Gottis Way tracks Murder Inc. mogul Irv Gotti’s attempts to rebuild his empire and fix his broken home, while our Rock Reality Show Recaps track how many times he breaks out Ja Rule in each episode. Here’s our first report:
Thirty Minutes in Four Sentences: Irv Gotti is not the man he used to be, but he’s still clearly under the impression he’s one of the biggest players in the rap game. He once lorded over a relatively successful roster that boasted Ashanti and Ja Rule and stood trial for federal money-laundering charges, and now the head of Murder Inc. (wasn’t that label named changed to The Inc.!?) is back to prove to the world — and his disgruntled kinda-wife — that he can still paint an album platinum. So what if now hes got three kids and his wife makes him sleep on the couch? Hes still BFF with Ja!
Does Ja Rule Gottis life?: Is Britney Spears an unfit parent? Prepare to see more Ja Rule here than an Ashanti video. It seems like every scene, the feud-loving rapper shows up in his customary oversized polo, ready to make zero to little sense for the cameras: “Let me tell you something, Gotti,” he shares in this episode. “Im a beast.” (We repeat, last hit, circa 2002).
Irvs Industry Advice: We’re pretty sure this line was stolen from 8 Mile, but here it is anyway: “You gonna get one shot,” Gotti says to — you guessed it — Ja (the only other real “stars” in the episode were Russell Simmons and DMX’s wife). “And if you drop the ball in that one shot, they gonna say, ‘homie get out of here.’ ”
Broken Home: After justifying taking on a new mortgage with the claim that at least the house will “get equity,” Irv convinces estranged wife Debbie to go hunting for a “bigger house with a pool” to accommodate their children (and himself, of course). Although hesitant at first (Deb fears that Irv will dump all the payments on her once he moves on), she finally checks out a gorgeous pad and hates it almost as much as she hates her life decisions. “Get a college degree so you dont have to depend on a man,” she warns daughter Angie earlier in the episode.”
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