J. J. RHYMES
FADE IN:
SCENE I:
In this scene, 3 young men, whose names are, Joseph Martin, Carlton Miller and Jeremy James Robertson, also known as J. J. Rhyme, are sitting down, in the yard, not too far away from Joseph Martin’s mother’s house.
In the small town of Lawtell, Louisiana, who has 120 people who live here, it is very small community.
It is 3:00 p. m., in the afternoon, of Monday.
JOSEPH:
So, it seems that, you have decided, to get into the music business...
And so, what is your plan exactly?
JEREMY:
Yeah, this is my dream; I’ve been having since I was 7 years old...
Both of ya’ll knew that, already, so, it doesn’t seem, that I shouldn’t keep talking about.
CARLTON:
We both know that already...
But, how will you go, about trying to get into the music business?
JEREMY:
Carl, you always ask everybody, how they are going to do anything.
Besides, there is an audition tomorrow and I am going.
CARLTON:
That is because, everybody has the ideas, but no one has any money, to back up.
So, good luck on your audition tomorrow.
JOSEPH:
Where will be at?
JEREMY:
At the Mentoring Center.
CARLTON:
Where they mentor young men.
JEREMY:
That’s it.
JEREMY:
Both of you guys know I have a C. D., which I cut, before I got laid off my job.
JOSEPH:
Yeah, I remember that day; I went with you, to have your C. D. cut.
CARLTON:
I remember that day too.
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SCENE II:
Catherine Jones Robertson, who is Jeremy’s mother, is worried and it has been 6 hours later and she is cooking some food for her and her son.
Jeremy walks in his mother’s house.
JEREMY:
Mom, is that the food I smell?
CATHERINE:
Where the hells have you’ve been?!
JEREMY:
Mom!
I went to see my friends, if that’s alright.
CATHERINE:
Hell no! it isn’t alright.
You better try to look for a job.
The Telephone rings and Catherine goes to answer the telephone.
CATHERINE:
Hello.
JOSEPH:
Is Jeremy there?
CATHERINE:
Who is it?
JOSEPH:
This is Joseph.
CATHERINE:
Oh...
She puts down the telephone and call Jeremy.
CATHERINE:
Jeremy!
Come here and talk to Joseph.
JEREMY:
Yeah Mom!
Jeremy comes out of the bathroom.
JEREMY:
Yeah, what’s up?
JOSEPH:
Do you need a ride, to go to the audition tomorrow?
JEREMY:
Yeah...
Will you be able to bring me?
JOSEPH:
No problem, brother.
Jeremy hangs up the telephone.
Catherine and Jeremy sit at the table.
CATHERINE:
So, what is up with you and Joseph?
JEREMY:
He is taking me to an audition, tomorrow.
CATHERINE:
Sit down.
Let me tell you something.
JEREMY:
Mom
What?
CATHERINE:
With any and all choices you make, in life.
Don’t forget God should be involved, in any and all decisions, you make.
JEREMY:
I know mom.
CATHERINE:
No you don’t know.
So listen, to what I tell you.
JEREMY:
I’m listening
CATHERINE:
Before I make any choices, about doing anything
I pray to God, first.
JEREMY:
What about being with dad?
CATHERINE:
That was a choice that I did not pray about.
JEREMY:
Mom, I know.
CATHERINE:
God will always make a away.
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SCENE III:
It is 7:00 a. m., in the morning of Tuesday.
Joseph blows his horn.
CATHERINE:
What the hell is going on?!
JOSEPH:
Sorry Ms. Robertson!
I thought Jeremy was up.
Catherine goes into Jeremy’s room.
CATHERINE:
Jeremy gets your lazy ass up!
Joseph is here to pick up!
JEREMY:
Yeah mom, I’m coming.
Catherine leaves Jeremy’s room.
Jeremy hurries up and gets dress.
After Jeremy get dress, he rushes outside to meet Joseph.
JOSEPH:
Brother, your mother is bugging man.
JEREMY:
Don’t worry about her man, let’s us to the audition.
Both of them had gotten into the car, they close the door and drove off.
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SCENE IV:
Joseph and Jeremy arrive at the Mentoring Center for the audition.
Both of them got out of the car and close the doors and started walking to the main entrance of the building.
