Time has passed and Ye' is now in college. His father, Kanye, has been working for MP Enterprises for 20 years now. It's boring, but his strong relationship with his son keeps him steady and focused. How are things between Russell and Kanye? There isn't much tension between the two, however it's remains a sensitive relationship after the loss of Lucile.
Now that we're all caught up,
Ye' is an expressive, creative individual similar to his father, minus the drugs. He's going to art school on a scholarship and is in his senior year. Only thing is, he's been having trouble finding inspiration to get started on his senior thesis.
Meanwhile, Kanye has been rising up the corporate ladder and his sales have been through the roof lately. One night, Kanye and his team decide to celebrate a bit after working on a major project and exceeding their goals. Kanye lets loose and drinks a bit. Going to the bathroom to wash his face, he sees a group of interns doing some lines of coke. Kanye's taken back by it, but his colleagues aren't ashamed or embarrassed. Hell, they even offer him some. He's naturally hesitant at first, but he then goes for one line. Then that turns into another line, and once more. Line after line. Party party party let's all get wasted.
Party's over.
The interns have high tolerances and can control themselves, Kanye he wants to keep the night going. He tries hitting up an old friend, Yeezy, but getting in contact with him seems impossible after so many years have passed. He then hits up a liquor store and starts drinking while driving around the city on the hunt for any hot spots in sight. Music blasting, driving reckless, Kanye loses control and gets into a severe accident. What happens? Yup. He died.
Funeral time, Ye's devastated. While standing over his father's grave, he's then approached by Russell. Russell tells him that he knows this is a tough time for him and that he can relate. If he needs anything, he's there for him. Ye' thanks him but just goes home to sulk in sadness. What's next to come is unfortunately nothing but negativity. Everything Kanye was trying to avoid for his boy, Ye' enters this downward spiral as he begins to use drugs to distract himself from reality.
Worrying about Ye' constantly being alone at home, Russell goes to visit him to see how he's doing. When he gets to the front, he notices the door is already open. He then finds Ye' conked out with a band wrapped around his arm and a needle stuck in place. Trying to wake him up, Russell takes him back to his place. Ye' wakes up confused and not remembering anything. Coming from the kitchen, Russell finds a functional Ye' sitting up in his bed. Ye' starts the conversation asking why is he there, which is followed by a spazzing-out Russell telling him he's gonna stay there for a bit. Ye' refuses, to which Russell enforces he's going to stay at Ye's house then. Ye' not about any of that just bounces. Some days pass, and after giving Ye' some time to cool down, Russell tries to reach out to him again. This time it's a bit more civil and they compromise — Russell will give Ye' his space but will visit him once a week with an update on everything going on in his life. Agreeing to it all, the two start to build a relationship.
A slight step in progress, Ye' lands a position as security on campus during the midnight shift. Hoping this will keep him distracted, the slow long hours just pull him down even more as all he thinks about is the recent loss of his father. On top of it all, he's still having issues working on his senior thesis. His sleep schedule is fucked balancing school and this graveyard shift — hits the pipe hoping to catch some solid z's and wake up refreshed and ready to tackle this project. Waking up groggy, he pops some pills to wake up and get started. Staring at a blank canvas for a solid hour with too much energy, he grabs the needle to cool out. This attempt at finding the right balance pushes him to finally create a piece he's satisfied with, but at an unfortunate cost — unable to control himself, Ye' jumps back into this hole of darkness without any warning. Russell, swamped at work lately, realizes he hasn't heard from Ye' in two weeks. Uneasy about it all, he goes to see him after work. Once again, the door is wide open, and he finds a doped-up Ye' knocked out on the bed with a mess all around the place. What do we find out next? He never submitted his thesis, failed the class, and isn't certified to graduate.
Russell, heartbroken by it all, brings up Lucile and what she would think of it. He tries to use that as fuel to get Ye' to compromise with school, but it doesn't work. Russell then suggests rehab for Ye', but he just ignores him. Giving up, Russell says if he doesn't want to help himself, why should he stick around to see the outcome of it all.
Fast-forward a bit — Russell is just working, being an adult, doing adult things. Ye' is still at home, going nowhere. One day, drunk, flipping through the channels, Marilyn Monroe's *Some Like It Hot* comes on. Ye' suddenly breaks down, remembering that whenever that movie came on, his father would watch it — it was Lucile's favorite movie.
Ye' heads over to Russell's house late at night, breaks down crying and apologizing repeatedly, and asks if he can sleep over for the night. The next morning during breakfast, Ye' gives in to the idea of rehab. Russell goes to Ye's house to grab a few things before taking him in. We finally see Ye's thesis — the piece he was working on is all centered around his dad. It's the last shot we see before Russell closes the door.
