int *Yo_Watup (void *bling_level) {

home_slice_array[++t].crib = t;
home_slice_array[t].message = "I've got the poison";
rc = pthread_create(&homies[t], NULL, Yo_Word,
        (void *) &home_slice_array[t]);

printf ("I've got the poison\n");

}

int *Yo_Word(void *holla_atz) {

home_slice_array[++t].crib = t;
home_slice_array[t].message = "I've got the remedy";
rc = pthread_create(&homies[t], NULL, Yo_Watup,
        (void *) &home_slice_array[t]);

printf ("I've got the remedy\n");
}

errata: obvious code implied