They met an elderly man, whose name is Robert Armstrong, with clip board, which had some paper, everyone could sign their name, which came for the audition.
JEREMY:
Hey
What up?
ROBERT:
What up, Cat?
JEREMY:
What do I have to do to audition?
ROBERT:
All you have to do is to sign your name.
Make sure you have your C. D.
Jeremy signed his name and he and Joseph went find them a seat.
JEREMY:
Look brother, at all the people in this building.
JOSEPH:
Man I know.
As soon as they found some seat, that was empty, they both sat down, near a guy name Bradley McMillan.
BRADLEY:
So, both of you here for the audition
JOSEPH:
No, just my friend, Jeremy
A few minutes later Jeremy’s name was called, by an elderly woman, whose name was Madonna Williams?
MADONNA:
Are you Jeremy?
JEREMY:
That’s me.
MADONNA:
So...
You want to be a star.
JEREMY:
Yeah
MADONNA:
Well, first of all, you should have brought your C.D. and a picture of yourself.
JEREMY:
I did.
MADONNA:
The second step is for me to listen to 1 or 2 songs.
JEREMY:
Okay.
She started listening to the music.
A few minutes later, she gave him back his C. D. and told him it wasn’t what they were looking for.
Jeremy and Joseph left.
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SCENE V:
It was Wednesday morning.
Carlton came to Ms. Robertson’s house with a newspaper.
He knocks on the door and Jeremy answered it.
CARLTON:
Hello.
JEREMY:
Carl...
CARLTON:
I brought you a newspaper.
Both of them went outside, near the side of the house.
They had some chairs, under a tree, where both of them went to sit down.
Jeremy looks at the newspaper and find another audition.
JEREMY:
Carl...
There is another audition
Can you bring me?
CARLTON:
Yeah, Jeremy, I can.
You need to look for a job.
JEREMY:
I will.
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SCENE VI:
It is Thursday morning
Carl arrives in his truck.
Jeremy walks out of the house and gets into Carl’s truck.
They both close the doors of the truck.
JEREMY:
I appreciate it...
Carl.
CARLTON:
Yeah, Jeremy...
I know.
As soon as they arrive to Holiday Mall.
Carlton and Jeremy get out of the truck and they both close the doors of the truck and head inside the Mall.
They see a sign in the corner, which talks about the audition.
As soon as they arrive in the room, they are greeted by, Angel Thomas, who has a clipboard with some paper on it, for everyone to sign their names.
JEREMY:
So, do I have to sign our names?
ANGEL:
Yes, please.
The other gentlemen can sign in too.
CARLTON:
I am not auditioning.
Carlton and Jeremy went to find a seat.
JEREMY:
I hope I am next, brother.
Because, I can’t wait anymore
CARLTON:
You will soon be next.
Okay.
A few minutes later, Jeremy name was called, by an elderly gentleman, whose name is Robert Miller.
JEREMY:
My name is Jeremy and I want to be a rapper.
ROBERT:
Okay.
Do you have a C. D. and a picture of yourself?
JEREMY:
Yeah.
Here it is.
ROBERT:
Do you have other copies of your music?
JEREMY:
Yes.
ROBERT:
I will take your music and listen to it.
I will call you as soon as I can.
JEREMY:
Thanks.
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SCENE VII:
A week has passed, since Jeremy went to other auditions.
He was about to give up, when Joseph, came by to get Jeremy, for another audition.
Jeremy gets out of his house into Joseph’s car.
They both close the doors of the car.
JOSEPH:
I saw this audition on television last night.
I wanted to come and pick you up.
JEREMY:
Thanks, brother.
So they went to a club called:
Club D
A lot of people were there to audition.
Jerry Dean from New Generation was there.
Jeremy had saw Jerry Dean and he gave him the C. D.
JEREMY:
This is my songs.
JERRY:
Okay.
I will listen to it now.
As Jerry heard the music, he like it and told Jeremy, he’ll get a recording deal.
Jerry went to the table he was using and pick up his contract and gave it to Jeremy.
Jeremy read the contract and signed it and gave it back to Jerry.
Jerry took his check book out and wrote out a check for $25,000.00
He gave it to Jeremy and John and Jeremy left the building.
They both went to Jeremy’s mother’s house and tell Jeremy’s mother.
