Payday (2016–…): Season 1, Episode 1 - Reno - full transcript

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Reno, Nevada's
original Sin City.

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Once a boomtown of gambling,
sex and quickie divorces,

its fortunes
faced a slow decline.

These four people
staked out ground in Reno,

each hoping to
carve out a living

in a resurgent frontier town.

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In capitalism, you either work
your ass off and

get treated like
crap, or you die.



Like that's pretty
much the way it works.

Spending my hard-earned
money on having fun

is what gets me
through the month.

You want something so
bad that you're going

to do whatever
it takes to get there.

That's just me, I guess.

Make America great again.

If the caucus is a shit show,
that's my face

at the front line.
I'm getting torn down.

One city, four people,

and where they live is a
key part of who they are.

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Like Las Vegas,
Reno was built in part

by mob money, drawn to
Nevada s lawlessness.

But Vegas took off,
and Reno didn t.

It became a worn-down
gambling town,

with two casinos and a slot
machine company

standing as three of the city s
top 10 employers.

And during the recession,
unemployment was

the highest in the
country at 14.5%.

Fewer cities needed a
second chance as much as Reno.

In response, they introduced

low taxes and loose regulations

to help the city get
on the rebound,

attracting big technology
companies and

young entrepreneurs looking to
get rich on their own terms.

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Valet Alex Ficco is hoping
to make rapping

his full-time career.

Did you need valet, sir?
- Yeah, no, I already got it.

Oh, you did?
- They got my keys.

Thanks, bro.

I work on music everyday,
but for my day job

I do valet at one of
the casinos here.

Alright, you guys are all set?
Thank you.

Thank you.
- Have a good one.

You too.

The job has definitely
served me well.

With tips, we make
like 40,000 a year,

which is pretty minimal
compared to what

I have my mind set on.

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It's motivating when
you see guys come in,

especially young guys
that have like,

nice stuff like this.

It's like okay,
I gotta do something

so I can get one of my own.

How to get there
is the question.

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Watch your step; it's
kinda tight through there.

2011, I decided I wanted
to start doing music.

* I've been planning a
packed show *

* like three up in
a single cab *

* Oh there's the throne,
but I don't wanna be *

* the king of rap

* I only said that type of
shit to make you bitches mad *

* And quietly slide
away while I *

* get the shit
you wish you had *

I was scared in like the
hip hop world

that I'm not going to be
accepted or liked.

And then one day
I was like Fuck it,

I want a mullet 'cause I
never had one.

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As soon as I
stopped giving a fuck,

I started getting more views.

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It took me 4 years to
get 5,000 fans

and then that one
little video went viral

and it's taken me one year
to get 100,000 more.

Right now it has
almost 8 million views.

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In two weeks, Feeki will post a
video he hopes will

put him on the path to
making music full-time.

I think I m pretty close.

A little bit of money
is starting to come in,

but it's just not there yet.

Reno traditionally
votes Democrat.

The man who wants to change
that is an American born

son of a Pakistani immigrant.

God, Marco Rubio is going to be
speaking in about 15 minutes,

so we're heading out at lunch.

I'm gonna be late!

I wanted time to
talk to people before!

My name is Adam Khan, and
I'm a high school math teacher,

and I'm also the chairman of the

Washoe County Republican Party.

Adam is the youngest
GOP chairman in the US.

His job is to increase
Republican registration,

and ensure that voting at
the Presidential caucus

runs smoothly.

And though it s a volunteer job,
it could jump start

a paying career in politics.

Hey Nick, good to see you!
- Good to see you!

What's up, Eric?
How you doing?

People are excited
about the election.

Our job is to make sure that
when these candidates

come out of rallies, we hold
an effective caucus.

Because if they come and get
thousands of people ready,

and then they get to a
caucus that doesn't,

you know, it has long
lines and is disorganized,

then we've let the
candidates down,

we've let down the
voters of Nevada.

All going well?

I'll be on Anderson Cooper
tonight talking about

how this is going to the
best caucus ever,

how organized we are.

Good for you. I'll watch.
- So it's, it's...

Yeah, 6:00pm.

It's a big deal.

I get a lot of political
capital out of it,

and it's going to help me if
I decide to pursue any

other career in politics, and I
will be getting paid for it.

Adam has to make time to
connect with every Republican

presidential nominee
that comes to town.

Marco! Marco! Marco!

