The Last Black Unicorn

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get paid    on  a   regular basis.”

Rumpelstiltskin:    “Well,  I   guess   you gonna   be  headlining
this for yourself, you can just go on out there and
headline for yourself.”

Tiffany:    “Will   do. You bet.”

And then I started headlining some shows and stuĉ, and
I did pretty good. I guess he heard about how good I did, so
he called me:


Rumpelstiltskin:    “Well,  I   just    want    to  apologize.  Nigga,
you out here getting it. You really doing things. I want
to apologize. I was wrong the way I treated you.”

I thought that was cool of him, to admit he was wrong.
Good for him.
But I had to earn that respect.
ͳere was this other guy that pissed me oĉ for a long
time. Let’s call him “Cry Baby.” He’s a comedian you have
heard of. When I was starting oĉ, like twenty-two years old,
I met him at an open mic. He said I had promise, but I
needed to hang out with more comedians to get funnier. I
was like, Cool, this guy’s trying to help me.
So he invited me to a taping at one of his shows for BET.
Well, that’s what he told me it was. I’m thinking he is on the
TV show. I get there, and it’s not his show at all. He was
just doing the audience warm-up! After the show, he was all

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