As soon as they arrived, Jeremy rushed to get out of John’s car and ran into the house.
JEREMY:
Mom!
Mom!
CATHERINE:
What son!
JEREMY:
I got a recording deal!
CATHERINE:
Jeremy, did you get a recording deal?
JEREMY:
Yeah mom
I’m so excited.
CATHERINE:
Jeremy, I want you to remember God, my son.
JEREMY:
I will mom.
Jeremy went to his room and started packing his clothes.
He was going to Los Angeles, California.
John brings him to the airport.
As soon as they arrived, Jeremy went to buy his ticket and John came with him.
Julie was the customer service, who gave him his ticket.
JEREMY:
Yes, I need 1 ticket to Los Angeles, please.
JULIE:
Yes sir.
He put his, 2 bags down, to purchase his ticket.
After he purchases the ticket, he hugs John and told him bye.
John told him, bye.
As soon as they called, the flight to Los Angeles, on gate 7, Jeremy left, with his, 2 bags in his hand and left.
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SCENE VIII:
Jeremy has finally arrived at the airport, where Jerry is waiting for him.
I had gotten his 2 bags out of the compartment of the airplane.
JERRY:
Okay, let’s get your ready to find a hotel, for you to stay in.
JEREMY:
Okay.
Jerry had a limo waiting outside the airport, with a driver, whose was waiting on the side of the driver‘s side.
Jerry and Jeremy had gotten in.
The driver, whose, name is, Daryl Benson, closed the door
Jerry told the drive to the Dean Holiday.
One of the best hotel’s in Los Angeles.
As soon as they arrived, Jeremy checked in.
JERRY:
I will pick up at 5:00 a. m., in the morning.
You have a record to record.
Be down downstairs at 5 in the morning.
JEREMY:
I will.
Then Jerry left and Jeremy went up to the second floor, to suite 201
Jeremy had put his 2 bags down and uses his card key to get into his room.
JEREMY:
Man, look at this room.
I like it.
A few minutes later, Jeremy drop his 2 bags on the floor and took a shower.
He took his alarm clock out of one of his bags and set it, for 5:00 in the morning.
After the shower, he went to bed.
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SCENE IX:
It is 5:00 a. m., Thursday morning.
Jeremy had heard the alarm and woke up.
He rushed to put on his clothes and took his card key with him.
He locked the door and rushed to get the elevator.
He had gotten in.
The elevator went to the first floor.
He rushed out and ran for the lobby, while, Jerry was waiting in the lobby for him.
JERRY:
I see you’re up.
JEREMY:
Yeah.
JERRY:
Let’s go.
They both went outside the hotel and got into the limo.
After they had gotten, Daryl closed the door.
A few minutes later they were at the record studio.
JEREMY:
This is the record studio.
JERRY:
Yes it is.
So let’s get out and get into the studio.
We can get started on your album.
JEREMY:
Yes, we can.
As they had gotten out of the limo, they went inside the front door of the studio.
Jeremy and Jerry went to the recording booth.
JEREMY:
Brother, I like this stuff, in here.
JERRY:
I know Jeremy.
This is how it all begins.
First you need a stage name.
JEREMY:
You can call me J. J. Rhymes.
JERRY:
Love it.
We will need some songs recorded.
JEREMY:
Can I write some of my own songs?
JERRY:
Yes, you can.
JEREMY:
I can’t believe I’m a celebrity.
JERRY:
Yes you are my friend.
I’ll be back.
I am going to call a few friends and we can get started on your album.
As Jerry leaves the recording studio, Jeremy, takes a look at the equipment.
Jerry decides to call J-Man Pictures to help with the photography, to take pictures of Jeremy.
A few minutes later Jerry returns.
JERRY:
I have decided to schedule you an appointment with J-Man Pictures.
I want you to take some pictures for your first album cover.
JEREMY:
Cool.
JERRY:
As soon as you have finish, we will start working start working on your album.
JEREMY:
Okay.
JERRY:
The limo is waiting outside of the recording studio.
I want you to and get some pictures taken of yourself.
JEREMY:
Okay.
Jeremy started leaving the recording, while Jerry stayed and wait for the songwriters to come and meet him at the recording studio.
FADE OUT
SCENE X:
In this scene Jeremy is at J-Man Studios.