We are blessed to be citizens
of the greatest nation in the

history of all mankind, where
what your parents did for a

living doesn't determine
how far you get to go.

It's difficult to be a
Republican and

have the last name Khan.

It'd be much easier
for me to, you know,

become a democrat.

I love gay people, I think
drugs should be legalized,

I'm very pro-immigration.
But...

I'm Republican because
when you work hard,

you want to keep your money.

Since the 1850 s,
Nevada has pushed the limits

of the sex industry.

Espi has found her own way to
make money in that line of work.

So today my makeup is green
because I'm going

into the forest as an elf.

So camera, tripod.

I would describe myself as
a very introverted person,

very shy, very geeky,

but when I come out on camera,

I'm more alive and outgoing.

Can you put this
in there for me, please?

I get to be the pack mule.

Ever since big tech companies
have opened offices in Reno,

rent has increased much faster
than the National average.

Espi and her boyfriend
Anthony struggle to keep up,

and owning a car is
out of the question.

It s a long trek to the woods
to shoot Espi s fantasy porn.

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I need you to watch
the... hiking trail.

I know; I m going to try
to block off some paths.

What do you mean?
- Move some sticks around.

I ve been doing
internet porn since I was 18.

Well my favourite part
about the job is like,

I get to dress up in costumes,
I get to take pretty pictures,

which is something
I ve always wanted to do.

Cause I ve wanted to be a
model since I was a kid.

But I have a lot of tattoos and
stuff and I never thought

I d be able to do like
mainstream modeling.

I would say it s
sort of a niche market,

you know there s
the blonde bombshell,

there s the redheaded girl,
there s the alternative girls

with tattoos like me.

People come to me because
they like the geeky girl in the

costume from the
video game they like.

My job is basically
lookout and body guard.

I just shot like this
10 picture photo set,

threw it up on Tumblr and said,
"Does anyone want to buy this?"

And then a lot of
people wanted to buy it,

and were really
interested in it.

Started masturbating,
and that was what really

got people interested in me.

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Porn cam sites generate an
estimated 1 billion dollars

a year in America.

Espi wants a piece of that
and is planning to host

a live webcam session
for the first time.

It's only two weeks away.

I ve been thinking about doing
webcams for like a year now.

And the reason I
haven t is, you know,

that social anxiety I have.

I hear voices!

Yeah?
- Hey, guys.

How's it going?
- Hi!

We're kind of
shooting a film over here.

We'll go this way.
- I appreciate that.

Yeah, please don't!

Being in front of people live,
I feel like will be

a lot different than just
selling my, you know,

videos online.

Hopefully I'll
increase my revenue,

but it really depends
on what happens.

There are 16 funeral homes
here competing for business,

with the average cost
of a funeral running $8,000.

Ken is the youngest
funeral director in the state.

It's lovely to meet you folks.

I'm just sorry it has to be
under these circumstances.

Which date did he pass away?
Was it on Saturday?

On the 18th.

My name is Ken.
I'm 24 years old.

I was only 19 years old

when I was licensed
as a funeral director

here in the state of Nevada.

Where did his birth take place?

I was actually brought
into this field

by my mother-in-law,

and I really took the
job due to the

extreme domestic pressures
of starting a family.

I was a punk rocker
in high school,

out all night partying
with my friends and the like.

And that was prior to...

of course, growing up,
for lack of a better term.

I've really settled into a
comfortable groove of normalcy.

Perfect, alright.

Genevieve, would you
proof this as well?

If you've got the availability?

Or should I give it to Jason?

No. I got it.

Alright.

Look, they had like
a diagram of the

pallbearers drawn out, so...

they've covered
the angles, yeah.

Making a living in this industry
is very taxing emotionally.

And when we're
really busy at work,

it's a great thing
for job security,

but it's terrible for
all of our clients.

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I will just come out here
just to relax for a moment,

breathe in and breathe out.

And then I m
feeling better of course,

and go handle all
the stress up front.

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The only thing that makes me
happy in my life is

paying my bills, and then having
enough left over to eat.

Money is absolutely
essential for both of those.

So from my standpoint,
my goodness,

money does equal happiness.

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If there was one thing
that I could spend

an unlimited amount of money on,

I'd buy a pirate ship and
leave the terra firma.

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Me and all my family members
have Jolly Roger tattoos.

*

It could have an engine on it,
but I would like to...

you know,
something that's quiet.

