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Based on a powerful true-life story, Detroit native Dwen Curry moves to Oakland, California as a teen in the early 90s a | dG1fdWNxVjVueFEyMTA
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00:01Detroit, Michigan.
00:02There was no inclusion for people like me.
00:05I needed an escape from reality.
00:07Eddie, you've got to go get some help.
00:09You can come back when you get clean.
00:11Welcome to Cali.
00:12Hey, Uncle Leon.
00:14In order to stay here, you need to go to rehab.
00:17I'm proud of you, Eddie. You're doing good.
00:19Eddie's my middle name.
00:20I want to be called by my first name.
00:23Dwayne.
00:24Okay.
00:25Mommy, I decided to go to cosmetology school.
00:28You know, you could actually make good money doing hair.
00:30But what kept me living in the land of milk and honey.
00:32Fifteen minutes of fame for more than a half short.
00:35Were the GGs.
00:37The gay gangsters.
00:38The race eyes pop out they face.
00:40We were a family.
00:42Making money with credit card fraud and checks.
00:44I don't know what it is that you're doing to be able to afford all this.
00:48But whatever it is, you need to stop.
00:52Mommy, I'm in jail.
00:54This is all on you now to make things right.
00:56After four and a half years, I was released.
00:59That's what I got till I break the mold.
01:02So you're the infamous Dwayne.
01:05What brings you in to see us?
01:07It's time for the outside to match how I feel on the inside.
01:09I'm at the top.
01:11I'm at the top.
01:13I'm at the top.
01:14I'm at the top.
01:16I'm at the top.
01:18I'm at the top and that's where I'ma stay.
01:21The answer was much easier.
01:22And now because we got out of the top.
01:24I'm at the top.
01:25I'll get you to see us in the top.
01:26We'll get back at that.
01:27All right, quickly.
01:28Thanks for listening.
01:30Thanks for listening.
01:43We'll get you walking.
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