

Narrator:
SHE DOESN'T LIKE

HER FRIEND'S REACTION.

REMY IS NOT HAPPY,

AND THERE IS A RIFT THAT
DEVELOPS BETWEEN THE WOMEN.

Narrator:
JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER,

THE CRACK IN
THE GIRLS' BOND DEEPENS

WHEN THEY GO OUT
CLUBBING TOGETHER.

PAPOOSE IS AT THE SAME CLUB.

HE IS TALKING TO ANOTHER GIRL,

AND REMY IS SEEING RED.

Bryant:
MAKEDA CHECKS OUT THE SCENE

AND REALIZES THAT THIS WOMAN
IS A FRIEND OF HERS.

WHEN MAKEDA TELLS REMY THAT
THIS WOMAN IS NO REAL THREAT,

REMY GETS UPSET, YOU KNOW,
SHE'S ANGRY.

SHE SAYS, "WHY ARE YOU
DEFENDING THAT WOMAN?"

YOU KNOW, "THIS IS A WOMAN
WHO'S TRYING TO TAKE MY MAN."

Narrator:
AGAIN ANNOYED WITH MAKEDA,

REMY STORMS OUT OF THE BAR,
LEAVING HER FRIEND BEHIND.

MAKEDA IS ALSO ANGRY.

AND SOON, A BETRAYAL WILL SEND
THEIR FRACTURED FRIENDSHIP

TO ITS BREAKING POINT.

IT JUST WAS A TIME-BOMB
OF WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

SHE JUST COULDN'T BELIEVE

THAT HER OWN FRIEND
WOULD DO THIS TO HER.

Narrator:
THE STRAINED FRIENDSHIP

BETWEEN REMY AND MAKEDA
SPLINTERS FURTHER

AFTER A TENSE ARGUMENT.

REMY FEELS LIKE MAKEDA
KEEPS SIDING AGAINST HER

WHEN IT COMES TO HER MAN.

REMY EXPECTS HER FRIENDS
TO BE LOYAL TO HER,

LIKE SHE IS TO THEM.

Narrator:
BY LATE SPRING 2007,

REMY GOES ON TOUR
FOR A FEW WEEKS.

SHE RETURNS AND INVITES MAKEDA
AND THE GIRLS TO A POOL PARTY,

HOPING TO SMOOTH THINGS OVER.

REMY USED TO THROW A LOT
OF POOL PARTIES AT HER HOUSE.

REMY WAS ALWAYS ENTERTAINING.

Narrator: AND IN TRUE
RAP-STAR FASHION,

EVEN WHEN SHE IS RELAXING
BY THE POOL,

REMY IS DRESSED TO THE NINES
AND DECKED OUT IN JEWELS.

BUT HER BLING IS NOT BLINDING
THE FELLAS FROM MAKEDA,

WHO'S WEARING A SKIMPY BIKINI
AND COMMANDING THE ROOM.

SEEMS REMY IS SORT OF
JEALOUS OF MAKEDA,

WHO HAS A MORE SLENDER SHAPE

AND CAN WEAR A LITTLE MORE
REVEALING CLOTHES.

Narrator: THE MORE
MAKEDA TURNS HEADS,

THE MORE REMY FEELS LIKE
SHE IS BEING OUTSHINED.

REMY NEVER KEPT
HER FEELINGS A SECRET.

Bryant: AND SHE MAKES
LITTLE SNIDE COMMENTS

ABOUT THE CLOTHING
THAT MAKEDA IS WEARING.

SUNGLASSES, REALLY?

SOMETIMES HER BRASHNESS AND HER
OUTSPOKENNESS WAS INSULTING.

Narrator: BUT MAKEDA
IS GETTING SICK AND TIRED

OF REMY COMING DOWN ON HER.

ON JULY 13, 2007,

IT'S THEIR MUTUAL FRIEND
CRYSTAL'S BIRTHDAY,

AND REMY AND MAKEDA
ARE PLANNING TO CELEBRATE.

THEY WERE REALLY DRESSED UP
IN A CELEBRATING MODE.

