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[Assistant] You stand accused of betraying our brotherhood and opening the way for our enemies. How do you answer to these charges?


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[Assistant] The only regret is that they fail. I offer you a chance to repent. To renounce the evil in your heart. It is not evil in my heart.


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[Assistant] You did well, Altair, and have earned the right to carry a blade once more.


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[Assistant] It remains to be seen.


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[Assistant] Others suffer from corrupted wills, their minds poisoned and twisted. These men must be destroyed.


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[Assistant] Soon enough we'll know what sort of man Jamal is. I've passed your test then. What now?


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[Assistant] Oh, my child. We've only just begun.


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[Assistant] I hold here a list. Nine names adorn it. Nine men who need to die.


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[Assistant] They are plague bringers, war makers. Their power and influence corrupts the land and ensures the crusades continue. You will find them. Kill them.


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[Assistant] Very well. Ride for Damass. Seek out the black market merchant named Tamir. Let him be the first to fall.


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[Assistant] Be sure to visit the city's assassin bureau when you arrive.


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[Assistant] I'll dispatch a bird to inform the Rafik of your arrival. Speak with him. You'll find he has much to offer.


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[Assistant] You seem to know quite a bit about Tamir. Tell me what he's planning.


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[Assistant] He is preoccupied as of late.


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[Assistant] Word has reached me of your victory, Altair. You have my gratitude and my respect. Thank you.


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[Assistant] It is a shame that the other assassins continue to hold you in such poor regard. Rafiq, I do not care what the others think of me.


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[Assistant] And I'm confident that this is but the first of many successes.


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[Assistant] Altair, your greatest failure was born of knowing too much. If I choose to withhold information...


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[Assistant] I see. No you don't. And it will remain this way until you've learned your lesson.


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[Assistant] Malam has ordered the execution of Ganyet and Apus, and so here I am. What can you tell me about him?


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[Assistant] I appreciate the information, Rafi. It will be put to good use.


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[Assistant] The portals? The prisons that we dragged them from? You took these people against their will. Yes. What little will there was for them to have. Are you really so naive?


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[Assistant] I... I don't know. Forget I spoke of you.


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[Assistant] Have you news for me, Altair? Gagné Deneplouce is dead.


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[Assistant] And yet. What is it? The doctor insisted his work was noble.


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[Assistant] Leaders will always find ways to make others obey them. And that is what makes them leaders. When words fail, they turn to coin.


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[Assistant] When that won't do, they resort to baser things. Bribes, threats and other types of trickery. There are plants, Altair.


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[Assistant] Herbs from distant lands that can cause a man to take leave of his senses.


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[Assistant] They do not know the truth of it. But if they knew the truth of it, that all we seek is peace.


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[Assistant] Another rank is restored to you, as is a piece of your equipment. We'll speak again when the next has followed.


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[Assistant] Speak to me or speak to God. It's your choice.


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[Assistant] So be out with it. Tell me what you can about the one they call Talal.


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[Assistant] You'd do well to assist me. His death benefits the entire land.


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[Assistant] He traffics in human lives, kidnapping Jerusalem citizens and selling them into slavery.


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[Assistant] His base is a warehouse located inside the Barbican north of here. As we speak, he prepares a caravan for travel. I'll strike while he's inspecting his stock.


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[Assistant] Little challenge?


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[Assistant] Are we finished? Are you satisfied with what I've learned?


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[Assistant] What now, slaver? Do not call me that. I only wish to help them.


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[Assistant] I understand well enough. Show yourself.


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[Assistant] Ah, so you want to see the man who called you here? You did not call me here. I came on my own.


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[Assistant] Now I stand before you. What is it you desire?


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[Assistant] Come down here. Let us settle this with honor.


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[Assistant] My part is plain.


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[Assistant] Have you forgotten the meaning of subtlety?


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[Assistant] We can argue the details all you'd like, Malik. But the fact remains I've accomplished the task set to me by Al Mualim.


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[Assistant] You've done well. Three of the nine lay dead, and for this you have my thanks. But do not think to rest upon your laurels. Your work has just begun. I am yours to command, Master.


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[Assistant] King Richard, emboldened by his victory at Arka, prepares to move south towards Jerusalem.


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[Assistant] Salahadin is surely aware of this. And so he gathers his men before the broken citadel of Arsuf.


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[Assistant] To do so would scatter their forces and subject the realm to the bloodlust of ten thousand aimless warriors.


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[Assistant] The men who pretend to govern in their absence. Give me names and I'll give you blood. So I will.


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[Assistant] Another of your items is restored.


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[Assistant] Take it. See that it is put to good use.


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[Assistant] Return to me as each man falls, that we might better understand their intentions.


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[Assistant] Your recent work has likely attracted the attention of the city guard. They'll be more suspicious than they've been in the past.


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[Assistant] Sent it away for some unknown purpose. I want to know where it's gone and why.


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[Assistant] Strange, but then again the merchant king was known to be a bit...different.


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[Assistant] Yes, we'll see what he has to say.


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[Assistant] Can you really be so sure?


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[Assistant] You speak in circles, Master. You commend me for being aware, then ask me not to be. Which is it?


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[Assistant] The question will be answered when you no longer need to ask it. I assume you called me here for more than just a lecture.


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[Assistant] Go and see to it that their rule is ended.


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[Assistant] With your help, I will. Where would you have me begin my search?


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[Assistant] Do you intend to defend yourself as the others have and explain away your evil deeds?


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[Assistant] What's this? No words of wisdom for me? Surely I have failed in some spectacular fashion.


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[Assistant] If you want it to continue, you'll speak straight with me for once.


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[Assistant] Tread carefully, boy. I do not like your tone. And I do not like your deception.


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[Assistant] Now you see the true reach of Robert de Sade.


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[Assistant] They seek the holy land not in the name of God, but for themselves. What of Richard, Salah-e-Din?


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[Assistant] Any who oppose the Templars will be destroyed.


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[Assistant] Information learned is more valuable than information given.


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[Assistant] Your mission has not changed, merely the context within which you perceive it.


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[Assistant] And armed with this knowledge I might better understand those Templars that remain.


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[Assistant] Is there anything else you want to know? What about the treasure Malak retrieved from Solomon's temple? Robert seemed desperate to have it back.


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[Assistant] Yes? How did you know I wouldn't kill you?


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[Assistant] Truth be told, Master, I didn't. I took a leap of faith.


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[Assistant] Speak, and I will judge.


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[Assistant] It's true, they've never been close. This works to my advantage. Richard's visit has upset him.


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[Assistant] No matter how noble you believe your intentions, these acts are cruel and cannot continue.


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[Assistant] William of Montferrat is dead, and with him his plans for betrayal.


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[Assistant] You've done well keeping Akka from his hands. But why now, when the Crusaders require unity most? Could have waited.


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[Assistant] I was sure he meant to take Akka for comrade, yet he claimed this was not his plan.


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[Assistant] I trust you are well rested. Ready for your remaining trials?


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[Assistant] I am, but I'd speak with you first. I have questions.


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[Assistant] I'll do my best to answer.


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[Assistant] Mejdein in Jerusalem used fear to force his people into submission.


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[Assistant] I suspect William meant to murder Richard and hold Akka with his troops.


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[Assistant] What I do not understand is why


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[Assistant] Is the answer not obvious? The Templars desire control.


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[Assistant] Each man, as you've noted, wanted to claim their cities in the Templar name.


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[Assistant] Why is that? What is this treasure? It is temptation. It's just a piece of silver. Look at it! What am I supposed to see?


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[Assistant] This piece of silver. Cast out Adam and Eve.


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[Assistant] It turns staves into snakes. Parted and closed the Red Sea. Aerys used it to start the Trojan War.


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[Assistant] Make them like Gagne's men. The perfect citizens. The perfect soldiers. A perfect world. Robert de Sable must never have this back.


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[Assistant] So long as he and his brothers live, they will try. Then they must be destroyed. Which is what I've had you doing.


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[Assistant] There are two more Templars who require your attention. One in Acre, known as Sibran. One in Damas, called Jubair.


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[Assistant] No doubt Robert de Sable is made nervous by our continued success. His remaining followers will do their best to expose you. They know you come, the man in the white hood.


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[Assistant] They'll be looking for you. They won't find me. I'm but a blade in the crowd.


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[Assistant] Here, my gift to you, in gratitude for the good work you've done.


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[Assistant] No, it was I who erred. I believed myself above the Creed. You owe me nothing.


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[Assistant] Why would one of Richard's own want to see him weakened in this way?


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[Assistant] I'm sorry. I cannot risk you telling him I'm here.


