Kanan Stark went to visit Vernon Stark in prison and asked him if Def-con was his father.
Kanan Stark: “He’s definitely my father, right?”
Vernon: The f*** you just ask me? is he definitely your daddy? who the f*** else is gonna be your daddy,huh? Did Raq tell you she was with another n*** at the time?
Kanan: Whoa nah, It’s nothin’… It’s nothin like that. People just been saying s***
Vernon: People always say s*** , Kanan, especially when a n*** ain’t around no more to defend himself. You remind me of Def. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you got the same eyes, man. The same heart and he would of did what you doin’. He would have came down here to look me in my face and ask me those questions. You a man now Kanan. S*** by the time Def was age, he was already runnin corners, livin in his own crib, runnin up to any bitch he wanted. It’s time to get it Kanan, just like your daddy. Kanan don’t forget about your uncle Vernon and his commissary a’ight?
Later in the episode, Kanan asked his mother why did she want him to kill Detective Howard?
You told me because he was crazy and all that, but that ain’t enough, not to me. It’s a lot of crazy police out here.
What’s this gotta do with Def-Con?
You put that gun in my hand and said it was for family to protect us. But was it that we needed protection for.
Howard threaten to send you up north for Buck Twenty.
That don’t…no. He didn’t even have proof for that. And Wiz?
He’s a cop! They can make up whatever the f*** they want. You think them young boys in central park did all that to that white lady? If the police said they did then they did it. That’s the game that they playing. Howard thought the best way to get to me, is to get to you, and he was right, cause you all I care about.
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