Narrator: AS REMY READIES
TO WALK OUT THE DOOR,

SHE GRABS A BIG WAD
OF CASH, $3,000.

$3,000 FOR REMY IS $30
TO THE AVERAGE GIRL.

Narrator:
WHEN REMY ARRIVES AT THE CLUB,

SHE'S IN FULL RAP-STAR MODE,

DRESSED TO THE NINES,
ENTOURAGE IN TOW.

THEY WERE PARTYING HARD.
THEY WERE DANCING ON A TABLE.

Bryant:
THERE'S A LOT OF ALCOHOL.

IT'S A GREAT TIME,
IT'S A BIG PARTY.

Narrator:
AFTER SEVERAL HOURS,

REMY ASKS MAKEDA
TO HOLD HER PURSE

WHILE SHE HITS THE DANCE FLOOR.

REMY THOUGHT
"THIS GIRL IS A FRIEND."

YOU WOULDN'T LEAVE
YOUR POCKETBOOK

WITH SOMEBODY
THAT YOU DON'T TRUST.

WHILE SHE'S HOLDING THAT PURSE,
MAKEDA FEELS THE PHONE RING,

SO SHE OPENS IT UP,

SEES IT'S FROM SOMEBODY
SHE DOESN'T KNOW,

AND JUST PUTS THE PHONE BACK
IN THE PURSE.

Narrator:
A FEW MINUTES LATER,

REMY GRABS HER PURSE FROM MAKEDA

AND THE GROUP PARTIES UNTIL
NEARLY 4:00 IN THE MORNING.

Raysor: THEY WERE SAYING
THEIR GOODBYES

BEFORE THEY ALL DISPERSED
AND WALKED TO THEIR CARS.

Narrator: BUT AS REMY
GRABS HER CAR KEYS,

SHE REALIZES HER CASH
IS MISSING.

SHE IMMEDIATELY THINKS MAKEDA
TOOK HER MONEY.

REMY JUST SAW RED.

HERE SHE IS WITH A FRIEND
THAT SHE TRUSTED,

THAT SHE LET COME INTO HER HOME
AND HAD TRUSTED WITH HER PURSE.

SHE FELT VIOLATED.

Narrator: AS FEELINGS OF DECEIT
BEGIN TO BOIL OVER,

REMY AND MAKEDA
ARE HEADED FOR A FACE-OFF

THAT WILL CHANGE
THEIR LIVES FOREVER.

IT WAS A RAGE THAT THEY HAD
NEVER SEEN BEFORE

AND WAS ALMOST LIKE
SHE WAS POSSESSED.

ONCE SHE FELT BETRAYED,
THERE WAS NO GOING BACK.

Narrator: AFTER A NIGHT OF
PARTYING WITH HER FRIENDS,

REMY DISCOVERS
SHE IS MISSING $3,000.

SHE'S CONVINCED HER GOOD FRIEND
MAKEDA STOLE IT

AND TELLS THEIR FRIEND CRYSTAL.

MAKEDA TOOK THE MONEY
OUT MY PURSE.

Raysor:
CRYSTAL WAS EXPLAINING,

"I DON'T BELIEVE MAKEDA HAD
TO TAKE ANY MONEY FROM YOU,"

AND THAT ONLY MADE REMY ANGRIER.

AT THAT MOMENT, REMY FELT
LIKE SHE WAS THE VICTIM.

SHE FELT LIKE SHE HAD BEEN USED,
LIED TO,

PLAYED OUT, DISRESPECTED.

Narrator: REMY INTENDS TO
CONFRONT MAKEDA OUTSIDE,

AMID SEVERAL ONLOOKERS.

REMY DRIVES HER VEHICLE
RIGHT UP NEXT TO MAKEDA,

WHO IS STILL PARKED AT THE CURB.

I'M NOT PLAYING WITH YOU,
MAKEDA.

SHE HOPS OUT OF THE CAR.

Narrator:
AND REMY IS ARMED WITH A GUN.

MAKEDA, I'M NOT PLAYING.

REMY, WHAT ARE YOU
TALKING ABOUT?

REMY BEGINS TO MAKE A HUGE SCENE
ON THE STREET,

YELLING OBSCENITIES
AT HER FRIEND.