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[Assistant] I've learned all there is to know about my target. Share your knowledge with me then.


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[Assistant] Yes, I should return and speak to him of this and other things.


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[Assistant] I will return to my work.


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[Assistant] The sooner this last man dies, the sooner I might face our true enemy.


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[Assistant] Before you go I have a question for you. Of course.


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[Assistant] Do you see now why the Templars are a threat? Yes.


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[Assistant] That is why I keep it locked away. And that is why you kill them.


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[Assistant] So long as even one survives, so too does their desire to create a new world order. Take your equipment. Seek out this last man.


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[Assistant] In this we agree, so speak and I may stay my blade.


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[Assistant] What news I'm tellin'? I've learned much about my enemy. Share what you know then.


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[Assistant] That's why I'm here. He's to hold a meeting soon. At the Madrasa Alqalasa. It's where I'll go. It's where I'll take his life.


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[Assistant] Altair, tell me you've met with success. Yes. Jubair's fires are extinguished. His life as well. Excellent news. I had no doubt you'd succeed. You should have seen it. The scholars followed him so readily. Wasn't just books they fed to fire either, but any man who opposed them. Such ignorance breeds only evil. You've done a good thing this day. As with my other targets, he believed he was doing the right thing.


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[Assistant] The things I've seen these past few weeks.


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[Assistant] We should go, Altair. Return to Al Mualim. Tell him what you saw. Let him know the good you've done this day. Safety and peace, Rafi. Upon you as well.


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[Assistant] We are close, Altair. Robert de Sable is now all that stands between us and victory.


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[Assistant] It is his mouth gives the orders. His hand pays the goal.


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[Assistant] With him dies the knowledge of the Templar treasure, and any threat it might pose.


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[Assistant] Once he tasted of its power, the thing consumed him. He saw not a dangerous weapon to be destroyed, but a tool.


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[Assistant] Peace is something to be learned, to be understood, to be embraced. He would force it.


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[Assistant] Strange. To think of them in this way.


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[Assistant] What was each killing if not a message?


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[Assistant] Go, Altair. It's time to finish this.


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[Assistant] It seems fate has a funny way with things. So it's true then. Robert de Sable is in Jerusalem. I've seen the knights myself. Only misfortune follows that man.


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[Assistant] I won't give him the chance to act.


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[Assistant] I have not forgotten. You have nothing to fear. I do not seek revenge but knowledge.


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[Assistant] My work has taught me many things, revealed secrets to me. But there are still pieces of this puzzle I do not possess.


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[Assistant] All the men I've laid to rest have worked together, united by this man. Robert has designs upon the land. This much I know for certain. But how and why, when and where, these things remain out of reach.


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[Assistant] They are none of these things, but something else. Templars.


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[Assistant] No. If their only allegiance is to Robert de Sable then some mad idea that they will stop the war.


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[Assistant] But tell me where they've been seen. I should be after him before he slips away.


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[Assistant] Robert and his Templars walked the city. They've come to pay their respects to Majduddin. They'll attend his funeral, which means so will I.


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[Assistant] I have yet to divine their true intentions, though I'll have a confession in time.


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[Assistant] At least, that's what Al Mualim told me.


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[Assistant] All this time, I never told you I was sorry. Too damn proud. You lost your arm because of me. Lost Qadar. You had every right to be angry.


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[Assistant] Al Mualim still holds your treasure, and we've routed your army before. Whatever Robert plans, he'll fail again.


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[Assistant] Was a trap. I had heard the funeral turned to chaos.


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[Assistant] Well, I suspect this business with the Templars goes deeper.


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[Assistant] Do as you must, my friend. But it's time I ride for Arsooth. Every moment I delay, our enemy gets one step ahead of me.


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[Assistant] Some of my best men were murdered by some of yours. It was I who killed them and for good reason. Hear me out.


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[Assistant] William of Montferrat. He sought to use his soldiers to take Aqqa by force. Garnier de Naplouse. He would use his skills to indoctrinate and control any who resisted.


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[Assistant] My concern is for the people of the Holy Land. If I must sacrifice myself for there to be peace, so be it. This is a strange place we find ourselves in.


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[Assistant] A tenth? None may live who carry the secret.


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[Assistant] I think he'd like to see an end to this war as much as you. So I've heard, but never seen. Even if he doesn't say it, it's what the people want.


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[Assistant] Gone to see the master.


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[Assistant] They walk the path.


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[Assistant] Words, the light, speak sense. There is only what the Master shows us.


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[Assistant] This is the truth.


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[Assistant] You picked a fine time to arrive. So it seems. Guard yourself well, friend. Almualem has betrayed us.


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[Assistant] Be careful, Malek. What he's done to the others he'll do to us given the chance. You must stay far from him.


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[Assistant] Distract these thralls then. Assault the fortress from behind. If you can draw their attention away from me, I might reach Al Mualim.


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[Assistant] The men we face. Their minds are not their own. If you can avoid killing them.


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[Assistant] It's all I ask. Safety and peace, my friend.


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[Assistant] So, the student returns. I've never been one to run. Never been one to listen, either. I still live because of it. What will I do with you? Let me go.


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[Assistant] Why are you doing this? I found proof. Proof of what?


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[Assistant] Have you any final words? You lied to me, Culver Bear's gold foul, and all along it was yours as well. I've never been much good at sharing. You won't succeed. Others will find the strength to stand against you.


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[Assistant] And this is why so long as men maintain free will, there can be no peace. I killed the last men who spoke as such.


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[Assistant] Tell me, Master. Why did you not make me like the other assassins? Why allow me to retain my mind?


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[Assistant] Who you are and what you do are twined too tight together.


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[Assistant] Illusions! All of them! What you plan is no less than illusion. To force men to follow you against their will.


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[Assistant] And you refuse to give up this evil scheme. No, we are at an end.


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[Assistant] I will miss you, Altair. You were my very best student.


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[Assistant] Impossible. This student does not defeat the teacher.


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[Assistant] So it seems. You have won then. Go and claim your prize. You held fire in your hand, old man. It should have been destroyed.


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[Assistant] Destroy the only thing capable of ending the Crusades and creating true peace? Never. Then I will. We'll see about that.


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[Assistant] No, not yet. We're still so far from where we need to be.


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[Assistant] So uhm, uh,


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[Assistant] Yes. No. Everything's Denver.


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[Assistant] I understand. You're in a lot of trouble Mr.


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[Assistant] I've got some work I need to do. So you've got the rest of the night to yourself.


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[Assistant] I can't imagine they'll all still be functioning.


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[Assistant] Let's go. We've got a lot of work to do. Don't get too comfortable, Mr. Miles. We'll be back for you soon enough.


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[Assistant] The president made it pretty clear when he talked to us, you know, we're between you and the pitchforks guys.


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[Assistant] I interpret it as uhm, it's kind of a watershed time. Banks are the catalyst.


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[Assistant] To get us out of this morass that we're in, you can talk so long about the past, but at some point you gotta look at the present and the future. And I thought that's what he was saying.


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[Assistant] As discussed, ordinances on the table, rooftop accesses to the bedroom.


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[Assistant] A knight you are not, monsieur. But are you a turncoat or a patriot?


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[Assistant] Two revolutions have taught Lafayette that there are dangers on both sides.


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[Assistant] I will not forget this, Marquis. See that you do not, monsieur. Should you threaten the cause of liberty, you can count on Lafayette to be your sworn enemy.


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[Assistant] Adieu, monsieur. Until we meet again. That, we will, my friend.


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[Assistant] He's a powerful slaver who occupies an area north of town, near the Barbican.


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[Assistant] The following video is relevant for U.S. citizens only and is meant for information purposes only. It is not intended to offer any investment advice. Any action regarding your financial future and IRA should be done in consultation with a financial advisor or tax professional.


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[Assistant] What is a Bitcoin IRA? Can I really use Bitcoin to save for my retirement? Are there any risks I should be aware of? And where do I even start? Well, stick around. Here on Bitcoin Whiteboard Tuesday, we'll tackle these questions and more.


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[Assistant] Hi, I'm Nate Martin from 99Bitcoins.com and welcome to Crypto Whiteboard Tuesday where we take complex cryptocurrency topics, break them down, and translate them into plain English. Before we begin, don't forget to subscribe to the channel and click the bell so you'll immediately get notified when a new video comes out.


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[Assistant] Today's topic is Bitcoin IRAs. But in order to understand what a Bitcoin IRA is, we first need to understand what an IRA is. IRA stands for Individual Retirement Account. It's an investment concept that started in the 1970s to incentivize Americans to save more for retirement.