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The University in Reno is the
city s second largest employer.

20,000 students go there because
it provides a top-tier education

with a lower cost of living
than any school

in neighbouring California.

That s what brought
Espi here from Sacramento.

The biggest misconception about
this city is that everyone here

is only here to
gamble and leave.

Most people don't know
there's even a college here.

I didn't. I didn't know until
the pamphlet came in the mail

when I was in high school.

I go to school full time.

Manuel is arriving tomorrow.

I ll remind you
he's a super nice guy,

but one of the things that we
need to talk about today

is this book, and try to come up
with some questions to ask him.

I love writing speculative
fictions like horror,

fantasy, stuff like that.

I like to be more in
the fantasy world.

We'll start with like, dislike,
and then move in from there.

Do you like this, is
this up your alley?

I was in the school newspaper
about my sex work job,

and I'm pretty sure
pretty much everyone saw it.

I actually would lead that I
like this better because it's

got a more - I feel like

Karen Russel's
weren't as playful...

I don t know what the people
at school think about me!

I mean, I don't ask them,
and I don't really care

because I don't care
about their opinions.

I definitely
judge books by covers.

Well, as you should.

I have loans that are like
$30,000 in total.

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6 months after you graduate
is when you start paying

like monthly increments.

Every month I feel like

there's just not enough.

Once we ve paid for all our
bills and everything,

we re like - we have
like no money left.

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Okay, that's enough for me.

I can't be playing this
music going into

the Donald Trump rally.

They already have rumours!

There were some
people that, you know,

had concessions about
me being in charge.

A lot of people I've heard,

they thought maybe I was a
plant by the Democratic Party

to destroy our party.

The nickname that some people
have for me is Saddam Khan,

so I... You know,
I was like, it's clever.

At least it rhymes.

It's better than some of the
other things I've been called.

So it's just some
people's way of, you know...

They were raised
differently than I was.

Adam s come to the rally
to represent the

Washoe County Republican Party.

As I'm looking around,
I notice...

That no one there looks like me.

And people are
looking at me too,

'cause a lot of them saw
me on CNN saying that,

you know, Donald Trump has a

rudimentary knowledge
of the constitution.

If he wins the nomination,

I don t think I can do my job
as the chairman of the party.

I just can t represent a
party whose leader

spews hate every time
he has a chance.

Ladies and gentlemen...

Please welcome the next
President of the United States,

Mr. Donald Trump.

At 5:30 today, you know
where you're gonna be, right?

Watch out for dishonest stuff,

because I'll tell you what;
a lot of dishonesty with this.

You just gotta be careful.

They have paper ballots;
they have the whole deal going.

Paper ballots, right?
So just watch out.

If you see anything,
let us know about it.

Make America great again.
We're gonna make it great again.

Just so you know,
there's an assault on the

Second Amendment,
and there's an assault

on Christianity, folks.
Just believe me.

Out of control.

That's ridiculous.

I wonder if this guy
was there today?

"Your ticket to Gitmo
has just been issued.

There you'll receive some
nice torture treatment.

Fucking terrorist!"

Gosh, if I m a terrorist...

I wonder what they
call Donald Trump.

If being a Republican and having
a Muslim family and having

the last name Khan is going
to hurt me financially,

I'll have to deal with
it when I get there.

Yeah...
- JP says cross fade it.

But yeah, just
keep it like... perfect.

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Perfect.

Reno's produced a
handful of musicians.

Some rock, but mostly country.

Feeki is the first white rapper
from the city to break out

nationally, and he thinks that
being unique is what gives him

a shot at making a
living in music.

Feeki is Reno's own
self-proclaimed redneck rapper.

That's like the...

part I need the least work on.

Regular content is important.

We're gonna do a
little live video today.

So right when I say
"You don't wanna know me,

you gonna see me blow/
Because these people on my right

filming a TV show," and
then back to here.

These live videos
on Facebook have done

way more for me than
anything else.

That gets me thousands of fans.

Ready.

And then I have a
greater reach to start with.

That's the whole
plan pretty much.

* Darn it, the haters
got me mortified *

* I really care about swagging
and looking sort of fly *

* Someone's mama saw me,
got her feeling horrified *

* I hope she didn't slip and
break her hip, she born in '45 *

* Oh now I get it,
it's 'cause I am a white dude *

* Some people never
will be better, test their IQ *

Today, it's really all about
how many followers you have.

