“Good,” Nizumi replied. “Did anyone else see him?”
“I...I don’t…”
She was growing flustered again. Ruff stepped in. “It’s okay. Look, don’t fret, girl. Do you know why he tried to shoot me? I mean, I know a lot of peeps didn’t like our change of direction on this last cut, but damn…”
She shook her head and her face lit up. “Oh no, Mr. MC Ruff! We both love Broke No Mo’. It’s one of your best yet.” There was that gleam in her eye that he saw earlier at Chubb’s.
“So why’d he do it? Tumble was cuttin’ so hard. Ruined his flow, man.”
Tumble scrunched his eyebrows and looked indignant.
“Derek’s a good dude,” the girl said defiantly. “Something...I don’t know. It was like he snapped. As soon as the breakbeats kicked in on the last song, he stopped moving and got real stiff. Then all of the