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[Assistant] In simple words, it's an investment portfolio with great benefits, but in order to get those benefits you have to wait until you retire before you cash it out. What benefits? Significant tax benefits such as tax free trading, tax deferred gains, or tax free gains.


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[Assistant] IRAs have been extremely successful with several enhancements over the years. Today, investors hold over 9 trillion dollars worth of investments in IRAs. There are two different types of IRAs. First, you have a traditional IRA.


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[Assistant] Traditional IRAs were introduced with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, or ERISA, and made popular with the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981.


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[Assistant] The traditional IRA gives you a tax write-off each time you invest money in it, commonly known as making an IRA contribution. Additionally, you can make an unlimited amount of trades in this account without them being considered taxable events by the IRS.


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[Assistant] With traditional IRAs, the income you deposit is not subject to income tax. Well, not yet. Instead, you pay taxes only on the amounts you withdraw after you've retired.


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[Assistant] However, if you decide to cash out your money from a traditional IRA before your specific retirement age, usually 59 and a half,


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[Assistant] You'll get penalized by paying all of the income taxes you deferred on the deposits and on any gains realized as well as an early withdrawal penalty. The other type of IRA is the Roth IRA, which was introduced as part of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 by Delaware Senator William Roth.


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[Assistant] Like a traditional IRA, you can make unlimited trades in the account without any tax implications. With a Roth IRA, all the gains and withdrawals you make during your retirement are tax-free since you already paid taxes on your deposit. Roth IRAs are one of the most powerful investment vehicles in the world.


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[Assistant] But it's important to know that unlike a traditional IRA, not all investors can open one.


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[Assistant] Generally speaking, the Roth IRA is not available for people who make over a certain amount of income per year.


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[Assistant] However, those limits don't apply to opening and contributing to a traditional IRA. To sum it up, the difference between a traditional IRA and a Roth IRA comes down to this. Do you want to pay taxes now, or do you want to pay taxes later?


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[Assistant] This is something for you, your financial advisor, and or your tax professional to decide. Until recently, IRAs were primarily used to trade and invest in stocks and bonds. But now, investors are able to buy and sell cryptocurrencies in their IRAs as well.


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[Assistant] This has birthed an entirely new industry which frequently falls under the category of Bitcoin IRAs or more generally Crypto IRAs. Crypto IRAs are companies that allow you to open an IRA and buy and sell cryptocurrencies on their platform without having to worry about paying taxes on each trade.


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[Assistant] So, if you are a believer in Bitcoin, Ethereum and other crypto assets continuing to perform well as investments, it might be worth considering whether a crypto IRA is for you. While IRAs can provide huge benefits for investors, there are still a few things to consider.


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[Assistant] First, in order to build your IRA, you'll need to contribute money each year that will count as your IRA contribution. Since IRA contributions are capped at certain amounts per year, you can't just put all of your money into an IRA and receive the benefits.


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[Assistant] For example, in 2020, the IRA contribution cap is $6,000, or $7,000 if you're over the age of 50. This typically increases each year, so you'll want to do some research on how much you can contribute.


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[Assistant] Second, there are some limitations and conditions for withdrawing money from your IRA.


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[Assistant] With traditional IRAs, while investors have the ability to trade between various assets, they can only withdraw money out of their IRA and into their own personal bank by performing a process known as a distribution.


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[Assistant] While there are some exceptions, including filing for early retirement, normally if one wants to take a distribution before retirement age, there will be an early distribution penalty.


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[Assistant] It's important to talk with your tax or financial advisor to learn more about how distributions work. For Roth IRAs, the principal can be withdrawn at any time with no penalties. This means that if you invested a total of $6,000 and it turns into $12,000, you can still withdraw up to the invested principal amount of $6,000 at any time.


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[Assistant] In addition to withdrawing the principal at any time, investors can withdraw some profits from their Roth IRA under certain qualifying circumstances.


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[Assistant] These include a first time home purchase, medical expenses, higher education, and disability, among others.


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[Assistant] As I've mentioned before, it's important to talk with your tax or financial advisor to learn more about such qualifying circumstances. So now, after understanding the potential benefits and drawbacks, let's talk about how you can actually start your own cryptocurrency IRA.


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[Assistant] There are three ways to start a cryptocurrency IRA.


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[Assistant] First, you can start a crypto IRA from scratch. This means you'll open a new IRA account and start making contributions to it.


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[Assistant] Second, you can fund your crypto IRA with what's known as a 401k rollover. This is where an investor takes a 401k or other retirement account from an old employer and rolls it over into an IRA.


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[Assistant] This does not trigger a taxable event, but simply gives you more flexibility, as IRAs are more flexible than 401ks.


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[Assistant] Third, you can fund your crypto IRA with what's known as an IRA transfer. This is where an investor takes an existing IRA from another financial institution and transfers it to their new IRA that allows crypto investments.


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[Assistant] This transaction does not trigger a taxable event, but simply allows the investor to pair with a new financial institution, one that likely allows investments that the investor wishes to access, such as cryptocurrency.


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[Assistant] For example, you need a trustee to hold your funds and to allow you to deposit contributions. You'll need a trading platform to manage how you invest and trade. You'll also need a custodian for your cryptocurrencies and access to a cryptocurrency exchange for conducting trades.


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[Assistant] There are several companies out there that act as facilitators and merge all of the elements I just talked about together. It's important that you do your own research and find one that fits your investment goals. In the description below this video, we've linked to some good places to start.


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[Assistant] Here are a few important things to consider when choosing a company to manage your IRA.


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[Assistant] Initially, fees are one of the most important things to consider when choosing a cryptocurrency IRA provider. Be sure to investigate all of the fees and get them in writing. Here are the most common fees you'll find.


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[Assistant] Initial purchase fees are fees that may be charged upon your first purchase of crypto assets. Trading fees are fees that may be charged each time you perform a trade or transaction.


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[Assistant] Ongoing fees include account setup, storage, administration, platform fees, and much more.


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[Assistant] If you're looking into a Bitcoin IRA, you'll also want to research how the invested cryptocurrencies are stored and secured. Important questions to ask are, where are the coins held? What security measures are taken to keep them safe? And who is the custodian for the coins and what is their reputation?


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[Assistant] Custodians will usually have a white paper to help potential investors understand the security available, so make sure to read them well.


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[Assistant] Finally, you'll want to take a look at the trading platform that allows you to manage your IRA funds. The way trading is conducted is incredibly important. You'll want to test out the platforms and find one that is easy to understand and use. Here are a few questions to answer.


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[Assistant] Is there a 24-7 trading platform or am I required to call in for every single trade? Can I test out the trading platform before signing up?


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[Assistant] What cryptocurrencies are available for trading or investing?


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[Assistant] Can I withdraw distributions in cryptocurrencies as well as in dollars?


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[Assistant] If you want to get started with some research, we've linked to some popular Bitcoin IRA companies in the description below.


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[Assistant] Well, that's it for today's episode of Crypto Whiteboard Tuesday.


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[Assistant] Hopefully, by now you understand what a Bitcoin IRA is, a retirement-oriented investment account that allows you to invest in cryptocurrencies with substantial tax incentives. You may still have some questions. If so, just leave them in the comments section below. And don't forget to check out our IRA recommendations in the description as well.


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[Assistant] Finally, if you're watching this video on YouTube and enjoy what you see, don't forget to hit the like button. Then, make sure to subscribe to the channel and click that bell so you'll be notified as soon as we post a new episode. It will really help us out a lot.


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[Assistant] You're pissed off about the assassination of Jim J. Who was he, sir? He was on deck for the presidency. Progressive. He pushed the government for transparency, fairness, freedom of speech. Admiral Chang convinced more than a few of them that we killed Mr. J. Now, if your operation blows up, Chang will have all the excuse he needs to give all that anger, all that hate, real target. It'll be war.


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[Assistant] Your job is to pull VIPs out of the GU tower safe and sound.


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[Assistant] Extraction will be coordinated by one spook agent, Lazlo W. Kovic. Unless absolutely necessary. Do not fire your weapons. Record.


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[Assistant] You're gonna have to make do with what you have. When we reach the Titan, they'll be able to help.


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[Assistant] Pack, wrecker, I need you to follow me on this. We need to make sure our last missiles are put to good use. Assault the airfield. Eyes on the ground.


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[Assistant] Chang control waters may be behind us, Doctor, but this ain't over. We need everyone alive at combat ready.


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[Assistant] Gatekeeper, this is Fortress. Say again. You're breaking up. Over.


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[Assistant] No time, the destroyers on our tail won't pause and wait for us. Order, sir. You're gonna fire up radar, sonar, and every single scanner you got. I need to know what the fuck we are sailing into.