WHERE'S MY MONEY?

SHE'S MAKING A BIG SHOW
OF HAVING THIS GUN,

WAVING IT AROUND.

I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY OF YOURS.
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

Miss Jones:
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE
IN THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT,

YOU'RE NOT THINKING CLEARLY.

Raysor: SHE STARTED WALKING
TOWARDS MAKEDA'S CAR,

COCKED THE GUN AND SAID,
"DON'T PLAY WITH ME."

Narrator:
MAKEDA KNOWS HER FRIEND CARRIES
A GUN FOR PROTECTION,

BUT CAN'T BELIEVE REMY
IS POINTING IT AT HER.

REMY, YOU NEED TO RELAX.

MAKEDA BELIEVED THAT MAYBE REMY

WAS JUST GOING A LITTLE BIT
OFF THE TOP

AND DOING A LITTLE BIT
OF THE GRANDSTANDING.

Narrator:
BUT THAT QUICKLY CHANGES

AS REMY FLINGS OPEN
MAKEDA'S CAR DOOR, LEANS IN,

AND ORDERS HER FRIEND
TO DUMP HER PURSE.

GIVE ME YOUR PURSE!

MAKEDA WAS LOOKING
IN REMY'S EYES,

AND REMY LOOKED LIKE
THAT SHE WAS POSSESSED.

REMY LOOKED HALF-CRAZY.

STOP PLAYING WITH ME.
WHERE'S MY MONEY?

MAKEDA'S POSITION WAS,

"I DIDN'T STEAL ANYTHING
FROM YOU.

YOU HAVE NO RIGHT TO ASK ME
TO DUMP MY BAG."

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?

OPEN YOUR [BLEEP] PURSE.

NOW, REMY SMITH HAD THE GUN
BY MAKEDA'S ABDOMEN.

THIS HAD TO BE TOTAL CONFUSION
AND HYSTERIA FOR MAKEDA.

SHE HAD NO IDEA
WHAT HER FRIEND WAS DOING.

SURELY, SHE WASN'T GOING
TO SHOOT HER.

OPEN YOUR [BLEEP] PURSE,
MAKEDA.

[ GUNSHOT ]

AND NEXT THING YOU KNOW,
MAKEDA'S SHOT IN HER STOMACH.

[ GUNSHOT ]

MAKEDA LOOKED DOWN

AND SAW A BLOSSOMING RED STAIN
ON HER CLOTHING

AND REALIZED, "I'VE BEEN SHOT,

BUT THERE'S NO WAY
MY FRIENDJUST SHOT ME."

Narrator:
BUT REALITY SETS IN QUICKLY.

YOU SHOT ME!

MAKEDA SAYS, "YOU SHOT ME."

AND AS THE BLOOD WAS SPILLING

THROUGH HER WHITE DRESS,

REMY TOOK MAKEDA'S BAG

AND STARTED SEARCHING
IN HER BAG

AND KEPT LOOKING IN HER BAG.

REMY DUMPS THE PURSE OUT,
SCATTERS THE CONTENTS,

AND CAN'T FIND THE MONEY.

BUT SHE STILL DOESN'T HELP
HER FRIEND.

Narrator:
ONLOOKERS ARE ASTOUNDED

AS REMY RIFLES
THROUGH MAKEDA'S BELONGINGS.

[ Crying ] HELP.

MAKEDA, AFRAID SHE IS DYING,
BEGS HER FRIEND FOR HELP.

HELP ME.

BUT INSTEAD OF
HELPING HER FRIEND,

REMY ORDERS MAKEDA
TO GET OUT OF THE CAR.

GET OUT OF THE CAR,
MAKEDA.

MAKEDA WAS SCRAMBLING
FOR HER LIFE

AND WAS ABLE TO OPEN UP
THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR

SO SHE COULD FALL OUT.

Narrator: AS MAKEDA STRUGGLES
TO GET AWAY, REMY TAKES OFF.

HELP ME.

REMY MA DROVE AWAY
FROM THE SCENE

AND LEFT MAKEDA FOR DEAD.

