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Tommy was a drug dealer right?


Only person with a pager
Had to leave every time he got a page
ALWAYS had money
Dressed nice

He was def a hustler of some sort. Dude had connections to celebrities (Will Smith, Hallie Berry, Shaq, etc.) for Martin's birthday. You don't get those being a regular Joe. Tommy had to have been a big time drug dealer.

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In Thomas Mikal Ford's movies he always played a big time drug dealer. I always wondered if that's what they were hinting towards on the show after seeing him in Harlem Nights.

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NOPE yall he was a teacher.... He had summers out, thats why had a lot free time...The big building he worked in with no windows. "Gina" gave up the info about 2-3 weeks ago on TV..

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No, he was not a street pharmacist. I've answered this question here before (multiple times). Why does Imdb erase so many message threads!? Tommy had a top secret job-- like FBI or DEA. In one episode he mentions how he went to law school and learned a lot of techniques there. Thus, he is multi-degree bearing. In several episodes he is running things and teaching classes at the local community center- further evident of a legitimate lifestyle. In another episode, his job sends him on a trip to a ski lodge. He was able to bring all his friends along- all expense paid. Remember Aquanetta also works with him-- and on this trip she offers him a promotion to another job. He clearly had a legit (and legal) job.

Whatever Lola Wants, Lola gets...

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I think Tommy was a Teacher too. In fact, I mentioned on this very thread on my old account that Tommy implied that he worked at Martin's old school.

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Yup, in the Ms. Trinidad episode.

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I always assumed it was that, a chip shop, or some top secret government job

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He was a stripper.

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