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[Assistant] Wrecker. Wrecker. They say this is your name. You know something about... Zhenjie. I hear them talking. About you. About... Zhenjie. They say you know something.


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[Assistant] I have no reason to trust me. But there is a limit to what one man can do alone.


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[Assistant] This program contains mature content which may not be suitable for all audiences Viewer discretion is advised.


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[Assistant] For more on this and other Frontline programs, visit our website at pbs.org slash Frontline.


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[Assistant] The Bravo team was sent in to investigate, but we lost contact.


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[Assistant] We continued our search for the other members, and it turned into a nightmare.


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[Assistant] Stop! Are you with anybody, Jill?


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[Assistant] Leading the mutiny, Yevgeny Prokoshin, a mercenary renowned for his brutality.


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[Assistant] The armed uprising then turned directly towards Putin. The troops headed to Moscow to his seat of power.


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[Assistant] In those first hours of crisis, Putin was nowhere to be seen.


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[Assistant] When the Russian leader finally went before the cameras, he was shaken.


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[Assistant] Vladimir Putin, the self-styled Russian strongman, now appeared vulnerable.


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[Assistant] Creating a crisis for himself, Russia and the world.


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[Assistant] As anti-Soviet protests spread to Dresden, angry crowds marched on the German secret police, the Stasi headquarters. Then, Putin's KGB building. It would be the first time Putin faced such a threat.


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[Assistant] After the failed coup, Putin watched as protesters continued the dismantling of the Soviet empire. They marched to KGB headquarters.


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[Assistant] In the new Russia, Putin would reinvent himself as a political operative and bureaucratic fixer.


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[Assistant] Putin won Yeltsin over, professing to share the president's democratic goals.


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[Assistant] For Putin, it was a chance to demonstrate Russia's might.


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[Assistant] As Putin suited up for the cameras, his political fortunes were on the rise.


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[Assistant] And just a few months later, he was inaugurated as Russia's new president.


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[Assistant] Putin's first promise to the Russian people. Strength.


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[Assistant] To help project his power, Putin turned to his public relations guru.


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[Assistant] He would not back down. Show any weakness.


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[Assistant] Many of Putin's opponents inside Russia fled the country. Others died mysterious deaths.


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[Assistant] But it was at this moment of glory that Ukraine would begin to emerge as a profound challenge to Putin.


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[Assistant] The Wagner forces were led by Evgeny Prugoshin, who had been close to Putin for decades. They called him Putin's chef.


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[Assistant] The Wagner Group became increasingly important on the battlefield, and their leader increasingly powerful.


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[Assistant] And Putin used Pugosian for one of his most audacious acts that would lead to Pugosian's indictment.


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[Assistant] Fake users, designed to look like Americans.


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[Assistant] Trolls supporting the Kremlin, an army of automated bots on Twitter, and targeted advertisements on Facebook and Google, all calculated to hurt Hillary Clinton and help her rival Donald Trump.


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[Assistant] At the center of much of the interference was Yevgeny Progozhin, who ran a hub called the Internet Research Agency.


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[Assistant] From inside the Kremlin, over two decades.


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[Assistant] Vladimir Putin had been amassing and protecting his power.


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[Assistant] By 2022, he was on the verge of his most high-risk move yet.


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[Assistant] But despite the devastation, it would not go as Putin wanted. The Ukrainians with massive international support held their ground.


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[Assistant] In the face of it all, Putin doubled down.


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[Assistant] As his celebrity grew, Progosian was increasingly outspoken.


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[Assistant] Finally, Prugosian took matters into his own hands.


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[Assistant] Vladimir Putin had survived the unprecedented mutiny. But the danger was just beginning.


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[Assistant] And this is a massive, massive trauma for him that this massive historical event is happening. Soviet influence is collapsing before his eyes and he calls home. He radios home and home isn't there.


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[Assistant] He's a master bureaucrat. Russia has always been a bureaucratic autocracy.


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[Assistant] This is how, for example, Stalin became the general secretary. He was an amazing bureaucrat. He out-bureaucrated all the other bureaucrats.


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[Assistant] He is seen on TV as a doer, a man of action. He goes down there. He's talking to the troops. He is in command.


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[Assistant] There's always plausible deniability built into the system. So a lot of the hackers that are working


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[Assistant] I think back to that security council meeting and I realize how scared they must all be of him.


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[Assistant] It just felt like they were dancing bears performing for their master who is impossible to please.


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[Assistant] You see how this all went down. How much of it was driven just by one man.


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[Assistant] His deranged ideas and everybody around him was too scared to say anything about it or to resist.


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[Assistant] I really feel that if I was there, I would have stopped the threat, somehow.


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[Assistant] Something that is respiratory-borne, that is a virus, like influenza, likely influenza, that has both high degree of transmissibility and high degree of morbidity.


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[Assistant] He's got conviction of hit and run. Also, he's got DUIs. He's a final order. He goes to work between 630, 7 o'clock. Any questions? We good?


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[Assistant] In order for something like that to be effective, you've got to have the numbers.


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[Assistant] And I got to meet up with Ryan and Matt, obviously the video that I put out on Saturday showed that we're still committed to making videos once they get back to LA, which should be early November. Uhm.


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[Assistant] But I did want to put out this video to let you guys know that I am okay.


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[Assistant] I can't speak for everyone else, I can't speak for his family and friends, I can't speak for Ryan and Matt.


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[Assistant] But I wanted to let you guys know that I, personally, am okay.


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[Assistant] You know, I've accepted the reality of the situation. I know that Daniel is gone. No matter how much he has impacted our lives, I know that he...


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[Assistant] You know, we'll never be able to help us out in videos again, but-


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[Assistant] Letting you guys know a bit more of who Daniel was, because, over on the Synago channel right now,


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[Assistant] Uh, is the last video that Cinego will upload. And it is about Daniel. And it's about Daniel's life and it's about who Daniel was. And it, you know, you can't tell a whole person's life in a short, I think it's like a 13 minute video. But, it would mean the world to me, if you guys saw that video. Because,


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[Assistant] I want you guys to go see that video. There's a link in the description, there'll be an annotation popping up here that'll get you over to that video. It would really mean a lot if you did, because...


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[Assistant] Knowing who he was is so important to knowing how he inspired us to move forward in our lives. And...


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[Assistant] It'll give you a sense of why we're so committed to still making videos and still entertaining you guys and still moving forward with our dreams and ambitions. And though he may be gone, his spirit is always going to live on in what we do.


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[Assistant] So please take the time to go see this. I'm about to go record Soma immediately after this.


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[Assistant] Thank you guys so much for the endless support that you've shown. Thank you so much for being there for us. And moving into the future, there's going to be so many cool, amazing, new things that we're gonna be doing. And a lot of the old stuff, because I'm still gonna be playing games for a long time coming.


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[Assistant] So thank you guys again, so much for watching. And as always, I will see you in the next video.


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[Assistant] That's why his words cut so short.


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[Assistant] Trading her, yeah.


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[Assistant] Plot twist, Tanjiro's just like, sure! That's not how this works!


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[Assistant] That is terrifying.


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[Assistant] I never even realized-


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[Assistant] It's so-


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[Assistant] He was a crutch or anything, but good god.


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[Assistant] Oh, I must warn you, monsieur.


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[Assistant] The ghosts of the kings wander the caverns. When they corner their hapless victim, they place upon his brow a crown made of knives, penetrating the eyes, which leak like grapes crushed in the harvest.


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[Assistant] Really, I like that Mo-Fi song, you know, that kind of reggae song. Like Mo-Fi, yeaah. I like that shit. You went to reggae? Uh, nah, but him spittin' on that shit was hard as fuck.


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[Assistant] What dark magic is this? That Commandant must never have it.


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[Assistant] Taylor, good morning. Ripley, it's certainly not good. I very much doubt it's morning either. Sorry.


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[Assistant] I feel like death. I don't know how you people put up with hypersleep regularly. You get used to it. I don't do long haul very often. Most legal execs don't travel further than the coffee machine. I'm surprised Waylon Yutani felt the need to send legal at all.


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[Assistant] The loss of the Nostromo and its cargo cost the company a lot of money. It's important we find out what happened.


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[Assistant] Have you seen Samuels? He's probably been up for hours. I'll catch up with him.


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[Assistant] Stand by. My contract doesn't cover bloody spacewalks. It's the only option. And it's perfectly safe if you do what I tell you.


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[Assistant] It's not, it's just, well, there's always an angle that's of all of us, and that's a better angle. So when you see me and Sterling, or me and Sterling and the guests, it's usually like a cuter angle of me, but all of the solo shots that that camera that they use,


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[Assistant] Yeah, so I was born in Van Nuys, California. Uhm, well, so I was conceived on the east coast though. Mom and dad hooked up in the east coast.