[ TIRES SCREECH ]

Narrator:
REMY DRIVES A FEW BLOCKS AWAY

FROM WHERE SHE'S JUST SHOT HER
FRIEND AND ABANDONS HER CAR.

[ SIRENS WAIL ]

MEANWHILE, MAKEDA IS RUSHED
TO THE HOSPITAL,

WHERE SHE CLINGS TO LIFE.

IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS
AFTER SHOOTING HER GIRLFRIEND,

REMY MA TURNS HERSELF IN
TO POLICE,

CLAIMING IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.

REMY IS NOT A RUNNER OR A HIDER,

SO SHE FELT THAT SHE COULD GO
TO THE POLICE, TURN HERSELF IN,

TELL HER ACCOUNT OF THE STORY,
AND SHE WOULD GET JUSTICE.

Narrator: REMY IS CHARGED
WITH A LIST OF CRIMES,

INCLUDING TWO COUNTS
OF FIRST-DEGREE ASSAULT.

MEANWHILE, MAKEDA'S FAMILY
KEEPS VIGIL BY HER SIDE.

Raysor:
THE BULLET EXPLODED INSIDE,

GONE THROUGH A WALL
IN HER STOMACH,

THROUGH HER SPLEEN,
AND OUT OF HER BACK AREA.

MAKEDA WAS IN INTENSIVE CARE
FOR A WHILE.

Narrator:
AFTER NEARLY A MONTH,

MAKEDA IS RELEASED
FROM THE HOSPITAL,

BUT SUFFERS PARALYSIS
ON HER LEFT SIDE.

AND TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY,

REMY HAS CONCOCTED A NEW DEFENSE

AND IS NOW CLAIMING
MAKEDA SHOT HERSELF

IN HOPES OF A BIG PAYDAY.

IT'S SO RIDICULOUS THAT MAKEDA
WOULD SHOOT HERSELF

IN ORDER TO GET MONEY.

THAT IS SO IGNORANT,
IT MAKES NO SENSE.

Narrator: NINE MONTHS LATER,
ON MARCH 27, 2008,

REMY IS FOUND GUILTY
OF INTENTIONAL ASSAULT

AND IS SENTENCED TO EIGHT YEARS.

FROM BEHIND BARS,

SHE CONTINUES TO PROCLAIM
HER INNOCENCE ON THE RADIO.

REMY: I don't care
if 12 million say "Guilty."

I'm not telling y'all, "All
right, I'm wrong and I'm sorry"

for something that I didn't do.

I don't gotta shoot no girls!

I treat all my friends with
nothin' but respect and love.

This time last year, they was
all swimming in my pool.

I've been nothing but nice
to them since day one.

Narrator:
SICK OF THE LIES,

MAKEDA CALLS THE SAME RADIO SHOW
TO TELL HER SIDE.

MAKEDA: It was me and Remy
in that car.

I know who shot me.

She knew what she did.
She didn't care.

Remy was my girl.
That was my girl.

Like, if you would
see her anywhere,

like, I was with her.

Remy never reached out to me.

All I hear is Remy pleading
her innocence on the radio.

[ Sobbing ] She's doing this
and it kills me!

Narrator:
AND AS MAKEDA STRUGGLES

TO PUT HER LIFE BACK TOGETHER,

SHE STILL ANGUISHES
OVER THE FACT

THAT HER FRIEND COULD TURN
ON HER SO BRUTALLY.

REMY HAD THIS RAPID RISE
FROM THE PROJECTS

TO THIS SUPER STARDOM.

ULTIMATELY, IT WAS THAT NEED FOR
ATTENTION THAT WAS HER DOWNFALL.

MAKEDA JUST WANTED TO BE
A FRIEND, THAT'S IT.

SHE DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR MORE,

AND ULTIMATELY, HER TRUST IN
THAT FRIENDSHIP GOT HER HURT.

MAKEDA WILL THINK TWICE
AND VERY HARD

ABOUT WHAT KINDS OF FRIENDS THAT
ARE AROUND HER, GOING FORWARD,

AND NEVER TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED,
WHAT A FRIEND COULDDO.