That's potential customers
of my music in the future,

my merch in the future,
my shows in the future.

* You don't wanna know me,
you gonna see me blow *

* Because these people
on my right filming a TV show *

* Face swapped with Hillary
and all they did was laugh *

* Then I did that shit
with Trump, *

* everybody getting mad

Good?
- Let's find out.

I focus on being a better rapper
because I don't want to be like,

"That guy fucking sucks."

But I'm starting to build my
brand and have my own niche,

and then hopefully I can
follow it up with the

business practices that
will get me there.

That's the only time I
fucked up, right there,

but that's okay.
- Let me see.

You can't really tell.

You know, I know
I m not the best.

I don't have to be
Eminem, like the god.

As long as I keep building
and gaining more fans,

and then I can be someone
like that in today's age.

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Come on, girl, you got it.

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Yeah, my car is a junk heap.

I'm not a very fast driver,
even in fast cars.

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I live with my wife, my son,

and my mother and father-in-law.

We split the rent
right down the middle,

so it helps them as
well as helps us.

Better figure out
how it works, dude.

You're going to be
doing this stuff here soon.

Yeah, that's right.

That s what I had you for,
free manual labor.

Good job.

My main short-term goal
is to become a home owner.

I want an area that's mine,

and that I can bash
holes in the walls.

And of course you can't do those
sorts of things when you rent.

Ah, you had it!

I don't know if it'll start.
I don't know.

I ve been built from
defective parts ever since

I was 2 months old,

I've been in the hospital
with gastro intestinal problems.

I've got about $20,000
worth of medical debt,

and that absolutely ruins my
credit and disqualifies me

from getting home loans.

Stay alive!

I try and keep my mountain of
debt off my mind

as much as possible.

As you can imagine, it's
a huge source of stress.

I would say stress is
probably my

number one medical issue.

Mountain View Mortuary,
this is Ken.

How can I help you?

We'll get out and pick up...

pick up your loved one and
bring them into our care.

My job entails working
weekends and nights,

so at any moment I could go
out and have to go on a call.

Lots of family functions
and stuff, you know.

Plans have to be altered a lot.
- Yep.

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That'll work
perfectly for me, dear.

Going out and doing the
evening or weekend pickups

is a very important
part of my job.

They pay me a flat rate
of $35 for each one I do.

And without the extra income,
I wouldn't be able to afford

my bills at the
end of the month.

To be comfortable, I would like
to do at least seven a week,

but I generally get
maybe three or four a week,

and that just barely gets me by.

The gambling industry
employs one tenth of

Reno s population,
directly or indirectly.

Feeki is a casino valet, and
has been one since high school.

Right now we're headed to work.

We have to wear
these Aladdin costumes.

And my hair is too long, so I
have to put it in a ponytail and

put it up in my beanie so
like the bosses can't see

that I have long hair.

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You get your
cheque from the cage,

I'll cash it right
there at the cage,

and then take it to the ATM.

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Every shift I put my first
$50 into my savings account,

so if I only make 70 bucks,
20 goes into chequing.

If I make 120,
70 goes into chequing.

I use the savings to buy

things that I need for music,

and then now I'll
build it back up.

So I have 9,000 saved right now.

Last year, I think I made like

$900 total from all my music and

then this year I ve already made

more than twice that,

which still isn t
enough for me to quit.

I guess you just kinda
do what you have to do.

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As just a young man,
I was subject to

quite a few of my friends
and family passing away.

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When I was 15 and
my sister was 16,

we lost very good friends to
us in a motorcycle accident.

They passed away right
in front of our eyes.

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My sister's friend,
she broke her neck

as soon as she hit the ground.

And my friend, Toast,

trying to comfort him as the
paramedics are...

you know he's not
going to make it, so...

Please forgive me,
that's of course

a tough subject for me.

Um...

I feel my familiarity with death

is what allows me to
feel other people's pain,

and really be able to
perform how I know

I would need if I was in
that situation again.

My wife is in
between jobs currently,

and of course, I make about

$990 every two weeks,

so yes, it comes in
just short of what I need.

Thank you, sir.

Ken, he'd do
anything for his family.

To the point where
he's stressed to the max,

and you know, the only thing he
can think about is

making sure that the family
has what they need.

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That's right, yes.
Mm-hmm.

He operates 24/7.

He may be all shy and bashful
and not think that

what he's doing is
all that great,

but if it weren't for Ken,

we probably would've shut
our doors two years ago,

I would - I believe.