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[Assistant] No, I don't. Let's not get into all that, but, uh, so my dad's from New York, from Brooklyn, uhm, so, so I'm kinda bi-coastal, but I was born and raised here in LA, and...


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[Assistant] I had a musical, you know, knack or whatever because my dad's a DJ but my mom's not really a music person so she I guess wasn't like for sure if I would pick up his talent or whatever.


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[Assistant] So one day I come out with a little Casio keyboard and I told my mom, I'm like, guess what mom? ABC's and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star is the same song. And my mom's like,


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[Assistant] I quit the ballet and I was a hip hop dancer all throughout school. I was in hip hop dance, cheerleading, uh, orchestra. I used to play violin, but I stopped that. Uhm, might get back into it.


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[Assistant] I guess that might have something to do with starting to smoke weed at a young age, but I kind of forgot like actually that I was already rapping at school and stuff and I'll have friends be like, yeah, remember that time you were rapping at the lunch tables? I was like, I did that? Really?


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[Assistant] Exactly, exactly. And like, and then people bring it up and I'm like, oh shit, okay, now I remember. But uhm, but yeaah, so I started rapping in high school and uhm, that's, you know, that was when Myspace started popping off.


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[Assistant] Uh, yes, so basically, it's a long story, a mess, so I got a crazy story, I'm gonna write a book about it one day, I'm trying to make it short for you. But uhm, the first producer I started working with, uhm, actually sadly, he was my first boyfriend too, and he passed away, he was shot and killed.


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[Assistant] And after that, that was like a moment in my life where I was just like I need to like completely focus on my music.


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[Assistant] And so I was, I, you know, we had started doing music when I was like 16. And uhm, you know, I stopped working with him because we broke up.


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[Assistant] And so, when he passed away, I realized that I had basically wasted a lot of time and that it was really stupid that I didn't stay working with him while he was still alive. You know, you realize like, why did we stop working just because we broke up, you know?


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[Assistant] It was like the most devastating thing in my life at the time, you know, so.


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[Assistant] And he wasn't really fucking with me rapping and like, he wasn't into it. So...


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[Assistant] I was like, fuck you, I'm making a MySpace music page. And he's like, oh, you're going to flirt with guys on MySpace. I'm like, no, I'm going to grind on MySpace, get my music out there. And so from MySpace, like I just, I literally did not stop going hard. I would sit on MySpace and add people for hours, like check out my music, check out my music, check out my music, check out my music.


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[Assistant] And I just like, you know, from there just like hustled and hustled and hustled until I randomly met Rob Dyrdek through MySpace.


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[Assistant] So drama is actually how like kinda it happens. So basically I would go and I would add all the top artists on MySpace and then I would add all their top friends. I figured it was like they might have a manager, somebody important in their top friends. So I would add all the top artists and drama was, you know, still making beats back then and he was on the top artists cause he was like popping from Robin Big.


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[Assistant] So I added him, and then in his top friends was like Rob, uhm, his brother Big Cat, who's also on the show with us, a couple skater homies, and I ended up becoming friends with all of them first. So they led me to meeting Rob basically.


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[Assistant] Uh, but yeaah, no, like I was just like, I was really, I've always been like about networking and I was just trying to like, I was like, oh you make beats, like let's work, you know?


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[Assistant] And then I formed like a friendship with Drama and his brother and their homies, like they became like kinda like, like my brothers, you know?


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[Assistant] Actually, Rob admitted this to me recently. He was like, that drama and my voice had said to him like, oh, she thinks she's a rapper. I'm like, oh, so they were talking shit. Okay. So Rob then met me and then Rob met me and realized like I'm very authentic and real and you know, and he was like, nope, she's, she's very rappy. Like she's a rapper.


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[Assistant] And so uhm, and I don't know, Rob said from when he met me like, they had already been thinking about getting a girl on the show. So I just was like funny and kinda like, fit the mold perfectly I guess, and they asked me to be on it.


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[Assistant] Yeah, and then that, I don't know how that led to ridiculousness.


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[Assistant] Yeaah, uhm, well I guess I've grown to like ridiculousness a lot more now because


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[Assistant] Uhm, ridiculousness, you know, it's, it's a better styling budget and as a girl, that's a, that's a great thing to have and I think since being on that show too, maybe people started to think I was hotter because I do have that now.


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[Assistant] It was very weird. Uhm, I never, you know, I never wanted to do like reality TV or anything, but like the day that Rob asked me, I remember I literally had like a little pile of change. I scrounged up to go to In-N-Out.


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[Assistant] You know, I do need some money, so I'll take the job. Uhm, so yeaah, so I didn't want to, you know, I couldn't be, beggars can't be choosy, you know what I'm saying? So I was like, let me take this job, see where it leads me, and...


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[Assistant] Yeaah, I never thought I'd- I mean I've been doing music my whole life. That was always my goal since I was a little girl. I never thought I'd be famous for just like fucking around and laughing and shit, you know?


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[Assistant] You know, I, I'm, I try to remember, like, did people ever, like, tell me about, that they liked my, I don't think so. I think it was like, once they heard it on TV, it became a thing.


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[Assistant] Because like, I even was asking my friends, I was like, yo, did like, do you guys remember my laugh being described? They're like, you always had that laugh. But I'm like, but nobody ever said anything. Nobody ever told me it was a cool laugh or like funny, you know? So I think it was after being on TV that like, so many people could hear it amplified and like, be like, oh, that's a funny laugh.


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[Assistant] You know, not really, I mean, I think it's weird, I think that TV's sometimes too, like, especially in the environments I'm in on Rob's shows, uhm, I think that they see me as like, only like happy and like,


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[Assistant] And, and like goofy, and so, uh, I think that, uhm,


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[Assistant] Uhm, which I kind of bugs me. Uhm, cause yeaah, I think that's like one of the biggest setbacks for me as much as being on the show has been so great for my life and such a fun like journey and I've made a good amount of money off of it. Uhm, my passion is music. So, it's been a big setback for me cause people just don't.


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[Assistant] They don't like get how I'm happy and funny, but like why is this girl a rapper? Like, you know what I mean?


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[Assistant] I think that, you know, like I just told you, like a couple things I've been through in my life, you know, things like that. People don't know. They don't know the hardships I've had to deal with. They don't know the struggle. They don't know my life. I think they see me in like...


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[Assistant] But like, that's not me, you know? So, it's very hard for me, uhm.


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[Assistant] I feel like I couldn't even fully be myself for a while. I feel like now I'm getting to fully be myself because, you know, it's just, that's how I want to be. But uhm, but yeaah, uh, it's been hard.


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[Assistant] When I worked a real receptionist job, you think I was coming to work, like,


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[Assistant] Acting like my little ratchet self? No. I had to be professional and classy because it's a fucking job. So when I go on Fantasy Factory to play a receptionist, obviously I'm gonna be like sweet and professional and proper. I'm not gonna be coming in fucking cursing and like smoking blunts, like I'm a receptionist.


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[Assistant] No, totally. Uhm, I think it's a little bit different with me just cause like I'm a little white girl.


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[Assistant] And like, I don't think people want to accept that I'm actually like, dope at hip-hop, and like, that's really who I am. Uhm, but like, Ludacris said it best when I was on an episode of Fear Factor, uh, he was like, he's like, yea, he was asking me like, what it's like, you know, to transition from, from a,


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[Assistant] And Ludacris goes, yeah, he goes, I used to be a radio host and nobody thought they would be like, you're not going to be a rapper, bro. Like, what are you talking about? And he goes, and now look at me, 20 million albums sold. So he's like, you know, you just got to keep pushing. And, and at the end of the day, people will finally see you for what they're supposed to see you for.


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[Assistant] Uhm, that was very confusing for me, honestly, cause it started because he had randomly tweeted one day that I was a wack rapper.


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[Assistant] To even have to formulate an opinion, you must have listened to something, right?


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[Assistant] You were checking for me and went out of your way to tweet that I was whack. So when I, when he came on ridiculousness, something came up about him saying, oh, something about his opinions. And I said, well, that's exactly, I said, just cause it's your opinion, don't make it a fact.


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[Assistant] And, and that's kind of what started our little thing. And I think that part of me thinks he went at me more to like, I don't know if it was to push me or what, cause I feel like secretly like he likes me and fucks with me. You know what I mean? It's like you were checking for my music in the first place. Why?


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[Assistant] Yeah, but as I said, you know, opinion's an opinion. We all got em. Uh, just like a fucking asshole. So it's like, we all got em. It doesn't, it doesn't make you...


