Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)

Broken Rhymes (2016)

Mitchell Edwards: Hype

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• Odafin Tutuola : You Hype?

  Hype : Yeah. What can I do for you fellas?

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : NYPD. We're here about Eva Carson.

  Hype : Who?

  Odafin Tutuola : The friend you met in the club Thursday night.

  Hype : [Carisi shows him Eva's picture]  Oh, that freak? Look, dude slapped me. You should be arresting his stupid ass.

  Odafin Tutuola : Maybe we will. Once she gets out of the coma.

  Hype : Coma?

  Odafin Tutuola : Yeah, somebody did her with a pipe.

• Olivia Benson : We're giving you a chance to tell us what really happened.

  Odafin Tutuola : Now, you can start by telling us how your DNA got under Eva's fingernails.

  Hype : Okay. But if I tell y'all, will you promise to keep it private?

  Olivia Benson : Absolutely. We won't say a word.

  Hype : Like, for real? You can't tell no one.

  Olivia Benson : For real.

  Hype : Okay. Cool. I appreciate that. So... the reason my skin is underneath her fingernails is because... we had sex. We... we're dating. We're in love.

• Dominick Carisi, Jr. : I listened to a few of your songs. You're obviously not a big fan of gay and transgender people.

  Hype : Man, it's just music, a'ight?

  Dominick Carisi, Jr. : You know what? My favorite line is, uh, "when a tranny looks your way, got to make sure the dude pays. Cap to the head. Boot to the grill. All you bitches know I ain't 'fraid to kill."

  Hype : Keep at it, G. You could be the next Eminem.

  Odafin Tutuola : And you could be the next brother from Harlem doing time if you don't tell us what your punk ass was really doing yesterday afternoon.

• Rafael Barba : We're going to indict you for murder first thing tomorrow.

  Mitch Hampton : Randall acted in self defense.

  Rafael Barba : Mm. We disagree. The evidence doesn't add up. But the good news is I'm here to offer you a deal, sir. Man one. I will, however, need you to allocute so that the judge and the public knows why I'm offering you such a good deal.

  Hype : What's that mean?

  Olivia Benson : That means you need to tell the judge what really happened; that you killed Cash in a heightened, emotional fit of rage because you loved Eva.

  Hype : [sharing a look with his lawyer, who shakes him off]  Look, this ain't got nothing to do with nobody named Eva.

  Olivia Benson : Okay, Hype, don't be stupid.

  Hype : I shot Cash over a business dispute! In self defense! Like I said, I ain't no faggot.

• Olivia Benson : So, Hype, I just want to go over everything again and make sure that I... that I fully understand. So you and Eva were involved, and that's the reason that you went to the hospital? To check on her condition?

  Hype : Yeah. I mean, I just wanted to make sure she was okay. But like I said, I ain't gay. Not even close. I just... you know, I just like her, that's all.

  Olivia Benson : So when did you and Eva first meet?

  Hype : Three months ago. At some party for some photographer. We liked each other. Started hanging out.

  Odafin Tutuola : Why'd she slap you?

  Hype : 'Cause I pretended I ain't know her. Started making some stupid jokes. I just ain't want nobody to know, that's all.

  Olivia Benson : So this had nothing to do with the songs she wrote.

  Hype : What are you talking about?

  Odafin Tutuola : Your boy Cash told us she wrote some of your tracks, but you didn't want her name on the album. That's why he and Vincent Love had to give her 50k to remain anonymous.

  Hype : What the hell are you talking about? Eva didn't write no tracks. She don't even like rap. Look, I write my own rhymes, from day one, a'ight?

  Olivia Benson : Then why were you at Cypress market?

  Hype : Eva wanted to have lunch. In public. She was tired of our relationship being on the DL. It was a big deal to her.

  Olivia Benson : And?

  Hype : I freaked out. Changed my mind. I mean, I wanted to have lunch, but I just couldn't do it. So I left. Went to the bar down the street, drank some peach schnapps, and went back to the studio.