left to finish their preparations. The next day, and John Brown pack up and leave Tha White House for the last time. They are also given a clue as to their final performance: that it's going to be "hell." The two are brought to an unnamed club, where they walk down a series of stairs into the basement. There, R.A. the Rugged Man, dressed in a Satan outfit, is finishing his own set, while "flames" spew. Backstage, John Brown and are going through their final preparations, and Serch tells the two rappers that he is proud of them for making it this far. It's performance time. In front of a capacity crowd and four judges — producer Clinton Sparks, former A&R executive Dante Ross, Prince Paul, and Serch himself — John Brown and come out to a chorus of applause. Round one of the performance challenge is for the rappers to perform their 16-bar rap. Both make it through their songs without a hitch, but while John Brown is stationary on the stage, combining deft wordplay with a tight flow, is energetic, playing to the audience and bouncing all over the stage. Round two of the challenge is the performance of the rappers' songs. John Brown performs "Car Wars," a song about how the suburban lifestyle is maintained by taking resources from other countries. 's song is called "Fly Away," a song telling haters to leave him alone and let him do his thing. Once again, both rappers successfully perform their songs in their own way, with a stationary John Brown reciting clever lyrics, while energizes the crowd. The judges convene and discuss the two performances. While John Brown had superior lyrics to the "been-done-before" , he appeared nervous. Dante Ross maintains that current mainstream rap music isn't about lyricism; "it's about making good records;" was able to work the crowd much better and make that "hot" song. is chosen as the winner, and is told by Serch to "Step Up!" receives a large trophy and states that his winnings will be going towards repaying Black Josh for paying $ham's rent while he was away, and also taking care of his parents and his sister who was starting college. The epilogue shows John Brown leaving the club when R.A. the Rugged Man begins chasing him with the can of "Step Off!" spray that was seen in the first episode. External