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[Assistant] You, I don't know why his opinion on, on my music should really matter to anybody, cause it's like he's a, he's a radio host, you know? He, if he wants to go and be a rapper just like Ludacris, go do it bro, you know? Why you gotta sit here and hate on every rapper?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, it's like, I just don't get why, first of all, it's like,


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[Assistant] That's happened to me a couple times. I'm like, yo, these people, it's like they read my mind. They really hit me where it hurt.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but for the most part I try to, you know, I tend to go and look at somebody who leaves a negative comments page.


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[Assistant] And they tend to have very little followers


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[Assistant] Exactly, and then I just, I kinda just feel bad, you know, it's like I feel bad for, like,


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[Assistant] I can understand where, you know, maybe some loneliness or something like that could make you just...


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[Assistant] I might be really hurting this person way more than they're hurting me. You know? So it's just like, I try my best to ignore them. Unless they say something really fucking stupid and I need to check them, then I'll check them.


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[Assistant] I actually was kind of thankful that, uhm, Charlamagne originally posted that tweet calling me a wack rapper because that would have never happened and then I wouldn't have had this viral moment where I was able to tell the world


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[Assistant] What a lot of people needed to know. You know, a lot of people sleep on me and it's like, I have worked with legends. You know, people like Be Real, you can watch our Smokebox episode, even Be Real goes, how many OGs gotta give you the cosign for these kids to get it?


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[Assistant] I don't know, somebody told me, you know, so it's like, that's why I spit those facts to Charlamagne, because a lot of people do sleep on me, and a lot of these kids, kids, do hate, and it's like, I have legends in rap who fuck with me, so why, you know,


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[Assistant] Why does Charlamagne's or any of these kids opinions matter? And I felt like I needed to use that moment to state a couple facts because ridiculousness is a great platform that I don't really ever get that chance to talk about my music.


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[Assistant] You know, we've got 400 something episodes, maybe three or four have been really like, heavily talked about my music. So I kind of was happy that that moment happened.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, well even when Charlamagne said that though, he was still kinda poppin'. It's like, yo, and he doesn't know anything about the politics. There's a lot of shit, which I don't even want to get into, but a lot of people don't know a lot of politics behind


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[Assistant] Wayne is the shit. I love him for life. Uh, he gave me the cosign. Uhm, let's just say there was some complications with him and Birdman from what I heard that might have pertained to me. Uhm, and...


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[Assistant] No, so this is what happened. So I had actually, I had like, um, some old management. I was offered a cash money deal.


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[Assistant] And uhm, my old management and I was in a deal polo to Don at the time.


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[Assistant] They were really trying to push me into do this deal. And so, uh, I had, you know, like, uh, a lawyer friend and somebody like look over the deal and they're like, this isn't that great of a deal. Like,


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[Assistant] Uhm, and I was in a really bad production deal with Polo, which I love him to death, but his lawyer goes hard, shout out to his lawyer, because his lawyer fucking goes hard for him.


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[Assistant] And, and I didn't really know what I signed, you know, so basically people were like, you can't go into this cash money deal, you'll end up fucking bankrupt. Like, it's such a, it's such a bad situation.


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[Assistant] Yeah, so, so then I met some other people who were directly linked to Wayne and Young Money and they go, yo, Wayne is gonna fucking love you. Let's bring you to me, Wayne. And so,


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[Assistant] In my eyes, and maybe if Birdman himself hears this, I know, I never meant to disrespect him. I wanted to be young money cash money, you know, that's it. But uhm, I was gonna be dragged into a bad situation unless I got out of that polo deal.


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[Assistant] And so the people who work directly with Wayne were like, Wayne's gonna want you to be Young Money for sure, which, you're gonna be Cash Money anyways, you know, it's gonna be all, it's all good, we're all family. And from my smart,


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[Assistant] And then, I don't know, next thing you know,


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[Assistant] We hear like, it's taking a long time for my deal to get done. And then after it's taking a long time for my deal to get done, then we start hearing that Wayne and Birdman are beefing. There was actually a TMZ article that leaked saying that I was the reason. So when that came out, I kind of started crying for a second because I was like, wait, I don't want to be breaking up fucking Wayne and Birdman. Like these are fucking legends I look up to since I'm a kid, you know?


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[Assistant] Uhm, but yeaah, like Wayne is the shit, he wanted to sign me, he wanted to get the deal done, but like things were just being held up and the next thing you know him and Birdman are having issues and...


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[Assistant] And it was just like a lot, so uhm, I, I tried to, you know, to stay down, stay repping the Young Money name, as long as I could, and then, uhm, the pe- people-


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[Assistant] Uhm, and I'm on an international TV show and like, it was getting to a point where it was like, I need a label, like,


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[Assistant] I don't have ways of getting my music out here in these countries. I'm on TV. Like, if you're with, you know, if you're with a big label like Cash Money.


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[Assistant] They're, they're, they would have had my music playing in all these countries, you know, and that's, that's a little bit harder to do independently to reach the same networks where my TV show is.


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[Assistant] Areas where we're popping on TV, I think it could be a very, a big movement, you know.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well I was never vocal about it until Cardi went hard, and I was like, fuck it, if Cardi's gonna go hard in Blaster, why shouldn't I blast what I've been through, you know?


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[Assistant] Uhm, I have no idea. I was, I looked up to Nikki. I thought, I was like, yes, I'm about to be friends with her. I was so fucking excited. And then, you know, then come to find out she hates me. Uhm, that's a hard thing when you look up to them.


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah, I love Cardi. She's the best. No, but I've had other rappers too like-


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[Assistant] You know, Lil Kim, like I just met her at the VMAs and she was like, I love you. She's like, you're so dope. Trina even gave me just a big shout out. I'm actually going to drop it in a little video recap soon.


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[Assistant] Where Trina was like, just like, yo, like, people be sleeping on you, like, I love your music, it's dope. And, you know, I think, uh, that's why Trina has the title, The Baddest Bitch, because I think that's what makes you a bad bitch is supporting other women.


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[Assistant] I'm still trying to put my shit off. I mean, I have a couple friends who are actually, uhm, you know, starting to do music and, you know, I've been helping them as much as I can.


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[Assistant] And I'm very much about that. I just want to, right now it's almost like I feel like I need to get to that next level so I can be like that homegirl that puts on a couple people, you know? Because I would love to do that. I just think that I need to be in a better place to do that, you know?


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[Assistant] It was, it was, you know, unfortunate, but the fortunate thing is I do have something like ridiculousness, uh, where it's ongoing, never ending, and I was able to, you know, keep, keep riding on out and using being seen to my advantage to where I still keep it going.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, I think it's sick. It is a unique situation because I think because Rob's an athlete sponsored by all those people, you know, I think that that's why they were able to kind of like break that, that whole thing where you can't wear like all the logos and stuff on TV.


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[Assistant] Like I said, I wanna, I wanna do music mainly, that's my main thing. Uhm, and I would love to get into acting too, but, I feel like,


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[Assistant] The show has become like such a big part of my life. Like I couldn't see myself like, I'm gonna stay on it until it's done. You know, I'm never gonna leave it. Like even if my music popped off, I would still try to find a way to make it work unless they were like, yo, this isn't gonna fucking work. You gotta go.


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[Assistant] It's not that time consuming, but for me it seems like it's always falling when something important comes up for me. I've missed like several tour opportunities, I've missed several music gigs.


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[Assistant] Especially because we film on a Saturday, which prevents me from flying for gigs on Friday nights. Right. It's a long story. Anyways, yeah, uhm, so as much as it's a great platform for me musically, it has set me back from a lot of tours and gigs.


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[Assistant] Yeah, well after what I dealt with I'm wondering like Nikki was out here just like stopping everybody from fucking coming up for a while or something. I don't know. Let us know.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean, like I, like I said, I used to be Nicki's fan, so it was, uh, I never could have hate for somebody who I used to bump.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I definitely stopped bumping her though when I found out she didn't fuck with me.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I feel that. Well, I feel like we veered off from the main thing though is how do I feel about the state of female?


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[Assistant] I think it's great. I think that girls are all, uh, finally teaming up and they need to team up even more though because


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[Assistant] Like you see guys always collaborating with each other doing like joint albums and stuff and like, you know, you'll see four male rappers on a song together. You don't see that as much with girls. I think we really need to come together more and collaborate more because I think as, as a unit, you know, women would be stronger in hip hop if we worked with each other more, you know?


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[Assistant] Oh, okay, well I'm not here to get into any of that, but uhm, yeaah, you know.