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The minimum wage in
Reno is 8.25 an hour.

Espi and Anthony make exactly
that in their regular jobs,

and they would be living below
the poverty line if Espi wasn t

supplementing this with
her part-time porn work.

I live with my
boyfriend Anthony.

We split our bills evenly,
we buy food evenly,

we pretty much do
everything evenly.

So this is my Tumblr.

I make my money
in multiple ways.

I do my porn, obviously.

I sell photo sets online,

and sometimes I sell panties.

Well, I definitely sell more
masturbation videos than photos.

I make 450 a month in
total from all my porn,

but I don't make enough just
from this to make a living.

That's why I also have my
vanilla job that I hate.

My vanilla job is
a non-sex work,

non... non-kinky job.

It's so vanilla.

I work at an arcade, and I make

roughly like 400 a month.

But my boyfriend makes
about 500 a month

working at a movie theatre.

I... maybe I'll have a
good month and

I'll bring in a little bit more
than I usually do,

but it's still not
more than her.

You know, so that goes against

the convention of the guy
being the breadwinner.

Most of the arguments I see
from people who don't like it,

their language implies ownership
of their significant other,

and that just is kind
of disgusting to me.

Like, I don't know; you don't
own another human being.

And if it's what
they want to do,

why would you
hinder them, you know?

Adam's dad died in 2010.

So now Adam has a sense of
responsibility to better

his family s fortunes and show
support when visiting his mom.

First we take the blood of
all of the children

who didn't listen to their
mommies and daddies,

and spread it evenly!

You want to do it?

Since my dad passed away,
we were really worried that

you know, we might grow apart.

It's something where
I ve taken upon myself to,

you know, kind of like be
the glue in our family.

My dad always told me
growing up in Pakistan,

in real poverty,
they didn't have anything,

but they had each other.

Any time I complained,
my dad would always say,

"Well, at least you don't have
to worry about," you know,

"the police coming in and taking
your property away from you."

So it really... any
time I got, you know,

ahead of myself, he'd bring
me right down to Earth.

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That's my dad and me as a baby.

That's him bringing me home.

He was a poker dealer;

he didn't make a lot of money.

My folks got divorced
because of financial issues.

My dad got a pretty
bad gambling addiction,

and... um...

what little money that,
you know, we did have,

he'd gamble.

That's Nadia, my sister.

That's her...
right there.

That's her mugshot.

She took it really bad
when my dad passed away.

She got a heroin addiction.

*

I...

I want to make sure that I
can give her extra money.

Whatever I do in the future,
I am going to have to

take care of my
sister until I die.

Nevada has open carry and

"Stand Your Ground" gun laws.

The surrounding desert is
a wide open firing range.

I've got my Romanian-made AK-47.

We're going to
blow off some steam.

Each magazine holds 30 rounds,

and I only will load up

about 10 or 20 into each one.

That way I don't go
through them quite as fast.

When I go out shooting,

it s a great
stress reliever for me.

That's all I really want to do
after a long hard week's work.

There s something
about getting punched

repeatedly in the shoulder.

It really is a good
rage dump for me.

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Here in Nevada,
we really enjoy the outdoors.

And as far back
as I can remember,

I was out playing in the
wilderness and

being taught how to
shoot by my father.

So I would say it's always
been a staple in my life.

That's empty.

So right now I'm
going into Adam and Eve,

which is a sex store.

I was mostly going to look at
stuff people can tip me for,

for my webcam session tonight.

We've got a nice
leather hog tie kit,

hog tie. That one just
came in; it's really nice.

Up until a few years ago,

it was illegal to sell
sex toys in Reno.

But in 2009, they finally
repealed the municipal code

prohibiting the sale of
sexual paraphernalia and

business in the four sex shops
has been great ever since.

30 bucks, with a free mask.

I don't own anything like this,

so I'm going to grab this one.

I'm getting tips for using them.

So pretty much I'm
making the money back.

Hopefully.

But the lingerie is a little bit
different 'cause it's not like

just oh, I'm going to
use this to look sexy.

It's like oh, this is
a really nice outfit.

I m going to look pretty in it.

You said you work
in the industry?

Yeah, I do. I'm starting
webcamming tonight.

Well you get a discount.
- Sweet!

Comes to $80.56.

