Yes he said it. He used Upwork to find nikkas in India to build out the app. That's how Tariq moves if something doesn't immediately pop off he abandons it. Dude should've known that he was gonna have problems making an alternative to Facebook. Facebook has thosands of server farms and they get attacked all the time. Tariq has a large fanbase and white supremacist on his bumper. He should've except massive DDOS attacks and everyone trying to jump on it.
He should've kept it up and worked out the bugs, but if homie doesn't see an immediate payoff he drops it. Dude did some non documentary movies too they didn't pop so he stuck to Hidden Colors that worked for him. Even his message board United Players of America was good for all around game. But it didn't bring in the paper so he dropped it.
you are spot on Tariq used to do comedies and even had a horror movie. UPA was his forum but he went all in on the race politics and tossed the macking in the bushes even though he did that over a decade. Dudes just a hustler.