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[Assistant] I have to go, I got like a small forehead and I'm like so expressive that like it like causes this like permanent fucking wrinkle where that like makes me look like a pug.


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[Assistant] So that's why I get it and then literally it like stopped it. It like saved me from getting it. I used to have like a little wrinkle there before I started getting it and then now it's gone.


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[Assistant] After knowing that I've been out here for, will you try to get my attention? You want a date? What's up? What's up?


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[Assistant] I think maybe that's why he put it in his name. He looked like he might be a fan.


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[Assistant] It's a very catchy beat, like do, do, do, do. Like, you know, you just like, just wanna like bop to it, you know? So I get it.


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[Assistant] So, okay, yeaah, I heard something like that, but that's not good.


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[Assistant] Uhm, not as close as like the rest of the guys, but uhm, like we were cool when we were on the show. We were the only ones who smoked, so like after Fantasy Factory we would like smoke together sometimes. Uhm, but I wasn't super close with him.


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[Assistant] It's crazy, cause like, when I first got on Fantasy Factory, I was like,


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[Assistant] You know, I was very nervous and then I got used to it. And then when Big Black came on, cause he hadn't been on, I was nervous again. And then I realized, oh my God, it's cause like I haven't worked with him yet. Like I'm used to these guys now, but.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so yeaah, I was like really, I was just really sad, uh, I was really sad about it. I felt like mostly the most sad part was that he left the small daughter behind.


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, I felt like I've done the songs, you know, like I went off in my rants to Charli Vain about with a lot of big people.


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[Assistant] Yeah, no, I think he's fire. And so I reached out to him and I was like, yo, I got this song that I think he'd be really dope on.


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[Assistant] And, and then same thing with Dax, I was his fan, and I actually got connected with him through Rivadene, who did the music video for us.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I felt like it was just, it's cooler to work with people that like, you know, a lot of like my TV fans even were like, oh, I don't know who these guys are, but like I fuck with them. And so I, I kind of like in a way putting people onto my fans too.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and yeaah, I just wanted to work with artists that like, I actually like, like myself.


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[Assistant] No, and I feel like they both have really like, uhm, you know, kinda like cult-like followings, like their fans are great, both of them. So, when I knew going into working with both of them, I was like,


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[Assistant] I know that this is also a good thing for me because they've got great fanbases. And so, you know, it's good to work with people who have great fanbases like that who you know are going to support the song.


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[Assistant] Well, it was just really random. Uhm, first of all, the way I was dressed. Let me just break it down.


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[Assistant] Because a moment like that made me look so horrible, and like, I'm really, I'm a hardworking person, like, I'm out here, like, really...


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[Assistant] I work really hard and so to get only shine for moments like that hurts me. Like, so that day I actually auditioned to be the ratchet white girl in 50 Shades of Black, which was the spoof of 50 Shades of Grey that Marlon Waynes was doing.


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[Assistant] And uhm, I guess, you know, my, my agents, they're like, oh, we know Chanel, like she could do the ratchet white girl, but they meant like ratchet looks too, so I was like a little too cute for the role, which is what Marlon said and why I didn't get it.


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[Assistant] So I had just auditioned for that and then went straight after that, my two friends had just moved back from New York to my best friends. So the girls, we got together right after I had like a successful good audition, you know, like I auditioned with Marlon Waynes in the room and he loved it, but he literally was like,


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[Assistant] You're too cute for this. Like, we have more. If you see the girl who got the role, you'll understand. Uhm, no disrespect. She was a great actress.


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[Assistant] I'm in One Oak. It's like a dead night. Nobody's there. Like I'm friends with Richie Akiva who owns One Oak. Like I know the people there. Like they always treat me like royalty there. So the security guard comes up to me and I'm like wasted. And he's like, you need to go. Cause apparently some girl complained I spilled a drink on her.


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[Assistant] Yeah, literally, is it your first fucking time out? So she tried to have me removed, not knowing who I am, and the security doesn't know who I am, and like, I'm cool with the owners of the club, whatever. So I just like ignore him, I'm like, dude, like, stop, you playing? Like, come on, like, I performed here before, like, what are you doing? And this guy doesn't know who I am, literally picks me the fuck up.


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[Assistant] Then I have a Uber who's like, I'm not making two stops. And I got so pissed because I was already so embarrassed of being kicked out. I have the little mini water bottle I took from the table and I chuck it at the Uber.


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[Assistant] I'm like, I thought it was a random man, like I was like, get off me. I said, what are you doing? And he goes, you can't fucking throw a drink out of a car like that. And I said, get, and I hit him. I said, get the fuck off me thinking it's like a random dude. He was like, in like a, he was like an off duty cop in a security outfit, but he's in a security outfit. I'm like, get off me, bro.


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[Assistant] I think we might have had a com- I was like really fucked up when we were just partying in Miami, but I think we kinda like talked about this a little bit, me, him and his homie Brandon, we were like talking about it. But uhm, that night was another, it was just, I was pissed off, right? So this is what happened. I came with a group of girls.


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[Assistant] And all my girls are cute, okay? I don't roll with nobody not cute. And the guy at the door goes,


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[Assistant] And then I see my boy JJ walk up with my homie Apple from Black Eyed Peas and I go up to them to talk to them on the side after I had already walked away and the security goes, oh now you trying to sneak in?


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[Assistant] But that's why, it's like, then they put me on TMZ, two guys talking about TMZ, like, most sexist thing ever, why does it take two guys to fucking talk to me? Anyways, and on TMZ, I'm like interviewing with them, they're asking about it, like, why would you go off on the security like that? How rude. I said, how rude?


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[Assistant] And, and sex, speaking of sexism, why am I fucking talking to two guys? Are, like, are people stupid? Like, do you think that I just snap and yell for no reason? I-


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[Assistant] Exactly, that's what it is I think. I think that like, people see like, I'm a nice person, I'm happy, and I also am working really hard and actually have talent and like,


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[Assistant] I don't know what it is we're in a society as far as media goes where they want to find the people that they


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[Assistant] They love to tear people down. It brings views and ratings and, and they do it to people like me who are easy targets.


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[Assistant] Uh, yes, another video dropping this week, on my birthday.


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[Assistant] No, it's solo and I'm singing actually, so uhm, it's like melodic, like, you know, it's like singing, it's like rap singing, it's still, uh,


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[Assistant] It's still, like, you gotta hear it. It's, I mean, it's still me, it's like, still hard Chanel, but like, soft at the same time.


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[Assistant] And I'm really proud of the song, like the song has so many, it has a lot of different meanings behind it. I feel like it's kind of one of those songs though, for my fans, I want them to listen to it and kind of interpret their own meaning. But uhm, for me, like, I wrote it about...


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[Assistant] Basically like a lot of fake shit going on with, you know, Instagram and all these people trying to be famous and you know, everybody's doing things for clout and likes and, and I'm just trying to get out there and like...


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[Assistant] And so that's what I'm talking about in the song. Uhm, but when you listen to it though, you can maybe get other meanings. So I want my fans to just listen to it and relate to it however they do.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and then I just dropped my clothing line, which is called LOL Cartel.


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[Assistant] So basically, there's a little scene where him and Michael Rappaport are into acting and it's like we redo like the basic instinct scene, um, like kind of like a spoof of it. And, and so basically he's like, he's like, um,


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[Assistant] Michael Rapoport's like, tell me who you working with. You know, like they're like the detectives. And then Redman goes, I think she with the LOL Cartel.


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[Assistant] It was so funny, like, first of all, seeing them film it live, like, everybody on set could not hold their laughs in, like, it was so, I've never, like, it was so hard to hold my laugh in, but that's what inspired it, because I really feel like that's my thing, you know, like, uhm,


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[Assistant] I'm the LOL Cartel, kind of a mix of like cute and hard, you know what I mean? The name, it's really me in a whole, but it doesn't just stand for laugh out loud, it stands for live, love,


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[Assistant] Uhm, but yeaah, it's unisex, so it's like, some of, there's a couple designs maybe the guys might not rock, cause I want to have some more for girls, but for the most part, everything is like styles that guys and girls can rock, and the sizing is, goes for, like, from small girls up to like big dudes.


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[Assistant] I wanna watch it too, but I was a little sad because Lil Yachty admit when he was on Ridiculousness that he don't even smoke.


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[Assistant] I hope so. I really do. I don't know what all your fans are like, but hopefully they're cool.


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[Assistant] My mom's gonna get so mad at me for admitting this. She hates it when I do. But like, we used to grow in my mom's garage.


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[Assistant] When I was like 17. So I kinda like, I kinda know how to grow too, but uhm.


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[Assistant] You know, I, I, literally, I- Something to fall back on.