I plan to continue this
line of work forever,

as long as I can.
I mean, even when I'm old,

there's a niche for old
people sex, so...

Espi seems good
to go for her web night,

but Feeki is juggling
demands for his own video.

We got Donald Trump over here,

and I get to drive a
Lambo for the first time.

Hi.
You good?

Ready?
Did he teach you?

Yeah, you just
turn it like normal.

Then you just put
it in gear and go.

Feeki s got $9,000 in the bank,
and he s just spent

half of it on
production equipment.

Today is his most
ambitious video yet.

There s no guarantee
he ll make the money back.

The music video, it's like a
mock presidential debate and

it's just to make fun of both
parties and pretty much

piss off as many
people as we can.

Hopefully they comment and

get in debates on the comments,

and it goes viral
in that way, so...

Yo, what up?
- I saw your Snap.

Is that what you were driving?
- Yeah, I just drove it.

It's so sick.
I got all nervous.

It was sick.

My hopes is that this just
blows through the roof and

goes crazy, but you can't really

bank on that.

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If your song becomes popular,

that's where you're getting
paid for sales and

streams, radio play.

Hopefully this video is
going to be the next step.

If they think
it's hilarious like I do,

then that's great.

If they get pissed off
for whatever reason,

then that's great.

As long as they talk
about it, that's fine.

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It's always like,
oh man, just one more song.

This video's gonna do it.

Yeah, that looks better.

But it never happens like that.

Self-professed
Redneck rapper, Feeki,

has figured out how to mix his
favorite outdoor activity

with his music act,
and he thinks

it s one of the reasons his
fan base is growing.

Dude, I landed.
Did you see where...

that one where the kid
went off right next to me?

So music is a big
thing I spend money on,

and then riding is the
other thing I spend money on.

I m not into social...
stuff...

crowds;
not really into it.

I like the camaraderie
more at the track.

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I like the small town stuff,
and it fits good and

it's something different
for hip hop too.

Just the fact that like
motocross and the image

and the brand are like
relatable to my fans,

that's how you like develop
hardcore fans more than

just like Oh, this is
a good song.

You're like Oh, I can go
ride with this dude.

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Like today I'll be out here, and
I'll take an Instagram photo and

put it up, so

I think it all kind of
just ties together.

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So as soon as
everyone gets up here,

then we can go live
for a few minutes.

This is where we record.
It's just like in an attic.

We get a pretty good
sound out of here though,

thanks to this guy right here.
- You know.

He's got the opposite
haircut of me.

Let's do a side profile.

Long in the front,
short in the back.

Short in the front,
long in the back.

We're going to drop the
video in a few minutes here.

Right, it's 7:00 our time.

Alright, cool.

"You guys are the whitest
people on Earth."

That's true.

Oh look, there I am.

It just went online.

Youtube s where
you can make money;

you can t really make the money
on Facebook because there s no

monetization on the videos.

If we really got a million
views on YouTube

that would be like a
lot more subscribers for me

and then of course like

the money from that
would be good.

"Hell yeah, super sick, bro."

This kid said, "Feeki, I hope
you're not a Donald Trump fan,"

which is exactly what we wanted.

So then someone responds
to him, "You're an idiot."

So that's perfect, so it
like snowballs kind of.

How's it going?

Hey, what's up, man?
Good to see you.

Adam makes just over
$39,000 a year teaching,

and is aiming to leverage his
volunteer GOP chairman gig

into a paid political position
with the Republican party.

But he s struggling to
get behind Donald Trump,

and that may
undermine his plans.

If this caucus
doesn't go well, you know,

people are going to
put all the blame on me.

And you know, if I want
to run for city council,

I probably don't have a chance.

For the presidential nomination,
Nevada votes by Caucus,

which is a like a primary vote,
but with a public discussion.

Got an hour and a
half more of the caucus.

So far so good.

We just want to make
sure that people

who are maintaining to come,
they get in, they go out,

and they're happy with
the whole process.

'Cause the worst thing you
can have is an unhappy voter.

We're keeping an eye on the
caucus sites in Nevada

this evening. Some precincts
are ready to count their votes.

We'll be coming to you live
from Silver State all night.

Stick with us, back
after this quick break.

I'm, you know reading
Twitter, listening to,

you know, people on TV.

I'm getting a lot
of phone calls of,

you know, this
was a great caucus.

33,000 people last election,

and we're looking at
already double that.

The caucus was unbelievable.