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[Assistant] Once the fucking internet took off, it was like, that wasn't a job anymore, you know? So, my mom did the same thing 30 years and so after, she, you know, she needed to make money.


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[Assistant] What's up? What's bracken? So the crips was cracken, so the bloods was bracken. So no limit was happening. Right back at this motherfucker.


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[Assistant] I'mma have to, you know, keep that, I'mma have to keep it on me, but I miss this life.


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[Assistant] I see how you want to act. Remember back when I was actually flipping packs? Niggas talking, all these niggas ain't about that action. I'm from Chicago, we be shooting, we feel like paxing. You got a problem, fuck it, we gonna be pistol packing. Leave him bloody as fuck, he don't need more than a napkin. I don't got time for these niggas and all of these bitches reacting. If I want any reactions, I go YouTube and watch reaction.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I brag sometimes, I admit that I boast with it. Shit, I'm humble as fuck, I don't give a fuck about most niggas. They be trying me, you don't really got time for these niggas.


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[Assistant] Damn right, you heard Drake. Pull up to your doorway with a faux ode, like faux play that go both ways so it'll kill you and your bitch for the end of the day, bitch. You heard me.


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[Assistant] Tonight on Frontline, an intimate journey to the edge of life.


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[Assistant] Where patients, families and doctors face the hardest decisions.


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[Assistant] In the intensive care unit at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, a family gathers.


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[Assistant] has been kept alive on a ventilator for the last five days.


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[Assistant] With every major organ failing from end stage liver disease, her family is now faced with taking her off life support.


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[Assistant] Today, more Americans die in hospitals than anywhere else.


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[Assistant] Often after prolonged illness and many medical interventions.


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[Assistant] Robert Bernardini is 47 years old. He had a massive stroke two years ago, and has been living in a nursing home. His cost of care is covered by Medicaid.


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[Assistant] When Robert came into the hospital with pneumonia, he had a cardiac arrest and was resuscitated.


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[Assistant] He has now been on a ventilator in the intensive care unit for over a week.


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[Assistant] Diana Reed is 31 years old and has scleroderma, a progressive disease that causes the skin to tighten and major organs to shut down.


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[Assistant] She was in respiratory distress and had to be intubated.


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[Assistant] The Loroville family is meeting with doctors to discuss taking their mother off the respirator.


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[Assistant] That if the extubation failed, they would do the tracheotomy.


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[Assistant] Here in the bone marrow transplant unit, a team of oncologists treats people with blood cancer, who a generation ago would have died.


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[Assistant] A bone marrow transplant is one of the most drastic therapies in oncology. And it's expensive.


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[Assistant] The cost of a transplant alone can be close to $250,000.


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[Assistant] When Albert Alberti, 53, was first diagnosed two years ago with MDS, a type of leukemia, he was given only months to live.


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[Assistant] Married with three young children. He knew a bone marrow transplant was his only hope for a cure.


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[Assistant] Albert had one transplant but it failed. And then he had another. Both were covered by his insurance.


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[Assistant] But with each one he's had terrible complications, including pneumonia and a stroke.


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[Assistant] For nearly nine months, John Maloney has been in the hospital with one complication after another.


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[Assistant] Was 55 when he was first diagnosed with multiple myeloma. He's tried every available treatment, including two bone marrow transplants, but his myeloma keeps coming back.


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[Assistant] Although doctors believe they can no longer control his myeloma, John doesn't want to stop treatment.


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[Assistant] So they've agreed to send him home on a mild chemotherapy.


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[Assistant] Norman Smalley has been in the hospital for two months, suffering from life-threatening complications of his transplant.


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[Assistant] It's the next morning, and overnight, Norman got worse. His liver began to fail.


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[Assistant] So doctors called in his sister Phyllis, who is his healthcare proxy.


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[Assistant] Dr. Rossman and Norman's sister decided to send him to the intensive care unit to see if he could be stabilized.


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[Assistant] Three weeks after his clinic visit, Albert Alberti was back in the hospital.


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[Assistant] John Maloney is also back in the hospital. Home for only a week, he was brought back in on an emergency admission.


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[Assistant] It's been two days since Norman Smelly was brought to the ICU from the bone marrow transplant unit, and he has continued to get worse.


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[Assistant] So Dr. Nelson wants to meet with Norman's family and Dr. Rossman to discuss his prognosis.


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[Assistant] After meeting with doctors in the ICU, Norman's family decided to sign a DNR and focus exclusively on comfort care.


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[Assistant] It's been one week since John stopped chemotherapy. And now he's bleeding internally. Earlier in the day.


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[Assistant] Doctors needed to know if he wanted life-sustaining measures to keep him alive, or if he wanted to sign a Do Not Resuscitate order.


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[Assistant] John never did sign a DNR, but he did agree to go to hospice.


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[Assistant] Only one day after Martha Laravel surprised everyone by being able to breathe on her own, she had to have a tracheotomy.


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[Assistant] She has now been living on a ventilator for over a year.


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[Assistant] So it'll be interesting nevertheless, so I'm excited to watch. Hope you guys are as well. Please keep in mind, if you like this, you should check out my Patreon page as well to see the next episode early and just see my full reaction to everything in the episode as well. And please support the official release of Miraculous on Netflix.


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[Assistant] The like akumatized people again, but at the same time, it's not like they really had like their personalities or anything, it was just like their models being used, so.


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[Assistant] But, it just kinda felt, muah. You know?


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[Assistant] I uh, I still liked it, but meh. I mean I thought it was cute then in the end.


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[Assistant] Marinette's parents get to test out Max's game, which I think is very adorable. I also just love Marinette's parents. I think they're just genuinely good people and very caring and very, very sweet. So it works out very nicely.


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[Assistant] Uhm, I did like the, uh, the little talk at the, uh, after they got the, uh, kuma. I liked the talk that Marinette, well, I shouldn't say Marinette.


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[Assistant] Ladybug and Cat Noir had where basically she's like, how do you balance all this stuff? Like don't you, aren't you ever afraid that we're just not going to have fun or anything? And Cat Noir be like, my favorite moments are when I'm with you. Like as long as we're together, like that's all that matters to me. I just want to be with you. So I liked that a lot and I think Marinette has


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[Assistant] This is where those moments with like the Ladybug or Mr. Bug thing come back in, where Ladybug has a lot of the weight on her shoulders because she's the only one that can truly get rid of the Akuma. So I think that's where a lot of her pressure comes in where


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[Assistant] Ladybug Marinette could go get another Miraculous and have them assist. Is Cat Noir helpful in his uhm,


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[Assistant] You know, destruction abilities, you know, useful? Yes, very much so. But...


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[Assistant] It's a ladybug that we need. It is that miraculous that is so necessary for everything.


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[Assistant] So I feel bad because Marinette has a lot of that, that pressure that just Cat Noir doesn't. Like this is still technically fun and games to him. Yes, he is.


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[Assistant] He gets the severity of it, but I just don't think he gets the pressure from it, if that makes sense.


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[Assistant] It's just so different for them both.


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[Assistant] Nervous to see what the next episode will be about? My only guess is uhm...


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[Assistant] That the, I can't remember her name, but Stormy Weather is a weather girl and she's starting to get hate from people because she's giving them the weather news that they don't want. That's my thought.


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[Assistant] It made me feel for weather people, for sure. Maybe y'all are meteorologists and stuff, so I'm gonna guess that's what this episode is about as well, is that she's just getting hate.


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[Assistant] Lightning, not volcano.


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[Assistant] I think some recap was okay, like the Natalie portion, where we get to kinda hear her, uhm,


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[Assistant] A little bit of her thoughts and why she's doing the things she's doing was nice.


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[Assistant] Everything else besides getting to see little flashbacks of Luca. Uh, everything else was great though. Very great.


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[Assistant] Uh, those two moments were great. Everything else, no. Kinda boring. Uhm, so I don't think I have too much to say about this episode. Uh, getting to see stormy weather again was kinda fun, but it's such a petty, like,


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[Assistant] Such a petty reason, but of course Chloe caused an akuma. And then it just, volcano!


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[Assistant] We saved it. Don't even get to see Ladybug saving the day. Like it's all cut out. It's just the day is saved.


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[Assistant] So a little lame, a little anticlimactic, but whatever, like.


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[Assistant] It's a recap episode at the end of the day. I can't be mad at that, so. Meh.


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[Assistant] So overall, it was a fine episode. I don't really have too much else to say about this, uh.


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[Assistant] I'm just excited to see where we're going since we, uhm,


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[Assistant] We are getting kind of close to the end of season three. Uh, we have, uh, the finale, which is the two part, and then we've got, um, quite a few episodes left, which I know