But, you know,
if Donald Trump wins,

I think I m going to have to
reconsider being chairman.

Trump wins with 45%
of the vote in Nevada.

Adam s goal to land a
paying job in politics

just got more complicated.

Now we're going to get
greedy for the United States.

We're going to grab
and grab and grab.

We're going to
bring in so much money,

and so much everything.

We're going to make
America great again, folks.

I'm telling you, we re going
to make America great again.

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Guys can tip for raffle tickets

with stuff in them,

or you can look at
my tip list on my profile.

And you can like talk to me so
it's not awkward and quiet

like it is right now.
That'd be awesome.

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They're asking
if her nipples are pierced.

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Hi, SW, how are you?
Thank you!

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So it's going awesome.

There's 50 people in
my room right now,

and I'm like ecstatic!

And I ve already made
420 tokens,

which is like 25
bucks or something!

And I ve only been
on cam for like 15 minutes,

so I'm like, "What?!"

I did not think it was
going to go this well!

When I first started,
my heart was like pounding,

and I was like, "This is so
weird, I feel so awkward!

I'm going to make a
fool out of myself!"

But then as I kept going and
people were talking more and

I started communicating better,

I just feel on top of the
world right now!

Oh my god!

She got... She's at
570 tokens, so...

$28.50.

You are the worst.

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Anthony just is
calculating what I'm making,

and he said I m
almost at $50 already,

and I'm not even naked yet!

Webcam viewers buy
tokens from the site.

Espi s account gets a 50% cut.

One night, one shift at
my vanilla job,

I make about this much money,

and this is a lot more fun.

I am working on one of my

various electronic
projects right now.

I am wiring up a
replica light sabre.

This is a very expensive
hobby, unfortunately.

On average I probably spend

two to three hundred
dollars a month

on my various hobby projects.

Spending my hard earned
money on having fun

is what gets me
through the month.

Let me get that, add a little
more to this backside here...

I am working tonight,
I'm on call.

Any moment they could call me
away to have to go on a pick up.

Unfortunately, there has not
been enough calls this week

to put me where I'd
like to be at.

What's that, Nicolai?

I don't see one. Do you want
a piece of ice to hold on it?

That might help.

Yep, working on a
new light sabre, dude.

Early to bed, early to
rise makes a man

healthy, wealthy and wise.

Or boring.
- That's right, both.

So you can see
it's a slow going process.

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Oh, I stumbled.

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The video's been
doing pretty good.

I think it's got around
140,000 views on Facebook,

and then 7,000 on YouTube.

So hopefully that picks up.

That was a stiff.

That was the last
stiff of the night.

There's definitely
negative motivation.

It's like I want to
become successful,

and I'm scared of not.

Oh man, what if I'm 50 years old
and still doing valet?

I'm going to feel bad,
but at the same time,

I'm going for it, all in,

and I don't think many people
do that anymore.

Should've waited.

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Seeing both wealthy
people pass away and

poor people pass away
every day almost,

I mean, it is really
humbling to see that once

you get to the very end you
can't take money with you.

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I'm very rooted in the
here and now with my money.

I'm willing to spend it
to have a good time now,

as I m not sure how
much longer I'll be here.

And then lift him and hand him
to the gentlemen in front of you

until he's all the
way secure, gentlemen.

So this new venture has
been extremely successful.

A week and a half of doing it,
I've already made $1,650,

which is obviously a lot
more than I made before!

So yeah.

I quit my vanilla job
when I realized

how much I was making.

I mean, I ask people
that work vanilla jobs,

if they like come
at me and they're like,

"Don't you feel dehumanized?"
I'm like, "Don't you?

You're like scrubbing a floor
8 hours a day and

being treated like garbage.
Don't you feel dehumanized?"

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I can't wait to graduate
and do this every day,

and never have to worry about a

stupid vanilla job ever again.

Although the chairmanship didn't
pay me with direct dollars,

it benefited me immensely.

I'm on the news all the time.
People know my face.

It's going to pay off a lot when
I'm running for city council.

If I do win, I will still be
working two full-time jobs,

but at least now I'll be
getting paid for the second one.

After Trump won the
Republican nomination,

Adam quit his chairmanship.

He lost his bid for City Council
and has since accepted

a paid position for the
Libertarian campaign.

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Facing a fading reputation,
Reno has now turned around and

changed its fortune,
and these four people

are taking advantage
of the rise.

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